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JULY 02-09, 2008 VOL.13 NO.46

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FAIR GAME BY SHAY TOTTEN

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Truth Takes a Holiday

news

Open season on Vermont politics

BUSINESS 14A

Burlington Labs Opens Downtown Storefront for Walk-In Drug Testing

HANDMADE TALES BY AMY LILLY

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Clay Date

Profiles of crafty Vermonters: Dan Siegel

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BY KEN PICARD

23A LOCAL GOVERNMENT 14A

Fit Camp FITNESS

Councilors Debate Merits of Research-Funding Increase

Kicking butt with boot camp instructor Heidi Dalton BY SARAH TUFF

BY MIKE IVES

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The Good Fight DEMOCRACY

COMMUNITY SERVICE 15A

For some rabble-rousing Vermonters, every day is Independence Day

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BY MIKE IVES, KIRK KARDASHIAN, KEN PICARD,

Burlington to Lose 21 VISTA Positions

SHAY TOTTEN AND BRIAN WALLSTIN

BY MIKE IVES

Many Happy Returns SPORT

POVERTY 17A

VT’s Newborn Homeless Redefine “Families in Need”

A Vermont boomerang builder is ahead of the curve BY PATRICK TIMOTHY MULLIKIN

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Taxi Tales FEEDBACK

BY KEN PICARD

Readers relate their own crazy cab stories

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Cones, Crocket and Counterweights ART Art review: Alisa Dworsky at Chaffee Art Center BY MARC AWODEY

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You Are What You Can’t Eat FOOD Vermonters discover eating overseas can bring out the burger in you BY PAULA ROUTLY AND SUZANNE PODHAIZER

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Montpelier Program Makes Reading a Walk in the Park BY PATRICK TIMOTHY MULLIKIN ART 18A

Art Is for the Birds — and Other Critters — in Refuge Exhibit BY LEON THOMPSON ART 19A

Artist Makes Golem to Decry Local Anti-Semitism BY MARGOT HARRISON VIGNETTE 19A

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If I could eat one food for the rest of my life it would be… olive oil-roasted sea bass. If I could have dinner with any famous person, dead or alive, I would choose... Eleanor Roosevelt. Do something that scares you everyday. Before I was a Realtor one of my interesting jobs was... running a

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32A art review: Alisa Dworsky at Chaffee Art Center exhibitions

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BUS DISSERVICE Malletts Bay? How about Route 7? Shaw’s, Friendly’s, Yankee Lanes, Costco? I bet they would love bus service [“Funding Process Is Flawed, Say Transit Officials,” June 18]. Have you ever tried walking from Winooski High, where the bus ends, across the ramps and under the interstate to get there? No sidewalks, no street lights. Maybe the “Milton Bus” will go through. Carly Kissane BURLINGTON

VOX COLCHESTER In “Funding Process is Flawed, Say Transit Officials” [Local Matters, June 18], the reporter, Mike Ives, quotes four officials (Coles, Keating, Keogh, Murray) who believe a bus line to Colchester would make more sense than one to Milton. Mr. Ives does not, however, quote a single one of the many Colchester voters who “declined to pony up their share.” Colchester’s “share” is what Colchester’s inhabitants say it is. Vox Populi, Vox Dei. Richard Handelsman BURLINGTON

‘BARRAGE’ BARACK How fantastically refreshing, heartening, exhilarating! If there is now room, even a welcome, for public discourse, this election season has already been a success! I applaud Judith Levine [“Poli Psy,” June 18] for

encouraging the Obama campaign to fan the flames of this fire and for urging him to talk about gender and the core issues that then become visible. We should be barraging Barack with these sentiments. Deb Tolman WESTON

WHAT’S HAPPENING TO KISONAK? Rick Kisonak’s appreciation of film makes good, thoughtful reading; his observations are insightful and usually interesting even when I haven’t seen the film. What a shock, then, to see The Happening elevated to the neighborhood of Citizen Kane [Movie Reviews, June 18]. Rick and I both admired The Sixth Sense, which inserted odd but plausibly real events into definitely realistic settings. That’s what makes it creepy. The Happening instead skips the basic realism and isn’t weird, just strange. Shyamalan is either indulging his imagination without discipline, or doesn’t know that one depends on the other. The first hint of its disregard for realistic background comes when the train stops at a shack in the woods, for reasons unexplained. Why didn’t it just continue? Why does everyone get out? Didn’t anyone warn the passengers they were going to stop, and why? . . . Why do passengers and train personnel gather separately, and

then, in all the confusion, only one passenger approaches the conductors with a question? After that, inconsistencies come fast and thick, and they aren’t just flaws in a beautiful woodwork; they’re an absence of woodwork. Rick’s willing suspension of disbelief here is heroic. Fred G. Hill BURLINGTON

BURLINGTON TELECOMPETENT? Maybe Burlington Telecom could capitalize on their local status if they had enough technicians to meet demand [“Report Details Concerns of Burlington Telecom Advisory Committee,” June 25]. I moved into my new apartment at the end of May. By mid-June, my BT installation date had been put off a second time to June 26. I understand that June is a busy

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Introduce America to an Exchange Student Lisa from Germany, 16 yrs. Likes skiing, swimming, music and art. Lisa hopes to join a drama club while in the USA.

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Last Saturday, I spent a few hours at the Green Mountain Chew Chew fest giving away copies of 7 Nights, our guide to Vermont restaurants and bars. I spoke with several people who said they’d heard about the Chew Chew in our email newsletter, NOW — Notes on the Weekend.

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We send NOW every Thursday afternoon. Each issue features upcoming events we recommend, most of which are happening over the weekend. We also list lots of web links — to restaurant reviews, to our newest videos and blog posts, to restaurant coupons on our 7 Nights website, to a juicy personals ad, to a good deal from our online classifieds, and to articles from the current issue of Seven Days that you might have missed.

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One woman at the Chew Chew fest told me she likes NOW because it’s a great synopsis of what’s coming up in Vermont that weekend. That made me happy, because I write NOW every week, and that’s basically what I’m attempting to deliver. If you’d like to get NOW in your inbox every week, you can sign up on our website, www.sevendaysvt.com. Just enter your email address in the NOW sign-up box at the bottom of every page.

Last night, I swung by Higher Ground to check out indie-folk songwriter Jose Gonzalez. It was one of those increasingly rare opportunities for me to go see live music with my critical brain turned off and simply enjoy the show. I wasn’t attending as “Dan Bolles,” Seven Days Music Editor. Just Dan, a dude who really likes Jose Gonzalez — deep down I’m a sensitive guy, I swear. And I was really looking forward to it. Gonzalez’ performance was stunning. And yes, I’m writing that statement from the biased perspective of a fan, not a critic. Though I’m typically prone to rolling my eyes when I read some lazy blurb about an artist being “the next” anyone — Dylan, The Beatles, Gram Parsons, etc. — I can almost get behind Gonzalez’ designation as “The Latin Nick Drake.” If you can get past the fact that he’s actually Swedish — though he’s of Argentinean descent — the phrase actually does an adequate job of summing up his sound. In fact, there were moments during last night’s show where he could justifiably be accused of aping Drake. Sometimes we lowly scribes get it right. Sometimes. Though Gonzalez was a pleasure to behold, the crowd was something else entirely, to the point where actually listening to the music became a frustrating challenge. I don’t mean to get off on a rant, but . . . Why the fuck would you spend 17 bucks to see a show, and then spend the entire evening talking? And I don’t mean just whispering to your friends in between songs. I mean full-blown, outside-voice conversations about subjects entirely unrelated to the music. (By the way, if some guy named Jordan is reading this, that cute brunette you’ve recently started dating finds you too effeminate and isn’t really into the “hugging thing.” Sorry, dude. Just something I overheard.)

And if you’re a foodie, you should join the 7 Nights Bite Club. Bite Club members get an email newsletter once a month or so that includes exclusive invitations to food tasting events, special offers from area restaurants and food-related contests and giveaways. You can sign up for Bite Club at www.sevendaysvt.com. Just click on the 7 Nights tab in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage. You’ll find Bite Club details, and a photo slideshow from our most recent Bite Club event.

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If you have an idea for a video, or would like to have your music featured in our videos, contact eva@sevendaysvt.com

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“Fare Warning: Rogue Drivers, Random Rates and No Regulation: Does Burlington’s Taxi System Need an Overhaul?” by Mike Ives (6/25/08) “Free Will Astrology” by Rob Brezsny (6/25/08) “Al Jazeera Reporter Addresses Critics” by Ken Picard (6/10/08) “Fair Game: Dodging a Bullet” by Shay Totten (6/25/08) “Report Details Concerns of Burlington Telecom Advisory Committee” by Brian Wallstin (6/25/08)

And we use NOW to give away prizes. Two weeks ago, we raffled off two passes to the Stowe Wine & Food Classic to NOW subscribers.

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This weekend, a slew of Vermont restaurants are hanging out down at the Burlington Waterfront for The Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest and serving up some of their hottest dishes. Over the next few hours, I’ll be sampling a bunch of small plates (and handing out copies of our beautiful, new 7 Nights Guide to Restaurants and Bars), and blogging about the chow. For breakfast, I decided to have a catfish taco with spicy Creole sauce from Bueno Y Sano, and it proved a delicious choice. The catfish was crisp, the corn tortilla warmed through, and the sauce, well, spicy. The taco was topped with chunks of onion and tomato, as well as skinny strips of crisp lettuce and cilantro.

LOUTUBE NEWS: Lou investigates an Oakley sunglasses truck parked on Church Street. What does the world look like through hi-def lenses?

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I see Hemingway’s post as a sign of things to come from the state press corps. Many say, privately, that Pollina is an idiot for not challenging Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie instead of running against Douglas and for staying in the race after Symington entered it. Hemingway’s take on the matter was amplified at Green Mountain Daily, which repeated the charge that NOFA was on the attack, noting Pollina was “bloodied� by the blowback. Here’s the problem: The PolitickerVT story appears to be more fiction than fact. Curious about Wonnacott’s statements, “Fair Game� did what journalists are supposed to do: pick up the phone and call the source instead of repeating shit spewed on a blog. “I can’t believe how misquoted I was!� Wonnacott said of the PolitckerVT story. “He put things in quotations that I absolutely never said.� She called Silber to tell him the story was wrong, and instructed him to never call her again. She also told Pollina’s camp to call her if NOFA’s name is ever going to be brought up in a campaign spot. “Fair Game� emailed Silber for a response. He declined to comment on the record, and referred questions to Politicker’s managing editor James Pindell. Wonnacott says the Douglas adminis-

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Neither Douglas, nor NOFA, can lay claim to the success of the buy-local movement, Wonnacott said. New York Observer — ran its own story, headlined “Farming organization chief on Pollina: ‘NOFA was almost used to make a point.’� The piece, by Zach Silber, was an interview with NOFAVT’s longtime director Enid Wonnacott, who praised Douglas and his administration for his buy-local efforts and promotional largesse. Douglas’ campaign quickly blasted an email citing the PolitickerVT.com “story� as proof that Pollina’s claims were half-baked. This meme was later picked up by Burlington Free Press reporter Sam Hemingway in a blog post titled “Anthony’s Ag-ony.� Hemingway opened with this salvo: “Progressive gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina is under attack from a group you’d least expect to have it out for him — the Northeast Organic Farmers Association.� After quoting heavily from the PolitickerVT story, Hemingway concluded, “Not exactly a boffo moment for the Progressive, who is having his troubles being heard in the ongoing back-andforth between Douglas and his Democratic rival, Gaye Symington.�

tration’s “Buy Local� program has not been a rousing success — she says it’s largely about public-service announcements instead of putting food on people’s tables or at the farmer’s markets. Neither Douglas, nor NOFA, can lay claim to the success of the buy-local movement, she said. It’s been a collaborative effort — no one person or program can take credit, she told “Fair Game.� Hemingway only made a bad story worse by insinuating that NOFA had it in for Pollina. “For Sam to say that we’re attacking Anthony is simply wrong. I don’t have a beef with Anthony,� she said. “This was not something we instigated, nor would we ever.� Colbert would be proud.

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trimmed from the public payroll. In all, this could save $25 million annually from the state’s general fund, according to Deputy Secretary of Administration Linda McIntire. The state employs about 8500 people. The offices in charge of overseeing the cuts — the Department of Human Resources, Department of Finance and Management and the Governor’s Office — were spared. Talk about leading by example. The Agency of Human Services took the biggest hit with 98 job losses, a number of which were associated with the rollout of Catamount Health. No wonder so few people are enrolling in the program. No department is likely to be unscathed when the next round of 250 job cuts is announced, said McIntire, including those headed by pols elected separately from the governor. Just in time for the holidays, departments have until October 31 to offer up the sacrificial jobs. McIntire reiterated that the cuts will not affect the delivery of public services to the poor and others in need. Meanwhile, about the time their colleagues’ jobs were being eliminated, about 115 employees were receiving bonuses totaling nearly $300,000. Jason Gibbs, the governor’s chief spokesman, saw two separate bonuses totaling $10,200. One $5000 bonus came in midNovember after Administration Secretary Mike Smith issued memos urging state bosses to look for savings. Gibbs also received an 8 percent bonus for taking over duties assigned to the secretary of civil and military affairs, a position vacated in early June by Dennise Casey. Casey took her leave to run Douglas’ reelection campaign. Not all the bonuses were handed to Douglas’ staff. For example, a principal assistant working under State Auditor Tom Salmon saw his pay bumped from $59.89 to $62.42 an hour — the annual equivalent of $5200. And a number of attorneys working for Attorney General Bill Sorrell received sizeable merit bonuses. As a civic duty, I hope they plan to dispose of some of that income during the upcoming sales-tax holiday. A Little Help from Her Friends — All politics may be local, but Gaye Symington made an appearance in Washington, D.C., last week. Symington was the guest of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sibelius at a special luncheon of the Democratic Governors Association, a group Sibelius once chaired. The Kansas Democrat is considered to be one of Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential hopefuls.

“I was very impressed with the work that Speaker Symington has done for the citizens of Vermont, and by her energy and enthusiasm about this race for governor,” Sibelius told “Fair Game” in a prepared statement. “I look forward to working with my fellow Democratic governors to support the candidacy of Gaye Symington and also having her join our ranks in helping to bring about the change that Americans are looking for in 2008.” The DGA is also impressed with Symington, according to Brian Namey, the organization’s spokesman. “There are 11 races for governor this year that are very competitive, and Vermont is in that mix,” Namey said. “We are actively engaged with Gaye’s campaign.” Namey said the DGA’s political team has visited Vermont to meet with Gaye and her staff. Their support is significant: The DGA sat out the last two elections in Vermont, allocating its resources to more competitive states. And, thanks to the GOP’s efforts to keep the legislature from limiting campaign contributions from outside entities, the DGA can spend an unlimited amount on Symington’s behalf. The Republican Governor’s Association may do the same. In 2004, the RGA dumped roughly $250,000 into Vermont for Douglas, and ran afoul of the state’s election laws by not properly registering as a political action committee. Freeman’s Oath — The Democrats may have a candidate to unseat Lt. Gov. Dubie, and believe it or not, he’s not a doctor. Northfield upholsterer and blogger Nate Freeman announced his candidacy over the weekend. “Vermont needs a lieutenant governor who will build a coalition of forces together on his way to the governor’s office so that we can at least address three converging storms on the horizon: the end of oil, climate change, and the decline of economic strength,” Freeman said. Freeman told “Fair Game” he hopes to work with Progressives. “When I look at the rift between the two liberal parties,” he said, “I am reminded of how parliamentary systems require coalition building to achieve successful campaigns and policy making.” Freeman blogs at Green Mountain Daily, where he recently posted a video of the ailing Taylor Street Bridge in Montpelier. The video showed a broken crosspiece swaying every time a car passed. Unnerving to say the least. The mainstream press picked up the story, which quoted state and local transportation officials saying the video, and its run-

ning commentary, was much ado about nothing. One look at the video will make you think twice about the status quo. Freeman hopes voters will do the same thing in November. Brock is Back — Former State Auditor Randy Brock, a Swanton Republican, is running for . . . state senate. Brock had been urged to run against Rep. Peter Welch, and had pondered a rematch with Salmon. 2x3-Gullivers062508.indd He decided against it because Salmon would be serving overseas in Iraq during the campaign. His travel schedule will leave little opportunity for debates. The GOP is hoping Brock will bolster Republican ranks in the senate — currently seven out of 30 senators are GOPers. Democrats Don Collins and Sara Kittell represent the two-seat Franklin County senate district.

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ever let it be said that the Church Street Marketplace doesn’t have it all: food, fashion, books, housewares, live music and, now, on-demand drug testing. Burlington Laboratories, Vermont’s only certified on-site drug-testing facility, has opened a storefront on Pearl Street in downtown Burlington. Late last year, the lab began welcoming walk-in customers, such as parents who are concerned their kids may be “using.� That’s in addition to the lab’s usual clientele of recovering alcoholics and addicts who’ve been referred by doctors, counselors, treatment facilities and law enforcement. The lab’s owners, Jodie and Mike Casarico, say their mission is to support Vermont’s substanceabuse treatment centers, most of which are in Chittenden County, by freeing up staff from the hassles of collecting and processing urine for analysis. Unlike other facilities, Burlington Labs does nearly all of its own testing onsite, and offers full-service, sameday results. “Every case manager in these agencies feels like they have a very, very full plate,� said Mike Casarico, the company’s president, who is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor. In the past, local drug-treatment centers, such as Crossroads in Essex Junction and Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill, had to ship their lab samples out of state. They often waited as long as three

weeks for the results. Today, Casarico says, Burlington Labs will go to those facilities, collect the specimens themselves, process all the paperwork and get the results back within a few hours. (Under Vermont law, employment-based drug screening can only be done at nationally certified labs outside the state, although Burlington Labs does “collections� for those, too.) For $25, a person can be tested for seven different drugs. A fullspectrum scan for 12 different controlled substances, including amphetamine, cocaine, ecstasy, THC, methadone and oxycodone, runs $45. BL’s lab techs also look for commonly used “adulterants,� such as ammonia, water and flush kits that are sometimes used to conceal drug use. The lab can also run two tests for the presence of alcohol, including one that detects its presence up to three days after consumption. Results are kept confidential, and positive specimens are never labeled in a way that identifies them as “dirty.� “A lot of these places have found that up to 30 percent of their clients were drinking their entire time [in treatment],� Casarico says. “And since most of these programs are abstinence-based, this has become a huge treatment issue.� By any measure, drug testing is a growth industry, especially in Vermont, which leads the nation in so-called “opiate-replacement

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Councilors Debate Merits of Research-Funding Increase BY MIKE IVES

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therapies,� i.e., the use of drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, which block the opiate receptors in the brain. Each week, Burlington Laboratories performs between 5000 and 7000 tests on as many as 500 different specimens. The bulk of the company’s business comes from opiate addiction, although Jodie Casarico points out that most of the lab’s clients are on the path to recovery. They include parents who are trying to regain visitation or custody rights of their children, and parolees who need to prove they’re clean and sober. Bill Young, who runs Maple Leaf Farm, has nothing but high praise for Burlington Laboratories and calls it “a key part of our team.� As one of the oldest residential treatment centers in the country, Maple Leaf has served about 13,000 residents of Chittenden County alone. But with a limited number of treatment beds in the state, Young said it’s critical that they offer those spots to people who are serious about their recovery. “If we have someone who’s using,� he said, “we need to know right away.� People might see a storefront drug-testing lab on Church Street as a depressing sign of the times. Mike Casarico views it as a sign of hope. “For a person who’s trying to recover from drug addiction,� he said, “knowing that they’re going to be drug-tested can help support them to say ‘no.’� >

posals presented to them by city administrators. Earlier this year, Leopold increased the fund by about $21,000, giving each of the 14 councilors $3300 for research — nearly double the amount they received last year. Ostensibly, the additional funding would make councilors less reliant on mayoral staff and city department heads for the information they need to make decisions. But councilors appeared split on the need for a larger research budget during a recent city coun-

heads. More research funding, Knodell said, will help councilors ask more “probing� questions of city officials before they make fiscal decisions. Like Knodell, Tim Ashe (PWard 3) recognizes an “inherent imbalance� between councilors, who have no staff, and the mayor’s office. But Ashe noted that some councilors don’t spend the research money appropriated to them, and he wondered whether an increase would be a good use of city resources. “I would like to see internal procedures

changed before we jump right to a funding increase,� he said. For example, the city council president could interact more directly with the council committee chairs, he suggested, or the committees themselves could be restructured. While Leopold agrees that councilors should be more informed, he doesn’t concede an imbalance of power between the city’s executive and legislative branches. Despite the charter change, which simply made a weak mayor only marginally “less weak,� he said, the council “ultimately has the real power.� Leopold pointed out that councilors, through their votes, have the final say on all major initiatives, from selling city land to raising electric rates. Ashe says Leopold is “technically� correct that the council can ultimately accept or reject any fiscal measure. But because councilors only work part-time, they place a “necessary dose of trust� in the administration. “That’s different than having full information.� >

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ermont is in the midst of a baby boom, but it’s not a trend anyone is celebrating. Linda Ryan, who runs the Samaritan House, an emergency shelter in St. Albans, had a homeless woman referred to her on Christmas Day who had just given birth to her second child. Kendy Skidmore, director of the Bennington Coalition for the Homeless, says she’s had newborns at her shelter, too — five in the last six years, with another one due any day now. Paul Capcara, who runs Morningside House in Brattleboro, says several single moms have moved into his shelter in their second or third trimester, and then brought their babies “home” there. It’s “a profoundly disturbing and depressing experience for all involved,” he said. Elizabeth Ready, who runs the John Graham Shelter, a 25-bed facility in Vergennes, also notes that it’s “not uncommon” for women to give birth at her shelter, or to be referred there straight out of the maternity ward. “In fact,” she said, “putting on baby showers has become our specialty at John Graham. We’ve had at least four this year.” The face of Vermont’s homeless has never looked more vulnerable. Earlier this week, the Vermont Housing Finance Agency released its report, “Family Homelessness in Vermont.” Its two main findings: that Vermont leads New England in numbers of homeless, and that the fastest-growing segment is working families with children. The news is disturbing, but unsurprising. For at least a decade, low-income advocates have been sounding the alarm about Vermont’s escalating rates of poverty and its concomitant problems — severe hunger, food insecurity, untreated physical and mental ailments, domestic violence, learning disabilities, depression, homelessness and despair. As the VHFA report makes abundantly clear, the prevailing stereotypes about Vermont’s homeless — namely, that most are single, male, mentally ill, substance abusers and/or victims of their own irresponsibility — simply isn’t accurate anymore. These days, more and more Vermonters are, quite literally, being born into poverty. >

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gone on to start their own community groups after completing their service. Of more than 500 organizers who have served in Burlington since 1994, two thirds still live here; one third remain employed by local nonprofits, according to a CEDO report from 2004. Chapin Spencer says he was an “eager but naive” VISTA volunteer when he first came to Burlington. He likens the program to a “base camp” for aspiring organizers. After working with CEDO for five years on affordable-housing issues, he founded the bicycling advocacy organization LocalMotion. The nonprofit publishes maps, raises money for bike bridges and ferries and sells

bicycles to low-income residents at discounted prices. The federal government has invested a lot into Burlington’s “base camp” over the years, but the program hasn’t always been so widely admired. Before the Clinton adminstration poured new resources into it, Ahladas said federal administrators “slapped” her hand for CEDO’s work on behalf of tenants’ rights. “There were definitely moments in the history of the program where Burlington was seen as the socialist lefties who were inciting the revolution,” Ahladas said. “I had to remind the feds that that’s what VISTAs were here to do.” >

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t’s a tale with a happy beginning, a troubled middle, and — knock wood — a happy ending. Last fall, Montpelier’s Anne Ferguson, a specialist in chronic disease prevention for the Vermont Department of Health, came up with the novel idea of combining reading with exercise — and not the magazine-propped-ona-treadmill type, either. A proponent of getting people out of the house and into the fresh air, Ferguson concocted kid-aimed StoryWalk, which is brilliant in its simplicity. She removes the pages from a children’s book, laminates them, mounts them on stakes, and places those stakes, BurmaShave-sign-style, in their correct sequence along walkways. Montpelier’s Hubbard Park was the site of the program’s successful launch last October. Hikers stumbled on David Ezra Stein’s “Leaves,” the story of a young bear’s first autumn. Though the story is geared toward toddlers, and the pages are mounted at a 3-year-old’s eye level, Ferguson says grownups enjoyed the StoryWalk as much as kids. “I thought it would be something that families with young children would gravitate toward, but it’s turning out that adults are enjoying it, too. This one guy wrote [in the comment book placed at the last page]: ‘I’m 55, and I’m a guy, and you made my day,’” she says with a laugh. The program’s simplicity doesn’t make it cheap to maintain — the cost is about $80 per StoryWalk display, Ferguson estimates. Because of copyright laws, Ferguson can’t photocopy pages for a StoryWalk, but must purchase two copies of each book, since the

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pages are printed back to back. A Vermont Humanities Council grant last September helped buy the first books and supplies. Since then, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont has ponied up $4410 for the program. More than a dozen StoryWalks have popped up along walkways in Montpelier, Stowe, Burlington, Brattleboro, Moretown, Waterbury, Plainfield, Warren, Shelburne and Orange since last fall. But the otherwise happy StoryWalk plot took an ugly turn on the Stowe recreation path and again on Montpelier’s Main Street when vandals trashed or stole some of the pages and stakes, says Nancy Schulz, executive director of the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition. (She oversees StoryWalk, along with Ferguson and Rachel

Senechal of Montpelier’s KelloggHubbard Library.) When pages are damaged or stolen, Ferguson has to buy a replacement book. Ferguson and Schulz say that, while the Stowe and Montpelier experiences are unfortunate, their enthusiasm for the program hasn’t flagged. This past weekend, Ferguson was busy installing a StoryWalk at the site of the program’s birthplace in Hubbard Park. “I don’t think it was anybody acting against StoryWalk,” she says of the vandals. “It’s not going to keep me from doing this, because I think this is a great thing to do.” > For information on the program, call Rachel Senechal at 223-3338 or email storywalkvt@yahoo.com.

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hen the St. Albans Artists Guild first approached painter Harald Aksdal of Fairfax with the idea, he had one response: “I don’t have time for this.” After some thought, he decided the proposal had its upsides: funding for the Guild, exposure for his arts community, and — though he can demand thousands of dollars per original work — a chance to exercise his talent on a new subject. Wildlife. “I had to make the time for it,” Aksdal says. “It’s that special.” Aksdal is one of 22 Franklin County artists — nine photographers and 13 painters — whose work appears through the end of July at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in West Swanton. All sales from the free show benefit the Guild and the Friends of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, a volunteer advocacy group. Established under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1943,

the 6500-acre refuge includes most of the Missisquoi River Delta where it flows into Missisquoi Bay. The refuge’s vast wetlands and hardwood forests offer prime habitats for various critters, including heron, cranes, eagles, ducks, deer and more. Walking trails and an

and went wild with their lenses. The artists selected photos from those sessions and rendered them on canvas. Every piece in the show — which has 50 total — is based at the refuge. Every stakeholder in the show — photographers, artists and the refuge itself

The artists have the option of donating one-third of their show sales to the Guild, one-third to the Friends, and keeping the rest. arm of the Missisquoi River attract hundreds of visitors annually. The refuge is like an oversized, federally funded zoo, minus cages and signs that say, Don’t feed the animals. “It was a perfect place for this,” says Karen Day-Vath, Guild secretary and refuge show co-organizer. The photographers toured the refuge — by boat, car and foot —

— stands to gain more exposure. The artists have the option of donating one-third of their show sales to the Guild, one-third to the Friends, and keeping the rest — or they can evenly split the proceeds between the two nonprofits. “It’s a wide range of different types of art, but they’re all looking at the same thing,” says DayVath. “We thought that would be

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Artist Makes Golem to Decry Local Anti-Semitism BY MARGOT HARRISON

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f the best way to combat speech you find offensive is with more speech, the same goes for art. Last fall, a South End Art Hop talk occasioned by the display of Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann’s mural “Independence Paintings� drew protests from people disturbed by the work’s visual analogy between Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and Palestinians under Israeli authority. (They also questioned whether the lecture, which was sponsored by the activist group Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, should have been part of Art Hop.) One of those protestors created an indelible image: a flyer that depicted Bread and Puppet’s iconic personae parading serenely beneath hanging corpses, with the legend “Puppets Lynch the Jews.� Nearly a year after the controversy, Shelburne print maker David Sokol, who made the flyer, has produced a more sustained response to the Schumann exhibit. He’s combined text and images in The Golem of Church Street, a series of 26 woodcuts, monoprints and etchings accompanied by commentary, which are currently displayed at Burlington’s Kasini House and collected in book form. The book’s subtitle is An Artist’s Reflection on the New AntiSemitism, and Sokol makes no secret of its message. “Even in Vermont anti-Semitism creeps like mold into the rants of the selfrighteous,� he writes in the introduction. One starkly effective woodcut depicts a flaming barn — owned by Jewish Vermonters and torched by their neighbors in 1963. Though Sokol makes no direct references to the Art Hop controversy, a modified version of “Puppets Lynch the Jews� appears, along with pointed allusions to leftists who call for a “just peace� in the Middle East but blame all violence on Israel. “I started the project early last

the most important part, to see how the artists’ minds interpreted the photos. It really goes from the eye to the heart.� The project was a departure for Aksdal, who typically works live. His distinctive watercolor-and-ink paintings often feature trees and fields — but not wildlife. “I got to venture out with this,� he says. Aksdal worked from two photos: one of an ascending heron by Stina Plant, and one of ducks flying into a purple sky by Christopher Bouchard. He transformed Bouchard’s ducks into a 4-footlong piece with a watercolor background; the rest is composed of intricately placed ink dots. The show rules limit each work to 24 inches, but Aksdal earned a warranted exception. “Working from a photo took the pressure off, because I was inspired by something I actually saw,� he says. “And with the time constraints, we all had to jump in and face what we were doing. For me, things flowed easier.� >

winter,� says Sokol, 61, a former therapist who has been making prints for several years. Initially, he says, the work was a “personal expression of frustrations� . . . “I would read something, get upset about it, and just go out to my studio and work on a plate. The pictures started to stack up.� He had no plans for the prints until he showed them to friends at a dinner party: “Somebody said, ‘This would be a great book.’� Gallery owner Ric Kasini Kadour — an early and vocal critic of Schumann’s Art Hop exhibit — agreed. According to legend, the golem was a monster created from clay by a 16th-century rabbi to defend the Jews from persistent persecution. Does modern-day Church Street need a visit from a golem? “I’m trying not to dig all that up again,� Sokol says of the Art Hop controversy. Still, he explains, the event made him aware of a “shocking ignorance in the community about what anti-Semitism is.� When he first heard about Schumann’s mural, Sokol says, “I contacted Art Hop, and I said, ‘I’ll do something really fast to present the other side.’ They never got back to me. . . But I never said, ‘You can’t show this.’� To Sokol, “Anti-Semitism is Holocaust denial, comparing Jews to Nazis, singling Israel out and treating it in a different way than any other country, blaming the Jewish religion for policies of Israel that you don’t like. Certainly, criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitism,� he adds. Throughout his book, Sokol uses the provocative technique of pairing figures beloved by Vermonters — or by the left — with Islamic fundamentalist intolerance. Karl Marx, Jimmy Carter and even Gandhi are called out for their complicity in

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a report that no one had heard from Magdeline Alvina Middlesworth, 90, for some time, a sheriff’s deputy in Juneau County, Wis., discovered the woman’s remains on the toilet in a one-bathroom house she shared with Tammy Lewis, 35, and Lewis’ two children, 12 and 15. Lewis told the deputy that Middlesworth had died two months earlier while Lewis was helping her on with her underwear. She explained she propped Middlesworth on the toilet seat because God told her Middlesworth would come back to life if she prayed hard enough. While await-

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New Orleans Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis warned a city council committee on evacuation planning that higher gas prices could mean some people just “don’t have the disposable dollars” to drive to safety in case of a disaster similar to Hurricane Katrina. “The last time we had to evacuate,” she

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Statue Stature Mayawati, the 5foot-tall chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, ordered officials to replace a 12-foot bronze statue of herself because it was 3 feet shorter than nearby statues of three other leaders. The new likeness of Mayawati, who goes by one name, stands 15 feet high and

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t’s a muggy Sunday in late June at Burlington’s Oakledge Park, where the uncomfortable heat and humidity have driven frolickers from the usually come-hither green grasses and tennis STORY courts. A couple of the playground SARAH swings squeak lazily while a yellowTUFF and-white Sunfish bobs on the lake. When it comes to strenuous outdoor IMAGE activity, it seems like everyone has JORDAN decided to throw in the towel. SILVERMAN Everyone, that is, except Heidi Dalton, who may soon need a towel For more to mop up the sweat. Clad in a caminformation ouflage bandana, an Army-green Ton the Fitness shirt and black training pants, Evolutions Extreme Dalton’s busy alternating between Boot Camp, push-ups, tricep-dips, football hurdles, call 922-0553. side-to-side hurdles and cross-jabs. The moves will feature in Dalton’s upcoming “Extreme Boot Camp,” a 75-minute, 12-session class at Oakledge Park, scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from July 14 to August 8. Having noticed a slew of summertime boot camps popping up in the Green Mountain State, I’m curious to know more about this new offering. But at eight-plus months pregnant, I can barely tie my sneakers, let alone drop and give Dalton 20. So she’s offered to give me a sneak preview of the punishment fitness fanatics will find when they enroll. Dalton lets me off easy in many ways, agreeing to meet me in the early afternoon rather than at the program’s scary start time of 5:45 a.m. Though Dalton’s dressed like a drill instructor, the early-morning session is more about logistics than instilling a military regimen. “Most people don’t have the typical 9-to-5 job and instead go into work around 8 a.m.,” she explains. “So this gives people time to get their workout done first thing and still have time to shower.” As a personal trainer and instructor at South Burlington’s Olympiad Health and Racquet Club, Dalton’s well versed in other people’s workout habits — and how they can wither in the summertime. “We had a similar class at the Olympiad, but when summer comes around, attendance at the gym starts to slow down, so we had to

cut it out,” she says. She decided to create the boot camp at Oakledge Park as a fresh-air alternative: “So I said, ‘Well, I’ll just do it on my own.’” Certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and the founder of her own company, Fitness Evolutions, Dalton has worked at the Olympiad for less than a year, but has already racked up some weighty credentials. She trained the 2008 Miss Vermont, 22-year-old Kim Tantlinger of Burlington, and

and frowns disapprovingly. “Six out of eight,” she says. Ugh: 75 percent. And when Dalton starts demonstrating a typical boot camp class (tagline: “Rain or shine, it’s butt kickin’ time!!!”), I can see why Rondeau might be concerned. After a five-minute warm-up, the “recruits” go through a regimen of 10 exercises, starting out with two nonstop minutes of a resistance exercise such as push-ups. After a 15-second break, it’s on to a cardio move such as jumping

plans provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the MyPyramid.gov website. The government’s advice is a bit on the basic side, especially for food-savvy Vermonters. (“Buy fresh vegetables in season” and “top off a bowl of cereal with some berries” are among the tips.) But it’s free, helping to offset the $200 boot camp fee. After investing part of her IRS stimulus check in a few personal training sessions with Dalton,

That’s the point — to challenge yourself, but also to feel the difference between challenging yourself and pushing yourself too far. HEIDI DALTON, FITNESS EVOLUTIONS has helped dozens of clients change not just their bodies but their lives. “Back in February, I was concerned about my health — I was overweight and on blood pressure medications, so I signed up for personal training with Heidi,” says Helene Rondeau, 57, of Burlington. “I’ve since lost almost 30 pounds, dropped my blood pressure to 88 over 57, and reduced my waist size by 10 inches.” Dalton’s approach, says Rondeau, has helped her become more assured in the way her body moves and given her more confidence to do her job providing personal care. Still, Rondeau admits she’s a little leery of signing up for the extreme boot camp class, given her health history. When I first meet Dalton, she hardly seems like the type to intimidate, with her small stature and cherubic smile. But then she gives me the physical fitness and nutrition quiz that all the boot camp participants will take on the first day of class. I figure I’ll ace it, but soon I’m sweating over a couple of the questions. I hand in the test, nervous about my performance — justifiably, it turns out. Dalton whips out a pen, marks a giant X next to two of my answers,

jacks for two more minutes. Fifteen seconds for a sip of a sports drink or a mop of the brow, then two minutes of, say, squats while holding a gallon water jug in each hand. Later, the two-minute intervals give way to oneminute and 30-second sets. “What are people going to feel like?” I ask, interrupting Dalton’s furious pace. “Exhausted,” she says. “That’s the point.” And if they feel like hurling in the middle of their side-to-side hurdles? “They can stop and take a break,” she concedes. “But at the same time, I’m gonna be kinda harsh. This is boot camp. That’s the point — to challenge yourself, but also to feel the difference between challenging yourself and pushing yourself too far.” Dalton says she’ll consider individual students’ health backgrounds, and that her boot camp is about more than barking orders at daybreak. “There are a lot of boot camps going on right now,” she concedes. “But most of them just have the workout, and that’s it.” To make the Oakledge Park program stand out, Dalton is offering a nutritional component, based on

Shelburne’s Maria Valiente says it’s worth it to pony up another payment for the boot camp. “I can go to the gym all I want, but it’s so much easier when someone’s telling me what to do,” she explains. Plus, Dalton promises a month of free training to the boot camp participant who has flawless attendance and shows the most improvement. What about the rest of the recruits? Won’t they be back to bad habits by mid-August after the class ends? Dalton assures that she’ll send everyone home with enough exercises to keep them fit through fall. I’m not entirely convinced when it comes to those long-term results. But after client Mary Dionne, 51, of Burlington, assures me that Dalton dealt well with her “feisty” personality, I realize Dalton may have a boot camp instructor’s greatest asset: insight into the quirky things that motivate us. And I’m starting to eye the next best thing to an extreme boot camp: Dalton’s post-pregnancy personal training package. m Got a comment on this story or ideas for another one? Contact Sarah Tuff at tuff@sevendaysvt.com.

