Thursday, February 14, 2019

Soundscape

Flocks

Stretch run

A percussionist uses Tibetan bowls, chimes and gongs to create a sound experience. See Arts+Leisure.

Why so many crows in downtown Middlebury? See our story on Page 10A, then watch the video.

The VUHS girls ignited in the final four minutes to defeat Milton on Monday. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 73 No. 7

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont



Thursday, February 14, 2019

Lawmakers join effort to ban plastics

Single-use items would be affected

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — Several Addison County lawmakers on Monday said they’ll back legislation aimed at removing single-use plastic products — such as shopping bags — from Vermont’s waste stream.

Bills like H.74 — which proposes to prohibit food service establishments from providing carryout bags, expanded polystyrene food service products, and plastic straws to customers — drew considerable debate at a legislative

breakfast at the Bristol American Legion post on Airport Road.

Middlebury voters on Town Meeting Day will consider a similar ban for single-use plastic bags. Two Mary Hogan Elementary School 5thgraders attended Monday’s breakfast to press lawmakers on the plastics issue.

“I support banning plastic bags, not only townwide, but statewide, too,” said student Navah Glikman. “I support banning plastic bags because of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Plastic bags and plastic straws get another, and most of these things caught up in ocean currents, then sea have a single use,” he said. “Plastic animals such as turtles isn’t broken down in the and fish get trapped in “I support environment; it’s not the plastic and die.” recycled by banning plastic naturally Sen. Chris Bray, nature.”

D-New Haven, agreed bags, not only Rep. Matt Birong, lawmakers should townwide, but D-Vergennes, said he consider a statewide ban statewide, too.” hopes a single-use on single-use plastics — student Navah plastics ban can be this year — something Glikman accomplished without his Natural Resources putting a financial & Energy Committee will be doing strain on businesses. His Vergennes later this session. restaurant, 3 Squares Café, has “Everything seems to come in switched to biodegradable straws. a plastic container of one sort or (See Plastic bag ban, Page 13A)



40 Pages

College issues offers to 80 employees for buyouts

By ABAGAEL GILES MIDDLEBURY — This past Friday, Feb. 8, Middlebury College distributed applications to 80 staff members for formal separation packages that include incentives for them to leave their positions.

The voluntary buyouts are the result of a workforce planning process that the college initiated in June 2018, with the goal of reducing the college’s roughly

By the way Reminder: The Addison County Solid Waste Management District’s Repair Fair will be held in the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury today, Thursday, Feb. 14, from 4-8 p.m. The Repair Fair is a free, family-friendly event that empowers people to repair broken and damaged belongings instead of throwing them away. Bring your bikes, clothing, jewelry, eyeglasses, furniture, appliances and more to be fixed for free. Refreshments and kids activities provided. More information can be found online at: bit.ly/2ApqBia. (See By the way, Page 3A)

Index Obituaries................................. 6A Classifieds.......................... 6B-7B Service Directory............... 4B-5B Entertainment.........Arts + Leisure Community Calendar......... 8A-9A Arts Calendar.........Arts + Leisure Sports................................. 1B-3B

$10.6 million annual operating deficit. In a Feb. 8 statement, college officials said they expect about 50 full- and part-time staff members at its Middlebury campus to take advantage of the program.

The college also reported Friday that it has eliminated another 100 staff positions in Middlebury and at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (See Buyouts, Page 12A)

Nonprofits devise plan to assist the homeless

Addison board race: veteran vs. incumbent

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON — The only contested race on a Town Meeting Day ballot in northwestern Addison County pits a two-term incumbent selectman vs. a former selectman who served two terms in the 1990s.

The incumbent is Peter Briggs, 28, a farmer who joined the board in 2015 and is well known for running credible, if ultimately unsuccessful, races as a Republican candidate for the Vermont Senate and the Addison-3 House district that includes Addison.

His challenger is Alden Harwood, 67, who recently retired from a seven-year stint as the Mount Abraham Unified School District’s facilities director. Harwood also served in the 1990s as Addison’s zoning administrator after he stepped down from the selectboard, and has been an Addison animal control officer and fireman and a county animal cruelty investigator.

In that capacity, Harwood said he helped bring the high-profile Panton Lauralee Bushey case to trial.

Harwood also earned attention far beyond the county’s borders in November 1994, when he brought a number of his sheep to the Addison town clerk’s office in an attempt to barter them for his property taxes, (See Addison, Page 11A)

$1.00

‘Middlebury Shares’ calls for investment

‘Spotlight on Broadway’

AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE’S Kenyon Arena Tuesday evening, five little skaters practice the routine they will perform at the Winter Carnival 2019 Ice Skating Show this weekend. The skating extravaganza on Saturday and Sunday will feature skaters of all ages and abilities, including nationally competitive guest skaters. Pictured here, left to right, are Amaya Freund, Amelie McCue, Ally Sinks, Daphne Prentice and Elise Menguc polishing their technique. See more photos on Page 3A. Independent photo/Steve James

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — A coalition of Addison County nonprofits is looking for around 2 acres of available land near downtown Middlebury on which to establish 10-15 dwellings for homeless people through a concept known as “Middlebury Shares,” which would invite area nonprofits and businesses to sponsor individual units.

The overarching goal, according to a game plan drafted by participating agencies: “Address unmet need for small, inexpensive housing units primarily for individuals with barriers to housing access, including lack of income and negative housing history.”

Ingrid Pixley, a resident service coordinator with the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC), is also an organizer of Middlebury Shares. Folks with mental health challenges are among those having a tough time finding permanent housing.

“We don’t have enough affordable housing in Addison (See Homeless, Page 11A)

water pipes plague Mt. Abe Kravitz to lead Decaying Mold found in shower room; Mary Hogan cafeteria suffers disruptions Elementary Cornwall school principal ready for Middlebury move

By JOHN FLOWERS CORNWALL — Bingham Memorial School Principal Jen Kravitz will step down from her post at the end of this academic year in order to become top administrator of Middlebury’s Mary Hogan Elementary.

Kravitz, who has led the “I’m really Cornwall school for the proud of the past four years, was one of 20 applicants for Mary collaborative Hogan school’s top job. work I’ve Steve Lindemann — current done with interim leader at Mary the teachers Hogan — chose not to and staff here apply for the job he has held since taking over for former in Cornwall Principal Tom Buzzell to set up last summer, according to systems Addison Central School to support District Superintendent students.”

Peter Burrows.

— Jen Kravitz “I’m very excited for both Jen and the Mary Hogan community,” Burrows said of Kravitz’s appointment, which became official early this week. “I think that Jen’s ability to collaborate and lead towards systems to engage students in the excitement of learning will (See Kravitz, Page 14A)

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School’s aging innards continue to occupy school district officials with emergency repairs.

In January, several square feet of ceramic tile fell off the walls of the downstairs boys’ shower room, the result of leaky water pipes. Testing came back negative for asbestos, but positive for mold.

“Thankfully the (mold spore) count was low and we caught it early,” said Joel FitzGerald, facilities director for the Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD).

Mike Orvis, Mount Abe’s facilities manager, sealed off the shower room and MAUSD hired a contractor to assess the damage and come up with a mold remediation plan.

Then last week, another plumbing issue arose in a different part of the 51-year-old building: The pipe that drains the cafeteria’s dishwasher and garbage disposal began leaking water into an adjacent room, which houses two milk coolers and a freezer.

Orvis sealed off that area from the rest of the kitchen, and work has begun there, too.

SHOWER ROOM MOLD MAUSD officials have identified at least two sources of mold in the building.

Water escaping from worn-out plumbing in the upstairs “gang shower” found its way down the insides of the walls until it came between wall and tile in the shower room below.

Water from a leaky toilet upstairs had also found its way into the downstairs shower room — traveling along the steel wall framing, dripping onto air-ventilation shafts, and eventually soaking a ceiling tile below.

Mold remediation should cost less than $15,000, (See Mt. Abe, Page 14A)

AFTER MOLD WAS discovered in a first-floor shower room of Mount Abraham Union High School, facilities manager Mike Orvis sealed the area off with plastic until remediation work could begin. To prevent curious students from peeling back the plastic to peek inside, Orvis eventually covered the entryway with plywood.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Panton cupola choice in budget

Australian balloting includes aluminum option for town hall

THIS HOME ON Lower Plains Road suffered damage from a fire in a kitchen with a woodstove.

Firefighters from Middlebury and Salisbury responded to the call a little after midnight on Feb. 10.

Photo credit/Middlebury Fire Department

SALISBURY AND MIDDLEBURY firefighters gathered outside a home on Lower Plains Road in the middle of the night Feb. 10. They were relieved to find the report of a person trapped inside the burning home was unfounded.

Photo credit/Middlebury Fire Department

By ANDY KIRKALDY separately warned reserve funds and PANTON — Panton residents face nonprofit donations, and trigger a tax a March 5 choice about their town rate increase of less than a penny. hall, one that is embedded within the The cut in the Town Hall Restoproposed town budget. ration Fund is offsetting increases The budget, which for the first time in town employee salaries and the ever cannot be amended from the cost of winter salt and sand for town floor of Panton Town roads, among smaller Meeting, includes a spending hikes. line item for an annual “They have a Panton residents $4,140 payment for an couple of these can discuss these and aluminum cupola, not a cupolas at the other issues on Monday, more expensive wooden U.S. Naval March 4, at 6:30 p.m. cupola that some res- Academy. So when the meeting idents have favored at portion of town meeting I think if it’s past town meetings. will be held at Panton The budget also cuts good enough for Town Hall. But the fate last year’s $38,775 line the U.S. Naval of spending as proposed item for the Town Hall Academy it will be determined Restoration Fund back could be OK for when they cast ballots to $15,000. between 9 a.m. and 7 Panton.”

At the past two p.m. the next day.

— Selectboard Panton Town Meetings Selectboard ChairChairman man Howard Hall said residents have overruled Howard Hall the board wants to hold the selectboard and increased that $15,000 the line on property line item by $23,775. That amount taxes, and that the aluminum cupola is the annual estimated property tax is about half the cost of a wooden one generated by Green Mountain Pow- and will be cheaper to maintain in the er’s 5-megawatt solar array. long run.

Proponents of the measure at the But Hall acknowledged if residents past two town meetings, including feel strongly about these questions, former Town Hall Committee Chair- including putting a wooden cupola man David Raphael and former Se- back on the building — estimated at lectman John Viskup, said that money around $110,000 installed, minus a always was intended to be used for $15,000 grant the town has in hand town hall restoration. Current board — they should vote no on the budget. members said that was not the case, “That would be correct,” Hall said. and its use is at their discretion.

“But if that happens, and they want As proposed, Panton’s 2019-2020 a wooden cupola that goes into the municipal spending would rise by $100,000 range or more, their taxes $11,351 to $624,996, including will definitely go up.”

Some residents in the past have argued more grants would be available for a more historically correct wooden cupola. Raphael declined comment, while Viskup said in a phone message he is open to the idea of an aluminum cupola.

Hall said board members prefer an aluminum cupola because it would cost $50,000 or a little more installed, cheaper than the wooden option even without grant support.

He stated it would also not require painting, would put less stress on the town hall roof because it is a third the weight, would not trap moisture in the building’s structure, and would look the same as the wooden one that was removed during a 2011 roofing project.

“We’re looking an aluminum cupola that is identical to the one that is sitting behind town hall …

It’s lightweight, sits on six legs, sits on top of the building about a halfinch off the top of the roof so if any moisture gets in there it runs off. It’s got a 30-year guarantee. It’s 120 mph wind-resistant,” Hall said.

“They have a couple of these cupolas at the U.S. Naval Academy,” he added. “So I think if it’s good enough for the U.S. Naval Academy it could be OK for Panton.”

If residents back the selectboard’s proposed spending, Hall said the board would proceed with plans for the aluminum cupola.

“We haven’t finalized anything on the cupola until the budget passes,” he said. “If they pass the budget, we’ll go from there.”

Wood stove ashes the culprit in Midd. fire Police: Ice fisherman found in lake

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Fire Chief Dave Shaw cited “improper disposal of wood ash” as the cause of a fire that damaged a home at Lower Plains Road shortly after midnight on Sunday, Feb. Fire Chief 10.

It was at Dave Shaw around 12:10 is reminding a.m. that those with M i d d l e b u r y wood stoves f i r e f i g h t e r s or fireplaces were toned out to a reported to properly structure fire — dispose of with possible ashes in e n t r a p m e n t fireproof — at 37 Lower containers Plains Road. that should Once on the scene, Shaw be placed sent two teams outside of of firefighters the home. into the home to look for a person initially believed to have been trapped inside. Officials eventually learned from a neighbor that the occupant had left the home and that there was nobody left inside, according to Shaw.

Fortunately, firefighters were able to contain the blaze to a kitchen in which a wood stove was located, Shaw said. Officials said they believe ash residue from a stove fire triggered the blaze.

With that in mind, Shaw is reminding those with wood stoves or fireplaces to properly dispose of ashes in fireproof containers that should be placed outside of the home.

Around 30 firefighters from Middlebury and Salisbury responded to the Lower Plains Road call, according to Shaw. Firefighters were able to leave the scene at around 3 a.m.

While the home is damaged, it is repairable, Shaw said.

ORWELL — A search begun Monday night for a man who went missing while ice fishing on Lake Champlain near Orwell, came to a tragic end Wednesday afternoon when Vermont State Police found a body in the water that they suspected was him.

A concerned relative reported late on Monday that Lee Wiktorski, 61, of Benson had been ice fishing on the lake and had not returned.

A search effort overnight included multiple first responders on the ice in the vicinity of Singing Cedars Landing in Orwell and support from a helicopter crew from the U.S. Coast Guard based in Cape Cod, Mass.

Search crews discovered Wiktorski’s personal belongings on the ice but initially found no sign of him or his vehicle.

On Tuesday afternoon, the crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft spotted an anomaly on the ice, and a Vermont State Police dive team responded to the location with crews in airboats.

Sonar picked up a target in the

LEE WIKTORSKI water, and divers deployed into the lake. Late Tuesday afternoon, the divers located Wiktorski’s pickup truck submerged in about 22 feet of water. The vehicle was empty, and Wiktorski was not located.

Water currents in the area made the dive more difficult, and visibility was near zero.

First responders searched the surrounding area and shoreline, in-

cluding with K-9s, but there were no signs of Wiktorski.

Facing deteriorating conditions including heavy snow, gusting winds and extremely limited visibility, search crews suspended their efforts for the night, and resumed on Wednesday shortly after noon.

Then at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, divers located a body in the water that matched the description of Lee Wiktorski.

Crews recovered the remains from the lake, and took them to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to confirm the victim’s identity and for an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.

Police late Wednesday said they would continue investigating this incident. Anyone with information about it is asked to call the Vermont State Police barracks in New Haven at 802-338-4919.

In addition to the above agencies, assisting in the search were Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife game wardens, Benson Fire/Ice Rescue, and New York State Police.

Vermont Folklife Center nets grant for education effort GRAFTON — The Vermont Folklife Center was among 12 organizations that received a total of $59,000 in funding from the Windham Foundation, recognizing and investing in their ability to positively impact the lives of rural Vermonters.

The Vermont Folklife Center, which is based Middlebury, won the grant for its Discovering Community Education Program, specifically for the component interviewing Vermont public school students about their experiences and narratives of changes under the school consolidation law Act 46.

The center’s Discovering Community Education Program gets Vermont students out of their classrooms to learn from their diverse communities using media-making tools to document — and ultimately share — their experiences. The program emphasizes student voice, builds upon community connections, and recognizes the vast potential for learning available to each of us, in our communities, through observation and inquiry.

The goal is to partner with teachers and schools in creating educational experiences that are personalized and place-based, and that provide

students with technical, personal and interpersonal skills for the modern world. More information is at discoveringcommunity.org.

Other grant recipients address girls and exercise, community gardening, theater, music and other dental health.

“We are proud to be partnering with wonderful organizations in every corner of the state,” said Liz Bankowski, CEO of the Windham Foundation.

“Their initiatives speak to the empathy and creative problem-solving apparent in so many of Vermont’s nonprofits.

We are eager to follow the positive impact of their work.”

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 3A

Bill to extend 2,700-mile trail through our county In a rare bipartisan accomplishment, the U.S. Senate this week voted 92-8 to pass the Natural Resources Management Act, one of the largest land preservation acts passed in the past couple of decades. In Vermont, the legislation includes funding to complete a 40-mile section of trail through Addison County that would link the North County Scenic Trail to the Long Trail and on to the Appalachian Trail.

The North Country National Scenic Trail was authorized by Congress in 1980 to provide an off-road trail for non-motorized recreation from Crown Point, N.Y., to Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota. The 40-mile extension in Vermont will provide a significant connection between the longest trail

in the national scenic trail system to the best known trail — the AT. To date, approximately 2,700 miles of the trail have been developed and are used for hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing.

Preliminary work on a route through Addison County has suggested the trail would go from the Crown Point Bridge toward Middlebury, connect with the Trail Around Middlebury and over to East Middlebury where it might head up Route 125 to hook up with the Oak Ridge Trail and on through the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area to the Long Trail.

However, a designated route has not been firmed up at this point. We’ll report more on this development in an upcoming issue.

By the way

The Vermont Chapter of Native Fish Coalition (NFC) this week confirmed its supporting the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s proposal to close the Salisbury Fish

Hatchery as a way to cut department costs and avoid a $12 million upgrade in the Salisbury facility that would be driven by new federal water quality rules. The state’s proposal for closing the Salisbury hatchery is detailed in an article in the Feb. 7 edition of the Independent. The NFC is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore native fish. “Vermont can have healthy, wild native trout populations without farm-raised fish,” Tim Hayes, chair of NFC’s Vermont chapter, stated through a press release. “We can shift away from expensive, aquaculture-based trout fishing.”

CORRECTION: A story in Monday’s Addison Independent explained the rebranding of Middlebury College’s CFA (Center for the Arts) to the MAC (Mahaney Arts Center). Unfortunately, we incorrectly identified one of the performances spaces within the MAC — the black-box-style space is called the Seeler Studio Theater.

CORRECTION: In the Feb. 7 edition of the Independent, the caption that accompanied photos of the swearing in of our new sheriff, Peter Newton, and recently elected state’s attorney, Dennis Wygmans, misspelled the name of outgoing Sheriff Don Keeler. We apologize for the error.

(Continued from Page 1A) Plans are underway to celebrate this year’s high school seniors who attended Monkton Central School.

The tentative date for that celebration is June 1 at the Monkton Recreation Field. But in the meantime, organizers are asking for help in planning the event. Interested volunteers are asked to assemble at the Bristol Cliffs Café this Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Hilary at casillasvt@gmail.com.

ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs

Morgan K. Pratt of New Haven is participating in a St. Lawrence University off-campus study abroad program during the Spring 2019 semester. A member of the St. Lawrence Class of 2020 majoring

in performance and communication arts, Pratt attended Mount Abraham Union High School.

Pratt is participating in SIT’s spring off-campus program in Nepal.

Ice time

CHEER ON THE beginning skaters and be dazzled by competitive skaters at the Middlebury College Figure Skating Club’s Winter Carnival 2019 Ice Skating Show at Kenyon Arena this Saturday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m.; tickets are $6. Rehearsing at Kenyon Tuesday evening are, clockwise from left, Kenyon Connors dancing while Georgie Kiel waits to get on the ice; a group of skaters learning the finale; and Sophie Simpson (left), Eve Menguc, Greyson Minton, June Austin, Haven Phelps, Evelyn Fuller and Aldan FuentesGeorge perfecting their performance.

Independent photos/Steve James

PAGE 4A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorial

to the Editor

Closing hatchery is worse than just lousy math, it’s poor policy The Scott Administration blew the call when they proposed closing the Salisbury Fish Hatchery, and anglers and hunters throughout the state should protest for as long as it takes the Scott administration to come to its senses.

It’s a bad call in numerous ways, but in a nutshell we have an administration which has been championing economic development by boosting the state’s outdoor recreation opportunities only to turn around and propose cutting one of the few sports that every Vermonter or visitor, of any economic means, can enjoy. Skiing, biking, sailing, kayaking and other sports that require expensive gear or daily fees are not available to everyone, but fishing for trout in a mountain stream is something every family can enjoy and spread the love of Vermont’s natural environment to the next generation.

More to the point, to put this hatchery on the chopping block is a blow to Vermont’s fishing and hunting heritage, but it’s also lousy math.

Here’s why: • The total savings by decommissioning the Salisbury Fish Culture Station (hatchery) is expected to be roughly $250,000 annually, but that doesn’t count lost revenue from the state’s fish stocking operations. Those operations generate $31.6 million annually from tourist and domestic recreation, but because the other four hatcheries are already running near capacity, they won’t be able to fully replace the fish currently being stocked. In fact, there would be 25 percent fewer fish stocked annually if the Salisbury facility is closed.

It’s impossible to precisely project how much less revenue would be generated by reducing the stocking program 25 percent, but let’s agree that it’s more than 1 percent, and 1 percent of $31.6 million is already a reduction of $316,000 annually in economic activity. If it’s 10 percent, that’s $3,160,000 less annually. That also has a multiplier effect that ripples through the economy. In other words, shuttering the hatchery could cost the state more in lost revenue than it gains in operational savings.

One caveat is that the Salisbury hatchery does not currently pass federal water quality standards by virtue of a change in where the effluent point of compliance is measured. Currently the effluent, which contains phosphorus, is measured immediately outside the hatchery. A decade ago, the Vt. Department of Environmental Conservation (part of the Agency of Natural Resources) measured the effluent at the point before it entered Halmon Brook, a half mile downstream, and the hatchery was easily in compliance.

Since then the DEC changed the rules. It turns out, however, the Salisbury hatchery is the only one at which the effluent is measured immediately outside the facility, while the others are measured after the effluent is diluted into nearby streams. The cost to bring the Salisbury hatchery into compliance is estimated at $12 million, but two options are obvious: the DEC or ANR could reassess its effluent point of compliance and revert to its historic point (as it was a decade ago), or the state could spend the $12 million as a capital improvement to the hatchery (financed over many years and therefore not present a budgetary concern.)

But let’s be real: Should the ANR be a stickler over this tiny bit of effluent from a single hatchery when it consistently turns a blind eye to the millions of gallons of wastewater dumped into Lake Champlain annually by sewage treatment plants throughout the Champlain basin? That is absurd. With the stroke of a pen, this could be reverted to its historic monitoring point, thus eliminating this self-imposed $12 million threat.

• Furthermore, the Salisbury hatchery, which is on the National Historic Register, attracts more tourists than any of the other four hatcheries in the state. Currently more than 6,000 visitors a year tour the facility with almost no active promotion. If the Addison County Chamber of Commerce, or the state, spent a little effort to market it, no doubt the hatchery could become an even greater tourist attraction for the area. As a business community, we have been remiss not to have capitalized on this opportunity sooner.

• It’s also important to know that the Salisbury hatchery is the state’s only broodstock station, mating male and female fish that in turn hatch about 5 million trout eggs each year for the other hatcheries. If the Salisbury facility were shut down, the state would have to postpone stocking fish statewide until new broodstock could grow to the point that they reach sexual maturity and produce eggs. That is hugely disruptive and translates into the following impact, as noted by the Addison County Wildlife Conservation Group: - Brook trout – no catchable sized trout stocking for 2022 and 2023.

- Brown and rainbow trout – no catchable trout stocking for 2022–2024.

- Steelhead – no yearling steelhead stockings for 2022-2025.

- Lake trout – no yearling lake trout stockings for 2022–2027.

- Brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, and steelhead – most likely purchased from a private corporation; however eggs would not be of the right genetic strain and would have the potential to significantly impact the wild trout population in Vermont.

• This is getting into the weeds, but (besides the loss of revenue from anglers) not stocking lake trout in Lake Champlain for six years would not only set back the state’s efforts to rebuild that population, but because lake trout are one of the larger predators in the lake, according to state fishery biologist Adam Miller (who oversees the state fish hatcheries), it risks upsetting other fish populations and changing the lake’s ecology.

Miller, who provided the financial analysis for closing the Salisbury hatchery at the request of the administration, agreed that the economics of closing the hatchery will require factoring in the loss of income and the negative impact on the state fishery, as well as a loss of the quality of life for Vermonters. Miller pointed out that Vermonters are second only to Alaska in their participation rates in hunting, fishing, trapping and wildlife watching.

(Memo to Gov. Scott: For a state eager to keep young families and attract new residents, cutting a key recreational resource defies common sense.) ********** The merits of reversing the call for closure of the Salisbury hatchery stand on their own, but one other remedy is being discussed: hiking the fees for fishing and hunting licenses to match the $250,000 the administration wants to save. That could be accomplished by upping the fees $2-$5 on fishing and hunting licenses (for example, from $26 to $28 for state residents.)

Be that as it may, the Legislature will spend the rest of the session debating aspects of the budget before it is approved and sent to the governor in May. The process now is for concerned residents to take action by appealing to their local legislators through phone calls or email, as well as calling the appropriate state agency or department, or the governor’s office directly.

For the state offices, call Gov. Phil Scott at 802-828-3333; Commissioner of Vt. Fish & Wildlife Louis Porter, 802-828-1454; Secretary Julia Moore, Agency of Natural Resources (to change the point of effluent compliance to its historic point), 802-828-1294; Addison County senators: Chris Bray, cbray@leg.state.vt.us, and Ruth Hardy, rhardy@leg.state.vt.us, and your state representative.

Don’t delay, your call can help change the outcome.

Angelo Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Periodicals Postage Paid at Middlebury, Vt. 05753

Postmaster, send address change to Addison Independent, 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, Vermont • 388-4944 • Fax: 388-3100 • Web: www.addisonindependent.com E-Mail: news@addisonindependent.com • E-Mail Advertising: ads@addisonindependent.com Assistant Editor: John S. McCright Reporters: John Flowers Andy Kirkaldy Christopher Ross Abagael Giles Multimedia: Megan James Photographer: Trent Campbell Front Office: Vicki Nolette Alicia Prime

Editor/Publisher: Angelo S. Lynn

Advertising Manager: Christine Lynn Advertising Representatives: Elisa Fitzgerald Melissa Strong Eric Luster Sales Assistant: Meg Madden Sales and Marketing Coordinator: Alexis Caswell Bookkeeper: Kelly Bolduc

Business Manager: Elsie Lynn Parini Production Manager: Susan Leggett Graphic Designers: Sue Miller Brian King Todd Warnock Copy Editor: Sarah Pope Circulation: Lisa Razo Driver: Dennis Smith

Published every Monday, Thursday by the Addison Press, Inc. Member Vermont Press Association; New England Press Association; National Newspaper Association.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In State – 6 Months $36.00, 1 Year $50.00, 2 years $90.00: Out of State – 6 Months $44.00, 1 Year $60.00, 2 years $110. All print subscriptions include online access. Discounted rate for Senior Citizens, call for details.

802-388-4944. Online Only – 1 Week $3.00, 1 Month $6.00, 6 Months $25.00, 1 Year $44.00 The Independent assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements but will reprint that part of an advertisement in which the typographical error occurred. Advertiser will please notify the management immediately of any errors that may occur.

The Addison Independent USPS 005-380

Demographics are just stable Your recent articles and editorials concerning demographic changes in Vermont have missed the underlying causes driving these events.

Vermont’s population, particularly of younger people, has been declining for years. The reason: a sharp decline in the birthrate. This is seen not only in Vermont but across the country.

Young people are not abandoning the state. In fact, over all age groups, 96 percent remain in Vermont. The few who do leave are replaced by others moving into the state. There are no realistic options available to deal with the dropping birth rate.

Yes, that will require changes now and over the coming years, but just as Vermont dealt with the influx of young people in the 1970s we will be able to adjust to a smaller population, Vermont has always been a small state. Perhaps we will surpass Wyoming soon and become the smallest state.

Your articles seem to suggest that the problem is with people leaving.

There are certainly anecdotal stories to that end, but stories do not replace data. People do leave Vermont for a variety of reasons, and people also move to Vermont for their own reasons. That balance stays steady enough that there is no cause for alarm.

Let’s just go on being Vermont and we will be fine.

Lowell Nottingham New Haven

Unseasonable work

CHRIS, A WORKER with Steve Fifield Construction, repositions some roofing underlayment while finishing up a job at a home on Cottage Lane in Middlebury Tuesday afternoon. As flakes began to fall, Fifield said he and his crew would finish patching the roof before the big snowstorm hit.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Vermont’s painful history lesson I’m pretty sure I have been writing this column for about ten years, and over those years I have touched on many subjects. These days I mostly write about racial justice, and the intersection between general ethical behavior and standing up for what is good and right and true, in the face of so much evil in the world.

I write about yoga, and how this ancient philosophy, honed by countless teachers over the generations, offers us tools to understand our bodies and minds, our relationships, and our world. I write about politics, and how our spiritual understanding, whether we consider ourselves religious or not, influences our actions in the public sphere. I have written about climate change, local agriculture, immunization, birth, death, frozen pipes, the problematic Church Street mural, ColBy Joanna in Kaepernick and more, but I don’t Colwell think I’ve ever written about abortion.

I am one of the approximately 70 percent of Americans who believe it is a woman’s right to decide whether and when to bear children. Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights, as Hillary Clinton once famously said. These inalienable human rights include the right to mental and physical safety, the right to live free from the fear of being assaulted or abused, in or outside of our homes.

If we do choose to bear children we have the right to excellent nutrition and prenatal care, and the right to give birth with supportive, well trained doctors, nurses, and midwives. We have the right to enjoy and express our sexuality, separate from whether or not we choose to have babies.

At a recent legislative breakfast in Vergennes, five or

Ways of Seeing

six citizens stood at the microphone and implored our State Representatives to refrain from co-sponsoring H.57, a bill that proposes to recognize as a fundamental right the freedom of reproductive choice, and to prohibit public entities from interfering with or restricting the right of an individual to terminate the individual’s pregnancy.

The bill also recognizes that “every individual has the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization.” This is vitally important, given Vermont’s terrible history of eugenics, which led to the forced sterilization of women deemed “delinquent, unfit, or degenerate” in the 1920s and 30s.

While most people associate eugenics with Hitler and the Nazis, it was actually a group of American researchers who created the field as an area of medical and “scientific” study. One of the leaders of the field was a zoology professor at UVM, Dr. Henry Perkins. He created the Eugenics Survey of Vermont, which was an effort to search the state for anyone deemed unfit to procreate, especially Abenaki people, so called “gypsy families” (that word is now recognized as a racial slur, the respectful term is Romani People), people with “the dark-skin of African-American,” and other so-called “defectives.” Did you know that the beautiful Lilac Inn in Brandon was once the summer home of a wealthy businessman whose daughter, Shirley Farr, donated five or six thousand dollars every year from 1925 to 1936 to the Vermont Eugenics Survey?

Dr. Perkins managed to convince enough legislators to pass the 1931 eugenic sterilization law, “A Law for (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Fear, self-doubt and a kitchen easel

I’ve always heard the phrase “tortured artist,” but I figured out on my own.) never quite understood what it meant until now.

Painting was harder than I had expected. Trying to make I just finished my first painting. my untrained hand render the picture I saw on the screen Unlike many artists, who I assume express themselves required concentration. And bravery. What if it turned out to work out inner turmoil, I just needed something big to bad? hang on the blank wall over our bed.

Plagued by self-doubt but also captivated by the proI had taken a couple of art classes in college, but I hadn’t cess, I kept at it off and on. Sitting down for a session picked up a paintbrush in 30 years. Still, on a morning took real courage. I worried that if I didn’t meet my own walk last spring, I had taken a nice photo I thought would expectations I’d be outed as a fraud by the Society of Real be fun to paint. (Real landscape artists no doubt prefer to Artists. paint “en plein air” — French for “with I ended up postponing the final push gnats” — but I never claimed to be a until last weekend, when I decided real artist.) that fear of failure was not a reason I decided to paint on board rather than to quit, though it had always worked canvas, because we had boards. And I well for me in the past. Late Sunday went with acrylics over watercolors or morning I cleared the breakfast dishes oils because I had a set of acrylic paints off my easel and set up the painting lying around from November, when I stuff. had made a papier-mâché cave for my Approaching the nearly finished

By Jessie Raymond work with more apprehension than grandson’s toy dinosaurs. Like Monet had, probably. eagerness, I whispered the very I went downtown and bought a words Michelangelo was rumored to fistful of paintbrushes and a black turtleneck. I was ready. have said each morning at the Sistine Chapel: “Here goes I laid a four-foot-long piece of primed birch plywood nothing.” on the kitchen table (henceforth referred to as my “easel”), I commenced on the part I feared most, the foreground brought up the inspirational photo on my laptop and got details. I applied paint in what I hoped was a grassy, started. wildflowerish way. Sometimes the brush strokes looked That’s a lie. convincing. Sometimes they didn’t. But I kept working I stared at the board. I stared at the image. How do you until I noticed, to my shock, it was 2:30. start a painting?

I had painted right through lunch.

I grabbed the computer and asked Google. And for the I don’t know how real artists know when a painting is next two months, whenever I got stuck — listen, wispy done. I knew this one was done, though; partly because I clouds are tricky — I’d watch a YouTube video and learn a felt I could add no more, but mostly because I was out of new technique on the fly. (Some techniques, such as what yellow.

(See Jessie, Page 5A) to do when you spill a cup of coffee on your painting, I

Around the bend

Laws might not stop this hunter I would like to comment on the recently published opinion piece titled, “Coyote policies lead to reckless killing” (Feb. 4). In my opinion current coyote policies surely need to be addressed. And I agree that the killing of a family pet on Christmas Day, as reported in the article, was tragic and indeed thoughtless.

But as a former Hunter Safety instructor I am quite sure of another thing. Any shooter who ignores one of the basic rules of firearm safety, “be sure of your target,” is likely to be as reckless under any circumstance.

David Lewis New Haven

Carbon tax: Give it back to people When you publish articles about carbon tax proposals (as you did in the Jan. 31 issue), please include information about how any such proposal would return the revenue to the citizens. For example, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act being supported by the Citizens’ Climate Lobby calls for all of the money collected by a carbon fee to be returned to all citizens on a monthly basis in equal shares, to spend as they see fit — none of the money would be kept by the government.

