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The Councilors that supported this resolution are: Councilor Bill Stahl, Councilor Tom Smith, Councilor Tracy Sawyer, Councilor Colin Campbell, Councilor Barbara Perry, Councilor Andy Montroll, Councilor Rob Backus, and Councilor Sharon Bushor. The Councilors who do not support better eonditions for workers are: Councilor Bill Keogh, Councilor Gary Hevey, Councilor Kevin Curly, Councilor Matt Gardy and Councilor Kurt Wright. If you have questions or if you are interested in organizing your work place, then con tact one of the following organizations that sponsored this ad. Carpenters Local 1996: 802-862-9411 Plumbers Local 693: 802-864-4042 Operating Engineers Local 98: 802863-2734 EBEWLoeaLSOO: 802^864-5864 _ Sheet Metal Workers Local 63:413733-8332 ' V 2vit ■ ’V..V iV' -ii • f 4•

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Burlington is dynamic, beautiful, people-oriented with an active cul tural life. Peter Clavelle balances the needs of working people, students, the business community and the more affluent. We need to support and keep alive our city, and the only way to do that is to reelect Peter Clavelle. Peter has the experience, training, and creativity Burlington needs...

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Kurt Wright says Peter Clavelle is out of touch with the people in Burlington? No. We citizens of Burlington are lucky because we have been given the chance by our Mayor, Peter Clavelle, to again vote for him. We do know of many of the improvements which were accomplished during his administra tion. He has worked to keep down town a vital area, and we will have Filene’s as an anchor store, so that business can stay lively on Church Street. Mayor Peter Clavelle has also worked on some very exciting inno vations, like community policing, or Burlington’s own Justice Center, and the plans for a multi-modal trans portation center. The Riverside Eco-Park promises in some of its aspects to be one of many first steps towards creating a sustainable community of Burlington city, which is a vision Do vote on March 2nd again for Peter Clavelle to be mayor of Burlington. ; — Chrisiel Fuchs Holzer Burlington U P W IT H CIV ILITY

Mr. Kurt Wright [Weekly Mail, February 3] is concerned about the level of civility in the mayoral cam paign. Let me suggest that he state a position on the incivility of citizens who won’t let me or my fellow

employees park on city streets (for which we pay our share of the main tenance). I’m talking about the “Residents Only” restrictions around the UVM campus. Thanks to years of Progressive Coalition political correctness, many of these streets are empty during the working day. But I guess dumping on UVM is worth a few votes, and the Progs believe that we UVM people won’t vote for nasty Republicans however much the Progs shaft us. Personally, I’ll vote for any mayoral candidate who demonstrates some appreciation of the point that without the hundreds of millions of dollars UVM brings into the Greater Burlington area each year, much of it from out of state, Burlington would be a cultural and economic desert. Is there any reason other than anti-UVM bias to allow the dog-inthe-manger selfishness of residentsonly parking on streets at times when residents themselves do not need the spaces? ...The City has had to modify the curb there, presum ably to discourage speeding fostered by wide, empty streets. So, as a tax payer, I have been made to pay twice for streets I cannot park on: once for their general upkeep, and again to modify them so that the speeding resulting from the wrong headed parking policy can be ame liorated... What a choice at present: Mr. Wright or Mr. (Politically) Correct. Unless I hear one of them say he’ll end residents-only parking at times when residents don’t need help, I’ll vote for Fred Tuttle, and I hope all UVM voters and anyone else who really cares about civility will join me... — Justin Joffe Burlington W RIGHT IS WRONG Kurt Wright’s words and actions prove him to be just another Republican politician trying to win

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an election with the same old rhetoric we have heard for years. Remember last October when he sponsored a resolution in the Burlington City Council calling for President Clinton to resign? Now he tries to weasel out of his October statement by telling us that this is not a local issue. Some flip-flopping! And Wright was Ruth Dwyer’s cam paign manager in Burlington, but his supporters say he is “no Ruth Dwyer.” Mr. Wright also tells us he will advocate “a better quality of life” for the citizens of Burlington should he become our Mayor. But what does he really mean by that? He calls for “reprioritizing and reorganizing” City government. But what does he mean by that? Wright has shown no ability to run our increasingly com plex city. What’s more, like many other Republicans, he has done nothing for low- and moderateincome working Burlingtonians, and he even opposed paying all city workers a living wage. It is my view that Wright is wrong for the job of Mayor, and as a New Northender, I plan to vote for Peter Clavelle on March 2nd. — Tineke Russell Burlington SUPPORT SKATE PARK Burlington residents will vote next week on the 1998 Revised Waterfront Plan, which includes support for a Skate Park to the southeast of the Moran Plant. Sadly, a gaggle of NIMBY’s are trying to • stand in the way of this valuable recreational facility on public land. The Waterfront Plan, and the Skate Park, need our support because, as the Plan states, “the waterfront is a critical resource for all citizens of Burlington — for public use and enjoyment.” The 46 acres of land to the north and east of the Moran plant were purchased through a 1990 agree ment with the Central Vermont Railroad. The agreement allows the

City to control and direct the recre ational and economic development by public consensus to determine the ideal mix of open space, public and private use in this area. It stipu lates that “no less than 50 percent of the property should be retained as open/recreational space or conserva tion land.” The Skate Park is seeking a one-year provisional permit on what is now a 1-acre parking lot, a location supported by 66 percent of citizens polled and the Burlington Police. The Skate Park will be an impor tant recreational facility for kids in keeping with the guiding principles of the Urban Revitalization Plan. Boarding, inline skating and BMX are legitimate sports that should be accommodated, not marginalized. Those trying to thwart it are acting selfishly and in poor judgment, especially considering the under-uti lization of the land to be used. Bear in mind that skateboarding is only legal on the streets, which is not safe. The very few deep-pocketed NIMBYs attempting to flog the Skate Park to death need to realize that they cannot smother civility with legal rhetoric. If you believe kids deserve a stake in the public realm, then please give your support to the Skate Park effort. — Ward Joyce Montpelier Joyce is an architect in Burlington

REJECT W RIGHT RHETORIC As a member of the Burlington Police Commission I take exception to Councilor Kurt Wright’s com ments about the hiring of Police Chief Alana Ennis. Wright’s remarks are misleading and unfairly portray Mayor Clavelle as the sole person responsible for increasing the Chief’s salary. First, the City Charter vests sole authority to hire and fire the Police Chief with the Police Commission. The Police Commission, which con sists of five Burlington residents who

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with a 1286-vote cushion. He also carried Ward 5, considered “Democrat country.” The There’s no way Progressive Mayor Peter Progs simply didn’t have enough bodies in the Clavelle can lose next Tuesday. He’s got more Old North End to match it, and Brownell money, more campaign workers and more roared to victory by 726 votes. Turnout was endorsements than his Republican challenger, 10,534. City Councilor Kurt Wright. And he’s got the Two years later, in a three-way race, turnout seasoned Progressive campaign machine jumped to 11,872. But the Progs upped their squeezing every last possible vote out of the lead in Wards 2 and 3 by 200 votes as party’s Old North End base. Lafayette cut into Brownell’s support all across Besides, Clavelle has moved so far from town. When all 11,872 votes were counted, stage left to the middle that Democrat Howard Mayor Moonie was crowned the “comeback Dean, Vermont’s leading “passionate centrist,” kid” by just 240 votes. has stamped him with his per You can see why the sonal seal of approval. Progs are pulling out all the Not only that, but Peter stops. They have to. Clavelle is the only candidate in Congressman Bernie Sanders the race who’s been endorsed by and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy a ladies’ lingerie shop — no are doing radio spots for kidding. Isadora on College Clavelle. And Lafayette’s Street made the list of 66 “busi endorsed him. Moonie’s nesses and business people” put future as a statewide out Monday by the Clavelle Democrat candidate is at campaign. He’s also supported stake here. by a futon dealer, a hair and Kwik Stop Kurt says with nail salon, a flower shop, a a smile he’s actually relieved brewery, seven lawyers, Ben Lafayette endorsed Clavelle. Cohen and a candy store, “I was scared to death he was among others. going to endorse me,” he Let’s face it. Kurt Wright says. That’s because Paul the may be a decent enough guy, Painter’s “spoiler” role in but an endorsement from 1995 soured many Kerry’s Kwik Stop pales by Democrats the same way comparison to one from a Dickie Bove’s 1981 mayoral ladies’ lingerie shop. bid did. The Pearl St. restau Besides. This is Burlap. The rant owner got 1100 votes in good old People’s Republic of 1981 and he took them away BY P E T E R F R E Y N E Burlap. The town Bernie from the incumbent Sanders stood on its ear with that 10-vote mir Democrat, Gordie Paquette. W ithout Bove’s acle victory 18 years ago this March. Viva la bid as an “independent Democrat,” Burlap’s revolution! It’s a Prog town, and there’s no way political history of the 1980s would have been a Republican can beat a Prog. Not when the written differently. Recently Bove publicly economy’s good and snowstorms have been few apologized for the crucial role he played in and far between. launching the Progressives’ political reign. This ■And you can just forget about 1993. An time Bove’s backing Kwik Stop. aberration. Pure dumb luck for Republican Meanwhile, Kurt’s been plugging away Peter Brownell. All that homophobia over knocking on doors and finding that Clavelle’s “domestic partners.” Yuck! No way is Peter mishandling of the new police chief’s salary Clavelle going to spend another winter on the controversy, his support for Act 60 and a 21isle of Grenada. No way. cent school tax increase, and the potholes in Unless, of course, more voters cast their the streets count for a whole lot more than ballots for Kurt Wright. That’s the only way endorsements from Ben the Millionaire Ice Clavelle can lose, and when you look at the Cream Hippie and a ladies’ lingerie shop. numbers from the ’93 and ’95 mayoral races, Ladies and gentlemen, the Fat Lady has you get a little nervous twitch in your stomach. entered the building. Our prediction: It’s the same twitch that prompted three top Councilor Kwik Stop beats Mayor Moonie by Progs to write a letter to the 400 individuals 276 votes. And, by the way, every vote counts. identified as “core members” of the Progressive GO P Rising? — Quite the scoop on Party. The letter highlights the Freeps poll W G O P .. .sorry.. .WCAX Monday night. The taken three weeks before the ’93 election that station led with Republican Ruthless Ruth showed Mayor Moonie comfortably ahead. Dwyer declaring her candidacy for governor in “We all know what happened,” writes 2000 — one of the earliest campaign kickoffs Michael Monte, Kathleen Buder and Bill in memory. Last time she waited for Barbara Mitchell. “We don’t want it to happen again. Snelling to choose a race. This time, no wait Those of us who have committed much of our ing. But Babs tells Inside Track Dwyer’s early lives to this campaign are now being asked, gambit “won’t keep me from doing what I ‘Peter can’t lose, right?’ want to do.” “Peter can lose,” they warn fellow Progs. A run for Guv, Babs? “He only got 42% of the vote in 1995. If the “Yeah, I’ve thought about it,” she replied. turnout is low, defeat is possible.” Also in GOP land, James Dwinell has been The fact is, in the last contested mayor’s tapped as the state party organization’s new race, 58 percent of the voters wanted someone executive director, replacing Ruth Stokes. other than Peter Clavelle. And unlike 1995, Act 60 Clash — Thursday night at 7:30 Litethis time there’s no Paul Lafayette around to Gov Doug Racine and Sen. Cheryl Rivers face play spoiler. This one’s essentially head-tooff against Reps. Bruce Hyde and Patricia head, and as we’ve said many times before, O ’Donnell in a Point-Counterpoint debate on when it comes to politics in Burlap there are the question, “Is Act 60 the long-term solution two political factions: the Progs and the people to education financing in Vermont?” The pub who detest them. lic is invited. O ur unscientific sampling finds most folks Media Notes — According to the latest expect Clavelle to win. They say Kurt lacks Arbitron ratings for the Burlington market, “oomph” or that “one big issue” that would “Corm and the Coach” on Champ 101.3 is no give his campaign some zip. Then we ask who longer the top-rated morning show. It dropped they’ll vote for. And they say “for Kurt,” and like a stone to a tie for fourth place with we ask them why. And the oft-heard response WEZF and WJOY. Overall, W OKO is first in is, “’Cause I could never vote for one of them” AM drive time, followed by 95 Triple X and In 1993 almost no one, except for Inside W IZ N ’s “Howard Stern Show.” And among Track, saw Brownell’s victory coming. It was twentysomething listeners (18-34), Howard based on the New North End tidal wave. Stern is number one in the morning. ® Brownell came rolling down North Avenue

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Pushing the Envelope Britain’s Family^Plajoflittg'' Association, which receives $3.3 million a year from the government to dispense advice on sex and contraception, announced it would begin sell ing vibrators and other sex aids by mail order. A spokesperson explained the move was prompted by “peo ple wanting this kind of confi dential service” — particularly the disabled and house-bound who had no other way of get ting such aids. The family planning body insisted that its intention was not to titillate or encourage sexual experimenta tion. “We want to de-stigma- , tize sex aids for people,” the spokesperson said. “We would be very much at the boring end of the market. We’re not talking about blow-up dolls or handcuffs.”

Handicapable Herbert Council, 39, was fined $513 for drunken dri ving after he smashed his friend’s BMW into a tree in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Council, who is blind, said he thought he knew the roads well enough to find his way when, after having a few drinks, he and his friend Jeffrey Hamilton took Hamilton’s car for a spin in the rain. Council missed a

sharp curve, however, and slammed head-first into a tree.

Reach Out and Touch Someone Someone impersonating a police officer called a McDonald’s in Milwaukee claiming that some money had been stolen from the restau rant. The caller convinced the female manager to strip-search a male employee to look for the money while holding the telephone to the man’s genitals so the caller could “hear” the search.

Planned Obsolescence Critics of compact discs say that, far from being inde structible, CDs have a shelf life of only 10 to 15 years. Speaking on the National Public Radio show “Anthem,” Chicago recording engineer Steve Albini noted that the aluminum used to make CDs deteriorates when it is exposed to oxidizing agents, leaving the discs susceptible to what he calls “CD rot.” Most recording industry experts disagree with Albini’s charge. W hat’s more, Mark Goorsky, an associate professor of material science and engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, said the controversy is a moot point “because the next technology coming up will replace this one, anyway.”

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Albini, who favors vinyl, called the rapid progression from one recording technology to anoth er a big part of the problem, noting, “With each incremen tal improvement in digital technologies, everyone wants to discard the old one.”

Second Chances Police in Davenport, Iowa, were notified of a man expos ing himself on a busy city street by two women who spotted the 34-year-old sus pect while driving by. The women explained that they felt it necessary to drive by again for a second look just to make sure. • After Kelly Lopez of Salem, Oregon, hired a private detec tive to find out who was regu larly making obscene phone calls to her, the detective traced the calls to a tele phone in a Marion County jail cellblock and learned that an inmate there had been calling Lopez collect. Authorities advised the woman that she could stop the obscene calls simply by refus ing to accept the charges.

Pre-Marital Anxiety Town councilors in Hearst, Ontario, voted to end the tra dition of locking prospective bridegrooms in cages in the center of town. While on pub-

As more Americans inherit wealth or make fortunes in the stock market, many find themselves burdened by the abundance of money and are flocking to self-help groups

to learn how to cope with their new-found affluence. The Washington Times reported that the main problems confronting the rich are fear, anxiety, suspicion and the loss of ambition. “People who suddenly acquire wealth are nervous and apprehensive,” Los Angeles psychotherapist

- Annette Pappas of " Metairie, Louisiana, has invented three-legged panty hose to deal with the problem of runs. Each of the legs has a pocket above it in the panty area. In her patent application, Pappas explained that the wearer tucks the third leg into its pocket until a run develops in one of the leg portions being worn. Then the leg with the run is rolled up into its pocket and the third leg unrolled to replace it. • Kathy Harris of Herndon, Virginia, has invented two machines that combine gambling and exer cise. One is a combination exercise bike and slot machine, called Pedal ’N ’ Play. The other, Money Mill, combines a slot machine and treadmill. A timer inside the machines shuts them down if the user fails to continue with both functions. (Z)

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A Place in Herstory? n case you were wonder ing what the ClintonLewinsky scandal added up to in the end — the “salacious” revelations, the pursuit of “conspirators” great and small, the pretend ed “Constitutional crisis,” the “historic” Senate trial — the answer is nothing. Nothing whatsoever. The spectacle of our august law makers squirming out of the false predicament impeach ment put them in had to be seen to be believed, and can scarcely find an equal in the annals of political hypocrisy. The White House may have declared itself a “gloat-free zone” after the President’s acquittal on trumped-up charges, but the Congress has not followed suit. “We must all now look forward to the many chal lenges facing our great nation in a spirit of reconcil iation, not revenge,” says Rep. Henry Hyde, the shameless Republican wind bag who, in his role as a “manager” in the Senate |||1 , had tfye nerve to quote St..Thomas M op in h|s^ t ^ appeal for a conviction. This being America at the end of the century, Hyde took his quote from the movie version of St. Thomas’ life, A Man for All Seasons-. “When a man takes an oath, Meg, he’s holding his own self in his hands like water, and if he opens his fingers, then he needn’t hope to find himself again.” Would that Hyde and all his ilk would run just as swiftly down the drain, but this does not appear to be part of the “no revenge” agenda. When they aren’t instructing the “Megs” of the world, our elected officials are congratulating them selves on their judiciousness, their “bipartisan” spirit, their “wisdom” and sagacity: “The Senate really lived up to every expectation.” — Sen. Charles Schumer, DNY “The speeches were mag nificent. We handled it in a way we can be proud of.” — Majority Leader Trent Lott “The Constitution worked today, and we have come together closer as a body.” — Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND “I want to express my per sonal gratitude to the United States Senate for meeting its responsibility.” — Sen. Robert Toricelli, D-NJ Male bonding, isn’t it sweet? But no one explains what “wisdom” it took to reject a case that should have been thrown out on its ear

the first time Linda Tripp clicked the “Record” button. Or how the Senate can be “proud” for even considering impeachment in light of Kenneth Starr’s entrapment practices. Or what Chief Justice William Rehnquist — the man who got us into this mess by appointing the Neanderthal three-judge panel that selected Starr as special prosecutor — had in mind during the Senate trial when he affixed gold stripes to his black judge’s robes. Apparently, Rehnquist “liked the effect.” Translation: He thought they looked cool — more evidence of the essen tial adolescence of the boys who’ve turned the political life of this country into Little Kenny’s wet dream since January 1998. Yes, I know: Politics has its own momentum, and politicians follow their par ties even when party policies are harebrained. But if you

“The President acted immorally,” Feinstein fumed. “He acted recklessly. He acted disgracefully. In doing so, he brought shame and dishonor upon the office of the President and especially upon himself.” Personally, I doubt that William Jefferson Clinton — as we’re now obliged to call him, given the “historic” nature of what we’ve just been through — feels shame of any kind. Certainly Monica Lewinsky doesn’t seem to, and if she doesn’t, who should? Is this what feminists have fought for — Chastity outraged? Would any shame have accrued to the presidency if Little Kenny hadn’t been sniffing the seats? It would not have, and we all know it would not have. Now it’s back to “the people’s business,” whatever that is. There are, undoubt edly, huge belly laughs to be heard in the Senate, ^ where plump and ik a n ik m v iiK ia m n i P foxy interns have for

