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VOTE W IT H YOUR BUCKS To Fred Cheyette [Weekly Mail, February 3: “You’ve got...Brainwashing?’): While I would not discourage you to “speak out against (Hollywood) brainwashing,” I can’t help'but picture regulatory boards deter mining content and advertising allowed in movies, which I hope wasn’t what you had in mind. For whatever reason, people like cheesy Hollywood movies with men lying to women, women lying to men and every one drinking Starbucks coffee while shopping at Bloomingdale’s. If you don’t like what a film group has to say or how they say it, vote with your seven bucks and don’t go — but don’t expect everyone to live up to your personal ideals. If every one in You’ve Got M ail drank Speeder and Earl’s, while munching Lake Champlain Chocolates and telling the truth, it still would be brain washing. — David Hubanks Burlington

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BEST CU T As usual your latest issue (2/10/99) met my warped and demented standards, but then that’s no surprise to anyone who knows me. I was particu larly amused by Flip Brown’s article, “A Cut Below.” I chose this procedure [vasectomy] 25 years ago and have never regret ted it. In fact, I always explain to prospective “clipees” that after the operation is complet

ed, they have only one remain ing responsibility to their part ner. They have to make sure they brush their teeth before an early morning sexual encounter. I had only one reservation before my operation, though. The surgeon’s name was Dr. Butcher, — L.J. Palardy Winooski STAGE PLANS It was good to see Seven Days focus on the search for performance space by the local theater arts community [“Just a Stage?” February 3]. As Erik Esckilsen’s article so aptly stat ed, the need is significant. I am familiar with the issues as a per former, as an avid supporter of community theater groups, and as a member of the board and chair of the programming com mittee for the Flynn Theatre. W hat was confusing in Erik’s article was his suggestion that the Flynn Theatre is not responsive and that its main stage was not available due to cost. The fact is that the Flynn is a 1453-seat theater, and as such serves an important need for major touring productions as well as large-scale communi ty productions like those of Lyric Theatre and the recent production of Amadeus, a col laboration between Vermont Stage Co. and the Mozart Festival. For the most part it is far too big for local theater companies and, of course, too costly for their use. It is a won derful community asset, but is not an appropriate site for the

majority of local productions. Most local productions are inti mate and personal. They do not play well in a large house. I would like to make it clear that the Flynn definitely plans to add a small performance space in its upcoming expan sion. The plans are long in the making and very much in the works. Some funds still must be raised and a lease must be hon ored, but by the fall of 2000 the space, now occupied by the Last Chance, will become a performance space that will accommodate close to 200 for theater seating and 125 for cabaret seating. The plans include basic sound and lighting as well as small dressing rooms. The stage area will be flexible, but is drawn as 20’ x 20’. The space is designed for raised or flat floor arrangements and will accom modate theater, music, some dance, storytelling, perfor mance art, poetry readings and cabaret. The Flynn intends to pre sent a small number of offer ings akin to its current on-stage series, family and children’s pro grams, and to extend its various festivals (i.e., jazz and story telling). In addition, we hope to create some,formats that showcase new work by local artists and help to foster one or more resident groups over the long term. The space is unques tionably designed to serve com munity arts needs. W hat can’t be avoided is some rental cost to cover the expense of operat ing and maintaining the space.

We are working on a process for determining access to the space, probably developing a small programming advisory committee. Some community theater artists have been involved in the design and dis cussions about its management and use. There is no question that the theater community needs both performance and rehearsal space now ...and that the Flynn will not serve all of the commu nity’s needs. Some groups will find even the most modest rental expense difficult to afford. It is my hope that some approach could be developed by the City to support commu nity theater groups’ use of pub lic and nonprofit spaces. There are models in many cities of funds created for this pur pose... It would be a worthy goal for Burlington. These are important articles, and I commend Seven Days’ continued exploration of these issues. — Walt Levering South Burlington Le tte rs P o lic y : SEV EN DAYS w ants your rants and raves, in 2 5 0 words or le ss. Letters are only a cce p te d that respond to content in Seven Days. In clu de your full name and a daytime phone number and send to: SEV EN DAYS, P.0. Box 1 1 6 4 , Burlington, VT 0 5 4 0 2 -1 1 6 4 . fax: 8 6 5 - 1 0 1 5 e-mail: sevenday@together.net

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ment shall clearly designate the name of the candidate, party or political committee by or on whose behalf the same is published or Skip Vallee had their money back from broadcast.” Republican Rep. Connie H ouston’s journalism Now if they could just come up with a flyer project of the millennium — the as-yet-to-beto keep the turnout down in the rest of Burlap. published Addison Eagle. Johnny the Judge Slayer — The backwoods Last week’s Inside Track report on the crim buckskin boy of Vermont’s political fringe is inal record of Tom Lavoie, the general manag getting an extraordinary amount of ink as this er of the new pro-GOP weekly enterprise, cer year’s political one-man band. John tainly drew plenty of attention. Investors Rome McClaughry’s been providing the bull horns to ($10,000) and Vallee ($5000) have requested the red capes of the Brigham Justices: John their money back. Dooley, James Morse and Denise Johnson. And as he told Inside Track The fact that Johnny Think he would, Mr. Lavoie did go Tanker has been all over the down to the Costello media with his crusade for Courthouse to deal with the scalps is but one indication bench warrant for his arrest of how quiet it’s been under issued last May. Lavoie’s next the golden dome. Bravo to court date is March 23. He’s Vermont’s James Carville of facing a violation-of-probation the extreme right! charge stemming from his 1991 Word around the conviction for grand larceny Statehouse is that and check forgery. Lavoie’s on McClaughry can soon expect probation until 2001, but for a little competition for his some reason, the probation one-man organization, “The department lost track of him, Ethan Allen Institute.” or vice versa. Sources say Windsor County Meanwhile, the spin from Sen. Ben Ptashnik is looking Rep. Houston is that Addison to establish an “Ira Allen Independent Publisher Angelo Institute” that would attract Lynn and yours truly are close left-wing contributors who friends. In fact, GO P state want their political philoso chairman Patrick Garahan told phy to get the kind of expo us he’d heard “Angelo Lynn sure Johnny Think Tanker’s owns Seven Days.” That been getting. (Could mean a explains it. A conspiracy! The job for John Freidin or Paul owners of Seven Days — listed BY PETER FREYN E Cillo.) on the masthead — had a good “As it turns out,” offered one Statehouse laugh over that one. liberal, “of the brothers, Ira was the more intel Hey, Pat, did you hear that Paula Jones ligent and had more business acumen. Ethan owns Connie Houston? In fact, Connie recom was more flamboyant — a shoot-from-the-hip mended the plastic surgeon who did Paula’s kind of guy.” nose job. And Linda Tripp is Connie’s second And what are McClaughry’s chances of get cousin.'' ting a legislative majority to heed his call for Just kidding. judicial scalps? v But what’s not a joke is that, as of Tuesday, As usual, zero to none. neither Bernie Rome nor Skip Vallee had New BED Boss! — The news broke late last received their money back from the Eagle. week that Barbara Grimes had been picked as Checks in the mail, Connie? the new top dog at the Burlington Electric P.S. Many people wondered how Mr. Lavoie Department. The story making the rounds at could be freely wandering around Chittenden the Statehouse was that Grimesy beat out none County for the last nine months with a war other than Burlington State Rep. Dean rant out for his arrest. Ah, yes, the bureaucracy Corren, who over the years has positioned known as the Criminal Justice System. himself, in the words of one lobbyist, as “the According to Commander John Sonnick of the smartest man on earth.” Doug Hoffer, chair Burlington gendarmes, there are at present man of the Light Commission, called Grimes 1515 outstanding arrest warrants in the county. “an impressive person,” but declined to say Police are simply too busy taking care of the whether Corren had been in the running. So day-to-day to focus on the warrants. we called the great one himself. We informed Mayor’s Race — You bet this one is going the shorter half of The Self-Righteous Brothers down to the wire. Republican Kurt Wright has duo of the story going round the Capitol and certainly held his own in the recent broadcast asked if it were true. Corren replied, “Do you debates, prompting incumbent Peter Clavelle have any other information for me?” to lose his cool on several occasions. It’s but a “No,” we told him. That was it. “Is it reflection of how tight the race is. In the end true?” it’ll come down to how well the Progressives “Do you have any more information for can counter Wright’s 1000-plus vote cushion me?” he repeated. from the New North End. The Progs lose if “Is that a ‘no comment?”’ we asked. they fail to turn out a big vote in their political “No,” said Corren. “I don’t give informa base — the Old North End. In fact, one cam tion to gossip mongerers.” paign flyer distributed by the Clavelle troops Tsk, tsk, tsk. Poor boy. It certainly can’t be zeros in on that very point. The yellow sheet a confidence builder to be beaten out for the put out by “Burlington Votes” cites statistics top job by a former Burlington High School that show voter turnout in the Old North End cheerleader. has been dropping like a stone of late — below “Drinking Culture” — More than a few peo 25 percent last year. It’s a case of success breed ple howled at Temperance Crusader Molly ing failure. In the Old North End the Progs Walsh’s editorial in the Feb. 8 Burlington Free have had few contested elections in recent Press. Molly, the Freeps’ editorial writer, took years. Atrophy has set in. city leaders to the wood shed for promoting By the way, we tracked down the author of Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade up Church Street the flyer. It’s Tom Aloisi, a Progressive member sponsored by a local brewery. of the city’s board of health. He says he intend For shame, you booze-swilling city hall ed for the flyer to be “non-partisan.” Indeed, it swine! does not mention the name of any candidate Three days later, a special Mardi Gras insert or political party. But it certainly is targeted to in her own paper identified The Burlington Free voters in Progland and distributed by the Press as one of the sponsors of the event. Clavelle reelection campaign. 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A German couple driving their BMW after dark was fol lowing directions on the car’s satellite navigation system when they came to the Havel River in Caputh. Expecting a bridge, the 57-year-old driver kept going because the naviga tion system failed to show that the road ended at a ferry cross ing. He drove past a stop sign, down a ferry ramp and about 12 feet into the river before stopping. “Normally, accidents like this shouldn’t happen,” police spokesperson Frank Heinichen said. “But that sort of thing can happen when people rely too much on tech nology.”

More Modern Woes The Department of Energy reported the number of radio active tumbleweeds found blowing around Washington state’s Hanford nuclear com plex, which used to make plu tonium for nuclear weapons, rose from 11 in 1995 to 20 last year. The plants suck up contaminated ground water, then spread radioactivity when the top of the plant is blown away by the wind. The gov ernment spent $1.68 million

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Hey, Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox Police in Oakdale, California, accused Scott Eric Smith, 32, of stealing 800 copies of a local news paper that contained a report of his arrest on drug charges. Officials said Smith explained that he didn’t want his family to read about the incident.

