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BALLOT BALLYHOO In his 1/13/99 “Inside Track,” Peter Freyne touched on two important issues in the mayoral campaign, but he did n’t go far enough. Wright chal lenged Clavelle to limit cam paign spending and to discon tinue the practice of having campaign workers and staff pick up voter absentee ballots. Clavelle said no on both counts. The spending issue is bad enough. Clavelle will spend more on his campaign than many of his constituents earn in a year. The ballot issue is much more serious. Anyone can request an absentee ballot from the City Clerk’s office by phone or mail. A pre-paid mail er is included for its return. In a July 24, 1996, letter to all candidates, Secretary of State Milne stated that the voter or a family member may return the voted ballot. He goes on to say that, even if someone else could return the ballot, “it is totally inappropriate for someone with a stake in the outcome of the election, such as a candidate or persons working on behalf of a candidate, to deliver absentee ballots. And, if that’s not against the law, it should be.” Now Clavelle says he will not stop his supporters and campaign workers from doing something that may be illegal and is certainly unethical. Burlington deserves better than this. — June F. Behr Burlington

A VOTE FOR BIG BUSINESS? The Burlington mayoral election race is heating up. W ith the entrance of Kurt Wright, Burlington voters final ly have a real alternative over incumbent Mayor Peter Clavelle. Or do they? Last year the Burlington City Council, urged on by Mayor Clavelle, voted unani mously to use taxpayer money to fund the building of a park ing garage for Filene’s depart ment store to be built at the heart of the Church Street Marketplace. Before casting your vote for a Republican, Democrat or Progressive, be sure to ask the following question: “Will your policies as mayor continue to benefit Big Business at the ex pense of taxpayers?” The ends donj always justi fy the means, and corporate welfare is a misuse of taxpayer money no matter how politi cians try and dress it up. — Brendan Kinney South Burlington Town Chair Libertarian Party of Vermont ‘DOGS’ BITES Is Peter Freyne on crack? I just read the worst article I’ve ever read (“Hot Dogs and Sick Puppies,” January 13). Some twisted nonsense about dogs in the legislature. I don’t know if he thought he was being witty, but it wasn’t witty, it was just stupid. I highly suggest you fire

that wheezing lush and give me his job. I’ll give ya articles with some bite. — Wes Doll Essex Ctr. CAPITATION INSURES PROFITS I read the “Managed to Death” [January 20] article by Bryan Pfeiffer with great inter est. O ur local company, PCC, has given seminars across the country about a variety of man aged care issues, particularly capitation. In the article, Mr. Pfeiffer mentioned something about capitation being the lat est move by insurance compa nies to help control costs. Un fortunately, capitation has been around for a long time in other states around the country — in some places, physicians have even moved beyond capitation and back to FFS! We first worked with it seriously seven or eight years ago in California and New Jersey. Anyway, I was dismayed to learn that Howard Dean sup ports capitation for local physi cians because, as I have learned many times, capitation is usual ly just a trick used by the insur ance companies to insure greater profits. There are many aspects of capitation (and man aged care in general) that have been clearly overlooked by peo ple like Dean (it’s ironic that someone who is so pro-health care reform would push one of the worst aspects of insurance). If Bryan Pfeiffer is interest

ed to learn how physicians and organizations in other states have dealt with this issue — and what Vermont can come to expect (look out, Medicaid prh vatization!) — please have him or anyone else contact me. I am also familiar with the experi ences of a number of postCHP/KP offices here in Vermont, each of whom has some “wonderful” information about how CH P works with capitation. — Chip Hart Physicians’ Computer Company Winooski

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more on the causes he champions. (Plus, Min nesota Sen. Paul Wellstone would finally have Forget Act 60. The real political heat these someone in the chamber who understands what the hell he’s talking about.) days is behind the curtain, where the merry band of Vermont’s finest are pondering their moves in And fifth, in the current Impeachment Game, the upcoming millennium election of 2000. It’s Jeffords is coming off like a leaf blowing in the really just around the corner. wind. Last week when he flip-flopped on calling The big prize on the table is the U.S. Senate - witnesses, State Sen. Elizabeth Ready was on the verge of putting together a press conference with a seat held by Republican Jim Jeffords, and it’s not only Democrats who have him in their sights. pack of Ds to whack Jim-Bob. Sources close to Vermont’s independent congress “I never saw a guy,” says Ready, “who could man tell Inside Track Bernie Sanders is itching to ride both sides of a barbed-wire fence with such take on Jeezum Jim. There have comfort.” been signs. That brings us to the other Yes, that was Of Bernardo in big question. If Sanders gets in Rutland last Friday in what sure this one, would the Democrats appeared to be campaign mode. sit it out? He was speaking to students at First off, our sources say the College of St. Joseph and Gov. Howard Dean has taken Rutland High School. The Bern himself out of the running. was getting the word out on his He’s made it clear to both latest cause — higher education. Jeffords and the Democratic He recently introduced legislation National Committee he’s not that would double the amount of interested in a senate bid in money put into Pell Grants to 2000. We’ve got him on A1 ** pay for college tuition. The Gore’s list for veep. That leaves champion of “poor people, work four horses in the post parade: ing people and the elderly” is now Sens. Jan Backus, Liz Ready, staking out new turf as the cham Peter Shumlin and State pion of higher education. Auditor Ed Flanagan. Interesting. What would they do if Funny, but Rutland is Jim Bernie was in the mix? Jeffords’ home turf, and educa Chainsaw Liz says she’d tion is Jim Jeffords’ bailiwick. He probably work on Sanders’ is, after all, the chairman of the campaign. Jan of Arc says “the Senate Health, Education, Labor BY PETER FREYN E Democrats would have to sit and Pensions Committee, where down and decide if they want national education legislation is born. Sanders’ to run anyone.” Shummy and Fast Eddie are a lit Rutland swing did not go unnoticed by the tle less clear at this time. After all, Flanagan’s Jeffords camp. Officially, the word is that they already stopped by the Democratic Senatorial “don’t anticipate” the Bern taking Jim on in 2000. Campaign Committee in Washington. Shumlin’s “You look at an opportunity,” says Jeezum due to pay a courtesy call next week. Don’t expect Jim’s chief of staff, Susan Boardman Russ, “and either pooch to roll over and thrust his paws into weigh it against the risks. Do you give up a secure the air just because a Big Dog like Bernie starts House seat and challenge an incumbent?” she barking. asks. And what does Mr. Sanders say about all this? • Obviously, Susan believes the answer is hell, “We’re in the third week of a new term,” says no! “There are a lot of things about Bernie Sanders our congressman. “It’s way, way too early” to think I disagree with,” Russ tells Inside Track, “but he J about the 2000 race. does care about Vermont. And Bernie’s accumulat Yeah, right. ed a lot of seniority in the House.” It sure is com The other side of all this is, who runs for forting she’s looking out for Bernie’s political Bernie’s open seat? future. Everybody! Among the pack is Burlap Mayor In Russ’ view, giving up all that House seniori Peter Clavelle. Mayor Moonie is ready for ty to send Jeezum Jim into retirement would not statewide prime time and will rejoin the be good for the state. “Even if Bernie were suc Democratic Party to do so. That is, if he beats cessful,” says Russ, “it would be bad for Ver Republitan Kurt Wright on March 2. mont.” Senator Sanders would start at the bottom Chauffeur Update — Good news for Haskell again, and so would his replacement in the U.S. Garrett. On Friday, District Court Judge Linda House. She dubs it a “lose-lose” situation. Levitt granted Garrett’s request to be allowed to The Sanders’ camp points to the record. In leave his Burlington home to drive Democrat 1994, the year of the Great Republican Revolu Party Chairman David Curtis to the Statehouse tion, Jeffords got just 50.3 percent of the vote in a “provided Mr. Curtis reports any violations.” Cool. race against a statewide unknown — Jan Backus. Second, Bernie the Socialist plays well among Garrett was charged last month with kidnap rural conservatives, aka woodchucks, the fiercely ping, stalking and aggravated domestic assault. independent rebels who turned out for Ruth Hey, maybe there’s a way to get two birds with Dwyer. To them, Jim’s been a sellout Republican. one stone here. While waiting around at the Third, sources say The Bern was none too Statehouse to drive Mr. Curtis back to Burlap, Mr. Garrett could testify before the House and pleased with Jeezum Jim’s enthusiastic support for Susan Sweetser in 1996. The unwritten rule has Senate Judiciary Committees. Surely they’d like to been that, with a tiny three-member delegation, hear first-hand how tough Vermont is on domes Vermont’s Washington crew stayed out of the par tic assault. It would be fascinating testimony. tisan fray back home. Jeffords broke that rule in As for other offenders on 24-hour curfew, the ’96 race, and publicly bashed Bernie as an there’s still Republican Party Chairman Patrick ineffective” loner on Capitol Hill. Maybe it’s Garahan. As far as we know, Pat doesn’t have a guilt, but there’s a strong feeling in the Jeffords court-assigned chauffeur...yet. camp that Mr. Sanders is looking for a little pay Media Notes — WCAX-TV reporter Bridget back. Barry Caswell is back on the box following mater And take note, even with Jeffords’ support, nity leave. Bridget’s second child is a boy. Jack Susie Creamcheese got just 32 percent of the vote. Barry Caswell was named in honor of her dad, Fourth, sources say Sanders is getting a little the late, great king of the Vermont airwaves, Jack tired of having to run for reelection every two Barry. And according to his pediatrician, little years. The campaign never ends. 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After Richard Maack, 40, was convicted of stealing $2.3 million while working as an insurance administrator, he was released to await sentencing. While out on bail, he got a job with a Thornton, Pennsylvania, company as an accountant and, according to police, promptly stole another $479,695. • Loretta Randley, 58, was sen tenced in 1981 to eight years in a Florida prison for fatally shooting her boyfriend. She went home on bail to wait while her case was appealed. The appeal was denied the next year, but no one came to take Randley to prison for 16 years. Finally, in May 1997, prison officials, citing a bureaucratic mix-up, turned up at Randley s home after receiving an anony mous tip and took her away. Her lawyer successfully argued that she had essentially served probation by waiting at home for 16 years. Last September, a state clemency board set her free.

