Thursday, February 21, 2019

Early blooms

Pilgrimage

Gold rush

The Vermont Flower Show will offer a welcome spring preview.

See Arts + Leisure inside.

Farhad and Amtul Khan will be in Bristol on Feb. 28 to talk about their pilgrimage to Mecca. Page 10A.

VUHS runners won four races, including two relays, at the indoor track state meet. See Page 2B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 73 No. 8

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

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44 Pages

Five emerge for three positons on ACSD board

5-Town schools seek budget hike

Officials: Only alternative is staffing cuts

By CHRISTOPHER used to seeing,” “This is a larger acknowledged MAUSD ROSS BRISTOL — Voters increase per Superintendent Patrick in Bristol, Lincoln, equalized pupil Reen, “but if the budget Monkton, New Haven than voters are fails and we have to and Starksboro will used to seeing, bring back something be asked to approve it would mean but if the budget lower, a 6.6 percent increase cutting staff.” in spending in the fails and we School board 5-Towns school have to bring members and district, or face district back something administrators will staff cuts. explain the budget at lower, it would Proposed spending mean cutting the district’s annual for the Mount Abraham meeting next Tuesday, Unified School staff.”

Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. at — MAUSD Mount Abe in Bristol.

District (MAUSD) is Superintendent Voting on next year’s $30,950,235 for fiscal Patrick Reen budget and for school year 2019–2020. The budget reflects $17,730 board candidates will in spending per equalized pupil, an take place by Australian ballot on increase of 8.2 percent.

Mar. 5.

“This is a larger increase per Last year MAUSD contained equalized pupil than voters are (See School spending, Page 11A)

Middlebury candidates share their priorities

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The fiveperson race for three Middlebury seats on the Addison Central School District board involves three incumbents and two challengers who want to be part of an ongoing wave of dramatic changes within the seven-town ACSD. The ACSD board presides over Middlebury Union middle and high schools, as well as the elementary schools in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge. It was the first Addison County supervisory union to consolidate its governance through Vermont’s Act 46. The ACSD is transitioning to an International Baccalaureate (See Candidates, Page 16A)

Construction update: Merchants Row closure in 2020 to last an additional three weeks

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Downtown Middlebury business owners, residents and shoppers are readying for a 10-week shutdown of both Merchants Row and Main Street during the summer of 2020 in order to accommodate the heaviest construction on a new tunnel to replace two aging rail bridges.

It’s been billed as a “tear-off-theBand Aid” approach to get the most intensive work done as quickly as possible on the $72 million project.

But Middlebury officials learned Tuesday that the metaphorical Band Aid will come off more slowly for business owners, shoppers and travelers on Merchants Row. Kubricky Construction Corp. wants to remove the temporary bridge on Merchants Row around three weeks earlier than anticipated in 2020 in order to install key

infrastructure for the 360-foot concrete tunnel. Kubricky also wants to use the extra time to salvage several rows of massive ashlar stone blocks from the work area that will be used for landscaping.

“These things have added time that we had not originally anticipated, and have added details and scope,” Mark Alexander, Kubricky’s vice president for construction, told the selectboard on Tuesday.

The premise of the early Merchants Row closure: Get all the support excavation work completed so crews can maximize productivity on tunnel construction during the ensuing 10-week closure period.

“If we can get in and pull the bridge out and advance some work in this area to get the tie-backs installed, it will give us a really good chance for success during the 10-week outage, (See Merchants Row, Page 14A)

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Independent wins awards for writing, photos, ads

Snow Michelangelo

WHILE HIS DAD looks on, Baker Nelson does some fine-tuning on the Congregational Church of Middlebury Youth Group’s Thumbs Up snow sculpture at College Park in Middlebury on Sunday. The Winterfest celebration culminated in Sunday’s snow-carving competition. See more photos on Page 2A.

Photo by Jason Duquette Hoffman

BOSTON — The Addison Independent was honored with 21 awards in the Better Newspaper Contest organized by the New England Newspaper and Press Association. The prizewinners were named at the association’s annual winter convention in Boston this past Friday and Saturday.

Among the nine first-place awards, the Advertising team at the Addy Indy provided a particularly bright moment in capturing first place in General Excellence among large weeklies across the six New England states.

(See Addy Indy, Page 3A)

County path could link two major national trails Will span from Moosalamoo to Champlain

Hands up

FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE students from four area schools ask questions during the “What’s the Verdict?” workshop with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson at the Citizen Youth Summit at Middlebury College this past Friday. Learn about the summit and find out about the surprise guest singer on Page 11A.

Middlebury College photo/Todd Balfour

By ANDY KIRKALDY The North Country Trail — ADDISON COUNTY — A bill projected to be 3,200 miles long passed by the U.S. Senate last week and about two-thirds built up to provides a major boost to a proposed the standards of its overseer, the federal hiking trail that would run National Park Service — currently across most of Addison County, has as its east end the Champlain connect two major national trails, Bridge in Crown Point, N.Y. and become part of a network that The 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail would allow hikers to walk almost intersects with the Long Trail at from sea to shining sea.

Willard Gap just north of Route 4, The Natural Resources and heads east from there to Mount Management Act, Katahdin in Maine. backed by a 92-8 vote, “The passage of The missing link is a is a comprehensive path between the Long public lands bill this authorization Trail on the east side of that permanently in the Senate Addison County and reauthorizes the is a real victory the Champlain Bridge Land and Water for the North on the west side.

Conservation Fund Country National That 40-mile as well as includes stretch of trail was Scenic Trail and a provision to link first contemplated the North Country Addison County. as part of the North National Scenic and The Vermont Country Trail. But Appalachian trails connection is back in the 1970s the by way of Addison literally the Green Mountain Club County. objected to the plan, missing link.”

According to fearing the link would — Lincoln Peek lead to overuse of the staffers in Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office, the bill Long Trail, which was expected to clear the House of the club manages. Thus the linking Representatives and be signed by the stretch was not included in the 1980 President. authorization.

The North Country Trail, first According to Vermont’s U.S. authorized in 1980, heads eastward senators and their staffs, the new bill from North Dakota. That trail also changes that. Leahy aide Lincoln connects with the Lewis and Clark Peek said much remains to be done, Trail, which heads west from that including finding funding, acquiring junction to Seaside, Ore. (See Trail, Page 14A)

By the way Cornwall resident and University of Vermont senior Ian Gill is scheduled this Thursday, Feb. 21, to box for the New England Golden Gloves Novice Division 174-pound championship in Lowell, Mass. Gill, who won the Northern New England title back in late January, advanced to the final without having to throw a punch in his scheduled Feb. 14 regional semifinal. Gill told the Independent his opponent contacted him before the bout and said he couldn’t make the 174-pound weight limit, meaning Gill won by forfeit. Gill — whose father, Cornwall Boxing Club founder Brian Gill, serves as (See By the way, Page 11A)

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Ferrisburgh hears pitch from city for police work Vergennes seeks deal for traffic enforcement

Winterfest 2

MIDDLEBURY’S FOUR-DAY WINTERFEST celebration culminated with eight teams taking part in the 2nd annual snow-carving competition in College Park on Sunday afternoon. Carpenter and Costin donated their time making all the 4x4x8-foot snow forms on Saturday and then put that experience to good use by winning the competition and the $250 first prize with their Minion (below). Second place, and $100, went to the team from Habitat for Humanity of Addison County, who used some serious tools to build their snow house and then put the finishing touches of flowers and sunflower seed doormats. Tied for third place were the “Kids with Blades,” a team of 6th grade-boys including Matthew Berg, Avery Hamilton, Gabe Schmidt and Nolan Wilson, who made a great sculpture of the Pulp Mill Bridge, and the BOLD Women’s Leadership group from the college, who made a snow car.

Other competitors were WomenSafe, Rotary, Middlebury BNI and the Congregational Church Youth Group. During the competition the approximate 200 visitors partook in hot cocoa, s’mores and pork chili, as well as enjoyed wagon rides.

Photos by Jason Duquette-Hoffman

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel and City Manager Matt Chabot made a pitch to the Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday that the town should contract with the city police department, not the Addison County Sheriff’s Department, for its annual traffic enforcement needs.

Ferrisburgh currently has a $15,000 annual deal with the sheriff’s department to patrol roads for a certain number of hours, mostly to control speeding.

Vermont State Police remain the primary responders for criminal matters for Ferrisburgh and all of the county’s other rural towns. State police often call Vergennes police to help out at or take over complaints.

City officials maintained during their Tuesday board meeting and in interviews with the Independent that Vergennes Police are better positioned to handle Ferrisburgh traffic control.

“Our office is literally not even a minute away from their town line.

We can be anywhere in Ferrisburgh in less than 10 minutes,” Merkel told the Independent. “And I think because of the caliber of the officers and the training we can do a better job. I have a great department, and the officers here are very capable of executing any of the duties that are required and handling any of the situations they may encounter.”

Ferrisburgh selectboard Chairman Rick Ebel said the board took no action on Vergennes’ offer. The town’s (See Ferrisburgh, Page 3A)

Leicester-area elections on tap for March 5

By RUSSELL JONES LEICESTER/WHITING/ GOSHEN — On March 5, Richard Reed will seek re-election to moderator in Leicester, while Diane Benware and Tom Barker will seek re-election to the selectboard for three-year and two-year terms, respectively.

Others seeking re-election in Leicester on Town Meeting Day include Beth Swinington Ripley as delinquent tax collector, and Mike Rakowitz for the positions of Town Grand Juror and Town Agent.

In Whiting, all elected officials are nominated and voted for on the floor during town meeting, according to Town Clerk Gale Quenneville.

“Often, but not always, the incumbent gets voted back in,” she said.

Quenneville said she had not heard of anyone running that is not already an officer, but she said selectboard member Tara Trudo will not be running for re-election.

In Goshen, Dave McKinnon will run for re-election to his seat on the selectboard. McKinnon has been a member of the selectboard for 12 years. No one has offered to run for election to the vacant Goshen seat on the Otter Valley Unified Union School District board of directors.

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019 — PAGE 3A

Residents shape library’s future Addy Indy Ilsley to release feedback report

Planners’ ultimate goal is to match the community’s library goals with a capital project costing less than $9.6 million.

By JOHN FLOWERS The Tell Me Tour has revealed, MIDDLEBURY — Ilsley Public among other things, that Library officials recently spent Middlebury-area residents value a five months asking Middlebury community that is: residents what kind of services • Welcoming, open, inclusive they expect from their local library. and friendly.

Now everyone gets to hear the • Socially, culturally and results, which will be delivered at economically diverse. two public meetings at the Ilsley • Safe.

Library. The first is slated for • Encourages lifelong learning.

