ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE R escue M e After picking up a distress signal, Britain’s Royal Air Force scrambled an air-sea res cue team, which spent three hours looking for the source of the emergency signal. Finally, the RAF helicopter landed at a truck stop, where the crew found the distress beacon in a truck. It was on its way to be repaired when a bump in the road apparendy triggered it. • Norwegian scientists track ing the migratory routes of wild salmon were excited to pick up a radio signal from one fish they had given up for lost. They followed the signal to the city of Stavanger, where they found it — and the fish — in a fisherman’s freezer.
FCLONIOUS FOOD French police announced they were looking for a man who robbed four banks dis guised as a giant eggplant. Before making off with the cash, the man left a real egg plant on the counter. • A man accused of sticking a zucchini under his jacket and pretending it was a gun to rob a man in New York faces a fourth trial after three mistri als. A fo f latest mistrial in August, defense attorney Steven Silverblatt said his
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* when her uncle, a fortune teller, declared that the headache meant she was pos sessed by evil spirits. The only cure, he explained, was to spend seven years in a dark room, so her parents put her in her bedroom and fastened the shutters. Acting on a tip, police found Borchetti, now 22, who at first insisted that she did not want to be res cued. “Go away,” she told police. “I must lie here for six more months and then I can live again;”
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In Christchurch, New Zealand, a woman answered loud knocking at her door at 5:15 a.m. to find a man hold ing a color television set. He said he was having difficulty finding his way out o f her property. She gave him direc tions, then checked to make sure the TV wasn’t hers. Ten minutes later, police called to an unrelated matter at a neighbor’s place, found the man, still carrying the TV. He satisfied officers that it belonged to him but couldn’t explain why he was wandering around in the dark with it, according to a Sgt. Kortegast, who comment ed, “It has left us wondering if there are not enough dogs to go around.”
During the shooting o f her movie, Stealing Beauty, actress Liv Tyler, whose character was supposed to be posing for an artist, refused to bare both breasts, telling director Bernardo Bertolucci it would be “exploitative nudity.” She insisted she would reveal only one breast.
COOL IS HOT Freon, the now-banned refrigerant used in car air condi tioners, has emerged as the sec ond-biggest smuggling prob lem, behind drugs, for U. S. customs agents along the Mexican border. Through the first six months of this year, customs agents in Texas stopped more than 60 Freon smuggling attempts, confiscating 4380 pounds of the gas worth about $110,000.
THe CARNIVAL IS OVCR Sao Paulo cardiovascular surgeon Roberto Tullii announced that stress, caused by the poor economy, accounts for the sexual prob lems of 60 percent o f men seeking his services, twice the number of 10 years ago. Their average age also has fallen to 37 from 47 in 1986, when Brazil began a series o f austere, anti-inflation programs. Tullii told Estado de Sao Paulo that professional males are most at risk from stress-related sexual problems, explaining, “It would be hard to find a shoeshiner suffering from impo tence.”
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Dear Cedi, What is the origin of the phrase "in like Flynn?" I have heard it alludes to the sexual exploits of the actor Errol Flynn, but have a difficult time believing a reference so graphic could have become a common catchphrase. - Joe Lubben, Oberfin, Ohio
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November 1942. So I appeal to the Teeming Millions. Okay, so you pretty much made hash out of "the whole nine yards." Here is a chance to redeem yourcelves. I know of the Straight Dope's abiding popularity among septuagenarians. If you have personal knowledge of "in like Flynn" having been used prior to 1942, or even better, if you have written proof, send H v~mahm ' I
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star in the 1930$, became notorious in November 1942 when he was charged with two counts of statutory rape. Though acquitted, he was the butt of jokes ever after. One film bio none too subtly comments, "Warner Brothe5...found [Flynn's! popularity not only had held but had a new spurt of interest. A new phrase was added to the Eoidish language: ’In like Flynn'" (tony Thomas et a t The Films of Errol Flynn, 1969). Another says the post-trial Flynn became a "wild man of the mattress. The slogan' in like Flynn' rose like smoke from the trial and ran laughingly around the globe" (Earl Conrad, Errol Flynn: A Memoir, 1978). An Australian playwright (Flynn was born in Australia) even claimed the expression "in like Errol" was current in his country for a time (Alexander Buzo, Rooted, 1973). But still. These guys were writing after the sexual revolution of the 1960s. In like Flynn's schwanz? In the 1940s? A more plausible interpretation comes from A Dictionary of Catch Phrases (Eric Partridge, 1986). Edward J. Flynn (1892-1953) was a New York City political boss who became a campaign manager for the Democratic party during FDR's presidency Boss The candidates he backed were almost automatically In,' and he himself permanently so,' ill ' we have the beginnings of a theory. "In like Flynn" starts as rhyming slang in
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Just shows how out of it you are, Joe. Most people today have no problem believing this. Most people today would have no problem believing Mother Teresa does it with goats. The question is whether people believed it in the 1940$, when this expression Is known to have been common. To determine this we apply the "mom" test. This consists of asking ourselves, ''Would my mom consciously use an expression meaning, In as sure ly as Errol, Flynn gets his Buick parked in some young innocent's garage?'" Maybe your mom would. Mine would sooner die. Let us review the evidence. The earliest known use of "in like Flynn" in print is in the December 1946 issue of American Speech. Penn State prof Ed Miller reported that students of his who had served In the Army Air Force during World War II used the expression to mean, "Everything is OK. in other words, the pilot is having no more trouble than Errol Flynn has in his cine matic feats." From this we learn several things: (I) The expression was of recent origin. Had if been widely used in the 1930s Miller would not have included it in a list of World War II slang. (2) The term was generally understood to refer to Errol Flynn. (3) It didn't neces sarily refer to Flynn's success with women.
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iALTHEA IN WONDERLAND | The Judicial Conduct Board s three-day I hearings last week at the Econolodge on the f charge. Side Judge Althea Kroger lied under oath turned out to be a three-day trip down the | rabbit hole. The Mad Hatter, Dormouse and | the March Hare were all there, though Elvis did m not enter the building. “ Kroger has taken it upon herself to be a || one-person wrecking crew since taking office in | February 1995. Last fall, as we all know, the | Vermont Association of County Judges held g hearings that resulted in Althea getting booted out of the organization. And those hearings 1 turned out to be the basis of the evidence that | hangs over her head today — that she made I “false, deceptive and misleading statements under oath.” 8 One of the revelations that emerged at the | Wonderland Hearings was the role of Governor | Howard Dean in all this. According to Eric Benson, the association’s executive director, HoHo got the ball rolling last summer when he 8 personally urged the association’s president, Side | Judge Allen Hodgdon, to do something about I the Kroger mess. Shortly after that urging from on high, the investigation began. At present, Althea continues to sit on the i bench at Family Court and preside over | Chittenden County affairs along | with Side Judge Elizabeth g Gretkowski. ® It hasn’t been easy, but I Gretkowski has survived Altheas | anti-evil spirits whistle, temper | tantrums, the insistence by g Althea that all conversations ' between them be tape-recorded, 1 her infamous “It’s My Turn” | piece in the Freeps last September alleging mismanageI ment and even law-breaking, and the official complaint 1 Althea filed with the JCB alleg| ing misconduct — a complaint | the JCB tossed out finding it to « be without merit. Judge ‘Ski has * had to shell out the buckeroos 1 to pay for her own legal repre| sentation in this fine mess, but her cost doesn’t come close to p what the well-heeled Kroger has 8 forked over to two lawyers defending her against the vari| ous misconduct charges from i the association and the JCB, and to Statehouse lobbyists Kimbell Sherman & Ellis to 1 keep her from being impeached. Last week Althea was represented by her sec| ond attorney, James Runcie of Vergennes, in what could best be described as a Mad Tea 1 Party where reality was a stranger. You see, in | Althea’s Wonderland things are not what they | seem to be. Oh, no. Things are not what they I seem to be at all. For example, Althea charged in her news paper article that there was a “slush fund” at the | courthouse. Pretty serious allegation, right? | Wrong. I That’s because in Althea Kroger’s Wonderland, a slush fund is not a bad thing at 1 all. It in no way connotes something sleazy. In Altheas world, it’s just a “discretionary” fund, | like the many funds there are in the state budget. I As for the secret tape recording, Althea testiJ fied it’s always been her habit to record almost I everything. No secrecy here, folks. In fact, both | Althea and her husband Joe testified there’s a 1 room at their Sunset Cliff home jammed with J boxes and boxes of audio cassettes that record all j her classes at Vermont Law School as well as years | of testimony before the legislative committees she j served on. Althea testified she regularly rises at 4 | a.m. each day to listen to the tapes and/or tranI scribe them — no doubt with a hookah-smoking caterpillar in pajamas at her side.
In her years in the legislature, Althea said T f she used her tape recorder on a daily basis. In fact, under oath at the hearings, she painted a picture of a Vermont Legislature in which 180 lawmakers equipped with microcassette recorders wander through the hallways and committee rooms. Hello? Althea could remember with clarity her entire life from childhood in Chicago through college, where she had a triple major. On to graduate school at UVM where she earned a masters in political science. On to the I Statehouse where she became Democratic whip. On to Vermont Law School. And on to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard where she collected a masters in public adminis-1 tration. It’s all on tape. But Althea had no memory whatsoever of g conversations she had just last year with Judge „ Alden Bryan and County Clerk Dianne Lavallee in which she alleged illegal activity in 1 the management of county business. Unfortunately for Althea, both Bryan and Lavallee could remember them. On the witness stand, Althea, like Alice in Wonderland, appeared to be living in some sort 1 of parallel universe. Black is white. Up is down. Slush funds are good things and “wrongdoing” g does not mean “doing wrong.” Althea’s lawyer from the fall association hearings, Rob Keiner of Middlebury, appeared the | morning of the final day and huddled with the Krogers and Runcie for 20 minutes before I the hearings started up. Asked § by yours truly if he was “on the | clock,” Keiner replied in true Down the Rabbit Hole-ese, “That doesn’t have anything to do with anything,” he said. Brilliant. | And just like Alice at the Mad Tea Party, Althea does not ® appear to know the difference I between saying what she means | and meaning what she says. | “Not the same thing a bit,” » ■ ■ ■ said the Hatter. I I 1 Honor Among Thieves? — 1 I Kudos to Mayor Peter Clavelle g for finally finagling a way for his back-room $35,000 taxbreak deal with Fletcher Allen Health Care to reach fruition. 1 Originally Mayor Progressive g promised the powers on the hill g he’d take the Bishop’s House parking lot next to UH C off the I tax rolls. Pass the W hite-Out, please! Generosity, after all, begins at home. But the g howls went up when news of the property tax m giveaway went public last year. However, a deal’s a deal, even if it’s made in the back room, i So two weeks ago, Mayor Progressive, a man j who keeps his word, backed off on tax abate| ment and instead slipped his generosity into an | “Agreement for Payments in Lieu ofTaxes” with J the Mary Fanny. Now everybody’s happy, right? 1 The End is Near? — As everyone knows, Susan § Sweetser’s congressional campaign has, so far, p gone nowhere but downhill. Even traditional * Bernie Sanders bashers are having a hard time swallowing the Sweetser message. Then last week Ol’ Bernardo gets a coast-to-coast back- j handed compliment from the Republican bible § — The Wall Street Journal— which used Bernie ^ (“the nation’s highest-ranking socialist elected 11 official”) as a stick to whack Bill Clinton for 1 not genuflecting to Jack “Kiss My Feet, I’m a J Democrat” Long. § Cold Turkey — What? No more Sunday morn-~ ing Hiking the Long Trail” stories in the Freeps? No more black flies and mosquitoes, blisters and boredom on a weekly basis? W hat’s j next? How about a Best of Gannett follow-up g series: “Drinking the Long Trail: Beer in the Jj Green Mountains.” □
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Move over, Garth Brooks. Jamie Lee Thurston and the Rattlers have won themselves another country music contest. Two weeks before they represent New England at the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown in Wheeling, West Virginia, the Vermont-grown band will be heading south to play the Wild Horse Saloon in Nashville. Only four other bands were selected to perform before an audience o f industry people. “Typically they sign one artist from that night to a major lable,” says Kathy Mehuron, who does publicity for the band. “The folks in Nashville have basically said, ‘Make sure this is the performance of your life.’” Apparendy country stardom is just as elusive as rock ’n roll. “It is a cookie-cutter mentality. There is a look and a sound and an expectation,” Mehuron explains. Thurston has all the bases covered, down to his double first name and cowboy hat. Better yet, he can play . . . After a lot o f maybes, Cafe No No is back in business. Volunteer Dawn Smith bit the bean and signed a one-year lease, guaranteeing the place will be open for another revolution. The cafe is in the process o f going nonprofit and is actively seeking interns to help with grant-writing, producing theater, managing a business — “basically anything they want. There is a lot to be done,” Smith says. The cafe is also planning to operate its own kitchen. “My goal tor a couple or years now has been to open a nonprofit cafe with young people in Boston,” says the 23-year-old graduate of the v/_— ont. There’s / ;
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BURLINGTON Alley-Cats, King Street One purring patron calls the Cat “an oasis in the waste land.” The bartender says it offers a “family atmosphere.” In fact, what you’ve got here is a place where bikers and bluecollar workers converge to play pool and listen to Blue Oyster Cult on the jukebox. On Sunday afternoon, they come for free hotdogs, $1 drafts and big-screen sports. Live music, including a jam on Mondays, never a cover. The Chickenbone, King Street (§) Despite its cafeteria-style set-up and stark lighting, the Bone does a brisk business. On Thursdays, dollar drinks mean wall-to-wall bodies. The back yard beer garden, however, offers respite from the masses, the florescence and the smoke. Daily specials, which include “build your own Bloody Mary,” keep some meat on the ’Bone. Sh-na-na’s, Main Street (§) Dance hall daze. An updat ed sock-hop for young singles and older couples. Friday nights feature a free buffet from 4 to 8 p.m., followed by a little “Funky Cold Medina.” With three separate bars, a $1.25 Natural Light is never far from reach. If you’re not up to getting picked up, two pool tables will help you pass the time. Buddah’s, Main Street For tough guys only. This rock ’n’ roll club attracts a seri ous, somewhat humorless fol lowing. Bring your Harley and your affection for Queen and
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Pink Floyd. Leave your irony at home. And whatever you do, don’t piss off the bouncer. Just eat your free potato chips and mind your manners. W hat Ales You, St. Paul Street (§) “I’ve never seen a fight here,” the bartender exclaims with great enthusiasm. “And we have the cleanest bathrooms around.” If that’s not enough to soothe what ails you, there are “micro-brews at a decent price.” This dark, cozy pub draws a regular date crowd and plenty of baseball-capped frat boys. Free hot dogs during the week. The Blarney Stone, St. Paul Street (§) Not the best place to have a conversation. But with 50-cent drafts on Wednesday, who cares? As the bartender blatant ly puts it, “people come here to drink.” In the process, they play pool and occasionally dance to the blaring sounds of Bob Seger. A lot of St. Mike’s students roll into the Stone. Ruben James, Main Street (§) The hip place for the beau tiful people to sip. See and be scene in high-ceiling style. Stick around for the daily allyou-can-eat specials and take full advantage of the $2 New England microbrews on Thursday. RJ’s is one of the few
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places where smoking is encouraged — just make sure you look damn good doing it. JPs, Main Street © The exact opposite of RJ’s. Belly up to the bar, order a $1.50 Bud and smoke in bliss ful anonymity. Drown your sorrows with daily drink spe cials, and on Wednesday drown the silence with Karaoke. Last Chance Saloon, Main Street @ The bargain basement — where you can meet and eat for dirt cheap. Get 50-cent drafts, 25-cent slices and free wings on Monday and Wednesday. The big lure on Friday and Saturday nights for the past gazillion years has been the Irish laments of Bootless and Unhorsed. And rumor has it that you stand a good chance of getting lucky at the Last Chance. M anhattan Pizza & Pub, Main and Church (§) People come here for the pizza and stay for the Big Wally (23-ounce brews). Tuesday nights feature $1 Buds and allyou-can-eat pizza and wings for $4.95. On Wednesday and Thursday, all Vermont micro brews are $2.50 and Big Wallys go for $3.50. The menu at Manhattan boasts “H U G E” calzones. The weekends play host to live music, free.
