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TRUE COLORS As [he’s] an environmental chemist, it amazes me that Mr. Bono of TruGreen [“Local Matters,” March 16] would call the chemicals used by his company “safe.” Here are the facts for just one of those chemicals: MCPA is one of the chemicals in the Tri-Power herbicide used by

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TruGreen. The estimated lethal dose of MCPA for a 160-pound person is less than one ounce. This is equivalent to less than five tablespoons of the Tri-Power herbicide. For a 40-pound child, this is approximately three tablespoons of the Tri-Power herbicide. And how do we estimate this dose? We feed the chemical to rabbits, birds, dogs, mice and many other species of animals. We chronicle the toxic affects it has on these poor creatures. How many of them suffered seizures? How many of their offspring had birth defects? How much of the chemical did it take to mutate their bone marrow cells? And how much of the chemical did it take to finally kill them? Then we estimate the lethal dose for humans. Knowing all of this, we are assured these products are “safe,” and we spray them on our grass, because they kill weeds. These chemicals pose a very real danger to human health, and to the health of our pets and native wildlife. It has taken 40 years to restore just one creature, the bald eagle, in Vermont, its population having been decimated by something once thought to be “safe” — DDT. There are myriad truly safe ways to have a beautiful lawn. Spraying poison on it just isn’t one of them. Deborah A. Loring BURLINGTON

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LIFE CHOICE This letter supports the Death with Dignity (DWD) Act now before the Legislature. In September 2003, I began noticing a weakness in my right foot and left hand. In May 2004, I was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), which destroys the nerves that control movement, trapping the victim in an increasingly inert body. It is inevitably fatal, often within a year or two. The mind remains mentally sharp, even though the voluntary muscles

that control breathing, swallowing, chewing and limb movement cease to function. The cause of ALS is a mystery. In many cases, at life’s end one is paralyzed and suffocating to death — with a very alert mind. At this time, I am fearful of losing control, and of ending my life in that manner. Even though I now am using a walker and a wheelchair at times, I remain very active in the community. I am on three boards of organizations, along with other projects. I am living life to the fullest and

putting my trust in the Lord. A recent poll in The Burlington Free Press indicated that more than 75 percent of Vermonters — young, middle-aged, old, Catholics, Jews and Protestants — support the concept of DWD. I know that some House and Senate members may not agree with the DWD Act, but you also represent your constituents, a large majority of whom support DWD. I ask you, if you were in my shoes, would you not want the comfort of having another choice available

at life’s end? Please vote for the DWD Act. Richard Erickson BURLINGTON

SUPPORT YMCA Like many YMCA supporters, I was disappointed to find out that the Moran Plant proposal for the new YMCA home didn’t pass. My ties to the YMCA are very strong: I moved to Vermont in 1996 from California and started first as a volunteer for the YMCA until I got a job in 1997 as an afternoon custodian. My job was great, but I had to leave it in 2000 because of family reasons. Since then I have been a member. The YMCA pool has always been my greatest joy and comfort, and I also use the Stairmaster and the “boat,” and do some floor exercises. Also, I have kept in touch with the wonderful and helpful YMCA staff. I lived across the street at the YWCA for about five years until the building was sold. Now the same is about to happen to the YMCA. It is very important to keep the YMCA in Burlington, not only because of sports activities, but also as a child-care center and a gathering place for social activities. Maybe together we can find some solutions for the YMCA’s new location. Any suggestions? I also want to personally thank Mayor Peter Clavelle for his continuous support for the YMCA. Vesna Dye

EXCESSIVE REGS The recent tragedies from carbon monoxide poisonings have served to educate the public about the importance of purchasing and maintaining CO detectors. The Vermont Legislature is showing support for bills that would mandate hardwire detectors in rental units as well as newly built or sold private homes. One has to wonder how a mandate on detectors in private homes would be enforced while this obviously creates just one more burden on someone buying, selling or building. For some reason, in the Vermont Legislature there is a tendency for things to too easily take on the status of “crisis.” Between recently passed septic, storm-water and animal-welfare laws, Vermonters are creeping dangerously close to having to display inspection stickers on the front windows of our homes. Can’t the Legislature for once have some faith and trust that the people who elect them to office are capable of making sound decisions regarding our welfare without their enlightened guidance? Doesn’t the fact that CO detectors have been selling off the shelves show that people can respond without being led by the hand by the safety zealots and control freaks under the golden dome? Richard Lachapelle HUNTINGTON

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More GOP Sleaze — The former head of the New Hampshire Republican Party was sentenced to prison earlier this month for some 2002 campaign sleaze. If he’s lucky, he’ll get a cell next to the former Republican governor of Connecticut, John Rowland. Charles “Chuck” McGee hired telemarketers to jam the phone lines at Democratic campaign offices on Election Day so they couldn’t get out the vote and offer rides to the polls. McGee pled guilty to a felony charge last summer. Mr. McGee was also vice president for political and corporate communications at Spectrum Monthly & Printing Inc., a directmail outfit very familiar to Vermont GOP Chairman Jim Barnett. Last fall, you see, the Vermont GOP spent more than $85,000 at Spectrum Inc. on nasty direct-mail pieces attacking Democratic state legislators. Chairman Barnett told Seven Days this week he has since been made aware of McGee’s legal problems. “We’re not doing business with Spectrum,” said Mad Dog, “in light of the events in New Hampshire.” Asked why the Vermont Republican Party had spent so much money on an out-of-state printer, Barnett replied, “Because of the cost. They’re cheap.” P.S. According to Vermont campaign finance reports, Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie also used the services of Spectrum in his last campaign. Both the state GOP and the Doobster continued to do business with McGee’s firm even after he entered a guilty plea last summer. Interesting. Murder Update — Questions continue one week after Burlington Police arrested a suspect for the murder and sexual assault of Laura Winterbottom. Gerald Montgomery, a convicted sex offender living in the Old North End, has been charged. Many in the public wonder why Montgomery wasn’t caught sooner and why police issued no public alarm about a random killer on the loose. Folks also wonder why Montgomery’s mug wasn’t posted on the state’s online sex offender registry. As everyone knows, the case was cracked when the semen samples from the crime INSIDE TRACK >> 18A

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Testing, Testing Burlington police spent two weeks tracking Laura Winterbottom’s murderer. They found him, ultimately, in a laboratory. When authorities arrested an Old North End resident last week and accused him of murdering and sexually assaulting 31-year-old Winterbottom, it was DNA evidence that connected him to the crimes. Police said bodily fluids recovered from Winterbottom’s car and body matched a sample taken from 33year-old Gerald Tyrone Montgomery, a previously convicted sex offender. Montgomery has pleaded not guilty to both charges. As a result of TV crime shows and highly publicized celebrity trials, most people these days have a basic understanding of DNA evidence — what it is and how it’s used in crim-

DNA analysis, unlike on “CSI,” takes time. LAB DIRECTOR ERIC BUEL inal cases. But a visit to Vermont’s state forensic lab proves that the DNA testing process is more complicated than it looks on TV. The state’s only forensic crime lab is located behind a metal door on the third floor of the Department of Public Safety building in the Waterbury state offices complex. White walls and a gleaming tile floor give the lab an antiseptic appearance, accentuated by the strip of sticky paper that serves as a welcome mat to the DNA analysis room. Lab director Eric Buel explains that the paper helps to reduce the amount of dust in the tight space. When police collect a sample from a crime scene, he says, they take it first to the serology department, where technicians determine, for example, if stains on a shirt are blood or chocolate sauce. If the sample contains DNA, it’s liquefied and brought to the analysis room. Technicians there use pen-like injectors called pipettes to transfer the DNA-filled fluid to clear plastic tubes half an inch long and an eighth of an inch in diameter. They run the samples through three machines. The first instrument, a “Real-time

PCR,” determines if there’s enough DNA in the sample to test. The second, a thermocycler, replicates the DNA strands, and embeds fluorescent dyes that will enable the third machine — the genetic analyzer — to prepare a profile. It’s a lengthy process. “DNA analysis, unlike on ‘CSI,’ takes time,” says Buel. As he displays the machinery, Joseph Abraham, a forensic chemist, runs a sample through the genetic analyzer. Unlike the genetic analyzer on “CSI,” Abraham’s machine doesn’t have lights that illuminate the samples. Inside the analyzer, a tube extends into the DNA sample, and sucks up fluid into another tube the width of a human hair. Lasers penetrate the tube to search for fluorescent dyes. Abraham stands in front of a computer linked to the machine, which interprets the data and produces a multicolored graph that is indecipherable to non-experts. Under the best circumstances, Abraham says, the lab can produce a profile in three days. But Buel says that may extend to a week; he declines to discuss the timetable in the Winterbottom case. Homicides are obviously the first priority, but if the machine is midanalysis, it has to finish before the next sample can be introduced. And Buel notes that the genetic analyzer is sometimes temperamental. “If the instrument breaks and we have to call a service rep,” he says, “they’re out of Boston.” Once the profile emerges from the analyzer, a technician determines whether it contains enough information to deliver an accurate match. A second analyst double-checks the report. Then the profile is checked against the genetic profiles of identified suspects, and against the Vermont’s Combined DNA Index database. If a match is found, technicians test the original sample to be sure they got an accurate reading. They’ll take another sample once the suspect is in custody, from a cheek swab or a blood draw. Buel says there are multiple checks built into the system. That’s crucial, because the likelihood of a false match is slim. “We give statistics in the billions and trillions,” he says. “Statistically, it’s terrific evidence.” CATHY RESMER

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Taking Aim at General Dynamics’ Charitable Giving As a Burlington antiwar activist, Laurie Essig objects to defense contractors. So when her 9-year-old daughter Willa, a student at Champlain School, heard that General Dynamics employees were coming to her school to donate books, the third-grader asked her teacher some pointed questions. “She genuinely wanted to know, ‘Are we for bomb-makers? Do we think it’s right to kill people?’” Essig says. “Her basic question was, ‘Why are we treating these people like heroes?’” According to Essig, Willa’s teacher was concerned the girl might say something inappropriate to the General Dynamics people, so she “brought all the other students down to get their free books and left my daughter sitting alone in the classroom.” “If a child asks that question, she shouldn’t be punished,” says Essig, a sociology professor at the University of Vermont. “They should say, ‘Oh, that’s a really good question. Let’s talk about why we need corporations in our school.’” Essig met with the teacher and principal the next day, and says they were apologetic about the incident but “didn’t seem to be aware of the censorship issue.” Their explanation, she says, was that the employees were there not as representatives of General Dynamics, but as local parents. Phone calls to Champlain School Principal Nancy Zahniser and Burlington Schools Superintendent Lyman Amsden weren’t returned by press time. But Robin Sheperd, the community service coordinator for General Dynamics Armaments Systems of Burlington, says that General Dynamics has been a sponsor of the “Reading Is

Fundamental” literacy program since 1997. Each year, the company donates three free books to every Burlington student in kindergarten through fifth grade, as well as two free books twice a year to Burlington middle schoolers. In all, the company gives away about 5400 new books annually. School librarians handle all the book-buying, Sheperd explains, and the company has no say in determining what the children read. General Dynamics, which employs about 600 people in Burlington, also funds a guest author once a year to talk to schoolchildren about writing or illustrating books. In February, about 120 General Dynamics volunteers went into the public schools to read to the kids as part of “I Love to Read” month. “They’re getting more and more enthusiasm all the time,” Sheperd says. “The students are really beginning to appreciate it and recognize us when we come in.” It’s that corporate name recognition that Essig finds disturbing. All the donated books come with a General Dynamics bookmark and have a sticker inside that reads, “Courtesy of General Dynamics.” Essig plans to bring up this issue at the district’s next Curriculum and Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 26. She wants the district to revisit its policy about allowing corporations to “use our children for PR purposes.” If the district still wants to allow them, she says, then at least there should be a discussion about which kinds of corporations qualify. “This is General Dynamics, the sixth-largest manufacturer of depleted uranium weapons,” Essig observes. “What’s next, Philip Morris?” KEN PICARD

Telecom Job? “Important meeting about Burlington’s cable television project,” blared the full-page ad in last Wednesday’s Burlington Free Press. Intended to boost attendance at a local forum that night, it also warned Burlingtonians, “This may be your only chance to ask questions or have your voices heard.” The ad was the latest offensive in the battle over Burlington Telecom’s proposed cable TV service. Though voters have approved the city-owned municipal phone, cable and Internet service, Adelphia argues the project shouldn’t be granted a Certificate of Public Good. The Public Service Board is holding hearings on the plan. “What’s Adelphia afraid of?” Mayor Peter Clavelle asked rhetorically in his opening remarks before the crowd of nearly 100 at the Burlington City Hall forum. “They have had a monopoly on providing cable service to the people of this community.” Gesturing to the ad, he told the Adelphia subscribers in the crowd, “You’re paying for this.” His charge wasn’t exactly accurate. The ad was sponsored by the New England chapter of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, an industry lobbying group. Adelphia is a member, but NECTA bought the ad, which also mentioned providers like DISH and DirecTV, and noted that Verizon plans to get in on the cable game, too; Adelphia, by the way, plans to expand its offerings to include phone service. Why would a national trade organization spring for a full-page ad in Vermont’s largest newspaper? Because Burlington’s municipal telecommunications project, which also seeks to offer phone, cable and broadband Internet connections, doesn’t just threaten Adelphia — if it succeeds, it’ll be a thorn in the side of the entire telecommunications industry. Fed up with shoddy service and skyrocketing cable bills, many Burlingtonians seem pleased by that prospect. NECTA is seeking to discredit the project. The ad paraphrased the conclusion of a study by the Heartland Institute, a think tank that has blasted

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Curses, Foiled Again An agency that serves the poor in Fostoria, Ohio, called police after thieves broke in through a back door and stole a safe. The safe was empty, according to Susan Simpkins, director of the Fostoria Bureau of Concern, who explained that the agency had been intending to throw it out, but it was too big to move. “It is really quite comical,” she said. “It was very heavy, and they did us a favor by taking it.”

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Koko ‘demanded’ plaintiffs remove their clothing and show Koko their breasts,” the lawsuit said. “Patterson pressured plaintiffs to perform such acts, regularly and consistently, and on at least one occasion, outdoors where others could see.” A month after the women’s lawsuit, a third woman, Iris Rivera, filed her own suit, accusing Patterson of repeatedly pressuring her to expose her breasts, insisting that Koko was signing “She wants to see your nipples.” Although Alperin and Keller refused to expose themselves, Rivera said that she acquiesced.

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than 20 trucks hit the streets of Manila equipped with blanket-size white rags and water containers to keep the rags wet. If the wet-rag patrol fails to curb jaywalking, Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando insisted that he would turn to paintballs from war games against jaywalkers. “Paintball could easily stain clothes and would be very effective to teach undisciplined pedestrians a good lesson,” he said.

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goods to the mainland when police saw them and gave chase. The suspects were arrested when their boat broke down. Police official Anson Lo said that the contraband was a shipment of Buddhist Pines, commonly called “good luck” trees.

town. According to the Denton Record Chronicle, the victims said that they were on their way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, because they needed money and had read on the Internet that a medical school there would pay $100,000 for testicles.

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who helped care for the famous gorilla Koko sued the San Francisco Gorilla Foundation, claiming that it fired them for refusing to show Koko their breasts. The lawsuit by Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller accused foundation president Francine Patterson of seeking to have the women bond with the gorilla by performing “bizarre sexual acts with Koko.” The foundation maintains that Koko understands a sign language vocabulary of more than 1000 words. “Through sign language, as interpreted by Patterson,

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old man told police in Savannah, Georgia, that he was sexually assaulted by two women he spotted outside his mobile home while drinking and using cocaine and invited to join him. He explained that he could remember little from that point until he awoke to find a metal object protruding from his rear end. Police Sgt. Mike Wilson said doctors at Memorial Health University Medical Center surgically removed what they identified as “one half of a pair of food tongs” and turned it over to police.

Leave It to Beavers Authorities searching for as much as $75,000 stolen from the Lucky Dollar Casino in Greenburg, Louisiana, recovered more than half of it after one of the robbers admitted throwing three moneybags into a creek. Maj. Michael Martin of the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff ’s Office said that beavers building a dam apparently tore open one of the bags and wove many of the bills into the sticks and mud used to

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Cover Up The city council in Villahermosa, Mexico, voted to ban indoor nudity, warning that offenders face up to 36 hours in jail or a fine of $121. “We are talking about zero tolerance . . . for a lack of morality,” said city councilwoman Blanca Estela Pulido of the Revolutionary Institutional Party, which governs the Tabasco state capital. Villahermosa is noted for its sweltering heat and humidity, and citizens traditionally have houses that provide plenty of ventilation, including open windows. “Because we walk past the windows, you see a lot of things,” Pulido said, indicating she was confident that citizens who catch a glimpse of offenders would report them to police — even though the law also threatens jail for peeping Toms.

Squeegees from Outer Space Scientists reported that the power output of the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity rover probing the surface of Mars had dropped to 500 watt-hours per day because they were being clogged by the heavy Martian dirt. NASA rover team leader Jim Erickson said that the panels’ output soared close to their maximum 900 watt-hours per day after an unexplained phenomenon regularly cleaned layers of the dust. The second rover, Mars Spirit, which operates on a different part of the planet, hasn’t been cleaned, however, and its clogged panels have had their power output drop to 400 watt-hours a day.

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A friend from Belgium emailed me last week to ask if this country had gone completely off its rocker. You heard the man — it’s the literal Word of God: Forget thy father’s house. Thy father has nothing to do with it anymore, and neither dost thy mother, thy brother Bobby, thy parents’ attorneys, the President of the United States, his shills in Congress, his brother Jeb, Randall Terry, Tom DeLay, the whores of the media or anyone but thy Husband, to whom thou art enslaved for better or worse. In regard to the Terri Schiavo case, I really want to know — what happened to “the sanctity of marriage,” about which we’ve been lectured so long and hard by the Christian right? What happened to the decree, “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband, even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ”? Well? A friend from Belgium — gallant little Belgium! — emailed me last week to ask if this country had gone completely off its rocker. “You’ve just noticed?” I replied, but that was an insult to Belgians. They’ve been noticing for a long time now, and they’re appalled. “You say that you are living in a political and moral nightmare,” my friend remarked, after we renewed our correspondence. She is only two generations down from people who endured occupation and persecution under the Nazis, and only 300 miles away or so from the former Iron Curtain. “Although it is very sad for your country,” she said — Belgians are terribly polite — “I’m relieved that some Americans realize what is going on and are trying to change things. We were so worried during the elections. Could it be that such a man [as Bush] would be chosen again?”

Here I drew back, ashamed. Yes, I stammered, it “could be.” Alas, it is — especially now that Congress, in a complete abrogation of its authority and responsibility, has bowed to the whims of a mob and its demagogues and created law around a single, pulverizing case, dashing two centuries of constitutional guarantees. I dropped into pundit mode for my Belgian friend. “Of course we know that this Terri Schiavo thing is a huge distraction,” I wrote, “and designed to be so. They want your eyes anywhere but where they belong — on them. ‘They’ are also succeeding in their larger goal, which is to undermine public confidence in Congress and the courts (i.e., the constitutional separation of powers). So that when the shit really hits the fan, the only one left with authority will be ‘the President’ — you know, the ‘Commander-in-Chief.’” But my friend wasn’t appeased. “When we later heard [Bush’s] speech proclaiming that America intended to bring freedom to the world, we didn’t know how to react,” she went on. “It is ridiculous: We are not living in the Middle Ages anymore.” We aren’t? I gulped. No, apparently not. “Our political system is very different,” my friend insisted. “Church and state are separate.” God forgive me, but this was just what I was waiting for — a little comic relief, while “life ebbs away, hour by hour, minute by minute,” for poor Terri Schiavo, the only person in the United States who’s been spared the degradation of her being, her image and her name in the march to theocracy. “Church and state are separate?” I guffawed. “An old American idea!” My friend wasn’t laughing. “Of course we’re influenced by the press here, too,” she said, “and it’s difficult to know what to think . . . We often mock at the so-called ‘average Frenchman’ (stupid and unrefined), but Uncle Georges always says that the average American is much worse. What do you think?” I said I couldn’t answer that, as it might get me in trouble. “The desire to have weapons to ‘protect one’s family’ is also something we don’t understand,” my friend concluded, having just heard about this nation’s latest “highschool massacre” in Minnesota. “There is no civil war going on in the USA (or, if there is, you had better deal with it before bringing peace to the world).” Lamely, I told her the latest joke about Bush and his effort to “bring freedom” to oppressed nations: “We don’t need it anymore. Here, you take it!” I reminded her that the forces of decency always think they can quell the mob by throwing it bones, and that this never works. I even said, “History will prove me right,” to which she only answered, in the politest tones of civilized society: “History, yes. Provided they let us have one.” 쩾

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feet allocated to public space. Though the cinema may not open for another year, the theater lights are scheduled to come up on July 3. The leading man is Matt Wohl; his organization is the brand-new Waterfront Theatre. Actually, the 34-year-old Vermont native is a behind-the-scenes guy; he was introduced to theater at age 10, working summers at the now-defunct Champlain Shakespeare Festival. “That’s how my mom kept me off the streets,� he jokes. Wohl grew up to direct the Orlando Fringe Festival for four years, followed by more theater work in Los Angeles. But becoming a father prompted him to move back home. “With my partner Angela and son Jacob, we felt really far from family,� he says. When he returned to Vermont, Wohl found a job for two years heading up Art’s Alive, which happens to rent space at Union Station — also owned by Main Street Landing. One day, Moulton recalls, she was sitting in her office telling Wohl about her vision for the new project, and learned about his theater background. “His vision was the same as mine,� Moulton exclaims. “He was ‘the man.’� One thing led to another and . . . this Friday, April 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., Wohl is hosting a free informal event at Union Station to talk about the new performance space. Operated by Waterfront Theatre, the nonprofit enterprise will “exist primarily for local companies, providing a home for the many groups in the area that don’t have their own space,� he says. Education will also be an important component, Wohl explains; classes are in the plans, and not just for thespians but for aspiring techies as well. Speaking of technology, Waterfront Theatre is no bare-bones black box: Expect state-of-the-art lighting and sound, as well as fold-up stadium seating. Wohl emphasizes the versatility of the space, which he says can be used for everything from plays to stand-up comedy to dance — yes, there’s even a sprung hardwood floor. And it’s all environmentally correct. “Down the road I’d like to set up an endowment to defray the cost of renting the space,� Wohl says. “I don’t want to give it away, but get to a place where it’s nominal.� One final note: When The Waiting Room folded last month, the Burlington Slam Poets lost their stage. But the wait for a new one is over. The flows resume at 135 Pearl, every second Sunday of the month, beginning April 10. For more info, see http://www.ver montslams.com. And kudos to this venue for its own expanded vision, embracing diversity not just in “orientation� but in performance — drag queens and folksingers, poets and punk bands, all are welcomed “home� at 135 Pearl. m

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he phrase “antiquarian book dealer” calls to mind images of gentlemen in smoking jackets fondling the spines of First Folio editions under the glassy gaze of a hunting trophy. But don’t look for scenes like that at the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Spring Fair this Sunday. The event isn’t a professional gathering of specialists, but a chance for more than 40 regional sellers of literary collectibles from around the region — including some who usually sell by appointment only — to peddle their wares to the general public. While some pricy artifacts certainly will be for sale, most items are “modestly priced, five to 50 dollars,” says event organizer Donna Howard, who owns The Eloquent Page in St. Albans. To be sure, there will be plenty of leather bindings and archaic typefaces on display. Jonathan Flaccus, of Putney’s The Unique Antique, plans to arrive with a station wagon full of 18th- and 19th-century Vermontiana, part of a collection he’s been accumulating since 1976. Among the treasures he’ll bring is a first edition of Woodstock author George Perkins’ conservationist classic Man and Nature, priced at $2000. There’s also an unrevised 1812 edition of a History of the Indian Wars that garnered such bad reviews its author, a president of the University of Vermont, tried to remove it from circulation. Flaccus also deals in old maps, ledgers, broadsides and ephemera — cheap throwaway items, such as wanted posters, letters, postcards and tickets, that now provide valuable glimpses of the past. “People like to see what I have for their town,” he remarks, pointing out that some of his antiques reveal surprising bits of Vermont history. Case in point: the annual report of a Plymouth gold mining company, which opened in 1884 and went out of business six months later. A very different sort of “antiquarian” bookseller is Beth Kanell, of Kingdom Books in St. Johnsbury. “We have very little published before 1950,” she says. Kingdom Books, which Kanell owns with her husband Dave, specializes in poetry, mystery and Vermont authors. Their table will feature such contemporary names as David Mamet, New Hampshire poet Donald Hall and mystery author Charles Todd. Kanell has also carved out a lucrative business in Beat poetry, watching her titles increase 30 percent in value over the span of a year. With their bold cover graphics and edgy text, “something about [Beat] appeals to young people, people recapturing excitement in their lives,” she says. Some book fair visitors may come just to browse and pick up an antique postcard. Others may find themselves bitten by the collecting bug. Howard says collectors tend to start small. She has customers who want to own every book by a particular romance author — “Most just want to spend two or three dollars, but it is a legitimate collection.” By the time you find yourself shelling out a week’s paycheck for a first edition, “you’re hooked,” Howard chuckles.

What inspires people to seek out first editions of a favorite author, or every book they can find on a particular topic? Love of books, of course, is a prime motive. “Some people think the first edition is closer to the author’s vision of what the book should be,” says Howard. Kanell agrees that collecting can draw the reader closer to an author, sometimes in a literal sense. An editor of poetry when she isn’t selling books, she likes to snap up copies of “early works by significant poets” and hand the early editions back to the authors, who are often seeing them for the first time in years. Signed copies have special value, Kanell says, because “You know you’re holding the exact copy

Think Koenig’s collection is esoteric? Howard had one customer who sought out books on enemas. Barnum knows of a “gentleman in Germany who’s obsessed with the granite industry in Barre. He visited here once, and that set it off.” She recalls another customer who told her that he and a friend were in long-term competition to see who could amass the most children’s Golden Books — with purchases on the Internet defined as cheating. “Cheating” or not, the Internet has revolutionized the antiquarian book business. Books for which collectors would formerly have scoured local stores and attics are now available at

price. “A lot of people say, ‘It’s old, it should look like this!’” says Barnum. Likewise, people who buy rare books on eBay or other sites easily fall victim to the principle of caveat emptor, says Howard. That’s one argument for continuing to frequent face-to-face book fairs, where you can see and touch what you’re buying. Another is the chance to build relationships between dealers and their local community. Booksellers at a fair “never mind starting with beginning questions. They love to nurture new collectors and readers,” says Kanell. “A lot of it is getting to know someone who has an interest in sub-

There’s no rationale you can give when your husband or wife asks, “Why are you buying another book on bells?” BEN KOENIG, THE COUNTRY BOOKSHOP that the author has literally held. It’s a sense of connection to another person.” But the collectors also agree that, at a certain point, pure obsessiveness takes over. “It’s the same reason people collect teaspoons,” says Howard. Deb Barnum, of Burlington’s Bygone Books, compares her shelves of Austen and Steinbeck to her son’s limited-edition sneaker collection. “The one thing collectors have in common is this kind of hunt or search. “That’s what keeps us going,” says Ben Koenig of Plainfield’s The Country Bookshop. “There’s no rationale you can give when your husband or wife asks, ‘Why are you buying another book on bells?’” Koenig, whose large store contains over 350 books on just that subject, found his focus through his other job as a music teacher. His search for an instrument kids could easily play led to a bell collection, which led to collecting books on everything from carillons to cowbells to Big Ben. “I do have this collecting gene,” he allows.

the click of a mouse that connects them to an international database. “There are fewer collectors [at fairs] these days,” says Flaccus. “They tend to stay at home in front of their computer.” He himself doesn’t sell on the Internet, in part because “I like to steer where [the item] goes,” he says. “I like things to return to their origin.” The Internet has increased public awareness of the value of old books, often crowding the market. Howard remembers what happened to a oncevaluable edition of Grant’s memoirs: “When the Internet came in, people started cleaning out their attics, the number of copies went up, and prices plummeted.” Barnum says that nowadays “people often come with books they’ve already researched on the Internet and have prices they want for them.” But these sellers may be less informed than they think. Many amateur sellers and buyers don’t realize that a book’s physical condition can make or break its fetching

jects I sell,” says Koenig. He isn’t expecting to move a large volume of books in his specialty, folk music, but rather to connect with potential longterm customers. Many book fairgoers look forward to chatting with the experts or peppering them with questions. Some come in search of that elusive childhood favorite whose title they’ve forgotten — “I want a book from the ’50s about the Hell’s Angels in Canada with a German author,” says Kanell, by way of example. While such demands may be daunting, Barnum says booksellers welcome the chance to interact with a broader public than they’d normally see in their shops. “[Bookselling] can be a lonely job, because it’s just you against piles of books and the public,” she says. “It’s nice to have that kind of contact with other people.” By bringing together people who love to drink in the look and feel of books, the book fair gives a social dimension to reading, that eminently solitary activity. m

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Dear Cecil, I recently saw the movie The Magdalene Sisters on DVD. Here’s the premise: For 150 years, ending in 1996, teenage girls in Ireland who got pregnant or raped or were so attractive it was assumed they would eventually become promiscuous were sent by their parents to prison-like asylums run by the Catholic Church. Nuns oversaw day-to-day operations. The girls were forced to work in laundries from dawn till dusk 364 days a year and were fed only gruel. The asylums were surrounded by high walls topped with broken glass and had locked gates and bars on the windows. Nuns stood guard at night to make sure no one escaped. Far from being released upon turning 21, these girls were imprisoned for life; in the words of the movie’s mother superior, “I decide when or if you’re allowed to leave.” Thirty-thousand women were locked up in these asylums over the years. I’m assuming even the Catholic Church in Ireland wasn’t exempt from laws against false imprisonment and the like, so these women had to know they were being held illegally. Despite the high walls and so on, it’s hard to imagine a woman of, say, 35 having remained there since age 18 or 19 simply because she’d been physically prevented from leaving. Could a religious organization hold someone against her will decade after decade? Wouldn’t the more determined eventually find a way out? The inmates outnumbered the nuns by a wide margin. It’s not like the nuns were armed. What gives? Mark Reynolds, Carol Stream, Illinois I hear you, bud. The common reaction to Peter Mullan’s The Magdalene Sisters (2002), which depicts what amounts to a church-operated slave labor camp, is disbelief. You can imagine this kind of thing happening during Victorian times, but the movie is set in 1964. Was Ireland that wacky? Was the Catholic Church? Sure looks that way. The scandal didn’t break until 1993, and the full story has yet to be told, but here’s what we know so far: 1. Despite widespread impressions to the contrary, Magdalene asylums weren’t centrally organized, weren’t

operated by a single religious order or solely by the Catholic Church, and weren’t all in Ireland. There was a Magdalene asylum in San Francisco as late as the 1930s, and similar institutions could be found at one time around the world. 2. Named for the New Testament prostitute, the Magdalene movement originated in 18th-century England. Magdalene asylums took in fallen women — prostitutes initially, then unwed mothers and, eventually, in Ireland at least, any female suspected of being out there sexually, including girls who were simply flirtatious. In Sex in a Cold Climate, the 1998 documentary by Steve Humphries that inspired Mullan to make his film, four former inmates speak chillingly of the cruelty of the nuns in charge, some of whom had once been inmates themselves. A good if narrow account is Do Penance or Perish: A Study of Magdalen Asylums in Ireland by Frances Finnegan (2001). 3. Organized abuse of children in Ireland wasn’t limited to Magdalene institutions. Equally appalling were the Irish industrial schools, which were funded by the state and operated by Catholic religious orders. Most of the inmates weren’t orphans but rather kids (of both sexes) whose parents were too poor to care for them. They were beaten, starved and dressed in rags; many were sexually abused. Reports of unexplained deaths and so on were dismissed by public officials. The industrial schools began to close in the late 1960s; in 1999, after several media exposés, the Irish government apologized to the former inmates. Later the Catholic church agreed to pay 100 million pounds to sexual-abuse victims. The best examination to date is Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland’s Industrial Schools by Mary Raftery and Eoin O’Sullivan (1999). 4. Were Magdalene asylums in Ireland conspicuously worse than those elsewhere in the world? Too little is known to permit any confident statement. However, Finnegan’s account suggests that while the strict discipline in the asylums in some countries relaxed over time, in Ireland it grew harsher. Why? The rigid character of the Irish Catholic Church and its dominance of the Irish state surely had something to do with it. Rather than administer social services itself, the government subcontracted many of them to religious orders. Take that authoritarian predisposition and add in Irish society’s archaic attitude toward sex, and the unsurprising result is systematic brutality that would do credit to the Taliban. Which brings us to your question. How did the Irish gulag persist for so long with so little outcry? Social pressure was part of it: Magdalene prisoners — like their families, who alone could rescue them — generally felt too stigmatized to discuss the experience. More fundamentally, Mullan has argued in interviews, the victims accepted the premise that the twists in charge could send them to perdition and that, in the end, submission was their only choice. CECIL ADAMS

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Mr. President! — With no challenger in sight at the moment, Burlington City Councilor Ian Carleton appears a shoe-in to succeed fellow Democrat Andy Montroll as council president next week. Carleton landed in Burlap after picking up a law degree at Yale in 1999. He currently hangs his shingle at Sheehy Furlong Behm P.C. and is on the board of the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Before ever meeting him, we’d heard of his political ambition, and

that ambition emerged back in December 2002. That’s when Progressive Mayor Peter Clavelle sought the Democratic endorsement for mayor in the March 2003 race. Mayor Moonie beat Montroll at the Democratic caucus, sparking a political uproar in the Queen City. In response, Republican State Rep. Kurt Wright (who returns to duty on the city council next week) hatched a scheme to get a “real” Democrat to step up and run as an Independent against Clavelle. Wright’s plan called for Republicans to sit the race out and back the Independent. Kwik Stop Kurt was turned down by two Democrats in his search for a Clavelle opponent. But the third, freshman City Councilor Ian Carleton, bit. “Inside Track” reported back then that it took a phone call from Howard Dean, then a rising presidential contender, to dissuade Young Ian from running against Clavelle. Dean, we were told, had threatened to personally line up the Burlington business community behind Clavelle if Carleton ran. As it turned out, Ian thought better of it, took Ho-Ho’s “advice” and decided his political ascendancy could wait. Reminded of his earlier mayoral ambition this week, Carleton forthrightly responded by acknowledging he “didn’t have the experience as a politician” back then that he has now. Politics is, after all, a live-andlearn kind of game. Ian sounds like a good student. As for his new role as council president, Carleton said he hopes to run efficient and effective meetings. And looking ahead, he forecast July as a “month of reckoning.” That’s when reappraisal kicks in and Burlington homeowners get their new property tax bills. “It will be a very difficult month,” said Carleton. Taxpayers will be screaming bloody murder and the target of their anger will likely be the city council. What fun! The Era of Carleton has begun! Big Brother Update — How much freedom are we willing to give up to protect our freedom? For example, living in the Land of the Free means freedom-loving citizens get searched by their government on a daily basis. From airports to courthouses, security checkpoints are a way of life in 21st century America. But beyond those locations, one checkpoint in particular has Vermonters rankled. It’s the Border Patrol checkpoint on I-91 just south of White River Junction. Many find it somewhat unnerving to have government agents stopping vehicles so far from the border. The word is the Border Patrol wants to make the checkpoint a permanent Homeland Security fixture. Asked about it last week on VPR’s “Switchboard,” Sen. Jim Jeffords questioned the need for it. “What good’s going to come of it?” asked Jeezum Jim. “I don’t see its utility at this point.” When Bob Kinzel pointed out the Border Patrol has caught 600 people with immigration violations, Jeffords wondered aloud if that meant there was lax security at the

WCAX Anchor Search — Ch. 3 News Co-Anchor Sera Congi bid viewers an emotional farewell Friday evening, wrapping up her 10-year career at WCAX-TV. Monday evening veteran reporter Bridget Barry Caswell sat alongside Marselis Parsons. Dare we say Bridget sure looks like a perfect fit? Word is everything’s on the table as far as picking Congi’s replacement. They may go outside the station. They may not. Bridget, however, sure comes across like Old Home Week. She’s clear, credible and comfortable. And she sounds like a Vermonter because she is one. Many readers remember her dear ol’ dad Jack Barry, who dominated the local news/talk airwaves for more than 30 years. But unlike Sera, Bridget’s a mom with four kids. The 11 o’clock broadcast, we dare say, might be a bit too much to handle. Other in-house possibilities are reporters Kristin Carlson and Kate Duffy. Talented Kristin may be too young, though, and Kate prefers performing with hair covering half her face. Anson Tebbetts in drag? Hmmm. m “Inside Track” is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Peter Freyne, email freyne@sevendaysvt.com.

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hristine Litchfield and her husband bought a computer in 2000, but the retired first-grade teacher admits she still doesn’t really know what it can do. After nearly five years, they haven’t used their scanner once. That’s why the Barre resident signed up for a beginner computer and Internet class at Small Dog Electronics. The Waitsfieldbased Macintosh store geared the session specifically toward older users like Litchfield — and dubbed it “Silver Surfers.” The former teacher was one of an octet at the Tuesday night class in mid-March. Before it began, the students introduced themselves to each other, and to instructor Dawn D’Angelillo, Small Dog’s marketing

director, who asked them what they hoped to get out of the evening lesson. Some of the students had specific concerns; one Brookfield man said he’d like to learn how to throw computer files away. Litchfield wasn’t sure exactly what she was looking for, other than locating the spell checker on her word-processing program. “There’s so much stuff on the screen,” she said. “I don’t know what it means.” These seniors are not alone in their computing confusion — Americans in the 65-and-up set are least likely to use computers or to surf the Internet. Data from a January 2005 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey show that 81 percent of Americans adults aged 18-29 are

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get the best, most up-to-date health or finance information?� She cites one recent example: the new Medicare drug plan. “It asks seniors to make a very important decision based on print brochures that the Washington Post found to be out-ofdate,� she writes. “The only source of updated information is online, at http://www.medi care.gov. But how many seniors know about that source? Do their loved ones and caregivers know about it?� Accessing online health information was also the focus of a January 2005 Kaiser Family Foundation report. It basically mirrored the Pew findings, adding that seniors’ access also varies with income. Only 15 percent of those with household incomes of less than $20,000 a year have ever been online. Seniors who make more than $50,000 a year are far more likely to log on — 65 percent of them report using the ’net. >> 22A

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to be identified only as “Priscilla,” has so far avoided buying a computer. “I haven’t been concerned that I need one,” she said, “but now I feel like I’m missing out.” Priscilla admitted to registering for a free email address, but never checked to see if she had mail. She took the class to find out what she needs to know when she shops for her first Mac (or PC — she hasn’t decided). At $49, the class was more expensive than buying a book, but books aren’t necessarily the best way to learn about computers. When D’Angelillo asked the group if any of them had purchased a book to help them, most raised their hands. A few even reached into their bags to show off copies of Computers for Dummies. Apparently, they haven’t been much help. Studies show that most computer users learned their skills through a combination of human-to-human instruction and trial-and-error. Most

move the windows around on the screen. But D’Angelillo’s students had never seen it done before; they’d never even thought to ask how to do it. D’Angelillo’s difficult task was made more so by a technical glitch that shut down the shared network soon after class began. The eight iBooks Small Dog had provided became useless. Unless students had brought their own laptops, D’Angelillo couldn’t give hands-on lessons, and couldn’t get any of them connected to the Internet. For most of her presentation, she had to tell rather than show. A systems administrator tried to fix the computers, but he couldn’t get them back online, which only reinforced the message that learning to use and fix these machines is hard. “This is why I don’t want to buy a computer,” Priscilla interjected when D’Angelillo announced the network was down. At the end of the session, D’Angelillo invited

really hurt it,” she told them. She encouraged them to start behaving like teenagers. Young people, she explained, act as if they know what they’re doing, even if they don’t. “Why can Christine’s grandnephew fix the problems on her computer?” she asked the class. “He’s not afraid of the damn thing,” deadpanned Priscilla. Though many Vermont seniors have been reluctant to enter the digital age, some, like 71-year-old Annette Zeff, have embraced it wholeheartedly. The retired Philadelphia high school teacher moved to South Burlington with her husband in 2003. They live at Allenwood at Pillsbury Manor, an assisted living community, where Zeff ’s husband Sid can receive care for Parkinson’s Disease. Zeff says she spends several hours a day logged onto her PC desktop, which is mounted on a massive desk in her bedroom.

