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ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE Justice Served Renato Salazar entered his company's kitchen in Manila and opened two gas tanks. Hiding inside a water-filled drum to protcct himself, he tossed a lighted match at the tanks, starting a fire that destroyed the building. The ' heat from the blaze boiled the water in the drum, killing Salazar.

Name Game with robbing a grocery store. Apple Computer inc. revealed After taking Si 70 at gunpoint, that it settled a lawsuit brought the robber dashed out to his waitGuaranteed tC Get by astronomer Carl Sagan, who ing getaway car to find the door Results had objected to the company's use locked and the keys inside. He A welfare reform bill passed of his name as a code word for had to kick out a back window to by the Florida Senate contains a the development of its Power get into the car, giving police , provision that would take w a y ' Macintosh 7100. After Sagan's ' * more thm enough time to / the hunting and fishing licenses attorneys complained, the compa- respond to the .emergency call by ! of anyny. changed the projects store clerks. name. The change didn't Police in Lexington, North Rugged Individualism If satisfy Sagan, who sued Carolina, arrested three men for Two weeks after embit' i _ Apple after hearing robbing a gas station after their tered Montana Freeman 9 \ i V \ * J ? news reports that progetaway air swerved off the road Ralph E. Clark ordered a I \ \ ject managers had relaand flipped over when the driver follower ro nail to his fence * beled the project BHA — fried to steer and count the stolen the manifesto that began, ' ^ ^ ^ ^^ c ^ tor "Butt-head Astronomer." money at the same time. "Freemen are not a part to the ttOV^ * '! de facto corporate prostitute aka . Land Op the Setting JCWZah! the United States," The New York one found to be behind in childSun In Ireland, a man staggered Times reported that Clark and his support payments. According to a survey by into the emergency room of ranch partners received $676,082 Japans Cultural Affairs agency, 44 Belfast Hospital with a wind-up in federal assistance over the past The Cnemy Is Us percent of those polled said that if turtle attached to his testicles, 10 years. Last year, the Army issued spoken to by a foreigner they explaining that his young son had Bronze Stars to seven members of would answer in Japanese; 28 per- dropped the toy into his bath. "A M'U<Sie Lovers the 3rd Armored Cavalry cent would use Japanese or mechanical joint connected to his Officials in Vilnius, Lithuania, Regiment for "meritorious English, depending on the cirtender bits and jammed solid," a erected a monument to rock star achievement" during the Persian cumstance; 2 percent would use nurse said. Frank Zappa, explaining that even Gulf war, even though their English, and 19 percent would though the two had no connecachievement was mistakenly firing "try not to answer at all." Smoke Screen tion, they were sure he would on U.S. troops, killing one and Stories warning about the danhave visited Vilnius had he not wounding another. F r u i t s 0$ Research gers of smoking decreased in the dted two years earlier. Martha Belury, a professor of popular schoolchildren's magazine • American scientist Dr. Hector Veiled T h r e a t nutrition at Purdue University, Weekly Reader after the publication Corona reported that dolphins The government of Kenya reported that a substance found was bought by RJR Nabisco, a sing along to the radio. By slowannounced that Muslim women in cheeseburgers, conjugated conglomerate whose holdings ing down recordings of dolphins would have to be photographed dienoic linoleic acid, inhibits skin include tobacco company R. J. to one-quarter speed, he said he for new national identity cards cancer in mice. Reynolds, according to University discovered that their sounds are without their veils. When the of California at San Francisco propopular hits from the likes of women protested, the government Curses, Foiled Again fessor Stanton Glantz. His study Mariah Carey and Bryan Adams, said they could have their pictures Police in Cadiz, Kentucky, found that 62 percent of the stowhich they hear by picking up taken wearing veils. charged Kevin Stanley Stokes, 25, ries about tobacco were and- , sound waves from radios on boats and beaches.

smoking until the Reader was bought; after that, only 24 percent: were anti-smoking, Mile6 C$ Smile6 Yu Qian, a dentist in China's Heilongjiang province, built an 8-foot-high tower out of 28,000 decayed teeth to promote awareness of dental hygiene. TrueLcve Less than two months after watching her former boyfriend kill her date with a shotgun blast to the head, 19-year-old Amber Farris said she not only forgives him but wants to marry him. "I know it sounds weird to everyone, but I have a son with him and I really love him despite all he's done," Farris said after Jason R. White, 23, was indicted for the ambush killing. "He's not the monster you read about in the papers." Suspicions ArCUSed Maytag repairman Glenn Thomas Stooksbury got caught by claiming he had plenty to do. The owner of an appliance repair shop in Knoxville, Tennessee, was charged with submitting more than $173,000 in bogus repair claims to Maytag Corp. and White Consolidated Industries, Prosecutors said the repairs were never done or were done on appliances no longer under warranry. •

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viduals. Rape is a systematic oppression of violence that has everything to do with the relationship between men and women in our culture. Just like racism is not about some crazed KKK individuals, like Mr. Sneedeker suggested. Racism is about a systematic oppression and has everything to do with the relationship between white people and people of color. The fact that Mr. Sneedeker refuses to take any responsibility in the fight to end rape or racism is both frightening and sad to me. A lot of white men do not have a clue of the privilege and entitlement they have in our culture. Paul Falcone, another white male letter writer, wrote "men have traded their personal comfort and tranquility of mind, so that women can have theirs." This statement is so incredibly out of touch with the reality of women's lives. Falcone wrote this sentiment in a response letter to an article about rape and the recent brutal attacks against women in our community. What an absolute insult to the pain and struggle suffered by these women. I can't even imagine the thought process behind using the words comfort and tranquility to describe the experience of women in a statement about rape. I do agree with Mr. Falcone that it is unfortunate that males are raised in our culture to have "stunted malnourished feelings." I think it is equally unfortunate that Mr. Falcone somehow finds women to blame for this reality (but not surprising). Who controls the institutions that dominate how people are socialized in our culture? Men. Mr. Falcone blames women for wanting a tough protector and then complaining when she gets a wife beater or rapist. It's a package deal, Mr. Falcone says. What do women expect, is the sentiment. And why is it, Mr. Falcone, that women need "protection" to begin with? Violent men! Mr. Falcone says that women are raised to be victims — women are socialized to be victims. He suggests that women read The Myth of Male Power so we can better understand our part in why we make men violent towards us. Women, every day in our culture, are victims of male violence, through no fault o j^ir own. It Jflgjtj^i^ doesn't matter what you were Raised for if £ rapist has got a knife at your throat. Blaming the vie- "1 tim is a very old strategy used to justify denial and apathy. The women who were recently attacked in Burlington were not raped because they were raised to be victims. These women were raped because they were attacked by violent men, and if other men don't have the analysis, courage or spine to take a stand to end rape, then you perpetuate the violence. — Jess Bell Burlington

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is well-known for its woodchuck writers. But there are dancers, actors and architects in them thar hills, too. Award-winning ones. Every year the Vermont Council on the Arts recognizes some high-ranking resident creator who — nine times out of 10 — makes money someplace else. Last year it coaxed post-modern dance pioneer Steve Paxton out of East Charleston to accept a Governor s Award for Excellence in the Arts. This Wednesday, the attention shifts to artist-designer-architect Michael Singer, whose outdoor sculpture and site-specific architecture can be found all over the world. Except Vermont. "It's not a place that's doing much in the public realm, other than decorative," Singer says of his home state, which he is reluctant to leave even for big bucks. He works on a 100acre farm in Wilmington out of two b a m s — one for printmaking, drawing and photography, the other for sculpture and architecture. One of Singers celebrated structures is a solid-waste transfer station in Arizona. Hot shit. . . Speaking of gorgeous buildings, the Legislature did right by three cultural facilities this session: it awarded symbolic sums to the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line, the Paramount Theatre in Rutland and the future summer home of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra in Manchester Center. "The state is investing in its cultural and artistic capital, and that's a good sign," says Rep. Matt Dunne. Two other arts-related entities — the VCA and the Vermont Film Commission — also did well by the guv.

A L L A R T : Lance Richbourg is still playing baseball. But for now, he has stopped painting it. The selection — and prices — may never be this good again. Keep that in mind next Thursday when his painting of Don Mattingly comes up for bid at a major fundraiser for the Green Mountain Scholarship at the Kwiniaska Golf Course — Richbourg donated the work for the post-links sealed-bid auction. The more Yankees fans bidding, the better . . . The Statehouse received its first major photographic gift last week — 30 portraits of real Vermonters from Waterbury photographer Peter Miller. The images, which will hang in the State Capitol complex, will not only liven up the meeting rooms. They'll keep scowling watch over lawmakers — a constant reminder of who's paying the bills. Thirteen 'publishers turned down Miller's photo-essay book Vermont H I imm^ "J%E / / ' V H H | People before he decided to finance the printing himself. His latest book,

People of the Great Plains, has been nixed by 22 so far. "So I know it will be a good one," Miller says.

