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Students learn Taekwondo at MUHS

By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com

Catherine Nelson

New Rutland Herald publisher faces DUI, fleeing accident scene

By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com RUTLAND — The new publisher of one of Vermont’s oldest newspaper dynasties was stopped by police Dec. 26 and is facing various charges for DUI and fleeing the scene of an accident.

The Rutland Police Department reported that Catherine Nelson, 64, recently named the publisher of the Rutland Herald, and its sister newspaper the Times Argus, was arrested.

Police said that the accident occurred at the Howe Center in Rutland.

Nelson has been CEO and vice president of the newspaper since 2006.

Newspaper officials announced Nelson as the new publisher on Dec. 29, two days following her arrest.

She will replace publisher R. John Mitchell.

MIDDLEBURY Ñ The year 2015 marked the first time that an alternative education program at Middlebury Union High School included a class incorporating Taekwondo as a weekly physical education approach for the academic school year.

MUHS students enrolled in the program began working with Master Kellie Thomas, a fifth-degree black belt, and owner of TaeKwon Do KICKS. “Just before holiday break, five students were promoted to yellow belt and during the testing also broke their first boards,” Thomas told the Eagle.

Thoimas said that Taekwondo KICKS is also offering toddler and preschool classes two mornings a week; a home school class; weekly classes at Shoreham Elementary School and on going women’s self defense classes.

“Plus we’re still teaching family-style classes two nights a week at Middlebury and Vergennes for students from three years old and above,” Thomas noted.

If you are interested in any of these programs, please contact Thomas at 802-3770476 or tkdkicks101@yahoo.com to schedule a free introductory class.

Addison County resident Kellie Thomas is instructing five MUHS students in the Korean self-defense method of Taekwondo. The method began on the Korean peninsula during the 1940s.

Bernie’s favorite policies failing badly in Vermont

By Bruce Parker

Vermont Watchdog Report

Vermont’s junior senator may find it increasingly difficult to convince national audiences that Robin Hood policies like the carbon tax and single-payer health care can fail at home but work for America.

On the campaign trail in nearby New Hampshire, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders bangs the drum for a carbon tax and single-payer health care — despite the failure of both in his home state of Vermont.

When it comes to progressive causes, the left has no greater champion than Vermont’s junior senator. On the environment, Sanders proposes a national tax to cut carbon levels by 80 percent by 2050. His campaign site calls it “one of the most straightforward and costeffective strategies for quickly fighting climate change.”

But in Vermont, where a proposed carbon tax is now in its second year of seeking legislative support, backers are struggling to convince the public the policy is environmentally or economically sound.

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Tom Bessette, “Mr. Shelburne”, remembered SHELBURNE — Thomas Trefley Bessette passed away Dec. 10, 2015 at the age of 73. He was an active member of the Shelburne community serving in a variety of capacities including selectman, volunteer firefighter, police officer, town constable, health officer, animal control officer, and rescue squad driver.

A lifelong Shelburne resident, he was born in his family home on Feb. 26, 1942 to Thomas and Hilda (Thomas) Bessette.

Bessette graduated from Shelburne High School in 1960, served in the Vermont National Guard and married Joanne Martin on May 6, 1967. Tom cared deeply about his community. He made countless friends and valued each of them for the richness they brought to his life. He also served as a board member of the Champlain Water District for more than thirty-five years.

Bessette’s love of people was apparent in his professional life as well. He worked at Parker Brothers, Inc. and then as head of security at Trinity College of Vermont. After Trinity’s closure, Tom continued to serve the college community as an emergency

dispatcher at St. Michael’s College. Tom also worked for many years with Corbin & Palmer, Inc. He was an active member of the Catholic Church and the Ethan Allen Club, had a passion for photography, loved bird watching, and adored his four grandsons.

Bessette is predeceased by his parents and his brother Ronnie.

He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Joanne Bessette; their daughter Heather Bessette and her partner, Peter Straube of Monkton; daughter Stephanie Egan, her husband Patrick and their children Brennan, Rowan and Declan of Bowers Beach, DE;

and daughter Christine Terry, her husband Jason and their son Gavin of Shelburne. He also leaves his dear brother Rick Bessette, his wife Candy and their sons Jeremy and Travis of Shelburne.

A funeral took place Dec. 14 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington. Burial immediately followed the church services at the Shelburne Town Cemetery following. Donations may be made to Shelburne Rescue at P.O. Box 254 Shelburne, Vt. 05482.

MIDDLEBURY — At a Dec. 8 meeting, the Middlebury Select Board began its review of FY17 budget requests with presentations of the Administration portion of the General Fund Budget

by Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay, the library budget by Library Director Kevin Unrath and the Parks & Recreation Department budget by Director Terri Arnold.

In accordance with the town’s agency funding policy, the following Health & Human Services Agencies requesting increases in their FY17 funding requests also appeared before the Board to discuss their requests.

•Addison County Readers: FY17 request: $2,000 ($500 increase vs. FY16 budget)

•Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): FY17 request: $2,050 ($505 increase vs. FY16 budget) •Red Cross of VT: FY17 request: $3,000 ($1,000 increase vs.

FY16 budget) •WomenSafe: FY17 request: $5,000 ($2,000 increase vs. FY16 budget) Doug Sinclair, executive director of Charter House Coalition, discussed his agency’s plans to petition for an article on the March Town Meeting Warning seeking an appropriation of $6,500 from the Town of Middlebury to support the organization’s emergency housing and daily food programs, which provide shelter to over 60 individuals each year and 28,000 free meals to those who are food insecure.

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Brandon woman arrested for DUI PITTSFORD — On Dec. 18, members of the Vermont State Police responded to Champlain Farms Convenience Store located at 3705 U.S. Route 7 in Pittsford for a reported intoxicated female.

