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Home Depot fired Brad Reynolds, 27, from its store in San Jose, California, explaining that his passion for recycling interfered with his work. Although Home Depot does recycle cardboard, it said Reynolds went through the trash separating other recyclable items, then took them home to be collected by the city. "I thought I was doing the right thing," Reynolds said, noting that he recycles even broken light bulbs and the cardboard from rolls of toilet paper.

Undomesticated Animals The plight of alcoholic donkeys in England prompted Dr. Elisabeth Svendsen to open a retreat where they can sober up. Explaining that the usually docile animals turn aggressive after their owners introduce them to drink, she noted one donkey, which had been trained to pick up a half-pint of beer with its lips and drink it in one gulp, ended up attacking the owners wife. "We had a group of three donkeys who came in here from a pub that was closed down," Svendsen said. "They had been fed on Guinness and potato chips." • Urinating dogs in Tibuxon, California, keep shorting out a $20,000 sidewalk lighting system, costing the town $200 a month. Public Works Director Tony

Iacoppi said canines can't resist the foot-tall lights, which illuminate the downtown Shoreline Park walkway. "All it takes is one dog to pee on it and then its over," he said. "Every dog in the world wants to pee on them. They are corroding all the fixtures and all the wiring." • Six hundred Japanese snow monkeys have been roaming south Texas for five years because the South Texas Primate Observatory, which imported 150 of the freeb reed-

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In Oxford, Mississippi William Douglas Hinson, 71, and essential care after the operation. Teresa Jean Hutcheson, 31, were Although his I Q of 73 indicates sentenced to five-year prison borderline mental retardation, the Oftintr'fn nave act hir<Mtpml^ Tilknr !<• terms for plotting to have hitstate ruled Talbot is too smart to man kill her husband and make it qualify for assistance. look like a hunting accident. In addition to being Hinsons lover, Hot CM the Pre*6 Hutcheson is his granddaughter Pants-maker Savane has invented and the mother of his two chilTeflon-coated pants, according to" dren. Court officials said £ Q magazine, which reported that Hinson has been havthey repel stains but "aren't exactly ing sex with velvety soft on one's backside." Hutcheson since she was 11. "In my 20 New Theories of years on the bench, 1 Relativity thought I'd seen everyBrian Nemeth, 16, was conc ^ thing," U.S. District Judge victed of murdering his mother by fcOV^ Biggers said. "But this is shooting five arrows into her neck the most sordid case I've ever seen, and head while she slept on a ing animals in 1980, lacks the where the great-grandfather is also couch in their Wintersville, Ohio, $105,000 needed to fix the electhe father of his great-grandchilhome. He admitted killing her tric fence around the 58-acre facil- dren." but was acquitted of the more ity. When some landowners in the serious charge of aggravated murpopular hunting region south of Dashed Hopes der after he explained, "Idon't San Antonio complained that the In Florida, Steve Trotter was remember anything after I let the growing monkey population was forced to postpone his attempt to string go" with the first arrow, raiding their deer feeders and leap from St. Petersburg's 60-story • Authorities accused Aaron Flick rummaging through" hunting Sunshine Skyway bridge two Hodge, 17, of murdering his blinds and ranch houses, the Texas weeks before the sche heduledstunt morher, stepfather and stepsister, Parks and Wildlife Department when he fell out of a tree and then throwing nighdy parties at issued a memo reminding the broke his neck. his home in Rector, Arkansas, landowners that there is no state ' while the bodies decomposed. or federal law against killing the One tor the Wizard "He had them all week," said ; animals. "We're not advocating The state of New Hampshire ( Scott Mitchell, 17, who attended people go out and shoot mondeclared that Thomas Talbot, 22, - , three or four of the parties, "day keys," said Matt Wagner, the couldn't get a new heart because ; and night." When people started

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YULE LOVE 'EM I noticed in Seven Days (November 29) that you were reporting on the activities in the bathrooms at the Fletcher Free Library. I thought if I sent you this information you could say a few words about the paintings in the atrium. They won't be there much longer, they do have a certain treeness about them that might reflect the coming season, oh tannenbaum and all that, the yule log. Decorated trees, trees transformed, sublimated trees. I enclose a copy of the "Animist's Book of Trees." — Sam Kerson Worcester KROGER KEPT PROMISES In her campaign for Side Judge, Althea Kroger promised us that she would try, if elected, to lower the level of violence in Chittenden County. Has she kept her promise? Once in office, she immediately joined Judges Bryan and Crucetti on the Chittenden County Domestic Violence Task Force. Before long, Althea helped create a sub-committee to study the problem of same-sex domestic violence. She researched how other state court systems

1994. I'd like to refresh some memories about that election. Judge Kroger won a very difficult and contentious 1994 Democratic Primary for Assistant Judge. The Free Press called the race "a three against one affair." Because no Republicans ran for Side Judge, the race should have been over, with Althea Kroger an Assistant Judge winner, fair and square. Instead, primary winner Elizabeth Gretkowski entered the general election as a Republican (and Democrat); primary loser Roz Payne (a Gretkowski friend) became an Independent to run again; and primary loser Rosaire Longe (a Gretkowski court employee) joined them both to run as a Republican. The Free Press called them "sore losers or political opportunists." Althea Kroger once again won a very difficult and contentious General Election — fair and square. Chittenden County's Democrats, Republicans and Independents chose Judge Althea Kroger twice back in 1994 — fair and square. No one, not even the Legislature, should be calling for a re-vote and tampering with Chittenden County's democratic process! — Jane Potvin South Hero SOUR GRAPES As for the letters to the editor re: Greer/ Hutchins Petition (November 29), I was struck by the fact that the two letters on the top were mean and vindictive, the two on the bottom, full of light and common sense which led me to wonder, do real Vermonters actually live in city and suburb or are they still, as the letters seem to point out, in the country? One more thing bothered me was Cheryl Lattrell's letter claimed Rick Carter has a real job! A DEA agent who tracks a man (Greer) for seven years and only gets a misdemeanor on him ain't doing too good at his "real" job! Too bad those readers can't seem to give up their sour grapes and catch a glimpse of the vision that Miss Ellen Raymond has. I can see what she's doing, and it's all good, so quit looking for sour grapes you sour pusses. Your faces look sour when you find fault with the likes of Billy Greer and Miss Ellen Raymond. Happy holidays. „ — James Daniels Bristol

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This question has been keeping me up all night: What is the difference between jam, jelly, marmalade, preserves and butter, as in apple and peanut? Why don't we see any peanut jam or orange jelly? - Claudia Cipriani, Hackensack, New Jersey What i love about this job is that if lets you know the hot-button issues in our society. Do I get letters asking, "Please, Cecil, can you solve the federal budget crisis?" Not a one. What's really bugging people is 1) the difference between jam and jelly, and 2) whether the Federal Reserve System is some kind of llluminati plot. Ttie definitive word on both these issues may be found below. If tonight anybody in North America doesn't sleep like a baby, don't blame me. Jelly is made from fruit juice and so has no fruit bits. Jam is made by boiling fruit and does have fruit bits. Preserves are basically the same as jam unless you buy them from Smucker's, in which case if it's got seeds in it it's preserves and if it doesn't it's jam. Marmalade typically is a citrus-based preserve, sometimes containing the rind, but other fruits can be used. Apple and peanut butter are called that because they bear a resemblance to dairy butter. But if you want to call it apple jam (as opposed to apple jelly, which is made from juice), fine by me.