Rasputin’s, Church Street © Home of the city’s only stainless-steel trough urinal. Fill your bladder with cheap pints and then piss off with your pals. (Please note: There’s no toilet paper in the men’s room, apparently to discourage num ber two.) Portraits of Rasputin line the walls of this 4000square-foot stellar cellar. Two pool tables, two Foosball tables, two bars and a “match-upnaked-people” video game bring in a standing-room-only college crowd. Club Toast, Church Street (^) Billed as Burlington’s only true alternative. This industrial complex and its cult following prefer the Throwing Muses to silent ones. Its 18-and-older policy has earned Toast the rep utation of being a young scene. But, according to owner Dennis Wygmans, only 10-15 percent of the crowd is under 21. Excellent local and national music is the mainstay, and “drinks aren’t our emphasis,” he cautions. But they are served by an artist cum bartender known as Mr. Masterpiece. Nectar’s, Main Street (^ ) (Just plain friendly) Two bars in one that bar none. The gravy train is on the left, live music on the right. Seven nights a week, never a cover. And students share space
with patron saints. It’s also a landmark for benchmarks: Everyone in town has a Phish story, but Nectar has a picture. Pop in and pay homage. Club M etronome, Main Street (^) The kind of people who fre quent Metronome — accord ing to one of the bartenders — are the kind “who have jobs.” The atmosphere is upscale, but not too upscale. The people are down to earth. And the music is out of this world. The ’Nome attracts national acts from Jonathan Richman to Jonatha Brooke, but also makes a point to feature loads of local talent, often with no cover. Nightly beer/drink specials. And if you get hungry, Nectar’s is right downstairs. Esox, Main Street A bittersweet retreat. Share your shortcomings and success stories with like-minded mid dle-aged males. Everybody here knows your name and your claim to fame. The beer’s not cheap and neither is the talk. Politicos a-go-go. College kids a-bye-bye. Mr. Mike’s Pizza, Main Street ($5) Since Mr. and Mrs. Mike added the bar, there’s even more reason to hang out at this C ontinued on page 14
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hat makes Catholic schooling an attractive education alternative for a growing number of Vermonters? Why, in Chittenden, are some families sparking a confrontation with the Education Department in an attempt to send their chil dren to a Catholic high school at taxpayer expense? And why do most parents of Catholic school students pay hundreds or thousands of dollars a year in tuition rather than enroll their sons and daughters in a public system they already finance through their property taxes? Discipline, tradition and moral education are answers commonly offered, regardless of a respondent’s own religious background. Practicing Catholics usually cite the schools’ instruction in their faith as another major fac tor in their choice. In fact, for the most devout practitioners, who generally attended
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Why are more and more Vermonters sending their kids to Catholic sis on Catholic doctrine has not posed any problems for her children, who regularly attend Synagogue. The values taught at the school derive as much from the Judeo-Christian tradi tion as from Catholicism per se, Hemley says. And Mater Christi teachers, administrators and students have been “extremely receptive” to her children’s own religion and cul ture. While suggesting that her school does try to be “some what inclusive” in its approach to religious education, Mater Christi principal Sister Laura DellaSanta makes clear that Catholic doctrine is not pre sented as simply one among many belief systems. Partici pation in Catholic rituals and catechism classes is mandatory for all of Mater Christi’s 445 students; “no exemptions” are granted, DellaSanta states. Catholicism is not an inci dental aspect of education at schools administered by the Diocese of Burlington, which encompasses all of Vermont.
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W hat’s this? Montpelier, which has no real colleges to speak of, is given an entire section for its alcohol-based nightlife, but Middlebury, home to one of the Northeast’s most prestigious schools, warrants only a sidebar? What gives? The answer is that Middlebury has no venues for alcohol-based nightlife, save the college’s “social” (read: underage drinking) houses. The town goes to sleep promptly at 8 every evening, and bitchy local res idents with the police on speed-dial ensure that nearby students don’t disturb their uptight, responsible beauty sleep. Hence, froth must flow from kegs on campus, and the Porcelain God reigns supreme. But if you’re unable or unwilling to make the hour-
long trek to — or worse, home from — Burlington’s college bars, here are Middlebury’s scant hot-spots to check out: Woody’s: They advertise “G O O D FO O D ” with a big neon sign; what more needs be said? Decent wine selection, too. Mr. Up’s: “Hip” restaurant with the occasional Dollar Draft night; a fave with the Midd Kiddz. Angela’s: Loud obnoxious fun. Amigo’s: Free wings every now and again to consume between drinks. [Woody, Mr. Up, Angela, and Amigo were not available for comment prior to press time. The writer wonders whether they actually exist.]
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get there. I came down side ways... Even the boys getting off the bus that day tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘good job, Hazel. ” Winter might have opted for a full-time life on the road. But she was married with two kids by the time that 18-wheel thought occurred to her. And although she keeps her bumpy yellow rig at home, she finds the family pick-up handles better. She started driving the bus when he daughter was a seventh-grader at Williston Central. Now she has two grandchildren there. “I like the kids, being outside,” she says of the driving job she supple ments with a summer stint maintaining the beach at Lake Iroquois. “You’re pretty much your own boss.” Not to mention your own social worker, mediator and philosopher. When Winter checks her rear view, she sees the future of Vermont reflected back — kindergarteners through seniors, farm and sub urban kids, old Vermonters and new transplants. Her once-rural route is now a patchwork of old farms and new housing developments. “It is interesting to watch them grow and change,” she says of her charges. “I had one come onto the beach the other day, with two little kids in her car. She said, ‘Aren’t you Hazel?’ I looked her straight in the face and said, ‘Aren’t you one of the Baron girls?’ I had her all through grade school.” □
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■■ ducators also disagree as to I * whether Catholic schools L i are academically superior to public schools. Burlington dio cese officials make no such claim, and they further seek to discourage the notion that their schools are consciously competing with the public sys tem. Mater Christi s DellaSanta notes that it’s difficult to com pare achievement test scores because the national reporting system does not distinguish between public and private school students. She adds, however, that Mater Christi pupils generally score one full grade higher than the national average on standardized read ing and math tests. Several studies have shown that Catholic high schools fare • better than their public coun terparts in terms of graduation rates and college attendance. The smaller size and less cum bersome bureaucracy of the
generally fare much better in Catholic schools, according to the same analyst. , Catholic school advocates say such results reflect the stricter code o f conduct enforced by reli gious personnel *It depends on how you and lay teachers. School uniforms sometimes said define morality. are to be emblematic o f Catholic Friendship, respect, honor schools’ emphasis on discipline. (See ing differences -— I think sidebar.)
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icture this: Its Friday night at your college, and you’re dutifully partying at the frat of your choice with 60 of your closest friends. As the music grows monotonous and the taps run dry, you start look ing for other avenues o f enter tainment. O ut of the corner of your eye, you catch sight of a man dressed in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses leaving quickly through a side exit. You decide to follow, curiosity piqued. The shadowy figure walks down the street at a hurried pace. Suddenly, a young woman wearing fishnet stockings and black lipstick jumps out of a nearby bush. In her hand is a 3 x 5-inch index card, which she shows to the man, and the two of them play three quick rounds of “rock-scissors-paper.” The woman succeeds at the first and third but loses the sec ond, and runs down the street while the man seems to be frozen, counting seconds to himself. After about half a minute, he reanimates, apparently angry and walking with a limp. He
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notices you, standing all alone on the deserted street, and stag gers your way. You prepare to ask him what that was all about, but he merely walks by you, placing his index and mid dle finger to his throat as he does. Congratulations. You’ve just become vampire prey. Vampire: The Masquerade, by White Wolf Games, is cur rently the hippest of the hip role-playing games. Its liveaction expansion rules — The Masquerade — have boosted the game’s popularity to the point where it even enjoyed a short-lived TV series on Fox. After two or three years of big-city underground populari ty, the game has finally caught on in Vermont and enjoys small but fanatically devoted follow ings at most of the state’s col leges. Most Vermont Kindred say that the Green Mountain State, with its spooky, Stephen King-after-dark atmosphere and, more importantly, its rela tively low violent crime rate, is the perfect place to play once the sun goes down. Johnson State College has had an active vampire presence since last year, as has the University of
Vermont, and even the notori ously unhip Middlebury and Castleton State Colleges are reportedly gearing up for Masquerade campaigns this fall. The premise is simple: You’re a vampire (or Kindred, as Masquerade creator Mark Rein-Hagen would have it), and you have to keep that secret from humans who would destroy your kind, i.e., everyone who’s not playing the game. Unlike hack-and-slash RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, Masquerade encourages its players to role-play the extreme ly politically charged atmos phere of the Kindred. It’s like the dark underbelly of the “let’s pretend” games we all played as children. One player, The Storyteller, serves both as a tenuous link to the outside world and plot scripter, but the game’s fullest potential is met when the play ers truly get into character and interact amongst themselves. These aren’t the cape-and-tuxwearing Bela Lugosi vamps who can’t stand the sight of a cruci fix, but rather the Anne Ricebased “undead” in leathers and shades who dig on Trent Reznor and Type O Negative. Continued on page 2 7
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Qwednesday music JOHNNY CASH: Catch the “man in black” — the only triple Hall of Famer in songwriting, country music and rock n roll. June Carter joins Johnny at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $29.50-38.50. Info*, 863-5966.
dance FREE SPIRIT DANCE: The weekly barefoot boogie convenes at Earth Dance Healing Arts Studio, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 482-2827. CONTACT IMPROV: Make contact with other fearless movers at Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674.
theater LYRIC THEATRE AUDITIONS: Interested in being in Bye Bye Birdie! Lyric Theatre is looking for actors who can sing, dance and rock n’ roll. Brush up on your jitterbug at a pre-audition workshop tonight. Williston Central School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3585. ‘SPAGHETTI MURDER MYSTERY’: Explorer-detective Jeffrey Spaulding stars in a carbonara caper cooked up by play wright Jim Hogue. Sample the dinner theater at Villa Tragara Restaurant, Waterbury Center, 6 p.m. $35. Reservations, 244-5288. ‘DEATH & THE MAIDEN’: The music of Schubert plays a part in this moral thriller the Times of London reported, “combines brilliant theatricality with clear thought and fierce compas sion.” Unadilla Theater, East Calais, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968. ‘ARMS AND TH E M AN’: Steve Stettler directs Shaw’s clever debunking of the glory o f war. Weston Playhouse, 3 p.m. $20. Info, 824-5288.
xv c r d s POETRIA OBSCURA: Angela Patten and William R. Butler read from their verse at the Fletcher Free Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.
