Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018

MLK tribute

Shelter chiefs

Bounce-back

“Diva Man” and friends will give a musical tribute to Martin Luther King. See Arts + Leisure.

Two experienced leaders have taken the reins at John Graham Housing Services. See Page 3A.

A few changes, a return and assertive play helped the Tiger girls’ hockey team win. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 72 No. 2

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

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40 Pages

City council beginning prep for new manager

County home sales seeing upward trend 2017 stronger following earlier gains

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — After years of stagnation, the region’s real estate market has in more recent years shown signs of life, according both to statistics and longtime Vergennes real estate appraiser Bill Benton, also Middlebury’s town assessor.

According to data provided by Benton, in the past three years — and especially in 2017 — the number of homes sold in Addison County has

Taking off

increased annually, as has the median sales price (defined as the most common price at which homes sell, not the average).

“The last three years have seen a definite jump in sales and the dollar volume,” Benton said. “Median sales prices continue to go up.”

In 2015, 311 county homes sold.

That number rose slightly in 2016 to 319, and then jumped to 347 this (See Real Estate, Page 14A)

Hawley planning to step down this year; hiring process eyed

The number of Addison County homes sales and the prices of homes here are going up.

347

Number of Sales

$260,000 Median Sale Price

319 $243,000 311 2015

$235,000 2016

2017

2015

2016

2017

source: Northern New England Real Estate Network

College seeking to find even fiscal keel Working to eliminate operating deficit

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College’s endowment has grown to an estimated $1.2 billion, according to David Provost, who joined the college as its executive vice president for finance and administration a year ago. And in a few years annual interest from that endowment should allow the college to better pursue goals that will directly benefit students, such as increasing financial aid and improving already well known language, environmental and international schools.

But for the next few years Provost said that interest income will be also devoted to another important target: bringing the college’s annual operating budget of roughly $270 million into the

black. Disbursement of interest on the endowment is limited by a college board of trustees policy to 5 percent annually in order to preserve the principal.

“I came in last January with the focus to return the college to financial stability,” said Provost, who previously held a similar position with Burlington’s Champlain College. “The last few years the college has had an operating loss. Even though $50 to $65 million has been taken out of the endowment each year, the college has still been losing money in operations of the institution.

We are on a four-year path back to get that to break even and truly be at a 5 percent endowment withdrawal.”

(See College, Page 11A)

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Black and white and red all over

A CLASSIC RED barn in Addison glows in the warm winter sun Tuesday afternoon.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Tuesday began discussing how it will go about replacing City Manager Mel Hawley, who has been talking for the better part of a year about retiring some time in 2018.

Mayor Michael Daniels said he and council members agreed to reach out to the city’s department heads to gather interview questions, and that he will go online to research appropriate questions.

Daniels added he might also rely during the process on the hiring experience he gained as a manager in the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services.

“I’m going to do some research on the internet to see if there are some guidelines already laid out, or whether I should shoot from the hip like I did in my previous job,” Daniels said.

Daniels said Vergennes Planning Commission Chairman Shannon Haggett has also volunteered to help with the hiring process, but that it is too early to establish a committee with an election about seven weeks away. The terms of city council members Matt Chabot, Lynn Donnelly and Renny Perry all expire on March 6.

But Daniels said he will share some ideas on a hiring committee with the council.

“We didn’t get into a lengthy discussion on that last night,” Daniels said on Wednesday. “I’m (See Hawley, Page 14A)

Group asks lawmakers to downsize $52M rail bridges plan

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Opponents of a $52 million plan to replace two downtown Middlebury rail bridges are asking legislators and Gov. Phil Scott to postpone the project and support further research into a less costly solution they believe could bring less construction disruption to

Addison County’s shire town.

State officials this week confirmed the House and Senate Transportation Committees will accept public testimony during the coming weeks as they review plans to replace Middlebury’s Main Street and Merchants Row bridges over the railroad with a massive

concrete tunnel.

Preliminary work slated to begin this spring includes construction of a temporary road next to the creek to serve the Battell Block parking area and installation of a complex drainage system for the rail tracks.

It’s a project expected to last around three years, with the greatest

impacts predicted during a 10-week period in 2020 when Main Street and Merchants Row will both close to traffic for intensive construction.

Replacement of the two 1920s-era bridges has been on the drawing board for almost 20 years. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (See Rail bridges, Page 12A)

100-year-old still logging volunteer hours at Porter Mary Baker provides comfort, guidance to hospital visitors

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — This Saturday, Jan. 13, Mary Baker will celebrate her 100th birthday, a magnificent and rare milestone that most can only dream of achieving. And while most other members of that exclusive club lead understandably sedentary lifestyles, Mrs. Baker hates to sit still.

On a recent morning, with her 100th just around the corner, Mrs. Baker was serving her usual four-hour shift as a volunteer greeter and admissions assistant at Porter Hospital. It’s a “I don’t sit community service she has faithfully in front of executed since 1980. She puts in a TV, and I another four hours on Tuesdays, never have. making for an eight-hour work week I’ve always in a “retirement” that has accrued a staggering 12,500 volunteer hours worked at Porter since she first offered her hard, and services during the Jimmy Carter so did my presidential administration. husband.”

“I don’t sit in front of a TV, and — Mary Baker I never have,” Mrs. Baker said during a brief interview while at her trusty customer service desk near the Porter Emergency Department. “I’ve always worked hard, and so did my husband.”

Longtime Middlebury residents will remember Mary and the late John Baker as the dedicated team behind Baker’s Jewelry Store, which was located at 47 Main St. LONGTIME PORTER HOSPITAL volunteer Mary Baker will turn 100 on Saturday. Baker has logged more than 12,000 volunteer They established the successful store in 1948 and ran it hours since 1980 and has no plans to retire in the foreseeable future.

(See Mary Baker, Page 14A) Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By the way On Feb. 15, from 4-8 p.m., there will be a Mini Maker Faire at the Hannaford Career Center on Charles Avenue in Middlebury.

The event, which coincides with the Career Center open house, is a kick-off for a plan to create a local “maker space” at the center.

It will be a great opportunity to showcase local makerism, create connections in the local maker web and gauge interest in having (See By the way, Page 14A)

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Sheldon is assigned to new House panel

Midd. Rep. on economy committee

By JOHN FLOWERS MONTPELIER — Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury, began the 2018 legislative session last week with a new committee assignment.

Democrat House leaders transferred her from the Agriculture & Forestry Committee to the Commerce & Economic Development Committee.

Sheldon, beginning her fourth year in the House, said party officials believe she can help House Commerce make progress on a key issue this session: How independent contractors could be better defined as part of the state’s workforce.

Sheldon runs her own homebased business called Landslide Natural Resource Planning. As such, she often serves as an independent contractor for the town of Middlebury, the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, and other entities needing help with natural resources planning.

The House Commerce & Economic Development Committee last year began crafting a bill to clarify the roles of independent contractors, as opposed to those more accurately classified as working for distinct companies. Settling such employment ambiguities will help the state better determine companies’ and individuals’ respective workers’ compensation, health care, unemployment insurance and tax liabilities.

Sheldon said she is fine with the transfer. She served her first term on the House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee before her switch to Agriculture & Forestry to begin the 2017 session.

Addison County will maintain a strong presence on the House Agriculture & Forestry Committee.

Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, and Rep. Terry Norris, I-Shoreham, continue to serve on that panel.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Series unites locals with state lawmakers

By JOHN FLOWERS ADDISON COUNTY — Bridport Grange No. 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau have confirmed the 2018 legislative breakfasts schedule, which will feature 13 opportunities for area residents to hear from local lawmakers about goings on under the Golden Dome in Montpelier this winter and spring.

As usual, the series will also include a “governor’s breakfast.” It will take place on Monday, March 26, beginning at 7 a.m., at the Middlebury American Legion headquarters at 49 Wilson Road. Gov. Phil Scott will be invited to be the featured speaker.

There will also be the customary “Agricultural Lunch” session — devoted specifically to farming issues

— to be held at the Bridport Grange Hall on Monday, April 9, from noon to 1:45 p.m.

All of the breakfasts will be held on Mondays and (except the ag lunch) will begin with food at 7 a.m., followed by a moderated question-and-answer session with participating lawmakers that spans from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Participants are under no obligation to buy food, though doing so helps the hosts defray the costs of opening their respective venues. The program is free, though donations are gratefully accepted.

The legislative breakfasts are also supported by Supported by the Addison County Chamber of Commerce and Addison County Regional Planning Commission.

Salisbury seeks funds for town hall work Residents’ support sought in March

By JOHN FLOWERS SALISBURY — Salisbury residents on Town Meeting Day will be asked to start a savings account to fund future repairs to their town hall in hopes of getting the historic structure capable of hosting larger community functions.

Salisbury Town Hall is a 2.5-story, wood frame, Greek Revival-style structure erected in 1869. It was expanded in 1908 and then renovated in 1948 following a major fire. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is listed on the State Register of Historic Places as a “contributing building” in the Salisbury Village Historic District.

Unfortunately, the town hall has seen limited use for more than a generation due to lack of running water, handicap accessibility issues and more stringent federal and state standards for public venues. Its large, second-floor meeting room can’t host more than 49 people at a time. It continues to host the local library and occasional board meetings and small functions. But Salisbury Town Hall stopped hosting annual town meeting more than two decades ago after the community built a new elementary school that provides more ample gathering space and parking.

Municipal leaders formed a steering committee to look at ways of updating the building in a manner that would allow it to be more actively used. The town received some money through the Vermont Community Development Program for a feasibility study to “determine the physical needs and scope of work required of the structure and determine the necessary funding to complete renovations to allow the building to be used as a public community center,” according to a charge given to Wagner Development Partners, hired to do the job.

After several months of study, Wagner determined: • The town hall parcel is big enough to host a drilled well, septic tank and leach field.

• Access for folks with disabilities could be provided through a combination of site grading and a ramp leading into the front entrance of the building. A “mechanical conveyance system” would be installed in the foyer area of the building to allow a person to access to the second floor.

• An additional stairwell should be added at the rear of the

THE TOWN OF Salisbury recently commissioned a study to determine how the old town hall building could be rehabbed to host more municipal meetings and events.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

building.

• The library could remain in its current location.

• A new, handicapped-accessible bathroom should be added, as well as a small kitchenette.

• The walls and roof of the building need some additional structural supports.

• The building’s operational costs could be lowered through some basic energy efficiency improvements, including though installing insulation, new or rehabbed windows, and other weatherization measures.

Wagner Development Partners officials estimated total project costs at $458,000, suggesting fi-

nancing could be achieved through a combination of loans, grants, inkind contributions and local fundraising. The recommended renovations wouldn’t jeopardize the town hall’s historic designation, according to Wagner.

Salisbury Selectboard Chairwoman Martha Sullivan said the feasibility study will give the community a nice blueprint for future repairs to the town hall. But completion of those repairs will depend largely on available resources — and Salisbury, like most Vermont towns, doesn’t have $485,000 lying around in a surplus account.

“What we desperately need is a benefactor,” Sullivan said with a

chuckle.

So unless a deep-pocketed donor steps forward, Salisbury will have to create an account into which future town contributions, donations and grants will be deposited. That will begin on Town Meeting Day, March 6, with the proposed creation of a town hall capital fund. Sullivan is not sure at this point whether the community will choose to make incremental upgrades to the building in the coming years, or wait until enough money is raised to do a major project.

“I think it will be a while before we can do anything,” Sullivan said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Grangent is permanent Northlands head

ALICIA GRANGENT

VERGENNES — After a fivemonth stint as the acting center director, Alicia Grangent has been named as Northlands’ new permanent Center Director, the federal job training center in Vergennes announced last week.

Northlands, which is currently operated by Chugach Education Services Inc. of Alaska, is home to up to 220 low-income youth from around the Northeast, giving them the training and education needed to enter the skilled workforce.

Grangent has worked in the Job Corps community for the last 10 years at various centers around the country. She began her Job Corps

career as a dorm supervisor in 2007 and made her way up the ranks to now lead Northlands Job Corps Center in her new role as center director.

“Chugach is pleased to announce the permanent hiring of Alicia Grangent as the center director of Northlands Job Corps Center,” stated Bobbie Irvin, Chugach Program Manager. “Please join us in congratulating Alicia.”

Grangent said she was pleased with the promotion.

“I am honored and humbled to be given the opportunity to lead the charge to increased success not only for our students, but for our center, and for our community as a whole,”

she said in a press release. “It is a rewarding experience to make a difference in the lives of young people.”

The Northlands Job Corps Center is a federally funded career-training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor and managed

by Chugach. Officials at the Macdonough Drive center said they are committed to providing the highest-quality programs for young adults by offering instruction in academics, career technical training areas, and independent life skills through innovative methods that respond to the unique individual and group needs of today’s young people.

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018 — PAGE 3A

Senate passes marijuana bill

By ALAN J. KEAYS VTDigger.org MONTPELIER — A bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on Wednesday cleared the last hurdle in the Vermont Legislature.

The measure, H.511, now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Phil Scott for approval. He has previously said he would sign the legislation.

With Scott’s signature, Vermont would become the first state to legalize recreational marijuana through legislation, rather than by voter initiative.

The Senate passed the measure Wednesday afternoon by a voice vote.

Last Thursday, after several hours of debate, the House passed the leg-

islation 81-63.

The measure legalizes the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana and two mature and four immature marijuana plants by people 21 or older.

Once the bill cleared the House last week, Senate passage was virtually assured since that chamber approved essentially the same legislation in June.

However, during a Wednesday morning session of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a vote set for the afternoon seemed like it could be delayed at least a day. That’s because some committee members wanted to clarify the amount of marijuana that people could have within a single “dwelling unit.”

According to information provided by the Office of Legislative Council later Wednesday morning, regardless of how many people 21 or older reside in a “dwelling unit,” each unit is limited to two mature marijuana plants and four immature plants.

After a brief discussion, the panel then voted 4-1 to advance the bill to the full Senate.

Committee members voting to advance the legislation were Sens.

Dick Sears, D-Bennington, Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, Jeanette White, D-Windham, and Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, who is Senate president. Sen. Alice Nitka, D-Windsor, cast the lone committee vote in opposition.

Sparring foreseen in Montpelier

Environmental bills could be triggers

By MIKE POLHAMUS VTDigger.org MONTPELIER — Environmental bills will likely be ground zero for fights between the Scott administration and lawmakers this legislative session.

In the run up to the Jan. 3 opening day, there were flare-ups between environmental advocates, lawmakers and Agency of Natural Resources officials over Act 250 reform legislation, funding for clean up of phosphorus from Lake Champlain and a proposed carbon tax.

Gov. Phil Scott has already taken heat from environmentalists for comments about how climate change could be good for the state’s economy, for foot-dragging on efforts to prevent toxic algae blooms, and for eliminating references to climate change in a report on Act 250, the state’s land use law. In addition, members of the governor’s cabinet have been accused of giving developers a pass on new stormwater rules.

Leading lawmakers in the House and Senate environmental committees meanwhile have forged ahead with proposed changes to state statutes that would identify a funding source for lake cleanup, require better enforcement of agricultural water quality regulations, ramp up regulations on toxic chemicals, and rehash a controversial proposal to tax carbon dioxide emissions.

Lawmakers are also seeking to bolster safety requirements for dams, loosen vehicle inspection requirements and require cyclists to register vehicles.

BIKE REGISTRATION, DAM INSPECTION BILLS Cyclists would be required to register bicycles with the state, under a bill proposed by Sen. Carolyn Whitney Branagan, R-Franklin. The legislation would require bicyclists to pay $30 to register and license plates would be required for all bikes. Cyclists would need to carry proof of registration, which could be revoked if a cyclist drinks habitually or if the bike is in bad condition.

Under H. 554, dam owners would be required to register the structures with the state. The bill would also require the state to conduct safety inspections of Vermont dams. The DEC would maintain a list of dams and write new safety rules.

A couple of other bills (S. 193 and S. 170) and would curtail the state’s vehicle-inspection laws — one would exempt vehicles fewer than two years old from inspection requirements, another would exempt vehicles from further inspection requirements if that vehicle has failed inspections once but undergone certain repairs.

A related legislative proposal, S. 227, would simply direct the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources to study the state’s vehicle inspection program, and to suggest improvements.

Sen. Ginny Lyons, D-Chittenden, wants to establish noise limits for new developments. S. 210 directs the Agency of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board to come up with noise limits for developments that either pollute the air or that require a permit under the state’s land-use law, Act 250.

Lawmakers last year directed the Public Utility Commission to write noise limits for Vermont’s wind turbines, and the PUC fulfilled that charge, but a similar set of rules for all other forms of land use doesn’t yet exist.

CARBON TAX Another priority this year is a tax on carbon-dioxide pollution. Legislators in recent years have proposed various schemes to put such a tax in place, and this year several lawmakers are backing a carbon-pollution tax that would subsidize electricity bills.

Sen. Chris Pearson, P/D-Chitten-

den, has introduced S. 284, which supporters say would reduce Vermont electricity rates to the lowest in New England. The tax is intended to diminish Vermonters’ impact on global warming by discouraging the use of fossil fuels.

Scott recently described global warming as a potential “economic boom” for Vermonters, and the millionaire racecar driver says he opposes a tax on fossil fuels out of concern for poor, rural Vermonters. He has adamantly opposed carbon-pricing efforts since before he was elected governor.

House Speaker Mitzi Johnson also opposes the carbon tax because she says it will hurt commuters who live in the poorer, more rural parts of the state.

WATER QUALITY Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, has proposed legislation, S. 220, that would make the Department of Environmental Conservation responsible for enforcing farm compliance with environmental rules.

Currently the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets promotes and regulates farming.

Vermont farms are the single greatest contributor to water pollution that has nourished toxic, yearly bacterial blooms in Lake Champlain, Lake Carmi, Lake Memphremagog and other Vermont public waters.

Campion believes the agency’s dual role as both promoter and regulator has undermined compliance efforts. He is advocating for a separation of those two functions. Scott administration officials want to keep the current arrangement as is.

Another set of bills (S.260 and H.564) would establish long-term funding for the roughly $1.2 billion Vermonters must pay over the next 20 years to comply with state and federal clean water laws. Sen. Chris Bray, D-Addison, introduced a bill in the Senate that charges a per parcel fee for cleanup. There is now a companion bill in the House. Over time, the fees would target properties, such as large parking lots, that generate the most phosphorous pollution.

Julie Moore, the secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources, declined to fulfill a legislative mandate requiring the administration to submit a recommendation for long-term funding sources for lake cleanup. Instead, Moore, the tax commissioner, and the secretary of agriculture left it to lawmakers to come up with their own funding solution.

Lawmakers have responded with a number of bills that address fund-

ing and the root causes of pollution.

Campion has, for example, proposed S. 188, which would supplement the state’s clean-water funds with fees assessed on cow feed and chemical fertilizers.

Yet another bill from Campion called S. 218 would force farmers to disclose pollution control plans to the public.

The documents, known as nutrient management plans, show how farmers will comply with water-quality rules requiring them to keep agricultural pollution on their own land.

They are public documents under Vermont law, although the Agency of Agriculture multiple times in 2017 asked media organizations to pay thousands of dollars to view the records. Agency of Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts last year sought legislation to make the documents secret.

Tebbetts didn’t succeed, and Campion’s bill this year could forestall further attempts to keep the records from the public.

Campion has pursued several water-quality initiatives after 500 wells in his district were discovered to be contaminated with highly toxic chemicals from a Teflon fabric coating plant in Bennington County.

TOXICS REGULATIONS Better regulation and enforcement of toxic chemicals appears to be a priority for legislators this year. One of the bills in the queue is a holdover from last year, S.10. The legislation would have required new wells to be tested for certain contaminants, and would have established a working group charged with setting up a state chemical reporting system.

Campion introduced it in the wake of the Chemfab scandal that poisoned hundreds of wells in his district in Bennington County.

The legislation was ultimately shelved last year after industry groups opposed it, but Campion said at the time that it would be among the highest priorities for lawmakers this year.

Campion has also proposed S.197, legislation that seeks to force polluters to pay for future medical monitoring for Vermonters who have high levels of toxins in their bloodstreams. The bill would also strengthen liability laws to hold polluters accountable for the harmful substances they release.

Rep. David Deen, D-Putney, has introduced another bill, H. 560, that would require manufacturers of hazardous household products to contribute to a fund meant to pay for disposal of household hazardous waste.

KATE SCHIRMER-SMITH and Peter Kellerman took over as co-directors of John Graham Housing and Services, which operates its namesake homeless shelter in Vergennes as well as provides shelter, housing, services, and prevention and intervention at four other sites in Addison County.

Graham shelter gets new leaders

Schirmer-Smith, Kellerman to be co-directors, Ready is CFO VERGENNES — John Graham well as incarcerated adults. He Housing and Services has fresh has served as assistant director at leadership in the new year, with John Graham for the past two years Peter Kellerman and Kate Schirm- while working intensively with er-Smith becoming co-directors those facing homelessness since 2010.

Jan. 1.

“We see firsthand what a differLongtime executive director Elizabeth Ready stepped aside but ence a home can make,” Kellerman said. “People have remains in the role of jobs, but their wages chief financial officer. aren’t enough to pay John Graham Hous- “Times have the rent. At John Graing and Services pro- changed ham, we offer a safe, vides shelter, housing, and more supportive communiservices, and preven- Vermonters face ty and help our resition and intervention homelessness. dents bridge the gaps at five sites throughOut of necessity, to permanent housout Addison County. ing.”

Its flagship emergency we’ve expanded Sessions said that homeless shelter is in our mission. Our it’s the combination Vergennes. co-directors are of direct services and “We are welcom- ready to face ing a new generation these challenges ongoing support that makes all the differof leaders,” said Abi ence in completing Sessions, chair of the with experience, the journey to perJohn Graham Board of compassion and Directors. “Pete will a client-centered manent, sustainable housing for shelter step up as co-director approach.” for housing, and will — Abi Sessions residents.

“Families and inrepresent the shelter dividuals come to us on the state and local levels. Kate, as co-director for clin- during the most difficult times of ical services, will provide clinical their lives,” said Schirmer-Smith, care to residents and supervision to who has a Master’s Degree and is staff as well as networking with lo- a licensed mental health counselor with many years of experience cal community partners.”

Both Pete and Kate will be re- in community mental health and sponsible for overall shelter man- private practice. She has served as the clinical program director at agement and operations.

“Times have changed and more the John Graham Shelter for over Vermonters face homelessness. a year.

Out of necessity, we’ve expanded our mission,” Sessions explained.

“Our co-directors are ready to face these challenges with experience, compassion and a client-centered approach.”

Kellerman has managed residential settings while working with crisis and trauma victims ranging from severely abused children and adults in psychiatric treatment as

“We see how resilient they are,” Schirmer-Smith said, “It’s a wonder to see how people develop community and get back in touch with their own strengths and goals so their families can thrive.”

Sessions said that the John Graham Board and the co-directors have taken a full year to redefine the organization’s leadership and to transition to new management roles. “We are delighted with what the collaborative management team approach has done for our organization so far,” she said.

“It’s as if these are the times Pete and Kate are meant for,” said Ready, who has served as director for 13 years.

“Chaotic times call forth the right people to protect and to serve others in whatever ways are needed,” Ready added. “This is our life’s work and it is so good to see these talented people stepping up.”

The John Graham Board will host a Transition Celebration to recognize Ready’s outstanding service and introduce the new leadership team to the community. The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 25, at Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main St. in Vergennes, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

Three Squares Café will cater the event. The suggested donation of $10 will go to benefit John Graham Housing & Services. Please RSVP to info@johngrahamshelter.org.

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Letters

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to the Editor

Pot bill’s quick passage, just beginning of the discussion With surprising speed, Vermont’s House (last week) and the Senate (on Wednesday) passed H.511, a bill that legalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Gov. Phil Scott has said he will sign the bill into law — and it’s only the second week of the legislative session.

The move makes Vermont the ninth state in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adults and is the first to do so through its legislature (all others have done it by ballot initiative.) Vermont’s bill is relatively modest in its scope. It allows a Vermont residence, or household unit, to legally have one ounce or less of pot and possess up to two mature marijuana plants and four immature plants at any time. The law would become effective July 1, 2018.

But that’s not the end of the discussion.

Several legislators, including Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman call the “personal possession plan” the first step. The goal, Zuckerman and others say, is a “full fledged tax-and-regulate system,” similar to what Colorado and Washington state have adopted. In short, a storefront retail system that allows for the recreational sale and use of marijuana.

Without the full-fledged system, proponents argue, the state does not reap any of the tax benefits, including funds that could be used to provide public education about responsible use of the drug.

“Until we can take some of that revenue from a tax-and-regulated marijuana market and move that revenue into the kinds of youth prevention and public health outreach that needs to be done to educate people about safe marijuana use, we’re gonna continue to fall further behind,” said Bradford Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas. ********** Interestingly, the bill moved quickly and without a lot of controversy, most likely because of polls show a solid majority support for legalization.

A year ago in March, polls showed 57 percent of Vermont voters supported allowing adults 21 and older to possess and grow limited amounts of marijuana, while 39 percent were opposed. A Gallup poll this past October showed that 64 percent of Americans support legalization.

Furthermore, legislatures in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island are expected to seriously consider making marijuana legal for adults this year. It’s legal in Quebec.

Massachusetts already has lenient laws in place. The New Hampshire House approved a measure similar to Vermont’s this week. The fix is in.

But is the full monty in the state’s best interest?

The Vermont Medical Society, for one, argues it is not. We know marijuana’s use can be addictive, and that it can serve as a gateway drug for a percentage of the population. We can imagine there will be issues with driver impairment, mental and physical health, and that it might affect worker or student productivity. Writ large, there is a good argument to be made that legalization makes the state less healthy — and with health care being such a big cost for society, there is reason to object, or at least proceed with caution.

The counter is that the black market in marijuana sales creates a more viable drug trade in the state, creating a base from which to spread; that the drug itself is less addictive or harmful than alcohol; and that prosecution is a waste of taxpayer resources. The idea here is to legalize it, regulate it, tax it and use the proceeds to counter its ill effects — just as we do for tobacco and alcohol — and perhaps put what’s left over to good use.

There is no perfect answer.

What we know, however, is that when you make something that is currently illegal, legal, its use will grow. And particularly if Vermont proceeds with a tax-and-regulate system, we can assume its use will grow exponentially. Like Colorado, it could be incorporated in foods. California has already dreamed up Uber-like services delivering to your home freshly concocted pot smoothies. With capitalism let loose to define the market, one can imagine the possibilities — tampered, of course, by state and federal regulation.

The next question for Vermont, then, is how quickly it moves to open (and regulate) its market. Vermont would be wise to learn from other states and resolve some of the worst influences before it leaps too far ahead.

Angelo Lynn

At 100, a model for us all Wow. That’s the first reaction I had when reading today’s front-page story about Mary Baker turning 100 this Saturday. It’s not just that she made this rare milestone, but that she continues to be so active.

She volunteers at Porter Hospital two days a week, four hours each shift, greeting folks with an empathy that gets to the heart of the issue: “Everyone coming through that door has a problem, or they wouldn’t be coming here,” Mrs. Baker said in an interview with reporter John Flowers. “It’s my job to help them and relieve some of that stress.”

It’s a job she knows well, having served in that capacity for most of the past 38 years — since 1980, during which she has logged an astonishing 12,500 hours of volunteer service. And she’s not alone as a volunteer at Porter, joining 200 others in one capacity or another.

Her story is sweetened by the years she and her husband, the late John Baker, owned and ran Baker’s Jewelry Store in downtown Middlebury, but what we most enjoyed is her insistence to keep moving and avoid a sedentary lifestyle.

“I don’t sit in front of a TV, and I never have,” she told us. “I’ve always worked hard, and so did my husband.”

That’s as sure a formula for a healthy, well-lived life as any doctor could prescribe. Happy Birthday, Mary, and thanks to you, and others, for all the years of service.

Angelo Lynn

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Hugs seen as beneficial for all

What? No more hugs? How can I survive? I think what the world needs is more hugs. As we learn early in life, “love our neighbors and ourselves,” and that still holds true.

As a former Girl Scout leader I think they have it all wrong. Just a simple hug to a child that is hurt or just down does a great deal of good and makes them feel better.

I don’t know if we can handle this at our family reunion. As members that marry into our family soon learn, it takes us at least three hugs (with conversation in between) to say goodbye. We’re the most hugging family I know.

What will I do if I can’t hug all my Davids, Ninas, Jennifers and Irenes?

I even have a book that says “everyone needs at least one hug each day.” After I lost my husband it was the many hugs I missed.

So if you see me walking down the sidewalk you may want to cross the street as I might hug you.

Alice Munson Weybridge

Column sparked happy memories

Historic fishing

THE CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL Lighthouse serves as a backdrop for an ice fisherman and his dog setting up on Lake Champlain just south of the bridge Tuesday afternoon.

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King’s way of seeing still needed I have been reading an autobiography of Martin Luther King put together from his diaries, interviews, books, letters, and other sources. I am struck hard not only by the breadth of his wisdom, but by how apt it is for our times.

Many of us have long been, or have recently become, activists. I hope to provide inspiration to you through King’s words.

“It must be remembered that genuine peace is not the absence of tension, but the presence of justice.”

In the past, those of us lucky enough not to be personally affected by injustice could pretend that it didn’t exist. Now it’s right out in the open and affecting more and more of us as new laws are passed. Do we have the courage to confront oppression? King

By Barbara thinks we have to: Clearbridge “The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide....”

Deciding to take action brings fear.

“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But Conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, not politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.”

Once we decide to act, how far do we go? How much change do we aim for?

King said, “But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love? ... And John Bunyan: ‘I will stay in jail to the end

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of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.’ ...

And Thomas Jefferson: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...’

So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? ... Perhaps the South, the nation, and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”

If we try to limit the risk in order to protect ourselves, we can reduce our hopes, reduce our goal, until there is nothing left but the appearance of change. We are working hard for the world we want — why not go after the full dream? We don’t have to succeed in order to keep our self-respect, in order to be faithful to our principles. Sometimes one can’t win. Yet we do have to try. Shortly before his death, King said: “I won’t have any money to leave behind. I won’t have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind.”

How do we change in order to become people capable of a committed, possibly risky life?

“The Negro had to stand up amid a system that still oppresses him and develop an unassailable and majestic sense of his own value.”

Wow! I’m part of several minorities, how can I get to such a magnificent self-image when so many people and things say otherwise? The crux of it is that I must have an unassailable self-image if I want a meaningful life.

(See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

First woman legislator made a mark Gov. Phil Scott devoted the end of his State of the State Address this past Thursday to the need to preserve civility in politics, to treat others with dignity, and to end the era of hyper-partisanship, bitterness, hate and anger.

The governor referred to a number of figures in Vermont’s history “who served our state and nation with dignity and humility” and continue to be role models today. One of these figures was Edna Beard, the first woman elected to the Vermont Legislature. Her story deserves to be more widely told.

In June 1919, Congress proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to give women the right to vote in all federal and state elections. At that time, some states had enacted women’s suffrage, but Vermont allowed women to vote only in municipal elections, not in primary or general elections. The amendment would become part of the U.S. Constitution after it was ratified by 36 By Eric L. Davis state legislatures.

