Thursday, January 10, 2019

‘Hype man’

Back home

Clear sailing

A DJ in Middlebury has learned to get the crowd going at karaoke night. See Arts + Leisure.

A Salisbury family got some great news about their cat on Christmas Day. See Page 10A.

The Commodore girls were held in check for a while by MUHS, but cruised home. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 73 No. 2

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, January 10, 2019

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Man in MUMS case seeks return of guns

Cummings to succeed Bob Thorn at CSAC

Family Court judge slated to decide request

By JOHN FLOWERS alleged planned shooting.

MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Authorities thwarted the plan County resident whose firearms thanks to information supplied by were confiscated by police in order another MUMS student. The Addison to keep them from a boy who had Central School District board on allegedly planned to Monday agreed to shoot up Middlebury “There’s only draft a resolution Union Middle School honoring that student last month has regained one way to find in what will be, by access to his guns out (if the teen necessity, a somewhat and could have them secretly had a muted accolade; the returned to his home as key to the gun boy and his family soon as this week. safe) — he gains have decided to remain Addison County access and then anonymous.

State’s Attorney Also maintaining Dennis Wygmans and he goes and anonymity is the man Middlebury police shoots up the whose guns were confirmed that news school as he had confiscated as part of early this week as threatened. Is the Middlebury police an Addison County that the outcome investigation into the Family Court judge alleged shooting plan. prepared to hear details we want? I don’t Officials stressed of the high-profile case think so.” the man did nothing — State’s Attorney wrong. involving a 14-year-old Middlebury Dennis Wygmans police MUMS student who seized his had allegedly planned weapons — largely to shoot a fellow student, and anyone consisting of hunting guns — after else who got in the way, on the successfully applying to an Addison school campus on Dec. 18.

County judge for an “Extreme Also implicated in the case is Risk Protection Order,” or ERPO. another 14-year-old student who Vermont’s Act 97 states that an ERPO had allegedly offered to procure “prohibits a person from possessing weapon(s), from a relative, for the (See Guns, Page 12A)

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Rachel Lee Cummings, former CEO at Age Well, will in February begin her role as the new executive director of the Counseling Service of Addison County.

She will succeed Robert Thorn, CSAC’s longtime administrative leader, who’s retiring after almost four decades of service.

Cummings brings a strong human services and business background to her new position, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the CSAC board. Prior to her work at Age Well, Cummings founded and ran RLC Guardianship Services and Armistead Senior Care, a non(See CSAC, Page 12A)

Corporate moves won’t affect city aerospace plant

Police: VUHS threat ‘was not real’ VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Tuesday afternoon investigated a report of a student threat to fire a weapon at Vergennes Union High School, but according to Vergennes Police Chief George

Merkel authorities determined “the ability to carry out the threat was not real,” and “no threat exists to the safety of students or the facility.”

On Wednesday Merkel said a (See VUHS, Page 9A)

New FCC rule could hurt local access TV

MCTV, NEAT brace for potential cuts

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Managers of Vermont’s cable access channels are warning that a new rule being pitched by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could significantly affect their revenues to a point where some stations might have to pare back services significantly, or even close down.

If that happens it would certainly restrict the public’s ability to keep tables on their local government.

The 1984 Cable Act, among other things, established rules on how cable television operators must reimburse communities for the right to use public ways to extend their cable infrastructure to consumers. Cable operators must pay a franchise fee to substantially subsidize local cable access stations — also known as Public, Educational, and Governmental Access Channels, or PEGs. (See FCC, Page 9A)

Information superhighway

AJ BOWEN, A lineman with Eustis Cable Enterprises, installs fiber optic cable for Middlebury College and other customers on South Pleasant Street in Middlebury this past Thursday afternoon.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Despite recent major changes in the corporate structure of one of Addison County’s largest employers, a company spokesman said this week it should be business as usual on Panton Road in Vergennes.

What in 2012 was a Goodrich Aerospace plant — and until late last year did business under the banner of United Technologies Aerospace Systems — now has a Collins Aerospace Systems sign facing Panton Road after parent company United Technologies Corp. completed a multi-billion-dollar acquisition.

Collins Aerospace Public Relations Specialist Robert Edilson (See Plant, Page 12A)

Utility, environmentalists spar over Lincoln forest

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS LINCOLN — A deal that should have ben a win-win-win for a pair of utilities, their customers and the environment has fallen through.

Waitsfield & Champlain Valley Telecom (WCTV) has withdrawn from an agreement that would have relocated utility lines from a protected woodland to the roadside in Lincoln, buried new fiber optic cable through the forest and preserved

scenic views of Mount Abraham. The agreement fell through even after the Lincoln selectboard approved the deal and the Vermont Family Forests Foundation (VFF) offered to pick up some of the tab.

“At the very last minute, WCTV suggested they did not want to be pinned down to implementing their project as they designed it,” said David Brynn, executive director of VFF, which owns

some of the land.

The principal parties had hoped to finalize the deal in 2018, but on Dec. 17 WCTV proposed to double the project’s right-of-way and remove limits on the number of poles it could install.

“It was a surprise to us,” Brynn said. “It was almost impossible to deal with.”

VFF owns the 165-acre Anderson Fred Pierce (See Utility lines, Page 12A)

As classes resume at the college, locals hit the books By the Adults in the community learn by auditing Middlebury classes

CAROL AND REG Spooner of Middlebury, taking a break in a Middlebury College lounge, are among the local residents who keep engaged and rub elbows with young students by auditing classes at the institution. Professors say it can be as good for the younger adults as it is for the auditors.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

By SARAH ASCH MIDDLEBURY — Carol Spooner audited her first class at Middlebury College in the late 1980s. She sat in on an eight-person seminar course in the Religion Department about the bible and the environment.

Spooner, who graduated from the college in 1950, called up Professor Robert Schine and got permission to take the class. Since then, Spooner, 90, has audited roughly one “You don’t take class per semester on subjects including music theory, exams and Chinese film, the Middle East you don’t write and environmental studies. papers. But you After she married her husband, get more out of Reg, in 1999, they began to it if you do the audit classes together.

Spooner’s favorite class was homework.” called “Farm Stories” with — Buzz Brumbaugh now-retired professor John Elder. The students built relationships with local farming families and learned about their lives and the local farming economy. Spooner recalls riding with her classmates in a children’s school bus all around Addison County to visit the farms.

“The best part was the families came at the end of it and they had a pot luck supper and the students presented a video presentation of their experience with that family,” Spooner said.

In the last decade, the college has also taken steps to (See Classes, Page 9A)

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With snow back in the forecast, folks residing or doing business in Middlebury are reminded of the town’s winter parking ban, which took effect Nov. 1 and extends through April 1. The ban prohibits parking between midnight and 6 a.m. on town streets and in most municipal parking lots.

Vehicles parked in violation of the ban are subject to ticketing, (See By the way, Page 9A)

Index Obituaries................................. 6A Classifieds.......................... 6B-7B Service Directory............... 4B-5B Entertainment.........Arts + Leisure Community Calendar............... 8A Arts Calendar.........Arts + Leisure Sports................................. 1B-3B

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Thank You!

Thanks to an amazingly generous community, once again HOPE was able to offer holiday assistance to local families. 357 households that otherwise would not have had a festive, nutritious holiday meal were provided with food boxes containing turkeys and other items.

We were also able to facilitate our annual Holiday Shop, which provided new books, toys, and clothing for 581 children. This was made possible by a tremendous outpouring of generosity and help. All of us at HOPE extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed gifts, holiday food, money with which to buy these items, and those who volunteered to pack the meal boxes and assist parents in the Holiday Shop. Below is a list of all of those we can name. There were many others who donated anonymously, and those who came in during an especially busy time to bring food or gifts and then left before we could get their names. We are immensely grateful to every one for their caring and generosity. Happy 2019 to you all.

Lorraine Abramson, Addison County Court House, Addison County Home Health & Hospice, Mia Allen, Agrimark employees, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rectory, Marie Audet, Martha Baldwin, Jim Barnard, Janet Barrett, Wendy Beach, Eileen and David Bearor, Lisa Bernardin, John Berninghausen, John Betz, Anna Betz, Mike Bingham, Emily Blistein, Bonnie’s Books, Brenda Bourdeau, Dottie and Reed Bouton, Katherine Branch, Bread Loaf Corporation, Sandra Breen, Bristol Cliffs Café, Nanette Carpenter, Dick Catlin, Holly Catlin, Champlain Orchards, Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Charlotte Chase, Maura Clancy, Tony Clark, Cathy Collins, Geoff and Maureen Conrad, Cooperative Insurance Companies, Bree Cotroneo, Polly Darnell, Dash family, Becky and Chris Dayton, Barbara Deal, Courtney DeBisschop, Lyn DeGraff, Val Demong, Karlene Devine, David Disque, David Dodge, Robert Donaghey, Kathleen Donovan, DR Power, Ann Duclos Collier, Sunita and Adem Duracak, East Middlebury Methodist Church, Eastview at Middlebury, Elmer Farm, Betsy Etchells, John Fallon, John and Mildred Fitzpatrick, Christine Foley, Ann Folger, Joyce Foster, Delbert and Brenda Frazier, G. Stone Motors, Rita and Richard Glidden, Global Foundries, Golden Russett Farm, Green Mountain Power Middlebury, Barbara and David Greenawalt, Barbara Greenwood, Helen Haerle, Patty Hallum, Georgia Hamilton, Hannaford Market, Barbara Hansen, Anna Hardway, Brad and Marionne Hargett, David and Terri Hendrickson,

Susan Higley, Antonia and David Holmes, IPJ Real Estate, Karen James, Corey James, Rachel Kahan, Stefanie Kasselakis, Deb and Joe Kelley, Johanna Kelley, Kinney Drugs, Deborah Kirby, Marie Kireker, Suzie Klemmer, Kim Kurack, Laberge Insurance Agency, Elayne Labombard, LaRose family, Kathy Lafayette, Robin Landon, Carolyn LaRose, Candie Leavitt, Lester Farm, Suzanne Loker, Kathy Mackey, Jill Madden, Janelle Mandigo, Maple Landmark, Barbara and Hugh Marlow, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Mary’s Restaurant, Patty McAllister, Stuart and Amy McAninch, Patty McCormick, Fran McIntosh, Memorial Baptist Church of Middlebury, Barbara Merz, Middlebury Indoor Tennis, Middlebury College, Middlebury College Bookstore, Middlebury College Center for Community Engagement, Middlebury College Organic Garden, Middlebury College Staff Council, Middlebury Congregational Church, Middlebury Eye Associates, Middlebury FFA, Middlebury Fitness, Middlebury Friends Meeting, Middlebury Inn, Middlebury Lions Club, Middlebury Rotary, Middlebury Union High School, Middlebury Union Middle School Ohana Team, Middlebury Union Middle School, Middlebury Union Middle School Phoenix Team, Middlebury High School Men’s and Women’s Hockey, Middlebury VFW, Jerome Milks, Rick Miller, Monkton Central School, Judy Morrison, Rolande Morrison, Janet Mosurick, Mr. Ups, Lorrie Muller, Peg Myhre, National Bank of Middlebury, Barbara and Mark Nelson, Kathy Nessen, Tom Noble, North Ferrisburg United Methodist Church, Collen Nuccio, Kathleen O’Meara,

Trudie Parker, Faith Parkins, Lisa Patton, Rita Pelkey, Sarah Peluso, Ruth Penfield, Pike Industries, Porter Hospital, Richard Potter, John and Mary Pratt, Frank and Linda Punderson, Quarry Hill School, Mary Jane and Roger Quesnel, Polly Raine, Tara Raymond, ReArch Company, Red Cedar School, Recycled Reading, Jane & Russell Reilly, The Residence at Otter Creek, Retired Teachers Association, Curtis Reuschel, Alice Reynolds, Maxx Rheaume, the Richards Group, Warren Rinehart, Travis Romano, Laura Rooker, Rosie’s Restaurant, Amey Ryan, Mosher/Safran family, Beverly Schroeder, Theresa Schroeder, Cindy Seligmann, Hannah Sessions, Eldon Sherwin, Shoreham Congregational Church, Shoreham Elementary School, Michelle Shubert, Tom Smith, St. Ambrose Church, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lorri Sperry, Sarah Stall, Beth Stanway, Justin Stone, Todd Stone, T Stone Mechanical, Stonewood Farms, Chuck Strum, Regina Styles, T. Stone Mechanical, T Tall, Dan and Patty Tatro, Jill Taylor, Three Squares Café, Val Tilford, Tinker and Smithy, Touch Massage, Two Brothers Tavern, United Reform Church, UTC, The Vermont Bookshop, Vermont Federal Credit Union, Vermont Hard Cider, Vermont Sun Children’s Center, Jill Vickers, Vermont Gas Systems, Connie Wagner, Linda Wakefield, Kim Walker, Suzanne Ward, Cyndy Watson, Wells Mountain Foundation, Weybridge Congregational Church, Linda White, Stephan Williams, Barbara Wilson, Wow Toyz, Carrie Wulfman, Claire Wulfman, Jesse Wulfman, Nathan Wulfman, Mitchell Wulfman

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ACSD budget impact becomes more clear

Cornwall in line for 9-cent tax increase

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — State aid information released within the past week by the Vermont Department of Taxes is finally giving Addison Central School District (ACSD) officials a better sense of how Middlebury-area taxpayers could be affected by pre-K-12 education spending during fiscal year 2020.

And the early forecast is that residents in the seven ACSDmember towns could see education property tax rates ranging from a decline of a quarter-penny in Ripton to a 9.27-cent hike in Cornwall, according to information released at Monday’s ACSD board meeting.

Addison Central officials stressed the current numbers are likely to change somewhat based on potential updates on state aid and changes the ACSD board could make to a current draft FY ’20 budget that reflects $31,428,752 in education spending — a 1.9 percent increase.

The ACSD includes Middlebury Union middle and high schools, along with the elementary schools in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.

District Business Manager Brittany Gilman was unable to provide an estimate on Middlebury’s potential education tax rate for next year. That’s because Middlebury is now undergoing a townwide reappraisal of property values, a major undertaking expected to conclude this April. The reappraisal will produce Middlebury’s new “Common Level of Appraisal (CLA),” a key variable used in calculating a community’s education property tax rate.

The CLA is an adjustment to listed property values. The state calculates a CLA annually for each town to adjust the listed value of properties to reflect fair market value as nearly as possible. The CLA is printed on property tax bills.

Gilman and ACSD Superintendent Peter Burrows provided board members with new information on a spending plan the board must finalize within the next few weeks in order present it to district residents on Town Meeting Day, March 5.

Chip Malcolm, leader of the ACSD’s finance committee, said the latest draft reflects an effort to

Addison Central estimates for education property tax rates in FY ’20 • $1.6019 for Bridport, fourtenths of a penny increase.

• $1.6578 for Cornwall, 9.27cent hike.

• $1.7625 for Ripton, quarter of a penny decrease.

• $1.6373 for Salisbury, 1.26 cents bump.

• $1.5969 for Shoreham, 5.3cent increase.

• $1.6174 for Weybridge, 1.44-cent jump.

Note: Middlebury estimate is pending a townwide reappraisal.

maintain current school programs and services.

“This budget itself doesn’t have a lot of changes, other than tweaking it for a number of positions,” he said.

Malcolm added the absence of state aid information has made it tough to put together a budget.

That info has been trickling in, and Gilman offered the estimates for ACSD towns’ (except Middlebury) education property rates (see chart on this page).

Finance Committee members want to ensure, among other things, that the proposed budget is able to accommodate the ACSD’s ongoing transition to an International Baccalaureate curriculum, and that it doesn’t exceed state-prescribed limits on increases in education spending. The current budget fulfills both of those objectives, according to Gilman.

The ACSD board entered the FY ’20 budgeting process having already made a lot of tough financial decisions.

District voters last March OK’d a 2018-2019 ACSD budget that reflected a 1.32-percent spending decrease and the elimination of more than 20 full-time-equivalent jobs. It accomplished most of those reductions through attrition; several veteran teachers accepted an early retirement incentive offer.

District taxpayers will also benefit (See ACSD, Page 3A)

Council approves longer downtown parking hours

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Tuesday as expected approved an amendment to the city’s parking law that will add an extra hour to the time motorists may leave their cars parked on downtown streets.

Effective 60 days from Tuesday (March 9), the legal daytime limit to remain in a downtown parking space will be extended from two to three hours. Neither the current or new limit applies to evenings or Sundays.

Vergennes officials said downtown shopkeepers and restaurateurs lobbied for the change, saying that two hours was not always enough time for residents and visitors to run multiple errands, such as both shop

and enjoy a meal.

“The commentary that came back was that two hours was not enough,” said City Manager Matt Chabot, who had prepared the amendment at the council’s request.

The city is now an outlier among Addison County’s largest villages: Middlebury and Bristol both impose two-hour limits on most of their downtown streets, and Middlebury has a parking enforcement employee.

Vergennes officials plan to put up signs to indicate the new time limits in a district that includes Main Street between East and South Water streets, all of Park Street, and parts of Green and School streets.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

CLARIFICATION: An article in the Dec. 13 edition of the Independent focused on recent and upcoming changes at Porter Medical Center’s

Cardiology Department. That article failed to list Dr. Steffen Hillemann as a longtime member of the Porter Cardiology staff.

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 10, 2019 — PAGE 3A

Major gift

THE MIDDLEBURY LIONS Club recently donated $10,000 to Friends of Middlebury Hockey Inc. for the group’s Heat It Up campaign, which is dedicated to making significant improvements to Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center. Pictured with the check are the Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association’s Middlebury House Mites, along with Dan McIntosh, Rick Marshall, Adrienne MacIntyre and Lions Club President Paul Desabrais.

Photo by Mike McAuliffe

Annual legislative breakfast series to kick off on Jan. 28

By JOHN FLOWERS breakfasts provide an opportunity for ADDISON COUNTY — The 2019 area residents to gather for a morning legislative breakfast series will kick meal followed by a 75-minute forum off on Monday, Jan. 28, in Bridport during which local lawmakers and will feature an appearance by provide updates on goings on in Gov. Phil Scott at the Statehouse. The the Middlebury The new legislators gatherings also allow American Legion residents to tell their — all Democrats Hall on March 18. state representatives Lead sponsors — include Mari and senators how they of the breakfast Cordes of Lincoln, feel about major bills series will again be Caleb Elder of before they come up Bridport Grange No. Starksboro, Matt for votes.

303 and the Addison Birong of Vergennes Results of the Nov. County Farm 6 elections mean and Ruth Hardy of several new faces Bureau.

The legislative Middlebury. will join the breakfast breakfasts will take conversations this place almost every Monday at several winter and early spring. The new different Addison County venues legislators — all Democrats — during the legislative session, which include Mari Cordes of Lincoln, begins Jan. 9. First established around Caleb Elder of Starksboro, Matt four decades ago by the county’s Birong of Vergennes and Ruth Hardy League of Women Voters, the of Middlebury.

Cordes and Elder will soon be soon be sworn in as the new representatives of the Addison-4 House district, while Birong will join incumbent Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, in the Addison-3 district.

Hardy will partner with state Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, in the state’s highest chamber, representing Addison County, Huntington and Buel’s Gore.

The slate of new lawmakers will replace Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol (who is retiring); Rep. Fred Baser, R-Bristol (defeated on Nov. 6); Rep. Warren Van Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh (also defeated); and Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison (retiring).

Lawmakers in 2019 will, as usual, have a lot of business to do during the four- to five-month session.

Along with crafting a challenging fiscal year 2020 budget, the

Vergennes City Hall makeover set

Interior spaces to get cosmetic work

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The interior of Vergennes City Hall will in the next two or three months receive a facelift at no direct cost to city taxpayers.

On Tuesday the Vergennes City Council voted unanimously to tap the Vergennes Water Tower Fund for $25,000 to pay for improvements to walls, ceilings and flooring; lighting and wiring upgrades; and completion of work to the meeting room that has been in progress for more than a year.

The Water Tower Fund is fed by payments from cellphone companies who hang broadcast equipment on

the city-owned former water tower behind city hall. It is intended to be used to improve city-owned property.

City Manager Matt Chabot said at Tuesday’s meeting he has had his eye on city hall’s fraying surfaces and incomplete meeting room (formerly the police department’s squad room before the force’s new station was built) since he was first elected as an alderman, and he recommended the project and the funding source to the council.

“This was something that was near and dear to my heart when I was a member of the council,” Chabot said.

Work on the meeting room has proceeded in fits and starts. Former Mayor Michael Daniels and other

volunteers made a lot of progress, and now Chabot said he has professionals lined up to complete that project and then turn their attention to the rest of the city offices.

Work will include ceiling and floor tiles, paint and carpeting throughout; wiring in the new meeting room; LED lighting to replace aging fluorescent fixtures throughout; and a foldable conference table with wheels in the meeting from that will allow for flexible usage of that space.