There are other proposals, both national and in Vermont, which handle the dividend differently, but any real carbon tax or fee proposal has to have a plan for how to return the revenue to the general public.

The devil is in the details, of course: how do you make sure rural residents are treated equitably in whatever arrangement is under consideration? There are ways to do this, and we should have a robust discussion about the best way. But the need to work through the details should not deter us from deciding to raise the cost of carbon pollution to a level that will actually lead to reductions in CO2 production.

I have tremendous faith in the ingenuity of our people to figure out how to reduce their use of fossil fuels, when faced with the true cost of carbon pollution.

Richard Hopkins Middlebury

Mt. Abe board hears residents Dear Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro community members, I am writing this letter to provide some clarity about our Mount Abraham Unified School District Board meetings and the Public Comment periods. Over the past few months, community members have attended our board meetings and (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 5A

The mind of New England Puritanism

Letters to the Editor

By Victor Nuovo we form an idea of spirit by reflectCotton Mather (1663–1728) was ing on the operations of our minds, regarded in his time as one of the which he supposed are not material most learned persons in America. but spiritual, although he confessed Born in Boston, educated at Harvard to have no idea what sort of thing College, he became minister of a a spirit is, and he conjectured approminent church in Boston. He provingly from a human standpoint was a prolific author, publishing contemplating the great chain of beover 400 books. He is credited with ing that there are probably a greater bringing the thought of the European number of species of spirits above Enlightenment to colonial America. us than there are species of animals He studied the works of Robert below us. He supposed that human Boyle and Isaac Newton, with life is unique because unlike other whom he corresponded, species it participates in and was well versed spirit and matter (about in the new science, to whose nature, he also which he made modest confessed ignorance contributions in his except that it was tancareful descriptions gible). of American flora and Yet, because he fauna and experiments imagined that mankind in plant hybridization. is closer to the lowest He was also an early of material beings than advocate of inoculation to God, the highest against smallpox, and of spiritual beings, was elected a fellow mankind does not stand of the Royal Society midway in the chain of of London. He was, of being, rather, closer to The American course, well grounded in the bottom than the top. theology and the Bible. Political Tradition His friend, Robert He exemplified the Boyle agreed, but this An essay by flowering of the New did not stop him from Victor Nuovo England mind in all its trying to communicate Middlebury College with “spirits of the scope and paradox. professor emeritus It is paradox that I air.” Both Locke and shall take as my theme.

Boyle claimed to be as of philosophy As an advocate of the certain of the existence new experimental sciof spirits as they were ence, Mather was convinced that the of material bodies.These views were operations of nature proceeded ac- commonplace among the 17th Cencording to physical causes that could tury elite in England and in colonial be discovered through observation America. and experimentation. He was, in this Mather became notorious because respect, an empirical naturalist. of his role as an apologist for the But he also believed in divine infamous New England witch trials, providence; that is, he believed that a role that he took upon himself with all events in nature and human his- some misgiving, which he expresses tory are pre-determined by the will in his book The Wonders of the of God. Nothing happens by chance. Invisible World, where he gives an And because he believed that God is account of the trials and of many the moral governor of the world, he supposed instances of the spirit supposed that all events are divine world. communications, that there is some Here is another paradox: Mather divine meaning in them which we believed that God governs the world should try to ascertain. with an absolute power, that nothing On the other hand, as an experi- opposes his will, which is purely mental scientist, albeit an amateur, good and unremittingly just. If mahe believed material nature operates lignant spirits operate in the world according material causes in a law- causing harm, it is because God has like manner, according to a law of allowed it. God allows malicious nature discoverable by experimental spirits to cause harm as a means of research. But he also believed in punishing their victims or perhaps spirits; indeed, he supposed that testing them. there was great invisible spiritual I should add that Locke and Boyle, world surrounding the visible mate- and their friend Isaac Newton, berial one, just as the heavens surround lieved the same. They also believed, the earth. like Mather, that the world is in its I should point out that this was not last age, that human history will an unusual belief for the age in which soon come to an end, and that a sign Mather lived. His contemporary, the of this is the increase of the activity English philosopher John Locke be- in the spirit in the physical world as lieved the same. Locke believed that it heads towards its consummation.

U.S. settlers’ philosophies caused lasting damage Victor Nuovo’s Feb 7 column titled “Errand into the Wilderness” characterizes New England colonists as high-minded settlers devoted to their god and determined to paint the portrait of a model civil society, “a city upon a hill,” on the blank canvas of the New World, a virtual social void that they believed destiny had placed before them. It is necessary to compare the reality and the rhetoric.

First, 17th century settlers were neither true advocates of civil society nor of religious freedom. They created a theocracy that persecuted religious free thinkers, echoing the very religious intolerance that the Puritans had suffered in Europe.

Witness Roger Williams who fled the Massachusetts Bay Colony and established Rhode Island. The legacy of their decentralized congregational governance, as Prof. Nuovo notes, is indeed evident in our Vermont town meetings. But this experiment in society building and social contract making did not occur in a “lawless land” as stated. Native people were living in a millennia old society and some had created a

form of confederated governance that inspired Benjamin Franklin and other founders of our nation. Then, when Indians attempted to enter into legally binding contracts or treaties with the settlers, the colonists violated the fundamental rule of law countless times and indeed made the new world “lawless” for its indigenous people.

Puritans would have perished in their first years in “the wilderness” had they not been provided with food and survival skills by indigenous people. And how did god’s chosen people respond? With genocide that reduced the indigenous population by ninety percent. Genocide is no mere errand.

Second, in their belief that they were more god-like than other creatures, colonists immediately set to work deforesting the land and driving many of the four-legged, winged ones, and rooted ones to near extinction. The western Buffalo almost vanished. In the north and east beaver were trapped for furs and nearly became extinct, as they had in Europe. Shad disappeared from

rivers, cod from the oceans.

The wisdom of indigenous people, that Mother Nature should be engaged with reciprocity and respect, was ignored and replaced with an attitude of hostility and arrogance toward nature. The 1670 sermon that Prof. Nuovo cites actually refers to The New World as “this waste and howling wilderness.” Both the colonists’ attitude of entitlement to resources and their desire to dominate nature were grounded in the same belief system as their theocracy. The devastating consequences of this cultural legacy now haunt us, and we seem unable to control our own excesses with compacts, laws or treaties.

Both ecocide and genocide are legacies of those cities on the hill.

Our noble experiment will succeed and survive only if and when we begin to engage indigenous peoples and other species with respect, and as our equals.

Randy Kritkausky Enrolled member of Potawatomi Citizen Nation Whiting

from public comment at the same meeting.

We do not comment on any personnel or student issues in public session. When there are concerns about such matters, it is important the concerns be heard by the right people. As board chair, when a concern is brought to me, the first thing I recommend is working up the chain of command. For instance, if a parent has a problem with a teacher, the parent should first address it with the teacher and, if the issue is not resolved, the parent should turn to the principal or supervisor, and then the superintendent. The school board should be the “court of last resort.”

Many times, community members can get answers to their questions simply by talking with the appropriate person in the school district. This process allows the person closest to the problem the opportunity to work towards a solution. Our staff is always willing to listen to concerns and help find a solution.

Please know that while we will not engage in a discussion or debate based on your comments, we are eager to hear your thoughts and hope you will continue to attend our meetings in order to understand the board’s oversight of our schools.

You may be wondering how the board uses the Public Comment

period? We use this period as a chance to listen to our community.

We value communication that will help us serve our communities and the students in our schools. We appreciate respectful, civil comments that express the values you hold as community members.

As a board, we have renewed our commitment to engaging the community. We are focusing on increasing community engagement events (outside of “regular business” meetings). Please consider attending a Community Engagement Event in the near future. These events will focus on conversations with our community; conversations that engage families with students, community members without students, community interest groups, as well as people who don’t typically attend community gatherings or meetings. It is our goal to improve communication and create conversations with our whole community.

This work will keep us connected to our community’s values. Those important values inform our work, our Ends policies, and the mission and vision of our schools.

Dawn Griswold Mount Abraham Unified School District Chair Monkton

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) spoke during the Public Comment periods. As board chair, my job is to ensure the board stays on task and completes its planned work outlined on the published agenda, and follows the board policies in place. Our meetings are held in public session and VT Open Meeting Laws must be followed. During our monthly “business meetings” we complete the necessary business of the district. We typically have two opportunities for “Public Comment” at these meetings. Sometimes, during the comment period, community members share positive comments, ask questions about something they have heard about in town, and other times we hear from community members with complaints.

When an issue is brought up during public comment, the board cannot discuss and vote on it if it is not part of the publicly warned meeting agenda. We have a set agenda for the meeting, we post it and notify community members what work we will be doing at our meeting. It would be unfair to everyone to have the board take action based on a public comment without letting the community know we will discuss the issue. The board also needs time to prepare to discuss an issue, so we can’t discuss issues

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) Human Betterment by Voluntary Sterilization.” Vermont was ultimately one of 27 states that had a forced sterilization program. My home state of California also had a eugenic sterilization program, which was not abolished until 1979. I have vivid memories of my mom telling me about Spanish speakers (new research shows that Latina women were particularly targeted) who while in the hospital to give birth were handed paperwork in English, tricking them into consenting to sterilization.

Our focus on reproductive rights must include the right to bear children, and it must include the right to be supported while we nourish the next generation. White women must speak up loudly for the rights of our sisters of color, to not only have access to birth control and abortion, but to have excellent pre- and post-natal care. Black women die at a rate more than triple that of white women; even world tennis icon Serena Williams almost died after childbirth, when blood clots began forming in her lungs.

The fact that we almost lost one of the best athletes on the planet highlights the need for better care for women of color, who have historically been brutally experimented on, mistreated and disregarded, and who are still waiting for the apology and reparations they deserve.

To my fellow Vermonters who are disturbed that our legislators want to protect our right to choose: if you hate the idea that it is legal to terminate a pregnancy, you should

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4A, 5A and 7A.

know that in places where abortion is safe, legal, and available, fewer abortions happen. If you love babies and children as you claim to, you should work for programs that support families, like raising the minimum wage, increasing access to healthy food, and parental leave for moms and dads to take care of their precious newborns. When you speak up for the born, as well as the unborn, I will believe you when you say you are Pro Life.

Joanna Colwell is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who founded and directs Otter Creek Yoga, in Middlebury’s Marble Works, and lives with her family in East Middlebury. When not practicing or teaching yoga, Joanna enjoys taking walks, cooking, serving on the board of WomenSafe, and working with the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Feedback welcome at: joanna@ottercreekyoga. com

One sure sign of this was an increase in evidence of spirit possession and witchcraft, and it was an infatuation with this idea that was the root of these malignant beliefs.

The witch trials were legal procedures against individuals who were accused of practicing witchcraft, of using spiritual power to cause mischief or harm. In 1691, Sir William Phips, a protégé of Mather’s father, Increase Mather, became royal governor of New England. Cotton Mather wrote of the occasion in his great history of the colony: Magnalia Christi Americana. He writes that it was a time “when a governor would have had Occasion for all the Skill in Sorcery.”

Especially among the young, there was an increase in the practice of magic, fortune telling, spells, and suchlike practices; people suffered from unexplained ailments, psychological and physical. “Preternatural Vexations upon their bodies, and a variety of cruel torments, which were evidently inflicted from the Demons, of the Invisible World”; deformations in the birth of animals and of humans. Among the torments were “spectres”: phantoms or ghosts or intangible presences of persons well known to the tormented, intangible yet malevolent and terrifyingly threatening. There appeared to be an epidemic of such occurrences, a mass hysteria. And the cause of these disorders was thought to be men and women, mostly women, who had become possessed of the devil, who were known or suspected (and the suspicion was rarely if ever rational) of practicing witchcraft.

Now, Mather did not for a moment doubt these spiritual disorders, and he wrote about them with enthusiasm and in great detail. He believed that God allowed them, for although such circumstances “subvert government” and cause the ruin of civil society, God may sometimes allow them as a reminder to the people that it is only because of the restraint that he lays upon devils and infernal spirits that the world is not always so afflicted. This, of course, is a rationalization. But he also believed that trials must be subject to the rule of law, and to the law of evidence.

To his credit, in sermons and other public discourses, Mather counseled judges and warned them that they must not give unwarranted credit to witnesses of witchcraft. In particular, he questioned the credibility of witnesses who experienced torment from spectres, that is, spirits who were visible only to themselves. He considered them doubtful for there was no corroborating evidence, no (See Victor, Page 7A)

Jessie (Continued from Page 4A) In a fog, I rinsed the brush in my coffee. I put the tablecloth back on the easel and tried to remember what day it was. Didn’t I have errands to run?

Wasn’t I supposed to be somewhere?

At that moment, I understood the magic of the artistic process: It had transported me to a different level of consciousness.

I quoted Michelangelo again: “Holy crap, that’s freaky.”

Once I got my bearings, I stepped back and looked at the painting. It might never generate a bidding war at Christie’s, but it wasn’t bad. The Society of Real Artists would have to

pick on someone else.

I can’t get over one thing: The finished painting doesn’t reveal the underlying energy that went into it, the all-consuming fervor that occupied my mind and body over many weeks and challenged my assumptions about my creative abilities. It thrilled me.

But I’m scared to do another one.

If I keep allowing my mind to run

free in that artistic otherworld where vision becomes reality and time is meaningless, I’m afraid I might turn into a true tortured artist.

Remember: I got so engrossed in this project that I forgot to eat.

If that’s not torture, I don’t know what is. (See Jessie’s painting with this column at addisonindependent. com)

Getting out is good for you!

Dental Care for the Whole Family

John Benson, RN and Arlyn Foote enjoy time at Project Independence

Project Independence Elderly Day Center 7a.m. – 7p.m.

WE OFFER:

Digital X-Rays • Panorex and 3D Cone Beam Scans • Bridges, Crowns, Dentures, Extractions and Extraction Site Preservations, Dental Hygiene and Periodontal Health • Inlays/Onlays, Night Guards • Implants • Root Canals & Zoom Whitening We accept Master Card, Visa, Discover, Care Credit (apply in office) & most insurances.

Dr. Brian Saltzman

Always Accepting New Patients & Emergencies

802.388.7045 • 11 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753

Please visit us at saltzmandental.com.

Discover new joys and community

PAGE 6A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

MIDDLEBURY — Sheila Mae Austin, 63, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at home in Middlebury.

She was born April 29, 1955, in Boston, Mass.

Sheila was a spiritual person, and had been a practicing Buddhist for over a decade. Calming her mind and body, she was also a practitioner of tai chi and yoga. She loved hiking, and outdoor activities. Sheila was a part of bringing about the bike path from East Middlebury to Middlebury.

She had a passion for gardening, both indoors and out. Sheila also enjoyed visits to the coastal state of Maine.

She leaves behind her son Gabe Austin and wife Ashley, her daughter Faith Raymond and husband Matthew, and her grandchildren Emma Cummings, Joseph Raymond, Mason Harrington, and June Austin.

Sheila was predeceased by her husband, Levi Austin.

Private services will be held at a BETTY COUNTER later date.

In lieu of flowers memorial contrigreat-grandchildren, Charlotte, butions may be made to Green Griffin, Rio and Quinn. She is also survived by her beloved sister-in-law Julia Barnett, niece Susan Fox (Bob), nephew John Barnett (Ferne), first cousin Marcia Treadway, and several great nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Lyndon Barnett and niece Alice Barnett Maroney.

There will be a private family interment in the spring and a celebration of life in July during the 75th MIDDLEBURY — Stasia Morone, Barnett Camp Susan reunion. In lieu 91 years old, died peacefully on Jan. of flowers, Betty wished donations to 22, in Middlebury, Vt., from a heart Homeward Bound in Middlebury.◊ condition. She was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1927 and lived an exciting life full adventure, travel, and service to others.

She was exiled to a Siberian work camp as a child during World War II, with her mother Maria Majmon and her sister Jane. She escaped the camp and moved, with her family, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1947. There she met and married her wonderful husband, James Morone in 1949 and raised three sons. In Dec. 1959, the family moved to Staten Island, N.Y., and after that, lived in Franklin Lakes, N.J. and then her beloved Philadelphia.

She spoke seven languages fluently and taught Spanish, French, and third grade at Staten Island Academy. She was a volunteer guide at the Cloisters Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Her tours at the Rodin Collection were justly famous for many years,

Betty Counter, 94, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Betty Counter, 94, passed away peacefully at Wintergreen Residential Care Home on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Born March 32, 1924, to Leslie and Ruth Barnett in North Stratford, N.H., she graduated from Fanny Allen School of Nursing in 1945. She met and married Stanley Counter (19182005) in 1946, building a home and raising a family in Middlebury.

Betty enjoyed cooking and entertaining. Her happiest times were having family and friends for wonderful dinners and cookouts, spending time in northern New Hampshire at the lake with extended family, having her faithful feline on her lap. She had a lively spirit, enjoyed music and dancing, always with a twinkle in her eyes. In her later years she looked forward each week to having breakfast at McDonald’s with the “gang”.

She was an enthusiastic sports fan, having played basketball in her teens. She was often at the sidelines cheering on grandchildren and the Middlebury Tiger lacrosse and field hockey teams. She loved watching the Patriots and although she did not see this final game was happy to hear that they had won the Super Bowl.

She is survived by her three children Stephen Counter, Ronald Counter (Lori), and Karen Dahlin (Barry); four grandchildren, Cara Counter Fuller (Chris), Sally Dahlin, Stacy Counter DiPerna (Gary), and Ryan Counter (Kristin), and four

Sheila Austin, 63, Middlebury

Wallace Kimball III, 73, Salisbury

SALISBURY — Wallace G. Kimball III, age 73, passed over unexpectedly Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at the University of Vermont Medical Center surrounded by the love of his family and friends.

He was born on Oct. 6, 1945, in Middlebury, the son of Wallace George Kimball Jr. and Vera Pidgeon Kimball. He attended Brandon area schools graduating from Otter Valley Union High School in 1962.

He worked for the State of Vermont for 30 years, retiring in 2005.

Wally worked in various positions for the State of Vermont and retired after 30 years of service. In retirement he was a volunteer driver for Addison County Transit Resources, which he enjoyed tremendously. He was a very friendly man, making SHEILA MAE AUSTIN friends wherever he went. He enjoyed movies, reading, NASCAR, Mountain School of Yoga, 105 Court hunting, his beloved grandchildren, St., no. 216, Middlebury, VT 05753. and the various pets he knew and Arrangements are entrusted to loved over his lifetime.

He is survived by his wife of 55 Sanderson Funeral Services of years, Maxine Murray Kimball; two Middlebury.◊ sons, Jason Kimball of Leicester and Aaron Kimball of Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Christine McLelland and her husband, Rob, of Aurora, Colo.; four beautiful grand children, Tyler, Kenzie, Delanie and Jarran; as well as two brothers, Kip Kimball and his wife Ellen of Whiting and Kurt

Stasia Morone, 91, Middlebury, gulag survivor, world traveler, arts patron.

Stasia and Jim treated their Philadelphia guests to wonderful private tours at the museum. She was an active and enthusiastic member of the Cosmopolitan Club. She was an avid world traveler and enjoyed friends in every corner of the world, but she always said that she was happiest just sitting on a bench in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, watching the children play.

In 2014 she moved to Middlebury, Vt., to be closer to her family. She is survived by her three sons, James, Joseph and Peter, three daughters-inlaw Rebecca, Lindsay and Ann, five grandchildren, and eight much-loved nieces and nephews.

Her ashes will be interred next to her husband of 55 years at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., on Saturday, May 4. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests Memorial Contributions in her honor to the Education Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, P.O. Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA 19101.◊

WALLACE G. KIMBALL III Kimball and his wife Theresa of Brandon.

He was predeceased by his parents and brothers-in-law Shannon Murray and Raymond Campeau.

Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, Vt., in the Kimball family burial plot at a later date.

Donations may be made to Addison County Transit Resources in Middlebury, 297 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

Learn how to sell your agriculture products

MIDDLEBURY — This winter ACORN is offering business development workshops to create new outlets for products to be sold locally or regionally.

Following a sold our workshop for hemp growers, the next up is a Feb. 22 workshop on learning to work with distributors and selling direct to retail stores for new market opportunities.

The workshop is suitable for fruit, vegetable and value-added producers seeking a better understanding of distribution variables in reaching new markets.

The workshop is designed to clarify the roles of distributors and help emerging businesses to decide if they are ready to move away from or continue with self-distribution.

It is suitable for a wide audience of value-added, fresh produce and meat producers currently selling through farmers’ markets or through online platforms.

Producers will learn firsthand from two locally owned businesses about differing ways to bring your products to a wider market access. Dan Reilly of Equinox Food Brokers will help producers understand the ins and outs of distribution and the roles of brokers and distributors in promoting growth

of your business. Seth Walker of Healthy Living Market will help guide businesses on how they work with producers to improve business skills through meeting their requirements for direct to store deliveries. Annie Harlow, retail consulting services for Vermont Farm to Plate, will be on hand to link the intricacies of selling your products through the entire distribution chain including retail and sharing Farm to Plate resources.

“Learning to sell your product is equally as important as making a quality product,” say Harlow. “ACORN’s workshops help businesses improve their skills, and as part of the Farm to Plate Network, help them reach wider markets both in-state and regionally.

Having a buyer and broker sharing their insights provides value-added and specialty food producers with a wealth of information,” ACORN will offer other for engaging conversations throughout the winter for topical meet-ups and workshops including Work-Life-Farm Balance Meet Up for Women Farmers on Wednesday, Feb. 27, and a Grower to Grower: Meeting Market Demand for Organic Corn, on March 13. Find the full list of workshops and sign up for the Winter Series at acornvt.org

MIDDLEBURY — Brian Otley, COO of Green Mountain Power will be on hand on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Community Room at Ilsley Public Library to present his talk on “Future of the Grid: Renewables, Batteries, What 2019 has in store?”

In a moment when alternative sources of power are essential to

curbing the climate change crisis, Otley will share his experience on managing the grid with renewables, battery storage, and reducing greenhouse gases. He will also speak about the new pricing and energy choices customers will have moving forward in 2019.

Specific topics of discussion will include: • Battery storage at different scales (10 kW, 150 kW, over 150kW) and related prices.

• Smart meters and time of day pricing.

• Tesla batteries and tomorrow’s batteries — learning from the results.

•Grid constraints and opportunities.

Greenhouse gas reduction and carbon pricing.

A question and answer period will follow Otley’s talk, which is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Power co. exec to explain future of renewable energy

Staying Local Means Your Loved One Never Leaves Home...

Affordable Creamation & Burial Plans The only on-site crematory in Addison County Locally owned & operated by Walter Ducharme

Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home 117 South Main St. Middlebury, VT 802 388 2311 sandersonfuneralservice.com

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 7A

New ACHHH leadership made misleading assertions

Lawsuit against Bristol part of fight vs. global warming Having been identified as one of the “two on the Bristol Energy Committee are members of the group of 37 suing the town,” I need to make some things clear. Several points: Regarding the legal action taken against the selectboard: people around the state are beginning to take action to regain their democracy that has been eroded by our own lack of attention or indifference. The Bristol selectboard, probably for convenience, had forged ahead on the pipeline issue without consulting with the properly appointed Energy Committee, as directed in the town plan: Bristol Town Plan: section 6: “Careful planning will be necessary to meet the energy needs of Bristol’s residents and businesses at a time of rapid technological, environmental, and economic change. This will require both a spirit of innovation and close coordination with the Bristol Energy Committee and with statewide agencies such as Efficiency Vermont.” And Section 6. D. Goals, No. 2: “The town will support the Bristol Energy Committee and give consideration to energy efficiencies and conservation when engaged in residential and economic planning.”

Given that such consultation was not done, a group of citizens request-

ed, by petition, that the selectboard authorize a straw poll to determine citizens’ opinion on the issue of the pipeline. The selectboard authorized the agreement with the gas company before acting on the petition, making any poll meaningless. So, to take back our voices, a number of us, as citizens, engaged in legal action.

Regarding pipeline expansion: no rational person can deny the reality of Climate Change and our role in creating it. (See The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Volume II.) And it is hard to deny that it is affecting us now, even here in New England: more two-day rain events causing flooding, erratic weather patterns including extended heat and cold events, advancement of disease-bearing ticks and mosquitos and on and on. And this is just the beginning. Sustainable energy production such as solar, wind, biomass, and others are becoming cheaper and more dependable than any fossil fuel. Given that, investing in fossil fuel infrastructure makes no sense because it will soon be outdated. And trying to extend it only leads to more carbon emissions that add to the climate problem. Individual investment in converting to natural gas heating systems and appliances will become money wasted. And, though

proponents claim the opposite, natural gas is not cleaner than oil when you track emissions from the wellhead. Bristol, and all towns in Vermont, are revising their energy plans to meet Vermont state goals of 90 percent carbon reduction by 2050.

We are working on that now and it is clear that encouraging natural gas use is not going to help reach that goal.

So the Bristol Energy Committee is encouraging weatherization (the most efficient way to reduce carbon), and the use of alternative, sustainable, cost-effective sources of energy, regardless of whether the pipeline comes through.

I understand cost concerns; we live in a 150-year-old house. But we’ve put our money in weatherization and efficient heating systems to reduce costs, and we’re still working on it.

So, rather than fighting over 20th century technologies that will trap us in a morass of problems, let’s work together to make Bristol a 21st century model for Vermont. And let’s not forget the most important factor: what we do or do not do now will impact our kids, grandkids and all future generations. I’m sure we all want to do the right thing for them.

Richard Butz Bristol

Incumbent Bristol selectmen deserve return to board The residents of Bristol are indeed lucky to have such dedicated members on their Select Board. Ted Lylis and Peeker Heffernan have both dedicated many many years to making Bristol a better place. They have dedicated countless hours of volunteer time over and above their selectboard duties to many projects, committees and civic organizations over the years.

They are members of one of the best selectboards Bristol has known over the years. Knowing both of them for many years I have seen and witnessed the time they spend working to make Bristol the great place it is. Neither of them have any personal agenda other than being dedicated to Bristol.

Both men have used their own equipment and monies to do things that the public never even hears about because neither of them has an agenda.

I have attended all but a few

selectboard meetings over the past three years and know that Ted and Peeker are attempting to keep things going and do the best for the town. They don’t rush to judgment on important issues and do so without the public even having the decency to attend meetings. Some that come to the meetings do so for personal agendas or issues that they suddenly deem are catastrophic or “we didn’t know” about this or that. Had these individuals attended the meetings, they would realize that Ted and Peeker and the rest of the selectboard had gone over those issues many times before making decisions.

They all don’t always agree but always talk things out and reach decisions they feel are best for the community. We now have the beginnings of an industrial park that can only benefit all of us and this board, with these members, has accomplished that coming to

fruition with the insight of Kevin Harpers visions for the future.

Give them both the chance to continue on projects they have been working on. Keep Ted working for Bristol. Although Peeker is running unopposed, they both deserve to receive the respect of the voters to be re-elected. They both know the infrastructure of Bristol as do the current members of the board. They know where things are, who to reach out to, how to save money on projects and not try to push agendas that are being offered that will only cost the tax payers money for proposals that only benefit a few.

Lets keep Bristol Bristol, and not succumb to big city ideas. I for one, thank Ted and Peeker, Joel Bouvier, Michelle Perlee and Pete Coffey for their dedication to Bristol.

Jim Quaglino Bristol

Google searches becoming increasingly unproductive Can anyone tell me why Google internet searches have become so useless? For my inquiry “Vermont Statutes Online” the return from Google were: 1. Kansas Governors Debate 2018

I write in support of the arguments made in Pat Davies’ recent letter “Vegetarian diet vital in battle against global warming.”

Without a significant societal shift to plant-based diets, we not only undermine the war against climate change, we also continue to abuse the earth’s very finite resources and condone animal suffering on a massive scale.

Thank you, Pat, for your thoughtful and well-documented article.

Jessica Danyow Brandon

Is there a way to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear where Google gave answers related to the question?

Peter Grant Bristol

Be sure to check out the fliers in our paper

Nuovo

Because we had had such a bad experience with our first system, our CIO and management team spent two years vetting available systems which would support the need for the electronic record while being clinician friendly and which would least interfere with the care to our patients. The current system had been chosen and the initial phase of setting it up and moving to actual use was well underway before Mr. Brownell was hired.

The clinical staff was expectant and in many cases eager for the transition to this new system of documentation. We were only too well aware of the laborious and time-consuming nature of the paper record in the computer age. To imply that he had introduced this idea and dragged the agency into the 21st century is simply not true.

Prior to Mr. Brownell’s arrival at the agency the staff functioned in an open environment where each employee’s contribution to the agency was appreciated and supported. There was open communication and collaboration which made us all wiser and more effective employees.

However, communication and discussion were ended with his arrival. Change was imposed with no reasons given.

Many highly skilled staff have left because of this new work

HELP WANTED

Elderly Services, Inc.

Project Independence Adult Day Center Do you enjoy older people? Are you committed to helping frail elders enjoy life and live at home with our support? Elderly Services is looking for compassionate, skilled employees for our program, our kitchen, or a combination.

Activity Leader

Part-time or full- time. Join our team of caregivers in our elderly day care center.

Bring fun and connection into elders’ lives by leading musical programs (no music skills necessary), discussion, exercise, and sports activities for frail elders.

Assist with walking, wheelchairs, and toileting needs. Applicants should be patient, flexible, and good humored. Shifts fall between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Kitchen Assistant

(Continued from Page 5A) witness of the cause of the victim’s torment, and that without corroborating evidence a fair and rational judgment could not be made against the accused.

This curious mixture of the rational and the superstitious is a chief characteristic of the New England mind, perhaps even today. It was also characteristic of the mind of the early modern English elite, such as John Locke and Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. And, allowing for cultural differences, it may be a characteristic that is still very much with us, chronic if not natural.

Part-time (9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.), (1 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.). Assist Cooks with preparation of delicious and inviting meals, dishwashing and cleaning at our elderly day care center.

Substitutes

Activity Leader and Kitchen substitutes needed to help cover vacations for staff. Enjoy part-time work as your own schedule allows.

Application forms available.

Please send resume and references to Eric Covey at Elderly Services, P.O. Box 581, Middlebury, VT 05753.

802-388-3983

Wellness d i r e c t o r y

“Wellness is more than the absence of illness.”

50 Court St • Middlebury, Vt 05753

Jim Condon ................... 388-4880 or 475-2349 SomaWork

ADDISON COUNTY

Caryn Etherington ..................... 388-4882 ext. 3 Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

Practitioner of the Week…

Betsy Spannbauer

Healing Touch Practitioner 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY LE 4-Cyl, Auto, Loaded. A must see!

93k miles • $7,995

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA ACCESS CAB 4-Cyl, 5-Speed, 4X4, Super Great Deal!

$8,995

2013 HYUNDAI ACCENT 4-Cyl,Auto, Loaded, Great MPG !

Only 91k • $6,995

Dealer not responsible for any inaccuracies, half truths or any other foolishness!

Tax, Title & Registration not included.

2013 SUBARU CROSSTREK 4-Cyl,Auto,AWD, Super Nice Car! Only 92k miles • $13995

Wimett Trading Company

AFFORDABLE, SAFE & RELIABLE USED CARS AND TRUCKS at the Big White Barn in Leicester We also buy cars, locate specialty orders David Wimett, 30 Years Experience & consider consignments C. Michael Jackman, 40 Years Experience Call Dave for an appointment 2668 Route 7 • Leicester, VT 05733 • wimetttradingco@gmail.com

465-4688

AWOR

A Center for Independent Health Care Practitioners

Great information from: • BEST APPLIANCE • PARIS FARMER’S UNION • UVM RENEWABLE ENERGY SURVEY

2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER V6, Auto,AWD, 3rd Row Seats, Nice Car! 129k miles • $10,995

OM

WELLNESS CENTER

THIS WEEK!

BOSS is AWAY Sale… Come get a great deal !

environment. Many departures were made difficult by how management handled resignations. While no patient was harmed patient care was disrupted unnecessarily. Mr. Brownell has implied to the board that staff discontent and complaints were from older disgruntled staff opposed to change. Nothing could be further from the truth. The complaints by staff had and have to do with not having a voice and not being respected.

ACHHH has been an integral part of healthcare in Addison County for over 50 years. It will continue to function because of all the staff and their focus on our mission of providing high-quality health care to the residents of the county. Because of their integrity and dedication to the patients they have continued to do so in spite of current difficulties and with management.

The staff needs to be supported by the board and by the community for their hard work under adverse circumstances. A remedy to this untenable situation will hopefully occur.

I could not allow the hard work and efforts by so many employees of this agency, past and present, to be misrepresented by the disingenuous and misleading statements of Mr. Brownell and Mr. Rooney.

Marcia S. Wheeler, RN BSN Ripton

K

Plant-based diet vital for future

2. Something about Nova Scotia Laws 3. Lawful Hacking 4. Native American Housing Where does Google come up with these answers that have nothing to do with the question?

I was a nurse at Addison County Home Health & Hospice (ACHHH) for nearly 40 years retiring in late 2017 and I am well aware of the many changes that have occurred recently, as reported in the recent article in The Independent. I experienced most of the history of the agency. I retired as the hospice director and had worked as a community health nurse and served two times as interim clinical director. I was, at the time of my retirement, and for many years prior to it, intimately involved in the management and function of the agency from every perspective, including financial, clinical and personnel. I worked with both Tim Brownell and Patrick Rooney for the approximately six months from when they started working for the agency and when I retired as planned. I must take issue with several comments they made in this article.

ACHHH is a not-for-profit agency which has served the residents of Addison County for 50 years. We have held an excellent reputation for the care provided our patients within the county and statewide. Over these many years we have had to contend with the ever-changing Medicare and Medicaid regulations and licensing requirements as health care is always in a state of flux. Agency management and staff have had to change how we operate many times in order to meet these changes while continuing to carry out our mission. Staff has never been opposed to change. The agency has had good financial years and less good ones. I do know that the agency was on sound financial footing when Mr. Brownell and Mr. Rooney arrived at the agency. It is a falsehood for them to imply that the agency was within days or weeks of failing due to its financial status.