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fight For some rabble-rousing Vermonters, every day is Independence Day Vermont is a small, out-of-the-way place, and if recent discussions about its future are any indication, its residents often wonder if their way of life is compatible with the rest of the country’s. No other state proudly trumpets the fact that a sitting president refuses to visit; none has argued so passionately for secession — a movement that surely embodies collective concern about whether the United States of America can live up to its good name. Every generation over the course of our history has witnessed assaults on the civil liberties that lie at the heart of American democracy. And the generation that has lived through eight years of George W. Bush has good reason to conclude the country will never be the same. If there’s any comfort to be had, though, it’s in knowing there are people actively engaged in the struggle to preserve those liberties on behalf of all of us. In Vermont, you don’t have to dig very deep into the news to find people who believe “a more perfect union” is worth fighting for. The locals featured here demonstrate personal commitments to the rights and principles set out in the United States Constitution — a document that, for better or worse, has outlived those who sought to weaken it.

Mel Downs considers himself a tolerant person. But a couple of years ago, the 44-year-old Irasburg cattle farmer started hearing disturbing reports from his daughter, Kaytlyn Oliver, that religion was part of the curriculum in her sixthgrade language arts class. At first, Downs says he was inclined to give the teacher, Wally Rogers, the benefit of the doubt. But last December, Kaytlyn brought home a document entitled “Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa Claus,” which concluded with a command: “Put CHRIST back in Christmas.” As it turns out, Rogers had also posted the Ten Commandments on the classroom wall and used a school-funded Web page with links to Christian sites that, among other things, espoused the views of Creationists. He told his students they couldn’t put Santa Claus in the Christmas cards they were making in class. According to Downs, the teacher only allowed “either a nativity scene or Jesus” on the handmade cards. In Downs’ mind, Rogers’ actions were blatant violations of the separation of church and state as outlined in the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Downs brought his daughter’s complaint to the attention of school officials. That led Stephen Urgenson, superintendent of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union, to order Rogers to remove the Ten Commandments and other religious material from his classroom. “We are open-minded,” Downs says. “We just don’t want anybody teaching our kids Christianity in a public school . . . As Americans, that’s our right.” Downs brought the issue to the ACLU of Vermont, which is keeping an eye on the case. Among Downs’ lingering concerns is that Kaytlyn and other students who complained about Rogers’ classroom theology might be harassed for standing up for that right. “Hopefully,” Downs says, “the school learns something, and they educate the parents, the teachers and students in the future. That’s the important thing.” KIRK KARDASHIAN

JENNIFER LARSEN Workers’ rights are human rights, says labor organizer Jennifer Larsen. But don’t take her word for it. The principle is embedded in a 73-year-old law, the National Labor Relations Act, which established the rights of workers to organize to protect their health and well-being on the job. Larsen, the only female member of the Governor’s Labor Advisory Council, says the NLRA guarantees everyone the right to work and the right “to make enough money to maintain your individual dignity as well as that of your family.” Unions enable employees to challenge the balance of power between workers and those who control wages and working conditions. At its core, Larsen says, the right to organize is as American as the Bill of Rights itself. “Organizing is all about the right to assemble, the right to free speech,” she says. “And sadly, those things get challenged in any anti-union effort.” Larsen, who is a lab technician at the University of Vermont, says that without labor unions, workers would be unable to demand decent working conditions without fear of losing their jobs. For example, Larsen often comes in contact with dangerous chemicals and gases at her job, and she worries about the school administration’s commitment to worker safety. “We have a program at UVM for staff support, but the system is designed to support the administration,” she says. “It’s not confidential, and no one is protected if they speak out about a problem.” Larsen was instrumental in the creation of UVM’s United Staff, an unaffiliated organizing effort. The group, which is attempting to build solidarity among about 1500 UVM workers, has faced resistance from campus administrators. “This is not a mutiny to take over the ship,” she says, “but an attempt to drive the ship in a more meaningful way.” SHAY TOTTEN

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SAM MAYFIELD The news media have always been essential to upholding and protecting American democracy. But at a time when the voices seem to be controlled by fewer and fewer people, that role may never be more important. “The concentration of media ownership puts us all at risk,” says Sam Mayfield, the community-relations coordinator at CCTV, a Burlington publicaccess station. “When media is being manipulated by corporate interests, we don’t have access to information that is representative of our lives.” One of three community-access stations in Burlington, CCTV encourages average people with no media experience to tell their stories. The station makes its equipment available to anyone who wants to use it, and offers training in capturing and editing video. Mayfield, who has a background in communications and media theory, is troubled by the inherent conflict between the commercial interests that drive mainstream media operations and the editorial decisions those outlets

make. Too often the result is sound-bite journalism that fails to reflect the real, and sometimes difficult, lives of ordinary Americans. Mayfield is proud of CCTV’s commitment to covering local government in “a full, rich and unedited way” that most other media cannot match. “We provide a complete picture of an agenda item or a meeting,” Mayfield says, “so they can really see how something came to be, rather than how someone’s subjective influence informs the story.” Burlington residents have shown strong support for community-access television. But Mayfield refuses to take it for granted, warning that all independent media remain under constant economic threat. “Our local paper is owned by Gannett, which is not local and people need to know that,” Mayfield says. “They need to resist it the best they can, and that includes making their own media that represents their own lives.” BRIAN WALLSTIN

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Paul Wright champions the cause of those who have already surrendered most of their rights: the 2.3 million Americans who are incarcerated in the United States. In fact, many people would say that Wright himself doesn’t deserve many of the freedoms afforded to other Americans. In 1987, Wright was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a cocaine dealer in a botched robbery attempt. A short time into his term, he found his calling as a prisoners’ rights activist, legal expert and editor of Prison Legal News, a publication devoted to exposing abuse, neglect, violence and malfeasance in the American penal system. Wright has published more than 200 issues of PLN, which can be found in nearly every state and federal prison in the country. Assuming wardens allow it in, that is. They often don’t, despite well-established constitutional law that says they must. As a result, Wright, who lives in Brattleboro, has sued sheriff’s departments, wardens, corrections officials and

even the federal government to ensure that inmates have the right to subscribe to his publication. In February, for instance, Wright won an injunction against the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, which had banned all publications, including PLN, because the sheriff didn’t like the Atlanta JournalConstitution’s coverage of the jail. “[The sheriff’s] response was, ‘I don’t want to appear as though I’m singling them out, so I’m going to ban everything,’” Wright recalls. “Unfortunately, the Journal-Constitution didn’t sue him, so we did.” Wright, who’s written and edited several books on the U.S. correctional system, doesn’t hold out much hope for reforming a system that most Americans would just as soon ignore. “We win the occasional battle, but overall, we’re losing the war,” he says. “In over 20 years as a prisoners’ rights activist, I can’t say that we’ve made a lot of progress.” KEN PICARD

JARED CARTER On May 28, a third-year Vermont Law School student appeared in federal court in Burlington to argue for a constitutional right that isn’t on most Americans’ radar: the right to “familial relations.” Opposed by seasoned attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice, Jared Carter was attempting to reverse a decision by the Bush administration that restricts the rights of Cuban-Americans to visit relatives back in Cuba. The policy, set in 2004, tightened the definition of family by excluding aunts, uncles and cousins, and it authorized the government to deny travel licenses to Cuba for such “exigent circumstances” as birth, marriage, illness and death. According to some legal experts, Carter is the first to challenge government restrictions on the “familial relations” of Cuban-Americans. If successful, his legal action would remove the political and diplomatic barriers on travel between the U.S. and Cuba — reversing, in essence, a half-century of American foreign policy.

Standing before District Court Judge William Sessions, Carter argued that the Constitution and federal case law guarantee him and his wife, Yurisleidis “Yuri” Leyvis Mora, the right to celebrate their wedding with Mora’s sick and elderly grandparents. As Sessions grilled him on the executive branch’s presumed authority to set foreign policy, Carter kept his cool and maintained compellingly that the president’s actions set a “dangerous precedent.” He said that the administration has denied millions of CubanAmericans, including two other Vermont plaintiffs, the right to be with their loved ones during seminal life events. Although Sessions has yet to rule on the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction — both sides filed briefs late last week — the judge was clearly impressed with Carter’s oral argument. Sessions, who himself taught at Vermont Law School for many years, summed up Carter’s performance with an evaluation straight from the bench: “A-minus”. KEN PICARD >> 26A

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BENNETT LAW Pick any effort to advance the cause of Vermont’s LGBT community — from hatecrimes legislation to civil unions — and Bennett Law has been a part of it. Law got his start as an activist more than a decade ago chairing the board of Vermont CARES, an AIDS service organization. He later helped found the Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont, a group he currently helms. He’s also a member of the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force. Law describes himself as someone who is unable to witness wrongdoing without trying to make it right. “Some of what drives me,” he says, “is a recognition that I can’t wait for someone else to make the world the way I want it to be. I might as well jump in and try to have some impact myself.” Law, who just turned 50, is too young to have participated in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. He sees the struggle for marriage equality as a once-in-alifetime opportunity to engage “a ground-

breaking, society-changing kind of issue,” and he describes his work as an attempt to convince all Americans that they set the standard for human rights and dignity around the world. “The common elements of our lives far outweigh the parts of our lives that are unique,” he says. Those who would amend the U.S Constitution to prohibit gays and lesbians from marrying, Law says, “must really respect that document” as the cornerstone of the country’s legal structure. He believes, however, that the Constitution should be interpreted in ways that reflect changes in society, rather than codifying the intolerance of a particular minority. “It doesn’t seem like a healthy response for our society to go to that extreme out of fear,” Law says. “If people want to make changes to the Constitution, in my fantasy world, they would make them for more insightful, constructive reasons.” BRIAN WALLSTIN

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LISE LEPAGE AND CHRIS GROTKE

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During the run-up to the Iraq War, two Brattleboro web designers surveyed the state of the media and decided to take a “think globally, act locally” approach to the news. Chris Grotke and Lise LePage started a website called iBrattleboro.com, which allows citizen journalists to report and post their own news items. It was “kind of a revolutionary concept,” notes Grotke, that quickly became a powerful platform for the town’s residents. “In a lot of ways, we’re sort of the early pioneers of Vermont cyberspace,” Grotke contends. “People find out about it and they start gathering around it, and time goes on and it develops into something.” In November 2007, iBrattleboro became a test case for the First Amendment rights of citizen journalists who publish on the Internet. A local woman sued the couple’s corporation, MuseArts, Inc., alleging that another user posted libelous comments about her on iBrattleboro.com.

LePage and Grotke fought back, arguing that the Communications Decency Act shielded MuseArts from liability. Congress passed the CDA in 1996, noting that the Internet had become a platform for “a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.” To foster this marketplace of ideas, the CDA does not subject websites like iBrattleboro.com to the same standards of liability that traditional publishers face. In March, a judge dismissed the case, ruling that, under the CDA, Grotke and LePage were not required to edit or remove user-submitted postings to the site. For LePage, the CDA is vital to the journalistic mission of sites like iBrattleboro.com. Without it, she says, Web-based citizen journalists would be subject to legal threats and, in all likelihood, silenced. “If we weren’t protected,” she says, “all of this would go away.” KIRK KARDASHIAN

BOB RACHLIN Over the course of his long legal career, Bob Rachlin hasn’t handled many cases involving the writ of habeas corpus. But when the Center for Constitutional Rights asked him to represent detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he didn’t hesitate. “When I was admitted to the bar, I took an oath, and in that oath I promised to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” Rachlin says. “All I am doing is keeping my promise.” Rachlin has two clients at Guantanamo: a Saudi national who has so far refused counsel (expressing, rather, the desire to achieve martyrdom); and an Algerian who, Rachlin says, is clearly innocent. Both men have been at Gitmo for about six years, and, of course, neither has been allowed to challenge the U.S. government’s grounds for detaining him — until last month, when the Supreme Court granted the 270 people currently held at Guantanamo the right to seek redress in an American court. As Rachlin sees it, the detainees’ legal plight began with the Bush administration’s decision to describe America’s response to the 9/11 attacks as a “war” on terror. “If we’re using [war] in a

metaphorical sense,” he says, “then it’s not entirely cricket to import into that concept all the things that normally accompany a real war, including the curtailment of civil rights.” Unlike Bush administration lawyers, Rachlin says he has the utmost confidence in American jurisprudence. Indeed, more than 80 terror-related cases, “with the full panoply of rules of evidence and constitutional protections,” have been tried in American courts. And, despite several high-profile convictions, he says, “jihadists did not rampage through the streets, and our national security was not compromised.” In the face of public outrage, the Bush administration now acknowledges that Guantanamo should be closed, its inhabitants granted either freedom or their day in court. Rachlin hails the apparent vindication of core American values as cause for optimism. “Sure, we’ve seen an administration that has ignored the law,” Rachlin says. “But, to paraphrase and misquote Mark Twain, I would say that rumors of the death of the rule of law are greatly exaggerated.” BRIAN WALLSTIN

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Australian aborigines.) If you think cats can’t fly, think again. Levine squints into the sun, checking the wind’s direction. Holding the cat by its “tail� and pinching the tip with thumb and index finger, he fires his kitty boomerang into the slight breeze, as if he’s throwing an axe or a football. With a faint helicopter-like sound, the device shoots about a hundred feet or so. Then, astonishingly, it makes a loop and heads back to Levine. He catches it by clapping his two hands together, much as one might stop an approaching Frisbee. In fact, Levine notes, Frisbee players make good boomerang customers. Wearing sunglasses helps him spot the

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Laugh if you will. But what goes around comes around, and here in the Green Mountain State, the combination of open spaces and open minds could just lead to a boomerang boom this summer. It helps that Levine’s boomerangs actually return when thrown. He proves it time and time again in a large meadow behind L.B.J.’s store in Worcester. The acreage is of the essence, because, as Levine cautions his observers, to throw a boomerang, you need a space at least as big as a baseball field — one free of trees, buildings and other people. For a demonstration on a recent afternoon, he’s brought a duffle bag full of his designs — two dozen or so boomerangs of different shapes and sizes. The traditional curved “L� shape shows up, of course, though Levine’s are adorned with a painted turkey vulture. Then it gets really interesting. The bag holds boomerangs shaped like a turtle, a cat, the cartoon Roadrunner, the pi symbol, squiggly abstract shapes, and a kangaroo. (That last one harks back to the well-known use of the boomerang by

returning boomerang, whose average flight time is 10 to 15 seconds. They also offer protection: Levine has been smacked on the bridge of his nose by a returning ’rang. Next — whoosh! — off goes the turtle. Then the pi. No one would expect these odd shapes to be aerodynamic, let alone return like homing pigeons. Is there some magic at work here? It might be fun to think so. But, back at home again, Levine explains how boomerangs work. “You are carving an airfoil,� he explains, referring to the shape that gives airplane wings their lift. A close look at the edge of one of his Crescent Moon Boomerangs shows that it does, in fact, resemble the curved, teardrop form of an airplane wing. But how a cat shape, with its many winged surfaces, can stay airborne and then return remains a mystery. Levine says the object’s trajectory has to do with how its various edges are beveled and bent. “It is a combination of inertia from the thrower, rotational spin from the >> 30A

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axis of the center of gravity between the midpoints of wings, and uneven lift that occurs with each subsequent turn of the ’rang when thrown vertically,� he says. It also has to do with the wind and the thrower’s skill. “The wind provides the ’rang more guidance back in the direction of the thrower, though too much wind will become a hindrance, as the ’rang will become more unstable during its flight — boomerang turbulence, if you will,� Levine explains. A successful return also depends on a skillful throw, which requires patience, practice and ability. Launched haphazardly, a boomerang may take an immediate nosedive or head into the woods. This is rocket-science-meetsEastern-mysticism. And there’s plain old knowhow involved, as in Levine’s choice of wood — which has a great deal to do with the boomerang’s success aloft, he says. He generally uses 10-ply, ultrathin birch milled in Finland, though one of his favorite boomerangs is made from the bent branch of an apple tree. The building process begins when Levine places a pattern on a 61-inch-square panel and cuts out the rough shape with a jigsaw. Then he works the edges with a rasp. Shaped properly, those edges are what make pi fly. Each of Levine’s boomerangs also gets a steam tuning — this gives the structure a slight twist, or what Levine calls “dihedral lift.� Next he paints or wood-burns a design (his signature goes on the underside) and coats the ’rang with two coats of polyurethane for protection. Though thin, they are durable — and long-lasting. “Boomerangs were found in King Tut’s tomb,� Levine remarks, dispelling the notion that the devices were invented solely in Australia. “The oldest was found in what is now Poland. It was carbon-dated as being 20,000 years old.� Levine pauses as his eyes scan his collection of boomerangs, tools and books on the subject. “Kind of geeky,� he says, laughing. A friendly guy and erstwhile drummer for The Eames Brothers Band and Old Jawbone, Levine works as a seasonal laborer — currently seven days a week for

Third Branch Farm in Roxbury — when he’s not making boomerangs. He says he first became interested in boomerangs when he was about 12. His first one was a cheap plastic model, red with yellow stripes. In high school he dabbled in Frisbees. But a few years ago, inspired by the birth of his son, Levine started reading about boomerangs and found his interest piqued anew. “After my son was born, I started to think about what I really wanted to do with my life and if I could take a hobby or passionate interest and make it into something where I earned some money,â€? he says. He also discovered a network of ’rang enthusiasts on the Web, eager to discuss the sport: “There’s a whole community of boomerang folks.â€? Now Levine links to them on his website, www.crescent moonboomerangs.com. In Vermont, however, he’s only come across a handful of people who throw regularly. “I tried to get some interest in central Vermont last year,â€? Levine says, “but it seems like an archaic, weird sport nobody knows a lot about.â€? Archaic or not, Levine managed to sell a total of 110 boomerangs last year — for $20 to $50 each — nationally through his website and locally at area stores. His handcrafted boomerangs are available at Outdoor Gear Exchange in Burlington, the Stowe Street Emporium in Waterbury, Clearwater Sports in Waitsfield, the Artisans Hand in Montpelier and L.A.C.E. in Barre. Levine admits his marketing campaign to date has been less than aggressive: All he does to advertise Crescent Moon Boomerangs is drive a red 1976 Volkswagen bus with the company logo painted on the side. When people do learn about his devices, reaction varies from bafflement to curiosity. “People have asked me if that bus, with its wording on the side, is from the ’60s,â€? Levine says with a laugh. “If I start to get into it [describing his boomerangs], I find people quickly get bored. As soon as I say ‘gyroscopic procession’ . . .â€? Those who are intrigued, though, head to a field and let their freak ’rang fly. ďż˝

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Last Friday my fiancé and I took a cab from in front of Nectar’s to the corner of Loomis and North Union. Both are in Zone 1. We were charged $10.75, as quoted by the Benway’s dispatcher to the driver. This is almost double what it normally has been. When I said something about it, the driver basically told us, “Tough. That’s the cost of gas.” Rachel Leff BURLINGTON My story isn’t about being overcharged, but about reporting a creepy cab driver to the South Burlington police department — only to have the serious complaint ignored. A few years ago, I took a cab from the airport to IDX, where I had parked my car. I’m a single woman, in my thirties. It was evening. As soon as we pulled away from the airport, I realized I was in a cab with a very, very strange driver. He asked personal questions (which I refused to answer), then offered to bring me “around the back of the building,” if I liked, when he dropped me off. He also wanted to know if anyone was waiting for me at the building. And then, whether anyone was waiting for me when I got home. His suggestive tone creeped me out enough that I insisted he drop me off at the Price Chopper on Shelburne Road, where there were plenty of people and plenty of lights. He countered that he could drop me off at the Hannaford’s instead. Yeah, right! Fortunately, I’m from this area, and I knew the Hannaford’s is off the road, away from traffic and secluded, especially at night. After I whipped out my cell phone and threatened to call the police, he did let me out at Price Chopper. I called another cab company to finish my trip up Shelburne Road. The next cab driver who picked me up at the Price Chopper was incredibly nice. He said he knew exactly who the cab driver was, as he’d heard complaints about him before from other patrons. He suggested I report my concerns to the police. So, I did call in my complaints to the South Burlington Police Department. The

sister with us. The driver took the longest way possible home. When we pulled in my driveway in Colchester, the guy said, “That’ll be eight dollars per person.” It only cost us 12 bucks for the five of us to go into Burlington!!! My sister started screaming some nonsense about “New York City motherfucker!!!!” I threw the guy 20 bucks and hoped he wouldn’t show up at my house sometime and kill my family! Jessica Lee COLCHESTER I am a taxi-cab taker when I am out at night and all the buses have left Cherry Street. Last Saturday, I was charged $12 from Jackson Terrace Apartments to Fairmont Place at North Avenue, which I found a little extreme. It used to be $7.25 most of the time when I would take a cab downtown. I believe there might be some kind of discrepancies on these fares that are being charged. The cab I take is usually Yellow Cab. One other incident was when I took one of their cabs and they picked up a real drunk passenger who was very annoying and I felt intimidated. I try not to take too many cabs because of the high fares, etc. Joanne Molina BURLINGTON The only time I ever take cabs is when I need to get from my home in South Burlington to the Fletcher Allen Health Center emergency room, and I am too sick to drive myself, yet not sick enough to justify calling an ambulance. Same starting address every time, same emergency room, same number of passengers (1) — yet the fare is different each trip. Why? But I’m never in any state to argue, of course. So I end up just handing them a $20 and lurching out the door to get away from the air freshener + mysteryodor stench. Molly Hodgdon SOUTH BURLINGTON

The guy said, “That’ll be eight dollars per person.” It only cost us 12 bucks for the five of us to go into Burlington!!! SBPD never called me back, so I followed up a week later. I was eventually told they’d asked the cab driver about his behavior, and that he claimed he was asking all those questions just to “look out for me.” I’ll never take a cab alone in Burlington again, especially at night! “Maple Sugar” WILLISTON We were coming home from a night of drinking and had my princess of an older

Last year, I used to drive downtown to Church Street for my job on Saturday evenings. Afterwards I would have a few drinks and not feel comfortable driving. I would consistently take taxis from around the Church Street area up to Colchester Avenue at the India House area and be charged, on average, $12. Now what the hell is up with that?! That is ridiculous! Last year, two cars down the street from my apartment were hit on separate occasions by different drunk drivers. If the city council did a

As soon as we pulled away from the airport, I realized I was in a cab with a very, very strange driver. better job of enforcing the zoning prices, they could play a role in reducing the amount of drunk driving that occurs within our city! “Matt” BURLINGTON Yellow Cab has its own singularly unattractive way of dealing with customers. On my initial call to Yellow Cab, the conversation went something like this: “I need a ride from my place to downtown, to Church Street.” “Well, where you located?” “I’m less than half a mile from I89 Exit 12, technically it’s Williston, but the total distance is 7 miles. How much will that cost me?” “What? It’s a hell of a lot farther than 7 miles to Williston!” CLICK. Not wanting to dismiss Yellow Cab entirely, I called back a few weeks later. By then, I knew to expect to pay, on average, about $18 for this same 7-mile trip. So, I call Yellow, and the same dispatcher answers the phone. This time, he quotes me $26 for the fare. “Wow, that’s high.” “Well, our cabs are in town, so we have to send one down there.” “You charge extra to send the cab to go pick up a customer?” “Yeah, that’s part of the charge.” “Not for me it isn’t.” CLICK. This is outrageous and almost certainly a violation of the city’s taxi regulations. That a cab service bearing the name of Yellow Cab, which is a wellregarded nationwide brand, can engage in these practices with apparent impunity is disturbing. Paul Robar of Benway’s insists that metered cabs would be against riders’ interest because they would increase the cost of longer trips. This is only true if you assume there is no base “per ride” charge. The taxi zones in Burlington are roughly two miles from one border to the other, and the maximum fare to go

from one zone to an adjacent one is, as documented in your article, in the vicinity of $7. The maximum fare for going from zone 1 to zone 4, which is about 8 miles, is almost $13 — 6 more miles for 6 more dollars. This system could be rationalized as a base $5 charge plus an additional $1 per mile. So Robar’s claim doesn’t hold water. Short or long, Burlington’s current regulated (and I use the term loosely) per-mile charge works out to a consistent $1, added to a $5 base. By the way, I have used Benway’s only once. The driver “ran the meter” on me to the tune of about $7. Adios, Benway’s. John Bartholomew WILLISTON My chief complaint is when you ask how long it will take for them to get to you and they say “10 minutes.” And a half hour later you’re still standing there. You call them back, and it’s, “They’re on their way.” And then you wait 20 minutes more. If it’s going to take a half hour (or whatever), tell me. Have missed a few flights (and last calls!!!) because of this. Bob Bolyard BURLINGTON I recently spent four days in Boston getting around by cabs, due to the ease of use, curbside drop-off and no parking fees. (My car stayed in the hotel parking garage.) It was fabulous and amazingly cheap. I was thinking about approaching city officials due to the fact that many cab companies originate in Burlington, and the fares they charge seem outrageous to me: $20 to the airport, from the South End; $15 to go from the South End to the waterfront for 4th of July last year. The whole cab experience has been awful in Burlington, and needs some serious intervention. Barbara George BURLINGTON

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n amazing example of Earth Art blossomed in 2001 along a mile of Route 4 west of Rutland, and the piece was brilliant in both senses of the word. Montpelier artist Alisa Dworsky directed the placement of 1000 blue and green reflectors in geometric patterns beside the highway; they shimmered in the headlights of passing cars after nightfall. The ingenious piece was entitled “Luminous Fields, Longitude in Time.” A video, documentary photos and 16 preparatory drawings for that installation currently fill a gallery room at the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. The show is a retrospective selection of prints, sculpture and drawings produced over the last decade. Dworsky’s aesthetic is consistent and effective across media: In her work, cellular passages combine into elaborate matrices, interlocking to create organic abstractions in both two- and three-dimensional space. Nearly 70 drawings and prints are included, as are two monumental crocheted sculptures that dangle from the Chaffee’s 11-foot ceiling. “All Possible Paths IX” is a 26-by-38-inch graphite-and-pastel-on-paper work, covered with staccato hash marks that accumulate into a conical mass. Three smaller seed-pod forms also appear. Just as the reflectors of “Luminous Fields” were uniformly spaced, so here Dworsky leaves plenty of white space between her drawn strokes. That divisionist drawing technique gives the piece the delicacy of lace. A similar work on paper, “All Possible Paths X,” is populated by long, bulbous masses with narrow waists, like crimped balloons. In her multiplate aquatint entitled simply “Aquatint III,” Dworsky’s green, blue and magenta lines on black paper have a subtle iridescence. The horizontally oriented 11-by-15-inch print repeats the rhythmic lines found in nearly all of Dworsky’s works. She notes in her artist’s statement, “My drawings and prints are constructed of lines that follow from movement but they also define points in space, hesitation, and mass.” Her irrepressible lines are not unlike musical notes as they move at different tempos through space. Among the largest works on paper are the charcoals of Dworsky’s “Squall Line: Day For Night” series. Number “VII” is a vertical, 60-by40-inch piece. The paper was saturated with black charcoal, and Dworsky erased dashes to expose the white surface beneath. The strokes of negative space are broad, scaled in proportion with the larger image. The effect is almost like chisel marks on a large woodcut. Dworsky’s rounded forms are pod-like, with the white spaces creating contrapuntal rhythms. The erasures follow the vertical and horizontal cross contours of the pods. Dworsky’s sculptures are the most dramatic pieces in the show. They are crocheted with brightyellow nylon rope, as were the pieces placed around trees on the Fleming Museum lawn last fall. The Chaffee sculptures are precursors to that installation. “Endless Column with Counterweight” is a 1998 work with a shape akin to a double helix. It’s held vertically aloft by a rope running through pulleys on the ceiling, which leads to a counterweight in a crocheted sling dangling 10 feet away. “Taper with Counterweight,” from 2002, is also suspended this way. The “taper” is a less complex conical form that gracefully rises to a peak, touching the gallery ceiling.

Dworsky has a Master’s in architecture from Yale University. That background may account for the fine lines appearing in most of her works on paper and the airiness of her crocheted works. Yet there is nothing particularly architectonic about Dworsky’s art. Everything is based on natural forms, and straight lines are virtually nonexistent — except the taut ropes pulled by counterweights.

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topped with clouds adorn plates, ergonomic mugs and skinny watering pots. The cartoon-like designs, glazed in bright red, yellow, pink and sea green, are boldly outlined in charcoal black, recalling a child’s coloring book. Siegel invented his own method of outlining, the affable 28-year-old reveals on a recent evening at the Burlington City Arts clay studio. He took the clear “wax resist”

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urlington potter Dan Siegel may spend hours watching a wheel turn, but it’s after firing that his work really gets around. This year Siegel showed up among 200 juried artists at the Renegade Craft Fair, held on the floor of a huge, unused public swimming pool in one of Brooklyn’s hippest neighborhoods. Dubbed “the alt-design equivalent of the Venice Biennale” by a New York Times writer, the fair sets trends in the design and crafts worlds alike. Danmade, as the Long Island transplant calls his brand of pottery, nails the aesthetics of fun. Sock monkeys, robots with Zorro-like masks, and skyscrapers

normally applied to prevent one glaze from overlapping a second and added darkening minerals: red iron oxide, cobalt and manganese dioxide. Picking up a brush and a newly baked clay mug, he demonstrates the width of line needed to make the resist work. After a few seconds, a rectangularfaced robot takes shape — a ninja robot, he says, distinguished from his “normal” robots by the mask he is now painting. “I don’t really like robots?” Siegel says — he tends to explain things in questions — “but one of the first things I started drawing as a kid were caricatures of myself? I thought I had a really square head when I looked in the mirror, and I guess it just evolved from there.” The rectangular black frames of the glasses he wears uncannily resemble his robot heads. Siegel actually began his artistic life as a painter: A painting major at Potsdam State University, he developed a flair for producing still lifes of junk food. After graduating, he attended an eight-week seminar at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, where he painted in the mornings and threw pottery in the afternoons as an elective. Pottery soon got the upper hand. At the end of the program, Siegel

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headed back to Long Island, only to find he was depressed by the flat terrain. Not that he hikes, he adds with a smile: He just likes to look at mountains. When an internship became available in 2002 at the Burlington City Arts clay studio, then run by Frog Hollow, he applied — with success. Siegel stuck around after the internship ended, teaching kids’ throwing classes in the summer and working as a cook for a University of Vermont sorority house during the school year. Realizing he wanted to concentrate on his own work, he became a studio assistant, a position that gives him unlimited access to the facilities. Siegel, who still paints when he can, says he enjoys moving between mediums. “The way I work in oils is a lot looser, less organized. Pottery is more contrived, because it has to be. They serve different needs of mine.” Making pottery takes time as well as organization. Siegel worked every day for weeks to finish 500 pieces for the Renegade show. He keeps an Etsy account stocked and sells pieces through the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California. But practice has made perfect, he points out. “It takes years to throw consistently,” he

declares. “It took me three years before I felt like I had a measure of control.” Next on Siegel’s list: moving his operations into the attached studio of an Old North End duplex he just purchased. From there, it’s just a short walk to a view of the ’Dacks. > Danmade pottery, made by Dan Siegel, can be hefted and purchased at the Burlington Artist Market every Saturday in City Hall Park and viewed online at Etsy.com.