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Tax • F a lls Could an ill-timed tax increase bring down the mayor? By Kevin J. Kelley ts one of those ironies that abound in politics: The out come of Burlington’s March 2 mayoral election could be heavily influenced by an issue — school taxes — over which a Burlington mayor has very little control. Progressive incumbent Peter Clavelle and Republican chal lenger Kurt Wright haye lined up on opposite sides of the pro posed $3.4 million tax increase that awaits the voters’ verdict. And Wright, who’s against the hike, clearly hopes Clavelle’s support for it will lead to his defeat next week, just as in 1993 when the mayor’s backing for another tax rise proved to be a key cause of his loss to anoth

er fiscally conservative Repub lican. The situation now is quite different from what it was then, Clavelle points out. The general fund property tax increase six years ago was a direct mayoral proposal. But the hefty addition to the school tax rate that’s about to go before the voters is not the doing of either the mayor or the City Council. Burlington’s elected School Board indepen-,ho dently formulates the budget for the city’s nine public schools. The council and the mayor do decide, however, whether a proposed school tax rate increase will be put on the bal lot. Clavelle didn’t want the 21cent question to be asked on

March 2, even though he’s for the increase. Wright wanted the issue on the ballot, even though he’s against it. “It’s a not-so-subtle effort to connect the mayor with a bud get he’s not responsible for,” Clavelle says of Wright’s move. “It’s one of the few issues Kurt has, and his hope is that voters will not only vote down the school budget, but they’ll also throw out the mayor.” There’s nothing ulterior about his motive, Wright replies. He has always voted to put school tax proposals on the ballot, the Ward 4 councilor notes — even when he person ally opposes them. “I’m not bringing up the school tax as I go door to door,” Wright adds. “But voters

know that the property tax keeps going up and that it’s coming from somewhere. I’m sensing that a lot of people think it’s time for a change after almost 20 years of having the Progressives in power.” But this time, Clavelle argues, there’s not going to be any tax increase for the vast majority of Burlington voters — even if the 5 percent rate rise wins approval. Because of the Act 60 education funding reform, 84 percent of Burlington homeowners will actually pay less in school taxes despite the proposed increase, the mayor insists. Renters, too, will generally benefit from Act 60’s “income sensitivity,” he adds. Under those provisions,

homeowning households earn ing less than $75,000 a year will have the education portion of their property tax capped at 2.4 percent of their income. Tenants with yearly incomes below $47,000 will meanwhile be able to claim up to 21 per cent of their rent as property tax payments if they apply to the state for a renters’ rebate. A Burlington household earning the city’s average income of $38,000 and owning an average-value home of $110,000 will pay $260 less in school taxes under the proposed budget than would have been the case without Act 60’s income sensitivity, says School Superintendent Donna Jemilo. “We must move from the mindset of tax rates to think in

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terms of tax bills,” adds Clavelle. He concedes, though, that most voters don’t understand that Act 60 will save them money — largely due to that law’s “incredible complexities.” But even as he predicts defeat for the 21-cent increase in the current $1.22 tax rate, Clavelle says he is striving to educate the electorate about Act 60’s benefits for Burlington and about the importance of meet ing the School Board’s budget request. “I’m proud to count myself as a strong supporter of our schools,” says the mayor, whose three children are enrolled in them. “And this is an issue rele vant to all taxpayers, not just those with kids in the system. If the schools slide backwards, we’ll see families leaving the city, we’ll have difficulty attracting families to live here, and we’ll see a decline in prop erty values.” Wright, who is childless, and other Republican politi cians reject the claim that only 16 percent of homeowners will pay more under the proposed tax rate of $1.43 per $100 of assessed property value. School taxes will actually increase for about half of homeowners, esti mates Ward 7 City Councilor Matt Gardy, a strong critic of the School Board’s budgeting process. Renters, who account for 60 percent of the city’s resi dents, will also be hard hit by a 21-cent rate rise, Gardy adds. Critics note that only one in five Burlington renters current ly receives a rebate. Gardy says Clavelle is neglecting to calculate the local impact of the $58 million

statewide increase in consump tion taxes levied as part of Act 60. If Burlington accounts for about 5 percent of that total increase, Gardy estimates, then each household in the city is already paying about $240 more in taxes as a result of Act 60. “Those numbers sound inflated to me,” Clavelle re sponds. Act 60 is providing Burlington with a net windfall of $4 million, the mayor main tains. “We’ve got to cut through the talk of Burlington now being a ‘gold town.’ Burlington has for years been a cash cow for the rest of the state, and thanks to Act 60 that’s less so today than ever before.” That $4 million figure sounds overblown to Wright. “Whatever they take from this hodge-podge of numbers, the fact is that we’re now sending money in, not taking it out,” he observes. The two sides further dis agree on the need to raise the overall school budget to $26.6 million for fiscal year 2000. John Barrows, Wright’s campaign manager and a for mer School Board member, attri-butes much of the pro posed $1.5 million increase to “very poor financial planning” that resulted in a $1 million budget deficit this year. Supt. Jemilo says the so-called deficit actually represents money that had to be taken from a surplus account, due in part to the City Council’s refusal last July to approve a $500,000 revenue rise for the schools. Large amounts of money

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can be saved, Barrows adds, by holding teacher salary increases to 2 percent, rather than the budgeted 3 percent, and by requiring school employees to

lower than what’s proposed in some nearby communities. Charlotte, for example, is con sidering a $1.84 rate — 6 per cent higher than its current

Me didn’t want 2 1 -cent question to be asked on March 2, even though he’s for the , increase. Wright wanted the issue on the ballot, even though he’s against it. pay part of their health-plan premiums. Those issues are on the table in the collective bar gaining process, Jemilo says. The superintendent also defends various program enhancements that the 21-cent increase is intended to fund. Offering a foreign language beginning in third grade will simply allow the city to “catch up” with some suburban school districts, she says, adding it is similarly crucial to provide higher-level science classes at Burlington High School. The parents of students eligible for such courses are those who “will vote with their feet” and opt for a different high school if the state implements a pro posed school-choice plan, she says. The 5 percent tax-rate increase sought in Burlington is

level. “Burlington looks reason able in comparison,” says Ward 1 School Board member Keith Pillsbury. Taking a broader view, Jemilo notes that some “300 teachers, parents, staff and community members” were involved in planning the pro posed school budget. But only 20 of the 60 people with key budget-making authority are actually Burlington residents, Gardy contends. The proposal on the March 2 ballot further reflects the pri orities expressed by 400 ran domly surveyed Burlingtonians — 75 percent of whom, Jemilo notes, do not have children in the city’s public system. “The final budget reflects the needs identified during our strategic planning, but not all the needs because we are sensitive to

community response,” she says. Kurt Wright “is looking at the issue from a bottom-line perspective,” Pillsbury suggests. “We’re looking at it from the perspective of students’ needs.” Should the 21-cent increase fail on March 2, Jemilo says she would personally favor returning to the voters with exactly the same proposal. “But I recognize that there are politi cal considerations.” She pledges that any school tax increase for 2000 will have to be approved by the voters. The School Board will not attempt to secure any indirect increase in local revenues, Jemilo says. Failure to raise the budget above the current year’s total will result in the loss of about 16 teaching positions and 23 educational assistants, the School Board warns. Wright and other oppo nents o f the tax-rate increase aren’t buying that scenario. “They always warn of layoffs of teachers if the budget doesn’t pass, and it never happens,” the Republican candidate says. Wright adds th^t he sup ports many o f the educational enhancements contained in the budget, and that he does favor an increase in the school tax rate. Something in the 6- to 8cent vicinity would be accept able, he says. ‘ O ther Republicans take a harder line. Gardy, for instance, says he will oppose any increase for the schools until he’s satis fied that Jemilo and the board “bring their budgeting process under control.” (7)

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also began reviewing the m inu tiae of her daily routine the trip to the grocery store, the lunch with a friend, the leak in the sink. And, later, the trip to the drug store, the visit to the doctor, the latest lab result. At first, my mother man aged to put an ironic spin on her predicament. She called her mastectomy “an extreme way to lose weight,” and observed with grim humor that she’d been diagnosed with not just one, but every one of the lead ing causes of death among American women. Then, deci bel by decibel, her conversa tions dissipated as her world began to diminish. By fall, she was all but consumed by her struggle simply to do what she’d always done. First it became hard for her to stroll around town, then to climb into her car, then to carry food from the fridge to the table, and then to travel from her bed to the bathroom. “It’s such a bore,” she complained in October. “Ail I ever do any more is think about my body.” In December, when I went home to New Jersey to help care for her, my mother’s uni verse had shrunken to the con fines of her bedroom. Tethered to the noisy hulk that fed oxy gen into her nose, she moved between her bed, where she couldn’t turn over to see the clock radio, her chair, where she couldn’t turn around to admire the New York skyline, and her bathroom, into which

she labored with her walker, when her strength permitted. The world beyond my mother’s bedroom came to her in the form of the two fat daily newspapers she struggled to keep up with, the television she’d installed to watch the impeachment hearings, the day’s mail, and a steady stream of phone calls and visitors — mostly relatives, rabbis and nurses. My role was to keep her company and run errands. W hen her voice grew too weak for the phone, I impersonated her, following her whispered script and relying on the fact that her healthy voice was near ly identical to mine. Identifying myself as “Mrs. Horowitz,” I asked Lou at the G ulf station to confirm that I was still on his snow-plowing list. “Actually,” Lou told me, “I’m cutting back. But I would never cut off a long-time cus tomer like you.” W hen we were between home health workers, I was cast as my mother’s primary care-giver. This was a new role for me. But it helped that I knew her so well. Though my mother forged j an intimate tie to each of her four children, my life has been most consciously modeled after hers. I am the one who became a librarian, the vocation she followed for 25 years. I’m the one who’s been active in the Democratic Party, a cause to which she was devoted. I’m the

one who, as a preschooler, spent the most time listening to her read aloud, then went on to write my own children’s books. And though all four of us siblings gathered, with Pavlovian predictability, each time her dinner bell sum moned, I am the one who fol lows my mother’s formula most closely when I feed my own family. Because we were of

tube through which she could pour food directly into her stomach. My mother declined. Better to eat slowly and care fully, she reasoned. She’d just have to restrict her diet to fare that was baby-food soft. But baby food itself was unappeal ing, and that was where I came in. . . I couldn’t remove my mother’s cancer, or take away

early New Year’s Eve morning, when my mother returned to the hospital. She survived a risky tracheotomy and was put on a ventilator. Her doctors spoke optimistically about sending her home; finding foods she could still swallow, teaching her to speak again, and freeing her from the venti lator — a process they referred to as weaning. But none of

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the fear of strangling that kept her sitting up at night. I could n’t get her downstairs and back out into the world, or negoti ate terms to let her see another summer. But I could help her eat. I baked zucchini and broiled tomatoes. I stirred up tapioca and prepared guacamole. I created smoothies and concocted tea sorbets. I learned to judge food by the fineness of its texture, and to discriminate shades of differ ence. A regular baked potato was just grainy enough to stick in her throat, but a sweet pota to slipped right down. To restore a sense of nor malcy, I searched out foods my mother could manage in their original shapes. I served the whole family together, all of us crowding around the card table beside her bed. And I urged her to eat with the same singlemindedness she’d always bestowed on her finicky grand sons. W hen my efforts were successful, I hung on the sight of my mother savoring the experience. I basked when she boasted, to whomever would listen, that her daughter had figured out how to feed her. And I beamed when she con fided, in amazement, “I thought I’d never eat real food again in my life.” My care-giving days ended

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An International Treasury of Verse: Celebrating Women Poets Around the Globe

Identity and Resistance: My Experience on an

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International Lesbian Panel Paij Wadley-Bailey, LGBT0A Coordinator Noon -1:00 p.m., UVM Women's Center,

Japanese Women Writers

their own works.

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7:00 p.m., Fletcher Free Library. Info: 865-7211.

34 S. Williams St. Performance: A Musical Romp Through History with Gerri Gribi. Reception to follow. 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Dibden Auditorium, Johnson State College. Info: 635-1303.

Poets Nora Mitchell and Cathy Resner read from

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Thursday March 25

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Japanese Women Writers

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Argentina and China Join members of our community as they speak

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Educational Challenges Facing Women Globally:

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Living & Learning Center, UVM.

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Tuesday March 16

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Bus trip to the National Women's History Museum at Seneca Falls, New York. To sign up, call Bruce Spector at Trinity College, 846-7090.

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6:00 p.m., Alumni Auditorium. Champlain College.

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Health Care for Women Kathleen Keleher, Women's Health Care Services

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Johnson State College. Info: 635-1303.

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led* by Drs. Eric Poehlman and Michael Toth, have been exam ining the relationship between these increased risk factors and the changes in metabolism associated with menopause. Their research follows earlier studies which indicate that understanding this connection may finally explain why the risk of cardiovascular disease increases after menopause. Dr. Poehlman has been on the case for most of the decade. The trail he and his colleagues followed — highly simplified here — is pretty logical. First, research had already connected increased body fat to the devel opment of cardiovascular dis ease and diabetes. Research had also tied meno pause to increased body fat. And not just any body fat, but intra abdominal body fat — the fat surrounding ones internal organs. This “brings greater risk for cardiac problems than subcutaneous fat,” notes Dr. Toth. It’s such an important factor and so deep inside, in fact, that the study measures it by examining a cross-sectional image of the abdomen using a CAT scan. The connection between this fat accumulation and changes in metabolism is at the heart of the UVM study. As anyone who’s tried to lose or

gain weight knows, we all burn and guilt. Both my mother and fat at rates that vary during a older sister had difficult experi typical day. Researchers already ences during menopause. And know that the resting metabolic like many other women, I’m rate declines after menopause. angry about the dearth of good This means that without research on menopause and changing food intake or exer women’s health generally. cise routine, a woman going through menopause will burn less fuel, and consequently develop more body fat. To understand why women gain fat during menopause, the UVM researchers must measure exactly how many calories each woman burns over a 10-day period, during a meal, and at rest — that is, whether each has a “slow” or “fast” metabolic rate. They will study the impact of insulin, other hor mones, physical activity and diet. And they will study this every year for the next five When I saw the newspaper ad years to see what happens. calling for volunteers it “The theories are specula occurred to me that if I didn’t tion unless we can test them,” respond, I’d lose the right to says Toth. “Because we have to complain. measure changes over time, It was also a way to gain specifically through the valuable information about menopause transition, we need myself. While there’s no mone to follow the same subjects for tary compensation, participants five years. We appreciate the get to see the results of an dedication that the women are exhaustive battery of health giving to this study.” tests. We will learn a great deal W hat kind of woman vol about our own risk status for unteers to spend two summer diabetes, what our cholesterol^ days lounging lab-side in a hos levels are, whether our bone pital johnny? In my case it was density puts us at risk for a mixture of family, feminism osteoporosis, and more.

Marialisa Caita, a freelance food writer from Central Vermont, is also a volunteer in the study. She said that she had signed up because of a long- ' held fear of developing adultonset diabetes. Now, she said,

As a guinea pig, I can make a significant 1 contnEutmn to what is known about wome ™ anTm enopause. ■ she also sees her participation as a way to contribute to a worthy cause. “It’s not like giv ing to a charity, I know, but I feel like I’m doing this to make up for perhaps not doing enough for my community.” The focus of the study and the dedication of the researchers and other partici pants give me the feeling of belonging to a cause — a movement, even. It’s another, though different and quieter, way of throwing myself on the barricade for women’s rights. Marches and rallies have lost

their impact for me, and letters to the editor have their limits. But as a guinea pig, I can make a significant contribution to what is known about women and menopause. The commitment is signifi cant. Each of the 60 partici pants gives up two overnights a year, for five years, to the Fletcher Allen Health Care Clinical Research Center. Before the overnights, each par ticipant picks up nine lunch bags from the Center, which make up the meals for three days preceding these clinical exams. We must eat everything they provide, and cannot eat or drink anything else. This is necessary to control caloric and protein inputs, so measures of our outputs would be unbiased by Nectar’s, Ben & Jerry’s or, for that matter, Chateau de Rothschild. In addition to the intra venous infusion experience described above, a number of equally mysterious tests are run. To measure metabolic rates, we drink water contain ing two different isotopes, and then pee into lab jars so they can measure how quickly the isotopes in the water make it through us. To study how our bodies produce and use insulin Continued on page 14

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get down almost anything, and the rest is gonna be cake.” Later that afternoon, the 15 women who had been strangers three days earlier parted com pany with mixed emotions. Exhausted from back-to-back days on the hill, most were equally exhilarated from the experience and relieved to be heading home for a rest. Still, no one found it easy to walk out the door. Glasses were lift ed, photos snapped, hugs and e-mail adresses exchanged. Mary Warlick and Abby Lovinger were the first to go, stowing Lovinger’s new board in the trunk before zipping off sions focused on exploring new agreed that one of the easier in their bright blue Beemer. and increasingly difficult ter full-length runs would be a Sperber left announcing plans rain, like some of the group’s welcome challenge. Sperber to leave her skis at home and first bumps and a short blackknew the trail well and decided take her snowboard instead on diamond pitch — rated “most to come along. an upcoming trip with her hus difficult” at Sugarbush South’s So up we went to the top of band. Beth Gey and Veronica Mt. Lincoln. Elbow, a trail classified as one Merka caught the shuttle to the Everyone was bushed by the level more difficult than the airport, sorry to be returning to end of the second day, so easiest green trails. We stopped the realities of work and Saturday night served as camp for a quick discussion on school, and Cat Weakley head “intermission,” with a gourmet applying new skills to steeper ed off to write her own story meal at the new Warren House terrain, including a list of “sur about an all-women snow (formerly Sam Rupert’s) and vival tactics” in case of jangling boarding camp. lively storytelling all around. nerves. Then “Team Betty” — Last of all was Christine Despite threats of a trip to dubbed proudly by Christine Compton, whose parting image town for some margaritas and Compton after the makers of made an impression on tunes, almost everyone was her new “Ride Like a Girl” Director Katie Bush’s. “There early to bed at their condos on sticker — was rarin’ to go, and went little Christine,” she said, the hill. we headed down the first leg. “who came to camp with the Sunday morning it was Elbow turned out to be simple goal of wanting to learn back to business, with breakfast bumpier than usual, but almost the basics, and hoping not to over a video analysis of previ everyone in the group kept it ‘feel too funny’ because she was ous performance. Following a together. Sperber was notice so new to the sport.” By the board giveaway — Lovinger ably absent among the high time she left, continued Bush, was the lucky winner of an fives at the bottom, though. “she had this little strut in her Airwalk board and Sims bind She was still up near the top step, and this brand new ings — everyone headed to the with me, sideslipping slowly — Burton board she bought slopes for one last day. To keep under control, but with erod tucked under her arm. She just things fresh we went to Mt. ing confidence. As skills and looked so stoked and happy, as Ellen at Sugarbush North, energy gave way to a mix of if it really meant something.” where the fun began in the fatigue and fear, it was time for Compton offered the fol halfpipe. First came a slowthose survival tactics we had lowing confirmation on her speed demonstration, showing talked about. First we focused way out the door: “I came here that you don’t have to “go big” on established skills and main a regular person,” she said, “but to have fun. taining a strong body position. I’m going home a snowboarder. Inspired by two days of Then we stopped to rest. Every And I’m coming back!” ® progress, all but the beginners few minutes we would stop to hopped in for a try. Most did determine a manageable, stepJulia Carlson is the co-head surprisingly well, including by-step strategy. coach o f Women Only Beth Gey, whose biggest goal To her supreme credit, Snowboard Camps, and the for the weekend was “to get Sperber rallied every step of the author o/Snowboarding: A through the halfpipe confident way. It took all the courage and Woman’s Guide. For informa ly.” She took it on with surpris energy she could muster, but tion on the remaining camps ing composure, heading we sideslipped down the rest of this season, contact Katie Bush at straight for each wall with her Elbow and then did victory 1-800-552-5065. knees carefully bent, and then turns to the base lodge. After a This week, through February jump-turning back in the other well-deserved drink and a rest, 25, Stowe Mountain Resort offers direction. As if the smile on Sperber looked squarely at the Womens Week, with personal her face didn’t say it all, she mountain. “That was pretty instruction, speakers, demos and later described the pipe session tough,” she said. “I didn’t think parties for women skiers and rid as “the most fun of the entire I could make it, but now I’m ers. For info, call 1-800-253camp.” The less intrepid took glad we did. Now I know I can 4SKI.