I take issue with the implication that Mr. Brownell was responsible for the transition to the EHR (electronic health care record) currently in use at the agency.

S

Letters to the Editor

Betsy Spannbauer is a Vermont native. Her love of nature has led her to improve her quality of life by becoming a Healing Touch Practitioner [CHTCP], furthering her knowledge of self-care. “It seems I’ve spent a lifetime working with people, as a Master Gardener, in local retail outlets, and for the last 20 years, as a hospice volunteer. For years I dealt with my own arthritis and other common ailments” Now Healing Touch has availed her to be pain and prescription drug free. Her clients have experienced a wide variety of benefits as well.

In addition to Healing Touch, she also uses Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, and Perlandra Flower Essences to restore health and Balance to the Body.

802-377-0864 • bshealingtouch@aol.com

Nancy Tellier, CMT .. 388-4882 ext. 1........................

Therapeutic Massage, CranioSacral Therapy, Ortho-Bionomy®, Soul Lightning Acupressure Donna Belcher, M.A. ............................ 388-3362 Licensed Psychologist - Master, Psychotherapy & Hypnosis Charlotte Bishop ....................... 388-4882 ext. 4 Therapeutic Soft & Deep Tissue ...or 247-8106 JoAnne Kenyon ......................................388-0254 Energy Work. www.joanne.abmp.com Karen Miller-Lane, N.D., L.Ac. .............. 388-6250 Naturopathic Physican, Licensed Acupuncturist, CranioSacral Therapy.

Ron Slabaugh, PhD, MSSW, CBP........ 388-9857 The BodyTalk™ System Irene Paquin, CMT 388-4882 ext.1 or 377-5954 Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, OrthoBionomy®

PAGE 8A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

community

calendar

discuss “Midwives” by Chris Bohjalian.

Spencer Prize in Oratory: Grand Championship in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., “Nuclear Negotiations: Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Back to the Future?” in Rd. Champions from Atwater, Middlebury.

Thursday, Feb. Cook, Ross, and MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION —a suite of Brainerd, 14, 3-4:30 p.m., Community Room, Wonnacott Commons square meditative practices improving wellness, offered at Vergennes off in the annual Spencer EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The latest in eight weekly sessions Movement Studio, 179 Main St., Vergennes, weekly beginning Prize in Oratory for firstof the “Great Decisions” program, a Thursday, April 4 - May 23rd @ 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 visit www. year students. This annual national discussion program on world competition awards ronidonnenfeld.com, 802 793 5073. Registration Deadline speaking affairs. Facilitated by Middlebury College $1,500 in prizes, including a – March 31.

Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford with $500 top prize. Free. More guest speaker George Jaeger. Free and info at 802-443-3168 or open to the public. middlebury.edu/arts. shown in the cafe space and everyone seeing the Hannaford Career Center open house in two penguin movies can also enjoy a free small Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 14, 4-7 p.m., popcorn.

Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. Learn Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, Feb. 16, 5:30-8 p.m., about all the great opportunities for career and St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Doors open at Age Well Senior Luncheon in technical education at the Hannaford Career 5:30 p.m., Bingo starts at 6 p.m. All cash prizes, 50/50 Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 11:15 Center. Enjoy treats by culinary art students, raffle. Refreshments sold. All proceeds to benefit the a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. program demonstrations and activities, the repair on-going efforts for cemetery improvements.

Doors open at 11:15 a.m. for program TBD. Meal fair in the construction lab, Makery space tours and King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Feb. served at noon of chicken-n-biscuits, mashed caulimore. Enter to win prizes – raffle drawing at 6:15 16, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community flower, spinach and oranges. Bring your own place p.m.

Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandsetting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced wich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377a unique game that involves “trick-taking” techniques 1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic ACLU in Vermont talk in Middlebury.

ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. thinking.

Friday, Feb. 15, 11 a.m.-noon, Future of the Grid: Renewables, Batteries, What Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 2019 has in store? in Middlebury. Wednesday, 100 Eastview Ter. Join Vermont’s ACLU Director Feb. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. Community Room, Ilsley James Lyall when he discusses the ACLU’s Public Library, 75 Main St. Brian Otley, COO, Green current work in Vermont, including litigation and Mountain Power will share his experience managing All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in advocacy in defense of immigrants’ rights and the grid with renewables, battery storage, and reducAddison. Sunday, Feb. 17, 7-11 a.m., ACLU’s campaign for a smarter, fairer criminal ing greenhouse gases and discuss the new pricing Addison Fire Station, Jct. Routes 17 & 22A. justice system. Free and open to the public. and energy choices customers will have moving Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, WinterFest in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 15, 5-7 forward in 2019. Questions and Answers included. sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate p.m., Riverfront Park, Marble Works. Join family, Free event with light refreshments. and orange juice. Tickets $7 adults/$5 kids under 12. friends, and neighbors in a beautiful procession of Benefit of the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. light around the falls. The Lantern Walk from 6-7 Funds will be used to purchase equipment. More p.m. is a free, family friendly, do-it-yourself commuinfo at 802-759-2237. nity event. Come early for a flatbread buffet at WinterFest in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 17, noonAge Well Senior Luncheon in American Flatbread from 5-6 p.m. RSVP required 4:30 p.m., Downtown. Snow carving, music, food, Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 21, Vergennes on the Eventbrite event page. activities, horse and wagon rides and more begin at Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, Knights in Italy spaghetti dinner in Bristol. Friday, College Park, across from Shafer’s at noon. Horse 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and Feb. 15, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 and wagon rides begin at 2 p.m. Then Head over to coffee hour. Program by People’s Bank: Senior School St. Menu includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti the Marquis Theater for a free showing of “Frozen,” Fraud Prevention Class – Don’t be a Scam Victim with sauce, garlic bread, salad, beverages and beginning at 3 p.m. and a free small popcorn. at 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of BBQ pork, dessert. All proceeds will go toward furthering Bingo for meat in Bristol. Sunday, Feb. 17, noon-4 vegetable rice pilaf, broccoli florets, wheat bread the Knights’ mission of aiding the community in a p.m., American Legion, Airport Rd. A steak shoot and applesauce. Bring your own place setting. $5 variety of ways from Coats for Kids to the Special open house, where winners receive prizes of meat suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice Olympics. Tickets $10 adults/$5 children 12 and (steak, chicken, pork chops, hamburger and bacon) required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. under/$25 family. Wheelchair accessible. rather than cash. Bring a friend that has never been Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of Dar Williams in Middlebury. SOLD OUT. Friday, to the steak shoots and get five free raffle tickets. any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Baskets and gift certificate raffles and roasts raffles.

802-388-2287 to inquire.

Pleasant St. Accomplished American singer-songMore info contact Sharon at 802-453-4381.

“Decoding U.S.-China Trade” discussion in writer, author, educator and pop folk artist Williams “Spotlight on Broadway” ice show in Middlebury.

Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 21, 3-4:30 p.m., plays her engaging, collaborative, personal and Sunday, Feb. 17, 2:30 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 passionate music. A waiting list is available by callMiddlebury College, Route 30. The college’s annual EastView Ter. The fifth of eight weekly sessions of ing the THT box office at 802-382-9222, Mondayice show will feature music from best-loved theatrithe “Great Decisions” program, a national discussion Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Tickets $49 Orchestra plus cal and movie musicals along with choreographed program on world affairs. Facilitated by Middlebury fees/$39 Balcony plus fees. numbers by skaters of all ages and abilities. Tickets College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford with guests. $6, available at the Middlebury College Box Office or Free and open to the public. at the door. Fully accessible.

Feb

14

THURSDAY

Feb

WEDNESDAY

Feb

THURSDAY

Feb

FRIDAY

20

Feb

15

FRIDAY

Feb

17

SUNDAY

21

Feb

16

TIRED OF

WAITING AROUND? Seek out your next opportunity in the Addy Indy Classifieds

Published in every edition in Print & Online addisonindependent.com ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Essex County, N.Y. Saturday, Feb. 16, Treadway Mountain, Pharoah Lake Wilderness. A moderate hike, 3.3 miles one way (6.6 miles round trip). Elevation gain 1,100 ft., crosses the frozen pond to Treadway trail and goes up from Putnam Pond State Campsite to great views at the open rocky summit, elevation 2240 ft. Begins with an easy walk that then climbs to summit. Views of Pharoah Lake. Carpooling from the Crown Point Bridge arranged. Call or email leader Barry Francis at 802-349-9206 or barryfrancis@gmavt.net for start time and carpooling. More activities at gmcbreadloaf. org.

Brendon P. Cousino Med47 fundraiser in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Come to this indoor yard sale to raise money for this fund set up by the family of Brendon Cousino, who was killed in 2015.

The funds awards scholarships to area tech students entering the trades and to first response groups in small, underfunded towns. Donations for yard sale accepted. More info contact Cindy Cousino at 233-8334.

Pancake breakfast in Shoreham. Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Enjoy blueberry pancakes with Vermont maple syrup, French toast, sausage, home fries, quiche and beverages. Tickets $8 adults/$4 children/$20 families. Bring a non-perishable item for the Food Shelf to help those in need.

American Red Cross Blood Drive in Middlebury.

Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, 133 Valley View Dr. 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.

WinterFest in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Downtown. Winter crafts and movies. Drop in to the Ilsley Library for a winterthemed story and make your own snow measuring stick, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Then head over to the Marquis Theater for Penguin Saturday. Enjoy a free showing of “Happy Feet” at 12:30 p.m. and then “March of the Penguins” 3 p.m.

Both movies will be

Feb

18

MONDAY

WinterFest in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Memorial Sports Center, 296 Buttolph Dr., and Middlebury Rec. Center, 154 Creek Rd. Enjoy the first day of school break with free ice skating and skate rentals from 10 a.m.noon. Then, head over to the Parks and Rec gym for an afternoon of winter fun with sledding (bring your own sled), cocoa, music, and lots of winter games and activities.

American Red Cross Blood Drive in Brandon.

Monday, Feb. 18, noon-5 p.m., Brandon American Legion Post 55, 55 Franklin St (Route 7 S). Call 1-800-Red-Cross (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of your appointment.

Feb

19

TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m., Vergennes Ares Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. SASH Program 11:15 a.m.

Meal served at noon of chopped beefsteak with mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, wheat bread and apple cake. Bring your own place setting.

72 hours advanced notice required. $5 suggested donation. 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.

Book discussion in Bristol. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. Come talk about “The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life” by Anu Partanen.

Finnish journalist and naturalized American citizen Partenen’s book examines the Nordic way of life and how it can nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society. Books available now at the library.

Book talk in Brandon.

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Meet and

22

Rummage Sale in Vergennes. Friday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Lots of great, gently used items: clothing, toys, books, puzzles, house hold items, etc. Come fill a bag, prices are by donation.

Raising money for St. Peter’s Youth Ministry mission trip to Maryland in June. Refreshments available for purchase around dinner time.

Age Well Senior Luncheon at Rosie’s in Middlebury.

Friday, Feb. 22, Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., meal served at noon. Shepherd’s pie with mashed potatoes and vegetables, coleslaw, roll, gingerbread — 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 388-2287 to inquire.

Feb

23

SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Weybridge. Saturday, Feb. 23, Bittersweet Falls, Hamilton Rd. Walk or snowshoe the TAM Blue Trail to Bittersweet Falls from the parking lot on Hamilton Road. 5.2 miles out and back, 2.5 hours. Mostly gentle slopes, good views of Snake Mountain and the countryside. More info contact leader David Andrews at 802-388-4894 or vtrevda@yahoo.com. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Rummage Sale in New Haven. Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. Held by the New Haven Ladies Union.

Clothing and books only. More info call Carol at 802-453-5059.

Rummage Sale in Vergennes. Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Lots of great, gently used items: clothi n g , toys, books, puzzles, house hold items, etc. Come fill a bag, prices are by donation. Raising money for St. Peter’s Yo u t h

Emeraldrose Grows

Addison County’s only grow shop for all your indoor and outdoor gardening needs.

Whether it’s hemp for your head or a single cannabis plant for your soul.

Open Tuesday - Saturday 11-5 p.m.

11 Main St. Bristol 802 453 GRWS (4797) emeraldrosefarms@yahoo.com Check us out!

Kids on ice

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE’S ANNUAL ice show runs Saturday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m., at the college’s Kenyon Arena, on Route 30. The show, “Spotlight on Broadway,” will feature music from best-loved theatrical and movie musicals along with choreographed numbers by skaters of all ages and abilities. Last year’s show featured a number of skating penguins.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 9A

community

Breakfast...

calendar

never tasted so good!

We get up early so you don’t have to…

25 Stewart Lane, Middlebury,

388-9925

SwiftHouseInn.com

Great Breakfast Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 – 10:00 Saturday-Sunday 7:30–10:30

Reservations are recommended.

PLASTIC BAGS HARM WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Women making history

TWO BLACK HISTORY Month events at Middlebury College this month feature remarkable women. On Friday, Feb. 22, 5 p.m. in Mead Chapel, PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, left, will speak on “My Journey through Journalism: A perspective from PBS White House Correspondent.” On Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m., novelist and essayist Candace Allen, right, will present her study of trumpeter Valaida Snow (1903-1956), whom Louis Armstrong called the world’s second best trumpet player besides himself in the Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room in the college’s Rohatyn Center.

Ministry mission trip to Maryland in June.

Refreshments available for purchase around lunch time.

Winter Tree Identification workshop in Hancock.

Saturday, Feb. 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m., 419 Shampeny Hill Rd. How do you identify a tree without its leaves? Join hosts Margi and Owen Rogal and county forester Chris Olson for a walk in the woods and learn to use other characteristics like bark and twigs to ID common Vermont trees in the winter.

Sponsored by Vermont Coverts. Cookies and cocoa follow the walk. Bring snowshoes if you have them.

Free. Register and more info at info@vtcoverts.org or 802-877-2777.

Feb

24

SUNDAY

Rummage Sale in Vergennes. Sunday, Feb. 24, noon-4 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Lots of great, gently used items: clothing, toys, books, puzzles, house hold items, etc. Come fill a bag, prices are by donation. Raising money for St. Peter’s Youth Ministry mission trip to Maryland in June. Last day deals.

Feb

25

MONDAY

Legislative Breakfast in Orwell.

Monday, Feb. 25, 7-8:45 a.m., Orwell Fire House, 604 Main St. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Veterans Luncheon in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 25, 1 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Calling all Veterans. Join this monthly complimentary luncheon, serving those who have served as a way of sharing our thanks. Come meet other Veterans and friends and enjoy a delicious meal.

Free and open to all Veterans. Fully accessible.

RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Middlebury Community Players “Play Date” in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Join potential directors, designers, actors, and other interested theater friends to brainstorm ideas for future. Laughter, conversation, food and drink, door prizes and surprise entertainment.

Feb

26

TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 10 a.m., Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour, meal served at noon. Turkey burger, vegetables, gravy, diced potatoes, baby carrots, wheat roll, pumpkin pudding. 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 388-2287 to inquire.

AARP lecture: Protecting Against Fraud in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Learn how to protect yourself from common types of fraud.

This lecture will uncover the strategies that scammers use and provides resources to help you defend yourself against their tricks. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Pottery Show closing reception and student sale in Middlebury. *RESCHEDULED FROM TUESDAY, FEB 12* Tuesday, Feb. 26, 5:30- 7:30 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Route 7.

Featured artists are Danya Pirie, Leslie Kameny, Kathy Carpenter and Kathy Clarke. The group show displays a range of distinctive works including vases, lamps, mugs, tea sets, Buddhas and rabbits. Work will be available for sale through the end of February.

Refreshments served.

“Swing Is The Thing: Introducing Valaida Snow” in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, Hillcrest Ave. As part of Black History Month activities, novelist and essayist Candace Allen will describe how she unearthed the forgotten life story of jazz artist Valaida Snow (1903-1956), whom Louis Armstrong called the world’s second best trumpet player besides himself.

Feb

27

WEDNESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, Feb. 27, Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Soup of the day, sandwich of the day, coleslaw, dessert; $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. 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 388-2287 to inquire.

A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 27, noon, The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Understand how it feels to manage the many challenges it presents. Allow our Certified Dementia Practitioners to take you through an experience to better create a positive environment for those with dementia. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@ residenceottercreek.com.

Thomas Christopher Greene in Middlebury. *RESCHEDULED FROM WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23* Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Greene, Montpelier author and founding president of Vermont College of Fine Arts, will read from and discuss his latest novel “The Perfect Liar.” Greene is the author of five critically acclaimed novels including “Mirror Lake” and “The Headmaster’s Wife.” His fiction has been translated into thirteen languages and has won many awards and honors.

Feb

28

THURSDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 28, Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane.

Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour, meal served at noon. Fried chicken, red mashed potatoes with sour cream, diced carrots with dill, wheat bread, vanilla pudding with fruit. 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 388-2287.

“Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics” discussion in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 28, 3-4:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The sixth 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.

“High Noon” on screen in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 28, 6-8:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. The first film in the Middlebury Community Classic Film Club’s new series on courage. This 1952 Western classic pits an honest marshal against a criminal gang out to take over the town. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and a wonderful supporting cast create great drama as the moment of truth arrives and courage is called for.

Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Sacred Earth is Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man. Ragamala’s dancers perform with live music to create a sacred space honoring the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it. Tickets $22 Public/$16 Midd ID holder/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Mar

1

FRIDAY

Changyong Rhee speaks in Middlebury.

Friday, March 1, 4:30 p.m., the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Middlebury College.

Changyong Rhee in the Director of the Asia Pacific Region of the International Monetary Fund. He will share firsthand insights into his role as Director and advocate for continued dialogue and between players in the international arena with hopes for a peaceful future for the world.

Art opening reception in Brandon. Friday, March 1, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St. Come to the opening reception for the first show in The Brandon Artists Guild 20th anniversary series of themed exhibits honoring our planet. “Art of the Earth” runs through April 30. The public is invited to the opening reception.

Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth in Middlebury. Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Sacred Earth is Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man. Ragamala’s dancers perform with live music to create a sacred space honoring the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it. Tickets $22 Public/$16 Midd ID holder/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Mar

2

SATURDAY

New England Bill Koch League Festival in Ripton. Saturday, March 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rikert Nordic Center, 106 College Cross Rd. A weekend of fun-filled Nordic activities. The festival is the marquee event of the New England Bill Koch Youth Ski League, which promotes the sport of Nordic skiing for kids aged 5 to 13. A silent auction, pasta dinner and awards begins at MUHS at 4:30 p.m. More info at nensa.net/bkl-festival/.

Met Live in HD: “La Fille Du Régiment” in Middlebury. Saturday, March 2, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks — including the showstopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis,” with its nine high Cs. Pre-performance talk at 12:15 p.m. by Richard Marshak in the Studio downstairs. Tickets $24 adults (+$2 preservation fee)/ $10 students (+1 preservation fee).

Phoebe Stone and Francois Clemmons in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 2, 7-9 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The “New England Review” presents these two Middlebury artists, known for their work in painting, opera, TV, and children’s books, as they read from and discuss their memoirs-in-progress. Readings will be followed by an audience Q&A and a reception in the Jackson

Gallery. Free and open to the public.

“Memoir of War” (La Douleur) on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, March 2, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. Paris, 1944. In this haunting adaptation of her autobiographical novel, famed author Marguerite Duras shrewdly navigates the French Resistance and the Gestapo to uncover the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband. Free.

Carnevale Vergennes in Vergennes. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. The sixth year of this evening of outrageous fun featuring costumed guests (based on a theme), games of chance and skill, lite bites, and dancing, dancing, dancing. Proceeds go toward the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, Vergennes Partnership and the Vergennes Opera House.

Doors and cash bar provided by Bar Antidote open at 7:30pm.

Ana Egge performs in Lincoln. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 E. River Rd. In the next Ripton Community Coffee House concert, held in Lincoln due to repair work at its regular venue, Egge will be joined by Dave Cole on drums and vocals and Alec Spiegelman on bass clarinet, pump organ and vocals. Doors open at 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission /$3 kids under 12.

More artist info at rcch.org. Open mic sign up-802388-9782 or rcchfolks@gmail.com.

Piandia in concert in Brandon. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Experience traditional classical Indian music in the intimate setting of Brandon Music when Bostonbased Berklee College professors and old friends John Funkhouser on piano and Jerry Leake on tabla come together to perform ragas from North India.

Mar

3

Let’s help ban single use plastic bags in Vergennes!

YOU CAN HELP! Meeting at the Bixby Library 6:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 18th

Reader Comments

Here’s what one reader has to say about us!

One reader from Whiting, VT writes: “You do a fine job of keeping us informed and aware of our neighbors activites ideas and achievements.”

Quotes are taken from reader comments submitted with subscription renewals.

SUNDAY

New England Bill Koch League Festival in Ripton. Sunday, March 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rikert Nordic Center, 106 College Cross Rd. A weekend of fun-filled Nordic activities. The festival is the marquee event of the New England Bill Koch Youth Ski League, which promotes the sport of Nordic skiing for kids aged 5 to 13. A silent auction, pasta dinner and awards begins at MUHS at 4:30 p.m. More info at nensa.net/bkl-festival/.

Winter wildlife tracking in Addison. Sunday, March 3, 10 a.m.-noon, Dead Creek Visitor Center, 966 Route 17. Vermonters of all ages are invited to join this guided walk led by Ali Thomas, education manager for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Participants are asked to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for walking in Step in Trio performs in Brandon. Sunday, March 3, 3 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear acclaimed New York City bassist Joe Fonda, the Italian pianist Carlo Morena and the Chilean Felix LeCaros on drums for this afternoon jazz performance.

From L to R: Deb Cossaart, Michaela Whitman, Casey Vanacore, Jim Cossaart DDS, Michelle Grennon

Bristol Park Dental Outstanding Family Dentistry

New Patients Welcome!

Gentle, Individualized Care No Big Needles!

In Network for CBA Blue, Cigna & Delta Dental

6 Park Place, Bristol, VT

802.453.7700 • bristolparkdental.com

LIVEMUSIC Rick Hawley in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 15, 3:304:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Dar Williams in Middlebury. *SOLD OUT*. Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Twist of Fate in Middlebury. Friday, February 15, at 9 p.m., Notte.

Carlos Simon in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Bob Recupero plays in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek Jazzou Jones in Middlebury. *RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 31* Sunday, Feb. 17, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Natasha Koval Paden in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Connie and Chris in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 22, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Christian Sands in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Mahaney Arts Center.

Richard Ruane and Beth Duquette in Brandon.

Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Jorge Martín & Friends on stage in Middlebury.

Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Beaton/Plasse in Bristol. Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery and Concert Hall.

Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Ana Egge in Lincoln. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Piandia in Brandon. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Step in Trio performs in Brandon. Sunday, March 3, 3 p.m., Brandon Music.

Donna the Buffalo in Middlebury. Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater The Will Patton Ensemble in Lincoln. Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall

See an extended calendar and a full listing of the

Addison Independent

ONGOINGEVENTS

on the Web at

www.addisonindependent.com

Find us on www.addisonindependent.com

ARO

PAGE 10A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Volunteers needed at Dead Creek

ADDISON — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is seeking interested volunteers to serve as department ambassadors and greet visitors at the Dead Creek Visitor Center in Addison, Vermont. The department will be hosting a new volunteer training workshop on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dead Creek Conference Room in Addison.

The Dead Creek Visitor Center opened in September 2017 and has greeted thousands of visitors in the past year and a half. The facility welcomes school groups and hosts special events throughout the year.

It is open to the general public on weekends during the spring and summer and also on weekdays during the peak fall season when large numbers of people visit the wildlife management area during the autumn waterfowl migration.

The training will focus on customer service, the Fish & Wildlife Department’s mission, and tools to assist visitors about the region, the exhibits, and the wildlife management area. Volunteers will receive the resources and information they need to effectively answer questions and be a knowledgeable guide to visitors.

“We’re looking for volunteers who enjoy talking to people and have a strong interest in fish and wildlife, conservation, and wildlife-based

UND

TOWN

Fine from the line

ELEVEN YOUTHS BETWEEN the ages of 9 and 14 emerged victorious recently at the annual Addison County Free Throw Championship hosted by the Knights of Columbus at Mount Abraham Union High School. Nine of the division winners are pictured here, left to right: Lucas Grover, 14-year-old boys’ division; Connor Meacham, boys’ 13-year-old; Mattie Hayden, girls’ 13-year-old; Louisa Painter, girls’ 12-year-old; Michael Sayre, boys’ 12-year-old; Hayden Lutz, boys’ 11-year-old; Leah Tierney, girls’ 10-year-old; Jackson LaMarche, boys’ 9-year-old; and Zoey Johnston, girls’ 9-year-old. Lauren Cousino, the girls’ 11-year-old winner, and Connor Nason, the boys’ 10-year-old victor, missed the photo opp. Thirtyone contestants participated. The winners are set to compete at the district championship this Saturday.

recreation,” said Amy Alfieri who manages the visitor center for Vermont Fish & Wildlife. “You don’t have to be an expert, just have an enthusiasm for nature and sharing information with visitors.”

Various shifts are available for volunteers from April through mid-November. Volunteers and participants in the training must be 18 years of age, attend the entire training, and agree to a background

check. There is no charge for the training, and all curriculum materials will be provided. Pre-registration is required by March 17 by calling 802-759-2398 or emailing amy. alfieri@vermont.gov.

THOUSANDS OF CROWS flock in downtown Middlebury each night. Learn a little bit about why in our video online at addisonindependent.com.

Crows flock to downtown Middlebury

By MEGAN JAMES If you’ve walked around downtown Middlebury at dusk this winter, you’ve seen them: thousands of crows streaming across the sky, gathering in trees, raucously caw-cawing.

What are they doing? How many are there? Have there always been so many crows in Middlebury?

We got in touch with Ron Payne of the Otter Creek Audubon Society, to get the scoop on the flock. “I haven’t gotten a good count this year, but from what I’ve seen, the flock doesn’t seem larger than it has been

in the past few years,” he admitted.

“But big flocks in the village are still a relatively new thing, only becoming common in the past five or six years.”

The highest count on record in downtown Middlebury was completed by a college student in February 2017: 4,475 crows.

The birds roost together in winter for several reasons, Payne explained, including “reducing their exposure to predators, and to be able to follow each other to food sources in the morning.” Sticking together also

helps them stay warm. Some say they congregate at dusk to find mates and socialize.

Payne tipped us off to a lecture that Bridget Butler gave at the Ilsley Library last year on this very topic. (You can watch the full video, recorded by MCTV, on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/2BuSAOU).

Butler, known as the “Bird Diva,” is a naturalist and bird lover who lives in St. Albans. She says that Middlebury-area residents had been contacting her, dying to know more about the crows they were seeing

downtown.

We used Butler’s lecture to create our own short video of the birds — with footage by Middlebury College animation studio producer Daniel Houghton and music by Middlebury College music professor and composer Matthew Evan Taylor.

Watch it at addisonindependent.com, or on our Facebook page.

Want to help Butler track and map crows? Record your sightings at her Crows in Vermont project online: inaturalist.org/projects/ crows-in-vermont.

Lynch graduates from VT leadership program SHELBURNE — The Snelling Center for Government has announced that Jessica Lynch of Shoreham has graduated from the Vermont School Leadership Project.

Lynch is the Curriculum Leader K-12 at Addison Central School District in Middlebury. As a participant in the Vermont School Leadership Project, Lynch joined 24 other educators from across the state in a unique program that offers intensive professional development for superintendents, principals, curriculum and special education directors, as well as other education professionals who have proven leadership abilities and seriously aspire to leadership roles.

The Class of 2018 embarked on their leadership journey in July 2017 and met for seven overnight sessions with a total of 18 seminar days.

Through theoretical discussions, experiential activities and personal reflection, associates considered and applied concepts related to leadership, education systems, organizational change and community.

Social entrepreneur and educator Hal Colston served as the keynote speaker at the final celebration for the Class of 2018, inspiring the group to remember to bring love into their work with students. Colston’s message highlighted the importance

JESSICA LYNCH of their role and their work in not only the lives of students but also the needs of society.

The Snelling Center for Government is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization committed to fostering responsible and ethical civic leadership, encouraging public service by private citizens, and promoting informed citizen participation in shaping public policy in Vermont.

Send your announcements SEND to us at: ITIN: news@addisonindependent.com

Emergency Medical Responder Course Bridport Firehouse Bridport, VT March 6th- April 27th 2019

Have you considered helping your community?

Are you ready to make a difference?

Contact Paul or Chuck for more information paul.miller@pwmiller.com or cwelchjr5@gmail.com

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 11A

‘Cat Pawsitive’ will help cats get adopted MIDDLEBURY – Homeward Bound has been selected by The Jackson Galaxy Project to participate in the Spring 2019 Semester of “Cat Pawsitive,” a life-saving initiative that introduces positive-reinforcement training to cats in shelters and rescues. This innovative training program for cats aims to increase feline adoption rates and maintain cat “mojo.”

Jackson Galaxy developed Cat Pawsitive with a team of feline

behavior experts. Highlights of the program include: • Maintaining cat “adoptability” and feline social skills by enriching cats’ day-to-day lives.

• Increasing adoptions.

• Decreasing length of stay.

• Engaging and empowering volunteers and staff.

• Showing potential adopters that cats are cool and can even be trained.

The Cat Pawsitive program is designed to keep adoptable cats

mentally and physically active in a shelter or rescue environment.

The focus is on fun, positive reinforcement-based training sessions that go beyond playtimeas-usual to help cats maintain their mojo and connect more quickly with potential adopters. From teaching high fives and head bumps to “sit” and “come when called,” caregivers at Cat Pawsitive participating organizations engage with cats in a brand new way to really help cats to “click” with adopters.

Homeless (Continued from Page 1A) County,” Pixley lamented.

Local human services officials last fall identified 49 households seeking permanent accommodation — including 34 individuals, nine couples, and five families — according to the Addison County Continuum of Care, a local group dedicated to ending homelessness.

Of the 49, fourteen were chronically homeless, at least 18 met the federal Housing and Urban Development definition of homeless, and 38 required long-term assistance to be stably housed.

Chronically homeless people are often unable to secure affordable housing due to a shortage of subsidies and/or because of a past tenant history that can scare off landlords with limited apartment vacancies, officials said.

“Permanent housing resources are leaving a significant number of housing applicants out in the cold,” reads a summary of the Middlebury Shares program drafted by the Continuum of Care group.

“Poor payment history is the most common denial reason, along with poor or unverifiable landlord references. One in seven applicants was denied for property damage or disruptive behavior.”

Continuum of Care members said they believe the county needs to deeply subsidize a housing option, along with providing supports that would help those residents comply with the terms of their lease. With that in mind, Middlebury Shares seeks to build or renovate around a dozen small efficiency units in which tenants could reside and

receive services to help them live independently, learn tenancy skills, and connect with other communitybased programs. The design would feature a community space in which tenants could receive services.

Since organizers aren’t banking on the Vermont State Housing Authority to offer new project-based subsidies in the foreseeable future, the partnership has been reaching out to local service providers to absorb rent for tenants. Three local nonprofits have committed to such lease arrangements: Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (one unit), the Charter House Coalition (three units) and CSAC ( two to five units).

Addison County Community Trust Executive Director Elise Shanbacker said the Middlebury Shares supporters have been diligently searching for land on which the housing project could be built. The group has recently focused on property off Middlebury’s Seymour Street.

“Nothing concrete yet,” she said of the ongoing search.

Shanbacker noted bringing Middlebury Shares to fruition will be a challenging task.

“Basically, permanent supportive housing is thought of as a ‘threelegged stool’ — you need capital to build the housing, operating subsidy to pay the rent, and money to pay for on-site services,” she wrote in an emailed response to the Independent. “A big barrier to building this kind of housing in Addison County is that the Vermont State Housing Authority doesn’t have any more project-

based Section 8 vouchers to make available, so we lack access to operating subsidy that can pay for housing expenses.”

The Vermont Department of Mental Healthy occasionally has housing funds for its clients, but those subsidies are more directed to small group homes than a largerscale development, Shanbacker explained.

If organizers are able to secure low-cost or free property in a property zoned district in Middlebury, they’d seek to design a housing project that’s creative, comfortable and energy efficient.

Pixley is a fan of the “tiny home village” concept: A series of homes, all less than 500 square feet, organized around a common space in a manner that would give residents a sense of independence while enjoying a sense of community. Washington State is home to many tiny home villages that are proving very successful, according to Pixley.

“For the homeless population, this idea is popular,” she said of tiny homes. “They choose to live on a small carbon footprint; they choose to live simply.”

While the tiny homes could be built affordably, developable land in and around Middlebury is costly, noted Pixley, who’s hoping the town or a property owner could provide some real estate at low cost, or for free.

Anyone with ideas on how to advance Middlebury Shares can email Shanbacker at elise@ addisontrust.org.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Addison (Continued from Page 1A) an act done to draw attention to tax increases.

Briggs said he has several reasons for wanting to stay on the board.

“One thing is I enjoy it. It’s a good board we’ve got, and I enjoy working hard for the community.

I try to keep government running efficiently at the lowest price we can. And it’s one way I can give back,” he said.

Briggs also wants to springboard from the selectboard into higher office.

“I also appreciate the experience it gives me, honing my political skills for more involvement elsewhere,” he said.

That does not mean Briggs would leave his Addison post if voters sent him to a county or state office.

“I think I’d stay on the board,” he said. “One thing is a lot of people in Montpelier would do well to spend more time in local office, because Montpelier creates a lot of challenges, not only for the residents of Vermont, but for the local towns in trying to meet mandates and find funding.”

Harwood said new blood in town leadership is healthy.

“I think it is a good idea to have fresh eyes in politics from time to time,” he said. “Our system starts at the local level and many people have no idea of the importance of some of the issues addressed.”

Harwood said now that he has stepped away from the Mount Abe district he can devote himself again to helping his hometown.

“I have recently retired and now that I have more time and am back ‘in town’ I would like to again participate in community service,” he said.

Both said they were interested in overseeing the potential restoration of Addison’s former town hall, which sits on Route 22A next to the Addison Community Baptist Church. The town has been working for more than a decade with the church, which owns the building, to create a joint septic system to serve the church, the town hall, and the nearby town fire station, in exchange for the former town hall.

