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Winter Carnival, Chili Fest downtown Feb. 27 Middlebury’s event in state’s “Top 10” MIDDLEBURY — The Better Middlebury Partnership announced the Second Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest, taking place on Saturday, Feb. 27. Named one of the Top 10 Winter Events of 2010 by The Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the event includes sled dog demonstrations, snowshoe races, live music and award-winning chili on the streets of historic downtown Middlebury!

Over 1,000 visitors attended last year ’s carnival and even more are expected to turn out this year for the headlining event: a pro/am chili contest, taking place on the sidewalks of Main Street and Merchants Row from 2-4 p.m.

The downtown will be overflowing with chili from over 40 restaurants, caterers and amateurs from around the state.

The public picks professional and amateur winners in eight categories – including Best Beef Chili, Best Chicken Chili, Best Veggie Chili, a best ‘Kitchen Sink’ category, and Best Overall Chili.

This year ’s chili contest winners will be awarded at the conclusion of the event. Last year ’s professional winners included American Flatbread, Tully and Marie’s, the Grapevine Grille, Costello’s Market and Zest Catering. The Middlebury Fire Department dominated the 2009 amateur results, and will be back to defend their titles this year.

Passes for unlimited samples of chili will be available at the event for $1 kids (under 12) / $2 adults, or in advance at The Alpine Shop, American Flatbread, Forth n’ Goal, Green Peppers, Rosie’s Restaurant, Sweet Cecily and Two Brothers Tavern.

Middlebury Winter Carnival & Chili Contest t-shirts will be on sale at the event for $12, and are available in advance for $10 at the Alpine Shop, Forth n’ Goal and Sweet Cecily in Middlebury.

Water will be available at the event for $1/bottle. All proceeds go to finance Better Middlebury Partnership events, such as The Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest, the Middlebury Spooktacular and A Very Merry Middlebury.

The festivities also include live music on the upper part of Main Street, which will be closed for dancing and a firethrowing exhibition by the Flying Fists, a Middlebury College street performance group.

Snowshoe races for all ages will take place on the Middlebury town green at 2 p.m. Snowshoes are generously

See FESTIVAL, page 7

Brandon economist Farnsworth remembered

Frank A. Farnsworth BRANDON — Frank A. Farnsworth, age 90, died Jan. 30 at the home of his son in Brandon. He was born June 4, 1919, in Manchester, N.H. He was the son of Frank A. and Claudine (Miller) Farnsworth.

A graduate of Manchester High School, he continued his education at Colgate University and Harvard University.

Dr. Farnsworth taught economics at Colgate from 1941 until he retired

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SATURDAY February 27, 2010

Ripton business goes solar Low-tech sun panels save dollars RIPTON — Low-tech panels on south walls turn sunlight into free heat, warming frigid air and saving fuel costs throughout Vermont’s long heating season.

It’s a cold, clear February day, and Gary Whitman of Mountain Signs is smiling. Whitman recently installed a pair of FreeHeat™ solar panels on his paint room—the first commercial installation of these handcrafted systems from Middlebury-based Solar Heat Vermont. A probe in the panels tells him they’re working, pumping out solar-heated air to raise the temperature inside his Ripton workspace.

“My goal was to maintain the temperature so the furnace wouldn’t come on,” Whitman said. “I think the panels are doing that. I’m pleased. The cost is reasonable, and they’re simple, nothing to fail in them.”

The smile Whitman is wearing today started with a news story in the Addison Eagle about FreeHeat panels that piqued his interest. Months later, Whitman ran into Mike Mayone, an East Middlebury artist he knows, who also happens to be a consultant to Solar Heat Vermont. Conversation came around to the FreeHeat panels and Whitman’s interest was renewed.

Mayone visited the Mountain Signs studio and confirmed that it was well suited for a FreeHeat system. “My square footage is perfect for these two panels,” Whitman notes.

“You can heat 10 square feet per one square foot of panel. I have about 640 square feet in the paint room, and the ceilings are a little more than nine feet high. ” Whitman called Ron Kohn, owner of Solar Heat Vermont, and arranged to come with his wife, Donna, to look at the

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“I was pretty impressed,” Whitman says. “It was 25 degrees out and the temperature came up to about 74 degrees in less than five minutes, and the wind was blowing.” He ordered the panels, which were custom crafted for his space, then took down trees that shaded the paint room. “Now that I’m looking for the Sun, I don’t want anything in the way.”

Eager to start saving on fuel costs, Whitman installed the panels shortly after they were delivered, with help from his brother, Scott. “We had sunshine for about an hour that first day, and I think we got up to about 101 degrees,” he said. “It was probably around 60 in the paint room—a 40-degree rise.”

The next week was largely overcast, but many sunny days followed. According to Whitman, when the sun shines, the panels blow out air heated to 110, 115, and even 122 degrees,

raising the room temperature 12 to 13 degrees.

Whitman checks the probe in his low-tech panels regularly, learning what kind of heat he can expect under different weather conditions at different times of year. “I’m really looking forward to seeing how high the sun gets before I don’t get a good effect. When it was 3 above and windy and so clear—no wisp of a cloud—temperatures came up to 105degree air from the collector, and the room was about 50,” he says. “Even today with marginal Sun, it’s brought the temperature up 5 degrees, and it’s about 20 to 21 degrees out there.”

Although Whitman won’t know how much he saves until he can measure his fuel use, he’s confident that he’s already beginning to get a return on his investment in solar space heating. “When the main furnace cycles several times throughout the day and the furnace in the paint room doesn’t, I know the panels are working.” Kohn points out that reflected light from snow cover increases the effect.

Solar Heat Vermont began demonstrating FreeHeat panels at local farmers markets in 2009, after Kohn had tested them on his own home and garage for two heating seasons.

He saw that people had a grasp of solar hot water and solar electricity but needed to experience passive solar space heat for themselves. At these events, people could put their hands in front of the panel’s top vents and feel the heat blasting out. Now the demo unit invites hands up to the vents with the message “Feeling is believing.”

The demonstrations are showing people how passive solar space heating works, even in the North Country, Kohn says. When the sun shines, the simple FreeHeat systems harness its radiant energy to help heat indoor spaces. Customers have bought FreeHeat panels for a house in Bridport, a garage workspace in Lincoln, and an apartment building in Middlebury.

Most have installed the systems themselves, using the illustrated installation guide provided by Solar Heat Vermont.

Check it Out: Solar Heat Vermont is based in Middlebury.

The company builds FreeHeat™ solar panels, passive solar space heating systems generically called thermosiphons. A standard collector is 32 square feet, but all panels are sized and built to order for each customer ’s situation, using local source materials and skilled local craftsmen. For more information, see www.solarheatvermont.com.

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First Monkton chili event was big success MONKTON — The first annual Monkton Chili Contest, sponsored by the Monkton Museum and Historicial Society with help from the Monkton Community Coffee House, held at the Volunteer Firehouse in Monkton Jan. 30 was a booming success.The contest was held as a benefit for the Monkton Boro Schoolhouse restoration project.

At one point in the evening, officals counted somewhere over 100 people.

Thanks to the following businesses for their kind support: Lantman's IGA, Monkton Ridge Store, Mountain Greens, Shaw's of Bristol, Champlain Orchards and Lewis Creek Farm. Coffee House member Cassandra Spring Corcoran, Sue Mahony and all the other volunteers who made this an important community building event.

Contestants included (amateur with meat): Pete Aube, Kevin Brennan, Dale Helms, Ben Davis, Gill Coates, Atty Padua, Helen Hartwell and Robin Shalline; (amateur vegetarian) Pete Sutherland, Sandy, Peter, and Aidan May; (professional with meat) Desiree Steady of Mountain Greens, Dan Palmer of Dan's Place, Cheri of Snap's Restaurant, Joe Tomko of Good Times Cafe, Derek of the Bobcat ,Matt Birong of Three Squares Cafe, Drew of Cubbers; (professional vegetarian) Mountain Greens.

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ers opinions about several national issues as well as how their Congressional delegation is handling them.

News pollsters asked Vermont voters the following questions: • Do you approve or disapprove of the job Vermont's congressional delegation is doing? 45 percent approve, 44 percent disapprove.

• Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress handled health care?

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cent disapprove.

• How concerned are you about the federal government's budget deficit? Very concerned: 43 percent. Concerned: 39 percent, Somewhat: 11 percent. Not concerned: remaining.

According to the Vermont news group polling results, voters are looking for common sense leadership. They are concerned about excess spending, upset by the healthcare debacle, and angry with “business as usual”

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The parallax view

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ome of you may recall a 1974 movie, the political-thriller “The Parallax View”, starring actor Warren Beatty. This movie’s cryptic title illustrated the visual effect of looking at objects, both near and far, against an unchanging backdrop—in the movie’s case, mysterious moving objects against the backdrop of international politics.

With a nod to the movie’s title, let’s look at the “parallax view” of how today’s astronomers figure out the vast distances between the Earth and other celestial objects such as stars, galaxies and ancient quasars.

A law of mathematics that astronomers use when measuring distances in space is the so-called "inverse-square law." At its heart, the inverse-square law involves the concept of this parallax view.

Parallax is easier to understand when you try it for yourself. You probably already “discovered” the inverse-square law as a child, just as I did, when left alone to amuse yourself on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Remember, parallax results when nearby objects appear to shift their positions relative to objects farther away.

Remember that rainy day childhood discovery? As a child you may have held a finger up at arm's length. Then, you looked at your fingertip—first with one eyelid closed. Next, you opened your eyelid and then closed the other. Magic appeared to be the result—your finger jumped in space!

Well, this phenomenon turns out not to be very magical; the apparent movement of your fingertip was the result of a change in your perspective or parallax view; in this case, a mere two or three inches as the fingertip “jumped” from one eye to the other. This happens when astronomers look at an object through an Earthbound telescope or an orbiting space telescope.

According to a fact sheet about parallax appearing on the McDonald Observatory’s web site: “As Earth revolves around the Sun, astronomers invoke this same (finger jumping) principle (of parallax) to determine the distance to nearby stars. Just like your fingertip, stars that are closer to you and me shift positions relative to more distant stars that appear to be fixed in space. By carefully measuring the angle through which the stars appear to move over the course of the year, and knowing how far Earth has moved, astronomers are able to use basic high-school geometry to estimate the star's distance.”

So the inverse-square law is the best mathematical method to use to figure out the fascinating parallax effect. This will explain why a star that is closer to us is brighter than a star farther away.

Let’s imagine two identical stars—just like our yellow Sun. Example: Star A is twice as far away as Star B. Thus, Star B will appear four times dimmer than Star A. The inverse-square law tells us that the amount of dimming is the relative distance squared.

Astronomers like to use the inverse-square law when they locate stars that are clearly similar in age and composition. They then compare the brightness of each star—again, we’ll use the example of Star A and B. If Star B is nine times less bright than Star A, then from the inverse-square law, astronomers deduce that Star B must be three times more distant than Star A. What’s in the Sky: We’re counting down the remaining weeks of winter until the start of spring. Next month sees good viewing of the night sky with the start of spring at the equinox March 20 at 1:32 p.m. You’ll want to observe the ringed planet Saturn at opposition on the following day.

Louis Varricchio, M.Sc., lives in Vermont. He is a member of the NASA/JPL solar system ambassador program and a former NASA science writer.

SATURDAY February 27, 2010

Gloriosky, Zero!

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f you agree with the premise that almost all Vermont’s Golden Dome folks in Montpelier are wellabove-average in intelligence (as they often say, they’re smarter than the rest of us), then their Progressive doctrine specifically embraces the Wisconsin idea of government-by-experts.

In non-quantitative terms, if you agree with the premise that your legislators are well-above-average in peopleskills, you’d naturally expect that they’d be quick to confess the error of their ways—that is, apologize and promise (and execute) a change in personal conduct or governance direction.