In the summer of 1920, Vermont Gov. Percival Clement, an ardent opponent of women’s suffrage, refused to call a special session of the Legislature to ratify the amendment. When Tennessee ratified the amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, it went into effect immediately. (Vermont did not ratify until the next regular session of the Legislature, in February 1921.) Vermont women were now eligible to vote in, and to be candidates in, the September 1920 primary and the November 1920 general election.

Enter Edna Beard. Beard’s family were long-time residents of Orange, Vt. Her parents had moved to Illinois a few years before she was born in 1877, but returned to

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Orange in 1883. Edna was educated in the local elementary school and then at Spaulding High School in Barre. After attending the Randolph State Normal School, the first institute for teacher training in Vermont, Beard served as a teacher in her hometown of Orange.

The Vermont House of Representatives then included one member from each town. Soon after the Nineteenth Amendment went into effect in late August 1920, Beard registered to vote and filed as a candidate in the Republican primary for the Vermont House district from Orange. She lost the primary to a male candidate, Burt Richardson, by a vote of 69 to 63.

Vermont election law in 1920 permitted candidates who were unsuccessful in the primary to file for the same office in the general election as an independent. Beard did so, and her name appeared, along with Richardson’s, on the November 1920 general election ballot.

Beard decided to conduct a voter registration drive as an important part of her general election campaign.

Between the September primary and the registration deadline in October, she registered 40 new voters, all of them women. On Election Day in November, Beard defeated Richardson by 119 votes to 81. Her 38-vote margin of victory was almost exactly the same as the number of new women voters she had registered.

Beard served one term in the House, and advocated for issues important to women. She was instrumental in passing a new program that provided state-funded child support payments to women whose husbands were “incapacitated (See Davis, Page 5A)

I just received my Addison Independent in the mail for Dec. 21, 2017, rather late as it came on Jan. 2, 2018. A nice surprise as I found some good reading in it from before Christmas. I was particularly drawn to Jessie Raymond, “Around The Bend” — her account of the baking of a birthday cake for her grandson and the successful outcome. I was greatly amused with her addition to being hooked on the Hallmark Channel while producing the cake.

I have watched years of Hallmark stories and she has it down to a typical storyline. Always a triangle with, as she says, a misunderstanding that tears the two prospective lovers apart until they see the light and have a wonderful wedding kiss. I have my favorites and know every word of the movie by heart. I bet there are others who are the same. Now that there are two Hallmark Channels, there are lots of choices to make. Nice to find stories with innocence, predictable, and always a happy ending. A good change from the 7 o’clock news tragedies.

Sylvia Coffin Bristol

Feb. coyote hunt ‘senseless killing’ I am writing to urge your readers who care about upholding Vermont’s standards of fair and sportsmanlike hunting to speak out against the statewide coyote “hunt” that is being scheduled for the entire month of February, 2018.

These wholesale killing sprees do nothing to support population control and are opposed by a majority of Vermonters. The Department of Fish and Wildlife, headed by Commissioner Louis Porter, has responsibility for ensuring responsible management of wildlife and for being responsive to citizen interests and concerns. To date, the Department has turned a blind eye to this hunt and ignored multiple requests for regulation.

For Vermonters who care about co-existing with wildlife and who oppose senseless killing, now is a great time to contact the Governor’s office and the Department of Fish and Wildlife and demand action to stop this “hunt.”

Vermont is a small state and we can get things done if we just come together!

Jessica Danyow Brandon

Mt. Abe option worth studying Steve Harris’s essay entitled “A Slight Course Correction” in the Addison Independent’s Jan. 4, 2017 edition provides great food for thought. Steve makes a solid case for expanding objectives at Mt. Abe while reducing costs in hopes of producing better results. This is exactly the sort of thinking we should be employing.

Steve promotes four key goals: enrollment expansion, population increase, tax containment, and talent retention. Enrollment expansion (See Letter, Page 5A)

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and respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.

So as we change the calendar to 2018, perhaps it’s time for a powerful personal change to a tobacco-free life. Porter Medical Center, in conjunction with the State of Vermont’s Blueprint for Health Program and the University of Vermont Medical Center, are offering free Tobacco Cessation programs throughout the county beginning January 10th.

These programs are led by a trained Tobacco Treatment Specialist and nicotine replacement therapies are available.

For dates, times, locations and to register, contact Michele Butler, Chronic Disease Programs Coordinator, UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center, 802388-8860 or at mbutler@portermedical.org.

Letters to the Editor Addison Central district cuts seen as going too far Editor’s note: The writer sent this to the Addison Central School District board and copied the Independent.

I have three children currently and soon-to-be enrolled in the ACSD. I have been following the FY 2019 budget talks through recent Addison Independent articles. It is usually not possible for me to attend your Monday meetings, and we have a prior engagement during your meeting this Thursday, January 11th.

Therefore, I am writing you with my views regarding this difficult decision.

I grew up in Castleton until I was 11 (in 4th grade.) Then my family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for two years. Next we moved back to Middlebury, Vermont.

From my recollection Vermont classrooms generally consisted of 15-20 students with one teacher.

In Pittsburgh the ratio was closer to 30-1. The only help I noticed for all these teachers was a student teacher or, in rare instances, an aid for one student. I graduated from MUHS in 2000.

As an ACSU/ACSD parent I have had one child move from an out-of-state district to attend Mary Hogan School for most of five years, and two students attend Bingham Memorial School in Cornwall for almost one year. My oldest child is actually in a larger class in Cornwall than they were in Middlebury. I have seen this child struggle in two schools and seem to do much better in the other. I feel all these experiences provide me with a slightly unique perspective into our district’s current situation.

I feel that an ideal average classroom size for our students would be in the range of 15-20 students. I do not necessarily feel that all classes need a paraprofessional in them (especially in very small classes.)

If there is a clear need for this position in a classroom, then that extra body should be there.

For two years in Middlebury, my oldest child was in a class of

15-17 students and three adults on a regular basis. That ratio just seemed a little low to me.

When discussion of unifying was happening, prior to the vote I was left with the understanding that unification would allow for some consolidation of redundant administrative and supervisory personnel. This budget does not seem to reflect that very much. At least not where I thought it would.

Perhaps we just have not reached that point yet. Maybe that personnel is still needed due to the Application for the International Baccalaureate program. It just seems odd to me that so many of our front line educators are being asked to sacrifice their jobs at this time.

I know we are in a very tough situation and cuts need to be made. I think we all knew some level of this has been coming for a while. When MUMS almost had to cut some staff a few years ago, I almost wrote about how when I attended MUJHS (MUMS’ predecessor) there were four educational teams. However, the make-up was different: there were two five-teacher teams, each mixed with 7th and 8th graders, one two-teacher team of 7th graders, and one three-teacher team for 8th graders when I was in 7th grade.

My 8th grade year the three teacher team became four teachers for both grades. I know that the year after I left, the teams got redistributed into four four-teacher teams. I don’t know anything beyond that. The point is that changes can be made to accommodate a changing situation.

I was pleased to see in the second Addison Independent article that the amount we had to cut has been reduced. I understand that if these or some similar version of these cuts go through this year that it will likely not be the end to the pain. Hopefully it will give us some breathing room to take a closer look at our situation, talk more with all the schools’ staff, and devise some solutions that can help save money and schools. The school merger stories article left me hopeful that we can find some

creative solutions of our own. I feel it would benefit us to keep an eye on and learn from what other unified districts are doing.

Looking to the future, after the current budget talk, I have one suggestion that first came to mind during the discussion about potentially moving 6th graders to MUMS. I noted how Mary Hogan is getting too full while the outlying schools have declining populations. The thought of removing another grade from the smaller elementary schools distressed some people. Being a unified district, I wonder if some Middlebury students can’t be diverted to some of the other elementary schools. To ease the potential upheaval for students, it could likely start with a particular Kindergarten (or pre-K) class.

A prime example is East Middlebury. I did some research on Google Maps. I found that there is only a 0.6-mile and 2-minute difference from the center of East Middlebury to Mary Hogan, Ripton, and Salisbury elementary schools. So maybe it would make sense to send these students to one or both of the smaller schools. I went on to check near Middlebury’s north border with Weybridge. I found that Gorham Lane is 1.3 miles from Mary Hogan, 2.7 miles from Weybridge Elementary, and a 5-minute drive to both schools. So maybe there is an option there, too. These time and distance differences are quite negligible compared to what the Otter Valley District is being asked to consider with Neshobe and Lothrop Elementary Schools.

There is 9.3 miles and 15 minutes between those schools.

All of this being said, I very much value and cherish all the hard work done by all the district educators and staff who have touched the lives of my whole family. I send you a heart-felt thank you, and I feel for you all in this very stressful time.

Ian Ross Cornwall

— associated with high quality, local employment opportunities.

Weaving cultural resilience and ecological renewal into the mix as Steve suggests are also essential.

We should give careful consideration to Steve’s ideas.

Let’s see if development should be more of the focus as opposed to growth. Let’s also be certain that ethics is part of every equation and that the economic benefits are optimized across our whole

community.

Careful life cycle analyses should be employed to thoroughly assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various building options.

There are lots of ways to move forward. Let’s be sure the choices we make and the paths we take are prudent ones. Thanks to Steve for opening us up to this larger perspective.

David Brynn Bristol

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) might include getting more of the community enrolled in lifelong learning without requiring significant population increase.

Tax containment is a must and may be supported by improved productivity resulting from filling the empty existing spaces and expanding the types of uses.

Talent retention should improve if the educational menu is more directly — though not entirely

Ways of seeing (Continued from Page 4A) For me it was a long road, but when I got there, I discovered that everyone else had arrived with me. Everyone has intrinsic value.

What about when we fail to stop injustice? King speaks of people whose dream was shattered or who died before knowing if they had succeeded: “But so many died without having the dream fulfilled. And each of you in some way is building some kind of temple. The struggle is always there.

It gets discouraging sometimes. It gets very disenchanting sometimes ... it seems that your head is going

against a concrete wall. It seems to mean nothing. And so often as you set out to build the temple of peace you are left lonesome; you are left discouraged; you are left bewildered. “Well, that is the story of life.

And the thing that makes me happy is that I can hear a voice crying through the vista of time, saying: ‘It may not come today or it may not come tomorrow, but it is well that it is within thine heart.”

A final bit of encouragement: “Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.”

Quotes are from “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” ed.

Clayborne Carson, Warner Books, 1998 Barbara Clearbridge, known around town by her nickname “shulamith” (“peace”), has recently added interfaith Spiritual Direction to her Middlebury healthcare practice. She is the author of “Natural First Aid; Simple Health Solutions,” “Heal With Your Hands,” “Finding God,” and “Recovery: Women’s Words About Healing After Trauma.” Her website is FeelingMuchBetter.org .

State colleges key to Vt. future

The Vermont State Colleges Sys- Maintaining access to a high quality tem (VSCS) is a major workforce and affordable Vermont State Colpipeline delivering entrepreneurs leges System is not just an economand workers to power our state’s ic imperative for the State, it is also economy. As a system, Castleton an economic lifeline for our citizens.

University, Community College of The poverty rate is twice as high for Vermont, Northern Vermont Univer- those with only a high school diplosity — Johnson and Lyndon — and ma compared to a bachelor’s degree.

Vermont Technical College annually As a group, their median annual inconfer 60 percent of all come is $11,000 less, the bachelor’s and assotheir health outcomes ciate degrees awarded are worse, their civic in the state to Vermontparticipation is lower, and their need for public ers, more than all of This week’s assistance is higher. the other colleges and Unfortunately, the universities in our state Community Forum is by Jeb Spaulding, State of Vermont supcombined. ports its public higher Our student body is Chancellor, Vermont education system at one comprised of over 80 State Colleges of the very lowest levels percent Vermonters and System. of any state, despite its the vast majority of our graduates stay in Vermont to work critical importance to our future. A and participate in community life. We recent State Higher Education Execuare the extension of Vermont’s public tive Officers report listed Vermont as K-12 school system into the postsec- having the lowest State appropriation ondary years. Like our K-12 partners, level per full time equivalent college we proudly serve a wide range of stu- student in the country. Such low state dents, from valedictorians to those funding has created a real college afwho have struggled in school and, fordability problem, and this is a big often, in life. Many of those Vermont- reason why Vermont has the lowest ers would have no opportunity to go high school to college continuation to college if not for one of the VSCS rate in New England.

There is a direct connection beinstitutions.

We provide access to high quality tween low state support for public and affordable postsecondary edu- higher education and low college encation in all corners of the state and rollment rates. Since state support is online to over 10,000 Vermonters low, tuition is high; the result is many annually. In addition, we serve over students take on excessive debt or do 8,000 adults in our workforce and not go to college at all.

Thankfully, in the last legislative continuing education programs. We are proactively creating new degrees, session Governor Scott and legislacertificates, and industry-relevant tors reversed the decades-long trend of disinvestment in the Vermont State credentials to meet market demands.

Our Vermont State Colleges are Colleges System by making meanalso major employers and cultural ingful increases in both General and hubs for rural regions of our state. Capital Fund appropriations. I am

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hopeful this is recognition of our critical role in Vermont and signals a new trend of ongoing responsible, modest annual appropriation increases. This will allow us to restrain tuition increases, minimize increasingly counterproductive cost cutting, and better serve the ever-changing needs of Vermont’s economy.

The VSCS is taking aggressive steps to reduce costs and become more efficient. Salaries and wages were $3 million less in FY 17 than in FY 14. Hundreds fewer people are on our payroll.

Working with our union partners, we have significantly reduced the employer contribution to our retirement plans and require that new employees are placed in a high deductible health plan. Johnson and Lyndon State Colleges are becoming a single, stronger institution (Northern Vermont University) in order to reduce administrative costs, while at the same time expanding student opportunities.

Simultaneously, we are pushing hard to serve more working age Vermonters, to encourage more high school graduates to pursue post-secondary education, and to support our current students to improve their likelihood that they will graduate on time.

Innovation is a priority.

The Vermont State Colleges System wholeheartedly supports Governor Scott’s three core priorities: strengthening the economy, making Vermont more affordable, and protecting the most vulnerable. We appreciate his past support and relish being a full partner in achieving his vision. Sustaining the Vermont State Colleges System through modest annual appropriation increases will be necessary to succeed in realizing all three of his goals.

Consider alternative to huge investment in Mt. Abe I am heartened to read Mr. Harris’s Community Forum piece and Mr. Lynn’s editorial in the Jan. 4 Addison Independent. Thank you both for bringing home the point that spending $29.5 million on the Mt. Abraham Union High School at this juncture would be catastrophic.

To spend the next 30 years paying that off while the student population

(and therefore the state funding) dwindles is beyond daunting. The cost of the yearly school budgets is already crushing. Coupled with the trend that taxpayers will be moving away over the life of the bond leaving those that are left with more of the burden … well you can see where I’m going with this.

It is my feeling that the ideas of

Mr. Harris merit a closer look. I’ve known Steve and his wife, Judith, for many years and they are a force that this community would do well to listen to if for nothing more than outside-the-box ideas. I think that is what is required here. Please don’t fall for the $30-million millstone.

Jeremy Perfect Lincoln

‘OneCare’ approach not the right answer in health care

I happened to see your article regarding our Vermont Accountable Care Organization called OneCare (Addison Independent, Jan. 4).

It painted a rosy picture of how OneCare will save us all: improve our care, keep us healthy, and reduce our costs mainly by changing how providers and hospitals are paid. My bet is that OneCare will fail us.

First, the method of paying providers and hospitals is not the primary problem. The primary problem is that there are multiple insurers, most of which are motivated by profit and who think of health care as a commodity to be sold. A single payer as proposed by Sen. Sanders would reduce administrative overhead and lower the cost of care.

Second, the ability to control the high cost of pharmaceuticals is a high priority that can only be addressed with a single payer authorized to negotiate with Big Pharma.

Third, most doctors are already motivated to improve their care, but our health care system does not allow them to do so. Rather, they have to worry about such things as documenting their care so that the insurance company will honor their efforts with a payment. Or they might spend their time arguing with the insurance company clerk to get a CT scan preapproved. There is a difference between being motivated and having enough time and energy to implement a new system. Many doctors in Vermont may know little about new care models that will be required, and there might be a long learning curve.

Fourth, not all doctors are treated the same. Primary care doctors will

be paid a “capitated” amount (they will receive a certain payment per enrolled patient, whether or not the patient receives any services).

Specialists however will still be paid fee-for-service. We all know how expensive specialist care can be. Think about all the testing that the specialist might wish to order.

Fifth, the primary care doctor will “have a foot in two canoes.” Some of his patients will be enrolled in OneCare, but others will not. Coping with two patient populations will be difficult to manage and might require two models of care.

Sixth, the primary care physician is not receiving much help from OneCare. We all know that population health outcomes are largely dependent on the social determinants of health, not on the care that the patient receives from the provider or hospital. Social determinants of health are such things as income, employment, education, housing, transportation

and nutrition. If you have all of these things plus healthy personal habits, you are much more likely to live longer and better. OneCare is not providing enough financial aid so that the doctor could hire an additional case manager or social service support person to address the patient’s social problems.

Seventh, OneCare’s financial incentives (a share in the savings for OneCare patients) are probably too weak to change provider behavior in a meaningful way. And that assumes that there will be savings — OneCare has had a budgetary deficit in the past three years (no savings were earned).

Eighth, the burden of change falls mainly on the primary care provider.

This species is already endangered.

Be kind to your PCP. I could go on, but my computer is starting to smoke.

G. Richard Dundas, MD Bennington

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) by an incurable disease” such as tuberculosis. In 1922, she was elected to the Vermont Senate from Orange County. In the Senate, Beard was the principal sponsor of a bill, which became law, that required sheriffs who hired deputies to include at least one woman among the deputies.

Beard had made a name for herself in the Legislature, and some Republicans urged her to run for lieutenant governor in 1924.

However, her health was failing, so she did not run for any office that year. Beard returned home to Orange, and died four years later, at the age of 51. A portrait of this Vermont feminist pioneer is on display in the Statehouse.

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

Social Workers Nancy Conant and Judy English offer Eldercare Counseling

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Obituaries Albert Watson Sr., 85, Leicester

Marie Provencher, 88, Bridport

MARIE A. PROVENCHER

BRIDPORT — Marie A. Provencher, 88, passed away Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, surrounded by her family, in the memory care unit at Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury.

She was born February 16, 1929, in Bridport, the daughter of Jesse and Mattie (Mullis) Delphia.

She was a member of St. Bernadette Church in Bridport, and at one time she belonged to American Legion Auxiliary Post 14 in Vergennes. She enjoyed wintering in Florida for 35 years. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, sister-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, and step grandmother.

Marie loved camping with family and friends, going dancing on

Saturday nights with Harry, enjoyed her flowers and her cats and being a homemaker.

Marie is survived by her loving husband, Harry; daughter, Cathy Collins and husband Rick; two step children, Monty Provencher and wife Donna, Randy Provencher and wife Wendy; three grandchildren, Adam, Erin, and Jesse; numerous step grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; a brother Everett Delphia and wife Rita and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lester Delphia (Rita); and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by stepchildren Holly Ashley, Wolf Song, Scott Provencher, and Roxanne Provencher and four brothers, Arthur, Ernest,

Donald and Lester Delphia.

Cathy and the family wish to express their heartfelt gratitude to the entire staff at Helen Porter Memory Care for the kindness and professional care Marie received during her stay.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, Jan. 11, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes from 5 to 8 p.m. A mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, at St. Bernadette Church in Bridport.

Burial will be in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Helen Porter Memory Care, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.

To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

Henrietta Haskins, 82, Bristol BRISTOL — Henrietta C. (Bedell) Haskins, 82, a long time resident of Bristol, passed on into glory on Jan. 6, 2018. She was one of twelve children born to the late Henry Bedell & Persis (Wheelock) Bedell, formerly of Underhill.

A consummate mother and homemaker, Henrietta enjoyed cooking for her family. She loved to grow vegetables and flowers, always keeping her home and yard neat and tidy.

She loved to feed the birds, crochet, sew and take walks in the woods. She shared her love of these things with her children and her grandchildren. She loved music and, in her later years, spent lots of Sundays with her friends of The Northeast Fiddlers Association, socializing and kicking up her heels.

She married Bill Haskins, from Huntington, at a young age and they had four children. They lost Shelby, their youngest, at age three. After 22 years, they parted. But, I expect he was one of the people waiting for her at Heaven’s Gate.

She attended school, in Hanksville, in a one-room schoolhouse. Upon reaching the 8th grade, she left school to take a job, as was common in those days. She was then educated by life and had much wisdom to share. She worked as a nurses’ aide at Porter Hospital Nursing Home and later did private duty care.

Left to cherish her memories are her three children; Rodney Haskins, of Bristol, Julie Wedge of Spanish Fort, Ala. and Barbara (& George)

Beattie of Waitsfield; three grandsons, Jared Wedge of Rainbow City, Ala., Nicholas LeBlanc of Moretown, and Tyler Proulx of Vergennes; and one great-grand child, Ella Wedge of Alabama.

She is also survived by her siblings Richard (and Jeannette) Bedell of Bristol, Robert (and Valerie) Bedell, of Bristol, Rogene (and Raymond) Myott of Richmond, Charlotte (and Joe) Little of Milton, and Ruth Manning of So. Royalton. She was predeceased by not only her parents and her daughter, but by her brothers Harland, Langdon, and Ellis Bedell, Sisters Joyce and Virginia Bedell and Violet LaRose.

The family wishes to express our heartfelt thanks to the nurses and staff at Crescent Manor Rehabilitation

in Bennington where our mother received such wonderful care. I believe God sends his angels to work on the “north wing.” Also, our thanks to Olivia from Hospice and Dr. Niemi who were so diligent in their efforts to provide the best care for our mother, day or night.

A funeral service will be held at The Baptist Church, in Bristol (behind the park) on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m.

We will be her memory, so bring your stories.

Instead of flowers, Mom would hope that you would do an unexpected and unsolicited act of kindness for some poor unfortunate soul, in her name. To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

Peggy Tuttle, 81, Vergennes VERGENNES – Peggy Jean Tuttle (Kimberly Cameron Baker), 81, of Vergennes, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister and friend. Peggy was born in Macon, Ga., on April 21, 1936, daughter of Lola Cameron Bull.

She married John Baker in 1957.

She married Kenneth Tuttle in 1993.

She is survived by her children, Diane Baker of Greenville, N.C., Sharon Brown of Vergennes, John Baker of Vergennes, and Barbara Baker of South Burlington, and three grandchildren, Nicole and Danielle

Brown of Vergennes and Sean Sullivan II of Greenville, N.C. She also leaves three sisters, Charlotte Birchmore, Sheila Turpin, and Cynthia Cameron all of Vermont, and a brother, Kelly Bull of Nebraska, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Peggy was a 1955 graduate of Vergennes High School. She was employed at Fishman’s Department Store, The Enterprise and Vermonter newspaper, Kennedy Brothers, Vergennes Elementary School and Vergennes National Bank (Chittenden), retiring from the bank after many years. Peggy enjoyed crafts, NASCAR racing, attending her

grandchildren’s events and country music. She loved her cats and rabbits, and had a pet bunny named Sadie.

She often spent winters in Florida and enjoyed warm weather and sunshine.

Peggy adored her children, grandchildren, siblings and friends. Anyone who met her loved her.

A ceremony of remembrance will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to WomenSafe, PO Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753 or to American Heart Association, PO Box 417005 Boston, MA 022417005. To send online condolences, visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes. com.◊

ALBERT L. “AL” WATSON SR. LEICESTER — Albert L. “Al” Watson Sr., age 85, died on Dec. 30, 2017, at Porter Medical Center, with his family by his side. He was the husband of Verna L. (Liska) Watson, to whom he was married for 54 years.

Born in Eastham, Mass., on April 21, 1932, he was the son of the late Albert Watson and the late Althea (Bangs) Watson.

Al received his early education in the Brewster Elementary and Barnstable Trade Schools. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. After returning home, he joined the Orleans, Mass., Police Department and the Massachusetts National Guard. In 1964, he joined the Yarmouth, Mass., Police Department. He moved to Middlebury, Vt., in 1980 and served as Chief of Police until 1991. That same year, Al joined the Addison County Sheriff’s Department and served until his retirement in 2013, at

age 81. His career in law enforcement spanned more than five decades.

Motorcycling was his favorite pastime. Al was a member of the Cape Cod Motorcycle Club before joining Maine Chapter I of the Blue Knights (“BK”) in 1974. In 1976, he was one of the founding members of Mass.

Chapter VI, and served as the Club’s President until moving to Vermont.

He was a past representative for the BK Northeast Conference, and was member of Vermont Chapter I until his death. He has now joined BK Heaven I and will continue to “Ride with Pride.”

Al is survived by his wife, Verna, of Leicester; his three children, son Albert Watson, Jr. of Brewster, Mass., daughter, Mystie Newton and her husband, Cory, of Leicester, and son Michael Watson and his wife, Shannon, of Proctor; five grandchildren, Tyrone, Michael, Tara, Jessica and Shannon; three great grandchildren, Michael, Jaydence and Lillianna; two brothers, both of Brewster, Mass., Robert Watson and his wife, Beverly, and Richard Watson and his wife, Virginia. He was predeceased by his parents, sister, Ann Watson, and grandson, Jacob.

The interment will be at a later date in the National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass. There are no calling hours.

Memorial gifts may be made, in his memory, to the Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

The family wishes to thank the Brandon Rescue squad, the staffs of Porter Rehab, Porter Hospital and the Addison County Home Health and Hospice for their dedication and support.◊

Kevin Quesnel, 47, Middlebury

PEGGY J. TUTTLE

MIDDLEBURY — Kevin John Quesnel, 47, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.

He was born May 31, 1970, in Middlebury, the son of John A. and Kate (Mitchell) Quesnel.

Kevin was a graduate of Middlebury Union High School class of 1989. Kevin spent most of his childhood at his grandfather’s airport (DustAire, Inc.). He was a self-employed stone mason — his work is scattered throughout Addison County. His best pieces of work are outdoor fireplaces, which are located at his parents, and his son’s houses.

Kevin loved spending time with his children and family. He enjoyed water skiing, boating, fishing, working on projects and was a great handyman. His children’s fondest memories were when he was alltime quarter back in the their pickup games of football, and he loved it too.

He is survived by his parents, John and Kate “Kit” Quesnel of Middlebury; by his children, Taylor and wife Heather Quesnel of Middlebury, Trent Ernest Quesnel and significant other Molly Prufer of Vergennes and Paige Quesnel of Middlebury; by his sister Michelle Quesnel; by his friend and former wife Lisa Quesnel of Fanwood, N.J.; by his grandchildren Brinnley and Brextyn Quesnel; by his two nephews Trevor and Jacob Young; by several aunts, uncles, and by

KEVIN JOHN QUESNEL numerous cousins.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday, Jan. 12, from 4-6 p.m.. at Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, located at 117 South Main Street, Middlebury. There will not be a funeral service at this time.

A celebration of his life will take place this summer to be announced.

Memorial contributions may be made to Turning Point Center of Addison County at P.O. Box 405, Middlebury, VT 05753. Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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Aurora School to open new preschool in Middlebury

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JEFFREY YANDOW

Jeffrey Yandow, 65, North Ferrisburgh NORTH FERRRISBURGH — Jeffrey Yandow, 65, of North Ferrisburgh, passed away unexpectedly on January 1, 2018. He was born on May 27, 1952, to the late Clovis and Esther Miller (Yandow Bristol).

He was a 1970 graduate of Vergennes Union High School. Self-employed most of his life, Jeff was a lifelong stock car racing enthusiast who experienced and enjoyed life at the track, be it as a spectator, a member of Jamie Aube’s pit crew or T-shirt vendor.

Always the competitive athlete, ball games gave way to bowling, golfing, horseshoes, dart and card games with a large and diverse group of friends.

Many life-long friends played ball with him or served with him in what was then the N. Ferrisburgh Fire Department of which his grandfather was a charter member and one-time chief. Having served as a Captain in the department, Jeff insisted on buying his first house in the Hollow to be close by when the siren sounded or roll down the hill to go to work at the family business, Yandow Blue Seal Feeds. As much as he loved N. Ferrisburgh, he hated Vermont’s cold winters and looked forward to lounging poolside in Cape Coral, Fla., with family and friends.

He is survived by his children, Greg Yandow and Amy Yandow (Nate) Kittredge, and four grandchildren he adored, Jordan Yandow, Ayla, Kendall and Nolan Kittredge.

He leaves his sisters and poolside companions, Deborah Vezina (Las Cruces, N.M.) and Cynthia Strojny (Savannah, Ga.), who have blessed him with two generations of nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes from 1 to 2 p.m. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 25, N. Ferrisburgh, VT or the VUHS Boosters Club. To send online condolences to his family please visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The former Aurora School headquarters in Middlebury will soon host a new pre-school that will take full advantage of the natural surroundings of its 238 Peterson Terrace campus.

Set to open next month with an initial enrollment of six children, the new venture will be appropriately named the “Aurora Preschool,” staffed by Katie McMurray, the former lead teacher of the East Middlebury Cooperative Preschool.

McMurray, who previously ran her own preschool in Monkton and who holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Saint Michael’s College, said plans call for Aurora Preschool to bump up enrollment to 16 children by this fall and add another educator.

Aurora will serve students ages 3 to 5, whose parents are looking for part-, full- or extended-day programming for their children.

“Aurora Preschool is offering a play-based, child-centered, constructivist approach to learning,” McMurray wrote in a recent message introducing the program to the community. “The Aurora Preschool curriculum is intentionally designed to inspire wonder, promote curiosity, and expand learning and discovery. Through daily invitations and guided explorations, children will be immersed in science, nature, music, creative expressions, dramatic play and community building. A cornerstone of our program is the natural world that surrounds us at the Aurora Preschool. Exploring, discovering and playing in nature is part of our daily routine and at the heart of our curriculum.”

McMurray is optimistic the preschool will develop a solid following. And she noted the state’s “universal pre-K” law (Act 166) provides families with tuition reimbursement and a variety of preschool options. Act 166 requires all school districts in Vermont to offer 10 hours per week — during the 35 weeks of the academic year — of pre-K education to children ages 3 to 5 who are not in kindergarten.

EDUCATOR KATIE MCMURRAY is launching a new preschool in the former Aurora School space off Peterson Terrace in Middlebury.

McMurray hopes to have 16 students enrolled by this fall.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Aurora Preschool is envisioned as one of several educational offerings to take root under the roof of the former Aurora School. Founded in 1996, Aurora was a private, K-8 school that specialized in “handson, thematically based education” for area students.

Organizers made the difficult decision to close Aurora late last summer due to declining enrollment, a problem most Vermont school districts are facing. But rather than clean out the classrooms and sell the property, boosters conducted a $25,000 fund drive as part of plan to resurrect the space as the “Aurora Learning Center.”

Other plans for the school included rental space for home schooling families, an ongoing chess club, after-school

programming and summer camps.

Recent months have seen Aurora officials get more clarity on how the building will be used.

McMurray on Monday said the county’s home schooling community hasn’t declared interest in a spot at Aurora. The Chess Club of Addison County continues to use Aurora on Wednesdays, but is considering a move to a new location, according to McMurray.

But there are other tenants and suitors.