When VSP arrived, they located Ingrid Gevry, 36, of Brandon. While speaking with her it was learned she drove a motor vehicle to the store and she displayed signs of impairment and was screened for DUI. She was taken into custody for DUI/Drugs.

She was processed for DUI/drugs at the Vermont State Police Barracks in Rutland Town. After she was processed for DUI, she was, released to a sober party.

Gevry is scheduled to appear at Vermont Superior Court, Criminal Division on Jan. 4, 2016, to answer to the charge of driving under the influence.

Senior lunch, Jan. 19 MIDDLEBURY — The CVAA Third Tuesday Senior Luncheon program continues Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Russ Sholes Senior Center with special guest speaker, Nicole Foster, coowner of Bridport Creamery.

Artisanal cheese maker extraordinaire, Nicole will share the history and future of her farm; how to’s of cheese making & life with Brown Swiss cows and Saanen goats.

CVAA welcomes everyone ages 60+ to attend our meals, please bring your own place setting. Suggested donation $4.00, advanced reservations required. Call CVAA at 1 (800) 642-5119 ext. 634 to reserve. Free transportation provided by ACTR; call (802) 388-1946.

Vermont gubernatorial candidate calls for Medicaid audit MONTPELIER — GOP candidate for Vermont governor Bruce Lisman called on Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) to have Vermont’s Medicaid Program audited in 2016, so accurate budget projections.

Lisman wants the cost of Medicaid expansion known prior to state legislators finalizing the FY2016 budget adjustment and the FY2017 budget.

“Information is essential for competent management. Without an audit of Medicaid, including compliance with eligibility standards, there is no way for our governor, the legislature, or candidates for governor to put forward a budget that accurately accounts for the cost of Medicaid,” Lisman said Dec. 30. “An audit will also help us to identify and reduce wasteful expenditures, without harming Vermonters who need Medicaid.”

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A Vermont scientist and the strange world of bugs

By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com MIDDLEBURY — There’s no single person more knowledgeable of—and more intimate with—the insect world of Vermont, than Dr. Ross T. Bell.

Entomologist Bell has spent an active lifetime exploring nature and cataloging over 495 species of rugged ground beetles crawling through the forests and fields—and a few households—of Vermont.

Bell’s crowning achievement of a lifetime of zoological discovery takes the form of an impressive new scientific work with the unusual title, “Carabidae of Vermont and New Hampshire” (published by Shires Press, 385-pages).

Not likely to be a stocking stuffer at $50, Dr. Bell’s hardcoveronly book is really geared for professional and serious amateur insect collectors, at least those deeply infected with a certain kind of beetlemania.

According to Joanne Garton of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Dr. Bell’s new book is the definitive word on Vermont bugs to date.

“Bell and his wife, Joyce Bell, are the world’s leading experts on the carabid tribe Rhysodini—the Wrinkled Bark Beetles—and have described over three quarters of the world’s 360 species... it is an indispensable resource to anyone interested in the habitat and distribution of all carabid beetles in New England or in the broader ecology of where these beetles are found,” Garton said.

Bell, a professor emeritus of the University of Vermont, is still recognized as a world leader in the study of Wrinkled Bark Beetles.

“During his tenure at UVM, Bell’s entomology students found endless expertise and inspiration in his teaching style that peppered the academic study of natural history with memorable anecdotes of his time in field,” according to Garton.

We asked on of Dr. Bell’s former students, Jessica Rykken—a research associate at Harvard University’s zoology research center—about how the good bug doctor influenced her life, as well

as the lives of fellow students; now we understand why Bell is considered one of the world’s leaders in the field.

“Ross told us about a thousand amazing stories about insects, played us records of singing insects, took us out to interesting places to catch insects, and sat down patiently with us to work through insect keys,” Rykken said. “His knowledge and passion and enthusiasm were really what set me down the road to wanting to become an entomologist. The next year, with Ross’s help, I ended up collecting almost 10,000 carabids in the Green Mountains for my final project. I couldn’t turn back.”

So what’s the big deal when it comes to all things carabidae in Vermont and New Hampshire?

Well, to start, Bell’s cataloging is a wealth of biological and distributional information about these ground beetles; it expands available data with new records and confirmation of historical catalogue records that were in doubt.

“The book’s introduction discusses topography, mountains, wetlands, vegetation, soils, life zones, and biophysical regions of Vermont and New Hampshire,” Garton added. “The main text follows with brief tribal and generic summaries and individual accounts of the 495 carabid species known from the two states.

Each species account includes general range, local range, habitat, life cycle, behavior and dynamics. Occurrence dot maps were compiled for each species from the author’s records and digitized by the Vermont Atlas of Life project at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies.”

Bell’s book was made possible with a little help from Vermont taxpayers through the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Vermont Entomological Society, and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

Pictured at right: Dr. Ross T. Bell and Joyce Bell examine a collection of Vermont wrinkled bark beetles. The state’s beloved retired UVM professor of entomology has written a new book to astound the zoological world.

Photo courtesy of Joanne Garton

Public considers sidewalk plan design in Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY — As a follow up to a recent Middlebury Select Board meeting, the Board Dec. 15 conducted a public hearing to allow interested parties to comment on the conceptual design for the construction of a 1,200-ft. segment of sidewalk on Exchange Street from the intersection at Elm Street to MacIntyre Services.

Doug Henson of Lamoureux & Dickinson, the engineering firm working on the conceptual plans, presented a plan showing a 5-ft.-wide concrete sidewalk on the east side of Exchange Street from Elm Street to near R.K. Miles, with a crosswalk to the west side of Exchange Street at the R.K. Miles showroom, and then continuing with a 5-ft.-wide concrete sidewalk to MacIntyre Services.

The Select Board received and discussed comments on the width of the travel lanes (10’ vs. 11’), truck traffic, vehicle speed, safe travel for cyclists and a suggestion that the sidewalk from Elm Street to the showroom be on the west, rather than the east side of the road.