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By Pamela Polston t’s Monday evening at the Pines, and the elderly resi dents are pretty quiet upstairs. But you can find your way to the Community Room downstairs if you keep your ears open: The random sounds of a chorus warming up spool down the hallway like a welcoming committee. Their source: a couple dozen women, aged roughly 30 to 70, already situated on risers and eying the woman in front by the portable keyboard. Their attire tends to sweats and jeans, their manner is friendly and expectant. Jackets and other belongings are scattered on Formica-topped tables around the room. Though the scene is basement-casual, it could offer a model to the negotiators in Rambouillet. These women are here to harmonize. Harmony is the name of the game for the 40-year-old womens barbershop chorus called the Champlain Echoes. Its one of only two in Vermont — the other’s in Barre — but is part of an international associa tion called, appropriately, Harmony Inc. that counts some 2300 members. As such, it’s much smaller than the betterknown Sweet Adelines, which has thousands o f members around the world. But size is not the idea here — except to keep at least the 14 members required for competitions, and to populate a handful o f spin off “quartettes.” The Champ

lain Echoes, which currently have about 35 members — and three quartettes among them — have “qualified” at regionals every time they’ve gone, and have taken top honors at the annual international competi tion in 1986, 1990 and 1992. Barbershop is an indigenous American music form that began, literally, in “tonsorials,” aka barbershops. “It started with Tin Pan Alley in the ’20s,” explains Pat Heise, Echoes director since 1995. “The guys sat around waiting for a haircut in the barbershops — a social meeting place for men — and they’d just start singing. People used to sing a lot more in those days.” In some barbershop some where, the genre developed har monies as close as the shaves, and the sound became its hall mark, rivaled only by its streetcorner cousin, doo-wop. You could say the last surviving rela tive in the branch called rock ’n’ roll was The Beach Boys — although inspiration for their four-part harmonies came from groups like The Four Freshmen. And as any barbershopper will tell you, those easy-listening crooners weren’t barbershop. The stacking of voices — bass, baritone, lead and tenor — and unique chords are de rigueur in barbershop, and have been retained by the distaff ver sion, which, in Vermont at least, appeared at the end of the ’50s. Could be the wives were tired of waiting for their fellas to come home from practice,

and decided to join in. Three founding members of the Echoes — Corrine Bissonette of Shelburne, Joan Flynn and Pat Longchamp of Essex Junction — are still active. The men’s Green Mountain Chorus, now a half-century old, and the women occasionally do shows together. But barbershop, unlike haircuts, shows no signs of becoming unisex. The genre’s repertoire, too, has been resistant to change. “Competitions are pretty tradi tional,” concedes Heise. “Every once in awhile someone pushes the envelope” with a jazz song like “The Birth of the Blues,” or contemporary pop. “The women wait till the men do it first,” Heise admits. “They’re the test balloon — and you have to perform it very well.” She notes that some of the moldy oldies, like “Down By the Old Mill Stream” or “Sweet Adeline” are refreshing to hear, simply because of their infre quency. At community perfor mances, while it’s not exactly “anything goes,” the repertoire is decidedly less restricted. “We sing songs from the ’60s and ’70s for current crowds, to pique the interest of different people,” Heise notes. The matching outfits, too, vary accordingly — from the signa ture pants and vests to black party skirts and glamorous sequined tops. The arrangements come provided — on sheet music available from the vast library

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They begin to exhibit the kind of body language that im presses ju d ges: sw aying gently to “ D arkness on the Delta;” looking plaintive for the lullabye, “ R o ck-a-b ye Baby;”

of the men’s barber shop society in Wiscon-sin. Currently, no one in the Champ-lain Echoes has the know-how to ar range material — though Heise, an account manager at Furniture Discount ers on Shelburne Road, threatens to study it “when I have free time, ha ha.” Heise, also a baritone in the quartette Charisma, did make time a couple years back to judge an international competi tion in Wales — Harmony Inc. shares a judging program, among other things, with the Ladies Association of British Barbershoppers in England. “It was too short,” she says of the harmonic convergence. Back at the Pines — the senior living community where the Echoes have rehearsed in recent years — Heise leads her flock through some half-dozen tunes with brisk efficiency. With their annual concert in Burlington less than three months away, there are new pieces to be learned. The show this year is called “Harmony and All That Jazz,” and the gals are getting a lesson in the sometimes jagged timing of jazz. “One and two and three and four and,” Heise calls out. The instruction is pretty basic stuff, but the women clap it out gamely. “Sometimes syncopa tion eludes them,” the director explains, “simply because of varying abilities.” Indeed, no musical experi ence is required to join the Echoes — although the ability to carry a tune, and of course harmonize, is helpful. Heise has been singing and playing piano “since I could stand up,” she says, but, like some of the other women, she was away from per forming for many years before returning to barbershop. “I tried madrigal in Waitsfield and it was fun,” she says with reser vation in her voice. “Then I heard a quartette, and I wanted to sing that harmony again.” Burlington psychologist Susan Culbert, an Echo for just two years, couldn’t agree more, though initially it wasn’t the genre, but the fun, that attract ed her. “It’s amazing how uplifting it is,” she says. Culbert sings baritone in the

chorus as well as in Incognito — the new quartette had its first gig this month. “Singing in the chorus is fun, too — at a nursing home, at the mall, for Christmas — people love to be sung to,” Culbert adds. At rehearsal, the Echoes loosen up after a few songs, shaking off the chill of a February night. They begin to exhibit the kind of body lan guage that impresses judges: swaying gently to “Darkness on the Delta;” looking plaintive for the lullabye, “Rock-a-bye Baby;” going Broadway-hammy for “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.” Illuminated by the overhead fluorescents, a quartette steps out front and performs “Senti mental Journey,” demonstrating the parts; then the whole cho rus tries it. They nail their har monies, and Heise calls a break. The women begin to chatter — about barbershop — not even leaving the risers. The quartette members talk about delivering singing Valentines — to private homes, to a workplace, to some stressed-out guy at a pizza place who was moved to tears. One woman relates an anecdote from her husband’s parallel bar bershop universe. No one rush es out for a smoke or a snack. Barbershop — and the tightknit sisterhood evident here — is its own reward. “I can’t even imagine not singing on Mondays,” enthuses Culbert. “When I leave, I feel like my soul has been refreshed — it’s something I do for me.” “It’s definitely a way of life,” agrees Heise. “You really get hooked on that harmony.”®

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Adam’s Apple. Portland & Main St., Morrisville, 888-4737. After Dark Music Series. Knights of Columbus Hall, Middlebuiy, 388-0216. Alley-Cats, 41 King St.. Bull., 660-4304. Backstage Pub. 60 Pearl St., Essex Jet.. 878-5494. Blue Tooth, Access Rd., Wauen, 583-2656. Boony's, Rt. 236, Franklin, 933-4569. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-271 1. Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville. 644-5432. Cactus Cafe, 1 Lawson Ln., Burl., 862-6900. Cafe Banditos. Mountain Rd., Jeffersonville. 644-8884. Cafe Ole, North Common, Chelsea, 685-2173. Cambridge Coffee House, Smugglers' Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 644-2233. Champion's, 32 Main St., Winooski, 655-4705. Charlie 0’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chicken Bone, 43 King St., Burlington, 864-9674. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Cobbweb, Sandybirch Rd., Georgia, 527-7000. Deerleap Books, Main St., Bristol, 453-5684. Diamond Jim’s Grille, Highgate Contm. Shjrg. Ctr., St. Albans, 524-9280. Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 865-4214. Emerald City Nightclub, 114 River St., Montpelier, 223-7007. Fiddleheads, State St., Montpelier, 229-2244. Franny 0’s 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Gallagher's. Rt. 100 & 17, Waitsfield, 496-8800. Giorgio's Cafe, Tucker Hill Lodge, Rt. 17, Waitsfield, 496-3983. Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg Village, Rt. 116. 482-4444. Greatful Bread, 65 Pearl St., Essex Jet., 878-4466. Ground Round, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Halvorson’s, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Henry’s. Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361. Higher Ground, 1 Main St., Winooski, 654-8888. Jake's, 1233 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 658-2251. J.P.’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. LaBrioche, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0443. Last Chance Saloon, 147 Main, Burlington, 862-5159. Leunig’s, 115 Church St.. Burlington, 863-3759. Live Art at the Barre Opera House, (schedule) 883-9307; (tickets) 476-8188. Mad Mountain Tavern, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-2562. Main St. Bar & Grill, 118 Main St„ Montpelier, 223-3188. Manhattan Pizza, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Morgan's at Capitol Plaza, 100 Main St., Montpelier, 223-5252. The Mountain Roadhouse, 1677 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2800. Nectar’s, 188 Main St.. Burlington, 658-4771. The Nightspot Outback, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-9885 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Pickle Barrel, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Radisson Hotel, 60 Battery St., Burlington, 658-6500. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. » Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 865-3144: Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Rude Dog, 14 Green St., Vergennes, 877-2034. Rumble Rock Tavern, Spgarbulh Village, Warren, 583-6862. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Sai-Gon'Cafe, 133 Bank St., Burlington, 863-5637. Sneakers Bar & Grill, 36 Main St., Winooski, 655-9081. Strand Theatre, 25 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-563-3946. Swany's, 215 Main St., Vergennes, 877-3667. Sweetwaters, 118 Church S»„ Burlington, 864-9800. The Tavern at the Inn at Essex, Essex Jet., 878-1100. Thirsty Turtle, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-5223. Three Mountain Lodge, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Thrush Tavern, 107 State St., Montpelier, 223-2030. Toadstool Harry's, Rt. 4, Killington, 422-5019. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. T. Ruggs Tavern, 149 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, 658-0456. Tuckaway's, Sheraton. 870 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 865-6600. Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3409. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College, Burlington, 865-0500. Villa Tragara, Rt. 100, Waterbury Ctr., 244-5288. Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Wobbly Barn, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3392.

Moon raised the bar for hip-hop back in 1993 with their debut, Enta Da Stage. After years of solo projects,

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WEDNESDAY MICHELE LALIBERTE (French & German cabaret), Leunig’s, 7:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/JOSHE HENRY, 242 Main, 7 p.m. $ 1. KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9:30 p.m. NC. DISCO FUNK (DJs John Demus & Tim Diaz), Ruben James, 11 p.m. NC. GOOD QUESTION (rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHROME COWBOYS (vintage coun try), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. WORLD MUSIC PARTY (DJ Kamati), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/PICKLE, Manhattan Pizza, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P. s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. ACOUSTIC JAM W/HANNIBAL HILL (rock), Alley Cats, 6 p.m. NC. CANINE, DEAD HIPPY, 27 DOWN (rock), Higher Ground, 7 p.m. $3/5.

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RICHARD SHINDELL (singer-songwriter), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $10. UNCLE JIM & THE TWINS (acoustic), Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. NC. THE LADIES MAN (jazz), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. HELICOPTER CONSORTIUM (freak rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. SWING DANCE LESSONS, Club Metronome, 8 p.m. $ 8 , followed by FOUR PIECE SUIT (swing), 10 p.m. $5. NETWORK (jazz), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/D. DAVIS, Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. BLACK DOG (rock/funk), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. GUY COLASACCO (singer-songwriter), Jake’s, 6:30 p.m. NC. MIKE TROMBLEY EXPERIENCE (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. LIFTED (DJs Liquid Todd, Zack Eberz, Cousin Dave), Higher Ground, 9 p.m. $7/9. THE HACKNEYS (acoustic reggae duo), Tavern, Inn at Essex, 7 p.m. NC.

KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. DJ & KARAOKE, Thirsty Turtle, 9:30 p.m. NC.

REGGAE NIGHT (DJ),The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC. CHAD HOLLISTER (pop rock), Rusty Nail, 8:30 p.m. $5. CRACK WHORE, SUPER SPIES (punk, pop-ska), Open Mic Coffeehouse, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Gallagher’s, 8:30 p.m. $4/7.

OPEN MIKE, Rumble Rock Tavern, Sugarbush Village, 8 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND (Americana), Thrush Tavern, 7:30 p.m. NC.

THE BEATR00TS, BABALOO (world/gypsy-rock; punk mambo), Emerald City Nightclub, 9:30 p.m. $5/8.

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JOE CAPPS, CHRIS PETERMAN & SHAUNA ANT0NIAC (jazz), Sai-Gon Cafe, 8 p.m. NC. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance Saloon, 7:30 p.m. NC. ERIC BRENNER (acoustic), 135 Pearl, 6 p.m., NC, followed by EVOLUTION (DJ Craig Mitchell), 10 p.m. $5. MANNY GONZALES (singer-song writer), Borders, 8 p.m. NC. MARC BRISS0N (acoustic), Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. NC. PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC, followed by DJ NIGHT, 10 p.m. NC. BEN SWIFT BAND (alt-rock), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. BABALOO (punk mambo), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. THE X-RAYS (rock/r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. FLEX DJ NIGHT (reggae, hip-hop), 242 Main, 9 p.m. $3. BILLINGS BREW BAND (avant blues), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. JALAPEN0 BROS, (rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT (Butch, Dubee, B-Wyse; hip-hop, r&b, dancehall), Chicken Bone Cafe, 10 p.m. $2. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $ 8 . DJ NIGHT, Franny O ’s, 9 p.m. NC. ADAMS & EVE (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. BOB YOUNG (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. NC. BAD HORSEY (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $ 2 .

JAMES MONTGOMERY BLUES BAND, Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $ 6 . THE BLAME (rock), Champion’s, 9 p.m. NC.

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DON RHOADES & THE BACK PORCH BOYS (bluegrass), Giorgio’s Cafe, 7

swing), Wobbly Barn, 8:30 p.m. $7. THE LEFTOVERS (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9 p.m. $5. BIG TOP VERTIGO (alt-rock), Toadstool Harry’s, 9 p.m. $3-5.

Pub, 9 p.m. NC. instruction), Cobbwebb, 7:30 p.m. $5. LIVE JAZZ, Diamond Jim’s Grille, 7:30 p.m. NC, SAND BLIZZARD (alt-rock), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. NC.

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LES SAMP0U, KATHERINE QUINN (singer-songwriters), Mad River Unplugged Series, 8 p.m. $10/12. SAYLYN (reggae), Emerald City Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3. DAVE HARRISON (jazz), Morgan’s, Capitol Plaza, 7 p.m. NC.

at the Pickle Barrel this Monday should reveal what all the fuss is about. This dove is in the groove.

DICK EASTER & MIDNIGHT LIGHT NING (blues), Charlie O ’s, 9 p.m. NC. RICK COLE (folk), Three Mountain Lodge, 6 p.m. NC. BLUES FOR BREAKFAST, Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC.

DUB SQUAD, The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3-5.

JUKEBOX HEROES (rock), Rude Dog Tavern, 9 p.m. NC.

THE LUCKY CHARMS (cartoon rock), Toadstool Harry’s, 9:30 p.m. $3-5. PETE MOSS & THE FERTILIZERS, HARVEY & THE WALLBANGERS (cover rock, rock/swing), Wobbly Barn, 8:30 p.m. $7. BL00 (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9:30 p.m. $7. MR. GREENGENES (alt-rock covers), Pickle Barrel, 9 p.m. $ 8 .

EARTH CRISIS, ANOTHER VICTIM, BLOOD FOR BLOOD, NEVER AGAIN, ALL THIS I DID FOR THEE (hardcore), 242 Main, 7 p.m. $ 8 . BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last

Metronome, from 6 p.m. $ 8 , and SWING DANCE PARTY (DJ Litde Martin), 7 p.m., followed by RETRONOME (DJ Craig Mitchell), 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. HIP-HOP NIGHT, Ruben James, 11 p.m. NC. FRYDADDY (rock/Latin/blues), Ver mont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. SOLOMONIC SOUND SYSTEM (reggae DJ), Chicken Bone, 10 p.m. $1.

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AMY MALK0FF & DEADLINE POETS (singer-songwriter/spoken word), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $ 6 . THE X-RAYS (rock/r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. MELISSA FERRICK (acoustic rock), 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. $ 8 , followed by FACT0RIA (DJ Little Martin), 10 p.m. $4/5. DJ NIGHT (hip-hop/r&b DJs), Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. V0RCZA TRIO (members of viperHouse), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. METRO SWING (dance lessons), Club

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STEPHEN PIERSON (singer-song writer), Greatful Bread Deli, noon. NC. EMPTY POCKETS (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. BUCK HOLLOW BAND (country; round & square dancing), Cobbweb, 8:30 p.m. $7/12. JUKEBOX HEROES (rock), Rude Dog Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. JETHRO MONEY (rock), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. $3.

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ALIVE AND WELL I don’t want to hear any more grousing about the dead music scene around here. If no local bands are knocking your socks off at the moment, just wait awhile. But meanwhile, great stuff is coming to town that ought to prove inspiring — or at least entertaining. This week offers back-to-back swellness: from deep voiced singer-songwriter Richard Shindell at the Burlington Coffeehouse Thursday, the trombone-fueled alt-funk of Ben Swift Band at Red Square Friday, and four straight nights at Higher Ground, with bluesman James Montgomery, party-rock legends NRBQ, hip-hop heavies Black Moon and L.A.’s ethnic funksters Ozomatli. I also highly recommend Boston belter Melissa Ferrick (see review), at 135 Pearl Saturday. Then of course for you Elizabethan wannabes, there’s Ensemble Soleil Saturday at Montpelier’s Unitarian Church and Sunday at Burlington’s Contois Auditorium. A sure cure for cabin fever, no matter what century.