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Dear Cecil, I'm a 9-to-5 fixed-income kinda guy who cares about his family, nation and world. I overheard some of my millionaire bosses talking about how the Federal Reserve is a private institution owned by individual banks. Isn't our bank our bank? Please tell me this is not happening to my country. â&#x20AC;˘ Rob Khan, Chicago You're not going to like this, Rob, but here are the facts. Fact number one: The Federal Reserve System (hereinafter the Fed), though created by Congress, is answerable not to the public but to, well, itself. The system is nominally controlled by member banks, i.e., all national banks plus some state banks, but real power rests with the board of governors in Washington. Fact number two: The Fed's chairman and board are appointed by the president but can't be removed by him, and don't report to him or anybody else. Fact number three: it was done that way for your own good. Ha, you say. If this were realty a democracy the Fed would be a public agency just like the Post Office. Hmm, maybe you begin to see what the Fed's inventors were up to. (Cecil realizes that, strictly speaking, the postal service itself is no longer a public agency. But don't distract me.) Truth is, the Fed was purposely insulated from the petty concerns of the public, including, to be blunt, whether they can afford to eat. "It's made complex so nobody will understand it," one insider told me. The Fed's chief aim is the stability of the dollar and, by extension, the U.S. economy. Were it otherwise, politicians would be tempted to manipulate federal monetary policy for their own gain. For example, an incumbent president might lower interest rates in an election year to boosJ the economy temporarily and improve his chances of re-election, even if it meant higher inflation jater. But that's the least of it. Cecil just got an e-mail from some genius who thinks he's come up with the solution to the national debt: print enough money to pay the whole thing off! His idea is, of course, completely stupid. If you double the amount of money in circulation without increasing the amount of underlying wealth, all you've done is make your currency worth half as much Nonetheless, governments all over the world {including the U.S. in pre-Fed days) have pulled just this stunt, setting off runaway inflation and wrecking their economies. The Fed's ingenious system of monetary controls means It can't happen here, at least not as easily. In short, you should be grateful. But you're not, because the whole thing reeks of elitism. All I can fell you if you don't like it is to visit Russia or Argentina or some other Fed-less countries whose money was rendered worthless by hyper-inflation. There's a lot about independent central banks, just like there's a lot about capitalism, that is offensive to the sensitive soul. But they do have a compensating advantage, namely, that they work. CECIL ADAMS ope on reaoer.com.

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Remember John Carroll? C'mon, sure you do. John Carroll of Norwich. Harvard man, as in, "You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much." Very personable. Used to run a nice little snowplowing business over in the Upper Valley. Hit the ground running in the Vermont Senate in 1989. Was quickly dubbed a "future governor." Became the Republican leader in the senate and courageously stood up to Ralph Wright in 1994 so that the Great Satan called Property Tax Reform did not become a reality in the Green Mountains. J.C. was supposed to be the heir to the Dean throne in 1998 (because G O P insiders don't really believe Barbara Snelling has a prayer against H o - H o in 1996). T h e best-laid plans of mice and men had him all lined up for the lieutenant governor's race in 1996 — a veritable shoe-in against the liberal Doug Racine. But then the bloody Rutland Herald found out about a problem J.C. has with paying off his debts — a little $59,000 problem — and quicker than you can say "Pig Pile!," the vultures swooped down on him. Can John Carroll come back? Sure. If Elvis and John Lennon can, anyone can. He showed up as usual at the Burlington Rotary Monday and told folks he's confident he can solve his financial problem and return to the stage. But in the last two weeks there's been a furious race on among his political enemies to have him declared politically dead — as in, "you can put a fork in him, he's done!." Even the Republican highrollers have deleted Carroll's file from their hard drive. So who's next? No, it isn't Dennis Delaney. T h e Vermont Senate's most self-serving, wishywashy practitioner of grandstanding utilized the trademark Delaney gall to j u m p in front of the television cameras, as J.C. was being carved up in the press, in hopes of capitalizing on Carroll's misfortune. Dennis says he's "seriously considering" a bid for lieutenant governor. Golly gee whiz. Doesn't that just take your breath away? Dennis is the sort of chap who "seriously considers" whether he'll tie his shoes in the morning. He's made a career of sucking up to anyone with a pulse. But nobody inside the game takes the guy seriously. Dennis recently got so upset over comments made about his shameless pandering to the Club Fantasy antisex mob that, in his bitter rebuttal excoriating yours truly, he inadvertently forgot how many senators serve on the appropriations committee. It's seven, dummy, not 11. Dennis has been "seriously considering" running for everything except pope for the past 15 years. His craving for attention is unrivaled in Vermont politics, as is his chronic inability to take a stand on anything. But, hey, he gets his hair cut regularly, has his own public-access T V show, clothes that never show the slightest wrinkle, and tenure as a French teacher at St. Mike's. And Dennis has booked the senate chamber January 2 at 10 a.m. to announce he's "very, very seriously

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considering" r u n n i n g for lieutenant g o v e r n ^ ^ ^ j T h e movers and shakers know Dennis Delaney ain't the guy to fill in for the late, great John Carroll. Remember, the 1996 lieutenant governor's race is really all about the 1998 governor's race. They know there's only one potential candidate out there on the G O P bench who could come to the rescue — Jim Douglas, our squeaky-clean state treasurer. Sure, Douglas is a nerd, but an intelligent nerd with a sense of humor. He's been on the political scene since he graduated from Middlebury back in 1972. He's been a legislator and the secretary of state, and three years ago he almost retired Patrick J. Leahy from the U.S. Senate. So what's the problem? Talking him into it, that's the problem. He's another Republican without a proper financial pedigree. Like Carroll, Douglas is not independently wealthy, has a family to support and needs a real job to do it. T h e G O P didn't even bother to take care of him for his stellar performance against St. Patrick in 1992, and that's not something James will forget soon. Lieutenant governor only pays about $28,000 a year. If the powers that be really want Jim Douglas, they've got to find him a nice secure corporate job out there in the world of the big paycheck. And that's just for starters. Overqualified? — Governor Howard Dean's appointment of Micque Glitman as the Agency of Transportation's new $50,000-a-year planning director is having a difficult time passing the laugh test. So let's examine the facts. In her second week on the job, Micque tells Inside Track she's encountered a "massive learning curve." Week one was a success: she "got the jargon down" and is currently doing "a crash course in transportation policy." One of the agency's top engineers even told her, she says, "I think it's really good you're not a planner." Cool. What are her qualifications? Well, she's a former member of the Vermont House. Not many candidates for the job could say that. And Micque's a former executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party. Not many candidates could say that. And she was the PAC director at the National Abortion Rights Action League in Washington, D.C. Not many candidates could claim that. And she was the campaign manager (a brief campaign, however) for Democratic U.S Senate candidate Douglas Costle. Not many candidates could match that. She seconded the nomination of Maida Townshend at last's month's Democratic Party pow-wow. Maida was Ho-Ho's choice for party chair. Not many candidates could say that. And she has no experience or training in transportation, which she claims is a plus. "I get to ask the d u m b questions," says Micque. Not many candidates can say that. W h o a — wait a minute. This could be a stroke of genius. People who can ask d u m b questions are hard to find. W h e n you look at it that way, Micque Glitman is actually overqualified. Another brilliant move by our ^ governor, eh? >D . ^

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I N B R I E F : There's no nudity in Burlington from Above — a compilation of rooftop photos featured on the seven-inch singles released by Burlington's soon-to-be-defunct Split Records. Brad Searles got a different sort of thrill shooting the city from a helicopter. His aerial daring is evidenced in the poster to be unveiled next Monday at Burlington City Hall Auditorium. "It not only shows Burlington from a new perspective," the press release reads, "but reflects the dramatic change in seasons over a two-year period." Not to mention a dramatic change in the music scene — three of the 13 bands featured have pulled the plug. To that end, there will be two versions of the poster: one with band names for the music fan, and one without, for those who do not want Jesus Nut and The Fags perpetually plastered across their view of St. Paul. . The next best thing to a real visit to Vermont? A pixelated one, from Woody Jackson. Holsteins, hay roils, mountains, barns and fields are some of the images included in his new screen-saver package for Windows. Great stocking stuffer for the computer nerd who has everything. . .Speaking of last-minute gifts, some eager entrepreneur has been leafletting parked cars downtown with this cheery, handscrawled marketing message: "Give Protection for Christmas." The fellow — who makes no mention of his wares on the answering machine — is offering stun guns for $45 and mace for $13. Very merry. •

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ermont is not exactly the dance capital of the world. But Patty Smith has never let location get in the way of her art. Her rural recitals suggest the same visionary obsession that makes Bread and Puppet a reality every summer. With equal parts talent and persistence, Smith transforms dairy-farmer daughters into winged sylphs and bearded old hippies into Danskin-clad danseurs. She also makes costumes, paints sets, scrubs floors, arranges chairs and accepts donations. "She does it all," says Judith Olinick, whose 13year-old daughter performed last year in a carefully reconstructed version of Les Sylphides. "And she is not always saintly about it." For Smith, dance is more of a religion than a career. "I was born to do this," she says with an expressionist flair that makes her look bigger than she is: 91 pounds, four-foot-10-and-a-half-inches. The community dance projects satisfy