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Accidents Will Happen Hernan Herrera, 36, lost control of his car in Miami Beach, Florida, crashed head first into a tree and two utility poles, but survived. W hen he got out of his car, however, another car hit the downed electrical wires, causing a utili ty pole behind Herrera to snap

Puerto Rican lawmaker Augusto Sanchez Fuentes sug gested that the island’s econo my could benefit from holding adoption fairs, where mothers could sell their newborn babies to visitors from the United States. Such events would bring in tourist dollars and reduce poverty by making procreation profitable. ®

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BYE BYE BESSIES: Burlington’s answer to the Academy Awards is “no, thanks” this year. After brokering two “Bessie Award” events cele brating local achievements in theater and film, Burlington City Arts has shelved the concept until at least the new millennium. “What started as a fundraising event turned into a break-even party two years in a row,” City Arts Development Director Paul Ugalde says of the Oscar-inspired evening. “We did not feel it was the best use of our time and resources...and there are still questions about the award for mat.” A biennial bash makes more sense because it will give the orga nization two years to get the party paid for and, it is hoped, will result in a competition with more reels in the running. PENN MANSHIP: The comedy duo Penn and Teller get in — and out — of some pretty tight spots in the course of their onstage rou tine. But neither was thinking quickly enough when a fire extinguish er failed in mid-performance Sunday night at the Flynn Theatre. Penn was in the middle of a juggling demonstration, emphasizing the importance of timing, when he grabbed the flaming end of an air borne torch and promptly dropped it. The downstage fire was in the choreography, as was the outsized fire extinguisher. But Penn was unable to remove the pin — no joke. “Having a prop guy run out with a fire extinguisher was not part of the act,” says Flynn Marketing Director Tom Ayres. The show went on, of course, despite a fallout of white dust. And the duo picked up on an odd irony. Last time they played Burlington, a city-wide blackout cut the evening short. The lights went out at the very moment the pair promised a comparable feat using a volunteer from the audience. Ayres remembers how Penn responded to that unforeseen emergency: “He lit three juggling torch es.” Paraphrasing the Flynn tech director, he adds,’’Penn and Teller’s magic is no match for the ghost of the Flynn.” GOOD WORD: If “E.R.” had a resident poet, the job would go to Dana Levin. Surgical procedures are a theme in her verse. “There are a lot of poems that take place in pretty bloody places,” says the former Burlington College teacher now living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a book deal with Copper Canyon Press, the poetic prognosis looks good for the 34-year-old writer. “Within three weeks, everything completely changed,” Levin says of her literary good fortune. In December, she scored $20,000 from the NEA. Three weeks later, she won the American Poetry Review Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry, which comes with a book contract. Former Vermont poet laureate Louise Gluck was on the committee that made the selection, and will write the introduction to In the Surgical Theater, due out this fall. 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The write-up goes on to describe how “Lenser Massimo Zeri shoots the reception in such a way as to accentuate eye-popping colors and syn thetic textures, lending it a gaudy feel emblematic of its characters and situations.” Its commerical prospects? Variety sez “fair at best” . . . Lincoln author Chris Bohjalian is a solid investment these days — how else to explain a full-page ad in The New Yorker this week devot ed to two of his titles? From a publishing standpoint, the newly released The Law of Similars is perfectly positioned to benefit from Midwives mania. No doubt booksellers are hoping the title turns out to be true as far as revenues are concerned . . . Good News Garage may shun local publicity, but it makes national news in the current issue of Smithsonian magazine. The Burlington repair shop recondi tions used cars for needy people, and sells them cheap — where else can you drive home a Volvo for less than a hundred bucks? The multi page write-up, by Vermont freelancers Richard and Joyce Wolkomir, should drum up drivable donations across the country . .. There’s a fine line between politics and theater, and Vince Uluzzi is crossing it Wednesday at the Flynn with a cameo role in “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.” Recruited for his self-deprecating humor, the Republican state senator plays “Charlie Brown” in the Broadway tribute to the Lieber and Stoller songbook. He gets the best lyric of the evening: “Why is every body always picking on me?” Because he loves it, I guess... (Z)

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Rain in February is something Otten can usually handle. His Sunday River Resort near the Maine-New Hampshire border regularly conquers the weather with a sophisticated snowmaking system. Thanks to the mir acle of compressed air and water, his resorts in Vermont — Killington, M ount Snow and Sugarbush — are also well covered in white. Yet this year, as the American Skiing Co. pushed forward with its expensive and aggressive development plans, December rain followed by bitter cold dampened business during the key Christmas week. Not only did bad weather clobber his Eastern resorts, but a drought hit ASC’s areas in Colorado and Utah. The skiers stayed away, and Otten was forced to tell Wall Street that revenues for the cru cial second quarter would drop well below projections. W hat bothers O tten far more than rain and drought is the public relations’ bruising the company has been taking, the talk that he’s overextended, that his business might even fail. The endless speculation about his company’s fortunes act like an abrasive on Otten’s sometimes thin skin. Just shy of 50 years old, Otten is smart, intensely ambitious, and he takes such criticism personally. In fact, it is very much on his mind during a recent interview. “You go quickly to the other side of that momen tum curve and the pendulum swings from just tumul tuous applause to deafening silence. And the same group of people doing exactly the same business are one day perceived as saviors and the next day are looked at as bums,” he says. “I think we’ve gone almost overnight from being good guys to being bums, doing nothing but running our business.” Depending on his mood or the question at hand, Otten can be disarmingly charming or aggressively defensive. W hat he’s not is humble — and perhaps with good reason. Starting 19 years ago with $132,000, a few T-bars and an aging chair lift in the outback of western Maine, O tten grew his company into the nation’s largest ski-area owner, one that grosses about $340 million a year. In less than five years, American Skiing Co. acquired eight resorts, snapping up ski areas in New Hampshire, Vermont, Colorado, Utah and California. Yet that high-speed growth was financed in part by high interest junk-bond debt, expensive lever age that contributes to his interest load of $35 million a year. The company lost $5.5 million last year. And this winter, as his revenues dip and the bad news mounts, O tten may be longing for the days when he was leading his upstart company in the climb to the top. He reflected with a hint o f nostalgia recently on the Barnum-esque campaign he once waged against Killington, the number-one ski area in the East. Otten’s Sunday River resort would try to beat Killington by being the first to open and the last to close. The cam paign, aimed primarily at the urban market, had Otten playing Avis to Killingtons Hertz. Now he owns Killington, along with many of his

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other former competitors. But instead of expanding, he’s being forced to cut back his ambitious develop ment plans. Tight budgets led him recently to postpone a long-touted $9 million project that would connect Killington with neighboring Pico, which ASC also owns. At ASC’s Sugarbush resort in Warren, slow sales have also forced the company to shelve plans to build a $30 million condominium-hotel project, a develop ment Otten once claimed was essential to the resort’s revitalization. Otten is now looking to trim expenses company-wide by at least 5 percent. “Boy, what I would give right now to be number three or four,” Otten says, his lean, expressive face creasing into a faint frown.

ike a hotshot skier who follows the fall line straight downhill, Otten likes to go fast and take risks, but he also likes to stay in control. The question this winter, however, is if he gambled too much by growing too fast, too quickly. “He rolled the dice on the financial side,” says Bob Gillen, a consultant and pub lisher of the Snow Industry Letter, which tracks the busi ness. “He was over-extended financially, putting the package together [to buy the resorts]. ...It’s almost a nightmarish sea son with a fault line of prob lems that just happens to run across his resorts because of the weather.” Gillen says all of Otten’s resorts are off-budget. “His cash flows aren’t meeting pro jections. It ain’t pretty, but they’re going to get through it.” American Skiing’s high debt load — his company owes $416 million — makes it par ticularly sensitive to the vagaries of weather. Most ski areas are having a down year, says Tim Mueller, presi dent of Okemo Mountain Inc. in Ludlow. “Is he feel ing it more? Possibly, because his company is more highly leveraged than the others. . . It certainly makes him more vulnerable. That’s simple economics.” But Mueller is not predicting his competitor’s demise. And Otten’s main banker, Chad Gifford, chair man of BankBoston — which recently extended ASC a high-interest, $58 million loan for real estate develop ment — says Otten will find his way through. “I’m not terribly worried. The bank, in some respects, worries about a lot of things,” Gifford says. “But the strength o f his operation, whether it’s the geo graphic breadth, the destination resorts, the snowmak ing operation — I can tell you, he didn’t put that oper ation together, nor did his various financial partners come aboard, based on something that would be rent asunder by some rainy weekends.”

A lanky man whose graying hair spills to his collar, Otten describes himself as a child of both the city and the country. He was born in New York City and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. But his mother was from tiny Tupper Lake in upstate New York. “She used to tell me my roots were in the mountains, not M anhattan,” he says. Otten hiked and skied the Catskills and Adirondacks as a child and climbed New Hampshire’s Presidential Range before he was 13. His first “grand skiing experience” came at Killington during a ski week when he was 12. While attending Ithaca College in central New York, Otten would drive home to New Jersey via a long detour to Killington so he could catch a day of skiing before Thanksgiving dinner. “That was the affection I had for the place as a customer,” he says. Otten has business in his blood, as well as a fierce drive to overcome adversity. His father, Albert Otten, was Jewish and lived in Germany, where he owned a steel mill that made everything from iceboxes to auto mobile fenders. In 1936, when he was the age his son is now, Herr Otten was arrested and lost both his for tune and his family. The Nazis picked his company to make shell casings, Otten says, and Hitler came person ally to deliver the news. His father refused to cooper ate, and with the help of a friend fled to Switzerland, then Holland. From there he traveled to Canada and eventually moved to the United States, where he started over again brokering steel. Otten’s father was 63 when his son was born and 80 by the time Otten was a 17-year-old in high school. Being raised by someone who could have been his grandfather, who had lived a full life before his son was born, made for a different father-son bond than was found in most suburban New Jersey families. “We didn’t play catch,” Otten says. The two spent many hours together, though, watching “Meet the Press,” Jack Benny and Milton Berle on television. They had long conversations about business and the world. “I think we had a great rela tionship,” Otten says. “I clearly turned out to be my father’s son in the minds of anybody who had ever known him and knew me. He basically started with not a lot, as I did. He btrilt a company and was popu lar with the people he worked with.” But the ski business was not what the elder Otten had in mind for his son. “He told me to pick a busi ness that wasn’t weather-dependent,” Otten recalls.

“His actual parting advice when I left for Killington in 1971 was to go to work for a company you can become president of someday.” His father saw Otten follow through on that half of his advice. W hen the elder Otten was 93, Les bought Sunday River. Albert Otten died at the age of 99, just four months shy of his 100th birthday.

classic joke in the ski business goes like this: How do you make a small fortune in the ski industry? Start with a large one.

, The hills o f New England are littered with the relics of failed resorts. Since the mid-1970s, the number of ski areas in the United States has dropped from more than 700 to 319, many o f them smaller Eastern areas that couldn’t compete against their larger, better-capitalized cousins. Otten’s Five-year resort buy-

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ing spree, followed by intensive upgrades at each ski area — high-speed lifts, new trails, new “Discovery Centers” for beginner skiers and riders, new condo miniums and hotels — are all part of a grand develop ment plan aimed at boosting skier visits and growing the sport. And grow it must. Skier days have been stagnant at about 52 million a year for the last decade. At its most exhilarating moments, skiing can be a transcendent experience, as close to flying as most humans get. But the sport faces competition from an explosion in other vacation and leisure-time activities: cruise lines, sailing, in-line skating, biking, even video arcades that tempt the youth market. For O tten’s company to prosper, and for the rest of the industry to survive, more people must be convinced that it’s fun to pay $50 a day to slide downhill in the cold on expensive equipment. Otten’s strategy is based partly on demographics, partly on marketing. A diehard skier, Otten is also a tireless promoter and innovator. He talks about the population bubble of new skiers — the sons and daughters of the baby boomers — who should be flocking to the sport. These “echo boomers” are the fuel that should propel skiing and snowboarding to a level of growth not seen since the 1960s and 1970s, he says. The echo boomers’ parents, meanwhile, are reach ing the age and income levels where they’ll want sec ond homes or vacation housing, Otten believes. Thus, the other key part of his growth plan: His company’s prospectus says it has the potential to build up to 30,000 vacation housing units to satisfy what it says is pent-up demand for resort properties for middleincome families. Otten says he’s simply going national with the same proven business strategy he developed years ago at Sunday River. Real estate development provided a bed base for skiers at his mountain; and real estate offers the potential for higher profits than the resort opera tions themselves. “We’ve been running exactly the same company for the last 15 years. We’ve always built real estate for the middle market,” he says. But it’s been a rough transition from running Sunday River, where Otten had his hands on every aspect of resort operations, to overseeing a publicly held company which must answer to Wall Street. American Skiing Co.’s stock opened in late 1997 at $18 a share; it dipped below $5 last week. Last sum mer, Otten transferred his chief financial officer because of accounting miscues that disturbed Wall Street professionals. The steep stock decline has affect ed Otten’s personal wealth, at least on paper. He bor rowed to buy $ 15 million of ASC stock that is worth $4.1 million at today’s prices. Still, his annual salary from ASC is $386,538, plus a $10,000 bonus. The latest warning from Wall Street analysts came last week, when the “Motley Fool” on-line investor service spotlighted ASC’s troubles, saying its debt load may be dangerous. “In the past 12 months, the net interest expense has exceeded the company’s cash flow — seldom a good sign,” the analysis said. ASC’s growth strategy is based on two fundamental assumptions: that O tten can perform Sunday Riverlike turnarounds at his other resorts, and that he will hit an untapped vein of real estate demand. Neither theory has yet been fully realized. Yet ASC’s real estate was in huge demand last spring, when the company began selling vacation property at its Canyons resort in Utah. Buyers lined up all night in front of the sales office to plunk down $5000 deposits. After the Sundial Lodge condominium project sold out in one day, ASC decided to more than double the condo development. It also increased the size of its Grand Summit Resort Hotel at the Canyons. Otten says sales are also strong at similar Grand Summit hotels at Killington and M ount Snow. When the numbers don’t look as promising, the company can choose to cancel a project, as it did recently at Sugarbush. “Now that’s the prudent side of the real estate business,” he says. Otten acknowledges the obvi ous: that ASC is a highly leveraged company. He says the firm’s average cost of money is around 9 percent. Yet he borrowed $58 million last month for real estate projects at interest rates ranging from 16 to 18 percent, according to the Bear Stearns brokerage firm. Standard & Poor’s, when it posted a “negative” outlook on ASC, noted the loan’s “very high financing costs, which