IN BRIEF: Middlebury senior Scott Goldman was minding his own independent film project when he got the idea for The Power of Self The subject matter — a college student dealing with leukemia — brought up healing themes. From there came the idea of a benefit album of original Midd-made music, Goldman managed to produce the collective compact disc in a month. But he is set on a future in film. That's Goldman, not Goldwyn. Pick up a disc at the Saturday screening. It's for a good cause . . . Burlington sculptor Kate Pond is heading for Norway this week to build "Solekko," a sun-aligned sculpture marking the longest day of the year in Oslo; It is the second of a five-part sculpture series — in Quebec, Hawaii, Norway, Japan and Australia designed to feature artifacts of local schoolchildren and their counterparts around the world. The work will be unveiled in a solstice celebration. Nothing more motivating than a cosmic deadline . . . The National Endowment for the Arts released its latest round of grants yesterday, and Vermont scored a total of seven — down 20 and $424,901 from last year. The biggest chunk went to the VCA, which regrants to smaller organizations. The Flynn got the second largest award — $75,000 —• to support dance and jazz festival offerings next year. Smaller grants went to the Potomac Theatre Project, the Vermont Folklife Center, Catamount Arts, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund and G.R.A.C.E.'s Expansion Arts, a West Glover program designed to promote self-taught artists in rural Vermont. • r > . V: * , *;

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groups, are challenging businesses. Now what we can extrapolate from that is that the consumers are vigilantes, they are seeing business as being a major force for a lot of the tension in the world. They don't believe government is in control anymore — its business. Whether or nor they create sales, I don't know.

Ben: We talk about values-led business, The other question that sterns from that is, whose values? We both have businesses of several hundred people. Anita: You said it brilliantly at a speech I heard you give years ago. You said, 'don't let's complicate this. Don't let's do another pedagogy on this.' It is the values of the church and the temple. And wherever you go, there are common human valBy Paula Routly ues that are non-negotiable. There are the values of enhancing social equity, or evenness. There is protecting the environment — every indigenous group does that. There are values of fostering human creativity. This is abundant in the way you act personally, and the way your company is perceived to be acting — and the same with me. Your businesses are made of people, and people come with their needs. How do we bring spirituality into the workplace? We Ben: One of the things I have been talkredefine the notion of work, that it is ing a lot about at Ben & Jerry's is your not a soulless job. It is something that concept of values-led business — that's a ennobles you with the community you phrase that you coined and that I have been using quite a bit. I think finally peo- have —the chattering, the creativity, the relationships. And then there are the ple at Ben & Jerry's are starting to get it. values of the community. All of these We are kind of talking about it in the context of values-led business versus cause- • are common to any group, whether they are in Russia, South India or whatever. related marketing. Anita: Between cause-related marketing, Ben: Right. You mentioned your business right, which is another way to earn allows you to do whatever it is you do, money, and marketing causes, which is even though you own the bloody thing. That's certainly an issue that I run into a said lot here at Ben & Jerry's. Many times I feel like I cant do what I want to do, and I can't get the business to do what I'd like it to do, even though I'm the biggest shareholder. And then there is the question of empowering your employees, you know, to empower them to do whatever they want to do versus aligning everybody in one direction. I'm wondering how you deal with it.

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Continued from page 7 what I try and do — is to look to the point of least resistance. And that point of least resistance for me is America. Ben: That's where I'm stuck. The point of least resistance for me is the U.K. Anita: Well, that's it. What I do is I go and spend months in America. I go with a group of people — less than 130 — I have got my experimental shop. Put everything away from the bigness of here, and I bring everything there. We have gone so far bureaucratically — hierarchy, bloody boxes — it looks like a Leggo set from hell here. The worst thing we did was bring in this management consultant, who was brilliant for our manufacturing, but wasn't good for creativity. I just want a group of people that takes risks. I want to be measured by how many experiments don't bloody work. And that is what I am constantly setting up in America. Ben: Sounds like the concept of the sandbox, or the skunkworks, that some entrepreneurs who end up with big companies do so they can experiment on their own. Anita: It's survival. It's like breathing. Sometimes I feel I can't breathe. Sometimes I feel I am so pushed up, up there, as being the creator, the founder. I am almost a token, like almost

a perception of eccentricity. Ben: You know our companies have both been the subject of some negative press lately. At my company it had a chilling e f f e c t on taking on new risks to create

down in my book, wait a sec —"tempered radicalism." Ben: That's an oxymoron, yeah? Anita: Yeah. It has stunted us to such a degree. What it says is, you can't have vision anymore.

in our face, because it isn't the reality. Every piece of paper that we printed, every statement, every leaflet, every pamphlet, was audited. Everything had to be fact, nothing could be aspirational. It created a web of assumptions, assumptions that you would never have had. "Body Shop says they are all natural" — we have never said that in our whole bloody lives. They will take an aspirational idea and make it a fact. That was terribly negative for us. It made us a very boring company, there is no doubt about that, for a year. But now we are sort of going back with a vengeance. Ben: Yeah, I think the same thing is happening to us. I have been saying the best answer to the critics is to do more socially positive s t u f f . Anita: I think that's non-negotiable. I think it's the way we talk about it that was challenged. I absolutely agree with you. And I think you have always had that — I don't I L L U S T R A T I O N : T I M NEWCOMB think you ever lost that, It's like Martin Luther King: "I had a dream." We are no longer though, did you? Ben: Uh, yeah. I think that the allowed to dream about what number of social mission-oriented we could achieve because the initiatives that we have taken on voicing of the dream is thrown

Thank God I've got a company that allows me - even though I own the bloody thing to market ml of these things that I feel are essential. positive social good. Because they were afaid if we didn't do it exactly right it would blow up in our face and we'd get more negative press. I am wondering what e f f e c t the negative press has had on your company? Anita: Well, it's been catastrophic. We're even frigging frightened of using adjectives. There is something about radical — hang on, there's an expression. I have got it written

really dropped. And I , you said— we are just starting to come back, to get back to where we were. Anita: I think what we did was a little different. What we did was internalize everything. We made sure that every process, every bloody pot of moisture cream, had our audit. But I don't think what we did was inyour-face enough, outwardly. Ben: Right. This idea that until your company is 100 percent pristine on the inside you are not allowed — or it is not advisable for you — to start talking about problems on the outside. Anita: If we wanted to be quiet, we would have set up a library. We are big people that have big ideas with big messages. And the messages are beyond ourselves. And we, both of us, parade our philosophies up front —7- and you and I will never be able to back down because we know that in our businesses it works like mirrors. When we look into our businesses we see more than ourselves. It's not, "Oh, I'm Ben, or I'm Anita and we run these companies." We see the philosophies we live by, and I think in those things, Ben, we will make no compromise. And that's who we are, and that's in your face, and we are doing it

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'AESOP'S FABLES': Marc Lachapelle puts a fresh spin on old allegories with help from Green Candle Theatre Company. Burlington City Hall, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 893-7333.

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k i d s MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH: Live music and a silent auction benefit the Green Mountain Waldorf School Scholarship Fund. A supervised activity room for children of all ages benefits mom. Green Mountain Inn, Stowe, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. $17. Reservations, 253-4972.

e t c 'COMMUNITY ACCESS GOES DIGITAL': See May 10. Workshops and an inspirational talk run 9 a.m. - noon." ARCHEOLOGY PROGRAM: The archeological history of Ethan Allen Homestead is the subject of a lecture by Prudence Doherty and Scott Stevens. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 2 p.m. $3.50. Info, 865-4556. DEBORAH TANNEN TALK The best-selling author of You Just Don't

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k i d s STORY TIMES: Children 18 months to three years old listen at 10:30 a.m., those three to five at 9:30 a.m., and kids over four get a chance at 3:30 p.m. S. Burlington Library. Free. Info, 658-9010.

e t c BLOOD DRIVE: See May 10, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WRITE-IN: Help save a life for the price of a stamp. Write a letter to oppose human rights abuses. All materials are provided at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4838. BUSINESS BREAKFAST: Entrepreneurs share ideas over coffee. Cafe No No, Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-1208.

® tuesday m u s i c ANDES MANTA: See May 12, Bethany Church, Montpelier, $5. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Take your brown bag to the Tom Charpentier Trio

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Deception and Everything After is one'of a dozen short dramas featured in the Vermont Young Playwrights Project this weekend at Royall Tyler. The writers are amateur, but most of the players are pro. Don't miss The Sure Success

12-Step Program to Self- Affirmation and Esteem. It works. 4 . CHECKING INN: Your mother is a queen, of course. So why not give her the royal treatment? The closest thing in Vermont is a tour of the Inn at Shelbume Farms — a different sort of Webb site. Take advantage of a once-a-year opportunity to check out the mansion without actually checking in. 5 • DUNGEONS AND DRUMSTICKS: The Middle Ages were not all war and pestilence. For those who survived, there were soft pretzels, bratwurst and cool games like "Dunk the Jester." The good people of Jericho look at the bright side of the "dark ages" Saturday at a medieval country fair. The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church hosts. v l • SAY, WHAT? Do men and women speak the same language? Not exactly, according to Deborah Tannen, whose bestselling book You Don't Understand looks at the linguistics of gender. The book has reportedly saved a few marriages. Maybe it can snag a few jobs. Gratis listen up Sunday at St. Michaels College, pR

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concert. Coffe and tea will be provided. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 8 6 4 - 0 4 7 1 . C O M M U N I T Y BAND PRACTICE: Musicians of all levels rehearse with the Waterbury Community Band. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-6352.