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c a n - cati. her directoral drive. But she tries out most of her own stuff at home before an audience of two black cats. Maybe boyfriend Michael Corn. Barefoot even in winter, she judges her living room by the number of consecutive grand jetes she can pull out without shattering glass. At 46, she is still kicking — higher than anyone else. Age has not crimped Smith's style. But it has made her more reflective. Her latest work — inspired by the death of her mother — is a series of musical collages that pay figurative tribute to her past. Smith gets choked up talking about the series of solos she will perform Friday night at Burlington City Hall Auditorium. Still-Life, she reads from the program to make sure she gets it right, is a "tribute to the family, teachers, colleagues and audiences who led me to — and supported me — on this most fortunate of paths." It didn't take much analysis to figure out Smith wanted to be a dancer — "I was a performer from the word go," she says, recalling she was pre-ambulatory when she first felt compelled to move to music. Her parents played all kinds of music and were big social dancers — Cab Calloway called her father up onstage at the Cotton Club. But they couldn't afford to give Patty dance lessons until she was seven, which she now believes was a benefit. She found her inner choreogra-

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core post-modernists — was her unabashed acceptance of all dance vocabularies, from ballet and Broadway to tap. When most concert dancers in Vermont were presenting music-free works celebrating the simplicity of pedestrian movement, Smith was bumping her expressionist butt to Weill tangos and dancing the can-can. She won two back-toback fellowships from the Vermont Council on the Arts for it. Burlington dancer Karen Amirault immediately understood where Smith was coming from, and upon seeing her dance for the first time "was so blown away I

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sent V d/urvoAxiy ctcuxoe/i/ ^Pa t l ij her flowers, Jo o n S m i i l v (xjxiIIA (LCLCJL even though I hadn't met (\A2Sls EipZy H I a ruZA^s her yet," she says. The two later collaborated &a£as cJb^JAiX on a series of technically demanding duets. "Patty and I really respect mxxv-uitj a n d / the more traditional choreographic forms, where the rrvojTLQ/LIJ/ improvisation happens during the creative process," Amirault explains. "Then once it's created the dance is very much in sync with the musical accompaniment." Smith definitely has a ear for music and for rhythm in particular. She calls music her "first love," and notes "dance is my way of expressing it." Like choreographer Mark Morris — who broke the post-modern mold with his own anything-goes approach — she'll choreograph to Brahms or Tony Bennett. The works of Kurt Weill, the Flamingos, Scriabin and Robert Johnson all figure in her Friday program. Smith is as libertarian in her musical tastes as she is about dance. She shares a few other things with Morris, too, -p who was pegged as an "enfant terrible" by the Belgian press for dissing a fellow choreographer. Smith pirouettes a whole lot better than she negotiates. She left Middlebury College in a huff after teaching there for two years, and parted ways with the administration at the prep school Northfield Mount Hermon under similar circumstances. Amirault chocks it up to "living her life as dramatically as she performs on stage." Smith puts it more even more succinctly: "Got a bridge? Give me a match. I always-say the wrong thing at the wrong time." At times, Smith has felt underappreciated by the dance community in Vermont. And by parents and students who may take her dedication for granted. She felt so discouraged several years ago that she left Vermont for New York City, where she studied and performed with Lori Bellilove of the Isadora Duncan Foundation. She also auditioned for the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. "Big kicks, pirouette turns to the Continued Still-Life,

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. . . .•r i g my back. So he came over demonstrates the rewards of , knee — it was my kind or \ _ a n ds a to n m y i • » . .. t—7 r* dancing, Smith recalls. But the ^ ^ ^ ^ ° j/ seven-hour experience was 'îiiiill^^^™^ i L ^ C / cxvtruiy f oddly similar to her Broadway encounter with Bennett, 25 years prior. "I made the first cut, second, third, all I the way to the sixth cut," O X l t Qsjy l i v e I Smith says, "They said I they would call, but they (UâxduveA&s, didn't." Smith knew what to expect from the cutCMA AxxaxL^ throat world of big-city dance. But she was not < Qi prepared for the wideCUV a/LQy spread homelessness she found on the streets of New York City, or the discovery that a "whole generation of male colleagues had been I y j A V a/LQy Axis decimated." Seeking out dead friends, and teachers ij/ 3 Wxui£drty {; she found working in closet-sized studios, was disheartening. But it gave her fenoA^/ v\lRoi toy d o vîlJi WQAI. ' new appeciation for her mentors, which further inspired stomach. I thought something sticking with something." her memorial project. was going to break." Smith passes on the credit. Chief among those teachers Smith uses milder methods "I love teaching because of is Jan Ween, a German-accentwith her 100-plus students in Jan," she says, switching on the ed disciple of Mary Wigman, the Middlebury-Bristol area, German Expressionism for a who taught modern dance at some of whom perform with moment to convey his flamboythe Boston Conservatory of her children's company, Leap ance. "He taught me to be Music. "He called us cookies,'" of Faith. But she does have a absolutely unafraid to express she says, imitating his accent, reputation for being a taskmasmyself. Kids really pick up "and did some of the most outter. "She is very demanding," on that." •

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leave nothing to my legal heirs." With these terse words at the beginning of his three-page last will and testament, Elihu Taft served notice on his relatives that this was not going to be business as usual. Born in 1847 to Williston farmers, Elihu Barber Taft graduated from the - ,' ' University of Vermont and became a successful Burlington lawyer, including City Attorney for Burlington. An amateur naturalist and outsdoorsman — Taft Lodge on Mt. Mansfield was his gift — Taft was also a world traveler, lecturer and philanthropist. He served on the Burlington Board of Aldermen for 12 years, eight as its. president, was a member of the Burlington School Board for six years, and was a Republican State Senator. He was also, inadvertently, a troublemaker. More than 65 years after his death, Taft continues to cause mischief. The City of Burlington, through its School Board, has struggled for 15 years with Taft's legacy: the aging school building at the corner of Pearl and South Williams streets. It costs a fortune to heat and is no longer needed as a school, but can't be sold because of a restriction in its donor's will. It has become, in other words, a white elephant. Meanwhile, Taft's ultimately intended beneficiaries, "indigent aged men"

— in todays parlance, homeless, elderly men — are still waiting to claim their rightful inheritance. Elihu (pronounced ell-uh-hue) surely never dreamt what troubles he was start-

the latest twist to this saga, City Attorney Joe McNeil announced a possible legal loophole: a way for the City to unload the old Taft School without incurring the "reversion clause." Last week former school commissioner John Barrows and this writer appeared before the School Board to counsel caution about any use of loopholes. (Board Chairperson Carol Ode stressed that the current full board — as opposed ro its finance committee — has never taken up t the question oFselling the Taft i School.) A recent Burlington Free Press editorial, meanwhile, argued against any sale of the building and in favor of exploring a "mixed-use compromise" that would include housing for

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IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO UNLOAD ITS WHITE ELEPHANT, IT COULD TRY A NEW APPROACH: FACING SOUARELY ELIHU TAFT'S INTENT AND THE DEAL THE CITY MADE IN ACCEPTING HIS BEOUEST before his death. After providing for a granite monument at Lakeview Cemetery and for "perpetual care and adornment" of his cemetery lot, he left to the City of Burlington his property and the rest of his relatively modest fortune "with which to build a school house

no tower or belfry, as the funds on hand will permit." Taft, whose homestead had Been noted for its prolific gardens, added, "I trust the School Commissioners will maintain a bed of flowers in front of said school building, both on Pearl and on Williams Street."

But the real kicker was this: a restriction that if the City ever ceased to use it.for school purposes, the property "and any buildings at any time standing thereon" were to revert to his executors "for the founding, erection, maintenance and endowment of a home for indigent aged men, to be known as 'The Elihu B. Taft Home For Aged Men." Precisely what Taft had in mind is not hard to deduce: a counterpart for men to Burlington's "Home for Aged Women." Built in 1888, that institution survives to this day as the Converse Home on lower Church Street. (A much wealthier Burlington philanthropist, J. J . | Flynn, made a similar bequest in his will written 10 years after Taft's death. Flynn willed his home at 251 South WfUard | Street to the City "to be used for an Old Men's Home and not otherwise, and to be known as the Flynn Home For Aged Men." But, even though Continued

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TROPICAL FISH CLUB MEETING: Fish lovers meet and make merry. Fletcher Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3616. TOASTMASTERS MEETING: Hone your communication skills at a meeting of this outspoken club. Ramada Inn, S. Burlington, 7 p.m-. Free. Info, 862-6142.

d a n c e C O N T R A DANCE: Rachel Ncyitt calls for the Last Elm SutpJ> R.I11J C&fesNo No, Burlington, 7:30 pLm. Donations. Info, 660-9491.