The Middlebury Community Music Center occasionally uses Aurora space for music classes and private lessons. Chinese language classes will resume at the building later this month, according to McMurray. And Rutlandbased NeighborWorks of Western

Shoreham SHOREHAM — Got cabin fever this winter? Break out of it and come to a Cabin Fever Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Road.

wants to find a good home for a lot of the educational materials and furniture that served the former Aurora School students so well for 21 years. She’s inviting educators, parents and anyone else in the community to show up at the school between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on both Friday, Jan. 12, and Saturday, Jan. 13, to take away items of their choice in return for a donation to the Aurora Learning Center.

For more information about the Aurora Preschool and learning center, log on to auroralearningcentervt.org.

“We are very excited and are hoping the (center) will be a valuable resource for the community,” McMurray said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Vermont is considering Aurora as a venue for a “fix-it” club that would teach single women basic household repair skills.

McMurray is confident the new preschool will be able to coexist with the other tenants of the Aurora campus. She noted most of the other users would use the facility after school hours, so the young students will be able to stay focused. McMurray hopes to frequently take her students outdoors, to reinforce science and nature education. The preschool will also introduce students to arts, music and drama.

After-school offerings will allow parents the convenience of collecting their preschoolers after work, McMurray added.

In the meantime, McMurray

Please share our good fortune and bring a non-perishable item for the food shelf.

Fifth- and sixth-graders at Shoreham Elementary School are putting on a town wide rummage sale

early next month. This is as a fundraiser for the 6th grade’s annual trip to Keewaydin Environmental Education Center — known as KEEC — in May. We are looking for donations of clean, gently used clothing. Drop off

donations at the school from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 during school hours (7:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.).

The rummage sale will take place on Saturday, Feb. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon at the school.

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Monday, Jan 15, 5-6:30, Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. The discussion will focus on sharing helpful strategies for the new year. More info contact Lisa at 802-388-2720

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Free speech panel discussion in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 11, 5 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College. In “Whose Freedom, Whose Speech?

The Future of Community and Blood pressure/ Free Speech at Middlebury,” foot care clinic in the discussion will focus on Brandon.

Tuesday, issues facing Middlebury and Jan. 16, 11 a.m., Conant Square. other colleges and universities Sponsored by VNA & Hospice across the U.S. — questions of Southwest Region; $10; no of inclusion, diversity, and free appointment necessary. More speech. The panel is open only info: 802-770-1536. to Middlebury students, faculty, Talk by Addison Godine in and staff. Members of the public Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 16, may watch the livestream in 4:30 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Dana Auditorium or online at Memorial Building.

Godine go.middlebury.edu/stream. is director of construction for Addison County Right to Life Getaway, a “tiny house hotel” meeting in Middlebury. company in Brooklyn. He also Thursday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m., created the uhü (urban housing St. Mary’s Parish Hall, College unit), a compact apartment space St. Enter via the side door on wheels that traveled through on Shannon St. The agenda Boston as a pop-up exhibition. As includes election of officers, an architectural studies major at arrangements for the Rally for Middlebury, Godine was a leader Life in Montpelier on Jan. 13, of the 2011 Solar Decathlon team. and preliminary planning for Free. the annual dinner. All members are encouraged to attend and visitors are welcome. More info contact Chris Holden at 802-388-3563 or bobbillchris@ Soup supper rwch.net. in New Haven.

Crows and ravens lecture in Wednesday, Jan. 17, 6 Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 11, p.m., New Haven Congregational 7-8 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Church. The Ladies Union will Main St. These birds are considoffer a variety of soups, bread, ered harbingers of evil by some, crackers, beverage and dessert. and for others endless curiosity. $8 adults. More info: call Carol at In Otter Creek Audubon’s Cabin 453-5059.

Fever lecture series, bird Diva Bridget Butler pulls back the THERE ARE NUMEROUS local opportunities to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther shroud on these birds known as King Jr. in Addison County. At a free community potluck, dance, and sing on corvids. Free.

Sunday, Jan. 14, 6-8 p.m., at Holley Hall, Bristol will celebrate by dancing with “Mundo Pequeño” presentaeach other, feeding each other and singing favorite freedom songs or spiritu“Civility in tion in Bristol. Thursday, Jan. als. Live West African drumming from 6-6:30 p.m. will get people on their feet.

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A 11, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Then on Monday, Jan. 15, 4 p.m., the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Lesson from America’s Memorial Library, 40 North St. Society, at 2 Duane Ct. will host “Diva Man and Friends: A Special Concert in Civil War” talk in Middlebury.

Join Cameron Russell and Eli Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.” Come experience François Clemmons and a Thursday, Jan. 18, 4-5 p.m., Bennett as they share images number of his talented “friends” as they honor Dr. King with music, song, poCommunity Room, EastView at and stories of their 11-month, etry, and readings from other civil rights and anti-slavery pioneers.

Middlebury, 100 EastView Terrace.

12,000-mile bike ride from the A reception, talk and discussion tip of South America to Vermont. with noted teacher, historian and Presented by the One World stuffing, vegetable, applesauce, roll, dessert and author, Bill Quigley, as he chronicles the amazing Library Project. Free and open to the public and beverage served buffet style. Adults $9/children $5. story told in his historical narrative “Pure Heart.” accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Take out available. More info call 802-877-3150.

Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7-9:30 Addison County 4-H Foundation annual meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., UVM p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Featuring Don Extension Office, on Pond Lane. More info contact Stratton calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Martha Seifert at 802-388-4969.

Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” welcome. No experience or partner necessary. More on stage in Rochester. Friday, Jan. 12, info at 802-462-3722.

7:30 p.m., Spice Studio, 482 S. Main St. Bald Benefit Concert with the Tintype Gypsies in Orwell.

Mountain Theater presents a performance of Tim Saturday Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Orwell Town Hall, Main St. Green Mountain Club hike or snowO’Brien’s Viet Nam tale of an innocent’s journey to Tintype Gypsies, an American Folk Punk cross with shoe at Watershed Center in Bristol. the dark side. A young soldier flies his high school musicians Angus Chaney, Emily Nelson and Kenny Friday, Jan. 19. Moderate four-mile hike on sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Vietnam. The counCifone. Sweet and savory refreshments provided. the Middle Forest Trail. Meet at Watershed’s parking try and the war transform her into … something very Tickets $10 adult/$8 senior/$5 children. Proceeds area (approximately 1.3 miles east of North Street, different. Tickets $10 at the door. benefit Orwell Free Library.

New Haven, on Plank Rd near the Bristol town Stand-up Comedy in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 12, “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” on stage in line). Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Vermont Rochester. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Spice and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth comedians Tina Friml and Katie Gillespie bring Studio, 482 S. Main St. Bald Mountain Theater presPenfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388together a latenight-style comedy show featuring ents a performance of Tim O’Brien’s Viet Nam tale of 5407. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. interviews, improvisation and stand-up from three an innocent’s journey to the dark side. A young soldier guest comics. flies his high school sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Gallery talk in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 19, 12:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall, Mahaney Center Vietnam. The country and the war transform her into for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Middlebury College … something very different. Tickets $10 at the door. senior Caroline Knapp, a joint major in History of Art and Architecture and Classics, presents her senior Merry Mulch in Middlebury and work in process on the museum’s recently acquired Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 13, begins 8 and richly storied portrait from Fayum, Egypt. Part of a.m. Have your Christmas tree at the curb by 8 the Fridays at the Museum series. Free. More info at Green Mountain Club Young a.m. free of decorations, tinsel, etc., for Rotary Clubs middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Adventurers Mt. Independence hike of Middlebury and Vergennes to pick up.

Italy spaghetti dinner in Bristol. Friday, Jan. 19, 5-7 in Orwell. Sunday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. Geared Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Hosted towards adventurers 4-8 but all are welcomed.

Jan. 13, 8-11 a.m. Otter View Park and the Hurd by the St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus, the menu Outings are tailored to individual participants. More Grassland, corner of Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti with sauce, garlic info contact YAC Leader Lauren Bierman at 802-349Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury bread, salad, beverages, and dessert. All proceeds 7498 or laurenbierman1218@gmail.com. For more Area Land Trust invite community members to help will go toward furthering the Knights’ mission of activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. survey birds and other wildlife. Birders of all ages Parish breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, Jan. 14, 8-10 aiding the community in a variety of ways from and abilities welcome. More info call 802-388-6019 Coats for Kids to the Special Olympics. Tickets $10 a.m., St Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Hosted or 802-388-1007. adults/$5 children 12 and under/$25 family. by the Knights of Columbus. Come and enjoy eggs, Green Mountain Club Jerusalem Trail Hike in South Ladies Union Soup Supper in New Haven. omelets (to order), hot cakes, French toast, sausage, Starksboro. *This hike replaces Skylight Pond Trail Wednesday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m., New Haven bacon and more. Bring family and friends. Adults hike* Saturday, Jan. 13. Approximately 6-mile round Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. A variety of $8.50/Seniors 60 and over $7.50/kids 6-12 $6.00/ trip with an elevation gain of over 2,300 feet. Lunch soups, bread, crackers, beverages and dessert. children under 6 free/immediate families of five or at Glen Ellen Lodge. Snowshoes or spikes dependAdmission $8 adults. More info contact Carol at more $28. More info call the rectory at 802-877-2367. ing on conditions. Bring water, lunch and appropriate “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” on stage in 802-453-5059. clothing and gear for the weather. Anticipate changes Addison Otters Paint Night fundraiser in Bristol.

Rochester. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m., Spice Studio, in temperature and/or weather as you gain elevation.

Friday, Jan. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cafeteria, Mt. 482 S. Main St. Bald Mountain Theater presents a This is a dog friendly hike. More info contact Ivor Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. A paint performance of Tim O’Brien’s Viet Nam tale of an Hughes at brhughes@gmvat.net or 802-453-4412. ‘n’ sip event to raise funds for the Addison Otters innocent’s journey to the dark side. A young soldier For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. swim team. Tickets $35 in Advance/$40 at the door. flies his high school sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Clearance sale in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 13, 9 More info contact Jackie at 802-349-9315 or Jackie Vietnam. The country and the war transform her into a.m.-3 p.m., St Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. St Rivers Paint N Sip Facebook page. … something very different. Tickets $10 at the door.

Peter’s has lots of clothes given to them since their Free Community Dinner in Bristol. Sunday, Jan. last rummage sale and would like to get them into the 14, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School hands of those who need them. Bring a bag and fill it St. Menu will be Shepherd’s pie, rolls, dessert and to the rim for a donation. beverages. Come and share with neighbors, family Green Mountain Club TAM hike in “The History of Lionel Toy Trains and Others” talk in and friends. All are welcome.

Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 20. An easy to Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 13, 11 a.m., Community Free Community Potluck, Dance, and Sing in moderate three-plus mile hike that meanders Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Paul Bristol. Sunday, Jan. 14, 6-8 p.m. Holley Hall, Main through Battell and Means Woods with an 800 feet Bortz, a member of the Sheldon Museum’s Train St. Come honor Martin Luther King, Jr. by dancing ascent up Chipman Hill. Wear appropriate clothCrew, will present a hands-on talk, demonstration with each other, feeding each other and singing ing for hiking and bring water, a snack and hiking and discussion that explores what makes Lionel your favorite freedom song or spiritual. Dance to live poles, if used. This is a dog friendly event. More info wonderful. Bring in trains for identification. Free West African drumming fro 6-6:30 p.m. Bring your contact Mike Greenwood at mike802vt@comcast. magazines on hand. A tour of the Sheldon Museum’s own utensils and plates. (There will be extras, just net or 802-349-5653 or Wendy Warren at wwwredtrain layout will follow the talk. Talk is free, Sheldon in case.) head@yahoo.com or 609-751-7633. For more visit by donation. More info contact 802-388-2117 or activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Cabin fever breakfast in Shoreham. Saturday, Jan. Invasive insect presentation in Shoreham. Saturday, 20 8-10 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. School Rd. Menu includes pancakes with maple Learn about invasive insect species with Meredith Day of Diversity in Bristol. Monday Jan. syrup, home fries, sausage, breakfast casseroles Whitney, Forest Pest Education Coordinator with the 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Lawrence Memorial and more. Tickets Adults$8/Children $4/Families Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program. A Library, 40 North St. In honor of Martin Luther $20. Bring a non-perishable food item donation for kid-friendly, insect-heavy experience. An insect craft King Jr. Day, join folks for films, crafts, music, storythe food shelf. and a snack are included. telling, and food. For all ages and free. More info call “Chasing Coral” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, “The Western Star” storytelling in Middlebury.

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Jan. 20, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Saturday, Jan. 13, 4:30-6 p.m. The Abernethy Room Free Beginner/Intermediate Sun Style Tai Chi Language Center, 356 College St. This film taps into at Axinn Center, Middlebury College. This is a transclasses in Vergennes. Begins Monday, Jan. 15, the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a selfportive storytelling event, inviting its audience into a 10:15-11:15 a.m. St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, world of blinding blizzards, mysterious magi and the St. Come practice Beginner/Intermediate Level, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the healing glow of one bright star. Actor and singer Jack Parts 1 & 2 on Mondays & Wednesdays through April first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events DesBois weaves original verse and song into a strik11. More info contact Beverly Blakeney at 802-222as they happen. Battling technical malfunctions and ing tapestry of the Biblical Three Kings story. Join the 0455 or email beverlyblakeney@gmail.com. the force of nature, they document the tragic transKings on their journey through winter’s darkness to Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert in Middlebury. formation below the waves. Q&A with cinematograthe Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and share in their Monday, Jan. 15, 4 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian pher and alum Andrew Ackerman. Free. More info gentle message of hope. $10 suggested donation Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. In “Diva Man and at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. supports local charities; all are welcome regardless Friends: A Special Concert in Honor of Martin Luther Skate with the Panther Women in Middlebury. of ability to pay. Sponsored by the Scott Center for King Jr.” Come experience François Clemmons and Saturday, Jan. 20, 5-6 p.m., Kenyon Arena. Fans Spiritual and Religious Life. a number of his talented “friends” as they honor Dr. young and old are invited to join the Middlebury Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday Jan. 13, King with music, song, poetry, and readings from College women’s hockey team on the ice after their 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, other civil rights and anti-slavery pioneers.

3 p.m. game vs. Bowdoin. Team pictures will be Main St., across from the Vergennes Opera House. Brain Injury Support Group meeting in Middlebury.

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STRAP ON SNOWSHOES and join the Green Mountain Club Jerusalem Trail Hike in South Starksboro on Saturday, Jan. 13. The hike is an approximately 6-mile round trip with an elevation gain of over 2,300 feet, and will include a stop for lunch at Glen Ellen Lodge. For meeting time and location contact trip leader Ivor Hughes at brhughes@gmvat.net or 802-453-4412.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center, 3279 Route 7. The socializing begins at 6:30 with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and card games. All are welcome.

“Quilters, the Musical” in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. A tender, moving play about a pioneer woman and her daughters that portrays the lot of women on the prairie through music, dance and drama. Free will donation.

Swing Noire on stage in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come see Vermont’s hottest Hot Club style quartet who play with great energy, soul, sophistication, and improvisation. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music, or Brandon-music.net.

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All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in Addison. Sunday, Jan. 21, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, Jct. Routes 17 & 22A. Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate,

and orange juice. Tickets $6/adults/$4/kids under 12. Funds will be used to purchase equipment for the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. More information at 802-759-2237.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 21, noon-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. All fiddlers welcome. Music and dancing.

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“Love, Grief, and Activism: Mindfulness in Times of Crisis” lecture in Middlebury. Monday, Jan. 22, 4:30-6 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. Come and hear Lama Rod Owens, an author, activist, and Lama (Buddhist Teacher) in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism, as he discusses a radical vision of bringing our full selves into the complexity of living.

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Diabetes Prevention Program in Middlebury. Begins Tuesday, Jan. 23, 4:30 p.m., Porter Medical Center. The first session of a 16-week program designed to help

people who are deemed at-risk for type one diabetes. Potential candidates are those considered pre-diabetic based on elevated results in glucose tolerance test, or A1C or previous diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Persons considered at-risk may also qualify to participate. Free. Registration required. Contact Michele Butler, Community Health Team, 802-388-8860 or mbutler@portermedical.org.

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Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section annual meeting in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. A brief social time with hearty refreshments will be followed by the meeting. GMC’s Kristin McLane will present a program and photographs of her summer 2017 hike on the long distance Cohos Trail in New Hampshire. More info contact Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail. com. Accessible parking at Middlebury Union High School. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

“Power and Culture in Foreign Aid: Beyond the Savior Complex” in Middlebury. Wednesday Jan. 25, 4-9 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 Conference Room, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Middlebury College. The fifth annual student-organized conference on global development and aid.

More info at https://tinyurl.com/y8tx39xm.

John Graham Housing & Services farewell and welcome celebration in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m., Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main St. Join the staff, board and volunteers as they celebrate the contributions of outgoing executive director Elizabeth Ready and welcome new co-directors Peter Kellerman and Kate Schirmer-Smith. Catering by Three Squares Café.

Suggested $10 donation. Proceeds to benefit John Graham Housing & Services. RSVP to info@ johngrahamshelter.org.

Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section annual meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Meeting followed by a talk by Kristin McLane, GMA Membership & Communications coordinator on her summer 2017 hike of the 170 mile Cohos trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. More info at gmcbreadloaf.org.

L IV E M U S I C Shai Wosner at Middlebury College. Friday, Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Joel Cage in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Patti Casey and Tom McKenzie in Lincoln.

Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Hamjob in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 13, 10 p.m.-6 a.m., Notte (Two Brothers) Tintype Gypsies in Orwell. Saturday Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Orwell Town Hall Swing Noire in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Deb Brisson and the Hay Burners in Brandon, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music

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VFW Paint N Sip fundraiser in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 6-8 p.m. VFW, 530 Exchange St. A paint ‘n’ sip event to raise funds for local veterans’ programs. Limited tickets available. Tickets $35. Pre-registration required. More info call the VFW at 802-388-9468 or register at bit.ly/2AxVEXl.

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Brandon cited as top spot in Vermont for solitude and inspiration

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — A well-known travel planning website has named Brandon “The Best Place to Escape to in Vermont.”

The link takes readers to a page arranged alphabetically by state. The Brandon blurb appears under “Vermont” and a photo of Neshobe Falls on Center Street, and gives a shout out to a popular local greenhouse.

“A relaxed getaway through all four

seasons, this charming town is also the gateway to the Green Mountains.

Moosalamoo National Recreation Area has provided solitude and inspiration to the likes of Robert Frost, who had a home on the northern side that you can still visit. Forests, waterfalls, lakes and streams — what’s not to love about this inviting, secluded and serene haven?

The walkable downtown of Brandon takes life at its own pace. Case in point, the charming Woods Market Garden,

which carries over 50 delicious kinds of fresh produce during the season.”

Lyle Jepson is Dean of Entrepreneurial Programs at Castleton University and executive director of the Rutland Economic Development Corp, or REDC. He said Brandon has worked hard to establish an image and a lifestyle that appeals to everyone, locals and tourists alike, namely through the Gateways to Brandon project launched last year.

The project highlights the recreational

and cultural opportunities in and around Brandon.

“Brandon has a long history of being strategic in taking advantage of the many assets that make it a magnet for visitors and residents,” Jepson said in an email statement. “Ranging from a wealth of talented artists to a desire to market outdoor adventure based opportunities, the Gateways to Brandon project is gaining recognition. Add to this the yearly events planned by the

Brandon Chamber of Commerce, great food venues, the continued revitalization of the Brandon Town Hall, the thoughtful planning associated with the long-awaited Route 7 redesign and Brandon has become a town that has taken control of its own destiny.”

REDC works with business leaders, legislative leaders and community members to promote business and community development in Rutland County, including promotion of local economic drivers such as schools, industry and population growth.

Brandon Economic Development Officer Bill Moore was thrilled but not surprised by Expedia’s spotlight on Brandon.

“We’re receiving national recognition for what we have always known here in Brandon,” Moore said. “Of the many that will escape to vacation and recreate in the best town in the state, a few will take the leap and realize the joys of living in such a caring, vibrant and wonderful community.”

Moore said attracting new people to town is an important part of economic

Salisbury NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL alumni Zelie Wright-Neil, Bianca Messner, Mitchell Wulfman, Jesse Wulfman, Claire Wulfman, Yana Tudek, Leeya Tudek, Calder Birdsey, Oli Clark, Tobias Broucke, Simon Broucke, Owen Maille, Monroe Cromis, Marina Herren-Lage, Tom Hussey, Maxine Cromis, Catherine Schmitt, Wesley Miller, Wren Colwell, DJ Sandler, Althea Kane, Keeley Kane, Will Schoenhuber, Nick Catlin, Nico Brayton, Madelaine Bernoudy, and Caroline Kimble gathered at the school on Dec. 28 for a reunion.

Photo courtesy Kim Callahan

North Branch alumni gather to tell stories and reminisce RIPTON — More than two dozen former North Branch School students gathered on a cold night at the North Branch School in Ripton on Dec. 28 to reunite, share stories and play Ultimate Jeopardy in the Big Room.

The alums came from all corners of the country and spanned 15 years of graduating classes. “Our alums love to come back to the school,” says Tal Birdsey, co-founder and head teacher

at the school. “They loved the school when they were students here, and it’s an important place for them still.”

“Even though we all range in age and years since attending North Branch, we all share the experience of a middle school education that was relevant to heart, mind, body and soul,” remarked Zelie Wright-Neil, former student and current teaching fellow at the school.

“It has been an incredible experience to work with the students here, after having been a student more than 10 years ago. Much has changed, but the needs, interests and passion of these kids is the same.”

Alums reminisced and then competed in a hard-fought Jeopardy showdown that included current events, NBS history, facts, quotes, equations and formulae learned in

school years ago. The final Jeopardy question required the teams to complete the final couplet of Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

The alums hail from towns from all over Addison County including Leicester, Middlebury, Weybridge, Goshen, New Haven, East Middlebury, Bristol, Shoreham, Lincoln, Ripton and Cornwall.

development, and he often hears a repeated story from people who have chosen to move to Brandon.

“The story is told so many times,” he said. “‘I visited here and loved it so much that I chose to make it my home.’

Adding folks to our community has helped to create business opportunities, provide stability in the housing market and increased our tax base. Be it the surprisingly diverse cultural and recreational opportunities, the schools or the water, escaping to Brandon is becoming a national trend!”

Jepson agreed, with a nod to Brandon’s municipal government and spirit of community “It is the spirit and energy of Brandon’s leaders and citizens that has made the town a leader in support of the growth of our entire county,” Jepson said. “As Expedia has pointed out, Brandon is a destination location well worth exploring. Visitors will not be disappointed.”

To visit the Expedia listing, head online to viewfinder.expedia.com/ features/best-place-escape-everystate/#Brandon.

NEWS

SALISBURY — The Salisbury Community School has 27 pairs of snowshoes that families may borrow on the weekends. Suggested donation is $5 a pair. Contact Ms. Sylvestri in the school library to reserve your pairs.

The school also has funds available to help families purchase winter clothing for their children. Contact the school at 802-352-4291.

School will be closed Monday, January 15 for the Martin Luther King holiday.

Petitions for town offices to be elected at the town meeting in March are available at the town office. Positions available are

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auditor, one year of a two-year unexpired term; auditor, two years of a three-year unexpired term; auditor, two year term; collector of delinquent taxes, one year term; First constable, one year; Grand juror, one year; Lister, one year of a year unexpired term; lister, three year term; Moderator, one year; selectboard, two years; selectboard, three years; town agent, one year; town clerk, one year.

Petitions are due Jan. 29, at 5 p.m. and need nine signatures of registered voters. It is best to collect several extra signatures in the event some are not registered voters.

As time goes by Stubbornly Persistent Illusion of Time “The distinction between the past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Albert Einstein The stubbornly persistent illusion of time, is obvious when I consider the photo collages – when I gaze at my young father and mother from where they live on my wall, patient, constant, faithful.

Dad is 20, a full head of dark hair, sitting on a dirt road in Italy beside his rucksack, puffing a pipe.

He stares past the frame, past the smoke, of his pipe into 1938, unaware of the world’s looming psychotic break.

He is 15 years younger than my son.

Mom gifts the photographer

Jack Mayer, Middlebury

her Mona Lisa smile, as if just informed of her first pregnancy, my brother.

I know their crude taxonomy: Daddy, Heinz, Harvey, finally Dad. Mommy, Nanni, Nana, finally Mom, a mere slice of their lives across an ocean of time.

What matters is that they are here, defying time, as long as I notice them.

In my orderly, synaptic brain, Past is mere memory.

Present – moment to moment elusiveness, everything and nothing.

Future, infinity, everything possible.

How many dimensions do I inhabit?

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream from which we cannot awaken.

(Jack Mayer is a Middlebury pediatrician and the author of “Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project” and “Before the Court of Heaven.”)

I love pieces of writing that play felt had poetic potential. Might there with the concept of time or other be some kind of metaphorical equivaphysics related concepts. I looked up lent to this in our lives on earth when these words of Einstein’s, our experience of time and some of which are used in gravity seems to change in the poem, and learned that certain situations? he wrote them just after I like that the poem the death of his colleague gets us thinking about Michele Besso: “Now he these things. Considering has departed this strange concepts that question our world a little ahead of perceptions can open our me. That signifies nothimagination in all kinds of ing. For us believing ways. physicists, the distinction the sense Corner (orSometimes between past, present, and illusion) of separation

By Susan Jefts future is only a stubbornly between us and everypersistent illusion.” This thing else does really fall context makes the quote away. It can happen with even more relevant to Mayer’s poem. music and poetry, it can happen in The speaker in the poem gazes at a meditation and prayer, and it can photo of his parents taken decades certainly happen in love and other ago in another country, in another era deep, genuine feeling. In this poem entirely, but he feels their presence as there is a depth of feeling that comes if they were right there with him. He through in an understated way. We continues to ponder throughout the see the speaker looking thoughtfully, poem this thing called time. perhaps longingly, into the faces of Among physicists and philoso- his parents where they “live” on his phers there appear to be many ideas wall. “What matters is that they are about time and whether or not it exists here, defying time, as long as I notice beyond this earthly plane. Some say them.” There seems to be a desire in time is just a mental construct we’ve the speaker to have them here with created here on earth and that in the him. Or for him to be there with them. universe beyond, there is no past, In the next stanza he does seem to present, or future, and everything almost be with them in 1938 Italy. He is happening all at once. Others say seems to almost be his father gazing that time does exist in the universe, past the camera. Reading this made but in a different way (which I won’t me think of E.B. White’s essay “Once attempt to explain). I remember hear- more to the Lake” where he visits the ing a few years ago an interview with camp in Maine he spent his childa physicist who said that our experi- hood summers. Being there again, ence of time is slowest and gravity is this time as a father, he watches his greatest near a black hole, a concept I son playing in the same boat he used

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to play in. A strange sensation comes over him: “I began to sustain the illusion that he was I, and therefore, by simple transposition, that I was my father…. I seemed to be living a dual existence.” The normal experience and limitations of time and space begins to blur for him.

For the speaker in Mayer’s poem, something seems to have shifted or blurred as well. He gazes at his father’s face, and the thought of his own son comes to mind. We feel almost in two places at once, maybe even a bit disoriented, but in a way that somehow feels right and that makes a kind of sense, at least poetically and imaginatively, something Einstein would have approved of. “Knowledge is limited,” he said, “while imagination embraces the world and all there will ever be to know and understand.”

And as the speaker in the poem says, “Future, infinity, everything possible.

How many dimensions do I inhabit?”

————— (We are looking for more well crafted, well written poems! Poems of all kinds are encouraged, and ones written from different cultural and ethnic perspectives are especially welcome. Please send them to Susan at sjefts7@gmail.com.)

————— Susan Jefts is a poet and educator living in Cornwall whose work has been published throughout the country. She is currently working on a book of poetry and running workshops that use poetry as a tool for exploring life issues and directions. Her website is manyriverslifeguidance.com.

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Panel to discuss inclusion, free expression at the college

(Continued from Page 1A) According to a college press MIDDLEBURY — Since general counsel of the online release the Middlebury endowment students shouted down a news and entertainment site supports all of Middlebury’s schools, conservative commentator Buzzfeed.com. including the undergraduate college, during a campus presentation Middlebury College President Middlebury Institute of International last March, Middlebury College Laurie Patton and Nossel will Studies at Monterey, its language has been pushing back against offer opening remarks. Panelists schools, Schools Abroad, Bread accusations that some at the will provide an overview of Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf liberal arts institution don’t current First Amendment law Writers’ Conferences, and School of respect — or even suppress — related to campus speech, the Environment. free speech. followed by a discussion of Provost is not singing the blues Middlebury College and PEN whether Middlebury and other about the institution’s financial health America are collaborating to private colleges and universities — it’s just that he said Middlebury present a panel discussion this should abide by the same rules could focus its resources more Thursday that will focus on even though they are not legally efficiently and serve its students issues facing Middlebury and required to, or what other factors better. other colleges and universities should be considered instead.

“It’s how we spend money today, across the U.S. — questions of The forum will close with a and could we be spending it better inclusion, diversity, and free Q&A with the audience. in the future?” he said. “It’s not that speech.

The panel is part of Critical once we hit that break-even point The event, titled “Whose Conversations, a series of events that we don’t have money available.

Freedom, Whose Speech? The launched in the fall of 2017 We do. I’m trying to bring the Future of Community and Free by Middlebury College that is MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration David Provost is organization to say how can we be Speech at Middlebury,” will designed to bring together and spending it better that will actually overseeing efforts to eliminate an operating deficit at the college.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell take place in Wilson Hall in focus the attention of the college make the student experience better McCullough Student Center community on pressing issues of and financial centered on the “Envisioning the taxation threshold, although and a Middlebury education that administrative at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. public interest. software by sharing the purchase Middlebury” strategic plan that will one change, a provision that taxes much more distinctive.”

11. The panel is open only to The series included a colleges if they refinance taxcost (more than $6 million) and develop other priorities.

REINING IN COSTS Middlebury students, faculty presentation by a white man and Language, global and exempt construction loans to seek Provost and college administrators ongoing expenses ($3 million a year) and staff, but members of the his African American friends have taken several steps to curb an with Champlain and St. Michael’s environmental initiatives will be lower rates, could have an impact. public may watch the livestream and their childhood experiences “The original draft of the House operating deficit that he said peaked colleges. Provost said more savings the focus, he expects, plus digital in Dana Auditorium or online at of racism in the South, as well are possible in the future through fluency and an effort to develop bill would have significantly at $22 million in 2016. go.middlebury.edu/stream. as a bipartisan discussion on “This past year we got it down to shared financial employees, while he different ways to deliver and “lever affected Middlebury,” Provost said.

Suzanne Nossel, executive how best to build the American $13.7 (million),” he said. “The goal will also look to enhance revenue by the existing curriculum that we “All in all, we’re breathing a sigh director of PEN America — economy that featured former of relief.” this year is hopefully to get it down better marketing the college’s assets, have.” an organization of writers New Hampshire governor and Clearly, though, financial aid Overall, Provost is confident such as its ski areas, Bread Loaf closer to $10 (million).” dedicated to free expression — White House Chief of Staff remains important. Currently 44 Middlebury can make its spending One cost-saving step was already Campus in Ripton, and golf course. will moderate the dialogue. The John Sununu, a Republican, “Those are things that don’t percent of Middlebury’s 2,500 more efficient and make better planned when Provost arrived, and following individuals, including and former Massachusetts he helped put it in place: requiring change the student experience,” undergraduate students receive aid, use of its endowment, while also two Middlebury alumni, will Congressman Barney Frank, a with an average grant of $46,000, improving the college and its students to swipe ID cards to enter Provost said. “That’s the goal.” serve as panelists: Democrat. most of which comes from its students’ experience.