As befits an opinion column, here’s my opinion: with very few easily identifiable exceptions, Vermont’s Golden Dome folks do indeed score well above the rest of us in both categories; getting elected and staying in office almost always demands just such inherited and learned abilities.

If you continue your reasoning process, Vermont’s high tax rates and low class sizes (the inflow of the medically indigent and the outflow of the 25-44 age cohort), a national reputation as anti-business, and a local reputation for declining housing affordability, a pattern of business outmigration and trustfunder/inmigration is underway.

Your next question should be this: if all these are governance-orchestrated patterns of conscious public-sector policy, how do you evaluate the resulting private sector responses?

For example: are an anti-business reputation, business, middle-class, and young worker outmigration patterns and the passive income retiree and trustfunder in-migration patterns to be considered as good things?

If your answer is “no” and you were directly responsible for them, you’d apologize and change course. If you’re answer is “yes” and you were directly responsible for them, you’d defend these patterns and outcomes as beneficial.

Or, you might have a Little Orphan Annie moment.

Cartoonist and author Ed Verdier started the Little Orphan Annie comic strip in 1927. From the first depiction of Annie and her dog Zero, Verdier used the phrase, “Gloriosky, Zero!” for his heroine to express her sharp verbal reaction to any surprising and unexpected event.

I never saw such an event while an occasional Golden Dome visitor in recent years (and I’m sure not one any more), but I’ve not heard of a single “Gloriosky, Zero!” outburst from any Golden Dome professional—not when faced with taxes and housing, business shrinkage and transfer-payment growth, and Vermont’s private sector distaste for the results. Not one legislator said, “Gloriosky,

Zero!—we never thought that upzoning would raise housing costs!”

Since there wasn’t a single Golden Domer to display a Little Annie moment, I conclude that there wasn’t a single Domer surprised (or displeased) by the results of the policies which they consciously voted to put in place.

Similarly, I’ve not heard of a single instance of apology for unintended outcomes stemming from Progressive policies such as raising taxes to fund smaller classes (which, over 40 years, haven’t improved student achievement as promised).

The quote that you might have heard would have gone something like this— “Gee whiz! We really thought—based on expert educator advice—that increasing public education staff, even as enrollments have declined, would have paid off in better test scores. It didn’t, we’re sorry, and we’ll get back to a more cost-effective staffing pattern”.

Nor, on housing affordability, have I heard a quote like this— “Gee whiz! We really thought—based on expert landuse-planner advice—that encouraging local planning boards to upzone and introduce ever more conditional-use prescriptions would result in a desirable growth of housing and small business investment. It didn’t, we’re sorry, and we’ll get back to more transparent planning and zoning rules.”

Nor, on outmigration of young families with children, the middle-class in general, or the upper-income quintile fleeing anticipated targeted (on them) tax increases— “Gee whiz! We didn’t think that our policy decisions would drive away these critical-to-our-future demographic sectors. We realize our mistake, we apologize, and we’ll reverse these policies”.

You can summarize your reasoning process with this: when policies promised as productive produce observable results you consider destructive, what’s left is a pleased celebration of above-average-intelligence Golden Domer policy: “We’re getting the results we’ve wanted all along.”

Former Vermonter Martin Harris lives in Tennessee.

Michelle in the spotlight M

ichelle Obama was on the “Larry King Live” television show last week. I’m no expert on body language, but she looked to me like she’d rather be sitting at the island in the kitchen of a nice upper middle-class suburban home, washing arugula, watching Oprah on the TV, and waiting for her kids to get off the school bus so they can make cup-cakes together for the evening’s movie time.

I detect in Michelle Obama a longing to be able to hit the town without a squad of taxpayer-paid people primping and dressing her so close to the bone that her teeth hurt. I see in her a longing to drive her kids to Wal-Mart, dressed in ratty sweats, to buy paper plates for one of her daughter ’s birthday parties, without needing a convoy of black, armored SUVs to keep them safe. I see her wishing her kids could share a teeter-totter, minus the U.S. Secret Service staked out in the sandbox.

Every time I see the lovely Michelle Obama I think, oh yeah, she wants to be wearing that straight jacket of a dress with her hair piled and turned into the shape of a balloon animal, propped atop her head, her feet jammed into fancy shoes while she’s being filmed by a digital nerd who’ll edit shots of her—bad angles and all—into a ninesecond videoclip that’s to be fed to a world full of people (who’ll believe most anything she says for no reason other than she’s an Obama and the First Lady of the United States of America).

I see Michelle wishing she wasn’t raising her family in the echoey international tourist attraction that is the White House. What a cavernous cold place to be living, albeit one with webpages numbering well into the hundreds.

Far back when Barack started his run for the Democratic nomination, I had a feeling Michelle wasn’t too awful thrilled about the idea. My feelings were conjured listening to news reports and reading articles that, if you cared to notice, spoke rather clearly of Michelle’s hesitations about the run. The report that stood out as much as any was about Michelle’s saying she’d let him run if he quit smoking. It sounded like a cute made-for-the-media story, but I took it as a serious story; I think she was totally serious.

If he quit, he could run. Well, the story goes, he did quit—for a while—and now he’s back at it. From what I’ve heard and read, Michelle was a hard sell regarding Barack’s running for president (when quitting smoking is a deal breaker, you’re reaching, no?)

If Barack ran, let alone won, Michelle’s interest in rais-

ing her family-around-thedinner-table, would be threatened by a dad on the road 24-7.

I suspect Michelle feels the best, most interesting, and important developmental years of her family’s life are passing too fast—as if in a dream—tempered and blanketed by the otherworldly odd and freakish structure that a First Family lives. What a waste of the best years of your family life it is to be stuck with your husband, and your children’s father, being president. What a mess. What a mess. I see Michelle Obama thinking these kinds of things and more.

I never felt this way about Laura Bush or Lynne Cheney or, God almighty knows, Hilary Clinton. Not that I didn’t care about how those ladies were feeling when their respective husbands were president and vice president—it’s just that it didn’t occur to me that they might be feeling anything but fine about the position’s they were in.

I think Hilary was aware her daughter faced interesting challenges being brought up as a First Kid; I think history shows they dealt with those challenges well. I just don’t think Hilary was wishing for a lifestyle other than the one she was living as the president’s wife in the White House.

Hilary saw challenges in the lifestyle; Michelle sees burdens.

We’re programmed to think life on the top, such as living as the First Family in the White House for gosh sakes, is the cat’s meow. Maybe it’s not. Maybe Michelle is riding around in the presidential motorcade wondering what the hell is going on?

Ask Michelle if she’d like to see her husband reelected; if she was able to tap her gut core for the answer, I would not be surprised if she’d say something like, “Not really, no.” But I may be way off.

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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Local students on dean’s lists •Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced that Nathaniel Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Peterson of Middlebury, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering, was named to the WPI Dean's List for academic excellence for the fall 2009 semester.

•Anna Hallman of Middlebury, a first-year student has been placed the Gettysburg College Dean’s Commendation List for outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2009.

•The following local students were recently named to the Skidmore College Thoroughbred Society for the Fall 2009 semester: Suzanna Lourie, Class of 2011. She is the daughter of Peter and Melissa Lourie of Weybridge.

Amanda Werner, Class of 2011. She is the daughter of David and Cheryl Werner of Middlebury.

Abby Benton, Class of 2012. She is the daughter of Bill and Kristin Benton of Vergennes.

•Kathleen M. Briggs, of Addison was awarded a bachelor's in nursing (registered nurse) from SUNY Plattsburgh.

•The following local students have achieved dean's honors at Connecticut College: Charles Barstow, class of 2012 at Connecticut College and a resident of Middlebury, has been named to the Dean's High Honors for the 2009 fall semester.

Neil MacKenzie, class of 2013 at Connecticut College and a resident of Brandon, has been named to the Dean's Honors for the 2009 fall semester.

Molly Smith, class of 2011 at Connecticut College and a resident of Weybridge, has been named to the Dean's High Honors for the 2009 fall semester.

•The following students were among those to be named to the Roger Williams University Dean's List for the Fall 2009 semester: Alexa Foster, a resident of Middlebury.

Erica Smith, a resident of Bristol.

•Colby-Sawyer College has named Anna Griswold Mumford from New Havento the dean's list for academic achievement during the 2009 fall semester.

•The following student was named to the Marist College Dean's List for the fall 2009 semester: Jessica M. Sturtevant of Vergennes is a member of the Class of 2013 and is majoring in communication studies.

•Dylan C. Smith, a senior at Wells College in Aurora, New York, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2009 semester. Smith is a resident of Middlebury.

•The following area residents were named to the dean's list for the fall 2009 semester at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh: Timothy Davis of Williston, Ryan Poirier of Williston, Rebecca Russ of Williston, Hailey Watters of Brandon, Kelsey Watters of Brandon.

Death notices BRANDON — Florence Irene Parkhill Webster, at the age of 88, formerly of 1 Walnut St., Brandon, died Feb. 3, in Bennington. She was born Dec. 12, 1921, in Cornwall, Vt.; daughter of Irene (Atwood) and Arthur D. Parkhill. The funeral service was held Feb. 8 at the Brandon Congregational Church. The graveside committal service and burial will take place, at a later date, in the family lot, at Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Brandon Congregational Church, 74 Park St., Brandon 05733, or the Bennington Rescue Squad, 104 McKinley, Bennington, 05201.

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By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com SOUTH BURLINGTON – Aerospace and aviation continues to play an everexpanding role in the Green Mountain State and generates nearly $2 billion in economic activity. In recognition of the aviation industry’s economic contributions to Vermont’s bottom line, Gov. Jim Douglas joined community and business leaders to celebrate the Vermont Aerospace and Aviation Association

(VAAA) open house at the Burlington International Airport last week.

The Federal Aviation Administration estimates commercial aviation provides 9,369 jobs generating more than $257 million in wages and nearly a billion dollars in economic output in Vermont.

“The aerospace industry is an important supplier of good jobs in Vermont,” said Douglas. “I am proud to support the continuing evolution of the aerospace sector in our state.”

The governor followed his comments by reading a proclamation declaring February 2010 as “Aviation and Aerospace Appreciation Month.” He also

A girl born Feb. 13, Madeline Rose Williams, to Brandon Williams and Ramana Pryor of Starksboro.

A boy born Feb. 15, Marcus Edward Jenne, to Brad and Blanca Jenne of Cornwall.

A boy born February 15, Ryan Mitchell King, to Roxanne King of Bristol.

A boy born February 16, Austin Michael Mahoney, to Wayne Mahoney and Rose Lalumiere of Shoreham.

A boy born February 16, Cole Christopher Bradford, to Charles Bradford and Kara Sorenson of Addison. *If you have questions, or to submit birth announcements, please call Leslie at 802-388-6397 or email at addisoneagle@myfairpoint.net.

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MAUHS Class of ‘80 reunion set BRISTOL — Alumni organizers of the Mount Abraham Union High School Class of 1980 has planned a 30 year class reunion for Aug. 7 but are still missing a few classmates: Rolland Collins, Deborah Evans, Sharon Hill, Janet Jameson, Richard Pierce, Ann Rink, Stuart Short, Linda Smith and Teresa White.

If you know how to locate these classmates, please call Tina Scherer(Carter) at 388-3760 or e-mail tscherer1@myfairpoint.net.

presented a check to officials from the City of South Burlington for $30,000 to fund preliminary work on a new Burlington Aviation Technical Training Center.

In addition to aerospace companies like General Electric of Rutland, Vergennes-based Goodrich, and Burlington’s General Dynamics, Vermont boasts two commercial airports and 16 public-use airports, as well as 1,350 pilots and 877 general aviation aircraft.

The funds will help build a technical aircraft maintenance training school at the airport. It will fund early work on the future center, including architectural services, design, and permit fees.

“Project Sticker Shock” gets attention locally MIDDLEBURY — Every two years since 1985, the Department of Health’s Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs and the Department of Education’s Comprehensive School Health Program have sponsored a survey of Vermont students.

The Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) measures the prevalence of behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, and injury among youth. The YRBS is part of a larger effort to help communities increase the “resiliency” of young people by reducing high risk behaviors and promoting healthy behaviors.

According to 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data 63 percent of all students (8-12 graders) report that it is easy to get alcohol. Among 10th graders, 68 percent report that it is easy. Among students who drank during the past 30 days 50 percent report that someone

gave it to them. 57 percent of students report having ever had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips. 33 percent of 12th graders report having binged on alcohol (had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row within a couple of hours) during the past 30 days.

That means that adults are legally purchasing alcohol and giving it to underage persons, illegally. To raise awareness among adults that may provide alcohol to persons under the age of 21 that it is against the law, students at Mt. Abraham Union High School, Explorers with Middlebury Police Department and The Addison County Teen Center are teaming up with Addison County’s Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team, Vermont State Police, Vergennes Police Department, Middlebury Police Department, The Addison County Prevention Partnership, and local retailers to implement a project called Sticker Shock.

The first wave of sticker shock happened during the third week of December. This second wave started in Bristol Feb. 3, and in Middlebury Feb. 11 with the supervision of the officers and the permission of the retailers placing warning stickers on all packages containing 12 or more bottles of alcohol. The neon orange stickers clearly stated: “Providing Alcohol to Minors is Illegal. Fines are up to $10,000 and or up to five years in jail.”

The Addison County START Team and the Addison County Prevention Partnership as well as school advisors in Addison County truly hope that this project will raise awareness about the problem of buying alcohol for people under the legal drinking age. Merchants in Addison County share this hope and want their customers to benefit from the warning labels.

Local women spearhead Curves Food Drive Curves of Middlebury is encouraging women in the area to show their philanthropic strength by participating in the annual Curves Food Drive. Even though donating food to families in need is its own reward, the club is offering compelling incentives for both existing and potential members who participate.

From March 1 to 31, Curves of Middlebury will collect non-perishable items and monetary donations for food banks in the local area.

The goal, according to Barbara Pelton of Curves, is for the community to come together to help families in need.

“At the core of our business is the message that women are stronger when they rally together, and that is the point we hope to bring home with our food drive,” said Pelton. “We want to show our community just how powerful the generosity of our members can be.”

According to Pelton, members who donate a bag of groceries or make a minimum donation of $30 during the month of March will receive a reusable Curves grocery freezer bag for free.

Non-members who do likewise between March 8 and 20 can join Curves for free. Curves will waive the cost to join.

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Odell completes basic training Army Pvt. Kyle A. Odell has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

He is the son of Tina Sheldrick of Rural Route 7, Salisbury.

Odell is a 2009 graduate of Middlebury High School.

Denslow completes USAF training Air Force Airman Jake A. Denslow graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

He is the son of Jeffrey Denslow of East Road, Boonville, N.Y., and Rebecca McGurl of Dog Team Road, New Haven, Vt. Denslow is a 2006 graduate of the South Lewis Central School, Turin, N.Y.

Pelton said that as part of this effort, Curves of Middlebury will be participating in a company-wide contest for the most food drive donations collected by Curves locations across the nation. Winners will receive one of several cash prizes to be donated to their local food bank. Each year, Curves locations collectively donate millions of pounds of food to feed the hungry.

For more information about Curves of Middlebury, located at 99 Maple St., Ste. 13 B, and the Curves Food Drive, contact Barbara Pelton at 382-9100 or 974Y0WIO@curvesmail.com.

Beverage firm expands marketing effort MIDDLEBURY – Green Mountain Beverage, producers of Woodchuck Draft Cider, in Middlebury announced the following changes in the firm’s marketing department: Bridget Blacklock, the marketing manager for the past six years, has been promoted to the role of marketing director. Blacklock will oversee the growing department, manage larger projects under the scope of Green Bridget Blacklock Mountain Beverage brands, and coordinate marketing relationships for corporate growth and development. Blacklock resides in New Haven.

Erin Reed, of Addison has been marketing assistant for the past two years and her position has transitioned into marketing manager of wholesaler support. Reed’s new responsibilities will include all wholesaler support and point of sale management.

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Contractors oppose possible union deal on bridge

By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — A construction trade group is criticizing the possible use of organized labor in erecting a new Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point.

The Associated Builders and Contractors has charged that state and federal politicians along with representatives of organized labor are jeopardizing the “speedy and economical completion” of the bridge project by requiring a project labor agreement.

A project labor agreement, commonly known as a PLA, is an agreement between a state agency and the building and construction trade unions to establish work rules, pay rates and dispute resolution processes for one specific project.

The Associated Builders and Contractors claims a PLA will dive up costs and limit the use of local labor in the $75 million bridge replacement project.

The objections are premature, according to Carol Breen, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.

“NYSDOT is doing its due diligence to ensure fair wages are paid on the Lake Champlain Bridge construction project by performing a feasibility study to determine whether or not a project labor agreement is appropriate for the project,” Breen said. “The study has been conducted by a consultant and we have provided that study to the Federal Highway Administration for

their approval. We expect to have the matter resolved by the end of this month.”

The Associated Builders and Contractors is arguing against a PLA. It issued a state-wide press release asking people to oppose any such agreement.

“Special interest PLAs result in increased costs and reduced competition,” said Rebecca Meinking, president of the Empire State Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, in the release. “PLAs deny taxpayers the accountability in public works projects they deserve from government.

“We are disappointed that the New York Transportation Department, at the behest of Big Labor is considering use of a PLA on the Champlain Bridge project,” said Meinking. “This area of New York State, Essex and Washington counties, and the State of Vermont are largely served by non-union contractors. More than 70 percent of the construction workforce in this area of New York and 95 percent of Vermont’s construction workers do not belong to a construction labor union, according to government data. The use of a PLA will actually mean that the majority of local labor will be shut out of the opportunity to work on this bridge replacement project in a time when the unemployment rate in the construction industry is 24.7 percent nationwide and even higher in the areas where this bridge project is located.”

The Associated Builders and Contractors is urging local residents to contact legislators to express their opposi-

tion to a bridge project PLA. “Hard-working taxpayers who are tired of special interest politics and tired of government waste must hold their elected officials accountable, particularly Congressmen Scott Murphy and Bill Owens, as well as Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, who have pushed this special interest PLA behind closed doors,” said Steve Fuller of Fuller Excavating in Keeseville.

“A PLA on the Champlain bridge project will guarantee that labor is imported from far away since there isn’t enough local union labor to meet the ambitious time schedule on the bridge,” said Ted Luck of Luck Brothers, Inc., a family-owned heavy highway contractor in Plattsburgh. “Proponents say they want to insure local labor is working on the bridge when exactly the opposite will occur. Why should my employees at Luck Brothers be denied the right to participate in this project just because they are nonunion?”

“Employees and their families lose under PLAs,” said Jeff Luck, also of Luck Brothers, Inc. “Non-union employees are required by PLAs to pay dues to a union and their existing benefit contributions from their employers are funneled into union pension and benefit funds even though non-union employees will never receive any benefits as they aren’t members of a union.

A PLA is a big windfall for big labor, and they are the only beneficiaries of these kinds of agreements.”

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Crown Point State Historic Site to be spared by budget cuts

By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — The Crown Point State Historic Site will not be closed as part of New York State’s budget deficit reduction effort.

Although the site was on a list of proposed cuts, it was not included on the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s final closure list, according to Tom Hughes, Crown Point site manager. The final closure list was released Feb. 19.

In his state budget proposal, Gov. David Paterson called for a $29 million cut in the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation budget.

New York State faces an $8.2 billion budget deficit in 2010-11.

Paterson directed the agency to come up with a list of parks to be closed. A preliminary list was announced Feb. 13 and included the

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“The 2010-11 executive budget included reductions to every area of state spending,” explained Carol Ash, state parks and recreation commissioner. “As such, the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation has put forward proposed closures and service reductions to meet its agency savings target. These actions were not recommended lightly, but they are necessary to address our state’s extraordinary fiscal difficulties.”

Crown Point State Historic Site is one of 35 historic sites and 174 parks operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

It boasts two National Historic Landmarks on 380 acres of Lake Champlain waterfront, the stone remains of the French-built Fort St. Frederic (1734-1759) and the British Crown Point fort (1759-1773).

Both sites have endured through the centuries as authentic ruins, allowing guests to see the foundations of the forts in their original locations and to imagine the forts as they were in the 1700s, when they teemed with activity.

Each year the site hosts a pair of major events, a French & Indian War encampment in August and the annual Festival of Nations in September.

Construction of Fort St. Frederic was complete by 1734. It included a four-story high tower, commander ’s quarters, canon, a powder magazine, bakery and other buildings surrounded by an outer stone parapet wall that was nearly square and had six corner bastions covering about an acre. It was the base of three major French operations until July 1, 1759, when the British forced its 200man garrison to blow up the tower and retreat.

The British did not build a new fort on top of the French ruins. Instead they took three years to construct a new fort, Fort Crown Point, adjacent. A stone and timber fortress, the new fort was a half mile in circumference and shaped like a pentagon.

The parade ground covered six acres and contained three stone, two-story barracks, a guard house and an armory.

The 40-foot high outer wall was 22-feet thick of timber and limestone, making it Britain’s greatest military installation in North America.

Fort Crown Point was the launching point for British forces that brought about the surrender of Montreal in 1760. The fort was destroyed April 23, 1775, when a fire ignited the powder magazine and its 100 barrels of powder causing a huge explosion.

Americans captured the remains of the fort May 11, 1775, and its 111 canon. They transported 29 of the canon overland to Boston to lift the British siege.

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Sled dog demonstrations will take place on the town green at 2 p.m. Meet and pet the dogs, learn about the sled and help rig the harnesses.

The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting an open house from 2-4 p.m. at the Fire Station on Seymour Street. Tour the station, explore the trucks and receive fun surprises.

The Middlebury Winter Carnival & Chili Contest also takes place the same weekend as the Middlebury College Winter Carnival. The Better Middlebury Partnership planned their event to highlight the events and traditions of the College carnival, with the hopes of bringing visitors to Middlebury to take advantage of some of the first-rate sporting events available to the public. NCAA men’s and women’s alpine giant slalom races take place at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock all day, beginning at 9:30 a.m. NCAA Men’s and Women’s Nordic races take place at Middlebury College’s Rikert Ski Touring Center in Ripton, beginning at 9:30 a.m. There will also be an A Cappella Summit taking place at The Mahaney Center for the Arts throughout the day, culminating with a performance in the evening. Tickets $10.

Also taking place Saturday evening is a Mardi Gras celebration at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater! Enjoy a great evening of music, dancing, light food with a Cajun flair, the crowning of the King and Queen and prizes for best costume! Tickets $25.

The Second Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest is sponsored by several local businesses. The event is brought to you by the Better Middlebury Partnership and the Town of Middlebury.

Chili contest registration forms and event details can be found on the Better Middlebury Partnership website at www.bettermiddleburypartnership.org.

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The staff of Addison Family Medicine celebrates the opening of a new office in Catamount Park on Exchange Street. Cedar Ledge Family Practice and Champlain Valley Family Health merged and relocated here. All of the providers are familiar members of the Middlebury medical community: physicians Tim Cope, Maja Zimmerman, Scott Smith and Jessica Rouse, and mid-level practitioners Tom Beauregard and Alison Parker.

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iddlebury Selectman Craig Bingham has proposed a new ordinance prohibiting people from smoking in town parks. The reason is to stop people from being exposed to the carcinogens in secondhand smoke. And the idea, he says, was given to him by a local woman who, ironically, is a smoker herself.

Bingham's proposal is not limited to the Middlebury Green. It also encompasses Cannon Park, Triangle Park, Wright Park, Means Woods and areas associated with the Middlebury Municipal Recreation Park, which sounds like something with boundaries open to interpretation.

Apparently, is is possible for the selectmen to okay this proposal on their own. But if they have any thoughts of doing that, I would ask them to be consistent.