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<exhibitions> RECEPTIONS << 33A JULY FEATURED ARTISTS: Highlighted members of the cooperative gallery this month are photographer Jo Ann Wazny, painters Nancy Hayden and Patrick Murphy, and textile basket maker Pam Voss. Through July 31 at Artist In Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Reception: Thursday, July 3, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403. MATTHEW THORSEN: Black-and-white portraits by the Burlington photographer. Through July 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Reception: Friday, July 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 859-8909. JUDY HAWKINS: Oil landscape paintings by the Westminster artist. July 5 through 26 at Crowell Gallery in Newfane. Reception: Saturday, July 5, 1-3 p.m. Info, 387-4854. DON SUNSERI: Artworks by the late founder of the GRACE progam, along with pieces by artists who currently work there: Michael Gray, Marie La Pre Grabon, Carol Putham and Kathy Stark. July 6 through 31 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Reception: Sunday, July 6, 4-7 p.m. Info, 563-2037. KATHLEEN MANLEY: “New England Views,” oil landscape paintings. July 3 through August 17 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Reception: Sunday, July 6, 1-3 p.m. Info, 899-3211.

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PAPER WORK An impressive exhibition of mixed-media monotypes and pop-up books by Carolyn Shattuck is on view the Feick Art Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney. Shattuck’s masterful prints and sculptural items include a broad range of papers, semitransparent patterns and organic forms. The ingeniously designed books tell unique narratives, and include occasional embellishments such as sequins and ribbon. The

ANNE SPORTUN: “Experimental Jewelry” by the Canadian designer; and DAVID JOHANSEN: “Light Forms and Icescapes,” images of ephemeral objects and events. Through July 31 at Grannis Gallery in Burlington. Info, 660-2032. LOUISA LARSON: “Bellies and Babies,” photos of pregnant women and their babes. July 3-31 at Viva Espresso in Burlington. Info, 876-7422.

DAVID SOKOL: Prints from the artist’s new book, The Golem of Church Street, and other work that examines and reflects on a “new and emerging anti-Semitism.” Through August 9 at Kasini House in Burlington. Info, 264-4839. ELISE ENGLER & BARBARA ZUCKER: “Re-Figure,” an exhibit of “portraiture” that conveys the essence of being without the physical likeness, but with illustrations of clothing, objects and other images. Through July 26 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. ELIZABETH CLEARY: Paintings of people, places and still lifes that emphasize light. Through August 20 at Opportunities Credit Union in Burlington. Info, 264-4839. “HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB EXHIBITION”: Photographs and facts about the atomic bombings and calls for peace, presented by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Through July 29 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. JOSHUA GIVENS: New works in oil and acrylic. Through July 31 at The Monkey House in Winooski. Info, 922-4672. KARI MEYER: “The Magic of the Land,” acrylic landscape paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 15 at Courtyard Burlington Harbor by Marriott in Burlington. Info, 272-4763. KARUNA J. JOBANPUTRA: “15 Blessings,” black-and-white photographs of people from India, Kenya and Tanzania. Through August 31 at Davis Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 560-4390. KRISTEN M. WATSON: “We Wish to See God: Places of Worship,” photographs in the church nave by the summer artist-in-residence, focusing on the spaces and devices used by Vermonters. Through August 31 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington. Info, 864-0471. KRISTEN WATSON: “Homestead, the Journey Back to Mother,” silver gelatin prints. Through July 26 at Firehouse Center Community Darkroom in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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<exhibitions> ONGOING << 35A LANCE RICHBOURG: “The Marilyns,” paintings of the iconic actress Marilyn Monroe, two with Joe DiMaggio, on newsprint. Through July 31 at The Men’s Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. LINDA DURKEE: Mixed-media collages; and ISAAC GRAHAM: “Coast to Coast,” oil paintings; and DEBORAH HILLMAN: “Art of the Inner World,” paintings; and SARAH MILTON: “Abstract Reality in Color,” oil paintings. Through July 31 at Artpath Gallery in Burlington. Info, 563-2273. LINDA E. JONES & RIKI MOSS: The Vermont artists share an exhibit with earthy palettes and organic forms, featuring encaustic paintings and large-cast paper sculptures, respectively. Through July 13 at 215 College Street Artists’ Cooperative in Burlington. Info, 863-3662. LYNNE BERARD: Watercolors of the Northeast Kingdom, in a style reminiscent of Georgia O’Keeffe; Pickering Room; and DAVE DAVIDSON: A career retrospective featuring works in glass, print and other media, Mezzanine Gallery and Reading Room Display Case. Through July 31 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211. MALTEX SHOW: The hallways of all four floors are filled with paintings by Valerie Ugro, Gregory Albright, Lee Arrington and Peter Williams; monoprints by Nori Lupfer and Carolyn Shattuck; photography by Jim Rathmell; and sculpture and shadowboxes by Aaron Stein. Through August 31 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. MARY CASSATT: FRIENDS AND FAMILY: More than 60 paintings by the great American Impressionist, on loan from private collections and other museums, explore the family theme. Talks about the works daily at 1:30 p.m. and every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. from July 3 to August 14, in the Webb Gallery. Through October 26 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346. MEMPHIS BARBREE: “Tibet in Exile,” color photography, Gates 1 & 2; and JOSHUA NASE: Abstract mixedmedia paintings, Skyway; and DAN GOTTSEGEN: Oil paintings, Escalator. Through July 31 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. MIRIAM ADAMS & ADELAIDE MURPHY TYROL: “Intimate and Expansive Views,” recent paintings by the Vermont artists. Through July 29 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848. PAULA HASKELL: “Graceful Wind,” traditional and modern windmill silhouettes in watercolor and ink. Through July 31 at Smokejacks Restaurant in Burlington. Info, 864-1886. ‘STITCHED TOGETHER: QUILTS AND THEIR STORIES’: Works from the permanent collection and the tales behind their creation and care. Through August 29 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. WARREN KIMBLE’S AMERICA: A retrospective of the internationally known Vermont folk artist, including his new series, “Widows of War”; and ‘ART IN THE ROUND: SHELBURNE MUSEUM’S DENTZEL CAROUSEL’: Recently restored hand-carved figures, as well as panels and vintage organ, from a 1902 carousel; and ‘GROWING GREEN’: An exploration of the creative uses of plants in contemporary design; and ‘PURSE-ONALITY: HANDBAGS WITH ATTITUDE’: Hip, funny and stylish handbags; and ‘DESIGN REWIND: THE ORIGINS OF INNOVATION’: Contemporary furniture and accessories compared with 18th- and 19th-century predecessors; and ‘LONGOLAND: IT MIGHT BE CONTAGIOUS’: Soft creatures by plush artist Joshua Longo; and ‘QUILTS IN BLOOM’: Stunning textile art from contemporary quilters; and Beach Lodge and Beach Gallery, reopened with new exhibitions of big game trophies, Adirondack camp furniture and photographs of the American West. Through October 26 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346.

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JACK SABON: Oil abstractions on board, influenced by Alaskan folklore, by the Native American artist. Through July 31 at Vermont Chocolatiers in Northfield. Info, 253-8220. ‘LAND ON PAPER’: The second annual show of landscape prints by studio members. Through July 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901. ‘LEAVE A PAPER TRAIL’: A group show exposing the versatile and beautiful qualities of paper, Main Floor Gallery; and SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Artworks, Second Floor Gallery; and MARY E. JOHNSON: “Defining Nature,” photographs, Third Floor Gallery. Through July 26 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. MATT LARSON: Digital photographs of Vermont. Through August 31 at Axel’s Frameshop in Waterbury. Info, 244-7801. MELANIE PHELPS: “Circles and Spirals,” acrylic paintings. July 3 through August 3 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141. MICKI COLBECK: “Faces,” oil paintings. Through August 8 at Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village. Info, 889-9404. ‘ODD BABIES: FOUR ARTISTS EXPLORE THE DOLL’: Vermont artists Nina Gaby, Chris London, Tiffany Ownbey and Beth Robinson exhibit “dolls” in clay, fabric and papier-mâché, bridging craft and fine art. Through July 20 at The Lazy Pear Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 223-7680. PENELOPE JENCKS: Sculpture in bronze, terracotta and plaster. Through July 30 at Big Town Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. REBECCA GOTTESMAN: “Nature’s Wonders,” large oil landscape paintings by the Upper Valley artist. Through September 30 at Tip Top Café in White River Junction. Info, 356-6200. ‘THE DIALOGUE PROJECT: BRIDGING GENERATIONS OF LGBTQ VERMONTERS’: Artwork by 10 Vermonters that interprets the answers young and older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals gave in response to an archiving project from the RU12? Community Center of Burlington. Shown Thursdays through Sundays during the run of Lost Nation Theater’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Through July 6 at Montpelier City Hall in Montpelier. Info, 229-0492.

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‘WATER WORKS’: Water-inspired art and objects, from pitchers to holy water sprinklers to beach-resort photographs, from the permanent collection. Through August 24 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. ‘WORLD VIEWS: PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY’: New Orleans paintings by Michael Savoie; “Hidden Beauty” photographs of the frozen lake by George Rooney; Vermont seasons paintings by Marilyn Neagley; and women of Senegal photographs by Micshu Harris. Through August 31 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 651-9692.

:: central AMALIA ELENA VERALLI & HENRY ERICKSON: Flower macro photographs and “Water Sutras” photographs, respectively. Through August 3

LET THERE BE LIGHT Fifteen paintings by Elizabeth Cleary, including three 18-by-18-inch cityscapes, are on exhibit through August 20 at Opportunities Credit Union, at the corner of North Street and North Avenue. Cleary is particularly interested in the effect of light in her skillfully

see, even if you don’t need credit. Pictured: “Factory at Dawn.” PHOTO: MARC AWODEY

at Bundy Center for the Arts in Waitsfield. Info, 496-4781. ARTHUR WILLIAMS: “Remembering Maine,” paintings. Through July 31 at Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-3291. ARTHUR ZORN: “Improving Visions,” new works by the Vermont artist. Through July 31 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. ‘BAZAAR BIZARRE’: A gallery full of odd items, from Mali basketry to Urdu totes to stone candelabras and more. Through July 30 at Cooler Gallery in White River Junction. Info, 295-8008. BREAD & PUPPET POSTER EXHIBIT: Limited edition original historical and political posters and Bread and Puppet Press art. Through July 31 at Plainfield Community Center Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-4662. DAVID A. PORTER: “Urban Exploration,” 35mm photography of abandoned mills, factories and other buildings around New York and Vermont. Through July 31 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

ALISA DWORSKY: Prints, drawings and sculpture from the past 10 years by the Montpelier artist. Through August 2 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356. ‘ART NOW’: Recent acquisitions in photography and film/video. Through August 10 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art in Middlebury. Info, 443-5007. DENIS VERSWEYVELD & STELLA EHRICH: Sculpture, paintings and drawings that are “portraits of objects”; and paintings resulting from a “kitchen epiphany,” respectively. Through July 6 at The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Info, 775-0570. FRED X. BROWNSTEIN & THE BEAVER: “Beaver Chews,” a tongue-in-cheek installation by the artist with the help of some “superb wood carvers.” Through July 6 at The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Info, 775-0570. ‘IN THEIR OWN WORDS: STORIES FROM REFUGEES SETTLED IN VERMONT COMMUNITIES’: Images of and words from recent New Americans in this traveling exhibit from the Vermont Folklife Center. Through July 6 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 388-4964. JOSEPH WHEELWRIGHT: Stone carvings and bronze castings by the artist renowned for his large stone heads throughout New England. July 5 through August 10 at Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Info, 438-2097.

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KIMBERLY ANN DECICCO: “Recent Works,” vibrant paintings focused on familiar spaces. Through August 30 at Terasem Movement Foundation Office & Galleria in Bristol. Info, 453-8533. M. CASTANO: “Persistence of Pattern: An Intimate Story of Cultures,” multimedia paintings using digital and handmade materials. Through July 6 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Info, 247-5247. NICK MAYER: “Reflections on Nature,” paintings by the artist-biologist. Through July 31 at Lincoln Library in Lincoln. Info, 456-2635. RAY HUDSON: “Marginal Angels, Fugitive Landscape,” woodcuts. Through July 31 at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury. Info, 388-0101. ‘TIME WELL SPENT’: Students of the Johnson State College advanced photography and digital media programs, mentored by John Miller, took these images of elder residents at the Craftsbury Community Care Center. Through September 6 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. ‘TOMBS, TEMPLES, PLACES AND TEA: CERAMICS IN ASIA AND BEYOND’: An exhibit that explores the practical and social uses of ceramics. Through December 7 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art in Middlebury. Info, 443-5007.

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J.C. LEYENDECKER: AMERICA’S “OTHER” ILLUSTRATOR: An exhibit of 50 painted originals by the popular illustrator and commercial artist from the first decades of the 20th century. Through July 6 at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Info, 362-1405. ‘PAINTING THE BEAUTIFUL’: A major retrospective of American Impressionist paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection. Through August 11 at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Info, 362-1405.

‘ALMA-TADEMA AND ANTIQUITY: IMAGINING CLASSICAL SCULPTURE IN LATE-NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN’: A display focused on the museum’s most important 19th-century European painting, “The Sculpture Gallery” (1874), by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, along with related prints, photos and other objects. Through September 28 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426.

‘BLACK WOMANHOOD: IMAGES, ICONS, AND IDEOLOGIES OF THE AFRICAN BODY’: This traveling exhibition examines the historical roots of black womanhood through more than 100 sculptures, prints, photographs, video and other media. Through August 10 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808. MARTIN CHEFFINS & YUKI OISHI: The Class of 2007 grads and recipients of the Perspective on Design Award features large-scale sculpture and mixed-media works, respectively. Through September 7 at Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-3651.

REID CROSBY: Abstract acrylic paintings. Through July 10 at Irises Café and Wine Bar in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Info, 518-566-7000.

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:: northern ‘ART OF VERMONT: THE STATE COLLECTION’: Dating back to 1884, these 35 landscape paintings were collected by the State of Vermont; this is the first gallery exhibition of a two-year statewide tour. Painters include Julian Scott, James Gilman, Thomas Curtin, Viiu Niiler, Jeanette Chupack and Elizabeth Nelson. Through July 6 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. COOPERATIVE GALLERY SHOW: Artwork by the 24 gallery members includes all styles of painting, collage, threedimensional works and notecards. Through October 31 at Jacob Walker Art Gallery in Morristown. Info, 244-6648. CRISTINA PELLECHIO & ESME THOMPSON: The ceramic artist and painter share an exhibit in the East Gallery. Through August 30 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. DOT KIBBEE & MERRILL DENSMORE: Unique, delicate heavily patterned paintings, and colorful, bold paintings of the rural Vermont landscape, respectively. Through July 24 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. ERNEST HAAS: The well-known maritime and historical artist has a rare solo show of paintings and limited-edition prints, including one of the Isle La Motte Light. July 4 through 17 at Fisk Farm Art Center in Isle La Motte. Info, 658-0565. ‘GARDEN REFLECTIONS’: A collaborative exhibit of prints and paintings by Marion Greenwood, Ellen Levitt, Meryl Lebowitz and Viiu Niiler. Through July 15 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans’ Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 535-5008. JOEL FISHER: Thirty bronze sculptures that had been stolen from the artist’s home and studio last winter, and recovered. Through July 23 at Red Mill Gallery in Johnson. Info, 635-2727. OLGA LAWSON & MARGO RUSSELL: Landscape drawings, watercolors and paintings by the senior artists attending GRACE’s Out and About program. Through July 6 at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Info, 888-7889. RAFAEL CAUDURO: “Sin Fronteras (No Borders),” realist/surrealist paintings by the Mexican master, considered the “Diego Rivera of the 21st century.” Through August 30 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. THE MISSISQUOI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PROJECT: An exhibit of paintings and photographs reflecting the wildlife, water and landscape by members of the St. Albans Artists’ Guild. Through July 31 at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton. Info, 868-4781.

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He also said that the newly improved Cindy McCain robot would have increased data storage, enabling it to store up to 2000 recipes from a variety of online cooking sites. Appearing with Sen. McCain at its unveiling, the CinBot-9000’s new head appeared virtually identical to the previous one, down to its bleached blonde hair and glassy-eyed stare.

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Beaming with pride, the GOP nominee remarked on the new head’s resemblance to the old one: “She still plasters her makeup on like a trollop.” Elsewhere, President Bush announced plans to carve Iraq into two regions, “Full Serve” and “Self Serve.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s the first

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In his song “Get Behind the Mule,” Tom Waits tells us to “Never let the weeds get taller than the garden.” That’s advice you should heed in the coming weeks. But don’t go overboard and become a fanatic who acts as if weeds are evil demons from the ninth level of hell. Keeping a few well-trimmed wild plants and a mushroom or two would be quite healthy. You need a bit of messy serendipity mixed in with your law and order. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In her book

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard notes that there is only a tiny difference between the lifebloods of plants and animals. A molecule of chlorophyll contains 36 atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon arrayed around an atom of magnesium, while a molecule of hemoglobin is exactly the same except for an atom of iron instead of magnesium. I offer this as an apt metaphor to illustrate the choice you have ahead of you: As similar as the various possibilities may seem, the simple thing you put at the center of each option will make a tremendous difference.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you up for

some cutting-edge slashing and smashing and crashing? I’m talking about slashing the price you’ve been paying for following your dreams; smashing beliefs that made sense years ago but are irrelevant now; and crashing parties where your future teachers and allies are gathered. Once you get the hang of all that, Leo, you can move on to other brilliant demolitions, like cracking codes, breaking trances, and shattering spells cast on you by the past.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When Tom first

arrived in Santa Cruz from South Carolina at age 22, he was homeless and had $110. He quickly scored a temp job as a laborer, doing menial tasks at construction sites. His first assignment was at a place where a delivery truck had accidentally dropped a load of lumber at the bottom of a hill instead of at the top where a new house was to be built. Tom’s job was to carry the heavy boards and beams up the hill one by one. He felt a bit like Sisyphus in the Greek myth — that forlorn character whose punishment by the gods required him to push a boulder up a hill again and again, only to have it plummet down each time as he reached the peak. Unlike Sisyphus, things got better for Tom. During the next 15 years, he became a successful real estate agent. One day he sold the million-dollar house that had been built from the wood he’d once toted up the hill. This is a perfect time, Virgo, for you to predict and plot out a longterm personal triumph that will match Tom’s.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the PowerGathering Season for you, Libra. A good way to energize your efforts would be to define clearly and imaginatively what power means to you. I’ve got two riffs to get you started. First, here’s one from a famous French ruler whose name I’ll withhold so as not to distract you from the riff itself: “I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.” Here’s the second

definition, from poet Dennis Holt in his newsletter “Quincunx”: “Power is what sends the woodpecker down from his tree to poke for worms in the muddy road one morning after all-night rain on a ridge above the Pacific within earshot of the surf.”

If so, are they interfering with your ability to have deep and satisfying relationships with interesting but flawed people? Take inventory of any tendencies you might have to want artificial partners. Then dissolve those delusions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m not a big fan of Disneyland, but that doesn’t mean I can’t borrow its ideas for your use. The fact is, Scorpio, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to identify your own personal versions of frontierland, adventureland, or tomorrowland. I’m not talking about experiences and places that resemble glitzy theme parks, but rather the wild and thrilling things that gently shock your mind into expanding. You’re in a phase of your cycle when you’ll tend to generate good luck and helpful synchronicity by pushing your imagination beyond its usual fantasies.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Dear

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Beginning in 1951, the U.S. government regularly set off nuclear bombs in the desert 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Most of the 1021 explosions occurred underground, though for 11 years some were also done in the open air. Tourists used to flock to Las Vegas to watch the mushroom clouds, which were visible from that distance. As far as we know, the detonations ceased in 1992. Also as far as we know, the unusual lifestyles of Las Vegas’s inhabitants are not the result of mutations in their DNA caused by radioactive contamination. Let’s use this scenario as a departure point for your own personal inventory, Sagittarius. What dangerous or tempestuous events from your life are now safely confined to the past? Are there any lingering consequences from them? If so, what might you do to heal?

Rob: After a long stretch of patiently putting up with God’s mean-spirited tricks, I decided I’d had enough. So I fired Him. Now I’m going to create a brand new deity from scratch. Do you have any recommendations on what qualities a truly cool divine being might possess? — Awakening Aquarius.” Dear Awakening: One quality your fresh god should have is an appreciation for your originality. You also deserve a deity who likes it when you take your fate into your own hands. That’s all I’ll say. It’s a good time for you Aquarians to shun other people’s ideas about the divine influences and brainstorm extravagantly about what’s true for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What are the differences between tacky, meaningless fun and beautiful, constructive fun? What are the distinctions between dumb, trivial pleasure and smart, life-exalting pleasure? I’m hoping that meditations on these subjects will inspire you to overcome any laziness you might have about cultivating happiness. It’s a perfect time for you to attempt this monumental accomplishment, you see. You’re at a potential turning point in your astrological cycle, a time when you could get in the habit of treating your hero’s journey as if it were an ever-evolving celebration.

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FLIGHT PLAN Hou and company improvise their way to a cinematic experiment that soars.

magination, patience and an appreciation of the unfamiliar will come in handy for American audiences fortunate enough to find themselves confronted with the latest creation from Taiwan-based filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Imagine, first of all, a world in which motion pictures are commissioned by great museums rather than green-lighted by studio bean counters. It sounds like something that could happen only on another planet or in a work of utopian fantasy, but this is, in fact, how Flight of the Red Balloon came to be made. Much of the world over, Hou is considered a modern master with a style distinguished by poetic realism. If you happen upon Café Lumière, Flowers of Shanghai, Millennium Mambo or The Puppetmaster in the Foreign Language section of your local video store, do yourself a favor: Don’t leave without them. On the basis of Hou’s reputation, the Musée d’Orsay contacted the director and asked him to produce a movie based on Albert Lamorisse’s classic 1956 children’s short “The Red Balloon,” a work he had never seen. The result is a singular cinematic experience. As in Lamorisse’s film, we’re introduced to a young French boy (here, 7-year-old Simon Iteanu) who appears to lack friends his own age. He spots a bright crimson dot bobbing above the Paris streets and pleads for it to come to him. The new picture departs from the old one when Simon gives up and goes home — unlike the tot in the original, who wandered the city with his spherical playmate. Hou recasts the latex orb, in fact. Rather than being

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a mystical companion, it plays the role of free-floating, sentient metaphor. In his film, the balloon follows the boy home and appears to regard his daily life from various vantage points out of his line of sight. Is it a guardian angel? Does it stand for the joy just beyond reach? It could be God for all we know, and the enigma only adds to the movie’s magical quality. True, there’s nothing fantastic or fairy-tale-like about this boy’s life. His best friend is his Playstation. He spends most of his time in the care of his nanny, a young film student named Song Fang — played by a young filmmaker who studied under Hou and is named Song Fang. One of the director’s several trippy touches: Fang herself is working on a digital-video remake of “The Red Balloon” throughout the movie. Simon’s mother, Suzanne, is played by Juliette Binoche. The actress gives a let-it-rip performance as a scattered bohemian whose life is as big a mess as her cramped, cluttered apartment. The director of a puppet theater, she juggles rehearsals for a new show based on a story from the Yuan Dynasty with various other endeavors: raising a son with little help from her husband (who’s in Montréal); ostensibly working on a

novel; trying to persuade her older daughter to return from a prolonged visit with grandparents in Belgium; and doing the legal maneuvering required to evict a deadbeat tenant so her daughter will have a place to stay. She smokes too much and is always stepping over empty wine bottles, but her devotion to her son is total. It’s a chaotic, vastly credible piece of acting, all the more remarkable for the fact that Hou made the entire movie without a script, or rather with a script that didn’t include a word of dialogue. Following discussions with the director, the actors were called on to create their own lines, scene by scene. Now there’s a guy who knows how to delegate. What you see on screen is every bit as extraordinary as how it got there. The story is minimal and the pacing unhurried, but, even at just under two hours, the film has not a frame that doesn’t contain something fascinating. Images of lyrical beauty alternate with slices of big-city hustle-bustle, and throughout, the mysterious sphere pops up in a hundred unexpected visual echoes — a painting on the side of a building, the red pouch of a backpack, a stop light, a red Jetta shot from just the right angle, orbs of refracted light. The movie closes with a scene shot at the Musée d’Orsay. As Simon and his classmates stand before the Felix Vallotton painting “The Balloon” (yes, it’s red), their teacher asks whether they see it as a happy painting or a sad painting. In Vallotton’s image, a child pursues the elusive object, eternally just beyond its grasp. “It’s both,” one of the kids answers, and that’s true of Flight of the Red Balloon, too. Life’s miracles and its messiness, its delights and its disappointments are evoked with quiet virtuosity in this homage, which is itself a cause for celebration. RICK KISONAK

is still doing what he was programmed to do: gather junk, compress it into cubes, and stack ’em. The city is littered with the corpses of other WALL-Es who fell down on the job and became trash themselves. Like the little boy android in Steven Spielberg’s A.I., the last WALL-E has developed needs for beauty and fellowship — and, with no other outlets, he’s learned to invest things with emotional value. His den bursts with salvaged fairy lights, oddments, and his prized possession: a videotape of Hello Dolly from which he’s learned about love, Hollywood-style. That knowledge comes in handy when a sleek white robot called EVE lands on Earth. If WALL-E is like a clunky old phonograph that still works, she’s the latest generation of iPod, with her ethereal egg-shaped body and soothing female voice (Elissa Knight). She’s also heavily armed to protect her mission, which she refuses to specify. The courtship that ensues is nearly wordless. Robots don’t generally talk in this movie: They make sounds

that occupy a range somewhere between machines, animal vocalizations and the wonk-wonk of adults in Charlie Brown cartoons. The ingenious mix comes from veteran sound designer Ben Burtt, who created the “voices” of E.T. and R2-D2. Director Andrew Stanton deliberately recreated the look of those old sci-fi films, too: His trashed Earth has so much grit and texture that it’s easy to forget the whole thing was cooked up on someone’s hard drive. When WALL-E follows EVE into space, and we discover what became of humanity, everything gets shallower and shinier. But the movie’s plot works out in a way that allows both its satire and its sentiment to come full circle. It’s easy to applaud WALL-E’s anti-consumerist message and technical virtuosity, but harder to explain how the little robot puts a lump in adult throats. Pop culture bombards us with cute stuff, from “Lolcat” photos to retro lunchboxes. All of it will end up as junk, of course. WALL-E reminds us that what we seek in “cuteness” is more meaningful: a reminder that people are, deep down, still instinct-driven critters wired to love and survive. Sure, most of us would rather slit our wrists than spend 700 years cleaning up a toxic dumpster, as WALL-E does without complaint. Many of us don’t feel much hope looking at the Earth’s current, greener state, either. But this cartoon gets its power from the notion that some part of us could, would persist in rescuing the things that matter from the mountains of useless stuff. MARGOT HARRISON

WALL-E HHHH

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OMEGA CAN A mobile trash compactor inherits the Earth in Pixar’s latest animated fantasy.

nce in a blue moon, a G-rated animation comes along that appeals more to adults than to kids. Pixar’s WALL-E could be one of those exceptions to the rule. True, it features silent-film-inspired slapstick, which knows no target age, and a really cute robot. But to feel the sadness at the core of the movie, it helps to be old enough to remember the heroine of sex, lies and videotape telling her therapist that she obsesses over the fate of the world’s garbage. It helps to be old enough to have bought and discarded major appliances, or to have inherited a deceased person’s boxes of stuff and wondered: Is this all we leave behind? That’s not a question WALL-E the robot would ask, though he is the inheritor of humanity’s junk — all of it. The film starts in both ironic and elegiac mode. As we hear “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” from Hello Dolly — a song about rubes eager to go downtown for a big night out — the “camera” pans in on Earth from outer space, then plunges through an atmospheric belt of floating trash into a metropolis, or what’s left of one. Above the city’s crumbling skyscrapers tower tidy piles of detritus. Ubiquitous logos for a corporation called Buy ’N’ Large suggest that we’re looking at what might happen after Wal-Mart took steroids and bought the world. Besides the cockroaches, the only thing moving in this bleached, smoggy landscape is WALL-E — for “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class.” Essentially a box with goggle-eyes on a long neck stalk, tank treads for feet and nimble, rodent-like metal paws, WALL-E

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ever the local people are making. But raw green vegetables — you just can’t eat them in those countries, because you’ll get sick. There’s one place in India that has a cooked-salad bar, three-bean salad and other things, and we head straight for it whenever we’re there. When we get back, the first thing we do is go to the supermarket and buy every green and vegetable available. TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: Dave has had a couple of incidents where he’s been fed bugs for lunch. You go out with a family and they order off of the insect menu: Sometimes it can be quite a surprise. David’s had to down a few water beetles and things like that before. I have avoided that so far. The thing is, when you get invited to somebody’s home, you

FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: So many. I love Thai food, and I can get Thai food here: There are a couple of credible local restaurants, especially Tantra. We miss Indonesian food. MATT HOWARD: Youth Empowerment and Military Education Project Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. Howard visits high schools around the state to counter military recruiters with sobering accounts of his own personal service as a U.S. Marine in Iraq, while at the same time offering students viable alternatives to serving in today’s armed forces. SOME COUNTRIES VISITED: Iraq, Kuwait, Japan, Germany,

TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: There were plenty from Germany. Everything about working at a butcher shop in Germany was fascinating. I guess, really, the degree to which they use every part of the pig, and then eat every sausage that you can make with every part of the pig for breakfast. Liverwurst and bloodwurst for breakfast was a new thing for me.

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don’t know what’s going to happen. You have to explain to them that you can’t eat anything that has water. You always take your chances when you eat with a family. We were in Rajasthan and met these street musicians, and they kept trying to invite us over for dinner. They were charming people. We tried to beg off because we were worried about getting sick, and their English wasn’t good enough for us to explain what we couldn’t eat. And they were very poor people, and we didn’t want them feeding us. But then we took this camel trek through the desert, and the thing dumped us out right at their back door, in a pup tent on the edge of town, at dinner time. They said, “Oh, you came.” They cooked us a wonderful aloo gobi, a cauliflower and vegetable cooked dish, over a camel-dung fire by moonlight, and played music while we ate. It was delicious and didn’t kill us. I had to give a gift, and I gave her my pop-up umbrella, which was a huge hit — in the desert you can

Canada, Austria — each for more than six months. AMERICAN FOODS MISSED: In Japan you can’t really get cheese, and a lot of countries aren’t into peanut butter, and I love peanut butter. But when I travel, one of the things I look forward to most is discovering and tasting new foods, so the answer is I don’t necessarily miss anything. TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: I made an extremely conscious effort to eat off base, because the meat they serve, it’s stamped right on the package: “Acceptable for use in schools, prisons and the military.” Ask anyone who has eaten [Meals Ready to Eat] for an extended period of time, and they will tell you the havoc it wreaks on the digestive system. The human body is not meant to eat food that is shelf-stable for 10 years. In Iraq, because I was there in the invasion, they didn’t have >> 06B

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It’s no secret that the current economic climate is tough on restaurants, which rely on folks feeling flush with disposable income. The trend has been illustrated by the shuttering of such diverse eateries as Sean & Nora’s in Barre, award-winning Christophe’s on the Green in Vergennes and Tortilla Flat in Burlington. This week’s casualty is River’s Edge Coffee Shop and Grill on Riverside Avenue in Burlington. More on that later . . . A few bold eateries are responding to the recession with creative, value-added offerings designed to keep the cash flowing in the right direction. At Three Tomatoes Trattoria in Williston, staffers now dish up pre-movie pizza and pasta family-style; on Sunday, Ariel’s Restaurant in Brookfield features frugal three-course prix-fixe dinners for $20 per person. The accompanying $15 bottles of wine are a steal, too. According to Susan Luce, co-owner of the New North End’s Avenue Bistro, the way out of the financial doldrums is counterintuitive: Serve more meals rather than fewer. “It’s been very tempting for us to maybe take away an evening dinner shift or a lunch, but when you start doing that you start losing potential new customers,” she says. “I think any time that you’re open and are able to answer people’s questions or sell a gift certificate, it helps the bottom line.” To that end, the cozy neighborhood eatery is now slinging Sunday brunch, with specials ranging from Grand Marnier French toast to classic and vegetarian eggs Benedict. Is the additional meal making moolah? “It’s going great,” Luce avers. “Each week seems like it’s steadily getting a little bit busier. This town is lacking a brunch place, and people seem to be responding. It’s good food and it’s fast.” At Burlington’s A Single Pebble, they’re reeling folks in with seven-course tasting lunches at $15 per head. Where else can hungry patrons sup on tender scallop and beef with verdant snow peas, crisp eggplant tempura with a drippy dipping sauce, and pad Thai with shrimp at $2.14 per dish? Nirvana, perhaps? The sumptuous spread always includes the soup of the day — which could be an egg drop made with rich chicken broth or the subtly coconutflavored Spicy Three River soup with tofu — and dessert. The stuff in between is at the chef’s discretion, and it changes regularly. In a rush? Let the Pebble people know, and they’ll deliver the parade of courses — and the check — lickety-split. The tasteful deal and the regular lunch menu are available six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Saturday lunch is a new thing for the Pebble: Looks like the owners are on same page as Luce. The Village Cup, best known for its pastries, fresh soups and panini sandwiches, is burnishing its reputation as a Jericho hot spot with Friday and Saturday evening dinners that include suggested wine or beer pairings. “We’ve taken the time to work with Vermont Wine Merchants and G. Housen to get some wines and beers chosen specifically for the items on the menu,” dishes co-owner Kim Evans. “We’re out here in the middle of rural Vermont, in the middle of Jericho,” she points out, “so the main focus of our business is to create a community gathering spot.” Now that the Cup has beefed up its menu, folks can congregate over snacks such as spiced mixed nuts, crostini with goat-cheese mousse and an antipasto plate featuring fresh pecorino cheese, grilled seasonal vegetables and garlic confit. The entrées include grilled flatbreads, four-cheese penne and wild-mushroom quesadillas; specials pop up weekly.

Coffee’s Off FOR RIVER’S EDGE, IT’S OVER

While some eateries are adding options, for others, the game is over. River’s Edge Coffee Shop and Grill, on Riverside Avenue in Burlington, closed its doors last Sunday. Ann Marie Silva, who owned the quick stop with her husband Bert, attributes the loss to the widening

of Riverside Avenue, which wound up last summer. “We were the new kids on the block before the construction started; we really didn’t have our feet planted in the ground, and when it hit, it hit hard.” Although things were looking up this spring, Silva says, it was too little, too late. “We were already too deep in the hole to try to bail out,” she adds. “The comeback wasn’t quick enough.” The Silvas won’t rule out another culinary venture in their future, but for now, their plan is immediate R&R. “We’ll take a vacation; relax and regroup,” Ann Marie says. “We need to do something different for a little.”