ENDOWMENT’S ROLE dining halls. Security was lax, and • Roberto Lint Sagarena, PEN America is a nonprofit “We have good fortune here. We Unlike, for example, the county’s operating budget, Provost said. And “Riding the Panther” was code director of Intercultural organization that works to for non-student visitors to help public schools, Middlebury College in turn, the endowment helped fund have a large endowment, and we Programs and associate protect open expression, and don’t want for much. I’m coming does not carry a deficit that aid. themselves at college professor of American Studies, the freedom to write in the “The endowment right now, from a perspective of coming in from year to year. It dining halls.

“Even though Middlebury College.

United States and worldwide. Its taps its revenue sources biggest chunk is scholarships,” he from an institution that didn’t have Provost said food • James Lyall ’02, executive mission is to unite writers and $50 to $65 an endowment,” Provost said.

— its $68,000 a year said. costs have already gone director of the Vermont chapter their allies to celebrate creative At one point college officials were “Every dollar spent I had to view comprehensive fee paid down significantly in the million has been of the American Civil Liberties expression and defend the taken out of the by full-tuition students, worried about Congressional plans as a dollar I had to ask a family to past year.

Union, or ACLU. liberties that make it possible. specific to change the national tax code, but fund. I’m trying to bring the culture “Students didn’t have endowment each donations, • Elizabeth Siyuan Lee Founded in 1922, PEN America fund-raising campaigns, the final bill passed in December of student-first in how we spend to swipe when they came year, the college ’17, campaign strategist for is the largest of more than 100 and endowment interest should not affect the college too money to Middlebury.” into the dining halls, but has still been Coworker.org. centers worldwide that form the Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at — to balance the drastically. The formula adopted for neither did anyone else,” • Nabiha Syed, assistant PEN International network. losing money in endowments puts Middlebury under andyk@addisonindependent.com. budget. he said. “I can’t look at The endowment’s a student at Middlebury operations of the performance has and say you have to pay institution.” certainly helped more so we can feed — David Provost, others.” executive vice deal with the deficit Provost also asked president for spending, at least after each department to cut finance and what Provost said was Q4 2017 costs by 4 percent. The administration a 4 percent investment interest loss in the facilities department 2015-2016 fiscal year. achieved it by switching some of its energy use to less The college’s fiscal years run from July 1 to the following June 30. expensive natural gas, for example.

“Last year was a really favorable “Department by department it’s getting people to think a little year, coming off from really not a differently. Middlebury is seen as a great year the year before,” Provost On the basis of an improving global economy and very wealthy institution, but we have said. “In fiscal year 2017 (ending this the prospect of corporate tax cuts and in spite of to operate within our own means. past June 30) it was a 13.8 percent headline risks from North Korea and the Trump-Russia And the last few years we weren’t return. So that produced nearly $130 operating within our own means,” million of investment returns.” investigation, stocks soared to new highs in 2017. The But college officials do not want he said.

Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 25% for the year, Provost, who replaced Patrick the endowment to help finance its best performance since 2013. More remarkable than Norton in the college’s top finance an operations deficit: They would the gains themselves was the way they got there, with job, made one change quickly — prefer to use the interest generated to historically low volatility and a seemingly never-ending improve the institution.

Middlebury no longer operates 51 “In the short term the positive march upwards. Let’s consider some of the records set Main Street, its former downtown investment returns hopefully restaurant. by markets last year.

“If we had a hospitality program allow us to achieve some of those At 3,219 days, this became the second longest bull I would have been the first to say goals quicker. Longer term, there market in history. The S&P 500 has returned 295% from a curriculum and academic are discussions at the board level in this period, making it also the second strongest bull standpoint, giving our students of where should we be investing strategically,” Provost said. market in history.

In both cases it is only eclipsed by the hospitality experience, we should Provost said the board and own a restaurant,” he said. “We boom years of 1987 to 2000 (4,494 days and cumulative were losing between $200,000 and “groups across campus” are now gain of 582%). An optimist might look at the math and $250,000 a year, and being in a discussing a number of areas into say the market is poised to double over the next 3 ½ business we had no right to be in. which the college should invest years, but a reversion to the ordinary seems likelier So I said why not find a partner who its resources, with agreement on than a continuation of the extraordinary. Back in the 90s actually knows what he’s doing in “spending more on financial aid to make a Middlebury education more the catalysts for the bull market were obvious: the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the spending of the “peace running a business.”

In another cost-saving move, accessible to a broader group of dividend,” and the transformational explosion of computing and the internet. What are the catalysts now? Tax cuts Middlebury saved money on people,” and an ongoing discussion and deregulation? They may have helped the economy recover from recession in the early 2000s, but a new era of

Market Perspective

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widespread prosperity didn’t follow – the Financial Crisis did. Luckily, we don’t yet see anything like the excesses that built up ahead of those days. Neither do we see significant growth in productivity and median incomes, factors that would suggest the economic future is considerably brighter now than a year ago.

Other records include – • With dividends, the S&P 500 has generated positive returns in 14 consecutive months, the longest streak of gains since at least 1928.

• The Dow closed at record highs 71 times, beating the previous high of 69 times in 1995. That’s a record close every 3 ½ days. Last week saw two more record closes in four trading days.

• Volatility died. From August to November the Dow went 72 straight trading days without a gain or loss of 1% or more. The second longest streak was 50 days, set in February. Two of the next seven longest streaks also occurred in 2017.

• We may be witnessing the greatest bubble of all time. When the price of Bitcoin breached $20,000 in December, its 2000% gain for the year represented an even steeper rise than that experienced by internet stocks in 1998. Now, we can only definitively call a bubble after it has popped, and Bitcoin has yet to do that. Like the internet, Bitcoin and it’s foundational technology, Blockchain, offer the potential to revolutionize aspects of the global economy. But the popping of the internet bubble left a lot of desolation, while a few gems like Amazon and Google arose from the ashes. Where Bitcoin will fall along that range is anyone’s guess.

For financial markets, 2017 truly was a singular year and we probably won’t see another like it in any of our lifetimes. As the New Year dawns, let’s resolve not to forget that, and put in place plans that will allow us to continue to prosper when financial markets return to the ordinary.

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.

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Rail bridges

Downtown island

AN ISLAND OF ice and snow attaches itself to the Battell Bridge in downtown Middlebury last Thursday afternoon. After suffering through temps that were double digits below zero, forecasters looked for the mercury to rise to the the 40s late this week.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

(Continued from Page 1A) gives you, the Governor of Vermont, we can do, it’s open for discussion. put planning into high gear around the level of clarity and confidence We will have a discussion.”

But Mazza is not keen on any two years ago, advancing the that you and all Vermonters deserve plan revisions that might preclude tunnel concept that will, among to proceed.” future use of double-stack cars. He other things, require lowering the WHY 21 FEET CLEARANCE? One of the key issues that has harkened back to a 2007 project that rail bed for roughly two-thirds of a mile. This will allow the bridges to contributed to the complexity of saw a lowering of the New England afford 21 feet of vertical clearance the $52 million Middlebury bridges Central rail line through a tunnel to eventually accommodate double- fix has been how much vertical in Bellows Falls, specifically to clearance the new tunnel should accommodate double-stack freight stack freight cars.

Opponents — such as local allow for current and future freight cars.

“If you’re going to have rail that’s businessmen George Dorsey and train cars. VTrans officials have Bruce Hiland — have questioned stated the design of the Middlebury successful, you’ve got to have all the 21-foot standard, as well as the rail bridges reflecting a vertical options on the table,” Mazza said. premise that double-stack freight clearance of more than 20 feet is “It would be a concern of mine if we based on standards did (the Middlebury project) without cars will ever be used prescribed by the double stacking. I don’t know how along the rail line American Railway much freight they carry that would through Middlebury.

Engineering and need it, but I think the option should They have been pressing M a i n t e n a n c e - o f - be there.” state officials for a “timeWay Association TOWN’S BEST INTEREST out” to explore a cheaper Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, (AREMA).

That replacement of the standard is designed to confirmed critics of the current rail bridges at their original accommodate double- bridges project asked her to lobby vertical clearance of for reducing its scope and timeline. stack freight cars. around 18 feet.

The AREMA She said she’s met with Middlebury “We have come to a standard actually called and VTrans officials to get a better point where we should for 23 feet of vertical understanding of the proposed work put this in the hands of clearance (which and related concerns. the Legislature to bring Ayer believes it’s in the town’s best assumed electric some sense to this,” “I don’t see trains with overhead interest to try and make the current Hiland said during a a benefit in but plan as sound as possible. Ayer recent phone interview. delaying things pantographs), Middlebury officials is worried that scrapping the $52 Interviews with state … We have successfully lobbied to million proposal and starting from and local lawmakers the state Legislature to scratch could jeopardize a federal indicate critics of the temporary get that lowered to 21 commitment to pay 95 percent of the Middlebury tunnel plan bridges and project costs. feet. will get an opportunity the potential “Middlebury residents would need Critics of the to make their pitch at to improve our project insist the state to pay more,” she said of the risk of the Statehouse during downtown; we Vermont has the a substantial reboot or delay. the next few weeks. just need to get of While transportation officials ability to assert its But they added they own vertical clearance continue to crunch numbers, Ayer were unlikely to change it done.”

— Rep. Amy standards, and want the said she’s heard an initial estimate course on the current Sheldon Legislature to further suggesting that lowering the vertical project path, barring reduce the clearance to clearance of the bridges to the some 11th-hour, game 19 feet for the Middlebury project. original 18 feet (as opposed to 21 changing information.

“The questions they are bringing This, they believe, would pave the feet) would only cut $1 million to up are helpful to the process … way for a much smaller project at a $1.5 million from the construction costs. but I don’t see a benefit in delaying fraction of the cost.

And Ayer added she’s been told the “We continued to challenge things,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury. “We have temporary VTrans’ insistence that 21-foot planned drainage system for the rail bridges and the potential to improve vertical clearance is essential,” bed will need to proceed regardless our downtown; we just need to get Hiland wrote in a Jan. 2 letter to of the vertical clearance threshold Brittney Wilson, Vermont Secretary ultimately assigned to the bridges. it done.”

“As far as I know, (the current Lawmakers will get an earful from of Civil & Military Affairs. plan) seems like the best Hiland said he the tunnel opponents, who have deal for Middlebury, already been pleading their case to has seen no proof of from a financial VTrans engineers and members of imminent plans for standpoint,” Ayer said. double-stack freight cars the Scott administration.

“My inclination, unless Dorsey, whose local business — particularly on the some new information interests include the Edgewater small Vermont Railway comes in, is to not ask Galley locations at 6 Merchants Row line through Middlebury. them to stop (the current “It is unsupported by and 1 Mill St., outlined his group’s plan).” concerns and proposals in a letter he any factual analysis of M i d d l e b u r y sent to Scott late last year. The group Vermont Rail Systems selectboard Chairman has poured over the tunnel proposal current freight business Brian Carpenter has been with the help of Matt LaFiandra, who and depends solely listening to opponents’ provides engineering and project upon nothing more than pitches for a smaller management services for Dorsey’s wishful thinking about project, and he’s looking economic development “If a project business, Edgewood Holdings. forward to firmer Hiland The group has estimated the true possibilities,” costs of the Middlebury rail bridges wrote in his letter. can accomplish numbers from VTrans on potential savings. At project at around $98 million. That “There is no factual its primary the same time, he’d like number is based, in part, on their analysis of possible goals for to see construction get contention that the current plan businesses let alone their half the cost under way. freight requirements and half the doesn’t address such things as: “They’ve had some • $1.5 million in potential … Nonetheless VTrans duration, why good ideas, and many of economic losses for merchants continues wedded to 21those ideas have helped foot clearance with the would you during construction. make the project better,” • $4.7 million in groundwater and accompanying complex not consider Carpenter said of critics track excavation, that and use hydrology mitigation. of the current plan. “But • $5.5 million in water treatment drainage scheme and monies saved at some point, we need construction demands, for other and remediation. action.”

• $2.8 million that critics believe all of which assure nearDonahue hopes state it will cost for the sheet-piling and long-term damage projects along officials take a fresh reinforced dike needed to separate to Middlebury and the the western look at the plan, its the Otter Creek from the adjacent waste of millions of rail corridor?” dollars.” rail corridor.

— Donna cost, and its potential Both the Main Street • An additional $1 million for Donahue impacts on those who live, shop, dine and run and Merchants Row rail traffic detouring. businesses in downtown Opponents are also arguing the $40 bridges were replaced million in the budget for construction with temporary spans this past Middlebury.

“The fact that federal funding is should actually be $60 million. summer. Hiland, Dorsey and former The current estimate, according Middlebury Selectwoman Donna paying 95 percent of project costs to Dorsey, “hasn’t made adequate Donahue believe the temporary does not negate evaluating this allowances for the remaining indirect bridges could serve the community project,” she said. “This is not free costs of engineering, legal and nicely during a re-evaluation of the money. This is still taxpayer money, planning process for the 60-percent current project and exploration of a and if a project can accomplish its primary goals for half the cost and new solution. complete (design) main project.”

Sen. Dick Mazza, D-Grand Isle, is half the duration, why would you not It should be noted the current $52 million project budget includes the longtime chairman of the Senate consider that and use monies saved $12 million for related to track Transportation Committee. He said for other projects along the western improvements, equipment purchases he’s looking forward to hearing rail corridor?”

Donahue suggested VTrans and beefed up train crews that will testimony on the Middlebury rail be needed to divert freight traffic bridges plan, adding he’s always perform a cost-benefit analysis on around Middlebury during the open to ideas to make projects more the economic potential of running double-stack freight cars through heaviest construction. functional and cost-effective.

Dorsey asserts the bridges could “I will make sure, before we move Middlebury, before insisting on the be replaced at their current height for ahead, that we take into consideration $52 million project.

“It is demoralizing that the ‘will’ $10.1 million. (opponents’ views) and get caught up “The design of this (current) on the project,” Mazza said during a to thoroughly look at this plan is simply not there,” she said. project is neither well planned nor phone interview on Monday.

The House and Senate cost estimated,” Dorsey concluded “I’ve spoken with the governor, in his letter to Scott. “Now the and he wants to make sure everyone Transportation committees are safety issue has been handled by has expressed their views and make holding a joint hearing next the temporary bridges and a 15-year sure we’re doing the right thing,” Thursday, Jan. 18, from 9-11 a.m. window for action has been opened he added. “We certainly want the in Room 10 at the Statehouse. It is up. I again ask that the project rail to go through. That’s one of our expected the rail bridges project will be postponed until final cost and priorities. But on the other hand, if be reviewed for one last time at this planning is developed to a level that there are some savings or something meeting.

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North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. has named Jessica Nicholson of Bristol to the college’s vice president’s list for the fall 2017 semester.

The students named to the vice president’s list earned a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49 out

of a possible 4.0. To be eligible for Vice President’s List recognition, full-time and part-time students must meet applicable credit-hour requirements. Nicholson is currently pursuing an Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing at the college’s Ticonderoga campus.

Kat Townsend of Middlebury, was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University during the fall semester of the 2017-18 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean’s list recognition.

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018 — PAGE 13A

Couple gives new life to defunct old ski area Dartleys restoring Brandon-area landmark

By LEE J. KAHRS buy it,” Karen said. “We fell in love BRANDON/HUBBARDTON — with it.”

The former High Pond Mountain A LITTLE HISTORY Ski Area that straddles the BranHigh Pond Mountain Ski Area don-Hubbardton town line is get- dates back to the 1940s. According ting a facelift, thanks to a high-end to the Vermont Lost Ski Areas blog, restoration by new owners Peter and an article in Vermont Life from 1957 Karen Dartley. read, “High Pond prides itself on Work began in earnest almost im- getting minimum snow conditions mediately after the couple bought early. High Pond has a gentle-slope the 330-acre parcel for $1.3 million children’s tow.” in 2016.

The vertical drop was 300 feet with The McKernon Group of Bran- a summit elevation of 1,400 feet. don, led by Kevin Birchmore, Many people in the area can rewas hired to do the construction, member skiing at High Pond as chiland Selin and Selin Architecture dren, including Kevin Birchmore, in Shelburne did all of the design who broke his leg skiing there as a work. kid.

Peter Dartley, 71, spent decades Dartley said he knows there is still on Wall Street, and was managing a soft spot locally for the old ski hill. director of the now-defunct Pequot “Every time we’re here, someone Capital Management, Inc., one of stops and wants to talk about the old the world’s largest hedge funds in days,” he said with a smile. its day. Now retired, he By the 1960s and said he just does some ’70s, there was a small consulting on the side. “When we base lodge, a warming The couple also oper- bought that hut, a T-bar and three ates the Dartley Char- house, it was rope tows, a ski shop itable Trust — an arts, a pasture. and snack bar, and culture and humanities Now, there’s a parking for 200 cars. nonprofit that currently According to the 1973 forest, a threeholds $4.32 million in Ski Guide to the Northassets, according find- acre lake, and east, rates were $5 for a windmill. thecompany.com. adults, and $4 for kids.

The couple lives in It’s quiet and The Dartleys inherManhattan, but have secluded. We ited old promotional been escaping to Ver- love Vermont. postcards, brochures mont for years. They and patches when they bought a house in Lud- It’s one of our bought the property. passions.” low in 1981.

The back of the bro“When we bought that — Peter Dartley chure shows a cartoon house, it was a pasture,” goose on skis proDartley said. “Now, nouncing, “We’re not there’s a forest, a three-acre lake, the Biggest… but one of the best!” and a windmill. It’s quiet and seclud- Below is a map to the area showing ed. We love Vermont. It’s one of our the Brandon Inn and Central Park passions.” along Route 7, and the now defunct They have a five-year plan for railroad station on Union Street with the High Pond property that sounds arrows pointing out of town over similar. There is already a small lake Otter Creek. Follow Union Street “6 called Walker Pond; Dartley said miles to High Pond Mountain.” they plan to erect solar panels and A map showed six High Pond a windmill, making the property as trails: “Just Nice,” “The Run,” “The self-sustainable as possible.

Chute,” “The Race,” “Hemlock” and It is a family project. Their son “Easy Roll.”

Christopher is an arborist and avid Peter Dartley sat in the living area snowboarder, and he found the High of the restored Terminal building Pond property and urged his parents during a recent interview wearing to have a look. a gray fleece with a High Pond Ski “He has always wanted to have a Area patch sewn to the chest. Their sustainable, working farm,” Karen daughter-in-law surprised everyone Dartley said. in the family with fleeces embossed Although Peter and Karen do not with the old High Pond Ski Area ski or snowboard, son Alec (a paint- patches. er) and their five grandchildren do.

“The whole family is really excitThe couple, married for 48 years, ed about this,” Dartley said with a came to see the High Pond property smile. for the first time on the coldest day of RESTORATION the year in February 2016.

Dartley will happily sit in the re“And that’s the day we decided to stored terminal building at the base

KAREN AND PETER DARTLEY stand outside one of the buildings at the High Pond Mountain Ski Area, popular for families in the 1960s and 1970s, which they purchased and renovated for their private use. In refurbishing the structures McKernon restored the old wallboards to maintain the original look.

Brandon Reporter photo/Lee J. Kahrs

of the new T-bar lift and watch his sons and grandchildren come down the mountain, just like High Pond founder W. Douglass Burden. Legend has it that the wealthy local businessman built the ski area so he could watch people ski from his living room window. He was said to have owned 10,000 acres of land in the High Pond area and built a nature museum on his property, which burned to the ground in 1970.

In fact, the Dartleys’ goal was to preserve as much of Burden’s original buildings as possible. The Terminal building, the former ski patrol building, the old barn and the Alpine restaurant building had all been sitting vacant for decades. Time took its toll and parts of the barn and other buildings that were too far-gone were taken down. But repurposing and rehabilitating old structures is McKernon’s specialty, and a lot of the wood was reused for windowsills, doors, baseboards, and other architectural touches in the Terminal and Alpine buildings.

The Terminal building will act as a gathering place for the family at the base of the T-bar. It has a kitchen, comfortable seating area and a bathroom. The old ticket window is to the left of the front door, and the old T-bar wheel hangs from the ceiling.

Two old wooden T-bars were turned into lighting fixtures and hang high 15 feet above the main room.

The Alpine building was moved back from the road, gutted, and rebuilt into a beautiful one-bedroom guesthouse with a full kitchen, living area, and two baths. All of the chinking was replaced and the old wallboards were restored to maintain the

THIS OLD POSTCARD shows High Pond Mountain Ski Area in its heyday around 1970. According to the 1973 Ski Guide to the Northeast, rates were $5 for adults, and $4 for kids.

original look of Burden’s building.

“We tried to get it to look the way it looked back in the day,” Peter said.

INDUSTRY BUZZ There was a buzz in the skiing community and around Brandon this past fall when an online news item appeared with the headline “Defunct High Pond Ski Area Being Rebuilt.”

The article was posted on the New England Ski Industry News website on Oct. 23 and shared locally on social media.

The article included photos of the new Leinter Poma lift equipment that had been delivered to the old ski hill, and mentioned that the old T-bar equipment had been removed.

Most of the excitement created by the article was around speculation

that the ski area was going to be restored and re-opened to the public.

But Peter Dartley said that was never the plan.

“We have no expertise and no one in the family has an interest in doing that,” he said. “It’s also prohibitively expensive for insurance purposes.”

Also, Dartley said, there is a portion of the property that is designated wetland not far from where the parking would have to be, and state wetland regulations are very stringent.

“The state had been very specific about wetland management,” Dartley said. “We couldn’t really provide parking.”

But overall, Dartley said, the state was very supportive during the construction process, which also in-

volved dealing with the disposal of wet asbestos from the old buildings, as well as old diesel and oil tanks that that had to come out of the ground.

“The state has been phenomenally helpful,” he said.

While the Dartleys would not put a price tag on the restoration, Peter called it “substantial.”

“We could have done this for substantially less if we didn’t want to preserve the original character and nature of the place,” he said.

“We love history,” Karen added, “and we love projects.”

“Burden did a beautiful job of creating something here and when he sold it, unfortunately, it got really run down,” Peter added. “We wanted to bring it back to the way it was.”

THE NEW OWNERS of the High Pond Mountain Ski Area aimed to preserve as many as possible of the original buildings erected by ski area founder W. Douglass Burden.

Brandon Reporter photo/Lee J. Kahrs

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Hawley “We’ll definitely know something (Continued from Page 1A) going to put some thoughts in email prior to that time,” he said. form to the council.”

Daniels also believes Hawley, Hawley confirmed on Wednesday who has pledged to serve as the council can wait to form a Vergennes zoning administrator committee. He said it is typical for through 2020, is conflicted about city managers to offer retirement after 30 three months notice years of service to when they are ready Vergennes. to leave, and that he “He has such a love would follow that for his position and protocol. a love for the city,” “I did tell them I he said. “It’s not an will give them three easy thing to leave a months notice when I position like that.” decide,” Hawley said.

Hawley began He also continued working for to maintain, “I don’t Vergennes as its city have a target date,” clerk in 1977. He when asked about became city manager when he plans to in 1981 and stayed in retire. that post until leaving Hawley has said for CHP in 1998. that because of the Hawley stayed on HAWLEY way his pension is as the city’s zoning structured — it is administrator during complicated because of the decade his years in the private sector, and between 1998 and 2008 he left the in September of 2008 served as public sector to work for Country interim city manager after Renny Home Products — that there is little Perry, then the city manager and financial benefit for him to stay in now an alderman, left for a post in his current job after he turns 65 in Vermont’s court system.

August.

In November 2008 a hiring “What I have said is it doesn’t committee that included Daniels make sense for me to work beyond removed the interim tag from my 65th birthday,” Hawley said. “In Hawley’s title, and he returned to case anybody wants to send gifts, a full-time post in Vergennes City it’s on Aug. 7.”

Hall.

Daniels expects to hear from Daniels said Hawley will not be Hawley before July. He noted the easy to replace. city manager’s annual appointment “We have one hell of a big set of date is July 1. shoes to fill here,” he said.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) the resources of the Career Center available to the community after school. Organizers are looking for makers — local engineer Dave Cole said, “The definition of a maker is very broad and includes just about anything that can be demonstrated at a school” — so if you’re one and want to participate in the faire, contact Dave at mechanicole@gmail. com.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department this week said preliminary numbers show 15,949 deer were taken during Vermont’s 2017 deer hunting seasons. An Addison Independent count showed that 1,189 hunters took deer to one of the county’s eight reporting stations during the 2017 deer seasons — about one-seventh of all the deer killed in the state.

The legal buck harvest was 8 percent more than the previous three-year average, Fish & Wildlife deer project leader Nick Fortin reported. Deer harvest numbers increased during the archery, youth and muzzleloader seasons, and the total harvest of 15,949 is the thirdhighest since 2002. The state is expected to release final deer hunt numbers late this winter.

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SALES OF HOMES in Addison County continued to rise in 2017, as they have over the last three years. Data shows that both the number sold and the prices were up.

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Real estate (Continued from Page 1A) past year.

In 2015 the median sales price of an Addison County home stood at $235,000. In 2016 that number rose to $243,000, and in 2017 it saw a more dramatic increase to $260,000.

Meanwhile, the average days on the market before a home sells has dropped each year, from 79 in 2015, to 77 in 2016, and to 68 this past year.

Benton is not pegging market appreciation at a dramatic number.

Rather, he believes that with the recession that began in 2008 receding further in the rear view mirror, buyers — some from out of state — are more confident in looking at more expensive properties.

“I think pricier homes are selling,” Benton said. “The percentage of homes selling from $300,000 to $500,000 increased.”

Benton noted about half of the home sales are between $180,000 and $300,000, and about 20 percent between $300,000 and $500,000.

He also points to towns’ Common Levels of Appraisal, or CLAs, to support a more modest rate of increase of value than suggested by the most recent median sales price jump.

State officials calculate CLAs by evaluating sales to determine how town property assessments compare to fair market value. A CLA of 100 percent means a town’s assessments equal the market. If a CLA rises,

property values are declining because elsewhere and they maybe have some a town’s valuations are too high. If a money in their pocket. But there’s CLA drops, the town’s assessments definitely more activity now in that are too low and market values are upper-to-mid range, where that didn’t increasing. exist for a number of years.”

Benton said local CLA increases At this point, he sees a stable market align with his opinion of home values that is largely balanced between buyers increasing annually, but by essentially and sellers. the rate of inflation.

“I think there’s still a reasonable “Between median supply of houses, so sales price and also you’re not seeing values looking at some CLAs “I think there’s going up. People are across the county still a reasonable willing to sell houses I would say values supply of houses, at a price that is fair,” are up 2 or 3 percent so you’re not Benton said. annually,” Benton said. seeing values There are pockets, “In Middlebury we however, where sellers just got our report this going up. People might hold more cards. last week and the CLA are willing to sell “It doesn’t matter went down 2.5 percent, houses at a price if it’s an old house in and the year before that that is fair.”

Vergennes or Bristol it was 3 percent. So I — appraiser village or Buttolph think that’s probably in Bill Benton Acres (in Middlebury), the ballpark.” people are really He described the gravitating towards a market as “certainly better than it was walk-able community,” Benton said. five years ago,” when the state and “Realtors tell me they have lists of nation were still mired in recession. people who want to buy an old house “In the prior years and the couple in Vergennes, where they can walk years before that the sales were still places, up to around 250. And there’s mostly under $300,000. This year just not anything on the market. And we’ve seen a lot more sales in the when they do come on the market they three-to-five (hundred thousand) usually sell fairly quickly.” range, which is good,” he said. “I think Condition, however, is becoming a it’s people that maybe are moving factor. In many cases there is enough up (to more expensive homes) and inventory that buyers can be choosy. maybe have the confidence to do that Fixer-uppers are passé, and even now, or maybe are moving here from homes that need even cosmetic work

or minor repairs are giving purchasers pause.

“I am finding that old homes, farmhouses in the country that need work that everybody wanted 20 years ago, they’re a tough sell,” Benton said, adding, “I don’t know if it’s just that buyers don’t want to deal with it, or that contracting and repairs are getting really expensive.”

And it remains hard to find a starter home.

“The real lower end is still pretty limited because there just isn’t that much out there,” Benton said.

And as has been the case for years the northern tier of the county remains more active than the southern end, largely due to the influence of Vermont’s largest county and job center.

“Most of the sales are north of Middlebury, due to proximity to Burlington, I think,” Benton said.

“Rutland is beginning to get a little more activity, but you still don’t get that draw to Rutland that you get from Burlington.”

Looking ahead, Benton expects more of the same, at least for the immediate future.

“If I were to forecast anything, it would be a continuation of what we’re seeing,” he said. “I don’t think we’re going to see boom or bust, but slow and steady is a good thing.”

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

Mary Baker (Continued from Page 1A) for 33 years.

The Bakers wanted to remain active in their golden years, and sought ways to help their community.

Porter Hospital seemed like a natural beneficiary of their time and talents; Mrs. Baker was a trained nurse.

Porter officials initially suggested she re-train to provide direct patient services, but Mrs. Baker didn’t want to take that kind of a professional

leap at that point in her life — she was in her 60s. Health care rules at the time precluded her from having a substantial role with patients if she didn’t get the professional training, so she accepted a more limited, but still very important role.

Mrs. Baker became the first in a new era of Porter volunteers that now number around 200. She greets people and directs them to the various departments, services and

patient rooms they are seeking when Speaking of “next door,” Mrs. they enter Porter.

Baker is herself a Porter Hospital “It’s being here for people,” she neighbor. She can watch the said of her basic role. “I try to make ambulances enter and leave the them feel welcome.” campus, and always hopes for the Mission accomplished, according best possible medical outcome for to folks who have seen Mrs. Baker in whomever is admitted. action for the past 37 years.

She continues to relish her “Her dedication and commitment volunteer role and has no plans to to the Porter community is inspiring end her service to Porter. and outstanding,” said Karen “I just take it day to day,” Mrs. Herrmann, Porter’s director of Baker said. “When I have to, I’ll volunteer services. give it up, which I would hate to do Mrs. Baker has definitely made an — but so be it.” impact on her Porter colleagues, as Fortunately, that day seems to still well as on patients and their families. be pretty far off.

She’s trained many other volunteers Mrs. Baker is still as sharp as a who have followed in her footsteps. tack, remains mobile and loves to “She’s been an educator and a cook. She credited a neighbor, Skip role model,” Herrmann Brush, with giving her said. rides to her Tuesday “It’s being here When she takes her and Thursday stints at place at her desk, Mrs. for people. I try to Porter.

Baker always tries to make them feel She wishes she metaphorically put welcome.” could still drive, but herself in the shoes — Mary Baker gave up that privilege of the people she is voluntarily when she greeting and assisting. was 90.