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Five-year-old Cyrus Tompkins couldn’t look happier than when he’s slam-dunking a basketball into a kid-sized hoop. For a while, the boy plays with his 3-year-old brother, Kyler, who is dipping plastic dinosaurs into finger paint and dancing them across a ping-pong table. Then, at the urging of his psychologist, David Egner, Cyrus wails on a punching bag for several minutes. Invariably, the boy gravitates back to his favorite toy in the therapy room, the basketball hoop. Hearing the child’s rambunctious hoots and giggles, it’s hard to believe that, less than 12 months ago, he was suffering from a bout of depression. Last year, his parents, Amanda and Matt L’Esperance of Proctor, brought Cyrus to Dr. Egner after a family trauma left the boy sullen and withdrawn. Somebody had suggested he might need medication, but his mother wouldn’t hear of it. “I don’t want drugs and I don’t want somebody labeling him with a behavioral problem,” says Amanda L’Esperance. “He was just really sad and upset and didn’t know how to voice it. It’s still rocky, but for the most part he’s back to normal.” The L’Esperances’ choice — to medicate or not to medicate their child — is one that thousands of parents face each day, especially as a growing number of children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. ADHD, which is actually a class of behaviors marked by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness, affects an estimated 3 to 10 percent of children. Treatment frequently involves prescribing psychiatric drugs like Ritalin — sometimes to children as young as 3. And that’s fueled a debate over the drugs’ risks and benefits. The issue has captured the interest of some local mental health professionals, Egner in particular, who points out that Vermont has one the nation’s highest rates of Ritalin use. A quick Internet search turns up a plethora of websites that either tout the miraculous “cures” of ADHD drugs or

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condemn the meds as a chemical “quick fix.” Drug supporters — many of them parents of children with ADHD — credit the treatment with improving reading comprehension, boosting academic performance and reducing behavioral problems. But opponents point out the many unknowns about these drugs’ physical and psychological effects on children. Just last week, the manufacturers of the ADHD medication Cylert, which has been on the market for 30 years, announced it’s discontinuing the drug after a citizens’ group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban it due to reported cases of liver damage among users. L’Esperance has been opposed to meds since she was a teen and her sister was diagnosed with an attention disorder. A doctor put the girl on Ritalin, which caused a near-fatal reaction. The girl began seeing Dr. Egner. A staunch opponent of Ritalin and other “education drugs,” as he calls them, he switched her to an herbal remedy and helped her learn to focus with play therapy. Egner’s office, above a candy store in downtown Rutland, looks like a cross between an artist’s studio and kindergarten classroom. Visitors are greeted at the door by “Caleb,” a mopey-eyed Basset hound, and mellow classical music. African masks and oil landscapes decorate the waiting room. Tables and shelves are cluttered with paperbacks, gurgling fish tanks, carved wooden animals and other doodads. At 71, Egner is bushy-haired, mustachioed and hard-ofhearing — like an eccentric but lovable grandfather in a Disney cartoon. Dressed in a torn flannel shirt, baggy pants and sneakers, he chases the boys playfully around the therapy room, encouraging them to dig in a mound of “sculpting dirt” or paint on the walls, which are covered with images painted by previous patients. Each picture tells a story. One mural, the work of a troubled 10-year-old, shows the Titanic hitting an iceberg. Another is a skillfully drawn skull engulfed in flames. “That

kid had a monkey on his back something fierce,” Egner recalls. And across the room, scrawled in bold, ominous strokes, are the letters “KIL.” But the walls of Egner’s office tell another story, too — that of an iconoclastic doctor and his decades-long crusade against the growing use of psychiatric drugs among children. Newspaper clippings posted throughout the office, some many years old, reveal an almost religious zeal to end what Egner calls “the brave new world” created by Ritalin. “The pressure put on parents to get their kids on these drugs most people wouldn’t believe,” Egner says. “The education people deny the hell out of it, but it’s there.” Egner has written several articles and editorials on what he asserts is the “missing link” between Vermont’s high rate of Ritalin consumption and the state’s prevalent use of heroin and cocaine, especially among prison inmates. In the last few years, Egner, a former special-education instructor and corrections psychologist, has been a vocal proponent of a bill in the legislature that would prohibit public schools from requiring a child to take psychotropic drugs as a condition for attending school. Sponsored by Rep. George Schiavone (R–Shelburne), H.74 is currently in the House Education Committee and shows little sign of moving this year. But Egner isn’t giving up. He points to recent numbers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) which show that Vermont’s use of methylphenidate, the active ingredient in Ritalin, Methylin, Concerta and several other drugs used to treat ADHD, is among the nation’s highest. In 2004, Vermont ranked fifth in the nation in methylphenidate use, down slightly from a year before, when it came in second only to New Hampshire. What’s behind Vermont’s high Ritalin use? Agent Tony Pettigrew, with the DEA’s New England Division in Boston, says only that the DEA considers methylphenidate “a highly prescribed drug” in Vermont, though not highly abused like other prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, Hydrocodone,

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Vicodin and Valium. In fact, Lt. Glenn Hall, commander of the Vermont Drug Task Force, confirms that Ritalin “is definitely not on our radar screen” as a major problem on the streets. Doug Dows, director of the Safe and Healthy Schools program in the Vermont Department of Education, believes the state’s Ritalin rap is overblown. For one, he says, there’s a popular misconception that Ritalin is only prescribed to children and young adults. “That’s just not the case,” Dows says. “It’s changing every day because children who were put on Ritalin sometimes remain on Ritalin well into their adult years.” More importantly, Dows believes the answer may lie in how the DEA collects its data. He explains that the DEA compiles its statistics from pharmacies and distribution warehouses, which sometimes ship their medications to out-of-state stores. “So if the Burlington Drug Company ships to a pharmacy across the lake in New York State . . . the DEA is supposed to subtract that number” from Vermont’s total, he says. Dows doesn’t believe that’s being done. He points out that five of the top 10 states in per-capita methylphenidate use have small populations, like Vermont. But the DEA refutes the suggestion that there’s anything wrong with its data-collection methods. If Vermont’s high methylphenidate use is just a statistical anomaly, as Dows asserts, presumably other prescription meds would also appear in disproportionately higher numbers. That’s not the case, according to DEA figures. On nearly all other prescription meds, Vermont falls somewhere near the middle or bottom of the pack. Dows dismisses the idea that there’s some “conspiracy” to medicate Vermont children with ADHD drugs. “I think there’s a legitimate concern about medicating kids. I’m a reluctant prescription-drug user and I think everyone should be,” he says. “But I disagree when people are using a legitimate concern for political purposes. That concerns me.” There aren’t many drugs more politicized than Ritalin. As one Vermont school administrator puts it, if a teacher, guidance counselor or administrator merely mentions the word “Ritalin” to parents, the conversation can quickly become polarized. Some parents automatically assume that the school is pressuring them to medicate their kids as a quick fix for a behavioral problem. The Vermont Department of Education doesn’t track how many students take ADHD medications. Usually, the only way a school knows if a student is on those meds is if he or she needs to take them during school hours — or gets in trouble for selling or misusing them. But in recent years, pharmaceutical companies have developed pills that are more difficult to abuse. And new, longer-lasting, time-released pills only need to be taken once or twice a day, eliminating the need for kids to line up in the nurse’s office for their meds. Whether or not Vermonters are being prescribed methylphenidate more often than others, it’s clear that use of all ADHD drugs, including Ritalin, is on the rise nationwide — and the vast majority of consumers are kids. Medco Health Solutions, an independent subsidiary of Merck and Co., is the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits manager, providing prescription drugs to about 64

million people, or about one in four Americans. A Medco study released last year found that between 2000 and 2003, the overall consumption of ADHD drugs among children increased by 23 percent. But the most startling rise was in the use of those drugs among children under the age of 5. Medco reported that spending on ADHDtreatment drugs for that age group had jumped by 369 percent. Several studies on the use of stimulants such as methylphenidate to treat ADHD indicate that they’re most prevalent in predominantly white and affluent communities. That’s not surprising, since families with

in Hinesburg who works as an independent practitioner for several different school districts. Silverman doesn’t believe Ritalin is being over-prescribed here. In fact, he says, he sees fewer prescriptions written these days for Ritalin than for other ADHD drugs such as Concerta, the amphetamine-based Adderall and Strattera, a non-stimulant drug. Silverman, who’s been working with kids and adolescents since 1990, performs about 150 to 200 evaluations on children each year. About half, he estimates, are to determine whether the child has ADHD. Silverman says he’s seen different techniques

to be assessed than kids in Vermont.” Silverman has heard of teachers urging parents to medicate their kids, but says he tries to discourage the practice. “Parents typically recoil at the idea of someone saying, ‘Put your kid on medicine,’ without them really understanding why they would do that,” he says. “It’s kind of a slam on the parents.” John Stempek, assistant superintendent of the Rutland School District, has heard similar complaints. Several years ago, the Rutland schools had a problem with Ritalin, including some students and parents who abused it; there were even a few school

They used to tap a pencil. Now the Ritalin taps the pencil for them. RUTLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT JOHN STEMPEK

more money, formal education and insurance coverage are more likely to seek out professional help for all sorts of problems, not just ADHD. But that trend wouldn’t necessarily explain Vermont’s high methylphenidate numbers, either. Although Vermont may be one of the whitest states in the Union, it’s not among the most affluent. Several mental-health professionals suggest another possible explanation: Vermont has smaller schools where attention disorders, behavioral problems and learning disabilities are more likely to get noticed and treated. Daniel Silverman is a school psychologist

used over the years to diagnose ADHD, some that are good and comprehensive, others abbreviated and shoddy. Occasionally, he’ll see a child who was misdiagnosed with ADHD while other possible causes have not been considered, such as a hidden medical condition, a below-average reading level, an anxiety disorder, depression or an abusive household. But that occurs less frequently than it used to, he says, especially as diagnostic tools have become more sophisticated. “I think Vermont is one of the better states [at evaluating children],” Silverman says. “I see a lot of kids who come from out of state who have had much fewer options

break-ins to steal pills. But Stempek says the district quickly got those problems under control. Today, he says, other ADHD drugs like Concerta and Strattera are more common and create fewer problems. In all, about 4 percent of Rutland’s students are on ADHD drugs, Stempek reports. He believes those medications have helped many kids improve their grades and reduce behavioral problems. “They used to tap a pencil,” Stempek says. “Now the Ritalin taps the pencil for them.” Stempek emphasizes that the district has a very clear policy about what they tell parents. “The school’s position is that we don’t

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refer any kids for any kinds of medications,� he says. “We recommend that if parents notice physical or behavioral difficulties with their students, that they take them to a doctor. We are not physicians. We are not diagnosticians. That’s not our job.� Scott Lang, principal of Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax, has also heard parents’ concerns about the pressure to medicate. But he says his school’s policy is to bring parents to the table and offer them a variety of options. “Medication isn’t the solution,� Lang suggests. “It’s just a tool for the solution, and that’s the way we always have to put it out there.� Lang knows how those parents feel. When his daughter was 7, she was diagnosed with an attention disorder and put on medication. “It’s tough when you’re talking about a 7-year-old needing to take two pills a day. It doesn’t feel very good,� he says. “It’s like, ‘What’s wrong with me as a parent?’� Lang believes the medication served his daughter well. She’s now 23, successful and due to graduate from college soon. He says his daughter had an interesting way of describing the ADHD drug’s affect on her. “She said, ‘You know, dad, it’s like you’re driving in a car and going down a hill and you’ve got no brakes. Everything’s coming at you and you have no control,’� Lang recalls. “‘And then I take my medication and slow it down; I have some control and it’s not all

happening to me at once.’� The issue of medicating children hasn’t been ignored in Montpelier. In the winter of 2002, Ray McNulty, who was then Vermont’s Commissioner of Education, appointed a task force of medical, mental-health and education professionals to look into ADHD drugs in the schools. In a March 2003 memo to superintendents, principals and specialeducation administrators, McNulty wrote, “While research has been done which demonstrates the effectiveness of the use of drugs to treat ADD/ADHD, there remains significant concern surrounding what many consider to be the over-medication of Vermont’s children.� McNulty’s seven-page memo outlined various legal and medical concerns surrounding the use of ADHD drugs and current research on their risks and benefits, as well as legislation adopted in other states. The memo also included guidelines for teachers, administrators and other school personnel. In no uncertain terms, McNulty advised that the decision about whether to medicate students must belong entirely to parents or guardians, in consultation with their physicians. “It is the view of the Vermont Department of Education,� he wrote, “that schools may not condition a student’s attendance on the taking of medication for ADD/ADHD.� But some parents say that legislation is still necessary, if only to stimulate public debate on the

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I read SEVEN DAYS and I feel pervasive use of these drugs. Bruce Lonergan of Bennington has a 15-year-old son, Devon, who was on Ritalin and other medications from the age of 11 to treat ADHD and behavioral problems. “I can’t even remember all the drugs he was on. But in terms of diagnoses, he had ’em all,” Lonergan recalls. “And each diagnosis brought its own companion medication.” Lonergan recalls that Devon began experiencing problems with his meds, including clumsiness and lack of coordination. “Things would fall right out of his hands, which really frustrated him,” Lonergan says. Devon’s behavioral difficulties became so acute that he was put into a residential placement facility. Lonergan eventually brought his son to Egner, who suggested changing the boy’s diet and increasing his exercise. Egner also weaned Devon off the drugs. His other doctors weren’t pleased. “We got flack for it,” Lonergan recalls. “It was their position that we were doing a disservice to our son and putting him at risk by not medicating him. That didn’t wash with me.” It took more than a year, but Devon is off all his meds, and is

In The Edison Gene, Hartmann contends that many of the symptoms of ADHD, such as impulsiveness, creativity and distractability, aren’t signs of a disorder at all, but instead reflect skills that were well-adapted for prehistoric hunting-and-gathering societies. Hartmann, who admits he has ADHD himself, believes that about half the children diagnosed with attention disorders have learning challenges that resulted from external forces such as poor nutrition, environmental toxins and severe stress. He theorizes that ADHD has become a “wastebasket diagnosis” that encompasses a variety of behaviors, many of which aren’t really disorders at all but “variations on the human condition.” “We have a school system that is being pushed to teach in one particular way and to the tune of standardized testing and required periods of rote memorization, and we have millions of children whose brains are wired to learn in a different way,” Hartmann writes. “As a society and culture, we have faced two possible responses to this: change the schools or change the children.” Hartmann suggests in his

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now a sophomore attending a public high school. He’s doing much better, though his father admits that his grades aren’t as good as he’d like. Still, Lonergan feels like his son is moving in the right direction. The widespread use of ADHD drugs like Ritalin, in Vermont and nationally, presupposes that ADHD is a disorder, which some experts question. Thom Hartmann of Montpelier is perhaps best known as the talk radio host of the nationally syndicated “Thom Hartmann Show.” But he’s also a former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, and the author of numerous books on ADHD, including The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child.

book that the pervasive use of ADHD drugs like Ritalin reveals that society has chosen the latter. And he believes the reduced amount of exercise and playtime children get, as well as their excessive television viewing and video game playing, are all contributing factors. He says that simply increasing a child’s physical exertion will increase oxygen flow to the brain, boost endorphin and dopamine levels, and generally improve a child’s focus and sense of well-being. It’s an approach Egner has taken for years. As he watches the L’Esperances’ son slam-dunk another basketball, he comments that the boy has been focused on the game for almost an hour. “Working with kids this way is a blast,” he says. “Some doctors make it so complicated. It really isn’t.” 쩾

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AMANDA WALKER Dangerous Liaisons, written by Christopher Hampton, produced by Equinox Theatre Company. Shelburne Town Hall, March 31 April 2, 8 p.m. $10.

hristopher Hampton’s Dangerous Liaisons finds a suitably elegant home at Shelburne Town Hall, where the recently formed Equinox Theatre Company is presenting the play. Set in the late 18th century, the story is familiar to many from the 1988 film adaptation, also written by Hampton. It recounts the elaborate sexual games of the decadent upper class on the eve of the French Revolution. Their favorite pastimes, at least in Hampton’s envisioning, include deflowering virgins and corrupting the virtuous. Among the beautiful and powerful set, blackmail, bribery and deceit are commonplace. In this minefilled social scene, a look or a word can ruin a reputation, and the result of one’s illicit pursuits can be a matter of life and death. Hampton’s script creates a world where the immoral are entertained by manipulating the weak. He succeeds in implicating the viewer, because we, too, are entertained by the Marquise de Merteuil’s ferocious thirst for success as she seeks out and destroys the unsuspecting and the chaste. We also find voyeuristic satisfaction in Vicomte de Valmont’s sexual conquests. Director Jana Beagley’s production delightfully capitalizes on this implication by breaking down the boundaries between audience and cast. The path to Shelburne’s Town Hall is illuminated with candles, and an escort — decked out in period hose, breeches and mask, and speaking in a phony French accent — accompanies you to the entrance. Once you have your ticket, similarly clad ushers lead you into the space and ask, “How would you like to be announced, Madame?” and then proceed to do so. Unfortunately they speak too softly, so this rather lukewarm execution of duties is lost in the preperformance chitchat. Still, Beagley deserves credit for a creative attempt to engage the audience in the play’s environment. Among the ensemble, Wendy Huff stands out as the Marquise de Merteuil.

She savors her character’s vicious objectives and conveys enjoyment of the power she acquires by exploiting others. Huff easily commands the space with her voice and excellent sense of 18thcentury manners. In a form-fitting bodice and swelling skirt, she weaves her webs of deceit with well-timed lifts of an eyebrow and seductive glances. Paul Ugalde, who is also the fight director, plays the arch-manipulator Vicomte de Valmont — the character played with such odious perfection by John Malkovich in the movie. Ugalde is a smooth seducer in sparkling brocades, but he doesn’t quite express Valmont’s wicked enjoyment of his sinful behavior. Nor does he fully explore the levels of performance written into this role. Valmont’s deceptions demand a multilayered delivery. For instance, when he seduces the inexperienced Cécile by convincing her to duplicate her room key and provide him with a copy — all under the guise of letter-carrier between the lady and her beloved — Ugalde’s Valmont seems sincere when he should be cool and calculating. Meagan Walsh manages a suitably distressed Madame de Tourvel, the good girl dedicated to her husband but tempted beyond reason by Valmont’s advances. However, she could convey her internal battle with greater complexity; her performance rarely touches the tension between the rules of polite society and the lure of raw passion. As a result, her eventual surrender to her seducer is somewhat unbelievable. As Chevalier Danceny, Andrew Rash moons over the Marquise with wideeyed affection, lying in her lap like a young boy in the first flush of love. At times his efforts to embody the freshfaced, naïve Chevalier exceed what’s necessary; Rash so perfectly looks the part, he really doesn’t have to work so hard to convey Danceny’s youthful zeal. Laura Zingle hits the mark as Cécile, the clueless virgin taken by Valmont. And Kendra Gratton’s iniquitous courtesan Émilie delights with her sparkling

eyes, wicked laugh and wriggling derrière. Dangerous Liaisons has a cleverly constructed script inhabited by characters armed with agile tongues — linguistic and sexual prowess are close bedfellows here. The text often demands a precision in performance akin to playing Restoration comedy, and the actors manage mountains of difficult language very well. But while individual scenes are well spoken, the cast does not always find the balance between delicate elocution and passion. As a result, sometimes scenes full of innuendo feel tame, and conversations drag. Beagley must be commended for innovative staging: The actors use a small, raised proscenium stage at one end of the hall, as well as the floor in front of the stage. This brings the cast to the same level as — and sometimes even into — the audience. However, anyone sitting past the first three rows

has difficulty seeing many of the key moments played on the lower level, including decisive seductions and the play’s climactic duel. The director’s desire to use Town Hall creatively should be extended to the seating arrangement in order to enhance sight lines. For example, using more of the Hall for performance and placing the audience on two or three sides would significantly improve the theater-going experience. It would also eliminate the need for awkward scene changes by creating distinct spaces for the play’s various locales. Even in light of these criticisms, Dangerous Liaisons provides an enjoyable evening with a group of irresistibly sexy characters. The new Equinox Theatre Company claims to embrace risk and innovation. For the most part, they succeed in doing so with this production. m

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Theater review: Vanya/Vermont n ambitious variation on Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s literary masterpiece Uncle Vanya is currently in residence at FlynnSpace, adapted by Kathryn Blume and produced by Vermont Stage Company. Transplanted from Russia to rural Vermont, STORY JONATHAN Vanya/Vermont is a glimpse of financially WHITTON challenging country living and the effect of celebrity blowing into town. In its original Vanya/Vermont, translation, Vanya has the potential to be a adapted by poignant slice-of-life tragicomedy that Kathryn Blume, leaves you begging for more. This ultradirected by modernized adaptation, however, leaves a Jason Jacobs, bad taste in the mouth. It does not do full produced by Vermont Stage justice to either Chekhov or Vermont. Company. In the 1890s, when formulaic vaudevilles FlynnSpace, and farces dominated the Russian stage, Burlington, Chekhov created plays that focused on moral March 30 dilemmas and had no heroes or villains. He April 1 & 6, 7:30 p.m.; replaced happy endings with ambiguity, and April 2, 2 & conflict with personal quests. With such now7 p.m.; April 3, classic works as Three Sisters and The Cherry 2 p.m. $23-28. Orchard, Chekhov explored themes of love, work and time, blurring the lines between sorrow and humor. Chekhov was a doctor and, perhaps as a result of this profession, conveyed an incredible understanding of human nature. Vanya/Vermont neglects that important key to the heart of the original. In this production, John “Vanya� Peterson (VSC Artistic Director Mark Nash) runs his family’s organic farm Weathertop in the Northeast Kingdom. He and his niece Sonya (co-AD Kathryn Blume) have toiled most of their lives to help support Vanya’s brother-in-law, famous novelist Richard Alexander (Wes Sanders). With his much younger wife Ellen (Kate Hampton), Richard has recently relocated from Manhattan to live at the farm. Vanya falls in love with her, but he cannot talk to his best friend Michael Astor (Larry Gleason), the family doctor and land-trust activist, because he’s fallen for Ellen, as well. Meanwhile, Sonya pines for Michael. Vanya/Vermont certainly has obvious parallels with Chekhov’s original. It depicts small-town life in a rural community that is shaken when bigwigs come to town — whether a famous novelist or Wal-Mart. The play also tackles current local issues such as deforestation and sprawl. By updating and relocating Vanya, Vermont Stage cleverly brings Chekhov to a modern audience; Kathryn Blume walks a fine line between creating a new play based on Uncle Vanya and calling it an “adaptation.� She generally keeps Chekhov’s structure and ideas intact, but his distinct voice is missing. While it’s true that, early in his career, Chekhov was branded a tragedian, his plays do contain humor. Blume has done an admirable job infusing contemporary references into the piece, and her jokes went over well with the majority of the audience last week. But they sometimes feel force-fed, detracting from the tragedy that is central to this and Chekhov’s work. In Blume’s version, Chris Bohjalian replaces Dostoyevsky, Vanya’s love for Ellen is like “Kirk’s for an android on ‘Star Trek,’� and questioning individuals are likened to Oprah. The adaptation has a near-condescending tone that seems to poke fun at Vermonters rather than embrace them. For example, when Ellen dismisses Vanya with the quip, “Go harvest something,� it’s amusingly appropriate to the translation, but it also suffers from a pretension that infects the entire production. This is unfortunate for the actors, as well as for director Jason Jacobs, who rarely

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escape the localized humor and reach the real meat — or in this case, wheat germ — of the play. As a result, no one appears 100percent comfortable onstage. As the title character, Nash works hard to capture the humor and tragedy of a man who “gave up� 20-plus years of his life to support his family and run the farm. He is close to cracking Vanya’s shell, and glimpses of this border on mesmerizing, but Blume’s text hinders him. Case in point: When Vanya walks in on Astor and Ellen kissing, it’s a turning point in Vanya’s journey; the floor seems to fall out from under him. Blume turns it comical, as Vanya comments, “I’ve seen it before in bad plays, but never believed it . . .� As much as we want to, we can never escape Vanya’s melodrama to truly feel for him. Blume does double duty as playwright and actor, and her Sonya is the audience’s lifeline through the play. A combination of cheerleader and farm girl, she is too cutesy for the audience to care if she gets what she desires. Initially, this can be attributed to her girlish crush on Michael, but her exuberance seeps into the majority of her scenes. She delivers best when she strips this away. Sonya’s final monologue is the only point at which the audience sees her honestly, without bells and whistles. One wishes her entire performance could be comparably subdued. It takes a while to warm up to Larry Gleason’s Michael, but he finally achieves a lovable charm, especially in his late-night drunken singing. We come to understand why he is the object of two women’s affections. As the pompous, self-centered Richard, Wes Sanders piles such theatricality onto his bosso-profundo voice that we never really believe his threat to sell Weathertop. Bob Nuner as the realVermonter farmhand “Waffles� is an amusing, Rusty DeWees-like addition to the ensemble, and Carolyn Gordon is solid as Vanya’s aging earth-mother Marina. The show’s strongest performance comes from Kate Hampton as Ellen, who achieves just the right balance of venom and sex appeal. Her whiskey-drinking scene with Blume is an excellent portrayal of late-night drunkenness. And Hampton’s moment alone onstage, singing “Fly Me to the Moon,� if a drastic departure from Chekhov’s intentions, is stunning. Director Jacobs, who is also credited for the original concept, has staged this “inthe-round� production well — the FlynnSpace allows for a nice immediacy. But he focuses too much on the humor and neglects the play’s more sensitive moments. In not one but three instances, he has characters direct their narratives to a framed photo of Vanya’s dead sister Sarah. It’s a hokey convention that brushstrokes the play’s more heartbreaking moments. However, Jacobs’ transitions between “acts� are slick and fully utilize Jenny Fulton’s rustic set design, which ingeniously incorporates the play’s sub-theme of deforestation. The sound design, for which no one is credited, can be abrasive, and Bob Wolff ’s lighting design is, as always, effective. As Richard leaves the farm to return to Manhattan, the elderly Marina proposes “Scenes From Country Life� as the title for his new book. It is Blume’s cleverly placed homage to Chekhov’s original subtitle. For those who love Chekhov, there are too few of these moments to make Vanya/Vermont a thoroughly satisfying experience. And those who love Vermont might also find themselves hungry for more than a slice of life. m

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Chorus Values Music Preview: Social Band

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MATTHEW THORSEN Social Band performs April 1, Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.; April 2, Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. and April 10, Unitarian Church, Burlington, 3 p.m.

rom barbershop quartets to U2’s Bono, human voices are uniquely expressive. A powerful singer can convey greater nuance and emotion than nearly any instrument in the world — something composers have known for ages. When you put twodozen of these pipes together, black dots on paper leap to life. Still, writing for choir isn’t something most folks get to do every day. But 25 Green Mountain tunesmiths recently got the chance, commissioned by Vermont’s very own community chorus, the aptly named Social Band. The 24-member a cappella group’s usual repertoire ranges from American shape-note and Appalachian styles to music from the European Renaissance. Founded in 1998 by Liz Thompson and Don Jamison, the chorus has been under the artistic direction of Amity Baker since 2001. Their 2003 CD, Florona, featured early music from around the world. This time, they’re sticking closer to home. Social Band will perform works from the Vermont Composers Project at three concerts next month, in Montpelier, Vergennes and Burlington. Although they’re mostly known for singing “wellaged” works, not everything the singers perform is from another century. “We’ve always sung original stuff, and part of our founding mission was to encourage the composition of new choral works,” Baker says. “At one point we figured that about 20 or 30 percent of our material was new, and a lot of it was written by members of the chorus. So then we started talking about performing all original songs by all Vermont composers.” Social Band is a mix of male and female, some younger, some older; many members are native Vermonters, others recent transplants. Friendship and a love of vocalizing is the common ground. At a recent rehearsal at Christ Church on the University of Vermont’s Redstone Campus, Baker conducts her group with contagious enthusiasm, occasionally singing along in order to reinforce inflections and solidify harmonies. Animated and feisty, she uses her sharp sense of humor to get the most from the chorus. “Let’s try that one more time, and see if

you can spare some brain cells to make it lock in,” she says during a short break. The ribbing works — when they begin again, the singing is fluid and dynamic, a powerhouse of polyphony. It’s no wonder Social Band are working so hard — they’ve got a wide range of material to cover. Among the contributors to the Vermont Composers Project are singer-songwriters Patti Casey and the late Rachel Bissex, quirky non-pop symphonist David Gunn, Burlington folkie Robert Resnik and Troy Peters, conductor of Vermont Youth Orchestra and Middlebury College Orchestra. It’s an eclectic crew — and so are their compositions. Gunn’s piece is about a slug, “an animal all too infrequently sung about in these otherwise enlightened times,” according to the composer. Casey’s contribution is a reflection of her “Buddhist leanings and deep love for bluegrass.” The Composers Project is an ambitious undertaking, but Baker feels Social Band are up to the task. “All of the singers take making music seriously and are willing to spend their precious time to do that,” she vows. That doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun, and Baker knows how to make it happen. Christ Church is as comfortable as most people’s living rooms, with large potted plants and a brick fireplace. But the chorus is sounding a bit stiff. “We need some hips here,” Baker implores, halting them mid-song. “Don’t be afraid to experiment with your body.” And they do, shaking their stuff in exaggerated fashion. Although they might have to tone down the boogie before their upcoming performances, Baker’s advice serves a practical purpose — the group has managed to capture that elusive “swing.” New Haven composer Moira Smiley’s piece, “Find Ways,” is dense and complex, featuring cascading and somewhat atonal lines. But Baker hears everything, right down to the singers’ respiration. “These guys need time to breathe,” she says, singling out the male tenors. A few moments are spent closely examining some of the more difficult harmonies. “Let’s have another crack at it,” Baker says. “A crack

addict?” a chorus member responds. With all the joking, it sounds a lot like a rock band practice. The singers flip through black binders filled with the tunes they’ll be rehearsing, making little notes here and there. The process is painstaking but ultimately rewarding, judging from the looks on their faces when they get it right. “Hey, it’s coming together,” Baker says encouragingly after getting through R.W. Keller’s socialist-leaning, agriculturally themed “A Digger’s Song.” “It could sound a lot worse — we’ve heard it!” There’s no time to gloat, however. She immediately gets them started on another tune, snapping her fingers to count it off.

Baker hasn’t had a lot of formal musical training. “I started singing in the car on long trips with my mother and my sister,” she says. “That’s where I learned to hold my own part.” She also gained experience from singing hymns and anthems every week at church. Now 32, Baker teaches all around Vermont, holding choral workshops and directing summer music camps for children. Other Social Band members come from backgrounds as varied as the composers contributing to the project. Although church and school chorus were typical starting points for many of the singers, band member Marcia Brewster claims to have begun vocalizing “in the womb.” Susan Miller Coulter never sang in public until moving to Vermont at age 51. Former New Yorker Ken Brown split for the Green Mountains in the ’70s, trying out the hippie lifestyle. This is his first professional gig. Stephanie Kaza comes from a very musical family. “Both of my parents went to Oberlin Conservatory,” she explains. “My father taught high school band in Portland, Oregon, and played in the symphony. My mother gave piano lessons at home, on our Steinway grand.” Their backgrounds may be different, but these singers appreciate the “social” aspect of the band. “I love the harmonies when we’re working on a song together, and the laughter in between,” says Ginger

Gellman. “It’s an animated and witty group.” Co-founder Jamison enjoys “the individuals in all their quirkiness, and the joint effort to create beautiful sounds.” C.C. McKegney explains it this way: “There are no prima donnas. We are supportive of one another. We’re learning to sing together better and better, and that’s immensely rewarding.” The composers see the project as an opportunity to try out new styles, and to have a little fun in the process. “I wanted to write a good piece of music which would challenge them and tickle their funny bone at the same time,” says Irasburg’s Sara Doncaster of her composition “The Quangle Wangle’s Hat.” Based on Edward Lear’s nonsense poem, the tune is a whimsical romp crackling with youthful energy. Doncaster is director and co-founder of the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, and has written extensively for voice. She says the Vermont Composers Project is ambitious. “But I think that by striving higher and further than usual, it’ll have lasting benefits for the community and the composers.” Brattleboro’s Peter Amidon has arranged for chorus before, but “Beatitudes” is his first composition for a vocal ensemble. “It’s from the Bible,” he explains. “Blessed are the poor, blessed are the peacemakers, and so on. I like what they’ve done with it very much.” The self-taught Betsy Brigham of Marshfield began writing for chorus as a member of central Vermont’s medievalthemed Anima, where she first met Amity Baker. Brigham has never composed for a group that she wasn’t directing herself. “I wasn’t able to try it out along the way,” she says. “Typically when I get about 90 percent finished, I’ll take it and rehearse it. And then change it,” she says with a laugh. Brigham finds the Vermont Composers Project a worthwhile undertaking. “I’m glad that Social Band has the energy and enthusiasm to take it on,” she says. “The friends I have in the group say that it’s really stretching them in a good way — they’re singing stuff that they would never have chosen otherwise.” m

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Lots of people think they’re funny, but few would dare test their stuff on stage. The brave souls taking part in the Higher Ground Comedy Battle #1 are a different breed. On Sunday, April 3, in the club’s Showcase Lounge, 12 hopefuls will show the world — or at least South Burlington — what they’re made of. Hosted by Vermont’s laughable “logger” Rusty DeWees, the event promises to be more fun than, um . . . a bucket full of marmots? Ouch. Well, that’s why I didn’t sign up. Contestants come from all over New England, with Vermont represented by Colchester caterer Lisa Nagle, Stowe house painter George Agnew and potty-mouthed troubadour Rev. Nathan Brady Crain. Each contender gets four to five minutes to yuk it up, with a possible second round extension. The asyet-unnamed judges will rate the performers in three separate categories: originality, stage presence and audience reaction. Besides the thrill of victory, the winner will get $150 in cash, a special guest appearance on 106.7 WIZN-FM, tickets to an upcoming show at Higher Ground and a chance to defend their title at Comedy Battle #2. From there, who knows? Maybe one of the contestants will have their own sitcom someday. Stand-up is a tough business with no room for sissies. So get out there and show your support. Or at least heckle.

SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE? Local filmmaker Adam Abelson is busy putting the finishing touches on his Burlington College degree project, a 100-minute feature film entitled Stash. Shot at GHOSTS OF PASHA 40 separate locations with more than 60 local participants, the “eclectic” movie features music from 2nd Agenda, Akrasia, Seth Yacovone, Jen Hartswick, You might recall the little gag that was played on Vermont’s Ghosts of Pasha in the Big Apple last fall. I’m Salad Days and A-Dog, to name a few. Local rock montalking about their “Best Gig Ever” at the Mercury Lounge, where a small army of slobbering “fans” drove the sters Lobot provided some of the film’s score; Dave band to unparalleled heights of rock. The caper was in good fun, and national music rags Rolling Stone and Wendell, the band’s drummer, was cinematographer Spin even reported on the joke. But, like MTV says, you heard it here first. and co-editor. Although Abelson has already assembled So, what has GOP been up to since then? Quite a bit, according to frontman Milo Finch. They’ve been gigan impressive batch of local music, he still needs a few ging all over New England, recording tracks for an upcoming EP, and basking in the accidental publicity. more tunes before he can call the film finished. “So far, GOP’s gig in Greenwich Village last Saturday will probably bring them even more attention. A film crew we’ve enjoyed music from every genre,” he says. “We was at the show, shooting footage for a Showtime network TV program based on NPR’s popular “This never know what’s going to fit until we try it out.” American Life.” They’ve also been hanging out with NYC alt-rock stars Ambulance Ltd, who call GOP’s music Does this mean polka tracks will be considered? “We’ll “some kind of inverted Guns N’ Roses-style shit.” I’m assuming that’s a compliment. listen to anything so long as it’s mastered or a highThis April, lucky locals will have two chances to catch GOP on their home turf — at The Monkey House quality demo or live recording,” he says. “But it has to in Winooski on Friday, April 1, and Wednesday, April 6, at Club Metronome. On April Fool’s Day, should we be on CD.” Interested parties can contact Abelson at 238-2622. 1x6-RandomAssoc033005 3/24/05 1x6-2ndfloor033005 1:45 PM expect Pagemore 1 pranks? 3/28/05 2:54 1x6-hosp030905 PM Page 1 3/25/05 4:17 PM1x6-vtpub033005 Page 1 3/28/05

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Here’s some interesting news for local experimental and electronic music fans, if you’re out there. According to my source at the Chicago-based label Kranky, electronic composer Greg Davis is now living in Burlington and has a local show lined up. If you’ve never heard of him, here’s a primer. A major force in the experimental underground, Davis helped define the genre sometimes referred to as “folktronica” — an electronic/acoustic hybrid that eschews dance-floor beats in favor of subtler textures. His musical background is broader than most laptop noiseniks, though. Davis studied classical and jazz guitar at Chicago’s DePaul University, and received his Master’s degree in composition from Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music in 2001. Davis’ sophomore release, Curling Pond Woods, received rave reviews for its blend of organic tones, live instrumentation and computer-based sound collage. The album erased the boundaries between glitchy electronica and pop, combining acoustic guitar, field recordings and Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies in a beautifully hazy web of sound. Davis plays Burlington’s Radio Bean Tuesday, April 5, with fellow audio explorers Keith Fullerton Whitman and Bird Show. The critically acclaimed Whitman is known worldwide for both sandblasted drum ’n’ bass and deconstructed electric guitar drones. Bird Show is the nom de plume of the Chicago-based Ben Vida, whose work bears some similarities to that of Davis. I personally would’ve traveled to see this gig, so I’m psyched that it’s happening so close to home. Davis says that if all goes well, he’s going to invite more of his pals to swing through town. “Everyone kind of bypasses it,” he says of Vermont. “I’m excited about playing at Radio Bean, though. It’s my first performance in Burlington, so it’ll be a testing-the-waters thing.” Shows like this don’t happen often in our neck of the woods, so be sure to check it out. 3/28/05 5:08 1x6-rustynail033005 PM Page 1

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:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. ERICA WHEELER (singer-songwriter), Good Times Café, 8 p.m. $15.

:: central BILLY CALDWELL (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/GEOFREE STYLE, Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/BO THAYER, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.

:: northern OPEN MIKE W/MIKE PEDERSEN, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. JOE CRIBARI (solo guitar), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, FEAR NUTTIN’ BAND (reggae), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $25.

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C-LOW (hip-hop DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. ANDRIC SEVERANCE (piano jazz), Wine Bar at Wine Works, 7 p.m. NC. LARRY BRETT’S JUKEBOX LADIES’ REQUEST NIGHT (rock/urban/ dance/DVD), Henry’s Pub, 8 p.m. NC. MASON JENNINGS, JONATHAN RICE (singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $12/14. 18+. DJ TRICKY PAT (house/techno), Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. DELBACK & LEAVITT (acoustic jamrock), 38 Main Street Pub, 8 p.m. NC. THREE IS ENOUGH (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. BUDDHA FOOD GROUP (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/REX, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.

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:: champlain valley TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. DJ CHARLIE (rock), Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC.

:: central BLUE FOX & THE ROCKIN’ DADDIES (blues), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. DJ ELLIS (lounge), Langdon St. Café, 5 p.m. NC, followed by JOE CRIBARI (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m. NC, fol-

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After Dark Music Series at United Methodist Church, Rt. 7/Seminary St., Middlebury, 388-0216. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Ashley’s, Merchant’s Row, Randolph, 728-9182. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Bad Girls Café, Main St., Johnson, 635-7025. Ball & Chain Café, 16 Park St., Brandon, 247-0050. Banana Winds Café & Pub 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Beyond Infinity Upstairs, 43 Center St., Brandon, 247-5100. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. The Bobcat Café, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Breakwater Café, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. Charlemont Restaurant, #116, Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. Charlie B’s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Cuzzin’s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. Eclipse Theater, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913. Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 865-4214. Finkerman’s Riverside Barbecue, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Geno’s Karaoke Club, 127 Porters Point Road, Colchester, 658-2160. Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 654-8888. JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135. Kacey’s, 31 Federal St., St. Albans, 524-9864. Kahiki Moon, 1 Lawson Lane, Burlington, 660-4852. Lakeview Inn & Restaurant, 295 Breezy Ave., Greensboro, 533-2291. Langdon St. Café, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. Leunig’s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Lincoln Inn Lounge, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. Lion’s Den Pub, Mountain Road, Jeffersonville, 644-5567. Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. McKee’s Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048. Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 222-4748.

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The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Music Club, 110 Business Center Rd., Williamstown, 443-6106. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200 Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. 1/2, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120. Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015. Peabody’s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003. The Pitcher Inn, 275 Main Street, Warren, 496-6350. The Positive Pie, 69 Main St., Plainfield, 454-0133. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhapsody Café, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-6112. Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211. Riley Rink, Rt. 7A North, Manchester, 362-0150. Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Rí Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. Riverwalk Records & The Howard Bean Café, 30 State St., Montpelier, 223-3334. Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern, 1072 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Sami’s Harmony Pub, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 893-7267. Second Floor, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. Smuggler’s Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607. St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778. Starlight Lounge, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913. Starry Night Café, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Toscano Café & Bistro, 27 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-3148. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500. Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. Wine Bar at Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Zoe’s Tack Room & Café, 3825 Rt. 7, Colchester, 425-5867.

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FRI.01 << 35A lowed by VISTA (alt-pop), 9 p.m. NC. STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS (honkytonk/rockabilly), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $5. BROOKS WILLIAMS (solo guitar/ Americana), Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $12.

:: northern KARAOKE W/DON’T FRET ENTERTAINMENT, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 9 p.m. NC. DAWNA HAMMERS (piano/vocals/ singer-songwriter), Overtime Saloon, 7:30 p.m. NC. SCHOOL BUS YELLOW (rock), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. VIP LADIES’ NIGHT W/DJ SKIPPY (top 40/r&b/reggae), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC. 18+. LIVE MUSIC, Riverview Café at Tabu Nightclub, 10 p.m. $3. 18+. GRUPO SABOR (Latin/salsa), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $5. GROUSE HOLLOW BAND (blues), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. DUANE CARLETON (solo acoustic), Charlie B’s, 8:30 p.m. NC. APRIL FOOL’S PARTY W/JOHN WILSON & THE BOOZE BROTHERS (rock), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC.

:: southern LIFESPEED (rock covers), Pickle Barrel, 9 p.m. $12-20.

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JEFF YOAKUM (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by JEREMY HARPLE (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m. NC, followed by SONS OF DAWN (rock), 10 p.m. NC. JAZZ & SONG W/MITCH (lounge), Parima, 7 p.m. NC. DJS VALERIE, CRAIG MITCHELL (techno/dance), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $5. DAN PARKS & THE BLAME (rock), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. FUNGUS AMUNGUS (funk/jam), Red Square, 8 p.m. $3, followed by DJ A-

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SEVEN DAYS

:: champlain valley OPEN MIKE, Zoe’s Tack Room & Café, 7 p.m. NC. SUPERSOUNDS DJ, Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central FALL LINEUP (rock), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. WILL KILLHOUR (punk-folk/suburban & Western), Riverwalk Records, 7 p.m. NC. SUGAR BLUE (old-time), Langdon St. Café, 12:30 p.m. NC, followed by CHARMING HOSTESS (Jewish/ Bosnian/eclectic), 7 p.m. NC, followed by THE CUSH, RYAN POWER TRIO (alt-rock), 8 p.m. NC. BLACK SEA QUARTET (Gypsy jazz/ klezmer), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9 p.m. $5. DR. BURMA (soul/funk/blues), Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $8.

:: northern ELLEN POWELL DUO (jazz), Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 6:30 p.m. NC. REV. NATHAN BRADY CRAIN (dirty solo acoustic), Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. FURLEY (jam-rock), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. CHINCHILLA DUST BATH (folk-rock), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY W/DJ TOXIC (hip-hop/top 40/house/reggae), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. NC. 18+. MIKEY DREAD, TRUMYSTIC (reggae), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $15. BILLY CALDWELL (solo acoustic), Charlie B’s, 8:30 p.m. NC. LAMBSBREAD (reggae), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC.

:: southern LIFESPEED (rock covers), Pickle Barrel, 9 p.m. $12-20.

SUN.03 :: burlington area

OLD-TIME SESSIONS (traditional), Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC, followed by KITCHEN CHAIR (lounge-jazz), 8 p.m. NC.

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OPEN MIKE NIGHT W/DREW OF NAMED BY STRANGERS, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. SUNDAY NIGHT MASS (house/techno DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. DJS RUSSELL, L-BURNA & GUESTS (underground & classic hip-hop), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, JP’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. HIGHER GROUND COMEDY BATTLE #1 W/RUSTY DEWEES, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $8. 18+. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley JAZZ BRUNCH W/FRED BARNES (piano), Two Brothers Tavern, 10:30 a.m. NC.

:: central MOODCIRCUS (jazz), Langdon Street Café, 7 p.m. NC. JAZZ IN TRACKS W/BRUCE SKLAR QUARTET, The Pitcher Inn, 7 p.m. NC.

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GUA GUA (psychotropical), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by GREG DAVIS, KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN, BIRD SHOW (electronic/experimental), 8:30 p.m. NC. JOE ADLER (singer-songwriter), 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. NC. DAYVE HUCKETT (solo guitar), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT W/DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae/dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. THE BRIXTON GUNS, BUTTER FAT BROTHERS (ska/rock/blues), Nectars, 9 p.m. NC. MONO, ELUVIUM, CARRIGAN (postrock/experimental rock), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $7. LIVE DJS, Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. MONKEY FUNK (jazz/funk/jam), The Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

MON.04

:: central

OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO (funk/jazz), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. ’93 TILL W/DJ A-DOG & NASTEE (hiphop), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. MUSIC MACHINE W/DJ TRANSPLANTE (eclectic), The Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC.

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:: northern

:: burlington area

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OPEN MIKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m. NC. JERRY LAVENE (jazz guitar), Chow! Bella, 6:30 p.m. NC.

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DOG (hip-hop), midnight, $3. CHUCH, THE SLANT 6 COWBOYS, TOM BANJO’S CRANKY SHOW (truckstop rock/rockabilly/country), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. $3. RETRONOME (’70s-’80s DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $3. MASSIVE (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3. BACKSPIN (’70s-’90s DJs), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+ before 11 p.m. RUGGER (hip-hop/r&b DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. ANTHONY GERACI (jazz/blues piano), Wine Bar at Wine Works, 5:30 p.m. NC, followed by DAWNA HAMMERS (vocals/piano/singer-songwriter), 9 p.m. NC. NASTEE DOG W/DJ A-DOG & NASTEE (hip-hop), Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. STUR CRAZIE (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. PSYCHEDELIC FURS, THE SHORE (altrock), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $17/20. AA. SURPRISE ME MR. DAVIS W/THE SLIP & NATHAN MOORE, MEOWSKIRTS (jam-rock/eclectic), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $12/14. 18+. CRITICAL MASS (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9:30 p.m. NC. THE JAZZ GUYS, THE MIDDLE EIGHT (indie-rock/alt-country), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3. LINDA BASSICK (solo acoustic), B.U. Emporium, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/MIKE PELKEY, Banana Winds Café, 8 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/REX, Franny O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC.

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BANJO BOB (stand-up comedy), Langdon St. Café, 9 p.m. NC.

KARAOKE W/SASSY, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. CHRIS LYON (solo guitar/vocals), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

WED.06 IRISH SESSIONS, Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. PINE STREET JAZZ W/SUSAN SQUIER, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC.

PAUL ASBELL TRIO (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. CIRCADIA (Irish/Celtic), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. SWALE (alt-rock), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY W/FATTIE B. (’80s DJ), 11 p.m. NC. TRICKY PAT PRESENTS WHIPLASH (drum ’n’ bass), 1/2 Lounge, 11 p.m. NC. THE TECHNICOLOR ASTRONAUTS, AUDREY RYAN (modern rock), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. GHOSTS OF PASHA, COLIN CLARY & THE MAGOGS (indie-rock), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $5. OPEN MIKE W/ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. FRESH W/DJS NICK PILON, MR. NICEGUY (dance), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/7. 18+ before 11 p.m. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. BENEVENTO-RUSSO DUO (jazz/ jam/fusion), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $10/12. 18+. DJ DEMUS & JAH RED (reggae/dancehall), Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central BILLY CALDWELL (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/ACOUSTIC PHILOSOPHY, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.

:: northern OPEN MIKE W/MIKE PEDERSEN, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. BLUE FOX (blues guitar/harmonica), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. 쩾

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PURE POP RECORDS, BURLINGTON

1. Jack Johnson — In Between Dreams 2. Queens of the Stone Age — Lullabies to Paralyze 3. The Perceptionists — Black Dialogue 4. Mark Farina — Mushroom Jazz 5 5. Mars Volta — Frances the Mute 6. The Decemberists — Picaresque 7. M.I.A. — Arular 8. Ani DiFranco — Knuckle Down 9. Arcade Fire — Funeral 10. Death Cab for Cutie — John Byrd EP

BUCH SPIELER MUSIC, MONTPELIER

1. Jack Johnson — In Between Dreams 2. Ani DiFranco — Knuckle Down 3. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company 4. Green Day — American Idiot 5. Alison Krauss & Union Station — Lonely Runs Both Ways 6. Madeleine Peyroux — Careless Love 7. Bright Eyes — I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning 8. Pat Metheny — The Way Up 9. Ray LaMontagne — Trouble 10. U2 — How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

EXILE ON MAIN ST., BARRE

1. Joss Stone — Mind, Body & Soul 2. Black Label Society — Mafia 3. Gwen Stefani — Love, Angel, Music, Baby 4. U2 — How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 5. Shania Twain — Greatest Hits 6. Judas Priest — Angel of Retribution 7. Roy Buchanan — Millenium Collection 8. 50 Cent — Massacre 9. Kelly Clarkson — Breakaway 10. Various Artists — Totally Country Vol. 4

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VERMONT BOOK SHOP, MIDDLEBURY

1. Blue Merle — Burning in the Sun 2. Anäis Mitchell — Hymns for the Exiled 3. Pat Metheny — The Way Up 4. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company 5. Andrea Bocelli — Andrea 6. Jack Johnson — In Between Dreams 7. Anäis Mitchell — Songs They Sang When Rome Fell 8. Rachel Bissex — In White Light 9. Various Artists — Lullabies From the Axis of Evil 10. Paul Asbell — Roots & Branches: Further Adventures in Steel-String Americana

PEACOCK MUSIC, PLATTSBURGH

1. Jack Johnson — In Between Dreams 2. Gibson Brothers — Long Way Back Home 3. Green Day — American Idiot 4. 50 Cent — Massacre 5. Eminem — Encore 6. Black Label Society — Mafia 7. Queens of the Stone Age — Lullabies to Paralyze 8. Gibson Brothers — Bona Fide 9. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company 10. Original Soundtrack — The Grateful Dead Movie

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Dolorean got their start in 1999 with lowkey performances in restaurants, cafés and basements around their hometown of Portland, Oregon. Their stark, melodic folk-pop soon gained greater recognition, and in 2002 the band was scooped up by Yep Roc Records of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Violence in the Snowy Fields, Dolorean’s second release for the label, adds a bit of twang to their folk-inflected ditties. Opener “The Search” trades in old-time imagery, with singer/guitarist Al James plaintively asking where wisdom can be found. His rough-edged, earnest voice nicely matches the song’s rustic accompaniment. Countrified snare snaps and strummed acoustic guitar form the song’s backbone, with saloon-style piano coloring the edges. A jagged guitar solo pierces the center, giving the tune a bristling urgency. Delicate strings and finger-picked acoustic guitar provide “Put You to Sleep” with moody ballast. Somber and suggestive, James’ lyrics describe a formerly empathic relationship that has seen better days. The mournful lullaby is a great example of Dolorean’s sad-sack style. “Dying in Time” is a standout, with its slow-motion progression supported by a funky bass figure and shuffling percussion. James’ blackly comedic lyrics are more than a little tongue-in-cheek. “If you love me as I love you / Then you’ll save a drop for me,” he sings. “If we taste fire, or if we taste Paradise / Baby let’s die at the same time.” Morbid, for sure. But the macabre subject matter and slow sashay makes for the most romantic suicide tune since “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” “My Grey Life (Second Chances)” is a sweetly antagonistic sing-along. “I’ve given myself to you, completely without consideration,” James croons. “So what if you did that with him / What would I do/ Well, I believe in second chances /For everyone but you.” The cutting commentary is once again offset by a sugary melody and tender acoustic guitar. It’s this awkward balance between the sympathetic and the cynical that makes Violence in the Snowy Fields so compelling. Dolorean owe a major debt to Harvest-era Neil Young as well as the Southern California folk-rock of the ’70s. Some of their songs are so light that they might blow away in a stiff breeze, however. “To Destruction” is mediocre at best, the kind of tune that Ryan Adams might write before breakfast. Still, when everything clicks, Violence is as good as Americana gets. Hear them Wednesday, March 30, with Silo and Lowell Thompson at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge.