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Hail and high winds can be romantic — if you’re at home in front of the fireplace with a bottle of wine. But if you’re suspended in a tiny, swaying gondola high above Mount Mansfield, the experience can be harrowing. That’s why ominous weather reports persuaded Brian Clark of Stowe’s Cliff House Restaurant to make a tough call: He postponed the restaurant’s Vermont Fresh Network “Farmers’ Dinner” last Friday. “It’s disappointing,” Clark admits. Luckily, it looks like the dinner will be rescheduled for Saturday, July 12, so patrons won’t miss out on fried green tomatoes with balsamic-tomato coulis and Cobb Hill cheese; Vermont trout with wild mushroom ragout; and an ice-cream float made with citrus-hibiscus Pop Soda and rhubarb ice cream. The only thing better than sweet, tender doughnuts? Crisp, salty bacon. The two foods have long been separated by conventional notions about sweet and savory. But, the pastry purveyors at Burlington’s Dinky Donuts have combined them into a mouth-watering treat — maple-caramel-glazed donuts topped with Vermont bacon crumbles. The decadent combo is available at the company’s Burlington Farmers’ Market stand, where other special “Dinkys” include a strawberry-rhubarb jelly-filled doughnut and a chocolate one topped with peanut brittle. Dinky delivers ‘em, too. Although the competitors were apparently flank and flank, Clover edged out two other floral titles to become the new name of Vermont’s bovine dairy mascot. Move over, Buttercup and Daisy!

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Turkish breakfast is a variety of olives, flatbreads and cheeses all drizzled with honey and pomegranate molasses — sort of salty, sweet and olive-y. FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: A lot of them. I miss the seafood from Portugal, fresh giant sardines. The goulash from Hungary and some of the pastries they make in Budapest that I can’t make.

working as a tour guide, I took some Americans to what is claimed to be the oldest Christian church in the world. It’s in the caves, and you climb this mountain path to get there. They sacrificed a goat for us, drew the sign of the cross on our foreheads, and made us goat wraps. It was the most gutwrenching meal ever. I felt obligated to eat it because the goat had been killed in our honor. And I’ve certainly eaten my

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BILL TECOSKY: Owner of Rainbow Sweets in Marshfield. The eatery is the home of a sensual pastry dubbed “Johnny Depp on a Plate” and lots of other sweet treats, as well as savory specialties from around the world. SOME COUNTRIES VISITED: Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Hungary. AMERICAN FOODS MISSED: Marinated, grilled flank steak — that’s definitely one thing I didn’t find over there. And Tastykake Jelly Krimpets. I guess I hanker for this in Vermont, too. They’re pre-packaged cakes from Philadelphia that are really good. TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: In Turkey we had great food all the time. We had local specialties that were served on terraces that were right over Russian creeks and small rivers, so the water was a foot below you. You lay down on cushions and ordered food, and lounged over the waterfalls. There was very tasty beer — Ephesus, named after the ruins. A typical

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LAURIE ESSIG: Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, she teaches courses on freakishness, heterosexuality and the sociology of pleasure. SOME COUNTRIES VISITED: Russia, former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe. She goes to Western Europe a couple of times a year. AMERICAN FOODS MISSED: Maybe I just don’t eat Americantype food that much. What I used to die for in the Soviet Union was coffee. They had this stuff with chicory. You just had to drink massive quantities of black tea. When the Soviet Union started to fall apart, you could get coffee on the black market. You’d call this guy and you’d ask him for kilos of Colombian. He’d literally have your coffee in his overcoat, and he’d open up his overcoat. Obviously you can get a good cup of coffee in Moscow these days. I’m going to London next week, and because the dollar is so weak, you have to ask yourself if you want to pay $8 for a cup of coffee. It would be $1.50 if I got a pint of beer. Even though it’s 8 a.m., I think I’ll get a pint of beer. TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: Well, once when I was in Armenia

share of bad Indian food in Leeds, England. FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: Khachapouri. It’s street food sold in Moscow that’s Georgian. It’s a sort of pizza without the sauce, with a certain kind of cheese you can only get in Eastern Europe. Here you can’t get pizza on the street. I always miss that, and will attempt to make that myself. We don’t really have a comparable cheese. JONATHAN HOFFMAN: Chef-Instructor at the Center for Technology — Essex’s culinary program. Also the founder of an NGO called Direct Aid International, which raises funds to build schools and libraries in Afghanistan, then continues to support them over the years by donating money for notebooks, pencils and the like. COUNTRIES VISITED: Twenty in all, including Afghanistan, France, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Dubai and Germany. AMERICAN FOODS MISSED: Everything, but I think the first things I go for [on returning home] are meat products in a big way: Steaks are on the menu right

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TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: Food is one thing that always brings [people] together wherever we are. The [Afghanis] started to know that I taught cooking for a living. We were sitting down to a fairly meager dinner one night — I wasn’t sticking my nose up; I was eating. One man just looked up; he didn’t apologize for the food, but he said: “Here in Afghanistan, we eat to be fed.� FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: I miss a good Kabul kebab. Everybody talks about the naan, and when it’s fresh out of the oven it’s good, but I’m not a big bread person. Most of what I miss from those countries I can cook here. We are fortunate in that we’ve been inundated with foods from these cuisines all over the world. I’m not a chef if I can’t bang out something Thai. Chinese should be basic by now. The thing I miss most from anywhere is being able to eat in Paris. The basic food is really good. I miss the Parisian style. COLIN CLARY: Singer, songwriter and member of numerous local bands, including The Smittens, Colin Clary and the Magogs, and Let’s Whisper. SOME COUNTRIES VISITED: Portugal, England, Ireland, France and Belgium.

TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: I was traveling in Portugal with my friend Isaac, and we sort of were doing this thing where we’d live on coffee during the day and go somewhere awesome every night. You don’t go to dinner until 10 at night; it’s like you can’t go early — you’re supposed to go home and sleep for a while — so we would starve half the day. Isaac didn’t like seafood, and the main awesome thing they have is seafood. He wasn’t happy with anything he was getting. Finally we went to this one place, and they had Cordon Bleu on the menu. He was gloating over it, but it wasn’t chicken Cordon Bleu at all. It was ham, cheese and bacon stuffed into beef and fried. It was like a chickenfried-steak-beef thing. He was disappointed. FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: Some of your favorite foods you just can’t get anywhere. I love Maryland crab, and I’m not getting that. PETER CLAVELLE: The former mayor of Burlington is now a senior associate with ARD, Inc. He works in developing nations around the world. SOME COUNTRIES VISITED: Lived in Grenada. Most recently visited Jordan and Uganda. AMERICAN FOODS MISSED: I love cheddar cheese. They have cheese, but not cheddar. Nothing beats good old Vermont Cabot cheddar. It was hard being away for peak strawberry season. And there’s nothing like a Magic Hat on a hot summer day. TASTY TRAVEL STORIES: Living in Grenada I ate some pretty weird stuff. Something called manicou, which is a version of possum [the meat is typically smoked and stewed], and iguanas. We also had turtle, but I tried to stay away from that. Oh yeah, and there was oildown [starchy vegetables and meats cooked in coconut milk until almost all the milk is absorbed], which was just a big pot of oily stuff. FOODS WE SHOULD HAVE HERE, BUT DON’T: Hummus: Anything that’s produced here doesn’t cut it. And Mansaf: It’s a lamb dish with rice and yogurt dressing, and you eat it with your right hand. You’re supposed to keep your left hand behind your back. I just love eating, so it’s nice in my job to experience the diversity and variety that not everybody has the chance to do.

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off the bat. I do two or three days of steak, or a pork or pork sausage product. The first thing I do when I get back to Dubai [from Afghanistan] is go to McDonald’s. Wherever I go, I know where the McDonald’s is. I’ve walked a mile past many restaurants in Turkey just to go to McDonald’s. I can eat meat over there, but it’s boiled to death in a pressure cooker, and then you put it with naan [bread] and broth to make gruel. There are restaurants in Kabul I can get take-out from, like pizza, and there are various degrees of Italian fare, but I have to stay away from the Chinese restaurants, because they’re also known for prostitution. And greens, I’m not a big salad eater, but halfway through the trip, what I’d do for a mesclun greens salad . . .

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songwriting. (As an aside, just once, I would love to hear someone describe their songs as “a bunch of lies that rhyme.� Now that would be honesty.) Anyway, I’m glad I took the time to check ’em out. To be, um, honest, I didn’t find Backwords’ songwriting to be any more “honest� than anyone else’s — it is my belief that most songwriting, good or bad, is inherently honest, but that’s a discussion for another column. But I did find the band’s music curiously inventive and endearingly quirky — and regular readers know how much I’m endeared to all things quirky. The group has a definite Kinks thing going on. But it comes off less as aping than admiring. Lo-fi and ragged, Backwords’ tunes still possess a sort of calculated circuitousness that reminds me a bit of local Americana noir act Farm — and regular readers know how much I’m endeared to all things Farm. Check them out on Wednesday, July 9, at Nectar’s.

You know, I think I’ve made it more than a year without referencing that classic 1990 Christian Slater vehicle about pirate radio. And I wrote a whole feature on The Radiator? Some music journalist I am. Glad to finally get that monkey off my back. Anyway, this Thursday, the volume at a certain secondhand shop on Pine Street will undoubtedly be pumped. The second annual “July 3rd Party� (Can we do something about that name? Maybe “Independence Eve Party�?) at Speaking Volumes is poised to offer a remarkable lineup of local acts. All of them will rock to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing recreational grants to young folks with the life-threatening, genetic disease. If you’re not familiar with it or the foundation, check out www.cflf.org for details. You’ll be glad you did. But my concern is musical, not medical. And this year’s show features a nice cross-section of Burlington’s finest acts. In no particular order, they are: Workingman’s Army, The Shandies, Cccome?, Shotgun Blues, Cave Bees, Dubnotix, Electric Halo, The Jazz Guys, Second Agenda and Eric Smith. That’s a whole lotta freedom rockin’. The music gets under way at 5 o’clock and will continue right on through the fireworks — Speaking Volumes is actually a perfect spot to catch the annual celebration of things that go “Boom!� There will be a barbecue and a raffle, the proceeds of which — along with donations — will be split between CFLF and the bands. There’s no admission fee, so give generously, dammit. After all, it is Independence Eve.

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It’s been brought to my attention that I write an awful lot about The Monkey House, perhaps at the expense of other venues. To which I say . . . you’re right, I do — though not at the expense of anyone else, I’d argue. No, I’m not on Paddy Reagan’s payroll. GUY FORSYTH Like many folks, I just love what he’s done with the place and find that he’s got newsworthy shows happening pretty much every week. Like this week, for example. By all accounts, Austin-based songwriter Guy Forsyth’s Vermont performance last January was among the early favorites for show of the year. Dude is simply an immensely talented tunesmith and performer. This Monday, he returns to the Monkey with his new CD, Calico Girl, in tow. If you liked him the first time around . . .

SDROWKCAB Not to toot my own horn, but I get a lot of email. Like, a lot. And it’s not all offers to enlarge certain physical traits, or missives from long-lost Pakistani cousins who “have the funds ready to transfer.� Sometimes they’re actually pretty useful. Exhibit A: a letter I received from a member of Brooklyn collective Backwords asking me to check out their stuff in advance of an upcoming Burlington show. Obviously, many similar requests come my way, and I do listen to most of them. But I almost dismissed this letter, because it a violated a personal Cardinal Sin: referring to songwriting as “honest.� I’ll admit I’ve probably used that term in conversational moments. But even I don’t know what it really means with regard to

THIS WEEK IN THE CUSH Gosh, I feel like I haven’t written about The Cush in, like, a week. Maybe more.

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And that’s just crazy. I know the Burlington psychedelic indie trio gets a fair amount of ink on these pages. But you know what? They rock. And as it is my sworn oath to inform you of all things rockin’ — or at least as many of those things as can fit in a 1200-word column — I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that this Saturday, the nowstreamlined trio is playing a gig at Red Square. The fact that The Cush has a gig is, of course, hardly newsworthy. What is notable is that this will be their last performance before the members sequester themselves in the studio to finish up their long-awaited new album. I’m told by some reliable ears that the demo cuts from the new disc are pretty spectacular. I’m betting it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, catch ’em while you can.

The music section was a wild and wacky affair last week. And so it is time once again to take a stroll down memory lane and find out where I screwed up. What, like you get your job right 100 percent of the time? Puh-lease. First up, in last week’s “Soundbites� column, I crafted a clever little blurb about a “Canadian� ska band called The Waffle Stompers who were playing a show at 242 with local ska-punk outfit Husbands AKA — who kick ass, by the way. It went a little something like this: Sunday, the basement bastion of bad-assery will be skankin’ like it’s 1997 with New Brunswick ska-punk ensemble The Waffle Stompers, who bear a striking resemblance to early Reel Big Fish, only, you know, Canadian. Comedic gold, right? (Ed. note: No.) Only one problem: The band ain’t Canadian. They’re from New Brunswick, New Jersey. This means, not only did I goof the biographical info, but I also missed a golden opportunity to rip on the Garden State. Curses! Still, I stand by my assertion that the dudes sound like a Canadian version of Reel Big Fish — and that’s not a bad thing, really. Moving on, there was some confusion about last weeks’ Starline Rhythm Boys article. Specifically, which upcoming SRB releases are coming out and when, as well as in which format. Here’s the deal: The vinyl album Green Mountain Style is a “greatest hits� of sorts, featuring cuts from the band’s first three albums. It is not, as was reported, the live album from last fall’s Charlie O’s sessions. That album will be coming out on CD in August, with a release party at, of course, the aforementioned greatest bar in the state.

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1/2 LOUNGE: DJ A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. Whiplash (electronica), 10 p.m., Free. 242 MAIN: Ghost Towns, Gumbi, Best Friends (indie-rock), 7 p.m., $7. AA. LEUNIG’S: Live Jazz (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Longford Row (Irish), 7 p.m., Free. NECTAR’S: Mad Sweet Pangs (Americana), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions (Irish), 9 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Parker Shper (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

1/2 LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin soul), 7:30 p.m., Free. Old School vs. Nu Skool with Fattie B. (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Audio Journal (acoustic), 5 p.m., Free. FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. GREEN ROOM: DJ Russell (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. HALVORSON’S UPSTREET CAFÉ: Friends of Joe with Kip Meaker & Dennis Wilmott (blues), 8 p.m., Free. HOOTERS: Hooters Karaoke Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., Free. LEUNIG’S: Ellen Powell & Friends (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: WCLX Blues Night with Great Brook Blues Band (blues), 7 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Amapola (Latin), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Top Hat Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Free. Dave Keller (blues), 11 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Group (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 11 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: A-Dog Presents (hiphop), 10 p.m., Free. R� Rà IRISH PUB: Live DJ (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Wildout! (DJ), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. SPEAKING VOLUMES: Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation Benefit with The Jazz Guys, Cccome?, Cave Bees & more! (rock), 5 p.m., Donations.

:: central CHARLIE O’S: Dave Keller (blues), 10 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Stephan Hanvey (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Donations.

:: champlain valley ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Blues Session, 7:30 p.m., Free.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Shrimp (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

:: regional OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Beyond Guitar Hero, 8 p.m., Free.

:: central BLACK DOOR BAR & BISTRO: Polyester (‘70s dance party), 9:30 p.m., $3-5.

LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Bo Thayer & The Perfect Trainwreck (Americana), 9:30 p.m., Donations. POSITIVE PIE 2: Money Jungle (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5. STONECUTTERS BREWHOUSE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Church Restoration Project (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Dana Gross (acoustic), 9 p.m., Free. OLDE YANKEE RESTAURANT: Tim Foley (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. PIECASSO: Sound Mind (rock), 9 p.m., Free. VILLAGE TAVERN AT SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH INN: Party on the Patio with Rudy Dauth (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. THE TAMARACK GRILL AT BURKE MOUNTAIN: Lara Herscovitch (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Free.

:: regional MONOPOLE: Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Open Mike with Mike Pederson, 9 p.m., Free. Naked Thursdays with 95 TripleX (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. TABU CAFÉ AND NIGHTCLUB: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

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FRI.04 << 11B CLUB METRONOME: Steez & Lotus Entertainment Present Sabotage: Return to the ‘90s (‘90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. EAGLES CLUB: Karaoke, 8 p.m., Free. GREEN ROOM: DJ Francise (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. DJ K (funk), 10 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Lee “Scratch” Perry, Myra Flynn & Spark (reggae, neo-soul), 9 p.m., $22/25. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: First Friday with Antara & Kate Fiano, DJ Precisous, DJ llu (singersongwriter, dance), 8 p.m., $5/10. AA. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Dan Parks & The Blame (rock), 9 p.m., Free. NECTAR’S: Andy Schlatter (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., Free. Melvin Sparks, The Eames Brothers (blues), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Andy Allen Group (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Joe Adler Group (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. The Sift (rock), 10 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Top Hat Danceteria (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: Seven Days Presents “Up Your Alley” with The Bill Mullins Band (alt-country), 5 p.m., Free. The Latham Band (Americana), 9 p.m., $3. DJ Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Supersounds DJ, 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Voodoo with DJ Robbie J. (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $3/10.

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CHARLIE O’S: Rusty Romance (Americana), 10 p.m., Free. GUSTO’S: Live Music, 9 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Happy Hour with Knotty Pine (folk), 5 p.m., Donations. The Amity Front (Americana), 6 p.m., Donations. Pariah Beat (Americana), 9:30 p.m., Donations.

Main with Rutland rockers Drag and Forefathers.

:: champlain valley CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Happy Hour with Ivory (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Latin Quarter Dance Party with DJ Hector (salsa), 9 p.m., Free.

:: northern BAYSIDE PAVILION: Live Music, 9 p.m., Free. BEE’S KNEES: The Dears (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Liquid Dead, Humanzee (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5. JD’S PUB: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., $3.

:: regional KRAZY HORSE SALOON: Live Music, 10 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE: Shameless Strangers (rock), 10 p.m., Free. NAKED TURTLE: Craig Hurwitz (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Ten Year Vamp (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: In Kahootz (rock), 9 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Tracie & Paul Cassarino with Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. NECTAR’S: Zach DuPont (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Joshua Panda (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Fear Nuttin’ Band, Silent Mind, Close to Nowhere (rock), 9 p.m., $5. PARIMA MAIN STAGE: DJ Precious (dance), 10 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Party Star (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Xander Naylor Trio (experimental), 7 p.m., Free. Foofarawk with The Fatal Flaws (garage-rock), 8 p.m., Free. The Leaves (rock), 10 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Massive (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: The Cush with Special Guests (indie-rock), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. RUBEN JAMES: DJ C-Low (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Dan Parks & The Blame (rock), 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Déjà Vu Ladies’ Night (DJ), 9 p.m., $3/10.

BEE’S KNEES: Town Wide Yard Sale (eclectic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: The Eames Brothers (blues), 9 p.m., Free. PIECASSO: Karaoke Championship with John Wilson & Danger Dave, 9:30 p.m., Free. RUSTY NAIL: Last Kid Picked (rock), 9 p.m., $5. SPRUCE PEAK AT STOWE: Chad Hollister (acoustic), 12 p.m., Free.

:: regional KRAZY HORSE SALOON: Live Music, 10 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE: Otherwise (rock), 10 p.m., Free. NAKED TURTLE: Ten Year Vamp (rock), 10 p.m., Free. TABU CAFÉ AND NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Drag Bingo, 8 p.m., Free. BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Pete, 9 p.m., Free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Queen City Jazz Quintet (jazz), 4 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: Bonjour-Hi! (electronica), 9 p.m., $5. FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Pine Street Jazz with Amber DeLaurentis (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Old Time Sessions, 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Dan Strauss & Remy de Laroque (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

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(GTD Entertainment, CD) Burnt MD and Tha Professor’s self-titled album opens in cinematic style, with the orchestral majesty of the Universal Pictures theme song. It’s an appropriate first gesture, as the Vermont hip-hop duo then takes us on a journey that transcends the mere aural. Like any epic movie — or hip-hop album — there’s an award-worthy supporting cast, high-profile cameos and a smart script that suggests Webster’s dictionary was close at hand when these two were growing up. As one of a handful holding up the hip-hop scene in Burlington and Vermont in general, Brooklyn native Burnt MD could play it any number of ways. The easy way might be to go on about expensive cars, hot girls and embellished rap sheets — à la Akon. But true to his Growth Till Death word, the Microphone Doctor chooses the high — and some might say harder — road, electing positivity over pompous, intelligence over the incredible, and truth over tactlessness. The honest sweat from his work for the scene and the culture seeps out of the album’s every pore, splatters with every kick-drum hit, and drenches each thoughtfully crafted and well-delivered line. But as the lengthy title of the album indicates, Burnt MD and Tha Professor had plenty of help putting this one out. While the latter takes production credit for the beats, San Francisco native DJ Touchphonics, formerly of The Loyalists, provides cuts and samples for a number of tracks. The radio-friendly “Smooth You Out” — which is getting play on 95 Triple X — features Boston’s underground heavyweight Akrobatik of The Perceptionists as well as the sultry stylings of local Tricky C. Here the two team up for a flow-hook combo that should have the tune vying for “Best Summer Song of ’08.” (This reviewer will be blasting “Smooth You Out” from his car’s Rockford Fosgate system all around town — windows down, volume up.) Fresno, California’s Planet Asia (a.k.a. P.A. Medallions, a.k.a. King Medallions) drops in on “The Game”— another standout — matching the track’s ominous piano sample and no-nonsense beat with lyrical musings on the challenges of life in the West Coast underground. Other disc guests include Tekst of THC, Network and J Glaze. Eighteen songs and four bonus tracks later, when the curtain drops and the lights go up on this fine work of art, I find myself uttering words rarely spoken during the closing credits of a real Hollywood film: “I can’t wait for the sequel.” BEN HARDY

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in today’s landscape, and that only adds to Franti’s appeal, particularly in activist-rich Vermont. Early birds were treated to the inimitable Bread and Puppet, a Northeast Kingdom theater troupe that has tirelessly paraded its “subversive papier mâché” for decades. The costumed players deployed slapstick and word play in an inventive (if largely ignored) attempt to galvanize peaceful insurrection. B&P’s entrance delighted, with stilt walkers and ragtime enthusiasm, but this carnivalesque folly quickly turned into socio-political indictments that felt shouty — and disjointed — among the beach balls and bright sun. Much of the crowd strained to hear the onstage parables and, unsurprisingly, tuned out. All around us great thunderheads loomed like mushrooms, but life inside the festival seemed irrepressibly upbeat. Children ran untethered, Frisbees soared, and hula hoopsters ruled the hill. Ben & Jerry’s served creamy cups, Magic Hat filled thirsty throats, and HeadCount registered first-time voters. Even native sons Mike Gordon and gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina moved freely among the lounging bodies. By 7:30, the resounding dub intro

of Spearhead’s “Little Bit of Riddim” turned this breezy slope into a sonic playground. Bassist Carl Young and percussionist Manas Itiene bombed Shelburne with infectious club beats, stirring the crowd until Franti finally appeared, dreads tucked neatly into his Rasta cap. Standing six-and-a-half feet tall, the front-man had a dominating presence that drew cheers, and while his vocals at times felt strained, Franti’s undeniable enthusiasm made him magnetic. Articulate and quickwitted as a favorite teacher, he electrified each song with calls to throw our hands in the air, or to hug the ones we came with — always engaging the audience. There was hardly a moment to scurry for falafel without feeling like you’d miss something. Spearhead’s provocations were less abrasive than Bread and Puppet’s, as the band couched its insistent messages in cheerful grooves (“Love is too big for just one nation, and God is too big for just one religion!”). The charismatic Franti mixed politics with playfulness, musing that the true barometer of success isn’t a Grammy, but having an ice cream named in one’s honor. And, while the free scoops were popular indeed, the roots-reggae upstroke of “Hey Now Now” was a crowd favorite. Franti’s

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Panda. The eclectic tunesmith has garnered rave reviews up and down the East

PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Poets’ Jam with Trevien Stanger, 9:30 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: The Murder Ballads (rock), 6 p.m., Free. Open Mike, 8 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: The Bill Mullins Band (alt-country), 8 p.m., Free. DJ Russell (DJ), 11 p.m., Free.

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LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Open Mike, 7 p.m., Free.

BEE’S KNEES: Goshen Ramblers (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Jazz On Tap (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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NAKED TURTLE: The Castaways (acoustic-rock), 5 p.m., Free. Twiddle (jam), 9 p.m., Free.

1/2 LOUNGE: Dakota & Nastee (hiphop), 10 p.m., Free. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LEUNIG’S: Live Jazz (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Bluegrass Night with Stone, Coane & Sacher (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free. MANHATTAN PIZZA AND PUB: Open Mike, 10 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Acoustic Tuesday (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free (18+). NECTAR’S: Gutterpup, Honeywell, Flatlander (Americana), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Island Night with DJ Skinny T (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Island Night with DJ Skinny T (reggae), 9 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Heal-In Sessions with Briandeye & Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Orchestra Baobab (Afro-funk), 8:30 p.m., $20/23. AA. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: 97.5 Eagle Country Music Showcase (country), 7 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Guy Forsyth (alt-country), 9 p.m., $10. NECTAR’S: The Latham Band (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Coast for his infectious brand of witty, heartfelt, acoustic pop. Check him out every Saturday in July.

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RADIO BEAN: Seance with Stephen Callahan (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Stephan Hanvey (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky Tonk Sessions (country), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: World Bashment with Demus & Super K (reggae), 9 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Superstar Karaoke With Robbie J, 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

:: central CHARLIE O’S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Game Night, 7 p.m., Donations. MAIN STREET GRILL AND BAR: Dave Kraus (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. STONECUTTERS BREWHOUSE: Open Mike, 7 p.m., Free.

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CITY LIMITS: Shooter Night, 5 p.m., Free. Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

MONOPOLE: Open Mike, 9 p.m., Free.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Nate Perham (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Stephan Hanvey & The Honeymoon Junkies (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. Lowest of Tides, Brothers in Arms (rock), 9 p.m., Free. PIECASSO: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: DJ A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. 242 MAIN: Eroica, Maneuvers, Native, Victor! Fix The Sun (rock), 7 p.m., $7. AA. LEUNIG’S: Live Jazz (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Irish Sessions (Irish), 7 p.m., Free.

NECTAR’S: Meg Willey & The Low Bones (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Backwords (Americana), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions (Irish), 9 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. Leah Randazzo Group (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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:: champlain valley TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: The Grift: A Tribute to U2 (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

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SOUTH END FARMERS’ MARKET: Residents of the Queen City’s southernmost neighborhood peruse seasonal produce at outdoor stalls. Flynndog, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-8526.

Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK’: Producer Gretchen Wallace is on hand to discuss her 2007 documentary

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Faculty members with a summer conservatory offer Brahms’ B major piano trio and his piano quartet in G minor. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15. Info, 999-3830.

talks ‘TOWARDS ZERO NET ENERGY BUILDINGS’: “Green” architect Steven Strong considers solar- and wind-powered buildings that produce as much or more energy than they use. Yestermorrow Design-Build School, Warren, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

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CHEMISTRY ENTHUSIASTS PROGRAM: The annual Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society welcomes nonprofessionals at presentations on everything from alternative energy to polyester to the chemistry of cheese. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, June 29 - July 2. $50-60 registration for nonchemists. Info, 879-3684. ESL GROUP: Non-native speakers practice their English. South Burlington Community Library, South Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Habla español? Brown baggers eat lunch and devour new vocab. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 12-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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food & drink CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS’ MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 897-2121.

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CHARITY BINGO: Players seek matches on numbered cards, then say the magic word. Broadacres Bingo Hall, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10 for 12 cards. Info, 860-1510. SUMMER BOOK SALE: Readers speak volumes after perusing pages. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

ST. ANDREW’S PIPES AND DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335, jerdelyi@vhfa. org.

about the atrocities in Darfur and the photographer who helped make Americans aware of them. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE’: Bovines put their demands in black and white in an hour-long musical adaptation of Doreen Cronin’s picture book. Weston Rod & Gun Club, Weston, 10:30 a.m. $15, $8 for children under 12. Info, 824-5288.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. BARRE CONCERT SERIES: Singersongwriter Lewis Franco provides family-friendly fare at a weekly summertime venue. Currier Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 476-0267.

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: Legendary music-makers from Aretha Franklin and Woody Allen to Leonard Cohen and Chick Corea perform jazz, blues, electronica and contemporary tunes with talented up-and-comers. More than 370 of the 650-plus shows are free. Various locations, Montréal, noon-midnight. Various prices. Info, 888-515-0515. SHAPE NOTE SING: Members of the UVM Traditional Music Club teach and sing melodies of fierce beauty to promote a lively, deep-rooted American vocal genre. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 585-730-9052, lgraves@uvm.edu.

‘ANNIE’: The Stowe Theatre Guild stages the period musical about a scrappy orphan with a curly mop, a big voice and a generous adopted dad. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $20, children 12 and under $10. Info, 253-3961. ‘DOUBT’: A powerful nun squares off against the popular young priest she has accused of sexual misconduct in John Patrick Shanley’s drama set in a parochial school in 1964. Weston Playhouse, Weston, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $29-46. Info, 824-5288. ‘MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS’: Old-school Hollywood mega-egos clash in Ron Hutchinson’s farce about the making of the film adaptation of Gone With the Wind, circa 1939. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $27-33. Info, 654-2281. ‘ROUGH CROSSING’: In Tom Stoppard’s free adaptation of a classic farce, the coauthors, composer and cast of a Broadway-bound comedy simultaneously try to finish and rehearse the show while traversing the Atlantic on an ocean liner. Waterbury Festival Playhouse, Waterbury Center, 7:30 p.m. $20-22. Info, 498-3755. ‘THE LONE RANGER’: Very Merry Theatre presents a kid-powered musical adapted from Zane Grey’s classic Western novel and the subsequent 1950s TV show. Battery Park, Burlington, 12-1 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6641. ‘THE MIKADO’: The topsy-turvy town of Titipu springs to life with some of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best-loved characters and songs. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

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BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Wally Lamb’s novel She’s Come Undone sift through plot points. Lincoln Library, Lincoln, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 456-2635. ‘READINGS IN THE GALLERY’ SERIES: Judith Jones, the Alfred A. Knopf editor responsible for filling America’s cookbook shelves with masterworks by Julia Child and Marion Cunningham, reads from her memoir The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures. Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6 p.m. $8 per hour. Info, 479-4127.

BRIDGE CLUB: Partners shuffle cards and chat. Godnick Senior Center, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-5756. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.02, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers strategize to better their games. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

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business QUEEN CITY BNI: Local members of Business Network International schmooze at a weekly breakfast meeting to help promote one another’s companies. Room 202. Vermont Technical College, Blair Park Campus, Williston, 8 a.m. First visit is free. Info, 985-9965.

education FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: Would-be Francophones exchange info during déjeuner. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 12-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

food & drink CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.02, 2 p.m. WATERBURY FARMERS’ MARKET: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and their edible inspiration at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4371.

WINOOSKI FARMERS’ MARKET: A teen-run stand selling produce grown in the town’s Landry Park is among the local foods, music and crafts on offer. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6410, ext. 11.

health & fitness ZUMBA FITNESS: Step-by-steppers try out Latin-dance-inspired exercises mixed with high-energy, international rhythms. Olympiad Health and Racquet Club, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $10, first time free. Info, 310-6686.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. LAWN PARTY: Independence Day revelers wiggle their toes in the grass during crafts, bubbles, games and live music. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665.

MORNING STORIES: Local tale tellers engage kids of all ages with a mix of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, songs and games. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. MUSIC WITH PETER: The under-5 set and their caretakers keep the beat. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots ages 3 to 5 enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘RESISTING BOREDOM’ GROUP: Teens punctuate their summer vacation with a weekly social gathering featuring movie screenings and book discussions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts. Westford Library, Westford, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. THU.03 >> 22B

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movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘WILD STRAWBERRIES’: Director Ingmar Bergman explores the memories and dreams of an elderly professor in this classic 1957 drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2576.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. BROWN BAG CONCERT SERIES: The Starline Rhythm Boys entertain lunchtime listeners with rockabilly in broad daylight. Christ Church Pocket Park, Montpelier, 12 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604. MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.02, noon-midnight. OPEN MIKE: Poetry and performance art share stage space with solo singers, instrumentalists and bands at this weekly free-form talent show. Indigenous, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-3433, indigenousskateandsnow@gmail.com. SNOW FARM VINEYARD CONCERT SERIES: Picnic packers sip vintages and boogie to classic rock by the band Shakedown. Snow Farm Winery, South Hero, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-9463. WATERBURY ROTARY CONCERT SERIES: The WDEV Radio Rangers round up listeners on an old-time country-western wavelength. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7195.

sport ROAD RIDE: Experienced cyclists join a group to train on 30- to-35-mile routes around Montpelier. Meet in the parking lot to explore various Central Vermont locations. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

talks ‘INDEPENDENT SPIRITS’: Gary Kowalski, minister of Burlington’s Unitarian Universalist church and the author of Revolutionary Spirits: The Enlightened Faith of America’s Founding Fathers, examines the diverse religious landscape navigated by colonial-era leaders. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2022.

theater ‘ANNIE’: See WED.02, 8 p.m. CIRCUS SMIRKUS: The Vermont-based, touring kids’ troupe presents a big-top show featuring scientific discovery via juggling, aerials and acrobatics. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 12 p.m. & 6 p.m. $15.5018.50. Info, 877-764-7587. ‘DOUBT’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS’: See WED.02, 8 p.m. ‘ROUGH CROSSING’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE’: The master sleuth tackles a “perfect crime� in Charles Marowitz’s modern take-off on Arthur Conan Doyle. Depot Theatre, Westport, 8 p.m. $21-25. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: A.R. Gurney’s masterpiece of 20th-century American family life unfolds in a series of tablecentered tableaux dissecting birthday parties, holidays, breakfasts and affairs. Dorset Theatre, Dorset, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $15-40. Info, 867-5777. ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’: What’s in a name? Not a lot, in Lost Nation Theater’s production of Oscar Wilde’s comedy about tomfoolery among the upper classes. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $15-25. Info, 229-0492.

‘THE LONE RANGER’: See WED.02, Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 12-1 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6641. ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: More than 120 central Vermont youth “climb every mountain� to stage Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical about singing Austrian siblings. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 728-9878. ‘WHAT THE BUTLER SAW’: In this steamy, late-’60s satire by British playwright Joe Orton, a power-hungry psychiatrist attempts to seduce his prospective secretary. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

SNOW FARM VINEYARD CONCERT SERIES: The Bob Boyd Band offers a picnic-friendly, plein air appreciation of American rock ’n’ roll. Snow Farm Winery, South Hero, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-9463. VSO SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR: The Vermont Symphony Orchestra and violin soloist Esther Kim celebrate summer lovin’ with a romantic program that includes Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Pablo de Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy,� Rodgers and Hammerstein and more. Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. $32. Info, 863-5966.

