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ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT? After reading Peter Freyne’s “hypothetical” about Peter Clavelle’s press conference and its non-coverage by WCAX [“Inside Track,” August 18], I couldn’t help but laugh. It seems Freyne’s own press coverage is as selective as WCAX’s. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to see Peter Camejo speak at the Waterman building at UVM. Camejo is Ralph Nader’s running mate. So, you might think the local media might show some interest, right? Not really. No one from the local media was at the talk Camejo gave in spite of them being notified of the event. I was told Channel 5 did an interview earlier but that was it.

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CANNABIS KUDOS Kudos to Ken Picard for his excellent article [“Leap of Faith,” August 18] about Peter Christ and his crusade to end prohibition. I have been an active anti-prohibitionist since ’67 and met Peter at an anti-prohibition rally I helped organize in Burlington back in the early ’90s.

Our first drug prohibition (against alcohol) gave us crime, corruption and violence. Four years after ending alcohol prohibition, the government created a new prohibition against marijuana, with other drugs being outlawed at various other times.

The results, as Peter Christ points out, are more widespread drug use, arrests and money wasted than ever, and a widespread disrespect for law enforcement.

For those of you who didn’t hear Peter Christ of LEAP, the Vermont Cannabis Coalition is pleased to announce that he will be speaking at the Unitarian Church in Burlington on 10/26 at 7 p.m.

I’ve tried to educate people about the evils of prohibition and the benefits to be accrued from utilization of the cannabis plant — first as an individual, then as founder of the Vermont Grassroots Party, and currently as founder of the Vermont Cannabis Coalition.

If you don’t understand why we have prohibition and spend $155 billion annually in the War on Drugs, I urge you to listen to Peter Christ’s message in October. In the

meantime, check out www.Vt CannabisCoalition.org and other national organizations that speak the truth about this all-important issue that affects our foreign, energy, environmental, criminal justice, health care, education and taxation policies.

Prohibition has never worked and never will. It’s a waste of money and lives and is just plain wrong.

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BOSSED AROUND The letter by Michael Lyman of Burlington [August 18] regarding union protection struck a familiar chord. At my last employment, I was subjected to malevolent behavior perpetrated by my supervisor and condoned by management. Two months short of 15 years of service, I had to resign in order to recover from stress-related ailments caused by working in such conditions. The type of behavior inflicted upon me, and on countless others in our workforce, could be punishable if it occurs on the street or in the home.

Essentially, assault is intent to inflict harm, and it frequently happens on the job. Moreover, no one is held accountable for committing such despicable conduct in the workplace.

The treatment I received [at my workplace] was as reprehensible. I expressed my concerns to management about how unprofessionally my case was handled by their employee. Much to my chagrin, management displayed no intention of giving me a fair hearing, regardless of the conduct of their employee. Again, no one was held accountable for blatant misconduct.

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MAIN STREET VALUES Sadly, Peter Freyneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Track,â&#x20AC;? August 18] presented, in my opinion, two women and a company that were void of human respect, empathy and sensitivity to the stresses and struggles that typify the human journey. This could not be further from the truth. Lisa Steele is an atypical philanthropist. Many of you out there know exactly what I mean by this fact. Lisa finds hidden ways to give to and support the communities and causes that surround her worldwide. Lisaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nature is one of utter empathy and appreciation of all peoples, their ambitions,

their conflicts and triumphs. She is painfully aware of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;human conditionâ&#x20AC;? and is ever willing to cause positive change by giving of herself in ways beyond measure.

Perhaps due to the longevity of our friendship, many people, through the years, have brought Lisaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generous spirit to my attention. Either they, their organization or a friend has been encouraged and/or supported by Lisa.

Caring, not callousness, inclusiveness, not exclusiveness, warmth not aloofness exude from Lisaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being. She is the personification of these virtues.

Likewise, Main Street Landing constantly aspires to be an exemplification of these same practices.

M.S.L. clearly affirms on its website that they are dedicated to â&#x20AC;&#x153;individual empowerment and social well being.â&#x20AC;? This is not the statement of selective, inflexible â&#x20AC;&#x153;leaseholders.â&#x20AC;?

These are two women, Lisa Steele and Melinda Moulton, who are proven, willing and dedicated to provide opportunities to individuals and businesses with commonalities in vision. These are facts. Mr. Freyne might try researching the same.

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HARD TO BEAR In last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue of Seven Days [August 25] there is an ad placed by Green Mountain Animal Defenders warning about the inherent cruelty to animals and dangers to the public of traveling wild animal shows. I am writing to alert readers to Bear Mountain, one such new act at the Champlain Valley Fair.

The Bear Mountain show is described as having bears in â&#x20AC;&#x153;natural-looking settingsâ&#x20AC;? (as â&#x20AC;&#x153;naturalâ&#x20AC;? as a painted backdrop in a play) and also described as being â&#x20AC;&#x153;educational.â&#x20AC;?

If educational means teaching families, children and other fair-goers that bears should be deprived of all their natural tendencies, be imprisoned most of their lives in small cages traveling around the country and be forced to wear tutus and ride bicycles for our entertainment, then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a frightening notion of education.

Additionally, this act totally ignores the need for public safety.

Having worked with bears in my job, I am thoroughly aware of the damages and even death that these animals can inflict when frightened or angered, whether or not they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;tamedâ&#x20AC;? and raised by humans in captivity or caught in the wild. Wild animals who are forced to entertain the public day after day for years often are beaten into submission or have their claws and teeth surgically removed, the pain of which leads to other behavioral problems. Trainers and audience members are killed annually by supposedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;tamedâ&#x20AC;? wild animals in traveling animal acts who finally snap.

Please do not attend Bear Mountain at the Champlain Valley Fair and write to the financial sponsors, Hood at consumeraffairs@ hphood.com, to voice your concerns that this act is cruel and needlessly endangers the lives of the fair-going public.

Burlington City Council is currently considering an ordinance to ban traveling wild animals shows from performing in Burlington, in order to insure public safety and send a message that this city will not tolerate needless animal cruelty.

Please call your City Councilor and ask him/her to support this ordinance.

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It would be a great public service if Seven Days were to investigate this issue in depth. The report of what they find going on in cubicles and workstations would be an interesting as well as disturbing read.

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ast Thursday, the Vermont Water Resources Board, chaired by a Jim Douglas appointee, issued a unanimous decision halting the construction of one of the apples in Gov. Scissorhands economic development eye: the 151,000-square-foot Lowe’s Home Center in South Burlington.

Along with promising to build the Circumferential Highway, Candidate Douglas vowed in 2002 to end the permit impasse over construction in impaired watersheds, an impasse which had been holding up construction of the Lowe’s big box.

Candidate Douglas also branded the Conservation Law Foundation, www.clf.org, an “extremist” outfit for daring to complain about the Circ’s outdated environmental impact statement and the rivers of polluted stormwater that would run from Lowe’s construction site into Potash Brook and Shelburne Bay. Damn environmental extremists! Don’t they realize pollution can be good for Vermont in certain cases?

In the wake of the WRB decision halting construction, the first reaction from the Douglas administration was to stick up for Lowe’s. Environmental Commissioner Jeff Wennberg immediately took the big-box chain’s side and declared the polluter did not have to stop construction activity right away because they had 15 days to appeal.

And so, with the blessing of Vermont’s environmental agency, construction continued in the rain Friday, and the pollution continued flowing into already-impaired Potash Brook as if Thursday’s WRB decision did not exist.

“Call me naive,” said CLF Attorney Chris Kilian, “but I thought state officials would take the WRB ruling seriously. I didn’t expect the response would be to wait 15 days.

They’re just not serious about enforcing the ruling.”

He’s got a point, eh?

“The Agency of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Conservation,” said a stunned Kilian, “are much deeper in the pockets of developers than I ever imagined.”

By Tuesday, reality had set in. Wennberg told Seven Days he had “made a mistake” last week when he said Lowe’s had 15 days to appeal the WRB decision. Instead, he released a letter telling Lowe’s to cease any construction work by Thursday. Meanwhile, he said, Lowe’s can apply for a proper permit and the agency will be happy to help them get it as quickly as possible.

“This decision isn’t the end of the world,” said Wennberg. “Certainly I see this as an unwelcome delay from the standpoint of Lowe’s perspective.”

From Lowe’s perspective?

The question is, why is Vermont’s environmental commissioner so concerned about the polluter’s well-being rather than the environment’s well-being? Have the foxes completely taken over the task of guarding Vermont’s environmental henhouse?

Unfortunately, the Lowe’s debacle does not stand alone. Rather, it reflects a trend in environmental management by the Douglas administration. Remember the Circ?

Candidate Douglas used its stalled construction as a campaign issue. He then got President George W. Bush to put the highway project on the “fast track.”

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Gov. Douglas then refused to discuss the concerns of Circ opponents and ramped up the construction timetable, ignoring the fact that the federal court case would not be decided until a week after construction was supposed to start. Talk about big cohones, eh?

As we all know, U.S. District Court Judge Bill Sessions halted the Circ project in May for lack of an adequate environmental impact statement. It was as if the Douglas team never contemplated the possibility it was wrong.

Now Lowe’s big box, like the Circ Highway, is indefinitely delayed because neither project was abiding by the environmental laws of the land. You’d think the governor of Vermont, a state with a pro-environment image, would be defending environmental laws rather than ignoring them.

Think again.

Which brings us to the Democratic candidate for governor, Peter Clavelle.

Remember him?

Clavelle has apparently decided that he will be elected governor if he can convince enough voters he will get them cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. Health care is his biggest and, so far, only issue.

Unfortunately, informed sources say Mayor Moonie is lagging behind Gov. Scissorhands by as much as 20 points in recent polling. Clavelle can talk health-care reform until the cows come home, but it’s not going to close a 20-point gap.

Jim Douglas is too slick, too good at covering his bases. In fact, he’s already taken away much of Clavelle’s health-care steam by supporting Attorney General Bill Sorrell’s lawsuit against the FDA. So what was candidate Clavelle’s response to the Douglas administration’s environmental embarrassment regarding Lowe’s last week?

Ready for this?

Clavelle didn’t have a response. No press conference. No statement. No criticism of his opponent’s second instance of getting caught on the wrong side of environmental laws.

Instead, on Monday, Candidate Moonie hopped in his environmetally friendly Honda and drove to Rutland to speak to the Rotary.

Not even the Rutland Herald covered his little speech. You call this effective campaigning?

Imagine for a second that Bernie Sanders, rather than Peter Clavelle, was the gubernatorial challenger this year. Can’t you just picture Ol’ Bernardo standing outside the governor’s office holding the WRB decision in one hand and a pair of handcuffs in the other?

“Either enforce our environmental laws and stop the polluters,” we can imagine Bernie screaming, “or I’m going to put these handcuffs on you, Governor!”

It’d be the lead story on Ch. 3 and Ch. 5, front-page news in the Freeps, and people would be talking about it for weeks.

Instead, back in the real world, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate is strangely silent in the face of the incumbent’s environmental disgrace.

Clavelle’s handlers insist they have a plan, or, as they call it, a “path” to victory.

However, with 60 days left to Election Day, they’ve certainly done a good job of concealing it, eh?

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Crime Doesn’t Pay Japanese police reported that more than 400 counterfeit 1000-yen banknotes turned up in vending machines in Saitoma Prefecture. The notes, each worth the equivalent of $9.10, are easily identified as bogus by the human eye, but they fool older vending machines. According to the Asahi newspaper, investigators are puzzled by the counterfeiter’s motive

Why Cruise Ships Need Starbucks A woman was thrown overboard into shark-infested waters after she refused to give breast milk to passengers sailing from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico who became stranded at sea for nearly two weeks without food or water. More than 40 of the 86 migrants, who each paid $450 to cram into the small wooden boat, died after their captain abandoned them.

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Passing the Buck After a passenger train plunged off a bridge in western India, killing 20 people and injuring around 100, India’s railways minister denied any responsibility for this and other accidents plaguing the world’s largest train network. Laloo Prasad Yadav declared that the fate of its 13 million daily passengers rests with the Hindu god of machines. “Indian Railways is the responsibility of Lord Vishwakarma,” Yadav said. “So is the safety of passengers. It is his duty, not mine.”

Wheel of Misfortune After “Dean of Melbourne” was chosen to be a contestant on the Australian version of “The Price Is Right,” he won $2500 and earned the right to spin the $100,000 super showcase wheel. Unfortunately, the handle of the wheel swung back and cracked Dean in the head. He continued playing until host Larry Emdur noticed blood running down his face. “I was seeing stars for a while,” Dean recalled.

“They took me out back and tried to control the bleeding until the ambulance came.” Dean received five stitches, and the episode was re-recorded from the point of the incident with his wife, Lynette, in his place. Emdur explained the switch by telling viewers only that there had been “an accident.”

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• Samuel McClain, 35, and Michael Johnston, 47, were charged with reckless conduct “due to the blatant disregard for public safety” after McClain, who is blind, drove a golf cart through the winding streets of Peachtree City, Georgia, for two miles before hitting a parked car. Accompanying McClain were his guide dog and Johnston, who police said gave McClain directions even though he was “admittedly under the influence of alcoholic beverages.”

Civility’s Revenge The French Consulate in New York warned that disrespectful Americans will not be given visas to France or any other European Union country. “Visas for France are not a right,” a sign posted at the consulate declared. “Persons applying for visas are expected to show due respect for Consular personnel. Failure to do so will result in the denial of the application and denied entry into any of the EU countries.”

A week after the Washington Times reported the sign’s posting, it noted that the sign had been removed but that French officials reaffirmed their policy of denying visas to rude Americans. “We can decide who gets a visa and who does not,” Natalie Loiseau, a press attaché at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., said, adding, “Just recently, we had an incident where a visa applicant did not like the questions being asked of her, and as such, punched one of our consular officials.”

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Republican National Convention delegates who back the party platform’s marriage-amendment plank, take note: Gay and lesbian couples who join in civil unions tend to be more traditional than their gay and lesbian friends who don’t. They’re more likely to share bank accounts, own a home together, visit their in-laws together and send joint holiday cards.

Those are some of the findings of the first-ever demographic study of gay and lesbian couples who entered into civil unions in Vermont between June 2000 and June 2001. The research, conducted by University of Vermont psychologists Sondra Solomon and Esther Rothblum, compared more than 300 civil-union couples to 200 married heterosexual couples and 200 unwed gay and lesbian couples. The threeyear project involved more than 1500 participants and examined couples’ attitudes about love, religion, monogamy, childrearing and other domestic issues.

Among the study’s more interesting findings: About 80 percent of the gay couples in civil unions were from out of state, which made their unions little more than symbolic gestures. Also, all gay and lesbian couples surveyed — those joined in civil unions and those who weren’t — had higher levels of education than their married hetero counterparts.

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That’s about the extent of the learning experience. During the 20-minute performance, two trainers dressed as Canadian Mounties — incidentally, Bear Mountain Wildlife Encounter is based in Dallas, Texas — walk the bears around a ring in muzzles and flowered collars, make them ride bicycles, jump hurdles, shoot hoops, walk on barrels and climb stairs on their front paws.

Burlington Unitarian minister Gary Kowalski equates it to circus freak shows that once featured two-headed calves and bearded ladies. “It’s really a dated notion of what wild animals are and what they have to teach us,” says Kowalski, a proponent of the ordinance to ban from the Queen City live-animal acts that use elephants, exotic cats and primates. “It teaches children a bad lesson. They don’t really learn anything about nature, environmentalism or conservation by watching bears ride a bicycle or elephants walk in a circle holding each other’s tails.”

Another backer of the ordinance is Jodi Harvey, Burlington’s animal-control officer.

One reason? On an evening earlier this year, Harvey was called to Hunt Middle School when an outfit called Understanding Wildlife, Inc., put on an “educational” event that included the display of African servals — exotic bobcats that are illegal in Vermont. According to Harvey, the exhibitor broke numerous other state and federal laws, including displaying exotic animals without the proper permits and allowing children to handle boa constrictors, which can transmit various zoonotic, or animal-to-human, diseases.

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Department later filed numerous charges against the exhibitor, and Harvey was deputized — the whole process consumed a week of her time. But because she learned of the performance only hours before it began, Harvey was largely powerless to stop it. Why? “How can I seize and take into custody these types of animals?” she asks.

Harvey faced a similar dilemma several years ago with a 500-pound bear that was on display in Burlington’s Leddy Park Arena. She recalls being appalled by the conditions in which the animal was kept.

“He was in this box of a cage, the sun was beating down on him, and you could see that he was miserable. If that was a dog or cat, I would have owned that animal right then and there, and the owner would have been charged. But what do I do with a 500pound bear?”

Of equal concern, she says, is the potential for one of these animals escaping. She says her department has neither the training nor the equipment to capture an escaped wildcat or a rampaging bear or elephant.

But James Hall, Bear Mountain’s handler, says his animals come from six generations of captive bears and are as docile as dogs. As for the 10-foot security fence, he says, “It’s to keep people out, not the bears in.”

I asked an Essex police officer watching the bear show what his plan was, should one of the bears get loose. He just shrugged.

“The only thing that ever got loose at the fair was a bull,” he says. “And he got hit by a car.”

How reassuring.

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But some local animal advocates question the exhibit’s educational value and say it’s nothing more than a circus act — like the ones they’re trying to ban in Burlington over concerns about public health and safety and the ethical treatment of animals.

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was the only cab waiting when the Montréal bus pulled into the terminal. This was unusual for a busy Friday afternoon, but many of my colleagues were out of the area transporting concertgoers to the Phish festival in Coventry.

The town was hopping in anticipation of this event, and Burlington — the band’s primordial pool when they were mere minnows — was the unofficial staging ground for arriving fans. Good old Nectar’s was transformed into a holy shrine as the visitors had to experience firsthand the place where it all began. For us locals, it was like watching pilgrims in Jerusalem paying homage at the Stations of the Cross.

As a local hack I had a strategic decision to make: Would or would I not transport Phishheads to Coventry? Cabbies were getting upwards of $200 for the run, but traffic tie-ups near the concert site were delaying up cars for hours. I decided to stay local.

I’ve been trying to practice nonviolence with my problematic customers.

The first person to approach my cab wanted to go to the DMV on North Avenue. He got in the back seat and, as I was loading his suitcase into the trunk, another man came up to me. He wore a cream-colored suit, baseball cap and expensive-looking running shoes. In my mind, I imagined that he was a Silicon Valley executive. Not that I had any basis for this career identification — I just had this picture of how a guy like that would dress.

“Who do I call to get a cab to the airport?” he asked. His tone was neither gruff nor pleasant — just flat.

“Well, I can take you there. It’s about two now; what time is your flight?”

“It’s at five.”

“I’m taking this other guy down North Avenue. It’ll be about 10 minutes out of your way.”

“All right,” he said with all the enthusiasm of a kid about to get a flu shot. He handed me his one piece of luggage and added, “What, is there only one cab in this town?”

I immediately stepped back. “Look, it’s up to you,” I said. “Go ahead — call another cab if you want.” Some days, and this was one of them, I have a very short fuse for the disgruntled. Take me or don’t take me, was my attitude, but just don’t bitch about it.

“I’ll take you,” he said and got into the front seat. His passive-aggressive attitude made me want to slap him.

We swung around Battery Park and passed the police station. The radio was playing the “Al Franken Show,” billed as the left-wing answer to Rush Limbaugh and his ilk. I tuned in more for the comedy than the politics; the guy has his political agenda, no doubt, but he’s also very funny.

It was at this point that I noticed my seatmate was about to boil over, like an unattended pot of Wheatena just before it erupts all over your stovetop.

“Not only do you take me entirely out of my way, but we gotta listen to this crap?”

“Why am I not surprised you dislike Al Franken?” I countered. This was a weird response on my part, but there you go.

“I don’t give a fuck which guy it is; I don’t need some dickhead telling me what to think.”

OK, Jernigan, I said to myself before continuing the “dialogue.” Now he’s dropped the F-bomb. Either I roll back, or who knows where this confrontation will go.

I reached over, switched off Al and said, “Hey, man, I did tell you you’d be going 10 minutes out of your way.”

“Ten minutes, my ass. We’ve already gone 10 minutes and we’re still heading away from the airport. So give it a rest, ‘man’.”

He had me there. I was taking him closer to 20 minutes out of his way, but then again, the guy’s flight was not for three hours. I considered offering that up as my next volley, but thought better of it.

Instead I said, “You’ll be at the airport by 2:30 in any event.”

We arrived at the DMV, and the customer in the back paid his fare with a large tip. I sensed he felt sorry for me. That made two of us.

Silicon Man and I continued on to the airport in silence. I think at one point I asked if he wanted some music. He turned and shot me a look of disdain that would crumble a statue, which I took to mean, “No, thank you. Thanks for asking, though.”

I’ve been trying to practice nonviolence with my problematic customers. Some days to merely refrain from slugging someone is challenge enough. I’m also grappling with the less obvious aspects of nonviolence, such as the effect of my words, or even my thoughts.

So I took a couple of deep breaths and let go of any notion of removing this guy’s intestines, or any other important internal organ. I considered his perspective — for me an unbelievably difficult exercise, particularly when I’ve already decided I don’t like a person. The truth is, I did lie to the man about the length of the delay, and just maybe he would have preferred spending an extra 20 minutes at the airport instead of with me.

“You know what?” I said, breaking the silence as we approached the terminal.

“That made sense what you said about all these talk shows trying to tell us what to think. I never thought of it that way.”

Unbuckling his seatbelt, he said, “It’s killing the country. We’ve become a population that’s forgotten how to think for itself.” For the first time I believe I heard the man’s normal, nonstressed speaking voice.

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Dear Cecil, I have heard that diamond prices are held at an artificially high price by the De Beers company and that many Africans live a life of despair and poverty while mining diamonds.

What is the truth about the diamond market? Most important, can I use it as an excuse for not buying diamond gifts for my wife?

— Gregg Barr, Lenexa, Kansas Far be it from me to get involved in family arguments, but I bet if your wife knew the real story she’d prefer her next gift to be a nice socket-wrench set. Diamonds are a con, pure and simple. The topic is vast, so we won’t discuss worker exploitation or, for that matter, “blood diamonds” used to finance African wars. Instead I’ll focus on whether diamonds are worth the exorbitant sums charged for them. Answer: of course not. Prices are kept high by a cynical cartel that preys on vanity and stupidity.

More than 20 years ago journalist Edward Jay Epstein wrote the definitive exposé of the diamond business, initially published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1982 and subsequently as a book, The Rise and Fall of Diamonds.

Epstein, it must be said, is a conspiracy buff, but his research on diamonds is pretty credible. His central contention is that diamonds have little inherent value; their perennially high price is solely a function of clever promotion and ruthless manipulation of the market.

You ask: Isn’t that true of any high-value product?

Nope. Take gold, a true commodity in the sense that it’s fungible, as the economists say — like quantities of gold are freely interchangeable. Gold’s purity can be readily assayed and it’s indestructible for practical purposes, making it a reliable store of value. Even now that the world has abandoned the gold standard, gold’s price has held up well on the open market.

Not so with diamonds. Despite the hype, diamonds aren’t forever; they can be damaged or destroyed. The value of diamonds varies widely depending on grade and,

despite efforts at standardization, is basically arbitrary — experts often disagree sharply on the worth of a particular gem. Sure, the same can be said of paintings or other collectibles. The difference is that the world diamond market is largely controlled by a single private enterprise, the South Africa-based De Beers cartel.

The geniuses behind De Beers recognized early on that a stable, profitable diamond industry depended on controlling both supply and demand. De Beers rarely discovers new sources of diamonds; rather, it focuses on controlling existing ones, limiting production and, if necessary, buying up surplus gems and stockpiling them to prop up the market. It sets prices arbitrarily and cuts off supplies to dealers who buy through unauthorized channels.

On the marketing side, De Beers hired advertising firms, starting with N.W. Ayer in the late 1930s, to render axiomatic the idea that diamonds = true love. De Beers and Ayer didn’t invent diamond engagement rings but did rescue a fading concept — in 1932 worldwide diamond sales had been only $100,000. Ayer’s ploys ranged from planting news stories about newly betrothed celebrities flaunting big rocks to positioning diamonds as heirlooms, preventing the market from being flooded with secondhand goods. (The market for used diamonds is dismal, by the way.) The campaign worked — U.S. wholesale diamond sales increased from $23 million in 1939 to $2.1 billion in 1979. The J. Walter Thompson agency performed a similar miracle in Japan in the 1960s, essentially creating a tradition of diamond engagement rings out of thin air.

Throughout all this, De Beers has successfully fended off threats due to political upheaval, competing producers and even the U.S. Justice Department (the firm recently paid a $10 million fine to settle an antitrust case). The big challenge today is synthetic diamonds. In a widely noted article last fall, Wired magazine reported on two start-up firms, one in Florida and the other in Boston, that had begun manufacturing gem-quality artificial diamonds.

Synthetic diamonds have been available since the 1950s and are commonly used in industrial abrasives, but until now have made little headway in the gem market due to prohibitive manufacturing expense. Supposedly the new artificial diamonds, particularly those made by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), are both cheap to produce and, unlike knockoffs such as cubic zirconium, are virtually indistinguishable from natural diamonds, even in the lab.

So, the jig’s up for De Beers, right? Maybe, maybe not.

The last chapter of The Rise and Fall of Diamonds, entitled “The Coming Crash of 1983,” described a scenario in which a concatenation of factors, including a flood of diamonds from new mines in Australia, would trigger “the final collapse of world diamond prices.” It didn’t happen — although De Beers did lose market share — and Epstein has omitted the chapter from the online version of his book. De Beers has dodged plenty of disasters in its history, and I’d hesitate to write the final pages yet.

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bearded prospector panning for gold shimmers a few feet away from a Tyrannosaurus Rex that raises and lowers its big, toothy head. The images appear animated but don’t actually move. There’s merely the illusion of movement. They are holograms: in this case, three-dimensional pictures produced with laser light on photographic film, then laminated to sheets of clear acrylic or glass. Part of the mystique is that they’re only visible when directly illuminated. Their “creator” is John Perry, 60, a Massachusetts native who founded Holographics North two decades ago this summer.

Essentially a one-man operation, the Burlington-based company boasts a client list that includes Chrysler, Pratt & Whitney and, by association, Buckingham Palace.

Much of Perry’s work is used in commercial endeavors. But he also helps artists “sculpt with light,” as he puts it. Other projects are geared to educational exhibits — that prospector was for a museum in California’s Gold Rush country. Another dazzling example of the technology hangs from the ceiling at Perry’s sprawling basement lab on South Union Street. The 34-by38-inch hologram imagines, in multicolored glory, John Perry what “the dark matter of the universe” might look Holographics North like, based on a computer simulation done at the Burlington Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico.

Before Perry fell in love with holograms, he was smitten with stars. He’s been teaching astronomy since the early 1970s. A conversation with him can range from fanciful musings about life on other planets to pure science. But his pragmatic explanations often have a certain lyricism: “Light waves from the sun or a bulb are like an angry mob rioting,” Perry notes. “But a laser is like a well-ordered march.”

COREY FELLER JP: It’s a niche market, and large holograms are very labor-intensive because none of the equipment is mass-produced. We’re the pioneering equivalent of [19th-century frontier photographer] Matthew Brady, but, luckily, I don’t have to carry my stuff anywhere.

SD: How did you get into this field?

JP: In the 1960s I was a physics major at Pomona College in California. I went on to get a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Rochester. My plan was to go into astronomy and, parenthetically, stay out of the Vietnam War. I met my wife Barbara [now a Burlington City Councilor representing Ward 6] there. She was an undergraduate. In 1971 we moved to Strafford, Vermont, and had our kids — two boys, who are both engineers.

SD: When did you relocate to Burlington?

JP: In 1979. I had been commuting to Castleton State to teach photography and to UVM to teach photography and SD: What’s the next step?

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JP: The first step is to put a subject, like anchored 14 feet down into the ground.

SD: How? the guy dressed up as a prospector, on a turntable that rotates slowly. We shoot SD: It’s obviously more complicat- JP: In 1980 I invited two Toronto artists to show their holograms on campus and hold 200 frames with a continuous roll of ed than using a Fuji Quicksnap! workshops, which sold out. I had to borrow 35mm black-and-white film in a speJP: The holographic film has a very cialized camera. To get a master, we high resolution. It’s 44 inches wide and equipment from the physics department. I then use a laser beam to make another comes in gigantic rolls. The images can was able to offer a holography course. I went to Canada and studied with some 200 exposures with that continuous roll go up to 3.5-by-6 feet, with unlimited punky guys in the summer of 1981. After onto a long strip of holographic film. depth. This lab is known for making that, I set up a lab at Living/Learning. I’d That’s an eight-hour process done large-format holograms, a process we never done this kind of thing before. It was overnight, when there are fewer vibradeveloped to shoot live things, animareally exciting, but I was figuring it out as I tions in the building or from the traffic tions or photographs. We’re the only outside. The biggest difficulty is if any- one working on that scale. Our nearest went along. I was only staying ahead of my thing moves during the exposure time. competition can do only 24-by-30 inch- students by three or four weeks.

When that happens, we lose the micro- es. We make bigger holograms than SD: You still teach, but when anybody in the world. scopic pattern that is the hologram. did academics make room for Other subjects can be created, animated commerce? and rotated in the computer.

SD: Why don’t other companies JP: Pratt & Whitney gave me a contract follow suit? to make a hologram of a jet engine for

the Paris Air Show in 1984. I began to set up this space, bought some very basic equipment and hired about eight of my students. I had confidence I could do it, but wasn’t sure how. It was a leap of faith.

SD: And other gigs followed. . .

JP: Yes. To date, I’ve worked with maybe 50 artists around the world and with a lot of educational exhibits. For the St. Louis Zoo in 1988, I did a Homo sapiens in five different stages of evolution. A hologram titled “The Visible Woman,” which shows organs and veins, has been at the American Museum of Natural History in New York since about 1990.

SD: More recently you captured Queen Elizabeth in 3D? JP: I was in England four weeks ago to install an image of her in Buckingham Palace. I’m working with a British artist on this. In November the hologram will move to a castle in Edinburgh. I’m hoping we’ll have a private audience with the Queen at that point.

SD: How much do holograms cost?

JP: They range from a few thousand dollars to, maybe, $20,000 for a complex project.

SD: Would you ever need to retire from this career?

JP: It’s pretty physical, crawling on my hands and knees to set up the optics and load big pieces of film. But I’m OK. I play soccer twice a week.

SD: Do you consider holography an art or a craft?

JP: Well, it’s a lot of science and a lot of business. I rarely produce images just for myself anymore. But I’ve exhibited some of my work at the South End Art Hop for the last two years and probably will again this month. I’m thinking of showing the dark matter of the universe. m

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You see, politics is all about appearances. It’s also about balls.

The Nasty Boys do not lack for balls.

Environmentalists in Vermont do not think of Jim Douglas as a champion of renewable energy. If anything, they see him as an obstacle.

But that didn’t stop Mr. Grossman from trying to rent the Solar Bus — www.solarbus.org — as the Gov’s vehicle of transport for a campaign swing around the state.

The Solar Bus is a 1982 Crown Super coach that’s been refitted and refurbished by Gary Beckwith of Richmond. The bus is actually an education project on wheels, designed to promote renewable energy.

Beckwith told Seven Days that Mr. Grossman called him up and inquired about using the bus on a Douglas campaign tour. Great visuals, eh?

Beckwith asked for a little time to do some research on Gov. Douglas’ record on renewable energy before agreeing.

Needless to say, a little research was all it took to learn that Gov. Scissorhands is no champion of renewable energy.

Beckwith said he quickly learned of Douglas’ opposition to renewable-energy portfolio standards, wind-energy development and much more.

“My conclusion,” said Beckwith, “was that Gov. Douglas hasn’t done anything for renewable energy.”

Last week he wrote the Douglas campaign to inform them the Solar Bus would not be available for campaign events.

Hey, maybe Clavelle could use it?

Oh, right. I forgot. The environment’s not an issue for the Clavelle campaign. It’s all health care, health care, health care.

Never mind.

GOP Convention Update — Republican National Committeeman Skip Vallee tells Seven Days he was out partying into the wee hours of Tuesday morning with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Gasoline Vallee said he was going into an unidentified private event at 1 a.m. as Rudy was leaving.

“He said he had to get up for a live 6 a.m. interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer,” said the impressed Vermonter.

Earlier in the evening, Vallee and the Vermont crew had been practically held prisoner in a Broadway theater. Protesters crowded the front door as the show ended, “verbally assaulting” the Vermont and Iowa Republican delegates trapped inside. Vallee also said there were “roving little hooligan-like gangs harassing people verbally on the street.”

Asked if members of the Vermont delegation have been cussed out on the sidewalks of New York, Skip said that “usually

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As they should be, eh?

Vallee also confirmed reports that Rutland Herald/Times Argus reporter Claude Marx had somehow managed to lose his convention credentials. Skip said that Mr. Marx “claimed his credentials have been stolen.”

He also said the Vermont delegation would do whatever it could to get Groucho access to the convention floor.

Later Mr. Marx confirmed that his press passes for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday’s sessions had been swiped at the hotel when he “left them unattended for three minutes.”

Marx told Seven Days Tuesday afternoon that he was able to convince the GOP press office to issue him another set.

“Situation solved, thankfully,” said Groucho.

World Trade Update! — Six weeks ago, we broke the news that the Douglas administration was about to shut down the Vermont World Trade Office.

This week it became a done deal. Director Brad Broadwell has been let go and the VWTO operation, according to Commerce Secretary Kevin Dorn, has been “brought inside.”

Broadwell confirmed his departure but declined further comment.

The reason for the switcheroo, explained Douglas administration officials, is the loss of the annual federal grants that provided most of the office’s funding. Ryan Labbe (Lah-bay) has been appointed the interim executive director of the state’s new world trade operation. It will be run out of the Montpelier office of the Department of Economic Development.

Mr. Labbe praised the “good graces” of Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy in securing the grant money over the past decade, but lamented that the funding had not made the VWTO self-sustaining.

The new world trade operation, said Labbe, will include a state partnership with the state Chamber of Commerce and the Burlingtonbased Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. “Expect to see more collaboration among the stakeholders,” said Labbe.

Labbe, 29, told Seven Days that despite his lack of international trade experience, he feels “pretty well-qualified” to run the newly reconstituted VWTO. One of Labbe’s most interesting qualifications, we’ve learned, is that the South Carolina native was the college roommate of the Boy Wonder himself — Neale Lunderville!

Lunderville, who just turned 30, served admirably as Douglas’ campaign manager in 2002. Neale is calling the campaign shots again this time, too as director.

Lunderville’s young “partner in crime” in 2002, Jim Barnett, is now chairman of the Vermont Republican Party. And like Lunderville and Labbe and Grossman, Mad Dog also graduated from American University.

What are they teaching at American University?

Because, whatever it is, it’s working in Vermont.

Political Tie — Democrat and Republican lawmakers, office holders and others squared off in a softball battle with hardball conse-

quences last weekend at Centennial Field. Guess what?

No winner. The game ended in a 5-5 tie.

And Republican shortstop, Rep, Doran Metzger, ended up on the injured list after a nasty spill while chasing a fly ball in short left.

“There’s an inning or two missing that I don’t remember,” DoranDoran told Seven Days. Rep. Metzger said he got checked out at the ER after the game and by Monday was feeling like his old self.

Last year, Republican Rep. Rick Hube busted a rib in the political “softball” contest. And this year, Republican Rep. Kurt Wright sustained a bloody gash on his knee while sliding home.

Seems like the Rs are injuryprone, eh?

P.S. Speaking of Kurt, the lone Republican in the Vermont House from the People’s Republic of Burlington has a new job!

Rep. Wright, formerly known as Kwik Stop Kurt of Kerry’s Kwik Stop fame, has landed a new job as a mortgage loan officer at Saffire Mortgage in Williston.

Good luck, Kwik Stop.

Radio Ratings — The Arbitron Ratings are out and, for the first time in a while, something’s changed: Howard Stern’s WIZN audience has suddenly skyrocketed!

For example, in the 25-49-yearold demographic, the one that best matches Seven Days’ readership, the Howard Stern audience has more than doubled to take a 22 percent share of the audience.

It’s the first time in a long time that country music giant WOKO hasn’t dominated every demographic. WOKO got a 15 percent share.

WXXX was third with 7.6 percent.

For all listeners 12-plus, WOKO remains #1 with a 15.9 share.

WIZN’s Stern, however, is a close second overall with 13.7 percent of the morning drive-time audience; WXXX came in third.

Howard Stern’s popularity is suddenly increasing on the local airwaves. What does it mean?

Maybe the end of the world is closer than we think, eh?

By the way, tune into the Wizard every Tuesday afternoon after 5 o’clock and Wednesday morning during “The Howard Stern Show” for yours truly’s preview of the upcoming “Inside Track.”

Belly Up! — Progressive Party Lite-Gov candidate Steve Hingtgen has raised the bar on Vermont campaign tactics. He’s deliberately campaigning in bars!

Hingtgen told Seven Days he registered 10 new voters in CharlieO’s in Montpeculiar the other night.

The big questions for a pol on the bar circuit, said Steve, are, “Where do you stand on smoking?” and ”What do you think about the alcohol tax?”

“The correct answer is supposed to be, ‘I don’t encourage either,’” he said.

Hingtgen defended the daring campaign tactic by noting, “Bars and taverns are part of Vermont’s social environment. Besides,” he said, “I enjoy a cold beverage.”

Interesting, eh?

Going after the drinker vote.

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t 10 o’clock Friday morning, August 20, in the Williston studios of Vermont Interactive Television, Matt Holland was waiting for his first face-to-face encounter with genocide. An engineer in the control STORY room asked Holland to test his audio levKEN els, so he recited a snippet from an PICARD Abraham Lincoln speech. In front of him, two TV monitors and a video camera IMAGE would soon put us in the middle of a TIM GATES/ refugee camp in eastern Chad, just across 2 MUCH the border from Darfur, Sudan.

MEDIA Holland is an organizer with TrueMajority, which co-sponsored this live teleconference, along with the interfaith nonprofit group Faithful America.

Both organizations are trying to get the United States government to focus on the world’s most devastating and long-ignored humanitarian crisis. The American media, they contend, haven’t devoted enough time or resources to covering the ongoing disaster in Sudan, where war has raged off and on for the last 35 years, claiming more than two million lives and displacing four million others.

In just the last year and a half, the government-sanctioned violence has escalated to genocidal proportions, with the current death toll estimated at more than 100,000. But while the international community has responded with meager and largely ineffectual gestures of protest — a United Nations deadline for an end to the bloodshed came and went last weekend — human rights groups on the ground report that the widespread and systematic killing, raping, burning and looting of innocent civilians continue on an almost unimaginable scale.

Desperate to ignite a more emphatic U.S. response, TrueMajority and Faithful America hastily raised $46,000 from their membership and sent a video crew into neighboring Chad — a threeman team working for the educational

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In addition, Global Nomads coordinated a live teleconference August 27 linking Sudanese refugees with some 20 schools around the United States,

an online community of progressive religious groups that emphasize social-justice issues. Faithful America’s previous work has been more international in scope than TrueMajority’s. For example, in June the group sponsored an ad on Arab television stations in the Middle East condemning the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison and expressing solidarity with the Iraqi people.

ese refugees stared back at us silently.

“Burlington, can you guys see me and hear me all right?” asked Mark von Spanek of Global Nomads Group.

“Loud and clear,” said Holland. “Go ahead.”

After the usual three-second satellite delay, von Spanek introduced himself and explained that they were inside Breidjing camp, the largest refugee camp on the Chad/Sudan border. “As

While the international community has responded with meager and largely ineffectual gestures of protest, human rights groups report that the widespread and systematic killing, raping, burning and looting of innocent civilians continue on an almost unimaginable scale. including three schools where students could directly question the refugees and aid workers. As Faithful America’s codirector Ricken Patel puts it, the goal was to “close the moral distance between the suffering in Darfur and the people of the United States.”

This teleconference was a departure from the usual projects of TrueMajority, the left-leaning advocacy group started by Ben & Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen. In the past, the Internet-based nonprofit has focused primarily on domestic issues, such as getting out the vote and documenting the impacts of excessive military spending on social programs and public education. Similarly, Faithful America is

While we waited for a satellite link to be established, Holland recounted what he’d heard thus far from the crew in Chad. “The aid workers were adamant about this being worthwhile. They don’t want to waste any time,” Holland explained. “It’s getting to be rainy season there, so disease is becoming a real problem. And there are tens of thousands of people crowding into the camp, so I don’t know what to expect.”

Suddenly, the face of a young, blondhaired man with a microphone appeared on the TV monitor. Seated on the ground beside him were four Sudanese men in white robes and a young African woman.

Surrounding them, hundreds of Sudan-

I’m sure you can understand, there’s a lot going on here, so time is limited.

You can start by asking —” Suddenly, the screen went blank.

From the control room, Linda Brownell of Vermont Interactive Television let out a loud groan. “Oh, God!” she said.

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It took another 20 minutes for the crew in Chad to reestablish the satellite link, but Brownell was already gushing with excitement. Usually, Vermont Interactive Television handles more routine tasks — training seminars for plumbers and real-estate agents, continuinged classes for nurses, out-of-state depositions >> 20A

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for attorneys and so forth. Brownell sees the Chad project as an ideal use of a relatively inexpensive technology — bringing people together from remote corners of the globe.

“This is so cool!” Brownell said.

“I’ve been to Paris and Germany, but I’ve never been to a refugee camp before. And you don’t have to get any shots.”

At 10:40, von Spanek and the refugees reappeared on the screen. He quickly introduced two international aid workers, Shruti Mehrotra of Oxfam International and Philippe Durriere of CARE. Durriere, Breidjing’s camp manager, spoke in a thick, almost incomprehensible French accent, but there was no misunderstanding the scale of his responsibilities. Breidjing camp was built to accommodate 18,000 people, he explained, but is now burgeoning with more than 45,000. An additional 200 to 300 “spontaneous,” or unexpected, refugees arrive there every day, most of them women and children. Only about 12,000 or so have been housed in tents — the rest are living in makeshift shelters constructed from plastic sheeting.

Another refugee camp is under construction nearby, but it could be another month before it’s completed, Durriere said.

Next, Mehrotra told us how she and the other aid workers — there are only a few dozen in the camp — were racing to provide the new

into Chad. A cholera outbreak in the densely populated camp, Mehrotra said, could utterly decimate the population.

While the aid workers described their predicament in blunt terms, the Chad-based video crew switched to a second camera that was panning the camp’s interior. At one point, the pixilated image focused on a group of Sudanese women adorned in neonhued dresses of pink, orange and green. The festive colors were a stark contrast to the trauma evident in their faces and the misery enshrouding them.

As the camera focused back on von Spanek, he explained that the two aid workers were just called away on an emergency. So he introduced Alhaj Abdallah Adam, an older African man dressed in a white turban and robe that appeared remarkably clean and bright, considering the circumstances. Through an Arabic translator, Adam explained that he is an elder from a village in Darfur called Toulouse, which until December was home to some 2400 people. In November, Toulouse was attacked and burned by the governmentbacked militia, the “Janjaweed.”

The colloquial Arabic term means “armed bandits on horseback,” but is sometimes translated as “evil ones.”

We have the possibility of a cholera epidemic and we’re running like mad to make enough latrines to prevent a huge outbreak.

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arrivals with even rudimentary supplies, such as food, water, clothing and cooking gear. Since most of the refugees were driven from their homes with little or no warning, many arrive with just the clothes on their backs, and some not even that. In total, more than 100,000 Sudanese have crossed the border into Chad this year. Oxfam predicts that two million people in this barren and usually sparsely populated region will need food aid in the coming months.

The timing of this crisis couldn’t be worse, Mehrotra said. For one, the start of the rainy season has created a potentially deadly sanitation problem. When Oxfam first arrived, there were already 30,000 refugees in the camp but only 183 latrines. Oxfam is now trucking in emergency water supplies. “But that said, the sanitation system here is still a nightmare,” Mehrotra said.

“We have the possibility of a cholera epidemic and we’re running like mad to make enough latrines to prevent a huge outbreak.”

Compounding the problem, many of the refugees arrived already suffering from dehydration, malnutrition and diarrhea after spending weeks in the bush without food or water before crossing

In Arabic, Adam frenetically recounted how in November the Janjaweed killed 16 of his neighbors, stole their animals and burned their homes. The villagers fled into the forest but returned once their assailants were gone.

However, on December 10, the Janjaweed returned, killing 30 people and burning and looting their homes. This time, Adam and the other villagers fled across the border into Chad. It took them several weeks to reach the refugee camp.

Of the 2400 residents of Toulouse, only about 100 made it to Breidjing camp. The rest are still unaccounted for, he said.

Next, von Spanek introduced a soft-spoken 15-year-old boy named Awadallah Oumer Abdalla.

Reportedly, it’s rare to see young men his age in the refugee camps, since most are either killed or forced into military service. Abdalla said that the Janjaweed killed his grandfather and both his parents.

Then, typical of the Janjaweed’s scorched-earth policy in Darfur, they uprooted the garden, cut down the fruit trees and destroyed the water supply.

Abdalla said he spent 60 days hiding in the forest before arriving, naked, in the refugee camp. When

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Holland asked what we can do to help him, he simply replied, “We want our rights.”

After talking with Abdalla, we met Salima Yacoub Ahamed, a young woman dressed in an orange scarf and caftan. Her eyes were half-closed and she nervously looked away from the camera.

A fly crawled across her face but she either didn’t notice it or didn’t care. Fielding questions from Holland, she talked about how life in her village was good until the Janjaweed killed her mother and grandfather. Although she was reunited with her father in the camp two months ago, her husband remains missing somewhere in Sudan.

Ahamed spoke in a tribal dialect, so her words had to be translated first into Arabic, and then into English. The interview was slow going, and at first it seemed that something was getting lost in the translation.

Afterwards, von Spanek offered an explanation. Ahamed was surrounded by men and apparently was too embarrassed to answer some of our questions. Then the village elder began speaking: “The government attack them and many of the children dead,” he said through the Arabic translator. “The government, when attacking the village, they have very, very violation. Violation of the girls and the women.”

Despite the translator’s broken English, the young woman’s horror was unmistakable.

Von Spanek then informed us that we had to wrap up the interviews. It was after 5 p.m. in Chad and the aid workers and the video crew had to leave the camp and return to their secure compounds before nightfall.

Why? “Imagine a situation where you have a lot of desperation,” von Spanek explained. “One has to be careful.”

On Wednesday, August 25, TrueMajority and Faithful America kicked off a “National Day of Conscience” on the Sudanese genocide by holding a telephone press conference for journalists from around the world. Among the featured speakers was Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

He reminded reporters that this manmade catastrophe in Sudan didn’t begin yesterday or even last year. It has been going on for decades, in plain sight of the world and with utter impunity.

But even though President Bush has yet to mention the Sudanese crisis in a public speech, and the United Nations has not formally declared it genocide, Americans cannot sit idly by while the killing continues.

“Nothing is worse for the prisoner in his or her cell, for the forlorn child in the forest, for the hungry mother unable to feed her children, than to know that they are abandoned, that no one cares,” Weisel said. “We feel compelled by our own humanity to sensitize others to our collective moral imperative, which is to tell the Sudanese victims, ‘You are no longer alone.’” 쩾

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Different Strokes On Lake Champlain with aquatic activist Christopher Swain

hristopher Swain has swum through raw sewage, remnants of nuclear waste and the brown-liquor broth of toxic pulp-mill discharge. So plying the southernmost waters of Lake Champlain would seem like a day at the beach — except for those STORY pesky plants. Invasive water chestnuts SARAH have taken over the surface and created a TUFF wet, goopy net with spiky pods that jab at Swain’s wetsuit and feet. Then there are IMAGE MATTHEW the sinuous tendrils of the equally invasive THORSEN Eurasian water milfoil that reach up from the bottom to grab his legs.

To follow Swain’s “It’s like being wrapped up in progress threads of soaking wet silk,” says Swain, up Lake who is swimming the length of Lake Champlain, visit Champlain as part of a one-man enviswimforclean ronmental protest. In the water off and water.org. on, the 36-year-old Colchester resident expects to pass by the Burlington area the week after Labor Day. Today, in weedy Whitehall, he’s trying to surge forward in a freestyle stroke, popping up every once in a while to see a potato chip bag float by, or a bobbing soda bottle. Sometimes he thinks about his swimming style, about emulating Australian Olympian Ian Thorpe’s splayed-finger feel for the water. But it’s hard to be graceful under

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such conditions. Though armored against the elements with goggles and a special skin cream, he cannot help but taste the water as he breathes. “It tastes like plants — as if you put a bunch of botanicals in the water,” Swain says.

“Plants, mud and gas if a boat goes by.

September, when he plans to reach the Québec border. And there he could run into another plant: a blue-green algae bloom, fed by human activity, that’s begun to strangle the water.

On the surface, Swain’s story — the one being covered by often-smirking

earlier this summer — where he vomited, got diarrhea and swam alongside discarded washing machines and snowmobiles. Less than a month after toweling off from the Hudson, Swain took the plunge again.

To fathom this behavior, it helps to know where he’s coming from, and where he’s going. Swain first acquired a taste for the water growing up in Gloucester, Massachusetts — where he learned to sail — and along the Connecticut River, which he rowed while at Wesleyan University. Hoping to pursue pediatric oncology, he began quizzing his former pediatrician and other doctors on the day-to-day realities of dispensing Western medicine. “I had a really difficult time finding happy general practitioners,” says Swain.

He turned instead to traditional Asian medicine, attracted by its theories

He tackled the 1243-mile Columbia River in Oregon and the 315-mile Hudson earlier this summer — where he vomited, got diarrhea and swam alongside discarded washing machines and snowmobiles.

And I smell pungent cow shit.”

With The Dixie Chicks’ song “Goodbye Earl” stuck in his head, Swain counts his strokes up to 600, and then starts again. Today he got to 6403 — four miles. Only 170,000 more strokes to go until the end of

news crews — is this: He’s an acupuncturist, an environmentalist and a father of two girls, and he swims through achingly long and disgustingly dirty stretches of water. He tackled the 1243mile Columbia River in Oregon in 2002-2003 and the 315-mile Hudson

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In the summer of 1995, while still in grad school, Swain stumbled upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948 and was supposed to be disseminated among member nations.

“I was like, ‘Where’s mine? I didn’t get one,’” says Swain, astounded that such a document had slipped away from the public. “So I walked across the state with a flaming torch,” he says.

He bought as many declarations from the UN as he could afford, finagled free copies from sympathetic Kinko’s employees and trudged across Massachusetts from Great Barrington to Gloucester.