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Vermont has long been famous as an outpost for leftist ideals and lovey-dovey hippie happiness — these are the “green” mountains, after all. But sometimes all that talk makes the place feel more like a commune than a community. It’s wonderful that so many residents are peaceful folk, but it doesn’t necessarily translate well in their music. Burlington’s Dawna Hammers is one such artist. Her self-described “music for the heart and soul” is an easy-to-swallow mix of smooth jazz, world beat and milquetoast ’70s balladry. On Melody, her third CD, she swoons and croons through nearly a dozen tender-hearted tunes and soupy spirituals. “Dance With You” kicks off the disc with a loping, mellow groove and touches of slinky saxophone. The title track adds a nifty piano intro and slows the tempo, but ultimately wanders down the same forgettable path. Hammers has lyrical and vocal strengths, but lacks originality. Although she avoids some singer-songwriter clichés, her words don’t add much personality to the music. Despite a few nice turns of phrase here and there, the end result sounds like any number of coffeehouse acts. And the tune “Medicine Woman” has some truly bizarre prose. “I want to be a medicine woman/I want to learn about medicinal plants/I want to be a medicine woman/Through the forest let my wild spirit prance,” she sings. Hammers’ piano playing is the highlight of the disc; she has a gift for turning simple figures into beautiful melodic flurries. Still, the best parts of her songs are the instrumental intros and codas. “Feel Fine” begins with an impressive, airy piano fill, but rather quickly devolves into a limp funk chorus. “One Spirit,” the album’s strongest cut, features Babatunde Olatunji, the African drummer who counted John Coltrane among his fans. The track has a sense of purpose and immediacy that’s missing from much of the disc — possibly because it was recorded on the evening of 9/11. If Hammers were able to channel this level of emotion more often, her music would improve dramatically. Though there are some bright spots along the way, the majority of Melody is little more than fluffy, mediocre pop.

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CALL TO ARTISTS ARTISTS WITH LARGE-SCALE CANVASSES are wanted to exhibit work at the Burlington International Airport. Space measures 163 inches high by 168 inches wide. Send slides or images of work and resumé to Burlington City Arts, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401, Attn: Airport. Deadline: April 11. THE BLINKING LIGHT GALLERY in Plainfield is looking for artists and artisans to show and sell their work. Two open jury reviews, April 6 & 16. Call Loraleh at 456-1707 for an appointment. WATERBURY’S ANNUAL STOWE STREET ARTS FESTIVAL is seeking painters, photographers and craftspeople to exhibit and sell their work at the July 16 event. For registration form, call 244-6648 or email sershow@globalnetisp.net. SHELBURNE FARMS is seeking entries for its annual "Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting" juried exhibit in the fall. Work in all media accepted, must be created in past year and not previously exhibited. Deadline: May 23. Info, 985-8686 or hbrough@shelburne farms.org.

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S EXHIBIT “She Dances Timeless Void, Curious Wind,” paintings by Shamms Mortier. CCV Hallway Galleries, LL Atrium, Burlington. Through May 5.

ARTWORK “Gallery“ by Shamms Mortier

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hamms Mortier’s current exhibition at the Community College of Vermont in Burlington, cryptically titled “She Dances Timeless Void, Curious Wind,” is as colorful as his aesthetic journey has been. A multifaceted artist, he’s the author of 22 books on electronic media, so it makes sense that his surrealist visions were digitally produced. But his non-computer background probably contributes even more to this show. Born on Chicago’s South Side in 1940, Mortier found work as a commercial illustrator and a technical draftsman. However, he soon realized he was “obsessed with writing, visual art (painting and pen-and-ink at that time), and music,” according to his artist statement, so he “severed” his “respectable employment opportunities” altogether. Mortier, who had begun playing drums professionally by age 12, studied music with Roy Knapp — the guy who taught jazz great Gene Krupa how to read music. He let his various occupations “trade places now and then,” he writes, suggesting, “Everything feeds everything else in some mysterious way.” Mysteries abound in Mortier’s 18 36-by-24-inch works at CCV. In “Machine Life,” silver, metallic, robotic figures float in an earth-toned atmosphere. In “Isle of Hands,” pairs of open hands behave like wings around strange clock dials. In the upper half of the composition, they fly around a small island that seems to be dominated by a dormant volcano. Other hands spring up like shrubs from the island’s beach. “Communion” is a bizarre close-up of bright-green leaves populated by a strange collection of insects and other creatures. A few red and lavender flowers tucked in among the leaves create a formally astute triadic harmony of hues. Mortier’s hyperrealism and the rhythmic, interwoven leaves are dreamlike. As a jazz man, Mortier credits a musical influence in his visual art: John Coltrane. From the saxophonist he “learned about discipline and pas-

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sion,” Mortier writes. “His approach is structured and free at the same time. I also connect with his ‘wall of sound’ theory as part of the way I create visuals, working in ‘walls of color.’” Mortier’s “Gallery” literally contains walls of color —the painting portrays four other paintings, including restatements of some works in this show, presented in the perspective. Visitors in “Gallery” include a girl and an old man, as well as harder-todescribe characters: a purple figure who looks like a Big Boy restaurant mascot; a strangely proportioned fellow on a bench in the foreground; and a humorous yet mildly disturbing individual perching in the gallery’s rafters. Mortier’s work has a “Where’s Waldo” quality — it’s so packed with details that visual searching is necessary. But the effort is rewarded with Mortier’s self-referential humor. In “Eternal Dance,” five strange angels fly overhead, and among them appears another incarnation of the rafter guy in “Gallery.” The figures in this work also have contradictory variations of

scale and value that seem to warp the space. That is, large figures have the colors of what would usually be in more distant figures, and vice versa. Mortier’s paintings were printed onto canvas with archival inks in a process that seems nearly as mysterious as the pictures themselves. His palette includes fluorescent colors, which aren’t easy on the eyes, and his backgrounds are arguably overly busy. Nevertheless, as contemporary surrealism goes, his compositions are structurally impeccable. And if Mortier’s hues sometimes clash like polytonal dissonance, his rhythms keep every nuance tightly woven together. With a doctorate in Transpersonal Studies from Union Institute, Mortier teaches mythology, psychology, philosophy, ethics and art at CCV as well as at Burlington and Johnson State colleges. A follower of Martin Buber’s philosophy, he writes, “I remain aware of the ways in which the collective unconscious presents imagery and directions in both waking life and in dreams.” His visual art has the power to make others aware, too. m

‘DON’T YOU HATE PANTS?’: Photography submissions by students at Living/Learning. L/L Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Reception March 30, 8 p.m. Through April 15. STEWART MCHENRY: Photographs of Greece and the Middle East. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, 864-0471. Reception April 1, 47 p.m. Through April. ‘FACES OF THE SILENCED’: Black-and-white photographs with accompanying text tell stories of teenage pregnancy in this exhibition by the Lund Family Center. One Union Station, Burlington, 864-7467. Reception April 1, 5-7 p.m. Through April. ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW: More than 600 local schoolchildren K-12 show their artworks. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 7750356. Reception April 1, 5-8 p.m. Through May 15. ‘MARKS OF DISTINCTION: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLORS: This traveling exhibit from the Museum's permanent collection features 120 works dating from 1769 to 1969, from such artists as Audubon, Bearden, Pollock and Whistler. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426. Gallery talk followed by reception April 1, 4:30 p.m. Through May 29. PETER ARVIDSON: "Color Fields," oil paintings. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 8643661. Reception April 2, 6-8 p.m. Through April. SUSAN M. HESS: "I'm Nobody, a Journey of Healing," 24 weavings combined with the poetry of Emily Dickinson that depict a long road of recovery from childhood abuse. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Lorraine B. Good Room, Burlington, 865-7165 or ebride@pcavt.org. Reception April 2, 2-5 p.m. Through April 14. JEAN CANNON & LIZ SASLAW: Paintings and pottery, respectively. Art on Main, Bristol, 453-4032. Artists' chat April 2, 2-3 p.m., followed by reception 3-5 p.m. with live music by Henrik Herb and Wyatt Cleveland. Through April. JANET FREDERICKS: "Natural Language," drawings and paintings. Walkover Gallery,

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LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK: Visiting history prof Paul Searls presents a talk entitled "The Other Vermont: Lewis Hine and the Child Labor Movement." Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. March 30, 12:15 p.m. ‘WATER MUSIC’ CONCERT: Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt plays in conjunction with a current exhibit. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 728-9878. April 2, 7:30 p.m.

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PHOTO FINISH Amber Sulik’s 34 black-and-white photographs currently displayed at Burlington’s Red Square encompass a range of subjects, including figures and European cityscapes. While most of the works are fairly small, several are large-format, up to 36 by 24 inches. The latter are certainly the easiest to see in the bar’s dimly illuminated interior — but at least there’s no smoke. Pictured: “Girl in Corset.”

HOMESCHOOLERS’ ART SHOW: Multimedia artworks by students tutored at home. Fletcher Free Library, Pickering & Fletcher rooms, Burlington, 865-7211. April 1-30. MELISSA HILL: "Free But Broken," an exploration of the body through the use of body paint. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 655-6359. Through March. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY REGIONAL ART SHOW: Celebrate Youth Art Month and view works by local student artists. University Mall, South Burlington, 651-9441. April 4-14. CAROL PHILBIN: Quilts. Dianne Shullenberger Gallery, Jericho, 899-4992. Through April 12 or by appointment. ANNA VASERSTEIN: Acrylic paintings. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, 899-3211. Through April 24. LYDIA JANE BRIGHT: "Bomb," thematic oil paintings and site-specific installation. Green Door Studio, Burlington, 658-0307. Through May 1.

JOHN YOUNGBLOOD: "Pig Series," prints by the California photographer. Enigma Gallery, Essex, 879-9220. Through April. LORRAINE JEAN: Paintings by the Essex Junction artist. Chittenden Bank, Burlington, 849-6185. Through April. GAYLEEN AIKEN & MICHAEL POWERS: "Old Nickelodeon & a Game of Catch," Barre's renowned artist pairs up with an emerging artist from Brooklyn with a show of drawings, installations and mixed media. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through April 24. ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE, JR.: "Gold House," recent paintings. Sneakers Bistro, Winooski, 655-9081. Through March. LYNA LOU NORDSTROM: "Mixed Media," an exhibit of one-of-a-kind and multiple-image prints. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 878-4918. Through March. OLIVER VERNON: "Modern Mantra," acrylics, giclée prints and "live" paintings inspired by Eastern yogic and meditative traditions. Lineage Gallery, Burlington, 862-7766. Through April 10. ‘WOMEN’: A mixed-media show by local artists celebrating females. E1 Studio Collective, Burlington, e1studiocollective@yahoo.com. Through March. 18TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S EXHIBITION: Works by children in Burlington public schools. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Through March. SCOTT KING: "Recent Works," figurative and abstract paintings in acrylic and mixed media. The Men's Room, Burlington, 978921-2948. Through April 29. JOHN PAUL MARMONTI: A nationally touring collection of post-9/11 paintings commemorating firefighters, Fletcher Room; and JEFF SCHNEIDERMAN: "Beauty Around Us," photographs of nature, Pickering Room; and ERIC KIDHART, MICHAEL SMITH & RICK HAYES: "Realm of the Gun," works about arms and the man, Mezzanine Balcony. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through March. BARBARA K. WATERS: "A Few Life Lessons," monotypes. Cafe Piccolo, Burlington, 9510234. Through April 1. ‘REACHING OUT, REACHING IN’: Works from participants in Burlington City Arts' outreach programs: Art From the Heart, Senior Art Guild and Foster Arts Mentoring Program. Airport Gallery, S. Burlington, 8657166. Through March. ‘HONORING THE BARN’: Nine local artists interpret the enduring rural structure in a variety of media. Shelburne Craft School's

Gallery on the Green, Shelburne, 985-3648. Through April. MATTHEW MAZZOTTA: "Regrouping," paintings, prints and mixed-media work; and MICHAEL STRAUSS: "Insectarium," bugs and other creatures in ink and watercolor, Greenhouse. Daily Planet, Burlington, 8629647. Through March. EARL C.C. SCHOFIELD III: "The Emotional Landscape," encaustic paintings. DollAnstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through March. ABBY MANOCK: "Derailed," new paintings. 47 Sanctuary Upstairs, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 864-5884, ext. 278. Through March 25. HILLARY MILENS: "New Work," paintings. Smokejacks, Burlington, 658-1119. Through March. AMBER SULIK: Black-and-white photographs. Red Square, Burlington, 859-8909. Through April 15. HEIDI ALBRIGHT: "Ophidian Skins," painted serpent sculpture made from local hardwood. Artists' Mediums, Williston, 879-1236. Through March. SHAMMS MORTIER: "She Dances Timeless Void, Curious Wind," 18 electric, surrealist, large-format digital prints on canvas. CCV Hallway Galleries, LL Atrium, Burlington, 865-4422. Through May 5. KEVIN KIP MATOTT: "In Circulation," abstract, design-based oil paintings. CCV Hallway Galleries, Burlington, 865-4422. Through May 5. ‘THIRTEEN VERMONT ARTISTS’: Works by Josh Neilson, Kristen L'Esperance, Abby Manock, Jeremy Ayers, Ira Cummings and others. Opaline Gallery, One Lawson Lane, Burlington, 660-8875. Through March. JENNE GREAVES: Self-portraits in oil; MICHAEL T. JERMYN: Ethereal photographs; and MAGGIE NEALE: Abstract paintings in oil and acrylic. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Through April. ‘NEW WORKS’: Featuring represented artists Christian Brown, Sarah Haskell, Russ Keil, Sean Callahan and Steve Goodman. Enigma Gallery, Essex, 879-9220. Ongoing. KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Original acrylic paintings and giclée prints. Center for Community and Neighborhoods, Burlington (above City Market), 872-9605. Through March. ‘COLLECTING THE BODY, TRANSFERRING DESIRE’: Curated by UVM students, the exhibition uses objects from the permanent collection to present a cross-cultural look at how spirituality, sexuality and societal obsessions shape our experiences and per-

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ceptions of the human body. Wolcott Gallery, Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6560750. Through June 5. ‘ART/DOCUMENT: DEFINING AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY’: From the museum's permanent collection, the exhibition juxtaposes Lewis Hine's documentation of child laborers in Vermont with other important early-20thcentury photographs. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through April 24.

OUTSIDE IN Oliver Vernon’s “Modern Mantra” exhibition at Burlington’s Lineage Gallery includes large “live performance paintings.”

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QUILT SHOW: A quilt made by 40 friends for Betty Moffet on her 80th birthday, and art quilts made by Judy Reilly. Kimble Gallery, Brandon, 247-3026. Through April 24. ‘EMERGING ARTISTS’: Works in mixed media by students of Mt. Abraham High School. Art On Main, Bristol, 453-4032. Through March. ‘WEAVINGS OF WAR: FABRICS OF MEMORY: A traveling exhibit of textiles depicting the horrors of war by women from Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and South Africa. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through May 28. KARLA VAN VLIET: Asian-inspired brush paintings. Bobcat Café, Bristol, 453-3311. Through April. ‘MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS’: An exhibition of official portraits of recent Middlebury College presidents includes a hologram of 15th President Emeritus John McCardell Jr., made by John Perry. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 4435235. Through August 14. CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE GARDEN: "Deceits and Fantasies," more than 60 images of gardens from around the world by European and American photographers. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through April 17.

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:: central JOYCE KAHN: "Florals," pastel paintings. Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 229-9409. Through April 15. JOHN R. TOOHEY: "Dreams of Beauty and Madness," visionary watercolors. Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, 223-8667. April 3-24. ‘FOREVER FORESTS’: More than 25 artists show fine art and crafts made of wood, and paintings, photographs, drawings and prints that celebrate wild forests of New England, Main Gallery; and 'WOOD CURIOSITIES': Objects found in forests, Second Floor Gallery; and PHIL HAGOPIAN: Paintings, Third Floor Gallery, Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. April 5 - May 7. HEATHER GRAY: "Dysfunctional Antics of a Happy Housewife," photographs based on

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pop-culture images. Heidi Goodrich Gallery @ AMACI Salon, Montpelier, 272-4364. Through May 1. CHARLES WOODARD: Paintings by the local artist. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 8288743. Through April 17. CAROLYN & ELLEN SHATTUCK: Prints and books. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College, 468-1266. Through April 1. MARJORIE RYERSON: Water photography from the artist's book, Water Music. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 728-9878. Through April 10. JOHN PATERSON: "Serious Craft of Whimsy," collages, assemblages and photos by the Art Resource Association member. City Center, Montpelier, 476-4057. Through March. JANET FREDERICKS: "Water, Water," collaborations and drawings exploring the nature and language of water. William Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 287-8000. Through April 2. TSUNEO NARUMI & STEVE HALFORD: Sculpture and raku vessels, respectively. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, W. Rutland, 438-2097. Through April 24. PRIA CAMBIO: "Expressions in Dryer Lint: November Landscapes," works expressing the dreariest time of the year. Katie's Jewels, Montpelier, 229-9649. Through March. NANCY WIGHTMAN: Prints. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 295-5901. Through March. CRISTINA PELLECHIO: "Ceramic Wall Works," handbuilt works with mixed-media. Governor's Office, Statehouse, Montpelier, 828-5657. Through March.

JIM WALLACE & KATE MUELLER: "Body of Work," nude photographs and pastels, respectively. Plainfield Community Center, 223-4865. Through March. JOYCE KAHN: "Florals," pastel paintings. Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 229-9409. Through March. AXEL STOHLBERG: Charcoal drawings and assemblages. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, axelart@sover.net. Through March. RALPH STODDARD: Large-scale photographic portraits. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Through May 30. ELINOR RANDALL: "The Eye on the Journey," works in paint and ink. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 454-8493. Through April 15. ‘ART OF ACHIEVEMENT’: An exhibition of work by 25 award-winning Vermont artists, past and present, in multiple media. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-3291. Through April 17. ‘WHITE OUT’: A show celebrating winter features photography by A. Blake Gardner; oil paintings by Kevin McMullen and Virginia Webb; collage and assemblage by Thom Rock; and multimedia by Michael Stewart. Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, 2801864. Through March. PETER BERGENDAHL: Photographs from Vermont and around the world. Northern Power Systems, Waitsfield, 496-2955, ext. 287. Through April 22. ‘WINTER DREAMS’: Twelve artists celebrate the season, in multiple media. The Book Garden, Montpelier, 223-2824. Through March.

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GRACE PROGRAM SHOW: More than 20 participants in two community workshops show their art. GRACE Gallery, Old Firehouse, Hardwick, 472-6857. Through May 25. MAX LEVINE: MFA Thesis exhibition of paintings. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. Through April 9. CHIP TROIANO: "The Long Road Back: Return to Vietnam 30 Years Later," photographs from a 1999 journey by the Vietnam vet. Hardwick Town House Gallery, 472-8800. Through May 22. DON HANSON: "Works on Paper," new mixedmedia pieces in three series that explore the artist's interest in nature, form and process. West Branch Gallery, Stowe, 253-8943. Through May 1. MELISSA BOUNTY & STEVEN LICHTI: A collaboration of words and art. Bad Girls Café, Johnson, 635-7423. Through March. THOM ROCK & NITA PENFOLD: Spiritually inspired assemblages in mixed media. Catamount Gallery, St. Johnsbury, 748-2600. Through March. ‘ART SCHOLARSHIP SHOW’: Gil Perry, Elisabeth Wooden-Prior and Lisa Angell along with 19 other gallery artists show and sell works to benefit the art scholarship fund at Johnson State College. Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-9653. Through March. ELROY TOWLE: Landscape paintings and other works in multiple media. Back Room Gallery, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, 467-3701. Through March.

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PREVIEWS BEAUTY SHOP: Queen Latifah and Alicia Silverstone are paired in this comedy about a hairstylist and shampoo girl who transform a rundown salon into the shop of their dreams. With Djimon Hounsou. Directed by Bille Woodruff. (105 min, PG-13) NOTHING LIKE DREAMING: The latest from Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson stars Morgan Bicknell as a bright 17-year-old who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a reclusive older man following the loss of her best friend. Filmed in Montpelier. With George Woodard. (103 min, NR) SIN CITY: Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez bring us this visually inventive screen interpretation of Miller’s hardbitten graphic novels. The cast includes Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro and Jessica Alba. (120 min, R) THE UPSIDE OF ANGER: From writerdirector Mike Binder comes this drama about a suburban wife left to raise four daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Joan Allen and Kevin Costner star.

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ong ago in a galaxy far away, it seems now, Sandra Bullock was America’s sweetheart. Well, one of them, anyway. For a time, she gave charming performances in relatively small films such as 1993’s underrated Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. And then, in 1994, she hit it big with Speed. Like the out-of-control bus she drove in that breakthrough smash, her career has been on a collision course with disaster ever since, thanks to a combination of bad taste, bad choices, an almost delusional belief in the redeeming power of her own cuteness and good old-fashioned greed. The disasters started coming right away (Two If By Sea, ’96) and just kept on coming (the bar-lowering Speed 2, ’97; Practical Magic, ’98; Forces of Nature, ’99; Gun Shy and 28 Days in 2000; Murder By Numbers and Two Weeks Notice in 2002. One of the disasters she also made in 2000, Miss Congeniality, somehow managed to tap into an international vein of bad taste and generate a worldwide gross in excess of $200 million. If not for that bit of luck with the bean counters, I think it’s safe to say that Bullock would be an asterisk today. A “Where Are They Now?” segment on a weekend edition of “Entertainment Tonight.” That movie’s sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, is Sandra Bullock’s latest stand and, barring a global display of bad taste unprecedented in the annals of motionpicture attendance, it will be her last major release as well. Dumber than this movies simply do not come. The actress reprises the role of FBI agent Gracie Hart, who in the first film posed as a beauty-pageant contestant, trying to foil some sort of criminal scheme. You may be aware that the core joke involved her being something of a klutz, and Michael Caine being called in to give her a total style and poise makeover. As the second story opens, just three weeks have passed since the contest. Hart’s high-profile success in the case has made her a celebrity. She’s too recognizable to be able to do the undercover work for which she’s been trained, so her bosses decide to capitalize on her appeal and make her the “new face” of the Bureau in an effort to improve its public image.

Though less than a month has elapsed, Bullock inexplicably has forgotten everything Caine taught her. She snorts when she laughs. She pays minimal attention to hairstyling. She bumps into and drops things. A lot. Whenever the script’s writers can’t come up with a funny line for her to say or a comic way to conclude a scene, they have Bullock drop or bump into something. That is, when they don’t have her fall down. Another hilarious thing they do is hire Diedrich Bader to play a walking cliché of a homosexual style consultant. He swishes, makes naughty jokes about sailors and terrible puns (telling one agent it’s been too long since he was debriefed), and just generally sets the gay-rights movement back a couple of decades as he offers Bullock helpful hints such as “Chew with your mouth closed.” On the other hand, Bader’s character is a creation of towering genius next to the one played by Regina King. She costars as an agent with anger-management problems, which aren’t helped by being assigned to serve as Bullock’s bodyguard. The two hate each other from the start — so you know they’re sure to be best friends by the time the closing credits roll. Just when you think the movie couldn’t sink any further, two of Bullock’s pals from the pageant are kidnapped by bumbling bad guys and held for ransom. This, of course, creates a conflict for the agent: Her superiors tell her to stick to her PR assignment; her heart tells her to get out there and find her friends. She resolves this conundrum by tackling and sitting on Dolly Parton outside a Las Vegas casino, among other madcap crime investigation techniques. If you don’t find this film difficult to sit through, it’s probably time for a brain scan. I can’t think of a recent movie with more hackneyed gags and clichés and less impressive direction, writing or acting. If anyone had told me back in 1997 that Sandra Bullock would someday star in a film that makes Speed 2: Cruise Control look good, I’d have said they were crazy. Next to Miss Congeniality 2, the Speed sequel looks like frickin’ Citizen Kane. m

BE COOLH In this sequel to the 1995 hit Get Shorty, John Travolta reprises the role of wise-guy Chili Palmer. This time around, he moves from the motion-picture business to the music industry. Based on the bestseller by Elmore Leonard. With Uma Thurman and Danny DeVito. F. Gary Gray directs. (114 min, PG-13) BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIEHH1/2 Wayne (Smoke) Wang directs this family film about a young Florida girl who adopts an orphaned dog. Based on the bestseller by the same name. Starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson and Dave Matthews. (106 min, PG) BORN INTO BROTHELSHHH1/2 British-born photojournalist Zana Briski immersed herself in the culture of Calcutta’s red-light district and emerged with a powerful portrait of children growing up there. Codirected by Ross Kaufman. (85 min, R) BRIDE AND PREJUDICEHHH The folks who gave us Bend It Like Beckham lavishly update Jane Austen’s classic love story and set it in modern-day India, London and America. Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson star. Gurinder Chadha directs. (120 min, PG-13) CONSTANTINEHH1/2 Keanu Reeves stars in music video director Francis Lawrence’s metaphysical thriller about a loner cursed with the ability to recognize devils in human disguise and condemned to spend his days sending them back where they came from. Based on the Vertigo Comics series. With Rachel Weisz and Max Baker. (121 min, R) DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMANHH Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris and Donnie McClurkin star in the bigscreen adaptation of Tyler Perry’s pop-

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Hoffman and Barbra Streisand complicate premarital matters when in-laws are introduced to one another in this sequel to the 2000 hit. With Blythe Danner and Robert DeNiro. Directed by Jay Roach. (PG-13) MILLION DOLLAR BABYHHHHH Clint Eastwood follows the highly acclaimed Mystic River with this highly acclaimed character study in which a down-onhis-luck trainer takes on a spunky young fighter and helps her rise through the ranks of women’s boxing. Starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. (137 min, PG-13) MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUSH Sandra Bullock is back in action as FBI agent Gracie Hart. This time around, she heads up an effort to rescue close friends who’ve been kidnapped. Regina King and William Shatner costar. John Pasquin directs. (115 min, PG-13) OFF THE MAPHH1/2 Joan Allen and Sam Elliott are paired in this story about a summer in the life of an offbeat early 1970s family living off the land in rural New Mexico. With Valentina de Angelis. Directed by Campbell Scott. (105 min, PG-13) ROBOTSHHH Academy Award-winning director Chris (Ice Age) Wedge brings us a CGI saga set in a world inhabited entirely by mechanical beings. The voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Greg Kinnear and Robin Williams. (93 min, PG) SIDEWAYSHHHH1/2 Alexander (About Schmidt) Payne directed and co-wrote this buzz-happy story about two old friends who take a wine-tasting road trip and assess their lives along the way. Starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. (98 min, R) THE AVIATORHHH Howard Hughes was an innovator and a risk taker. So it’s ironic that Martin Scorsese’s screen portrait of him is the least audacious and adventurous movie he’s ever made. Leonardo DiCaprio does a captivating impression, but the script never quite brings its subject meaningfully to life.

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NEW ON DVD/VHS AFTER THE SUNSETHH1/2 Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson face off in this drama about a retired master thief and the FBI agent who follows him everywhere to make sure he doesn’t return to work. Salma Hayek and Don Cheadle costar (90 min, PG-13) CLOSERHHH Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and — it goes without saying — Jude Law star in Mike Nichols’ adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play about four Londoners whose love lives become entangled. (110 min, R) VERA DRAKEHHHH Mike Leigh directs this dramatic portrait of a 1950s London housecleaner who secretly performs abortions on the side. Starring Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis and Peter Wight. (125 min, R) m

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While Zombie Town will adhere to the gruesome requirements of the genre, it promises a bit of black comedy. Geraldine Chaplin was originally intended to portray Bill’s Aunt Cordelia, but the legendary Genevieve Bujold is now on tap. Some of her most memorable performances include the delusional ballerina in King of Hearts (1966) and the loveless sex therapist in Alan Rudolph’s Choose Me (1984). Disappearances will use locations in Barnet, Peacham, St. Johnsbury and Lake Willoughby — in an order to be determined by the weather, according to associate producer Hathaleee Higgs. “We need snow and, later, warm water,” she says of a plot that involves blizzards and the capsizing of a canoe.

Craven has been scouring the Los Angeles talent pool for thespians to play Bill’s partner-in-crime, Rat, and the villainous Carcaju. Beyond that, a number of Vermonters will appear in the film, including the ubiquitous Rusty DeWees of “Windy Acres” fame. “He will certainly be with us in some way,” Higgs says. “We’re not yet sure just what.” Money is tight for the five-week production schedule. And the budget is relatively small: $1.1 million, or nearly half the amount raised for earlier Mosher-Craven collaborations Where the Rivers Flow North and Stranger in the Kingdom, Higgs notes. Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter whose “Me and Bobby McGee” was a hit for Janis Joplin, will help the cause with a 7 p.m. benefit concert on April 23 at St. Johnsbury Academy. (Tickets are $50, or $100 for those interested in attending a pre-show reception. Visit http://www.kingdomcounty.com for details.) A week later, the Grammywinning artist will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Senior citizens concerned about prescription drugs and President Bush’s scheme to dismantle Social Security now have a new worry: lethal parasites capable of turning them into the ravenous undead. Or at least that’s the flesh-eating premise of Zombie Town by 29-year-old Damon LeMay.

The Colchester native, currently living in Brooklyn, will direct this low-budget horror movie from the script he wrote in Burlington two years ago. It’s slated for a May shoot in and around Rutland, under the auspices of David Giancola’s Edgewood Productions. LeMay, a University of Vermont history major who graduated in 1998, has been holding auditions in the Green Mountain State and New York City for the past several weeks. Some of the lead roles are cast, but there’s still time to qualify as a bloodthirsty monster. “We have an insatiable appetite for extras,” LeMay says. “We need more than 100 zombies.” In particular, he’s combing senior centers and retirement villages for older folks to populate the fictional Vermont town of Otis. A gaggle of “grannies” takes center stage. Whitehaired Marge, for example, is infected with “the zombie plague” after being bitten by her dog Mr. Slippers. LeMay’s story also features younger characters, including teens and twentysomethings fighting the zombie menace. Among them, Jake, Alex and Randy comprise a romantic triangle. Although LeMay isn’t ready to name names, he acknowledges that a few St. Michael’s College students have made the grade. “We’ve got Vermonters in some

pretty big speaking parts,” he explains, “not just as window dressing.” Much of the crew is also local. Giancola will serve as cinematographer and executive producer. LeMay, who has been working on indie films, TV shows and commercials in Boston and New York for about six years, also has helped out on a few typical Edgewood action-adventure projects involving “landslides and floods.” He’s bringing in Mike Turner, a Colchester buddy with Hollywood experience, as special-effects coordinator. The threat to humankind in this film falls somewhere between the traditional re-animator approach of George Romero’s 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead, and the hip supernatural aesthetic of recent releases such as 28 Days Later. While Zombie Town will adhere to the gruesome requirements of the genre, it promises a bit of black comedy. LeMay’s written description of Dot, a key figure in the inevitable attack of the ghoulish grandmothers, suggests a bitter woman who “likes to create controversy and is manipulative — she’ll get hers.” People hoping to sink their teeth into Zombie Town can email LeMay at cast@zapatosfilms.com. m

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We were served BACON with a BERRY and the BLOOM of a rose while sitting in a CAGE all DAY. The DEAN of this EDEN was a fat, fiery FOX, who would GRANT us GRAVES but we could only HOPE for a HOPPER in which to HURT. Often a KIDDER would stroll down the LANE with a LEMON dipped in MATURE MAYO (to use the SHORT SPELLING). Each of us felt like a STONE in a STORM. Our clothes were SWANK but TORN in this WARD by a WEAVER who whiled away his WINTERS in the WOODS. E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: EASY AS A FLICKERING FRAME. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 47A. So much for Fickle Fannie’s tastes this week. Next week she’ll have a whole new set of likes and dislikes.

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MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 30 — thursday 31 Robots 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:15, 8:15. Million Dollar Baby 1:15 & 3:45 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 8:30.

wednesday 30 — thursday 31 Miss Congeniality 2 7:30. Guess Who 7:30. Robots 7:30. friday 1 — thursday 7 *Sin City 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (Sun-Thu), 9:15 (Fri & Sat). Miss Congeniality 2 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (Sun-Thu), 9:10 (Fri & Sat). Guess Who 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (SunThu), 9:10 (Fri & Sat).

Schedules for the following theaters are not available at press time. CAPITOL SHOWPLACE 93 State Street, Montpelier, 229-0343. THE ECLIPSE THEATER Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-7787. PARAMOUNT THEATRE 211 North Main Street, Barre, 479-4921. WELDEN THEATER 104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888.

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DAVID MURPHEY: The local singer entertains eaters with a concert of American roots music. Positive Pie, Plainfield, 5:30-8 p.m. Free with dinner. Info, 454-0133. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335.

VERMONT PHILHARMONIC: Central Vermont’s community symphony offers a classical potpourri of pieces by Dvorak, Jean Sibelius and others. Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-0346. FACULTY RECITAL: Drummer Jeff Salisbury, of Jazzismo and the Kip Meaker Trio, snares original compositions and other works. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 p.m., members 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 598-1077. ‘THE SWEET FLESH ROOM’: Innovative Dutch choreographer André Gingras explores reality TV and criminal psychology in this multimedia dance piece. Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $28. Info, 603-646-2422.

drama ‘VANYA/VERMONT’: Vermont Stage Company gives Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya a local spin in an adaptation by Kathryn Blume. See review, this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

film ‘MILLION DOLLAR BABY’: Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning flick about a woman fighting to be a pro boxer.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. ‘SIDEWAYS’: In this film, two mid-life guy friends release bottled-up frustrations while on a wine tour in California. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:30 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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words DISCUSSION GROUP: A chat about Thomas Moore’s Care of the Soul centers on cultivating depth in everyday life. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5630, ext. 25. POETRY SLAM: UVM professor and poet Tony Magistrale moderates an evening of informal and interactive verse slinging. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076.

talks SIGN LANGUAGE TALK: Essex Junction author John Tabak discusses the history of handbased communication. See calendar spotlight. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. DOC HOLLYWOOD: Dr. Neil Shulman, author of the movie screenplay for Doc Hollywood, talks about heart disease, diabetes and the healing power of laughter. Rutland Free Library, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 772-2406. VERMONT’S ENERGY FUTURE: A public panel considers potential power sources after current energy contracts expire. Norwich Public Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8419, ext. 4787. INTRODUCTION TO BIODYNAMICS: Ron Krupp, author of A Woodchuck’s Guide to Gardening, talks about planting according to the stars. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 6-9 p.m. $5-10. Registration and info, 454-8493.

kids WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: Children gather for games, songs and stories at the Westford Library, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots take in their favorite tales at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do lunch with help from the animal-care staff at the ECHO Center, Burlington, noon & 3 p.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: Growing readers aged 3-5 participate with picture books and puppets at the Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Little ones let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038. CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP: Children and their caregivers gather for crafts, reading and music-making. Charlotte Community School Cafeteria, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-7120. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down with rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: The 60-plus set benefits from stretches and strength training. Senior Community Center, The Pines, South Burlington, 2:30 p.m. $2. Info, 658-7477.

activism UVM PLANNING MEETING: Residents living in proximity to the university hear about its new campus plan. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3479. 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. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: Marx-minded activists strategize about the labor and antiwar movements. Room 100, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Child care and info, 864-9678.

etc ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: Nature lovers get a look at live birds on tours of the VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 2 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. ‘STITCH & BITCH’: Experienced knitters help out newbies at this communal wool gathering. Bad Girls Café, Johnson, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7423. GIANT BOOK SALE: Thousands of tomes organized by subject serve browsers and buyers. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. LEARN ENGLISH: Non-native speakers practice pronunciation and grammar at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘LUNCH & LEARN’ SERIES: Gardeners get conservation tips on landscaping with limited water. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, noon - 1 p.m. $6-10 includes lunch. Info, 658-2433. CHESS FOR BEGINNERS: Players over 13 master the moves of rooks, knights and pawns. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 652-7080. KNITTING GROUP: Wool-gatherers learn the finer points of patterns and purling. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. RESEARCH WORKSHOP: Library patrons find out how to access magazine, newspaper and journal articles online. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 879-7576. WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS: Leading ladies network and compare companies over hot beverages. Dobrá Tea, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-9266. COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM: Members of the Burlington Police Department and the Women’s Rape Crisis Center coach citizens in personal safety and sexual violence awareness. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2704, ext.131.

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dance BALLROOM LINE DANCING: You don’t need a partner to learn samba, merengue and mambo steps in row formations. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 862-2207.

drama ‘VANYA/VERMONT’: See March 30. ‘INTO THE WOODS’: In this musical by Stephen Sondheim, familiar fairy-tale characters write the postscript to “happily ever after.� See calendar spotlight. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2556. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’: The Aquila Theatre Company stages Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, in which a cross-dressing young lady charms characters of both genders. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $28. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘COMEDIES & CABARET’: The Charlotte Town Players present funny sketches by British playwright Michael Frayn. The Old Lantern, Charlotte, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 425-2600. ‘DANGEROUS LIAISONS’: Equinox Theatre stages this seductive comedy about manipulation in 18th-century France. See review, this issue. Shelburne Town Hall, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966.

‘TICKET TO JERUSALEM’: This Palestinian film focuses on a man who makes a precarious living showing movies in West Bank refugee camps. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6-9 p.m. $8 per hour. Info, 479-4127.

words MYSTERY WRITERS NIGHT: Acclaimed Vermont authors Archer Mayor and Sarah Stewart Taylor discuss the craft and science of sleuth novels. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 649-2200. ‘IMAGINATION IS AGELESS’ SERIES: Adult readers of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe explore the classic’s enduring qualities. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-9962. MARGARET BARTLEY READING: The Vermont author and musician shares her biography, Grisha: The Story of Russian-American Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, then plays a few pieces with a cello trio. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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NATURAL HISTORY TALK: Photographer Christopher McBride presents original images of animals from around the world, then explains his “shooting� technique. Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. ‘THE BRITISH BALLAD TRADITION’: Playwright and poet Burt Porter talks about the musical lineage of New England folk songs. St. Johnsbury House, 1-2:30 p.m. $5. Info, 626-5135. ‘THE ROMANIES & GENOCIDE’: Professor Susan Tebbutt of Ireland’s University of Limerick describes the experience of European gypsies in Nazi-occupied countries. Room B106, Angell Building, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1492.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters ages 3-5 get together for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. BARRE LIBRARY STORY HOUR: Three- to 5year-olds break into books at the Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 4767550, ext. 308. WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. DADS’ PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765. KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. ‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather in the garden to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. BABY TIME: Little ones up to age 2 meet each other at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. ‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: Pint-size bladers take to the ice at Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Info, 865-7558. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Future readers aged 24 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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FRI.01 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. SOCIAL BAND: Burlington’s lively a cappella group premieres choral works commissioned from 25 Vermont composers. See story, this issue. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966. SOMEBODY’S SISTER: This all-female ensemble relies entirely on their voices. Borders, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. SPRING CONCERT: Cellist Dale Henderson and pianist Annemieke Spoelstra perform seasonally appropriate sonatas by Bach and Beethoven. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘LOTS O’ LIPS’ CONCERT: The Burlington-based band Random Association emcees a showcase of local high school and college a cappella groups. Essex Junction High School, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 434-4760. RICHARD RUANE & FRIENDS: The Ripton-based singer-songwriter leads a three-person band in alt-country roots tunes. Great Falls Club, Middlebury, 8-10 p.m. $10. Info, 388-0239. SENIOR RECITAL: Flutist Jennifer Bourdeau hits the high notes at the UVM Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. DON GOODMAN JAZZ QUARTET: This local group plays classic and contemporary numbers at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

dance FAMILY CONCERT & DANCE: Kids and their parents boogie down to classic rock, pop and funk with O U Kid. Cambridge Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 644-2570. BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207. PARTNER DANCING: New and experienced dancers pick up and practice fancy footwork at Chow! Bella, St. Albans, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 598-6757.

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art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. FOOL’S GOLD ART AUCTION: Philonthropists contribute to a communal artists’ fund by bidding on one-of-kind wonders. The Box, 7 Marble Ave., Burlington, preview 5 p.m., auction 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4649.

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‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See March 30. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See March 30. GIANT BOOK SALE: See March 30, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CAREER WORKSHOP: See March 31, noon 3 p.m. TERTULIA LATINA: Fluent Spanish speakers converse at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1926. TOLKIEN CONFERENCE: Fantasy fiction fans gather for readings and talks celebrating the 50th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Room 501, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 578-8874. CELEBRATION AND MEETING: The Central Vermont Community Land Trust hosts a spaghetti dinner with music and a silent auction. Trinity Methodist Church, Montpelier, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4493, ext. 206. 2600 GROUP: Computer geeks gather for tech talk and gadget demos. Borders, Burlington, 58 p.m. Free. Info, 233-7051. MUD SEASON MARDI GRAS: New Orleans and Rio converge in a cabin-fever carnival and costume dance party. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. - midnight. $25. Info, 603-448-0400. POTLUCK DINNER & HISTORY: The Montpelier section of the Green Mountain Club celebrates 50 years of outdoor activities with casseroles, cake and a retrospective slide show. Christ Church, Montpelier, dinner 6 p.m., show 8 p.m. Free. Info, 224-9908. LORE CON: Players of board, card, role-playing and video games geek out over interactive fun and collectibles. Best Western Hotel, South Burlington, 6-11 p.m. $5-25. Info, 454-1709.

talks LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM: Justice Mary Miles Teachout delivers the keynote speech at this conference on judicial ethics, retention and sentencing guidelines. Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1309. LITERARY TALK: Professor J. Hillis Miller of UC Irvine discusses the power of memory in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3056. REFUGEE LECTURE: Stacy Blake, executive director of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, describes the assistance her organization offers. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See March 30, Waterbury Branch Library, for children ages 3-5. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See March 31. ‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: Kids sing along with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend Gigi Weisman. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216. OSCAR NIGHT ‘FAME & SHAME’ AWARDS: Young folks ages 11-19 dress up as actors and actresses to win gold statuettes and door prizes. Masonic Temple, Barre, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 479-7378.

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exhibit. See calendar spotlight. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 728-6464. MARIZA: The Portuguese diva delivers powerfully mournful music in fado form. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $26. Info, 603-646-2422. SHAWN COLVIN: The “Diamond in the Rough” songstress brings her smooth, autobiographical folk to the Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $28-35. Info, 448-0400. MONTPELIER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: This ensemble offers an evolutionary sampling of 300 years of string music. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 223-5501. CHARMING HOSTESS: Three ladies combine eerie harmonies and hot rhythms in an a cappella nod to Bosnian and Jewish folk. Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 223-8667. MUSIC DEPARTMENT CABARET: Vocal students perform an array of show tunes from on and off-Broadway. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. RIPTON COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE: Singersongwriter Cosy Sheridan brings her fingerpickin’ guitar work to the Ripton Community House, open mike 7:30 p.m., concert 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 388-9782. FRED BARNES: This well-traveled local pianist performs jazz classics at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. ‘1791: DEATH OF A GENIUS’: Senior fellow Christopher McMullen-Laird conducts students and special guests in an all-Mozart program of opera excerpts and other works. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-3667.

dance CONTRA DANCE: Caller Dan O’Connell directs dancers in clean, soft-soled shoes. The Rhythm Method String Band keeps up the pace at the Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 744-6163. BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207.

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drama ‘VANYA/VERMONT’: See March 30, 2 & 7 p.m., $23-28. ‘INTO THE WOODS’: See March 31. ‘COMEDIES & CABARET’: See March 31. ‘DANGEROUS LIAISONS’: See March 31. ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’: See April 1. ‘WORLD ON FIRE’: Bread and Puppet Theater presents a pageant of “national-emergency clowns” as a commentary on fear-mongering. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 863-2345, ext. 3. ‘HIROSHIMA MAIDEN’: Using Japanese bunrakustyle figures, puppeteer Dan Hurlin reveals the strange-but-true, post-WWII story of a group of Japanese women. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $27-32. Info, 863-5966. ‘THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD’ AUDITIONS: Singing actors seek roles in this bawdy musical set in Victorian England. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-6318. ‘HUCKLEBERRY FINN’: This dramatic version of Mark Twain’s classic novel follows a rapscallion and a slave in search of freedom on the Mississippi. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 2 & 5 p.m. $12. Info, 775-0903.

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words MARGARET BARTLEY READING: See March 31, Lincoln Library. Info, 453-2665. SARAH STROHMEYER: The Montpelier mystery author reads from her latest novel, Bubbles Betrothed. The Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-2627.

talks ‘INTO THE WOODS’ SYMPOSIUM: A panel of theater professionals discusses Stephen Sondheim’s postmodern twist on the fairy tale. See calendar spotlight. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2556. ‘HIROSHIMA MAIDEN’ LECTURE: Puppeteer Dan Hurlin and historian David Serlin talk about the facts behind this original production. See calendar spotlight. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966. FLOWERING SHRUBS: Landscapers learn how to choose blooming plants that stay healthy and look good. Gardener’s Supply Company, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $10. Registration and info, 660-3505. ‘DISCOVERING MEDITATION’: Educator and author Dr. Rick Trzaska talks about the theory and practice of this relaxation method. Friends Meeting House, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 518-793-7282.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See March 30, for children ages 3-5.

‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. CHILDREN’S STORYTIME: Youngsters take in their favorite tales at the Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 872-2627. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. MUD SEASON STORIES: Spring-themed stories prepare youngsters for an outdoor adventure. Shelburne Farms, ages 4-5, 9:30-11:30 a.m., ages 6 and up, 12:30-2:30 p.m. $12. Registration and info, 985-8686. VERMONT SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Future Kasparovs in grades K through 12 beat the clock to say “checkmate.” Camel’s Hump Middle School, Richmond, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $15. Registration and info, 434-4872.

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sport CHANGING SEASONS HIKE: Nature lovers look for buds, shoots and courting birds on this easy-to-moderate walk. Call for meeting time and location. Free. Info, 899-4327. ‘SIGNS OF SPRING’ SNOWSHOE: This easy outing is an investigation of seasonal changes in the woods of Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $20. Info, 496-3551, ext. 117. ADVANCED MAP & COMPASS: Hikers plan routes over long distances, then put their skills — and their snowshoes — to the test. Green Mountain Club, Waterbury Center, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $55. Registration and info, 244-7037.

activism ‘WAKE UP AMERICA!’ MARCH: Citizens rally against the Bush Administration budget, war costs and privatization of social services. Meet at Montpelier City Hall, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 476-3154.

etc ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See March 30, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. GIANT BOOK SALE: See March 30, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. TOLKIEN CONFERENCE: See April 1, Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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Also, see exhibitions in Section A. LIFE DRAWING: Pencil-holders sketch the human form. Burlington College, noon - 3 p.m. Donations. Info, 862-9616.

talks COLLEGE PANEL: Parents and educators hear about post-secondary options for students with special needs. South Burlington High School, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8581.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. ‘BUZZ INTO BOOKS’: Parents and kids in preschool through fifth grade enjoy crafts, games and stories at this literary expo. Ross Sports Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. SOCCER CLUB REGISTRATION: Area parents sign up kids ages 8 to 14 for footwork fun and games. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 2:45-4 p.m. $35. Info, 864-3412.

sport DEWEY MOUNTAIN BUSHWHACK: Climbers on this difficult, 8-mile trip might need snowshoes or crampons to get to the summit. Call for meeting time and location. Free. Info, 893-1266. WILDLIFE TRACKING TREK: Hikers learn about the habitat and ecology of Vermont’s fauna on this moderately difficult, four-hour outing. Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, 10:30 a.m. $30. Info, 496-3551, ext. 117. ENDURANCE TRAINING WORKSHOP: Sports enthusiasts get the skinny on staying healthy during long-term activity. Timberlane Physical 2x5-Sovernet020905

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‘VANYA/VERMONT’: See March 30, 2 p.m. $23. ‘INTO THE WOODS’: See March 31, 2 p.m. ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’: See April 1, 2 p.m. ‘THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD’ AUDITIONS: See April 2, 6:30 p.m. ‘ONCE ON THIS ISLAND’ TRY-OUTS: High schoolage actors try to survive auditions for this 1990s Broadway musical set in the Caribbean. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, call to schedule a time. Free. Info, 728-9010.

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YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE: Teacher-nominated dancers, singers and instrumentalists show their stuff at the Middlebury Union High School auditorium, 3 p.m. $8. Info, 388-1436. ‘COMEDY BATTLE #1’: Local and regional standups go head to head in a contest for best ham. “The Logger� persona Rusty DeWees emcees at Higher Ground, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 888-512-7469.

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film ‘THE AVIATOR’: See April 1. CINÉ SALON: Film buffs view Mexican and French newsreels from the 1930s and 1960s. Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 603-252-6786.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See March 30, for children ages 3-5. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See March 30. Toddlers take their turn with tales first, 9:10-9:30 a.m. BARRE LIBRARY STORY HOUR: Babies up to age 2 take in tales at the Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 4767550, ext. 308. FAMILY SING-ALONG: Parents and kids belt out fun, familiar favorites at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See March 30, 10 a.m. FITNESS WALK: Green Mountain Club members and friends make strides on a brisk 4-mile stroll. Call for Burlington-area location and time. Free. Info, 658-5869.

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words BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Edith Wharton’s novel, The Age of Innocence, consider 19thcentury concepts of honor. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9546. ‘CRIME AND PUNISHMENT’: Readers of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s epic work discuss the idea of justice. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

talks ‘ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CITIES’: Art historian Christie Fengler-Stephany, UVM professor emerita, describes religious narrative paintings. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980. ‘ABORTION IN VERMONT’: A panel of medical providers, activists and community members theorizes about local repercussions from a reversal of Roe v. Wade. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5805. EGYPTIAN TRAVEL TALK: Local resident Martha Lang talks about her week-long visit to the Near East. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. LOCAL HISTORY LECTURE: Judge Penny Clute examines the 1825 murder trial and execution of a Plattsburgh woman. Clinton County 2x5-petfood033005

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Most fairy stories are predictable: Princely love lasts happily ever after, and wicked witches are fittingly punished for their crimes. But Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods combines characters from different forested classics into one ingenious page-to-stage tangle of plots. When the gang get past the traditional stopping point of their tales, confusion reigns as moral compasses waver, but everything works out, um, in the end. The St. Michael’s College production has been three years in the works, and is entirely student-run, from director to cast and crew. Oh, and don’t miss the panel discussion of the play on April 2 — it sings.

‘INTO THE WOODS’ Thursday through Sunday, March 31 - April 3 & Wednesday through Friday, April 6-8, various times. Into the Woods Symposium, Saturday, April 2, 3 p.m. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Free. Info, 654-2556.

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dance LINE DANCING: Show off your fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junction, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $8.50. Info, 288-8044. SWING DANCING: Movers of all ages and abilities dance at the Greek Orthodox Church, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501.

drama ‘COSI’: Addison Repertory Theater stages this comedy by Louis Nowra, about a group of mental patients intent on producing Mozart’s opera, Cosi Fan Tutte. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 877-6737.

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words GRACE PALEY READING: The Vermont State Poet and peace activist voices verse at the Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. LAURA WATERMAN: The East Corinth-based author shares her memoir Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of all ages review the merits of the children’s book, Poppy and Rye, by Avi. Bridport Central School, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 758-2331. BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 758-2287.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. ‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See April 1. TODDLER-AND-UNDER STORYTIME: Wee ones up to age 3 open their ears to songs and stories. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. EAST BARRE STORY HOUR: Babies aged 2 and under take in tales at the Aldrich Public Library, East Barre branch, 10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 476-5118. ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848.

ing power of yukking it up. Union Station, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 864-7999. CATAMOUNT BUSINESS NETWORK: Local leaders meet and greet at the Hampton Inn, Colchester, 7:30-9 a.m. Free. Info, 654-7646, ext. 161. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUSINESS NETWORK: Entrepreneurs make corporate connections at the Courtyard by Marriott, Williston, 7:30-9 a.m. Free. Info, 434-6434. PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. ‘KNIT NIGHT’: Needle-workers relax with fellow fiber artists at the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. BLOOD DRIVE: The American Red Cross and student volunteers host donors at the Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 12:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2674. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD: Stitchers welcome new members and guests at this sew-and-tell meeting. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3516. CHRISTIAN MEDITATION WORKSHOP: Participants consider contemplative prayer from both ancient and modern traditions. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471.

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Also, see clubdates in Section A. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See March 30. 40TH ARMY BAND: Military musicians in the Vermont National Guard revel in reveille and play dance medleys from tango to ballet. Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480. CAMBRIDGE COFFEEHOUSE: Singer-songwriters Doug Boardman and Rudy Dauth do it right at the Second Congregational Church, Jeffersonville, 7-9 p.m. $6. Info, 644-6632. WILDWOODS MUSIC CO-OP: Instrumentalists and singers from several local blues, country and folk groups compare notes in an evening jam session. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. ORGAN RECITAL: UVM’s David Neiweem performs on the recently installed digital organ at Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

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Prokofiev’s score. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $27-47. Info, 863-5966. MASTER CLASS: The Brooklyn-based dance group Everything Smaller demonstrates partnering, lifts, floor work and improvisation. Dance Theatre, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

drama ‘VANYA/VERMONT’: See March 30. ‘INTO THE WOODS’: See March 31. ‘COSI’: See April 5. HIGH SCHOOL ONE-ACTS: Area students offer an evening of short plays at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 775-0903.

film ‘MILLION DOLLAR BABY’: See March 30, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:30 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE AVIATOR’: See April 1.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. BENEFIT ART AUCTION: Magnificent mirrors decorated by local artists help raise funds for kids with autism. Williston Central School, preview 6 p.m., auction 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-2762.

words INK, SWEAT & TEARS: Burlington-area writers congregate to share constructive criticism and caffeine. Muddy Waters, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 238-4040. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers compare notes about Louise Erdrich’s novel, The Master Butcher’s Singing Club. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. DISCUSSION GROUP: A chat about Thomas Moore’s Care of the Soul centers on cultivating depth in everyday life. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5630, ext. 25.

talks ORAL HISTORY PRESENTATION: See March 31, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8500. ‘AMERICAN FACES’: Art lovers hear stories of famous portraits at the Ilsley Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. ORAL HISTORY LECTURE: Jane Beck of the Vermont Folklife Center describes her audio archiving work in sound and stories. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. ‘ABBY HEMENWAY’: Biographer Deborah Clifford talks about the female editor of The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, a 19th-century trove of Green Mountain State stories. Milton Historical Museum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2872.

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etc ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See March 30. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See March 30. LEARN ENGLISH: See March 30. WINDOWS & INTERNET WORKSHOP: Computer novices get tips in a relaxed, informal setting. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 879-7576. ‘HANDLING WAIT-LIST ANXIETY’: Collegebound students engaged in the waiting game hear about ways to stay on the admission track. VSAC Resource Center, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 800-642-3177. THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: These orbspinning giants of basketball bring comedy to the court in a game against the New York Nationals. Patrick Gymnasium, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 866-422-8849. SPRING FASHION SHOW: Volunteer models show this season’s threads during a luncheon to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association. Burlington Country Club, 11:30 a.m. $40. Registration and info, 860-4435. m

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kids WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See March 30. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See March 30. ANIMAL FEEDING: See March 30. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See March 30. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See March 30. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See March 30. HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See March 30. CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP: See March 30. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: See March 30. SPANISH-ENGLISH STORYTIME: Boys and girls between 2 and 5 years old hear bilingual songs and rhymes at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

‘MELODIES FROM THE MAGIC BAMBOO’ Sunday, April 3, Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 656-2090.

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<classes> Written by Katherine Reilly-FitzPatrick. Class listings are $15 per week or $50 for four weeks. All class listings must be pre-paid and are subject to editing for space and style. Send info with check or complete credit-card information, including exact name on card, to: Classes, SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164.

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PROFESSIONAL FILM ACTING CLASSES: Presented by Jock MacDonald in conjunction with Cameron Thor Studios. Classes Mondays in Waterbury, Tuesdays in Burlington, Wednesdays in Montréal and Thursdays in Toronto. Boston class now forming. Info, 318-8555, http://www.thoreast.com or http://www.cameronthor.com. Vermont native actor and acting coach, Jock MacDonald, has acted professionally for over 25 years and has taught professionally for over 10 years. Cameron Thor Studios is regarded as one of the best film acting studios in the world. It has helped start the careers of some of the industry’s biggest stars. Cameron Thor Studios clients include: Faye Dunaway, Sharon Stone, Hank Azaria, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Drew Carey, Cameron Diaz and many more.

THE OLD SPOKES HOME’S INCREDIBLE SPRING BIKE REPAIR COURSE: Four Wednesdays, April 6 through May 4, except April 20. 7-9 p.m. Old Spokes Home Bicycle Shop, 322 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. $75 tuition, paid with registration. Info, 863-4475. This fun beginner/refresher course will be taught by Michael McDonald in an informal but focused approach. Get the basics of bike repair, from tools, chains and wheels to derailleurs, hubs and cables and much more. Bring your bike to each class and perform your own tune-up. Class size limited.

art FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, DYNAMIC STILL LIFE PAINTING WITH GAIL SALZMAN: Intermediate/Advanced Oil Painting, Wednesdays, April 6 through May 11, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. This class takes a fresh and dynamic approach to the subject of still life. Using large-scale still life as a starting point, we’ll combine direct representation with abstract techniques, explore new techniques and develop a personal painting language. Small class size allows for plenty of individual feedback, demonstration time and informal critiques in a supportive environment. Water-soluble oils. FLYNNARTS THEATER, DANCE AND MUSIC CLASSES: Summer semester begins May 2 and features classes for all ages and skill levels, family performance workshops, dance masterclasses with visiting Flynn performers, and more. Many classes already filled! Info, 802-652-4548, email registrar@flynncenter. org or visit www.flynncenter.org. PRIVATE ART LESSONS: DRAWING, PAINTING, COLLAGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION: Spring/summer lessons at the Sarah Neith Studio. $20 per hour. Info, 802-318-1107 or visit www.SarahNeith.5u.com. Receive instruction in the many facets of two-dimensional art including drawing, painting, collage and mixing mediums. Individually specific lessons allow the student to explore a variety of mediums, styles and subjects.

clay FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO, GIVE IT A WHIRL: Wednesdays, April 6 through 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. Discover the joys of clay with this foundational class that offers participants a variety of standard ceramic techniques, beginning with handbuilding and finishing on the potter’s wheel. This four-week Introduction to Clay is ideal for those of you who may be unable to commit to a full-length course. Each week the instructor will introduce a new technique followed by hands-on assistance and guidance. FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO, SLIPS AND SURFACE DESIGN WITH LORETTA LANGUET: Mondays, April 4 through 25, 9 a.m. - noon. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. Would you like to further your understanding of glazes and ceramic surface treatment, or just learn some new application tips? This short but intensive one-day workshop will explore various slip and under-glaze techniques, glaze patterning and layering tips. Come sharpen your glazing skills and explore the use of decoration to further develop your own personal narrative. FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO, BEGINNING WHEEL WITH JEREMY AYERS AND LORETTA LANGUET: Thursdays, May 5 through June 16, 6:30-9 p.m. Saturdays, May 7 through June 18, 9:30 a.m. - noon. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.Burlington CityArts.com. This class will introduce students to working with clay using the potter’s wheel. Through instruction and demonstration, students will practice basic wheel-working techniques, with an emphasis on functional pottery. The entire ceramic process will

be covered, including throwing various forms, trimming, handle making and glazing.

communication COURSE IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Thursdays, April 7, 13, and 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Offered by Demeter Resolutions, llc and instructed by Anthe Athas. Burlington. $125 per person. Info, 864-0624 or email Demeter Resolve@aol.com or visit www.Demeter Resolutions.com. These three sessions give both the basics of effective interpersonal communication and the opportunity to practice skills, both in and out of class, that will help you say what you want to foster, rather than impair relationships. Space is limited to eight participants, so please reserve your place. Call for information about year-round individual coaching sessions and customized workshops and classes.

cooking LOVE TO COOK? THEN LEARN FROM THE BEST: Info, www.VTCulinaryResort.com or call 802-878-1100 or email info@VTCulinary Resort.com. The New England Culinary Institute at The Inn at Essex is pleased to present a series of hands-on demonstrations, classes and unique dining experiences. Enjoy first-rate instruction at the Inn’s new Dacor Culinary Theatre.

craft BASIC BEADING: Saturdays, 3-5 p.m. and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. The Blue Plate Ceramic Café, 119 College St., Burlington. $15, plus materials. Preregister, 652-0102. Learn the basics of stringing beads: which wire or thread to use, measuring for the right length, bead size and type, and using the right tools. You will learn about color, design and mixing types of beads for an interesting design. You’ll learn how to attach the clasp and how to make your knots stay in place. CANDLE MAKING CLASSES: Weekdays, evenings or weekends by appointment. Studio in Jericho. Info, call Sarah, 802644-1900. Introduction to the art of candle making. Learn how to make tapers, pillars, floating candles and much more. Fun for the whole family, ages preschool through adult. Birthday parties offered at the studio or in your home. Our on-site school programs have been very popular. SCRAPBOOK YOUR PICTURES TO MEMORIES: Saturdays, March 26, April 9, 16 and 23, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Winooski High School. Preregister and prepay $75 for one session, this includes all materials and instruction. Info, 863-2678. Learn terrific techniques for scrapbooking. Go home with a finished 10-page 10 x 10 scrapbook. Maximum of 15 students per class. Light lunch and snacks provided.

dance A CHANCE TO DANCE, COME JOIN THE FUN WITH BURLINGTON’S BEST BALLROOM: Thursday nights, beginning April 7. Cuban Salsa, 6:30 p.m. Bluesy Swing, 7:30 p.m. Vermont Salsa performance, 8:30 p.m. Champlain Club, Burlington. $10 per class. Info, 864-7953. Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. All classes taught by professional dance instructor, David Larson. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM CUBA AND HAITI: Weekly classes: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m., Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info, 985-3665. Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music. Dance class led by Carla Kevorkian. Live drumming led by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome!

CELTIC DANCING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: Eight-week session, Mondays, April 4 through June 6. Children’s classes, 2:30-3:30 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m. Adult class, 6:307:30 p.m. Monteverdi Music School, Barre St., Montpelier. $100. Info, 558-9093. Come learn the basics of Irish dance in this social and voluntary performance-based class experience. For Beginner/Intermediate levels. (More advanced classes/private lessons can be arranged with instructor.) Instructor, Deirdre Moore, is a Championship-level Irish Step Dancer with over 15-years teaching experience. DANCE AND THE BODY WITH ERIKA SENFT MILLER: Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Flynn Center Studios. Info, 652-4537 or regis trar@flynncenter.org. Explore the body from an anatomical perspective and focus on enhancing critical aspects of the dancer’s body. Learn to move with greater ease and openness. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: Nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Mondays, Wednesdays (walk-in on Wednesdays only at 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (children’s lessons, pre-registration required). Argentine Tango on every other Friday, 7 p.m., walk-ins welcome. Social dancing with DJ Raul, once-a-month, call for date. Monthly membership, $35 or $55, $10 for individual classes, $5 for socials. 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info, contact Victoria, 598-1077 or info@salsalina.com. No dance experience or partner necessary, just the desire to have fun! You can drop in at any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! LINDY HOP/SWING DANCE: Six Sundays, April 24 through May 29. Three levels: Swing 1 Session B, Lindy Hop basics, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Swing 2, Session A, Eight-count Lindy Hop, 6:45-7:45 p.m. For Swing 1 graduates or by permission. Level 3, dips, tricks and slides, 8-9 p.m. Must have completed Swing 2 (sessions A–D) or by permission. Champlain Club, Crowley St., Burlington. $50 for six-week series, $40 for students and seniors. Info, 860-7501 or www.lindyvermont .com. All classes taught by Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl. We focus on having fun and catering to the needs of our students. No partner needed! PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY MASTER CLASS: Grade 10 through adult. Tuesday, May 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Chase Dance Studio. $15. Info, 652-4537 or registrar@flynn center.org. A company member from the renowned 50-year-old American dance company leads this intermediate/advanced master class. The class explores the company’s technique and repertoire, recognized as the “gold standard” of American modern dance, bridging ballet and contemporary forms.

design/build DESIGN, CARPENTRY, WOODWORKING AND ARCHITECTURAL CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT YESTERMORROW DESIGN/BUILD SCHOOL, WARREN: Wood Finishes Workshop, April 2-3, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Each day, $275. Survey the range of appropriate finishes on your unfinished piece or sample boards. Intermediate Woodworking, April 3-9, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $725. Work with power and hand tools to cut tapers and bevels, make spline joints, and hand-cut dovetails on your own small project. Carving, April 9-10, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $275. Using carving gouges, knives and other shaping tools, carve your own spoon out of cherry, walnut, or apple wood. Stained Glass Intensive, April 10-15, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $725. Design, create and install professional-quality stained glass windows under the tutelage of master craftsman Larry Ribbecke. Electricity: Safe and Secure, April 16-17, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $275. Learn hands-on how to wire lights, receptacles, switches, telephone and cable connections. Historic

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drumming CONGAS AND DJEMBES: Beginning Conga classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Djembe classes on Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m. Three-week sessions, beginning March 16. $30. No Conga or Djembe class in April. Seven-week sessions beginning May 4, with no class on June 8. $70 for seven weeks. Classes are held in the Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Intermediate/Advanced Conga class meets on Wednesdays or Fridays at a different location. Info, Stuart Paton, 658-0658, paton@sover.net or 872-0494. Walk-ins are welcome. TAIKO: Kid’s Beginning Taiko classes, Tuesdays, 4:305:20 p.m. Six-week sessions, beginning April 5 and May 17. $42. Kids’ Intermediate classes, Mondays, 3:15-4 p.m. Six-week sessions begin April 4 and May 16, with no class on May 30. $42. Adult Beginning classes, Mondays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Six-week sessions begin April 4 and May 16, with no class on May 30. $48. All Taiko classes are held in the Taiko Studio, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info, Stuart Paton, 658-0658, paton@sover.net or 872-0494. Walk-ins are welcome.

herbs ADVANCED EXTRACT MAKING, TECHNIQUES FOR CAPTURING THE VITAL FORCE WITH GUIDO MASE: Thursday, April 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, 100 Main St., Burlington. $10. Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. From the time of the wise woman, through the age of Paracelsus and into modern homeopathy, powerful medicine has always been that which can reawaken the vital force inside us. Learn to add vibrancy and potency to your tinctures by incorporating elements of Western alchemy and vitalism into the process. Separate, purify and recombine the archetypal constituents of mercury, sulfur and salt. This workshop will build on knowledge of basic extract making and herbal medicine. Guido is the cofounder of Grian Herbs, which makes locally produced, traditional medicinal remedies. FUN HERBAL BASICS, APRIL SELECTION WITH LAURA BROWN: Dream Pillows, Tuesday, April 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Create pillows filled with herbs to promote dreaming and restful sleep. Herbal Vinegar, Tuesday, April 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn to custom blend your own vinegar with fresh herbs. Spice Beads, Tuesday, April 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Create the beginnings of beautiful jewelry, all with herbs and spices. Purple Shutter Herbs, 100 Main St., Burlington. Each class, $5. Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. These classes are designed to be simple and straightforward, no frills. Focusing on the basics, each class is scheduled for just one hour. Join Laura, the owner of Purple Shutter Herbs, in learning about and actually making each product yourself. Educational and fun for all ages! HONORING HERBAL TRADITIONS: Eight-month herbal apprenticeship program, one Saturday a month, held on a working horse farm in Milton. $800 includes all materials, textbook and membership to United Plant Savers. VSAC grants accepted and work-study positions are available. Info, 893-0521 or 563-3185. Join certified herbalists Kelley Robie and Sarah Zettelmeyer for an interdisciplinary experience studying the traditional wisdom of our ancestors. The human organ systems will be our guide to knowing the body and learning of specific herbs for each system. We will come to understand imbalances and disease and discover wise remedies. The gifts of the animals will be shared as we work hands-on with horses. We will eat wild food and learn about the importance of plant sustainability. Herb walks will take place in field, forest and wetland. ORIENTAL HERBAL THERAPY PROGRAM: Begins September 2005. 150-hour program. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Junction. Info, 288-8160 or visit www.elementsofhealing.net. This class will meet one weekend a month and will give students a strong foundation in the use of Chinese and Japanese herbs to treat numerous disharmonies. Students will learn the fundamentals of Oriental theory and diagnosis incorporating yin yang, five elements, eight principles,

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and Oriental internal medicine theory. An in-depth study of abdominal, tongue and pulse diagnosis will make this course an extremely practical introduction to the art and science of Oriental herbal therapy. There will also be a hands-on approach to working with loose herbs and combining them into classical formulas. This class will be appropriate for all body workers and health-care providers, as well as those seeking to begin studies in alternative therapies. VSAC Grants are available to those who qualify. WISDOM OF THE HERBS 2005: AN EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE SEASONS: Eight-month Herbal Certification Program, one weekend a month, April to November 2005. $1200, nonrefundable deposit of $150. Foundations of Herbalism: A Three-Month Herbal Program, one weekend a month, June, August and October 2005. $525, nonrefundable deposit of $100. Taught by herbalist Annie McCleary with naturalist George Lisi. Lincoln, Vermont. VSAC grants available to qualifying participants, please apply early. Info, 453-6764 or anniemc@gmavt.net or visit http://www.purpleconeflowerherbals.com. Identify and develop relationship with local wild plants as wise spirits who offer counsel and companionship. Learn though nature adventures — hike in wild places, lie on the earth. Make herbal medicine in sacred tradition. Harvest, prepare and eat wild edibles. Allow the transformation that comes with conscious association with the plant people.

kids ITSY BITSY YOGA: New sessions begin March 26. Classes offered: Baby (newborn to almost crawling) and Tots (precrawling to 24 months). Seeds of Yoga. $64 for eightweek session. Info, 434-4599 or visit www.seedsof yoga.com or www.itsybitsyyoga.com. Itsy Bitsy Yoga® introduces your child to the benefits of yoga in the first years of life. Learn more than 75 yoga poses and techniques developmentally nutritious and deepen the parent/ child bond. You and your baby/toddler will delight in practicing yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes together. Children participate according to their ability, learning style and personality, and learn yoga poses through repetition, play and bonding.

language PARENT/CHILD FRENCH CLASS WITH VENTRILOQUISM: April 7, 6:30-7 p.m. St. Albans Tech Center, Room C208. Free. Info, 773-490-2141 or visit www. frenchaccents.org. Cecile Khalil will be discussing her fun and innovative, Parent/K-3 child French class with Henry, a funny frog that interacts with children to teach them French. Cecile is the director and founder of French Accents in Chicago. SPANISH CLASSES: Accompanying small classes starting in April. Mondays, the Gailer School in Shelburne and Tuesdays in Montpelier. 12 classes, $250. Info, 917-364-3123 or constanciag@hotmail.com or visit www.123spanishnow.com. Improve your Spanish comprehension and speaking skills with a native and experienced teacher. Plus, fully guided trip to Argentina, Peru and Ecuador in June and July. Let’s go and learn about the Tango culture.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin Tuesday, April 5, 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Please watch a class before enrolling. Day and evening classes for adults, seven days a week. Children’s classes, ages 7-12, Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Tuesdays, 3:45-5 p.m. and Saturdays, noon-1:30 p.m. Zazen (Zen meditation, free and open to the general public), Tuesdays, 8-8:45 p.m. Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 951-8900 or www.aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements, joint locks and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome to watch Aikido classes. Please call if you would like to observe an iaido class. BLUE WAVE TAEKWONDO: The benefits of a traditional martial art, with the excitement of a modern sport. Adult, family and children’s classes available, Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturdays for beginners,

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<classes> MARTIAL ARTS << 15B advanced and competitive students. 182 Main St., Burlington, next to Muddy Waters. Student and family discounts available, all new students receive a free uniform. Info, 658-3359 or email info@bluewavetkd.com or visit www.bluewavetkd.com. Sixth Degree Black Belt and former national team member Gordon White puts over 20 years of experience to use teaching the exciting martial art and Olympic sport of Taekwondo. Proper body mechanics and Taekwondo technique are emphasized during plyometric, technical and cardio training sessions to improve flexibility, strength and overall fitness. KARATE-DO SHOTOKAN CLASSES: The Japan Karate Association of Vermont now offers Karate-do Classes at our new Budokan Karate-Do Center. Classes begin March 1. Children, ages: 6-14, Wednesdays and Fridays, 6-7 p.m. Teen and Adult Programs, Monday through Wednesday and Friday, 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, noon-1 p.m. Adult Beginners, Tuesday and Thursday, 6-7 p.m. Intersection of Main St. and St. Paul, Burlington. Sliding scale fees and scholarships available. Info, contact Jairo Blanco, 578-9552 or visit www.jkavermont.com. Karate-do Shotokan classes offer balanced training that include physical and mental exercises (meditation, coordination skills, focus etc.), and emphasize perfection of character and spiritual development. We follow the strict guidelines established under the Japan Karate Association (a worldwide organization) for Shotokan Karate-do training, ranking and competition. KUNG FU: For info on classes in Burlington, call 324-7702. The Ving Tsun style was founded by a Buddhist nun and made famous by Bruce Lee. Ving Tsun, pronounced wing chun, is based in relaxation, but is best known for being a highly effective system of self-defense. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Colchester. Free introductory class. Info, 893-8893. Kempo, Brazilian JiuJitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. One minute off I-89 at Exit 17. MOO GONG DO: Free Introductory classes, Monday - Friday, 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., or Saturday, 8:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. Classes open to all ages. Four convenient locations: 13 Susie Wilson Rd., Essex, 879-6763; 142 W. Twin Oaks Terrace, South Burlington, 8649985; 4068 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 4255764; 9 Wilson Rd., Middlebury, 453-8155. Info, SaBomNimAllen@aol.com or visit http://www.MooGongDo.com. Moo Gong Do is a traditional Korean martial art emphasizing personal development and strength of character in a safe and controlled environment. Come learn about yourself and the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Spirit. Learn to find and lead a balanced life. A great family activity! (Weapons, Instructor, and SelfDefense programs also available.) With over 20 certified instructors, you will be sure to get a great deal of personal attention. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Monday through Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. The “Punch Line” Boxing Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. First class free. Info, 660-4072 or visit wwww.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial arts system based on leverage (provides a greater advantage and effect on a much larger opponent) and technique (fundamentals of dominant body position to use the technique to overcome size and strength). Brazilian JiuJitsu 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 (all levels), Boxing

and NHB programs available. Brazilian Head Instructor with over 30 years of experience (5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro), certified under Carlson Gracie. Positive and safe environment. Effective and easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life. Accept no imitations.

massage LEARN HOW TO MASSAGE YOUR FRIENDS CLASS: Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pathway to Well Being, 168 Battery St., Burlington. $100. Info, 862-8806 ext. 1. Taught by Bea Bookchin, Master Massage Therapist with over 25 years of experience.

meditation DISCOVER MEDITATION: Saturday, April 2, 56:30 p.m. Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect St., Burlington. Free. Info, 518793-7282 or 518-744-7979. Meditation can relieve stress, provide peace and balance in our lives, unlock the mysteries of life and death and lead us from time to timeless eternity. Talk will focus on the theory and practice of meditation. Participants will learn a simple meditation technique, as taught by mystics throughout the ages, which individuals of any age can use daily. Sponsored by Science of Spirituality, an international nonprofit organization.

music PARENT/CHILD EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC AND MOVEMENT: For children, infants, preschoolers and the adults who love them. 8-week session. April 5 through June 2. Tuesdays in Montpelier at 10, 11 a.m. Wednesdays in Moretown, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Thursdays in Northfield, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. $125, additional siblings only $75 with siblings under 6-months free. Info, 558-9093. Come make playful music with your very young children using songs, chants, finger play, movement and instrument play. This innovative class uses the best of the First Steps in Music and Music Together programs. The classes are designed to build upon your child’s natural love of music and movement and help your child develop sense of pitch, inner rhythm, creativity and self-confidence – all while having a great time with you! The instructor is a registered Music Together teacher who has over 12 years dance, classroom and early childhood education experience. Class size is limited to 12 children with a minimum of 5 families per class.

photography FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY DARKROOM, POLAROID IMAGE AND EMULSION TRANSFERS WITH SANDRA SHENK AND LISA DIMONDSTEIN: Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.Burlington CityArts.com. Polaroid transfers offer exciting, artistic possibilities. It is the process of exposing a 35-mm slide onto Polaroid peelapart film and then transferring the resulting image onto watercolor paper or another medium. This cross-over art form offers an opportunity for unique, creative expression and experimentation. Bring a bag lunch and 20 slides. Those with strong, graphic qualities work best. FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY DARKROOM, PINHOLE CAMERA WORKSHOP WITH ADAM COURVILLE: For adults and teens. Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. In this one-day workshop the instructor will guide you in making your own pinhole camera with recycled material and processing your first pinhole images.

pilates AFFORDABLE PILATES PRIVATES AT THE PILATES DEN: Offering ongoing, small group mat classes. $10/class. Reformer private sessions, $35. The Pilates Den, Williston. Info, 879-7302 or www.pilatesden.com. Join us in our sunny home studio and experience Joseph Pilates’ dynamic body conditioning system. Our mat classes are challenging, fun and enhanced by small apparatus like magic circles, foam rollers, therabands and light weights. Our Reformer private sessions feature resistance training on Joseph Pilates’ spring-based Reformer bed that promises to “re-form” your body. CORE STUDIO: Burlington’s premier Pilates Studio. Ongoing small group classes utilizing Im=X mat and Xercizer beds and Stott mat programs. Options include private sessions, monthly Passports, drop-in rates. Free consultation and introductory mat class offered. Conveniently located on the waterfront in downtown Burlington. Info, 862-8686 or visit www.corestudioburlington.com. Small group sessions offer you a complete body workout using small equipment, including body bars and Pilates rings. Familiarize yourself with our open, welcoming studio, our professional certified instructors and our energizing “green” atmosphere. PILATES SPACE: A PLACE FOR INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: We offer Pilates, Gyrotonic®, Yoga and Physical Therapy in a warm, welcoming and affirming atmosphere. Our full schedule of Pilates Reformer, Mat and Anusara Yoga classes and privates begins Monday, February 28. Not sure what Pilates is? Please call to sign up for a one-time free

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reiki REIKI LEVEL 1: Saturday, April 2, 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Rising Sun Healing Center, Burlington. Info, 865-9813, channa@gmavt.net or www.risingsunhealing.com. Receive an attunement which allows you to use Reiki energy for healing and personal growth. Learn the hand positions for giving a complete Reiki treatment to yourself and others and have time to practice these skills. Taught by Chris Hanna, MSW, Reiki Master. REIKI LEVEL II: Saturday, April 16, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Rising Sun Healing Center, Burlington. $195. Info, Chris Hanna, MSW, Reiki Master, 865-9813, channa@gmavt.net, or visit www.risingsunhealing.com. Receive a Level II attunement and three Reiki symbols, power, mental/emotional, and distant healing. Learn to beam energy, distant heal, empower goals, send energy to future events, clear a room of negative energy. The symbols increase the power of Reiki.

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cabinet-level official who uses shamanic insight to counsel the president on the health of the nation’s soul. Personally, though, I can’t imagine it will happen any time soon. And that’s too bad, because I’m perfect for the job. My psychic powers are growing, as are my political skills, my practical compassion, and my vision of how to do what’s best for the most people. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just bragged about is as true about you as it is about me. We Crabs are in an astrological phase when many of us are becoming better equipped to serve as intuitive advisers to the powers-that-be. In fact, I suggest you start pushing for more responsibility and clout.

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(Apr. 20-May 20): The mummified middle finger of Galileo’s right hand is on display at a museum in Florence, Italy. I propose that you regard it as your sacred power object in the coming week. May it inspire you to flip the bird at everyone who crosses you. APRIL FOOL! While I do think you should derive inspiration from Galileo’s middle finger, you should do so only at truly important moments. Not to express road rage, for God’s sake; not to express disdain toward loudmouths using cell phones. Please, Taurus, flip a metaphorical bird only to protest the kind of high-level idiocy Galileo had to endure when the Church persecuted him for proving that the Earth revolves around the sun.

(July 23-Aug. 22): It would be a good week for you to obtain a burglar alarm, selfdefense pepper spray and a psychic protection amulet advertised in the back of a tabloid. You should obsess on making yourself ultra-secure and absolutely safe. APRIL FOOL! I was just testing to see how gullible you are to the media’s compulsive fear-mongering. The truth is, Leo, you’re in a phase when you should expand your sense of adventure and increase your willingness to take smart risks. Instead of the burglar alarm, pepper spray and amulet, why don’t you get yourself something like a rope ladder, crocodile spear and camel saddle?

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s illegal to hunt whales in landlocked Utah, ride a bike in a swimming pool in California, and walk on your hands while crossing a street in Hartford, Connecticut. You risk arrest in Nova Scotia if you water a lawn while it’s raining, and could be thrown in jail for eating ice cream on Sunday while on Ottawa’s Bank Street. I recommend that you research all the similarly dumb laws that are on the books in your part of the world, and systematically break them. APRIL FOOL! You’ve got better revolts to attend to than that, Scorpio. Don’t waste your time rebelling against irrelevant laws that few people know about. Direct your dissent at dumb rules that are truly hurtful.

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BARTENDERS: Up to $1200 per week. Tips + wages. No experience required. Multiple FT/PT positions avail. Call 800-8060083 ext. 202. (AAN CAN) CASTING: Documentary TV series seeks people struggling with addiction: steroids, alcohol, pornography, plastic surgery, anorexia, shoplifting, etc. www.newdocudrama.com. (AAN CAN) CUSTOM WINDOW TREATMENTS: Join this fast-growing industry. Home-based operations, no inventory, minimum $45 K cash investment required. 877-811-2107. EARN $3500 WEEKLY! Answering surveys online! $25$75 per survey! Guaranteed paychecks. Process emails online, $25 per email. Mystery shoppers earn $57/hour shopping! www. RealCashPrograms.com. (AAN CAN) ESTABLISHED WOMEN’S FITNESS CENTER for sale. Great location, Burlington. Serious inquiries only. Call 598-7399. GET PAID TO SHOP! Mystery shoppers needed to pose as customers! Training provided. FT/PT. Call now! 1-800-690-1273. (AAN CAN) LEASING AGENTS: Use your skills building a national business from your home office. Complete training and lenders are provided. $19,900 one-time cash investment. 877-811-2107. MEDIA MAKE-UP ARTISTS: Earn up to $500/day for TV, CD, videos, film, fashion. One-week course in Los Angeles while building portfolio. Brochure 310-364-0665 www.Media MakeupArtists.com (AAN CAN). MOVIE EXTRAS: Actors and models. Have fun, earn $. All looks/types needed. TV, music videos, commercials, film, print. Work with the best! 800-2603949 ext. 3025. (AAN CAN) ONLINE JOB OFFER: eBay workers needed. Come work with us online. $ weekly. Use your home computer or laptop. No experience necessary. 800-693-9398 ext. 1895. (AAN CAN)

professional services

AFFORDABLE AUTO REPAIR: Rust, accidents, painting, exhaust, brakes, cooling systems, tune-ups. Free estimates. $30/hour. Call Paul, 658-0302. DAS CONSTRUCTION: Remodeling, additions, siding, roofing, windows, insurance related repairs and more. Compare and save. Please call 878-0454 or 363-7147.

LAWN CARE: Larrows’ Lawn Care. Call Chris, 802-372-5201, leave a message. OFFERING EXPERIENCED CARE: Refs. Avail. weekends, day or night. Call Wendy, 862-1306. ROOMMATES.COM: Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit http://www. Roommates.com. (AAN CAN) TWB LAWN CARE Landscaping. Professional and reliable service. Clean ups and weekly service. Residential and commercial. 578-9520. Mention ad for 10% discount.

RESTAURANT FOR SALE OR LEASE: 95-seat restaurant located in Central Vermont. Equipment and building in excellent condition. Owner financing available. 802-793-6828. THE PERFECT BUSINESS: No employees, no inventory, home-based. Minimum $30 K cash investment required. Nonmedical home health care. 877-811-2107. U.S. GOVERNMENT JOBS. Excellent income, job security, full medical/dental benefits, paid training. Homeland security, wildlife, law enforcement, clerical, administrative and more. 800-320-9353 ext. 2250. (AAN CAN)

4 buy this stuff

2 PERCEPTION KAYAKS, Captiva (16’), Carolina (14.5’), paddles, p.f.d.s, RCA 25” TV, Toshiba DVD/MP3 player, mini portable patio heater, Hard Tail mountain bike, various crystal bowls and a vase. 999-5599. 4 MICHELIN TIRES, 4 - 215-6516. Less than 1000 miles on them. Don’t fit new car. $400. new. $325./OBO. 879-3790. 4-CUBIC FOOT COMPACT refrigerator, works well, $30. Futon mattress, clean and good condition, $40. Sewing machine, works well and good condition, $30. Compaq Presario 2000 computer w/printer, both in good condition, $100. 318-6197. 4-STUDDED HAKKA SNOWS: 1/2 season, 185/70/13, $175. Snow blower attachment/chains for older wheel horse tractor, $100. 802-877-3699. 4-SUMMER TIRES: 185-170-R14 Bridgestone. Only one season, sold my Subaru Legacy. $100/firm. 899-3376. 48” HEARTLAND COOK STOVE: Model 5130. 6-burner gas/lp, electric convection oven. Brand new, chrome, black and almond/ $5500/firm. 802-877-3699. ADS SELECTLINE ARTIST LIGHT TABLE. 25”x30” w/Compugraphics slide square. Good working condition. Great for artwork/photography. Tilting top. $75./OBO. 655-4443. ANTIQUE GOLD CHARM NECKLACE, 27” chain, 25 very unique charms, including gold nugget, champagne bucket, many moveable. Sacrifice at $800. 518 546-7557. APRIL CORNELL LINENS: Duvet covers, tablecloths, place mats, napkins, curtains. All brand new. Beautiful colors, bargain-priced. Call 865-5130. ATTENTION WEAVERS AND SPINNERS: Ashford coarse drum carder, brand new. Not even opened. $275. Retails for $340. Call Susan, 802-878-2472. BCS 730 HARVESTER plus rototiller with 9 hp Briggs & Stratton engine. Excellent condition. Includes second set of tires and tiller attachment. $1599./ OBO. 454-1182. BLUE SPRUCE CHRISTMAS TREES for spring planting. 4’ to 10’ tall. Dig up for free w/ tree spade. $75 and up. Call 802-758-2312. BOAT TOW TUBE: Nylon cover with handles, w/tow rope. $25. Jason, 878-8717.

BURTON BINDINGS: The Ray, Blue, size small/medium. Perfect for kids or women with small feet. Used 5 times. $100 retail. Will settle for $75./OBO. 321-9183. CAR AUDIO Phoenix Gold XS 2200 Amp & Jenson Dual 10” Subs in Bandpass. Both in great condition. Asking $200 for both. 802-578-5573. DJEMBE HAND DRUM: Remo, 16” head, slightly used. Asking $100/OBO. 802-578-5573. DRUM KIT (toms only). Tama Rockstar. Floor tom, two rack toms, and kick drum. Silver color in great shape, used. $400/OBO in Richmond. (315) 521-1399. EXERCISE TREADMILL: Trimline 7150 Soft Drop. $500. 434-6434. EXQUISITE GEOMETRIC numbered silkscreen print by Japanese artist. Precise and dimensional. Bold yellow and blue. Bought for $300. Need money. Selling it for $150. 324-5713. FOR SALE: Over 60 royalty-free stock photo discs. Categories incl. people, kids, vintage, food, monuments, seniors, business people, sports, technology, transportation, etc. Each disc includes dozens of royalty-free images in high and low resolution. Perfect for students, schools, graphic designers, inhouse marketing depts. Average retail $299 each! Will sacrifice for $40 each, or 3 for $100. Email me, ssrandlett@yahoo.com for a complete listing, or call 802-349-7044. FOR YOUR NEW BABY: Simple, but stylish, blonde wooden crib. Very good condition. $50. White adjustable high chair with removable plastic padding, perfect for that messy toddler. $10. 244-5602. FOUR STORE MANNEQUINS: Cardboard forms with cloth covering. 2 gray male busts, 2 ivory female. Used but in great condition. 244-5602. FREE 4-ROOM DIRECTV SYSTEM including standard installation. 3 months free 50 + premium channels. Access to over 225 channels! Limited time offer. S&H, restrictions apply. 800-8771251. (AAN CAN) FREE GARAGE: Great for storage. Just come and remove it. Call 372-8736, after 6 p.m. GREAT ESPRESSO MAKER: Capresso C1000 Automatic, gently used for 1 year. New on Church St., $800. Your price, $400. Extras incl. 656-9513, ask for Mike. IMAC WITH IRDA port/max memory/software/reprinted manuals/keyboard and mouse. Was medical office computer, clean and smoke-free environment. $200/OBO. 863-6313. KENMORE ELITE WASHER/ DRYER: Moving must sell. 8 months old, energy rated washer. Many cycle options. $500 for both! Call Nicole862-6631. LEATHER COUCH. Good condition. Must get rid of before move. $100. Bookshelf, 5 leaves can make any size. $15. 863-5294. LIGHT GARDEN for seedlings and plants. Two 48” adjustable tiers. Holds four large seed trays. $250. 735-1778.

LITTLE HIKER HUMMEL figure. 4.5” high. Excellent condition. $160, plus shipping if needed. 434-5687. LIVING ROOM SET: Good condition, vertical stripes, earth tones. $400/OBO. 862-9535. LOW-LOFT KIDSTOWN FLEXA BED w/ladder, twin mattress, curtains. Used just 19 months. In great shape. $400+ new. Asking $295. 864-3556. MALE OR FEMALE: Church St. gym membership. $22.50/mo., based on annual membership of $267. I need to bring in a new member to get the same deal. Must enroll by 4/7. 860-1846. MATTRESS: Full-size pillow top mattress and box spring. Excellent condition, only used 1 yr. Cost $700. Asking $350. Located in Charlotte. You pick up. 309-0668. MOVING SALE: Couch (maple framed) w/cushions, double bed mattress & box spring, coffee table, cabinet. 453-2076. MUST SELL: Antique French Bronze, E. Picault, 1895, “Le TravaiL” (the iron worker). Beautiful, recently appraised, $4700. Asking $2800/OBO. 244-1921. PROFORM 625 TREADMILL. We’re moving & need to sell. It has all the bells & whistles! $499/OBO. 985-9274. ROPER WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER. Good quality. Used 2 years. $50.00. Jason. 878-8717. SHARP 10,000 BTU WINDOW air conditioner. 110 volt, fits standard window. Used 1-season. With remote. Like new. $200/OBO. You haul. 244-1921. SIMMONS BEAUTYREST Exquisite, firm, full-size mattress. $125. 238-3488. SMITH CORONA electric typewriter. $40. Vintage manual Royal typewriter. $40. Light blue velvet headboard for single bed. $20. 8-foot toboggan with pad. $40. 862-9836. SPINNING BIKE! Great condition. $75. 863-9872. SPYDER PAINTBALL MARKER w/after-market parts, barrels, mask, misc. parts, etc. Great condition. Asking $125 for all. 578-5573. STUNNING 3/4 CARAT DIAMOND solitaire engagement ring. 6-prong, 18-carat gold. Appraised, $3800. Sell for $2000. Must see, 864-0691. SUBWOOFER: Klipsch ksw, 15 ht, downfiring, 15”, 800 watts. Excellent condition. Originally $749. Selling for $300. 233-4529. TAP SENSATION Savion Glover: Improvography tickets. Side-byside seating in Row C on May 3, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at the Flynn MainStage. 863-0478. TASCAM 4-TRACK PORTASTUDIO: 424 MK ll (records to cassette tape). In great shape, used only a few times. Original box and manual. $200/OBO obo. Richmond. (315) 521-1399. THULE ROOF RACK for cars with gutters. 48”. Two Delta fork-mount bike attachments incl. (short tray). Very good condition. $250 new, asking $145. Can email photos, call 862-3737.