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d a n c e 'STILL LIFE': Patty Smith performs a solo dance concert wtih music from Brahms to Tony Bennett. Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 388-6056.

t h e a t e r AUDITIONS: See December 14. 'HOLLYDAZE': See December 14, Holley Hall, Bristol, 6 p.m. $5. 'SEASON'S READINGS': The Champlain Arts Theatre Company perngs and literature, from The 'enorah to The Gospel uke. Holley Hall, j j A f o f o , 860-3611. M P S ' PLAY': The lufetmas Players present a j&edievai nativity play. erian, UVM, p.m. Donations. Info, CHRISTMAS': A harried workaholic learns about the true spirit in this Broadway-style update of A Christmas Carol. Vergennes Union High School, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9330. 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL': Lost Nation Theater and the Montpelier High School Masdttk&ffiijk&s, students and communi-— present the traditional tation of the Dickens tale. Auditorium, Montpelier Hi School, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 'CHRISTMAS REVELS< oriented celebration evi English traditions of Spaulding Auditoriun College, Hanover, N. Info, 603-646-2422.

National Wellness Communities. Cancer Wellness Center, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 865-3434.

STAR SHOW: Children and adults learn about Planet X. Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, 1 p.m. $3.50/4.50. Register, 878-8687.

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CAFE O P E N I N G : The first on-line cof15, 2 6c 8 . feehouse in Vermont opens its doors — Check ome for coffee^xg^versaji " a r o u r ^ < & £ No M m. Free; Info, 86: DlOjIpChec lies, drawings, paintings and ts" by y g n artists. 48 Gove Ct -a p.m.s f a & B J R r 8523351. ARTIST SESSION: Artists and photograWILDLIFE PROGRAM: How many phers get a new angle on their art with a bobcats, bears and otters live in our state? live model. 150 Elm St., Montpelier, 7 Susan Morse talks carnivores at the p.m. Free. Info, 229-5253. Vermont Institute of Natural "s Science, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. f $7. Info, 457-2779. The blow-by-blow on OUTRIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual Christmas concerts? Horns, horns, and "questioning" youth are horns. The ever-popular Canadian invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 Brass migrates south in tuxedos and p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677. tennis shoes for a single sold-out SENIOR SWIM: Folks over 50 exercise in an 86-degree pool. show at the Flynn. YMCA, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. y Info, 862-9622. FESTIVAL O F LIGHT: Kids enjoy ornament making, storytelling and free ice cream at a celebration of the season. The Mouse and the Motorcycle shows at 11 a.m. at the Savoy. Montpelier City Hall, 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9408. 'A T I M E FOR ANGELS': Vermont author Karen Hesse reads and signs her book at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. SCIENCE PROGRAM: Make your own hovercraft at the Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, noon - 4 p.m. $1. Register, 878-8687. STORY TIME: Kids over three I Library, 7

c $THJ>lO SALE. See -4 p.m. LDLIFE PROGRAM: See Decem* . Track the beasts in the field, - 2 p.m. $16. Or hear all about tain lions at 7:30 p.m. $7. POTATO LATKE D E M O : San ditional Hanukkah pancakes at Onion River Food Coop, Bi 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 86 GLASS BLOWING D E M O : Craftspeople manipulate molten glass at this studio open house and sale. Church & Maple Glass Studio, 225 Church St., Burlington, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3880. NATURE CELEBRATION: This natural history program includes a night walk, but finishes up with storytelling and refreshments around the woodstove. Green Mountain Nature Center, Huntington, 7:30 p.m. $4. Info, 434-3068.

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NATURE TROMP: Snowshoe, ski or bike an easy four miles along the Davis Neighborhood Trail. Meet in Montpelier, 10 a.m. $2 for a holiday party. Register, 123-3350. CARRIAGE RIDES: Catch a horse-drawn carriage ride on merry old Church Street, Burlington, noon 4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648.

VEGETARIAN MEAL: Food Not Bombs dishes out a free meal. Come at 9:30 a.m. to help cook or 12:30 p.m. to eat. Last Elm Cafe, Burlington. Free. Info, 865-0622.

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Register and you'll be assigned a leader, time and spot jyithin 15 miles of Bujliogton, 8 a.m. - 4:15. P.m. Free. Info, 434-30£ CRAFT S H m ; " S k .ing" at an all-origi: 'show with r t § g P s i c , Pyralisk, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 223-3126. -j-'.-.'^p' NATURE TROMP: Snowshoe, ski or hike a moderate six miles to Montclair Glen Lodge. Meet in Montpelier, 8:30 a.m. Free. Register, 223-0918. MUSEUM CELEBRATION: Visitors celebrate the opening of a new pedestrian bridge that accesses the, tower. Get a view of the surrounding" Connecticut River at the '$f^|Wich, 1-4 pirn.' Montshire $5. Info B O S N I A : Walk MEDIT the Last E f e C a f e for peace Burlingtd 1 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-7458.

© mond a y m u s i c MESSIAH COMMUNITY SING: Handel gets a hearing with a 16-piece orchestra and area vocal soloists. Bring a score if you have one. Stowe Community Church, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 253-7792. OPEN REHEARSAL: Women bring their vocal chords to a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. Knights of Columbus Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

k i d s STORYTIMES: Three-and-a-half- to five-year-olds hear stories at the South Burlington Library, 9:30 a.m. Those four through six listen up at 3:30 p.m. Free. Register, 658-9010. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually- rel a ted prob 1 e ms. planned Parentho<M- Burlington, 4-7 pita. Pregnancy-testing is free. Info,

£arcJs Cora Brooks, Douglas Currier and Bob Messing read. Pyralisk, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 728-4206.

etc GLASS BLOWING DEMO: See December 16. BIRD COUNT: Can you tell a cockatoo from a chickadee? Beginning and expert birders count all kinds in a national effort to measure feathered trends.

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FLOCK O N : Come gather # >und, my merry choir, like chestnuts ting round the fire... So starts the nual Shepherd's Play — in rhyming >lde English — Friday night at Christ Church Presbyterian in Burlington. The first art is traditional nativity. The second, says Ron Krupp, "is about wild crazy shepherds having dreams."

\ J m O N E POTATO, T W O POTATO: Are your latkes more like plain old potato pancakes? Spudnik Claude Lehman gets it right at a demo and tasting on Saturday at the Onion River Co-op in Burlington. The secret is in the starch... and the accompanying apple sauce and sour cream. Promises to be a latke fun.

WORKING CHRISTMAS: For Dickens, Scrooge was a hard-hearted skinflint usurer. For the Assembly of God Christian Center, he is a workaholic bachelor with a fear of intimacy. The Broadway-style A Time for Christmas is A Christmas Carol far the '90s — complete with single moms — this weekend at Vergennes Union High School.

O • LION IN WINTER: Imagine kitty at 50 pounds. Is she a mountain lion, cougar, catamount or bobcat? Wildlife tracker Susan Morse is an expert on full-formed felines. Join her tracking expedition this weekend at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Woodstock. Or play it safe at the lecture and slide show.

Q » CARDINAL RULES: Burlington has more tufted titmice than it did 10 years ago. Ditto cardinals and wax wings. Feathered trends are the focus of a marathon bird count that lasts all day Sunday in 13 areas around Chittenden County. Last year local birders spotted over 60 species. Registration — and binoculars — are required.

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he provided for no alternative, Flynn was ultimately no more successful in founding such a home. In due time the City said "no thank you" to Flynn's bequest and the property reverted to his estate.) Taft's bequest has generated numerous difficulties over the years: • A niece contested the will — and later dropped her case. • After trying to build a Municipal Court building instead (an option Taft had allowed for in a codicil to his will), the city fathers voted to accept his gift for a school. They did so tardily and with obvious misgivings — because Taft's "fortune" was not really large enough to cover the cost of building a school. • A court fight ensued over whether the estate had to pay an inheritance tax on the gift to the City for educational purposes. The estate lost. • Finally built in 1938, the Taft School served neighborhood children for over 40 years. But in the '80s student enrollment declined and the school was closed. • Then the School Board, struggling to keep school taxes down, attempted to sell the building and came smack up against

Elihu Taft's will restriction. The City went to Probate Court for a ruling as to whether its current use of the building — partly for school purposes and partly for renting out to various agencies — ran afoul of Taft's will. Judge L. John Cain appoint-

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bly negating the will's provision that the property would revert to the estate if it ceased to be used for school purposes. At last, it seemed; tfie School Board might have a way out of its dilemma. But a close reading of the

The Taft School awaits its future.

ed the Vermont attorney general's office to represent "the uncertain beneficiaries of the Taft Estate": indigent aged men. Finally Judge Cain concluded in 1987 that "the present and proposed uses of the Taft School