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ARTHRITIS SEMINAR: Learn how humor and creativity can help you deal with chronic pain and illness. Radisson, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $ 1 2 . Register, 800-639-8838. ' G O I N G T O T H E MOVIES': History prof Denise Youngblood offers a lecture entitled, "Nickelodeons to Palaces: 1 8 9 6 - 1 9 1 8 . " Burlington Square Mall, Church Street Marketplace, 1 2 : 3 0 p.m. Free. Info, 6 5 8 - 2 5 4 5 . TRANSPORTATION MEETING: The monthly meeting of the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization welcomes your input on mid-year adjustments to the Unified Planning Program. Milton Town Offices, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3004.

BLOOD DRIVE: See May 10, V F W Hall, Middlebury, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

©Wednesday m u s i c 'NOON M U S I C IN MAY': See May 8. Today folk singer and songwriter Rik Palieri performs traditional American and Southern Polish folk music and dance. BENEFIT CONCERT: Tammy Fletcher leads a new group of Disciples on a vocal journey — from "Count on Me" to "No Longer" — to benefit Chittenden Community Action and the Emergency Food Shelf. Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $8-12. Info, 8 6 4 - 5 9 3 1 .

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'INTRO T O COMPUTERS 2': Wednesday, May 8, 6-8 p.m. Department of Employment & Training, Burlington. Free to unemployed Chittenden County residents. Register, 860-4057. If you know how to use Windows find a mouse, this is the course for you. 'SPREADSHEETS MADE EASY': Wednesday, May 15, 6-8 p.m. Department of Employment & Training, Burlington. Free to unemployed Chittenden County residents. Register, 860-4057. Use MS Works Spre, record and analyze your utility bills.

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'REINVENTING THE WALL': Two Sundays starting June 23, 1-4 p.m. Frog Hollow, Burlington. $66. Register, 8636458. Learn how to use decorative paint techniques to create big paintings to live in. ADULT/CHILD PAINTING: Saturday, May 1 1 , 1 0 a.m. - noon. Creative Crossings, Richmond. Free. Register, 434-6395. All ages are welcome at this acrylic class.

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writing LIFE-THREATENING POETRY: Four Wednesdays starting May 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. T.W Wood Gallery, Montpelier. $25. Register, 828-8743. Marjorie Ryerson leads people facing life-threateniiig illness, including families, friends and health-care workers, in expressing emotions. WRITERS W O R K S H O P : Tuesdays, 7 : 3 0 p.m. Cafe No No, Burlington. Free. Info, 8 6 5 - 5 0 6 6 .

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F L A M I N G S E N S E S : P A I N T I N G S & V I D E O by Steven Dunning and Kevin Cook, and ME ARE THE A N G E L S : WE ARE T H E MORTAL P E O P L E , sculpture installation by Melinda White. TW Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through May. DRAW INGS & P A I N T I N G S , by Marco Moraffy Alonso. Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 658-7454. Through May. OUTS I D E ART, photographs of environmental asemblages and other works by Melanie Putz and Erik Brown. Union Station Gallery Burlington, 864-9572. Through May. , FROM ACROSS TH£ BORDER, work of Canadians Sara Mills and Michel Viala. Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, 223-4220. Through May. ' ' ANYTHING GOES, mixed media exhibit by local artists. Cafe No No, I&JHh Burlington, 865-5066. Through May 21. ^ HOHtH*WORK PROJECT, featuring mixed media work in city businesses, Montpelier, 229-9649. Through May. H E A L I N G L E G A C I E S, nationally touring exhibit of art and writing by women who have faced breast cancer. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 6560750. Through August 11. POTTERY AND P A I N T I N G S , group show. Prog Hollow on the Marketplace, Burlington, 863-6458. Through May 17. HOOKED I N THE MOUNTAINS, one-of-a-kind hooked rugs by the AT THE CROSSROADS In her small, coherent exhibGreen Mountain Hooking Guild. Joslyn Round Barn, Waitsfield, 496it, "Particulars ol Time and 4757. Through May 12. Place," at Shelburne's FurchWATERCOLORS by Annelein Beukenkamp. Inn at Essex, Essex Jet., 878gott Sourdiffe Gallery, Barbara U 00. Through June. Wagner displays all the signs WOODCUTS & WATERC0L0RS by Ginger Lambert. City Arts Office, of a painter at a crossroads of Burlington, 767-3335. Through June 13. stylistic development She FINANCE, F R A G R A N C E S . FRESH; I N S I G H T S , watercolors and passeems tempted by and slightly tels by Nancy Walsh. Vermont Pasta, Burlington , 658-2575. Through June. wary of her relationship with VERHONT P E O P L E , black-and-white photographs by Peter Miller. abstraction. Vermont ^Council on the Arts, Montpelier, 828-3291. Through June. These lyrically simplified " •> n 1 t * u A 1 r f i A i i -riiic T U f t t l s r AI1T I - J• C canvases are compartmentalized, carefully blocked out College, Burlington, 658-0337. Through June 30. into areas of color which at once suggest the lllusionary P A I N T I N G S and mixed media by Jessica Martinek, John Murray and space of interior scenes and Richard Witting. Green Street Gallery, Burlington, 863-9072. Through May reinforce the flatness of the I COULD MAKE T H I S MORE A C C E S S I B L E , sculpture by Kathleen picture-plane. This push and Schneider. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Burlington, 864-8040, ext. 121. pull is dynamically active, Through June 1. especially as coupled with the F L O R A L SYMPHONY, watercolors by Dorothy Martinez. Uncommon Klimt-like patchwork of color. Grounds, Burlington, 878-1761. Through June 2. Indeed, Wagner is a colM I X E D M E D I A by the Stowe Artists Club. Also the 15TH ANNUAL orist, and in color lies both her STOWE STUDENT ART E X H I B I T . Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253greatest strength and weak7141. Through May. ness. Creamy pastel ochres S E N I O R HIGH ART S H O W , from Chittenden County high school stuand glowing aquamarine hues dents. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-3403. Through May. (possibly reflective of her recent association with Santa I R R E V E R E N T A R T , mixed media work by seven artists with a sense of Fes florid art scene) avert a humor. Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, 388viewer's attention from the 3177. Through May 27. more carefully mixed and P A R T I C U L A R S OF T I M E & P L A C E , paintings by Barbara Wagner. muted hues, these reminiscent Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through May 23. of Pierre Bonnards gauzy G E N T L E V I S T A S , recent pastels and watercolors by Sally Loughridge. | palette. The decorative risk of Isabels on the Waterfront, Burlington, 865-2522. Through May 15. such bold coloration is real WORKS OR P A P E R , group exhibit in mixed media. Firehouse Gallery, here; colors that are wonderBurlington, 860-4792. Through May 18. , fully luminous in one piece can appear garish and coarse P A I N T I N G S about spirituality, sexuality and gender-bending in America in another. by Roger Anthony Mapes, aka Yolanda. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-0385. Through May 12. "Particulars of Time and OIL PAINTINGS by Robert Waldo Brunelle. Wing Building, Space #3" is fairly representational of the work as a whole, Burlington, 899-1106. Through May. . , . ,, p... ''•'<»*» f* i i v» r ' '' ' * f* t rC, ' •• * tr pi j. in that the piece seems to be hovering on the edge of total abstraction while retaining the fkivrivil » » «-<-" 1-1-, WJ representation of a still-life of a vase and flowers. One gets the Arts, Montpelier, 828-3291. Through June. the impression that Wagner WORKS I N P E N C I L by DianncSfchulienberger/CathecH C?-- J L wants to leave the flower pots ^ m l Bujlington, 864-0471. T h r o u g h ^ 30, '' behind for the pure indulP H O T O G R A P H S by Fred Cray. Abernethy Room, Starr Library, gence and freedom of the Middlebury College, 388-3711. Through May. abstract. C 0 T A ' S CORN E RS and Other Grand Isle Scenes, hand-pulled prints by To be sure, works such as Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through June. 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the idea for which "came from going dancing at Gallagher's in Waitsfield." Alan Pashell's clay animal figures straddle cups and read magazines, "with their pants down and their feet up." Stephen Huneck, who claims his art is "not of painful things," features Daschunds in two of his pieces. Huneck's penchant for art and kitsch is further exemplified in his third piece, "I Will Not Carve My Desk." Here the impractical desk design is matched by the ineffectual schoolboy exercises parodied in the lettering across its front. The affirmation, "I Will Not Misbehave," appears behind the figures of a nun brandishing a rod at a boy who looks like both a devil and a superhero. Steve Holman, a selfdescribed "furniture guy," says he "likes a good joke." In this case the joke is the exquisite likeness of croquet mallets whose lethal implications are stagIk gering. The mallets are designed so that, when struck, missiles would fire at a height just above ground level. Long locks tumble out of Peter Harris' "Hairbrush," while his "Toothbrush" is set with canine teeth. These simple but stunning