The council — which has been meeting regularly for years in the basement of the city’s Green Street fire station — and the city’s planning commission and development review board will hold most meetings (See City hall, Page 7A)

• Not filling a para-educator position at Middlebury Union High School.

• Reducing a 0.5 FTE “behavior interventionist” position.

The state of Vermont has tentatively placed the ACSD’s equalized per-pupil count at 1,788 for the 2019-2020 academic year, a drop of 36 equalized pupils (2 percent) compared to this year.

Fewer students means less state aid and tougher decisions on school programming.

Malcolm noted the school board only has control of roughly 30 percent of the education budget, thus limiting its ability to have a huge impact on the bottom line.

State aid, teachers’ salaries and employee benefits are fixed costs once they’ve been negotiated.

District health insurance costs are predicted to rise by 11 percent for the 2019-2020 academic year, according to officials, though some of that expense will be offset by recent teacher retirements.

An auditor has estimated the ACSD will have a fund balance of around $124,000 to apply to fiscal year 2020. Burrows and Gilman are both recommending the district

place that money in the ACSD’s capital reserve fund, which they noted will be substantially depleted by the end of this year.

Some board members were concerned to hear about the thin financial cushion for school-related repairs.

“I think our need far outstrips anything we can put into the budget,” Burrows said. “Our goal was to take care of any significant maintenance needs in the $100,00 to $200,000 range that come up. If something can wait, we’re going to wait as we finish the (ACSD) master plan and figure out where we’re headed from there.”

Burrows said taxpayers will likely be asked to bankroll significant school repairs in the future. The ACSD is scheduled to retire much if its current capital debt in 2021, which would soften the financial blow if taxpayers agree to float a new school repairs bond in the near future, officials said.

“We know we’re going to have to bond at some point,” Burrows said.

“There’s a bond in our future.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

ACSD (Continued from Page 2A) from a 6-cent reduction in education property taxes, one of the financial incentives the ACSD received in return for merging its school governance in 2016.

“We went into our last budget with the intention of being levelfunded,” Burrows said, noting an effort to adapt in an era of declining enrollment and unpredictable state aid.

“We came into this budget trying to maintain our current level of services,” he added. “We continue to focus on what we think is really important: Investing in both our systems of support… and developing an International Baccalaureate framework. Those two pieces and the areas of the budget that continue to be the two pillars within the FY ’20 budget, as they have been in FY ’19.”

SPENDING REDUCTIONS Gilman on Monday outlined several proposed spending reductions since the first budget draft was released last month. They include: • Eliminating a school nurse position that officials believe won’t be needed next year.

General Assembly’s agenda will likely include approving a revenue source for the cleanup of the state’s waterways, and considering a taxand-regulate system for recreaational marijuana.

What follows is a list of the dates and venues for the 2019 legislative breakfast series. Breakfast starts at 7 a.m. and the program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 8:45 a.m.

The Grange will gratefully accept donations on location to help defray the costs of renting the venues.

• Jan. 28: Bridport Grange Hall on Route 22A. • Feb. 4: St. Peter Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St., Vergennes.

• Feb. 11: Bristol American Legion Post No. 19, at 56 Airport Drive.

• Feb. 25: Orwell firehouse, 604 Main. St. • March 11: Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St., Shoreham.

• March 18: “Governor’s Breakfast” at Middlebury American Legion Post No. 27, at 49 Wilson Rd. • March 25: Salisbury Congregational Church at 853 Maple St. • April 1: A special luncheon at which participants will focus primarily on farm issues. This event will begin at noon and conclude at 1:45 p.m., in the Bridport Grange

Hall on Route 22A. • April 8: Weybridge Congregational Church at 2790 Weybridge Road.

• April 15: New Haven Congregational Church on Town Hill Road.

• April 22: Whiting Town Hall at 29 South Main St. • April 29: Granville Grange Hall at 82 Post Office Hill Road.

The series will conclude with a breakfast on Monday, June 3, at the Bridport Grange Hall at which lawmakers will wrap up major accomplishments and disappointments of the 2019 session.

PAGE 4A — Addison Independent, Thursday, January 10, 2019

A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorials

to the Editor

Trump’s troubles over wall a harbinger of politics in 2019 Just 16 hours after Trump tried to sell funding for his border wall on prime-time television fell flat Tuesday night, news reports said he slammed his hand down on the table and walked out of a Wednesday afternoon meeting with Democratic leaders declaring angrily that trying to negotiate was a “waste of time.”

The failure to resolve the government shutdown on Wednesday followed the president’s poor TV performance that was panned largely because he failed to justify why the wall was needed, nor why it was not a colossal waste of money. Nor did Trump put his heart and soul into selling the proposal. He admitted to members of the press beforehand that he was only doing the speech because his handlers told him it would help, though he personally didn’t think it would. That’s partly because the first part of his brief speech was so obviously off-message for him.

In his opening remarks, he attempted to act like a reasonable president appealing to the “humanitarian” crises on the nation’s border with Mexico.

The public didn’t bite. Trump, after all, chastised immigrants throughout his campaign, and from his first day in office has made them America’s number one enemy and scapegoat. For him to suddenly suggest he is concerned about their well being just didn’t pass the smell-test for all but the staunchest Trump supporter.

He regained a bit of his mojo toward the end of the 9-minute speech when he attacked the immigrants seeking asylum into the country in the racist, bigoted terms he finds far more appealing, calling them “rapists,” murderers” and “drug smugglers” and stoking anger within his base. That’s what he’s good at doing.

But the facts are too well known for his lies to take hold outside his shrinking base.

• Fact: Border crossings are down from their peak in the early 2000s, and they are relatively steady over the past several years. There is an increase in families (mainly women and children) seeking political asylum into the country, but most are applying through a legal process. His wrong-headed policies have largely created the humanitarian crisis he now laments — or rather uses as a political foil to distract attention away from the Mueller investigation and the growing likelihood that it has found grounds for collusion with Russia to sway the 2016 election.

• Fact: While Trump labels illegal immigrants as dangerous to the country and responsible for thousands of criminal acts, he uses numbers that have no time frame (could be 100 years) and are therefore meaningless.

Studies have shown that the migrant population, including illegal immigrants, is actually less likely to commit criminal violence or crimes against others than the domestic population.

• Fact: He tried to pin the blame for the government shutdown on Democrats, a statement that contradicts his own boast just last month when he said: “I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck (Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer), because the people of this country don’t want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it.”

• Fact: Contrary to Trump’s claim that Democrats are opposed to funding border security, Democrats have advocated for $1.7 billion for border security, including measures that Trump newly supported on Tuesday.

• Fact: The wall would not stop or even reduce to any significant degree the amount of illegal drugs flowing into the country, human trafficking, or terrorists trying to illegally enter the country. As for terrorists coming across the border, Nicholas Rasumussen, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said there is “no wave of terrorist operatives waiting to cross overland into the United States. It simply isn’t true.”

• Fact: What is true is that the Department of Homeland Security ranks cyberattacks against utilities, communications systems and markets as the top threat to the nation, yet Trump’s government shutdown has furloughed nearly half of the work force of the nation’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is the nation’s first line of defense against network attacks. After cyberattacks, the nation’s top security experts say, according to the Washington Post, the top threats to the country include “the rise of smaller, more deadly nuclear and biological weapons; terrorist attacks by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda; and Russian-style influence campaigns and threats to the nation’s space assets.” Increased border security doesn’t merit a priority ranking because current measures are working well enough in terms of national security.

• Fact: Trump has changed his tune on who will be paying for the wall.

During the campaign, Trump alleged Mexico would pay 100 percent of the wall. Today, he is trying to suggest that Mexico would pay indirectly through the trade agreement he still has yet to forge with Mexico and Canada. It’s a bogus claim, as is his claim that the reduction in drug addiction costs would somehow be attributable to a wall that experts agree would not significantly reduce the flow of drugs across the border.

• Fact: For those concerned about national security, consider this: As part of the government shutdown, 41,000 federal law enforcement and correctional officers are working without pay, including 13,709 FBI agents, 3,600 deputy U.S. Marshals; and 4,399 Drug Enforcement Agency officers.

Plus, up to 88 percent of Department of Homeland Security employees are working without pay, including 54,000 Customs and Border Protection agents and customs officers. Also, more than 380,000 federal employees have been furloughed (laid off without pay), including 96 percent of NASA (16,700 staff); 10,261 staff from the State Department; more than 80 percent of the National Park Service and 33 percent of the Forest Service, and 45,500 Internal Revenue Service staff, plus thousands of other federal employees helping everyone from senior citizens to providing food for hungry children to farmers seeking federal aid.

In short, Trump’s government shutdown puts many aspects of the nation’s security and well being at risk, while he vainly tries to sell the nation on a nonsensical campaign promise. And to declare Wednesday that negotiating with Congressional leaders of the majority party is a waste of time, is fitting for a president who still doesn’t understand he’s but one leg of a threelegged stool. If this week is the norm, it will be a long year for Mr. Trump.

Angelo Lynn

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It starts with entertaining the notion

Many of the most important changes in my life have come about from the phrase “entertain the notion”.

One New Year I was a single potter with two children.

My friend Judy, with the same family configuration, was telling me about her plans to work at a camp as a crafts director for the summer. I teach crafts in the schools, I thought, I could do that. I asked if there were any more jobs. “We are still looking for a waterfront director,” she said. “You swim.”

With the possibility came the reality that there was no way I could go away for the summer.

What would I do about my house?

What about my kids? I had no money.

And my Water Safety Instructor certification had expired.

Judy listened. She didn’t try to

By Sas explain how I could turn each obstacle Carey around. She said only, “Entertain the notion.”

There was something gentle about those words — something that put the responsibility back on me. Was this idea important enough for me to keep thinking about? I guess so, because the obstacles were easily overcome. The camp’s staff cabin had two bedrooms upstairs and two down, enough for our kids and us. My house could be rented. Furthermore, with one call to the camp director, I discovered that a water safety instructor class was starting next week at Green Mountain College and someone driving from Middlebury could offer me rides.

From that time on, whenever there was an option for change, I would entertain the notion first to see if the obstacles would move out of the way. And the progression became smooth through different phases.

First came a job at a women’s health center, which

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then became a notion to become a nurse, and I was off to nursing school. After becoming a registered nurse, would I work in a hospital? Yes. And work with teens and build a private practice in energy healing. And the most outrageous notion of all — go to Mongolia.

Mongolia came to me through my private healing practice. One day a client and friend held up the book “Encounters with Qi” by David Eisenberg and said, “You need to go to China. This book shows how traditional and modern medicine work there.”

Since I was a nurse working with energy every day, she thought I could learn how China uses energy in their medical system. When I told her it was impossible financially for me to go there, she offered to trade seven years of weekly energy healing sessions for underwriting a $5,000 tour. This trip with the American Holistic Nurses Association included China and Mongolia.

I never imagined I would go to Mongolia, never wanted to go, but when I stepped on the Mongolian ground, I felt a rush of energy come through my feet up into my body.

I soon knew that I needed to make space for Mongolia to become a bigger part of my life.

Later the question in my mind became how could I possibly afford to go to Mongolia again? And how could I possibly leave my clients for a longer period of time to study traditional Mongolian medicine?

But as I opened the space, people helped me with funding and back up for my clients because they saw my curiosity and my purpose. Now a quarter of a century and eighteen trips to Mongolia later, I can see (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Vt. GOP: Keep Trump at a distance

When Vermont’s newly elected legislative and executive officials took their oaths of office on Wednesday, there were fewer Republicans in the Statehouse than at any time in the last 150 years.

Gov. Phil Scott will be sworn in on Thursday as the only Republican holding a statewide office. All of the other Republican governors in the modern era of Vermont politics — Deane Davis, Dick Snelling and Jim Douglas — were joined on the platform on inauguration day by either a Republican lieutenant governor or at least one Republican holding another of the statewide elected offices.

Republican representation in the Legislature will also be the lowest it has been since the party was founded in the 1850s. Only 49 of the 180 legislators — 27 percent of the combined membership of the House and Senate — were elected as Republicans. With only 6 of 30 senators, and 43 of 150 By Eric L. Davis House members, the GOP will be hard-pressed to sustain any vetoes that Gov. Scott may cast in the next biennium.

Last November’s legislative election results were a disaster for Vermont Republicans. They lost another seat in the Senate and, more importantly, lost 10 seats in the House.

The House Republicans who were defeated included popular moderate members such as Kurt Wright of Burlington, Fred Baser of Bristol and Brian Keefe of Manchester who were swept out of office by a “blue wave.” These legislators reported that when they were campaigning door-to-door, they were sometimes told that

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voters liked them as individuals, but were voting a straight Democratic ticket to express their opposition to President Trump and congressional Republicans.

So where does the Vermont Republican Party go from here? Can it recover from November 2018? In the shortterm, Republicans’ goals should be to try to get back closer to one-third of the membership of each legislative chamber, and to ensure Gov. Scott’s re-election in what could be a difficult political environment in 2020.

In my opinion, the first step Vermont Republicans must take in order to regain some headway in Montpelier is to distinguish and separate themselves, to the greatest extent possible, from President Trump and the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate. Vermont is arguably the state where Trump has the least support in the nation.

A public poll taken before the November election showed Trump’s approval rating in Vermont at 24 percent, compared with roughly 40 percent nationally. This result makes sense to me. For most of the George W. Bush and Obama presidencies, Vermonters’ approval of the incumbent president was roughly 15 points “more Democratic” than those presidents’ national approval levels. Trump’s November 2016 popular vote share of 29 percent in Vermont was also the lowest of any of the 50 states.

Over the next year, Gov. Scott and like-minded moderate Republicans should work as hard as they can to replace the current leadership of the Vermont Republican Party with people whose main focus will be on making Republican (See Davis, Page 5A)

I am writing to correct a misleading statement on the part of Matt Bonner, who, with Churchill Franklin, is proposing the 14-lot subdivision on the beautiful old Bingham property on North Bingham Street in West Cornwall.

Their application is the subject of a public hearing in Cornwall on Thursday, Jan. 10. Bonner comments in a story in the Addison Independent that the developers intended to create a pattern of houses that “look as though they belonged and had always been there ... for the space among and between (houses) to match the existing settlement pattern on North and South Bingham (Streets).”

The existing settlement pattern on North and South Bingham Streets is of single-family houses facing the main roads, with some homes set far back from these roads on sizable lots. On North Bingham Street, many of these houses are separated by more than an acre. The plan of the proposed subdivision is identifiably suburban in appearance, with 7 of the 9 house sites arranged below the old church in 1- to 2-acre lots around a loop in the subdivision’s center. There is no settlement pattern on North or South Bingham Streets that resembles this configuration.

Cornwall subdivision and zoning regulations make clear that any new development must extend existing settlement patterns of the district in which it is proposed. Many neighbors on South and North Bingham Streets are concerned about the impact a development of this magnitude and density — and of this suburban style — will have on the aesthetics of this lovely and historic part of Cornwall. In weighing the compatibility and accountability factors that are important in a subdivision proposal of this scale, it is helpful to be accurate about the facts.

Elizabeth Napier Cornwall

MUMS student expresses fear Editor’s note: The writer is an eighth-grader at Middlebury Union Middle School, and she produced this reflection in response to the incident last month when a MUMS student was alleged to have been planning a school shooting.

————— Fear creeps in. As I’m sitting at my desk, it spreads. The fear that I never thought I would know.

And the adults pretend nothing has happened; we are told nothing.

But still, the fear infects us.

The fear that a classmate could have killed us. The fear that weapons were to be brought into our school. I imagine the sound echoing, the blood spraying, the bodies falling. I think of the children who have already died, the students who walked into a normal day at school and never left.

And the fear creeps in, the fear that after all this, after all the blood and screams and tears, those in charge will pick guns over the children.

Ainsleigh Johnson Middlebury

Time to void past pot convictions It used to be thought that once a person convicted of a crime had served their sentence, paid their fines, and made restitution, they were considered to have “repaid their debt to society,” and everyone could move on, the appropriate lesson learned, the score settled. Not anymore.

Today, the collateral consequences of conviction, even for petty, victimless crimes like cannabis possession, last a lifetime.

A criminal conviction can result in a permanent loss of eligibility for federal student aid, for example, and public housing assistance.

And, with the proliferation of cheap and quick online background check services, having a criminal record frequently makes it hardto-impossible for a person to get a job, find an apartment, or even get a bank loan. It’s as though the “debt to society” is never repaid — even when, as is the case with cannabis, the underlying “crime” is no longer illegal.

(See Letter, Page 5A)

Nixon was worse than Trump

One of the benefits of age is Elect the President (appropriately perspective, a sense of what matters known as “CREEP”). most over time. With that perspecBut there was much more than tive, I suggest that we have seen just the break-in among the crimes worse than Donald Trump, and that that sent 48 Nixon associates to the republic will survive. prison. As Bob Woodward and Carl This is not to underestimate the Bernstein wrote, “Watergate was horror that is the Trump presidency. a brazen and daring assault, led by On top of denying climate change Nixon himself, against the heart of and removing environmental pro- American democracy: the Constitutections — on top of all the lying, tion, our system of free elections, the the overt racism and the demeaning rule of law.” schoolyard taunts on Twitter — on Nixon’s henchman raided the top of all that, we have office of Daniel Ellsthe train wreck that was berg’s psychiatrist when the Trump campaign and Ellsberg was indicted subsequent cover up. We for exposing the emalready know this: barrassing Pentagon • Trump conspired Papers. “You can’t let with Michael Cohen and the Jews steal that stuff the National Enquirer and get away with it,” to break federal election the president told his laws. chief of staff. (Ellsberg • He called on the was exonerated and a Russians to hack and judge threw out the case publicly release Hillary against him once the Clinton’s emails. break-in was revealed.)

• His top campaign The White House officials met with Rustapes show Nixon orsians in Trump Tower dered a break-in at the to get dirt on Clinton Brookings Institution during the campaign. to learn more about

by Gregory Dennis ex-President Johnson’s • Standing next to Russian President VladVietnam policy. Nixon imir Putin, Trump told the world he actively supported efforts to infilbelieved Putin, instead of America’s trate the anti-war movement with own intelligence agencies, that Rus- informers, and he campaigned for sia did not try to influence the 2016 crackdowns on the growing protests. election.

(Among the strong-arm tactics were • Trump has steadily obstructed the illegal arrests in 1971 of myself justice, in part by firing FBI Director and other demonstrators in front James Comey and later handing of the White House, one of many oversight of Robert Mueller’s efforts to curb dissent and punish investigations to a political lackey. those of us in the peace movement.)

He has repeatedly attempted to Nixon saw the media as abetting influence witnesses via Twitter and efforts to end the war. Yes, Trump by dangling pardons for people who has called the media “the enemy of may implicate him in other crimes. the people.” But Nixon & Co. actuLittle wonder, then, that millions ally acted on that sentiment. of Americans have concluded this Henry Kissinger, the national presidency is a train wreck. We security adviser, ordered illegal seemed poised for much worse to wiretaps on 17 journalists and White come.

House staffers who were suspected But the historical reality is this: of leaking to the press. Nixon is America has already survived and heard on a 1971 tape saying, “In the indeed prospered since the worst and short run, it would be so much easmost immoral president we’ve ever ier, wouldn’t it, to run this war in a seen. Because Nixon was worse than dictatorial way, kill all the reporters Trump. and carry on the war.”

Why? Two words: Watergate and It may one day be proved that Vietnam.

Trump or his associates illegally Sure, give Richard Nixon credit conspired with Russians to underfor going to China and for backing mine the Clinton campaign. We some policies that today are identi- don’t yet know. fied as being enlightened. But since But we do know that Nixon and he resigned in disgrace, we’ve for- his campaign conspired against not gotten how bad his presidency truly just one but several Democratic canwas. didates as part of his 1972 re-election We tend to equate Nixon with campaign.

Watergate, the building that was CREEP actively undermined the scene of a bungled break-in at Maine Sen. Ed Muskie, even putting the headquarters of the Democratic Muskie’s chauffeur on the payroll as National Committee. The burglars’ a spy. Over 50 operatives were paid legal expenses and aborted cover-up to get dirt on Democratic candidates were paid by the Committee to Re- using campaign money, illegal slush

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funds and money laundering. Nixon pushed for IRS investigations of his potential opponents. He urged his deputies to learn more about Sen. Ted Kennedy’s sex life and get compromising photos that could be leaked to the press.

We also now know, thanks to Rachel Maddox’s “Bag Man” podcast, that Nixon ordered an illegal and unsuccessful effort to quash the investigation into bribes being taken

by Vice President Spiro Agnew.

(Among the team players in the unsuccessful cover-up was George H.W. Bush, then head of the Republican National Committee.)

Looking back on these constitutional disasters, Woodward and Bernstein concluded: “Nixon had lost his moral authority as president. The secret tapes — and what they reveal — will probably be his most lasting legacy (but) … by the time he was forced to resign, Nixon had turned his White House, to a remarkable extent, into a criminal enterprise.”

