Monday, Jan. 28, 2019

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 30 No. 37

Ripton hosts troubadour • Come to the ‘coffee house’ this Saturday to hear Greg Klyma. Read Arts Beat on Pages 10 and 11.

Few vacancies at local shelters

Middlebury, Vermont

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Farmers seek pay for ‘ecosystem services’

Want credit for keeping land & air clean

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MONTPELIER — A broad-based coalition of Vermont farmers headed to Montpelier Friday to propose a pilot project that could transform the state’s accounting system for agriculture.

Developed by the Champlain

Valley Farmer Coalition of Addison and Rutland counties, the FranklinGrand Isle Farmer’s Watershed Alliance and the Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance, the project concept is simple: Pay farmers to produce healthy (See Farmers, Page 30)

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Vergennes-area to vote on $22M school spending plan

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — After being thrown a last-minute curveball by state education officials, the Addison Northwest School District Board on Thursday adopted a proposed budget for next school year that would raise the education property tax to five

Vergennes-area municipalities by about 5.6 percent.

A majority of those board members present OK’d a 20192020 spending plan of $22,139,341 that if approved in March could raise the tax rate in the five ANWSD communities by about 9 cents.

(See Schools, Page 19)

• Recent heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures have taken a major toll on the homeless.

See Page 2.

Cornwall affirms solar injunction • The selectboard makes an interim bylaw on arrays permanent. See Page 2.

Dancers host competition

• The Tigers and other teams took over the MUHS gym on Friday. See photos and results in Sports, Page 20.

ASSISTANT MANAGER ABBI LENGYEL stands in the kitchen at Middlebury’s Green Peppers Pizza with restaurant owner Mark Perrin last Friday.

Lengyel said having a job is a key to her recovery from substance use disorder; Perrin is happy to give people like Lengyel a second chance.

See loggers in action Thursday • Public invited to see how forests can be managed to improve wildlife habitat. See Page 24.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Offering hope: Locals in recovery find work Businesses are offering a chance to start over

By SARAH ASCH MIDDLEBURY — Garrett Charleton knows what makes a good employee. He successfully ran his company, Happy Valley Painters, in Rutland County for 21 years before moving it to Middlebury this past November.

Among his past employees have been people recovering from substance use disorder. These people sometimes have difficulty finding a good job — even in an economy like Vermont’s that has a shrinking workforce.

Although he didn’t necessarily

seek out such workers, Charleton said his experience with those in recovery has been good and now he plans to hire employees through a staffing service that specializes in placing workers with substance abuse in their past.

Charleton’s reason is simple.

“Everybody deserves a second chance,” he said.

Frank Provato, a doctor at the Mountain Health Center in Bristol, said that employment helps aid recovery. He coordinates the center’s medication-assisted treatment program for opioid users.

Provato said that employment matters because it offers those in recovery a sense of purpose, as well (See Recovery, Page 18)

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Cold weather and snow fill up homeless shelters

Cornwall makes its solar rules permanent

John Graham, Charter House meeting need

By JOHN FLOWERS House and VT 211 if we can’t MIDDLEBURY — Recent accommodate requests for shelter. heavy snowfall and consistently Statewide, efforts to provide safe frigid temperatures have resulted in haven for those at risk seem to be Addison County shelters working successful.� overtime to make sure the local The JGHS Emergency Shelter on homeless population stays warm, Main Street in Vergennes has eight fed and properly attired to face the rooms for individuals and families, worst Mother Nature has to offer. and can house up to 25 residents at a Leaders of John Graham Housing time. JGHS also owns and operates & Services (JGHS) in Vergennes four apartment buildings in the and the Charter county that provide House Coalition housing. “We refer callers to transitional in Middlebury The Charter confirmed on Economic Services, House Coalition’s Thursday that their the Charter Middlebury warming respective shelters are House and VT shelter at 27 North full — and have been 211 if we can’t Pleasant St. can for quite some time, accommodate accommodate up to as folks with no other 22 individuals and housing options have requests for several families. sought protection shelter. Statewide, A vast majority from potentially efforts to provide of the Middlebury deadly outdoor safe haven for shelter’s guests are temperatures. those at risk seem Addison County folks, The Middlebury homeless to be successful.� though police blotter has individuals from other — Peter Kellerman counties are accepted featured multiple entries during the past unless capacity has five weeks of people seeking refuge reached 20, according to coalition in area ATM booths and apartment Co-director Doug Sinclair. At that vestibules and hallways. point, coalition volunteers and Peter Kellerman, co-director of staff help out-of-towners find other JGHS, said the Vergennes shelter accommodations, which under took in another six people during the some circumstances can include past 10 days. area motel rooms.

Available slots are snapped up Sinclair was pleased to report two virtually as soon as they are vacated. shelter families recently transitioned Kellerman is thankful shelters to more permanent housing, so there throughout the state have collectively was an opening for one large family met the winter emergency needs of — or two small families — as the the homeless population — at least Addison Independent went to press. for now.

Officials expect the vacancy to fill “The (Vermont) Agency very quickly. of Human Services has kept “We’ve been maxed out almost community partners informed of since the day we opened,� Sinclair statewide emergency warming said. shelters available in the face of life The warming shelter opened threatening weather conditions,� to families in mid-October, and Kellerman said. “We refer callers welcomed individuals beginning in to Economic Services, the Charter early September.

CHARTER HOUSE COALITION Co-Director Doug Sinclair grasps a stairway railing extension recently installed for homeless guests of the organization’s warming shelter at 27 North Pleasant St. Recent frigid temperatures and abundant snowfall have placed increasing pressure on shelters in Middlebury and Vergennes.

Independent photo/John Flowers

Sinclair and his colleagues are conducting a fund drive seeking $42,000, a sum they believe would allow the shelter to remain open year-round.

And a year-round shelter is all the more necessary given the paucity of affordable housing in Addison County, according to local human (See Charter House, Page 3)

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By JOHN FLOWERS CORNWALL — The Cornwall selectboard wants to make permanent an interim solar screening bylaw the board instituted more than three years ago in response to a specific solar array that had been proposed off West Street.

That interim bylaw, originally approved back in 2015, recently expired. The Cornwall Planning Commission has been busy making major revisions to the town’s zoning bylaw and subdivision regulations, and has thus been unable to devote much time to the solar screening rules. So the selectboard on Jan. 4 voted to make permanent the interim solar bylaw, knowing the planning commission could revisit the bylaw during the coming months and propose changes.

The bylaw will become permanent on March 5, unless any local resident files a citizens petition protesting the rules.

The solar screening bylaw mandates, among other things, that solar projects pitched in Cornwall must: • Be designed and made of “materials, colors and textures that blend into the surrounding natural or built environment to the maximum extent feasible.â€? • Incorporate screening that breaks up the visible area of the project so as to prevent unobstructed views of the project, and mitigates adverse aesthetic impacts on views from residences and public highways. • Incorporate sufficient screening to ensure the visible area of the project represents no more than 5-percent of the field of view from any of the following: Any point within a residence, any point within 150 feet of a residence, or any point on a public highway. • Ensure that plantings for screening purposes are of sufficient height, density and maturity to achieve the screening standard within three years of planting.

A complete version of Cornwall’s solar screening bylaw can be found at tinyurl. com/ya65m48a.

Selectboard Chairman Benjamin Marks said the interim bylaw has proved very effective during its three-year run, and two projects have been approved and built in town during that period.

The proposed West (See Cornwall, Page 3)

Gov. Scott sets his Charter House Vt. budget priorities Includes new tax in $6B spending plan

By ANNE GALLOWAY and XANDER LANDEN VTDigger.org The pledge is dead.

After a first term in which Gov. Phil Scott categorically opposed any new tax and fee increases, the governor has proposed a fiscal year 2020 budget that includes several.

Going forward, Scott will almost certainly continue to vigorously oppose increases of broad-based levies, like the income, sales and property taxes.

But in a marked departure from his administration’s budgeting practices for their two years in office, Scott has proposed several tax increases and new fees, the goal of which, officials say, is to “modernize” state government.

In last year’s budget address, Scott was emphatic about his no new tax and fee campaign pledge — even at a time when there were significant state budget surpluses. And he underscored that stance when he threatened to veto a dozen bills from the Legislature that contained taxes or fees.

While he sounded a theme of fiscal restraint again in the speech on Thursday before lawmakers, this time around Scott has reneged on his pledge not to raise state revenues.

“Without any new investments — just paying the bills — we began building this budget with about a $40 million gap,” Scott told lawmakers. “That’s just our basic obligations — debt service, pension funding, contracted salary increases, caseload pressures at AHS [Agency of Human Services], clean water and others.”

Scott said he asked his team to “think differently,” “question assumptions” and innovate “so that even with these spending pressures, we can make a difference and emerge stronger and more sustainable.”

To that end, he asked lawmakers to

Cornwall (Continued from Page 2) Street solar farm that triggered Cornwall’s interim screening bylaw was ultimately never built by SunCommon, according to Marks.

The Vermont Public Utilities Commission has permitting authority over renewable energy proposals in the state. While town officials and neighbors can provide feedback to the PUC on specific solar, wind and hydro projects, such proposals do not have to undergo local permitting review. But the PUC does review pertinent town bylaws when considering renewable energy applications.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

“face our unfunded liabilities,” and urged them to use $22.2 million to pay down a loan for retired teacher health care costs.

Scott’s overall budget, however, is up by 4 percent over last year’s proposal, which came in just shy of $6 billion. This year, the governor’s budget crests that high water mark for state spending.

Revenue growth is up by $73 million. That increase is due to an uptick in current and projected tax receipts tied to the state’s economic growth.

The governor’s budget proposal includes about $10 million in new fees — including a $6 million hike on the fees the state charges broker-dealer agents, mortgage brokers — and $250,000 on the state’s burgeoning hemp industry.

The Scott administration hopes to reap $7 million from online marketplaces like E-Bay and Amazon by passing a law that expands the boundaries of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision that allows states to collect online sales tax from companies that don’t have a physical presence in a given state. That money would go directly toward child care subsidies.

The governor is also looking to levy $2 million in new taxes on online hotel companies for reservations made in Vermont that are not already taxed locally.

In addition, Scott is proposing a $1 million tax on e-cigarettes.

He said in the past two years “1.5 million more kids began using e-cigarettes and vape products across the nation.”

“Right here in Vermont, use among young people nearly doubled,” Scott (See Scott’s budget, Page 7)

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this winter, which Sinclair believes (Continued from Page 2) services providers. The shortage is is a result of more people finding so acute that those fortunate enough housing alternatives. to hold an affordable housing “(Our guests) seem to find a way voucher are losing those subsidies to join somebody else ... and become by default because they can’t find a partner on the lease,” Sinclair a qualifying apartments locally, said. “The whole community that according to Sinclair. works with us is helping people find The fair market rent for the something that will work. A shelter average two-bedroom is a tough place to apartment in Addison live, so if for example “Doing laundry County is $946, a person has family according to statistics can get very in Kansas, we help provided by JGHS. expensive. It with transportation If a family spends can add up very to Kansas. Find 30-percent of its quickly. We would anything that can income on rent, that love to be able help them get to a family would need place here they can to earn $3,153 per to give laundry have more privacy.” months or $37,840 vouchers to all The coalition’s each year to keep up of our folks, for warming shelter is with bills. well-stocked with hygiene reasons.

While the It’s better for bedding, linens and nationwide vacancy everybody if they most forms of winter rate for apartments clothing — with the hovers around 7 can wash their exception of men’s percent, Vermont has clothes regularly, and women’s gloves, a 1 percent vacancy but it’s a costly according to Sinclair. rate, according to thing for them to Homeless clients JGHS officials. also need bus tokens do.”

“After 90 days for Addison County — Doug Sinclair of (looking for an Transit Resources apartment), they lose transportation within the subsidy,” Sinclair said. “The the county and to the cities of state distributes them where they Rutland and Burlington. Sinclair can actually be used. And because noted more than half of the shelter’s the housing is so short here, we’re guests are employed, but not in losing vouchers that we would jobs that can support apartment normally get to areas where people rent, transportation, food, clothing, can get housing.” utilities and other household MORE CLIENTS THAN USUAL expenses.

Fifty-eight distinct individuals “People need to take buses to have been served at the warming appointments in Burlington… and shelter so far this winter, far more that takes bus tokens,” Sinclair said. than usual for a typical winter, Shelter guests could also use Sinclair said. Eleven separate funds to cover their laundry costs, families had also used the facility according to Sinclair. He lamented as of last Thursday. This means the loss of the Mountain Fresh there’ve been fewer repeat guests Cleaning Laundromat at nearby 10

Washington St., but said guests can make the trek to Desabrais Laundry & Dry Cleaning at 1232 Exchange St. “Doing laundry can get very expensive,” Sinclair said. “It can add up very quickly. We would love to be able to give laundry vouchers to all of our folks, for hygiene reasons.

It’s better for everybody if they can wash their clothes regularly, but it’s a costly thing for them to do.”

MORE VOLUNTEERS While the Charter House Coalition has a robust corps of volunteers, more helpers are needed during late afternoons and early evenings to assist family residents at the shelter, Sinclair said. It’s a time of the day when children are returning from school and could use some adult supervision and mentoring while their parents are still at work.

“We have plenty of kids to interact with and have a good time, and then be there for the dinner meal,” Sinclair said.

The coalition has thus far raised $285,000 toward its goal of $550,000 to improve access, heating system and other upgrades to the historic Charter House.

Anyone wanting to contribute to the coalition’s efforts should email mskachmar@gmavt.net.

Sinclair and Kellerman both have “can-do” attitudes when it comes to serving the homeless.

And it’s infectious.

“Fortunately, we have such a wonderful dedicated staff, we have been able to manage,” Sinclair said.

“I would say we haven’t missed a beat, in spite of the weather, because of the dedication of our volunteers.

There’s always someone who says, ‘I can come in and cover.’”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial

Can’t keep ignoring the issue It’s not news that Vermont’s demographics show a loss of young people along with an aging population. It’s been trending that way for years. What should be shocking, however, is to vocalize the extent of that swing. Between 2000 and 2017, Vermont witnessed a 23 percent drop in school age children.

We now have 30,000 fewer K-12 students than the state did 20 years ago.

We’ve all heard Gov. Phil Scott recite the numbers, as did Gov. Jim Douglas when he warned about this demographic trend a decade ago. But we’ve nodded our heads, said, “but what can we do about it,” and gone on to the next topic.

We need to do more. We need to internalize what it means and make it local.

In Addison County, the demographic swing has been even more dramatic.

As a story reported in last Monday’s Addison Independent, Addison County saw a 31 percent drop in school age children from 2000-2017, while the county also saw a 73 percent gain in seniors over 65.

The breakout by school district was also instructive: Addison Central School District (the seven towns flowing into Middlebury Union High School) lost 22 percent; Addison Northwest (Vergennes Union High School) saw a drop of 35 percent; and while numbers were not available at Mount Abe (Bristol and the Five-Town area), simple math suggests the loss has to be around 30 percent.

That’s no trifling matter, and the hope in publishing this information in front page stories is to prod a more concerted response from our local communities.

What we know by now is we can’t sit idly by hoping the state will miraculously do something to stem the tide and encourage a younger demographic to call Addison County home. As school districts and within each of our 23 communities, it’s up to us to make constructive moves.

Where should we start? Here are a few ideas: • Let’s organize around school districts to develop three-or-four (Otter Valley could be included) working groups to focus on one thing: making sure Addison County schools are the top performing in the state. Why? Because if you offer a quality public education, you can attract families; if your schools are lowperforming, no matter what else you try to do, you’re toast.

• Let use those same multi-town discussion groups to rethink how we integrate those 65 and over into the community in the most productive way possible. If we have a 73 gain in those over 65 who have moved to Addison County because they find the intellectual, arts and outdoor recreational opportunities exciting, they’re not here to sit idly by. They are active people and would likely leap at the opportunity to help the community thrive in any way they could — mentorships (academic, business start-ups, or professional).

There are hundreds of ways to use their talents to improve the well-being of the county and we’re remiss not to pursue that in a more productive way.

Similarly, we live in a college community and benefit greatly from the interaction with those students. As businesses we should be open to internships and other ways to engage those students and give them a taste of working in Addison County and Vermont.