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and Feeding the Moonfish making nice with the "Barney" set. But, according to Green Candle business manager Russell Dreher, whose first theater memory is of a troupe that toured his grade school, children's work has always been "part of the long-term plan. The impression it makes on

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few more direct questions like the lazy hare's "Where is the tortoise?" — this instantly met with a chorus of young voices screaming, "behind you!" The key to Aesop's Fables' As a director, Lachapelle success is its capably leads his players adaptor/director through a physical, quick-paced Marc LaChapelle. hour. Movements and expresWith 14 years' sions are wonderexperience on fully exaggerated, and behind the ™ and the enthusiasm stage — including on stage is conta10 kids' adaptations to gious. It's a his credit — Lachapelle demanding show, exhibits an informed and the cast is understanding of what equal to it — espemakes children's theater cially the exacting work. As a scripter, Jordan Gullikson. Lachapelle respects As the narrator, children's sense of Gullikson is in the humor and willingness thick of the action to leap between fantasy nearly nonstop. and reality. Characters Through it all, he from one fable suddenruns, tumbles, ly appear in another. dances and never An actor breaks form misses a chance to and admits he'd rather heighten the be the narrator. A excitement with a techie is called for, THE GRAPE PRETENDER Green Candle's Suzanne Mackay knowing glance mid-scene, to remove toward the house. Green just had an Evian backstage. A an unwanted prop. Ail this Candle fans will delight at the Led Zeppelin riff interrupts a delightful silliness not only sight of this veteran of heady entertains, it also teaches the Disney tune. While Aesop's drama taking pratfalls and mechanics of theater. viewers are clearly eager to delivering double-takes. interact with Lachapelle's These six morality tales may Juliane Poirier, Suzanne engaging cast, they get too few be 1400 years old, but Mackay and Russell Dreher erechanges. The script begs for a Lachapelle has appropriate kids is important to getting them involved as they grow up, keeping them in the arts," says Dreher.

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ate a solid, well-cast troupe, handling 20 characters among them. As pleasurable as their energetic ensemble work is their choreography, executed impressively on a small set. Hermione Farquar's colorful costumes are so ingeniously simple, they can convey the essence of an animal with a few well-placed objects. And Kathy Fabian's lyrically painted forest backdrop anchors each scene. Fabian, an original Garage Theatre member, was recruited for old time's sake from Manhattan, where she's a pro-level scenic artist. W i t h its oversized props and cornball puns, Aesop's Fables is pure fun for the pre- and earlyschool aged and their adult chauffeurs. If, like the workaholic ant in "The Ant and the Grasshopper" you feel you "need to lighten up a little," this show could do the trick. • Aesop's Fables is

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Children are the guardians of half the rituals we know, and who can better appreciate the glories of lying on the grass on a hot day with nothing to do until the KP bell rings? Parents know this, even while they're busy sewing in name tags and buying flashlight batteries. But parents are generally a more anxious bunch, less nonchalant about such things as lice inspection or a short-sheeted bed. They're more apt to worry at the thought of animals whose yellow eyes glow in the distance or the ramifications of a campout in the rain, about bullies, or the kid with a better backhand. The parents are allowed to be cautious. They are, after all, entrusting their child to an organization where twothirds of the staff have goofy nicknames. And they may be remembering their own escapades with the poison ivy, the Ex-Lax and the bug juice spiked with actual bugs. So what happens when you page through the camp advertisements and get overwhelmed by the assortment of camps — will your youngster learn computer skills or lose weight, play tennis, speak Russian, build a log cabin or sail around Lake Champlain? A camp is more than the list of activities it offers. It's important for parents and prospective campers to ask lots of questions, beginning with ones about the camp's philosophy and goals. The difference between a place that fea-

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Nevertheless, with all the complex and stupid information from "experts" youre forced ro listen to every single day, I think it bears highlighting. It is, after all, the single most important principle ruling your actions now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My gut feeling? I'd say you could find more useful adventures than hanging off a cliff by your fingernails and playing mind games with the vultures overhead. For all I know, though, youre carrying out the touchiest part of a master plan that's beyond my comprehension. In any case, I'll go ahead and give you astrological permission to plead temporary insanity — providing you absolutely promise not to shout curses at bullies who'd think nothing of stomping on your hands. CANCER Qune 21-July 22): Here's my take on your situation, Cancerian. It's not the word of God. It could be distorted by my own wishful thinking. But I sincerely believe that the cosmic powers-that-be have primed you for a turning point that many horoscope textbooks would deem improbable. Against the advice of all my astrologer friends, who feel the life of a Cancerian would never take the course I'm ^oing to predict, I say this. All your life, your focus has been on where you ve come from. Now it's changing to where you're going to. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mohammed said the way to paradise is over a bridge as narrow as the edge of a razor. I agree. If you're not brave, agile and a little cracked, you shouldn't even attempt the dicey trip. On the other hand, don't feel inadequate if you're not up to it. Life ain't so bad over here on the other side of paradise. Yes it's messy, confusing, absurd and filled with more suffering than seems necessary. But once you get used to it, it becomes almost comfy in a demented kind of way. Having said that, though, I'd like to inform you that if vou are one of those crazies whose destiny demands that you do risk the trek to paradise, you should begin now. Rarely have you been so full of damn-fool confidence and competence. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're ripe for an itchy vision of how much . i r » » minute now I ings that need to change. Seeing as how this sacred eruption is most likely to happen in a rofane place like a bar or all-night restaurant, I invite you to record your rainstorms on a menu or doily or napkin, and mail them to me at: Bar Napkin Wisdom, Box 150247, San Rafael, CA 94915. The entry with the pithiest bluster will be mentioned in a future column. (P.S.: Kitchen napkins are acceptable only if staying up late or consuming alcohol is a health hazard for you.) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You currendy bear more than a passing resemblance to a raw kernel of popcorn simmering on the hot oily bottom you want to give yourself to it with all your heart. "If only," you say to yourself, "if only I could make the change in a more slow-motion transition, not that other way — that sudden, explosive way." But before you can think any more irrelevant thoughts, the miracle happens. You pop. It all transpires so fast you almost don't notice the pain. And now you're a big tasty nourishing thing, ready to eat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Dear Scorpios: On behalf of your evil twins, I'd like to apologize for any misunderstandings caused by their desire to show you what you'd been missing. Their intent wasn't evil at all, you see. They merely wanted to fill in a few gaps in your education. Now your evil twins would like to humbly request that you stop calling them "evil twin," and refer to them by a nicer name, like, say, Booboo or Goofy. If you promise to see them in a friendlier light, they'll try to act more like the reverse of a devil's advocate. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "What are the sources of your best and most original ideas?" Joshua Glenn of Utne Reader asked this question of celebrated playwright Richard Foreman, author of My Head Was a Sledgehammer. Foreman replied, "Making my mind a blank is a great spiritual technique. Forgetting everything I know. Discovering that something I'm doing seems embarrassing, stupid or completely clich&i." I'm telling you this, Sagittarius, because your mind is sort of a blank already, and you might as well take advantage of it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What makes you weak in the knees? My most vivid encounter with the phenomenon occurred in Amsterdam in 1984, while on a romantic vacation with Margo. One afternoon I returned to our hotel room earlier than expected from my solo jaunt to the Anne Frank Museum. Before I could put my key in the door, I heard the sound of the bed springs creaking rhythmically in sync with the sighs of Margo . and an unknown male voice. My knees crumpled instantaneously. I should point out, however, that there are other ways to experience weak-knee-ism that are as thrillinglv happy as mine was traumatically sorrowful. I predict you will enjoy the thrillingly happy variety this week. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A five-second hug here and there is not going to achieve what you need to accomplish this week. A minimum of two 30-second hugs per day is a bare essential, and preferably you'll get • much more than that. I strongly recommend that you solicit and complete at least three three-minute hugs every single day this week. It would be eat if you could stretch one of those out to an hour. Maybe you think 'm kinda sorta joking, but I assure you I'm not. Your physical and emotional health depends on you receiving far more rfun your usual quota of tender physical touch. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Top fashion designers now say its nor only permissible b u t k : ^ L tterns with che * W l i ey probably wont stay on t i chic while you can. This week g, though, so enjoy hi r overwould be a perfect time to indulge to mch ir all astrol.— c ~ nota hi • ly. i>how olt your mis © Copyright 1996

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lime for another round of everybody's favorite film-related game. This week what we'd like you to do is pick out of the following story lines the ones we've taken from actual movies and the ones we've just plain made up. If they're real, write "plot." If they're figments of our imagination, jot "not." 1. A scientist claims to have invented a flying variation on Latex, but no one believes him. 2. Two unhappy kids feel better when they encounter bears. 3. A n ugly duckling is radiated when flying too near an atomic test site and mutates into a killer mallard who seeks revenge on the birds that made fun of him. 4. A troubled girl enjoys Christmas more than usual because of a reindeer that's been injured. 5. A lonely boy befriends a shrinking dog and becomes increasingly anxious as his pet approaches invisibility. 6. A young girl has trouble making her way home mainly because she's less than an inch tall.