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building are consistent with [Taft's] intent that his property be kept and maintained and used by theCity of Burlington for school purposes." • Twice in the 1980s, homeless men — the not-so-uncertain "beneficiaries of the Taft Estate"

— staged sit-ins and were arrested in the corridors of Taft School. • And earlier this month, an attorney in McNeil's office rediscovered the codicil to Taft's will and interpreted it as possi-

codicil — written in October 1928, less than three months before Taft's death — seems to indicate that, logically if not legally, it offers no such solution for the City. The codicil's primary purpose was to offer the

City the option, if it didn't build a school, of accepting up to $60,000 to build a courthouse, with the rest of the estate going for Taft's home for indigent men. Otherwise the codicil only reinforces Taft's clarity of purpose: If neither schoolhouse or courthouse were built, "then it is my will that all of my estate, both real and personal, be used by my Executors" for the establishment of the Taft home. If the School Board wants to unload its white elephant, it could try a new approach: facing squarely Elihu Taft's intent and the deal the City made accepting his bequest. In this > time of widespread homelessness and a shrinking federal and state safety net, a task force — including homeless and lowincome people and their advocates, community leaders and developers — could be appointed to assess feasible options for the "plain and substantial building of red brick" that now broods on the corner where Elihu's gardens once bloomed. • Jim Rader, former City Clerk of Burlington, was co-founder of the Committee on Temporary Shelter and first president of its board, and a member of the board of the National Coalition for the Homeless. He now works on the Vermont staff of Congressman Bernie Sanders.

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From advanced painting to beginning calculus, you will find a variety of courses in this spring's Focus catalog — The University of Vermont's comprehensive guide to Continuing Education. And in addition to the numerous course offerings described in Focus, you can also learn about many other resources and opportunities available through UVM's Division of Continuing Education. Whether it's the certificate program in Gerontology, the Summer Writing Program or Evening University and the Guaranteed Admission Program, when you open up a copy of Focus you open yourself up to a world of exciting new possibilities. All of which take place at The University of Vermont, a school that for nearly 200 years has provided students with a stimulating and challenging educational environment. So be on the lookout for the latest edition of Focus, or call 1-800-639-3210 to schedule an appointment with one of our Continuing Education advisors. Because when you take a look through Focus, things could really start taking shape for you.

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PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS, holiday sale items by Karen Dawson. Lakeside Gallery and Art Studio, Burlington, 865-1208. December I5-February 15. Call for appointment. IN THE STREETS, photographs from the Peoples Conference for WHAT'S IN A SCORE? Economic Democracy and The Pride of the Old North End Parade by Jen Burlington's artistic triathlete P.R. Mathews. Metropolitan Gallery, City Hall, Burlington, 863-6248. Through Smith is known for his original December. music, poetry and art. This month HANDWORKS/HAND WORKS, mixed media works by Elsa Waller. McAuley he shows two decades' worth ofthe Arts Center, Trinity College, Burlington, 658-0337. Through February 29. visual goods at the Fletcher Free NEW PAINTINGS, by Laura Emerson, INK DRAWINGS, by Gregg Blaisdei, Library. Above, "The Inverted and DECORATIVE FRAMES with antique jewelry and buttons, by Elaine Compass." Ducharme. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647. Through December. SPICE OF LIFE , group exhibition of nine Vermont artists. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 860-1792 Through January 13. A COLLECTION OF ALUMNI ART WORKS of eight graduates. Burlington College, Burlington, 862-9616. Through January 15. FIVE ARTISTS FROM GRACE, featuringGayl een Aiken, Merrill Densmore, Larry Bissonette, Dot Kibbee and Phyllis Putvain. Artspace, Burlington, 862-2898. Through January 10. SEASON' S FLEETINGS, hand-pulled relief prints and monoprints showing seasonal changes in Vermont, by Roy Newton. Red Onion, Burlington, 865-2563. Through December. BEGINNING AGAIN, monotypes by Terry Racich. Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington, 658-3564. Through December. WATER ON WATER, recent watercolors from the waterfront by Benjamin Stein. Wing Building, Burlington, 863-4105. Through January 10. NEW PAINTINGS, by Janet Fredericks. Merrill Lynch, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, 660-1000. Through December. GILA MONSTER ART COLLECTIVE , oil paintings and photographs by six local artists. Java Love, Burlington/ 864-3414. Through January 1. , HOLDING THE CIRCLE ,< mandala drawings, by AJisQn Granuper.. ton, 862-5630 Through December. BIG DOG HEADS/MACRO BOTANICALS, paintings by Nancy Anisficld and Wayne Staples. Green Power Corp., S. Burlington, 864-1 557. Through January 3. ANNUAL H0LI DAY SHOW, with 11 regional artists. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through ' January 18. PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE. group show with local artists. Wing Building, Burlington, 864-7480. Through ; January 31. VERMONT FOLK CRAFTS, holiday showcase and sale. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. icThrough December 22. WONDERFUL LIFE Community Center artwork by five residents. Middlebury College, Starr Library, f Middlebury, 388-3711. Through February 5. EVERYDAY LIFE I N THE ANCIENT WORLD, artifacts from the ancient Greeks and Romans. Midiaiebury ; College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 388-3711. Through February 4. PORCELAIN SCULPTURES by Ann Young. Vermont Clay Studio Gallery, Montpelier, 223-4220. Through December. MARK T0UGIAS & PATTI ZEIGLER, paintings. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Through January 7. 15th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES, evergreens decorated by Vermont artists. And COMMUNITY ART SHOW, work by local artists. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through December 31.

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t's no surprise that the season of lights occurs alongside the longest, darkest, coldest nights of the year. And it's no coincidence that end-ofyear festivities let us celebrate what we've struggled and finally come to grips with in the past 12 months — whether that means coming to terms with multiplication or the loss of a parent. With these thoughts — and a crew of accomplices aged three, five and seven — I checked out selections from the year's crop of picture- and storybooks. We had a wish-list based on suggestions from children's bookstore manager Jessica Smith Lane at Chassman & Bern Booksellers in Burlington, and children's book buyer Susan Turner at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier. With the season comes the telling and retelling of classic tales. In The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, by Susan Wojciechowski (Candlewick Press), the bleakness and light

carver who, after the death of his wife and child, packs up and travels "until his tears stopped." He settles in a town where a

legend in Robert Sabuto's Arthur and the Sword (Athenaeum), where each illustration looks like a stained-glass

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young boy and his mother ask him to carve a set of Nativity figures for them. The chill of loneliness is gradually warmed — revealed in the PUTTING THE WORLD illustrations as well as the text. The waterTO SLEEP colors by P.J. Lynch Shelley Moore Thomas $ Pictures by Bonnie Ckrtstensai are in browns and golds that match the shades and grains of wood, in grays that mirror winter days, and with a rich detail that demonstrates care — as well as research done at the Shelburne Museum. "Long ago, in the time of great darkof a colonial winter are matched ness, a time without a king, by a story about the loss and there was a fair boy called reclaiming of affection and love. Arthur." Christianity is tied Jonathan Toomey is a wood into the medieval King Arthur

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window. They're impossibly vibrant.on the page, and detailed with images of knights and the redheaded boy who discovers his incredible heritage. Light fills the stories in A Midnight Clear (Lodestar Books). Katherine Paterson, Vermont author of the muchloved Lyddie and Bridge to Terabithia, wrote these modernday stories for her pastor-husband to read to his congregation. Packed with icons of Christmas eve, the book tells of travelers both lonely and threatening, bundled-up old people and runny-nosed young ones, folks who need a place to sleep on a cold winter's night and folks not quite sure they should provide one. And, of course, there are grim Grinches who find — just in time — the true

spirit of Christmas. If Paterson weren't such a fine writer it could all be just this side of enough-already, but she is never preachy and rarely sentimental, and her young characters are wonderful. Check out these observations by a teenager who's about to arrive home late for dinner: "His mother would be furious. No, not furious. Before the divorce she got furious; now she got hurt or hysterical. He preferred furious but no one was asking him." Paterson reconciles the cynical and the sacred. Especially for young people, who have a decided sense of how grown-ups have muddled things which used to be so clear, this is a book that might inspire shared confidences. Grandmothers and great-aunts are represented throughout 2 Stories, told by Virginia Hamilton (Blue Sky Press), for the African American tales give a sense of what it was like to listen in on generations of women talking. Her Stories have girls at its center — girls who meet with magic, help their mamas and share their real-life histories. There are great serveyou-right stories like "Good Blanche, Bad Rose and the Talking Eggs," fables that serve as metaphors for slaves outwitting the masters, and notes from the author about how she learned them. The illustrations

by Leo and Diane Dillon seem to exult in the vibrant tales. Whether nestled snug in their beds or wriggling out of them, children know that nighttime can be enticing or eerie. In Bed Bouncers, by Kimberly Knutson (Macmillan), a boy and girl who should be in bed go bouncing into the skies, where they meet with similarly inclined folks from all over and come home in a tangle of bedsheets. The verse is occasionally inspired, as in this Dr.Seusslike, "We try the trick bed bouncers seldom survive: the

one-handed rotating cannonball dive! (We do five.)" The pictures, collages of wallpaper-like prints, are flatter than those in the same style in Ezra Jack Keats' books. Still, none of this seemed derivative to our younger readers, who are no strangers to late-night leaps themselves. But sometimes sleep won't Continued