Second-hand tobacco smoke is not the only contributor to carcinogens running amok in our air.

For example: Burning wood in fireplaces creates a lot of air pollutants. How much it creates needs to be measured.

And how much of that, from nearby homes and businesses wafts through the air, arrives at the designated protected areas? Fireplace wood smoke needs to be measured, too. I suspect that it is far more significant than the little created by the ever decreasing number of smokers in Middlebury.

And so, if smokers are banned, there has to be a ban on

wood-burning within a EPA determined radius. (Wouldn’t this include Middlebury College’s campus biomass power plant, too?)

And then there is the issue of vehicular exhaust— Doesn't exhaust pollute the air? Maybe we should turn all the areas near these parks into combustible-engine free zones? That would of course include lawns mowers and such. By the way, what kind of machinery is used to cut the town green and the other "manicured" parks referred to in this proposal?

A lot of people think it's ok to dump on smokers and when they do, they wear is like a badge of honor. But we live in a country where it is still legal to smoke. It is not up to government to micro-manage the lives of citizens and that's where this proposal is heading. It is still legal to smoke in this country; it is up to government to protect the rights of the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

And if the woman who suggested this idea to Bingham really wants to do her children a favor, she should stop smoking herself. A mother can be a very powerful influence on her children; what better way than to set a good example?

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he liberal Vermont legislature is quite possibly about to vote a death sentence for Vermont Yankee, the source of a third of the state's electricity.

If it does so, this will be first time in American history that politicians voted to shut down a safe, reliable operating nuclear reactor. In fact, Vermont is the only state in the union where legislators have ever given themselves the power to order a shutdown.

The anti-nuke people, led by Senate President Peter Shumlin, have for years been trying to shut down Vermont Yankee solely because they believe nuclear energy to be an unsafe and indeed immoral blight on humanity.

In recent years Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, since 2002 the licensee of the plant, has given encouragement to its opponents. The Vernon plant has had a series of maintenance embarrassments - none of them consequential, but together enough to give the public the idea that the plant is a threat to fish, groundwater, bystanders, and future generations. Most recently, the opponents seized on a careless statement by an Entergy vice president (now departed) to charge that the company was lying about the existence of underground piping.

Let's look at the consequences if Shumlin's forces succeed in voting Vermont Yankee off the island.

By late 2012 the cheapest and most reliable third of Vermont's electricity will disappear. There is zero possibility that it can be replaced by any believable combination of conservation, wind turbines, solar panels, cow power, and landfill methane. Moreover, the wind and solar kilowatts come with a price tag from three to five times the price of Vermont Yankee's nuclear electricity. Furthermore, keeping the power grid steady when a third of the supply comes from unreliable sources remains an unsolved engineering problem.

We might be able to double the power purchased from HydroQuebec - if its management has forgiven Vermont for its ill-advised lawsuit aimed at breaking its supply contract after the ice storm of 1998. But that would leave Vermont with 2/3 of its power from a single supplier, not a good idea.

More likely, we would end up going to the New England electric grid operator (ISO) and asking it to send up whatever we need from wherever they can find it - mainly coal burning plants - at whatever price they can get it for. This would not only be expensive, but it would defeat our selfimposed goal of cutting carbon dioxide emissions back to 75 percent of 1990 levels by 2012, and 50 percent by 2028.

In 2002 ENVY and the PSB agreed that after decommissioning the Yankee site would become a "greenfield", such

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As a Select Board member I would: Work to increase efficiency in town operations to maintain good service while reducing costs; promote small business opportunities to increase jobs; work to streamline the application process to

as the Abenaki once roamed.

That will cost an estimated $900 million.

Since there is only $427 million currently in the decommissioning trust fund, the plant will have to go into SAFSTOR for a decade or two until the fund's earnings grow to cover the work. That might produce an opportunity even after an ill-advised legislative death sentence.

SAFSTOR is estimated to cost about $40 million per decade, for monitoring and security. Ten years after 2012, when much of the residual radioactivity has disappeared, the reactor core and piping systems would be removed. All the spent fuel rods would be removed to a storage area.

By 2022 new Generation IV nuclear systems ought to be on line. With the Yankee site's good location, 125 acres, rail spur, cooling towers, switchyard, security, shops, and land use permits intact, what better place to site an Integrated Fast Reactor, coupled with a pyroprocessing facility to recover the 95 percent of energy stored in spent fuel rods?

Or a high temperature Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, whose very hot steam facilitates efficient electrolysis to produce hydrogen for our non-polluting fuel cell vehicles?

Thirty four Republican legislators, led by Rep. Pat O'Donnell of Vernon, have introduced a resolution (JRH41) that envisions such a conversion, notes that President Obama is a new fan of advanced nuclear energy, and recognizes the importance of the high-skill jobs that would come with a new generation reactor station in Vermont. It calls on the legislature and PSB to start planning for it now - regardless of whether Vermont Yankee is relicensed.

And here's a kicker: not having to "greenfield" the plant in Vernon in, say, 2022 would make it unnecessary to spend a ton of money - possibly into the hundreds of millions of dollars. If the current PSB order remains in force, the licensee would have to return any leftover funds after decommissioning to ratepayers. If the plant is converted to a new use, that provision could be amended, and the excess used to restore the Unemployment Insurance fund for years.

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

decrease time and expense for all parties; take a pro-active approach to assessing and resolving town needs and costs, projecting to the future; work to Increase “county hub” identity of Middlebury and promote ways to meet the needs of those seeking services and products; work to increase the level of respect conveyed to those who come before our boards to express their concern; keep an open ear to the voters’ questions, concerns, and problem solutions I have served on the Middlebury Zoning Board, and been its chairperson at some crucial moments in the town’s development.

For several years, I gained a more comprehensive view of Middlebury and its role in the county as I represented Middlebury on the Addison County Regional Planning Commission. I continue as a Vermont Justice of the Peace in Middlebury, not only counting votes, but gaining a deeper understanding of the needs of our residents as they request tax abatements. All this experience would inform my participation if elected the select board as your writein candidate.

Brian J. Bauer Middlebury

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Aztec healer visits Bristol Public Library BRISTOL — The OneWorld Library Project hosted “Beautiful, Brilliant Energy”, a talk by healer Tzen Tzatzoehetzin at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol earlier this week.

Tzen is a Mexihka (Aztec) physician and instructor of the traditional health system (Wewepahtli). He was visiting the Bristol area to work with students and offer healing sessions and offered a public presentation on his work and the culture and history of the Tetzkatlipoka tribe.

Tzenwaxolokwauhtli Tzatzoehetzin (Tzen) is a guardian of the 5,000 yearold Tetzkatlipoka (Black Smoky Mirror) tradition.

This tradition encompasses sophisticated knowledge of medicine, spirituality, warrior and sacred dance, calendar systems, agriculture, cosmology and systems of government and commerce. The Tetzkatlipoka tradition seeks supreme equilibrium and the development of consciousness, ultimately for service to humanity.

When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the elders of the Tetzkatlipoka tradition decided to hide their most sacred wisdom from public view. Over the centuries, they carefully maintained the purity of this tradition by passing down traditional practices, healing arts and knowledge form parent to child within selected families.

In 1989, almost 500 years later, the elders of the tradi-

tion declared that their ancient wisdom could again be shared with the world. Tzen is one of only three people who are authorized by the elders to share this information with us.

Tzen has been trained in this tradition since he was a child. He heads the Tetzkatlipoka Medicine Council as a pahtemaxtianitl (carrier of the medicine system) and is responsible for the preservation of the system of healing knowledge as it is transmitted to future generations. Tzen is also entrusted with the dissemination of the Mexihka culture as it is preserved within the Tetzkatlipoka tradition.

Beginning in 1989 when the Tradition became open, Tzen has traveled and taught extensively throughout South America and Mexico. He has been a guest speaker for the Universidad del Estado de Mexico, Toluca and the Universidad Estatal de Colima, Mexico, as well as for various Rotary Clubs and organizations throughout Mexico. He was invited as a teaching member of the "Congress of International and Indigenous Medicine" at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas in 1996, and at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM in 1998.

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Artist helps kick off historic school project

By Alice Dubenetsky newmarketpress@denpubs.com STARKSBORO — It is the quintessential Vermont story: a group of community members coming together to accomplish a difficult task and succeeding through sheer determination and perseverance.

The Friends of the Jerusalem Schoolhouse has launched a capital campaign to restore the historic one-room schoolhouse located near Route 17 in South Starksboro and they expect their efforts will result in a community center that will still be in perfect condition and serving the public’s needs 100 years from now In 2007, a group of local people determined that the building needed extensive renovations to ensure it’s future. The Friends of the Jerusalem Schoolhouse was formed, and with the blessing of the town’s selectboard, they began to assess the buildings needs and explore avenues for raising funds.

The Preservation Trust of Vermont offered a small grant to procure the services of Jeremiah Parker, a well-known preservationist. They are also working with Jason Barnard Consulting to design a new septic system and with Peter Marsh of the Starksboro selectboard to conduct an energy audit. Other improvements will include re-wiring, up-

dated plumbing and a new furnace. To accomplish all of this, the committee has determined that it needs to raise $100,000—a sizeable sum for a small community. Without delay, they jumped right into fundraising efforts.

Last fall they published a cookbook that featured recipes from townspeople that is still selling well for $12 a copy.

As part of the capital campaign kick-off, Starksboro artist Cynthia Kling has created two oil paintings of the schoolhouse – one summer scene and one winter scene. A maximum of 250 raffle tickets, costing $10 each, will be sold and the winner will then choose which of the two paintings he or she would like to have. The other painting will be permanently displayed at the schoolhouse.

“Our committee is delighted with Cynthia’s generosity in creating these beautiful paintings of the Jerusalem Schoolhouse as part of our fundraising project, ” said Nancy Orvis, one of the founding members of the committee.

Built in 1874, on the site of a previous schoolhouse, the Jerusalem Schoolhouse was considered quite an imposing structure at the time – back when Rt 17 was still the unpaved McCullough Turnpike, and children routinely rode horses to school each morning. Generations of children were educated there until it’s closure in 1968 and there are still many people in the area

who remember doing their lessons gathered around the woodstove on frigid winter mornings.

It is listed on Vermont’s Division of Historic Sites, and throughout the years it has continued to serve as a center for community events in the Jerusalem area of South Starksboro.

The schoolhouse is owned by the town of Starksboro, which signed a 99- year lease with the Ladies Home Circle in 1933. That organization has been responsible for maintaining the building and keeping it in good condition in the ensuing years and many community groups, including a very active 4-H Club, were based there.

As the only public building in South Starksboro, the Jerusalem Schoolhouse is valuable to the community. It is currently the site of many on-going events, including monthly historical society lectures, a bone builders class, twice monthly church services and Ladies Home Circle meetings, as well as parties, showers, bingo and small theater and musical performances. They are hoping that when the renovations are complete the building will also serve as a designated emergency shelter.

For more information about the Jerusalem Schoolhouse, call Nancy Orvis at 453-4753 or Kathy Bushey at 453-7577.

Starksboro artist Cynthia Klings has donated two original oil paintings of the Jerusalem Schoolhouse in South Starksboro to be raffled as part a capital campaign effort to restore the building, which what been an important part of the community for over 130 years.

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Farnsworth From page 1 in 1987. While at Colgate, he also served as chair of the department of economics and directed one of the first economics study groups to London in the 1960s. He was also a Fulbright Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.

Throughout his career, research took him to many interesting and unusual places such as: two trips to Soviet Russia to visit Collective Farms and other industries; coal mines in Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia; various mining sites at Cobalt, Ontario; commercial fishing boats in Norway and logging camps and paper mills in northern New England.

Since his retirement, he devoted much of his time to research on silver and other mining activities near Brandon.