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If it were possible to extract from Dead Man Walking the purposefulness of Tim Robbins' direction, the perceptiveness of his script and the power of Sean Penn's performance, the withered husk you'd have left is Bruce Beresford s Last Dance, a pointless, overblown puppet show of a T V movie, and the most shameless exercise in vacuum-sealed emotional manipulation since Leaving Las Vegas. Sharon Stone subjects us to a routine starlet-to-thespian exhibition. She throws in everything but the kitchen sink in her attempt to be taken seriously in the role of a white-trash LAW AND A R D O R Sharon Stone and Rob double murderer on death row: She swaggers. She speaks Morrow bond behind bars, (when she remembers to) in a distracting backwoods drawl. She protests the institutionalized cruelty of capital punishment by not using creme rinse. Just days before she's due to be executed, into her life walks entry-level clemency bureaucrat Rob Morrow. His Southern accent is equally hilarious and every bit as intermittent as Stones. Despite her mandatory initial iciness, we never doubt for a minute that things are going to heat up between these two. Morrows basically supposed to just do a final sign-off on the case, but — you guessed it — decides to risk his job and go to the mat for her instead. Sure, he argues, the woman pummeled two people into cranberry mannequins but, it turns out, she was on crack when she committed the crime, so she shouldn't be put to death. Yup, that's the sympathy card the picture attempts to play. This is not just a cold-hearted killer; this is a cold-hearted killer who likes to party! As entertaining as every minute of this shameless nuttiness is (wait until you get a load of the shameless trick ending), the best, I feel confident in promising, is yet to come. Assuming theaters don't pull the switch too soon, we can no doubt look forward to fun-filled weeks of talk-show interviews, during which the stars of Last Dance try to keep a straight face while prattling on about the national debate on capita^ punishment they were trying to spark through this hard-hitting, thought-provoking work. Right. Now if we could just get Demi Moore to tackle that nasty business in Bosnia.

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downtown workc carpool. Will drive daily, share or ride. Works long hours, often 8 : 6 . (2048)

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SHELBURNE to SO. BURLINGTON. I will pay for rides for a few months from Shelburne Rd. to Patchen Rd., almost in Winooski. Usually have to get td work by 8:30 a.m., rides home less critical. ( 2 0 1 6 ) ' f f i l p :s • sHIllll BURLINGTON to MONTREAL. Artist/Student ' frequently travels to Montreal o n day trips; would like to carpool. I'll help pay for gas, but I don't have a car. A n y days work for me. (1972) BURL, to SO. BURLINGTON. Commuter concerned about traffic congestion and pollution is offering to drive for commute from downtown Burl, to Kennedy Dr., near HS. Works 8-5. (2034)

BURLINGTON T O IBM. Several N 2 Team employees need rides to or from work at IBM. All are willling to pay for rides. If you drive to the plant every day for the N l or N2 shift and can offer rides, please call. (2063) BURLINGTON, U V M T O ESSEX JCT. I need a nde ; home at end of avg. shift, about 1 2 : 1 5 from U V M campus, can walk to meet ; ; you. Will pay! (2062) COLCHESTER to BURLINGTON. Hard working and going to — . too. I need rides home to < Malletts Bay, often after

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S O BURL. SPEAR S T I B M , jtneed morning ride only to start work 7 a.m. at main plant. (1963)

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WATERBURY CENTER FAHC, Burlington. I'd love a vanpool, but there just aren't enough people who can make the commitment. Do you want to carpool for 8 - 4 : 3 0 workday instead? (1937)

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BURLINGTON T O ST. A L B A N S New to the area commuter willing to drive or share commute for 8 - 4 : 3 0 or so workday, some afternoon flexibility. (2066)

