Thursday, January 3, 2018

Letting go

Going strong

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After more than 30 years working in watercolors, this artist gets a new palette. See Arts + Leisure.

This Middlebury couple will celebrate 75 years of marriage this weekend. See Page 10A.

Three tournaments kept local high school grapplers busy over the holidays. See Sports, Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

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Vol. 73 No. 1

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

After a year, Brandon panning out for Olivia’s Expansion pays off for crouton maker

By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The sweet aroma of fresh bread sprinkled with garlic and Italian spices surrounds the area around Olivia’s Crouton factory like a comfortable blanket. Inside, three industrial-size ovens are hot and ready while hundreds of pounds of croutons are being seasoned, packaged and readied for shipping.

“There aren’t F r a n c i e W i l l i a m s that many of C a c c a v o , us making founder and croutons CEO of Olivia’s around the Croutons, says country most people … That’s around Brandon p r o b a b l y created an know the story opening for of Olivia’s us.”

Croutons; after — Francie all, it’s written Williams on every box Caccavo, she ships out to Olivia’s stores.

Croutons CEO But in case a few don’t know, here’s the skinny: She named the company after her daughter when she started making croutons in her kitchen in 1991 at their home in Bristol. The croutons were so popular that she expanded — first into a barn in New Haven, then into manufacturing space in Middlebury.

And expand again, last year, into a 45,000-square-foot facility in Brandon next door to the Neshobe Elementary School on Route 73. It is their fourth location since the first loaf of bread was baked.

Olivia’s makes between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds of conventional bread a day and 800 to 1,200 pounds of gluten-free bread. They package and ship large bags of croutons to fast-casual restaurants, single-serve packages used in school cafeterias, and boxes for sale in grocery stores across the country.

Caccavo admits that Vermont is not the most centrally located place for shipping croutons all over the country, but Vermont’s brand is (See Olivia’s, Page 12A)

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Plastic bag ban is gaining steam

Petitioners eyeing Middlebury ballot

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — A proposed ordinance banning single-use plastic bags in Middlebury may soon go before the town’s voters. But first it has to go through the selectboard.

Because of environmental concerns around flimsy plastic bags used mostly in shopping, efforts to ban them have grown in recent years, with residents in two Vermont towns already outlawing them.

Middlebury resident Amy McAninch, Middlebury College student Amelia Miller and New Haven resident Maggie Eaton began collecting signatures for their petition in June, and say they probably have more than enough to ask the board to put the question on Middlebury’s Town Meeting Day ballot.

“More than 80 percent of the people we approached in Middlebury signed the petition,” Eaton said.

Middlebury residents use an estimated 4.5 million of these bags annually, costing local retailers $180,000. Green house gas emissions from making and shipping these bags amount to more than 120 metric tons a year, according to an online calculator referenced by Eaton and McAninch.

“The mass consumption of plastic products has created a plastic wasteland in our rivers, lakes, and oceans,” organizers said in a flyer they distributed around town. “No matter where they are released in the environment, plastic bags are so light that wind and water carry them into rivers, clogging storm drains and damaging infrastructure on their way to become lake and ocean pollution.”

The movement to ban plastic bags in Middlebury has earned the support of 12 local businesses so far, along with environmental nonprofits such (See Plastic bag, Page 11A)

Cornwall hamlet plan is reduced to 10 units

AT THE OLIVIA’S CROUTONS plant in Brandon last month founder and CEO Francie Caccavo and an employee inspect packages coming off the assembly line for school lunch programs nationwide.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

By JOHN FLOWERS CORNWALL — Applicants for a major new subdivision in West Cornwall have filed a revised plan with the town calling for 10 new residential units instead of the 19 originally requested early last year.

The Cornwall Development Review Board on Thursday, Jan. 10, will review a preliminary plan

by Beaver Brook Properties LLC to create a 14-lot subdivision that would ultimately host 10 homes on a small portion of a former 166-acre farm located directly northeast of the intersection of Route 74 and North

Bingham Street.

Cornwall residents Churchill Franklin and Matt Bonner are proposing the so-called “West Cornwall Hamlet,” shaping up as one of the largest the local DRB has ever reviewed. The two business partners bought the land — which spans the West Cornwall and Low Density Residential zoning districts — from the Bingham Estate for $850,000 on May 26, 2017.

Bonner said he and Churchill decided to pare back their plan in response to some area neighbors (See Cornwall, Page 11A)

HOPE ready for building By the way renovations Middlebury police officers’ rounds on Christmas Day included delivering gifts to 16 families in Middlebury, Bristol and Starksboro. All gifts were made possible through donations from individuals, according to one of Santa’s helpers, Middlebury Police Detective Kris Bowdish.

Contributors made good use of collection boxes at the Middlebury Police Station, the town offices, and at Agway and Aubuchon Hardware. Bowdish said Agway and Aubuchon have been “amazing” supporters of the program through the years.

If you’re interested in serving (See By the way, Page 3A)

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But services wil go on at 282 Boardman St.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — People who work at and receive services through the Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) Community Services Building at 282 Boardman St. face around three months of construction upheaval. But officials of the social services nonprofit believe the payoff will make the temporary inconveniences worthwhile.

Workers on Jan. 10 are scheduled to begin more than $700,000 in renovations to the 20-year-old structure, all aimed at making the building more comfortable and client-friendly.

“This space worked when the building opened in 1999, but we’ve grown,” said HOPE Executive Director Jeanne Montross. “We were serving around 150 people per month at the food shelf back then, and now it’s closer to 700 people a month.”

The upgrades have been in the works for more than a year and are made possible through a successful fund drive recently undertaken by the HOPE board, according to Montross. HOPE runs the county’s largest food shelf, a resale shop, and programs that provide food, clothing (See HOPE, Page 12A)

Happy Noon Year!

TEDDY, AGE 3, TILLY, 20 months, and their moms Anne Hopkinson, left, and Janelle Higdon celebrate the coming of 2019 at a Countdown to Noon-Year Party on Monday at Middlebury’s Ilsley Library, where kids too young to stay up for the ball drop cheered the coming of the new year exactly 12 hours early. Kurt Broderson snaps a fun photo in “New York City’s Times Square” to memorialize the event.

Independent photo/Steve James

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Waltham eyes moves to aid housing, forest New zoning could boost affordability

ONE OF THREE reactor tanks at Middlebury’s wastewater treatment plant was emptied this past summer for inspection. The plant, which was built in 2000, is currently undergoing a state-mandated evaluation to determine what upgrades are necessary.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

Upgrades loom for Middlebury sewer plant 20-year review will lead to big project

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — A consultant is helping the town of Middlebury plan for what could be a multi-milliondollar upgrade to its 18-year-old wastewater treatment plant. It’s all part of 20-year review that the state of Vermont requires of all municipal wastewater facilities.

Middlebury’s current treatment plant is located at 243 Industrial Ave. It replaced the former plant off Seymour Street, which now hosts a pumping station and the Middlebury police headquarters. The new facility was equipped with some of the best technology of the day, allowing it to process sewage sludge and handle considerable waste flow from homes, business and some of the town’s top industries — including Agri-Mark/ Cabot, Vermont Hard Cider, Otter Creek Brewing and Aqua ViTea. Bob Wells, Middlebury’s wastewater superintendent, explained the wastewater equipment is being worked hard, much of it around the clock. This has led to some equipment wearing out, and the technology is advancing to a point where replacement parts for older systems are becoming scarce.

“We’ve had a drum go on one of our belt presses, we’ve had some heaters go and we’ve seen flights wearing down to a point where the whole flight mechanism will have to be replaced,” Wells said. “We’re talking large expenditures.”

The flight mechanism helps remove grit in the wastewater treatment process.

Middlebury’s wastewater facility is classified as an “activated sludge treatment plant” that uses sequencing batch reactors to biologically treat the waste and remove phosphorus content. The facility then uses ultraviolet technology to disinfect the effluent prior to discharging it into the Otter Creek in accordance with state and federal permits.

While the state won’t prescribe upgrades to Middlebury’s plant until 2020, Wells and other town officials want to be proactive in defining the

project well in advance. Helping the who might grow their families community through this process will and businesses, but also any new, be the Burlington-based company major industries that might settle in Tata & Howard. Its engineers are Addison County’s shire town during scrutinizing Middlebury’s entire the coming years. wastewater treatment The “organic load process, and will point “We’ve a good capacity” of the plant out potential areas of is measured in pounds handle on improvement.

They of BOD (Biological issued a preliminary what’s going on Oxygen Demand). The report on their progress and what needs plant was designed in earlier this month.

2000 for an influent to be replaced, “We’ve a good so we thought it BOD loading of 8,802 handle on what’s going would be a good pounds, and the facility on and what needs to be has been running at replaced, so we thought idea to start around 63 percent of it would be a good idea the evaluation that capacity based on to start the evaluation study at this a five-year average, study at this point,” point.” according to the Tata Wells said.

— Bob Wells & Howard preliminary It’s not all about engineering report. repairs and improvements; it’s also “We still have some organic load about future economic development to allocate to industries, but it’s opportunities for Middlebury. getting smaller,” Wells said. “We Local officials want to make sure want to make sure we’re ahead of the wastewater plant maintains the game, so that if there’s another enough reserve capacity to not industry that comes into town, we’re only accommodate current clients going to be able to assist them,”

Wells said.

How can that be done? Here are some facility improvements that wastewater staff and engineers have been floating: • A primary clarifier, which would remove around 30-40 percent of the organic load coming into the process. So a clarifier would allow the Middlebury plant to allocate 12,000 pounds of BOD instead of the current 8,802.

• An anaerobic digester, which — like Green Mountain Power’s “Cow Power” program — would manufacture energy from waste while at the same time creating a fertilizer byproduct.

• A more efficient de-watering process for the waste that enters the facility.

“I expect the whole process to be changed out for the bio-solids,” Wells said. “It will be a different type of de-watering, compared to the current process involving a beltfilter press.”

(See Plant, Page 3A)

MIDDLEBURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT Plant Superintendent Bob Wells talks during an open house tour last August about how the facility separates solid waste from water. He said the facility produces about 4,900 tons of wet waste annually; all of it ends up fertilizing soy fields at the Adams Farm in Panton.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY including the city of Vergennes in WALTHAM — The Waltham the conversation,” Tebbs said. “In Planning Commission is studying the future, long-range planning, if ways of amending town zoning to Waltham wanted to provide smaller allow more affordable housing on lots, more affordable lots that are Maple Street near Vergennes and in walking distance of downtown to protect more forest and wildlife Vergennes, they could do so where habitat, mostly around Buck Vergennes and Waltham meet on Mountain.

Maple Street.”

Planners’ work comes on the However, McKnight Lane heels of an August rewrite of town is a pre-existing, small-lot use zoning that according to within what is now a Planning Commission “What we’re Waltham agricultural Chairman Phil Nowell trying to do is zoning district with a dealt with mostly 10-acre minimum for make sure that technical issues and a housing lot. Tebbs brought the laws into just reducing the and planners agree a compliance with many acreage doesn’t change in zoning is provisions of Waltham’s result in a necessary to encourage 2016 town plan. development — and greater number Now the Addison of expensive affordable housing County Regional — near services and Planning Commission homes. So we’re existing population (ACRPC) and a working … to centers and away municipal planning come up with from open land and grant are supporting the mechanisms attractive scenery and volunteer commission’s to make sure working farmland. work on the longer-term “They’re trying to that our target goals of supporting find that diversity of lot more affordable of creating size and housing type, housing and protecting more affordable and how to encourage the town’s natural housing is met.” developers to create resources, Nowell said.

— Planning what they’re trying to “We knew there was Commission provide for potential some more complex Chairman residents, while at the stuff that we really Phil Nowell same time protecting didn’t have the expertise their scenic view to address on our own,” sheds,” Tebbs said.

Nowell said.

“This is a way to encourage density For the final weeks of 2018 the in a small area instead of building ACRPC’s Claire Tebbs advised out into their working landscape and Waltham planners, although she left their forest.” the regional planning commission Nowell said the trick is creating as of 2019 and ACRPC Executive zoning provisions to encourage Director Adam Lougee is stepping developers to create affordable in to help the town. housing, something he said residents Tebbs said for potential future supported in a community survey. affordable housing Waltham planners “What we’re trying to do is make are focusing on Maple Street near sure that just reducing the acreage the recently created McKnight Lane doesn’t result in a greater number project. That affordable housing of expensive homes,” he said. “So development, a little more than a we’re working with Addison County mile from downtown Vergennes, regional planning to come up with is served by municipal water and mechanisms to make sure that our sewer, and city officials also agreed target of creating more affordable to extend a sidewalk to the project. housing is met.”

“They’re looking at a very small In a draft proposal to Waltham area of Maple Street, and they’re (See Waltham, Page 3A)

Local entrepreneurs to weigh in on biz climate MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Economic Health Committee invites Middlebury business owners and managers to provide perspective and input on Middlebury’s economic health during a roundtable discussion and brown bag lunch on Thursday, Jan. 10, from noon until 1:30 p.m., at the Town Offices. If planning to attend, please RSVP to EHCMidd@gmail.com by 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, with your name and the name of your business. Bring your lunch or pick one up on your way at a Middlebury business.

During the round-table discussion, please be prepared to discuss questions such as: • What are the current challenges facing your business?

• What suggestions do you have for improving the economy and business in the Town of Middlebury, especially ideas that can be addressed by town government. For example, what tools,

programs, services, or policy changes should the municipality consider to maintain and improve the economy of Middlebury and help businesses operate in Town.

• If appropriate space were available in the downtown core for your business, would you relocate there? If no, why not?

If your business is located in the downtown, have you ever considered moving to another part of town?

• Are the Town and its departments supportive of your business?

• Are you trying to grow or expand your business? If yes, is something preventing that growth?

If you cannot attend the meeting on Jan. 10, email comments to: EHCMidd@gmail.com by the close of business on Jan. 10.

Emailed input should be limited to the issues in the Committee’s charge and the questions listed above.

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 3, 2019 — PAGE 3A

Plant (Continued from Page 2A) Once municipal and state officials agree on the scope of needed improvements, they can then determine a final price tag and how the upgrades will be financed. Wells said the costs could be paid through a bond, increases in wastewater fees, or a combination of both. But he stressed Middlebury could be in line for some grant money to defray some of the costs.

And there’s some good news coming on the bond front. Wells noted the original bond that voters OK’d almost two decades ago is slated to sunset in 2022. So officials could schedule a new repair bond to immediately follow retirement of the current one, so taxpayers wouldn’t feel the pain for paying off the two large debts simultaneously.

“We have a long time before that happens, and right now we have a preliminary report we’re reviewing,” he said.

Middlebury’s Infrastructure Committee will participate in that review.

Wells said it’s impossible to even ballpark the cost of upgrades the wastewater plant will need, but he said it will likely be in the “millions.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS from Ms. Levesque’s class at Mary Hogan collected over 1,100 items in their annual, ‘Food, Toy and Book Drive’. Each year the class facilitates a holiday season drive to benefit needy families through H.O.P.E.

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Waltham (Continued from Page 2A) Vergennes might also need to resolve planners, Tebbs suggested zoning its “combined sewer overflow” that would provide for lots smaller problem. During certain conditions, than a half-acre and for density most particularly heavy downpours bonuses, in which developers can and most recently just before include more units in a project if Christmas, stormwater causes the there were a greater “affordable/ city’s municipal sewer system to diversity of home types.” Vergennes overflow into Otter Creek from its has included density bonuses in its Macdonough Drive pump station. zoning that developers have used to Although the overflow is mostly create senior housing and preserve rainwater, a small percentage of open land. septic waste is included.

VERGENNES IS KEY Adding wastewater from another Of course, Vergennes is a key community might be problematic to any proposal. The until the issue is city has extended its resolved, Chabot said. sewer lines in certain “They would “Every gallon adds,” circumstances in the have the same he said. past, including once basic zoning FOREST DISTRICT upon a time to the dimensions, Planners’ other major Gevry Trailer Park, focus is on additional the predecessor to densities, protection for the Buck McKnight Lane; the acreage that Mountain area. Waltham already has a Forest Ferrisburgh plaza that is originally District that includes the includes Aubuchon there. Then mountain, but Nowell Hardware; and the they would said planners believe relocated train station have similar more is necessary to near Kayhart Crossing. preserve what they Other sewer restrictions consider to be a vital extension proposals layered on top, resource. have at times met with similar to the “We want to prevent frostier receptions, forest district.” fragmentation and and Vergennes City — Claire Tebbs maintain forested Manager Matt Chabot habitat for wildlife,” made no promises to the planning commission at a Nowell said. “It’s not just the travel corridors, but it’s the actual areas December meeting.

“I said, ‘I am there to hear themselves. These are small areas and to listen, and clearly that’s a that are maybe separated from the decision that ... would have to go main Buck Mountain (district) to the council,’” Chabot told the but still provide essential wildlife habitat. In a town like Waltham we Independent.

Chabot said he will outline for have lots of open fields, and Buck council members the discussion — Mountain is kind of an isolated area he described it as “kicking the tires” itself. And we just want to make sure — at their Jan. 8 meeting, the first we address what forest we have and since he met with Waltham planners. try to keep as much of it as we can.”

Tebbs said the she and the board “That would be my first opportunity to discuss it with them,” believe an “overlay” district within he said. “Honestly that conversation some areas of other districts could will just be an FYI that I was invited.” be the answer. That overlay district Before city sewer can be extended could create regulations for sensitive

areas such as ridgelines within those districts, while leaving in place those districts’ underlying regulations, such as minimum lot sizes and setback regulations.

That approach would be protective, but much less restrictive than expanding the Forest zone, which requires 25 acres for a building lot, she said.

“They would have the same basic zoning dimensions, densities, acreage that is originally there. Then they would have similar restrictions layered on top, similar to the forest district,” Tebbs said.

According to a highly preliminary draft, areas could include “forest blocks in the southeast corner of Waltham, between Route 17 and Pearson Road, and forest blocks north of Buck Mountain, between Route 66 and Green Street, and forest surrounding Mud Pond between Green Street and Route 7.”

Nowell also described the larger August zoning rewrite as “cleaning up formatting stuff,” “making sure we protected soils” and “making sure we protected the mineral resources” by clarifying regulations on locations for quarrying.

As an example of the type of changes made, he said planners altered the setback for building a home from 75 feet from a roadfront to 100 feet from its centerline.

Nowell said the planning grant expires in March, and planners hope to have a preliminary proposal for new bylaws on the two areas ready for the selectboard and public to review by May. As in the case with any zoning changes in a Vermont town, they can only be made after a public process.

“Obviously we have to make sure the selectboard is in agreement, and we have to go through the whole process of public hearings,” he said. “We’re really in the beginning stages.”

Times columnist to talk on college life and free speech MIDDLEBURY — New York Times columnist Frank Bruni will share his insights on issues affecting colleges and communities in a talk at Middlebury College’s Wilson Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. The event, “Conversations with Frank Bruni,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public.

Bruni will lead a wide-ranging conversation on topics including identity politics and its effect on campuses and communities, and the importance of free speech.

Bruni has been an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times since June 2011. In his columns, which appear every Sunday and Wednesday, he reflects on diverse topics including American politics, higher education and gay rights.

He joined the newspaper in 1995 and has been a White House correspondent, chief restaurant critic, a staff writer for “The Times Magazine” and the Rome bureau chief.

He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, the most recent of which, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania,” was published in March 2015 to widespread acclaim. His previous bestsellers were the 2009 memoir

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The Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series is held on the first Wednesday of every month from October through May in nine communities statewide, featuring speakers of national and regional renown.

Talks in Middlebury are usually held at Ilsley Public Library unless otherwise noted. All First Wednesdays talks are free and open to the public.

(Continued from Page 1A) your community on a local elected board, it’s time to start thinking about get your petitions in order. Those petitions — which must bear the signatures of at least 1 percent of the total voter checklist in the community — are due at your local town clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28.

So if you’ve been thinking about getting involved in grassroots government as a selectboard member, school director or in some other capacity, now is the time to take action.

Area practitioners of prose: Please join The Otter Creek Poets.

They meet every Thursday, from 1-3 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of Ilsley Public Library at 75 Main St., Middlebury. Writers of all ages and every level of experience are welcome. The workshop is free, open to all, and is dedicated to helping the writer make strides in any form and style, including formal poems, free verse, blank verse, prose poems, spoken word, translations, lyric and narrative.

Poets often come for feedback and suggestions on their work, for fellowship with other poets, and for weekly prompts and exercises. Just show up, or if you have any questions, contact David Weinstock at 989-4314 or david. weinstock@gmail.com.

The Addison County Sugarmakers Association will sponsor its 2019 Addison County Maple Seminar on Saturday, Jan. 12, at Middlebury Union High School. Maple Seminar 2019 begins with registration at 8 a.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m. The program includes talks aimed at beginner sugarmakers, the business aspects of producing syrup, insect threats to maple trees, and many other helpful talks. More Information for this event can be found at addisoncountymaple.org.

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2012 GOP standard-bearer: Trump not risen to the task Editor’s note: On Thursday, Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah and the party’s 2012 nominee for president, will be sworn into the U.S. Senate. He wrote this opinion piece for the Washington Post on Jan. 1, 2019.

The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been a “sucker” in world affairs all defined his presidency down.

It is well known that Donald Trump was not my choice for the Republican presidential nomination. After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling.

It did not. When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion. His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging. But, on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions last month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.

It is not that all of the president’s policies have been misguided. He was right to align U.S. corporate taxes with those of global competitors, to strip out excessive regulations, to crack down on China’s unfair trade practices, to reform criminal justice and to appoint conservative judges. These are policies mainstream Republicans have promoted for years. But policies and appointments are only a part of a presidency.

To a great degree, a presidency shapes the public character of the nation. A president should unite us and inspire us to follow “our better angels.” A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect. As a nation, we have been blessed with presidents who have called on the greatness of the American spirit. With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable. And it is in this province where the incumbent’s shortfall has been most glaring.

The world is also watching. America has long been looked to for leadership. Our economic and military strength was part of that, of course, but our enduring commitment to principled conduct in foreign relations, and to the rights of all people to freedom and equal justice, was even more esteemed. Trump’s words and actions have caused dismay around the world. In a 2016 Pew Research Center poll, 84 percent of people in Germany, Britain, France, Canada and Sweden believed the American president would “do the right thing in world affairs.” One year later, that number had fallen to 16 percent.

This comes at a very unfortunate time. Several allies in Europe are experiencing political upheaval. Several former Soviet satellite states are rethinking their commitment to democracy. Some Asian nations, such as the Philippines, lean increasingly toward China, which advances to rival our economy and our military. The alternative to U.S. world leadership offered by China and Russia is autocratic, corrupt and brutal.

The world needs American leadership, and it is in America’s interest to provide it. A world led by authoritarian regimes is a world — and an America — with less prosperity, less freedom, less peace.

To reassume our leadership in world politics, we must repair failings in our politics at home. That project begins, of course, with the highest office once again acting to inspire and unite us. It includes political parties promoting policies that strengthen us rather than promote tribalism by exploiting fear and resentment. Our leaders must defend our vital institutions despite their inevitable failings: a free press, the rule of law, strong churches, and responsible corporations and unions.

We must repair our fiscal foundation, setting a course to a balanced budget. We must attract the best talent to America’s service and the best innovators to America’s economy.

America is strongest when our arms are linked with other nations.

We want a unified and strong Europe, not a disintegrating union. We want stable relationships with the nations of Asia that strengthen our mutual security and prosperity.

I look forward to working on these priorities with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other senators.

Furthermore, I will act as I would with any president, in or out of my party: I will support policies that I believe are in the best interest of the country and my state, and oppose those that are not. I do not intend to comment on every tweet or fault. But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.

I remain optimistic about our future. In an innovation age, Americans excel. More importantly, noble instincts live in the hearts of Americans. The people of this great land will eschew the politics of anger and fear if they are summoned to the responsibility by leaders in homes, in churches, in schools, in businesses, in government — who raise our sights and respect the dignity of every child of God — the ideal that is the essence of America.