Monday, Feb. 25, at 5:30 p.m.; the • Is environmentally sensitive. second will take place Wednesday, The more than 100 people who Feb. 27, at 12:30 p.m. provided Tell Me Tour feedback The results are also advocated for the payoff for the a vibrant downtown so-called “Tell Me The more than library offering Tour,” a series of 100 people who more opportunities 14 focus groups provided Tell Me for residents to that Ilsley officials Tour feedback also connect with one convened this advocated for a another. past year to ask Ilsley library vibrant downtown could Middlebury area help energize residents how the library offering the downtown by library could match more opportunities offering occasional their expectations for residents to performances and fulfill their connect with one and exhibitions greater aspirations another. and serving as a for the community. “welcome center” Ilsley Library with information Director Dana Hart took notes for new residents and tourists, throughout the process and agreed according to Tell Me Tour results. to an early release of some of Hart also heard loud and clear her focus-group findings in the that residents want more spaces Independent to stimulate interest in for planned meetings and for what the Feb. 25 and Feb. 27 meetings. she called “spontaneous” and “I learned so much about the “serendipitous” encounters. She community,” she said. “It was eye- noted the library has become more opening in so many ways.” than a just a place where folks The Ilsley’s future has been a check out books and linger over hot topic for the past three years literature; it has become a locale while supporters — with the aid where people meet other people of consultants, architects and — whether it be on purpose or by community feedback — developed accident. a renovation and expansion project “A lot of people see the library for the 95-year-old library building as a community setting,” Hart said. at 75 Main St. And that’s prompting Hart and That $9.6 million plan has been her colleagues to rethink the notion tabled while library officials solicit of a library as a place for study or more local input on what they’d quiet contemplation. If there’s a like their library to do for them. consensus that the library should

foster such conversation, it could result in a lobby set up with spaces conducive for chats, Hart said.

Those who provided feedback also asked that the library provide more resources and space for teens and tweens, and that it recognize the needs of the homeless. The library is one of the few public, climatecontrolled buildings where people can hang out for free. As such, it can be a go-to place — particularly during the winter — with folks who have nowhere else to go.

Hart said the Ilsley already has a good relationship with the Charter House Coalition, a Middlebury nonprofit that provides food and shelter to those in need. Library officials are also trained to let people know where they can access vital services, such as food and medical care.

The library, Hart and Tell Me Tour respondents reasoned, could do more to connect people with training materials and information to find employment and thus a better standard of living.

A number of people already use the library regularly as an adjunct workplace, according to Hart. The building is equipped with a strong Wi-Fi system and a quiet atmosphere that’s attracting folks who don’t have the same atmosphere at home and who don’t want to pay for an office.

Library trustees are looking forward to presenting the Tell Me Tour findings next week. Officials will then determine how to incorporate the community’s wants into an Ilsley building that could undergo major changes within a few years. And residents can have an impact on those building changes during a second “Tell Me Tour” this spring.

“Our new outreach campaign will residents what they want their library to look like,” Hart said. “What scale of project is palatable?”

Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 2A) deal with the sheriff’s department was signed in 2016, according to Town Clerk Gloria Warden, and can be ended by either party with 30 days notice.

County Sheriff Pete Newton, elected this past November, is already on the Ferrisburgh selectboard’s March 19 agenda to discuss his plans for the department. Ebel said the board would confer with Newton before making a decision on police service.

“We just talked things through.

Chief Merkel was pointing out there were times when they respond to things in Ferrisburgh because of their proximity,” Ebel said. “I think it’s an opportunity to reflect on that as we move ahead, but we do want an opportunity to meet with the new sheriff and build that relationship.”

In fact, according to the handout Merkel gave to the selectboard, Vergennes police have responded to 467 calls for service in Ferrisburgh since 2014 — mostly while helping VSP. Chabot was asked if the Vergennes department was already providing extensive services to Ferrisburgh and would prefer to be compensated for its efforts.

The city manager laughed, but gave a serious answer.

“You can paraphrase that, yes,” Chabot said.

According to Merkel’s handout, his department also: • Would offer free VIN checks

and pre-employment fingerprinting to all Ferrisburgh residents.

• Would “include investigation of alcohol and drug impaired driving offenses and accident investigations, during contracted hours of service.”

• Has made a total of 1,299 motor vehicle stops and issued 685 tickets since 2000.

Merkel touted his department’s record of traffic enforcement to the Independent, as well as its many trips into neighboring Ferrisburgh.

“We’re familiar with those roads,” he said. “And one of the things we’re known for is motor vehicle enforcement.”

Merkel and Chabot also said the city department can fulfill extra duties in Ferrisburgh without limiting its ability to cover Vergennes. The city force currently employs seven full-time and one part-time officer and is looking to add an eighth full-timer.

“We can safely and adequately cover Vergennes and meet our commitments in Ferrisburgh without hiring another officer or compromising the level of services within the city,” Merkel said.

Counting an annual Water Tower Fund payment for the city’s new police station, the city is devoting about $937,000 this year to its police department. That number approaches 40 percent of the city budget, not counting the user-funded sewer

system.

Chabot acknowledged the city would love to add the contract to help support the department.

“Absolutely, without a doubt,” he said. “Obviously costs are rising, and it is 40 percent of our budget. Any way that we could seek to offset the impact of the expenses, it would be my responsibility to run those conversations down.”

Ebel said the selectboard was happy to hear from Merkel and Chabot, and said members would at least consider the option.

“Everything is on the table as we’re looking at the needs of the town. Currently my answer is that we’re satisfied with the service we have. But Chief Merkel did a great job. I thought his presentation was comprehensive, and we have that in front of us to review,” Ebel said.

“And when we meet with the new sheriff we can talk about what our needs are. I think it’s a healthy thing to take a look at what services are available.”

Regardless of the decision, Merkel said his department would continue to respond to calls from the neighboring community.

“We’re not going to change the way we do business. This would just allow us to participate in this contract,” he said.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com

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editorial writing to its diverse, local (Continued from Page 1A) The newspaper as a whole also op-ed pieces and its many letters to the received Honorable Mention for editor, the newspaper demonstrates its commitment to vigorous local debate.

General Excellence.

Editor and Publisher Angelo But perhaps most impressive of all is Lynn, who won several awards for its commitment to space to examine his writing, noted that the Addison issues thoroughly. This is a weekly Independent is among the smaller fulsome in content and obviously proud of its local publications in the tradition. By its good division in which it work, it has earned competes, which are the respect of its non-dailies over 6,000, readers.” which includes Seven No small Days, the Boston affair, this year’s Business Journal, competition drew Worcester Magazine, several thousand and Martha’s Vineyard entries that were Gazette to name a published between few of the 100-plus Aug. 1, 2017, and newspapers in that July 31, 2018. category.

Angelo Lynn not “We’re in the large only savored the weekly category Addison Independent and we’re in great awards, but also the company there just to “We’re in the large awards (five firstbe in the top group,” weekly category place) won by the Lynn said. “We won and we’re in great other publications in General Excellence the Addison Press from the Vermont company there family: Vermont Ski Press Association this just to be in the + Ride Magazine, past year, and we won top group. We won Vermont Sports General Excellence General Excellence Magazine, The at NENPA in 2011 from the Vermont Mountain Times of and 2016, so to be Press Association Killington and The consistently in the this past year, and Brandon Reporter. running is terrific.”

Ski + Ride, run by The other Addison we won General editor/co-publisher Independent first- Excellence at Lisa Lynn was a place winners ran NENPA in 2011 first-place winner the gamut from and 2016, so to be in two photo veterans like senior categories — sports reporter John Flowers, consistently in the and feature — and photographer Trent running is terrific.”

— Angelo Lynn in Headline Writing.

Campbell and sports The magazine also columnist Karl placed second for Lindholm to newer voices including online blogger Faith Front Page design and typography, second in sports photo and pictorial Gong.

In explaining their Honorable photo, and a third in sports photo.

Mention award, the judges As a team, Ski + Ride placed third commended the Addison Independent for General Excellence among Niche focus on community news, Publications.

The Mountain Times, led by Polly environmental coverage and high and Jason Mikula, took two first school sports report.

“The arts and entertainment section places — for the best Media Kit is a special treat and shows the and in the Pure Advertising Niche Independent at its best in design and category (in which they also took second place). presentation,” the judges said.

Lynn congratulated all the staff Judges also commented on the Addison Independent’s first place for for the terrific group effort in putting out 103 print editions of the Addison its editorial/commentary pages.

“The Addison Independent richly Independent every year and reaching deserves first place in the weekly out on the company’s website and class. From its skillful and decisive social media channels. He promised

readers more of the same — and better — in the coming year: “We’ll take our good ideas and work hard to reach more of our audience with great stories, social media outreach, digital and video to help our communities stay informed, stay in touch with each other, and, at the end of the day, help make our communities wonderful places to work, live and play.”

The Addison Independent NENPA 2019 award winners are listed below.

For links to the stories, photos and video, check out this story on addisonindependent.com.

********* NENPA Awards for 2019

First place: • Advertising General Excellence • Advertising Most Creative Use of a Small Print Space • Local Display Advertisement, Black and White • Trent Campbell, Sports Photo Feature (rugby players) • John Flowers, Report on Religious Issues (struggles of a small rural church in Cornwall) • Karl Lindholm, Sports Columnist • Faith Gong, Best Blog on a Newspaper Website • Sue Leggett and staff, Best Editorial/Commentary Pages • Angelo Lynn, Serious Columnist Second place: • Local Display Advertisement, Color • Advertising Most Creative Use of a Small Print Space • John Flowers, Social Issues Feature (Confederate flags) • Angelo Lynn, Editorial Writing • Angelo Lynn, Political Columnist Third place • Megan James, Best Use of Social Media in Breaking News (Students marching against gun violence) • Sophie and Emma Pope McCright, Spot News (Students marching against gun violence) • Andy Kirkaldy, Sports Feature Story (Andi Boe recovers from ACL tear) • John Flowers, Human Interest Story (Ripton store in transition) • John Flowers, Arts and Entertainment Reporting (Steve Small profile) Honorable mention • General Excellence • Megan James, Feature Video (Broom maker)

PAGE 4A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019

Letters

A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorials

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Walden Project draws praise

Bernie’s revolution: Is the magic there a second time?

Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his second run for president this past Tuesday with an appeal to continue the revolution he started in 2016 when he had the audacity to challenge the presumed Democratic designee Hillary Clinton. He was the rebel then, the long-shot candidate with the white-tasseled hair, still heavy Brooklyn accent, and a penchant for shouting out his political talking points as if he were leading the masses to overthrow the government.

It was the perfect political theater to challenge the staid and judiciously calm Clinton, who struggled to stir her supporters’ pulse rates even though she was the most experienced, educated and knowledgeable candidate among the lot running for the presidency for either party.

Much has changed since Bernie challenged Hillary and Trump captured a slight majority of the electoral college votes to become, unbelievably, the nation’s president — even as we are learning how the Russians interfered in the election to help Trump win, and even as we learn how the Russians turned the public against Clinton with false tropes, and stolen email documents to plague her campaign.

What has changed is critical to Sander’s second presidential run.

Most importantly, many of Bernie’s ideas — the basic premise of his revolution — have become mainstream among many Democrats.

To wit: • His call for a Medicare-for-all plan is a variation of the universal health care conversation initiated by President Barack Obama and partially enacted as Obama-Care, and Republicans have seen how politically risky it is to try to cut those benefits. Bernie would push it health care further along, but so would several of the other leading Democratic contenders.

• His calls to tax the wealthy are acceptable to the majority of Americans, particular as the gap between the richest and everyone else widens.

• Phasing in the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 used to be a radical call; today many states are putting their own plans into action and most Democrats are in favor.