reduces the company’s financial flexibility.” Otten says that $58 million layer of debt is just one piece of a complex financing package that includes much lower-cost construction loans. Looking at the high interest rate alone gives the impression “there’s something wrong with this company because it’s pay ing 16 percent for interest,” he says. But the 16 percent interest rate is less than it would cost to bring in an outside financial partner to fund the projects, Otten says. The loans “plug the gap between owner [ASC] equity and the construction loan to build the project.”

s he reaches across three time zones and nine resorts, as he rushes to a half-dozen editorial boards and press conferences to counter the spate of bad financial news, Otten is stretching his considerable energy and man agement skills. He’s on the road half the time now, fly ing from his home in Maine to confer with his execu tives at resorts in Vermont, Colorado, Utah and California. In early February, he was at the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. in Colorado when the resort manager quit. A week later, the company announced layoffs, startling the community and depressing employee morale. Otten says the layoffs were a prudent response to lower-than-expected revenues. Others in the Colorado ski industry are doing the same, he told a Denver newspaper. But an official at Vail, one of his leading competitors, said the resort did not plan to downsize. Gillen, the industry consultant and newsletter publish er, says Otten has cut an already lean operation to the bone. At the same time, he says, Otten knows the ski business better than any other resort executive. At Killington, Otten learned how to repair chair lifts, pack bearings with grease and splice cable. At Sunday River, which Otten bought from Killington’s parent company in 1980, he continued his hands-on leader ship.

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boom to grow the sport,” says Gillen. Indeed, depend ing on your point o f view, O tten is either the best or the worst thing to happen to skiing: People believe he will either guide the sport to a new era of growth, or will ruin it with Disney-like development and real estate construction. “One of the things that has distinguished O tten is this cult of personality,” says David Goodman, a national ski writer based in Waterbury. “Other places like Vail function more like conventional, corporate operations. ASC is driven by the force of Les O tten.” The ASC Web site features a recorded O tten interview that visitors can play back on their computers. His real estate offices display framed, flattering magazine pro files that recite Otten’s legendary ascent in the ski busi ness. But Goodman goes on to suggest that Otten is overbuilding at his resorts and that his development strategy is flawed. “He’s a real estate developer. He’s one of the worst things to happen to skiing, and if he goes down it will be a huge blow for an industry that is not doing so well.” Goodman recalls the resort real estate market crash that followed the stock market fall of 1987. In the late 1980s, some ski condominiums around Vermont sold for a third of their original offering price. “We could be reinventing the 1980s at the end of the 1990s,” he says. “By force of his charm he’s gotten environmental ists to lay down their arms, and he’s gotten bankers to part with absurd amounts of money.”

t’s not just Otten’s charisma that has won him peace with some environmentalists. Unlike previ ous ski area owners, he has made some conces sions to protect land and improve water quality. Otten has agreed to conserve bear habitat in Parker’s Gore, near Killington. He’s promised to return water to streams pumped low by snowmaking and to send treat ed sewage to a treatment plant in Rutland rather than into the Ottauquechee River. He’s moved a lift away from the Appalachian Trail. O tten says he’s probably invested $ 10 million in what he calls these “non-pro ductive assets” — the land protection efforts and investments in stream-flow water improvements. “You’re essentially looking at a company that has done everything that it was asked to do in the state of Vermont in the last 30 months and has yet to get any genuine benefit,” he says. O tten was hoping to win the environmentalists’ blessing for his large development at Killington, a project that over time will, according to critics, become the second-largest city in the state. Many environmentalists have kept quiet. The Conservation Law Foundation, once a major force in opposing ski area projects in Vermont, even appointed Otten to its board last year. But the Vermont Natural Resources Council, a statewide environmental group, has challenged the Killington project during Act 250 land use hearings, raising concerns over traffic, sprawl and water pollu tion. “It’s just too big,” says VNRC lawyer Christopher Kilian. “This is the largest single development project ever proposed for the state of Vermont.” Otten is clearly frustrated by the opposition. He’s found a strong ally in Gov. Howard Dean, who likes Otten’s plan to cluster the condominiums at the base of the ski area. “Ski areas need to be four-season resorts,” Dean says. “I’m very supportive. I thought that was a good way to do it, instead o f spreading growth all over the place.” Dean also praises O tten’s negotiating skills. “He has established a very good precedent for being able to work in constructive ways with environmental groups. Unfortunately, VNRC in general has not been very helpful. Other groups have been helpful,” Dean says. “I don’t approve of what VNRC is doing. I thought they could negotiate rather than litigate. But obviously the litigators have gained the upper hand there. That was very disappointing.” VNRC Executive Director Elizabeth Courtney says her group will continue to play a role in the Killington Act 250 land-use hearings, despite the governor’s oppo sition. “If the governor wants to bet on the high-risk schemes of Les Otten’s junk bonds, so be it. O ur job is to stand up for the citizens who value our world-class

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by our emotional reactions to our individual perception of the world. “As for Schwanengesang specifically,” Chiu adds, “Schubert and Liszt cover the entire spectrum of Romanti cism between them, so what is new for me is perhaps, the capacity to keep myself objec tive enough to be able to per form this music in public.” Behind his often gladiato rial “piano-hero” programs, Frederic Chiu is reassuringly human and eager to be acces sible. He doesn’t mind speak ing with audiences in order to prepare them for listening, and believes that “hearing someone speak is a familiar, reassuring way for a listener to prepare his ears. Also, new listeners can use a few guide lines to sensitize their minds, and having a few points of reference is always welcome.” The pianist claims he’s not a

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KA-BANG (NYC rock), Rusty Nail, 8:30 p.m. $5. STARUNE RHYTHM BOYS (hillbilly boogie), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC. EAST COAST MUSCLE (bluesrock), Cafe Banditos, 9:30 p.m. $3. RIVER BED (bluegrass), Toadstool Harry’s, 9:30 p.m. $3-5. DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT (groove-funk), Wobbly Barn, 8:30 p.m. $7. TRAILER PARK (soul, Motown, swing), Nightspot Outback, 9:30 p.m. $7. BOB DYLAN, NATALIE MER CHANT (folk/rock legend), Olympic Center, Lake Placid, N.Y., 8 p.m. $35/27.50.

21 SUNDAY ARS MUSICA (classical; VYO), Leunig’s, 10:30 a.m. NC. GOSPEL BRUNCH (w/Christine Adler, Sandra Wright, Kip Meaker & Craig Mitchell), Red Square, 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $14.95. PAUL WEBB (jazz), Windjammer, 10:30 a.m. NC. JO M0 FO (funk), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. METRO PUB (DJ), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. RUSS & CO. (rock), Chicken Bone, 10 p.m. N C. KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 7 p.m. NC. REBECCA PADULA (singer-song writer), La Brioche, 11 a.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC (acoustic), Main Street Bar & Grill, 11 a.m. NC. SWING LESSONS (dance), Emerald City Nightclub, 4 p.m. $5. JOEY LEONE DUO (Delta blues), Mountain Roadhouse, 7:30 p.m. NC. DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT (groove-funk), Wobbly Barn,

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d an ce B U R LIN G TO N C O N T A C T JAM: Explore and expand your range of motion at this informal gathering of spontaneous movers and shakers. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 860-3674.

drama ‘SMOKEY JO E ’S CAFE’: Pre-Beatle pop hits like “Jailhouse Rock” and “Yakkety Yak” carry this Broadway trib ute to the Lieber and Stoller songbook. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $22-42. Info, 863-5966. ‘CHRYSALIS’: Francesca Cannan’s four original one-act plays explore the “pas sions and relationships o f ordinary peo ple.” See “to do” list, this issue. Rhom bus Gallery, 186 College St., Burling ton, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 865-3144.

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art FIGURE DRAWING: The human fi ure motivates aspiring and accomplisl artists in a weekly drawing session at t Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-7165. ASIAN ART TO U R : An exhibit of Japanese wood block prints take viewt overseas to Asia at the Fleming Museil UVM, Burlington, 12:20-3 p.m. $3. Register, 656-0750. ‘PH O T O G R A PH IN G NATURAL PH EN O M EN A ’: Photographer Ken Langford shares his shots o f the auror; borealis and other celestial curiosities the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. MARY AZARIAN: T he author and illustrator o f Snowflake Bentley signs

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There’s a saying in the theater that drama is “extraordi nary things happening to ordinary people.” For local playwright Francesca Cannan, the ordi nary is an extraordinary thing. In four original one-act plays grouped under the title Chrysalis, the mundane turns magical for a small-town gal whose curiosity leads to tempta tion, a married couple on a collision course with the past, strangers on a commuter and sis ters whiling away a sultry summer day. Wednesday to Friday, February 17 to 19. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 865-3144.

swing and a mix: If a new musical style is to emerge at the turn of the millennium, expect it to come from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. The banjo-driven quartet is eclectic with a capital “e.” Over the past decade they’ve racked up all kinds of awards — 15 Grammy nom inations at last count, in jazz, pop, bluegrass, country and spoken word categories. They’ve toured with Dave Matthews, and opened for — gasp — Phish. And with their first studio album in five years, Left oft Cool, now out, they play it fresh and funky at two area shows. Thursday & Friday, February 18 & 19. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

revising ophelia: It all adds up: The shortage of women in science has less to do with figures than feminism. Scholar Sheila Tobias gets to the root of the problem in a day of discussion about learning phobias. The author o f five books, including Faces oftFeminism, she warns “a terrible staple in the history of feminism in this country is that every 75 years or so we have to start over from scratch.” Shame you can’t take algebra over again. Friday, February 19. John Dewey Lounge, Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 10 a. m.; luncheon talk, Waterman, noon - 1:30p.m.; McAuley Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 846-7194.

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Act 60. Campaign finance reform. The Waterfront. Expect a variety of issues vital to Burlingtonians to be dealt with, dodged and deconstructed as the city’s mayoral candidates square off in a public debate. Progressive incumbent Mayor Peter Clavelle sits in the hot seat as he defends his office from challenges by convenience store owner and Republican City Councilor Kurt Wright and the independent, arts-minded guitarist and masseur Eric Brenner. Judge Susan Fowler presides. Wednesday, February 24. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-8381.

usses her work at this informal gathng. Chaffee Center for the Visual , Main Street Park, Rutland, 6:30 . Free. Info, 775-0356.

ords TERS GROUP: Works written th “love and dedication to the word” t the workshop treatment in this litersupport session. Burlington, 7-9 . Free. Call for location, 864-5808. STERY B OO K G RO UP: Marian osher leads this investigative discusn of Rhys Bowen s Evans Above. es & Noble, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. • Info, 864-8001. SHEPARD: The Johnson poet ds from his new collection, I'm Here cause I Lost M y Way. Bear Pond oks, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 9-0774. , FEASTS A ND F IC T IO N ’: ers chew on the film and literary ions of Antonio Skarmeta’s Fried tn Tomatoes. Sherburne Memorial fary, Killington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 2-9765.