— Mitt Romney

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ELLEN WHELAN-WUEST of Cornwall helps her three-year-old daughter, Evie, make party hats for the Happy Noon Year’s celebration for kids at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury on Monday.

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Still no good substitute for reading Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the act of reading. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about the act of reading the printed book. I became an avid reader at a young age. I read just about anything, including science fiction, comic books, and my mother’s romances and mysteries.

In recent years, I have gone through a period of needing to force myself to focus long enough to attend to words on the page. Audiobooks, videoconferences, phone seminars, emails, and other short bursts of communication have kept me tuned in to words. However, I had lost patience with reading — with my eyes — anything of substance.

I’ve got nothing against ebooks and audiobooks. However, I missed the

By Ruth tactile pleasure I received when Farmer reading from a printed book.

What caused me to stray from the printed word? It’s difficult to say. As an educator, I spend a lot of time reading from a computer screen: emails, reports, student papers, articles. Reading becomes transactional in these instances; as in: What point is the person trying to make and when are they going to get to it? That approach is necessary when you are trying to compile information for a report. It doesn’t work so well when you read for pleasure.

I’d pick up a novel and start to read a paragraph and within a few sentences, instead of enjoying the descriptions, characters, or plot device, I’d find myself wondering what point the author is trying to make.

After all, I was spending my time reading the book; it should pay off.

Reading takes time and focus and if it isn’t pleasurable,

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why bother? I can’t even believe that I wrote that. I love to read and own hundreds of books (even after giving away and recycling hundreds). Yet, I felt I didn’t have the time to read.

Then I discovered audiobooks. I listened to a book while gardening, exercising, or staring at the landscape, convinced that I was imbibing the knowledge, information, or experiences of the book while focusing on something else. It wasn’t long before I realized that I was not fully enjoying the book or the accompanying activity.

Audible.com’s tagline is “Listening is the new reading.” It’s clever and appeals to those of us who like books and have the habit of multitasking. Still, listening to a book and reading it with your eyes are not the same.

Several years ago, I experienced three versions of “Winter’s Bone”: the movie, the audiobook, and the novel, in that order. I watched the movie because I liked the description on the DVD cover: a teenaged girl goes on a quest to find her father and save her family (much more profound but that is the gist). After watching the movie, I was curious about how closely it aligned with the book. The local library only had the audiobook. Later I read a print copy.

Jennifer Lawrence’s acting brought glaring reality to the protagonist’s circumstances. The other actors (and the setting) vividly conveyed the poverty and violence in the Ozarks. As for the audiobook, the narrator’s performance was a tad too flat and uninspired.

When I read the book, I marveled at the genius of (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Stodgy clangers & welcome civility While browsing through Netflix over the holidays, I treat, such as a “félange pulée” or “hargetküchen” or discovered “The Great British Baking Show.” some such thing that I — and often they — have never I’m in love. heard of.

Beaten down by the increasingly distressing Given only a list of ingredients and vague onslaught of daily news, I have found this show to be instructions, they sift, whip, fold, fill and guess their the perfect escape. It’s got everything: a gentle pastoral way to what they hope is the desired end product. setting, British accents, yummy-looking sweets, Where in American reality shows, contestants might witty repartee and a competition so civilized that the trash-talk one another to create drama, here the tension contestants sometimes help one another. Really. mounts when a baker overwhips his or her sponge.

It’s a far cry from any American reality show — foodBut trust me: It’s riveting. related or otherwise. In fact, with the lack of a cash Last is a “showstopper,” where the bakers get nearly prize or calculated backstabbing, a full day to create a masterpiece. it’s hardly recognizable.

Here, these otherwise unassuming To get ratings, American shows Brits — who in their daily lives are play up conflicts and create investment bankers, stay-at-home animosity where none need exist. dads, stuntwomen and more — spin As a person who found kindergarten sugar into glass and build working games of musical chairs to be too locomotives out of buttercream mean-spirited, I’ve always imagined frosting. All the while, they cheer a reality show in which people got one another on.

By Jessie Raymond along.

“This,” I say, choking back tears Now I’ve found it. and pointing at the screen, “is how “The Great British Baking Show” it should be.” takes place under a white party tent set among the After each challenge, Paul and Prue taste and rank gardens of a British estate. Inside, at pastel-painted the entries on flavor (or “flavour,” I suppose) and bakers’ stations, average Brits of all ages and races appearance. And at the end of each show, one sad baker compete for glory rather than money. It’s wild. gets sent home, leaving the remaining contestants (and In more recent seasons, the judges are Paul and me) weeping.

Prue — a pair who clearly know their way around a “We’ll really miss Nigel. His ganache was crème pâtissière. Each week, they rate the contestants unparalleled,” they say, drying their tears with wads on three challenges. of fondant.

First, bakers present their own personal favorites.

The judges’ critiques are honest but gentle. Prue, Then they move on to the technical challenge, where for example, once said, “I’m afraid your clanger is a Paul and Prue order them to bake a fancy mystery (See Jessie, Page 5A)

Around the bend

Editor’s note: The letter writer, a 1947 graduate of Bristol High School, sent this message to last spring’s graduates of Mount Abraham Union High School and recently passed it on to us.

————— By way of these cards and this letter I wish to express my pleasure, appreciation and extreme thankfulness for having lived in Bristol, Vermont and having attended your school system for the many years that I was a Bristol resident.

To this day my memory takes me back to those wonderful days and years of growing up with grade and high school friends in Bristol.

Although I departed Bristol all those years ago, it was always a wonderful experience to return for visits with “Vermont” family for many years to visit in Bristol and Winooski.

As Mr. And Mrs. Eugene Johnson (our next door neighbors on Pleasant St.) told me on many occasions during visits home, “You can take a Vermonter out of Vermont, but you cannot take Vermont out of a Vermonter!” That was always true for Ellen and me and family.

So, by way of this letter and these cards, I wish to extend my best wishes to the members of the graduating class of Bristol High School and to the many alumni of Bristol High School.

Graydon Kingsland Clemson, S.C.

History of world exploitation A Response to David Moats’s insightful letter to the editor in the Addison Independent on Dec. 27, about the decline of rural America and Vermont.

My response is a response to a friend about her concern about a 15,000 cow dairy farm in Indiana producing milk for Walmart.

Everybody wants everything cheaper. That’s why they go to Walmart. Even I go there.

It’s all the fault of the first invaders of the Americas 15,000 years ago. They came over from Russia, Just walked across. Needing something to eat they started killing the native wildlife. After eating up all the mastodons and other critters, they got hungry so started growing food. This was better anyway since it was the men who had to go hunting and drag home heavy loads, because the women could do all the work of planting and reaping and gathering fire wood and the men had the repetitive and industrial and laborious job of thinking up religion and more demands and limitations on women.

So Andrew Carnegie sicced the law on striking workers and killed many and in every way treated them like dirt, so he could produce steel cheaper and make more money.

Meanwhile the masters bred their Slaves to the strongest men so to have a good product to sell. And then Trump refused to pay workers and contractors for goods and services delivered. And now refuses pay increases to those “greedy” federal workers.

Then to top it all off, some time ago, farmers couldn’t get workers to milk cows by hand ‘cause it was a miserable job so they invented milking machines and put the hand milkers out of business. Which was healthy for the men and women doing the milking. Hand milking cause one’s hands to stiffen up so they could hardly move. To get started milkers milked out a little milk and then dipped their hands in to warm them up so they could move their fingers and milk.

Then Woody Guthrie sang ‘This Land’ and tons of farmers went west and grew wheat on dry prairie that was too dry where wheat should have never been grown, but they did and created the dust bowl. Wheat was high in the market before the (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 3, 2019 — PAGE 5A

Conservatives’ goal should shift after Trump

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) dust and worth nothing post-dust.

Then FDR created farm programs and encouraged more food production. The preamble of the 1935 Farm Bill, to paraphrase, said it was to help farmers and to keep the price of food low so that all the voters would feel good and vote for Dems.

The last part of that wasn’t in the preamble, but the part about keeping food plentiful and cheap was.

So then WWII came along and there was a great need for food.

Farmers expanded and made money.

In Virginia farmers grew orchard grass. It doesn’t grow in an orchard so don’t know why the name, but this grass has a very fluffy seed, called orchard grass seed. Farmers grew and sold to the Army tons of orchard grass seed for use in packing and cushioning ammunition. After the war farmers couldn’t give orchard grass seed away.

So now the Virginia company Smithfield Hams or Pork or whatever they call themselves, owned by the Chinese are growing pigs in shameful and immoral ways and shipping a good deal of it to China. North Carolina gets the pollution and the misery and China gets the bacon.

Then we buy other stuff from China, they get the pollution and the misery and we get the cheap stuff that makes us happy. It doesn’t take much for us to be happy. Lots of TV, games, frozen food nuked in the microwave and what else do we need. Look at our prime example today in D.C. So this China thing started in 1535, per the book “1493” by Charles Mann, when Europe started sending patterns of clothes across the Atlantic, by mule or camel or something across the isthmus of Panama and then across the Pacific to China to be made into fine silk clothes and shipped back the other way to land in Europe for Charles the 5th or whoever to seduce any

female getting too close.

So today we are being homogenized. That is, the world is becoming one. Culture is passé, gone, by the way of being not profitable. In 1971 we ran across a Burger King in Manila. Now there are Walmarts everywhere, all selling the same thing cheap. Originality gets in the way of profit.

So damn those goat cheese farmers in Vermont and that dim popcorn farmer in Orwell. Too small. Too dull. To narrow a view of the world.

Homogenize, put pressure on to make all people the same. We need customers, customers, customers.

To buy buy buy. Do it on line. Fight on Black Friday. Turn every holiday into a buying spree. Christmas is the biggest dollar consumer spending holiday, Halloween second.

But, keep your fingers crossed, Thanksgiving is not there yet. Just eat more turkey and the world will be very alright.

Since the China trade was so slow in 1535 we had to speed things up with computers and GPS and data collecting and we, at this very minute, are madly giving all our data and personal tastes, like what kind of ice cream we like, to the big boys, few girls involved, in Silicon Valley, and the next time you Google something, any old thing, then in seconds some damn ad comes up trying to sell you the very same thing or “here is what other customers bought when they bought that thing” something that you had no damn intention of buying.

So the keepers of the internet and the electronics and the amassers of information are king and who cares about a little ol’ 15,000 cow dairy farm in Indiana? And who cares even less about my acres acres of popcorn?

So you have to blame it on the women, ‘cause they are the cause of everything terrible. You know the men ate up all the critters and the women had to grow wheat to

keep the men busy eating, and from wasting most of the day forcing sex on the women. That’s a new theory that just popped into my horny cranium, so since it was so easy it must be true.

I’m telling you if Eve had been smart she would have sicked the snake on Adam and gone on and had kids by parthenogenesis and that sure would have pacified the world. You see, as always, it’s the women’s fault for bringing on misogyny, misogamy, and falling off the roof and post menstrual stress. But no matter, Walmart has a cure in the pharmacy department.

entendres you’d expect in a show full of tarts and nuts.

Still, there are crises: Sometimes contestants burn their madeleines, and once an oven door fell off.

One woman cried over everything, all the time, from her lopsided cake to Paul’s vicious criticism — “Your filling is smooth, but I’m not tasting the orange.” I worried that when she finally did get eliminated she might run herself through with the pointy end of a gingerbread Christmas tree.

But when the time came, she took her ouster gracefully, leaving her

keening, mournful mates in the tent and tearfully thanking the producers for the best experience she’d ever had.

After the winner is named in the final show of each season, all the original contestants return, along with friends and family, for a joyful celebration on the lawn. They hug, they laugh, they reminisce.

And for a moment — stodgy clangers aside — all is right with the world.

These days, it’s exactly what I need.

Had rhubarb been the forbidden fruit, A very full Adam could really toot, Eve can cook, God’s finger shook, Rhubarb stuffed snaky smiled as they got the boot.

PAS 2015 So there you have it in a nutshell.

The nut being on top of our neck.

We just go along. Romans called it, bread and circus, just keep the people fed and entertained and all is well, no need to think, or dream, or ponder, just relax and let the Fulfillment Center stuff us.

Today I had OJ from Florida and Brazil. Blueberries from Salinas, Calif. Bread, the wheat from I don’t know where. Ice cream from Friendly’s in Wilbraham, Mass.

Salmon from some ocean. Bananas from Guatemala. Apple from a neighbor in Shoreham, Milk from Monument Farms in Weybridge, egg from Maple Meadows in Salisbury, turkey from, well, guess, and squash from my garden.

And this is all true, that’s the sense of it. I attest to it. Even though it’s forbidden to end a sentence with it.

Paul Stone Orwell

Jessie (Continued from Page 4A) bit stodgy.”

I know now that a clanger is a sort of meat pie, and I assume from Prue’s tone that “stodgy” is not a quality one looks for in a clanger. It doesn’t matter. It was so quintessentially British that I clapped like a toddler when I heard her say it.

What’s not to love about this show? There’s little confrontation, the tone is light and the humor (“humour”) is quite bawdy — more so than you’d find on American networks — with all the double

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) Woodrell’s writing. There was not one unnecessary word in the entire novel (It is 208 pages). I haven’t read anything that spare and marvelous since Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories. The experiences were totally different.

There is the visual aspect of reading that is not present when listening to a book. A few months ago, I listened to “Anne of Green Gables” (Don’t ask). What I enjoyed most about the experience was Kate Burton’s narration.

What a performance! I laughed out loud at Burton’s depictions of the loquacious orphan and her taciturn foster father. When I skimmed through the novel, I lost patience with the lengthy paragraphs (brilliant though they were) filled with Anne’s breathless, interminable monologues. Reading “Anne of Green Gables” felt like a chore. Listening to it was a delight.

After listening to Sam Harris’ lecture on spirituality, I listened to his book “Waking Up”. Its premise is spirituality exists without religion. Harris is a fascinating guy to listen to because he speaks in sentences that require dashes and semicolons. Listening to his book, I sometimes had no idea what he was talking about. Perhaps I would have absorbed more if I read the print version.

For complex ideas, I like to re-read sections. In audiobook format, that can be a cumbersome process. In his article, “Preliminary Phenomenology of the Audiobook,” Matthew Rubery notes that the audiobook has “its own rhythm and pace” and “proceeds at the same inexorable rate while the audience drifts in and out of attention.”

Listening and reading serve overlapping purposes in that they are forms of communication. So are dance and music. Music is never going to be the new dance, nor will

dance become the new music. They are artistic expressions that touch our souls and our hearts in different ways.

Audible.com’s slogan is clever.

Still, listening is listening and reading is reading. Audiences can appreciate and welcome multiple representations of a work of art.

We don’t need to be seduced into thinking that one replaces the other.

So I have returned to reading print books with intention and attention. It has taken patience but

I am enjoying a variety of genres, including mysteries, memoirs, and fantasies. I just started reading Jill Lepore’s “These Truths: A History of the United States”. It’s a 960page tome, but I have built up my reading muscles, and I am up to the challenge.

Ruth Farmer is a published essayist and poet. She directs the Goddard Graduate Institute in Plainfield, and is sole owner of Farmer Writing and Editing (ruthfarmer.com).

With the closing of “The on his many policy prescriptions Weekly Standard,” an influential and it took a “hurricane”, as the publication that many considered Niskanen Center conference a respectable, center-right, described it, like Trump to wake alternative to more pro-Trump up conservatism — and America. outlets such as Breitbart and Regardless of what happens over Fox News, and the continued the next two years, the question of ostracization of “Never-Trump what conservatism will become conservatives” from the Republican after Trump will remain a valid Party, many wonder who, if one. And on this point, I am anyone, will carry the far more optimistic torch of prudential about the energy and conservatism while dynamism on the President Donald intellectual right over Trump occupies the the past two years than White House. many others.

This week’s writer Just last week, a is John Burka the While the country is group of prominent executive director consumed with stories intellectuals and of “The American of palace intrigue political figures Conservative” and the president’s including Maryland magazine. latest tweet, there has Gov. Karry Hogan, been a revival on the Bill Kristol and David right of thinkers and Frum, gathered for a conference publications engaging with urgent at Washington’s Niskanen problems facing middle- and Center titled “Starting Over: The working-class Americans. I need Center Right-After Trump.” The not provide an exhaustive list, as underlying assumption of the “Time” magazine’s October cover conference: It’s time for moderate story by Sam Tanenhaus, “How conservatives to regroup and Trumpism Will Outlast Trump,” did reconsider their relationship to a a good job surveying the landscape Republican Party that has been that includes thinkers such as overrun by populists, nationalists Julius Krein at American Affairs, and demagogues.

Daniel McCarthy at Modern Age, As someone who runs an Yuval Levin at National Affairs, organization founded at the Michael Anton at Hillsdale College time of the Iraq War with the and David Azerrad at the Heritage aim of changing the direction of Foundation.

American conservatism, I can What does this new program for sympathize with their efforts, but the right entail if not a return to I fundamentally disagree on their the neoconservatism of the George diagnosis of the problem. In the W. Bush years? It’s time for long run, both the conservative Republicans to embrace a “Main movement and Republican Party Street” conservatism that prizes will be better off for having Donald solidarity over individualism and Trump shatter the combination of culture over efficiency. America neoconservatism and Reaganism needs a foreign policy that serves that held the political right captive our vital national interests by and blinded since the end of the securing the safety and happiness Cold War. Ronald Reagan was the of the American people. This statesman that America needed for means putting to end to the his time, but the clock had run out regime-change and nation-building

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experiments that have devastated Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya; ending U.S. Support for the Saudis’ involvement in the Yemeni civil war; reclaiming our national sovereignty; and prioritizing diplomacy over intervention.

On domestic issues, especially when our country is bitterly divided along partisan lines, we must decentralize both political and economic power to bring it closer to the people. This would allow local and state governments greater flexibility to address their unique problems, letting California be California and Texas be Texas.

Regarding the problem of economic concentration, conservatives should stand up to the crony capitalism that has protected big banks and defense contractors, and revisit antitrust enforcement to prevent corporate monopolies from stamping out competition and entrepreneurship.

And finally, conservatives should adopt a cultural platform with a renewed focus on civic education; implementing economic and social policies that strengthen families, such as paid family leave and an increase in the child tax credit; promoting vocational training as a dignified alternative to traditional universities; and working toward an immigration policy that better balances economic and cultural concerns.

When searching for a prudential conservatism today, it’s best to ignore the advice of those who brought us the Iraq War, the hollowing out of our industrial base and our broken immigration system. The future belongs to conservatives who take Middle America seriously and actually care about the systemic problems that drove the Rust Belt into the arms of then-candidate Trump.

Letters to the Editor Ehlers pitches amendment to Vermont Constitution Editor’s note: The writer is executive director of the organization Lake Champlain International.

As you know, 2019 is a constitutional amendment year, with the next not being until 2023. For this reason, I ask, on behalf of a broad constituency of Vermonters, for your consideration of and assistance in amending our Vermont Constitution beginning this coming legislative session.

Vermont’s Bill of Rights, Chapter I of the Constitution, includes 22 paragraphs protecting private property, civil rights, religious rights, the right to a jury trial, the right of assembly and to petition for grievances. It protects everything but the environment.

It is deficient in that respect. It is difficult if not impossible for Vermonters to avail ourselves of our “natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety” when private interests and government agencies are poisoning and polluting the most fundamental of necessities for life itself — clean air and safe water.

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Would you initiate the amending process to guarantee our right to protect the Commons and our personal interest in property, safety, and happiness? Proposals of amendment must begin in the Senate. The amending process for the Vermont Constitution is found in Chapter II, Sec. 72. An article might read this way, at the suggestion of Constitutional Law Expert Attorney Paul Gillies: That all people have a natural and inherent right to a clean and unspoiled environment.

Article 1, Section 27, of the Pennsylvania Constitution, as one example, already reads: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.

Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

In a state such as ours, where a

healthy environment is the very foundation of our economy and our social fabric, the declining state of our recreational and drinking waters and the threats of a changing climate demand we enjoy, at a minimum, the same legal protections as Pennsylvanians from those who would exploit our shared natural resources.

Attorney Gillies notes, “It’s [the amendment] a ratification of all the good work Vermont has done with its anti-billboard law, recyclables law, Act 250, Act 64, and other statements of environmental commitment.”

Most importantly, however, it will empower the people in the courts when the other branches are remiss in their moral and legal obligation to the Public Trust, the Common Good.

Can we and future generations count on your leadership, Senators?

I personally stand ready to assist you in advancing this important initiative in this legislative session and the next.

James Ehlers Winooski

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Eunice Van Vleck, 88, of Cornwall

Hilton James ‘Mickey’ Billings, 79, long-time Addison County resident PANTON — Hilton James Billings (Mickey) passed away at home in Panton, Vt., on Dec 22, 2018, with his children at his side.

He was born at Porter Hospital in Middlebury on March 22, 1939, to Hilda P. and Malcolm W. Billings. His family settled in Ripton, where Hilton had a large extended family. In 1945, Hilton started first grade at Ripton Hollow Elementary School. He was a quick learner and was promoted from first to third grade.

As a young boy Hilton’s ears were disproportionately large causing his friends to affectionately call him Mickey after Walt Disney’s character Mickey Mouse. While his family continued to call him Hilton, Mickey was the lifelong name Hilton preferred for his friends and associates.

Mickey attended the old Middlebury High School from 1952 to 1956. He had to buy his own books and find rides to and from the High School.

More than once he had to walk the 10 miles home from school. Despite the difficulty of getting back and forth, he often stayed after school to earn money setting pins at Chief of Police Don Williamson’s bowling alley. When the second story of the High School burned in 1954, Mickey was one of the students whose books were destroyed and who had his classes rescheduled to the Grammar School and Middlebury College classrooms.

Mickey loved the hands-on creativity of woodworking and associated

Marc Lawrence LaPete

Dec. 3, 1969 – Jan. 5. 2007

You are not forgotten Marc Nor will you ever be.

As long as life and memory last We will remember thee.

Forever in our hearts.

Dad, Mom and Chris

arts. At MHS he majored in Industrial Arts and for a senior project built a cabin in Ripton with lumber that he had helped produce at his uncle Willard Billings’ sawmill. The cabin still stands today, now the property of his children.

After a gap year, Mickey attended Keene State College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961. Following graduation, Mickey married Theresa (Tessy) Gauthier of Middlebury and they settled in Proctor, Vt., where Mickey taught industrial arts at Proctor High School. After five years of teaching, and not liking to grade students, Mickey decided on a career change and took a job at Simmonds Precision in Vergennes. Soon after, he settled his family in Ferrisburgh, designed and built one of the early energy-conserving homes, and had a small farm with garden, chickens, goats, rabbits, and other animals.

At Simmonds he started out using his skills as a draftsman. Once computer aided design equipment became available, he learned this engineering discipline and mastered each new generation of software and tools to help Simmonds and its successors remain dominant in fuel gauging systems for aerospace. After retiring from Simmonds, he declared that he would no longer use a computer, but he was eventually persuaded by his children and by frugality to get rid of his landline and get a cell phone.

Always looking for a new challenge, he took up flying at East Middlebury

State Airport with Gail Isenberg as his instructor.

Mickey was a lover of animals from an early age, fostering relationships with Wrinkles, the family’s dog, the many rabbits he raised and many of the farm animals of his parents and grandparents. The affection he had for animals was ingrained in his personality, and kind-hearted is the term often used by others to describe him.

At their Panton home, Mickey and his second wife Teresa Miller, “his Lady,” lovingly dedicated themselves to the rehabilitation of small wild animals, becoming Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department certified Wildlife Rehabilitators. Their back lot became hospital grounds for bobcats, raccoons, foxes, hawks, skunks, rabbits and many other injured animals. By respecting the independence of these animals, they achieved their mission to rehabilitate rather than create pets which allowed the animals to be released as closely as possible to the location they were found to resume life in the wild.