The town could then renovate the building, which is structurally sound but needs wiring, plumbing and heating. Most agree the current

ALDEN HARWOOD

PETER Briggs

town clerk’s office is cramped and lacks adequate meeting space.

Both candidates say they have the background in the area to help oversee the project if residents continue to support it.

“I would like to see the renovation of the old town hall move ahead,” Harwood said. “Where the town clerk has to work is ridiculous. This has been a topic for two decades now.”

Briggs said he would like to help out on the effort.

“If the votes keep going yes towards us restoring the town hall that’s going to be a concern, and that’s one area I think I can bring some expertise,” Briggs said. “Of course new construction takes good management … And so if the town does decide to spend large amounts of money to restore the town hall, it’s going to be important that all of us stay on top of how things are going.”

Both also said they would be mindful of residents’ purse strings.

For example, Briggs said he has been the selectboard’s liaison with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and has consistently opposed a VLCT proposal for a 4-cent increase in the statewide gas and diesel tax to help fund local roads and bridges. He said it would hurt Addison’s many commuters and farmers, and that the state should send more existing funds to towns for those purposes.

“This is more taxation I know Vermonters don’t need,” Briggs said.

“One thing they could do is instead of spending so much money on bike paths and salamander crossings, divert that money back to roads and bridges like it’s supposed to be going for.”

Harwood said the selectboard should continue to monitor property taxes, including issues surrounding

the school taxes that make up most of property tax bills.

“Yes, I had my moment of fame for bringing my sheep to town hall.

I am still working on a sequel to that. School funding and property tax changes are still a priority in my mind,” he said.

Both said they had the necessary hours to devote to the job.

“I also have the time now,” Harwood said. “When I was on the board before I and Meg Barnes were the only two who were selfemployed and could break away during the day to deal with issues when they came up. Many of the current board (including Peter) are also in that category at this time.”

Briggs confirmed that assessment.

“My schedule is a little bit more flexible, so I’m the one who ends up going to the League of Cities and Towns policy meetings,” he said.

Summing up, Briggs said he hoped for a couple of decades on the board, and offered one last reason why residents should pick him.

“I’ll do the best for them I can.

That’s the best answer I can give.

That’s the one promise I make, that I do my best to work hard for them,” he said. “I take jobs that I do very seriously. I’m slow to commit, because I make sure that when I do commit I can fulfill what I say I’ll do.”

Harwood answered the same question.

“I would say I bring a fair amount of common sense to the table.

Also, yes a lifetime of experience.

I have lived in Addison since 1991 and know the community pretty well,” he said, adding, “I think the residents should vote for me to have a board member who is fair, honest, impartial and committed to the position.”

PAGE 12A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Buyouts qualified candidate.”

(Continued from Page 1A) Though Burger declined to in California through “attrition and tight controls on hiring.” According say where the new positions will to the college’s statement, those be housed, he said Monday they positions will not be refilled, but the “represent departments across the institution has identified about 60 institution. They also vary widely new positions it plans to create over in terms of the specialized skills and experience required.” the next couple of years.

The same report indicated that MULTI-YEAR PLAN Middlebury’s rollout of the 14 faculty at the Monterey Institute have been issued applications for applications for voluntary incentive voluntary incentive separation separation packages marks the final step in the institution’s plans. Those positions multi-year plan to reduce are being phased out. “As a staff staff compensation costs Similarly, 23 tenured by about $8 million per faculty members at council, we year starting in FY 2019, Middlebury College are trying to which begins July 1. opted into a voluntary give space to It’s not the first action incentive retirement all of the folks the college has taken plan in January. to reduce its annual “These savings … facing this expenditures, and Burger will make it possible for decision.”

Middlebury to budget a — Tim Parsons said last week that the institution looked small operating surplus hard for alternatives for its next fiscal year, starting July 1,” the college press to reducing staff compensation, including a modest increase to the release stated.

According to the college’s size of the student body, increases to financial statements for fiscal annual employee healthcare premium year 2018, Middlebury’s annual contributions and collaborations operating costs were about $278 with other schools to invest in new million. Bill Burger, vice president administrative technology.

Middlebury has added about 50 of communications and chief marketing officer for Middlebury students to its student body since College, reported last week that staff 2013, bringing it to an average compensation accounts for nearly of 2,550 students. That move has two-thirds of the organization’s generated as much as $2 million in new revenue per year. annual operating expenses.

Further, since 2016, salaries of Burger declined to release a comprehensive list of the positions faculty and senior administrators eliminated, but said they are making $150,000 or more annually “distributed across the institution have been frozen.

Middlebury has also cut back on and include entry-level, managerthe benefits it offers employees, level and senior-level positions.”

Tim Parsons, a landscape which Burger says are very horticulturalist at the college competitive when compared with and president of staff council, on those offered by peer institutions. In Wednesday took a break from 2016, the college reinstated annual clearing snow to say that his group increases in employee contributions didn’t even know exactly who had to health care, after about eight years in which there were not increases. received the buyout letters.

“As a staff council, we are trying Employees now pay just over 20 to give space to all of the folks facing percent of the aggregate share of the this decision,” said Parsons, who employee premium, as compared did not receive a buyout offer. “It’s with the statewide average of 27 almost like a grieving process in a percent. The college had swallowed way. It is true that some people are the cost of annual employee really pleased to get the package, but healthcare premium increases for there are some that are devastated that the eight years prior and in 2017, the college reduced its annual employer their position is being eliminated.”

Also last Friday, the college contribution to employee retirement posted on an internal web portal plans by 4 percent for new employees employment opportunities for 31 45 and older. Existing employees new positions, which are part of the were grandfathered in and remain 60 or so new jobs being created. The eligible for the previous contribution planning process also identified 30 rate of 15 percent upon reaching 45.

Middlebury College, along new staff positions in addition to those posted last week. According with other members of the Green to Burger, hiring priority for those Mountain Higher Education Care new positions will be given to Consortium, signed a healthcare those employees who have received administration agreement with incentive separation plans. The insurer CIGNA that became effective new positions were identified by in 2016 and has saved Middlebury department heads and administrators approximately $800,000 per year through the college’s workforce since.

Additionally, the college planning process.

“The positions are viewable refinanced its long-term debt in now only by those employees who FY2017, which its website says received the voluntary incentive will save it approximately $900,000 separation plan application because annually in the coming years.

Further, in 2017, Middlebury, we want them to be able to decide whether they want to apply for one Champlain College and Saint of the positions even as they consider Michael’s College pooled resources a voluntary separation,” Burger said to implement a new Oracle Resource Planning Tuesday. “The final hiring decision Enterprise will rest with the hiring manager, software system to streamline whose first obligation is to ensure alumni fundraising operations at the that the position is filled by a three schools. The college reports

HARDWOODS & SOFTWOOD

At the Mill – QUALITY Kiln Dried Lumber

Over 100 years Superior Quality/ Great Prices

Repairs & Remodeling New Construction – Any Size Job Paneling, Flooring, Siding / Trim Furniture & Cabinets Pine, Maple, Oak, Cherry, Ash...

Local • Sustainable • Renewable

that pooling resources on this front is expected to save the institution $7 million over the next five to six years, compared with what the necessary program would have cost if Middlebury invested alone.

In FY2018 and FY2019, the college reduced its operating expenses (excluding compensation) by 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively.

According to Burger, applications for staff incentive separation plans are due back to the administration from interested employees by March 11. “Submitting the application is not a binding decision,” Burger told the Independent. “It’s just one step. Those who apply will receive a formal package with the details of their offer.”

Burger said that once those offers are made this spring, staff will have an additional 45 days to decide whether to accept.

Parsons called it “a really good, smart process.

“The concept of workforce planning is great,” Parsons said.

“You want them to go slow and take their time, but at the same time, you want them to go quickly so you can know whether and where your job fits.”

Kenyon kingpins

The MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE men’s and women’s hockey teams, their coaches and other Panther personnel gathered on the ice between games this past Saturday to honor the longtime rink managers and Zamboni drivers Butch Atkins, left, and Stan Pratt. Atkins and Pratt began managing Nelson Arena in 1981 and segued into overseeing Kenyon Arena operations when it was built in 1999, in the process bonding with generations of Panther hockey players. A plaque naming the Kenyon Zamboni room after the pair was placed on its wall.

Photo by Todd Balfour

Happy First Birthday Holden! Valentine’s Day 2019

GREAT SERVICE IS OUR GOAL!

We Provide all Things Plumbing & Heating Propane Deliveries, Installations & Service Natural Gas Installation/Service Mitsubishi Cold Climate Heat Pumps Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heaters Diesel & Kerosene Pumps Oil Burner Installs & Service We Sell Generators Showroom

We do all this and more... we clean up after the job is done

(Don’t tell our wives)!

Call or visit our website for more information!

buy photos

Email us at: photos@addisonindependent.com

32 Pine Street • Bristol, VT 05443 For information on all your energy needs, please call us at: 802-453-2381 or www.JackmansInc.com

It’s…

‘Where’s My Refund’ tool keeps track of your taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. — The info has been collected, the forms filled out, and the 2018 tax returns have been filed. Now there’s the wait.

Thanks to the IRS’s website there is a tool that allows filers to track their refund just as they would do a package. The “Where’s My Refund?” tool, available at irs.gov allows filers to find refund information for the most current tax year within 24 hours after thee acknowledged receipt of an e-filed return. Returns filed by mail requires a four-week turn around.

Where’s My Refund? has the most up-to-date information available about refunds. The tool is updated no more than once a day so, so filers don’t need to keep checking their information

throughout the day. Where’s My Refund? has a tracker that displays progress through 3 stages: (1) Return Received, (2) Refund Approved and (3) Refund Sent. Filers will get personalized refund information based on the processing of their tax returns. The tool will provide an actual refund date as soon as the IRS processes the return and approves a refund.

For U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns filed before July 1, 2019, the refund information will remain available on Where’s My Refund? until around the second or third week in December.

For U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns filed on or after July 1, refund information will remain available throughout the following year until a tax

ARE YOU PAYING TOO MANY TAXES?

Cash & Volume Discounts • Great Specials • Friendly Service The A. Johnson Co., LLC • 995 South 116 Rd • Bristol, VT 802-453-4884 • www.VermontLumber.com

return for a more current tax year is filed.

If your refund check was returned to the IRS as undeliverable by the U.S. Post Office, the refund information will remain available on Where’s My Refund? throughout the following year until a tax return for a more current tax year is filed. If a refund was lost, stolen, or destroyed, filers can make an online claim for a replacement check if it has been more than 28 days from the date the refund was mailed. Where’s My Refund? will give detailed information about filing a claim in this situation.

Where’s My Refund? is available almost all of the time, with the exception of Mondays from midnight to 3 a.m., Eastern Time.

DON’T PAY TO FILE YOUR TAXES If your household earned less than $66,000 in 2018, you can file your tax returns for free using MyFreeTaxes.com.

Go to: unitedway.org/myfreetaxes Need extra help using the website? Make an appointment with one of our trained volunteers at United Way of Addison County in our Middlebury office.

Dial 211 to schedule your appointment.

TIME TO CALL… Telling & Hillman, P.C.

Accountants’ & Auditors 5 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 (802) 388-331 | www.telling.info

Safe. Secure. Easy. Free.

48 Court Street, Middlebury VT | 802-388-7189

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 13A

Ice fishing hits it prime season

MONTPELIER — Late February and early March are prime time for ice fishing, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

“The warmer days and cold nights we normally have in late February and early March offer some of our best ice fishing of the year,” said Vermont Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter. “For safety reasons, you need to watch ice conditions as we get closer to spring, but this is prime “For safety time to enjoy the great ice reasons, we you need to fishing have on many watch ice Ve r m o n t conditions lakes.” as we get “ Ve r m o n t closer to offers a variety of high-quality spring, but fishing this is prime ice opportunities time to enjoy for many the great different ice fishing species, many we have of which b e c o m e on many more active Vermont as daylight lakes.” increases and — Vermont temperatures Fish & Wildlife w a r m .

Commissioner Knowing a Louis Porter little about where and how to catch these fish can turn a blanket of ice into a fishing hotspot.”

Northern pike are popular with ice anglers and are regularly caught in places like Missisquoi Bay, Dillenbeck Bay, Carry Bay, and Keeler Bay on Lake Champlain in addition to Lake Hortonia, Lake Bomoseen, Glen Lake, Marshfield Reservoir and the South Bay of Lake Memphremagog. Northern

Some Act 46 districts given reprieve

NORTHERN PIKE ARE just one of the species of fish ice fisherman can catch in February and March, the height of ice fishing season.

VTF&W photo/Chris Powers

pike are often caught using live bait on tip-ups and are usually found in shallow, weedy waters.

Landlocked Atlantic salmon can be caught in the Inland Sea area of Lake Champlain, as well as on Lake Memphremagog and Lake Dunmore.

Several of the Northeast Kingdom’s deep-cold lakes support wild (naturally reproducing) lake trout.

Salmon and trout can both be caught using tip-ups and by jigging lures.

Walleyes can be targeted on Lake Carmi, Chittenden Reservoir and Lake Champlain. Walleyes spend most of their life in bottom waters so be sure to set your gear deep.

Yellow perch, a close relative to the walleye, are widely distributed throughout the state and, like the walleye, provide a white, flakey, and delicious meat for anglers who plan to harvest their catch.

Like other panfish such as bluegill, pumpkinseed and crappie, perch are most successfully targeted by jigging

small lures tipped with a piece of worm or grubs.

Rainbow smelt fishing can also be very productive this time of year as they are feeding heavily before spawning. Popular smelt waters include Lake Bomoseen, Lake Dunmore, Waterbury Reservoir, Joes Pond, and Peacham Pond. These waters are also stocked with brown trout, which may be enticed to bite by using harvested smelt as bait.

Vermont’s ice fishing season for trout, salmon and bass began on Jan. 19 and continues through March 15 on 41 of Vermont’s larger inland lakes. For a list of those lakes, go to page 36 of the “2019 Vermont Fishing Guide and Regulations” available where licenses are sold and digitally on Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife.com.

To locate places to stay and get help on the latest fishing activity, go to the Vermont Outdoor Guides Association website.voga.org.

Abortion foes offer feedback on bill H.57

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — As was the case at last week’s Legislative Breakfast, abortion legislation was a hot topic at this Monday’s Legislative Breakfast in Bristol.

Folks weighed in on H.57, a bill that would recognize reproductive choice as a “fundamental freedom” and would keep public entities from interfering with, or restricting, a woman’s right to end her pregnancy.

“This bill does nothing to change

what is allowed under current Vermont and federal law and has been practiced for the past 46 years,” said Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln.

Father Luke Austin of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury said he believed H.57 would give unborn children less protections than cats and dogs are afforded through Vermont’s animal cruelty statute.

“Please let me know if I’m misreading that,” Austin said.

New Haven resident Dan Monger echoed Austin’s viewpoint.

H.57 “makes it very clear that no egg, embryo or infant has any rights in the state of Vermont,” he said.

Monger said he hopes federal officials restrict abortion, as President Donald Trump recommended in his recent state of the union address.

“I have a feeling that the federal government is going to ‘Trump’ this whole issue,” he said.

H.57 appears to have more than enough votes to pass in both the Vermont House and Senate.

Plastic bag ban dry cleaning bags. Those items need (Continued from Page 1A) It’s an extra cost, but one he believes to be brought to the transfer station is worth taking, though he’d like to separately and shouldn’t be placed in see the state provide tax credits to the blue recycling bins.

Plastic wasn’t the only modern businesses if they have to eschew all substance eyed for a ban, other single-use plastics.

Rep. Mary Cordes, D-Lincoln, discussion at Monday’s legislative declared her support for the ban, breakfast focused on: a proposal to which she noted will require a lot of ban glyphosate, a chemical used in herbicides. Last year’s cooperation. bill H.328, according “In order for a bill “It’s a world to Addison resident like this to work best, they’re John Ball, would ban all of the stakeholders government use of need to work together,” inheriting from us, and they glyphosate within the she said. state of Vermont.

Sen. Ruth Hardy, don’t want it to Ball pointed to D-Middlebury, lauded be filled with studies showing the the Mary Hogan plastic waste.” potential harmful students for caring enough to speak out on — Sen. Ruth Hardy effects of glyphosate on human health. the plastics issue.

“It completely destroys our gut “It’s a world they’re inheriting from us, and they don’t want it to bacteria,” Ball said of the chemical. be filled with plastic waste,” Hardy “The microbiome that is so important to us, and we’re finding out more said.

In the meantime, Weybridge and more how important it is to us.”

“Who are we going to trust?” resident Spence Putnam stressed the Addison County Solid Waste Ball said. “A large corporation like Management District’s Middlebury Monsanto, who’s in it for billions of transfer station is now accepting, dollars in profit? I don’t think we can for free, a variety of polyethylene put much trust in corporations.”

While the federal Environmental (No. 2 and No. 4) bags and film plastics. Those include produce, Protection Agency issued a draft bread, newspaper, food storage and human health and ecological risk

assessment report in December of 2017 that concluded, “glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans,” the World Health Organization has declared glyphosate a “probable carcinogen” and California has listed it as a chemical “known to the state to cause cancer.”

A proposed glyphosate ban failed to advance in the Legislature during the last biennium, so a new bill will have to be introduced. Rep. Cordes said she was able to introduce a glyphosate ban bill just before the Jan. 31 deadline by which lawmakers had to introduce new bills to be considered this session.

“It’s a very simple bill that needs discussion, but I did want to get something introduced,” Cordes said.

Rep. Terry Norris, I-Shoreham, is a member of the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee, a panel that will play a large role in evaluating a proposed glyphosate ban.

“I’ve been doing some more research,” Norris said, noting that Costco has stopped selling glyphosate products.

“We’ll keep looking into it.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — In addition to talk of a plastic ban before the Legislature, lawmakers and constituents at Monday’s Legislative Breakfast at the Bristol American Legion discussed education governance consolidation and school construction aid, early childcare services, and promoting greater use of electric vehicles.

Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Middlebury, said around 50 school districts have yet to complete school governance merger plans, which are due by July 1 as required by Act 46. Approximately 35 of those districts have brought suit against the Vermont education officials arguing they should be able to remain independent, Hardy noted.

The House last week passed bill H.39 — successfully amended by Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall — that would extend, for some districts, the merger deadline to July 1, 2020.

By that time, the courts will likely have weighed in on the Act 46 lawsuit, lawmakers noted. A preliminary ruling could be issued by the courts as soon as Feb. 15, according to Hardy.

“I strongly encourage the Legislature to let the court process play out,” said Dave Sharpe, a former Democratic state representative from Bristol.

H.39 has not made its way to the Senate Education Committee, of which Hardy is a member.

All Addison County communities except Orwell have completed Act 46 mergers. A vote held last November will result in Orwell joining the Slate Valley Modified Union School District.

Hardy added a House bill is in the works that would call for the state to resume, at least on a limited basis, construction aid for school improvement projects. This could provide a boost to a Mount Abraham Union High School renovation bond that has failed three times at the polls.

Early childcare services.

Lawmakers identified a couple of new bills aimed at boosting early childhood programs and their clients.

H.122 proposes to reduce the qualifying federal poverty level percentage at which families become

eligible for the Child Care Financial Assistance Program. It proposes to use the resulting savings to increase the subsidy amount received by the remaining eligible families.

H.194 proposes to expand the population served by the Child Care Financial Assistance Program, enhance the subsidy size, and increase the rate upon which reimbursements to early learning professionals are based. It also proposes to implement a student loan repayment program for early learning professionals and expand an existing scholarship to individuals seeking a degree in early childhood education or early childhood special education. It would establish a refundable tax credit for early learning professionals and for employers investing in child care.

Boosting electric vehicles.

Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln, said some lawmakers are endorsing the idea of using some of the state’s Volkswagen settlement money to beef up Vermont’s electric vehicle infrastructure, including charging stations.

Date Night

BlOoPErS

2019 Addy Indy Valentine’s Day Contest Winners This year we asked our readers to share some of their date experiences that didn’t exactly go as planned. We received some great stories, but chose the following three to award date packages supplied by area restaurants, florists and confectionaries.

We hope your next date goes a little more smoothly!

Thanks for sharing your stories and good luck out there, From all at the Addison Independent

Package 1 winner: Joy Minns, Panton It was our first date. I was invited to dinner at his house then we went out to hear a local band.

All was going well until the trip back to his house to retrieve my car. Halfway there his car stalled and wouldn’t start back up. It was dark, windy, below zero, and my car was at the top of Bristol Notch. We began the hike straight uphill, wind blowing into our lungs, as we huffed and puffed along. The next day I had extreme pain trying to breathe. The diagnosis? Pleurisy! (Yes, there was a second date and we’re headed toward 43 years of marriage).

Package 2 winner: Patricia Steele, East Middlebury This happened a long time ago but I have never forgotten it. I was set up for a blind date by a friend. The gentleman and I talked on the phone and set up a day and a time to go out for dinner. He picked me up and we headed south on route 7. I had no idea where we were going for dinner.

Well, we ended up at the state airport where I found out he was a pilot and had rented a plane to go to Burlington for dinner. I told him it had been years since I had flown and was nervous.

He gave me a packet with 2 Dramamine. I took one and the fight up was great.

We landed and took a taxi to dinner. I had a mixed drink at dinner and when we left I took the other Dramamine. Big mistake. That with alcohol was a bad mix. Nearing home I lost my dinner all over him and the plane. I am sure he had to pay extra for someone to clean the plane.

He was pretty nice about the whole mess but we never did go flying again. The car was easier to get out of if I was carsick. I was pretty embarassed.

Package 3 winner: Catherine Nichols, East Middlebury My worst-ever date: When I was in college in Boston (more than half a century ago!) my current flame wanted to impress me by taking me to the historic Parker House (remember Parker House Rolls?). He saved his money for weeks, made a reservation, we got dressed up, and we had a lovely dinner in that elegant-shabby dining room, waited on in real style. When the waiter brought the check my date’s face turned ashen. “Do you have any money?” he asked me. (In those days the men paid.) I had only my tiny purse with lipstick and comb in it. He left what he had on the waiter’s tray, and we left. I suspect we slunk out fast.

I’ve never known whether he borrowed money the next day and returned to complete paying the bill and leave a tip. Or not.

Package 1:

Package 2:

Package 3:

Share a special dinner for two with your Valentine at the Waybury Inn in East Middlebury. Add some freshness and beauty to your Valentine’s life with a mixed bouquet from Cole’s Flowers in Middlebury, and in case that’s not enough, add in a sweet reward at the end of the day with chocolates from Middlebury Sweets.

Enjoy the historic and elegant atmosphere at the Middlebury Inn’s Morgan’s Tavern for a date night dinner for two. A lovely bouquet donated by Middlebury Floral & Gifts will help you impress your sweetie, and confections from Middlebury Sweets will help make this a Valentine’s Day you’ll both remember.

Hollyhocks Flowers We’ll set you up for a date to remember with dinner for two at Tourterelle, offering a cozy dining environment overlooking the Greens and Adirondacks from the New Haven ridge. Take home flowers for your sweetheart courtesy of Hollyhocks Flowers and share a box of handmade chocolates from Middlebury Sweets to finish out a perfect date night.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY L NEWSPA P PER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • ww w.AddisonIndependent.com

PAGE 14A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Mt. Abe

Kravitz

(Continued from Page 1A) some or all of which will be covered by insurance, FitzGerald said.

The real expense will come afterward.

“All the bathrooms and locker rooms need to come out to the studs,” FitzGerald said.

Then they will have to be rebuilt.

Not only that, but the district will have to decide whether to update the shower rooms for the 21st century.

The current “gang showers” on both floors consist of open rooms with a row of showerheads along one wall. Adding privacy partitions, which are becoming more common in public bathroom facilities, could add roughly $10,000 for each shower room, FitzGerald said.

Other issues weighing heavily on the minds of MAUSD decision makers include Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender. A provision of that act requires equal treatment of female and male student athletes in the provisions of, among other things, facilities use and locker rooms.

Ethically, it would be difficult to justify a boys’ locker-room makeover while ignoring the girls’ facilities, which are also original to the building and suffering from deterioration, said MAUSD Superintendent Patrick Reen.

The timeline for undertaking repairs is also complicated.

“In a perfect world, I would shut everything down tomorrow and get started,” FitzGerald said.

But if the work will require sealing off not only the downstairs showers but also the adjacent locker rooms; that work will have to wait until after spring sports are finished, he said.

Depending on the scope and cost of the project, MAUSD officials may also be forced by limited finances to have the work performed over time, in stages.

Meanwhile, the shower room is sealed with heavy plastic sheeting and plywood, and gym students, the boys’ basketball team and earlymorning adult swimmers must find some other place to shower.

KITCHEN LEAK In the cafeteria, students were eating off of paper plates until the dishwasher’s plumbing could be fixed.

Plumbers were expected this week, FitzGerald said on Monday.

Compared with a moldy shower room, fixing the dishwasher and attendant water damage is quite modest, but it still requires time, attention and money the school district would rather put toward educating the kids in the building.

As critical components of building’s infrastructure reach the ends of their life spans, MAUSD officials worry such emergencies — both large and small — will only become more frequent.

In 2016, a plumbing leak wrecked

(Continued from Page 1A) have a strong impact on the students of Mary Hogan. Jen’s experience at Cornwall School will be key as she works with the committed staff and community of Mary Hogan to galvanize a vision for the years ahead.”

Kravitz took the reins at Cornwall’s Bingham school in 2015, succeeding then-interim Principal Abi Sessions. She had since 2006 taught social studies at Rutland High School.

While she’s thoroughly enjoyed her time in Cornwall, Kravitz was intrigued by the possibility of leading a larger school. Bingham Memorial’s enrollment has hovered at around 80 students during recent years, while Mary Hogan currently serves 459 children in grades Pre-K through 6.

Her new job will also feature a shorter commute. She, her husband Erik and their two daughters live in Middlebury.

“The idea of being at a school in the community in which I live is appealing to me,” Kravitz said during a Monday interview. “I haven’t had that in the past. It’s being part of the community in a different way.”

Kravitz already knows several Mary Hogan educators and is looking forward to joining them.

“Like the folks here, they are super hard-working and care passionately about students, and they’re really collaborative,” Kravitz said.

She noted Bingham Memorial, Mary Hogan and indeed all ACSD schools have a common goal of transitioning to the International Baccalaureate curriculum, and she’ll be able to hit the ground running on that score and other district priorities.

But she knows Mary Hogan School has its own identity.

“I really want to dig in to learn about all the great programs and systems Mary Hogan has in place, and think about what makes sense to augment so we’re proactively meeting as many kids’ needs as possible and that we have a warm, welcoming climate where everybody feels safe,” Kravitz said. “But whatever happens needs to happen in collaboration with staff. I could have the best idea in the world, but if nobody wants to do it, it’s not going to work very well.”

And Kravitz has a lot of good ideas to share.

Under her leadership, the Cornwall school has collaborated with state programs, local farmers and on-campus gardening efforts to produce healthier school meals.

“We’ve done a ton integrating food in a new way into kids’ lives, as well as getting them out into the garden, (tending to) chickens and bees,” she said.

Students and their parents played a significant role in remodeling of the school playground.

“I’m really proud of the collaborative work I’ve done with the teachers and staff here to set up systems to support students,” Kravitz said.

Kids have also been taught to take responsibility for their own behavior.

For example, during her second

IN ADDITION TO leaky plumbing inside the walls of a second-floor shower room at Mount Abe, failing tiles, grout and caulk may have also have contributed to water damage and mold that were found in the shower room directly below. These tiles were likely installed when the building was built in the late 1960s.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

the school’s gym floor, which cost the district more than $160,000 to replace.

Last year, the district spent $80,000 to resurface the walls in a girls’ shower room, which had suffered water damage, FitzGerald said.

Since 2014 the school district has three times pleaded with 5-Town voters for multi-million-dollar bonds to renovate the high school, and voters have three times turned them down.

Prior to voting on the second of those bond proposals, in 2017, Bristol selectboard member Joel Bouvier wondered aloud about what sorts of big-price-tag issues might be lurking behind Mount Abe’s walls.

“We’ve gone 50 years without a major renovation,” he said.

Fellow selectboard member Peter Coffey, a former principal of Vergennes Union High School, agreed.

“Whether this (bond) passes, we’re going to pay in the next 50

years because we’re going to have the gym issues somewhere else,” he said, referring to then-recently destroyed floor.

As tentative discussions around a possible fourth renovation bond get under way, not only among MAUSD officials but in the community at large, the cost and inconvenience of such emergency repairs will likely prompt spirited debate and, it is to be hoped, inspire stakeholders to work together toward sustainable solutions.

In the meantime, FitzGerald feels for the students who deal with these issues every day.

“It’s heartbreaking to see the condition of those showers, and to see the eyes of the students as they use the dressing rooms,” he said.

“This is what we’re asking our children to do.”

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

A CORRODED DISHWASHER drainpipe in the Mount Abe kitchen began leaking last week, causing water damage in the adjacent cooler room. Students had to use paper plates in the cafeteria until the plumbing was fixed and the dishwasher became operable again.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

PRINCIPAL JEN KRAVITZ, who build up healthier school lunches at Bingham Memorial School among other accomplishments during her tenure in Cornwall, will leave to take the reins as principal of Mary Hogan Elementary School in Middlebury.

Independent photo/John Flowers

year as principal, Kravitz began School.

“Jen is a thoughtful, inclusive reinforcing the need for students to leader who builds strong practice “mindfulness” in class.

“It was an effort to help kids community support and works understand they have the skills to create an environment that to help themselves calm down focuses on student agency and when they’re upset, and be more engagement,” he said. “Her work ‘present,’” Kravitz said. “We’ve and accomplishments at Cornwall School made her tried to be as proactive stand out, along with as possible in terms her systems focus.” of actively teaching “I really want to K r a v i t z ’ s skills to kids before dig in to learn departure for Mary there’s unexpected about all the Hogan will create a behavior.” great programs principal vacancy in You’ll see students Cornwall. Burrows at the school take and systems wants to post that ‘breathing breaks’ to Mary Hogan has job this week for collect themselves in place, and what he believes if things are getting think about what will be “at least a tense.

Cornwall makes sense month-long” search educators are teaching to augment so process. students about the Meanwhile, brain and its role in we’re proactively meeting as many ACSD officials will human behavior. begin interviewing “We’ll have these kids’ needs as for discussions and possible and that candidates they’ll say, ‘My pre- we have a warm, a new person to lead Weybridge frontal cortex really was working and welcoming climate Elementary School next fall. Longtime my amygdala was where everybody Principal Christina really firing, and I feels safe.” couldn’t think well,’” — Jen Kravitz Johnston is stepping down at the end of Kravitz said. “And this school year. it’s totally authentic.

Kravitz is looking forward to They understand how their brain beginning the next phase of her works.”

Asked what she’ll miss most career in education.

“I’m really excited,” she about her Cornwall job, Kravitz said, “The people I work with and said. “I’m thinking about all the the kids who come here every day, possibilities and being able to and their families. They’re really have an impact on a lot more amazing. They put a smile on my students and building connections face and I learn at least 10 new with families and staff and the things every single day from them. community in a deep way,” she They push me to be a better leader, said, adding “and I’m also a little sad to leave this school I love.” person and thinker.”

Reporter John Flowers is at Burrows is confident in Kravitz’s ability to excel at Mary Hogan johnf@addisonindependent.com.

ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019

KARL LINDHOLM

SPORTS

ALSO IN THIS SECTION:

• School News • Legal Notices

Safe at home “Like to talk a little bit about baseball ... and football,” George Carlin informs us at the beginning of his famous routine comparing the two sports.

It’s quite brilliant (and not a single cuss word, rare for him). You can find it easily on YouTube.

Carlin’s descriptions of baseball are rendered with a light falsetto; football on the other hand requires a somber and ominous tone.

“Baseball,” he chirps, “is a 19th century pastoral game. Football,” he intones, “is a 20th century technological struggle.”

“Football is played in any kind of weather — rain, sleet, snow, hail, mud ... the struggle will continue.

“In baseball, if it rains, we don’t come out to play — ‘It’s raining, I can’t come out to play! It’s raining out!’”

The bit goes on in this vein, with a number of clever juxtapositions. He ends by describing the different objectives of the sports, offering first an extended pronouncement of football’s war-like essence: “The quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, ... with short bullet passes and long bombs, marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack ...

“In baseball, the object is to go home, and to be safe, to be safe at home. I hope I’ll be safe at home, safe at home,” he repeats sweetly as he dances off the stage.

I start every baseball class I teach at Middlebury College with this fourand-a-half minute video, because it offers such insight into the unusual and unconventional beauty of the game — and with such humor.

I then ask the class to read work by A. Bartlett Giamatti, the commissioner of Major League Baseball in 1989, who, alas, died in office at age 51 after only 154 days in the job, and eight days after he suspended the dastardly Pete Rose for life.

A Renaissance literature scholar, Giamatti was the president of Yale University before he ascended to his baseball role. For those of us who have an academic interest in baseball, Giamatti is our hero and we continue to mourn his passing.

(See Lindholm, Page 3B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/13 MUHS at Harwood................Postponed Boys’ Hockey 2/12 MUHS at St. Albans........... Ppd. to 2/21 Girls’ Basketball 2/11 VUHS vs. Milton............................49-46 2/11 OV vs. Mill River...........................37-30 Boys’ Basketball 2/12 VUHS at Milton.................. Ppd. to 2/23 2/12 St. Albans at Mt. Abe......... Ppd. to 2/14 2/12 Missisquoi at MUHS............ Ppd. to 3/2 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 2/12 Midd. at Plattsburgh........... Ppd. to 2/19

VERGENNES SOPHOMORE FORWARD Kate Gosliga grabs a loose ball in a pile of players in the first quarter of the Commodores’ home win over Milton on Monday. Gosliga scored 13 and blocked four shots.

Independent photo/Steve James

VUHS girls rally, nip Yellowjackets Reach .500 thanks to late surge

By ANDY KIRKALDY Emily Gosliga each nailed two free VERGENNES — The Vergennes throws in the final 30 seconds.