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SLINGING MUD Seems out in sunny L.A., M u d Season is a big hit. At least it was at sold-out post-Slamdance screenings last Friday, according to producer Eddie Filian. “At every screening, no matter where,” Filian reports, “from the first sequence, everyone’s bobbing their heads and asking, ‘Who did the music?’” Gordon Stone, that’s who. With mixing and additional writing from musician/engineer Chuck Eller, Stone crafted a soundtrack that’s getting “phenomenal” audience response. You can take a gander at the film — shot in Vermont last year — March 26 at the Savoy Theater, during the Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier. M u d Season is making tracks, by jeezum. DONE BAD DEPT. Getting ripped off is never a good thing, but hav ing an item with sentimental value stolen is even worse. Just ask Peter Mulvey. The Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter, in Middlebury for a performance last week, found his guitar missing from his car while it was parked at a hotel. If someone tries to sell you a Lowden L-25 with a cedar top, rosewood back and sides, a sunrise pickup and in a soft black case, it’s Mulvey’s. There’s a pic ture of the instrument on www.petermulvey.com. The sentimental part? In place of the word “Lowden” on the neck is a flower inlay taken from Mulvey’s great-grandfather’s fiddle. The thief ignored some expensive gear in the car, though he/she did pause to dip into the change holder. Anyone with a clue to this crime can notify Kerry Bernard at yhkerry@shore.net, or call Mulvey’s management at 781-643-2773.

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MELISSA FERRICK, EVERYTHING I NEED (What Are Records?, CD) — Despite her stature as a guest at the Lilith Fair last sum mer, I have to admit I hadn’t heard any of Melissa Ferrick’s three previous CDs before this one arrived in the mail. Sitting on a tall stack of other recordings awaiting their turn, hers held no special allure for me. That was before I listened to it. Now I’m a believer — even though I’m hard-pressed to put her music in a category, as critics are wont to do. Others have compared her to th a t Melissa (Etheridge), but I’m going to resist. She’s a singersongwriter with a band, a popster with rock ’n’ roll heat. Along with a rebellious, lusty alto warble like Alanis Morissette’s, an acoustic guitar and a batch of intelligent, affir mative songs — not to mention spectacularly tidy accompaniment by guitarist/producer Rob Laufer — Ferrick packs a disarming sonic punch. Her music bursts out of the speakers like a racer from a starting gate, but she’s no sprinter; these 11 tracks all have the staying power of a long-distance runner. That is to say, there are no limpers here — though about half are quieter ballads. Ferrick sounds her most singer-songwriterish on this fare, especially the pretty, selfrevelatory “I Like It That Way” and poky “To Let You See Me.” My favorites are the celebratory, percussion-driven title track, the boisterous “Asking For Love,” with driving slide guitar, and the Lucinda Williams-like “Do It Over,” enhanced by poignant fiddle work. The subdued but galloping percussion on the clos er, “Don’t Say Goodbye” creates an edgy tension that makes you want to play the whole thing over again. E ve ry th in g I N e e d comes to life when Ferrick plays 135 Pearl this Saturday. You can also meet her Sunday, 3 p.m., at Pure Pop for an in-store performance and signing. — P am ela Polston ®

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green mountain boy: Real Vermonters don’t “catch rays.” And they don’t use fancy words like “mezzanine,” according to University of Vermont professor Frank Bryan. The author of Real Vermonters Don’t Milk Goats has made a study of Green Mountain character and is credited with boosting the number of Vermont-related courses in the UVM curriculum since joining the faculty in 1976. In preparation for Town Meeting Day — “democracy’s most glorious expression of human interaction,” as Bryan once described it — he lectures on “Everything You Need to Know About Vermont in 30 Minutes or Less.” Highly recommended for senatorial wannabes. Thursday, February 25. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p .m ,- y Free. Info, 656-6796. building relationships:

W hat if it were an egg, not an apple, that knocked Newton on j the head? Paper towels, not gravity, might have been his crowning achievement. A successful egg dro requires more than theory, though. Engineering students rise to the occasion — 50 feet up — as part

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SERIES: Retired U.S. foreign service officer George Jaeger contemplates the conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo and asks

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sport 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 Catamount Family Center, W illiston, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Register, 658-3313.

the big question: “W hat Next?” John Dewey Lounge, O ld Mill, UVM , Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096. LEADERSHIP AM ERICAN STYLE’: Historian and presidential biographer Willard Sterne Randall examines 19thcentury philanthropy as embodied by Andrew Carnegie and James Forten. Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info,

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MacManaway offers tips on neutral izing “geopathic” stress at hom e and work. Healing in Com m on, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2266. STREAM ECOLOGY TALK: A biology prof reports on using “algae to assess the impact o f metal toxicity on a Rocky Mountain Stream.” Mt. Mansfield Hostel, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4010. BRO W N BAG LECTURE SERIES: Prof Robert Lawson peers over the cubicle wall with his talk on “Public Sector Organizational Cultures, Behaviors and Experiences.” UV M , City Center, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0388. BIO T E C H N O L O G Y D ISC U S SIO N : Activist Brian Tokar leads this workshop on organizing against biotechnology efforts. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8493. PB»

ttiursday drama ‘DEATH OF A SALESM AN’: See February 24. ‘SY1VIA’: The Middlebury C om m unity Players stage A.R. Gurney’s poignant comedy about an adopted pet that comes between a husband and wife. A.R.T. Studio Theater, Hannaford Career Center, M iddle bury, 8 p.m. $ 8 . Info, 382-1024. ‘S O M E T H IN G ’S A F O O T ’: The Montpelier Theatre Guild performs the musical sp oof based on Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians. U -32 High School, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $9 Info, 476-7643.

film ‘T O R C H S O N G ’: Joan Crawford stars in this campy romantic comedy involving a tough Broadway songstress and a blind pianist. V T CARES, 361 Pearl St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2437. ‘O U T OF T H E PAST’: The life story o f Bayard Rustin is a tale o f

civil rights and gay and lesbian activ ism — screened for Black History Month. Pavilion Auditorium, M ont pelier, 7 p.m. $3-7. Info, 229-9408. ‘G ET O N T H E BUS’: Fifteen African-American men en route to the M illion Man March find com mon ground in this Spike Lee film. Loew Auditorium, H ood Museum o f Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 7 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 603646-2422.

art ‘JAPAN T H E N A N D NOW*: History professor emeritus Chester Liebs takes his audience on a visual adventure “along the Old Tokaido ,Road.” Fleming Museum, UVM , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-5765.

words STEVE LEHM AN: The award-win ning photojournalist who authored and illustrated The Tibetans: A Struggle to Survive discusses his book at two Burlington events. L207 Lafayette, UVM , 4-5:30 p.m. & Borders, Church St. Marketplace, 7

Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. IN JURED ANIM AL W ORK SHOP: Learn how to care for the wild and wounded at the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington Waterfront, 1 p.m. $2. Info, 864-1848. ‘N E W TITLES’ STORY TIME: A hedgehog gets by with a little help from his rabbit friend in Paul Stewart’s Little B it o f Winter. Kids four and up benefit from new books at Barnes &c Noble, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. PARENTS AN O N Y M O U S: Parents gather for support and assistance around the challenges o f childrearing. Babysitting goes with the program at two meetings in Burlington and Milton, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014. STORY HOUR: 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 W O M E N ’S RUGBY TRAINING : The Burlington Rugby Football Club invites beginning and veteran scrummers to the first workout o f the sea son. Mater Christi School, Burling ton, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 660-9829.

p.m. Free. Info, 656-5765. FRANK BRYAN: The poli-sci prof and author teaches “Everything You Need to Know About Vermont in 30 Minutes or Less” at a lecture and re ception. See “to do” list, this issue. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH: Building, UVM , Burlington, 7-9 Converse with fellow Francophiles at p.m. Free. Info, 656-6796. intermediate and advanced levels in BO O K D ISC U SSIO N : Dostoevsky this informal social cercle. Firehouse wasn’t the only author to raise ques Gallery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. tions about crime and punishment. Info, 326-4814. Readers ponder the ends and means ENG INEERING CONTESTS: The in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet competition stacks up for college Letter. Kreitzberg Library, Northfield, engineers erecting tall structures from noon - l:3 0 ‘p*tn: Free. Info, gumballs and toothpicks. Then it’s a 485-7622. long way down for egg-droppers try ‘O VERC O M IN G Y O U R TALing to keep it together. See “to do” E N T ’: Wannabe writers learn how to *«’ list, this issue. Votey, UVM, Burlington, go with the flow o f ideas. Isley Public 1ID 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8748. Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. ' ' O U T D O O R JOBS O PP O R T U N I

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kids O RIG AM I W O R K SH O P: Kids six and up learn when to fold ’em at this paper play session. Fletcher Free

TY: Outdoorsy types from 16 to 24 learn about woods work with staffers o f the Youth Conservation Corps. Marsh Lounge, UVM , Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-8922. RESPONSIBLE DEV ELOPM ENT

PANEL: Can the buildings o f the future be attractive, energy-efficient and cost-effective? A panel o f experts considers the relationship between business and the environment. Mona’s, Burlington, 8:30-10:30 a.m. $10. Info, 862-8347. TOASTMASTERS M EETING: Wannabe public speakers develop communication and leadership skills at the Best Western Conference Center, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-3550. MILL HISTORY TALK: Former workers tell it like it was on the job in the Winooski woolen mills. Champlain Mill Gallery, W inooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2431. ‘CULTURAL GALA’: This all-arts, all-ages winter carnival features fire works, multicultural music and dance, snow events and a “four ele ments theme.” Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:15-10 p.m.

suffer from this still-incurable liver disease. A support group meets at Burgess Assembly, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5532. E M O T IO N S A N O N Y M O U S: 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.

music AULOS ENSEMBLE: “Historically informed” performers bring baroque music to life via flute, recorder, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $18. Info, 863-5966. D O N A L D KNAACK: The artist better known as “the Junkman” per forms outrageous music on unortho dox instruments to benefit the

Free. Info, 443-6433. COVERED BRIDGES TALK: A historian discusses Vermont’s covered bridges as an “exemplar o f practical ingenuity” in 19th-century N ew Eng land. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0247. BATTERED W O M E N V O L U N 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. AFRICAN-AM ERICAN H ER ITAGE LECTURE: A physiology and biology prof examines the diffi culty o f “Developing Conversations on Race, Community and Other Hard Questions.” Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, S. Royalton, 12:45-2 p.m. Free, Info, . ' „„„„ .... r U u W * C i t o n e . .A 763-8303. ,. AFRICAN-AM ERICAN H ER ITAGE LECTURE: An Air Force C hief o f Social Actions discusses “the Black Experience in the Military.” Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, S. Royalton, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8303. HEPATITIS-C SU PPO R T GROUP: Three million Americans

Vermont Arts Council. Speeder & Earl’s, 4 1 2 Pine St., Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 828-5422. W O R L D TALES A N D M USIC: Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder present stories and songs in the Celtic tradition, including their latest yarn, “The Ogre Boyfriend.” Grunberg Haus, Route 100, Duxbury, 8 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 244-7726.

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kids PAPER C U T T IN G W O R K SH O P: Cutting up is encouraged at this crafty session for kids four and up. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 865-7216. ‘SO M E LIKE IT C O L D ’: Demonstrations with dry ice and liq uid nitrogen reveal the dynamic nature o f cold matter. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington Waterfront, 1 p.m. $2. Info, 864-1848. ‘SO M E LIKE IT H O T ’: The tem perature rises at this demonstration o f hot stuff. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington Water front, 2:30 p.m. $2. Info, 864-1848. ‘PAJAMARAMA’: Parents and kids read together before learning the “penguin poky” dance at this propajama event. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. STORY H O U R : Toddlers listen to stories at the M ilton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

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UV M , Burlington, noon - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0423. ‘WAR O N D R U G S’ TALK: A panel discusses the social, political and physiological impacts o f government drug policies. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-3144. ENG IN EER CEREMONY: Local engineers present the “Order o f the Engineer” to students. Fleming Museum, UV M , Burlington, 4:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3800. EN G IN EER ’S W EEK BANQUET: Engineer Patricia Galloway imper sonates Brooklyn Bridge builder Emily Roebling to give this fete a foundation in fun. See “to do” list, this issue. Marsh D ining Hall, UVM , Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. $20. Register, 879-7733. AFRICAN CULTURE TALK: University o f Ghana prof Kwesi Yankah explores “The Power o f the Spoken Word in Africa.” John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM , Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3430. G L B T Q SU PPO R T GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get support. Outright Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428. BATTERED W O M E N ’S SU P PORT GRO UP: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1996.

27 Saturday music ‘GRASS RO OTS TR IB U T E ’: A stu dent string ensemble and jazz combo lay down a score for readings to mark Black History M onth. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211. G REEN BRIDG E BARN B U R N ERS: The old-time country musi cians heat things up in a “classic” concert and dance. Fletcher Grange

Hall, 8 p.m. - midnight. $7. Info, 527-9965. POETRY A N D PERCUSSION: Read to the beat o f a different drum mer at this informal happening. Dana Recreation Center, Rudand, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 235-2400. SU TH E R LA N D A N D FLAN DERS: The folk duo strums their stuff for the crowd at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship o f Rudand, 7:30 p.m. $ 8 . Info, 483-9395. H A N D EL SOCIETY CONCERT: The student orchestra performs Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and works by Mozart with guest mezzo soprano Erma Gattie. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 8 p.m. $14.50.-Info, 603-646-2422.

dance SW IN G DANCE: Whether you’re a born leader or follower, you can always find a partner at CB’s, Susie W ilson Rd., Essex Junction, 8:30 p.m. $12. Info, 862-2207. C O N T R A DANCE: Lausanne Allen calls for Adantic Crossing at a north ern-style hoe-down. Holley Hall, Bristol, 8 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 388-6914. SQUARE DANCE: “Class, main stream and plus” dancers put their pardners through the paces at the Montpelier Grange Hall, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $4. Info, 485-6739.

drama ‘DEATH O F A SALESMAN: See February 24. ‘SO M E T H IN G ’S A F O O T ’: See February 25. ‘M EM O IR’: See February 26. ‘SYLVIA’: See February 25. ENSEMBLE SOLEIL: The early music group plays tunes o f the Elizabethan period while a narrator reads to herald “Arts o f the Gentry in the Shakespeare Years.” See “to do” list, this issue. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 899-4008.

film ‘LOLITA’: Jeremy Irons plays the soul-sick romantic obsessed with a young girl in this adaptation o f

Vladimir Nabokov’s classic. Loew Auditorium, H ood Museum o f Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 6:30 & 9:15 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 603646-2422.

kids STORY TIM E: Kids three and up listen to literature read aloud. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. FAMILY SING -ALO NG : Lynne Robbins selects songs that appeal to all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. PETER LOURIE: The local author reads and signs his new cross-cultural kids book, Rio Grande. Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061. ‘ABENAKI A D V E N T U R E S’: An actor portraying an Abenaki grand mother passes along tales o f myths and making-do. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington Water front, 1 p.m. $2. Info, 864-1848. C H IL D R E N ’S FILM FESTIVAL: Four short features let youngsters walk in the footsteps o f peers from Africa, the Arctic, the Andes and Israel. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0598. ‘AIRPLAY’: Hot-air balloons, water cannon and other experiments keep the atmosphere family-oriented at Montshire Museum o f Science, Norwich, 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. $5.50. Info, 649-2200.

sport ‘T O U R D E STO W E’: Nordic skiers take in four cross-country centers on a 12-mile trek. A shorter loop is also an option. Trapp Family Lodge Touring Center, Stowe, 9 a.m, $15. Info, 864-5794.

etc ‘CULTURAL GALA’: See February 25. Venues around Middlebury. ‘SU PER CH ARITY A U C T IO N ’: Local charities are not the only bene ficiaries o f this mega fundraiser. You could win plane tickets to anywhere in the continental U.S. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m. - 3

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28 Sunday music GOSPELFEST ’99: Vermont’s only African-American church hosts this annual evening o f spirit-soaring song. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10.60. Info, 863-5966.

dance ‘T H E PLACE O F D A N C E ’: Students take a cultural leap o f faith to present an “Afternoon of-Classical Indian Dance.” Dance Theatre, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. 1

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‘SC H ITZO PO LIS’: Director Steven Soderbergh also stars in this surreal, low-budget exploration o f life in the ’burbs. Burlington College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. ‘AFFLICTION*: N ick N olte plays a small-town cop caught in a spiral o f family violence. Spaulding Audit orium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 6:45 &C 9:15 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 603-646-2422.

art FILMS O N M O D E R N SCULP TURE: Sculptors Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson and Alexander Calder are the subject o f “art” films screened at the Fleming Museum, UV M , Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $3. Info, 656-0750.

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H O M E SHOW : See February 27. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. E C O N O M IC INEQUALITY TALK: Wages, welfare and workfare are on the table at this interactive workshop. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, North Prospect St., Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0640. FULL M O O N CIRCLE: Bring food, a cushion and a musical instru ment to this pagan potluck celebra tion o f the full moon. Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington, 6 p.m. Donations. Info,

FAMILY VALUES BO O K D ISC U S SION: Family comes first in a talk centered on Eva-Mary, the National Book Award winner by Linda McCarriston. Wake Robin, Shel burne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8307.

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kids STORYTIME: Young readers delve into classic and new tales at a halfhour happening. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

sport STOW E DERBY: Cross-country skiers compete in the oldest nordic race in the country — a 15K, 2500foot drop from the top o f M ount Mansfield to Stowe Village. A short course is available for youngsters. $33. Register, 253-7704. SN O W SH O E HIKE: Bring food, water and crampons on a difficult five-mile climb up the forehead o f M ount Mansfield. Meet at the Stevensville Road Trailhead, Under hill, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4717.

‘W H AT PRICE BEAUTY?’: Get the skinny on a media industry obsessed with thinness and beauty from actor Camille Cooper. Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UV M , Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2060. ‘BYE BYE LOVE’: Hits from the ’50s make for a melodious “class reunion” meal tinged with — gasp — murder. Villa Tragara, Waterbury Center, 6:15 p.m. $38. Info, 244-5288.

art FIGURE DRAW ING: Artists o f all abilities are welcome to participate in this weekly session. Fresco Studio, Union Station, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 862-4893.

BATTERED W O M E N ’S SU P PORT GROUPS: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1996. Also, the Shelter Committee facilitates a meeting in Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0855.

kids STORYTIME: Children from three to five enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. South Burlington Community Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

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etc V ER M O N T ADULT LEARNING CENTER: Adult learners drop in to brush up on reading, writing and math skills. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. BLO O D DRAWING: Share a pint with a stranger at this special “Made in Vermont” event featuring snacks from Miguel’s Stowe Away. Red Cross Blood Center, 32 North Prospect St., Burlington, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400. A STR O N O M Y PRESENTATION: Bob Szczerbak discusses “autoguiding” at this meeting for intermediatelevel astronomers. 413 Waterman, UVM , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3269. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually related prob lems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 863-6326.