• Bernie used to be one of the few politicians to warn of the impending disasters ahead if mankind didn’t reduce its carbon footprint. His calls to action placed him among the most activists of presidential candidates. To that end, he was endorsed early on by environmental champion and Vermonter Bill McKibben in 2016, and by that posse of environmental activists. Sanders no longer has a lock on the issue.

Indeed, a Democrat’s stance on climate change is now a litmus test to being considered as a viable candidate.

• Bernie may be unique in his style of ranting against Wall Street, the fossil fuel industry, drug companies, multi-national corporations and the wealthiest top percent, but the policies he would likely enact would fall in line with many other of the Democratic candidates — all to a matter of degree and what’s possible to get passed into legislation.

In sum, Bernie’s revolution is well underway. To some extent, he has been successful in changing the face of the Democratic Party to a much more egalitarian and progressive set of policies. His 35-year battle in which he has championed the little guy and fought against the power of the mega-rich will be a mainstream issue in 2020 largely because Trump has poured trillions of dollars of the nation’s wealth into the pockets of the ultra-rich. The timing suits Bernie’s political story perfectly.

But Sanders faces long odds. As a colorful political personality, he is no longer a novelty. He’s 77 now and would be the oldest president ever elected to office at almost 80, if he were elected in 2020. He’s recently had trouble in his campaign with women allegedly unfair treatment, and he has never resonated among the nation’s black and Latino populations. And he won’t have the advantage of being the surprise underdog going into the early primaries. On the contrary, the bar of expectations is high and if he falters early on, it could spell an early end to his campaign.

Still, political pundits should know by now not to underestimate his political savvy. He has defied the odds before and he’s a tireless campaigner.

What Sanders brings to the Democratic Party that few other candidates have is his revolutionary zeal and a rhetoric that excites audiences. He fervently believes in basic human rights, and his populist approach to politics — fair pay for fair work, health care as a right not a privilege, affordable housing, free college, family leave, subsidized child care and early childhood education — are the core issues that matter to most Americans.

Plus, Bernie has campaign money in the bank; he has an email list a million-plus strong, and he has a core group of supporters that might stick with him if other candidates don’t articulate the issues in a way that stirs their hopes and aspirations. Bernie made it work in 2016. The question this time around is will his appeal affect voters in the same way, or will they look to another star?

Angelo Lynn

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As a longtime teacher and writer on education topics, I have visited a lot of schools. Some years back, after visiting primary grades in 36 states to write a book on teacher innovation, I heard about the Walden Project. I trekked through fields of snow to see the kids in action. It was an inspiring experience to sit around a campfire and talk to young people who had such insight about what they were doing and why they were doing it.

Vergennes should be very proud of the Walden Project.

Susan Ohanian Charlotte

Home Health workers backed

Off season

THE CONCRETE STADIUM seating at Fucile Field off Creek Road in Middlebury sure looks cold on this February afternoon. Hard to imagine that people will fill the stands to watch lacrosse in only two months.

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Companionship over the decades After attending a memorial service where I ran into childhood classmates, and hosting another childhood friend and his family for a weekend, I have been thinking about friendship lately. Why is that with childhood friends, we are able to pick up where we left off, even when years have gone by?

Recently my oldest friend came through Middlebury from San Francisco, with his wife and two youngest children, to witness and celebrate the graduation of his oldest child from Middlebury College.

When I say my oldest friend I mean I have known him all my life. I have friends who are older in years, but I haven’t known them very long. My oldest friend certainly wasn’t my best

By Kate friend. In fact, if anything, especially Gridley when we were adolescents, we were more like siblings: we competed, we bickered, there was laughter, and there was drama. But he was cool, while I was not.

Our mothers met at the playground sixty-two years ago, while we — two fat infants, freckled, with heads sporting red curly hair — were strapped into those old fashioned prams. Children are the ticket to forging friendships among their young adult parents. That chance playground meeting was the beginning of several generations of life-long friendships.

Of course, the red hair was an embarrassment. As teenagers, we were the same height, same shape, and had the same hair. We both simmered.

But the families were tight. His mother divorced and my parents stayed close to her. We spent most New Year’s Eves together, we cross-country skied together, I got drunk for the first time in front of him and in the

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summer, our mothers took us to rock concerts. My family picked raspberries in his mother’s berry patch, and my brother and I jumped on their trampoline (the kind with no protective nets, out of sight from the house). I took guitar lessons from one of his older brothers, and I had a secret crush on his oldest brother.

Then the peripatetic years: we went off to college, he moved to Colorado, then Texas, then California, got married, got divorced, got married again and started a family.

I studied painting abroad, moved to Boston, moved to Connecticut, got married, started a family, and moved to Vermont where John and I have built a life.

Our mothers stayed connected, and perhaps connected with each of us more than we did ourselves. But Christmas cards and news flowed back and forth. His wife asked me to draw their three children as a surprise for his 50th birthday. We got better at connecting when he was east visiting his mother. No more teenaged angst.

His hair was mostly gone — and what was left turned gray, while mine was no longer red or curly. But the friendship born out of a life of shared stories, successes and setbacks, set inside a history of common reference points was comfortable and steady.

Then his mother died. It was his weekend to be by her bed as he and his two brothers managed her care at home from three points across the country taking turns being present. As it happened, we were visiting my mother who lived in the building next door, who was unwell that weekend, and something — I cannot tell you what — (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Issues threaten vital 2020 census The Constitution requires that a census of population be conducted every 10 years to determine the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives among the states.

Census information is used by state legislatures and independent commissions to draw the lines of congressional and state legislative districts. Many federal grant programs use census information to determine the allocation of funds among states and localities. Census data is used by businesses and nonprofit organizations in planning and assessing their activities.

Because census information is used so widely, having an accurate census is important. However, planning for the 2020 census is not going smoothly. As has been the case throughout the Trump Administration, many key leadership positions in the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department remain unfilled. Plans for pre-testing census questionnaires are behind schedule. Liaison with state By Eric L. Davis and local governments is not as robust as it was in the run-up to the 2010 census.

Added to these difficulties is the nature of the 2020 census — the first online census in the nation’s history.

Rather than relying on people filling out and returning mailed questionnaires, the 2020 census is being designed so that most people will complete a census questionnaire online. However, due to a combination of budget cuts and technical challenges, planning for the online census is taking longer than planned. The extensive technological infrastructure needed to support the census has not yet been fully developed and tested. Many questions about cybersecurity relating to the 2020 census have yet to be

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answered satisfactorily.

There is also a major dispute over whether a question about citizenship will be included on the census questionnaire. Such a question has never been asked on a previous census. The Constitution provides that House seats are apportioned among the states “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State.” Federal courts have consistently ruled that this language refers to a census of population, not to a census of citizens or a census of voting-age population. All persons living in the United States, regardless of age or citizenship status, are the basis on which House seats are apportioned and legislative districts are drawn.

Almost since its first day in office, the Trump Administration has wanted to add a question about citizenship to the census. All respondents would have to indicate whether or not they are United States citizens. The citizenship question, which is not required by the Constitution, can be seen as part of the Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant agenda, and as a form of voter suppression.

Including a citizenship question may well discourage participation by non-citizen U.S. residents in the census.

This would reduce the number of legislative seats in areas with large immigrant populations. Since most such areas tend to elect Democrats to Congress and state legislatures, a census form that would discourage immigrants from participating would, at the margin, advantage Republican candidates.

New York State, and a number of other states and cities, (See Davis, Page 5A)

I have been dismayed about recent pieces about the discontent within Addison County Home Health and Hospice. My husband and I moved here in 2004 to be near our daughter.

Soon after, he entered Porter Nursing Home. In 2005 he passed away. The night he died a dedicated Hospice worker was reading to him. I soon received comfort from a hospice grief group.

Now that I am in my 80s I receive help from Home Health. Never have I heard a word of discontent from the nurses and aides who help me.

They are competent, kind, thoughtful, and go out of their way to make me comfortable. I’m always happy and content when they leave.

I realize change is necessary to keep an organization vital. However, change without respect for the past and present ideas and work that has made an organization successful is nonproductive. All who are involved in the changes should be part of those changes. They should be acknowledged for their past work and respected for their input. That way changes will be welcomed and more successful.

It is my hope that the new administration will embrace that policy.

Miriam Hardy Middlebury

Natural gas key issue in Bristol

In the Addison Independent article (2/7/19), Ian Albinson candidate for Bristol selectboard stated that he was “Neither for nor against it,” in reference to the natural gas pipeline for Bristol. In a recent Front Page Forum post (#3138 2/15/19), it becomes clear that he is opposed to it.

The intent of the selectboard, by signing the license agreement, was to enable residents to make the choice to connect or not. The opposition is intent on denying Bristol residents the choice of an alternative fuel source, another option for a weatherization program, an option for a renewable energy source, as well as proven reduction in greenhouse gasses over fuel oil.

There are many people, even with the oppositions move to perpetual litigation that think natural gas is coming. But it isn’t as things stand right now. Vermont Gas has suspended permitting pending litigation.

Not to make light of other town issues, but they fade in importance to the natural gas project. That is why I am supporting Ted Lylis in his re-election bid for selectboard. He has demonstrated support by action for the project by making the motion to sign the license agreement with Vermont Gas. Voter participation last town meeting was about 38 percent. Even though it’s the only contested race on the ballot, it is important for the entire town to take time on Town Meeting Day to vote. Especially for those who believe they and their neighbors should have the choice to connect instead of having the choice made for them by a few. For wider town individuals with land, think of it as limitation of property rights.

Specific comments to Ian’s FPF post are: • He states, “The pipeline issue is a complicated one.” But lines have been put in Middlebury and Vergennes, with more complex traffic patterns and utilities in their ROWs than Bristol with ease.

• He states that the installation would only be “serving roughly half the population of Bristol.” This infers that projects benefiting only part of the townspeople do not need to be taken seriously.

• He states, “A change in fuel type doesn’t necessarily equal savings in the long term.” Our heating costs would be cut by 38 percent annually by switching. The opposition in their (See Letter, Page 7A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019 — PAGE 5A

No-cost ways to fight warming

Nearly three-quarters of Ameri- “build the soil carbon sponge to cool cans now agree that global warming the planet and mitigate flooding and is a real thing. But a recent national drought.”

Citizen petitions with over 350 survey also found that a majority would not be willing to spend $10 a signatures — many more than required — put these valuable month to address climate change. resolutions on the Town Many local voters Meeting Day ballot. may be among those These are nonbindwho wouldn’t be willing ing, advisory-only meato pay extra, even to sures. But they would help stop this looming be one more message to catastrophe. The good local and state officials news is that there are that we won’t stand by many things, free of helplessly as climate charge, that we can do change destroys the to make our voices heard Vermont we all love: about global warming. bringing more violent One of those good and expensive Irenethings is on the ballot in style storms; freezeMiddlebury next month. and-thaw cycles that Voters will be asked to hurt our economically join 38 other Vermont vital ski industry; untowns in calling for an predictable weather that end to new fossil fuel vexes our farmers and projects in Vermont.

There are two resolu- by Gregory Dennis maple sugar operations.