TIFFANY “OPEN HEART” NECKLACE. 18kt gold, chain/ heart both marked Tiffany. Worn once. $800+ new. Sell for $400. Great Mother’s Day gift. 518546-7557. TOOLS: Detail sander by Dremel, old drills by Shopcraft & Bosch, square finishing sanders by Dewalt & Makita, cement laying tools, assorted hand tools (some antiques). Please call 233-5621. TOW HITCH MOUNTABLE BIKE RACK. Thule, I think. Holds 3 bikes. Easy to put on and take off. Good quality. $50. Jason, 878-8717. VAN SEATS: New bench and two passenger seats w/beige-velour upholstery. Excellent condition, $250 each OBO. Call 482-6632 or email contrarian@myway.com. WESLO DAYBREAK MASSAGE SPA: Indoor/outdoor use, 110 outlet, 2 person. Retail, $1300. Selling for $500. 863-3614. WHITEWATER KAYAK: DaggerRedline, great boat, beginner and up. $400/OBO. Mt. Bike, Diamond Back V-Link full sus gripshift manitou shock. $300/OBO used. 825-2200. WILDERNESS SYSTEMS Shenai kevlar touring kayak. 17.5 ft., 43 lbs. Near new condition. Carbon paddle, neoprene skirt, many extras. $2150. cpestus@together .net. 518-563-2740. WOMEN’S CLOTHING: Sizes 4-6. Designer, career wear. Great condition, brand new. 864-2613 ext. 449.

4 child care

CHILD CARE NEEDED: Seeking an experienced, responsible, caring person to care for our 5 mo. old in their home, M-F, days. Must be an exceptionally clean and safe environment. Refs. req. Winooski and surrounding area. 343-8080. CHILDCARE WANTED for 2 children in my home from midday 5:30 p.m. and occasional early evenings, Shelburne. 985-0106. FULL-TIME NANNY NEEDED in Burlington area for 2 kids, ages 2-years and 6-months. Must have childcare experience, be able to make at least 1-year commitment and have driver’s license. This is not a summer-only position. Start date 7/1. Email for more details about job and our family, timandmelisa@com cast.net. LOOKING FOR SOMEONE energetic and fun to take care of a 3-year-old. 15-20 hours/week. Great pay, downtown Burlington. Call Sally, 864-2768. PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT: Urgent. Charming and engaging 8-year-old high functioning w/autism. Consistency and encouragement are key. Urgently needs aid to provide care. Reliability and dependability a must. M-F, 3-6 p.m. Transportation required. Those with special needs and therapeutic interventions urged to call 802-8630381 (home) or 802-264-2919 (work). The tolerant, patient and enlightened are urged to apply. References. $10/hr.

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SHELBURNE FAMILY SEEKING student for after-school care and light housework. Two children, 12 and 10. Approximately 20 hours per week. Possible live-in situation avail. Available immediately, through end of summer. Nonsmoking environment. Pet friendly. 985-2236.

4 community

BURLINGTON PLAYWRIGHT’S GROUP: A supportive place to hear and discuss your work. Readers and observers are also welcome. Meets every other Tuesday, 6 p.m. at 135 Pearl St. Next meeting is 3/22. Contact xana@uchicago.edu for more info.

4 computer svcs.

COMPUTER REPAIRS AND UPGRADES: PCs, Macs, networking, Web design, tutoring, digital graphics and audio editing. Competitive rates. Many references. House calls and in-shop. Free quote, 864-7470 or in housecomp@verizon.net.

4 computers

In-House

COMPUTERS Repairs, Upgrades & More! Now offering online support

www.in-housecomp.com 864-7470 We make house calls! APPLE EMAC: 1 GHz, 80 gig hard drive, Super drive DVD burner, 256 K, airport extreme card, tilt and swivel stand. This is a great machine with more than 1.5-years left under warranty. $650. 578-7149.

4 entertainment

EXOTICA DANCERS featuring girls going wild for your next birthday, bachelor party or funon-one show. 802-658-1464. New talent welcome. PLATTSBURGH-AREA: New adult night club. Dancers wanted. Not Diamond Dolls. 518569-0127.

4 financial

$50,000 FREE CASH GRANTS 2005! Never repay! For personal bills, school, new business. Fee for information. $49 billion left unclaimed from 2004. Live operators! 800-606-6081 ext. #74. (AAN CAN) CASH: Immediate cash for structured settlements, annuities, law suits, inheritances, mortgage notes and cash flows. J.G. Wentworth, 800-794-7310. (AAN CAN)

4 furniture

ANTIQUE GERMAN BUFFET: 1890s. Elaborately carved, fruitwood and oak. Ornate, beautiful, heavy and large. 5.5 ft. long, massive. Must sell, $2500/OBO. 244-1921.

>NOT FOR KIDS> 18+ ONLY >NOT FOR KIDS>

DRAWING/DRAFTING TABLE: Wood top on black metal base. Good condition. $150/OBO. Call 482-6632 or email contrarian@ myway.com. LOVE SEAT: Good for lovin’, I’m guessing. Very good condition. Stained wood frame w/solid blue cushions and armrests. Handsome all the way. $120. 734-6227. PAPASON CHAIR w/blue-striped cushion. $50/OBO. Call 482-6632 or email contrarian@myway.com.

4 lost & found

CAT FOUND: Small, short-hair, brown. No collar. North Prospect St. (650) 387-0982. FAT, GREY TIGER CAT lost in the Essex, River Rd. area, near Pinewood Plaza. Small boy is very upset. Please call 879-9435. LOST: BLACK BACKPACK. Yellow ribbon on zipper. Contents have sentimental value. Reward. Please contact 660-4333. LOST: MEN’S GOLD CHAIN w/St. Christopher’s medal. Lost on 3/17 at either Fanny Allen Medical offices, The Alpine Shop or near Quizno’s Subs, Taft Corners. Reward. 496-6114.

4 music for sale

CELLOS, STRING BASSES, VIOLINS, VIOLAS: New and old instruments, sales, restoration and repair. Experienced luthiers. Paul Perley Cellos, in business since 1988. 802-229-1501, pperleycellos@aol.com. DEAN 12-STRING ACOUSTIC guitar: In good condition. Best offer. 848-525-0960. FENDER STRATOCASTER Early 80s 67 reissue. Sunburst, maple neck w/no skunk stripe, large headstock. Tweed case. $800. 862-8269. FENDER TELECASTER THINLINE: Sunburst with maple neck. Harmonic design, bridge pickup. $475. Paul, 877-3893. HAMMOND B-3, 122 Leslie, Hammond Tone cabinet. 1962, all matched Mahogany. Beautiful sound, excellent condition. $6500. 802-888-6977 or allant@sover.net. SILVER ARTLEY FLUTE. Perfect for a beginner flutist. In its original case and in good condition. $100. Otis, 660-2714. STARCK PIANO: Good condition. $300. 310-6037. VIOLIN: Eastman 100. 3/4 size. Excellent condition w/case. $450. 985-3701.

4 music instruct.

CLAW HAMMER BANJO: Learn Appalachian-style pickin’ and strummin’. Emphasis on rhythm, musicality and technique. $25/hour. Call Mara, 862-3581. GUITAR: Berklee graduate with classical background offers lessons in guitar, theory and ear training. Individualized, step-bystep approach. I enjoy teaching all ages/styles/levels. Call Rick Belford at 864-7195. JOY AND CREATIVITY! Classical Jazz and Free Improvisation piano lessons. All ages, all levels. William Michael, 802-8996700 or 355-6234. PRIVATE GUITAR INSTRUCTION: Essex Junction. 872-8861 or franky.andreas@verizon.net.

4 music services

COSMIC HILL RECORDING: MIDI and production services. Years of experience in writing, playing, recording and production. Dedicated to making your music sound great. $25 per hour. 496-3166. Moretown, VT. NORTHERN VERMONT MUSIC Protools Recording Studio, mastering services, remote recording. Special block rates. CD/DVD duplication. Songwriter demos. Backing tracks avail. Call 802744-6446 or http://www.north ernvermontmusic.com.

4 musicians wanted

7D CLASSIFIEDSLISTING

FEMALE VOCALIST for prof. funk/soul band. Experience is important, instrumentalist is a plus. Be the star you’ve always wanted to be. Call Jay, 578-0741. TECHNICAL/PROGRESSIVE METAL BAND in Burlington w/album of original material seeks vocalist and drummer. Experience w/time signature and tempo changes desirable. Call Ben, 802-863-1963. WANTED: Skilled funk/soulbased musicians. Piano, upright bass, drums, vocals helpful. Looking to start slow, build awesome repertoire and gig in the area. If interested, please call 802-238-9191.

4 pets

FREE 2-YEAR-OLD GREY TIGER FEMALE CAT: For a good home, because of my medical reasons. 782-3468.

4 photography

FEMALE MODELS: 15-35, needed for fashion shoots and other projects. No experience needed but models must be attractive and in good shape. Compensation in pictures, experience and possible start in modeling industry. Call David Russell Photography, 862-1172 for interview or email rusldp@juno.com.

4 professional svcs. AFFORDABLE AUTO REPAIR: Rust, accidents, painting, exhaust, brakes, cooling systems, tune-ups. Free estimates. $30/hour. Call Paul, 658-0302. DAS CONSTRUCTION: Remodeling, additions, siding, roofing, windows, insurance related repairs and more. Compare and save. Please call 878-0454 or 363-7147. LAWN CARE: Larrows’ Lawn Care. Call Chris, 802-372-5201, leave a message. OFFERING EXPERIENCED CARE: Refs. Avail. weekends, day or night. Call Wendy, 862-1306. ROOMMATES.COM: Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit http://www. Roommates.com. (AAN CAN) TWB LAWN CARE Landscaping. Professional and reliable service. Clean ups and weekly service. Residential and commercial. 578-9520. Mention ad for 10% discount.

4 stuff wanted

LOOKING FOR TICKETS TO TREY Anastasio at Higher Ground, 4/1. Email kpfahey @snet.net, very serious.

4 tutoring

SCIENCE TUTOR: 20 years teaching experience. Master’s degree. Grades 7-12 and college students. Reasonable rates. 802863-8823.

4 voice instruction WANTED: VOCAL TEACHER for serious vocal student starting a prof. career. 658-2859.

4volunteers

BUILD HISTORIC TIBETAN TEMPLE: Volunteer at Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center. Bronze casting, construction. Meaningful endeavor. Beautiful California location. Skills, training, housing, meals, stipend. www. odiyan.org. 707-785-2664. (AAN CAN)

HELP A SENIOR LIVE INDEPENDENTLY: The Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA) is seeking kind souls who can donate one hour per week to visit with a senior and/or assist with essential tasks such as grocery shopping or light housekeeping. Info, contact Brett or Tom, 800-642-5119.

4 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. Call Dave at 802-859-8966. MODERN 50S AND 60S FURNITURE by Eames, Knoll, Herman Miller, Bertoia, Saarinen, Aalto, Bertoia, Fritz Hansen, etc. Sometime called “space-age” or “retro”. Also interested in pottery, ceramics and lighting from this era. 864-9386. WANTED: RAINBOW WOODEN SWING SET. We’ll break it down, take it away and pay you for it as well. Call Liz, 802-229-6719.

4 legals PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Final plat application #SD-0522 of Ted Chamberlain to amend a previously approved planned unit development consisting of: 1) a 16,000 sq. ft. temperature controlled storage facility, and 2) 35,850 sq. ft. of warehousing, storage, and distribution in eight (8) buildings. The amendment consists of constructing 16,000 sq. ft. of additional storage space in the temperature controlled storage facility by adding a second floor within the building, 123 Nesti Drive. 2. Preliminary plat application #SD-05-23 of S. Burlington School District to amend a previously approved planned unit development for an educational facility consisting of a middle school and high school complex. The amendment consists of: 1) constructing a 15,100 sq. ft. educational facility, 2) constructing a 1160 sq. ft. addition to the high school cafeteria, and 3) constructing an artificial turf athletic field, 500 & 550 Dorset Street. 3. Preliminary plat application #SD-05-25 and final plat application #SD-05-26 of Precourt Investment Co, LLC, to amend a previously approved planned unit development consisting of two (2) buildings of 9800 sq. ft. and 3900 sq. ft. for a multiple number of tenants for a multiple number of uses. The amendment consists of expanding the PUD by incorporating the adjacent 1.01 acre parcel with an existing 4500 sq. ft. building approved for a short order restaurant and retail uses at 1150 Williston Road into the existing 4.99 acre PUD, 1160 & 1174 Williston Road. 4. Application #CU-05-06 of Michael & Christine Gay seeking conditional use approval under Section 14.10, Conditional Use Review, of the South Burlington Land Development Regulations. Request is for permission to increase the size of a previously approved accessory residential unit from 436 sq. ft. to 450 sq. ft., 50 Berkley Street. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE PURSUANT TO 29 V.S.A. §563(g) and (h)

Name of Record Owner of Interest: Peter Henderson Oil Company Address Unknown Description of the Land: PARCEL NO. 1: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Clark W. Hinsdale, III, by Administrator’s Deed of Richard W. Koslowski, Administrator d.b.n., c.t.a. of the Estate of Marietta J.C. Palmer, dated March 9, 2005, and recorded at Book 155 Pages 137-140 Charlotte Land Records. PARCEL NO. 2: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Clark W. Hinsdale, III, by Administrator’s Deed of Richard W. Koslowski, Administrator d.b.n., c.t.a. of the Estate of Marietta J.C. Palmer, dated March 9, 2005, and recorded at Book 155 Pages 141-144 Charlotte Land Records. Nature of the Interest: PARCEL NO. 1 and PARCEL NO. 2: Oil and Gas Lease from Avery Palmer, Marietta Jane Palmer, H. A. B. Palmer and Mary M. Palmer to Peter Henderson Oil Company dated August 5, 1957, and recorded at Book 27 Page 380 Charlotte Land Records. Name and Address of the Person Giving Notice: Clark W. Hinsdale, III 173 State Park Road Charlotte, Vermont 05445 It is presumed that the above Oil and Gas Leases are abandoned. Dated at Vergennes, Vermont, this 25th day of March, 2005. Submitted by: Clark W. Hinsdale, III REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SOUTH BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION PROJECT The City of South Burlington is requesting Design-Build proposals for the Dorset Street Fire Station expansion project. All specifics related to this request are outlined in the Request for Proposal guidance document available from the South Burlington Fire Department. Following a thorough review of the proposals the City intends to select one contractor to construct this project during the summer of 2005. The City of South Burlington retains the right to award a contract that is deemed to be in the best interest of the City regardless of the cost. For copies of the RFP guidance document please contact: Ms. Julie Maxfield South Burlington Fire Department 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, Vermont 05403 Phone: 802-846-4110 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, S.S CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. 50207-05-CnC Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for CTX Mortgage Company, LLC. Plaintiff v. Michael Brace, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and any persons occupying the subject premises of 363 Juniper Drive, South Burlington, Defendants SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Grant C. Rees, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 403, 156 Battery Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401, an Answer to the Complaint in the above entitled action within forty-one (41) days of the first publication of this Summons, which is 3/30/05. The action is a complaint and foreclosure which alleges that you have breeched attempts of Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated January 17, 2002. Plaintiff’s action may affect your interest in real property described in the land records in the City of South Burlington at

Volume 463, pages 1-3. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Chittenden, State of Vermont. It appearing from the Affidavit duly filed in the above entitled action that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be made upon defendant Michael Brace by publication pursuant to V.C.R.P. 4(g). This Order shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks on 3/30/05, 4/6/05 and 4/13/05 in the Seven Days. DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 21st day of March 2005. STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF CHITTENDEN, SS. PROBATE COURT DOCKET NO. 31062 IN RE THE ESTATE OF DORIS P. MURRAY LATE OF Williston, Vermont NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Doris P. Murray late of Williston, Vermont. I have been appointed a personal representative of the above named estate. All creditors having claims against the estate must present their claims in writing within 4 months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy filed with the register of the Probate Court. The claim will be forever barred if it is not presented as described above within the four month deadline. Dated 15 March 2005 Signed Robert J. Perry Address: 3000 Williston Road S.Burlington, VT 05403 Telephone: (802) 863-4558 Name of Publication: Seven Days First Publication Date: March 23, 2005 Second Publication Date: March 30, 2005 Address of Probate Court: Chittenden District Probate Court P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 THE CITY OF BURLINGTON DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONREQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR LEDDY PARK ARENA, NORTH BEACH, SNACK BAR, CAMPGROUND, MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, BURLINGTON COMMUNITY BOATHOUSE, SKATEPARK, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES AT 645 PINE STREET VENDING MACHINE SOFT DRINK CONCESSION The City of Burlington, Department of Parks and Rec- reation is soliciting proposals from interested vendors for a multiyear service contract to provide soft drinks to the Department’s concessions at Leddy Park Arena, North Beach and North Beach Campground, Memorial Auditorium, Burlington Community Boathouse, Special Events and vending machines throughout the park system. Requests for Proposal (RFP) are available at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Offices. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 1:00 p.m., April 28, 2005 at 645 Pine Street, Suite B, Burlington, VT 05401. No late proposals will be accepted.

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women who have fled, are fleeing or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group is present. WHBW offers a varihere that meets your needs? Call ety of groups to meet the United Way GET-INFO (a confidendiverse needs of women and tial help line) 652-4636, Mondaychildren in this community. Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Info, 658-1996. DEPERSONALIZATION AND AUTISM: Free support group for DEREALIZATION: If you suffer parents of children with autism. from either of these trance states, First Monday of each month, 7-9 please call Todd, 864-4285. p.m., 600 Blair Park Rd., Suite THE WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS 240, Williston. Info, 660-7240 CENTER is oferring a free, conor visit http://health.groups. fidential 10-week support group yahoo.com/group/Autism for mothers of children who SupportDaily/. have survived sexual abuse. VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERThursdays, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, GY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT 864-0555. GROUP: Info, contact MaryKay DREAM GROUP: A supportive Hill, VTPFAC@verizon.net dream group for those serious or call 802-373-0351. about exploring dreams. Janis MIXED GENDER COMING OUT Comb, MA, facillitator, will share SUPPORT GROUP: Every 2nd a technique called Embodied and 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m. CoDreamwork, an experiential facilitated by supportive peers method of working with dreams. and mental-health professionals Info, 253-7959. and open to all lesbian, gay, THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY bisexual transgender and quesEAST CHAPTER of the tioning adults age 23 and up. Compassionate Friends meets on Check out this group meeting at the third Tuesday of each R.U.1.2?. month, 7-9 p.m. at the Christ ARE YOU A PARTNER OR close Church Presbyterian, 400 ally of a transgender or transRedstone Campus, UVM. Info, sexual person? We have a sup482-5319. The meetings are for port group designed for your parents, grandparents and adult unique needs. The second siblings who have experienced Wednesday of every month at 6 the death of a child at any age p.m. R.U.1.2 Community Center, from any cause. 34 Elmwood Ave., Burlington. HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP Info, 860-7812. for those who have H-C, their TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT family members and friends. 2nd GROUP: First Wednesday, 6:30 Thursday of each month, McClure p.m. Looking for peer support Multigenerational Center. among other transgendered CANDIDA SUPPORT GROUP: folks? Need a safe space to relax Now forming. Share stories. and be yourself? Check out this 860-9506. group meeting at R.U.1.2? DIABETES EDUCATION and 60+ SUPPORT GROUP: Ongoing Support Group of Chittenden weekly support group for men County meets the third Thursday and women over the age of 60. of every month at the Williston Share your strengths and strugFederated Church, 6:30-8 p.m. gles with this particular stage of We often have guest speakers. life. We have fun! Facilitated Info, 847-2278. by Barbara L. Kester, Ph.D. CHADD SUPPORT GROUP 657-3668. MEETING: CHADD is a support MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT organization for children and GROUP: First group meeting, adults with Attention Deficit/ Monday, November 8, 4:15-6 Hyperactivity Disorder. Every p.m., Northfield United Church, second Tuesday of the month at Main St. Info, 485-4934 or Champlain College, 7-8:30 p.m. email suppgrp@yahoo.com. in room 217 in the Global and TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Technology Building. Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT Francis Xavier School, Winooski. GROUP: Every Monday, 4:30-6 Sundays, 6 p.m. weigh-in, p.m. Pastor United Church. Info, 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting. contact Lorraine, 485-4934. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655WOMEN HELPING BATTERED 3317 or Patricia, 658-6904. WOMEN offers free, confidential 5x6-relax.qxd 2/1/05 educational support groups for 10:32 AM Page 1

INTERESTED IN WRITING for children? Support and critique group meets monthly. Call Anne, 861-6000 or anne@books byme.us. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 8624516, or visit www.together. net/~cvana. held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester. For more information, call 8608388 or toll-free, 1-866972-5266. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE: Support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn in South Burlington, (1068 Williston Rd.), from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Cory Gould, 223-4111 or cgould1136@earthlink.net. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-VT. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 78:30 p.m. Men call Sandy, 863-5708. Women call Valerie, 655-9478. SUICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP: Survivors and their families meet monthly for mutual support in the Burlington area, 6-7 p.m. Call for location, 223-4111. SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit? This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through. Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6309. DOES YOUR PARTNER /SPOUSE HAVE AD/HD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)? Support group meets every other week in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information? Write addpart ner@yahoo.com. WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Inner harmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds.

DECLUTTERS SUPPORT GROUP: Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612. PARENTS TOGETHER: Support group will be meeting in Rutland on Monday evenings. Snacks and child care provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call Amy at 2475460 for more information. WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives. Wednesdays-ongoing. 12:30-2 p.m. Call Angie at AWARE in Hardwick, 472-6463. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County. Please call 1-877-543-9498 for more info. AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: Join our support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its healthgiving, life-affirming qualities. Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-4344423 or email: dragonheartver mont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org. SELF-REALIZATION: Social/ support group for like-minded people interested in spirituality, yoga, psychic experiences, transcendence and transformation. Burlington. If interested, call Jill at 877-3375 or email jlo@together.net. NAKED IN VERMONT: The premier Nudist/Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE) Visit www.nakedinvermont.com. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732 or atblythel @aol.com. WOMEN’S WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP: Do we know what to do? Yes! Do we do it? Not always! Sometimes the answer is mutual support — for free! Let’s decide together what works for us. I want to start — do you? Anne, 861-6000.

BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP open to new members. Meets downtown. Our goal is to become healthy and happy. For info, call Gerhard at 864-3103. ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) monthly support group: For patients, caregivers and loved ones who are living or have lived with ALS. Third Thursday of the month, 1-3 p.m. Jim’s House, 1266 Creamery Rd., Williston. Info and directions, 802-8628882 or vt@alsanne.org. AL-ANON: Thursdays, 12:301:30 p.m. at the AWARE office, 88 High St., Hardwick. Info, 472-6463. WOMEN IN TRANSITION: Join a support/social group for women who are separated or divorced. The goal is to form a circle of friends for support and social activities. If interested email Katherine at MKR27609@ aol.com. SMART RECOVERY: For info, contact Bob at 425-4058 or email carmody@madriver.com. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Vermont: Daytime support group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, from 12-2 p.m. For more info, contact Polly Erickson at 847-6941. METHADONE ANONYMOUS: A medication-assisted recovery support group. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. The Alano Club. Directions: Rt. 15 Fort Ethan Allen entrance, Barnes Ave., third right on to Hegeman Ave., #74 on left. All are welcome. TRANS PARTNERS support group: Meet and talk w/other partners of transgendered/transsexual people. The second Friday of every month. R.U.1.2? Community Center, 6 p.m. 860-RU12. ARE YOU A BUTCH, F2M, StoneButch, TGButch, TransMan, Femme, High Femme or any other description of Butch, FtM or Femme/feminine woman? If so, join us as we plan fun activities and offer each other resources, support and friendship within the Butch/FtMFemme world. For more info, contact Miss Morpheus at missmorpheus1@yahoo.com. HARD-OF-HEARING support group: I’m starting a support group for adults who have a hearing loss that affects the quality of their work/family/

social life. Let’s share personal experiences and knowledge of hearing-aid technology. Marlene, 865-9781. SKINNYDIPPERS UNITE! Visit Vermont Au Naturel. Join other naturists and like-minded people for support, discussions and more! www.vermontaunaturel.com. PARENTS TOGETHER support groups: Would you like to talk and share ideas with other parents about the joys and challenges of children? Support groups for all parents. Desireah, 796-3119. MENTAL ILLNESSES: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill holds support meetings for the families and friends of the mentally ill at Howard Center, corner of Flynn and Pine. Second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 7 p.m. Park in Pine St. lot and walk down ramp. 862-6683 for info. NONCUSTODIAL SUPPORT group for parents. Contact Bill Bagdon, 434-6495. ARE YOU UNABLE TO get out of debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Is it a problem for you? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous. Wednesdays, 7:308:30 p.m. The Alano Club, 74 Hegeman Ave., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Contact Valerie P. at 324-7847. BRAIN INJURY: Open to people who sustained a brain injury, their caregivers and family. Expert speakers often scheduled. 1st Wed. of every month, 6-8 p.m. Fanny Allen Campus, Colchester. Call Barb Winters, 434-7244. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, Transgender, Queer and Questioning: Support groups for survivors of partner violence, sexual violence and bias/hate crimes. Free and confidential. SafeSpace, 863-0003 or 866869-7341 (toll-free). MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY group: support and education for people with psychiatric challenges. Joan, 865-6135. FAMILY/FRIENDS OF THOSE suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: second Monday of the month, 4-5 p.m. The Arbors. 985-8600. SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL violence: Form contacts and discuss ways to begin healing. Women’s Rape Crisis Center, Burlington. Free. Info, 864-0555.

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Excellent condition. Blue book value, $6800. Asking $5500. Kirk, 899-4074 in the evenings. AUDI ALL-ROAD, 2001: Certified pre-owned to 100 K, transferable. Like new condition. Loaded. 71 K, dark green, alloy winter wheels and snows. Asking $24,900. Call 233-5498. AUDI, MTM, A4: 1.8T engine with MTM stage III upgrade, incl. K04 turbo, chip, twin recaros, 17” mille Miglia wheels with Bridgestones, 16” Audi winter wheels with snows, lltek grill, spoiler and other extras. 2nd-owner, owned by mature adult and never raced. 110 K. $11,500. Call for more info, 863-6999, Justin. BUICK REGAL, 2004. $28,300. 4500 K miles. I can’t drive anymore. Asking $17,000. Loaded. 766-2401. CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE,1988, Excellent condition. Two-door, auto everything, sapphire blue, no rust, premium wheels, leather. Kentucky car, one VT winter. $2600. Call Jamie 860-6101. CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, white, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering, cruise, CD. 11,925 K. Best price, $8972. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. DODGE STRATUS COUPE, 2001: R/T, sporty black, 2door, 5-speed, leather, CD changer, A/C, sun roof, spoiler, ABS, power everything. 4new studded snows.

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Transferable warranty, good until 3/2006. Excellent condition! Only 46 K! $10,200. 802-849-9797. DREADING SELLING YOUR FOREIGN CAR? It takes so much of your time to advertise, take phone calls, set up test drives, haggle over the money, etc. We’ll do the work for you! Get top dollar for the sale of your car! www.autocraftsmen.com, 223-3563, we’ll gladly explain the details! FIAT 850, 1972. Convertible, California car, 82,000 K, 4 speed, virtually rust-free, electric green, detachable hardtop, alloys. Runs great but needs carb rebuild (leaks). $1800. 425-7275. FORD TEMPO, 1994: 115,000 K miles, automatic, CD, A/C, 4-seasons tires, new front tires and suspension, new starter, alternator, water pump, radiator fan. Good condition, $950. 862-6935. HONDA CIVIC DX, 1995: Coupe, black, 5-speed, 153 K, 40+ MPG. Good shape, new inspection sticker through April 2006. $2100. Sue, 6603500 ext. 5926 or 859-0453. LAND ROVER, 1972. Running condition, but needs work. Good project vehicle. $1800. 482-3216. MERCURY MONTEREY, 1954. Highly customized. Looks like a Corvette on steroids. Gorgeous condition. Rebuilt engine. See photos and information at www.globalgaragesale.net. 893-2964. MERCURY SABLE, 1992: Mint green, runs well. Needs work. Inspected until Dec. 2006. $500/firm. Cell, 802578-0068. MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT, 2000: V6, 5-speed, hatchback, 69 K. $10,900. Warranty until 100 K. Black, leather, AM/FM/CD changer/cassette, moon roof, power seat. 249-2372. PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM, 1993: 4-door, AM/FM, cruise, clean interior, very low mileage. Some surface rust on driver’s side only. No reasonable offer refused. 899-5304.

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PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2003: Sedan, 4-door, teal green, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/ locks, cruise, CD. 31,275 K. Best price, $12,780. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2005: Sedan, 4-door, gray, FWD, A/C, power steering/ windows/locks, cruise, CD. 18,179 K. Best price, $14,485. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC SUNFIRE SE, 2002: 4-door sedan, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering. 38, 418 K. Best price, $8244. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC VIBE SPORT WAGON, 2005. 4-door, black, FWD, auto, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, 10,205 K. Best price, $15,894. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. SAAB 9000 CS, 1995: Black, 5-speed, leather, CD, power windows/locks, heated seats, power moon roof, winter and summer tires. 148 K. $2250/OBO. Call 355-0830 or 453-6720. SATURN SL1, 2002: Sedan, 4-door, black, 4-cyl., 5speed, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise. 26,980 K. Best price, $7899. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. SATURN SL2, 2001: 45,000 K, green, excellent condition. 5-speed, CD/radio, A/C. $4500. Recently appraised at higher cost. Evan, 310-6215 or evangl11@netzero.net. SUBARU FORESTER, 1999: AWD, green, auto, ABS, A/C, cruise, 78 K, NS, new studded Hakkapeliittas. Excellent condition. $8700. Call Matt, 453-3343. SUBARU OUTBACK, 2002: Religiously maintained, brand-new catalytic converters, CD and tape, heated front seats, 81 K highway. $12,225/OBO. 863-8447. SUZUKI SAMURAI, 1989 Comes w/9000 pound winch, spring over lift, super swampers & lots of other goodies! Runs well. $800 OBO. Dave 316-0459.

TOYOTA CELICA GTS, 1991: White, southern car. Runs great, looks new. Very good on gas and reliable. Auto, power options. 130,000 K miles. $2900/OBO. Jason 878-8717. TOYOTAS, 1997 & NEWER! Excellent condition & warranty. www.autocraftsmen.com. 326 State St., Montpelier (next to Dairy Creme on Rt. 2). Worth the drive! 223-3563. VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1992: 4-door, black, standard, 180 K, good shape. Give-away price, $600. 859-8900. VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1995: 4-door, $2500. 93 K, brand new snow and used summer tires, 6-disk CD, sun roof, standard transmission, no rust. 985-8211. VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON CAMPER, 1980. Good condition with stove, sink, refrigerator & popup. No rust. 80,000 K original miles. $1,800. 482-3216. VOLVO 240, 1981: Brown, clean interior, runs great, good tires, new Sony stereo, used daily, safe/dependable and comes w/Nader sticker! $850. Call 425-7275 before 8 p.m., please. VOLVO 240, 1982: 112 K, complete drive train engine, auto trans only, runs perfect, car was wrecked. Only $500. 425-7275 before 8 p.m. VOLVO 240 WAGON,1990. Silver. Body and interior in excellent condition. Runs. Needs transmission. New tires. Great parts car. Best offer. Email freyalisa@ shoreham.net. VW BEETLE GLS, 2003: Convertible, 1.8 turbo, 5speed, galactic blue. 15,000 K miles, leather, heated seats, sport wheels. 4 year/50K warranty. $21,900. 734-3990. VW RABBIT DIESEL,1979, ‘82, ‘84, one sunroof, two two-doors. VW diesel parts, engines, 4 and 5 speed trans, turbos, heads, injection pump, many other parts. ‘69 Baja Bug, ‘77 Beetle, purple. Clean, southern cars. 5868079 biofueler@aol.com. WARNING: DON’T EVEN think about looking at a

South Burlington to Rutland: Looking for a ride. Time is flexible. If you can help, please ref # 41048. Colchester to Burlington: Looking to share a ride. I work Fridays from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40961. St. Mike’s to Ethan Allen Dr.: Looking for a ride. My hours are Mon-Fri from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. with some flexibility. If you can help, please ref # 41070. Essex to Burlington: Looking for a ride. I work Mon-Fri, from 8 a.m. 4:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41069. Plainfield to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM. I work 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. If you can help, please ref # 41062. Rutland to Williston: Looking to share a ride. Hours are Mon-Fri from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please reference # 41047. Essex Junction to Waterbury: Looking to share a commute MonFri at 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., but flexible. If you can help, please reference # 41046. Winooski to Montpelier: Looking to share a commute Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41045.

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4 rv’s R.V: 19-FOOT COACHMAN w/85 Toyota engine. All the comforts of home. Ready to travel. $3299/OBO. 660-2417.

4 trucks DODGE DAKOTA, 2003: Club cab. 9800 K. 4WD. Tool box and truck rack. Excellent condition. Under warranty until 2008 or 70 K. $16,000/ OBO. Call Kathy, 658-2752, leave message. GMC SIERRA, 1987. 6.2 liter, diesel. 4WD, auto, utility body w/plow. 116,000 K. $3000. 793-8557.

4 boats ANTIQUE MERCURY OUTBOARD,1957: Mark 30 4cylinder 30 hp w/tiller, totally restored by marine mechanic, beautiful classic. $1200 w/tank. 425-7275 before 8 p.m. MAXUM EXPRESS CRUISER, 1996: 32’, twin I/O drives. 200 hours. Sleeps 6, live aboard, incl. Marble Island dockage for ‘05 season. $65,900. M1pg@msn.com.

4 snowmobiles SKI-DOO MXZ670, 1998: Runs excellent, yellow, many extras, 6 K. Low book, $2400. Must sell, $1500. 793-1653.

4 suvs CHEVROLET BLAZER SPORT UTILITY, 2004: 4-door, beige/tan, V6, auto, 4WD, LS, power steering/windows/ locks, cruise, CD. 14,121. Best price, $16,935. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. CHEVY BLAZER LS, 1995: 2-door, 4WD, 126 K, lots of options, fair condition. Call for details, 879-7625.

South Burlington to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride to IBM. I work Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40955. Burlington to Shelburne: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri, 6:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40967. Williston to Burlington: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. 4:45 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40967. Hinesburg to Burlington: Looking for a ride to UVM. I work Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41066. Richmond to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM Mon-Fri, 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. If you can help, please ref # 40969. Colchester to Burlington: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40971. Winooski to Burlington: Looking for a ride to Starr Farm Nursing Center Mon-Fri, 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40973. Burlington to Poultney: Looking to share a commute to Green Mountain College. I work Mon-Fri,

FORD EXPLORER, 1991: Manual. Some rust, engine strong, trani shot. Decent shape except for trani. $375. OBO. 238-0764. HONDA ELEMENT EX SPORT UTILITY, 2003: 4door, pewter, auto, 2WD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, CD, cruise, ABS. 25,795 K. Best price, $17,816. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. ISUZU TROOPER 1991: 145,000 K miles, 4X4 standard, new tires, & clutch. Little rust, overheats, needs work. $700/OBO. SarahBeth 863-5294 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 2000: Limited, auto, V8, 4WD, silver w/black leather interior, CD, only 65 K. Great winter car. Best price, $14,950. Call Andy, 646-334-7370. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 2004: 4-door, silver, auto, 4WD, A/C, cruise, CD, roof rack. 33,237 K. Best price, $17,928. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 2004: 4-door, silver, auto, 4WD, A/C, cruise, CD, roof rack. 33,237 K. Best price, $17,928. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. JEEP WRANGLER X, 2004: Sport utility, 2-door, green, 5-speed manual, 4WD, power steering, CD. 8334 K. Best price, $18,463. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, 1996: 4WD, 112,000 K miles. Very reliable. 5 speed, A/C, power options. Sun roof. $4500./OBO. 878-8717. PONTIAC AZTEK GT, 2001: Sport utility, 4-door, maroon, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 28,695 K. Best price, $10,894. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

4 auto parts 4 BF GOODRICH Winter Slalom unstudded tires. Size P205/65R15 92S. Used less than 2 seasons. $120. 238-3488.

4:15 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41059. Burlington to Williston: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41056. Burlington to Springfield: Looking to give or share a ride Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40980. Waitsfield to Hinesburg: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 3:30-7:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40987. Essex Junction to Williston: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. 3 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41054. Waterbury to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. 3:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40989. Underhill to Waitsfield: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41002. Barre to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41013. Richmond to Waterbury: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41022.

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SPACEFINDER 4 housing for rent APTS. AND CONDOS: $600/mo. - $1200/mo. NS/pets. places4rent.com or 802-658-3975. AVAIL 6/1: MANY LISTINGS. Please call Investment Property Manager, 658-3600. BOLTON VALLEY: 1-bedroom, completely renovated, 1st-floor, gas heat, lease. $900/mo. + utils. + dep. + refs. Call Kevin, 401-845-9220 or Marcia, 4344051, leave message. BOLTON VALLEY: Efficiency. 380 sq. ft. Incl. local phone/heat. $650/mo. 6-month - 1-year lease, neg. 434-3444 ext. 1223 or 203-520-9800. BOLTON VALLEY: Slope-side 2bedroom condo at Bolton Valley Ski Resort. Newly renovated, fireplace, new appliances. NS/pets. $950/mo. 734-0960. BRISTOL: Country location. 2-bedroom home. NS. Avail. 5/1. $875/mo. + sec. + ref. + credit check. Pets negotiable. 453-3687. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, $695 /mo. 5-bedroom, $1875/mo. Apts. avail. 4/1. Located in brick Victorian. Convenient to all colleges/downtown/medical center. Call 899-3795 or 233-6313. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units. Quiet upper Maple St. location, both newly renovated, incl. parking. $825 and $1200/mo. NS/pets. 8630091 or 999-1738. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom. Corner of Fletcher Place and Colchester Ave. Avail. 5/1. $700/ mo. +. 863-9656, before 7 p.m. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom luxury condo. Three minute walk to lake and bike path. Gourmet kitchen, garage, fireplace, A/C, pool, yard, quiet. Avail. 5/1. 865-2537. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, oneof-a-kind condo on waterfront park. Parking, laundry, no pets. $1200/mo. + low utils. Avail. 4/1. 846-5010.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedrooms. Nice, clean, quiet, wood floors, porch, gas heat, well insulated/ energy efficient, parking, coinop, NS. Quiet building. Avail. 5/1. 879-2436. BURLINGTON: 159 So. Union. Unique 2-bedroom, hardwood floors, parking. Avail 5/1. $975/ mo. includes heat. 288 Main. 2bedroom, hardwood floors, parking. Avail 5/1. $925/mo. + utils. 862-0733. BURLINGTON: 2 and 3-bedroom apts. Heat/hot water incl., parking, garbage/snow removal. Full bath, pets possible. $1200/mo. and $1350/mo. + dep. Avail. 6/1. 802-863-9612. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, bright, central, large living room, newer carpet, gas heat, low utils. $875/ mo. Avail. now. 862-9182, call anytime, until 11 p.m. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, clean, modern unit. Gas heat, off-street parking, 2nd floor, Old North End. Avail. 4/1. NS $850/ mo. + utils. Dianne, 864-9344. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, offstreet parking, spacious, private porch, second story w/2-floors. Corner of Archibald and Hyde. $825/mo. + utils. + dep. 872-5949. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5-bath, W/D hookups, attached garage, quiet neighborhood, gas heat, no pets. Avail. 4/1. $975/mo. Call 864-9966. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom w/sun porch, claw-foot tub, heat/water incl., off-street parking for 2, pets negotiable. $950/mo. Avail. 5/1. Call 863-8539, after 5 p.m. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom, 2bath in a private house. Porch, short walk to downtown/Battery Park. Completely renovated, new appliances. Off-street parking, efficient gas heat. $950/mo. + utils. Avail. 4/1. 862-3496. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom apt in great South End neighborhood. Eat-in kitchen, pantry, hdwd, porch, D/W, onsite W/D,

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parking. Avail. immediately. $1300/ mo. + utils. + lease. 864-9972. BURLINGTON:3-bedroom apt. Two-minute walk to Church St. W/D. Avail. 6/1. $1100/mo. + utils. 434-4449. BURLINGTON: 4-bedroom apt. Great location. Clean, renovated. Avail. 6/1. $1600/mo. + utils. 865-4282. BURLINGTON: 4-bedroom house, avail. 6/1st. One bathroom, small garage, laundry, parking, small back yard. New bathroom/ flooring. 317 North St., in a residential setting. $1900/mo. + utils. Please call 482-4822.

BURLINGTON: 448 Colchester Ave. 3-bedroom, walking distance to campus. $1150/mo. + utils. 978-887-0765, leave clear message. BURLINGTON: All now! Now! Now! Maple St. Small, clean and neat 2-bedroom, $675/mo. Marble Ave. Sunny 3-bedroom, $1100/mo. +. 2-bedroom, $825/mo. +. View of Intervale, modern 2-bedroom, $850/mo. +. New North End, clean, quiet 2bedroom, $850/mo. Heated, no dogs, 1-year lease. Red E Rentals, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Apts., 3-4 bedrooms, great locations, parking, W/D. Avail. 6/1. Call Rick, 864-3430. BURLINGTON: Avail. 5/5. 260 College Street. 1-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utilities included, off-street parking. $1000/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail 5/5. 260 College Street. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utilities included, off-street parking. $1400/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 135 Main Street. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, hardwood floors, large private deck, lots of windows, W/D, D/W in unit. $1650/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 260 College Street. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utilities included, off-street parking. $1400/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail 6/1. 260 College Street. 1-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utilities included, off-street parking. $1000/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 295 Maple Street. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1/2 heat and hot water incl. Laundry on site, off-street parking. $965/mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 31 South Williams. 5-bedroom, 1-bath, water included, laundry on site, off-street parking. $1775./mo. Please call 658-9697. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 4bedroom, 2-bath, 2 entrances, back porch. Newly painted. Second floor of Victorian house, block to downtown. Off-street parking & coin-op laundry. $1920/mo. + utils. 578-8525. BURLINGTON: Avail 6/1. 43 South Williams, 3-bedroom, 1-bath, water included, laundry on site, off-street parking. $1000. Please call 658-9697.

BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 5/6-bedrooms, Loomis St./No. Union. Hardwood floors, recent 1x1-firsthorizon031605 updates, porch, parking, laundry, basement storage. $2200/mo. + utils. 891-2009.

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BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. 61 South Union St. 2-bedroom, walk to everything, off-street parking, D/W, coin-op, NS/pets. $1100/mo. + utils. 363-9352. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. Block to downtown, large 1-bedroom, hardwood floors, dining room, screened porch, off-street parking, laundry. $1000/mo. + utils. 578-8525. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. Downtown, off-street parking. 4-bedroom, $2000/mo. heat incl. 3-bedroom, $1300/mo. + utils. 2.5-bedroom, $1100/mo. + utils. Studio apt. $495/mo. heat/hot water incl. Avail. 9/1. 203-494-0682. BURLINGTON: Avail. 6/1. Spacious 3-bedroom apt. Walking distance to downtown/UVM. Parking W/D. $1500/mo. incl. utils. Call 860-526-9129. BURLINGTON: Avail. now. Spacious, modern, renovated 3bedroom w/parking. $1250/mo. +. Downtown 2-bedroom condo, $1100/mo. Red E Rentals, 860-4641. BURLINGTON: Beautiful 3bedroom Riverwatch condo for rent. Incl. all utils. Unlimited parking, pool, easy access to UVM/downtown. 1-year lease. Avail. 6/1. $1550/mo. Students OK. 802-598-1533 or 802-598-5322.

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ESSEX JUNCTION: 3-Bedroom, 1.5 Bath, 2-story gambrel in a quiet neighborhood, convenient to everything. Renovations incl. new roof, siding, windows, bath, kitchen, fixtures and more. Dining room, living room w/hdwd, tled foyer/mud room, wall-to-wall Berber bedrooms, W/D. Deep back yard. $239,500. 425-3551 or 318-2708

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OWN YOUR OWN HOME on Sugarbush Access Rd. Very large, 2+bedrooms, W/D hookup, sauna, pool, tennis. All new appliances. Asking $147,000. 496-2646.

COLCHESTER: 1995 Redmond 14'80", 3-bedroom, 1-bath mobile home. Large yard, storage shed, swimming pool, tennis/basketball courts, private P.O. Box. Located in Westbury Trailer Park. $39,000. $2000 back at closing. 434-3287.