AM ATEUR M USICIANS ORCHESTRA: Vermont Symphony violinist David Gusakov oversees this weekly harmonic convergence o f amateur musicians in the Music Room, S. Burlington High School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 985-9750. Q UINK: The Dutch vocal quintet sings “motets, madrigals and masses” in Renaissance style at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 8 p.m. $18.50. Info, 603-646-2422.

art AM ERICAN ART LECTURE: In conjunction with an exhibit, humani ties prof Christopher Kent W ilson gives a slide presentation on paintings in the Shelburne Museum collection. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury Col lege, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

kids STORIES A N D CRAFTS: Children cut and paste to the chase after a

morning story. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. H O M ESC H O O LER S GYM A N D CRAFTS: Stay-at-home students take pan in extracurricular activities at the Burlington Boys and Girls Club, Oak St., Burlington, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $1. Info, 860-1299. IN FA N T-TO D D LER PLAY GROUP: The under-three crowd crawls, climbs and colors while care givers converse at this lunch-included gathering. H.Ou Wheeler School, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. FATHERS A N D C H ILD R EN TO G ETH ER : Dads and their kids get together for stories, crafts and a chat with pediatrician George Brown. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 57 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. STORY TIM E: Kids under three lis ten in at the South Burlington Com m unity Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. STORY H O U R : Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. M ilton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. &C 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

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NEW GROUP THEATRE OF VERMONT PRESENTS ITS PREMIERE STAGE P R O D U C T IO N

MEMOIR a play by John Murrell Sarah Bernhardt, greatest actress o f the late nineteenth century, coming to terms with her aging life and dimming career. The faithful relationship she has developed with her ever-loyal, but often exasperated, secre tary and confidante, Pitou. Watch Sarah demand that Pitou portray some o f the more prominent characters in her life as she writes her latest memoir.

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A IK IDO OF CH AM PLAIN VAL LEY: Adults, Mondays - Fridays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. and 7-8:15 p.m., Saturdays, 9-11:45 a.m. Children, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Aikido o f Champlain Valley, 17 E. Allen St., W inooski. $55/m onth, $ 120 /three months, intro specials. Info, 654-6999. Study this graceful, flow ing m artial art to develop flexibili ty, confidence a n d self-defense skills. A IK IDO OF V ER M O NT: Monday through Friday, 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m., Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m., ~ Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m. Above O nion River Coop, 274 N . W inooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 862-9785. Practice the art o f A ikido in a safe and support ive environment.

arom atherapy AROM ATHERAPY A N D BEAUTY BASICS: Thursday, February 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Star Root, Battery St., Burlington. $15. Info, 862-4421. Get a hands-on introduction to using essential oils fo r beauty.

art ART CLASSES: Classes starting in February and March. Above Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Elders, adults, teens a n d children take classes in clay, acrylic or m ixed media. WATERCOLOR: Eight Tuesdays, March 9 through April 27, 6:30-9 p.m. YMCA, College St., Burlington. $110. Register, 862-9622. Explore the fundam entals o f watercolor painting, composition a n d technique, focusing on landscapes. ELDER ART PROGRAM: Winter classes starting in February. Locations in Burlington, S. Burlington, W inooski, W illiston, Richmond, Bristol, S. Hero and St. Albans. $3240, new students; $16-24, returning students. Info, 658-7454. Aspiring artists 5 5 a n d up learn to use charcoal, oil, watercolor, acrylic and matting. FIGURE DRAW ING: O ngoing Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fresco Studio, 1 Main St., Burlington. $3-5. Info, 862-4893. Artists o f all abilities are welcome at this weekly drawing session.

business ‘G E T T IN G SER IO U S’: Four Mondays, March 1, 8, 15 and 22 . Burlington. Four Wednesdays, March 3, 10, 17 and 24. $115. Grants avail able. Info, 846-7160. The Womens Small Business Program helps you explore the possibilities a n d realities o f business ownership while developing an entrepreneurial idea.

CYBERSKILLS VERM ONT: O ngoing 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 ecommerce.

cooking PAIRING F O O D A N D W INE: Monday, March 8 , 6-9 p.m. Isabel’s O n the Waterfront, Lake St., Burlington. $50. Register, 865-2522. Learn the art o f matching foods with complementary wines.

dance M O D E R N JAZZ: Four Tuesdays, February 16, 23, March 2, 9. 6-7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $ 8 /class, $ 2 8 /all four. Info, 860-3674. Get in shape as you learn to dance with grace, rhythm and flow. SW IN G D A N C IN G : Six Sundays, February 21 through March 28. Plainfield Food Coop. Register, 4765394. Beginners and experienced swing dancers get instruction and time fo r dancing SW IN G D A N C IN G : Classes start ing the week o f February 28. Burlington. $40/six weeks: Info, 862-9033. Learn to Lindy Hop, the origi nal style o f swing.

fe ld e n k ra is ® ‘AWARENESS T H R O U G H M O V E M E N T ’: Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. 35 King St, Burlington. Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 434-5065. Enhance coordina tion, flexibility, strength a n d awareness ivith the guided movement sequences o f Eeldenkrais®.

h e alin g ‘KABBALAH A N D H EALING ’: Sunday, March 7, 1-4 p.m. Sun Do Healing Arts Center, 7 Court St., Montpelier. $15. Register, 496-9022. Learn powerful models fo r healing yourself a n d others, based on ancient Jewish mysticism. ‘TH ER A PEU TIC T O U C H ’: O ngoing Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3-8 p.m. Middlebury. Donations. Info, 388-7684. Exchange stress a n d pain fo r health, with help from this 10-m inute "balancing" ses sion.

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lass? call 884.5884 to list it he Burlington. $15. Info, 865-HERB. Budding herbalists get an introduction to various methods o f preparation. SALVES A N D LOTIONS: Sunday, March 7, 2-4 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main St., Burlington. $25. Info, 865-HERB. Learn how to make your own skin care products with allnatural ingredients.

kendo KENDO: Ongoing Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 4964669. Develop focus, control and power through this Japanese samurai sword-fencing martial art.

kids K IDS’ W EST AFRICAN DANCE: Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $10/class, $4 8/ six classes. Info, 8621248. A master dancer from Guinea, West Africa, teaches kids traditional Guinean dances.

language ITALIAN: Ongoing individual and group classes, beginner to advanced, adults and children. Burlington. Info, 865-4795. Learn to speak this beauti f u l language from a native speaker and experienced teacher. SPANISH: Ongoing individual and small group lessons. S. Burlington. Info, 864-6870. M ake 1999 the year you learn to speak another language. SPANISH: Flexibly scheduled indi vidual 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.

m editation T H E WAY OF T H E SUFI’: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. This Sufi-style meditation incorporates breath, sound and movement. M EDITATION: Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Green Mountain Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Suite 203, Williston. Free. Info, 872-3797. D on’t ju st do something, sit there! M EDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist meditations. G U ID E D M EDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. The Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne Commons. Free. Info, 985-2229. Practice guided medi tation fo r relaxation and focus.

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IRISH D A N C E M USIC: Monday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. College St. Congregational Church, Burlington. $5. Info, 660-9491. Lausanne Allen and Pete Sutherland teach Irish jigs and reels. D R U M CLASSES: Thursdays, 7:158:45 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft. $10. Info, 660-4305. Master drum m er M oham ed Soumah teaches traditional rhythms from Guinea, West Africa.

N A RCO TIC S A N O N Y M O U S: O ngoing daily groups. Various loca tions in Burlington, S. Burlington and Plattsburgh. Free. Info, Help Line, 862-4516. I f yo u ’re ready to stop using drugs, this g o u p o f recovering addicts can offer inspiration. PROBLEM DRINKER?: Group now forming in Burlington. Free. Info, 864-4635. Join a g o u p o f people seeking an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: Private or group, basic’and intermediate classes. Grand Isle or Burlington. Info, 372-3104. Learn darkroom skills as well as how to choose, use and exploit the camera to express your creative style in color and black and white.

TRA CK ING W O R K SH O P: Monday, March 8 , 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Richmond. $10. Register, 223-2328. Dress warmly to go looking fo r signs o f bear, bobcat, moose a n d other forest creatures with Sue Morse.

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reiki USUI REIKI II: Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. W inooski Ave., Burlington. $150. Info, 660-8060. Commune with your “Reiki guides, ” discuss building a practice a n d get an attunement.

self-d efense BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: O ngoing classes for men, women and children, Monday through Saturday. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info, 6604072 or 253-9730. Escape fear with an integrated self-defense system based on technique, not size, strength or speed.

spirit ‘PAST-LIFE REGRESSION’: Saturday, February 27, 2-4 p.m. Rising Sun, 35 King St., Burlington. Free. Info, 860-7287. Learn about past lives a n d experience a group regres sion. ‘PAST-LIFE REG RESSION’: Six Tuesdays, March 2 through April 13, 7-9 p.m. Rising Sun, 35 King St., „ Burlington. Register, 860-7287. Take an in-depth look a t past-life regression and explore your own past lives in weekly g o u p sessions.

stress m anagem ent STRESS M A N A G E M E N T /M E D ITATION: Thursdays, 7-7:30 p.m., meditation; 7:30-8:30 p.m., stress management. Maltex Building, 431 Pine St., Suite 10, Burlington. First class free, $ 5/meditation, $ 10/stress management. Info, 862-6931. Theresa Bacon offers information, sup port, exercises a n d consultation in med itation a n d stress management.

yoga B U R L IN G T O N YOGA: Mondays and Wednesdays beginning February 8 , 6-7:30 p.m. Howard and Pine Sts., Burlington. Info, 658-3013. F ind healing through Iyengar style yoga. K U N D A L IN I YOGA: O ngoing Tuesdays, 8-9:30 a.m., Fridays, 5:307 p.m. beginning March 19. Sun Do M ovement Center, 7 Court St., Montpelier. Info, 234-6528. Take K undalini yoga classes fo r a vigorous, meditative a n d healing workout. YOGA: Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Green Mt. Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, W illiston. $ 8 . Info, 872-3797. Practice yoga with Deborah Binder. YOGA VER M O N T: 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, 6609718. Astanga style “power”yoga classes offer sweaty fu n fo r all levels o f experi ence. YM CA YOGA: O ngoing classes. YMCA, College St., Burlington. Info, 862-9622. Take classes in various yoga styles. ®

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‘FROM T R U T H T O F IC T IO N ’: Saturday, March 6 , noon-4 p.m. The Book Rack, W inooski. $35. Register, 655-0231. Learn how to incorporate symbols a n d sensory detail in a creative writing class. POETRY W O RK SH O P: Thursdays, 1 p.m. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. Info, 388-7523. Bring a poem or two to read and dis cuss at this ongoing workshop.

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local favorite, Mellisa Lowry.

QUILTERS GUILD MEETING:

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CAREGIVERS FOR THE MEN TALLY ILL: Friends, family and anyone involved with the mentally ill get support at this m onthly “share and care.” Howard Center for Human Services, 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info,

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‘WOMEN OF HOPE’: Two films showcase the plight o f Latina and “Real Indian” women in the U.S. UVM W omens Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7892.

HOMESCHOOLERS’ STORY TIME: Stay-at-home students five and up share tales o f fabulous females at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216." STORYTIME: Four- and five-yearolds enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. South Burlington Community Library, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 652-7080. STORIES: Litde listeners hear sto ries, snack and make crafts at the Childrens Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

STARS AT DARTMOUTH’ DOUBLE FEATURE: Two teens find sexual solace in the edgy Inferno o f First Love. A matador and his lover are excited by violence and death in Pedro Almodovars dark comedy Matador. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 6:45 & 8:45 p.m. $ 6 . Info, 603646-2422.

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tional is always in store at this gath ering o f young parents and their kids up to age three. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377.

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YOUNG PARENTS AND BABIES GROUP: Something fun and educa

March 1, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937.

Quilter extraordinaire Karen Felicity Berkenfeld makes a guest appearance at a regular meeting o f seasoned stitchers. Essex Alliance Church, Old Stage Rd„ Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2160.

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VERMONT ADULT LEARNING CENTER: See March 1. HOMEOWNERSHIP ORIENTA TION: See February 24, 5:30 p.m. LAND USE FORUM: See February

Burlington Police C hief Alana Ennis offers a favorite verse at this open reading o f women’s work. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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Local literati convene to read and review where the movement is head ing. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144.

WOMEN’S POETRY READING:

BURLINGTON CONTACT JAM:

‘DEATH OF A SALESMAN’: See

“Visual verifiers” Joyce Doud and Mia Ross rate your serving status at Twin Oaks Sports & Fitness, 75 Farrell St., S. Burlington, 7 & 8 p.m. $21. Info, 658-0001.

WRITERS GROUP: See February 24. WRITERS UNION READING:

TAMMY FLETCHER: The gospel

See February 24.

TENNIS RATING NIGHT:

24, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington.

‘FILM, FEASTS AND FICTION’:

SAT AND PSAT ORIENTATION:

Readers compare the film and liter ary versions o f Lawrence Sanders’ The First Deadly Sin. Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 422-9765.

See March 2, Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Rudand. BLOOD DRAWING: See March 1. Author Nancy Means Wright reads

4th Annual Irish Heritage Festival

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ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBIT, featuring artworks in mixed media by Central Vermont students. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 8288743. Reception February 26, 5-7 p.m.

ongoing DIANE GABRIEL, monoprints and drawings, and SANDY HARTLEY, monoprints. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. March 131. AFTER THE GREAT FLOOD, paint ings by Sally Sweetland. Governors Office, Pavilion Bldg. 5th floor, Montpelier, 828-3333. Through March. SPOUT IT OUT: An Exhibition of Teapots, by New England artists. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. March 1-31. THE NAIVE SPIRIT, fine examples of folk art from the permanent collection. T.W . Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through August 1. COINTELPRO EXPOSED!, an exhib it of FBI propaganda posters designed to “disrupt, misdirect, discredit or otherwise neutralize” popular dissent movements of the

’60s and ’70s, compiled by Vermont activist Roz Payne. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 454-8493. Through February. HOMEWARD BOUND: “Images that remember your revolutionary ten dencies,” by Jim Gerstman. Living/Learning Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through March 11. JUXTAPOSITIONS, an exhibit of exploration of the familiar and the unknown — recent acquisitions to the permanent collection. Plattsburgh Art Museum, Burke Gallery, 518-564-2474. Through April 4.

ART IN THE SUPREME COURT, paintings and sculptures by Friedrich Gross. Supreme Court Bldg., Montpelie r, 8^.o-4788. Through March 19.

THE BACHELOR’S BREAKFAST, new paintings by Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. Bread and Beyond, Williston, 899-1106. March 1April 1.

THE WARMTH OF WORDS: Wisdom and Delight Through Storytelling, featuring recorded stories by Vermonters aged 10 to 90. Vermont Folldife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through April. KEITH GAMACHE, artworks. Julian

Scott Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1247. Through March 3.

A COUNTRY OF SOULS: REFLEC TIONS ON EARLY NEW ENGLAND GRAVESITES, a multi-media trav eling exhibit responding to life and death by Joan Curtis, Kerstin Nichols, Carolyn Shattuck and R.G. Solbert. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through March 21. TOM LAWSON paintings. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-3144. Through March 6.

FURNITURE WITH CHARACTER: Recent Works of Beeken/Parsons. Francis Colburn Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-2014. Through March 12.

3RD ANNUAL CREATIVE REUSE SHOWCASE, featuring artworks made of recycled materials by area high school students. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. The public is invited to vote for a Peoples Choice Award. Through March 7. MICHAEL M. HEINZER, paintings and prints. Muddy Waters, Burlington, 658-0466. Through February. FIGURES IN PASTEL, pastels and oil paintings by Kate Mueller. Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Arts

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Council, Montpelier, 828-5422. Through March 12.

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ART, featuring works by the staff, clients and board members of the Adult Behavioral Health Services Division of the Howard Center for Human Services. Community Art Gallery, Burlington College, 6517043. Through February.

TERRY RACICH AND RICHARD WEIS, monotypes and charcoal/pastels/oils, respectively. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through March 24.

12TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S ART EXHIBIT, featuring works by Burlington elementary school stu dents. Metropolitan Gallery, City Hall, Burlington, 865-7166. Through February.

PHOTOGRAPHER KING MILNE, exhibiting photos from a trip to the Grand Canyon. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 864-8001. Through February. NATURAL SIGHTS, black and white nature photography by Jeff Clarke. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-3403. Through February. A PAINTED JOURNAL: Paintings by Carol Rosalinde Drury. Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 865-6227. Through February. NATURE'S EYE, wildlife photogra phy by Brian Machanic. Finale, 31 Swift St., S. Burlington, 8620713. Through March.

9TH ANNUAL BROKEN HEART SHOW, featuring heart-related works in mixed media by 38 artists. Daily Planet Restaurant, Burlington, 864-7528. Through February.

EMERGING ARTISTS OF THE U.S., featuring 13 juried ceramic artists from around the countryVermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. Through February. MONTPELIER PHOTOGRAPHS by George Shumar. City Hall Artists’ Showcase, Montpelier, 229-9416. Through March 1. OLD PAINTINGS by Axel Stohlberg. Axel’s Frame Shop. Waterbury, 244-7801. Through February.

Bread & Beyond, Williston, 8783649. Through February. DAN HIGGINS: Ritual, History and Sense of Place, a retrospective of photographs, primarily the Winooski Onion Portraits and the Sister Cities Photographs. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Burlington, 864-8040, ext. 121. Through March 11. FROM THE HEART: The Power of Photography — A Collectors Choice, a group show in photogra phy from the 1960s-’80s. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2814. Through March 14. THE TEAPOT DREAMS, handmade prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through March 17.

THE PRINTED WORLD OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, featuring 64 prints after Bruegel’s paintings and drawings, and one by the mas ter himself. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through March 7.

SMALL-SCALE 20TH-CENTURY SCULPTURE from the permanent collection. Wilbur Room, Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through April 11.

18 AMERICAN PAINTINGS FROM THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM, including landscapes, portraits and still lifes. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through April 25. WINTER’S PROMISE: Willard Metcalfe in Cornish, New Hampshire 1909-1920, paintings by the American Impressionist. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-6462814. Through March 14. IMPRESSIONS, oil paintings by Lorraine C. Manley. Sugar Mill Art Gallery, St. Albans, 893-7860. Through April.

media. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Through February.

MODERNIST PRINTS 1900-1955,

SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS,

Impressionist, abstract and non objective design by important artists, including Kandinsky, Picasso and Miro. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through April 3.

featuring re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing.

MONET AT GIVERNY,

landscape paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing.

Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through May 16 and June 6, respectively.

SAIRA CRONIN, EMILY WOODWORTH & JESSE HAHN, mixed

Masterpieces from the Musde Marmottan, featuring 22 large paintings by Claude Monet, inspired by his Parisian garden. Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 514-285-1600. Through May 9.

OLYMPIA DECONSTRUCTED: Photography by Robert McCann. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through February 27. LESLIE FRY: lecent Monoprints. Enhancements, Burlington, 8622505. Through March 15. FLASHERS: Glass Bead Paintings with a Narcissus theme, by Catherine Hall. McAuley Lobby, Trinity College, Burlington, 6580337 Through February. LARRY HICKMAN, >aintings.

docent will not jum p up and slap you down if you try to touch Kathleen Schneiders “Black Sheep” at the Fleming Museum. It is part o f her solo sculpture exhibit, “Toil and Spin,” a show that dissolves some o f the typical barriers between an audience and “high” art. Schneider, an assis tant professor in the art departm ent at the University o f Vermont, invites viewers to sample the weird textures that

her uncles workshop. This early intimacy w ith stone fos tered Schneider’s appreciation for the tactile aspects o f sculp ture apparent everywhere in these works. “Black Sheep” is a cat sized lamb noir o f porous hydrocal. Its surface is stud ded with pearls, and it sits on a smooth wooden base, like that o f a drafting table. A nearby piece, a similar sheep and base, is completely cov ered in brown fur. These tex tures seem to be used simply because Schneider likes them,

TRAVELS THROUGH VERMONT: Thomas Jefferson’s Role in Vermont Statehood, 1791. An exhibit presented by the Jefferson Legacy Foundation. Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117. Through March 5. GRANNIS GALLERY, featuring the work of designer/goldsmith Timothy Grannis and other jewel ry artists. Bank Street, Burlington, 660-2032. Ongoing. S1LKSCREEN PRINTS by Sally Stetson. Shimmering Glass Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8134. Ongoing. ELLEN HOFFMAN, pencil draw ings, and TOM MERWIN, paint ings. Merwin Gallery, Castleton, 468-2592. Ongoing.