All of that wrongdoing encompasses only what we subsume under “Watergate.” It’s his conduct of everything that falls under “Vietnam” that seals Nixon’s fate as our worst and most immoral president.

The United States fought the bloody, senseless and seemingly endless Vietnam War for very little gain. We sunk a large portion of our national treasure in the conflict, damaged our international standing, demoralized our military, and destroyed the lives of many servicemen and their families.

To what end? Today the Soviet Union, which backed the North Vietnamese effort to rule their own country, is gone. Vietnam is little more than a hip destination for vacation travelers.

Consider the war’s death toll alone. Over 58,000 American soldiers, including 100 Vermonters, died during the conflict. More than 21,000 American combatants died when Nixon was president. Overall, more than 304,000 American servicemen were wounded in the war.

But of course the toll was much worse on the Vietnamese side.

An estimated 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers died in the war, with an additional 200,000 or more South Vietnamese dead. As for innocent civilians?

Put that horrific toll at more than 2 million dead.

The best estimates are that over 1.5 million of those deaths came during Nixon’s prosecution of the war. In Cambodia, an additional 300,000 to 500,000 more people died as a result of his policies.

The cost in dollars? About $473 billion in direct military expenditures from 1969 to 1974.

(See Dennis, Page 7A)

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) that my relationship with Mongolia transformed my life and at the same time the work I did there evolved.

While starting in health care, I soon noticed that the traditional way of life was at risk. Even though I was a nurse and had no training in filmmaking, I had a notion that I

needed to make documentaries to preserve the traditional Mongolian nomadic way of life. And I knew how to embrace it.

I am grateful to Judy for long ago introducing me to the phrase “entertain the notion.” It has allowed me to overcome obstacles and create a fulfilling life.

In addition to her work as an energy healer, Sas Carey is teaching Mongolian culture and life at Lincoln Elementary School this spring. She is also in postproduction for “Transition”, her fourth feature documentary, and is writing a memoir.

sort of Republicanism is not going to help the Vermont GOP regain seats in the Legislature or re-elect Gov. Scott.

If the governor and his supporters are unable to change the leadership and direction of the Vermont Republican Party, I believe Scott should seriously consider running for re-election as an independent, not as a Republican, in 2020. Two other moderate New England Republicans

pursued this strategy successfully and were elected as independent governors after leaving the GOP: Lowell Weicker in Connecticut and Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island. Scott might want to study their careers and consider whether he should do the same.

Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) gains in Vermont elections in November 2020, not on re-electing President Trump. The current state party chair and vice chair are both Trump supporters, who during 2018 proposed messaging campaigns such as “Make Vermont Great Again,” and who attacked the members of Vermont’s congressional delegation for their opposition to Trump. This

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Light at the end of the tunnel Editor’s note: This is the first munity become our teachers. We in a series of essays to present go to school and learn to read and knowledge of the American polit- write — and also to count, which ical tradition, which, it is hoped, depends upon another indispenswill forearm the reader with the able tradition of signs, namely, tools to understand the current numbers. We practice our language political events in a historic and every day in ways that are beyond counting. We would be lost withconstitutional context. out it. We would lose our means ––––––– Human beings are social ani- to communicate, not only with mals. Like ants and bees, wolves, others, but also with generations lions, elephants, gorillas and chim- still to come; our consciousness would become a life panzees, they live in denying wasteland, a communities. But, we meditation on death. humans differ from Language is the other social animals in tradition on which all a very distinctive way. other human traditions Other animals depend depend and by means on the members of of which they flourish their hive, pack or and perpetuate themherd, gathered over selves. generations in one Try to imagine what hospitable territory, to politics would be like sustain them. without language. It Humans depend would be nothing. And upon these things as The American this is most likely true well, but, perhaps because we possess Political Tradition of much else that we do, even of something an infinite sense of An essay by as sensual and intimate space and time, are Victor Nuovo as making love. But an expansive, perhaps an invasive species, Middlebury College my concern is with politics, for as human whose habitat knows professor emeritus life has evolved, polno limit and who of philosophy itics has emerged as imagine we are playthe all-encompassing ers in history. For that reason, we depend upon traditions. frame in which all the other activA tradition is a form of life that is ities of human life take place. It is handed down by one generation to essential to today’s life.

And as Thomas Hobbes has the next. It is taught, learned, practiced, revised, enlarged and often said, without well-founded politireformed. It is always renewable cal institutions, human life would as long as those who use it have exist in a chronic state of war; life the will and the courage to keep would become “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Whatever going.

A language is a tradition. It is misgiving, suspicion, foreboding, one of the first things we learn in or despair we may feel towards childhood. Our parents teach us, the present state of politics, the and soon the members of our com- alternative of an apolitical life

would cause us even more distress.

Some individuals may prefer to escape, to withdraw from politics, seeking comfort and consolation in the company of their family and friends; others may merely seek to be alone with themselves, to lead a solitary meditative life. But if this is an escape, then it is cowardice, and, in the end, it provides still greater opportunity for political predators to have their way and wreak even more havoc than they do now.

Yet there is no doubt that a pall has settled upon our life together these past few years, especially on our political life; a deep gloom of despair encircles and entwines us.

Nationally, our political institutions have become stained with corruption, neutered by incompetence, and stupefied by ignorance.

Some of the media is little better.

The desperate voices of self-promotion of Fox and others fill the air with their nauseating slogans, accompanied by music that is equally loathsome and foul. Even our institutions of learning have joined the chorus, these training-grounds for future politicians and entrepreneurs have forgotten the love of learning and search for truth; once temples of truth, they have refashioned themselves for success in their ceaseless campaigns for capital advancement and in the competition for students.

In response to these doleful activities, the jeremiad may be the only fitting form of literary expression today — mournful, gloomy and sorrowful. And in the face of all this, living where we do in this lovely town, surrounded by natural beauty, comforted by birdsong, with caring friends close (See Nuovo, Page 7A)

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) This problem of collateral consequences is widespread and deep — and, given well-known systemic biases, their burdens fall hardest on people of color and the economically disadvantaged. The very-not-funny joke is that cannabis has effectively been legal for wealthy white folks for a long time, as wealthy white people tend to live in communities that are policed with far less intensity than low-income and minority neighborhoods, and even if charged with a crime, they can often afford private lawyers who have the time to fight their cases.

According to data supplied by the Vermont Crime Information Center, in the past 10 years alone — during a period of supposed liberalization of drug policy — Vermont courts obtained nearly 5,000 cannabisrelated convictions. Data was not readily available for years prior to 2007, but, surely, tens of thousands of Vermonters carry cannabisrelated convictions on their criminal records.

Expungement, the legal act of officially erasing a criminal record, offers a powerful path forward, allowing people to finally move on from their transgressions without having to prove themselves worthy to society each and every day.

For that reason, I was proud to co-host two expungement clinics

in Middlebury this past fall with Dennis Wygmans, our county’s state’s attorney, and the fine lawyers at Vermont Legal Aid. While we were able to help over two dozen people clear their records at these clinics, I learned through this experience that many legal, administrative, and financial burdens stand in the way of expungement’s power to help.

Felony convictions, for example, are generally ineligible, no matter how much time has passed or how a person has transformed their life post-conviction. Additionally, many people do not even know expungement is an available remedy, and many more cannot afford the attorneys’ fees involved with filing petitions. And, as a final insult, the courts impose a $90 filing fee — money that people already struggling to get by just don’t have lying around. And, so, the cycle of poverty leading to crime, and crime leading to poverty, continues to perpetuate itself.

We have already legalized possession of cannabis, and are poised to legalize and regulate its commercial cultivation and sale.

But, as a matter of fundamental fairness, I believe we will only be doing a half-job of it if we do not at the same time look back and offer meaningful assistance to the tens of thousands of Vermonters who continue to be negatively

impacted by our decades-long failed experiment with prohibition, and allow them to make a fresh start.

I propose Vermont’s legislature adopt a bold, proactive solution.

All prior cannabis convictions — whether for possession, cultivation, or sale — should be expunged, automatically, without requiring an application, or an application fee.

Using some of the new revenues the state will collect from taxing cannabis sales, the courts could hire additional personnel to identify every expungement-eligible Vermonter, and make a mandatory motion to expunge. The relevant prosecutor could be given an opportunity to object, if for some reason expungement would not serve the interests of justice in a particular case, and then prove as much at a hearing. Otherwise, those past convictions would get wiped out.

The movement to end cannabis prohibition was founded on the promise of repairing the damage caused by the racist, counterproductive War on Drugs.

Let’s not forget where we started, now that our goal is finally in sight.

Dave Silberman Middlebury Editor’s note: The writer is an attorney and pro bono legalization advocate; this letter does not represent the views of any client.

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Obituaries

Lionel Cloutier, 82, formerly of Salisbury

Margaret Virginia Russell Hill Faurote, 94, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Virginia Faurote died at EastView Retirement Residence in Middlebury, Vt. on Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, in her 95th year, after a six year struggle with dementia.

She was the daughter of Dean Richmond Russell (deceased) and Huella Douglas Russell (deceased.) She is predeceased by her first husband, Harry Nash Hill (1963), her second husband, Richard Bacon Faurote (2004), and her sister, Barbara Russell Scott. She is survived by her loving daughter, Christina Connell (Ross), her beloved grandsons, David (Julie) and Philip as well as her three precious greatgrandchildren, Romi, Shelby and Addison.

She is also survived by her loving brother Douglas Russell (Clare) and nieces and nephews Andrea Cote, Dean Russell, Brian Russell, Susan Trimble, Mary Dean Broussard and Elizabeth Scott Fox as well as many great nieces and nephews.

Virginia was born in London, Ontario, Canada, was an excellent student, and was an ice skating enthusiast from an early age.

She could frequently be found on an ice rink somewhere. After graduating from Central High School (London, ON), she became a farmerette in the Farm Service Corps in Canada during the summers of World War II. She graduated as a Gold Medalist from University of Toronto, with a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education. She was a member of Pi Phi Sorority (Ontario Chapter). She went on to do a Master’s of Science in Education at Columbia University, in New York City, where she met her first husband, Harry Nash Hill. She had a successful career with Avon Products from 1952 until retirement in 1984, as a sales manager and a divisional manager. She took advantage of all that New York had to offer, enjoying theatre,

MARGARET VIRGINIA FAUROTE the symphony and the ballet. She was a member of AAUW and the Soroptomist Club for Professional Women.

Virginia married Dick Faurote in 1970, and they moved from Garden City, Long Island, to Middlebury, Vt. in 1972. She has been a Middlebury resident ever since. Virginia and Dick were members of the Congregational Church and were involved with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Friends of the Arts. Virginia was a regular attendee at Middlebury College concerts, Live at the Met, and the Town Hall Theatre.

She enjoyed travelling, and she and Dick visited many countries. She was an avid reader and an even more avid gardener. She always had a comment about the subject of the many biographies she read. She adored her grandsons, took any opportunity to visit them in Canada and even helped furnish their university apartments. The Connell family could always count on Mother for assistance.

Virginia was full of life, had a great sense of humor, and had an opinion on everything. Many

debates, political and otherwise, took place with Mother presiding over the dinner table. She could beat anyone at Jeopardy and watched PBS Newshour and Wall Street Week in Review religiously and read the Wall Street Journal daily. She will be sorely missed.

The family would like to thank the staff at EastView, the Residence at Otter Creek, and Hospice Care at Addison County Home Health for the wonderful care mother received. Special thanks go to Sue Massed, LPN, who was there every step of the way.

Cremation has already taken place. A family service will be held at Woodland Cemetery in London, Ontario, in the spring.

Memorial donations can be sent to the Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Messages of condolence can be sent to christinaanneconnell@gmail.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of the SandersonDucharme Funeral Home.

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Patricia Bluto, 79, Vergennes VERGENNES — Patricia A. Regnaud Bluto, 79, of Vergennes, passed away peacefully surrounded by family members at Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester, Vt. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Patricia was born Aug. 25, 1939, in Connecticut.

She is survived by her brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her sons and their spouses, Raymond Regnaud and Brenda Robidoux, Roger and Tina Regnaud and Gerald and Donna Regnaud; her daughters and their spouses, Denise Regnaud and Michelle and Mark Holbrook; and many family friends.

She will be dearly missed by all.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, at BrownMcClay Funeral Home in Vergennes, Vt. To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

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Also, do your report in Times New Roman font if you can at 12 points.

The auditors wish to thank all of you for your prompt attention to getting your committee info to them so that they can get the Town Report to the printers and into Monkton residents’ homes at the required date before Town Meeting.

Teen & adult actors try out for musical comedy MIDDLEBURY — This year the Middlebury Community Players will stage the musical comedy “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” MCP will hold auditions on Saturday, Jan. 12, and Sunday, Jan. 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Middlebury Fitness, 175 Wilson Rd., in Middlebury. Auditioners should arrive at 1 p.m. to register.

Winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” explores the many challenges of growing up through the lens of a middle school spelling bee.

Six awkward tween competitors spell their way to self-discovery, while three quirky adults run the show. This musical is fast-paced and funny, with catchy songs and clever dialogue, and has elements of improv and surprise: At each performance, four audience volunteers are called on stage to spell along with the actors.

High-school students (age 14 and older) and adults comfortable with improv and comedy are encouraged to audition on either afternoon. There are four female roles and five male roles, two roles for any gender, and up to three additional roles depending upon doubling. Auditioners younger than 18 years old must have a parent or guardian signature to audition.

Auditioners will learn and sing a 16-bar cut, read from the script, and learn and perform a short dance combination. No special preparation is required. If called back, they will receive specific instructions for their next audition, which will be Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Rehearsals begin the week of Jan. 20, and will be held two weeknights and on Sundays. Tech week begins April 21, with performances Thursday–Sunday, April 25-28 and May 2–5, at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

The Spelling Bee production team includes Aimee Diehl, director; Jen Allred, music director; Kristen Ginsburg and Christopher Ross, co-producers; and Dora Greven, stage manager.

For more info, including audition notes, character descriptions, and an audition form, visit middleburycommunityplayers.org.

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Lionel was a farmer all his life. He retired in 1994. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree and was also a member of the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department. He served in the Army from 1954 until 1956 and the National Guard in 1961. He enjoyed watching and playing hockey for many years. He enjoyed his Goodsam camping friends and his close friends at Grove Ridge Estate.

Survivors are his wife of 57 years, Pauline (Morin) Cloutier; his children Denise (Charles) Strona, Annette (Joe) Whitley and Marc (Joyce) Cloutier; his grandchildren Jennifer, Damian, Cara, Justin, Joseph, Michael, China, Bryanna and Brayden; and great-grandchild Alexander. His siblings Estelle, Eugene and Rolland also survive him.

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Speeding draws multiple charges City hall

BRISTOL — On Dec. 20 Bristol police arrested Cory Steady, 40, of Vergennes and cited him for driving with a suspended license and violating conditions of release, after having stopped him for speeding in Bristol.

Steady was ordered to appear in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, on March 4 to answer the charges.

Between Dec. 3 and 23, Bristol police completed 48 foot and car patrols at various locations, particularly on Mountain Street, Main Street, North Street and surrounding areas during student arrival and dismissal at Bristol Elementary School.

Officers also completed 11 hours and 15 minutes of directed patrol, traffic enforcement and patrols of the police district and the town under a town contract.

During that same period, officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School 13 times, completed 14 fingerprint requests, verified one vehicle identification number, conducted three business checks on Main Street and surrounding areas and three times secured unsecured buildings.

Bristol police assisted Vermont State Police on Dec. 6 (twice), Dec. 15, Dec. 20, Dec. 22 and Dec. 23; and assisted Bristol Rescue Squad on Dec. 6, Dec. 12, Dec. 18 and Dec. 23.

In other recent activity, Bristol police: • On Dec. 3 opened an investigation into a suspicious complaint.

• On Dec. 3 responded to a dispute, collected information and forwarded it to the state’s attorney.

• On Dec. 3 facilitated the return of a purse that had been turned in to police.

• On Dec. 4 assisted with a training exercise hosted by the Mount Abraham Unified School District.

• On Dec. 4 responded to a minor traffic crash and filed a report.

• On Dec. 4 an officer com-

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pleted annual mandated criminal justice information training.

• On Dec. 4 were notified that someone had lost their keys while hiking to the Bristol Ledges.

• On Dec. 5 assisted with a truancy case.

• On Dec. 6 responded to an alarm at Mount Abe and determined it to be false.

• On Dec. 6 assisted Mount Abe with an issue involving a juvenile.

• On Dec. 6 searched an electronic device on behalf of another agency.

• On Dec. 6 at 10:31 a.m. were dispatched to a local address to recover a syringe, which officers later determined through testing to contain heroin. The investigation is ongoing.

• On Dec. 6 an officer helped teach a class for faculty of the Mount Abraham Unified School District.

• On Dec. 6 assisted with a truancy case.

• On Dec. 6 served court-related paperwork.

• On Dec. 6 assisted someone who was locked out of their vehicle.

• On Dec. 7 an officer taught a computer class at the Vermont Police Academy.

• On Dec. 7 responded to a motor vehicle crash with minor injuries and planned to file a report.

• On Dec. 7 responded to a complaint but observed no unusual or illegal activity.

• On Dec. 10 received the delayed report of a one-car crash and planned to file a report.

• On Dec. 10 responded to an alarm that turned out to be false.

• On Dec. 11 checked the welfare of a citizen.

• On Dec. 11 assisted Bristol Elementary School with a school resource concern.

• On Dec. 11 an officer attended required first-aid and CPR training.

• On Dec. 12 investigated a tobacco possession complaint.

• On Dec. 13 facilitated the return of a cellphone that had been found at Waterworks off Plank Road.

• On Dec. 13 assisted the administration of the Mount Abraham Unified School District without incident.

• On Dec. 13 assisted with a truancy case.

• On Dec. 13 conducted a security detail.

• On Dec. 13 investigated a motor vehicle complaint but were unable to locate the vehicle.

• On Dec. 13 opened an investigation into the report of a suspicious incident.

• On Dec. 14 assisted the court with a truancy case.

• On Dec. 14 an officer completed a one-hour webinar on the new child passenger seat check form, which started being used Jan. 1, 2019.

• On Dec. 14 investigated a motor vehicle crash without injury and planned to file a report.

• On Dec. 15 investigated the report of suspicious circumstances and discovered that the issue had been resolved without incident.

• On Dec. 15 investigated a motor vehicle complaint but were unable to local the vehicle.

• On Dec. 16 opened an investigation into a potential probation violation.

• On Dec. 17 received a delayed report of a motor vehicle crash.

• On Dec. 17 responded to a 911 hang-up call that was determined to have been placed by accident.

• On Dec. 18 assisted in a juvenile process without incident.

• On Dec. 18 assisted another agency with an investigation.

• On Dec. 19 assisted in a juvenile process without incident.

• On Dec. 19 check the welfare of a local resident and observed no issues or concerns.

Nuovo (Continued from Page 5A) by, and having the freedom to move about as we choose and associate with whomever brings us cheer and enjoyment, we are tempted to let the greater world pass by unnoticed and unregarded, while we hide our heads in the sand.

Or we can gird up our loins and arm ourselves with wisdom and understanding and confront our current disorder and reasons for discontent, and, so outfitted, take on the world.

Now, the best weaponry available to us for this task is knowledge, knowledge of our political traditions, of its ideas and practices, laws and institutions, and the historical events that engendered them. This is my purpose: to present in a series of essays knowledge of the American political tradition, not as a curiosity, but as a weapon, to combat corruption, and as a healing balm, a weapon-salve to heal our ills and to bring comfort to our souls, and as a shield, the shield of justice.

By the American political tradition, I mean the political ideas and practices of the United States of America. There are two ways of approaching this tradition. Narrowly, by studying its founding documents, in particular, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and later, the

Emancipation Proclamation. The study would be of their origin, use and influence.

Another approach is by broadly considering the founding of America and the political circumstances that led to it and followed from it, and also the older traditions of political thought, including the opinions of the great personages who informed it. And from these beginnings, to trace the development of American political life down to the present. I shall travel this broader and longer path.

I am grateful to Addison Independent publisher Angelo Lynn for giving me the opportunity to present these essays in this newspaper. And it is altogether appropriate that he should include political essays of this sort and political commentary as part of his weekly offerings. I am reminded of Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel, “It Can’t Happen Here,” a fictitious tale of the United States falling prey to fascism. The hero of the story is the editor of just such a newspaper in a Vermont town much like Middlebury, a man who had the courage of his convictions.

The story is still pertinent, and also poignant; reading it is a source of courage.

Besides, the small-town newspaper is also a tradition, noble and

Dennis (Continued from Page 5A) Yes, Lyndon Johnson expanded the war in the years before Nixon, and Johnson bears much of the blame for the war. But even before Nixon was elected, he was secretly and perhaps treasonously conspiring to block Johnson’s peace talks, fearing they would boost the Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey.