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dance EQUINE DANCE COMPANY: Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 453-4424.

etc. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m.

food & drink CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.02, 2 p.m. LAKE PLACID ‘I LOVE BARBECUE’ FESTIVAL: A “Lake Placid Idol� talent contest and other fun stuff sets off savory fare at this three-day festival featuring 42 teams competing to produce the best version of chicken, ribs, pork butt and beef brisket. Olympic Center, Lake Placid, 4-10:30 p.m. Info, 518-637-1593, jonl@ ilbbqf.com. RICHMOND FARMERS’ MARKET: Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273. WESTFORD FARMERS’ MARKET: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Westford Common, Westford, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7405.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE’: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m.

movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘ALIEN’: As part of the Savoy’s “Sci-Fi July� series, Ridley Scott’s gruesome 1979 flick thrills viewers with insect-like beasties who conquer an unsuspecting space crew from within. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 p.m. $5. Info, 229-0598.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. CASTLETON CONCERT SERIES: The Onion River Jazz Band brings New Orleans-style strut to a lakeside Fourth of July concert. Crystal Beach, Castleton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2911. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Faculty members with a summer conservatory perform works by American women composers, including Augusta Read-Thomas, Ellen Taaffe Zwillich and Amy Cheny Beach. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15. Info, 999-3830. ‘GROOVIN’ ON THE GREEN’ CONCERT SERIES: The Rhythm Rockets declare their independence with rowdy rock ’n’ roll. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-646-5263. MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.02, 12-11:59 p.m.

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theater CIRCUS SMIRKUS: See THU.03, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. ‘DOUBT’: See WED.02, 8 p.m. ‘MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS’: See WED.02, 8 p.m. ‘ROUGH CROSSING’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE’: See THU.03, 8 p.m. ‘SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.03, 7 p.m. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: See THU.03, 8 p.m. ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’: See THU.03, 8 p.m. ‘THE LONE RANGER’: See WED.02, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6641. ‘THE MIKADO’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.03, 7 p.m.

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Also, see exhibitions in Section A. ARTIST MARKET: Local artists show their stuff outdoors and offer original works for sale, in tandem with the Burlington Farmers’ Market. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Plaza, Burlington, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7165.

etc. BATTLE OF HUBBARDTON: Hands-on historians stage a re-enactment of the only Revolutionary War battle fought on Vermont soil, complete with games and demos of colonial life. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, Hubbardton, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $5; free for kids under age 15. Info, 273-2282. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m. INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION: The whole town turns out for music, a silent auction and the big parade, which begins promptly at 1 p.m. The Great Brandon Ball Race and a fiddlers contest follow, with fireworks at dusk. Central Park, Brandon, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 247-3275. SCRABBLE CLUB: Beginners and tournament players trade tips and tiles — and bond over the best board game ever. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, 12 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.02, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

fairs & festivals CRAFT FAIR: The Burklyn Arts Council sponsors this 39th annual sale, a fundraiser for arts education in the Northeast Kingdom. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 328-2683.

food & drink BURLINGTON FARMERS’ MARKET: Sixty-three vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-889-8188.

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ROCKING OUT If you’re headed to Warren for the 60th anniversary of the town’s elaborate Fourth of July festivities, the Mad River Music Festival is a reason to stay an extra day in the central Vermont valley. The four Burlington-based rockers of RAQ (pictured) spread jams on drums, guitar, bass and keys. Co-headliner ¯ KEVENS (pronounced “keevenz”), a Miami-based DJ-turned-progressive-reggae maestro, offers inspirational lyrics over bass-and-drum backbeats with cred. (His first band included Bob Marley’s half-brothers, and he wrote his first song with Marley’s mom.) Other bands include the Anthony Santor Jazz Trio, Funkenbluze, Dubnotix and Vorcza, and the evening wraps with a pond-side finale by The Phoenix Fire Dancers. Food and ticket sales fund a network supporting local organic produce in Vermont schools. Cloudy skies? No worries — this is a rain-free “event in a tent.” MAD RIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Saturday, July 5, at the Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, noon - 5 p.m., free; 5-10 p.m., $25-33. Info, 496-4781. www.raqmusic.com www.madrivermusicfest.com

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS’ MARKET: More than 40 central Vermont vendors hawk fresh produce, baked goods, seedlings, crafts and more, accompanied by live music. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360. LAKE PLACID ‘I LOVE BARBECUE’ FESTIVAL: See FRI.04, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS’ MARKET: See WED.02, 9 a.m. NORTHWEST FARMERS’ MARKET: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 373-5821. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: Ruby fruits inspire an afternoon-long feast accompanied by live music and games. Bradford Academy, Bradford, 12-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4423.

health & fitness ZUMBA FITNESS: See THU.03, Fitness Options, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. $10, first time free. Info, 734-3479.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. BEBOP PLAYGROUP: Adults indulge in coffee and bagels while kids up to age 3 meet their peers. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 860-6842. ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

‘JACK AND THE BEANSTALK’: A plucky lad scales a magic vine to tour a land of giants and wonders in a musical adaptation of the fairy tale. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 11 a.m. $8. Info, 654-2281.

movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘ALIEN’: See FRI.04, 4 p.m. ‘CONGORAMA’: In this 2006 comedy, a failed Belgian inventor discovers he’s actually an adopted Canadian and goes to a Quebec village to find his roots. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, Middlebury, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5510. ‘MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD’: Politics tear two siblings apart in this 2008 film set in a small Italian town in the turbulent 1960s and ‘70s. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘THE THING’: In this 1982 thriller directed by John Carpenter, Antarctic scientists try to escape from a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills. Come into the cold at a screening that’s part of the Savoy’s “Sci-Fi July” series. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 p.m. $5. Info, 229-0598.

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40TH ARMY BAND: Crackerjack military musicians play patriotic Sousa marches and whimsical Irving Berlin ditties on the lawn of an area landmark. Bradford Academy, Bradford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4423. JUNIOR RECITAL: Jazz guitarist Xander Naylor plays works by various composers. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. MAD RIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Music lovers round out the July 4th weekend at this all-day fest headlined by prog-reggae powerhouse KEVENS and Vermont-based rock quartet RAQ. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 12-10 p.m. Free before 5 p.m.; tickets cost $25-33 after 5 p.m. Info, 496-4781. MONTRÉAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.02, noon-midnight. VSO SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.04, Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $29. Info, 863-5966.

sport SATURDAY MORNING GROUP RIDE: Two-wheelers of all abilities practice moving en masse on a 25- to 35-mile route that emphasizes drafting, pacelines and cycling etiquette. Wear a helmet! Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

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JULY 3 Burlington

Six live bands and fun-filled activities including country-rock karaoke, face painting, pony rides, theater acts and trampoline-fueled acrobatics set the scene for spectacular fireworks over Lake Champlain. Perkins Pier, Waterfront Park, Battery Park and North Beach, 4-11 p.m., fireworks at dusk. Info, 864-0123. CCTA park-and-ride service from UVM Water Tower Lot to Waterfront Park, 3:45-11:30 p.m. $1 round trip; kids under 5 free if accompanied by a paying adult. CCTA College Street Shuttle, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; $1.25 one way. Vermont Rail Fireworks Express trains, 5:3011 p.m.; $14 round trip, must purchase in advance. Info, www.rails-VT.com or 800707-3530. Local Motion valet bike parking, 4-11 p.m.; $1 per bike. Info, 652-2453. Pomeroy Park Parade: Kids in Burlington’s “North Quarter” pile into and onto decorated bikes, scooters, strollers and wagons for festive noisemaking on a short, around-the-corner route. Pomeroy Park, 4 p.m. Free. Info, teal.doggett@gmail.com “Rock the Dock” Party: Queen City sailors host a scholarship benefit barbecue offering primo lakeside seating. Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, 6-10 p.m. $5; kids under 12 free. Info, www. communitysailingcenter.org or 864-2499. Pre-Independence Day Party: Raffles and ’cued food help raise funds for folks with cystic fibrosis at this DIY music fest featuring more than 10 local bands from Workingman’s Army and The Jazz Guys to Dubnotix and the Cave Bees. Speaking Volumes, 377 Pine Street, 5-11 p.m.; barbecue starts at 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0107.

Montpelier Patriots eat a pancake breakfast, dip into a poolside water carnival, wiggle their toes at a library lawn party, and participate in — or ogle at — a one-mile road race and city parade. Bagpipes, a marionette version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a youth orchestra, and country-western and zydeco music fill three separate downtown stages before evening fireworks, and two street dances keep the party going until midnight. Statehouse Lawn and various downtown locations, 3 p.m. - midnight; parade 6:30 p.m.; fireworks 9:30 p.m. Free. Info, www.mdca.org or 223-9604.

North Hero Sky blossoms bloom after dark at a fireworks extravaganza in the middle of Lake Champlain. Knight Point State Park. $3 before 5 p.m., free after 5 p.m. Fireworks at dusk. Info, www. champlainislands.com or 372-8400.

JULY 3-4 Bristol

Cotton candy and other fair foods fuel games before Thursday evening ends with a bang. On Friday, bands back up festivities after a foot race, an “outhouse” race, and a themed parade celebrating the ’burg’s “golden history.” July 3, Town

Recreation Field, activities 6 p.m.; concert 8 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. July 4, Town Green, race 9 a.m.; parade 10:30 a.m.; music at noon. Free. Info, www.bristolrec. org or 453-2278.

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Live music, vendors and a parade with floats precede a fiddler contest and twilight pyrotechnics. Parade at noon; fireworks, Morristown Elementary School, dusk. Info, www.morristownvt.org or 888-9880.

A cannon shot initiates one of the state’s largest parades, which for its 60th anniversary features homemade “back to the future” floats. Main Street, 10 a.m.; post-parade activities and live music at Brook’s Field, noon – 3 p.m., and Lincoln Peak Base Area, noon – 9 p.m.; fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Info, www.warren4thofjuly.com or 496-4495.

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

A grand parade precedes games, music and a barbecue to benefit the town’s parentteacher organization. Rummage sale, Cabot School Gym, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.; parade, Main Street, 11 a.m.; barbecue, Cabot Recreation Field, noon. Info, 563-9907.

Rock ’n’ roll precedes a town-pride parade, then music by local bands Elephant Bear and Angry Neighbor preps folks for colorful explosions. Parade starts at Wilcox Dock on Cumberland Avenue, 2 p.m.; City Beach events, 4-11 p.m.; fireworks at City Beach, 9:30 p.m.; free for pedestrians, $5 per vehicle. Info, 518-726-0879.

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Amateur athletes make strides with a fun run, then take in a parade and live music before a fireworks finale. Race, Union Memorial School, 8:15 a.m.; parade, Main Street, 11 a.m.; music, Bayside Park, 6:15-8:45 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, 264-5640.

Essex Junction The Half Moon Jug Band rocks out at a community picnic with disc-catching dogs, face painting and a “mini-fun town” for tots. Maple Street Park, Essex Junction, 6 p.m.; fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Info, www.ejrp. org or 878-1375.

Hanover, N.H. Little ones get a lift to see an oldfashioned parade, then meet animals at a petting zoo, while candied-apple vendors and songs by the North Country Chordsmen bring adults back to their own childhoods. Parade 10 a.m.; activities on the Hanover Town Green, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info, 603-643-5315.

Hinesburg A community band gets its march on as part of a town-wide “fun in the sun” parade followed by a duck race and chicken barbecue, then offers oom-pah for listeners in lawn chairs before spectacular evening ’works. Parade, Route 116, 11 a.m.; concert, behind Hinesburg Community School, 8 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, www.hinesburg.org or 482-4691.

Killington Fire on the mountain? A day of high spirits and swimming comes to a colorful conclusion after a belly flop contest and fireman’s barbecue. Parade, Killington Events Center, 10 a.m.; swimming, Johnson Recreation Pool, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; fireworks, 9:30 p.m. Info, 773-4181.

Milton Float riders and marchers line up for a patriotic display featuring decorated bicycles, then take in barbecued birds and a community band concert before evening explosions. Parade starts at the Milton Elementary School, 11 a.m.; barbecue, Milton Fire Station, 6 p.m.; $10-12; concert at the Milton Recreation Park, 7 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, 373-5960.

A birthday barbecue follows a wreathlaying ceremony at the grave of Vermont’s “born on the fourth of July” president, and afterward, Abe Lincoln makes an appearance. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, ceremonial march, noon; music festival, 3:30 p.m.; wagon rides, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Info, 672-3773.

Randolph Revelers age in reverse for a “young at heart” promenade down Main Street. Parade, 10 a.m. Info, 728-9027.

Richmond A parade kicks off a fair-y day that includes live music and fresh-air fun. Parade starts at East Main Street, 10:30 a.m.; fair, Volunteers Green, following parade; fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Info, 434-6024.

Rutland

Pyrotechnics displays draw sky gazers to Lincoln Peak. Sugarbush Resort, dusk. Info, 800-537-8427.

Westford Hot dogs, hamburgers and strawberry shortcake plump up dancers for a rock concert by the band Backside Grind. Those too shy to shake it can try to sink a dunk booth’s denizen, watch a duck race or peruse used tomes at a library book sale. Westford Common, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info, 879-1633.

Williston A patriotic parade honoring the town band’s 50th anniversary kicks off a day of arts & crafts, basketball-shooting and frog-jumping contests, and, of course, a fireworks display. Parade starts at Johnson’s Farm, 10 a.m.; activities, Central School, 11 a.m.; fireworks, Allen Brook School, 9:30 p.m. Info, www.town.williston. vt.us or 878-1239.

Woodstock Pentangle Arts presents fire spinners, a flag ceremony and a concert featuring Tammy Fletcher and The Disciples; then listeners turn their attention to a show in the sky. Woodstock Union High School, concert 6 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, www.pentanglearts.org or 457-3981.

The explosive noises aren’t just in the air — a flea market and a demolition derby precede the big show. Vermont State Fairgrounds, starting at 3 p.m.; demo derby, 6:30 p.m.; fireworks, 9:45 p.m. Free, $10-15 for demo derby. Info, www. vermontstatefair.net or 775-5200.

Celebrate the 4th the old-fashioned way — with speeches, strawberry ice cream, music, a spelling bee and flag making. Billings Farm & Museum, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355.

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A morning bazaar mixes white elephants with baked goods, books and toys, followed by an auction and a chicken barbecue with all the fixings. Bazaar; 9 a.m.; auction 10 a.m.; barbecue 11 a.m.; all at the Shelburne United Methodist Church. Info, 985-3981.

Stowe “The world’s shortest parade,” featuring a ladies’ lawn-chair drill team, winds up with illuminating ’works. Parade, Moscow Village, 10 a.m.; festivities, Stowe Events Field, 5:30 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, 253-7321.

Brandon

Family fun begins early with karaoke and juggling, continues through a 1 p.m. parade with over eight bands and 70 entries, and finishes off with a race, amusement rides, break dancing, a bluegrass concert, food and fireworks. Activities in Central Park, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Info, 247-3275.

JULY 6

Albans Ticonderoga, N.Y. St. Assert your independence by running in A fife-and-drum corps pipes up with colonial-era tunes, and periodic readings from the Declaration of Independence remind hearers of the holiday’s origins. Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $7-15. Info, 518-585-2821.

a 10 a.m. triathlon, or enjoy food, music, fireworks and friends in the evening. St. Albans Bay Park, fireworks at dusk. Info, www.stalbanschamber.com or 524-1519.

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BUG LOVE Fireflies seem ephemeral, but their lore goes way back: Mayan mythology associated them with stars and cigar-smoking, and in ancient China, insectophiles trapped them in wicker “lanterns” as temporary sources of mood lighting. Earth is home to more than 2000 species of the bioluminescent beetles, and in some spots — along river banks in Malaysia, for example — they inexplicably blink as one neonflashing community. That sort of phenomenon probably won’t happen on Sunday night, when a community festival at Royalton’s Four Springs Farm celebrates summer’s signature beastie. But the gentle twinkling of thousands of “lighting bugs” should still be spectacular. Kids can bring glass jars to a community picnic with ice-cream and butter-making, games, and folk music by hammered dulcimer and fiddle duo Samantha Moffat and Mike Gareau, then settle down after sunset for an evening glow show. FIREFLY FESTIVAL

Sunday, July 6, at Four Springs Farm in Royalton, 5-10 p.m. $7 per person or $16 per family. Info, 763-7296. www.fourspringsfarm.com

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BATTLE OF HUBBARDTON: See SAT.05, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m. SEGWAY RIDES: Folks ages 12 and up take self-balancing, electric-powered transportation devices for a spin, as part of ECHO’s new “Body Language” exhibit. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. $7-9 includes admission. Info, 864-1848.

fairs & festivals FIREFLY FESTIVAL: Games and live music set off an evening celebration honoring early summer’s most romantic bug. Four Springs Farm, Royalton, 5-10 p.m. $7 per person or $16 per family. Info, 763-7296.

food & drink LAKE PLACID ‘I LOVE BARBECUE’ FESTIVAL: See FRI.04, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. STOWE FARMERS’ MARKET: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE’: See WED.02, 4 p.m. ‘JACK AND THE BEANSTALK’: See SAT.05, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

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DARTMOUTH DOUBLE FEATURE: Welcome to Nollywood profiles the Nigerian film industry; then Ezra tells the wrenching story of a young boy forced into life as a child soldier. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE THING’: See SAT.05, 4 p.m.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: Community musicians of all ages perform marches and medleys for bandstand connoisseurs. Battery Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3467. FEIST: The Canadian indie-pop singersongwriter who counted off in “1234” gets into her groove on the green. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $35 in advance, $38 day of show. Info, 652-0777. ‘JAZZ FROM JUILLIARD’: Mary Anthony Cox directs a 22-person ensemble in this special presentation of the Craftsbury Chamber Players. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. MONTRÉAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.02, noon-midnight.

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<calendar > SUN.06 << 25B ROCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Cellist Robert Penny and pianists Cynthia Huard and Marilyn Taggart perform evocative music by Debussy, Schumann and Saint-SaĂŤns, among other composers. Rochester High School, Rochester, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-9234. ‘TEA, MUSIC & ART’: French-Canadian flavored music by the group Tympanon blends dulcimer, fiddle, guitar and accordion for lawn-chair loungers. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 928-3364. VSO SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.04, Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 253-7792 or 802-863-5966.

theater ‘ANNIE’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. CIRCUS SMIRKUS: See THU.03, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. ‘EAST AFRICA SPEAKS’: Two Ugandan playwrights present their work as part of a two-week residency. A reading of Remember Lumumba, by Charles Mulekwa (8 p.m.), follows one of Cooking Oil, by Deborah Asiimwe (5 p.m.). Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE’: See THU.03, 5 p.m. ‘SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.03, 2 p.m. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: See THU.03, 3 p.m. ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’: See THU.03, 2 p.m. ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.03, 2 p.m. ‘WHAT THE BUTLER SAW’: See THU.03, 7:30 p.m.

MON.07 activism

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.02, 5-5:30 p.m.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See THU.03, 6 p.m.

etc. ‘MEMORY MONDAY’: Adults 55 and over take advantage of a free memory screening. Call for appointment. Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 9 a.m. Info, 847-9488. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.02, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

food & drink CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.02, 2 p.m.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. MONDAY MOVIE: Developing cinĂŠastes ages 8 and older bug out with the documentary Microcosmos. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See THU.03, 10 a.m. YOUTH RECREATION NIGHT: Movies, music, snacks, and indoor and outdoor games offer kids on summer vacation something to do. The Church of the Crucified One, Moretown, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5912.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA: Big-band dance champs play tunes originally composed by “the sentimental gentleman of swing.� Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, 7:30 p.m. $22. Info, 518-523-2512.

VERGENNES CITY BAND: A brass band welcomes musicians of all ages at an outdoor concert of gazebo faves. Vergennes City Park, Vergennes, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2005.

TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Bring a chair or blanket to hear old-time and bluegrass music by the Mud City Ramblers. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826.

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CO-ED ROAD RIDE: Male and female pedal pushers meet in downtown Burlington, then trace a one- to two-hour route at a moderate pace. Road bikes only; helmets required. Skirack, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

HERB WALK: Naturalist Annie McCleary, director of the Wisdom of the Herbs School, leads a tour through an area rich in native medicinal plants. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $12. Info, 224-7100.

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STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY: Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Robert Bowman challenges U.S. citizens to demand a government that honors the truth and serves its people. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 229-2340.

BASIC BIKE MAINTENANCE: Wrench wielders get a grip on bicycle upkeep and repairs at a beginner-level clinic. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313. WOMEN’S ROAD RIDE: Female pedal pushers congregate for wheel camaraderie in two groups covering 20- and 30-mile routes. Meet in the parking lot. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

TUE.08 activism

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.02, 5-5:30 p.m.

etc. BIKE NIGHT: Motorcyclists pull up and park on the sidewalk at a weekly cityapproved rally with the summertime goal of attracting 1000 riders. Donny’s New York Pizza, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-7888. BOOK SALE: Browsers peruse pages on the front porch of a lending institution, then buy used volumes to fund its future purchases. Stowe Free Library, Stowe, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m. HOMEBUYER ORIENTATION: Before shopping, potential house hunters determine whether homeownership fits their needs. Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Barre, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4493 ext. 211. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.02, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

food & drink ‘A TOAST TO THE SEASON’: At this festive outdoor meal with a lake view, a Shelburne Farms dinner of tarts and market-garden salads sets off local wines from a cash bar. Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne, 6 p.m. $35. Info, 985-8686, ext. 341. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.02, 2 p.m. OLD NORTH END FARMERS’ MARKET: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. 3-6:30 p.m. H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073.

talks ‘THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT’: Local residents Barb and Bob Forauer show photos of sea lions, blue-footed boobies and ancient tortoises in a talk about their Galapagos Islands trip. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

theater ‘MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS’: See WED.02, 8 p.m. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: See THU.03, 8 p.m. ‘THE SEAGULL’: Anton Chekhov’s dramatic comedy about a flamboyantly self-centered actress and her family alludes to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

words JANE SHORE: The Vermont versifier takes questions at a reading from her most recent collection, A Yes or No Answer. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

WED.09 activism

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.02, 5-5:30 p.m.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See WED.02, 6 p.m.

health & fitness education SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP: See ZUMBA FITNESS: See THU.03, 7 p.m.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. CASTLETON CONCERT SERIES: The nine members of Satin and Steel blow five horns to heat up big-band, classic-rock rhythms. Castleton Village Green, Castleton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2911. ‘JAZZ ON A SUMMER NIGHT’: Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers kick off a summer series on a grassy meadow that protrudes into Lake Champlain. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 372-8400. SALINE FIDDLERS: More than two dozen music students from one high school in Saline, Michigan, present an energetic stage show of American folk fiddle, bluegrass and western swing numbers. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 7:30 p.m. $5-12. Info, 388-6863.

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etc. BOOK SALE: See TUE.08, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. CHARITY BINGO: See WED.02, 7 p.m. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.02, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

food & drink CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.02, 2 p.m. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS’ MARKET: See WED.02, 9 a.m. SOUTH END FARMERS’ MARKET: See WED.02, 3:30 p.m.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.02, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. ‘CREEPY CRAWLY CRITTERS’: Naturalist Steve Amos introduces curious types to live arthropods. Holley Hall, Bristol, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 456-2635.

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movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND’: Idi Amin’s young Scottish doctor learns too late about the Ugandan dictator’s atrocities in the 2006 Oscar-honored drama. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. BARRE CONCERT SERIES: Folk musicians Colin McCaffrey and Jim Pitman dig into traditional tunes. Currier Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 476-0267. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Faculty members with a summer conservatory perform compositions by Eugene Ysaye, Erno Dohnanyi and Alexander Glazunov. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $15. Info, 999-3830.

OLD SCHOOLHOUSE COMMON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Evan Crandell and the Too Hot to Handle Band deliver smokin’ sets at an outdoor show. Bandstand, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. SHAPE NOTE SING: See WED.02, 6-8 p.m. ST. ANDREW’S PIPES AND DRUMS: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

talks ‘BUILDING PARKS, BUILDING COMMUNITIES’: Architects Kyle Bergman and Dave Sellers describe their experiences constructing public and private spaces around the world. Yestermorrow Design-Build School, Warren, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SERIES: Guest speaker Eleanor Zue of Thetford describes her recent visits to Palestinian refugee camps. United Church of Christ, Bradford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-989-5946.

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VIVACIOUS, BUBBLY REDHEAD WANTS PLAY I am new to Burlington from NYC. I recently began playing with domination and flogging. Looking to find playmates and possibly a more committed, sexual relationship with the right one. A switch, leaning towards bottom. Into both men and women. Outside of the bedroom I am into photography, knitting, being outdoors, self discovery, cooking, baking, dancing, music. Looking2Play, 29, l, #109637 LOOKING I am looking for someone to hang out with and have a few drinks or go to dinners and see what happens. I have photos that i will share so send me yours, you wont be dissappointed so contact me!!! crystalline, 30, l, #109496 LOOKING TO EXPAND MY HORIZONS Let’s see. Who is Lily? I am a... well, I’ll say switch, but with developing Dominate feelings. I’m looking for a switch man that can be my Master or my Submissive depending on our mood. I am a traditional kinda girl. I want someone that is sweet, respectful, vanilla to the outside world and kinky behind closed doors. shywhitelily, 24, l, #109252 SEXY, NAKED, SUN, SPORTS, HOT TUBS Looking for some summertime playmates! Love going to Bolton Falls. mashelle29, 26, #109076 DON’T WANNA BE GIRL-GIRL VIRGIN Never done anything with another girl before but definitely want to get into it. I am tiny so I need a girl who will fit me. I am also into guys, definitely! But I have never had a threesome. I’m willing to try it only with the kinky ones - but group sex is always a plus, so couples welcome! sexuallyexplicit, 18, u, l, #108804

SHY HOUSEWIFE SEEKS FEMALE PLAYMATE I’m a shy woman bored with my marriage. I was with a woman once before and really enjoyed the experience. Seeking someone to occupy my time and then possibly have some fun. To be blatantly honest, looks matter. I am not a “10” by any means, but not a total dog either. I expect the same from anyone who wants to contact me. halo, 36, #109677

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SHY BUT VERY CURIOUS I have little experience and am looking to have some fun. I want someone to teach me how to give and receive pleasure. I am bicurious and want to experiment. I love to be licked and want to try new things. Please send me a note if you are interested in helping me with my insatiable appetite. shybutcurious, 23, l, #109676

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MEN seeking… LOOKING FOR LOVIN Looking to have a good time. I want to find a woman who is into discreet encounters with no strings attached. Just looking to have hot sex without all the responsibilities of a relationship. gitarvtboy, 23, #110218 SWEET BUT NAUGHTY I’m a 21-year-old college student. I’ve just about given up on love so I’m looking for something a little more discreet. Want a woman to hang out with and then some. boredstudent, 21, #110261 AIMS TO PLEASE Well, I’m a pretty down-to-earth guy, not shallow in any way, looking for fun times but not against more than that. 7+ inches and girth to boot. Love oral (give/receive), prefer to be dominant, but can do submissive. Down for almost anything, I guess. Gimme a try ;). Alphamale, 25, l, #110250 NEW CONNECTIONS I don’t believe anything I say here will sum up what I am looking for as I am not sure until I see it myself. justanotherguyinvt, 38, #110239 DESCREET, JUST FOR FUN Looking for discreet relationship (friends with benefits) to safely explore (find) my limits. I am married and now my wife does not want to share. I don’t want to hurt anyone and I only have one life. I am not getting any younger. Sincere, clean, honest, safety first. Also sterile. mainlym, 54, #110231 SEEKING ROPE LOVER Looking for someone who is open to ropin’. Establish trust and rapport FIRST, find a chemistry. If that works, then somewhat regular play times for good rope bondage, possibly more. RopesRUs, 54, #110226 NEEDING MORE Married? So am I. Doesn’t matter. I know I’m not getting what I need; are you? Sick of begging your spouse and getting it only when they want it? I am. Maybe we can help each other out. Not looking to leave; just need to fill my sex drive up. Women only, please, for discreet NSA, married or not. Weight-height proportional, please. 109893, 36, #109893

THICK, UNCUT, KINKY Looking for others who share similar fantasies and sexual interests! Just be real, and8/13/07 ready 1x1-naughty081507 to play! Take a look at my list of fun facts ;-) and get in touch. Life is short! Let’s have some fun! needmorenow, 47, #110187

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OTHERS seeking… CLOSE FRIENDS LOOKING FOR THIRD We are two close friends interested in having some fun with a third woman/trans guy. We are not dating but we are very open to new experiences. Let us know if you’re interested. We’d like to meet for coffee or something beforehand to make sure we all click. jesskate, 22, #110279 MATURE COUPLE We are very openminded about all but real pain, bondage and kids. vtcouple1, 65, l, #110219 LET’S PLAY. :-) Happily committed couple looking for another female or couple for erotic email exchanges, phone chats or discreet encounters. We’re kind of new at this so we’d like to take it slow. We’re fun and energetic, love to go out for drinks and listen to music. Don’t be nervous, drop us a line! vthot4u, 29, l, #110107 LFG FOR THE SEXY TIMES! We are a diverse group looking to add more members for good times, lots of kinky stuff. Please get in touch! We rock. =P. Boviceandfriends, 24, #110079 EVERYTHING TURNS ME ON. I want anyone. I haven’t had sex in a few months. Damn. I miss it. I need someone who can fulfill my deepest, darkest desires with their holiest of appendages. Come make music with me all week long... Bang bang bang baby. VaJayJay, 18, #110037

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i Spy... Dear Mistress Maeve, I’ve been out a few times with a guy I find very interesting and sexy. I think the feeling is mutual, but I have one concern: He has bad breath. I noticed it the first time we met, but I just figured he was nervous and had dry mouth or something. The second and third times we hung out, I noticed the same smell. It’s not a food odor, like garlic or onions; it’s more like morning breath. I have made out with him, and it actually didn’t bother me all that much. I’m more worried about talking, snuggling and getting close. I’m just not sure I’ll be able to stand it if it’s going to be an ongoing thing. How do I clue him in to his foul breath without totally offending him? Help! Waiting to Exhale

Dear Waiting, Girl, your hunk has halitosis. In all likelihood, your beau simply needs to pay more attention to his tongue and gums when he’s brushing his teeth. While bad breath can be caused by a number of things, from acid reflux to gum disease, my dentist tells me it’s generally caused by bacteria on the tongue. Try offering him a mint or gum when you hang out. After you offer the breath aids on a couple of occasions, he’ll probably get the hint. However, if your relationship progresses along with his bad breath, you’ll have to talk with him about it. After all, wouldn’t you want to know if you were odiferously offending your mate? Talking to a partner about personal hygiene issues can be a delicate matter. No matter how you deliver the news, it’s likely to bruise his ego. Choose a close moment to bring up the subject, so he feels connected to you. Start by saying how much you like him, then let him know you’ve noticed his breath on a few occasions. Tell him you want to be intimate with him, and you don’t want something as silly as bad breath to get in the way.