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The Carousel, by Liz Rosenberg and Jim LaMarche (Harcourt Brace & Co.), relates in a matter-of-fact tone the story of a pair of sisters who detour through the park one February twilight. We gather that their mother has^recently died, and the girls' loneliness seeps into the story. When the horses in the park's carousel become real and take off into the skies, it's both magical and frightening — and out of control, too.

have much plot, their success hinges on the pictures. Vermont artist Bonnie Christensen's First solo book is An Edible Alphabet (Hough-ton Mifflin Co.). It revels in its subject with woodcuts that are immediate and compelling, and features a pleasant mix of cultures and locales. For the letter "J," two small heads peek over a wall to watch a bear cub nibbling June berries, and "K" —for kale — shows a father and daughter pulling the stuff, fresh-picked, from a basket. Behind them a pot on the stove is

PACKED WITH ICONS OF CHRISTMAS EVE, THE BOOK TELLS OF TRAVELERS BOTH LONELY AND THREATENING, BUNDLED-UP OLD PEOPLE AND RUNNY-NOSED YOUNG ONES, FOLKS WHO NEED A PLACE TO SLEEP ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT AND FOLKS NOT QUITE SURE THEY SHOULD PROVIDE ONE the bright illustrations feature a wide-awake, anxious, tuckedinto-bed dog, and a full moon pressed against the window, ever watchful. "When you can't sleep the moon will keep you safe. The moon will stay awake," the spare text reassures us. The moon stays until the worried pup falls asleep.

The -practical girl fjxes the broken carousel with the tools in mom's red toolbox, and her sister tames the wild horses by playing on her flute the song their mother used to play when they couldn't get to sleep. It's a surprising story about magic, memory and the need to repair what's coming apart. The somber purples and grays in the pictures are illuminated by the white horses, the porch light glowing and the girls' bright, hopeful faces.

already steaming up the kitchen. There's the ordinary 3 "L" for lemonade and "M" for you-know-what-syrup but "S' is the sunflowers in an urban backyard, and Christensen shows off with tropical fruit that begins 1 & W t

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TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): There's a company in Vermont that will, for $9.95, beam your personal prayer towards heaven with a 20-million-watt microwave radio transmitter. (They seem to be working on the theory that God's kingdom lies somewhere in outer space.) If you're looking for a last-minute holiday gift you could do worse. (Order from Lindsay Scientific, P.O. Box 2010-293,150 Dorset St., South Burlington, VT 05407.) I would not recommend that you buy this service for yourself, however. You won't need it, not this week and not for most of 1996. That's because you're already going to have the hottest hodine to God you've had in over a decade. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is a perfect time to turn your other cheek. May I suggest that you go so far as to give your best enemies a Christmas or Hanukkah present? Think of all they've taught you this year, all the inner resources they've compelled you to cultivate. Without the messy complications forced on you by these nemeses, you'd be far less interesting than you are today. Want a gift suggestion? How about Luak Coffee? It's an exotic coffee made from beans that are eaten and excreted by the luak, a bobcat-like creature from Indonesia. (Order at 404/231-5465.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): I invited David Duchovny, Ellen Degeneres, Patrick Stewart, Tori Amos, Quentin Tarantino, Susan Sarandon and my mom to my pre-Christmas party, but only my mom showed up. I can't say I was surprised. We Cancerians are not exacdy Mr. or Ms. Popularity right now. In fact, we're probably at the low ebb of our animal magnetism. I must confess that even my mom wasn't all that friendly to me. But I'm not taking it personally, and neither should you. Instead, we should get cracking and take advantage of the strengths that are waxing for us. For instance, we happen to have an incredible talent for cleaning out our closets right now. And for scrubbing the floors. And for washing our own brains. L£0 (July 23-Aug. 22): I was leafing through the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book and saw the perfect gift for you: your name painted in giant letters on the side of a United Airlines jet for a year. Obviously I can't buy it for every one of you. (It costs $100,000.) But I would be willing to do the next best thing: write your name on an index card in magic marker and tape it to my bike for a month. (If you're interested, send your request to Box 150247, San Rafael, CA 94915.) Of course, you could always buy yourself that name-on-the-plane gift from Neiman Marcus. Maybe that seems impossible now, but if you do your astrological homework in 1996 — lobby hard for the job of your dreams — you might be able to afford it by 1998. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If I had to come up with a perfectly symbolic gift for you this holiday season, it would be a years supply of olestra. You've heard of it, right? It's the newly-invented, zero-calorie fat substitute which looks and tastes and cooks just like fat, but doesn't turn into little wads of cellulite in your gorgeous body. The reason 1 think it's such an appropriate gift is that it reminds me of what 1996 will be like for you: replete with rich, sinful pleasures, but with almost none of the hell to pay later. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You could teach a stone to talk this week. For that matter, you could probably coax a . secret from the dead or a kiss from a cold-hearted bitch. The way I see it, your ability to conjure minor miracles out of voiceless and inert things has rarely been greater than it is now. I wouldn't be surprised if you were somehow able to wheedle a gift out of a miser or praise from a cynic or a thrilling dose of spiritual ferment from rhe% midst of the holidays phony sentiment , '

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How good are you at getting things done? I mean not just looking busy and strong, but actually cranking out top results; not merely manipulating other people into viewing you as effective, but actually accomplishing what you know in your heart needs to be accomplished. These matters should have been vividly illuminated during Jupiter's year-long cruise through your house of discipline, which will be ending with a crisp flourish in early January. In these last few weeks of your tutelage, burn the following fun facts into your memory: Sometimes you work so hard you actually sabotage your work; sometimes you're so ferociously passionate that you undermine your power to get what you desire. ': SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec, 21): Are you already such

a mature,worldly personthat you compane aD your feelings and perceptions to experiences you've had in the past? I hope not. I hope you're ready to do the clean-slate, tabla-rasa, blank-check kind of thing. You know, the babe-in-the-wilderness, bumpkin-in-the-big-city, virgin-inthe-manger kind of thing. For the foreseeable future, innocence is not a mark of naivet^ and weakness. It's apowerful asset, a heroic virtue that'll allow you to see things you never knew existed. t CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan. 19): Amazing. Unbelievable. Somehow, the sad story manages to twist and tweak itself at the last turn of the plot just in time to produce an almost happy ending. At the very moment you're preparing to count up your losses, a wild card shows up to reverse the meaning of a series of exhausting events. What's the nature of that wild card? Maybe the missing evidence finally trickles in^vjaybe you suddenly realise how valuable your problem really is. And perhaps — just perhaps — a divine intervention arrives, instantaneously dissolving a mental block that's been-causing stupendous misinterpretation. AQUARIUS (fan. 20-Feb. 18): When I read about the scientists who managed to germinate a 1288-year-old lotus seed, I flashed on you. I thought of you, too, when I heard about the 14th-century craftsman who planted oak trees near the building he constructed, with the expectation that hundreds of years later they might be harvested to replace worn-out beams in the building. The reason these scenarios remind me of you? I feel that you, too, should be sending a message to your future. Do your 21st-century self a favor and launch a plan that'll mature into a wildly useful asset by 2005. PIS CSS (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Have you ever watched the moon with so much unwavering concentration that you actually saw it creep through the sky? Have you ever staked out a rose bud and caught the exact moment it first burst open into bloom? If you have, you might be sensitive enough to detect the slow motion explosion — the: * graceful awakening — that'll sneak up on you sometime in the next 10 days. You're about to escape a dream you've been lost inforyears. Q • J

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H EAT Well, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the box office. And we all know what that means: gun play, psychos and rivers of blood. Heat is being marketed as a thinking persons cops-and-robbers story, pitting w o legends of the big screen against one another. Wliat the people at Warner Brothers are thinking, however, is that you won't find out Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have Just two scenes together in the entire nearly-threeliour film until you've already bought your ticket. Michael Mann directs. Val Kilmer plays the psycho. JUMAN J I Director Joe {Honey, / Shrunk the Kids) Johnston utilizes the technology behind Jurassic Park to make a few "improvements" on Chris Van Allsburg's children's classic about a magical board game. For example, he adds a completely new character: a kid who gets trapped in die game and then spat back out 26 years later as an adult. Well, as Robin Williams, anyway. A fair portion of the game's menagerie follows him out and turns his sleepy New England town into a digitally-enchanced Park Safari. The buzz is, this picture is too scary for young kids. So, who's the target audience for this $70 milliqn effects-fest? Something tells me teenagers a n d young adults are going to be more bored than game.