Mickey was fond of doing things the way his ancestors had and loved sharing those experiences with family and friends. Get-togethers often included making ice cream from scratch with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream churner. In the spring, he eagerly engaged his family in making maple syrup in a sugar house built not far from his Ripton cabin. In the fall, he would get help from family and friends gathering apples and rendering

these into cider using an old hand operated press.

Hilton was predeceased by his father Malcolm Winter, brother Malcolm Newton and mother Hilda P. Billings, his first wife Tessy, and his wife Teresa Miller. He is survived by his children: son Lyn Billings and partner Hope Macjarrett, son Timothy Billings; daughter-in-law Pamela Billings; daughter Charlene and husband Erik FitzPatrick; stepsons Dale and wife Melody Miller and Dana and wife Shelley Miller; his grandchildren Katie, Eli, Brianna, and Abby; brother Charles and wife Elizabeth; sister Susan Billings and partner Bruce Ferland, and many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins.

Hilton’s family wishes to thank Addison County Home Health and Hospice for the wonderful care he received from Wendy, Laina and Sarah, which helped to keep their father at home where his children could share his time and comfort him. A private spring celebration of his life will be held on his birthday in Ripton on the grounds where he built his cabin and sugar house.

Donations in Mickey’s memory can be made to Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue at gofundme.com/ottercreek-wildlife-rescue, Howling Mountain Wildlife Rescue www. gofundme.com/howling-mountain-wildlife-rescue, and Addison County Home Health and Hospice at achhh.org/donations.html.◊

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CORNWALL — Eunice (Mrs. David) Van Vleck, 88, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at her residence in Cornwall.

She was born Eunice Amelia Holt on Feb. 21, 1930, in West Hartford, Conn. Eunice or “Eunie” as she was called by family members and close friends, grew up as the oldest child of Guy and Helen Holt, followed by two brothers and twin sisters. She had a happy childhood, surrounded by family and pets. She attended the Oxford School, Emma Willard and Vassar College. During the summers, she spent much of her time at the family summer home in Skaneateles, N.Y. with myriad cousins.

Eunice met David Van Vleck in West Hartford when they were sixteen. They dated for several years, marrying after Dave graduated from Princeton. Their plan of having Dave obtain his graduate degree in Michigan was cut short by the Korean War, which saw them stationed in Panama. After this, their children Carolyn, then David, made their entrances, while they lived at the Loomis School.

This was followed by several years in Ithaca, N.Y., where Dave studied again, and their youngest, Sarah, made her appearance. It was here, as well, that a continuing stream of Basset hounds and cats began to live with them, as Eunice was an avid lover of animals.

The next step involved moving to Miami, Fla., where the family lived for several years, enjoying the almost year-round out-of-doors lifestyle, including tennis, swimming and gardening. Dave’s new job beckoned, so from there they moved to Middlebury, Vt., where Eunice and Dave have lived since 1968, in first Middlebury, then Cornwall.

Middlebury saw Eunice spread her wings once the kids were out of the house. She was one of the founders of the Middlebury Food Co-op, The Addison County Humane Society, Planned Parenthood of Addison County and was the lead actress of the Middlebury Community Players for many years, which she thoroughly enjoyed. She was also the official escort of Miss Vermont to the Miss America competition for several years and worked at the Round Robin as a volunteer for many years. She worked at several short-term jobs, but enjoyed being a mom more than anything else.

She and Dave built a house on Butternut Ridge, then bought a dairy farm in Cornwall with

EUNICE VAN VLECK Barney and Dee Hodges, which they all worked hard at turning into a commercial apple orchard, Sunrise Orchards. A new house was built on the property with a million dollar view, where Eunice sat on the porch, daily, looking a the Green Mountains in their glory, the black angus that roam the fields in front of the apple trees, and every bird that passed by.

Eunice leaves behind her immediate family and her sister, Kathy Barnes of Georgia, as well as her rambunctious grandsons, Pennock, Stokes and Townsend, all of whom she adored.

The Van Vleck family would like to give love and thanks to all those at Addison County Home Health and Hospice (particularly Kathy and Joanne), as well as Dinners of Love and the Medicine Chest at Marble Works for all their incredible help. We simply could not have done it without you all, and Mom wouldn’t have been able to stay at home without all of you. A tremendous hug to everyone.

If you’d like to donate money in her memory, kindly do so to the Addison County Humane Society (Homeward Bound) who provided so many of her dear dogs, at 236 Boardman Street, Middlebury, VT 05753.

A celebration of her life will be held this Spring at a later date to be announced.

Arrangements are under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Service.

Online condolences at Sandersonfuneralservice.com. ◊

Paul Douglas Farr, 86, of Bristol BRISTOL — Paul Douglas Farr, 86, passed away surrounded by his loving family at the Helen Porter Healthcare Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury on Dec. 29, 2018.

He was born on March 24, 1932 in Lincoln, the second son of Harvey and Pauline Farr.

He graduated from Bristol High School in 1950, where he was a member of the basketball and baseball teams. He was also president of the Future Farmers of America.

Paul married Elizabeth (Betty) O’Brien on April 22, 1962, in Vergennes, Vt. They were married for 56 years. He grew up on the family farm in Bristol, then worked as a machine operator then selftaught machinist at Polymers Inc., in Middlebury, Vt., until his retirement in 1997. Paul was an avid hunter, fisherman, beekeeper, little league coach and dedicated Red Sox and Celtics fan. In his travels, he saw Alaska, went game hunting in Newfoundland, Montana and he and Betty took in ten years of Women’s Basketball Final Four games in different cities.

Paul is survived by his wife Betty; his son Scott from Springfield, Vt.; his daughter Sarah from Lincoln, Vt.; and his granddaughter Ella from Berlin, Vt. Paul was predeceased by his brothers Harvey and Lawrence (Tot) and stepfather Sherman Orvis.

He will remembered as always

PAUL DOUGLAS FARR willing to help others but reluctant to ask for help. Paul was proud of his family and always in attendance at his children’s athletic games.

A graveside service will held be in the spring — 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Maple Cemetery in Lincoln with a reception following. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in memory of Paul to Homeward Bound, Addison County Humane Society, Boardman Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. To send online condolences to his family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes. com.◊

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Will Martin of Troop 543 in Bristol celebrated reaching Eagle Scout Rank on Dec. 23. He was honored with letters from Gov. Scott, Rep. Welsh, Senator Sanders, Senator Leahy, President Trump the local Legion Commander.

Will has been involved with the Troop since joining in 2010. He participated in a trips to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and to Sea Base Scout Camp in Florida. He has been a participant and staff member of the National Youth Leadership Training course for the last four years and is in the process of planning the

2019 course to be held this summer, where he will be Senior Patrol Leader for the youth leadership week-long course teaching leadership skills to approximately 40 boys in Vermont.

Will’s Eagle Scout project was to build four softball and baseball dugouts in the Town of Starksboro for the community fields. The project took approximately 20 volunteers and 200 hours to complete and was finished in June of 2017. The Court of Honor was celebrated with members of various troops from Vermont and New York, leaders from Green Mountain Council, as well friends and family.

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SEVENTY-TWO YEARS of “Vermont Life” magazine are now digitized and can be accessed online through the Middlebury College Archives.

State, college digitize Vermont Life MONTPELIER — The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing and Middlebury College have announced the completion of a project that has digitized more than 72 years of “Vermont Life” magazine. Every issue of the magazine can now be accessed online through the Middlebury College Archives.

“Vermont has developed a strong reputation for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, quality products, and business innovation,” said Wendy Knight, Commissioner of the Department of Tourism and Marketing. “The online archive of

‘Vermont Life’ will allow people to explore the state’s history and culture over the last seven decades.”

“Vermont Life” magazine was a quarterly magazine covering Vermont’s “people, places and culture.” The state-owned publication was founded in 1946 and printed its last issue this past summer.

All “Vermont Life” issues were digitized from originals held by the State of Vermont, Middlebury College Special Collections, and the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library.

Digitizing was done as part of a class at Middlebury College called: “Vermont Life’s Vermont:

A Collaborative Web Project”. The class was a hands-on experience for students in preserving these stories and images for future generations.

“This is a story of new, experimental academic efforts of faculty and students partnering with archives and libraries,” said Middlebury College Director of Special Collections & Archives Rebekah Irwin. “It is our natural role, after all, to preserve and safeguard. We are really interested in the archives as an academic resource. Students will benefit we hope, not just here, but across Vermont.”

Hunters took 18,845 deer during 2018

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says preliminary numbers show 18,845 deer were taken during Vermont’s 2018 deer hunting seasons, the highest total since 2000.

Reports from big game check stations indicate hunters had successful deer seasons in 2018, taking 3,980 deer in archery season, 1,341 in youth season, 7,458 in rifle season, and 6,066 in muzzleloader season.

“The legal buck harvest of 9,993 was 8 percent more than the previous three-year average of 9,267 and the second highest buck harvest since 2002,” said deer project leader Nick Fortin. “Harvest numbers increased during the archery, rifle and muzzleloader seasons. The muzzleloader harvest of 6,066 is an all-time record.”

“The relatively high harvest was due to several factors. First, recent mild winters have allowed the deer population to grow throughout Vermont. Additionally, lack of fall foods caused deer to be more concentrated and snow helped hunters locate them, resulting in increased success.

The department also issued more muzzleloader antlerless deer permits this year to provide more harvest opportunity and to limit population growth or reduce deer numbers in some parts of the state.”

The 18,845 deer brought home by hunters yielded more than 3.7 million servings of local, nutritious venison.

The primary goal of Vermont’s deer management strategy is to keep the deer herd stable, healthy and in balance with available habitat.

“Maintaining an appropriate number of deer on the landscape ensures that deer and the habitats that support them remain in good condition and productive,” said Fortin.

Each year the department operates biological check stations during deer hunting seasons to gather information on the age, sex, field-dressed weight, antler characteristics, and

overall health of Vermont’s deer herd. In 2018, biological data were collected from more than 900 deer examined during the two-day youth season and November rifle season.

Hunters also submitted more than 2,700 teeth from bucks harvested

during the rifle season, which will provide additional age information.

The 2018 White-tailed Deer Harvest Report with final numbers will be on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website, vtfishandwildlife.com, in February.

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Middlebury Actors Workshop 2019 Season auditions in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 3, 6‑8 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. All types of actors are encouraged to come to a general audition for MAW, a small professional theater company in residence at Town Hall Theater, for their MainStage season and Cutting Edge play reading series. Prepare two short, contrasting monologues or do a cold reading from sides that MAW will have at the theater. To make an appointment email melissa@middleburyactors.org.

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Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Take a tour of the Library’s Digital Media Lab, where patrons can convert VHS movies, cassette tapes, and records into digital formats to play on computers and other devices. If time, there will be a presentation on the new Mojave operating system. More info at MiddMUG2018@mail.com.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 10, 10 a.m., Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Tuesday, Jan. 8, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m.

Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 for bingo and coffee hour. Program with Addison Armory Lane, Vergennes. Doors open at 10 a.m.

County Home Health and Hospice at 11:15 a.m. on for bingo and coffee hour. VASA monthly meeting your access to available services. Meal served at at 11:30 a.m. Meal served at noon of chicken stew, noon of chicken breast, hot German potato salad, broccoli, biscuit and tropical fruit salad. Bring your green beans, wheat bread and vanilla yogurt fruit Blood donation own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours parfait. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

BEGINNING SWING DANCE – VERGENNES OPERA HOUSE American Red Cross Blood donaDancing keeps both brain & body fit while having a great time! tion in Vergennes. Thursday, Presenting East Coast Swing in a friendly, easy format. Classes held Jan. 10, noon‑5 p.m., Vergennes Church, 30 South Thursdays, Jan 3‑31, 6:30‑7:30pm. Partners not necessary. $10 Congregational Water St.

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American Red Cross in New Haven. Friday, Jan. 4, 9 a.m.‑2 p.m., Addison County Home Health and Hospice, 254 Ethan Allen Highway, (Route 7) Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 4, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Doors open at 11 a.m. Meal served at noon. Join us for chicken per class or all 5 classes up front for $40. Practice sessions‑ after breast, southern cornbread stuff‑ ing, mashed potatoes, gravy, all classes from 7:30‑8:30pm. Open to the public! $2 donation mixed beans, wheat dinner roll and requested (included if taking the class). Last class includes LC Jazz blueberry pie. $5 suggested dona‑ band dance! Please bring clean, dry, soft soled shoes. Call Jim for New Century/New tion. Advanced tickets required by more info at 475‑2349 or email jscondon@mac.com.

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Monday, Dec. 31. Call Michelle Friday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., at 802‑377‑1419. Bring your own MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL —Adult: Digital Photography, Mon Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for place setting. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any PM Oils, Thurs AM Oils, Thurs PM Drawing, Mon & Weds PM the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A new age. Free ride may be provided.

Wheel Kids: Art with a Heart, Clay Wheel & Hand Building, Paint music series hosted by Visiting Professor of Music Matthew Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to It. middleburystudioschool.org Contact Barb at 247-3702, Assistant Evan Taylor, highlighting the ongoing inquire. ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org contributions of women and people Middlebury Actors Workshop of color to the canon of Western art 2019 Season auditions in music. Opening night features music Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 4, 6‑8 advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve

by Taylor and his mentors. Free. More info at p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and 802‑443‑3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

St. All types of actors are encouraged to come to their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. a general audition for MAW, a small professional Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire. theater company in residence at Town Hall Theater, for their MainStage Season and Cutting Edge play American Red Cross Blood donation in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Jan. 8, 10 a.m.‑4 p.m., American Legion reading series. Prepare two short, contrasting mono‑ Green Mountain Club hike/snowshoe Middlebury, 49 Wilson Rd. logues or do a cold reading from sides that MAW will in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 12. Hike or snow‑ have at the theater. To make an appointment email Keep Middlebury beautiful: “Banning Plastic shoe three miles on trails from Widow’s Clearing on Bags” in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 7‑8 p.m., melissa@middleburyactors.org.

Goshen Rd. in Ripton to Chatfield Hollow (hiking Community Meeting room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 west to east). Requires car spot. Contact Ruth Main St. Open to the public.

Penfield at 802‑388‑5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail. com for start time and more information. More Green Mountain Club hike/snowshoe in activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Weybridge/Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 5, MCP “Spelling Bee” auditions in Middlebury.

Age Well senior luncheon in Hamilton Rd. TAM (Trail Around Middlebury) Saturday, Jan. 12, 1‑4 p.m., Middlebury Fitness, Shoreham. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 11 a.m., lot. After arranging a “car spot” in Middlebury, we will 175 Wilson Rd. The Middlebury Community Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meet at Hamilton Rd TAM trailhead in Weybridge Players will hold auditions for high‑school and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Meatloaf, and hike to South Main St, Middlebury. 4.4 miles. adult actors for “The 25th Annual Putnam County mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable and dessert. 72 Moderate difficulty. TAM map is available at maltvt.

Spelling Bee”. Teen auditioners must be at least 14 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to org. More info contact Kathy Duclos, at kduclos@ years old and in high school. Those younger than reserve at 802 377‑1419. $5 suggested donation gmavt.net or 802‑453‑2149. More activities at 18 years old must have a parent or guardian signa‑ does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 gmcbreadloaf.org. ture on their audition form. Registration begins at 1 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may King Pede Card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Jan. p.m. Come to only one audition. More info at info@ be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandwich “Farmer of the Year” on screen in Middlebury.

Skate with the Panthers in Middlebury. Saturday, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 3:30 and 7 p.m., Marquis supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a Jan. 12, 5‑6 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Route 30. Fans Theater, 65 Main St. After selling the farm he’s unique game that involves “trick‑taking” techniques young and old are invited to join the Middlebury worked for over 60 years, an aging farmer (Barry such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of College men’s and women’s hockey teams on the Corbin) finds himself useless and adrift. Struggling fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic ice after the women’s 3 p.m. game vs. U‑Mass to maintain his youth he road‑trips across the coun‑ thinking.

Boston. Team photos will be available for signing try in a ’73 Winnebago with his equally directionless and souvenir hockey pucks will be given out. and unreasonably self‑confident granddaughter.

Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday Jan. 12, Q&A with the Vermont filmmakers Vince O’Connell 5‑6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, and Kathy Swanson to follow both screenings.

Main St., across from the Vergennes Opera House.

Middlebury Shape Note Singers in Tickets adults $10/kids, seniors, military $8/mati‑ Menu includes roast pork, mashed potatoes, stuff‑ Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 6, 1‑3 p.m., nees $8. ing, vegetable, applesauce, roll, dessert and bever‑ Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Soup supper in New Haven. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 6 age. Tickets adults $9/children $5. Served buffet Center, Old Chapel Rd. Come join this group of p.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill style. Take out available. More info at 802‑877‑3150. shape‑note singers as they sing from the Sacred Rd. A variety of soups, bread, crackers, beverages Harp Song Book. Loaner books are available. All and dessert will be on offer. Tickets $8 adults. More are welcome. For more information, see Facebook/ info contact Carol at 802‑453‑5059.

Middlebury Shape Note Singers or contact David Conversations with Frank Bruni in Middlebury.

MCP “Spelling Bee” auditions in Rosenberg at rosenber@middlebury.edu.

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 13, 1‑4 p.m., Student Center, Middlebury College. Join New York Middlebury Fitness, 175 Wilson Rd. The Times columnist Frank Bruni for a wide‑ranging Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions conversation on topics including identity politics for high‑school and adult actors for “The 25th and its effect on campuses and communities, and MiddMUG meeting in Middlebury.

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”. Teen audi‑ the importance of free speech. Part of the Vermont Monday, Jan. 7, 7 p.m., Conference Room, tioners must be at least 14 years old and in high Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series.

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MACKINLEE WADDELL AND BARRY Corbin star in ‘Farmer of the Year’ the award-winning independent feature film screening at the Marquis Theatre in Middlebury on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 3:30 and 7 p.m. A Q&A with filmmakers Vince O’Connell and Kathy Swanson, both Vermonters, will follow both screenings.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Monday, Jan. 14, 11:15 a.m., KB Café, Kennedy Bros, Main St. Arrive after 11:15 a.m. Enjoy hearty vegetable beef stew, corn bread, green salad and cupcakes. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. SASH Program 10:00 a.m. — Decluttering! Indoor Yard Sale, bring small items to sell. Meal served at noon of roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, winter squash, wheat roll and pumpkin pudding. Bring your own place setting. 72 hours advanced notice required. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

Addison County 4‑H Foundation annual meet‑ ing in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., UVM Extension office, Pond Ln. More info contact Martha Seifert at 802‑388‑4969.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. for TBD program.

Meal served at noon of baked cheese lasagna roulettes with marinara sauce, spinach, wheat bread and pineapple chunks. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Senior fraud prevention class – Don’t be a Scam Victim! Part 1 at 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of pork chops with pineapple sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat bread and carrot cake with icing. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required.

Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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Green Mountain Club hike or snow‑ shoe in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 19. A moderate 5.2 mile hike or snowshoe up to the ridge on switchbacks for a gradual ascent to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge. Lunch at the Lodge. Optional short spur trail for a great west‑ ern overlook. This is a dog friendly hike. More info contact Wendy Warren at wwredhead@ yahoo.com or 802‑382‑7112. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 19, 5:30‑8 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. Door open at 5:30 p.m., bingo starts at 6 p.m. All cash prizes. 50/50 raffle. Refreshments sold. All proceeds benefit the on‑going efforts for cemetery improvements.

King Pede Card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a unique game that involves “trick‑taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic thinking.

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SUNDAY 350Vermont Mother‑Up meet‑up in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 20, 5:30‑7:30

p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Dinner and discussion about organizing for a plas‑ tic bag ban in Middlebury. A vegetarian meal and childcare for ages 8 and under provided.

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MLK Day drop‑in events in Middlebury. Monday, Jan. 21, 2:30‑4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library and Addison Central Teens. Listen to books about previous and current civil right movements and partici‑ pate in arts and crafts activities with Middlebury College students. Activity stations designed for preschoolers through 6th graders. For teens, come to Addison Central Teens at 77 Mary Hogan Dr. and participate in a collage art project honor‑ ing the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. All teens welcome.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of chicken and biscuit, broccoli florets, mixed beans and pineapple upside down cake with cream. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Meal includes soup and sandwich of the day, coleslaw and dessert. 72 hours advanced notice required, call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

L I V EM U SIC The Jim Towel Experience in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 4, 7‑9 p.m., Notte.

Patrick Fitzsimmons in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House Swing Noire in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Phil Henry Acoustic Trio in Lincoln. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30‑9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Del Rue in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 9‑midnight, Notte.

Blues Jam in Bristol. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., Hatch 31.

Tom Van Sant & Glen Goodwin in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7‑9 p.m., Notte.

Last Train to Zinkov in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

ONGOINGEVENTS By category: Farmers’ Markets, Sports, Clubs & Organizations, Government & Politics, Bingo, Fundraising Sales, Dance, Music, Arts & Education, Health & Parenting, Meals, Art Exhibits & Museums, Library Programs.

LIBRARY PROGRAMS Bixby Memorial Library. 258 Main St., Vergennes.

877‑2211. Monday, 12:30‑7 p.m.; Tuesday, 12:30‑5 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.‑7 p.m.; Friday, 12:30‑5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑2 p.m.

Used book sale 10 a.m.‑1:30 p.m., Saturdays. Story hour Wednesday, 10:30‑11:30 a.m.; Critical MFA workshop with Jay Dubberly, 2nd & 4th Mondays, 6‑8 p.m., Group‑led prompt and discussion writing work‑ shop, 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6‑8 p.m.; Weekly Bridge Mondays, 1‑4 p.m.; First Friday free movies, 7:30‑9:30 p.m.; Bixby Singers & Musicians, 1st Saturdays, 11 a.m.‑1 p.m.

Brandon Free Public Library. Hours: Wednesday, 4‑7 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.‑2 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.‑2 p.m. Magic the Gathering Table Top drop‑in gaming, Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m.; Storytime (during school year) Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Fridays, 3 p.m.; Friday film on the big screen, Fridays, 1:30 p.m.; Hancock Free Public Library. Wednesday, 1‑5 p.m.; Thursday, noon‑6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. Books, videos and DVDs. Other items available through inter‑ library loan.

Ilsley Public Library. 75 Main St., Middlebury, 388‑4095.

Monday‑Thursday 9 a.m.‑7 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.‑5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑4 p.m. Youth Media Lab, Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m., grades 4‑6;. Library Explorers, Wednesdays 3:30 starting Oct. 24.; Maker Mondays, Mondays

at 3:30 p.m., starts Oct. 22, runs for four weeks.

Storymatters: a monthly story circle, Wednesdays, 4 p.m. For a complete listing of ongoing and special chil‑ dren’s activities, visit ilsleypubliclibrary.org or call the Children’s Room at 388‑4097.

Lawrence Memorial Library. 40 North St., Bristol, 453‑2366 or lawrencelibrary.net. Monday, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.‑8 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 1‑5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m.‑4 p.m., Story time for children and families, Mondays, 10:30‑11 a.m.; Thursdays, 10:30‑11:30 a.m. beginning Sept. 13. Free walk‑in computer help.

Family Fun and Games, second and fourth Fridays, 3:15 p.m. Lego Club, Wednesdays, 3:15‑4:30 p.m., for school‑age children. Story time Thursdays 10:30‑11:30 a.m. Reel Film Fridays, Fridays at 7:30 p.m., through November and beginning again in January.

Lincoln Library. 222 W. River Rd., Lincoln, 453‑2665.

Monday, 2‑6 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m.‑3 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.‑6 p.m. (additional evening hours on a volunteer basis); Friday, 10 a.m.‑4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.‑1 p.m. Chess Afternoon, Tuesdays, Sept.

15‑Nov. 17. Story time (age five and under), Friday, 10:30 a.m. Senior program, second Wednesday, 10 a.m. Book discussion group, fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m.

New Haven Community Library. Located in the new library/town offices building. Tuesday, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m.