ADDISON: Amazing 3300 sq. ft., three-floor cathedral ceiling "lighthouse" home with 1100 sq. ft. wrap-around deck overlooking Lake Champlain/ Adirondack Mountains. Beach/lake access. $425,000. Bill and Shari, 759-2985.

BURLINGTON WATERFRONT: 1-bedroom condo, 216 Lake St., 2nd-floor. New hdwd, energy efficient, close to evrything. Million dollar view. Only $172,500. Call 864-9972

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SHELBURNE: 3-4 bedroom home. 2150 sq. ft. 2- bath, new appliances, garage w/storage area, mud room, deck, perennial gardens. $249,000. 802-985-3617.

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NEW HAVEN: Great business location. Large retail space with attached 2-story home, heated 3-bay garage and private 2-acre backyard oasis. Priced to sell $169,000. 802-877-2724.

WINOOSKI: Millyard condo. Quiet, riverfront living near downtown. 2-bedroom, 2 levels, carpeted, tile, appliances W/D. Parking. Enterance security. $172,000. 802-434-3749.

HINESBURG: 1 large bedroom, 1-bath. Open floor plan. Windows! Adirondack views. Stone patio. 1.5-car garage. 1/3-acre +.25 mins. to Burlington. $198,000. 802-482-5202

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BURLINGTON: Beautiful, huge 3-bedroom apt. Walking distance to Church St./med. school/hospital/UVM. 100-year-old Victorian house w/turret. 2000 sq. ft. Incl. parking, W/D, 800 sq. ft. family room w/gas stove, large eat-in-kitchen, D/W, hdwd, original woodwork, high ceilings, large front porch and back yard. Must see! $2000/mo. Avail. 5/1. 865-4901. BURLINGTON: Bissonette Properties. 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom apts for rent. Burlington/ Winooski-area. Avail. immediately. $575-$1300/mo. 864-4449. BURLINGTON: Bradley St. 3-bedroom. Avail 6/1. Parking, laundry, gas heat, close to downtown. $1290. + utils. 879-7235.

BURLINGTON: Large 1-bedroom in lower Hill section. New hdwd/appliances. Ceramic tile in bath/tub. 3-blocks from downtown, gas heat, coin-op laundry. Absolutely NS. Avail. immediately or 4/1. $800/mo. + utils. 324-6593, Pete. BURLINGTON: Large 3-bedroom apt. downtown, off-street parking, private porch and basement. Avail. 6/1. $1075/mo. 878-2860. BURLINGTON: Large 4-bedroom, 2-bath, dining room, living room, large front porch & great kitchen. Wood floors, backyard. Walk to downtown & UVM. 4 parking spaces. $1975/ mo. + utils. Avail. 6/1. 863-4536.

WORKSPACE 4 commercial props. BURLINGTON: 139 Elmwood Ave. Approx. 500 sq. ft., close to downtown. $400/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200 ext. 229. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Avail. now. 1233 Shelburne Road (Lakewood Executive Offices). Great location, beautiful brick building, utilities included, answering service available, secretarial services and many other services available. 10 FREE hours of conference room monthly and unlimited parking. Please call 658-9697. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Avail. now. E1, large 3+ rooms, private bathroom. Great location on Shelburne Road, off-street parking, secretarial/answering services available, private entrance. $1300/mo. Please call 658-9697.

4 office space BURLINGTON: Main St. 2-room office suite on 2nd-floor. Incl. heat/electric/parking. Ideal for therapist, bodyworker, healer, etc. $425/mo. Call 223-9954.

4 space for rent BARRE: Fabulous studios soon avail at Studio Place Arts, a vibrant arts center in downtown Barre. Call Sue, 479-7069 or email shigby@sover.net for more info. CENTRAL VERMONT: Semi-industrial studio space to share. Splitting 1000 sq. ft., low cost, flexible lease. Don’t wait, create! Peace to all. 279-4998.

BURLINGTON: Buell St. Avail 4/1. Large 1-bedroom, 1st floor. $895/mo. incl. heat/hot water. Hdwd, coin-op W/D, NS/pets. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 ext. 1021. www.nevilleco.com. BURLINGTON: Clean 2-bedroom apt. avail. 8/1. Furnished, 2floors, balcony, on-site parking, laundry, on/off UVM shuttle stop. Call Jess, 315-567-9843. BURLINGTON: Delightful 3-bedroom house. Close to UVM/hospital. Enclosed yard, W/D, mudroom, hdwd, parking, deck, three porches. Gourmet kitchen, dining room. Recently decorated. Available now. 802-372-8491. BURLINGTON: Downtown 2bedroom avail. 4/1 or later. 3 and 4-bedroom avail. 6/1. Great location, parking. Rent adjustment for help w/property. Call Allan, 233-3663. BURLINGTON: Downtown. Large 1-bedroom, 2-porches, hdwd, laundry, nice older building, 1car parking. No pets. $800/mo. incl. heat/hot water. Avail. 4/1. 372-9513 or 233-8705. BURLINGTON: Efficiency, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-bedroom apts. Avail. 6/1. Excellent location. No pets. 863-9656, before 7 p.m. BURLINGTON: Executive 4-room (1-bedroom plus loft.) Near UVM green. Beautiful, restored, sunny, historic. W/D, no pets. $1550/ mo. + utils. 802-425-2239. BURLINGTON: Hill section. 2bedroom, private deck, hdwd, gas heat, sunny and bright, offstreet parking. $1075/mo. Avail. 6/1. 310-4205 or 863-1728. BURLINGTON: Hill section, 2bedroom. Sunny, bright, hdwd, laundry, 2-floors of living space, off-street parking, shared yard. $1200/mo. + utils. 863-1728 or 310-4205. BURLINGTON: Large 1-bedroom apt. at the top of Loomis St. Wood floors, off-street parking, nice, quiet place. Avail. 4/1. $775/mo. + utils. 238-2476.

BURLINGTON: Large 4-bedroom house, just renovated, 2-full baths, beautiful Hill section classic. Walk to UVM. Internet each room, W/D, semi-furnished, large yard, gardens, sun porch, parking, snow/trash removal. $2400/mo. + utils. Avail. May or June. 863-2417. BURLINGTON: Large 5-bedroom house, 2-kitchens, 2-bath, gas heat/hot water, parking, downtown location. Avail. 6/1. $2150/mo. Call David, 658-3114. BURLINGTON: Live on Church Street! Sublet mid-April to midMay. Beautiful 1-bedroom, hardwood, lake view. $660/mo. What a deal! 302-547-0288. BURLINGTON: Mill St. Avail 6/1. 3-bedroom, 1st-floor. $1050/ mo. incl. hot water. Pets OK w/ref, W/D hook-ups. Neville Companies, Inc. 660-3481 ext. 1021. www.nevilleco.com. BURLINGTON: Near UVM green. Beautiful, sunny, large 1-bedroom and living area. Coin-op. No pets. Part of charming, historic home, executive building. $975/mo. + utils. Avail. immediately. 802-425-2239. BURLINGTON: New North End. 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath, 1/2 duplex, fenced yard, off-street parking, close to bike path, basement, gas heat, some onsite storage avail. Sorry, no dogs. $1200/mo. + utils., trash removal incl. Call Shawn, 658-2014. Avail. 4/17. BURLINGTON: Newly renovated, large 2-bedroom, 1-bath, living room, dining room, front porch, fenced back yard, W/D, offstreet parking, walk to downtown/waterfront/bike path. $1200/mo. 578-3499. BURLINGTON: Northshore condo. Lake front and bike path, year-round sunsets, 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath, garage, tennis/pool, dead-end road, sandy beach access, no pets. $1400/mo. +. Avail. 7/1. 658-8195.

BURLINGTON: North Willard St. work, large fenced-in yard. Deck Avail 6/1. 3-bedroom, 2nd-floor. off back. Propane heat/hot $1350/mo. incl. heat/hot water, water. NS, pets negotiable. 1x2-Godirect032305 1:35 +PMutilsPage parking, No pets. Neville 3/21/05$900/mo. + sec. 1 deposit. Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 373-0893 or enginuity@adel ext. 1021. www.nevilleco.com. phia.net. CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE: 3-bedroom. Views of Mansfield and river. Entire 2nd floor of classic Victorian. Large kitchen, full MLS MONTHLY $399 bath, hardwood floors, propane heat. NS, pets negotiable. MLS UNTIL SOLD $1999 $875/mo. + utils +sec. deposit. FSBO MONTHLY $99 373-0893 or enginuity@adel FSBO UNTIL SOLD $399 phia.net. CHARLOTTE: Large 1-bedroom garage apt. Vaulted ceilings, walk to beach. $950/mo. incl. utils. + cable TV. Call 864-9899 ext. 1. Homes For Sale at: CHARLOTTE: On Mt. Philo. WWW.GODIRECTVT.COM 1-bedroom, W/D, private entrance, parking, trash 802-264-4866 removal incl. New paint/floorBURLINGTON: Northshore coning. Avail. in April. $1000/mo. do. 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5+ utils. 802-425-5310. bath, fireplace, gas heat, W/D, CHARLOTTE: Sunny 3-bedgarage, pool/tennis on-site, no room, 2.5-bath house on 10pets. $1500/mo. Call Coburn & acres. Ideal country-setting Feeley, 864-5200 ext. 229. w/gorgeous views, privacy, BURLINGTON: Northshore swimming pond, W/D. Avail. Village condo. Lake view! 2-bed5/15. $2100/ mo. + utils. 425room, 2.5-bath, 2-story, garage, 4902 or cat hunter101@hot W/D, pool, tennis, bike path. mail.com. NS/pets. Avail. immediately. COLCHESTER: 1-bedroom w/ $1500/mo. Call 999-7471. convenient location to Exit 17, BURLINGTON: Rare find! Queen I89. Carpet & pine flooring. ReCity Park 2-bedroom cottage cent updates, propane heating, avail. 5/1. Lake view, large deck off-street parking. $650/ mo. overlooking stream and woods. incl. electric/water. 578-8525. $1500/mo. Call 802-859-0230. DUXBURY: 1-bedroom apt. BURLINGTON: Real nice 1 or 2Beautiful mountain views. Refs. bedroom, great location, hdwd, amd sec. dep. req. Enjoy country parking. Avail. now. Call Rick, living. Avail. 5/14. Please NS/ 864-3430. pets. 15 min. to Waitsfield, 20 BURLINGTON: River Watch conmin, to Montpelier, 10 min. to do for rent, 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Waterbury and I-89. $650/mo. + parking, pool, heat/hot water utils. Call evenings, 244-1889. incl. $1100/mo. Avail. 5/1. ESSEX: Furnished efficiency. Contact Sarah, 802-233-2212. Parking, no pets. Refs. + dep. BURLINGTON: Rose St. 3-bedQuiet, dead-end street. $600/ room apt. in quiet building. mo. incl. utils. Avail. 4/1. Call Sorry, no off-street parking. No after 9 a.m., 878-4240. pets. Avail. 4/1. $800/mo. + ESSEX JUNCTION: 2-bedroom, utils. 863-2070. 1-bath second-floor Saybrook BURLINGTON: Shelburne St. condo, unfurnished, 2-car parkAvail 7/1. 2-bedroom, 1st-floor. ing, recently updated, W/D, $795/mo. Parking, no dogs. pool/tennis. $950/mo. Sarah, Neville Companies, Inc. 802655-3333, ext. 30. 660-3481 ext. 1021. ESSEX JUNCTION: Highland www.nevilleco.com Village. 2-bedroom townhouse, BURLINGTON: South End 12.5-bath, W/D, garage, gas heat, bedroom. Gas heat, off-street dog OK w/dep. Fitness/conferparking, W/D. $750/mo incl. ence room on-site. $1700/mo. water, trash, snow plowing. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200 Walking distance to downtown ext. 229. and UVM campus. Available 4/1. ESSEX JUNCTION: Prospect St. Roger 316-1899. Avail. 5/1. Large 1-bedroom, 1BURLINGTON: South End (2) bath, parking, laundry on-site, 2-bedrooms, $850/mo. & $900/ gas heat, elec. incl. Pets OK. mo. Convenient South End loca$825/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, tion in quiet neighborhood. 864-5200 ext. 229. Hardwood, on-site laundry, offESSEX JUNCTION: Prospect St. street parking, new paint and Avail. 5/1. 2-bedrooms, 1-bath, uprgrades. Pets considered, carport, laundry on-site, gas Avail. immediately. 891-2009. heat incl. Pets OK. $875/mo. BURLINGTON: South End. Large Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200 2-bedroom unit w/garage. Gas ext. 229. heat. Avail. now. NS/no pets. ESSEX JUNCTION: Spacious 2$1000/mo. + utils. Call 846-7849. bedroom w/tile and wood floors, BURLINGTON: South Willard. sky lights. Hook-ups, parking. Avail. 5/1. Large, bright $1050/mo. + 1 mo. dep. Incl. efficiency. 1-bath, fireplace, all except heat. 878-5605. heat/elec. incl. No pets. $675/ GEORGIA: 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, lake house, large lot on Champ864-5200 ext. 229. lain, custom-built home w/fireBURLINGTON: Spacious, light 1 place, hdwd, W/D, 1-car garage, and 2-bedroom apts. in great gorgeous sunsets! NS, pets downtown location, avail. this negotiable. $1800/mo. + utils. + spring. $677/mo. 1-bedroom, dep. Avail. 5/1. Call Sundance $864/mo. 2-bedroom, heat/hot Services, 802-893-2348. water incl. Some income resGEORGIA: Large, furnished 3trictions apply. One small pet OK bedroom, 2.5-bath house in w/dep. Call Tom, 343-6507. EHO beautiful country setting. Avail. BURLINGTON: Sunny 4-bed5/15-10/15, flexible. $2000/mo. room apt., W/D, D/W, off-street incl. utils. Please call 527-2036. parking, two large living rooms, HUNTINGTON: 2-bedroom large kitchen, side yard and house, 1-bath, basement, W/D, deck, basement storage, large wood shed, secluded lot. $1700/mo. + utils. 324-3500. NS, pets considered. Avail. 4/1. BURLINGTON: Two 2-bedrooms. $1175/mo. + utils. 434-4652, 454 Colchester Ave. Off-street evenings. parking, no pets. Avail. 6/1. JOHNSON: Nice 2-bedroom $850/mo. 951-2457 (24 hours). duplex in a quiet neighborhood. BURLINGTON: Unfurnished apt. Yard, W/D, 1-car garage. $1100/ 1-bedroom, Riverwatch. W/D, mo. all utils. incl. Sec. + dep. D/W, microwave, garage, heat/ req. 893-2700. hot water incl. NS/dogs. $975/ MILTON: Brand-new townhome. 3mo. Avail. now. 859-1589. bedroom, 1.5-bath, full basement, BURLINGTON: Vermont house. covered porch, deck, W/D, offAvail. 4/1. Downtown condo. 2street parking. $1275/mo. + utils. bedroom, 1.5-bath, lake views, Move in now. 802-527-0873. heat/air conditioning incl. MONTPELIER: Hubbard Park Dr. Parking avail. No pets. Walk to downtown, 6-rooms, 2$1300/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, bedroom, 1.5-bath. $1100/mo. 864-5200, ext. 229. + utils. + lease. Avail. 6/1 or CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE: 3-bedearlier. 223-1829 or mhbentley room. Large, completely re@adelphia.net. stored. New windows, carpet, kitchen & bath. Restored wood-

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Community within a Community Pool • Racquetball • Health Club Personal on-site management In-house maintenance Studios, 1BR, 2BR... Call Tricia or Tammy at 655-1186 tbecker@woolen-mill.com www.apartments.com/woolenmillvt MORETOWN VILLAGE: 1-bedroom, large deck, yard w/garden, ground level, soak tub, full bath, gas heat, wood floors. $700/mo. 802-496-3980. MORETOWN VILLAGE: 2-bedroom, river view, hdwd, skylights, cathedral ceilings, deck, garden, yard, gas heat. $800/ mo. 802-496-3980. RICHMOND: 2-bedroom w/porch in village. $800/mo. Heat/ water/sewer incl. Dep. req. Avail. 5/1. 434-3796 or 434-3398. RICHMOND: Excellent duplex, country setting, nice yard, 5 minutes to Interstate. 2+ bedroom, 2-bath, 2-levels, large renovated kitchen, D/W, full freezer, hook-ups, privacy, trails, river, views. NS/pets. $1150/mo. + utils. 865-4399. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, new construction, secure building, underground parking. Heat, hot water included. W/D, A/C in unit. NS/pets. $1200/ mo. bbltravels@aol.com or 862-5772. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Bright 2-bedroom apt. Quiet location. $850/mo. incl. heat/ water/ snow/trash. Off-street parking, W/D hook-up. NS. Near bus line/schools. 1-year lease. Avail. 5/1. 343-2875. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Near UVM/FAHC. 2-bedroom condo. 2nd-floor. South facing UVM horse barn. Gas heat. W/D, car port, tennis/pool. NS/pets. $1200/mo. + utils. Avail 4/1. 651-9000. SOUTH DUXBURY: Classic cape, duplex, 3+ bedroom w/beautiful ceilings, wood floors, oil heat w/wood stove back-up, porch, garden, large yard, brook. $1000/mo. 802-496-3980. UNDERHILL CENTER: Big 2-bedroom. Trails, brook, barn. Walk to school, stores, tennis. New kitchen, W/D, D/W. Avail. 6/1. $1200/mo. incl. utils, Internet and more. Peter, 899-1132. UNDERHILL: Park St. Avail 4/1. 2-bedroom, 2nd-floor. $725/mo. Incl. heat/hot water. Parking, no dogs. Neville Companies, Inc. 660-3481 ext. 1021. www.nev illeco.com. WATERBURY: Large 1-bedroom, 1st-floor, gas heat, bright, parking, quiet, convenient to downtown. NS/dogs. $575/mo. + utils. + lease + refs. John, 863-2959. WESTFORD: Large 4-bedroom apt. 1.5 bath, yard, W/D hookup, N/S, storage. $1250 + utils. 849-6807. WINOOSKI: 4 spacious bedrooms w/good closet space. Sunny, large kitchen w/6-burner stove. Located at end of quiet street. Most pets OK. $1475/mo. 316-1912 or 864-9595. WINOOSKI: Cozy 2-bedroom, quiet street, parking, gas heat, nice wood floor, on bus line. Pets neg. $750/mo. + utils. Call 862-6810.

WINOOSKI: First mo. 1/2 off. Totally renovated w/charm, large 2+ bedroom w/office in upstairs/downstairs apt. Private porch entrance, brand-new flooring, brand-new appliances, brand-new natural gas heaters. Pets neg., off-street parking and garage space. Avail 3/1. northernproperty@together.net or 233-1556. WINOOSKI: Maple St. Avail 5/1 and 6/1. 1-bedroom. $695/mo. 1st-floor, parking, no dogs. Neville Companies, Inc. 660-3481 ext. 1021. www. nevilleco.com. WINOOSKI: Sunny 2-3 bedroom on quiet neighborhood street. Huge fenced back yard, offstreet parking, W/D, gas heat, porches. NS. $1250/mo. + utils. Refs. req. 864-4838

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ADDISON: Amazing 3300 sq. ft., three-floor cathedral ceiling “lighthouse” home with 1100 sq. ft. wrap-around deck overlooking Lake Champlain /Adirondack Mountains. Beach/lake access. $425,000. Bill and Shari, 759-2985. BURLINGTON WATERFRONT: 1-bedroom condo, 216 Lake St., 2nd-floor. New hdwd, energy efficient, close to everything. Million dollar view. Only $172,500. Call 864-9972. CHARLOTTE: Classic cape, 2+ acres, 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath, mud room, 2-car garage, new roof, paint, deck 2004, gorgeous views, best schools, desirable area. $339,900. 425-7275. COLCHESTER: 1995 Redmond 14’80”, 3-bedroom, 1-bath mobile home. Large yard, storage shed, swimming pool, tennis/basketball courts, private P.O. Box. Located in Westbury Trailer Park. $39,000. $2000 back at closing. 434-3287. ESSEX JUNCTION: 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath, 2-story gambrel in a quiet neighborhood, convenient to everything. Renovations incl. new roof, siding, windows, baths, kitchen, fixtures and more. Dining room, living room w/hdwd, tiled foyer/mud room, wall-to-wall Berber bedrooms, W/D. Deep back yard. $239,500. 425-3551 or 318-2708. HINESBURG (Mechanicsville): Really great 3+bedroom. Steamboat Gothic Victorian home. Circa 1860s. Restored in mid-70s. Many updates since. Double living room w/fireplace. Double floor-to-ceiling French doors leading to large wraparound porches. Large 2-level barn. Many possibilities. 1.9 acres. $330,000. Foulsham Farms Real Estate, 861-7537.

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housing for sale cont. HUNTINGTON: Chittenden NORTH HERO: 3-bedroom, water County. Mark, 189,000. 802-434front, lake views. Many recent 1x1-firsthorizon031605 7234. Spacious, well-built raised improvements incl. hdwd, roof, ranch on a quiet cul-de-sac. 3kitchen, water-heater, Jotul gas bedroom, family room, 1.5-bath, stove, energy-efficient windows. large, open living room, open Large deck. $187,900. 598-7919. kitchen/dining room area, laundry room, workshop. Lots of storage, great deck on back of the house, large yard (.92 acre plot). Excellent school district, 25 mins. to Burlington. 10 mins. to I-89. JOHN E. GREGORY MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 802-388-3400 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres with 350 ft. of westOWN YOUR OWN HOME on erly view lakefront. For details: Sugarbush Access Rd. Very large, www.mallettsbaylakefront.com. 2+bedrooms, W/D hookup, sauna, pool, tennis. All new appliances. NEW 2-BEDROOM LOG HOME: Asking $147,000. 496-2646. on 73 acres. Ultimate privacy, yet 5 min. to town, 10 min. to Jay SHELBURNE: 3-4 bedroom home. 2150 sq. ft. 2-bath, new appliPeak Ski Area. Features include: laundry room, walk-out baseances, garage w/storage area, ment, mud room, office, cathemud room, deck, perennial gar1x1-mortgage-022305 2/21/05 PM 802-985-3617. Page 1 $249,000. dral ceilings, wood and gas heat, dens. 1:24 hemlock floors and wrap-around SOUTH STARKSBORO: 5-acres, porch w/amazing views and 1800 sq. ft. house, 2-car garage, more! $249,000. (802)326-3093. small barn, swimming pond w/fish, gravity feed water, 20Free ton Glacial Erratic and an interesting view. Ski Home if you can Pre-Approval! from MRG and mountain bike Mark R. Chaffee your brains out in Camel’s Hump (802) 658-5599 x11 State Park across the street. For sale by owner. Still determining value. Call 453-5439 for more information. NEW HAVEN: Great business UNDERHILL: Rt. 15. Large w/ location. Large retail space with barns. Renovations! Also, new attached 2-story home, heated appliances and heating system. 3-bay garage and private 2-acre 25 mins. to Burlington. backyard oasis. Priced to sell $315,000. 802-899-2727. $169,000. 802-877-2724. Additional info at www.picket fencepreview.com. WINOOSKI: Millyard condo. Quiet, riverfront living near downtown. 2-bedroom, 2 levels,

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BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, neat, clean, close to hospital/UVM/ downtown. $500/mo. Call 233-5549 or 658-7914. BURLINGTON: 1-large bedroom for rent on Isham St. Newly renovated, lots of light, offstreet parking, W/D. Close to UVM/downtown. $495/mo. incl. utils. Avail. ASAP. 310-5068. BURLINGTON: Furnished bedroom. High-speed Internet, walk to everything, parking, bike storage, coin laundry. Clean, quiet, NS/pets. Share kitchen/ bath w/other grad./med. students. $500/mo. incl. all. Also avail. furnished 1-bedroom suite w/private bath/kitchen. $650/ mo. incl. all. 802-862-3341.

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BURLINGTON: 1 basement room. $300/mo. 68A S. Willard St., lo- cated between Church St. & University. 1.5-bath, fireplace, W/D, parking. First + last. No pets. Call 660-7172 or 598-7423. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom avail. in a funky 4-bedroom, 2-bath apt. $400/mo. Chill roommates, off-street parking, porch. 1block from Pearl St. Beverage. Please call Amanda, 786-3684317 or Ian, 802-578-9615. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom w/ private bath in great 2-bedroom house. Hill section, small yard. NS/no pets, please. $600/mo. + 1/2 utils. 860-9576. BURLINGTON: 1-room avail. in amazing apt. w/great views, close to town. $640/mo. incl. utils/parking. Prof. preferred. NS/no pets. susan@280maple .com or 864-9862. BURLINGTON: 2 females looking for third roommate to share sunny, spacious 3-bedroom apt. w/porch, large lawn, off-street parking. Please call 203-4344460 or 802-343-1806. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom Riverwatch condos. $650/mo. incl. utils. Parking. Avail. 5/1. 802-309-8349. BURLINGTON: 3-roommates and 2-dogs need fourth to share home in South End. Large kitchen, W/D, wood stove, on bus line, walk to shopping/

Oakledge Park. $375/mo. + utils. Call 864-7480. BURLINGTON: Act now! This offer won’t last! Laid-back creative types wanted for funky downtown apt. Musicians, painters, writers, philosophers, freaks, etc. Room avail. 4/1. $395/mo. + dep. 861-2273. BURLINGTON: Friendly, organic, clean, N/S, seeking roommate for 4/1. Flynn Ave., laundry, parking, porch, water filter, compost, quiet neighborhood, near the lake. $350/mo. + dep. and low utils. 324-5713. BURLINGTON: Housemates wanted for 2-rooms, ranging from $285/mo. - $335/mo. Smokers/pets welcome. Artists welcome, artist’s space avail. 864-5092. BURLINGTON: Looking to share a spacious townhouse between UVM/downtown. 3-bedrooms, 2.5-bath. All new appliances, lots of hdwd, fireplace, on-site laundry, off-street parking, spectacular lake/sunset views. Looking for 1-2 roommates, starting 6/1. $750/mo. + utils. Email John, jpasmore@ hot mail.com. BURLINGTON: Prof. NS, no pets to share condo. Large bedroom, private bath, walk-in closet, great neighborhood w/pools, private beach, near bike path. Avail. 4/1. $600/mo. incl. utils. Call 660-8003, after 4:30 p.m. BURLINGTON: Responsible, considerate nonsmoker to share spacious, quiet house and yard. Laundry, parking, 0.5 mile to UVM/FAHC. $500/mo. for all except phone. Avail. 5/16. 863-1444.

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KNOW THAT HOT BLACK GIRL YOU KEEP seeing in your dreams, now make it a reality, as long as you have a job. Looking for my John Goodman mountain M. Race/age not important. Only those w/all teeth need apply. 6848

24 YO BUDDING WORKAHOLIC LOOKING for a twelve-step fun program. New to the area. I like to ski, snowshoe, swim and watch movies. Looking for someone to pull me away from my desk and explore VT. Please be a SM, 23-30 YO. 6663

FEISTY, INDEPENDENT, FIT AND ENERgetic 31 YO SWF seeks a chivalrous, inshape, outgoing, educated, NS/ND 28-39 YO SWM who is the teddy-bear type but has a spine. A friend, not a father figure, please. 6838

I AM MORE DOG THAN CAT, MORE MICRObrew than martini, more Higher Ground than Flynn, more Jorma than Mozart, more Astanga than Kripalu, more Bolton than Stowe, more in the moment than LTR. And you? No expectations, just explorations. 6660

SWF, 18 YO, LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE LTR, friends first. I like to bike, swim, cuddle, listen to music, watch movies and have fun. I have a lot to offer. Serious replies only, please. 6763

HEY THERE: 34 YO SWF, MOTHER OF TWO, seeks SWM between the ages of 25 and 45. Must be honest, caring, sincere and like children. Also, not not into head games. Also enjoys movies, dancing, dinner and likes to cuddle. 6654

SWF, 40 YO, PETITE, RED/HAZEL, LOOKing for someone to play with. You must be attractive, (yes, I’m shallow), sexually confident and sexually aggressive. NS, ND, well-endowed a +! 6759

PETITE, PRETTY, SMART, FIT, SOPHISTIcated woman, ISO intelligent, attractive, fit, fun, responsible M, 35-45 YO, not afraid of kids, for LTR, laughs, great conversation, terrific meals, warmth and passion. Please check your baggage at the door. 6648

SF, 30 YO, SEEKS EXISTENTIAL ACROBAT for intellectual circus. 6757 MUSIC, MOVIES, CHAI, SOUND GOOD TO you? Me: SF, 20 YO. You: SM, 20-25 YO, up for a good time, laid-back. No drama please. I love camping, hiking and just kicking back. Interested? 6754

SWF, 39 YO, LOVES TO LAUGH, ANIMALlover, good listener. ISO lighthearted, intelligent, sensitive SWM, 30-45 YO. 6646

HAPPY, EDUCATED, 62 YO, DW LADY Gemini seeks sweet gentleman. Open to exploring LTR. Blues, classical, rock. Books, walking, Scrabble, antiquing, Vermont. Enjoy being around people. Conversation in the dark by campfire. Energetic, fun to be around. Meet over coffee? 6737

LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY? A LITTLE QUIRKY? Sense of humor? Attractive, separated, WPF, 33 YO, 115 lbs. ISO tall, fit, NS/ND WM, 28-40 YO, interested in theater, movies, music, dining, people watching, cooking. Prefer hotels to tents. Friendship first, let’s talk. 6552

SWPF, LATE 40S, 5’9”, PLUS-SIZE, green eyes, looking for a tall SWM who knows how to treat a lady. Like to read, swim, garden and go for walks, etc. Want a true gentleman. NS, ND. Age/size unimportant. 6724

SF, 32 YO, MOTHER, HAPPY, GOOD SENSE of humor, wants to save the world, humanist and environmentalist. I love the outdoors, independent films, buying locally, eating organically, music and wine. No cigarettes, please. 6551

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ing, hiking, writing, movies. Call me or I’m moving to a red state. 6511 LOOKING FOR A HAPPY GUY W/A SENSE of humor who looks at life as an adventure, not a drama. I love music, being outside as much as possible, laughing, fun! Be honest and not into head games, please. 6498 WELL-ROUNDED SEEKS SAME. 35 YO DPF seeks PM, 30-40 YO for friendship, hopefully LTR. Outgoing, funny, smart, sensitive. Enjoy outdoor activities, movies, photography, cooking, kids, animals, travel, psychology, football, classic rock and Mozart. 6490 SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. SWPF, 50+, seeks a witty, pleasant, educated nice guy to enjoy what’s just around the corner. 6477 JEANS-AND TEE-KIND OF GIRL, BUT LIKE to dress up, too! 25 YO DWF, brown/ brown ISO 25-35 YO SW redneck-kind of guy w/some culture. I’m fun-loving and outgoing. Love kids. Friendship first. 6473 24 YO, SEPARATED, FF WOMAN LOOKING for friendship first. Likes: photography, music, movies, tattoos, piercings, coffee. Looking for someone who can make me laugh and enjoys having a good time. Call me if you’re interested. 6468 WPW, TALL, WARM AND SWEET: LOVELY looks, a bit sophisticated, fun-loving and intelligent, creative, open-minded, positive attitude. Curvy and zoftig, sensual,

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green eyes, dark hair. Early 50s. Great upbringing, lots of living, well-traveled, adventurous. 6492 WPW, TALL, WARM AND SWEET: LOVELY looks, a bit sophisticated, fun-loving and intelligent, creative, open-minded, positive attitude. Curvy and zoftig, sensual, green eyes, dark hair. Early 50s. Great upbringing, lots of living, well-traveled, adventurous. 6492 40 YO LADY INTERESTED IN COMPANIONship w/a self-controlled, honorable M. 3548 YO sounds good. LTR-minded but must have the foundation of friendship. 420 friendly. Kindness and respect required/ assured. No exceptions. 6455 ADVENTUROUS, SENSUAL, YOUTHFUL 51 YO SWF, 5’6”, 150 lbs. Very affectionate, loves to cuddle. Seeking SWM to share good times, laughs and falling in love. Don’t be shy. Let’s give this a try! All calls will be answered. 6404 LET GO, LIGHTEN UP, LOVE, LEARN, laugh! SF 34 YO, looking to enjoy sunshine and nightlife w/an open and straight forward M, 30-40 YO. Hiking, cooking, Indie movies, dancing to live music are on my fun list. What’s on yours? 6375 TWO BEAUTIFUL 20 YO F ISO MEN w/substance for double date. Are all the boyfriend types taken? If not, we enjoy dinners out, flowers, candy, massages and more. What are you waiting for? 6363 SWPF, 46 YO, YOUNG, LOVELY, SMART, passionate, seeks hearty soul, strong back, open mind for real deal. Love and friendship. Be employed. Education and wit definite +. Love to hike, travel, read, theater, etc. No drugs, no games. 6326

men > women SWM, 26 YO, NEW TO AREA, LOOKING for a companion that hikes, bikes, travels, free-spirited, 420 friendly, down-toearth, pit sniffer, cuddling, warm body, funny, under 5’7, into eating healthy food, down right cool to hang out with! 6849 30 YO 6’2”, FUN, WITTY, INTELLECTUALS excite me. Let’s argue politics, current international affairs, or what’s the best Mexican restaurant. Good feet and all of your teeth are essential. Up for a debate date? 6845 40 YO SEEKING SOMEONE FOR LTR. I enjoy walking, working out, swimming, movies and just talking and cuddling. Looking for 25-40 YO. You never know, so what have you got to lose? 6836 WANTED: WOMEN ISO COMPLETE SATISfaction. Picture this: hotel suite w/hot tub, erotic massage, wine, 420 OK. Spend a few hours in total relaxation, pleasure, contentment and satisfaction with orallygifted MAWM. No strings. 6823 23 YO SWM, 145 LBS., TONED, ATHLETIC. Loves: dogs, classical music, reading, writing, candlelight, moonlight, tantric, cuddling. ISO SF, 18-35 YO, average, slim or athletic body. ND, open and honest w/sim-

ilar interests. Barre-Montpelier or can drive. 6820 SM, 31 YO, NS, ARTISTIC, EMPLOYED, computer geek, likes Looney Tunes, sci-fi, anime, off-beat films, photography, painting, progressive politics, seeks similar for artistic and other endeavors. 6818 BELIEVE: DWM, 50 YO, TALL, GOODlooking, athletic, genuine, traditional values, financially secure, love outdoors, dining, movies, water, anything fun. Seek attractive, proportionate, sincere and affectionate F, 42-52 YO. Ready for possible LTR. 6817 SWM, 56 YO, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO enjoy life with. I like the outdoors, being happy. Also a 50/50 relationship and honesty a must. I consider myself a hardworker. 6810 WMP ARTIST WHO ADMIRES THE BEAUTY of the female form seeking women to pose for 1-hour professional drawing. No strings, confidential, art school graduate. Friendly and easy going NS ND. Call me. My blank canvas awaits. 6768 HOWDY! 45 YO SWM, 1 AVERAGE GUY. Tired of winter and want to spend summer w/a nice woman. I am a social drinker/smoker, way 420-friendly. Love the Grateful Dead/Samples. Into outdoor fun, hiking, biking, water-skiing. 6760 BIG DADDY LOOKING FOR A YOUNG woman w/a wild side, wanting more 420 adventures, great sex and fun. 30s. 6751 LET’S GO TO FLORIDA! COMPANY TRANSferring me to Florida. Just enough time to get to know each other before I move, 3-months. Me: late 50s, PWM, looking for someone to have fun in the sun with. All calls answered. 6730 REAL MAN SEEKING REAL WOMAN. ANY around? I am attractive, adventurous, athletic, well-built, open, available, enjoy new adventures, working out, local travel, a good bottle of wine, romance, intimacy. Seeking similar, open, adventuresome F, between Montpelier and St. J. 6728 I AGREE W/HENRY JAMES’ THREE IMPORtant things. I am a valiant vendor of clouds, 6’, 190 lbs. ISO an exquisite collector of stones to be best friends. Baggage cool. B.S not, unless it’s good. 6726 THERE WAS A 47 YO LAD FROM THE hills. Who was looking for soulmate and thrills. If you’re blonde, well that’s great and about average weight, then the void in my heart your love fills. (More love limericks await you.) 6725 ATTRACTIVE, SWM, 45 YO, 6’3”, SEEKS an attractive, top-heavy lady for dating and a possible relationship. Race unimportant. Call today! Life is too short to procrastinate. 6722 I AM SO HOLLOW INSIDE, JUST AN AGING puddle of fuel that does not increase in value like wine. Where is the match that will set me ablaze? 22 YO, SWM, athletic, romantic and looking for a LTR. Montpelier. 6666 SWM, 27 YO, SEEKS TRUE LOVE W/A SW/AF 23-32 YO, D/D free, NS. I am

going to treat you like a queen. If you’re looking for forever, look no further, because here I am! 6657 DO NICE GUYS REALLY FINISH LAST? Say it isn’t so! 43 YO DWPM, in-shape hiker, biker, canoeist. ISO caring, sharing, sincere S or DWPF, 35-50 YO, for committed LTR. I will never stop believing in the magic of love! 6649 ANY HOPELESS ROMANTICS OUT THERE? 28 YO DWM, brown hair, gorgeous blue eyes ISO SDWF, 21-33 YO to treat like a princess. 6635 SWM, MIDDLE-AGED, PISCES/HORSE ISO LTR w/a woman who can turn me on in several ways. True musician, 5’11”, 150 lbs., have all faculties and hair, some gray, acclimated, wise, can make conversation, independent thinker. 6557 I’D LIKE AN ATHLETIC FRIEND, COMPANion, 40-55 YO for long runs, strenuous hikes, bikes, cross-country ski trips. Extra pluses are slender, well-educated, unpretentious, good collaborator, politically liberal and open to a possibly deeper relationship. Interested? Call for details. 6554 ECCENTRIC, INTENSE SWM W/BIG, ATHletic, beautiful dreams. I’m looking for a small, pretty-faced woman to share conversation. someone w/a big heart w/lots of love to give, who likes being naughty. 6548

ISO 25-35 YO F who has visions of grandeur. Want help to make it all happen. 6470 ACTIVE, FIT, 50S, NS, DM, WHO’S CARING and secure. Looking for attractive, slender, healthy, self-confident woman, 40-55 YO to share love of walking, hiking, xc-skiing, traveling, arts, music and conversation for romance and LTR. 6464 SWM ISO HOT, SEXY, IN-SHAPE 50-60 YO passionate, sexy momma. I’m muscular, into exercise, country outings, hot all nighters and want a serious relationship. I’m in my mid-30s, don’t like head games and am sensitive. 6463 MYSTIC SCORPIO M SEEKING MAGIC CONnection w/a woman filled w/life, love and mystery. Chemistry appreciated, communication and laughter required. 6462 BURLINGTON-AREA: I WANT FUN, YOU want fun. Lets meet over drinks. SWM, 23 YO, slim, blonde. Seeking a cute F for a good time. 6456 39YO ATTRACTIVE YOUNG-LOOKING SM into playing music. Financially good. I like dinner out, music, dancing, movies, concerts and much more. In search of SF 33-43, trim, good looking, nice personality and likes to have fun. 6397 SWDM, 46 YO, LOOKING FOR A DECENT looking F, age/race not important. Clean and well-kept, no drugs. Friends, companions or LTR. A couple of kids OK. Like the outdoors. No couch potatoes. 6387

amusing? 6351 SM, 26 YO, PHYSICALLY FIT, 5’9”, 165 lbs. Looking for positive-minded and beautiful woman to get to know and have a fun, intimate relationship. 6324 SM ISO A JOY-FILLED, SENSUOUS WOMAN w/an artistic bent, a lover of dogs who connects to the earth and cosmos from a dark-eyed, mid-life wanderer who dabbles in the world of words, thoughts and carrots. 6400 SKI, SNOWSHOE, HIKE W/HONEST, FIT, humorous, intelligent, financially secure SPM. Seeking adventurous, active, funloving SF, 35-45 YO to share meaningful conversation, fine wine, traveling, dining out and home-cooked meals w/romantic, confident, animal-lover. Friendship first, possible LTR. 6401

60 + LONESOME: THERE WAS A LADY FROM the Midwest who laid her husband to rest, so then she moved east and so she is seeking a gentleman to meet. 6352

women > women PQF, 38 YO. ANIMALS, ART, AUTHENTICIty, balance, children, color, commitment, communication, community, creativity, dance, depth, family, food, friends, fun, generosity, growth, health, holidays, home, music, passion, play, respect, risk, savoir-faire, simplicity, verve, work. Interested? Call! 6541

SWM, 33 YO, 5’7”, MAYBE 5’8” W/MY boots on. Brown hair, blue eyes, 175 lbs, in-shape, self employed, outgoing, energetic, never married, no kids, honest, sense of humor, part gentleman, part redneck, part teenager! 6538

LIFE IS TOO SHORT, LET’S HAVE SOME fun! SWM, 43 YO ISO life w/active NS/ND F. I’m into long walks, camping, boating, anything outdoors, bowling, movies, candlelight dinners, cuddling, very affectionate. No head games. Kids OK. 6385

SM, TAN, FAIRLY MUSCULAR, NICELY hung, seeks in-shape, mature woman, 40 +, that can keep up sexually, be creative and keep me wanting more. LTR possible, if you can. 6535

25 YO SWM, NS, FUNNY, CARING, CHARMing, outgoing, honest. Looking for a flirty type of lady, 19-33 YO who is honest, does not smoke. For dancing, dinner and fun. 6542

30 YO SEXY BIBW SEEKS 30 TO 40 YO clean, SF for private sexual fun w/endless possibilities. I want someone who is honest and a lover of women. 6472

LIFE IS SUCH A GREAT MYSTERY, FILLED w/such incredible beauty and such terrible sadness. Do you ever feel overwhelmed w/a sense awe and gratitude and love? Maybe we should talk about sharing some of this strange journey together. 6513

SINGLE, HANDSOME M, 26, SEEKING temporary marriage w/SF for business purpose. Housing and compensation will be provided. Serious respondents, please. 6382

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QUIET GUY, 50 YO, NS, ISO NOT-SOquiet woman, 45-50 YO. Take a chance, it could be your lucky year. 6508 40 YO PWM, 5’8”, 170 LBS. SINGLE PARent, attractive, honest, caring, supportive person, enjoys cooking, gardening, yard work, fine dining, dancing, reading, movies. ISO 30-45 YO F for friendship /partnership/LTR. Are you my match? 6499 SWM, 56, 5’9”, 155 LBS. OWN HOME, Rutland, physically attractive, simple Christian lifestyle. ISO SWF, 43-55, romantic relationship, dating or possible LTR, cuddling, affection, similar interests. 6491 SM, HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY, FAITHFUL w/concrete values. Looking for same for fun and dating. Love to dance and go out, but just as comfortable snuggling down and watching a movie. 6484 30-SOMETHING, LOVER OF LIFE, ANIMALS and good food. Builder, baker, gardener,

ISO WS/D/MA WOMEN IN THEIR 40S, 50S or 60s, who are in need of sensual and emotional intimacy. I am in my late 20s. I am fit, intelligent, and attractive. I go crazy for classy older women! 6374 AGNOSTIC SWPM, 28 YO, ENJOYS MANdolin, snowshoeing, x-c skiing, running, dancing, politics, Collective Soul, Allison Kraus, Charlie Daniels, Crash Test Dummies, Weird Al, Batman, Lex Luthor, Hulk, Star Wars, Lemony Snickett, sushi, BBQ, spontaneity, What the Bleep. Seeks independent SPF. 6367 AFRICAN AMERICAN M SEEKS OPEN, ATHletic, charming women, 34-39 YO for warm memories, dancing, movies and cultural events. 6360 YOU ARE CREATIVE, INTELLIGENT, ACTive, dog-lover. Slightly eccentric writer, new to area ISO 36-41 YO for possible LTR. NS. No Republicans. Like beer and good talk. Will you be my muse or just

Hi! My name is Lotto and today is your lucky day! Well, my luck turned when the kind folks at HSCC heard me meowing in the parking lot and took me in. Even though they don't know where I came from, they have been able to determine that I am sweet and gentle. I am an approximately 12-year-old male, black-and-white kitty. I am handsome and like a fine wine ~ aged to perfection. I would love to find a family with gentle folks and older kids who will treat me with TLC. Even though I am older, I definitely have a lot of love left to give. I do get along with other cats, but may prefer to be your one and only. If you are interested in a mature relationship, let the staff know. HSCC is open Tues to Fri from 1 to 6 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm at 142 Kindness Court in South Burlington. 862-0135.