Once he got past the mistaken labels — Olympian, crazy person, criminal — Swain managed to distribute 10,000 copies. Not bad, he thought. “But the biggest thing that bugged me was how hot it was, with the flame and the burning sun.” That’s when he got the idea to swim.

Swain also realized he could use the media to help deliver his message on human rights, so he picked a very public pool: the lower 200 miles of the Connecticut. Sure enough, the morningshow crews showed up. “They were like, ‘Is something wrong with you, dude? Are you wearing women’s underwear in your wetsuit?’” recalls Swain. He endured their questions, and blurted out the phone number of the UN

Swain, who confesses to driving an SUV, says he respects the work of nonprofit activists, but that being “a desk jockey” was not for him — “telling people what they ought to do, what they ought to protect, and not getting out there and getting wet.” So he began swimming again, battling the stink, the sludge and the stares, and along the way stopping to talk with thousands of school kids and question hundreds of lumberjacks, hunters, anglers and birdwatchers. He also rattled a few Portlanders who questioned his method; one newspaper columnist criticized his pattern of moving from cause to cause and from place to place.

“You can always find someone who thinks it’s a crappy idea, so you’re going to take hits,” says Swain, pointing out that during his 13-month swim of the Columbia, new story angles dried up and reporters began digging up what little dirt they could find. “You do become a lightning rod, and part of that is that I want to get invited to talk in the schools, I want to rally town meetings, get people to show up at trash clean-ups.”

By most accounts, Swain accomplished what he set out to do: get folks talking and thinking about their relationship with the Earth. He hopes that will have a trickle-down effect on people’s daily decisions and, eventually, the health of the water. “What’s going

breaks for a snack — Organic Valley string cheese, Annie’s cheddar bunnies, Tiger’s Milk bars. He gargles with hydrogen peroxide before eating to clean the gunk out of his mouth. Though the crew has brought camping gear, they try to bunk with sympathetic strangers along the shore at night, so they can talk about the lake.

“People say, ‘Why are you still swimming?’ and I want to know where people get stuck” around solutions, says Swain, suggesting that the Columbia and Hudson rivers and Lake Champlain have something in common. “What draws us to the water and to these natural places?… If you’re in a relationship, you’re invested, and if you’re invested, protection and restoration take care of themselves. If you have kids, you don’t wonder if you would protect them or look out for them… you figure it out,” Swain continues. “You have a vision of yourself trying and you try. You’re not going to get stuck on how.”

“Certainly the work that he’s doing is good for all the watershed groups,” says Colleen Hickey of the Lake Champlain Basin Program. “There are issues I imagine Chris will bring to people’s attention: the reduction of phosphorous, the potential for toxins and the aquatic nuisance species he’s certainly going to run into. And when he gets to Missisquoi Bay, there will be

Every 20 minutes, Swain breaks for a snack — Organic Valley string cheese, Annie’s cheddar bunnies, Tiger’s Milk bars.

He gargles with hydrogen peroxide before eating to clean the gunk out of his mouth. publications office when he came up for air. By the end of that summer — whether flooded by Swain-inspired calls or just catching up with the times — the UN had replaced the person at the number with an answering machine. He looks thoughtful when he asks rhetorically, “Did I harm or did I help, or did it have nothing to do with me at all?”

Some have asked similar questions about Swain’s swims. In 1999 he moved to Portland, Oregon, his wife’s hometown, and became fascinated with the Columbia River. The waterway features big waves and big wind, and holds a mythical place in the minds of many locals. “There is the river that everyone wants to talk about, which is the river that Lewis and Clark found,” says Swain. “But the reality is just a freak show… from a contamination perspective. I was like, ‘What the hell, why is there this gap?’”

Swain also knew, from his Connecticut River experience, that people were ready to talk about what’s in the water, but that the bickering among various constituencies — environmentalists, corporations, loggers, outdoorsmen — was failing to actually restore the river to its original clarity.

on with a river or a lake is not economics, it’s not environment, it’s not a scientific thing,” suggests Swain. “It’s a relationship thing. It sounds goofy and fuzzy and warm, but what I’m searching for is the place where people connect with each other and with the places they live and how that works.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer, but I’m looking for it.”

Last April, Swain continued his search closer to home: He and his family moved to Colchester, Vermont. He was planning already to swim the Hudson, in June and July, but didn’t know he’d take on Lake Champlain, too, in August. But when his daughter Rowan’s swimming lessons at the Malletts Bay beach were cancelled because of “friggin’ fecal coliform,” Swain got mad.

He talked to his wife, rallied a pair of Oregon buddies to become his crew, and issued a press release. Swain dove into Lake Champlain last week.

Once again, news crews showed up, filmed his splash in the lake and drove away, leaving behind a solitary man swimming next to an aluminum boat puttering along with a 4-stroke motor.

Every 20 minutes, Swain

issues of the blue-green algae.”

Caused by an abnormally high level of nutrients from farm runoff, water-treatment plants and other sources such as dishwasher detergent, the current blue-green algae bloom is a scummy sight and has effectively shut down summer water recreation for many residents along the lake’s upper shores. And swimming through it? “I can’t even imagine,” says Hickey.

Though Swain has handled plenty of horrible surprises on his swims — yellow goop weeping from his eyes on the Hudson, for example — his route is planned to circumvent the bloom, as it contains deadly toxins that could quickly pull the plug on his plans.

Once his fingers graze the northernmost tip of Lake Champlain, he’ll return to Colchester and think about what to do next.

“It’s got to be close to home and it’s got to mean something,” says Swain, whose eyes begin to tear up when he talks about the benefits of his extraordinary avocation. “I believe in what I’m doing, and I love my daughters and my family, and I want things to be better… I am so lucky to have moments, a few times a month, when I feel like I might do something to help.” 쩾

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Great Dane oms the world over would bristle to know a comedian like Dane Cook is on the loose. The poster boy for Attention Deficit Disorder, his slaphappy, scatological humor could drive the nation’s youth to deadly distraction with video games, caffeine, even sex. Hmm. Maybe not. But the young comedian is a force to be reckoned with.

Recently anointed “Hottest Comic” in Rolling Stone’s annual “Hot” issue, Cook is packing the clubs and climbing the charts with his new CD, Harmful If Swallowed. His brand of absurd and often physical comedy seethes with an over-the-top energy that is sometimes a little spooky. With Dane Cook, containment is not an option. He spoke with Seven Days in advance of his appearance at the University of Vermont this Monday. Brace yourself for a storm of comedic inanity.

SEVEN DAYS: You come from a large family. Did they ever question your career path? What do they think about your “wild” comedy lifestyle?

DANE COOK: Nope. My fam is totally supportive of what I do. When I was a kid and told my mom I wanted to be a stand-up comic she beat the shit out of me for 90 straight minutes before finally wiping her brow and giving me a “go for it” head nod. That is the way my whole family has been ever since. I tell them I am doing a television show, it’s a 90-minute group beat-down before they spray me with Silly String and sing, “I’m a Slave 4 U.” Yeah, it’s a bit strange, but hey, isn’t every family a bit on the odd side? I love those abusive mongrels.

SD: Comedians are notorious lone wolves. Do you fit that bill? Do you have an entourage? Do you drive yourself from gig to gig?

DC: Wolf is a great example, because oftentimes after a show I hustle off into the woods where I hunt for food and scream at the night skies. I also travel with a full entourage. I even have a medieval hooded beheader named Chris that I keep just in case someone gets a little outta hand and might need their noggin lopped off. I do drive myself, and the entourage follows me in a pickup truck.

SD: You’re a young guy with a shitload of energy. How do you wind down from your act if you’re stuck in a no-horse town?

DC: No such thing. I get off stage and it’s right into my underground lab/gym.

I work out and in between reps I mix potions and elixirs trying to come up with a formula that will morph me into the funniest half-man-half-lizard-halfmy-neighbor Rick. I think what is confusing is that I have three halves and one is already a real guy that lives next door.

I did steal some of his DNA while he was napping in a hammock, though, so I

am hoping to clone him and distribute him worldwide. I should ask him if that is cool first. Oh, well. I also eat tons of soup. That is a great way to chill after a show. Three pints of piping-hot chicken noodle soup with extra broth.

SD: Your humor contains a lot of physical comedy. Do you have a background in any other stagecraft, or were you always throwing yourself around?

DC: I think that I need to add some more physicality to my show. I oftentimes am up there thinking, I’m like a fucking weed here. My dream is to someday actually rip off my right arm and with my left swing it around my head screaming, “I am a human helicopter!”

SD: Do you want a TV show?

DC: Sure. But only if it can be seven minutes long with nine commercials.

SD: How do you keep a routine fresh night after night?

DC: Simple. I pray to the devil and he gives me all the dark world power I need to bring original laughter to the masses. When all else fails. Satan. Satin, too. Some new satin sheets also fill me up with a fresh, funny feeling. If I wrap myself in satin sheets and pray to the Lord Satan, that is like a perfect night.

And if I am driving in a Saturn while

wrapped in satin and praying to Satan … wow … that is like jerking off on the merry-go-round. Nothing makes ya giggle more, baby.

SD: Many of your contemporaries have taken a political bent with their comedy — the angry, edgy, social-critic kind of style. Your stuff is refreshing in the sense that it almost seems like a throwback to a more innocent age of stand-up. Was this choice deliberate, or is it a natural extension of your personal sense of humor?

DC: I’d like to think of my routine as a riddle of emotional politics blended with a grounded left-wing/right-wing Fox News-ish slant. But more of a right down-to-earth, in-your-face, verbal, willing rape of your soul with a splash of blue color, I getcha right up my alley, how-doyou-do-get-the-f-bomb-off-my-lawnbefore-I-call-the-MIBs on you. Or I guess I don’t think about it at all. I just want to make you laugh until a rib cracks. I wish to be like a cold glass of cola. Refreshing start to end. If you like me, drink me, and if you don’t, suck my straw.

SD: You have an awesome metal scream. Would you consider joining a Judas Priest cover band?

DC: No. I will leave that to the gays.

SD: Do you think there’s any hope for humanity?

DC: I sure hope they are out there. I sometimes stare at the night skies wondering if they are out there.

SD: Have you ever trashed a hotel room? Do you collect the tiny soaps?

DC: I once trashed a tiny soap in a hotel room! I smashed it with my fist and rubbed it all over the toilet bowl before breaking it in 2 pieces! Then I threw the tiny soap off the balcony down to the pool. I woke up the next day and I was a little embarrassed. I did, however, pay for all the damages to the soap.

I told my family and they proceeded to beat me for 90 minutes until I lost three of my nine senses. Then they ducttaped me in a chair, where they made me watch hours of VH-1. That is a nightmare of epic proportions. That channel is like herpes. Once you have it, you have to deal with it from time to time.

Actually, that was a bad example. I need better analogies. Hmmm. I will get back to you with a better, funnier analogy in a little bit. If I don’t, I just could not think of anything else and I am sorry for my horrible analogy. But I do forgive myself. I am wrapped in satin in my Saturn praying to Satan now, so I am in a good place. m

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stringent than the original,” one in every three people worldwide will live in slums within 30 years. That’s a bigger threat to democracy and global stability than alQaeda and international terrorism.

2. Ashcroft vs. the humanrights law that holds corporations accountable

In late July, more than 600 people showed up in Monterey, California, to speak at a Federal Communications Commission hearing on ownership concentration in the news media. The participants were a diverse group — young and old, activists and workers — but they had a single, consistent message: The mainstream news media were doing a deplorable job of covering the day’s most important stories.

That’s no surprise: Consolidation of the media in the hands of a few corporate Goliaths has resulted in fewer people creating more of the content we see, hear and read. One impact has been a narrower range of perspectives. Another is the virtual disappearance of hard-hitting, original, investigative reporting.

“Corporate media has abdicated their responsibility to the First Amendment to keep the American electorate informed about important issues in society and instead serves up a pabulum of junk food news,” says Peter Phillips, head of Sonoma State University’s Project Censored.

Every year, researchers at Project Censored pick through volumes of print and broadcast news to see which of the year’s most important stories aren’t receiving the kinds of attention they deserve. Phillips and his team acknowledge that many of these stories weren’t “censored” in the traditional sense of the word: No government agency blocked their publication. And some even appeared — briefly, and without follow-up — in mainstream journals.

But, according to Project Censored, every one of this year’s picks merited prominent placement on the evening news and the dailies’ front pages. Instead, they went virtually ignored.

This year’s list speaks directly to the point FCC critics have raised: Stories that address fundamental issues of wealth concentration and big-business dominance of the political agenda are almost entirely missing from the national debate. Here are Project Censored’s Top-10 stories that have been relegated to the most obscure corners of the media world.

1. Wealth inequality in the 21st century threatens economy and democracy As the mainstream news media recite the official line about the nation’s supposed economic recovery, a key point has been missing: Wealth inequality in the United States has almost doubled over the past 30 years.

In fact, the Federal Reserve Board’s most recent Survey of Consumer Finances supplement on high-income families shows that, in 1998, the richest 1 percent of households owned 38 percent of the nation’s wealth.

The top 5 percent owned almost 60 percent of the wealth.

“We are much more unequal than any other advanced industrial country,” New York University economics professor Edward Wolff told Third World Traveler.

But that’s just part of the problem.

“Most Americans believe we take from people at the top to benefit those below,” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter David Cay Johnston said in a BuzzFlash interview. But our tax system is actually set up such that “People who make $30,000 to $500,000… give relief to those who make millions, or tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year.”

The United States is not alone: Today, almost one-sixth of the world’s population — 940 million people — “already live in squalid, unhealthy areas, mostly without water, sanitation, public services or legal security,” wrote John Vidal in The Guardian. A recent UN report predicted that, absent drastic change to reverse “a form of colonialism that is probably more

For decades, the United States has trained right-wing insurgents and torturers, toppled democratically elected governments and propped up brutal dictatorships abroad — all in the interest of corporate profits. But rarely are the agents of repression ever held accountable for the brutal cycles of poverty, subjugation, environmental destruction and violence they leave in their wake. Indeed, many foreign tyrants go on to enjoy plush retirement right here in the United States.

But recently, lawyers have found a way to seek at least a modicum of justice for victims. The Alien Tort Claims Act, a 215year-old law originally passed to prosecute pirates for crimes committed on the high seas, allows non-citizens to sue any individual or corporation present on U.S. soil.

Human-rights lawyers have pursued 100 cases under ATCA since 1980. Defendants have included former high-ranking government and military officials from El Salvador, Guatemala, Argentina, Paraguay, the Philippines (including ex-president Ferdinand Marcos), Indonesia, Bosnia, Ethiopia and elsewhere. And although the law can be used only to pursue monetary damages rather than prison time, it has often resulted in victims being awarded millions. However, the perpetrators sometimes flee the country rather than pay up.

Ten years ago, victims began using the act to go after corporate profiteers, too: It was thanks to ATCA, for example, that Nazi Holocaust survivors were able to seek redress from the Swiss banks and companies that profited from the slave labor of concentration-camp internees during World War II. But Attorney General John Ashcroft’s Justice Department has set its sights on the act, claiming in a brief last year that the law threatens “important foreign policy interests” associated with the war on terrorism.

Yet hardly a word has been written in the mainstream media about the Bush Administration’s attack on the one, main legal recourse left in the U.S. for victims to seek redress for human-rights violations.

3. Bush Administration manipulates science and censors scientists Tampering with data that threatens corporate profits is much more widespread under Bush

than we’ve been led to believe. And the Environmental Protection Agency has emerged as one of the administration’s primary targets.

One of the first White House moves — on the very day Bush was inaugurated — was to fire engineer Tony Oppegard, the leader of a federal team investigating a 300million-gallon slurry spill at a coal-mining site in Kentucky. “Black lava-like toxic sludge containing 60 poisonous chemicals choked and sterilized up to 100 miles of rivers and creeks,” wrote environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy in The Nation. The EPA dubbed it “the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the Eastern United States.”

Bush then appointed industry insiders to top posts at the EPA in charge of mine safety and health.

• A week after the EPA released a study to Congressional staff about the toxic effects on groundwater of hydraulic fracturing — a process of injecting benzene into the ground to extract oil and gas, used by Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney’s old company

the following: below-normal semen counts in men in U.S. farming communities, high incidences of prostate cancer and grotesque deformities in frogs when present “at onethirtieth the government’s ‘safe’ three parts per billion level,” wrote Kennedy.

The Administration has also suppressed scientific findings on global warming in a dozen major government studies over the past two years, according to Kennedy.

The problem isn’t limited to the EPA. In fact, government interference in scientific research has gotten so bad that 60 of the country’s top scientists — including 20 Nobel laureates — issued a statement last February citing the ways the Bush Administration has distorted scientific data “for partisan political ends” and calling for regulatory action.

Dozens of scientists have been willing to blow the whistle — normally, a reporter’s dream come true. But news coverage hasn’t come close to reflecting the gravity of the problem.

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DU. “If the use of NDU indicates experimental application of new nuclear weapons, as the UMRC suggests, then it should alert the public that proliferation of small nuclear weaponry, proposed for some future use, has in fact already begun,” wrote Stephanie Hiller in Awakened Woman.

At the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan in Tokyo last December, a team of attorneys from Japan, the U.S. and Germany indicted President Bush on a number of war-crimes charges — among them the use of DU weapons. Leuren Moret, president of Scientists for Indigenous People, testified that a U.S. government study conducted on the babies of Gulf War I veterans conceived after the soldiers returned home found that a full two-thirds suffered from serious birth defects or illnesses, including being born without eyes or ears, or with missing or malformed organs or limbs. In Iraq, Moret said, the defects are even worse — images of war that we never see on the evening news.

The Bush Administration’s Healthy Forests Initiative essentially entails granting logging companies access to old-growth trees — and then subsidizing them for brush clearing. And even the giant sequoias that former president Bill Clinton sought to protect by creating a 327,000-acre national monument in the Southern Sierra Nevada just four years ago are at risk of being logged at a rate of 10 million board-feet of lumber per year — a higher rate than allowed on surrounding national forest lands — in the name of “forest management.”

All in all, the Bush Administration has launched the greatest giveaway of public natural resources in more than a century. Yet few in the mainstream media have bothered to analyze these plans and put the lie to the Administration’s rhetorical manipulations.

6. The sale of electoral politics The Help America Vote Act required that states submit their blueprints for switching

Government interference in scientific research has gotten so bad that 60 of the country’s top scientists issued a statement citing the ways the Bush Administration has distorted scientific data “for partisan political ends.”

— the agency revised its findings in response to “industry feedback” to indicate that the practice posed no threat after all.

• In the days and months following the World Trade Center attack, the EPA released more than a dozen statements claiming that the air quality in the surrounding “control zone” was safe — despite evidence that asbestos dust was present in quantities well above the 1 percent safety benchmark. The agency opened up the area to the public a mere week after the attacks, allowing Wall Street to reopen and cleanup activities to begin. Eighty-eight percent of rescue workers suffered ear, nose and throat ailments, and 78 percent suffered lung maladies as a result, according to a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study. Half suffered persistent respiratory problems up to a year later.

• Last November, the EPA arranged for Syngenta, the Swiss manufacturer of Atrazine, to take over federal research of its product, the most widely used weed killer in the United States. This occurred despite evidence that high concentrations of Atrazine in groundwater may be associated with all of

4. High uranium levels found in troops and civilians

5. The wholesale giveaway of our natural resources

Last year, Project Censored included the U.S. and UK’s continued use of depleted uranium weapons — despite ample evidence of its acute health effects — among its top 10 underreported stories. Almost 10,000 U.S. troops had died within 10 years of serving in the first Gulf War, researchers had found.

And more than a third of those still alive had filed Gulf War Syndrome-related claims.

In study after study, research pointed to the use of depleted uranium (DU) in American and British weaponry as the culprit.

But authorities concentrated their efforts into obfuscating the problem — downplaying its reach, discrediting scientists and ailing military personnel and erecting a smoke screen around the “syndrome’s” root causes.

More recently, the Uranium Medical Research Center, an independent group of U.S. and Canadian scientists that’s conducted studies of Afghan civilians, found overwhelming evidence that the U.S. is also using non-depleted uranium (NDU) in its weapons, which is far more radioactive than

Adam Werbach, executive director of the Common Assets Defense Fund and former Sierra Club president, reviewed the Bush Administration’s environmental policy record and came to a disturbing conclusion: Bush’s record is not only bad — it’s “akin to an affirmative-action program for corporate polluters,” he wrote in In These Times.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s infamous, secretive, industry-laden energy task force produced what can be boiled down to two main recommendations: “Lower the environmental bar, and pay corporations to jump over it,” Werbach wrote.

For example, Congress has promised $3 billion in tax cuts to mining corporations to help them access natural gas embedded in underground coal deposits in Georgia’s Powder River Basin. The Bureau of Land Management has calculated that miners will waste a full 700 million gallons of publicly owned water a year in the process — draining the region’s underground aquifers to the detriment of local farms and wildlife.

over to electronic voting systems by last Jan. 1, and implement those plans in time for the 2006 elections. Some regions are already using the new machines. But those who’ve bothered to look into the new systems are sending up serious warning flares. Critics say that if Americans don’t want a repeat of the 2000 Florida elections fiasco — on a much grander scale — the administration’s plans must be halted.

A switch to electronic voting might seem innocent enough — until you look at who’s implementing it, and how. Indeed, the transfer represents the privatization of the voting process into the hands of a select few fervent GOP supporters who’ve insisted on keeping their operating systems and codes a trade secret — meaning that they enjoy absolute control over the entire voting process, including ballot counting and oversight.

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stringent than the original,” one in every three people worldwide will live in slums within 30 years. That’s a bigger threat to democracy and global stability than alQaeda and international terrorism.

2. Ashcroft vs. the humanrights law that holds corporations accountable

In late July, more than 600 people showed up in Monterey, California, to speak at a Federal Communications Commission hearing on ownership concentration in the news media. The participants were a diverse group — young and old, activists and workers — but they had a single, consistent message: The mainstream news media were doing a deplorable job of covering the day’s most important stories.

That’s no surprise: Consolidation of the media in the hands of a few corporate Goliaths has resulted in fewer people creating more of the content we see, hear and read. One impact has been a narrower range of perspectives. Another is the virtual disappearance of hard-hitting, original, investigative reporting.

“Corporate media has abdicated their responsibility to the First Amendment to keep the American electorate informed about important issues in society and instead serves up a pabulum of junk food news,” says Peter Phillips, head of Sonoma State University’s Project Censored.

Every year, researchers at Project Censored pick through volumes of print and broadcast news to see which of the year’s most important stories aren’t receiving the kinds of attention they deserve. Phillips and his team acknowledge that many of these stories weren’t “censored” in the traditional sense of the word: No government agency blocked their publication. And some even appeared — briefly, and without follow-up — in mainstream journals.

But, according to Project Censored, every one of this year’s picks merited prominent placement on the evening news and the dailies’ front pages. Instead, they went virtually ignored.

This year’s list speaks directly to the point FCC critics have raised: Stories that address fundamental issues of wealth concentration and big-business dominance of the political agenda are almost entirely missing from the national debate. Here are Project Censored’s Top-10 stories that have been relegated to the most obscure corners of the media world.

1. Wealth inequality in the 21st century threatens economy and democracy As the mainstream news media recite the official line about the nation’s supposed economic recovery, a key point has been missing: Wealth inequality in the United States has almost doubled over the past 30 years.

In fact, the Federal Reserve Board’s most recent Survey of Consumer Finances supplement on high-income families shows that, in 1998, the richest 1 percent of households owned 38 percent of the nation’s wealth.

The top 5 percent owned almost 60 percent of the wealth.

“We are much more unequal than any other advanced industrial country,” New York University economics professor Edward Wolff told Third World Traveler.

But that’s just part of the problem.

“Most Americans believe we take from people at the top to benefit those below,” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter David Cay Johnston said in a BuzzFlash interview. But our tax system is actually set up such that “People who make $30,000 to $500,000… give relief to those who make millions, or tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year.”

The United States is not alone: Today, almost one-sixth of the world’s population — 940 million people — “already live in squalid, unhealthy areas, mostly without water, sanitation, public services or legal security,” wrote John Vidal in The Guardian. A recent UN report predicted that, absent drastic change to reverse “a form of colonialism that is probably more

For decades, the United States has trained right-wing insurgents and torturers, toppled democratically elected governments and propped up brutal dictatorships abroad — all in the interest of corporate profits. But rarely are the agents of repression ever held accountable for the brutal cycles of poverty, subjugation, environmental destruction and violence they leave in their wake. Indeed, many foreign tyrants go on to enjoy plush retirement right here in the United States.

But recently, lawyers have found a way to seek at least a modicum of justice for victims. The Alien Tort Claims Act, a 215year-old law originally passed to prosecute pirates for crimes committed on the high seas, allows non-citizens to sue any individual or corporation present on U.S. soil.

Human-rights lawyers have pursued 100 cases under ATCA since 1980. Defendants have included former high-ranking government and military officials from El Salvador, Guatemala, Argentina, Paraguay, the Philippines (including ex-president Ferdinand Marcos), Indonesia, Bosnia, Ethiopia and elsewhere. And although the law can be used only to pursue monetary damages rather than prison time, it has often resulted in victims being awarded millions. However, the perpetrators sometimes flee the country rather than pay up.

Ten years ago, victims began using the act to go after corporate profiteers, too: It was thanks to ATCA, for example, that Nazi Holocaust survivors were able to seek redress from the Swiss banks and companies that profited from the slave labor of concentration-camp internees during World War II. But Attorney General John Ashcroft’s Justice Department has set its sights on the act, claiming in a brief last year that the law threatens “important foreign policy interests” associated with the war on terrorism.

Yet hardly a word has been written in the mainstream media about the Bush Administration’s attack on the one, main legal recourse left in the U.S. for victims to seek redress for human-rights violations.

3. Bush Administration manipulates science and censors scientists Tampering with data that threatens corporate profits is much more widespread under Bush

than we’ve been led to believe. And the Environmental Protection Agency has emerged as one of the administration’s primary targets.

One of the first White House moves — on the very day Bush was inaugurated — was to fire engineer Tony Oppegard, the leader of a federal team investigating a 300million-gallon slurry spill at a coal-mining site in Kentucky. “Black lava-like toxic sludge containing 60 poisonous chemicals choked and sterilized up to 100 miles of rivers and creeks,” wrote environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy in The Nation. The EPA dubbed it “the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the Eastern United States.”

Bush then appointed industry insiders to top posts at the EPA in charge of mine safety and health.

• A week after the EPA released a study to Congressional staff about the toxic effects on groundwater of hydraulic fracturing — a process of injecting benzene into the ground to extract oil and gas, used by Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney’s old company

the following: below-normal semen counts in men in U.S. farming communities, high incidences of prostate cancer and grotesque deformities in frogs when present “at onethirtieth the government’s ‘safe’ three parts per billion level,” wrote Kennedy.

The Administration has also suppressed scientific findings on global warming in a dozen major government studies over the past two years, according to Kennedy.

The problem isn’t limited to the EPA. In fact, government interference in scientific research has gotten so bad that 60 of the country’s top scientists — including 20 Nobel laureates — issued a statement last February citing the ways the Bush Administration has distorted scientific data “for partisan political ends” and calling for regulatory action.

Dozens of scientists have been willing to blow the whistle — normally, a reporter’s dream come true. But news coverage hasn’t come close to reflecting the gravity of the problem.

IMAGES : BECKY CLOONAN

DU. “If the use of NDU indicates experimental application of new nuclear weapons, as the UMRC suggests, then it should alert the public that proliferation of small nuclear weaponry, proposed for some future use, has in fact already begun,” wrote Stephanie Hiller in Awakened Woman.

At the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan in Tokyo last December, a team of attorneys from Japan, the U.S. and Germany indicted President Bush on a number of war-crimes charges — among them the use of DU weapons. Leuren Moret, president of Scientists for Indigenous People, testified that a U.S. government study conducted on the babies of Gulf War I veterans conceived after the soldiers returned home found that a full two-thirds suffered from serious birth defects or illnesses, including being born without eyes or ears, or with missing or malformed organs or limbs. In Iraq, Moret said, the defects are even worse — images of war that we never see on the evening news.

The Bush Administration’s Healthy Forests Initiative essentially entails granting logging companies access to old-growth trees — and then subsidizing them for brush clearing. And even the giant sequoias that former president Bill Clinton sought to protect by creating a 327,000-acre national monument in the Southern Sierra Nevada just four years ago are at risk of being logged at a rate of 10 million board-feet of lumber per year — a higher rate than allowed on surrounding national forest lands — in the name of “forest management.”

All in all, the Bush Administration has launched the greatest giveaway of public natural resources in more than a century. Yet few in the mainstream media have bothered to analyze these plans and put the lie to the Administration’s rhetorical manipulations.

6. The sale of electoral politics The Help America Vote Act required that states submit their blueprints for switching

Government interference in scientific research has gotten so bad that 60 of the country’s top scientists issued a statement citing the ways the Bush Administration has distorted scientific data “for partisan political ends.”

— the agency revised its findings in response to “industry feedback” to indicate that the practice posed no threat after all.

• In the days and months following the World Trade Center attack, the EPA released more than a dozen statements claiming that the air quality in the surrounding “control zone” was safe — despite evidence that asbestos dust was present in quantities well above the 1 percent safety benchmark. The agency opened up the area to the public a mere week after the attacks, allowing Wall Street to reopen and cleanup activities to begin. Eighty-eight percent of rescue workers suffered ear, nose and throat ailments, and 78 percent suffered lung maladies as a result, according to a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study. Half suffered persistent respiratory problems up to a year later.

• Last November, the EPA arranged for Syngenta, the Swiss manufacturer of Atrazine, to take over federal research of its product, the most widely used weed killer in the United States. This occurred despite evidence that high concentrations of Atrazine in groundwater may be associated with all of

4. High uranium levels found in troops and civilians

5. The wholesale giveaway of our natural resources

Last year, Project Censored included the U.S. and UK’s continued use of depleted uranium weapons — despite ample evidence of its acute health effects — among its top 10 underreported stories. Almost 10,000 U.S. troops had died within 10 years of serving in the first Gulf War, researchers had found.

And more than a third of those still alive had filed Gulf War Syndrome-related claims.

In study after study, research pointed to the use of depleted uranium (DU) in American and British weaponry as the culprit.

But authorities concentrated their efforts into obfuscating the problem — downplaying its reach, discrediting scientists and ailing military personnel and erecting a smoke screen around the “syndrome’s” root causes.

More recently, the Uranium Medical Research Center, an independent group of U.S. and Canadian scientists that’s conducted studies of Afghan civilians, found overwhelming evidence that the U.S. is also using non-depleted uranium (NDU) in its weapons, which is far more radioactive than

Adam Werbach, executive director of the Common Assets Defense Fund and former Sierra Club president, reviewed the Bush Administration’s environmental policy record and came to a disturbing conclusion: Bush’s record is not only bad — it’s “akin to an affirmative-action program for corporate polluters,” he wrote in In These Times.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s infamous, secretive, industry-laden energy task force produced what can be boiled down to two main recommendations: “Lower the environmental bar, and pay corporations to jump over it,” Werbach wrote.

For example, Congress has promised $3 billion in tax cuts to mining corporations to help them access natural gas embedded in underground coal deposits in Georgia’s Powder River Basin. The Bureau of Land Management has calculated that miners will waste a full 700 million gallons of publicly owned water a year in the process — draining the region’s underground aquifers to the detriment of local farms and wildlife.

over to electronic voting systems by last Jan. 1, and implement those plans in time for the 2006 elections. Some regions are already using the new machines. But those who’ve bothered to look into the new systems are sending up serious warning flares. Critics say that if Americans don’t want a repeat of the 2000 Florida elections fiasco — on a much grander scale — the administration’s plans must be halted.

A switch to electronic voting might seem innocent enough — until you look at who’s implementing it, and how. Indeed, the transfer represents the privatization of the voting process into the hands of a select few fervent GOP supporters who’ve insisted on keeping their operating systems and codes a trade secret — meaning that they enjoy absolute control over the entire voting process, including ballot counting and oversight.

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more than 40,000 machines in 37 states across the country. Many of these are in Georgia, which last November became the first state to conduct an election entirely with touch-screen machines. Oddly enough, incumbent Democratic governor Roy Barnes lost to Republican candidate Sonny Perdue, 46 percent to 51 percent — “a swing from as much as 16 percentage points from the last opinion polls,” wrote Andrew Gumbel in the Independent.

In the same election, incumbent Democratic Senator Max Cleland likewise lost to his Republican challenger, Saxby Chambliss, thanks to “a last-minute swing of nine to 12 points.” And in and around Atlanta, 77 memory cards went missing or were otherwise temporarily unaccounted for before the votes they’d registered could be counted.

Similar upsets occurred “in Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New Hampshire — all in races that had been flagged as key partisan battlegrounds, and all won by the Republican Party,” Gumbel continued.

The Independent also quoted Rebecca Mercuri, a voting systems specialist and research fellow at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. “It makes it really hard to show their product has been tampered with if it’s a felony to inspect it,” she said.

The other top two e-voting machine manufacturers, Sequoia and Election Systems and Software, are equally suspect.

Several of their executives have troubling track records of corruption and conflict of interest. All three companies are prominent Republican Party donors.

7. Conservative organization drives judicial appointments Ever since the Reagan Administration, the neocons have pursued an aggressive campaign to stack the federal courts with rightwing judges. Their main vehicle: the Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy, an organization founded in 1982 by a small group of radically conservative law students at the University of Chicago.

The effort has been a resounding success.

With the help of Republicans in Congress, 85 extra federal judgeships were created under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; Bill Clinton got nine. Now, seven out of 12 circuit courts are anti-abortion. Seven of the nine Supreme Court Justices are Republican appointees — and it’s been 11 years since a post has opened up, meaning another right-winger or two could be appointed sometime soon. During Bush Sr.’s tenure, one White House insider boasted that no one who wasn’t a Federalist ever received a judicial appointment from the president.

One of George W.’s earliest moves in office was to further consolidate the Federalist Society’s power: He “simply eliminated the longstanding role in the evaluation of prospective judges by the resolutely centrist American Bar Association, whose ratings had long kept extremists and incompetents off the bench,” wrote Martin Garbus in American Prospect. “Today the Federalists have more influence in judicialselection than the ABA ever had.”

The Society now counts Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and prominent members of the conservative American Enterprise Institute among its leadership. Attorney General John Ashcroft, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Solicitor General Theodore Olson and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez — charged with approving all judicial nominations before passing them onto Congress — are all members.

As one might expect, the Federalists have consistently acted in favor of property rights over rights of the individual, and of business deregulation, creationist teachings and much of the rest of the right-wing agenda. But one of the principal victims has been the democratic process itself: Remember, it was the Supreme Court that stopped a hand count of 175,000 uncounted (largely Democratic) ballots in Florida, which could have cost Bush

the 2000 presidential election. Conservative jurists have interfered with redistricting efforts to reverse the deliberate segregation of black and Latino voters, and have erected barriers to the participation of third-party candidates in the electoral process.

Unless liberals miraculously spawn a radical turn-around in how federal judges — who enjoy lifetime terms — are appointed, one of George W.’s most longstanding legacies may very well be a hard-right judiciary that lasts for decades to come.

8. Secrets of Cheney’s energy task force come to light As the Bush Administration continues to protect the iron wall of secrecy it’s erected around Vice President Dick Cheney’s Energy Task Force, at least two documents confirm longstanding suspicions that the Bush Administration’s foreign policy is being driven by the dictates of the energy industry.

When George W. Bush took office in January 2001, he said that tackling the country’s energy crisis would be a top priority.

The United States faced nationwide oil and natural gas shortages, and a series of electrical blackouts were rolling across California. The president established the National Energy Policy Development Group and appointed Vice President and former Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney as its head.

One of the big issues on the table was oil, which accounted for 40 percent of the nation’s energy supply and provided fuel for the vast majority of the country’s transportation — as well as its vast war machine.

And, for the first time in history, the U.S. had become reliant on foreign imports for more than 50 percent of its oil supply.

But rather than lay the groundwork for converting the economy to alternative, renewable sources, NEPDG’s report, later released by Bush as the National Energy Policy report in May 2001, promoted a central goal of “mak[ing] energy security a priority of our trade and foreign policy.” In other words, Cheney’s group wanted to find additional sources of oil overseas, and ensure U.S. access to that oil, whatever it took.

The public-interest group Judicial Watch recently obtained documents from Cheney’s Energy Task Force as the result of filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They indicate that Cheney and his colleagues had their sights on the black gold under the Iraqi desert well before the attacks of Sept.

11, 2001.

Last July, the Commerce Department finally turned over records that included “a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as two charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and ‘Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts’,” according to Judicial Watch’s subsequent press release.

There were also similar maps and charts for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The documents were dated March 2001.

“The major news media are beginning to pay much closer attention to the links between political turmoil abroad and the economies of oil at home,” wrote Michael Klare in the book Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Stories. “Still, the media remains reluctant to explain the close link between the energy policies of the Bush Administration and U.S. military strategy.”

9. Widow brings RICO case against U.S. government for 9/11 As the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, completed its first year, Ellen Mariani and her attorney held a press conference on the steps of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to announce her own startling conclusions. Mariani, wife of Louis Neil Mariani, who died when terrorists flew United Airlines flight 175 into the World Trade Center’s south tower, had come to believe that top American officials — including President Bush, Vice President

Ever since the Reagan Administration, the neocons have pursued an aggressive campaign to stack the federal courts with right-wing judges. Their main vehicle: the Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy.

Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and others — had foreknowledge of the attacks, had purposefully failed to prevent them and had since taken pains to cover up the truth.

The administration, she argues in a federal lawsuit, allowed Sept. 11 to happen so that Bush and Co. could launch their seemingly endless, global “war on terror” for their own personal and financial gain. The suit uses the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act — a law created to go after the Mafia — to charge the nation’s leaders with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and wrongful death.

Her lawyer, Philip J. Berg, a former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, filed a 62-page complaint that included 40 pages of evidence. “Compelling evidence… will be presented in this case through discovery, subpoena power by this Court, and testimony at trial,” he wrote in a press release sent to 3000 print and broadcast journalists announcing the lawsuit and a press conference on the Court steps that day.

At the very least, the case presents the potential to uncover and publicize critical documents and testimony about the Bush Administration’s handling of the al-Qaeda threat and its aftermath. But only Fox News showed up to the press conference; and it never ran anything on the topic.

companies to switch to renewable energy sources. But it does provide taxpayer cash for companies that build new nukes.

A secretly crafted provision of the bill, released late on a Saturday night last November, offers energy companies as much as $7.5 billion in tax credits to build six new nuclear reactors. This in addition to almost $4 billion set aside for other nuclear energy programs.

“Nuclear power already has had 50 years of subsidy totaling over $140 billion,” reported Nuclear Information and Resource Service’s Cindy Folkers.

The administration also removed terrorism protection provisions included in the House version of the bill, and reversed a previous ban on the export of enriched uranium, which may be used to construct nuclear bombs.

The press has been “woefully silent on the bill’s nuclear provisions” wrote Folkers and Michael Mariotte in their update for Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Stories.

And while both Democrats and Republicans managed to defeat the version of the bill NIRS warned about last fall, supporters — particularly Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) — are still trying to push those provisions through, in some cases as riders on other bills. Current estimates on the total sum of tax credits being considered have since risen to “as much as $15 or even $19 billion.” m

10. New nuke plants: Taxpayers support industry profits

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hile house hunting last March, Sarah Judd made an unpleasant discovery. It happened after she bid on a cute yellow Cape on Birchwood Court, just off of Shelburne Road in South Burlington. When her realtor brought over the paperwork for her to sign, the attorney and Vermont Public Interest Research Group development director read it carefully. “Being a lawyer, I have a tendency to go through these things,” she explains.

What she found shocked her. The property, part of the Birchwood subdivision, is subject to certain “protective covenants,” approved by the South Burlington town clerk on September 28, 1940. Most of the restrictions pertain to zoning, but Covenant F caught Judd’s eye: The neatly typed line reads,“No persons of any race other than the white race shall use or occupy any building or any lot.”

“I really died when I saw that,” says Judd, who is Caucasian. “It’s pretty amazing, that kind of blatant prejudice.” Her lawyer pointed out that this covenant isn’t enforceable — the Supreme Court ruled race-based restrictive covenants unconstitutional in 1948. But binding or not, restrictions like this have the power to shock a generation that grew up with school vacations on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It’s unsettling to learn that you don’t have to visit a history museum to see evidence of state-sanctioned segregation; it’s still on display in municipal vaults across the country, including here in the famously liberal, solidly “blue” state of Vermont.

Anyone can dig up these covenants — they’re public record. The document Judd describes resides in the

vault at the South Burlington town offices on Dorset Street. It’s in one of the heavy maroon-and-gold ledgers that contains the land records — Volume 11, Part 1, to be exact — tucked inside a plastic sleeve labeled page 177b.

It reads like boring legalese. Except for Covenant F. And it’s not exactly true that only whites could live there.

The provision makes an exception for “domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant.”

Apparently no one wanted to discriminate against good help.

new subdivision more “desirable,” the land brokers often allowed only Christian whites. The practice was fairly common in large urban areas such as Chicago, where tens of thousands of properties carry illegal covenants.

Carl Lisman, a Burlington lawyer who’s been practicing for more than 30 years, compares racist covenants to “an airborne disease” that sprang from fear and ignorance. He claims to have done title searches in nearly every town in the state, and says the restrictions are rare in Vermont. “I

woman at the South Burlington city clerk’s office says she found one in a deed for her first home on North Avenue in Burlington. It’s impossible to know for sure how many there are; no comprehensive study of Vermont’s racist housing covenants exists and, unless you’re looking for a specific deed, they’re difficult to find.

There is one famous example, however: that of Supreme Court Chief Justice Will-iam Rehnquist, who bought a summer home in Greensboro in 1974. His land was once part of a farm sold to Henry

When did the nation’s leading legal arbiter first hear about the anti-Semitic clause in his deed? “I think probably during my confirmation in 1986,” says the 79-year-old Rehnquist.

The Birchwood racist covenants were recorded in 1940, which surprises most lawyers familiar with such documents. These types of restrictions were more common in the 1920s and ’30s — two racially charged decades when the Ku Klux Klan wielded significant influence around the country and a whitesupremacist eugenics movement flourished here in Vermont.

Racist covenants were typically inserted by developers who bought large chunks of land — often from farmers — then divided them into individual lots. In an effort to make a

can count on the fingers of two hands, maybe only one hand, the number of times I’ve seen covenants that are restricted like that,” Lisman says. That’s not necessarily because Vermonters weren’t racist, he notes — perhaps the state’s largely homogeneous population simply felt less threatened than whites in other parts of the country.

Several other lawyers and title examiners interviewed for this article — including former governor Phil Hoff — report that they’ve never encountered any racist restrictive covenants in Vermont, though a

Cummings in August 1926. A month later, Cummings transferred the land to a corporation called Vermont Summer Estates, Inc., which divvied up the estate and sold it off piecemeal to out-of-staters — as long as they weren’t Jewish.

Following the paper trail for Rehnquist’s deed reveals that Vermont Summer Estates sold the land to a couple from Brooklyn in September 1933. Their deed, handwritten in perfect cursive, can be found on page 728 of Book P in the Greensboro town vault. In between restrictions on sewage systems and the building of

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The Brooklyn couple sold the land to a woman from Bermuda, who sold it in turn to a couple claiming residence in Minnesota and New York. The Rehn-quists, who live in Virginia the rest of the year, later bought it from them.

Rehnquist was already on the Supreme Court at the time, but no one raised a fuss until 1986, when President Reagan nominated him for Chief Justice. The covenant created a controversy during his confirmation hearings. Reporters and camera crews converged on the Greensboro town offices to see the offending deed for themselves.

Reached at his summer home, the Chief Justice claims he knew nothing about any of this when he bought the place â&#x20AC;&#x201D; apparently he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read the fine print. When did the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading legal arbiter first hear about the anti-Semitic clause in his deed? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think probably during my confirmation in 1986,â&#x20AC;? says the 79-yearold Rehnquist.

To his credit, once he was thrust into the spotlight, Rehnquist expunged the discriminatory covenant from his deed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did what I think Senator Leahy recommended,â&#x20AC;? he recalls. On September 1, 1986, the Rehnquists sold the property to David Willis of Barnet and, on September 3, they bought it back. The covenants have been typed directly onto the new deed, but the line about barring Jews has vanished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the best you can do,â&#x20AC;? says the Chief.

But Lisman says Rehnquistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s act was merely symbolic. If the covenant were legally binding â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, if such discrimination were still legal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the racist restriction might still apply. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice gesture,â&#x20AC;? says the lawyer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but it probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a bit of difference.â&#x20AC;?

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strike the covenant from the records. Or they might be able to take the matter before a judge, who could declare the restriction null and void. “You can’t go into the land records and just tear things out of the book,” Lisman says.

When Sarah Judd found out about the covenant on the property she wanted to buy in South Burlington, she was prepared to do whatever it took to remove it. “My family is multiracial,” she says. “I couldn’t sign that.” But Judd didn’t have the chance to change the record — someone outbid her for the house. She ended up buying an uncovenanted lot in Burlington’s Old North End instead.

Hal Colston, the diversity coordinator for Howard Human Services, supports Judd’s position on removal. An African-American, Colston is not surprised that these covenants still exist. Though the days of state-sanctioned segregation have passed, he insists the attitudes that went with it still linger. “When you don’t get the job, when you don’t get the apartment, this is what underlies it,” he says.

Colston argues that, enforceable or not, the fact that these covenants remain on record sends a message. “I think it’s easy for someone who’s in a position of power to say that it doesn’t matter,” he says. “But you talk to people who are marginalized and disenfranchised, it’s huge…

I believe that if we really want to be a pluralistic society, then these comments have no place in our society, and they must be revised.”

Rabbi Joshua Chasan of Burlington’s Ohavi Zedek Synagogue takes a different approach. When he bought a house on North Prospect Street, someone at the bank told him the property carried a restriction barring Jews from owning the land. He says he never saw that language in his deed, and a search through Burling-ton’s vault failed to turn up any evidence of the claim. Chasan says he wouldn’t be surprised if it’s true. “I know members of my congregation for whom walking to school was dangerous,” he says.

But if his deed did originally contain an anti-Semitic covenant, Chasan probably wouldn’t expend the effort to remove it. “I look upon it as a historical document,” he says, noting that leaving the offensive language intact preserves the evidence of racism. It’s a legacy that many people find easy to forget. “The state has come a long way in accepting difference,” he says. “I don’t think I’ve ever lived any other place where there was more of a sense of mutual respect.”

For the record, there’s still plenty of sexist language embedded in Vermont’s realestate documents. All the old deeds still read, “Know ye all men.” 쩾

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If you’re a music instrument retailer, the big news around town is the arrival of Daddy’s Junky Music in the “Big Box wasteland” of Williston. Daddy’s, a heavy-hitting New England chain of music stores, is definitely a big fish in our small pond.

So how do the locals feel about their new neighbors? Mike Trombley, owner of Advance Music, isn’t too worried. “They approached us early, let us know they were coming, and promised not to undercut us,” Trombley states.

So is this just friendly competition? “Well, it’s about as friendly as these things get,” he says with a chuckle. Daddy’s representatives have popped into Trombley’s shop a few times over the years, always assuring him they had no intention of moving in. What made them change their minds? It seems that an even bigger fish, Guitar Center, has been pulling some Starbucks-style retail assaults in Daddy’s territory. With no way to compete directly in the larger markets, Daddy’s decided to expand to locations that Guitar Center would never consider. In situations like this, it’s often the smaller shops that take the biggest hit.

Employee-owned Burlington Guitar & Amp (formerly Calliope) can’t compete with mega floor-space and big advertising budgets; they aren’t even gonna try. “We’ve gotten to this point through grassroots goodwill,” says co-owner John Creech. “We have close relationships with the community — particularly with young and up-and-coming musicians,” he says proudly. “Our business is solid, because it’s been earned.”

j ONION CITY SMOKES!

Winooski was just about to join her big sister Burlington in a barroom ban on smoking when a last-minute appeal put a temporary halt on the restriction. The “stay of execution” allows smokers to keep puffing through most of September — when the issue will be finally settled. Will Battersby, manager of the Monkey House, claims the ban won’t affect their business much anyway. “I don’t see any of our clientele heading to Essex just to smoke,” he claims. A puffer himself, Battersby confesses to actually preferring butt-free bars. “I’m personally trying to give up anyway, and I like smoking less when I’m drinking,” he states. Wait ’til February — being forced to smoke outside in winter is a real incentive to quit.

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:: burlington area TERESA STORCH, (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 7:30 p.m. NC, followed by SPEED BUMPS (indie), 9 p.m. NC. AMELIA WHITE (pop/Americana), 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. $6, followed by BLAST W/DJ CRAIG MITCHELL & SPECIAL GUESTS (dance/house), 10 p.m. $5.

LATIN DANCE PARTY W/DJ HECTOR, Parima, 10 p.m. $5.

SUPERSOUNDS DJ, Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. GORDON STONE (bluegrass/jam), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by DJ NASTEE (hip-hop), 12 a.m. NC. JULIET MCVICKER (jazz), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC. JACOB FRED JAZZ ODDYSSEY, COLOR & TALEA (jazz/fusion), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. TURKEY BOUILLON MAFIA (jam-rock), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $5.

KARAOKE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. TOP HAT DANCETERIA (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3.

FLAVA W/DJS ROBBIE J. & IRIE (hiphop/r&b/reggae), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+ before 11 p.m.

HIP-HOP/REGGAE/DANCEHALL DJS, Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. BILL SIMS JR. & MARK LAVOIE (blues), American Flatbread, Burlington, 9 p.m. NC. BIKINI BASHMENT W/DEMUS (reggae DJ), Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. DJ A-DOG (hip-hop/lounge), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS (honkytonk/rockabilly), Breakwater Café, 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS (host Bob Bolyard), St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC.

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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.

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.

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.

B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292 Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800.

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.

Eclipse Theater, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913.

Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 865-4214.

Finkerman’s Riverside Pub, 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.

Gezellig, 324 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346.

Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444.

Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278.

Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361.

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.

The Kept Writer, 50 North Main St., St. Albans, 527-6242.

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.

Millennium Nightclub, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088.

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.

Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200 Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

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135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343.

Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120.

Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884.

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Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015.

Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570.

Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

Peabody’s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158.

Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003.

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, L&L Center, Fireplace Lounge, UVM, 656-4200.

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, 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.

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St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778.

Starlight Lounge, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913.