When Nixon was elected with his “secret plan to end the war,” he had a chance to do just that. Instead he doubled down on the dying.

In the face of Americans’ widespread disenchantment with a war that was tearing apart both Southeast Asia and the fabric of our own society, Nixon chose to expand the fighting. He accelerated the human suffering by widening the bombing of the north, including civilian areas of Hanoi and Haiphong. Then he covertly spread the conflict into Laos and Cambodia, engulfing most of Southeast Asia in the war.

Nixon’s presidency ended in disgrace with his resignation when he faced certain conviction for

Watergate and related crimes. His immoral war raged throughout his presidency and beyond.

All of this is Richard Nixon’s legacy.

Yet we survived that debacle.

American institutions and our traditions of democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law remained relatively strong.

Perhaps history will judge Donald Trump’s presidency as even worse. We certainly do not know all that Robert Mueller has learned about Trump’s conduct and culpability.

But for now, no president has been shown to have broken so many laws as Nixon. And at least Donald Trump, for all his failings, does not have the blood of tens of thousands of American soldiers and millions of Vietnamese on his hands.

Greg Dennis’s column appears here nearly every other Thursday and is archived on his blog at gregdennis.wordpress.com. Email: gregdennisvt@yahoo.com. Twitter: @greengregdennis.

inspiring, an indispensable edifying instrument of American democracy.

Long may it prosper! Our freedom depends upon it.

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(Continued from Page 3A) look into the availability of a qualiin that room, according to council fied assistant and the cost of bringing members on Tuesday. someone aboard.

City offices will also get new The discussion started after Chabot phones. Callers at times have no- said no one was interested in filling ticed the difficulty employees have a vacancy on the board of listers, in in transferring calls from one phone part because of the workload. to another, Chabot • Agreed to recomacknowledged. mend to the Vermont City offices “We don’t have two will also get health commissioner phones in city hall that that Chabot become the new phones. match,” he said. city’s health officer, reAlderwoman Lynn Callers at times placing Perry, who was Donnelly asked why a have noticed performing the duty on new reception counter the difficulty an interim basis. and desks were not employees have • Agreed to loan the included in Chabot’s city fire department in transferring list. Chabot answered $7,000 from the city he expected to “work calls from one Water Tower Fund to toward” more im- phone to another. complete its fire truck provements, possibly purchase and fit-up, to by requesting those items in the be paid back over two years. The upcoming 2019-2020 budget the council made the loan conditional council will adopt in June. on the assumption that the departIn other business on Tuesday, the ment’s Ray Davison Fund did not Vergennes City Council: have enough in it to make the loan.

• Discussed hiring an assistant • Heard from Chabot that an to help the board of listers. Chabot audit of the city books had gone and City Clerk Joan Devine told the well, with the exception that aucouncil former city manager Mel ditors continue to criticize the city Hawley did much of the technical for not conforming to Government and field work for the board. Mayor Accounting Standards Board Renny Perry said the council would (GASB) requirements. Hawley had

been on record as saying the GASB standards were cumbersome, unnecessary and expensive.

But Chabot and Perry said the city should work toward meeting the standards, in part because there were benefits, language in the audits was critical of the city, and the resulting audits would be easier to understand for officials and residents.

• Heard from Chabot that he believed the January transition to new operators at the city recycling station had gone well overall despite a couple of snags. Chabot said he had received one formal complaint after Casella Inc. left exactly at noon on Saturday while many people remained in line, and said in the future the traffic patterns should probably be reversed in the heavy traffic/recycling days after the holidays, with vehicles coming in from the Panton Road end and not from West Main Street.

But council members said they had heard no complaints, and Chabot praised the operation.

“All in all, I think it has gone off very, very well,” he said.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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American Red Cross Blood donation in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 10, noon‑5 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church, 30 South Water St. Iceland and Ice Land presentation in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. World‑travelling birder Hank Kaestner will talk about his recent travels to Iceland and Alaska to view Arctic birds. Expect lots of Puffins and Auks. The first of three talks as part of Otter Creek Audubon’s Eleventh Annual Cabin Fever lecture series. All are welcome.

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“Aquatic Adventures in Acadia” in Middlebury.

Friday, Jan. 11, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Matthew Dickerson will share photos and experiences from his time as artist‑in‑residence at Acadia National Park, with a specific focus on efforts to restore and protect two native diadromous fish species: “salter” brook trout and alewives.

Free, fully accessible and open to all.

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FAFSA workshop on Middlebury. Monday, Jan. 14, 4:30 p.m., Library, Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. The MUHS guidance team will be hosting Carrie Harlow of VSAC for those students who plan to attend college in the fall of 2019 and who have not yet filled out the FAFSA form. More info contact the MUHS Guidance Dept.

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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

how it feels to manage the many challenges dementia presents. Be guided through the challenges of compromised vision, hearing and dexterity which all affect cognition. Free, fully accessible and open to the public. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802‑388‑1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

FAFSA workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m., Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Join the VUHS Guidance Department when they host a representative from VSAC for a FAFSA Forms Night at VUHS. The session is designed to assist parents in the process of completing and submitting the FAFSA and Vermont Grant Application online. More info contact the VUHS Guidance Dept.

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“Shakespeare and the Sea” lecture in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 18, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. William Shakespeare lived in an archipelago surrounded by waters teeming with MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL —Adult: Sunday PM Digital fish. In this talk Daniel Brayton, of the award‑winning Photography, Basic Book Binding & Artist Books, Block Printing with author book “Shakespeare’s Ocean: An Ashley Wolff, Colored Pencil Drawing, Exploring Color & Value in Ecocritical Exploration,” will explore Oils, Mon & Weds PM Wheel Kids: Art with a Heart, After School the many meanings of marine life Clay Wheel & Hand Building, Paint It middleburystudioschool. in Shakespearean drama. Free, accessible and open to all. org Contact Barb at 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, fully Handicap accessible. RSVP to Pat middleburystudioschool.org Ryan at 802‑388‑1220 or pryan@ residenceottercreek.com.

Knights in Italy spaghetti dinner in Bristol. Friday, Jan. 18, 5‑7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Menu includes all‑you‑can‑eat spaghetti with sauce, garlic bread, salad, beverages, and dessert. All proceeds will go toward furthering the Knights’ of Columbus mission of aiding the community in a variety of ways, from Coats for Kids to the Special Olympics. Tickets $10 adults/$5 children 12 and under/and $25 family. Fully accessible.

Mark Padmore, Tenor; Paul Lewis, Piano in Middlebury.

Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Come hear this art song “dream team” (New York Times) of British tenor Mark Padmore and compatriot pianist Paul Lewis when they perform a program of German lieder, including selections by Brahms, Mahler’s Rückert‑Lieder, and Schumann’s Dichterliebe. Reserved seating.

Tickets $30 Public/$25 Midd ID holders/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students.

More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 a.m., Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Join Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust and help survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Meet at the parking area of Otter View Park. Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. More info call 802‑388‑6019 or 802‑388‑1007.

Annual maple seminar in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 a.m.‑4 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. Addison Country Sugarmakers host this workshop for small and large maple producers alike. Fifteen learning sessions to select from, equipment trade show, state of the industry discussion and hydrometer testing. Light breakfast and full lunch included. Full conference $25 at the door. Sessions only, no lunch $15.

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 Winter breakfast in car spot. Contact Ruth Penfield at Shoreham.

Saturday, 802‑388‑5407 or ruthpenfield@ Jan. 19, 8:30‑10:30 a.m., gmail.com for start time and more Shoreham Congregational Church, information. More activities at 28 School Rd. Enjoy blueberry gmcbreadloaf.org. pancakes with VT maple syrup, “Zero Energy for Your Home: Making French toast, sausage, home fries, it Possible” in Brandon. Saturday, quiche, beverages and more as you Jan. 12, 1‑2:30 p.m., Brandon Town chat with your neighbors and friends.

Hall, Conant Sq. A Zero Energy Tickets $8 adults/$4 children/$20 Home generates as much energy families. Bring a non‑perishable item as it uses by combining energy for the Food Shelf to help replenish efficiency improvements, solar their supplies. electric, and alternative heating Green Mountain Club hike or systems. Discover how the methods snowshoe in Ripton. Saturday, and costs of Zero Energy Homes Jan. 19. A moderate 5.2 mile hike have moved within reach for average or snowshoe up to the ridge on Vermont homeowners. Free. More switchbacks for a gradual ascent to info contact Michael Shank at Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge.

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Lunch at the Lodge. Optional Clock maintenance workshop in short spur trail for a great western Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 1‑4 overlook. This is a dog friendly hike. p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main More info contact Wendy Warren St. Ever wonder what makes a at wwredhead@yahoo.com or clock tick? Find out when members 802‑382‑7112. More activities at of the Green Mountain Clock Club gmcbreadloaf.org. demonstrate how to take apart and Winter wildlife tracking in put back together a clock movement.

IS THERE A clock like this in your home? Ever wonder what makes it Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 19, 9 Hands‑on participation and tick? Or why it doesn’t? Find out when members of the Green Mountain a.m.‑1 p.m., Trail Around Middlebury guidance. Bring in your own clock or Clock Club demonstrate how to take apart and put back together a clock — meet up location depends on watch. Club members will be happy movement on Saturday, Jan. 12, 1-4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main weather conditions. Join MALT to advise as to the make, age and Street in Middlebury.

Educator Mo Bissonnette for a condition of the piece.

Photo courtesy Alison Wolverton day‑long exploration of Wright Skate with the Panthers in Park’s winter woods through the Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 5‑6 eyes of deer, coyote, otter, fisher, p.m., Kenyon Arena, Route 30. Fans pumpkin pudding. Bring your own place setting. foxes, and other winter residents. Register at young and old are invited to join the Middlebury 72 hours advanced notice required. $5 suggested https://bit.ly/2LYjbI9. More info at info@maltvt.org College men’s and women’s hockey teams on the donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802‑377‑1419. or 802‑388‑1007. ice after the women’s 3 p.m. game vs. U‑Mass Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 19, 5:30‑8 Boston. Team photos will be available for signing any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. and souvenir hockey pucks will be given out.

802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

Door open at 5:30 p.m., bingo starts at 6 p.m. All Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday Jan. cash prizes. 50/50 raffle. Refreshments sold. All 12, 5‑6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Addison County 4‑H Foundation annual meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., UVM proceeds benefit the on‑going efforts for cemetery Church, Main St., across from the Vergennes Extension office, Pond Ln. More info contact improvements.

Opera House. Menu includes roast pork, mashed Martha Seifert at 802‑388‑4969.

King Pede Card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, applesauce, roll, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and dessert and beverage. Tickets adults $9/children Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins $5. Served buffet style. Take out available. More with a sandwich supper and then on to the info at 802‑877‑3150. games. King Pede is a unique game that involves Age Well senior luncheon in “trick‑taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 11:15 Spades or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. prepared to use your strategic thinking.

Stuck in the Middle a cappella in Doors open at 11:15 a.m. for TBD program. Meal Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., The served at noon of baked cheese lasagna roulettes Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. with marinara sauce, spinach, wheat bread and Stuck in the Middle, aka “SIM” is one of two all‑male pineapple chunks. Bring your own place setting. a cappella groups on Middlebury’s campus. Their $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice Swing Noire in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. repertoire boasts a variety of arrangements of required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802‑377‑1419. classic songs as well as contemporary hits. Part of Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of Phil Henry Acoustic Trio in Lincoln. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30‑9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall.

The Residence’s Sunday Music Series. Free, fully any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at Blues Jam in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m., accessible, and open to all. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

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802‑388‑1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Del Rue in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 9‑midnight, Katherine Arden in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 13, Notte.

4 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Stuck in the Middle a cappella in Middlebury.

Middlebury College graduate and East Middlebury Age Well senior luncheon in Sunday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter resident Arden will read from and discuss “The Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m., Creek Winter of the Witch,” the third and final novel in her Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Blues Jam in Bristol. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., bestselling trilogy that began with “The Bear and Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m.

Hatch 31. the Nightingale.” for bingo and coffee hour. Senior fraud prevention Tom Van Sant & Glen Goodwin in Middlebury. class – Don’t be a Scam Victim! Part 1 at 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7‑9 p.m., Notte.

Meal served at noon of pork chops with pineapple Mark Padmore, Tenor; Paul Lewis, Piano in sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans, Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m., Robison Age Well senior luncheon in wheat bread and carrot cake with icing. Bring your Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Vergennes. Monday, Jan. 14, 11:15 a.m., own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours Last Train to Zinkov in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 19, KB Café, Kennedy Bros, Main St. Arrive advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. after 11:15 a.m. Enjoy hearty vegetable beef stew, at 802‑377‑1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up See a full listing of corn bread, green salad and cupcakes. 72 hours and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve provided. Call ACTR at 802‑388‑2287 to inquire.

O NG OING E V E NT S and an extended Calendar from at 802‑377‑1419. $5 suggested donation does not A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation in include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 17, 4‑5 p.m., The their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided.

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Classes (Continued from Page 1A) formalize the program through which local residents can audit courses, which is first mentioned as an option in the college’s academic handbook in 2012.

Local residents in and around the town of Middlebury are allowed to audit courses once the professor and Dean of Curriculum Suzanne Gurland sign off. The only exception is high school students, who are not allowed to audit classes at the college.

According to Gurland, the program strengthens the relationship between the college and the town.

“The college is a great resource for the whole community,” she said. “Just as talks, screenings and performances are often open to community audiences beyond students, staff and faculty, opening our courses to community members, where possible, is another way of sharing what’s here and being a good neighbor.”

According to the Registrar’s Office, more than 100 local residents have participated in the audit program in the last six years across a wide range of academic departments. Among them is Chip Mayer, who has lived in Middlebury for 32 years. Mayer, a retired hypnotherapist, is fascinated with the study of religion and audited a number of religion and art history courses over the last 10 years.

Mayer said that she found professors and students welcoming, especially in small seminars where she has been able to form personal relationships

with her classmates. She recommends auditing classes to other local residents, although she emphasized, that it’s important to understand the parameters for participation, which often depend on the professor.

“I am very sensitive about not taking up too much space when asked to participate, and I understand that in some classes I may be asked just to listen, which I appreciate as well,” Mayer said.

Two other retirees, Buzz and Angelika Brumbaugh, who audit a course every spring, said they do not usually participate in class. Rather, they sit quietly in the back and listen.

“Most teachers don’t want you to talk,” Angelika Brumbaugh said, adding that it does not bother her to be an observer.

Her husband noted that that the workload is lighter as an auditor, too.

“You don’t take exams and you don’t write papers,” Buzz Brumbaugh said. “But you get more out of it if you do the homework.”

They both named film and music classes as their favorites, although they have also taken courses in archeology and art history.

Schine, the religion professor, has taught many auditors over the years, and says they have been a welcome addition to his classes. He remembered several examples of auditors who lent a powerful perspective to his students, including one older woman in a course about modern Jewish life who as a child had belonged to a German

synagogue his students were studying.

The woman brought in old photos of the temple for the class to see.

Schine also feels that having postcollegiate adults in class, many of whom are retirees, sends a positive message to undergraduate students.

“I like the fact that the presence of someone way beyond college age in the classroom implicitly conveys to everybody there that what’s going on here is important beyond the final exam,” he said. “These are things we’re hearing about and discussing for life.”

Spooner says she generally chooses which classes to take based on the professor. She said one of her favorite parts about auditing is the connections she and her husband form with the college students.

“In most all classes, by the end, we’ve become friends with the students. When we see them on campus we know their names and they know ours,” she said. “We really stay in touch with college, and that’s really, really important to us.

For one thing it keeps us young, it keeps our minds going. And it helps us to be with young people, who we love.”

Asked if she had any advice for local residents interested in auditing classes in the future, Spooner gave the same advice as all the auditors: Go for it.

“This is very easy to do and it’s very beneficial,” she said. “More older people should do it.”

(Continued from Page 1A) could have a big impact, according Local PEGs include Middlebury to Christopher. And stations can’t Community Television (MCTV) accurately plan ahead for a potential and Northeast Addison Television loss in revenue, because they don’t (NEAT) in Bristol. yet know if Comcast would choose Cable subscribers pay the to charge for in-kind services, and if franchise fee as part of their regular it does, how much. television bills.

Here in Addison County, MCTV’s The 1984 law also called upon annual budget is around $150,000; cable operators to extend other, NEAT’s is approximately $78,000. in-kind services that have included Both local stations depend on complementary cable only a few, mostly and Internet access to “NEAT’s mission part-time staffers to schools, libraries and operate cameras at municipal buildings; is ‘to use locally meetings and other the backhaul of produced media public events. Residents television signals to to strengthen within the stations’ go live from remote public dialogue, service areas can also locations; access understanding, borrow equipment to an interactive to produce their own programming guide; and community programming, ranging involvement’ and channel capacity. from high school sports But the FCC is ... Reduced to religious services. now considering revenue would Kurt Broderson is a rule change that result in reduced executive director of would allow cable MCTV. He and his board coverage.” corporations — such are concerned about a — NEAT Executive potential loss in funding as Comcast in Vermont Director following some already — to redefine, and Mary Arbuckle place a value on, those discouraging financial in-kind cable franchise news: Vermont public obligations. The result, local access access stations noticed, on average, station operators fear, would be a a 4 percent drop in their Comcast new era in which cable companies franchise fee checks during the first would be able to establish their own quarter of last year. Broderson said estimates for these in-kind services the drop — amounting to around and expense them back to local $5,000 for MCTV — was attributed access organizations to count against to a change in Comcast accounting their franchise fee. This would mean practices that had been authorized less revenue for local access staff by the federal government. and programming.

“The Vermont Public Utilities And since the foundation of local Commission is not entirely satisfied access programming is coverage with (Comcast’s) explanation, of municipal and school functions, and has started conversations with there would be less transparency in Comcast,” Broderson said. “There local government. may be an investigation of that.”

Kevin Christopher is executive Broderson, Christopher and other director of Lake Champlain Cable PEG station managers are also Access TV in Colchester. He concerned about recent consumer also serves as president of the trends in the home entertainment Vermont Access Network, which industry. The advent of streaming represents the interests of the state’s services — such as Netflix and Hulu 25 independent, non-profit PEG — has prompted some consumers to organizations. drop cable. Some viewers can also “We don’t yet know what impact contract with streaming services to it would have on our funding,” receive only the channels they want, Christopher said during a Tuesday versus tiered plans through cable phone interview, “but we presume companies that include unwanted that in instances where the cable channels. operator takes advantage of this Fewer cable subscribers means new rule, it would have a significant less franchise fee revenues for PEG impact.” stations.

Since local access organizations’ FRUGAL OPERATIONS annual budgets are typically very While Broderson and NEAT small, any loss of operating revenue Executive Director Mary Arbuckle

are concerned about the FCC rule and its impact on their respective stations, they are optimistic they won’t have to cease operations. Both run frugal operations.

“There’s been a great deal going on in our community, and I am pleased that NEAT has been able to follow issues that matter to people,” Arbuckle said. “We’ve increased coverage significantly this past year, and the feedback from our community has been terrific. People want to know what’s happening, and seeing it directly is powerful. NEAT’s mission is ‘to use locally produced media to strengthen public dialogue, understanding, and community involvement.’ We are doing this, and hope we can continue. Reduced revenue would result in reduced coverage.”

MCTV benefits from sharing a professional-grade media production facility at the neighboring Ilsley Library. The two organizations split the costs. MCTV also receives a modest ($5,000) annual contribution from the town of Middlebury, and has asked the town to bankroll $8,000 in new broadcast-related equipment in the town offices. MCTV uses that equipment to record public meetings.

“At the larger stations, it could result in elimination of positions,” Broderson said of the proposed FCC rule, “but I think we’ll be able to ride it out.”

But “riding it out” under the proposed FCC rule might force local access stations to adopt new business plans to make up for lost franchise fee revenue. There could come a day when stations assess charges for services, and/or ask businesses to consider underwriting programming.

Broderson is confident MCTV will have a stable budget for 2019.

But after that, it’s anyone’s guess.

“2020 might be the year things change radically,” he said.

The FCC published the proposed a new rule last October, according to Christopher. It accepted public comments through mid-December.

The commission should now be reviewing those comments, but that’s not happening due to the federal government shutdown.

If the FCC decides to adopt the new rule, it will file it with the Federal Registry, at which point cable companies will be able to take advantage of it in their future financial dealings with PEG stations.

Comcast is one of several cable companies represented by the Internet & Television Association.

The association in May gave the FCC a 66-page document expressing its views on the proposed FCC rule.

“In a competitive market, there is no such thing as ‘free,’” the association document reads in part.