BIMA GUY HAVING MID-LIFE CRISIS seeks men, all shapes/ages for discreet fun. Me: 48 YO, hairy, horny, masculine. Love to give and receive oral. Will try new things. Spring is here! 6729 FELLOW ODDBALLS WANTED: GWM, 39 YO, 185 lbs. Athletic, in-shape, educated, dark sense of humor, w/a kinky side. Seeks in-shape, dominant guys, couples, groups into bondage, foot/body worship. 6723 FELLOW ODDBALLS WANTED: GWM, 39 YO, 185 lbs. Athletic, in-shape, educated, dark sense of humor, w/a kinky side. Seeks in-shape, dominant guys, couples, groups into bondage, foot/body worship. 6723

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I CAN’T PROMISE YOU THE MOON OR THE stars, just a few laughs, home cooking and a movie, for openers. Here in Central Vermont. I’m 40 YO, divorced, NS/ND and energetic. Looks, size, age, unimportant, will answer all. 6631

BIF LOOKING FOR F TO HAVE FUN with. Husband enjoys watching. Please, only serious respond. 6815

CUTE GM, 22 YO, EDUCATED, HARDWORKing, traveled. Searching for someone who’s interesting, active and stable (well... partially at least). Age is irrelevant. Just know how to make me laugh! 6480

BOOT CAMP! OVERWEIGHT F, 25 YO, SEEKS exercise partners. The more the merrier. Men and women welcome to meet mornings/ evenings. Exercise, support, conversation, laughs. Who knows, maybe enlightenment? You are kind, serious-minded about losing weight and getting fit. 6518

24 YO SWF WHO ENJOYS DANCING, outdoor activities, massages, the arts, animals, singing and finding the joy in life. ISO NS/ND 22-35 YO S, affectionate, thoughtful, independent, creative M/F who is open to exploring our possibilities. 6671

IT TAKES A VILLAGE. GWM WILLING TO donate for lesbian/CU. Involvement level negotiable. I am educated, drug-free and HIV -. Let’s chat! 6469

24 YO SWF WHO ENJOYS DANCING, outdoor activities, massages, the arts, animals, singing and finding the joy in life. ISO NS/ND 22-35 YO S, affectionate, thoughtful, independent, creative M/F who is open to exploring our possibilities. 6671

42 YO, LOOKING FOR THE ONE GUY THAT can’t get enough oral. Got a couple of hours? Wanna meet on a regular basis? Usually prefer older. 6448 SWM EARLY 30S N/S ISO 23-35 YO SF TO have fun with and possibly start LTR. I enjoy almost everything, cooking, gardening, animals. Looking for someone to turn my house into a home. 6399

bi seeking ? BIM LOOKING FOR TG/CD FOR HOT, DIScreet encounters at your place. Making movies? I would love to help. All calls answered. Let me be your slave. 6747 BICD, 140 LBS., 5’10”, AWESOME LEGS. Adores giving oral, some kink, too. Shapely, hung/hot, w/sexy, extensive wardrobe. Seeking steady, healthy playmates, photographer. 6632 VERY PLEASANT, SEXUALLY SUBMISSIVE, older M, still strong and thin, wants to be sexual servant of friendly, safe, dominant BI or sexually unpredjuduced M. BrandonMiddlebury. 6449

19 YO F W/MODERATE HIKING EXPERIence seeks persons to accompany me on a thru-hike of Appalachian Trail. Start in Georgia in April. 6373 FTM AND WIFE SEEK SIMILAR CU AND FTMs for friendship and socializing in Burlington area. 30-something parents of young children especially sought. 6364

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couples seeking... VERY ATTRACTIVE, FIT, SEXY, EARLY 20S CU seeks BIF, 18-30 YO for adult fun. Must be hot, fit and attractive. We will please you in every way possible! First-timers welcome! No strings/head games! 6841

BIWM IN NEED OF A SLIM, SEXY TV/TU /CD for anything-goes sex/love. LTR possible. Race unimportant. Very oral. 6405

MAWCU. ME: 27 YO BIF. HIM: 34 YO BIcurious ISO experienced BI or GM for 3way fun. No head games, just good, clean fun. 6812

SWBIM, 26 YO, 5’8”, 140 LBS. CLEAN, discreet and well-endowed. ISO CU and select S to service in the erotic way. Open-minded, fun, clean and discreet a must. 6386

MACU, SEXY, MID-30S, LOOKING FOR A M of color, black/light brown and very well endowed/thick, 35-55 YO for fun times w/ wife. Will reply to only colored men, so do not waste our time if you are white. 6741

TRANS GUY LOOKING FOR CURIOUS S/BI /G M for hot fun. 6368

CANDY SHOP HAS OPENINGS FOR F w/sweet tooth. M, 30 YO, well hung, F, 26 YO, very attractive. Looking for F to join us for fun in the candy shop. All F welcome to call. 6504

just friends S FATHER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD SON LOOKing for a S mom in the same situation for talks and strategy sessions on how to deal or cope w/the teenager revolution(s).6833 WANT TO SOCIALIZE MY 4-MONTH-OLD puppy (Shih Tzu/Yorkie) to enjoy playing w/other doggies. Looking for a small, shy dog for her to have play dates with. 6822 LIBERAL, ATHEIST, NUDIST CU, 420friendly. New to area, looking for likeminded CU, 30-45 YO for LT friendship. Hiking, camping or just sitting around thinking of ways to torture Bush. Does this sound like you? Hope so. 6642 5x3-planetrock033005 3/25/05

CU SEEKING BIF FOR ADULT FUN. WE have lots of toys and a place to play. D/D free a must. 6500 MACU LOOKING FOR OTHER CU’S IN THE Burlington/Colchester-area for friendship and more, if possible. Me: BI. Him: S. If interested, leave us a message. 6402 BICU ISO BIF OR BIM FOR INTIMATE ENcounters. 18-45 YO, looks not important, sexual desire a must. NS, light drinkers OK. 27 YO F, + size. 33 YO M, nice package. 6371 CU SEEKING BIF FOR THREESOMES. M, 30 YO, is hung very well and F, 26 YO, very attractive. Would like wild F who has a few extra pounds or less, no heavies. We want to please and be pleased! 6357 1:37 PM Page 1

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men seeking... LET ME BE YOUR SLAVE! S, 29 YO M, cute, fun. Seeking F for role play, discipline, dress me up in kinky outfits, panties, dresses, stockings, etc. If you want something different, then you know what to do! 6827 SBIM ISO EXCITEMENT. CHECK INHIBItions at door. Ideal partners D/D-free and willing to experiment w/sexual boundaries. M and F welcome, all will be pleased. 6825 DOMINANT M, LATE 30S, IN GREAT SHAPE, handsome, clean, well-endowed, seeks submissive F. You are in good shape and very oral. Open to swinging, possibly. 6767 TALL, BLUE-EYES, OK-LOOKING, GENERous, sugar daddy, MAWM, seeks attractive WF for sailing, skiing, trips to Montréal and. . . Come on, you know. Let’s share some fun and romance. 6731 GENTLEMAN, VERY RESPECTFUL, GOOD looking, very active and fit, financially secure. ISO two BI, slim ladies under 35 YO. Generous, benefits. 6656 MAM, ATTRACTIVE, NICE BODY, ENDOWED, thick. ISO MAF seeking to receive great oral.Talented, long-lasting, reciprocation optional. Must be D/D-free, discreet. 6669 LET’S TALK, MAN-TO-MAN: TOOL BELTS, rugged chest. 43 YO, 5’9”, 175 lbs., hung. Get the respect you don’t get at home. Private, discreet. Only for real men. 6550 GWM, 33 YO, 5’9”. 160 LBS. SEEKING very attractive, masculine guys in need of hot man-to-man fun and complete oral service. I’ll provide a place to meet. BIcurious, S and MA guys a big +. Absolute discretion assured. 6549 SWM, 50S, ISO CU FOR ADULT FUN. CAN video and watch on TV after. 6506

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JENNIFER AT THE HOLIDAY INN. WE DIDn’t get to talk long enough, but we both love our jobs! 6851 EMMA, I HOPE THAT YOU GET I-SPIED soon. You deserve it! 6850

YOU: DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS ENGLISH teacher w/broken back recuperating in FL. Us: your friends who miss and love you. Can’t wait for you to come back and make us laugh so hard our stomachs hurt and correct our grammar! 6847 I SPY A TALL, HANDSOME CHEF, W/THE most enchanting eyes, always craving the FB. You’ve been invading my dreams longer than you know. You are so sexy and make me hot! Let’s spice things up! 6846 WATERFRONT VIDEO, 3-19. I LIVE ON Spear St. You do, too? Thought you were cute, nice white shirt and tie, maybe my type. I’d love to watch movies w/you sometime. 6844

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OZRIC, YOU: BEAUTIFUL STRAWBERRYblonde in back w/another CU. Me: w/another guy, in black, left, returned late. Made wrong decision not to speak, wish to rectify. Let’s talk about Lotus and other interests. 6837 RICK: I’M SO GLAD I MET YOU! TANGLED in your curls, rescued by your MacGyverinways. Our intellects compliment cosmically. You’re fantastic! Thanks for bringing skiing, dancing and Hobbitses into my life! 6835 CUTE BLONDE W/DIMPLES AT PAM’S Place, 2/12. Thanks for showing my friend the leather pants. Cupid shot and missed then, but he’s taking aim again. 6834 YOUNG BABE IN DOBRA TEA: SHOWING belly to friends, a real turn on. Oh man, awesome hippie hair. 6832 I SPY A CUTE X-RAY GIRL AT THE Plattsburgh Heath Center. I’m thinking of breaking the other wrist so I can see you again. Spare me the pain and grab some coffee w/me? 6831 STILL READING ATLAS SHRUGGED. CARE to join me? 6830 MAKING EYES AT YOU AT 3 NEEDS, 3/19. Off to the parking garage, then Nectar’s for Named By Strangers. I think coffee is a great idea. 6829 I SPY S.A.A.H HOTTIE W/A BIRTHDAY coming up. Happy birthday and thanks for adding spark to my life. Let me know if you ever wanna unwrap each other! 6828 I SPY BUZZ-CUT HOTTIE SITTING IN THE sun waiting for blind date w/the geekie guy. Mad River Glen, 3/13. I dug your rap. Come play this spring. Friendly ski shop guy. 6826 THE BOYS OF SUMMER ‘04: SPRING IS here, summer is near, feeling the need to soar. What’s n store for The Boys of Summer ‘04? Could it b as alive in ‘05! 6824 CHRIS: YOU ARE MY FAVORITE “WELL stacked” Starbucks coffee girl! You had a dream about me and I had a dream about you. You are so hot, I wish you were on the menu! Coffee sometime? 6821

TO THE VILLAGE CUP GIRL W/THE MOST amazing pants of all time. You made my St. Patty’s day memorable, obviously. I’ll trade you the hat for the pants? 6843

ELVIS: STILL TRYING TO BE FRIENDS. I can only hope I’ve made some progress in the past few weeks. All I want is for your happiness, let me know if I can “be of use.” 6819

HIGHER GROUND WAITRESS, SMALL GIRL, extremely cute, 2-tattoos on back. Noticed you at Wooten and Lez Zep, but didn’t want to bother you while working. Me: piercings, sleeve, w/friends. Hang out sometime? 6842

REBECCA: MISS SEEING YOU ON A DAILY basis since you moved to new office. Always wanted to ask you out, but not sure you’re interested. How about a glass of wine and small talk after work? 6814

ALTA BABE FROM WEYBRIDGE HOUSE: Your SF cordially invites you to forget all about skiing for an afternoon of chocolate, prom dresses, tanning and the wind blowing through your freshly cut hair. 6840

RED CHEVY TRUCK, DRIVEN BY A SWEET brunette. Three summers ago, in and around Middlebury. Where are you? I drive the blue dually-wheel pickup w/Rooter logos. I’m finally single. Call me, I want you. 6813

SWPM, 30 YO, SEEKING FREAKY CHICKS for fetish fun. I’m promising discreet BDSM play. We’ll take turns on top. No I SPY A STEAMY METS FAN WORKING AT intercourse and no strings attached. D/D 5x3-wine032305 the 3/22/05 11:54onAM Page Williston Rd.1 Champlain Farms free. Safe, same and consensual. I have How about we get together and you can the gear if you have the interest. 6379 fill my tank? 6839

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BARTENDING FRAT GUY: RECIPROCATE good service. I changed my mind, you won’t be guilty, just really satisfied. Your girlfriend is not my friend. 6811

CUDDLE MASTER: WE CUDDLED AND talked until the 7 a.m. bells chimed, after a night of dancing at Red Square. Can we try again? 6742

SUGAR SNAPS, YOU: CO-OWNER W/A nice smile and awesome attitude, who served me the best mashed potatoes, ever. I know you work through the week, what do you do for fun on the weekend? Maybe I could cook for you. 6766

SEXY CONSTRUCTION M IN A BIG, BLACK Ford truck near Shaws on Shelburne Rd. I thought you had a Chevy. I hope you aren’t compensating for something. Will you take me for a ride? 6740

I SPY DM, FROM B-TOWN TO PHILLY AND back. I made it as far as NH, now you have to find me. LD. 6765 HANDED YOU AN OITM AT CAPITOL Grounds, 3/11. Haven’t I seen you be- fore? Would you like to meet for coffee? 6764 THE LINCOLN INN: YOU ARE THE GREEK goddess and you know who I am. What are you waiting for? 6762 I SPY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE chopsticks. Canadian? 6761 I SPY M, WHO KNOWS IT’S HIM. WISH I could leave everyone behind, but you and her are never far from my thoughts. Say my name, say my name and I will admit. 6758 TO THE MMSP W/THE BIG, BUSHY STASH. Thanks for the “time”, while standing in the lift line. You say you’re 51 YO, we need to get closer to 69. Call me if you need help defrosting. 6756 MARDI GRAS: I WANTED YOUR HEART beads. You gave me the beads and your number. Me: shy and unsure. Coffee sometime? 6755 SHOOTING STAR, WHERE ARE YOU? I love you. I’m cold and I need you to hold me. Kerke. 6753 SEVEN DAYS SP, LAURA: YOU WERE EASily the most fun woman in the joint, not to mention the cutest. Just so you know, thanks for the cough drop. 6750 I SPY A LEWISTON MAINER WHO IS quickly becoming one of the coolest kids in Burlington and for good reasons. Your place is where you are right now. Don’t leave yet, the fun has just begun. 6749 I SPY “ANSONIO THE ADVENTURER” reading the I Spys, when he should be out saving lives. C’mon, the people are desperate for a hero. Just accept it, you’re the one...Ansonio! 6746 ALTHOUGH THINGS SEEM TO BE FOR THE best, I can’t help wishing my dreams might still come true, w/you, my love. I swear to it on my very soul, if I lie may I fall down cold. SHMILY. 6745 AKM, WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL. I know you don’t think I appreciated you and I know I didn’t show it too well. I’m sorry. If I ever have another chance I’ll show you that I do. Missing you. 6744 EMS GUY W/THE DARK, CURLY HAIR AND great eyes. I go to that store too much, mostly because I’m a gear-nerd,10:46 but alsoAM personals 3/14/05 because you are so cute! You are too adorable not to have a girlfriend, but here’s hoping. 6743

135 PEARL, 3/4: BURLINGTON LAWYER, ex-Navy. You: charming and a perfect shade of lipstick. Wish we exchanged numbers. In lieu of leaving it to serendipity, I thought I’d spy you. Coffee some time, without entourage, LOL? 6739 BE MY CLERK ANYTIME! I SPY JOSH AT Chittenden Bank in Essex. What a smile and a hottie. If single, would like to hook up. 6738 MAILMAN ON HUNGERFORD: YOU’RE NO longer on my route. Don’t I owe you a beer, even if it is a Budweiser? 6736 TO MY IRISH LASSIE KATHERINE, 3/17, Truggs. Your shamrock eyes locked w/mine when Marvin serenaded us. I’ll show you my little leprechaun if you show me yours. Let’s chat over a Guinness. 6735 EVERY TIME I GO OUT ON THE BACK patio at Red Square, I see a pair of pants hanging in an upstairs Church St. apt. window, next to a fan. I need to know... Drapes? Artwork? Are they hanging up to dry? Please respond before curiosity kills me. 6734 TO THE HOT CONSTRUCTION WORKER who helped me wash my car at the Riverside Ave. car wash on St. Patrick’s Day. I would like to return the favor and take you out to dinner some time. 6733 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 135 Pearls. You: Vaginas Unite shirt. Just wanted to say that your smile made my night. 6732 MINOR’S STORE, FAIRFAX, 3/6, 5 P.M. You: beautiful girl, blonde hair, blue eyes, white sweater, nice jeans. We looked at each other a few times. Me: dark hair, blue eyes w/young girl, ice cream. You left w/guy in red/blue pickup. 6727 SPIDERMAN: THE ONE LEGGED LONG John. The Hickie will always be remembered, there’s always a first! The web you weave is fake, you kill everything you touch. You’re not a hero, you’re a zero. Hickiechick. 6721 TWO YEARS AGO I SPIED YOU FOR THE first time and I’m still glad I did. Now that I see you every day, I know this ad isn’t necessary but just a fun way to tell you- “Yes, I will!” 6668 MEADOW MART LOOKING TO IDENTIFY mystery 23 YO SM. 6665 I SPY A REPORTING HOTTIE JOINING tables in the Company Room. Care to rejoin 1 me upstairs? 6664 Page MR. “HOT” CHOCOLATE AT NECTARS: I don’t think it was the hot chocolate that has me hot and heavy. I can’t keep my

eyes off you! I think you may have noticed? I want more than a hot chocolate. 6662 3/5, PENNY CLUSE, 1 P.M. YOU: TALL, dark hair, perfect teeth and a black gortex jacket. Me: long brown hair w/a blue sweatshirt at the table next to you. Couldn’t help but stare, you are gorgeous and made my day. 6661 MEG’S MORETOWN MEX MADNESS: YOU: long, straight black hair. Your eyes grabbed my attention but you left before I could say “hi”. How about dinner? 6659

I SPY A CUTE CIRCUS PERFORMER. YOUR fabric act is always so captivating, as is your amazing personality. I enjoy our time together and can’t wait for California! Woooo! 6555 SCOTT: MET YOU AT SMUGGS, 2/13. YOU: great smile and long black hair. You said you go to St. Mike’s. We got along so well, I said I’d remember your number but didn’t. Wanna meet up for another run? 6553

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SMUGGS, 2/23. YOU WERE THE BEAUTIful brunette in the cafeteria w/young daughter and M “friend”, having an early lunch. I was seated across from you w/a friend and his daughter. I’m dying to meet you. 6503 JENNEY: MAYBE YOU GOT A NEW PHONE number? It was nice to see you at Ri Ra again after a few months. Too bad we didn’t get to chat. You still spark my curiosity. Want to try it again? 6502

VAST TRAIL IN WORCHESTER WOODS, 3/1, 4:30 p.m. Snowy, cross-country ski day. We exchanged few, but friendly words. You: very sweet and down-toearth. Looking for a ski buddy? Coffee sometime? 6547

ERIN FROM MIDDLEBURY: 12/12, HIGHer Ground. Dark Star. You came alone but I found you. I bought you a beer, you gave me a cigarette. Four of us hung out, you left early. Me: Platts- burgh. Your turn to find me. 6501

I SPY THE MOST AMAZING SMILE I’ve ever seen. You’re a student AT UVM. Dark hair, light eyes. Great sense of humor. Mentioned Klimt as your favorite. Maybe we could talk again soon? 6655

2/26, CHURCH STREET MARKET PLACE. You: attractive M, dark hair, maybe glasses, standing outside Urban Outfitters w/pole taking down beads from trees after Mardi Gras. Looked like you were having fun. Me: 40s, thin, light brown hair, blue eyes. 6546

2/21, MEXICALLI, WILLISTON: I NOTiced you checking yourself out in the mirror, but I wish I was the one you were checking out. You: North Face hat, eyebrow ring, metro sexual. Me: SWF, 20s, ready to make XXX salsa w/you. 6497

TO ALL THE BURRITO-MAKIN’ BABES: TO Shorty, Jen, Tina, Tova, Hello-Matha Talls, Rach and to the You-Put-Rice-Down-MyPants-And-I-Didn’t-Notice-Until-I-TookThem-Off girl. You too D, C and M. 6653

I SPY AT SUGAR SNAPS THE BEST SMILE I’ve seen since moving to Burlington. 2/25, we almost crashed. You: NH plates. Me: big truck. I apologized and you smiled, made my heart do a flip. 6544

TO THE HOT MAILMAN W/GRAY HAT. I SEE you on Church, College and Union St. Why don’t you put some mail in my slot, you wont regret it. 6652

YOU: ONE REALLY HOT DADDY, WHOM I am fortunate enough to live below. I just wanted you to know that you have had my heart since hello. Tea sometime? Of course, in public. I would not control myself otherwise. 6543

MY 3/24 BIRTHDAY GIRL AT OUR SPECIAL spot. You’re the most amazing, beautiful, wonderful person I’ve ever met. I’m lucky to know you and have been ever since the first day we met. Don’t ever change, you’re already perfect. 6658

OAKLEDGE: HEY WHITE JEEP, BLACK lab. Me: red Jeep, brown lab. You only smiled/laughed at your dog. Can’t stop thinking about you! Your laughter echoes, warms me. Come back to Oakledge Park, green down parka. 6650 I SPY MY CARNIVAL QUEEN ON THE POOL deck. Same time next year? Shall we push the beds together again? 6647 ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE: LOVELY WOMAN who helped the character w/the flat tire early Friday morning in the parking lot. You even asked if I had gloves. Thank you again for being so sweet! 6643 TO THE “SLIGHTLY” STRIKING WAITRESS desperately seeking an I Spy of her own. Your elegant style and squinty smiles are much appreciated. How does some fun w/a tandem sled and a bottle of red suit you? 6637 3/05, YOU: ATTRACTIVE GUY IN A BLACK jacket and button down shirt at Ri-Ra’s. Me: dark blonde wearing a vest and pink scarf. You got out of line w/your friends at Red Square, wish you had stayed! 6636 2/28, SHELBURNE SUPERMARKET: TALL, sexy brunette w/killer smile and a busted-up knee. I carried your bags to your green SUV. Promise I’m better than the pain killers they gave you. Single? 6634 THANK YOU J. B OF BORDER PATROL FOR helping w/my truck when I went off the road on my way to St. Albans. 6630 I SPY MY MARDI GRAS BUDDY W/A brand new mohawk. Hope we can stay in touch after all the current drama. 6556

LOVEY PANTS: HONEY, YOU ARE MY shining star, don’t you go away. 6540 NECTARS, MARDI GRAS: VERY CUTE GIRL w/a trucker hat. Me: guy you danced w/and took my pearl beads! I believe you owe me a number. 6517 I SPY AN UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS JERK WHO stole my coat, fleece, hat and mittens at the Led Lo/Co show. May karma catch up to you ASAP. 6515 BACON IN A BOTTLE, NECI, 6 P.M. WE tipped our parted lips, the dark lacquer of liquor matched your cute black glasses. I’ll be your smokey dish if you’ll be my writer’s helper. 6514 MY SPECIAL SOMEONE THAT BRIGHTENS my day. I know you are reading this. Keep pushing me to be my best. I apologize for not removing the ad. I love you and your elbows and chewing on your kneecaps! 6512 HEY, FAT FISH: I’M YOUR FAVORITE BEcause I bring the hot chicks. We get along so well, it makes me glad to know you aren’t the psycho type. Thanks for letting me sit on your shoulder. I love you! 6510

I SPY A WIFE-TO-BE, NOT SURE WHO YET, but she’s 30ish, attractive, self-supporting and loves to be ild, crazy, reckless and be interested in good times. I’m attractive, sexy and addicted to thrills. Can you keep up? 6496 SEAN FROM IBM: WE DATED AT VTC, Brian’s old roommate. I miss you, think of you all the time. Call me, S. 6494 WE TALKED FOR 6-MONTHS AND YOU gave me hope. High school sweethearts we always will be. It’s hard to forget first loves. I still love you and always will. I know in my heart we will be together again. 6493 VALENTINE’S DAY: UNCOMMON GROUNDS, 5:30 p.m. We were sitting at the end of the shop. You: M, studying w/a friend. Me: M, sitting w/SM friend. You described the paintings as “whimsical.” I might say the same of you. Coffee? 6489 BOOKSTORE GIRL: I BOUGHT A BOOK JUST to have the excuse to say “hi” and exchange eyes. I’m glad we both survived the daring dairy feast the previous night. Be well and drink your egg nog. 6488 PRETTY, BIRTHDAY GIRL AT THREE Tomatoes on 2/01, wearing a blue shirt and black skirt and glasses, getting gift at table from two friends. I would really like to get to know you better 6487 YOU: CUTE BLONDE WORKING AT Ben and Jerry’s in Williston. You made me a Phish Food shake and put such a big smile on my face, call me sometime. 6486

I SPY A BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY BOY. Happy Birthday my love!

RYAN AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH Center. You told me about the freshies at Jay and I was too shy to ask if you wanted to go w/me. I was the hypochondriac w/a headache. Let’s ride some time soon. 6485

I SPIED A KEANU REEVES BEHIND THE sushi bar at Matterhorn, 2/26. I enjoyed your eyes and your smile. Do you ever get on the dance floor? From 2nd place T-shirt winner and 2nd place Best Dancer. 6509

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Northeastern Family Institute NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following position:

RESPITE NFI needs Respite Counselors to work closely with the staff and directly with clients on an “as needed basis” (often up to 35 hours a week are available). They will be taught exceptional skills in working with teenagers. Come join the creative, dynamic team at NFI. Call Jaime Canton today at 658-0040, ext. 624 or email your resumé to: jlwark@earthlink.net EOE

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climbers, ground workers & crew leaders

HAIRSTYLISTS Very busy Taft Corners salon. Great % or fixed daily chair rental. Best Cuts for Less (not affiliated with O’Briens)

wanted for Burlington area tree service.

800-559-0422

EXPERIENCED OR SEMIADVANCED CARPENTER Small company specializing in high-end work. Varied and interesting projects. Work is between Burlington and Stowe. Framing, finish, built-ins and tile. Responsible and long-term only. Opportunity to learn and grow.

660-2883

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Companion/Respite Provider Seeking an individual to support an adult woman in her community. She has a great sense of humor, is very social and enjoys a variety of activities including walking and spending time outdoors. Ideal candidate will be self-motivated, creative and nonconfrontational. Patient and possess good judgment skills. Daytime hours as well as weekends available. For more information, please contact Claire Dunnett at (802) 868-3523 x 228.

Shared Living Provider Seeking Shared Living Provider for 24-year-old young man in the Swanton or St. Albans area. He enjoys watching movies, walking in town, shopping, listening to music and being social. Ideal home would have no children and be willing to provide emotional support. Monthly stipend, room and board, training and team support provided. For more information call Patti at 802-524-6555 ext. 602.

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LAMOILLE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH

OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

a designated community mental health center, seeks the following:

Community Rehabilitation & Treatment

VOCATIONAL CREW LEADER Dedicated and dependable person needed to work permanent part-time. Communitybased supported employment program that provides vocational services to persons with severe and persistent mental illness using different employment and recovery models. Workdays consist of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 24 hours per week. Clean driving record required. Please call Kathy at 888-5026.

CAREGIVERS Join a dynamic team of caregivers in a friendly work environment. Copley House in Morrisville and the Group Home in Johnson are both looking for dependable, dedicated persons to serve as caregivers to the adult residents. Up to 40 hours per week. Please call Leslie at 888-7323 for Copley House or Cheryl at 635-7174 for the Group Home.

LCMHS, 520 Washington Highway, Morrisville, VT 05661 LAMOILLE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PROVIDES EXCELLENT BENEFITS INCLUDING HEALTH CARE AND A GENEROUS LEAVE TIME PACKAGE.

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Solid Waste District seeks communications professional to manage and develop the District's contact with the public. Responsibilities include design and copywriting for newsletters, flyers and other advertisements. Management and maintenance of the District's website. Oversight of contracted educational activities. 32 hours per week position, with competitive salary plus benefits. For complete job description, call 802524-5986. Send cover letter, resumé and writing sample by April 15th to:

M. Ewell, NWSWD P.O. Box 1547 St. Albans, VT 05478

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EMPLOYMENT The Employment Source for Educators

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT SVD5599 Assistant Super. for Admin. Svcs.

FRANKLIN CENTRAL SU B.F.A. St. Albans SVD5336 Principal (9-12)

CHITTENDEN EAST SU SVD5917 Elem. School Principal

TEACHING & STAFF POSITIONS BURLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SVD5776 Bilingual Home School Liaison SVD5696 English as a Second Lang. SVD5725 English as a Second Lang. SVD5701 Strings Music Teacher Burlington High School SVD5823 0.5 - 0.8 FTE Guid. Couns. SVD5700 Reading Teacher SVD5702 Science Teachers (2) H.O. Wheeler SVD5726 Grade 3 Teacher SVD5724 LT Sub. – Grade 3 Champlain Elementary SVD5698 Speech Lang. Path. Edmunds Middle School SVD5703 B & G Lacrosse Coaches (2) SVD5924 LT Sub. French Gr. 6/7/8 SVD5925 LT Sub. Math/Science Gr. 7/8 SVD5923 LT Sub. Science Gr. 7/8 SVD5727 Math Teacher Gr. 7/8 SVD5427 Music/Chorus Teacher SVD5508 Soccer Coach – Boys SVD5774 Student Assist. Prog. Couns. J.J. Flynn Elementary SVD5731 Elem. Teacher – Antic. Lawrence Barnes SVD5697 Gr. 1 & 2 Teachers (2) SVD5919 Grade 4/5 Elem. Tchr. ONTOP SVD5728 SPED - Math Ira Allen Building SVD5777 Network Admin.

COLCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT SVD5613 SPED Instr. Asst./Tutor Colchester Middle School SVD5674 Track & Field MS Coach Colchester High School SVD5663 Tchr. of English Lang. Learners Porters Point School SVD5665 Librarian

SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT SVD5945 School Psychologist South Burlington High School SVD5958 .3 FTE Science Teacher SVD5957 .8 FTE Math Teacher SVD5955 Antic. – Math Teacher SVD5954 Guidance Counselor SVD5956 Math Teacher SVD5766 Paraeducator – Level III

F. H. Tuttle Middle School SVD5952 Antic. – 6th Gr. Lang. Arts/Soc. Studies SVD5953 Antic. – 7th Gr. Lang. Arts SVD5951 Antic. – 7th/8th Gr. Lang. Arts SVD5950 Antic. – 8th Gr. Lang. Arts SVD5944 Paraeducator – Level III SVD5943 Salad Bar Prep. SVD5949 Special Educator Central School SVD5941 Lunchroom Supervisor Chamberlin School SVD5947 Antic. – Primary Class Tchr. SVD5939 Crossing Guard SVD5937 LT Sub. – Kinder. Tchr. SVD5938 LT Sub. – 2nd Grade Tchr. SVD5946 Primary Class Tchr. (1 yr) SVD5942 Schools Out Counselor (2) SVD5948 Special Educator

SVD5845 Enviro. Science Tchr. SVD5835 LT Sub. Math Tchr. SVD5687 Antic. Elem. Reading/Math Res. SVD5688 Antic. Kinder. Teacher SVD5618 Behavior Specialist SVD5619 Educational Evaluator SVD5746 Elem. Instr. Assistant SVD5690 Evening Custodian SVD5620 Instr. Assistant SVD5621 Instr. Assistant SVD5747 LT Sub. Elem. Guid. Couns. SVD5848 SPED Teacher

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SVD5624 EEE Paraprofessionals (2) Middlebury Union Middle School SVD5863 English Teacher 1.0 SVD5864 Math Teacher SVD5862 Science Teacher SVD5545 Science Teacher Bridport Elementary School SVD5959 Library/Media Spec. (.4 FTE) Ripton Elementary School SVD5805 School Admin. Asst.

ADDISON NORTHEAST SU Beeman Elementary School SVD5757 .50 Gr. 5/6 Job Share Mt. Abraham Union High School SVD5719 Social Studies – LT Sub. Monkton Central School SVD5846 Gr. 1 Teacher SVD5849 Gr. 1 or 2 LT Sub. – Antic.

FRANKLIN CENTRAL SU SVD5494 SLP Paraprofessionals SVD5705 Speech/Lang. Ther. – Antic. Fairfield Center School SVD5706 .4 Preschool Tchr. – Antic. FY06 SVD5418 Speech/Lang. Path. 05-06 SY St. Albans Town School SVD5793 Art Teacher (1 yr) SVD5795 P.M. Preschool Tchr. – Antic. SVD5796 Remedial Tchr. (LT Sub. (8/05-10/05) SVD5808 School Nurse (.6 FTE) SVD5792 SPED Teacher (3)

FRANKLIN WEST SU Bellows Free Academy Fairfax SVD5809 Antic. .67 HS Fam. Cons. Science 05/06 SVD5811 Antic. Guid. Admin. Asst. 05/06 SVD5895 HS Paraprofesstional SVD5842 SPED LT Sub. Georgia Elementary/Middle School SVD5806 .5 Antic. Kinder. Teacher SVD5803 .58FTE LT Comp. Ed. Sub. SVD5800 Speech/Lang. Path.

BARRE SU Spaulding HS & Barre Tech. Ctr. Campus SVD5671 Math – LT Sub. SVD5605 Phys. Science Tchr.

CHITTENDEN EAST SU Mt. Mansfield Union HS SVD5844 Biology/Chem. Tchr. SVD5887 Custodian – 2nd Shift SVD5847 English Teacher

CHITTENDEN CENTRAL SU Essex High School SVD5851 Microcomputer Specialist Center for Technology, Essex SVD5694 Ophthalmic Med. Asst. Tchr. – Antic.

Williston School District SVD5914 Elem. Tchr. – Gr. 1 & 2 SVD5915 Elem. Tchr. – Gr. 1 & 2 (0.50 FTE) SVD5675 Middle Level Science Tchr. SVD5855 Paraeducator/Behavior Spec. SVD5883 SPED Paraeducator SVD5765 Speech Lang. Pathologist Charlotte Central School SVD5962 7/8 Soc. Studies Tchr. – 05-06 SY SVD5769 Enrichment Coordinator SVD5771 Library Media Specialist SVD5961 LT Sub. – 7/8 Soc. Studies Tchr. SVD5770 School Nurse Shelburne Community School SVD5768 MS Special Educator – 1 yr SVD5670 Paraeducator Champlain Valley Union High School SVD5964 Business Tchr. – 1/2 Time Position SVD5963 Special Ed. – Lewis Creek

RUTLAND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Northeast Primary SVD5568 Elem. Teacher, Grade 1 SVD5570 Elem. Teacher, Grade 2 SVD5571 Reading and Enrich. Tchr. SVD5567 SPED Teacher Northwest Primary SVD5893 School Nurse (EEE – Gr. 2) SVD5566 Speech/Lang. Path. Rutland Intermediate School SVD5575 Elem. Teacher, Gr. 4 SVD5574 Elem. Teacher, Gr. 6 SVD5572 School Counselor SVD5573 SPED Teacher (2) Rutland Middle School SVD5889 English Teacher SVD5577 French Tchr. (Dual Cert. Prfd.) SVD5892 Guidance Counselor SVD5578 Ind. Arts/Tech. Educator SVD5890 Mathematics Teacher SVD5888 Science Teacher SVD5579 Soc. Studies Tchr. – Antic. SVD5576 Spanish Tchr. (Dual Cert. Prfd.) 0 SVD5891 SPED Teacher Rutland High School SVD5582 English Teacher SVD5581 Math Teacher SVD5580 Science Teacher Stafford Technical Center SVD5583 Coop Education Instr. SVD5679 Pub. Safety Svcs.: Law Enforce. Instr. Longfellow Administration SVD5564 Music Tchr. (1 year – 2 locations)

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT ADMIN & MARKETING ASSISTANT Build the trails movement! Our small, dynamic nonprofit seeks a part-time administrative and marketing assistant. Position entails managing office operations including membership, database, newsletter and outreach work. Solid organization and computer skills a must. Marketing and graphic design skills a plus. 8 hours/week in off-season. Option for 25-40 hours in summer. $9 hour. Opportunity for growth. Submit cover letter & resumé by 4/8/05 to address below.

TRAILSIDE CENTER STAFF John Odum, Regional Director 1-866-838-4070 • jodum@ciee.org

Be a trail advocate! Local Motion seeks outgoing seasonal staff to operate our Trailside Center (May-Oct). The staff operates the retail area, rents bikes, provides trail advice and assists with other projects. Located on the Burlington Bike Path, the TC is a fun, fast-paced place to work. $9-9.50/hr (depending on exp.) with performance bonus. 25-40 hrs/wk. Some weekends required. Strong communication skills a must. Retail experience & area trail knowledge strongly preferred. Submit cover letter & resumé by 4/15/05 to: Local Motion, 1 Steele St. #103, Burlington, VT 05401 or chapin@localmotion.org EOE

Need to place an ad? Call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21 Houseneeds, Inc. located in Waitsfield has an immediate opening in our Shipping & Receiving department.

Champlain Valley Head Start

SHIPPING/RECEIVING POSITION

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS MANAGER: Responsibilities include oversight, management

The position entails shipping, receiving and inventory control. Seeking a team player with the ability to lift up to 80 lbs. Experience in basic house construction, plumbing and heating supplies a plus. Full-time position with benefits.

and tracking of program outreach, recruitment, enrollment and attendance systems and data; extensive database management, utilization of child and family database information, and generating reports; oversight and management of program marketing, brochures, posters, PSAs, and newsletters; research and analysis of community demographics and social service issues; communication with program staff, parents and state and community agencies; taking meeting minutes. Qualifications: High school diploma or GED required, as well as 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience. Associate’s degree in computer applications, business, management, clerical or related field preferred. Also required are intermediate to advanced skills in MS Access (in particular), Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and experience with MS Publisher or other desktop publishing software and Web-based applications. Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and customer service skills required. 40 hrs/week, fullyear. Salary $17.00 per hour with excellent benefits.

This is a smoke-free environment.

Please contact us by emailing a resumé to jobs@houseneeds.com or give us a call at 802-583-2726.

FREE COLLEGE! 22 AmeriCorps positions available in Vermont State Parks. • $11,225 total compensation • Health Insurance • Room and Board • College Credit Bring your resumé and three references to a walk-in information and interview session at: Johnson State College March 30th, 10 am to 2 pm. CCV, Burlington April 1st, 10 am to 2 pm. UVM, Billings Center April 4th, 10 am to 2 pm. CCV, Montpelier April 4th, 4 pm to 8 pm. Southern Vermont College April 5th, 10 am to 3 pm. CCV Morrisville April 5th, 4 pm to 9 pm.

CCV, Morrisville April 6th, 4 pm to 9 pm. Green Mountain College April 6th, 11 am to 2 pm. CCV, Rutland April 7th, 3 pm to 6 pm. CCV, St. Albans April 7th, 4 pm to 8 pm. Castleton State College April 12th, 10 am to 3 pm. Green Mountain College April 22nd, 11 am to 2 pm.

Visit www.vycc.org or call 1-800-639-8922 for full job descriptions and how to apply.

FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR: Responsibilities include development, management, oversight and tracking of: family partnership systems including family goal setting, and support and follow-up around community services and resources; child abuse and neglect prevention, identification, treatment and reporting systems; partnerships with community and state agencies providing services relevant to Head Start or its program participants, including transportation services and services for English Language Learners; volunteer and internship systems; parent involvement in program and community functions and services; and parent education and family literacy initiatives. Participation in regional and state-based committee work. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services or related field, and 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience. 40 hrs/week, full year. Salary $18.00+ per hour, depending upon experience and qualifications. Excellent benefits. For both positions: These are senior management positions responsible for ensuring compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, VT Licensing regulations, and all other applicable federal, state and local regulations, and participating in the development and monitoring of program plans, budgets, agreements, grants, fiscal and information tracking systems. Successful applicants must have excellent verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills, as well as skills in documentation, record-keeping and MS Office computer applications, email and Internet. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, “can-do”, motivated and “extra milers.” 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. Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit resumé, cover letter and three work references. Applications must be received by Monday, April 18. No phone calls please. Applications may be sent by mail (to address below), fax (802-658-0983) or email pbehrman@cvoeo.org.

Champlain Valley Head Start, Search Committee (Please specify either: Admin Systems Mgr or Family Services Coordinator)

431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401

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EMPLOYMENT Northeastern Family Institute NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following positions:

AWAKE OVERNIGHT STAFF NFI is seeking Awake Overnight Counselors for its residential Programs for youth. Experience working with children and adolescents desired. This is a full-time position with benefits. We offer a competitive salary. Come join the creative, dynamic team at NFI. Call Jaime Wark today at 658-3924, ext. 624 or email your resumé to: jlwark@earthlink.net EOE

Driving Product Decision Support in Clinical Care

DATABASE PUBLISHING EDITOR Kestrel Health Information is seeking a Database Publishing Editor to oversee the data collection, editorial review and production of its medical product directories. The Database Publishing Editor will be accountable for content integrity in our databases and all derivative products and must have superior copy-editing, project management and process management skills and knowledge of print production and electronic publishing. We offer flexible hours, a relaxed work environment, and competitive pay. Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter, resumé and salary requirements to: Jeanne Cunningham, Kestrel Health Information, Inc., P.O. Box 195, Bristol, VT 05443, or to: jeanne@kestrelhealthinfo.com.

Northeastern Family Institute NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following positions:

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Seeking counselors to work at our Shelburne House program, located in Williston. Work with a talented team in a fast-paced environment. Experience working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. Responsibilities include counseling youth, ADL (activity, daily learning), hygiene & living skills, and assist in treatment and discharge planning. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary.

Come join the creative, dynamic team at NFI. Call Nathan Camfiord today at 288-9710, or email your resumé to: nathancamfiord@nafi.com. EOE

Temporary Communications Assistant Financial firm in downtown Burlington is looking for a person with some layout and production skills for its marketing/communications department. This is a temporary position from April through mid-August. Projects include mainly production of marketing/client service presentations, and some creation of effective charts and graphs. Qualities we require include: • excellent computer skills • desktop publishing and graphics software/production experience • utmost attention to detail, devotion to deadlines, and excellent organizational skills • ability to work both independently and as part of a team serving several departments within the firm, to be creative and to learn new things • familiarity with the following software:InDesign,Illustrator/Freehand,Excel Send resumé and cover letter to: Diane Walker, dwalker@dwight.com Dwight Asset Management Company 100 Bank Street, Suite 800, Burlington, VT 05401 Dwight is an Equal Opportunity Employer

(Formerly known as Vermont Development Credit Union) Looking for a high energy position with a growing organization? Opportunities Credit Union has key openings for highly motivated team players. Opportunities prides itself in its award-winning service and mission of building wealth, community and opportunity through a fair and affordable financial system.

Mortgage Specialist The Mortgage Specialist interviews loan applicants, analyzes their financial status and determines mortgage eligibility. Responsible for walking borrower through mortgage application process, answering questions, and facilitating processing and closing of loan. He/she assists borrowers in making final decisions as they relate to mortgage financing, and is comfortable describing programs and restrictions. Position requires promotion of credit union products, generating new and maintaining current referral sources. Excellent customer service, solid interpersonal skills, comfort with office automation and financial software, an understanding of financial products and services, innovative problem-solving skills, and the ability to handle change in a positive manner all required.

Outreach and Education Counselor

Community Inclusion Facilitator We are seeking creative, motivated individuals to join our person-centered team, develop positive relationships and support individuals with developmental disabilities in the community and in the job setting. CVS provides trainings, benefits and ongoing supports. Both part-time and per-diem shifts ranging from 18-29 hours per week are available. This is a great opportunity for individuals first entering the field of human services or for those looking to further their experience. Please send your resumé and cover letter to:

512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 staff@cvsvt.org

Shared Living Providers We are seeking a dedicated individual or couple interested in sharing their home with a woman, supporting her at home and in the community. If you are interested in joining our person-centered team, developing positive relationships, and supporting this individual in achieving her goals and dreams, we encourage you to apply.

This person works with motivated applicants to achieve their personal financial goals. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working one-on-one with individuals to identify methods of repairing credit and building assets, while providing mortgage and homeownership education. Excellent customer service skills, responsiveness, ability to identify and resolve problems, and maintaining confidentiality required. Ideal candidate will have experience in banking, counseling or collections. Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Community Development or related field helpful.

Outreach and Education VISTA This is a new position with a 1-year commitment. The Outreach and Education VISTA will customize and promote financial literacy programs for low-to-moderate income individuals. They will coordinate customizing our financial education seminars, as well as recruitment and tracking for this program. Candidate will modify and promote our financial literacy program for individuals with disabilities and strengthen existing partnerships with related organizations. Excellent customer service and organizational skills required. Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint necessary. Stipend provided.

Loan Servicing Administrator This person is responsible for supporting the Lending Department. Some of the responsibilities include servicing member loans, maintaining member files, post-loan closing quality control and departmental reporting. Ideal applicant will be a multitasker who possesses great attention to detail and accuracy, is responsive and efficient, and will learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Part-Time Tellers We are looking for part-time and seasonal tellers who can work flexible hours (10-15 hours per week and/or full-time during the summer). Ability to work with customers in a friendly and professional manner.

Loan Officer

CVS will provide a generous tax-free stipend, a comprehensive training package, and ongoing supports. Experience working in the field of developmental disabilities preferred. Please contact Laura Walker for more information.

The Loan Officer originates consumer loans. He/she practices counseling-based lending to help underserved Vermonters achieve financial success. Core competencies include excellent customer service skills, responsiveness, ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, and develop alternative solutions. One to three years related experience necessary or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CVS 655-0511 lwalker@cvsvt.org

Competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including generous combined time-off policy. Please reply for specific positions with cover letter and resumé to careers@oppsvt.org or mail to Human Resources, Opportunities Credit Union, 18 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT 05401.

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Northeastern Family Institute Northeastern Family Institute, a private, nonprofit provider of educational services in St. Johnsbury, has an opening for their day treatment school setting.

MASTER’S LEVEL CLINICIAN Cornerstone School seeks a Master's level Clinician to coordinate clinical services in a psycho-educational day treatment setting. Strong group treatment skills, familycentered approach, experience working with children and adolescents. Master's degree in social work, counseling or psychology. Please send resumé and letter of interest to: Regional Director, Cornerstone School, 510 Portland St., St. Johnsbury, VT 05819.

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Office Assistant

Experience preferred. Own transportation required.

The desired candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, great interpersonal skills and strong organization and follow through. The ability to handle multiple tasks essential. Duties include reception, answering multi-line telephone, processing income, mail, data entry and provide administrative support. Computer knowledge in Excel and Word, database management, and basic office equipment essential.

CALL PETE MCGUIRE,

802-660-8743

Send cover letter and resumé by April 8, 2005 to: Mary Donald-Abair, American Cancer Society 121 Connor Way, Ste 240 • PO Box 1460 • Williston, VT 05495-1460 Or email: ACSWilliston@cancer.org

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Duties include assisting the Comptroller with payroll, coordinating seasonal recruiting & hiring, processing badges, and assisting employees with questions on employment policies and benefits. In addition, this position also keeps our office running by scheduling meetings, ordering supplies, handling our shipping and mailroom needs and greeting visitors. Serves as coordinator for computer support. Bachelor’s degree preferred; minimum 3 years office management and/or human resources experience. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and maintain confidentiality a must. Computer proficient. Apply with cover letter and resumé to:

Lois M. Nial Director of Finance & Administration Shelburne Museum, P.O. Box 10 Shelburne, VT 05482

Full-time position. Responsible for the care of lawns, trees, shrubs, flower beds. Upkeep of all roads, sidewalks and parking lots on property. Snow removal.