Calling for an end to tions (No. 9 and No. 10) new fossil fuel infraon the ballot. The first asks the selectboard to write state structure is an essential step toward where we need to go, and quickly: officials and call for: • No more new or expanded generating enough renewable energy fossil fuel infrastructure. to “decarbonize” the sources that • Adherence to the state energy power our world. plan to achieve 90 percent renewable The world won’t turn on what energy by 2050 for all people in Middlebury voters decide when they Vermont. vote by Australian ballot on Tues• Working to ensure that the day, March 5. But the context of the transition “to renewable energy is resolutions is significant. fair and equitable for all residents, The measures were placed on the with no harm to marginalized groups ballot by dedicated volunteers. If the or rural communities.” resolutions pass Middlebury will join Approval of the other, related res- four other Addison County towns olution would put Middlebury voters — Bristol, Cornwall, Monkton and on record in favor of: Lincoln — in approving similarly • Weatherizing town buildings worded calls for action. The stateand schools, while installing rooftop wide campaign has been organized solar panels on town and school by 350Vermont.org, an affiliate of buildings. the international organization, 350.

• Reducing overall energy use org. The latter got its start at Midwithout compromising quality of life. dlebury College over a decade age.

• Encouraging practices that Several young college alums joined

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author Bill McKibben in creating what is perhaps the leading global group focusing on policies to slow climate change.

Each of these little steps — passing a resolution, forming organizations — didn’t at first accomplish much on its own. But they helped launch a global effort to avoid the worst of global warming. Passing these resolutions will be one more step on the journey to do Vermont’s share to protect the planet.

Ahead of town meeting, you can learn more at a public panel next Monday, Feb. 25, at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m.

Panelists will be: • Liv Herdman, an oceanographer and climate scientist who will speak on sea-level rise, storm surge issues, and extreme storms.

• Ashley Bolger of 350Vermont. org, with background on resolution).

• Molly Anderson, a Middlebury College, professors, speaking on agriculture and food issues.

• Jack Mayer, MD, MPH on the health effects of climate change.

• A student from the college’s Sunday Night Environmental Group offering a student perspective.

Many of us recognize the urgency of doing something about climate change. The resolutions on the Middlebury ballot next month offer one simple way to send a signal that we expect our state officials to help lead the way.

Vermont’s history and its role in growing the climate movement have shown one thing again and again: When we speak together and demand political action, our little state can have a big voice in shaping a better future.

Gregory Dennis’s column appears here every other Thursday and is archived on his blog at gregdennis. wordpress.com. Email: gregdennisvt@yahoo.com.

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) compelled me to give him a call and ask if John and I could drop by.

His mother was in her own bed, flanked to her right by one of her oldest friends, who quietly sat and held her hand. We crossed to the other side of the bed and settled in on her left side. Breathing softly, eyes shut, her sunken face clean and moisturized, her hair under a pretty scarf, she was beautiful, peaceful.

And almost gone.

“Is it really okay that we are here?”

“Of course,” he nodded, “She would love that. I love it.”

We settled into the slowing rhythm of her breathing, and then quietly reminisced about a summer cookout when all of our children had run up and down the stairs onto her porch and back onto the grass while his

brothers grilled hamburgers. Our mothers sat together on a sofa, deep in conversation, surrounded by their children and their children’s children.

And she slipped away inside the cushion of our shared memory in the company of her youngest son, her oldest friend, and two younger friends.

How was it we were there?

This past weekend, as our families shared our home together while his daughter made a different kind of life transition, college graduation, we thought back over morning coffee to sitting with his mother as she died. The miracle of being together at her passage and our long seemingly random connection. The joy and pride of witnessing his daughter move forward into the world.

In hospice, we talk about “companioning.” I looked up the word

companion, because much of friendship is about companionship.

Derived from two roots, “with” and “bread,” a companion is someone with whom you break bread — literally and metaphorically. In our family, it’s someone you DO things with, which can include curling up and reading a book, or sitting outside watching bugs, skiing in the woods, going to the movies and arguing afterwards, cooking for someone when they are sick or weeding their garden, and holding someone’s hand while they pass.

I have come to believe that what we do and share with friends over time is what matters.

Dare to share. Invite people in.

Kate Gridley is an artist residing in Middlebury. She is currently working on a new series of paintings, “An Iconography of Memory.”

a draft questionnaire including the citizenship question. A lower federal court ruled in favor of the challengers to the citizenship question.

Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the government’s appeal of this decision, with oral arguments scheduled in April and a decision likely in late June or early July. With the April 1, 2020, date for

the next census just over a year away, there are many important issues involving the questionnaire and the technology that must be resolved soon if the next census is to be successful and accurate.

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

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) have sued the Commerce Department to have the citizenship question removed from the 2020 census.

They argue that, in addition to the question’s not being required for any constitutional purpose, Commerce Department officials did not follow the proper procedure of notice and public comment before circulating

The Carolina Colonies It is common belief that the political mentor. And he shared parliament, that met biennially.

English philosopher John Locke in his political fortunes. Among It was the principal legislative was one of the principal founders Shaftesbury’s achievements was body and was constituted by all of modern liberalism. Central to the founding of the first political major and minor nobility — a liberal doctrine is the principle party in England. Indeed, he may House of Lords. The judiciary, that all human beings are born have invented the very idea. I and all the other administrative will write more about departments necessary to confree and equal, and parties in a future duct civil business and maintain that no human being essay. has the right to rule order and public safety also were In 1670, the king, under the direction of the lords. another without his Charles II, appointed The land was leased to freemen, or her consent, and Shaftesbury one of who cultivated it, and paid a then, only in ways eight Lords Propri- yearly rent to the proprietors. that do not infringe etors of the newly on the native right To qualify as a freeman, one established Carolina must believe that God exists and to liberty common colonies. The Lords “is to be publicly and solemnly to all. Locke’s libProprietors constitut- worshipped” and must practice eralism is a thesis professed by many ed a grand council to some religion. The policy was notable scholars conduct the business designed to encourage immiand even more by of the colonies. gration by “heathens, Jews, and The American politicians; it has Locke was appointed other dissenters from the purity become a mantra, Political Tradition its secretary. Among of the Christian religion.” The repeated in political the council’s first expectation was that this would An essay by speeches, but also tasks was to draft a put them in proximity to true Victor Nuovo in academic lectures constitution. Shaftes- Christianity, as practiced by the Middlebury College bury most likely pre- Church of England, and that after and textbooks.

However, it is at sided and is believed time reason and charity would professor emeritus best a half-truth. to be the principal persuade them to conform. Atheof philosophy And because Locke author of what be- ists were not included. This is is commonly regardcame known as “The hardly a liberal stance. ed as a precursor of American Fundamental Constitutions of Finally, because agricultural liberalism, it is important that a Carolina.” Locke oversaw its labor was needed for the econbalanced and accurate picture of several stages of revision and omy of the colony, slavery was the man be carefully drawn. You may also have composed parts introduced, and owning slaves may ask, what has this to do with of it. became a right of all classes of the Carolina Colonies? I will Given the liberalism of Shaft- society, including the lowest explain. esbury and Locke, one would class of freemen. But slaves John Locke’s status in English expect that their liberal views possessed no rights. Indeed, society was of the lower middle would be reflected in the consti- “every freeman of Carolina shall class. His father was a lawyer, tution. They were not. The form have the absolute authority over who served as a court clerk. of government prescribed for the his negro slaves.” Whether the He was well connected, and Carolina Colonies was not dem- scope of this authority included through him, his son gained the ocratic, but feudal. Carolina was power over life and death is not sponsorship of notable men, and to be a county palatine. “County” stated, but it certainly meant that with their influence he gained is an English term signifying the negro slaves were regarded not admission to leading educa- chief administrative as persons, but as tional institutions: Westminster districts of England. property. This is not School — one of the leading A county palatine Given the liberal, indeed, it is English public schools — and is an administrative liberalism of as far from it as one the University of Oxford. At district established Shaftesbury can get.

Oxford he studied the classics, by Royal authorThe picture is mastered Greek and Latin, and ity and ruled by a and Locke, one different in Locke’s gained a sufficient knowledge of hereditary lord or would expect “Second Treatise Hebrew to allow him to become lords, who enjoyed a that their liberal of Government.” familiar with the latest biblical degree of autonomy. views would There it is prescribed scholarship. After completing Two fifths of the land be reflected in that a civil society his undergraduate studies, he was divided between formed by the the constitution. is had to choose between one of the them, and they posconsent of the govprofessions: law, medicine, or sessed the authority They were erned, and that the theology. He chose medicine and to subdivide their not. The form people, who are all took a bachelor’s degree in med- portions and grant of government born free and equal, icine. He later became a research them to lesser lords, prescribed for create their society assistant of the leading English who enjoyed a simi- the Carolina by covenanting physician, Thomas Sydenham, lar autonomy. Locke together. And Locke and together they did fundamen- was made one of Colonies was is emphatic, only tal research in the transmission these lesser lords of not democratic, the people, this of infectious diseases. collection of free manor and held the but feudal.

Like many educated young title of Landgraf; he and equal persons, is men of modest means, it became later sold the propersovereign. This is the necessary that Locke find a spon- ty and gave up the title. liberal Locke who was the guide sor. He was fortunate in finding The Lords Proprietors and the to the founders of our nation. a position as family physician lesser nobles did not themselves But even in this work, and in the in the household of Anthony work the land, and few of them new American nation, the people Ashley Cooper, a man of great visited it. Rather they leased it to included only freeborn men. It wealth and political influence, commoners who worked it. The did not include women. And it who would soon become Lord remaining three-fifths of the land did not include “negro slaves.”

Chancellor of England and en- was divided into colonies, and it Yet it seems a contradiction to nobled, becoming the first Earl could be possessed by common- describe a civil society as liberal of Shaftesbury. As a member of ers, who farmed it. These are that allows the rights of freedom Shaftesbury’s household, Locke referred to in the “Constitutions” and equality only to a select class did much more than look after as freemen or freeholders, and and gender. It is for this reason the health of Shaftesbury and altogether as “the people.” that I hesitate to characterize his family. He was Shaftesbury’s The colonies were governed by John Locke or his opinions as intellectual companion and sec- the Grand Council headed by the liberal. retary. Shaftesbury became his senior Lord Proprietor, and by a

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It was 1983, ticks were exotic creatures in Enosburg Falls on the Canadian border where I practiced pediatrics. My 8-year-old patient presented with a flu-like illness and a bizarre rash. I had seen photos in medical journals of this unique, giant bulls-eye rash that could only be Lyme Disease. But there was no Lyme Disease in Vermont.

That boy was the canary in the coalmine. By 1991 the Vermont Dept. of Health identified seven cases of Lyme statewide — in 2017 the number was 1,092 — the highest rate of Lyme in the nation. The cause, climate change.

A warming New England has enlarged the habitats of animals spreading diseases never seen in Vermont. In addition to Lyme, ticks, fleas and mosquitoes have brought us Anaplasmosis (a potentially fatal disease spread by ticks) — three cases in 2008; 201 cases in 2017. Eastern (See Mayer letter, Page 7A)

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Obituaries

Carol Miller, 80, Middlebury

Doris Boblett, 83, Lincoln MIDDLEBURY — Doris Jean Boblett, of Lincoln, passed away on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at the age of 83.