Union High School girls’ basketball Emily Gosliga’s nothing-but-net team saved its best for last on pair came at 0:30 and gave the Monday, hitting Commodores a 47-44 visiting Milton with “We had to start lead, their biggest a 13-1 fourth-quarter since halftime. run to pull out a 49- making some “I just knew I shots from the 44 victory. needed to make them.

The Commodores outside, but it So I just calmed down trailed by 43-36 after really wasn’t and went through my the Yellowjackets something we motion like I do in opened the fourth practice,” she said. talked about. quarter with a 6-0 run McClay followed We just started of their own. with another steal But the moving the ball and duplicated her Commodores finally around, and teammates’ feat at clamped down on then they just 0:07, and with a clever Yellowjacket started going in.” five-point lead the post player Cassidy game was won — the — Emily Gosliga Commodores allowed Button the rest of way; forced six Milton to make an Milton turnovers in the period, uncontested layup as time ran out including a steal and a layup from for a 49-46 final. senior guard Ciara McClay to As usual, Coach Billy Waller said spark the surge; got five points in all of his Commodores contributed the paint from sophomore Kate as they evened their record at 8-8.

Gosliga; and McClay and classmate (See VUHS, Page 2B)

• Classifieds • Police Logs

Middlebury skiers third as team set for carnival HANOVER, N.H. — The Middlebury College ski team sits in third place with one event to go in this winter’s Dartmouth Carnival.

The giant slalom was postponed from this past weekend due to weather conditions and will be made up this Sunday. The Panthers (703 points) trail only the Vermont (914) and Dartmouth (913).

Middlebury will host its annual carnival this Friday and Saturday, with events at the Rikert Nordic Center and Middlebury College Snow Bowl.

In Nordic action on Feb. 8 at the Dartmouth Carnival, Sam Wood led the Panther men by taking fifth in the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle in 45:30. Annika Landis paced the Panther women in the 10K freestyle by taking eighth in 31:51.

In Saturday’s Nordic action at Oak Hill, both Panther teams both placed third in the three-by-5K classic relay. The women’s squad of Avery Ellis, Alexandra Lawson and Landis finished in 49:48. The men’s team of Peter Wolter, Lewis Nottonson and Wood ended the race in 42:53.

In alpine action on Saturday the Middlebury men took third in the slalom. Erik Arvidsson was the top Panther finisher, earning sixth with a two-run time of 1:37.44. Justin Alkier was next in 14th in 1:37.27, followed by Angie Duke in 18th (1:39.62).

Leading the women on Saturday was Lucia Bailey, who was seventh in 1:44.27. Madison Lord was 15th in 1:45.70, and Caroline Bartlett took 19th in 1:46.37.

Sports BRIEFS Otter girls outlast Mill River on road

GUARD CIARA MCCLAY dribbles down the court to help run down the clock with Vergennes ahead of Milton in the fourth quarter on Monday.

Independent photo/Steve James

NORTH CLARENDON — The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team used balanced scoring to get past host Mill River on Monday, 37-30.

Livia Bernhardt put in 10 points to lead OV, and McKenna Ludden scored nine for MRU (2-15).

The Otters moved to 6-10 heading into a Thursday home game vs.

Windsor.

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/15 MUHS at S. Burlington............ 7:30 PM 2/16 MUHS at U-32......................... 4:15 PM 2/23 Stowe at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/27 MUHS at Burr & Burton................ 8 PM Boys’ Hockey 2/15 Stowe at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/16 MUHS at Stowe............................ 7 PM 2/20 MUHS at S. Burlington............ 7:25 PM 2/21 MUHS at St. Albans................. 4:30 PM 2/27 Essex at MUHS............................ 7 PM Girls’ Basketball 2/13 VUHS at Colchester..................... 7 PM 2/13 MUHS at Mt. Abe.......................... 7 PM 2/14 Windsor at OV.............................. 7 PM 2/16 Colchester at MUHS.............. 12:30 PM 2/16 Mt. Abe at Mt. Mansfield.......... 2:30 PM 2/19 VUHS at Enosburg....................... 7 PM 2/19 Colchester at Mt. Abe................... 7 PM 2/19 Milton at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/21 Missisquoi at VUHS...................... 7 PM 2/21 OV at Fair Haven.......................... 7 PM 2/22 Enosburg at MUHS....................... 7 PM 2/22 Winooski at Mt. Abe...................... 7 PM 2/23 Rutland at OV............................... 7 PM Boys’ Basketball 2/14 St. Albans at Mt. Abe.................... 7 PM 2/15 Mt. Abe at MUHS.......................... 7 PM 2/15 VUHS at Missisquoi...................... 7 PM

(See Schedule, Page 3B)

PANTHER GUARD GRIFFIN Kornaker shows some nifty footwork to get around Amherst players during the first half of Saturday’s game in Middlebury. Kornaker hit two free throws in the last minute of the game to give the Panthers the lead, but the Mammoths came back and won.

Independent photo/Steve James

Panther men split, await seeding

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — After the weekend drama of two NESCAC home games that came down to the final seconds, the Middlebury College men’s basketball team then waited for three days to learn whether they would earn the top seed for the league tournament.

But a scheduled Tuesday game between Amherst and host Hamilton that was supposed to determine all three teams’ playoff seeds was post-

poned until at least Wednesday, and after those three days the Panthers still didn’t know the answer to the question.

For sure, the Panthers will be seeded at least No. 2 and host a Saturday quarterfinal at 3 p.m., apparently against either No. 7 Colby or No. 8 Tufts.

This story will be updated online at addisonindependent.com after the Hamilton-Amherst game is played.

Back in Pepin Gymnasium this past Friday night the Panthers got an NBA-

range three-pointer from guard Max Bosco with 2.4 seconds on the clock to defeat Hamilton, 80-79.

On Saturday Amherst rallied from 12 down to knock off the Panthers, 97-93. Middlebury had three chances to take the lead in the final 10 seconds, but saw one shot blocked and two more roll off the rim.

Those results then left Amherst (203 overall) at 7-2 in the league; Middle(See Panthers, Page 3B)

MIDDLEBURY SOPHOMORE JACK Farrell soars to score two of his 22 points in the Panthers’ losing effort against Amherst on Saturday.

Independent photo/Steve James

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Men’s hockey ties, loses to Ephs MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s hockey earned a tie vs. NESCAC foe Williams on Saturday, a day after losing a close game to the third-place Ephs (14-62, 10-4-2 NESCAC) on the road.

The Panthers are 8-11-3, 5-8-3 in the league and have done enough to earn at least a No. 7 seed for the upcoming NESCAC playoffs. They host fifth-place Hamilton on Friday at 7 p.m. and fourth-place Amherst at Saturday at 3 p.m. and have at least a chance of moving up to No. 6 if they fare well this weekend.

On this past Saturday Middlebury twice battled back from one-goal

deficits to earn a 2-2 tie with Williams. The Ephs took the lead on Wyatt Glovers’ shorthanded goal at 10:40 of the first period. Thirty seconds later Kamil Tkaczuk scored on the power play, wristing a shot past Eph goalie Michael Pinios (27 saves) from the right circle, assisted

by Jimmy McKee. Panther goalie Brian Ketchabaw (24 saves) made several big saves before 13:39 of the second period, when Max Fuld pounding home own rebound from the side of the net.

Middlebury’s Connor tied the game midway through the third period with the first career goal, a

slap shot from inside the blue line on a pass from Alex Heinritz. The Panthers pressured in overtime, but could not convert the game-winner.

On Friday, Middlebury outshot Williams, 32-28, but Pinios made 32 saves as the Ephs prevailed, 2-0. Evan Johnson scored at 17:39 of the second period to make it 1-0 by pouncing on a loose puck in the Panther zone, and Mike Armstrong added an empty-netter in the final minute. Ketchabaw made 26 saves for the Panthers. A first-period McKee bid proved to be the best Panther chance, although Middlebury pressured in the third period.

Women’s hockey to play for first MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s hockey team split two weekend league games before a Tuesday non-league game at longtime rival Plattsburgh was postponed until Feb. 19.

The 14-4-3 Panthers retained their hold on first place in NESCAC with a 9-3-2 league record. This weekend they will play a home-and-home series with second-place Williams (15-4-3), which has an 8-4-2 league record.

Middlebury can finish first with a win vs. the Ephs at home at 7 p.m. on Friday or at Williams on 7 p.m. on Saturday. With a sweep Williams can earn first place and the right to host the league tournament, which begins on Feb. 23. Regardless, the Panthers will host a 3 p.m. quarter-

final that Saturday.

On this past Saturday visiting Colby (11-8-3, 8-8 NESCAC) dealt the Panthers a 1-0 upset. Colby’s Sadie Kuhn got the game’s only goal in the first period and goalie Cierra San Roman stopped all 27 shots she faced.

The Mules scored with 1:30 left in the opening frame after Lauren Klein won a faceoff. Kuhn’s shot from the edge of the circle hit off Goldstein (22 saves), went over her shoulder and trickled over the goal line.

That game came a day after Middlebury produced a season-high on offense in a 6-2 victory win over visiting Colby.

The Panthers struck for a pair of late first-period 40 seconds apart.

Katarina Shuchuk knocked in a rebound on an Ellie Barney shot with 1:36 on the clock, and Ashley McDonald deflected a shot from the high slot by Jenna Marotta for her first Panther goal.

Middlebury scored four times in the middle period, starting with a Jenna Letterie power-play strike at 1:19; she tucked home the puck at the left post. Marotta made it 4-0 minutes later with a shot from the slot. Barney, from McDonald, and Katie Hargrave, unassisted, rounded out the scoring.

Colby’s Elizabeth Brashich scored in the second period to make it 6-1, and McKinley Karpa added the final goal in the third. Panther goalie Lin Han made 10 saves, while two Colby goalies combined for 30 stops.

Women’s hoop will hit road for playoffs AMHERST, Mass. — The Middlebury College women’s basketball team split two NESCAC games as its regular season concluded this past weekend. The Panthers finished at 18-6 overall, 5-5 in NESCAC play, and will open the NESCAC playoffs as the No. 5 seed and visit No. 4 Trinity (19-5, 6-4) on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Bantams edged the visiting Panthers, 59-55, on Jan. 27.

The winner will advance to a league final four the following weekend, which almost certainly will be held at No. 1 Bowdoin (240, 10-0 NESCAC), and would play the host Polar Bears.

On this past Saturday second-place Amherst (21-2, 8-1 NESCAC) pulled away from

Middlebury in the third quarter to prevail, 72-62. The Panthers led by 17-9 after the first period and 32-31 at the half, but the Mammoths opened the second half on a 10-2 run and closed the quarter with another 10-2 surge to lead by 57-44 entering the final period.

Middlebury came no closer than 11 in the fourth.

Colleen Caveney finished with 14 points for Middlebury, while Kira Waldman scored 11 and Maya Davis netted 10. Betsy Knox contributed 10 points and nine rebounds, while Catherine Harrison chipped in eight points and eight boards.

Hannah Fox (21 points) and Madeline Eck (20) sparked the Mammoths.

On Friday, the Panthers outlasted

host Hamilton, 58-55. The Continentals were 10-11, 0-9 NESCAC heading into a scheduled Tuesday makeup game at Amherst.

The game was back and forth throughout, but the Panthers scored six straight points to erase a 49-48 Hamilton lead and go on top, 54-49, with 2:25 to go. Middlebury then hit four straight free throws to nail down the win.

Waldman finished with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, Colleen Caveney scored 10 with three steals. Harrison contributed eight points and eight boards, while Knox scored eight with three blocks. The Panthers outrebounded Hamilton, 41-32, and finished with a 9-2 road record. Marie Steiner scored 13 points to lead Hamilton.

HALF MARATHON 10k & 5k May 19

10am Start 85% shaded, 40% dirt roads.

From Branbury State Park on beautiful Lake Dunmore

25%

Discount on all events for Vermont Sun members!

VERMONT SUN TRIATHLON SERIES - 6/22, 7/14, 8/11 600 yd. Swim | 14 mi. Bike | 3.1 mi. Run. Aqua Bike Event – Swim & Bike only, no run.

LAKE DUNMORE TRIATHLON - 6/22 & 8/11 1.5 m. Paddle | 14 mi. Bike | 3.1 mi. Run Aqua Bike Event - Swim & Bike only, no run

BRANBURY CLASSIC TRIATHLON - 7/14 1.5 m. Paddle,| 14 mi. Bike | 3.1 mi. Run Aqua Bike Event - Paddle & Bike only, no run

vermontsun.com • 388-6888

VERGENNES CENTER BRIANNA VanderWey turns to shoot early in the Commodores’ home win over Milton on Monday.

Independent photo/Steve James

VUHS (Continued from Page 1B) He noted in the team’s strong performance the Friday before against 14-2 Mount Abraham — a 47-41 loss — only six Eagles played, while Milton used only a couple of subs on Monday.

“It takes our whole group,” Waller said. “Person for person we have a tough time matching up with other teams’ best players. But collectively we hope that we eventually wear you down a little bit.”

Emily Gosliga said playing the Eagles tough gave the Commodores confidence coming into Monday’s contest against the 8-9 Yellowjackets, who had defeated VUHS earlier this season.

“They’ve been blowing out other teams, so we knew we could play with anyone in our league,” Gosliga said of Mount Abe. But it took a while for it to happen vs. Milton. The first period on Monday ended with VUHS up by just 5-3. The Commodores committed just 10 turnovers, but four came in the first quarter as they tried to force the ball into the post against a tight Milton zone. And Milton was at that point trying to run its offense through Button at the top of the key, and VUHS was defending it well.

Buckets by Emma Bryant inside, a Kate Gosliga free throw and a short Emily Gosliga jumper made it 5-0 at 1:20, and Milton’s Mallorie Chalmers hit a transition three in the final minute to put her team on the board.

Things opened up the second quarter, and VUHS led at the half, 22-18. Early on Amber Krumrie set the tone against the Milton zone by draining a three from the top of the key. McClay also sank a pair of threes in the period, Emily Rooney and Felicia Poirier found room to attack the basket for buckets, Kate Gosliga hit in the post, and Brianna VanderWey converted a putback.

Waller said the perimeter game

COMMODORE EMILY ROONEY tussles with Milton’s Mallorie Chalmers while VUHS teammate Felicia Poirier watches during the second quarter of Monday’s home victory in Vergennes.

Independent photo/Steve James

opened things up for VUHS. “Milton likes to play that 1-3-1, and they like to compact it. And it takes away those passing angles, and it takes away the angles to get it inside, too. And once we made a couple, the inside became a little more available,” he said.

Milton fought back in the third as Button (18 points) moved into the post and put up seven points, and Morgan Bushey scored seven from the outside as the Yellowjackets took a 37-36 lead. VUHS continued to be productive with two threes from Emily Gosliga and one from McClay, and two post moves from Kate Gosliga.

Emily Gosliga said of the perimeter shooting the Commodores just started taking what the defense was giving them.

“We had to start making some shots from the outside, but it really wasn’t something we talked about.

We just started moving the ball around, and then they just started going in,” she said.

And with that threat established and the defense clamping down, the Commodores were able to go

inside repeatedly in the fourth.

After McClay’s layup at 4:05, Kate Gosliga converted in the post on consecutive trips, Poirier sliced through the zone from the foul line for two, and Gosliga hit a free throw after being fouled inside at 1:01 to make it 45-44. The lead belonged to the Commodores for good.

McClay finished with 13 points and five boards, Kate Gosliga scored 13 and blocked four shots, Emily Gosliga chipped in 10 points, and VanderWey finished with five rebounds.

The Commodores are in ninth place in Division II, and could take over eighth with a win at Colchester, a team they have defeated this winter, in a game scheduled on Wednesday after the deadline for this edition.

“The way it’s bunched in the middle and at the top, we’re still striving to get a home game,” Waller said. “Two weeks ago that looked like that was kind of an impossibility.

Then you win a couple games, and all of a sudden you’re back in it.”

Emily Gosliga said the Commodores are looking forward to their final four games.

“We’re ready to play. We’re ready to keep going,” she said.

Your One Stop for the Kitchen and Bath of Your Dreams!!!

• Free on Site Initial Consult • Removal of Existing Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry • Cabinets Designed & Built to Meet Every Need • Installed in Your Home to be Enjoyed for Years

Visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook to view more photos of our work.

Give us a Call at (802) 388-7707 www.addisonresidential.com

Upcoming EvEnts

Saturday, February 16 7:00pm- Public Skate Monday, February 18 2:00pm - Stick & Puck Tuesday, February 19 9:00am - Public Skate Wednesday, February 20 2:00pm - Stick & Puck Thursday, February 21 9:00am - Public Skate Friday, February 22 2:00pm - Stick & Puck Sunday, February 24 2:45pm- Public Skate Tuesday, February 26 9:00am - Public Skate Hockey Skate Rental: Youth size 8J to Adult 13 Schedule subject to change. See our website for the latest schedules.

LEt Us Host YoUr EvEnt!

Memorial Sports Center

296 Buttolph Drive • Middlebury, VT

802-388-1238

info@memorialsportscenter.org

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 3B

Panthers

Lindholm

(Continued from Page 1B) bury (which could have clinched first place by beating the Mammoths) at 18-6 and 7-3 in the league; and Hamilton at 19-3, 6-3 NESCAC. When the Amherst-Hamilton game is played, an Amherst win would give the Mammoths the top seed and the right to host the tournament through the final four, with Middlebury No. 2 and Hamilton dropping to No. 3.

But if Hamilton wins, NESCAC tiebreakers appear to give Middlebury the top seed. The top tiebreakers create no separation among the top three. But down the list Middlebury beat No. 7 Colby, and Colby beat Amherst and Hamilton.

AMHERST GAME SATURDAY Of course, the Panthers could have rendered the tiebreakers and the snowstorm moot if they had hung on to defeat Amherst.

But Amherst hurt the Panthers with 17 offensive rebounds that led to 26 second-chance points. And despite the 93 points the Mammoths allowed, terrific defense on Panther guard Jack Farrell down the stretch proved pivotal.

Farrell drove for three straight layups in less than a minute to push the score to 83-71 at 7:49. After Mammoth forward Eric Sellew hit a three, Farrell hit a jumper at 6:17, and the Panthers led by 11.

But Amherst guard Devonn Allen worked hard to deny Farrell the ball the rest of the way, and Farrell added just two free throws down the stretch.

Panther Coach Jeff Brown credited both teams for their play.

“It was a great game, and a tremendous effort by our guys,” Brown said. “This Amherst group is a really hard-nosed defensive team, and they hurt us on the boards, and they put a lot of pressure on us. And perhaps they wore us down a little bit towards the end, because we didn’t make as many good plays in the last stretch.”

Saturday’s first-half ended at 41-41 when Allen scored five points in the final minute, including a buzzer-beating three. In the second half Middlebury led by seven points when Perry DeLorenzo and Joey Leighton hit back-toback buckets to push the lead to 75-65 at 10:32.

Then Farrell’s one-man assault pushed it to 12. But the Mammoths sank five three-pointers down the stretch, including three by Fru Che and one by Grant Robinson at 0:56 that gave them the lead, 92-91, at 0:56.

Griffin Kornaker hit two free throws at 0:36 to put the Panthers back on top, but Robinson swished a pull-up 12-footer at 0:24 to make it 94-93.

(Continued from Page 1B) I love assigning Giamatti, so students can read such eloquent writing on sports. In “Baseball and the American Character,” he joins George Carlin in celebrating “home,” baseball’s central metaphor.

“For what is baseball,” he writes, “and indeed so much of the American experience, about but looking for home? Nostos, the desire to return home, gives us a nation of immigrants always migrating in search of home ...

“So much does our game tell us about who we wanted to be and who we are, ... as we gather together around a green place called home.”

In another essay, “Baseball and Narrative,” Giamatti discusses baseball in terms of Homer’s epic “The Odyssey,” and “the hunger for home.”

The trip around the bases is a great Odyssean adventure, full of pitfalls: “(If) the attempt, long in planning and execution, works, then the reunion and all it means is total — the runner is a returned hero, and the teammates are for an instant all true family.”

I have written but three short stories in my life that found their way into print (all three appeared in journals lightly read and now long gone). The first one (1985) was in a periodical called the National Pastime, and was titled “Safe at Home.” I considered that a most original title at the time, as it was well before I first heard Carlin’s exegesis.

It tells the story a ballplayer turned coach, struggling to recover from alcoholism and lead a modest life of meaning. One of his players is in need of a father figure, so his coach provides that surrogacy. The boy, his

JACK FARRELL, WHO led all point scorers in the game with 22, dribbles into Amherst territory in the last minute of Saturday’s game, with the Panthers trailing by one point. His shot missed and the visitors ran out winners.

After a timeout, the Panthers gave the ball to guard Hilal Dahleh with room at the foul line. He attacked the basket, but his shot was rejected.

Farrell grabbed the loose ball, but his jumper from the lane front-rimmed the hoop. Eric McCord tried a tip-in, but the ball wouldn’t go. Che grabbed the rebound and was fouled at 0:05.

Che hit the first to make it 95-93, and missed the second. Allen hauled it in a long rebound and made two free throws to seal the win.

Farrell led the Panthers with 22 points. Folger contributed 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Bosco and McCord each scored 12, while DeLorenzo added 10 off the bench and hit all four of his shots. Alex Sobel blocked six shots.

Robinson (20) Sellew (19 points, seven boards) Che (15 points, seven rebounds), C.J. Bachmann (14 points), and Allen (11 points, three steals) sparked Amherst.

BOSCO BOFFO On Friday Bosco’s long-range bomb rescued the Panthers after Hamilton had erased a 51-34 Middlebury lead with 16:57 to go.

Middlebury still led, 68-56, when Kornaker sank a three at 9:27. But Hamilton went on a 23-6 run to take 79-74 lead on a Kena Gilmour three at 1:20.

McCord next hit one of two free throws, and a Farrell steal and layup made it 79-77 at 0:39. After a Hamilton miss, Folger rebounded and fed Farrell.

Farrell pushed the ball up the left side and hit Bosco six feet behind the arc on the right side for the game-winning three-pointer. Bosco was fouled on the shot and purposely missed the free throw, and Hamilton’s last-second 55-foot heave bounced off the backboard.

Farrell finished with 18 points and four assists, and Folger contributed 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks.

Dahleh chipped in 14 points, and Bosco added 13. McCord pulled down nine boards.

Gilmour paced Hamilton with 20 points and nine rebounds, while Peter Hoffmann had 16 points and eight boards.

Saturday ended the Panthers’ sixgame winning streak. Brown believes they are capable of winning a NESCAC title, or at least earning an NCAA Division III tournament bid.

“It’s certainly my hope we can continue to grow and get ready for the quarterfinals next week and can put ourselves in a position to win the league, number one, and maybe get an NCAA bid, also,” he said. “We’re positioned pretty well where we are right now with some of the wins that we’ve gotten.”

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

2/15 Mill River at OV............................. 7 PM 2/20 VUHS at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/20 Milton at Mt. Abe........................... 7 PM 2/22 OV at Fair Haven.......................... 7 PM 2/23 VUHS at Milton.......................11:30 AM 2/25 Enosburg at VUHS....................... 7 PM 2/25 MUHS at Milton............................ 7 PM 2/26 OV at Woodstock.......................... 7 PM 2/28 MUHS at St. Albans...................... 7 PM 2/28 Mt. Abe at VUHS.......................... 7 PM 3/1 MSJ at OV...................................... 7 PM 3/2 Missisquoi at MUHS.................11:30 AM Gymnastics 2/16...............................State Meet at Essex Indoor Track 2/16................................ State Meet at UVM Dance 2/23................... State Competition at VUHS Wrestling 2/22&23.........................State Meet at Essex Nordic

2/28............. Skate State Meet at Craftsbury 3/4................... Classic State Meet at Rikert COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 2/15 Midd. at Hamilton.......................... 7 PM 2/16 Midd. at Amherst........................... 3 PM 2/23 NESCAC Quarterfinal.....................TBD Women’s Hockey 2/15 Williams at Midd........................... 7 PM 2/16 Midd. at Williams.......................... 7 PM 2/19 Midd. at Plattsburgh...................... 7 PM 2/23.............. NESCAC Quarterfinal at Midd.

Women’s Basketball NESCAC Playoffs 2/16 #5 Midd at #4 Trinity..................... 3 PM Men’s Basketball NESCAC Playoffs 2/16 TBD at Midd.................................. 3 PM Late games were played after deadline.

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

IS YOUR THERMOSTAT WEARING EAR MUFFS? MIDDLEBURY’S ERIC MCCORD battles his opposite number, Joe Schneider, under the Amherst basket in the first half of Saturday’s home loss. McCord, a senior, had 12 points in the game.

Independent photos/Steve James

CALL 388-2296 TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR FREE IN-HOME HEATING SYSTEM UPGRADE QUOTE

catcher and best player, ends up going to high school and living with the coach — safe at home.

Last month, January, I taught my favorite class during Middlebury College’s Winter Term, “Segregation in America: Baseball and Race.” It’s essentially a course on baseball’s Negro leagues.

We learn of the great players and teams from the 60 years of baseball’s segregation (1887-1947) and make connections into the America, black and white, of that time.

In the last week of the course, we examine in all its complexity the breakthrough of Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers in 1947. We make good use of Ken Burns’ brilliant “Baseball” video documentary from 1994.

Our final class was on Jan. 31, which happened to be Jackie Robinson’s 100th birthday. We watched Burns’ treatment of Jackie’s last days.

At the World Series in 1972, Jackie, just 53, but suffering from diabetes and heart disease, threw out the first

pitch, and took the occasion to exhort baseball to integrate further by hiring black managers as well as players.

He died just 10 days later.

Burns powerfully documents that last appearance on a ball field and the memorial service just a short time later. Jackie’s wife, Rachel, his partner and support in all his travails and glories, reflected on the end of his life: “At the funeral,” she said, “Jesse Jackson did the eulogy and he said, ‘Jackie Robinson stole home and he’s safe.’”

She was given a photograph, “a blow-up,” of Jackie stealing home, which she said she “carried from room to room. Looking at it, I knew he was safe. Home has so many meanings, for people like us. Family and home was the central basis for our lives.

“Nobody could hurt him again — he couldn’t hear the name-calling, only the cheers. I could let him rest in peace.”

Safe at home.

FOSTER MOTORS

SPREAD THE WARMTH , WITH THESE

HOT

FEBRUARY DEALS!

2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

WAS - $24,995

SAVE $3,000

WOW! $21,995

2016 DODGE

RAM 4X4 WITH PLOW

WAS - $38,879

SAVE $2,616

WOW! $35,879

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

24/7 Pager Service M-F 7 am - 4 pm, Sat 8-noon

1786 Route 7 South • Middlebury, VT • 388-2296

PBMSVT.NET

Monkton, VT Homeowner Recommends Bristol Electronics For over 20 years we have had a goal of owning a solar system. Bristol Electronics helped us to reach that goal by installing a (16) panel system. All of our goals were met. The price was right. The installation and quality of work was professional. Most importantly, we have not had to pay an electric bill since the installation.

ESCAPE 4X4 SE SUV

WAS - $19,275

SAVE $1,280

WOW! $17,995

STOCK #UP11218

2014 JEEP

CHEROKEE LTD

WAS - $18,995

SAVE $1,000

STOCK #I55A18

JEEP GIVE AWAY 1998 WRANGLER CLASSIC JEEP TJ BODY STYLE

Your current chances of winning are 1 in 258.

No Purchase necessary, stop in to sign up!

Call Today - 802-388-9961 FOSTER MOTORS HAS A GREAT SELECTION OF FINANCING SOURCES!

Chris mentioned that I could use a roof rake to remove snow from my array but I taped a cloth mop to a 20’ closet rod that I had hanging around. I store it under the array and when the array is covered with snow I use it to gently brush the panels off.

My array starts producing power quicker and I am very happy with my electric bills.

CALL AND TALK TO A MEMBER OF OUR SALES TEAM ABOUT GREAT DISCOUNTS AND TRADE VALUES!!

If we buy the electric car that we have been thinking about, we will have Bristol Electronics return and add to our system, and cover the cost of the added electricity.

Solar has been a good investment for us.

John & Beverly Teer – Monkton, VT

STOCK #HD4A18

2017 FORD

WOW! $17,995 HVAC, Conventional a/c and Heat Pump Instalation

STOCK #TK64A18

SALE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE SALES TAX AND FEES DOES NOT INCLUDE DOCUMENTATION FEES OF $179.

802-453-2500 BristolElectronicsVT.com FREE SITE EVALUATIONS

CHECK OUT ALL OUR INVENTORY AT FOSTERMOTORS.COM Route 7 South, Middlebury, Vermont

802-388-9961 • 800-229-3227

Business Link Dealer. Not Responsible for typographical or printing errors.

Service/Recon/Body Shop Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat 8-12 Sales Mon-Fri 8-6 Sat 8-4

Business&Service

PAGE 4B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Appliance Repair

GAS OR ELECTRIC Washers Refridgerators Dishwashers Disposals

Cell: 802-989-5231 Office: 802-453-2007

Painting

GENERAL CARPENTRY HOME IMPROVEMENTS LOCAL CONTRACTOR

Dryers Ranges Microwaves Air Conditioners

Remodeling • Additions Painting • Roofing

WINNER of “Best Local Contractor”

Jack Alexander

FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS by READERS CHOICE AWARDS!

982 Briggs Hill Road • Bristol

802.388.0860 MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

HESCOCK PAINTING

Over two decades experience!

CLOVER STATE

Desabrais Means Glass & Affordable Service

• Windshield Repair • Insulated Glass • Plate Glass • Window Glass • Plexiglass • Safety Glass • Mirrors • Auto Glass • Storm Windows • Screen Repairs • Custom Shower Door Enclosures Vinyl Replacement windows and Complete Installation

Heating & AC

Windows • Vinyl siding • Garages Roofs • Additions • Decks

Waste Management – Roll-off container service

Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-9049

802-877-2102 Toll Free: 888-433-0962

Beef

www.cloverstate.com

mlbrunet@gmavt.net

Commercial/Residential . Owner Operated . Fully Insured . Neat & Clean

Consignment

Marc Brisson (802) 771-7389 Merajwagyu@gmail.com

Need it...

Find it...

Here

COMPASS TREASURE CHEST

Where you’ll find a treasure in every corner.

Carpentry/Contractors

We sell and consign collectibles, antiques, dishes, tools, furniture, re-usable, re-purposed, art/craft/jewelry items and so much more!

333 Jones Drive, Brandon, VT 05733 802-465-8436 • compasstreasurechestconsign@gmail.com

Quaker Village Carpentry Siding, Windows, Garages, Decks & Porches New Construction, Renovations and Repairs

Maurice plouffe

Call Us On: 802 388 4944 Plumbing

The PC MediC of VerMonT • Appointments Available in your Home or Office • Install & Update Hardware & Software • Remove Spyware, Viruses & Other Threats • Secure Wireless Network Setup • Computer Purchasing Assistance • Help Customers Understand Windows 10 • Install Wireless Security Cameras • Erase Old Hard Drives Securely • Affordable Rates at Your Convenience

Dense Pack Cellulose • Blown In Insulation Complete Air Sealing

802-545-2251 • Maurice Plouffe 1736 Quaker Village Road, Weybridge, VT 05753

Lincoln Cellulose

Dense packing, blown in insulation | Air Sealing

Eugene Warner

cell. 802-349-0637 home. 802-453-8546

For an appointment call • 802-734-6815 pcmedic@gmavt.net

Livestock

Engineering

Roland Ayer Livestock & Trucking 1433 Otter Creek Road Addison, VT 05491 802-343-3750

1438 S. Brownell Rd. • PO Box 159 • Williston, VT 05495 802-862-5590 • www.gmeinc.biz

New Construction Remodels and Additions Window and Siding Installation Smaller Home Repairs

Buying all types of livestock. Shipping cull beef, direct premiums paid for organic beef.

Alan Huizenga, P.E., President Kevin Camara, P.E. Jamie Simpson, P. E. • Middlebury Brad Washburn, P. E. • Montpelier

Lumber  Rough Lumber

“INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITH A COMMON SENSE APPROACH DELIVERED TO OUR CLIENTS IN A PROFESSIONAL, COST EFFECTIVE AND PERSONAL MANNER”

Native Vermonter

 Pine Siding

Equipment Rentals

CHECK US OUT ONLINE AT

ADVERTISE YOUR PLOW BUSINESS HERE.

Insulation

Computers

1736 Quaker Village Road Weybridge, VT 05753

Plowing

in the Business and Service Guide

GET YOUR COMPUTER RUNNING LIKE NEW AGAIN !

802-545-2251

Kim or Jonathan Hescock hescock@shoreham.net

Specializing in Ductwork for Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning Systems

ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

We can help with arrangements

462-3737 or 989-9107

Fully Insured

Buy Local! 802.989.0396

CHECK US OUT ONLINE AT

FOR SALE BY THE HALF OR WHOLE

Interior & Exterior

References

Ductwork Design • Sealing Fabrication • Installation Insulation • Replacement Plasma Art • Torches • Welding Plasma Table • Duct Cleaning H.R.V. / E.R.V. Installation Ductwork Video Camera

Fast, friendly, reliable service & competitive rates.

FREEZER BEEF

A friendly, professional, and affordable family business.

Free Estimates

WINDOW & SIDING CO., INC

Insurance Approved discounts

• Meraj American-Wagyu • Locally Raised • Custom Cut to Order • $3/lb. Hanging Weight + Processing • Federally Inspected Custom Processing Available

• plumbing

• insulation • laughter • livestock • lumber • masonry • painting

• engineering • equipment rentals • firewood • flooring • hay • heating & ac

MARK TRUDEAU

t!

yo ice

Se r

v

us

tr

• appliance repair • auto glass • business cards • carpentry/contractors • consignment • computers

Flooring

Carpentry/Contrators

Alexander Appliance Repair Inc. n u ca

DIRECTORY

WWW.ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

mikeysmill.com

Long Beams

802-388-7828  End of S. Munger St.  Middlebury

Masonry

40 TYPES OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT TO CHOOSE FROM

• material forklifts • excavators • bulldozers • mini-excavators • skidsteers

 Open most nights & weekends

• Man lifts up to 80’ • man basket w/crane up to 188

Fine Dry Stone Masonry

• concrete compactors • backhoes

Jamie Masefield

Certified by the Dry Stone Wallers Association of Great Britain

802-233-4670 jmasefield@gmavt.net 275 South 116 Bristol, VT116 05443 275 South 116 275 South Bristol,VT VT05443 05443 Bristol,

www.brownswelding.com

oVer 40 LiFTS 275 South 116, Bristol, Vermont 05443 oVer 40 LiFTS LiFTS oVer 40

1-800-880-6030 Fax:1-800-880-6030 (802) 453-2730 1-800-880-6030 Fax:(802) (802)453-2730 453-2730 Fax:

(802) 453-3351• Cell (802) Please give us363-5619 a call.