Wednesday, 1‑8 p.m. Thursday, 1‑8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.‑1 p.m. Story Hour, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.

Information on Facebook at New Haven Community Library (Vermont), at the website nhcl.org, or by phone at 453‑4015.

Orwell Free Library. Tuesday, 10 a.m.‑4 p.m. and 6‑8 p.m.; Thursday, 3‑6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.‑4 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m.

Platt Memorial Library. Shoreham. 897‑2647. Monday, 11 a.m.‑7 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 2 p.m.‑7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. Programs on website: plat‑ tlib.org. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. Lap‑Sit Storytime and Playgroup: Fridays 11 a.m.‑noon, Sept. 14, Oct. 19, Dec. 7. Drop in crafts, Saturdays. 9 a.m.‑noon.

Russell Memorial Library. Monkton. 453‑4471. Tuesday and Thursday, 3‑7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. Friday Story Hour, second and fourth Friday, 10‑11 a.m. Wi‑Fi available.

Salisbury Free Public Library. 352‑4198. Tuesday, 2:30‑5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.‑1 p.m.; Thursday, 2‑5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑noon. Children’s Time, Tuesday 2:30‑4 p.m. Info: http://salisburyfreelibrary. blogspot.com. Story hour, pre‑K through grade 4: Tuesdays, 9:30‑10:30 a.m., read‑aloud book followed by arts and crafts project. Children must be accompa‑ nied by an adult.

Sarah Partridge Community Library. East Middlebury.

388‑7588. Ilsley Library cards accepted. Tuesday, 9 a.m.‑noon; Thursday, 2‑6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑noon.

Book sale on Saturdays.

Starksboro Public Library. 2827 Route 116, Starksboro (in town hall); 453‑3732. Parking behind town offices.

Monday, 10 a.m.‑6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. Story time (ages 3‑5) Monday, 10:30 a.m. 453‑3732.

Whiting Free Library. Main Street opposite the church.

623‑7862. Call for hours. Story time with Deb Lendway, 10 a.m. Wednesdays.

MEALS Bristol senior luncheon. First Thursday, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol. Suggested donation $4. 453‑5276.

Free Community Lunch in Middlebury. Summer: Mondays‑Thursdays at the Charter House, 27 North Pleasant St. (just north of the Middlebury Inn). 11:30 a.m.‑12:15 p.m. Eat in or take out. Supported by area churches.

Free Community Supper in Middlebury. Fridays, 5‑6:15 p.m., Sept.‑May Congregational Church Fellowship Hall. Meals provided by over 35 different groups. Info: 388‑7634 or 388‑7613.

CVAA Senior Meals: Bridport: Grange Hall Community Room. Noon meal on Monday and Wednesday. Evening meals on second and fourth Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Reservations: Michelle Eastman at 1‑800‑642‑5119, ext. 1067.

Transportation by ACTR: 388‑1946.

Middlebury: Middlebury Rec Center, Creek Road. Noon meal on Tuesday. 800‑642‑5119, ext. 1070. Free trans‑ portation: ACTR, 388‑1946.

Middlebury: VFW, Exchange Street. Special noon meal on the first Friday of the month. 1‑800‑642‑5119, ext. 1070. Free transportation: ACTR, 388‑1946.

All‑you‑can‑eat breakfast buffet, 1st Sunday of every month 8‑10 a.m., adults $9/children $4.50. Fundraiser for Veterans’ programs. Pancakes with VT maple syrup, sausage with gravy and biscuits, corned beef hash, bacon, hash browns, eggs, toast, coffee and orange juice.

Vergennes: Vergennes Senior Center. Noon meal on Tuesday and Thursday. Michelle Eastman at 1‑800‑642‑5119, ext. 1067. Free transportation: ACTR, 388‑1946.

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Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH — The Vergennes Union High School Guidance Department is holding several events to assist juniors and seniors in their college applications. For assistance in filing the FAFSA, a representative from the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) will hold FAFSA Forms Night at VUHS on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The session is designed to assist parents in the process of completing and submitting the FAFSA and Vermont Grant Application online.

Parents and/or their students will do the “data entry” using their income, tax and asset information. Families will use their tax returns from 2017 to begin this process. Seats are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a seat, a parent must contact Anne Vincent in the School Counseling Office directly at 877-2567 ext. 8 or avincent@anwsd.org. In addition, a variety of information on scholarships is available at the Counseling Office and also at tinyurl.com/VUHS-FAFSA. Stop in the School Counseling Office with any questions.

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The “King Pede” card parties as held by the Ferrisburgh Grange are scheduled for the Saturdays of Jan. 5 and 19. All are invited to participate in these get-togethers at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center.

The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a unique game that involves “trick-taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch.

This is a game of fun and skill so come prepared to use your strategic thinking.

Bixby Library continues to hold several fun events over the winter months. The next children’s story hour will be on Thursday, Jan. 3, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Bixby story hours are designed for preschool age children and explore songs and stories. Over time, families get to know one another, and the children delight in making friends from many of the area towns. These sessions foster preschool literacy, which creates a foundation of curiosity and desire for reading. Also check out the Bixby Movie nights. On Friday, Jan. 4, the movie will be “The Spy Who

Dumped Me” and on Friday, Jan. 25, the film will be “Smallfoot.” For more information on all these events, visit bixbylibrary.org.

The Ferrisburgh skating rink is now open and will be available to Ferrisburgh residents as long as the weather cooperates. There are several stacked crates for the youngest beginner skaters. As always, stay off the ice when it is soft, and remove any equipment you use or bring with you (such as goals.) For updates on hours and ice conditions, follow the announcements in the Ferrisburgh Front Porch Forum, the Ferrisburgh skating rink Facebook page, or email to Martha Davis at marthand@gmavt.net.

NOTE: We are always interested in including a variety of Ferrisburghrelated news in this column, so if you have news that would be of interest, contact Sally Kerschner at smwkersch@comcast.net. You are able to access these columns and other information about Ferrisburgh news and events by viewing the Ferrisburgh Town Website at ferrisburghvt.org.

Festival on-the-Green seeks volunteers MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Festival on-the-Green celebrates its 41st anniversary season this coming July 7 through 13. The Festival, which is planned and hosted entirely by volunteers, is one of the premier summer arts events in Addison County and was

recently named a Vermont Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Summer Event for 2019.

Organizers need volunteers to help make this year’s Festival a great success. Join them for the Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Middlebury

Lincoln LINCOLN — The Burnham Music Series presents the Phil Henry Acoustic Trio on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 7:30-9:15 p.m. at Burnham Hall. Henry is that rare contemporary folk artist who will impress you from every direction. There’s his sweet and strong voice, that intricate

Union Middle School, 48 Deerfield Lane. Meet neighbors, co-workers and friends who are current Festival volunteers and let them know how you’d like to be involved.

For further information, call 802-462-3555, or just show up at the Annual Meeting.

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CARY AND JOYCE Marshall pose for a photo when they were a young married couple in March 1944. They will mark 75 years of marriage this Sunday.

Couple together three-quarters of a century

MIDDLEBURY — Joyce and Cary Marshall will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary this Sunday, Jan. 6.

They have lived in Middlebury for most of their married life, and have raised seven children, and lots of grandchildren and even great-grandchildren They still live in their own home,

and both just turned 95 in October.

Cary Marshall owned a hardware store where Fire and Ice Restaurant is now, “Marshall’s Hardware.”

He also ran “Marshall’s Locks and Alarm,” putting in fire alarms and working on locks all over the state.

Joyce Marshall worked with Cary in the store, and also worked in the superintendent’s office in

Middlebury. After she retired, she volunteered for several years, including at the WIC office.

Their daughter Jenne said they loved camping, and were members of the Good Sam Club.

Cards wishing the Marshalls well may be sent to them at 91 Seymour St., Middlebury, VT 05753.

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Plastic bag (Continued from Page 1A) as 350Vermont and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.

Local schools are also getting involved.

At Mary Hogan Elementary School, fifth-grade students led by teacher Nora O’Leary plan to write letters in support of the ordinance, Eaton said.

Middlebury artist Lisa Rader, who teaches graphic design at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center, has enlisted two of her students — junior Isabel Olson and her sister Fairley, who is a freshman — to design a poster in support of the campaign, and, if the bag-ban movement is successful, to develop a logo or illustration to adorn a reusable shopping tote that bag-ban organizers hope to distribute to local retailers to help them transition away from single-use bags.

“The project seemed a natural fit for the sisters, who have the design skills and also have a personal interest in this project because of its focus on preserving and protecting our natural environment,” Rader said. “The design is at the very beginning stages, but the tote will feature a catch phrase and a graphic.”

The sisters bring to their work a strong sense of community and support for the environment.

MAGGIE EATON SHOWS off the single-use plastic bags she saved “We feel that this movement is over the course of two years because she couldn’t avoid getting them. incredibly important to the health of Eaton joined an effort asking Middlebury to outlaw such bags. our environment in Middlebury, in Vermont, across the United States, have failed to get off the ground so put the question on this year’s and even on our entire planet,” they far, but regional efforts are gaining town meeting ballot. That number said in an email to the Independent. momentum. The cities of Boston went up last autumn, however, “The banning of single-use plastic and Montreal have both recently when increased interest in the 2018 bags is going to take an army, not outlawed various plastic bags, and midterm elections led to an increase a village, which is why we need as the Conservation Law Foundation in the town’s voter roll. Organizers much support as we can get from the is working to outlaw plastic grocery now have 330 signatures (though checkout bags throughout New they need to be vetted by the town residents of Middlebury.” clerk) and are confident they will Support is exactly what organizers England.

Support for the issue may have have more than enough signatures to are hoping to generate over the next six weeks, as at least five outreach increased in recent months after account for the uptick, they said.

Middlebury has not yet received a series of reports by National sessions are planned: the petition. The deadline to submit Geographic magazine illustrated the • Jan. 8, 7 p.m.: devastation caused by it is Jan. 17.

The public is invited to global plastic pollution. BAG RECYCLING attend an info session at “More than In the meantime, the Addison Ilsley Public Library.

80 percent of The cover of the County Solid Waste Management magazine’s June issue, 14, 4 • Jan. the people we “Planet or Plastic?,” District has announced that it p.m.: Organizers featured a mostly will accept certain plastic bags and supporters will approached plastic — including grocery and takeout make a presentation in Middlebury submerged shopping bag, “the tip bags, bread bags and Ziplocs — for to the Middlebury signed the of the iceberg,” and was recycling at its Middlebury transfer C o n s e r v a t i o n petition.” followed by in-depth station. They may not be mixed Commission.

— New Haven interactive presentations with other recycling materials, • Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m.: resident on the magazine’s however, and must be brought 350Vermont invites Maggie Eaton website. directly to the transfer station. county parents to a Elsewhere in For more information, including “Mother Up” meet-up dinner at the Middlebury Rec Addison County, students from the a full list of accepted items, visit Environmental Action Group at addisoncountyrecycles.org.

Center.

Eaton had been waiting for the • Jan. 23, 10 a.m.: The meeting Mount Abraham Union High School room of the Middlebury town contacted the town of Bristol on movement to ban plastic bags to take offices will play host to another info Dec. 6, asking for information about hold, she said.

When she and her husband pursuing a similar petition. session.

There is some question whether returned to Vermont to retire in • Feb. 12, 3 p.m.: Organizers will make their case at the Residence at such a question must be put before 2016 and discovered that, unlike voters. Last summer a group of their previous home in California, Otter Creek.

Bristol residents sued the Bristol Addison County did not recycle A GROWING MOVEMENT Depending on the timing, selectboard after it rejected a petition plastic bags, she contacted the solid Middlebury could become the asking for a townwide vote on an waste district. Over the next two second or third town in Vermont unrelated issue. That suit is still years, as she encouraged officials to make the transition, she started a to enact a ban on single-use plastic being litigated.

In Middlebury, however, “the collection. bags.

“For two years I collected every With overwhelming voter selectboard decided a few years support, Brattleboro enacted a ago that they would put petitioned single plastic bag I couldn’t avoid similar ordinance that went into questions on the ballot in an getting, and I stowed them away,” advisory capacity,” said Town Clerk she said. effect July 1, 2018.

Eaton was astonished by the In December the Wilmington Ann Webster. “To completely reject selectboard unanimously approved a petition has created more bad number of bags accumulated by just an ordinance outlawing single-use feeling and having the vote gives two adults and two dogs.

Of all the bags she collected, only plastic bags, which will take effect the selectboard an understanding July 1, 2019, unless a petition for a of where the voters stand on the a small boxful failed to qualify for recycling. As for the rest: vote to disapprove the ordinance is issue.”

“I’m taking the whole lot to the Webster pointed out that this was a signed by at least 5 percent of the town’s voters and delivered to the policy that could be changed by any transfer station after Christmas,” she said. town clerk by Jan. 31, according to current selectboard at any time.”

For more information about the McAninch, Miller and Eaton a recent report in the Bennington proposed ban, contact Amy McAninch in June knew they needed 251 Banner.

Attempts by the Vermont signatures — equal to 5 percent of at keepmiddleburybeautiful@gmail. legislature to address the issue the town’s registered voters — to com.

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Cornwall revises zoning rules

By JOHN FLOWERS CORNWALL — Cornwall town officials are trying to make it easier for development plans to be submitted and reviewed, and to enable applicants to better shape their building proposals to fit the topography and character of individual neighborhoods.

The Cornwall Planning Commission on Jan. 16 will hold a public hearing to get feedback on major revisions to the town’s 2008 zoning bylaw and subdivision regulations that reflect these aims.

Cornwall planners have been working on the revisions since 2017. The updates are intended to dovetail with the priorities set forth in Cornwall’s town plan and give developers, planners and citizens more clarity on the community’s priorities for “orderly community growth.”

The Planning Commission, according to its Chairwoman Holly Noordsy, worked diligently on public outreach to identify issues and concerns addressed in the revisions.

These efforts included holding a “community values mapping workshop” and two additional public meetings to gather input. The commission met multiple times with members of the local development review board, conservation commission and the former zoning board of adjustment. It also solicited feedback from Cornwall’s zoning administrator, town attorney and town clerk, and reviewed previous community surveys and planning studies to get a sense of how local residents want to see their community grow during the next decade.

Commission members gave residents regular updates on the zoning bylaw and subdivision regulation revisions through Cornwall’s town newsletter.

“To my knowledge there has been no controversy regarding the proposed revisions and I attribute that to both the inclusive nature of the project development and the remarkable experience of the team

involved with the update,” Noordsy said through a Jan. 2 email responding to the Independent’s questions.

Among the zoning and building provisions that the commission has flagged as the “more noteworthy,” the update: • Creates a unified bylaw with consistent processes, regulatory updates and updated definitions.

Noordsy called this the most significant of the proposed revisions.

“Having one document that delineates both the process and the standards for land use and development will, hopefully, make submitting and reviewing an application easier for both the applicant and the DRB and/or zoning administrator,” she said.

“The planning commission labored diligently to ensure the proposed draft clearly outlined the intent, standards, responsibilities, process and definitions in the proposed regulations.

“A unified document looks different, and is longer,” she added. “The commission dedicated substantial time to creating a singular, successful roadmap and remedy to the list of confusing, omitted or inconsistent issues and new legislative requirements.”

• Combines the Cornwall and West Cornwall village zoning districts into a single “Village Zoning District” that supports traditional uses and settlement pattern.

“In both villages, most of the undeveloped land remains in large tracts with few owners,” Noordsy explained. “The commission felt recognizing both villages would help advance the town plan goals of improving a sense of community identity and increasing opportunities for residents to gather and interact.” accessory • Encourages apartments, adaptive reuse and density bonuses to promote affordable housing.

• Clarifies the allowed uses of land in town and also spells out conditional uses.

• Established new “overlay districts” to allow for consistent development regulations and to better protect key natural resources.

These newly designated districts include the Special Features Overlay and Wellhead Protection Overlay, and replacement of the former Conservation District with a Flood Hazard Overlay District.

• Maintains the rural character of town by revising “major subdivision” standards in a way that allows greater flexibility for development to fit the topography and character of surrounding land.

The commission will meet following the Jan. 16 public hearing to discuss the feedback. If there are no substantive changes, the commission will vote to forward the proposed bylaw to the selectboard for its review. If the commission instead determines that big changes to the document are needed, it will then make the changes and warn a second public hearing.

Once the revisions are forwarded to the selectboard, that panel is required to hold its own hearing as part of the approval process.

Noordsy if optimistic the revisions will garner widespread support.

“This update benefited from a team with extensive experience and knowledge of Cornwall’s planning and development bylaws and history,” she noted. “Recent additions to the (planning commission) have brought notable dedication and a diverse set of experience, skills and perspectives to offer significant improvements to the draft document.”

A consultant from Middleburybased LandWorks helped the commission with the revisions, as did officials from the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Vermont League of Cities and Towns.

Cornwall received a Municipal Planning Grant from the Department of Housing and Community Development to work on the document.

new homes — six single-family dwellings and two multi-family abodes. Three of the remaining lots would be designated as undeveloped “common areas,” and the balance would be conserved, according to Bonner.

The “common lots” would be used by all neighboring residents and the cost of their maintenance would be shared, according to the applicants.

An association would be formed to handle shared maintenance, utilities, insurance costs and “all other normal association functions related to procedural and financial governance,” the application states.

Approximately 123 of the 166 acres would be conserved through the Vermont Land Trust.

“The plan has been designed in such a way as to have an extremely minimal impact on the surrounding neighborhood, ecology and existing character of the land,” the application reads. “The plan will maintain the scenic views in the vicinity and will leave all existing farm outbuildings and large/oldgrowth trees intact.

“Approximately 90 percent of the total acreage of the Bingham property will be left in its present natural state,” the application adds.

Proposed homes would be served by wells and would share a wastewater disposal system — with the exception of one lot that

would need its own mound system, according to the applicants.

The development would be served by a looping road that would use an existing curb cut and driveway on North Bingham Street.

All utilities would be undergrounded.

Bingham Memorial Elementary School Principal Jen Kravitz has told the applicants the new homes would not burden the school and Cornwall Fire Chief Dennis Rheaume has determined the subdivision layout will not inhibit fire protection.

Neighbors will get their chance to weigh in on the plan at the Jan. 10 DRB hearing, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Cornwall Town Hall.

Bonner anticipates a multi-month permitting process, and there are still some details to sort out. He didn’t specify prices for the homes, but said they’ll be less expensive than the current $850,000-and-up asking price for homes currently listed in Cornwall.

“It remains to be seen whether we’ll build some of these homes ourselves, or simply make the improved lots available, or a combination,” he said. “Either way, we’ve already had interest expressed by several families with younger children who are interested in raising their kids in Cornwall. We certainly are considering pre-selling some of the homes or home sites.”

Cornwall (Continued from Page 1A) who voiced concern about the scale of the proposed subdivision and the potential traffic the new homes could generate. Many of those neighbors signed a petition last August urging the town selectboard to initiate a traffic study as a precursor to a possible speed limit reduction on Route 74, from West Street to Clark Road.

Beaver Brook Properties commissioned a traffic study by Green Mountain Engineering that concluded the new, 10-unit hamlet would increase average daily traffic by 4.1 percent at the intersection of Route 74 and North Bingham Street.

That would equate to seven new trips generated in the peak morning hour and eight during the peak afternoon/evening hour, according to the consultant.

Bonner believes the plan is sound.

“We intended from the beginning for additional new homes in West Cornwall to look as though they belonged, and had always been there,” he said. “It became clear, over many discussions that included neighbor input, that the best way to do that was to reduce the number of units, and for the space among and between them to match the existing settlement pattern on North and South Bingham (Streets).”

According to the Beaver Brook plan, eight of the 14 lots would host

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OLIVIA’S CROUTONS USES this main kitchen in the 47,000-square-foot former Tucel building off Route 73 in Brandon for baking the bread and toasting the croutons in its namesake product.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

Olivia’s (Continued from Page 1A) helpful in many other ways. Plus, the Caccavos have long lived in the New Haven area, and they are committed to being here and making it work. As for distribution, Olivia’s has deals with distributors in Texas and California to help reach those parts of the country.

In the Brandon location, Caccavo wanted a space that would give her company future options to grow, at a price it could afford. The goal, she said, is simple: “Just make a lot more croutons.�

With the new Brandon facility, Caccavo says she has been able to bring research and development on new products and recipes under one roof, and she also works with other companies to help them create food products if it is a good match with what Olivia’s does. They produce some croutons for other private

labels and are currently considering working with a company that does food products with seeds. “We’ve had things that we’ve had to say no to, because it just wasn’t right for us,� Caccavo said.

Cookies, is one example of a partnership she has turned down, but other foods that require large kitchens with roasters, drying and packaging could find a good match at Olivia’s Brandon facility. “What we’ve found is that there aren’t that many of us making croutons around the country,�

Caccavo explained. “There are a couple really big companies, and a bunch of small, boutique operations making croutons in their kitchens, but there aren’t many operations in that mid-level niche� with all the permitting and requirements needed for a spotless kitchen facility. “That’s created an opening for

FRANCIE CACCAVO, FOUNDER of Olivia’s Croutons, shows off one of the large kettles her company uses for mixing the almost 2,000 pounds of dough it makes daily.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

us,� she said, adding it’s “partly how we hope to expand the business.�

MAKING A CROUTON Olivia’s employs about 15 area residents who work 8-hour-shifts except during stuffing season, which is a very busy time for them, when the employees work about 12 hours a day. They have a separate kitchen for the gluten-free products.

The dough is made from all-natural ingredients right there in the kitchen before it is baked, cut, seasoned and baked again to make a crouton. A final product will lose 30 percent of its original weight between the bread and crouton stage. It is seasoned by hand in a giant mixer. Soon some of the seasoning and baking will become automated.

Caccavo says they will soon open a new production line that will take her products continuously from the bread stage to the finished package without ever coming off the line.

They have had the equipment ready to go for several months, but making stuffing for Thanksgiving is always such a busy time for them that they had to delay installation.

In the year since Caccavo moved Olivia’s into the old Tucel building, Brandon Economic Development Officer Bill Moore, who helped bring Olivia’s to town, says that Caccavo and Olivia’s are great community neighbors. “They are a fantastic success story,� Moore said.

Caccavo took an old, existing building and fixed it up using the town’s revolving loans and tax stabilization plan, Moore said. That plan holds the municipal tax rate steady for a period of years depending on the amount of renovations done, Moore explained. He said Olivia’s is the kind of company every town wants to have. “They are engaged, involved community members,�

Moore said. “They pay their taxes, make wonderful donations to charitable causes around town, and put the Brandon brand out there with their nationwide crouton sales. You couldn’t ask for a better business to have in town.�

Besides, he said, instead of worrying about a business putting pollutants in the air, it “smells delicious� when you drive by.

(Continued from Page 1A) and other assistance for the county’s most impoverished citizens.

HOPE also owns and operates the Community Services Building at 282 Boardman St., which hosts several other not-for-profit tenants. They include Vermont Adult Learning, Addison County Court Diversion & Community Justice Projects Inc., Easterseals Vermont, and the Middlebury Community Players.

The Community Services Building is fully occupied for the first time in several years, according to Montross, who wants to reward the tenants — and their clients — with improved offices and meeting areas that will provide more space and privacy.

Approximately 4,100 of the building’s total 20,608 square feet will be under construction, according to Montross. Another 2,500 square feet — largely on the second floor — will be affected by heating and ventilation system upgrades, she added.

Court Diversion, HOPE and Vermont Adult Learning will be the organizations most affected by the construction, according to Montross. “We basically have to vacate the entire west side of the building, both upstairs and down,� Montross explained. “Everybody is being very cooperative and cheerful about it, which is very helpful.�

The interior improvements will largely involve putting underused space within the building into circulation for tenants and clients.