“In-kind demands for ‘free’ service, ‘free’ advertising, or other ‘voluntary’ contributions put cable operators at a clear competitive disadvantage: Any extra in-kind assessments on the cable operator raise the costs of the cable operator’s service, and in turn ultimately raise costs on consumers, who can move to an alternate provider not subject to such costs.

The cost of providing ‘free’ items also reduces resources available for deployment of broadband services and facilities.”

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LIKE LEADERS OF other local access TV operations, Mary Arbuckle, executive director of Northeast Addison Television in Bristol, is concerned about a proposed new FCC rule that could reduce revenues to community television stations.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

Street scene

MORNING SUN REFLECTS off the power lines and bathes the Congregational Church of Middlebury with light one morning last week.

Independent photo/Steve James

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) towing and impounding at the owner’s expense. But note there are designated, signed overnight parking areas excluded from the parking ban: The “lower municipal lot” off Bakery Lane, and the Frog Hollow lot off Mill Street. Signs alerting drivers to this Winter Parking Ban are clearly posted on all major entry routes to the town.

Ever wanted to play a role in assigning much-needed assistance to local charitable organizations?

If so, please take note: The United Way of Addison County is seeking volunteers to serve on its “Impact Funding Team.” That team reviews requests for United Way funding and helps award limited money to such nonprofits as Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects and the Addison County Parent-Child Center. If you’re interested in serving, please log on to tinyurl. com/y83gh7sz.

Speaking of United Way of Addison County, the organization’s former manager of development and marketing, Nancy Luke, has a new gig. She’s development director of the Vermont branch of the American Heart Association, based in Burlington. One of Luke’s main goals for the Heart Association is to grow its presence throughout the state, according to a recent press release announcing her arrival. “Heart health was always in the forefront of my parents’ minds,” Luke said of her new job. “I think the Heart Association will be a good fit. I was ready for a new challenge, and I am happy and excited to be here.”

or lawebber49@verizon.net. It’s a great way to assist the Starksboro community.

The Starksboro Food Shelf needs of someone to pick up bread at Freihofer’s Outlet Store in Williston once a month. It needs to be picked up on the Tuesday before the second Wednesday of the month. If you are able to run this errand please contact Laurie Webber at 802-336-2141,

Toot, toot! Don’t miss the last week of “Trains and Tinsel” exhibit at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History off Park Street in Middlebury.

Volunteer engineers Christie Sumner and Elizabeth Bright will run the spectacular train exhibit from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12. Museum officials are giving thanks to the many volunteers who made the exhibit possible. It took nine months and 250 volunteer hours to rebuild the amazing trainroute layout, which includes a new mountain, added equipment, a new engine, cars, gondola lift and skiers, according to museum officials. The exhibit cost $1,000, and the museum will gratefully accept donations to cover that expense.

District officials notified students and staff members of the incident, and according to Merkel VUHS administrators are also following up on the incident.

Vergennes police are working with the Addison County State’s Attorney to determine if criminal charges will be filed, Merkel said.

The report comes in the wake of two other incidents in which Vermont police suspected students of threating to shoot guns at their schools.

Last month Middlebury police took two Middlebury Union Middle

School eighth-graders into custody after receiving a tip that one of them planned to shoot a classmate and the other had a plan to supply the gun.

That case, which prompted police to confiscate the guns from one local man, is going through the juvenile justice system, (see story on Page 1A).

Last February Vermont State Police arrested a former student at Fair Haven Union High School whom police said had threatened to shoot up his school. That incident prompted the Legislature to pass and Gov. Scott to sign new gun laws.

VUHS (Continued from Page 1A) VUHS student told police that another student made the threat during a conversation, and that report triggered the investigation.

Police described the nature of the threat was to go to VUHS, which houses grades 7 through 12, “during early morning hours and discharge a weapon at the school while it was in session.”

Merkel described the investigation as ongoing. Because of the age of the student and witnesses involved their names are not being released.

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Brandon workshop: How to live in ‘zero energy’ home

BRANDON — Efficiency Vermont’s Matt Sharpe this Saturday will deliver a free workshop for people interested in making their dwellings more energy efficient.

“Zero Energy for Your Home: Making it Possible” will take place on Jan. 12, 1-2:30 p.m., at the Brandon Town Hall.

A “zero energy home” generates

as much energy as it uses by combining energy efficiency improvements, solar electric and alternative heating systems.

Discover how the methods and costs of zero energy homes have moved within reach for average Vermont homeowners.

This free workshop will cover: • Principles and benefits.

• Overview of the latest

technological advances, including heat pumps, solar electric and modern wood heating.

• Tips on how much to invest in and pay for these improvements.

This event is co-sponsored by the town of Brandon and Efficiency Vermont For more info, contact town of Brandon Energy Committee Chair Michael Shank at 802-989-9432.

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SALISBURY — A beloved family cat was missing from his Salisbury home for two and a half months this Hall. Tickets are $10 adults. Teens past fall and early winter. and kids are free. Refreshments will The Gale family described their cat, be served. known as “Oliver,” as overly friendly SAVE THE DATE: Hill Country and a lover of both people and dogs.

Holiday is the first weekend in Late in the fall, Oliver took up resiFebruary, with “Celebrating 100 dence in a room in the Dunn house — years of the Burnham Legacy” as the unbeknownst to the homeowners. After theme for the parade and weekend awhile the Gales had given up Oliver as events. deceased.

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On Christmas Day, Hunter and Avery Gale where gathered with other family at their grandparents’ home when they received a phone message from a friend who had seen a post on an electronic message board about a stray cat that had appeared at this home in Salisbury.

Hunter screamed out, “I think we found Oliver.”

Other family members were dumbstruck in disbelief but then quickly told the youngsters to “GO”, telling them that the family would hold dinner for them. The kids took off and came back with Oliver and the whole house was overwhelmed.

“He walked in our house and was like ‘Where you all been,’” Rose Gale said.

Everybody greeting the wayward EDWARD T. RICHARDS traveler, including the two Labrador HUNTER AND AVERY Gale hold Oliver, the family cat who was missing retrievers and the two Britney spaniels.

Vergennes. He is a 2018 graduate of for several months but was returned safely to their Salisbury home on The first thing out of Avery’s mouth Christmas Day. Vergennes Union High School.

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LINCOLN — The library will be hosting an after school craft on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Crafters will be making pinecone elves and skiers. Bring anything you want to add or use what is provided. Snacks and drinks will be served. Please sign up at the library.

REMINDER: The Burnham Music Series presents Phil Henry Acoustic Trio on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 7:30 - 9:15 p.m. at Burnham

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U.S. Air Force Airman Edward T. Richards graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Richards is the son of Ellen Muzzy of North Ferrisburgh and brother of Catherine Richards of

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was, “It’s a Christmas Miracle”; with tears in their eyes all in the household were in agreement. The best of all presents had walked through the door.

The Gales thanked the Dunn family of Salisbury for getting their beloved Oliver back to his proper home.

Rose noted that Oliver had lost some weight but was “otherwise no worse for wear.”

She added: “Too bad he can’t share his experiences of the last couple months, maybe we could make a movie!”

Editor’s note: This story was provided

by Rose Gale.

Nine Middlebury firefighters honored at annual meeting MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Fire Department and Battell Hose Company held their joint annual awards dinner on Dec. 1, 2018, at the American Legion Post 27 in Middlebury. The dinner was attended by current, former, and life members of the Middlebury Fire Department, as well as by the members of the board of directors of the Battell Hose Company, and guests.

New Haven Fire Department Assistant Chief Dean Gilmore served as the master of ceremonies.

Chief David Shaw presided over the annual presentation of awards, which recognizes the contributions and efforts of the members of the Middlebury Fire Department.

Service awards were presented to the following members: • Firefighter Blake Harrison for five years of service.

• Associate Member Barbara Pratt for five years of service.

• Firefighter Keegan Sullivan for 10 years of service.

• Firefighter Mike Mayone for 25 years of service.

• Firefighter Ronald Warner for 30 years of service.

• Dispatcher Larry Volkert for 35 years of service.

Captain Donald Mason received the Captain Richard E. Hayes Training Award for the most hours of training in the department for the prior year (2017) at 110 hours. This award is given in memory of Captain Hayes, who passed away in 2001.

Firefighters Blake Harrison and Mike Mayone received the chiefs’ award for outstanding service.

Chief Shaw also presented medals of valor to Assistant Chief Patrick Shaw and Firefighter Paul Garrow for their extraordinary efforts at the scene of a fatal structure fire in Middlebury on Dec. 14, 2016.

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Club members filled eight bags with presents for special residents of the Orwell Community to be given to them in time for Christmas.

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2018/19 Winter Coloring Contest Congratulations to all of the winners of the Addison Independent’s Winter Coloring and Decorating Contest! Thank you to all of this year’s participants for bringing a colorful, creative, seasonal touch to the office. Remember, there is a prize for each contestant if you pick up your entry by 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 31st.

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Pippa Amidon, 4, Cornwall

Ella Bennette-Fitzsimmons, 4, Middlebury

Jeremy Green, 5, Brandon

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Daisy Madden, 7, Middlebury

Autumn Spritzer, 7, Middlebury

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Guns (Continued from Page 1A) a firearm or explosive for up to six months if the court finds that the person’s possession of the weapon poses an extreme risk of harm to the person or to other people.”

Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley said his department applied for an ERPO in this case in order to quickly separate the alleged, wouldbe shooter from his stated source of weapons.

The man and his guns have been reunited, albeit (for now) at a separate location.

On Monday, Hanley confirmed a recent agreement allowing the gun owner’s weapons to be transferred from Middlebury police headquarters to a vetted friend on Friday, Jan. 4. The agreement allows the gun owner to freely access his weapons at his friend’s house pending an Addison County Family Court hearing slated for Wednesday, Jan. 9. The judge at that hearing was scheduled to consider, among other things, a request by the man to have his guns returned to his home, according to Wygmans.

“We did agree to allow him to retrieve his firearms and bring them to a third-party’s residence, with the third party and he agreeing that they would not allow access to the firearms by the (student who allegedly wanted to access them),” Wygmans said during a recent phone interview.

“From our perspective, the guns are back in his possession,” he added. “He can use them freely. He can sell them. He can trade them for other things that he wants. Whatever he wants to do with them he can do, he just can’t use them with the child or allow the child to have access to them.”

Police and court officials continue to withhold the name of the gun owner, because the underlying case involves two juveniles who remain indefinitely suspended from MUMS as they await potential punishment as juveniles.

Court records in juvenile cases

are sealed.

The Independent asked Wygmans to extend the gun owner an invitation to be interviewed by this newspaper. The Independent had not been contacted by the man by Wednesday’s deadline.

CITIZEN RIGHTS Vermont is one of around a dozen states that have adopted ERPO as a means of defusing potentially deadly situations involving firearms. Still, many Second Amendment advocates sharply criticized Middlebury police for their use of an ERPO in the MUMS case.

Middlebury PD’s Facebook page currently features more than 60 comments related to the MUMS case. A sampling of the printable comments includes: • “The largest and deadliest gang in the world are issued badges and kingpins,” wrote Jay Stone.

• “Does anyone know if there is a legal fund set up yet to sue the police department, judge who signed this and the town into dust yet?” wrote Scott Dobrowolski.

• “So you basically violated this man’s lawful right to protect & feed his family when he did absolutely nothing wrong, simply because of the words of a couple teenagers?” wrote Rick J. Mac. • “These people are thugs and goons and criminals and the judge and every police involved needs to be arrested and prosecuted for treason,” wrote Caspa Cz. • “You went into someones home and illegal (sic) took their firearms,” wrote Stephaine Carr. “I pray you are all arrested charged and spend years in prison. You are bad cops.

Wouldn’t have gone your way with me.”

Hanley acknowledged his department has received numerous phone calls, some of them laced with threats and foul language.

But the chief remains confident his department did the right thing in temporarily removing the guns from the home in question.

“We got the order and the order

was complied with,” Hanley said.

“It was obviously upsetting (to the gun owner), and we get that. We got barraged with threats from all over the country about ‘trampling on the Constitution’ and ‘red flag’ operations. But that’s what happens when you do things that might not otherwise be popular.”

Wygmans agreed, and rejected an argument posited by some Second Amendment supporters that police could have simply warned the gun owner to make sure his weapons were secured from his young relative.

“One of the first weaknesses in that (argument) is to presume the kid didn’t have access (to the guns) if they were locked,” Wygmans said.

“There’s one person who knew for sure if he had access to a key or knew the combination to the safe. That’s the same person we are attempting to obtain a protective order for.”

It would have been irresponsible to take a chance the student didn’t possess the combination or key for his relative’s gun safe, according to Wygmans.

“You could ask anyone else in the household and they would tell you, ‘Well, I’m pretty sure.’ They can’t tell you 100 percent that he doesn’t know what the combination is, or that he doesn’t have access to a key, or hasn’t made a copy of the key,” Wygmans said.

“There’s only one way to find out — he gains access and then he goes and shoots up the school as he had threatened,” he added. “Is that the outcome we want? I don’t think so.”

The ERPO provided a quick, definitive way to sequester the guns and allow for the owner to reclaim them after the potential danger had passed, according to Wygmans.

“It allows for an ex-parte order to be issued because it’s one of those ‘Act first, ask questions later’ scenarios; that’s why there’s a hearing later on,” he said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Plant (Continued from Page 1A) said in in email that the acquisition and corporate changes would have essentially no impact on the facility or its workforce, which he said had grown to 870 by the end of 2018.

That employee count was a few dozen more than when the sale to UTC was announced seven years ago, and almost 100 more than officials reported a year ago.

“No changes are planned for the Vergennes location at this time,” he wrote.

The fine print on the new sign still says that the plant is part of the United Technologies Corp. (UTC) family.

Here’s how the sign came to be.

On Nov. 26 UTC closed on its $26 billion purchase of aircraft parts maker Rockwell Collins, and it announced plans to merge it with UTC’s Aerospace Systems branch (of which the Vergennes plant was a part) and rename it Collins Aerospace. (UTC Aerospace itself was created in 2012 when UTC purchased Goodrich.)

The units of the new Collins Aerospace did $23 billion of business last year, according to the company.

The new Collins Aerospace company announced by UTC in November has six divisions. The Vergennes plant is part of the “Mission Systems” division, based

in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the original home of Rockwell Collins.

According to UTC’s website, “Mission Systems includes: solutions for secure military communication, navigation and guidance; missile actuation; simulation, training and range instrumentation; strategic command and control; unmanned aircraft systems; electronic warfare; ejection seats and propulsion; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and space solutions.”

Edilson confirmed the division has a military orientation, and the Vergennes plant, as has been the case, will continue to produce equipment for military applications.

“Mission Systems is primarily military-focused and the products from Vergennes fall into that category,” Edilson wrote.

Rockwell Collins was founded as a radio company in Cedar Rapids in 1933. The UTC website lists company accomplishments as “helping Rear Admiral Richard Byrd establish communications at the South Pole in 1933; providing the communications equipment used for every American astronaut traveling through space; and opening the door to modern-day GPS by receiving a signal from the world’s first GPS satellite.”

Since its beginning, Rockwell

Collins moved into avionics, including cabin systems, connected aircraft, and simulation and training.

Now, according to UTC, Collins Aerospace “supplies electrical, mechanical and software solutions across all major segments of the aerospace industry” and now has 70,000 employees in 300 sites.

More corporate churn is still upcoming.

On the same day it closed on the Rockwell Collins purchase, Nov. 26, UTC announced it would separate into three independent companies under the UTC umbrella by sometime in 2020.

The three parts are: • United Technologies, comprised of Collins Aerospace Systems, based in Cedar Rapids, and Pratt & Whitney of East Hartford, Conn.

According to a UTC press release United Technologies is intended to be “the preeminent systems supplier to the aerospace and defense industry,” with a mix of customers that is 75 percent commercial and 25 percent military.

• Otis, a manufacturer of elevators, escalators and moving walkways.

• Carrier, a provider of building heating, ventilation and airconditioning systems; refrigeration; automation; fire safety; and security products.

WAITSFIELD & CHAMPLAIN Valley Telecom has pulled out of a proposal that would have preserved this view of Mount Abraham while upgrading fiber optic telecommunications services on lines running through Lincoln.

Photo courtesy of Vermont Family Forests

Utility lines (Continued from Page 1A) millions of dollars in damage.

Property located on Isham Hollow The revised plan would also and Colby Hill roads in Lincoln. The protect the view. land is “protected property,” part of “It’s a spectacular view,” Brynn the Colby Hill Ecological Project and said. “People stop there every season subject to a “forever to snap photos of wild” conservation “We are not Mount Abraham.” easement held by the VFF agreed to Northeast Wilderness standing in the pay $11,427 to bury way of fiber. We WCTV’s fiber optic Trust.

VFF pays full taxes are standing up cable and an estimated on the property and for the re-wilding $32,000 to bury some allows hunting there. of GMP’s electric of habitat on In June 2018 WCTV transmission lines. our lands and and Green Mountain The Lincoln Power approached we are standing selectboard approved VFF with a proposal to up to protect the alternative plan in add fiber optic cable to one of the most September.

GMP’s existing electric beautiful views After VFF made its power lines and for in the town of case to the Northeast GMP to eventually Wilderness Trust Lincoln.” upgrade those lines.

(NWT) the following — David Brynn, month, The telecom the Trust executive director approved a limited company wants of Vermont Family easement to WCTV so to create a more Forests the project could go accessible utility line, said Lee Cheney, vice forward. president of network operations at “NWT feels that moving the WCTV. power lines and burying the cable is VFF proposed an alternative: a net positive, but it needs to be done move existing aerial electric lines in a way that does not lead to future out of the forest and bury some of impairment of the land,” said Shelby the new fiber optic lines.

Perry, stewardship director at NWT. Not only would this reduce Perry acknowledged that this environmental fragmentation but might not be what utility companies it would also make it easier and are used to dealing with, however. cheaper for utility companies to “Utility companies’ general respond to destructive weather, such practice is to get a right of way as the windstorm in October 2017 without restrictions,” she said. “This that knocked out power to tens of one has restrictions.” thousands of Vermonters and caused According to WCTV, because

the company is bound by state and federal regulations it can’t negotiate away rights of access when they have been legally deemed to be in the public interest.

“Any relocation must not impair WCTV’s ability to meet its regulatory obligations,” said Lee Cheney, vice president of network operations at the company.

VFF will not grant an easement for additional rights of way and more poles, Brynn said, but the foundation remains committed to the project’s success.

“We have spent several thousand dollars on legal fees and spent countless hours working to make this happen in a way that supports WCTV and our conservation easement,” he said. “We are not standing in the way of fiber. We are standing up for the re-wilding of habitat on our lands and we are standing up to protect one of the most beautiful views in the town of Lincoln.”

WCTV, however, has called it quits.

“At this time, WCVT has concluded that the best course is to discontinue efforts to construct a new line of utility poles along Isham Hollow Road in Lincoln,” Cheney told the Independent Wednesday.

“Although the existing pole line through the woods poses some minor concerns about accessibility, WCVT believes the access rights granted in the (existing) easements are best suited to allowing WCVT to carry out its public service obligations.”

CSAC consumers, clients, and CSAC’s (Continued from Page 1A) medical home care agency, serving mission that it will take to lead this clients and families throughout New organization into the 21st century,” he said.

England.

The Counseling She is an active member Service offers a wide of several non-profit range of professional boards, including those mental health and of Community Health developmental services.

Centers of Burlington, Its staff includes persons Spectrum Detail Works, trained in developmental and the United Way services, substance abuse Women United group. treatment, psychiatry, “I am honored by the psychology, mental opportunity to be the health counseling, social next leader of CSAC work, family therapy, and excited to carry and child therapy. forward the critical work Thorn will officially this organization has BOB THORN retire on March 31 and been doing in Addison County,” Cummings said in a written will thus be able to help acclimate statement. “I look forward to working Cummings to her new role and with the amazing staff at CSAC and surroundings.

The Addison Independent will seek supporting the clients and consumers to interview Cummings to provide who rely on us.”

Thorn expressed confidence in his more details on her background and goals for CSAC. successor.

Reporter John Flowers is at “Rachel has the business acumen and the heart-felt dedication to johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019

MATT DICKERSON

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VUHS wins races at track meet

2019: National parks and the shutdown I’ve been thinking a lot about national parks lately.

One reason is that in a few days I’ll be heading to Acadia National Park for a four-day trip with 12 college students who are taking my class on narrative non-fiction nature writing. I’m a little nervous about the weather we might encounter in January on the coast of Maine, and how that will impact various planned field trips around Mount Desert Island. I’m even more nervous because of the impact on the park (and on our visit) of the current federal government shutdown.

The shutdown is another of the reasons I’ve been thinking about our national parks. Since the National Park Service is part of the U.S. Department of Interior, park service workers are federal employees, meaning they are not getting paid and aren’t allowed to work. Although stories about the implications of this may be buried under a lot of other stories about the shutdown, the negative consequences in the parks — “wounds” might be a better word — are not trivial and could take years to heal.