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T H E C R O S S I N G GUARD * * * * 4 V \ Much of Sean Peftns second film seems set in that dreamlike, otherworldly, slow-motion state into which the brain downshifts during certain moments of crisis — a car accident, for instance. This is fitting because the two principle figures in the film are linked by a terrible accident and, to varying degrees, have been unable to extricate themselves from the psychic wreckage. Jack Nicholson gives a savagely honest, almost soul-baring performance as a man whose young daughter was killed by a drunk driver and who has counted the days to the man's release from prison the way a child anticipates Christmas. Too ON THE ROCKS jack wines and dines before the kill. tighdy wound for domestic life, he's alienated his wife (Angelica Huston) and, ironically, lost his two living sons to their stepfather (Robbie Robertson). David Morse co-stars as the ex-con, with whom Penn — who also wrote the screeenplay — h a s created one of the most complex and compelling character studies in recent American cinema. Morse is brilliant as this tranfigured biker type who, after five years in prison, has come to understand both the magnitude of his mistake and the fathers lust for revenge as well as the natural imperative to simply get on with life. W h e n Nicholson breaks into his home one night, Morse seems neither scared nor surprised. He asks only that his attacker take three days to think it over and consider letting him live. The Crossing Guard isn't flawless, not by a long shot. O n e or two secondary relationships are handled sloppily, and Perm's loosey-goosey approach, which gives much of the movie its realism, every now and again gives it an under-rehearsed feel. Nonetheless, this is a uniquely exciting, powerfully acted piece of filmmaking, and a bracing breath of fresh air given the current Hollywood climate. If you're tired of choosing between bigbudget action comedies and films starring Emma Thompson, here's a chance to see a bit of what the movies have been missing.

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WHITE HAN ' S BURDEN * * * Why would white-hot John Travolta gamble his professional momentum on a low-budget fable about race relations from a first-time director (Desmond Nakano)? Because its producer — who also produced Pulp Fiction — asked him to. Set in an America where the roles of blacks and whites have been reversed, the story concerns a Iaid-off worker who kidnaps his former boss. Unfortunately the film is all premise and no pay-off. FATHER OF THE B R I D E I I * * Desperately in need of a hit, Steve Martin goes home again for the holidays. To the Banks home, that is. This time around, both daughter and wife (Diane Keaton) are expecting — and Dad's having a mid-life crisis. Desperately in need of a hit, Martin Short reprises his role as the accent-challenged decorator, Franck. Intermittently mildly amusing. What more could one expect from a remake of a sequel? S A B R I N A ( N R ) You heard it here first: Don't be surprised to see this remake of the 1954 Audrey Hepburn romance sink fast, a La Warren Beattys Love Affair. Only this time it's Harrison Ford who'll have the stunned look on his face. Sydney Pollack directs. THE A M E R I C A N P R E S I D E N T * * * Director Rob Reiner {Spinal Tap, The Princess Bnde) begins to climb his way back up after last year's abysmal North with this romantic comedy about the prez (Michael Douglas) and his girlfriend (Annette Bening). The film by no means grants Reiner a full pardon — its a predictable buttonpusher and the roles are one-dimensional — but its as good a comedy as A Few Good Men was a drama. The real star here is Aaron Sorkin's script, which every once in awhile gets off a zinger about politics and bedfellows. CAS I NO **** Movies like this are what the phrase "eageriy awaited" was made for. After a sumptuous period piece (Age of Innocence) and a silly thriller {Cape Fear), director Martin Scorsese returns to the metier where he's done his greatest work. Robert De Niro stars in this story of a brilliant gambler whose luck changes when he gives up playing the games to run a Las Vegas casino. With Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Alan King and Sharon Stone. G O L D E N E Y E * * Could Pierce Brosnan be any smarmier in this inane, unnecessary Bond retread? I know I had no trouble taking seriously a story in which beautiful women were aroused by infantile double entendres and the Russians posed a threat t o world peace. T h e last time I looked they almost had the special sauce for the Big Mac figured out over there. Man, I've seen Charlie Sheen movies with more brains and style. You want to talk serious threats? Brosnan's contract calls for three more Bond adventures. N ONEY T RAIN * Can there really stil I be anyone out there who hasn't had their fill of wise-ass action comedies with athletic stars doing the same old slow-motion stunts, letting loose with deadpan one-liners in times of stress and dodging the usual bullets, car wrecks and explosions? If so, have we got a boldly original work of cinema for you. W i t h the increasingly tedious Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.

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Classifieds N O T I C E O F TAX SALE T h e resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are herby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1993-94 and 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Paul Koenig, Michael Casarico. Property Address: 197 N o r t h Willard Street. Tax account number: 117867 Map Lot number: 000 4 5 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 409 pg. 717, 12/20/89 From: William and Cecilia Shafer. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11 th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995 Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, V T

And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont N O T I C E O F TAX SALE T h e resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1992-93, 199394, 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Bilmar Team Cleaners, Margaret M u r p h y and William Blood. Property address: 150 Shelburne Street. Tax account number: 023560. Map Lot number: 000 5 4 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 340 pg. 480, 8 / 1 8 / 8 6 From Theodore R. Irish. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands

N O T I C E O F TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1992-93, 199394 and 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of

Burlington, to wit: Owner of record: Steven Bennett, Patricia Coghlan. Property Address: 80 Northview Drive. Tax account number: 0 2 2 3 8 5 Map Lot number: 0 0 - 0 2 3 3 1 6 8 0 0 0 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 4 2 6 pg. 453, 1/15/91 F r o m W i n e g a r and Coghlan. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington.

women seeking men WORLDLY, D A R K - H A I R E D SWF, 40s, with a brain, heart & spirit. Eclectic interests. You: 45-55; likewise N/S, curious, creative, educated, playful, sensitive, emotionally secure. Open to sharing. Box P-2. YABBA DABBA D O O : Dinosaur seeks same. Days of fins, flash, chrome, barn dances, drive-ins. Share new memories. Dina: 48, blonde/blue, armful. Dino: 40-55, fun, nice, interesting. Box P-4.

SILVER FOX: Lonely the problem? Solution at hand, pretty classy lady, good dance band. Dinner, movie, options galore, he a non-smoker to continue the score (58-65). Box P-8.

PASSIONATE W O M A N : 40s, non-smoker, progressive, healthy, honest, secure, cultured, smart and interesting. Loves music, dance, books and nature. Looking for a vibrant, loving, sensitive man. (40s-50s) for deep friendship, romance. Box P-10.

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Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont N O T I C E O F TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are herby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Scott Mansfield. Property Address: 693 Riverside Ave. Tax account number: 132884 Map Lot number: 000394224000 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 450 pg. 712, 3 / 3 1 / 9 2 From Merchants Bank. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995Jessica Oski City Constable

Burlington, Vermont. N O T I C E O F TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal, year(s) 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Scott Mansfield, Property Address; 690 Riverside Ave. Tax account number: 132855 Map Lot number: 000394265000 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 437 pg. 338, 9 / 2 1 / 9 1 From Mary Brown. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont N O T I C E O F TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premisesin the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Scott Mansfield, Property Address: 105 Brook

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SWF, mid-20s, college grad, earthy, high-maintenance, Irish and outgoing, seeks honest, educated and open-minded male in mid to late 20s. Must enjoy good sense of humor, spontaneity, and the great outdoors. If this sounds like you, contact Box P-9.

NORTH COUNTRY LIVING, like it just fine; seeking fella who'd like to be mine. Long brown hair, plussized, fun. You: 40-50, tall outgoing, affectionate, smoker. Box P-7.

will be'sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11 th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved.