While the task of stemming the loss of that school age demographic is intimidating, there are solutions and hope. In last Thursday’s second part of this three-part series, reporter Sarah Asch (a January intern from Middlebury College), reached out to students, colleges and statewide business groups — and she reports on good things already happening. Young people do want to stay here, if good jobs can be found. Colleges and business groups encourage internships, though not enough are offered.

And most recently at the Legislature, Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison County, is a cosponsor of a new bill to provide Vermont high school graduates with up to 10 semesters of in-state college tuition free. “We have one of the lowest investments in higher education in the country,” Hardy said. “I’m hoping that if we reduce the cost of attending college, and reduce the debt load of attending college, more students will choose not only to stay in Vermont but go to college in the first place.” It’s a great idea, if the state can afford it, because we know that 80 percent of in-state students who go on to college stay in Vermont; that’s a darn good return on investment.

And that’s just for starters.

What we can’t afford to do (as communities) is ignore the problem. We can’t expect the state alone to solve the problem. We need community leaders to understand that market forces alone won’t create the momentum needed for a rebirth — a good part of the solution will depend on how proactively we use the resources (human and natural) around us.

Angelo Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

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Sirens

SIGNS HANGING FROM Main Street storefronts in Bristol recently beckon to a pedestrian who seems oblivious to their appeals.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Letters to the Editor Vegetarian diet vital in battle against global warming Although I will undoubtedly incur the wrath of many Addison County citizens and most of the dairy farmers, I feel compelled to respond to three November letters to the editor regarding climate change and saving the planet: on Nov. 1, of group of intelligent, conscientious people wrote; “Failure to act on global warming is at our own peril;” then, several weeks later Carolyn Van Vleck wrote, “Saving the planet means sacrifices;” and thirdly Willa Brown wrote, “Mandatory measures need to preserve the planet.”

Most everything stated by these

people I agree with, but I strongly believe they did not extend their discussions far enough! What is needed now to help accomplish a three-part related big picture goal (preserving the planet, improving our health and treating animals humanely) is a global shift to a plant-based diet — yes what we put into our mouths. By ending animal agriculture and moving toward a vegan diet, we could eliminate the need to kill millions of innocent creatures.

As the author of “Healthy Eating, Healthy World,” Morris J. Hickey

says, “In a world of sick, obese or starving people, suffering animals, and rapidly disappearing natural resources how can we possibly not come together and end all of this madness once and for all?”

I would first point out the following: • Georgetown Environmental Review article “A Leading Cause of Everything: One Industry that is Destroying Our Planet and Our Ability to Thrive on It.” Oct. 23, 2015. “There is one issue at the heart of all these global problems — (See Letter, Page 5)

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Letter (Continued from Page 4) our demand and reliance on animal products.

• A report in “The Guardian” on May 31, 2018: “Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to date of the damage farming does to the planet.

• Drawdown — “The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse Global warming” by Paul Hawkins, lists at number four the adoption of a plant-rich diet.

• Al Gore — our former vice president and later a spokesperson on climate change and the creator of An Inconvenient Truth, as well as a black angus cattle rancher, declared in 2013 that he was no longer consuming animal food. He gave in to critics in view of the World Health Organization’s 2006 study showing that raising livestock (cows, pigs, chickens) to feed people produces more greenhouse gases than all the transportation combined.

And still another critical reason to stop animal agriculture is because of the huge over-use of antibiotics (which are used to make that animas grow faster), but in turn causes drug-resistant bacteria, which now sicken two million Americans each year and has killed 2,300. (Food & Drug Administration) Turning to a man’s physical health, a second part of this big picture, one can consult any of the many Forks Over Knives physicians to understand that we do not need dairy at all, nor all the protein a typical standard American Diet (SAD) provides.

Among the most widely known would include T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of “The China Study,” which is still considered by many to be “the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted.” His central message is that “casein, the main protein in milk, is the most relevant chemical carcinogen ever identified.”

Yes, casein can turn on cancer.

A second equally renowned doctor is Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D., a Cleveland Clinic surgeon who examines the profound claim that most, if not all the degenerative diseases that affect us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting our present menu of animal based and dairy foods. A definite must-read is Esselstyn’s “Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease.”

Still another example of showing not needing dairy occurred this past August as part of the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine when an international conference on nutrition in medicine took place. Hundreds of doctors stood outside the White House with a “Ditch the Dairy” banner. Instead of spending millions bailing out the milk industry, the government should ditch the dairy, says world-famous Dr. Neal Barnard.

And now on a personal note, as a 20-year breast cancer survivor with 27 positive nodes, I attribute my continued avoidance of metastasis in

large part to eliminating all dairy and a gradual change to a plant-based diet. And to facilitate this move to a plant-based way of eating, more doctors — and yes our local doctors and Porter staff — must further educate themselves on the value of such a diet, for most of them did not receive such training in medical school. Then they must be willing to advance this treatment plan instead of just handling our prescriptions for pills. It’s prevention that’s needed, not just treating symptoms or a quick fix. Also the patients themselves have to learn how to accept personal responsibility.

Like so many Vermonters, going way back to when I was a student here at the college in 1956-1960, I too have loved being a part of the bucolic environment of cows munching and grazing in green pastures and then again in 1998 when my late husband and I moved from the San Francisco area and bought a house in Weybridge just across the creek from the Chaulker Farm. Now, though it is recognized that there is another dimension to this peaceful scene — a dark underbelly that the dairy industry’s Got Milk? campaign ( a bombardment of cleverly crafted ads and people wearing white mustaches) has convinced the public and even a large number of doctors that dairy is beneficial. (Yes, within the past year and a half a farm in the Springfield, Vt., area was legally penalized for inhumane treatment of animals).

Finally, in regard to the third part of this intertwined big picture goal — the cessation of horrible treatment and killing of animals — it would seem that many churches of every belief system could do more.

Quoting from the Christian Vegetarian Association, “Those entrusted with the responsibility to spreading the message of love and kindness have been remarkably quiet when it comes to animal issues. Even though today animals are abused on an unprecedented scale, many of the clergy and other church authorities have not voiced indignation. To the contrary, churches routinely serve products of factory farming and resist efforts to have presentations about the treatment of animals.”

And still further one note, I think Middlebury College has not addressed this issue adequately enough either. Remember they did have the famous J. Saffran Froer, author of “Eating Animals,” speak at graduation in 2014, and the college’s own Rebecca Kneale Gould wrote several years ago in

Letters to the Editor the Independent’s “Ways of Seeing:” “Even climate change is all about cows, costs, transportation and soil.

Meat eating and climate change are inextricably bound together.” But nothing on a large scale seems to have resulted.

As Carolyn Van Vleck stated, I too “don’t want to sound like a total downer” or be viewed as a non-compassionate person. I’m not.

But we are talking about long-term plan of saving the planet! For our state specifically, farmers will need financial help and guidance to bridge the gap until they can adapt to other means of production, which already many farmers have done.

Short term solutions aren’t enough.

See as an example the article on Henry Schwartz’s Elmhurst Dairy in Queens, N.Y., which after 90 years has ceased its dairy operations and started to pursue successfully four plant based milks.

Brains far more agile and much younger than mine can engineer this transition. If we can get someone up on Mars, then we must also save our earth. As we go forward to accomplish this three-part goal, I ask, doesn’t this topic warrant at least more discussion among all people and groups in our community and state? And if we do this, we must continue to remember the thoughts and words of some of history’s greatest minds: “ Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as mush as the evolution of a vegetarian diet.”- Albert Einstein.

And “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” – Mahatma Ghandi For those who after reading this are very angry and skeptical, I would recommend their watching at least some of the following: “Forks Over Knives,” “Cowspiracy,” “What You Eat Matters,” “Eating You Alive,” “One Bite at a Time” and “The Game Changers.”

Pat Davies Middlebury

Future of our nation is threatened An interview a couple of nights ago — of a government security expert, who had America’s interest at heart and had worked in that field for 40 years and knew what he was talking about, perked my interest in his description of where our country stands in the worldview. He stated that we are part of a worldwide campaign by the Russians to hack the personal, government and business information to not only overthrow our democracy in time, but also to disrupt European societies as well.

This concerns me and causes me to worry about our country. Will hacking our modern technology affect our democracy? And society?

It is and has been my opinion that America is the real Promised Land, so mentioned in our Bibles.

America as our forefathers designed incorporates all of life’s important features that so many in our world haven’t yet achieved — Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Some are trying. But so many are unable to achieve these goals.

Our citizens are able to accomplish their dreams and plans for their lives without a totalitarian government getting in their way.

We are free to move about — to work at what and where we wish.

Our citizens nationally are just good people and one can see this is the reason our nation is known for goodness.

Our young people are brought up in good schools and given

incentives to pick their futures and lives with the best colleges.

My greatest worry at this time is the situation in Washington and if it persists, the possible start of our country’s and our democracy’s downfall. It would seem that not only North Korea and Russia are laughing at us each time some sort of agreement is reached and boasted about on our news media. The whole world is questioning what is going on in the most powerful and good country in the world.

I am very disappointed in our current president. His juvenile-sounding outbreaks and so-called tweets don’t sound well thought out ahead of time or mature. I did not vote for him fearing what awaited us if he was elected. He seems more interested in himself than working for the people that elected him. His past is a bit shameful — anyone else might end up behind bars.

And it is possible that the many new congressmen and women might decide to work for our country rather than their party.

There is so much to be done, so many problems that need their attention.

So let us all put in a request to our Creator to bless and care for the greatest nation in the world, one that all freedom lovers are scrambling to come to — they see as the Promised Land.

Edwin C. James Shoreham

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Edward Blair, 74, Bristol BRISTOL — Edward David Blair (Eddie), 74, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

He was born Oct. 25, 1944, in Middlebury, the son of Paul K. and Theresa (Sullivan) Blair.

Eddie enlisted in the United States Navy after graduating from Shoreham High School and also joined Vermont National Guard after the Navy.

He worked at Shoreham Apple CO-OP and Shelburne Limestone, where he just retired after 21 years.

He enjoyed visiting family every Sunday, keeping his truck washed and cleaned and going to the movies with Betty. He was a loving father, brother, uncle and Papa.

He leaves behind his partner of 31 years, Betty Brown of Bristol; his children Darren and wife Lori Blair of Shoreham, Lisa Blair and partner James Russell of Crown Point, N.Y., and Richard Blair and his fiancé Kelly Nickerson of Benson; his grandchildren Brooke and Nathan Euber, Alexandra Connor, and Dakota and Phoenix Blair; his greatgrandchildren Claire and Aubree Euber, Clayton Connor and Layla French; his brother David Blair; his sister-in-law Sharon Blair; his sister Phyllis Allen, and many nieces and nephews.

Edward was predeceased by his

EDWARD DAVID BLAIR parents, son Stephen Blair and brothers Tom Blair and Paul K. Blair Jr. Calling hours will be held Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 3-5 p.m. at Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main St., Middlebury.

Service will follow at 5 p.m.

Burial will take place at a later date in St. Genevieve’s Cemetery.

Arrangements under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at Sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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Three peaks, two walkers

AFTER SUB-ZERO WEATHER and snow were followed by rain and ice, a couple walks past three buildings on an icy sidewalk in Middlebury this past Friday.

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Chessman promotes eating healthy fat NEW HAVEN — New Haven Community Library will host local and nationally acclaimed author Andrea Chesman on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. Chesman’s prolific work includes many classic and well-loved cookbooks. In her latest book, “The Fat Kitchen: How to Render, Cure & Cook with Lard, Tallow & Poultry Fat”, she explores the benefits of cooking with animal fats.

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“Lard, tallow (from beef, sheep or goats), chicken fat, duck fat, and goose fat — are an intrinsic part of nose-to-tail eating. These fats yield superior texture in baked goods, add richness to savory dishes, and are healthier to eat than many have been taught — after all, humans evolved eating these fats.”

Chesman explains.

She will discuss “the healthfulness of animal fats vs. vegetable

seed oils, explain where to buy or how to render these fats, consider how to adapt recipes to utilize them, and finally share some samples of food that showcase using animal fats to their best advantage”.

Come to this educational — and tasty — evening. Books will be available for purchase.

For further information please contact Deborah at the library at 802-453-4015.

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Police task force pulls in 11 suspects in drug sweep her Jan. 3 arrest.

At the time of indictment, Goodnough was incarcerated at Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility on charges unrelated to his federal drug charge. A federal detainer was put in place on Goodnough until his arraignment in U.S. District Court on Jan. 22. He is in the custody of U.S. Marshals.

Jack T. Hopper, 44, of Rutland turned himself in following the issuance of an arrest warrant and was arraigned at the Rutland Superior Court, criminal division, on Oct. 29, 2018, and released on conditions.

Hopper faces charges for sale of cocaine, sale of fentanyl, and aiding in the commission of a felony.

On Dec. 3, Keith A. Bradt, 28, of Rutland was arraigned at the in the same court as Hopper, and released on conditions. Bradt is facing a felony charge for sale of cocaine.

Scott A. Ross, 33, of Rutland is facing a felony charge for sale of cocaine. The Vermont Drug Task Force investigated Ross in January 2017 and alleges that he sold cocaine to a confidential informant. In the weeks following this investigation, the Task Force learned Ross had been arrested in New York and New Jersey for drugs- and weapons-related offenses. Ross is scheduled to appear at Rutland Superior Court, criminal division, on Feb. 25.

Two New Yorkers are also facing charges: Zaquikon T. Roy, 30, of Brooklyn and David L. Santiago, 34, of the Bronx.

The Vermont Drug Task Force requested arrest warrants for Roy and Santiago.

Roy is wanted in Vermont for sale of cocaine and Santiago is wanted in here for sale of heroin.

ANTHONY BAKER The Task Force notified the New York State Police that Santiago was transporting drugs from New York to Vermont and provided New York authorities with a description of Santiago’s vehicle. New York police arrested Santiago.

State police reported that Anthony S. Baker, 26, of Brandon was cited for aiding in the commission of a felony and selling a regulated substance from a dwelling. Authorities didn’t provide any details other than to day Baker was due to answer the charges in Rutland Superior Court, criminal division, on Jan 28.

Brandon police Department helped in this case.

During these investigations, the Vermont Drug Task Force seized substances later found to contain dangerous mixtures of heroin, tramadol, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine. Authorities are working to determine if there is a connection to any recent fatal overdoses in the area. These investigations are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont Drug Task Force at (802) 773-9101 or submit a tip anonymously via VTIPS.info.

(Continued from Page 3) said. “I think you all know it’s not my first instinct to add a tax, but with a growing health risk for our kids, I’m proposing to levy the same tax as we do on tobacco products. Let’s learn from the past, let’s not make the same mistakes with e-cigarettes or anything else.”

Scott is also proposing a reduction in the estate tax from about $20 million on average per year to $11 million over a five-year period — achieved by increasing the exemption from $2.75 million to $5.75 million over four years. The administration says that threshold is more in line with other states.

At the same time, the governor proposes to use $8 million of estate tax revenues to fund the gap needed for clean water funding projects starting in fiscal year 2020.

The governor’s estate tax proposals will likely face pushback from Democratic lawmakers who have said they believe the revenue generated by the estate tax is not a reliable source of ongoing funding because it varies each year. The money currently goes to the general fund.

There are no sweeping cost cutting proposals — as there were in the first biennium — to the state’s education fund, though he does suggest dipping into the fund to pay for child care subsidies. State funding for schools is otherwise untouched in Scott’s budget. In the previous biennium, the governor fought lawmakers over teacher health care and payments on teacher retirement.

Last year, he vetoed the budget over school spending.

It was no surprise that Scott continues to oppose a carbon tax.

Instead, the governor says he wants

to address transportation emissions by incentivizing the purchase of electric vehicles with $1.5 million in subsidies.

Scott struck a conciliatory tone with lawmakers and joked at the beginning of the speech: “I’d like to thank the speaker for not cancelling my budget address.”

There were a number of other olive branches to the Legislature, from some form of paid leave to paying down teacher retirement liabilities.

In a briefing before the speech, Susanne Young, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, and Adam Greshin, the commissioner of the Department of Finance and Management, said the Scott administration worked with lawmakers on some of the proposals.

That’s a first for the governor’s office. In years past, the Scott administration has had a contentious relationship with House and Senate Democrats and has not reached out in advance to House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate President Pro Tem with proposals. Instead, the governor’s office played a game of cat and mouse with lawmakers over budget proposals.