Construction will, among other things, create: • More food shelf space for storage, shelving, refrigeration and work areas, allowing HOPE to manage inventory in a more accessible and cost-effective manner. • A dedicated food shelf waiting area to reduce crowding and stress at the reception area. • Improved, safer access for bulk deliveries to warehouse receiving areas. • A walk-in shower room where homeless people can bathe in privacy. • An extension of the HOPE headquarters further into what is now a large lobby area at the building’s front entrance. That front entrance will also be widened, according to Montross. • A double-doors, a sink with work area, and overhead door in the

EILEEN AND DAVID Bearor, longtime volunteers at Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE), box up inventory from the nonprofit organization’s Holiday Shop. Next week HOPE will move its offices into the Holiday Shop space for around three months while extensive renovations are done to its Community Services Building at 282 Boardman St. in Middlebury.

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warehouse. • More storage space for the HOPE Holiday Shop. “We want a more dignified and organized delivery of client services,â€? Montross said.

The project will produce some short-term pain before the long-term gains, she added.

Crews from Silver Maple Construction started mobilizing at the building this week. Tenants whose space will be affected by the work will temporarily stow their office furniture into two storage units placed outside.

Building tenants will have to wedge into smaller spaces during construction. “During this time we are going to keep all of our services going, except that the showers will not be accessible, because bathrooms will be torn apart,� Montross said.

HOPE’s offices will temporarily move into a front conference room — where the Holiday Shop operates in the late fall/early winter.

While the current food shelf space won’t be torn up during the project, that area won’t be accessible due to demolition. So the food shelf will temporarily move into a smaller conference room next to where the one where the Holiday Shop operates. “There may be a little less variety in there,� Montross said. “We won’t be able to have the entire (food) inventory in there, but we’ll have a complete selection.�

Court Diversion and Vermont Adult Learning workers will still have use of a “couple of their offices,� according to Montross. Vermont Adult Learning will have to vacate

its larger classrooms in the west wing of the building, and consolidate that function in its administrative offices down the hall, Montross said.

Private meetings with clients will take place in a small portion of the Middlebury Community Players space.

Montross stressed although HOPE’s resale shop will remain open for the duration, it won’t be accepting any merchandise donations for two weeks once construction starts on Jan. 10.

Montross will ask HOPE volunteers to greet clients as they enter the building and explain where they need to access services during construction. “There are going to be different ways people are going to have to access the building during different phases (of construction),� Montross said. “We are asking people to be patient, go slow, be safe. �

Workers have already completed exterior work that was part of the project. That included a new loading dock equipped with a canopy, and construction of a shelter for a relocated Addison County Transit Resources bus stop In all, more than 200 individuals, foundations and businesses have given to the “Building HOPE� campaign, ranging from a few dollars to a $250,000 challenge grant through the Hoehl Family Foundation. The Magic Vermont, Windham and Hannaford Charitable foundations also contributed to the effort, Montross said. “It will be interesting around here for a little while,� she added.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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MOUNT ABE SENIOR Sam Rathbun works a tricky move on Otter Valley sophomore Parker Swain in a match at the Otter Valley Tournament on Saturday. Rathbun won the match and claimed third place at 145 pounds.

Photo by Kira Murray

Wrestlers compete at multiple tourneys

Tigers, Otters host; Eagles fare best

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — Wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Middlebury and Vergennes union high schools made podium appearances at tournaments held on Dec. 28 and 29 at MUHS, Dec. 29 at OV, and on Dec. 27 and 28 in Lowell, Mass.

Eagle wrestlers enjoyed the most success. Senior Kevin Pearsall at

220 pounds and sophomore Nate Lavoie at 152 earned first-place finishes at Saturday’s OV Invitational, and the Eagles were second behind Northern Adirondack (N.Y.) for the team title. Pearsall, back in action after an early-season injury, was voted the tournament’s outstanding wrestler.

Meanwhile, Mount Abe seniors (See Wrestling, Page 2B)

EAGLE SENIOR KEVIN Pearsall pins his opponent on his way to winning the 220-pound weight class at the Otter Valley Invitational on Saturday. Pearsall was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

Independent photo/Russell Jones

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School freshman Tucker Kennett tightens up a headlock on 138-pound opponent Evan Power of Winnisquam, N.H., at the Hubie Wagner Invitational tournament in Middlebury on Friday. Kennett pinned Power and went 1-4 in the tournament.

Independent photo/Steve James

GABE PAYNE-VINICK, a 195-pound sophomore from Vergennes Union High School, puts all his weight on Ryan Nichols of Bow (N.H.) High School in the Hubie Wagner Invitational on Friday. Payne-Vinick pinned Nichols and another opponent, but did not place.

Independent photo/Steve James

ScoreBOARD High school hoop teams post wins HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/2 Essex at MUHS................................Late Boys’ Hockey 1/2 MUHS at Rice...................................Late Girls’ Basketball 1/2 Harwood at VUHS............................Late 1/2 Mt. Abe at South Burlington..............Late 1/2 Mt. Mansfield at MUHS.....................Late 1/2 Mill River at OV.................................Late Boys’ Basketball 1/2 OV at Mt. Abe...................................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 12/30 Swarthmore vs. Midd..................82-80 1/1 Midd. vs. SUNY Canton................100-66 Women’s Basketball 12/31 Midd. vs. Mt. St. Mary’s..............64-44 Men’s Hockey 12/30 Hobart vs. Midd..............................3-0

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/5 MUHS at Colch/BHS................. 5:50 PM 1/9 MUHS at S. Burlington.............. 6:30 PM Boys’ Hockey 1/5 MUHS at Rutland............................ 7 PM 1/12 S. Burlington at MUHS................. 7 PM Girls’ Basketball 1/4 Springfield at OV............................ 7 PM 1/4 Mt. Abe at MUHS............................ 7 PM 1/5 Mt. Mansfield at VUHS.............. 2:30 PM 1/8 MUHS at VUHS.............................. 7 PM 1/8 Mt. Abe at Colchester..................... 7 PM 1/8 Woodstock at OV............................ 7 PM 1/11 Burr & Burton at MUHS................ 7 PM 1/11 OV at Mt. Anthony......................... 7 PM 1/11 VUHS at Mt. Abe........................... 7 PM Boys’ Basketball 1/4 VUHS at Fairfax......................... 7:30 PM 1/5 Colchester at MUHS....................... 7 PM 1/5 OV at Brattleboro....................... 2:30 PM 1/7 Winooski at Mt. Abe........................ 7 PM 1/9 MUHS at Fair Haven...................... 7 PM 1/9 Mill River at VUHS.......................... 7 PM 1/9 OV at Burr & Burton........................ 7 PM 1/12 Mt. Abe at OV.......................... 2:30 PM

(See Schedule, Page 3B)

Eagle girls coast; VUHS claims first

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school girls’ basketball action last week Mount Abraham cruised to a victory and Vergennes won its first, but Middlebury and Otter Valley came up short.

EAGLES On Saturday Mount Abe avenged a close loss at U-32 earlier last month by topping visiting U-32, 48-22. The Eagles bolted to a 27-13 halftime lead and cruised home. Jalen Cook filled up the stat sheet for the Eagles with 19 points, nine assists and six steals, Cora Funke recorded 10 points and six rebounds, and Chloe Johnston scored 10.

Mikayla Farnum scored 10 for the 2-3 Raiders.

The 3-2 Eagles will play at South Burlington on Wednesday before visiting MUHS on Friday at 7 p.m.

COMMODORES VUHS on Saturday cruised past host Montpelier, 54-36. The Commodores erased any doubt about

the outcome by outscoring the Solons by 15-4 in the third quarter. Kate Gosliga (10 points) Morgan Lynk (nine points) and Felicia Poirier (eight points and 10 rebounds) led a balanced VUHS attack.

VUHS (1-2) was set to host Harwood on Wednesday and will entertain Mount Mansfield on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

TIGERS On Dec. 27 visiting Mill River outlasted the Tigers, 34-28. Ivy Doran led MUHS with seven points and eight rebounds.

On Saturday host Milton ran past MUHS, 43-19, as Cassidy Button poured in 22 points.

The 0-5 Tigers were set to host Mount Mansfield on Wednesday before the Eagles visit on Friday.

OTTERS On Dec. 28 host West Rutland defeated OV for the second time this winter, this time by 44-34.

(See Girls’, Page 3B)

Commodore, Tiger, Otter boys prevail

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school boys’ basketball games last week Vergennes snapped a two-game skid, Middlebury and Otter Valley each split two games, and Mount Abraham dropped a road contest.

OV was also set to visit Mount Abe on Wednesday after the deadline for this issue.

COMMODORES On Dec. 27 the Commodores evened their record at 2-2 by holding off visiting Harwood, 54-49. Kevin Jackson sparked VUHS with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Luke Bergmans tied for game honors with 17 points. Will LaPointe led the Highlanders with 17 points.

The Commodores visit Fairfax on Friday.

EAGLES On Dec. 27 host Randolph rallied for a 63-51 victory over the Eagles.

Mount Abe led by a point entering the fourth quarter, but the Ghosts

surged to a 21-8 advantage in the final eight minutes. Liam Kelliher scored a game-high 22 points for Mount Abe, and Shain Sargent netted 16. Logan Wright tossed in 19 points to lead the Ghosts.

The Eagles host Winooski on Monday at 7 p.m.

TIGERS On Dec. 27 the Tigers earned a dramatic 62-57 overtime victory at Colchester. The Tigers trailed by nine in the second half, but a late Spencer Cadoret three-pointer sent the contest to overtime, where MUHS earned its fourth straight victory to open the season. Parker Beatty (21 points, 14 rebounds), Tyler Buxton (15 points, nine rebounds), Cadoret (12 points) and Zach Dunn (six assists) led the Tiger offense.

On Saturday host South Burlington dealt the 4-1 Tigers their first setback, 72-61. Buxton led MUHS with 21 points and five (See Boys’, Page 3B)

Middlebury women improve to record 10-0 KEENE, N.H. — The Middlebury College women’s basketball team won a pair of recent games to move to 10-0, a record that breaks the mark set by the 2001-2002 team for the best start in program history.

This coming weekend the Panthers will be on the road at Connecticut and Wesleyan as their NESCAC schedule begins.

The Panthers tied the record by defeating visiting Keene State on Saturday, 55-40. Middlebury went on a 20-1 run spanning 13:49 of the first and second quarters to take charge vs. the 2-9 Owls.

The Panthers closed the first the Owls came the rest of the way quarter on a 10-1 run capped with was the 14 points. an Emily Wander three-pointer Davis led the Panthers to take a 10-6 lead. with 18 points to Middlebury then got six go along with eight points from Betsy Knox rebounds, while Knox in a 10-0 run that opened recorded 16 points the second quarter and and a career-high 11 pushed the score to 20-6. BASKETBALL rebounds.

Wander The Owls trailed by scored six points, 24-15 at the break and moved to while Lily Kuntz pulled down eight within 27-19 at 4:51 of the third boards. Middlebury, the NCAA period. The Panthers then snapped Division III leader in rebounding out of an offensive drought with a margin, held a 46-30 edge on the decisive 14-3 run in which Maya boards. Tamra Gonyea led paced the Davis scored six points. The closest Owls with 16 points.

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On Monday the Panthers established the new record by defeating host Mt. St. Mary (in Newburgh, N.Y.), 64-44. Mt. St. Mary fell to 8-3 and saw a sevengame winning streak snapped.

The Panthers took a 13-4 lead as Kira Waldman and Catherine Harrison combined for nine early points, and a three late in the first quarter gave Middlebury a 21-9 lead after one. An Alex Huffman three in the second quarter pushed the lead to 20 at 32-12, and the Panthers led at the break, 37-21.

(See Panthers, Page 3B)

Middlebury men skate to split at tourney

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team split a pair of games this past weekend at the Panthers’ Middlebury Holiday Classic. At 5-4-1 Middlebury has exceeded the number of victories from this past winter. The Panthers will play road games at NESCAC rivals Wesleyan and Connecticut this coming weekend.

On this past Sunday Hobart, then ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division III, blanked the Panthers in the tournament’s title game, 3-0. Hobart (9-4) took charge with two goals in the opening period and outshot Middlebury, 31-15.

Lawson MacDougall’s power-play wrist shot gave Hobart the lead at 6:21 of the first period. Five minutes later Will Harrison converted a centering feed in transition from Dean Sliney to make it 2-0.

Middlebury had a chance to cut into the Statesmen lead in the second period on a fiveminute power play. The best Panther bid came on a Conor Breen shot from the left point through traffic that Hobart goalie Alexander Connal (15 saves) kicked aside.

Hobart made it 3-0 at 8:04 of the third on a Mike (See Hockey, Page 2B)

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, January 3, 2019

LATE LAST WEEK at a tough tournament in Lowell, Mass., Mount Abe 138-pounder Gary Conant celebrates his 100th career victory, along with his coaches and fellow Eagle senior Roman Murray.

Photo courtesy of Mount Abe wrestling

MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School 220-pounder Kevin Pearsall pins another opponent on his way to winning his weight class at the Otter Valley Invitational on Saturday.

Independent photo/Russell Jones

Wrestling (Continued from Page 1B) Roman Mayer and Gary Conant competed in the tough Lowell tournament. Mayer finished third at 126 pounds and between that meet and recent dual-meet action at Mount Abe now has 160 career victories, breaking the school record set by Ben Murray (154) a year ago. Mayer is now 23-1 this season and 160-25

VUHS SENIOR BRANDON Tierney moves in on Bow (N.H.) High School’s Will Zachistal in a heavyweight match at the Hubie Wagner Invitational in Middlebury.

Independent photo/Steve James

for his career.

Conant did not place at 138 pounds in Lowell, but earned his coveted 100th career victory at the event.

Also reaching the podium for the Eagles at OV were junior Parker Gero, second at 132; senior Sam Rathbun, third at 145; junior John Bent, second at 152, freshman Hunter Gorton, second at 160; and junior Matt Cleaves, third at 285.

The Otters also fared well at their own tournament, placing fourth behind Warrensburg (N.Y.), in third.

Winning titles for OV were sophomore David Williams at 138 and senior Josh Beayon at 182.

Also reaching the podium for the Otters were freshman, Austin Cormany, second at 113; sophomore Parker Swain, fourth at 145; and junior Jake Jones, fourth at 220.

Middlebury’s annual Hubie Wagner Invitational probably featured tougher competition than OV’s tournament, but not rising to the level offered by Lowell. Three teams from New Hampshire joined Granville, N.Y., at the event, and all four finished in the top six of the 11 teams attending.

Bow, N.H., edged Granville for the title, 203.5-201, with Vermont teams Champlain Valley (137) and Essex

MIDDLEBURY’S JUSTIN JACKSON tries to wriggle away from Granville, N.Y., 132-pounder Carlos Medrano Garcia, who won the first round match at the Hubie Wagner Invitational tournament at MUHS on Friday.

Photo by Kira Murray

The Tigers fielded three of their four wrestlers and finished 11th.

Senior Justin Jackson took third at 132 pounds.

The complete individual results for locals the MUHS tournament were: • At 132 Jackson went 4-2. He defeated Newport’s Jordan Warburton, 7-6, in the third-place match.

Commodore sophomore Jeremiah Moulton went 1-3, winning by pin.

• At 138 Commodore sophomore Jack Chaput went 2-3, winning once by pin.

Tiger freshman Tucker Kennett went 1-4, winning by pin.

• At 145 Botala compiled a 3-3 record, winning three times by pin.

Tiger freshman Calvin Kennett went 1-2, winning by pin.

• At 160 Commodore senior Kael Dopson went 0-6.

• At 195 Commodore sophomore Gabe Payne-Vinick went 2-3, with both wins by pin.

• At 285 Commodore senior Brandon Tierney went 0-2.

Next for both the Eagles and Commodores is a tournament this weekend in Peru, N.Y., while the Otters will this Saturday head to a tournament at Mount Anthony. The Tigers are scheduled to host CVU, Harwood, Randolph, Lake Region and Milton on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

on-three advantage.

Middlebury nearly scored when Mitchell Allen’s shot leaked through Connal, but defenseman Tanner Shaw swept the puck away just before it crossed the goal line.

Adam Wisco made 28 saves for the Panthers.

On Saturday the Panthers edged Johnson & Wales, 3-2, on a tiebreaking Owen Powers’ goal with 2:45 left in the third period.

Middlebury took the lead at 14:58 of the first, when Michael Fahie buried a long rebound off the end boards. Two minutes later Wisco (28 saves) denied a breakaway by Wildcat Conor Cassidy.

The Wildcats tied the score 1:23 into the second period, when Bryan Colburn slid in a rebound. A Matt Danner breakaway goal at 13:04 restored Middlebury’s lead. The play started when Conor Breen blocked a shot and flipped a long pass ahead to Danner.

Johnson & Wales tied the game with a shorthanded goal 1:51 into the third period. Stephen Rocchio picked the puck up in his own zone and raced up the left side, cut to goal and stuffed a short shot home.

Midway through the period Wisco made a huge stop on Jake Glod midway after the Panthers turned over the puck just inside their own blue line.

Powers’ game-winner came on a rebound of Brendan Dawson’s shot from the left point. Wildcat goalie Mike Rockwell stopped 36 shots for his 3-9-2 team, which lost the consolation game to the University of New England.

Hobart’s Julien Deincourt was named the tournament’s MVP, and Panthers Fahie and Kamil Tkaczuk made the all-tournament team.

Independent photo/Steve James

(88.5) slotting in ahead of Newport, N.H. (79) and Winnisquam, N.H. (70).

VUHS, which due to injuries saw just six wrestlers compete, finished ninth (38) with sophomore Zach Botala’s fourth-place finish at 145 pounds the highlight. Coach Eugene Stearns said his team continued its learning curve.

MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School junior Parker Gero keeps his arms around a Spaulding wrestler at the Otter Valley Tournament Saturday. Gero earned second place at 132 pounds.

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(Continued from Page 1B) Faulkner strike from the slot. The Panthers had another five-minute power play, during which Hobart was whistled for a minor penalty to give the hosts a two-minute five-

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Maine driver nabbed for DUI on Xmas eve

Men’s basketball splits two contests

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury for driving with a suspended license, police cited Lauren Jellison, 36, of following a traffic stop on Water Street Camden, Maine, for driving under on Dec. 26. the influence, following a report of a • Received a report that someone person driving erratically had forged three U.S. in the Court Street area Treasury checks and on Dec. 24. withdrew the money Police said they got from an account after Police Log Jellison to pull over having deposited the in the Middlebury Inn checks at a local bank parking lot. Police said they measured on Dec. 26. The matter remains under Jellison’s blood-alcohol content at investigation.

0.271 percent — more than three times • Investigated a report of someone the 0.08 legal limit for driving in the forcing their way into a Seminary state of Vermont.

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In other action, Middlebury police: Police said it’s unclear whether • Received a report that a man anything was stolen from the home. had stolen a pair of pants from Wild • Assisted Vermont State Police Mountain Thyme on Main Street on in checking the North Pleasant Street Dec. 24. Police continue to investigate home of a person whose vehicle had the case. been abandoned in Salisbury on Dec. • Helped a local woman obtain a 26. Police said they found no one at the temporary restraining order on Dec. home.

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The eight points, nine rebounds, three Middlebury College men’s bas- assists and three blocked shots. ketball team split two recent nonO’Dell paced Swarthmore with league games and its record stands 25 points to go along with six at 9-3 with its NESCAC schedule rebounds, while Wiley added 17 set to begin this weekend. The points, nine rebounds and a six Panthers will host Connecticut at assists.

7 p.m. Friday and Wesleyan at 3 On Tuesday six Panthers hit for p.m. Saturday. double figures and Middlebury On this past Sunday host never trailed in a 100-66 victory Swarthmore (8-2) rallied in the last over visiting SUNY Canton (6-7). few minutes to edge the Panthers, The Kangaroos hung with 82-80. Middlebury had come back the Panthers for the first seven from a 43-33 second-half deficit minutes, after which they trailed to lead by 71-62 with 4:40 to go. by 16-13. But the Panthers’ ball With the score tied at 57-57 Jack movement, transition attack and Farrell sparked a 14-5 defense took its toll over run with nine points, the next nine minutes, and Matt Folger capped Matt Folger during which with it with a three-pointer scored 20 defensive help from the for the nine-point lead. points and bench they outscored But then Swarth- added Canton by 26-9 to take more hit consecutive career-high a 42-23 lead on a Folger three-pointers to make and a Farrell threemarks of 16 dunk it 71-68 at 3:23. The point play, both on the Panther stretched their rebounds break. The lead grew to lead back to five twice. and six 57-27 at the break when But when Swarthmore’s assists.

Folger nailed a three Zac O’Dell hit a layup from the top of the key as he was fouled at 1:38 in the final seconds. it cut the score to 80-77. O’Dell The Panthers led by as many missed the free throw and the as 37 (84-47) in the second half Panthers rebounded, but O’Dell before settling for the 34-point immediately stole the ball and laid win. Middlebury dished out a it in to make it 80-79. season-best 30 assists on 39 The Panthers missed two shots baskets and earned advantages of and turned the ball over once 53-38 on the boards and 28-4 in down the stretch, and a Cam fast-break points.

Wiley floater made it 81-80, Folger scored 20 points and Swarthmore, with 12 seconds left. added career-high marks of 16 The Panthers missed a contested rebounds and six assists. Farrell three-pointer with two seconds posted 16 points, six boards left, and Swarthmore added a free and four assists, while Eric throw with a second to go.

McCord tallied 12 points and 10 Farrell led three Panthers in rebounds. Hilal Dahleh chipped double figures with 24 points, in 12 points, Bosco added 11 and including 21 in the second half. six assists, and Griffin Kornaker Folger posted 14 points and 10 scored 10 points and set up six rebounds, while Max Bosco had baskets.

12 points off the bench. Eric McRobert Holliday Jr. paced the Cord pulled down 10 boards for visitors with 16 points and six Middlebury, while Alex Sobel had rebounds.

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in the final minute, and four Aidan Botti free throws sealed the win for Mill River. Grabowski (14 points) and Botti (13) led the 3-1 Minutemen in scoring. Dylan Mackie (19) and Tyler Rowe (12) paced the Otters.

On Saturday the Otters got past winless host Hartford, 38-28, in a defensive struggle. Mackie tossed in 18 to pace OV, and Delshon Norwood’s defense on Hartford’s ballhandlers was pivotal as the Otters improved to 4-2. Shea Bean scored 20 for Hartford.

The Otters will visit Brattleboro on Saturday.

Westside. Bernhardt led OV with eight, and Kingsley and Alice Keith scored six apiece.

Mill River was set to visit OV (2-3) on Wednesday, and Springfield will visit the Otters at 7 p.m. on Friday.

scored a dozen with eight rebounds, while Waldman netted 10 points.

Colleen Caveney scored seven and added a career-high eight assists.

Alyna Bahorozian chipped in with nine points off the bench, and Knox added seven.

Annie Keenan and Morina Bojka each scored 11 for Mt. St. Mary.

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B) Wrestling 1/8 CVU et al at MUHS......................... 6 PM Gymnastics 1/3 Randolph at MUHS......................... 6 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/4 Midd. at Wesleyan.......................... 7 PM 1/5 Midd. at Trinity................................ 4 PM 1/11 Midd. at Plattsburgh...................... 7 PM Women’s Hockey 1/4 Amherst at Midd.............................. 7 PM 1/5 Amherst at Midd.............................. 3 PM 1/8 Midd. at Potsdam....................... 4:30 PM 1/11 Endicott at Midd............................ 4 PM 1/12 Mass-Boston at Midd.................... 3 PM Women’s Basketball 1/4 Midd. at Conn................................. 7 PM 1/5 Midd. at Wesleyan.......................... 3 PM 1/8 Midd. at Westfield State............. 5:30 PM 1/11 Bates at Midd................................ 7 PM 1/12 Tufts at Midd................................. 3 PM Men’s Basketball 1/4 Conn. at Midd................................. 7 PM 1/5 Wesleyan at Midd........................... 3 PM

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• On Dec. 28 at around 3 a.m.