GEORGE SMITH: SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS, and TOIL AND SPIN: RECENT WORK BY KATH LEEN SCHNEIDER. Fleming

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19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS including

FURNISHINGS AND PAINTINGS by Ruth Pope. Windstrom Hill Studio/Gallery, Montpelier, 2295899. Ongoing. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all o f the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. A rt in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted. ®

“Black Sheep,” by Kathleen Schneider. ripple over her “Black Sheep,” and to experience the work as she did in her studio — by touch as well as sight. Though clothed in the Biblical theme o f Solomon’s “Song o f Songs,” — an O ld Testamen monologue about love, basically — these pieces are also tied to the artists per sonal history. Schneider hails from West Rudand, an area settled by stone-cutting immi grants, and her recurring lambs in this exhibit were a com m on m otif for the head stones — especially popular for children — that flocked in

but have no obvious relation to “Song o f Songs.” W ith a w hiff o f surrealism, another solitary lamb is posed nearby on top o f a step ladder cov ered in olive green velvet. It’s hard to know w hat meaning this has, if any, and how it connects to the biblical theme. O n and around a piece called “Poco’s Table” is a flock o f black, white and gray , lambs all wrapped and sculp ted in a range o f textures. These too are about the size o f large cats. T he spindle-legs o f the table have also been

wrapped — like a body cast, or a m um m y — w ith a rugged white surface. T he “Song o f Songs” con tains almost as m any grapes — and other images from nature — as flocks, and Schneider’s hanging work, “Black Beauty” seems arbitrar ily “ferm ented” from those grapes. It is a three-foot b u n dle o f litde black rubber spheres draped in a shroud o f black silk, hanging from the gallery ceiling just above head height. A clustered image appears again in the circles o f a large, two-dimensional bunch o f grapes spontaneously swirled in ink on the back o f an over sized Xerox. Pressed between panes o f glass, it contains obscured passages from the “Song o f pongs’’ and is sus pended about 10 inches from the wall to encourage viewers to try to peek behind the glass. But it4s just far enough away from the wall to render attempts, well, fruitless. T he biblical gloss o f the show is evident elsewhere. Its title, “Toil and Spin,” refers to a New Testament passage from the Sermon on the M ount: “C onsider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one o f these.” T hough Solomon does m ention “the lilies o f the fields,” the connection between the two biblical refer ences seems tenuous. Rather than attem pting to sort out Schneider’s inspiration, it may be better to enjoy her whimsy o f textures w ithout asking tough questions, such as: Does the academic art world really have to suppress artistic individuality — that is, the unique life experiences o f a given artist — beneath the canon o f contem porary fine art dialogue? In this case, how could the “Song o f Songs” possibly be o f greater personal and em otional influence than those fresh lambs her uncle carved for the headstones o f dead children? ®

“Toil and Spin,” Recent Work by Kathleen Schneider. Fleming Museum, Burlington. Through June 6.

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he first thing you notice about Veronica Lopez-. Schultz is her diction, the crisp t’s and c’s with which she pronounces the name o f her theater com pany — “CATCo,” short for Cham plain Arts Theatre Company. Raised in the vernacular vortex o f work ing-class San Antonio, Texas, she’s an unlikely cham pion o f enunciation, particularly in Burlington, where “Cacko” would do just fine. But speaking properly is im portant to Lopez-Schultz. You might say that her liveli hood, and her theater compa- > ny, depend on it. Since arriving to Vermont in 1985, she has been doggedly pursuing a theater career. A ud iences may remember her as the granny gadfly M other Jones in last spring’s The M ost D an gerous Woman, or her directori al work in this winter’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. And if you don’t remember her, then you can imagine the odds she’s working against. Even talented actors in cities with thriving theater, film and T V industries find plenty o f pavement to pound. Here in Vermont, where unpaved roads are a hallmark o f our rustic quality o f life, making it as a thespian means getting really creative. T h at’s where the diction comes in. Capitalizing on her line-delivery skills, LopezSchultz has landed jobs teach ing public speaking at Trinity College and the University o f Vermont; coaching the WCAXT V news team and a pitch team from KSV C om m unica tors; helping individual clients with speech issues related to stroke recovery and “accent reduction”; and program announcing for Vermont Public Television. She has also chased down more straight-ahead theatrical gigs: she teaches acting work shops, coaches actors, directs the Rice Memorial High School drama program and performs in-service plays about domestic violence, sexual harassment and workplace diversity for audiences in frater nities, corporations and state government. For resourcefulness, LopezSchultz has few rivals. But o f all the avenues she has ex plored, one epitomizes her ear for the faintest knock o f oppor tunity: the sonnetgram. Part dramatic reading, part singing telegram, CATCo’s annual Valentine’s Day service finds actors dispatched to recite Shakespearean sonnets — or any love poem, really — at the request o f paying clients. For a little extra cash, they’ll throw in a rose and some chocolates. Sonnetgrams may be '

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T he correct question: W here does televisions preemi nent m ind game appear to be headed? If you’re a longtim e fan o f M erv Griffin’s syndicated brain child, “Jeopardy!” you don’t need me to tell you things have changed since the days when Art Fleming had all the answers. In the annals o f game-show history, Griffin is a god. Sure, he’s come up with a turkey or two in his tim e — remember “Let’s Play Post Office” and “Joe Garagiola’s M em ory Game?” I didn’t think so. But when hfe struck gold, th e singer, producer, talk-show host and hotel maven didn’t fool around.

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Continued from page 37 tion. A 1989 transplant from New York City, Betsy JamisonJessie worked extensively in T V commercials, industrial films, soap operas and musical theater before she came north. W hat irks her m ost about working as a player in Verm ont is that it’s not perceived as work. “People see you having fun, and they think it’s a fun thing. They don’t understand” what “goes into writing and putting on a show. It’s extensive — and expensive.” A regular Lyric Theatre per former, Jamison-Jessie recently teamed up w ith husband Daniel to write and perform musical m urder mysteries for the dinner-theater crowd at Villa Tragara in Waterbury. T heir daughter Shaun, 17, a student at the W alnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts, is following in her parents’ footsteps — by starting in New York, that is. If she has her way, she’ll soon be Juilliard-bound. Cuanging public percep tions about the “seriousness” o f theater is a big job. A nd theater artists recognize that higher-cal iber productions make the strongest case for supporting plays — and players. V SC ’s recently launched Lab Program

Merv Griffin has single-handed ly come up with the two longest-running, highest-rated and most lucrative syndicated game shows ever broadcast on the box: ‘Jeopardy!’ and “Wheel o f Fortune.” T he real genius behind this dynamic duo — though no one associated with the shows would adm it it — is that between them they target every demographic with a function ing brain stem. “Jeopardy!” is for smartypants and “W heel” is for, well, everybody else. I adm it it, I love “Jeopardy!” I ’ve watched the show and played the hom e version almost since it first went on the air, the same year John, Paul, George ^ and Ringo took control o f America’s radiowaves. In the ,?■ '

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^ early d a p , under the late mas ter o f ceremonies Art Fleming, tKie show was a celebration o f graciousness, intelligence and good humor. The Age o f Alex (Trebek) saw a new generation o f producers take up the torch, raise it high and hold it there even as the nation’s SAT scores began to plummet, popular cul ture coarsened — "and the entertainm ent industry m an aged to persuade the country that the only things worth knowing about are actors and recording stars. Well, you needn’t have been raised in a Neilsen family to fathom the stark reality facing producers o f “Jeopardy!” in recent years. As mainstream entertainm ent came to m onop olize an ever higher percentage of the typical American’s avail able brain power, less o f it was left for trivial pursuits such as amassing actual knowledge. At the end o f the day Merv and his buddies had two choices: M aintain the program’s famous ly high standards and possibly go the way o f earlier knowl edge-based game shows, or play dumb. Now, don’t get me wrong. The show’s still a lot of fun and has managed to hang onto a shred o f dignity. And let’s be honest — we’re still not talking “The Newlywed Game” here. Some o f the show’s contestants are as erudite, and some o f the material as arcane, as ever. Still,

In M e m o r ia m . he show m ust go on” may be an old cliche. I But it has taken on new urgency for one area the ater com pany whose found ing producer passed away this weekend. Still reeling from the death o f Cliff Rivers, Jr., the Vergennes-based New Group Theatre o f Vermont has announced they will con tinue with their production o f Memoirs, a play based on the life o f pioneering actress Sarah Bernhardt. According to play director Vicki Pozzebon, Rivers’ wife, Kathleen, made the decision to open the play as sched uled, at Memorial Hall in Essex on Friday, February 26. T he show’s four-weekend run will be dedicated to Rivers, who was killed in an autom o bile collision on Route 7 last Saturday. He was 60 years old. A psychologist by profes sion, Rivers had recently returned to his college roots in theater, offering acting classes at various locations, including the Best W estern Conference C enter in South

Burlington. Proprietor and actor W alt Levering says the lessons were popular. “I wanted to take one out o f curiosity, but it was full,” he says. Rivers encouraged him to “wait till the next one.” T hough Levering never got a chance to study under Rivers, the two did collabo rate. A regular sponsor o f local theater productions, Levering is the money behind Memoirs. T he show stars Geri Amori as Bernhardt, the gutsy turn-of-the-century actress who turned heads as H am let and, later, in the films Queen Elizabeth and Camille. M organ Foxworth plays B ernhardt’s producer and life-long secretary, George Pitou, whom she coaxes into helping her write her memoirs. According to Levering, the strength o f A m ori’s and Foxworth’s acting sold him on the two-character show. “This is a beast o f a play these two are doing,” he says, crediting them for taking on “tough stuff.” Freelance director Pozzebon brought

the play to Rivers last August because “I felt more o f a con nection to him because he was a new com pany,” she says.”I liked his attitude. I liked his approach. He was very straightforw ard.” M emoirs is the com pany’s debut. Rivers was also very good at producing, according to Pozzebon. “I’ve been able to do my job as a director,” she g says. “C liff was very good about saying, ‘O h, you don’t need to worry about that. Just do your job. W orry about the show. W orry about the actors.’” Needless to say, Pozzebon’s worries have grown in light o f Rivers’ death. W hat she and her cast do over the next few weeks will be an acting challenge for which there is no train ing. But she remains o pti mistic. “It’s not just about Sarah B ernhardt,” Pozzebon says. “It’s about dedicating the show to C liff and his memory. I think it will be all the better because o f it.” — E.E.

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Voices,” “Big Screen Brainteasers,” “It’s a Disaster Movie” and “Tom H anks”: that players manage to get so many of their questions wrong. I never thought I’d see the day when the best way to cram for an appearance on “Jeopardy!” is to watch a ton o f “E ntertain m ent Tonight.” And as if categories like these weren’t enough to bring the game w ithin reach o f today’s average college-educated American, the show’s writers have come up w ith deviously worded clues to make them appear challenging when they are in fact deceptively simple. I call this the “Tootsie Pop C onstruction,” and it is used on the program with increasing frequency. W hat they do is hide an easy question inside a tougher-looking one, some thing like this: “He painted for many years in Paris as part o f the little-

the shape o f things to come. The program’s rock variation is just the advance guard, testing the waters for a “Jeopardy!” that has lowered the bar. A “Jeopardy!” where the sciences and hum anities have been pre em pted by T V and movie triv ia. A “Jeopardy!” whose viewership, for the first time since its creation, does not change the channel when “W heel of Fortune” comes on — and m ight even consider the “W heel” the tougher o f Merv’s two shows. Maybe I’m prematurely stuck in the mud. But it doesn’t seem to me such a good thing that we m ight soon see the last gasp o f the last American net work broadcast that venerates learning and knowledge. Is our country so far gone, our culture so addled, that there isn’t suffi cient viewership out there to justify a single intelligent quiz show?

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C a r NEW GAS TANK DOESN’T STOP SMELL Dear Tom and Ray: I took my 1989 Mazda 626 LX to a garage and told them I smelled gas near the tank after dri ving. They said that water collects on the top o f the tank in these cars, and after 10 years it probably rust ed through. They charged me a lot to replace the tank, and guess what? I still smell gas near the tank after driving. Is it possible the tank was in need o f replacing anyway? How do I get them to fix it right this time? — David

RAY: How do you get them to fix it right? Give them more money! That always works for our cus tomers. TOM: Unfortunately, they guessed wrong. Almost all cars do have that problem with gas tanks rusting from the top. The tank is wedged up under the floor pan of the car. And on a 10-year-old car with a gas smell at the tank, that was a reasonable guess. And yes, you probably would have needed a tank in the near future anyway, and, in fact, maybe you even needed it now. RAY: But you certainly should go back and let them know that the problem is not fixed. It could be a gas line going to or from the tank. And if they didn't replace all the rubber lines while they

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had the tank out, they were cer tainly remiss. If that's what's leak ing, they should do that job for the cost of parts only and not charge you labor again. TOM: But it could also be the vapor recovery system that's leak ing. And if that is the case, it would be fair of them to charge you for that additional repair. RAY: This is one of those cases where they screwed up, but did so in a very reasonable way. They've probably seem so many gas smell problems that resulted from rusty tanks that they just replace them automatically. You were the exception to the rule, but based on my experience, you would have needed the tank real soon anyway. Dear Tom and Ray: The oil in my 1988 Olds is so clear that I can’t read it on the dip stick. I use 5W-30. What can I do to darken it? —James

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5,000 miles, you need to cut back, James, for financial as well as environmental reasons. And the added benefit will be that the oil will darken and be easier to see. TOM: So that's our best guess, James. If you're not changing the oil too often, then you may be checking windshield washer fluid by accident. Order Tom and Ray’s best-selling pamphlet, “Ten Ways You May Be Ruinning Your Car Without Even Knowing It!” You’re probably doing at least one o f them! Send $3 and a stamped (55 cents), self-addressed, No. 10 envelope to Ruin, RO. Box 6420, Riverton, N J 08077-6420. Got a question about cars? Write to Click and Clack in care o f this newspaper, or email them by visit ing the Car Talk section o f cars.com on the World Wide Web.

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20s; Woman, late 20s; Man, mid 20s; Man, 40ish; Woman, 60ish. Production staff: stage manager, publicity, designers. Stipends available. For a pre sentation of Escaping Warsaw, an original play by Jennifer Bloomfield. At the Royall Tyler Theater, April 24, 1999. Auditions will be held on March 1 & 8 . Call Director Vicki Pozzebon to arrange an appointment, 862-4223. Sponsored by the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont and the Gathering of Holocaust Survivor Families.

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Dear Cecil, I ’ve heard o f people under general anesthetic who become physically paralyzed but remain mentally alert. They feel the surgeons scalpel but are helpless and unable even to blink an eye or make a sound. Could you give me the straight dope on this phenomenon? — Pandora, via the Internet It happens, babe. Get a load of these horror stories from the medical journals: • One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anes thetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down

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ROOM FOR RENT BURLINGTON: Furnished,

work M-F, generally 9 to 5, but can be very flexible. (3059)

UNDERHILL to BURLINGTON: I

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looking for a ride to work, I am on the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift with rotating days. (3090) MILTON to COLCHESTER: I am looking for a ride to work. I could meet at the Chimney Corners Park & Ride. My hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tues.Sat. with some flexibility. (3095)

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to work. My hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., M-F with flexible evening hours. (3088)

I am looking for a ride to the National Life Building. My hours are 8 to 5, M-F. (3072)

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am looking for a ride to work MF, 8:30 to 5. (3055) BARRE to BURLINGTON. I am a student looking for a ride M,W,F, 8 a.m. Flex, return. (3051)

HINESBURG to BURLINGTON. I

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I’m looking to share driving on a smoke-free commute to work. Hours are M-F, 9 to 6, some flex. (3038)

BURLINGTON: Looking for woman for beautiful, 3-bdrm. house in quiet neighborhood— hdwd. firs., back yard, parking, porches, W/D. Non-smoker. $280/mo. + 1/3 utils. Avail., 3/1, 865-9970.

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BURLINGTON to SO. BURLING TON. I am a recent arrival to town looking for a ride to work M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (3028)

BURLINGTON to COLCHESTER. I am a teachers’ aide looking for a ride to Colchester. My hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (3026)

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am looking for a ride to work for a few weeks. My hours are 7:30 to 4:00, M-F with some flexibili ty. (3063)

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MIDDLEBURY/BURL/SO. BURL, to BARRE: I am looking to share

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his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was “just reflexes” and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patients leg and began applying a tourni quet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began “breathing for him.” Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest com pensation under the circumstances. • A 31-year-old woman with Hodgkins disease was due to have her spleen removed and other organs biopsied. She was anesthetized but awoke before the operation began, fully sensitive to pain but paralyzed except for some slight ability to move the eyelids. Two observers in the operating room, probably students, pointed out that the patients pupils were not dilated, but the anesthesiologist lectured them on how anesthetics worked and shut the patients eyes. The patient tried to flutter her eyelids later; the operating team eventual ly decided she was waking up and gave her more muscle relaxant, which made it impossible for her to signal further but did nothing for her pain. The patient suffered for 45 minutes while the surgeons cut her open, removed her spleen, explored the other organs, then stitched her back up. After the patient was wheeled out of the OR the muscle relaxant wore off and she was able to shout, “I was awake in there!” The anesthesiologist rushed back to the operating room and discovered that the oxygen flush had been locked in the “on” position during the operation, diluting the anes thetic. The woman subsequently had recurring nightmares and panic attacks and required psychiatric help. • A woman having a cesarean section awoke on the operat ing table, alert but paralyzed. Initially she felt nothing, but eventually the painkiller wore off and the rest of the opera tion was a nightmare. “The nearest comparison would be

BURLINGTON: Large Adirondack-style home, 2 fire places, pond, 2 acres, only 10 min. to downtown. Unique space/opportunity. Furnished, private entrance and patio. Pets OK. 6-12 mo. lease start ing April/May. $600/mo. incl. all. Call 864-615 4 (eves.).

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ving with someone. I work M, Tu, W, F, 8:30 to 4:30. I would be willing to meet at the Richmond P&R. (3050)

driving to work. Willing to meet half-way, preferrably on Rte. 7. Hours are 8 to 5, M-F. (3057)

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newly renovated, convenient, clean, quiet, parking, private entrance/phone, shared kitch./bath. No smoking/ pets. $400/mo. incl. all. 862-3341.