When Scott Krueger, 18, a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died after drinking himself into a coma at a fraternity pledge party, Boston prosecutors assured his grieving parents in front of the news media that justice would be served. Instead of charging specific individuals at the party, they indicted the whole fraternity. Their case fell through, however, when the fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, simply disbanded, leaving no one to answer the manslaughter charge. “It’s like if you have a party and someone gets hurt,” former prosecutor Randy Chapman explained, “and then everybody goes home and they indict the party.”

M is s in g the Point The Kenyan government announced in October the for mation of a special panel to investigate the potential for any computer-related problems when ushering in the year 2000. The panels report isn’t due until April 2000.

H itting the Ja ck p o t The San Jose, California, Police and Fire Retirement Board awarded early retirement and a $27,000-a-year pension to former city police officer Johnny Venzon Jr., 48, who insisted that his gambling addiction qualifies as a legiti mate disability. The board’s decision came while Venzon was in the Santa Clara County Jail on burglary charges stem ming from a series of thefts that prosecutors said were undertaken to support his gam bling. • Twenty Muslim men attend

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Dow nside of E le c tro n ic s Some anti-shoplifting gates in retail stores produce an elec tromagnetic field so intense that researchers found it disrupted 96 percent of the heart Pacemakers they tested. The particular “acoustomagnetic system” represents about 20 percent of the security systems found at stores, according to Dr. Michael E. Mclvor, med ical research director at Florida’s St. Petersburg Heart Institute, who explained that Pacemakers listen for the heart’s electrical impulse, which is about 10 microvolts. But, he said, acous tomagnetic systems produce pulses of 3500 microvolts, which totally overwhelm the Pacemaker. He cited the case of

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Greed Between the Lines t’s back to the bookstore wars this week, my friends, so hold on to your hats. Nothing I’ve written in this column, with the possible exception of my paean to Madonna, has caused so much strife and sputtering as my comments last year on the battle be tween the big bookstore chains — Borders and Barnes & Noble — and the valiant but fast-disappearing independent booksellers of America. In June, I made the mistake of praising and approving the new Borders on Church Street, daring to regard it as a well-stocked, well-ordered, user-friendly bookstore and not simply as a nail in the coffin of “choice” and the free flow of ideas. One thing led to another and a terrible fracas ensued on the letters page. So let me say before I go any further: In this whole debate, I am on the side of books and authors, as & Q opposed to retailers of any kind. My concern is for what books are published, not who gets to sell them — especially now, when on line bookselling is all the rage and anyone with a credit card and access to the Internet can order any book he or she wants at any hour of the day or night. “E-commerce” is the real story in book publishing these days, not the ground skirmish between the inde pendents and the chains. Under corporate ownership, American publishers are treated no differently than any other business in the parent company’s portfolio, which means that they must turn a profit at all costs, and it must be in the dou ble digits — 12 to 15 per cent annually, as compared to publishing’s traditional profit margin of less than 6 percent (in a good year). To the corporations, books are mere product, like eye makeup, sneakers or tennis rackets, and they will be sold as such, independents be damned. “It’s fair to say that we probably have experienced as an industry more change in the last 12 months than in any period in the history of the business,” says Jack Romanos, the president of Simon & Schuster in New York. “It’s changed in every respect, from the mergers and acquisitions activities & S l£ jL S ljL e jlS - £ - 4 _ j.

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nated and whether they shipped animals to Vermont. The prob lem is that there is no national tracking or notification pro gram. “Vermont would have to call each state and ask for more information,” says Lisa Ferguson, senior staff veterinari an at the National Center for Import Export and part of the government’s TSE Working Group. “That is up to the state if they want to do that.” John Buck, wildlife biologist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, also believes that there have been no known cases of chronic wasting disease in Vermont in either deer or elk. But without a for mal testing program, he con ceded, “there is no way to know for sure.” Indeed, there is no way to test live animals, and no animals in Vermont have been autopsied looking for TSEs. That uncertainty had led some officials to recommend a quarantine period for imported animals. But for how long? “Admittedly,” said Buck, “the incubation period is unknown and the symptoms can be vague. Unfortunately, we don’t know how effective a quaran tine is that is shorter than the incubation period.” Furthermore, it appears that apparendy healthy animals can be carriers. “Vermont could be lucky,” said Dr. Thomas Pringle, scien tific consultant for the California-based Sperling Biomedical Foundation, “or it could already have disease. W ithout monitoring, there is no way to know, and state offi cials who insist that there is no danger are in denial.”

But cows are not the only vulnerable mammals. So-called mad cow is one of a family of diseases known generally as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs, that have various names in different species: Creutzfeldt-Jakob dis ease in humans; scrapie in sheep; chronic wasting disease in elk and deer; as well as bovine, feline and mink spongi form encephalopathies. TSEs cause severe neurologi cal deterioration, such as loss of motor control, erratic behavior, a downhill slide into dementia and inevitably death. In the end, the brain of the victim is usually riddled with myriad tiny holes, hence the nanje “spongi form.” The diseases can jump species, as was demonstrated when the strain of TSE affect ing some people in Britain was traced back to mad cow disease. But it is chronic wasting dis ease — the TSE that affects deer and elk — that is worrying Vermont officials. CW D is endemic in some states in the western United States, regions from which Vermont elk farm ers have imported stock. There are currently four farms in Vermont raising elk, in Isle La Motte, Tunbridge, Hinesburg and Derby. The commercial value of the stock lies in the vel vet on their antlers, which is harvested annually and sold to Asia for its medicinal qualities. In Vermont, only a small amount of the meat is served up for dinner. As the price for animals drops, predicts Isle La Motte elk farmer Larry Larrabie, “the low-cholesterol meat is likely to be in demand.” Concern about CW D has prompted Vermont state offi ast year, Vermont cials to tighten controls on the instituted a ban on importation o f elk into the state importation from and to mandate better fencing farms with CWD-infected deer for those already here. and elk. It still accepts animals According to State Veterinarian from high-risk regions so long Dr. Samuel Hutchins, as far as as the animal does not present can be determined, none of obvious symptoms. There are Vermont’s imported elk came several potential problems with from herds of farm-raised elk this policy: The first case of found to contain animals with CW D was found in Colorado CW D. But Vermont relies on in 1968, 30 years before other states — and the federal Vermont’s ban. Given the incu government — to notify it bation period — typically three which-elk farms were contami ,./ to. fours years, but possibly

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much longer — some imported elk may be quietly incubating the disease. Furthermore, since elk in Vermont have escaped their pens for a while to wander in the wild, a sick animal could conceivably infect the native deer population. While most scientists believe that eating infected animals is the most common means of transmis sion, there is some evidence, at least in laboratory tests, of infection passed through wounds and contaminated pas tures. “We are concerned,” said Buck, “about all kinds of exotic diseases that could enter the population and could do irreparable harm to our wildlife.” Scrapie, the TSE found in sheep, is already found in most states. While no cases have been reported recently in Vermont, veterinarian Lisa Ferguson warned against com placency. “There is no state where we can guarantee that there is no scrapie,” she said. “The reporting program is vol untary, but there is no eradica tion program. To make a state ment that the state is free of disease implies that there is a level of surveillance in place.” The same might be said for chronic wasting disease in deer and elk.

Derby Elk farmer Doug Nelson is concerned, but believes his herd is healthy. He has 130 head, and had bought 25 animals from Idaho, Saskatchewan — both regions that have reported isolated cases — and possibly other western areas. He has begun reading up on CW D. “I know what disease can do to a herd. I lost 1000 head of cows to brucellosis in 1978,” Nelson said. Paul Casey of Hinesburg, who recently bought 25 elk from Nelson, doesn’t know where the animals originated, but doesn’t see any need for Vermont to investigate further or impose more regulations. “I think it’s being worked on by a lot of different people from a lot of different angles, and I think it would be very prema ture for Vermont to get involved at this stage,” he said. Despite their reassurances that everything in Vermont is under control, state officials really have no idea where the animals imported into the state originated. According to Pringle, “no elk farm can be certified CWD-free. Elk are traded around like baseball cards. Everyone assumes they have the best quality elk from the best herd, but so far five farms have been seriously conta minated.”