Faced with a Democratic supermajority in the House and Senate, Scott seems to have done a strategic about-face, attempting to ensure buy-in from the beginning.

Near the end of the speech, Scott was interrupted by Vanessa Brown, a protester from East Montpelier, who complained she was being arrested for booing when she was simply exercising her right to free speech.

Scott said in response: “Let me return to civility.” The chamber broke into applause and drowned out the protester.

L I N E S

RUTLAND — Between this past September and last week, members of the Vermont Drug Task Force conducted multiple state and federal drug investigations that resulted in the arrest of five federal defendants and six state defendants in Rutland County, the Task Force reported late last week.

The 11 defendants — including one man from Brandon — are facing criminal charges for drug-related offenses that variously involved sale of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine; possession with intent to distribute fentanyl; conspiracy to distribute fentanyl; aiding in the commission of a felony; and selling a regulated drug from a dwelling.

On Jan. 16 the Vermont Drug Task Force arrested Tara Dulaurence, 44, of Rutland following a federal drug investigation. Troopers from the Rutland state police barracks stopped a vehicle occupied by Dulaurence on Route 4 in Killington, where she was taken into custody by the Vermont Drug Task Force. Task force members said they located approximately 38 grams of suspected fentanyl inside Dulaurence’s purse.

On Jan. 17 the Drug Task Force arrested Louis K. Margiotti Jr. in Rutland. The 56-year-old Rutland man had been identified as Dulaurence’s boyfriend and was charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection to the 38 grams of suspected fentanyl seized from Dulaurence on Jan. 16. Following Margiotti’s arrest, the Drug Task Force was joined by troopers, Rutland police and FBI agents, executed a federal search warrant at Margiotti and Dulaurence’s Rutland City residence.

The next day, Dulaurence and Margiotti appeared before a federal magistrate judge in U.S. District Court in Burlington. Following their initial appearance, both were remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Dulaurence and Margiotti are being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Vermont.

The feds are also prosecuting three more Rutland residents: Shanna A. Fish, 27; Andrea L. McCullough, 34; and Michael L. Goodnough, 44.

Fish was arrested at Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Oct. 15 after the issuance of a federal arrest warrant. The federal warrant was issued following a federal indictment for drug sales on Sept. 26. She has been released pending trial.

Goodnough and McCullough were indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 19 following a monthlong investigation involving the use of confidential informants who purchased crack cocaine from both Goodnough and McCullough, who police allege were selling drugs independent of each other.

McCullough was arrested in Rutland City on Jan. 3 and, following her arraignment, was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals.

She was previously arrested for sale of fentanyl on Aug. 27, 2018, and was on state probation at the time of

Scott’s budget

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MONDAY

Storymatters in Middlebury. Monday, Jan. 28, 4 p.m., Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library. 75 Main St. The theme is memory and memoir. Welcome to storytellers ready to share their memories, while leaving an open mike for stories that have been brought to or stirred up by the gathering and conversation.

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29

TUESDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Tuesday, Jan. 29, Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of chicken cordon bleu with white sauce, mashed yams, green beans, wheat dinner roll and apple. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required.

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

Introduction to Feldenkrais method in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 4-5 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Feel greater ease and vitality. Rediscover lost abilities.

Act with precision & strength. Move from pain to pleasure. Gentle, mindful movement taught by Mischul, a somatic educator with 45 years’ experience. Free, fully accessible and open to all. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

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WEDNESDAY

“The End of TV” in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Wright Memorial Theatre, 96 Chateau Rd. Using vintage overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live-feed cameras, multichannel sound design, and a live music ensemble, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attending the movies into an immersive event created right before your eyes. Tickets $22 adults/$16 Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 youth/$6 for Middlebury College students, available at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

Quartets and Side-by-Side in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Violinist Mary Rowell, violist Paul Reynolds, cellist Emily Taubl, and pianist Cynthia Huard present quartets and quintets in collaboration with Middlebury College students. Schumann, Schubert, and more. Free. More info at 802-442-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

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THURSDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Senior fraud prevention class — Don’t be a Scam Victim! Part 3 at 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of Italian chicken fingers with BBQ sauce, rice with peas, pearl onions and carrots, broccoli florets, wheat dinner roll and applesauce. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

American Red Cross blood donation in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury College, 58 Hepburn Rd. “From the Tailgate: Active Harvesting” presentation in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, Jan. 31, 1-3 p.m., Lower Otter Wildlife Management Area, Sand Rd. See forest and habitat management techniques used to manage property for wildlife.

Visit harvested areas and discuss the strategies to achieve specific objectives and goals on the parcel. Registration not required but appreciated.

Free and open to the public. More info contact Lisa

Sausville at 802-877-2777 or info@vtcoverts.org.

“The Middle East: Regional Disorder” discussion in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 31, 3-4:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The second of eight weekly sessions of the “Great Decisions” program, a national discussion program on world affairs. Facilitated

by Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford. Free and open to the public.

Collaborative video screening in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 5 p.m., Room 232, Axinn Center, Old Chapel Rd. A viewing of short films produced by students in the Collaborative Video Projects course during winter term. Free. Originally scheduled for 2/1. More info at middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168.

“The Emigrants” part two on screen in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 6-8:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. The second half of the award-winning 1971 film starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow, which tells the story of 19th century Swedes’ desperate to escape the poverty of their homeland, will round out the Middlebury Community Classic Film Club series on immigration and migration.

Andrea Chesman in New Haven. Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., New Haven Community Library, 78 North St Local author Chesman will discuss her new book, “The Fat Kitchen: How to Render, Cure & Cook with Lard, Tallow & Poultry Fat.” There will be samples of food that showcase animal fats to their best advantage and books will be available for purchase. All welcome. North St. More info call Deborah at 802-453-4015.

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FRIDAY

American Red Cross Blood Drive in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. A donation shortfall over the winter holidays is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an emergency call for blood and platelet donors to give now to prevent a blood shortage from continuing throughout winter and affecting patient care.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 1, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Doors open at 11 a.m., Meal served at noon. Meal includes pot roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and carrots, dinner roll, apple pie. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required — deadline Monday, Jan. 28. Call Michelle Eastman at 802-377-1419. Bring your own place setting.

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

Age Well Senior Luncheon at the Hannaford Career Center. Friday, Feb. 1, 11 a.m., Charles Ave., Middlebury. Doors open at 11 a.m., meal served at 11:30 a.m. Meal is Chef Woody Danforth’s choice and is prepared by the students in the Culinary Arts program. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 388-2287 to inquire. This month is full; please call Michelle at 802-377-1419 to reserve for next month.

Children’s Art Show opening reception in Brandon. Friday, Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artist’s Guild, 7 Center St. Gallery Come see this annual show featuring the work of hundreds of children from eight area schools: Lothrop, Sudbury, Leicester, Whiting, Neshobe, Barstow Memorial, and Otter Valley Middle and High Schools.

“A Winter’s Companion” presentation in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Jonathan and Kim Hescock, owners of Vermont Victory Greenhouses, will discuss the challenges and solutions for creating a four-season greenhouse for the northeast and their journey in creating “Companion Greenhouses.”

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Shelburne. Saturday, Feb. 2, Shelburne Farms. Walk or snowshoe the Farm Trail from the Welcome Center. About 4.5 miles. More info, including meeting time, contact leader Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407

Cutting with purpose

At “From the Tailgate: Active Harvesting” see forest and habitat management techniques used to manage property for wildlife. Vermont Coverts hosts this presentation in Ferrisburgh on Thursday, Jan. 31, 1-3 p.m., at Lower Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area on Sand Road.

Photo courtesy Lisa Sausville

or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

“Carmen” live in HD in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 2, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José in the MET production. Tickets $24 (+$2 preservation fee)/$10 students (+1 preservation fee), available online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802-382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

Community art project in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 2, 1-4 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Help create a mandala representing the theme of community inclusion and connections for display on the Chain Link Art Gallery in the middle of downtown Middlebury.

All art supplies included. No experience necessary. Refreshments provided. Organized by the Community Bridges project. More info contact Carolyn Brewer at 388-6751 x 148.

Jessica Fjeld in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2 p.m., Book and Leaf, 10 Park St. in Brandon. Brandon native Fjeld will read from her new book of poetry, “Redwork,” which refers to a type of nineteenth century embroidery in which red thread is used to outline images. An open mic for all writers will also take place.

Chelsea Berry live in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. As a vocalist and performer, Berry evokes the style of artists such as Cheryl Crow, Eva Cassidy, KD Lang, and Melissa Etheridge. Concert tickets are $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25.

Reservations required for dinner and recommended for shows. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295 or info@brandon-music.net.

Greg Klyma in concert in Ripton. Saturday, Feb. 2, Ripton Elementary School, 753 Lincoln Rd. This Ripton Community Coffee House concert will be held at the elementary school due to repair work being done at its regular location. 7:30 p.m. open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. More artist info at rcch. org. Open mic sign up-802-388-9782 or rcchfolks@gmail.com.

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SUNDAY Champlain Valley Fiddlers Brandon Jam in Brandon. Sunday, Feb. 3, 11

a.m.-4 p.m., Brandon American Legion, Route 7 South. Open jam at 11 a.m., fiddling at noon.

Listen to people sing, play instruments and dance. $3 cover. Refreshments. 50/50 raffle. Open stage.

Jeff Boyer Big Bubbles in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 3, 1 and 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Be filled with excitement and delight as Jeff Boyer brings his big bubbles for an interactive bubble show for all ages. The show runs approximately 45 minutes. Tickets $10 kids/$20 adults plus fees available at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., or at the door one hour before show time Shape Note singers in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 3, 3 p.m., Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Centre, Old Chapel Rd. Shape-Note or Sacred Harp music is traditional community singing in 4-part, a capella harmony, based on tunes from early settlers in the New World. We sing from the Sacred Harp Song Book. Loaner books are available. All are welcome. More info contact David Rosenberg at rosenber@middlebury.edu or visit Facebook/Middlebury Shape Note Singers.

Free community meal in Vergennes. Sunday, Feb. 3, 5-6:30 p.m. St. Peter’s parish hall, 85 South Maple St. A pre-Super Bowl meal with a choice of beef or vegetarian chili, chicken wings, corn bread, carrot and celery sticks, brownie and ice cream and beverages.

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MONDAY

Legislative Breakfast in Vergennes.

Monday, Feb. 4, 7-8:45, St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Talk with local legislators over a breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Backing up Apple computers and devices in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. The monthly meeting of MiddMUG, the Middlebury Macintosh User Group, will discuss how, when and why to back up our computers, iPhones and iPads, using a number of different methods. The discussion will include a demonstration of iCloud Drive. More info at MiddMUG2018@mail.com.

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TUESDAY Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m.,

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Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, winter squash and fruit cocktail. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

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

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WEDNESDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors open at 11:15 am. Meal served at noon of chicken marsala with mushroom sauce, mashed cauliflower, Italian green beans, wheat dinner roll and pineapple upside down cake. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation.

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

Tobacco cessation program in Middlebury.

Begins Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5-6 p.m., UVM/ Porter Medical Center, 115 Porter Dr. A trained Tobacco Treatment specialist will help you develop a plan to reduce your consumption and meet your goals. Free. Registration required. The first of four sessions. More info contact Courtney Thorn, Community Health Team, 802-388-8860 or cthorn@portermedical.org.

New Haven Ladies Union soup supper in New Haven. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. Come enjoy hot soup on a cold winter day. A variety of soups, bread, crackers, beverages and dessert will be available for $8. More info contact Carol at 802-453-5059.

“What You Didn’t Know about Evangelicalism” in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Most Americans associate evangelicals with the hard-right precincts of the Republican Party. But as Dartmouth religion professor Randall Balmer explains, evangelicalism in America has a much longer and more complex history, including a distinguished pedigree of working for progressive reforms. What happened? Part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series.

THURSDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Program by People’s Bank: Senior Fraud Prevention Class – Don’t be a Scam Victim, 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of minestrone soup with diced chicken, broccoli florets, wheat dinner roll and strawberry shortcake. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

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

Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, Feb. 7, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Menu includes choice of corn chowder, pea soup, white chicken chili or tomato mac with egg salad sandwich, fruit salad and bread pudding. Suggested donation $4.

To be on the list call 453-5276. Come early and enjoy talking with friends and make new ones.

“Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future?” in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 7, 3-4:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The third of eight weekly sessions of the “Great Decisions” program, a national discussion program on world affairs. Facilitated

by Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford with guests. Free and open to the public.

Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. The Guild’s monthly meeting followed by a workshop on Skirting fiber. All are welcome. Questions call 802-453-6919.

Feb

Inside the bubble

BUBBLE EXPERT AND performer Jeff Boyer will bring his bubbles and comedy to Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. in Middlebury, on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Expect requests for audience participation at this event for all ages. Who knew bubbles could be so big?

Photo courtesy Jeff Boyer

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FRIDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol.

Friday, Feb. 8, 11:30 a.m., Mary’s Restaurant, Route 116. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., lunch served at noon of French onion soup with parmesan crouton, melted cheddar quiche with bacon and spinach, coleslaw, roasted potatoes, and seasonal cheesecake for dessert.

72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Kids’ Night Out in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 8, 5-8 p.m., Bridge School, 1469 Exchange St. Drop off the kids at Bridge and enjoy a pre-Valentine’s Day date night. Pizza dinner, games, crafting and more. $15 per child, $25 for sibling pairs. Grades K-6. Open to the public. Pre-registration required at bit.ly/kidsnightbridge.

Jukebox Time Machine in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 8, 5:30-9 p.m., Stonecutter Spirits, 1197 Exchange St. Enjoy dinner and a choose-yourown-music adventure with the Grift and help raise funds for the Bridge School’s community outreach programs. Attendees select their favorite songs from the Grift’s ridiculously large play list of ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s. Dinner, cocktails, and nonalcoholic beverages available to purchase starting at 5:30 p.m. Music and bidding for your favorite songs begins at 6:30 p.m.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Weybridge. Saturday, Feb. 9, Otter Creek Gorge. Walk or snowshoe the TAM Otter Creek Gorge loop. 2.4 miles through varied terrain, both marshy and wood. More info at gmcbreadloaf.org.

A celebration of Vermont poetry and poets in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 9, 4 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Middlebury area poets featured in the second edition of

“Roads Taken, Contemporary Vermont Poetry,” will read selections of their work, including Dede Cummings, Chard deNiord, Karin Gottshall, Syd Lea, Gary Margolis, Julia Shipley and Bianca Stone.

Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Featuring David Kaynor calling to live banjo and fiddle music

by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale).

All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. Questions? 802-462-3722.

Chocolate Delight Night in New Haven. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery, 142 River Rd. Celebrate Valentine’s Day (or just celebrate winter) with a variety of desserts that have one thing in common –– chocolate. Taste as many as you like and sip a glass or two of wine. Admission $10. Lincoln Peak wine may be purchased by the glass. Funds raised will benefit the New Haven Library.

LC Jazz Winter Thaw concert in Vergennes.

Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 2120 Main St. Free community concert with this group of more than 20 musicians who have been playing together for more than 26 years, raising and donating thousands of dollars to area students to pursue their musical education.

Taking donations at the door. Doors and cash bar provided by Bar Antidote open at 6:30pm.

Melissa D in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Singer/ songwriter Melissa D began her singing career as a painfully shy six year old in a southern Vermont church where in those moments that quietness fell away and revealed a genuinely beautiful voice that immediately set her apart from the rest. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or email info@brandon-music. net.

The Dave Keller Band in Lincoln. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30-9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. on p.m. at Burnham Hall. Come hear Dave Keller, one of the finest soul and blues men of his generation, when he performs as part of the Burnham Music Series. Tickets are $10 adults, teens and kids free. Refreshments served.

SUNDAY

Community breakfast in Vergennes.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish, 85 South Maple St. The Knights of Columbus host a breakfast of eggs, omelets to order, hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more. Bring your family and friends. Adults $8.50/Seniors over 60 $7.50/kids 6-12 $6.00/ 6 and under free/immediate families of five or more $28.

“Silas Towler: Rokeby Papers” in Ferrisburgh.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2-3 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center, 3729 U.S. Route 7. Local historian Silas Towler will share stories discovered through old town records and papers given to the Historical Society by Rokeby Museum.

Free and open to the public.