“Everyone coming through that “I felt if I had an accident and the door has a problem, or they wouldn’t report showed my birth date, I would be coming here,” Mrs. Baker said. be considered responsible,” Mrs. They might be coming in as a Baker said. patient, as a person visiting a patient, Her birth year is 1918. Americans or as someone who might be getting were still fighting in World War tested for a potential ailment.

I. President Woodrow Wilson “It’s my job to help them and was in office. Poland declared its relieve some of that stress,” she said. independence from Russia.

She’s seen a lot of changes in Mrs. Baker has never smoked nor technology, personnel and in the consumed alcohol, but she doesn’t physical space at Porter Medical deny herself any of the foods she Center since 1980. Computers loves. She is an unabashed “meat are, of course, now standard office and potatoes” fan. Her desk at equipment — not typewriters and Porter last week was festooned with filing cabinets. The hospital now has chocolates. an electronic translator that allows “I get enough exercise with the Porter staffers to communicate routine I have,” she said of her with people who don’t understand fitness.

English. Mrs. Baker is seeing The Porter Medical Center the second and third generations Community will be throwing Mary of some families using Porter Baker a party this week to help her services. The South Street campus celebrate her birthday. has grown substantially over the “I have been very fortunate,” Mrs. years, and she was thrilled to see Baker said.

Middlebury Regional EMS get a Reporter John Flowers is at new headquarters next door. johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018

ANDY KIRKALDY

SPORTS

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Middlebury women’s hoop bests Castleton

Officials do tough work that could be done better Sports officials deserve respect.

It’s a tough job, and I can speak from the experience of refereeing a couple hundred middle-school, freshman and junior-varsity soccer and basketball games, and probably close to another hundred men’s league basketball games.

It’s hard enough just making the calls. Did that hand brush the elbow on the jump shot? Was that a block or a charge? Was the handball intentional or not, and did it affect play? Should that push be called and a free kick awarded, or is there an advantage to the offensive team that should allow play to continue?

You have a splitsecond to decide.

And then there’s the whining from coaches (from an elementary school soccer coach: “Isn’t it a shame that the smaller player happened to fall down just because the other player was bigger?”), outraged parents (a mom confronted me on the field after a middle school girls’ soccer game) and legends-in-their-own-minds in the old Middlebury Basketball League (“I never touched him! He stumbled 10 feet into the back wall all by himself!”).

Yeah, it’s not easy work.

That said, at all levels poor officiating truly does affect the outcomes of games. In a 2002 men’s World Cup quarterfinal, for example, the USA actually had Germany on the ropes, and a German defender prevented a U.S. shot from going into the goal with his hand. Germany won, 1-0. Today, goal-line replays would probably result in an automatic goal and a card for the German.

And don’t even get me started on the NFL, where officials and the rulebook can’t even agree on what constitutes a touchdown or a catch.

The NFL has rules so poorly written that if a running back carries a ball over the goal line he can fumble the ball the instant he crosses line and it’s still a touchdown, but if a receiver does the same thing he can take another full step and then bobble the ball only when he hits the ground, and it’s not a score.

Or a player can carry the ball, (See Kirkaldy, Page 3B)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Taylor Moulton scrambles for a loose puck in front of the Northfield goal Tuesday night.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Changes help girls’ hockey earn win Lineup, formation tweaks aid MUHS

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/9 MUHS vs. Northfield/Montpelier.........2-1 Boys’ Hockey 1/10 MUHS at Essex..............................Late Girls’ Basketball 1/8 Fair Haven vs. VUHS.....................56-27 1/8 Mill River vs. MUHS........................49-34 1/9 Colchester vs. Mt. Abe....................56-44 1/9 OV vs. Woodstock..........................55-13 1/10 VUHS at MUHS..............................Late Boys’ Basketball 1/8 OV vs. Brattleboro..........................55-49 1/8 Mt. Abe vs. Winooski......................56-33 1/9 Fair Haven vs. MUHS.....................67-40 1/10 Mt. Abe at Randolph.......................Late 1/10 VUHS at Mill River..........................Late 1/10 Burr & Burton at OV........................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/7 Trinity vs. Midd....................................3-0 Women’s Hockey 1/9 Midd. vs. Morrisville............................4-1 Women’s Basketball 1/9 Midd. vs. Castleton.........................63-39 Men’s Basketball 1/8 Midd. vs. Morrisville........................85-64

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/13 MUHS at Rice............................... 7 PM 1/20 Northfield at MUHS....................... 7 PM Boys’ Hockey 1/13 Rutland at MUHS.......................... 7 PM 1/20 MUHS at U-32......................... 6:15 PM Girls’ Basketball 1/12 Mt. Anthony at OV........................ 7 PM 1/12 MUHS at Burr & Burton........... 7:30 PM 1/12 Mt. Abe at VUHS.......................... 7 PM 1/15 OV at MUHS................................. 7 PM 1/16 Burr & Burton at OV...................... 7 PM 1/20 Mill River at Mt. Abe............... 12:30 PM 1/20 VUHS at Colchester.............. 12:30 PM 1/20 MUHS at Missisquoi................ 1:30 PM Boys’ Basketball

(See Schedule, Page 2B)

TIGER SENIOR TULLY Hescock scored an unassisted goal against Northfield Tuesday night. Middlebury won the game, 2-1.

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — On Tuesday night the Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team saw the return of a key player from injury, moved another key player into a new role, deployed a new forechecking system, and, arguably, played with renewed determination.

Those ingredients helped produce what might have been the 3-4 Tigers’ biggest win of the season, 2-1 over visiting Northfield/Montpelier.

The Marauders have a misleading 2-3-2 record: It includes two close losses to undefeated Rice and a 4-2 win over Rutland, which recently defeated the Tigers, 6-1.

MUHS senior Tulley Hescock, whose move from forward to defense helped solidify the Tiger backline and who scored a shorthanded goal, said the Tigers came out with purpose because they knew what the game meant.

“It was super important,” Hescock said. “I think we realized this was a big game for us, and to win was very exciting.”

(See Tiger hockey, Page 3B)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s basketball team on Tuesday pulled away from visiting Castleton in the second half for a 63-39 victory. Castleton, enjoying a good season, dropped to 10-2, while Middlebury moved to 12-2 headed into weekend NESCAC play.

The Panthers will visit Bates on Friday and Tufts on Saturday.

Panther senior guard Sarah Kaufman scored nine points in Tuesday’s win to surpass the 1,000-career point plateau with 1,001. Kaufman’s milestone came on a three from the right corner in the fourth quarter.

The Panthers earned a 21-13 edge in the second period to lead by 33-25 at the break. They then held Castleton without a point from the floor in the third quarter and to three-for-23 shooting in the second half to win going away.

Maya Davis led 11 Middlebury players who scored with 13 points to go along with eight boards, while Betsy Knox added 10 points and three steals. Kaufman chipped in with three assists in addition to her nine points, while Sabrina Weeks had seven points and four rebounds.

Brooke Raiche paced the Spartans with nine points and seven rebounds, while Makayla Farrara and Emilee Bose each scored seven points.

Former Mount Abraham Union High School standout Ashlie Fay, a senior guard who leads the Spartans in rebounds, assists and steals, recorded five rebounds, two points and an assist.

Panther men prevail in two out of three MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s basketball team split two NESCAC games on the road this past weekend before returning home on Monday to win a non-league contest.

The Panthers (9-3, 1-1 NESCAC) are now ranked No. 16 in NCAA Division III. They will host league foes Bates and Tufts this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m., respectively.

On this past Saturday the Panthers shut just 35.1 percent in an 80-70 loss at Wesleyan (10-2, 1-1 NESCAC).

The Panthers trailed throughout most of the game, but rallied to within 7370 with 47 seconds to go. But the Cardinals hit their free throws to ice the win.

The Panthers’ only leads came at 8-7 early in the game and at 55-54 (See Panther hoops, Page 3B)

Women’s hockey nets two victories and a tie

AMHERST — The Middlebury lead on the way to a 4-2 win over College women’s hockey team Amherst, but Panther goalie Lin Han earned a win and a tie this past had to stop a breakaway bid by Amweekend at NESCAC rival Amherst herst’s Emma Flynn six minutes into before returning home to pick up a the game. Three minutes later Middlebury took the lead on Alexis Rynon-conference win on Tuesday.

The Panthers improved to 6-3-1, an’s her first collegiate goal, a wrist and their 4-1-1 mark in NESCAC shot from the high slot into the lower play is good for third place in the left corner.

Wulf made it 2-0 early in the secleague behind Hamilton (4-0) and ond period by netting Connecticut (5-1). her own rebound. At They are ranked No. In overtime 2:27 Madie Leidt made 7 in the NCAA Diviit 3-0 with a one-timsion III poll and play the Panthers er from the left circle at UMass-Boston and launched eight during a power play.

Endicott this weekend. unanswered Amherst’s Toupal talOn this past Saturshots, but lied 28 seconds from day Middlebury and Amherst each scored in Mammoth goalie left side of the crease.

In the final period the third period in a 1-1 Bailey Plaman Han stopped Amtie. Although the Mam- turned them all herst’s Jocelyn Hunyamoths (5-5-1, 2-3-1 in di on a breakaway off NESCAC) outshot the aside. the opening faceoff.

Panthers in regulation, Middlebury’s Elizabeth Wulf struck The Mammoths pulled to within 3-2 for the first goal at 8:05 of the final with 2:27 gone, when Emma Griese period. Sidney Portner dug the puck scored a power-play goal from the out of the left corner and set up Wulf top of the crease. Portner closed out for a shot from the slot. The Mam- the scoring at 7:58 with a shot from moths tied the game on a power play the right circle inside the far post.

Han backstopped the win with 25 with 5:43 to go, when Emma Flynn chipped in a pass from Alex Toupal. saves, while two Mammoth goalies In overtime the Panthers launched combined for 27 stops.

On Tuesday the Panthers outshot eight unanswered shots, but Mammoth goalie Bailey Plaman turned visiting Morrisville State, 39-14, in a them all aside. Plaman finished with 4-1 win. The Panthers scored in each 24 saves, a total matched by Middle- of the first two periods and surrendered the goal with 3.8 seconds to go bury goalie Julia Neuberger.

(See Panthers, Page 2B) On Friday the Panthers took a 3-0

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Zachary Dunn soars to the basket during Tuesday night’s game against Fair Haven.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

High school hoop teams busy ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham boys’ and the Otter Valley girls’ and boys’ teams all won to highlight high school basketball action earlier this week.

In other action the Middlebury boys and Mount Abe girls lost at home, while the Vergennes and MUHS

girls dropped road games.

EAGLE BOYS On Monday the Eagle boys ran past host Winooski, 56-33. The Eagles raced to a 35-6 lead at the half as Jackson Counter scored 12 of his game-high 14 (See Basketball wrap, Page 2B)

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

1/12 MUHS at Spaulding...................... 7 PM 1/13 OV at Mt. Abe........................ 12:30 PM 1/13 Fair Haven at VUHS................ 2:30 PM 1/15 Mill River at Mt. Abe...................... 7 PM 1/15 Montpelier at VUHS...................... 7 PM 1/19 St. Albans at Mt. Abe.................... 7 PM 1/19 Missisquoi at MUHS..................... 7 PM 1/19 VUHS at Milton............................. 7 PM 1/22 OV at VUHS................................. 7 PM Wrestling 1/11 Mt. Abe at Milton........................... 6 PM 1/11 VUHS at CVU.......................... 6:30 PM 1/13 ...................OV/Mt. Abe at Nashua, NH 1/13 .............................. MUHS at Tilton, NH 1/16 OV at Spaulding........................... 6 PM 1/19&20 ............VUHS/OV/Mt. Abe at Essex Gymnastics 1/24 Milton at MUHS............................ 6 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/12 Plattsburgh at Midd....................... 7 PM 1/16 Midd. at Norwich........................... 7 PM 1/19 Midd. at Colby............................... 7 PM 1/20 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... 4 PM Women’s Hockey 1/12 Midd. at UMass-Boston................ 4 PM 1/13 Midd. at Endicott...................... 3:30 PM 1/19 Bowdoin at Midd. ......................... 7 PM 1/20 Bowdoin at Midd. ......................... 3 PM Women’s Basketball 1/12 Midd. at Bates............................... 7 PM 1/13 Midd. at Tufts................................ 3 PM 1/20 Midd. at Williams.......................... 7 PM Men’s Basketball 1/12 Bates at Midd................................ 7 PM 1/13 Tufts at Midd................................. 3 PM 1/16 Albertus Magnus at Midd.............. 7 PM 1/20 Williams at Midd........................... 3 PM Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

Panthers (Continued from Page 1B) in the game.

Leidt gave Middlebury the lead 2:05 into the first period after Ellie Barney forced a turnover. Anna Zumwinkle made it 2-0 at 12:30 of the first, from Wulf.

Early in the second Maddie Winslow scored a power play goal by netting a Leidt rebound. Later in the period Janka Hlinka redirected a Clare Tipler shot from the point for the Panthers’ final goal.

Middlebury goalie Anna Goldstein stopped 13 shots, and Morrisville’s Karoline Arvik made 35 saves.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Parker Beatty puts up a shot against Fair Haven Tuesday night.

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TIGER SENIOR CODY Pomainville sails past Fair Haven defender Zack Murray and puts up two points Tuesday in Middlebury. The Tigers lost the game, 67-40.

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(Continued from Page 1B) points before the break. Logan Rodriguez added 11 points for the Eagles as they improved to 3-3 heading into a Wednesday game at Randolph played after the sports section went to press. They will host OV on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

OTTER GIRLS On Tuesday the OV girls breezed at winless Woodstock, 55-13, improving to 2-3 in the process. Leading a balanced OV attack were Gabby Poalino (nine points and 12 rebounds), Julia Eastman (eight points and five assists), and Livia Bernhardt (eight points and 10 rebounds).

OTTER BOYS On Monday the OV boys knocked off Division I Brattleboro on the road, 55-49. OV took a 20-9 lead after one period before hanging on for the victory.

Josh Letourneau scored 14 and Tyler Rowe added 12 as the Otters improved to 4-3 heading into a Wednesday game at Burr & Burton and their Saturday game at Mount Abe. TIGER BOYS On Tuesday Division II title contender Fair Haven (5-1) coasted to a 67-40 win over the MUHS boys. The

Slaters took a 45-16 halftime lead.

Cam Coloutti (16 points), Zach Murray (14) and Aubrey Ramey (12) led their attack. Fair Haven will visit Vergennes on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Bas Phair scored 10 to lead the 1-4 Tigers.

EAGLE GIRLS On Tuesday visiting Colchester pulled away in the second half to defeat the Mount Abe girls, 56-44.

Gabby Gosselin led Colchester, which led by 30-28 at halftime, by scoring 23 points.

Emma Carter also scored 23 points, and Jalen Cook added nine for Mount Abe, which dropped to 4-3 heading into a Friday game at VUHS. COMMODORE GIRLS On Monday host Fair Haven improved to 6-2 by topping the Commodore girls, 56-27. Jessica Brewster led the Slaters with 12 points, and Courtney Brewster, Adriana Dalto and Halle Coloutti chipped in eight apiece.

VUHS dropped to 2-3 heading into two rivalry games, at MUHS on Wednesday and at home vs. Mount Abe at 7 p.m. on Friday.

TIGER GIRLS On Monday host Mill River

TIGER SENIOR BASTIAAN Phair sinks two of his 10 points during Tuesday night’s 67-40 loss to Fair Haven.

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cruised to a 49-34 victory over the MUHS girls despite a game-high 25 points from Keagan Dunbar. Olivia McPhee scored 22 for the 3-4 Minutemen. The Tigers were 0-5 heading into VUHS on Wednesday and will visit Burr & Burton on Friday.

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TIGER SENIOR JD Goettelmann puts up a jumper during Middlebury’s loss to Fair Haven Tuesday night.

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Middlebury men’s hockey squad comes up short in league games MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team dropped a pair of NESCAC home games this past weekend. The Panthers will carry a 3-9 record, including a 1-7 league mark, into a 7 p.m.

Friday non-league home game vs.

Plattsburgh.

On Sunday visiting Trinity (7-3-2, 4-1-1) scored all three of its goals in the third period in a 3-0 win over the Panthers. Middlebury senior goalie Stephen Klein stopped 39 of the 41 shots he faced to move into fourth place in the program’s all-time saves list.

Klein stopped 13 shots in the opening 20 minutes, including good chances from around the net during a Bantam power play. Trinity’s Alex Morin (18 saves) made a couple of key stops in the period, including denying Charlie Parsons directly off a faceoff win by Vincent Gisonti.

In the second period two of the best chances came on ensuing possessions in the 13th minute. Middlebury’s Mitchell Allen snuck be-

hind the Bantam defense, but Morin turned aside his backhander from along the goal line. Trinity transitioned, and Klein made a nice blocker save on Bradley Buvinow’s shot from the right circle. Late in the period Panther Alex Heinritz’s attempt through traffic on the left side hit the post.

Trinity’s Dylan Healey netted a loose puck in the slot 28 seconds into the third period. Bantam Barclay Gammill made it 20 at 9:25 by redirecting a Liam Feeney pass, and Gammill added an empty-netter.

On Saturday night Wesleyan (62-3, 2-2-2) topped the Panthers, 6-1, scoring twice in each period. Klein finished with 32 saves in 42:40 of play, while and Brian Ketchabaw made three in 17:20. Cardinal goalie Tim Sestak had 28 saves.

Alex Heinritz’s first collegiate goal for Middlebury made it 2-1 in the second period; it came off a Danny Tighe rebound. Five Cardinals scored, led by Vincent Lima’s two goals, both in the second period.

Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018 — PAGE 3B

Kirkaldy

TIGERS ABIGAIL GLEASON and Taylor Moulton move in on Northfield goalie Kaylee Thayer Tuesday night in Middlebury.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Tiger hockey (Continued from Page 1B) Her position switch and Tuesday’s return of all-star senior defender Satchel McLaughlin from a preseason injury gave Coach Matt Brush the depth in the back to return the team to its traditional three-back, two-forward alignment.

“We went back to a system of hockey that we were familiar with and it gave the kids some confidence,” Brush said. “Getting Satch back certainly helped our depth at the defensive back position, and we were able to do some things we are familiar doing.”

Brush said moving the four-year veteran Hescock to the back to team up with McLaughlin and fellow seniors Abby Gleason and Raven Payne helped the defense in front of freshman goalie Abby Hodsden (19 saves) and the Tigers’ transition out of the back.

“Having Tulley in the back gave us a level of confidence handling the puck we haven’t had the last couple games,” Brush said.

The Tigers’ relentless forechecking also kept the strong-skating Marauders from breaking out of their own end with speed. Hescock said the three-back, two-forward system helped with forechecking: The Tigers sent two forwards in deep,

and then one of the backs would join work out as they had hoped. Hescock them depending on how the forwards intercepted a pass from the right forced play. corner, skated through the circle “We just switched to a new and wristed the puck into the upper forecheck, and I think it really right corner at 11:18. The Marauders worked for us,” Hescock said. got one look on the power play, but Both teams launched eight Hodsden stopped Reese Clayton’s shots in a scoreless first period. bid from the slot.

Hodsden’s solid positional play kept The Tigers got a lucky bounce the Marauders off the board, while early in the third, which opened Northfield goalie with Northfield on Kaylee Thayer (16 “Having Tulley another power play: saves) denied the best Bridget Doney pinged chance of the first 15 in the back the inside of the right minutes by gloving gave us a level post, and the puck a Hescock shot from of confidence rebounded through the the left circle that was handling the puck crease and out to the ticketed for the far we haven’t had left side. corner.

Both goalies made the last couple The Tigers opened good saves, Thayer the second on a power games.” on Audrey Schnoor play, but Thayer — Coach Matt Brush and Hodsden on Doty, blocked Taylor before the Tigers made Moulton’s backhander from off it 2-0 at 9:10. Georgina Mraz carried the right post. After the Northfield into the Northfield zone along the penalty expired Tiger Meredith boards, and as a lone defender Kimble centered to Moulton, but arrived flipped the puck to Isabella Thayer stopped her again.

Pistilli heading alone toward the A minute later McLaughlin goal. Pistilli skated to her left, and blocked a Marauder shot from the when Thayer moved whipped the right side, and Hodsden knocked puck home between her pads to aside Brianna Doty’s rebound bid claim the two-goal lead. from the inside edge of the circle.

There were anxious moments The Marauders went on a power down the stretch. First, the Tigers play nine minutes in, but it didn’t were whistled for a penalty at 11:20.

TIGER FRESHMAN GOALIE Abigail Hodsden blocks a shot Tuesday night against Northfield. Hodsden made 19 saves in the 2-1 Tiger win.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Panther hoops (Continued from Page 1B) with 11:54 remaining in the contest following a Jack Daly three-pointer.

The Cardinals answered that basket with an 11-0 surge to lead by 10 with 8:00 to go.

Middlebury pulled to within 6763 when Matt Folger hit consecutive threes, but Wesleyan answered again to lead by 73-64 with 1:36 to go before the final Panther surge.

Daly scored a game-high 21 points to go along with 15 rebounds and eight assists. Hilal Dahleh scored nine points, while Folger, Joey Leighton and Adisa Majors each tallied eight.

Folger added eight boards and a pair of blocked shots.

Nathan Krill paced the Cardinals with 14 points, including four-for-

four from beyond the arc, while Austin Hutcherson and JR Bascom added 13 and 12, respectively.

On Friday the Panthers breezed to an 82-60 victory at Connecticut College (5-8, 0-2). Middlebury went on a 13-0 run to stretch a 17-15 first-half lead, led by 46-23 at the break, and maintained at least a 20-point advantage the rest of the way.

Folger led 12 Panthers in the scoring column with 16 points, while Majors added 13 off the bench. Daly and Max Bosco finished with nine points apiece. David Labossiere scored 18 points for the Camels.

On Monday, the Panthers went on two big runs in an 85-64 victory over visiting Morrisville State (56). A 15-0 first-half surge erased an

early Mustang lead as the Panthers went up at the break, 36-29. Middlebury led by 66-54 midway through the second half and clinched the win over the New York team with a 12-0 run during which five players scored.

Daly dished out a career-high 14 assists in the game, pushing his average to 9.1, best in NCAA Division III. Dahleh, Eric McCord and Majors each scored 12 points to lead a balanced scoring effort. Folger added 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots.

Morrisville, paced by Kevin Dennis’ 17 points and 10 rebounds and Derek Beames’ 13 points and eight rebounds, equaled the Panthers on the boards and in points in the paint.

During the power play Kallie French hit the post, and Hodsden denied Corrine Bolding and Doty again.

Finally, with 1:24 to play, Doty solved Hodsden. Doty skated past a couple of tiring Tigers and fired a short wrist shot into the upper left corner.

Then the Tigers were whistled for another penalty at 1:08. The Marauders had one more good look, but Hodsden knocked a Nichole Pappas shot from the high slot into the left corner. There, Tiger Polly Heminway won the puck and sent it the length of the ice to seal the victory.

The Tigers have been hamstrung this year by injuries; senior standout Andi Boe is out for the season, and senior all-star Helen Anderson is also hurt, with an uncertain status.

Hescock said the Tigers have become determined to overcome adversity.

“We just kind of realized this is not going to be an easy year, and this is our year to prove something,” she said. “We’ve worked on a lot of things, our skating, our speed, our shooting.”

Brush said more challenges lie ahead, including a Saturday game at Rice, but efforts like Tuesday’s will help the Tigers moving forward.

“If you don’t gain confidence from a win like this you’re not going to,” he said. “It was a great time in the locker room afterward, and hopefully we can build on this.”

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

(Continued from Page 1B) bobble it as he crosses the line, and then regain control in the end zone, and the NFL will not only not award a TD, but also give the ball to the other team on its 20-yard-line. Ask the New York Jets about this rule.

Or refs will call intentional grounding, like they did on Carolina’s Cam Newton on Sunday even though he was in the pocket and hit as he was throwing, meaning he couldn’t throw the ball where he wanted and it was thus impossible to determine his intent. And the assistants tried to tell the head ref it wasn’t a penalty, only he wouldn’t listen. And it came in the final minute with Newton’s team trailing by five to the Saints and threatening to score.

Or on Saturday, when a Kansas City linebacker sacked Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota, and the Chiefs recovered the fumble. But the referee (who immediately retired after the game — too late) ruled the QB had stopped making “forward progress” and blew the play dead, even though the player was not running. Tennessee then kicked a field goal in a game they won by one point. Because the referee’s ruling was a “judgment call” the Chiefs could not challenge.

The truth is the NFL would be better run by a roomful of chimps throwing darts, and its referees, with only a few exceptions, are not fulltime employees because its billionaire owners are too cheap to pay salaries and benefits.

They’re getting what they pay for with referees who don’t get the respect and training they deserve.

And if the league cared about player safety they would use postgame video replay to fine players — including offensive players who lower their heads instead of their shoulders — for helmet hits. And if it cared about its fans they would give officials 60 seconds to make up their minds on replays. If it’s not conclusive by then, let the damn call stand. Ditto for Major League Baseball and the NBA. Ah, the NBA. No problem with the rules there. Basketball rules are pretty straightforward. But there are two sets depending on whether a player is a star or not. For example (I’ll stick with the Celtics, the team I watch the most), if you are Al Horford, every time you set a pick you stick your posterior into the path of the opposing

defender. The referee says, hey, Al, how’s the wife and kids?

If you are German rookie Daniel Theis and you set a pick and merely twitch a glute, the same referee will cuff you, read you the riot act, and deport your family.

Then there are the traveling noncalls. Everybody raves about the Sixers’ young center Joel Embiid and his post moves. I watched an embedded clip at theringer.com intended to demonstrate said moves and he took at least four steps before he shot. OK, then, Embiid is not to be confused with Kevin McHale.

And when the Celtics recently rallied to beat Houston, Marcus Smart did a creditable shuttle drill on the perimeter before making a key assist.

Even the NBA’s own report noted the officials missed six calls on the Celtics in the final two minutes alone.

I can attest they missed many more on the Rockets earlier in the game.

Answers? Well, baseball’s video reviews actually work pretty well, but put a time limit on them.

NBA officials are going to make mistakes. A veteran Vermont official I once worked with told that me of all the sports, hoop is the hardest to work. But the NBA office should encourage its referees to treat all the players equally, and, again, to speed up the replays.

The NFL must simplify its catch rule, unify its touchdown rules, make its officials full-time employees, allow them to apply some common sense, and insist they consult on key calls.

Soccer can continue to use video for goal-line replay, and in particular use it for post-game review to crack down on embellishment of nonexistent fouls.

Finally, here’s a word in defense of officials, particularly after watching some of the NFL teams’ inept play this past weekend. The quality of their work isn’t and will never be perfect, but it is at least as good or better as that of the teams and athletes they are monitoring.

And the games couldn’t go on without them. We had a “callyour-own fouls” first season in the Middlebury Basketball League, which I helped run. When players griped about the officials I reminded them about that winter. They usually got the point.

PAGE 4B — Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018

Police look into theft of firearms

THE COHOS TRAIL in New Hampshire is the subject of the talk given by Kristin McLane following the Green Mountain Club Breadloaf Section annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25.

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Hiking the Cohos Trail talk on tap MIDDLEBURY — The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section in Middlebury later this month will feature Kristin McLane’s presentation “Hiking the long distance Cohos Trail in New Hampshire.”

The meeting, which is open to the general public, will be held Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court.

Following the annual meeting, Kristin McLane, GMC Membership & Communications Coordinator, will present a program and photographs of her summer 2017 hike on the beautiful, long-distance Cohos Trail in New Hampshire. This trail is described as more than 170 miles of true

wilderness hiking from Crawford Notch to the Canadian Border — where you may meet more moose than human beings.

The trail runs from Harts Location at Notchland in southern Crawford Notch to the Canadian border at Fourth Connecticut Lake high on Prospect Hill. It encompasses nearly 40 peaks including the tallest in the Northeast, passes through three major river watersheds, reaches New Hampshire’s highest cliffs, saddles up to numerous waterfalls and major wildlife bogs and marshes, and drifts through a million acres of forest.

McLane is a transplant to Vermont, but so happy to be in the Green Mountain State after having lived mostly in the more crowded

Philadelphia area. An avid hiker, she was first introduced to the Long Trail during an Appalachian Trail end-to-end hike in 2013. Following even more outdoor adventures, including a Pacific Crest Trail thru hike in 2015 and a Grand Canyon thru raft in 2016, Kristin decided to leave her prior software career and focus on the trails that she loves so much. As GMC’s Membership and Communications Coordinator, she is thrilled to help protect and get more people involved with the Long Trail.

Since Vermont’s great outdoors are right outside her front door, you can usually find Kristin outside adventuring, but she also enjoys reading, crafting, and live music.

Refreshments served. More details on the talk and on the GMC can be found at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Police are investigating internet crimes BRISTOL — Bristol police on Dec. 28 participated in an investigation as part of the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task-Force. Police offered no other details on the case.

In other action during the last week of December, Bristol police: • Conducted numerous foot patrols on Mount Abraham Union High School campus, Mountain Street and Main Street, without incident.

• Ticketed the owner of a parked vehicle that had been impeding the progress of snowplowing in the village on Dec. 25. Police were able to contact the owners of two other vehicles that were also blocking snowplows.

• Responded to a complaint at the Maplefields store on West Street on Dec. 26. Police said a customer was unable to fully use the balance of a gift card for gas, and believed the store had stopped the transaction. But police determined the card provider

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had placed a temporary hold on its use.

• Helped Vermont State Police with an injured person on Route 116 on Dec. 26.

• Completed security checks at Mount Abraham Union High School on Dec. 26 and 27.

• Issued a speeding ticket to a driver in downtown Bristol on Dec. 27.

• Received a wallet that a customer had dropped in the parking lot of a local store on Dec. 27. Police are trying to find the owner of the wallet.

• Served a no-trespass notice on two people in the village on Dec. 27.

• Ticketed two drivers for speeding in the downtown on Dec. 28 after having received complaints

from local residents.

• Conducted a welfare check on a local resident on Dec. 28, and found that person to be OK. • Helped the Bristol Rescue Squad on Dec. 29 at the home of a local person who needed medical attention.

• Assisted the Addison County Unit for Special Investigations with a case on Dec. 29.

• Helped Bristol Rescue respond to a local call on Dec. 30.

• Initiated a criminal investigation into an allegation of a local person violating a relief from abuse order on Dec. 30.

• Helped a person who had locked their keys in their vehicle on Dec. 31.

• Received a debit card that someone had lost while in the village on Dec. 31.

• Conducted foot patrols during a portion of Bristol’s “Best Night” New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec. 31.

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police were informed of the theft of some firearms from a Quarry Road home on Jan. 4. Police said they found no signs of forced entry into the home.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Received a call on Jan. 1 from a California resident who alleged he had received a call from a Middlebury woman who reported being suicidal.

Police traced the suicidal caller’s number to New Mexico, and informed the pertinent law enforcement officials.

• Helped a man who was having a mental health crisis on the Cross Street Bridge on Jan. 2. Police took the man to Porter Hospital for a mental health evaluation.

• Restored calm on Jan. 2 at McDonald’s Restaurant, where police said an employee had refused to serve a customer who had been asked to leave.

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• Issued Court Diversion paperwork on a man found in possession of marijuana while sitting in a vehicle parked illegally at Mary Hogan Elementary School on Jan. 3.

• Helped a driver who had skidded off Quarry Road on Jan. 4.

