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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 25 No. 15

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+DELWDW EXLOGV ÂżUVW RI IRXU &RUQZDOO KRPHV Grateful  family  moves  into  new  abode By  JOHN  FLOWERS CORNWALL  â€”  Angela  McClus-­ key  had  grown  tired  of  seeing  her  son  Jonathan  turn  in  for  the  night  on  the  living  room  couch  in  their  small  apartment  while  she  and  her  daugh-­ ter  Caitlin  got  to  sleep  in  beds. So  McCluskey  took  what  she  be-­ lieved  was  a  long  shot:  She  applied  to  become  the  owner  of  one  of  four  new  Habitat  for  Humanity  homes  to  be  built  within  a  13-­acre  subdivision  off  Cornwall’s  Delong  Road. “When  I  sent  the  application  in,  I  never  thought  I  would  qualify,â€?  Mc-­ Cluskey  said.  â€œBut  as  the  process  went  on,  my  hopes  started  to  rise.â€? She  was  ecstatic  last  summer  when  Habitat  for  Humanity  of  Ad-­

dison  County  (HHAC)  selected  her  to  own  the  home,  which  she  and  her  two  children  began  occupying  on  May  19  after  contributing  many  hours  of  labor  during  the  construc-­ tion  process. “I  love  it,  and  the  kids  love  it,â€?  she  said  of  the  two-­story,  1,500-­square-­ foot,  saltbox-­style  home. “And  Jonathan  was  the  one  who  JRW WR FKRRVH KLV URRP ÂżUVW LQ WKH new  house.â€? It’s  Addison  County  Habitat’s  sixth  home,  located  in  Cornwall’s  ¿UVW HYHU DIIRUGDEOH KRXVLQJ VXE-­ division.  The  Cornwall  Planning  Commission  approved  the  Habitat  subdivision  in  June  of  2011.  The  (See  Habitat,  Page  32)

Police  and  public  works  costs  drive  $1.83M  city  budget  draft By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â€”  The  Vergennes  &LW\ &RXQFLO ODVW ZHHN JRW LWV ÂżUVW look  at  a  draft  2013-­2014  city  bud-­ get,  one  that  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  prepared  and  said  could  mean  the  second  increase  since  2008  in  the  tax  rate  devoted  solely  to  paying  for  municipal  services. $OGHUPHQ ZLOO PDNH WKH ÂżQDO decision  on  the  budget  and  the  mu-­

nicipal  portion  of  the  tax  rate  by  the  end  of  June.  That  portion  of  the  tax  rate  does  not  support  school  spend-­ ing.  Hawley’s  proposed  general  fund  budget  â€”  he  called  that  â€œproposed  with  a  small  pâ€?  because  of  its  pre-­ liminary  nature  â€”  calls  for  spend-­ ing  of  about  $1.83  million,  up  by  a  little  more  than  5  percent  from  the  (See  Vergennes,  Page  30)

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By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN STARKSBORO  â€”  After  more  than  two  decades  at  Robinson  El-­ ementary  School,  art  teacher  Vera  Ryersbach  is  retiring  this  month.  She  leaves  quite  a  legacy  behind  â€”  when  Ryersbach  came  on  board  as  a  volun-­ teer  in  1989,  Robinson  was  the  last  school  in  the  Addison  Northeast  dis-­ trict  that  did  not  have  an  art  teacher.  â€œI  volunteered  there  for  a  few  years  before  I  began  teaching,â€?  said  Ryers-­ bach,  a  Starksboro  resident.  â€œThere  was  no  art  department  at  the  time.  I  had  done  all  my  work  for  cerWLÂżFDWLRQ 52%,1621 (/(0(17$5< 6&+22/ DUW WHDFKHU 9HUD 5\HUVEDFK ZKR IRXQGHG WKH 6WDUNVERUR VFKRROÂśV DUW and  I  was  just  beginning  to  apply  for  SURJUDP PRUH WKDQ WZR GHFDGHV DJR LV UHWLULQJ DW WKH HQG RI WKH VFKRRO \HDU (See  Ryersbach,  Page  7) ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO


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