W I N T E R F U N PLAYMATE W A N T E D : Tall, 47-59, nonsmoker. Let's explore snow, slopes, skiing &C snowshoeing, followed by hot drinks & a warm, toasty fireplace. Downhill/cross-country, your choice! Box P-15. M Y C H R I S T M A S W I S H : To find a huggable teddy that isn't bashful for this wanting 45 YO N S / D N lady. Under my tree or yours. Also for LTR. Box P-21. L O N G B L O N D E HAIR, green-eyed college student,

looking for educated M who is outgoing, emotionally secure and a non-womanizer. Ages 1824. Box P-22.

men seeking women E D U C A T E D M A N D W M 35, very attractive, educated, professional, published writer, poet, linguist. Humorous, sincere, sensitive, athletic, good conversationalist, romantic. ISO pretty, intelligent woman for LTR. Box P - l . SINCERE, S P I R I T E D N S N D / N A 30YO/SWM; homeowner, advocate, writer, photographer, w/no kids (yet), and no STD's. Seeks passionate, caring woman for friendship, companionship, and possibly an LTR. Box P-3. W S M 30-YEAR-OLD W I D O W E R , have good job, good-looking, respectful, likes movies, bicycling, going out to eat. Seeking good-looking woman around same age, respectable, nice, down-to-earth individual interested in dating and friendship. Box P-6.

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ALL YOU N E E D IS LOVE, D W M . I'm 44, 5'8", 145 lbs., open-minded, attractive. Fond of music, walking, talking, hiking, movies, sports, sunsets and possibly you. Box P - l 3 . TRUST FUND HOMESTEADER, 40, heroic hipster/ dufus, lover of books, bad weather, adventure, romance...ha-cha-cha-cha! Box P-l 6. ARE YOU: Attractive, slender, healthy and fit? D o you run, bike, hike and love winter? Me, too. 30s to 40s female. Please write and I'll call. Box P-l 8. FREE-FALLING T H R O U G H T I M E : Tall, built renegade seeks trim, foxy lady 40+ to fire retro-rockets with, smell the roses and capture our wildest dreams together. R.S.V.P. Box P-23. LONELY 2 N D S H I F T W O R K E R : S W M , 56, 5'11", 178 lbs. seeking LTR with S / D W F 40 to 55, full -figured 5'2" to 5'8," smoker and kids okay. I will pay your rent in Burlington area. Waiting for a letter. I like

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Drive. Tax account number: 132860 Map Lot number: 000 2 9 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 4 5 8 pg. 667, 7 / 2 4 / 9 2 From Denise Whittier. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11 th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont N O T I C E O F TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are herby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Scott Mansfield. Property Address: 617 Riverside Avenue. Tax account number: 132865 Map Lot number: 000 4 0 2 0 7 9 0 0 1 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 486 pg. 429, 7 / 1 2 / 9 3 From: Judith and Larry Zaetz. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11 th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to

discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont N O T I C E O F TAX SALE T h e resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed for fiscal year(s) 1989-90, 199091, 1991-92, 1992-93, 199394, 1994-95 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Vernon McGuire, Land Management. Property Address: 90 Rose Street. Tax account number: 121865 Map Lot number: 000 3 9 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 R. Deed recorded at: vol. 328 page 384, From Shuler. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction at the office of the City Constable on the 11th day of January, 1996 at 1:00 o'clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 8th Day of December, 1995. Jessica Oski City Constable Burlington, Vermont

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I SPY W I T H MY L I T T L E EYE a M who's sexy, sweet, caring, hairless, a morning person, huggable, has a fetish for cows and is keepable. Box P14.

SUGAR GUY D W P M 40 N S romantic, educator, vegetarian seeks country woman 35 - 45 who wants horses, loves nature &c is looking for a soulmate. Box P-25.

M A R T I N ' S , Dorset Street, Sunday 11/5, around 3. You had Tostitos, a baseball cap, a lovely smile. Ran out of aisles. Want to meet somewhere else? Box P - l 7 .

D W M , 41: professional; new in town; fun, cool, creative, good sense of humor. Seeking SF 2540 (kids okay); reasonably attractive; intelligent and classy but down to earth, for friendship and possible relationship. write me. Box P-27.

I SPY W I T H MY L I T T L E EYE...A super Scandinavian birthday boy with blond hair hennaed, eyes of blue, and artistic talent up the wazoo. Happy birthday, Lars! T h e staff of Seven Days loves you buckets and then some. X O X O X O , us.

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G U Y SEEKS GAL T O ACCOMPANY HIM ROUND THE WORLD, figuratively and literally. Name your place (Fiji? N e w Zealand?) and your time (how's, say...next week?) C o m e with me and I'll love you forever! Box P-28.

S W M , 52, seeks 25 YO SWF for companionship, money, car for socialization, dining, dancing, &C long walks. Box P-

FRIEND IN DEED! Handsome, spirited, spiritual G M (37) seeks a comrade for intimacy. Also an "angel" who can assist me to access alternative medicines for living with HIV. Box P - l 2 .

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HELP! Looking for someone to run my business. N o experience needed, just a positive attitude. Unlimited income potential. 660-2544, ext. 15. COLOR ME GREEN Environmental co. expanding in Burlington area, seeks leaders who care. FT/PT, will train. High income potential. 660-2544. N E W H O L I S T I C MAGAZINE SEEKING INVESTOR or partner. $ is important, so is

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C H R I S T M A S CASH! Need extra cash for the holiday and beyond? International marketing firm seeks motivated individuals with leadership qualities to help us grow. 862-6656. EARN Y O U R W O R T H . Quality individuals needed to help local expansion of national environmental company. Flexible schedule, P T / F T available. Serious inquiries only. 862-5696.

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VIDEO: PANASONIC WJMX 12 video/audio mixer, mint, $ 1,000. Sony V 0 9 8 0 0 - 3 / 4 SP, excellent condition, $3750. T B C - I D E N - I T V 7, mint, $850. Tamron Fotovix-film to video transfer unit, $350. Bill Kinzie, 658-1531-

This position manages and coordinates all fund-raising activities by Burlington City Arts. Extensive knowledge of fund-raising and grantwriting practices and procedures, knowledge of federal, state and private funding sources and grant administration, thorough knowledge of budgetary procedures and fiscal management. Additional responsibilities include program coordination and development. Bachelor's degree in related field preferred; equivalent work experience also considered. 4 years experience in arts programming and administration, with at least two years in grants and budget administration. Proficient typing and computer skills, knowledge of database management, spreadsheets, Aldus PageMaker and Wordperfect are essential. Submit City of Burlington Application to: Laurie D. Lemieux, H R Dept., City Hall, Burlington, V T 05401. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.

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A U D I O : KEYBOARD-EPS 16+ turbo, sampling sequencer w/ 2meg RAM/SCSI interface, 1000's of sounds, $1000. Roland SBX80 S M P T E / M I D I synch box, $375. Shure M 6 7 M I C mixer 4X mono, $ 150. Phantom Power supply 48 volt, 4 channel, $75. Will consider trade for desktop stuff. Bill Kinzie, 658-1531.

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REHEARSAL SPACE coming soon. Burlington/S. Burlington location, living-room-like atmosphere. Rent by hour/ week/month. For more info., call Lee at 860-8440. Leave message.

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G I B S O N ES-135: Just starting to break in. Asking $800. Call 863-0247. G O O D C I T I Z E N 1996 C A L E N D A R S are available at: TONES, ADVANCE MUSIC, PURE POP, P H O E N I X HERBAL, B U R L I N G T O N C O L L E G E , PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER, SILVERMINE, EARTH PRIME, C H A S S M A N & BEM, P H O T O G A R D E N , VIBES or by mailing $8 to P O BOX 5373, B U R L I N G T O N , V E R M O N T 05402. BALL P Y T H O N : 2 1/ yrs old. 30-gallon tank w/lights and ALL accessories. W/10-gallon Rattank. Everything included. $300 O B O . (802) 660-2780.

call 864-5684 &place a classified ad with one of the grooviest papers in town.

B U R L I N G T O N : Roomy house on river in New North End. W / D , large yard. Pets okay. O n bike path. $400 + 1/2 util. Larry, 860-6898.

W O M E N ' S TELEMARK/ BACKCOUNTRYSKI B O O T S : Merrill Ultras, .Size 7. All-leather, Vibram soles, great condition. $100. Call 4§45546.

C O M E J O I N US! Another woman wanted to join one man, one woman in cooperative household. Beautiful, sunny, cozy 3-bedroom apartment with garden space, parking and W / D .

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real estate C O H O U S I N G IS S H A R I N G R E S O U R C E S A N D CREATI N G C O M M U N I T Y . It is happening in the Burlington area. Interested? Call Barbara or Don, 862-1289 days; 658-4857

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