• Responded to a report of a tractor-trailer truck becoming stuck in the snow on Main Street on Jan. 4.

• Interviewed a local student who alleged two men had chased him down the railroad tracks off Water Street on Jan. 4.

• Helped the Addison County Sheriff’s Department serve an arrest warrant on a man in the Wilmar Road area on Jan. 4.

• Responded to a report of a

drunken man causing a disturbance at a Butternut Ridge Drive residence on Jan. 4. Police said the resident allowed the man to remain at the home.

• Checked on a vehicle that had gone off of Route 30 in Cornwall on Jan. 6.

• Responded to the untimely death of a Quesnel Lane residence on Jan. 7. Police identified the deceased as 47-year-old Kevin Quesnel. Police said their preliminary investigation indicates Quesnel died of an overdose, but the final determination will be made by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington.

• Helped Middlebury Regional EMS officials with an intoxicated patient on Water Street on Jan. 7.

• Enforced the town’s winter parking ban on Bakery Lane and College Street during the early morning hours of Jan. 7.

• Investigated a suspected water main break on Weybridge Street on Jan. 7.

Vergennes Police Log VERGENNES — Accidents, many caused by last week’s snowy weather, kept Vergennes police busy between Jan. 1 and 7.

One accident led to charges for a Glens Falls, N.Y., resident. On Jan. 6 police cited Collin S. Boerem, 19, for driving under the influence of drugs after his vehicle struck two other vehicles at the downtown intersection of Main and Green streets.

On both Jan. 1 and 2 police handled minor two-car accidents on Main Street, and on Jan. 4 they responded to minor two-car accidents on Main Street and on South Water Street near the Small City Market, and also helped a motorist whose vehicle slid

Lincoln LINCOLN — Hello friends.

My name is Dawn Mikkelsen and I first moved to Lincoln in 1988 with my parents and brother. I am a 1991 graduate of Mt. Abraham Union High School and have lived in Vermont for most of my life. After spending time in New Hampshire after college, I moved back to Lincoln with my family in 2013. My husband, Eric is the General Manager at Panera Bread in Williston and my son, Jacob is a fourth grader at Lincoln Community School.

When I’m not at work, you can usually find me with a good book, working on a jigsaw puzzle or watching a cooking show on TV. I also love volunteering at LCS and giving back to the community. As I sit here on this cold January day, I am thankful to my predecessors for giving me their blessing in writing this column. I have some pretty big shoes to fill, so I hope to make them proud.

The freshly fallen snow arrived just in time for the students at Lincoln Community School (LCS).

off of West Main Street near Hopkins Road.

On Jan. 6 Vergennes police helped Vermont State Police by dealing with a one-car accident in Panton on Panton Road, and on Jan. 7 they helped another motorist whose car slid off West Main Street.

In other incidents between Jan. 1 and 7 Vergennes police: • On Jan. 2 went to Vergennes Union High School to help after a water main broke there.

• On Jan. 2 went to Vermont State Police’s New Haven barracks to help evaluate a DUI-drugs suspect.

• On Jan. 4 ticketed two cars parked on Main Street in violation

of the city’s wintertime overnight parking van.

• On Jan. 4 referred a resident with a complaint of a possible child custody agreement violation to Family Court.

• On Jan. 5 heard from two Green Street residents involved in a dispute about contracting materials that had been dumped on a lawn; police told the parties it was a civil matter.

• On Jan. 5 helped Milton police by issuing a subpoena to a city resident.

• On Jan. 7 helped state police on Greenbush Road in Ferrisburgh.

• On Jan. 7 looked unsuccessfully for a man reported to be looking in windows in the Booth Woods neighborhood.

Have a news tip?

Call Dawn Mikkelsen at 453-7029 NEWS

Thanks to Friends of LCS, K-6 graders will enjoy two afternoons of skiing at Rikert Nordic Center (affectionately called “Yellowtown” by the students). Rikert Nordic Ski School works with many elementary schools to teach children to Nordic ski and snowshoe. This is a great opportunity for students to have fun together engaging in an activity outside of the classroom environment.

As part of the Burnham Music Series, Patti Casey & Tom MacKenzie will be performing at Burnham Hall on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Great harmonies and wonderful instrumentation are the hallmark of these two muchtraveled musicians. Tickets are $10 for adults, free for teens & children.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Refreshments served.

If you are interested in running for town office, you must be a registered voter in Lincoln, submit a petition signed by 1 percent of Lincoln voters (11 signatures) and complete a consent form to get your name on the ballot. Visit the

town website for blank petitions and to see a list of positions up for election. Ballot petitions are due by Jan. 29 (but appreciated sooner).

Town Meeting Agenda petitions are due by Jan. 17, (54 signatures needed).

The library will be presenting Surviving the Winter in Vermont on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 1-2:30 p.m. Join Linda Barnard and reminisce about the ways that people survived, and even thrived during the long, cold Lincoln winters. Bring memories, stories, photos and tips of your own.

Refreshments will be served.

The Lincoln Cooperative Preschool will hold their annual Open House for new families on Thursday, Feb. 15, from 5-7:30 p.m.

Any families interested in enrolling for next year should contact the school in early February to get an enrollment form.

Save the date: Hill Country Holiday weekend is February 2-4.

The theme is the Winter Olympics.

Until next time ... Bundle up.

Stay warm. Enjoy life.

Monkton Have a news tip?

Call Liz Pecor at 453-2180 NEWS

MONKTON — Happy New Year to all. Please remember as you drive on these snowy roads that you watch out for children waiting for the bus.

Slow down and stay safe.

The auditors will be starting the 2017 Town Report this week. All committee members that do a report for the annual book are reminded that they need your report as soon as possible so that it can be proofed and corrected if needed. The auditors request that you get your report to them by Jan. 23 at the latest. You can drop off a hard copy at the town hall or leave it in the drop box to the right of the front door. Note on it that it is for the auditors. You can also e-mail it to the town clerk at monktontc@ comcast.net if you wish. Note in the subject line that it is for the auditors.

The auditors also thank you for your prompt cooperation.

If anyone has any pictures from town events this past year and would like to share a copy, drop off an actual picture or you can e-mail a picture to the town clerk at monktontc@comcast. net. State in the subject line that it is for the auditors. Also, send a list of names (if of people) and a brief description of the event with the picture. If you drop off a picture and want it back, make sure you put your name and phone number on the back of it.

The Town Report is an informative tool to keep townspeople abreast of what has been happening in their town and how town funds have been used. It is a valuable asset to all.

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY M E E T I N G S S AT U R ‑ DAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Mid‑ dlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS RIPTON MEET‑ INGS: Monday, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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

At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS BRANDON MEET‑ INGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meet‑ ing 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS BRISTOL MEET‑ INGS: Sunday, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meet‑ ing 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Dis‑ cussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Mid‑ dlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY M E E T I N G S M O N D AY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Mid‑ dlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Ste‑ phen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discus‑ sion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NEW HAVEN MEET‑ INGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NORTH FER‑ RISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

Services

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Discussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St. ARE YOU BOTHERED

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

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

Babysitting available.

GRIEF ANONYMOUS MEETING every Tuesday @ 6:00 pm at Grace Baptist Church, 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. A support group for those grieving the loss of a love one.

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understand‑ ing of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Opportunities

Services

PROFESSIONAL PAINT‑ ING; interior/exterior, resi‑ dential/commercial, pressure washing. 20 years’ experi‑ ence. Best prices. Refer‑ ences. 802‑989‑5803.

OA (OVEREATERS ANON‑ YMOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ day’s at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

Help Wanted

If you are 55 and older, contact RSVP @ 388‑7044, rsvpaddison@ volunteersinvt.org or visit www.volunteermatch.org.

Volunteers of any age can contact The United Way of Addison County’s Volunteer Center at www. unitedwayaddisoncounty.org and click on VOLUNTEER!

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

FAMILY LUMBER OPERATION

Seeks To Fill The Following Positions: NOW HIRING:

OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

Part-time cashiers & deli help needed for flexible schedules, especially afternoons & evenings.

Plus Cooler Person for nights & weekends.

NIGHTS & WEEKENDS A MUST FOR ALL PART- & FULL-TIME POSITIONS. Apply in person at: East Middlebury Maplefields 3201 Rte 7 South, E. Middlebury

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) big book meet‑ ing. Thursday’s, 2 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Ask for Brittany or pick-up an application EOE

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am.

We meet at The Resi‑ dence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Vacancies The schools of the ACSD seek outstanding applicants interested in the following positions: ACSD - Custodian (Part Time) To work 2nd shift, Monday through Friday. Experience is a plus, but not required.

Ripton - Tutor (Part Time) To work one-onone with a student language and math skills. The tutor will need to travel to the student’s home in Ripton and provide instruction five days a week for approximately 2.5 hours per day. Candidates must have experience working with children, be patient and willing to collaborate with the classroom teacher, special educator, speech-language pathologist and other team members. Experience working with students with special needs is preferred.

Salisbury - Assistant Cook (Part Time - about 10-15 hours per week) - For the breakfast and lunch programs for the remaining 2017-2018 school year.

Responsibilities include food preparation, serving students and lunchroom/kitchen clean-up.

1:1 Special Education Paraprofessional (Full Time) - To provide 1-1 and small group services for primary grades. Experience working with students with special needs is preferred.

SPIRITUAL AWAKEN‑ INGS MEETING of Alcohol‑ ics Anonymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Friday, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middle‑ bury, VT. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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

Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters and complete transcripts to:

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

Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the positions have been filled.

E.O.E.

Services

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Help enrich younger students lives by reading!

Learn more about local volunteer opportunities!

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.

( O A ) O V E R E AT E R S ANONYMOUS Saturday’s at 1:00pm. Located at Law‑ rence Memorial Library, 40 North St. in Bristol, VT.

Services

Help Wanted

Mary Hogan Elementary School seeks Volunteers to enrich younger students lives by reading!

You, too, can change a child’s life in one hour each week.

Everybody Wins! Vermont is a reading mentoring program that matches adults who love literacy, and have a one-hour lunchtime to spare each week, with elementary school students.

Our reading mentors are not teachers, tutors, or testers! Mentors are friends who read with the same child every week. Think of reading time like a bedtime story: a warm, comfortable time together to share a book.

For more information, check out everybodywinsvermont.org or call Tracy Corbett at 802-388-7189 or visit our volunteer site at: http://unitedwayaddisoncounty.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=300369

MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled lumber mill positions due to employee retirement. You must be in good physical condition, have a desire to learn, be reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. We will teach you the skills you need to use the technology investments we are putting in place. Mill work has a production bonus.

SKILLED FORKLIFT OPERATOR to run large forklifts at our operation in Bristol. Other work includes light construction, planing, lumber stacking. Must be reliable, energetic, work well with others and have good safety awareness. Previous experience operating heavy machinery is a plus but not required, we will teach you the skills you need.

Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.

– now –

HIRING

THE ADDISON INDEPENDENT IS SEEKING A WEB PRODUCER/REPORTER The Addison Independent in Middlebury, Vt., is seeking an energetic multimedia journalist to join the award-winning, twice-a-week newspaper’s staff. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated excellence in reporting and producing stories in text, audio and video formats.

This position will feature a mix of classic print media and cutting-edge online news. As such, those applying should have a demonstrated experience in journalism and understanding of news writing and feature writing, as well as be interested and engaged in social media with an eye toward understanding the community and building reader loyalty. Some knowledge and experience with posting multimedia stories and content management systems a big plus. The job will include a lot of hands-on work improving the website, so candidates should bring ideas for doing that. Addisonindependent.com has been named the best news site in Vermont many times — our new hire will be responsible for making sure we continue and improve upon this tradition of excellence.

The person we hire will be intelligent, curious, indefatigable and work well as part of a team. Also, the candidate must have a car, as in-person interviews are a must.

Send a letter outlining your qualifications, resume and examples of your work to: news@addisonindependent.com.

ADDISON COUNTY

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CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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

FULL TIME DELI POSI‑ TION Set hours Monday‑Fri‑ day. 6am to 2pm. Prior work experience w/ food prepara‑ tion in commercial kitchen/ deli required. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

HOPE IS HIRING‑ HOPE’s growing resale store seeks a 29.5 hour per week retail associate. Position requires the ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 25 pounds, be self‑motivated and detail oriented. To apply, send re‑ sume and letter of interest to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

For Sale

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

Real Estate

HOPE’S RESALE STORE seeks a 29.5 hour/week warehouse assistant. The position requires the ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 25 pounds, be self‑mo‑ tivated and detail oriented.

To apply, send resume and letter of interest to recep‑ tionist@hope‑vt.org.

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397. Make & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/DVD: NorwoodSawmills.com.

1‑800‑578‑1363, Ext. 300N.

2 BEDROOM, FIRST FLOOR apartment with full private basement. W/D hookups. Located in Middle‑ bury, close to town on Court St. Off street parking, lawn care and snow plowing in‑ cluded. $1,100 per month plus utilities. No smoking or pets. 802‑352‑6678.

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, summitpmg.com.

MIDDLEBURY: RETAIL/ OFFICE space for rent.

1,303 square feet. Front door parking. Contact Eric at 388‑6054. (Countryside Carpet and Paint)

CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale.

A m a z i n g v i e w. S e p t i c permit in place. Please call between 9a.m‑10a.m 802‑349‑4230.

NEW HAVEN, 2 BEDROOM apartment with all appli‑ ances, heat and rubbish re‑ moval. No pets, no smoking. $800/month, $850 deposit.

802‑453‑2275.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residential De‑ velopment. One is a beauti‑ ful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream.

Lots are supported with vil‑ lage water and approved for simple in‑ground septic.

Located in East Middle‑ bury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

HOUSE KEEPER WANTED responsible for cleaning guest rooms and com‑ mon areas. Responsible for doing laundry. Must be able to stand, walk, bend, do stairs and lift up to 20 pounds. Part time to full time. Weekends required.

Call Michele at the Swift House Inn; 802‑388‑9925.

MARY JOHNSON CHIL‑ DREN’S Center/school age; needs a motivated, energet‑ ic after school recreational assistant for our program at the Salisbury Commu‑ nity School for 12‑15 hours weekly. Must be 18, and pass background records check. Spend time as a member of a great team, working with 5‑12 year olds.

Competitive rates of pay and paid training are of‑ fered. References required.

Please respond by January 17th. Contact Anne Glea‑ son; Mary Johnson Chil‑ dren’s Center, 81 Water St., Middlebury, VT 05753 or email: schoolage@mjc‑ cvt.org.

OFFICE MANAGER/AS‑ SISTANT 12 to 20 hrs/wk; $16 to $20/hr. Coordinate, organize and grow various businesses (real estate, food concession, solar, etc.)

Computer skills a must. Re‑ ply: food@crescentfoodsca‑ tering.com.

SUBSTITUTE CHILDCARE TEACHERS College St. Children’s Center is look‑ ing for substitute teachers.

Must be at least 18 years of age, a high school gradu‑ ate or have a GED. Some experience/education pre‑ ferred. Must be flexible and respectful. Contact Lorie or Amethyst at 388‑2401.

SUBSCRIBE! Call 388.4944, today!

WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bot‑ tler. Eye for detail and ac‑ curacy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unas‑ sisted lifting of 25 pounds.

Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

For Sale

NOW HIRING - CONCRETE LABORERS - MIDDLEBURY

A Laborer performs tasks involving physical labor on heavy precast projects.

Operating a variety of hand and power tools is a vital part of this process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES INCLUDE: • Performing manual work in preparing surfaces.

• Placing cables, steel, and then concrete into precast forms.

• Leveling the top of the concrete using a flat tool and straightedge.

• Maintaining a clean job site each day in order to eliminate potential hazards.

• Material handling and storage, including cutting pieces.

• Loading and unloading trucks and hauling and hoisting materials using various hand and powered lifting machines.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Some knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in construction work.

• Ability to work independently and complete daily activities according to work schedule.

• Ability to lift heavy objects, walk and stand for long periods of time and perform strenuous physical labor.

• Ability to meet attendance schedule with dependability and consistency.

Our benefit package includes: Health Insurance/Paid Vacation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Retirement Plan/STD/Life Insurance.

Please submit resumes via email to lynn@carraraconcrete.com or apply in person at 2464 Case Street, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ELDERCARE DRIVER Eldercare Van Driver Elderly Services (Part-time)

Elderly Services invites applications for Van Driver for Project Independence Adult Day Care Center.

Rewarding opportunity for warm, flexible, patient individual who enjoys working with elderly men and women. Possible shifts include 7:30 - 9:30a.m., 2 - 4p.m. or 6:30 - 8:30p.m. The Van Driver transports participants to and from our elderly day care center to all parts of Addison County. The driver assists people into their homes, helps with walkers and wheelchairs. Good physical health and ability to assist people with transfers required. Out-standing driving record and skills essential.

Please send letter with references and your background to: Paul Vachon Elderly Services, P. O. Box 581 Middlebury, VT 05753 or mail@elderlyservices.org Accepting applications through January 26

1998 DODGE VAN from California. Not rusted and well kept. All Seats. $3,300.

Please call and leave mes‑ sage or text 802‑349‑4230.

ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185.

802‑989‑5803.

COLLECTOR’S ITEM; CLASSIC, embroidered, enameled purse made in Paris. For display or gentle use. Best offer.

802‑324‑9149.

FORD TRACTOR CIRCA 1950’S Model NAA. Good tires, two speed rear end with 6’ brush hog. Runs like a charm. $4,400. Please call and leave a message or text 802‑349‑4230.

Help Wanted

UVM Morgan Horse Farm

in Weybridge has temporary, parttime morning position(s) open helping with daily farm chores.

Ideal candidate is reliable and has experience working with large livestock. Experience operating farm equipment strongly desired. Schedule is 3-4 days per week, weekends included, up to 20 hours per week.

To apply, contact the UVM Morgan Horse Farm at 802-388-2011 or uvmorgan@uvm.edu.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

U S E D R E S TA U R A N T EQUIPMENT plus chairs, tables and hood systems.

802‑388‑4831.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WARE‑ HOUSE commercial space.

As is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

2 CAR GARAGE in Bran‑ don. 24’x24’ with two 7’8”x6’8” high garage doors.

Electricity and snow plow‑ ing included. $250/mo.

Available immediately.

802‑352‑6678.

2 BEDROOM APART‑ MENT, 1 mile south of Brandon. $700/mo. plus utilities. Absolutely no pets or smoking. 802‑352‑6678.

BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM, 4 room apartment with porch/lawn. Washer/dryer, heat/hot water included.

No smoking, no pets. Ref‑ erences and credit check. $700/mo. plus security de‑ posit. For more info, David 802‑758‑2546.

For Rent

For Rent

NOW OPEN Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

MIDDLEBURY, VT 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT Income Limits Apply. No Utilities Included. Modern apartment, carpet/tile, W/D connections plus onsite laundry facility. Efficient gas heat/hot water.

Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References Required.

To request an application, call 802-472-5016 or e-mail pinemeadow@maloneyproperties.com.

C O R N WA L L ‑ C L E A N , QUIET efficiency apart‑ ment. $675. Includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. 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.

F O R R E N T: B R I D ‑ P O R T, C o m m e r c i a l / retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middlebury.edu.

LAKE DUNMORE: Winter‑ ized 2‑bedroom lakefront cottage available until June 1, 2018, shorter periods.

Sleeps 5. Comfortably furnished, fully‑equipped kitchen, bathroom with shower. Plowing, trash collection, recycling, WiFi, satellite television includ‑ ed. 802‑352‑4236; karen@ northcovecottages.com.

NEW HAVEN, SUNNY, ef‑ ficient apartment. Views, hard wood floors. No pets, no smoking. References. $895/month plus utilities.

802‑236‑2040.

PROCTOR, VT, AVAIL‑ ABLE 1/1/18, 2 br. town‑ house. Garage, washer, dryer, hookup. $900/mo.

Includes heat. Call Kathy at 855‑1570 or Tony at 855‑1531. References and criminal background check required.

ROOMS FOR RENT in historical Vergennes Inn. January through Mid May. Perfect for UTC, Traveling nurses or other traveling professionals. $550 to $950 per month.

Call Bill 802‑877‑3293. emersonguesthouse@msn. com.

MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Jan‑ uary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

For Rent

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

HAY FOR SALE small first cut, $3.00. Small second cut, $4.00. 802‑377‑5455.

SECOND AND THIRD CUT baleage. 18‑23 percent pro‑ tein. 45 percent moisture.

759‑2135.

Cars 2012 SUZUKI SX4, AWD 76,000 miles. New tires, brakes. $5,900. 758‑2528.

Wanted

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

802‑282‑9110.

READY ‑2 ‑ BURN™ Seasoned ‑ Everyday low prices; Free delivery ‑ Free kindling ‑ Small orders OK. Click www.MIDDMEN.com or call 1‑855‑MIDDMEN.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, an‑ tique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

VT COLLECTOR WILL PAY cash for old wood bird carvings, goose, duck and shorebird decoys.

802‑238‑1465.

Addy Indy Classifieds are online: addisonindependent.

com/classifieds

Equal Housing Opportunity.

For Rent

2016 FIRST CUT HAY, nice quality. If you get 100 bales or more it’s $3 per bale.

Otherwise $3.50 per bale.

802‑349‑8891.

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.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets.

Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BED‑ ROOM ranch. Two car attached garage with au‑ tomatic opener. Fully fur‑ nished, even beds and bed‑ ding. Big screen Sony. Cen‑ tral vacuuming, central air, 2 bathrooms, dishwasher, garbage disposal, all appli‑ ances, including washer and dryer. Front and back porch.

Paved driveway. Nice lot, nice neighborhood. 3 miles or 7 minutes to Middlebury College, or Porter Hospi‑ tal. Lawn mowing, snow, and satellite dish included. $2,000 plus utilities. One month security deposit.

(802) 388‑5474.

Att. Farmers

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing.

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

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

Talk to our sales professionals.

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Public Notices Index Act 250 Notice-Middlebury (1) Addison (1) Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County Regional Planning Commission (1) Addison County Superior Court (2) STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff v.

ROBERT T. DEGRAAF; OCCUPANTS RESIDING AT: 5018 HIGHWAY 22A ADDISON, VT 05491-0000 Defendants

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BRISTOL STOR MOR • 508 BURPEE RD., BRISTOL VT • 453-2647 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

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

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for January 4 & January 8 BEEF K. Quesnel Kayhart Bros.

M. Brisson Hatch Farm Foster Bros.

Bartholomew Bros.

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Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 1730 .62 1,072.60 1595 .62 989.90 1765 .61 1,076.65 1950 .62 1,209.00 1965 .60 1,179.00 1295 .59 764.05 1700 .58 986.00

CALVES Wilcon Farm Conants Riverside R. Allen J. Phillips Twin Oaks

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Costs per lb Dollars 1.20 114.00 1.025 103.53 1.10 91.30 1.00 108.00 .90 85.50

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

Vermont electric electric line rights-of-way and trees which will crowd tall species thus, minimize of herbicides. several methods, including thegrowing selective use ofand, herbicides on trees the anduse brush.

They also The application of herbicides may start as early April 1. Requests to utilities notice encourage low-growing shrubs and trees whichaswill crowd tall growing species for and, thus, by mail, however, be made

by February 15. application include stump, stem inminimize the use ofmust herbicides.

Methods of herbicide The Public Board requires Vermontutility utilitiesrights-of-way to carry out vegetation jection, basal,Service soil, and foliar.

Only electric that havemanagement tall growing techniques maintenance of electrical the systems in autility cost-efficient tree specieswhich withallow the potential of threatening electric systemmanner. are treated.

The types of herbicide treatment used to keep clearutility are: stump, injection, If you reside on or own property within 1000’utility of anlines electric right-of-way: basal, soilupand foliar. These arenotification the commonfrom methods used,electric although they may not 1. Sign to receive written your local utility of plans to all be used the utilityoninany your town.

Landowners the options of requesting herbicide applyby herbicide ROW within 1000’ of have your property or the property where treatment on cutCheck stumps only,poles or that herbicide be used at all.

In thepole latter case, an you reside. nearby forno tags identifying the utility and/or number, administrative feeform would have to submit be paidit to to your the utility.

Only electric utility complete the below and local electric utility by mailrights-of-way before Febwhich have tall-growing species the potential threateningtothe electric utility ruary 15th, 2018 to betree added to thewith notification list. Ifofdetermined be qualified, you system treated. with are receive notification from the utility at least 30 days prior to scheduled herbicide Utilities advertise by radio and newspaper prior to herbicide applications on all lines. application.

Lines usually are treated only onceyou in a local four-to-six yearutility periodaware depending the specific 2. You are responsible to make electric of the on location of any management of the utility.

Please utility regarding the cycle potentially cycle affected water supply, and check of any with otheryour environmentally sensitive areaof a particular where line. hebicide application ought to be avoided. utilities metal numbers on distributioninand transmission poles.

3.Some Watch and use listen for letters publicand service announcements newspapers andline radio ads Others useupcoming them onlyherbicide on transmission lines. The letters, such as V.E.C. (Vermont Electric noting applications.

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The whatsoever landowner oratresident 6. You right to refuse,ofinthe writing, the use of herbicides no cost is responsible contacting utility, in writing,are to request placement on the mailing to you if thefortype of lines the in the right-of-way distribution lines, bringing electriclist.

Theservice utility should sufficient information as to the exact location of the directlybe to provided individualwith customers. residence andthe land.

It istotherefuse, duty ofineach landowner to make the utility aware 7. You have right writing, the useor of resident herbicides whatsoever by paying of the location of any potentially supply, and any environmentally sensitive a $30 administration fee if theaffected type ofwater lines in the right-of-way are transmission lines areas where herbicide application oughtelectricity to be avoided. or sub-transmission lines, bringing to or between substations.

CONTACT YOUR ELECTRIC UTILITY WITHcontact QUESTIONS ORelectric utility, For more details, or to ask additional questions, please your local or one of the following: SUBMIT THE COUPON PROVIDED If you have further questions or concerns contact: Department of Public Service Agency of Agriculture Plant Industry Division, Agriculture Consumer ConsumerAffairs Affairs&&Public PublicInformation Information Cary Giguere, PlantAgency IndustryofSection Phil116 Benedict, Director Dept. of Public Service VT 05620 State St., Montpelier, VT 05602 112 State St., Montpelier, 116 State St.,1-802-828-6531 Montpelier, VT 05602 112 State1-800-622-4496 St., Montpelier, VT 05620 1-802-828-2431 1-800-622-4496 or 1-802-828-2811

PUBLIC NOTICE

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 4-1-17 Ancv

NOTICE OF SALE

Tom Broughton

can be found on Pages 9B & 10B.

Bristol Stor Mor (1) Monkton (1) New Haven (1) Sheldon Museum (1) Vermont Electric Power Company (1)

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Robert T. Degraaf to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital Corp., its successors and/or assigns, dated April 12, 2011, and recorded in Book 97 at Page 586 of the Town of Addison Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage recorded in Book 99, Page 231, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:30 PM on January 23, 2018 at 5018 Highway 22a, Addison, VT all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises to be conveyed to Robert T. DeGraaf by Warranty Deed of Allen & Olsson Addison House, LLC to be recorded in the Town of Addison Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Allen & Olsson Addison House, LLC by Quit Claim Deed of Craig W. Allen, Brian D. Allen and Sandra Allen Olsson dated November 23, 2005 and recorded November 30, 2005 at Book 88 Page 108 of the Town of Addison Land Records and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Being a Portion of the same lands and premises conveyed to Craig W. Allen, Brain D. Allen and Sandra Allen Olsson by the Decree of Distribution of the Addison Probate Court in the Estate of Carolyn W. Allen, Docket No. 13291, dated March 25, 2005 and recorded in Book 86 at Page 529 of the Addison Land Records, and being more particularly described as follows: Being a Portion of the same lands and premises conveyed to Carolyn W. Allen by the Decree of Distribution of the Addison Probate Court in the Estate of George M. Willmarth dated December 12, 1979, and recorded at Book 39 Pages 462-464 Addison Land Records, and being further described as follows: It being three parcels of land: Parcel No. 1, being situate at Addison Corners, so called, and being bounded on the North by lands of the Baptists Society, on the East by the highway leading from Bridport to Vergennes, on the South by lands of Henry Bodette and on the West by lands of Chas Seeger. Being all and the same land and premises as set forth in the deed from Harold Crane to Anna Crane dated Feb. 26, 1916 and recorded in the Addison Land Records Book 24, Page 269.

Parcel No. 2, adjoins parcel No.1, beginning at the Southwest corner of land owned by Mrs. Cornelia Gage which is back of the Baptist Church sheds, thence south in the west line of land owned by Anna G. Crane, 9 rods, 2 ½ ft: thence westerly 16 rods, 13 ft, thence northerly 8 rods, 16ft to the South line of land owned by Cornelia Gage; thence Easterly 18 rods to place of beginning…

Being the same lands and premises conveyed to Anna Crane from Charles L. Seeger, dated June 16, 1926 and recorded in the Addison Land Records Book 25, Page 80.

Parcel 3 being all of the same land and premises conveyed to Harold Green by the Warranty Deed of Erwin S. Clark dated April 2, 1946, and recorded in Volume 28, at Page 96, of the Town of Addison Land Records, the property herein conveyed being described in said deed as follows: “It being all of the same property deeded ot the Grantor hereof by J. Ephrem Hebert, record of which deed may be found in Volume 28, Page 67, of Addison Land Records and bounded as follows – on the south and west by lands of Charlie Seeger, on the north by lands of Anna C. Crane, on the east by the highway leading from Vergennes to Bridport, -To said deed, the records thereof, and to the deeds and records therein referred to, reference is hereby made in further aid of this description.”

The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.

The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

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 sale.

Bank of America, N.A., Jennifer L. Maynard, Esq. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 877-575-1400 Attorney for Plaintiff jmaynard@shslawfirm.com Dated: December 22, 2017

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

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of owner, at public sale by closed bidding on January 13, 2018 at 9:00 am, at Bristol Stor Mor Storage Facility, located at 508 Burpee Road, Bristol, Vermont, the personal goods stored therein by the following: Name & Address Roxie Hall- 5 Main Street, Apt. 3, Bristol, VT 05443 Unit #: 22D Contents: Household Items Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of the sale. Minimum bid required. All goods are sold as is, where is, and all items to be removed from unit at time of purchase. Sale is subject to adjournment. A $50.00 deposit will be required and refunded to bidder when ALL items have been removed from the unit and broom-cleaned.

The owners of the storage facility reserve the right to place a minimum bid on any sheds being sold.

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PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF ADDISON

The Addison Development Review Board will convene a public hearing on Monday, January 29, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Addison Central School on VT RTE 17 W to address the following applications: 1. An application (#17-07) from George & Donna Badore and David & Linda Entrott for approval of a boundary-line adjustment between their residential properties located on King Hill Road (tax map ID# 06-02-17 and 06-02-16 respectively) involving the transfer of approximately 0.1 acres from the Entrott lot to the Badore lot. Both lots are now conforming with the road frontage and minimum lot size requirements of the Town’s Zoning Regulations, and will remain so after the proposed transfer. (Not ready) 2. An application(#17-08) on behalf of Barbara Ernst, Barbara Supeno and John & Linda Carrigan for approval of a boundary-line adjustment between their residential properties on Fisher Point Road (tax map ID#s 08-01-75 and 08-01-71 respectively) involving the transfer of approximately 0.06 acre from Ernst/Supeno lot to the Carrigan lot. The Carrigan lot is now non-conforming with the road frontage and minimum lot size requirement of the Town’s Zoning Regulations, and it will remain so after the proposed transfer, although the lot will be slightly larger. Possible final plat is planned.