The paperwork that accom panies each shipment of elk to Vermont certifies only that each animal tested negative for tuberculosis and brucellosis. It states the place where the ani mals were "bought, not where they were a year or even a month before that. “You can’t say the farm or herd of origin,” says Hutchins. “Doug [Nelson] ’s herd was an 'assem bled herd.’ He bought animals from one individual who assem bled them from various herds.” Asked for an example, Hutchins explained, “Somebody buys five animals from one person, five from another, and five from another.” W hen the animals are sold, the place where they were “assem bled” is listed on the health chart as the place of origin. Because of the requirements for testing, “they’ve probably been there for at least two weeks. The ear tag would give us a clue [further back] if we wanted to pursue it.” At this point, they don’t. But on January 1 the state sent notices to vets about CW D and reminded them to report any suspicious symptoms or deaths. “There is also in draft form a requirement to test any animal over 16 months of age for TSE that is killed, died or has clini cal symptoms,” said Hutchins.

The cost per animal is $100. In the West, where chronic wasting disease is already a seri ous problem, some state offi cials are calling for a complete halt on the interstate trafficking of elk. Pat Graham of the y Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department reported to Gov. Marc Racicot last September that CW D had infected some of the states elk. “The disease cannot be detected in live animals. It is fatal. The mode of transmission is unclear,” he wrote. “Under cur rent standards, direct contact between game farm and wild animals is possible. ...I recom mend a moratorium be imposed on importation of all game farm animals until a test for CW D is developed or other measures are identified to pre vent the potential transition of the disease.” In a briefing paper, the Montana department warned that “Contaminated pastures may be difficult to disinfect, and may have to remain free of game animals for years to pre vent the transmission of the dis ease to wild animals. It is unclear if contaminated pas tures could ever be used for other agricultural purposes.” According to the Montana officials, the disease has also been diagnosed in Wyoming, Colorado and Saskatchewan, and detected in six game farms in South Dakota, Nebraska and Oklahoma. In parts of Colorado, the state requires hunters to submit the heads of deer to the Department of Wildlife within five days after harvesting their animal for testing.

lthough scientific research into TSEs has garnered Nobel Prizes for two separate researchers, it remains one of the most mysterious and intriguing phenomena. TSEs are like no other disease in that they are thought to be caused by prions, a mutated form of protein. Because the body rec ognizes prions as native, they induce no fever, inflammation or other immune system reac tion. Once inside the body, they quietly erode the nervous system, especially the brain. Unlike viruses and bacteria, prions are not alive in the usual sense, so they cannot be killed through the usual means. They can remain on surgical instru ments correctly sterilized by the most sophisticated procedures, in blood products from seem ingly healthy animals and humans, in corneal transplants, and in growth hormones, cadaver-source tissue, and in meat that has been thoroughly cooked. Until recently, no test could detect TSE without dis secting brain matter.

In the case of mad cow dis ease, large numbers of cattle probably acquired the mutated prions when they were fed commercial animal feed con taining the brain, spinal cord and possibly other internal organs, or the meat or blood of infected cows. The practice of increasing production by giving herbivorous cows animal pro tein made them unwitting can nibals and began a deadly cycle. W hen those infected cows died, they, in turn, were fed back to their species and also ended up in the human food chain. A human strain of TSE, called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD, can incubate invisibly for decades and, by the time it can be detected, victims are often only months from death. It occurs “sporadically” in about one in a million peo ple worldwide — almost all of them over the age of 50. About 10 percent of cases appear to have a genetic component, and another small number is iatro genic — caused by medical procedures such as transplants. And then there is the unknown number of sporadic cases that — like mad cow dis ease — comes from the food we eat. This strain is called new variant-CJD. While there has been no mad cow disease reported in the U.S., the level of concern over diet was recent ly raised in this country by the illness of a Utah man. After extensive tests, his doctors final ly performed a brain biopsy and determined that 30-year-old Doug McEwan had CreutzfeldtJakob Disease. There are only five reported CJD cases per bil lion people worldwide who are McEwan’s age or younger, says Lawrence Schonberger of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because CJD in someone as young as McEwan is so rare, some health authorities took a special interest. When they learned that he was an avid hunter and had, since child hood, been regularly eating elk and deer, their concern grew. McEwan had hunted near areas of the western United States and Canada, where up to 6 per cent of tested wild deer and elk have chronic wasting disease. Although the Center for Disease Control has already decided that McEwan’s con sumption of elk or deer is unre lated to his illness, many researchers say that conclusion is based on politics, not science. Until McEwan dies and scien tists can strain-type the CJD attacking his brain, the source of his infection cannot be proven. Even then, scientists may not be able to determine the source. Soon after McEwan was diagnosed, the FDA quaran tined all the blood products containing plasma he donated

since last January. Plasma given before January is thought to have already been used. The ban, health officials assure, is just precautionary. Although CJD has been trans mitted in the laboratory through blood, there is no evi dence that it can be acquired through blood transfusion. But with research limited and no screening test for TSEs, fear remains. Last December, in the wake of the British mad cow outbreak, a U.S. FDA panel recommended consideration of a ban on blood donations from people who lived in or visited Britain from 1980 to the pre sent. The British themselves have gone one step further. Government science advisors told the London Sunday Times that they were considering a recommendation to destroy almost all operating equipment used in National Health Service operating theaters to insure that CJD was not passed from one patient to another. Although this is only one of several options, the scientists said, it is the only way to be 100 percent

immediately after birth. They are then given a formula which may contain bovine blood serum to replace or supplement antibody-rich colostrum, the first milk a new-born calf would normally receive from its mother. In the second use, a calf milk replacer containing spray-dried bovine blood plas ma is given to weaning calves. Calling the use of blood “a high-risk practice,” the petition calls for it to be banned. The petition also asks the Centers for Disease Control to track TSEs more rigorously in humans and animals, and urges state health officers in all 50 states to make CJD a reportable disease. Washington will have 180 days to reply; meanwhile, the states are under no legal obligation to institute reforms. Vermont State Health Commis sioner Jan Carney said she will review the petition and pass it on to staff and the Department of Agriculture. She will also ask a task force to review it. Cur rently in Vermont, chronic wasting disease is a reportable disease for animals, but CJD, which affects humans, is not.

tion is guaranteed, and the facilities might be unsafe for livestock o f any kind, farmers could be sorely tempted to keep quiet about potentially infec tious diseases. “We would hope someone would say something about it,” said Hutchins. “W ith past outbreaks of TB and bru cellosis, there was no automatic compensation, but the legisla ture did approve some. But with those diseases there were tests.” Until test are cheap and available, the danger remains. And until a treatment is found, the prognosis for those infected — animal or human — is grim. Thomas Pringle believes that Vermont could be doing more to keep CW D out of the state. He recommends precau tions for maximum risk reduc tion, including: • Establish a data base for all elk in the state going back 10 years to record where each ani mal comes from and where it goes. • Require autopsies in all deaths from illness. • Track ear tags back in order to identify the farms of origin of imported elk. • Do not allow domestic live stock, especially sheep and dairy cows, to come into contact with elk or pastures where elk have been kept. • Cut down on imports and ban all wild deer and elk from infected areas in the western U.S. and Canada. • Identify sick animals. • Establish an indemnification program that mitigates the financial risk for farmers report ing infected animals.

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or farmers, it’s one more thing to worry about — ironically resulting from technological advances intended to make them more competitive. In an effort to increase production by giving their cows bovine growth hormone, farmers have to sup plement the stressed animals’ diet with protein, sometimes of animal origin. W hen they try to raise profits by separating new born calves from their mothers, the newborns require special diets that may include bovine blood products. And when farmers turn to diversification — perhaps raising elk for an exotic Asian market — they discover the threat of a bizarre disease. Most farmers are simply try ing to survive on a harsh land scape dominated by developers and agribusiness. For them — and for the Agriculture Departm ent officials whose job it is to promote and protect the state’s farms and farmers — the risk of importing some unknown illness must seem impossibly remote. Especially as compared to the risk o f going under and losing the life and the land they care most about. ®

safe. Recently, The Center for Food Safety, the Humane Farming Association and fami lies of CJD victims, among oth ers, called for stricter regulation in the U.S. They filed two legal petitions this month calling on Washington to immediately monitor, regulate and take steps to prevent the always-fatal neu rological disease. They demand ed that the Food and Drug * Administration eliminate loop holes in regulations and ban feeding any mammalian protein to any food animal. Current regulations permit the use of blood, blood products, gelatin and pig byproducts and scrapieinfected sheep in animal feed. Blood and blood products are used as animal feed in two ways that could affect Vermont dairy farmers. In accordance with modern farming practices, newborn calves are often removed from their mothers

While an outbreak of TSE in the Vermont elk population may be unlikely, if it did occur, and if it spread to the native deer population, the conse quences could be serious. The Vermont Department of Agriculture is in a difficult* posi tion. It combines two func tions: promoting agriculture and protecting the public inter est. Although these functions are performed by separate sub divisions, Pringle sees a funda mental conflict of interest in those roles. “You are asking an agency to do the impossible if it is supposed to be promoting agriculture at the same time as being asked to blow it out of the water,” he said. Another potential problem for Vermont is that it is general ly up to farmers and herders to report sick livestock, whether elk and deer or cows. And when destruction of the whole herd is possible, no compensa