The Board asked staff to contact the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the funding source for this project, to discuss the required timeline for building the project and the possibility of phasing construction, pending the outcome of the changes in ownership of the property at the westerly corner of Elm Street and Exchange Street where Greg’s Market operated previously.

Pictured above, right: A concrete sidewalk is planned on the east side of Exchange Street from Elm Street,near the former site of Greg’s Market, to near R.K. Miles, and then continuing with a 5-ft.-wide concrete sidewalk to MacIntyre Services. Pictured: Peg and Sandy Martin at the site of Greg’s, spring 2015 where the planned sidewalk will reach.

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Opinion From the Editor

The dash of life

Several readers e-mailed me their requests for a year-end reprinting of this, our most talked-about 2015 editorials. We happily include it below. Ñ The editor

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y sister and I accompanied our 98-year-old mother on a visit to our father’s grave for Father’s Day weekend. It was the first Father’s Day without our Dad. He died, at age 100, in January 2015.

As our mother stood by, a bit wobbly on her feet, we knelt and planted a small garden-store container of flowering annuals at the foot of Dad’s headstone. We all said a quiet prayer, and walked on to visit other family graves.

We stopped at the grave of our mysterious Aunt Kate.

She was the first wife of my Dad’s younger brother, our Uncle Banks (a nickname). He was also Catholic godfather to me.

Sadly, neither my sister nor I knew our Aunt Kate; we were both born more than a decade after she had died.

My mother told us the story, which we both knew a little.

But with each telling a little more of this family onion is revealed.

In 1942, Aunt Kate passed away while giving birth; the baby—never named—was stillborn. This happened during World War II; my uncle had been serving as captain of the S.S. Morgan Mar, a cargo ship in the U.S. Merchant Marine fleet—a very high risk job in submarine-infested waters of the North Atlantic Ocean at the time.

After Aunt Kate’s death, we were told, our uncle bore deeply into his maritime responsibilities, got through the world’s upheaval, and remarried after the war ended. His second wife was the aunt (and my godmother) that we knew. Together they had another child, my Cousin Jody.

Aunt Kate’s death was a tragedy for my Dad’s brother, but Uncle Banks survived it, remarrying and healing the wounds with bravado, cigarettes, and Campari cocktails.

He found success—and fun in the sun—living as an “expat” on the Italian Riviera through most of the 1950s and ‘60s. He eventually returned stateside. Now after so many years, no photographs of Aunt Kate has ever turned up among the family’s various photo albums. Thus, the mystery of this fragment of our family’s past persists.

My uncle passed away in 1996 and the nieces and nephews never mustered the courage to ask him, face-to-face, about Aunt Kate. Cousin Jody is as much in the dark about her father’s first wife. It just wasn’t something anyone dared bring up in conversation.

I’ve wondered what about the physical appearance of Aunt Kate; I am sure she was bright and attractive. After she died, Kate’s side of the family moved away and so contact faded. I am sad to say that no artifacts of her life remain—vanished without a trace except for the small granite headstone we visited last month.

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As my sister and I walked through the urban cemetery where my father and other family members now rest, we noticed dozens of old headstones—all dating to the early 1900s—with small, monochrome cameo photographs.

These photos of long-gone loved ones are affixed to their stones, each encapsulated in protected glass. Some images were cloudy, stained with a century of condensation, but others remain transparent. You could see the emotionless, silver-nitrate faces of the departed—along with their names—thus inscribed.

I wonder: Would it be too much for we the living, in our modern headlong pursuit of happiness, to be reminded of death by seeing photographs of our loved ones staring back at us from their gravesides?

Adding a photograph to a loved one’s tomb was not an uncommon thing in the early years of the previous century. But as traditions surely changed—and just as we moderns blithely redefine everything that was once held sacred—so, too, the old tradition of headstone photographs vanished following World War I. Today, we are told by society’s observers, traditional funerals are in decline; so, too, are traditional burial plots with their classic headstones.

Many—not all—modern families don’t seem to bother with traditional (religious) burials or stones to mark the final resting places of their loved ones. An urn (or a special ly designed cardboard box) of “cremains” is taken home; the ashes are then either scattered to the four winds, kept on the mantle or in a drawer, with only the memories remaining.

It’s ironic that with our sophisticated, 21st century notions (having forgone traditional religious funerals because so many no longer have religion), we naively trust in medical science, even computer and robotic science, to keep us going, ad infinitum.

Despite our sophisticated attempts to sidestep reality, death itself remains unaltered—it’s as sure for our love ones as is our eventual rendezvous with it.

Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Regina Brett has observed that attending traditional funerals and seeing an engraved tombstone (and I’d guess, perhaps, seeing the cameo image of the deceased on the tomb) has an important, cathartic effect to serve.

“Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting,” Brett wrote in the Plain Dealer a few years ago. “They hit the pause button on life and reminds us that it has an end.

Every eulogy reminds me to deepen my dash—that place on the tombstone between our birth and our death.”

Louis Varricchio Editor’s note: Names of my family have been changed for reasons of privacy.

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Full steam ahead

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s we move into the new year and have settled into the new brand, it’s time for the next phase of growth for your weekly newspaper.

This weekend we will be installing two new pieces of production equipment. Our 8 into 1 inserting machine is getting a new partner when we bring online our new 12 into 1 automated inserter. With Dan Alexander greater capacity and a new central Thoughts from vacuum system these important Behind the Pressline production tools will help our dedicated crews in the back shop to process your paper and make certain all the various inserts are prepped for delivery throughout the region.

Another idea that will be implemented shortly will be our $100,000 Promotional Grant Program. Throughout the year we’ve always made space available to charitable organizations to help them get their message to you. Many of these organization work on limited funds but their services are a key components to life in our region.

The new grants will allow for better planning of an entire communication message rather than asking, hat in hand, each time the need arises.