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Blondish girl at sweetwaters I was sitting at Rira’s with my friend and you were sitting with your friend at Sweetwater’s. You were wearing a purple shirt with glasses. You guys raced off before we could come over. I named you Molly but wanted to know your God-given name. When: Monday, June 23, 2008. Where: Sweetwaters. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904067 Hottie at dunkin’ donuts We used to exchange smiles every morning at DD in South Burlington. Your cute Doberman Pinscher would always be in the front seat with you. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, maybe even a year now. Would love to at least know your name, if not more. When: Friday, June 29, 2007. Where: Dunkin’ Donuts, Williston Road. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904066 Montpelier, twice in two days Hey, you. I saw you twice this weekend. Saturday night at Capitol Video and Sunday evening outside M&M, complete with a smile and a hello. And to complete the trifecta, you let me cross Main in front of you. You and your young boy had a single kayak on top of your Subie. Is there room up there for another boat? When: Sunday, June 29, 2008. Where: Downtown Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #904065 Smiling Blond in Pathfinder I Spy a beautiful smile as I passed your pathfinder on I-89 south. We both took the Barre exit. I was in a black Accord and when I passed you, your smile was captivating. Consider dinner or coffee? When: Friday, June 27, 2008. Where: 89 South to Barre/Berlin Exit. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904063 host to the most College guy at Friendly’s on Saturday. Me: with four people. You didn’t to want to work that night. I know you’re gay; are you single? Let’s have dinner. You choose the place. Do you prefer a home-cooked meal? Do you prefer older guys with maturity, wild side or someone young who doesn’t know which way they are going? When: Saturday, June 28, 2008. Where: Friendly’s Restaurant. You: Man. Me: Man. #904062 On the Rise, Sunday, June 29, 10 a.m.-ish Me: in red ball cap on the way out. You: standing in line. Our eyes met. Twice. Enchanting and all too fleeting; so struck I had not a single word. If given another chance, I’d say how lovely I think you are. When: Sunday, June 29, 2008. Where: On the Rise, Richmond. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904061 St. Mike’s at Rasputin’s? Beautiful smile, 5’2”, red hair, black blouse and drinking Corona. I bought you a drink and asked you a few questions. Loran’, I dropped the ball. Rasputin’s just isn’t my venue and the music they were pumpin’ didn’t get good till the end. But by then you were gone. I would love to take you out some time. Want to dance? When: Saturday, June 28, 2008. Where: Rasputin’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904060 “Uncle-Dude,” face-painting line I/we were in front of you and little dudes. You explained the name reference. “Cute” was my response. I thought you were animated with a nice smile as you spoke. I liked being around you. I want to meet you again. Maybe for ice cream? Winooski River Fest, June 27: Radar fixed, no need to order parts. Whew! When: Friday, June 27, 2008. Where: Winooski River Festival. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904059 it is you this time Jess - yeah, you. You do have two arms and two legs. That narrows it down, right? We always get a kick out of the I Spys together. Thought it would be fun cause you always say you are thrown off by “Jess.” Have you spied your silver fox lately? See you at the VC. Rock on, from one VC chica to another. When: Saturday, June 28, 2008. Where: The Village Cup. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #904058 Hottie Rickshaw Biker Tall, dark and gorgeous, pumping those tan, firm legs up the bike path on your bicycle rickshaw?!? I couldn’t believe the size of your ride. How do you do it? It seems like you have phenomenal stamina. I would love to get a ride. Who are you and what’s your deal? When: Friday, June 27, 2008. Where: Burlington Bike Path. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904054

pearl jam fan You can’t count or spell, it seems. But I love that you can laugh about it. When: Friday, June 27, 2008. Where: adjusting. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904053 Met you in Middlebury You: asked if I heard that the Celtics won. Me: asked if I looked like I lived under a rock. You’ve got my number, B! Call me! When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Two Brothers Tavern. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904052 Interest Blooming on the playground You make your way around the building and you always catch my eye. What is it about you? You rock my socks. I’ll battle you on the courts anytime. When: Thursday, June 26, 2008. Where: The Playground. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904051 “Peaceful Warrior” a returning ronin? “You keep on using tha whord, I do no’ think i’ means wha you think i’ means.” If you are who I think you are, give me a shout. It’d be very entertaining to catch up after so many years. p.s. “Deathfire!” When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: Browsing profiles while killing time. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #904049 Girl on the cliff! Wednesday, June 25. You were sitting on top of the cliff at Red Rocks totally psyching yourself out! You had green boardshorts, a small tattoo on your neck and an absolutely mesmerizing smile that I just could not look away from. I was “that guy”! Let’s do it again! When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: Red Rocks. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904048 I held the door I held the door for you when you left the deli today. You’re brunette, petite, smokin’ hot and adorable. Forgive me for staring so hard. I had an image of a perfect “type” in my head, and when I saw you I had to do a doubletake and then a tripletake just to make sure I wasn’t imagining you. When: Thursday, June 26, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904047 Tres Joli I love my haircut. I love that you knew the exact scene from the L Word that I referred to. I’ve never met anyone as beautiful as you. I hope you don’t think I’m young and foolish. I would like to take you out to dinner sometime. It would be very nice to get to know you better. When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: Burlington Square Mall. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #904043 Hazel Driftwood Tumbleweed I love you as is. I would walk with you anywhere. Let’s do together what we have been doing on our own. When: Thursday, June 26, 2008. Where: everywhere I go. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904041 Your smile melted my butter. Very cute blondie walking up College Street as I walked down. You looked stressed with your head down. At the last minute you looked up at me with a smile that shone clear through to my soul. Thanks much! You got into a red SUV and turned around. Me: blue, plaid shirt, gray shoulder bag, sunglasses. Can we share smiles again? When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: College St. near South Williams. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904040 Monkeys at Red Square We talked about monkeys, racoons and people who eat trash in Vegas. Perhaps you would like to go out for one of those blueberry cosmos if that whole promise ring thing doesn’t work out. See you around! When: Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Where: Red Square. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904039 My Sweet Pea When I wake every morning you are the first thought of my day. When I turn out the lights, you’re the last thought of my day. Words cannot express how much I miss you and how often you are in my thoughts. Give me one more try. When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: around town. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904038

Texan spotted ripping open shirt! First you ripped it open in The Daily Planet. Then I spotted you ripping it open in front of a group in Uncommon Grounds. Was that the State of Texas and a wagon embroidered on it? Were those really pearl snaps and rhinestones? That shirt has a story. And why rip it open all over town? Tell me more. When: Friday, June 20, 2008. Where: Daily Planet/Uncommon Grounds. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904035 BeccaInVT, be my betty homemaker I hesitate to write this only because I know your ex from a few years back. You and I have never met but I would love to teleport with you any day. VT is my first true love. You sound feisty enough to enjoy her with me. If you’re Betty Homemaker, can I be your mountain man? When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Where: tangoing around. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904034 Lost Biker on Spear St. You just moved to town from West Virginia. I was pulled over on the side of the road and you asked me for directions to Irish Hill Road and I wasn’t very helpful. Hope you found your way. I should have asked you this when we were talking, but would you like someone to show you around town sometime? When: Saturday, June 21, 2008. Where: Spear St. bike path. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904030 Six weeks without you I Spy the most beautiful woman in the world leaving for six weeks - and I could not be happier, because you are coming back to me! We deserve to be happy together, and while miles may separate us, our thoughts never will. A lot of things can happen in six weeks, but one thing never will... When: Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Where: in my dreams. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #904027 birkenstock lover I saw you at City Market and told you I liked your shoes. You pointed me in the proper direction to where I could find some sensible ones for work. You seem great. Single? When: Monday, June 23, 2008. Where: City Market. You: Man. Me: Man. #904026 Hello Kitty Cheers to all the fun times: introducing me to my first gay bar in NYC at Bumble, praying in Newburyport, and many more great times ahead. You are a beautiful and amazing person. I feel so lucky to have you as my friend. When: Monday, June 23, 2008. Where: Indigo. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #904024 Funky moves make me smile I spy a bearded man working at Dobra. You dance and sing to the funky music playing and it always makes me smile. Although my friends and I may stare, do not fear, we are just admiring your sweet moves. Keep up the amazing dancing, and thanks for the tea! When: Thursday, June 12, 2008. Where: Dobra Tea. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904022 Beautiful Mom in Shelburne Was lucky enough to see you again. You: blue Toyota van driving on Mt. Philo Road. Me: goofy grin guy from two weeks ago. Would sure love to get to know you betta’. You made my heart a patta’. When: Friday, June 20, 2008. Where: Mt. Philo Road, Shelburne/Charlotte. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904021 Laid-Up Softball Rockstar Loved By All An Ode to A.C.: You slid for it and got the run, Then it was off like a flash, in the Dragon! Oh no! Laid up, antsy, on crutches, It’s a good thing you are loved bunches! Get well soon! Love, Your Fans. When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Where: Tech Park/Home Plate. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #904020 Brunette at Sweetwaters You were at Sweetwaters with your friend and I was at Rira’s with two friends. You were wearing a blue dress and were with a blond friend with glasses wearing a purple shirt. You left very quickly and I didn’t have a chance to talk to you. I named you Chrissy but would like to know your real name. When: Monday, June 23, 2008. Where: Sweetwaters. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904019 To Rainbow Spoon and Karen Shall we meet in the cafe for coffee? I would still like you both to join me at the A.B.D concerts this summer! We can practice our Random Guy Stance while wearing our “C” jeans and drinking champagne. When: Monday, June 23, 2008. Where: The Playground. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #904017 MOTORCYCLE Blue Saab? Convertible? 17? Yeah. Now what? When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Where: on the road. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904016

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YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY “I try to find the beauty in life’s situations. I use my humor and creativity to help me interpret my experiences.” This is wonderfully awesome. When: Sunday, June 22, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904010 LOST FRIEND Tam, I’ve been trying to find you for three years. I hope you see this ad, mon amie. I miss my friend. Sorry we lost touch. Robert When: Thursday, December 16, 2004. Where: CCV. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904008 DARK-HAIRED BOMBSHELL, RED CAMRY Saturday afternoon at City Market. Passed that amazing smile aisle after aisle. I should have said hello. Grab a drink sometime? When: Saturday, June 21, 2008. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904007 CORNFLAKES AND CLASSICS BROWSING, BORDERS Sunday, June 22, noontime. Saw you several times. Amazing-looking guy in jeans and a green shirt (I think). Couldn’t take my eyes off you, nor your jeans. You briefly looked down a DVD aisle, your cellphone in hand. Later you reclined with your paperback on a bench outside. Two teas with sugar sometime? Man in checkered jacket, black pants. When: Sunday, June 22, 2008. Where: Burlington Borders. You: Man. Me: Man. u #904005 BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WORKER You work for Continental at BVT. You’re always there when I fly home to New Jersey. I still like your shorts. Maybe Gate 13 will be lucky for me? When: Thursday, May 29, 2008. Where: Burlington International Airport. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904004 WALKING IN MONTPELIER You: brown hair, blue backpack. You look so cute walking through town smiling up at the sky. Better watch where you’re going or you’ll bump into someone someday! Hopefully me! When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904003 BOOSTING THE GOOD KARMA To the dashingly attractive blond lad at City Market who bought my pasta sauce when my card wouldn’t work: Thank you! My pasta dreams have been fulfilled and my fondness for humankind reinforced. When: Saturday, June 21, 2008. Where: City Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904002 I SAW YOUR SHOES FIRST I was bending down over a pile of books at the Montpelier book sale and saw your grayish black crocks and very nice legs, shorts, tee shirt, and handsome face. I think we noticed each other and then you were gone. When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Where: Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #904000

HEY BABE I’m soo glad we met. I’ve been looking for you for so long, hard to believe you were right around the corner and knew my brother. We have so much fun together. You say you’re lucky to have me; I think I’m the lucky one. You’re perfect for me. Let’s stay like this forever! Just me, you and the Dawgs. -W. When: Thursday, June 19, 2008. Where: in my dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903998

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, MALLETTS BAY, 1:30 P.M. You came in with your friend and her baby. I’m sorry for staring but you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. I wanted to say something but I didn’t want to come off creepy. I really felt something. I would love to take you out sometime. I hope you see this. When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Malletts Bay. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903986

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN EYES! The most amazingly beautiful woman at Radio Bean on Wednesday afternoon. You were with your friend and her sweet dog, and as usual people were politicking, but all I could think about were your radiant eyes and kind smile. Wish you didn’t have to go to work. Would have loved to talk to you more. Hope to see you on the North side again! When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Radio Bean. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903997

SCARED OF ESCALATORS AT MACY’S I’ve never done this before, but for some reason you really caught my attention, on Saturday, June 14. You: tall, dark and handsome. (Oh man, this is a little crazy that I’m even doing this.) Me: tall girl with the blue dress who couldn’t help but stare. Caught your attention a few times and was scared of the escalator. Hoping to see you again! When: Saturday, June 14, 2008. Where: Macy’s in Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903985

GIRL, YOU ROCKIN’ THE FISHBOWL! Ha! Now you can say you’ve been spied! We are elbow to elbow nearly every day at work. You are an amazing friend and beautiful person inside and out. I hope you will realize this and never forget how brightly you shine. Go BFF POD #1! When: Thursday, June 19, 2008. Where: at work most days. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903995

YOU MADE MY DAY When I saw you walking toward me wearing that white dress it felt like we were the only two people in the world. You sparkled, you made the clouds disappear and you were part of the best day of my life. You still manage to amaze me in every way. Might I interest you in a game of Parcheesi? When: Saturday, June 30, 2007. Where: Bolton. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903984

CHEECHY BEAR My Italian stallion who could easily be mistaken for an Abercrombie model. You make me smile. So smart. So funny. So amazing. You are my perfection. When: Friday, June 8, 2007. Where: Richford. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903994 MISSING YOU AT HENRY ST. I come to Henry St. Deli to taste your hands on my sandwich. I haven’t seen you in a few days. Your curly hair reminds me of a tumbleweed blowing in the desert. I hope you’re not making anyone else’s sandwich. I miss you and your slender fingertips. Come back to me. When: Monday, June 16, 2008. Where: Henry Street Deli. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903993 FOX IN RED DRESS I passed you outside Charlie O’s and said, “Rockin’ the red dress.” You replied with, “It’s pink, douche bag.” I love a sassy girl. See you around town. When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903992 KEN’S WAITRESS HAS PRESENCE I have to say, you waited on me a few times now, and your energy and presence is incredible. If you didn’t know, you do now! When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Ken’s on Church St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903991 DEBATES AT EVERY ANGLE How am I supposed to compete with a smile like that? When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Radio Bean. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903990

ROMANCE ALL THE TIME To my four beautiful roomies and one cute little bunny! I’m so sad to not live under the same roof as you guys but our romance will live on. You all have already done such amazing things and will continue to do so. ROMANCE ALL THE TIME! When: Friday, June 1, 2007. Where: Colchester Ave. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903980 YOUR DIRTY SECRETS AREN’T SECRET goddess_of_stars, I’m glad you had fun with him that night, but it’s no secret. I see that you two still continue playing your games. Before it was your morning calls, afterwork calls, secret meetings at your work and other places, texts, etc. Now it’s here. I hope you both know how hurtful you are. When: Thursday, May 22, 2008. Where: from Burlington to Bolton. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903978 M.J. AKA JETHRO Where in the world are you these days, Jethro? Last I heard, you were engaged, then nothing. Just curious about your life as I dream of our past. Wishing I’d been more than casual in those days. Hope all is well with you. When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: work, play, here and there. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903977 THE SCOT IN MY DREAMS Where has the most amazing Scot gone? I wish we could meet again. Hoping you’ll see this and say hi like once before. Let’s finish the dream. When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Lincoln Inn and everywhere. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903976

CROSSING PATHS Our paths crossed nearly 10 years ago. Our paths are crossing again, do you feel it? I most certainly do. Coffee sometime? When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Square Mall. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903987

VET TECH? Very cute vet tech (?) at Shell on Rt. 7. Blond hair, blue scrubs, Maroon Jeep getting coffee. Single? Would love to know if that amazing smile was for me. When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Where: Shell gas station, So. Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903975 PLATO’S SHOUTING BACK I’m responding to the I Spy you wrote to me back in February. I saw you at Plato’s Closet and checked you out. I had red gauges then. I saw your I Spy for me and I’ve been trying to find and contact you since. I would like to get to know you, but I need to find you first. When: Thursday, February 14, 2008. Where: Plato’s Closet. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903974 YOU’RE MY LOVER, UNDERCOVER You KNOW you’re my Number One; I shouldn’t have to tell you! But seriously, just in case I haven’t made it clear, I will miss you more than you can imagine. Thanks for the sweetpotato loaf, the swims (skinnydipping-andnot), the strength, love and being forever one of the most important and influential people in my life. I love you! When: Sunday, July 20, 2008. Where: Sketchville, “Ithink-I-was-just-shot,” Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903972 CUMBY’S IN THE POURING RAIN Monday, June 16, around 6:30 p.m. Saw you on the corner by St. Mike’s, then at Cumberland Farms. We stood under the eave together until I sprinted to my car through the rain. You look very cute soaking wet. Coffee? When: Monday, June 16, 2008. Where: Cumberland Farms by St. Mike’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903970 SPRINT GIRL, MAPLE TREE PLACE I spy a Sprint girl. She’s tall with long, black, curly hair, and she’s absolutely gorgeous. I talked to you for a bit today when I picked up your deposits. When: Monday, June 16, 2008. Where: Maple Tree Place. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903968 IN THE HINESBURG GROCERY STORE I asked you if you worked or lived in town. I thought you looked familiar. You told me you lived in Burlington, and shared with me an amazing smile. I went outside to get a card with my phone number on it, but when I returned, alas, you had vanished. I figured this (and everything else) was worth a try. When: Monday, June 16, 2008. Where: Hinesburg. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903967 BLOND BEAUTY IN NORTH END Saw you coming out of Merchant’s Bank on North Ave. and a few minutes later at the bagel shop up the street getting a Free Press and a chocolate milk. I love chocolate milk! Wanted to say something but was a bit toungue-tied. Any chance you felt the same impulse? When: Monday, June 16, 2008. Where: Merchant’s Bank, bagel shop on North Ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903966

BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTE AT VERMONT SANDWICH You were working late on Saturday. I came in for a slice and came back for a green tea. You were so sweet and beautiful! I’m sure you’re with someone, but if not, I’d love the chance! When: Saturday, June 14, 2008. Where: Vermont Sandwich. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903965 I AM THE LUCKIEST I was told to listen for loud shoes, finding someone beautiful before my eyes. I took hold of your hand and to this day I never want to let go. When: Saturday, December 1, 2007. Where: Church Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903964 DSO LONG-HAIRED BOY! Yoo diggityy! It was nice meeting you at the show (both nights - yeah!). I’d be down for chilling. No idea how you do contact things on this thang, tho. When: Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Where: Dark Star Orchestra, Higher Ground. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903961 BURLINGTON REDHEAD :) A redheaded Sarah was spotted behind City Market kickin’ it on her back porch - you are a rock star! Peace and love. When: Saturday, June 14, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903959 NORTH AVE PATH TO BEACH You were on the path going down behind St. Joseph’s on North Ave. You had dreadlocks. You’re cute. Me: blue water bottle, tan shorts, a moustache. Were you looking? When: Thursday, June 12, 2008. Where: old path across from medical store on bike. You: Man. Me: Man. #903958 WIFI HOTTIE I believe it’s the second Friday in a row we sat upstairs at the same time. Did you give me a look? Maybe I was just making too much noise on my cell phone. Was I also in your favorite seat? Let me buy next time? When: Friday, June 13, 2008. Where: Bruegger’s Bagels. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903955 RE: YOUR HOT PANTS So many hot pants, so little time. Your inquiry leaves more mysteries than answers. The one you speak of, what letter of the alphabet does their name start with? I’ve been known to be a Hotpants, but that was in my younger years. Maybe father time made my cookies go stale. When: Friday, June 13, 2008. Where: Near the Playground. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903954 TO MY WILLARD STREET FRIEND I cherish our late-night pillow talks and all that precedes them! May they continue? When: Monday, June 9, 2008. Where: Willard Street. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903953 ICED COFFEE, CITY MARKET JUNE 13 I showed you where the ice was. You had a yellow shirt, jeans and flip flops. Your smiling eyes were incredible. When: Friday, June 13, 2008. Where: City Market. You: Man. Me: Man. #903952

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cooking Cooking Classes at The Store: Three- to 4-hour classes, handson or demo. Location: The Store in Waitsfield, 5275 Main Street Route 100, Waitsfield. Info: The Store Inc., 802-496-4465, mar keting@vermontstore.com, www. vermontstore.com. Thursday, July 3, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. “Easy as Pie”. Secrets of perfect pie crust and fillings. Go home with 3 pies for your 4th of July celebration. July 9th 4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. our Soiree series presents “Picnicking in Style” - learn how to make a fancy picnic for your next outdoor concert or outing.

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acting Acting I: Intro to Acting: Jul. 21 - Aug. 8, 4:20-8 p.m., MOn.Thurs.. 3-credit class. Location: University of Vermont, Burlington. Info: University of Vermont Continuing Education, 802-6562085, learn.uvm.edu/arts/. Join accomplished director and UVM faculty member Sarah Carleton as you explore the theory and practice of acting techniques. Do exercises to increase self-awareness, learn the basics of script analysis, and develop vocal and physical skills through practice and performance. Register today! Playback Theatre: Jul. 22. Cost: $15/3-hour class. Location: Vermont Playback Theatre, 130 Church Street, Burlington. Info: Vermont Playback Theatre Company, 802-860-6203, vtplayback@ hotmail.com, vermontplayback theatre.org. Come learn the unique art of Playback Theatre! Playback is a versatile and imaginative theater form that uses improvisation, spoken word, sound and movement to “play back” a person’s story. Based on personal stories, we will discover this art of improv theater by also discovering ourselves.

art Awesome Art Classes!: Location: wingspan Painting Studio, 4 Howard Street, Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 802-233-7676, magg ies t andley @ yahoo.com, www.w ingspanpaint ingstudio. com. Art Workshops: 1) Early Morn Plein-Air Painting & Sketching, Tues., 6:30-9:30 a.m., 7/22-8/26. $220. Create at different outdoor sites. Emphasis on creativity, color, technique. Open to those with experience and eager beginners. 2) Drawing From the Soul, Tues., 5:307:30 p.m., 7/22-8/26. $150. Class dedicated to cultivating the Art of Seeing (all levels). 3) Expressive French & Art for Young’ins, Mon. & Wed., 9-11 a.m., 7/28-8/18. $180. Relaxed Outdoor Summer Classes: Two sessions: July 8-18 & August 5-15. Weekly on Tues-

days, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:15 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cost: $150/6 classes. Location: Near Route 7, Charlotte. Nature drawing, pastels, watercolor painting in gardens and pretty locations. Seniors and young adults welcomed. Instructed by Linda Reynolds. 30+ yrs. experience teaching art. Call 425-3612 for more info or if you would like to host a class.

childbirth CVMC Birthing Ctr. Open House: First Wed. of every month, 5:30-7 p.m. Location: Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Rd., Berlin. Info: Central Vermont Medical Center, 802-371-4613, www.centraltoyourwellbeing.org. It’s mom’s choice: birthing the way you told us you want it! Learn more about our full range of services, meet staff members and tour our new Garden Path Birthing Center. Friends and family welcome. Registration is required. PostNatal Yoga: Cost: $10/ class. Location: Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Rd., Berlin. Info: Central Vermont Medical Center, 802-223-9940, www.centraltoyourwellbeing.org. Restore and nourish your whole postpartum body in postnatal yoga! Gentle poses, breathing exercises, restorative postures will help feed your whole self. Also, connect with other postpartum mamas and babes (precrawlers). Come when you are ready. Please call to preregister. Saturdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m. PreNatal Yoga: Saturdays at 9 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Rd., Berlin. Info: Central Vermont Medical Center, Elizabeth Murphy, 802223-9940, www.centraltoyour wellbeing.org. Come and celebrate this sacred time! Gain confidence in your body’s wisdom! Ease back pain, nausea, hip discomfort and prepare your body for pregnancy, birth & beyond. Prenatal yoga instructor Elizabeth Murphy weaves her knowledge as a labor & delivery nurse, yogini and mother of two.

Ballroom Dancing: Mondays and Thursdays in Burlington and Sunday in Shelburne. Cost: $50/4 weeks (per person). Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley Street; Shelburne Town Hall, 5420 Shelburne Road, Burlington and Shelburne. Info: First Step Dance, Kevin Laddison, 802-598-6757, www.FirstStepDance.com. Level I classes for beginners, Level II and above for experienced dancers. We host dances (with lessons) on the second and fourth Friday of each month. No experience is necessary, just an interest in learning to dance. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Dance Studio Salsalina: Cost: $12/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. Oneon-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! Modern Dance Classes!: Adult classes: Mondays & Thursdays, 67:30 p.m. Children’s classes: 3- to 5-year-olds, Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m. 6-to 8-year-olds Tuesdays, Cost: $11/class for adults. Children’s classes are $55/five-week session. Location: Plainfield Community Center, 153 Main St. (above the co-op), Plainfield. Info: Bryce Dance, Heather Bryce, 203-8584504, Brycedance@gmail.com, brycedance.com. Creative Modern Dance Classes for adults & Creative Movement Classes for children. All levels welcome! Heather Bryce (Founder/Artistic Director, Bryce Dance) will teach all classes. Heather began her performance company in 2006 and has presented choreography throughout New England and beyond. POI Dance: Spreading Like Fire: Cost: $8/class. Location: Home, Riverside Ave., Burlington. Info: Sonja, 802-864-3262, purpleshadowgrrl@aol.com. There’s a new dance out there that is spreading like fire! Catch the buzz! Learn how to spin poi safely and accurately (using non-fire props) during

a series of beginner classes starting July. Remember, dancing with fire is a lot of fun but can be dangerous if not practiced safely. Swing Dance Lessons: Cost: $60/6-week series; $50 for students & seniors. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: 802-860-7501, vermontswings.com. SWING 1: Lindy Hop Basics, Tuesdays, July 1 - Aug. 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m. No experience required. SWING 2B: Mostly Swing Outs, Wednesdays, July 2 - Aug. 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m. INTERMEDIATE BALBOA, Wednesdays, July 2 - Aug. 6, 7:45-8:45 p.m. Taught by Shirley McAdam & Chris Nickl. No partner needed! www.lindyvermont.com.

drumming Burlington Taiko Classes: Cost: $53/Adult Beginner Class. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, www. burlingtontaiko.com. Beginning classes Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m. $40/5 weeks. Adults 5:306:20 p.m. $53/6 weeks. Sessions begin 6/24, 9/9. Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email. Richmond Taiko Classes: For a full schedule of classes or more info, go to website. Location: Richmond Free Library Community Room, Downtown Richmond. Info: 802-434-2624, classes@burlingtontaiko.org. Paid pre-registration is due 1-week before the session start dates and there is a 10-person minimum for each class. Pre-registrants will receive $5 off their session fee (the first price shown below). Gift certificates are available! Kids & parents’ class (beginners) 6-6:50 p.m. $36/$40/4 weeks. Adult class (beginners) 7-7:50 p.m. $40/$44/4 weeks. Sessions begin 6/26 & 9/11.

fiber & surface design Bookmaking: Sculptural Books: Jul. 19, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 1-day workshop. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 54 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shelburneartcenter.org. Explore the exciting blend of book and sculpture. Students will create surfacetreated papers and then use them to create books with pages that unfold, extend, flip and radiate. The structures that will be explored include star, accordion, flag and circle books. No experience necessary. Members $85, nonmembers $95, materials $10.

fine arts Portrait in Watercolor: Jul. 26, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 1-day workshop. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 54 Falls Road, Shelburne.

Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802985-3648, www.shelburneartcenter.org. In this intensive workshop, students will create expressive watercolor portraits, working directly from a live model. Students will work lifesize, first producing quick color studies and then finishing with more detailed studies of the model. Members $105, nonmembers $115, materials $15. See all fine art classes and workshops at www.shelburneartcenter.org.

fitness Biggest Loser Summer Edition: Cost: $125/2 times per week, $105 for members. Must register by July 5. Location: Sports and Fitness Edge, 115 Wellness Drive, Williston. Info: Sports and Fitness Edge, Evita Sandoval, 802-860-3343, emt_evita_sandoval@hotmail.com, www.sfedge. com. Each week includes weigh in, 2 exercise classes and online nutritional tracking at www.purewell ness.com. Be the biggest loser and win a big prize! If you don’t like your new body, we’ll give you your old one back! Cost: Extreme Bootcamp: $200/4-week class (12 sessions total). Location: Oakledge Park, Flynn Avenue, Burlington. Info: Fitness Evolutions, LLC, Heidi Marsano, 802-922-0553, f itnessevolutions@yahoo.com, www.fitnessevolutions.blogspot. com. Join us for an intense, 4-week program that includes an hour-long nutrition seminar, a before and after evaluation including body fat analysis, and a free month of personal training to the participant with the most improvement! This group will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5:45-7 a.m., beginning July 14.

herbs Oriental Herbal Medicine: Location: Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St, Essex Junction. Info: Elements Of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, www.elementsofhealing.net. Class meets one weekend/month and will focus on the use of Chinese and Japanese herbs, working with loose herbs and combining them into formulas. Students will learn the fundamentals of Oriental diagnosis and theory, Yin Yang theory, 5 element, 8 principle, and An in study of abdominal, tongue and pulse diagnosis. Wisdom of the Herbs School: How to Identify Wild Plants Using Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide Workshop, Sunday, July 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $75, ($10 non-refundable deposit.). Wild Edibles Workshop: Eating Wild Where We Live, Friday, July 25, 1-4 p.m. $40, ($10 non-refundable deposit). Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, South Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, Director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com, www.WisdomOfTheHerbs School.com. Herb Walks: Friday, July 11 & Tuesday, July 22, 6-7:30 p.m. Each walk is $15. Herb Walks by Arrangement: $100 for 6 people

for an hour and a half; $150 for 2 full hours. Walk your land or mine. Travel fee for over 30 min. from my home. Call Annie to arrange a time and place.

kitesurfing/ windsurfing Kitesurf & Windsurfing Classes: Location: Lake Champlain: Charlie’s Boathouse, North end of North Ave, Burlington. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-578-6120, rachael@ stormboarding.com, www.storm boarding.com. Learn one of two great water sports. Get windsurfing in 1 hour (thanks to modern equipment). Kitesurfing begins with a ground school lesson (2 hours) followed by your first water lesson (3 hours). See detailed info on www. stormboarding.com. Beginning and advanced, individual and group lessons available 7 days/week. $60-$150.

language Basic Spanish for Travelers: Cost: $160/ 2 6-hour classes. Location: Bluewater Center Conference Room, 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: Just Spanish 4u, 802-735-1353, info@justspanish4u.com, www.justspanish4u.com. This course is designed for non-Spanish-speaking persons who plan to travel and/or vacation in Spanish-speaking countries, and who need functional Spanish language skills and cross-cultural understanding to comfortably function abroad. Please contact us and reserve your spot now. Check our website for upcoming occupational classes. Semi-Immersion Italian Course: Jul. 28 - Aug. 1, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Cost: $195/20-hour class. Location: Champlain Valley Union High School, 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg. Info: Access at CVUHS, Nicole Librandi, 802-482-7194, access@ cvuhs.org. A chance to sharpen your Italian language skills in a congenial small group. Refresh and recharge, communicate more smoothly, feel more comfortable in Italian. Draw on your own creativity, enthusiasm and experience to talk in Italian about topics that interest YOU! Register ASAP. SPANISH IN WATERBURY CENTER: Cost: $155/10 1-hour classes. Location: Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-6594181, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishparavos.googlepages.com. Ten-week summer session begins July 7-10. Learn from a native speaker in a small class environment. Beginning to Advanced Spanish Classes: 1 hour per week. Available class times: Monday-Thursday, 5:30-6:30 and 6:50-7:50 p.m. Also: customized classes, private tutoring and lessons for children scheduled at your convenience.

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martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin Tuesday, July 1 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, aikidovt. org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome. Gift certificates are available. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5thdegree black belt and Vermont’s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido instructor. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CTR: Introductory Class. Location: One minute off I-89 at Exit 17, Colchester. Info: 802-8938893. Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-6604072, www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system; it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardio-respiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head Instructor is 5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free.

massage Asian Bodywork Therapy Cost: $5000/500Program: hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl Street, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, www.elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory, the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang Theory and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, diagnostic methods of pulse, abdominal and tongue diagnosis are taught giving students the tools to treat a wide range of imbalances.

meditation Introduction to Zen: Sat.,Jul. 12, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $55/all day, lunch included. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 802-985-9746, www.vermontzen.org. The workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Pre-registration required. Call for more info or register online. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m. which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and fol-

lowing your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

metal/stained glass Super-Insulation/Nat. Plasters: Cost: $300/2-day class (materials fee may be applicable.) Scholarships available. Location: Yestermorrow Design/ Build School, Route 100, Warren. Info: Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 802-496-5545, erin@yestermorrow.org, www.yestermorrow.org. Super-Insulation for NetZero Energy Buildings, July 14-15: Basics of design & construction of affordable and effective insulation, including heat-loss analysis, modeling, windows and incorporating solar energy. $300. Natural Plasters & Finishes, July 16-18: Hands-on class working with natural materials like clay, straw, sand, pigments and more. $450.

nature ROOTS School: Location: ROOTS School, East Calais. Info: ROOTS School; Reclaiming Our Origins through Traditional Skills, Brad Salon, 802-456-1253, info@ ROOTSVT.com, www.RootsVT.com. Tracking and Awareness: July 10 & 11. $150. Advanced Tracking and Awareness: July 12-13 (overnight). $175. Primitive Fishing: July 19 & 20. $150. Basketry: July 26 & 27. $150. Scout: August 15-17 (overnight). $350. Survival Basics: August 29-31 (overnight). $500. Bow Building: Sept. 19-22. $350. See local evening classes online.

photography Workshop: History of Processes: Cost: $50/3-hour lecture. Location: DESIGNHAUS, 22 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Burlington. Info: DESIGNHAUS, 802-8636989, designhaus.org@gmail. com, designhaus.org. Saturday, July 26, 1-4 p.m. From Daguerre to Digital: This lecture and fantastic slide show explores the history of various technical and stylistic photographic processes! Instructor Jordan Douglas will enlighten guests with photography’s fascinating evolution, and display antique cameras and photos from his private collection! The DESIGNHAUS experience awaits you!

ural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Hwy 127, just north of the Burlington Beltline), Colchester. Info: Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, luc ille @natural bodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Experience the difference of Lucille Dyer’s 20 years’ teaching experience. Shape your body, manage your weight, and find ease of movement. Develop awareness, flexibility, core strength and coordination in a supportive environment. It’s movement that feels good to your body, mind and spirit. Small classes, professional instruction, individual attention, fun! Pilates Space: a division of ALL Wellness, LLC. Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: Pilates Space, 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-8639900, www.pilatesspace.net. We invite all bodies, all ages, and all abilities to experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. We offer Pilates privates, semi-privates and group classes, physical therapy, holistic health counseling, craniosacral therapy and Anusarainspired yoga. Free intro to Pilates: Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

pottery Raku with Andrew Berends: Jul. 19, 12-9 p.m. 1-day workshop. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Road, Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-9853648, www.shelburneartcenter. org. Andrew Berends has spent decades studying the art of raku. In this workshop, Andrew will take students on an exploration of the raku process, including a discussion on various glazing and firing techniques sure to yield exciting results. The workshop culminates with an evening firing. Members $110, nonmembers $120.

sailing COMMUNITY SAILING CENTER: Learn to sail! Classes for adults, youth and families, beginning and intermediate courses and full day camps. Location: Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, Burlington. Info: 802-864-2499, w w w.communit ysailingcenter. org. Sailboat, kayak and canoe rentals. Other sailing opportunities include Friday night 420 race series, adaptive water sports program, high school sailing team, and overnight sailing expeditions. Community Sailing Center’s mission is to provide public access to educational and recreational opportunities through sailing, paddling and other lake-oriented programs.

ABSOLUTE PILATES: Invigorating group and private classes. Location: Espire, 12 Gregory Drive, Suite One, South Burlington. Info: 802-310-2614, www.abso lutepilatesvt.com. Tone, stretch, strengthen and shape up for summer with certified classical Pilates instructor Lynne Martens. Sculpt a great new body in group mat classes or private lessons on reformer, Wunda chair and tower unit in an attractive welcoming locale. Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials. Natural Bodies Pilates: Take Pilates Mat and Reformer, Ballet Conditioning, or Integrative Movement - or combine all three in our Studio class. Private sessions, class cards, and per-class rates available. Phone today for your appointment. Location: Nat-

theater Theatre Workshop: Grades 610: Cost: $100/July 21-25, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: Tuttle Middle School, 500 Dorset St., South Burlington. Info: First Light Theatre Project, David Bailey, 802434-4113, dbailey@sbschools. net. Sessions in playwrighting and acting/directing will give students knowledge and experience in performance art, character development and technique, and an opportunity to develop their skills in serious theater. Students interested in all types - drama, musical, dance - will benefit from games, improv, scene work and direct instruction.

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weight loss Lose Weight with Hypnosis!: Cost: $160/4-week class. Location: Wellspring Hypnotherapy Center, 57 River Rd., Essex Junction. Info: Wellspring Hypnotherapy and Rising Sun Healing, Betty Moore-Hafter, 802-872-0089, betty@risingsunhealing.com, www. holistichypnotherapyeft.com OR www.wellspringhypno.com. The subconscious mind is at the root of habits that make weight loss easy or difficult. Learn hypnosis techniques to help you make permanent changes. Four-week classes (level 1 and 2) with ongoing support groups. Audio CDs of hypnosis sessions are included to make home practice effective and easy. Vtrim Weight Loss Program: Jul. 22 - Jan. 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m., weekly on Tuesdays. Cost: $595/6 months. Location: Winooski YMCA, 32 Malletts Bay, Winooski. Info: University of Vermont, 802-6562085, learn.uvm.edu/vtrim. The UVM Weight Management Research Program is now offering VtrimTM, its research-based weight-loss program, to the community. Learn how to modify your behavior and lose weight. Sign up today for classes being held at the brand new YMCA in Winooski and waive the $50 fee to become a member.

wood Cabinet Making: Begins 7/7, Monday evenings. Cost: $395/9week class. Location: Vermont Woodworking School, 382 Hercules Dr. (behind Costco), Colchester. Info: Vermont Woodworking School, Blake Ewoldsen, 802-6554201, www.vermontwoodwork ingschool.com. Cabinetmaker of 25 years leads the class on building cabinets in a professional and expeditious manner. Class will design and build a set of cabinets with focus on European and face frame styles, doors and drawers from start to finish. Course is open to those with little woodworking experience. Woodturning Open Studio: Jul. 24-25, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2-day workshop. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Road, Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shelbur neartcenter.org. This workshop is geared towards those who want to develop and refine specific woodturning skills or projects, beginner-advanced. Students will consult with the instructor a week before the workshop to outline their objectives and sketch a learning plan based on their abilities and objectives. Members $260, nonmembers $285, materials $40.