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esty, romance and a sense of adventure ture, laughter and companionship. needed. 64714 64789 WANTED: FUN-LOVING TALL MAN NORDIC VERMONT NATIVE: with similar interests to be friends & share Searching for a friend. Likes sun, movies, active outdoor activities. I like camping, romance, and fun. Ages 23-31. Must hiking, cycling, cooking together, traveling, have a love for laughter and life. 64790 massage. I am N/S, independent, sincere, caring, happy, healthy, & appreciate kindness. You are 48-60, athletic, compassionate, adventurous. 64716 DPWF, DYNAMIC REDHEAD, 36 and very fit, ISO playmate for roller blading, hiking, intelligent conversation, lots of PERSONAL ABBREVIATIONS laughter and possibly more. 64718 A = Asian, B = Black, C = Christian, D = READY TO TAKE A CHANCE ON Divorced, F = Female, G = Gay, H = LOVE? SWF, 30's, intelligent, compassionHispanic, J = Jewish, M = Male, ND=No ate, funny, attractive, and fit. Seeking Drugs, NS = Non-Smoking, P= Professional, friend/lover/companion to share S = Single, W = White or Widowed heart/soul/life with. 64663 SWF SEEKING SWM 25-30 WHO ENJOYS HOCKEY and has a sense of humor. If you are caring and mature, interWOMEN SEEKING MEN ested in friendship AND smiles, we should meet.'64673 TURNED MIDDLE-AGED HOPELESS ROMANTIC SWF, looking for YOUNG FEMALE SEEKING YOUNG that knight in shining armor SWM. Do you like BUCK for long walks in the woods, likes to CYNIC. NEVER BEEN HARRIED. dining dancing, walks, quiet times? 50's-60's dance and sit by a warm fire. 64675 64509 I WANT A SEXY HOT RICH MAN with DON'T HIND LAUGHING AT 26 YO F LOOKING FOR a N/S M to a few dogs. 64677 help me get a life without getting into the IF YOU LIKE TO SLIDE DOWN r i Y O W N FOIBLES. bar scene. 64491 MOUNTAINS (ANY VEHICLE), sail, SWF, 24 BLONDE, BLUE EYES enjoys dance (not shake), read (books without picSEEK ATTRACTIVE the wild life. If you can dish it out I can tures), smile, laugh, rollerblade, drink good take it! All you can handle. 64517 beer, write me. 64679 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 100% FELLOW CURHUDGEON. TALL, DARK, HANDSOME PROFESWOMAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SIONAL MAN with the smile that outYOU'LL GET. SWF, 23, blonde, blue eyes. 64651. shines the sun. 64681 I've got class and adventure written all over HAPPY, SPIRITED SWF, MID-20's me! 64519 would like to meet someone caring and Personal of the DWF, NEW TO THE SINGLES SCENE thoughtful. I enjoy auto racing, travel and week Relationship seekers move on. Mature, funnew experiences. If you're not a jerk, let's wins dinner for loving man only. 64521 meet. 64683 two at ADVENTUROUS, WILD SWF, 24 ISO DIVORCED WOMAN SEEKING A SWM, 25-33 to challenge me & tame FRIENDSHIP, likes to party all night if TH€ M L Y P l / r a me. If you are active, ambitious, & can the music is right and play all day if I can make me work - call. 64531 have my way. 64685 SPF, 30'S, LOOKING TO SHARE IRISH COLLEEN, 52 SUMMERS, SWF SEEKS FUN, EXCITING SWM to LAUGHTER FILMS, CARTWHEELS, SEEKS HER EQUAL: honest, warm & look, learn, listen together. You should be AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. Great passionate man for all seasons & all reasons. interesting and fun on a date. Let's meet. friend, witty, novice pool player, Love camping, swimming, dogs, travel, 64687 hiker/blader. ISO gifted kisser with wisconversations of depth. I'm 5'6", blue-eyed, YOUNG, SLIM, 40, BLACK HAIR, dom and passion to develop trust and larger-sized woman (20) with a heart &C GREEN EYES, HORSEWOMAN with intimacy. Loves her dog but wants a man soul as big! 64569 lg! 04 small stable. N/S, athletic, outdoors, likes who can contribute to intelligent converhorses. 30's, let's ride into the sunset togethFULL MOON WICCAN WOMAN, 40s, sation. 64782 er. 64689 with a joyful soul. Veggie, active, adventureWINTER IS FINALLY OVER! Can't ME: PETITE, LONG BROWN HAIR, some. Loves nature, animals, conversation, BLUE EYES, N/S, athletic, divorced, no wait to spend more time outside. DWPF, traveling, homesteading, books and fun. children, 30's, hones, stable, likes dogs. You: Loving men with imagination. 64563 NS, 40's, loves gardens, colors/textures, SEEKING SWM (22-27) handsome, conN/S, athletic, divorced, no children, 30's, arts, sports, great conversation, music, siderate, humorous, spontaneous, and just a honest, funny, likes dogs. 64691 friends/fun, travel. Seeking NSPM who great guy. LOOKING FOR LTR N/S. No SWF, 26, N/S, ND, SPONTANEOUS loves to laugh, is fit, honest, playful, creearrings or tattoos. 64573 AND FRIENDLY, likes action movies and ative & adventurous. 64783 39"-23"-36"125 lbs - 57" BLONDE healthy food. I want no one who likes junk WITH GREEN EYES and Playboy centerfoodie cookies. 64693 MEN SEEKING WOMEN fold looks and 154 I.Q. seeks men with WANT MAN need love have cash. 64695 insight, men in granite, knights in armor OUTGOING, FUN-LOVING SWPF, 32 bent on chivalry. 64605 seeks part-American jock, part-European 0'S MOUNTAIN MAN LOOKING FOIT SWF, 28. Forgotten what it's like to have a traveler, part-crunchy philosopher, wellMY MOUNTAIN WOMAN to hike, bike good friend around. Looking for a person rounded, intelligent, sense of humor a plus. and share some time together inside and to share what life's about. Seeking a pleasant I offer same. Call! 64699 out. Come hang out on my mountain. & fun friendship. Let's get together. 64549WILD ATHLETIC WOMAN LOOKING 64559 ADVENTURE + FUN. SWF, 39, full-fig FOR FUN IN THE SUN. Educated and RURAL DWM, 41, SEEKING W ured, seeking companionship & meaningful experienced. Love to be wined and dined. WHO'S HANDY WITH A CHAINSAW. friendship. Enjoy antiques, travel, muse64701 Animals, land and home matter. Looking to ums, long walks + symphonies. 64608 JOCK LOOKING TO FEEL THE BIG romp, cook, sup and share. Do you speak DNSWF, 43, WITH CHILDREN. Hey, ROCK. Great friend and lover and loves to Quebecois? 64565 you're still reading! Good. Along with childo things over and over. 64727 SEARCHING FOR AN HONEST, dren, I come with humor, compassion, WON'T JUMP OUT OF AN AIRATTRACTIVE SF with a positive attitude playfulness, truth and more. And you? PLANE, do drugs or stop evolving. and healthy lifestyle to build a LTR with 64630 Otherwise, I'm game. Responsible, attracthis WWM, 28, 5'10", 175 lbs. 64570 JOY & PROMISE. Lets create a deep tive, NSDWPF, playful at heart, seeks WANTED: LIFE/BREEDING PARTNER romantic bond, a relationship that's fiery, friend to grow with. 64735 to lovingly co-create expressive, enlightened tender, trustworthy, wise, complex & creARE YOU? Creative, fun, outdoorsy, into little beings. Requirements: health, big biliative, ardent & adventurous, 45-55 (N/S) racing, music, walking, good moral values, ty. Let's brew beer, hang curtains and shop describes us. 64631 romance, cuddling, health, honesty, and for my new car together. 64583 PDWF, 46, INTERESTED IN WALKcommunication. Me too! SWCF ISO SWM. BEAUTIFUL young straight MALE ING, in-line skating, sailing, outdoor SWPN/SM between 35-45. 64729 into crossdressing needs help with make-up sports, dining out, movies, seeking ambiSWF, ATTRACTIVE LEO LADY, 44, and dancing. SEEKS sensitive, adventurous tious, good-natured, funny PSM N/S w/ loves flowers, walks in the woods, good WF for friendship and possible relationship. similar interests. 64629 friends, hugs, sunshine and more. Seeking If you're into cuddling and being held, call WANTED: N/S, ND, PWM with active NSM that's considerate, honest and enjoys ASAP! 6459 lifestyle (rollerblading, snowskiing, snorkel, life. 64733 FUN-LOVING, EASYGOING DWPM, sail) to share adult friendship with DPW in I'M 33, BEAUTIFUL, AND I'M YOURS! 36, 6'2", 195, dark hair, blue eyes looking search of life's pleasures. 64632 If we share health, intellect, humor, passion, for SPF, 25-40, friendship 1st. to go out SEXY MOUNTAIN BIKING MAMA, honesty, youth (under 40) and true caring. and have fun with. 64590 24, looking for HIGH energy guy (23-33) (Also - no kids - yet!) 64747 SWM, 28, N/S. into Jethro Tull, The to explore back country. 64646 APHRODITE, THALIA, CLIO - LET Dead, etc. Love the outdoors. Looking for SWPF, 25, Blonde - Jane seeking Tarzan ME BE YOUR GODDESS AND MUSE SF, 26-30 to get into hiking and outdoor (SWPM 25-33) for friendship, romance, and share body, mind + soul. Be N/S, 45activities with. 64607 affection, adventure and good times - must 56, creative, energetic, open, kind, and SWM, 35, 57", 165 LBS. Hiking, biking, like to party, act up and be a little on the romantic. 64751 dancing, dining! ISO S/DWF, 25-38 with wild side - let's explore the jungle called life ACTIVE. ATTRACTIVE. DWF. N/S. old-fashioned values. 64449 together. 64664 Professional, educated, articulate and SWPM, 36, ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, STAR GAZER: PF, young-looking 40 s, humorous. Enjoys hiking, canoeing, conHUMOROUS who enjoys skiing, scubaNS, enjoys music, concerts, nature, books, certs. Seeks chemistry with compatible diving & paragliding ISO SWF, 20-40 who passion, new places. SEEKS younger male, 45-55. 64761 is vivacious, fit, attractive, and seeks adven"shooting star" with his planets aligned, to ture. 64610 LOOKING FOR FRIENDS: ISO single explore the universe. 64662 26 SEEKING SWF. Spontaneous, vibrant, P.I., police officer, firefighter, or rescue CONFUSED, EXPLOSIVE, EXISTENtender, active outdoors type to spend qualipersonnel. To meet as friends first, possiTIALIST. Seeks dominating personality to ty time together. If this sounds like you, get ble relationship. 64757 tell me how to get my Hfe together again. in touch. 64611 SWF, 23, enjoys outdoor activities, Help, I'm lost in outer space! (Spacey) SWM, LATE 30'S. Active, enjoy the outincluding hiking, biking & skiing. 64648 doors, seeking younger, taller, smarter Looking for out-going, open-minded M SWPF, 24, blond, blue eyes, witty, fit, ISO woman with attitude. Interested? Give a who enjoys twisted humor, dancing and SWPM, 25-32 smart, fit, handsome, emocall. 64612 tionally secure who's fun, humorous and good times. Sound like you? What are SEDATE 33 5 11". Interested in hiking, financially stable. 64668 you waiting for? 64775 reading, swimming, history, religions of the SWPF, 26, ATTRACTIVE, FUN, ATHROOTED LIKE AN OAK TREE, lovworld. Not interested in indoctrination. LETIC, high-energy, humorous ISO Passionate for the right woman. Skinnying winds, rain, sun. Core has 47 rings. SWPM 27-35, fit, smart, great sense of dipping women a plus. 64613 Educated, fit mom seeks outdoorsy posihumor. And embraces adventure! 64670 : Someone carrying no tive adventurous male for fun, laughter, 20 SOMETHING F SEEKS BLONDE, baggage, either with them or in their head. sailing. 64773 blue-eyed not-Fabio type male. 64672 Artistic, intelligent, not fat but a little meat LIFE IS GOOD. Let's enjoy it together. LIKE HORSEBACK RIDING? Do you never hurt, sports-minded and healthy for Sincere, spirited DWF, mid-40's, 5'8", have one? If you do, and are tall, give me a possible intimate relationship. 64614 diversified interests, needs tall D/SWM call. Good looks a plus. 64674 IF YOU LIKE TO BIKE, ski, blade, smoke 43-52 with sense of humor, tender heart SWF, 31, PRETTY, HEALTHY, INTELand drink, no work, all play, I'm your man. LIGENT AND FUN. Looking for an and love of the outdoors to share adven 64615 attractive male, 25-33. Compassion, hon-