MNFF Vermont Tour double feature matinee in Vergennes. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Come see “All the Wild Horses” at 2 p.m. and “Dateline-Saigon” at 4:30 p.m. when the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival statewide tour of the top documentaries from its 2018 4th Annual Festival stops in Vergennes.

Scrag Mountain Music’s Musical Storytelling for All Ages in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., Middlebury Community Music Center, 6 Main St. Scrag co-Artistic Directors Evan Premo and Mary Bonhag will be joined by the award-winning Aeolus Quartet and acclaimed Montpelier-based theater artist Kim Bent for a concert that showcases how chamber music can bring our most memorable storybook fables to life. Appropriate for all ages. Come as you are. Pay what you can.

At-will donations collected at intermission. More info at scragmountainmusic.org.

Free Community Dinner in Bristol. Sunday, Feb. 10, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose parish hall, 11 School St. Menu includes chili dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, brownies for dessert and various drinks.

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Legislative Breakfast in Bristol.

Monday, Feb. 11, 7-8:45, Bristol American Legion, Airport Rd. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. Monday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m., Cubbers, 8 Main St. Doors open at 10:45 a.m., meal served at 11 a.m.

Menu is chef’s choice and always delicious. 72 hours advanced notice required, call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

LIVEMUSIC Quartets and Side-by-Side in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Chelsea Berry in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Greg Klyma in Ripton. Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Elementary School.

The Dave Keller Band in Lincoln. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30-9:15 p.m., Burnham Hall LC Jazz in Vergennes. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

Melissa D in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Jazzou Jones in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 17, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

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Troubadour Greg Klyma to play at Ripton school

By GREG PAHL challenged may pay what they The Ripton Community Coffee can afford. Refreshments will House, a nonprofit community be available. The coffeehouse is concert series, welcomes back held on the first Saturday of each singer-songwriter Greg Klyma on month, except August. For more Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m., at information, contact Richard Ruane the Ripton Elementary School at or Andrea Chesman at 802-388753 Lincoln Road in Ripton, (The 9782. location has been moved due to a CHELSEA BERRY PERFORMS burst pipe in the Ripton Community LIVE AT BRANDON MUSIC House).

Singer-songwriter Chelsea Road-tested troubadour, endlessly Berry returns to Brandon Music on creative songwriter, multi- Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. instrumentalist and accomplished Berry’s presence has been guitarist Klyma is described by listeners keeping the American as “compelling … she folk tradition alive with draws the entire house his enduring themes, into her world like moths articulate and amusing to a flame.” As a vocalist stories, and populist and performer, she ideals. He rolls in off the evokes the style of artists road, pulls out a guitar,

by Greg Pahl such as Sheryl Crow, Eva and proceeds to take Cassidy, KD Lang and his audience back to the Melissa Etheridge. basics: family, love, gratitude and Singer-songwriter Livingston laughter.

Taylor calls her vocals “world Klyma puts his heart, soul and class” and says of Berry, “A voice right foot into every song. A versatile of remarkable power and control performer, he’s just as comfortable with a joyous soul. Brave and bright, laying down the rock ‘n’ roll and Chelsea Berry is the real thing.” honky-tonk country as he is in the A favorite among venue owners role of folk troubadour, telling songs up and down the East Coast and and singing stories. Klyma is now firm favorite of Brandon Music based in the Boston area. When he’s audiences, Berry’s beautiful voice not on the road, he presides over an and commanding stage presence ever-changing group of players for have brought her across the U.S. as Americana Sundays at the Thunder regular support for Taylor and others Road Club in Somerville, Mass. as well as headliner of her own According to Sarah Craig, director shows. Born and raised in Alaska, of Caffe Lena in Saratoga, N.Y. “The she now makes her home in NYC. stories blend seamlessly into songs, Berry has played Boston’s House evoking a flavor of Mark Twain, of Blues, Carnegie Hall in New York Woody Guthrie and David Sedaris.” City, the Shalin Liu in Rockport, As always, the concert begins Mass., Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, at 7:30 p.m. with an open mic set, World Cafe Live in Philadelphia followed by the featured performer. and more. She has opened for many Open mic performers are encouraged artists such as Chris Isaak, Mavis to call in advance and reserve one of Staples, Belinda Carlisle, Roger the four open-mic slots.

McGuinn and Tom Chapin.

Admission to the coffeehouse Berry was a 2016 Falcon Ridge is $3 kids (12 and under), $10 Folk Festival Emerging Artist and general admission and $15 generous has been a student of American admission.

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“CARMEN,” GEORGE BIZET’S iconic opera will be streamed live from the Met to the THT screen, 68 S. Pleasant St. in Middlebury, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m.

Van Ronk, Janis Ian, Susan Werner and Ellis Paul.

Berry’s newest full-length album, “Wanderbird,” was released this past September.

Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25.

Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for shows. Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information.

Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon.

‘CARMEN’ TO BE BROADCAST AT THT Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” will be broadcast at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m.

Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenor Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langrée share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere.

Bizet’s masterpiece of the gypsy

“THE END OF TV,” a multimedia hybrid, come to the Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m.

seductress who lives by her own rules has had an impact far beyond the opera house. The opera’s melodic sweep is as irresistible as the title character herself, a force of nature who has become a defining female cultural figure. Carmen was a scandal at its premiere but soon after became a triumphal success and has remained one of the most frequently staged operas in the world.

The opera takes place in and around Seville, a city that, by the time Carmen was written, had already served many operatic composers as an exotic setting conducive to erotic intrigues and turmoil.

The hometown of Don Juan, the city also inspired Mozart with Don Giovanni, and Beethoven used Seville as the setting for a study of marital fidelity in Fidelio.

Run time is approximately three hours 21 minutes. Jim Pugh will give a pre-show talk in the Byers Studio at 12:15 p.m. Refreshments provided, courtesy of the Opera Company of Middlebury.

Tickets are $24/$10 students (plus fees) and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before show time. The Town Hall Theater is located at 68 S. Pleasant Street in Middlebury.

MANUAL CINEMA PRESENTS “THE END OF TV” AT COLLEGE Sometimes a work of art is so unusual, astonishing, or moving that the experience of it is hard to describe effectively. Such is the case with Manual Cinema’s “The End of TV” — a multi-media theater/film hybrid coming to Middlebury College on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in Wright Memorial Theatre.

The storyline of “The End of TV” explores two sides of the American Dream — its Technicolor promise through TV advertising, and its failure witnessed in industrial decline. But the beautiful, moving story is only part of the appeal.

Using vintage overhead projectors, multiple screens,

MODERN TROUBADOUR GREG Klyma plays at the Ripton Elementary school, 273 Lincoln Rd., on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Ripton Community Coffee House series.

puppets, actors, live-feed cameras, multichannel sound design, and a live music ensemble, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attending the movies into an immersive event created right before your eyes.

Then, as a special treat at the end of the show, the audience is invited onstage to meet the company, see the equipment and puppetry, try out some video in front of the green screen and learn how the complex production is made. This show will appeal to young and old alike.

Tickets are $22 for adults; $16 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for Middlebury College students; and are on sale at 802443-6433 or middlebury.edu/arts/ tickets. Wright Theatre is located at 96 Chateau Road in Middlebury just off College Street (Route 125).

BIG BUBBLE BONANZA AT THT On Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater will be filled with excitement and delight as Jeff Boyer brings his big bubbles for an interactive bubble (See Arts Beat, Page 10)

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of January 28

LOCAL FAVORITE CHELSEA Berry beings her remarkable voice to Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Road in Brandon on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) show: Bubble rainbows with people inside; audience members making volcano bubbles; gigantic bubbles that blow their own bubbles?

See the newest, funniest, zany spectacular from world-famous, Guinness Book of World Recordsholding, master bubble wrangler Jeff Boyer, as he takes bubbles to the max with big bubble flair. Mixing comedy, music and interactive bubble-magic, Boyer engages and delights audiences of all ages. Come be a part of this uniquely interactive show where the audience participates in the creation of art. It’s a sensoryfriendly bubble extravaganza for the whole family.

Tickets are $10 for kids, $20 for adults (plus fees). The show runs approximately 45 minutes. Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater. org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before show time. The Town Hall Theater is located at 68 S. Pleasant Street in Middlebury.

DANCE PERFORMANCE AT COLLEGE There will be a dance performance, “In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29 in the dance theater at

Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center.

In this one-hour dance/theater performance based on her experience growing up with a learning disability, dancer, choreographer and spoken word artist Lida Winfield shares the gifts and heartache that accompanied her struggle to learn to read — which did not occur until her early 20s.

Mixing vignettes woven in a creative and captivating format, the show and companion workshops are a platform to engage a wide variety of populations to experience disability, access and the value of the arts.

It’s free, and the public is welcome. The Mahaney Arts Center is located at 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, just off Route 30 (South Main Street).

CHAMBER MUSIC AT COLLEGE There will be a performance titled “Quartets and Side-by-Side” on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Robison Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m.

Violinist Mary Rowell, violist Paul Reynolds, cellist Emily Taubl, and pianist Cynthia Huard present quartets and quintets by Schumann, Schubert, and more in collaboration with Middlebury College students.

It’s free and the public is welcome.

DON’T MISS BUBBLE expert Jeff Boyer when he brings his Bubble Bonanza to Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant Street, on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1 and 4 p.m.

ARIES: March 21-April 20. Aries, save up your energy because you might need it for a difficult project on the horizon.

This could mean you have to keep socializing to a minimum.

TAURUS: April 21-May 21. Taurus, you have been on a stable path, and this is a good thing. Wasting time floundering will get you nowhere fast. Keep up the good work and momentum.

GEMINI: May 22June 21. A rough patch or string of bad luck will soon pass, Gemini. Focus on the positives in your life and give them all of your energy for the time being. Gray skies will clear up.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Cancer, a great opportunity is coming your way and you are eager to dive right in. Write down the pluses and minuses of this endeavor before getting too deep.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23.

Leo, ensure that your voice is heard on a particular matter; otherwise, you may regret not speaking up. Wait until others are quiet to get your point across.

VIRGO: Aug. 24Sept. 22. Virgo, if you’ve been looking for a new career, you may be pleasantly surprised with the news coming your way. Opportunity knocks, but you must be paying attention.

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SCORPIO: Oct. 24Nov. 22. Scorpio, it seems the bumpy stretch in your life has been long, but you’re finally able to see that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Keep your head high.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec. 21. A relationship may be blossoming and you won’t be sure which direction it will go for a little longer. If you trust your instincts on this and be yourself, things will work out.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20. Capricorn, you will prove your mettle and show everyone just how tough you can be with a surprising announcement this week.

Be prepared for some applause.

AQUARIUS: Jan. 21Feb. 18. Aquarius, even though many things are changing in your life right now, you’ll probably find that you welcome change whole-heartedly. It’s time to shake things up.

PISCES: Feb. 19-March 20. Moving in a new direction can mean many things to you, Pisces. A change of address, a vacation, a new career, or even a new style fit the bill.

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The grant allows CCV, a longtime “We value our relationships in local state partner with VSAC, to reach communities and with regional and young Vermonters statewide organizations,” with information she continues. “Our longand opportunities for “We value our standing partnership with education and training relationships VSAC has enabled us to after high school in local serve a greater number through a variety of communities of young students on initiatives, including dual and with their college and career enrollment, Introduction pathways.” regional and to College & Careers, Details of the middle school Access statewide partnership program for Days and a variety of organizations.” the coming year include: service and work-based school • Middle — Joyce Judy, learning programs.

CCV president Access Days. Over “Our continued 35 schools statewide, partnership with CCV serving 1,400 students in is great news for Vermont students grades 6-9, will attend college for a and their opportunity to continue day, with mock classes, student panels their education,” said Scott Giles, and conversations with faculty and VSAC president and CEO. “This staff. collaboration is an important part of • Introduction to College and our work to open the door of education Careers. The course is taught at high to more Vermonters, particularly those schools, community centers and CCV who think the doors of education are academic centers and focuses on closed to them. Access to education students in grades 8-10. The course and training after high school is an has a proven record of reaching atessential component of reversing risk students, improving aspirations, income inequality and creating career participation rates, and collegeopportunities that will last a lifetime.” readiness skills and increasing college “This grant will allow us to continue conversion rates. CCV focuses our work with VSAC to expand outreach efforts in VSAC’s GEAReducational opportunities for Vermont UP schools and in other areas of the students,” said Joyce Judy, CCV state where there are more barriers to

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• Vouchers for developmental skills courses. Vouchers will be offered for math, algebra, reading and writing courses for students who need additional skill development to succeed in high school courses and become college and career ready by their senior year.

• Service learning and workbased learning. This service provides job shadowing, internship and apprenticeship opportunities within CCV’s secondary education programs and creates market pathways for students to earn industry-recognized credentials while enrolled in programs at CCV. VSAC’s GEAR UP programming provides one-on-one and group counseling for Vermont students in grades 7 through the first year of college, including academic skillbuilding, study skills, class advising and tutoring as needed. Students receive information on career exploration, the college search and application assistance as well as indepth financial aid information and help with submitting all aid forms.

Students enrolled in the program also visit colleges and participate in summer programs.

VSAC’s GEAR UP students who enroll in education and technical training programs after high school are also included in the GEAR UP scholarship program, which reduces the total cost of students’ studies.

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ADDISON COUNTY

School News Briefs

Emma LaRose, daughter of Kevin and Megan LaRose of Bristol, has been named to the dean’s list at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.

LaRose is a freshman at double majoring in Elementary Education and Psychology.

Castleton University women’s basketball junior Alexis Quenneville of Orwell notched Little East Conference Player of the Week honors following a career day against Western Connecticut, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.

Quenneville had a standout performance on Saturday afternoon in an outing against LEC foe Western Connecticut, making a career-high 27 points while pulling in six rebounds in a 67-60 win for Castleton. She netted 9-of-18 shots from the floor, including a 6-for10 mark from long range. She was also part of a perimeter defense that saw the Colonials make just 5-of-34 three-point attempts in the outing, WestConn’s lowest long-range output of the season.

The junior guard ranks second on the team with 13.2 points per game on the season, and is shooting an impressive 42.1 percent from threepoint land. She is the team’s thirdleading rebounder, hauling in 4.2 boards per game in 30.4 minutes of action.

CareyAnne Howlett of Bridport, William Huntington of Middlebury, Audrey Shahan of North Ferrisburgh and Allison White of Weybridge were four of the 831 students to be named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the fall 2018 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester.

They were not alone in their academic achievement, five Addison County students were also named to the dean’s list at the University.

Abigail Nezin of Lincoln, Eklutna Kenney, Baily Ryan and Sawyer Ryan of Middlebury and Lauren Scott of Vergennes were among the 473 students have been named to the Plymouth State University dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester. These students achieved a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69 during the fall semester and completed at least 12 credit hours during that time.

By achieving a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, Harmony Taggart of New Haven and Aliza Kenney of Salisbury have both been named to the dean’s list at Emerson College in Boston, Mass. for the Fall 2018 semester.

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Knight has “The NFL enjoyed No. 1 hits recently in Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult announced C o n t e m p o r a r y, their new and has triumphed social in film, television justice and live perfor- platform mance.

Knight has recorded two Inspire No. 1 Billboard Change, Hot 100 singles and I am (“Midnight Train honored to Georgia” and to be a “That’s What part of its Friends Are For”), 11 No. 1 R&B sin- inaugural gles, and six No. 1 year.”

R&B albums. She — Gladys has won seven Knight Grammy Awards and is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Pips. Fall of 2015 marked the release of Knight’s first mainstream dance record, “Just A Little,” in nearly 20 years. The song serves as lead single from her 12th studio album that she is currently on. The year of 2011 was a year of much recognition as Knight was both honoring and being (See Anthem, Page 15)

Super Bowl National Anthem singers past Christina Aguilera Beyoncé Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Mariah Carey Cher Natalie Cole Harry Connick Jr. Neil Diamond Aretha Franklin Lady Gaga Faith Hill Whitney Houston Jennifer Hudson Billy Joel Alicia Keys Wynton Marsalis Idina Menzel Aaron Neville P!NK Jordin Sparks Diana Ross Luther Vandross Vanessa Williams

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Anthem

Super Sunday February 3, 2019

Teams feature unsung heroes

(Continued from Page 14) honored, first at a Michael Jackson tribute concert, and then at the 2011 Soul Train Awards.