His students were the most important part of his career and he worked tirelessly to find new ways to help them apply their classroom learning to real world situations. Alumni who had been successful in business and industry came into his classes. and often provided internship opportunities at their companies.

The family-owned Poolville Country Store served as a learning lab for students who were expected to run every aspect of the business. Giving back to the community was always important to Farnsworth and he included this in the country store course by requiring that the students donate all profits to a worthy cause of their choice.

During World War II, Frank instructed naval units at Colgate in both aerial navigation and physics. He did consulting work with small businesses in New York State and Canada.

In 1990, he was honored by the Soil and Water Conservation District as “forester of the year,” for his stewardship and management practices on his mixed hardwood tree near Hamilton, his dedication to forestry and many years of cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He served as a member of the Board of Directors for Great American Supermarket and the N.Y.S.& W. railroad.

Frank was a 50+ year member of the Masonic lodge in Hamilton and had sat in lodge in Brandon as recently as January 2010.

He was a member of St. Thomas and Grace Episcopal Church in Brandon at the time of his death.

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Farnsworth is survived by his children, Frank of Brandon, Vermont, Ruth Eldridge of Clay Springs, Arizona, and John of Bonita Springs, Florida; his stepchildren, John Martire of Hopkinton, Massachusets. Amy Martire of Worcester, Massachusets, and Beth Cutter of Ithaca, New York; and nine grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth Coburn, his second wife, Elizabeth “Libby” Martire, and daughter, Nancy.

At Farnsworth’s request, there will be no formal servic-

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In lieu of flowers, contributions in his name may be made to the Ruth Coburn Farnsworth Scholarship Fund through the Stewardship Office at Colgate, or to a worthy cause or charity of choice.

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Teen’s winning ways honor grandfather, hunting tradition WELLS — Cam Pratt, an eighth grader enrolled at Poultney High School, is the son of David and Meredith Pratt of Wells. Today, the local community is proud of the quiet teen who recently wrote an award-winning essay about a life-changing Vermont hunting trip and broke a state game record.

The boy, who became a man during the trek in the wilds of Rutland County, had never fired a .308 firearm until he shot his grandfather ’s heritage hunting rifle on what became a memorable autumn day—memorable for a number of reasons.

This rural Vermont story is especially noteworthy because Cam Pratt’s grandfather—Ed Pratt of Wells, the original owner of the .308— died in July 2009. And it was the late Ed Pratt’s rifle that his grandson used to shoot a recordbreaking 8-point buck during his first hunting excursion.

During November 2009, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department ran an essay contest for young hunters asking them to submit personal stories about their 2009 Youth Hunting Weekend experience.

Cam Pratt’s essay is reprinted below; it was selected as the top youth essay (Rutland County) from dozens of essays submitted by young hunters. In recognition of the writing achievement, Pratt received a camouflage fanny pack, neck tunic, fleece scarf, and spiral bound book with information and maps about Vermont wildlife management areas.

Pratt was asked to read his essay aloud at the Yankee Sportsman's Classic held at the Champlain Valley Exposition Center. Gov. Jim Douglas presented Pratt m with his prizes.

Before contest officials handed out the youth essay awards, the state’s deer hunting grand prize winner, which is named by the Vermont Big Game Trophy Club for the most the impressive trophy, was announced. As luck would go, a stunned Cam Pratt was the winner of the trophy award, too—the trophy club director introduced Pratt after announcing that the Rutland County buck was one of the largest ever felled during the state’s Youth Hunting event.

Cam Pratt’s special “trophy” prize included a hunting vest and an all-expense paid, week-

Cam Pratt and his grandfather Ed Pratt. long, guided Maine black bear hunt set for September 2010. Cam’s father, David Pratt, was invited to join the Maine bear hunt.

Pratt’s double game-related win was a special tribute to the memory of his beloved, hunter grandfather Ed Pratt.

What follows is the text of Cam Pratt’s award-winning essay: “The first day of the 2009 Vermont Youth Hunting Weekend was like one I would never forget. My dad had gotten permission to hunt on two of our relative’s properties—one of our cousins and my great uncle allowed us to hunt on their properties—and I thanked them both very much.

“When my dad and I were about to go out, he gave me a choice of two firearms to use— his .243 or my grandfathers .308. My grandfather, who recently passed away in July, was an avid hunting enthusiast; he went out for rifle season every year, and managed to get results just about every year.

“Now I had been practicing with the .243 for the past couple weeks because I was preparing to use that rifle, but on that day something felt different about my grandfather ’s rifle. I had never fired it before, but out of respect for my late grandfather I thought I would give it

Cam Pratt joined Gov. Jim Douglas, family members, and state officials to receive his awards during last year’s Vermont Youth Hunting Weekend festivities. The teen won the youth essay contest (Rutland County) and the statewide game trophy for taking the largest buck by a youth in 2009. one more run in the field. Who knew that run would get such a huge result?

“Our hunt at our cousin’s property yielded no results, but we could tell that there had been a lot of buck activity around there because there were numerous tree hookings and scrapes. So we called it a day there and headed back to the house. Later that day, we headed down to my great uncle’s house and set up a rifle stand in a blind we had put up earlier that day next to a spruce tree plot. My great uncle said there were deer there almost every day, so we decided to give it a shot.

“After waiting for about an hour I saw horns move across the plot and into a small patch of corn about 75 yards away from us. My dad didn’t see the buck from the blind but rather a doe that walked straight into a clearing right in front of us. He told me I had a perfect shot at the doe but I was so sure I saw horns I waited patiently for the buck to reappear. After an excruciating couple minutes, the corn started to rustle and the buck appeared trotting out of

I would like to congratulate Eric and Cathleen Forand and family upon their purchase of the former “Reed’s Auto Supply” at 22 Main St. in Bristol. As of March 1st, 2010, this store, an essential part of Bristol, will be under new ownership and management.

I feel that an auto supply store is a necessary venue for a village of this size and surely hope you continue to support the business.

This “old horse” is getting tired and feels that some “new blood” with new and better ideas and most definitely better visions will add greatly to the community and surrounding towns.

At this time I would like to thank all the “regulars” that have helped us to keep the doors open for the past 23+ years and I am sure Eric will continue to care for you.

You will continue to see familiar faces behind the counter as Eric learns the ropes and takes control of the reins.

I am sure that “Parts Plus” merchandise will continue to be provided to you. This is a great line of parts, with a great reputation for quality and although not always the cheapest, it will be at a fair market price and supported by a great warehouse that has supported us well over the years: Automotive Supply Associates.

I also would like to thank Judy Hardin, Tim Heffernan and James Quaglino, who have been willing and diligent in keeping a clean and friendly environment for all and helping to take care of your needs. I also thank the many faces that have worked with me through the years to serve the needs of the local people.

A very special thank you goes out to Kenneth Drew, a great friend and even like a “Brother”, who helped me start this store on the first Saturday of deer hunting in 1986. I could not have done it without him.

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the corn. My dad still couldn’t see it but he said, ‘If you see it, go for it, shoot!’ I fired and ended up bringing down a 154 lbs 8-point deer. Until this day, I still firmly believe that my grandfather ’s spirit was there with us in that gun and that’s how I got the deer.

“After I got the meat back from the processor, I divided up a portion of the venison and gave it to my great uncle as thanks for letting me hunt on his property. I also sent the head to the taxidermist so that I may remember my accomplishment and my grandfather ’s hunting legacy he left to my family for years to come.

“This being my first deer, it will be very hard to top in the future, but I will keep using the .308 every year from now on in hopes that I may one day be as good a hunter as my grandfather.”

—Cam Pratt Special thanks to PHS Principal Jean Oakman for providing the Rutland Tribune with this news story.

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March is month for cole crops

By Charflie Nardozzi & Dr. Leonard Perry newmarketpress@denpubs.com

Commodores, Tigers win playoff games

By Fred Pockette newmarketpress@denpubs.com After defeating BFA-St. Albans in the opening round of the Division I Girls Basketball Tournament, the fourth-seeded Champlain Valley Union Redhawks were upset in the quarterfinals last Saturday, 40-37 by the no. 12 seeded Saint Johnsbury Hilltoppers.

The Hilltoppers, earlier in the week, knocked off fifthseeded Rice 45-39, were led by Amanda Kay and Britney Lane in their second straight post season upset. Kay led the charge with 14 points, while Lane contributed another 13 to the huge win. The win earned them a spot in the Final Four at Barre, where they were scheduled to face their toughest test yet, the top seeded Burr and Burton Bulldogs this past Wednesday in the semifinals. If they managed a third straight upset in that one then they will face either Rutland or Burlington this weekend for the Division I State Championship.

Allison Gannon, Kendal Kohlasch and Shae Hulburt scoreded 10 points each for CVU, who finished their season at 17-5.

The Redhawks weren’t the only team to be derailed in the quarterfinals. In Division II the Mount Abraham Eagles, Vergennes Commodores and Middlebury Tigers all won their play down games, only to be eliminated in the quarterfinals last weekend.

After eliminating the Springfield Cosmos 64-42 in their opening round game the seventh seeded Mount Abraham Eagles 2010 season ended at Hyde Park last Saturday when they were defeated in the Division II quarterfinals 59-36 by the second seeded Lamoille Lancers. Chelsea Dunham scored 15 points to lead the Lancers. She was helped by Katie Lafreniere who added 11 more.

The Lancers pulled away from the Eagles in the third quarter when they outscored their guests 17-5. Lamoille earned their seventh straight trip to the final four at Barre, and with a 20-1 record they hold high hopes for a state championship.

They were scheduled to face the third-seeded Fair Haven Slaters in the semifinals this past Wednesday. If they won that one then they would face either the fourth-seeded Lyndon Vikings, or the top-seeded Milton Yellowjackets this Sat-

urday for the Division II State Championship.

Mount Abraham, who ends their season at 9-13, were led

by Sara Sayler and Jen Loyer with 10 points each.

The eighth-seeded Vergennes Commodores squeaked by the ninth-seeded Union-32 Raiders 49-45 in the opening round of the playoffs, only to be eliminated by the top-seeded Milton Yellow Jackets 58-33 in the quarterfinals last Friday night. Brittany Rice led Milton’s offense with 21 points, while Kaitlin Geary complimented her with 15 more in the 25 point win. Milton was scheduled to face the fourth-seeded Lyndon Vikings this past Monday. If they won that one, then will face either the second seeded Lamoille Lancers, or the third-seeded Fair Haven Slaters this Saturday for the Division II State Championship.

Vergennes, who finished their 2010 season with a 7-15 record, were led by Allison Provost with 13 points. Kathleen VanWyck added eight more while Hannah Curler contributed another seven for Vergennes season finale.

The fifth seeded Middlebury Tigers also got past the first round of the playoffs by defeating the twelfth seeded Missisquoi Thunderbirds 48-30. But like the Eagles, Commodores and Redhawks, that is as far as they would go. Last Friday night in Lyndon the Tigers fell to the fourth-seeded Lyndon Vikings 47-35.

CVU upsets South Burlington Going into the playoffs the seventh-seeded Champlain Valley Union Redhawks boys hockey team lost their final three games of the regular season and things weren’t looking bright. But in sports one game can change everything, just like it did for CVU last Saturday in South Burlington.

Kyle Logan and Robbie Dobrowski scored two goals each to lead CVU to 6-3 Division I quarterfinal upset over the second seeded Rebels. Derek Goodwin and added single goals for the Redhawks, while goalie Mark Albertson preserved the win with 15 saves. CVU, who will be seeking their second straight Division I state championship, were scheduled to play North Country in the semifinals last Tuesday.

Alex Bartlett knocked down a pair and Tom Carlaccini added another for South Burlington, who despite the loss got a great performance from their goalie Alex Bliss in what proved to be their final game for the 2010 season. Bliss had 21 saves in defeat for the disappointed Rebels.

Ice fishing tourney comes to Vermont

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com BOMOSEEN — The Ice Fishing PA Tournament trail (IFPA) will visit Lake Bomoseen in Rutland County for it's final tournament of the 2010 season on March 6.