The grants to these organizations will not affect emergency requests from individuals or families in need due to illness, accidents or tragedies. The paper has always played an important role helping out as needed. The grant program will improve that capacity to serve our friends and neighbors.

Now, who doesn’t love a good contest? Winning a prize is just pure fun and we’ve just contracted with one of the nations best companies to bring a back end platform to aid the contest process for both the paper and for advertisers that wish to run their own contests. Watch for our Valentines Day roll out soon to be followed up by a March Madness Bracket Program.

Free newspapers like The Sun in New York and The Eagle in Vermont depend strictly on the support from community businesses and institutions that use the newspaper to market their goods and services. Despite what you may hear or have been told about newspapers dying, the facts are, print newspaper advertising is still the single best source for reaching local buyers and those seeking services.

We are finalizing plans now to secure two new sources of research to improve our ability to present factual research information to support these claims. Without advertising support we can’t exist and as we’ve seen from the large corporate newspapers their ability to serve the needs of the region are greatly diminished and will likely continue to erode.

We’ve got more projects in the pipeline but these are top of list as we move optimistically into 2016 with a full head of steam. Thank you for supporting your locally owned community papers.

Dan Alexander is associate publisher of New Market Press.

He may be reached at dan@newmarketpressvt.com

BABY NEW YEAR

Only minutes after welcoming the New Year, the staff at the Porter Hospital Birthing Center in Middlebury welcomed the first baby born in a Vermont hospital. Gary Augustus Brodowski, a nine-pound, three-ounce baby boy, arrived at 12:07 a.m. on Jan. 1, and was Vermont’s “New Year’s Baby” for 2016. The mother, Abby Brodowski, was smiling and doing very well. The family lives in Rutland and also has a two-year old daughter.

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Letters to the Editor Peak oil To the editor: It’s the end of 2015. I’ve been tidying up my files; after rummaging around in some of the old “Eagle” letters to the editor from times gone by, my attention was captured by several pointed screeds warning us of the looming crisis of peak oil.

The dire times were upon us if we didn’t mend our ways; by that was meant rid yourselves of oil heated homes, petrol fueled conveyances and Edison-invented merchandise unless one owned their own sustainable energy plant.

Petroleum-based commodities will be the death of man; one has to assume this includes lip balm, also.

The two notable letters: one from Bristol, the other from Addison; they shall remain unnamed. The letter writers might like to answer one simple question for all us idiots who just couldn’t figure out that we’re running out of oil: Please tell us. How is your prognostication working out?

J. Kirk Edwards Inman, S.C. & Ferrisburgh, Vt.

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The Grinch that stole Christmas in Pittsford

By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com PITTSFORD — Vermont State Police in Rutland are requesting assistance in any information regarding the theft of food and walkers from the adult living community on Dec. 24.

Thirty residents at the National Church Residences Village Manor in Pittsford woke Christmas morning to a visit from a true-to-life, nasty Mr. Grinch.

Missing from the senior community room and kitchen were

the following items: Christmas cookies ,tossed salad, frozen chicken, several turkeys, loaves of bread (frozen), hot dog rolls, dinner rolls, canned vegetables, 10 lbs of potatoes, a collection of Christmas music CD albums, puzzles, the community’s television and stereo, along with 10 ambulatory walkers—all had been stolen.

A criminal investigation is underway; any leads. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101.

Information can also be submitted anonymously online at www.vtips.info or text “CRIMES” (274637) to Keyword: VTIPS.

Winter blues To the editor: It might help, with the Winter Blues (From the editor, Dec. Dec. 19) to note that evenings are getting longer already, since Dec 11, by seconds a day and soon by minutes.

We have later sunlight already. However, sunrise, which few pay any attention to is still coming later and later by a few seconds a day until after Jan 1. (Equally distant from the equinox of Dec 21.) This is due the the Equation of Time and spherical trigonometry and the elliptical path of the Earth around the Sun. The later sunrise is noticeable by the Sun not having time to melt ice off windshields.

So, if it is lack of Sun that is bothering you, rejoice and notice more evening light already. But, if it is the cold that is bothering you, skip the rest of this letter.

Since little or no Sun is shining on the North Pole, it is getting much colder up there and they don’t hold on to all that cold and send a lot down to Vermont. This will get less of a problem by the end of January. Have faith and put another log on the fire.

Peter Grant Bristol, Vt.

Volunteers make the difference To the editor: The season of giving has made me reflect on the many ways that our community has supported Homeward Bound over the year. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the people who have helped turn life around for the homeless and neglected animals that come to our shelter.

Thank you to volunteers who have given countless hours providing one-on-one TLC with the dogs, cats, rabbits, and other residents of Homeward Bound. You have given them hope.

Thank you to the businesses and community organizations that have underwritten, promoted and sponsored our events, dining cards, and public relations efforts. You have made our fundraisers fly.

Thank you to all the people who have gone out of your way to bring us a stray or abandoned animal, or who’ve made the hard choice to give a pet a better life. You have opened doors for these animals.

Thank you to the children, school groups and community partners who have organized supply drives and brought us the day-to-day supplies we need to care for the animals. You have stocked our shelves.

Thank you to all the individuals who have supported us with financial donations that have paid for food, medicine, spay/neuter surgeries and other necessary care. You have made a difference for the 582 animals that have come through our doors this year.

Thank you to the Board of Directors who has provided oversight and guidance to the organization and thank you to the staff who go above and beyond every day. You are a pleasure to work with.

Last but by no means least, thank you to all of our adopters. You have made dreams come true.

Jessica Danyow, CAWA Executive Director Homeward Bound: Addison CountyÕ s Humane Society Middlebury

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Pictured: The Writers Studio in Cornwall: Long out-of-use farm buildings are a common sight throughout Vermont. Yet, on this historic farmstead in Addison County, a farm building has become a contemplative writing space that recognizes and honors its agricultural past.