Please give us a call.

We have the lift for you!

We haveScissor theLifts liftupfor you!

40’ to 80’ manlifts to 32’ mini excavator

40’ to to 80’ 80’ manlifts manlifts 40’

Scissor Lifts Lifts up up to to 32’ 32’ Scissor

mini excavator excavator mini

LOOK HERE FIRST!!

Professional Installation • Heating Systems • Plumbing Supplies • Bathroom Design • Water Treatment Great Advice

NDO N DUPlumbing & 'S Heating

Rt. 22A, Orwell 948-2082 388-2705

Need it...

Find it...

Here in the

Business & Service Guide

&

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 5B

DIRECTORY

Business Service Plumbing

• plumbing • real estate • renewable energy • roofing

Roofing

Siding

• septic & water • siding • storage • surveying

• tree services • window treatments • wood services

Surveying LAROSE SURVEYS, P.C. Ronald L. LaRose, L.S. • Kevin R. LaRose, L.S.

Plumbing • Heating 125 Monkton Road Bristol, VT 05443 802-453-2325 cvplumbingheating.com

Land Surveying/Septic Design

Fuel Delivery 185 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4975 champlainvalleyfuels.com

Marcel Brunet & Sons, Inc. Windows & Siding Vergennes, VT

Siding • Windows Additions • Garages • Decks

Serving all your plumbing and heating needs.

Owned and operated by: Bill Heffernan, Jim & David Whitcomb

800-439-2644 • rbrunet1@myfairpoint.net • 877-2640

Real Estate !

EN NOW OP

Battell Block

Climate Controlled Storage Units

Serving Addison County

Call Us Today: (877) 777-7343 middleburyroofing.com middleburyroofingvt@gmail.com

LOOK HERE FIRST!!

Renewable Energy Soak Up The Sun! Don’t spend your hard-earned money making the hot water or electricity that you use today– SOLAR IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER! We’ve been here for you for 43 years – Let us help you with your solar projects today.

25 Units

Call or Text Alice to set up a showing or to learn more!

1-802-349-9901

• 6’X5’ = $60 • 6’X7’= $65 • 6’X11’= $75 • 8’X7’=$105 • 10’X5’=$125 • 11’X5’= $145 • Bike storage $10/month

Monthly prices

6’x12’ $30 • 8’x12’ $45 10’x12’ $55 • 12’x21’ $75

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

Go Green with us –

• Standing seam • Standing seam ••Asphalt shingles Asphalt shingles Slate •• Slate

Free estimates estimates •• Fully Fully Insured Insured Free mpdoransr@gmail.com

Phone (802) 537-3555

Home Projects

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

www.livingstonfarmlandscape.com

AIRPORT AUTO Self Storage • Low Rates

Also a good selection of used vehicles 44 School House Hill Road, E. Middlebury

Toll-Free: 800-477-4384

388-0432 • 388-8090

Surveying

802-453-4384

Fax 802-453-5399 • Email: jrevell@lagvt.com 163 Revell Drive • Lincoln, VT 05443

www.lagvt.com

Short Surveying, inc.

Serving Addison County Since 1991

FOR SEPTIC TANK PUMPING & DRAIN CLEANING SERVICE,

NDON'S U D

Rely on the professionals.

Plumbing & Heating

FREE ESTIMATES FOR TREE SERVICES

WE HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE RIGHT JOB – TO GIVE YOU REASONABLE RATES Dangerous Trees Cut & Removed Stumps Removed Trusses Set Trees Trimmed Land Clearing

4 Sizes ~ Self-locking units Hardscrabble Rd., Bristol

Call for a FREE on-site evaluation

as seen at Addison County Field Days!

BROWN’S TREE & CRANE SERVICE

STORAGE

•

roofing Michael Doran

Serving Vermont for over 42 years!

Window Treatments

2744 Watch Point Rd • Shoreham, VT 05770 Email: BR213@yahoo.com

• Water Supply - Location, Development and Permitting • On-Site Wastewater Design • Single & Multiple Lot Subdivision • Property Development & Permitting • State and Local Permitting • Underground Storage Tank Removal & Assessment

Tree Service

Brownswelding.com

Randall Orvis

Celebrating 31 Years

larosesurveys@gmail.com

24 Hour Emergency Service 453-7014

Moose Rubbish and Recyling

Environmental Consultants – Licensed Designers Steve Revell CPG, LD#178 BW Jeremy Revell LD#611 BW • Tyler Maynard LD#597 B

25 West St. • PO Box 388 Bristol, VT 05443 Telephone: 802-453-3818 Fax: 802- 329-2138

(802) 453-3351 • Cell (802) 363-5619

Septic & Water

Roofing

permitting process!”

Reasonable Rates • Year-round Service • Fully Insured

Rubbish & Recycling 802-897-5637 802-377-5006

“We will take you through the

PORTABLE RESTROOMS Rt. 22A, Orwell • 948-2082 Rt. 7 So., Middlebury •388-2705

Timothy L. Short, L.S. Property Line Surveys • Topographical Surveys FEMA Elevation Certificates 135 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 388-3511 ssi@sover.net

Laundromats

Premium window treatments, retractable screens and awnings.

298 Maple Street Middlebury, VT 802.247.3883 vtshadeandblind@gmail.com VermontShadeandBlind.com

Need it...

Find it...

Here

in the Business and Service Guide

Odd Jobs

Call today to list YOUR ad in our Business & Service Directory

388-4944

Painting

Sawmills

Winter Products & Services

PAGE 6B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIEDS

Public Meetings

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

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

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

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

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt. org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, 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, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30pm.

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Daily Reflection Meeting, Vergennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm.

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

HOUSE CLEANING ‑ SMALL or large jobs.

References available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail.com.

Mary Johnson Children’s Center

Garage Sales

Director

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, How‑ den Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm.

Discussion Meeting, Ver‑ gennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

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

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

Babysitting available.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NARCAN KITS are avail‑ able at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy train‑ ing is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays 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 Middle‑ bury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkin‑ soninfo@uvmhealth.org.

Help Wanted

INDOOR YARD SALE and silent auction. Feb. 16th, Saturday. 8:30am‑4pm.

American Legion, Middle‑ bury, VT. Benefit Brendon P. Cousino Med47 Founda‑ tion. Breakfast sandwiches and muffins will be available in the a.m. Hot dogs and popcorn will be available in the p.m.

Opportunities STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities.

Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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

R E F U G E R E C O V E RY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds.

Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, 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, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

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.

Help Wanted

Mary Johnson Children’s Center is seeking a director to lead this well-known and highly respected non-profit agency.

The Center’s 114 full and part time staff touch the lives of children and families throughout Addison County through an array of direct and indirect services and family support programs.

The Center’s leader will possess an entrepreneurial spirit, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead the organization in inclusive decision making, nurturing the Center’s positive, engaging culture as well as have an understanding of non-profit management and Vermont’s early education and human service systems.

For more information including a full job description, please visit: www.mjccvt.org/employment/.

Applicants should submit their resume and a cover letter by regular mail to:

Services

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Elderly Services, Inc.

Project Independence Adult Day Center

Do you enjoy older people? Would you like to help frail elders live at home with our support? Are you good-natured and compassionate?

Van Driver Possible shifts include 7:30-9:30 am, 2:00-4:00 pm, and 6:30-8:30 pm. Transport elderly participants to and from our center to all parts of Addison County. Assist people into their homes, help with walkers or wheelchair. Applicants should be patient, flexible, and good humored

Kitchen Assistant

Possible shifts include 2:00-7:00 pm or 4:00-7:00 pm. Assist cooks with preparation of delicious meals and help with dishwashing.

Application forms available, or send resumé and references to: Eric Covey, Elderly Services Middlebury, VT 05753 mail@elderlyservices.org

Search Committee

Mary Johnson Children’s Center 81 Water Street, Middlebury, Vt, 05753 or by email to shari@mjccvt.org.

EOE Employer

Town of Bridport — Town Clerk Position

The Town is accepting applications from applicants for the position of Town Clerk for the term of one year to commence in March of 2019.

Job requirements include, but are not limited to: The Town Office shall be open to the public twenty-four hours weekly. The position involves having to work at elections and taking minutes at Selectboard meetings.

In addition to demonstrating the highest ethical standards and attention to detail, applicant must demonstrate excellent writing and computer skills.

The scope of duties will be established by the Selectboard and will include but not be limited to: All statutory requirements of the Town Clerk. Establish and maintain good community relations by answering questions and assisting Town residents and others seeking access to information in a friendly and collaborative manner. Preparation and posting of meeting notices for and assisting the Selectboard and other Town Boards, Commissions and Town Officers in completion of their duties. Read and utilize communications from Vermont League of Cities & Towns and Vermont Secretary of State’s Office. Needs to be a Notary Public while serving. Be willing to ask for help and seek additional training.

Each sealed application, including resume part thereof, must be received either by mail or be hand delivered by February 25, 2019 to: Joan Huestis, Selectboard Chair at 3566 Basin Harbor Road Bridport, VT 05734. Applications delivered after such date will not be considered. For more information, email Joan Huestis at bridportdpw@gmavt.net. For the information in this notice and possible other information go to the Town’s website at www.bridportvt.org.

The Selectboard reserves the right to reject all applicants.

Joan Huestis, Selectboard Chair, dated February 4, 2019

Services

Help Wanted

Services

Services

Services

Services

Searching for someone to complete your team? or

Are you searching for a job?

Either way, you are on the right track with the

Look here for volunteer opportunities!

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.

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

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIED ORDER FORM

Cash in on our 4-for-3 rates! Pay for 3 issues, get 4th issue free!

www.addisonindependent.com • email: classifieds@addisonindependent.com

PLEASE PRINT YOUR AD...

An ad placed for consecutive issues (Mondays & Thursdays) is run 4th time free!

• Special 4 for 3 rates not valid for the following categories: Services, Opportunities, Real Estate, Wood heat, Attn. Farmers, For Rent & Help Wanted

Name: Address: Phone: Email: DEADLINES: Thurs. noon for Mon. paper

RATES

ADDISON INDEPENDENT 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4944

Mon. 5 p.m. for Thurs. paper

• 25¢ per word • minimum $2.50 per ad • $2 internet listing for up to 4 issues • minimum 2 insertions

Notices Card of Thanks Personals Services Free** Lost ’N Found** Garage Sales Lawn & Garden Opportunities Adoption ** no charge for these ads

Work Wanted Help Wanted For Sale Public Meetings** For Rent Want to Rent Wood Heat Real Estate Animals Spotlight with large

✓$2

Att. Farmers Motorcycles Cars Trucks SUVs Snowmobiles Boats Wanted Real Estate Wanted Vacation Rentals

The Independent assumes no financial responsibility for errors in ads, but will rerun classified ad in which the error occurred. No refunds will be possible. Advertiser will please notify us of any errors which may occur after first publication.

Number of words: Cost: # of runs: Spotlight Charge: Internet Listing: TOTAL:

$2.00

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 7B

Addison Independent

Help Wanted

CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN Zoning Administrator

Seeking Zoning Administrator to fill part time position approximately 20 hours per week.

Prior zoning experience needed.

Submit resume to: Planning Commission 78 North Street New Haven, VT 05472

By March 4, 2019.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

DAIRY FARM HELP need‑ ed. Housing, many perks, time off. Very flexible hours.

Drivers license required.

Equipment operator and some cattle handling. Orwell.

802‑989‑5740.

PT HOUSEKEEPING PO‑ SITION & FT Cook posi‑ tion available in a health‑ care facility located in Vergennes, VT. Must be able to pass a background check & be able to pass drug screening. Email or call to set up an interview at MA3024@metzcorp.com or 802‑222‑5201 ext. 316.

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.

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.

MiddState Towing Co. Hiring Full and Part Time Tow Truck Drivers.

Duties include: (But not limited to) Towing and accident recovery of light to heavy-duty vehicles, flat tire changes, jump starts, vehicle unlocks and equipment hauling Job Requirements: • 23+ years of age minimum for insurance reasons • Take personal responsibility of company equipment and customer’s vehicles • Able to problem solve and communicate effectively (written & verbal) • MUST live in the proximity of New Haven due to on call coverage • CDL and driving experience preferred, Clean Driving record, pass Criminal Background Check and Drug Testing • Excel in a team work environment or alone, work in challenging, high energy recovery situations • Interact with customers and provide quality customer service

Help Wanted

HOPE HAS AN opening for a part time retail associate.

15 hours a week, reliable schedule, fun and active en‑ vironment. Must have good cash handling and math skills, and solid customer service ability. We also have a part time opening in our warehouse. 29.5 hours a week to start, with the po‑ tential 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, indicat‑ ing the position for which you’re applying, to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is seeking two professional painters for winter interior work. Ex‑ cellent pay, great benefits.

Reliable transportation, 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 necessary.

Call 453‑5611 Serious ap‑ plicants only.

SHARED LIVING PRO‑ VIDER sought for a man in his late 40’s, who is eager to increase his independence.

He enjoys working out on his bike, playing board games, and watching sporting events and TV. He is com‑ mitted to his part‑time job and receives community support services M‑F. Best match would be able to pro‑ vide support for independent living skills, balanced meals, and medical oversight due to a traumatic brain Injury.

Tax‑free annual stipend of $31,500, monthly room and board payment of $8,700, and a respite budget. Call Elsie Sutton at Community Associates. (802)388‑4021.

THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS is looking for a reli‑ able early morning riser to deliver copies of the news‑ paper in Shelburne. Inter‑ ested parties must have a reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license and liability insur‑ ance. Potential earnings of $1,600 plus tips. $150 con‑ tract incentive after 30 days.

Please contact Monique at 802‑316‑7194 for more in‑ formation.

Competitive hourly and commission based pay based on experience and license endorsements. Benefits package includes healthcare, IRA match, paid vacation, sick and holiday pay and uniforms. Work schedule is days and will include a rotation basis of nights and one weekend.

Please contact Joe at 802-388-1110 for more information and to obtain an application. www.middstatetowing.com.

For Rent

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.

No phone calls please.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PROFESSOR Middlebury College has an opening in Middlebury, VT for an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Full-time tenure-track professor in environmental studies, responsible for sustaining an ongoing social science research agenda, institutional service in the form of committee membership, and teaching responsibilities that include an introductory environmental studies core course, a first-year seminar, and some combination of interdisciplinary team-taught and/or community-based environmental studies seminars and courses. Ph.D. or ABD in Anthropology, critical race and ethnic studies, psychology, sociology or urban studies.

Send resumes to:

Middlebury College,

Attn: Daniel Brayton 14 Old Chapel Road, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Must ref job title & code: APES-DS.

DRIVER

Full-time Delivery Driver CDL-Clean Record Apply in person: 2107 James Road • Weybridge, VT 802.545.2119

Addy Indy Classifieds are online: www. addisonindependent.com/ classifieds ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Vacancies

Food Service Director/Cook 2018-2019 Addison Central School District is seeking a fulltime Food Service Director/Cook at Shoreham Elementary beginning March 11, 2019. The successful candidate should have experience in preparing nutritional meals, breakfast and lunch, and managing a meals program for 30-55 students.

The candidate must also be organized, have strong communication, collaborative and computer skills, as well as an interest in participating in school wide health and nutrition initiatives.

If you have questions, please contact Michael Lenox at 802-897-7181 or mlenox@acsdvt.org.

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

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

E.O.E.

For Rent

For Rent

Wood Heat

THE CITY OF Vergennes has an immediate position for a full‑time Administra‑ tive Assistant who will have the primary responsibility of accounts payable. The posi‑ tion is located in downtown Vergennes. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: entering invoices into NEMRC AP software, print‑ ing checks, reconciling GL account, warrant report, re‑ trieving/opening and sorting mail, weekly payroll admin‑ istration, human resources and benefits administration.

Please submit resume to mchabot@vergennes.org.

The Meadows

SHOREHAM: TORREY IS‑ LAND. Daily sunsets, fishing on Lake Champlain. 1 bed‑ room, 1 bath studio layout. $700 month plus utilities.

First and security. Refer‑ ences. No pets. No smoking.

Includes water and garbage.

Evenings 897‑2385.

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

802‑282‑9110.

YEAR ROUND WAITSTAFF ‑ needed for busy family restaurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restaurant, Rte 7 South, Middlebury.

Middlebury, VT

1 Bedroom

Handicapped Apartment

Available for Eligible Applicants

We currently are accepting applications for one or two bedroom apartments. These units are subsidized through the Department of HUD Section 8 Rental Assistance Program and are available for occupancy by elderly and/or handicapped persons. Eligible families will pay 30% of their adjusted income for rent.

For more information, please write or call the management agent.

Real-Net Managment, Inc. 26 Court Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4994

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY Visible Retail/Of‑ fice street level space on the Main Street. Approx.

1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities included are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, garbage and parking. Tenant pays electric. Small storage space included. 802‑453‑2566 CORNWALL 1 BEDROOM apartment, 1‑1/2 bath, sky‑ lights, private deck. $950/ mo. includes heat and hot water. batesproperties@ yahoo.com CORNWALL, UPSTAIRS 2 bedroom apt., all inclusive, w/d hookup, no pets, no smoking. $1,200 per month.

802‑462‑2924.

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 measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

For Rent

SUGARWOOD APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

NP/NS. W/D hook‑ups. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website summitpmg.com.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

VERGENNES APARTMENT has large ‘floor to ceiling’ windows with skylights in every room. Each room is airy, bright, sunny, safe, and very warm and comfortable.

It is located on 52 acres of a private residence above a three car garage. Everything included. Heat, air condi‑ tioning, electric, hot water, washer & dryer, large cedar closets, private parking, lots of storage, and much more.

Garage parking space is optional. Asking $1,200 per month. Call or text Al at 802‑377‑7749.

For Rent

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

802‑349‑8544.

Help Wanted

Monument Farms

For Rent

Want to Rent MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

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

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

PROCTOR, 2 BEDROOM apartment for rent. Available now, 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.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month.

802‑388‑4831.

LOOKING FOR APART‑ MENT to rent. Needed im‑ mediately. 1 bedroom or stu‑ dio apartment. Middlebury/ Brandon area. $1,000 +/‑, in‑ cluding heat, trash, plow and hopefully W/D hookup. 58 year old professional, sales executive, veteran, volun‑ teer firefighter (Salisbury) employed at the Addison Independent. Great credit.

Rental history. Personal and business references.

Email ericl@addsioninde‑ pendent.com. 802‑388‑4944 or 603‑533‑0424.

Real Estate EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAI‑ SY Lane Lot #11. Beauti‑ ful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern ex‑ posure on a private lane.

Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

For Rent

For Rent

Att. Farmers 2018 PROCESSED CORN silage, 800 ton. Mix legume and grass, haylage, 800 ton. Call West Haven, VT. 802‑265‑8698 after 7pm.

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

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

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

LUMBER AT SAWMILL, hard and softwood, saw‑ dust. Rough and finished lumber also available.

Book Bros. West Haven, Vt. 802‑265‑3675.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Wanted EN C LOSED TR A ILER NEEDED immediately. Mov‑ ing and need to purchase an enclosed trailer. 7‑8.5’ x 12’ box minimum or larger.

Budget of $2,000. Email Ericl@addisonindepen‑ dent.com. 802‑388‑4944 or 603‑533‑0424.

TENORS, BASS, BARI‑ TONE, alto, instrumentalists, wanted for Heavensong, a new small ensemble dedicated to uplifting spir‑ its and building community.

Interfaith and secular music.

802‑324‑9149.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available.

House calls made free of charge.

VCR OR A VCR/ dvd combo.

Must be in good working order. 352‑4323 and ask for Ron.

For Rent

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

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

Ads (P d e ifi s s la C

ublish

For Rent T PARTMEN wl A M O O R ry, ne 1 BED t, Middlebu eat. 0 e e tr S in a M sh th, include $750/mon NT, APARTME c M O O R D t, ele 1 BE cludes hea upstairs, in Available imme . on Route 7 om MOBILE h M O O R D 6 E 2B rivate lot. $ P . ry u b s li in Sa 00-0000. required. 0 HOU OM TOWN rg O R D E B 2 Ve ommons, Country C excluding uti . $1,000/mo ODERN ROOM, M

PAGE 8B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

WARNING

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT MARCH 5, 2019 The legal voters of the Addison Northwest School District, consisting of the towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the following polling places on March 5, 2019 to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles of business: Municipality Polling Hours Location Addison 7:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Addison Town Clerk’s Office Ferrisburgh 7:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Ferrisburgh Town Office Panton 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Panton Town Hall Vergennes 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Vergennes Fire Station Waltham 10:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Waltham Town Hall Article 3: Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District approve the Board of School Directors to expend $22,139,341 which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in projected education spending of $19,204.31 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 8.73% higher than spending for the current year.

Article 4: Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District authorize the assignment of $50,000 pursuant to the provisions of 24 VSA 2804, from the fiscal year 2018 fund balance to the ANWSD Capital Improvements fund?

Article 5: Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District authorize the Board of School Directors to borrow money to be used for the payment of School District expenses pending receipt of payments from the State Education Fund and property tax receipts from member towns by the issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one year from date of issuance?

Article 6: Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District authorize the Board of School Directors to give notice that in lieu of distributing the School District Annual Report by mail within ten days of the District’s Annual meeting, it shall give at least thirty days’ notice of the availability of such report by inclusion in the warning of the District’s Annual meeting, commencing with the District’s 2019 meeting?

Article 7:Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District authorize the distribution of salaries for the Directors and other elected officers of the Addison Northwest School District pursuant to 16 VSA 562 in the following amounts: Board of Directors $850 each, Chair of Board of Directors - $1,275 Treasurer - $ 3,000, Clerk - $150 Article 8: Shall the voters authorize the amendment of Article 11 of the Addison Northwest School District Articles of Agreement, striking the current Article 11 language in its entirety and replacing it with: “The Unified District Board of Directors shall propose annual budgets in accordance with 16 VSA Chapter 11. The vote on the annual budget shall be conducted by Australian ballot pursuant to 17 VSA Chapter 5513(b). The vote on all public questions shall be conducted by Australian ballot, except that the vote on the following public questions shall be conducted by floor vote: (1) authorization for stipends to be paid district officers including the directors, clerk and treasurer; (2) authorization for the Board of Directors to borrow money in anticipation of revenue; (3) authorization for the Board of Directors to electronically distribute the annual report.”

Dated this 24th day of January, 2019.

Susan Rakowski, Chair of Board of Directors Addison Northwest School District 2/14, 18

WARNING TOWN OF STARKSBORO ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Saturday, March 2, 2019

The legal voters of the Town of Starksboro in the County of Addison and State of Vermont are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Robinson School multipurpose room within said Starksboro on Saturday the second day of March, A.D. 2019, at 9:00 a.m. to discuss and transact the following business viz: Polls will be open on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to elect Town Officers to vote on the Mt. Abraham Unified School District Budget, and to vote on the Regional Technical School Budget. (See separate warnings for School items.) The Business meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2019.

Article 1: To be voted by Australian Ballot on March 5, 2019.

To elect Town Officers for the ensuing year.

Moderator, 1 yr Selectboard, 3 yrs Library Trustee, 3 yrs Selectboard, 2 yrs Library Trustee, 3 yrs Tax Collector, 1 yr Town Planning Commission, 3 yrs Auditor, 3 yrs (2 yr balance) Town Planning Commission, 3 yrs Auditor, 3 yrs Town Planning Commission, 3 yrs Cemetery Commissioner, 2 yrs First Grand Juror, 1 yr Cemetery Commissioner, 3 yrs First Constable, 1 yr Lister, 3yrs Second Constable, 1 yr Town Agent to Prosecute/Defend Suits, 1 yr Article 2: Shall the voters of the town accept the Auditors’ Report for the year ending June 30, 2018?

Article 3: Shall the voters of the Town of Starksboro vote the following sum of money for the proposed FY 19-20 General Fund Budget, being expenses of $1,014,211 less receipts of $257,600, less the FY17-18 carry over surplus of $51,507 for an amount of $705,104?

Article 4: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sum of money for the Fire Equipment Reserve Fund, being $47,373?

Article 5: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sum of money for the Road Equipment Reserve Fund, being $93,526?

Article 6: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sum of money for the Paving Reserve Fund, being $40,000?

Article 7: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sum of money for the Starksboro Public Library to fund the costs of its operations for FY 19-20, being $30,000?

Article 8: Shall the voters of the town authorize the Selectboard to borrow an amount not to exceed $210,000 for the purchase, in FY 19-20, of a replacement tandem dump truck?

The loan will be paid within five years from the Road Equipment Reserve Fund, with the first payment due in FY 20-21.

Article 9: Shall the voters of the town vote the sum of $3,000 for the support of the Starksboro Village Meeting House to provide necessary exterior upkeep in support of its function as a trustee operated Community Building to provide services to residents of the town?

Article 10: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sums of money for the listed In-Town requests?

Starksboro Cooperative Preschool $4500 Robinson Mentoring Program $2000 Starksboro First Response $9500 Starksboro Food Shelf $2000 Starksboro Sports Program $3500 Starksboro School Age Program (RASY) $425 Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department $24,000 TOTAL IN-TOWN REQUESTS $45,925 Article 11: Shall the voters of the town vote the following sums of money for the listed Out-of-Town requests?

AC Restorative Justice Services, Inc $600 AC Home Health & Hospice $1964 AC Parent/Child Center $1600 AC Readers $350 AC Transit Resources $1708 American Red Cross $500 Bristol Family Center $500 Bristol Rec Department $2500 Bristol Rescue Squad $7500 Age Well $1300 Counseling Service of Addison County $2200 Elderly Services, Inc $900 Green Up Vermont $100 Homeward Bound (AC Humane Society $500 HOPE (formerly ACCAG) $1750 Hospice Volunteer Services $500 John W. Graham Emergency Shelter Services, Inc $970 Lewis Creek Association $550 Open Door Clinic $250 Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation Dist $176 RSVP $370 Vermont Adult Learning $700 Vermont Assoc. for the Blind & Visually Impaired $500 Vermont Center for Independent Living $250 Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force $100 WomenSafe $1250 TOTAL OUT-OF-TOWN REQUESTS $$29,588 Article 12: Shall the voters of the town vote the Real Estate taxes to be paid, without discount, to the Treasurer on or before Friday, November 1, 2019, at 4:30 pm becoming delinquent after November 1, 2019 at 4:30 pm? Taxes must be received by this time, postmarks are not considered receipt.

Article 13:To transact, vote and act upon any further non-binding business which may legally come before this meeting.

Dated at Starksboro, this 23rd day of January, A.D. 2019 Eric Cota, Koran Cousino, Peter Marsh, Tony Porter, Keegan Tierney 2/14

Public Notices Index

Public Notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON Independent on Page 8B and 9B.

Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison Northwest School District (2) Bristol (2)

Hannaford Career Center (1) Middlebury (3) Notice of Abandonment (1)

WARNING - BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

The legal voters of the Police Department Special Service District of the Town of Bristol are hereby WARNED and NOTIFIED to meet at Holley Hall in said Bristol, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 a.m., at which time the polls will open, and 7:00 p.m., at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles of business: ARTICLE 1: Will the voters of the Bristol Police District adopt the proposed 2019-2020 fiscal year budget in the amount of $468,769, a portion thereof in the amount of $421,369 to be raised by a District special assessment property tax; the tax rate on the 2019 Grand List of the property in the area included within the District sufficient to raise said special assessment property tax sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard?

Informational Meetings: The legal voters of the Bristol Police District are further notified that informational meetings will be held at Holley Hall in Bristol on Monday, February 18, 2019 during a regular Selectboard meeting which will commence at 6:00 p.m., and on Monday, March 4, 2019 during a special Selectboard meeting which will commence at 6:00 p.m. (preceding the Annual Town Meeting which will commence at 7:00 p.m.), for the purpose of discussion about the proposed Police District Budget.

Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Bristol duly called, noticed and held on January 21, 2019. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Bristol on January 22, 2019.

Bristol Selectboard: Peter Coffey, Chair; Joel Bouvier; John “Peeker” Heffernan; Theodore Lylis; Michelle Perlee ATTEST: Jen Myers, Town Clerk 2/14

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

The following tax rate information is provided in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Middlebury’s Charter. Tax rates are per $100 of assessed property value.

ACTUAL TAX RATE WILL DEPEND ON FINAL GRAND LIST TOTAL AFTER REAPPRAISAL MUNICIPAL TAX RATE FY19

General Fund Less Cross Street Bridge Reserve Fund/Local Option Tax Net General Fund Tax Rate** Voted Exemptions (Veterans) Fire Equipment Fund Total Municipal

$

0.9697

$ $ $ $ $

(0.0076) 0.9621 0.0015 0.0200 0.9836

Amount to be Raised** Grand List***

$ 7,274,421 $ 7,561,074 EDUCATION TAX RATE FY19

Residential Tax Rate Non-Residential Tax Rate

$ $

1.8578 1.8645

FY20 Estimated* $ 1.0365 $ $ $ $ $

(0.0529) 0.9836 0.0015 0.0200 1.0051

$ 7,436,854 $ 7,561,074 FY20 Estimated* $ 1.5783 $ 1.5800

*FY2020 tax rates are estimated. The tax rate and resulting tax bills will be affected by the Town-wide reappraisal of property, which is currently underway, and budget and decision items voted at Town & School Meetings. **Municipal Net General Fund Tax Rate & Amount to be Raised includes the amount of Cross Street Bridge Reserve Funds/Local Option Tax Surplus applied in FY19 ($57,484) and proposed in FY20 ($400,000). ***The Grand List is the total assessed value of all taxable real property in the Town of Middlebury. As the FY20 Grand List will not be finalized for several months due to the on-going reappraisal, the FY19 Grand List was used to calculate the estimated tax rate for FY20 for comparison purposes.

PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/.The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members.

To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible.

To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231).

Rule 5.300 Energy Efficiency Charge.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P017 AGENCY: Vermont Public Utility Commission CONCISE SUMMARY: The EEC supports the energy efficiency work of Vermont’s energy efficiency utilities (“EEUs”) - Efficiency Vermont; Burlington Electric Department; and Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. The Rule establishes the methodologies for calculating the EEC rates to meet the EEU budgets. (EEU budgets are determined through a separate Commission process.) The EEC rates are applied to the amount of electricity and natural gas a customer consumes to determine the individual EEC amounts for that customer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Elizabeth Schilling, Vermont Public Utility Commission, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2701, Tel: 802-828-2358 Fax: 802828-3351 Email: elizabeth.schilling@vermont.gov URL: https://puc.vermont.gov/about-us/ statutes-and-rules/proposed-changes-commission-rule-5300-energy-efficiency-charge .

FOR COPIES: Tom Knauer, Vermont Public Utility Commission, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2701, Tel: 802-828-2358 Fax: 802-828-2358 Email: thomas.knauer@vermont.gov.

9-1-1 Requirements for Enterprise Communication Systems.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P018 AGENCY: Vermont Enhanced 9-1-1 Board CONCISE SUMMARY: The public expected that a 9-1-1 call made from any device anywhere in the state will be routed to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) with accurate location information so that a dispatchable location can be provided to emergency responders. The purpose of this rule is to define the 9-1-1 requirements for all Enterprise Communications Systems (ECS), also referred to as privately owned telephone systems or multi-line telephone systems, that provide access to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for end users within the State of Vermont.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Barbara M. Neal, Vermont Enhanced 911 Board, 100 State Street, 4th Floor, Montpelier VT 05620-6501, Tel: 802-828-4911 Email: barbara.neal@vermont.gov URL: https://e911.vermont.gov.

Health Benefits Eligibility and Enrollment Rule, State Fair Hearings and Expedited Eligibility Appeals (Part 8).

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P019 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services CONCISE SUMMARY: This proposed rulemaking amends Part 8 of the 8-part Health Benefits Eligibility and Enrollment (HBEE) rule which was last amended effective January 1, 2018. Parts 1 - 5 and 7 of HBEE were filed as separate rulemaking and are expected to be adopted as final rules that will be effective January 15, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Linda Narrow McLemore, Agency of Human Services 280 State Drive, Center Building, Waterbury, VT 05671 Tel: 802-779-3258 Fax: 802-241-0260 Email: linda.mclemore@vermont.gov URL: http://humanservices.vermont.gov/ on-line-rules/hbee/proposed-rules .

FOR COPIES: Danielle Fuoco, Agency of Human Services, 280 State Drive, Center Building Waterbury, VT 05671 Tel: 802-585-4265 Fax: 802-241-0260 Email: danielle.fuoco@vermont.gov.

02/14

REACH THE COUNT Y, PL ACE YOUR AD HERE. CALL 388-4944

Starksboro (1) Vermont Secretary of State (1)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Police Department Facility Middlebury, Vermont Energy Initiative Project Separate sealed hard copy BIDS for the construction of the Town of Middlebury Police Department at No. 1 Lucius Shaw Lane, Energy Initiative Project will be received by the Town of Middlebury Public Works Department (1020 S. Route 7, Middlebury, VT 05753; mailing address - 77 Main Street) until 1:00 PM, on March 8th, 2019, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The Project will consist of three components focused on the Community Room at the Police Department facility: Infill of the two existing storefront sections on the south and east elevations with new masonry / metal frame construction and new thermally broken transom window sections, Wall to Roof air sealing with closed cell spray foam, and Wall to Floor air sealing at the base. The Wall to Roof air sealing portion of the work may be extended to the balance of the facility by change order to the contract, once an appropriate methodology is established and tested for effectiveness.