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For Rent $1300, 3-br Essex Junction 1st floor. Private drive w/ carport. Fenced-in backyard. W/D hookups. Some dogs OK. Garbage & snow removal incl. Tenant(s) is responsible for all other utils. 1yr. lease req. w/ credit check, sec. dep. of $1300 & first month’s rent. NS. Info: 802-989-9457. 1-3 BR Affordable Apts. 1-BR apts., $767/mo. 2-BR, $911/mo. 3-BR, $1045/mo. Incl. heat & HW! Weekly yoga classes, fitness center, movie room & monthly community events! To qualify: One person makes less than $29,640/ yr. Two people less than $33,900 combined. Three people less than $38,100 combined. Four people less than $42,360 combined. Info: Keen’s Crossing, 802-655-1810, www.keenscrossing.com. 2-BR Apt. New home has a unique basement apt. Lots of windows & 2 sliding glass doors overlook 2 acres w/ ponds. 2-BRs + office space. Incl. utils. & 2 parking spaces. Great location off the bike path, close to park, mall, colleges & hospital. Quiet area w/ great views. No pets & short-term leases pref. Info: 802-859-9280. 4-BR Burl., Avail. Now Newly renovated, great location: Adams St. HDWD/tile, stainless steel appliances, gas heat, coin-op W/D, porch. $2400/mo. + utils. Trash/ snow removal, water incl. Info: 802-578-8525. 4/5-BR Single-family Home 18-19 N. Ave. Lg., sunny, yard, off-street parking, W/D hookups, gas heat, 1-BA, kitchen tiled. Available now. $1500/mo. + utils. Info: 802-764-2363. BOLTON 3-BR Country Condo Tastefully renovated townhouse, custom kitchen, granite countertops, professional appliances, radiant heat, fireplace, decks, laundry. 25 min. to Burlington/ Montpelier. NS/pets. Lease, dep. $1600/mo. 802-373-9999 or 802893-3507. Info: Terese Ayer, 802893-3507, theayer@comcast.net. Bolton Valley Efficiency. New kitchen. Incl. local phone/heat. Free cable & Internet. $650/mo. Year lease. 434-3444, ext. 1223 or 203-520-9800.

For Sale Hinesburg Mobile Home Why pay rent or high heating costs? This energy-efficient 2-BR home sits on a corner lot in a quiet, rural, dog-friendly park. VHFA-approved. $28,900. Info: 802-9220298, schwackit@yahoo.com. Old Farmhouse Magical Friendly place in Monkton needs new family to shelter and nurture. Set up for artists, kids, dogs & horses. Fences, outbuildings. 3-BR w/ rentable studio. House & 22 acres, $397,500. Info: 802-425-3612.

BRISTOL YOGA AND AYURVEDA: Daily Ashtanga yoga classes for all levels. Special monthly workshops on yoga, Ayurveda, diet and nutrition, breathing and meditation. Private sessions for yoga or Ayurvedic consultations available Melissa by appointment. Cost: $14/dropAllen, in, $110/10 classes or $100/ monthly pass. Location: Old High Realtor School, Bristol. Info: 802-482802-846-7823 5547, www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. Bristol Yoga is directed by Christine Hoar, who was blessed and authorized to teach by Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India, holder of the Ashtanga 1x2c-melissaallen061108.indd lineage.

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Burl. 1-, 2-, 3-BR apts Nice, clean, HDWD or carpet. NS/pets. Refs., lease, dep. $790-$1350/ mo. Info: Jo Ann Lafayette, 802-862-4888. Burlington Small, clean 1BR, gas heat, parking. NS/pets. $600/mo. + utils. Ref., dep. Info: 802-862-3562. Burlington In-town, walk everywhere w/ beautiful lake & park views. Unique 2-BR apt. Mostly HDWD, off-street parking, separate dining rooms, W/D, storage space. NS/pets. Avail. immed. $1295/mo. Low utils. Info: 802-476-4071. Burlington Church St. Marketplace. Studio/office space. Great location. Heat included. Info: 802-922-8518. Burlington 3-BR, 1-BA, HDWD floors, parking, coin-op W/D, porch. $1299/mo. + utils. Avail. now. Info: 802-324-6446. Burlington Beautiful lg. 1-BR in Hill Section. This apt’s LR features lovely natural wood molding, fireplace, mantel & floor. This residence also offers a lg. sunny yard secluded by shade trees, private entrance & porch and plenty of parking. Rent incl. heat, HW, coin-op laundry. NS/pets. $1100/ mo. Info: 802-658-8056, Studio404@comcast.net.

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Treat Yourself! Certified recent massage-school graduate seeking to build clientele & gain more experience. Trained in Swedish massage. Nice Maple St. location. $40/hr. Call for appt. Info: Emily Walter, 802-598-4798.

1996 Saturn SL2 Needs work. 100K, purple, good tires. Runs. $700/OBO. Ask for Jen. Info: 802-863-5366.

Home/Garden ODD JOBS YOU BETCHA Pressure washing, interior/exterior painting, fences and decks, doors, windows, baseboard casing, general carpentry & roofing. Info: 802-373-2444. Pamper Yourself! Rene’s Sparkle Brite Cleaning. Residential cleaning with a personal touch. Honest, reliable & experienced. Info: Rene, 802-735-5733. Piana Brothers Painting Residential/Commercial Interior/ Exterior Fully Insured Free Estimates Info: Piana Brothers Painting, 802-881-1480.

Pet Dog walker Available Dog Trainer, recently graduated from UVM with BS, would love to meet your pooch! I have great references! Look forward to hearing from you. Info: Lander Bari, 914-5897437, ylanbar@yahoo.com.

METTA TOUCH MASSAGE Are you stressed-out or sore from working out? Treat yourself to a wonderful Thai massage, customized just for you! Chair massage also available. Same day appointments available. Located at 182 Main St., Burlington, 2nd floor. Info: Blythe Kent, CMT, 802-598-8700. Psychic Counseling And channeling w/ Bernice Kelman, Underhill, VT. 30+ yrs. experience. Also: energy healing, chakra balancing, Reiki, rebirthing, other lives, classes & more. Info: Bernice Kelman, 802-899-3542, kelman_b@ yahoo.com.

1996 SUZUKI X-90 4WD Red, manual, 2 seats, 2-dr., dual removable sunroof, replacement engine w/ 16K, vehicle 63K, free ski rack. Very good condition. $4500. Info: Claudia Abae, 802-899-3101. 1997 Honda Civic 5-speed manual, green, 4-dr. sedan, A/C, CD, 129K. $4950. 802-272-0157 1997 Honda Civic 5-spd. manual, green, 4-dr. sedan, A/C, cassette, 111K. $4950. 802-272-0157. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo: 4WD, V8, auto., cruise, power steering/L/W, dual front airbags, tan w/ grey interior. Good condition. $4700. Info: 802-578-8423. 1998 Volvo V70XC 125K. Excellent maintenance, great car! A must see! Comes loaded; new Nokkian snows. $5800/OBO. Info: 802-343-3379. 1999 Honda Accord Coupe Fantastic buy! 2-dr., 5-spd., low miles, 2 sets new tires, great mpg. Mint condition. $5800/OBO. Info: 802-355-6136. 2001 Honda Civic HX Coupe Silver, manual, 5-spd., rated 31 city/39 hwy, 1 owner, CD changer, incl. 4 snow tires & full tank of gas. $6500. Info: 802-238-3341. 2001 Toyota RAV4 4WD Auto., black, 84.5K, incl. winter tires. Well maintained, complete service records, avg. 24 mpg, great small SUV. Below Blue Book: $9200 firm. Info: 802-654-2200. 2003 Audi A4 Wagon 1.8T Quattro, gray ext., black leather, 5-spd. manual, 1.8 turbo, 77K, excellent condition, well cared for, snow tires, awesome in the snow, 29 MPG. $14,995. Info: 802-9225079, emily.roleau@comcast.net.

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Psychic Readings With Grandmother Singing Wolf Kashta Tua Tai Ma, Shaman & Mystic, and Ariel Vivaine Merrow, Celtic Shaman & Mystic. Visit website or call to schedule a reading. Info: 802-658-7478, www.wolvessingingheyokah.com.

Like new Trek 1500T 54CM, sliver blue. Paid $950 w/o extras. Asking $750 w/ extras (Shimano pedals, Cateye mileage counter and 2 bottle cages). Only 15 miles on bicycle. Info: 802-881-8889.

Relief from life’s aches AND PAINS. Advanced physical therapy. Info: 802-876-1000.

Cars/Trucks 1983 Mercedes 300TDT BIO WVO wagon. 2-tank veggie oil conversion, negligible rust, no AC/cruise. New CD player/speakers. Power windows all work. Runs great, grease kit works well. $6000. Info: Jake Williams, 914-262-9049.

2004 Honda Element Burnt orange, 5-spd., 90K, 23 mpg, new tires & brakes. Good condition, fully serviced & cleaned. Transferable warranty. $11,500. Info: 802-272-1203. 2007 Hyundai Accent SE Wine red, 18K, 40 mpg hwy, 35 city, 5-spd. manual, keyless entry, alarm, plus 60,000 5-year warranty. Snowtires avail. Complete maintenance records. Great deal: $10,600. Info: David Vuono, 203-536-8529. Auto Auction 3 Saturdays ea. Month Open to the Public THCAuction.com 802-878-9200 Honda Civic DX Blue ext., gray int., 4-dr. sedan, 5-spd. manual, 199K. Good condition, well maintained, very reliable, excellent mpg. $1500. Info: 802-453-5840. Like older Volvos? 2-car deal: antique 1973 1800-ES sports car AND 1996 850 (5-speed, 120K). $7500 firm for the pair. Info: 802-863-5455.

1986 Mercedes Wagon Turbo diesel. THE car for conversion to BIO! Low miles, no rust, excellent running condition. $2700. Info: 802-355-6136.

Mickey Thompson Baja Claws Radials (31�x 10 1/2� r15) w/ Dick Cepek DC-1 black rims. Paid $1200 new, used <1 month. $1000/OBO. Info: 802-249-7896.

1989 Volvo 240 Wagon Great, reliable car. Original owner, originally from South, manual, recently new summer & winter tires. High miles, body in good shape. $1000. Call Dante. Info: 802-951-9231.

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1990 Toyota Corrolla 4-dr., auto., only 88K, new front brakes, rotors, muffler, radiator. Good condition, great mpg. $1250. Essex Jct. 802-343-0727. Info: Pat Lynch.

2004 Kawasaki ZZR1200 Moonlight silver, 9600K. Excellent condition. Several add-ons. Adult rider, garage-stored. $7250/OBO. Info: 802-578-0909. 2007 Agility 50 Scooter Brand-new, mint condition, never used. Gets 100+ mpg. 50 cc. $1400/OBO. Info: 802-863-0237, skyhorse205@yahoo.com.

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Boats 1989 SEARAY 305 SEDAN BRDG Very roomy, well-maintained, fully equipped; low hours. Photos avail. on request. Call for details. $37,000. Info: 801-676-9283. Sea Kayak Current Designs Gulfstream, Kevlar, Green/Aqua, Skeg, Nearly Mint Condition, Extras. $2450. 802-878-7272 Info: 802-878-7272.

Recreational Vehicles 1988 CLASS B 17 62K, new shocks, brakes. Everything works as it should. Overall very good condition. Excellent for 2 people or small family. $5000. Info: 802-863-9234. 2005 Honda 450r w/ extras HMF Bill balance carbon fiber exhaust, A/C nerf bars, moose handle bars w/ handguards, Maxxis Irazrs on douglass reds, set of mx kenda klaws. $4500. Info: Frank Benetka, 440-463-6814.

VHS collection for SALE Movies, $1/ea. Tapes are in great condition. Info: Bill Humphrey, 802-861-2320.

Entertainment/ Tickets Drivers w/ late models vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers. Info: 802-658-1464. Elton John Concert tickets 6 tix in the pink section, row L. I will sell all or pair them up. $250/ ea. Info: 802-658-4090, eltontickets@aol.com. Elton John Tickets! Silver Excellent seats. Call or email for more info. Info: 802-318-5492, eltontickets@aol.com. Elton John: 2 Tickets! Gold section, row E! Not many gold seats left! $1200/both. Info: 802-658-4090, eltontickets@aol. com. Elton John: White section! 2 seats. $250/ea. or make an offer! Info: 802-658-4090, eltontickets@aol.com. Nintendo Game Cube Four games incl. All for $20. Info: ssc041704@aol.com. Solid gold, Dancers Exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor, bachelorette, deer camp or anytime good friends get together. #1 for fun. New talent welcome. Info: 802-658-1464.

Antiques/ Collectibles Hot Books Many books of an erotic or sexual nature available. Instructional, artistic, historical, photographic studies, women’s fantasy, a wide variety. Please contact me for more info. Info: ronckchris@yahoo.com.

Appliances/ Tools/Parts WINTER TIRES W/ 700 MILES 4 radial ST/2 tires P185 / 65R14 85S rated. ONLY 700 mi. on them! Bought from dealer, now moving. $150/OBO. Info: 802-524-1414. Worm Composting Bins Sturdy, 18-gallon, hold up to 3 lbs. of worms & handle nearly 2 lbs. of garbage daily. $27.50. Worms also avail. for sale. Info: Green Mountain Soil, www.greenmountainsoil.com.

Clothing/ Jewelry Italian Satin Wedding Gown White matte, w/ embroidery & Swarovski crystals. $200/OBO. Call Helen for more info. Info: 802-875-3766.

Free Stuff Is Your House Haunted? If you think your house is haunted, let us check it out for free. Vermont Spirit Detective Agency. Info: Vermont Spirit Detective Agency, Matthew Borden, bigbigdeal3@ aol.com. Vegetable Oil Have used vegetable oil that can be used for diesel fuel. Come and take it. Have a lot of it! Info: Global Markets, 802-863-9460.

Furniture 4-6 Person Dining Rm Table Solid, dark wood. Great shape. $25. Montpelier. Info: ssc041704@aol.com. Antique Secretary Desk Good condition. $475/OBO. Info: Jennifer Hart, 802-655-4224. PINE SLEIGH BED, Queen Charming antique reproduction, warm & dark patina, beautifully designed, solid European pine, comfortably firm mattress incl. Email for photo. $900. Info: 802-496-2407. Solid Wood Armoir Solid wood armoire! Lots of storage. Great quality, beautiful. Nice carvings & hardware. $550/OBO. Info: Jennifer Hart, 802-655-4224. Stereo Cabinet Glass door with several adjustable shelves. $75. Info: 802-862-5588. Victorian oak hall stand 78”H x 44”W x 12”D. Very good condition. Buyer pick up, cash only. $650. Info: 718-796-6997.

Electronics 5.1 Home Theatre System Panasonic SC-HT733. Plenty of power to make your DVDs pop. Original price: $240. First offer of $150 takes it home. Info: 802-8646299, ugalde.paul@gmail.com. Canon EOS Rebel XTi Digital, with 18-55mm EF IS lens. $600. Info: 802-467-1139.

Garage/Estate Sales Moving Sale Corner of Monroe & North Champlain Streets, Burlington. Lamps, kitchenware, end tables, dresser, lots of misc. Sat 7/5 & Sun 7/6, 10-6.

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Moving Sale/Downsizing Sat. & Sun., July 5 & 6, 8-5 & 9-3. 388 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Furniture, kitchen items, clothing, books, electronics, garden, outdoor furniture, sports equipment, Boston Whaler. Info: 802-985-4113, aperkins@sustainableinsights.com.

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Neighborhood yard sale Sat. 7/5, 8-3 Hidden Pines Circle, Richmond. Info, jmaydweins@gmavt. net.

Pets 4 Siamese Kittens For Sale 3 Bluepoints, 1 Sealpoint. Ready July 15. $300/ea, $250/ea. if you buy 2 or more. Respond for more details. Info: 802-399-5135. Blue Nose Pitbull Terriers Registered American Pitbull Terriers 2 fawn w/ blue nose. Both males w/ papers, vaccinations & delivery. Born 4/1. Razors edge x gotty bloodline. $600. 518-358-3186 Chihuahua for Sale 5 months old female, light brown & black, 3-4 lbs. Very friendly and energetic. $350/OBO. Info: Cristal Richer, 802-825-9262. English bulldog for free ENGLISH BULLDOG PUP. 12 weeks Cute & cuddly, family raised. Great with kids. Free to good home. Info: Greg femmy, 802-658-1308, gregfemmy@yahoo.com. Yellow Lab For Adoption Trinity is in need of home. 4.5-yr.-old spayed female. Great dog, sweet, gentle, calm, loves to swim. Good w/ everyone. Info: goodkarmares cue@gmail.com, www.petfinder. com/shelters/VT50.html.

Sports Equipment Gym Equipment 8 Multi-sport spinning bikes, commercial circuit. Misc. items for classes. TV, Stereo, mic & more. New condition. See set up. Buy all or part. Info: 518-597-3313, bsprinkle@ nycap.rr.com. Like-New Whitewater Kayak Red Pyranha Inazone 222. Indoor storage. Check out website’s pic of similar model in different color. $450/OBO. Info: 814-3602109, http://www.pyranha.com/ osb/itemdetails.cfm?ID=23. Nordic Track 360 home gym Bought last summer, very little use. 3-year extended warranty/ protection plan, instructional video & chart. Paid $700 new; $500/OBO. Info: 802-454-8010. Paddle the summer away 2 Walden Voyageur kayaks. Not pretty but seaworthy. 10’ long and 50 lbs. each. Paddles too. $150 for both/OBO. Info: 802-658-2181.

Want to Buy Antiques Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates and silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966. Miniature Horse & Cart Looking to buy a trained pair and a working cart. Info: 802-453-6313. WANTED: AUTO ROOF RACK Used, generic roof rack that mounts w/o rain-gutters. Desperate to transport kayak more safely & securely. Will pick up & pay cash. Info: 802-999-8261.

Bands/ Musicians Bands wanted Will provide 34 days’ housing on Nantucket in exchange for 1-2 nights’ playing at The Muse. 3 min. to Surfside Beach. House equipment. Info: The Muse, demersonoconnor@yahoo.com, 228-muse.com. Fridays @ 6 PM on 105.9FM We need guests for on-air interviews. Seeking bands, singersongwriters. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m. on 105.9FM Burlington for info. Info: www.myspace. com/jimmurphyzoo. Lead Guitar/Backing Vox Seeking professional, tastefully lyrical player for original Americana band “Paradise Alley.” Weekly rehearsal, recording & gigs ASAP. Good vocal harmony essential. Info: Ero Lippold, 802-864-7740. Lead Guitarist / Vocalist I am looking for a blues, hard rock or cover project to have fun with. My lead playing and vocals are strong. Info: 802-861-2871.

Guitar Instruction Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory and ear training. Individualized, step-by-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802-864-7195, rickbelf@ verizon.net, www.rickbelford. com. Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM and Middlebury College Faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com.

Epifani bass cabinet UL2x10. 500 w @ 8 ohms. Incl. nice cover. Great condition, sounds amazing, only weighs 38 lbs. It has served me well. $750/OBO. aram@arambedrosian.com. Info: Aram Bedrosian, 802-598-8861, www. arambedrosian.com. FENDER CUSTOM TELECASTER Custom telecaster w/ 2 Seymour Duncan humbucking P/U’S, jumbo frets & hardshell case. Pristine condition, just like new. $525. Save hundreds! Info: Frank S., 802-371-4209. GITANE D500 JAZZ GUITAR Django-style Gypsy Jazz guitar. Mint condition, amazing sound & playability. $450 firm. Info: 802-864-0719. GODIN A6 GUIT., PEAVEY AMP Godin acoustic/electric w/ HSC, mint condition w/ slight flaw. Peavey Ecoustic 112 amp, 100W, 2-channel, guitar & mic. Many extras incl. mic & stand. $700. Info: 802-872-7188, www. ringertime@aol.com. Line 6 Pod XT Pro New condition, never left my house. In SKB case. Paid $700; asking $500. Info: Elton Hallock, 802-6448235, eltoncecile@aol.com.

Studio Sale Michael Egan’s Lucky 8th annual glassblowing Studio Sale is happening! July 3-7, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Seconds, overruns, uniques, demonstrations and refreshments! 5523 Rte. 100, just south of Warren on Rte. 100. Info: 802-767-4547.

Studio/ Rehearsal Need dry rehearsal space 4piece alt/rock band needs secure, dry rehearsal space, 1-3 times/ week. Rehearsals end by 9 p.m. Rent, lease, sec. negotiable. Info: Hollywood Hamburger, Joey Gervasi, 802-659-4276, http://www. myspace.com/capitalcorpse

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Ampeg Bass Amp; head * cab AMPEG SVT Classic Series, 350 watt. Solid-state head, 4 X 10 cabinet. 3 years old, used very rarely these days. $700/OBO Trades considered. Info: Dan Barnes, 802-598-7637.

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MUSIC LESSONS Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 20 yrs. exp. Friendly, individualized lessons in So. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, eromail13@ gmail.com.

Vocalist seeks Band I am looking for a band to jam with that plays music inspired by the likes of Pantera, Tree, Sam Black, etc. Call Rob. Info: 802-839-9611.

1995 Fender American Tele Blue, excellent tone, reliable, very good shape. It’s had a great life on the road & in the studio. Seeks loving, creative owner. $700. Info: 518-561-6780.

Objet/Art Space Fabulous Waitsfield Gallery of Art, Object, Design has space for relevant works of art, including furniture & metalwork. Contact Leanne. Info: Apropo Designs, Leanne Taddonio, 802-496-9180.

Auditions/Casting FEMALE MODELS WANTED for artistic projects in Burlington. Excellent opportunity for beginners to build free portfolio. Contact David Russell Photography. Info: David Russell Photography, David Russell, 802-373-1912, dave@ daverussell.org, http://www.daverussell.org. OPEN MIC - CALL FOR TALENT Seeking poets, musicians, singers, storytellers, comics for 7/9, 8/13 & 9/10 at 6 p.m. Space is limited; sign up in advance. Ask for Michael Desanto. Info: Phoenix Books and Cafe, Michael DeSanto, 802-872-7111, phoenixbooks.biz.

Call to Artists Art Hop Registration Burlington’s 16th Annual South End Art Hop, September 5 & 6, with most art being shown the entire month. Works in all media accepted. Original juried show + outdoor sculpture juried show. More info: info@seaba.com. Registration forms: www.seaba.com. Deadline: July 18. Info: South End Arts + Business Association, 802-8590222, www.seaba.com. Dynamite Clay Studio Grand Opening for Dynamite Clay Studio July 12th. Located in downtown Plainfield on Rt. 2 next to the blinking light. Studio offers throwing and hand building lessons, as well as paint-your-own pottery. Come in July 12th and paint your own maple leaf or syrup jug for $15. Info: Katie, 802454-9947, dynamiteclaystudio@ gmail.com.

ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING #4C0421-7 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 6, 2008, K5 Properties, LLC and Hubert & Eleanor McCormick filed application #4C0421-7 for a Project described as construction of the Ice Barn. Phase One will consist of construction of a ±27,660 s.f. ice rink addition to the existing ±6,862 s.f. building, ±25,250 s.f. outdoor recreation area, 170 parking spaces, a stormwater detention pond, a porch addition to the existing building and applicable utilities. Phase Two will consist of a ±13,230 s.f. addition to the ice rink, reduction of the outdoor recreation area to ±12,080 s.f., and an extension to the water main. The ±6,862 s.f. existing building will incorporate a 2,000 s.f. video store and a lobby area for the ice rink. The Project is located on US Route 7 South in the Town of Milton. This Project will be evaluated by the District 4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a). A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. at the Town of Milton Municipal Building Community Room, 43 Bombardier Road, Milton, Vermont. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:00 a.m. at the site (384 US Route 7 South). The following people or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies. 2. Adjoining property owners: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that the proposed project will have a direct effect on their properties under the ten criteria of Act 250 pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E). 3. Other persons: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that they have with a particularized interest protected by Act 250 that may be affected by an act or decision by the District Commission pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

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3. Other persons: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that they have with a particularized interest protected by Act 250 that may be affected by an act or decision by the District Commission pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

« legals If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the District Coordinator at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date. Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Milton Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www.nrb.state.vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 18th day of June, 2008. By: /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802.879.5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING #4C0857-1 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 10, 2008, Frank M. Guillot filed application #4C0857-1 for a project described as the construction of a 3-story 19,350 sf. footprint building with 51 apartments (47 one bedroom and 4 two bedroom) and 49 single occupancy rooms for assisted living accommodations, 52 parking spaces to be located below the new building and 28 parking spaces will be located at grade. The project is located at 277-279 East Allen Street in the City of Winooski. This project will be evaluated by the District 4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a). A public hearing is scheduled for July 15, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. at the Essex Junction District Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 7:30 a.m at the site. Directions to the site: Rt 15 to just east of the interstate interchange, park at 277 East Allen Street. The following people or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies. 2. Adjoining property owners: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that the proposed project will have a direct effect on their properties under the ten criteria of Act 250 pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the District Coordinator at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date. Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Winooski Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www.nrb.state.vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 20th day of June, 2008. /s/ Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802.879.5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 5, 2008, Vermont State Colleges, RCP Realty, LLC, and the City of Winooski filed application # 4C1065-12 for a project generally described as: The construction of a 77,500 s.f., six floor academic building for the Vermont State College’s Community College of Vermont (“CCV”). The building will house 38 classrooms along with space allocated for student services, common work and study areas, and administrative office space. The Project is located on the corner of East Allen Street (Route 15) and Abenaki Way in the City of Winooski, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Winooski Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. No hearing will be held unless, on or before Monday, July 14, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by Monday, July 14, 2008.

The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall to consider the following applications:

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5).

1. 08-830CA/CU; 96 Ferguson Ave: (RL, Ward 5) Donal Dugan Construct garage with accessory apartment above

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 19th day of June, 2008. By /s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 23, 2008, Plumbing Investment, LLC, filed application #4C0643-10C for a project generally described as: the addition of a 800 sf. second story addition to the existing building. The project is located on Commerce Avenue in the City of South Burlington, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the South Burlington Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. No hearing will be held unless, on or before July 15, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 15, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 24th day of June 2008. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Public Hearing Notice – July 22, 2008

2. 08-837CA/AP; 18 Bradley St: (RH, Ward 2) Robert Zimmer Appeal of zoning permit denial to cover window and door trim of existing duplex with aluminum Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning office, (City Hall, First Floor, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. David White, AICP, Director of Planning and Zoning Individuals who require special arrangements to participate are encouraged to contact the Department at least 72 hours in advance. For information call 865-7188 (865-7142 TTY). Charlotte Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing Pursuant to Title 24 Chapter 117 V.S.A. and the Charlotte Land Use Regulations, the Charlotte Planning Commission will meet on Thursday July 17, 2008 at the Town Hall to hear the following application: 8:00 PM Reopen Site Plan Review of Point Bay Acquisition, LLC, dba Point Bay Marina, 1401 Thompson’s Point Road, for proposed new lighting plan Application material can be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office. Participation in the hearing is a prerequisite to the right to appeal any decision related to these applications. STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1145-07 CnC WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v. Jeffrey S. Bailey, Danielle Bailey, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. And Occupants residing at 8 Woodcrest Circle, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. to Jeffrey S. Bailey dated April 21, 2006 and recorded in Volume 330, Page 126 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:15 P.M. on July 16, 2008, at 8 Woodcrest Circle, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to the Mortgagors herein by Warranty Deed of Marybeth Crowley dated April ___, 2006 and recorded in Volume ___ at Page(s) _____ of the Town of Milton Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0792-07 CnC The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee, Plaintiff v. Jeffrey A. Parry, Keybank National Association, Barrett’s Tree Service, Inc. And Occupants residing at 39 Sydney Drive, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Homecomings Financial Network, Inc. to Jeffrey A. Parry dated February 25, 2005 and recorded in Volume 640, Page 487 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:15 A.M. on July 16, 2008, at 39 Sydney Drive, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Jeffrey A. Parry by Warranty Deed of Katherine M. Cabanaw dated 2/25/2005, to be recorded in the Land Records of the Town of Essex Junction. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0759-07 CnC VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, v. ERIC LAVERY, JENNIFER LAVERY, and JOHN and/or JANE DOE, Occupants at 40 Hilltop Court, Colchester, Vermont, Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure and Order of Public Sale, dated December 11, 2007, and by virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Eric Lavery and Jennifer Lavery to Vermont Federal Credit Union, dated August 25, 2006, and recorded in Volume 566 at Page 41 of the Town of Colchester Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 o’clock p.m. on the 24th day of July, 2008, at the property located at 40 Hilltop Court, Colchester, Vermont, all and the singular the premises described more particularly in the said mortgage, subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any: To wit: The land with the buildings thereon situated in Colchester, Chittenden County, State of Vermont known and being numbered 40 Hilltop Court: Being all the land and premises conveyed to Eric Lavery and Jennifer Lavery by Warranty Deed of Mark Pendergrast and M. Betty Molnar, dated December 8, 2003, of record in Volume 474, Page 577 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester, being further described as follows:

A lot of land, together with the dwelling house thereon, located on the westerly side of Hilltop and commonly known as 5 Hilltop, Canyon Estates and being Lot No.69 as shown and depicted on a plan of land entitled: “Canyon Estates V”, prepared by Emerson, Abbot, Harlow and Leedy, Inc., dated September 10, 1968, as revised November 7, 1968, further revised December 11, 1969 and being Sheet No.2 of nine sheets, recorded in Miscellaneous Volume 20 at Page 27 of the Town of Colchester Land Records. Terms of Sale: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) paid in cash, treasurer’s check or certified check at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Closing to take place within forty five (45) days of the auction. The sale is subject to unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Johnson & Finnigan, LLP, 80 Midas Drive, 3rd Floor, South Burlington, Vermont 05403, telephone (802) 660-9393. THE MORTGAGOR IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE, THE MORTGAGOR HAS A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. FAILURE TO INSTITUTE SUCH PETITION AND COMPLETE SERVICE SHALL THEREAFTER BAR ANY ACTION OR RIGHT OF ACTION OF THE MORTGAGOR BASED ON THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER TO CONDUCT THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SECTION 4532 OF TITLE 12. AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF THE PREMISES ON THE DATE OF THE SALE MAY BE COMMENCED AT ANY TIME WITHIN ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE SALE, BUT NOT THEREAFTER. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 20th day of May, 2008. By: Michael D. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Finnigan, LLP 80 Midas Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 660-9393

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels her or she has encountered discrimination should contact the:

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Chittenden East Supervisory Union is seeking applicants for a Food Service Director position. This position is 8 hours/day and 182 days/year. This person would oversee daily operations for five schools within our district. We are looking for candidates with an Associate’s degree in Food Service Management and prefer experience in a school setting. Duties include: The supervision of program planning to improve meal quality, personnel management, program review, financial management and establishing a program of marketing and communications to increase participation. Please apply online at Schoolspring.com or call 434-2128 for an application. Please submit a letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference by July 18, 2008 with your paper application. Online application must include: profile, letter, resume, references. Hard copies of three written reference letters will be required for verification at the interview level. Visit our website www.cesu.k12.vt.us for information about our schools. EOE M/F

At HowardCenter, we believe that everyone deserves support. We are the largest private, nonprofit community mental health agency in the state of Vermont, serving 14,000 people a year in child, youth and family services; developmental services; and mental health and substance abuse services.

12:30, in the Winooski area. Best match to effectively support this complex gentleman has clinical expertise, successful experience teaching independent residential living skills, and knowledge of DBT training, but we will train the right Director, BairD School The HowardCenter is seeking a seasoned, dynamic leader to provide vision, person. Experience with handling aggressive behaviors required. overall administration and service management to the Baird School program. Mental Health & Substance Abuse The Baird School is a licensed independent school serving 52 students with emotional and behavioral challenges, grades 1-8, in an intensive therapeutic elDercare clinician/nurSing home educational environment. The Baird School has an excellent reputation Be the ears and eyes for our gero-psychiatrist partners in this co-hire position throughout the state as an established model therapeutic school serving both with FAHC. Assist in providing mental health services with a dedicated Geroresidential and day students. Director responsibilities include development and psychiatry team for our elders in need of support. Position is responsible for evaluation of educational and therapeutic services within the school; creation providing on-site consultation/liaison, assessment and treatment services to of a therapeutic environment that meets the social, emotional, behavioral and persons with neuropsychiatric disorders residing in nursing homes. Master’s academic needs of students; oversight of 27 staff; management of referrals; level clinician or nurse with experience in gero-psychiatry strongly preferred. extensive PR within the LEA and Special Education community; collaboration with other programs within the HowardCenter; management of a $2.4 million community Support clinician budget; and compliance with all DOE, Medicaid and agency regulations and Two full-time positions available to support persons with psychiatric disabilities policies. Qualifications include a Master’s degree in Special Education or in Chittenden County. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing related field and VT licensure as a Special Educator or related field, experience creative problem solving, advocacy, resource development, case management, in program and budget management, as well as extensive experience working counseling and crisis support. Direct services to clients, families and the community. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human services field and with students in a therapeutic educational setting. experience with persons with serious and persistent mental disorders preferred. awake overnight reSiDential counSelor Join our residential program working with 6 to 14-year-old children who are laBoratory technician - chittenDen center experiencing significant behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges. The Chittenden Clinic methadone program is seeking a male lab technician/ Duties include using a therapeutic relationship to model appropriate life skills, case manager. Primary responsibilities include observing and collecting conflict resolution strategies, healthy emotion regulation and assist in the daily samples for drug testing, analyzing and reporting data, ordering supplies and living of the children in care. Forty-hour overnight position, varied hours may other administrative duties as needed (approximately 80%). Case management include weekends. Milieu experience preferred. responsibilities include acting as a referral source and helping individuals navigate public systems including health care, housing and corrections Developmental Services (approximately 20%). Candidate must be a reliable team player. Bachelor’s degree required. Hours are Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Direct Service

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Several direct service positions open offering a strong interdisciplinary approach working in a supportive environment with paid trainings. A great way to enjoy all Vermont has to offer while working in your community. Full and part-time positions available earning $11.02 to $13.08 per hour, .58/mileage reimbursement and benefits eligibility for positions of 20 hr per week. 47 y/o man whose passions include fishing, coffee outings and attending and watching sporting events needs 20 hours of support in his new apartment, 8:30am to

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Substance Abuse Program Coordinator: Full-time position to oversee programming and provide clinical supervision to the outpatient treatment program for pregnant and parenting young women. Minimum of Master’s degree in a social work, counseling or human services-related field and Current Vermont Licensure in substance abuse treatment and experience working with women. Supervisory experience preferred. Competitive salary and benefits. Substance Abuse Counselor: Full-time and part-time positions available. Part-time Counselor: Needed for outpatient treatment program for pregnant and parenting women. Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a social work, counseling, or human services-related field and substance abuse counselor certification or apprentice substance abuse counselor certificate. Experience working with women and children preferred. Full-time Counselors: Needed to conduct comprehensive substance abuse assessment, treatment referral and coordination, and counseling within an outpatient program for pregnant and parenting women or co-located at the child welfare office to bridge agencies in an effort to provide immediate, holistic, family-centered services and increase the collaborative capability of the community to respond to substance abuse within family systems. Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a social work, counseling, or human services-related field and substance abuse counselor certification or apprentice substance abuse counselor certificate. Experience working with families required. Substance Abuse Case Manager: Full-time position available. Case Manager needed to screen families in need for potential substance abuse, referral to appropriate treatment, service coordination, monitoring, and wrap-around services in a new position to be co-located at the child welfare office. Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling, or human services-related field and Apprentice Substance Abuse Counselor.