34, of Cornwall, was westbound on Route 125 and failed to negotiate a responded to a single-vehicle crash on right-hand curve; the vehicle left the Route 22A, south of Cook Road near roadway, struck a culvert and rolled Sanford Brook in Orwell.

Troopers said their preliminary once. The vehicle was a total loss as a investigation result of the collision. showed that Yvon While speaking On Friday night, Dec. 21, LeDuc, 59, of with Cooperrider, the Sheriff’s Departments Salisbury was troopers said they of Addison and Rutland driving a tractordetected signs of counties conducted a trailer hauling a impairment, so saturation patrol on Route 7 fully loaded tanker they screened him from New Haven to South of milk southbound and subsequently Wallingford. They also sent on Route 22A when cited Cooperrider sheriff’s deputies to patrol he drove off the road for driving under in Mendon and Proctor. to avoid a head on the influence, first During this enforcement collision with an offense. He is due the following actions took oncoming vehicle to answer the charge place: in the wrong lane. in Addison Superior • 131 motor vehicle After leaving the Court, criminal stops. western side of division, on Jan. 14.

• 2 DUI arrests. the road, the milk • On Dec. 26 • 1 citation for driving truck rolled over. at approximately under criminal suspension.

LeDuc was taken to 4:45 p.m. stopped • 31 speeding violations.

Porter Hospital for a motor vehicle • 4 other violations. treatment of minor on Silver Street in Police reminded people injuries. The truck Monkton and cited not to drink alcohol and was judged to be a Reid Garrow, 32, drive; designate a sober total loss. of Essex for driving driver or use public A check with the with a criminally transportation.

DMV indicated suspended license LeDuc’s commercial and for violation of driver’s license was under suspension, conditions of release by driving.

• On Dec. 27 at a few minutes after state police report. Charges are 10 a.m. were informed that a man pending.

Vermont State Police were assisted with a suspended license had driven to the Jiffy Mart Gas Station in New by the Orwell Fire Department and Haven. Troopers ended up citing Todd Middlebury Regional EMS. • On Dec. 28 at just before 11 Brigham, 28, of Whiting for driving with a criminally suspended license p.m. saw a blue Volkswagen Passat and for violation of his conditions of travelling north on Route 7 in New Haven with a defective headlight, release by operating a motor vehicle.

• On Dec. 27 at 7:30 a.m. stopped and stopped the vehicle. Police cited a motor vehicle on Route 7 in New Joshua Thibault, 40, of St. Albans for Haven and cited Ornan Mclean, driving with a criminally suspended 51, of Vergennes for driving with a license.

City police coordinate county-wide traffic-control effort

Panthers (Continued from Page 1B) Middlebury stretched the advantage to 49-28 before coasting home. Middlebury outrebounded the Knights, 53-25; outscored them in the paint, 24-14; and racked up 21 second-chance points.

Davis led Middlebury with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Harrison

ADDISON COUNTY — At about protection order.

• On Dec. 21 at quarter to 11 p.m. a half hour passed midnight on Dec. 26, Vermont state Police and the saw a vehicle northbound on Route 7, Salisbury Fire Department responded and a check with the DMV showed to a report of car on fire on Route 7 that the registered owner did not have near Lotsawater Road in Salisbury. a valid driver’s license. Police stopped the vehicle in Waltham The vehicle, a 1998 and cited Jamie Volvo XC70, was Jennings, 41, of Moriah, abandoned and fully N.Y., for driving with a engulfed in flames upon Police Log criminally suspended the arrival of firefighters license. and state police.

• On Dec. 22 at approximately Through investigation, state police determined that Ashleigh Hickey, 9:33 a.m. stopped vehicle on Route 17 26, of Ripton was the operator of the near Sawyer Road in New Haven for vehicle when it caught fire. Troopers an equipment violation. Police cited allege that Hickey abandoned the Austin Wimett-Lafayette, 22, of New vehicle and did not report it to Haven for driving under the influence.

• On Dec. 22 at a little before 4 emergency services.

A check with the Vermont DMV p.m. stopped a motor vehicle for an indicated Hickey’s privilege to equipment violation on Route 7 near operate a motor vehicle in the state Dog Team Road in New Haven. of Vermont was under criminal Police cited Bobbijo Staples, 22, of suspension. Charges are pending Danby for driving with a criminally suspended license and issued her further investigation.

In other recent activity, Vermont tickets for “Misuse of plates,” “Prohibitions” and “Failure to carry State Police: • On Dec. 21 at around a quarter proof of financial responsibility.”

• On Dec. 23 at approximately to 9 a.m. stopped a motor vehicle on North Pleasant Street near Elm 9:35 a.m. saw a vehicle traveling Street in Middlebury. Police cited southbound on Route 7 near the Codey Paquin, 26, of New Haven for intersection with Lotsawater Drive at driving with a criminally suspended a high rate of speed while passing a license and violation of conditions of vehicle. Police said the car driven by release by driving. They also issued Stephen Furtado, 40, of Burlington him civil tickets for “Prohibitions,” was traveling 72 mph in a posted 50 “Maintenance of financial mph zone. Police cited Furtado for responsibility” and “Persons required driving with a criminally suspended license and issued civil tickets for to register.”

• On Dec. 20 at approximately speeding and for “misuse of plates,” 9:30 p.m. were notified of a violation which combined carry a waiver of a court order. Police said their amount of $386 and two points on his investigation showed that Dinna insurance.

• On Dec. 25 at approximately 8 Bauer, 57, of Poultney violated a protection order by contacting p.m. responded to Route 125 near the victim in Salisbury via mail. Ridge Road in Cornwall for a report of Troopers cited Bauer for violation a a one-car crash. Police said the driver,

Vt. State

Girls’ (Continued from Page 1B) OV trailed by 22-11 at the half but rallied to tie the game at 28-28 on scoring from Mary Kingsley and Livia Bernhardt before the 4-1 Golden Horde took over in the fourth quarter. Janelle Mcgee scored 12 for

of being intoxicated. He nonetheless submitted to a preliminary breath test that confirmed he had not consumed, according to police.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with a patient who — due to a medical condition — had fallen unconscious at a Court Street business on Dec. 29.

• Were told a man was panhandling outside of Maplefields on North Pleasant Street on Dec. 29. Police said the man had left upon their arrival.

• Cited Carlton L. Chislom, 37, of Beaufort, S.C., for unlawful trespassing after he allegedly refused to leave the waiting area at Porter Hospital during the early morning of Dec. 29.

• Responded to a report of a suicidal man in the East Main Street area on Dec. 29. Police said the case actually involved a verbal dispute between the man and another person.

• Were informed on Dec. 30 of an alleged sexual assault occurring in Middlebury on a previous date. Police are investigating the report.

VSP cite Ripton resident after vehicle blaze

Boys’ (Continued from Page 1B) steals. Cadoret contributed 13 points and five rebounds; Zach Dunn, nine points; Beatty, six points and seven rebounds; and Gabe Dunn, five points and five assists.

The Tigers host Colchester at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

OTTERS On Dec. 27 visiting Mill River outlasted the Otters, 54-48. OV got off to a 13-2 lead after one period, but Mill River pulled to within 18-14 at the break and the game was nipand-tuck the rest of the way. A Will Grabowsky hoop broke a 46-46 tie

they measured Moulton’s bloodalcohol content at 0.112 percent.

• Were informed of the theft of a package from a Valley View Road home on Dec. 27.

• Cited Christopher Fitzpatrick, 29, of Middlebury for driving with a suspended license, following a traffic stop on Halpin Road on Dec. 27.

• Responded to Mister Ups Restaurant at around 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 29 on the report of loud music disturbing neighbors.

Restaurant officials turned the music off.

• Investigated a report of a Jeep Cherokee nearly striking a pedestrian in the Marble Works shopping complex on Maple Street on Dec. 29.

Police said the Jeep hit a container the person was holding, and there were no injuries.

• Tested a school bus driver who had allegedly been seen walking into a local brewery during the afternoon of Dec. 29. Police said the driver denied having consumed alcohol and said he had family working at the brewery.

Police said the driver showed no signs

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VERGENNES — A widespread • Were told $300 had been stolen Saturday, Dec. 29, traffic control from a vehicle, a report they were effort coordinated by the Vergennes soon told was erroneous.

Police Department and including • Helped a motorist enter a locked 10 Bristol, Vermont vehicle on South Water State and Vergennes Street. police officers resulted • Calmed a family in 34 traffic tickets and argument on Monkton Police Log 19 written warnings, Road. according to Vergennes • Helped state Police Chief George Merkel. police calm a drunken and possibly The patrols were funded by the suicidal Ferrisburgh resident. grant recently awarded to the city On Dec. 26: department by the Governor’s • Responded to a minor two-car Highway Safety Council, funding accident on South Water Street. intended to enhance traffic safety • Conducted two special trafaround Addison County. fic-control patrols on West Main Law enforcement officers patrolled Street and Panton Road and issued roads in Middlebury, Ferrisburgh, eight tickets and two warnings.

Bristol, Vergennes and Addison, • Told a man to stop sending according to Merkel. unwanted texts to an employee of a In other activity between Dec. 24 Main Street business. and 30, Vergennes police: On Dec. 27: On Dec. 24: • Conducted a special traffic-con• Responded to a minor two-car trol patrol on Panton Road and issued accident on West Main Street. three tickets.

• Checked a report of a disabled vehicle on West Main Street, but found nothing.

On Dec. 25:

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• Checked a report of a person asleep in a car on Panton Road and discovered a person napping on a lunch break.

On Dec. 28: • Ticketed two cars left overnight on city streets in violation of the city’s wintertime parking ban.

• Found the owner of a dog reported running loose on First Street.

• Helped close a stubborn window on Alden Place.

• Conducted a special traffic-control patrol on West Main Street, but issued no tickets.

• Stopped a truck reported to be weaving on the road and determined there were no problems.

• Calmed a child-custody dispute on Monkton Road.

On Dec. 30: • Checked the welfare of a man who had missed an important medical appointment and determined he was OK. • Accepted a purse that had been

found in a downtown alley and contacted its owner.

• Were told an unknown person or persons had damaged a garage door at Country Commons.

• Advised a person receiving anonymous threats through Instagram to block the individual.

• Referred people involved in a custody dispute to Family Court.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders.

Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.org.

AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free.

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AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking.

Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. New‑ comers welcome. Confiden‑ tial. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt. org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Ripton, Rip‑ ton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Women of AA (Step/Speaker), Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm.

Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 7‑8pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiri‑ tual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

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BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs).

Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs).

Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

R E F U G E R E C O V E RY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds.

Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused.

Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

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NA (JUST IN TIME) Mon‑ days, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NARCAN KITS are avail‑ able at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy train‑ ing is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

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STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities.

Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:10 p.m. Town Office Conference Room PUBLIC HEARING and INFORMATION MEETING on PRELIMINARY PROPOSED TOWN GENERAL FUND BUDGET (Includes capital project funds for FY20 July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020).

The use of surplus local option tax revenues to offset capital project and other expenses will be a focus of discussion at the hearing.

Your comments, suggestions and input are important and appreciated. If you can’t make the meeting on the 15th, we invite you to submit your input via e-mail, kramsay@ townofmiddlebury.org, or mail, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained from the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, at the Town Manager’s office, 77 Main Street, or by calling 802-4588000.

If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office as early as possible.

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Consider joining our fast-growing green cleaning team!

We are looking for part time cleaners in Shelburne for evenings hours starting at 6pm T, W, F. We also have job opportunities in Williston, Burlington, South Burlington, and Colchester.

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We’re thrilled you’re interested in working for the finest whiskey company in the world.

Please visit www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ work-with-us/ for a list of current openings and how to apply.

Help Wanted MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM second floor apartment with deck and parking, in the center of town. $1,400/ mo. includes heat. No pets.

802‑349‑8544.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., cen‑ tral location, parking. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Man‑ agement Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

NEW HAVEN ‑ 2 bedroom apartment. Next to the town green. $900 monthly. Sunny, hardwood floors, dishwasher, gas stove, 15 minutes to Mid‑ dlebury. 35 minutes to Burl‑ ington. Utilities not included.

Security deposit and refer‑ ences. Call 802‑249‑1328.

NEW HAVEN‑1 BEDROOM fully furnished apartment. All utilities and heat included.

Washer/dryer. $1,075/month.

802‑453‑3870.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month.

802‑388‑4831.

STOREFRONT AVAIL‑ ABLE. 1,000 sq.ft., 616 Ex‑ change Street, Middlebury.

802‑388‑4831.

All applicants may submit a resumé with 3 professional references to jobs@whistlepigrye.com.

Public Notices Index Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 7B and 8B.

Addison (1) Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison Northwest School Dist. (1) Addison Superior Court (2) Middlebury (1) Middlebury Fire District #1 (1) Notice of Public Sale (1) Shoreham (1) To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent State of Vermont (1) please email information to VELCO (1) legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

Vergennes (1) PUBLIC NOTICE – TOWN OF ADDISON

The Addison Planning Commission will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Clerk’s Office.

To consider the following: 1. To approve the meeting minutes of the November 12, 2018 meeting.

2. To transact any business found necessary before the board: 3. To allow time for public comment interaction at beginning of meeting.

4. We are working on the Zoning Regulations for discussing a future presentation of the 2013 copy of the regulations. We are working on the “Zoning” Regulations page by page & section by section. We need to work on updating & referencing correctly according to VSA 24 Chapter 117. We will make a new list for the cross referencing #’s to be corrected for the rough draft. We have finished with the Subdivision Regulations and plan for a rough draft to present.

5. Continue working on items that are considered to be projects in progress. We will read and discuss the rough draft of “Density-zoning” as prepared with suggestions for implementing into the Town Plan. We will continue to invite the Z.A. to other meetings. We will continue looking over the next pages and discuss any changes to be made.

6. We will continue working on Zoning Regulations (2013 copy) & Subdivision Regulations to bring them into compliance with the revised Town Plan. We will review the revised copy of the PUDS section on rearrangement of the sequence order. We need to implement this in rough draft of everything.

Frank Galgano, Chair Starr Phillips, Secretary 01/03 Addison Planning Commission

No phone calls please.

Help Wanted ALYSSUM, INC. Rochester VT. House Manager Position.

Looking for an individual who: has lived experience of trauma or mental health chal‑ lenges and recovery as well as experience of providing peer support. Is dynamic, re‑ sponsible and self motivated.

Has excellent self awareness and personal boundaries.

Has excellent communica‑ tion skills and has the ability to work collaboratively in a flat management program.

Has office management and computer skills. Visit us at: alyssum.org/jobs for more information about the job and our program. This salaried position is for 32 hours per week and includes benefits. Submit your cover letter (which addresses your lived experience and your reasons for applying for this job) and your resume to: Gloria@Alyssum.org.

BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks enthusiastic and experienced caregiv‑ ers to provide hands‑on care in our dynamic retire‑ ment community. Openings: full‑time evenings, part‑time weekends. Email acoyle@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call 989‑7502.

HELP WANTED FOR a 24 year old quadriplegic in Benson VT. Part‑Time. $12‑15 and hour depending on experience. He requires day to day care and trach suctioning. Will Train. Must be dependable and show up when scheduled. Will require some transportation, so must have a valid driver’s license and be able to pass a back‑ ground check. Contact Lia at 802‑558‑8240 for more info.

PART TIME REGISTER clerk needed for busy fam‑ ily owned convenience store.

Set schedule Sundays 5am ‑ 1pm. Prior work related experience with references preferred. Applicant should be a morning person who enjoys a fast pace work environment. Apply in per‑ son at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

For Sale GEIGER MEN’S WOOL coats. Never worn. Bought when Geiger closed.

802‑349‑6342.

ADDISON COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Section 133(3)(a), the taxpayers of the County of Addison are hereby given notice that the annual meeting to discuss the final county budget for 2019-2020 will be held at the Judge Frank Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9:00 am. This budget is for fiscal year July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.

More information and extra copies of the budget may be obtained at the Addison County Superior Court, Frank Mahady Courthouse, Middlebury, Vermont. Tel. 802-388-1966.

Alice M. George, Assistant Judge & Irene Poole, Assistant Judge

For Rent B R I A RW O O D A PA R T‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 2 BR apartments in Middlebury.

All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NS/NP, onsite laun‑ dry. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.sum‑ mitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGH‑ LY Visible Retail/Office street level space on the Main Street. Approx. 1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo.

Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@Walla‑ ceRE.com.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities included are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, garbage and parking. Tenant pays electric. Small storage space included. 802‑453‑2566.

CORNWALL QUIET COUN‑ TRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury. 2nd sto‑ ry, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath with washer/dryer hookup.

Includes everything plus satellite, storage included. $1,250 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smok‑ ing. Available immediately.

802‑462‑2924.

2019-2020

REVENUE:

Proposed

County Tax ESTIMATED 0.0041300 2019-2020 Passports Miscellaneous income Interest Earned Wills for safekeeping Rent Income – Jail Bldg.

TOTAL INCOME

Wood Heat FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green.

802‑282‑9110.

Real Estate EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAI‑ SY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern exposure on a private lane. Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

Anticipated Surplus

$ 183,423.00 $ 6,500.00 $ 15.00 $ 175.00 $ 7000.00 $ 22,800.00 $ 219,913.00 $ 13,119.00 $ 233,032.00

EXPENSES: Court: Court Personnel: Salaries $ Benefits $ Dues & Memberships $ Office Expenses $ Advertising-Passport/Budget $ Insurance $ Legal $ Professional Services $ Contracted Services $ VT Audit Contingency $ Subtotal $

46,940.00 4,225.00 2,500.00 4,200.00 2,500.00 2,830.00 250.00 1,400.00 3,300.00 – 300.00 68,445.00

EXPENSES (continued)

2019-2020 Proposed

Sheriffs Department: Personnel: Salaries Benefits Office Expense Telephone Insurance/Bonds Training Valcor/Spillman Radio Audit Subtotal

$ 87,367.00 $ 20,970.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 750.00 $ – $ 130,687.00

Probate Court: Supplies/Equipment Dues Training and Education Contingency Subtotal

$ $ $ $ $

Sheriffs Building: Utilities Bldg & Grounds Insurance Inspections Custodial Capital Improvements Subtotal TOTAL EXPENSE

$ 17,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 32,600.00 $ 233,032.00

100.00 600.00 400.00 200.00 1,300.00

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Att. Farmers

Tom Broughton

HAY FOR SALE Small square bales. First cut and mulch. Call 802‑349‑9281.

Auctioneer

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease.

The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

HAY FOR SALE. 1st, 2nd and 3rd cut. Small squares $2.‑$4.; 4’ rounds $30.‑$50.

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

• Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

MIDDLEBURY 1 BED‑ ROOM, fully furnished apartment, all inclusive, W/D. $1,250/month.

802‑349‑8544.

Wanted

MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available.

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Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

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MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Dec. 27, 2018 & Jan. 1, 2019 BEEF Nop Bros P. Lussier Blue Spruce Farm Kayhart Bros.

T. Correia J. Fifield G. Davis

Costs Lbs. per lb 1790 .58 1545 .57 1720 .53 1960 .53 1290 .50 1385 .48 1370 .475

CALVES Deer Valley Farm Layn Farm Quarry Rd. Farm H. Sunderland P. Livingston

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 100 .65 65.00 102 .60 61.20 97 .60 58.20 116 .55 63.80 99 .50 49.50

Dollars 1038.20 880.65 911.60 1038.80 645.00 664.80 650.75

Total # Beef: 258 • Total # Calves: 569 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

CITY OF VERGENNES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Vergennes is/are considering making application to the State of Vermont for a VCDP Implementation Grant 2018 under the Vermont Community Development Program. A public hearing will be held at 6:00PM on 1/22/2019 at Vergennes Fire Department, 50 Green Street, Vergennes, VT 05491 to obtain the views of citizens on community development, to furnish information concerning the amount of funds available and the range of community development activities that may be undertaken under this program, the impact to any historic and archaeological resources that may be affected by the proposed project, and to give affected citizens the opportunity to examine the proposed statement of projected use of these funds.

The proposal is to apply for $400,000 in VCDP funds which will be used to accomplish the following activities: Development of 24 units of mixed-income housing on Armory Lane.

Copies of the proposed application are available at Vergennes City Hall, 120 Main St, Vergennes, VT 05491 and may be viewed during the hours of 8-4:30 PM. Should you require any special accommodations, please contact Mathew Chabot at 802-877-3637 to ensure appropriate accommodations are made. For the hearing impaired please call (TTY) #1-800-253-0191.

Legislative Body for the City of Vergennes 01/03

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:10 p.m. Town Office Conference Room PUBLIC HEARING and INFORMATION MEETING on PRELIMINARY PROPOSED TOWN GENERAL FUND BUDGET (Includes capital project funds for FY20 July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020).

The use of surplus local option tax revenues to offset capital project and other expenses will be a focus of discussion at the hearing.

Your comments, suggestions and input are important and appreciated. If you can’t make the meeting on the 15th, we invite you to submit your input via e-mail, kramsay@townofmiddlebury.org, or mail, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained from the Town’s website, www. townofmiddlebury.org/, at the Town Manager’s office, 77 Main Street, or by calling 802-458-8000.

If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office as early as possible.

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Addison Independent

IMPORTANT ANNUAL NOTICE REGARDING HERBICIDE USE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY

The Vermont Public Utility Commission has set forth rules under PUC 3.600 pertaining NOTICEHERBICIDE USE to the usePUBLIC of herbicides in the maintenance of electric utilityNOTIFICATION rights-of-way. Each spring, Vermontapplications utilities maintain electriconline rights-of-way several herbicide may begin or after April 1st.with These rules methods, afford youincluding import- the selective herbicides on trees andutlities brush.maintain They also encourage low-growingwith shrubs ant rights use and of duties.

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Christmas Bird Count results

ADDISON COUNTY — This year 42 field birders and 19 observers at feeders located and identified 15,659 birds of 72 species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 16, — exactly the same number of species found in both of the last two years, though the individual species were different.

Birders survey a 15-mile-diameter count circle centered on the Lemon Fair in eastern Bridport and covering from the A & W Root Beer stand on the east to New York State on the west and from Snake Mt. on the north to Richville Dam on the south.

The Middlebury count is one of over 1,800 held throughout North and Central America.

Most territories were covered by a group of two to four field birders and a few feeder watchers. Experts familiar with birding and the assigned territory accompanied each team.

Along with field counts, a number of feeder-watcher counts came in the days following the field count.

Final results are available at the National Audubon Christmas Bird Count website at birds.audubon.org/ christmas-bird-count.

Despite frozen water, field teams found 12 of the 44 water-related species located over the previous 29 years of the count. The most unusual of these were the 28 Double-crested Cormorants. These birds moved north into the Lake Champlain Basin on their own during the 80s and have become numerous in the summer but don’t usually linger into the winter.

Participants also located six of the northern song birds that occasionally visit the Lake Champlain Basin in the winter. Two of these species were found in large flocks (373 Common Redpolls, 112 Bohemian Waxwings) but most were hard to find at all (6 Pine Grosbeaks, 1 Hoary Redpoll, 1 Pine Siskin, and 1 Evening Grosbeak). Counters expected to see more Evening Grosbeaks, since for the first time in decades flocks of these beautiful birds had been returning to eastern U.S. bird feeders, but they were not at all easy to find on count day.

This was the first year in the history of the count that none of the teams located any Horned Larks, in part due to lack of snow cover. When there is snow Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, and some sparrows are easier to spot as they are forced to feed along the plowed edges of our roads.

Owling teams located a variety of visiting northern owls, including four Saw-whet owls, a single Long-eared owl, and three Short-eared owls. They also located 13 Great Horned Owls, 6 Screech Owls, and some of the 24 Barred Owls, common year-round residents. Many of the Barred Owls were located during the day by the field teams. The Barred Owls count

Top 10 bird sightings

European starling American crow Rock pigeon Mourning dove Canada goose

4,851 1,537 1,470 948 862

fell just short of the record number of 25 back in 2012. No Snowy Owls were located.