Inset: Ashar Nelson of VIA in Middlebury.

Middlebury firm wins architecture award

By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently recognized Vermont Integrated Architecture of Middlebury with a 2015 Honor Award for the transformation of an old milking parlor into a contemporary writer’s studio.

Long out-of-use farm buildings are a common sight throughout Vermont. Yet, on a pristine, historic farmstead in Cornwall, one unassuming farm building has become a contemplative writing space that recognizes and honors its agricultural past.

The nearly 500-square-foot Writers Studio building received a new foundation, insulation, and new window openings, and features two levels – a main floor and a moveable loft. The loft moves by way of a hand crank fashioned out of a salvaged dairy

barn stanchion and farm equipment gears, allowing the writer to take advantage of changing light conditions and views. Like an old-school rolling library ladder, the loft also permits access to upper level bookshelves.

The AIA-Vermont Award Jury recognized VIA’s “imagination, ingenuity, and technical virtuosity” in the restoration of the space, noting that “the new hardware associated with the sliding mezzanine is simple, thoughtful, familiar but clearly innovative, and even playful.”

Greg Borah, the project’s builder, was also recognized. Other local collaborators on the project include Lou Nop of Nop’s Metalworks, J.W. and D.E. Ryan Plumbing and Heating, and Adams Electric.

Andrea Murray and Ashar Nelson formed VIA in 2011. The firm strives to design delightful spaces that benefit communities and honor their respective environments. The Writer’s Studio was completed in 2012.

Auditions for “The Orphan Train” in Rutland RUTLAND — Rutland Youth Theatre will hold open auditions for its first One Acts for Youngsters Series and join the One Act season for high school-age students with the a moving historical story titled, “The Orphan Train”.

Produced and directed by Saskia Hagen Groom, “The Orphan Train” will take the audience on a journey of the phenomena that transpired from 1910 to 1914 in the United States, where tens of thousands of children were emigrated from New York City to the Midwest.

Audition times are Jan. 10, from 3-6 p.m., and Jan. 11, from 6-8 p.m. at Rutland Youth Theatre, Courcelle Building, 16 North St. Extension in Rutland.

Grades 3-8 only may audition. Choose one audition only, but stay for the duration of the audition. Show times are in March. Contact 802-558-4177. Rehearsals will be Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays 3-6 p.m. (or Sundays 3-6 p.m.).

Produced and directed by Rutland resident Saskia Hagen Groom, “The Orphan Train” will take the audience on a journey of the phenomena that transpired from 1910 to 1914 in the United States, where tens of thousands of children were emigrated from New York City to the Midwest.

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OZZY 6 Year Old. Neutered Male. Labrador Retriever Mix. Let’s go, let’s go. If you adopt me you’ll be hanging with an action packed, on the go fella who is full of pep and spunk. Wow, that’s some description but I think it’s pretty accurate. I’m a non-stop fun guy and I’ll need lots of exercise and play time with my new family to keep me happy. The good news is that I love toys (tennis balls and squeaky toys are my favorites) and I love people. I’m super social. I’m pretty talented and I know Sit, Shake, Down and an adorable Sit Pretty that will make you smile and melt your heart.

www.addison-eagle.com JESSIE 1 Year Old. Spayed Female. Domestic Short Hair. White.

I am gorgeous with my appealing white coat and I come off as a very friendly cat.

Sometimes my playfulness and happiness leads to me being over stimulated and then I can start to play rough. I want to be loved, but everything is on my own terms, and if I am not satisfied with what is going on, I have quite a wild side that comes out. The staff and I agree and feel that a barn would best suit my needs. If you are looking for a barn cat that will make you smile, entertain you and can accept that I have some quirks and can be a little rough around the edges, I may be a wonderful fit for you.

COCO 9 Year Old. Neutered Male. Pit Bull.

If you want to laugh, smile and giggle all at the same time you’ll have to stop by and meet me. You see, I’m just a great dog. I love to play with toys (squeaky toys are my favorite) and will happily carry them around. I also like to play tug with them. I’m very outgoing and friendly and I enjoy being with people.

Published by New Market Press, Inc. I love going for walks and I have nice leash manners so I hope lots of walks and hikes are in my future. I love treats, too, and can catch them in mid air. If you’re looking for a happy and loving fella to be your new best friend and walking partner please stop by and say hello.

TWINKLE 6 Year Old. Spayed Female. Siamese.

Chocolate Point.

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Gas prices in Vermont are the lowest since 2009 RUTLAND — U.S. drivers are paying the lowest average price for regular unleaded gasoline since 2009, and the national average is one cent away from dropping below $2 per gallon.

These lower gas prices have been largely driven by the falling price of crude oil, which begins this week at its lowest mark in more than five years. U.S. average gas prices are 79 per gallon less than the 2015 peak, and the national average has moved lower for 33 of the past 38 days for a total savings of 21 cents per gallon. The average price at the pump is down two cents on the

week, 16 cents on the month and 54 cents on the year.

Here is a look at local gas prices: Vermont’s current price is thie highest at $2.16 per gallon, which is only three cents lower than one week ago, but 75 cents lower than one year ago.

New Hampshire’s current price is $2.04 per gallon, which is three cents lower than one week ago and 64 cents lower than one year ago.

Maine’s current price is $2.15 per gallon, which is five cents

Guest Viewpoint

Vermont wind developers shut out concerned neighbors

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ast week there was a meeting held involving the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) and Swanton Wind at a State of Vermont facility involving state agency personnel.

The meeting was about Swanton Wind’s findings on Rocky Ridge in Swanton in the area of the proposed seven industrial wind turbine project.

The data includes study findings on bat species, bat population numbers and Bald and Golden Eagle sightings on the ridge, among other observations. This meeting was not open to the public by request of Swanton Wind’s attorney!

This is yet another of many examples of how the State of Vermont’s renewable energy process is biased towards the developer.