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HEY IF YOU'RE NAKED might as well be naked as long as you can. And I'll keep my socks on. 64616 PLEASE PLEASE, I need a date! 64617 SWPM ISO ATHLETIC, HUMOROUS, SENSITIVE SOULMATE (25-40) mutual interests in tennis, skating & star-gazing a plus. 64618 23 YO SBM (IN MY PRIME) ISO a fine woman between 18-28. 64619 DWM, 30, WITH DW WIFE. Will take same in trade. 64620 IT'S QUITE SIMPLE - DWM 42 YO nice guy looking for nice girlfriend to do just about anything fun outside and in. 64621 SENSE OF HUMOR, great personality, DWM, 34, enjoys skiing, traveling, nightlife seeking petite S/DWF 30's with similar interests for friendship and possible romance. 64622 SWM, 35, HAPPILY EMPLOYED and good w/my money. I enjoy new ideas and exciting challenges. I'd like to meet a SF, age unimportant, who's "somewhat" responsible and mature. 64623 NOVICE SKYWATCHER, 40, seeks date to find comet Hayakutake and other natural marvels in the sky and closer to home. 64624 SWM, 36, CREATIVE, INDEPENDENT AND QUITE EVOLVED. Slim, athletic, N/S professional. Seeks similar SWF, 20s30s, for equal parts laughs and quiet sensuality. 64625 SWM, 20, ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, QUIET, FUNNY, UNPREDICTABLE seeks slim SF, 20-25 with similar traits, although you don't have to be quiet. 64626 HI: I'M A SWM, 31, Slender, blond/blue, N/S, ND, very little alcohol. I like to ride horses, quiet times, romance, comedy. If you are similar I would like to hear from you. The shy and/or kids OK. I live in the Burlington area. 64627 VEGGIE SEEKS WIFE Spiritual yet funloving SWM, 37, attractive, communicative, seeks loving Goddess for life-long companionship. I'm into nature, Wicca, cooking and actively moving through time and space. I will cherish you and be there for you always...It's about time... 64628 INTELLIGENT ARTIST-ATHLETESENSUALIST, 23. Pleasantly idiosyncratic, no TV, healthy. Loves rivers, forest, music (listening/making) Earth, friends, exploring, life, homemade wine. Seeking similar. 6463 SWM, 5'8" SEEKING SWF, 19-23 who enjoys sports, outdoors, also enjoys being herself. Please give me a try! Relationship or just to be friends. 64637 DINING OUT, FUN TIMES, GOOD STUFF. SWM, 30ish, ISO SF for friendship, possible relationship. Give a call! 64609 27 YO SWM, TALL & FUN, seeking SWF, ages 21-40, for great times, companionship, memories to never forget. 64652 ATTRACTIVE, EASYGOING, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST with great sense of humor and love of music looking for someone just like me. 64658 MODERN-DAY 007 seeking la femme nikita or midnight rendezvous. 64659 OUTGOING SPONTANEOUS PARTY ANIMAL needed to help me live in the fast lane. No wimps or whiners please please. 64657 ME: SWM, 30'S would like to meet SWF who's thoughtful, honest and romantic to spend many quiet hours and many more filled with excitement. 64655 5'8" 200#, 46. Former hopeless romantic turned middle-aged cynic. Never been married. Don't mind laughing at my own foibles. Seek attractive fellow curmudgeon. 64651 SWM SEEKING SWF AGES 26-32 for good times. I am tall, dark hair, quiet guy, but love to have good times with someone outgoing. 64658 ATTRACTIVE MALE LOOKING FOR DOMINANT FEMALE for a relationship. Those curious also reply. 64661 COOL PROFESSIONAL DWM, 42; fun, romantic, adventurous; seeks classy but down-to-earth attractive SF, 25-40 w/ sense of humor for friendship, dates, and possible relationship. Call me. 64654. DWM, 42, ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS. Loves good cooking, staying fit and positive. Would like to meet W with similar interest for fun and adventure. 64678 DESPARADO RIDING FENCES SEEKS STRONG-WILLED BARBARELLA to reign him in. Show me the real thing. Seeking you only. 64680 SENSITIVE :NSiTn— 25 YO, ENJOYS OUTDOOR sports and going out. Summer's coming, let's play in the rivers and have a moonlight picnic under the stars. 64682 GOOD MAN WITH MAP SEEKS" GOOD WOMAN WITH COMPASS to navigate through good times. Qualifications: Active and Attractive. 64684 SINGLE HEALTHY, ATHLETIC, FUN & THRILL-SEEKER. Good cook, best massages. Seek single woman, 23-28, race unimportant, who can deal with a nice guy. 64686 SWM, 19, PROFESSIONAL. Quiet, look: ing for Ms. Right. Love to cuddle and bubble but too shy to ask; enjoy motorcycles and outdoors. 64688 SWM, 20, Self-supportive, reliable. Looking for long-term relationship with SWF professional with same qualities. I enjoy motorcycles, boats, and quiet times. 64690

DWPM, 29, 6', 210 lbs. seeks partner, friend, lover to explore spring and listen to the heartbeat of the earth with. Loved Braveheart, hated First Knight. 64692 JUST WAKING UP - TIRED ALREADY, SWM, 30, N/S, into movies, music, writing, walks, conversation seeking SWF, 2732 to share these things. Body piercing is cool! 64708 DARE TO SHARE. SWM, 33, smoker. Looking for a petite woman, 24 to 40 who can open up her heart and share it while we explore dreams, fantasies, desires, passion. I'm real. 64712 SPRING IS HERE! SWPM, 28, N/S, tall, attractive, athletic, humorous, nature lover. Are you-fit, attractive, caring? Enjoy life? Let's get together. Satisfaction guaranteed! 64665 HONEST, WARM, ATTRACTIVE OUTDOOR TYPE, early 30's looking for F friend to enjoy and share life's adventures with. 64710 TALL, BLONDE & HANDSOME. Athletic, intelligent, successful, FUN, sound in body, mind, spirit SWPM, 38, seeking N/S SWF 28-35 with great looks, personality, and interests in travel, nature, music, kindness and playfulness. 6461 \ MOUNTAINS LAKES HIKING BLUE SKIES, mountain bikes, rain, politics, picnics, fresh air, philosophy, sunrise, coffee, running, reading, skiing, dogs, friends, sunset. Any takers? 64742 SWPM, 31 AMBITIOUS, ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC and I love to dance ISO athletic SWPF to dance with me. 64744 ISO FINE MILTON GIRL. Must own her own teeth. Type of car on blocks in front of trailer is not important. Family need not " r. 64746 LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WHO DOESN'T WANT CHILDREN, wants to travel, live a life of action an adventure. If you want to SEE the world. 64748 DWM, 35, SEEKS LUCK 25-35 for LTR time, to settle down and build something real. NO more games! 64750 FREQUENT TRAVELER SEEKING FRIENDSHIP with a kind, humorous person. Enjoy most all outdoor activities, archery, water-skiing, camping, biking. Looking for friend to share similar interest. 64752 SENSUAL AND TRUE I can also make a great stew. A true lover not fighter, I love it tighter. 64754 MAN SEEKING WOMAN SEEKING MAN. Look no more. Just call between 6-8 on Wednesday. 64756 SWM, 24, LOOKING FOR EDUCATED N/S F FOR DAY TRIPS, dinners, walks ' on the waterfront and maybe more. Hey, I am just a nice guy!! 64758 MIXED BREED (ITALIANTTATIN) SPM, tall, dark with blue eyes looking for SPF, a real W to go out on a real date! 64760 LONG-LOST FISHERMANLOOKING FOR LOVE in all the wrong places. Maybe you can give me a vector in the sector. 64762 GOOD-LOOKING (JFK JOTIKETGUY who works hard and plays hard. Seeking attractive playmate, so to speak. All races welcome^ %ron't^lisappoin^64764 likes biking, talking and music, movies. Hard-working man, casual humor, nice smile. 64766 SWM, 32, FIT, ATTRACTIVE, ROMANTIC. Enjoys weightlifting, biking, running, dancing, camping, country & rock music. Looking for attractive lady, 2535 with similar interest. 64768 SWM, 32, FIT, ATTRACTIVE, enjoys dancing, dinner, rock &C roll music, movies, romantic evenings. Looking for slim, attractive 25-35 lady with similar interest. 64770 SWM, TALL & GOOD-LOOKING; seeking SF, age & race not important, but must be slender &C voluptuous for good times. 64772 MID-40'S SWASP. Tall, handsome, fair hair, blue eyes, intelligent, professional, enjoys sailing, skiing and life, seeking similar female, 35-45. 64774 SWM LOVE TO WATCH SUN SETTING, live in country like animals. Skiing, hiking, swimming, SIS, ND, have small home to possibly share with friendly mate. 64776 ME: 33 YO, LOOKTNGTOR WOMAN 23-32 interested in travel, history, the search for truth, long walks with me. 5'11 1/2", brown hair, brown eyes, older student of liberal art. Love to read "Peanuts" to ancient books. You? 64778 LADIES - VERY BROWN - somewhat of a sense of humor. Sexy women a plus. Are you out there? You could buy your way into my heart. 64721 SWM WITH A JOB, would enjoy meeting friendly long-haired lady who likes hockey and children. Music lovers and fun seekers, this is your cha chance. 64723 tnis THEYCALL ME THE ROCKl am full of surprises, I am fun and outgoing. Like the outdoors, not choosy. Please call! ! ! 64725 MAN, 32, 5'11", 168 LBS wants to share wit, music, laughter, friendship with F N/S with yen for simple living, under 40, slender, lovable. Write. 64734 DWM, 43 W/ 2 WEEKEND BOYS, 1 job, 10 skiis, 2 bicycles, 1 canoe, 1 bifocal prescription, w/o cigarettes, new car, tie, date. 64731

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•mm^mmm^m DWPM= 42, FIT ISO PLAYMATE FOR SUMMER FUN. Hiking, good conversation, the outdoors. Also enjoy golf, camping and have a good sense of humor. 64745 NEW IN T O W N . S W P M , 25, warm, smart, funny, good-looking, sensitive, honest, fit, N/S. Left NYC with dog for greener pastures. Would like o meet special SWF with similar qualities who enjoys outdoor activities, cooking (vegetarian), and exploring Vermont. Skeptical of personals? Me too. Please call. 6 4 7 6 5 LAKE CHAMPLAIN - SPEND THE SUMMER SAILING w/me.' Musician/ builder, 40ish seeks younger companion to enjoy low-stress days & nights on the water. 6 4 7 5 5 NICE MALE PERSON SEEKING NICE LADY in Central V T area for friend and maybe more. I am 48, clean, UB2. 6 4 7 7 1 HERE'S TO YOU, MRS. ROBINSON W M , 29, very fit, attractive, blonde/blue, seeks fit, attractive, older W F for romantic interludes. A GREAT CATCH in search of a match. S W P M of all seasons, seeks successful, attractive, vibrant, outdoor woman, 28+, ready for a future with promise. 6 4 7 8 4 IN 3 0 YEARS I'LL BE 6 9 but I don't want to wait. Generous D W M seeks trim affectionate lady, 18+ to spoil. Smoker preferred. 6 4 7 8 8