The IFPA features six ice fishing tour-

naments across the Northeast, where up to seventy five of the best ice ,fisherman from the region compete for up to $6,000 in cash prizes. These skilled anglers compete in an intense one day six hour contest attempting to catch a wining weight of panfish.

A mandatory rules meeting, followed by a free ice fishing seminar presented by Scott Brauer of MakiPlastics

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Sowing cole crops, planning your vegetable garden rotation, and pruning woody plants are some of the gardening activities to plan for the month of March.

Start seeds of cole crops, including broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower indoors under lights.

You'll have transplant-sized plants in about 6 weeks, ready for planting outdoors a few weeks before the average last spring frost date.

To get a jump on the herb gardening season, start seeds of basil, parsley, sage, and thyme indoors. Start seeds in flats filled with moistened seed-starting mix. Once the seeds germinate, place the plants under grow lights for 14 hours a day (timers make this easy) and keep soil moist.

As you begin planning and planting your vegetable garden beds, remember to rotate crops: Avoid planting crops in the same family in the same spot more than once every three years. Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are in the same family; so are squash, cucumbers, and pumpkins. Many pests and diseases overwinter in the soil, so moving plants around can disrupt their life cycles and minimize your need for pest and disease controls.

Most trees and shrubs are best pruned in late winter, after the coldest weather has passed. The exceptions are springflowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilacs and azaleas, which should be pruned immediately after flowering. You can remove dead or damaged branches at any time.

Cut branches of forsythia, quince, pussy willow, and other early-flowering shrubs for forcing into early bloom. Bring the branches indoors and place in a vase of water. They should bloom in a few weeks. Once pussy willows reach their peak, remove them from the water and allow them to dry; they'll continue to look great in dried arrangements.

Plant begonia tubers in containers to get an early start.

Plant them hollow-side-up in well-drained potting soil. Set them in a warm (70 degrees F) location and keep the soil moist but not soggy. Once you see growth, usually in 3 or 4 weeks, place the pots in bright, indirect light. Wait to plant outdoors until all danger of frost is past.

Although April is the month to sow seeds of many flowers, some take longer to mature and so should be sown this month. Flowers you may sow early in March include dusty miller, geranium, heliotrope, impatiens, osteospermum, petunia, mealycup sage, torenia, verbena, and annual vinca.

Flowers you may sow the middle to end of March include ageratum, coleus, dianthus, ornamental millet, African marigold, ornamental pepper, annual phlox, rudbeckia, scarlet sage, and thunbergia.

Keep in mind that seed catalogs and packets often give "days to germination" which is the time for seeds to sprout, not the time until they are ready to plant outside. You can find these times for the above plants, and more, online (perrysperennials.info/consumer.html) in the Vermont Extension leaflets on Indoor Seed Sowing for Flowers (OH89) and Vegetables (OH90).

Other gardening activities for this month include watching for and attending flower and garden shows, visiting a maple sugarhouse, and removing heavy winter mulch from perennials.

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FAIR HAVEN HAVEN — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Appletree Apartments 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.

MOUNT HOLLY HOLLY — Learn how to Make Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, and Butter from Raw Milk, plus tips on Baking with Buttermilk! Class hosted by Rural Vermont, and taught by Millicent Johnson of Dairy-Aire Farm. From 1-4 p.m. at the Dairy-Aire Farm in Mount Holly, $20-40 sliding scale, pre-registration required. All proceeds benefit Rural Vermont. To sign up or for info Rural Vermont at 223-7222 or email shelby@ruralvermont.org.

RUTLAND — The Southwest Freedom Riders will hold their monthly meeting at the Elks Club at 7 p.m.

RUTLAND — Rutland Area Art Association (dba Chaffee Art Center) will hold its Annual Meeting to elect new members to the Board of Directors and to report on 2009. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend, only members will be able to vote.The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Chaffee Art Center 16 South Main St. Info: 775-0356.

STARKSBOR O — First Baptist Church at 11:30 a.m. on the fourth ThursSTARKSBORO day of each month. In celebration of the first dinner, local artist Lausanne Allen will perform. All seniors are welcome. Meals are free, but a donation is welcomed. 453-4476.

Friday, February 26 BRISTOL BRISTOL — St. Ambrose 11th Annual Lenten Fish Fry. All you can eat Fish fry, includes fried or baked haddock, french fries, coleslaw, beverage and dessert from 5-7 p.m. Adults $12, Children under 11 $5, Immediate family of 5 $35. Info 453-2488.

HINESBURG HINESBURG — 3 RIX’s Winter Tour create an atmosphere of not only fun but also tap into a rare glimpse of a part of American folk lore that is slowly disappearing. These three travelers all learned from the masters, they are from the true vine, catch them while you can. Refreshments will be served!

Event at Brown Dog Books & Gifts at 7 p.m. For more info: 482-5189.

MIDDLEBUR Y — Rosie's Restaurant partnered with CVAA and is offerMIDDLEBURY ing a wonderful luncheon to adults 60 and over at Noon. Don't miss this month's special meal of Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Rice Pudding. Suggested donation of $5. Reservations are required. Call Tracey at CVAA at 1800-642-5119 x615.

MIDDLEBUR Y — Atlantic Crossing and several other bands join forces MIDDLEBURY at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater for a dance to benefit Haiti's water access and medical supplies. The dance floor will be open, with seating available as well. Friday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets, $16, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (noon-5 p.m.), or at the door.

Saturday, February 27 MIDDLEBUR Y —The Better Middlebury Partnership is thrilled to anMIDDLEBURY nounce the 2nd Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival & Chili Contest. Named one of the Top 10 Winter Events of 2010 by The Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the event includes sled dog demonstrations, snowshoe races, live music and award-winning chili on the streets of historic downtown Middlebury.

The festivities also include live music on the upper part of Main Street, which will be closed for dancing and a fire-throwing exhibition by The Flying Fists, a Middlebury College street performance group. Chili contest registration forms and event details can be found on The Better Middlebury Partnership website at www.bettermiddleburypartnership.org.

MIDDLEBUR Y — Mardi Gras Dance, with Cajun band Yankee Chank at MIDDLEBURY Town Hall Theater, coinciding with Middlebury's Winter Carnival & Chili Contest. Light food with a Cajun flair, the crowning of the King and Queen, and prizes for best costume. 382-9222.

MIDDLEBUR Y — The Middlebury Winter Market will be open at the AmerMIDDLEBURY ican Flatbread restaurant in the Marbleworks from 9:30 to 1 p.m. Local vendors will be selling fresh greens, apples, cheeses, a variety of meats including pork, lamb, beef and goat, as well as a wide array of baked goods and crafts.

RUTLAND — 11th Annual CKS Comedy Night at The Franklin Conference Center. MC For the Evening : J. Fred Carbine, Jr. A hilarious Evening OF Adult comedy, a guaranteed night of laughs. Professional comedians From The Boston Area who have performed nationwide will entertain and delight you. Cost is $25 per person. Limited Tickets Available At Door. Two Shows: 6:30 and 9 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes before show. Chances To Win Great Gift Baskets Drawn That Night! Info: Mary Lou Harvey at 438-0048 or CKS at 773-0500 Ext. 10.

RUTLAND — Hike for participants in the 100 Miles in 100 Days Walking Challenge at 10 a.m. at the Community Gardens Trails. One-mile loop on nature trails. Park and meet at Big Lots (near Home Depot). 342-3479 or jen@walkrutland.com.

SOUTH B URLINGTON URLINGTON — Pirc Vermont Family Expo- The Parent Information and Resource Center presents an expo full of parent resources, family entertainment, a silent auction, giveaways, and more! Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Univeristy Mall. For more information contact Kathleen Kilbourne at 1-800-800-4005 x244 or www.pircvermont.org.

VERGENNES — American Legion Dance to Take Two from 3-7 p.m. Open to the Public.

Sunday, February 28 CASTLETON CASTLETON — Castleton American Legion at Castleton Four Corners 2 Tournaments in one Day.Texas Holde'm Tournament & Omaha Hi-Lo Tour-

nament. Doors open at 11 a.m., play starts at noon. $ 100 dollars entry fee at 4 p.m. Omaha Hi-Lo No-Limit $40 buy-in. Both Torunaments are 75 percent payback.518-499-1750.

SOUTH B URLINGTON URLINGTON — Pirc Vermont Family Expo- The Parent Information and Resource Center presents an expo full of parent resources, family entertainment, a silent auction, giveaways, and more! Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Univeristy Mall. 1-800-800-4005 x244 or www.pircvermont.org.

VERGENNES — Vergennes Dorchester Lodge F&AM is holding it's last Sunday of the month breakfast at it's lodge on School Street in Vergennes 7:30-10:00 a.m. They will be serving all you can eat, pancakes, french toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee.

Monday, March 1 BRANDON — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Forestdale Senior Center at 1 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

BRISTOL BRISTOL — Bristol Federated Church Lenten Bible Study on Monday nights through April 5. The study will highlight "The Life and Times of Jesus, a fast passed journey through the Gospel of Mark" and begins at 7 p.m. The church is located at 37 North St. on the corner of Church Street and North Street. 453-2321 or rescueme97@yahoo.com.

MIDDLEBUR Y — The Addison County Chapter of The Compassionate MIDDLEBURY Friends, a nonprofit self-help bereavement support group for families that have experienced the death of a child will hold its regular meeting weather permitting, at 7 p.m. at the Hospice Volunteer Services Office located at the Marble Works (first building on the left). Nancy Merolle at 388-6837, or Claire Groleau at 388-9603.

VERGENNES — Otter Creek Choral Society will hold practices for its spring concert Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. at the Vergennes Congregational Church. Tenth season. 877-2921.

Wednesday, March 3 RUTLAND — The Vermont Rental Property Owners Association will hold its monthly meeting in the conference room of the Godnick Adult Center, 1 Deer St. at 7 p.m. Erica Holub of The Vermont Department of Health will be the guest speaker, talking about lead issues in residential housing. The public is invited. 775-4351.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) is offering a comprehensive cardiovascular/cholesterol health risk screening, including a total lipid profile and blood glucose at the RAVNAH office on 7 Albert Cree Drive at 8:30 a.m. Please call in advance. The cost for a Complete Lipid Profile and Glucose is $30. 775-0568.

WALLINGFORD — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Wallingford House at 10:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

Thursday, March 4 MIDDLEBUR Y — Stephen Kiernan, singer-songwriter and master guiMIDDLEBURY tarist, as well as an award winning journalist and author, inaugurates the Eastview Cabaret Series at Town Hall Theater with an evening of original acoustic material. 382-9222.

MIDDLEBUR Y —Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting from 7–9 p.m. at the AmerMIDDLEBURY ican Legion on Wilson Way. 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.

RUTLAND — Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice and Rutland Regional Medical Center will be hosting a film and discussion event about connecting to those with Alzheimer’s disease from 4-6 p.m. The film and discussion will take place at the CVPS/Leahy Community Education Center at 160 Allen Street. This film is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. An RSVP to 770-1537 or rcohn@ravnah.org is preferred, but not required.

RUTLAND — United Way of Rutland County will hold their annual allocations meeting for funding for the calendar year 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Way office, in the first floor board room, located at the Longfellow School, 6 Church Street. Any non-profit agency with a 501 ( c ) 3 status, meeting additional qualifications ( available by calling 773-7477 ) may apply for funding. Any organization requesting consideration for funding MUST attend this meeting for participation in our allocations process. Please call 773-7477 or fax 770-5133 with your RSVP by February 19, 2010.

Friday, March 5 MIDDLEBUR Y — The After Dark Music Series presents celebrated counMIDDLEBURY try-folk artist Iris Dement at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury on Friday, March 5. Doors open at 6 pm, concert at 7:00. Tickets, $27 in advance, $30 at the door, are available by calling 388-0216. Information online at www.afterdarkmusicseries.com.