She was born to Thomas Turner Oney and Emily Susan (Brant) Oney in a Kentucky coal mining camp.

Doris grew up in West Virginia and was married to Edgar F. Boblett, Msgt. U.S.A.F. They were stationed in Peru, Ind.; Madrid, Spain; Springfield, Mass. and Arlington, Va., where they settled to raise their two children.

Doris was active in the PTA, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts as well as in various church activities. As her children grew older Doris went back to community college for secretarial skills and went on to work at the Social Security Administration, where her last job before retiring was as an Administrative Judicial Assistant.

Doris was widowed in 1979 when Edgar died of multiple myeloma at the age of 50. After she retired Doris devoted much of her free time to being with her children and grandchildren. She moved to Lincoln, Vt., to be closer to her three grandchildren. Doris always attended their school and sports events with enthusiasm. Doris was a resident of

Lincoln until 2015 when she moved to her residence at EastView, in Middlebury, Vt. Doris loved to travel with her family, read, crochet, and listen to music; she was always involved in her local church as well as a member of the Lyon Park Women’s Association in Arlington, and for many years held a number of offices in that organization. Doris always had a smile for everyone she met, and she specialized in making fresh chocolate chip cookies for her grandchildren and anyone else lucky enough to get one.

She leaves behind her son Benjamin Boblett and Mimi Hohenberg; her daughter Mary (Boblett) Wood, Mary’s husband Paul Wood, and three grandchildren: Emily, Sean, and Christopher Wood; as well as a sister, Freda Mae Williams, of Essex, Md.; and a brother, Thomas Oney, of Fairlea, W.V., and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews and cousins.

Doris’s family and friends send a special ‘thank you’ to the staff at EastView for their loving care and to the members of the Addison County Home Health and Hospice for their support during these last

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In lieu of flowers, gifts in Doris’s honor may be made to your favorite charity or to the Christian Appalachian Project, 485 Ponderosa Dr., P.O. Box 1768, Paintsville, KY 41240, christianapp.org/about-us/ contact-us.

There will be a private memorial service in West Virginia at a date to be determined.◊

Barbara Culver, 81, formerly of Vergennes Larose of Tionesta, Pa., Frances and Larry Plankey of West Charleston, Vt., and Maurice and Connie Culver of Franklin, Vt. Barbara is also survived by her grandchildren: Travis and Leslie Scribner, Nicole Maccione, Brian Maccione, Kali Tubbs, Morgan and Mike Acard, Khloe Thomas, Aaron Josey and partner Marlena Laws, Michael Josey and partner Kate Shatney, Adam and Erin Josey, David Delisle and partner Samantha Jackman, John Jackson, Joshua Jackson, John Tubbs, Ashli Mongeur, Tanaya Mongeur, Christopher Mongeur, Jeremy Bougor, Jordon Jewett, Chas Jewett, Chelsey Jewett, Samantha Russell, Grace Culver, Edward and Tonya Wilford, Tonya and Steven Austin, BARBARA J. CULVER Justy and Robbie Wilford, 25 greatgrandchildren, niece Dawn Marie Key and her husband Phillip, and There will be a celebration of life Barbara’s best friend Audrey Porter on Sunday, March 3, at the Bristol of Vergennes.

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BURLINGTON — Barbara J. Culver, 81, formerly of Vergennes, Vt., passed away peacefully at Elderwood Care Home on Monday Feb. 11, 2019.

She was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Dec. 10, 1937, to Cherry and Joseph Boehmer.

She married Arthur Tubbs on April 12, 1958. She married Maurice Culver Sr. on May 26, 1984. She was a homemaker, loved to bake (her homemade bread was the best!), and was an avid doll collector. She was predeceased by her son Warren, her parents Cherry Boehmer and Joseph Boehmer, and siblings Patricia Boehmer and Robert Boehmer.

She is survived by her children: Clarence Tubbs of Westford, Vt., Constance Quintin of Homosassa, Fla., William Tubbs and partner Tori Thomas of Castleton, Vt., Cheryl and Phillip Devoid of Lincoln, Vt., Mildred and Joseph (III) Jackson of New Haven, Vt., Arthea and Rodney

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MIDDLEBURY — Carol W. Miller, 80, a resident of Middlebury, Vt., passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Carol was born in Fall River, Mass., on April 20, 1938, the daughter of Louis and Edna (Feldman) Winegard.

Carol graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River and attended Syracuse University where she met her husband, Joel A. Miller. They were married on July 5, 1958, and raised their three sons in Mt. Kisco and then Chappaqua, N.Y. Carol was a successful real estate broker in Bedford Hills, N.Y. and later joined Joel running their lumber yard and building supply business, Millwood Supply, until their retirement in 2001.

Carol and Joel retired to Addison County, Vt., building a home on Lake Champlain in West Addison, and moved to Middlebury in 2016.

Susan Emilo, 72, formerly of Vergennes BRADENTON, Fla. — Mrs. Susan Sisters Emilo, formerly of Vergennes, Vt., born on May 13, 1946, in Burlington, Vt., to the late Yvonne and Paul Sisters, passed away unexpectedly at age 72 on Feb. 2, 2019, in Bradenton, Fla. Susan was the beloved wife of Louis (Mick) Emilo Jr. for over 50 years and who is now left without his rock and steady companion.

She was preceded in death by her son, Brett (Kate) whom she missed

Brian Foote of Middlebury and William Martin of Starksboro have been named to the president’s list at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., for the fall 2018 semester.

Foote is a Biology major and Martin is studying Mechanical Engineering.

Nathaniel Cobb of Middlebury, Vermont, has been named to the dean’s list at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., for the Advent 2018 term. To earn a place on Sewanee’s dean’s list, a student must

VERMONT — A few years ago, Kathy Robinson’s family was rocked with the news that her mother had stage IV lung cancer — a diagnosis that was all the more difficult to fathom because her mom was not a smoker. Her mother died two years after her diagnosis. “We couldn’t understand it, my mom lived a very healthy life,” said Robinson. “Then we learned about the radon that had been seeping into the house for years.”

Radon is an odorless, colorless gas made up of radioactive particles that enter the home from the underlying soil and bedrock. Over long periods of time, radon can damage lung tissue.

According to state health officials, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. It is estimated that 50 Vermonters die each year due to radon-related lung cancer.

For smokers, the risk of lung cancer from radon is especially high.

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Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., said that many factors contribute to how much radon gets into a home, and neighboring houses can have significantly different radon levels from one another. “It doesn’t matter where or how old your home is, it can still have high levels of radon,” said Dr. Levine. “One out of every seven homes in Vermont has elevated levels of radon, and the only way to know if radon is present in your home is to test for it.”

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She had a passion for crocheting gifts to keep loved ones warm and “hugged” all year round. She was an amazing hockey mom and grandmother and loved watching her boys play. Friends and family are welcome to attend a celebration of life gathering this spring in Middlebury, Vt. Details will be forthcoming.

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every day since his passing. Susan is survived by her sons, Christopher (and friend Gail), Jason (and wife Stephanie), and Anthony (and friend Destiny), as well as her brother, Thomas Sisters of Vergennes, Vt. She is devastatingly missed by her grandchildren, Trevor, Oliver, and Sebastian, all of whom were loved fiercely by their Nona (“fish kisses”) and extended Emilo family and great friends, who have all been a constant source of support for the

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Carol loved gardening, was a long time board member of the Opera Company of Middlebury, and a strong supporter of the Town Hall Theater. She was also a member of the Havurah of Addison County.

Carol is survived by her beloved husband Joel, her three loving sons and daughters-in-law: Jonathan and Melissa Miller of Agoura Hills, Calif., Peter and Jane Miller of Middlebury, Vt. and Matthew and Penny Miller of Westport, Conn., as well as seven cherished grandchildren.

A Memorial Service will be held at Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St., Middlebury, Vt., on Sunday, March 3, at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Carol’s memory to Addison County Home Health & Hospice on it’s website achhh.org CAROL W. MILLER Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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“I wish we had been more aware of radon. We would have done something about it,” said Robinson.

“Everywhere I go and everyone I meet, I tell them about radon and encourage them to get their home tested. It can save your life.”

The Health Department offers free radon test kits. To request your free kit, call 1-800-439-8550 or send an email with your name, mailing and physical address and phone number to radon@vermont.gov.

Homes should be tested for radon every five years and after renovation work that affects heating or ventilation, or disturbs the foundation or underlying bedrock. Radon levels can be reduced by installing a radon mitigation system.

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Hanson letter (Continued from Page 4A) mantra of invoking fear and doubt are intent that people believe natural gas will become more expensive once connected, which historically and projected are not the case.

• He says that “an even greater immediate benefit to a home or business can be weatherization and energy efficiency measures” but ignores the fact that Vermont Gas has a weatherization program to provide residents with another option for this expensive undertaking. For typical older Bristol homes, it’s a program with incentives frequently superior to Efficiency Vermont, that coupled with fuel savings would make this expensive endeavor more palatable.

• He states, “My main concern with such a large infrastructure project has always been the selectboard’s engagement with their own commissions and committees.” Based on the adversarial anti-natural gas stance of individuals on the Energy Committee in particular, there is little benefit to consult with a group that has the desire to derail the project. In a sense they did meet with the Energy Committee as a significant number of the current and former Energy Committee members were the same people sitting at selectboard meetings expressing opposition to the project.

The selectboard deliberately took 5 months to hear out the opposition last year. The opposition only offered endless “Gasland” rhetoric and nothing constructive. Meanwhile informal conversations the selectboard had around town indicated wide appeal for the gas line.

• He states, “The water infrastructure upgrade last year on West Street was disruptive and problematic due to a number of issues.” The opposition refers to the water and stormwater improvement project on West Street as the type of mess the streets would be in with the installation of natural gas. The project on West Street required open trench excavations to set stormwater drainage. Natural Gas would be installed with underground directional boring as in Middlebury and Vergennes over the last several years. This is a blatant exaggeration alluding that the installation will be disruptive and just another example of the fear and doubt being spread by the opposition.

• He states that Main Street business owners aren’t interested in

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connecting. The six eateries/kitchens and laundromat, all heavy energy users using propane will benefit significantly from conversion. Conversion to natural gas would provide real cost savings in a tight market where people drive by downtown to the box stores. The opportunity to convert will do the more to maintain downtown viability than any program or insight Ian can provide on the board.

• He talks about the renewably powered buildings at Bristol Works!, but there is a propane service to each one of those buildings.

The most significant issue for the town is the natural gas project and needs to be made the issue at this time. The opposition continues to make irrational accusations about the project and the town is being hamstrung by a small group. With unsuccessful attempts to de-rail the project through committee review, hearings, and “votes,” they continue their opposition through litigation.

The town does not need a selectperson sympathetic to their position on the board.

Kevin Hanson Bristol

(Continued from Page 5A) Equine Encephalitis, mosquito-borne, was first detected in Vermont, in Addison Co. in 2012. Vermonters are now contracting Babesiosis (malaria-like parasitic disease), Powassan Virus (Encephaltis and meningitis — 1 percent of Vermont ticks are infected with the virus). The first human case in the U.S. of West Nile Encephalitis was in 1999. Now the virus is found in mosquitoes in every Vermont county.