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.

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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.

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FRI.03 << 41A STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ, Upper Deck Pub, Windjammer, 7 p.m. NC. LOS BLANCOS (blues/r&b/Latin/rock), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

TOAST (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE W/PETER BOARDMAN, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KIP MEAKER TRIO (blues), Banana Winds Café, 9 p.m. NC. WIZN BAR & GRILL (live radio show), Lincoln Inn Lounge, 4 p.m. NC, followed by SUPERSOUNDS DJ (dance party/game show), 9 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Park Place Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. PERMANENT RECORD (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. PUSH (alt-rock), Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC. ZZ TOP (blues-rock), Champlain Valley Fair, 7 p.m. $36.

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:: champlain valley GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS (jazz/blues/funk/soul), Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC. STUR CRAZY (rock), City Limits, 9 p.m.

NC. SUPERSOUNDS DJ, Red Mill Restaurant, 10 p.m. NC.

:: central BLUES NOIR (blues-rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. GONGZILLA (fusion), Starlight Lounge, 11 p.m. $5.

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:: burlington area EPHEMERA (eclectic), Radio Bean, 4 p.m. NC. TASTE W/DJ CRAIG MITCHELL (dance/house), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $5.

GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS (jazz/blues/funk/soul), Halvorson’s, 8 p.m. NC. EB N FLOW (rock), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. APOLLO SUNSHINE (indie-rock), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop/lounge), 12 a.m. NC. KIP MEAKER (blues), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC. DREAMLAND (jazz), Sweetwaters, 9 p.m.

NC. RETRONOME (’70s-’80s DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $3.

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KARAOKE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. MASSIVE (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3.

SPIN CYCLE W/ROBBIE J. & GUESTS (old school meets new school), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/10.

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RUGGER (hip-hop/r&b DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. NASTEE DOG W/DJ A-DOG & NASTEE (hip-hop), Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. DIXIELAND ALLSTARS W/JAMIE MASEFIELD (folk/country/bluegrass), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC.

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<clubdates> NAKED AMBITION (rock), Breakwater Café, 6 p.m. NC. TOAST (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m.

NC. CONCENTRIC (live electronic), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

LIVE DJ Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/MIKE PELKEY, Banana Winds, 8 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Park Place Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/BONNIE DRAKE, Franny O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. PAUL DOUSE (singer-songwriter), B.U. Emporium, 8:30 p.m. NC. YES (progressive rock), Champlain Valley Fair, 7 p.m. $36-39.

:: champlain valley ABBY JENNE BAND (rock/singer-songwriter), Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m.

NC.

:: central SURFACE DWELLERS (rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. REBECCA CORRIEA (acoustic rock), Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. $4.

LEON TUBBS (jam), Starlight Lounge, 11 p.m. $5.

LORI MCKENNA (singer-songwriter), Middle Earth, 9 p.m. $12.

THE WARRENS (folk/alternative), Riverwalk Records, 7 p.m. NC.

:: northern ELLEN POWELL DUO (jazz), Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 6:30 p.m. NC. JIM BRANCA (blues/rock), Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. TAR BEACH (rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY W/DJ SKIPPY, Tabu Café & Nightclub, 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. $2/10. 18+ before 11 p.m.

ZERO TOLERANCE (rock), Naked Turtle, 9:30 p.m. $1.

NONE THE WISER (Irish), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m. NC.

ANTHONY GERACI (jazz), Emily’s, Stowehof Inn, 7 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO (funk), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. NC. SETH EAMES TRIO (blues/rock), Charlie B’s, 9 p.m. NC.

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OLD-TIME SESSIONS (traditional), Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC, followed by MATT FU, CARL DANIELSON, SEAN HOOD, 1985, (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m. NC. STEVE GOLDBERG’S END ZONE (theater), 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. $15 IRISH SESSIONS (Celtic/folk), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 5 p.m. NC. NASTEE SOUL SUNDAY (DJ), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. SYLLABIC (live drums/turntables), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. SUNDAY NIGHT MASS (DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. APHRODESIA SUPER APHRO BEAT (Afrobeat/world), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m.

NC. TEEN NITE (hip-hop/r&b/reggae; DJs Robbie J., EFX & Big Rye), Millennium Nightclub, 8 p.m. $7/10. Ages 13-17.

DON PATRICK O’CONNEL (artsProject benefit; Art Hop preview), Waiting Room, 7:30 p.m. $3.

PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Breakwater Café, 4 p.m. NC KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. TOBY KEITH (country), Champlain Valley Fair, 7 p.m. $49.

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

:: northern TEEN NIGHT, Tabu Café & Nightclub, 8 p.m. $10. 13-17.

THUNDERBOLTS (reunion show; rock), Naked Turtle, 5:30 p.m. $10, followed

by SOUND OBSESSION DJ, 9:30 p.m.

DJ HECTOR (salsa/merengue), Breakwater Café, 6 p.m. NC. LATIN DANCE PARTY W/DJ HECTOR, Breakwater Café, 6 p.m. NC KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

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:: burlington area

SLIM FINGERS (lounge piano), 6 p.m.

NC, followed by OPEN MIKE, 8 p.m.

NC. TRASHBOX: THE SOUND OF NYC (DJ), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO (funk), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. SHANTY BAND, LUNAR GRAVY (rock/jam), Nectar’s 8 p.m. NC. LIVE DJS, Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. THE HITMEN (rock ‘n’ roll), Breakwater Café, 4 p.m. NC. MUSIC MACHINE W/DJ TRANSPLANTE (eclectic), The Monkey House, 9 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE, Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m.

NC. JERRY LAVENE (jazz guitar), Chow!

Bella, 6:30 p.m. NC.

TUE.07 :: burlington area

CONJUNTO GUAGUA (Afro-Cuban/ Brazilian), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by TONY PRESLEY (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m. NC. DAYVE HUCKETT (acoustic), Leunig’s Bistro, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT W/DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae/dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. OTHER HALF DJ (old-school soul), 1/2 Lounge 10 p.m. NC. BLUESDAY W/MICHAEL PICKETT, Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIVE DJS, Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC.

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BILLY CALDWELL (acoustic), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. BLUEGRASS OPEN JAM W/MAD MOUNTAIN SCRAMBLERS (open mike; bluegrass), Starlight Lounge, 8 p.m. NC.

:: northern

KARAOKE W/SASSY, Monopole, 9 p.m.

NC. ACOUSTIC OPEN MIKE W/MIKE PEDERSEN, Naked Turtle, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHRIS LYON (singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m. NC.

WED.08 :: burlington area

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. BLACK SEA QUARTET (gypsy-jazz/ European folk), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY & GARUDA (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY W/FATTIE B. (’80s DJ), 11 p.m. NC. ANDRIC SEVERANCE TRIO (jazz), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. REVISION, CERULEAN CITY (grooverock/jam-rock), Nectar’s, 10 p.m. NC. MC FORREST & SPECIAL GUESTS (hiphop; CD release party), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5.

TALENT SEARCH W/DA CHAMP (for rappers, singers, poets, comedians & dancers), Millennium Nightclub, signups 10-11 p.m.; live video shoot by Ch. 15. $2/7. 18+ before 11 p.m.

DJ KWIK (hip-hop/r&b), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. NC.

OPEN MIKE W/DAVID HAMBLEN, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. THE ADMINISTRATOR (eclectic DJ), Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. DJ A-DOG (hip-hop/lounge), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. DJ DEMUS (reggae/dancehall), Monkey House, 9 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 BLUE FOX (blues-rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. ANYTHING GOES (variety show, open jam), Eclipse Theater, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. NC. SUSANNAH BLACHLY & COLIN MCCAFFEREY (Americana), Finkerman’s Riverside Barbeque, 8 p.m. NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE W/ABBY JENNE Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. CRAZY CHASE (Celtic/eclectic), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/JOHN GOOLEY, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. 쩾

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1. k.d. lang — Hymns of the 49th Parallel 2. Roots — The Tipping Point 3. Avril Lavigne — Under My Skin 4. Black Eyed Peas — Elephunk 5. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me 6. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me 7. Various Artists — NOW Volume 16 8. Grace Potter — Original Soul 9. Sarah Mclachlan — Afterglow 10. Various Artists — Vermont Kitchen Tunks & Parlor Songs

1. Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying 2. Usher — Confessions 3. Los Lonely Boys — Los Lonely Boys 4. Jadakiss — Kiss of Death 5. Lil’ Flip — You Gotta Feel Me 6. Mase— Welcome Back 7. Misfits — Project 1950 LP 8. Diana Ross — Forever Diana (Box Set) 9. Young Buck — Straight Outta Cashville 10. Petey Pablo — Still Writing in My Diary/2nd Entry

1. Elisabeth Von Trapp — Poetic License 2. Various Artists — Putumayo Presents: Euro Lounge 3. Anonymous 4— American Angels 4. Jack Johnson— On & On 5. Various Artists — Future Soundtrack for America 6. Omara Portuondo — Flor de Amor 7. Jimmy Cliff — Black Magic 8. Diana Krall — Girl in the Other Room 9. Roots — Tipping Point 10. Led Zeppelin — Early Days/Latter Days

1. Various Artists — Heart So Cold: The North Country ‘60s Scene 2. Gibson Brothers — Long Way Back Home 3. Gibson Brothers — Bona Fide 4. Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying 5. O.A.R. — 34th & 8th 6. Young Buck — Straight Outta Cashville 7. Tragically Hip — In Between Evolution 8. Taking Back Sunday — Where You Want to Be 9. Weezer — Weezer 10. Ashlee Simpson — Autobiography

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ANAÏS MITCHELL, HYMNS FOR THE EXILED (Waterbug, CD)

Anaïs Mitchell may be young in folk-years, but the 23-year-old’s confidence and style are winning her respect among generations of acoustic music connoisseurs. Although a native Vermonter, Mitchell takes many of her cues from travel — the songstress has even spent a good deal of time in the Middle East. This worldly perspective informs nearly every track on Hymns for the Exiled.

With a girlish voice and a decidedly political bent, Mitchell wastes no time letting listeners know what side of the cultural divide she’s on. On opener “Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls,” Mitchell declares, “I could tell you stories like the Government tells lies,” before reflecting on the loss of familial connectivity in our daily lives. She doesn’t stop there: the following track, “1984,” ridicules the USA Patriot Act and its Big Brother-style impositions on Americans. Mitchell displays her sense of humor in the chorus, with the cheeky lyric “We don’t take no chances in a nation at war… So tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1984.”

When Hymns gets personal, the result is haunting and a bit bleak. The record tells tales of suicidal businessmen and wannabe rock stars who expire while dreaming of glories that will never come. Listeners prone to depression might need to think of bunnies and butterflies in order to banish the tragic imagery. To her credit, Mitchell’s lyrics are well crafted and rarely devolve into the amateurism that many young writers fall prey to. The singer has made good use of her travels; she’s able to change perspectives radically from song to song. “Quecreek Flood” makes use of folk’s narrative tradition, describing the frightening ordeal of coalminers trapped by a sudden flood. The song wages quiet war on the boss who ignored safety inspections all the while “slashing the funds for the miners’ black lungs.”

A fine acoustic picker, Anaïs Mitchell knows how to use both tradition and pop sensibility as her musical framework. The production, courtesy of local jazzman Michael Chorney, is crisp and warm — this disc will sound even better when the leaves start turning. Occasionally the schoolgirlon-helium vocals become a bit grating, but Mitchell’s melodic choices are sound. I would like to hear her down the road when the years have imprinted upon her vocal cords.

A young champion for the helpless and forgotten, Anaïs Mitchell has gone deep into the land of the exile and brought back some sad, sweet stories. Catch her live on Wednesday, September 1st, at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville.

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BEAUSOLEIL, GITANE CAJUN (Vanguard Records, CD)

It’s been nearly 30 years since the Louisiana band BeauSoleil was formed, and four years since their last studio album. Gitane Cajun was worth the wait, and illustrates why this group, with the possible exception of Buckwheat Zydeco, is the best-known act in Cajun music. In that small but spicy genre, these guys are the gold standard.

Tributes to earlier Acadian greats are one theme of this collection, including Canray Fontenot’s “Malinda.” Its Caribbean jauntiness is reminiscent of “Iko Iko” and shows why another of bandleader Michael Doucet’s bands was once known as the “Cajun Grateful Dead.” The great accordionist Lawrence Walker’s “Lena Mae” is served up in a folksy, Grand Ol’ Opry style, and made me want to grab my wife and go square dancing. “Bye, Bye Boozoo” is a tip of the hat to the late zydeco legend Boozoo Chavis. With its up-tempo accordion, you might find yourself singing along even if you have no clue what the French lyrics mean.

The track “Tu M’as Fait Rire” (“You Make Me Laugh”), feels like something that should be played in a saloon. From piano to steel guitar to accordion, it’s a wonderful medley of sounds and styles — with a distinct country-andwestern feel. The title track is broken into a pair of instrumentals, one slow and the other insanely funky.

BeauSoleil are like a well-oiled jug band, as contradictory as that may sound. They offer the illusion of looseness and improvisation, but the layers of sound and the transitions between parts are clearly well planned and tightly arranged.

For all of the diversity, the instrumentation is pretty consistent. But while the accordion and fiddle are delightful instruments in moderation, at some points you might find them grating. Fortunately, none of the songs is more than four minutes long, and the constant changes in tempo and tone keep it plenty interesting.

As enjoyable as BeauSoleil are on CD, their music is meant to be heard live.

The band isn’t coming through Vermont, but they’ll be in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in September, and they’re worth the road trip. Be prepared to shake some body parts — with music like BeauSoleil’s, it’s irresistible.

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CALL TO ARTISTS • Shelburne’s Gallery on the Green seeks visual arts and high-quality crafts for ongoing exhibits. Deadline September 10. Info, 985-3648 or www.shelburne craftschool.org.

• The Center for Photographic Studies in Barre is seeking an artist with experience in graphic/digital design to create its logo. Info, call Amy at 777-8009.

OPENINGS

Easy on the Eyes

E EXHIBIT Acrylic paintings by Ethan Azarian and Michael Smith, photography by Cynthia Silvey, and watercolor and ink works

by Michael Tonn. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington.

Through October.

ARTWORK “Untitled (Geraniums)”

by Cynthia Silvey

PHOTO Marc Awodey

than Azarian and Michael Smith are acrylic painters cut from the same cloth. Watercolorist Michael Tonn and photographer Cynthia Silvey are the other half of the foursome currently exhibiting at Burlington’s Artpath Gallery, but their aesthetic connections are less clear. Tonn’s diminutive inked watercolors take up less hall space than the other pieces, but his naturalistic drawing skills are beyond compare.

Tonn is an experienced illustrator, and the nine works on display here are perfectly suited to be in a children’s book — maybe they already are?

Their craftsmanship and draftsmanship are exquisite. Each is drawn with fine lines, and then painted with watercolor. The technique produces images that are detailed yet contain chromatic blending unique to watercolor.

“The Wish” is like a scene from 1001 Arabian Nights. A blond-haired boy in a rowboat seems to have a genie, complete with beard and turban, at his service. The same little Aryan lad appears in “Cold Soup”: The kid is sitting at a wooden table with a bowl and a slightly oversized spoon in his hand. There are big candles on the table, exactly as would be expected in a fairy-tale book.

“Strange Land” is not really strange at all. It’s a village at night under a full moon. Again, it’s just what you might

expect: sloping houses and a church with a steeple glowing in the moonlight.

Canvasses by painters Azarian and Smith were shown together at the Flynndog earlier this year. This little Wing Building show has similar — and some of the same — material.

Azarian’s “Orange and Sharks” has a green square within a blue square.

Oranges and stylized sharks fly around inside the green square. Other Azarian characters float along the border. His trademark cow, melting clock, little house and other fantastical things all make an appearance. Azarian is a great painter, but the content of his works could be more challenging — both to himself and viewers.

Smith generally creates a shallow picture plane, but “Shall We Gather” goes deeper than most of his 13 other pieces in the show. A neighborhood of houses appears behind a church on a green lawn in the foreground. All of the buildings are gray, but the values on the rear houses are lighter. That choice pushes them back into the space.

Silvey explores composition, and uses muted, almost drab colors, in her 12 ink-jet digital photographs.

“Untitled (Spring Corn)” depicts a plowed, muddy field with shoots of corn barely rising above the soil. The horizon is high, and a few distant trees

are visible on the ridgeline at left. The vanishing point is in the center.

“Untitled (Summer Corn)” is probably the same field several months later.

But Silvey doesn’t simply picture the fecundity of the Earth; she’s interested in visual perspective, too. In the summer photo, the rows of corn seem to move toward the upper left.

The space is flatter in two interior greenhouse scenes, “Untitled (Geraniums)” and “Untitled (Greenhouse).”

But their compositions are more complex. Silvey’s “Greenhouse” photo is divided into three sections, and a swath of drapery sags above red flowers. The roof of the greenhouse curves upward like a glass Quonset hut.

“Untitled (Geraniums)” is shot from the same position, but using a different camera angle; here the far edge of the table holding the geraniums appears like a high horizon — a treatment similar to the one in Silvey’s cornfield.

With the possible exception of her work, this show has a bit of a commercial-art edge. Each artist seems to have a comfortable shtick and happily sticks to it. But a little evolution wouldn’t do them any harm. All four are great technicians within secure, self-imposed limits. If that’s all art is supposed to be — technically nice and emotionally easy — these folks are making great stuff. m

HERBERT SAVEL: “Kadish in Wood,” Holocaust woodcarvings. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 518-523-2512.

Reception September 2, 5-7 p.m.

Through September 25.

JIM GIDDINGS: “Back Roads and Other Animals,” paintings. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661.

Reception September 3, 6-8 p.m.

DOUGLAS ZARUBA: “Fables, Myths and Memories,” precious metal jewelry; and GABRIEL BORAY: New works.

Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 660-2032.

Reception September 3, 5-8 p.m.

QUINTESSENTIAL VERMONT: A group show featuring regional artists in pottery, furniture, photographs and paintings. Frog Hollow Gallery, Burlington, 863-6458. Reception September 3, 6-8 p.m. Through October.

VERMONT IN FULL COLOR: Ceramics by Natalie Blake; wooden salad bowls by Peggy Potter; pastels by Marilyn Ruseckas; lithographs and pastels by Daryl Storrs; and glass pieces and jewelry by Jen Violette. Frog Hollow Gallery, Middlebury, 388-3177. Reception September 4, 2-4 p.m. Through October.

SARAH HUTTON: Abstract oil paintings of figures, landscapes and cityscapes.

Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647.

Reception September 5, 3-5 p.m.

Through September.

TALKS/ EVENTS FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK: Take a stroll around more than a dozen galleries and art spaces throughout Burlington, 865-7166. September 3, 5-8 p.m.

OPEN STUDIO: Artist-in-residence Leslie Fry shows her work in progress for an upcoming sculpture exhibit. Fourth Floor Studio, Firehouse Center, Burlington, 865-7165. Every Saturday through September 25, noon – 8 p.m.

For art workshops and instruction, see “classes” in Section B.

ONGOING ::burlington area BERND HEINRICH: THE NATURALIST AS ARTIST: A selection of original drawings, photographs, field notes and specimen collections from the renowned UVM field biologist. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750.

Through December 19.

ONGOING >> 48A PLEASE NOTE: Art listings are written by Pamela Polston; spotlights written by Marc Awodey. Listings are restricted to exhibits in truly public places; exceptions may be made at the discretion of the editor. Send listings, by Thursday at 5 p.m., including info phone number, to galleries@sevendaysvt.com. Also see art listings at www.sevendaysvt.com.

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Burlington’s Lineage

Gallery is making the invisible visible this month with “X-Ray Visions,” an exhibition by renowned Brooklyn artist and illustrator Alex Grey. Like the cardinal pictured here in Grey’s “Ohio Song,” many of the artist’s figures are inside out. He would have been the

ONGOING << 47A CHRIS BAME: “Finding Home in Different Ways,” acrylics and mixed media.

Scrumptious Café, Burlington, 6582727. Through September 29.

NEW WORKS FROM HOWARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: Artworks in multiple media presented by GRACE. Union Station, Burlington, 472-6857.

September 2-28.

JULIA DOTOLI: “Erosion Series,” abstract paintings, Bar; and ELIZABETH DOWD: black-and-white photographs, Greenhouse; and SARAH HUTTON: Abstract oil paintings of figures, landscapes and cityscapes, Dining Room.

Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647.

Through September.

BOBBI PRITT: “Beneath the Skin,” photographs of human skin under the microscope. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 865-7165.

Through September.

JOHN CHURCHMAN: “Autumn Glory,” photographs. Airport Gallery, Burlington, 865-7166. Through October.

ALEX GREY: “X-Ray Visions,” prints and drawings by the world-renowned artist.

Lineage Gallery, Burlington, 862-7766.

Through September 26.

DAVID SMITH: “Landscape Dialogue,” recent paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through September 15.

JEFF SCHNEIDERMAN: Photographs of nature, landscape, Gothic architecture and petroglyphs. Speeder & Earl’s, Pine St., Burlington, 878-0769. Through September 6.

GROUP SHOW: Acrylic paintings by Ethan Azarian and Michael Smith, photography by Cynthia Silvey and watercolor and ink works by Michael Tonn.

Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Through October.

NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: A group show featuring hundreds of works by members. Old Red Mill Gallery, Jericho, 899-3225.

Through September 25.

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WEST TOWER EXHIBIT: A group show featuring fabric works, holographic gratings and steel sculptures. ECHO, Burlington Waterfront, 864-1848.

Through fall.

::champlain valley RUSSELL HANSEN: “Birds in Flight,” photographs by the late nature photographer and engineer; and ERIK REHMAN: Clay sculptures. Art on Main. Bristol, 453-4032. Through September.

REFLECTIONS ON BASIN HARBOR: The 19th annual juried art exhibit showcases the works of 19 Vermont artists-inresidence over the summer. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 475-2311.

Through September 6.

LESLIE FOLKSMAN: Trompe l’oeil oil paintings. Last Green Place Fine Art Gallery, Middlebury, 388-3131. Through September 5.

ARTISTS’ ALLEY: Murals and mosaic-covered benches by community artists of all ages. Off Main St., Bristol, 4534032. Through October.

LOIS JACKSON: “Wildflowers of Mt. Independence,” watercolor paintings.

Mt. Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 948-2000. Through October 11.

“ALWAYS IN SEASON’: Arts and crafts by Vermont folk artists, past and present.

Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through November 13.

::central LYNA LOU NORDSTROM: “Old Friends, New Friends,” unique and multiple prints. Rhapsody Café, Montpelier, 2296112. Through September.

CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION VS. GLOBAL JUSTICE: A guerrilla photo exhibit by Orin Langelle featuring images from indigenous communities around the world. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 454-8493. Through September.

ANNA BELL: Paintings; and DANIEL A. NEARY JR.: Recent black-and-white photographs. Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, 223-7800. Through September.

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DAVID CORCORAN: “Stealth Portraits,” paintings. Global Markets Café, Burlington, 310-7882. Through August.

ELISA NELSON: Pen-and-ink drawings of Lake Champlain and New England, Pickering Room, through September 29; and GALEN MCDONALD: “Images of This World,” politically charged paintings by the UVM senior, Mezzanine Balcony, through September. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211.

RETREATING IN THE BACK YARD: An exhibit of new paintings by Eloise Beil, Carol Hinrichsen, Carol Norton and Delia Robinson. Gallery on the Green, Shelburne, 985-3648. Through September 4.

NATURAL GRACE: “IMAGES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE”: Paintings, prints and collaborations exploring the relationships between humans and nature by Janet Fredericks, Dona Seegers, Davis TeSelle and Cameron Davis. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 652-4500. Through September 7.

‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’: A selection of Vermont postcards depicting Vermont history and New England life from Special Collections in UVM’s Bailey/Howe Library, through September 19; and LEIGH BURTON & WENDY HIRSCHBERG: “Aftermath,” paintings and works on paper, and wall-hung sculptures, respectively, through September 12. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750.

‘ART OF THE NEEDLE’: An exhibition featuring 100 18th-, 19th- and 20thcentury American quilts; and ‘LES BORDS DE LA LOIRE PRES DE NANTES’: A painting by the late French landscape artist CharlesFrançois Daubigny; also, ‘PEDAL TO THE METAL’: An exhibit documenting the history of children’s pedal cars; and ‘AMERICAN VISIONS OF PARADISE’: Paintings by great American artists including Grandma Moses, Thomas Cole, Washington Allston and Jasper Cropsey. Shelburne Museum, 985-3348, ext. 3330. Through October.

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MAITLAND DEGORGORZA: “Artist’s Life and History, 1898-1941,” paintings, drawings and prints by the late artist, South Gallery; and WOOD HIMSELF: Paintings by the founder, Thomas Waterman Wood, Main Gallery; and THE VAULT TOUR: 19th-century works by friends of Wood, Wood room. T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 828-8743. All through October 17.

ADVENTURE SPARKS: A WEARABLE ART SHOW: A group exhibit; and LELAND ALPER: Drawings and sculpture; and ROLAND BUSSIERE: Paintings. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through September 25.

SUSAN DOHENY: “The Tunbridge Retrospective,” photographs. Tunbridge Public Library, 889-9404. Through October 4.

ANNUAL FULL HOUSE EXHIBITION: Works in multiple media by Jim Boughton, Jane Glesne, Russ Housman, Mimi Love, Rosamond Orford, Carley StevensMcLaughlin, Susan Wacker, Richard Weis and the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 775-0356. Through September 26.

VERMONT BICENTENNIAL DOLLS: The collection of the late Mirren Barrie’s handcrafted dolls depicts children from two centuries ago.

Waterbury Public Library, 244-7036.

Through September 15.

NANCY CLEVELAND & SANDRA ERSHOW: New paintings. City Center, Montpelier, 244-6648. Through September 3.

YINGLEI ZHANG, LINDA CANNONHUFFMAN & RONDA STOLL: Chinese brush paintings by Vermont artists. La Brioche Bakery, Montpelier, 888-2998.

Through September 6.

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES: Six photographers present works in color and black-and-white. City Hall, Montpelier, 229-9416. Through September.

LUCILE LEISTER: “A Quilter’s Life,” featuring more than 30 pieces by the Bethel quilter. Chandler Gallery,

CURRENT EVENTS

It’s somewhat off the beaten path,

but not off the grid — the large exhibition of constructions by Gregory J. Tighe and nature photographs by Kurt Budliger at Northern Power Systems in Waitsfield is worth seeking out. The works are strong and, by virtue of their location at least, can certainly be called powerful. Pictured: “Uncle George (left), “Uncle Pie” (right) by Tighe.

Through September 12.

Randolph, 728-3232. Through September 14.

THE MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD OF STEVE HOGAN: Rock posters, illustrations and comics, including artwork developed for Phish. Riverwalk Records & Poster Gallery, Montpelier, 223-3334.

Through September 6.

TERRY PAGEL: “Ceremonial Vessels,” one-of-a-kind, large-scale glass works.

Mist Grill, Waterbury, 244-7924.

Through September 4.

KURT BUDLIGER & GREGORY J. TIGHE: Nature photographs and 3D assemblages, respectively. Northern Power Systems, Mad River Park, Waitsfield, 496-2955, ext. 287. Through September 12.

GROUP SHOW: Paintings and photographs by 10 Vermont artists. The Book Garden, Montpelier, 223-2824. Through September 13.

::northern VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITION: Works in multiple media by 13 members of the faculty. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. September 5-18.

CLAIRE VAN VLIET: Pulp paintings by the printmaker, painter and Janus Press founder. Back Room Gallery, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, St. Johnsbury, 467-3701. Through October 9.

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THE BIRDS OF JUDITH VIVELL: Oil paintings by the renowned avian artist.

Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116.

Through September 25.

GAYLEEN AIKEN: Twenty-one works by the nationally recognized Vermont artist. GRACE Gallery, Old Firehouse, Hardwick, 472-6857. Through September 16.

HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF MORRISVILLE: Photos from the private collections of five locals depict a century and a half. Tegu Gallery, Morrisville, 888-1261. Through September.

VERMONT ARTISTS: Original works featured in a changing exhibition. Jacob Walker Art Gallery, Morristown Corner Store Building, no phone. Through October 11.

THOMAS FUSS: “Panoramic Africa,” color photographs. Julian Scott Gallery, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 635-1469. Through September 4.

EXPOSED!: An annual outdoor sculpture exhibition throughout the town of Stowe, featuring 19 sculptures by local and national artists. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through October 16.

LAND & LIGHT: INVITATIONAL LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION: A juried show of renowned Vermont and New England

painters; through October 18; and 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT: Paintings by Mary and Alden Bryan, through December 22. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100.

GROUP SHOW: An exhibit featuring a variety of two- and three-dimensional works by more than 50 artists.

Tamarack Gallery, E. Craftsbury, 5868078. Through Labor Day. BREAD AND PUPPET EXHIBIT: Hundreds of puppets and masks. Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover, 525-3031.

Through November 1.

J.C. WELCH: Woodcuts and oils; also paintings, photography, Cibachrome, reproductions and Ukrainian eggs by other artists. The Blue Eyed Dog Gallery & Frame Shop, St. Albans, 5244447. Through September.

JOSHUA DERNER: Pastel and ink drawings; also, original oils, watercolors, sculpture and giclée prints by Vermont artists. The Art Gallery, Stowe, 2536007. Through September.

::southern STEPHEN M. SCHAUB: “Through a Glass Darkly,” photographs using the artist’s hybrid process, “digital holgaroids.”

Indian Hill Gallery of Fine Photography, Pawlet, 325-2274.

Through October 11.

DALE CHIHULY: “Glass and Prints,” works by the famed glass artist, through March 15, 2005; and FUSION PRINTS: THE GOTHAM SERIES:

Computer-manipulated photography featuring Manhattan architecture, by Jan Lourie and Joan Firestone, through September 12; and, WORKING VERMONT: LAND AND LIFE FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: Artworks focused on the subject of work and its context, through September 12; and, AUGUST SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Works by nine regional artists; Yester House, through September 5. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405.

::regional “LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD”: Thirty-four images by 19thand 20th-century female photographers, through September 19; and LUIS GISPERT: “Loud Images,” photographs, sound sculptures and multimedia installations, through September 19; and “DREAMING OF COUNTRY”: Eleven contemporary Aboriginal paintings, through December 5. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426.

HIGH POINTS: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART: New works by national artists, through October 3; and NELSON HENRICKS: “Satellite,” new works by the Alberta-born artist, through October 17. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-285-2000. 쩾

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BY RICK KISONAK

PREVIEWS PAPARAZZI: Paul Abascal directs this revenge fest in which a Hollywood action-star takes matters into his own hands when the police won’t help him deal with intrusive photographers. Starring Cole Hauser and Tom Sizemore. (90 min, R) VANITY FAIR: Reese Witherspoon stars in the latest from director Mira (Monsoon Wedding) Nair, an elaborately staged adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel about a single-minded young woman’s climb to the top of London society during the era of the Napoleonic Wars. James Purefoy, Gabriel Byrne and Jim Broadbent costar.

(137 min, PG-13) WICKER PARK: Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger star in this psychological thriller in which boy meets girl, girl vanishes without a trace, and boy searches obsessively for her until he begins to doubt his own sanity.

Matthew Lillard costars. Paul McGuigan directs. (114 min, PG-13)

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Suspect Zero ★★

E ZERO INTEREST Merhige bungles this thriller about an agent with the power to witness far-off crimes.

very once in a great while the solar system’s planets align.

Rarely, but on occasion, human beings are known to spontaneously combust. Now and then, stunningly talented writers, actors and filmmakers combine their gifts with the result being a laughably bad movie. It’s just one of those things. Suspect Zero is just one of those films.

One of the world’s greatest living actors, Ben Kingsley, is at the center of the story. It was cowritten by Billy Ray, who gave us the impressive Shattered Glass. And behind the camera is E. Elias Merhige, the director responsible for Shadow of the Vampire. It’s hard to imagine any of these guys even taking in a movie this feebleminded, much less making one.

Aaron Eckhart plays yet another serial killer-chasing FBI agent, a character Hollywood really needs to think about cutting back on. The actor’s done first-rate work in pictures such as In the Company of Men and Erin Brockovich, but seems to be doing a second-rate Keanu Reeves impression here.

After mishandling a case, he’s reassigned to a small New Mexico outpost, where he spends most of his time being haunted by mysterious dreams and chewing mouthfuls of aspirin for his constant headaches. As soon as he arrives, an unidentified party starts sending Eckhart cryptic faxes, the majority of which consist of police notices concerning missing children.

Coincidently, dead bodies start turning up in the previously sleepy town and, coincidently, they turn out to be the bodies of serial killers. Whoever disposed of them sliced off their eyelids, left an enigmatic calling card bearing a circle with a slash through it, and apparently wanted Eckhart’s character to find them.

The agent is mystified (the headaches don’t help), but the viewer is well aware of what is going on. Kingsley is revealed to be a former agent who took part in a classified project decades earlier. The top-secret government project is, of course, a tried-and-true movie device used to account for perplexing events or wacky psychological

problems. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it used in as toothless a fashion as it is here, however.

The idea is, Kingsley and four other operatives received top-secret training in a technique stolen by the U.S. military from the Soviets. The technique inexplicably imbues the user with the ability to “remote view” — a fancy term for telepathically watching events unfold far away — pretty much the way Superman uses X-ray vision.

In scene after scene, we look on as Kingsley stares into the distance, pounds his left hand on his desk and scribbles grisly visions with his right. In some cases, the drawings depict horrible crimes; in others, the places where they occur. On the up side, Kingsley is able to use the technique to locate murderers. On the down side, he can’t “turn it off,” and he is being driven to the brink of madness by the horror he’s forced to witness.

For reasons never made clear, Kingsley believes that Eckhart can help him. Why he sends him crazy, anonymous faxes instead of simply getting him on the phone and explaining his problem also goes unexplained. These are the least of the movie’s shortcomings, however.

Eckhart’s character is dull and one-dimensional. Carrie Anne Moss turns up as a fellow agent and former love, but that story line goes nowhere. Much of the film’s look is lifted directly from Seven, but virtually none of that picture’s cleverness. And the whole agent-mind-meldingwith-the-bad-guy thing is taken straight out of the novels of Thomas Harris (The Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs), and then taken to a ludicrous extreme.

Add to that flat dialogue, glacial pacing and gratuitous artsy gore and you’ve got yourself 100 of the most forgettable minutes you’re ever likely to waste in a Cineplex.

Wasting a little of a moviegoer’s time is one thing.

Wasting a talent like Kingsley’s is another. I can honestly say that I’ve never seen the actor embarrass himself in a motion picture prior to this. That unfortunate sight is the only thing in Suspect Zero you haven’t seen countless times before. m

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR★★★ Monsters from two movies meet on Earth and go to the mat in the latest from writer-director Paul W. S. Anderson. The cast includes Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremmer and Tommy Flanagan.

(87 min, PG-13) ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID★★ It’s official: Hollywood will make a sequel of anything at this point. For example, this follow-up to the 1997 flop about a giant jungle snake. This time around, a party in search of a miracle aging cure encounters, you guessed it, multiple giant jungle snakes. With Johnny Messner and Morris Chestnut. (89 min, R) ANCHORMAN★★★1/2 Will Ferrell co-wrote and stars in this comedy about a ’70s TV newsman and his rivalry with a female journalist who challenges him for the top spot at their San Diego station. With Christina Applegate and Paul Rudd. Directed by firsttimer Adam McKay. (94 min, PG-13) THE BOURNE SUPREMACY★★★1/2 Matt Damon stars in the follow-up to the 2002 smash about a trained assassin whose lethal skills come in handy as one-time coworkers continually try to kill him. Based on the popular series of espionage thrillers by Robert Ludlum. With Franka Potente and Brian Cox. Directed by Paul Greengrass. (109 min, PG-13) A CINDERELLA STORY★ The latest from Mark (Model Behavior) Rosman features Hilary Duff as a downtrodden high school student whose life is changed when she meets her personal Prince Charming on the Internet.

Chad Michael Murray co-stars. (96 min, PG) COLLATERAL★★★1/2 If there’s one thing Michael Mann knows, it’s bad guys. He’s the director who introduced us to Hannibal Lecter (played by Brian Cox in Manhunter).

Tom Cruise probably won’t be dining on his victims in the director’s latest, but he’ll be racking them up as a contract killer on the town for a night of paid mayhem. With Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith. (120 min, R) THE CORPORATION★★★1/2 Here’s something you don’t see every day: A documentary which features Michael Moore’s views on big business but which Michael Moore didn’t direct. Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott bring us this highly praised rumination on the growing prominence of global businesses. Also featuring Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. (145 min, NR)

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RATINGS ★ = refund, please ★★ = could’ve been worse, but not a lot ★★★ = has its moments; so-so ★★★★ = smarter than the average bear ★★★★★ = as good as it gets Ratings assigned to movies not reviewed by Rick Kisonak are courtesy of Metacritic.com, which averages scores given by the country’s most widely read reviewers (Rick included).

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SPARTAN

flick chick

BY SUSAN GREEN

SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD

Horse Sense [claimed] my movie hero was not a true horseman,” Fusco explains in an email.

“Then, out of nowhere, a couple of elderly Vermont dairy farmers came forward to say they were friends with Hopkins, to validate him and to produce photographs.”

Fusco saw those snapshots of Hopkins on July 19 when he visited the Shoreham farm of Walt and Edith Pyle, octogenarians still active in breeding and racing thoroughbreds. The couple befriended Hopkins in the late 1940s and can attest to his superior equine skills even at an advanced age.

Earlier that decade, Hopkins spent time in Vermont judging the annual

The mystery man has already met with Senator Patrick Leahy about shooting here and will scout local locations… and Syria on a pinto stallion named Hidalgo — which is also the title of a 2004 Touchstone movie about that adventure, written by Lamoille County screenwriter John Fusco. Viggo Mortensen stars as the intrepid Hopkins.

Ever since the film opened in March, Fusco has been in the crosshairs of Basha and CuChullaine O’Reilly. The controversial Kentuckians contend that Hopkins was a fraud, a charge repeated on their website, in a book they wrote and on a History Channel program.

“I was long dogged by detractors with Middle Eastern connections who

100-mile race sponsored by the Green Mountain Horse Association and writing articles for The Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin.

Hidalgo, a creature of the land, has been linked to a creature of the sea.

According to Fusco, who raises Indian “paint” ponies, Mortensen recently discovered that at the New England Aquarium in Boston, “One of the last northern right whales left in the world was named Hidalgo after our movie.”

Meanwhile, after a long hiatus, another of Fusco’s scripts appears to be on the front burner again. Previous

plans for Rebels, his profile of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, fell apart last year when the producers decided contemporary Slovakia would be the perfect setting for a movie that takes place in 18th-century New England.

Fusco is now in talks with a new director, whose name can’t be publicized until it’s official. But the mystery man has already met with Senator Patrick Leahy about shooting in Vermont and will scout local locations when he finishes post-production on his current project in London.

graphical book by a founder of that elite Army counter-terrorism unit. Mamet and Shawn Ryan, whose TV cop show “The Shield” has earned some Emmy Awards, are now co-authoring a CBS dramatic series on the same clandestinewarrior topic.

Spartan, by the way, stars Val Kilmer as a secret agent who has to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a top U.S. government official. Mamet regulars such as William H. Macy and Vermont native Neil Pepe have smaller roles — as does Alexandra Kerry, progeny of the Democratic presidential candidate. She portrays a bartender.

David Mamet is not normally associated with military movies, unless you count his satirical Wag the Dog screenplay about jingoism for political ends.

But the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and filmmaker, a Goddard College graduate with a getaway home in Cabot, seems positively fascinated by the macho men of Delta Force.

His inspiration for the recently released Spartan, an indie he wrote and directed, came from the 2002 autobio-

Ice, by Art Bell of Burlington, won the “Best Short Experimental” category at the 2004 Woods Hole Film Festival in Massachusetts. Judges at the Cape Cod event, held from July 31 to August 8, apparently appreciated his meditative, four-minute digital video study of skaters on a wintry Lake Champlain.

Did the honor involve a statuette? A plaque? A certificate? “An email,” Bell acknowledges with brevity befitting the recipient of an award-winning short. m

fickle fannie

BY DAVID DIEFENDORF

READ THIS FIRST: This week, as always, the things Fannie likes (shown in CAPITAL letters) all follow a secret rule. Can you figure out what it is? NOTE: Fickle Fannie likes words. But each week she likes something different about them — how they’re spelled, how they sound, how they look, what they mean, or what’s inside them.

We used to play cribbage while eating a CABBAGE. What were those angels doing on a PIN, anyway?

American BEER is a joke compared to German.

We had breakfast at Tiffany’s and lunch on Moon RIVER. A SHIP is a good place to sleep, if it doesn’t tip over.

Vinnie wants to get hitched to a dame with CLASS. To read in BED, we had to hang a lamp on the wall.

We kept a BUST of Beethoven on the old stove.

A TAPE RECORDER captured Tina’s love screams.

To pop a PIMPLE, or not to pop: that is the question.

E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: HARD AS A SOFTBALL. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 55A. So much for Fickle Fannie’s tastes this week. Next week she’ll have a whole new set preferences.

FICKLE FANNIE HINT: Flip a coin for the answer.

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here’s a new twist in a fascinating cowboy story with Vermont cinema connections: Legend has it that Frank T. Hopkins was born in Wyoming just after the Civil War to a Sioux mother, reportedly the daughter of a chief. In his twenties, he began a 1799-mile endurance race from Galveston, Texas, to Rutland, Vermont, on what he describes as a “wild Indian pony” named Joe. The date: September 6, 1886.

The contest, in which he triumphed over 56 fellow riders, took 31 days and earned him $3000. Hopkins then joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and performed around the world. In 1890 he won an 1800-mile desert race through what is now Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq

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enjoy a cold, refreshing molson canadian at AKE’S PLACEcafe enjoy a cold, refreshing molson canadian at breakwater on church street in burlington now open at king st. ferry dock

MAKE “FRIENDS”AT THESE FINE “DRINKING” ESTABLISHMENTS.

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wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Manchurian Candidate 6:40. Princess Diaries 2 6:50. Open Water 7:10. Without a Paddle 7.

wednesday 1 — thursday 2 *Vanity Fair 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15. Open Water 1, 3, 5, 7:30, 9:30. Garden State 1, 3:30, 7, 9:20. Festival Express 1:10, 7:10, 9:35. Door in the Floor 3:10. Napoleon Dynamite 1:20, 3:50, 7:20, 9:25. Fahrenheit 9/11 3:35, 8:30.

The Story of the Weeping Camel 1:30, 6:35.

friday 3 — thursday 9 Manchurian Candidate 1:10 (Sat-Mon), 6:45, 9 (Fri-Sun). Princess Diaries 2 1 (Sat-Mon), 6:40, 9 (Fri-Sun). Exorcist: The Beginning 1:05 (SatMon), 6:50, 9 (Fri-Sun). Without a Paddle 1:15 (Sat-Mon), 7, 9 (Fri-Sun).

ESSEX OUTLETS CINEMA Essex Outlet Fair, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex Junction, 879-6543 wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Alien vs. Predator 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30. Exorcist: The Beginning: 1, 4, 7, 9:40. Hero 12:40, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 9:45. Open Water 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, 7, 9:20. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Suspect Zero 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:20. Without a Paddle 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 9:50.

friday 3 — thursday 9 *Paparazzi 12:40, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40. *Wicker Park 1, 4, 6:45, 9:15. Alien vs.

Predator 12:30. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30. Hero 12:40, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 9:45. Open Water 2:45, 4:45, 7, 9:20. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Suspect Zero 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:20. Without a Paddle 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 9:50.

ETHAN ALLEN CINEMAS 4 North Ave., Burlington, 863-6040. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Hero 6:50, 9:15. Without a Paddle 7:10, 9:20.

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 7, 9:25.

Collateral 6:40, 9:10. friday 3 — thursday 9 The Notebook 1:20 (Sat-Mon), 6:40, 9:10.

Dodgeball 1:10 (Sat-Mon), 7. Anchorman 9:20.

Terminal 9:25. Day After Tomorrow 6:30. King Arthur 1 (Sat-Mon), 6:50. The Village 9:15.

Shrek 2 1:30 (Sat-Mon).

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MAJESTIC 10 Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners, Williston, 878-2010.

friday 3 — thursday 9 *Wicker Park 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25. *Paparazzi 1:20, 3:50, 7:20, 9:40. Hero 1, 3:40, 7, 9:30. Collateral 6:50, 9:20. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 1:25, 4, 7:10, 9:30.

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 1:05, 3:20, 6, 8:30. Suspect Zero 1:15, 3:35, 7:05, 9:15. Without a Paddle 1:20, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35.

The Bourne Supremacy 6:55, 9:35. Open Water 2:50, 4:30, 6:10, 7:50. Shrek 2 12:50, 2:45.

Superbabies 2 1, 3, 5. Exorcist: The Beginning 9:40. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie 12:55.

Times subject to change.

See www.majestic10.com.

Times subject to change.

See www.merrilltheatres.net.

THE SAVOY THEATER Main Street, Montpelier, 229-0509. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Before Sunset 6:30, 8:30. friday 3 — thursday 9 The Corporation 1:30 (Baby-friendly, Monday only), 4:30, 7:30.

SOUTH BURLINGTON 9 Shelburne Rd, S. Burlington, 864-5610. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:05, 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55. Suspect Zero 12:45, 3:45, 7:10, 9:50. Hero 12:25, 3:25, 7, 9:30. Without a Paddle 12, 2:15, 4:35, 6:55, 9:35. Exorcist: The Beginning 12:40, 3:30, 7:05, 9:45. Open Water 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 7:20, 10. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 12:30, 3:10, 6:45, 9:25. Collateral 12:35, 3:35, 6:50, 9:40. The Manchurian Candidate 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:20. friday 3 — thursday 9 *Wicker Park 12:40, 3:45, 7, 9:40. *Paparazzi 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:55. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:05, 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45. Suspect Zero 12:45, 3:40, 7:05, 9:50. Hero 12:25, 3:25, 6:50, 9:30. Without a Paddle 12, 2:15, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25. Open Water 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 7:20, 10. Collateral 12:35, 3:35, 6:40, 9:35. The Manchurian Candidate 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:20.

STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 The Manchurian Candidate 7, 9:15. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 7, 9:15.

The Bourne Supremacy 7. Open Water 9:15. friday 3 — thursday 9 De-Lovely 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat-Mon), 7 (Fri-Mon), 7:30 (Tue-Thur), 9:15 (Fri-Mon). The Manchurian Candidate 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat-Mon), 7 (Fri-Mon), 7:30 (Tue-Thur), 9:15 (Fri-Mon).

The Bourne Supremacy 2:30 (Sat-Mon), 7 (FriMon), 7:30 (Tue-Thur). Open Water 4:45 (SatMon), 9:15 (Fri-Mon).

SUNSET DRIVE-IN Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Open Water & The Bourne Supremacy, Alien vs. Predator & I, Robot, Collateral & Anchorman, Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement & The Village. friday 3 — thursday 9 Without a Paddle & Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, A Cinderella Story & Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Exorcist: The Beginning & Open Water, Collateral & The Bourne Supremacy.

All shows start at 8.

MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2:15 (Wed), 4:30, 6:45, 8:45. Collateral 2:30 (Wed), 4:45, 7, 9. friday 3— thursday 9 Yu Gi Oh! The Movie 2 & 4 (Sat & Sun), 6.

Alien vs. Predator 7:45, 9:30. Collateral 2:15 & 4:15 (Sat & Sun), 6:15, 8:30.

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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to humankind. With Bridget Moynahan and Chi McBride. (115 min, PG-13) KING ARTHUR★★1/2 Antoine (Training Day) Fuqua directs this Jerry Bruckheimer extravaganza marketed as the first “historically accurate” version of the timeless legend.

Clive Owen stars. (140 min, PG-13) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE★★★1/2 What’s next — Citizen Kane remade by Renny Harlin? Jonathan Demme updates John Frankenheimer’s 1962 movie mindgame about a vet who’s used as a pawn in a political scheme. Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber stand in for Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey. Sure, this sounds like it should work. (126 min, R) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE★★★ Jared Hess makes his directorial debut with this quirky comedy about a high school outcast who proves an unlikely hero. Starring Jon Heder and Aaron Ruell. (86 min, PG) THE NOTEBOOK★★1/2 Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are paired in the latest from director Nick Cassavetes, a love story that spans the life of a North Carolina couple. Based on the 1996 best-seller by Nicholas Sparks and with Gena Rowlands. (121 min, PG-13) OPEN WATER★★★★ Chris (Grind) Kentis directs this fact-based shoestring thriller about an American couple whose island vacation turns into a nightmare after the boat that takes them on a scuba diving tour accidentally leaves them behind. Starring Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis. (79 min, R) THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT★★ Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews and director Garry Marshall reunite for this sequel in which everybody’s favorite Genovian gets to choose from a line-up of potential Prince Charmings. (115 min, G) SHREK 2★★★1/2 Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy re-team for the follow-up to 2001’s animated monster hit. This time around, John Cleese comes on board as Shrek’s new father-in-law. (105 min, PG) SPIDER-MAN 2★★★ Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are paired for the sequel to director Sam Raimi’s $400 million 2002 hit (the fifth-largest grosser of all times).

Alfred Molina takes on the webbed wonder, this time in the role of the evil, multilimbed Dr. Octavius. With Rosemary Harris and James Franco. (127 min, PG-13) THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL★★★★ Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni blend ethnographic and dramatic techniques in this motion picture about nomadic Mongolians who reunite a rejected baby camel with its mother by means of a folk ritual. (93 min, PG) SUPER BABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2★ Further proof Hollywood will make a sequel to anything: This follow-up to the 1999 flop about babies who develop a secret language. This time around, the talking toddlers, you guessed it, save the world from an evil

genius. Starring Scott Baio and Jon (Anaconda!) Voight. (100 min, PG) SUSPECT ZERO★1/2 Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley star in this crime thriller about an FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer with a shocking secret. Carrie-Anne Moss costars. E. Elias Merhige directs. (100 min, R) THE TERMINAL★★★1/2 Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks reteam for the story of an Eastern European tourist whose home country erupts in a coup just as he lands in New York, effectively leaving him with a passport from no-place. As a result, he’s forced to make himself a home in Kennedy Airport’s international transit lounge. With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride and Stanley Tucci.