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ton, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. STORYTIME: Four- and five-year-olds enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. South Burlington Comm unity Library, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 652-7080. STORIES: Litde listeners hear stories, snack and make crafts at the Children’s Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537. ‘SN UG IN T H E SN O W ’: Pre-school ers learn how some creatures use snow as a blanket at the Green Mountain Audubon Society Nature Center, H unt ington, 1-2 p.m. $3. Register, 434-3068.

SKATE SKIING CLINIC: Get an edge on winter with an intro to skate skiing — a cross between speed skating and Nordic skiing. Equipment is provided at Catam ount Family Center, Williston, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Register, 658-3313.

etc •MONEY, LAW A N D TAXES’: Bring your most taxing questions to this dis cussion with financial experts. Fletcher Free Library, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-1357. W O M E N ’S STUDIES LECTURE SERIES: Prof Helga Schreckenberger recalls “Erika Mann’s Political Speeches During Her Exile in the U.S.” John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 12:20-1:10 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4282. EATING D ISORD ERS DISCUS SIO N : UVM counselors lead this pre sentation on “How to Help Someone You Care About” as part of National

Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Marsh Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. & 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0364. LAND USE FORUM : Between I960 and 1980, Burlington lost 800 acres of vacant land. Its last remaining open spaces are subjects o f debate at a public forum. Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine St., 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7194. ‘SCALE O F FO RTU N E’: Find out the “color o f your weight” and its signifi cance in your life with this body-sensi tive version o f the television game show — part o f National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Cook Commons, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0364. BUSINESS ED U CATIO N W O RK SH O P: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility introduce an innovative approach to problem solving. Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. $10. Info, 862-8347. SOIL PO LLU TIO N TALK: Geology prof Leslie Kanat discusses using “bacte ria to slow the movement o f contami nated fluids in soil” at this eco-presentation. Mt. Mansfield Hostel, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4010. ‘MAKING A LIVING’: Catch a film focused on the work experience of African-Americans in 19th-century New England. A discussion follows at Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3406. K N IT T IN G G RO UP: Needle workers

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drama ‘CHRYSALIS’: See February 17. ‘REFLECTIONS’: Kriss Wellner’s play takes a look in the mirror for more positive body images as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Campus Center Theater, Bill ings Student Center, UVM, Burling ton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0364. ‘D EA THTRAP’: The Valley Players stage Ira Levin’s thrilling tale o f a not-so-perfect murder. Valley Players Theatre, Route 100, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 496-3751.

film ‘D O N A H ER LIN D A A N D H ER SO N ’: Marriages o f convenience, affairs and the comical manipulations of a wealthy widow mix in this dar ing film from Mexican director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. V T CARES, 361 Pearl St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2437. ‘M U SIC O N MY M IN D ’: Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is the sub ject of this biopic marking Black History Month. Pavilion Auditorium, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $3-7. Info,

‘ART D O E SN ’T BITE’: Artist Russ Housman demonstrates how a “holi day abstraction” becomes concrete at the Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Rutland, noon. $5. Reservations, 775-0356.

words P.R. SM ITH : The local poet, artist and musician lays down lines from Shakespeare to jazz scat, with mood enhancing lighting effects. Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2700. GREG DELANTY: The Irish poet reads and discusses his latest collec tion, about growing up in an oldworld print shop. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. ‘N E W TITLES’ STORY TIM E: Today Show and Tell Bunnies, tomor row Rabbit Run. Kids four and up benefit from new books at Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. ‘W R ITE DRUNK, REVISE SOBER’: Learn to let the creative, uh, juices flow at this writing work shop. Isley Public Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523.

kids ‘SNUG IN T H E SN O W ’: See February 17. FAMILY PLAY PROGRAM: Youngsters up to age four frolic with their folks at this drop-in gathering. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:15 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864- 0377. STORYTIM E & CRAFTS: Cultural activities keep your children occupied at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865- 7216. PARENTS ANONYM OUS: Parents gather for support and assistance around the challenges of childrearing. Babysitting goes with the program at two meetings in Burlington and

Milton, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014. PARENT-CHILD BOO K DISCUSSION: Grown-up readers and their 9- and 10-year-old kids compare notes on Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech. Deerleap Books, Bristol, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684. ' STORY H OU R: Young readers learn from lighthearted literature in a country setting. Flying Pig Children’s Books, Charlotte, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-2600.

sport YOGA FO R PARENTS: A stretch of peace awaits morning movers at the H .O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0377.

etc H O M EO W N ER SH IP ORIENTAT IO N : Potential buyers learn how to shop — and pay — for a home at the Burlington Community Land Trust, 179 South Winooski Ave., noon. Free. Register, 660-0642. ‘FAMILY R O O M ’ BENEFIT: Supper, singing, storytelling and a quilt raffle make for a family-friendly evening to support this Visiting Nurse Association program. H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. BATTERED W O M EN VOLUN TEERS: Attend an orientation ses sion covering domestic violence edu cation and volunteer opportunities with Women Helping Battered Women. UVM Women’s Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3131. BOTTLE ROCKET C O M PET I T IO N : High school students get credit for having a blast at this launch-time event. Votey/Kalkin Courtyard, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 656-8693. INTESTINAL DISEASES TALK: A nationally renowned doctor discusses Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases. Austin Auditorium, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.rn. Free. Info, 434-4113. C O M M U N IT Y SPACE DISCUS SIO N: Folks with ideas for the room formerly known as the “daycare space” gather in the Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. RUBE GOLDBERG C O M PET E

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T IO N : High school engineers put their minds to making a machine that can feed a pet. Campus Center Theatre, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8693. . CHAM BER MIXER: Business types mix and mingle at Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-3489. PASTA BRIDGE C O M PE T IT IO N : High school engineers give new meaning to the term “carbo loading” with an innovative construction pro ject. 114 Votey, UVM, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8693. CONSULTANTS M EETIN G : The Vermont Consultants Network holds an open meeting to share strategies on “Building Trust and Relationship” in business. Network Performance, 85 Green Mountain Dr., S. Burlington, 7:30 a.m. $15. Info, 655-3031. G LB TQ SU PPORT G RO UP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get support. O utright Central Vermont, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SERIES: Environmental studies instructor Mary Gaudette discusses the “Effects of Landscape and Site Characteristics on Wetland Songbird Communities in Central Pennsyl vania.” Annex Lounge, Gifford Hall, Middlebury College, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5794. AFRICAN-AMERICAN H ER ITAGE LECTURE: Law prof Kenneth N unn makes a racial case for “Law as a Eurocentric Enter prise.” Chase Comm unity Center, Vermont Law School, S. Royalton, 12:45-2 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8303. EM O TIO N S ANONYM OUS: Women suffering from depression, anxiety or any other mental or emo tional problem find sorority in this 12-step support group. Seneca Center, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 660-9036.

dance C O N T R A DANCE: Rachel Nevitt calls for Brian Perkins, Ben Wang and friends at this community dance. Champlain Club, Crowley St., Bur lington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 865-9931.

drama ‘CHRYSALIS’: See February 17. ‘D EA THTRAP’: See February 18.

kids STORY H O U R : Toddlers listen to stories at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

sport CRO SS-CO UN TRY SKI TR IP: The Green M ountain Club leads a two-day trip to the snowy Laurentian mountains of Quebec. Lodging is provided. Info, 879-1457.

etc EM O TIO N S A NONYM OUS: See February 18. This co-ed section wel comes men. ‘W O M E N IN SCIEN CE’ LEC TURE: Faces o f Feminism author Sheila Tobias discusses math-science phobia and other barriers for women in science. See “to do” list, this issue. John Dewey Lounge, Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.; luncheon talk, Waterman, noon - 1:30 p.m.; McAuley Hall, Trinity College, Bur lington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 846-7194. ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Reps from

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trum of emotions, from heartbreak to hope, at the Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 476-8188. BROADWAY CABARET: Broadway-bound students apply what they learned earlier that day in voice teacher Bill Reed’s acting and singing session. A cabaret show fol lows. Chateau, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7264. ‘BEYOND T H E VEIL’: A student ensemble performs contemporary and traditional gospel music in Rollins Chapel, Dartm outh College, 4 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

dance BALLROOM D A N CING : The local chapter o f the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association leads the way in swing and Latin styles. Frederick Tuttle Middle School, S. Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $10. Info, 879-0501. C O N T R A DANCE: Steve ZakonAnderson calls for David Surette and Kerry Elkin at this northern-style comm unity hoedown. Capitol City Grange Hall, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 744-6163.

drama ‘DEA THTRAP’: See February 18. A CELEBRATION O F THEA TRI CAL D ESIG N ’: Visiting theater, opera and ballet designer John Conklin stars in this stage-sawy sym posium. See “to do” list, this issue. Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 10:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Free. Register, 443-5601.

film music BOB DYLAN & NATALIE M ER CHANT: The pop-rock legend who got the original stone rolling gathers with the distinctive voice behind Ophelia. Olympic Center, Lake Placid, 8 p.m. $27.50-35. Info, 518476-1000. GREEN M O U N TA IN H ORNS: The tooters team up with the Catam ount Singers to blow your cabin fever away. Congregational Church, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 244-6648. DIANE ZEIGLER: The popular singer-songwriter strums up a spec

‘W H E N W E W ERE C O LO R ED ’: This period film chronicling the life o f a close-knit family in the rural South o f the ’50s is screened for Black History Month. Pavilion Auditorium, Montpelier, noon & 7 p.m. $3-7. Info, 229-9408. ‘SLAM’: Marc Levin focuses on die ghetto and prison cultures of Wash ington, D.C. in a cinematic celebra tion of the spoken word. Loew Audit orium, Hood Museum of An, Dart mouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL’: Robert Benigni is Chaplin-esque in this ten der story of a family that uses humor to fight for survival in a Nazi concen tration camp. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, D artm outh College,

Hanover, N .H ., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘T H E APOSTLE’: Robert Duvall testifies to his acting and directorial skills in this tale of a Pentacostal preacher searching for redemption after committing a violent act. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

art STILL LIFE DRAWING: Artist Chuck Bohn demonstrates a timehonored craft for artists with sketch pad and pencil in hand. Art Gallery o f Barre, 1-3 p.m. $3. Info, 685-7770.

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kids STORY TIM E: Kids three and up listen to literature read aloud. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. T O M MESSNER: The local meteo rologist storms into town to host a storytime and sign his Weather Book. See “to do” list, this issue. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. KIDS BLUES CONCERT: Dave Keller lays it down on guitar and har monica at this all-ages session. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. C H ILD R EN ’S FILM FESTIVAL: Three short films — The Magic Within, Hardly Gold and Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes— enchant young movie mavens with tales of loss, hope and Weimeraners. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0598. SW ING DANCE: High school stu dents get hip to the scene at this no experience-required event. Knights of Columbus, Barre, 6-11 p.m. $7. Info, 476-5969.

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22 monday m usic O N IO N RIVER C HO RUS: Singers of all sorts are welcome at this weekly rehearsal for a spring performance of Mendelssohns “Elijah.” Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4300.