On behalf of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), performer and deaf activist Aaron Loggins will sign in American Sign Language both the National Anthem and “America The Beautiful.”

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Rams’ offensive guard Rodger Saffold paves the way

By NICK SHOOK Around The NFL Writer All-Pros, Pro Bowlers and award winners aren’t the only players who make an impact in the NFL. Every team has an unsung hero — someone who stepped out of the shadows to play a pivotal role.

Offensive guard RODGER SAFFOLD Rodger Saffold is this season’s unsung hero of the Jared Goff,

Los Angeles Rams. I once ran into Saffold in Venice Beach while looking for a friend’s lost dog. He helped us search for and eventually find the pup, so that alone makes him a hero.

But his unsung-hero merit on the field comes as the Rams, apples of many fans’ eyes, find success with a bunch of other well-known names: Aaron Donald, Todd

Pats’ fullback Develin makes plays

By NICK SHOOK career TDs in 2018 Around The NFL as one of the league’s Writer most versatile fullThe stars you backs. Develin lines always see on up at a variety of television and in the locations, covering newspapers aren’t sizable distances on the only players split leads, chipping who make an impact an end out of a in the NFL. Every wingback rol before team has an unsung slipping out to catch hero — someone a pass and — most who stepped out of importantly — the shadows to play a opening holes for a pivotal role. rushing attack that New England Paasserted its will triots fullback James against the Chargers JAMES DEVELIN Develin is his team’s and Chiefs on the unsung hero. way to the AFC title.

Rookie undrafted corner J.C. He’s as important to New EnJackson fits the bill as our over- gland’s ground game as Rob Gronlooked hero, but why not give a kowski’s lauded blocking. In fact, little love to the fullback who set he’s even more important, and a big a career high in touchdowns this reason why New England is again season?

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He plays next to Whitworth, so he doesn’t get as much attention, but he’s a damn good guard and should be regarded as such.

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Castleton University names fall dean’s list CASTLETON — The following students were named to the Castleton University dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 3.5.

Brandon: Nathan Depatie, Danielle Eddy, Meghan Hallett, Alexis Hedding, Allison Lowell, Alyssa Sweatt and Danarose Weaver.

Bridport: Calista Carl and Bruce Wright.

Bristol: Ryan Bonar, MacKenzie Denny, Kameryn Norse and Gabrielle Ryan.

Cornwall: Raven Payne.

Ferrisburgh: Jordan Racine and Kristen Toal.

Leicester: Alaisha Lucia.

Middlebury: Casey Kimball and Molly Wetmore.

Orwell: Monica Connor and Zackery Quesnel.

New Haven: Alison Boise, Reagan Menard, Danielle Morse and Sara Stearns.

Vergennes: Kathleen Ambrose, Brandon Chamberlain, Sierra Chamberlain, Lillian Russell and Alyssa Saunders.

Whiting: Benjamin Fournier and Kristin Simmons.

Sophie Saunders, daughter of Katie Saunders of Middlebury, has been named to the fall 2018 dean’s list at the Tufts University School of Engineering in Medford, Mass.

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Area students earn their degrees from Vt. Tech

RANDOLPH CENTER — Four area students have completed their degrees at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. is pleased to announce that the following students have all graduated during the Fall 2018 semester.

Michael Briggs of Cornwall graduated from the Computer Engineering Technology program.

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Riker Billings of Middlebury graduated from the Computer Engineering Technology program.

Keith Charbonneau of Ripton graduated from the Business Technology & Management program. Brandon Mansfield of Starksboro graduated from the Agribusiness Management Technology program.

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The following students were named to the Castleton University president’s list for the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year. To qualify for this highest academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0.

Hannah Welch of Brandon, Parker Ingram of New Haven, Kristian Bruce of Orwell, Emma Best, Brooke Rubright and Darcy Staats of Salisbury, and Travis Dube of Shoreham.

River Payne of Cornwall has been named to the fall 2018 dean’s list and Adirondack Scholar’s list at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths NY. She did so by maintaining a minimum required cumulative GPA of 3.80.

Thanks to hard work, Ashton Bates, son of Tony and Bamby Pierpont Bates of Salisbury, has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Montana. To be recognized for dean’s list students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or over.

Edward Franklin Griffin, son of Susan Brewer of Waltham and Larry Griffin of Oklahoma, has completed his extensive studies and received a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

The title of his Ph.D. dissertation was “Using C. Elegans to Investigate Neuroprotective and Risk Associated Genes in Alzheimer’s.” Griffin is a 2006 graduate of Vergennes Union High School and received a B.A. in Biology from St. Michael’s College in Colchester.

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Recovery in recovery to find jobs. This is (Continued from Page 1) especially true for those with as an income.

“Recovery ought to be a gradual criminal records. Wiles explained process of reinstating a normal way that Working Fields provides support to of life,” he said. “Many people with recovery-specific substance use disorder come to us employees, including mandatory with no job, no housing, no car, no weekly coaching.

Colleen Hobbs, who currently money. So the money is essential to help them perform the activities of manages the Working Fields Rutland office, will oversee the daily living.”

Jobs also keep people occupied, expansion into Addison County.

Once the company which can prevent matches an employee them from falling into “There’s to a company, Hobbs bad habits. said Working Fields “Boredom is the this little functions much like any enemy of recovery,” gold mine of other temp agency. The Provato said. people who employee receives their “Working gives them by and large pay through Working something to do.”

Fields for the first five Provato has referred really want months, after which patients to Working to work that the employer has the Fields, a staffing employers option to hire the worker agency that specializes directly. in finding jobs for just don’t Hobbs said Working people in recovery know about.” looks for from substance use — Colleen Hobbs Fields companies like Happy disorder. The agency Valley Painters — was founded by people in long-term recovery themselves businesses with job openings, often and already operates in Franklin, in trade or manufacturing — who Chittenden and Rutland counties. It are interested in hiring employees is just starting up its service here, full time after the five month trial and Happy Valley Painters will be period ends.

Of the 300 people that Working its first client in Addison County.

Working Fields founder Mickey Fields has worked with over the Wiles explained that he started the last two years, Wiles said that 20 business a couple years because, percent have gone on to full-time despite Vermont’s shrinking labor employment at their placement force, it is still difficult for those companies. Others have taken their

new skills to finds jobs elsewhere.

“Typically we fill jobs with employers that they are having a really hard time filling,” Hobbs said. “There’s this little gold mine of people who by and large really want to work that employers just don’t know about and we can take the risk factor and the trepidation out of it.”

Hobbes also noted that, in her experience, many of the employees she helps place show tremendous dedication to their jobs.

“They are grateful for the second chance and they’re afraid of blowing it so they’re going to go that extra mile,” she said.

Hobbs grew up in Salisbury, and as a person in long-term recovery, Working Fields’ mission is personal to her.

“Work is a part of who you are. One of the first things we ask somebody when we meet them is ‘what do you do?’ It is a big piece of your identity,” she said. “Recovery is like a three legged stool: you’ve got to have treatment, you’ve got to have housing and you’ve got to have employment. Those are human necessities and people in recovery are no different.”

SHOWING LEADERSHIP Some local businesses already hire employees in recovery. Mark Perrin, who owns Green Peppers Pizza in Middlebury, has made it a point to hire second chance

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employees and he believes that and she credits Perrin with helping other local businesses should, too. her learn to manage the stress of “Any time you own a business work without turning to drugs. you’re a leader whether you like it “It just helps to have somebody or not. I think that with the way our who cares,” she said. “Having a society is now that leaders have to job is super important in recovery. step up and take chances,” Perrin A job adds meaning to life and said. “It’s my personal belief that offers a stable, safe environment when you’re in a position to help that can keep those in recovery people you do it.” focused and on the right Perrin acknowledged track. It helps in making that it can be difficult to “A job adds one feel like they are support employees in meaning to a valuable part of a recovery, especially for and can live life and offers community small business owners. what they considered to However, he tries to a stable safe be a normal, productive give second chances environment life.” when he can.

Jesse Brooks is that can “It’s about what kind Regional Prevention of culture you’re trying keep those Coordinator at the in recovery to build,” he said.

United Way of Addison One of his employees focused and County and helps in recovery, Abbi on the right those struggling with Lengyel, has worked at substance use disorder.

Green Peppers for three track.”

She believes that — Abbi Lengyel helping people like years. A Middlebury native, Lengyel will Lengyel back into the have been sober four workforce helps the years next month. She said that she whole community. never had problems finding work in “There are plenty of negative that time, but she used to struggle beliefs about people in recovery to keep jobs. returning to the workforce,” “Basically Green Peppers has Brooks said. “The reality is in the taught me how to have a work long run it’s an investment not ethic again,” she said. “I probably only in the person and the business wouldn’t have made it this far but also in the community. When without Mark and Green Peppers.” we have healthier individuals in Lengyel currently works as an our community we are a healthier assistant manager in the kitchen, county as a whole.”

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Schools (Continued from Page 1) The board backed that budget on a 4-3 vote after learning at the opening of the meeting that according to state estimates sent to ANWSD on Wednesday the district would have about five fewer students than expected next year. That change means a drop in state revenue of almost $100,000.

And that revenue loss will have to be made up in local taxes. It also means the budget adopted pushed ANWSD per-pupil spending close to a threshold that if exceeded would mean district taxpayers would have to pay a dollar-for-dollar penalty on any further per-pupil spending.

And there are still moving numbers, according to ANWSD business manager Elizabeth Atkins.

The yield on the state education tax rate could move tax rates up or down — last year they moved the estimated ANWSD rate down by more than 6 cents long after Town Meeting Day. And, officials noted, the pupil count is also still fluid — neither would be made final until long after a March vote.

“The timing of all these pieces comes a little later,” said ANWSD Superintendent Sheila Soule.

According to board materials board members are relying on another factor to stay out of the spending penalty. That’s a credit calculated by the state that Atkins explained in a Friday email is so far allowing the district to get under the spending penalty threshold “due to high principal and interest payments on several bonds, combined with excess spending provisions for highcost special education students.”

The $22.139 million budget the board backed puts ANWSD right on the edge of where the credit can still help the district, Atkins explained in the email.

“The budget adopted puts spending near the limit of that credit, and factors including final pupil count and the homestead tax yield could potentially push the district into a spending penalty, if those figures change from current estimates,” she wrote.

At Thursday’s meeting, Atkins told the board, “If the student numbers change, or the yield changes, we might be in danger.”

Some board members at Thursday’s meeting said the numbers would not necessarily work against the district: They noted the yield helped ANWSD in 2018, and said there was no guarantee enrollment numbers would continue to drop and could even rise.

BUDGET DETAILS, VOTES The budget calls for an increase of $1.03 million, or about 4.7 percent, over current spending of roughly $21.1 million.

The 2018 budget was approved, 952-551, by residents of Vergennes, Waltham, Panton, Ferrisburgh and Addison in March. Spending came in at $10,000 lower than in 2017.

But administrators and board members said they were unable to hold the line again. They cited the

cost of health benefits increasing by 11.8 percent, salaries for teachers and support staff expected to rise once ongoing negotiations for new contracts conclude, and transportation costs going up by 13 percent.

According to board materials, the budget includes staffing cuts: a Ferrisburgh Central School position due to declining enrollment, two full-time positions “through natural attrition,” a VUHS health teaching position reduced to 50 percent due to “consolidation of positions/dual certification,” and two part-time aides.

The board also reduced funds for employee health reimbursement accounts due to lower expected usage, lowered special education travel expenses and funding for after-school programming, and reduced contracted services with the Counseling Service of Addison County due to “declining need.”

The board added a district-wide elementary school health teacher and accounted for higher Hannaford Career Center tuition.

The board had two spending plans to consider on Thursday; one at $22.139 million and the other $22.124 million. Administrators suggested the board did not have to pick the two, at one point offering a compromise of taking $50,000 off one of those proposals and allowing administrators to find savings.

The board then took two votes.

Member George Gardner moved to adopt a $22 million budget, which he said would give discretion to administrators to make cuts and also approximated the revenue lost with the new lower enrollment figure.

Gardner and Mark Koenig voted in favor, but Kristina MacKulin, Tom Borchert, Laurie Childers, Laurie Gutowski and George Lawrence said nay.

Childers then moved the $22.139 million plan, and she, MacKulin, Borchert and Lawrence voted yes, with Gutowski, Gardner and Koenig in opposition. Chairwoman Sue Rakowski did not vote.

Four members of the board were absent.

Gardner said he thought the board should start making tough decisions now. He noted that this budget called for a tax increase despite the use of a $430,000 surplus (derived from district-wide savings in special education spending) to offset taxes and the 6-cent tax break due to district unification.

Gardner added ANWSD is likely to lose more students — and revenue — next year.

“When we craft the budget next year we’ve got a real steep hill to climb,” Gardner said.

Lawrence, Childers and Gutowski all said they understood the problems on the horizon, but didn’t believe programs should be cut this year because of them.

“I don’t see the value of slashing the budget now because we’re going to be up against it next year,” Lawrence said.

TAX IMPACT The final number could move dramatically, as it did last year.

The district wide tax rate for the current year is $1.642 per $1,000 of assessed property value, and the rate would be $1.7405 in the coming year under the proposal that the school board OK’d.

If this budget is approved and a 9.23-cent hike results, most ANWSD homeowners who pay on the full value of their property could be looking at a roughly $90 increase per

$100,000 of assessed value, or $225 on a $250,000 home.

That figure does not take into account at what figure the Legislature will set the statewide homestead rate. Those who pay based on their incomes and thus receive prebates, typically at least two-thirds of homeowners in most Addison County towns, would receive rebates and not feel the full impact of any tax increase.

Those figures also do not account for towns’ Common Levels of

Appraisal, or CLAs. If a town’s CLA is below 100 percent, its school tax rates are adjusted upward, and if it is above 100 percent those rates are lowered.

The CLAs in Addison, Ferrisburgh, Vergennes and Waltham are all between 100.11 and 102.26 percent and will not move final tax rates significantly. Panton’s CLA is 96.8 percent and will increase the final school-tax rate slightly.

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

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MONDAY

Women’s hockey team earns key NESCAC victories

MEMBERS OF THE Middlebury Union High School varsity hip-hop team give their all at Friday’s home competition. MUHS placed third of the seven schools competing. Mt. Mansfield won the category.

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MUHS takes third in Hip Hop, Jazz MIDDLEBURY — The house was packed on Friday evening when the Middlebury Union High School dance team hosted its only home competition of the season, one of four regular season events.

The dancers are gearing up for the final regular season competition this coming Saturday at 1 p.m. The Northern VT Athletic Conference championships will be held on Saturday, February 9 at 1 p.m. at South

Burlington High School.

MUHS came in third place in both Hip Hop and Jazz. The full results were: Hip Hop: 1. Mt. Mansfield, 260.5 2. Lamoille, 235 3. MUHS, 231 4. BFA St. Albans, 196 5. Mt. Anthony, 178.5 6. Burr & Burton, 170 7. Mississquoi, 150.5

Jazz: 1. Mt. Mansfield, 257.5 2. Lamoille, 241 3. MUHS, 221 4. South Burlington, 207.5 5. BFA St. Albans, 193 6. Burr & Burton, 167.5 7. Mississquoi, 152.5 Pom: 1. South Burlington, 244 2. Mt. Anthony, 194

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Although the Middlebury College men’s and women’s basketball teams could easily earn NCAA Division III tournament bids this winter, the safest bet for a Panther NCAA bid might once again be the women’s hockey team.

The Panthers have played in every NCAA tournament except two since in 2002, and have earned the automatic bid that comes with the NESCAC playoff championship 10 times, including the past three winters.

And this past weekend’s home sweep of NESCAC rival Hamilton — 3-2 on Saturday and 4-1 on Friday — moved the 11-2-3 Panthers to 7-1-2 in the league. No other team has fewer than four losses. One of them is Hamilton, which dropped to 4-4-2, 10-6-2 overall, after entering the weekend with a chance to take over first place by beating the Panthers twice.

Williams (13-4-1, 8-4 NESCAC) has the best chance to catch the Panthers for first place and the right to host the playoffs, and the two teams close the regular season with a home-and-home series on Feb. 15 and 16.

Holding off the Continentals was just one reason this past weekend was important for the Panthers. The Saturday prior they had suffered their first league loss, falling at lastplace Bowdoin in overtime.