Excellent opportunity to provide support to an engaging, fun and active developmentally disabled young woman in her community and home in the Burlington area. This young woman enjoys a variety of activities and is truly enjoyable to hang out with. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, flexible and willing to work as part of a team. Experience working with challenging behaviors helpful. Flexible scheduling, mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends.

Painter/Cleaner Full-time permanent and temporary positions available. Turning over of apartments at lease end, cleaning of all appliances, kitchens, bathrooms, carpet vacuuming/shampooing, painting.

Health Club Front Desk 30-40 hours. Health club experience necessary, flexible schedule a plus.

Individuals interested in substitute work needed also.

Interested parties should submit their resumé and references via mail or email to:

Become part of an energetic, cooperative and dedicated team. Excellent reimbursement, great learning opportunity and meaningful work.

The Woolen Mill 20 West Canal Street, Suite 1 Winooski, VT 05404 fax: 802-655-6522 or email manager@woolen-mill.com

If interested, please call (802) 864-9181 or send email to: tamazonvt@yahoo.com.

No telephone inquires, please.

Museum Tour Guide

EOE

needed for nationally significant historic site. Three-day, 18-hour week, mid-May to Mid-October. Resumé and letter to:

“There’s No Place Like Home”

Rokeby Museum 4334 Route 7 Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 rokeby@adelphia.net.

Dorothy knew it! So did the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Lion! There is no place like home. Our clients think so. They rely on us to keep them there.

Community Health Nurses Wanted

Addison County Home Health and Hospice, Inc., Human Resources PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 • Fax: 388-6126 • Phone: 388-6126 See our job postings and apply directly online at www.achhh.org.

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This position fills in for a regular staff member who will be on sabbatical. There will be a part-time training component through the end of June, then 32-40 hours per week for the next 13 months.

Grounds Keeper

Chiropractic office with strong ideals seeking a full-time

EXAM ASSISTANT to juggle three things at once,

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treat our patients like royalty on their journey to wellness.

Call 802-985-8901

ASSISTANT to the President WOODBURY COLLEGE, a progressive adult education institution, is seeking a highly organized, self-starting, creative, computer literate individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills to assist President in correspondence, meeting planning, trustee support and management of Office of the President. This full-time position includes data management, annual fund management, helping President and Director of Development to maintain and build upon strong donor, trustee and alumni relationships through identification and cultivation. Individual must be able to treat confidential information with sensitivity and have professional interpersonal skills. Bachelor’s degree required. Full benefit package and friendly work environment. Send cover letter and resumé by March 31st to:

freyac@woodbury-college.edu

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Since 1977, Burton Snowboards has been driven to create the best snowboarding equipment in the world. We believe in a strong work ethic and are committed to working as a team to achieve our goals and can truly say this is appreciated by everyone in the company.

DESIGNER We’re looking for a dreamer, a thinker, and a doer – wrapped into one. You understand brand communications, packaging, tradeshows and advertising. You have a background creating innovative design solutions for the sideways culture/art/music/ and/or fashion brands. If you’ve got 2+ years of professional experience under your belt, go ahead and send us your portfolio. Candidates must have expert-level technical skills including Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark and InDesign and a thorough understanding of the print production process. To apply, send cover letter and resumé to

jobs@burton.com. Burton offers competitive salaries and benefits; including health and welfare, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending plans, paid vacation, great product discounts, and healthclub reimbursement, all in a fun and casual atmosphere.

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Call Peter 802-899-4008 eves/weekend.

Seasonal Work WATERFRONT AND TOURIST INFORMATION BOOTH ATTENDANT Well-spoken, mature, people-person with knowledge of the Champlain Valley. Approximately 15-20 hours per week; Saturdays a must. May 1 through October 15, with some training sooner. The right person will love this job!

INVENTORY MANAGER/DRIVER Pleasant work for tourist information company. Monitor brochure inventory at information centers and in our Williston warehouse. Deliver, stock and maintain information centers in greater Chittenden County region. A firm schedule during regular business hours required, have computer and email access, and clean driving record to use company van. Neat handwriting and organized record-keeping skills. Some heavy lifting and light cleaning; general handyman skills a plus. Approximately 20 hours per week, May 1 through October 20, with some training now. Additional work possible.

Call 434-4569

SALES PROFESSIONALS Country Home Products, manufacturer and marketer of DR® Power Equipment, is looking for customer-oriented SALES PROFESSIONALS to staff our busy inbound call center in Vergennes. The ideal candidates enjoy selling, are results-oriented professionals, and have solid computer skills. These jobs offer $12 base starting pay plus commissions; performance-based bonuses; paid training, holidays, and sick time; profit sharing; and a friendly work environment. These positions are seasonal and our training classes start soon. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity! Please apply in person at our Factory Store on Meigs Road in Vergennes, or send, email or fax your resume and letter of interest to: COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS®, Inc.

PO Box 240, HR Dept. SD295, Vergennes, VT 05491 Fax 802-877-1229 • Job Hotline 802-877-1235 jobs@countryhomeproducts.com Country Home Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

John Odum, Regional Director 1-866-838-4070 • jodum@ciee.org

Due to recent expansion, the Chittenden Center methadone program is looking for an additional Substance Abuse Clinician. Responsibilities include providing individual, group and/or family counseling and case-management to opioid-dependent patients, conducting clinical assessments, maintaining clincial files and developing treatment plans. Compliance with evidence-based counseling and standards of accrediting body are required as is a Master's degree in counseling, social work or related field. LADC required or must be received within time frames established at time of hire. Knowledge of community resources and experience with behavioral therapy is desirable. Send resumé, cover letter and three references to:

Marne Stothart Associate Director 1 S. Prospect St. Room 1420 Burlington, VT 05401 email: mstothart@howardcenter.org Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY

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EMPLOYMENT New England Culinary Institute staff members thrive on the energy and excitement of being part of a leader in culinary education. Every staff member at NECI contributes to our students’ educational experience.

Stern Center for Language and Learning ~ Make a difference in the lives of learners every day! ~

Professional Development Assistant

Student Services Coordinator

The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit educational center working to help all learners reach their potential. We have a half-time position open for a Professional Development Assistant who will support our outreach professional development programs for educators. The ideal candidate will have computer experience with word processing, spreadsheet and database management as well as strong communication skills. He/she will be detail-oriented, organized, and a team player committed to the Stern Center’s mission.

This position is responsible for administering student services on the Montpelier Campus that includes: student housing, resident advisor program, student activities, student advising, participation in orientations and graduations, participation in all student-related committees. This position takes a lead role in all aspects of student life including plans for continuous improvement and growth and maintaining a culture that inspires pride and professionalism.

Resumés accepted until position is filled. Please send resumé and cover letter to:

Qualifications include: excellent communication skills, organization, and supervisory skills. Must have a minimum of 3-5 years experience working with students and a Master’s degree in education or counseling is preferred. We offer our full-time regular staff competitive wages, full benefit plan, plus a friendly, supportive work environment. Please send resumé and letter of interest to greatjobs@neci.edu or apply in person at 250 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont.

Stern Center for Language and Learning Attn: Loralyn Leblanc 135 Allen Brook Lane Williston, VT 05495 or email to: lleblanc@sterncenter.org For more information, visit our website at www.sterncenter.org.

Rotisserie Cook NECI Commons is looking for someone who is interested in a career opportunity! This position is working the pizza hearth and rotisserie on an exhibition line and it requires guest interaction on a regular basis. In addition, responsible for several hot specials each shift.

Mental Health Position Full-time PSYCHOTHERAPIST to provide individual and group

Qualifications include: good knife and organizational skills, experience in a fast-paced kitchen, multitasking, and sanitation skills. Must be professional, courteous, have an outgoing personality and strong customer- service skills. Degree from a postsecondary culinary arts training program is desirable but not required. Please send resumé and letter of interest to greatjobs@neci.edu or apply in person NECI Commons, 25 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont.

psychotherapy to a small caseload of clients in a comprehensive mental health program serving adults with psychiatric and co-occurring substance abuse issues. Must be able to work in a collaborative style with other members of a multidisciplinary treatment team; must have communication, relationship and clinical skills. Master’s degree, license and experience required. For information about our program, go to

www.sprucemountaininn.com.

Student Accounts Assistant

Send letter of interest and resumé to: Edwin Levin, LICSW, Spruce Mountain Inn PO Box 153 Plainfield, VT 05667 Fax: (802) 454-1008 Email: info@sprucemountaininn.com

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Adjunct Chef Instructor SUMMER JOBS - APPLY NOW! BURLINGTON PARKS & RECREATION Part-time and Full-time Seasonal Positions ($7 - $10/hour) We are now accepting applications for the following positions:

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To apply, submit a City of Burlington Application to:

Burlington Parks & Recreation 645 Pine Street, Suite B Burlington, VT 05401

An Adjunct Chef Instructor covers classes such as Catering, Banquets or Cafeteria for first-year culinary students. As an Adjunct Chef Instructor you would benefit from our flexible hours, enjoy part-time work, work when it fits your schedule. We are looking for chefs interested in teaching in a hands-on standards-based educational environment. Our classes are some of the smallest in culinary education, and average seven students to one instructor with a maximum class size of ten students in a production restaurant. Must have an Associate’s degree or equivalent plus 3-5 years experience in the culinary industry, solid understanding of the chef’s role in the education process, ability to train and teach students as well as communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing. Must have progressive experience in the culinary skills necessary to effectively organize and direct production and instruction in the assigned classroom/kitchen. If you are an outstanding chef with great industry experience looking for a unique opportunity to pass on the passion to the next generation, then we encourage you to inquire about NECI today! Please send resumé and letter of interest to greatjobs@neci.edu or apply in person at 250 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont. EOE

Available in alternative formats for persons with disabilities. For disability access information, or to request an application, contact Human Resources at (802) 865-7145 or 865-7142 (TTY). Visit our website at www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us

Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.

Share our passion for culinary arts? Visit www.neci.edu

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT GARDEN & LANDSCAPE F/T Crew & P/T Retail positions available 4/11/05. Must enjoy hard work, love plants, have a CLEAN driver’s license for Crew. Rewarding work. SPE CTA CULAR OFFICE PERSON NEEDED One person to be heart of entire company. Duties include: everything from creative problem solving to phone and filing. Must be familiar with QuickBooks. To arrange an interview, call: 802-893-9300 fax: 802-893-3443 or email: queenbvt@yahoo.com

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Growing construction company seeking organized, detailoriented and motivated support person with experience or interest in the building trade. Tasks include project coordination, answering phones, bookkeeping and website management. Flexible schedule, growth opportunity and other benefits available. Part-time to start, full-time come late spring/summer. Call 434-4993 or email info@vermont contractor.com.

7Dclassifieds.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT Country Home Products, manufacturer and marketer of DR® Power Equipment, is looking for customer-oriented TECHNICAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES to assist in our busy inbound call center in Vergennes. These are seasonal positions that provide technical assistance to our customers worldwide. We provide paid training, holidays and sick time, profit sharing, a friendly work environment and starting pay of $11 per hour. If you have experience with small engines or outdoor power equipment, or are just mechanically inclined, this could be the ideal position for you! You should have a professional telephone manner and solid computer skills. Please apply in person at our Factory Store on Meigs Road in Vergennes, or send, email or fax your resume and letter of interest to: COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS®, Inc.

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Minimum 3 years experience in a professional kitchen. Must be available for AM and PM shifts. Baking experience a plus. Meals provided, AFLAC insurance available. Applicants apply in person with resumé after 3pm, or send in confidence to 152 St. Paul St., Burlington, VT 05401 attn: Tom or Bruce.

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Howard Center for Human Services Community Support Clinician: Full-time position available to support persons with psychiatric disabilities in Chittenden County. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing creative problem solving, advocacy, resource development, case management, counseling and crisis support. Direct services to clients, families and the community. BA or Master’s degree in human services field and experience with persons with serious and persistent mental disorders preferred. Please submit resumé to:

Terrence Hayden LICSW 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401

PO Box 240, HR Dept. SD296, Vergennes, VT 05491 Fax 802-877-1229 • Job Hotline 802-877-1235 jobs@countryhomeproducts.com

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Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY.

BROADCAST PRODUCER Jager Di Paola Kemp, a design studio in Burlington, Vermont, seeks a high-energy broadcast producer to drive internal broadcast productions. Responsible for coordinating pre-production activities, including budgets, scheduling, sourcing all contract services, and managing the shoot. Post-production activities include the application of appropriate hardware/software throughout the editing process and coordination of final deliverables. Must have working knowledge of editing and animation hardware/ software and three years broadcast experience. Send resumé and cover letter to HR @ JDK, 47 Maple St. Burlington, VT 05401or email HR@jdk.com. EOE.

Country Home Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INSIDE SALES OPPORTUNITY Construction people, are you tired of HOT summers and COLD winters? New England’s leading construction material supplier is seeking a qualified individual for our Williston,VT location. Come inside and start a new career in Material Sales. Send/fax resumé and salary requirements to: AH Harris & Sons, Inc. 994 South Brownell Road Williston, VT 05495 Fax: (802)860-1040

The Baird Center for Children and Families A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services

Administrative Assistant Seeking mature, competent, motivated individual to provide administrative support for the Baird Center’s Autism Spectrum Program. Excellent organizational & communication skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel & Access required, as well as ability to manage assigned projects independently. Desirable experiences include admin support in a clinical setting, project coordination, Medicaid billing, & familiarity with systems issues. HS Diploma & 2 years experience required. Full-time position with competitive benefits. Send resumé to Karen Wheeler.

The Baird Center for Children and Families 1138 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-1326 bairdjobs@howardcenter.org • www.howardcenter.org EOE/TTY * Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply.

Join our growing team of software professionals, located in Montpelier, who are developing and installing a dynamic new software product for life science laboratories.

Software Engineer Minimum two years strong experience in software design and development using SQL and either Visual Studio or Java programming environments. Must be a problem solver and able to work well in a team.

Customer Support Specialist Strong experience in supplying customer support for an enterprise software product. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Solid PC skills with a can-do attitude.

Implementation Specialist Strong experience with implementing enterprise software products at customer sites. Experience in laboratory processes and software development preferred. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Travel required. Please email resumé and cover letter to our HR department at:

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EMPLOYMENT COME JOIN OUR TEAM AND WORK SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 6-9 P.M. MAKING UP TO $20 PER HOUR WITH NIGHTLY BONUSES. WE’RE LOOKING FOR A FEW RELIABLE PEOPLE TO HELP EXPAND OUR GROWING BUSINESS.

CALL MIKE OR STEVE @ 802-383-1429

needed for busy law firm. Real estate experience a plus. Must possess good word-processing skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Competitive benefits and salary. Send resumé to:

Ward & Babb, 3069 Williston Rd. So. Burlington, VT 05403 or email to richer@wkblawyers.com.

7Dclassifieds.com Interested in confronting violence in your community? Join the Domestic Abuse Education Project to become a part-time group facilitator in Burlington, Rutland and St. Albans. Lead educational groups that promote offender accountability, challenge violence and work to increase the safety of women and children. We are looking for people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities and sexual orientations who are committed to working for social change. An understanding of domestic violence and willingness to learn more is required. Please send a cover letter and resumé to:

Spectrum, Attn: Brooke 31 Elmwood Ave. Burlington, VT 05401

Are you tired of not getting recognized for your outstanding attitude? Join the team that cares about you!

Please send resumé to:

Pat Dowers, VCIL Program Director 11 East State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 The VCIL is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We provide reasonable accommodations in the recruitment and employment of persons with disabilities.

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SUBSTITUTES Call Kristin or Melissa at 802-425-3328

Close to Home is EXPANDING and we are looking for a Sales Associate with Managerial skills. Must have experience in plumbing and hardware, great customer service skills, computer literacy and a strong work ethic. We are dealers of quality bath fixtures and hardware with a great clientele. We offer a fun environment, a great staff and generous benefits. Please respond with resumé and references via email, fax or mail. Correspond to: Frank DeAngelis c/o Close to Home 65 Falls Road Shelburne, VT 05482 Fax: 802-985-5750 Email: crowclosetohome@aol.com

jobs@wcax.com or: Production, WCAX-TV, PO Box 608 Burlington, VT 05402

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30-hour position with benefits at VCIL Shelburne office. Excellent communication skills, assist consumers with disabilities in defining their needs and locating resources. Provides information and referral and helps consumers enhance problem-solving skills. Must have computer literacy, accurate data-entry skills, documentation and problem-solving skills and a commitment to Disability Rights. Personal experience with disability required.

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Northeastern Family Institute NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following position:

RECEPTIONIST NFI Vermont, Inc., is looking for an enthusiastic parttime receptionist to answer phone and greet visitors and perform miscellaneous clerical and office functions. Great phone and computer skills required.

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Email, fax or mail cover letter, resumé and references to: Aviatron, Inc. 25 Customs Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 Tel: 802-865-9318 • Fax: 802-862-9707 Email: gprobst@aviatron.com.

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Administrative Assistant The Village of Hyde Park, Inc., is currently seeking applications for a part-time (32 hours per week), Administrative Assistant position. This person is responsible for multiple duties including, but not limited to: customer service, cash receipts, utility billing, collections, inventory and work orders. Experience in the electric utility industry and computer skills including Microsoft Word, Access and Excel preferred but not necessary. A successful candidate possesses the following skills: attention to detail, self-motivated, dependable, able to work independently, strong interpersonal skills and a capacity for working with the public. The village of Hyde Park offers a very competitive benefit package. Wage based on experience. Questions and or requests for employment applications should be directed to:

The Village of Hyde Park, Attn: April Edwards P.O. Box 400, Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone (802)888-2310. Email: aedwards-VOHP@adelphia.net EOE

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Williamstown Elementary School is expanding its preschool program and is seeking a licensed preschool teacher to begin in the 2005-2006 school year. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please forward your letter of interest, resumé, transcripts, proof of licensure and three (3) letters of references to:

Murphy Sullivan Kronk, 275 College Street Box 4485, Burlington, VT 05406-4485 Attn: Deborah Sabourin, Office Manager or to: dsabourin@mskvt.com

WES Preschool Search C/o Orange North Supervisory Union 111 Brush Hill Road Williamstown, VT 05060 Deadline for Application: April 15, 2005. EOE

METAL FABRICATOR Rennline Inc., a small custom job shop seeks experienced fabricator. Must have welding (tig/mig), bending, finishing and forming experience. This is a jack-of-all-trades type position requiring a motivated individual with an eye for detail. CNC experience preferred but not necessary. Pay based on experience. Mail or email resumé to:

Rennline Inc. 1 Tigan St., Winooski, VT 05404 Sales@rennline.com

7Dclassifieds.com • 7Dclassifieds.com Route Sales/Service $28K to $36K 1st Year! TurfControl, Vermont’s Premier Lawn & Landscape Service is growing fast! We are looking for HIGHLY MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS to grow our client base. Does the concept of a mix of Marketing, Sales and Production interest you? Produce the highest quality service in the industry while constantly marketing and selling our services to current and prospective clients with TurfControl. We Require: Self-Motivated Team Player With a Winning Attitude Willingness to Go the Extra Mile for the Customer Conscentious and Innovative Problem Solver Previous Experience in Customer Service Field Willingness to Get Your Hands Dirty • Good Driving Record We Offer: Competative Compensation • Income-Building Incentives Comprehensive Benefits Package • Furnished Leads Exciting & Fun Atmosphere • Excellent Administrative Support Advancement Opportunities

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DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS/PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT Department ofHealth Tourism and Marketing The Department of seeks an experienced Mental Health administrator to provide executive level leadership for world. their Mental Health Division. This challenging Tell Vermont’s story to the Experienced professional position offers the opportunity to lead a nationally recognized, community-based sought to lead the Department of Tourism & Marketing’s delivery system. The Deputy of MH will work with an experienced executive team public and trade efforts. all substance media in the development andrelations implementation of an Responsible integrated mentalfor health, relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; abuse and public health system. Management of a 105 million dollar budget, oversight oftargeted a statewidestory inpatient andto outpatient delivery system andmedia; extensive pitching ideas regional and national collaboration with human service policy executives, educators, community development of press trips and itineraries; managementmental of health professionals and advocacy groups are critical components of this position. media contact lists; and support for Vermont’s international If you have progressively responsible experience in the management and adminisMontpelier – Exempt, Full-Time. Apply public relation initiatives. tration of a comprehensive community-based mental health system as well as a by resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references Graduate degree in medicine, psychology, social work, nursing, public administration to Chicoine, Deputy 6 Baldwin Street,resumé or aSybil closely related field, and areCommissioner, ready for an exciting challenge, submit Montpelier, VT 05633. Application Deadline: 10/10/03. and cover letter to: Log onto www.vermontpersonnel.org for job description. Maureen Barnes, Personnel Administrator Vermont Department of Health, PO Box 70 Burlington, VT 5402-0070 The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women, individuals with disabilities, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Attn: Matthew Andrews 18 Lime Rock Road South Burlington, VT 05403 1-(800)-4TURFCO or email: matt@turfcontrol.com

PPNNE’s mission is to provide, promote and protect voluntary choices about reproductive health for all.

CALL CENTER REPRESENTATIVE Seeking a full-time, 37.50 hours/weekly, (possible part-time, 20 hours) Representative for our Call Center in Barre. Job responsibilities include scheduling medical appointments for patients in three states, obtaining insurance pre-certification, and making reminder calls. Successful candidate will be flexible, willing to think creatively, and able to work well with other people. Additional qualifications include excellent telephone communication skills, a commitment to customer service, and the ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment. Experience at a call center or in a medical setting is preferred, but will train the right candidate. No license required. We offer a supportive, team-based, continuous learning work environment and a generous benefits package. Make a living while making a difference! Please respond with resumé, cover letter and salary requirements by April 13th to:

PPNNE Site Manger – Call Center 90 Washington St. Barre, Vermont 05641 or email hresources@ppnne.org

Vermont League of Cities and Towns

MEMBER RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE This is an exciting, entry-level opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to promote our insurance trust benefit programs and get to know our municipal membership throughout Vermont. Excellent career growth potential through learning and explaining benefits offerings, performing payroll audits and providing stellar customer service. Additional responsibilities include handling member inquiries, problem solving, helping develop informational/ marketing materials, educational workshops and promotional events. Successful candidate has excellent communication skills, a willingness to make presentations and ability to work well independently and as part of a team. College degree or equivalent experience preferred. Proficiency with Excel required. Must have valid Vermont driver’s license and willingness to travel throughout Vermont. Attendance at evening meetings required. Recent college grads encouraged to apply. We offer a salary in the low- to mid-twenties, excellent benefits and a friendly office environment in downtown Montpelier. Interested candidates should send cover letter, resumé and names/ telephone numbers of three references with M R Rep as subject to:

of Northern New England

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Windridge Tennis and Sports Camps seeks an office manager. Summer months, full-time in Craftsbury Common & part-time during school year in Chittenden County. Summer housing included. Children attend camp free! Energetic, flexible & children oriented. Outstanding communication skills, MS Office, database experience, basic accounting & bookkeeping skills.

Seasonal CSR needed with strong customer service and computer skills. Outdoor lifestyle important.

Fax resumé with cover to: 802-644-6300. Call 802-644-6500 with questions.

TagC@Peregrineoutfitters.com

Part-time After-school Assistants for YMCA after-school program. Jericho, 15-20 hours/week. Must have experience with schoolage children. Y membership and training opportunities. Call Julie at 862-9622. EOE

To place an employment ad call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21 CHITTENDEN SOUTH SUPERVISORY UNION 2004-2005 Non-licensed Openings Chittenden South Supervisory Union BUS DRIVERS – IMMEDIATE OPENINGS. Regular routes. Please call Ken Martin, 482-7120.

Williston Community School FOOD SERVICE – IMMEDIATE OPENING, school-year position, 6 hours per day. Food prep experience helpful. If interested, please contact Lydia King, 879-5816.

Champlain Valley Union High School TUTOR – IMMEDIATE OPENING for a tutor with training and experience in working with serious emotional disabilities. Two hours daily, academic subjects, time of day and hourly rate negotiable. Will pay mileage. Please send letter of interest, resumé and letters of recommendation to Special Services c/o CVU, 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461.

DAY CUSTODIAN – CVU is seeking a day shift custodian, MondayFriday, 6:30 AM – 3:00 PM. This is a full-time position, experience a plus. Great benefits. Call 482-7112 for info or stop by and fill out an application at CVU, 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461. YOUTH ADVOCATE AND CAREER COACH – Help high school students develop goals, learn about their community and tryout and get great jobs in local businesses. We need a part-time (21 hours/week + 11 month year) employee to join our great Community Skills Program staff based at Champlain Valley Union High School. Please apply immediately if you’ve got a great attitude and energy, experience with teens, a reliable vehicle, and are up for an adventure! Rate is $10-$12 per hour, mileage reimbursed, some benefits. Apply with a letter of interest, resumé, and 3 references to: Chittenden South Supervisory Union, Attn: H.R. Dept., 5420 Shelburne Road, Suite 300, Shelburne, VT 05482. Questions, call Peggy MacDonald @ 482-7196.

Hinesburg Community School BASEBALL COACH – Middle School Boys. Position runs from April 2005 - June 2005. Afternoons 2:45-6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. If interested please call John Badger or Angela Stebbins at 482-2106. SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAEDUCATOR – for grades 7 & 8. Work with students with a variety of disabilities supporting classroom instruction and supervising study hall. Contact Barb Provost for more information at Hinesburg Community School, 482-2106 ext. 283.

Shelburne Community School PART-TIME HIGH NEEDS SPECIAL ED. PARAEDUCATOR – IMMEDIATE OPENING. The Shelburne School District is seeking an energetic and creative individual interested in working with students with multiple disabilities in a private setting for after-school & weekend hours (flexible hours). Prior experience helpful but not necessary. Significant training and support are offered. If interested, please apply online at www.schoolspring.com to Scott Orselet with a resumé and three letters of reference. For more information, you may contact Patty Spagnolo or Jodi Blanchard at 985-3331.

Northeastern Family Institute

NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following positions:

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Community Based Services Program (CBS) is seeking applicants for an Assistant Director Position. CBS provides intensive mental health services to youth and families in Chittenden County. The person hired will be responsible for assisting in the fiscal, clinical and administrative areas of program management and will demonstrate strong leadership skills.This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team dedicated to providing excellent care in the community to children, youth and families. Master’s degree in social work or a related field and license-eligible preferred. Please submit cover letter and resumé by March 25th to:

NFI Vermont Attn: CBS Program Director 30 Airport Road South Burlington, VT 05403 EOE

Howard Community Services A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services 102 S. Winooski Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 www.howardcenter.org

Daytime Community Support Providers Needed Support providers are needed to provide supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Howard Community Services acts as a listing agency. After the screening process is complete, providers are listed out to clients and others on their team that will employ providers. Various opportunities are available that offer a flexible schedule and skill-building challenges. Currently we are seeking daytime providers who are able to take clients out and about in the community. Contact Kathy at 802-865-6173 for more information.

Training Specialist Looking for an individual to provide community supports to an energetic and social female who enjoys swimming, biking and walking. She needs someone to assist her with her part-time job and physical therapy. Hours are M-F, from 9:30-1:30, with some flexibility. Applicant should have a sense of humor and ability to set clear boundaries. Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation required. Please send resumé and cover letter to Sheila Spencer or email SheilaS@HowardCenter.org.

Specialized Community Support Worker Seeking candidates for a 25-hour community-based position through Howard Community Services. Job entails supporting a 20-year-old man in building effective coping skills, developing independent living skills, and accessing recreational opportunities. Hours are Monday - Friday, from 9-2. Join a supportive team with competitive salary, medical/dental benefits, mileage reimbursement, and paid time-off. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the mental health field preferred. Please send resumé to Alysia Rishforth or email AlysiaR@HowardCenter.org. ***EOE/TTY Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply *** Visit our website at www.howardcenter.org

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Why not pass on your love for the industry? Vermont College of Cosmetology is looking for instructors in Cosmetology, Esthetics and Nails. We are also looking for a School Coordinator. Please send resumé to: 400 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 220, Williston, VT 05495, Attn: Rita.

LACROSSE COACH Lacrosse Coach needed for Boys Middle School Team. Season runs from April through the end of the school year. Practice sessions are after school. Games are on weekends. Must demonstrate knowledge of the game and relevant coaching experience. Must have ability to work with middle school students. For further information, please contact Frank Zavadil at Edmunds Middle School at 355-4062 or fzavadil@bsdvt.org.

7Dclassifieds.com ACCOUNTING CLERK The Burlington Housing Authority Finance Department seeks a full-time Accounting Clerk to join our busy team. This fast-paced office needs an individual who is experienced in all aspects of the accounts payable process. Duties include the preparation and processing for payment of all invoices for BHA and all related managed companies, and updating subsidiary ledgers. Additional duties include the taking of minutes at the monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners and some general office responsibilities. The successful candidate must be detail-oriented with an emphasis on accuracy and completeness and be able to work independently within time-sensitive parameters. A minimum of 2 years of A/P experience is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please submit cover letter & resumé to:

Finance Director BHA 65 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 or rvangieson@burlingtonhousing.org Visit our website at www.burlingtonhousing.org for more details. BHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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CARPENTER Skilled, productive, career-minded individual needed for permanent employment with high-quality, stable company. Excellent working conditions and benefits.

Northeast Construction, Inc. Stop by 1570 South Brownell Rd., Williston to complete an application. 802-862-8497.

7Dclassifieds.com Adult Outpatient Clinician/Flex/Bargaining Unit Adult Outpatient is recruiting a clinician to provide clinical services to elderly clients on a fee-for-service basis. Work would include assessment and psychotherapy with elderly clients in the community. Requirements: Substantial psychotherapy experience and familiarity with psychological issues of aging. LICSW/Medicare independent provider status required. Casemanagement experience a plus. Send letter of interest and resumé to Beth Rizzon, HCHS, 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington VT, 05401.

Looking for a challenging and interesting career working with the elderly? You will work with a talented staff of Gerontology experts from the Geropsychiatry team from FAHC and supported by the Howard Centers Eldercare Coordinator. This is a 30-hour a week position that could be scheduled over a 4-day work week. The position is responsible for providing on-site consultation/liaison, assessment and treatment services to persons with neuropsychiatric disorders residing in nursing homes as well as in the community. Other responsibilities include face-to-face and phone consultation to nursing home staff and other community providers, client crisis counseling as necessary. Psychiatric nursing degree, mental health degree or equivalent substantial nursing/mental health experience with emphasis on geriatric and seriously and persistently mentally ill population. LICSW preferred but not essential. Please send letter of interest and resumé to:

Beth Rizzon, LICSW, HCHS 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401 Bethr@howardcenter.org Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EEO/TTY

MARKETING PROJECT SPECIALIST Stowe, Vermont Primary Characteristics: Work closely with Sr. Marketing Manager to develop and implement integrated marketing plans for EverBank’s affiliate and direct marketing channels. Specifically: • Assist Marketing Manager in the creative development and execution of marketing initiatives, including inserts, print advertising, and direct mail. • Assist in interactive marketing functions, including search engine marketing, email marketing and online advertising. • Coordinate the scheduling of affiliate-related conferences and special speaking events. • Regularly measure, monitor, analyze and communicate marketing results. • Work with media vendors (print, online, direct mail) to ensure successful (on time and on budget) project completion. • Support all new product and/or distribution expansion strategies. • Ensure marketing deliverables adhere to all corporate brand strategies, messages and guidelines. Minimum Qualifications: • Proven ability to execute tactical marketing campaigns in a fast-paced environment. • Excellent communication skills with solid writing, editing, design skills and presentation abilities. • Project management expertise with strength in managing implementation plans and timelines. • Ability to track/analyze marketing campaign results and development of strategy implications. • Strong interpersonal skills and a dedicated team player. • Advanced working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Training and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field. • 3 to 5 years of marketing experience that includes communications design and campaign implementation • Interactive Marketing Experience a plus! • Experience in the financial services industry is preferred.

To apply today, send resumé and brief cover memo to luis.delvalle@everbank.com. No calls please. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Cathedral Square Corporation, a nonprofit organization providing housing and services to seniors throughout Vermont, is seeking the following:

Property Manager (part-time, 20 hours/week): He/she is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at the properties he/she is assigned to, including; staff supervision, budget preparation and oversight of expenses, creating a sense of community among residents, compliance of all regulatory requirements, tracking of rental payments and recertifying residents. A BS in Social Work, Business or related field is preferred. At least one year of experience managing properties and knowledge of HUD, LIHTC and other applicable housing regulations is preferred. Must possess good analytical and PC skills.

Maintenance Technician (full-time): He/she will perform a wide range of maintenance and custodial duties to maintain attractive properties (we own/manage 22 properties) for our residents including painting, apartment turnovers, HVAC, electrical and plumbing repairs, cleaning common areas, snow shoveling and landscaping. Must possess a high school diploma and one year of experience in property maintenance. Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to work at various sites. Must be able to lift 60 pounds and perform the physical activities associated with maintenance work. Performs on-call coverage as needed. CSC offers a competitive salary, excellent benefit package and a friendly working environment. Submit resumé or application to:

Human Resources, Cathedral Square Corporation 308 Pine St., Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: (802) 863-6661 • Email: jobs@cathedralsquare.org Equal Opportunity Employer

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EMPLOYMENT Childcare Assistant to help care for children ages 0-5 in accredited Williston program. 3 days/wk. until 5:30, 8 hours/day. Experience preferred. Must be nurturing, playful and reliable. Free training, paid sick/vacation time. Hours may grow over time.

Cover letter and resumé by April 7th to CCR, 181 Commerce St., Williston, VT 05495.

Night Audit 11pm-7am P/T or F/T positions available for friendly, motivated & responsible individuals to work at our front desk. Experience not required but prior customer service knowledge preferred. We offer: travel discounts, competitive wages, insurance and 401k.

Apply in person at 1285 Williston Rd., So. Burlington.

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NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following positions:

For the people…the place… the possibilities.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, VERMONT STATE HOSPITAL

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS/PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

CASE MANAGER Community Based Services has an opening for a Therapeutic Case Manager. Responsibilities include treatment planning and service coordination, in-home work with children and biological, adoptive and foster families, and supervision of community skills workers and foster parents. Strong communication skills and ability to set limits required. Must be a team player. Previous work with children with emotional/behavioral challenges desired. Bachelors’ degree in a related field required. Need a team player that is eager to help bring fun to the workplace. If you are interested in this position submit cover letter and resumé to:

CBS Program Director, NFI Vermont 30 Airport Road So. Burlington, VT 05403 EOE

Department of Tourism and Marketing PSYCHIATRIC NURSE II Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, VT is still Experienced a great place to work! Play an active Tell Vermont’s story to the world. professional part in our dynamic treatment team providing professional nursing care and treatment sought to lead the Department of Tourism & Marketing’s to mentally ill patients in a psychiatric setting. Requires RN with at least two years public and trade efforts. all media of experience. Start atrelations $24.47 to $29.13 per Responsible hour depending for on shift. Excellent relations in-state and and out-of-state; press release development; benefit package. Permanent per diem positions available. pitching targeted story ideas to regional and national media; PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN development of press trips and itineraries; management of Provide care to patients in a psychiatric setting. Openings for temporary Psychiatric media contact lists; and per support for Vermont’s international Technicians on all shifts. $12.59 hour plus applicable shift differential. To apply, Montpelier – Exempt, Full-Time. Apply public relation initiatives. please call Ms. Worcester at (802) 241-3127. by resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references To apply, interested should 6 use the online job to Sybil Chicoine, Deputy candidates Commissioner, Baldwin Street, application at www.vtstatejobs.info or contact the Department Montpelier, VT 05633. Application Deadline: 10/10/03. Personnel, Employment Services (800) 640-1657 Log onto of www.vermontpersonnel.org foratjob description. (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

We’re Hiring – Join Our Team! Member Ser vices Program Coordinator We are looking for a full-time “caretaker” for the members of the Co-op! Would you excel at maintaining, enhancing, creating and implementing programs to successfully recruit and retain members? We would prefer someone with a Bachelor’s degree and knowledge of natural and conventional foods; we require two years of experience with customer service, the ability to focus on Co-op goals and principles, demonstrated communication skills, and computer experience. This position plans and implements all membership recruitment, conducts new member orientation, contributes to monthly publications, maintains the member database, and develops and tracks the member worker program at the Co-op.

Community Outreach Coordinator This full-time position assists the Marketing & Community Relations Manager in promoting and enhancing member and customer involvement and education; developing and implementing community events and activities; and educating the community about City Market and cooperatives. The right candidate will have a proven ability to create, design, organize and follow through on community and promotional events, outstanding communication and customer service skills, and the ability to work independently. City Market offers fantastic benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement plan, paid time-off, mass transit reimbursement and much more! EOE

Check out our in-store job board (located in City Market’s entryway) for additional employment opportunities! Please come by the store and pick up an application from the Customer Service Desk or send your resumé to:

CITY MARKET Attention: Human Resources 82 S. Winooski Ave. Suite 2 Burlington, VT 05401 jobs@citymarket.coop

CITY MAR KET–HR 82 S. Wi no o sk i Ave ., Sui te 2 Bu r li ng to n, VT 05401 Jobs@ci t ym ar ke t.c o op

SOCIAL MISSION COORDINA TOR ( Sout h Bur lingto n) We are looking for someone who is interested in meaningful part-time work (24 hours/week) and is able to assist the Head of Social Mission by maintaining and extending the development of progressive values, socially responsible innovations and social mission strategies in Ben & Jerry’s business practices and decisions. Serve as a resource to the Head of Social Mission to drive commitment at all levels to values-led thinking and action as compatible with the Ben & Jerry Mission Statement. Experience in the field of corporate social responsibility and values-led business are a plus but not required. Excellent project management, computer and communication skills are necessary. We offer a progressive benefits package that includes lots of stuff. You will receive 3 free pints of Vermont’s finest all-natural super-premium ice cream and frozen yogurt per day! Be sure to check our Ben & Jerry’s website at www.benjerry.com/jobs for job descriptions and other openings, or call our Job Information Line at (802) 846-1543 x7584#. Please respond in writing or email jobs@benjerry.com or fax (802) 846-1520 with resumé, cover letter and salary requirements to: Be n & Jer r y’s H omema de , Inc . 30 Communit y Dr ive S outh Bur li ngt on, Ver mont 05403-6 828 AT TN: HR St af fi ng

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WWW.SEVENDAYSVT.COM Answer 3 trivia questions for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the game on April 6 at UVM’s Patrick Gymnasium.* Deadline: Friday, April 1 at noon.

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EMPLOYMENT The Essex Free Library is seeking applicants for a Cataloguer/Circulation Librarian who enjoy providing public service to patrons of all ages, like working in a team environment, are familiar with general library procedures and are comfortable with AARCII and MARC. Hours are WednesdayFriday, 10-5 and Thursday, 2-8. Pays $9-$12/hour depending on qualifications and experience.

TWO COMPANIES Maintenance Person Our property management company has an opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional. This full-time position requires experience in light carpentry, lawn care and some janitorial. A clean, valid driver's license is needed.

For an application and a job description, contact Debbie Houle at 81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 or 802-878-1341. EOE

Call Gail at 802-658-9469 x23.

NATURAL FOODS COOK Looking for proven food service experience and a passion for learning and teaching others. Full-time with benefits. Knowledge of natural foods, cost and recipe development necessary.

KITCHEN SUPPORT & SERVICE STAFF Starting team positions also available.

Email resumé to Laura Slavin c/o lauraslavin@hotmail.com or call 388-7276.

Northeastern Family Institute NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following position:

Assistant Program Director for the Group Home The Group Home is a six-bed co-ed long-term residential program that meets the needs of children with a variety of mental health issues. This position is responsible for sharing clinical, administrative and programmatic oversight. Please contact Tina Bleau, Regional Director at 802-658-3924, extension 619 for an interview. EOE

Bristol Bakery is taking applications for the following positions:

COUNTER HELP Are you intelligent, interesting, creative, funny, hardworking, self-motivated, happy, kind, attentive and cheerful? Neither are we! But, if you have any of these qualities and would like to work in a fun, flexible, creative environment, come and join the counter staff at the Bristol Bakery.

MORNING BAKER

Java Programmer Wanted Ground-floor opportunity for a self-starter. Experienced Java Web Programmer, 4-5 years experience, good interpersonal skills. Must have relational DB experience. MySQL, LINUX, VB6, JBOSS a plus. Please send resumé and salary requirements to:

jobs@medimation.com

Educator Vacancy ESSEX H IGH S CHOOL Essex High School has an anticipated opening for a full-time Latin teacher in the 2005-06 school year. Qualified candidate must hold (or be eligible to hold) a Vermont Educator license with a Latin endorsement. For additional information and to apply, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities).

Call Tom @ 453-4890 or t@clements.net

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BURLINGTON-BASED TOURING BAND seeks merchandise seller for Southeast/Midwest tour. Dates: 4/8-4/24, expenses paid. Call Neil, 802-373-6362. CAFE COUNTER HELP: Looking for prof., ambitious and personable team players. Unique café in a beautiful environment. Apply at Four Season Garden Center or email resumé to gardeneatin cafe@aol.com. CODY’S IRISH PUB & GRILL in Essex is looking for full and part-time prep cooks. Pay based on experience. Apply in person or send resumé to: 4 Carmichael Street, Suite 106, Essex, VT 05452 or fax (802)872-0990. CONSTRUCTION/SKI TECH: Are you looking for a career change or career advancement? Are you hardworking, good w/people and enjoy working w/a small group? Do you enjoy working outside in the summer and in a ski service shop in the winter? If this interests you, call David, 864-6370. NS.

COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS is looking for an enthusiastic, detail-oriented Accounts Payable Clerk for our fastpaced and fun accounting department. The ideal candidate will have basic accounting skills, accounts payable, spreadsheets and computerized data entry experience, and of course, good math skills. Great chance to learn and grow professionally. Please apply at our Factory Store in Vergennes, or send, email or fax your resumé and letter of interest to: COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS, INC. P.O. Box 240, HR Dept. SD298, Vergennes, VT 05491. jobs@chp.com or fax 802877-1229. DOGGIE DAYCARE now hiring! Athletic, hardworking individuals. AM shift avail. and outside positions avail. Apply in person. Rte. 59, Industrial Ave., Williston.

needed for a community service, nonprofit organization with 35 users. If you are mission-oriented, possess excellent customer service skills, have experience with Microsoft Office, Windows 2000 or XP Professional, and Windows 2000 or 2003 Server, we’d love to speak with you. Certification in Microsoft technologies is preferred. This is a full-time exempt position with excellent benefits. Send your resumé by April 4th to Mary Burns, YMCA, 266 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401.

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Come bake bagels and pastries with our creative, fun and exciting baking staff. Work from 3 AM to 10 AM two to five days a week. You must have transportation, be responsible and have a passion to learn.

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FLOWER SALES, PLANT MAINTENANCE AND NURSERY WORK: Sales training provided. Honest, hardworking, motivated individuals only. Organic, refreshing environment. Oakwood Farms, Essex Junction. Please call Rosemary, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., 878-7587. HELP WANTED: Earn extra income assembling CD cases at home. No experience necessary! Start immediately! 800-688-0295 ext. 870. www.easywork-greatpay.com. (AAN CAN) JS GARDEN DESIGN is looking for PT landscape help. 865-9869. LANDSCAPE LABORER/ OPERATOR: Machinery experience helpful, license a must. Duties to include sitework, trucking, garden install, etc. Call Matt, 363-5019. LANDSCAPE MASON: Individual with experience in dry-laid stonewalls and flagging sought. If you are interested in working with a medium-sized company on exceptional projects on a year-round basis, please call Matt at 363-5019.

Howard Center for Human Services Crisis Clinician, Full-time: Seeking Master's level mental health clinician for mobile psychiatric crisis team. Full-time position is a four-day work week, with excellent benefits. Focus is on assessment and triage for adults in the community, office or over the phone. Resumé by 4/13/05 to: Jim Huitt Howard Center for Human Services 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY.

MANAGER OF ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE Gallery: Challenging part-time position. Must have strong organizational and administrative skills, proficiency developing and following budgets, working with volunteers and displaying artwork. Computer skills, grant writing experience desired. Send resumé to Art on Main, 25C Main St., Bristol, Vermont 05443. Call Cassandra, 453-4334 with questions. MOTIVATED PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST needed. Some nights and weekends. Call Moon Studio Day Spa. 985-9949. PRINT SALES: High energy, experienced PrePress/ Printing sales person for local, growing company. Requires dependable vehicle. Great benefits. Send resumé and cover letter to sales@nehomes.com. RETAIL PART-TIME: Sales, decorating advice. Retail experience needed. Some schedule flexibility. Tempo Home Furnishings, Essex, 879-2998.

SALES ASSISTANT: Hampton Direct, www.hampton direct.com, seeks full-time Sales Assistant to support its sales department. Responsibilities include maintenance of company sample room and assisting merchandising department as needed. A high school degree and two years of related experience are required, as well as basic computer skills. Send resumé to jobs@hamptondirect.com. SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL careers: Good Point Recycling provides electronics recycling services across the Northeast. Join our local team of motivated individuals addressing worldwide concerns. Two positions open: Class B CDL truck driver, and/or computer testing and sorting (degree preferred). Part-time or fulltime. Applicants must be able to consistently lift 50 lbs. Call 802-382-8500 or send resumé to PO Box 1010, Middlebury, VT 05753. Visit our website, www.goodpoint.net. Women and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.

TAPERS NEEDED with residential experience. Call 802752-7767. VERY MERRY TRAVELING THEATRE seeks summer intern to work with children and teenagers on set and prop design/construction. Must be quick, imaginative, hardworking, drive/own car and love children. Send inquiries to wcopp@ idnit.com. WORK AT HOME: Earn $450-$1500 monthly parttime, $2000-$4500 full-time. www.positive5.com. 256268-0010.

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