The two existing storefront openings slated for demolition and infill are approximately 12’ wide by 9’-2” high. Both are readily accessible from the exterior of the building, and some on-site staging of materials and equipment can be accommodated. The time frame for execution of this project is negotiable with the Owner.

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: Middlebury Police Department No. 1 Lucius Shaw Lane Middlebury, VT 05753

Middlebury Public Works Department 1020 South Rt 7 Middlebury, Vermont 05753

ISSUING OFFICE: The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Harris and Harris Consulting, Inc., 156 Beaver Meadow Brook, Lincoln, VT 05443, Contact: Judith Harris, judith@harrisandharrisvt.com. Cell phone 802.922.1321. Bidding Documents may be obtained via one of the following methods: 1. Via email request - addressed to Judith Harris for pdf copy by return email – at no charge to bidder.

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. Only Bid Documents obtained from Harris & Harris, Inc. (Issuing Office) shall be used for submitting a Bid. Neither Owner nor Issuer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

IMPORTANT A Non-Mandatory pre-bid walk-through is scheduled at the site at 10:30 am on February 27th, 2019. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend this meeting.

Any questions regarding the bid documents are to be submitted via email or in writing to the Contact Office no later than 2:30 pm on March 1st, 2019.

Any change to the Bidding Documents during the bid period will be made via electronic addenda and transmitted to ALL Bidders of Record requesting Bid Documents by 4:30 pm on March 4th, 2019.

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

Kathleen Ramsay, Town Manager 2/14, 18, 21, 25

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT WARNING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 4 AND MARCH 5, 2019

The legal voters of the Town of Middlebury, in the County of Addison, the State of Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Middlebury Union High School Auditorium at 73 Charles Avenue in Middlebury on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. to act on Articles 1 through 8; and on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 7:00 A.M. through 7:00 P.M. at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street in Middlebury, to vote by Australian ballot on Articles 9 through 13 as provided by the Middlebury Town Charter.

Article 1 To act upon the reports of the Town Officers.

Article 2 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury vote, pursuant to 24 VSA § 2804(a), to authorize the Selectboard to apply $400,000 from the Cross Street Bridge Reserve Fund to offset increased spending for Capital Improvements in the FY20 General Fund Budget and stabilize the FY20 tax rate?

Article 3 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury authorize the Selectboard, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §1786a(b), to replace Town Vehicles and Equipment in accordance with the schedule hereinafter set forth and to finance the purchase of same by borrowing funds in a total amount not to exceed $133,470 over a term not to exceed five (5) years?

[The Schedule of Vehicles and Equipment is: a). One (1) police cruiser and related equipment; b). One (1) dump truck/snow plow and related equipment; and c). One (1) pick-up truck for use by the Recreation Department].

Article 4 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury vote to adopt the proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2020 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) in the amount of $11,155,400 with a portion thereof in the amount of $7,836,854 to be raised by taxes?

Article 5 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury vote to collect taxes on real property for fiscal year 2019/2020 in TWO equal installments due in the Treasurer’s Office on the 15th day of October 2019 and the 15th day of March 2020?

Article 6 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury vote, pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 1674, to set the penalty charged by the collector of delinquent taxes for delinquent tax payments as follows: no penalty for any balance paid by the due date for the final installment; a 1% penalty on any balance not paid by the due date for the final installment; and an additional 7% penalty on any balance not paid within 10 days of the due date of the final installment? Interest will continue to be charged on each installment not paid by the due date at the rates previously approved by the Town at the March 2016 Town Meeting, i.e., 1% per month or fraction thereof for the first three months, and thereafter 1.5% per month for each month or fraction thereof.

Article 7 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury authorize the Selectboard, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §1786a(b), to borrow funds to finance improvements to the Memorial Sports Center in an amount not to exceed $100,000 to be financed over a period not to exceed five (5) years.

Article 8 To transact other business proper to be done.

[For voting by Australian Ballot on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, polls open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.] Article 9 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury advise the Selectboard to send a letter to our State Representatives, Senators, Speaker of the Vermont House, the President Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate and the Governor of Vermont in support of the 350VT Climate Solutions Resolution which urges the State of Vermont to: 1. Halt any new or expanded fossil fuel infrastructure including, but not limited to transmission pipelines and electrical plants, 2. Adhere to the State of Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan to achieve 90% renewable energy by 2050 for all people in Vermont, with firm interim deadlines, 3. Ensure that the transition to renewable energy is fair and equitable for all residents, with no harm to marginalized groups or rural communities?

Article 10 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury advise the Selectboard to support the 350VT Climate Solution Resolution by committing to efforts such as, but not limited to: 1. Weatherizing town buildings and schools and installing rooftop solar panels on town and school buildings, 2. Taking initiatives to reduce overall energy use while committing to improving the quality of life for residents, 3. Encourage landowners, farmers and other municipalities to implement practices that build the soil carbon sponge to cool the planet and mitigate flooding and drought, 4. Actively look for opportunities to request or apply for support from the State to implement the above initiatives?

Article 11 Shall the Town appropriate $3,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Addison County to support the provision of affordable housing in Addison County?

Article 12 Shall the voters of the Town of Middlebury advise and encourage the Selectboard to enact an ordinance that no retail establishment shall provide a Single-Use Carry Out Plastic Bag, defined as a bag with a thickness of less than 4 mils, to a customer at the check stand, cash register, point of sale or other point of departure for the purpose of transporting food or merchandise out of the establishment?

Article 13 To elect officers as required by the Middlebury Town Charter.

Dated at Middlebury, Vermont, 22nd of January 2019.

Brian Carpenter, Chair - Nick Artim, Vice Chair - Laura Asermily - Heather Seeley Victor Nuovo - Farhad Khan - Lindsey Fuentes-George MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD 2/14, 18

Police respond to alleged assault Vergennes Police Log

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Feb. 7 responded to a report of a patient allegedly assaulting a Porter Hospital employee. Police are investigating the matter.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with a person who was in need of medical attention on South Pleasant Street on Feb. 4.

• Investigated a minor twovehicle crash at the intersection of North Pleasant and Elm streets on Feb. 4.

• Assisted a local resident whose ATM debit card might have been used fraudulently on Feb. 4.

• Met on Feb. 4 with leaders of the Champlain Valley Academy who wanted to make police aware of case involving a student who they said had recently been verbally abusive and had committed vandalism.

• Received a report of a potential identity theft in the South Street area on Feb. 4.

• Investigated a report of a vehicle striking a building on Route 7 North on Feb. 4. Police said no on was injured.

• Served a no-trespass order on Feb. 5 on a man who was not wanted at the McDonald’s Restaurant on Court Street Extension. Police said

Middlebury Police Log

the man had refused to leave the restaurant after having been asked to do so.

• Ticketed several vehicles parked on College Street during the early morning of Feb. 5 in violation of the town’s winter parking ban.

• Responded to what police described as a minor two-vehicle collision on Route 7 South on Feb. 5. Police said Middlebury Regional EMS took one of the drivers to Porter Hospital for treatment of a minor injury.

• Found Sheila Austin, 63, deceased in a Sugarwood Court residence on Feb. 6. Police said they found Austin during the course of a requested check on her welfare, and said her death has been attributed to a medical event.

• Investigated a report of a man laying on the side of Route 7 South, near the Three Mile Bridge Road intersection, at around 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 6. Police located the man and said he was OK. • Investigated a report of an

allegedly intoxicated man waiting at the Addison County Transit Resources bus stop on Academy Street on Feb. 7. Police said the man wasn’t intoxicated.

• Launched an investigation into an allegation of a person circulating an “inappropriate” video on Middlebury Union High School campus on Feb. 7.

• Gave a ride home to a drunken man who was not wanted at a Valley View Drive apartment on Feb. 7.

• Responded to a report of a man allegedly removing items from a Seymour Street apartment on Feb. 8. Police said the matter is under investigation.

• Served a no trespass order on a man who had allegedly made inappropriate comments to a Middlebury College employee on Feb. 8.

• Received a report that someone had removed a catalytic converter from a vehicles that had been parked at a Route 7 South business on Feb. 8.

• Received a complaint about a vehicle that had been left running in a South Gorham Lane driveway for an extended period of time on Feb. 9. Police said they believe the vehicle had been left running due to an electrical issue.

Man cited for DUI after accident ADDISON COUNTY — Troopers operating out of the Vermont State Police New Haven barracks dealt with three drunk driving cases in the past week.

In the first instance, troopers were notified of a vehicle off Route 17 in Addison on Feb. 5 at little after 5:30 p.m. The officers were unable to locate the vehicle where it was reported, but found it after searching at nearby homes. They also found Christopher J. Putnam, 52, of Crown Point, N.Y., whom they identified as the driver of the vehicle that went off the road. After investigating, police alleged that Putnam drove off the road with a child in the car, and that his license was suspended. While speaking with Putnam, troopers detected signs of impairment, and screened him for driving under the influence, or DUI.

Vt. State

Police Log

In the end, state police cited Putman for DUI, driving with a criminally suspended license, reckless endangerment and negligent driving.

Later that evening, at around a quarter to midnight, troopers stopped a motor vehicle stop on Morgan Road in Salisbury after observing several violations. Police said that driver Robert Mears, 48, of Salisbury attempted to provide them with a false name in an attempt to deflect their investigation. Troopers again detected signs of impairment, and screened Mears for DUI. Mears was taken to the barracks and released after being

cited for DUI, third offense; driving with a criminally suspended license; providing false information to law enforcement; and violation of court ordered conditions of release.

In the third incident, detected signs of impairment in the driver, and cited Adam Dawson, 24, of Charlotte for DUI. All three are due to answer their respective charges in Addison County District Court, Criminal Division, on Feb. 25.

Meanwhile, on Monday and into Wednesday, state police were searching for a missing man who had been ice fishing on Lake Champlain near Orwell. A concerned relative reported late on Monday that Lee Wiktorski, 61, of Benson had been ice fishing on the lake and had not returned. Search efforts continued overnight. See full story in A section.

Tree identification workshop set for Feb. 23 in Hancock HANCOCK — The Addison County organization Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife will host a Winter Tree Identification Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 23.

The free workshop will take place that from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at 419 Shampeny Hill Road in Hancock.

One of the easiest ways to identify trees is by their leaves.

But what do you do in winter? Join hosts Margi and Owen Rogal for a walk in the woods and learn to use

ADDITIONAL WARNING PATRICIA A. HANNAFORD REGIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING March 13, 2019

Member Districts are Addison, Bridport, Bristol, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Panton, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro, Vergennes, Waltham and Weybridge.

POSTPONEMENT OF ARTICLE 2 ONLY

The legal voters of the Regional Technical School District are hereby warned to meet at the Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, Vermont in said district on MARCH 13, 2019 at 6:30 P.M., to transact and vote on the following business: ARTICLE 2: To hear and act upon the reports of the Treasurer and Auditors of the District.

2/14

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

other characteristics like bark and twigs to identify common Vermont trees in the winter.

County Forester Chris Olson will help to lead this walk and share his insights into the winter woods.

The workshop will be followed by cookies and cocoa. Bring snow shoes if you have them. Register and get directions by e-mailing info@vtcoverts.org or calling 802877-2777.

Public Notices can be found on Pages 8B and 9B. WARNING

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 25, 2019 The legal voters of the Addison Northwest School District, consisting of the towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Vergennes Union High School in Vergennes, VT on Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6:00 PM to learn about the 2019-20 budget and transact any of the following business.

Article 1: To elect the following officers: • Moderator • Clerk • Treasurer Article 2: To hear and act upon the reports of the Addison Northwest School District Officers.

This meeting will be recessed until Tuesday, March 5, 2019, for the purpose of voting by Australian ballot on the remaining Articles at the following locations: Municipality Polling Hours Location Addison 7:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Addison Town Clerk’s Office Ferrisburgh 7:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Ferrisburgh Town Office Panton 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Panton Town Hall Vergennes 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Vergennes Fire Station Waltham 10:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Waltham Town Hall Dated this 24th day of January, 2019.

Susan Rakowski, Chair of Board of Directors Addison Northwest School District 2/14, 18

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE PURSUANT TO TITLE 29 V.S.A. SUBSECTIONS (g) and (h) OF SECTION 563 NAME OF RECORD OWNERS OF INTEREST: Cambrian Corporation, RD#1, Fowler Ohio 44418 Cambrian Associates, Ltd. c/o Anthony F. Abatiell, President One Justice Square, Rutland, Vermont 05701 NAME OF PROPERTY OWNERS: David W. Parry DESCRIPTION OF LAND: Being all and the same lands conveyed to David W. Parry in the following three (3) deeds: • 1 - Quit Claim Deed from Donald A. Parry and Geraldine Parry dated May 11, 1992 and recorded on May 21, 1992 in Book 45 at Page 300 of the Town of Orwell Land Records.

• 2 - Quit Claim Deed from Barbara Parry Leonard dated May 8, 1992 and recorded on May 21, 1992 in Book 45 at Page 302 of the Town of Orwell Land Records.

• 3 - Quit Claim Deed from Stanton P. Parry and Lorraine D. Parry dated May 7, 1992 and recorded on May 21, 1992 in Book 45 at Page 304 of the Town of Orwell Land Records.

NATURE OF INTEREST: Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease granted by Everett I. Putney to Cambrian Corporation dated October 26, 1964, is recorded in the Orwell Land Records in Book 31 at Page 7. A Preservation Notice of Cambrian Corporation is recorded in the Orwell Land Records in Book 36 at Page 462.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSONS GIVING NOTICE: David W. Parry c/o William van Zyverden, Esq.; 4421 Main Street; Port Henry, New York 12974 It is presumed that this Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease is abandoned.

Dated at Glenwood, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2019.

2/14 David W. Parry

VERGENNES — Vergennes police opened two investigations last week involving youths in the area, although they are not releasing many details due to the age of the people involved and because the incidents are still being investigated.

On Feb. 5 police looked into a situation involving an online threat made among Northlands Job Corps students.

On Feb. 6 police said were informed a city teen was taken to the hospital after eating a brownie allegedly containing marijuana; police said they are looking into the circumstances.

In other action between Feb. 4 and 10, Vergennes police: On Feb. 4 dealt with a noise complaint at a Main Street apartment.

On Feb. 5: • At the request of a UPS driver made sure everyone was OK at Vergennes Union High School when no one answered the door; police said employees were in a class and all was fine.

• Dealt with a complaint that a loose dog in the New Haven Road area was acting aggressively; police spoke to its owner.

• Helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad on North Maple Street.

On Feb. 6: • Searched unsuccessfully for a driver who was reported to be operating erratically.

• Helped return an iPad that was found by a citizen after it was reported lost.

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 9B

On Feb. 7: • Responded to a minor twovehicle crash on Main Street.

• Took a report that a vehicle that had been towed because it was in violation of the city’s winter parking ban had been damaged in the process.

• Helped calm an unruly youth at a Second Street home.

On Feb. 8 checked out a vehicle that had been left parked for a long time at VUHS and determined there was no problem.

On Feb. 9 conducted special patrols to control speed and other traffic violations on Victory and Green streets and on Panton Road and West Main Street, issuing two warnings in the latter patrol.

On Feb. 10 searched for a car driven by a man who knocked on the wrong door on Main Street and was reported to be suspicious. Police said Vermont State Police helped with the search, found the car and cited the man for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Auctions

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

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

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Feb. 7th & Feb. 11th, 2019 BEEF Westminster Farm Blue Spruce Farm Kayhart Bros Danyow Farm Nop Bros Farm J. Nuissl Farm

Lbs. 1760 1780 1830 1700 1725 1660

Costs per lb .52 .50 .58 .55 .55 .50

Dollars 915.20 890.00 1061.40 935.00 948.75 830.00

CALVES Danyow Farm M. Rolloff Farm Clifford Farm Gosliga Farm D.Essex Farm Deer Valley Farm

Lbs. 84 115 107 102 102 100

Costs per lb .80 .68 .55 .65 .60 .55

Dollars 67.20 78.20 58.85 66.30 61.20 55.00

Total # Beef: 265 • Total # Calves: 326 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

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

SUBSCRIBE, CALL 388-4944

WARNING - ANNUAL TOWN MEETING BRISTOL, VERMONT The legal voters of the Town of Bristol are hereby WARNED and NOTIFIED to meet at Holley Hall in said Bristol, on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., said meeting to be recessed at the close of all business to be transacted from the floor to the following day, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 for voting by Australian ballot between the hours of 7:00 a.m., at which time the polls will open, and 7:00 p.m., at which time the polls will close, for the election of officers and voting on those articles so noted.

ARTICLE 1: To hear the reports of the Town officers.

ARTICLE 2: To elect Town Officers by Australian ballot.

ARTICLE 3: Will the voters of the Town of Bristol vote that all real property taxes payable in installments shall bear interest at a rate of ¾ of one percent per month or fraction thereof for the first three months and thereafter one and one-quarter percent per month or fraction thereof from the due date of each installment with the payment to the Town Treasurer of the real property taxes for the Town’s fiscal year period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, being due in two equal installments on November 5, 2019 and April 5, 2020 by physical delivery to the Town Office before midnight on that date?

ARTICLE 4: To set salaries that shall be paid to the members of the Selectboard.

ARTICLE 5: Will the voters authorize the use of June 30, 2017 General Fund undesignated fund balance to pay the balance of the Holley Hall Acoustics loan financed with through the Town of Bristol’s Revolving Loan Fund with a current principle balance of $20,000 plus any interest accrued at the current loan rate of 1.00% through the payoff date in FY2019? If approved, the General Fund Operating Budget in Article 10 would be reduced by $5,200.

ARTICLE 6: Will the voters authorize the use of June 30, 2017 General Fund undesignated fund balance to pay the balance of the Holley Hall Remodel loan financed with People’s United Bank with a current principle balance of $30,000 plus any interest accrued at the current loan rate of 1.7% through the payoff date in FY2019? If approved, the General Fund Operating Budget in Article 10 would be reduced by $10,510.

ARTICLE 7: Will the voters authorize the transfer of $50,000 of the June 30, 2017 General Fund undesignated fund balance to the Capital Building Fund?

ARTICLE 8: Will the voters authorize the transfer of $17,000 from the June 30, 2018 General Fund undesignated fund balance to the Capital Sidewalk Fund?

ARTICLE 9: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2019-2020 fiscal year Highway Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $774,101, a portion thereof in the amount of $675,251 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate on the 2019 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard?

ARTICLE 10: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2019-2020 fiscal year General Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $911,426, a portion thereof in the amount of $727,426 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate on the 2019 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard?

ARTICLE 11: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2019-2020 fiscal year Arts, Parks and Recreation Department budget in the amount of $283,863, a portion thereof in the amount of $193,613 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate of the 2019 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard?

ARTICLE 12: Will the voters appropriate the following sums to be placed in various Town Reserve Fund accounts as noted?

Reserve Fund: Amount: Capital Building Fund $30,000 Capital Fire Equipment Fund $25,000 Capital Fire Vehicle Fund $100,000 Capital Highway Equipment Fund $110,000 Capital Road Fund - Construction $40,000 Capital Road Fund – Paving $125,000 Capital Sidewalk Fund $35,000 Conservation Fund $10,000 Reappraisal Fund $ 5,000 Technology Fund $10,000 Total: $490,000 ARTICLE 13: Will the voters appropriate the following sums in support of the organizations listed below, with said amounts level funded or lowered from the prior year, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2691?

Organization: Amount: Addison County Restorative Justice $1,150 Addison County Home Health & Hospice $4,700 Addison County Humane Society $1,000 Addison County Parent/Child Center $4,800 Addison County Readers $2,000 Addison County Transit Resources $11,306 Addison County River Watch $300 Age Well (formerly CVAA) $2,700 Bristol After School Kid’s Program $1,275 Bristol Band $1,200 Bristol CORE $10,000 Bristol Family Center $4,000 Bristol Fourth of July Committee $6,000 Bristol Historical Society $2,500 Bristol Little League $2,000 Bristol Recreation Club $15,000 Bristol Rescue Squad $13,500 Counseling Service of Addison County $3,875 Elderly Services $2,200 Hope (Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects) $3,250 Hospice Volunteer Services $1,200 John Graham Shelter $1,400 North East Addison Television (NEAT) $3,500 Open Door Clinic $1,000 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program $750 Vermont Adult Learning $1,650 WomenSafe $3,500 Total: $105,756 ARTICLE 14: Will the voters approve an appropriation of $140,340 for the Lawrence Memorial Library for its annual operating budget, said sum to be raised by taxes?

ARTICLE 15: Will the voters appropriate $29,000 for the Bristol Cemetery Association, Inc. for the purpose of maintaining Greenwood Cemetery (mowing and trimming) in a well-kept manner in accordance with 24 V.S.A. §2691?

ARTICLE 16: Will the voters renew the exemption of the Libanus Lodge No. 47 (Mason’s Lodge) for its property located at 4 Elm Street from real estate taxes for a period of five (5) years pursuant to 32 V.S.A. §3840?

ARTICLE 17: Will the voters appropriate $1,500 to Turning Point Center of Addison County for the purpose of supporting its mission to assist persons, their families, and their friends in recovery from substance use disorder and addictive behaviors in accordance with 24 V.S.A. §2691?

ARTICLE 18: Will the voters appropriate $1,500 to Habitat for Humanity of Addison County to support the provision of affordable housing in Addison County in accordance with 24 V.S.A. §2691?

ARTICLE 19: To transact any other non-binding business that may legally come before this meeting.

Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Bristol duly called, noticed and held on January 28, 2019.

Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Bristol on January 29, 2019.

Bristol Selectboard: Peter Coffey, Chair, Joel Bouvier, John “Peeker” Heffernan, Theodore Lylis, Michelle Perlee, ATTEST: Jen Myers, Town Clerk

2/14

PAGE 10B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2019

Vt. Family Forests program to be held in Lincoln Feb. 21

Lincoln

LINCOLN — The Lincoln Library will present “Family Forestry For The People and The Planet: A Look at the Vermont Family Forests Foundation” on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 7-8 p.m.

Vermont Family Forests Foundation (VFF) was founded as a non-profit conservation organization in 1998

by David Brynn, then Addison County Forester with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.

Have a news tip? Call Dawn Mikkelsen at 453-7029 NEWS

In 2016, VFF acquired three Lincoln parcels formerly held by Lester and Monique Anderson and conserved through the Northeast

Wilderness Trust. David’s talk will outline how VFF accomplishes its mission. He’ll feature the upcoming Taking Care Of Our Home Grounds: A Commons Conservation Congress for Vermont’s Center-West Ecoregion, discuss VFF’s role in the Isham Hollow Fiber Optics Project of Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, and answer questions.

Attention box top Collectors: please bring your box tops to school

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

*6th Annual Free Brakes for Food* We are collecting food for Addison County Hope and are willing to bribe you!

Food

For

Yes, we start off with a Free Brake Inspection and Free Brake diagnosis. If you need brakes, we provide FREE Premium Centric Brake Pads and $34.50 off the Labor to Install the Pads.

FREE Brakes

All you have to do for your FREE BRAKE INSPECTION is bring a bag of

12 non-perishable food items for this fine organization!

Is the Brake Job Going To Be Absolutely Free?

Of course not - BUT - this is the Best Deal you will get anywhere! You get Free Premium Centric Brake Pads and part of the labor to install them, then you pay for any other brake parts and other work needed with County Tire Center’s quality work and service, and you help out Hope of Addison County.

Why Not Totally Free?

No Cost Jobs would require us to use cheap parts and to do what we call in the industry a “pad slap” - throw on cheap pads as quickly as possible and not look at the rotors, calipers, master cylinders, brake lines and brake fluid. Cheap brake jobs have possible safety concerns, have a short life span, give poor performance, are noisy, plus they cost more in the long run! WE DO NOT DO “PAD SLAPS.” How Can You Give Such Big Discounts?

We partnered with our Part Vendor and the Brake Manufacturer. They provide the brake pads, we provide part of the labor, and you provide the food!

This is why we can only offer FREE Brakes for a limited time. You will save anywhere from $150-$375 depending on make, model & work needed.

Go to hopevt.org Family owned & operated for over 30 years. Oldest locally owned and operated tire center!

Dates: January through March

The under car care specialists.

In 2018 1/22 – 3/2....

1,030 lbs. of food collected and 47 customers had brakes replaced

33 Seymour Street • Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-7620 • countytirecenter.com

or drop them off at the Lincoln Library as they will be turned in at the end of the month. All the money earned from the collection of box tops goes toward the purchase of books for the LCS library.

REMINDER: There will be a children’s craft session on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the library. Crafters will make their own marionette. Snack will be provided.

Until next time ... Happy Valentine’s Day!

ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Congratulations to Ryan Miller of Middlebury for being named to the Fall 2018 dean’s list at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. To receive such an honor, fulltime undergraduate students must complete a minimum of 12 graded credit hours, and achieve a semester average of 3.5 with no D, F, or Incomplete grade.

Robyn Arena of Bristol, Emma Radler of North Ferrisburgh and Tea Kiefer of Vergennes have been named to the dean’s list at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., for the fall 2018 semester. Kiefer is studying Athletic Training, Arena is studying Health Science and Pre-Physical Therapy and Radler is studying Health Science/Pre-physician.

Criteria for selection to the dean’s list requires that the student must have a minimum semester grade point average of 3.500 for the semester.

JEFF AND DIANA Munroe of Middlebury captured this view of the Aletsch Glacier while hiking in Switzerland in 2018. The Munroes will be giving a presentation on their hiking experiences on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court, Middlebury, as part of the Green Mountain Club’s James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Series.

Learn about the Alps at Adventure Series travelog MIDDLEBURY — The Green Mountain Club’s 27th Annual James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Series will feature Jeff and Diane Munroe

of Middlebury when they give the presentation “From Gletscher to Gipfelkreuze: Exploring the Natural and Cultural Landscapes of the Alps,” on Thursday, Feb. 21 , at 7 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court, Middlebury.

The Munroes are avid hikers and travelers and have lived in Middlebury since 2001. Jeff is Professor of Geology at Middlebury College and Diane coordinates community-based research projects for the College’s Environmental Studies Program. Last year they spent his sabbatical year abroad, largely in Austria where Munroe was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Innsbruck in the spring.

During the fall and summer, they traveled extensively across the Alps from France to Slovenia, hiking and exploring modern glacial landscapes and enjoying a range of local cultural experiences.

During their slide presentation, the Munroes will share the beauty and diversity of the Alpine landscape while also exploring the tension they felt experiencing the cultural and natural richness of this region alongside the stark retreat of all of the glaciers they visited.

The presentation is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. Voluntary donations will support the Green Mountain Club’s Education Program. More details at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Entries needed for ash borer writing project BURLINGTON — To increase public awareness of the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that’s impacted forests in 35 states including Vermont, the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) and Young Writers Project (YWP) are co-sponsoring a writing contest for Vermont youths, 18 and under.

Individuals may enter either a persuasive essay encouraging people to take action against the emerald ash borer or tell a story through a poem or prose about an ash tree threatened by this forest pest. For the latter, the focus could be on the tree’s history or its importance to wildlife, people or the community.

Entries must be original and may be of any length, but not to exceed 750 words. Only one entry is allowed per person.

The deadline to enter is March 15.

For full contest details, go to go.uvm. edu/young-writers-challenge.

To enter, youths will need to have a YWP account. Anyone 13-18 years old may sign up for a free account at youngwritersproject.org. Parental permission is required for those 12 and under (youngwritersproject.org/ permissionform).

Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries with $100 for first place, $75 for second and $50 for third. Each winner also will receive a Vermont State Park punch pass (10 park visits) and be invited to read their winning piece at the annual Vermont Arbor Day Conference on May 2 at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.

In addition, winning submissions will be published by YWP in its digital magazine, “The Voice,” “Northern Woodlands News” and other media.

Real Estate

Calendar

Lifestyle

Entertainment

Reviews

Feature Interviews

ARTS+LEISURE

February 14, 2019

The Addison Independent

Immerse yourself in a sonic soundscape

U

sually if someone falls asleep within 90 seconds at your performance, you might be embarrassed. But not Andrew Noethiger.

“If someone’s snoring, I’m doing my job,” he said in an interview last month.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

So what exactly does he do that he’s happy when his audience not only dozes

off, but is so relaxed that they share their unencumbered cacophony?

“I create sonic soundscapes, sound immersions for people to experience,” said Noethiger, who describes himself as a drummer, percussionist and a sound enthusiast.

Unless you’ve been in the room with Noethiger for one of these sound

immersions, you’re probably a little confused. Here’s what happens: people gather in a room, where Noethiger has set up a varied assortment of crystal and Tibetan bowls, chimes, drums, gongs and other percussion instruments. You settle into a comfortable position with blankets, chairs, sleeping bags, pillows… whatever you need, and then Noethiger begins.

At first it’s quiet, and you’re attentive to SEE SOUNDS ON PAGE 3

PAGE 2 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

ART Artists light up Jackson Gallery in Middlebury

E

merging from the darkness of a chilly winter and in anticipation of the warmth and renewal of spring, the Jackson Gallery presents “The Light Show,” an exhibit of unique lamps and lanterns created by Vermont artists. Among the group are Clay Mohrman, Kristian Brevik, York Hill Pottery artisans Elizabeth Saslaw and Susan Kuehnl, and Cindi Duff. The exhibit features artful and surprising choices of design and materials to decorate each source of illumination.

The exhibit will be on display, Friday, Feb. 15-March 24. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 15, from 5-7 p.m.

Clay Mohrman, of Clay Mohr Lighting, creates sculptural lamps out of wood from the forests and shores surrounding Lake Champlain. The Burlington artist uses lighting to connect interior spaces with nature through the combination of LED lighting technology and the found wood. Using geometric form, function and materials, the sculptures exist at the intersection of nature and the built environment. Mohrman designs floor lamps, sconces, table lamps, as well as larger commissioned illuminated sculptures including two public art works completed for Spruce Peak Lodge in Stowe.

Clay Mohrman’s “Skye lamp” is one of many lamps on display at the Jackson Gallery for “The Light Show” exhibit, on view Feb. 15-March 24.

Kristian Brevik earned a B.A. in Biological Sciences and Evolutionary Biology and also Sculpture, and is currently a Ph.D. student of Plant and Soil Science. His art is definitely informed by his study of science and nature.

Using wood, paper, cloth, bone and glue, many of his lamps take the form of whales whose skeletal structure is revealed upon

WINTER FLOORING SALE A Wonderland of Winter Savings Hardwood • Carpet • Tile Cork • Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) Vinyl Sheet Goods & More!

WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED For Professional Installation Or DIY Sale Ends 2/28/19

16 Creek Road, Middlebury • 388-6054 Mon - Fri 7:15 - 5:30, Sat 8 - 3 www.countrysidecarpetandpaint.com

illumination. He states that his art “explores the interactions between humans and other-than-humans, by highlighting the commonalities of form shared by ships and whales, by wondering about the ways we shape each other; through domestication, eating each other, and changing each other’s experience of the world, increasingly through extinction.”

Additional works include table lamps from York Hill Pottery, whose carefully crafted stoneware has been exhibited widely. Each piece of pottery is hand-thrown on an electric wheel by Lincoln artist Elizabeth Saslaw who founded the studio in 1980. Many are hand-decorated by Susan Kuehnl, who has a fine mastery of Oriental brush work. Lamps

by Cindi Duff are made of recycled parts using a “retired” musical instrument as the base. Duff often researches the origins of the instruments she finds, many of which are wellused brass and woodwinds, though one lamp is built around a ukulele. Her creations are surprising and delightful.

The Jackson Gallery is located in the lower level of Town Hall Theater, a community and cultural venue located in the center of Middlebury. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 12-5 p.m., and an hour before any public events in the building. For further information call (802) 382-9222 or visit townhalltheater.org or StudioPerdue.com.

Addison Independent

each new sound and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 vibration.

Then it builds. For some this is energizing, for others it beacons a transcendental meditation — for yours truly, it was a kind of lucid, out-of-body experience. Whatever it is, it’s awesome.

SOUNDS

Go and see for yourself. Noethiger is coming to Illuminate, the integrative massage and collective space shared by several wellness providers in Middlebury on Feb. 28, at 7 p.m.

He plays at this studio in the Marble Works, owned by Samantha Isenberger, about every other month.

“I build the sound up to a peak and then bring it gradually back down,” said the 45-year-old who lives in Winooski. “I’m known for my subtle endings… I can’t leave people hanging on the ledge; I have to make sure they’re back on the ground.”

Yes, much appreciated.

“I do tell people at the end, that they might feel different… The frequencies and tones of the sounds massage your brain and the vibrations massage your body,” Noethiger said, putting his hands up with a stiff disclaimer that he’s no doctor. “And I don’t call myself a sound healer.”

Andrew Noethiger prepares for a sound immersion at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne on Feb. 1. He will offer a session at Illuminate in Middlebury on Feb. 28.

PHOTOS / OLIVER PARINI

equipment. It’s all Pieste, by the way — a topof-the-line Swiss company that makes gongs.

At that point, Noethiger had taken a job as a mail carrier in Bristol. After walking the 10-miles of his mail route, he’d come home exhausted — especially if it was in deep snow.

“I would play the gongs for 20-30 minutes and would feel recharged,” he remembered.

“I thought, ‘Why am I feeling this way?’ So I had some friends come over I played for them. I was just experimenting, and then I realized that I had something I needed to take out and share with other people.”

Noethiger got his first gig playing for a yoga studio in Montpelier, then one at The Village Shala yoga and wellness studio in But he does “I JUST WANT TO PLAY THESE Bristol. His list of recognize that INSTRUMENTS AND HAVE OTHERS venues grew as there’s something word spread (by here.

EXPERIENCE THEM.” mouth and email, he has no website or Noethiger began Facebook or anything like that). Noethiger now drumming at age one. He grew up in Long plays regularly at All Souls Interfaith Gathering Island, N.Y., in a neighborhood with nine drummers on his block — they liked to coach in Shelburne, Purple Sage in Essex, Illuminate in Middlebury and for private parties. him and Noethiger liked to learn. As he grew up, his enthusiasm didn’t wane.