7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. STORIES: Kids listen while they eat snacks and make crafts at the Childrens Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.
etc BASEBALL GAME: The Vermont Expos take on Pittsfield in the last regular sea son game. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3-5. Info, 655-4200. GERMAN CLUB MEETING: Deutsche speakers meet for refreshments and plaunderabend. German Club, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3100. LAKE HEARINGS: Comment on the final draft of the Lake Champlain man agement plan. Burlington City Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-468-5227. WATERBURY FARMERS MARKET: Local peas and zucchinis are available, along with dinner items such as pizza, pasta and turnovers. Rusty Parker Park, Waterbury, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2690.
TEEN PARENT-CHILD GROUP: Teen moms hang out with their babies at the Wheeler School, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4420. STORY HOUR: Finger plays and cut-and-fold stories are geared toward the ages of attending children. This weekly event is held at the S. Burlington Library,
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LYRIC THEATRE AUDITIONS: See September 4. Workshops and auditions are held simultaneously tonight. ‘FOR WANT OF A HERO’: Seeking a hero in a world filled with denial, preju dice and discrimination, a young boy with polio discovers his own voice. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 860-6220. ‘TH E CHERIE & YOLANDA SHOW’: Two drag queens host a broadcast with Martin Guigui and Josh Bridgeman. Cafe No No, Burlington, 8 p.m . $2. Info, 865-5066. ‘SAUCY JACK’ AUDITIONS: Green Candle Theater is seeking singing actors
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HOP TIL YOU DROP: Looking for art with attitude and hors d’oeuvres? The South End Art Hop serves it up in Pine Street style, on a culture crawl that takes you through some of the funkiest studios, galleries and design firms in Burlington. Don’t miss Jager DiPaola Kemp Design on Maple Street, or the boxcar exhibit at the end of the line. Friday, September 6. Studio and Gallery Hop, 5-9 p.m. Reception 8-11 p.m. $4. Info and maps, 863-3067. ■GLASS KISSER: Alan Goldfarb
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TALKING TOURISTS: Vacancy — the sign has shone for tourists in Vermont since sheep farms were the main attraction. Should the state go one step further, and turn itself into the next Williamsburg? Two historians debate the pros and cons of “her itage tourism” at a debate moder ated by Secretary of State Jim Douglas. Saturday, September 7. Senate Chamber, Statehouse, Montpelier, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2291. THANKS A MILL: Time to
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DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL: Fill up on Southern-style barbecue before Mississippi-made music with R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Dave Thompson. The New England Culinary Institute caters at Alumni Hall, Vermont College, Montpelier. Dinner, 6 p.m. $10. Music, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 800-639-1383. ANNE DO DSO N : The Maine folksinger plays guitar, dulcimer and penny whistle in a “house concert’ set ting. Richmond, 8 p.m. $10. Info and directions, 434-4515.
dance CENTRAL VERMONT SQUARES: Al Monty calls for a “mainstream and plus” dance at the Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. A potluck dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 485-6739.
theater LYRIC THEATRE AUDITIONS: See September 5. ‘FOR WANT OF A HERO’: See September 5. ‘SAUCY JACK’ AUDITIONS: See September 5, 5 p.m. NEW PUPPETRY CELEBRATION: The first o f four adult-oriented world puppet performances features a “fiddle lecture” by Peter Schumann and “object theater” by Czech artist Peter Nild. See story, this issue. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14. Info, 863-5966. ‘LIFE AFTER JULIE’: Retired soap opera diva Susan Snyder offers her “true confessions.” Cafe No No, Burlington, 7 p.m . $3-6. Info, 865-5066.
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SO UTH END ART HOP: An artful evening o f gallery hopping ends in a box car exhibit o f juried works. Check out the open studios from 5-9 p.m. and a silent auction and a loud band from 8-11 p.m. $4. Maltex Building, Burlington. Info, 863-3067. PAINTER LECTURE: Hollis Sigler has exhibited at the Whitney, the Corcoran and the Museum o f Modern Art. She speaks about her work at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727. HISTORY OF GLASS: Glassblower Alan Goldfarb surveys glassblowing tech nique and design over the millenia. Lower Level, Millers Landmark, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 863-6458.
LYRIC THEATRE AUDITIONS: See September 4. The final workshop is tonight, 7 p.m., and the last auditions run from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. ‘DEATH & THE MAIDEN’: See September 4, $12.50. ‘FOR WANT OF A HERO’: See September 5, 2 & 8 p.m. NEW PUPPETRY CELEBRATION: See September 6. A Czech wife and hus band team uses an assemblage o f handcarved wooden puppets to create a surre alistic tribute to the power of non-com munication.
equal number o f performers, including Chip Haggerty, Peter Burns and Tamah. Cafe No No, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 865-5066.
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iv c r d s NORTH COUNTRYW OM EN: Four oldsters recall Growing Up Strong with a reading of their collaborative book.
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etc THRIFT SALE: See September 5, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. WOODBURY COLLEGE INTRO: Considering fall term in paralegal studies, conflict management, community devel opment or essential career skills? Meet with advisors at Woodbury College, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Register, 800-639-6039. BURLINGTON SINGLES MEETING: Eligibles gather at the O ’Brien Civic Center, S. Burlington, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 985-9171. RICHM OND FARMERS MARKET: Look for local produce, sweets, jewelry and potted plants. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2690. O UTRIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth are invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677.
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DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL: See September 6, Magic Hat Brewery, Burlington, noon - 5 p.m. Info, 658-2739. ANNE D O DSO N : See September 6, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 479-5722.
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d a n c e BALLROOM DANCE: A live band sets the pace for fox trotting, waltzing and swinging couples. S. Burlington Middle School, 8 p.m. $10 per couple. Info, 862-0190. CONTRA DANCE: Lisa Greenleaf and Larry Unger call for the Turbotunes. Montpelier City Grange Hall, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 426-3734.
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‘INSURRECTION ORATORIO’: Bread and Puppet Theatre uses masked figures, spoken text and sacred harp music to examine the effects of the glob alized economy on indigenous peoples. Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 525-3031. ‘10x10’: Ten monologues showcase an
Chassman & Bern Booksellers, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4332.
kids STORY TIME: Kids listen up at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
REUSE DAY: Recycle North wants your reusable furniture, electronics and appli ances. Bring your oldies but goodies to the Essex Drop O ff Center, Suzie Wilson Road, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 6584143. YOGA INTRO: Iyengar Yoga empha sizes alignment and healing. Penny
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: Pianist Walter Schenkman takes note of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. Federated Church, Rochester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9008. JAMES JOHNSON: The internationally acclaimed organist plays an allBach recital at the Cathedral o f St. Paul, Burlington, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 864-0471.
t h e a t e r ‘DEATH & TH E M AIDEN’: See September 4, $12.50. ‘FOR WANT OF A HERO’: See
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Holden makes the moves at the Burlington Yoga Studio, 1-2:30 p.m. ^ Free. Register, 658-YOGA. CHICKEN BARBECUE: Various chari- A ties benefit from this chicken feast. Knights o f Columbus Hall, Essex Junction, noon - 4 p.m. $6. Info, 8783867. FLEA DIP: Take your leashed beast to the bath. Pet Food Warehouse, S. Bur lington, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Donations. Info, 862-5514. ‘CANINE & COMPANY’: Watch where you walk on “dog day” — a cele bration o f canine obedence, agility, grooming and politeness. The Central Vermont Humane Society is the behind the pets. Statehouse Lawn, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 476-3811. FOR ART’S SAKE: Sample the work of 80 artists — and 30 Stowe eateries — at a festival o f visual, musical and culinary arts. Jackson Ice Arena, Stowe, 10 a.m. „ 4 p.m. Tastings, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. $3 to get in. Info, 253-8358. MUSHROOM WORKSHOP: Roz Payne explores mycological wonders at the Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $5. Register, 434-3068. MUSHROOM FORAGING: Chickenof-the-woods mushrooms are the focus of a fungal quest at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $16. Register, 457-2779. FARMERS MARKETS: Vermont-grown agricultural products and crafts are for sale in the following locations: Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. Info, 453-2435. Taft Corners in Williston, 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Info, 879-0464. Courthouse parking lot in Montpelier, 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Info, 229-1935. Mad River Green in Waitsfield, 9:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Info, 496-5856. Marbleworks in Middlebttry, 9 a.m. -noon. Info, 897-5971. On the green by McMahon Chevrolet, Morrisville, 8:30 a.m. -1 p.m. Info, 888-5558. Taylor Park in St. AJbans, 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Info, 868-2029.
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• September 5. HAUNTED FOREST MEETING: Feeling spooky? Volunteer to be a guide, character, or to work behind the scenes at the Halloween bash. Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3068.
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kids ‘CARDBOARD CIRCUS’: The per formers in this papier mache menagerie range from tiny hand puppets to tower ing figures. Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 4:30 p.m. $4. Info, 525-3031.
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t h e a t e r ‘CADENZA’: Gail Schwartz performs two plays: the first, by Rob Handel, is a look inside the mind of a violin prodigy; the second is her own work-in-progress. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $2.50. Info, 229-0492.
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‘FATHERS & CHILDREN TOGETHER’: Spend quality time with your kids and other dads at the Wheeler School, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4420. STORY HOUR: Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activi ties. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.
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FOR ART’S SAKE: See September 7. YOGA INTRO: Kripalu Yoga empha sizes movement, breath and meditation. Jane Selzer demonstrates how to at the Burlington Yoga Studio, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Register, 658-YOGA. ‘SECOND SUNDAY O U T ’: Gay, les bian, transgendered and bisexual folks gather for a dance to benefit Outright Vermont. Unitarian Church, 7 p.m. $6. Info, 865-9677. JEWISH FOOD FAIR: An ethnic extravaganza features Israeli dancing and crafts, foods and pastries. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. $?. Info, 864-0218. w M O U NT INDEPENDENCE TOUR: Middlebury historian and archaeologist Bill Murphy leads a group to the Revolutionary War battle site in Orwell. Orwell, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2117. HIKE TO LITTLE ROCK POND: An easy six-mile loop brings you up and over the Long Trail. Meet in Montpelier, 8 a.m. Free. Register, 223-3616. STOWE FARMERS MARKET: Get it while it’s fresh, next to the Red Barn Shops in Stowe, 11 a.m. -3 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4498.
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6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1658. ‘WHAT IS PSYCHOSYNTHESIS?’: Jean Guenther explains a model of per sonal and spiritual transformation. 44 Church St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8485. HUMAN RIGHTS WRITE-IN: Make a dictator your pen pal and save a life. Writing materials are provided at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4838. MOUNTAIN BIKE RACES: Men, women, teens and kids pedal for applause in weekly races for serious and social bik-
W OM EN’S FORUM: A panel of women discuss the rise of the radical right at a forum sponsored by the Burlington Women’s Council. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7200. OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Fresh organic vegetables can be had for food stamps, cash or farm-to-family coupons at the corner of Elmwood and Archibald streets, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6248.
‘SPAGHETTI MURDER MYSTERY’: See September 4.
art ‘CHANGING VIEWS OF VERMONT’: William Lipke presents research in progress on changing realities and per spectives on rural and suburban Vermont. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750.
words FICTION READINGS: Samantha Hunt, Sean Laughlin and Creston Lea read their work at Crow Book Shop, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-0848.
kids STORY HOUR: Finger piays and cut-and-fold stories are geared toward the ages o f attending children. This weekly event is held at the S. Burlington Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. STORIES: Kids listen while they eat snacks and make crafts at the Children’s Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.
etc ‘FLAMES OF HATRED’: Discuss Southern church burnings in the Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535.
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MS W IN DO W S 3.1: Monday & Thursday, September 9 & 12, or October 7 & 10, evenings. Community Technology Center, Burlington. $60. Register, 860-4057. Learn the DOS underpinnings o f this program. INTRO TO COMPUTERS: Wednesday, September 4, 6-8 p.m. Department o f Employment &c Training, Burlington. Free to unem ployed people and residents o f the Enterprise Community. Register, 860-4057. Get up to speed with computer technology.
INTRO TO MEDITATION: Six Mondays starting September 9, 7:30-9 p.m. Movement Center, Montpelier. Register, 223-5338. Learn simple, practi cal unique techniques designed to reduce stress and anxiety, and generally improve health, vitality and self esteem. MEDITATION: Sundays, September 8 & 15, 10-11 a.m. Burlington Yoga Studio. Free. Info, 658-YOGA. Check out the Vipaassana meditation. MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices.
gymnastics GYMNASTICS: Monday-Sunday, September 9-15. North Star Gymnastics, Waterbury or Barre. Free. Register, 244-4966 or 479-3690. Take a trial class for free.
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SKATING CLINIC: Thursday, September 5, 6:30 p.m. Fort Ethan Allen Fitness, Colchester. $10. Info, 658-3313 ext. 253. All levels learn from the best in the business. Gear is provided
NUMEROLOGY FOR THE NEW AGE: Monday, September 9, basic; Wednesday, September 4 or 11, inter mediate; Thursday, September 12 or 19, relationship compatibility. 28 Church St., Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $50 per class. Register, 878-8745. Nationally renowned psychic and numerologist Robert John Vozza teaches you how to create your own charts.
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BASIC MEDIATION: SundayWed nesday, September 8-11. Woodbury College, Montpelier. $475. Register, 800-639-6039. I f you have to handle conflict in your work, learn from professionals how to do it with skill.