The application is available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office during normal office hours. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Board either before or during the hearing.

N.B.: Participation in a hearing is necessary to establish status as an “interested person” and the right to appeal a decision rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 S.S.4464 (a) (1) (C), 4465(b) and 4471 (a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing.

Respectfully Submitted, John Spencer, Chair Starr Phillips, Board Secretary E. W. Hanson, Administrative Officer 1/11

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LANDOWNER REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO HERBICIDE COUPON FOR PERSONAL MAILING REQUEST LIST TREATMENT NOTIFICATION

Name Town/City of Affected Property Street Address Telephone # (Home) Town (Work) State Zip Code OK to use Work Number: Yes o No o Electric Account Number Best Time to Call Property of Concern: o Year Round Residence o Summer Residence o Commercial Property o Water Supply o Land o Other Line and Pole Identification: Utility Initials Numbers We need all of this information in order to determine if you qualify for personal notification. If information is unobtainable, please state why. Use an extra sheet of paper if you need more space.

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #9A0369 AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093

On December 26, 2017, Rollason Properties, LLC, PO Box 108, Middlebury, VT 05753 and Primax Properties, LLC, 1100 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28204-2815 filed application #9A0369 for a project described as subdivision of a 20.6 acre tract of land into 3 lots and construct a 19,200 SF commercial building with 15,100 sf of outdoor display area and a boundary line adjustment to an adjacent lot and to approve a previously constructed wood frame building that encroached onto the existing parcel.

The project is located on Foote Street (900’ north of US Route 7), in Middlebury, VT. This project will be evaluated by the District #9 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A., § 6086(a).

The Commission intends to narrow the scope of the hearing to Criteria 1B, 1(G), 5, 8, 9(K), 9B, 9H and 9L, and 10 unless that scope is expanded by the Commission at the hearing.

A public hearing is scheduled for January 25, 2018 at 9:45 AM at Middlebury State Police Department Office, 1 Lucius Shaw Lane, Middlebury, VT. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 9:00 AM at the Project site off of Foote Street in Middlebury, VT The following persons or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies are entitled to party status.

2. Adjoining property owners and others: May participate as parties to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the ten criteria.

3. Non-party participants: The district commission, on its own motion or by petition, may allow others to participate in the hearing without being accorded party status.

If you plan on participating in the hearing on behalf of a group or organization, please bring: 1) a written description of the organization, its purposes, and the nature of its membership (T.10, § 6085(c)(2)(B)); 2) documentation that prior to the date of the hearing, you were duly authorized to speak for the organization; and 3) that the organization has articulated a position with respect to the Project’s impacts under specific Act 250 Criteria.

If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the district coordinator (see below) before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the date of the first hearing or prehearing conference.

A copy of the application and plans for this project is available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the District #9 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site (http:// nrb.vermont.gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number above.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 4th day of January, 2018.

Geoffrey W. Green District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5657 geoffrey.green@vermont.gov 1/11

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 8-1-14 ANCV

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, PLAINTIFF V. LINDA OLDENBURG, MITCHELL S. OLDENBURG, CITIFINANCIAL, INC. AND OCCUPANTS RESIDING AT 121 TI VIEW LANE, SHOREHAM, VERMONT, DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Linda Oldenburg and Mitchell S. Oldenburg to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for E-Loan, Inc. dated April 20, 2006 and recorded in Volume 65, Page 609, which mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as Trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust by an instrument dated January 8, 2016 and recorded on February 8, 2016 in Volume 83, Page 286 of the Land Records of the Town of Shoreham. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 11:30 A.M. on January 16, 2018, at 121 Ti View Lane, Shoreham, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: A certain piece or parcel of land in Shoreham in the County of Addison and State of Vermont and more particularly described as follows: Parcel One: Being all and the sale lands and premises conveyed to James A. Oldenburg and Zelda A. Oldenburg, by Warranty Deed of John H. Oldenburg and Grace B. Oldenburg dated 26 January 1968, recorded 31 May 1968 in Book 26, Page 378 of the Shoreham Land Records and more particularly described therein as follows: Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing.

The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Shoreham and any liens against the property.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 7th day of December, 2017.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as Trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust, Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff 12/21

PAGE 10B — Addison Independent, Thursday, January 11, 2018

Troopers respond to accidents, a sexual assault charge and more ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police last week responded to two separate one-car crashes on Route 7 near Greenbush Road in Ferrisburgh.

Troopers looked into the first incident on Jan. 2 at approximately 2:35 p.m. They identified that driver of a 2005 Volvo XC70 that crashed as 57-year-old Stephen Mackenzie of Port Henry, N.Y. While speaking with Mackenzie, troopers detected signs of impairment and screened him for driving under the influence.

Eventually, police arrested Mackenzie for suspicion of DUI-drug and driving with a suspended license. They also ticketed him for driving too fast for conditions and driving without insurance.

They lodged Mackenzie at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for lack of $1,000 bail.

Police report that the Volvo was a total loss, but Mackenzie was not injured.

Separately, on Jan. 5 at around 9 p.m., state police in the New Haven barracks were notified that a car had crashed into a utility pole on Route 7 near Greenbush Road. Per the caller, there were no injuries in this crash.

Police report that Matthew Davis, 24, of Burlington lost control of the 2009 Honda Civic he was driving on the snow-covered highway as he was passing a vehicle that was turning right, and the Civic struck the power pole.

Davis, the only person in the car,

sustained minor bumps. Traffic was partially limited for several hours due to low power lines across the road.

Police ticketed Davis for driving too fast for the weather conditions.

In an unrelated incident, Vermont State Police last week charged Tyler Dunton, 24, of Middlebury with aggravated sexual assault based on a Dec. 10 incident in Cornwall.

Police allege that Dunton “engaged in a sexual act without consent, where the victim sustained a serious bodily injury as a result.”

State police detectives assigned to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigated the sexual assault complaint and obtained a warrant for Dunton’s arrest on Dec. 19.

On Jan. 4, members of the Windham County Sherriff’s Department found Dunton and took him into custody. Dunton was then arraigned in Vermont Superior Court’s Windham County Criminal Division in Brattleboro, where according to a state police press release he was ordered held without bail.

Back in Addison County on Thursday Jan. 4, state police troopers from the New Haven barracks assisted Sheriff Donald Keeler and the Addison County Sheriff’s Department when they executed an arrest warrant during a search warrant on a residence in East Middlebury.

At about 11:30 a.m. that day,

Public Notices found on Pages 9B & 10B. TOWN OF NEW HAVEN NOTICE OF TAX SALE

The resident and non-resident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of property in the Town of New Haven, in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the taxes assessed by such Town for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 tax years remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such Town, to wit: Being a parcel of land of 3 acres, more or less, together with any buildings or improvements thereon, identified as Tax Parcel No. 0761-200, being a portion of the same lands and premises conveyed by Warranty Deed of Gerard LaRocque to Leon DeMers, Jr. and Carolyn A. DeMers recorded at Book 31, Page 174 of the New Haven Land Records; such 3-acre parcel being that retained by Warranty Deed of Leon A. DeMers, Jr. to John B. Theroux and Margaret M. Theroux recorded at Book 45, Page 278 of the New Haven Land Records. The herein property may have the benefit of an easement of access to Halpin Road, as more particularly described in the Warranty Deed of Leon A. DeMers, Jr. to John B. Theroux and Margaret M. Theroux aforementioned.

Pursuant to 32 VSA §5254, so much of such property will be sold at public auction in the Town of New Haven office, a public place located at 78 North Street, New Haven, Vermont on the 15th day of February 2018 at 10:00 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs unless previously paid.

Dated at New Haven, Vermont this 20 day of December, 2017.

Sylvia Sue Ford Collector of Delinquent Taxes 1/11

NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT

This notice is published in compliance with Vermont Statutes (Title 27, Chapter 12) pertaining to artifacts without clear title presently held at The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, One Park St., Middlebury, VT 05753.

In keeping with best practices and the Sheldon Museum Collections Policy, a periodic review of the Museum holdings is essential to focus, refine, and maintain the collections. Artifacts deemed important to retain must meet the mission and collecting objectives of the Museum. Artifacts that do not may be designated for deaccessioning. That could include returning them to their owners, transferring them to another public collection, designating them for programmatic use, or public sale according to established criteria. Proceeds from sales may only be used for collections care.

After a cautious, deliberate, and ethical review, the following artifacts identified as “found in collection” have been designated for deaccessioning. They are without documented ownership and are subject to the Vermont Statutes for museums: Tilt-top table Dropleaf dining table 4 upholstered side chairs 7 painted side chairs Plant stand Secretary Gilt mirror Painted cradle 3 maple side chairs Blanket chest Upholstered rocking chair Piano stool 2 upholstered settees 3 treadle sewing machines 2 chests of drawers Large round table Anyone with knowledge of the original owner(s) is asked to contact Executive Director William Brooks by mail at the above address, by phone at 802.388.2117, or by email at wbrooks@henrysheldonmuseum.org. If written assertion of title is not presented by the owner(s) to the Museum within 180 days after the third and final published notice, that is by August 8, 2018, the artifacts shall be considered abandoned or donated and shall become the property of Sheldon Museum.

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ADDISON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDMENT & RE-ADOPTION OF THE REGIONAL PLAN ~NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING~

The Addison County Regional Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on February 14th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at its offices at 14 Seminary Street in Middlebury on a proposed amendment to and re-adoption of the Addison County Regional Plan.

This hearing are being held pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4348. This notice is pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4444.

The Addison County Regional Plan is used as a basis for guiding planning efforts in the Addison Region. For major development applications, certain sections are used as review criteria in Act 250 and other state regulatory proceedings. All areas within the jurisdiction of the Addison County Regional Planning Commission are affected.

The Addison County Regional Planning Commission proposes to make amendments to the Transportation section of the Plan. It also proposes to re-adopt the entire Plan as amended. Accordingly, all sections of the Plan will be subject to discussion at the public hearing. Plan sections include: 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1-1 2. SUBSTANTIAL REGIONAL IMPACT ........................................................... 2-1 2A. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .................................................................... 2A-1 3. POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................................................... 3-1 4. NATURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................ 4-1 5. ECONOMY ................................................................................................. 5-1 6. TRANSPORTATION .................................................................................... 6-1 7. UTILITIES, FACILITIES AND SERVICES ................................................... 7-1 8. FUTURE LAND USE ................................................................................... 8-1 9. CONSISTENCY .......................................................................................... 9-1 Copies of the proposed plan are available from the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, 14 Seminary Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, or online at www.acrpc.org. For further information please call Josh Donabedian or Adam Lougee at (802) 388-3141.

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Christopher Crowningshield was taken into custody on an arrest warrant from the Addison County Superior Court for failing to appear for a pre-trial conference. Police said Crowningshield refused to come out of his East Middlebury home after several attempts were made to contact him.

Police report that they knew Crowningshield was in the residence, so an entry team led by Sheriff Keeler and Lt. Peter Newton went in and found Crowningshield in the rear of the building.

The Middlebury Police Department and Middlebury Regional EMS ambulance services also assisted the sheriff’s department during the operation.

Meanwhile, Vermont State Police have announced that troopers from the New Haven barracks, along with other participating area law enforcement agencies in Addison County, will conduct a series of DUI checkpoints and focused saturation patrols throughout Addison County during the month of January.

The intent is to promote highway safety by identifying and removing impaired drivers and reducing impaired driving-related crashes.

In other recent activity, state

police troopers: • On Jan. 3 at approximately 10:21 a.m. responded to a two-car crash on Route 125 near Route 22A in Bridport. Police report that Douglas Terbeek, 67, of Crown Point, N.Y., was driving a 2001 Mazda 626 when he took his attention off the road, drifted over the center line and sideswiped a 2015 GMC Sierra driven by Christopher Clarke, 20, of Moriah, N.Y. Police said neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor in the collision. Both vehicles sustained minor damage, but no injuries were reported.

Police gave Terbeek a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road.

• On Jan. 4 at approximately 2:20 p.m. received a report that a vehicle had slid off the roadway on Delong Road in Cornwall.

Troopers met the driver, identified as 66-year-old Joseph Larocque of Cornwall, and report that he showed several signs of impairment. Police screened him and then cited Larocque for driving under the influence.

• On Jan. 8 at approximately 11:40 p.m. stopped a silver 1999 Volvo X70 on Court Street in Middlebury after observing a moving violation. Police cited Brian Maccione, 34, of Whiting for driving with a criminally suspended driver’s license.

• On Jan. 9 at a little past 1 a.m. came across a vehicle off Plank Road in New Haven. After investigating, the trooper cited Jeffrey S. Ouellette, 56, of Vergennes for

driving under the influence of alcohol.

Vermont State Police release a daily log of a selection of their activities. In Addison County, those activities included: • Jan. 2, traffic hazard, Route 22A, Addison.

• Jan. 2, animal problem, Maple Street, Waltham.

• Jan. 2, traffic crash with damage, North Main Street, Whiting.

• Jan. 2, welfare check, Orwell.

• Jan. 3, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 22A, Bridport.

• Jan. 3, traffic hazard, Route 22A, Orwell.

• Jan. 3, suspicious person or circumstance, Meehan Road, Bristol.

• Jan. 4, alarm, Lincoln.

• Jan. 4, welfare check, Leicester.

• Jan. 4, traffic crash, Route 125 and Hamlen Road, Cornwall.

• Jan. 4, traffic crash, Route 74 “into the Ledges,” Shoreham.

• Jan. 4, traffic crash, Route 125 “bottom of the Ledges,” Cornwall.

• Jan. 4, family disturbance Downingsville Road, Lincoln.

• Jan. 4, traffic crash, Route 22A, Orwell.

• Jan. 4, suspicious person or circumstance, Daniels Road, New Haven.

• Jan. 5, traffic crash, Route 22A and Town Highway 32, Shoreham.

• Jan. 6, directed patrol, Route 7, New Haven.

• Jan. 6, false alarm, Salisbury.

• Jan. 6, animal problem, Sherman Lane, New Haven.

• Jan. 6, motor vehicle disturbances, Lake Road, Panton.

• Jan. 6, agency assist, Main and Green streets, Vergennes.

• Jan. 6, citizen assist, Mason Hill North, Starksboro.

• Jan. 7, traffic crash, Shacksboro Road, Shoreham.

• Jan. 7, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 7, New Haven.

• Jan. 7 motor vehicle disturbances, South Orchard Road, Lincoln.

• Jan. 7 alarm, Orwell.

• Jan. 7 vandalism, Davis Road, Monkton.

• Jan. 7 alarm, Cornwell.

• Jan. 7 vandalism, Bristol Pond Access Road, Bristol.

• Jan. 7 traffic crash, Monkton Road, Ferrisburgh.

• Jan. 7 motorist assistance, Main Street, New Haven.

• Jan. 7 911 hang-up, Mason Hill South, Starksboro.

• Jan. 7 medical assistance, South Main Street, Whiting.

• Jan. 8 directed patrol, Route 7, New Haven.

• Jan. 8 citizen assist, Town Hill Road, Goshen.

• Jan. 8 motor vehicle disturbances, Route 116 North at Twin Bridges, Bristol.

• Jan. 8 traffic crash, Route 7, New Haven.

• Jan. 8 juvenile problem, Starksboro.

• Jan. 9, traffic crash, Plank and Pea Ridge roads, New Haven.

TOWN OF MONKTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED PLANNING DOCUMENT

The Monkton Selectboard will hold a public Hearing at 7:30 PM, Friday, January 26, 2018 at Monkton Town Hall (280 Monkton Ridge), to take public testimony on the proposed Amendments to the Unified Planning Document.

The Selectboard will discuss and vote on any proposed changes after this Public Hearing.

Statement of Purpose Monkton’s Unified Planning Document exists to provide process and procedure to guide orderly development within the town. It is comprised of two parts, Section I that contains the town’s Zoning Regulations and Section II that addresses the Subdivision Regulations. All development regulations take their guidance from the Town Plan, but unlike the Town Plan do not expire. Once adopted these regulations remain in effect until amended by the voters. The amendments proposed here, are intended to streamline the Zoning and Subdivision process and to make the process more open to the community.

All of the proposed amendments support the goals of the Town Plan and provide clarity and greater community input in the development process. They are compatible with proposed future land uses and densities of the municipal plan and planned community facilities.

In the Zoning regulations: Restored language describing the RA 5 V district (section 230) that exists on the current zoning district map. The RA 5 V district permitted uses (section 275) and condition uses (290) were also restored.

Updated the objectives and goals section for the Ridgeline Overlay District (section 230).

Made the following changes to align our zoning with state requirements in section 340 for residential building energy standards.

Updated first cut language to ensure “first cut” parcels meet zoning regulations (section 376).

Increased time period to reestablish non-conforming uses (section 400(A)(3).

Removed setback requirement from non-conforming lots (section 400(C)).

Added possibility of requiring screening for storage units visible from roads or adjoining properties (section 490).

In the Subdivision regulations Added provisions to ensure that DRB decisions and permits are filed in the Monkton Land Records and referenced on the Final Plat (section 835(A) and section 835(B)).

Added language to add approved covenants to DRB written decision section 835(B).

The areas of the town affected the proposed Amendments are: Section 230 affects the RA 5 V district in Monkton Boro.

All other proposed amendments affect all districts of the town.

Table of Contents Section 605 – Definitions Specific to Article VI SPECIAL USES DEFINITIONS Section 610 – Lands to Which These Regulations Apply Section 400 – Non-Conforming Uses, Structures and TOWN OF MONKTON ZONING REGULATIONS Section 615 – Official Flood Hazard Area Map Lots ARTICLE I Section 620 – Interpretation of District Boundaries Section 405 – Maintenance of Non-Conforming BuildENACTMENT AND INTENT Section 625 – Permitted Uses ings Section 100 – Enactment Section 630 – Prohibited Uses Section 410 – Special Public Use Exceptions Section 110 – Intent Section 635 – Permit Requirements and Application Section 415 – Public Utility Substations Section 120 – Amendments Procedures Section 420 – Private Power Generation Facilities Section 130 – Interpretation Section 640 – Variances Section 425 – Private Swimming Pool Section 140 – Effective Date Section 645 – Warning of Disclaimer of Liability Section 430 – Private Garages Section 150 – Severability Section 650 – Precedence of Regulations Section 435 – Temporary Uses and Structures Section 160 – Application of Regulations Section 655 – Annual Report to Federal Emergency Section 440 – Out Door Storage Section 170 – Construction Approved Prior to Adoption Management Agency Section 445 – Gasoline Stations or Amendment to Regulations TOWN OF MONKTON SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS Section 450 – Vehicle Repair Garages Section 180 – Fees ARTICLE VII Section 455 – Storage of Flammable Liquids ARTICLE II ENACTMENT, PURPOSE, AUTHORIZATION, WAIVSection 460 – Extraction of Soil, Sand, or Gravel ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND ERS AND DEFINITIONS Section 465 – Light Manufacturing ZONING MAP Section 700 – Enactment Section 470 – Contractor Yards Section 200 – Establishment of Planning and Zoning Section 710 – Purposes Section 475 – Storage Rental Units Districts Section 720 – Repeal of Former Regulations Section 480 – Salvage Yards Section 210 – Zoning Map Section 730 – Authority Section 485 – Uses Not Permitted Section 220 – Interpretation of Zoning District BoundarSection 740 – Amendments Section 490 – Storage of Unregistered Trucks and ies Section 750 – Severability Trailers Section 230 – District Objectives and Guidelines Section 760 – Effective Date ARTICLE V Section 240 – District Uses and Regulations Section 770 – Waivers and Variances Miscellaneous Requirements of the Act Section 250 – Village Residential District (RA1 V) Section 780 – Enforcement, Violations, and Penalties Section 260 – Medium Density Rural Agricultural District Section 500 – Equal Treatment of Housing Section 790 – Fees Section 503 – Accessory Dwelling Unit (RA 2 MD) ARTICLE VIII Section 509 – Required Frontage on, or Access to Section 270 – Low Density Rural District (RA5 LD) SUBDIVISION APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCEPublic Roads or Public Waters Section 275 – Rural Agricultural District Village (RA 5 V) DURE Section 280 – Conservation District, Prohibited (CON-P) Section 512 – Protection of Home Occupations Section 800 – Application of Regulations Section 515 – Lots in Two Zoning Districts Section 290 – Conditional Uses Section 805 – General Overview Section 518 – Dwelling on Lots ARTICLE III Section 810 – Time and Notice Section 521 – Calculation of Required Lot Area ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Section 815 – Performance Standards Section 524 – Reduction of Lot Area Section 300 – Application of Regulations Section 820 – “First Cut” Plat Approval Procedure Section 527 – Required Area or Yards Section 304 – Exemptions Section 825 – Sketch Plan Section 530 – Yards on Corner Lots Section 308 – Zoning Administrator Section 830 – Preliminary Plat Application and Review Section 533 – Water Front Lots in Residential Districts Section 312 – Zoning (Building) Permit Section 835 – Final Plat Application and Review Section 536 – Driveways Section 316 – Permit Application Section 840 – Bonding Requirements Section 539 – Access and Safety Section 320 – Zoning Administrator Action on Permit Section 845 – Required Improvements Section 542 – Abandonment of Structures Applications Section 850 – Inspection of Required Improvements Section 545 – Obstruction of Vision Section 324 – Effect of Issuance of a Zoning Permit Section 855 – Public Acceptance of Streets and ImSection 548 – Height Exceptions Section 328 – Posting of a Zoning Permit provements Section 551 – Height Exceptions by Special Permit Section 332 – Enforcement of Zoning Permit ARTICLE IX Section 554 – Height Exception by Conditional Use Section 336 – Waste Water System Inspection DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS Section 557 – Accessory Uses and Buildings Section 340 – Certificate of Occupancy Section 900 -– General Planning and Design Standards Section 560 – Projection in Required Yards Section 344 – Penalties Section 905 – Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) Section 563 – Signs Section 348 – Appeals of Decisions of the Zoning Section 910 – General Street Planning Standards Section 566 – Advertising Billboards Administrator Section 915 – Required Street Construction Standards Section 569 – Exempt Signs Section 352 – Development Review Board Section 920 – Fire Protection Facilities Section 572 – Wall, Projecting Ground and Roof Signs Section 356 – Public Notice and Development Review Section 925 – Natural Conditions, Shade Trees and Section 575 – Computation of Permissible Sign Area Board Procedure Landscaping Section 578 – Traffic Hazard, Safety and Obstruction Section 360 – Conditional Use Approval Section 930 – Water and Wastewater Section 581 – Illuminated and Flashing Signs Section 364 – Site Plan Approval Section 935 – Storm Water Facilities Section 584 – General Performance Standards Section 368 – Variances Section 940 – Public Utilities Section 587 – Fill Section 372 – Waiver Section 945 – Required Surveying Monuments Section 590 – Grading Section 376 – First Cuts Section 950 – Public Improvements Section 593 – Shoreland Protection Section 380 – Boundary Adjustment Section 955 – School Site Dedication ARTICLE VI Section 384 – Appeals From Decisions of the DevelopSection 960 – Energy and Water Conservation FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIONS ment Review Board to Environmental Court Section 600 – Statement of Purpose ARTICLE IV Copies of the Unified Planning Document and copies of the proposed amendments are available for review or obtained at the Town Offices, 280 Monkton Ridge during normal business hours.

For more information please contact: Stephen Pilcher Selectboard Chair at spilcher@monktonvt.com 425-2178, or Sharon Gomez, the Town Clerk at (802) 453-3800. ********************* Please note: There will be an informational session from 7:00 to 7:30PM on January 26, 2018 at the Monkton Town Hall prior to the public hearing.

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‘Diva Man and Friends’ perform in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

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n the occasion of the Martin Luther King Jr holiday, François Clemmons will present “Diva Man and Friends: A Special Concert in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.” at 4 p.m. this Monday, Jan. 15, at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury.

BY KARL LINDHOLM

Clemmons retired in 2013 after 22 years as the Alexander Twilight Artistin-Residence at Middlebury College.

For many years, he taught a popular Winter Term course on the Negro Spiritual. A crucial component of that experience was a concert on the MLK Weekend at Middlebury that became a much anticipated and appreciated annual community event.

François is a man of many accomplishments: he enjoyed a performance career with various opera companies; founded the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble and SEE MLK ON PAGE 3

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ART Exhibit looks back on ten years of visiting print artists

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his past Tuesday, the Middlebury College Museum of Art opened “Ten Years: The Cameron Print Project.” The exhibit displays 29 works of art produced over the past decade in a series of annual collaborations between visiting artists and advanced printmaking students at the college.

Through an innovative program established by Dort Cameron III and Elizabeth C. Cameron, Middlebury Class of 1967, the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund has enabled the Studio Art Program at the College to host week-long artist residencies every year since 2008. Ten artists have so far worked alongside some 140 students in this endeavor. Among the artists who have visited, some are well known and established, like Mark Dion, Derrick Adams and Tomas Vu; others are at earlier stages of their careers.

This visionary project has offered Middlebury undergraduate art students an opportunity for professional growth as well as the invaluable experience of engaging in the making of a finished work of art from concept to completion. Involved at every stage of the process, the students participated directly in the planning and development of an edition of original prints. They benefited from purposeful, close-range working conversations with each of the visiting artists.

The artists made a gift of the works completed at Middlebury to the College museum. Since the prints are multiples, in editions of 25 to 50 impressions, each of the students and staff who were involved in making them has also been given one of the works he or she helped to produce.

Representing a range of silkscreen and intaglio techniques, the images

“Oceanomania: Souvenirs from Mysterious Seas” by Mark Dion (American, b. 1961) — Musée Oceanographic de Monaco, 2011, photopolymer etching on paper, 15 1/8 x 16 inches. Collection of the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Gift of the artist, 2013.008.

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are varied in size and content as well as material. Laser cut leather and contact paper are among the somewhat unusual elements that some of the prints employ. Some images contain hand-colored collages that have been pasted to the surface of the print. Among the etching techniques represented are drypoint, spit bite, and aquatint, and a number of the works incorporate texts — some with provocative messages.

The Cameron Print Project, under the auspices of the Program in Studio Art, has been overseen

by Fletcher Professor of the Arts Hedya Klein. As a consequence of this experience, she has observed, the work of the students in her silkscreen and intaglio classes has

grown substantially in both artistic vision and technical ambition.

The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalog with brief biographies of the participating artists, who represent a variety of countries in the global art world of the present time. Julian Kreimer, artist, critic, and Associate Professor at State University of New York at Purchase and a frequent contributor to Art in America, among other publications, has also contributed a statement to the publication.

Mark Dion, recently the subject of a 30-year retrospective exhibition at the Boston Museum of Contemporary Art titled “Misadventures of a 21st-Century

Naturalist,” will return to campus to present a lecture by the same title on Thursday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m., in Twilight Hall. He will also complete a new print in collaboration with Middlebury students during his visit.

“Ten Years: The Cameron Print Project” will be on view in the Overbrook Gallery of the Museum through Sunday, April 29.

The Middlebury College Museum of Art is located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, and is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 12-5 p.m. For more information call (802) 443–5007 or visit museum. middlebury.edu.

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served 20 years as its director; performed the role of “Sportin’ Life” in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” over 100 times; spent 22 years as Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

François is a proponent and likely the foremost practitioner of the Negro Spiritual. He considers his singing a form of teaching.

“When I taught the Winter Term course, I gave willing but hesitant white, Latino, Asian, and Native American students permission to sing spirituals, which are a part of the history of all of us. It’s our history,” he said with great emphasis. “It belongs to every one of us!”

He goes on to explain that the harmonic structure of spirituals comes from Western music and the rhythm and syncopation come from Africa: “It’s Europe and Africa meeting in America!”

François will be performing on Monday with a number of his talented “friends.”

He himself will be singing “Sit Down, Servant,” “There is a Balm in Gilead,” and Dr. King’s favorite hymn, “Precious Lord.”

He will be joined in “I Been in the Storm So Long” by dancer Christal Brown. The chair of the Dance Program at Middlebury College, Brown is a choreographer, educator, performer, writer and activist.

Chris Prickitt and Connie Leach will sing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” and “Down by the River Side.”

Poppy Rees will offer “Wade in the Water” and “Woke Up this Mornin’.”

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Local poet Ted Scheu, “the Poetry Guy,” will read two short poems by Langston Hughes (“As I Grew Older” and “Still Here”) and his own poem “A Letter to Martin.”

Also, Cornwall poet Nancy Means Wright will read “Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth. Paul Stone of Stonewood Farm in Orwell is offering a portrait of Dr. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, “My Name is Coretta.”

“I think Coretta doesn’t get enough credit,” François said. “It’s important to recognize how strong she was. She was standing right next to him. She worked so hard to make this holiday happen, and also to establish the Memorial to Martin on the Mall in Washington — and indeed the King Center in Atlanta…

There were lots of stalwart women in the Movement.”

In Monday’s celebration, the CVUUS Choir, under the direction of Lucy Tenenbaum, will be singing “Ella’s Song” by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock (Steve Maier, lead); “Quiet” by MILK/Connie Lim (Poppy Rees lead); and “Take Down These Walls” by Brian Tate (Neil Chippendale lead with François joining in).

Well-known local jazzman Chuck Miller is also participating in this King commemoration, playing “Hymn to Freedom” by Oscar Peterson, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” by Billy Taylor, and “Let All the Answers,” a composition of Chuck’s own.

“Diva Man and His Friends” promises to be a dynamic celebration in song of the glorious life of Martin Luther King Jr. CVUUS is located at 2 Duane Court, very near Middlebury Union High School. For more information call (802) 3888080 or visit cvuus.org.

François Clemmons will lead a special concert in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at the CVUUS in Middlebury with songs, dance, poetry and art on Monday, Jan. 15, at 4 p.m.

Camino de Santiago Lecture by David Herren Join us and enjoy some Spanish wines as you learn about the “Camino de Santiago” or the “Way of St. James”, a more than 1000 year old pilgrimage across the north of Spain to the tomb of St. James the apostle.

In his illustrated presentation, David will discuss the origin and history of the pilgrimage, describe the nature of the walk today, and recount his experiences as a repeat pilgrim.

Free and open to the public!

Tuesday, January 16th | 3:o0 pm RSVP: Pat Ryan, 802-388-1220, pryan@residenceottercreek.com

350 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT 802-388-1220 www.residenceottercreek.com

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OUT OF TOWN

FILM

Rochester theater presents a ‘sweetheart’ play A woman liberated or losing her morality? You decide.

Bald Mountain Theater presents a performance of Tim O’Brien’s “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” Jan. 12-14 at Spice Studio in Rochester. O’Brien, famous for his novels about the Vietnam War has created a piercing tale of an innocent’s journey to the dark side. A young soldier flies his high school sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Vietnam. The country and the war transform her into… something very different.

Performed by master reader Ethan Bowen and supported by a surround sound design, “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” is an immersive experience in storytelling.