Due to the Public Service Board’s (PSB) process the developers, Travis, Ashley and Gerald Belisle, have the advantage as a result of an administration that is building renewable energy projects “like mad”. This is the same administration that presided over the creation of the review process for these renewable energy projects.

They used industry insiders to draft the criteria and then it was polished with well distributed political campaign contributions.

Swanton Wind is essentially in the pre-approval stage before the PSB. They have had their “paid experts” evaluating the site for its feasibility and will present these findings to the PSB when they file their application. The ANR and the Public Service Department (PSD) will work with the developers to overcome any obstacles and “mitigate” (set aside land elsewhere) to offset the destruction of wetlands, wildlife habitat and other compromises to the proposed project site.

The State of Vermont has no siting requirements for 500 ft. tall 300 ton structures with blades that spin in excess of 180 mph at the tip. By world standards Vermont has a very liberal 45 dbA noise level limit averaged over a one hour period. These factors, which directly impact the health of human beings, are given little consideration.

The developers, with paid experts under oath, will state that in fact these variables do not adversely impact humans, similar to the paid experts who testified under oath for “Big Tobacco” that cigarettes do not cause cancer. World wide people are complaining

about the negative impacts of wind turbines on their health.

There are organizations in every country where wind turbines exist with web sites for these victims.

Sure the PSB will have public hearings where they will listen but, unless you have Ph.D. at the end of your name they will consider your comments as just your opinion and dismiss them.

This process also makes it harder for average Vermonters to express their opposition to these projects because of the expenses incurred in hiring

experts to present the contrary view point. People who have done this already learned that the PSB ignores all the experts from towns and neighbors and gives more weight to the developer’s experts.

The governor has jumped into this renewable energy movement with both feet similar to the way he approached health care, and we all know how that turned out. As with health care there is a lot of money involved in these renewable energy projects and those seeking that money are willing to spend a lot to pur-

sue it. You may have seen the expensive T.V. ad touting wind energy with scenes from Crystal Lake paid for by the wind lobby - tactics that other industrial groups with huge profits at stake use.

What makes them even more desperate is that wind is losing out to solar in cost and feasibility creating a situation similar to the video-tech battle of Betamax versus VHS—with wind being the Betamax.

Stay vigilant.

Dustin Lang Montpelier

lower than week ago and 57 cents lower than one year ago.

Massachusetts current price is $2.08 per gallon, which is three cents lower than one week ago and 65 cents lower than one year ago.

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The Week In Sports

Panthers basketball handles Salve Regina, 79-58

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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s basketball team finished off the 2015 calendar year on a winning note, as the Panthers defeated Salve Regina on Wednesday by a 79-58 score in Pepin Gymnasium. The 79 points for Middlebury was a season high, as the Panthers shot 50 percent from the field (28-56) for the game. The Panthers (4-2) are back on the court this weekend participating in the New York University Holiday Classic, where they will face Bridgewater State on Saturday and the host Violets the following day. Salve Regina (3-7) plays again on January 5 at Eastern Nazarene.

Middlebury never trailed in the game, scoring the opening five points of the contest. Sarah Kaufman netted the initial points of the contest with a three-pointer, and Catherine Harrison followed with a basket from inside the paint. Middlebury held a seven-point edge (20-13) at the end of the first quarter.

The Panthers started the second quarter with another nice

run, this time scoring seven-straight points. Harrison again hit a jumper from the paint and Kaufman connected on shot from behind the arc. Rachel Collins capped the run with a jumper, putting the hosts in front 27-13. Middlebury’s lead grew to 43-26 at the half.

Middlebury continued to build on its lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Seahawks by a 22-12 margin, with the final bucket of the frame coming in the closing seconds on a lay-up by Alex Huffman.

In the fourth quarter, the hosts took their biggest lead of the game of 30 (68-38) on a free throw by Harrison.

Harrison posted her second straight double-double consisting of 20 points, going 8-11 from the floor, along with a game-high 12 rebounds. Kaufman finished with 18 points for the Panthers, while Sabrina Weeks chipped in with nine and both Huffman and Amanda Bayer netted eight.

For Salve Regina, Meaghan Harden lead all players with 29 points, as the guard went 11-18 from the floor and a perfect 4-4 from the foul line.

PIT-STOP BREAKFAST — The Sugar & Spice Restaurant and Gift Shop on Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., is a popular breakfast stop for local racecar drivers and racing fans. To celebrate the establishment’s 10th anniversary last week, owners Walt and Lynn Manney were surprised by a visit with cars by Devil’s Bowl drivers Seth Bridge (26), Scott FitzGerald (5), and Andrew FitzGerald (55).

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Sarah Kaufman scored 18 points for the Panthers.

Fighting Saints win down the stretch vs.

Villa Maria

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RUTLAND — The College of St. Joseph men’s basketball team won in a physical contest against Villa Maria College on Dec. 28.

The last game of 2015 was back and forth, but CSJ was able to outperform Villa Maria when the game mattered the most, finishing them off with a final score of 86-69. It was a well-rounded effort from the Saints, who had ten different players score points throughout the match.

CSJ was led in scoring by Kyle Houston, who came off the bench to score a game high 20 points. Houston got most of his points from the charity stripe, going an impressive 13-14 from the line. Kareem Brown played big for the Saints down low and was able to control the paint all game long. He ended up with seven offensive and seven defensive rebounds to go along with his nine points.

It was a grind out type of game that ended with a total of 52 personal fouls between the two teams. CSJ did a good job of keeping calm and kept playing the game the right way, whether they were being fouled or not.

This was an important win for the Saints and they look to ride the momentum through the rest of the season.

Change at Devil’s Bowl Auto racing

WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway Marketing Director Dick Therrien has stepped down from his duties at the Vermont track, effective immediately.

Therrien was part of the Devil’s Bowl Speedway staff for just over one year and contributed a significant amount of positive addition to the overall program during that time.