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acting AUDITIONING: Sunday, February 21, 6-9:30 p.m. S. Burlington. $25/day. Info, 860-3611 .B e seen, heard, remem bered and cast! Champlain Arts Theatre Co. offers a soup-to-nuts intro to audi tioning. MAKEUP: Saturday, February 21. S. Burlington. Info, 860-3611. Champlain Arts Theatre Co. teaches professional makeup techniques for film and print work. STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOPS: Four Saturdays beginning February 20, 12-2:30 p.m., S. Burlington. $80. Info, 860-3611. The fight director at Champlain Arts Theatre Co. leads per formers through basic unarmedfalling, punching and kicking.

aromatherapy AROMATHERAPY AND BEAUTY BASICS: Thursday, February 25, 6:308:30 p.m. Star Root, Battery St., Burlington. $15. Info, 862-4421. Get a hands-on introduction to using essential oils for beauty.

astrology ASCENDANT MASK MAKING’: Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $60. Info, 660-8060. Combine your interests in art and astrolo gy to affirm your astrological identity.

art ELDER ART PROGRAM: Winter classes starting in February. Locations in Burlington, S. Burlington, Winooski, Williston, Richmond, Bristol, S. Hero and St. Albans. $3240, new students: $16-24, returning students. Info, 658-7454. Aspiring artists 55 and up learn to use charcoal, oil, watercolor, acrylic and matting. FIGURE DRAWING: Ongoing Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fresco Studio, 1

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SWING DANCING: Classes starting the week of February 28. Burlington. $40/six weeks. Info, 862-9033. Learn Lindy Hop, the original style o f swing.

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TEA PARTY: Sunday, February 28, 14 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main Street, Burlington. $40. Info, 865HERB. Come formally dressed and ready to share stories with a knowledgeable herbalist. ‘THERAPEUTIC TO U C H ’: Ongoing Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3-8 p.m. Middlebury. Donations. Info, 388-7684 . Lose stress, pain and get healthy in this 10-minute “balancing” session.

computer CYBERSKILLS VERMONT: Ongoing day, evening and weekend classes. Old North End Technology Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 860-4057, ext. 20. Take small, hands-on classes in Microsoft Office, the Internet and e-commerce.

kendo KENDO: Ongoing Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 496-4669. Develop focus, control and power through this Japanese samurai sword-fencing mar tial art.

cooking MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE: Monday, February 22, 6-9 p.m. Isabel’s O n the Waterfront, Lake St., Burlington. $40. Register, 865-2522. Sample Europe’s southern cuisine at a how-to demonstration.

kids ART CLASSES: Monday through Friday, February 22 through 26, 9 a.m. - noon and 1-4 p.m. The Shelburne Craft School, Harbor Rd., Shelburne. $25/session. Register, 985-3648. Kids take classes in printmaking origami,mobiles and paper boxes. KIDS WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $10/class, $48/six classes. Info, 862-1248. A mas ter dancerfrom Guinea, West Africa, teaches kids traditional Guinean dances.

craft WEAVE A DOG LEASH: Three Tuesdays, March 9,16 and 23. Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston Rd., S. Burlington. Info, 865-4981. Learn to “card weave”a strong cotton leash for your dog. LEARN TO WEAVE: Eight Thursdays, March 11 through April 29, 6:30-9, Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston Rd., S. Burlington. Info, 865-4981. Learn the fundamentals o f weavingfabric on a four-harness floor loom.

language JAPANESE: Ongoing individual and small group lessons for beginners. ^Burlington. Info, 860-2383. Get instruction in this exotic language and culture from an experienced interpreter, translator and teacher. 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 and expe rienced teacher. SPANISH: Ongoing individual and small group lessons. S. Burlington. Info, 864-6870. Make 1999 the year you learn to speak another language. SPANISH: Flexibly scheduled individ ual and small group classes. Hinesburg or at your location. Info, 482-2387. Students o f all abilities get instruction in Spanish conversation and grammar with an experienced, certified teacher.

creativity HOW MUCH JOY CAN YOU STAND?’: Saturday, February 27, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Waybury Inn, E. Middlebury. $105 includes lunch. Register, 518-953-8927. Reignite your creative process and fuel feed, excite and encourage your dreams,\ with Suzanne Fuller-Barns.

dance MODERN JAZZ: Four Tuesdays, February 16, 23, March 2, 9. 6-7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $8/class, $28/all four. Info, 860-3674. Get in shape as you learn to dance with grace, rhythm and flow. SWING DANCING: Six Sundays, February 21 through March 28. Plainfield Food Coop. Register, 4765394. Beginners and experienced Swing dancers get instruction and time for dancing.

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support groups NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Ongoing daily groups. Various loca tions in Burlington, S. Burlington and Plattsburgh. Free. Info, Help Line, 862-4516. I f you’re ready to stop using drugs, this group o f recovering addicts can offer inspiration. PROBLEM DRINKER?: Group now forming in Burlington. Free. Info, 8644635. Join a group o f people seeking an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.

writing ‘FROM TRU TH TO FICTIO N ’: Saturday, March 6, noon-4 p.m. The Book Rack, Winooski. $35. Register, 655-0231. Learn how to incorporate symbols and sensory detail in a creative writing class. POETRY WORKSHOP: Thursdays, 1 p.m. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. Info, 388-7523. Bring a poem or two to read and discuss at this ongoing workshop.

yoga YOGA: Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Green Mt. Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Williston. $8. Info, 872-3797. Practice yoga with 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 for pregnancy or yoga for health and 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 “power”yoga classes offer sweaty fun for all levels o f experience. YMCA YOGA: Ongoing classes. YMCA, College St., Burlington. Info, 862-9622. Take classes in various yoga styles. BURLINGTON YOGA: Mondays and Wednesdays beginning February 8, 67:30 p.m. Howard and Pine Sts., Burlington. Info, 658-3013. Find heal ing through Iyengar style yoga.

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Later the researchers discovered something odd: Some armadillos already had leprosy. At first they thought the animals had escaped from the leprosy-inoculation experiment or become infected through contact with the lab’s waste. But eventually these possibilities were ruled out. Nine-banded armadillos, of which there are 30 to 50 million in the southeastern U.S., are believed to be the only significant natural reservoir of leprosy apart from humans. (A few cases have been found in chimps and mangabey monkeys in Africa.) How the armadillos got leprosy in the first place nobody knows. But there you are. Should you live in fear that you’ll be infected by an armadillo? Well, if you’re going to worry about AIDS and hepatitis C, you might as well round out your paranoia by worrying about leprosy. Realistically, though, the chances are slim. While suspected instances of ’dillo-to-human transmission have been reported, leprosy remains uncommon in the U.S. and Canada (6000 U.S. cases) and is in long-term decline worldwide — an estimated 2.4 million cases as of 1994. Fewer than 5 percent of wild armadillos have it, though I grant you that 5 percent of 30 to 50 mil lion is a lotta ’dillos. The disease is not especially con tagious; researchers think that 95 percent o f humans are naturally immune. Leprosy is treatable, and a vac cine (not totally effective) is currently available. While one doesn’t wish to minimize the consequences o f this disease, it’s not the certain nightmare it used to be. Equally important, there’s no need for people who have it to be treated like, you know, lepers. (?)

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You see why scientific progress is slow. I have, however, established that the answer to your question is yes — armadillos do carry leprosy. I know, I know. Armadillos? Hey, don’t look at me. Nobody else is quite sure what to make of it, either. Leprosy, one of history’s most dreaded diseases, has been around since ancient times. But it has never been easy to study because the bacillus that causes it, Mycobacterium leprae, can’t be grown in the lab. We’re still not sure of such basic facts as how you catch it. (Apparently nasal discharges are one form of trans mission, so I guess you don’t want to borrow a hanky in a leper colony.) It was long thought only humans could get lep rosy. Then in the late 1960s researchers speculated that armadillos might be a good test bed for leprosy research because (a) M. leprae thrives in cooler parts of the body (feet, nose, ears, etc.); (b) armadillos have a relatively low body temperature as mammals go, 30 to 35 degrees Celsius, compared to 37 degrees in humans (98.6 Fahrenheit for you retro types); (c) armadillos live long enough, 12 to 15 years, for this slow-acting disease to emerge; and (d) armadillo lit ters almost invariably consist of identical quadruplets, which was useful for genetic experiments. Aspects of this conjecture might seem far-fetched (I’m thinking of the low body temp part), but it panned out. Several nine-banded armadillos, the one type found in the U.S., were inoculated with leprosy germs and came down with full-blown cases of the disease.:. • Jr v'*

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TAURUS

(Apr. 20-M ay 20): Here’s scientist D anny Hills, quoted in Wired, extolling the beauty of long-term planning: “I think of the oak beams in the ceiling o f College Hall at Oxford. Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpen ters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th-century builder had planted trees in anticipa tion of the time, hundreds of years in the future, when the beams would need replacing.” I exhort you, Taurus, to apply the same kind o f thinking to your own life as that 14th-century builder did to the future of College Hall. Believe it or not, decisions you make in the next few weeks could not only have an impact on your life 10 years from today, but also on your next incarnation in the 23rd century.

GEM INI

(May 21-June 20): Thomas Edison wasn’t a Gemini, but this week will bring you Geminis as close as you can get to being Thomas Edisons. “Inventiveness” may not be your middle name, but it’ll be your stage name for a while. In fact, this

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22): After a long and semi-brilliant reign as your kick-ass guide, one of your major influences is about to lose more than a little o f its hold on you. This is a stealthy turning point that’s best faced on an empty mind, so please wash your brain thoroughly. The fertile new imprints that are on their way will be much more effective in inspiring brainstorms if you’re not being a nice, polite Crab trying to stay loyal to the memory of your old teacher.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Ever heard of a fou n d poem? Its a juicy text scav enged from an unlikely source, say a cereal box or video game manual, and turned into an official poem. Now, for the first time in history, I have created a found horoscope — which just happens to present a perfect metaphor for your imminent future. Here ’tis. “In a seedy metropolis, aliens disguised as humans threaten sabotage. You are at ground zero for the incredible action, controlling the plot. Interact one-on-one with the crusty mystic Ghost-Weasel and the half-evil, half-good Sucker-Pucker, as you navigate through subterranean sewer tunnels infested with really nasty radioactive Ratigators. Yuck! Sounds like a blast. May the best m utant win.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Dr. Brezsny: Lately I’ve been having many odd epiphanies, or epoopanies as I call them, inspired by a series of scatalogical yet spiritually uplifting dreams in which I receive great insights while diligently roto-rootering my clogged toilet. Should I be embar rassed about the source of my revela tions? — Dirty Virgo from Bellingham.” Dear Dirty: Be proud, not ashamed! Most people don’t even clean up their own messy karma, let alone do it with the verve and skill you and your fellow Virgos have been doing lately. God is obviously reward ing you.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical,” said Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, “for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without a feeling.” Keep this in mind, Libra, during the sweet-andsour bafflements of the next few weeks. Luckily for you, your analytical powers are kicking into high gear at the same time that the cosmos is swamping you with gnarly yet noble puzzles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): National Geographic notes that the male Australian redback spider, which is just one-fiftieth the size of the female, “seems almost exuberandy reconciled to his fete: He somersaults headlong into the female’s jaws while still copulating.” As deliriously liberating as eros is likely to be for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio, I hope you show a touch more restraint than this creature. There’s no need to be eaten alive in order to have more boundary-dissolving fun than you’ve had in many moons.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22Dec. 21): This is strange. While med itating on your horoscope in my home office, where no one ever visits, I’ve been called to the door twice in 15 minutes. First I was victimized by Jehovah’s Witnesses, next by Scientology drones. Is this evidence of millennial recruiting fever, or is the universe sending me an omen about you? Wow. As I typed that last sen tence, a call came into my answering machine. It was a Sagittarius reader from Toronto saying, “Help! I’m being pestered to listen to and endorse ideas I don’t have any interest in. W hat should I do?” Now it’s unequivocal what the signs mean, Saj: Don’t pretend for even 10 seconds to care about inessential stuff. Slam the door on distractions and interrup tions. Hunker down with the treasure that thrills your heart most.

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19): Your strength threatens people, and that’s not right. I don’t want you to have to water down your gorgeous competence one bit; it would be a sin for you to pretend you’re not as good as you are. But it’s also my duty to say that the problem may be due to other factors besides the fact that some folks are wimpy scaredy-cats. The resistance you encounter when you unveil your full glory could be partly inspired by a glitch in your attitude, not by your skills them selves. So please see what you can do to wield all your beautifully ferocious power without the hint o f a desire to make anyone else feel inferior.

