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Meet the singers at Middlebury event on May 27.
“You might jabber ‘Frankun haabinzee mitt,’ and you’d sound quite German-ish.”
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BRISTOL — The Vermont Software Developers’ Alliance (vtSDA) is pleased to announce the first winners of the Bentley Awards. The program was initiated in memory of 12year-old Bentley Davis Seifer who died in 2011. Bentley, the son of a founding board member of the Vermont Software Developers' Alliance, had a knack for creating inventions out of found objects and a strong interest in science, engineering, art and math. The projects recognized will help to honor the spirit of invention and ensure students are prepared for a future of constantly changing technology and advancements in science. The vtSDA received twenty-one outstanding applications. The three winning applicants are: • Mt. Abraham Union High School - Bristol - Integrated STEAM project Teachers: Tom Tailer, Paul Stetson, Jim Brown • Hinesburg Community Middle School - Astronomy classes - Teacher: Angela Galyean • Grafton Elementary School - Geocaching Teacher: Beth Ann Drinker The winning proposals: Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol--Proposal: Integrate physics, industrial technology and CAD. “Produce tangible student projects using computer modeling, graphic design and computercontrolled fabrication. Projects include a low-cost pellet stove for heating, wooden-truss structures fabricated with a computer-controlled router, and sports equipment.” - Tom Tailer. Hinesburg Community School— Proposal: iPads to teach astronomy.
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Bridge celebration draws crowd By Keith Lobdell
keith@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — Both sides of the Lake Champlain Bridge were lined as classic cars, bands and floats officially welcomed back the crossing between two states, more than six months after the bridge opened to the public on Nov. 7, 2011. The Lake Champlain Bridge Celebration was held over the May 19-20 weekend with two days of car shows, parades, food, tents and fireworks. It attracted a crowd of more than 1,000 people, far less than the 10,000 Celebration organizers had anticipated, but a sizeable crowd nonetheless. Festivities opened May 19 with a ceremony where dignitaries from both sides of Lake Champlain again expressed their joy over the new structure. “This is a standing monument to a can-do culture,” Crown Point Supervisor Charles Harrington said. “Having gone without a bridge, we have a new appreciation and respect for those leaders who were able to re-define the term, ‘fast track.’” “We are hopeful that this will become a destination place for people to come and explore our history,” Jeffrey Kauffman of the Addison County Select Board said. See CELEBRATION, page 13
The Hubbardton Battlefield Monument float included a cannon and two guards. Photo by Lou Varricchio
New arts, education center to rise in Shelburne By Louis Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com
Shelburne Museum officials and government representatives helped break ground on a new arts and education center at the 45acre facility May 16. Photo provided
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SHELBURNE — The Shelburne Museum, which showcases some of Vermont's most significant architectural and maritime artifacts across 45 acres along U.S. Route 7 in Shelburne, will be the home of a new Shelburne Center for Art and Education, according to museum officials. The giant facility will be 17,000 square feet in size. The new art and education center project officially started May 16 with a groundbreaking event at the construction site. Shelburne Museum Director Thomas Denenberg announced three major gifts totaling $4.5 million that will help fund a portion of the construction. See SHELBURNE, page 13