Therrien joined the staff in September 2014 after many years of prior experience at several weekly racing facilities in northern New England.

Therrien oversaw the sponsorship and marketing department at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2015 and grew several new relationships for the track. He served in the same role at Airborne Park Speedway during the year and held several positions on race days as well.

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Castleton athletes in top 10 performances

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CASTLETON — Castleton Univesrity student-athletes once again put forth some impressive performances in 2015.

Campus records came crashing down and six different teams played in a conference championship game during 2015.

Four different teams won conference championships and seven different squads went on to postseason play. Throughout the hundreds of contests numerous athletes had outstanding performances but just ten could make this year’s Top 10 of 2015.

Leading up to the New Year we will count down these top-10 performances of 2015. Careful consideration was paid to the magnitude of each game, the historical significance of each performance, and the individual’s overall contribution.

No. 2 - Jess Cameron vs. Williams (Nov. 29) Jess Cameron was phenomenal for the Spartans against Williams, stopping all 46 shots she faced en route to a 2-0, shutout victory at Spartan Arena, Nov. 29.

The senior collected 17 saves in the second period alone as Castleton built a 2-0 advantage. She then stopped14 shots to preserve the lead for her team in the final frame of play.

Cameron helped the Spartans kill off both penalties they took in the contest, while also holding the Ephs scoreless for nearly three minutes while Williams had an empty net in favor of an extra attacker.

The victory was one of 10 wins for Cameron over the first half of this season for No. 6/8 Castleton, while it was one of the four times she posted more than 40 saves in those 12 games.

Pictured at right: Jess Cameron made his mark during a game in November 2015.

Driver Leon Gonyo remembered at Devil’s Bowl

By Justin St. Louis

RUTLAND — A select group of asphalt and dirt stock car drivers from Devil’s Bowl Speedway were honored Dec. 28 as Internet news source Vermont Motorsports Magazine announced its annual “Driver of the Year” award winners.

The winners in 11 categories were revealed in a live audio broadcast at www.vtmotormag. com; more than 19,000 fan votes were tallied in a two-week span.

Former multi-time Devil’s Bowl Speedway Late Model race winner Nick Sweet took top

honors as the 2015 Driver of the Year in the overall voting, topping Modified racer Nick Heywood and multi-division dirt star Kevin Chaffee.

Devil’s Bowl champions Vince Quenneville Jr. and Chris LaVair were among the 10 nominees in the top category. The list of past VMM Driver of the Year overall winners includes Devil’s Bowl competitors Todd Stone in 2013 and Don Miller in 2010.

Veteran NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Modified competitor Leon Gonyo was honored posthumously with three awards, winning Driver of the Year laurels in the Devil’s Bowl

The late Leon Gonyo posthumously won three Vermont Motorsports Magazine “Driver of the Year” awards including Devil’s Bowl Speedway Driver of the Year.

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Speedway, Airborne Park Speedway, and Open Wheel categories.

Gonyo, who passed away following a medical emergency during a victory lap at Devil’s Bowl in September, was the overwhelming favorite on all three ballots; he won five races at Devil’s Bowl in 2015.

Asphalt Modified track champion Quenneville finished second to Gonyo in the Devil’s Bowl Speedway category, followed by two-time asphalt Late Model winner Bobby Therrien.

Also nominated were dirt Sportsman Modified champion Kenny Tremont Jr. and runnerup Tim Hodge, asphalt Modified runner-up Ron Proctor, asphalt Late Model champion Josh Masterson, asphalt Renegade champion Robert Gordon, and asphalt Mini Stock stars LaVair and Chuck Bradford.

Mini Stock drivers LaVair and Justin Severance finished 1-2 in the Four Cylinder category.

LaVair, known for his asphalt success, took down six victories and the asphalt track championship, while rookie driver Severance was a two-time dirt winner at Devil’s Bowl and also took the Bear Ridge Speedway championship.

American-Canadian Tour Late Model driver Joey Polewarczyk Jr. was named the Touring Series Driver of the Year after a five-win season that included the People’s United Bank 100 at Devil’s Bowl in June.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway will officially crown its champions and top drivers from the 2015 season at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, Vt. on Saturday, January 30, 2016. For tickets, contact Justin St. Louis at (802) 355-3282 or email devilsbowlspeedway@gmail.com.

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Vermont to enforce strict imported firewood law in 2016

By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com MIDDLEBURY — A proposed rule governing the importation of untreated firewood into the State of Vermont has been filed with the Secretary of State.

Officials said that the purpose of the rule is to protect forest health by slowing the longdistance movement of wood-borne invasive forest pests, such as Asian longhorned beetle

and emerald ash borer, and preventing the spread of pests into Vermont.

The legislation requires the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation to adopt regulations on importing untreated firewood.

The proposed rule, as filed, is open for public comment until Jan. 15, 2016. Two public hearings are scheduled: •Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Manchester Town Hall in Manchester Center

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•Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury. Both hearings will begin at 4 p.m.

The proposed rule prohibits the importation of untreated firewood into Vermont. The definition of firewood states that it is wood processed for burning and less than 48 inches in length, but does not include wood chips, pellets, pulpwood, or wood for manufacturing purposes.

The law allows treated firewood to enter the

state if it is treated to the USDA standard of 160° F (71.1° C) for at least 75 minutes at a certified treatment facility and is accompanied by certification of treatment.

By written request, the Commissioner of Forests, Parks & Recreation may waive this prohibition under conditions which ensure that the firewood poses minimal threat to forest health. Violations may result in confiscation of firewood and/or a civil citation.

The rules are to take effect on May 1, 2016.

NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN

By Gail Callahan

news@addison-eagle.com HINESBURG — The Burlington Police Department officer from Hinesburg, who was accused of domestic assault by a former girlfriend and later arrested by Vermont State Police. returned to court last week.