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Touted too is the widening of Main Street — which, the mayor quickly notes, will improve access for pedestrians and bicylists. This and other transportation projects enable the city to compete with malls situated at Interstate exits, Clavelle notes. But whatever his achieve ments, aren’t four terms enough? Doesn’t any politician get stale after eight years in office? Seeking to squelch “timefor-a-change” sentiments, Clavelle casts his campaign as “a vision for Burlington’s future.” Besides, he’s still got “the energy, motivation and desire to serve the people of Burlington,” the mayor insists. “We’ve done a lot, but there’s much still to be done.” Complacency among his supporters may pose some dan ger, Clavelle acknowledges. Many voters seem unaware that a mayoral election will take place on March 2, he observes. So far, however, Wright isn’t generating any more excitement than the stolid official who’s spent almost his entire career in municipal government. The absence of zest may be especial ly disadvantageous to a chal lenger who must persuade a majority of voters to evict an incumbent in the midst of an economic boom. (Z)

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AIKIDO OF VT: Monday through Friday, 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m., Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m., Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m. Above Onion River Coop, 274 N . Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 8629785. Practice the art o f A ikido in a safe and supportive environment.

acting AUDITIONING: Sunday, February 7, 12:30-3:30 p.m. S. Burlington. $25/day. Info, 860-3611. Be seen, be heard, be remembered, be cast! Champlain Arts Theatre Co. offers a soup to nuts intro to auditioning.

MAKE-UP: Two Saturdays, February 7 and 21. S. Burlington. Info, 860-3611. Champlain Arts Theatre Co. teaches tech niques o f makeup application fo r stage, film a n d p rin t work.

aromatherapy ‘SCENTUAL AROMATHERAPY’: Thursday, February 11, 6:30-8 p.m. Star Root, Battery St., Burlington. $20. Info, 862-4421. Create your own aphrodisiacal essential oil to give to your Valentine.

art ELDER ART PROGRAM: Winter classes starting in February. Locations in Burlington, S. Burlington, Winooski, Williston, Richmond, Bristol, S. Hero and St. Albans. $32-40, new students; $16-24, returning students. Info, 6587454. Aspiring artists 5 5 a n d up learn to use charcoal o il watercolor, acrylic an d matting.

j PRINTMAKING FOR CHILDREN; Two Saturdays, February 6 and 13, 9:30 a.m. - noon. Firehouse Center for the Arts, Church St., Burlington. $25. Info, 865-7166. Kids 11 to 1 4 develop their own prints using a combination o f print ing a n d painting techniques.

FIGURE DRAWING: Ongoing Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fresco Studio, 1 Main St., Burlington. $3-5. Info, 8624893. Artists o f a ll abilities are welcome a t this weekly drawing session.

computer CYBERSKILLS VERMONT: Ongoing day, evening and weekend classes. Old North End Technology Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $39-349. Info, 860-4057, ext. 20. Take classes in computer basics, Windows 95, Office 9 7

On the Waterfront, Lake St., Burlington. $40. Register, 865-2522.

herbs

Chocoholic chefs learn tricks o f the trade.

craft BEGINNING SPINNING: Four Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 16 and 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston Rd., S. Burlington. $85. Info, 865-4981. Learn to spin your own wool ya m .

‘FINE SHADING TECHNIQUES IN RUG H OOKING’: Three Saturdays, February 14 and 28 and March 13, 9 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston Rd., S. Burlington. $45. Info, 865-4981. Learn to a d d depth and dimension to rugs with fin e cut strips.

‘CLOTHING DESIGNS A N D FASH IONS THAT SUIT YOU’: Saturday, February 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston Rd., S. Burlington. $50. Info, 865-4981. Enhance your per sonal style — learn w hat styles a n d colors work best fo r you from a fashion designer a n d image consultant.

DRUM BUILDING WORKSHOP: Saturday, February 6, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $135. Info, 660-8060.

CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE: Thursday, February 4, 6-8 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main Street, Burlington. Sliding scale. Info, 865-HERB. This ses sion covers holistic treatments o f common childhood ailments — herbal medicines, homeopathy, hydrotherapy a n d nutrition.

HERBAL CONFECTIONS: Sunday, February 7, 1-4 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main St., Burlington. $40. Info, 865-HERB. Create enticing an d delicious herbal confections fo r Valentine’s Day.

kendo KENDO: Ongoing Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 496-4669. Develop focus, control an d power through

creativity ‘KABBALAH A N D CREATIVITY’: Saturday, February 6, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Forest’s Edge, Warren. $85 includes lunch and dinner. Register, 496-9022.

dance GAY/LESBIAN BALLROOM D ANC ING: Tuesday, February 9 through March 9. Montpelier. $35/person. Register, 223-7035. Gay and lesbian cou ples or singles learn to waltz.

fa r anyone who has had an introduction to the Spanish language.

ITALIAN: Ongoing individual and group classes, beginner to advanced, adults and children. Burlington. Info, 865-4795. Learn to speak this beautiful language from a native speaker a n d experi enced teacher.

SPANISH: Ongoing individual and small group lessons. S. Burlington. Info, 864-6870. M ake 1 999 the year you learn SPANISH: Ongoing individual and group classes. Hinesburg or at your loca; tion. Info, 4&2fff5fS9&Spudents o f a ll abil

‘TH E STUDY A N D EXPERIENCE February 4 through March 25, 6-8 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Wmooski Ave., Burlington. $125. Info, 863-3011. Get acquainted w ith the symbols o f your

ities get instruction in Spanish conversa tion an d grammar with an experienced, certified teacher.

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dreams an d learn “dream-recall” an d “active imagery. “

MATH TUTORING: Ongoing indi vidual and group classes. Burlington. Info, 864-6191. Kids struggling with

feldenkrais® AWARENESS TH RO UG H MOVE M E N T ’: Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. 35 King St, Burlington. Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 434-5065. Enhance coordination, flexibility, strength a n d awareness with the guided movement sequences o f Feldenkrais®.

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math, or those looking fo r extra challenge, get expert tutoring.

meditation MEDITATION INSTRUCTION: Sunday, February 7, 11 a.m. - noon. Montpelier Shambhala Meditation Center, 3rd Floor, 64 Main St. Free. Info, 229-9698. Get a general orientation in the activities o f Buddhist practice, Shamb

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‘HEAL YOUR LIFE A N D RELA TIO NSH IPS’: Monday, February 1, 6:30-8 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $10. Info, 660-8060. Learn how to love yourself and

‘TH E WAY OF THE SUFI’: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. This Sufi-style meditation

WORKING W ITH CHOCOLATE: Monday, February 1, 6-9 p.m. Isabel’s

others more fully through lecture, guided meditation a n d group exercises.

MEDITATION: Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Green Mountain Learning Center,

applications, Internet or Web site basics. Private and custom classes are also available.

Barbara Kingolver. ,. ‘WRITERS DREAMING, EXPLOR- 3 ING TH E INNER LIFE’: Six Tuesdays, February 9 through March 16, 7-9 p.m.; The Book Rack, Winooski. $90. Register, 655-0231. Enrich your w riting

relaxation andfocus.

music DRUMMING: Mondays, beginning February 1, 3:30-5 p.m. or 6:30-8 p.m. Burlington. $5-10/class. Info, 223-9560. Take classes in steel drums or women’s ensemble drumming.

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MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian an d Tibetan Buddhist meditations. ~ G UIDED MEDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. The Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne Commons. Free. Info, 985-2229. Practice guided meditation fo r

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articles at home, then discuss the reading in a friendly and supportive environment.

Learn valuable models fo r the creative process, based on ancient few ish mysticism.

Study this creative a n d exacting non-fic tion form , as perfected by E.B. W hite and

PHOTOGRAPHY: Private or group, basic and intermediate classes. Grand Isle or Burlington. Info, 372-3104.

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH: Eight Thursdays, February 11 through April 1, 5:45-7:45 p.m. The Book Rack, Wmooski. $125 includes Alliance Fran^aise Vt. membership. Register, 655-0231. Read excerpts o f French books and

Create a N ative American fram e drum to use as an instrument an d healing tool

13 Dorset Lane, Suite 203, Williston. Free. Info, 872-3797. D on’t ju s t do some

this Japanese samurai sword-fencing mar tia l art.

STREET SPANISH II: Six Mondays, February 8 through March 15, 6:30-9 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $110. Register, 655-0231. This class is designed

hala training and the contemplative arts.

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‘REMINISCENCE W RITING IT: Six Tuesdays, February 9 through March 16, 2-4 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $88. Register, 655-0231. Revise a n d add to your un iting form ing it into a “book” fo r posterity.

CREATIVE W RITING WORKSHOP: Six Wednesdays, February 10 through March 17, 7-9 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $90. Register, 655-0231. Bring your ideas a n d works-in-progress to

Learn darkroom skills as well as how to choose, use a n d exploit the camera to express your creative style in color a n d black a n d white.

this supportive discussion a n d practice group.