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g in and out o f traffic at 80 ph in the filthy Volvo with e gray, bug-eyed alien doll ctioned on the window and e “Visualize Whirled Peas” bumpersticker? If it was, I hope you know how lucky you were it was me you cut off. Anyone less in control of his emotions than I, anyone less sym pathetic to your eccentricities, would have plunged into an episode of road rage. May I suggest that you tone it down just a little? Like for instance, either gobble the bagel or gab on the cell phone while hurtling down the highway, but not both at the same time.

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(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): You may be hiding or downplaying your gooey, chewy style of intimacy simply because you fear it won’t carry much weight amidst the one-upmanship rit uals raging all around you. But this is one of those rare junctures in the his tory o f the phallocracy when warmth and tenderness can earn you lots of macho skill points. And that ain’t the half of it. A few testosterone-poisoned characters are about to do some crazy fool thing like throwing a virgin in a volcano to propitiate their wacky ideas of progress. And only you, with your aggressive sensitivity, can dis suade them.

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motel pockets, tall, fit, jeans & T-shirt, handsom e SWM writer, 30. Seeks selfobsessed, hip, lanky genius. Brief: Rilke seeks Betty Blue. Ctrl. VT. 2678

tual, romantic, speak to the anim als, wise & teachable, sexual, wiccan. Me: 29, strong, attractive M, 5*9”, 167 lbs., blonde/brown, muscular, rock clim bing, magic, 420, nude sunbathing. 2587

TIRED OF BARS. NOT DESPERATE. Just thought I’d try som ething different. 5’u ”, dark hair, athletic build. Loves music, art, fine dining. Duke Ellington to Led Zepp. Travels lite. 2655________

COSMIC MALE, 34, BROWN-EYED,

SLIGHTLY FLIGHTY. ALMOST NAUGHTY,

DWM, 35, STRONG SILENT TYPE,

never nasty, A BBA lovin’ female search ing for a dancing king to shake my tamborine. 2632_______________________

attractive, easy-going, romantic. Likes outdoors activities. Likes children. ISO woman who is old-fashioned, emotionally secure, 28-38. 2662_______________

NO pager, NO debt, who likes anim als, the environment, m ovies, m useum s, music. Desires a fit, hip relationshipdriven mid 20s-m id 30s SF. 2590______

DPF, 27, SEEKING UNASSUMING. attrac tive, original and genuinely positive influence. Will settle for dinner and a sense of humor. 2638__________________ ATTRACTIVE SWF, 5’8", FULL-FIGURED

blonde with the big blue eyes seeks SWM, NS, tall, mature, 39-49, for com panionship or more. Loves movies, 24-YO STUDENT WHO LOVES CHILDREN reading, children, dancing, candle-light and adventure. Seeking a tall, dark, dinner and outdoors. Great cook and 25YO man who wants to be a chef, knows how to build a fire. 2581_______ likes traveling and quiet get-togethers. YOUR FANTASY? DISHY STRAWBERRY 2681 blonde in tight skirt, late 30s, married, LEADING RANDOM LIFE-LIKE METANAR seeks hip, handsom e, witty, younger RATIVE. Please have a sense of man for sexy adventures. Wahoo! 2582 humorln (and sim ilar age, values, etc.) SWF, 35, ATTRACTIVE, SLIM, PETITE. 43, settled down, but not slowed educated professional ISO handyman down, upbeat, offbeat, usta-B-athlete. or carpenter who can hold his own With you?...Life com plete... 2682_______ with intellectual pursuits. Must be ATTRACTIVE, FIT PWF, NS, ENJOYS am enable to cats. 2585 ____________ blading, skiing, hiking, w orking out, 20-YO WOMAN WHO APPRECIATES travel, good conversation, dining out intelligent conversation & humorous and much more. Loo king for sam e in sarcasm . Being a student, time & handsome, fit WM, NS, 30-45, in Burl. instant gratification are of great im por area. 2684____________________________ tance to me. Loo king for fun, not comOWNER OF A LONELY HEART SEEKS mitment. 2591_________________________ soulmate for friendship, possib le LTR. CTRL. VT DWF, NS, LONG REDDISH hair, S/DWF, 31, see kin g adventurous, sp o n blue-green eyes, 5’4 ”, proportionate taneous SWM, 26-35, who tikes chilweight, soft-spoken, nice. Seeking ren, knows how to enjoy life. Nr. S/DWM, NS, 35-43, w/ integrity, morals, ames, lease. 268 positive attitude, a gentle man. 2596 , 34 . BEAUTIFUL, YOUTHFUL, ALLENTTREPRENEUR, EDUCATED, PRETTY merican girl looking for gorgeous allbrunette, 31, 5’9” , curvy, likes gourmet merican guy, 27-35, m odel, actor, or cooking, conversing, playing board asy-going professional. Rom ance, gam es and hiking, ISO a dark-haired, pen mind, values, travel, experience, NS, NA PM, 29-33, to relax with. 2598 n, 1 -2000. 26 8

TALL, DARK & HANDSOME. REALLY! Fit, energetic artist, 27, seeks playmate for partying, movies, techno, adventures with an independent, attractive lady who likes to dress up. Gothic a +. 2668 .........

DWM, 50s, INTENSE, INTERESTING per sonality who appreciates the simple, natural, honest qualities in life & peo ple. ISO attractive SWF, late 40 S-50 S, NS, ND. P.S. — plays jazz piano. 2669

101 ROMANTIC NIGHTS. Ali Baba seeks Suhaila for 101 nights of great romance. What secret delights awaits the female who knows the right words to open the mysterious door. 2551 TENNIS ANYONE? DWM, 47, 5*9”, 145

kn ow n sin c e ch ild hood. L a st su m m er, D ian e sta r te d a sk in g m e to d e l i v e r m e s s a g e s to F r e d , a n d I h a v e t u r n e d in to th e ir c o u r i e r . W h a t w ith a l l th is in -b e tw e e n w ork. Fred a n d I h a v e b een s p e n d i n g a lo t o f t i m e togeth er, a n d s e x u a l sp a rk s have started f l y i n g . We h a v e n ’t " d o n e ” an y th in g, b u t w e b o t h w a n t to. A lot. I h a t e to d a s h

WDPM, 43, 5*9", 210 LBS. I enjoy

baggage! Seeking friendship, fun and romance! Playful SWPM, 41, witty, charming conversationalist, adventur ous, athletic type desires attractive, fit SWPF, 33-40. Outrageous, outspoken, classy, sassy...all OK! 2672_____________

dancing, m ovies, tennis, boating, day trips. Looking for F looking for an honest, passionate, loving LTR. 2558

M o n t p e l i e r M eA A enger

SWM, 31, EXPERIENCED OUTDOORSMAN, enjoys mtn. biking, skiing, snow

D ear M essen ger,

LIFT ME UP. SOON TO BE SEPARATED, 4oish Dad needs a DWF who’s been there, done that, and didn’t buy the Tshirt. Share with me your insight, strength, love and affection and get it back 100-fold. 2679___________________

READ THE CLUE AND I WILL MEET YOU where the mall buildings are blue. M, 50s, seekin g NS vegetarian F, moderate walking, snow shoeing, XC-skiing, performing big-band music. 2689_________

THE KEY TO HAPPINESS? Relationship,

shoeing, hiking, sci-fi films, pizza, dark beers and ghost stories. I won’t waste your time, don’t waste mine. 2560

IN THE CANOE OF LIFE THERE ARE paddlers and paddlees. The best relation ships share the paddle. I’m looking for an educated, low-m aintenance, confi dent, wacky, funny fem inist to share with. Athletic DPM, 39, NS, 5*9”, ISO cosm ological constant, social justice & a good time. 2576_____________________

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sculptor, 36, enjoys hand-rolled ciga rettes, esoteric conversation, fine bour bon, erotic engagem ents, sym phonies and steaks. Seeking witty (cynical), intelligent (experienced) and creative(T?) agnostic go ddess. 2566_______

ECLECTIC LIFE EXPLORER ISO BUDDY.

the b e tte r fo r all eon

Vivaldi, Mozart, zydeco, blues. Curious in reading, talking, w alking. Explore Schlagobers & candle-lit hot tubs, meditation, serious & goofy fun. M oussaka, curries, bouillabaisse. ISO NSPF, 50+. 2580

mutual respect, sharing, connection. I’m 33, tall, attractive, professional, high IQ, creative, sincere. If you’re 2532, & share these values, call me.

20s, with looks, 5’n ”+, for LTR, includ ing drinking and sex. Must like dogs, not be a “crunchie” and preferably good at crossw ords, ’coz I suck. 2599

hunting the forest for its mate. I’m ready and I’m willing. Are you the tiger I want to tame? 2643__________________

ILLY, SEXY ENGINEER ON THE surface, trospective lover of the arts, dance nd m usic on the inside. Attractive & iverse SWPF, 33, looking for sexy, erious, athletic SPM 2 - . 2606

COME PLAY WITH ME. 42 YO SW F ISO younger man, deeper powder, steeper rock, faster horses & darker beer. No God botherers or couch potatoes need respond. 2603_________________________

attractive, ISO Ma lady in need of affection and TLC. Life’s too short to m iss out on the finer things! Let’s talk or write. 2654 _______________________

WF & BIG DOG: BOSTON TRANS-

VIVACIOUS, OPEN, ALIVE, WARM, slen

420, good-looking, athletic body, seeks local “ hotty” to help film weekly show about hiking, skiing, snow shoeing, snow boarding, mtn. biking, cam ping, political issues... It’s time for action! 2608

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DPWM, 52. IN POST-DIVORCE FRIENDship phase. Interested in getting to know intelligent, interesting, active and attractive woman, step-by-step. Sense of humor important. 2600_____________

S e e d f r i e n d I ’ve

WANNA DANCE? NO MIND GAMES! No

SWF, 24, LEAN, BLONDE, ISO REAL guy,

OVER 30 SWJPM W/ NO CELL PHONE,

c r u s h o n ’’F r e d , ’’ a

tive, 47, 6 ’i ” , NS, kids. Interests include dancing, XC-skiing, music, cooking, theater, blading. Emotionally available & willing to take risks. 2671

, 29, LOVES CHILDREN, DRAG racng, m usic, etc... ISO SM, 28-35, who is table, loves children, occasional dancng, com m unication, and a variety of ife’s wonders. 260

der and sensuous SPF, 40, seeks best friend and partner, 35-50, with wit, warmth and sparkle for adventurous outdoor pursuits and unfolding the m ysteries of life. 2567

bearded, handsom e, seeks F for millennium relations. Piercing a +. 2588

M y b e st frie n d ,

lbs., attractive, som ewhat professional, youthful, interesting. Likes travel, m usic, newspapers, hiking, cam ping, laughing, adventure, Burlington nightlife, anything. Seeking fun-loving, open-m inded com panion. 2552________

ISO A LITTLE ROMANCE. Active, attrac

“LION HEART." KING OF THE JUNGLE

, light-hearted, self-sufficient, fit nd trim, jazz lover ISO attractive, nancially secure, hum orous S/DWM, o+, for conversations over coffee, iendship, possib le LTR. 2610

VASTLY UNDERAPPRECIATED MID-40S

in The S eat o f the Soul, Gary Zukav, sought with NS, com patible, S/DM, late 40S-50S, by intuitive, creative, holisti cally oriented, com passionate, loving, fit, appealing, vegetarian woman. 2630

INSANELY SPONTANEOUS, fit, petite, attractive, green-eyed blonde ISO tall, athletic, m tn.-biking, rock-clim bing, snow boarding, fun M to play with. ND, 28-35. 2637___________________________

9 & 16, vegetarian, m etaphysical, spiri tual, ISO honesty, intimacy, best friend. LTR. 35-50. 2524______________________