Health effects go beyond infectious diseases.

The 2018 National Climate Assessment — the product of 13 federal agencies — warns of record wildfires, crop failures in the Midwest, crumbling infrastructure in the South, floods in the upper Midwest and Northeast, drought with water and food scarcity, heat waves and heat-related deaths, sea level rise, and disease outbreaks.

The U.N.’s 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), urges a global commitment to move away from fossil fuels and remove carbon dioxide already in

the atmosphere (not just reduction of future emissions) to prevent irreversible effects that would have devastating consequences across the globe. Drought, poor quality crops, more pests, more reliance on fertilizer and pesticides, more severe storms, fisheries collapse and rising oceans from warmer, more acidic oceans will produce climate refugees and migration.

I’m a physician, a scientist. I am evidence-based. There is virtually unanimous scientific agreement about the human causes of climate change and the urgent need for us to reverse it. The science is settled. Our Earth is experiencing a global climate emergency. We are like the proverbial frog in the kettle, being slowly boiled alive. Because the heating happens slowly, we don’t perceive the danger, until we are finally cooked to death.

We must reverse this global boiling, and we can by acting locally. It has been said that if the people lead, the leaders will follow. My wife Chip and I have joined with a citizen environmental group (350VT) and Middlebury College students from the Sunday Night Environmental

Group to see what we can do about climate change. We’ve also discussed this with Middlebury’s Town Energy Committee and selectboard.

This Town Meeting Day the citizens of Middlebury will vote (by Australian ballot on March 5) on two Climate Solutions Resolutions from 350VT, versions of which have been passed by 37 other Vermont Towns.

These non-binding resolutions encourage local elected leaders to adhere to the State of Vermont’s Comprehensive Energy Plan to achieve 90 percent renewable energy by 2050 as well as encouraging individual towns to implement

renewable energy strategies and conservation.

There will be a panel discussion and community conversation about the Climate Solutions Resolutions on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury.

Our elected leaders need to know that Middlebury voters want them to act decisively to protect our planet for our children and grandchildren. We dare not delay.

I certainly don’t want to diagnose any more strange diseases in Vermont.

Jack Mayer Middlebury

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“Decoding U.S.‑China Trade” discussion in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 21, 3‑4:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The fifth of eight weekly sessions of the “Great Decisions” program, a national discus‑ sion program on world affairs. Facilitated by Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford with guests. Free and open to the public.

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.

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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 vege‑ tables, 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.

Yamiche Alcindor speaks in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 22, 5 p.m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College. PBS NewsHour White House correspon‑ dent 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.

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Green Mountain Club hike or snow‑ shoe 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 country‑ side. 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: 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 lunch time.

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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 deli‑ cious meal. Free and open to all Veterans. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802‑388‑1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Proposed environmental resolutions panel discussion in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Join Middlebury College students and community members for a panel discussion and community conversation concerning two Middlebury Town Meeting resolutions addressing climate change and renewable energy to be voted on Tuesday March 5.

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Photography, Drawing the Head with Joe Bolger, Block Printing Free ride may be call ACTR with Ashley Wolff, Colored Pencil Drawing, Artist Books, Garden provided: at 388‑2287.

Design with Judith Irven, Oils, Pastels, Mon & Thurs Wheel “Cyber Conflicts Classes, Clay Hand Building Kids: Paint It, Clay Wheel & Hand and Geopolitics” in Building middleburystudioschool.org Contact Barb 247-3702, discussion Middlebury. email ewaldewald@aol.com Thursday, Feb. 28, 3‑4:30 p.m., MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION — a suite of Community Room, meditative practices improving wellness, offered at Vergennes EastView at Movement Studio, 179 Main St., Vergennes, weekly beginning Middlebury, 100 Thursday, April 4 - May 23rd @ 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 visit www. EastView Ter. The of eight weekly ronidonnenfeld.com, 802 793 5073. Registration Deadline – sixth sessions of the March 31.

“Great Decisions” program, a national ART ON MAIN — Saturday Classes, Bristol March 23- Shibori discussion program Indigo Dying - Discover the Japanese art of indigo dying. March 30- on world affairs. by Watercolor Exploration Flag Book - Create beautiful watercolor Facilitated papers to use to build a flag book. April 6- Suminagashi – Paper Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Marbling and Japanese Bookbinding – Learn traditional Japanese Nick Clifford with marbling and sew a stab binding notebook. April 27- Terrarium guests. Free and Design – Construct two open globe succulent terrariums. Info or open to the public.

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Worth Saving?” debate in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 28, 4:30‑6 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. Richard Wolff, a leading socialist economist, and Michael Munger, a leading free‑market economist/political scien‑ tist, will advance contrasting views on this crucial Age Well Senior Luncheon in question in American public life.

Shoreham. Wednesday, Feb. 27, Climate Economy Energy Task Force meeting Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m., and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served.

Addison County Regional Planning, 14 Seminary Soup of the day, sandwich of the day, coleslaw, St. Bring your ideas for future climate‑friendly dessert; $5 suggested donation does not include energy projects in Addison County. Jon Copans gratuity. 72 hours advanced notice required, call from the VT Council on Rural Development Michelle to reserve (802) 377‑1419. Open to will be on hand to share such projects in other anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any communities. age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at “Hajj: A Spiritual Journey” in Bristol. Thursday, 388‑2287 to inquire.

Feb. 28, 7‑8:30 p.m. Lawrence Memorial Library, A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation 40 North St. At the latest One world Library proj‑ in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 27, noon, ect presentation Middlebury selectboard member The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Farhad Khan and his wife and Amtul talk about Understand how it feels to manage the many chal‑ fulfilling their lifelong dream and a spiritual obliga‑ lenges it presents. Allow our Certified Dementia tion by completing their pilgrimage to Mecca. Free Practitioners to take you through an experience and fully accessible. More info at 802‑453‑2366, to better create a positive environment for those OneWorldLibraryProject.org or the One World with dementia. Free, open to the public and fully Library Project Facebook page. accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802‑388‑1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Discover Girl Scouts information sessions in Middlebury, Lincoln and Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 27, 6‑7 p.m., Mary Hogan School, Mary Changyong Rhee speaks in Hogan Dr., Lincoln Library, 222 W. River Rd., and Middlebury. Friday, March 1, 4:30 Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Explore Girl Scout p.m., the Rohatyn Center for Global programs (troops, camps, and more), make new Affairs, Middlebury College. Changyong Rhee friends, learn about volunteer opportunities. More in the Director of the Asia Pacific Region of the info and registration at 888‑474‑9686 or custom‑ International Monetary Fund. He will share first‑ ercare@girlscoutsgwm.org. hand insights into his role as Director and advo‑ cate for continued dialogue and between players in the international arena with hopes for a peace‑ ful future for the world.

Military Whist in Lincoln. Friday, March 1, 6:45 Age Well Senior Luncheon in p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Come play this Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 28, Armory fun and easy card game for the whole family.

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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 Roast pork supper in Brandon.

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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 802‑388‑1220, or pryan@residen‑ ceottercreek.com.

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THOMAS CHRISTOPHER GREENE will be at the Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main Street in Middlebury on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. where he 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.” The talk was originally scheduled for Jan. 23.

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Saturday, March 2, 5‑7 p.m., Brandon Congregational Church,1 Carver St. Menu includes roast pork dinner with potatoes, apple‑ sauce, gravy, roasted vegetables, salad, home made rolls and pies. A free will offering will be taken. Bring your family, neighbors and friends and spend a warm and bright evening together.

Carnevale Vergennes in Vergennes. Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. The sixth year of this evening of outra‑ geous 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 7:30 p.m.

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Waffle breakfast in Bristol. Sunday, March 3, 7‑11 a.m., American Legion Post 19, 56 Airport Dr. Support the Mt. Abraham softball team and enjoy a fabulous breakfast of waffles, maple syrup, whipped cream, strawber‑ ries, scrambled eggs, sausage, and beverages.

7th grade to adult $9/1st‑6th grade $6/preschool and under free. All proceeds benefit the Mt. Abe softball spring training trip and equipment. More info at 802‑453‑4074.

Sadie Brightman, piano, in Middlebury. Sunday, March 3, 4 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Brightman gives a solo recital featuring works by Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, and Czech composer Viteslava Kapralova, whose work she discovered while living in Prague. Free. More info at middlebury. edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

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“Ethnic Minority Poetry in China: A Conversation with Aku Wuwu and Mark Bender” in Middlebury. Monday, March 4, 12:15‑1:30 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 Conference Room, Rohatyn Center for Global Affaris, 148 Hillcrest Rd. Poet Aku Wuwu, of China’s Yi ethnic group, and Mark Bende, South and East Asian literature scholar, will discuss the intersection of language, culture and the environ‑ ment in ethnic minority poetry from southwest China. All conversation in Chinese will be trans‑ lated into English. Free and open to the public.

“Aku Wuwu: Poems in Yi and Mandarin, with English Translation” in Middlebury. Monday, March 4, 7‑8:30 p.m., Room 109, Axinn Center, Old Chapel Rd. Aku Wuwu is a poet of the Yi ethnic group, one of the largest ethnic minority groups in southwest China. His work is charac‑ terized by a mix of traditional and contemporary imagery, often including visions and dreams. Q&A to follow the reading. All poems and discussion in Chinese will be translated into English. Free and open to the public.

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Shrove Tuesday pancake supper in Shoreham. Tuesday, March 5, 5‑7 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Enjoy pancakes or French toast with Vermont maple syrup, sausages, latkes with applesauce or sour cream, and beverages.

Tickets $8 adults/$4 children/ $20 family.

Mt. Abe Emerging Artists exhibit opening in Bristol. Tuesday, March 5, 3:30‑4:30 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. An exhibit featuring work from talented students in grades 9‑12 and celebrat‑ ing Youth Art Month. Runs through March 27.

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Sickert vs. Sargent in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 6, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. This film brings to life two of the biggest characters in modern British art: Walter Sickert — the gruff, aggressive man‑of‑the‑people — and John Singer Sargent — the urbane and charming dandy. Part of Town Hall Theater’s Great Art Wednesdays film series. Tickets $13 adults/$8 students (includes a $1 preservation fee).the snowy woods. Register at vtfishandwildlife.com.

“Bach Publishes: The Six Schübler Chorale Preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach” presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 6,

4:30 p.m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College.

Emory Fanning, Professor Emeritus of Music, offers a lecture as part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

“Garrow” premier in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 6, TBD, Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. This Thriller/Noir‑style feature film centers around the 3 days of testimony of Robert Garrow as he admits to the murders of Alicia Hauck, Daniel Porter, Philip Domblewski and Susan Petz. As the trial proceeds we flash back to and re‑create the crime scenes. Kyra Bradford of Vergennes is a member of the cast. May not be appropriate for younger audiences.

“Where’s Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales?” in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 6, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Dartmouth profes‑ sor Peter Travis discusses the subtle irony with which Chaucer depicts his pilgrims, leaving us to judge them for ourselves. Part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series.

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THURSDAY

Senior Meal in Bristol. Thursday, March 7, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Menu includes shepherds’ pie, corn, homemade rolls, and a special dessert.

Suggested donation $4. Come early and enjoy talking with your friends and make new ones.