READING A N D ENJOYING POET RY: Six Wednesdays, February 10 through March 17, 7-9 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $90. Register, 6550231. Intim idated by poetry? Get guid

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ance in understanding this sometimes diffi

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Ongoing classes for men, women and children, Monday through Saturday. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info, 660-4072 or 2539730. Escape fear with an integrated self-

W RITING FOR CHILDREN, ADVANCED: Seven Thursdays, February 11 through March 25, 7-9 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $105. Register, 655-0231. Ruth H orowitz helps

defense system based on technique, not size, strength or speed.

‘REMINISCENCE W RITING I’: Six Thursdays, February 11 through March 18, 2-4 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $88. Register, 655-0231. Sift through

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spirit ‘IMBOLC RITUAL’: Saturday, January 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $9. Info, 660-8060. Join in a ritual that cele brates the first stirrin g o f spring.

stress management STRESS MANAGEMENT/MEDITATION: Thursdays, 7-7:30 p.m., medita tion; 7:30-8:30 p.m., stress manageV ment. Malcex Building, 431 Pine St., Suite 10, Burlington. First class free, $5/meditation, $10/stress management. Info, 862-6931. Theresa Bacon offers information, support, exercises an d consulta tion in meditation and stress management.

support groups ‘WISHCRAFT/SUCCESS TEAMS’: Ongoing groups forming in the Burlington area. Info, 863-3101. Join this group to gain goal clarity, creative ideas a n d contacts. They won’t let you quit.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Ongoing daily groups. Various locations in Burlington, S. Burlington and Plattsburgh. Free. Info, Help Line, 8624516. I f you ’re ready to stop using drug, this group o f recovering addicts can offer inspiration.

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perfect your w riting o f picture books.

some memories you would like to share a n d learn how to express them in an inter esting way.

‘FROM TRU TH TO FICTION’: Saturday, March 6, noon-4 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $35. Register, 655-0231. Learn how to incorporate sym bols a n d sensory detail in a creative w rit ing class.

POETRY W ORKSHOP: Thursdays, f e p.m. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. Info, 388-7523. Bring a poem or tw o to read an d discuss a t this ongoing workshop.

yoga YOGA: Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Green Mt. Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Williston. $8. Info, 872-3797. Practice yoga w ith Deborah Binder.

BEECHER HILL YOGA: MondaySaturday, daytime & evening classes for all levels. Info, 482-3191. Get private or group instruction in therapeutic yoga, vig orous yoga, yoga fo r pregnancy or yoga fo r health a n d well-being.

YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, 12 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 660-9718. Astanga style “pow er”yoga classes offer sweaty fu n

‘TH E CONTEMPORARY ESSAY’: Seven Mondays, February 8 through March 29, 6-8 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $105. Register, 655-0231.

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YMCA YOGA: Ongoing classes. YMCA, College St., Burlington. Info, 862-9622. Take classes in various yoga styles.

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art FIGURE DRAWING: See January 27. ‘T H E N E IG H B O R H O O D PRO JECT’: Hannah Dennison offers a sneak preview of her dance-theater piece exploring issues of city urban development, displacement and “home.” Burlington Square Mall, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4705. ‘NATURAL SIG H TS’: Photographer Jeff Clarke opens a lens on the New England land scape at a reception heralding a new exhibit of his black-andwhite work. Fletcher Free Library, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. KATE BORNSTEIN: The essay ist and performance artist of

“Gender Outlaw: O n Men, Women, and the Rest of Us” shows and tells at Castleton State College Gymnasium, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-1239.

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WRITERS GROUP: See January 27. WRITERS U N IO N READING: Local literary laborers convene to read and review where the move ment is heading. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 7 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144. ‘LOVERS IN LOVE’: This dis cussion looks at literary loves spurned and spoofed in Manuel Puig’s Heartbreak Tango: A Serial. S. Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7050. ‘A M IN D O F W IN T E R ’: Dartmouth prof William W. Cook lectures on “modern American poetry and the pastoral of winter.” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603646-2808.

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SON G AND STORYTIME: The under-three crowd drops in for tunes and tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. H OM ESCHOOLERS’ STORY TIM E: Stay-at-home students five and up share tales of true love at

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sport SKATE SKIING CLNIC: See January 27. ‘H O M O P H O B IA IN SPORTS’: This documentary film highlights athletes “out for a change” and fed up with discrim ination. UVM Womens Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7892.

‘TRAIL OF T W O CITIES’: Winooski-ites and Burlingtonians meet to discuss a trail bridge con necting the two locales. Burling ton City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2974. URBAN FORESTRY VOLUN TEERS: Branch O ut Burlington holds its monthly meeting to spruce up the city and discuss its “Awesome Tree” contest. Waste Water Treatment Plant, Perkins Pier, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8245. FIBROMYALGIA SU PPO RT GROUP: This neuromuscular pain and fatigue syndrome affects more women than men. Join fel low sufferers in the Board Room, Fanny Allen Campus, Colchester, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3273. K N IT T IN G GROUP: Needle workers swap techniques and design ideas with other wool workers. Northeast Fiber Arts Center, S. Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-4981.

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mixed media. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Reception January 29, 6 p.m. BRUISED, an installation by Kristin Humbargar. L/L Gallery, Living/Learning, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Reception January 29, 5-7 p.m. MODERNIST PRINTS 19001955, Impressionist, abstract

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CAROL HINRICHSEN, BETH PEARSON, paintings, prints and etchings, and NARCISSUS/ECHO: INSTALLA TION/ FERMENTATION, by Catherine Hall and Daniel Lipke. Fire-house Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 8657165. Through February 14. DAN HIGGINS: Ritual, History and Sense of Place, a retrospec tive of photographs, primarily the Winooski Onion Portraits and the Sister Cities Photo graphs. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Burlington, 864-8040, ext. 121. Through March 5. RADCLIFFE CERAMICS, work by resident potters Mima Weissmann, Pauline Houghton, Darrell Finnegan, Jill Solomon and Robert Wilt. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, 244-1126. Through January. FROM THE HEART: The Power of Photography —-,A Collector’s Choice, a group show in pho tography from the 1960s-’80s. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2814. Through March 14. THE TEAPOT DREAMS, hand made prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through March 17. HIDDEN GARDEN, watercolors and photographs by Jean Carlson Masseau. Finale, 31 Swift St., S. Burlington, 8620713. Through January. THE TRANSPARENCY OF EARTH AND THE VOLUME OF THE SKY, paintings by Jean Haluska, and NOTES TO THE PAST, mixed media by Rachel Trooper. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647. Through January. THE PRINTED WORLD OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, featuring 64 prints after Bruegels paintings and draw ings, and one by the master himself. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through March 7. ART RESOURCE ASSOCIATION Group Show in mixed media. City Center Lobby Gallery, Montpelier, 229-2766. Through February 6. PAM ARGY artwork. Bread & Beyond, Williston, 878-2161. Through January. BRING YOUR OWN: A Group Show. Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, 660-8460. Through February 21. SEMPRE DIRITT0, photographs of Venice by Ken Aiken. Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant, Burlington, 433-1261. Through January. SMALL-SCALE 20TH-CENTURY SCULPTURE from the perma nent collection. Wilbur Room, Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through April 11. RECENT PAINTINGS by Eileen Dietrich and Joseph Salerno.

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18 AMERICAN PAINTINGS FROM THE SHELBURNE MUSE UM, including landscapes, por traits and still lifes. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 4435007. Through April 25. WINTER’S PROMISE: Willard Metcalfe in Cornish, New Hampshire 1909-1920, paintings by the American Impres-sionist. Hood Museum, Dart-mouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2814. Through March 14. LARRY BOWLING, “Icons and Ancestors,” mixed-media col lages, and JOHN GEMIGNANI, “New Thoughts,” paintings. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through January. ART FROM THE HEART, paint ings created by children from the pediatric wing of Fletcher Allen Health Care. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-3403. Through January. IMPRESSIONS, oil paintings by Lorraine C. Manley. Sugar Mill Art Gallery, St. Albans, 893-7860. Through April. SEAN CALLAHAN, GINNY HILAND, NANCY MCKEEGAN, watercolors and photographs. Woody’s Restaurant, Middle bury, 388-4182. Through January. TERRY RACICH, recent mono types and paintings on paper, and ANTHONY SINI, paintings and drawings. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-3144. Through January. TRAVELS THROUGH VERMONT: Thomas Jefferson’s Role in Vermont Statehood, 1791. An exhibit presented by the Jefferson Legacy Found-ation. Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117. Through March 5. ASSORTED WORKS ON PAPER in mixed media, by Leonard Duffy. Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg, 482-3040. Through January. GRANNIS GALLERY, featuring the work of designer/goldsmith Timothy Grannis and other jewelry artists. Bank Street, Burlington, 660-2032. Ongoing. SILKSCREEN PRINTS by Sally Stetson. Shimmering Glass Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8134. Ongoing. ELLEN HOFFMAN, pencil draw ings, and TOM MERWIN, paint ings. Merwin Gallery, Castleton, 468-2592. Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS, featuring re-construct ed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all o f the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restrict ed to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private resi dences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted.