Consider, for example, all the conservation efforts that have been made in parks (Yellowstone, Glacier and Yosemite are prime examples) to keep animals (such as grizzly bears) from becoming acclimated to humans as food sources. This is important for safety of bear and human alike.

Now consider a park where humans are still visiting and dumping trash including food wastes, but nobody is actually taking care of all that. Imagine 20 or 30 or 40 bears (See Dickerson, Page 2B)

Sports BRIEFS Four Nordic skiers net top-10 finishes RICHMOND — Three Middlebury Union High School skiers and one Mount Abraham independent posted top-10 results at a skate-style Nordic meet hosted by U-32 at the Bolton Valley Backcountry and Nordic Sports Center in Richmond on Saturday.

Tiger Jack Christner won the boys’ race in 17:48.60 and teammate Elvis McIntosh finished second.

Mount Abe’s Addy Harris took fifth in the girls’ race, and MUHS skier Malia Hodges was sixth.

ScoreBOARD

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Ciara McClay and Middlebury junior Riley O’Neil tussle for a loose ball in the paint during the Tuesday’s game in Vergennes. The Commodores prevailed, 47-19.

Independent photo/Steve James

Commodores cruise past Tiger girls MUHS hangs tough early in setback

By ANDY KIRKALDY But the Commodores, who have VERGENNES — The Middlebury now won three of four to improve Union High School girls’ basketball to 3-3, had other ideas, although it team hung with host Vergennes for still took them a while to get into a quarter and a half on Tuesday, but synch. They ramped up the defensive the Commodores used their size and intensity and shut the Tigers out over experience to steadily the final five minutes of pull away for a 47-19 the half and gradually “We spent an victory. asserted themselves on Tiger freshman Ivy hour at practice offense.

Doran scored five yesterday just First, they took unanswered points early on rebounding, advantage of Tiger in the second quarter, trouble, and and it showed a foul a stretch in which the Commodore sophomore MUHS pressure defense little bit today.” forward Kate Gosliga — Coach and junior guard Emily also was frustrating the Billy Waller Rooney each hit three Commodores, who turned the ball over 14 free throws over the times in the first half. next 2:15.

Those points pulled MUHS to Then the Commodores within 13-9 at 5:00, and gave the remembered they had four players on Tigers — who have five freshmen their roster (Gosliga, seniors Brianna sharing regular minutes with four Vander Wey and Emma Bryant, and seniors and three juniors — some junior Sophie Hatch) who offer more hope they could pull out their first size than the Tigers strongest post victory.

(See VUHS, MUHS, Page 2B)

Bantams improved to 7-3-2, 3-2-1 NESCAC. Trinity got first-period goals from Taggart Corriveau, Eric Benshadle and Liam Feeney, with Feeney’s coming on a power play. Ryan Pfeffer tallied 2:41 into the third period to complete the scoring.

Middlebury goalie Brian Ketchabaw finished with a season-high 39 saves, while Bantam netminder

BURLINGTON — Vergennes Union High School indoor track team athletes won two events and placed well in several others at a Saturday meet hosted by the University of Vermont.

Commodore runner Ben Huston won the Division II boys’ 1,000-meter race, and he joined Erich Reitz, Gabe Praamsma and Wade Mullin to win the four-by-800-meter boys’ relay.

Mullin also finished second in the boys’ 600, while Reitz was third at 1,500 meters and fourth at 1,000.

The Commodore 4x400 relay team of Ezekiel Palmer, Spencer Hurlburt, Xander DeBlois and Mullin also finished second.

The best result posted by the smaller VUHS girls’ contingent came from Marin Howell, who was fifth at 600 meters.

The full results of local athletes, including some members of the Middlebury Union club team, were: • Boys’ 4x800: 1.VUHS, 9:00.08 (Huston, Reitz, Praamsma, Mullin).

• Girls’ 55: 9. Cedar Winslow, VUHS, 8.35; 14. Trinity Bryant, MUHS, 8.51; 17. Emily Pottinger, MUHS, 8.59.

• Boys’ 55: 9. Palmer, VUHS, 7.29; 24. DeBlois, VUHS, 7.69; 32.

Andrew Woods, VUHS, 8.03.

• Boys’ 1,500: 3. Reitz, VUHS, (See Track, Page 3B)

Basketball teams earn victories

TIGER JUNIOR RILEY O’Neil marks Vergennes freshman Felicia Poirier as she dribbles down the court during the Commodores’ win over rivals Middlebury on Tuesday.

Independent photo/Steve James

Men’s hockey drops league games on road HARTFORD — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team dropped two road games this past weekend to two of the top three teams in the NESCAC standings. The Panthers (5-6-1, 3-4-1 NESCAC) return to action on Friday with a 7 p.m. non-conference game at Plattsburgh State.

On this past Saturday host Trinity blanked the Panthers, 4-0, scoring three times in the first period. The

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Jonah Capriotti stopped all 24 shots he faced. The Panthers failed to capitalize on seven power plays.

That came a day after host Wesleyan (5-3-1, 5-0-1 NESCAC) broke open a 1-0 game late in the second period in a 5-1 win over the Panthers.

Spencer Fox netted a rebound 1:36 into the second period to make it 1-0.

Goals by Vincent Lima and Luke Babcock 1:17 apart late in the period

made it 3-0.

Panther Kamil Tkaczuk converted a wraparound 1:23 into the third period, but a Tyler Kobryn rebound goal 36 seconds later stalled any potential Middlebury momentum, and the Cardinals added an empty netter.

Cardinal goalie Tim Sestak made 34 saves, while Adam Wisco (25 stops in 53:56) and Ketchabaw (four saves in 5:17) shared time for Middlebury.

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school basketball action earlier this week, the Mount Abraham boys and girls and the Otter Valley girls all picked up victories.

The Vergennes girls hosted Middlebury on Tuesday; see story on Page 1B. Other games scheduled for Wednesday were postponed after school was closed due to the ice and snow..

EAGLE GIRLS On Tuesday the Eagle girls picked up their fifth straight win by defeating Division I host Colchester, 54-40.

The 6-2 defending D-II champion Eagles have moved into third place in the D-II standings. Against the 1-6 Lakers they used a 15-8 edge to open the second half to take charge. Jalen Cook put in a game-high 16 points for the Eagles.

Mount Abe will host the 3-3 Commodores on Friday at 7 p.m.

OTTER GIRLS On Tuesday Alia Edmunds recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds to help spark the Otter girls past visiting Woodstock 64-36. It was Edmunds’ second straight double(See Basketball, Page 3B)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/9 MUHS at S. Burlington.................... Ppd. Girls’ Basketball 1/8 VUHS vs. MUHS............................47-19 1/8 Mt. Abe vs. Colchester....................64-50 1/8 OV vs. Woodstock..........................64-36 Boys’ Basketball 1/7 Mt. Abe vs. Winooski......................72-26 1/9 MUHS at Fair Haven........... Ppd. to 1/10 1/9 Mill River at VUHS............... Ppd. to 1/10 1/9 OV at Burr & Burton............. Ppd. to 1/10 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 1/8 Midd. vs. Potsdam..............................2-1 Women’s Basketball 1/8 Westfield State vs. Midd.................84-79 Men’s Basketball 1/8 Midd. vs. Widener...........................95-75

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/19 MUHS at Rice.......................... 5:20 PM Boys’ Hockey 1/12 S. Burlington at MUHS................. 7 PM 1/19 St. Albans at MUHS...................... 7 PM Girls’ Basketball 1/11 Burr & Burton at MUHS................ 7 PM 1/11 OV at Mt. Anthony......................... 7 PM 1/11 VUHS at Mt. Abe........................... 7 PM 1/14 VUHS at Winooski........................ 7 PM 1/15 OV at Burr & Burton...................... 7 PM 1/18 Mt. Abe at Mill River...................... 7 PM

(See Schedule, Page 3B)

Dance champs

THE MIDDLEBURY UNION High School dance team performs their Hip Hop routine in a competition at Missisquoi Valley Union High School this past Friday, with senior Suzie Klemmer (left) and junior Martine Limoge breakin’ it down. The Tigers prevailed over five other teams (including a tiebreaker win over BFA-St. Albans) in the Hip Hop discipline, and finished second to Colchester in Jazz. MUHS will dance in a competition at Colchester this Friday evening and host an event on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.

St. Albans Messenger photos/Josh Kaufmann

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Panther basketball nets two out of three

VUHS, MUHS (Continued from Page 1B) player, senior Ashley Sunderland, who was already saddled with three fouls.

In the final two minutes of the half the Commodores converted three times in the post: Senior Emily Gosliga fed her sister Kate, senior point guard Ciara McClay set up Vander Wey, and then the Gosligas teamed up again on an inbounds play to beat the halftime horn, with Kate Gosliga’s layup making it 25-9 at the break.

The Commodores were well on the way to the win. Coach Billy Waller credited the Tigers for their effort, and the Commodores for righting the ship.

“We eventually got the ball inside enough times and the girls made enough plays so we ended up with a pretty comfortable lead. I thought Middlebury did a good job of trying to be scrappy and make it a little bit difficult,” Waller said. “But eventually I thought Bri and Kate

and Emma and Sophie worked in the post a little bit, and things looked a little better.”

Tiger Coach Jen Heath said she was happy with her team’s effort, but said there was only so much they could do when the Commodores started to play to their strengths.

“In the first half our press was kind of forcing them to take some quick shots, so they couldn’t set up and then pass them in. Once they started breaking that a little more they were able to get it into their posts and take advantage of that size,” she said. “We came out really strong. Our foul trouble hurt us a little and our inexperience.

And their size. We have three freshmen on the court at a time playing against juniors and seniors, and they’re bigger than all of us.”

The Commodores missed a few shots early in the third, but were more settled and committed only four second-half turnovers. They

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remained committed to working the ball inside, and all four post players made strong moves, most of them assisted. VUHS finished with 10 assists on 17 baskets, with McClay and Emily Gosliga leading the way with three apiece and Bryant adding two.

Vander Wey did the most damage overall, racking up 13 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots.

Kate Gosliga finished with 10 points and five boards; Bryant, with three points and seven rebounds; Hatch, with four points and six boards; and senior guard Morgan Lynk and McClay added four points apiece in a balanced scoring effort.

Waller said that balance is a product of the platoon system he employs because he believes he has 11 talented players on the team.

Every few minutes five players enter as a unit, giving the Commodores fresh legs. Waller said he believes the team has bought into the approach and it should give them an advantage, especially as the season wears on.

“Our top seven might not be as good as some teams, but our top 10 is better than other teams’ top 10,”

Waller said.

VUHS finished with 26 points in the paint and outrebounded the Tigers, 55-33, including team rebounds. Seven Commodores had at least four rebounds.

“We spent an hour at practice yesterday just on rebounding, and it showed a little bit today,” Waller said. “I thought the girls got in the right position to get the rebounds.”

For the Tigers Doran finished with eight points, and senior guard Taylor Sylvester and freshman forward/ guard Hannah Turner chipped in four points apiece. Turner hauled in nine rebounds, quick junior guard Riley O’Neil grabbed five, and Sylvester nabbed three. Freshman Viviana Hammond and O’Neil picked up assists.

Heath said despite the Tigers’ lack of wins they are maintaining a positive frame of mind and are putting in the effort needed to improve.

“This is how they’ve played every game. We’re not going to give up. We’re going to go out and we’re going to work hard,” she said.

“We’re figuring out what we need to do and enjoying playing together.”

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Or just think about the sanitary facilities, still being used by visitors — even in places that are officially closed — but not being maintained.

Actually, unless your stomach is less squeamish than mine, you might not want to think about that.

So I’m excited to return to Acadia, where I spent the month of May as artist-in-residence, but this time to experience it in mid-winter. I’m excited to bring students. The park is beautiful and unique and amazing.

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A third reason I’ve been thinking

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Still, thanks to some work and writing trips, I did manage to catch a trout in five different states including two California steelhead and five Washington steelhead. And I got to visit three national parks, Acadia, Olympic, and Lake Clark, as well as the preserve side of Katmai National Park and Preserve. Those were in addition to the Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Grand Teton national parks that I visited in 2016 or 2017, also as part of my work and writing.

Federal lands have been under pressure lately, not just from government shutdowns but also from being opened up for exploitation.

For example, a door was recently opened and the first steps taken to potentially open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploitation for oil extraction.

Our national parks are probably not under threat of being sold off, or having mineral rights sold, but they are facing budget pressures that have resulted in higher access fees, which can in turn result in these lands becoming less accessible to many citizens — “public land” available only to the wealthy and elite.

So I consider myself fortunate to have experienced so many of these places over the past few years. I have discovered they are not only priceless “resources” in terms of the beauty and recreation opportunities they offer to visitors (though they certainly do offer that), but they are also invaluable

spaces for conservation, preservation, and even restoration of habitat.

I think of Glacier National Park, which holds some of the last and best-protected refuges for several native species ranging from fish to birds to insects. It is also the one place on the continent with headwaters for the Hudson Bay (and Arctic Ocean), Gulf of Mexico (and Atlantic Ocean) and the Columbia River (and Pacific Ocean). Protecting these headwaters is protecting a vital ecological resource impacting three different watersheds.

And then I consider that the entire annual budget for the park—which gets over three million visitors per year and has several hundred employees — is comparable to the salary of a single good NFL cornerback or starting MLB outfielder on a big-market team.

Or I think of Acadia, where I will be going in a few days, which thanks to the conservation of its forests and streams is one of the few remaining habitats for some important fish species that connect marine and freshwater ecosystems in a Gulf of Maine that has been ecologically ravaged in the past century and a half.

I hope my trip to Acadia gives at least a dozen students a profound vision not just for the beauty and delight to be found in the places, but also for their ecological importance.

One of the things I hope for, as I enter a new year, is for hope itself. An intact and financially supported system of national parks and other protected lands would go a long way.

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MIDDLEBURY — The Wesleyan answered with a 9-0 Middlebury College men’s basketball run to lead by 77-69 before a three team split two NESCAC home games by Farrell made it 77-72 at 1:22. this past weekend before picking up a Middlebury cut the lead to 80-77 non-league road win on Tuesday. The on a three from Kornaker with Panthers will carry an 11-4 record, 0:50 seconds remaining. But Bosco 1-1 NESCAC, into league games at couldn’t get a game-tying three-point Bates and Tufts this weekend. attempt to drop at 0:09.

On the past Friday Farrell led the Panthers closed Middlebury with 23 a 92-80 victory over The Panthers took points to go along visiting Connecticut their largest lead with six rebounds, with a 12-2 run. The of the second five assists and four Camels are 0-2 in the half, 60-55, with steals.

Kornaker league, 4-8 overall. finished with 14 7:44 remaining The Camels took a points, while Bosco when Eruc 72-71 lead with 6:10 added 11. Dahleh remaining, but the McCord converted netted nine, while Panthers responded after a steal by McCord recorded to go ahead, 80-76. Hilal Dahleh. eight points and eight After a Camel hoop, Middlebury still led rebounds. the Panthers surged by one (69-68) on Wesleyan guard to the finish line with Austin Hutcherson seven points from layup from Jack led all scorers with 36 Max Bosco and five Farrell at 3:27. points. The Cardinals from Eric McCord. went 17 for 20 from Bosco led four Panthers in double the free-throw line, and the Panthers figures with 24 points, including four were two for four. threes, while McCord added 21 points On Tuesday the Panthers pulled to go along with eight rebounds. away in the second half for a 95-75 Matt Folger added 17 points and victory over host Widener (7-7) in the three steals, while Griffin Kornaker first meeting between the programs. had 10 points and six assists. Jack Middlebury closed the first half on Farrell contributed nine points, seven an 11-0 run, with five points from rebounds and a career-best seven Bosco, to lead by 36-30 at the break, assists. David Labossiere paced the and then had runs of 12-2 and 14-2 in visitors with 36 points. the second half to take charge.

On Saturday visiting Wesleyan Bosco led the Panthers with a (9-4, 1-1 NESCAC) hung on for an career-high 27 points, while Folger 80-77 win over Middlebury. The scored 20 points to go along with Panthers took a 12-2 lead, but the eight rebounds and four blocked Cardinals bounced back to lead at shots. Joey Leighton added 12 points; halftime, 37-34.

McCord pulled down 15 rebounds, The Panthers took their largest lead scored seven points and blocked of the second half, 60-55, with 7:44 two shots, and Kornaker handed out remaining when McCord converted six assists. Connor Laverty scored after a steal by Hilal Dahleh. 21 for Widener. Middlebury held Middlebury still led by one (69-68) advantages of 54-32 on the boards on layup from Farrell at 3:27. and 52-38 points in the paint.

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Women’s hockey earns wins, tie

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s hockey team earned a tie vs. visiting NESCAC rival Amherst this past weekend before hitting the road to pick up a non-league victory on Tuesday.

The Panthers are ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division III and stand at 6-1-3, 4-0-2 NESCAC (good for first place in the league) heading into two non-league home games this weekend vs. Endicott at 4 p.m. on Friday and UMass-Boston at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

On this past Friday Middlebury and Amherst (4-5-2, 1-3-2 NESCAC) battled to a 1-1 stalemate. The Mammoths got on the board with power-play goal at 16:21 of the first, when Jocelyn Hunyadi’s shot from the right point found its way through traffic.

Middlebury tied the game with a power-play goal 1:32 into the second

period. Katie Hargrave knocked home the rebound of Anna Zumwinkle’s blast from the left point. The goal was the first Amherst has given up on the power play this season.

Middlebury did not score in the third period despite a 14-4 shots advantage. Amherst goaltender Caitlin Walker (29 saves) made big stops on Ellie Barney and Madie Leidt.

In the overtime period, Walker gloved a bid by Middlebury’s Jenna Letterie, and Middlebury goalie Lin Han (22 saves) denied Amherst’s Jamie McNamara.

On Saturday Leidt recorded a hat trick and goalie Anna Goldstein stopped all 24 shots she faced as the Panthers earned a 3-0 over Amherst.

In the first period Goldstein held her ground on Emma Flynn’s partial breakaway from the right wing to keep the game scoreless.

Middlebury cashed in on a five-

on-three power play with 1:29 left in the second period, when Leidt ripped home a one-timer from the left circle on a Jenna Marotta feed.

Leidt made it 2-0 by swatting in Katherine Jackson’s pass from behind the net at 9:17. Leidt completed the hat trick with another power-play goal, scoring from the slot on a Zumwinkle rebound. Walker finished with 27 saves for the Mammoths.

On Tuesday Middlebury earned a 2-1 victory at SUNY Potsdam (4-82). The Panthers outshot the Bears, 45-20, but Potsdam goalie Samantha White made 43 saves. Goldstein stopped 19 for Middlebury.

Barney gave Middlebury the lead early in the second period by batting in her own rebound. Hargrave’s power-play goal in the third proved to be the game-winner when Potsdam’s Shelbi Thacker netted a late power-play goal.

• Girls’ 1,000: 7. Ashley Cray, VUHS, 3:57.84.

• Boys’ 1,000: 1. Huston, VUHS, 2:57.51; 4. Reitz, 3:03.19; 6. Praamsma, VUHS, 3:14.13; 10. Therrien, VUHS, 3:22.22.

• Girls’ 300: 7. Winslow, VUHS, 49.48; 8. Bryant, MUHS, 49.59; 10.

Pottinger, MUHS, 50.42; 23. Howell, VUHS, 55.85; 26. Cray, VUHS, 57.04.

• Boys’ 300: 4. Palmer, VUHS, 40.68; 9. DeBlois, VUHS, 44.17; 14.

Woods, VUHS, 47.50.

2. VUHS, 3:59.33 (Palmer, Hurlburt, DeBlois, Mullin).

On Monday the Eagle boys coasted past winless visitor Winooski for the second time this winter, this time by 72-26. Mount Abe took charge with a 19-4 advantage in the first period.

Parker Hines (17 points) and Liam Kelliher (10) led the offense for the Eagles, who improved to 4-3.

Saladi Mayange scored seven for the Spartans.

The Eagles kick off a tough stretch with a visit to OV on Saturday.

They will look to avenge an earlier defeat when they host Randolph on Monday, and also play at D-I St. Albans next week.