POULTNEY 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 $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 7750568.

Saturday, March 6 BRISTOL BRISTOL — Dodgeball Tournament at the Mount Abraham Gym from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Hosted by the Mount Abraham field hockey team. Team registration is $30, and each team must consist of 6 players, with at least one member of each gender. With any questions, or to register your team, please contact Mary Stetson, at mstetson@anesu.org, or 453-2333 ext. 2030.

BRISTOL BRISTOL — Benefit for Impoverished Children of Uganda - Lasagna Supper and Country Gospel Concert by the talented ‘Old Bones’ singers and friends starting at 5:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bristol.The Lasagna Supper will be only $10 for adults, half portions $6, children 5 and under free.

Take outs available. The menu includes lasagna, (vegetarian and regular), bread, salad bar, delicious bar cookies and drinks. The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. after the supper. Donations will be taken at the Concert. All proceeds will go to Village2Village Project to help orphans and vulnerable children and their extended families.

GRANVILLE, NY — 3rd Annual Seabee Ball at the Old Hofbrauhaus (Ramada Inn). $25 per person brought to you by the Adirondack Island X-14 of

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the Seabee Veterans of America. Music by DeeJay Paul Patterson. Cocktail hour 5 p.m., Dinner at 6 p.m. All you can eat. RSVP by 2/15. Info & Reservations call Nick 518-642-0506.

HINESBURG HINESBURG — ‘Once in Afghanistan’ a film by Jill Vickers and Jody Bergedick at 7 p.m. at Brown Dog Books. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers recall their experiences as female members of Afghan male vaccinator teams in the late 60s.The women vividly recall trying to convince the women to be vaccinated and their dependence on the Afghan counterparts and the people in the villages. Their stories and photographs go behind the walls where people of completely different backgrounds could recognize one another in spite of their differences. In a world in which messages of hate travel faster than ever before, this is a message of understanding. All profits support selected NGO's in Afghanistan and Afghan students in U.S. high schools. Call 4825189 for more informationThis event is free and open to the public. The DVD will be available for purchase at the event from Brown Dog Books & Gifts. Refreshments will be served!

HINESBURG HINESBURG — Stone wall workshops - A series of one-day stone wall workshops is taking place this winter. Participants in the workshops learn the basic techniques for building dry-laid stone walls, with a special focus on stone native to Vermont. The hands-on workshops are held in warm greenhouses and led by Vermont stonemasons trained through Britain’s Dry Stone Walling Association. The workshops are organized by Charley MacMartin of Queen City Soil & Stone. Upcoming workshop dates are Saturday, February 6, and Saturday, February 20. The one-day workshops continue in March on Saturday, March 6; Friday, March 19; and Saturday, March 27. The price for the one day workshop is $100, and space is limited. For the complete schedule and registration information, contact Charley MacMartin at (802) 318-2411 or click on the workshop link at www.queencitysoilandstone.com.

MIDDLEBUR Y — Piecework: When We Were French, presents ten draMIDDLEBURY matic portraits of Franco-American Vermonters, written & performed by Abby Paige. "Humorous, gripping, touching. Don't miss it!" - David Budbill. In Middlebury for one night only at Town Hall Theater, March 6 at 8 pm. Tickets, $17, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (MonSat, noon-5 pm).

RUTLAND — Indoor Yard Sale at the RutlandUnited Methodist Church In the Fellowship Hall, 71 Williams Street, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rain or Shine in the Fellowship Hall. Items of all kinds. Furniture, household items, toys, etc. Homemade Baked Goods for Sale. Info call the RUMC office at 7732460. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/rutland.

SOUTH B URLINGTON URLINGTON —University Mall Old Fashioned Kid’s Winter Carvial from Noon-3 p.m. Plinko, ring toss, duck pond, face painting, Joey the Clown, prizes, and FUN! Free event, recommended for ages 2-7. In the Center Court in the University Mall.

Sunday, March 7 VERGENNES — St. Peter’s Church will serve a delicious buffet breakfast in the parish hall from 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. Come and enjoy a delicious breakfast with family and friends. There will be drawings for free breakfasts and a raffle. Adults - $8; Seniors over 60 and kids 6-12 $6; children under 6 years free; families with five or more $27.

Monday, March 8 BRISTOL BRISTOL — Bristol Federated Church is hosting a Lenten Bible Study on Monday nights from February 22nd through April 5th. The study will highlight "The Life and Times of Jesus, a fast passed journey through the Gospel of Mark" and begins at 7 p.m. It is recommended that those interested read the following chapters before the date of discussion: Feb. 22: Mark, Chapter 1; March 1: Chapters 2 & 3; March 8: Chapters 4-6; March 15: Chapters 7-9; March 22: Chapters 10-12; March 29: Chapters 13-15; April 15: Chapter 16.

Bring your Bible or speak to Pastor Bill Elwell to use one from the church. The church is located at 37 North Street on the corner of Church Street and North Street. For more information contact Pastor Bill Elwell at 453-2321 or email him at rescueme97@yahoo.com.

SOUTH B URLINGTON URLINGTON — "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, 2010. For more information, please call 863-1066 x11.

VERGENNES — Otter Creek Choral Society will hold practices for its spring concert Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. at the Vergennes Congregational Church. 2010 is a celebration of the 10th season that OCCS has been performing and commemorating this milestone, the group will be singing favorite pieces from the past 10 years. Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to join the group. For more information, contact Maria at 877-2921.

Thursday, March 11 CASTLETON 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 $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

BENSON —The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Benson Heights at 10:00 a.m.

There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 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 Sheldon Towers at 9:30 a.m.

There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 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 11:00 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

Friday, March 12 BRISTOL BRISTOL — St. Ambrose 11th Annual Lenten Fish Fry. All you can eat Fish fry, includes fried or baked haddock, french fries, coleslaw, beverage and dessert from 5-7 p.m. Adults $12, Children under 11 $5, Immediate family of 5 $35. Info 453-2488.

RUPERT UPERT — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Community Building/Fire House at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 7750568.

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Do the math: Stacking coupons adds savings

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’m often asked how many coupons we can use on a single item. To answer this, you need to note the difference between manufacturer coupons and store coupons.

Manufacturer coupons always have the words “Manufacturer Coupon” printed on them. Regardless of whether a store’s name or logo is also on a coupon, if those words appear on it, it’s

By Jill Cataldo a manufacturer coupon.

Store coupons will have the words “Store Coupon,” or “Retailer Coupon” on them, and the name of the issuing store will also appear on the coupon.

Many stores allow us to “stack” coupons, using one manufacturer coupon and one store coupon on the same item.

This gives us an even larger discount on that particular product. But in order to successfully stack, it’s important to make sure you are only using one store and one manufacturer coupon - not two manufacturer coupons. We can only use one manufacturer coupon per item. The register will never accept more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item; this would be considered coupon fraud.

In my coupon classes, it’s a common misconception that you can stack one Internet-printed coupon with a coupon from the newspaper inserts, but this is rarely the case. Most coupons available on the Internet for printing out are manufacturer coupons, so double-check the wording. If you have a coupon you printed out and a newspaper coupon for the same item and both state “Manufacturer Coupon,” you’ll either have to choose which coupon you want to use or buy two of that item in order to use both coupons on a given shopping trip.

As long as you note the differences in the coupons and play by the rules, though, you can definitely multi-stack deals. The goal? To maximize the number of items you take home while minimizing what’s coming out of your pocket to do so. To help you understand the way I will break down a sale, I’ll share with you one of my recent deals involving multi-stacking.

An area grocery store had a sale on pork ribs, which were $6.99 a slab, or $12.98 for 2. When I spot a good sale, I’ll always look for coupons to see if I can bring the price down even more. A common misconception many people have is that there aren’t coupons for meats, but there are - you just need to look in the right places! Since these ribs were labeled under the store’s house brand, I went to the store’s Web site to see if the store itself was offering any coupons for them.

Many chain grocery stores offer coupons on their Web sites.

In this case, the store offered a printable store coupon for $2 off a slab of house-brand ribs. Because most Internet coupons have a print limit of two, I printed two of them.

Now my 2 slabs of ribs were $8.98.

I wanted to get a bag of charcoal to grill those ribs with.

It was $7.99. The store’s weekly flyer had a $2 store coupon for the charcoal, bringing the price down to $5.99. I browsed the Web site of the charcoal company and found a valuable manufacturer coupon there, too: $6 off pork when you buy a bag of charcoal plus a bottle of barbecue sauce. This was a valuable coupon! Adding the bag of charcoal to my bill brought my total to $14.97, but the coupon took another $6 off the ribs. Now my total for both was $8.97 - a penny less than it would have been had I bought ribs alone! But I still needed to buy a bottle of barbecue sauce in order to qualify to use the charcoal site’s coupon. So I did. I bought a $2 bottle of name-brand barbecue sauce, because I had a great coupon from my newspaper inserts: “FREE barbecue sauce with purchase of charcoal.” Buying the sauce added $2 to my total... and the coupon took that $2 right back off.

Now, my end total for 2 slabs of ribs, an 18-lb. bag of charcoal and a bottle of barbecue sauce was $8.97. This is a great example of multi-stacking. A lot of coupons were involved, but I never used more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item. Remember, as long as you do not exceed more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item, you can use a manufacturer coupon for every single item in your shopping cart... and I often do!

Coupon Queen

© CTW Features Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her Web site, www.super-couponing.com. E-mail your own couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com.

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)

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

MIDDLEBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY Sunday service & church school, Sunday 10am

STARKSBORO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO - An American Baptist fellowship meeting for worship at 11am at the church, 2806 VT 116. To conserve energy please use the rear door to enter the church. Chat, Chew and Renew at FBC: a Sunday coffee fellowship meeting from 10am11:45am. All are invited to come and make new friends, enjoy homemade baked goods and join in discussions in small groups. Guest Pastor, Ramona Guadalupe can be contacted at helloramona@@yahoo.com

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

VICTORY CENTER - Holiday Inn, Williston Road, South Burlington • 658-1019

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.

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

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 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)

SUDBURY SUDBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10:30am SOVEREIGN REDEEMER ASSEMBLY - Sunday worship 10am VERGENNES/PANTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday worship service 8:30am, 10:45am and 6pm CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday worship svcs. 10am & 7pm

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 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.

878-7107. St. Minister Wes Pastor. Services: 8:30am and 10:30am TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH - 19 Mountain View Rd., 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/

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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

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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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston 878-2285 WILLSTON FEDERATED CHURCH - 44 North Willston Rd., Williston. 878-5792 2-20-2010 • 56612

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A Physical Therapy and an Occupational Therapist Position Full time/Part Time positions available within our 105 bed, non-profit facility. Services provided on a fast paced post-acute unit with a variety of diagnoses, long term care units and potential for outpatient services in the future. Multidisciplinary team approach. Potential for supervisory role for the right individual. Flexible positions/hours, highly competitive salary, benefits, including continuing ed $, retirement plan, health & dental. VT license required. New graduates welcome.

Local area very rich in sporting events, arts, fine dining and family oriented environment.

Activities Assistant The activities department of HPHRC is seeking an activities assistant for 24 hours a week. Position requires working in group and one-to-one activity situations.

Applicant should be a self-starter capable of observing and responding to a variety of needs. Flexibility is a must! Applicant must enjoy working with people and possess a positive atitude. Saturdays required. Will train.

30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753 e-mail jwdarragh@hphrc.org 65214

Travel Consultant/Agent. Full-time/Parttime. Commission plus bonuses. Will train.

802-782-1187.

Nursing Seeking qualified LNAs, RNs, and LPNs All shifts available.

Evenings (3p-11p) most needed. Competitive wages and benefits including paid vacations, sick time, tuition, dental, and health insurance. Learn our new “state of the art” electronic charting system and chart your notes right on the computer screen.

Flexible hours available.

Do you want to become a Certified Nursing Assistant?