TAI CHI: Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. &; 8-9 p.m. Food For Thought, Stowe, $10. Info, 253-4733. John DiCarlo leads ongoing classes.
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woodworking BEGINNING WOODWORKING: Thursdays, September 19 - December 19, 12:30-2 p.m. The Wood School, Burlington. Register, 8644-4454. Adults learn fine woodworking at a nice, easy pace. Other classes are also available.
writing POETRY WRITING: Ten Wednesdays starting September 11, 7-9 p.m. Fletcher Library, Burlington. Free. Register, 863-3403. All levels are wel come at a class taught by poet Cill Janeway. WRITERS WORKSHOP: Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Cafe No No, Burlington. Free. Info, 865-5066. Take a journal and your writing spirit.
yoga YOGA AT NO O N: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12-12:50 p.m. The Movement Center, Montpelier. $7 per class. Info, 454-1032. Kripalu yoga teachers Rudy Peirce and Lesley Becker offer gentle stretching and deep breathing for relaxation andfresh energy. YOGA: Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio, 174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Classes are offeredfor kids, for healthy backs, and in Astanga, Iyengar, Kripalu, Bikram and Kundalini styles. Beginners can start any time.
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C ontinued from page 14 Most agree that Halvorson’s has the best courtyard in Burlington. And its bursting with young professionals swill ing margaritas and listening to live music. Free jazz inside every Thursday year-round, too. Drink specials are a rare treat. Better wait until you’re in graduate school or, better yet, gainfully employed, to become a regular. Cherry Street Billiards, Cherry Street (§) For $5, you can play pool all night. On Fridays it tends to fill up, so go early and stay late. Bring tons o f quarters to feed the sweet jukebox. Beers are available at the bar and by waitress service. There’s a secret backroom for special events — like Minnesota Fats consor tiums and private screenings of The Color o f Money. The O ther Place, Corner of Pearl and North Winooski (§)
Lumberjacks and hippies sit and sip side by side. Highlights include: two tacos for $4, two pool tables and two toilets. Beer specials abound. When the front window is open, there’s no other place to pound a pint. In the middle of winter, there’s no other place to pound a pitcher. 135 Pearl, Pearl Street @ Where gays, lesbians and others go to get out and about. Great DJs, raves and the occa sional swell fashion show. Phone calls unreturned as of press time, so we can’t report on any drink specials.
MONTPELIER Bellini s, Elm Street @ A newcomer to the capital scene, this intimate little restaurant was the quietest stop of the evening. Tom Waits would have felt right at home. Accoutrements include a bumper-pool table and a televi sion, and some live music. Longneck Buds are $2.75.
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The Main Street Bar and Grill, Main Street © Owned and operated by the New England Culinary Institute, the B&G pampered us with a two-man jazz combo, and a smoking lounge with a dart board. Owing to the pro fessional reputation of NECI, however, it feels a little stuffy; most of that evening’s patrons looked to be well over collegeage. The best feature, in our humble opinion, is the no-tip ping rule — the prices aren’t bad, either: Bud in a bottle is also $2.75 here. Sarducci’s, Main Street Sarducci’s, with a reputa tion as one of Montpelier’s classier eateries, is not a place to kick back with a few brews and watch the Yankees game. It is a place to impress your date with, say, pennepugliese — and, though the beer list is skimpy ($2.75 Buds), the wine list isn’t.
The Thrush Tavern, State Street @ Uh, it was closed by 11:00 p.m. Next stop.
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Julio’s, Main Street @ The best way to describe Julio’s is fun. People,come not just for the food or drinks, but the atmosphere. The lighting is
just right, the restaurant is big but cozy, and the staff is friendly. Bud in a bottle is $2.50. McGillicuddy’s, Langdon Street {^) The owners of Rasputin’s in Burlington have expanded their franchise with impressive results. Though more of a justofF-Fenway sports bar than an Irish pub, it’s still loud, rowdy and all-around fun. Zep on the stereo. Charlie-o’s, Main Street Q y Charlie-o’s is where every punk thinks he’s going to go when he dies. It has a reputa tion for “good drinks and bad company.” W ith pool tables and plenty of live music (no cover), Charlie-O’s is fun, but not too college-friendly. Its clientele is the most representa tive cross-section o f workingclass Vermont we’ve ever seen. Before leaving we noted that Bud was $3, but temporarily $2.50 for the ironically named “back-to-school special.” □
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o you’ve enjoyed the rather pleasant respite from life provided by your mom, her carpool, and those sticky, fum bling summers of adolescence, and you’ve finally decided to stick your precocious little toes into the waters of higher educa tion. Right here in the Green Mountains we have a number of different offerings to feed your ignorant little hungry minds while you wait for the degree-slash-passport that will open doors and maybe make you enough money so that by the time you’re 30 you can have a Lotus of your own. Don’t fret if you don’t find these classes at your respective schools — we’ve changed things a bit.
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you. O f course, that’s not really fair, we programmed in a quit smoking Free Card into its CPU, and you have to sit around sniffing incense and reminding yourself: “We made them, they are not better than us. We made them. We created their world, and they cannot control ours, no matter how hard they try. And so on.
bring your appetite for overintellectualization and a briefcasetype thingy in which to cart around unpublished manu scripts. Oh, I almost forgot, your autographed copy of the Communist Manifesto.
Elementary Greek: This
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Philosophy of Love :THERE IS NONE!
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the popular notion that reli gious people are caught up in an old, dogmatic form of non thinking. Thanks to the new religion of today — psychology — we can safely ascertain that any belief is a neurosis and therefore a detriment. So pray if you must, but please, at all times maintain eye contact.
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was inspired by Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange. Picture this: We have your eye-
Special Topic: Vermont Writers: Sorry, you can’t get into this class, kid, it’s
Immediately after mister com puter voice guy spit this my way, I knew to not even try get ting into the class. The name sounds too much like Trainspotting, the coolest thing since...the last really cool thing, which I can’t remember at the moment. Needless to say, the class was already filled with its quota of miscreants, which, by Vermont standards, is “for every one by the rock, there are 10 in the walls.”
look honey, if I trade this pair of genes for that one I can greatly alter the human form as we know it! And I’m not even god. Gee.”
The Mystery of Matter: Better known as “the overanalysis of the con crete,” or, “let’s discuss dust with a smallish, follically chal lenged gentleman in a labcoat whose hopes are all but quashed that he will ever make big bucks like that that that ....Bill Nye the Science Guy.”
Inorganic Chemistry:
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explor ing issues like how to haze quietly so that no public officials get wind of it, or how to lure those cute freshman into your clutches. And how to make it all pretty legit with just a bit of community service.
you’re in a band and want to make it big, but don’t really have an ounce of the authentici ty required to make lasting music. Kurt Vonnegut said that the best way to be a rock star is to act like one.. .and we agree.
and we force you to stare at all the most violent scenes in Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth o f July while listening to the Hootie and the Blowfish song, “Hold My Hand.” Then, while you’re still strapped down, we induce all sorts of violent behav ior in the people around you. (Note: In order to pass this class, you must be able to recite the chorus of “Hold My Hand” while being beaten up by these thugs.)
Advanced Conversation: We haven’t
Psychology of Religion: Just what is the
built a classroom for this yet; our meeting of the minds will take place at any of the lo-cal coffee shops around town. Just
psychology of religion, one may ask? Penis envy in the divine? I think not. In fact, the specific mission of this class is to derail
Singing for the Actor: This is for you if
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Chemistry for Changing Times: “Oh,
For you more challenged souls. Yes, that’s right, folks. If organic chemistry didn’t send you seek ing out dangerously high build ings, then /^organic will surely play on all those little insecuri ties you have tucked away under that plainish exterior. Once you were called a gifted child; now you’re just another number praying for a C and wishing you could be like all the other kids who are not as talented as you, who get to take things like “Women in Literature” and cruise with an A, much to their parents’ delight, while you stew in a real course about real things in this frighteningly real world. Whew!
101 Things to Do with Your Kids on a Rainy Day: This is actually
full, full, full. Why, I had a woman the other day offer me her very soul so that her little Larry could hang from the chandelier installed in our classroom to give it that Victorian elegance to inspire would-be literateurs. I suppose that’s a bit, shall we say, bourgeois, but so what?
Substance Abuse I: In this class, children, we will learn that the war on drug users, oops, I mean drugs, is kinda similar to that pesky domino effect we found so irritating in Southeast Asia. Furthermore, if we let this criminal substance abuse continue without the infusion of a little mindless brute force, then how can we have a peaceful, substance-free society? The text will be The War on You.
Satire: Satire is a) a literary work in which vices, follies and stupidities are held up to ridicule and contempt; b) sup posedly a word found some where in the R.E.M. song, “It’s the End of the World (and I Feel Fine);” c) a particular kind of strudel concocted by my great-aunt Estelle for occasions such as braces, barmitzvahs or any familial gathering that requires long stays at the homes of people you don’t like. She thought she was naming the recipe “Souter,” after her favorite Supreme Court Justice, but whenever she said it, it sounded like “satire.” Needless to say, / won’t be taking this class, but you might enjoy it. Seminar on Immunohematology: This is really the study of rat feces, but you got to start somewhere. Today, rat feces; tomorrow, human feces. My uncle Larry is a proctologist, and do you have any idea how much money he makes?
Witchcraft 202: This class, I think, will belong to one long, constructed dialog regard ing the moment in between life and death, the moment that human beings have always looked to in order to define their own consciousness. The moment that was stolen from us by a fish. □
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C o n tin u e d fr o m page 1 8 mentation and curriculum revi sion, notes DcllaSanta. “We have to move more slowly becaiite liave smaller /resources. Were more focused on the traditional basics,” she say*, noting, however, that Mater Christi has adopted some o f the newer instructional tech niques in certain subject areas.
Catholic schools are gener ally less able to offer computer courses and to sponsor frequent field trips and special projects, owing to their more modest budgets. Tuition payments, along with subsidies from local parishes and dioceses, usually account for all of a Catholic school’s revenue. Parents’ pay ments constitute by far the sin gle biggest source of funding. And officials are reluctant to raise tuition rates — as high as $3480 per student in the case o f Mater Christi — out of fear that enrollments will shrink. Vermont’s Catholic schools did in fact experience a steady decline in students during the 1970s and ’80s, due mainly, Searles says, to frequent tuition hikes throughout that period. Enrollment has been inching upward in recent years, howev-
y, some Catholic Mm. schools in Vermont even have waiting lists for admission, but this is due as much to the past downsizing o f staffs as to @ increased demand foradmisston, Searles notes. The tight budget squeezes teachers especially hard. At Mater Christi, regarded as one o f the most financially well-off Catholic schools in the state, the starting teacher salary of $ 17,400 a year is far below the Burlington public school level, as is the $31,046 maximum teacher pay. A few Catholic school teachers — the members of religious orders — labor for much less than even the mini mum wage. Their numbers have dropped sharply, though, to the point where Rice High School now has only five ordained staff members, com pared to the 35 that worked there when Searles was Rices principal in 1966. Most lay teachers at Vermont parochial schools are themselves practicing Catholics. Allegiance to the Church is not a job requirement, but Catholic schools do insist that their teachers share the institutions’ overall philosophy. Adherence to this standard is intended to
guard against dilution o f the schools’ Catholic character even as the religious orders dwindle in, size and influence. Willingness to accept a comparatively low pay rate reflects the intense dedication o f most Catholic school teach ers, Church officials say. “Our teachers are fully committed to the students and to our value system because they have to
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t?She super-humanly strong ' S f > pire m Ventrue on the second. Fearing for her unlife, she decided to ; use her speed power of Celerity to escape. The Ventrue tried to stop her but failed (the third rock-scissors-pat W ,
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Continued from |page 1 7 know him personally, I thought as I watched it unfold from my team-managers sta tion on the sidelines. It was at once comical and thrilling and the most heroic thing Duly ever did. Until Vietnam. W hat I remember about high school is that I was never serious for a minute, and always so serious it hurt. To cover an unspoken horror at the person I secretly knew myself to be — a self-con scious, envious, rigid and fairly prissy kid who didn’t like the way he looked in the mirror -— I cultivated a reputation as a debonair wiseacre. This was not easy. Being a wiseacre depended on having an irreducible point o f view that differed somehow from the orthodoxy. I was as ortho dox as it was possible to be and still remain gentile. I did n’t even have a clue as to what alternative views were out there. Cheese, to me, came in yellow squares and was called American. Bread was white. “Spaghetti” was the first name of a dish the last name of which was “’n’ meatballs.” God was a Christian. Good guys didn’t smoke. You were sup posed to leave your Thing alone; God would spot you if you grabbed it. And on and on. So I taught myself to be a wiseacre. I studied other kids who were funny, and learned their rhythms. I studied Bob Hope, especially in The Lemon Drop Kid, though I had no idea what a racetrack tout was. I listened to “novelty” records on the radio, especially Stan Freberg’s parodies o f “Dragnet” and the ones where a fake reporter asked questions of people on the street, and the answers were snippets o f rock ’n roll songs. Duly had a tape-recorder, a cumbersome reel-to-reel Wollensak, but possibly the only tape-recorder in town. He and I began to splice together our own novelty recordings, using in-jokes from school and Duly’s supply of 45 rpm records. We spent hours on weekends putting these togeth er, and then played them at the parties Dulys parents let him throw at Rose Hill. O ur friends shrieked with laughter. I watched them laugh; watched them very, very seriously.