1/19 MUHS at Missisquoi................ 1:30 PM Wrestling 1/15 St. Johnsbury at VUHS................. 6 PM 1/15 CVU at Mt. Abe............................. 7 PM 1/16 MUHS at OV................................. 6 PM 1/17 Milton at MUHS............................ 7 PM Gymnastics 1/19 Harwood at MUHS........................ 6 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/11 Midd. at Plattsburgh...................... 7 PM 1/18 Colby at Midd................................ 7 PM 1/19 Bowdoin at Midd........................... 4 PM Women’s Hockey

1/11 Endicott at Midd............................ 4 PM 1/12 Mass-Boston at Midd.................... 3 PM 1/18 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... 7 PM 1/19 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... 3 PM Women’s Basketball 1/11 Bates at Midd................................ 7 PM 1/12 Tufts at Midd................................. 3 PM 1/15 Midd. at Smith............................... 6 PM 1/19 Williams at Midd........................... 2 PM Men’s Basketball 1/11 Midd. at Bates............................... 7 PM 1/12 Midd. at Tufts................................ 3 PM 1/15 Midd. at Albertus Magnus............. 7 PM 1/19 Midd. at Williams.......................... 3 PM

Track (Continued from Page 1B) 4:51.36; 7. Praamsma, VUHS, 5:01.53; 10. Chris Therrien, VUHS, 5:12.63.

• Girls’ 600: 5. Howell, VUHS, 2:06.75.

• Boys’ 600: 2. Mullin, VUHS, 1:32.16.

Basketball (Continued from Page 1B) double. OV’s pressure defense also harassed the 3-5 Wasps into turnovers the Otters turned into easy baskets in a balanced scoring effort.

The 4-4 Otters will tackle Mount Anthony on the road on Friday.

EAGLE BOYS

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

1/19 Missisquoi at MUHS.............. 12:30 PM 1/19 Colchester at VUHS................ 2:30 PM Boys’ Basketball 1/10 Mill River at VUHS........................ 7 PM 1/10 MUHS at Fair Haven.................... 7 PM 1/10 OV at Burr & Burton................. 7:30 PM 1/12 Mt. Abe at OV.......................... 2:30 PM 1/14 Randolph at Mt. Abe..................... 7 PM 1/15 VUHS at Montpelier...................... 7 PM 1/15 Hartford at OV.............................. 7 PM 1/16 Spaulding at MUHS...................... 7 PM 1/18 Mt. Abe at St. Albans.................... 7 PM 1/18 Milton at VUHS............................. 7 PM

Trooper makes New Year’s Eve bust ADDISON COUNTY — As 2018 was nearing its conclusion early last week, Vermont State Police stopped a car driven by a Ripton man and gave him a criminal citation to end the year.

On Dec. 31 at approximately 5:45 p.m. troopers from the New Haven barracks stopped 2017 Chevy Cruze on Route 7 in the New Haven. After identifying the driver as 27-year-old Kevin Jackson of Ripton, police determined that his privilege to operate a motor vehicle was civilly suspended in the state of Vermont.

While speaking with Jackson, troopers also detected several signs of impairment, so they screened him for driving under the influence and subsequently arrested him for DUI. They took Jackson to the barracks for processing and released him after citing him for driving under the influence of drugs.

In activity since the first of the

with a criminally suspended license.

• On Jan. 2 at approximately 4 p.m. responded to a home on Route 116 in Starksboro for a report of a vehicle that had been vandalized.

Police report that a Colchester man’s vehicle was vandalized between 8 year, Vermont State Police: • On Jan. 2 at approximately 8:08 a.m. on New Year’s Day and 3 p.m. a.m. were sent to assist the driver on Jan. 2.

Anyone with any information of a motor vehicle that travelled off Hardscrabble Road, near Putty Bed about this incident is asked to contact Place, in Monkton. Police report Trooper Silva at 802-388-4919 • On Jan. 6 stopped a motor that Laura Khouri, 27, of Bristol was driving a 2008 Subaru Forester vehicle on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh that went off the gravel roadway, after observing several motor vehicle travelled down an embankment and violations.

While speaking to the driver, idencrashed in a moderately wooded area off Hardscrabble Road. Khouri, tified as 41-year-old Grant Manning who was wearing a seat belt, was not of Charlotte, troopers detected signs injured, but the car sustained damage of impairment. Police administered to its undercarriage and front end. Standard Field Sobriety Tests and Police determined that icy, slippery they arrested Manning, took him to road conditions were contributing the New Haven barracks for processing and cited him for driving under factors to this crash.

Policed cited Khouri for driving the influence.

Vt. State

Police Log

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Jan. 4 received information about an attempt to defraud a local business.

Police said the business received an email urging that it change its direct deposit account information and wire money to a fake account.

Police said the business fortunately didn’t honor the request.

Police noted a similar scam attempted in Middlebury in September. In that case an email — purported to be from a local contractor — was sent to a business requesting a change in the routing and account number for future payments for services rendered.

Closer inspection showed that email to be fake.

Police remind residents and business owners to be careful about any email requests for the changing of account and routing numbers because there appears to be increase in attempted scams using this approach.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Responded to a domestic dispute at a Halladay Road home on Dec. 31.

• Investigated a report of someone allegedly threatening self-harm in the Court Street Extension area on Jan. 1. Police said the person was angry over a family issue and had made a threat to hurt others and then kill himself. Police said their investigation revealed the person was just angry and didn’t plan to follow through with the threats.

• Assisted Vermont State Police and Counseling Service of Addison County officials with a Ferrisburgh resident who was feared to be suicidal on Jan. 1.

• Assisted Porter Hospital officials with a patient who was

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stuck in a room on Jan. 1.

• Investigated a report of two suspicious persons allegedly looking into vehicles parked on Bakery Lane during the evening of Jan. 2. Police checked the area and found nothing amiss.

• Assisted Middlebury firefighters at the scene of a vehicle fire near the intersection of Lower Foote Street and Route 7 South on Jan. 2.

• Were informed of the theft of a coat from the Middlebury Inn on Jan. 2.

• Ticketed a youth for being a minor in possession of tobacco products on Middlebury Union High School campus on Jan. 2. Police said the youth was found vaping in a school bathroom.

• Found a student who had walked away from the Champlain Valley Academy in Catamount Park on Jan. 2. Police said they turned the youth over to a parent.

• Responded to a fraud complaint made by a Middle Road North resident on Jan. 2.

• Served a no-trespass order on Jan. 3 on behalf of the Champlain Farms store on Court Street.

• Responded to a report of a fight in a hallway at 15 Court St. Police said they found several people who might have been fighting, but none were willing to talk about what had occurred.

• Responded to a report of an unwanted person at a High Street residence on Jan. 3. Police said they told a resident how to apply for a

restraining order.

• Were informed of an alleged theft from a Middlebury Union High School locker room on Jan. 3.

• Cited Jerry L. Hoffman, 26, of Middlebury for retail theft after investigating a report of a person allegedly taking a bottle of wine from the Middlebury Mobil Short Stop on Jan. 3.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on Route 7 South on Jan. 3.

• Investigated a report of a drunken man wandering around Main Street on Jan 4. Police said they gave the man a ride to his home.

• Investigated the reported theft of a unspecified amount of cash from a Court Street apartment on Jan. 4. Police said several persons had allegedly been in the apartment prior to the money being reported missing.

The investigation continues.

• Cited Kristin Sunderland, 26, of Shoreham, for retail theft in connection with an alleged incident at Hannaford’s Supermarket on Jan. 4.

• Cited Charles Swanner and Dawn Doviak, both 38-year-old Brandon residents, for retail theft following an alleged shoplifting incident at Hannaford’s supermarket on Jan. 4.

• Euthanized an injured deer that had been struck by a vehicle on Case Street on Jan. 4.

• Were told on Jan. 4 about the alleged sexual abuse of a local resident that reportedly occurred several years ago; police are investigating.

• Responded to noise complaints in the Cedar Court and Court Street areas on Jan. 6.

• Responded to a dispute between Washington Street Extension neighbors on Jan. 7.

City campaign against DUI nets results VERGENNES — Vergennes police wrapped up their holiday campaign against impaired driving on Dec. 31 by issuing a citation to Matthew J. Plankey, 31, of Virginia for driving under the influence of drugs.

Police stopped a vehicle driving

by Plankey during the last of three major patrols conducted in the Vergennes during the holiday season, the first of which came back on Dec. 14, according to Chief George Merkel. One was done with the cooperation of Bristol police.

In all, Merkel said, during the patrols officers made 76 traffic stops, issued 42 tickets, arrested one motorist for driving with a criminally suspended license, cited two drivers for DUI-alcohol, and issued the DUI-drugs citation on the 31st.

In other action between Dec. 31 and Jan. 6, Vergennes police: On Dec. 31 responded to a home on Panton Road in Panton when a girl alone there called and said she heard four car doors closing nearby; police went to make sure there

Vergennes Police Log

was no threat, but found nothing.

On Jan. 2 and 3 twice calmed a dispute at a Walker Avenue apartment between a resident and his ex-girlfriend, who both times was retrieving clothing from the apartment.

On Jan. 3: • Ticketed two cars left on city streets after hours in violation of the city’s wintertime parking ban.

• Checked the welfare of a parent after a child arrived on foot at Vergennes Union Elementary School and said no parent was aware the child had done so, and the child had nearly been struck by a vehicle. School officials called police when the child’s mother did not answer the phone. Police spoke with the mother and then informed the Department for Children and Families of the situation.

• Were told by a First Street

resident that she was worried a man nearby was watching her daughter; police spoke with the man and determined there was not a problem.

• Conducted a special traffic patrol on West Main Street.

• Searched unsuccessfully for a truck on Route 22A after a report of erratic driving.

On Jan. 4: • Ticketed one car in violation of the city’s wintertime parking ban.

• Determined that a report of a prowler on East Street was unfounded.

• Handled a minor two-vehicle accident on North Green Street.

• Helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad on Walker Avenue.

• Checked an erratic-driving report on Route 7 and determined the wind was causing a truck to weave.

• Backed up Bristol police while they made an arrest.

On Jan. 5: • Ticketed one car in violation of the city’s wintertime parking ban.

• Conducted a special traffic patrol on West Main Street and issued one ticket.

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

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflection Meeting, Ver‑ gennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Dis‑ cussion 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, Rip‑ ton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am.

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Services

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. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, 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.

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 prob‑ lems. 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 prob‑ lems. Babysitting available.

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 be‑ tween 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

Help Wanted

REFUGE RECOVERY ‑ 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, compas‑ sion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that ad‑ diction 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.

ALYSSUM, INC. Rochester VT. House Manager Posi‑ tion. Looking for an individu‑ al who: has lived experience of trauma or mental health challenges and recovery as well as experience of providing peer support. Is dynamic, responsible and self motivated. Has excel‑ lent self awareness and personal boundaries. Has excellent communication 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.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All as‑ pects of construction, also property maintenance. Ste‑ ven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

Help Wanted

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D E N TA L A S S I S TA N T needed for friendly , small‑town practice.

Seeking cheerful, flexible, organized assistant with excellent people skills. No drama. Front desk expe‑ rience a plus. 4‑5 days/ week. RDA preferred. Email resume to info@bristolpark‑ dental.com.

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

PART TIME REGISTER clerk needed for busy family 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.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Counselor Rutland, VT

(20-24 hrs/wk, flexible)

Join our team to promote healthy workplaces. Provide counseling to healthy adults mostly grappling with day-to-day challenges.

Our non-profit Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides short-term solution-focused counseling to working Vermonters – from CEOs to front line staff. We help people with everything from workplace stress to anxiety, depression and substance issues.

Some travel is required.

Requires a Master’s in mental health counseling, psychology, family and marriage counseling or social work. Clinical license with two years of mental health counseling experience. Strong team player with polished diplomatic and outreach skills, comfortable wearing business attire. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. We are a public/private collaborative within State government. The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please apply at: https://careers.vermont.gov/ by January 10, 2019.

For additional information, you may contact Marc Adams at (802) 863-7390 or marca@investeap.org and reference Job Posting ID: #652.

Help Wanted

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.

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 ATTENTION PCA’S: PART TIME and full time, night shift. On the job training, competitive wages and flexi‑ ble scheduling. Call Marlene at 802‑877‑1363 or e‑mail ringerhomecare@gmail. com.

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

Services

No phone calls please.

Services

Services

Services

Strength Training and Balance

Searching for someone to complete your team? or

Are you searching for a job?

Either way, you are on the right track with the

Exercise Program

RSVP of Addison County offers a free weight and balance training program designed to alleviate and prevent osteoporosis. Studies show weight bearing exercise increases muscle development, stability and posture and can not only minimizes bone loss, but can also prevent the risk of fracture. Bone Builders classes are offered twice per week at 20 locations throughout Addison County and participants can join at any time. For more information on attending classes or becoming a volunteer instructor, please contact RSVP of Addison County at 388-7044 or visit www.volunteersinvt.org.

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CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

January 17, 2019 ~ Noon – 4:00pm Country Home Products, home of DR Power Equipment, has openings for Sales and Parts Support Specialists to work directly with our customers from our Vergennes Call Center!

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.

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30+ positions available in our call center!

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Full & Part time available!

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Seasonal positions lasting up to 6 or 10 months

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$13.50/hr + commissions & bonuses

PROCTOR, 2 BEDROOM apartment for rent. Available 2/1, parking, washer/dryer hookup, pets allowed, free trash removal, references and checks required. $850 includes heat. Call Kathy at 802‑855‑1570 or email ktccsm@gmail.com.

Thursday, January 17, 2019 from Noon – 4pm Thursday, January 17, 2019 from Noon-4pm At 75 75 Meigs Meigs Road, Road, Vergennes Vergennes At

Complete an application onlineatatwww.drpower.com/careers www.drpower.com/careers or or in person Complete an application online in person Questions?

Contact jobs@drpower.com or Contact ususatatjobs@drpower.com or 802-870-1429 802-870-1429 Questions?

DR POWER EQUIPMENT

A GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS COMPANY

www.drpower.com

Help Wanted

For Rent

For Rent

HOPE HAS AN opening for a part time retail as‑ sociate. 15 hours a week, reliable schedule, fun and active environment. Must have good cash handling and math skills, and solid customer service ability.

We also have a part time opening in our warehouse.

29.5 hours a week to start, with the potential for moving to full‑time. Must have good customer service skills, be able to lift, stand, and walk for extended periods of time. Mechanical ability a plus. Send resume and cover letter, indicating the position for which you’re applying, to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to re‑ ceptionist@hope‑vt.org.

BRANDON: PARK VIL‑ LAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets.

Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Sum‑ mit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summ‑ itpmg.com.

C O R N WA L L Q U I E T COUNTRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 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 se‑ curity deposit. No pets, no smoking. Available im‑ mediately. 802‑462‑2924.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY Visible Retail/Of‑ fice 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@WallaceRE.com.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Ad‑ dison. Available storage space in my barn for sum‑ mer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

INN ON THE GREEN Day Innkeeper. We are look‑ ing for a friendly person, good with computers, and has a pleasant customer service etiquette. This per‑ son will perform routine duties in greeting guest and scheduling stays. This position starts at $15.00 per hour and is 2‑3 days per week. Hours are 7 am ‑3:30 pm. To apply call 802‑999‑5221 or email innonthegreenvt@gmail. com.

LOOKING FOR A person to work in fast paced egg pro‑ cessing room 20‑25 hours each week. Applicant must be a reliable, responsible self starter with good refer‑ ences and reliable transpor‑ tation. Apply in person at Maple Meadow Farm, 518 Maple Street in Salisbury.

PRESSER. MONDAY ‑ F RID AY, 30 ‑35 ho urs / week. $11/hr. to start or based upon experience.

Desabrais Cleaners. Call 802‑388‑9079 or stop by Exchange Street, Middle‑ bury.

SHARED LIVING PRO‑ VIDER sought for a man in his mid 30’s on the autism spectrum. This intelligent and independent man en‑ joys watching movies and playing online video games.

He is eager to participate in household chores and mas‑ ter independent living skills.

He has his own transporta‑ tion. Tax‑free annual sti‑ pend of $27,000, and room & board payment of $8,600.

A quiet and patient home in Bristol, Middlebury, or Vergennes would be a great match. Please contact Tim Franklin at Community As‑ sociates. (802) 388‑4021.

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

802‑349‑6342.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities includ‑ ed are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, garbage and parking. Ten‑ ant pays electric. Small storage space included.

802‑453‑2566.

CONVENIENT DOWN‑ TOWN Bristol 2 bedroom apartment for rent. $1,050/ mo. Available Feb. 1st. Heat included. One car garage, off street parking. Quiet, friendly complex. No pets please. Contact Shawn, 802‑318‑7965. Oxejen@ wcvt.com.

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

802‑349‑8544.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

For Rent

For Rent

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when advertising housing.

Its easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.”

There’s a lot you can’t say.

The Federal Government is watching for such discrimination.

Let us help you shift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal.

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

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.

Wood Heat

Public Notices

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

Addison County Probate Court (1) Addison County Superior Court (1) East Middlebury (1) Ferrisburgh (1) VELCO (1)

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

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

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

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

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.

Wanted 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.

House calls made free of charge.

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 64-4-17 ANCV

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

JUSTIN JACKMAN A/K/A JUSTIN P. JACKMAN AND JENNIFER JACKMAN A/K/A JENNIFER L. JACKMAN OCCUPANTS OF: 56 Pine Street, Bristol VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered November 4, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Justin Jackman and Jennifer Jackman to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated August 1, 2008 and recorded in Book 127 Page 481 of the land records of the Town of Bristol, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 56 Pine Street, Bristol, Vermont on February 4, 2019 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Justin P. Jackman and Jennifer L. Jackman by Warranty Deed of Heath G. Jackman dated September 4, 2007, of record in Volume 124, Page 396 of the Town of Bristol Land Records and being more particularly described as follows: Kristen O. Jackman dated June 10, 2004 and recorded in Volume 111, Page 433 of the Town of Bristol Land Records and being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Heath G. Jackman and Kristen O. Jackman by Warranty Deed of James M. Srendsen dated May 23, 1997 and recorded in Volume 85, Page 246 of the Town of Bristol Land Records, as reconfigured per reciprocal Quit Claim Deeds between Heath G. Jackman and Jackman’s Inc. dated January 4, 2007 and recorded in Volume 122, Page 80 and Volume 122, Page 82 of the Town of Bristol Land Records.

Being a parcel of land of 0.87 acres, more or less, with improvements thereon as shown on a plan of lands entitled, “Jackmans, Inc. (formerly known as Jackman Coal & Coke Co., Inc.), Pine Street, Bristol, Addison County, Vermont,” dated 2/17/06 and prepared by Ronald L. LaRose, revised 11/1/06 and identified as H. Jackman, and recorded as Map Slide 57 in the Town of Bristol Land Records.

Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: January 4, 2019 By: /s/ Loraine L. Hite Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 1/10, 1/17, 1/24

Real Estate

Att. Farmers

To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent please email information to legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

Vermont Secretary of State (1)

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

802‑282‑9110.

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.

Index

Tom Broughton Auctioneer • Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Jan. 3rd, 2019 & Jan. 7th, 2019 BEEF P. Lussier A Brisson Nop Bros & Sons Kayhart Bros.

Daona Farm Elysian Fields Clifford Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb 1315 .60 1575 .62 1810 .57 1670 .57 1930 .56 1320 .55 1555 .54

CALVES B. Hanfield Deer Valley Farm Gosliga Farm Quarry Rd. Danyow Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 111 .90 99.90 96 .80 76.80 106 .67 71.02 103 .65 66.95 120 .60 72.00

Dollars 789.00 976.50 1031.70 951.90 1080.80 726.00 839.70

Total # Beef: 324 • Total # Calves: 321 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

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

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Public Notices

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

can be found on Pages 7B & 8B. PROPOSED STATE RULES

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).

The Board of Health Hearing Rule Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P065 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule governs how the Board of Health conducts hearings, laying out appellants’ rights and responsibilities and providing a transparent, clear process for Board hearings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations .

FOR COPIES: David Englander, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax:802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov.

Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Products Rule Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P066 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: This proposal refines the requirement for the disclosure and reporting of toxic substances that are intentionally added to a children’s product. This rule also amends the list of Chemicals of High Concern to Children by adding 20 chemicals that must be reported by manufacturers of children’s products. There are also ‘housekeeping’ emendations that provide clarity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov. URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations.

FOR COPIES: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov.

01/10

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

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

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 548-12-18 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF PETER M. QUINN NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Peter M. Quinn of Waltham, Vermont.

I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: January 4, 2019 Marian S. Greenberg 335 Sparrow Hawk Road Waltham, VT 05491 walthammarian@gmail.com Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: January 10, 2019 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 01/10

Market Perspective Q4 2018

A Year to Forget Stock markets sank in the last quarter of 2018 with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indexes entering “bear market” territory, defined as a decline of at least 20% from the most recent peak.

While the Dow narrowly avoided the bear, most foreign markets fell even further, making this all but the official end of the nearly 10-year-old bull market. The 4th quarter declines dragged all U.S. indexes into the red for the worst annual losses since 2008. All in all, 2018 could hardly have been more different than 2017, a year that saw stocks rise relentlessly to new records.