And on this Saturday they twice trailed by a goal in the third period before prevailing on senior Katherine Jackson’s strike with 35 seconds to go. And it was the team’s first

third-period rally for a victory this season.

Jackson — one of only four Panther seniors (defender Jenna Marotta and forwards Katarina Shuchuk and Rachel St. Clair are the others) — said the weekend sweep topped off by winning under those circumstances would give the young team a lift.

“When we lost last weekend I think it was a big wakeup call for the team that in our league it’s very competitive, and anyone can win any game. And we knew going into this weekend Hamilton was going to be a really good opponent. So ... this week in practice we worked as hard as we could,” said Jackson.

“When we went down today it was a little hard, but I think we just stuck together as a team and pulled it out.”

In Saturday’s first period it didn’t look like late drama would be required. The Panthers outshot the Continentals, 11-3, and Hamilton goalie Sammy Johnson (26 saves) had to make good stops on Shuchuk from the left circle, Marotta and Anna Zumwinkle from the point and Ellie Barney from the slot.

Panther goalie Anna Goldstein (21 saves) made all three of her stops in the period in one sequence, denying Karina Sirabian from the left circle and then two rebounds in a scramble.

Hamilton came alive in the second period, however, especially after Johnson stopped Jackson and Barney from the slot early on. Two power plays gave the Continentals momentum they never lost, and Goldstein made a series of mid-period saves to (See Panthers, Page 21)

Score BOARD

MIDDLEBURY DANCERS FEEL the music during the jazz portion of Friday’s dance competition at Middlebury Union High School. MUHS came in third in this category.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/23 NCU/Lyndon at MUHS.....Postponed 1/26 MUHS vs. Brattleboro..................4-2 Boys’ Hockey 1/26 Essex vs. MUHS..........................5-2 Girls’ Basketball 1/23 MUHS at Colchester..... Ppd. to 1/28 1/24 N. Country at Mt. Abe.... Ppd. to 1/28 1/24 Winooski at VUHS......... Ppd. to 1/28 1/24 OV at Hartford................. Ppd. to 2/9 1/25 Mt. Mansfield vs. MUHS...........59-19 Boys’ Basketball 1/23 Missisquoi at VUHS........ Ppd. to 2/4 1/23 MUHS at Mt. Abe............ Ppd. to 2/4 1/25 St. Albans vs. VUHS................56-44

1/25 Rutland vs. MUHS....................56-44 1/25 OV vs. Mt. Anthony..................53-45 1/26 Enosburg vs. Mt. Abe...............46-42 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/25 Midd. vs. Conn.............................2-0 1/26 Midd. vs. Tufts..............................2-2 Women’s Hockey 1/25 Midd. vs. Hamilton........................4-1 1/26 Midd. vs. Hamilton........................3-2 Women’s Basketball 1/24 Midd. vs. UNE..........................66-50 1/27 Midd. at Trinity..........................59-55 Men’s Basketball 1/27 Trinity at Midd...........................75-38

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Otter Valley the only winner in boys’ hoop ADDISON COUNTY — Only the Otter Valley boys prevailed in high school basketball play late last week, as the Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes boys all dropped road games.

Mid-week storms wiped out many games, and several Thursday girls’ contests were rescheduled for this Monday, Jan. 28: MUHS at Colchester, Winooski at VUHS, and North Country at Mount Abe. Two Wednesday boys’ games were moved to Feb. 4: MUHS at Mount Abe, and Missisquoi at VUHS. Game times for all the postponed events will remain at 7 p.m.

OTTERS On this past Thursday the Otters won at Mount Anthony, 53-45.

Guard Dylan Mackie led OV with 18 points, and the Otters, who had struggled from the free-throw line in some recent games, sank 15 free throws in the fourth quarter to help close out the win. The Division I Patriots dropped to 1-9.

The Otters improved to 7-5, good for eighth place in D-II, and will visit Proctor on Wednesday.

EAGLES The Eagles took a disappointing loss at Enosburg, 46-42, on Friday.

They dropped below .500 at 5-6 despite 22 points from Liam Kelliher.

Gavin Johnson scored 18 points for the 4-7 Hornets.

The Eagles will visit Milton on Wednesday.

TIGERS Two-time defending D-I champion Rutland put the defensive clamps on the Tigers on Friday to prevail, 56-44. MUHS took an early 12-8 lead, but the 9-3 Raiders used a pair of 12-0 first-half runs to take charge.

Jacob Lorman led the Raiders with 24 points.

Tyler Buxton (13 points), Spencer Cadoret (12) and Zachary Dunn (11) led the Tigers, who dropped to 8-2, a record still good enough for fourth place in D-I heading into a Tuesday game at VUHS. COMMODORES Host D-I St. Albans (3-7 against a tough schedule) also used strong defense to hold off the Commodores on Friday by 56-44. VUHS (2-8) managed only 15 first-half points against the Bobwhites, who pulled away in the third quarter as Logan Tobin scored 11 of his 17 points.

Kevin Jackson hit four three-pointers as the Commodores tried to rally in the fourth quarter.

MUHS Girls’ hockey team tops Brattleboro MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team topped visiting Brattleboro on Saturday, 4-2, to move back to .500 at 5-5.

The victory by the Tigers kept them in first place in Division II and snapped a three-game skid that had come against D-I teams. Brattleboro, a D-III team, dropped to 3-8.

Carlisle Brush and Avery Gale led the Tiger attack with a goal and

two assists apiece, and Gale set up Brush’s third-period insurance goal.

Anna McIntosh and Merry Kimble also scored for the Tigers.

Tiger goalie Lydia Deppman stopped six shots, and the Colonels’ Natalie Gadowski made 17 saves.

The Tigers will visit two D-II teams this week, Champlain Valley on Wednesday and Missisquoi on Saturday.

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/30 MUHS at CVU..................... 8:35 PM 2/2 MUHS at Missisquoi................... Noon Boys’ Hockey 1/30 CVU at MUHS.......................... 7 PM 2/2 MUHS at Spaulding............... 5:30 PM Girls’ Basketball 1/28 MUHS at Colchester................ 7 PM 1/28 Winooski at VUHS.................... 7 PM 1/28 N. Country at Mt. Abe............... 7 PM 1/30 VUHS at Mt. Mansfield............. 7 PM 1/30 Mt. Abe at Milton...................... 7 PM 1/30 MUHS at Missisquoi................. 7 PM 1/31 Fair Haven at OV..................... 7 PM 2/1 MUHS at Winooski................ 7:30 PM 2/2 OV at Brattleboro.................. 2:30 PM 2/2 VUHS at N. Country................... 2 PM 2/2 Mt. Abe at Enosburg................... 4 PM Boys’ Basketball 1/29 MUHS at VUHS........................ 7 PM 1/29 Mt. Abe at Milton...................... 7 PM 1/30 OV at Proctor........................... 7 PM

2/1 Fair Haven at OV....................... 7 PM 2/1 Milton at MUHS.......................... 7 PM 2/1 VUHS at Enosburg..................... 7 PM 2/4 MUHS at Mt. Abe....................... 7 PM 2/4 Missisquoi at VUHS................... 7 PM Wrestling 1/30 Mt. Mansfield at VUHS............. 6 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 2/1 Wesleyan at Midd....................... 7 PM 2/2 Trinity at Midd............................. 4 PM Women’s Hockey 2/1 Midd. at Wesleyan...................... 7 PM 2/2 Midd. at Wesleyan...................... 3 PM Women’s Basketball 2/1 Bowdoin at Midd......................... 7 PM 2/2 Colby at Midd............................. 3 PM Men’s Basketball 2/1 Midd. at Bowdoin........................ 7 PM 2/2 Midd. at Colby............................ 3 PM Late games were played after deadline.

Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

SUZIE KLEMMER GETS down with the rest of the MUHS hip-hop dance team she captained to a third-place finish in a dance contest at the high school gym on Friday. Mt. Mansfield won overall among seven high schools.

Independent photo/Steve James

Panthers (Continued from Page 20) preserve the scoreless tie.

But she couldn’t stop Nancy Loh’s breakaway at 19:36. After a lobbed clear bad-hopped Zumwinkle at center ice Loh converted a backhand deke to give Hamilton the lead.

It was the Panthers turn to come out strong in the third, and after about a minute of offensive zone time defender Eva Hendrickson’s shot from the right point found the near side; it appeared it might have deflected off a Continental out front.

Madie Leidt nearly scored a shorthanded goal to give the Panthers the lead 10 minutes in, but her slapper from between the circles went high off Johnson’s right shoulder.

At 12:22 the Continentals took the lead on a counterattack during a Panther line change. Mya Berretta poked in a rebound of Emily Williams’ point-blank shot.

Jackson said the Panthers did not get discouraged.

“When we went down again we looked at the clock. There was about seven minutes left. We just kept saying to each other there’s plenty of time left. Let’s keep working,” she

said.

Barney knotted the score at 16:35 by capping a pretty end-to-end play.

Defender Alex Ryan found Shuchuk in full stride heading down the right side. As she reached the inside of the right circle Shuchuk slide the puck to Barney cutting in from the left side, and her eight-foot snap shot bounced off Johnson’s left pad and into the far corner.

Goldstein made two more key stops, on Missy Segall between the circles with two minutes to go and on Loh at the right post as the final horn sounded.

In between Jackson rapped in the game-winner. Zumwinkle sent Sidney Portner into the zone, and from the right side near the red line she slid a hard shot along the ice. Johnson stopped the puck, but couldn’t control it. And Jackson, crashing the net, found it sitting next to the goalie at the top of the crease.

“I just skated down and saw the puck and hit it home and luckily it went in,” she said. “I just hit it as hard as I could, and I saw my teammates’ arms go up, and that’s when I knew it went in. And it was

an awesome feeling.”

In Saturday’s 4-1 win Zumwinkle gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the first period, scoring from the right point with a shot to the top-left corner. Portner set up the strike. Leidt made it 2-0 in the second period by racing up the left wing and ripping a shot into the top right corner, with Barney assisting.

Hamilton’s Kate Piacenza made it 2-1 at 15:49 of the third. The Continentals pulled Johnson (18 saves), and Jackson and Shuchuk added empty-net goals. Panther goalie Lin Han made nine saves.

Then came Saturday’s drama, when the Panthers bounced back from the two one-goal deficits and the disappointment of the week before.

“Seeing our team rally and come back again where we got two wins was good for the underclassmen to see, and important for the upperclassmen. We only have eight games left in the regular season,” Jackson said. “I think this ... was a really pivotal weekend for us, and that it was really important that we came out with a couple wins.”

Essex defeats Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team ESSEX — First-place Essex on Saturday dealt the Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team a 5-2 setback in a Division I matchup.

The Hornets moved to 5-0. The 7-4 Tigers are in fourth place and

will host Champlain Valley on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and visit Spaulding on Saturday.

The Tigers pulled to within 3-2 at 2:11 of the third period on Kolby Farnsworth’s second goal of the game, but the Hornets’ Grady Cram answered with his second goal of the

period 1:31 later. Hornet Ryan Clark added an insurance goal later in the period.

Tucker Stearns and Kamrin Bartlett picked up assists on Farnsworth’s goals, and Tiger goalie Zeke Hooper made 36 saves. Essex goalie Sam Foster stopped 13 shots.

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Middlebury Union High School introduces Hogan Beazley as its next student of the week. Hogan is the son of Mary Alice and Chuck Beazley of Weybridge. Hogan loves living in Vermont and enjoys time spent with his family and friends, especially when it includes time on the golf course.

Hogan is ranked as one of the top ten golfers at the high school level in the state of Vermont. The golf team at MUHS is a small but talented group of students and Hogan captains the team, which is coached by his father. In his ninth- and tenth-grade years at MUHS, the golf team played as an independent entity. Golf became recognized as a varsity sport at the onset of his junior year. As a sophomore, Hogan was ranked as the seventh-best high school golfer in New England after competing in a tournament in New Hampshire.

Hogan says, “I started hitting golf balls as a two-year-old and I realized I liked the game!” His love for the sport has included summer jobs at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course in Middlebury. He has held a variety of positions at the course and he welcomes any chance he gets to hit the links.

Hogan has pursued a demanding curriculum at MUHS, including Hogan Beazley seven Advanced Placement courses. A stellar student in mathematics, MUHS he enrolled in Linear Mathematics at Middlebury College in the fall of his senior year. He loved the class and found the coursework to be both complex and fascinating.

He spent time last summer at a golf camp at Dartmouth College and caught the eye of a number of college coaches. Hogan focused his college search on small, four-year liberal arts colleges in the Northeast with strong math programs. After having taken a course at Middlebury College, he knew that it was the college for him. Hogan’s efforts were rewarded with an early decision acceptance to Middlebury. He is looking forward to enrolling in the fall and furthering his study of mathematics.

While at MUHS, in addition to his involvement with golf, Hogan has been active in the school’s Scholars Bowl team. He loves the team’s comradery and the participatory action of the group. He served as a Peer Leader in the fall semester helping to orient newly enrolling ninth-graders to the high school, including his own brothers, twins Charlie and Max. Teachers and staff at MUHS hold Hogan in high regard for his keen intellect, thoughtful and caring demeanor, and leadership skills. His dedication to his studies has landed him a spot on the school’s Honor Roll and a place in the National Honor Society. He is a friend to all within the MUHS community and we are grateful he will be staying close by for the next four years, transitioning from a Tiger to a Panther.

Vergennes Union High School

Vergennes Union High School has recognized Bess Gramling as its Student of the Week. Bess lives in Ferrisburgh with her dad and mom, Phil and Julie Gramling. Bess has two brothers: Calvin, who is a 7th-grader at VUMS, and Ian, who is a sophomore at Norwich University.

Bess has made high honors throughout high school. She was inducted into the National Honor Society last year. She has received two French awards, a Technology award, and an Advanced Art award. Bess was also the recipient of the Green and Gold Scholarship from the University of Vermont and the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award from the University of Rochester. She is currently enrolled in AP Biology and AP Language and Composition, and took AP U.S. History as a 10thgrader. This summer Bess took a Health and Medical Professions class at UVM through dual enrollment.

Bess is also a very active participant the VUHS community. She was a member of both the indoor and outdoor track team. She is a talented member of the music program. She plays in the band and is part of the Commodore Jazz Ensemble. She is also a member Bess Gramling of the chorus and the Commodore Singers. She has participated VUHS in school musicals since she was in 8th grade. Bess also has participated in the District and All State Music Festivals. Bess is also a member of the Math Team and Peace One Day Committee.

When asked about high school, Bess says, “I have learned that it is important to challenge yourself in high school. I have gotten to know myself better by working through challenges and achieving my goals.

High school is also a great time to explore a variety of interests and find something you’re passionate about. Music has been a great way for me to challenge myself and pursue my passions.”

Susan O’Daniel, the band director at VUHS, says, “Bess is motivated, energetic and gifted in academics, music and theatre. She is an avid and independent learner, particularly in music, where she has learned to play six instruments with performance-level competence. Bess is a catalyst in Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble, and her enthusiastic presence raises the level of performance of those around her.”

Following graduation from VUHS Bess plans to attend college and major in the biological sciences on the pre-med track. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Bess Gramling the very best in the future.

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Pet Pages February is Pet Dental Health Month

By Erin Forbes, DVM February is National Pet Dental Health Month, sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Dental health is a very important part of your pet’s overall health. Your pet’s teeth and gums should be checked at least once a year by your veterinarian to check for early signs of a problem and to keep your pet’s mouth healthy.

Veterinary dentistry includes the scaling, polishing, extraction, or repair of your pet’s teeth and all other aspects of oral health care. These procedures must be performed by a veterinarian and begin with an oral exam of your pet’s mouth. If there is dental disease present, dental work will be recommended.

Most dental disease occurs below the gum line where you can’t see it, so dental work is performed under anesthesia in order to be safe and effective. Signs of dental disease include bad breath, broken or loose teeth, abnormal chewing or drooling. One may also notice bleeding from the mouth, reduced appetite, and swelling around the

mouth. If you notice any of these signs, schedule an exam for your pet.

Periodontal disease is the most common dental condition in dogs and cats. In fact, by the time your pet is three years old there is an estimated 70 percent chance they will have periodontal disease. The earlier it is detected, the faster treatment can be recommended, which is important as advanced periodontal disease can cause severe problems and pain for your pet.