I l l hat I remember finally U u about high school is sex, i f or the chimera o f sex; always imminent, but just beyond reach; elusive and else where-moving as the Mississippi at night. Important as sex felt as a fantasy and an urge, it was almost incidental, beside the point, in my actual first crushes, I remember ideal-
aK ihg a new girl jpffjied Jed fP S ! who moved into a house across the street from my old Patrol Boy corner. She was quiet and serene, a minister s daughter who wore lacy Peter Pan col lars and a silver cross around her neck. I loved her so much I felt suffocated in her pres ence. I invited her to a party at Duly s and ached so ardently every time another boy spoke to her that my pain finally penetrated her serenity and she recoiled when I approached her, looking wide-eyed at me over her Coke glass in affable confusion and fear. I remember a Pirates home football game: the cheerleaders doing a twirl in their pleated skirts that finishes abruptly, every girl half-crouched in a statue-freeze. Donna Maupin’s hemline doesn’t quite make it. A coincidental sudden pause in the crowd-sound like the hush of surf; at that very moment, a Eureka-like cry from the reedy voice of Bobby Jones, the smallest kid in school: “A bare kneeV No one even dares to titter; the mortification is as universal as the plague. W hat I remember is that I spent every spare minute of my high school days trying to be at the center of the holiness. n my self-absorption, it never occurred to me that Hannibal and northeastern Missouri could be as alien to some of my friends as I feared the “outside world” might be to me. I’ve said that I never wit nessed an instance of racial “trouble” in Hannibal, not along Market Street nor in the high school classrooms. But I did witness an incident. It involved a classmate of mine, a black athlete named Gerald Perkins. It happened in a pool hall in Sedalia, Missouri, a town about 100 miles south west o f Hannibal, before our team was to play a high-school basketball game there in 1958, a year before 1 graduated. I can’t think o f it to this day without shutting my eyes in mortification and regret. The Hannibal team bus . had arrived in Sedalia a couple
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“fiddle lecture,” called “Fiddle Insurrection.” It is about, he says, puppetry as culture and he theater darkens, the cur culture as revolution. Then tains part. Music comes up Schumann, who scarcely needs and so does a single spot an introduction to Vermonters, light, trained on a performer so will introduce Petr Niki, an old its origins have passed acclaimed theater artist into folklore: a pup and painter from the pet. Long before Bert Czech Republic. Ernie, Kukla, Fran Niki favors the form & Ollie, Charlie called object theater — McCarthy or Punch a manipulation of & Judy, puppets held chil objects, not just doll-like pup dren and adults alike in rapt pets — and is renowned for attention. Their antics have creating abstract, surreal mimicked, mocked and moral imagery. His puppetry, called ized human foibles. Mehedaha, grew from the work A quartet of puppet perfor of visual artists, mances at and in his coun Burlington’s Peter Schumann/ try it is per Flynn Theatre formed in suggest how far Petr Niki : friends’ apart the art form has American/Czech ments as well as come since its P upp etr y ; in proper the pre-Christian Fr an tis ek & Vera, aters. It has no provenance. This fixed ensemble Friday, Bread and Piskanderdula. or repertory — Puppet maestro Flynn Theatre, new actors and Peter Schumann Burli n gt on . musicians are — whose annual September 6 & 7, hired for every Domestic performance. Resurrection 8 p .m. The “ingredi Circus in Glover ents” come from reportedly drew a constantly expanding assort 35,000 just two weekends ago ment of toys, stuffed animals, — will perform his new solo found objects, machinery and Bv
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think I know the reason why I loved my high school years so much, even the bad stuff; loved it almost moment-tomoment. It was this: I knew it (traditional ragtime verse sung was about to end; not just high in the Maple Leaf Club) school; all of it. I wished to The rest of us remained in god it didn’t have to end: high our places for awhile, looking school, Hannibal, the movies, with intense fascination at the the secrets, the rock ’n’ roll on floor. None of us made eye Dulys dashboard radio, the contact. I have this absurd left new scent of perfume on a over image of everybody elses girl’s wrist, the ache of awk blue jeans; that’s as far as my ward love, the feuds and for eyes could get. We just stood givenesses over nothing, the there, thinking the whole thing foot-long chili hotdogs at the was over. Checkered Flag, the great I know the thought that cathedrals of night and the every one o f us shared as if it things that happened in the were a common force-field night, the neon Schlitz loneli (though none of us ever said a ness o f South Main Street near word about that incident): We the old trainyards and the river. wanted to follow Gerald The intense, compacted civi Perkins out that door. I am lization that all this represented convinced o f that impulse. We to me, this stranded universe were just waiting for somebody enfolded within itself apd just to make the first move. now spinning off into history, I wanted to do it. I was never to be duplicated; inex about to. Just about to. In one pressible and precious and lost. more second I would have. In In the spring of 1959, my one more second we all would graduation year, I kissed a girl. Oh! Mr. Johnson turn me loose, Don’t take me to de calaboose, Oh! Mr. Johnson I ’l l be good.
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“Sesame Street” set, think again. In fact, the form, once C ontinued from page 31 religious then bawdy, fell into pets, found objects and the exclusive domain of chil mechanical musical instru dren only in this century. On ments. Critics have described the eve of the next millenium, Piskanderduld as a tender and the tables are turning. poetic tribute to the power of Puppetry — for adults — is non-verbal communication. experiencing a renaissance in On October 4, the Flynn the U.S. and abroad, thanks will present the French troupe in part to the International Amoros & Augustin with the Festival of Puppet Theater. Ivory Coast’s Ki-Yi-M’bock Founded by the daughter of Theatre in a collaborative Muppet founder Jim Henson, piece called Sunjata: The the third bian Manding Epic. nual extrava Performed in ganza gets three African underway in dialects and New York City French next Tuesday: (English trans 12 days, nine lation project theaters, 22 ed), it brings troupes from to life an 10 countries, ancient 368 puppets. African legend The growing with enor popularity of mous shadow this age-old, puppets. multicultural American theatrical form puppet artist demonstrates Peter Schumann Roman Paska that grown-ups closes the — who have Flynn’s New Puppetry perhaps seen it all in the way Celebration on October 22 of Hollywood’s special effects with Moby Dick in Venice, a — can still be thrilled, dream-like performance with amused or moved to tears by live actors, poetic text and his a character on a stick. It is signature rod and hand pup also evidence that dramatic pets. All four performances theater, performance art and will be followed by discus puppetry are evolving into an sions with the artists. engaging, still-experimenting So if you had dismissed hybird that surpasses the puppetry as just for the boundaries of each. □
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THE SPITFIRE GRILL*** Sure, its curious that a consortium of Catholic priests would bankroll a motion picture as a means o f promoting “positive human values.” But what really boggles the mind is that this is the movie they would choose. While the appetizer at The Spitfire Grill is a sweet-as-maple-sugar parable about the restorative powers of love, the main course features equal helpings of sexual abuse, hatred, domestic discord, lunacy and tragic loss. Dessert makes that look like comfort food. Alison Elliotts nicely nuanced performance brings STANDARD FARE A workoutfor the emo cohesion and an illusion of gravity to this boilerplate weeper about a spunky girl who setdes in the impover tions is on the menu <z/The Spitfire Grill. ished backwoods town of Gilead, Maine (the film was actually shot in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom), after serving a five-year sentence for manslaughter. One look into Elliott s doe eyes and we know why she was there. Her fellow townsfolk are an even quicker read: There’s Ellen Burstyn as the grill’s crochety owner. Elliott warms her up as routinely as a cup of joe. There’s real-life Vermonter Louise De Cormier as the regulation town snoop. And, of course, no cast of stock characters would be complete without the obligatory mean husband (Will Patton) or village idiot (John M. Jackson). The townspeople themselves look like spillover from a “Northern Exposure” casting call. Everybody’s burly, bearded and teddy-bear-friendly. Well, maybe not right away. First, Elliott’s character has to endure the mandatory hushed whispers and furtive glances as she learns to sling the Spitfire’s hash. Faster than a three-minute egg, though, she makes a place for herself in the town that plot forgot and nothing much happens for an hour or so until police are alerted to a robbery, the spunky ex-con is elected prime sus pect, everybody runs home for their deer-hunting rifles and, well, let’s just say they’re hiring down at The Spitfire Grill. There are borderline palatable moments of movie friendship, movie caring and small-town movie life here, but no sooner do we fall into a Mayberry trance then the hilariously bogus Maine accents snap us out o f it. Anyway, all the warm-and-fuzzies are really only there to insure that we feel maximum bad when slammed with the Sad Ending. Which brings me back to the priests. I’m not sure just what sort of message they thought they were going to send with this film. No, there isn’t any nudity or graphic violence. Nobody in Gilead uses or sells narcotics — the place doesn’t even have a town drunk. Arid, yes, the story’s central character does momentarily rouse the town out of its collective stupor and self-pity by means o f her charm and afore mentioned spunk. But let’s be honest: The picture doesn’t exactly paint her experience as a gratifying one (unless you count her Great Reward). So, as I read it, the message of the movie is that life is unfair, small-town inhabitants are dangerous nutjobs and good will is pretty much pointless. If their aim is to strike it rich with a sweetly rendered but conventional tearjerker, these guys may well be on the right path. If the goal has anything at all to do with making traditional values look like the savvy choice, they haven’t got a prayer.
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Road, S. Burlington, 863-4494. BulletprooP 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35. First Kid 1, 4, 7:10, 9:30. The Stupids 5 (Sat., Sun. only), 9:40 (Mon.-Fri). Crow: City of Angels 12:50, 3:15, 7:20, 9:40 (Sat., Sun. only). Spitfire Grill 12:30, 3:30, 7, 9:25. Tin Cup 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15. Evening shows Mon-Fri. All shows Sat & Sun. unless otherwise indicated.
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m September 5-11 A R I E S (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): To achieve the proper levels o f humility and compassion necessary for total success this week, you should consider imitating Mother Teresa. You could, for instance, clean the toilets of AIDS patients. T hat’s probably too much to ask, though, so let me suggest some less taxing acts of service. Maybe you could wash the feet of people you haven’t treated with the respect they deserve. O r perhaps you could seek the advice of people whose wisdom you’ve unfairly denigrated. How about this: You could clean your own toilet reverently — not with a resentful, get-it-over-with-as-soonas-possible attitude, but with a soulful appreciation for the way life on earth continually offers us chances to overcome the crushing stupidity that comes from having excessive pride. T A U R U S (Apr. 20-May 20): Dear Dr. Brezsny: 1 could be crazy, but lately I swear my pet gecko is getting turned on when I undress in front of it. My naked body seems to inspire it to strut and make strange noises and in general act like it’s performing some kind of mating dance. Is Mars in Scorpio, or what? — Taurus Tease. Dear Taurus: No, Mars isn’t in Scorpio. But Venus (at least as far as you’re concerned) seems to be insatiable. I’ve rarely seen you exude as much animal magnetism as you arc now. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole range of G od’s creatures finds you more alluring than usual G C M I N I (May 21-June 20): Your luck at solitaire should be soaring these days. Likewise your talents for
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having notice. O n third thought, though, is arguments with the mirror, taking it really worth wasting all those long private walks, crafting resources just to create a splashy declarations of independence, impression? perfecting the art of solo sex, V IR G O (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One contemplating your navel, and of humanity’s most debilitating risking lonely acts of late-night problems is our inability to control courage. I’m not saying you’ll be a our mental pictures. I’ll personally failure in tandem activites, or that attest that despite my skills as a it’s hopeless to improve your meditator, I can sometimes feel relationships. I simply want to pretty helpless once fearful images emphasize that you’ll enjoy ‘ worm their way into my mind and flourishes of cosmic assistance start messing with my emotions. As whenever you specialize in selfa Virgo, with your hairtrigger reliance. imagination, you’re especially C A N C E R (June 21 -July 22): Let’s vulnerable to obsessive fantasies. meditate on metaphors for achieving These days, luckily, they’re mostly victory by going in reverse. The positive; you don’t have to worry world of sports provides several: about drowning in your stream of rowing, tug-of-war, and swimming consciousness. Not only that: Your the backstroke. Now let’s willpower is unusually strong. T hat’s contemplate the signs of the zodiac why this is an ideal time to gain that might be most prone to moving more control over the flow. Lesson backwards in order to head one: Just because a picture pops into forwards. Pisceans have a weak your head doesn’t mean it’s the word claim, but you Cancerians are of God. hands-down champions. Finally, let’s L I B R A (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’m put these two themes together and not a horse person, but I’ve always predict that you Crabs, will be wondered: Do horses really enjoy unbeatable this week whenever you lugging humans around on their practice the art of flippy-floppy. backs? O r do they have to be bribed L E O (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m afraid and tricked to do so? Is it possible that unless you take preventive they agree to such a burdensome measures immediately, it’s going to task solely because of reward-andbe a drinking-from-a-fire-hose kind punishment conditioning? Isn’t there o f week. O n second thought, maybe this implicit statement in every you’d like that just fine. A spectacle horse-trainer’s approach: "Carry me, of gross abundance would, after all, horse, and I’ll care for you and feed give you lots o f bragging rights. you goodies. Don’t carry me and I’ll People who haven’t given you the shun you and starve you.” The attention you deserve might reason I bring this up, Libra, is that suddenly bolt upri
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any way you’re like a domesticated horse. If so, what can you do to undo the programming that made you so ready and willing to be a beast of burden? S C O R P I O (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I for one won’t condemn you to hell if you allow your ego to swell to the next biggest size this week. Even an increase in two sizes wouldn’t offend me. You have, after all, been toying with the heady habits of heroism — thumbing your nose at what everyone thinks of you and risking adventures you’ve always been afraid to try before. Given your courageous chutzpah, I’d say there’s even a chance you’ll overthrow the emperor whose new clothes you exposed as a fraud. In conclusion, I hereby give you permission to finish all your sentences this week with the portentous phrase, “in accordance with prophecy.” S A G I T T A R IU S (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During the first week of classes, a Sagittarian high school student I know got totally peeved at a lingering zit on her cheek. Washing off the Clearasil, she took a black felt pen and drew a big circle around the offending blemish. Her friends laughed at her audacity, and her enemies were struck dumb. W ithin a few days, numerous classmates had copied her bold statement, launching a new fashion trend. This scenario illustrates perfectly an approach I think you
well become a source of unexpected power and authority and influence. C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): W ho’d have ever thought that a representative of the earthy Capricorn tribe would set a new American record for living outside the laws of gravity? Not me. And yet there she is. Astronaut Shannon Lucid, whose birthday is January 14, has been weightless for over five months. Even now she’s high above us in the Russian space station Mir, floating free and wild like an extraterrestrial butterfly. Ms. Lucid is your patron saint for the next two weeks. Aspire to achieve some measure of her frothy liberation. A Q U A R I U S (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Lead us not unto temptation,’’ says the supplicant who recites the Lord’s Prayer, “and deliver us from evil.” Though that’s usually not a bad approach to asking for God’s help, I’d avoid it now if I were you. There are mysteries afoot which will make it irrelevant. Believe it or not, here’s this week’s version o f divine law: That which leads you unto temptation will ultimately deliver you from evil. P I S C E S (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): A thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. How does it know the difference? A skilled parent has an intuitive knack for knowing when to set limits for her child and when to let the child go wild. How does she attain such a knack? A smart lover knows how to play both hard to get and easy to get — egotistically attached
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GOV’T FORECLOSED HOMES FOR pennies on $1. Delinquent tax, repo’s, REO’s. Your area. Tollfree, 1-800-898-9778, ext. H-6908 for current listings.