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the pain of a tooth drilled without local anesthetic — when the drill hits a nerve,” she wrote later. “Multiply this pain so that the area involved would equal a thumbprint, then pour a steady stream of molten lead into it.” Yikes. Awareness under anesthesia occurs in perhaps two cases per thousand in general surgery, and at a substantially higher rate in cases involving trauma or cesarean section. (Not all incidents are as horrifying as the ones described; sometimes the patient knows he’s being sliced open but feels no pain.) It’s usually blamed on faulty equipment or technique, though a few people just seem to be immune to anesthesia, at least the part involving loss of awareness. The underlying problem is that nowadays anesthesia involves not one but several drugs. These include painkillers, sedatives, amnesiainducing agents, and relaxants that allow the muscles to be pulled aside so the surgeons can do their work. Getting the mix right is tricky. Too much inhaled gas, for example, can cause cardiac instability and possibly snuff the patient; not enough and he suffers the tortures of the damned. Over the years doctors have used various methods to detect awareness under anesthesia, none entirely satisfactory. You can try keeping one arm unparalyzed so the patient can signal the doctors if he’s not unconscious, but this approach is far from foolproof. A promising new technique involves something called a bispectral index monitor, which analyzes brain waves to determine the patient’s depth of conscious ness. I’m sure it works great. But I’d want my surgeon to leave me with one good arm, too, so if all else failed I could strangle the son of a bitch.

ANOTHER EPOCHAL PUBLISHING EVENT Cecil’s latest gift to mankind, Triumph o f the Straight Dope, is hitting the bookstores now and can also be ordered on-line. For more info see the Straight Dope Web site at www.straightdope.com.

— CECIL ADAMS ®

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, 1 V E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail him at cecil@chireader.com.

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h o m e fr o m a raging rty. P in n in g m e again st th e

T h r o u g h o u t h isto ry , m o s t cu ltu res

in d o w , a slo b b e r in g d r u n k

h a v e a ssig n ed a m a s c u lin e q u a lity to

fallen a sleep o n m y s h o u l-

th e g o d o f th e su n . M a n y o f th e m , th o u g h , h a v e m y th s su g g e stin g th a t th is B ig D a d d y is h e lp less w ith o u t th e r e n ew in g fo rce o f th e D iv in e S h e. T h e M a o ris sa id , fo r in sta n ce , th a t

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th e solar d e ity h a d to ste ep in th e

in particu lar w ill b e a m ile s to n e in

u ter in e w aters o f th e c o sm o s every

y o u r stru g g le to d isso lv e y o u r fear o f

n ig h t in o rder to b e ro b u st e n o u g h to

b e in g str o n g a n d sm art. A s for y o u

c o m e u p th e n e x t m o r n in g . A n d w h a t

G e m in i m e n : Your in n er fem a le is

d o e s th is h a v e to d o w ith y o u A ries

also g e ttin g p r e tty ballsy.

rem in d m e o f th e tired o ld su n s p u t

w o n ’t b e a g o o d w e e k to d e v o te tor rents o f y o u r p reciou s life en erg y to r etu rn in g overd u e library b o o k s, sn ip p in g o u t c e n ts -o ff c o u p o n s for g r o cery ite m s, an d so rtin g y o u r sock s. B u t it’ll b e p r im e tim e to X ero x yo u r b u tt an d m ail it a n o n y m o u s ly to y o u r b oss, g e t y o u r frien d s to organ ize a

folks? W e ll, frankly, r ig h t n o w y o u

terin g as it sin k s b e lo w th e w e ste r n

VIRGO (A ug. 2 3 -S e p t. 2 2 ): It

CANCER (Ju ne 2 1 -Ju ly 2 2 ): • S h o c k th e fear, C ancer. T h a t’s m y

parade in y o u r h on or, or sip a b sin th e fro m a glass slipper b y c a n d le lig h t w h ile lo u n g in g o n a v ib ra tin g leather

h o r iz o n . I b e lie v e y o u so rely n e e d to

Z e n -lik e m a n d a te to y o u . A n d i f

c o u c h w ith a sen sual revolution ary.

recharge in th e d e ep , dark su rg e o f

y o u ’re n o t sure w h a t I m e a n b y th at,

O h , o n e last th in g . It’ll be. a b ad tim e

th e p rim a l fe m in in e .

g o o d . It’ll en c o u r a g e y o u to co n ju re

to b e a k n o w -it-a ll, b u t a p erfect

TAURUS (Apr. 2 0 -M a y 2 0 ):

u p y o u r o w n m e a n in g . A n d th at w ill

m o m e n t to b e a feel-it-all.

E ven in th e c a lm e st, sim p le s t o f tim es, th ere are at lea st tw o sid es to ev ery story. T h is w e ek , th o u g h , th e bare m in im u m w ill alw ays b e four. A n d th a t has th e p o te n tia l o f u n lea sh in g a w ar o f sto ries th a t’s u n p r ec e d e n te d a m o n g y o u r trib e. F ortu nately, y o u w ill b e a h e a lin g fo rce o f u n ific a

b e a w ea v er o f w e b s w h o ca n tak e th reads fr o m all th e tales a n d s o m e h o w sp in th e m in t o a g u id in g m y th th a t e v e r y o n e ca n liv e w ith . It’ll g iv e m e great p lea su re to see y o u r ea rth y crea tiv ity b e a p p recia ted b y so m a n y

D r. Brezsny, I lo v e m y w e ek ly d o se o f

p lea se a c ce p t m y g ift o f fo u r o th er

astrological w it, b u t I m u st say th at i f

c o n u n d r u m s for y o u to w restle w ith

I h ad all th e fu n an d exu b eran ce y o u

as w ell: H o n o r th e anger; cap italize

p red ict, I w o u ld n ’t b e so d a m n

o n th e gu ilt; co lla b o r a te w ith th e sur

d epressed. A n d i f I c o u ld actu a lly g e t

render; a n d g iv e th an k s for th e trick

all th e rom an ce, flirtin g, an d sex y o u

ery.

d a n g le in fr o n t o f m e , I certain ly w o u ld n ’t b e celib ate. E ven th o u g h I

LEO (July 2 3 -A u g . 2 2 ):

am a L ibran, I d o th in k a b o u t s o m e

C o n g r a tu la tio n s, L eo. T h e C e n te r for

th in g o th er th a n relation sh ip s. H o w

th e C e leb ra tio n o f L ife’s S tru ggles has

a b o u t g iv in g us m o r e in fo a b o u t

ju st d e te r m in e d th a t y o u r current p r o b le m s are th e m o s t in ter e stin g in all th e z o d ia c . B u t m o r e th a n that:

p e o p le .

T h e y ’re also th e m o s t fertile, u sefu l,

GEMINI (M a y 2 1 -J u j» e,2 0 ): “A g o o d deal o f litera tu re o n th e su b je c t o f w o m e n ’s p o w e r sta tes th a t m e n are afraid o f w o m e n ’s p o w e r ,” asserts C larissa P in k o la -E ste s, a u th o r o f

Women W ho Run w ith the Wolves. S h e adds: “I alw ays w a n t to e x cla im , M o th e r o f G o d ! S o m a n y w o m e n th em se lv e s are afraid o f w o m a n ’s

a n d — dare I say? — w o r th y o f b e in g m a d e in to a m ajor m o t io n pictu re. N o su rprise, th e n , th a t th e C e n te r is set to aw ard y o u th e N a k e d In te n sity A w ard. Your fan tasies alo n e , let a lo n e y o u r actu al a c tio n s, c o u ld tr a n sm u te m arriages, d isp erse cro w d s, an d d id d le th e s to c k m arket. (P S . T h is ’ll b e p r im e tim e to kiss fu ck ed -u p b ea u ty

p o w e r .” U p u n til th is year, I b e lie v e

g o o d b y e , a n d o p e n y o u r s e lf u p to a

P in k o la -E ste s’ a sse ssm e n t h as b e e n all

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54 Bring disgrace on 55 Eat into 56 Darkens 59 Brings forth lambs 61 Southwest wind 62 Museum commodity 63 Lanston’s 1887 invention 65 Walton’s 1860 floor covering 67 Lincoln Center offering 69 One of the Muses 71 French painter 72 Nobel's 1866 invention 75 Westinghouse's 1868 contribution 77 Thus far 80 Chinese and Persian 81 Intimidates 83 Cuddle snugly 84 — facto 85 Fails to include 87 Western city 89 Some M.I.T. grads 90 Cake topper 91 Soft saddles 93 Much-sought outcome

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LIBRA (S ep t. 2 3 -O c t. 2 2 ): “D ear

tra tin g y e t p r e g n a n t m ysteries. N o w

tio n a t th e h u b o f th e h u b b u b . Y ou’ll

group 96 Pilotless 128 Mardi — airplanes DOWN 97 Daytime TV 1 Play the fare guitar 99 British 2 Couples prisons 3 Declare 100 River In to be true Scotland 4 Communica 101 Political tions student org. invention of 104 Remove the 1928 rind 5 Bridal paths 106 Diminutive, 6 Aggregate in Dundee 7 Dill weed 107 Pepper or 8 Female barley peacocks follower 9 — Calloway 108 Slatetrimming tool 10 Minor prophet 111 Bell’s 1876 11 Zoo favorites Invention 12 Pranks 114 Ben 13 Protective Franklin's resources 1780 14 On — Invention (equivalent 117 The pea tree to) 118 Maelzel's 15 Negative 1816 quantity contribution 16 French to music school 120 — Moun 17 Glut tains; a range of the 21 Snicker follower Rockies 121 Pierre s aunt 24 Worth 122 Malayan 27 Golf gadgets 29 Speaker's outrigger platform 123 Emerald Isle 124 Consumer 33 Short drive advocate 36 Tropical fruit 125 Play the lead 37 Hebrew or 126 Chinese Arab association 38 Baccha nalian cry 127 Splinter

fo o lin g a ro u n d w ith b o r in g e q u ilib r i um s; y o u ’ll b e a necessary tr o u b le

w ork? — M o p in g in M a d is o n .” D e a r M o p in g , try this: Every tim e a sexy fan tasy b u b b les u p in to you r aw areness, im m e d ia te ly force y o u r s e lf to c h a n n el th at p sy c h ic en erg y in to a b rain storm a b o u t y o u r career. I f y o u d o th is fa ith fu lly for th e n e x t fou r w eek s, I p r ed ict y o u r jo b situ a tio n w ill im p ro v e b y A pril 10.

an d Jack D a n ie ls . D o I le t th a t in ter fere w ith m y m e d ita tio n o n y o u r

m ak er b r in g in g m e ssy v ig o r in to all th e ov e rly -c a u tio u s g a m e p lan s. A n d i f y o u can m a n a g e to in jec t ju st a

needs? I d o n o t — ju st as I h o p e th at th is w e e k y o u w ill k eep y o u r o w n in sp ir a tio n b u r n in g in th e face o f a

p in c h o f m ercy in to y o u r b ad -ass a tti tu d e , n o o n e w ill g et s tu n g an d every o n e w ill b e th ro u g h ly en te r ta in e d .

c o m p a r a b le a n n o y a n c e. Y ou’v e b een o n su c h a h o t streak, A q u ariu s; it w o u ld b e a sh a m e to le t a m in o r stin k

SAGITTARIUS (N o v . 2 2 -

d o u se it.

D e c . 2 1 ): I h ave n ever o n c e , in th e

PISCES (Feb. 1 9 -M a r ch 2 0 ):

en tire h isto r y o f th is c o lu m n , b r o u g h t u p th e su b jects o f farts, hairballs,

I’v e n o w g o n e 4 2 days w ith o u t a llo w in g m y s e lf to g lim p se th e im a g e o f a

o o z es, drips, p im p le s, n o se hair an d to e n a il c lip p in g s — an d I ’m n o t

g u n , k n ife or b o m b . A t h o m e in fron t o f th e T V , I flip th e r em o te as s o o n as

g o in g to d o so now . It w o u ld d em ea n b o th m y d ig n ity an d y ou rs to s to o p

b e g o o d p ra ctice for th e rest o f y o u r life, w h ic h th ese days is rife w ith frus

r, s p e w in g n o x io u s fu m e s o f salam i

to su ch vulgar references, e v en th o u g h m y c o sm ic sou rces su g g e ste d th a t I d o so in order to sh o c k y o u in to b r in g in g y o u r fan tasies d o w n o u t o f th e

I sen se th e arrival o f m a y h em . T h e o n ly w a y to en su re m y p u rjty at th e m o v ie s, o f cou rse, is to a v o id m o s t o f th e m . A s y o u m ig h t ex p e ct, m y anger levels h a v e d e c lin e d d r am atically in th e last six w eek s. A c e ll-p h o n e w ie ld

ethers an d c lo th in g th e m in flesh an d b lo o d .

in g te e n a g e d u d e c u t m e o f f in traffic to d a y an d nary a d rop o f a d ren alin e

CAPRICORN ( ^ c . 22-Jan . 19): N o t h in g ’s m o r e d a n g ero u s o n

su rged th ro u g h m e . B u t m y b o y c o tt has h ad an e v en m o r e salu b riou s e ffe c t, q u ite u n ex p ec te d : I lik e m y s e lf

th is earth th an n e w te c h n o lo g ie s and c u ttin g -e d g e in fo r m a tio n in th e

better. I can ’t recall ever e x te n d in g th is m u c h fo r g iv e n e ss an d g e n e ro sity

h a n d s o f p o w erfu l, arrogan t m e n

in m y o w n d ir e c tio n . I’m te llin g y o u

ad d icted to w ith er e d o ld d o g m a s.

th is, P isces, in th e h o p e s y o u ’ll try

K eep th at in m in d , C a p rico rn , as y o u accelerate y o u r efforts to c o lle c t n e w to o ls and train in g. M a k e sure th at

y o u r o w n e x p e rim e n ts in b o o s tin g y o u r self-lo v e . T h e stars say it ’s h ig h tim e. ®

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CANCERIAN SWF, 27, DIRTV-BLONDE, short hair, green eyes, fluent in German, sense of humor, ISO SWM, 2535, who is cute, smart, optimistic, NS, with life experience and affectionate for LTR. 2691__________________________ THREE CRAZY 20-SOMETHING room mates ISO the diggidy... If you enjoy life on a higher plane, then we’re the buds for you! 2692________________ STARVING ARTIST ISO MODEL

and trim, jazz lover ISO attractive, financially secure, humorous S/DWM, 50+, for conversations over coffee. Friendship, possible LTR. 2610________ SEVERAL ADS THAT I LIKE... would you like me, too? BiF, 28, petite, creative, intelligent, thinking grad school. Enjoy long dinners, morning coffee, afternoon walks w/ my dog. NS/ND. 2619

24 YO STUDENT WHO LOVES CHILDREN and adventure. Seeking a tall, dark, 25-YO man who wants to be a chef, likes traveling and quiet get-togethers. 2681 leading random l if e -l ik e

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RATIVE. Please have a sense of humorln (and similar age, values, etc.) 43, settled down, but not stowed down, upbeat, offbeat, usta-B-athlete. With you?...Life complete... 2682______ attractive , fit pw f , n s . en jo ys

blading, skiing, hiking, working out, travel, good conversation, dining out and much more. Looking for same in handsome, fit WM, NS, 30-45. in Burl, area. 2684

blonde in tight skirt, late 30s, married, seeks hip, handsome, witty, younger man for sexy adventures. Wahoo! 2582 20-YO WOMAN WHO APPRECIATES intelligent conversation & humorous sarcasm. Being a student, time & instant gratification are of great impor tance to me. Looking for fun, not commitment. 2591______________________ CTRL VT DWF, NS, LONG REDDISH hair, blue-green eyes, 5’4”, proportionate weight, soft-spoken, nice. Seeking S/DWM, NS, 35-43, w/ integrity, morals, positive attitude, a gentle man. 2596

ENTTREPRENEUR, EDUCATED, PRETTY brunette, 31, 5’9”, curvy, likes gourmet cooking, conversing, playing board games and hiking, ISO a dark-haired, NS, NA PM, 29-33, to relax with. 2598 SWF, 24, LEAN, BLONDE, ISO REAL guy, 20s, with looks, 5’n ”+, for LTR, includ ing drinking and sex. Must like dogs, not be a “crunchie” and preferably good at crosswords, ’coz I suck. 2599 VIVACIOUS, OPEN, ALIVE, WARM, slen der and sensuous SPF, 40, seeks best friend and partner, 35-50, with wit, warmth and sparkle for adventurous outdoor pursuits and unfolding the mysteries of life. 2567

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Cinderella ISO Prince Charming. Climber ISO partner. Skier ISO freshies. Who knows what my evil twin is looking for? 2704__________________________ SWPF, 31, EDUCATED. MATURE, LOVES travelling, movies, good food, humor, long walks. Enjoys healthy balance of togetherness and independence. ISO good guy: fun, mature, interesting. No games, NS, ND. 2708__________— PLUS-SIZED WOMAN, 54, MONTPELIER, loves movies, dancing, good food, strolling, reading, discussing books. Let’s have coffee, see movie/concert. Only friendship/companionship in beginning. Must love dogs and cats.