Two species were found for the first time in the history of our count.

The count’s first Ruby-crowned Kinglet was spotted at McKuen Slang in Addison. Golden-crowned Kinglets are often found in winter here, but Ruby-crowned Kinglets are usually long gone. Another first was a Yellow-throated Warbler located and photographed in Frog Hollow two days after our count day. Not to be confused with our Common Yellowthroat, the Yellow-throated Warbler is very rare in Vermont even during the summer. It should be in Florida at this time of year.

Another count-week rarity was a young Harris’s Sparrow that had been visiting a feeder in Bridport.

This mid-western species would be more commonly found in Oklahoma at this time of year. It is travelling and feeding with a small group of Whitethroated Sparrows. This is only the second time a Harris’s Sparrow has been found during out count.

Two species set new recordhigh numbers. The 76 Red-bellied Woodpeckers broke the previous record of 52. This species was not even found in the basin prior to the 80’s and it has now been found in greater numbers than Hairy Woodpeckers for the last three counts.

The number of tiny Saw-whet owls was a less dramatic record at a total of four. The two Common Grackles tied our previous record of two found back in 1993. A single Fish Crow was identified by its nasal call, only the second time a Fish Crow has been identified during the count. As they move north from coastal areas birders expect more sightings to occur.

It has been almost twenty years since a Hoary Redpoll was found. during the count. It is a northern visitor that is sometimes found with flocks of Common Redpolls. It is expected to be lumped together with Common Redpolls in the future. If so, it will lose its species status.

The total number of birds found this year is down about 300 from last year’s total and only slightly below the 30-year average of 16,543. For perspective, compare the single Snow Bunting found this year to the 1,980 found in 2008 or the 360 American Tree Sparrows reported this year to their record-high number of 1,274 in 2003.

Black-capped chickadee 798 House sparrow 536 American robin 502 American goldfinch 439 Dark-eyed junco 378 The total of 72 species is five above the average of 67 for the count and well above what would be expected for a count with very limited open water.

A Christmas Bird Count is a team effort between field teams and feeder watchers. While there were many field birders, bird count organizers are looking for additional people who live within the count circle, can identify the birds they are seeing, and who are interested in reporting what they see at their feeders. If interested in reporting your feeder birds or participating on a field team next year, contact Jim or Kris Andrews at 352-4734.

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BEVERLY C. WHITE

By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/.The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members.

To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible.

To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231).

Inmate / Offender Records and Access to Information.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P063 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Corrections CONCISE SUMMARY: This administrative rule identifies types of information contained in an inmate/offender record. Additionally, it identifies processes for an inmate/offender to request access to their record, and for any person to request access to information. It further identifies procedures to correct a material fact, as well as provides for an appeal process. The rule’s economic impact statement shows the costs associated with the rule against the percentage of inmates/offenders requesting records. It further shows higher costs in year one as the DOC moves towards having all electronic documentation and away from paper files.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Sarah Truckle, DOC Policy Manager, Agency of Human Services, Department of Corrections NOB 2 South, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671-2000 Tel: 802-477-3910 Fax: 802-241-0020 Email: sarah.truckle@vermont.gov URL: http://corrections.vermont.gov/about/policies.

FOR COPIES: Monica Weeber, Administrative Services Director, Agency of Human Services, Department of Corrections, NOB 2 South, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671-2000 Tel: 802-598-4112 Fax: 802-241-0020 Email: monica.weeber@vermont.gov.

Groundwater Protection Rule and Strategy.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P064 AGENCY: Agency of Natural Resources CONCISE SUMMARY: The Groundwater Protection Rule and Strategy was last comprehensively updated in 2005. This rule amendment incorporates the legislative directive that became effective in 2008 making groundwater resources in the State held in trust for the public and creates standardized requirements for ensuring activities permitted by the Agency of Natural Resources will not adversely affect public trust uses of groundwater, including use for drinking water. The amendment also updates the list of Groundwater Enforcement Standards to reflect current numeric guidelines generated by the Vermont Department of Health and clarifies the process for reclassifying groundwater.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Scott Stewart Agency of Natural Resources 1 National Life Drive, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3521 Tel: 802-585-4910 Email: scott.stewart@vermont.gov URL: http://dec.vermont.gov/water/groundwater.

FOR COPIES: Diane Sherman, Agency of Natural Resources 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2, Montpelier, VT 05620 Tel: 802-505-0125 Email: diane.sherman@vermont.gov.

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CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 218-12-18 Ancv

NOTICE OF HEARING

A hearing on ACCT’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned the mobile home of Beverly White located at 45 KTP at the KTP Mobile Home Park in Bristol, Vermont has been set for January 10, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont.

Date: December 13, 2018 Kim LaDuke COM/Deputy Clerk/Docket Clerk

VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h) (Auction)

NOW COMES Addison County Community Trust, Inc. (“ACCT”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h) as follows: 1. ACCT, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Vergennes, County of Addison, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the KTP Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in Bristol, Vermont.

2. Beverly C. White is the record owner of a certain mobile home, described as a 1974 Holly Park, 12 x 65 bearing serial number 2786253 (the “Mobile Home”), located at 45 KTP at the KTP Mobile Home Park in Bristol, Vermont according to the Bristol Land Records.

3. White leased a lot in the Park from ACCT pursuant to a written lease. She paid a security deposit of $164.00.

4. White died on February 28, 2018. She was the sole occupant of the mobile home. No probate estate has been opened.

5. After learning of White’s death, ACCT reached out to her daughter Brenda Kimball. ACCT was then contacted by Attorney Ebenezer Punderson on July 16, 2018 who advised that Ms. Kimball had no interest in the mobile home and that no estate would be opened. He also advised that Ms. Kimball would assist in any way to deed/transfer title of the Mobile Home to ACCT. 6. The mobile home has been unoccupied since White’s passing. The last known occupant of the mobile home was White.

7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: White is in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the Town of Bristol,Vermont in the aggregate amount of $133.32, plus additional interest and penalties. The delinquent property taxes are now a lien on the property.

8. Uriah Wallace, a duly licensed auctioneer, is a person disinterested in the mobile home and the mobile home park who is able to sell the mobile home at a public auction.

9. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $275.00 each month. Lot rent increases to $300.00 on January 1, 2019.

Rent, storage fees and late charges due the Park as of December 13, 2018 total $2,840.00. Court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the ACCT exceed $500.00.

10. ACCT sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Bristol on September 18, 2018 of its intent to commence this abandonment action.

WHEREFORE, the Park Owner ACCT respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Approve the sale of the mobile home at a public auction to be held within 15 days of the date of judgment, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h); and 3. Grant judgment in favor of the Park Owner and against the mobile home for past due and unpaid rent and mobile home storage charges through the date of judgment, together with ACCT’s court costs, publication and mailing costs, auctioneer’s costs, winterization costs, lot cleanup charges, attorney’s fees incurred in connection with this matter and any other costs incurred by ACCT herein.

DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 13th day of December, 2018.

By: Nadine L. Scibek, Attorney for ACCT DATED at Vergennes, Vermont this 13th day of December, 2018.

By: Mary Blacklock Jackman, Duly Authorized Agent VERIFICATION

The Shoreham Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 21, 2019, at 7 pm, at the Shoreham Town Office, located at 297 Main Street in Shoreham, Vermont.

The purpose of the Hearing is to hear a request by the Estate of Madeline Dubois for approval of access to an interior lot for the property (under §3.2 (A) (B) of the Shoreham Interim Zoning Regulations, November 29, 2017), to allow the property to be subdivided. The parcel is located in the Shoreham Agriculture District, off Route 22A, on the Shoreham/Orwell town line.

The applications and maps are available to the public at the Shoreham Town Clerk’s office, 297 Main Street Shoreham, Vermont. You are free to review the file for any additional information concerning this particular matter.

Persons wishing to be heard at this public hearing may do so in person, or may be represented at the hearing by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent. Please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464, of the Vermont Statutes, participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to make subsequent appeal.

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Public Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF SHOREHAM PLANNING COMMISSION

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. At Vergennes on this 13th day of December, 2018, Mary Blacklock Jackman, duly authorized agent of Addison County Community Trust, Inc., owner of the KTP Mobile Home Park in Bristol, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts represented therein are true to the best of her knowledge.

Before me, J. Heath, Notary Public 01/03 My Commission Expires: 2/10/19

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE PURSUANT TO ARTISAN’S LIEN: 9 V.S.A. §§ 1951-1954

Lynk’s Racing, LLC by and through its attorneys, Neuse Duprey & Putnam, P.C., does hereby provide Notice of the public sale of the following two motorcycle motors belonging to David Weingarten: • KTM 85 Mod. Motorcycle Motor • KX 85 Mod. Motorcycle Motor The sale is being conducted pursuant to 9 V.S.A. §§ 1951-1954, for failure of the owner, David Weingarten, to pay the invoiced repairs within three months of the due date and that remain unpaid: The public sale shall take place as follows: Date: January 22nd, 2019 Time: 3:00 PM Location: Lynk’s Racing, LLC, 108 Allen Rd, Panton Vermont Dated this 28th day of December, 2018.

Lynk’s Racing, LLC By: Anthony R. Duprey, Esq Neuse Duprey & Putnam, PC One Cross Street Middlebury, VT 05753 01/03

WARNING ANNUAL MEETING, FIRE DISTRICT #1 EAST MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

The legal voters of Fire District #1 in the Town of Middlebury are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Sarah Partridge Community House in East Middlebury on Monday, January 14, 2019, at 7:00 PM to transact the following business, to wit: FIRST: To hear, discuss and act upon the reports from the Prudential Committee, the Treasurer/Collector of Water Rents, and the Auditor.

SECOND: To hear reports from the Fire Department, the Historical Society, the Sarah Partridge Library, and the Town of Middlebury.

THIRD: To elect Officers of the District as follows: • A Moderator • A Clerk • A Treasurer/Collector of Water Rents • An Auditor • A Member of the Prudential Committee to serve for three years FOURTH: To vote a tax on the taxable property within the District sufficient to defray maintenance and other expenses of the Sarah Partridge Community House, the Sarah Partridge Library, the Curtiss Recreation Area, and the Harry Goodro Recreation Area.

FIFTH: To see if the voters of the Fire District will give the Prudential Committee authority to borrow money on the credit of the District to make emergency repairs on the water system.

SIXTH: To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

Dated at East Middlebury, Vermont December 20, 2018 Peggy Jean Peabody, Clerk 12/27, 1/3,10

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of January, 2019.

Friday, January 4 7:30 AM Facilities Committee Meeting at ANWSD Office Thursday, January 10 3:00 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting at VUHS 4:00 PM Negotiations Committee Mtg. w/ANTA at VUHS Library Monday, January 14 6:00 PM ANWSD Board Regular Meeting at VUHS Library Tuesday, January 15 4:00 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting at VUES 5:00 PM Negotiations Committee Mtg. w/ANSSA at VUES Library Thursday, January 17 5:30 PM Community Engagement Committee Mtg. Bixby Library Wednesday, January 23 6:00 PM ANWSD Board Regular Meeting at VUHS Library Thursday, January 24 4:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting at ANWSD Office Tuesday, January 29 4:00 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting at VUHS 5:00 PM Negotiations Committee Mtg. w/ANTA at VUHS Library Thursday, January 31 3:00 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting at VUES 4:00 PM Negotiations Committee Mtg. w/ANSSA at VUES Library 12/31, 01/03

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF WENDY & DAVID GRATTON

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 217-12-18 Ancv

NOTICE OF HEARING

A hearing on Park Owner Addison County Community Trust, Inc.’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned and uninhabitable the mobile home of David & Wendy Gratton located at Lot #25, 5032 Big Hollow Road at the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park, Starksboro, Vermont has been set for January 10, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont.

Date: December 13, 2018 Kim LaDuke COM/Deputy Clerk/Docket Clerk

VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) (Auction)

NOW COMES Addison County Community Trust (“ACCT”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) as follows: 1. ACCT, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Vergennes, County of Addison, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in Starksboro, Vermont.

2. Wendy & David Gratton (“Grattons”) are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1986 Liberty Monticello, 14’ x 60’ mobile home, bearing serial number 08-L-57853 (the “Mobile Home”), located on Lot #25, 5032 Big Hollow Road at the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park in Starksboro, Vermont according to the Starksboro Land Records.

3. Grattons leased a lot in the Park for their mobile home from the Park pursuant to a written lease. ACCT holds a security deposit on the Lot in the amount of $195.00.

4. Grattons’ last known mailing address is 5032 Big Hollow Road, Starksboro, Vermont 05487.

5. The mobile home has been abandoned and is empty. The last known residents of the mobile home were the Grattons. The Grattons were evicted from the Park for non-payment of rent on or about June 11, 2018. A Judgment for outstanding rent and court costs was entered against them on March 8, 2018 in the amount of $3,499.43. See Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Gratton, Vermont Superior Court, Addison Civil Unit, Docket No. 173-10-17 Ancv. See attached. Grattons have made no efforts or attempts to remove the home from the Park.

6. The Park’s counsel has attempted to communicate in writing with the Grattons and they have failed to respond.

7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: a. Grattons are in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the Town of Starksboro, Vermont in the aggregate amount of $255.03, plus additional penalties and interest. b. Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Gratton, Judgment Order dated March 8, 2018 and recorded in the Starksboro Land Records in Volume 117 at Page 1.

8. Lot rent in the amount of $5,604.43 is currently owed to ACCT. Court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Park exceed $3,000.00.

9. ACCT sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Starksboro and the Town’s Delinquent Tax Collector on September 27, 2018 of its intent to commence this abandonment action. See attached.

10. The mobile home is unfit for human habitation. Mary Blacklock Jackman, Duly Authorized Agent for the Park, will testify under oath as to the poor and unlivable condition of this mobile home at the abandonment hearing.

WHEREFORE, ACCT respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Transfer the mobile home which is unfit for human habitation to the Park owner ACCT without a public auction so that it may be removed and disposed of accordingly.

3. Order pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(j) that the mobile home and any security deposit paid be conveyed to the Park Owner in “as is” condition, and free from all liens and other encumbrances of record.

DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 13th day of December, 2018.

By: Nadine L. Scibek, Attorney for ACCT DATED at Vergennes, Vermont this 13th day of December, 2018.

By: Mary Blacklock Jackman, Duly Authorized Agent of ACCT VERIFICATION STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. At Vergennes on this 13th day of December, 2018, Mary Blacklock Jackman, Duly Authorized Agent of ACCT, owner of the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park in Starksboro, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true.

Before me, J. Heath, Notary Public My Commission Expires: 2/10/19 01/03

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January 3, 2019

The Addison Independent

Brenda Myrick, a watercolor artist in Bristol, breaks into new mediums. Her Tibetan Terrier Maizie keeps Myrick company at her home studio.

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Myric moves beyond watercolor with spirit

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BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

hen you’ve been doing something for more than 30 years, chances are you’ve experienced some changes. Brenda Myrick knows the feeling. In fact, she’s in the middle of a shift right now.

“I’m at the point where I’m ready to stop painting watercolors the way I used to,” explained Myrick, who primarily painted commissioned portraits of loved ones — people, and pets, too.

Her style was classic. Myrick painted layer,

upon layer with thoughtful color and strokes to build an image with an intense realism that feels like it’s caught in a dream.

“I think watercolors are the hardest medium,” she said. “I’m thinking all the time about the colors and the layers. It’s this tense play of precision and letting go… When you’re painting with watercolors, it happens all at once. That’s what has really helped me to become the artist that I am.

“That work has served its purpose,” continued Myrick, who got her degree in studio art and art education from the University of Vermont in 1980. “It helped me let go. I feel like I have my foundation and now have the permission to do what I want to do.”

And what’s that?

“It’s everything,” she explained. “It’s the place of knowing and not knowing.”

What does that look like?

Well, for now, it looks like oil and acrylic paintings. Myrick, a fourth generation Vermonter, who recently moved with her husband Jim Lienau to Bristol after 15 years in Lincoln, has been working on abstract paintings and some animals, like the white buffalo, an arctic fox and a panda.

“I use palette knives, brushes and my fingers,” she said. “This work feels so much more vital; it feels important for me to be doing this… If you SEE PAINT ON PAGE 5

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ART Local photographer juries exhibit in Middlebury

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hotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury is now exhibiting 35 images selected by Middlebury native Emma Powell (daughter of Kirsten Hoving, who, with her husband Rick Clark, founded PhotoPlace Gallery) for the juried exhibit “Fictional Narratives.” Powell also selected an additional 35 for the gallery’s Online Gallery Annex.

Photographic fictional narratives read like fairytales rather than memoirs. They leave clues rather than solve mysteries.

At times, they are constructed by the artist with a specific intention in mind — a staged setting, art-directed gazes and gestures, and allegorical metaphors. Other times, the images are found in landscape or through man-made materials that represent universal qualities of the personal, human experience. At its best, personal narratives create curiosity while recounting intimate or imagined stories — with unique endings for each viewer.

“I was honored to review so many remarkable and intriguing photographs,” wrote Powell in a statement. “Thank you to all the artists who contributed their work. I believe it is imagination that connects the images in this selection, both the artist’s creative intent as well as the imagination inspired in the viewer.”

Emma Powell was the juror for the exhibit “Fictional Narratives” now on view at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury. The photo above was taken by Cherie E. Truesdale.

“When reviewing the images for ‘Fictional Narrative,’ I found myself particularly drawn to images that made me curious about their greater context or storyline,”explained Powell, who received her MFA in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology and now works as an assistant professor of art at Colorado College. “These images made me want to envision the world they came from. I also looked for the mysterious images that conveyed intimate details while also relating to more universal themes. I was impressed by how aesthetically compelling these images are.

From depth of atmosphere to elements of design, these images stood out to me for their visual strength.”

Powell’s own work also focuses on SEE PHOTOS ON PAGE 3

Photo by Teresa Meier

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New voices come to Mahaney stage This Friday, Jan. 11, a new music series kicks off at Middlebury College. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor is hosting several free events from now into April that highlight the ongoing contributions of women and people of color to the canon of Western art music.

Opening night features music by Taylor — a classical composer and a free improviser on saxophone, flute and piano — and his mentors in the program “The Mentors Among Us.” Friday night’s concert will be helming at Mahaney Arts Center in Robison Hall. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the concert starts at 8 p.m.

Photo by Brooke Shaden

Arts+Leisure will follow this series, so stay tuned for more info.

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor is bringing a new music series to Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury. The first concert is Friday at 8 p.m.

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fictional narrative.

“I create art that visualizes curious scenarios in order to convey a message or feeling instead of a record of a moment,” explained the Middlebury Union High School grad. “I utilize a range of handapplied photographic emulsions in order to visualize the distance between fantasy and reality, as well as to make prints that appear as objects instead of windows. The photographic processes I use are chosen intentionally to evoke another place or time that is removed from the every day, adding layers of narrative meaning through historical references or material qualities.”

For Powell fictional narratives in photography “allow us the freedom to explore our own lives through metaphor and fantasy.” Escape the mundane and go check out the PhotoPlace Gallery’s exhibit before it’s gone.

For more info and to see the online gallery visit photoplacegallery.com or call (802) 388-4500.

Join Cindy Bruzzese, MPA, MSB, Executive Director of Vermont Ethics Network to learn about new tools available for decision-making in Vermont.

This presentation will address advance directives & health care decision-making, including health care ethics, end of life care, palliative care and pain management.

Wednesday, January 9th 3:00-4:30 pm Healthcare and Medical Professionals and General Public are welcome.

RSVP: Suzanne Bennett, 802-377-3393, sbennett@residenceottercreek.com

350 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT 802-388-1220 www.residenceottercreek.com Independent & Assisted Living | Reflections Memory Care

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OUT OF TOWN Cool art highlights Vermont winters in Stowe

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id you know that Edgewater has a gallery in Stowe? Yup, they do — there’s also one out in Bozeman, Mont., but that’s too far out of town. Up in Stowe, Edgewater is hosting “Mountain Air,” a group exhibition from Jan. 15-Feb. 26, featuring selections in many media including kinetic sculpture, woodblock prints, glass sculpture and paintings featuring big sky landscapes to familiar mountain ranges in Vermont. The show is a celebration of our landscape and cold, clean winds swiftly moving through wintry days. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 17, from 5-7 p.m., if you want to go up and check out the gallery and paintings.

Featured artists include: Matt Brown, Galen Cheney, TJ Cunningham, Rory Jackson, Rachel Moore, Homer Wells and Judith Wrend, among others. Artists responded to

the following statement for this exhibit: “Crisp, cold mountain air heightens the senses. Invigorating. Cleansing. Mountain air has the power to clear the mind. Mountain air whirls in the sky over peaks and tumbles down ridges and along rivers — stirring the birds, trees and adventurers in its path. In a winter storm, mountain air can bring all in its path from fury to stillness and snow cover.”

The Stowe gallery is located at 151 Main Street, and is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Closed Mondays. For more info call (802) 760-6785, email info@edgewatergalleryvt.com, or visit edgewatergallery.co/ edgewater-in-stowe.

RIGHT: “Remembering Mr. Castle” by Rory Jackson, 40” x 30” oil on linen.

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don’t change, paintings can become static.”

Myrick said she “practices” painting, much in the way someone would practice meditation or a song on the piano.

And sometimes, to be honest, it ain’t pretty.

“It’s important to give yourself permission to make ugly paintings,” she said. “Experimentation is how you grow as an artist.”

Even though the subjects and medium has changed for Myrick, the fundamentals of her paintings are unchanged. “Spirit” still defines Myrick’s work.

“I’m an animal communicator,” said Myrick, with her Tibetan Terrier Maizie by her side. “I feel the spirits of animals; they communicate and hold energy.”

Perhaps this is why Myrick is able to capture the eyes of her animals with such authenticity.

This artic fox is one of Brenda Myrick’s new oil and acrylic paintings.

“The eyes and the spirit are the most important parts,” Myrick said. “In all my work, I have a need to communicate love and the spirit in everything.”

Even in her abstracts.

Less so for her 89-year-old mom, who she and her two other sisters (Holy Svendsen and Bethany Myrick, also artists) care for.

“Abstract painting is a ritual unknown; a mirror of my life,” she said. “It’s a structure that allows an image, memory or a thought to appear in a painting. So it’s endless what you can do.”

“My mother was an artist,” Myrick said. “She would get out her watercolors and paint at the kitchen table with us. She taught herself and was a big influence on us.”

Some might find that daunting, but not Myrick. For her it’s exciting.

Myrick remembered a painting she did when she was 5 years old of a Japanese woman in

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traditional clothing: “My grandmother framed it — that’s when I knew I was going to be an artist.”

Over the years, Myrick set up art programs for underserved populations in Addison County, taught art privately and at the Lincoln School, had kids, got married and went back to school to become a tutor in reading, writing and spelling.

Through it all, her painting was there. Sometimes a main focus, other times in the background.

Today, her art is front and center.

“When I paint I go to a place that is balanced and happy — usually. Getting to that space is the goal,” she said. And if she can’t get there, she doesn’t paint.

What she creates when she’s in that space is anyone’s guess. We’ll just have to wait and hope to see her new work in a local gallery soon.

To see more of Myrick’s work visit artistartchive.com.

“THE EYES AND THE SPIRIT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS...

IN ALL MY WORK, I HAVE A NEED TO COMMUNICATE LOVE AND THE SPIRIT IN EVERYTHING.” Brenda Myrick shared a couple examples of her pet portraits done with watercolors.