Most of his gigs are $20 suggested donation (except the one in Essex — that’s in a Instead of pursuing percussion in college, Himalayan salt cave, costs $55 and requires Noethiger began working in IT for large a reservation.) financial institutions in Wilmington, Del. Collecting and playing percussion “I can’t make a living doing this, unless I’m instruments became his — ahem, very really traveling around,” said Noethiger, who serious — hobby. That was Noethiger’s life left his post as a mail carrier a couple years for the better part of two decades. ago and is now working for Blodgett Ovens “I had a massive drum collection,” he said. “I’d in Jericho. “I like to look forward to my gigs. I want it to be inspiring for me too.” been collecting and hoarding for 25 years — to say I had some of the most sought after The money, basically pays for gas and some instruments would be an understatement.” equipment wear and tear.

In 2012, he decided to move up to Vermont — following one of his favorite bands, Strangefolk, “I just want to play these instruments and have others experience them,” Noethiger and a great beer scene — and realized he had said. “I never dreamed of having so much “way too many drums.” So he sold some and command over a room.” used the $25,000-$30,000 to purchase gong

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 3

PAGE 4 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

OUT OF TOWN Fleming Museum magnifies miniatures

T

he Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont in Burlington has a few small exhibits on display this month — literally.

“Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art,” “Global Miniatures” and a talk on “Life in the Little City” will take place at this museum of art located at 61 Colchester Ave. Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art Feb 13-May 10 “Small Worlds” explores the ways contemporary artists use miniatures to inspire awe, whimsy, and even dread. These artists either create or employ found miniature figures, rooms,

and landscapes, displaying them through photographs or sculptures. The resulting scenes, reminiscent of our childhood playthings, can recall in us that sense of wonder for the world around us, but also call our attention to the dark forces hidden beneath the seduction of the small.

Global Miniatures Feb 13-May 10 Miniatures — small versions of real-world objects — can be found the world over and throughout time. What is the appeal, seemingly universal, of seeing something familiar made small? What functions do miniatures serve? This exhibition will explore these questions using a wide range of objects from the Fleming

Charlotte Grange Hall hosts music

Museum’s global collection.

Life in the Little City Thursday, Feb. 21, at 12 p.m.

An ant colony is a society in miniature, with concerns both pedestrian and momentous that mirror our own: traffic jams, bucket brigades, housekeeping, childcare, neighborhoods, factions, epidemics and massacres. The lives of ants are both foreign and familiar, and it is this juxtaposition that has made them an object of fascination for centuries. In this talk, Sara Helms Cahan, Associate Professor and Chair of the UVM Department of Biology, will discuss what we can learn about universal truths of social life when we take the time to look deeply at these little creatures who rule the world.

Dan Wyman will be at the Charlotte Grange Hall with his fiddle along with others on Sunday, Feb. 17, from 4-6 p.m.

Come and spend some time listening and dancing to great fiddle tunes.

The fun continues on Tuesday, Feb. 19, with another open mic evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. If you would like to perform, arrive by 6 p.m. and/or sign up with Mike Walker prior to the evening at mjwalker@gmavt.net. All donations are used to help heat and light the building.

did you know?

The Charlotte Grange Hall was originally built by a young men’s association to be used as a debate hall. Then it became a school for the kids living in East Charlotte.

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 5

IN TOWN Staged Reading Series heats things up with ‘Love and Sex’

J

SUNDAY

17

ust in case your Valentine’s Day is a little bland, the Cutting Edge Staged Reading Series promises to heat things up with “The Mystery of Love and Sex”

by Bathsheba Doran this Sunday. This show kicks off the series’ 2019 FEB. season.

Town Hall Theater, Middlebury

From the writer of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and Showtime’s “Masters of Sex” comes a tender and funny story about love in all its forms, and that blurry space between friendship, romance and erotic desire. “The Mystery of Love and Sex” is also about families; the family we are born into and the family we create.

She’s white; he’s black. She’s Jewish, he’s Christian. Charlotte and Jonny, best friends since they were nine are now exploring a more intimate relationship.

What that means can be complicated — for them and for her parents who have their own issues. “The Mystery of Love and Sex” looks at secrets, race, the fluidity of identity and family dynamics.

one more thing

Directed by Rebecca Strum, the cast includes Geeda Searfoorce, Ben Ash, Alexis De Larosa and Becca Berlind; Frankie Dunleavy will read stage directions.

When the play ran in New York in 2015 at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater Charles Isherwood of the New York Times wrote: “‘The Mystery of Love & Sex’ is written with such compassion, such wry wisdom about the vicissitudes of loving attachments, that I emerged from the theater into yet another frigid day feeling warmed from within.”

Mark your calendars for this boundarypushing play that speaks to our contemporary moment: Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m., in the Byers Studio at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Refreshments and a talkback follow the performance. $10 donation encouraged. Adult content: not recommended for children under the age of 16.

Two free tickets to Middlebury Actor’s Workshop’s April full main stage production of “Ada And The Engine” will be given away at this staged reading.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK

‘PASSIONATE LOVE STORY’ SCREENS IN MIDDLEBURY “Cold War” (“Zimna wojna” was the original title) will screen at Dana Auditorium in Middlebury at 3 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16. Admission is free.

Director award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Pawlikowski’s previous film, “Ida,” was a global success, winning the Oscar and BAFTA foreign-language film awards as well as five European Film Awards including Best “Cold War” is a passionate love story between European film, Director and Screenplay. His a man and a woman who meet in the ruins other feature credits include “My Summer of of post-war Poland. With vastly different Love” and “Last Resort.” backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to “Cold War” was nominated at the 91st each other. Set against the background of the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Cold War in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia Film of the Year, Best Achievement in and Paris, it’s the tale of a couple separated Directing, and Best Achievement in by politics, character flaws and unfortunate Cinematography. twists of fate — an impossible love story in impossible times.

This screening is part of the Hirschfield International Film Series, which are free and This film earned Pawel Pawlikowski the Best open to all.

Short is sweet.

Simplify your message. Reach more clients.

Call us today. ads@addisonindependent.com 802-388-4944

PAGE 6 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

CALENDAR

ARTS

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT OPENING AND GALLERY TALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 5-7 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St. An opening reception for “Ice Shanties: Fishing, People & Culture — Photographs by Federico Pardo; Interviews by the Vermont Folklife Center.”

Come see this exhibition about the structures, people and culture of ice fishing seen through the lens of Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo. A Vermont Folklife Center Vision & Voice Exhibition.

THE LIGHT SHOW OPENING RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb 15, 5-7 p.m., The Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come see an exhibit of unique lamps and lanterns created by Vermont artists. The exhibit features artful and surprising choices of design and materials to decorate each source of illumination. More info at 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org or StudioPerdue.com.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

BOOK TALK IN BRANDON. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Meet and discuss “Midwives” by Chris Bohjalian.

DANCE

DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE IN BRISTOL. Friday, Feb. 15, 6-7:30 p.m., Holley Hall, 1 South St. Dress up and dance with your dad, stepdad, grandpa, or that special someone in your life. The evening will be filled with music, dancing, and games. Light refreshments provided. Tickets $25 a couple and $5 for family member. More info at BristolVtRec.com.

VALENTINE’S DINNER AND DANCE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 16, 5 p.m., VFW post 7823, 530 Exchange St. Bring your sweetie to this Roast Pork dinner then dance the night away with Triple (B) DJ. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner begins at 6 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance/$20 at the door.

Open to the public. Only 100 tickets available.

RSVP by Feb. 9 at 802-388-9468.

FILM

“COLD WAR” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 16, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 2356 College St. Cold War is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Free.

“WHAT THEY HAD” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY.

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In this potent and touching drama, Bridget returns home at her brother Nick’s urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father’s stubborn reluctance to let go of their life together.

Featuring exceptional performances from Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner and Robert Forster, director Elizabeth Chomko’s debut feature is very sure handed. The latest installment of the MNFF Winter Screening Series. Tickets $13.

“THE 20TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 23, 3 an 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. A showcase of 15 thought-provoking, poignant, and very funny animated shorts from around the world. Free.

JOIN IN

WINTERFEST IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 5-7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 17, noon-4:30 p.m. Middlebury.

Join family, friends, and neighbors on Friday in a beautiful procession of light around the falls.

Friday’s Lantern Walk from 6-7 p.m. is a free, family friendly, do-it-yourself community event. Saturday drop in to the Ilsley Library for a winter-themed story and make your own snow measuring stick, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Then head over to the Marquis Theater for Penguin Saturday. Enjoy a free showing of “Happy Feet” at 12:30 p.m. and then “March of the Penguins” 3 p.m. Both movies will be shown in the cafe space and everyone seeing the two penguin movies can also enjoy a free small popcorn. Sunday enjoy snow carving, music, food, activities, horse and wagon rides and more begin at College Park, across from Shafer’s at noon. Horse and wagon rides begin at 2 p.m. Then Head over to the Marquis Theater for a free showing of “Frozen,” beginning at 3 p.m. and a free small popcorn.

JUST FOR FUN

“SPOTLIGHT ON BROADWAY” ICE SHOW IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 16, 4 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 17, 2:30 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College, Route 30. The college’s annual ice show will feature music from bestloved theatrical and movie musicals along with choreographed numbers by skaters of all ages and abilities. Tickets $6, available at the Middlebury College Box Office or at the door. Fully accessible.

WINTERFEST IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Memorial Sports Center, 296 Buttolph Dr., and Middlebury Rec. Center, 154 Creek Rd. Enjoy the first day of school break with free ice skating and skate rentals from 10 a.m.-noon. Then, head over to

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FEBRUARY 14-24, 2019

the Parks and Rec gym for an afternoon of winter fun with sledding (bring your own sled), cocoa, music, and lots of winter games and activities.

LECTURES & LEARNING

“ANTARCTICA BIRDING ADVENTURE” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library. For the first lecture in Otter Creek Audubon’s 2019 Cabin Fever Lecture Series, join Gary and Kathy Starr for a presentation of their birding adventure in Argentina, the Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. The locations, history, wildlife and birds are all outstanding and many are captured with Gary’s photographs. All are welcome.

“MEMORY LOSS AND THE CREATIVE ARTS PART 2: FILM AND DISCUSSION – ‘IRIS’” IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Feb. 20, noon, The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Lunch and a film screening followed by a discussion with Luella Richer, expressive writing educator. The Oscar-winning film “Iris” shares an intimate and poignant portrait of the unconventional marriage and lifelong love of philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch and her literary critic husband John Bayley. Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB TAYLOR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SERIES IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Come hear speakers Jeff and Diane Munroe of Middlebury when they present “From Gletscher to Gipfelkreuze: Exploring the natural and cultural landscapes of the Alps.” More info contact Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. Light refreshments. Accessible parking at Middlebury Union High School. Free admission. Voluntary donations will benefit the GMC’s Education Fund.

More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

YAMICHE ALCINDOR SPEAKS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 22, 5 p.m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College. PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor will speak on “My Journey through Journalism: A perspective from PBS White House Correspondent.” Alcindor is also a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, and has worked as a reporter for USA Today and The New York Times. Alcindor has written mainly about politics and social issues.

“FINDING JESSE — HOW FREE & SAFE: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN VERMONT

Addison Independent

BECAME A REALITY.” in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 U.S. Route 7. As part of Rokeby’s Black History Month special programs, historian and museum director emerita Jane Williamson will give an illustrated talk her research to understand more fully the circumstances of fugitives who lived at, or passed through Rokeby, providing an understanding of the Underground Railroad from the point of view of the escapees themselves. Free with cost of admission, 8/adult and $6/students and children age 5 and up.

MUSIC

BISTRO CONCERT WITH RICK HAWLEY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Hear master pianist Hawley when he presents a program of love songs — mostly recognizable for sure — representing the decades so pleasing to us all. Free and open to the public.

NEW CENTURY | NEW VOICES: CARLOS SIMON, “YOUNG LIONS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Underwood Commission winner Carlos Simon presents a program of dynamic young composers of color. Free. More info at 802443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Jam session 11 a.m.-noon, noon-5 p.m. music and dancing. $3 donation. All fiddlers welcome.

Refreshments available.

BOB RECUPERO PLAYS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come hear some wonderful live music.

Recupero plays a wide range of tunes including jazz from the 1930s & 40s, some standards and some fun sing-a-longs. Maybe a cowboy song or two. Part of The Residence’s Sunday Music Series. Free, open to the public, and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

JAZZOU JONES PLAYS RAGTIME IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Jazzou brings this vintage all-American music to life when his fingers touch the keys. Step back in time for some wonderful ragtime piano entertainment performed by one of America’s leading ragtime ticklers. Free and open to the public.

“CONNECTIONS: NATASHA KOVAL PADEN, PIANO” IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Koval’s program shows Debussy’s relationship with fellow composers Chopin and Liszt, focusing on compositions that reach beyond classical structures and journey into realms of color, tonality, and mood. Free. More info at 802-4433168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

BISTRO CONCERT WITH CONNIE AND CHRIS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 22, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Come

hear Family Café guests Connie and Chris (bass, banjo, guitar, accordion, voice) when they perform songs and tunes with sing-alongs interspersed.

Free and open to the public.

CHRISTIAN SANDS PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Come hear fivetime Grammy Award nominee and Steinway artist Sands and his jazz trio. Not yet 30, Sands is an emerging jazz force to be reckoned with. Tickets $28 adults/$22 Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 youth/$6 Middlebury College students, available at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

RICHARD RUANE AND BETH DUQUETTE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear this Vermont-based acoustic duo performing original music with a clear traditional-roots influence that is steeped in tradition, but of its own time. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call More info at 802-247-4295 or info@brandonmusic.net.

JORGE MARTÍN & FRIENDS ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Join the Opera Company of Middlebury for this premiere of operatic works by celebrated Cuban-American composer and Middlebury resident Jorge Martín.

Martín will perform his works with tenor Brian Downen and mezzo-soprano Cherry Duke. A reception will follow the performance. Tickets $20/$30/$40 available at townhallteater.org, 802 382-9222, at the THT box office, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. or at the door, if available.

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 7 BEATON/PLASSE IN CONCERT IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery and Concert Room, 15 Main St. The second show of the Cabin Fever series will feature this Canadian fiddle duo. Tickets $15 in advance/and $20 day of show. For reservations call 802-453-3188 ex 2.

MOOSE CROSSING IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Moose Crossing is the go-to group for the jazz aficionado looking for classics from Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra, to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and hard driving funk tunes from Josef Zawinul to Herbie Hancock, with some original jazz music too. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

THEATER

“THE BARBER OF SEVILLE” IN BRANDON. Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Barn Opera l the 2019 Season of Love with a unique production of “The Barber of Seville.” Come see this romantic and fun-filled opera. More info at barnopera.com or call Edna at 802-247-4295.

“THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX” STAGED READING IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Middlebury Actors Workshop Cutting Edge Staged Reading Series, kicks off its 2019 season with this play by Bathsheba Doran, another boundary-pushing play that speaks to our contemporary moment. Refreshments and a talkback follow the performance. Adult content: not recommended for children under the age of 16. Two free tickets to MAW’s April main stage production will be given away at this staged reading. $10 donation encouraged.

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

LINES

LO VE

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO THE MOST SWEETEST VALENTINE OF ALL, MY DEAR DAUGHTER, HALLE MICHELLE FORREST. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, BOTH INSIDE & OUT. YOU ARE KIND & WARM & BRIGHT. YOU ARE FUNNY, SWEET, LOVING AND ALTOGETHER WONDERFUL. xoxo Love always, Mom

MOM,

FEEL THE LOVE!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR READERS WHO SHARED THEIR LOVE WITH US. HERE ARE THE 2019 LOVE LINES SUBMITTED TO THE ADDY INDY. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF SIX KIDS BY YOURSELF. YOU ARE THE WOMAN I ASPIRE TO BE. YOU ARE SO STRONG AND SO PATIENT. I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! -Sophie

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY (AND EARLY BIRTHDAY) TO YOU, MOM & GRAMMIE (BETTY HALL). WE THOUGHT WE’D SURPRISE YOU. WE LOVE YOU! XOXOXO Love your girls, Michelle & Halle

DEAREST BENNY, IF ONLY A SIMPLE NOTE, COULD CONVEY THE LOVE I FEEL FOR YOU EACH AND EVERYDAY. I THANK YOU, FOR MY PAST , PRESENT AND FUTURE. Love, Lauris

MR. MOON, I AM WISHING YOU THE SWEETEST VALENTINE’S DAY. YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART AND ON MY MIND. YOU ARE MY SOMETHING SPECIAL. I LOVE YOU TO INFINITY AND BEYOND. FOREVER ISN’T LONG ENOUGH. Love, Lady Spoon

FOR BOBBY, “HERE IS THE DEEPEST SECRET NOBODY KNOWS (HERE IS THE ROOT OF THE ROOT AND THE BUD OF THE BUD AND THE SKY OF THE SKY OF A TREE CALLED LIFE, WHICH GROWS HIGHER THAN THE SHOULD CAN HOPE OR MIND CAN HIDE) AND THIS IS THE WONDER THAT’S KEEPING THE STARS APART I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH MY (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART)” Love, Annie (Excerpted from an E.E. Cummings poem)

SENDING LONG-DISTANCE HUGS AND KISSES TO ALL MY SPECIAL COLLEGE STREET CHILDREN’S CENTER TEACHERS AND FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY HOLLI BOISE AND AMANDA COUSINEAU. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Love, little Nina in Texas

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO MY BIG BOY. OUR 2ND. Love, Miss Muffet

LO VE

LINES

PAGE 8 — Addison Independent

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 9

FILM

Family drama screens at Middlebury theater MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL PRESENTS FILM FOR THE 2018/19 WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

T

he Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival presents the riveting drama “What They Had” on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m., as its featured February film for the MNFF 2018/19 Winter/Spring Screening Series at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

Expanding to seven films from six, MNFF will will continue to offer one distinctive feature every month through May. The series began in November and retains its exclusive focus on prominent work by first- and secondtime filmmakers. “‘What They Had’ blends many powerful emotions with great artistry and benefits from having a world class cast that delivers incredible performances,” commented Lloyd Komesar, MNFF producer. “We are so pleased to bring this affecting drama to our audiences as part of the Winter/Spring Screening Series.”

A first feature film from director Elizabeth Chomko who also wrote the script, “What They Had” tells the story of Bridget, a middleaged woman who returns home at her brother Nick’s urging to deal with her ailing mother’s deepening dementia and her father’s stubborn reluctance to let go of their life together. With memorable performances from Hilary Swank,

be bold with your color Call to see what our new press can do for you!

802-388-4944 WWW.ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner and Robert Forster, “What They Had” displays a new filmmaker’s firm command of her craft.

As Peter Travers of Rolling Stone succinctly noted, “At first glance, you might mistake ‘What They Had’ for one of those well-meaning family dramas about what to do when your mom is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. But that would discount the exceptional accomplishment achieved by debuting director Elizabeth Chomko, enlivening her scrappy script with a cast of actors who truly are as good as it gets.

You laugh as much as you cry, which means you believe in the movie’s truth. . . For all its comic punch, this captivating film resonates with a sadness and sympathy that cross generational barriers. Movies this rich in observational detail, emotional focus and acting artistry are rare.”

“What They Had” will screen at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $13 and available at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, either in person (Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.), by phone at (802) 382-9222 or online at townhalltheater.org/ calendar-and-tickets. Tickets and more info are also available at middfilmfest.org/winter-springscreenings.

upcoming films Mark your calendars for the upcoming 2018/19 MNFF Winter/Spring Screening Series films:

“WHAT THEY HAD” Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m.

Directed by Elizabeth Chomko Narrative Drama

“CHEF FLYNN” Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.

Directed by Cameron Yates Documentary

“MUSEO” Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m.

Directed by Alonzo Ruizpalacios Narrative Drama

“WILDLIFE” Friday, May 10, at 7 p.m.

Directed by Paul Dano Narrative Drama More info at middfilmfest.org/winter-spring-screenings.

PAGE 10 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

T HEATER

OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

IN THE JACKSON GALLERY

THE LIGHT SHOW

Emerging from the darkness of a chilly winter and in anticipation of the warmth and renewal of spring, the Jackson Gallery presents an exhibit of unique lamps and lanterns created by Vermont artists. Among the group are Clay Mohrman, Kristian Brevik, York Hill Pottery artisans Elizabeth Saslaw and Susan Kuehnl, and Cindi Duff. Opening Reception: Fri 2/15, 5-7pm

Fri 2/15 7:30pm $49 Orchestra/$39 Balcony

DAR WILLIAMS

EXHIBITS ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early 15-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

FREE & SAFE, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN VERMONT. A permanent exhibition at the Rokeby Museum that addresses slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad. Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh. (802) 877-3406 or rokeby.org.

SOL OUT D !

Dar Williams is an accomplished and engaging singer/songwriter whose original material is both passionately personal and incisively cultural. With an artist’s voice informed by a worldview both hopeful and critical, her songs are all the more powerful in these challenging times.

Sun 2/17 2pm $13 MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

WHAT THEY HAD

An extraordinary cast including Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner & Robert Forster give exceptional performances in this touching and potent drama.

Sat 2/23 7:30pm $20/$30/$40

JORGE MARTÍN & FRIENDS

Town Hall Theater and The Opera Company of Middlebury present a very special concert featuring Middlebury’s own Jorge Martín, celebrated Cuban-American composer. Mezzo-soprano Cherry Duke, star of Opera Company of Middlebury’s The Italian Girl in Algiers performs with tenor Brian Downen (a Metropolitan Opera alum) in a varied program of Jorge Martín’s songs, and arias from other composers.

Reception to follow.

Sat 3/2 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD:

LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT

ICE SHANTIES: FISHING, PEOPLE & CULTURE. On view Feb. 15 through the summer, featuring the structures, people and culture of ice fishing seen through the lens of Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo — with audio reflections from the shanty owners drawn from interviews conducted by the Vermont Folklife Center. A reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 15, from 5-7 p.m. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

THE LIGHT SHOW. On view Feb. 15-March 24, featuring unique lamps and lanterns created by Vermont artists. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Friday, Feb 15, 5-7 p.m. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. On view Jan. 8-April 28, featuring more than 30 works from the museum’s modern and contemporary collections, including recent video works by William Kentridge, Tracey Moffatt, and the Swiss team of Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Other artists represented include Andrew Lenaghan, Banksy, Damian Hirst, Shazia Sikander, Dale Chihuly, Elizabeth Catlett, Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, Christian Marclay, Kara Walker, and Dennis Byng. Middlebury College Museum of Art at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

50/50: FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING FOR MIDDLEBURY. On view Jan. 25-Aug. 11, featuring one piece of art from every year Middlebury College has formally been acquiring art for its permanent collection. Middlebury College Museum of Art at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks – including the show-stopping area Ah! Mes amis with its 9 high C’s! Enrique Mazzola conducts.

Pre-performance talk at 12:15pm by Richard Marshak in the Studio.

Mondays 3/4– 4/1 7-8:30pm $25 per or $85/4 sessions A HISTORY OF

THE AMERICAN MUSICAL

Artistic Director Douglas Anderson’s exciting exploration of the jazzy, star-studded, and surprisingly turbulent history of the Broadway Musical and its singular contribution to American arts and culture. From Al Jolson to Julie Andrews and so much more, Doug’s expert commentary incisively counterpoints footage on the big screen and guest performers at the piano.

FIND OUT WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO SEE IT. LOOK HERE EVERY THURSDAY.

ART IS

BOLD. BRAVE. BEAUTIFUL.

Get your art the publicity it deserves. Email us today!

NEWS@ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

Addison Independent

MUSIC Christian Sands Trio to perform at MAC next Friday

F

ive-time Grammy Award nominee and Steinway artist Christian Sands brings his jazz trio to the Mahaney Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 22. Not yet 30, Sands is an emerging jazz force to be reckoned with. Whether he’s playing stride, swing, bebop, progressive, fusion, Brazilian, or Afro-Cuban, his abundant piano technique perfectly matches his conception, accomplishing a much deeper musical goal: a fresh look at the entire language of jazz. For the performance at Middlebury, Sands will play alongside bassist Eric Wheeler and drummer Jerome Jennings.

Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll first heard Sands perform in 2014 when he was a finalist for the American Pianists Association’s Jazz Fellowship Award.

“I was struck by his performance — at only 24, he was already a two-time Grammy nominated artist, and his dynamic and vibrant performance left an indelible impression on me,” Carroll said. “I’m thrilled to bring Christian to Middlebury.”

ABOUT CHRISTIAN SANDS From a very early age, Sands possessed an insatiable appetite for music. He began music classes at age four, wrote his first composition at five, and started playing professionally at 10. He studied at the Neighborhood Music School and the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, Conn., and later received his B.A. and Masters degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.

His meteoric rise in the jazz world includes performances with the legendary Oscar Peterson and Dr. Billy Taylor — who took Sands on as his protégé. Sands has followed in Taylor’s footsteps by encouraging, inspiring, and advocating for the preservation and history of jazz.

A deeply rich and soulful feeling infuses Christian’s music, characterized by his infectious energy and spirit. It was that same spirit that caught the attention of Grammy award-winning bassist Christian McBride, who asked Sands — then 20 years old — to sit in at the Village

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 11

live music RICK HAWLEY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

TWIST OF FATE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, February 15, at 9 p.m., Notte.

CARLOS SIMON IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

BOB RECUPERO PLAYS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

JAZZOU JONES IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

NATASHA KOVAL PADEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

CONNIE AND CHRIS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 22, 3:304:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Rising jazz star Christian Sands will perform with his trio at the Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SANDS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Mahaney Arts Center.

RICHARD RUANE AND BETH DUQUETTE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

PHOTO / ANNA WEBBER

Vanguard with his big band, Inside Straight. That appearance led Sands to become a member of McBride’s trio, touring throughout the world. The group’s 2013 CD release “Out Here” received a Grammy nomination for best jazz instrumental album.

Since then, Sands has shared the stage with a host of jazz luminaries and played at many celebrated jazz clubs around the world. He was named a Jazz rising star by Wynton Marsalis in Jet Magazine and by Vanity Fair in their “Jazz YouthQuake,” and was finalist for the 2015 Cole Porter Jazz Fellowship Award sponsored by the America Pianist Association. As you might imagine, Sands is in demand as a composer and arranger, and has a significant discography including his most recent albums, “Reach” (2017) and “Facing Dragons” (2018).

Come see the Christian Sands Trio next Friday, 7:30 p.m., at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Hall. General admission tickets are $28 for adults; $22 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for Middlebury College students; and are on sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

JORGE MARTÍN & FRIENDS ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

BEATON/PLASSE IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery and Concert Hall.

MOOSE CROSSING IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Duo celebrates old and new The New Century | New Voices series continues on Monday, Feb. 18, with a performance by violinist Gary Levinson, Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Asiya Korepanova.

The duo will bring a mix of old and new to the Robison Hall stage at the Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury. Sonatas by Prokofiev and Strauss will share the program with works by series founder Matthew Evan Taylor and a world premiere of Miss Korepanova’s concerto for alto saxophone and piano, “Poéme.” Doors open at 7:30 p.m., concert begins at 8 p.m.

The following day (Tuesday, Feb. 19), Levinson will offer a masterclass, at 10:30 a.m,. in collaboration with the Middlebury Community Music Center and Vermont Youth Orchestra. The masterclass will take place in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Arts Center.

PAGE 12 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

the movie THE UPSIDE — RUNNING TIME : 2:06 — RATING: PG-13 “The Upside” almost sinks in an intense and overlong introduction to its characters. That done, the actors calm down and act the roles they have been handed while we in the audience have at last become interested in them. When this happens, this cast delivers.

Bryan Cranston creates Phillip Lacasse a billionaire who became a quadriplegic during an accident while indulging in the sport he loved — hang gliding. The actor faces the challenge of acting the whole movie from a wheelchair where he must create all his moods and conversations with just his voice, facial muscles and his eyes. Nothing else moves. Over the course of the story, he creates a man of intelligence, acceptance, kindness and humor. Doing that without moving a muscle is quite an achievement.

Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in The Upside (2019).

Unable to do even one thing for himself, Phillip needs a man who will take full emotional and physical care of him for the rest of his life. As he interviews a long line of applicants for that job, he is drawn — for reasons we will learn later — to the thoroughly inexperienced Dell Scott (Kevin Hart). Against all advice, Phillip chooses Dell who appears to be the worst possible choice as caregiver to a quadriplegic. But as each shares things he knows the other needs, trust and friendship grow in the two men and in the audience.

The first half hour plus the premise are not promising. After that, settle in and enjoy watching some good actors make that improbable premise work in a way you don’t expect. How? There’s not a flawed performance.

Nicole Kidman’s Yvonne, who runs Phillip’s business for him, is loyal and never overdone. Kidman has an instinctive sense of what might be too much or too little and she creates a fine character who we watch carefully for subtlety. Julianna Margulies appears for a short, sharp few moments in a role that’s tough to play given the situation.

If you are trying to decide whether to see a movie about a quadriplegic and his caretaker, it would be easy to imagine a downer of an evening.

Don’t do that. Because of the performances there is a lot of laughter here, all delivered for our pleasure in a way that is thoroughly natural rather than contrived.

Both Hart and Cranston do something that is unusual and extremely moving: each finds a way to contribute something major to the other’s life.

There have been several movies this year that are rooted in tough truth that bring a fine gift to the audience. This is one of them. On this particular team of director Neil Burger and his cast, every one of them creates an interesting individual. Once again, because of strong, quiet talent, a sleeper of a movie surprises and moves its audiences. And yes, you are likely to tell people you’ve just seen a quadriplegic and a down-and-out street walker create great pleasure for audiences.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST NUCLEAR DISASTER — BY ADAM HIGGINBOTHAM

NEW & NOTEWORTHY NONFICTION Figuring, by Maria Popova The Source of Self-Regard,

by Toni Morrison

(Simon & Schuster)

The transition of nuclear fusion from weaponized to a source of power was not a smooth one and the design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants has always been cloaked in secrecy. In fact, as the author points out in his meticulously researched new book, that at the time Chernobyl was being constructed in 1970, nuclear scientists operated in an environment of “reckless experimentation...married with an institutional reluctance to acknowledge when things went wrong.” This attitude, upheld and enforced by the party system of the Soviet Union, demanded that “any accident — no matter how minor — was regarded as a state secret,” and explains why hours after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, citizens in the adjacent town of Pripyat were instructed to “carry on as usual” and that they should go ahead with, for instance, “a children’s health run scheduled for the following day through the streets of the city.” Higginbotham creates a timeline of the construction, the explosion and meltdown of the reactor and the resulting fallout, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, placing this event in a context that effectively demonstrates it wasn’t “if” a nuclear accident of this magnitude was going to happen, it was “when.” This is an eye-opening and important book.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

How to Be Loved,

by Eva Hagberg Fisher The Collected Schizophrenias,

by Esme Weijun Wang Never Enough, by Judith Grisel Parkland, by Dave Cullen El Norte, by Carrie Gibson Good to Go,

by Christie Aschwanden How to Hide an Empire,

by Daniel Immerwahr

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 13

33 BURKE ROAD, ORWELL, VT $945,000

A LOOK INSIDE ADDISON COUNTY HOMES FOR SALE.

Historic integrity meets modern convenience The master woodworker who crafted this Georgian Reproduction was so precise in his dedication to period detail that he designed and built tools that were authentic to the era he was recreating. This extra step ensured optimum historic integrity for features such as the handplaned raised paneling and wainscoting, hand-crafted cabinetry, as well as the 18- to 24-inch red pine floorboards milled from trees on the property’s 247 acres. This craftsman’s extraordinary effort is an indication of how much thought and love went into recreating old-world charm, while providing all the benefits of newer construction (1988). From the five fireplaces — with the enormous center fireplace serving as the heart of the home — to the stunning modern kitchen with marble and soapstone counters and top-of-theline appliances, this entire home is a perfect combination of 18th century workmanship and modern convenience.

This week’s property is managed by Champlain Valley Properties.

More info at champlainvalleyproperty.com.

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019

realestate

PAGE 14 — Addison Independent

ADVERTISE ON THIS PAGE.

CALL 802-388-4944

love your home

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Let one of these fine real estate agents help you find the perfect home and fall in love.

R

PREDU IC CED E

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

CORNWALL – 4340 Route 30 – MLS#4698297 Convenient & comfortable Ranch on 12+ acres, outbuildings.

3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths - $239,000

LINCOLN – 220 Murray Rd – MLS#4715854 Open floor plan, large deck, heated pool, 3-bay garage, views!

3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths – $299,000

MIDDLEBURY – 17 Twin Circles – MLS#4725770 One floor living in great location!

2 Bedrooms, 3 Baths – $259,900

BRANDON – 17 Franklin St – MLS#4723414 6-unit in-town apt bldg, walk everywhere, solid rental history.

2x 1BR; 3x 2BR; 1x 3BR – $159,000

R

PREDU IC CED E

NEW HAVEN – 1254 Twitchell Hill Rd – MLS# 4669969 Elegant Colonial on 14 acres, outbuildings & views!

4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths – $599,000

WEYBRIDGE – 590 Quaker St – MLS#4708638 Turn-key and ready for new owners!

3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths – $307,000

70 Court Street, Middlebury, VT

802-989-7522 | champlainvalleyproperty.com

Addison Independent

Vintage Restored Farmhouse on 5.7 acres 3 bdrms;3baths Salisbury Improved Price $580,000

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, February 14, 2019 — PAGE 15

Eclectic Contemporary Farmhouse w/ in-law suite 1-bdrm rental apts; 4 brms/4 baths Middlebury $349,900

Bonnie Gridley 802-349-8646 bgridleyvt@gmail.com

Kristine Kimball 802-349-7505 kkimballvt@gmail.com

Versatile floorplan w/ Panton Stone fireplace In-Law apt rental income; 4 bdrms/2 baths Middlebury $259,900

Follow Us!

Post & Beam home + quaint guest cabin, swimming pond & 59 acres; 3 bdrms/4 baths Lincoln $798,800

www.midvthomes.com

Cory Cheever 802-989-0859 cheever.cory@gmail.com

802-388-0505 • 101 Court St., Middlebury, VT

For Pricing & More info on these and other fine properties, please visit:

www.midvthomes.com