We are currently accepting applications for our LNA class! Work as a Geri-aide while you take classes to become a Licensed Nursing Assistant. Full time and Part time positions available, all shifts.

Seeking RN or LPN to be a temporary supervisor as unit coordinator Must demonstrate communication skills. Ability to focus on detail important. Contact Pam Puccia. Leave resume at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Attn: DNS or email ppuccia@hphrc.org Apply Now! Get your application online at portermedical.org, stop in to pick up an application, or mail resume to: 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753 For questions contact: Human Resources at (802)385-3669 or e-mail jwdarragh@hphrc.org 65215

Need a home? Looking for someone to fill that vacancy?

Find what you’re looking for here!

APARTMENT FOR RENT

BELLOWS FALLS, VT. Spacious 2nd-floor, 2-bdrm, front/back porch. No smoking/pets.

1st, security/references required. $725/mo.

Call 802-226-7357.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. Large 1-bdrm, private entrance, many windows, no smoking/pets. $775/mo. Utilities included. 802-885-8655 leave message

BELLOWS FALLS, VT. Pine St. Housing Newly remodeled apartments located in the heart of town. 1-bdrm ($550/mo), 1-2-bdrm ($651/mo) apartments are now available.

Includes heat, hot water, rubbish & snow removal. Off-street parking available. Close to elementary school, post office, cafe, local grocery store & bus service to surrounding towns. Please contact 802-885-7885 for an application. Income limits do apply.

BELLOWS FALLS, VT. William St./South St. Housing - Newly remodeled apartments located in the heart of town. 1 bedrooms ($610/mo), 4 bedroom ($950/mo). Includes heat, hot water, rubbish and snow removal.

Close to elementary school, post office, cafe, local grocery store and bus service to surrounding towns. Please contact 802-8857885. Income limits do apply

SPRINGFIELD, VT. South Street. 1-bdrm gr. floor. $595/mo. Includes heat/trash/snow removal. No pets. Call Jake or Gary 802-8855488.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. 1-bdrm apts. available bordering Springfield Common. HT/HW included. No pets/smoking. Application/security deposit required. 2nd floor, efficiency kitchen. $510/mo. 3rd floor, galley kitchen $670/mo. 802-886-4034.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. 1 bdrm apt. Appliances, all utilities included. No pets. Minimum security. 802-886-2703.

MOBILE HOME FOR RENT FOR RENT Crown Point, New York 3 bedroom trailer, $600/mo., references & deposit required. 518-597-3935

REAL ESTATE

SPRINGFIELD, VT. South Street. Large 2bdrm. $675/mo. Call Jake or Gary 802-885- Call and place your listing at 1-802-460-1107 5488.

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Guaranteed financing. $0Down, $0Interest starting $129/mo. Foreclosures online @www.sunsitelandrush.com, call pre-recorded message, 1-800-631-8164.Mention code5065.

REAL PROPERTY FOR SALE 20 ACRE LAND FORECLOSURES Near Growing El Paso, Texas. No Credit Checks/Owner Financing. $0 down, Take over $159/mo. payment. Was $16,900. Now $12,856. 1-800-755-8953 www.texaslandforeclosures.net

TRAVEL, TRAVEL, Travel! $500 sign-on bonus. Seeking 5 sharp guys and gals. Rockn-Roll Atmosphere, Blue Jean Environment!

Call Jan 888-361-1526 today!

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HELP WANTED/LOCAL DRIVERS: HOME Daily! CDL A drivers needed for Earl T. Wadhams Inc. in Cambridge NY. 1-800-334-1314 x1178 www.wadhams.com

Lamoille Ambulance Service looking for EMT’s, Critical Care Techs., Paramedics, pay depending on experience, Please Apply by calling 1-800-639-2082 & press 1

In the market for a new car?

See the areas best in the classified columns. To place an ad, Call 1-802-460-1107.

Real Estate RENTALS 2 & 3 BEDROOM apts. & houses avail. in Bellows Falls, Saxtons River & Westminster.

Call 802-869-2400. http: www.rootspropertymanagement.com/ .

VACATION/ RECREATIONAL RENTALS VACATION/TRAVEL Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort in Florida. For rent weekly by owner. 5-Star Resort, 2-Bedrooms, 2-baths, Internet. $1800 per week thru April. 239-4820217 or 508-364-4409

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HOME FOR SALE WATERFRONT NEW 4 bedroom log cabin.

200’ private shoreline on Big Averill Lake, Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, a sportsman paradise. Visit www.vtlakefrontproperty.com. $389,000. Owner financing.

Automotive

Need an auto? Need someone to take that auto off your hands?

Find what you’re looking for here!

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1996 DODGE Van. Used for light duty. Body fair, engine excellent shape. $1,000 negotiable. Call Steve at 518-562-5425 ext.6

TRUCKS UNDER $10,000

AUTO ACCESSORIES TIRES HERCULES H/P 4000 MXS 87+ 195/60RI5 excellent tread, excellent condition, pair $40 518-688-3106

H & M AUTO SUPPLY “EVERY DAY LOW PRICES” FOREIGN ~ DOMESTIC ~ CUSTOM MADE HYDRAULIC HOSES

Not Just Parts,

PARTS PLUS!

482-2400 482-2446 Route 116

Open 8-5 Monday - Saturday

CARS FOR SALE

DONATE YOUR CAR. FREE TOWING. “Cars for Kids”. Any condition. Tax deductible Outreach Center. 1-800-597-9411

1997 HYANDI Accent great car needs some work $300 O.B.O. 518-585-7084 2005 Ford RangerXLT 4x4, 4.0LTR, 4DR, AC CDplayer, Leer Cap, 41K, Cobalt Blue looks like new. Books $11,600, asking $10,000 Call after 4:30p.m. 518-645-0813

WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-7721142. 1-310-721-0726.

Call and place your listing at 1-802-460-1107

2005 360 Kawasaki\’a04-wheeler,\’a04wd, Red, $2500. 518-962-2376

AAAA DONATION Donate your Car, Boat or Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pickup/ Tow Any Model/ Condition. Help Under Privileged Children Outreach Center. 1-800883-6399.

Automotive & Ti r h ad’s e

T (802) 453-7780 • Thadeus Sorrell, Owner 58 West Street, Bristol, Vermont 05443

Foreign & Domestic Hybrid, Diesel & Electric Vehicle Repair - All Makes & Models Inspections Minor & Major Repairs Computer Diagnostic Electrical Troubleshooting

Monday - Friday 6am-5pm

Hinesburg

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MOTORCYCLE/ ATV

AUTO WANTED

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CARS $1,000-$2,999

2000 GMC Sierra PU 4X4 Extended Cab, SLT, 1500 Grey, Z71, 8 cylinder gas. Leather interior, tonneau cover and bed liner. Remote starter. New tires. Less than 22,000 miles. $10,000 OBO. 518-891-5962

WANTED CLEAN USED MOTORCYCLES & ATV’S TO PURCHASE OR SELL ON CONSIGNMENT. PRO CYCLE INC. 236 SHREWSBURY RD NORTH CLARENDON, VT 802-773-2014

CHECK us out at www.denpubs.com

L OANS A VAILABLE NO CREDIT? BAD CREDIT? BANKRUPTCY?

Hometown Chevrolet Oldsmobile 152 Broadway Whitehall, NY • (518) 499-2886 • Ask for Joe

71070

www.Addison-eagle.com

SATURDAY February 27, 2010

SNOWMOBILE FOR SALE

POLARIS SNOWMOBILE 550. 1 up.

Excellent condition. 2,400 miles w/reverse, cover. Like new. $2,500. 802-483-6277.

THE EAGLE - 19

1982 MOTOSKI Mirage II Snowmobile, Runs Great, $499, 518-251-0178.

2002 SKIDOO 500 MXZ liquid cooled, 1700 miles, show room condition, runs great $3000 518-597-9412

AUTO DONATIONS AAAA DONATION Donate your Car, Boat or Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pickup/ Tow Any Model/ Condition. Help Under Privileged Children Outreach Center. 1-800883-6399.

60 ETHAN ALLEN DRIVE

DONATE YOUR CAR! Breast Cancer Research foundation! Most highly rated breast Cancer charity in America! Tax Deductible/Fast Free Pick Up. 800-771-9551 www.cardonationsforbreastcancer.org

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403

(802) 660-0838 (888) 9 WRENCH WE SERVICE HONDA, SUBARU & TOYOTA SEDANS

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Customer Satisfaction is our trademark and our reputation.

Truck Equipment Division Call 1-800-877-5854

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Exit 3 off I-89 Royalton, Vermont 402 VT Rt. 107 • South Royalton, VT 05068 Call Micah Whitney 802-763-2585 • Fax: 802-763-2492

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MAY THE BEST CAR WIN!!

Come in Now! These Prices Are Good Until March 1st Only!

2010 CHEVROLET AVEO 4 Door MSRP $12,830 Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount.

Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

ONLY

$12,795

2010 CHEVROLET COBALT 4 Door MSRP $17,695

SAVE $4,000!

ONLY

$13,695

Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount. Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

STK# C0031

SAVE $5,155!

ONLY

$33,995

Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount. Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

Extended Cab LS MSRP $36,150

SAVE $7,155!

ONLY

$28,995

Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount. Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

STK# T0809

MSRP $22,835

SAVE $4,000!

Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount. Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

STK# C0015

2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Crew Cab LT MSRP $39,150

2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS

STK# T9869

ONLY

$18,875

STK# C0008

2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA MSRP $26,800

SAVE $4,005!

Price After Factory Rebates & Shea Discount. Tax, Title, Registration Extra.

ONLY

$22,795

STK# 10010

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www.Addison-eagle.com

20 - THE EAGLE

SATURDAY February 27, 2010

WOODLINE FLOOR SALES & SANDING INC. Prefinished/Unfinished Hardwood Floors & Laminates Installation • Sanding, Refinishing & Repair New & Old Wood Floors • Commercial & Residential

FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES

Visit us at our beautiful showroom located on the corner of So. Brownell Road and Marshall Avenue in Williston, VT

IN STOCK PREFINISHED HARDWOOD FLOORING SPECIALS (While Supplies Last) 31⁄4” Lauzon Red Birch.........................................$5.49/sq. ft.

5” Aacer Red Birch...............................................$5.79/sq. ft.

21⁄4” Somerset Natural Red Oak..........................$3.89/sq. ft.

31⁄4” Somerset Builder Grade Red Oak................$3.79/sq. ft.

3”-4”-5” Green River Bass River American Cherry.....................................................$3.99-$5.49/sq. ft.

1 3 ⁄4” Appalachian Select & Better American Cherry...............................................................$5.29/sq. ft.

5” Barefoot 2nd & Better American Cherry. . . . . . .$3.99/sq. ft.

5” NOVA Tigerwood.............................................$5.69/sq. ft.

Quite Simply The:

Broadest Selection Excellent Service Superior Knowledge Top Quality

31⁄4” Model Pacific Grade Yellow Birch...............$3.99 /sq. ft.

41⁄4” Maine Traditions Mid-Grade Yellow Birch..................................................................$4.69/sq. ft.

3” Green River Chatham Maple..........................$3.99/sq. ft.

3”-4”-5” Green River Lewis Bay Maple..............$4.49/sq. ft.

51⁄2” Teragren Carmelized Bamboo......................$3.99/sq. ft.

31⁄4” Ark White Oak with Gunstock Stain...........$2.69/sq. ft.

21⁄4” Scandia Brazilian Cherry............................$4.79/sq. ft.

MANY BLOW OUT SPECIALS $2.00/SQ. FT.

Reserve Now For Tax Free Saturday March 6, 2010

WOODLINE FLOOR SALES & SANDING, INC. Showroom: 1298 So. Brownell Road, Williston, VT 05495

(802) 862-4802 • Fax: (802) 862-9521 Mon.-Fri. 9AM-5PM; Sat. 9AM-3PM • marywoodline@yahoo.com

Visit us at www.woodlinefloors.net

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