studio space LARGE-ISH, SUNNY, SHARED ARTISTS/CRAFTERS STU D IO . I (woman studio artist) can share with one (or possibly two) other(s) (women preferred). Lovely, water front location: The Wing Building (on bikepath, next to Perkins Pier). Friendly environment, retail possi bilities, $215 each for 2 or $145 to share between 3 people. All utils & fees inch 864-7480. GREAT COOPERATIVE ST U DIO SPACE, option o f semi priva cy. Above Cafe No-No near down town Burl. - $125/mo./person. Call Kris at 658-0905. FABULOUS STUDIO SPACE available to share with ceramic artist. Lake view, 214 Battery St. Jane Kramer. 863-2632.
for rent BURLINGTON, SO U TH END: 3bdrm furnished house, no smok ers or pets. References. Avail. 10/1/96 thru 4/1/97. $800/m o. + utils. 660-2439 BURLINGTON: 1 bdrm. apt. at 1388 North Ave. Hardwood floors, nice backyard. Heat/water inch at $465/mo. Call 988-4040. SMALL HOUSE IN RICH M O N D . Sept.-May. $750/mo. + utils. Some furnishings. Security deposit & references needed. Call 862-0474, leave message.
housing wanted MONTPELIER RESIDENT LOOKING for housing near UVM 3 nights per week. Can pay up to $100/m o. Prefer offstreet parking. All situations considered. Call Yaelan (802) 223-6742.
housemates BURLINGTON: F or M, clean, responsible, NS, prof./grad student to share nice house on quiet street. 5 min. to UVM, yard, parking, $425/mo. + 1/2 utils. 863-1995 (after 5pm). BURLINGTON - S. END: 2 Fs 6 1 M N/S, mid 20s-30s, fun lov ing, socially conscious feminists and dog seek 1 N/S F. Pretty, quiet neighborhood. Nice, large house. W /D , dishwasher, wood stove. Near lake, Oaldedge Pk. No cats. $250/mo. + 1/4 utils. 864-7480. SO UTH LINCOLN: country home, close to skiing, W /D , deck, fireplace. 453-6327.
stuff to buy BIKES!! OLDE ENGLISH BIKES: olde parts; olde service; olde sales; olde rentals. Olde, post war beauties. Select group or other oldies. 802-888-2815. . LARGE FORMAT CAMERA. Omega view 45E 4x5 camera. Rodenstock sironar 210mm lens, Majestic tripod, heavy duty case -$1200 obo. Excellent condition. Ask for Jim 863-5313. BREW YOUR OW N BEER! Homemade wine and soft drinks, too. With equipment, recipes, and friendly advice from Vermont Homebrew Supply. Now at our new location next to the Beverage Warehouse, E. Allen Street, Winooski. 655-2070. NEW M ODEL C O NCEPT II ROWING MACHINE. 863-3010.
LOOKING FOR A TEMP W O O D wood stove. Call Mandy
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ing for environmentally-conscious, excited individuals to help. Professional training provided with unlimited $ potential. Call Marc at 862-0628 or toll-free at 888-8020628.
looking for work LOST CAT. Small, orange-greywhite female, big feet, extra toes, purple collar. Gone since 8/21, N. Winooski/Grant St. area. Call 6580895 w/ info or possible sightings.
house cleaning ONCE U PO N A TIME YOU loved doing the chores together, but now... the thrill is gone. Come on! Get happy! Call Diane H., housekeeper to the stars. 658-7458.
automotive ‘94 NISSAN SENTRA, 37K MILES, 5-speed, fine condition, ruby red, gray interior, $8,200 firm. 482-3424. SEIZED CARS FROM $175. Porsches, Cadillacs, Chevys, BMW’s, Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4W D ’s. Your area. Toll-free, 1-800898-9778 ext. A-6908 for current listings. RABBIT GTI, black, turns good, body looks great. Sunroof, stan dard. $700 OBO. Call Aaron, 8635354.
help wanted WANTED: DELI CO UNTER PERSON. Quick learner, good w/ customers, takes initiative. Flexible hours (Days), 30+ hours per week. Pay commensorate w/ ability. Call 878-4466 (9-1 lam). LOOKING FOR COURIER w/ own car & knowledge of area. Parttime, flexible, afternoons. 8644818, leave message w/ phone #. Be a good driver. O N IO N RIVER ARTS C O U N CIL seeks part-time Arts in Education Coordinator. Background in non-profit organiza tions, knowledge o f local school programs and love o f performing arts helpful. Send resume by Sept. 9 to ORAC, 41 Elm St., Montpelier, VT 05602. ENVIRONMENTALLY C O N SCIOUS MARKETING FIRM seeks individuals. 862-8081. LEONARDO’S PIZZA seeks dri vers and pizza makers. Apply at 83 Pearl St., Burlington. ENVIRONMENTALLY C O N SCIOUS MARKETING CO. seeking individuals to work w/ us. Training available. 862-8081. WELLNESS PROGRAM. Phone and mail work from home. Commission based. Call Steve 802496-3261. FULL-TIME ASST. PRO DUC T IO N MGR. TRAINEE for hand-dyed clothing company. Must be creative, artistic and detail ori ented. Apply in person at 424 Pine St. or call 658-0106. $ 1,000’S POSSIBLE READING BOOKS. Part-time. At home. Tollfree 1-800-898-9778 Ext. R-6908 for listings. INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT ASSIS TANTS: We’re individuals with developmental disabilities seeking people to assist us in our daily lives. We’re looking for people who live in our communities and are willing to be our companions, assist us in our personal care and support us at our jobs. In an effort to help coordinate this endeavor, Lynette Loges at Howard Community Services will be accepting applications on our behalf. Please contact her at 6581914. INTERESTED? Solve a big prob lem, get a big paycheck. I am look-
GRAPHIC ARTIST/DESIGNER. Experienced, multi-disciplined, industrious, detail oriented. Whew! Seeking to be valuable cog in a cre ative wheel. Kevin, 728-5409
hiKinptt nnn JUICE BAR FOR SALE. Prime waterfront location. Growth poten tial. Reasonably priced. 865-2577. DEVELOP INCOME OF $40,000 TO $60,000 IN NEXT 4 M ONTHS. N O T MLM. 90% COMMISSION. THIS IS REAL, YOU CAN DO THIS! 1-800-7750712, EXT. 1935.
instruction SPANISH INSTRUCTOR/ TUTOR. VT certified w/ four years classroom & tutoring experi ence. All levels, flexible hours, rea sonable group and individual rates. Call 655-7691 for more info.
FOR SALE: FENDER JAZZ BASS w/ gig bag and tuner. Also 100-B Yamaha amp. $400 for all. 660-9908, ask for Skip o f Joe. TENOR SAX, CLARINET MAN (Blues, Country, Dixieland, Jazz) has played for many years. Available for all occasions or to jam. Call Richard Haupt at 6553719. Tape available, also on Burlington Does Burlington CD. MUSICIANS A ND BANDS NEEDED for new booking agency. Now accepting tapes, CDs and media packets for review. We’re in the business to find you the best possible gigs. Call (802) 453-6130 or write Ryan Promotions, 61 Mountain Terr., Bristol, VT 05443. SUB ROSA IS NO W ZOLA TUR N. See them live at Last Elm (9/6) & Club Toast (9/22). Debut release “SIDE SADDLE” now available. Rock. Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z ! EN SO N IQ ESQ-1 SYNTHESIZ ER. Wave Form synth, sequencer, pedal switch, 4 cartridges, MIDI, manuals, includes rugged case. $350 obo. Call 253-2341. FOR SALE: PEAVEY SP II PA. speakers w/ stands & Peavey C.S. 800 power amplifier w/ various cords. $500. Call Paul @ 8642070, leave message. SEEKING GUITARIST & BASSIST. Lead singer/guitarist/ insanely talented drummer seeking gtr. & bsst. for very tight, very groovy, funk oriented band. We are recently relocated & have tons of great material. Serious inquiries only. Andrew - 863-1986. THE KENNEL REHEARSAL SPACE. AVAILABLE NOW. 3017 Williston Rd., So. Burlington. Living room-like atmosphere. Renting blocks o f time per month. Reserve your space now! Call Lee at 660-2880. FOR SALE: SALDANO AMP, 100 watt SLO head (Clapton/ Haynes model), Peavey 4x12 cab, Tascam 4 channel headphone amp. Call Archer Studio for info, 6554178. BURLINGTON DOES BURLINGTON double CD avail able at Pure Pop, Vibes, Silvermine North and Peace & Justice Center in Burlington, Tones in Johnson, Buch Spieler in Montpelier, Alley Beat, Sound Source and Vermont Bookshop in Middlebury, Gagnon Music in Hardwick, www.bigheavyworld.com or send
$22 ppd to PO Box 5373, Burlington, VT 05402. DRUM LESSONS: Musicians Institute honors graduate. 4 years teaching experience. Drummer for 5 Seconds Expired, (formerly SLUSH) Custom lesson plans. GARY WILLIAMS: 802-4726819; 5seconds@together.net DRUMMER WANTED: Guitar/ Bass/Vocals seek drummer. Original music - loud, quiet, and all points in between. Vocals a plus. Call Chris-660-9441 or Erck-8652576. GET ORGANIZED AND GET REAL. Without a kick butt Press Packet your Band might as well SUCK. The K House does it for you; well and C H E A P Call 6588645.
shipping WE PACK AND SHIP ANY TH ING , ANYWHERE! Call Pack & Ship Inc. 802-655-1126.
courier services EXPERIENCED COURIER, dri ving from Burlington to Montreal once a week, will deliver docu ments, small cargo, etc. VERY REASONABLE. Call 802-6584991.
child care offered COLCHESTER BUSY BODIES DAYCARE AND PRE SCHOOL. Openings for 0 -12 yr. olds, meals &C snacks included. C P R & FirstAid certified. 863-5940.
ART CORRESPONDENCE, thru mail. Send me shit and I’ll send you shit. Have something to say? Then say it. Send it. C.H., PO Box 5464, Burlington, VT 05402. BURLINGTON: Weekly women’s art/painting group in large-ish waterfront studio. All levels wel come. Purpose: ideas, feedback, support, fun. 864-7480.
carpentry/paint REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, PAINTING, consultations, decks, windows, doors, siding, residential, commercial, insured, references. Chris Hanna, 865-9813. ABOVE THE BEST PAINTING SERVICE. Interior and exterior. References. Fully insured. Call Richard anytime at 862-0627. AAA + - 655-0075. Barry J. Huston Ent. Professional painting service. Interior/exterior sched., fully insured. Great rates. Free writ ten estimate. A-l BUILDERS. CUSTOM HOME BUILDING, REMOD ELING, ADDITIONS, GARAGES, DECKS, KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, SIDING, FREE ESTIMATES. FULLY INSURED SINCE 1964. 878-5360. MORIAH ROOFING CUSTOM METAL WORKS & REPAIRS. SHINGLES*SLATE*SINGLE PLY. John A. Jones. 872-0105.
personal training BE A MOVIE STAR... OR JUST LOOK LIKE ONE! In-home pro fessional fitness training by Julie Trottier. ACE certified, $35 per 90 min. session. 878-2632. LOOKING FOR W OMEN. Bi, lesbian, straight, interested in forming a support group based on Geneen Roth’s model of breaking free from compulsive over-eating. Call 862-2574. DIET MAGIC. Lose up to 30 lbs. in 30 days. Programs start at $30. Call 878-9577.