A D D I S O N C O U N T Y RECENTLY SM, 40, looking for SDF around same * age. N/S. I enjoy hiking, camping, going out, staying in, iong walks, heart to heart talks. Starting my life over. 6 4 7 9 1 N E W TO BURLINGTON - Attractive, fit DPM, young 40's, 6'2", enjoys dining, theater, dancing, beach, tennis, singing. Seeks S/DF with similar interests. Smoke OK. 6 4 7 8 7 NOT A MILLIONAIRE, BUT RICH IN CHARACTER A N D SINCERITY. S W M , 27, athletic, attractive, 5'9", 160 lbs. I enjoy outdoor activities and evenings in/out. ISO attractive, in shape, emotionally secure SF, 21-27, to be friends first then maybe aybe LTR. 6 4 7 8 3 W H I T E MALE Well built, good-looking, ISO F, likes adult things, consenting fun anywhere. I'm discreet, non-poss esive, expect same; your fantasy or mine. 64780

WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN FTM, TRANSGRESSIVE, TRANSGENDERED BUTCH LESBO looking for same for TRANS support & political action group. 64526 BEAUTIFUL F, 19, seeks feminine M/transvestite for friendship, hopeful relationship. 6 4 7 6 9

I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE A LITTLE CRAZY AND FUN. Great times on their way with me personally is a must and so is sexual awareness. 64528 FOUND MYSELF OUT IN THE BACKWOODS; would love sweet friend to share some of this with. I'm 27, affectionate^, playful, with a cute buzz cut. I love to write and dance. Come out of hibernation! I need to meet more Vermont women. 64572 GBF - N/S - N/D - makes no demands that others, don't - 62 yrs. young - love sports, love to travel by car or train - want a partner to share my time & space. 64706 ATTRACTIVE FEMME, GWDF, 19, seeks GF who likes to go with wind and have fun, insanity a plus. Equal opportunity lover. 6 4 7 6 7

MEN SEEKING MEN CLOSETED GWM, 27, 6', 160#, BROWN/BLUE. ENJOY skiing, dancing, travel and just relaxing. Seeking 18-30 YO attractive gay or bi male for friendship and more. 64401 LOOKING FOR FRIENDS and potential. GWM, late thirties, with many and varied interests. Good person to talk with and share time. 64475 FUNNY, ROMANTIC, STRAIGHTACTING central VT GWM, 26, 5'11" 190 loves dinner, movies, dancing, walks. Seeks honest, intelligent, GWM, 20-30 for friendship and more. 64476

an DAD, looking for a couple of bad boys. 64530 " "' " 34 YO SEEKING COMPANION LOVER FRIEND. Honest, subdued but aggressive, loyal and true. Something you can't find just anywhere. 64542 FUNNY, ROMANTIC, STRAIGHTACTING central VT GWM, 26, 5'11" 190 loves dinner, movies, dancing, walks. Seeks honest, intelligent, GWM, 20-30 for friendship and more. 64476 GOOD-LOOKING, MASCULINE, FIT, 34, 6', 180 lbs., brown/blue, seeking an attractive, independent male who has a sense of self and understands open communication, honesty and sincerity. Not interested in "casual relationships.' Interested in lasting friendship, commitment, togetherness - a soul mate to share life with. 64666 GWM, 38, ENJOYS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. Looking for a sincere, honest man to share my life with - 19-45. 64534 PROFESSIONAL GWM, 27, TALL, SLIM N/S, attractive and adventurous seeking straight-acting, discreet guy under 30 for friendship and more. 64667 VERY CURIOUS WM, 6'3", 225/65, brown hair & eyes and have been straight all my life. Looking for W M to fulfill my fantasy. 64753 ATTRACTIVE, MASCULINE, goodhumored, professional male, 55, 5'11", 170 lbs., central Vermont. Enjoys nature, gardening, music, good food. Seeking intelligent, fun-loving sensitive male. 64759 G W M , 19, brown hair, blue eyes, 5'7", 140 #, looking for another 19-40, for fun

PRETTY FUNNY ITALIAN, 32, looking for friend W/M/ND must be cute, and like to drink beer; fishing, camping -no strings. 64647 * G O O D FRIENDS. Friends - BI/P/WM, very sensual, kind, loving, mature, 6', 190, good shape, clean, experienced experimenter, into "E," looking for daytime association in discrete ways. No fats, please. 6 4 7 8 6 H O R S E W O M A N W/ STABLE A N D BLACK HAIR: Gary, you left me a message with a disconnected phone number. Please call ad# 6 4 6 8 9 again.

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CENTERED, SMART, DAFFY & SWEET. DWPF, 40, looking for similarly wise, genuine man to share life. Trade stories, Laugh, ski, hike, cook - have adventures. Oh, the places we'll go! Box 002. I COULD LOVE A MAN who's stable, steady, secure, smart, not too shy and emotionally accessible. I'm 38, warm, friendly, and looking good enough. Quality woman. Box 011 TO ALL THE MEN W H O WANT TO BE DOMINATED! I am the vision of your dreams! Married men need only apply. You'll love me. 64577. OH HI! Sorry about my friends - ya out there? HOW'S your head? Varnish. Ted Danson is a dodger looking for a good time. If you know what I mean. 64703 I'M NOT A VEGETARIAN - 1 don't like it soft - bring on the meat! And I don't

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want any deadbeats! 64705 GIVE ME A HOT TUB AND I'LL RUB YOUR FLUBBER, BUB. Blonde and gifted with chest, I beat all the rest. I'm not old, I'm a centerfold. 64697 AUSTRALIAN W O M A N SEEKING a renegade man who feels life's call and will stray the conventional path to answer. Free-spirited - not too straight. Rides a Harley. Loves music, mountains. Lonely beaches. Open spaces. Hasn't cut his hair in a while. May be bearded. Lazy smile would be nice. Has a wanderlust. But also knows how to be settled. Peaceful nature. Enjoys manual work outdoor things. A wild man with a good heart who has worked out the hard times. Looking for the good and willing to risk to find it. Believes in honesty, equality, personal freedom, friends as well as lovers. 5'9" or taller. Slim to medium build. 4 2 - 5 4 YO. Then this good-looking, wildish Australian woman with a loyal and caring heart seeks you. A female version of all of the above, who spends regular time in the U.S. Would be nice to start a journey with a like-minded free spirit, to enjoy some caring and sharing. some riding. And maybe a romance with the view to both of us sharing time and adventures in the U.S. and Australia. Arrive States June. Going to Sturgis August. 5'4", slim build, long-legged redhead. Will send photo. Meanwhile, if

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SINCERE, SPIRITED NS/NA 30YO SWM; homeowner, advocate, writer, photographer w/no kids (yet) and no STD's seeks passionate, caring woman for friendship, companionship, and possibly an LTR. 64145. BACHELOR GUY SEEKS BACHELORETTE for dinners, laughs, and possi-^ bly more. Class of 1973. Interests: performing & listening to music. Maybe some dancing. Box 001. SNOW' (COUNTRY VERMONT Non-traditional woman, 33+, sought to share nontraditional life of off-the-beaten track travel, adventure and romance. Box 003. DANCIN,' PRANCIN,' ROMANCIN,' Life's not a game. SBM, fit & strong, seeks F, the same (30-45). Work nights, ample time, write me, let's get fine! Photo. Box 005 ANYONE OUT THERE? SWM, college student, 21YO, N/S and fit, 5'10" with brown hair and eyes seeks SF who enjoys exercising, reading, hiking, laughing and being a bit unusual. Box OlQ CAPE COD TRIP, side trip to Martha's Vineyard. First mate needed. After Labor Day. Let's plan now Box 013 DWM, 41, 6'2" WITH EYES OF BLUE.

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thirties (approx.), photo exchange. Box 022

GWM, 32, LOOKING FOR A GUY. Love sports, enjoy outdoors. Love to cook for TWO. Looking for the right friend and maybe more. 64532 GWM, 27, BRN, HAZ, 150# enjoys biking, pool, travel and spontaneity. Seeking 20 to 32YO w/ similar interests. Masc A+. 64536 GM, 23, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, INTO CROSS DRESSING, trips to the city, romantic dinners and bubbly bath seeks same, 18-25. Possible relationship material. 64538

THE BURLINGTON LITERARY SCENE NEEDS A KICK IN THE ASS. Looking for other writers/illustrators who feel the same. Discussion, motivation, amateur lit. mag, production. 64543 VERMONT'S EXPANDED LOVE NETWORK IS A discussion/support group for those interested in creating thought-provoking, committed, multi-partner, loving relationships. Gay and straight welcome. Box 004.

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