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Seeking a self-motivated individual who works well with children and families. This position provides direct service to children in a community-based setting, as well as assistance in coordinating services, assessing, monitoring, advocating, and social skill training. Case Managers are responsible for creating an interagency/interdisciplinary treatment team in order to provide the above services. Excellent collaborative, communication skills and availability to work evenings, a must. Bachelor’s degree and 1-3 years of experience.

LEARNING TOGETHER PROGRAM TEAM LEADER

Seeking a dynamic Team Leader to join our Family Center Management Team and oversee our Learning Together Program. The Learning Together Program is an alternative education & support program serving pregnant and parenting teens and young adults. The ideal candidate will possess strong managerial skills, be highly organized, selfmotivated, and have experience writing grants and reports. Knowledge of adolescent development and Vermont’s Medicaid system preferred. Master’s degree in a Human Services field preferred; consideration will be given to individuals with a Bachelor’s degree and experience. Preference will be given to those with prior managerial experience. Occasional evening hours and rare weekend hours, required. If you enjoy the challenges and rewards of managing a program, working directly with young people, and functioning as part of an innovative and dynamic management team, this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

FAMILY ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST

Our Children’s Division is looking for a self-motivated individual who works well with children, families and community professionals. Qualified applicants must possess strong communication and collaboration skills. A willingness to be flexible, creative and family-centered, while partnering with schools, families and interagency professionals is critical. Will be responsible for some direct family and child contact to meet immediate emotional and behavioral needs. Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred, with comparable experience in related field.

BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PERSON

Challenging, yet rewarding opportunity. Seeking an energetic male who thrives in a supportive team culture to support men with behavioral issues in Franklin County. Full-time position that involves varied work shifts. Bachelor’s degree desired, experience in law enforcement or corrections would be a plus. Starting pay: $15.00 per hour. For details, call Dave Laggis 524-6555, x621.

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Seeking energetic person to provide case management services to adults with Developmental Disabilities in Franklin & Grand Isle counties. Responsible for coordinating individual service plans through a client-centered approach, and facilitating the communication and arrangements necessary for high-quality consumer satisfaction. A Bachelor’s degree in a related human services field and 1 year of experience are minimum requirements. Personal car necessary for travel.

SERVICES COORDINATOR - CHILDREN

Seeking energetic person to provide case management services to children with Developmental Disabilities in Franklin & Grand Isle counties. Responsible for coordinating individual service plans through a client-centered approach, and facilitating the communication and arrangements necessary for high-quality consumer satisfaction. An Associate’s degree in a related human services field and experience working with children on the Autism spectrum, as well as other developmental disabilities, such as Down Syndrome, a must. Personal car necessary for travel.

AUTISM BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONIST

Project Soar’s exciting new School Based Autism Program is seeking a Behavior Interventionist. This position is responsible for direct instruction, behavioral intervention and data collection for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders within their local public schools. Experience/knowledge of ABA and/or DIR/Floortime preferred, though, willing to train the right person. Great opportunity for those looking for training and experience in the field of Autism Intervention. Successful candidate will be a strong team player, flexible and be willing, able and excited to learn. May involve early morning or afterschool transportation responsibilities. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in human service or school setting preferred.

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package Please Reply with cover letter and resume to: Richard Dorfman, Business Manager Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP P.O. Drawer 351 Middlebury, VT 05753-0351

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preschool Teacher opening Applicants should be committed to working as a collaborative member of a teaching team in a progressive educational environment. Starting salary $25,000 -$26,000 with competitive benefits. Please send a letter of interest, resume, and three references by July 11th to The Bellwether School: 3 "ROWNELL 2OAD s 7ILLISTON 64 s WWW BELLWETHERSCHOOL ORG

TSYF is a small, private nonprofit that provides services to youth who are struggling with emotional and behavioral challenges. We’re looking for creative and thoughtful individuals who can support students where they need support whether emotional, physical or intellectual. We are also accepting applications for our Teacher position. Email resume and cover letter to: Conniew@tsyf.org

Lodging Bureau Director Jay Peak Resort is looking to hire a Lodging Bureau Director. This position will be responsible for overseeing, managing and maintaining entire scope of the Jay Peak Vacation Reservations/ Lodging Bureau, including onsite and online systems. Manages both the onsite and satellite reservation departments and has lateral management responsibility for any on-campus reservation processes. Will participate in the creation of rates, policies and procedures as they relate to package reservations. This is a fulltime, year-round position, to include a full benefit package. Candidates for this position should have 3-5 years experience in sales, to include management responsibilities. A technical understanding of reservation-based software and hardware requirements a plus, though not required. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and three references to: Human Resources Jay Peak Resort 4850 VT Rte 242 Jay, VT 05859 E.O.E.

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HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER The Housekeeping Manager is responsible for managing and directing the Housekeeping Department and sta to assure clean, orderly, attractive and safe operations to attain high levels of guest service and satisfaction while maintaining costs within budgeted levels. Manages the dayďż˝toďż˝ day activities of all Room Attendants and Laundry Personnel in addition to doing oor checks as well as room inspections to ensure guest rooms, public areas of the hotel, oďŹƒces and other speciďŹ ed areas are kept in a clean and orderly condition. Requires at least 5 years experience in the ďŹ eld or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the ďŹ eld’s concepts, practices and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

full-time teaching parent and Awake Overnight Staff full-time teaching parent to provide support for adolescents in a group home setting. Must have valid driver’s license, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and experience in residential treatment. Hours vary and are negotiable. Full medical and dental coverage included. Awake Overnight Staff to provide supervision of adolescents between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Full and parttime positions available. Please submit cover letter and resume to:

email resume to rob.chambers@hilton.com or apply in person: M-F, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 60 Battery Street, Burlington No phone calls, please. EOE

Allenbrook Homes for Youth Attn: Jennifer Snay 102 Allen Road So. Burlington, Vt 05403

Development Director

Smart Growth Vermont is dedicated to forging growth and conservation solutions for Vermont communities and rural countryside. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to lead our fundraising efforts on a part-time basis. The Development Director will work collaboratively with staff and Board members to maintain and expand donor relations, annual membership, and conduct funding research and grant preparations. The Director will also assist with special events and the production of our bi-annual newsletter. Ideal candidates will have at least two years of experience in the development field, excellent oral and written communication skills, and a desire to work in a small team environment. For a complete job description, go to www.smartgrowthvermont. org. To apply, send or email cover letter, resume, writing sample and three references by July 11.

110 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 864-6310 info@smartgrowthvermont.org

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Sodexo Campus Services Norwich University Dining Services JOB FAIR Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17, 3-5 p.m. Full- and part-time positions available: Cooks, Baker, Snack Bar, Custodial, Utility. Competitive Wages Benefit Package Opportunity for Advancement Apply in person at Wise Campus Center Norwich University or send resume to: Sodexo Campus Services 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT. 05663 (802) 485-2297

Join a marketing team that is innovative, entertaining and always looking for new ways to stand out from the crowd. Our Graphic Designer is responsible for developing overall layout and production of advertising, flyers, brochures, reports, other publications, promotional displays and signs, packaging and distinctive logos. In addition, position will monitor style elements both internally and externally. Must be PC proficient including: Adobe, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, and able to work with printing companies/advertising sources to meet pre-press needs. Bachelor’s degree preferred, or minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in graphic design. Illustration, website design, and animation experience a plus.

I]^gY H]^[i ;VX^a^i^Zh 6hh^hiVci City Market is looking for a part-time Facilities Assistant responsible for general maintenance and repairs, custodial duties and other assigned tasks to help maintain cleanliness in our store. Applicants must have the ability to work nights, at least one year experience in building or preventative maintenance and a general knowledge of equipment repair and cleaning procedures. Applicants should also have effective communication skills and the ability to lift 50-80 pounds frequently. Experience cleaning with an auto floor scrubber is preferred. If you have the previous skills and a great sense of humor, apply today! We offer fantastic benefits including medical, dental, life and vision, retirement plan, generous paid time off, store discount, mass transit reimbursement, health club discounts and much more! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fill out an application at Customer Service, print one out online at www. citymarket.coop, or send your resume via email or snail-mail to:

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Program Manager, Continuing Education

Seeking self-motivated candidate with the ability to quickly learn new procedures and processes to be our Program Manager of Continuing Education. Candidate will be responsible for providing a wide range of administrative, organizational and support functions to the Continuing Education Division. Duties will include managing all aspects of two hospitality industry training grants, overseeing administrative personnel work assignments and adjunct faculty, assisting with culinary program development for the public, as well as assisting in the development and implementation of Continuing Education system and process. A Bachelor’s degree in Business or related discipline is preferred. Must have intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Faculty Development Coordinator

NECI is seeking the right candidate to fill the position of Faculty Development Coordinator. Candidate will be responsible for the overall coordination of the annual faculty development plan. Duties will include working with program leaders to improve curriculum design and delivery, working with instructors to design course materials as well as provide teaching techniques, and advise the Continuing Education Department on professional development opportunities of interest to the industry professionals. Candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree and preferably a graduate degree in education or related field, as well as significant experience in standards-based education as a teacher and an administrator.

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Admissions Representative

Seeking full-time Admissions Reps. to assist in the recruitment of students as well as the implementation of the Admissions Marketing Plan. This position is responsible for guiding prospective students through the application and acceptance process. This position will prepare reports and statistics using the company computer system, communicate NECI information with prospective students on both campuses, and assist the Director of Admissions in orientation and registration for all incoming students as assigned. This position also serves as a student advocate, identifying problems, providing structure to assess problems and form solutions, and providing follow up to ensure resolution. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or one to two years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must be willing to travel using personal transportation between campuses and, on occasion, out of state.

Please send resume and letter of interest to greatjobs@neci.edu. Find out more about New England Culinary Institute by visiting our website at www.neci.edu. EOE

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South Burlington School District

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VSAC Deli/ Cashier. Full-time.

Contact Dionne at

802-654-3770 x816.

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Drivers Wanted

Are you retired or semi-retired and looking for a flexible work schedule? Are you looking for some extra cash? If you are, then we are looking for you. If interested please call Ride Away at 802-878-8640. Ask for Briant

LPN PRIVATE DUTY

Weekend Openings 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $24.00 - $28.00/hour We’re flexible! Call Ratana 802-893-6368 or email privdutynurse08@ surfglobal.net

Lane Press Hiring

Full-Time cook.

Benefits Available

Financial Analyst This position is responsible for high-level financial analysis, forecasting/modeling and database management related to tax-advantaged rental realestate development and ownership. The Financial Analyst works with asset management and financial and development staff. Duties AnAlysis & DAtA MAnAgeMent • Prepares quarterly management reports for the Housing Vermont project portfolio, including identification of significant trends in cash balances, accounts payable, accounts receivable, break even points, vacancy rates. • Prepares real estate investment models to analyze variables affecting the design of real estate equity funds, including the effect upon internal rates of return, value and investment options. • Prepares and maintains cash flow projections. • Prepares reports and facilitates collections of accounts receivable, while tracking collections, aging, doubtful accounts. • Designs spreadsheets and other financial worksheets. • Designs, implements and maintains data systems necessary to evaluate real estate development proposals, performance of portfolio properties/partnerships and tracking of returns for investors and equity funds. • Designs and prepares spreadsheets, graphs, charts and tables for use by staff and for presentation to investors, funders and other external organizations. • Prepares special reports as needed. This position is exempt for purposes of calculating overtime. QuAliFiCAtiOns: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. education/experience: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, statistics or business management and 3-5 years related experience. High computer proficiency and extensive experience in database, spreadsheet and word-processing software and Excel modeling. Must be technically competent and able to work independently in the following systems: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Office, any other systems or programs that may be deemed necessary. Send resumes to: jobs@hvt.org

Contact Ted at

802-860-2769

email: DiGrande@champlain.edu or stop by Lane Press 87 Meadowland Dr. South Burlington

The following position is currently available:

.70 FTE Music Teacher – Long term Substitute (August 18 – January 15), Orchard School

Qualified candidates will have a Vermont Teachers License, Elementary Music Teacher endorsement and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Paraeducator; Orchard School – 2 Positions

Qualified candidates will have an Associate’s degree, two years of college training or successful completion of competency testing; previous experience with special education; and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. These positions will remain open until filled. Candidates may forward their resume and three current references to: Diane Kinnon Human Resource Department South Burlington School District 550 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 or apply at www.sbschools.net. EOE

“I’m a caregiver. It’s amazing how much fun I have at work.”

–Libby, a caregiver for over 2 years

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A collaborative project of: Cathedral Square Corporation, The Converse Home, and the VNA of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. EOE Sponsored by: COVE and PHI. Funded by: The John Merck Fund

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Home Provider

needed for an active young woman in a shared home situation (half-time with each provider) in Montpelier area. Support needed to develop skills and community and social connections. Must have a lot of energy, be creative and patient, and work well with a team. Home without children preferred. Generous stipend. Contact Beth at Upper Valley Services: 802-222-9235 x109 or bgaetz@uvs-vt.org

HISTOLOGY POSITION Histology Position Seeking qualified person with undergraduate or Associate’s degree which includes at least 24 hours of science (including 6hr chem and 6hr bio and 12 hour chem, bio or med tech) for part-time morning training and work position. Close attention to detail and organizational skills needed. Office/clerical/telephone skills are a plus. 10-20 hours/week. Hours increase with experience. Telephone: 802 658-6269. Please fax transcript to 802 860-4246.

Medical assistant

PRODUCT DESIGNER We’ve been making the best Bears in the Universe for over twenty years and Vermont Teddy Bear is looking for a creative Product Designer to join our Bear Crew. The right candidate must possess a combination of creativity to generate exciting new ideas combined with strong business experience to determine viability of products. For a complete job description please visit http://shop.vermontteddybear.com/employment.html Send cover letter and resume to: 6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 or email jobs@vtbear.com or apply online at To apply: https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=44691

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Medical Assistant wanted to assist physicians and providers in a busy dermatology practice, 32-36 hrs/week. Please send resume with a cover letter to: Four seasons dermatology attn: diane 366 dorset street south Burlington, Vt 05403 No phone calls, please.

Technical Editor

Seeking experienced technical editor on a part-time, flextime basis (20-25 hrs/week). Must be reliable, possess excellent command of written English (no Japanese required), be able to edit technical and legal documents like patents and contracts, and enjoy researching new fields. On-the-job training provided.

JapanLink Translations Charlotte, VT Email: hr@japanlink-trans.com Web: users.gmavt.net/jabilock/HR/EditorJob.htm

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Green Mountain Farm-to-School

Program Associate Shelburne FarmS CheeSe and Catalog manager Seeking a highly motivated individual to manage our cheese and catalog operations within the mission of Shelburne Farms. responsibilities include: • Integration with several operations across the Farm • Overall sales and marketing strategy and execution • Holiday gift operations • Staffing, budgeting, inventory management • Representing Shelburne Farms at on-site and off-site events For further details, please see www.shelburnefarms.org Please send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements by July 11 to: tnold@shelburnefarms.org

Green Mountain Farm-to-School, a nonprofit organization connecting schools and farms through food and education, seeks a detail-oriented and organized individual to support the growth of our organization. The primary responsibilities of the Program Associate will be to assist with the development, management, growth and evaluation of Green Mountain Farm-to-School programs and to provide general administrative support across the organization. A complete job description is available at: www.greenmountainfarmtoschool.org TO APPLY: Please submit a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample to ksims@gmfts.org. The deadline for applications is July 15, 2008.

Burlington Now Hiring

LamoiLLe ambuLance Service, WiLLiSton operationS

Laundry 5 a.m. - 1 p.m. Evening Laundry 3-11 p.m. Housekeeping 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Full-time for the right candidate; part-time also available. For application and immediate interview, please apply in person:

Birchwood Terrace 43 Starr Farm Road Burlington, VT

seeks emt-is & emt-bs to fill full- and part-time openings, mostly part-time. motivated and team-oriented individuals encouraged to apply. clean driving record. pay emt-i Start $11.00/hr emt-b $10.50/hr with 3 pay rate increases in 6 months.

call 800-639-2082 ext.5

Boutique International Organizational Research & Consulting Firm seeks ExECutIvE AssIstAnt

to support daily operations, management, sales and marketing efforts. Must anticipate executive needs and follow through; need strong written and verbal skills; Microsoft and ACT. info@reinatrustbuilding.com 802-253-8808

Wood & Wood Sign Systems, located in Waitsfield,VT, is looking for a full-time administrative position. This position involves answering phones, typing, A/P, A/R and payroll. MS Office and Quickbooks experience preferred. Please send your resume and salary requirements to: Shannon@woodandwoodsigns.com. Position immediately available.

ACCOUNTANT

Accounting, Auditing and Tax Consulting Firm seeks experienced and entry-level individuals. Send cover letter, resume and compensation requirements to: Cota CPA, PC PO Box 1405 Williston, VT 05495-1405

or email: rcota@cotacpa.com

Seeking a Shared Home Provider (Washington County Area)

Looking for a kind and caring person to share your home with a 46-year-old woman with mild developmental disabilities. She is a very engaging, caring and humorous young lady. Share your home while providing support to increase independent skills and attend to ongoing medical health needs. Those who have direct experience providing medical support to disabled adults in their home preferred. As well, folks who are actively employed in the medical/nursing field preferred. Female or couples without children desired. Due to medical need the home must be clean and without pets. Montpelier area desirable. Training, support and tax-free stipend included. Please contact: Becky Chadwick, Office Manager 802-229-6369 ext 221. Francis Foundation 16 Church St., Middlesex, VT 05602

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Full-Time Office Manager Puppet troupe, strong computer skills

Part-Time Master Puppeteer Travel statewide to schools, will train

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FINANCIAL AID SPECIALIST I (full-time)

Johnson State College is seeking a Financial Aid Specialist I to assist students with general financial aid information and completion of financial aid paperwork; and provide general administrative and clerical support. The successful candidate will have an Associate’s degree in business or other appropriate discipline, plus one or more years of relevant experience in student services or in an academic setting; or a combination of education/ experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational skills, strong computer skills (Word, Excel, and database programs), and good reading, math, analytical and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with students, parents and other college personnel is required. Experience with student financial aid programs is desirable. Application deadline is 7/12/08. Please send cover letter, resume, completed job application (available at www.jsc.edu) and three references to: jschumanresources@jsc.edu or Human Resources, Financial Aid Specialist I, Johnson State College, 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT 05656. Johnson State College is an equal opportunity employer.

Frog & Toad, CC & LC 162 Fern Court, Colchester, VT 05446

Coordinator of aCademiC ServiCeS of the artS, Burlington Coordinate site course offerings in graphic and fine arts and multimedia communication. Advise students in the arts as well as general academic areas. Duties include recruitment, retention, community outreach efforts and a variety of academic and administrative activities. Master’s degree required. Must be able to provide support and training for faculty and curriculum that includes multimedia communications and visual and graphic arts. Experience with post-secondary education and advising highly desirable. Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong computer skills, including word processing and web-based applications, required. Must be able to work collaboratively in a self-managing team. Some travel and flexibility in work hours required. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Please visit www.ccv. edu for requirements and application instructions.

Librarian 1 Burlington Seeking a customer- and detail-oriented professional able to provide in-person and online reference services to the CCV/VTC college community. Assist with continued development and integration of information literacy in the curriculum, by consulting with faculty, providing training and developing support materials. Master’s degree in Library Science from ALA-accredited program, plus working knowledge of current library and instructional technologies, instructional experience in classroom setting and distance education. Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong computer skills, demonstrated ability to produce instructional materials. Must be able to work collaboratively in a selfmanaging, nontraditional library team. Some travel and flexibility in work hours required. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Please visit www.ccv.edu for requirements and application instructions.

At Century International Arms, North America’s largest importer of sporting firearms and accessories, we have catered to the collector, the hunter and shooter for over 40 years.

Executive Secretary

There is an immediate opportunity for a top notch Executive Secretary to support Managers of North America’s largest importer of sporting firearms and accessories. This position demands impeccable administrative skills and discretion. To be successful in this position you must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with a variety of personalities, professional phone etiquette, professional appearance, skill in utilizing various Microsoft programs including MS Word and Excel, strong notetaking skills, and type 90+ wpm. We are looking for a person who is responsible, flexible, organized, self-directed, and has the ability to gracefully handle multiple projects with exceptional follow-through skills. We are looking for a person who has 3-5 years direct experience and has demonstrated that they know what it takes to be an excellent Executive Secretary!

CCV strongly encourages applications from members of ethnic minority groups and other under-represented backgrounds. CCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer, in compliance with ADA requirements.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Chittenden County Transportation Authority PLANNING COORDINATOR

Are you: · A recent college graduate or someone with a few years of work experience? · Good with numbers, analytical and meticulous? · Interested in working in public transportation?

Fluency/experience in Portuguese, French and Spanish highly desirable. Submit cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: kgrenon@centuryarms.com Kelly Grenon, Human Resources Manager

We have an opening for a Planning Coordinator. The position will involve data collection, route and system analysis, and performance measurement. The ideal candidate will have a 4-year degree, good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, strong writing skills, and be able to thrive in a busy environment.

CENTURY ARMS, INC. 236 Bryce Blvd, Georgia, VT 05454 (In Arrowhead Industrial Park, off Rt. 104A) All applicants must pass a criminal background check and a pre-employment drug screening. We support a drug-free workplace and enforce a Zero Tolerance Policy.

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Interested parties are encouraged to download an application from www.cctaride. org and submit it in one of the following ways: Via email to: jobs@cctaride.org Via fax to: 802-864-5564, Attn: Human Resources Via mail to: Attn: Human Resources 15 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT 05401 CCTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Earn Extra Money Deliver the new FairPointÂŽ Telephone Directories

Men & women 18 years and older with insured vehicles are needed to deliver in Burlington, South Burlington, Essex Junction and surrounding areas. We are also looking for office clerks & loaders. Delivery starts about July 14th. Work a minimum of 4 daylight hours per day and get paid within 48 hours upon successful completion of route. Call 1-800-979-7978 between the hours of 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. Refer to job #3619-D. Distribution of FairPointÂŽ directories is conducted on behalf of Idearc Media Corp., the official publisher of FairPointÂŽ print directories.

Project Coordinator Local company seeks indvidual to develop, plan, track and report the overall workflow of projects. Excellent communication and time management skills. Send salary/benefits. To apply:

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Tree Workers Hardworking, quality-oriented climbers, ground workers & crew leaders

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Looking for a full-time, year-round, experienced dinning room manager to join us as we open a brand new restaurant.

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You must have experience and be able to have fun at work!

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VENDING ROUTE DRIVERS We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. Must be able to work independently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs. and have a clean driving record. We offer a competitive wage along with excellent benefits. Apply in person or online at:

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Assistant Administrative/ Teaching Minimum of a CDA and experience in early childhood programs required. We are looking for someone who will go the extra mile and be willing to make a long-term commitment. Maturity, flexibility, positive attitude a must. For more information please call Aimee at The PlayCare Center, 802-828-0728. EOE.

Sales Associate The Outdoor Gear Exchange is hiring a Sales Associate with extensive experience in telemark skiing, climbing or paddling. Strong customer service skills, attention to detail, knowledge of outdoor gear and a sense of humor are required. Weekend and evening hours may be required. This is a full-time position with benefits. Send a resume and cover letter letting us know why you would be perfect for the best damn gear shop.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START EARLY CARE ADVOCATE (Burlington) Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom, and monthly home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field, VT educator’s license, and classroom experience. Experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. 20 hours/ week, 52 weeks/year. Starting wage: $12.07–13.68/hour. Health plan and excellent benefits. Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record-keeping; proficiency in MS Word, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, motivated, and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color, and from diverse cultural groups, especially encouraged to apply. EOE. Please submit resume and cover letter with three work references. No phone calls, please. Please send applications by email to: pirish@cvoeo.org.

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The Vermont Council on Rural Development is seeking a full-time Executive Assistant/Office Manager to provide program assistance and oversee office operations. VCRD facilitates community development and rural policy efforts in service to rural Vermont (info at www.vtrural.org). Candidates must demonstrate the ability to manage office operations employing Windows-based software. Duties include maintaining databases, grants management, communications, organizing meetings, planning conferences, and managing benefits, accounts, and financial records. Candidates should have an Associate’s degree with 3-5 years of related experience. Competitive salary and benefits. Applicants should email a letter of application with a resume and list of three professional references by July 10 to vcrd@sover.net.

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Seeking an RN to provide nursing assessment and oversight in a community-based residential and micro-residential home in Waterbury. Residents have a variety of physical and mental health needs. Flexible 8 hours/week schedule. Duties include collaboration with and supervision of long-time LPN and unlicensed staff. Strong assessment and organizational skills, ability to work independently and be part of our strong nursing team are needed. Current Vermont RN license required. Possession of a valid driver’s license, good driving record and access to a safe, reliable, insured vehicle are required. If interested, call Lynn m. Jones, m. ed., at: 802-476-1480 x304 (M & F) 802-229-1399 x290 (T, W & Th).

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Join our team! HSCC is seeking applicants interested in permanent part-time or temporary full-time work. You should be willing to roll up your sleeves and get a little messy in the cleaning and care of our animals as well as capable of presenting a friendly face assisting in the intake and adoption processes of our agency. Candidates must be flexible and motivated team players who are unafraid of hard and sometimes intense work. A commitment to animal welfare, a solid work ethic, an outgoing personality, and a sense of humor are a must as are abilities to prioritize and multitask effectively.

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International Education Position Part-time job with small int’l firm that specializes in education recruiting. 1525 hours/week. Work out of your home. Looking for an organized individual, friendly, able to work independently. Must like students, their families, and be able to deal with minor bureaucracies. The successful candidate will serve as liaison between offices in Russia, Kazakhstan, etc. and US education providers; and conduct Internet and phone research. International experience is helpful as is experience in admissions work and/or boarding schools. Some ability in Russian would be great but is not required. Send resume to: spensley@education-si.org

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The Vermont State Employees’ Association – a statewide labor organization representing over 8000 public sector workers in Vermont, including all Vermont state employees seeks a

Director. The Director is responsible for overall management of staff and daily operations, fiscal oversight, member and program services, and legislative advocacy. Provides guidance and leadership to the union to achieve its goals and mission. Preference will be given to candidates with experience and/or education in union work, labor relations, government, advocacy work, public administration, or related field. Valid driver’s license and private auto is required. Send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: VSEA P.O. Box 518 Montpelier,VT 05601-0518. Please mark the envelope: Attention Search Committee. Deadline: July 16, 2008.

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Technical Solutions Specialist PCC is looking for a dynamic and hardworking problem-solver to join our Technical Solutions Team. This team provides remote system administration support to PCC’s client base of 170+ pediatric practices across the U.S. The Technical Solutions Specialist performs telephone support, server/network installations, and server upgrades. This position requires a blend of technical expertise, professional customer service, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Desired system administration experience includes installation and troubleshooting of hardware, server maintenance, networking, VPN, or other secure high-speed remote connectivity. Linux experience is a big plus. Travel is required with this position. To learn more about PCC, and how to apply for this great career, visit our website at www.pcc.com/careers. The deadline for submitting your application is July 11th. No phone calls, please.

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Community Inclusion Facilitator Position At CCS it pays to play! Shoot hoops, swim, fish, discover new places and explore your community while supporting individuals with developmental disabilities in a one-on-one setting. We are currently offering 3 part-time, fully-benefited positions which include health, dental, life and disability insurance, mileage reimbursement, retirement, a generous combined time off package, discount at the local gym, and 11 paid holidays!! We are also hiring for per diem shifts if you prefer the flexibility of making your own schedule. Enjoy your summer to its fullest while making a difference in your community and in someone’s life. Send your resume and cover letter to Karen Ciechanowicz at staff@ccs-vt.org or to the address below. Champlain Community Services 512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 802-655-0511

Are you a Jack-of-all-Trades? We have a full-time, 12-month position available in our Essex Junction Recreation Parks department to effectively plan, organize, manage, supervise, and implement the maintenance of all grounds and facilities under the purview of EJRP. Position will also involve managing volunteer efforts in the parks, and up to 10 seasonal grounds and facilities employees including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; evaluating performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Qualified candidates will have 8 to 10 years of relevant technical and supervisory training/experience, plus be able to become a Certified Playground Safety Inspector and Certified Aquatic Facility Operator. Wage starts at $18.44/hour with excellent benefits. For a list of job duties, additional qualifications, and fringe benefit information, please visit our website at www.ccsuvt.org (click on Job Opportunities). Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring.com (Job ID 22397). EOE

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Champlain Housing Trust, serving the affordable housing needs of Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties seeks a part-time (20 hours/week) Development Assistant to assist with preparing affordable housing funding applications, permit applications, requests for funding disbursements and various reports, grant administration, property analysis and budgeting. Must be able to work independently, enjoy a team environment, communicate effectively, and exercise sound judgment with attention to detail. Some travel for on-site visits required. Commitment to perpetually affordable housing is required. Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance, vacations, holiday, and sick leave. Cover letter and resume by July 7, 2008 to Human Resources, Champlain Housing Trust, PO Box 523, Burlington, VT 05402 or email HR@champlainhousingtrust.org. No phone calls, please.

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Seeking an individual to support residents with psychiatric and co-occurring substance use disorders in the process of recovery, plus perform administrative duties and support/train staff. Patience, compassion and sense of humor preferred with ability to work as part of a team. Experience with adults with serious mental illness and/or addictions treatment preferred. BA or BS in Human Services. Position requires overnight and weekend hours.

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Seeking an individual to work one-on-one with an adult male client transitioning into an apartment; must be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Position will require transportation to and from community activities as well as to mental health and doctors’ appointments. Candidate will help support the development of social skills, behavioral skills, daily living skills. Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field required. Experience with severe, persistent mental health illness preferred. Please send resumes to: Personnel, Po box 647, montpelier, Vt 05601

To view a full listing of our current openings and learn more about the Magic Hat experience, visit www.magichat.net. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package to qualified employees.

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WEBSITE APPLICATIONS & CONTENT DEVELOPER Vermont Teddy Bear is proud to be one of the top-rated stores on the Internet and we’re looking for a talented individual to create and maintain applications and dynamic content on our websites. Seeking candidates with 1 – 3 years experience in a webrelated position on a business-to-consumer ecommerce site. For a complete job description please visit http://shop.vermontteddybear.com/employment.html Send cover letter and resume to: 6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 or email jobs@vtbear.com or apply online at https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=46121 EOE

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LEAD Coordinator, Student Life Champlain College seeks a dynamic, highly motivated and organized individual to assist with the daily operations of the required Student Life curriculum, LEAD, (the Life Experience and Action Dimension). Work closely with students, the LEAD Director and the Assistant Vice President of Student Life, and be responsible for student activity coordination, communicating student progress, writing LEAD correspondence, implementing and maintaining an electronic tracking system, and gathering data for reporting purposes. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree; a Master’s degree is preferred. Must be organized and detail-oriented as well as have outstanding interpersonal skills. The ability to take initiative and higher education experience are essential for success. This 12-month, full-time position includes some evening and weekend schedules. For more information about the LEAD Program and to apply, submit cover letter and resume by July 9, 2008 online at www.champlain.edu/hr. Champlain College values, supports and encourages diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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The Orange North Supervisory Union seeks professionals who are • Responsive and reflective in their practice • Excellent communicators • Partners with parents and colleagues • Resourceful life-long learners • Licensed or eligible for licensure in Vermont Williamstown Elementary School • .80 FTE Library Media / .20 FTE Technology Integration Specialist Williamstown Middle High School • High School Science Teacher 1.0 FTE • Boys Varsity Head Soccer Coach Please forward cover letter specifying position(s) applied for, resume, 3 letters of reference, transcripts and related documentation/certifications to: Orange North Supervisory Union 111B Brush Hill Road Williamstown, VT 05679 Positions remain open until filled.

Agricultural Land Treatment and Conservation Planners

The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts seeks two Conservation Planners and one Land Treatment Planner. The Land Treatment Planner will focus on gathering resource information and field data on selected farms in Franklin and Grand Isle counties and prepare technical information for the development of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans. The Conservation Planners will provide agricultural conservation practice implementation guidelines, assistance, planning support, surveying, inspection and revision of conservation plans. Qualifications: BA or BS in natural resources, agronomy, soil science, forestry, agriculture, agricultural education or agricultural engineering or minimum of 5 years of practical experience in the above fields; demonstrated knowledge of soils and an ability to understand and interpret NRCS Soil Survey information, demonstrated knowledge of VT agricultural soils and their potentials, and soil interpretations. $30,000 +/year, vehicle usage if available, mileage reimbursement and benefits. Positions based in St. Albans, Vermont. Visit www.vacd.org for complete description. Please email resume and cover letter by July 15, 2009 to mgudorf@earthlink.net or mail to: Michelle Gudorf 4510 East Hill Rd. Craftsbury, VT 05826

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Greater Burlington YMCA

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Would you like to work for one of Burlington’s most family-friendly agencies? We are looking for a person to support our President and CEO. The person must be organized, detail oriented, have excellent support skills and be skilled with Microsoft Office. We are looking for initiative, sound judgment, discretion, and excellent public relation skills to relate to board and committee members, community leaders, staff, and the public. The person must be dependable, conscientious and willing to work on a wide variety of tasks and projects. This is a full-time position with competitive salary and benefits. Bachelor’s degree and two years of office or administrative experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Please email your resume to gvassar@GBYMCA.org. If you have questions, please call 802-862-8993 X132. EOE We build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.

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