(128 min, PG-13) THE VILLAGE★★1/2 Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver star in the new spook-a-thon from M. Night Shyamalan, the saga of an isolated 19th-century community whose citizens wind up wishing they were even more isolated when they find out what’s living next door in the woods. With Adrien Brody and Bryce Dallas Howard. (107 min, PG-13) WITHOUT A PADDLE★1/2 Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard are teamed for this comedy in which a trio of friends travels into the Oregon wilderness looking for treasure and finds lowbrow zaniness instead. Burt Reynolds costars. Steven Brill directs. (99 min, PG-13) YU-GI-OH! THE MOVIE★ For everyone out there who feels that movies based on comic books are just too darn highbrow, here’s one based on a line of trading cards. Director Ryusoke Takahashi brings us the animated adventures of a boy who taps into mystical energies to save the world from an ancient but recently awakened evil. Featuring the voices of Dan Green and Wayne Grayson. (90 min, PG) For more films at non-cinema venues, see calendar, Section B.

NEW ON DVD/VHS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST★1/2 James Caviezel stars in Mel Gibson’s controversial and highly anticipated account of the 12 hours preceding the crucifixion. Filmed in Italy and also featuring Monica Bellucci and Claudia Gerini. (90 min, R) TWISTED★ In the latest from Philip (Quills) Kaufman, Ashley Judd stars as a detective who discovers the killer she’s tracking may be someone very close to her. With Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. (111 min, PG-13)

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wednesday 1 — thursday 2 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:50. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25. Open Water 2:20, 4:10, 6, 8, 9:45.

Without a Paddle 12:50, 3:10, 7:15, 9:35.

Exorcist: The Beginning 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40.

Alien vs. Predator 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40.

Hero 1, 3:40, 7, 9:30. Collateral 4:25, 6:50, 9:20. Suspect Zero 1:20, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40, 9:45.

Superbabies 2 12:15, 2:05, 6:40. Shrek 2 12:25, 2:25. Spider-Man 2 4, 8:40. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie 12:20. The Village 12:30.

friday 3 — thursday 9 Open Water 3:10, 5, 7:30. Garden State 1:05, 3:30, 7, 9:20. Festival Express 1:10. Napoleon Dynamite 1:20, 3:50, 7:20, 9:25. Fahrenheit 9/11 3:35, 8:40. The Story of the Weeping Camel 1:30, 6:35. Hero 1, 4, 6:45, 9:10.

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW★★★ Roland (Independence Day) Emmerich’s latest once again concerns a threat to humankind. This time around, the survival of the planet’s population is called into question not by evil spacemen but by really, really bad weather. The ensemble cast includes Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Sela Ward and Jay O. Sanders. (124 min, PG-13) DE-LOVELY★★1/2 Kevin Kline stars in Irwin Winkler’s big-screen look at the life of immortal composer and man’s man Cole Porter. Ashley Judd costars in the role of his slack-cutting missus. With Jonathan Pryce.

(125 min, PG-13) DODGEBALL★★1/2 On the heels of Along Came Polly, Starsky and Hutch and Envy, along comes Ben Stiller’s comic saga about a team of losers who try to save their local gym from being bulldozed and replaced by a modern sports-and-fitness palace. Naturally, the issue winds up getting resolved by an all-or-nothing round of dodgeball. Vince Vaughn and Justin Long costar. First-timer Rawson Marshall Thurber writes and directs.

(90 min, PG-13) EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING★1/2 Stellan Skarsgard stars in this problem-plagued prequel (the production burned through three directors; never a good sign) in which Father Merrin makes a horrifying discovery while on an archeological excavation in Kenya. James D’Arcy and Izabella Scorupco costar. (114 min, R) FESTIVAL EXPRESS★★★★ Janis Joplin, The Band and The Grateful Dead are among the acts immortalized in this documentary about a week in the summer of 1970 when some of the biggest names in music traveled by train across Canada together. (90 min, R) GARDEN STATE★★★1/2 Zach Braff wrote, directed and stars in this drama about a young TV actor who returns home for the first time in almost a decade, sees his old world through new eyes and even gets to hook up with Natalie Portman. Ian Holm and Peter Sarsgaard costar. (107 min, R) HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE ★★★ From writer-director Danny (Dude, Where’s My Car?) Leiner comes this road-trip comedy in which a search for fast food turns into a wild, all-night adventure. Starring John Cho, Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris.

(87 min, R) HERO★★★★ From director Zhang (Raise the Red Lantern) Yimou comes this critically applauded meditation on the nature of heroism set against the historical backdrop of the assassination attempt on China’s first emperor. Jet Li and Maggie Cheung star. (96 min, PG-13) I, ROBOT★★1/2 Will Smith stars in this sci-fieffects fest directed by Alex (Dark City) Proyas and based on an Isaac Asimov shortstory collection, in which a detective discovers that servant androids pose a threat

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BARN AGAIN Humor can heal wounds — even make a person whole again. Canadian playwright Michael Healey explores one such cathartic transformation in his lauded play The Drawer Boy. A young citified actor moves in with two middle-aged Ontario farmers and entertains them with his butter-finger bumblings. But in his role as barnyard jester, the actor also draws out and collects anecdotes, the telling of which inadvertently unlocks memories that change the farmers’ lives. The Weston Playhouse produces the Vermont premiere of this dramatic argument for art.

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When the Channel 15 production director opened the studio at 10 a.m., she looked at Lainey Rappaport and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi, you must be the Frog Lady.â&#x20AC;?

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a lucky guess â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after all, the 48-year-old former teacher was dressed entirely in frog-themed clothing: frogs on her dress, on her rings, on her necklace, on the long keychain around her neck and on her earrings. A ceramic frog on a pin below her right shoulder waved a little American flag. She even wore frog socks, but drew the line at shoes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I left my frog slippers in the car,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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WED.01 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. SINGER-SONGWRITER CONTEST: Southview Arts sponsors a multi-week competition for local tunesmiths at Sidelines Tavern, Rutland, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 235-2766.

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.

drama ‘SWINGTIME CANTEEN’: Vintage songs and ’40s starlets entertain in a WWII U.S.O. Club setting. Weston Rod & Gun Club, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $24. Info, 824-5288.

‘RELATIVELY SPEAKING’: The Dorset Theatre Festival presents Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy of hilarious coupling on a weekend in the countryside. Dorset Playhouse, 8 p.m. $25-44. Info, 867-5777.

‘HELLO, DOLLY!’: Stowe Theatre Guild stages this classic musical about a widowed matchmaker who falls in love with one of her clients. Town Hall Theatre, Stowe, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 253-3961.

‘KISS ME, KATE’: Brush up on your Shakespeare for Cole Porter’s musical com-

edy based on the Bard’s Taming of the Shrew. The Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $21. Info, 518-962-4449.

‘THE DRAWER BOY’: A citified actor staying on an Ontario farm humorously bungles his chores and unlocks memories that change the lives of his hosts. See calendar spotlight. Weston Playhouse, 3 & 8 p.m. $27-38. Info, 824-5288.

‘PRIVATE LIVES’: Noel Coward wrote this witty play about a divorced couple who find each other honeymooning with new spouses in the same hotel. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $20.

Info, 518-891-1854.

‘THE COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPRE (ABRIDGED)’: Fast-talking comic actors try to capture the Bard’s entire oeuvre in a single theatrical experience.

Dorset Playhouse, 2 p.m. $25-44. Info, 867-5777.

‘GREASE’ AUDITIONS: The Lyric Theatre holds open try-outs for 23 roles in the popular ’50s musical. Williston Central School, registration 6:30 p.m., auditions 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484.

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‘CONTROL ROOM’: Arab-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim focuses on the Quatarbased al-Jazeera cable news network in this documentary about media reportage of the latest Iraq war. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50.

Info, 748-2600.

RAPTOR PROGRAM: Folks flock to the waterfront natural history museum to learn about winged hunters and messengers. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. $9. Info, 864-1848.

CANCER SURVIVOR TALK: Ellen Fein, author of Not Just a Patient, offers advice on living with life-threatening illness.

Windjammer Inn and Conference Center,

Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: Fifty fabulous fabrications by Windsor County quilters spin off demos and activities for all ages. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $9. Info, 457-2355.

VERMONT FOLK ART TALK: Folklorist Jane Beck introduces examples of Green Mountain folk art from the last 20 years.

Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964.

words WRITING GROUP: Penmen and women generate ideas and get instant feedback at a weekly free-write session. Kept Writer Bookshop, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 527-6242.

BOOK READING: Fairfax author Peter Moss reads from his self-published essay collection, The Conscience of a Proservative.

Borders, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

South Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Reservations and info, 847-4848.

NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY: University of Vermont professor James Petersen gives an illustrated lecture on the state’s past. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 759-2412.

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 ECHO, Burlington, noon & 3 p.m. $6-9.

Info, 864-1848.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

sport HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: The local chapter of the international cross-country club meets for fun, beer and, oh yeah, running. City Hall Park, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $5. Info, 318-5527.

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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3045.

‘SWINGTIME CANTEEN’: See September 1, 7:30 p.m.

‘RELATIVELY SPEAKING’: See September 1.

‘HELLO, DOLLY!’: See September 1.

‘THE DRAWER BOY’: See September 1, 8 p.m.

‘GREASE’ AUDITIONS: See September 1.

‘THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS’: An 18th-century craftsman tries to juggle two jobs in this production at the Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $20. Info, 518-891-1854.

SHELBURNE PLAYERS KICK-OFF: Techies and thespians get info on the fall production of Neil Simon’s comedy, Jake’s Women. Old Town Hall, Shelburne, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-0780.

RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

‘THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA’: Chinese-Australian cyclist and author Lynette Chiang shows slides of her trip through Castro country. See calendar spotlight. Campus Center Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 279-7545.

‘THE WESTERN ABENAKI’: Artist Jeanne Brink speaks on the past and present lifeways and traditions of regional Native Americans. Alburg Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 796-3874.

FARMERS’ MARKET: See September 1, Rt. 15, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See September 1.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

INTERVALE THURSDAYS: Take a break from city life with tours, talks, live music and food sampling at Burlington’s communitysupported farm. Intervale Foundation, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0440, ext. 101.

CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS: Meditators align and balance chakras with help from these resonating instruments. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-8060.

etc FARMERS’ MARKET: Graze among homegrown produce, baked goods and crafts at open-air booths. Two Rivers Center, Montpelier, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1515.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: Stroll down the midway and take in the end-of-summer sights at Vermont’s largest agricultural fair. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - midnight. Admission $9, parking $3. Info, 878-5545.

REIKI CLINIC: Find out how it feels to center your chi through ancient touch therapy. Reiki Clinic, Bristol, 5-8 p.m.

Donations. Info, 453-0203.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES FESTIVAL: New and returning scholars get the lowdown on campus clubs and student organizations.

Billings Student Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-2060.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: Maritime history buffs and the generally curious explore this authentic reproduction of an 1860s canal schooner.

St. Albans Town Pier, arrives at 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 475-2022.

THU.02 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. SUMMER FOLK SERIES: Singer-songwriters Colin McCaffrey and Patti Casey entertain at the Unitarian Universalist Church, South Strafford, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 889-3246.

MORRISVILLE MILITARY BAND: Members of the armed forces get instrumental on the grounds of People’s Academy, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3257.

film ‘CONTROL ROOM’: See September 1.

‘THE FOG OF WAR’: Documentarian Errol Morris draws 11 difficult lessons from former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 518-523-2512.

‘REMEMBER THE TITANS’: Flicks Downtown winds up its outdoor series with this film about a high school football team’s first racially integrated season. Depot Park, Rutland, dusk. Free.

Info, 773-9380.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1.

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.

ESSEX FREE LIBRARY STORYTIME: Tykes rally for reading at the Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: See September 1.

COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 69 p.m. $8 per hour. Info, 479-4127.

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POETRY APPRECIATION: Literary types learn about verse in “Discovering Poetry” at the Rose Street Artists’ Co-op, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 732-693-5639.

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See September 1.

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BURLINGTON WOMEN’S RUGBY CLUB: Ladies scrum for fun at Fort Ethan Allen Field, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 951-9720.

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music Also, see clubdates in Section A. MUD CITY RAMBLERS: Bluegrass fans gather for a toe-tapping concert at Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 8 p.m. Info, 586-7711, ext. 150.

ZZ TOP: The guitar-wielding hairy hombres from Texas play quintessential boogie rock at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $41. Info, 863-5966.

ECHO CENTER CONCERT: Straight Talk Vermont hosts an evening of music for area teens. ECHO Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. - midnight. Free. Info, 951-5176.

HARP ON THE GREEN: Principal Vermont Symphony Orchestra harpist Heidi Soons soothes shoppers at the Farmers’ Market.

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BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn the basics of ballroom, swing and Latin dancing.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207.

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film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE CORPORATIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Documentarians Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott use a mixture of humor and hard-hitting interviews to dissect corporationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; legal basis for existing. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: See September 1.

words WRITE TO READ: Creative writers and word artists share poetry and fiction in an open reading. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7166.

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LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASS OPEN Sunday, September 5, begins and ends at Malletts Bay Boat Launch, Colchester, 7 a.m.

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cheese sendoff at the Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 356-2776.

LARP: Wannabe wizards, werewolves and vampires get together for fantasy roleplay at City Hall Park, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-9859.

MOSHER PITCH: Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher throws the first baseball at the Expos game to celebrate his new novel Waiting for Teddy Williams. Free copies go to the first 100 fans at Centennial Field, Burlington, 7 p.m. $6. Info, 872-2627.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: 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.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Little ones let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 453-3038.

Also, see clubdates in Section A. ANAĂ?S MITCHELL: The Vermont singersongwriting guitarist plays acoustic folkrock after a one-hour open mike session.

Ripton Community Coffee House, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 388-9782.

YES: The venerable British prog-rock band behind the hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner of a Lonely Heartâ&#x20AC;? brings positive energy to the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $41-44. Info, 863-5966.

SHANE BRODIE: Store patrons hear a mix of blues, country and folk from this local guitarist. Riverwalk Records, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3334.

NORTH BEACH CONCERT: Straight Talk Vermont hosts an afternoon of music for area teens outdoors. North Beach, Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 951-5176.

sport DISC GOLF & PUB CRAWL: Frisbee throwers play 18 holes, then down a few drinks. Center Chains Disc Golf Course, Waterbury, 5 p.m. $5. Info, 244-0838.

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CONTRA DANCE: Fiddle-piano duo Pairadocs back up caller Dan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell.

Dancers in clean, soft-soled shoes have the floor at Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 744-6163.

FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS: See September 1, Granite Junction, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See September 1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LOIS MCCLUREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE CORPORATIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See September 3, 7 & 9 p.m.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: See September 1.

ARTIST MARKET: Local artists show their stuff and offer original works for sale.

Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Plaza, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5356.

words POETRY READING: Tea-drinkers get a taste of David Budbill reading poetry at Perennial Pleasures, East Hardwick, noon4 p.m. Tea $5-10, free reading starts at 4 p.m. Reservations and info, 472-5104.

RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

SUCKER BROOK SAWMILL TALK: Aided by pictures and artifacts at the site, a historian talks about a late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial community. East side of Lake Dunmore, Route 53, Salisbury, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 247-8431.

BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR: Recent field and archaeological work is the focus of this look at different stages of marine artifact conservation. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 2-3 p.m. $9. Info, 475-2022.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SATURDAY STORIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 878-0313.

BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STORYTIME: Youngsters take in their favorite tales at the Book Rack & Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pages, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 872-2627.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up hear stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FERDINAND THE BULLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A musical adaptation of Munro Leafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture book reminds us to take time to smell the flowers.

Pendragon Theater, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 11 a.m. $8. Info, 518-891-1854.

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HISTORIC STRAFFORD WALKING TOUR: Strollers learn about the 19th-century advocate for public higher education on a town-wide tour. Leaving from the Justin Morrill State Historic Site, Strafford, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 765-4484.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN KAYAK TRIP: The Vermont Sierra Club hosts a four-hour paddle to learn about Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest lake. Departs from Perkins Pier, Burlington, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 238-2402.

HISTORY HIKE: Follow in the footsteps of Revolutionary War soldiers on this jaunt led by a historian. Mt. Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1 p.m. $5. Info, 948-2000.

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for a march to City Hall, followed by a free picnic in Roosevelt Park. Departs from H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 899-2856.

FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISER: A portion of the proceeds from this popcorn sale goes toward rebuilding Johnson’s firehouse.

Maple Hill Barn, Johnson, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3-6. Info, 635-2500.

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etc FARMERS’ MARKETS: See September 1, Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-889-8188. Downtown Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5856.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See September 1.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

BATTLE COMMEMORATION: A week of reenactments, historic tours and various events highlights the War of 1812’s Battle of Plattsburgh. Plattsburgh, N.Y., area, various times and locations. $5. Info, 518-563-4375.

FLEA MARKET: Proceeds from your purchases help fund an 8th-grade student trip to France. Bishop John A. Marshall Catholic School, Morrisville, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3577.

HENNA BODY ART: A traditionally trained tattoo artist uses natural materials to make temporary pain-free designs. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $5-35. Info, 660-8060.

PRESERVATION BURLINGTON TOUR: A stroll around the ’hood provides a new appreciation for downtown architecture. A second tour explores the waterfront.

Burlington City Hall, 11 a.m. & Perkins Pier, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 238-2918.

FALL MUSHROOM WALK: Food finders learn to forage for fungi, then sample their edible discoveries. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $40-45. Registration and info, 649-2200.

PEDAL METTLE Cross-country cycling — on a folding bike, no less — is a great way to meet people you wouldn’t otherwise. On her two-wheel tour of Cuba, Lynette Chiang expected to find cigars, Tropicana dancing girls and mojitos. Instead the Chinese-Australian encountered a nation that embraces food, family, love — and her. In her slide show and book reading, Chiang presents an apolitical account of what it’s like to eat, drink and be cautiously merry amongst the inhabitants of Fidel Castro’s island. After speaking in town, she heads south to Brattleboro for her next engagement — again, on the folding bike.

‘THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA’ Thursday, September 2, Campus Center Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 279-7545.

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‘THE COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPRE (ABRIDGED)’: See September 1, 3 p.m.

‘LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS’: See September 4.

‘TALES OF A WINTER WIDOW’: Leslie Dillon wrote and stars in this one-woman spiritual comedy about a wife who goes to Manhattan to be alone when her writer husband retreats to the country. Unadilla Theatre, East Calais, 7:30 p.m. $18. Info, 456-8968.

MAD RIVER VALLEY CRAFT FAIR: More than 100 juried artisans show their work under tents while folks hear Andean music and enjoy tasty treats. Kenyon’s Field, Waitsfield, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3. Info, 496-7907.

SUN.05 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. NEW WORLD FESTIVAL: French-Canadian and Celtic music fans converge for this community song-and-dance featuring more than 100 performers. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, noon - midnight. $22. Info, 728-9878.

TOBY KEITH: The country music star best known for “American Soldier” sings to fans and fireworks at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $55. Info, 863-5966.

U.S. AIR FORCE BAND CONCERT: One of the country’s top touring military bands plays marches and show tunes at the Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 5:30 p.m. Gates open at 3:30 for picnics. Free. Info, 253-7792.

TAMMY FLETCHER & THE DISCIPLES: The local blues diva belts it out to benefit Bristol Parks and Recreation. See calendar spotlight. Bristol Recreation Field, 1-5 p.m. $15. Info, 453-5885.

THROWBACK: Booklovers hear harmonious acoustic pop-rock from this Montréalbased band at Borders, Burlington, 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-2711.

MARK CHESNUTT: Country music’s Mark Chesnutt brings his wry East Texas humor to the Vermont State Fairground, Rutland, 7 p.m. $18. Info, 755-5200.

film ‘THE CORPORATION’: See September 3.

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activism FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISER: See September 4.

HOCKEY SALE DONATIONS: Forgot you had those goalie pads? Fast growers and past players of the sport drop off usable equipment for an upcoming sale that benefits local teams. Cairns Arena, South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3678.

‘SWINGTIME CANTEEN’: See September 1, 4 p.m.

‘KISS ME, KATE’: See September 1, 7 p.m.

‘THE DRAWER BOY’: See September 1, 7 p.m. $26-35.

FARMERS’ MARKET: See September 1, Historic Cambridge Freight Yard, 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Free. Info, 588-0826.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See September 1.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

MAD RIVER VALLEY CRAFT FAIR: See September 4. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

MAH JONGG: Bring your set and your game face to Temple Sinai, S. Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-5125.

HANDS-ON HISTORY: Relive the past with ancient stone-tool exhibitions and old-time games. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, 2-4 p.m. $2.50. Info, 759-2412.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASS OPEN: Angling pairs compete for cash with the best eight fish they can land in eight hours. See calendar spotlight. Malletts Bay Boat Launch, Colchester, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. $200 per team.

Registration and info, 879-3466.

RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

‘SECRETS OF A LOST GARDEN’: This onehour walk through Justin Morrill’s gardens focuses on hidden designs and plants from 150 years ago. Justin Morrill State Historic Site, Strafford, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 765-4484.

ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1.

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‘TALES OF A WINTER WIDOW’: See September 5.

SHELBURNE PLAYERS AUDITIONS: Actors try out for one male and seven female roles in Neil Simon’s comedy Jake’s Women. Old Town Hall, Shelburne, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 985-0780.

DANE COOK: The stand-up dubbed Rolling Stone’s “hottest” burns up the house with his slaphappy humor. See story, this issue.

Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 866-422-8849.

film ‘THE CORPORATION’: See September 3.

BURLINGTON FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE: Aspiring moviemakers trade shots and discuss possible group projects.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: See September 1.

COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See September 2.

LIFE DRAWING SESSION: Creative types try a hand at sketching. Wolfe Kahn Building, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, 6 p.m. $7. Info, 635-1769.

talks RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG: Historian Howard Coffin traces the Civil War service of the Second Vermont Brigade. Milton Historical Society, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 893-2340.

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FORUM: Attorney General candidates Dennis Carver, Marianne Kennedy and Karen Kerin pitch their positions and answer queries from voters.

Johnson State College Library, 4:30-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-2851.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1.

BARRE LIBRARY STORY HOUR: Babies from birth to age two take in tales at the Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 476-7550, ext. 308.

GYM FOR TOTS: Youngsters burn energy running, jumping and hula-hooping at the Charlotte Community School, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-4144.

CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP: Children and their caregivers gather for crafts, reading and music-making.

Charlotte Community School Cafeteria, 910:15 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5096.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See September 1.

FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISER: See September 4, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

HOCKEY SALE DONATIONS: See September 5.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See September 1.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, Ladd’s Landing, Grand Isle, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

BATTLE COMMEMORATION: See September 4.

MUSHROOM LECTURE & LUNCHEON: Woodsy wildcrafters listen to mycologist Faith Hunt over a lengthy lunch, then forage for fungi. Hemingway’s Restaurant, Killington, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. $50.

Registration and info, 422-3886.

LABOR & LEISURE DAY: Visitors try their hands at making ice cream, building a splitrail fence and doing laundry the old-fashioned way. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $9. Info, 457-2355.

TUE.07 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. CELTIC JAM SESSION: Flute, fiddle and bodhran players compare notes at the Village Cup Café, Jericho, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 899-5043.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Male musicmakers rehearse barbershop singing and quartetting at St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6465.

AMATEUR MUSICIANS ORCHESTRA: Community players of all abilities and experience levels practice pieces and welcome new members. South Burlington High School. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6. Info, 985-9750.

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.

SOUL SURVIVOR Like Ella Fitzgerald, Eden’s Tammy Fletcher has held her own at New York City’s Apollo Theater. But you don’t have to take the “A” train to Harlem to hear Vermont’s gospel girl. She performs regularly around the state with her band The Disciples. Sunday she sings to raise money for recreation in Bristol. Local group Fran Robideau & Foxfire open the show with a mix of danceable country and folk. Come earlier still for a chicken barbeque lunch.

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drama SHELBURNE PLAYERS AUDITIONS: See September 6.

PLAY DISCUSSION: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead toys with two characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. An English teacher and a director of Stoppard’s work rehash the plays at the Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 824-8167.

film ‘THE CORPORATION’: See September 3.

<calendar > LAUGHING CLUB: Local yoga instructor and author Carol Winfield touts the untapped healing power of yukking it up.

Union Station, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m.

Donations. Info, 864-7999.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUSINESS NETWORK: Entrepreneurs make corporate connections at the Courtyard by Marriot, Williston, 7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-6434.

FDIC MONEY SMART WORKSHOPS: Balance out your banking skills with a financial seminar offered at Merchants Bank, Barre, 5-7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 476-4493, ext. 211.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1.

ESSEX FREE LIBRARY STORYTIME: See September 1, 6:30 p.m.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See September 3.

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 from birth to age two 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, Burlington, 11 a.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848.

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words BOOK READING: Vermont author and ecological activist Brian Tokar reads from his new book, Gene Traders. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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.

PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers practice and improve their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346.

talks RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

‘OH, VICTORIA!’: In this one-woman show, actor Sarah Payne portrays Victoria Woodhull, a larger-than-life “free love” advocate who ran for U.S. president in 1872. Franklin County Senior Center, St. Albans, noon. Free. Info, 524-6616.

Also, see clubdates in Section A. SINGER-SONGWRITER CONTEST: See September 1.

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.

VERMONT GAY MEN’S CHORUS: The choral group that calls itself “A Vocal Minority” welcomes new members at a fall rehearsal kick-off. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 633-3605.

BURLINGTON WOMEN’S RUGBY CLUB: See September 1.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE: Disc enthusiasts of all ages and abilities gather for games at the Westford Town Common, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 879-1681.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See September 1.

HOCKEY SALE DONATIONS: See September 5.

ANTIWAR COALITION: Citizens opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq strategize at the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 5.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See September 1.

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ESSEX COMMUNITY PLAYERS: Aspiring actors audition for eight roles in a fall production of the musical The Fantasticks.

Memorial Hall, Essex Center, 7-10 p.m.

Info, 879-6577.

‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ MEETING: Area high school students get the details on this

FARMERS’ MARKET: See September 1, Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 492-3063.

BATTLE COMMEMORATION: See September 4.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD: Stitchers welcome new members and guests to their anniversary potluck and monthly meeting. Essex Alliance Church, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3516.

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art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. QUILT EXHIBITION: See September 1.

words WRITING GROUP: See September 1.

SUSAN EDSALL READING: The Vermont author kicks off a memoir series with a talk about her book, Into the Blue. See calendar spotlight. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

SPIRITUAL BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Harold Klemp’s Past Lives, Dreams, and Soul Travel discuss the author’s religious movement as it relates to his work.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3364.

talks RAPTOR PROGRAM: See September 1.

JAMES NAISMITH PORTRAYAL: Actor Robert Cheney takes on the identity of the inventor of basketball for this talk on the history of the sport. Brenda’s Kitchen, Richford, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4188.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON PORTRAYAL: Historian Susanne Poulette-Cheney brings the fiery suffragist to life and speaks her mind on women’s rights. Greater Hartford United Church of Christ, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 296-2470.

kids WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See September 1.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See September 1.

ANIMAL FEEDING: See September 1.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See September 1.

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Maya Center for Integrated Medicine & Research Friday, September 17, 6:30pm Inn at Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort 70 Essex Way, Essex For tickets, contact the Maya Center 802.985.4003 or register by email info@mayaintegratedmedicine.org.

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‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Kids ages 2-5 boogie down with rock ’n’ roll and world beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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sport HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: See September 1.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See September 1.

‘UNPRECEDENTED’ SCREENING: A postfilm Q & A with Vermont Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz follows this documentary on the 2000 election. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-4184.

etc REIKI CLINIC: See September 1.

FARMERS’ MARKET: See September 1.

‘LOIS MCCLURE’ INAUGURAL LAKE TOUR: See September 1, Plattsburgh Boat Basin, N.Y., arrives late afternoon.

BATTLE COMMEMORATION: See September 4.

HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SALE: Stick too short? Players of all ages shop for helmets, skates and other stuff at this benefit for local teams. Cairns Arena, South Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3678.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP: Survivors and their families meet monthly for mutual support in the Burlington area, 6-7:30 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.

FLIGHT CASE When Susan Edsall’s father suffered a debilitating stroke, the doctors didn’t hold out much hope for his rehabilitation. At best, they predicted, he might learn to play checkers. Edsall had a loftier goal for her dad, a life-long pilot and restorer of antique planes.

Battling pessimism and their own fears with double doses of determination, she and her sister helped their father get airborne again — something of a medical miracle. It’s all in her literary log titled, Into the Blue: A Father’s Flight and a Daughter’s Return.

SUSAN EDSALL READING Wednesday, September 8, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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THE AROMATIC BATH, OILS, SALTS, BUBBLE BATHS AND SH0WER: Thursday, September 9, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. $25, pre-pay by September 6. Price includes supplies. Eight people maximum. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts/Star Root Aromatherapy. Info, 660-8060. In this workshop you will learn how to use essential oils in the bath and to create your own bath salts to take home. Presented by Carol von Rohr.

HYPNOBIRTHING: Classes now forming for 10-hour series.

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BROKEN CHINA MOSAIC: With Susan Hayward. Sept. 23 Oct. 21. Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Create beautiful objects from broken bits and pieces of china. Choose from a wide variety of colors, styles, thickness, and bring along your own saved special shards if you like. Make three items — a stoneware garden pot, a shallow wooden bowl and a picture frame (small table also possible), while learning to use convex, concave and flat shards.

FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS : Offers classes for all ages in painting, drawing, sculpting, printmaking, photography, clay and crafts. Life Drawing every Monday, 6:30-9 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlington cityarts.com.

STAINED GLASS COMPREHENSIVE: With Gretchen Begnoche.

Sept. 22 - Nov. 24. Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Create a beautiful stained glass window panel or lampshade for your home.

Comprehensive stained glass class for beginners and intermediate students seeking additional instruction. Discussion of the history of stained glass from the 3rd century to present times as a medium to educate an illiterate populace through religious story boards on glass and to decorate buildings.

Learn traditional lead came and Tiffany copper foil techniques through demonstrations and practical experience including pattern selection, design, glass cutting, project assembly and finishing. Students will develop a solid foundation for copper foil and lead came stained glass construction and be able to continue to create beautiful stained glass art at home.

Materials are supplied for demonstrations and practice.

Students will purchase materials for their projects.

ZEN DRAWING COURSE: September 12-17, each day begins at 7 a.m. w/a hearty breakfast and ends at 5:30 p.m. w/a delicious vegetarian dinner. Course fee: $850 includes materials, plus room and board. Limited enrollment, only six places left! Info and registration, call 985-9746 or www.vermont zen.org. If you’ve always wanted to draw, but thought there was no hope, this is the course for you! This intensive residential course (with nonresidential option), is designed for adults who do not know how to draw but truly want to learn.

Experienced instructors at the Vermont Zen Center will teach you based on the methods in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Daily meditation in the tranquil surroundings of the Vermont Zen Center is available every day. By the end of the course you will be seeing in an altogether different way.

astrology ASTROLOGY CLASSES GIVEN BY LYDIA SOLINI: Classes begin Wednesday, September 22 through December 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at UVM. UVM students, $85 for 10 classes.

General public, $95 for 10 classes. Info, contact Melissa Dybbro, 656-2060 or email mdybbro@uvm.edu. This course offers an introduction to the field of astrology, emphasizing the individual signs, their ruling planets and the natal houses. It is designed for students who are interested in examining themselves and their relationships. It will change your perception of yourself and others and enhance your understanding. Bring your sense of humor and birthdates of the people you know. Expect lively discussions and to become very savvy about the people you encounter. No homework.

Free lecture on September 15.

ONGOING ASTROLOGY WORKSHOP AND GATHERING: Facilitated by Laurie Farrington, Tuesday evenings from 6:309 p.m. Cost is $10 per week. Pre-registration is required.

Info, 879-1147 or email shalala@adelphia.net. Astrology is an amazing language that reveals deep underlying patterns that profoundly affect each of us. As a result, Astrology can teach us much about ourselves, others, and the ways we choose to live in the world. Are you interested in beginning to learn Astrology, or perhaps developing the knowledge you already have? Would you like a space to speak the language of Astrology and to assist others in absorbing it? All levels are invited to come together to learn and to grow in this fascinating and complex study. Precise birth information is required, as we will be working with our own and each other’s charts.

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Day, evening and weekend courses. Various locations. Info, 888-4DRINKS or bartend ingschool.com. Get certified to make a mean martini, margarita, Manhattan or mai tai.

clay FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: Offers classes at the Clay and Craft Studio. Give-It-A-Whirl, September 11 through October 2, 10 a.m. - noon. Sets and Multiples, Saturday, September 18, noon - 4 p.m. Info, 865-7116 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

craft BASIC BEADING: Saturdays, 3-5 p.m., Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

The Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 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, 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.

BEGINNING COPPERSMITHING: Thursdays, September 30 through November 18, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Experience the creation of a three-dimensional object from a flat piece of copper sheet.

Learn basic metallurgy and metalsmithing techniques by using a hammer and acetylene torch. Create a copper bowl, a stand for your bowl or turn the bowl into a hanging planter.

Demonstrations will include annealing, work-hardening, sinking, planishing, tapering, filing, sanding, soldering and polishing.

FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: Offers classes at the Clay and Craft Studio. Precious Metal Clay, Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Info, 865-7116 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

WOOL FELTING WORKSHOP: Saturday, Oct. 2, 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Create a felt wool bag, no knitting. In this workshop you’ll get acquainted with the very old and suddenly trendy technique of turning wool into felt to make small pouches or a reasonably sized purse or bag. We’ll then embellish with beads and other bits and needlework.

dance 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!

BALLET AT SHELBURNE ATHLETIC CLUB: Starting September 8, 7-week sessions. New Parent and Tot Dance, ages 2-3 with caregiver. Mondays, 2-2:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 11:15-11:45 a.m. Creative Pre-Ballet, ages 4-6, Mondays, 2:45-3:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1:15-2 p.m. Children’s Ballet, ages 6-10, Mondays, 3:30-4:40 p.m. Adult Ballet Exercise, Wednesdays, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Info, 860-9927 or visit www.shelburne athletic.com. Experience quality classical ballet instruction in a supportive, fun environment.

DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Burlington, Tuesdays, Sept 7-28, 6 p.m.: Learn the basics of Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue. 7 p.m.: Learn the basics of Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango. 8 p.m.: Continue with Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango. 9 p.m.: Continue with Rumba, Cha Cha and begin to learn Bolero. The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. St. Albans: Thursdays: Sept. 9-30, 6 p.m.: Learn the basics of Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue. 7 p.m.: Learn the basics of Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango. 9 p.m.: Continue with Rumba, Cha Cha and begin to learn Bolero. City Hall, 100 Main St., St. Albans. Classes are $40/general or $20/ student for four weeks. No partner required. Info, 802-5986757 or visit www.FirstStepDance.com. You’ve always wanted to learn to dance with a partner, and these beginning classes are a great way to start! Begin classes now so that you can take the best advantage of the free events for National Ballroom Week, Sept. 17-26.

FLYNNARTS DANCE CLASSES: Fall semester begins September 13! Info, 652-4548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynncenter.org. Classes include modern dance, ballet, jazz dance, hip-hop, and master classes with visiting Flynn performers.

PROGRESSIVE SQUARE DANCE: Workshops presented by Central VT Squares on the first and third Fridays (dates subject to change) throughout the winter at the Capitol Grange in Montpelier from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ages 9 to adult.

Cost of the workshop is $5, first workshop is free on September 10 or 17. Info, 476-5895 or 476-1035. Singles or couples welcome. No partner necessary. Casual dress. Al Monty is the caller.

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RICHMOND SWING DANCE CLASSES: Thursdays, Sept. 16 Oct. 21. Lindy 1: “Introduction to Lindy” (right from the beginning), 6:15-7:15 p.m. Lindy 2: “The Charleston” (experience required) 7:30-8:30 p.m. At Richmond Free Library (2nd fl.), 201 Bridge St., Richmond. $50 for 6 classes. Please preregister! Classes are filling up. No partner necessary. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Info or registration, Dan, 434-5776 or email Chris, rallyq@juno.com.

Popsicle Toes Productions presents six Thursdays of swing with Chris Sumner and Dan Carhart. These classes will teach the rudiments of swing, with a strong emphasis on technique: center, balance, connection, lead and follow, timing, and more. It’s not just moves. It’s the way that YOU move.

SALSA WITH STYLE: Saturdays at Burlington Yoga, 156 St. Paul Street (right above The Waiting Room). Classes are $10 each. Private lessons also available. Pre-registration isn’t required, but strongly encouraged. Info or registration, 802-782-4225. Check us out online at http://www.geocities .com/dancesalsawithstyle. Intermediate/Advanced Salsa for Ladies 1:30-2:30 p.m. Open to teen and adult ladies with Salsa experience. Salsa for Beginners 2:30-3:30 p.m. Open to gentlemen and ladies of all ages. The Salsa for Ladies group will be practicing routines and alternating as leaders and followers. Learn something new, spice up your dancing, and challenge yourself! The beginners group will get an introduction to Salsa rhythm, footwork and basic patterns.

design/build HANDPLANES IN THE WORKSHOP: With Garrett Hack.

September 25-26. Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 9853648. We’ll focus on both tuning bench planes such as the common Stanley/Bailey cast iron planes and smaller block planes, plus some other useful planes you might want to add to your tool kit such as pokeshaves and scrapers. Sharpening, replacement irons, all aspects of adjusting, tuning, and setting the working parts of a plane will be explained.

drumming CONGAS AND DJEMBE: Beginning Conga classes on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:50 pm. Djembe classes on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:20 pm. New sessions start on 9/8 ($20 for two weeks), and 9/22 ($40 for four weeks with no classes on 9/29 & 10/6), and 11/3 ($60 for six weeks with no classes on 11/10 & 11/24). Classes are held in the Taiko Space @ 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Walk-ins are welcome.

Intermediate/ advanced Conga class meets on Wednesdays or Fridays at a different location. Please call for details. Contact Stuart Paton 658-0658, paton@sover.net or 872-0494.

TAIKO: Kid's beginning Taiko classes are on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:20 pm starting 9/7, and 10/19 ($42 for 6 week sessions with no class on 11/23). A 3 week session begins 12/7. Kids' intermediate classes are on Mondays from 3:15 to 4:00pm starting 9/13 and 10/25 ($42 for 6 weeks with no class on 11/23). A three week session starts 12/6.Adult beginning Classes are on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:50pm ($48/6 week session starting 9/13, and 10/25). A three week session begins on 12/6. All Taiko classes are held in the Taiko Studio @ 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Walk-ins are welcome. Contact Stuart Paton 658-0658, paton@sover.net or 872-0494.

education SAT PREPARATION AND TUTORING: Ongoing classes. Oak Hill Educational Consultants, 289 College St., Burlington.

Info, 658-0100. SAT, SAT Math, getting to a score of 1600, classes and private tutoring available. Small class size, limited to six students.

energy EMF BALANCING TECHNIQUE: Five-day practitioner certification classes by appointment. Pre-requisite Universal Calibration Lattice. Schedule and contact info, see display ad in Wellness Aahhhhh. This training is concise and powerful in a gentle and nurturing way. Learn about a new system in the energy anatomy, the Universal Calibration Lattice and the EMF Balancing Technique, given to work with this system. Understand how your personal lattice connects to universal energy, the cosmic lattice and how to work with it to enhance and accelerate personal and planetary evolution. Suitable for anyone interested in learning about an exciting, new energy system and its role in transformation, holistic practitioners who might like to diversify their practice or learn about new developments in the field of energy, and newcomers to energy work who would like to learn a revolutionary system to facilitate sessions with clients.

family PEACEMAKING AND BETTER RELATIONSHIPS: WORKSHOP: Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m. to noon: $45, limited to 20 participants. CLASSES: Thursday nights, September 16, 23 and 30, 7-8:30 p.m.: $125, limited to 6 participants.

Located at Demeter Resolutions, LLC, Burlington. Instructor: Anthe Athas. Info or registration, 864-0624, email: DemeterResolve@aol.com or visit www.demeterresolutions .com. Want more peaceful relationships at home, at work, at school? It isn’t just a matter of luck. Demeter Resolutions, LLC, Burlington, is offering an introductory workshop and a course. This workshop is an introduction to the skills that will help you bring clarity and focus to your conversations with your coworkers, loved ones, family and friends.

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glass MAKE IT OUT OF GLASS - ART GLASS CLASSES: Wednesday through Sunday by appointment. Human Hand Gallery/Glass Studio, 5359 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh. Info, 802-877-3333. Instructor, Carol Schreiber.

MAKE YOUR OWN BEADS - ART GLASS CLASSES: Wednesday through Sunday, Human Hand Art Gallery/Glass Studio, 5359 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh. $125 for three-hour class, all materials included. Info, call 877-3333. Instructor, Carol Schreiber.

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healing ENERGETICS OF TRANSFORMATION SEMINAR: October 810. Stowe Yoga Center, Stowe. Info, 802-253-3070. A new approach to healing for psychotherapists, chiropractors, Reiki and bodyworkers, even business people.

MAYAN TRADITIONAL HEALING: September 18-19. Wheelock Mountain Farm, Wheelock. $225 includes room and meals, with a non-refundable deposit of $75. Presented by InterAmerican Center for the Arts, Sustainability and Action. Info, 802-456-7014 or email hana@vtlink.net. Belizean herbalist and midwife Beatrice Waight will teach Mayan uterine massage, the use of medicinal plants central to Mayan Healing practices, herbal bathing to treat both physical and spiritual ailments, traditional ways to connect to spirit through prayer, and healing and ritual. In this intensive training you will learn the primary techniques used by the Maya to diagnose and treat illness, both physical and spiritual in nature. Individual healing sessions also available by appointment.

jewelry BASIC BEADING 101: Tuesday, September 9, 6:30 p.m.

The fee for this class is $20, plus bracelet materials.

Bead Crazy, Taft Corners Shopping Center, Williston. Info, 288-9666 or visit www.beadcrazy.com. This class will provide a basic overview of stringing materials, types of beads, findings, tools, design and finishing techniques.

You will make a bracelet to take home.

INTRODUCTION TO EARRING MAKING: Saturday, September 4, 4-6 p.m. $8 includes some supplies. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts/Star Root Aromatherapy. Info, 660-8060. Want to make your own jewelry but don’t know how? Here’s an easy way to start. In this workshop you’ll learn to make three simple styles of earrings. Choose from our selection of glass, stone and crystal beads to make dazzling creations to take home with you. Presented by Martha Pullen.

JEWELRY MAKING - BEGINNER: With Pilar Netzel. Sept. 22 Oct. 13. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Design and create your own unique and wearable jewelry. Fabricate a necklace in its entirety using cold-connections. Learn to manipulate wire into basic chain patterns, simple clasps and findings. Explore working with a variety of non-precious metals; copper, brass, bronze and nickel silver. Using a combination of metals, play with color and design a layered pendant connected by rivets. Demonstrations will include; shaping wire, transferring design to metal, drilling, sawing, piercing, filing, sanding, riveting and polishing.

kids AFTER-SCHOOL ART - AGES 7-11: Sept. 21 - Oct. 12 and/or Oct. 19 - Nov. 9. Tuesdays, 3-4:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Something new every week! Make a puppet pet, paint with pastels and watercolors, draw, build a sculpture, design posters and CD covers.

ART ADVENTURES: After-school art classes. Wednesdays, 3:304:45 p.m. Ages 6-8, September 15 through October 20. Ages 9-11, October 27 through December 8. Museum members, $30. General, $35. Info, 656-0750. Art classes at the Fleming Museum provide exciting opportunities for children to explore the visual arts. UVM art education students, supervised by their instructor, Tom Brennan, teach the classes for each age group.

Whether your child loves art or is just curious to try something new, these classes offer individualized attention and the chance to experiment with a variety of mediums, such as painting, sculpture and collage.

CLAY SCULPTURE FOR KIDS: With Jennifer Smedley. Sept. 23 Oct. 14 and/or Oct. 21 - Nov. 11. Thursdays, 3-4:30 p.m.

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<classes> KIDS < 15B FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: Tadpole Drop-In, Tuesdays and Saturdays, September 7 through December 14, 9:3011:30 a.m. Tadpole II, Mondays, September 20 through October 18, 10-11:30 a.m. After School Creative Clay, Mondays, September 27 through October 18, 3:30-5 p.m. Family Drop-In, Fridays through November, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Teen Drop-In, Fridays through November, 7:30-10 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

Have a birthday party with us or create your own class!

FLYNNARTS CLASSES: Fall semester begins September 13! Info, 6524548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynncenter.org.

Classes in music, theater, and dance for all ages and skill levels.

FLYNNARTS FREE SATURDAY SAMPLER: Saturday, September 11, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Flynn Center, Burlington. Info, 652-4548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynn center.org. Not sure which class would be right for your child? Come try a 45-minute class for free and visit the FlynnArts studios. Exciting, informative, and open to all levels!

language ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: Ongoing Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Sundays, 4-6 p.m. The Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Free. Info, Carrie Benis, 865-7211. Classes will focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar. They are open to all who want to learn and improve their English, as well as explore American culture and history.

ESL: Ongoing small group classes, beginner to intermediate. Vermont Adult Learning, Sloane Hall, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Free.

Info, 654-8677. Improve your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English as a second language.

ITALIAN - BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE CLASSES: 12-week courses in Beginning and Intermediate Italian start September 2 and 6 in downtown Montpelier, meeting once a week from 7-8:30 p.m. $185 per course. Info, 229-0261. Advanced conversational group meets Tuesday evenings, downtown Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $50 per month. One-on-one lessons at your convenience and level, downtown Montpelier, $30 per hour. Original syllabus covers grammar, conversation, culture, idioms, slang, storytelling and a Florentine soap opera. Tami Calliope has been teaching Italian in Central Vermont for the past 10 years. Her classes for adults are learning-intensive and famous for being fun. Calliope grew up in Florence, Tuscany and Venice and has translated over three dozen books from the Italian. She brings a contemporary cultural awareness and Italian sensibility to her classes. Come prepared to laugh.

maritime LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM SPRING/ SUMMER CLASSES: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, located on the lake at Basin Harbor (6 miles west of Vergennes) and Burlington, will be offering week-long courses and one-day workshops throughout the season!

Build your own boat or learn how to restore your old one. Try your hand at shaping iron or casting bronze. Learn how to capture maritime subjects on film, with paint or pen-and-ink. Improve your kayak-handling skills or take a guided canoe trip. Students can explore maritime topics in one or two-day workshops. Adults and children can spend a morning learning together. Call 475-2022 or visit www.lcmm.org to see the full listing of courses, workshops and learning adventures that await you and your family. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is located at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd. The Burlington Shipyard is located on historic King Street Ferry Dock.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin Tuesday, September 7 at 5:30 p.m.. Please call to reserve a space.

Day and evening classes for adults seven days a week. Children’s classes, ages 7-12, resume on Saturday, September 4, 9-10 a.m. and also meet on Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Laido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m. Zazen (zen meditation, free and open to the general public), Tuesdays, 8-8:40 p.m.

Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, 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 a Laido class.

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 Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis, Wing Chun Kung Fu and Tai Chi. One minute off I-89 at exit 17.

THE BLUE WAVE TAEKWONDO SCHOOL: Adult, family and children’s classes available Monday through Thursday and Saturday for beginners, advanced and competitive students. 182 Main Street, Burlington (next to Muddy Waters). We offer the best value in the area with student and family discounts available. Mention this Seven Days ad and receive a free uniform when you sign up! Info, call 6583359, email info@bluewavetkd.com or visit www.bluewavetkd.com.

Former national team member and Vermont state coach Gordon White teaches the exciting martial art and Olympic sport of Taekwondo. Our experienced teaching staff emphasizes proper body mechanics and Taekwondo technique during plyometric, technical and cardio training sessions to improve flexibility, strength and overall fitness.

TRADITIONAL KUNG FU CLASSES: Ongoing classes available. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Info, 288-8160. Two traditional forms of Chinese Kung Fu are taught: Ba Ji Chuan and Xing Yi Chuan.

These are powerful forms of self-defense and self-cultivation. This is for both beginners and experienced practitioners from other styles.

VERMONT AIKIDO: Adult Intro. Class. New class starts September 28, 6 p.m. Four weeks of basic instruction will lead up to four weeks of mixed level dojo practice. Eight-class Intro. Course fee, $45. Regular classes, Mon.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m. Sat., 9:30-11:00 a.m. Sun., 10-11:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome to observe classes or practice as guests for a mat fee. Vermont Aikido, 274 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 862-9785 or visit www.vermontaikido.org. We are a not-for-profit organization.

massage ADVANCED MASSAGE AND BODYWORK CLASSES: Neuromuscular Therapy of Vermont offers four-week classes and one-day intensives starting every month this fall. Prerequisite for all classes is some basic massage training or experience. The No Hands Full-Body Rejuvenation Method, one-day intensive, offered twice, Saturday, September 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, November 6, 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m. $65. Pain Mechanisms of the Low Back, four weeks.

September 14 - October 5, Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $195 or $175 if paid in full by Sept. 4. Reviewer, $125. Pain Mechanisms of the Shoulder, four weeks, October 13 - November 4, Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m. $195 or $175 if paid in full by Oct. 2. Reviewer, $125.

Pain Mechanisms of the Neck, four weeks, November 11 - December 9, Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Skip November 25 for Thanksgiving. $195 or $175 if paid in full by Oct. 30. Reviewer, $125. Neuro-muscular Therapy of Vermont and the Center for Advanced Bodywork Training. Stephen O’Dwyer, Director. The Chace Mill, Suite 226, Burlington. Info, www.NMTvermont.com or email NMTclasses@ verizon.net or 658-1005, ext. 2. The classes at Neuromuscular Therapy of Vermont integrate neuromuscular massage technique, deep-tissue massage, myofascial release technique, and other modalities. Both newer practitioners and seasoned massage therapists can refine their hands-on and evaluative skills to work with less effort and become more effective in treating many forms of chronic pain.

SHIATSU: INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF JAPANESE FINGER PRESSURE THERAPY: With Scott Moylan, Friday, September 17, 7-9 p.m. FREE! Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset Street 2nd fl., South Burlington. Info or space reservation, 658-7715. An introductory talk and demonstration. This evening will provide an overview and demonstration of Shiatsu and outline the 300-hour Shiatsu training course that will begin at Touchstone Healing Arts this October. There will be a question-and-answer period after the presentation.