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PETITE, 50ISH DWF. I am/seek mentally healthy, NS, affectionate, sharing, car ing, intelligent, adventurous, trim, attractive, happy, fun M. Hoping for magical relationship of a lifetime! 2621 SWF, 21, SEEKING SM, 21-30, WHO will appreciate a woman for her heart and mind, not her dress size. Someone to love all my curves. Friends first, maybe more. 2626________________________ 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_____________

-SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP," DESCRIBED in The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav, sought with NS, compatible, S/DM, late 40S - 50S, by intuitive, creative, holisti cally oriented, compassionate, loving, fit, appealing, vegetarian woman. 2630

SLIGHTLY FLIGHTY, ALMOST NAUGHTY, never nasty, ABBA lovin’ female search ing for a dancing king to shake my tamborine. 2632

CARPE DIEM. Attractive, petite DWPF, 50s, Swedish ancestry, ISO financially/ emotionally secure SM, NS/NS/ND. Healthy living, laughter, dancing, music, occasional museums, theater. 2574

I’M READY TO FIND MY LIFE PARTNER: NS, gentleman, 50s, w/ integrity, enjoys travel, people, Gershwin, ocean, theater & adores me (WPF, 40s, NS). 2493 50, CLASSY, ARTSY, SPUNKY MASSAGE therapist, slim, active, intelligent. Loves forests, campfires, critters, books, pho tography, travel, computers, theater. ISO fun-loving, articulate, adventurous, healthy, sensuous M to explore. 2500 43 YO ATTRACTIVE, SOBER MOM, kids 9 & 16, vegetarian, metaphysical, spiri tual, ISO honesty, intimacy, best friend. LTR. 35-50. 2524___________________ MAN'S BEST FRIEND. DWPF, 38, ISO WPM, 35-45ish, loves dogs, is kind, honest, intelligent, educated, w/ a great sense of humor. I ski, snowshoe, hike, like fireplaces, movies, books, wine, playing w/ my dogs. NS/ND. 2549

nmi Acokinq women IF U CN RD THS, U CLD HV A GRT DTI DWPM, 43, educated, active, fit, enjoys bicycling, hiking, conversation, books, travel. ISO significant other. Ctrl. VT, but will travel. 2694_____________' LETS MEET NOW AND AVOID THE sum mer rush! SWPM, 33, handsome, witty and brainy, seeking very bright, very pretty, younger student or prof., 23-28, to get to know, share fun with. 2697 FUN, FUN, FUN. THAT'S WHAT I’M look ing for. SWM, 40s, 145 lbs., 5’9”, nice looking, love to travel, hike, etc. Let’s have an adventure together, it’s more fun. 2702__________________________ SWM, 40, HUMOROUS/ROMANTIC Do you enjoy golf, camping, playing cards, star gazing, bike riding, weekend get aways, back rubs, soft music, candle light dinners 81 good wine? Seeking honest, fit, down-to-earth, humorous female. 2703_______________________ NEK: SWM. Real intercourse begins in our minds—deep thoughts, brave liv ing, fresh, cold air, savvy, sexy, sensi tive, not in city. Desires cool kitty, slightly thrifty, worldly, faux hippy. Let’s combine and boogie. 2706___________ GREAT CATCH. DPWM, 50, FIT, ACTIVE, : intelligent & easy on the eyes, ISO active, slim, spontaneous, outdoor : type, 40-50, to enjoy nature’s gifts. I enjoy skiing, hiking, canoeing, photog: raphy, reading & travel. Friends first? ; Let’s try it. 2707____________________ THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT A DIS; CREET tattoo and/or a pierced part! ; Wanted: Artistic, Athletic, Attractive, ; feminine female for friendship, relation; ship, 25-35. Available: AAA, masculine I male, about 35. 2709_______________ ! LIFE’S BETTER..WITH POSITIVE MENTAL ; attitude. SWPM, 29, fit, 150 lbs. I Seeking female friendship, possible I LTR. Passionate climber, mountaineer, > back-country skier, many skills, inter> ests. House-trained, honest, reliable. ; Enjoys learning, sharing, having fun ; when work’s done. 2710_____________ ; SPRING FLING. SWM, 38, 6’, prof., ; seeks LTR with sophisticated, active, ; spunky SF, 28-38. Interests: skiing, I travel, boating, wine, off-beat humor, I spicy food, the ocean, fun times, bad I weather, crop circles. You? 2714_______ ’ NORWEGIAN WOOD, HESSE’S GOLD’ mund/Siddhartha, creative, contempla> tive, univ. grad., world traveler, SWPM, > 28, 5’9”, 145 lbs., athletic, cute. ISO l PF, sexy, athletic, attractive mistress/ > love mentor for Sunday morning cof* fee/ “Afternoon Delight.” 2715________ \ SWM, 26, SCORPIO SEEKS ATTRACTIVE, * fit F for company & fun. I find the eyes l the most attractive feature of a l woman. Tall, athletic, very attractive, l great smile, easy to get along. Not S seeking LTR right away. Strong sex l drive has kept me single. Safe-sex peo» pie only, please. 2716_______________ : THE ROAD NOT TAKEN. The woods are » lovely, dark and deep. Free spirit loves * running, drawing, jazz, children, nature, * photography, hiking, writing and being * with someone special. NS, 5*9”, 160 * lbs. 2718___________________________ ; INTEGRITY & HUMOR. SWM, 44, with ; high marks for integrity and humor * would like to meet attractive, fit, NS t woman, 33-50, who enjoys sports, J good food, laughter and friends. » Children OK. 2719___________________ : BIG WIT, BIG BRAIN, CASTLE PLANS & ’ motel pockets, tall, fit, jeans 81 T-shirt, “ handsome SWM writer, 30. Seeks seifl obsessed, hip, lanky genius. Brief: « Rilke seeks Betty Blue. Ctrl. VT. 2678 : TIRED OF BARS. NOT DESPERATE. Just l thought I’d try something different. * 5*11”, dark hair, athletic build. Loves ; music, art, fine dining. Duke Ellington : to Led Zepp. Travels lite. 2655

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AQ&kbaq iv a n m , a m t DWM, 35, STRONG SILENT TYPE, attractive, easy-going, romantic. Likes outdoors activities. Likes children. ISO woman who is old-fashioned, emotionally secure, 28-38. 2662_____________ 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 40S- 50S, NS, ND. P.S. —plays jazz piano. 2669 ISO A LITTLE ROMANCE. Active, attrac tive, 47, 6’i ”, NS, kids. Interests include dancing, XC-skiing, music, cooking, theater, blading. Emotionally available & willing to take risks. 2671 WANNA DANCE? NO MIND GAMES! No 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___________ 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, seeking NS vegetarian F, moderate walking, snowshoeing, XC-skiing, performing big-band music. 2689________ THE KEY TO HAPPINESS? Relationship, mutual respect, sharing, connection. I’m 33, tall, attractive, professional, high IQ, creative, sincere. If you’re 2532, & share these values, call me.

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“LION HEART." KING OF THE JUNGLE hunting the forest for its mate, f’m ready and I'm willing. Are you The tiger' I want to tame? 2643________________ MaWM, 38, DARK, SLENDER AND attractive, ISO Ma lady in need of affection and TLC. Life’s too short to miss out on the finer things! Let’s talk or write. 2654_____________________ LOCAL ADVENTURER, SWM, 32, NS, ND, 420, good-looking, athletic body, seeks local “hotty” to help film weekly show about hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, mtn. biking, camping, political issues... It’s time for action! 2608 TRUE-LOVE BELIEVER ISO WISE, sensu al goddess, 40**5oish, slim to Rubenesque, passion a must for LTR by Wi, 50, 5’8”, fit, soulful seeker of happiness for each and every one. I love you. 2609_____________ ________

COUNTRY-RAISED, HARD-WORKING, open-minded DWM, 33, 5*11”, active, love outdoors, animals, motorcycles & more. You: WF, smart w/ common sense & humor, 25-38, NS, ND. 2611

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MAN FROM MARS. Honest, loyal, devot ed, caring, lovable, witty, fun-loving and successful. Looking for a younglooking, young-feeling woman from Venus to create a strong friendship and life-long relationship. 2617_______ VASTLY UNDERAPPRECIATED MID-40S MaM seeks F for occasional coffee and maybe more. Good-looking, smart, tal ented and sensual. Maybe you’re in the same boat? Grab an oar. 2620

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 monogamous relationship. Prefer someone in Burlington locale or with email, and under 5’6”. 2571

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STARING AT MOON, SHARING SENSUAL t satiation sky song, incense, herbs, “ wine, candles, honey blossoms, stars » shining like dancing fireflies. We’ll frolic \ feverishly with you. Our dreams will * come true. 2583____________________ “

FIT, INTELLIGENT AND OPEN-MINDED SPM, 41, 5*6”, 140 lbs., seeking athlet ic F or BiF companion who thinks Freely, values independence, lives deliberately and shares my enthusiasm for outdoor activities. 2584__________ YOU: BEAUTIFUL PHYSICALLY, intellec tual, romantic, speak to the animals, wise & teachable, sexual, wiccan. Me: 29, strong, attractive M, 5’9”, 167 lbs., blonde/brown, muscular, rock climbing, magic, 420, nude sunbathing. 2587 COSMIC MALE, 34, BROWN-EYED, bearded, handsome, seeks F for millennium relations. Piercing a +. 2588 DPWM, 52, IN POST-DIVORCE FRIEND- ; ship phase. Interested in getting to j know intelligent, interesting, active and l attractive woman, step-by-step. Sense t of humor important. 2600____________’ 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 WDPM, 43, 5’9", 210 LBS. I enjoy dancing, movies, tennis, boating, day trips. Looking for F looking for an honest, passionate, loving LTR. 2558 SWM, 31, EXPERIENCED OUTDOORSMAN, enjoys mtn. biking, skiing, snowshoeing, 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 pad- ‘ dlers Spaddlees. The best relationships share the paddle. I’m looking for * an educated, low-maintenance, confi♦ dent, wacky, funny feminist to share with. Athletic DPM, 39, NS, 5’9”, ISO * cosmological constant, social justice & * a good time. 2576__________________ * SEARCHING FOR VENUS' ARAAS. Single sculptor, 36, enjoys hand-rolled ciga rettes, esoteric conversation, fine bour bon, erotic engagements, symphonies and steaks. Seeking witty (cynical), intelligent (experienced) and creativep?) agnostic goddess. 2566______

ECLECTIC LIFE EXPLORER ISO BUDDY. Vivaldi, Mozart, zydeco, blues. Curious in reading, talking, walking. Explore Schlagobers & candle-lit hot tubs, meditation, serious & goofy fun. Moussaka, curries, bouillabaisse. ISO NSPF, 50+. 2580____________________ 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

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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, 30-44, for LTR. 2502_________ SWM, 30, TALL, FIT, ENJOYS THE GYM, XC skiing, many outdoor activities, movies, dinner. Likes children. ISO honest, sincere, spiritual SWF, 25-35, NS, ND, possible LTR. No games. 2519 ENLIGHTENED MALE, 50S, communica tive, tends toward senses of the mind and heart, seeks attractive, younger F, NS, who understands “as you go up in age, you definitely get better.” Massage? Paris? 2529_______________

IRREVERENT & SINCERE, CHIVALROUS & warm, non-conforming & artistic, etc. Life is complicated—take your choice or all of the above. ISO femme fatale, 40+, from writer, teacher, etc. 2535 SWPM, 32, ACTIVE, FIT, LTR-MINDED, wondering what I have to do to find a similar F who knows the magic of sit ting in bed Sunday morning, drinking coffee and discussing life. 2544

Asukinq uxmmx 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. CAN'T SIT STILL If you feel a weird need to get up & sing karaoke, take pictures of your food, or get lost in the woods in the middle of April, give me a call & maybe we can do all three. ISO F, 18-24, with energetic attitude. 2644_________________ SMART, POLITICAL DYKE WITH A good sense of humor, craving the end of winter, is looking for someone similar to hang out with, friendship & the rest?? 2651________________________ UVM STUDENT, 21, POET & ATHLETE 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

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scathingly cynical GWM, 28, ISO a lumberjack who will read me Italian fairy tales while I sleep and show me earthly delights as I wake. 2653___________ MASCULINE, CONFIDENT GWM, athletic, : MAN OF COLOR, VITAL, ATHLETIC, sen30s, 6’, 175 lbs., intelligent, fun, out l sual, conscious, worldly, ISO WM, tall, going, attractive, genuine, looking to t hairy, muse., sexy, smart, 35-40. 2612 meet guys in Champlain Valley area. : ME: YOUNG COLLEGE BOY, NICELY You be college-educated, masculine, t BUILT, kinda yuppie-ish, tired of bar attractive and aged 23-35. 2656______ ‘ scene. You: young (under 25), thin, GWM, 50S, SCORPIO. I’M CARING, pas t intelligent 81 honest. Let’s get together, sionate, honest, sincere. Seek a 40+ t have coffee & discuss the world. 2615 male; must be a top. Looks not impor : GWM, 28, 6’, 180 LBS., ISO 40+ discitant, only sincerity and honesty. All plinarian father figure w/ large build for replies answered. 2661_____ ■ . ♦ guidance, fun, life lessons. 2622______ GWPM, 42, 5'9“, 160 LBS., stable life, SW GRAD STUDENT, 28, SHY, SMART, loves traveling, music, movies, snug busy, handsome. New to scene. Loves gling, outdoors. One-man guy, not into movies, traveling, cooking, books. one-night stands. ISO GWM, 25-45, Looking for GWM, 20-30, for romance, friendship leading to romance. 2667 LTR and/or friendship. 2624__________ AQokmq m o n

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You are 18-25, blonde/green(?), straight-acting, cool, funny, cute. Do you exist? I do. Anyone? Hello? 2680 GWM, 38, 5’ll", 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, 2535, for LTR and friends. Let’s get to know each other. 2690______________ NEW TO VT: 23, BROWN HAIR, BLUE eyes, 6*2”. Hobbies: video games, par tying, 420, movies, and making people laugh. Looking for straight-acting M, 18-25, similar hobbies, up for partying the night away. 2645

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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-morning fun at my place. Hairy chest a +. 2594___________________ GWM, 38, SEEKS NS, SPIRITUAL 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 same. I’m 33, love the outdoors (especially sailing), reading, traveling, camping, serious conversations and fun play times. 2561

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“THIS IS GOING TO HURT ME A LOT more than it’s going 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

SWM, 26, ISO FEMALES WHO ARE lone ly and bored, but don’t want a rela tionship; but looking for fun-filled wild & erotic nights. 2705________________

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ATTRACTIVE, INTELLIGENT, WITTY M, 36, 5’u ”, 160 lbs.,-in long-term, loving relationship, seeks female for fun and passion. No commitment, just mutual pleasure. You supply the bubble bath, I’ll bring the champagne. 2713________ BIWM, 36, HAIRY, FIT, FIERCELY LOYAL Loves walking, massage, reading, writ ing, cats, creativity, gardening, learning. ISO F, M, CU for friendship, ecstasy, conversation, integration, fun 81 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 all—friendship, banter and, of course, our erotic fantasies. Totally discreet and clean. 2650_______________ CREATIVE 81 EROTIC ROLE PLAY. Sophisticated 81 imaginative. Safe, sane & discreet. 2652____________________ MaWCU, 50s, ISO OTHER CU OR SM for sensual adventures. Healthy, ND, discreet—expect same. 2623____________ YOU: SNOODLE. Me: A bear that needs some berries. Can you help? 2627

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serve as volunteers, has representa tion from all three of Burlington’s political parties. The Commissions unanimous decision to hire Alana Ennis was reached after an exhaustive national search and a thorough interview process. Second, when the Police Commission and the hiring con sultant informed the City Council that the original salary was not competitive for communities of a similar size in the northeast region, nine out of 14 City Councilors decided that the pro posed salary increase was a worth while investment in the safety of our community. Third, there is no such thing as a “ripple effect” on other city salaries caused by paying the Police Chief a salary that the law enforcement job market demands. There are at least five other toplevel city administrators who are paid similar or higher salaries and yet the salaries in their depart ments have not been subject to upward pressure. The salaries of city employees, which typically lag behind salaries for comparable positions in the private sector, are determined by a nationally accept ed job classification system. Burlington voters should reject Kurt Wrights misleading rhetoric about the hiring o f the new Police Chief, and support Peter Clavelle for M ayor... — Ted W impey Police Commissioner Burlington THANK S FOR IG N O R IN G

Now that the Clinton impeachment circus is finally over,

— Laura Solom on

Burlington

— Ian P. Ranzer

Wallingford

— Patrick Brown Beckford

Burlington PROSPERITY FOR ALL

I think this election for Mayor of Burlington provides citizens with a clear choice. Mayor Clavelle has proven his ability to keep Burlington economically prosperous while continually striv ing to ensure that it’s a livable city for all. His administation has brought new jobs to Burlington, supported expansion of the air port, increased the base of afford able housing, advocated for com munity-based policing, raised the wages of the lowest-paid city employees, and balanced the city budget for the eighth year. Yet, Kurt Wright charges Mayor Clavelle has been fiscally irresponsible. As a City Councilor, Mr. Wright voted to cut funding for the Human Rights Commission and the Women’s Council; he also opposed livable wage increases for the lowest-paid city employees. It appears that Mr. Wright favors prosperity for some, while Mayor Clavelle favors

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DISAGREE W IT H W R IG H T

Kurt Wright thinks that Ruth Dwyer should be governor of Vermont. He thinks that Act 60 should be repealed. He [thought] that President Clinton should be impeached. He thinks that he should be Mayor of Burlington. On each of these points Kurt and I disagree. — Justin Francese Burlington W R IG H T HAZARDS T H E STORM

As a resident of Burlington, with lifelong ties to this commu nity, it is refeshing for me as an independent voter to be able to cast a positive vote for Burlington’s future in the person of Kurt Wright. Having grown up in Burlington’s Old North End and then the South End, I have seen the true needs of a wide range of people. Kurt’s vision for everyone, and not just a select few, will make him an honest and dedicat ed mayor for the people. W hen it comes to experience and compe tence in a public servant, Kurt has shown time and again an ability and openness to listen and act upon the many issues that have come his way. His insight to effect positive changes and to not just accept the status quo mentality has led to his being wrongly labeled by many progressively

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Kurt Wright has no vision to offer Burlington voters. Instead, he attacks Mayor Peter Clavelle for helping people get their absen tee ballots to City Hall and for collecting and spending donations from his supporters. Kurt doesn’t understand the issues that face the

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I am writing to express my strong support for the re-election o f Mayor Peter Clavelle. I have lived in Burlington for 10 years and am proud of the accomplish ments of his administration. I am proud to tell friends and relatives who live elsewhere that I live in a city where the downtown is vibrant, the waterfront is accessi ble to the public and all perma nent city employees earn a livable wage. There is a tendency to take many of the desirable features of Burlington for granted. For exam ple, I feel safe walking around our city, unlike my experience in other places I’ve lived. Community policing and the Community Justice Center are just two of the prevention pro grams Peter’s administration has supported to maintain a safe envi ronment for citizens. I like the fact that Peter seems to be contin ually looking for ways to make our city better. He’s earned our respect and our votes. Let’s re elect Peter Clavelle for Mayor on March 2. — Debra Clemmer Burlington

I am writing in support of Mayor Peter Clavelle s candidacy for re-election. He has a very credible record, although there is still much to be done in Burlington. He deserves to be given the opportunity to continue the fine job he has started. There, I invite you all to join me in sup porting his re-election.

— Chris Pearson

PR O U D OF BURLING TON

RE-ELECT CLAVELLE

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minded persons. Kurt will always hazard the storm to speak out for the people.. O n March 2, the residents of Burlington will be able to effec tively direct their city into the new millennium. A vote for Kurt Wright will ensure us of a respon sible, effective and dynamic direc tion.

city, so he attacks Mayor Clavelle on flimsy political issues instead. Kurt should spend more time building a vision for Burlington and less time on petty little issues that don’t impact average citizens.

prosperity for all. Let’s re-elect Peter Clavelle for Mayor on March 2.

I applaud Seven Days for com pletely ignoring the issue. Hopefully, people learned an important lesson from this: VOTE T H IR D PARTY!

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— W illiam Rockwood

Burlington BESSIES WERE NECESSARY

No Bessie Awards this year [Backtalk, February 13]? Apparently City Arts has learned what every local theater company has known for years — every show doesn’t make money. And many aren’t as fortunate as City Arts has been the past two years with the Bessies by breaking even. W hat if the theater community stopped doing productions after two shows that merely broke even, or just did productions that were surefire hits? While the structure of the Bessies wasn’t perfect, it at least brought attention and recognition to a very vital arts force in this community. And it was at least one time a year the theater com munity had a sense that its art was part of City Arts. For City Arts to cancel one night of recognition because it didn’t raise money for their other projects is a shame. The theater community doesn’t need a full-course meal, entertain ment, fancy statues, etc. We need support from the city of Burlington for a permanent the ater facility and acknowledgment that we are part of the local arts scene. — Bob Bolyard Burlington (Z)

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Air Tight

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Future Superstar

Nocturna

Sneeth and 3Pac punk/indie/hardcore

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Qurious George

2-6 am

eclectic house/d&b/ ambient

industrial/goth/noise/ ambient

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Paraglider O L D IE S S H O W

industrial/gothic/ambient

Herbal Mahogany

Zack

Sci-Fi

emoviolence/hardcore/ screamo

acid jazz/hip-hop/ breakbeat

2-6 am

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