Monday, July 15, 2013

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 25 No. 21

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, July 15, 2013

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32 Pages

75¢

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By  JOHN  FLOWERS EAST  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Town  leaders  have  applied  for  $1.85  million  in  Federal  Emergency  Management  Agency  (FEMA)  grants  to  pursue  a  series  of  improvements  to  the  Middlebury  River  designed  to  prevent  IXWXUH Ă€RRGLQJ LQ (DVW 0LGGOHEXU\

The  Middlebury  River  Task  Force  has  been  working  with  project  Manager  Amy  Sheldon  and  a  consultant  in  developing  a  series  of  recommendations  to  keep  the  river  ZLWKLQ LWV EDQNV GXULQJ PDMRU Ă€RRG HYHQWV such  as  Tropical  Storm  Irene  two  years  ago.  (See  Middlebury  River,  Page  23)

Adding value to foods gives area farmers an edge By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN MONKTON  â€”  For  Monkton  natives  Galen  and  Moriah  Helms  and  Starksboro  native  Sara  Paule  Koeller,  what  began  as  a  quarter-­acre  garden  on  a  fam-­ ily  property  in  Monkton  four  years  ago  has  expanded  into  a  burgeoning  farming  and  foraging  business  called  Mountain  Warrior. The  Helms  siblings  (Moriah,  27,  and  Galen,  24)  and  Koeller,  28,  have  carved  out  a  niche  in  area  farmer’s  markets  by  focusing  their  efforts  on  unique  value-­ added  products,  including  a  chai  tea  made  of  chaga  mushrooms,  pickled  ramps,  ginger-­rhubarb  chutney  and  a  range  of  pesto  and  other  spreads.  They  currently  run  stalls  at  both  the  Bristol  and  Shelburne  markets  on  Saturdays. “It  wasn’t  an  ambition  I  always  had,  but  it  evolved  very  organically,â€?  Moriah  Helms  said  of  starting  Mountain  Warrior  in  2009.  â€œI  had  been  out  of  college  for  a  few  months,  my  brother  had  been  farming  and  we  MXVW NLQG RI JRW WR WDONLQJ $W WKH HQG RI RXU ÂżUVW VHDVRQ (See  Monkton,  Page  22)

VUHS co-­principal excels at career Taylor  rose  quickly  in  education

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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â€”  New  Vergennes  Union  High  School  co-­principal  Stephanie  Taylor  has  risen  rap-­ idly  in  her  second  career  working  outside  of  the  home. After  graduating  from  Boston’s  Simmons  College  in  1981,  the  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  native  and  long-­ time  Vermont  resident,  who  was  hired  in  May  for  her  new  post,  spent  time  in  the  business  world  for  several  \HDUV LQFOXGLQJ PDQDJLQJ D IRRG VHUYLFH ÂżUP Then,  as  Taylor,  now  a  Burlington  resident,  puts  it,  â€œI  was  lucky  enough  to  stay  at  home  with  my  fam-­ ily,â€?  which  includes  three  children  now  in  their  mid-­ to-­late  20s. During  those  years  in  her  hometown  of  Essex  Junc-­ tion,  Taylor  said  she  became  active  in  her  children’s  schools  and  school  boards  and  substitute  taught.  Her  career  path  had  moved  in  a  new  direction.    â€œWhen  it  was  time  to  go  back  to  work,  it  was  clear  my  interests  had  changed,â€?  she  said. (See  VUHS,  Page  20)

Feelin’  it

WENDELL  HOLMES  BELTS  out  the  blues  during  a  performance  by  The  Holmes  Brothers  at  last  Wednesday  night’s  Festival  on-­the-­Green  in  Middlebury.  See  more  photos  from  the  festival  on  Pages  16  and  17. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell


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