SHIATSU: THE ART OF JAPANESE FINGER PRESSURE THERAPY: 300hour intensive with Scott Moylan. Begins Saturday, October 9 and 10, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and continues every Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. through July 27, 2005. The training includes two other required weekends, February 12-13 and May 14-15. Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset St., South Burlington, 2nd floor. Course fee, $2750, plus required texts. Prerequisite for course is Human Anatomy for knowledge of body landmarks. This training in Shiatsu will involve a detailed study of the body’s meridian system, as well as diagnostic methods of finding disharmony (pulse, abdominal and tongue diagnosis.) Course material will be coupled with hands-on learning of a complete Shiatsu treatment. At the end of the course, students will be able to treat clients in a supine, prone and seated position as well as on a massage table. Side-lying, pregnancy and pediatric Shiatsu will be introduced.

Flamenco guitar, Brazilian hand percussion, intro to the rhythms of India, and more.

nature FALL MUSHROOM HIKE: Saturday, September 4, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Members, $40. Non-members, $45. Pre-registration required.

Info, 802-649-2200 or visit www.montshire.org/programs.html.

Mushrooms and other fungi are common autumn inhabitants of the forest floor. How can you tell which are edible and which should be avoided? Join Faith Hunt of the Montshire Mycology Club on this foray into the woods. Participants will be introduced to a wide variety of spectacular fungi that can be found in the Museum’s forest. The program ends with opportunities to sample our edible finds.

outdoors GPS FOR BEGINNERS: Thursday, September 23, 7-9 p.m., Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m. - noon and Saturday, October 16, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Members, $100. Non-members, $110. Pre-registration required.

Info, 802-649-2200 or visit www.montshire.org/programs.html.

Perhaps you have a hand-held GPS unit. And perhaps you are a little fuzzy on how it works. We can help you get the most out of this amazing tool! This three-part series will provide the basics, from finding your place on a map, to mapping the places you find. The course begins with an evening program in which we’ll learn how GPS units work. After familiarizing ourselves with our own units, we will spend two mornings in local forests tracking our wanderings while practicing various features on typical GPS units. We’ll even use software to create a topographic map of our favorite trails. Participants should bring their hand-held GPS units to each class session.

painting INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING: With Tad Spurgeon. Sept. 22 - Nov. 3.

Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Gallery studio, 54 Falls Road. Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. This class is for people who have done some past work with oil painting and would like to develop their work further. The emphasis here will be on the relationship between craft and style; what palette, medium, and technique are best suited to the student’s intentions; how to develop a painting; how to develop a process. Students will paint subjects of their own choosing.

LEVEL 1 WATERCOLOR: Instructor: Jean Cannon, Tuesdays 7-9 p.m., Sept. 14 - Oct. 1, Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Watercolor basics for those just starting or with a little experience. Learn color theory and basic watercolor technique. Through color exercises and experiments with still life and elements of landscape painting students will learn the basics of watercolor. We’ll explore wet-in-wet technique, dry brush, glazing and washes. You will leave with new skills and techniques to practice. Some drawing experience will enhance your ability to progress in this class. Materials list will be provided at the Gallery Studio, 54 Falls Rd., Shelburne.

OIL PAINTING LEVEL I: With Tad Spurgeon. Sept. 21 - Nov. 2.

Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Gallery Studio, 54 Falls Road, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. This class will focus on the technical cornerstone of realistic painting, how to turn color into light, Standard color nomenclature will be covered in detail, as well as the logic of light. Each week different colors and methods will be addressed as a way of acquainting the student with a variety of palettes, mediums, supports and approaches to oil painting. Experience with drawing is highly recommended to get the most out of this class.

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A COURSE IN MEDITATION: Tuesdays, September 14 - December 14.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Thirteen-week course, $100 if prepaid by September 7.

Individual classes are $10 each, drop-ins welcome. Class size is limited to 6-18 people. Info, contact Barry, 343-7265 or Spirit Dancer, 6608060. Barry Weiss has been meditating for over 30 years. He has a Master’s in Transpersonal Psychology and Alternative Education. He has studied at Naropa Institute with Ram Dass, Chogyam Trungpa, Swami Muktanada and Joseph Chilton Pearce. Barry co-founded the Green Mountain Waldorf School.

MASTERY AND MEDITATION CLASS: First and third Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. Study the teachings of Indian Sufi Master Inayat Khan. Focus on accomplishment and success in your life and interfaith prayer for world peace.

TAOIST EARTH MEDITATION: Saturday, September 18, 9-11 a.m. $25.

Elements of Healing, Essex Junction. Info, 288-8160 or visit www. elementsofhealing.net. The Earth Meditation is from the Tao Ahn Pai (Taoist Elixir Method) system of internal cultivation. It’s main purpose is to promote self healing and circulation of Qi and blood. When practiced regularly, students may experience healing from many chronic ailments as well as a deep sense of relaxation. Scott Moylan has been given permission to teach this meditation along with the Cloud Hands Chi Kung from Master Share K. Lew. Scott also teaches ongoing classes in Qi Gong and Traditional Chinese Kung Fu.

PARENTS OF GIFTED: Thursdays, beginning September 9 from 7-8:30 p.m. $125 fee includes book. Info, lucybogue@yahoo.com. Ten-week discussion group sponsored by the Green Mountain Center for Gifted Education, Inc. and led by Carol Story, PhD and Lucy Gage Bogue, MA. Each week focuses on various topics related to nurturing gifted children.

music FLYNNARTS MUSIC CLASSES: Fall semester begins September 13!

Info, 652-4548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynn center.org. Classes include jazz combo workshops, beginning guitar,

performing arts SMIRKUS SCHOOL OF CIRCUS ARTS: If you’re going to clown around, why not do it right? The new School of Circus Arts in Essex Junction (5 New England Dr., by the Racquet’s Edge) offers year-round training by renowned coaches Volodia and Zina Avgoustov, formerly with the Moscow Circus. Group training in aerials, acrobatics, tumbling, balance, juggling, clowning and more available by session, or we can customize sessions to match your interests and skills. Introductory, intermediate and advanced classes for pre-K through adults for fun, a great workout or professional advancement! Call, email or log on for info: 533-7443, x 33, dana@smirkus.org, www.smirkus.org.

photography FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: Basic Darkroom, Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 16 through October 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Alternative Printing, Wednesdays, September 22 through October 13, 6-8:30 p.m.

pilates MAT PILATES: 8-week session begins Thursday, Sept 2, 6:45 p.m. at The Fitness Center. $40/members, $80/nonmembers. Info, 651-

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8773. Strengthen and lengthen muscles. STOTT certified instructor Lisel Richards leads this dynamic, progressive, small group class. Also available, private Pilates instruction by appointment.

THE PILATES DEN: Offering ongoing, small group mat classes ($10/class, first class $5) and Reformer private sessions at a rare, affordable price. The Pilates Den, Williston. Info, 879-7302. 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. Expect to see an increase in muscle tone, strength and stretch, and to feel energized and renewed.

pottery BEGINNING WHEEL: With Loretta Languet. Sept. 16 - Nov 18.

Mondays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village.

Info, 985-3648. This class is open to beginning potters who wish to sharpen their skills as well as those who have little to no experience in clay. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of clay and throwing on the potter’s wheel, learning the basics of creating functional ware. We will start with bowl and cylindrical forms and work into more complex pieces including lidded pots, stacked forms, and spouts.

We also will explore numerous decorative techniques, the glaze application and firing process. Demonstrations, personal instruction and slide presentation will be included.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED WHEEL: With Michael Connelly and Loretta Languet. Sept. 15 - Nov. 17. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. This class is designed for students who have some past wheel-throwing experiences and wish to further their understanding of building utilitarian pottery. Special emphasis will be placed on details of your work. The finish process will focus on high-temperature stoneware and soda firings. This class will include individual instruction, slide talks, and demonstrations. Demonstrations will be: Glazing for Reduction, Glazing for Soda, Pitchers and Spouts, Lidded Pots, and Teapots.

RIVER STREET POTTERS: September/October seven-week classes beginning September 1. Adult Wheel: beginners only, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. Beginner/Intermediate, three classes, Mondays, 6-9 p.m., Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m.

Intermediate/Advanced Wheel, Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Handbuilding, all levels, beginners welcome, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. Kids, all ages/levels, two handbuilding and wheel classes, Tuesdays, 3:30-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 9-11 a.m. Free practice days for adults. 141 River St. Rt. 2, Montpelier. Info, 224-7000. Give your creativity free rein in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.

WHEEL THROWING - ALL LEVELS: With Loretta Languet. Sept. 16 - Nov. 18. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. This class is designed for beginning students as well as those who wish to further their understanding of building utilitarian pottery. Special emphasis will be placed on details of your work. The finish process will focus on high-temperature stoneware and soda firings. This class will include individual instruction, slide talks, and demonstrations. Demonstrations will be: Glazing for Reduction, Glazing for Soda, Pitchers and Spouts, Lidded Pots, and Teapots.

printmaking FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: Offers classes at the Print Studio. Drypoint from the Landscape with Brian Cohen, Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com. Studio memberships available.

qi gong MASTER SHARE K. LEW - SHEN GONG NUI GUNG QI GONG: October 2 and 3, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Elements of Healing, Essex Junction, VT. Info, (802)288-8160. The exercises that Master Lew teaches are part of the internal system of self healing. These exercises strengthen the circulation of Chi (vital energy) through the internal organs and increases vital health and sensory perception. The Shen are twelve nonstrenuous Nui Gung (internal energy cultivation) exercises. The primary purpose of this chi kung form is self-healing. In addition, they can develop concentration, increase visual and auditory acuity and enhance sensitivity to oneself and others. The Shen is part of the Tao Ahn Pai (Taoist elixir method) system created over 1300 years ago by Lu Dong Bin, one of the eight immortals of Taoism. Master Share K. Lew is a Taoist priest with over 60 years experience in the traditional Taoist arts.

He received his education at Wong Lung Kwan, a Taoist monastery on the Luo Fo Mountains near Canton, China. Master Lew studied at Wong Lung Kwan for 13 years. During that time he trained in the full range of Taoist Healing and martial arts.

QI GONG CLASSES: Ongoing classes where beginners and advanced students are welcome. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Info, 288-8160. Qi Gong is a soft and flowing, self-healing exercise that is similar to Tai Chi. With consistent practice, healing from many chronic ailments can be achieved.

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REFLEXOLOGY: PASSIVE FOOT MOBILIZATION: With Geraldine Villeneuve. Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, September 26, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Monday, September 27, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. (a half-day clinic). Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset St., 2nd floor, South Burlington. Info and registration, 658-7715. Course fee, $545. This exciting workshop unravels the mystery of Reflexology and gives the student a valuable and common-sense approach to helping others and themselves. Learn the essential value of healthy feet and how foot function impacts the body and its vitality, learn the function of the foot and lower leg, the causes of foot problems and teach easy methods to prevent and or correct foot pain. Learn about common foot disorders and have fun while learning. This workshop is for those with a working knowledge of Reflexology.

FLYNNARTS THEATER CLASSES: Fall semester begins September 13.

Info, 652-4548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynn center.org. Features acting classes for all ages and skill levels, family performance workshops, puppetry workshops with Flynn performers, and more.

reiki REIKI CERTIFICATION TRAINING: Master Practitioner Certification Training, Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fee, $550. Reiki I Certification Training, Saturday, September 25. Reiki II Certification Training, Saturday, October 2, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee, $250. Taproot Healing Institute, South Burlington. Info, sunflower@taproothealing .com or call 864-3786. Taught by Sunflower Sutherland, MS, and Reiki Master Teacher. VSAC approved. Reiki is an ancient and sacred energy healing technique originating from Tibetan Sutras. You will receive the Reiki attunements as well as instruction and practice time. The Traditional Usui system of Natural Healing (Usui Shiki Ryoho) is taught.

self-defense VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and SelfDefense: Mondays through Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m.

Cardio/Power Boxing: Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. First class free. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. Info, 660-4072.

Learn self-defense, martial arts and boxing with a certified black-belt Gracie instructor in this positive and safe environment. Accept no imitations.

spirituality INTEGRATIVE SPIRITUALITY: Montpelier, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

September 23 through December 9. Tuition is $225 for 10-week group meetings. Info, call Robert A. Reimondi, M.A. licensed psychologist-master, 223-3572. A 10-week group on spirituality to assist one in practicing one’s faith and enhancing one’s spiritual development. Through the lens of transpersonal psychology, we will examine the perennial philosophies and spiritual traditions in which we believe.

In doing so we will review our spiritual practice. Objectives of the group include: bridging the gap between the science of psychology and religious tradition; understanding psychic phenomena from both a psychological and spiritual perspective; identifying the spiritual type that best describes the manner in which one practices; cultivating a compassionate spiritual diversity; and, examining and strengthening one’s personal spiritual practice.

sports OPEN RUGBY CLINICS FOR WOMEN: Thursday, August 26 and Thursday, September 1 from 6-7:30 p.m. Fort Ethan Allen Field on Route 15 (Essex/Colchester). Free. Info, 233-0946 or visit www.burlingtonrugby.org. Take care of your physical, mental and social needs while learning new rugby skills. No experience necessary, everyone is welcome!

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tai chi ONGOING TAI CHI CLASSES: 5:45-7:15 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl Street, Essex Junction.

Info, 288-8160 or www.elementsofhealing.net. Traditional Yang style short form is a gentle flowing exercise that helps correct posture and creates deep relaxation and overall health.

TAI CHI/MONTPELIER: Fall classes begin Monday, Sept. 13 at 64 Main St., 3rd Floor. Beginning students 5-5:45 p.m.; continuing students 5:15-6:30 p.m. $108 for 12-week series or $40 for 4-week segment. Register by Sun., Sept. 12. Info, 456-1983 or email grhayes@vtlink.net. Instructor Ellie Hayes has been practicing and teaching Hwa Yu Style Tai Chi since 1974. This style features circular movement, deep relaxation and significant health benefits.

TAOIST TAI CHI: Four-month weekly beginner class starting Monday, September 13, 7:15-8:45 p.m. at Living Yoga Studio, 35 King St., Burlington. $30 per month. Info, call Debra Whitcomb 865-3106 or email vermont@taoist.org or visit www.taoisttai chi.org. Taoist Tai Chi, founded by Master Moy Lin-Shin, is a gentle art of health and well being for people of all ages and health conditions. The slow, graceful movements increase strength and flexibility and improve circulation and balance.

wood FINE WOODWORKING: Beginning with Stacey Thalden, Mondays 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 13 - Nov. 15, Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Build a handsome, small table while learning the basics of working with wood. Stacey will introduce students to the properties of wood and fundamental techniques of construction. Basic machine use and safety will be emphasized.

FINE WOODWORKING: Intermediate/Advanced with Doug Jones.

Tuesdays 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Sept. 14 - Nov. 16, Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. If you can attend during the day, this is the wood class for you! Demonstrations vary each semester, depending on the interests of current students. Wood joinery, basic lathe turning and routing techniques generally are covered.

The instructor will review machine tool use and safety, but students should have a working knowledge of wood properties and construction processes. Suggested: Beginning Wood or the equivalent.

Students will choose their own project.

FINE WOODWORKING: Intermediate/Advanced with Doug Jones.

Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 p.m. or Wednesdays 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sept.

14/15 - Nov. 16/17 at Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village.

Info, 985-3648. Continue learning the engaging art of woodworking. Students will consult with the instructor on appropriate projects for the class. Demonstrations vary each semester, depending on the particular interests of current students. Wood joinery, basic lathe turning and routing techniques generally are covered. The instructor will review machine tool use and safety, but students should have a working knowledge of wood properties and construction processes. Suggested: Beginning Wood or the equivalent.

TURNING AND PLATTERS: FORM, PATTERN, TEXTURE AND COLOR WITH AL STIRT: Sept. 6-19. Week-long workshop, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. The course will consist of a demonstration and discussion in the morning followed by hands-on work with guidance from Al. The class will emphasize developing both tool skill and design skills. We will cover harvesting and cutting wood for turning, dealing with green and dry wood, making the grain and shape of a bowl work together, carving, texturing and coloring techniques, use of turning tools, tool sharpening, and sanding techniques. Each student is encouraged to work at his/her own pace.

writing WRITING WORKSHOPS: Spark new ideas and gain valuable feedback in a fun, supportive atmosphere! “Where Do I Start? An Introduction to Creative Writing,” Mondays, September 6 through October 11, 68 p.m. “Tell It Like It Is: Writing from Personal Experience,” Wednesdays, September 8 through October 13. $100/six-week workshop. Private instruction also available. Burlington. Info, 658-2462 or marciatrahan@hotmail.com. Marcia Trahan holds an MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College. She teaches writing to adults and high school students, provides proofreading and editing services, and is currently working on a book-length collection of personal essays.

yoga BIKRAM YOGA: Ongoing daily classes for all levels. 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 651-8979. A heated studio facilitates deep stretching and detoxifying.

PRENATAL YOGA: New session starting September 13. Mondays 5:30-7 p.m. Yoga Loft, Rt. 100 North, Waitsfield. $10 per class.

Pre-registration recommended. Info, call 767-6092. Class is designed to teach mothers how to breathe fully, quiet the mind and relax the body for birthing. Classes are ongoing.

TOUCHSTONE HEALING ARTS: FOUR-WEEK FALL YOGA SERIES: Kripalu Yoga with Mark Adams, Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. September 13, 20, 27 and October 4. $40. Jivamukti Yoga with Janet Green, Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. September 7, 14, 21 and 28. $40. Partner Yoga with Jennifer Harris, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. September 16, 23, 30 and October 7. $65 per couple. Info, 658-7715, ext.

3. Ease into a regular practice in an inviting and convenient location with experienced and supportive teachers to guide you.

YOGA FOR THOSE OVER 60: Instructor Carol Winfield, Yoga Vermont. Info, 660-9718 or www.yogavermont.com. Yoga and those over sixty make a peaceful, playful, perfect match, quite apart from learning to be comfortable and at ease with your body, regardless of so-called deficiencies. Try it your first time for free.

YOGA VERMONT: Astanga classes every day. Jivamukti, Kripalu, Kundalini, Gentle, Iyengar, beginner, prenatal and senior classes weekly. Chace Mill and Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info, 660-9718 or www.yogavermont.com. Many styles to choose from, various levels of intensity, invigorate your yoga practice or start fresh. m

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the love counselor Dear Lola, Our daughter “Candy” had a wonderful relationship with “Jim” for several years before he began showing signs of mental illness and drug addiction.

She tried hard to help him, but he resisted her efforts, and she eventually decided it would be best for both of them if she cut off contact with him.

Meanwhile, Jim and I have remained on warm terms, occasionally chatting on the phone or exchanging emails. I thought that Candy knew, but when I told her what I was planning to give Jim for his birthday, she went through the roof, and I reluctantly agreed not to give Jim a gift. I was doubly upset, then, a few days later, when Candy let it slip that she had actually given him a gift herself. She says I have no right to be upset. Do I? Montpelier Mama Dear Montpelier, Go ahead and be upset if you want to. How you feel is your own business. How you act around your daughter’s ex is another matter, however.

Whether or not Candy is following her own best advice about contact with Jim, you need to let her call the shots.

Love, Lola

REACH OUT TO LOLA... c/o SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402 lola@sevendaysvt.com

SEVEN DAYS | september 01-08, 2004 | 7Dpersonals 19B

men > women TATTOOED, PIERCED, FREAK, TWISTED, intelligent, humorous, caring, sensitive bouncer seeking tattooed, pierced. freak, twisted, intelligent, humorous, caring, sensitive, non-bouncer for 420 fun and possible LTR. 4066 HELP! TARZAN SURROUNDED BY MANeating Pigmy. Need slender, sexy Jane really badly for hot jungle love. More fun than witch doctor, smarter than monkey, better looking than both. Hurry, Tarzan lonely.

ISO F, 30’s or 40’s. Will reply to all. 4063 NEW STAR FOR 1001 ROMANTIC NIGHTS: SWPM, 48, ISO NS, SWF. Scintillating soulmate to move into LTR. She would be willing to discuss mutual magical fantasies and use her coquettish fancy to put sirenic legerdemain into our relationship. 3954 THE BEST WOMAN ORGASMER: I LAST four hours when making love to a woman and go about five times in a night. I promise you will feel like a dishrag when I am done w/you and walk w/a limp for rest of the week. 3951 SPIRITUALLY CENTERED TEACHER, involved father, listener, active, fit, vegetarian. Into biking, hiking, boating, politics, stimulating conversation, travel, artistic expression, drama. ISO friend, 40-50, to help celebrate life’s mysteries, victories and challenges. 3950 LOOKING FOR A SLIM, ATHLETIC, UNDER 5’5”, down-to-earth, 25-35 YO who loves to ski, snowshoe and climb year-round.

I’m 5’2”, 135 lb., love to trail-run, ski, snowshoe, swim, climb rock/ice. I like good conversation, coffee, Guinness and looking for a weightlifting partner. 3944 SWM, 27, SHY, LOOKING TO MEET THAT special SF, 23-37, who likes Nascar, hiking, fishing. LTR-ready. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover! What someone lacks in looks is made up in personality. Will answer all. 3942 SEIZE THE SUMMER: SWPM, ACTIVE, FIT, honest, sincere, confident and humorous ISO active SWF, 30-40, to share gourmet cooking, meaningful conversation, golf, hiking, swimming, motorcycling, yoga and dancing. Possible LTR. 3938 LONELY M SEEKS F COMPANION. FRIENDship and love is the cure for loneliness. If you have the antidote and are 19-25, you might be able to save my heart. Looks don’t matter if fate is bestowed upon us. 3935 HI, I’M A SWM, BLUE EYES, BROWN hair, 5’9”, 165 lbs. I like movies, long walks and to explore the world. Looking for someone in their 40’s or 50’s. I am a cool guy, handsome, what more can I say? 3924

22 SWM, 140 LBS, ATHLETIC. ISO SF, 18-35, decent build. Specifically looking for a gal who wants a guy’s first time! No strings or FWB. Must have experience and endurance! And can’t be shy! Central VTarea preferred. 3923 SWM SEEKS SF, 21-35, FOR FRIENDSHIP and potentially LTR. Active, hard-working w/goals in life. A caring, sensitive individual looking to share life, fun and adventure. Enjoys both indoor and outdoor fun and loves food. 3915 LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SERIOUS? Intelligent, outdoorsy, funny, attractive 26 YO SPAM, ISO a sweet, slender, attractive SF for an adventurous LTR and more.

5’8”, 160 lbs, athletic and educated. Love to cuddle and nibble. Interested to bond our busy lives together? 3911 GENTLE SOUL, QUICK MIND, FIRM BODY and caring heart seeks same in F 43 -55, who enjoys life’s simple beauties and wants to create a special relationship. I am a financially independent P. 3907 20 YO M, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER looking for 18-25 YO attractive F to model. 3905 THE SEASON IS CHANGING AND SOON it will be my favorite time of year. the crisp mornings and the afternoon colors sure make me feel alive. The only downfall is that the days are shorter so I need to find things at home to keep me occupied. Are you willing to help entertain me? SPM, 31, active, loves the outdoors.

ISO, I’m not sure exactly, but I know it will be fun. 3890 HEAVEN KNOWS, ANYTHING GOES, OVER, under, sideways, down. summer’s good time is almost gone. SWM, 52, somewhat sensible, sensitive, intensely sensual, galactic hitchhiker ISO a nice, long ride to the heart of the universal mind. Art, music, nature, lover, more. 3888 SAILING PARTNER, NS, RETIRED EXECUtive ISO companion to help sail 24’ sailboat on Lake Champlain this summer. Sailing experience not necessary, but a love of water and a sense of humor are a plus.

Maine coast sailing is also possible. 3887 A WONDERFUL GUY: SWM, 29, 5’11”, blue eyes, brown hair. ISO SWF 29-45 YO, for relationship. Very active, love to play pool & have fun. Please call. 3886 YOUTHFUL 42 YO, NS PM ISO KINDRED spirit to share hiking, camping, 4-season outdoor adventures. Passion for playing and listening to folk and bluegrass music.

Athletic, hardworking, and dependable, great sense of humor, serious nature. ISO LTR w/right country girl. 3829 LAID BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS DWM, 53. I enjoy long rides, walks, camping, fishing and going out. People say I have a nice personality. ISO the same. I have a lot of love to give. Do you? Call me. 3828

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS!! PM, 32, FIT LIKE to have fun. ISO attractive, fit, athletic F, w/sense of humor, and likes food, wine, movies, dancing, sports, animals. Kids are cool. NS please. 3822 SWM, 24, EDUCATED, FINANCIALLY healthy tall, skinny and responsible. ISO SWF w/similar interests of hiking, biking, jogging, camping and the tear-jerker movie watcher. If you are honest and looking for a LTR give me a call tonight. 3813 I’M HUMOROUS, HANDSOME, ORGANIC I have boomer values, am an anarchist/ atheist and don’t believe in the death penalty, even for vegetarians and Republicans. The only thing I can’t tolerate is intolerance, but funny, pretty, irreverent and irrelevant women amuse me. LTR. 3811 SWM ISO AN EXTREME TYPE OF WOMAN, who skis black diamonds, mt. bikes and enjoys fitness, adventures, motorcycles.

Me: kind, caring, easy going, NS/SD. 3805 LIKE GRAY EYES? PONYTAILS? TRAIN sounds? Musically immersed, middle-aged ectomorphs? Fresh-brewed coffee, say, Guatemalan? Think voice greetings are stupid? Free radio is happening? Smokers have no rights whatever, until they pick up their butts? Well then, jackpot! 3803 OUTDOOR AND INTELLECTUAL ADVENTURER SWPM, 45, no kids, seeks intelligent and reasonably fit partner, 30-50, to live heartily. Interests include travel, films, and good food and drink. Cycling and XC skiing a plus. NS/ND please. 3801

UNIQUE SWM, 30 YO HONEST, CLEANcut, great listener, lean, hardworking, enjoys camping, hunting, walks, animals, motorsports, bowling, movies, dinners, motorcycles. Looking for SF, 19-40 YO, to enjoy some similarities together, the simple things life has to offer. 3723

I’VE GOT A FEELING, IT STARTS W/AN I and ends with a U. SWM, 47, 5’11”, 180 lbs. Healthy, fit, ambitious, active, hardworking, good-looking, NS, very lightdrinker seeks attractive, fit, smart lady for movies, dinner, fairs, family and animals. LTR. 3645

THIS IS FOR ALL THE LADIES IN THE house. Are there any single ladies left in Burlington? Here’s the deal, I’m an adorable, veggie eatin’, bass playin’, artsy-type w/a big heart. Everybody’s friend ISO a muse. 31 YO. 3718

35 YO HANDSOME M, NICE TOOLS, ATHletic, reliable, emotional/financially healthy. Fine cuisine at home, sexy Italian/Irish bad-boy but a real sweetheart, passion and adventure, live in dead social scene 30 minutes from Burlington/LC Islands. ISO WPF, 25-35.

Healthy and fit but a woman who will eat an occasional donut. 3640

INTENSE ORGASMS AFTER LONG HOURS of heated passion are yours to enjoy!

Teasing and tempting play is a daily must!

ISO hot, kick-ass, intelligent, F lover for erotic lust-filled LTR. This tall, strong, sexy, SWM wants you so bad. 3716 TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME SWM, 27, Burlington-area, athletic/fit, searching for my other half. She knows I enjoy romantic nights out or quiet evenings at home. She also knows I’m very passionate and sensual. I know she’s here somewhere. 3715 ATTRACTIVE, 35 YO, FUN, FIT, PLAYFUL, intellectual, late-bloomer, educated and traveled. Seeks physically active, healthy, 35 YO or younger for play partner, potentially leading to LTR. In Burlington. 3703

TALL, HUMOROUS, GRACIOUS, EDUCATED SWM seeks fit, gentle, alluring NS SWF, 40-48, to share local haunts and country jaunts. Scrabble players and nature enthusiasts get extra points. 3638 ANY REAL, AVAILABLE WOMEN OUT there? Looking to connect w/attractive, slim-to-medium build, spontaneous, adventurous, open-minded, easy-going F who enjoys intimacy and romance. Me: attractive, dark-haired, muscular build, younger-looking, 45 YO M seeking that special connection for possible LTR. 3633 MODELS WANTED! PHOTOGRAPHER, 20 YO M looking for attractive 18-25 F’s for paid photo shoots. 3627

NIGHT SHIFT WORKER, SWPM 51 YO ISO SF with the same work schedule. I am an easy-going, quiet type-person w/a good sense of humor and great attitude. Give me a call. 3696

41 YO SW DAD. MY SON IS MY NUMBERone priority, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have time for you. Who knows, we might just click. So take a chance, call now! Let’s talk. NS/ND. 3617

HOPELESS ROMANTIC, SEMI-HOMEBODY, SWM, 38 YO, ISO friend/lover. Love movies, eating out, being outside, long talks and laughing. Me: br/br, 170 lbs., love Red Sox and Bruins, goatee, 5’7”. Smoker. I’m easy to get to know, so call. 3694

COMPANION FOR RETIRED GENT WHO enjoys road bicycling, sailing, dinners in Montreal, travel, other interests. SWM, 6’1”, 170 lbs., blue and white. Must be available and willing to share your adventurous background. All calls answered. 3611

SWM, 31, WHIMSICAL BURLINGTON artist/geek seeks creative individual. I enjoy riding on the bike path, long programming sessions and rainy evening Looney Tune marathons. Let’s inspire each other’s art. 3733

SWM, 56, 5’9”, 155 LBS., CLEAN-CUT C, passionate, compassionate, good conversationalist, physically attractive, simple lifestyle. Day trips, snack bars, local events, movies, concerts, plays, country music, rock, dancing, biking, hiking, gentle walks, other physical activity. ISO SWF, 43-58, dating, companionship, romance, cuddling, affection, similar interest. 3651

BRUISED AND BATTERED BUT UNBOWED relationship warrior. SWM, 40, NS/ND, rare. Emotionally/financially secure but incomplete. I run, swim, climb, garden, ride, ski, etc. Seeking friendship with a kind, happy muse. LTR as a result: huge bonus. 3605

EROTIC DANCER SEEKS LTR: I WOULD slowly take off all my clothes, rubbing my muscular body all over you, flexing my buttocks in your face. I would pour melted chocolate all over you, licking and touching your sweet, tasting... 3727

OFF FOR THE SUMMER? SEEKING A travel-minded gal who would like to share a 2-3 week cross-country trip in late August. LTR possible, but just company would be great, too. Let’s pack our boots and plan our destinations. 3649

20 YO FIRE FIGHTER SEEKING TO KINDLE friendship, maybe love fire. Kind, sincere, honest, seeking same. No license, car is needed. I’ll pay gas though. Me: 6’1”, br/br. Caucasian looks shouldn’t matter if we’re to be. 3726

SWM, 46, INTO BOOKS, MOVIES AND living in the country. Looking for SF, bright, happy and loving for LTR. ND. 40-45 YO. 3648

ATTRACTIVE SWM, 40, SMOKER ISO attractive older SWF, 60+, who smokes and has no kids, for serious relationship.

Interests include movies and music. 3797 A RUNNER’S HI: MIDDLE-AGED, KIND, perceptive runner is ready for LTR. Openminded, liberal, loves jazz, books, drawing, children, photography, dancing, libraries and NY Mets. NS. I seek kind, friendly, intelligent F for LTR based on mutual caring. 3735

Hello. Like Glinda the Good witch from the North, I am a sweet girl and quite glamorous too if I do say so myself. I am a beautiful 7-year-old grey and white female short haired Manx who is very affectionate, but also very shy. I would do best in a quiet home with low to moderate activity. I warm up quite nicely after a few moments and really enjoy being pet. I will crawl into your lap for extra attention and TLC. I would also love a family with kids 5 and up if they are gentle and respectful of me. I do get along with other cats and have lived with them before, but I can be quite shy. They say to know me is to love me.

MUSICIAN , CARPENTER, NATURE-LOVER, handsome, kind 45 YO, 5’9”, 215 lbs., long, curly, brown-hair. Hoping to meet an openminded, healthy F, 35-55. Love of children and animals a +. I have a great life, I just need someone to share it with! 3599 I AM 6 FT., BALDING ON TOP, SALT AND pepper hair, very easy-going. All calls will be answered. Don’t be afraid, give me a call. 3471

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TRAVEL-MATE DESIRED FOR RELATIONSHIP and adventure-partner. DWM, middle-ages, 5’9”, 155, reasonably attractive and fun to be with. ISO open-minded F for outdoor-fun, Burlington nightlife and whatever works to create a shared relationship. 3470

30 YO P LESBIAN SEEKING LIBERAL, friendly, social and adventurous F w/good sense of humor. Must dig tattoos and piercings. Love the outdoors, animals, good music, making furniture, eating good food and renting movies. Occasional smoker OK. 3956

TALL COWBOY W/TUXEDO SEEKS ATTRACtive, slim, cowgirl, 25-50, for moonlit rides, gourmet cooling to diners. Opera to country. tighten your cinch and call this 6’2”, 195 lb., 52 YO. 3469

ME: SWF. ARE YOU A BEAUTIFUL, FIT F who is available for fun? Into ethnic foods, culture, travel, movies, music, nature walks, Montreal, beaches, books, people, 40’s. Me: fit, sexy, educated, attractive, spicy, sober, gardens, gyms, yoga, spirituality, humor. 3937

DWM, 37 YO, ADDISON COUNTY, EDUcated, fit. Looking for someone to share simple life. Love my daughter, dogs, outdoors, good beer, RV camping.

Landscaper by summer, ski, snowshoe and relax in winter. Honesty and values a must. 3466 VEGETARIAN GENTLEMAN-FARMER, JACKof-all-trades ISO fair, young damsel on a white horse, or mule w/meadows that need haying. Comes w/tractor and baler, etc. Into simplicity, off-grid, new and old ideas. Letters preferred. 3464 ISO ACTIVE, NS, 45-55 YO F INTERESTED in music, outdoor activities and more.

Please be emotionally available, selfaware and interested in the possibility of a LTR. 3462 MID-AGED MAWM SEEKS UGLY F OR F’S to have wild sex and intimate times together. Age, size, nor race is important.

All inquiries will be responded to. 3454 ROMANTIC HEART SEEKING A PASSIONate, committed relationship, LTR. I want to hold you in my arms and tell you how much you mean to me. Take you anywhere you want to go for dinner and treat you as the princess you are! 3450 SWM, 31, SIMPLE, LAID BACK PROF. Enjoys photography, travel and spontaneous adventures. ISO emotionally secure, NS/ND, SPF, 25+ to share my busy lifestyle. Must have great sense of humor, willingness to endure long weekdays for pleasant, peaceful, cozy weekends. 3449 HIGHLY APPEALING AND AVAILABLE, health- conscious M who enjoys workouts, organic foods, theater, movies, classical and country music, Formula 1 racing , country-living. Seeks a beautiful soul mate who is easy-going, warm, sensual, classy. 40-50ish. 3444

25 YO GWF, SORT-BUTCH, CUTE LITTLE cowgirl, loves romantic strolls, playing in mud puddles and nights by the woodstove.

Longs for someone to share mud hopping with! Love of simple life a +! 3920 BI-CURIOUS F LOOKING FOR A LITTLE FUN. I want to fulfill a fantasy for me and possibly let my boyfriend watch to fulfill one of his fantasies. Discretion/chemistry a must. All calls will be answered. 3917 STEEL FRAME HARDTAIL, 35, SEEKING lively components to float up hills, roll through obstacles and leap w/faith upon descents. Desire easy-shifting, resiliency under stress. Anatomically appropriate saddle essential, aggressive tread a +, reflective mirrors a spoke of luck. 3898 BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, SMART, SILLY BLONDE, 28, ISO friendship w/benefits w/right female. Someone to chase butterflies, have great sexual energy, educated, kinky, well-kept. Fun, friendly, erotic F who is ready to get out from behind these screens and meet/experience the real thing. 3824 39 YO FIT P BI-CURIOUS F ISO 26-35 YO F for fun and new experiences. I am looking for someone who is fairly fit and enjoys staying in shape. 3713 35 YO, SGF LOOKING TO MEET NEW people, make new friends and then see what happens. I love all women’s sports and I play a sport myself. Like to dance, listen to most kinds of music, friendly, caring and understanding. 3619 OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER, BUT still looking for true love. 46, 5’8”, blueeyes, dark-hair. Like fine wine; I’m spicy, complex, intense. I’m active, emotionally/financially secure. Seeking compatible partner for enjoying life’s journey. 3597

SWM, 26 YO, 6 FT, MUSCULAR BUILD. ISO plus sized women. I like them large.

Possible LTR if you’re in my range. 3429

I AM 37 YO, MOTHER OF TWO WONDERful little girls. Looking for a friend and maybe more. Only time will tell. 3452

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LOOKING FOR GREAT FRIENDS: I AM 50ish, 5’5”,135 lbs, educated, many interests, NS, vegetarian, non-drug user, nondrinker, love to travel, quiet nights at home, reading, prof.movies, videos and dancing. Anyone out there? Let’s meet for coffee or wine. 3448

LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE to share a lot of things with. I have darkbrown hair/dark-brown eyes, med. build, 170 lbs. I am a kind, loving, warm, friendly, honest, loyal and lots more. I hope and pray to hear from someone. 4068

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men > men THESE PERSONAL ADS ARE USUALLY JUST lies, making yourself out to be someone you’re not. WM, 37, 5’11”, 190 lbs., blonde/blue, nice smile, friendly, not into gay-scene. Seeking masculine guys for friends doing stuff. I know you are out there. 4070 HANDSOME, MASCULINE 26 YO GWM, seeking other boys, 23-35, who are also handsome and masculine, for friendship and maybe more. 3903 21 YO BOY-TOY, GWM, 220 LBS., SEEKing guys under 28 for hot, passionate love making sessions. I like to service others and be serviced. I am versatile and love to suck and rim. You must be NS/ND. 3900 MIDDLE-AGED WM, ISO WM, 65+ FOR friendship and occasional rewarding romance. Let’s talk. I’m clean and discreet. 3827 GWM, TIRED OF TRAVELING/DINING ALONE ISO GM, 38-55, NS/ND, for weekend getaways, flea markets, day trips, cooking, back roads and developing a relationship.

3794 ATTRACTIVE 40 YO GWPM, 5’10”, 160 lbs., Br/Bl. ISO young guys who live in, on, or around Colchester, Milton or Islands. Day or night, indoors or outdoors to ride this hot bottom, who is a top, too. Discreet. 3793 I’M JUST A BOY-TOY WHO WOULD LOVE to pleasure you however you need it.

Completely versatile, love to suck and rim. Your needs are mine. I’m an attractive, muscular, 32 YO searching for a fit, handsome, young master, under 28. 3691 MAWBIM, NICE-LOOKING, 6’4”, 240 LBS. Seeking M for daytime fun. Very discreet and D/D-free. You be the same. No games, just safe fun. 3646 SMOOTH, WELL-DEFINED CHINESEAmerican stud is calling lean guys w/great buns and beautiful faces to pose for photos. Moderate compensation. Shoot you in your naked bodies or in the most fantastic clothing you already have worn.

Indoor/outdoor. Also looking for a couple of rimming artists. Do have a splendid summer! 3600 DWM, 55 SEEKS GROUP OF M, SUNDAY nights - Wednesdays. My place. 3445

bi seeking ?

BIM, 5’5, 135 LBS. SAFE, DISCREET. Free most weekends. ISO M under 40, inshape, well-hung. Will suck/swallow and let you take photos in any position you want. Be aggressive and order me to please you. Interested, call. 4067 BIWM, 35, VERY ATTRACTIVE, HEALTHY, open and positive. Seeking BIWF that is friendly, open and sensual. Interested in good conversation, fun and friendship, intimacy and possibly LTR. Will respond to all replies. 3908

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EXPERT ORAL OFFERED: MABIM SEEKS S/BIM. You’ll love my service. Will drop, suck and swallow only if you are under 40, hung, in-shape, no bellies, clean, disease-free, discreet and not gay. No exceptions. If this isn’t you, don’t call. 3725 DO YOU ACHE TO SERVE? THE KARMIC pathways of your contrition involves much kneeling. ISO French maids, obsessive good-housekeepers and Mr. Cleans.

Merely be eager to serve, mop-skilled and willing to submit to strict discipline.

3647 BI-CURIOUS SWM, 36, EAGER TO GIVE oral for first time. Seek someone 20-30 YO who is hung. Let me show you what I can do on my knees. If you have responded to this ad in the past, please try again. 3636 MABIF LOOKING FOR BIF, OPEN-MINDed and clean to join M/F CU for fun.

3629 BBIMAF, 40+, LOOKING FOR A FRIEND to hang-out with. Discreet. Like Reggae, camping, movies. Want someone 40 or younger, fit. Like nice tits. Call me. 3602 IS YOUR HOT, SWEATY, HAIRY-CHEST not getting the attention it deserves?

MABI, 43 good-looking, well-built, M isn’t either. Let’s see if we can work this out.

Private and very discreet. 3463

just friends SINGLE VEGETARIANS AND “WANT-TObe” vegetarians: Join other like-minded folks for potlucks, health/nutrition talks, fun activities and just plain socializing.

3948 NEED NO REPLY, JUST STOP BY WHERE the S. Burlington mall buildings are blue.

I will meet you. Think music store. M, 60, ISO SF NS for friendship. Let’s visit. 3809 60ISH, 5’11, 180, ACTIVE, TRAVELS, any and all show entertainment, my expense. Would enjoy hearing from 40-60 YO lady w/no hang-ups on being catered to, in a gentle, sexual way. All calls answered. 3730 30 YO F, NEW TO AREA ISO F FRIENDS for hanging out and doing athletic events to stay in shape. I like to run, bike, hike and of course, shop. 3714 HEALTHY, VIBRANT WPM, 60 YO, ISO WPF for friendship. Occupation and desires do not allow for drug-users or alcohol abusers. Letter first. 3612 WICKED-FUN STEPMOTHER’S DRINKING society: Come out to play! Bring big heart, sense of humor, war stories and leave the little darlings w/dad! Yee-haw!

3461 60+ M, GREAT SHAPE, ACTIVE, SEEKS individual(s) or groups (M), interested in making new acquaintances for daytrips, art excursions, outdoor activities.

Education, cultural interests a +. Burlington-area, but not essential. 3455

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i spy ESTEN: You’re my island in crowds of faces, my oasis. I can’t believe I found you! I love you. 4065 TO THE REAL GOOD SWIMMER WHO I wish I made friends w/a la North Beach when we met. Real good is an interesting principle to always go by when making new friends and establishing yourself, “swimming along” in friendship, too. Do you spy me as well as a possible swim buddy, in principle that also defines real good, as in me and you, too? 4064 SHAWS, TAFT CORNERS CHECKOUT, 8/20: Bird food w/cherries and nuts. I’m too old not to have asked you out for coffee.

Rejection would have been preferable.

Punish me further by not answering this ad. 4062 WATERBURY, FREEDOM CHEVY: YOU HAVE the most beautiful eyes. I stopped the world to melt for you. I don’t want my card back. Hope you are happy now. Next time read the fine print! 4061 SHELBURNE FARMS MOZART CONCERT, 8/7: You: attractive young guy w/long brown hair pulled back in pony tail, handing out programs/tickets. Me: 30something attractive guy w/old folks.

Caught my eye, I’m intrigued. 4060 DARK-HAIRED CUTIE AT DANFORM ON Church St. I hear you love a good drink, Dennis Leary and Maynard. I’m taller and have more hair than Maynard. Plus, I’m already yours. Meow. 4059 NATE: I HOPE THE REST OF THE BLACK velvet went to good use. Thank you for sharing the evening w/me. You know what they say about Aries and Scorpio. I hope to run into you again. Be well. 3955 D: I REALLY WISH THINGS HAD WORKED out. I’m honestly surprised that they didn’t, maybe it wasn’t the right time, but you still cross my mind. 3953 ONE BATTERY ST. JEANS EMPLOYEE working on the morning of 8/20. Me: gal w/blondish-brown hair, yellow-tee. You sold me a couple of jeans, we made eyecontact. I thought about you for the rest of the day! 3949

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8/9, DAVE AT THE LAUNDROMAT: THAT was one of the more humbling laundry experiences I had. Did your wash make you itchy? You should have listened. Perhaps we can discuss it over a drink? 3947

8/13: WHEN YOU MAKE ME FOOD, IT puts me in the mood. We chat daily. How can you be so oblivious to my advances?

You nourish me more than you know, but until you do, I’ll just have the special. 3921

8/14, I SPY HEATHER, OF RI RA AND FAHC fame. We met and talked, thanks to you, even spoke on the tele later on. I am kicking myself for leaving so early and then not asking for your phone number later. You are truly stunning, I was blown away. Would really love a chance to meet again. 3946

I SPY A PIMP-PRINCESS! BARTENDERS don’t stand a chance. BB’s quiver. Girls lose their men. May your Malibu/pineapple/PMS runneth over and may there be Mac and Cheese forever! 3919

BACK ROADS TRAVELER: FOREST-EYES misses you. If we only ever sit side-byside, sharing space and time, I will be content. I like the way you smile, it reminds me of a happy child. It makes me feel a little less alone. 3945 FEARLESS WINK IN PINK W/A YELLOW bag. You set the world to flame and no one can save me but you. I want your story and full frontal eye contact. You’re so brave. Meet me now. 3939 HEY, INCREDIBLE LADY! YEAH, YOU know who you are. Thanks for the weekend of sweet harmony. More than I expected or hoped for. This smile isn’t going anywhere for a while. Hope yours doesn’t, either.

You’re beyond special. 3936 8/21, AROUND 9 P.M. AT VPB OUR EYES met a few times, but we never did. You: wearing a baseball hat, goatee, standing at the corner of bar in the open window area. Me: dark blonde wavy hair, sitting right at the middle of bar. I looked your way a few times and you caught me every time. Wondering if you are single? 3934 I SPY A CUTE TEACHER OF LITTLE GOBLINS from Jericho, who is the sweetest thing I ever did see. Signed, the Professor. 3933 TRAVIS: MET YOU AT TRAVIS THE MILLENnium in 2002. Had pizza on Church St. and told you about I spy. I moved to FL. and now am back. Missing your long hair and hoping to reconnect. 3932 THE WAITER AT NECI W/THE PLUGS: I’ve seen you at a bar before. The baby isn’t mine. I just want you to know that I think you are beautiful, as are your tattoos. 3931 8/23, HURRICANE DR.: I SPY A BEAUTIful FedEx driver. Me: in little green car asking directions to Progressive. Coffee sometime? 3929 TOM: YOUR BALD HEAD IS SO SEXY. I would love a ride on your bike! You know who I am. We flirted. I had to leave a 2week notice! 3928 KATE: YOU ANSWERED MY PERSONAL. I lost your number. You said you liked goatees and the Yankees, boo! You have two daughters, one in college. I’m romantic, love sports, being outside, being close. Go Red Sox! Call again. 3925 MT MOOSILAUKE, 8/14: I SPY CURLYbrown hair through the trees talking to the birds. I was w/dad. You were hiking w/mom. Your mom told me lots about you. UVM ‘02? Let’s ditch the rents and take our own pace. 3922

YOU: CUTE BRUNETTE IN SOUTH BURLINGton w/silver Audi. Me: PM in mid-20’s, always in a suit. Having a party, would like to invite you. Stop in and introduce yourself. 3914 I SPY A BAND THAT RESPECTS NEITHER their phans nor their adopted home state, only the almighty dollar. 3913 PURE POP, FRIDAY 8/13: YOU: THE dark-haired siren organizing CDs. I was struck by your smile and found myself wishing for fewer customers or more courage. My quest for Gypsy-jazz was luckless; perhaps I could get your phone number instead? 3912 SOUTH ON 89, 6 A.M. ME: REDHEAD IN VW. You: M in TMI truck playing w/your dog. I would let our dogs play! 3910 DAN FROM PLAINFIELD: YOU HAVE three goats and you made me laugh.

Wanted to say good-bye but couldn’t find you. I’m glad I met you. 3906 CARLOS: SPIED YOU AT BACK TO BLACK at Echo, 5/1. You: wearing “notice me” red blazer. I noticed. Will you be at Back to Black at Quarry Hill on 9/17? I’ll be the one in the “notice me” red dress! 3897 TO IT’S WARMER OVER HERE: YOU SAID “wow”, but I deleted my profile and now can’t respond. What would you read to me? 3896 I SPY A HANDSOME TOAD! MAY I PRETTY please keep on kissing you, even if you’re already my Prince Charming? Let’s not forget how to play now that the tadpole has crossed the pond. I’m all yours. Ribbit! 3894 BREWER BABE: YOU’VE BEEN SPIED AT the Dead at SPAC, Burlington Jazz Fest and the drive-in w/an older, handsome fellow. He must know how to please. I always enjoy your excitement for new adventures. P.S. Your butt is finally mine, your favorite lover. 3889 LOVER, I SPY YOU BEING SO SEXY AND wonderful that I want to unwrap you and feed you mangos and champagne.

Seriousness can neither make my adoration falter nor my excitement wane. 3831 THURS., RED SQUARE. HOT, SCRUFFY guy, said you worked for Burton. How about doing a little work on me? My bay is open, wanna dry-dock? No need to shave, I don’t!!! 3830 N. YOU’VE GOT ME. I CAN’T BELIEVE how insanely happy I am. You are one of the strongest people I know. With love, your honeybear weasel and fat squirrel.

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KINKY FANTASY: ME: 24, HIM: 32. WE are looking for M 18-35 in Barre-area who enjoy’s receiving oral. I want to watch my boyfriend give another man oral and have you give him a facial. 3916 PCU, 40+, ISO BIM TO EXPLORE SEXUAL 3-some w/in Burlington area. We are new to the experience and would like to be shown the ropes. We have lots of energy and hope for the same from you. Serious inquiries only. 3814 WE’LL WATCH YOU AND YOU CAN WATCH us, then we’ll see what happens next.

Love playing outdoors. MACU, 55 and 45 years old, bi-curious, first time, seeking similar. 3800 CLEAN, SEXY, ACTIVE, GORGEOUS CU ISO fun, attractive, flirty F friend. A little extra around the waist is OK. 18-26, 420 friendly, camping, concerts and hanging out. Give us a call, let’s have fun together. 3795 MACU: WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BIM OR GM for discreet sexual encounters. We want to explore his feminine side. D/D free. Smoking is a +. 3724 29 AND 31 YO ATTRACTIVE MAWCU seeks feminine, petite, BI or BI-curious M for discreet fun. 3642 COME GET FREAKY W/US! YOUNG CU seeks CU or BIF for a good time. Him: 6, brown/blue, hottie! Her: 5’7”, brown/brown, plus-size and very pretty. 3634 WCU, MID-30’S, VERY CLEAN, LOOKING for a very well- hung/thick M to join us for a threesome. Must be clean and D/Dfree. Also would like SBIF’s for fun. 3630 HELP WANTED: 32 YO, ATTRACTIVE, FIT, MACU ISO attractive, fit, M or F for discreet fun. Can you teach me new tricks, or perhaps we can teach you? Interested? 3596

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MACU ISO FOUR M, BI/G. HIS BIRTHDAY is coming soon and I want to give him a bang of a party, one he won’t forget.