he art o f political protest has a long and vivid histo ry, the styles o f which have helped define the look o f their era, such as social realism o f the m id-19th century, the dis tinctive “worker” art o f the WPA Project, the psychedelic influence in anti-Vietnam posters, or the ransom-note anarchy o f British punk. An exhibit in Burlington City Hall this m onth accompa nying the 20th anniversary o f the Peace and Justice Center pro vides a visual track record of faces off a tank and a tractor. dem onstrations, speakers, march W hat these works convey is both es and projects over two decades. the dram a o f the era — massive T he posters and flyers reveal a marches for nuclear abolition, gradual shifting o f causes — say — and the heartfelt urgency indeed, PJC’s raison d ’etre — o f the individual, grassroots from the ’80s to the ’90s. And artist. ironically, they also plainly show O n the opposite wall, the the profound effect o f a different ’90s section begins to shift into kind o f revolution: the computer. the w ork o f PJC staffers — dedi Certainly computers have cated activists b u t not usually changed the face o f graphic arts artists — w ho learned how to along w ith just about everything use Pagemaker. T h e posters typi else in modern life. An explosion cally feature neatly centered type o f typefaces, photo m anipulation — in limited, basic fonts — and and other techniques have given a photo o f the speaker at a given artists freedoms — and speed — event. Legible and informative, unimaginable two decades ago. b ut hardly exciting. But the key word here is artist. T h e com puter has clearly Anyone can learn to use com put saved time — and saved PJC er programs; not all o f them are from having to beg the assistance artists. o f beleaguered artists. But w hat Accordingly, the posters o f they gained in expediency they the ’80s from the Burlington lost in visual appeal. Peace Coalition, as it was then Ellen Kahler, director o f the called, are predom inantly the Peace and Justice C enter (the fruits o f volunteer artists — nam e adopted in 1995), concurs: specifically, in the C ity Hall “If I’m under deadline and have exhibit, Bonnie Acker, M ary to get a poster out, I can do it in Azarian, Edward Bailey, Annemie h alf an hour. It’s a tim e and effi Curl in, D iane Gayer, Al ciency thing. But I th in k there’s Giodario, Carol Hanley, Gail som ething lost by doing the Salzman, Teresa M cCloud and com puter thing. By using a local Robin Lloyd, a PJC co-founder artist there’s m ore o f a com m uni w ith W endy Coe. ty-building sense.” W hile some retrospective art Coincidentally, P JC ’s causes shows may include early works have evolved in the 1990s as well that inspire little more than — to relatively “quieter,” behindindulgent smiles, the relative cru the-scenes work, such as its dity o f some o f these posters Racial Justice and Equity Project, from the ’80s is, in retrospect, a and economic issues such as liv boon. T hey feature hand-letter able wage. “Peace and Justice has ing, paper-cut prints, line draw changed over tim e, adapted and ings w ith varying ability b u t w ith evolved to m eet the needs o f the unmistakable zeal, the visual com m unity,” Kahler confirms. equivalent o f a call to arms. O r “T h e issues th at were m otivating rather, disarmament. O ne simple people to act were m ore interna wood-blocky print exclaims tional in the ’80s; the ’90s are “Celebrate Peace!” in bright m ore about: I f you w ant peace, cobalt blue on white. A 10th w ork for justice.” anniversary poster for the Peace T he posters bear this out: and Justice Coalition, as it was Marches on W ashington, Peace renamed in 1989, presents a Buses to the U .N . and elaborate hand-draw n birthday cake w ith H iroshim a D ay events gave way doves in place o f flames on the to lecturers on issues closer to candles. A nother line drawing

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hom e, such as H ydro-Q uebec, the Abnaki N ation, urban renew al and, m ore recently, P JC ’s V ermont Job G ap Study. An exception is also a “crossover” poster, stylistically speaking: M ary Azarian’s p rin t o f Uncle Sam and a skeleton, reading, “V erm ont Says N o to W ar in the Persian G ulf,” from 1991. Robin Lloyd notes that B urlington artist Bonnie Acker “has helped us for awhile and developed a style o f activist imagery” — her bold PJC graph ic appears on the 2 0th Anniversary poster, and she con tinues to m ake the C enter’s Christm as cards. “She’s been a real boon to the way we’ve pre sented ourselves,” Lloyd adds.

“She does it out of love. “ About artist involvement in causes in the 1980s, Lloyd notes, “It was a mutual relationship of their interest and commitment in the causes and the fact that large meetings and demonstrations were taking place. Things have cooled down in the ’90s.. .we get the message out in more low-key ways.” Since the Gulf War,” she observes, “we haven’t have the opportunity to issue the clarion call.” There’s no way to measure, of course, if or how much “looks” have affected public interest in political causes. But it’s evident that visually arresting work con tinues to demonstrate that style can enhance substance. © The Peace and Justice Center will celebrate 20 years o f history this Saturday night at Contois Auditorium, Burlington City HaU, includingfamily activities begin ning at 6:30 p. m., a “memory lane”presentation — including a new PJC video — at 7:30p. m., and a dance party with Tammy Fletcher & the Disciples at 9 p.m. For info, call 863-2345.

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biggest nam es in show business jo in W oody Allen for a m edita tion on w hat it means to be a big nam e in the ’90s. T h e cast includes Leonardo D iCaprio, K enneth Branagh, W inona Ryder, Charlize T heron and Melanie Griffith, am ong others. (R) GLORIA** 1/2 Sidney Lumet for some reason directs this remake o f John Cassavetes’ perfectly satis factory 1980 film about a streetsmart w om an w ho risks her life w hen she takes in a young boy whose family has been m urdered by the M ob. Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa star. (R) IN DREAMS*** From Oscar-w in ning director Neil ( The Crying Game) Jordan comes this am bi tious but in the end disappoint ing tale o f psychological terror about a childrens book illustrator whose dreams are infiltrated by a real-life madm an. A nnette Bening and Robert Downey Jr. star. (PG) A CIVIL ACTION*** Aside from a few scenes involving Robert Duvall, John Travoltas m uchhyped legal dram a is light on character and way heavy when it comes to cinem atic shorthand. W ith W illiam Macy and John Lithgow. (PG-13) AT FIRST SIGHT**172 U h-oh. Val Kilmer alert! T his tim e around the inexplicably employed headcase plays a guy w ho, blind from birth, has his sight surgically restored. N ow if they could just do that w ith K ilm ers talent. M ira Sorvino co-stars. (PG-13) VIRUS**172 Jamie Lee Curtis stars in this com ic-book-to-bigscreen adaptation about an alien that terrorizes the crew o f a ship as it rebuilds itself using hum an body parts. Special effects vet John Bruno makes his directorial debut. (R)

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THE PRINCE OF EGYPT**172 T h e first traditionally anim ated <r4easeJftom DreamW orks studios tells the epic O ld Testament story o f Moses and features the voices o f Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock and M artin Short, am ong others, along w ith songs courtesy o f Pocahontas composer Stephen Schwartz. (PG)

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But Your Honor! by Stephen Spoonamore, produced by Lost Nation Theater, directed by Andrew Doe. Montpelier City Hall Arts Center, January 29-31.

Uneven Stephen hat kind of mind finds a former Republican governor and country lawyer worthy fodder for a play — a com edy, no less? A like mind. Though you wouldn’t guess it from their backgrounds, the late Deane Davis — a fifth-generation Vermonter who, at his zaniest, would mount a horse and ride for a spell — and play wright Stephen Spoonamore — a Waterbury-Brooklyn half-timer who writes plays with titles like Lindsor New t and the Real Boy S u it— have the world in common, literally. One of Davis’ crowning gubernatorial achievements was the eco-friendly Act 250. And if Spoonamore has his way, his own work will also serve nature. “I’m really an environmental activist,” he says. “Ail my plays deal with land use and the moral dilemmas caused by the scale of our activities.” Witness But Your Honor! Based in part on interviews Spoonamore conducted with Davis in ’88 and ’89, the play is the fourth in a six-play cycle he calls the “Vermont Project.” The others deal with topography; the “life” span of a land parcel in Montgomery — the site of the defunct Covered Bridges Theatre, which Spoonamore ran until 1992 — the demise of “one town, one vote” legislative districting; a dark journey into the well-kept secret history of summary justice and the KKK; and the influ ence of technology on the local mining industry. But Your Honor! is actually

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"injured”by their silicone-filled breast implants, despite a lack o f scientific evidence o f any link. — S. Lee You make my point for me. Women today get breast implants voluntarily, as adults. Foot binding was imposed on unwilling and often traumatized Chinese girls while they were still children — a huge difference. One guy chided me for not considering the historical context and blah blah blah. Screw the historical context. Just because the Chinese thought the ritual mutilation of women was cool for a thousand years doesn’t mean it didn’t suck.