SUPERFICIAL CHICK ISO SEXY, SWEET, pool-hustling, beer-drinking, bar-hoppin’, mosh pit-lovin’, damn goodlookin’ boy to make my mouth water. 21-25, big ego a +• 2628______________

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SDM, 35, HANDSOME & INTELLIGENT, seeks SF, 30-40, who is well-read, likes to travel, is slightly cynical and can ski the spaces between the trees. 2569

STELLA GET YOUR GROOVE. Attractive & fit PBM ISO very mature or older woman, 45 max (maybe). Age is nothing but a number. 2575________________

SWM, 40ISH, 5’8*, FIT, EDUCATED, hoping to meet a kind but courageous woman for m onogam ous relationship. Prefer som eone in Burlington locale or with email, and under s ’6” . 2571______

JOIN ME ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED. DWM, 34, NS, ND, 6 ’i ” , 180 lbs., car ing, funny. Enjoys conversation, chil dren, w alks, bicycling, m usic, reading, and sharing thoughts & feelings. Seeking F with sim ilar interests. 2572 1 1 1 > 1 > : >

IT S A LOVE THING. SWM, 3 8 , 6 ’, 190 lbs., seeks adventurous, good-natured blonde SF, 20S-30S, dow nhill skier for, you guessed it, skiin g and apres fun. Call for details. 2577___________________ NEED TO ROMANCE? Me: SWM, 34, thin/trim, 5’n ” , 135 lbs., Burlington. If you like cuddling, togetherness, romance, cam pfires, sitting in the sun, let’s talk. 2578_________________________

HYBRID: SAVAGE, GENTLEMAN, athlete, tradesm an, eclectic leftist, youthful, active in the w oods, all sports or the beach, 44 YO, holistic, very go od-lo ok ing, fit SWM ISO younger SWF, 20s, lean, natural beauty. 2495_____________

MY FAVORITE THINGS: blue skies, white clouds, travel, cuddle, photography, antiques, fly a kite, NPR, sum m er con certs in the park, honest work, home. My vital statistics: SWM, 41, s ’s ” , LTR. y m ___________________________________

NEWLY ARRIVED! INNER-PEACE BEANIE Baby. Alw ays the journey. Outdoors, hiking, reading, writing, fun stuff. SWM, 33. 5 ’8 ” , strong build, hazel/brown. Friends & one for more. Sm ile. 2497 1 1

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DWM, 35, ENJOYS SNOWBOARDING, mtn. biking and nights on the town. Seeks a m ischievous tem ptress who enjoys the sam e. 2501

WARM, SENSITIVE, AFFECTIONATE, highly educated, athletic, 6’, successful professional, 49, who loves conversa tion, children, hiking, tennis, skiing, films, or just staying at home. ISO best friend, 3 0 -4 4 , for LTR. 2502___________

L E T S MEET THE ALIENS TOGETHER. SGM, 6 ’i ”, 170 lbs., dark-rooted blonde, 34, seeks soulm ate to look for aliens and love. Se eks girl, 18-34, for this assignm ent. 2494__________________

NO SPIRITUAL CRAP HERE. SWM, 37, decidedly non-professional, slightly warped sociopath see ks F co-conspirator for LTR. You’re provocative, sexy tom boy into go als, challenges, adven ture, foolishness, nudity, beer, mornings, KY. Rutland. 2507________________

C T R L VT WIWM, 50ISH, ISO TALL, SLIM SWF, 35-55. Into Harleys, but can do heel, shose, dresses. Sm oker/social drinker OK. Seekin g LTR. 2508_________

SM, 52, RUTLAND AREA, SEEKS attrac tive lady, 30-55, for dating, leading to LTR. Only ladies see kin g respect, caring and honesty need respond. I’m 5’n ” , blue eyes, brown hair. 2509

SWM, 30, TA LL, FIT, ENJOYS TH E GYM, XC skiing, many outdoor activities, m ovies, dinner. Likes children. ISO honest, sincere, spiritual SWF, 25-35, NS, ND, possible LTR. No gam es. 2519 HANDSOM E, 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, m ovies, traveling and more. 2520_________________ LOOKING FOR ME? HI, I’M A BM, 28, looking for friends in VT. It’s a new year, let’s do new things. XO. XO. 2523 MAN FROM MARS: DWCM, 54, NS, NA, ND. Looking for easy-going, extrovert, shapely, 40'ish, Christian lady, over 5’4 ” , under 150 lbs., w/ interests in church, dancing, other social interactions. 2528____________________________ ENLIGHTENED MALE, 50S, com m unica 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.” _______ M assage? Paris? 2529 LEO , SAGITTARIU S, GEM INIS...you’re attractive, slim , intelligent, secure, pas sionate S/DWF w/ integrity, music, dance, home time & up-beat attitude Sought by good-looking, fit DWM, 40s, sim ilar qualities. Possible LTR. 2533

SMART, POLITICAL DYKE WITH A good sense of humor, craving the end of winter, is looking for som eone sim ilar to hang out with, friendship and the rest?? 2651____________________________

UVM STUDENT, 21, POET & ATHLETE

GWPF, 42, MONTPELIER, BIG-HEARTED, creative, intelligent, witty, animal lover. Enjoys conversations, food, books, m ovies. ISO NS mid-life lesbian who is spiritual, playful, centered, romantic. For possible LTR. 2570________________

F, 35, PLUS-SIZED, LOOKING FOR A F, under 40, for fun times and learning new things. Must love to be treated like a lady, enjoy romance, comedy, music and having fun. Possible LTR. Patience a must. Kids OK. 2506

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IRREVEREN T & SIN CER E, CHIVALROUS & warm, non-conform ing & artistic, etc. Life is com plicated— take your choice or all of the above. ISO femme fatale, 40+, from writer, teacher, etc. 2535 SW BIM, 26, G EEK, S E E K S FRIEND/ lover to share m usic, film, art and alternative com puting platforms. 2536____________

lbs., stable life, loves traveling, music, m ovies, snuggling, the outdoors. Oneman guy, not into one-night stands. ISO GWM, 25-45, for friendship leading to romance. 2667______________________

SW PM , 32, A CTIVE, FIT, LTR-MINDED, w ondering what I have to do to find a sim ilar F who knows the m agic of sit ting in bed Sunday morning, drinking coffee and d iscu ssin g life. 2544 G IRLS: I’L L A SSU M E, B Y WRITING OUT this personal, we’re m oving in the right direction! I’ll be adored by your efforts to call/write back! Promise. 2546

mon Aoskinq women DOWN-TO-EARTH DOES NOT MEAN crunchy! MaWF, Bi-curious, seeks F for friendship and romance. Me? Author and mom. Into Bukowski and The Band. You? 25-35, height/weight pro portionate, NS, ND. Big hair and makeup need not apply. 2673_______________

UVM STUDENT, 18, CA N T SIT S T IL L If you feel a weird need to get up & sing karaoke, take pictures o f your food, or get lost in the w oods in the middle of April, give me a call & maybe we can do all three. ISO F, 18-24, with ener getic attitude. 2644

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MASCULINE, CONFIDENT GWM, athletic, 30s, 6’, 175 lbs., intelligent, fun, out going, attractive, genuine, looking to meet guys in Champlain Valley area. You be college-educated, masculine, attractive and aged 23-35. 2656_______

QUALITY TIME TO GETHER. SWM, 35, sm oker, seeks petite woman, 28-40, who enjoys rock m usic, dancing, cold beer, fishing, cam ping & intimate times w/ a guy seekin g a LTR. Call me. 2543

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FREE SPIRIT GWF, 25, HARD-WORKING, easy-going, mature (most of the time) ISO GF, 25-30, to be friends or the love of my life. ND & clean a must. 2496

REAL GOOD, FOR FREE. W ell-adjusted, holistic, soulful SWPM, 29, who’s ath letic, handsom e. Many interests includ ing the outdoors, the arts. ISO similar, pretty, fit com panion, 25-35, who’s intelligent, adventurous, joyful. 2534

SWM, 33, IN IDAHO...LOVES TRAVEL, skiing, movies & New England, seeks SWF, 30-40, for transcontinental romance. Moving to NH in April. 2537

EKING S N Q M E f V

who laughs a lot. Groove into my world; dance the night away. Fill the voids that taint my existence. Seize me and my day. 2616______________________

ME: YOUNG COLLEGE BOY, NICELY BUILT, kinda yuppie-ish, tired of bar

COME MY WAY. BiWM, 30, ATHLETIC &

scene. You: young (under 25), thin, intelligent & honest. Let’s get together, have coffee & discuss the world. 2615

physically fit, wants to meet sim ilar guys, 21-40, for m orning & early after noon trysts. Be clean, safe and fun. Rutland area. 2511_____________________

sionate, honest, sincere. Seek a 40+ male; must be a top. Looks not impor tant, only sincerity and honesty. All replies answered. 2661________________

GWM, 28, 6’, 180 LBS., SEEKING 40+

GWM, 23, BLONDE, GREEN EYES, sle n

disciplinarian father figure with large build for guidance, fun and life lessons. 2622

GWM, PROFESSIONAL 42, 5’9", 160

SW GRAD STUDENT, 28, SHY, SMART,

der & nice-looking, ISO M com panion, not over 30, w/ like features. Outdoors/ anim al lover. Love to snuggle. Onenighters OK, but looking for LTR. 2515

GWM, 50S, SCORPIO. I’M CARING, pas

I KNOW YOU ARE HERE IN BURLINGTON. You are 18-25, blonde/green(?), straight-acting, cool, funny, cute. Do you exist? I do. Anyone? Hello? 2680

GWM, 38, 5T1", 210 LBS. IS ANYONE out there?!(Looking for gay friends, etc., for fun or whatever! I am average-look ing and seek people who are real. Possible LTR. Hurry. 2683______________

GWM, 45, LOVES TO COOK, GARDEN ING, travel, long drives. ISO GWM, 2555, for LTR and friends. Let’s get to know each other. 2691_________________

NEW TO VT: 23, BROWN HAIR, BLUE eyes, 6 ’2” . Hobbies: video gam es, par tying, 420, movies, and m aking people laugh. Looking for straight-acting M, 18-25, sim ilar hobbies, up for partying the night away. 2645__________________

PASSIVE CROSSDRESSER, BiWM, 40S, sm ooth body, long legs, painted toe nails, high heels. Seeking gentle younger man. Treat me like a woman. Any race. Kinky nights. Sensual fun and kisses. 2649 _______________

MISCHIEVOUSLY SENSUAL AND scathingly cynical GWM, 28, ISO a lum berjack who will read me Italian fairy tales while I sleep and show me earthly delights as I wake. 2653____________

MAN OF C O LO R -V IT A L ATHLETIC, sen sual, conscious, w orldly— ISO WM, tall, hairy, muscular, sexy and smart, 35-40. LTR. 2612

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busy, handsom e. New to scene. Loves movies, traveling, cooking, books. Looking for GWM, 20-30, for romance, LTR and/or friendship. 2624______ _ _ _

WANTED: CLEAN, DISCREET, D&D-FREE men, 18-45, in Burl, or Rutland area for oral good times at my place. No fats or ferns. Me: 46, WPM, 5’io ” , 180 lbs., easy-going. Discretion assured. 2592

LOOKING FOR FUN. BIWM, 40, 6’, bot tom looking for Bi/GM for late-night/ early-m orning fun at my place. Hairy chest a +. 2594________________________ GWM, 38, S E E K S NS, S P IR IT U A L edu cated G/BiM, 30-40, for LTR. Enjoy all sports, music, cooking, quiet times. Not into bars, one-night stands. 2604

MASCULINE, PROFESSIONAL ONE-MAN guy, not into casual sex, seeks friendsfirst relationship with sam e. I’m 33, love the outdoors (especially sailing), reading, traveling, cam ping, serious conversations and fun play tim es. 2561