With GDP growth near the fastest of this expansion, the reversal in markets stands in stark contrast to the performance of the U.S. economy. Unemployment is at records lows, job creation remains strong and consumer confidence, though dinged by the recent market plunge, remains high. Despite all of this, sentiment in the investment and business communities has turned dramatically for the worse. Analysts point to multiple causes for worry, including the President’s trade fights, a slowing Chinese economy, and the real possibility of a no deal Brexit. But each of those risks were present last year and referenced in this space at least once.

One major difference between this year and last is politics. Throughout 2017 the market essentially tracked Republicans’ progress toward passing corporate tax cuts. With those now realized, the view from Washington is less attractive. The government is shut down, Republicans are sharing power with Democrats, the administration is increasingly losing its “grownups” (Mattis, Kelly, Haley), and the President’s focus has turned from market-friendly policies to trade conflicts and border walls. In that light, it’s not irrational to conclude that all of the juice this Presidency can offer the economy has been squeezed.

Sentiment has turned so negative that in a recent poll of chief financial officers half of them expected a recession to hit the economy this year. That would represent quite a turnabout for an economy that’s currently growing at 3% and producing a couple hundred thousand jobs each month. None of the fundamentals that typically precipitate recessions, including high inflation and interest rates and overstretched consumers, are at worrying levels. That leads some to wonder whether pessimism itself can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. While we acknowledge that’s possible – business investment has already slowed markedly even as consumers continue to spend – we know of no historical precedent for this.

For long-term investors, though, this is mostly academic. Recessions are a fact of life, but a consistent ability to profit from timing them has proved elusive to even the most sophisticated market participants. The better question: is now a good time now to be invested in stocks? If you were invested at the beginning of last year, then it makes sense to remain invested now that stocks are more affordable. In fact, the world’s best investors all follow one tried and true approach –buy relatively more stocks when they are cheap and relatively less when they are expensive. That’s easy advice to follow for those with the courage to ignore charging bulls and prowling bears.

Don Devost and Matt Wootten are investment advisors and principals of Marble Trail Advisors LLC in Middlebury. This is a paid column supplied by Marble Trail Advisors to help educate readers on current market trends.

For more detailed or individualized market information, give them a call at (802) 989-7584, visit their offices at 5 Court Street in Middlebury, or online at marbletrail.com.

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR FERRISBURGH RESIDENTS

Annual Town Meeting elections will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Nominating petitions are available at the Town Clerk’s office for the following public offices: Moderator Selectboard Selectboard Lister Town Grand Juror Town Agent

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DJ Chauncey Germain has been the DJ for karaoke night at Two Brothers Tavern for the past eight years. Come check it out Tuesday nights at Notte, karaoke is free.

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DJ Chauncey spins energy into karaoke scene

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fter a full day at work, the gym (because we’re all trying to hang on to those New Year’s resolutions) and some dinner, lots of us head for that dent in the couch and settle in for a TV show, cup of tea and then bed.

But sometimes it’s nice to shake things up; give that couch a rest and go out on the town.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

What is there to do in Middlebury past 8 p.m. on a weeknight, you ask?

the karaoke scene for Two Brothers for the past eight years.

“I’ve liked music my whole life,” said Chauncey Germain, who credits his dad, Jerry Germain, for his love of music.

And those are perfect skills for a karaoke host.

“My dad was a DJ for most of his career,” Germain said. “He was a radio host at 1490 WFAD and 92.1 … he’s been doing it for 38 years. I would say he’s a name people know in town.”

After giving the College of St. Joe’s in Rutland a few months, Germain decided to turn to music and started interning with a DJ at Two Brothers. Eight years later, the now 26-yearold is a master of the mic himself and at getting others to come belt out their favorite tunes.

Chancey Germain said his father always wanted him to get into radio, but the Middlebury native wanted to see people.

Good question.

One suggestion is to head down to Notte and kick it with DJ Chauncey, who’s been running

people. I like to see the crowd and see their faces. I like to try to make them laugh and have a good time.”

“My dad didn’t have to see the crowd, and he liked it that way,” Germain, who now lives in Brandon, explained. “I don’t get nervous with

“The first thing I learned is that you need a big car,” Germain said, who drives a Honda Accord — not a big car. “I can barely fit all my equipment in there… but it’s big enough.”

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Phil Henry Trio plays in Lincoln

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ith his newest release, respected singersongwriter Phil Henry brings to the stage the texture and nuance usually only found in lush studio recordings. The Phil Henry Acoustic Trio — or PHAT, as they’re known by their fans — takes Henry’s award-winning material up a notch, with arrangements that showcase their collective skills, while maintaining the integrity of the songs. Amplified by the talents of percussionist Gary Moon and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Kimball, the trio’s performing synergy has recently been captured on a live album called “PHAT LIVE.” See them perform live for the Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. in Lincoln, on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m.

Henry is the breath of fresh air needed to keep a modern folk music scene alive. Rather than penning songs of exploitation, self-confession or heart ache, Henry harks from a tradition of musicians as story-tellers. His knack

for creating lifelike characters, vivid scenes and distinctive places has been described as “cinematic.”

And he’s also not afraid to write folk that rocks. The addition of Moon on hand percussion and Kimball, who plays a half dozen instruments including mandolin, piano, and accordion, ably fill out Henry’s “soundtrack.”

The trio has been playing together for about 10 years, but go back further as collaborators and friends. Neither Moon nor Kimball is a stranger to narrative music. Moon is a staple of the Saratoga Springs, N.Y. folk scene with his duo, Stories Told, while Kimball’s music direction has earned him accolades in the theater scene of Boston. They accompany Henry in a way that energizes and colors the songs, adding to the imagery being painted. Both Kimball and Moon also sing, allowing for intricate three-part harmonies.

Listening to “PHAT LIVE,” it’s easy to forget that there are only three musicians on stage. Together the trio create a dynamic sound, working together to lead the audience on a musical journey. The recording quality is so good that it’s easy SEE HENRY ON PAGE 10

‘Children of Men’ screens in Middlebury Q&A TO FOLLOW FREE FILM WITH SCREENWRITER HAWK OSTBY No children. No future. No hope. That’s the premise of the film “Children of Men,” which will be screened at Dana Auditorium in Middlebury this Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., as part of the Hirschfield International Film Series.

The year is 2027, 18 years since the last baby was born. Disillusioned Theo (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover (Julianne Moore) to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. In a thrilling race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.

The film “lifts you to the rafters, transporting you with the greatness of its filmmaking,” says The New York Times. “The action is swift, ferocious and spectacularly choreographed.”

“‘Children of Men’ was made over 10 years ago and didn’t do well at the box office,” explained Ethan Murphy, who works in the Film and Media Culture Department at Middlebury College and organizes the Hirschfield International Film Series.

“But it has gained critical success… The dystopian future of ‘Children of Men’ is set in 2027, but given our current political climate it may seem closer to present day.”

After both screenings screenwriter Hawk Ostby will host a Q&A with the audience.

In addition to Ostby’s Oscar Nomination for “Children of Men,” he also wrote “Iron Man” and is the co-creator of the Sci-Fi television show “The Expanse,” which is now in it’s fourth season.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see this film for free on Saturday, Jan. 12, 3 and 8 p.m., at Dana Auditorium.

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“IT’S ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE CROWD… I’M A HYPE MAN.”

“THE AWESOME THING ABOUT KARAOKE IS THAT YOU CAN BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE.”

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Then he learned how to set up all the equipment, wire the speakers, the mixer and the computer programs. But that’s not the hard part. The hard part is coaxing people up on stage to perform.

“Being a karaoke DJ is really more a personality thing,” Germain said. “It’s about connecting with the crowd… I’m a hype man, I guess, and my job is to keep them going all night long.”

As you might suspect, Germain listens to a lot of the same standard karaoke hits like “Don’t Stop Believin’” or “Build Me Up Buttercup”; but he doesn’t seem to mind — too much. His favorites are the oldies.

“My dad was an oldies DJ,” he said. “I love

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DJ Chauncey in action at Notte in Middlebury.

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that stuff… But really, there’s a song for every mood.”

Sure sometimes it’s hard to get people to come up and grab the mic, Germain said, but once they start singing… watch out!

“They can really get going,” said Germain, who works as a line cook at Coriander restaurant in Middlebury when he’s not a DJ. “The awesome thing about karaoke is that you can be whoever you want to be.”

Karaoke night is every Tuesday at Notte — all year long. It’s free and starts around 9:30 p.m.

And DJ Chauncey is inviting you out to shake off the blahs, pick up the mic and embrace your inner diva. “It’s fun,” he said. “It’s tiring, and sometimes annoying, but overall it’s a blast.”

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ACTIVE

MONTHLY WILDLIFE WALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 a.m., Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Join Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust and help survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Meet at the parking area of Otter View Park. Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. More info call 802388-6019 or 802-388-1007.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TEEN BOOK SWAP AND CAFÉ IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 19, 1-3 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Bored with your bookshelf? Come trade your old titles for new! Eat treats, talk books with other teens, and relax.

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

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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

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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.

LECTURES & LEARNING

ICELAND AND ICE LAND PRESENTATION IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. World-travelling birder Hank Kaestner will talk about his recent travels to Iceland and Alaska to view Arctic birds. Expect lots of Puffins and Auks. The first of three talks as part of Otter Creek Audubon’s Eleventh Annual Cabin Fever lecture series. All are welcome.

MUSIC

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 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. Pre-concert dinner is available for $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.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Jam session begins at 11 a.m. with music and dancing to follow.

Refreshments available. All fiddlers welcome.

Donation $3.

THEATER

“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 reallife French actress who dazzled 18th-century 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 802382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

MCP “SPELLING BEE” AUDITIONS IN

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, January 10, 2019 — PAGE 5 MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 12 and Sunday, Jan. 13, 1-4 p.m., Middlebury Fitness, 175 Wilson Rd. The Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions for high-school and adult actors for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”.

Teen auditioners must be at least 14 years old and in high school. Those younger than 18 years old must have a parent or guardian signature on their audition form. Registration begins at 1 p.m.

Come to only one audition. More info at info@ middleburycommunityplayers.org.

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Tenor and pianist to offer ‘a night to remember’ Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis will give a concert on Friday, Jan. 18, at Middlebury College.

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he Middlebury Performing Arts Series will present British tenor Mark Padmore and compatriot pianist Paul Lewis on Friday, Jan. 18. Although Lewis is a Middlebury audience favorite, this concert will be the first time the two musicians share the Robison Hall stage at the Mahaney Arts Center.

Their concert will showcase German lieder by Brahms, Mahler and Schumann.

Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll first heard the pair perform together at a music festival in 2011. “We had already hosted Lewis for an entire Beethoven cycle and the start of his Schubert cycle, but I was intrigued to hear him perform in collaboration with another artist,” she said. “What transpired that evening was one of the most magical performances I’ve ever attended. Padmore kept us rapt in our seats… his voice at times icy, haunting and longing. Lewis, for his part, was also stunning. I knew if we could capture even a morsel of that magic in our acousticallyresonant Robison Hall, we would be in for a night to remember.”

MARK PADMORE Born in London and awarded an honors degree in music from King’s College, Cambridge in 1982, Padmore has established an international career in opera, concert and recital. He has been an Artist in Residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (2016/17) and with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (2017/18).

He also collaborates regularly with The Britten Sinfonia. As a recitalist, he has performed all three Schubert song cycles in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Paris, Tokyo, Vienna and New York.

He was voted 2016 Vocalist of the Year by Musical America, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Kent University in 2014. He is Artistic Director of the St. Endellion Summer Music Festival in Cornwall, England.

PAUL LEWIS Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, two Edison awards, three Gramophone awards, the Diapason D’or de l’Annee, the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale

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Chigiana, and the South Bank Show Classical Music award. In 2016 he was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honors list, and holds honorary doctorates from Southampton University and Edge Hill University.

Lewis performs regularly as soloist with the world’s great orchestras and is a frequent guest at the most prestigious international festivals, including Lucerne, Mostly Mozart (New York), Tanglewood, Schubertiade, Salzburg, Edinburgh, and London’s BBC Proms, where in 2010 he became the first pianist to perform a complete Beethoven piano concerto cycle in one season. His recital career takes him to venues such as London’s Royal Festival Hall, Alice Tully and Carnegie Hall in New York, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, and the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris.

This is a duo you don’t want to miss. Mark your calendars for next Friday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Hall.

Tickets are $30 for adults; $25 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti and alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for Middlebury College students.

To purchase, call 802-443-MIDD (6433) or visit middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

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MUSIC The Last Train to Zinkov makes a stop in Brandon

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avid 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. Featuring clawhammer banjo, wicked fiddling, and family harmonies, the JAN. Gusakovs are creating some of today’s most unique and compelling

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folk music.

The Gusakovs have been gaining recognition as they expand their performance reach throughout New England.

lifetime of relationship. Their original songs and compositions reflect their love of Appalachian old-time music, gypsy jazz, swing, classical and their own Eastern European roots.

David arrived in Vermont in 1973, joining the Vermont Symphony that year and bluegrass/ swing band Pine Island the next. In the intervening 42 years he has been a full-time musician, playing with such groups as the Midnite Plowboys, Redwing, Swing Shift, Will Patton Ensemble, Swing Noire, and Michele Choiniere. At home in a wide variety of genres, he brings improvisatory flare and depth of feeling to everything he plays.

Nathan lives with his family in Lincoln, near the headwaters of the New Haven River, where he makes his living as a carpenter and musician.

Nate is self-taught on the banjo, and his first album of all-original music, “Running Clear” (2011), received praise for its “stellar claw hammer style banjo and rich lyricism” by Jamie Masefield, of the Jazz Mandolin Project.

Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show.

Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@ brandon-music.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info.

At Brandon Music, the duo will perform songs from their latest album, “Regenerations,” and several new tunes recently added to their repertoire, including a dynamic opening number, “Chosen Kale Mazeltov,” a rousing wedding song that will start the night off right.

With violin, viola, banjo and vocals, Last Train to Zinkov plays with a lively, toe-tapping touch, sing with mournful sensitivity, and exhibit a creative chemistry that can only be born of a

live music SWING NOIRE. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

PHIL HENRY ACOUSTIC TRIO. Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30-9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall, Lincoln.

BLUES JAM. Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m., Sister Wicked, Brandon.

DEL RUE. Saturday, Jan. 12, 9-midnight, Notte, Middlebury.

BLUES JAM. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., Hatch 31, Bristol.

TOM VAN SANT & GLEN GOODWIN. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7-9 p.m., Notte, Middlebury.

LAST TRAIN TO ZINKOV. Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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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

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.

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 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.

Sun 2/3 1pm & 4pm $20 Adults/$10 18 & Under

JEFF BOYER’S BIG BUBBLE BONANZA

Mixing comedy, music, and interactive bubble-magic, worldrenowned Guinness Book of World Records-holding bubble wrangler Jeff Boyer engages and delights audiences of all ages. It’s a sensory-friendly bubble extravaganza for the whole family!

Wed 2/13 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students

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.

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) 877-2173 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) 388-2117 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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the movie SECOND ACT — RUNNING TIME: 1:43 — RATING: PG-13 “Second Act” is a movie that would have succeeded mightily in the ’50s.

Even in this era when moviemakers think every film must carry a lesson, or at least be good for us, this one is nice light fun. Just relax and enjoy it without thinking you must rise at the end having learned something.

Maya (Jennifer Lopez) is a successful store manager in Queens but she wants more. She’s smart and loaded with ambition. “Watch me!” she says to doubters. First casualty is the boyfriend who loves her but wants to marry her and have children.

After an important company sees her fake resume and the potential of the product she has developed in Queens, they make her head of a division and order her to refine and build it. Along with that comes a huge office, a fancy apartment and a division of the company for her to mold.

From there the story drops her into the lives of businessman Anderson Clarke (Treat Williams), his daughter (Vanessa Hudgens) and the godson who made up that resume. Her old circle of pals sticks by her and helps her whenever she trips. They are funny by turns and as time passes, each of them features in a sub plot that makes us smile.

Aside from one competitor, the friends, family and office workers are all good people, no nasty sides here. With humor and skill, they handle several appealing subplots that surface. About half an hour in, we stop wondering whether we’re glad we came. In the beginning it’s just a big cast of odd characters but as each of them responds to challenges, they become fun to watch. That familiar feeling of looking for faults in the actors or the writing just disappears.

Charlyne Yi is the shy assistant who is a prisoner of her own fears only to emerge from her quiet role as an uninteresting woman into one who sparkles when the writer expands her part. That godson with the foul mouth (John James Cronin) sparkles with bad language and inventive

Jennifer Lopez, Alan Aisenberg, Charlyne Yi, and Annaleigh Ashford in “Second Act” (2018).

plans for his godmother. Leah Remini, Williams and a fine supporting cast make contributions that are warm and funny.

Each actor contributes humor to the lighthearted plot by writers who created all this fun around the theme of making a cosmetic cream sensation out of gingko leaves. With a welcome smile in this heavy season, we realize we’re having a good time.

As Maya pursues her solution, her buddies are by her side with encouragement. And there’s the core of the fun: Jennifer Lopez. In this lightweight comedy, she creates a smart woman who is ambitious and fair to all as she rides her fake resume through the locked gates of the Ivy League acceptance structure. Just go to this one, settle in and enjoy an excellent cast as they hand us all a polished gem that is an island of fun in this serious year.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

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The Trespasser, by Tana French Richly written with a captivating story and a complimentary cast of characters who add depth and heart to the tale, “Hearts of the Missing” is a gripping police procedural which won the 2017 Tony Hillerman Prize. Carol Potenza’s debut novel takes place in the stunning scenery of New Mexico.

With an intricate plot that deftly weaves narrative strands and significant clues into a tapestry that is difficult to decipher, the pace is blunt-nosed, fast but not blistering. The main character, Pueblo Police Sergeant, Nicky Mathew is a believable and likeable narrator, perhaps slightly flawed, who is also an outsider, yet she has the seeing eyes, prized by the Fire-Sky tribal members. Just gaining the trust of her community is a puzzle Matthews has to work out before she even attempts to work through a case. There are numerous instances when Nicky’s character and integrity are evident, she is a law enforcement officer for whom you can root. When she uncovers a string of crimes that even have the attention of the F.B.I., she uses her closest friends as allies and her enemies as informants, and pieces together a solution that has eluded, and endangered, many before her.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

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by James Patterson Connections in Death, by J.D. Robb Left to Die, by Lisa Jackson The Vanishing Season,

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Help prevent frozen pipes this winter

HENRY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

to forget it’s a live recording — until lightning strikes the building.

No, really.

A storyteller like Henry should know better than to tempt fate. But on the night of August 13, 2016, Henry was performing a live show, when the rumblings of thunder outside echoed through the hall. In introducing the next song, a song about a post Katrina radio deejay, Henry and Moon joke about the weather. Three quarters of the way through the number, a startling loud electric crack interrupts everything.

Amazingly the show went on and they did not lose the recording.

Who knows what’ll happen when the Phil Henry Acoustic Trio comes to perform for the Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. in Lincoln, on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show are $10 for adults, teens and kids are free.

Refreshments will be served during intermission. For more information, call (802) 3886863.

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rozen pipes are often consequences of frigid weather and affect a quarter-million families each winter. A 1/8inch crack in a pipe, for instance, can spew up to 250 gallons of water a day, causing flooding and serious structural damage.

The three central causes of frozen pipes are quick drops in temperature, poor insulation and thermostats set too low. Following these tips may prevent pipes from freezing: Insulate pipes that run along outside walls, floors, ceilings and in crawl spaces and attic. Exposed pipes are most susceptible to freezing. The more insulation used, the better protected pipes will be.

Disconnect outside garden hoses and, if possible, use an indoor valve to shut off and drain water from pipes leading to outside faucets.

This reduces the chance of freezing in the short span of pipe just outside the house.

Seal leaks that allow cold air inside near where pipes are located. Look for air leaks around electrical wiring, dryer vents and pipes, and use caulk or insulation to keep the cold out. With severe cold, even a tiny opening can let in enough cold air

to cause a pipe to freeze.

A trickle of hot and cold water might be all it takes to keep pipes from freezing. Let warm water drip overnight, preferably from a faucet on an outside wall.

Keep the thermostat set at the same temperature both day and night. Some people may be in the habit of turning down the heat when they are asleep, but further drops in the temperature — most commonly overnight — could freeze pipes.

Open cabinet doors to allow heat to get to uninsulated pipe under sinks and appliances near exterior walls.

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on vacation, set the thermostat no lower than 55 F. Also be sure to replace the thermostat battery. Ask a friend or neighbor to check on the house daily to make sure it is warm enough to prevent freezing.

• Never try to thaw a pipe with a torch or other open flame.

Water damage is preferable to burning down the house. • A hair dryer may be able to thaw a frozen pipe. Start by warming the pipe as close to the faucet as possible, working toward the coldest section of pipe. • If the pipes have already burst, turn off the water at the main shutoff valve in the house, and leave the water faucets turned on. Make sure everyone in the family knows where the water shutoff valve is and how to open and close it.

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