In your column about Chinesefoot binding you placed the Victorian corset as the #3 cruellestfashion practice. Isn't there a culture (Indonesian, maybe?) that used to put metal rings around girls’necks to lengthen the neck? The neck ultimately becoming so long and weak that the girl could not hold her own head up. Removal o f the rings would befatal. The corset can at least be taken o ff occasionally. — John Cholod, via the Internet

If I described every bizarre thing done to women in the name of beauty I’d be writing a book, not a column. You’re talking about the Padaung, also known as the Kayan, who In your column on Chinesefoot binding [October 21], you live in Thailand and Myanmar. Some women (traditionally mentioned that smallfeet have been prized in many cultures, only those born on Wednesdays when the moon is full) using as an example “Cinderella's tiny glass slipper. ”While So todays breastfetish cant compare with the old Chinese wear up to five kilograms of brass rings that extend their your point is well taken, you missed a chance to mention the footfetish, complete with foot binding? What about all the necks to the size of a baby giraffe’s — as long as 10 inches. story behind Cinderella's unusualfootwear. In the original American women who now mutilate their own breasts, paying folktale, Cinderella wore (in French) une pantoufle en vair (a big sumsfor surgical enlargement? Sure, they do it voluntarily, The process begins before puberty and compresses the rib cage and collarbones. For a photo, see www.britainburma fur slipper). Because the word wait was uncommon, the 17thbut mostly because o f American culture. It can affect the rest o f •demon.co.uk/Showcase/LongNeck.htm. For a recent news century French translator thought it was verre (glass). us too, as when Dow Corning was bankrupted by a classaccount, see www.seattlepi.com/pi/getaways/040998/ Cinderella has been wearing glass slippers ever since. action settlement of$3.2 billion to compensate women nedc09.html, [ — Foot Fetishist, via the Internet ^

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Classifieds • 864.5684 LEG ALS CITY OF BURLINGTO N TRA FFIC REGULATIONS The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations. Sec. 17. Designation of Parking Meter Zones (e) Three-hour zones. The fol lowing streets or portions of streets are hereby designated as three-hour parking meter zones: (1 M 1 3 ) As Written.

(14) West side of Saint Paul Street from King to Maple

Streets, (15) North side of Pearl Street

between..North Winooski Avenue and Battery Street, Adopted the 28th dav of October. 1998 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division

Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRA FFIC REGULATIONS The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

(1 M 2 7 7 ) As Written.

The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations. Sec. 7A. Handicapped spaces designated.

(1 M 1 2 3 ) As Written. (1 2 4 ) The space in front of 30

Main..Street. Adopted the 2 8th dav of October 1 9 9 8 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners.

(278) At t he intersection of Appletres. Point.Road. and

(l)-(4 8 7 ) As Written.

Cumberland Road, causing

traffics stop on Cumberland Road. Adopted the 12th dav of December. 1998 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners.

The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations. Sec. 26. Motorcycle parking.

No person shall park any vehi cles at any time in the follow ing locations, except automo biles displaying handicapped license plates pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1 3 2 5, or any ammendment or renumbering thereof:

No person shall park any vehi cle at any time in the following locations.

(9) East side of Saint Paul Street from King to Maple Streets.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRA FFIC REGULATIONS

The following locations are designated for the parking of motorcycles only. (l)- (9 ) As Written.

Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division

Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

Adopted 12/9/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 . Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

Stop signs are authorized at the following locations:

Sec. 7. No Parking Areas. No person shall park any vehicle at anytime in the following locations:

(1 M 2 7 5 ) As Written. (2 7 6 ) At the intersection of

number 58 and number 70 Wright Avenue. Adopted the 2nd dav of December. 19 9 8 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division Adopted 12/2/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 .

(4 2 2 ) [In the space in front of 3 0 0 Flynn Avenue]. Repealed

causing traffic on Maple Street

(277) At t he intersection of Adams Street and South Union

Sec. 7A. Handicapped Space Designated.

Street, causing traffic on Adams Street to stop.

No person shall park any vehi cle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1325, or any amendment or renumbering thereof:

Adopted the 12th dav of December. 1998 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division

(1)-(1 2 1 ) As Written.

Adopted 12/2/98; Published

( 122) In the space in front of

Adopted the 14th day of

(2 6 8 ) At the intersection of

Clymer Street and Shelburne Road requiring all t raffic on Clymer Street t raveling east to stop. (2 6 9 ) At the intersection of Alfred Street and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Alfred Street traveling east to stop. (27 0 ) At the intersection of Hoover Street and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Hoover Street traveling east to stop. (27 1 ) At the intersection of Adams Court and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Adams Court traveling west to stop. (27 2 ) At the intersection of Birchcliff Parkway and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Burchcliff Parkway traveling west to stop.

Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Ferguson Avenue traveling west to stop. (2 7 4 ) At the intersection of Lvman Avenue and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Lyman Avenue traveling west to stop. (2 7 5 ) At the intersection of Scarff Avenue and Shelburne Road requiring all traffic on Scarff Avenue traveling west to stop, Adopted the 22nd day of July, 19 9 8 by Board of Public Works Commissioners.

LEG A LS Sec. 16. Bus stops. The following spaces are here by designated as bus stops.

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(1) [On the north side of Main Street west of St. Paul Street to the second driveway wester ly.] Repealed, (2) [On the west side of St. Paul Street in front of the Central Terminal.] Repealed. (3) through (18 ) As written. Adopted this 28th day of October, 1 9 9 8 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division Adopted 1 0 /28 /9 8 ; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 Material in [brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

CITY OF BURLIN GTO N TRA FFIC REGULATIONS The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20, Motor Vehicles and Traffic: Sec. 2 0 -6 6 . Penalty. (a) Metered Parking Offenses: The penalty for violating any ordinance regulating metered parking in the City of Burlington shall be five dollars ($ 5 .0 0 ). (b) Nonmetered Parking Offenses: ( l)- (4 ) As written. (5) Streets closed to parking. The penalty for parking on a street closed to parking as

described in Sec, 20-63 shall include removal of the vehicle in question to another street or location, as well as being tick eted in the amount of fifty dol

lars ($5Q.QQ). f5 1(6) Other nonmetered park ing offenses. “Nonmetered parking offense” means any parking offense set out in this Code, except violations related to metered parking. The penal ty for violations of nonmetered parking offenses except handi capped parking, resident park ing. sidewalk and greenbelt parking, [and] parking ban vio lations and streets closed to parking shall be thirty-five dol lars ($ 3 5 .0 0 ).

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The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

(2 7 3 ) At the intersection of

Maple and.Church Streets

3Q.Q.Flynn Avenue, a t t e n t i o n

CITY OF BURLIN GTO N TRA FFIC REGULATIONS

Sec. 3. Stop Sign Location.

Adopted 12/2/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7/9 9 .

Sec. 3. Stop Sign Locations.

Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

(1 M 2 6 7 ) As Written.

Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division

The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

Adopted 1 0 /14/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 .

(488) At t he east eod-oLAdsit

Adopted the 9th day of December, 1998 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division

Court from the southern edge of the driveway at number 36 to the eastern edge of the dri

veway at number 34 ,

to stop.

(10) in t he space between

October, 19 9 8 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners.

Sec. 7. No Parking Areas.

( l ) - ( 8 ) As Written.

Adopted the 18th dav of November. 1998 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners.

1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 .

The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

Sec. 3. Stop Sign Locations.

(f) Ten-hour zones. The follow ing streets or portions of Streets are hereby designated as ten-hour parking meter zones:

LEG A LS

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

The following items are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations.

Stop signs are authorized at the following locations:

LEG ALS Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Sec. 17. Designation of Packing Meter Zones:

Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTO N TRA FFIC REGULATIONS

1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7/9 9 . Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

Adopted 11/18/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7/9 9 .

Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

Adopted 10/28 /9 8 ; Published

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Adopted 10/28/98; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 .

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CITY OF BURLINGTO N TRA FFIC REGULATIONS The following items are enact ed by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations:

(c) As written. Adopted the 12th day of December, 19 9 8 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Daniel Bradley Engineering Division Adopted 1 2 /12 /9 8 ; Published 1/27/99; Effective 2 /1 7 /9 9 Material in [brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

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TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Due to the cosmic version of a cleri cal error, you have been granted more than your share of slack this week. Don’t worry, the cosmos isn’t like a bank. You will not be forced to pay it back at a later date. Therefore, why not fulfill a lifelong dream to race stock cars or make out in the cereal aisle at the grocery store or run with scissors in your hand or have Hershey bars for breakfast or learn the Tunisian Tickle Fish Dance or ask God for a special litde favor or embody the spirit Heraclitus spoke of when he mused, “Fire rests by changing?”

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): You’re not the hardest worker in the zodiac, and this week you’ll prove why you don’t have to be: Being the smartest worker of them all means you quickly penetrate to the heart of the job and do exactly what’s neces sary to master it. No false starts for you. No wasted effort or reliance on incomplete data or messy trial-anderror experiments, either. As a result,

you can take cool shortcuts that would leave others gasping for their mommies.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My left brain pontificates, “You’re not performing your duties in a manner consistent with the task of becoming a more efficient and useful social unit.” But my right brain screams, “Explode the goddamn mold, wild maestro! Bust out of your straitjacket and jam it in the jaws of the neurotic guard dogs! Spit into the winter wind! Moon the wrongfully privileged!” Meanwhile, my north brain coos, “Please carry out your duties in a manner consistent with the task of quietly dismantling the goddarn mold.”