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory condition of the gum and bone support (periodontal tissues) surrounding the teeth. It starts with plaque that hardens into calculus.

Calculus above the gum line can often easily be seen and removed, but below the gum line it is damaging and can cause infections and

damage to the tissues or bone. This can cause loose teeth, bone loss, pain around the tooth and fractured teeth.

Prevention of periodontal disease in pets consists of frequent removal of the dental calculus that forms on teeth that are not kept clean.

Regularly brushing your pet’s teeth is the single most effective thing you can do to keep their teeth healthy between dental cleanings and may reduce the frequency or even eliminate the need for periodic dental cleaning by your veterinarian.

Daily brushing is best, but it’s not always possible and brushing several times a week can be effective. Most dogs accept brushing, but cats can be a bit more resistant — patience and training are important. There are many pet products marketed with claims that they improve dental health, but not all of them are effective. Look for a seal of approval from the Veterinary Oral Health Council (VOHC) and make sure to discuss any dental products/diets you are considering with your veterinarian.

If you have any questions or concerns about your pet’s dental health, please contact your veterinarian.

The Vermont Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA), founded in 1898, is a professional organization of 370 veterinarians dedicated to compassionate animal care and quality medicine.

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Addison County’s Humane Society Niles & Mary

Niles & Mary. 2 years, Seal Point Siamese, neutered male & spayed female. Niles and Mary are an incredibly sweet pair of bonded kitties- brother and sister- who are looking for a new home together after being abandoned by their guardian. Both cats are friendly, playful, and outgoing (one a bit more outgoing than the other). They’ve lived with other cats and are currently residing with other cats in a community room here at the shelter, but they would love to be the prince and princess of their own home if possible. We are requiring these two sweet siblings be adopted together- after all, two gorgeous pairs of blue eyes gazing at you are better than one pair, right?!

Kiki Kiki. 14 years, longhaired tuxedo, spayed female. Kiki is a spunky older gal who was brought to the shelter when her owner moved and couldn’t bring her. According to her previous guardian she loves to be held like a baby and behaves more like a dog than a cat.

She is very a talkative gal and isn’t afraid to let you know what she wants. Kiki would do well in a quiet home with no other pets and no children. Kiki would make a loyal and affectionate companion, so come visit her at the shelter soon!

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Shelley is smart, likes to be held and is very affectionate. She is a little gem and would be a great fit for any household!

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Sailor. 1 year, mixed breed, neutered male. Sailor is a playful, energetic and sweet guy who can’t get enough of chewy toys and time with people. He gets nervous when left alone in the home and requires a family that has someone to spend the day with him or can bring him to play at daycare each day (he has made many friends at Comfort Hill already!). He loves kids of all ages and develops strong bonds with them quickly, but hasn’t figured out how big he is yet and gives full body hugs! Careful, once you meet him he is going to steal your heart!

Hermie & Cornelius. 1 year, American mix, neutered males. Hermie and Cornelius are two very sweet boys that came from a home with too many bunnies. They enjoy play time outside of their cage, and even play hide and seek in boxes!

They are working hard on being potty-trained and have come a long way. Hermie is more outgoing and Cornelius is a little more nervous, but they are both working on trusting people. They would do great with other bunnies, cats, kids, and dogs with proper introductions. Veggies and fruit are a favorite of both, especially bananas! Will your home be their fur-ever home?

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Watch logging in action in Ferrisburgh

FERRISBURGH — A Vergennes nonprofit is inviting the public to visit Lower Otter Wildlife Management Area to view an active timber harvest this week.

Vermont Coverts, in conjunction with the state departments of Fish and Wildlife and Forest Parks and Recreation, will host the workshop “From the Tailgate: Active Harvesting” on Thursday, Jan. 31, 1-3 p.m. at the wildlife area off Sand Road in Ferrisburgh.

Walk with biologist Dave Sausville and forester Matt Leonard as they showcase the different forest and habitat management techniques used to manage this property for wildlife. Participants will visit harvested areas and discuss the strategies used to achieve specific objectives and goals on the parcel.

These same forest management practices are used to enhance habitat on private land.

Organizers of the workshop expect to see some of the logging equipment in action.

There will be an option to walk the area again in March and July to see the final results and the response of the habitat.

Bring your questions about forest and wildlife habitat management.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Registration is not required but appreciated. If you have a hard hat please bring it; there will be some hard hats on hand.

For more information or directions, and to SEE A LOGGER harvest some trees in the winter this Thursday when register, contact Lisa Sausville at 802-877- Vermont Coverts hosts a free workshop in which participants learn about 2777 or info@vtcoverts.org. managing woods to promote wildlife.

Film explores link of algae with diseases

CHARLOTTE — The Lewis Creek Association on Thursday, Jan. 31 will host a free screening of the film “Toxic Puzzle: Hunt for the Hidden Killer,” a documentary about scientist Dr. Paul Cox’s team investigating linkages between toxins produced by blue-green algae and the neurodegenerative diseases ALS, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

After the screening at the Charlotte Senior Center there will be a discussion with UVM scientists Jon Erickson, Ph.D., and Dr. Rachelle Gould highlighting their research on blue-green algae found in Vermont lakes.

The Lewis Creek Association, or LCA, is a non-profit conservation organization that does sustainability and conservation work in towns of the middle Lake Champlain Valley. LCA works primarily within the watershed boundaries of the LaPlatte River, Thorp Brook, Kimball Brook, Holmes Brook, McCabe’s Brook, and Lewis Creek to service the watershed towns of Shelburne, Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg, Monkton, and Starksboro.

LCA has been involved with water quality sampling for many years, providing data to the state that can inform research on the links between nutrient loading in our rivers and streams and blue-green algal blooms in our lakes. The public is invited to learn more about this ongoing research.

The screening is free and refreshments will be served.

Join LCS on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 6:30-9 p.m., at the Charlotte Senior Center, Charlotte, VT. The film will begin at 6:45 p.m. and lasts 82 minutes. Discussion will follow. For more information visit lewiscreek.org or contact glyndam3@gmail.com or 802-355-0015.

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40 types of rental equipment to choose from

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CLASSIFIEDS Public Meetings

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 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 turning‑ pointaddisonvt.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflec‑ tion Meeting, Vergennes, Con‑ gregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm. Spiritual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Ste‑ phen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meet‑ ing, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am.

Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alter‑ nating Format Meeting, Ferris‑ burgh, Assembly of God Chris‑ tian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm.

Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Middle‑ bury, Beginner’s Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

NARCAN KITS are available at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to re‑ verse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are spe‑ cifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy training is provided at Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth.org.

AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anonymous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday evenings.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems.

Newcomers welcome. Confi‑ dential. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

Services

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

Big Book Meeting, New Ha‑ ven, Congregational Church, Village Green, 7:30‑8:30pm.

Discussion Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30am.

Services

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Mondays, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Services

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

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

Services

Services

Services

REFUGE RECOVERY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑inspired approach to recovery from ad‑ dictions of all kinds. Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

Look here for volunteer opportunities!

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.

Want to be involved in your community? Is your 2019 resolution to give back? Always check this space for opportunities to get involved in local organizations. Use your skills to better your community.

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Help Wanted

CLAS SIFIED S

Garage Sales

Opportunities

INDOOR YARD SALE and silent auction. Feb. 16th, Sat‑ urday. 8:30am‑4pm. Ameri‑ can Legion, Middlebury, VT. Benefit Brendon P. Cousino Med47 Foundation. Breakfast sandwiches and muffins will be available in the a.m. Hot dogs and popcorn will be available in the p.m.

STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Mid‑ dlebury. Approved for seat‑ ing for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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

Help Wanted

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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Vacancies

Administrative Assistant Addison Central School District is seeking a full time Administrative Assistant to the Athletic Director at Middlebury Union High School.

Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills and a sincere enjoyment of helping others and working as part of a team.

Qualifications include: • Associate’s Degree • Strong background in various computer applications, ie, Excel, Word; • Strong organizational skills with emphasis on detail and accuracy; • Ability to multi-task; • Strong written and oral communication skills; • Knowledge of accounting desirable, QuickBooks a plus; • Ability to work independently as directed; and • Ability to work collaboratively with administrative office team;

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Nursery/Greenhouse Assistant

Now taking resumes and applications for an IN SEASON up to 40 hrs/ OFF SEASON 20+ hrs per week position. Middlebury Agway is seeking an experienced, qualified and highly motivated individual to assist in a thriving retail plant sales department.

Responsibilities include Care and Sales of Greenhouse and Nursery Plants, Seeds and Bulbs, plus a genuine interest in providing knowledgeable customer service. Extensive Plant knowledge is a must! Any Cashier experience is a plus. Qualified Candidate must have a dedicated work ethic and be able to perform physical lifting as required and work hard in the spring and summer seasons.

Help Wanted

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WANTED Bourdeau Brothers seeks a fulltime employee to work in a multiduty environment including driving, warehouse, and specialized equipment.

CDL license required. Agricultural experience preferred. Benefits include medical, 401K, and vacations.

Contact Skip Cray at 802-388-7000 or scray@bbinc.us.

Position will start approximately March 1st.

Excellent Perks including an Employee Discount and Flexible Schedule but ability to work weekends is also a must.

Please stop in to pick up an application or send Resume and References to: Middlebury AGWAY Farm & Garden, Attn: Jennifer Jacobs 338 Exchange St. Middlebury, VT 05753 or by email to info@middleburyagway.com

YOUR YARD, GARDEN AND PET PLACE Middlebury Agway – 338 Exchange St. – Middlebury, VT.

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

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

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

Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters, and complete transcripts via School Spring.

No phone calls please.

Applications will be accepted until position has been filled with consideration given to applications received by February 8, 2019

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Vacancies

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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH SCHOOL Coaching Positions Middlebury Union High School is seeking coaches for the following: Assistant Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse JV Girls’ Lacrosse Assistant Varsity Softball Coach JV Softball Coach Applicants must possess a strong knowledge of coaching principles with previous coaching experience preferred. Must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate and relate to student athletes.

Interested parties should send a letter of interest, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Sean Farrell/Athletic Director Middlebury Union High School 73 Charles Avenue Middlebury,VT 05753

58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 addisonindependent.com • 388-4944

Applications will be accepted until the positions have been filled.

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Join the Parent/Child Center Team

Join the Parent/Child Center Team

We are seeking an Early Childhood Teacher to work in our 5 STAR childcare center.

We are a therapeutic childcare program that supports children birth through 3 and their families. Strong candidates must have knowledge of child development, family systems, mental health issues, excellent communication skills, and want to work with young families. Flexibility and collaboration is a must. Total are hours negotiable. Please submit your resume by February 4th.

We are seeking an Office Supervisor to work in our center. The job is an office position focusing on training young adults in office skills. Other tasks include office management, phone coverage, administrative assistant tasks and invoicing.

Strong candidates must have excellent phone, computer and communication skills and want to work with young adults and families. Flexibility and collaboration is a must. Total are hours negotiable. Please submit your resume by February 4.

Contact Donna Bailey at: dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org

Contact Donna Bailey at: dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org

Help Wanted HOPE HAS AN opening for a part time retail associate. 15 hours a week, reliable sched‑ ule, fun and active environ‑ ment. Must have good cash handling and math skills, and solid customer service abil‑ ity. We also have a part time opening in our warehouse.

29.5 hours a week to start, with the potential for moving to full‑time. Must have good customer service skills, be able to lift, stand, and walk for extended periods of time.

Mechanical ability a plus. Send resume and cover letter, indi‑ cating the position for which you’re applying, to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

IMMEDIATE OPENING ‑ The Town of Salisbury is currently looking to fill the following posi‑ tion. Those interested do not have to be Salisbury residents but must live in close proximity.

Training, when available, will be offered as well as a sti‑ pend and mileage. Please call the town offices at 352‑4228 for further information. Ani‑ mal Control Officer primary duty is to enforce Salisbury’s Animal Control Ordinance as well as provide information to residents, investigate ani‑ mal bites in concert with the Town Health Officer, maintain records and prepare reports to include judicial citations when appropriate, as well as appearing at any hearings or meetings when necessary or required.

Help Wanted

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THE CITY OF Vergennes has an immediate position for a full‑time Administrative Assis‑ tant who will have the primary responsibility of accounts pay‑ able. The position is located in downtown Vergennes. Re‑ sponsibilities include, but are not limited to: entering invoices into NEMRC AP software, printing checks, reconciling GL account, warrant report, retrieving/opening and sorting mail, weekly payroll adminis‑ tration, human recourses and benefits administration. Please submit resume to mchabo‑ t2vergennes.org.

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS Or‑ ganic Beef Farm seeks moti‑ vated individual to assist on large beef operation. Ideal candidate will have experience with cattle, equipment and general farm practices. Duties include feeding, barn chores, crops and general farm main‑ tenance. Full or part‑time posi‑ tions available. Full time offers vacation and benefits. To apply contact Brian Kemp, Farm Manager at 802‑989‑0514.

PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is seeking two profes‑ sional painters for winter inte‑ rior work. Excellent pay, great benefits. Reliable transporta‑ tion, tools and a positive no nonsense attitude is a must.

This is a great opportunity for people looking for full time work year round. A minimum of three years experience nec‑ essary. Call 453‑5611 Serious applicants only.

Addy Indy

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THE TOWN OF Salisbury is currently looking to fill their Town Health Officer position.

Those interested do not have to be Salisbury residents but must live in close proximity.

Training, when available, sti‑ pend and milage will be of‑ fered. Please call the town offices at 352‑4228 for further information. The duties, out‑ lined in 18 VSA §602a, deal primarily with investigating any complaint of public health hazard, enforcing the provi‑ sions of Title 18, and rules/ permits issued by the Vermont Department of Health. The THO prepares reports on all investigations and incidents.

This position is regulatory in nature. No medical back‑ ground is needed or required.

For Sale 1985 DODGE PICKUP w/ Boss plow & sandbox, 1980 Mack dump truck & 2001 20 ton Talbot trailer, TD7 Inter‑ national Crowler. 758‑2037.

3 AQUARIUMS, 55, 50 AND 29 GALLON, Complete with variety of fish and all needed equipment. 802‑758‑2400.

Reasonable, negotiable.

VERMONT CASTING DEFI‑ ANCE stove with misc. stove pipe. Excellent condition. $450. Call 388‑2233.

For Rent BRANDON: PARK VILLAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Summit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summitpmg.com.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY Visible Retail/Office street level space on the Main Street. Ap‑ prox. 1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

For Rent

For Rent

Real Estate

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM avail‑ able. Utilities included are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, garbage and parking. Tenant pays electric.

Small storage space included.

802‑453‑2566

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

EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAISY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern exposure on a pri‑ vate lane. Town water, power and cable hookups at curb‑ side. Site approved for four bedroom home with conven‑ tional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month. 802‑388‑4831.

S T O R E F R O N T AVA I L ‑ ABLE. 1,000 sq.ft., 616 Ex‑ change Street, Middlebury.

802‑388‑4831.

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

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

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

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aer‑ ating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

MIDDLEBURY UPSTAIRS STUDIO apartment with park‑ ing and utilities. New carpet‑ ing and paint. No animals, no smoking, no exceptions.

References and deposit re‑ quired. $750. monthly. Avail‑ able 2‑1‑19. 453‑4823 after 6pm.

For Rent

HAY FOR SALE ‑ big squares, small squares, round bales.

Stored in shed. 802‑349‑9161 for pricing. Trailer load or in‑ dividual.

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

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM, fully furnished apartment, all inclusive, W/D. $1,250/month.

802‑349‑8544.

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

Att. Farmers

Wanted

Wood Heat

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT An‑ tique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collectibles, etc. Visit bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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

802‑282‑9110.

For Rent

For Rent

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing.

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

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Farmers

Public Notices TOWN OF PANTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Development Review Board will convene the following public hearings in the Town Clerk’s Office on Jersey Street at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2019.

To consider an application from Alan Fogg (#19-400) for a boundary line adjustment of their property on Lake Road (tax map ID# 01-01.-74.000) in accordance with the provisions of the Town’s Subdivision Regulations.

To consider an application from Gordon Marcelle (#19-401) for a preliminary plat review of their proposal for a five-lot sub-division totaling 73.3± acres with frontage Route 22a (tax map ID# 07-34-00.000) in accordance with the provisions of the Town’s Subdivision Regulations.