WHOEVER SAID ROMANCE ISN’T IN THE personals...let’s prove them wrong. GWM, 26, 6*4” , br/br, goatee, ISO older, mature, romantic looking for LTR in Rutland area. 2531__________________

WHO READS THESE THINGS, ANYWAY? GWM, professional, 41, athletic, strong libido, versatile, straight-acting and looking, ISO sim ilar type guy, marital status unim portant, who likes working out and fun tim es. 2538_______________

“THIS IS GOING TO HURT ME A LOT more than it’s go ing to hurt you.” In shape top looking for boys, 18+, in need of discipline. 2542_______________

GBM, 38, 6’. 180 LBS., NS/ND, KINDhearted, loving, fun, attractive, joyful, athletic. ISO GM, 18-35, NS/ND for LTR only. Must be relationship-oriented. Are you out there? 2548

BUTCH BARRE BOTTOM BEAR BOUND to please! Subm issive GWM, leatherman, 40s, 5 ’n ” , 190 lbs., bearded, balding, hairy chest, ISO dom inant men to “whip up” som e hot tim es on cold winter nights. 2564________________________

BiWM, 26, GEEK, SEEKS FRIEND/LOVER to share music, film, art and alternative com puting formats. 2579______________

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

BiWM, 36, HAIRY, FIT, FIERCELY LOYAL. Loves w alking, m assage, reading, writ ing, cats, creativity, gardening, learn ing. ISO F, M, CU for friendship, ecsta sy, conversation, integration, fun & maybe even excellent sex. 2675________

DWM, 40, INTERESTED IN MEETING women, 35-60, who want to be intel lectually, physically and orally pleased. Discreet, safe, fixed. Call or write. 2688

DWM, 44, WITH LIVE-IN FEMALE ISO only that one certain married female to share it a ll— friendship, banter and, of course, our erotic fantasies. Totally dis creet and clean. 2650

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Professional Burlington M, 38, attrac tive and healthy, seeks CU, 20-45, for occasional get-togethers. Discretion required and assured. 2568____________

petite, brunette, beautiful. Me: Donal...you know the rest! We spoke in French about your Franco-American music performances. You take my breath away! Rendez-vous? 2686_______

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ENERGETIC WCU, MID-20S, SEEKS

Sophisticated & im aginative. Safe, sane & discreet. 2652 ______

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

MaWCU, 50s, ISO OTHER CU OR SM for sensual adventures. Healthy, ND, discreet— expect sam e. 2623______________

BiWM, 45, W , 150 LBS. SEEKS CU W/

YOU: SNOODLE. Me: A bear that needs

BiM for friendship and fun. Must be ________ _ clean & discreet. 2525

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blue eyes, thin, seeks intimate, relaxed tryst with an innocent, inexperienced SF, 18-30, who wants to learn. Let’s be discreet. 2641

EXTREMELY FIT & ATTRACTIVE MALE seeks females (1 or 2) for romps, 420, aphrodiesiac m eals, play. Safe, clean, fun-loving types only. Span kings on request. Role playing. 2586____________

CU SEEKING BIF FOR FUN & GAMES. Discreet. Male will meet you first. Burl, area. Slim to med., age: 25-soish. Phone # please. 2563

CU, 40 & 30, SEEKING other CUs for erotic adventures. Healthy & discreet. Height & weight proportionate. ND/NA. Control and possession are not healthy. Let’s open up together. 2573

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CITY DRUG, 1/22, AFTERNOON. We exchanged glances; I caught you putting on lipstick; you gave me butterflies. Lunch? 2629___________________

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YOU IN PERSON TO PERSON...GIVASHIT, I’m right and tight. Looking for beauti ful, deliberate love; could you be an Alone One? Want to watch you say that really long word. 2665_________________

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MISSED YOU AGAIN. YOU: ATTRACTIVE young male with dark hair and eyes, sm oking a cigarette outside Leunig’s with the stocky lesbian. Me: Cute and available. We shared a moment talking about bad porno movies. Call me and we can finish. 2625

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SIBLINGS SEEKING SUITABLE SUITOR. Two sisters secretly sco p in g suitable m ales for 3rd sis stuck with stale mate. Must be sufficiently sensitive, silly, snappy, sincere, Scrabble-loving, sexy, sledding fiend. Box 449_________

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I’M 35, SHY, I LOVE ANIMALS, LOVE TO travel; looking for an adventurous guy. Kind of looking for a tall Southern cowboy with a sexy accent. ISO rom an tic animal lover. I’m a writer, poet look ing for a financially secure cowboy to carry me off into the sunset. Box 424

LOVER OF BEAUTY...seeker of truth. Intelligent, com passionate, intuitive, powerful, independent DWPF ISO multi farious, heart-centered, authentic so u l mate. Laughter, m eaningful conversa tions & intimate silences. Earth, sky & water are my playgrounds. Box 429 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BEETLEJUICE & Batman is a man: funny, strong, caring S/DWM, 40s, with hairy chest. Me? Som ewhere between Gilda Radner and Catwom an. Petite, independent, caring DWF, 4oish, hairless chest. Box 419

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SWPM, 27, 5*9", 180 LBS., FIT, INTO m usic and work (hence the ad). Seeking mature, attractive SW F for seri ous quality time. Photo helpful, but not needed. It’s just a letter, c’mon. Box 453_______________________________

WPCM, 36, SENSITIVE, good-natured, caring, educated, seeks female, 30-39, for friendship first. Enjoy m usic, politics, good conversation. Box 435_______

STEADY-ROLLIN’ MAN. DWM, 6’i ”, 35, 178 lbs., handsom e, fit, good kisser, laid-back, well-read, traveled, handy, am bitious. Interests: sailing, blues, W.C. Fields. ISO attractive, intelligent, adventurous, sensuous lady friend. LTR. Box 447__________________________

YOU GOT SOUL? YOU GOT ATTITUDE? Diya challenge and accept being chal lenged? Diya consider yourself beauti ful? God, I need to love a gorgeous woman. Successful subverthedom inanparadigm ist. Home, job, looks. Givashit. Box 436____________ _________

DWM, 28, NEEDS LITTLE PSYCHO. Are you com pletely crazy, a total bitch, prone to violent rages? Perfect! I love the abuse; keeps me in line. Let’s compare dysfunctions. Box 451____________

IS THERE A NORMAL, INTELLIGENT, attractive, mature woman who would enjoy a sensual, honest male for occa sional intimacy? I’m intelligent, attrac tive, and would love to discreetly share som e libido in the context of trust and friendship. Box 440____________________

GWPF, 56, MIDDLEBURY, PLUS-SIZED, hard-working, enjoys w alks, books, ani mats. ISO NS, m id-life lesbian for possible LTR. Box 448____________________

I’M LOOKING FOR A WOMAN I CAN share my life with. I’m caring, loving, warm, understanding, friendly, honest, loyal & lots more. I hope to hear from you lovely ladies. Box 450

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“ 2100” ! Let’s celebrate the 22nd centu ry after sharing the 21st together! SWM, 3 5 , physically fit, handsom e, NA, ND, NS, ISO SF, 20S-30S, who’s ISO LTR! Box 4 2 3 ____________________________

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Ballroom Dance in So. Burlington

At Temple Sinai Ballroom Dance I

Intro to Foxtrot, Tango, Waltz, Rhumba and Swing. Sundays, 4-5 pm. $98 couple ($80). In Essex Junction

At the First Congregational Church Latin Dance 101 Cha-cha, Samba, Rhumba, Mambo & Merengue. Thursdays, 7-8 pm. $80/couple ($64).

Group Fitness YMCA Aerobic Class Pass

Step, Aerobic Blast, Abs 8 more plus classes at the YMCA at Essex. 7 wks. for $69( Free). BoxAerobics Uses upper body moves and kicks. Thursdays, 9 9:55 am. $30 ($24) Yoga At 266 College St: Tuesdays, 9-9:55 am, $52 ($42) Saturdays, 1 - 2pm, $52 ($42) At Edmunds Elementary: Thursdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm. $44 ($35)6 weeks. Physical Mind Class

(Pilates)Thursdays, 6-6:55 pm. $35 ($28)

Fitness in Richmond at Richmond Elementary Yoga: Mondays, 6:30-7:30 pm

March 8 - May 17. $73

Pre & Post-natal Prenatal W ater Exercise

For pregnant and postpartum women. Mon/Wed. 7-8 pm. $55 ($39)

YMCA at Essex At Five Corners: Cardio-Low Aerobics

Tues/Thurs. 6:10-7 pm. $48/Free. Kickboxing Tues/Thurs. 7-

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Gymnastics & Dance Little Gymies (12 mos - 3 yrs., w/ parent) Children explore hoops, balls, beam and more. Saturdays, 9:05-9:35 am. $37($22). Tiny Tumblers (4-5 yrs., w/ parent) Preschool gymnastics class with tumbling and movement. Saturdays, 9:40 10:10 am. $37 ($22) Beginner Gymnastics (6-12 yrs.) Use of beam, vault, rings and tumbling. Thursdays, 3-4 pm, and Saturdays, 10:15-11:05 am. $52 ($30).

Basketball Co-ed Youth Clinic Boys & girls ages 7-10 learn the fundamentals of basketball through fun drills and practice games. Fee includes t-shirt. Saturdays, 1:45-3:55 pm. $35 ($ 20 ).

Soccer

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Splash & Tone Low-impact

Free Senior Swim- Therapy Swim - Adaptive Swim Program - Masters Swimming - SCUBA Lifeguarding Course.

Swim Lessons The YMCA offers swim lessons for people of all ages. For information on times and fees, please call 862-9622. Classes include parent/child classes for ages 6 months to 5 years, classes for independent swimmers ages 3 - 5 years, youth swim classes for ages six and older, teen swim lessons and adult lessons. Tumble & Splash

Back-to-back classes for you and your child -- creative movement and tumbling, then a swim lesson. Group I: Ages 2 8 3 w/parent. Saturdays, 11 am - noon. $60 ($47). Group II: Ages 3-5. Saturdays, 11:30 am-12:30 pm. $64 ($55).

Youth Clinic Grades 7 8 8.

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Kids in Karate

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offered with the Arthritis Foundation, gentle exercises in our 86° pool help decrease pain and stiffness. Attend any of these classes for $ 6 2 ($ 4 0 ) : M o n -Fri. 1-2 pm, Tue/Thu. 8 - 9 am.

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environment, our mountain streams and our rural lifestyles,” she says. Otten calls himself a businessman and environ mentalist. However, he’s not losing sleep over the threat that global warming could undermine his snow-based business. “A large part o f me says you shouldn’t worry about things you can’t con trol. Even in the worst-case scenarios, winter is still win ter,” he says.

tten’s daily grind may not be as grat ifying as it once was. He’s only skied about five days this season, compared to about 60 last season. He remem bers with a certain nostalgia the decision he made several years ago to take the compa ny to a national stage because he had grown bored micro-managing the business in Maine. “At that point, I had suc cess and I had a bigger fan club in the financial world and the press than apparent ly I do now,” he said. “But at that point in time I said I’d like to reinvent myself. I’ve had enough of that.” But now, as the company looks to trim its budget and adjust to the poor winter, Otten says he’s had to go back to his earlier hands-on management style when he steered the firm through other disastrous seasons. In his third-floor office at Sunday River, overlooking the beginner ski slopes his company cut almost 20 years ago, Otten says he’s most proud o f his non-business achievements — coaching his sons’ baseball teams, con tributing to arts and handi capped skiing programs. “At some point, that’s the repre sentation o f the body of my work,” he says, “not the fact that I happen to be running a company that’s highly leveraged and is having one bad ski season.” He grabs framed pho tographs o f his sons, smiling in their baseball uniforms, and plunks them down on the table. He has two sons and a daughter, all o f whom are out on their own now. He and his wife, Christine, have been married for 28 years and live near the Sunday River resort. “Who am I? I’m the father o f this kid, I’m the father o f this one. I spent 16 years coaching baseball. My kids still talk to me. I get lost sometimes in the rest of this.” ®