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s say that you have a vision of a better life for those you love. Maybe you think you know exactly what they need to do in order to quit their self-defeat ing behavior and turn into the pow erhouses they have the potential to be. My brilliant advice is not to nag and cajole them with your brilliant advice. Instead, work behind the scenes to make it easy and natural for them to arrive at your conclusions on their own. Redesign the world around them until every conversa tion, every event, every omen, is lur ing them towards their shining des tiny.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Expel the mangy sheep from the fold, lest the whole flock perish,” proclaimed the medieval Christian philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas. But then he also said that women were defective and misbegotten, that heretics should be killed, and that all vultures were lesbians that conceived new little vultures after being insemi nated by the wind. So I wouldn’t put too much stock in anything that

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LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One day maybe I’ll write the book I’ve been threatening to unleash on the world for years: A Feminist Man’s Guide to Picking Up Women. O f course then I’ll have to create the prequel, An Uppity Womans Guide to Scoping Out Men Who Aren’t Scared o f Strong Women. And I probably could n’t stop there. Sooner or later I’d have to pen the sequel, Gender Benders Don’t Need Any More Cute Self-Help Books Written by Heterosexists. Sorry that none of these tomes are ready yet. As you Libras plunge into the thick of the season of reckless romance, you could use all the unstereotyped perspectives on love you can get. Here’s one to tide you over: If you sell your soul for love, make sure you get a receipt.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Psychologist James Hillman says images have an uncanny power to hurt or heal. In that spirit, I offer you a dream I had; may it cure your smoldering dementia. In the dream, you’re a mad scientist, clad in purple frock coat and orange pants, who has just run out of your laboratory clutching test tubes full of bubbling green liquids. You seem exasperated, at wit’s end. You turn your face up and yell in the direction of heaven, though your words sound like gibber ish. In response, the giant hand of God reaches down from the clouds to offer you a boon. The fingernails on the divine hand are painted cherry red and there’s a blue Band-Aid par tially covering a booboo on the wrist. And the gift? It’s a miniature pink fer

ris wheel with six yellow canaries rid ing in the cars.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’re offended by vulgar metaphors, even those designed to shock you into being more ferociously true to yourself, stop reading now. This horoscope contains graphic testimony from a Sagittarius'reader. “Years ago,” says Janet from Austin, “a therapist told me that eventually I would hear a Big Pop. It would come, he said, when I got my head out of my ass. Now, finally, I think I’m close to ful filling my shrink’s prediction. Why? Because I realize how my beloved Jupiterian expansiveness has hurt me. I see that I’m a great problem-solver for everyone else except myself; I help the whole world but neglect to help poor old me. Tell me I’m ready, Dr. Brezsny. Tell me the Big Pop is imminent.” (Dear Janet: It is, for a majority of your tribe.)

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22Jan. 19): Astrologer Forrest Fielding once studied 50,000 people to deter mine which astrological signs were best and worst in various categories. He found that Capricorns work the hardest and get the most done in the shortest time. Not surprisingly, you also daydream the least. I bring this up, my dear, because this week I’d like you to uphold the first part of Fielding’s assessment while con founding the second. Plug away with your usual tireless productivity, in other words, but do it in behalf of fantasies that you usually suppress. To pull this off, naturally, you’ll have to exceed your normal quota of day dreams by a large margin.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When most people think of a magician, they picture a stage per former who pulls rabbits out of top

Jiats and saws leotard-clad assistants in half. Other folks, jmore mystically inclined, visualize a wizard who uses incantatory spells to com mand spirits and attain occult power. There is a third kind of magician, though. It’s anyone who aspires to control her own thoughts, ceaselessly shepherding her psychic energy in a direction that will serve her highest values. For this kind of wonderwork er, magic is nothing more than the art of creating desirable practical changes. I myself aim to be one of these, and I hope I can convince you to do the same. It’s a perfect moment to start your training, or intensify it if you’re already on the path.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): It’s prime time to make your confes sion, Pisces. Not to me. Not even to God. Offer it up to your higher self. To serve as a role model and get you in the mood, I’ll spill my own guts now. I confess that I have loved my own pain more than anyone else’s pain. I’ve eaten food without feeling gratitude for the people who grew it and picked it for me. Once I got free cable TV by hooking up to the main line illegally. I’ve longed for freedom but haven’t worked hard enough for it. I’ve failed to blaspheme humorless gods. I am a jumble of inner voices, yet unfailingly pretend to speak with the one-pointed authority of a pharoah. Worst of all, I haven’t for given myself of all these sins even though I could easily do so. You can c a ll Rob Brezsny, day or night for your

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HANDSOME, EDUCATED, ROMANTIC avid downhill skier. Yes, I’m all that and more. Tall SWPM, 38 , NS, ISO alltractive S/DWF, 29 - 38 , to share sun sets, candlelight dinners, movies, traveling and more. 2520 ________________

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MAN FROM MARS: DWCM, 54, NS, NA, ND. Looking for easy-going, extrovert, shapely, 4 oish, Christian lady, over 5 ’4 ”, under 150 lbs., with interests in church, dancing and. other social interactions. 2528 _______________________

Interests: hiking, canoeing, snowshoe ing, back-country skiing, homesteading. ISO pioneer woman interested in homesteading, family on 25 acres, simple, self-reliant life. 2421 _____________

ENLIGHTENED MALE, 50S, communica tive, tends toward senses of the mind and heart, seeks attractive, younger F, NS, who understands “as you go up in age, you definitely get better.” Massage? Paris? 2529 _________________ :

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attractive, slim, intelligent, secure, pas- ! sionate S/DWF with integrity, music, I dance, home time and up-beat attitude 1 is sought by good-looking, fit DWM, ■ 40 s, with similar qualities. Possible ; LTR. 2533 ____________________________|

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REAL GOOD, FOR FREE. Well-adjusted, holistic, soulful SWPM, 29 , who’s athletic, handsome. Many interests including the outdoors, the arts. Seeking similar, pretty, fit companion, 25 - 35 , who’s intelligent, adventurous, joyful.

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Affectionate, prof., honest, agnostic M, 49 , ISO tall, thoughtful lady, NS, to enjoy outdoors &. country living. 2422

ATTRACTIVE SWM, 32, SEEKS SF FOR

friendship first w/ possibility of short I S M ________________________________ ; term or LTR. Enjoy dining out, dancing, IRREVERENT 81 SINCERE, CHIVALROUS \ taking walks, movies, shows, skiing & warm, non-conforming & artistic, etc. I and other outdoor activities. 2425 Life is complicated—take your choice ‘ or all of the above. ISO femme fatale, > SWM ISO DARK-HAIRED LADY. I’m 25 , 40 +, from writer, teacher, etc. 2535 * 5’7”. 145 lbs., light brown hair & eyes, and fit. Into snowboarding, cars, music SWBIM, 26, GEEK, SEEKS FRIEND/ lover j and adventure. You: good-looking, to share music, film, art and alternative • open-hearted and playful. 2431 _______ computing platforms. 2536 ____________ * ROAD LESS TRAVELED. Caring man SWM, 3 3, IN IDAHO...LOVES TRAVEL, | seeks special woman. I love drawing, skiing, movies and New England, seeks * jazz, writing, poetry, photography, hik SWF, 30-40, for transcontinental ♦ ing, running, children, nature, quiet romance. I am moving to NH in April. ; times and being with someone special. 2532.____________________________ • NS, 5 *9 ”, 160 lbs. 2432 ______________ QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. SWM, 35, * GENTLE MAN, 50S, GOOD-LOOKING, smoker, seeks petite woman, 28-40, ; very solvent, amiably divorced, seeking who enjoys rock music, dancing, cold l intelligent lady who appreciates beer, fishing, camping and intimate l thoughtfulness, nice lifestyle. Let’s times with a guy seeking a LTR. Call l share interests. Goal: a committed rela me. 2543 « tionship. 2435

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ISO XC SKI FRIEND. Active, attractive, 47 , 6 ’i ”, NS, kids, ISO ski friend. Also enjoy dancing, yoga, music, cooking. LTR possible, but fun first. No baggage on this trip, please. 2439

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NEW-WORLD MAN. SWPM, 3 1 , NS/ND, very fit, adventurous, good-looking, into music, art, photography and going out, seeks SWF, 24 - 3 5 , NS, for fun & possible LTR. 2409__________________

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GWM, 18, SMOKER, TALL, BLONDE, blue eyes, straight-acting, very unexpe rienced. ISO G/BiWM, masculine, straight-acting, funny, energetic, hard working, intimate, tall, 18 - 24 . LTR. You can show me the ways. 2492 _________

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PAUL, WE FIRST MET AT ZACHARY’S, Williston Rd., before the holidays; you were my waiter. Then again at EMS on 1/ 2 . Let’s meet when you’re not workingl! 2562 __________________________

attractive, intelligent BiF to share erotic fantasies. Discreet and self-assured Fs need only respond. 2516 _____________

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2530_______________________ RED SQUARE, CHRISTMAS PARTY, fes tive couple. Him: plaid vest, bow tie. Her: red hair, leather jacket, sexy slit dress. Fun-loving couple looking for tag-team partners. 2550

$1.99/m in. m u s t be 18+

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