George Matthew Jr. in Middlebury. Thursday, March 7, 12:15‑12:45 p.m., St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. The first of St. Stephens 2019 series of free half‑hour concerts.

Matthew will play a program of Scandinavian Music. Feel free to bring a lunch. Light refresh‑ ments provided.

“The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested” discussion in Middlebury. Thursday, March 7, 3‑4:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. The seventh of eight weekly sessions of the “Great Decisions” program, a national discussion program on world affairs. Facilitated by Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford with guests.

Free and open to the public.

Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, March 7, 7 p.m. American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Monthly meeting followed by a Q&A forum. Bring all your fiber related questions. All are welcome. Questions? Call 802‑453‑6919.

Maiden Vermont fundraising concert in Salisbury. Thursday, March 7, 7:15 p.m., Salisbury Elementary School, 286 Kelly Cross Rd. Come hear this one‑hour concert followed by refreshments. The audience is welcome to stay for an open rehearsal immediately following.

Tickets $5 adults/$3 children/$10 family of four or more. Fifty percent of proceeds will benefit the Beerman Family, who lost their home and belong‑ ings in a fire on Jan. 22.

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FRIDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol.

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

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

“Stealing from Work: Sketch Victims Unit” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, March 8, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Stealing from Work is back with a full show of brand new sketch comedy for a fast‑paced evening of lunacy and lampoonery. Actors deftly transform into a different set of characters, alternately spoofing contemporary culture and the political issues of the past and present. Tickets $15, available at townhalltheater.org, 802‑382‑9222, or in person at the box office Monday‑Saturday, noon‑5 p.m.

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SATURDAY

Wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, March 9, 8‑10 a.m., Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Join Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust and help survey birds and other wild‑ life at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland.

Meet Otter View parking area. Shorter and longer routes possible. Beginning birders welcome.

Come for all or part of the walk. More info call 802‑388‑1007 or 802‑388‑6019.

“Transit” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, March 9, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg (Franz Rogowksi) flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of the dead writer whose transit papers he is carrying. Living among refu‑ gees from around the world, Georg falls for Marie (Paula Beer), a mysterious woman searching for her husband. Free.

Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, March 9, 7‑9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30.

Featuring Fern Bradley calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $5‑10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. Questions? 802‑462‑3722.

Donna the Buffalo in Middlebury. Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Donna the Buffalo offers everything you want in a roots band — songs that matter, a groove that makes you dance, an audience that spans generations, and a musical voice that evokes a sense of community. With opening act The Gary Douglas Band. Tickets $49 orchestra/$39 Balcony plus fees, available at townhalltheater. org, 802‑382‑9222, or in person at the box office Monday‑Saturday, noon‑5 p.m.

The Will Patton Ensemble in Lincoln. Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Tickets $10 adults/teens and kids free.

Part of the Burnham Music Series. More info at 802‑388‑6863.

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SUNDAY

“Bees Besieged: A History of Beekeeping” in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, March 10, 2‑3 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center, Route 7. Bill Mares, a writer and beekeeper for 45 years, will tell of the origins and evolution of beekeeping, sometimes referred to as “farming for intellectuals,” with a particular emphasis on his research in Vermont. Refreshments. Free. All are welcome. More info call Gail at 802‑425‑4505.

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MONDAY

Legislative Breakfast in Shoreham.

Monday, March 11, 7‑8:45 a.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

L IV E M U S I C 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.

Sadie Brightman, piano, in Middlebury. Sunday, March 3, 4 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Maiden Vermont in Salisbury. Thursday, March 7, 7:15 p.m., Salisbury Elementary School, The Gary Douglas Band in Middlebury. Saturday, March 9, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater 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

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Middlebury Union High School honor roll

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School has released its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2018-2019 academic year. Students named to the roll include: GRADE 9 High Honors: Camilla Adelman, Megan Balparda, Julia Bartlett, Carlisle Brush, Zachariah Burrows, Ivy Doran, Viviana Hammond, Anya HardyMittell, Sophie Larocque, Jason Li, Joseph Morsman, Zoe Noble, Astrid Olsen, Fairley Olson, Lucas Palcsik, Holly Staats, Abigail Sunderland, Alex Tolgyesi, Grace Vining and Brian Whitley.

Honors: Ann Andrus, Thomas Ash, Noah Berg, Natasha Berno, Alexandra Bonavita, Skylar Broughton, Caroline Browdy, Ira Carling, Henry Carpenter, Talia Cotroneo, Megan Daly, Genevieve Dora, Catherine Dyer, Reese Fitzgerald, Avery Gale, Saskia Gori-Montanelli, Owen Hamilton, Rita Ho, Edwin Hodde and Nora Hyde.

Also Amanda Kearns, Matthew Kiernan, Robert Kite, Oni Krizo, Ella Landis, Reilly Lawson, Camille Maglienti, Jordan Martin, Olivia McCray, Clare Molineaux, Ben Munkres, Alanna Trudeau, Hannah Turner, Emma Welch, Alexa Whelan, Katherine Whipple, Thomas Wolosinski and Kaya Wright.

Honorable Mention: Sean Broe, Ainsley Busby, Zora Duquette-Hoffman, Nathaniel McVeigh, Stephen Ragan-Selecky, Sarah Reiderer, Tyler Robinson, Howard Simpson, Caroline Teague and Samuel Warren.

Clara Wolff.

Honors: Abel Anderson, Olivia Audet, Abigail Bailey, Alexander Bleich, Elizabeth Bright, Jack Christner, Owen Connelly, Gabriel Dunn, Emma Franklin, Adin Girard, Chase Given, Maycee Godshalk-Tidd, Mahaila Ann Gosselin, Bridget Graham, Evan Gregory, Colby Hammond, Wesley Hirdler, Martha Horne, Trystan Jones and Mason Kaufmann.

Also Camille Malhotra, Kaitlyn McNamara, Kyle Mitchell, Lucas Nelson, Shannon OudmanBlackwood, Kai Pasciak, Rhys Pitner, Rayven Roark, Marshall Sanchez, Lena Sandler, Alex Shashok, Kieran Sheridan, Harper Sinclair, Gwen Troumbley and Anna Wagner.

Honorable Mention: Jordyn Bessette, Aiden Cole, Benjamin Graham, Alexander Mencel, Karic Riche, Griffin Schneider, Kelsey Treadway and Henry Wagner.

Smith, Gwen Stafford, Kassidy Sunderland, Kobe Terk, Grace Tucker, Sabina Ward, Katelyn Warner, Charles Welch, Franklyn Wolff and Peter Wolosinski Honorable Mention: Katherine Berthiaume, Eli Billings, William Carpenter, Gabriel Cason, Timothy Dyer, Coleman Field, Morgan Galipeau, Hale Hescock, Ellie Kiel, Annie Lapiner, Giulia Lins, Taylor Moulton, Ian Ploof, Olivia Pottinger, Devyn Pratt, Thatcher Trudeau, Michael Whitley and Daniel Wiles.

GRADE 12 High Honors: Ada Anderson, Silas Conlon, Rebekah Crossman, Nora Draper, Derek Felkl, Niccolo Gori-Montanelli, Lacey Greenamyre, Suzanne Klemmer, Maisie Newbury, Michael Odell, Emma Pope McCright, Jesse Rubin, Diya Taylor, Katherine Wallace, Grace Widelitz and Xavier Wyncoop.

Honors: Parker Beatty, Hogan GRADE 11 Beazley, Jack Berthiaume, Aileen High Honors: Kenneth Bosworth, Trinity Bryant, Isaac Barkdoll, Caleb Benz, Celeste Buttolph, Brenna Cook, Benjamin Berenbaum, Ellen Berg, Nicolas Crawford, Colin Dowd, Zachary Brayton, Kelsey Buteau, Wren Dunn, Natalie Fenninger, Jayden Colwell, Spencer Doran, Fitzgerald, Owen Heminway, Mary Ann Eastman, Joseph Anabel Hernandez, Marina Findlay, Alice Ganey, Timothy Herren-Lage, Max Hirdler, Nanja Goettelmann, Maeve Hammel, Horning, Michael Huber, Audrey Emma Huntington, Meredith Huston, Isaiah Kelly and Drew Kimble, Journey LaRose, Kiernan.

Rosemary Munkres, Hunter Also Emily Laframboise, Munteanu, Jameson Murray, Abigail LaRock, Carly Larocque, Mary Nagy-Benson, Isabel Olson, Will Larocque, Ayanna Mason, Owen Palcsik, Emily Pecsok, Eleanore McGarry, Peter Orzech, Eva Phair, Catherine Schmitt, Samantha Paige, Virginia Patz, Michelle Skovsgaard and Theo Sophie Poppenga, Joel Pyfrom, Wells-Spackman.

Holly Rancour, Kyra Roberts, Honors: Gabriela Aspichueta, David Robidoux, Brandon Jesse Audet, Kamrin Bartlett, Ronish, Anna Scharstein, Camden GRADE 10 Tyler Buxton, Nicholas Carrara, Schnoor, Katelyn Stearns, Natali High Honors: Lois Alberts, Eryn Diehl, Hunter Gale, Anthony Sullivan, Taylor Sylvester, Anna Berg, Chloe Clark, Lydia Garner, Jasmine Gero, Eloe Gile, Benjamin Turner and Serena FARHAD AND AMTUL Khan pictured here in the outside yard of the Grand Mosque in Medina, also known Deppman, Ava Devost, Andy Malia Hodges, Ezekiel Hooper, Welch. as the Prophet’s Mosque, will discuss their pilgrimage to Mecca at the next One World Library Project event Giorgio, Charles Hodson, Timothy Addison Hubbell, James Jette, Honorable Mention: William at Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St, in Bristol on Thursday, Feb. 28, 7-8:30 p.m.

Photo courtesy Farhad Khan Hunsdorfer, Ella McKhann, Devon Kearns and Kira Kemp.

Barber, Wyatt Cameron, Thomas Nevins, Sarah Nicolai, Also Bryan Limoge, Martine Elizabeth Chamberlain, Samuel Andrea Palmer, Sutton Perry, Limoge, Isadora Luksch, Mira Daly, Tristan Durante, Kolby Oliver Poduschnick, Sophie Pope Maglienti, Anna McIntosh, Farnsworth, Ashley Friend, Caleb McCright, Chelsea Robinson, Ryan Nadeau, Colleen Oster, Hamilton, Justin Jackson, Aleta BRISTOL — This past summer, members of ISVT joined the Khans Society of Vermont and also served Sofia Stefani, Nicholas Suchomel, Logan Pierson-Flagg, Spencer Mathers, Ethan Reiderer, Jaskaran Farhad and Amtul Khan fulfilled a on their pilgrimage. as a vice president of Kids4Peace Samuel Visser, Kathryn Pratt, Sydney Provencher, Josie Singh, Silas Wisell and Carson lifelong dream and a spiritual obligaThe pilgrimage to Mecca, also Vermont, an interfaith youth moveWaterman, Paige Williamson and Rheaume, Anna Scalia, Phoebe Yildirim. tion: they completed their pilgrim- known as the Hajj, is an elaborate ment dedicated to turning divided age to Mecca. To learn more about journey taken by millions of Muslims societies into communities of lasttheir journey, the public is invited to each year during the last month on ing peace by bringing together attend “Hajj: A Spiritual Journey” on the Islamic calendar. It involves a Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and other Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Lawrence number of ritual practices and a great youth for summer and school-year Memorial Library from 7-8:30 p.m. deal of tradition. During the presen- programs. Both Farhad and Amtul This event is sponsored by One tation, the Khans will share images Khan are currently studying at CCV. births World Library Project. It is free and of their journey while explaining Farhad Khan is also a Middlebury • Paige Quesnel and William Madison of Shoreham, Feb. 5, a girl, Taelynn Marie Madison. handicapped accessible. the details of their pilgrimage. The selectboard member.