To consider an application from Kevin M. Cooke (#18-900) for a preliminary plat review of their proposal for an eight-lot sub-division totaling 84± acres with frontage Route 22a and Hopkins Road (tax map ID# 08-01-04.000 and 08-01-12.000) in accordance with the provisions of the Town’s Subdivision Regulations.

These applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Interested parties who wish to appeal or 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 the 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 §§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, David Raphael, Chair 1/28

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Shard Villa Road, Middlebury, Vermont – Bank Repair & Stabilization Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of Shard Villa Road Bank Repair & Stabilization will be received by the Town of Middlebury Public Works Department (1020 S. Route 7, Middlebury, VT 05753; mailing address- 77 Main Street) until 11:00 AM, on February 15, 2019, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

This project includes bank repair and stabilization along Shard Villa Road, located in Middlebury, Vermont. Slope stabilization and road improvements include installation of a rip-rap wall or gabion baskets, slope protection with rip-rap, water control measures, erosion and traffic control, surface restoration and appurtenant work. The site is located approximately 500 feet south of the Shard Villa Road crossing of the Middlebury River.

Each BID must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the OWNER for five percent (5%) of the total amount of the BID. A BID BOND may be used in lieu of a certified check.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: Works in Progress 20 Farrell St. South Burlington, VT 05403-6112

DuBois & King, Inc. 25 Union Street Brandon, Vermont 05733

ISSUING OFFICE: The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: DuBois & King, Inc., 28 North Main Street, P.O. Box 339, Randolph, VT 05060, Contact: Dawn Conant at 802-728-3376, dconant@dubois-king.com. Bidding Documents may be obtained via one of the following methods: 1. Via Download Electronic Copy: Download Bid Documents as a pdf at www. dubois-king.com/projects-bidding-active for a non-refundable charge of $75.00.

Note: When purchasing download bid documents, the purchaser will receive an e-mail notification with a link to the downloadable plans and specifications.

Depending on individual computer settings, the e-mail may go to the spam folder.

Please check the spam folder and allow e-mails from dubois-king.com 2. If Hard Copies are wanted: Please contact the Issuing Office Contact identified above to discuss the details of this method and to confirm cost.

The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Only Bid Documents obtained from DuBois & King, Inc. (Website or Issuing Office) shall be used for submitting a Bid. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

IMPORTANT Any change to the Bidding Documents during the bid period will be made via addenda and posted at HYPERLINK “http://www.dubois-king.com/” www.dubois-king.com/ projects-bidding-active. The prospective Bidder is responsible for checking the web site as required to obtain any/all addenda that may be issued. The Issuing Office is NOT responsible for notifying prospective Bidders when addenda are posted. This responsibility lies with the prospective Bidder.

A Non-Mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled at the site at 10:30AM on February 1, 2019. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend this meeting.

A Performance BOND and a Payment BOND each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price will be required.

Kathleen Ramsay, Town Manager 1/28,31,2/4,7

(Continued from Page 1) soil, clean water and a sustainable working landscape.

“With emerging technology to provide real-time feedback and quantify the results of our conservation approaches on an individual farm basis and as an industry across Vermont, we believe that we can change the narrative and provide farmers with a new paradigm in which to operate,” wrote the group in a letter they presented to legislators at a hearing on Friday.

“In this paradigm, farmers would be compensated for the social and environmental benefits that our responsible land stewardship provides our communities and watersheds, not just for the (food and fiber products) we currently are paid to produce.”

The pilot project, with an estimated $10 million price tag, would install technology on six “host” farms to monitor energy, water and biomass usage and production, and use 3-D soil mapping and remote sensing technology to measure “whole landscape function” and farmerproduced watershed “ecosystem services.”

This would create data upon which

experts could calculate how much to model to pay farmers a fair value for pay farmers for the public good they providing ecosystem services. do through stewardship of the land Their audience Friday included and water. four House and Senate committees While the language in the proposal charged with agricultural and is pretty highfalutin, the concepts are environmental oversight, including old school.

Rep. Amy Sheldon, The ecosystem D-Middlebury, who services to be measured chairs the House would include: Committee on Natural • Biomass production Resources, Fish, and (planting crops, grass and Wildlife; and Sen. pasture, forests).

Christopher Bray, • G r o u n d w a t e r D-New Haven, who recharge and increased chairs the Senate stream base flows Committee on Natural from quantified water Resources and Energy. infiltration (preserving Vermont Secretary “Don’t let open land to compensate of Agriculture Anson for runoff from developed anyone tell Tebbets stood up at properties). you that your the Champlain Valley • Water purification work is not Farmer Coalition annual (keeping soil healthy so dinner in Middlebury water that goes through it meaningful.” this past Wednesday — Secretary of evening and encouraged cleansed).

• Soil carbon increase Agriculture Anson farmers to attend Friday’s Tebbets legislative hearing. (reducing climate change to farmers by keeping carbon “I think this is a from getting into the significant hearing,” he atmosphere). told them. “I know it’s heavy lifting: • Reductions in flooding, drought, You’ve got to go up there, weave excess nutrients, wildfires and your way around, engage lawmakers. infrastructure damage (managing But they listen to you more than land so it can handle floods). they’ll probably listen to me on a lot Notice of AvAilAbility Phase two of the farmers’ proposed of issues, and that’s because you live of the Middlebury pilot project would “create and it and work it every day.” implement a decision support system” Tebbets closed his address with towN report Pursuant to the provisions of 24 VSA that would help land managers “make simple advice: 1682, copies of the Town Report will be real-time conservation decisions “Don’t let anyone tell you that your available at the Town Offices, 77 Main related to grazing, cropping and soil work is not meaningful.”

Street, Middlebury, Vermont, and online regeneration.”

He didn’t specify who might at: www.townofmiddlebury.org on Friday, Finally, the coalition hopes to suggest that food production and land February 22, 2019. use the project to develop a funding management aren’t meaningful, but for farmers who feel unfairly accused of committing various environmental TOWN OF ADDISON, VERMONT -- GOODRICH CORNER crimes — especially water pollution ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT — there was nothing ambiguous ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS about the secretary’s words.

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Goodrich Corner Road Culvert Replacement will The coalition echoed his sentiment be received by U.S. Mail, by The Town of Addison, at the Town of Addison, Town Clerk’s in their draft letter to legislators: Office, 65 VT Route 17 West, Addison, VT 05491-8919, OR by hand delivery on the day of “We have been pointed to as the the bid opening at the Town of Addison Volunteer Fire Department, 44 VT Route 17 West, problem for so long that citizens and Addison, VT 05491, until 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at which lawmakers alike have neglected to time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project consists of removal realize that we may be the biggest of the existing embankment material, removal of the existing metal culvert, installation of a new precast reinforced concrete box culvert (72 feet long by 5 feet wide by 6.5 feet high) potential solution to climate change, with precast headwalls, footings, cutoff walls, wing walls and replacement backfill. extreme weather events, water Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit quality, food production and more.” price basis, as indicated in the Bid Schedule.

PHOSPHORUS The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Otter Creek Engineering, Inc., PO They hope the data produced by Box 712, 404 East Main Street, East Middlebury, VT 05740, (802) 382-8522. Prospective their pilot project will provide a more Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may obtain copies of the Bidding Docaccurate picture of what’s really uments from the Issuing Office as described below. going on between agriculture and Bidding Documents also may be examined at Works in Progress, Inc., 20 Farrell Street, the environment, a picture they feel South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 658-3793. has all too often been skewed by one Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, element: phosphorus. during the hours indicated above, upon payment of $75 for each set. Checks for Bidding A template for their pursuit was Documents shall be payable to “Otter Creek Engineering, Inc.” Upon request and receipt of the document payment indicated above, the Issuing Office will transmit the Bidding established last spring by UVM Documents. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office agronomist and soils specialist will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Heather Darby, who spent three Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engiweeks in the northwest corner of neer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if the state collecting data from 1,400 any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will acres of farmland in the Lake Carmi be responsible for issuing Addenda if any, to parties obtaining Bidding Documents from watershed. The state has been under sources other than the Issuing Office.

Electronic copies of Bidding Drawings and Documents are available upon request to a federal order since 2008 to reduce all parties recorded as having officially received the Bidding Documents from the Issuing the levels of phosphorus in the lake, Office, as portable document format (PDF) files, via e-mail. which it was widely assumed to have A pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 p.m. local time on Monday, February 11, 2019 been the fault of nearby agriculture. at the Town of Addison Volunteer Fire Department, 44 VT Route 17 West, Addison, VT In April Darby told lawmakers 05491. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory. those assumptions were unfounded.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Owner: Town of Addison, Vermont Federal data, she said, was outdated.

By: Bryan Nolan The phosphorus in the soil she Title: Road Commissioner studied almost never reached a level Date: January 28, 2019 (See Phosphorus, Page 31)

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A little bit of ‘sparkle snow’

By MEGHAN MCCARTHY MCPHAUL The other day I was driving through New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch, where my eyes are usually drawn to the tall mountains and long, cascading waterfalls on either side of the road. But on this day my gaze shifted toward the snowbanks lining the narrow highway. The sun was shining and the landscape glittered.

The sparkle of sunlight on cold white reminded me of childhood trips, when I would look out the backseat window at passing fields and imagine all those tiny glimmers were winter fairies, twirling and skipping through the snow.

Snow sparkle isn’t (as far as science has revealed) attributable to fairies, but to light bouncing off the snow at multiple angles. “When you have a really cold snowfall, you tend to get a bunch of little individual plates,” explained Adam Gill, a weather observer and meteorologist with the Mount Washington Observatory.

“It’s like billions of these little tiny reflectors all over the ground. If there’s a bright light source, if you’re at the correct angle, that light source will reflect back at you.” As we move across the landscape, our angle changes, and light flashes from different directions.

In addition to temperature considerations, the extent of sparkle depends on several other factors.

Beyond Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley’s famous observation that no two snowflakes are alike, there are some basic variations in how these tiny structures develop on their fall through the air. A snowflake forms when a water droplet freezes onto a dust particle and crystalizes. As that crystal descends, water vapor freezes onto it, forming new crystals — and creating the characteristic six-sided snowflake formation. (Although some whimsical depictions of snowflakes show a different number of sides, or arms, snowflakes are almost always hexagonal because of the way water molecules bond to each other as they

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crystalize.)

Sometimes snowflakes’ arms — or sides — take the form of columns, sometimes needles. Sometimes, in warmer weather, flakes clump together. Snow falling in very cold temperatures tends to form very small flakes — too small to create much flash. The best snowflakes for creating snow sparkle, Gill said, are those that fall when temperatures are between about 5 and 15 degrees, when snowflakes tend to form as plane crystals.

Still air conditions also contribute to sparkle. Too much wind breaks the snowflakes into smaller pieces and diminishes their reflective capacity.

Snow that’s settled for more than a few days also tends to lose its shine.

“You need a storm with very little wind, where you get at least a couple inches of snow,” Gill said. “New snow definitely sparkles more than old snow, because eventually all the plates disintegrate as they start to melt, so they don’t act like little mirrors anymore.”

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Light quality is also important.

Bright sunshine, or a bright full moon, can create sparkle. “If it’s cloudy, the light gets dispersed in all directions,” said Gill. “You don’t see the sparkle, because it’s not a focused light.” Even on a dark and cloudy night, if other conditions are right, you can still create sparkle by using a flashlight or another source light directed from a focal point.

Beyond the science, there is magic in the dance of light on diminutive specks of frozen water. Bentley Wilson called snowflakes “tiny miracles of beauty,” and I agree that’s what they are — whether falling from a clouded sky or shimmering in the sun.

Meghan McCarthy McPhaul is an author and freelance writer. She lives in Franconia, New Hampshire.

The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by “Northern Woodlands” magazine: northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org

farmers are growing anxious about the future of their industry in Vermont.

“We anticipate that a combination of unfortunate market forces and a generational transfer of assets will transform our agricultural sector in the next decade, in many ways that Vermonters will not like,” wrote the authors of “A 2018 Exploration of the Future of Vermont Agriculture,” a white paper released in October by UVM Extension and the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board.

“We believe the response should not be tied to any particular agricultural product, but should instead embrace the necessity of conserving agricultural resources alongside the reality that Vermont

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Such an examination will require more accurate and more comprehensive information than is currently available.

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Many farmers around the state felt vindicated by Darby’s testimony, but according to a VTDigger.org report, her reception in some quarters of the Statehouse was a bit cooler.

“She’s basically had a ‘goodnews’ story, but meanwhile the lake is still in intolerably bad condition for anyone who lives there,” Sen. Bray told Digger. “Overall we still have declining water quality across the state, and that is not something any Vermonter should have to put up with.”

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Vergennes seeks money for $7M affordable housing project

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to apply for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant that will support a planned 24-unit affordable housing project on Armory Lane.

The action followed a sparsely attended public hearing held during the council’s Jan. 22 meeting. The hearing included a presentation of project details by officials from the nonprofits planning it, the Addison County Community Trust and Housing

Vermont.

Samantha Dunn from Housing Vermont and Elise Shanbacker from the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) said they hope construction can begin in August and finish next year.

“We’re looking at occupancy if everything goes well in 2020,” Shanbacker said.

Dunn said the project has obtained its local permits and is waiting on Act 250 and other state permits that they expect to obtain.

They acknowledged the project is

not cheap.

The city’s application for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant is a relatively small, but still important, piece of the financing puzzle for what they said is in all a roughly $7 million project, including the land purchase plus construction, design and permitting costs.

Funding will rely on a combination of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (which Shanbacker has said would be the largest part of the package) and grants from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and Vermont

Community Development Program, to one of three that Housing Vermont which the city is applying for the grant. bought along Armory Lane about 14 Apartments will be a mix of one-, years ago. The senior housing project two- and three-bedroom units and is on another lot, and Dunn said Mary be reserved for residents who earn Johnson Children’s Center is still between 50 and 120 working on fundpercent of the couning a daycare center ty’s median income. “We’re looking on the third parcel, Shanbacker said at occupancy if although nothing is during the project’s imminent. everything goes city zoning appliHousing Vermont cation process that well in 2020.” has been working ACCT uses the — Elise Shanbacker, on affordable housfederal Department Addison County ing for this site since of Housing and Community Trust (ACCT) buying the land, Urban Development Dunn said. median income “This has been in numbers for the county, which in 2017 the works for a long time,” she said. were $73,400 for a four-person houseAlthough he voted for the resoluhold, $58,800 for two people, and tion, Alderman David Austin did $51,400 for one person. question whether Vergennes and other On Tuesday she and Dunn said rents communities that hosted affordable would be, for example, $600 for a and senior housing projects were being one-bedroom apartment subsidized for treated fairly. residents who earn 50 percent of the More than a decade ago state county’s median income, or $1,200 for lawmakers gave nonprofits that opera two-bedroom apartment for residents ate such projects a tax break by ruling whose income stands at 120 percent of that they should pay taxes based on the projects’ revenue streams, which the median income.

Currently, Shanbacker said ACCT’s creates lower tax bills, and not on waiting list for its Vergennes-area higher brick-and-mortar construction affordable housing stands at 136, costs.

Austin was on the council in October many of whom are seniors who will be welcome in the new project, although 2007, when the council resolved units are not specifically set aside for not to apply for any Community Development Block grants to support seniors.

During the zoning process senior or affordable housing after that Shanbacker said units will incorporate change in the state law. The council senior-friendly design elements, and amended its stance to allow applicashe said seniors make up about 40 tions for senior housing in order to percent of the residents of the more support the Armory Lane project, and than 200 existing affordable-housing then in October 2017 rescinded the original resolution completely. units ACCT manages in the county.

City planner Danelle Birong had On Tuesday she and Dunn added seniors would be welcome directly already noted when Austin spoke across Armory Lane to make use of that the affordable housing project programs offered at the senior housing would pay about $20,000 a year in taxes. And Shanbacker said her home project there.

Plans presented to the Vergennes in Vergennes paid about $1,500 per Development Review board this past bedroom in taxes, while the proposed spring called for a private sidewalk project would pay nearly $1,000 in leading to a crosswalk that will link taxes, which she said struck her as fair to the city sidewalk on the opposite enough.

“I support the balance we have,” side of Armory Lane, plus 37 parking spaces to the west of the new building. Shanbacker said.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at The affordable housing project will be built on a 6.52-acre parcel that is andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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