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Must romantic SWPM. Couch potatoes need not be considerate, intelligent, and fun. 64859 JOCK LOOKING TO FEEL TH E BIG apply. 64822____________________________ ROCK. Great friend and lover and loves to PLAYFUL, PASSIONATE SWF, 37, seeks do things over and over. 64727 pariry in partner to pedal trails, paddle W O N ’T JUMP O U T OF AN AIRwaves, perambulate this planet, plumb our PLANE, do drugs or stop evolving. potential. Hophcads preferred, potheads Otherwise, I’m game. Responsible, attrac deterred. You, perhaps? 64964 tive, NS DWPF, playful at heart, seeks NEW TO BURLINGTON. My interests friend to grow with. 64735______________ arc movie critiquing, traveling, honesty, ARE YOU? Creative, fun, outdoorsy, into motor boating 6c sailing, picnics, music & racing, music, walking, good moral values, theater. Full-figured SWF seeking M, 37 +. romance, cuddling, health, honesty, and 64949 communication. Me too! SWCF ISO FRECKLES, A DIMPLE, GREAT SWPN/SM between 35-45. 64729________ SMILE. DPWF, mid 40s, known for cre SWF, 23, enjoys outdoor activities, includ ativity, athletics, gardens, laughter, photog ing hiking, biking &C skiing. Looking for raphy, love o f people ISO NS, fit, funny, out-going, open-minded M who enjoys intelligent, handsome PWM to kayak twisted humor, dancing and good times. through Vermont’s waters, hike its moun Sound like you? What are you waiting for? tains, bike its roads & enjoy its music w/. 64775 ________ _________________ __ _ Would love to meet you. 64948 HOMESTEADING SWF, N S/D , 5’10”, X4U7iZBA>X4AX*<°° Well-educated 40, w/ homeschooling daughter. I’m into musician, 29, 5’8 ”, beautiful. ISO SWM, <36, professional or academic, 5’9” +, ath gardening, reading, travelling, camping, letic, handsome 4 long conversations, ath cooking. Looking for a man who likes the letic adventures, rainy day slecpiri. 64894 outdoors. 649.30____ __________________ HOT-LIPPED SM O O TH OPERATOR LIFE IS G O O D. Let’s enjoy it together. seeks sparkling, spunky and demure coun Sincere, spirited DWF, mid-40's, 5’8”, terpart for genuine communication and diversified interests, needs tall D/SWM 43excellent fun. Artists and other creative per 52 with sense o f humor, tender heart, and sons preferred. DEPTH ESSENTIAL! love o f the outdoors to share adventure, 64891 laughter and companionship. 64789______ FUN-LOVING TALL MALE, let’s discov NO RDIC VERM ONT NATIVE: er Vermont’s summer glory driving with Searching for a friend. Likes sun, movies, picnic lunch, bicycling, hiking, water games romance, and fun. Ages 23-31. Must have a on Lake Champlain. N/S, 48-60, ' love for laughter and life. 64790__________ Chittenden County. Are you my adventur SCRATCH MY BACK, I’L L W r R LIKE ous friend? Do you like the outdoors? Do A KITTEN. SWF, 43, seeking tall WM for you ski? Come & play with positive and long walks, good conversation, candlelight active female. Let’s have fun this summer. dinners, quiet times. 64800______________ 6 4 8 9 0 . _________________ SWF SEARCHING FOR JETSET SOFT HEART/STRONG WILL in classy, easy, sensuous narure. Attractive, intelligent, RENAISSANCE MAN...Charlie Brown adventurous SWF wants to learn to with worldly demeanor strongly desired! golf/snorkel. Be 35-45, educated, athletic, Let’s make it a family affair! Call me to youthful, willing to teach. 64882 negotiate! 64802________________________ WHAT MAKES AN AD STAND OUT? SWPF, 27, 5’7 ”, beautiful black-haired DWPF, 35, attractive, fit, spiritual straw vixen scekihg a villain to have fun with. berry blonde likes rollerblading, sailing, ski Must have a GREAT sense o f humor, be ing, dancing, good movies, good books, adventurous, spontaneous, and adore ani good food, good beer; hates Burl, singles mals. Not into LTRs with emotional bur scene, bad lines and watching sports on t.v. dens, just friendship with a little bit of ISO S/DM , N/S, 27-50 for friendship, fun, spice. Give me a whirl. 64804____________ etc... 64925____________________________ SEEKING COM PANIONSHIP. My SJW - 47. Writer, artist, grown kids. interests include travel, photography, polo Looking for friend & lover ro enjoy the game, museums. Full-figured SWF age 39 sumrtler in the Kingdom. 64878__________ seeking M age 40+. 64810_______________ I HAVE BEEN IN BURLINGTON FOR SINGLE, STABLE A N D ABLE!! Looking A LITTLE MORE T H A N A YEAR. Lost for Mr. Gable. No bars, flys, or one-night without a companion. Anyone out there stands. Bring out the music - let’s start the who would like to find me? 64870 _____ band. SWF, blond, hazel. Seeking SWM, MATURE 19YO F LOOKING FOR 50s-60s. 64817 SOM EONE TO HIKE, rollerblade, rock climb, mtn. bike and enjoy the outdoors with. 64867
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HELP! 34 YO, W M , WELL BUILT, good looking. Wanted: friendships and more w/ people enjoying the alternative lifestyle - straight, bi, age, race unimportant. Discretion assured. 64992_________ "CLICK HERE for more information on how to download a hot new version o f the MALE species. Compatible with most high end FEMALE drivers. N O T a geek (I hope)! 6499 LOOK ING FOR A H A N D TO H O L D , som eone easy to talk w / and who enjoys the outdoors. Old fashioned SW PM , 23, seeks fit, intelligent, sincere, easy-going match. 64973 SWPM PHOTOG RAPH ER, IN-SHAPE and active, seeks active beauty (26-36) and collaborator for making art, cultural may hem, exotic travel and enjoying Vermont life indoors and out. 64983 (FL) TEDDYBEAR ISO (VT) HUGS. Faithful, easy going, DWM, 40, 6 ’, 195lbs., br./gr. enjoys: gardening, camping, boating, scuba, children, pets, movies, travel, chess & photography! You: petite, 27-40, 150 lbs., artistic, honest & smiling. Willing to take a chance on romance. Boat or Darkroom a +. 64979___________________ ORIGINAL OFFBEAT. Ageless, alternative cosmic messanger from Arizona - writer/ psychic/entrepreneur - seeks witty, openminded, voluptuous, female playmate, 2040, for: conversation, coffee, karaoke, dance and spontaneous grooving in the post modern epoch. 64986_______________________ LOOKING AHEAD. SDM, 40, ISO lady w/ great pair of legs to hike and ski w/. ____________ Write or call now. 64975 READ ME. DWM, 34, YEARNS FOR THAT FEELING OF TEOGETHERNESS. I’m a great friend, better lover. Above all, a man who treats his lady right. You: 24-40, slender. 64965 ______________ DWM, 38, LOOKING FOR DESIR ABLE WOMAN to enjoy life with. Love dancing, good conversation, watching the sunset. Want to know more? Give me a call. 64969_________________________________ SHORT, MILDLY HAPPY BOY SEEKS special friend with characteristics similar to those of mother. 64970 _____________ _ SWM, 28, NS, LAYERS OF MAN MADE PROGRESS, shifting with the morning breeze...clouds of dark betrayal, laughing as we try to breathe. Quiet times at times...wild inspiration surfacing during others. Musically passionate...inhibition exposition, testing senses all around. 64981 SEEKING OLDER WOMAN W H O IS YOUNG AT HEART. Attractive, fit, edu cated, open-minded SWM, 27, 5’10”, 165lbs. seeks attractive, fit, educatd, open minded SF 30-45. 64953
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ADVENTURESOME A N D FRISKY SWM would hope to meet SF that will find my ticklish spot. Must have personality, smile and brains. The sky’s the limit. 64955 SWM, 32, SLENDER, BLOND/BLUE. Non smoker. No Drugs. Looking for */*/F to spend romantic times and events with. I like horses, quiet times, romance, comedy, movies. If you are similar I would like to hear from you. The shy and/or w/ kids OK. Burlington area. 64957__________________ ECCLECTIC DW M, 5’8”, 160 lbs., FIT, grad student, musician with kids seeking bright, happy, deep, good-natured, physi cally fit woman (30-40) to ski, play tennis, sail, think w/. Musician a plus. Must really like kids. 64963_________________________ LOOKING FOR A W OM AN THAT knows herself and likes to have fun, likes outside activities and understands the word passion. 64946__________________________ SENSUAL, PASSIONATE INTELLECT TUAL, N/S, DWM seeks equally sensual, sensuous, passionate and cultural woman, 38-48,aesethetic, athletic and kind, fit and well proportioned, for companionship and possible long term relationship. 64962 CAPITAL CITY AREA NON-YUPPIE, NS, DWM, 39, attractive & desirable seeks attractive, intelligent & sensual woman for intimate conversation and chemistry. 64942 BE MY WAIF? Loving, compassonate, poor, CSWM, N/S, 5’ 10”, 180 lbs ISO skinny, flat-chested, intelligent, SF, N/S, under 36 for friendship and more. Race unimportant. 64895____________ ________ 28Y O SWPM, NS, 120 lbs., LIKES KIDS, hiking, canoeing, camping, quiet evenings, looking for someone for friendship and quality relationship. 64943_______ ARIES SEEKING ASIAN SF 21-35, Physically fit body and mind. Enjoy cook ing and know how to please a man! Rock and blues music, dancing, movies, camping, traveling, Sincere relationship! No drugs, social drinking, smoking Ok. Picture & letter a plus. 64897_____________________ _ _ SWM, 19. Tall, cute, into Punk Rock. Looking for a Punk Rock Girl to do wild things w/. I have trouble meeting girls. 64918_________________________________ EXIT TO EDEN ELLIOT SLATER SEEKS MISTRESS LISA for fun and games. Sane, mid 20s, professional. Tie me up. What a great opportunity for you!!. 64951______________________________ __ NO SALES PITCH! Just honesty. SWM, 33, electric, loves music, dining out, long drives to special destinations. Seeking 24 to 40 YO woman to emotionally and physically spoil. Call. 64898_____________________ SAIL AWAY! Leave your troubles behind. Captain sails for warmer waters in September. Once in a lifetime adventure. No experience necessary. Bring Camera. 64902_________________________________ LIKE N O OTHER. Sensitive, intelligent SWM, 34, who will treat you right and want to share good and bad times seeking woman who wants the same. Good listener. Massage exchanging and snuggling a must. Romance, computers, rollerblades, walks in woods, quiet times, commitment O.K. 64900_________________________________ SWM, 38, FIT, N/S Looking for a warm, funny, honest, sincere lady, who enjoys sports, golf, laughter, country rides, movies, dining out, playing cards and good wine. Let’s talk. 64899 ELIGIBLE BACHELOR: On a mission in search of the attractive, intelligent, alive and well woman to join me in life’s journeys (30-37). 64909_________________________ ARE YOU A VERY ATTRACTIVE BF with lots o f personality and who loves to go out? I’m a sooo fine SWM, 29, who is suc cessful and a little too fast-paced for this town. If you’re self-confident, call me. 64893
INTELLECTUAL BEACH BOY, blond/blue, smooth, 36, 5’11”, 175#, jog ger, cycler, outdoorsman, artisan/educator, ISO tall, slender, honest, energetic, reserved, athletic, blond, 27-33- 64883 SWM, 33, SEEKS SWF FOR SERIOUS, CONSENSUAL, D O M /SU B RELA TIONSHIP. No pain or drugs. Let us become together what each alone cannot. 64923_________________________________ G R O UNDED, 40, HANDSOM E, 5’6”, very fit, eclectic, educated, professional, nice guy with wit and charm. Prefer similar, earthy, attractive, slim woman (29+), into nature, arts, travel and country life. 64926 D W M N S/D 38 YO COOKS, CARES, camps, fishes, honest, laughs, outdoors, pas sionate, sober. Yon: 25-40 WF, slim, same interests. Like attention? Tired o f insensitive jerks? Write. 64941______________________ WANNA COME O U T & PLAY? SJPM, a very young 40, NS, 5’11”, 180 lbs., athletic and fit. Sensitive, kind, intelligent and very easy going. Very attractive, fun and happy to be with. Loves life, all sports, seeks happy, attractive, intelligent, NS F. Please call. 64936_____________________________ CHARMING YOUNG MALE, Seeking adventurous, easy going female to spend some time with. 64905________________ , HOLISTIC SENSUOUS. Vegetarian, environmentally aware humanist looking for international awareness in a special someone. She: hiking, biking, swimming, rock climbing, o f course, music and danc ing w/ PLENTY o f cuddling. Me: will romance her off her feet into my muscular arms. 64921____________________________ GOOD-NATURED ADVENTURER SWM, 40, attractive, 6’, 175 lbs., downtoearth, open-minded, polite, well-traveled, romantic + spontaneous. Hiking, water, nature, music + more. ISO similar, SWF, 30-40, N/S, slimish, fit, intelligent, equal partner, co-adventurer, culture + quiet time. Friend + companion this summer. Seeking possible LTR. 64884____________________ SWM, 25 SEEKING H O T & SEXY woman for steamy encounters. Looks are not important. An insatiable appetite is all that’s required. 64906___________________ VERY H ANDSOM E, HONEY OF A H U N K - warm, exciting, very comical & lovable desires fun, fit, shapely, attractive brunette for wild adventures, terrific love and Romance. Age 25-38. 64885_________ ARIES SEEKING ARIES, seeks SF 21 to 35. Physically fit body and mind. Cooking a plus, and know how to please a man! Rock and Blues, music, movies, camping, traveling, honesty, sincerity, no drugs, social drinking, smoking okay. Picture & letter a plus. 64887____________________________ YOUNG BUCK! SEEKS SWF, 2 1 - 3 0 ~ w/the urge for spontaneous adventure! Biking, water sports and a little life on the edge; you’re my kind o f woman. Let’s meet. Looking for laid back SWF to talk and spend time with. 64886__________________ WATERBURY, SWPM, 42, N/S, fit, thin traveler, hiker, backpacker, movie-goer, newspaper-reader. ISO independent, fit, thin partner, nearby and spontaneous, who won’t sit and wait for the phone to ring. Give me a call. 64888___________________ D C W M 7N D /N S -35“ big teddybear. Loves outdoors, cuddling, walks, movies, poetry, hugs & more. ISO N /D , N/S woman, 29-40. Possible LTR. Call me. 64889_________________________________ BE DINED, W INED, N O T LINED by great find with mind, good looks, likes books. Magnum guy, no lie. Are you active and attractive? Say yes! 64881_____________ D O YOU LIKE: Meaningful conversation, back rubs, slow passionate kisses, affection, cooking, fishing, dancing, honesty. SWPM, 27, 5’9 ”, 148 lbs, father ISO slender affec tionate SWPF, 26-34. Long hair +. 64879