Ethan Thibault of Hinesburg and his attorney Robert Katims were in Vermont Superior Court Dec. 9, allowing Thibault’s defense attorney to file motions. No additional charges or changes to Thibault’s condition of release occurred, said Mary Morrissey of the Chittenden County Deputy State’s Attorney Office.

Thibault was arrested by Vermont State Police at their Williston barracks in September.

Thibault voluntary agreed to be interviewed by state law enforcement officials. He was later taken into custody on three misdemeanor charges, stemming from reports of that Thibault assaulted his then- girlfriend Whitney Thibault. She is the daughter of former National Guard Adjutant Gen. Michael Dubie.

In November, Burlington Chief of Police Brandon del Pozo said during a news interview that Thibault had returned to active duty. He had previously been put on paid, administrative leave after the charges of domestic assault came to light.

Bruce Bovat, a deputy chief of Burlington Police Department, confirmed to the Eagle that Thibault had returned to work. “He is putting in a 40-hour week,” Bovat indicated at the time.

The judge in the case released Thibault on conditions, including he have no contact with the victim and according to court papers, he not possess firearms.

Thibault’s next court appearance is Jan. 13, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.

NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN — The Rutland region’s latest new business to open is Appliance Depot. The home appliance retailer, carrying major brands and more at the right prices, is located at 439 Route 7 N. in Rutland Town. Penny Inglee of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce, said the organization is “excited” about a spate of new business openings since September. Attending the Appliance Depot ribbon-cutting were Dave Correll, Bill Ackerman, Marlene Cenate, Dave Allaire, Kathy Mallette, Phil Keene, owner, Rob Maguire, owner, Rep. Tom Terenzini, Christopher LaFlamme, Angela LaFlamme, Paul Crossman, and Tom Donahue.

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slash Vermont’s carbon emissions by 2 million tons annually and direct tax revenue to weatherization and energy efficiency programs. Critics blast the tax as regressive, arguing it will harm Vermonters whose pocketbooks are sensitive to fluctuations in gas prices.

Either way, the tax is projected to boost the cost of gasoline by up to 88 cents per gallon, assuming fuel distributors pass the cost on to consumers. A gallon of propane would rise 58 cents; heating oil and diesel fuel could jump $1.02 per gallon.

While the tax may nudge many Vermonters to fill up vehicles in nearby states like New York and New Hampshire, there’s a bigger problem: carbon-tax backers admit it won’t change global CO2 levels.

Faced with the prospect that Vermont’s carbon tax can do little — maybe nothing — to help global warming, Paul Burns, executive director of the pro-carbon-tax Vermont Public Interest Research Group, recently said during a Montpelier debate, “Alone, sure, we can’t do it.”

Perhaps not even together. In that debate, panelists were considering the provocative findings of economist Bjørn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center. CO2 reduction initiatives in the just-wrapped 2015 Paris Climate Summit agreement, Lomborg concludes, will reduce global temperatures by only one-sixth of one degree by the end of the century.

Such policy-killing admissions occur frequently in Vermont, where the state is on track to create an all green-energy economy that runs on 90 percent renewables by 2050.

www.addision-eagle.com Asa Hopkins, Vermont’s policy chief at the Department of Public Service, spoke to Watchdog about the impact an all-green Vermont would have on global warming. His analysis was surprisingly honest, if self-defeating.

“Climate change is a classic tragedy-of-the-commons problem where no one person’s actions, no one state, or even one country’s actions is attributable to even more than maybe a few percent of the global challenge,” Hopkins said.

Convincing Vermonters to sacrifice money and comfort for a policy that does nothing to avert a supposed climate apocalypse looks like a losing political battle. In fact, the tax is so steep and ineffective that Vermont’s Democratic governor doesn’t endorse it.

State lawmakers aren’t biting either. Earlier this month, the chair of the House Energy Committee, Rep. Tony Klein, D-East Montpelier, told Watchdog “everybody knows that there will be no carbon tax bill seriously moved forward in any way, shape or form this session.”

When it comes to pushing a carbon tax on the nation, Sanders seems not to have gotten Vermont’s memo.

Sanders’ embrace of a single-payer health care system has fared no better in his home state.

In a rousing back-and-forth with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate, Sanders reaffirmed his belief in a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system. That policy met crushing defeat exactly one year ago in Vermont.

Democrat Gov. Peter Shumlin, the top pitchman for a single-payer system in states, worked tirelessly for years to sell a government-run health care system that covered all 630,000 Ver-

The Vermont Eagle • January 9, 2016 | 11 monters. But after two years of concealing the system’s financing plan under executive privilege, and after consultant — and Obamacare modeling expert — Jonathan Gruber discredited himself in a series of candid video moments, Shumlin quietly killed single-payer.

“As we completed the financing modeling … it became clear that the risk of economic shock is too high at this time to offer a plan I can responsibly support for passage in the Legislature,” Shumlin said at the news conference announcing the event. “The taxes required to replace health-care premiums with a publicly financed plan that would best serve Vermont are, in a word, enormous.”

The new taxes required to pay for single payer were estimated at $2.6 billion for 2017, increasing to almost $3.2 billion in 2021.

Estimates showed taxpayers couldn’t pay for single-payer even with a massive 11.5 percent payroll tax on all businesses and a sliding-scale income tax of up to 9.5 percent.

Sanders’ continued support of government-run health care and the carbon tax may have a simple explanation: despite their dramatic failings in Vermont, both underscore Sanders’ image as a democratic socialist. Sanders founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the 1990s, and pushed for single-payer in Obamacare’s so-called public option. Touting progressive policies out on the stump has certain appeal with voters who appreciate Sanders’ do-gooder politics.

But as word leaks about the failure of progressive policies in his own backyard, Sanders may find it harder to convince national audiences they’ll work for America.

Contact Bruce Parker at bparker@watchdog.org.

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