Bowen jumps from character to character with his tour-de-force performance, driving the story with tempo and expression to bring this honest and engaging story to life. The sound design incorporates a wide variety of styles, from contemporary pops songs to jungle drums, to envelope the audience in the time and place of the story.

Bald Mountain Theater specializes in developing stories and fairy tales into theatrical productions that surprise and challenge the audiences to see stories in a new light. Don’t miss “Sweetheart of the Song Era Bong.” Performances will be held nightly on Jan. 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m.; matinee on Jan. 14 at 2 p.m.

Tickets, available at the door, are $10. All performances will be held at Spice Studio “only 45 seats” South Main St., Rochester. For more information call (802) 767-4800 or visit baldmountaintheater.org.

“Chasing Coral,” directed by Jeff Orlowski, will screen on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 3 and 8 p.m., as part of the Hirschfield International Film Series. These films are free and open to the public. A Q&A with cinematographer Andrew Ackerman will follow both screenings.

Film series continues with rats and coral

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erhaps you are already savvy to the free films that Middlebury College shows on Saturdays at Dana Auditorium, or perhaps not.

Extraordinary foreign and independent films are screened on Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. The films are part of the Hirschfield International Film Series and are open to the public. Often screenings are accompanied by Q&A sessions and guest speakers.

Coming up this Saturday, “Beach Rats” will be screened. The film was directed by Eliza Hittman and produced by Brad BeckerParton (A Middlebury College alumni, class of 2011.5). Hittman and Parton will be available on Saturday for discussion and Q&A after both screenings.

cautious relationship with a young woman. As Frankie struggles to reconcile his competing desires, his decisions leave him hurtling toward irreparable consequences.

Eliza Hittman’s award-winning Sundance hit is a powerful character study that is as visually stunning as it is evocative.

Hittman and Parton will extend their stay here in Addison County as advisors in the first year of the Middlebury Script Lab. This is a new program, developed and directed by Ioana Uricaru Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College. The week-long lab is in conjunction with a J-term class, that invited six emerging screenwriters to the college’s Bread Loaf campus for a week of work with advisors and students.

The Script Lab kicks off Thursday, Jan. 11 and concludes on the 17th.

THE PLOT On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends.

Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men. When his chatting and webcamming intensify, he begins meeting men at a nearby cruising beach while simultaneously entering into a

The second film in January will be “Chasing Coral,” directed by Jeff Orlowski. The film will be screened on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 3 and 8 p.m., in Dana Auditorium.

Another alumnus, Andrew Ackerman (class of 2013) and the cinematographer of the film, will be available for a Q&A after both film screenings.

“Beach Rats” will screen at Dana Auditorium this Saturday, Jan. 13, at 3 and 8 p.m. A Q&A and discussion will be held after each screening with director Eliza Hittman and producer Brad Becker-Parton.

THE PLOT Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching” — a sign of mass coral death — has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.

This film won the Audience Award (Documentary) at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

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IN TOWN

Author Kate Braestrup speaks in Middlebury

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ate Braestrup, author of the New York Times best selling memoir “Here If You Need Me,” is speaking at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (CVUUS) on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Her talk is titled “Life in Words.”

Braestrup is a woman of diverse talents and roles. She is a writer, a minister, and the Chaplain of the Maine State Warden Service and head of their Critical Incident Response Crisis Team. Her great gift is to bridge the differences between diverse communities and constituencies.

Her message is one of extraordinary range, encouraging people to “reach out beyond their ideological boundaries.”

BY KARL LINDHOLM

Braestrup also works with and helps train game wardens in Vermont.

“She is deeply immersed in the Wildlife Law Enforcement community,” said Warden Dale Whitlock of the Central District (Middlebury area) of Braestrup. “She is widely known throughout New England for her service and expertise involving the many traumas endured by law enforcement officers and their families. She is an amazing woman; guarded and loved by ‘her wardens’ much like a queen surrounded by her loyal soldiers. . . a rare gift in a sometimes harsh world.”

“Here If You Need Me” tells the story of Braestrup holding her family together after the death of her husband, a state trooper.

Eventually, she chose to pursue his dream of becoming a Unitarian-Universalist minister,

did you know?

KATE BRAESTRUP IS SELDOM SEEN WITHOUT A KNITTING PROJECT. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KATE AT KATEBRAESTRUP.COM, BETTER YET, COME TO HER TALK “LIFE IN WORDS” AT THE CVUUS ON SUNDAY AT 7 P.M.

above all — honest,” reflected author Phyllis Theroux. “In ‘Anchor and Flares’ she has proven, once again, that she is a writer upon whom nothing is lost, even when her mind is reeling.”

ultimately finding her calling as the Chaplain to Maine Warden Service.

One reviewer wrote “(Braestrup) mingles elements of police procedural and touching love story with trenchant observations about life and death…with compassion and a concern for the big questions inescapably provoked by tragic events.”

Braestrup is a writer and thinker for our time.

Because of her multiple identities — writer, cop, preacher, mother, spouse, community activist, she bridges with compassion and understanding the divisions which define our world, the fracturing of our national community into absolutist, armed camps.

She has written a sequel to “Here If You Need Me” called “Anchors and Flares: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hope, and Service.” Her other books include “Marriage and Other Acts of Charity” and “Beginner’s Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life.”

In “Anchors and Flares,” Braestrup reflects on the decision of her eldest son to join the Marines and attempts to “reconcile her desire to protect her children with her family’s legacy of service? Can any parent balance the joy of a child’s independence with the despair of letting go?”

“Kate Braestrup is funny, reflective, and —

one more thing YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK TINTYPE GYPSIES PLAY FOR ORWELL FREE LIBRARY The Tintype Gypsies will perform at the Orwell SATURDAY JAN. Town Hall this Saturday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.

Orwell Town Hall Musicians Angus Chaney, Emily Nelson and Kenny Cifone will perform American Folk Punk cross as a benefit concert for the Orwell Free Library. Sweet and savory refreshments provided. $10 adult, $8 senior $5 children. More info at (802) 948-2041 or orwellfreelibrary.org.

Her talk is sponsored by Champlain Valley Unitarian-Universalists, Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury Area Clergy Association, Charles Scott Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (Middlebury College), Living and Dying Partnership, and the Center for Community Engagement (Middlebury College).

CVUUS is located at 2 Duane Court, very near Middlebury Union High School. For more information call (802) 388-8080 or visit cvuus.org.

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MONTHLY WILDLIFE WALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 13, 8-11 a.m. Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland, corner of Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help survey birds and other wildlife.

Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. More

info call 802-388-6019 or 802-388-1007.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB SKYLIGHT POND AND SKYLINE LODGE HIKE IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 13. 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 great western overlook. Wear appropriate clothing, bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. This is a dog

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friendly hike. More info contact Ivor Hughes at brhughes@gmavt.net or 802-453-4412. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB YOUNG ADVENTURERS MT. INDEPENDENCE HIKE IN ORWELL. Sunday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. Geared towards adventurers 4-8 but all are welcomed.

Outings are tailored to individual participants.

More info contact YAC Leader Lauren Bierman at 802-349-7498 or laurenbierman1218@gmail.com.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE OR SNOWSHOE AT WATERSHED CENTER IN BRISTOL. Friday, Jan. 19. Moderate four-mile hike on the Middle Forest Trail. Meet at Watershed’s parking area (approximately 1.3 miles east of North Street, New Haven, on Plank Rd near the Bristol town line). Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail. com or 802-388-5407. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB TAM HIKE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 20. An easy to moderate three-plus mile hike that meanders through Battell and Means Woods with an 800 feet ascent up Chipman Hill. Wear appropriate clothing for hiking and bring water, a snack and hiking poles, if used. This is a dog friendly event. More info contact Mike Greenwood at mike802vt@comcast.net or 802-349-5653 or Wendy Warren at wwwredhead@yahoo. com or 609-751-7633. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

COMEDY STAND-UP COMEDY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Jan. 12, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Vermont comedians Tina Friml and Katie Gillespie bring together a latenight-style comedy show featuring interviews, improvisation and stand-up from three guest comics.

DANCE CONTRA DANCE IN CORNWALL. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30.

Featuring Don Stratton calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. More info at 802-462-3722.

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FILM “BEACH RATS” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 13, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. Frankie, a teenager from the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggles to escape his troubled home life and reconcile his conflicting sexual desires. Free.

LECTURE “ANIMALS OF THE NORTH: WHAT WILL CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN FOR THEM?” presentation in Addison. Thursday, Jan. 11, 9 a.m.

– 1:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 VT Route 17. Naturalist Sue Morse, founder and science director of Keeping Track, a wildlife conservation nonprofit based in Jericho, will give a lecture and slide presentation from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then she will lead the group on a nature walk at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area until 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the first 20 people who contact Amy Alfieri at amy.alfieri@vermont.gov or 802-759-2398.

“MUNDO PEQUEÑO” PRESENTATION IN BRISTOL. Thursday, Jan. 11, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. Join Cameron Russell and Eli Bennett as they share images and stories of their 11-month, 12,000mile bike ride from the tip of South America to Vermont. Presented by the One World Library Project. Free and open to the public and accessible to individuals with disabilities.

CROWS AND RAVENS LECTURE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Jan. 11, 7-8 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. These birds are considered harbingers of evil by some, and for others endless curiosity. In Otter Creek Audubon’s Cabin Fever lecture series, bird Diva Bridget Butler pulls back the shroud on these birds known as corvids. Free.

“THE HISTORY OF LIONEL TOY TRAINS AND OTHERS” TALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 13, 11 a.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Paul Bortz, a member of the Sheldon Museum’s Train Crew, will present a hands-on talk, demonstration and discussion that explores what makes Lionel wonderful.

Bring in trains for identification. Free magazines on hand. A tour of the Sheldon Museum’s train layout will follow the talk. Talk is free, Sheldon visit by donation. More info contact 802-388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

INVASIVE INSECT PRESENTATION IN SHOREHAM. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. Learn about invasive insect species with Meredith Whitney, Forest Pest Education Coordinator with the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program.

A kid-friendly, insect-heavy experience. An insect

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craft and a snack are included.

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TALK BY ADDISON GODINE IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 4:30 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building. Godine is director of construction for Getaway, a “tiny house hotel” company in Brooklyn. He also created the uhü (urban housing unit), a compact apartment space on wheels that traveled through Boston as a popup exhibition. As an architectural studies major at Middlebury, Godine was a leader of the 2011 Solar Decathlon team. Free.

PATTI CASEY AND TOM MCKENZIE IN LINCOLN. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Come hear this duo in the latest performance of the Burnham Music Series. Tickets $10 adults/ teens and children free. Refreshments will be served. More info call 802-388-6863.

“LOVE, GRIEF, AND ACTIVISM: MINDFULNESS IN TIMES OF CRISIS” LECTURE IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Jan. 22, 4:30-6 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. Come and hear Lama Rod Owens, an author, activist, and Lama (Buddhist Teacher) in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism, as he discusses a radical vision of bringing our full selves into the complexity of living.

MUSIC SHAI WOSNER PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Pianist Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight.

He returns to Middlebury with a program of late Schubert sonatas, including opuses 42, 51, and 78, the “Fantasie.” Reserved seating.

“THE WESTERN STAR” STORYTELLING IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 13, 4:30-6 p.m. The Abernethy Room at Axinn Center, Middlebury College. This is a transportive storytelling event, inviting its audience into a world of blinding blizzards, mysterious magi and the healing glow of one bright star. Actor and singer Jack DesBois weaves original verse and song into a striking tapestry of the Biblical Three Kings story. Join the Kings on their journey through winter’s darkness to the Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and share in their gentle message of hope. $10 suggested donation supports local charities; all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. Sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life.

JOEL CAGE PERFORMS IN BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear this award-winning veteran singer/ songwriter from Boston, once a member of the internationally acclaimed rock and roll group Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music, or

TINTYPE GYPSIES PERFORM IN ORWELL. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Orwell Town Hall, 423 Main Street, Orwell. Tintype Gypsies, an American Folk Punk cross with musicians Angus Chaney, Emily Nelson and Kenny Cifone will perform a benefit concert for the Orwell Free Library. Sweet and savory refreshments provided. $10 adult, $8 senior $5 children. More info at 802-948-2041 or orwellfreelibrary.org.

SWING NOIRE ON STAGE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come see Vermont’s hottest Hot Club style quartet who play with great energy, soul, sophistication, and improvisation. Tickets $20.

Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music, or Brandon-music.net.

THEATER “QUILTERS, THE MUSICAL” IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. A tender, moving play about a pioneer woman and her daughters that portrays the lot of women on the prairie through music, dance and drama. Free will donation.

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Meet the chef

Andrea Cousineau of The Lobby, Park Squeeze, Black S

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BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

hen you’re an executive chef, you never know when duty might call. That’s why Andrea Cousineau carries her chef knife in her purse at all times. It’s a MAC in case you were wondering.

She and Austin worked at The Bearded Frog for seven or eight years together, all while assisting in opening new restaurants.

“I think I did 11 or 12 openings in 10 years,” Cousineau calculated.

Among the restaurants were Park Squeeze and The Lobby.

“We started The Lobby project, but then there were construction delays, so we moved on to the new Park Squeeze,” “I go Cousineau, a Waltham resident, explained. between four different restaurants,” “The original conception of Park Squeeze said the executive chef of The Lobby was a West Coast-style in Middlebury, Park fast-casual with noodle Squeeze and Black bowls and wraps. Now Sheep Bistro in it’s more of a cafe bar/ Vergennes, and The grill. We kept the name Bearded Frog in “SLOW DOWN AND because we had this Shelburne. “I never know giant neon sign.” when I’ll need it.”

TAKE THE TIME TO The restaurant group was owned by Michel Mahe, but since his death in 2015, Cousineau and Dickie Austin have taken over as managers of the group.

GET IT RIGHT.”

Why not?

— Andrea Cousineau

“We treat it like it’s ours,” said 35-year-old Cousineau, who’s been working in Mahe’s restaurants since she was 17.

“Yeah, it’s like we have four kids — they are all restaurants,” said Austin, who graduated Vergennes Union High School in 1997 (three years ahead of Cousineau) and has been working in restaurants since he was 15.

The duo have been working together for something close to 14 years. Austin is general manager of the group, while Cousineau takes on all things kitchen.

Cousineau earned her degree from the New England Culinary Institute in 2005 and went straight to work for Mahe at The Bearded Frog. This wasn’t her first rodeo; she started out working for Mahe several years earlier at Starry Night in Ferrisburgh, then transitioned to Black Sheep Bistro as sous chef.

Park Squeeze is aptly named. Fit snuggly in the alley space between two buildings, the restaurant opens into a small dining area with a kitchen in the back and a comfortable lounge bar with a full menu upstairs.

“This was my crowning accomplishment,” Cousineau said. “Getting all the kitchen equipment to fit in this space was a matter of inches… The menu here is surprisingly simple with excellent execution.”

If you are looking for something a little more special, head a few blocks down to Black Sheep Bistro. “It’s cozy, warm and romantic with an amazing magical energy,” Cousineau described. Adding that even though it’s the same potato and the same process across the restaurant group, “the fries just taste better there.”

The Lobby was a larger project than Park Squeeze for Cousineau because she also needed to train the new head chef, Jeff Silver.

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Sheep and Bearded Frog “I work in collaboration with the chefs at each restaurant to develop the menus,” she said. But some require more work than others. “At The Bearded Frog and Park Squeeze, I’m mostly hands-off; but at Black Sheep and The Lobby I’m more hands-on because we’re in transitions with new head chefs.”

Cousineau has recently been helping Silver develop a new menu at The Lobby, which goes live Thursday, Jan. 11.

“I love food,” she said. “I like to think about it and meld flavors that are historically complimentary in new ways.”

Cousineau also loves to be busy. Juggling four restaurants, changing menus and late nights, she also raises her 1-year-old son with Justin Patas — head chef at Park Squeeze — and the help of their families.

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“I need a lot of things going on to be my best self,” she reflected. “I liken my life to a game of whack-a-mole — if it’s not one thing, it’s another.

“Some days it feels like I can do it forever.

Some days it feels like I won’t make it though the week… the restaurant business is hard. Michele was such a giving person and I strive to also be there for our employees personally and professionally.”

While Cousineau said she likes to give her chefs space to grow, she requires a strict level of professionalism in her kitchens.

“When a customer gets a plate of food they don’t care what you’re going through,” she said. “There’s no forgiveness.

Slow down and take the time to get it right… I’m like the goalie as executive chef. I’m working every station and I know what’s going on everywhere.”

It’s not uncommon for Cousineau to be at three of the four restaurants in any given day. She goes where she’s needed, knife at the ready.

Editor’s Note: Stay tuned for features on each of the head chefs from The Lobby, Black Sheep Bistro and Park Squeeze.

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STEAK WITH BLEU CHEESE AND GARLIC BUTTER, SWEET POTATO MASH AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS Recipe from The Lobby’s new menu.

SWEET POTATO AND PARSNIP MASH 5 lbs sweet potatoes 2 lbs parsnips 2 cups heavy cream ½ lb butter ¼ cup cider vinegar 1tbsp sage (chopped) Salt and pepper to taste Peel and dice potatoes and parsnips, then simmer in salted water until tender.

Heat to melt butter and incorporate sage. Drain sweet potatoes and parsnips, smash with potato masher. Add heavy cream and cider to reach the desired consistency and flavor.

GARLIC AND BLEU CHEESE BUTTER

ROASED BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Whip together butter, cheese and garlic oil. Gently fold garlic cloves into butter and bleu cheese mixture. Form log on parchment paper. Roll paper to create butter cylinder. Put in cooler until firmly set.

Unwrap and slice for use.

1 lb Brussels sprouts (halved) ¼ cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste

1 lb butter (softened) 2/3 cup bleu cheese crumble ½ cup roasted garlic oil 1/3 cup roasted garlic cloves Salt and pepper to taste.

STEAK

Toss Brussels sprouts in oil, and salt and pepper. Roast at 400 F for about 10-15 minutes.

Choose your favorite cut of steak, and grill to your preferred doneness.

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OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Fri, Sat & Mon 1/26, 1/27 & 1/29 @ 7:30pm Sun 1/28 @ 2pm MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE J-TERM MUSICAL

CABARET

Vivacious, wounded cabaret performer Sally Bowles and American writer Cliff fall in love in the looming shadow of Nazi Germany.

Tickets are $20/$15 staff/$6 students On Sale 1/10 at 8am online or call 802-382-9222

Sat 1/27 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

TOSCA

Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: Sonya Yoncheva and Anna Netrebko.

A free talk about Tosca will be given at 12:15 – in the studio.

Sat 2/3 2pm $15/$10 Students

THE OPERA HOUSE

The Opera House surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York.

Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews, and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, the film chronicles the creation of the Met’s storied home.

EXHIBITS 10 YEARS: THE CAMERON PRINT PROJECT. On view Jan. 9-April 29, featuring 29 works of art produced over the past decade in a series of annual collaborations between visiting artists and advanced printmaking students. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury.

(802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

AN INSTALLATION OF FOLK, ETHNIC, VINTAGE & CONTEMPORARY ART INSPIRED BY ANDRÉ BRETON’S STUDIO AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU. On view through Jan. 31, featuring a layered show of sculpture, painting and text, from beautiful African and European objects to the work of BigTown Gallery artists, including three artists new to the Gallery — Lou Fink, Alison Weld and Jason Horwitz. BigTown Gallery, 245 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 349-0979 or bigtowngallery.com.

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early fifteenth-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury.

(802) 443-5007.

CREATIVE SPACE WINTER SHOW. On view Jan. 1-Feb. 22, featuring the work of over 40 Vermont artists in all types of media including oils, acrylics, encaustics, prints, glassware, woodenware and jewelry.

Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-3850 or creativespacegallery.org.

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY PLAYERS

DRAW ME A STORY, TELL ME A TALE. On view through Jan. 13, featuring original artwork, sketches and more from 17 Vermont children’s book illustrators/authors. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Comedian Steve Martin’s absurd comedy of historical fiction finds Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meeting in a bar in Paris in 1904, the year before Einstein’s theory of relativity and Picasso’s transition into cubism.

MORE LIGHT. On view Dec. 1-Jan. 28, featuring small works by Anne Cady, Edward Holland, Julia Jensen, Molly Bosley, Pamela Smith & Sobelman Cortapega. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

Thu–Sat 2/8–10 @ 7:30pm; Sun 2/11 @ 2pm $12 Thu/$17 Fri–Sun

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE

Wed 2/14 11am $13/ $8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS

DAVID HOCKNEY

AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Widely considered Britain’s most popular artist, David Hockney is a global sensation with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and beyond, attracting millions of visitors worldwide.

Sat 2/17 1pm $24/ $10 Students

“RURAL INDUSTRY: AN EMBELLISHMENT OR BLEMISH ON THE LANDSCAPE?” On view through January, featuring eight untitled oil paintings by Mark Benton. The WalkOver Gallery, 15 Main Street in Bristol. (802) 453-3188 x 2 or walkover@mac.com.

WINTER IN VERMONT. On view through January, featuring an ensemble show by the membership of season-appropriate artwork.

The show includes a Christmas tree full of for sale ornaments.

Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

L’ELISIR D’AMORE

MET IN HD — Soprano Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met as the feisty Adina, opposite Matthew Polenzani. Bartlett Sher’s production is charming, with deft comedic timing, but also emotionally revealing.

Scott Morrison will give a free talk at 12:15pm in the studio.

Sun 2/18 2pm $12 MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL

I AM EVIDENCE

A riveting and timely documentary of four sexual assault survivors whose rape kits went untested for years, following them as they navigate their way through the criminal justice system and learn that, so often, the system is broken.

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MUSIC Burnham Hall welcomes Patti Casey and Tom McKenzie

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Joel Cage plays at Brandon Music

atti Casey and Tom McKenzie will perform for the Burnham Music Series, at Burnham Hall in Lincoln, on Saturday, Jan. 13. Casey is an award winning songwriter, and McKenzie’s banjo and voice are a perfect compliment. As the two musicians weave their way through the many styles of traditional based songs and tunes, you’ll find your toes tapping and a smile on your face.

Joel Cage is an award winning veteran singer/songwriter from Boston. Once a member of the internationally acclaimed rock and roll group “Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes,” Cage has been a performing soloist for the past two decades. Brandon Music welcomes the virtuoso guitarist and impassioned vocalist on Jan. 13 to their stage.

While traveling all lower 48 states, both Casey and McKenzie have performed for schools, private parties and community halls, bringing great tunes and polished harmonies to appreciative audiences.

They will happily make any event shine or charm any audience with their banjo, guitar, hammered dulcimer, flute, keyboard, ukulele, seated clogging and fine humor. Audiences hear everything from French Canadian dance tunes, to Tin Pan Alley, to Old Time Country, to their own impressive originals.

Tickets are $10 for adults, and free for teens and children. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 7:30. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (802) 388-6863.

Cage’s music is both evocative and raucous. He spans the gamut from sounding like a full rock band to “hear your own heartbeat” intimacy. He is also a master interpreter of other people’s music, spanning a wide field of musical genres.

Patti Casey and Tom McKenzie will play at Burnham Hall in Lincoln this Saturday evening for the Burnham Music Series.

live music SHAI WOSNER. Friday, Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury.

JOEL CAGE. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

PATTI CASEY AND TOM MCKENZIE. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, Lincoln.

HAMJOB. Saturday, Jan. 13, 10 p.m.-6 a.m., Notte (Two Brothers), Middlebury.

SWING NOIRE. Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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During Cage’s 20-year solo career, his songwriting has evolved “from imitating my favorites, to trying to write the ultimate folk song,” Cage explained. His evolution continued, “to timeless rock anthems, to architectural experiments in the science of song structure and stylistic influence, to the discovery of my own voice and point of view; a travelogue of my personal spiritual journey… observations, hypotheses and conclusions regarding the nature of existence.”

Cage is a consummate performer. He has performed at house concerts, churches, coffeehouses, concert venues, fairs, festivals, nightclubs, restaurants — just about everywhere in the minstrel’s milieu.

He has appeared at some of the most prestigious folk and acoustic venues and festivals in the country, including the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas where he was awarded top prize in the Kerrville New Folk Competition. Among his many accolades: the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, three time winner of the USA Songwriter’s Competition, and multiple nominations for the Boston Music Awards.

Cage currently has five CDs in release. Or come hear him perform live at Brandon Music this Saturday. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for the show and an extra $25 for a pre-concert dinner. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show.

Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@brandonmusic.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info. To learn more about the artist visit joelcage.com.

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the movie DARKEST HOUR — RUNNING TIME: 2:05 — RATING: PG-13 When Winston Churchill became England’s Prime Minister in 1940, he was already an accomplished man. He had served his country in the Military during World War I and had received a Nobel Prize for literature. He ascended at a time of political chaos and controversy as his country watched Nazi Germany absorb Europe. It certainly was England’s “darkest hour.”

This movie brings that dark period to life under the hand of director Joe Wright and a cast of fine actors who literally drop us into the government chaos as England faced imminent attack on their own country after the fall of Europe. As the movie opens, we watch the superb actor Gary Oldman begin his portrait of the complicated Churchill who is wrestling with both the dissension in Parliament and his own unpopularity.

As Churchill works toward his ultimate refusal to surrender to Germany, we watch him explore his position and write it out with the help of his trusted typing assistant Elizabeth Layton. She is played by Lily James with beautiful serenity and depth that cover her own fears. The rest unfolds in the explosive atmosphere of the angry Parliament and in periodic appearances by Churchill’s wife Clemmie (Kristin Scott Thomas) who knows exactly how to support her husband and prod him forward.

Director Wright and his cameramen roam the halls of power in the relative safety of the dark underground world beneath London.

He focuses on the angry chaos of the decision makers — Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup), Viscount Halifax (Stephen Dillane), and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn). In answer to Churchill’s plea for help, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers the depressing message that America has signed neutrality agreements. In a strong scene, Churchill boards a subway to learn how British citizens are feeling about surrender versus battle. They reinforce his instincts.

Atop this atmosphere, Gary Oldman is outstanding. With padding and jowls that make him thoroughly credible, Oldman has been fashioned

Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour” (2017).

into a genuine look alike for the prime minister, a stroke that allows viewers to sink thoroughly into the 1940 reality the movie is presenting.

Oldman gives us all the twists and turns of Churchill’s unique self as he wrestles with the options under debate by his peers. This brings to life that narrow slice of history when England stood alone against Germany and paints the rise of Churchill as he takes on his opponents and ultimately sets the future course of England and Europe.

The historical time, the place, the story — all are beautifully done; but it is Oldman who slips into that complicated time with a deeply thoughtful creation of one of history’s most crucial players. When he snarls, “You can’t reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth,” it says all that needs to be said of England’s dire situation. Director Wright is not afraid to allow long pauses as emphasis for complex and important statements.

Or as Churchill’s opponent says, “He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.”

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

BOOKS ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF US

the book WHEN: THE SCIENTIFIC SECRETS OF PERFECT TIMING — BY DANIEL H. PINK

Outliers: The Story of Success,

by Malcolm Gladwell

(Riverhead Books)

How do we successfully make myriads of decisions every day about when to do something? Well, as they say, timing is everything, or could it be the other way around, in fact, everything is timing? Daniel Pink contends timing is not an art, but rather a science, and one that we can utilize to maximize all facets of our lives. His new book provides extensive contextual and multidisciplinary research, at once explaining and backing up his assertions as well as providing guidance on how best to live, work and succeed. Part One reveals the hidden patterns in our daily actions. Part Two explores three main points and their relevance: beginnings, midpoints and endings. And Part Three discusses group synchronization, in business and personal relationships, and the language of time. Inserted at healthy intervals, to provide pacing and natural breaks in the book, Pink has created a time-hacker’s handbook that assists in figuring out your chronotype, your own personal biological clock that controls your body’s rhythms, and how to figure out when is the optimal time for you to tackle analytical or insightful tasks. This is a fascinating book, with illuminating anecdotes and practical advice.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter, by Scott Adams The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, by Michael Lewis Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging,

by Sebastian Junger Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior, by Jonah Berger The River of Consciousness, by Oliver Sacks Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I’m Learning to Say, by Kelly Corrigan

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HOME Property transferred in Vergennes

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he following arms-length real estate sales were recorded in Vergennes between March and December 2017 (Note: Due to changes in Vermont property-transfer forms only one buyer and seller are listed in most transactions):

• April 14: River’s Edge Associates to Daniel Bachand, home at 84 Commodore Drive, $317,612.

• April 18: 103-105 Main Street LLC to D&E Apartments LLC, multifamily dwelling at 103105 Main St., $247,500.

• May 4: Richard Osgood to Bruce Taylor, home at 155 South Maple St., $140,000.

Booska Court, $305,000.

• June 22: Bruce Hier to Ryan Rueckert, condo at 5B Country Commons, $178,000.

• June 23: Serge Kaufmans to John Froymoyer, home at 41 South Water St., $231,000.

• June 26: Jeannette Romeo to Thomas Blaise, mobile home at 37 First St., $37,000.

• May 10: Ruth Kuchinad to Wendy Warren, home at 24 South Maple St., $175,000.

• June 28: Cassidy Holdings No. 4 to D&E Apartments, multifamily dwelling at 273287 Main St., $431,500.

• May 19: River’s Edge Associates to Michael Borrello, home at 142 Commodore Drive, $304,344.

• July 1: Michael O’Donnell to Andrew Russett, home at 175 South Maple St., $210,000.

• May 31: Rheal and Gail Gevry to Donald Jerome Jr., mobile home at 204 South Maple St., $100,000.

• July 14: Simone Colby to Jeffrey Bushey, mobile home at 13 First St., $143,000.

• May 31: Jaime Ciffo to Kathleen Cotton, home at 13 Booth Woods, $260,000.

• June 13: David Chase to Jeffrey O’Brien, home at 59 New Haven Road, $228,500.

• June 15: Michael Sharp to Jenning Boateng, home at 17 Hopkins Road, $330,000.

• June 15: Maurice Massimo to Kenneth Remsen, home at 4

Commons, $173,100.

• Aug. 31: John Billard to Ulryka Schygulla and Julie Rubaud, home at 14 Comfort Hill, $232,500.

• Sept. 1: State of Vermont to Scott Hardy, 7.5 acres on Comfort Hill, $195,000.

• Oct. 3: Paul Glynn to John Wallner, home at 33 Thomas Circle, $225,000.

• Oct. 13: Marcel Bourgeois

to David Hathaway, home at 78 West Main St., $305,500.

• Oct. 30: Rivers Edge Associates to Paul Seyler, home at 104 Commodore Drive, $297,000.

• Nov. 2: Wenli Zheng to Arnela Hasic, home at 45 West Main St., $193,900.

• Nov. 8: Wendy Warren to David Small, home at 24 South Maple St., $299,900.

• Nov. 17: Jackman Trust to William Wisell, home

at 36 Bowman Road, $265,000.

• Nov. 17: McDonald Trust to Joshua and Tara Brooks, home at 230 Main St., $230,000.

• Dec. 8: Michael Safford to John Patnaude, home at 33 School St., $140,000.

• Dec. 8: Joyce Donnelly to Gregory Hathaway, home at 6 Crosby Court, $278,000.

• Dec. 8: David and Mary Gaboriault to Monica Mello, home at 67 West Main St., $228,000.

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