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TO > PERS ON 25YO CULINARY ST U D E N T looking for some Vermont fun. Love to read, goof off, walk, hear tunes, talk about life. It could be fun. 64877_____________________ I KNOW YOU ARE O U T THERE SOMEWHERE. Life is too busy to hang out in bars, so I’m trying the personals. DJPM, 39, 6’, slim, no kids. Avid bicyclist, into working out, music & night life. Seeks slim fit F with similar interests. 64872_____ ADVENTUROUS SWM, 19, 6’3”, 170 lbs., looking for adventurous SWF to hike, camp, swim and enjoy the outdoors with. 64928__________________________________ PONYTAILED GENTLEMAN, 40, seeks one lusty woman for four seasons, let-it-allhang-out-take-no-prisoners kind o f fun. Please write or call. 64929________________ CADIVAR NOT. G O O D HANDS, W ORN HEART, open mind. NSPSWM, 34, seeks happy, hearty, healthy, progressive woman to accompany in chasing rainbows, singing, dancing and building friendship. 64938__________________________________ OVER EDUCATED (Ph.D) MEDICAL STUDENT, new to area. 6’3”, 190lbs, DM seeks petite, S/DWPF, 25-32, to explore what VT has to offer. 64910 SWM, 60YO LOOKING FOR C O M PANION. Must have interest in fishing, ice fishing, bowling, boating, hunting, home movies and cars. 64868__________________ RETIRED PROFESSIONAL NEW TO VT, DWM, NS, active, fit, liberal, sense of humor, seeks attractive, educated woman, 50ish. Let’s talk. 64904___________________ SOMEWHERE THERE’S A SENSA TIONAL SINGLE W O M AN, slightly rad ical, definitely intelligent, unusual and tal ented, ISO an incredible relationship w/ a multi-talented, professional, physically attractive SWM, 5’7 ”. 64940
Q: LOOKING FOR A WILD TIME? Partyin’ ‘til dawn? A. Yeah, rock on, you Bad Boy! B. No way, baby - long hikes and quiet evenings are more my style. If you chose answer “B,” call me. SWM, 31 seeks SF ages 25-32. 64875________ ___________ SENSITIVE NEW-AGE GUY (REALLY!), SWPM, 34, ENFJ, wants to grow a rela tionship w/ progressive, happy, outdoorsy, ccclectic woman, 28-38, healthy, fit. Grok? 64922_____________________________ __ IN MARRIAGE-INDUCED COMA SINCE 1984, newly awakened, handsome, active professional ISO beautiful, curvy, adventurous lady to bring me up to speed in ‘96. Fun times promised, take a chance. 64924_________________________________ ENJOY BEING. Emerging spirituality compliments active outdoorsy, semi-cul tured lifestyle oversaturated w/ fun, work & philosophy. Desire companion about 40 YO to meditate, play, talk, read, relax, travel w/. Attractive, compassionate DW M N/S lawyer seeks tall, unencumbered, very intelligent tomboy to share dreams & stirring the oatmeal of reality. 64913____________________ SWPM, 34, HIGH PROTEIN, LOW FAT, a little salty and slightly sweet but spicy vegetarian entree seeks lightly sea soned side dish for balanced eating...you pick the wine. 64863____________________ I’M A TREE STANDING ALONE IN TH E FOREST looking for someone to grow tall with. SWPM, 25, likes hikes, bikes &C fishing. Looking for hr. 64915 34 YR OLD SWPM -NS, 160 lbs, blonde hr, bl eyes, health conscious, likes kids, hunting, fishing, canoeing, camping, quiet evenings, good conversation. Tired of bar scene. Looking for someone who wants to make a new friend that could lead into a quality relationship. 64917
casual friendship. 64944_____________ PLAYFUL DA D D Y ’S BOY. In shape, bluccyed, dark, curly haired sex button. Leather, SM curious. Tie me up! 64933____________ LOOKING FOR A RARE PERSON! I’m a highly intuativc, deeply feeling, bright man, in shape, willing to work toward com mitment. Seeking same. HIV + person OK. 64919_____________________________ SWM, 35, 5’ 10”, 140 lbs., GREEN. BROWN, HIV - (3/96), passive, horses, gardening, acoustic music, alternative ener gy, homesteading, nudity. Seeks fidelity conscious, trim woodsman. Woodchucks welcome. 64866 GW M, 43, PROFESSIONAL, 5’9 ”, 160. Does anyone believe in monogamy any more? Looking for soulmate to share life (25-45). Interests vary: movies, outdoors, travel. All answered. 64876 BIWM, SHY, BONNY, CURIOUS, 5 1 1 ”, 145 #s, brown/blue, young at 36 years, active &C healthy. Seeking young, thin, cute guy who likes the outdoors, new music, movies, travel, adventure. Sense o f humor & gentle nature a plus. Realism required. No fooling. 64854 VERY BAD BOY, 46 seeks badder dad. Call me please, sir! 64856
BIWF SEEKS BIWF TO BE FRIENDS A N D SHARE W ITH . Must enjoy life or want to learn how. 64901________________ N O SKINNY MINNIE. Intelligent, cre ative Montpelier lesbian, 51, seeks same. Enjoy meditation, writing, art, photogra phy, quiet dinners, movies, strolls, opera, giving, healthy eating, pets. You? 64908 SLIM, JEWISH, FEMININE LOOKING, humurous, gentle natured, artistic, intelli gent NS who adores Nature, art, music needs a soul friend just like me! No hutches please. 64905___________________________ 32, TALL, FEMME NEOPHYTE ISO GUIDE A ND FRIEND! Passions: Shakespeare, Milne, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff. Well-read, energetic, lonely and curious. Can we talk? 64850
HANDSOM E WM, 6 T ”, 185 lbs., mus cular & well equipped, 30’s, seeks attractive woman for fun & romance. Age unimportant. Passion and sense of humor is. 64934 SWM, 23, 5’5”, VEGGIE, SMOKER ISO friendly SF for hikes, mm. bike rides, dog walks, concerts. Hippie background a plus. Hoping for friendship, maybe more. 64935 WITTY, ROMANTIC, CONSIDERATE, sensitive, usually unself-promoting. 2 / yo SWM grad student seeks laughs and moon lit walks after dining, movies, concerts &C plays. 64931
WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN GBF W OULD LIKE TO MEET GF at least 50 +. Love life, love sports. I am a N S/D . You are an adult. 64982___________ BIG BONED WOMAN LIKES GREASE, smarts and being active. I’ll give my heart to the woman who has humor and zest. Life is for living! 64958_________ ____________ 23, TALL, SHORT HAIR, LIKES JAZZ, O ’Keeffe and Dr. Seuss looking for a “coffee talker.” 64960__________________________ RIOT GRRRL, 25, FULL OF ENERGY, a little nutty, but also can be serious and sen sitive. Looking for a cool lady, 21-30 yo, who would be into going for a jaunt down town just as much as a hike through the woods. The emphasis is on fun, but falling in love is my ultimate goal. So waddya say? 64939______________ __________________ ECCENTRIC EXPLORER. College stu dent likes movies at home, fun outdoors, writing and wild imaginations. Looking for patient, non-judgmental person with sense of humor. Prefers 19-25. 64896
MEN SEEKING MEN BELIEVE IT OR N O T THERE ARE some men who admire FAT MEN and only FAT MEN. I’m one o f the lucky few. Check me out. I’m 55, 230 lbs., 6 ’2”. Anyone for videos and pizza?______________________ _ GWM, 35, BRN/BLU, 6’2”, 165, MASC, seeks someone for weekend workout, biking or just hanging out. Any age, NS, no drugs. 64990 QUIET NIGH TS W / YOU. GW M, 40, NS, loves music dancing, cooking. Need a partner who is ready to settle down. Winter is coming. 64966 CLOSET TRANSVESTITE, SLENDER, SEXY, LOVING seeks honest, faithf*ul man for longterm relationship. I’m 44. You must be caring and sincere. Looking for boyfriend-husband. 64967 SOUTHERN ADDISO N CO UNTY AREA GWM, 29, 5’10”, 170 lbs., in shape seeks similar GWM, 25-40, for discreet
I SPY MET AT AIRPORT A WHILE BACK, waiting for a plane, again last week. Me: having breakfast. You: going to farmers market. How do you feel about iced coffee? 64984 HI CUTIE! AS YOU LEFT THE DAT ING GAME and waved goodbye to me at the bar, your captivating smile touched my heart! You: red/white striped top, dark hair. Me: checking Yellow Pages under WOW! for your phone #. 64980
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ATTRACTIVE, TALL & WELL EDU CATED. SF, 34, seeking mature, liberal S/DW M, 5’10” +, with intelligence and sophistication, for friendship, companionship and possible relationship. Box 043 AMPLE HIPPED SJF SEEKS APPRE CIATIVE SJM for intimate relationship. Write and I’ll fill you in on the details. Box 026.
SWPF, 25, BLOND/BLUE EYES, 5*5” ISO SWPM 25-35: I like flaming sunsets, animals, camping, fishing, playing pool (although not well), partying, spontaneity
and having fun. I believe in honesty, trust, consideration of others’ feelings, dislike head games. How about you? Box 028 STARTING OVER. Where do I go? Children are grown; I’m alone. Love light sparkles but where’s Mf. Markle? SF looking for SWM 50s & 60s, varied interests. Box 034____________________________________ ATTRACTIVE, PROFESSIONAL BLACK W O M AN, 40 YO, W ITH CHIL DREN. Cornfortable, honest, passionate. Traveling, dancing. Looking for professional white male, sincere, honest, sense of humor, understanding to share life together. Box 041
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(approx.), photo exchange. Box 022_______ ADVENTURE, PASSION, EXCITE MENT. Looking for a lady to share these with. No commitments. Privacy assured and expected. DWM, 42, 180 lbs. Come on, write. Box 024__________________________ ROBINS SING BETTER T H A N I. Looking for woman by and by. Seeking 39 plus sparks and storys from writer. Entrepreneur. Could be glory? Box 025 ANARCHIST ARTIST 45+ with one exquisite dress and nice teapot sought by subversive SWM for probing the woof and weave of longing thread by thread. Box 037 PEONIES BLOOMING, ROSES SWELLING, IRIS DROOPED. Time to get out of chicken coop. Seeking 39+ lass full of sass from jjoet? Writer fire. Box 036 llllm
W HAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO W /... cul turally/politically aware? Dignity? Nice abs? Single dad, 40, artisan, attractive, Adirondacker. Not boring. 045 SEINFELD/IMUS They’re our men if they can’t do it. Perhaps I can with women 37+ from writer warrior with love & lust. Box 042 TALL, SENSUOUS, HANDSOME, DEMURE, almost-free prisoner hopes to engage petite, esurient cerebral in private orienteering via words and symbols. Firework firmament above rainbow procenium. Box 044 CURMUDGEONLY OLD COOT. Creative, intelligent, insolvent w/interests that include early music, photography, fly ing, Zen, cooking, bicycling, crafts seeks communicative N/S F w/ warm smile for love, marriage, children. Box 017 SWM SEEKING A CHRISTIAN W OM AN in her mid-late 20s. I enjoy downhill/cross-country skiing, tennis, hik ing, long walks & quiet evenings. Please reply to Box 020________________________ TEACHER, COACH, N /SN D PW M , handsome, sensuous, athletic, honest, fun(ny), secure, morals (little crazy/ naughty), country home, camp, 5’9 ”, kid less. Wanted: similar woman, thirties
GWM, 18, BROWN HAIR, HAZEL EYES, 5’8”, 135 lbs. seeks GWM, 18-25, to share summer with. Box 031 CURIOUS, FUN-LOVING BIWM, 5'9 ”, 160 lbs., trim, N/S seeks similar male to play with discreetly indoors & outdoors. Write & describe your favorite games - let’s meet. Box 030
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