Serious replies only. Clean/discreet a must. Endowed a +. 3467 MAPCU SEEKING F/CU INTERESTED IN phone sex. If we are good by phone, imagine what the future could hold. D/D free. Discreet. 3440

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BLACK MEN BETWEEN THE AGES 25-36, nice-looking, clean, D/D-free, not on the down-low, to meet this 26 YO blonde and blue-eyed beauty. I have a sweet tooth for chocolate. Can you satisfy this craving? 3943 TWO 23 YO F’S SEEKING A M VALET. Experience preferred, desire to please a must. Should be able to accommodate our every need. 3895 AT TIMES NEED SOME DISCIPLINE: Searching for an old-fashioned, redblooded M who treats a women w/respect and courtesy, but will use a firm hand when necessary. Glass half-full always.

Please be over 50. 3688 44 YO FFF ISO a M FOR SOME ADULT fun or a BI-curious F for first-time experience. D/D free, NS. Not interested in LTR. Discretion a must. No strings attached. All calls will be returned. 3650 MABIF, 23, LOOKING FOR AN OPENminded SBIF, 18-35, for some fun. I’m 5’8”, dirty-blonde/blue, medium-size. My husband likes to watch and join in if it’s OK w/you. 3468

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PWM, 25 YO, AVERAGE HEIGHT AND build. Seeking adventurous, outgoing F for no strings, discreet, adult fun.

Discretion a must. Enjoyment of the outdoors and a willingness to try new things a +. 3957 A MASTER AT DISCIPLINE: HAVE YOU been a naughty girl? Do you need someone to discipline you? This ex-police officer/prison guard is looking to give you the attention you crave. 3940 BIWM, FIT, TRIM, SEXY, CREATIVE AND well endowed, 5’10”, 170, 43, eager to please same or younger, very fit, hung, hot, tops and groups. Name the game and get ready to play for hours. 3918 ATTRACTIVE SWM NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE something new. Me: 42, 185 lbs., 6 ft., br/br. You: anything but really heavy. CU, BIF, BIM. Teach me new things.

Cleanliness and very discreet a must!

Disease-free, you be the same. 3892 I’M AN OLDER TOP IN VERY, VERY GOOD shape w/a hairy chest. Looking for smooth bottoms for the ride of your life.

I can go and go. Can you take it? Leave name and number, all calls returned. 3826

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SWM ISO LONG OR SHORT-TERM SEXUAL encounters with horny SF, 18-45. Clean and discreet, safe sex a must. Asians and horny college coeds a plus. 3825 GWM, 60+, GREAT SHAPE, HUNG, HORNY ISO contacts in Burlington area must have own transport. Great oral and perhaps more. Your pleasure is my pleasure. 3823 I AM AN ATTRACTIVE MID-60s M IN Central Vermont looking for a friend for discreet erotic good times, as my wife has health issues which prevent intimacy.

I am financially and emotionally stable.

Drug, alcohol and smoke free. 3818 HAVE A FANTASY ABOUT THE BOY NEXT door or the yard guy? Will perform yard/ house work in exchange for personal favors. Looking to please and be pleased.

W/M, 23, good looking, discretion a must! 3812 SWM, 27, 5’10”, 176 LBS., ATTRACTIVE and fit. ISO attractive SF or CU’s for hot, adult times. No strings. Must be clean and very discreet. 3699 SWM, 36, 6’, 180 LBS, BLONDE/BLUE, very fit. ISO F submissive for a variety of activities. You can be experienced or just willing to learn. Be young and attractive, you know if you are. Piercings a +.

3695 WM, LATE 40s, HAIRY CHEST, TRIM beard, uncut. Seeking summer fun with other masculine men into having a few beers, country rides, nudity in woods: swimming, J/O sessions, phone sex, watch videos, exhibition, voyeurism. Let’s try it, dudes. Call. 3692 SWM, 50’S, ISO CU’S FOR ADULT FUN. Clean/discreet. 3635 26 YO M, SEEKS G/S/BI-CURIOUS MEN, 18-40. Cubs/bears a +. Open to some kink, groups OK. Discretion a must.

LET ME PAY THE BILLS: I’M LOOKING for an articulate woman in her twenties or thirties who could show interest in a good-looking SPM, 38. My interests include history, psychology and activities such as tennis, hiking, biking and camping. 3616 HI, I’M 32, GOOD-LOOKING, WELLendowed, nice body. I’m S, happy, funguy, D/D-free, good teeth/skin. Blueeyes, dark-hair, sexy M. Looking for W that wants good sex. CU’s, I will give you what you want. 3613 BIM, 35, 5’10”, 170, BOTTOM W/ hungry lips seeks younger, fit, hot top to satisfy both of my lips. Very discreet.

College-boys encouraged to apply. You won’t be disappointed. 3598 SUMMER IS COMING TO AN END: THIS sugar-daddy is looking for a F who wants to go out and play. 3472

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free will astrology RE AL With gleeful regularity, the tabloids have been publishing photographic proof that numerous female celebrities have cellulite. Recent additions to the list include 23-year-old Christina Aguilera and 22-year-old Britney Spears. I predict that this trend will lead to a revolutionary shift in perception: Cellulite will be regarded as a mark of beauty — a seductive tattoo provided by nature itself. Many women will actively seek to cultivate it.

I urge you to adapt this vignette as your official metaphor of the week, Aries. Take something you’ve thought of as a weakness or embarrassment and turn it into an asset.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): After consulting with my think tank, I’ve decided to temporarily decommission the bull as your power animal.

Until the equinox, the rabbit will take its place. It’s the only creature that makes symbolic sense for you right now, when both your libido and fertility are turned up to record levels. There’s also another reason why the rabbit suits you.

In many mythic traditions, the creature is regarded as a crafty trickster that uses playful stratagems to turn every situation to its advantage. This approach should be your modus operandi in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Historians estimate that at least 25 percent of all the gold ever mined lies at the bottom of the oceans, stuck inside ships that have sunk. Similarly, Jungian psychologists believe that in the depths of our psyches, there are great treasures moldering away, unclaimed by our conscious egos. For you Geminis, this September is the diving season — the time when you’re most likely to be suc-

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22): The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has been flying around the planet Saturn recently. Reporting on its explorations, a story in USA Today had the headline, “Saturn Offers More Mystery, Less Certainty.” I photocopied it and sent it to my astrological colleagues, many of whom suffer from a misguided certainty about Saturn’s meaning. They dogmatically insist it’s a harbinger of contraction and limitation — an oppressive tyrant sucking the fun out of life. But my research suggests the real story is more complex. Saturn can actually be a benevolent guide that pushes you to be more true to yourself. It helps you shed mediocre pleasures and trivial goals that distract you from your high-priority dreams. It forces you to be ruthlessly honest about what’s most important to you. I wanted you to know these fun facts, Cancerian, since the ringed planet is in your sign, and will remain there, nudging you to develop the discipline that leads to more freedom, until July, 2005.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1810, an inventor in London originated the technique of sealing food in tin cans to keep it fresh. His idea came into wide use in 1846, when companies began to mass-produce food in cans. But there was no such thing as a can opener until 1858. For 12 years, then, consumers had to make awkward use of hammers and chisels to liberate their food from the new-fangled containers.

This story line is an apt metaphor for your current situation, Leo. Some time ago, you got hold of a potentially valuable resource, but you have yet to dis-

cover how to make it work for you in the best possible way. The coming weeks should change that, though. I bet you’ll finally find or create your equivalent of the can opener.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In Greek mythology, Narcissus was the gorgeous demigod who had no desire for intimate relationships but fell desperately in love with his own reflection. From his name comes the word “narcissist,” which refers to a person who is excessively self-involved, has an inflated sense of importance and compulsively craves admiration. I’ve always suspected that Virgos are the least narcissistic sign in the Zodiac. Many of you underestimate your self-worth and don’t treat yourself with enough loving kindness. In fact, I sometimes get a mischievous urge to advise you to be more of a narcissist — like now, for instance. Here’s an experiment I wish you would do: Spend 20 minutes in front of a mirror telling yourself how beautiful you are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author William Faulkner (1897-1962) regarded his book, The Sound the Fury, as his “most splendid failure.” For a long time, the public didn’t do much to dissuade him from that view. The book sold just 3300 copies in the 15 years after it was published, and by that time most of Faulkner’s other books were out of print. I believe the current state of your fate has some resemblances to that time in his life. On the other hand, your destiny in the next 12 months will have more in common with what happened for Faulkner in 1949, when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature and sales began to pick up. Just as The Sound and the Fury had

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The key to success is for you to concentrate so hard on the fun parts of the challenge that you’ll render the scary parts irrelevant.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Between North and South Korea is a long, narrow strip of land called the DMZ. Designed to be a buffer zone where all human activity is prohibited, it has accidentally become a nature preserve beloved by whitenaped cranes. The area is a paradise for

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “If you want to give God a good laugh, tell Him your plans.” So says an old Yiddish proverb. While that rule often holds true for most people, I believe you’ll be exempt from it in the coming weeks. God is currently very receptive to your schemes, especially if they emphasize your readiness to give more beauty, truth and love to the world. In fact, the more precisely you formulate an intention to be generous and soulful in everything you do, the more likely it is that the Creator will laugh with you, not at you, and cheerfully conspire to assist you.

PISCES

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In reviewing the film Catwoman, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Mick LaSalle coined a phrase that describes a mood many of you Scorpios are now prone to: festive pessimism. Frankly, my dear, I would love to talk you into shedding that state. It may give you an aura of murky intrigue, but it’s so much less than what the astrological omens say you could possess. The fact of the matter is that the cosmos wants to bless you with an abundance of emotional riches right now. If you agree to suspend some of your jaded attitudes and cynical ideas, you’ll be showered with experiences that will justify a full-blown outbreak of festive optimism.

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BURLINGTON: 139 Elmwood Ave. Approx. 500 sq. ft., close to downtown, electric heat. $400/mo. Call 864-5200, ext. 229.

NEWLY PAINTED and polished studios avail. for bodyworkers. 19x11 space, $400/mo. and 9x11 space, $300/mo. Total access, free parking, great location and no deposit. 269 Pearl St. 865-2484, ask for Judy.

VERGENNES: 950 sq. ft. prime commercial space. Downtown corner of Main St. and Green St., on park. 2nd-floor w/porch. $800/mo., triplenet. 877-6879.

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BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom apts. in beautifully restored Victorian house. Walking distance to downtown/hospital. NS/no pets.

Parking, lease, refs., dep. $950$1450/mo. + utils. Avail. now.

Call 879-6493.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, gas heat, close to downtown/Leddy Park. 1 parking space. Avail.

9/1. $490/mo. 660-8145.

BURLINGTON: 1819 North Ave. 4-bedroom, 1-bath single family home. Close to bike path/shopping. On bus line, W/D hookups, yard, off-street parking. $1600/ mo. Avail. 9/1. 434-2827.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, bright, central, clean, W/D, new stove/refrigerator/D/W. New carpets and floors. $925/mo. + utils. Call anytime, 862-9182.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom condo, 2nd floor, underground parking, secure building. $1200/ mo. incl. heat and hot water. Fully applianced. Avail. now. Call 8931414, evenings leave message.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom house on 65 Adams St. Parking, yard and new appliances. No pets.

Showing Wednesday 8/25 at 6:30 p.m. $975/mo. Avail. 10/1.

Sage, 578-5763.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5-bath, 76 Ethan Allen Parkway. Near parks/beaches/ shopping. Avail. 9/15. $830/mo. +. Very economical heat. NS/no pets. 862-4483.

BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom apt., roomy. Ward St. Off-street parking, W/D, gas heat, fenced-in yard. Pets OK. Avail. 10/1. $1275/mo. David, 734-1050.

BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom duplex, garage, hdwd, 1000 sq. ft. Great South End neighborhood, W/D hook-up. NS/no pets. $1050/mo. Avail. 9/15 or 10/1.

112 Hayward St. 864-1677.

BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom townhouse condo. 1.5-bath, finished basement, W/D hookups. Gas heat, parking, great location near Flynn School and bike path. No dogs. $1225/mo. + lease + deposit + utils. Avail. Sept. 862-8086.

BURLINGTON: 77 Monrow St. Close to waterfront/Battery Park.

4-bedroom, yard, W/D, gas heat, off-street parking, pets OK. $1500/mo. + utils. 658-2969.

BURLINGTON: Avail. 8/23. 171 Cherry St. 2-bedroom above Penny Cluse. $900/mo. 651-8834.

BURLINGTON: Avail. now. Newly renovated home. 10 min. walk to UVM/downtown. On bus line, quiet neighborhood. 3-bedroom, 1-bath, living room, kitchen, D/W, gas heat, street parking only.

NS/no pets. $1500/mo. + utils. + dep. + refs. + lease. 864-5657.

BURLINGTON: Beautiful duplex.

Pets OK! 2-bedroom, 3-bath + den. Garage, wood stove, yard work/snow removal. Mountain views, bike path, lake. $1300/mo. 865-9642

Home Sharing Friendly elderly woman seeks female to share her Essex home in exchange for help with some evening meals, errands and companionship.

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BURLINGTON: Main Street Landing Company has lovely waterfront space available to rent. Visit www.mainstreetlanding.com and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;space available.â&#x20AC;? Interested? Call Melinda at 802-864-7999.

BURLINGTON: Professional office space avail. with parking. 100-3000 sq. ft. Call Ken at 865-3450.

SOUTH BURLINGTON:1270 sq. ft. office suite. Avail. now. $1500/mo.

Plenty of free parking. High-speed Internet access avail. Gorgeous, convenient location! Lakewood Commons, 658-9697.

VERGENNES: 3000 sq. ft. commercial/office space in historic Grist Mill building. High-traffic area, off-street parking, city water/sewer. $12/sq. ft. + tenant fit-up, triple-net. 877-6879.

VERGENNES: 550 sq. ft. of prime downtown professional office space avail. Great location. $600/mo. 877-6879.

VERGENNES: Office 2000 sq. ft. Unique falls view, fantastic views, exciting historic, prime location. $11/sq. ft. + tenant fit-up, triplenet. 877-6879.

WILLISTON: Near banks and Post Office. Small office space for 1 or 2 people. Utils. incl., possible access to T1 cable. Reasonable, call owner/broker, 864-0552.

BURLINGTON: Beautiful Redrocks townhouse condo. 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath incl. jacuzzi. Mins. from UVM/downtown. Open floor plan.

Large rooms. Skylights, great deck, garage, some lake views.

Avail. immediately. $2100/mo.

Call 513-615-1858 or www.temm ltd.com.

BURLINGTON: Bright, sunny, 4-bedroom apt., avail. early September. Recently updated, off-street parking, 3-season porch. NS. Ref. req. $1350/mo. + utils. 864-4838.

BURLINGTON: Fabulous 3-bedroom apt. Living room, fireplace, dining room, kitchen, private porch, off-street parking. $1675/mo. + utils. Avail. 9/5.

310-4205.

BURLINGTON: Large, sunny, 4bedroom w/2-porches, off-street parking, back yard, gas heat. $1400/mo. +. 865-8090, tango properties.info.

BURLINGTON: North Champlain St. 1-bedroom, gas heat, parking. $575/mo. + utils. Lease + dep. + refs. No pets. 863-4634, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

BURLINGTON: Now! Downtown, large, sunny 2-bedroom w/view. $1000/mo. +. College St. 1-bedroom + study, $850/mo. htd.

South End, quiet and clean 1bedroom, $695/mo. New North end, 3-bedroom house w/yard, basement, $1500/mo. + 1-year lease. No dawgs. RED E RENTALS Office, 138 Church St. 860-4641.

CHARLOTTE: 1-bedroom apt.

Convenient northeast Charlotte.

Views, gardens and riverside trails. Private fieldstone patio entry. Seeking quiet, NS/no pets. $700/mo. incl. utils. Call 734-1584.

CHARLOTTE: Charming, lakeshore 2-bedroom home w/2car garage, porch, deck, spectacular views. Avail. 9/8-6/22. $1400/mo. 802-425-4088.

COLCHESTER: 2-bedroom, 1.5bath townhouse. Freshly painted/renovated, carpeted, DW, W/D, gas heat/HW. Lawn, snow, garbage removal incl. Patio, carport. pets neg. Avail. 9/1. $950/mo. + utils. + dep. + first month. Lease. Danielle, 518-281-9261.

COLCHESTER: 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5-bath, end unit.

Freshly painted and renovated, new windows, fully carpeted.

DW, W/D. Gas heat/hot water.

Lawn, snowcare and garbage removal incl. NS. Pets neg.

Located 1 mile from Fitness Center. Avail 9/1. $1000/mo. + utils. + 1st. mo. rent + dep. + lease. Contact Danielle 518281-9261 or dpoirier@choiceone mail.com.

COLCHESTER: Avail now. Pine Island Rd. $1295/mo. 2-bedroom house. Excellent condition, country setting, hdwd. NS/no pets.

Neville Companies Inc. 660-3481 ext. 1021. www.nevilleco.com.

MONTPELIER: At the intersection of Main and State Street, this four-story brick building includes a delightful first floor retail space and three floors of offices.

The fourth floor has a great skylight and is serviced with central air conditioning. $795,000 Coldwell Banker Heney Realtors www.Heneyrealtors.com â&#x20AC;˘ 1-800-696-1456

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BURLINGTON: Art studio mate wanted to share a space at Green Door Studio located on the corner of Howard St. and Pine St. $125/mo. Call 233-9785.

BURLINGTON: Looking for massage therapist to rent part-time 1.5 days in established holistic health care center. Convenient downtown location. Beautiful, light space. Pathways to WellBeing, 862-8806 x 2, ask for Kristin.

MANICURIST: Prime rental space avail. inside Twin Oaks Salon. Make your own hours. $25/per day. 863-8535.

TERRIFIC WORK SPACE for artists, crafters, wood shop, whatever. Entire 1700 sq. ft. building. Rt. 100 Granville, south of Mad River Valley and adjacent to glassblowing studio/gallery. $450/mo. + utils. 496-3927.

VERGENNES: 1000 sq. ft. of workshop/retail/gallery space on Otter Creek Falls. Competitive rate. 877-6879

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STORAGE SPACE: Downtown Vergennes. From personal-size storage space to 10,000 sq. ft. Safe and secure. Dry sprinkler system. 877-6879.

STORAGE UNIT, 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x21â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Clean and dry. Corner W. Spring and Weaver, Winooski. $60/mo. 863-6147 or ajudson@smcvt.edu.

FERRISBURGH: On Otter Creek.

2-bedroom, 1-bath, D/W, W/D. 1-acre of land w/underground dog fence and dock for boat.

Pets allowed within reason and extra dep. $1000/mo. + utils.

802-777-2054.

HINESBURG: 3000+ sq. ft.

Large, graceful Colonial w/good energy. 5-bedroom, 2.5-bath, large windows, wrap-around porch, garages, W/D. 4-acres of lush fruit, herbs, flowers, nut trees, pastures and greenhouse. $2300/mo. NS/no dogs. 238-8933.

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COLCHESTER: Duplex, 3-bedroom, gas heat/hot water, pantry area with W/D, parking, yard.

No smoking/no dogs, other pets okay. $995/mo. + utils.

878-3550.

COLCHESTER: Sunny, pleasant 1-bedroom apt. 2nd-floor, no dogs. Lease + refs. Avail. now. $610/mo. + utils. 878-7804.

ESSEX JCT & WINOOSKI: Off I89. Sublets avail. immediately.

Quality furnishings and amenities, fireplace, hdwd. Quiet, clean, very private. NS/No pets.

Refs. Must see! Rent negotiable.

879-3226.

ESSEX JUNCTION: 2-bedroom, upstairs apt., parking, W/D hookup, no smoking/pets. Avail.

10/1. $800/mo. + utils. 372-8464.

ESSEX, NY : Garden apt. in elegant Stonehouse. 2-minute walk from ferry. Charmingly furnished, parking, all appliances, parking.

Oct.-May. $475/mo. + utils. 518963-7713 or sylviastonehouse @hotmail.com.

HINESBURG: Avail 9/15 or sooner. Rt. 116. 2-bedroom, 1stfloor. $795/mo. Large unit, new carpet, new kitchen. Neville Companies, Inc. 660-3481 ext.

1021. www.nevilleco.com.

HINESBURG/MONKTON: Sunny, spacious 1-bedroom apt. in peaceful country setting. Large garden. NS/no dogs. $650/mo. + utils. + dep. Some shared space.

482-3643.

MILTON: Condo for rent. 2-bedroom, great neighborhood, common land w/hiking trails. Dog OK w/approval. $1100/mo. Leave message, 896-7252.

MONTPELIER 1-bedroom apt.

Newly renovated, quiet neighborhood, close to downtown, deck/porch avail., off-street parking. No smokers. $585/mo. + utils. 863-1728 or 310-4205.

MONTPELIER: Newly renovated 3-bedroom, 2-bath apt. Sunny, porches, W/D hookup, 2 livingrooms and dining room. $1150/ mo. Trash/water/sewer/heat/ snow removal/parking incl. No pets. Prime location. Avail.

10/1. 229-0228.

RICHMOND: 2-bedroom, yard, walk to village, close to I-89.

NS. W/D, $900/mo. + utils.

(802) 244-5308.

RICHMOND: Live by the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2levels, wrap-around deck, W/D, central gas heat and fire place insert. Pet friendly. 6 or 12month lease. $1200/mo. + dep.

238-3252 or RiverLeaper@ aol.com.

RICHMOND: Victorian 2-bedroom, W/D hookups, basement, yard, no pets, 980 sq. ft. $700/mo. + utils. 434-3642, leave message. Avail. now.

S. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom apt. Country setting, private entrance, deck. No smoking/ pets. Avail. now. $675/mo. + dep. and utils. Call 862-4602, after 4 p.m. and ask for Donna or Bob. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, new kitchen/ windows/flooring. Freshly painted. $1100/mo. + heat/elec.

878-4218.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom condo, 1.5-bath, gas fireplace, W/D, garage, deck, pool/ tennis. No pets. Avail. 9/1. $1200/mo. 860-6421.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5 baths.

Great location, washer/dryer.

No pets/smoking. $1400/mo. + utils. Avail now. David 802985-3303.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Avail now. Hadley Rd. 3-bedroom, $1100/mo. 1st and 2nd-floor, garage, basement, W/D hookups. Neville Companies, Inc. 660-3481 ext. 1021. www.neville co.com.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Beautiful and unique 3-bedroom, end unit Stonehedge townhouse, great location. 2.5-bath, decks, W/D, microwave, carport, tennis/pool.

NS/no dogs. Avail. immediately.

Lease + refs. + dep. $1300/mo. + utils. 482-2394.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Queen City Park. 1-bedroom, renovated.

Avail. immediately. 802-310-4172.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Quiet, convenient location. 2-bedroom condo w/open living/dining/ kitchen area w/tiled breakfast bar. Spacious and immaculate.

Deck, pool, tennis, bike path, carport w/storage. NS/no pets. $1050/mo. + utils. 893-1745.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Sugartree Lane. 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5-bath, W/D, carport. No pets. $1050/mo. Call 864-5200, ext. 229.

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SPACEFINDER SOUTH HERO: Lakefront house.

2-bedroom w/waterfront.

Beautiful sunsets, 20 mins. to Burlington. Furnished, NS/no pets. Avail. Sept. through June. $1100/mo. + utils. 899-3730 or visit www.lakechamplain rental.com.

ST. ALBANS: Semi-furnished, large country farmhouse on 20+ acres. Very private, heated tilefloors, easy 30 min. commute to Burlington. Avail. now. $1600/mo. + first + last + dep. + refs. 7340422 or 802-318-1089.

UNFURNISHED APTS.: Avail now and 9/15. 2 and 3-bedrooms. Call for listings and showings. Neville Companies Inc. 660-3481, ext. 1021. www. nevilleco.com.

VERGENNES: 1-bedroom, 2floors, spacious, loft-like living room, barn, porch, dry basement, yard, quiet street, great light, washer hook-up. Avail.

Sept. $700/mo. 860-3654, psmeraldo@hotmail.com.

VERGENNES: 1-bedroom apt. avail. 9/1. Comfortable and roomy. Off-street parking. $575/mo. + dep. 877-6879.

VERGENNES: 2-bedroom apt. w/spacious living room and kitchen, great downtown location. Off-street parking. $750/ mo. Avail. 9/1. 877-6879.

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VERGENNES: Unique 1-bedroom loft apt. w/big kitchen. Offstreet parking and convenient downtown location. $625/mo. + dep. Avail. 9/1. 877-6879.

WATERBURY: 1-bedroom apt.

Well-maintained building, laundry room, storage space. Avail.

9/1. $565/mo. 802-496-4406.

WATERBURY: Large 1-bedroom, 2nd-floor, high ceilings, great light, parking, efficient heating.

Avail. mid-August. No pets, nonsmokers preferred. Lease + refs. $625/mo. + utils. Call John, 863-2959.

WINOOSKI: 1-bedroom. $600/mo. + gas heat/electric.

Well-insulated. 1 car off-street parking. Cats OK. Friendly neighbors/safe neighborhood, across from St. Francis School, corner W. Spring/Weaver. 863-6147 or ajudson@smcvt.edu.

WINOOSKI: 2-3 bedroom house, 750 + sq. ft. Recently renovated, clean,front porch, back deck, basement, W/D, off-street parking, on bus line. No yard to speak of, no pets, cat OK. Trash/ water/sewer/snow plowing/offstreet parking incl. $975/mo. + gas/elec. Avail. 10/1. 373-4123.

WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom apt. for rent. Laundry, off-street parking.

Bright, convenient location. Gas heat. 1-year lease. $800/mo. + utils. 896-7902.

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WINOOSKI: 36 Main St. Avail.

10/1. 2-bedroom, 3/4-bath, on-street parking, gas heat, no pets. $650/mo. Call 864-5200, ext. 229.

WINOOSKI: 99 Mallets Bay Ave. Spacious 3-bedroom, 1-bath, electric/gas incl. Parking, no pets. $1150/mo. Call 864-5200, ext. 229.

WINOOSKI: Beautiful, spacious 2-bedroom apt. Back yard, offstreet parking, porches, pressedmetal ceilings, wood floors.

W/D, quiet location. NS. $1000/ mo. + utils. 802-578-7118.

WINOOSKI: Duplex upstairs, large living room and kitchen. 3bedroom, heat/hot water incl.

Located on 20 North St. $995/mo. Call John, 655-7030.

WINOOSKI: Very nice 2-bedroom, LaFountain St. Gas heat, parking. $825/mo. + utils. + dep.

Avail. 10/1. Call Mike, 878-7514.

WINOOSKI: W/garden, yard.

Sunny, 2nd-floor, 2-bedroom.

Recent gas heater/kitchen. Offstreet parking. Avail. 8/1. $850/mo. + utils. Refs. + dep. req. 802-985-0770.

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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: 2-bedroom, 1bath condo offers easy living or excellent rents. Quietly tucked off Main St., 1.5 blocks to downtown, efficient, new carpet, parking, low expenses. Great investment at $129,500, 598-8578.

BURLINGTON: 46 Murray St. rental property, 4 apartments consisting of one 2-bedroom (could be owner’s unit), two large 1-bedrooms, one small 1bedroom, fully rented it clears about $25,000 per year, walk to town. Off-street parking, separate utils. Needs cosmetics but sturdy building with room to increase rents. This is an opportunity to buy income property with about 10% cash down.

Seller will hold creative 2nd mortgage. Asking $295,000. D. Siegel R.E. Broker, VT. Independent Properties, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Appletree Point townhouse, sale by owner. Sunny end unit, new furnace, appliances, A/C. 3-bedrooms, 3-baths, fireplace, private beach, pools, more. $229,900. Call 865-6268.

BURLINGTON: Award-winning Victorian Apartment House. www.theeyesoftheLord.com.

BURLINGTON: Duplex for sale. #7 Poplar St. 1-bedroom and 2bedroom units. Custom-interior w/tile work, vintage floors, skylights. Fully updated electrical.

Solid building w/full-basement and garage. Asking $225,000.

363-8704.

BURLINGTON: Green St. duplex.

Recently painted, hdwd, large windows. 2-bedroom. Vacant September. 3-bedroom occupied by professionals. Wiring, insulation updated, hard-wired smokes.

Separate utils. W/D hook-ups.

Plenty of parking. $269,900.

Blake, (802)373-7435.

CHARLOTTE home: Lake access. $795,000. Lake Champlain views/access (dock and mooring site), 5-bedrooms, tile/hdwd, 3 fireplaces, large decks, fenced yard, professional landscaping.

802-425-5250.

CHARLOTTE: Sunny 3-bedroom, 2-bath home on 7+/- acres.

Great views, privacy, three-stall horse barn. Call for more pictures. $350,000. 425-3233.

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.

ENOSBURG FALLS: Old Stagecoach Inn on the Boston Post Rd. 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath, formal dining w/Rumford fireplace, hdwd, gorgeous woodwork, open staircase. New birch kitchen cabinets, new energyefficient windows, 2-car detached garage w/heated office. Large barn on 5+acres w/spring-fed swimming pond.

Awesome mountain views, yet close to town. Asking $239,900.

(802) 933-6989.

ESSEX JCT.: Iroquois Ave. Over 2100 sq. ft. w/finished basement. 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5-3.5 baths, mudroom, walkout basement, 2-car garage, deck, formal dining room, natural gas, W/D upstairs, x-large master bedroom and closet. Master bath w/jet tub, oak stairs, choice of cabinets and tops, flooring, color and appliances. $285,000. 878-2880.

FOR SALE: A 1996 Claridge, Skyline 3-bedroom, 2-bath mobile home in excellent condition, located in a Berlin mobile home park in Berlin, Vermont.

W/D, stove, A/C, refrigerator, window-treatments. Asking $34,500. Reason for selling: relocating. 802-229-2366.

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PORT HENRY: Lovely 4BR vintage home with lakeviews.

Stone construction, beautiful woodwork and fireplace enhance the Old World charm of this home. Formal DR with built-in credenza, French doors open to covered veranda. Detached barn would be ideal studio or convert to guest house. Just minutes from Champlain Bridge. $159,900 Realty Results 518-546-3000 • www.realty-results.com CHARLOTTE: Impeccably restored 4,000 sq. ft. brick 1812 georgian-style former tavern. 4 fireplaces, 4 + bedrooms 3.5 stories. All historic detailing perfectly reproduced & updated utilities. A separate, newer 2-story garage plus a 1 BR & loft cottage. 32 manicured rolling acres, pond & gardens.

Foulsham Farms Real Estate 861-7537 • www.foulshamfarms.com

WILLISTON: Completely remodeled 4BR home! Beech HW floors, tile, granite kitchen island, cherry cabinets, Anderson Windows, & more! $359,000

Gina Paquette • Century 21 Jack Associates 652-9803 x2126 FAIRFAX: Vintage 1847 home with original woodwork, built-ins, pocket doors and hardwood floors. 1926 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room and area for expansion on 3rd floor.

Only 1/2 hour to Burlington.

Commercial potential. $197,500 Christie White • C21 Jack Associates 658-5555 x2117

PORT HENRY: Superb business opportunity! 1873 brick church converted to operating restaurant and pizzeria.

40 seat dining room, two full bars, special function room, complete with vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows. Sold with furnishings, inventory, etc. Also outlet for NYS Lottery/ Quick Draw. Must see! $179,900 Realty Results 518-546-3000 • www.realty-results.com HINESBURG (Mechanicsville): Really great 3+BR. Steam-boat Gothic Victorian home. Circa 1860s. Restored in mid-70s. Many updates since. Double living room w/fireplace. Double floor-toceiling French doors leading to large wraparound porches. Large 2-level barn. Many possibilities. 1.9 acres.

Foulsham Farms Real Estate (802)861-7537

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COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL 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.

ISLAND POND: Charles Currier House, village home c. 1864. Large corner lot.

3+bedroom, 2-bath, 1.5story barn, LR, DR, farm kitchen, summer kitchen. $98,900. Shown by appt., 802-723-4551.

UNDERHILL: Rt. 15. Large w/barns. Renovations!

Also, new appliances and heating system. 25 mins. to Burlington. Additional info at www.picket fence preview.com. $315,000.

802-899-2727.

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HINESBURG: Raised ranch on .6 acres. 1700+ sq. ft. 1full bath, 3-bedroom, LR, kitchen on upper level, 1full bath master bedroom, den, laundry room on lower level. $189,900. 482-4583.

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.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Walk to UVM or FAHC from your 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch w/oversized 1-car garage. Well-maintained w/hdwd, ceramic tile floors, thermal windows, updated kitchen and baths, incl. all appliances. Located in South Burlington’s excellent school district. Partially finished walkout basement can be recreation room, bedroom and/or in-law suite.

Established perennial gardens, large deck and Mount Mansfield view. $254,000.

(802) 862-3937.

SHELBURNE: 4-bedroom, 3-bath, hdwd, newly remodeled, country setting, babbling brook, oversized-lot, dog-friendly. Must see, motivated for quick sale. Asking $319,000. 802-985-9827 or 802-373-9169, ask for Franki.

MIDDLEBURY: Open house, Sat. 7/24. State of the art, 2400 sq.ft., 3-bedroom home w/spectacular views of the Adirondacks. Conveniently located 1-mile north of Middlebury on private drive, off route 7. Specs incl. 29 windows, French doors, bamboo floors, tile bath, stainless steel appliances, maple cabinets and soap-stone countertops. August completion. House located on Grandview Dr. On left if heading north, look for open house signs. For more info, call 307-690-5675.

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BURLINGTON: Green St. duplex. Recently painted, hdwd, large windows. 2-bedroom. Vacant September. 3bedroom occupied by professionals. Wiring, insulation updated, hard-wired smokes.

Separate utils. W/D hook-ups.

Plenty of parking. $269,900.

Blake, (802)373-7435.

WATERBURY CTR.: Restored 3200 sq. ft., circa 1870s, former B&B. 4/5-bedroom, 2 LR, second-floor family room w/skylights. Green-house dining area, cherry kitchen, new appliances. Gorgeous views. Mins. from Stowe, I89. $349,000. Eric, 802355-9213, ericparker. esq@verizon.net.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, 1bath condo offers easy living or excellent rents. Quietly tucked off Main St., 1.5 blocks to downtown, efficient, new carpet, parking, low expenses. Great investment at $129,500. 598-8578.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Cozy 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath Cape. Open-floor plan, woodstove. Great family neighborhood. Open house, 8/1. 1-4 p.m. $215,000. 658-8577.

MILTON: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, between exits 17 and 18, by Lake Arrowhead. Large offroad lot. Hdwd, wood stove, deck, partially finished basement w/room to grow. $154,900. 893-4331.

BURLINGTON: Duplex, 57 Intervale Ave. Completely updated and nice cash flow.

2-bedroom and snazzy studio w/certificates of compliance. $210,000. More info at www.TangoProperties.info.

865 8090.

UNDER CONTRACT BURLINGTON: Appletree Point townhouse, sale by owner. Sunny end unit, new furnace, appliances, A/C. 3 bedrooms 3 baths, fireplace, private beach, pools, more $229,900. Call 865-6268.

BURLINGTON: Award-winning Victorian Apartment House. www.theeyesoftheLord.com.

MIDDLESEX: Two separated 10-acre parcels. 10 minutes from Montpelier. Southern exposure. Very quiet, private settings. Views possible. Lot 1 $55,000. Lot 2 $65,000.

223-0986, bcallnan@ adelphia.net.

CHARLOTTE Home. Lake access. $795,000. Lake Champlain views/access (dock and mooring site), 5-bedrooms, tile/hdwd, 3 fireplaces, large decks, fenced yard, professional landscaping.

802-425-5250.

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HUNTINGTON: 1.1 acres on main road. Asking $124,900. Gorgeous views.

Incl. single wide residence, partial basement, 2 car garage, dry well, septic, newly drilled well and many extras. 434-4539.

MILTON: 10+acres of maplewooded privacy. Immaculate 4bedroom, 3-bath, 3,200 sq. ft.

Colonial. Master bedroom suite w/fireplace. Fieldstone fireplace in family room. Tiled sunroom, wood floors, finished walk-out basement. 3-level deck, 2+-car garage and much more. $335,000. Call 893-1745.

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WILLISTON: 2-bedroom house, large garage, high ceiling, Rinnai heat, organic garden, mature trees, .40 acre. Close to I-89. 10 mins. to downtown Burlington. $121,500. 872-0386

JEFFERSONVILLE: 32 acres, awesome views. End of road. Near Smuggler’s Notch or backcountry ski out your door. Improvements. Covenants. Owner financing. $289,000.

802-355-6998.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, PORT HENRY, NY: Impressive, gated, private complex, comprised of 17.5 acres. Pond, 5 log cabins, near-by golf course and yacht club. Must see to appreciate. Asking $795,000. 518-546-7456.

MONTGOMERY CTR.: 4bedroom, 1-bath cape nestled on 3.8-acre hillside lot w/mountain views in subdivision of well-maintained homes. Near Jay Peak. $149,000. 802-326-2043.

WEST GLOVER: 2-bedroom home, 11.97 acres, w/log shop/studio building w/ heat/electricity. Private, views of Mt. Mansfield.

Established herb/perennial gardens. $159,000.

For more info: www.vtliving.com/godfrey.

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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SPACEFINDER << 25B GRAND ISLE: Charming farmhouse, 4+bedroom, dining room w/built-in hutch, kitchen w/breakfast bar, large living room, playroom and sunroom. All completely remodeled in 2000. A must see to appreciate! Open house Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, 1-3 p.m. $198,500. 372-8464.

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.

HINESBURG: Raised ranch on .6 acres. 1700+ sq. ft. 1-full bath, 3-bedroom, LR, kitchen on upper level, 1-full bath, master bedroom, den, laundry room on lower level. $189,900. 482-4583.

IDEAL CONDO: FULLY DETACHED BURLINGTON NORTH END HOUSE: Renovated 1890’s 3-bedroom house occupies same property w/another separate home. Condo arrangement resembles private home ownership. Upstairs: 2-bedrooms, bathroom. Downstairs: eat-in kitchen, W/D hook-up, living room, bedroom/den/ office.

Private back yard. Dry basement.

Many improvements. Newly painted. $155,000. 425-3551.

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MONTPELIER: Lovely new custom 2-story home, light and sunny, 4-bedroom, 2.5bath, views, deck, private, end of road, 1.3-acres, 11/2 story 2-car garage, shared pond. $325,000.

(802) 223-4217.

ISLAND POND: Charles Currier House, village home c. 1864.

Large corner lot. 3+bedroom, 2-bath, 1.5-story barn, LR, DR, farm kitchen, summer kitchen. $98,900. Shown by appt., 802-723-4551.

JEFFERSONVILLE: 32 acres, awesome views. End of road.

Near Smuggler’s Notch or backcountry ski out your door.

Improvements. Covenants.

Owner financing. $289,000.

802-355-6998.

JEFFERSONVILLE: Beautiful Vermont home. Offering a chalettype home w/4-bedrooms, 2baths, 2 fireplaces, detached 2car garage and storage garage for ATV/lawnmower/snow machine. Has oil/wood heat w/lots of trees for cutting. There are 2 porches, plenty of privacy w/beautiful sugar maples, birch and hemlock trees. It’s a great place for kids or pets or both!

There are 1.8 acres of flat property just minutes from Smugg’s Ski Resort. 249-7597 until 10 p.m. or fouracescta@msn.com.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, PORT HENRY, NY: Impressive, gated, private complex, comprised of 17.5 acres. Pond, 5 log cabins, nearby golf course and yacht club. Must see to appreciate.

Asking $795,000. 518-546-7456.

MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres with 350 ft. of westerly view lakefront. For details: www.mallettsbaylakefront.com.

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

MIDDLESEX: Two separated 10acre parcels. 10 minutes from Montpelier. Southern exposure.

Very quiet, private settings.

Views possible. Lot 1 $55,000.

Lot 2 $65,000. 223-0986, bcall nan@adelphia.net.

MILTON: 10+acres of maplewooded privacy. Immaculate 4bedroom, 3-bath, 3200 sq. ft.

Colonial. Master bedroom suite w/fireplace. Fieldstone fireplace in family room. Tiled sunroom, wood floors, finished walk-out basement. 3-level deck, 2+car garage and much more. $335,000. Call 893-1745.

MONTGOMERY CTR.: 4-bedroom, 1-bath cape nestled on 3.8-acre hillside lot w/mountain views in subdivision of wellmaintained homes. Near Jay Peak. $149,000. 802-326-2043.

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IDEAL CONDO: FULLY DETACHED BURLINGTON NORTH END HOUSE: Renovated 1890’s 3-bedroom house occupies same property w/another separate home.

Condo arrangement resembles private home ownership.

Upstairs: 2-bedrooms, bathroom. Downstairs: eat-in kitchen, W/D hook-up, living room, bedroom/den/ office.

Private back yard. Dry basement. Many improvements.

Newly painted. $155,000.

425-3551.

MILTON: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, between exits 17 and 18, by Lake Arrowhead. Large off-road lot. Hdwd, wood stove, deck, partially finished basement w/room to grow. $154,900.

893-4331.

BURLINGTON: Duplex for sale. #7 Poplar St. 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units.

Custom-interior w/tile work, vintage floors, skylights.

Fully updated electrical.

Solid building w/full-basement and garage. Asking $225,000. 363-8704.

NORTH HERO: 3-bedroom, waterfront, lake views.

Many recent improvements incl. hdwd, roof, kitchen, water-heater, Jotul gas stove, energy-efficient windows. Large deck. $187,900. 598-7919.

SHELBURNE: Hillside ranch in the heart of Shelburne Village, quiet cul-de-sac, close to stores/school. 2240 sq. ft, full finished basement. 4-bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, family room, deck, garage, workshops, hdwd, 1.5 baths, ceiling fan, all kitchen appliances. $229,900. 9853936 or 238-1551

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GRAND ISLE: Charming farmhouse, 4+bedroom, dining room w/built-in hutch, kitchen w/breakfast bar, large living room, playroom and sunroom. All completely remodeled in 2000. A must see to appreciate! Open house Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, 1-3 p.m. $198,500. 372-8464.

JEFFERSONVILLE: Beautiful Vermont home. Offering a chalet- type home w/4-bedrooms, 2-baths, 2 fireplaces, detached 2- car garage and storage garage for ATV/lawnmower/snow machine. Has oil/wood heat w/ lots of trees for cutting. There are 2 porches, plenty of privacy w/beautiful sugar maples, birch and hemlock trees. It’s a great place for kids or pets or both! There are 1.8 acres of flat property just minutes from Smugg’s Ski Resort.

249-7597 until 10 p.m. or fouracescta@msn.com.

NEW 2-BEDROOM LOG HOME on 73-acres. Ultimate privacy, yet 5 min. to town, 10 min. to Jay Peak Ski Area.

Features include: laundry room, walk-out basement, mud room, office, cathedral ceilings, wood and gas heat, Hemlock floors and wrap around porch w/amazing views and more! $249,000.

(802)326-3093.

COLCHESTER: Custom Timberframe Federal Colonial.

230 Brick Yard Rd. $579,000.

Exclusive neighborhood, built 1998, 3.6-acres, 2500 sq. ft., 3- bedrooms, 2.5-baths, granite counters, slate and wide plank floors, exposed beams, Rumford fireplace, 9-foot ceilings, fir timber/mahogany deck with 8-person hot tub, extensive landscaping with stone walls and lighting, 2-car attached garage. 802-893-8647 or 802-578-2061. Email safezee@together.net.

WILLISTON: Open House 8/29, 1-3 p.m. Charming 3-bedroom townhouse in Taft Farm Village.

Approx. 1200 sq. ft. w/1-bath.

Home has tile, vinyl and woodwork throughout. Economical gas heat/hot water including a beautiful fireplace. Attached one-car garage w/storage. Pool, b-ball court and playground! $192,000.

Ken or Jennifer, 233-0869. kenballard@spherion.com.

ESSEX JUNCTION: Iroquois Ave. Over 2100 sq. ft. with finished basement. 3-4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 baths, mudroom, walkout basement, 2-car garage, deck, formal dining room, natural gas, washer & dryer upstairs, xlarge master bedroom and closet. Master bath with jet tub, oak stairs, choice of cabinets and tops, flooring, color & appliances. $285,000.

878-2880.

WINOOSKI: Colonial w/over 1950 sq. ft. of living space in this 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath home w/living, family, formal dining, fully applianced kitchen and laundry, 2.5-car garage, back deck, large fenced-in backyard. Top-of-the-line appliances incl., most are less than one year old. $259,900. 655-4269.

ENOSBURG FALLS: Old Stage-coach Inn on the Boston Post Rd. 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath, formal dining w/Rumford fireplace, hdwd, gorgeous woodwork, open staircase. New birch kitchen cabinets, new energyefficient windows, 2-car detached garage w/heated office. Large barn on 5+acres w/spring-fed swimming pond. Awesome mountain views, yet close to town. Asking $239,900.

(802) 933-6989.

FOR SALE by owner MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres with 350 ft. of westerly view lakefront. For details: www.mallettsbay lakefront.com.

$35/week Includes: 25 words + picture

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7D SPACEFINDER BURLINGTON: 46 Murray St. rental property 4 apartments consisting of one 2bedroom (could be owners unit), two large 1-bedrooms, one small 1bedroom., fully rented it clears about $25,000 per year, walk to town., Off-street parking, separate utils.

Needs cosmetics but sturdy building with room to increase rents. This is an opportunity to buy income property with about 10% cash down. Seller will hold creative 2nd mortgage.

Asking $295,000. D. Siegel R.E. Broker, VT. Independent Properties 860-4641.

PLATTSBURGH

This lovely lakefront 2-bdrm home with an additional 2-3 bdrm cottage is within walking distance of the ferry. $290,000.

Call 518-570-9593 or lise@duley-realtor.com

WESTFORD: Log cabin, 3BR, Gambrel built, 1975. Concrete basement, 32x24 w/1500+ sq. ft. living space, incl. 1.5 bath, updated septic, attached 3 season sunroom. Located 2 mi. from Westford Village Green.

267 Huntley Rd. on sunny 10 ac. lot w/large pasture, freestall horse shed. House needs work. $169,000

D. Siegel, Vermont Independent Properties 860-4641

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HUNTINGTON: 2 5-acre lots, pending permits. Starting at $89,900. Call 434-4652.

LINCOLN: Nice 1-acre lot across from the Green Mountain National Forest. Road frontage, power, septic plan avail. $52,000. Call 802-879-6578.

4 housing wanted Colchester Red Rocks Point

$769,900.

Two sandy beaches with 26+ acres to enjoy with this 2885 sq. ft. contemporary cape. Light and roomy home with large yard. 3 bedroom, 3 bath w/ 2 car garage and barn. Only 5 minutes from Exit 17. Subdivision potential. Motivated seller.

Call Christie White 658-5555 x2117

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FOR SALE: A 1996 Claridge, Skyline 3-bedroom, 2-bath mobile home in excellent condition, located in a Berlin mobile home park in Berlin, Vermont. W/D, stove, A/C, refrigerator, window-treatments. Asking $34,500.

Reason for selling: relocating. 802-229-2366.

REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, HOUSEMATES AND MORE

MONTPELIER: Lovely new custom 2-story home, light and sunny, 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath, views, deck, private, end of road, 1.3-acres, 1-1/2 story 2-car garage, shared pond. $325,000.

(802) 223-4217.

NEW 2-BEDROOM LOG HOME on 73-acres. Ultimate privacy, yet 5 min. to town, 10 min. to Jay Peak Ski Area. Features include: laundry room, walk-out basement, mud room, office, cathedral ceilings, wood and gas heat, Hemlock floors and wrap-around porch w/amazing views and more! $249,000. (802)326-3093.

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.

NORTH HERO: 3-bedroom, waterfront, lake views. Many recent improvements incl. hdwd, roof, kitchen, water-heater, Jotul gas stove, energy-efficient windows. Large deck. $187,900.

598-7919.

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.

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.

SHELBURNE: 4-bedroom, 3bath, hdwd, newly remodeled, country setting, babbling brook, oversized lot, dog-friendly. Must see, motivated for quick sale.

Asking $319,000. 802-985-9827 or 802-373-9169, ask for Franki.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Walk to UVM or FAHC from your 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch w/oversized 1-car garage. Well-maintained w/hdwd, ceramic tile floors, thermal windows, updated kitchen and baths, incl. all appliances. Located in South Burlington’s excellent school district. Partially finished walkout basement can be recreation room, bedroom and/or in-law suite. Established perennial gardens, large deck and Mount Mansfield view. $254,000.

(802) 862-3937.

UNDERHILL: Rt. 15. Large w/barns. Renovations! Also, new appliances and heating system.

25 mins. to Burlington. $315,000. 802-899-2727.

Additional info at www.picket fencepreview.com.

WATERBURY CTR.: Restored 3200 sq. ft., circa 1870s, former B & B. 4/5-bedroom, 2 LR, second-floor family room w/skylights. Greenhouse dining area, cherry kitchen, new appliances.

Gorgeous views. Mins. from Stowe, I-89. $349,000. Eric, 802-355-9213, ericparker.esq@ verizon.net.

WEST GLOVER: 2-bedroom home, 11.97 acres, w/log shop/studio building w/heat/electricity.

Private, views of Mt. Mansfield.

Established herb/perennial gardens. $159,000. For more info: www.vtliving.com/godfrey or call 802-525-9967.

WESTFORD: Log cabin, 3-bedroom, Gambrel built, 1975.

Concrete basement, 32x24 w/1500+ sq. ft. living space, incl.

3-bedrooms, 1.5-bath, updated septic and attached 3-season sunroom. Located 2 miles from Westford Village Green. 267 Huntley Rd. on sunny 10 ac. lot w/large pasture & freestall horse shed. House needs work and owner says sell! Price reduction, $169,000. Make an offer. D. Siegel, R.E. Broker, Vermont Independent Properties, 860-4641.

WILLISTON: 2-bedroom house, high ceiling, Rinnai heat, organic garden, large garage, mature trees, .40 acre. Close to I-89. 10 mins. to downtown Burlington. $121,500. 872-0386.

WILLISTON: Open House 8/29, 1-3 p.m. Charming 3-bedroom townhouse in Taft Farm Village.

Approx. 1200 sq. ft. w/1-bath.