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CALENDAR

ACTIVE

TAI CHI UNDER THE DOME IN VERGENNES. Friday, Jan. 4, noon-12:30 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Continues on Fridays for the month of January. Vergennes resident Lee Francis will lead half hour lessons in Tai Chi. All levels are welcome. Learn how Tai Chi can help with meditation, strengthening balance, and mindfulness. More info contact Lee Francis at lhfrancis839@gmail.com Wear clothes and shoes you will be comfortable moving in. Sign up at the library, or contact Laksamee Putnam at laksamee.putnam@bixbylibrary.org GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE/SNOWSHOE IN WEYBRIDGE/MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 5, Hamilton Rd. TAM (Trail Around Middlebury) lot. After arranging a “car spot” in Middlebury, we will meet at Hamilton Rd TAM trailhead in Weybridge and hike to South Main St, Middlebury. 4.4 miles. Moderate difficulty. TAM map is available at maltvt.org. More info contact Kathy Duclos, at kduclos@gmavt.net or 802453-2149. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE/SNOWSHOE IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 12. Hike or snowshoe three miles on trails from Widow’s Clearing on Goshen Rd. in Ripton to Chatfield Hollow (hiking west to east). Requires car spot. Contact Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail. com for start time and more information. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE OR SNOWSHOE IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 19. A moderate 5.2 mile hike or snowshoe up to the ridge on switchbacks for a gradual ascent to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge. Lunch at the Lodge.

Optional short spur trail for a great western overlook. This is a dog friendly hike. More info contact Wendy Warren at wwredhead@ yahoo.com or 802-382-7112. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

ARTS LANDSCAPE RE-IMAGINED: THE AUTUMN CAMPUS ON DISPLAY IN MIDDLEBURY. Begins Wednesday, Jan. 9, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Come view works created in Professor Jim Butler’s fall class Landscape Re-Imagined: Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Glass — large-scale images of the campus presented in new and surprising

ways. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts. Show runs through Jan. 15.

BOOKS & AUTHORS BOOK TALK IN BRANDON. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Meet and discuss “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles.

DANCE CONTRA DANCE IN CORNWALL. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30.

Lausanne Allen will call to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. Questions? 802-462-3722.

FILM “CHILDREN OF MEN” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. In Alfonso Cuaron’s 2007 film, in the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, disillusioned Theo becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. Based on the novel by P.D. James. Q&A with Screenwriter Hawk Ostby following each screening. Free.

“CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?” on screen in Middlebury. *CHANGED FROM DEC. 14* Sunday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In the latest installment of the MNFF Winter Screening Series Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel in this true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer who made her living in the 1970s and 80s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Israel is no longer able to get published she turns her art form to deception. Tickets $13.

“BURNING” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 19, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. An introverted young man, Jongsu, finds romantic interest in a young woman from his past, Haemi. One day she returns from a trip with Ben, a wealthy and sophisticated young man. When Haemi disappears, Jongsu becomes suspicious of Ben and his mysterious hobby. Winner: FIPRESCI prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. In Korean and English with English subtitles. Free.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO JANUARY 3-19, 2018

JOIN IN MIDDMUG MEETING IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Jan. 7, 7 p.m., Conference Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Take a tour of the Library’s Digital Media Lab, where patrons can convert VHS movies, cassette tapes, and records into digital formats to play on computers and other devices. If time, there will be a presentation on the new Mojave operating system. More info at MiddMUG2018@mail.com.

KEEP MIDDLEBURY BEAUTIFUL: “BANNING PLASTIC BAGS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 7-8 p.m., Community Meeting room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Open to the public.

SKATE WITH THE PANTHERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12, 5-6 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Route 30. Fans young and old are invited to join the Middlebury College men’s and women’s hockey teams on the ice after the women’s 3 p.m. game vs. U-Mass Boston. Team photos will be available for signing and souvenir hockey pucks will be given out.

MUSIC PATRICK FITZSIMMONS IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Vermont singer/songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons is a 2011 and 2012 Solarfest national songwriting contest finalist and a three time Ploughshares national songwriting contest finalist. He’ll be performing with Becca Kodis on violin. 7:30-open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY SHAPE NOTE SINGERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Jan. 6, 1-3 p.m., Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Rd. Come join this group of shapenote singers as they sing from the Sacred Harp Song Book. Loaner books are available. All are welcome. For more information, see Facebook/ Middlebury Shape Note Singers or contact David Rosenberg at rosenber@middlebury.edu.

NEW CENTURY/NEW VOICES IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A new music series hosted by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor, highlighting the ongoing contributions of

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women and people of color to the canon of Western art music. Opening night features music by Taylor and his mentors. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

SWING NOIRE PLAYS BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Swing Noire invokes the energy of a swingin’ jazz club, transporting audiences back to the early days of jazz with their unique take on Hot Swing. Concert tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@ brandon-music.net.

PHIL HENRY ACOUSTIC TRIO IN LINCOLN. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30-9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall, River Rd. Part of the Burnham Music Series.

LAST TRAIN TO ZINKOV IN BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. David and Nathan Gusakov, father and son, play original songs and old tunes about the beauty and peace of home, of delight and sadness and the wild human emotions inherent in living and dying. Concert tickets $20. Preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-2474295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net.

THEATER MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP 2019 SEASON AUDITIONS IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Jan. 3 and Friday, Jan. 4, 6-8 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. All types of actors are encouraged to come to a general audition for MAW, a small professional theater company in residence at Town Hall Theater, for their MainStage season and Cutting Edge play reading series. Prepare two short, contrasting monologues or do a cold reading from sides that MAW will have at the theater. To make an appointment email melissa@middleburyactors.org.

“ADRIANA LECOUVREUR” LIVE IN HD IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on — for the first time at the Met — the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18thcentury audiences with her on-and offstage passion. Tickets $24 adults (+$2 preservation fee)/$10 students (+1 preservation fee), available online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802-382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon5 p.m.

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year’s resolutions and celebrations

Tips to help realize your goals in the year ahead At the dawn of a new year, many people set goals to motivate themselves to change.

But as Jan. 1 drifts further into the rearview mirror, it can be easy to settle into old habits and forget about the resolutions and goals established at the turn of the calendar.

Staying on course and achieving one’s goals requires discipline. In addition to working hard, men and women who want to realize their goals in the year ahead can take several steps to increase their chances of being successful.

Examine your priorities. Achieving goals is easier when their goals can be among your

biggest priorities. Examine your priorities to determine if you can fully commit to goals that may require significant time commitments.

Be specific in regard to planning. Being specific when choosing goals is important, but it’s equally important to be as specific as possible in regard to developing a plan to realize those goals. Before embarking on a journey to realize your goals, figure out how you’re going to achieve them.

Make note of potential obstacles.

Recognizing potential hurdles in advance of their appearance can help you overcome

these obstacles and stay the course toward achieving your goals.

Start small, but start immediately. Lifestyle changes can be difficult, so make small changes initially and gradually work toward larger, more significant changes. Starting small can lay a successful foundation, but it’s also important to start immediately.

Procrastination can reduce the likelihood of achieving your goals, and the earlier you get started the more quickly you and your loved ones will adjust to the changes necessary to realize your goals.

—MetroCreative

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New Year’s traditions around the world Each December 31st, people anxiously await and count down to the arrival of the new year.

January 1 often is a time for reflection and for making future plans. It also is a holiday full of tradition all around the world.

• Filipinos embrace round fruits for the new year. The custom includes gathering 12 different round fruits for each month of the year. The round shape symbolizes wealth and prosperity.

• Around Stonehaven, Scotland, people wield large fireballs for the Hogmanay festival on New Year’s Eve. The idea is to ward off evil spirits by swinging balls of fires over the heads of trained professionals and then tossing them into the sea. The tradition has endured for more than 100 years.

• In the Eastern Orthodox Greek Church, Christmas isn’t celebrated until January 7. Aghios Vassilis, the Greek Santa Claus, makes his rounds on New Year’s Day. • Chilean families celebrate the arrival of the new year by commemorating deceased friends and family members. It is common for those in Chile to set up chairs next to graves in the cemetery.

• Burmese people end the Thingyan water festival on New Year’s Day. Since April, they have celebrated the arrival of Thagyamin, a celestial Buddhist figure, with the firing of water cannons. The water-logged revelry ends with the new year.

• Siberians celebrate the new year’s with the planting of the “New Year’s Tree” underneath frozen lakes. This “yolka” is said to symbolize the coming of Father Frost, but also represents starting over.

• Grapes are a hallmark of Spanish New Year’s celebrations. Throughout Spain, revelers gobble a grape per second as they count down the last 12 seconds of the year. Each grape corresponds to good luck for the 12 months of the new year.

• In Denmark, residents break old dishes on the doorsteps of family and friends on New Year’s Day. The bigger the pile, the more friends and good will in the new year.

• In China, where the new year is celebrated on Feb. 5 this year according to the lunar calendar, celebrants paint their doors red or hang red curtains or cutouts on windows to symbolize good luck.

—MetroCreative

Enjoy more time outdoors The amount of time people spend outdoors has dramatically decreased, as the Environmental Protection Agency now reports the average American spends 87 percent of his or her time in a residence, school building or workplace.

Being outside is linked to better moods, more physical activity and less exposure to contaminants (concentrations of some pollutants are often two to five times higher indoors). Also, people who spend time outside may not come into contact with surface germs or develop various illnesses spread as often as those who spend a lot of time indoors.

While many plants and animals hibernate in winter, there is still plenty to see. Bring along a sketch book or camera and capture nature in winter. White-washed hills can be beautiful to behold, and many small animals and birds look even more vivid against the white backdrop of snow.

MAKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE Turn an area of the yard or park into a homemade obstacle course. Engage in lighthearted competitions with friends and family members.

BUILD A BONFIRE

Make it a priority of yours in 2019 to get outside — even if the weather is a little crummy. Here are a few activities that might coax you outside for some crisp air.

Children can set off in different directions to gather up firewood to craft a bonfire with adults in a safe location. S’mores taste equally delicious whether it’s warm or cold outside, and in winter they can be accompanied by toasty mugs of cocoa.

CREATE SNOW CRITTERS

GET SPORTY

Why do snowmen and women get all of the fanfare this time of year? Just about any living or fictional creature can be molded from snow and embellish landscapes. Use food-grade coloring in spray bottles to added even more creative flair to snow designs.

Sledding, skating, snowshoeing and ice hockey are just a few of the winter sports that can get the heart pumping and muscles working outside. These activities are entertaining and also great exercise.

Don’t forget to dress for the weather, and have fun!

GO ON A NATURE HIKE

did you know?

—MetroCreative

NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY’S TIMES SQUARE BEGAN IN 1904. BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL 1907 THAT THE FIRST NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL MADE A DESCENT. THE FIRST BALL WAS MADE OF IRON AND WOOD AND FEATURED 100 LIGHTS. TODAY’S BALL IS A GEODESIC SPHERE THAT IS 12 FEET IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS 11,875 POUNDS. WATERFORD CRYSTALS AND LED MODULES COMPLETE THE DESIGN.

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T HEATER

OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Sat 1/12 1pm $24/$10 Students

MET LIVE IN HD

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

Soprano Anna Netrebko portrays the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and offstage passion. Set in the working replica of a Baroque theater, The Guardian praised the “elegant production, sumptuously designed.”

Pre-performance talk at 12:15 by Richard Marshak in the Studio.

Sun 1/13 2pm $13/$75 Multi-film pass MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Showcasing a beautiful and restrained performance by Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel, this true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer who turned to deceit when her books fell out of fashion, is adapted from Israel’s memoir.

Fri & Sat 1/25–26 & Mon 1/28 7:30pm; Sun 1/27 2pm $20/$15 faculty&staff/$6 Students MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE J-TERM MUSICAL

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Douglas Anderson directs a talented group of students in this fascinating study of Seurat, his invention of pointillism, and the creation of his most famous painting in Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

Sat 2/2 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

CARMEN

Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, which updates this 19th century masterpiece to the 1930s Spanish Civil War, features mezzosoprano Clementine Margaine reprising her remarkable performance portraying opera’s ultimate seductress.

Pre-performance talk by Jim Pugh at 12:15 in the Studio.

Wed 2/13 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS

YOUNG PICASSO

Picasso was just 25 years old when his cubist masterpiece Les Demoiselles d’Avignon shocked the art world and shaped art history irrevocably. What experiences and influences inspired the talents of the young artist? Three cities play pivotal roles.

Working closely with the Picasso Museums in Spain’s Malaga and Barcelona, as well as Paris, the film scrutinizes his early works and periods, exploring how he became one of the greatest and most prolific artists of the 20th century.

Fri 2/15 7:30pm $49 Orchestra/$39 Balcony

DAR WILLIAMS

Dar Williams is an accomplished and engaging singer/ songwriter whose original material is both passionately personal and incisively cultural. With an artist’s voice informed by a worldview both hopeful and critical, her songs are all the more powerful in these challenging times. .

EXHIBITS ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early 15-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

ART SQUARED: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS INTERPRET TRADITIONAL QUILT SQUARE DESIGNS. On view through Jan. 28, featuring Guild artists’ interpretations of the classic quilt square designs. The result is a collection of modern folk-inspired art that ranges from traditional paintings to creations in ceramics, glass and jewelry. All are welcome. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

FICTIONAL NARRATIVES. On view through Jan. 5, featuring 35 fairytale-like photographs selected by juror Emma Powell (a Middlebury Union High School grad). PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-4500 or photos@photoplacegallery. com.

HO HO HISTORICAL HOLIDAYS TO YOU. On view through Jan. 12, featuring classic Christmas images, antiques postcards, seasonal cards, written holiday memories, and toys from the Sheldon’s collections. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

MORE LIGHT. On view Dec. 1-Jan. 31, featuring all new works from Anne Cady, Cameron Schmitz, Edward Holland, Pamela Smith, Rose Umerlik, and Sobelman Cortapega in a range of media, including watercolor, oil painting and collage. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 8772173 or northerndaughters.com.

OVER-THE-TOP HOLIDAY. On view through Jan. 12, featuring a glittering holiday display created by several Sheldon trustees (led by Warren Kimble, Liz Markowski, Danielle Rougeau, and Deborah Foster) of numerous lighted trees, tinsel, silver balls, antique sleds and skates, traditional Santas, paper chains and more. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 3882117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

SO VERY HIDEOUS AN IDEA. On view through Feb. 1, featuring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. A Middlebury College Special Collections exhibit commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel. Located in the Davis Family Library Atrium.

A companion exhibit, “Vital Experiments: Science in 1818” is on display in the Harman Periodicals Reading Room and in Special Collections. Davis Family Library, 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury.

(802) 443-5494.

TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS! On view through Jan. 13, featuring an annual holiday tradition of model trains, towns and more.

Engineers will operate the trains Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.

Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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MUSIC Singer/songwriter to take stage in Ripton PATRICK FITZSIMMONS AND BECCA KODIS BRING ACOUSTIC STRINGS TO RIPTON THIS SATURDAY, JAN. 5

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inger/songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons will perform with and Becca Kodis on violin at The Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday, Jan. 5.

Fitzsimmons is a 2011 and Ripton Community 2012 Solarfest Coffee House national songwriting contest finalist and a three time Ploughshares national songwriting contest finalist. He has shared the stage with some of the acoustic music scene’s biggest names including Shawn Colvin, Dar Williams, Roger McGuinn, Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert.

SATURDAY 5 JAN.

Fitzsimmons is a founding member of From Good Homes, a roots rock band signed to RCA Records in the mid to late ’90s. He began his solo career in 2001 and continues to tour throughout the northeast building a large and loyal following with his soulful, captivating performances.

He just released his seventh CD, “Bird Tree” which is currently being played on radio stations all over Vermont and beyond.

Don’t miss what Relix Magazine calls “one of the most captivating songwriters around today.”

Like usual, doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will begin with an open-mic session at 7:30 p.m., followed by the featured performers. Admission is $10, $15 if you’re feeling generous and $3 kids under 12. For more info visit rcch. org. To sign up for an open-mic slot call (802) 388-9782 or email rcchfolks@gmail.com.

Patrick Fitzsimmons and Becca Kodak will perform at the Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday, Jan. 5.

live music

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THE JIM TOWEL EXPERIENCE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Jan. 4, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

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PATRICK FITZSIMMONS IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House

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SWING NOIRE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

GET PUBLISHED.

PHIL HENRY ACOUSTIC TRIO IN LINCOLN. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30-9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall.

DRAW A CROWD.

DEL RUE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12, 9-midnight, Notte.

BLUES JAM IN BRISTOL. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., Hatch 31.

TOM VAN SANT & GLEN GOODWIN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

LAST TRAIN TO ZINKOV IN BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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the movie VICE — RUNNING TIME: 2:12 — RATING: R Moviemakers have fallen so in love with the new tools at their disposal that they are using them at a tough cost to the audience: confusion. “Vice” is a prime example. The political figures of our era are shown at different ages — young here, old there, handsome here, bald and fat there. The scenes shift at bullet speed while we try to sort it all out. That said, this is a movie full of revelations that never came through in the press at the time. The audience at the opening on Christmas Day was thoroughly absorbed as they made their way through the confusion.

The link, of course, is Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) who we meet as a young man who loves to fish in his home state of Wyoming. He is also an irresponsible drunk with no future until he marries the smart and ambitious (for him) Lynne (Amy Adams). From the moment of their marriage this determined woman begins to redesign her new husband.

He is to dress right, talk intelligently, and stop drinking — or she will leave.

He was tossed out of Yale for drinking.

As he leaves his old self behind, he quietly accepts her as his life coach.

We begin to meet the characters who would later become entangled in the George Bush presidency — a disgusting Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), Roger Ailes of Fox News, and a host of others with familiar names from that dark time.

Nixon resigns in scandal, Ford becomes a weak president, the Cheneys return to Wyoming, Reagan becomes president, Cheney has the first of several heart attacks, daughter Mary Cheney (Alison Pill) announces she is gay, Cheney becomes president of Halliburton Oil. If you think it’s easy navigating all this, it isn’t.

The summons from George Bush drops us into the most depressing part of the movie. Actor Sam Rockwell creates Bush as an overwhelming mediocrity and Cheney runs as Bush’s vice president. Halliburton, of course, gives him twice what he expected when he left the company,

Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney in “Vice” (2018).

Bush wins by 537 votes, Scooter Libby becomes chief of staff, a Cheney granddaughter is born. Cheney sets himself up in offices in the Senate, the House, and in CIA, designs the invasion of Iraq, denies climate change, refuses rules against energy companies and assumes massive power when the World Trade Center is destroyed on September 11th.

Under Cheney, the U.S. tortures its prisoners and goes into Iraq and Afghanistan with encouragement from President Bush. Did I forget to mention that Vice President Cheney shot a man by mistake?

Are there any goods in all of this? Yes. Secretary of State Colin Powell struggles to do what is right but later labels his famous speech the most awful moment of his life. Cheney is accepting of his daughter’s lesbianism and loves both his daughters very much. This grim review is a loud howl that documentaries are trying to capture too much history in two-hour movies.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

2019 BOOKS WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT

the book

Freefall, by Jessica Barry

“THE AU PAIR” — BY EMMA ROUS

Machines Like Me, by Ian McEwan

(Berkley Books)

Seraphine’s life has long been defined her family, born, as she was to influential parents and grandparents, as one of the infamous Summerbourne twins. Their lives and legacy are shrouded in mystery, shaped by the house itself, rife with rumors. Her older brother barely recalls the day Seraphine and Danny were born, the same day their mother tragically took her own life. Now, in the aftermath of her father’s suspicious and untimely death, Seraphine discovers a previously unseen photograph of her mother holding just one new infant. Which baby is it? Is it possible Seraphine isn’t her mother’s daughter after all?

Why is her coloring different than that of her twin and older brother?

Where does she fit in? And did the au pair take the picture, if so, what else does she know? When her grandmother decides who will inherit the family home, Seraphine has further reason for inquiry. These dark family secrets help ratchet up the tension and excitement in this literary and propulsive readable book. This is Emma Rous’ first book, she lives in Cambridgeshire, England. The book will be available Jan. 8 and is, perhaps more fittingly, entitled “Summerbourne” in the UK. — Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf,

by Marlon James Bowlaway, by Elizabeth McCracken The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead Women Talking, by Miriam Toews Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli On The Come Up, by Angie Thomas City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert The Source of Self-Regard,

by Toni Morrison The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See

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HEALTH

HOW TO MAKE

your favorite foods healthier

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fter the whirlwind of the holiday season, the season of resolutions takes over.

Many people to resolve to live healthier, and they may not have to give up their favorite foods to do so.

Research from the National Institutes of Health suggests American adults between the ages of 18 and 49 gain an average of one to two pounds every year.

Grazing and overeating tends to increase when the weather cools down. A 2005 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that, in the fall, people tend to consume more calories, total fat and saturated fat. In the spring, people seem to prefer more carbohydrates. In addition, less powerful sunshine in winter coupled with people bundling up translates into less vitamin D being absorbed by the body. Some researchers believe there is a link between vitamin D deficiency and weight gain as well.

To ensure that certain foods do not sabotage

healthy eating plans, people can employ some easy modifications and make healthier versions of the foods they like to eat.

sparingly. Many foods that are traditionally fried also can be lightly coated with cooking spray and baked for a crunchy texture.

CHOOSE CRUNCHY FOODS

INCREASE FIBER CONTENT

Those who are prone to snacking can reach for noisy foods. These include crunchy items like apples, carrots and pretzels. Scientists say that when people listen to what they are chewing — called the “crunch effect” — they eat less of that item.

Fiber helps one feel fuller longer and can also be helpful for digestion and heart health.

Choose the “brown” varieties of rice, pasta and breads.

STOCK UP ON YOGURT Greek and other varieties of yogurt can replace sour cream and mayonnaise in many dishes.

TONE DOWN THE CREAM Delicious dishes like fettuccine alfredo typically are made with lots of butter and cream. Replace cream sauces with a healthier base made of low-fat milk thickened with flour. Increase the flavor with favorite spices.

FRY WITH CARE Use healthy oils like olive or coconut

SODIUM-FREE SEASONINGS The USCA recommends limiting sodium to less than 1 teaspoon of salt per day. Try options like fresh herbs or lemon juice to add some sodium-free flavor.

REPLACE MEAT WITH LEANER FORMS OF PROTEIN Lean chicken, turkey and pork can replace red meats in many recipes. Some traditional meat dishes, such as burgers, also can be modified using vegetables or seafood. Lean meats dry out quickly, so keep foods moist by watching cooking times.

— MetroCreative

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HOME Small kitchen updates can maximize functionality

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any homeowners wish for expansive kitchens.

Modernized kitchens that include sought after features and showcase the latest trends go a long way to improving the overall value of a home.

As desirable as such kitchens may be, some homes simply don’t have enough space for a centerfoldworthy kitchen featuring an island, wine refrigerator and walk-in pantry.

However, homeowners with small kitchens can still improve the form and function of their existing spaces.

Revamp cabinetry Homeowners whose kitchens are small often lament their lack of storage. Redesigning the layout of cabinets, and possibly adding some more cabinetry, may take care of certain storage issues. The experts at Merit Kitchens suggest utilizing corner space with LeMans units, lazy susans and other gadgets to make access to these areas easier. Going vertical with wall cabinets that extend to the

ceiling also can add more storage, as can roll-in work carts.

Work with the walls Small kitchens require clever usage of vertical space. Vertical storage units, hooks, shelving, and more can move items out of drawers and off of counters.

Consider an under-the-cabinet toaster oven and microwave to create more counter space.

Use scaled-down appliances Shop with size in mind when looking at new appliances if you have a small kitchen. Compact versions won’t take up as much space as larger alternatives.

Homeowners should consider the ultimate function of the kitchen and then think about which appliances will serve them well.

Homeowners with small kitchens may not need a large stand mixer or an oversized commercial stove.

Add some glass The DIY Network recommends incorporating glass to improve the perception of space in small kitchens. Glass lets you see through the objects, thereby enhancing the feeling of

spaciousness or what designers call “negative space.” Glass also can be reflective, visually expanding the space.

really add personality to a kitchen.

Flooring, counter materials and quality fixtures can really set small kitchens apart.

Embrace high-end materials It costs less to renovate small spaces than bigger areas, so homeowners may be able to afford high-end materials that

Small kitchens can be culinary havens with the right improvements to maximize the space.

—MetroCreative

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