Home has tile, vinyl and woodwork throughout. Economical gas heat/hot water including a beautiful fireplace. Attached one-car garage w/storage. Pool, b-ball court and playground! $192,000.

Ken or Jennifer, 233-0869. ken ballard@spherion.com.

WINOOSKI: Colonial w/over 1950 sq. ft. of living space in this 4bedroom, 2.5-bath home w/living, family, formal dining, fully applianced kitchen and laundry, 2.5-car garage, back deck, large fenced-in backyard. Top-of-the-line appliances incl., most are less than one year old. $259,900. 655-4269.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels he or she has encountered discrimination should contact the: HUD Office of Fair Housing, 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092. (617) 565-5309.

OR Vermont Human Rights Commission, 135 State St., Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633-6301. 800-416-2010 Fax: 802-828-2480

PLEASE HELP! I am searching for an apt. in the Burlington-area. I currently live in Maine and need a place for myself, my younger sister and my 2 fabulous cats. Looking for a spacious 2-bedroom, avail.

10/1. Alicia, (207)460-2093.

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MAGGIE’S INN: Extended stay, weekly reasonable rates. Includes cable TV, A/C, on-line computer, shared, equipped kitchen. By St. Michael’s College, on busline.

Great 1800’s farmhouse, antiques and plenty of character, parking.

24-hour gas station. $200/week.

802-324-3291.

4 room for rent

BURLINGTON: Beautiful, 500sq. ft. studio in private residence next to Oakledge Park/bike path/ private beach. Italian tile, radiant heat, parking, heat/water incl. NS, professional, lease. $700/mo. 578-6532.

BURLINGTON: College St. Private room/kitchen/bath. $475/mo. incl. utils. Lease + dep. No pets. 863-4634.

WILLISTON/ST. GEORGE: Room avail. in country home in exchange for chores. 482-3178.

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ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM: Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit www.Room mates.com. (AAN CAN) BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom available in 4 bedroom house located in the Old North End. Looking for a friendly, responsible, laidback M or F. Must love dogs!

598-7449 or 310-9406.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom avail. in 2-bedroom apt. Quiet location, close to UVM/downtown. Seeking responsible, respectful, prof./grad student, socially conscious, catfriendly, queer-friendly person to share a peaceful home. $375/mo. +utils. Avail. now. 324-6319.

BURLINGTON: 2 large and very private rooms w/own bath avail. in a beautiful, furnished Redrock townhouse! $750/mo. All utils. incl!

Avail. now. Ben, 917-334-8890.

BURLINGTON: Act now! Cool young guy looking for couple, lady or guy that’s chill to share supafly apt. above the Flynn.

Spacious, positive environment, likes music! $1625/mo. split 3 or 2 ways. 917-685-5617.

BURLINGTON: Act now! This offer won’t last! Laid-back creative types wanted for our funky downtown apt. Musicians, painters, writers, philosophers, freaks, etc. Avail. immediately.

Sept. rent will be pro-rated. $395/mo. + dep. 861-2273.

BURLINGTON: Archibald St. Looking for a laid-back, 20something student or young professional to share 2-bedroom apt. Avail. 9/15 or maybe earlier. $350/mo. Call Mike, 343-0178.

BURLINGTON: Downtown.

Mature feminist woman for cooperative, clean, beautiful house and garden. No messes, smoking, pets. $400/mo. +. Call 860-6828.

BURLINGTON: Housemate, NS, vegetarian for an unfurnished house. Close to town. Avail. 9/1. $550/mo. incl. utils. Email interest to elz82@gmavt.net or call 802-496-4406.

BURLINGTON: Housemate(s) wanted to share quiet 3-bedroom South End house. Backyard, garden, parking, W/D. NS/no pets. $495/mo. incl. utils. 658-3932.

BURLINGTON: Quiet, sunny location within six-block radius of UVM/downtown/Intervale. Join two other mature adults in tobacco-free zone and respectful lifestyle in large house. Share gas heat, wood stove, large gardens, new bath, floatation tank and earnest efforts at urban sustainability. $425/mo. + 1/4 utils. M-F, call evenings after 4 p.m. 658-4396.

BURLINGTON: Seeking openminded M/F for 2-bedroom apt. near downtown. Independent, friendly, tidy preferred. Parking.

NS/no pets. $425/mo. + 1/2 utils. + dep. 863-4253, please leave message.

COLCHESTER: F to share home.

NS. Large room w/private bath, near bike bridge. $550/mo. utils. incl. 658-3580.

COLCHESTER: Mallett’s Bay. Looking for responsible roommate. Rent furnished, large room w/private bathroom, storage.

Full access to house commodities. Very nice, quiet location next to lake. Avail. 9/1. $500/mo. incl. utils. 865-9257.

ESSEX JCT: 2-3 responsible college/prof. females to share large, 4-bedroom house, 3-full bath.

W/D, pool, yard, nice location, NS only. No pets. $400-$425/mo. incl. all utils and cable. 879-4226.

HUNTINGTON: Seeking NS/ND, M or F, prof. or serious grad student to share peaceful, quiet, spacious home in wooded setting w/active, respectful prof. M. Elevated deck, gardens, W/D, DSL. $500/mo. + 1/2 utils.

Evenings, 434-4080.

LOOKING FOR PROF/GRAD to share spacious 3-bedroom duplex, W/D, parking, hdwd+ more. F pref. NS/no pets. Avail. now. $400/mo. +utils. 878-7679.

RICHMOND: Responsible housemate to share large home w/active, artistic/outdoors profs.

Great location, convenient to interstate and downtown. W/D,

DSL, large yard, lots of space.

NS/no pets. Prof./grad pref. $475/mo. + utils. 434-7630.

RICHMOND: Seeking friendly and fun housemate to share 3bedroom, 2-bath house. Plenty of storage space, big yard, clean.

No pets. $375/mo. 434-8678.

ROOMMATE WANTED: Mature, responsible, easy-going. Ages 23-29. Large 2-bedroom.

Downtown. W/D, storage, porch, separate entrance. Wood floors, bay window. $375/mo. + utils.

Long-term pref. 825-5369.

S. BURLINGTON: M/F prof. to share home w/three twentysomethings, 1 dog and 1 cat.

W/D, storage, partially furnished.

Avail. now. $500/mo., incl. utils.

802-865-5976.

S. BURLINGTON: Share elegant 4-bedroom Spear St. home. Views, amenities, gardening, shop.

Mature, active, fit, professional woman sought for long-term rent/buy co-housing options.

864-3330, rick@rickhubbard.org.

SHELBURNE/S. BURLINGTON: Share 1/2 of large 4-bedroom condo w/prof. Large, private suite w/full bath, own phone.

Amenities, privacy. Avail. 9/1. $675/mo. +. 802-238-9107.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Condo share. Pool, tennis, cross-country skiing, bike path, 5 min. to UVM/FA. WD, trash, snow, recycling incl. Late Sept. or 10/1. $675/mo. + 1/2 utils. Stacie, 598-3920.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Looking for a responsible housemate to share large home off of Shelburne Rd. Pool, hot tub, storage, parking, yard. Avail. 9/1 or 10/1. $400/mo. + utils. 865-9627.

WILLISTON: Very private setting. Less than 1-mile to I-89 exit. All amenities. Pets OK. Must see! $700/mo. incl. heat.

872-8390.

WINOOSKI: Roommate needed to share spacious 3-bedroom apt. in converted mill bldg.

Stone walls, 25 ft. ceilings, offstreet parking, large bathroom (w/sauna), pvt. yard, W/D, restaurant-grade kitchen. $500/mo. + utils. 802-272-1141.

4 unique situations

ADIRONDACKS Ideal for sabbatical/retreat/artistic work.

Comfortable 2-bedroom A-Frame in beautiful, peaceful valley.

Furnished and fully equipped.

Paradox, NY. Lease from Fall-6/15. $425/mo. + utils. 518-585-2269, joenaomi@bluemoo.net.

LAND PARTNERS: We have an option on a large portion of beautiful wooded land 30 mins. south of downtown Burlington, 5 mins. from Rte. 7. Looking for like-minded partner who wants to build and share land development costs.

Willing to split off 10-40 acres for your home on a private dirt road surrounded by nature and wildlife, convenient to Burlington and the lake. Serious buyers inquire to landshare@verizon.net. m

Overwhelmed?

Need to sell your house, rent an apartment or place a classified ad? email katherine: classified@sevendaysvt.com

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7D ONTHEROADVEHICLES

4 automotive

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802-658-1212 BMW MOTORCYCLE, 2001 F650GS: Red, ABS, excellent cond., 2200 miles, kept in garage. $6000, negotiable. 864-6667 or sdorn@cinap.com.

CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 2002: Sedan, 4-door, white, 4-cyl.

Auto, FWD, A/C, CD, ABS. 41,260 K. Best price, $5968. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

CHRYSLER SEBRING LX CONVERTIBLE, 2004: 2-door, maroon, 4-cyl. Auto, FWD, A/C, cruise. 20,567 K. Best price, $13,900. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

FORD CROWN VICTORIA, 1992: 128 K. Runs great. Needs some work. Good engine, power, A/C, remote starter. Must sell. $950/ OBO. Call Ben, 347-489-6925, cell located in Burlington.

FORD FOCUS, ZX5, 2002: 24 K, dark red. Excellent condition, one owner. Smoke-free. 5-spd., A/C, CD, power everything. See on cars. com. $9199. Call Chris, 899-5164.

MERCURY SABLE GS, 2003: Sedan, 4-door, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, ABS, cruise. 30,435 K. Best price, $10,946. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

OLDSMOBILE ALERO GL, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, white, auto, FWD, A/C, rear spoiler, CD. 21,787 K. Best price, $12,467. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SE, 2003: Sedan, 4-door, gray, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, CD, ABS, rear spoiler.

23,694 K. Best price, $14,991. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, 2003: Sedan, 4-door, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, cruise, ABS, traction control.

19,942 K. Best price, $12,965.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, beige/tan, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, cruise, CD. 16,886 K. Best price, $12,943.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, 2004: Sedan, white, V6 auto, FWD, A/C, ABS, rear spoiler.

16,107 K. Best price, $15,872.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC VIBE SPORT WAGON, 2004: 4-door, red, auto, FWD, A/C, cruise, roof rack. 20,018 K. Best price, $15,289. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

SAAB 9-3 SE HATCHBACK, 2002: 4-door, blue, 4-cyl. turbo, auto, FWD, ABS, moonroof.

31,166 K. Best price, $16,970.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

SAAB 900, 1997: Hatchback.

Blue, moonroof, 4-door, 5-spd.

FWD. 101 K. Includes snows. Great body/interior. $3900. 985-2751.

SAAB 900S, 1995: 97 K, 4-door, 5-spd. Leather, pwr. windows/sunroof, 6-CD changer, perfect condition, Thule bike/ski rack, 4Nokian snows. $5150. 860-6421.

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SATURN L200, 2003: Sedan, 4door, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, cruise, CD, premium-sound.

38,538 K. Best price, $10,440.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

SUBARU LEGACY, 1995: Sedan, AWD, new parts, drives good, auto, 4-door. 170 K. Asking $950.

578-2585.

TOYOTAS, 1997 & NEWER! Excellent condition & warranty. www.autocraftsmen.com 326 State St., Montpelier (next to Dairy Creme on Rt. 2)!

Worth the drive! 802-223-3563.

VOLVO 1994: 215K miles. In *excellent* condition. $3500/ OBO. Call 482-6753.

VOLVO 240 WAGON, 1992: 5spd., standard transmission. Just inspected, 4 additional tires. All service records avail. 181 K. Blue book, $2620. Asking, $1850.

802-586-9697.

VOLVO S60 AWD SEDAN, 1999: 70 K, black, taupe leather, auto, ABS, pwr. seats, sunroof. Very good cond. Excellent winter car w/heated seats and dual zone heat/AC. 6X CD changer + 1 in dash. $12,000. Kelley BB retail, $16,140. Private party, $12,930.

Call Dan Brink, (802) 318-5218.

VOLVO S70 GLT TURBO, 1998: 108 K. Good condition, loaded, new all-season tires, leather int. CD player, sunroof, wellmaintained. $8000. 999-9823 after 5 p.m.

VOLVO WAGON 240 DL 1986, 200K miles, well maintained.

Body and engine in good shape. $900. Call 434-4113.

Call 864-CCTA to respond to a listing or to be listed.

Essex Junction to Vergennes: Looking to share a commute to Goodrich. I work Mon-Fri from 7:30am to 4:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 40939.

Save money this Spring and join a carpool today!

Burlington to Montpelier: Looking to share a commute from Burlington to National Life. I work Mon-Fri 7:30am to 4:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 40928.

If you don’t see your route listed here, call 864-CCTA today and we’ll send you a FREE matchlist of commuters in your area.

Join the NEW Richmond Park & Ride to Montpelier Vanpool today! Vanpool begins in Essex Junction, departs the Richmond P&R at 7:30am, then departs downtown Montpelier at 4:30pm.

If interested, please ref # 40440.

Morrisville to Essex Junction: Looking to share a commute. My hours are Mon-Fri from approx.

7:30am to 4:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 40963.

South Burlington to Waterbury: Looking to share a commute. My hours are Mon-Fri from 9am to 5pm, but flexible. If you can help, please ref # 40924.

Jeffersonville to Williston: Looking for a ride from Jeffersonville to Williston/Taft Corners. I work Mon-Fri from 7am to 4:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 40920.

Winooski to Montpelier: Looking to share a ride. My hours are MonFri from 9am to 5pm. If you can help, please ref # 40962.

Waitsfield to Waterbury: Looking for a ride to Bombardier. I work Mon-Fri from 8:30am to 5pm. If you can help, please ref # 142117.

West Berlin to Waterbury Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 1-5:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 142176.

FORD 150, 1989: Runs good, 5 spd. 105 K. Ladder rack and tool box. $1000. 863-5397. www.ShearerPontiac.com

802-658-1212 VOLVO WAGON: V-70, ash gold, loaded, 34 K. Excellent condition, extra studs/rims. Rack, child/dog proof. Extra rubber mats. Traveling abroad, must sell! $24,900/OBO. 879-8330.

VW GOLF, 1999: GLS, 5 spd, very good condition. 93 K. CD, sun roof, new tires. $5800. 343-4185.

VW JETTA, 1996: Black exterior, beige interior. 147 K. Great condition, reliable, great gas mileage. $3600/OBO. Please leave message, 318-1749.

VW PASSAT, 1995: 80 K. VR6.

Great body, many new parts, some electrical problems. $700/OBO. Call 578-3344.

VW PASSAT, 2002: 37 K, excellent shape. 1.8T w/5-spd. auto, A/C, PW, PS, heated seats, Monsoon sound, moon roof, new brakes, new all season Nokian and winter Nokian. Blue. $15,900. 238-1084.

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CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP, 2003: Extended-cab, short-bed, red, auto, 4WD, A/C, ABS, cruise, CD. 16,954 K. Best price, $21,998. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

Brookfield to Shelburne: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 7am-3pm. If you can help, please ref # 142201.

Charlotte to Berlin: Looking to share a commute. I work Mon-Fri from 8am to 4:30pm with some flexibility. If you can help, please ref # 40946.

Montpelier to Burlington: Looking to share a commute Mon and Thurs only from 8am to 5:15pm. If you can help, please ref # 142145.

Colchester to Burlington: Looking to share a ride. I work Fridays from 8am to 2pm. If you can help, please ref # 40961.

Burlington to Middlebury: Looking to share a commute. My hours are Mon-Fri from 8am to 5pm.

If you can help, please ref # 40951.

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KAWASAKI KDX DIRTBIKE, 1994: 240 CC, 2nd-owner, ran great, needs parts and a bit of work. Don’t have time or money.

First $500 gets it. 863-6999.

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CADILLAC ESCALADE SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, pewter, V8 auto, AWD, A/C, CD, OnStar, ABS, leather, roof rack. 39,622 K. Best price, $35,998. Call shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

CHEVROLET TAHOE SPORT UTILITY, 2004: 4-door, blue, V8, auto, 4WD, LS, A/C, CD, leather, ABS. 26,624 K. Best price, $27,961. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, green, 6-cyl. Auto, 4WD, LS, CD, ABS, roof rack, privacy glass.

26,865 K. Best price, $19,368.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

GMC ENVOY SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, beige/tan, 6-cyl.

Auto, 4WD, SLE, OnStar, cruise, CD, A/C, ABS. 43,055 K. Best price, $19,442. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED SPORT UTILITY, 2001: 4-door, white, 6-cyl. Auto, 4WD, A/C, leather, CD, moonroof, roof rack.

35,396 K. Best price, $19,488. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

www.ShearerPontiac.com

802-658-1212 NISSAN XTERRA SE SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, green, auto, 4WD, ABS, roof rack, cruise.

42,130 K. Best price, $15,894.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC AZTEC SPORT UTILITY, 2004: 4-door, white, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, CD, roof rack.

10,746 K. Best price, $15,194.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

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PONTIAC MONTANA EXTENDED MINIVAN, 2004: 4-door, silver, auto, FWD, 7-passenger seating, A/C, CD, roof rack. 17,395 K. Best price, $18,927. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC MONTANA MINIVAN, 2002: 4-door, white, auto, FWD, 6-passenger seating, ABS, privacy glass. 22,858 K. Best price, $14,891. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

www.ShearerPontiac.com

802-658-1212

Plattsburgh to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM. I work Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, from 7am to 7pm.

If you can help, please ref # 40954.

Underhill to Burlington: Looking for a ride. Hours are Mon-Fri from 8am to 5pm. If you can help, please ref # 40919.

Burlington to Shelburne: Looking for a ride to Vermont Teddy Bear. I work Mon-Fri 11am to 11pm. If you can help, please ref # 40938.

Essex Junction to Waterbury: Looking to share a ride to State Offices. My hours are Mon-Fri from 7:30am to 5:45pm. If you can help, please ref # 40940.

Williston to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride. Hours are MonFri from 6:30am to 3pm. If you can help, please reference 40921.

Winooski to Williston Looking for a ride in the morning, Mon-Fri at 6:30am. If you can help, please ref # 40922.

Williston to Montpelier: Looking for a ride. My hours are Mon-Fri from 8am to 5pm, but flexible. If you can help, please ref # 40932.

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Cambridge to IBM: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri from 8am to 5pm. If you can help, please ref # 40913.

Burlington to St. Albans: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri from 9am to 3am.

If you can help, please ref # 40929.

Milton to Burlington: Looking for a ride. I work 8am to 5pm, Mon-Fri. If you can help, please ref # 40925.

Barre City to Northfield: Looking for a ride one-way Mon-Fri at 6pm. If you can help, please ref # 140609.

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7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT

4 employment

ARCHITECT POSITION for designoriented, thoughtful, recognized architect. Small, successful firm established in 1986, with growth, technology, vigor, friendly atmosphere, competitive compensation/ benefits and abundant opportunity. Must possess a passion for architecture and sustainable building and like to draw, draft, model, think, experiment and enjoy collaboration. Listening, client skills and sense of humor are highly valued. Inquires held in absolute confidence. Contact: jeffs@madriver.com.

ASSISTANT: Part-time for growing law firm. Excellent PC and proof reading skills. Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities a must. Duties: preparation of forms, documents and other materials. Send resumé to: Holman Immigration Law, 1 Lawson Lane, Burlington, VT 05401. 802-860-3333.

BARTENDERS NEEDED: Fulltime, part-time shifts avail. Day, evening, nights shifts avail.

Please leave message, 373-9523.

BRISTOL BAKERY in Bristol is hiring for all positions. Full and part-time. Experienced bakers, counter people, delivery, etc.

Fill out application at 14 Main St., Bristol, VT. BURLINGTON BREAD ADVOCATE: Full-time position educating, organizing for and promoting Burlington’s local currency.

Americorps Vista position. Call 434-8103.

CARPENTER’S HELPER: Ecocompany seeks someone willing to learn. Vehicle and phone required. Experience preferred.

Send resumé to: vze3j88p@ verizon.net.

CARPENTERS/CARPENTERS’ HELPERS: Experienced, transportation, great work environment, good pay. Call Steven at 865-9839.

CASH AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA! Need some extra cash for weekend fun, to pay bills or save for the future? The Times Argus has morning routes available in your area. Finished by 6 a.m., time left for family, school or a day job. Take one or combine routes for more pay! Call 802479-4040 for details.

COOKS WANTED: Manhattan Pizza and Pub. Line experience necessary. Will teach pizza.

Avail. both day and night shifts.

658-6776 or apply in person, 167 Main St., Burlington.

COOL TRAVEL JOB: Entry-level positions, 18+, no exp. necessary. 2 weeks paid training, transportation, lodging provided. $500 signing bonus to start.

Toll-free, 1-877-646-5050.

(AAN CAN) DOGGIE DAYCARE now hiring!

Athletic, hardworking individuals. Various positions. Apply in person.

DOGGIE DAYCARE: Now hiring!

Friendly, outgoing individual for front desk position. Full and part-time available. Apply within.

DRIVERS WITH LATE-MODEL vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers.

802-658-1464.

EASY STREET CAFE in Waitsfield, Mad River Valley, is seeking part-time or full-time breakfast/ lunch cook. Weekends a must.

Call for more info, 496-7234.

EMERGENCY SERVICES CLINICIAN: Dynamic Emergency Services Clinician needed to provide crisis stabilization services to community residents. The Emergency Team is an innovative crisis response program at Rutland Mental Health Services in partnership with Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Psychiatric Unit. The hours are flexible and variable during the day and evenings with no schedule overnight shifts. Master’s level plus experience preferred.

Excellent benefit package. Send resumés and cover letter to: Rutland Mental Health, Human Resources, PO Box 222, Rutland, VT 05702.

EXOTIC DANCERS wanted for bachelor and bachelorette parties. No experience necessary.

658-1464.

FRONT DESK PERSON NEEDED for waterfront men’s salon.

Full or part-time. Please call 598-4378.

HAIRSTYLIST NEEDED: Parttime or full-time. Busy downtown Burlington location. Call 518-588-8869, leave message.

HOUSECLEANING/YARD WORK needed all day, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 9/5-9/7. Two or three experienced people preferred, Hinesburg. 802238-8933.

IT’S A LIFESTYLE, NOT A JOB: 16-year-old industry giant looking for local leaders to aid in company’s global expansion.

Call 800-270-4789 to schedule an interview.

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING firm seeks Senior CAD person. Looking for someone with experience in CAD operations, tax mapping and GIS a plus. Must be extremely organized, meet deadlines and able to work independently. If interested, send a resumé to Heindel & Noyes, PO Box 64709, Burlington VT. Excellent pay, benefits and working environment.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR/ ASSET MANAGER for affordable housing corporation. Responsibilities include overseeing maintenance of rental units in Addison County, routine inspections of properties, assisting in scheduling of capital improvements, monitoring development of new units to ensure efficiency and livability. Successful candidate will have knowledge of construction techniques, familiarity with energy-efficient technology, ability to work as part of a team and relate to a diverse population. 30-hours per week with some additional on-call hours.

Excellent benefits, salary commensurate with experience.

Resumé and three references to Personnel-ACCAG, P.O. Box 165, Middlebury, VT 05753. EOE.

professional

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CORY 864-2549

BUY 4 WEEKS AND GET THE 5TH FOR FREE! To place an ad for your Professional Service email michelle@ sevendaysvt.com

NORTH STAR GYMNASTICS is looking for competitive team coaches and recreational instructors. We strive for a fun and positive work environment. Gymnastics experience is great, but we will train the right person.

Call 802-223-0517 for more information.

PAINTER: Neat, clean and reliable. Tools and transportation provided for the right person.

Call 863-5397.

PAINTERS: Experienced, transportation, great work environment, good pay. Call Steven at 865-9839.

PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NEEDED: 10 a.m. 2 p.m. 3-5 days/week. Must be organized, computer literate and enjoy a fast pace. Light bookkeeping experience a plus.

Please send resumé to: Ms. Bowles, PO Box 946, Williston, VT 05495.

PROJECT MANAGER: Responsible for completing public project including some or all: to plan/budget for site development, pursue development permit, hold public meetings, write grants and fundraise. Up to 20 hrs/wk, starting immediately.

Send resumé to Middlebury Area Land Trust, POB 804, Middlebury, VT 05753.

READY FOR TAKE-OFF? NSP, a leader in Radio Control sailplane and electric airplane equipment since 1988, has a full-time opening available for an efficient and energetic Shipper. If you are a natural organizer who works with minimal supervision and takes pride in doing good work right down to the details, we’d like to meet you. This is a terrific opportunity with room for growth for the right individual.

Please call Carolyn D. at 6557700 to set up an interview.

RETAIL ASSOCIATE/Mail Order Customer Service Representatives needed: Busy retail mail order soccer specialty store is in need of detail-oriented, hard-working individuals on a part-time and full-time basis. Contact Kim, 802-658-6179 or Kim@newhor izonssoccer.com or stop by New Horizons In Sports, Williston.

TEMPORARY HELP-WANTED: Reliable, hardworking individual for greenhouse clean-up, painting, landscaping. Oakwood Farms, 288-8155.

THE PITCHER INN in Warren is looking to fill the following positions: House Keeper, full-time position, previous experience a benefit and available to work on weekends/holidays. Wait and Bar Staff, part-time positions, previous experience a must, flexible to work early morning and late evening shifts as required including weekends/holidays. Send resumés to: Luciana Nijdam, General Manager, The Pitcher Inn, P.O. Box 347, Warren VT. 05674, or drop in and fill out an application.

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MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO SMOKERS NEEDED for UVM research study! We need people who are smokers of both tobacco and marijuana. This is not a treatment study. Must be 18 years old. Compensation up to $775. Call 847-7897. All calls and participation confidential.

4 volunteers

ART ENTHUSIASTS WANTED: for volunteer shifts at the Firehouse Gallery. Learn how a gallery works from installing exhibitions to educating the public. Enthusiasm for contemporary art and working with the public are essential. Please email resumé and letter of intent to cshorton@ci.burlington.vt.us or call 865-7165.

4 elder care

HOME ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES OF VERMONT

“Enhancing levels of well being and independence”

Our quality Care Management and Care Provider Services can support your efforts to help those you care for stay at home.

Personal Care v Meals v Med Reminders v Transportation v Housekeeping v Rehabilitative Support Palliative Care v and more...

Call Carel or Patricia at 802-985-5097 email: HALSVT2@yahoo.com

4 childcare

CHILDCARE WANTED: After school, 2:3O-5 p.m., four days a week. Seven and eight-year-old.

New North End, Burlington. $9/hour. Call Sharon or Dave, 865-1733.

CHILDCARE WANTED: In search of fun, dependable college student w/flexible schedule to provide in-home care to 1-year-old twins. 10-hours/week. Must have experience. Call 802-482-3585.

EXCEPTIONAL CAREGIVER NEEDED for two exceptional children under the age of 5.

Tues. through Thurs. Refs. req.

872-9969.

SEEKING A CARING, RESPONSIBLE, non-smoking individual with previous childcare experience for 20 to 25 hours a week in our homes in Charlotte and Shelburne. Person will care primarily for a 4-year old with some after-school care for our other 3 elementary-aged children. If interested, please call either VJ, 425-6222 or Jessica, 985-9588.

SEEKING A CARING, RESPONSIBLE, non-smoking individual w/previous childcare experience for after-school care of our 3 children, ages 2, 4 and 6 from 2:30-6 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. in our home in Williston beginning September. Must have own reliable car for transportation.

Excellent salary and work environment. Call 802-578-7630 and leave message.

SEEKING PART-TIME CHILDCARE for a three-year old w/special needs. Applicants must have previous experience working w/young children w/physical and communication needs.

Transportation and refs. req. 20hours a week. 660-3954.

4 business opps

DATA ENTRY: Flexible hours, great pay. Call toll-free, 1-866334-6175 ext. 101. Computer/ Internet req. (AAN CAN).

EARN $3500 WEEKLY! Answering surveys online! $25$75/survey! Guaranteed paychecks! Mystery shoppers needed! $57/hour shopping! Free grants!

Receive $500,000-$800,000! www.RealCashPrograms.com (AAN CAN).

FRUSTRATED. Learn how we have helped 1000’s of frustrated individuals identify surprising business or franchise opportunities. Call Pat Burns at The Entrepreneur’s Source, 1-866-450-0077.

METAPHYSICAL BOOK AND GIFT STORE: Established 1989, downtown Middlebury. 388-7478 or 759-2985.

NEED REGIONAL or national recruitment exposure? Advertise your hard-to-fill positions in more than 100 newspapers just like this one and reach up to 17 million young, active, educated readers! Go to www.aancan.com or call AAN Classified Network at 202-822-1955. (AAN CAN).

SEEKING PERSON INTERESTED in starting a catering business.

Experienced preferred along with a passion for cooking, dedication to growing a business, the ability to combine work and fun and enjoy meeting people. Please call Jacques, 862-1306 or email martonfamily@adelphia.net SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPER CONTRACTOR wishes to retire.

Looking for someone w/highenergy and entrepreneurial desire to purchase successful business.

Turn key operation. Call 3167933 for details.

WORK FROM HOME: Earn $500$3000/mo. PT or FT. Full-training and support provided. 877-5730982. dlchombasebiz.net.

(AAN CAN).

Vermont Sandwich Company, Inc. Turn-key ownership opportunities available. Join our team of sandwich professionals. Excellent hours, excellent product — and best of all — own your own business! Call today: 1-866-637-9283.

“The best place to pick up sandwiches” in and around Burlington.

–National Geographic Explorer 65-SEAT BISTRO CAFE in Burlington-area. $168 K + per year w/huge growth potential.

Serious inquires only, email to cecilann@sover.net or PO Box 4313, Burlington, VT 05402.

A $250K+ 1st year income opportunity. Home-based. No selling. Not MLM! Call 1-877347-3745 * 24 hrs. Training and support provided. (AAN CAN) ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE! Do you earn $800 in a day? Your own local candy route. Includes 30 machines and candy. All for $9995. 1-800-807-6525. (AAN CAN) BARTENDERS: Up to $1200/wk.

Multiple positions in restaurants, bars, nightclubs and hotels. No experience req. FT/PT. Call 800806-0083 ext. 202. (AAN CAN).

CHURCH STREET GIFT CART: For sale. Prime location. 802253-4303.

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FOUND: GRAY FLEECE JACKET at the Sarah Harmer concert in Battery Park. Call 355-6886.

SANCHEZ IS MISSING! Very friendly dark-brown Siamese male w/white paws. Church and Maple in Burlington. He lost his collar and now we lost him!

Please call w/any info. 363-5084.

4 announcements

AMAZING NEW MANGOSTEEN. Over $1,000,000 in sales already.

Easy, repeat business. Residual income w/free marketing website. Start today. Take online tour at www.BizXango.com.

(AAN CAN).

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NFL TICKETS: All teams, cities and games avail. www.ticket place.com. New product and business opportunity. Xango is sweeping the nation. Get in now! www.BizXango.com.

(AAN CAN).

PREGNANT AND ALONE? We can help! We provide solutions, not judgment. Free confidential consultation. Relocation and financial assistance avail.

Adoption insight. 1-800-3619333. (AAN CAN).

PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? We can help! We specialize in matching families with birth-mothers nationwide.

Toll-free, 24 hrs. a day. 866-9210565. One True Gift Adoptions.

(AAN CAN).

YARD SALE: 9/4 and 9/5. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 317 Penny Lane, off Route 7, by the bowling alley. Variety, incl. furniture, electronics, books. No early birds!

4 entertainment

EXOTICA DANCERS featuring girls going wild for your next birthday, bachelor party or funon-one show. 802-658-1464.

New talent welcome.

MOVIE EXTRAS: Earn up to $200-$600/day. Have fun as a movie extra. All looks, types and ages needed. TV, music videos, commercials, films and print.

Extras on call. 1-800-260-3949, ext 3001. (AAN CAN).

4 computer svcs.

“In-House”

COMPUTERS Repairs, Upgrades & More!

We make house calls!

email: in-housecomp@verizon.net

864-7470

A+ CERTIFIED COMPUTER REPAIR by excellent technicians.

Low rates, fast turnaround.

Refurbished computers available.

ReCycle North Tech Services, 266 Pine St., Burlington, 658-4143 ext. 23.

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-house comp@verizon.net.

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CASH NOW: As seen on TV! Ten years offering best cash for future lawsuit settlement, payments, annuities and lottery winnings. ppicash.com. Call now.

800-815-3503. (AAN CAN).

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DAYTIME PARKING NEEDED: Get $300/year! In need of parking near corner of S. Williams and Main St., Burlington, M/T/W, business hours only. Call Lindsay 244-9958.

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ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS: Affordable Archival Fine Art Digital Print Making and Digital Photography copy services. Bring original artwork and get one FREE digital copy and one FREE 8x10 Gicleé Print. Churchman Creative Services, 802-899-2200. churchman.inc@verizon.net.

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LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS interested in a 24-hour photo project, “Burlington, 24Hours”, to take place October 1 and 2. Contact Dave, 862-1172 or email rusldp@juno.com for more information.

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4 ZZ TOP TICKETS Bronze, row F. Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Sept. 3. Best offer. 657-2519.

AMPLIFIER: Fender Deville 410.

Black, 60-watt, all-tube, classic Fender reverb, never gigged, great shape. Too loud for my little condo. Incl. cover, footswitch.

Retails about $750, asking $550 by check, $525 cash. Email best, kevin_murakami@mac.com.

EARTH-LITE MASSAGE TABLE: Avalon, portable massage table, sage-green. Comes w/head-cradle and black carrying-case and strap. Great condition, great deal: $400. Call 229-5996.

FREE 4-ROOM DIRECTV SYSTEM: Includes installation. 4 mo. free programming w/NFL Sunday Ticket subscription. Over 250 channels! Limited time offer, S&H, restrictions apply. 1800-877-1251. (AAN CAN) FREE DIRECTV SATELLITE: Free! Get 4-mo. of 225 channels, free 4-room system installed.

Best offer ever! Programming starts at only $39.99/mo. 888554-6059. (AAN CAN) FURNITURE AND BABY EQUIPMENT: Queen-size futon mattress, 4-dining room chairs, glider rocker, baby stroller/carriage, high-chair, Kelty front-pack and more! 860-1443 or 355-1841.

PHISH FANS: Own a part of history. Original weather-worn Nectors sign. 66 inches x 48 inches. Did you know during some of the 1980’s, Nectar’s was spelled Nectar’s. A great story at a great price. $300. 864-9972.

THULE DOUBLE KAYAK rack for Honda CRV. Used twice, perfect shape. $450 new, $350 OBO. 879-2690.

TRUE COMMERCIAL, DOUBLEDOOR, under counter w/workplace freezer. New compressor.

Asking $600. Call Steve, 865-5288.

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COUCH: L-shaped sectional.

Great shape. Seats 5. Light colors. We’re remodeling. $200.

863-6147.

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NEED NEW COMPUTER? Bad credit, no problem! Buy a new computer now and pay later.

New computers and laptops from $20/mo. Call now, 1-800-3111542. (AAN CAN).

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AD ASTRA RECORDING: Relax.

Record. Get the tracks. As featured in EQ Magazine. Digital multitrack recording/mixing.

Flexible hours/block rates. 20 plus years experience. adastra recording.com, 872-8583.

ARMAND MESSIER RECORDING STUDIO: 4-song studio demo for $500. Record, mix and master without the money clock ticking!

Satisfaction guaranteed, call for details. 868-9900. www.record ingvt.com.

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7D SUPPORTGROUPSLEGALS 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.

4 musicians wanted BASS PLAYER: 4-piece Charlotte combo seeks committed bass player. Contact Xander, 425-4133.

EXPERIENCED guitarist seeks band. Classic rock, blues, Southern rock, country and country rock. Some vocals. Over 30-years professional gigging experience. 786-5830, ext. 36 or dbonanzam@pshift.com.

LEAD GUITAR PLAYER WANTED: If you are an experienced lead guitar player, can play 50’s and 60’s rock and roll, can practice in central VT, call Joe, 496-6520.

SINGER WANTED: Band currently being recorded by producer of Alice In Chains, Metallica and Primus is looking for a great singer. Are you him? Call 802362-1054.

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BANJO AND PEDAL STEEL LESSONS W/GORDON STONE: 25-years teaching experience.

Recordings and live appearances w/Phish, Moe, Strangefolk and Chrome Cowboys. 863-4497 or www.gordonstone.com.

BLUEGRASS AND ACOUSTIC MUSIC: 5-string banjo, guitar, voice, songwriting and more.

Experienced teacher, very affordable rates. Any style/level/interest. Andy, 802-658-2462 or guitboy75@hotmail.com.

CELTIC FIDDLE instruction with experienced dance band musician. All levels. Technique and style emphasized. Peter Macfarlane, 802-759-2268, petermac@gmavt.net.

CLARINET LESSONS for all ages, beginner to intermediate abilities. Start the school year off right, or pick up an old hobby! Call Heather for rates, times and questions. 318-8199.

FUN PIANO LESSONS for all ages. Learn from a patient and experienced teacher. Andric Severance, 802-310-6042.

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.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Burlington is submitting its Consolidated Plan Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) on the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Act funds for the program year ending June 30, 2004 to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.

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Copies of the Report will be available beginning September 10, 2004, at the Community & Economic Development Office, 149 Church Street, Room 32, City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401 and online at http://www.cedo burlington.org/cdbg/cdbg.htm.

The public is encouraged to review the Report and to comment, through September 28, 2004. A Public Hearing on the Report will be held at the City Council meeting of Monday, September 20, 2004, in Contois Auditorium, City Hall.

Comments will be heard at the Public Hearing on the Report and on housing and community development needs.

For more information, or information on alternative access, contact Margaret Bozik, Community & Economic Development Office, at 865-7171 / 865-7142 (TTY).

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, September 21, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following: 1. Final plat application #SD-0460 of White Rock Development, LLC, to subdivide an undetermined size parcel into two (2) parcels, parcel #1 being of undetermined size and parcel #2 being 0.055 acres. Lot #2 will then be further subdivided into two (2) lots to be added to the rear of 444 and 446 Country Club Drive.

2. Preliminary plat application #SD-04-61 and final plat application #SD-04-64 of Spencer Terminal Holdings for a planned unit development consisting of: 1) construction of a 26,000 sq ft distribution and related storage building with more than 15% of the GFA in office use for the same tenant at 596 Meadowland Dr, and 2) relocating a 200 foot wide “no-construction” buffer from 596 Meadowland Dr to the property to the south located at the end of Dubois Dr. Copies of the application are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall.

John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board September 1, 2004

The Burlington Democratic Committee will hold its nominating caucus for Justice of the Peace on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church at the corner of South Winooski Ave. and Cherry Street.

For more information call city chair Mary Sullivan at 862-6632.

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DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs?

Call United Way GET-INFO (a confidential help line) 652-4636, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.

ADD PARTNERS SUPPORT GROUP forming. Does your partner or spouse have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)?

Would love to get together and share experiences, support, challenges. Please contact addpart ner@yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds.

THE HEALING JOURNEY: The Women’s Rape Crisis Center offers a confidential ten-week support group for women who have survived sexual violence. Burlingtonarea, call for location. 6-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-0555.

DISORDERED EATING SUPPORT GROUP: Do you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating? I am looking to start a support group to help others and myself in moving forward on the road to recovery. If you are interested in joining a new discussion/support group and are over 20 yrs, please email Jessica at jesslyn6 @yahoo.com.

Together we can

make small steps forward to a more fulfilling lifestyle.

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 childcare provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call Amy at 247-5460 for more information.

WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives.

Wednesdays-ongoing. 12:302p.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.

REIKI SUPPORT GROUP: July 18, 1-3 p.m. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. All levels of students and practitioners are welcome. For more info., contact Joan at 860-4673 or Lynn at 893-3064.

WANTED: Fellow painters to get together bi-weekly for coffee and to discuss our work. Support each other’s creativity! Show your work. Meet at local downtown coffee shops. Call 6582976, if interested.

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: dragonheart vermont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: Fridays, 6-7 p.m. The Society of Friends Meeting House, 173 N. Prospect St., Burlington. Free.

Info, 479-0684. 12-step program designed to help women and men with depression, negative thinking or any mental/emotional problems.

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 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.

HEPATITIS C SUPPORT group: Second Thursday of each month.

McClure Multigenerational Center, 6-8 p.m. Those who have hepatitis, their friends and family members are welcome. 454-1316.

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/FtM-Femme world. For more info, contact Miss Morpheus at missmorpheus1 @yahoo.com.

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monday at 5pm PHONE 802.864.5684 FAX 802.865.1015 EMAIL classified@sevendaysvt.com DEADLINE

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CLASSIFIED 4EMPLOYMENT & BUSINESS OPP. LINE ADS: 75¢ a word.

4LEGALS: Starting at 35¢ a word.

4REAL ESTATE + WELLNESS: 25 words for $10. Over 25: 50¢/word.

4REAL ESTATE PHOTO ADS: 25 + photo, $50, until it sells.

4LINE ADS: 25 words for $10. Over 25: 50¢/word.

4DISPLAY ADS: $18.50/col. inch. 4ADULT ADS: $20/col. inch.

All line ads must be prepaid. We take VISA, MASTERCARD & cash, of course.

PER DIEM CRISIS CLINICIAN

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Seeking Master’s level Mental Health Clinician for mobile, psychiatric crisis team. Services are provided to adults in the community, office or over the phone. Excellent learning opportunity.

Must be flexible and have ability to cover all shifts.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

We know you’re out there!

We seek an experienced designer or standout Jr. designer who can manage projects to finish. Strong photoshop skills and web experience a plus. We offer diverse national projects, profit sharing, health benefits and a great team.

Send resume and cover letter to:

Pizzeria Counter Staff/Pizza Chef (experience with high volume production, full and part-time available)

Bread Baker (Saturday & Sunday, 4 am -11 am)

Jim Huitt, MA Howard Center 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401

Resumé by September 10, 2004.

Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY

Bakery Counter/Baker (Friday 3 pm - 8 pm, Saturday 12 pm - 8 pm) Benefits available. Apply at:

Junior’s • 6 Roosevelt Highway Colchester, VT 05446 • Call (802) 655-5555.

337 College St. Burlington, VT 05401

Coaching Vacancies AND YOU “JOIN THE EXCITEMENT!”

ESSEX H IGH S CHOOL

WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING INDIVIDUALS TO FILL VARIOUS POSITIONS.

• beauty advisors If you want to work where you’ll be constantly inspired, positively supported, and receive recognition for the contributions that you make, join our team. We offer all you would expect of an industry leader including: medical, dental, competitive wages, flexible work hours, a generous 20% shopping discount, and free parking. Other positions also available.

Please apply in person from 11-4 at the Human Resource Office at The Bon •Ton

We are now accepting applications for the following coaching positions for the 2004-05 school year:

Assistant Coach Varsity Girls Ice Hockey Pays $2504/winter season

Vasity Track Coach Pays $1926/spring season For additional information and to apply, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities).

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Education Coordinator Vermont

City of Burlington

FINANCIAL ASSISTANT I We are looking for an individual with a keen attention to detail to join our accounting team. This position performs a variety of accounting functions including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing. Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent and have two years of relevant accounting experience.

For a complete description, or to apply, contact Human Resources at 802/865-7145. If interested, send resumé, cover letter and City of Burlington Application by September 10th to:

HR Dept Rm 33 City Hall Burlington, VT 05401 Visit our website at www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us for an application form.

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

EOE

The Green Mountain Club is seeking an Education Coordinator. Primary responsibilities include Education and Outreach Program management and administration, coordinating workshops and special events; hiring and training seasonal staff; and supervising part of GMC’s world-famous summit caretaker program during summer and fall. 2-4 years working experience in education, outreach, and program development/ administration required. Experience in environmental education, trail work, and backcountry recreation preferred.

Knowledge of the Long Trail a big plus. For complete job description email julia@greenmountainclub.org.

To apply, send cover letter, resumé, and three references to: Green Mountain Club, Education Coordinator Search 4711 Waterbury-Stowe Road Waterbury Center,VT 05677 julia@greenmountainclub.org Deadline: 09/15/04.

Starting salary range: $20-25K depending on experience. EOE

employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | september 01-25, 2004 | 33B

EMPLOYMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Seeking P/T Director of Women’s Coalition of Burlington.

Salary: $13,520 a year.

• Excellent organizational/written & verbal communication skills • Demonstrated commitment to women and girls • Experience in fundraising and/or

community organizing a plus.

Please send cover letter & resumé to: WCB, P.O. Box 8324, Burlington, VT 05402-8324.

Deadline - September 7, 2004 Women of color, women with disabilities, members of the LGBTQQ community, or other cultural/ethnic minorities encouraged to apply.

NIGHT AUDITOR: Part-time, immediate opening, 10pm-6am, hotel customerservice experience needed, must have accurate basic math skills, enjoy working with the public and be able to work independently. Position requires attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks professionally. Interested applicants should apply in person to:

Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403

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

Shared Living Providers – Several Opportunities Howard Community Services has an ongoing need for flexible team players to provide homes and support to persons with developmental disabilities. Excellent tax-free compensation, training, and working with a supportive team provided. Must live in Chittenden County. Contact Kathy at 802-865-6173 for more information about these opportunities or for general information about this program.

Current Needs: • Very self-sufficient and likable woman in her 30s is looking for a roommate who will support her need to be independent as well as supporting her desire to learn new activities and meet new people. She is extremely pleasant to be around and would like to have positive influences in her life.

• Young-at-heart man in his 30s is looking for a home provider who loves physical activities such as bowling, Frisbee, basketball and fishing. He likes to be helpful by raking, sweeping and assisting with household responsibilities. Ability to be consistent and provide a structured environment required.

• A 58-year-old man who has a good sense of humor and enjoys going for rides and being out in the community is in need of a Shared Living Provider. This gentleman requires 1:1 support and personal care. Ability to be consistent and follow the support plan required.

• Sports and nature-loving man in his early 40s looking for a home provider who is open to trying new things and who enjoys a variety of activities. He loves to fish, watch sports, farm and go for hikes. Support provider should be good at setting boundaries and being flexible. He has daytime supports and is with a respite provider every other weekend.

• A woman in her 40s with Down’s syndrome who enjoys art, music and TV is in search of a caregiver. She goes to a day program in the a.m. and likes to spend the afternoon and evening either at home or in a low-key, relaxing environment.

On-Call Substitutes Opportunities to provide supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, teens and adults, in three HCS residential homes located throughout Chittenden County and one day program located in Burlington. On-call, variable hours. Paid orientation training. This program offers an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with HCS and sometimes provides a stepping stone to other employment opportunities. Contact Melissa at 802652-2123 for more information.

Residential Instructor Exciting 30 to 35-hour per week opportunity for a conscientious, detail, and team-oriented individual to work with other staff providing residential support and training to six developmentally disabled adults in basic living, vocational, social, and community activities.

Responsibilities also include personal care and household duties. Great compensation, benefits package, team support and training opportunities. Weekend overnight and evening hours. Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation a must. Send resumé to Alysia Rishforth or email AlysiaR@howardCenter.org.

Respite Care Provider(s) Needed Gregory’s is building a 43,000 square foot Drive-Thru Warehouse in Williston.

WE NEED HELP! If you have knowledge of and/or experience in:

• Building Materials • Warehousing • Sales Delivery • Vehicle Operation

Positions available now!

Send resumé to billc@gregorysupply.com, mail to PO Box 448 Burlington, VT 05402 or stop by our Burlington store at 315 Pine Street to pick up an application.

Exciting, ongoing respite opportunities! Provide active in-home and community supports to an engaging 17-year-old girl in Essex. Hours available include Monday 2:30pm 8:00 pm, Saturday shifts of 9am - noon and noon - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 6pm, and one weekend respite from Friday evening to Monday morning. She is creative, athletic and engaging and enjoys playing sports, Disney movies, and arts and crafts. Excellent and competitive pay for these opportunities, as well as access to a supportive team of care providers. Experience working with behavioral challenges preferred. Chris Pepin will be accepting calls on behalf of the family at 652-2162.

Specialized Community Support Worker Position supporting a man with developmental disability in the community for 20 hours per week (potential of 30 hours/week) doing activities such as woodworking, gardening and sports. Flexible weekday hours with benefits. Must be able to provide consistent expectations as well as support him in social interactions. Resumé and cover letter to Tracy Fisher or email TracyF@HowardCenter.org.

Specialized Community Support Worker Excellent part-time (20 hours a week) position available working with two children, ages 4 and 6. Hours are M-F from afternoon to early evening. Activities include picking them up from day care, free play with them and assistance settling in at home. The family lives in the Richmond/Huntington area. Reliable transportation required. Position has full benefits. Please send letter of interest and resumé to Jolene Lovejoy or email JoleneL@HowardCenter.org. *** EOE/TTY Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply ***

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Chittenden County Transportation Authority CCTA is now accepting applications for the following position:

Controller CCTA is seeking an experienced controller to handle all aspects of financial operations. Prepare annual budgets, quarterly reports and tax returns, manage cash flow and annual audit. This position supervises all general accounting functions including AR/AP, monthly reconciliation and various financial reports. Additional responsibilities include oversight of payroll processing and federal and state regulatory compliance.

A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or Management is required. Must have a minimum of 5 years relevant business and supervisory experience. Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills.

CCTA offers competitive wages and an excellent benefits package to full time employees. Please fax resume, cover letter and salary requirement no later than August 31, 2004 to (802) C • C • T • A 864-5564 or e-mail to sspangler@cctaride.org. CCTA CHITTENDEN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

COUNTY

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Building Energy Analyst CVCAC’s seeks a highly motived individual to join its Energy Diagnostics Team.

Duties include the inspection of homes for heating and electrical efficiency performing building diagnostics, testing of heating appliances, safety inspections of electrical and structural systems, writing of work scopes for contractors and inspection of contractor work. Applicants should be familiar with residential construction and energy conservation practices. Framing and construction experience is a plus, but willing to train right candidate. Physically demanding position requires a self-directed individual with excellent organizational and time management skills. Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle is necessary. Salary range from mid 20s to mid 30s, depending on experience. Excellent benefits package plus work incentive opportunities. Send a cover letter and resumé, which must be postmarked by September 8, 2004.

Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. Human Resources, 195 US Route 302-Berlin Barre, VT 05641, hr@cvcac.org Equal Opportunity Employer

employment@sevendaysvt.com • employment@sevendaysvt.com The Baird Center for Children and Families A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services

Mental Health School Consultant Two part-time (30 hours weekly) openings for creative, experienced mental health clinicians to provide consultation and training to schools. Position available immediately to provide consultation and training to the Burlington School District. Second position available in November and will serve as a consultant and trainer to schools throughout the county. Responsibilities include program development, needs assessment, marketing, significant report writing, direct consultation and training. Minimum qualifications include Master’s degree or higher in related field, 3-5 years experience serving children with emotional/behavioral challenges and expertise in consultation and training. Experience in a school setting essential. Tremendous opportunity to be a leader in the Baird Center’s efforts to provide consultation and training to the educational community.

Send cover letter and resumé to Betsy Cain.

School Social Work Opportunities Seeking experienced, flexible school social workers for the following positions in our school partnerships: • Full-time opening in our Burlington Attendance Project based at Edmunds Middle School serving middle and elementary age students and their families.

• Full-time opening at Essex High School in our Chittenden Central SU partnership – search re-opened • Part-time opening in the Milton High Alternative Program • Part-time opening at Porters Point Elementary School in our Colchester S.D. partnership MSW required or related Master’s degree as well as experience with schools, family outreach, crisis intervention, consultation, and strong collaborative abilities. Consider joining a program with a strong commitment to best practice for children and families, supervision and professional development.

Positions will begin upon identification of the best candidate and follow the public school calendar.

Send cover letter and resumé to Catherine Simonson.

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.

Production Coordinator Residential Insulation Work with local nonprofit to reduce energy costs and improve health, safety and comfort in homes of low-income Vermonters!

CVOEO Weatherization is looking for a Production Coordinator to lead a team of insulation crews and subcontractors in our northern regional office. Production coordinator oversees both staff and subcontractors, scheduling and providing quality control on 150-200 homes each year. Responsible for personnel management (hiring, training, review, etc.), subcontractor management, job scheduling, job inspections, job cost control, equipment purchasing and maintenance, vehicle maintenance, material inventory, material purchasing, etc.

Leadership skills and a team attitude essential. Experience in building construction and understanding of residential construction and mechanical systems necessary. Computer experience necessary. Work is out of our St. Albans office and ranges through Franklin, Grand Isle, and Chittenden counties.

Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation needed. Pay dependent on experience. Excellent benefit package. Send letter of interest and resumé by mail, fax, or email by September 17, 2004, to: CVOEO Weatherization Attn: Production Coordinator Search P.O. Box 1603 Burlington, VT 05402 FAX: 802-660-3454 EMAIL: cvws@cvoeo.org People of color and from diverse cultural groups are especially urged to apply.

CVOEO is an equal opportunity employer.

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EMPLOYMENT AME RICA N FLATB READ at the Marble Works is looking for the right person to lead the restaurant kitchen in Middlebury.

We are looking for someone with a high level of respect for food integrity and quality, a team player and someone who loves the excitement of a busy restaurant.

35-40 hours/week. Hourly compensation and benefits. C all B eea to in qui re abo ut jo ini ng ou r tea m of peo ple devo ted t o the fun an d art of fo od. ( 802) 388-3300.

PARK&SHUTTLE

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

Burlington International Airport

Burlington City Arts seeks a part-time (20 hours per week) assistant to the Development Director. Will provide data entry, manage membership program, assist with fundraising events and provide clerical and administrative support.

Seeking responsible, organized individual with database experience, editing and writing skills.

Send cover letter and resumé by email to apatten @ci.burlington.vt.us by Tuesday, September 7, 2004.

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employment@sevendaysvt.com • employment@sevendaysvt.com Shelter Staff

Part-time position and substitute/ overnight positions available in our Family Shelter. Responsibilities include working with families in shelter to maintain a safe and supportive living environment.

Strong communication and crisis management skills a must. Weekends required.

Engaging minds that change the world

Senior Fleet Mechanic Transportation and Parking Services Maintain the safety and mechanical condition of all Transportation and Parking Services vehicles to include schedule, oversee and perform the work of automotive mechanic. High school education plus four years of formal trades training and five to six years effective experience in automotive repair and supervision of others required, or an equivalent combination. Valid Vermont driver's license and Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or ability to obtain both and driver's check required. Initial and continued employment dependent on satisfactory results of alcohol and drug testing.

Bargaining Unit Position.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume and cover letter for #030650, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com. Tel: 802-656-3494 The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Send cover letter and resumé to: Heather Blondin, COTS P.O. Box 1616 Burlington, VT 05402 EOE

Gymnastics Coordinator

ESSEX J UNCTION R ECREATION & PARKS

Counseling Services of Addison County,Inc.

by Choice Hotels

We are looking for an instructor for our grades K-5 gymnastics program. Position is part-time, one day/week, approximately 3 hours/day. Successful candidate must be age 18 or older and have experience with gymnastics and working with youth.

Position pays $10.00/hour. For additional information, please call 878-1375. For consideration, please send letter and resumé to: Essex Junction Recreation and Parks, 75 Maple Street, Essex Jct., VT 0545 EOE

• FRONT DESK (7am-3pm or 3-11pm) • NIGHT AUDIT (11pm-7am) • HOUSEKEEPERS (8am-4pm) P/T or F/T positions available for friendly, motivated & responsible individuals to work at our fast-paced front desk. We offer: travel discounts, competitive wages, insurance and 401k. Apply in person at:

Comfort Inn 1285 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403

CRT (Community Rehabilitation and Treatment) Evergreen House Van Driver Immediate part time (15-20 hrs/wk) van driver needed to transport men and women with special needs. Candidate must possess excellent driving record and have great interpersonal skills. Patience and experience with special needs groups a plus. The Counseling Service of Addison County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please send letter of interest and/or resumé to: Lea Richards Morris, Counseling Service of Addison County 89 Main Street • Middlebury, Vermont 05753 or call 388-3468 and ask for Lea. Send email inquiries to leatricemorris@yahoo.com or fax 388-0447.

LEASING MANAGER Real Estate development and management company seeks an aggressive person to manage leasing activities for its portfolio of Class A office and retail properties. Manager will be responsible for lease negotiation, tenant communications, maintenance of lease abstracts, marketing and broker relations. Position requires the ability to think creatively. Applicants should be familiar with commercial lease terminology, possess excellent communications skills, able to work independently and enjoy challenges.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Access, is preferable. Occasional regional traveling may be required. Position pays competitive base salary plus commission. Please mail or fax resumé by September 7, 2004 to:

Facilities Coordinator

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT Resolution Inc., an e-commerce customer care and fulfillment services company, is currently seeking a detail-oriented individual for our Accounting department. This entry-level position requires basic computer skills for word processing and spreadsheet. Ideal candidate will have an aptitude for numbers and excellent organizational skills. Must possess strong interpersonal skills with co-workers and clients alike.

Two-year degree in accounting or business administration and/or two years experience preferred. Full benefits package offered.

Please send resumé and cover letter to:

Judge Companies 2 Market Street So. Burlington, VT 05403 Fax: 862-5828

Resolution, Inc. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 ATTN: Vice President - Finance email: jobs@resodirect.com No phone calls please.

Severn Trent Laboratories, a fast-paced, full-service Environmental Laboratory is looking for a Facilities Coordinator to join our team. We are seeking a mechanically inclined, highly motivated and energetic individual to provide day-to-day maintenance and repair of our building facilities, systems and equipment.

A high school diploma, mechanical repair skills and knowledge of plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems are required. The successful candidate will be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs and pushing up to 400 lbs on a service cart. Also required are a strong service focus, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritize work with minimal supervision.

STL provides a positive work environment, team atmosphere, competitive benefits package, 401(k) contributions, and a strong commitment to our employees.

Please submit cover letter and resumé to:

STL Burlington Attn: Tracee Nelson 208 South Park Drive, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 tnelson@stl-inc.com EOE M/F/D/V

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The Wolves Singing Heyokah Center for Multi/Cultural Urban Shamanism is seeking a talented individual to act as a booking agent, event coordinator, publicist and all around “Girl Friday.”

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• KITCHEN SUPERVISOR • COOKS • DISHWASHERS To work in a fast-paced restaurant, competitive wages and excellent work environment.

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Maplefields is looking for full and part-time all shifts sales associates to join our winning team. 3rd shift differential, health, dental, 401k, vacation and personal time. Competitive wages and holiday pay.

Maplefields • Chimney Corners Call Vinny (802) 893-6834 or (802) 236-5987 Maplefields • Essex Call Sandy (802) 872-1660 An Equal Opportunity Employer

Field Unit Supervisor Social Work UVM Department of Social Work seeks full time Field Unit Supervisor in St. Albans office of the VT Dept. of Children and Families. Nine month position supervising a field unit of MSW/BSW students and providing training and consultation to Vermont DCF staff. MSW and 3 years postMSW experience with at least one year in child welfare required, or an equivalent combination. LICSW highly desirable.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume and cover letter for #030642, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com. Tel: 802-656-3494.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Taft Corners Shopping Center, Williston • 879-9492

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Residential Mental Health Clinician: Clinician needed for intensive residential treatment program for adults who are considered to have mental illness and/or substance dependence. Part-time position with excellent benefits. BA/BS in related field required. Familiarity with behavioral treatment plans preferred. Submit resumé by September 10, 2004 attn: Julia Nixon Rice.

Substitute Residential Worker: Compassionate, dependable individuals needed to work as substitutes for all shifts including sleep and awake overnights working with adults who are considered to have mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Submit resumé attn: Lis Mickenberg.

Howard Center for Human Service 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 ** We welcome and encourage minorities, women and people with disabilities to apply. EOE/TTY ** Please visit www.howardcenter.org to see all current job opportunities.

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Spherion has a variety of temporary, intent-tohire, and direct placement positions with some of Vermont’s premier employers. Positions immediately available include: Office and Executive Admin., Accounting, Customer Service, Sales & Marketing, as well as assembly and manufacturing. Our clients are eager to meet you. Have resumé and positive attitude available. Spherion is proud to offer:

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Full & half-time AmeriCorps service positions available with nonprofit affordable housing & land conservation organizations throughout Vermont including Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, Middlebury, Morrisville, Waterbury, & West Rutland.

Commitment from 9/29/04 to 8/31/05. $11,611 stipend, $4725 education award, health benefits & diverse training opportunities. For more information or an application call 802828-3253 or email dean@vhcb.org.

Check out our website at www.vhcb.org/vcsp.html.

The Vermont Community Stewardship Program is a project of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. EOE

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT SEEKS HOUSING COUNSELOR FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP CENTER

Full-time Program Specialist (Burlington-based)

BCLT, a nationally recognized nonprofit specializing in the area of affordable housing and home buyer education, has an opening in the HomeOwnership department working out of our St. Albans center. This is an opportunity to work with a committed team of professionals assisting a wide spectrum of customers in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties by providing home buyer education services. The successful candidate will be personable, well organized and possess math and computer skills. Speaking to groups and being willing to master new material are also essential qualifications. A reliable vehicle and valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license is required.

BCLT is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.

Salary commensurate with experience. Competitive compensation package includes excellent health and vacation benefits.

Qualified applicants should submit cover letter with resumĂŠ by mail to Colin Bloch, Director of HomeOwnership, BCLT, P.O. Box 523, Burlington, VT 05402.

CHITTENDEN SOUTH SUPERVISORY UNION Williston School District FISCAL SERVICES ASSISTANT Immediate opening, 4 hours a day, full year position. Position will be working in the Business Office. Questions? Call 878-2762.

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES PROFESSIONAL/NURSE Immediate opening at Allen Brook School. This position is for the school year starting now. School day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6 hours a day, 189 days. Qualifications: 1) current Vermont license: RN or LPN with appropriate experience; 2) CPR certification required; 3) Community/family centered experience preferred.

For the above positions please apply online to www.schoolspring.com or mail a resumĂŠ and references to Williston Central School, Attn: Cid Gause, Williston, VT 05495.

Hinesburg Community School TITLE ONE TUTOR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Long-term Substitute Immediate opening for this fall semester. Apply online to www.schoolspring.com.

Questions? Please call Cheryl Eichen at 802-482-2106.

Seeking individual to work within a team setting and to provide support and service coordination to HIV+ individuals. Candidates must have life experience and/or working knowledge of HIV/AIDS and work from a non-judgmental, harm reduction model. Knowledge of mental health, housing and substance use issues essential, familiarity with area resources and systems ideal. Reliable transportation needed. Salary range: $25,000-$27,000; full health & dental insurance, excellent benefits; great working environment. All minorities (especially queer/gay men) strongly encouraged to apply. Send cover letter and resumĂŠ by Friday, 9/10 to:

Martha Tormey â&#x20AC;˘ Director or Services, Vermont CARES P.O. Box 5248 â&#x20AC;˘ Burlington, VT 05402 www.vtcares.org â&#x20AC;˘ HIV+ individuals encouraged to apply. EOE.

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Speech and Language Pathologist The Family Center of Washington County, a busy family support agency, seeks an experienced professional to fill the position of Speech and Language Pathologist with the Family, Infant and Toddler Program. Join our multidisciplinary team, which collaborates with area health, education and social service agencies serving babies and toddlers with special health and developmental needs.

Desired Qualifications: Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Speech-Language/ Communication, current ASHA Certification of Clinical Competence.

Three years direct experience providing communication/language services to children under the age of three with special needs and their families, including assessment and evaluation. Familiarity with Hanen Program and American Sign Language. Commitment to family-centered, collaborative service delivery. This position is 25 hours per week year round and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Send letter of interest, resumĂŠ, three reference names and copy of any appropriate licensure/certification by September 11, 2004 to:

Personnel Committee Family, Infant and Toddler Program The Family Center of Washington County 104 North Main Street Barre, VT 05641 EOE

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Immediate Opening The Vermont Institutes (VI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of education in Vermont, is seeking a highly motivated, well qualified Administrative Assistant to support the VI Mathematics Programs and the Vermont Mathematics Partnership (VMP) Project. Successful candidates will have an Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree, and/or 2-4 years experience in a professional office, possess excellent computer, organizational and interpersonal skills, and have demonstrated task and detail management abilities. Duties will include administrative support for the Mathematics Programs/VMP Project Director and staff, coordination of logistics for meetings and events, database and excel spreadsheet management, financial recordkeeping and reporting, filing/archiving and general office assistance as needed.This is a full-time, office-based position in Montpelier.

See Employment Opportunities section of the VI website (www.vermontinstitutes.org) for a complete job description and qualifications. Competitive salary and benefit package offered.

Competitive salary and applicable benefits commensurate with experience.

Send letter of introduction and resumĂŠ, by September 10, 2004 to:

VI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Administrative Assistant Alumni Hall, 45 College Street Montpelier, VT 05602-3146 The Vermont Institutes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Z$500 BONUSZ Dancers full and part-time. Club and show work, will train.

(802) 865-3933 Bus Drivers: If you enjoy working with the public and always being on the go, join our front line! CCTA is looking for full-time, CDL-licensed drivers (including Passenger Endorsement) with excellent customer service skills, a great driving record and a positive team attitude. Don’t miss your chance to make $12.50 per hour and more than $32,000 after your first year!

CCTA offers excellent wages and full time employees receive a full benefits package. Applications are available online at www.cctaride.org or call 864-CCTA. Please fax resume, cover letter C • C • T • A and application to (802) 864-5564 or e-mail to CHITTENDEN COUNTY humanresources@cctaride.org. EOE. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

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We need someone Monday thru Friday, hours 8:30am-5:30pm We are distributors of hi-tech parts all over the world. In business 24 years and still having fun. Small company setting, 11 people. We’re human; we know we work ‘cause we have to, so we try to keep that in mind. The sun does not rise and set on the company. Still it’s fun competing and beating the BIG GUYS! SALES Talk to buyers at factories and resellers. Help build friendships to get orders.

Salary plus commission after six months. Liberal vacation policy, more holidays than most! Light, bright, good music office. Insurance available.Call for appointment.

Lund Family Center, a Vermont Parent Child Center, helps children thrive by serving families with children, pregnant or parenting teens and young adults and adoptive families.

(802) 425-5800

COME JOIN OUR TEAM! We currently have openings for:

Part-time Fathering Specialist to coordinate and implement all aspects of fathering programs including Boot Camp for New Dads, parent education and playgroups for fathers. Experience working with children and parents a must.

Training, education, experience and ability to work autonomously and responsibly throughout Chittenden County required.

Respond with cover letter and resumé to: Karen BielawskiBranch, Director of Child and Family Services

Head Toddler Teacher Seeking a motivated, energetic person to supervise and implement all aspects of an early childhood classroom.

Qualifications: -BA in Child Development, or related field -2 years experience working with young children -2 years experience in a supervisory position

Part-time Infant Teacher Seeking a motivated, energetic person to join our infant team. Seeking someone to assist in providing care of and completing classroom tasks for children ages two weeks to eighteen months.

Qualifications: -AS in Early Education, or related field -2 years experience working with young children

Infant Teacher

EXCITING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY WITH NATIONAL LEADER IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING! The Burlington Community Land Trust’s HomeOwnership Centers have two AMERICORPS positions available.

Homeowner Services Representative (Burlington) and Education and Outreach Coordinator (St. Albans). These 11-month positions require a BA or related work experience, proficient computer and writing skills, clean driving record with access to a vehicle, basic math skills and a strong interest in providing service to the community.

Experience in housing, real estate, or banking is a plus. Benefits include an $11,611 stipend, $4725 educational award, health insurance and child care if state-eligible.

Call BCLT at 862-6244 for an application packet or visit www.vhcb.org and click on AMERICORPS for more info. EOE.

Employment Training Specialist (part-time) A challenging position in our Middlebury office. Requires ability to work with individuals having physical, developmental and mental health disabilities to motivate and support them in searching, finding and maintaining employment while overcoming barriers to work. Minimum qualifications include a high-school diploma, reliable transportation, good interpersonal and communication skills with a desire to learn.

Send a cover letter and resumé summarizing relevant experience and interest to:

Seeking a motivated individual to assist in providing care of and completing classroom tasks for children ages two weeks to eighteen months.

Qualifications: -AS in Early Education, or related field -2 years experience working with young children

Substitute Childcare Providers Substitute Childcare Providers: Seeking individuals who have experience working with children ages two weeks to thirty-six months.

Flexible hours.

We are looking for warm, caring, dedicated individuals with a passion for working with children and families.

Lund offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Please send your resumé to: (via US Postal or Fax: 802-864-1619)

Cait Phalen, Childcare Coodinator Lund Family Center 76 Glen Road Burlington, VT 05401 No phone calls please.

VABIR • 75 Talcott Rd. Suite 30 • Williston, VT 05495 • EOE

OUTSTANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITY Busy insurance company needs someone to personally learn all aspects of our business. That person must be able to make decisions, be of good moral character and be eager to learn. He or she will be involved in all areas of sales operation and could go into management. Sales experience will help, but is not necessary. We are primarily looking for attitude and personality. Many company fringe benefits available. Opportunity to earn up to $40,000 first year. This position offers unlimited upward mobility for someone who is a hard worker and determined to succeed. For scheduling a confidential interview, please call 866-879-5788. EOC. M/F/H RA 9000

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SERVICE TECHNICIAN Local plumbing and heating firm seeking service technician. Oil heat and propane gas installer certification a plus. Ideal applicant is a dependable individual who exercises problem-solving skills, has strong customer service skills and a clean driving record.

Competitive pay and attractive benefits package including 401K. Please send resumé to: Tim Ryan PO Box 6 Vergennes, VT 05491 or email tcryan@sover.net

The Children’s Garden INFANT/TODDLER TEACHER Reggio-inspired program serving infants, toddlers and preschoolers seeks dedicated Early Childhood professional to join our Infant/Toddler Team. Exceptional staff: child ratios, primary caregiving system, beautiful classrooms and 15 acres of field and forest to explore.

WE OFFER: progressive workplace, competitive salaries, generous paid leave and 100% health insurance. We require: inquisitive mind, open heart, gentle spirit, prior professional child care experience, interest in the Reggio Emilia approach, CDA/AA or BS in ECE, and long-term commitment to our program.

Part-time Part-time Part-time Part-time

Counter Help Cleaner Prep Person Baker position.

(will train right person) Apply in person:

Bagel Café • 1127 North Avenue Ethan Allen Shopping Center • Burlington

HOTEL BURLINGTON Pantry Cook Line Cook Room Cleaner Banquet Set-up Night Clerk, 3rd shift Morning Food Server Restaurant Banquet Server Reservationist We have many opportunities, as our many valued staff return to college. Full-time positions offer a full benefit package. Apply in person Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm.

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RESUMES TO: The Children’s Garden, 22 Meadow Drive, Morrisville VT 05661 Visits by appointment only, please.

Are you interested in: • Using your creativity & enthusiasam • Learning about the nonprofit world • Making a difference in your community If yes, then we want you for marketing and outreach to recruit volunteers from diverse populations throughout Chittenden County.

The ideal candidate should have: • Ability to work well in a team • Comfort with group presentations • Good verbal & written skills • Basic computer skills One-year AmeriCorps*VISTA position begins November 1st. Benefits include a $9500/year living allowance, basic health-care coverage and a $4725 education award.

Submit a resumé, letter of interest and two references

by Wednesday, Sept. 22 to: Holly Reed United Way of Chittenden County 95 St. Paul Street, Suite 210 Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 860-1677 holly@unitedwaycc.org Learn more about United Way at www.unitedwaycc.org

UWCC is an equal opportunity employer

We are seeking a highly motivated individual interested in joining our person-centered team, developing positive relationships and supporting individuals in achieving their goals and dreams.

CVS will provide trainings, benefits and ongoing supports.Various part-time and per diem shifts available. Great opportunity for individuals first entering the field of human services or for those looking to further their experience.

Supported Employment/ Education Assistant The Supported Employment/Education Assistant is responsible for providing assistance to consumers and the SE Coordinator, including job/volunteer development, skills assessment and training, and leadership of the Advocacy Group and Career Club.

This is part-time position.

Nursing Opportunity

United Way of Chittenden County United Way Volunteer Center AmeriCorps*VISTA Position Marketing & Outreach

Community Inclusion Facilitator

We are growing and looking for friendly, enthusiastic people to join our team!

Receptionist/Customer Service Entry-level, temporary position (4-6 months). Ideal candidate will work 15 hours/week (Mon - Wed, 9:00am - 2:00pm) with additional hours in Nov. & Dec. Greet visitors, answer phone, take orders and provide customer service for our mail order and wholesale customers. Pleasant phone personality, attention to detail, strong keyboarding, data entry and computer skills a must. Send resumé to Allyson Brown (sales@lakechamplainchocolates. com).

Retail Sales Clerks Seeking passionate chocolate lovers who enjoy working with the public and have a flair for merchandising. No experience necessary, but prior retail experience a plus. Part-time positions available in our Burlington & Waterbury stores. Stop by to complete an application or send resumé to Gary Coffey (gary@lakechamplainchocolates.com).

Packaging Team Members Entry-level, seasonal, full-time positions available.

Prior packaging or manufacturing experience a plus. Stop by to complete an application or send resumé to Curt Erikson.

750 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: 802-864-1806 www.lakechamplainchocolates.com

Exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to support adults with developmental disabilities.This position is up to 20 hours per week, with flexible hours.

Responsibilities would include training and monitoring of staff, general nursing oversight and advocacy for consumers. CVS offers a team-oriented environment, comprehensive training benefits and a competitive salary.

Shared Living Provider Opportunities Champlain Vocational Services is searching for a Home Care Provider to support a young man and to help him achieve independence in his life.This position requires patience, a commitment to equality, and a sense of humor. Experience with personal care a plus.

We are also seeking a non-smoking, active individual or couple interested in sharing their home with a young, energetic woman who would like to transition to adulthood. 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.

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 send your letter of interest and resumé to:

staff@cvsvt.org

655-0511

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Electrician ROOFERS & LABORERS Good wages & benefits Women & minorities encouraged to apply.

Apply in person at: A.C. Hathorne Co., 252 Ave. C, Williston, VT 862-6473

Unique in-home care position for woman with MS in Warren. Mellow family environment, part-time evenings and days available.

Please call Ashley at (802) 496-4170

Permanent Part-time Position (8-10 hr/wk)

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Toddler Head Teacher and Assistants.

Please call 985-1094.

Needed with ]commercial and residential experience.

Please call Joel.

(802) 527-7403 or (802) 343-1267

Looking for extra hours?

Reliable, motivated, mature individual for back-room clerk position. Evening and weekend hours a must! Apply in person at:

Kerry’s Kwik Stop, 249 St. Paul St. Burlington, VT 05401

Call 802-434-4569

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Now hiring full and part-time SERVERS. Please fill out an application in person at 4 Park Street, Essex Junction.

No phone calls please.

WANTED: Jericho Center

live-in caregiver for easygoing elderly disabled woman.

2-3 days/week. Must have homecare skills, Lifting/transfer required. Very nice setting.

Wages $400 for 3 days/week.

Call Peter 802-899-4008 eves/weekend.

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A 9-week training program for women. If you are interested in a Law Enforcement career with great pay and benefits now is the time to get started. The program is scheduled to begin October 4, 2004. For information, or to apply for this FREE training call Patti at Northern New England Tradeswomen, Inc. 1-800-639-1472 or (802) 878-0004 ext. 108

(802) 453-2432

GENERAL MANAGER The Plainfield Co-op has an immediate opening for a full-time General Manager. Experience in finances, retail/natural food sales, management, and Co-operative organizations. Please mail or email resumé and letter of interest to: Peter Young Hiring Committee 36 Hudson Avenue Plainfield, VT 05667 luddite@critterpost.com

Landscape Laborers needed. Full-time.

Hard-working.

Previous experience desirable.

Transportation required.

Call 434-4301.

Outdoor Works Landscaping

CALL PETE MCGUIRE,

802-660-8743

CHURCH STREET TOURIST INFORMATION BOOTH ATTENDANT Well-spoken, mature, people-person with knowledge of the Champlain Valley. Approximately 15-20 hours per week; some Saturdays a must. Now through October 15th. Availability for 2005 season a plus. The right person will love this job!

Cook/Chef

Days, strong culinary background required.

Host/Cashier

Part-time evenings, including weekends.

Libby’s Diner, 46 Highpoint Center Colchester, VT 05446 Please apply at:

Preschool and Infant/Toddler Teachers Milton Family Community Center is looking for preschool and infant/toddler teachers, part-time and full-time. Education and/or experience required.

Please contact:

Jennifer Golding, Teaching Director MFCC PO Box 619 Milton, VT 05468 EOE

BREAD BAKER We have an opening for a baking shift without typical “baker’s hours.”

If you enjoy hard, physical work and appreciate the satisfaction of making good food, we have a full-time job for you. We offer competitive wages and good benefits. Contact Randy at Red Hen (Waterbury)

244-0966 or randy@redhenbaking.com.

LANDSCAPE PERSONNEL Experience preferred.

Own transportation required.

Seasonal Work

Call 802-363-6139

BACK-ROOM CLERK

MANAGE DATABASE AND ASSIST WITH OFFICE AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. Mac platform. Computer savvy and competency with Microsoft Office and FileMaker Pro. Knowledge of Quickbooks Pro a plus. Pleasant, quiet work environment overlooking Catamount Woods in professional yet relaxed atmosphere. Ideal candidate will enjoy computer work and be reliable, self-disciplined and organized. References.

Footprints Preschool

Looking for

SALES PERSON. n Please call

985-0759.

Interested in confronting violence in your community?

Join the Domestic Abuse Education Project to become a part-time group facilitator in Burlington 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: DAEP Site Coordinator (CM) 31 Elmwood Ave. Burlington, VT 05401

DECONSTRUCTION CREW ReCycle North Building Materials Center Technic al Co or dinat o r

Project Harmony, an innovative, dynamic, international nonprofit organization, seeks a multidimensional Technical Coordinator.

This position is a full-time position based in Waitsfield, Vermont.

Responsibilities include development, administration and maintenance of PH online collaborative workspaces; training and troubleshooting for staff and program participants taking part in Internet-based projects and events; network administration; and serving as Webmaster for database-driven program and organizational websites.

Pl ea se visi t ht tp : //www.p rojec th armon y. org for comp let e job des crip ti on , qual ific atio ns s ough t, and ap pl icat ion in st ruct ions .

No phone calls please. EOE.

If you’ve got good construction skills and seek a meaningful way to put them to work, help ReCycle North expand its innovative program to dismantle buildings and divert materials from the landfill. Full or part-time positions.

Apply with cover letter and resumé or fill out an application in person.

WANTED: More meat in the form of a Web Programmer

ReCycle North 266 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 or bjohnson@recyclenorth.org

EOE

Join our interactive team as a part-time web programmer.

Working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, UNIX, ASP, MSSQL experience is preferred. Please forward cover letter, résumé and three references to: work@sharkinteractive.com.

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EMPLOYMENT Orange Center School Engaging minds that change the world

LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE 1.0 FTE

Physician Needed

Data Management Specialist Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office

â&#x20AC;˘ Immediate opening available for a full-time physician in Urgent Care/OccMed facility.

Provide data management maintenance, support and analysis and web site management in support of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Institutional Studies in the Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

Associate's degree in computer science, data management or related field and one to four years' related experience required, or an equivalent combination. Working knowledge of and experience with statistics and web design experience required.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume and cover letter for #030657, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com. Tel: 802-656-3494 The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Position is for grade 6 self-contained classroom through December 2004. Must be eligible for appropriate Vermont licensure. Please forward cover letter, resumĂŠ, transcripts, certification documents, and 3 letters of reference.

â&#x20AC;˘ Must be board certified with FP/ER experience and current Vermont License. â&#x20AC;˘ Full benefits package, competitive salary. â&#x20AC;˘ Enjoy your life again: no on-call, no weekends, no hospital call, flexible schedule.

Fax CV to 865-3626 Attn: Dr. Fitzgerald Email to: T.Fitzgerald@CVUrgentCare.com

CUSTODIAN 1.0 FTE Please forward cover letter, resumĂŠ, and three letters of reference.

Rich Jacobs, Principal, Orange Center School 357 U.S. Rte. 302, East Barre, VT 05647 â&#x20AC;˘ EOE

employment@sevendaysvt.com â&#x20AC;˘ employment@sevendaysvt.com

COOKS NEEDED One full-time position and one part-time position available. Must have one year experience. Experience with elderly a plus. Varied schedule.

Weekend rotation. Benefits available.

Call (802) 864-0264 for appointment.

St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home 243 North Prospect St., Burlington.

Come join our family!

iSYSTEMS Product Support Specialist

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

We have an immediate opening for a self-motivated organized person to join our Product Support Team to provide client service and support of our payroll software..

Essex Location Needs

Qualifications include strong customer service background with working knowledge of Windows applications. Payroll or financial experience is a must. Technical knowledge or Quality Assurance experience would be a plus. Must be willing to work evening hours on an on-going basis and work well within deadlines and under pressure..

Apply in person: 1 David Drive, Essex, VT

Please send salary requirements and resumĂŠ to:

Joel Gluck Operations Manager iSystems LLC PO Box 706 Essex Jct, VT 05453 joel@isystemsllc.com

Waitstaff â&#x20AC;˘ Cooks Drivers South Burlington Location Needs

Waitstaff â&#x20AC;˘ Cooks Drivers Apply in person 764 Shelburne Road, South Burlington Full & part-time benefits, flexible schedule.

Always seeking entry-level managers.

For YMCA after-school programs in surrounding towns, 15-20 hours/week. Must have experience with schoolage children. Y membership and training opportunities.

Call Julie at 862-9622.

School-Age Site Directors Energetic, organized persons to direct YMCA afterschool programs at Camelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hump Middle School and BFA in Fairfax. 22-27 hours/week. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in education or related field, experience with school-age children.

Competitive salary, training opportunities.

ResumĂŠ to:

Tricia Pawlik, 266 College St. Burlington, VT 05401, or call 862-9622.

EOE

Candidates must enjoy working with the elderly.

Interested candidates should fill out an application at:

Westview Meadows 171 Westview Meadows Rd. (Route 12 South behind Independence Green) Montpelier, VT â&#x20AC;˘ No phone calls, please.

Student Assistance Counselors CHITTENDEN COUNTY provide substance abuse prevention, early identification/intervention and referral. Grades 5-12; BA required, MS preferred. Apprentice Substance Abuse certificate eligible, CADC/ LADC preferred. Previous experience working with adolescents, with families/schools/or community systems preferred; self-motivated, independent and energetic; excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation/workshop experience. Letter and resumĂŠ:

AR, Spectrum Youth and Family Services 177 Pearl Street Burlington, VT 05401

EOE

EOE

PART-TIME STAFF Part-time After-School Assistants

Now hiring for: Cook â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 position Lead Waitstaff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 position Waitstaff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 positions Dishwasher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 position Resident Care Aides â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fill-in needed, all 3 shifts

We are seeking caring, dependable and fun-loving PART-TIME STAFF to help maintain our positive and supportive childcare program, anytime between the hours of 7:30-5:30.

LUNCH COOK A LUNCH COOK is also needed from 11:001:00 daily. Early childhood background helpful, but not a must. Students and mature adults are welcome here.

TRINITY CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CENTER Please contact Maureen or Robin at (802) 846-7131 34 Fletcher Place Burlington, VT 05401 Trinity College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Minorities are encouraged to apply

Educational Team Member Sterling Area Services, Inc. seeks a qualified individual to join a collaborative educational team supporting a twelve-year-old boy with autism in both school and community settings. This benefited position is full-time and offers excellent training opportunities.

Interested applicants should have a valid Vermont operatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and a reliable, insured vehicle. Position requires some lifting. Apply to: Attn: Melody Plante Sterling Area Services, Inc. PO Box 1207 Morrisville, VT 05661 Or fax to: (802) 888-1182 Position #086

EOE

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT BA RT E N D I N G S C H O O L

TOURISM SPECIALIST Positions available both full and part-time for motivated, multitasking individuals who enjoy working with the public. Duties include, but aren’t limited to: brochure stocking and cleaning, both inside and out.

Please send your resumé to: Dist. Area Supervisor, Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce • 60 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: 802-863-1538, Email: sandypres@adelphia.net

employment@sevendaysvt.com

FULL-TIME RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGER Immediate opening: Full-time rental property manager for nonprofit affordable housing agency. Responsibilities include lease-ups, compliance, rent collections, referral of tenants to social services agencies as appropriate and oversight of maintenance. Will also assist in development and oversight of budgets and assets management. Excellent benefit package, salary commensurate with experience. Resumé and three references to: Personnel, ACCAG PO Box 165 Middlebury, VT 05753 EOE

is seeking part-time retail help. Flexible hours.

Wine knowledge helpful but not required.

FAX RESUMÉ TO 865-9435 OR PICK UP AN APPLICATION AT 133 ST. PAUL ST.

WANTED:

Live-in Caregivers Men and Women

Full-time & Part-time

You choose what days to work and what days to have off!

COUNTER POSITIONS AVAILABLE • Starting at $8.00/hour + tips • Dependability a must

Meet friendly seniors in their homes while assisting with simple daily living activities.

Earn a good salary, have your own room, and food provided by client.

To inquire, please call:

Contact us at

802.872.2616 Please ask for Tad, our manager.

m BAGEL MARKET 30 Susie Wilson Rd. Essex, VT 05401

GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE

802-862-4038

employment@sevendaysvt.com

Experienced cook for home-cooked noon meal with planned menu, 30 to 40 people, out by 2:00 p.m. Call 985-2472 for job description and application.

Greater Rutland area, established territory.

Base salary plus commission and benefits.

Rich Jacobs, Principal, Instructional Assistant Search Orange Center School, 357 U.S. Route 302 East Barre, VT 05649 EOE

Send resumé to: VBM 2 Church Street Burlington, VT 05401 or email john@vermontbiz.com

Orange North Supervisory Union Now accepting substitute teaching application for the following schools; Orange Center School, Washington Village School, Williamstown Elementary, and Williamstown Middle High School. Pay rate is $65.00 per day. Qualified candidates will have a minimum high school diploma. Send letter of interest and resumé to:

Substitute Teacher Search, Orange North Supervisory Union 111 Brush Hill Road, Williamstown, VT 05679 EOE

Are you interested in becoming an LNA? Put your health-care career in motion and get ahead by training with us! Professional Nurses Service is offering a Licensed Nursing Assistant training class starting October 11, 2004.

Deadline for application is September 17, 2004.

To learn more or register, call Priscilla today!

(802) 655-7111 or 1-800-446-8773

After-School Program Staff Bi-State Primary Care Assoc., a small nonprofit membership organization of primary health-care safety-net providers based in Concord, NH and Montpelier, VT, is seeking a full-time position:

PHYSICIAN RECRUITER – VERMONT RECRUITMENT CENTER Please visit www.bistatepca.org for organization information, position description and requirements.

ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANT FOR 504 STUDENT

Please send cover letter, resumé, transcripts, certification documents if applicable, and three letters of reference to:

www.bartendingschool.com

ADVERTISING SALES REP.

Orange Center School

Seeking unique individual who is motivated, fun, and flexible, to provide personal care to an exceptionally brilliant 8th grade boy with physical challenges. Oneyear position with long term possibilities, potentially extending into high school. This is an opportunity to work with a delightful young man. Associates degree or equivalent preferred. Training provided with mentoring.

1-888-4drinks

Weekend Cook

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS NEEDED

employment@sevendaysvt.com

n Hands-on Training n National Certification n Job Assistance

Contract Community Support Worker Looking for person to work with a man who is confined to a wheelchair and requires 24-7 coverage. He enjoys going to the gym, bowling, music lessons, arts & crafts, puzzles, the library, watching football and actionpacked movies. The ideal person would have experience in the personal care field, LNA preferred, and willing to learn sign language. Team is willing to train the right person. Come join a dynamic team with lots of support.

Please contact Gordon Robtoy at 868-3523 x225.

NCSS, HR Dept., 107 Fisher Pond Rd., St. Albans, VT 05478 E.O.E.

Help provide social, educational, artistic and recreational activities for a diverse population of youth in grades K-9. The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington is looking for energetic, experienced, creative staff to work in our After-School Programs. Part-time positions include Assistant Site Coordinator and Group Assistants. Applicant must be CPR and First Aid Certified. Send resumé and 3 letters of recommendation to: The Boys & Girls Club, c/o Shannon Dixon, 62 Oak Street, Burlington, VT 05401.

EOE

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EMPLOYMENT Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friendly and beautiful community-owned downtown grocery store is hiring for a key management position as well as some important operational positions. Join the City Market team and work in a thriving, fun and diverse workplace!

UTILITY CLERK Cleaner with six months experience needed to keep our store sparkling clean.

Part-time AMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

FLORAL STOCKER We are looking for a mature self-starter to keep our floral displays fully stocked and beautiful. Excellent customer service skills required and a floral background strongly preferred. Part-time.

PREPARED FOODS We are currently recruiting for a number of part-time positions in our prepared foods department. Qualified candidates must be reliable with flexible schedules, solid work history and six months kitchen experience strongly preferred.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE COORDINATOR Keep our vendors happy by quickly and accurately processing payments on approved invoices. You will work closely with our staff in the Receiving and Buying departments to allow for the smooth flow of information while you maintain accurate vendor information, reconcile vendor invoices, handle vendor inquiries. Two years accounts payable, bookkeeping or related experience required. Part-time.

City Market offers fantastic benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement plan, paid time-off, mass transit reimbursement and much more! EOE.

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.

KEY ACCOUNTS DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE The Key Accounts Dealer Service Representative will handle all communications with the largest dealers in North America by providing information in an accurate, timely and professional manner.

The Key Accounts Dealer Service Representative must communicate a sincere desire to provide high-quality service. This person is responsible for forming and maintaining excellent working relationships with the Key Accounts dealers. The right candidate must possess excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills, have a good understanding of all Burton brands, and have an ability to understand the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and to recognize and capitalize sales opportunities. This person will take a proactive approach to servicing our top dealers and drive the level of service for the department as a whole.

A Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree is preferred and at least two years of customerservice experience is required. This person must be detail-oriented and have the ability to learn new skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. Knowledge of Microsoft applications is necessary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially Excel. Familiarity with web navigation, and an affinity for problem solving is also valuable. The ability to work a flexible shift in a fast-paced environment with constantly changing demands is required. A demonstrated commitment to providing a superior level of customer service is absolutely necessary. French-speaking applicants are encouraged to apply.

To Apply â&#x20AC;&#x201C; send cover letter & resumĂŠ to jobs@burton.com ASAP.

Please come by the store and pick up an application from the Customer Service Desk or send your resumĂŠ to:

CITY MARKET Attention: Human Resources

Onion River Co-op

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 health-club reimbursement, all in a fun and casual atmosphere.

82 S. Winooski Ave. Suite 2 Burlington, VT 05401 Jobs@citymarket.coop

employment@sevendaysvt.com â&#x20AC;˘ employment@sevendaysvt.com MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS OPEN

d Case Manager based in Westport and traveling countywide. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree plus a minimum of one year experience in a human service field. Starting annualized salary: $19,583-$22,768 (Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) or $25,000-$27,554 (Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) dependent upon experience.

Intensive Case Manager based in Westport and traveling countywide.

Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in a human service field plus four years experience minimum providing direct services to people with psychiatric disabilities. Starting annualized salary: $26,644-$30,648 (Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) or $30,000-$34,543 (Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) dependent upon experience.

Job Coach (part-time) based in Westport and traveling countywide. High school diploma or equivalent and two years of experience in human services or other related work. Starting hourly rate: $7.18-$10.18 dependent upon experience.

Receptionist (part-time, temporary) based in Westport. High school diploma or equivalent. Starting hourly rate: $7.18-$10.18 dependent upon experience.

Volunteer Drivers needed to transport individuals to appointments, etc.

Mileage is reimbursed at $0.36 per mile.

Personal knowledge of the mental health system as a consumer is an asset. Clear verbal skills and ability to LISTEN are requirements. Understanding of, and commitment to, the empowerment of people is a necessary prerequisite. People with disabilities strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with supervisory experience, MSWs and RNs are also encouraged to apply. Submit resumĂŠ, cover letter and three professional references to:

Executive Director MHA in Essex County, Inc. 6096 NYS Route 9N Westport, NY 12993 EOE

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT

Sandwich Maker

Management positions available. Must have prior restaurant management experience.

Apply in person only at VT Sandwich Company Pearl Street • Essex Junction

Warehous e ~S eas onal Pos itions Now Available~

Looking for a go-getter who

We are seeking candidates for our busy pick, pack and ship operation. Warehouse experience is preferred or a minimum two years of applicable employment. These are four to six month seasonal positions.

Experience unnecessary but great people skills and motivation are a must. A fun working environment, free lunch and the best customers in town. Unlimited growth opportunity.

To apply: Please stop by to complete an application at: 166 Boyer Circle in Williston

can serve with a smile.

Apply in person, 152 Battery Street, Burlington.

Skis Dynastar 166 Boyer Circle Williston, VT 05495

EOE/MFH

Seasonal Accounting Clerk R acing and Promotions , S ervice Center and Cus tomer S ervice ~S eas onal Pos itions ~ We are seeking candidates for 3, six-month positions and 1, four-month position beginning mid-S eptember and midNovember, respectively.

All positions will provide telephone, mail and e-mail support to specific groups including consumers, dealers, shop employees, racers, pros and coaches. The race position offers an interesting opportunity to work directly with pro and expert skiers.

Qualifications include: customer service experience, knowledge of skiing and ski products, excellent written and oral communication skills, and solid abilities with MS Word, Excel, e-mail and the Internet.

The six-month S ervice C enter position ski/snowboard tuning and technical skills.

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Tubbs Snowshoe Company is seeking a detailoriented, highly motivated and multitasked individual to join our accounting team until February-March of 2005. Duties include A/P, A/R and reconciliations. Associate’s degree or equivalent experience required. Send resumé and cover letter indicating salary requirements to: Tubbs Snowshoe Company Attn: Human Resources 52 River Road Stowe, VT 05672

Attention College Students!

Need a part-time job and want to make a difference? Substitute positions available in a variety of child-care settings.

Gain valuable experience, earn extra income and touch the life of a child. Opportunities for training and certification available. Send resumé and cover letter to: Michelle Parent, 181 Commerce St., Williston, VT 05495.

A National Real Estate Appraisal Firm is seeking aggressive individuals interested in pursuing a rewarding career in property appraisal throughout the Northeast.

Entry-level position. On the job training.

Benefit package. No previous R.E. experience required. Background check is necessary.

A high school education, neat appearance, reliable transportation, a willingness to learn and perform are the only requirements for success and growth with the company.

Call 1-802-865-5894 for a personal interview.

To apply: please email resume and cover letter to jobs@dynastar.net or mail to: Attn: Human Resources, P.O. Box 466, Williston, VT 05495 Skis Dynastar 95 Winter Sport Lane Williston, VT 05495

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OFFICE MANAGER/PERSONAL ASSISTANT needed for small architectural firm/furniture gallery in beautiful Stowe village. Flexibility, self-motivation, strong organizational skills, basic accounting knowledge, ability to work independently, and proficiency with MS Office suite, QuickBooks, and Macintosh are required. Project and personal support in addition to general duties.

Diverse work with flexible hours.

Send resumé with cover letter to:

GKW WORKING DESIGN • PO BOX 1214 • STOWE, VT 05672

PART-TIME BAKER Experience preferred. Early morning, 5 am1 pm, 3 to 4 days/week. Good pay, generous store discounts and free lunch. Call Karyl at 985-2000 or apply in person, across from Shelburne Museum.

Harrington’s 5597 Shelburne Road, Shelburne

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Looking for the best staff? Reserve an ad with michelle@sevendaysvt.com.

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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.

Regional Admissions Recruiter This position works with the regional admissions team to recruit students for the education programs including; Associate’s degrees in culinary arts, baking and pastry, food and beverage management, Bachelor’s degree in food and beverage management and our certificate programs on both Vermont campuses.

The Regional Admissions Recruiter coordinates all recruitment efforts in the region including appropriate follow-up of all leads generated that may result in increased enrollment. Recruitment focus is in New Hampshire, Maine, Western Massachusetts and other regions as needed.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience must include sales, food and beverage or education. Must be comfortable giving small group presentations and motivated to work independently. Ideal candidate will live in a 100-mile radius of Manchester, New Hampshire. To apply for this position please send resumé and letter of interest to nicolec@neci.edu.

Adjunct Instructor – Computers Instructs the computer course for the AOS Program Mod I. Evaluate student performance and provide both written and verbal feedback to the program directors and students. Attend teacher training/faculty meetings as necessary and appropriate, and communicate regularly with program directors in terms of curriculum planning. Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university, ideally in computer science; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Please send resumé and letter of interest to greatjobs@neci.edu.

Waitstaff/Host NECI Commons is seeking high-energy, enthusiastic individuals. Experience a plus but willing to train the right individuals. Competitive wages and excellent benefits! Apply in person at NECI Commons, 25 Church St., Burlington, Vermont.

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

ACCOUNTANT Pine Ridge School is seeking an Accountant to supervise the business office’s day-to-day activities and oversee billing, accounts receivable, cash, payroll, personnel records, benefits enrollment and administration, monthend reconciliation, and financial statement preparation. This position reports to the Business Manager and supervises the accounting specialist.

This opportunity offers a friendly work environment, casual dress code, competitive pay and an excellent benefits package including a full flex plan, long-term disability, retirement plan, life insurance, paid vacation, sick and personal time. Pine Ridge School is an educational community committed to assisting adolescents with learning disabilities to define and achieve success throughout their lives.

Desired Education and Experience Include: either an AS or BS in Accounting with a minimum of four years of applicable experience and knowledge of personal computers and accounting software. Fund accounting experience is desirable.

Please submit letter of interest and resumé to: Pam Blum 9505 Williston Rd Williston, VT 05495 FAX at 802-434-6938 email: pblum@pineridgeschool.com • EOE • No phone calls, please.

employment@sevendaysvt.com • employment@sevendaysvt.com PROGRAM DIRECTOR Senior management position with small and growing national renewable energy nonprofit located in Montpelier, Vermont. Plan, market, direct and manage technical program functions of the organization. Primary areas of responsibility include: planning of technical program initiatives in a variety of biomass energy areas; assisting in supervising the work of technical and project staff and contractors; marketing program services to state and federal agencies and other client groups; carrying out project work and project management in a variety of technical biomass energy areas; and working as part of the senior management team of the organization.

Qualifications: Requires demonstrated expertise in the planning and implementation of successful, technically oriented energy initiatives. Must have strong technical background and be knowledgeable about and have in-depth technical experience and quantitative skills in biomass energy (preferable), renewable energy or energy efficiency. Knowledge or experience in forestry and wood fuel supply issues helpful. Experience in supervision of technical or project staff highly desirable. Project management experience in implementing energy projects highly desirable. Experience in marketing and promoting renewable energy or energy efficiency desirable. Desirable characteristics include: an entrepreneurial approach; creativity; flexibility; multitasking skills; excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills; effective team leader and team player; and a good sense of humor. Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point at a minimum. Requires a Bachelor’s degree (minimum) – six years of senior energy program planning experience may be substituted. A candidate with a PE license or advanced degree will receive additional consideration.

Deadline is September 17, 2004. Please send resumé to:

Biomass Energy Resource Center, Attn: Linda Winter P.O. Box 1611, Montpelier, VT 05601 BERC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

BUILDING AND PROPERTY MANAGER We are seeking an experienced and licensed Building and/or Property Manager to oversee and facilitate the day-to-day maintenance of our 8000 sq.ft. property and grounds.

This individual will be responsible for the daily upkeep of building maintenance and upkeep of outside property including mechanical, electrical, plumbing septic and control systems. Develop/manages outside vendor contracts as deemed necessary to maintain property preservation. Coordinates procurement of equipment, supplies and material, ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal codes, laws, standards and regulations, hands-on experience and/or in-depth knowledge dealing with HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and control systems within the total framework of building maintenance. Knowledge of OSHA, MSDS, Safety and Security issues is desirable.

This is a “hands-on” position additionally responsible for the supervision of our part-time custodial staff and one per diem maintenance helper. We require that this individual be accessible 24/7 via pager to handle emergency situations that may occur and respond by contacting the necessary parties to act in response to such emergency circumstances.

This position requires specific vocational knowledge and technical expertise in a variety of areas. A license in HVAC, electrical and plumbing is desirable. A license to operate Transit non-community and non-transit non-community water wells is preferred. In addition, the individual must have seven (7) years progressively responsible experience in building systems, project and grounds maintenance as well as three (3) years supervisory experience. This is a management position requiring a minimum of 30 hours per week reporting directly to the Executive Director.

Interested parties should send their letter of interest with resumé to: C. Paquette, Director Human Resources ACHH&H PO Box 754 Middlebury, VT 05753 For more information call (802) 388-7259. EOE