• Jill K. Fraga and Jason D. Leonard of Lincoln, Feb. 5, a girl, Lila Mae Leonard.

The Khans are active members of program will be interactive; audiFor more information about this • Hilary (Hammond) and Ben Haigh of Shoreham, Feb. 15, a boy, Emitt Russell Haigh. the Burlington-based Islamic Society ence members are encouraged to ask event or One World Library Project, • Faith Kennison and Kyle Kingsley of Vergennes, Feb. 15, a boy, Ezra William Kingsley. of Vermont, which currently has a questions during the presentation. contact the Lawrence Memorial total of about 3,500 members from The Khans are Middlebury resi- Library at 802-453-2366, go to such countries as Bosnia, Somalia, dents, owners of One Dollar Market, OneWorldLibraryProject.org or the news@addisonindependent.com India and Iraq. The Khans origi- and parents of three children. Farhad One World Library Project Facebook nally hail from India. Sixteen other is a past president of the Islamic page.

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ADDISON COUNTY RESIDENT SURVEY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY & RECYCLING TOPICS REMINDER: UVM is conducting a survey of Addison County residents about renewable energy and recycling: please return by February 28 The University of Vermont (UVM) distributed a short survey to Addison County residents via this newspaper about one week ago. If you have not yet completed the survey, please complete and mail it using the prepaid envelope by February 28. You can also complete the survey online at https://tinyurl.com/ydae4qbj. The purpose of the study is to better understand Addison County residents’ thoughts and opinions on different topics related to renewable energy and biodigesters. The findings from this study will be shared with the community through a later issue of the Addison County Independent and other channels, and all individual responses will be kept strictly confidential and used for statistical analysis only.

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Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019 — PAGE 11A

3 incumbents, 1 newbie run for Mount Abe school board

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — All four candidates running for three-year terms on the Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) board are running unopposed.

They are incumbents Andrew Morton of New Haven, Liz Sayre of Bristol and Krista Siringo of Bristol; and newcomer Kristen Blanchette of Monkton, who is running to replace Jennifer Stanley.

MAUSD — which encompasses the towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro — needs two more board

members, however.

Erin Lathrop of Bristol and Amy Heath of Lincoln have decided not to run again, so the district is hoping write-in candidates will emerge in those two towns.

In the event that those seats remain vacant after Town Meeting Day, selectboards in the respective towns will appoint someone to the board for a one-year term.

Voting for school board candidates will take place in each of the 5 Towns

by Australian ballot on Mar. 5.

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent.

School spending (Continued from Page 1A) spending per equalized pupil — which increased by only 1 percent — in large measure by eliminating the equivalent of 16 full-time staff MAUSD has worked up two sets positions. of tax rates for this year’s budget: Cutting more staff in the coming one that includes the creation of a year would be bad for morale and new capital reserve fund, and one bad for the organization, Reen said. that does not. It should be stressed Since 2015, total enrollment in that the homestead education MAUSD schools has declined by 20 property tax rates represented here students per year, on average. Last could change depending on any year that rate was expected to slow new tax laws/policies or revenue to about 2 students per year by 2022, adjustments that could come out of but new projections indicate an Montpelier this year: average loss of 10 students annually over the next five years.

If Voters APPROVE The Declining enrollment means Capital Reserve Fund: declining state funding for • Bristol: 6.5-cent increase the district’s seven schools.

• Lincoln: 4.96-cent decrease Unfortunately, it does not also • Monkton: 10.98-cent increase translate into declining costs.

• New Haven: Salaries, health insurance and 10.27-cent increase intensive-needs special education • Starksboro: 8.37-cent increase are expected to go up by more than $1.75 million next year.

If Voters REJECT The Faced with these enrollment and Capital Reserve Fund: cost trajectories, MAUSD faces • Bristol: 4.4-cent increase the unpleasant prospect of cutting • Lincoln: 4.96-cent decrease more staff positions as early as the • Monkton: 7.48-cent increase 2020–2021 school year, Reen said.

• New Haven: With that in mind, the district has 6.27-cent increase devised a plan it hopes will create • Starksboro: 4.37-cent increase more budgeting stability and reduce future personnel cuts.

Addressing those needs has CAPITAL RESERVE FUND In addition to considering the become more and more urgent as budget, MAUSD voters will be Mount Abraham Union Middle/ asked to approve the creation of a High School continues to fall apart and emergency repair bills pile up. capital reserve fund.

The school’s plumbing alone In recent years the district has applied end-of-year fund balances has caused hundreds of thousands to future budgets as a way of of dollars in damage over the last reducing taxes, but this has made few years. In January mold was a mess of the budgeting process, discovered in the boys’ shower rooms. Earlier this month, cafeteria Reen explained. plumbing sprang a zThe current school leak. year, 2018–2019, “One of the MOUNT ABE BOND will likely produce a uses of a Meanwhile, the far smaller surplus, capital reserve MAUSD board has however — maybe begun to explore the half a million dollars, fund could be to address possibility of another Reen said.

The result in future facilities needs.” Mount Abe renovation budgets is wild swings — MAUSD bond, which could in revenue — in this Superintendent appear on a ballot as case, a decline of $1 Patrick Reen soon as Town Meeting Day 2020. million.

Since 2014 voters So, hoping to create some stability in the budgeting have rejected three bonds ranging process MAUSD is asking 5-Town in cost from $29 million to $36 voters to divert a portion of the million.

Meanwhile, rising construction larger surpluses into this capital costs and interest rates continue reserve fund.

If approved, about 40 percent of to reduce the district’s purchasing 2017–2018’s $1.5 million surplus power, and barring a radical change would go into the fund. The rest in design approaches, a fourth would go, as usual, toward reducing renovation bond is likely to deliver less value for the district than its next year’s tax burden (See box).

“One of the uses of a capital predecessors.

Reach Christopher Ross at reserve fund could be to address facilities needs,” Reen wrote in his christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

2019 superintendent’s report.

5-Town School Tax Rates

Fifth- and sixth-grade students in The Great Hall at Middlebury College for the inaugural Youth Citizen Summit

Photo by Jason Duquette Hoffman

Youth learn to take responsibility at summit Pop singer, green icon add some energy MIDDLEBURY — A roomful of students from four Addison Central School District schools found themselves in a classroom this past Friday singing a hit song with the pop star who created it strumming along on his guitar.

The song: “This is Our Time.”

The singer: Nick Howard.

The venue: Bicentennial Hall at Middlebury College.

The event: ACSD’s inaugural Youth Citizen Summit.

The stars: Fifth- and sixth-grade students from Cornwall, Mary Hogan, Ripton and Salisbury elementary schools.

It came about as the college’s Language in Motion program and the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) worked with the local school district to create an event that culminated a learning unit that was focused on government and human rights. During the unit in school, students worked hard to take on various perspectives connected to places around the world while being open minded about others’ beliefs and opinions.

Students began the day with environmentalist Bill McKibben, who presented information and riveting photographs about the environment with a focus on how children are making an impact around the world.

“Young people have an enormous amount of power,” McKibben told them. “Part of being a citizen in a democracy is to make your voice heard.”

Students then participated in various workshops connected to their unit throughout the day. Workshops included inquiries into Constitutional law through a mock trial with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson, attorneys Sarah Starr and Jennifer Wagner, identifying fake news with Deputy Publisher of Seven Days Cathy Resmer, taking action & action planning with MUHS’s SCHOR (Student Coalition On Human Rights) Club and taking the perspective of various countries’ laws regarding women’s rights with MUHS’s Model UN Club.

The elementary students also attended workshops facilitated by the Justice and Peace League, Migrant Justice, 4-H with Lauren Traister, the Vermont Humanities Council, and “What’s the Story with Tim O’Leary.”

Students left the Special Olympics workshop facilitated by athlete Adrian Vaun and Rachel Hamm Vaughan with an action plan in place to engage their peers at school with a Respect Campaign.

Middlebury College students led three workshops titled “Border

Nick Howard sings “Our Time”

Stories,” “Schools and Children Around the World” and “Global Laws, Do We Need Them?” College students from Language in Motion spearheaded by Kristen Mullins also organized a Global Expo during lunch where students engaged in various cultural activities connected to the college students’ international experiences and studies.

Sean Rhee, a Middlebury college junior, said he was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the younger students in the workshops.

“I was impressed by not only the attitude they brought to the events, but also the complex questions they asked and the thoughtful comments they made with regards to the topic,” he said. “They were very eager to share what they already knew, and were very open to asking questions for what they didn’t know. It was great to work with so many young,

Salisbury Community School fifth-grader Mercedes Sheldrick and teacher Bethany Morrissey

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enthusiastic students!”

Avery H., a fifth-grader from Mary Hogan, said she enjoyed getting out of the classroom and onto the college campus. She especially liked the different tables at the Global Expo representing different countries and trying food, clothing and writing from different cultures.

Matthew McIntosh from Ripton said, “It was a great experience to learn about new and interesting things!”

Sixth-grader Channing Brush from Salisbury said everybody was “super nice” and she learned a lot.

“I definitely left the college with a wider understanding of human rights and I think the court process is very interesting,” she said.

Oprea Littlefied, a fifth-grader from Mary Hogan Elementary, agreed.

“I loved the summit,” she said.

“My head was always bursting with

Environmentalist Bill McKibben demonstrates environmental change

Photo by Jason Duquette Hoffman

ideas throughout the whole thing!”

A college administrator said the event was a learning opportunity not only for the ACSD students, but for the college students as well.

“Having an opportunity to share their experiences, perspectives and studies with young Vermonters broadens their own perspectives, connects them with the local community in new ways, and helps them to develop their presentation and facilitation skills,” said Kristen Mullins, assistant director of CCE, Language in Motion. “Plus everyone had a lot of fun!” A The culmination of the day came courtesy of Howard, and of Salisbury Community School student Emma Morrissey. The sixth-grader reached out to musician Nick Howard during the school study unit and invited him to sing at the summit. He agreed, flew up from Nashville and sang his hit song “Our Time” with the students to close out the day.

“She and some friends were a fan of my song and they asked would I stop by and perform it,” Howard explained. “I just think it’s amazing when a song I have written resonates with someone that way, so I was more than happy to say, ‘Yes.’” The song is a rousing anthem that celebrates the power of youth, energizing them to take on leadership for their lives and their future. One chorus goes: This is our time, this is the moment These are our lives, and we gotta fight For what we believe, believe in what’s right We are alive, alive, alive Editor’s note: This story was provided by Bethany Morrissey, a teacher at Salisbury Community School.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) his corner man — carries a 2-0 record into the final.

Consider sponsoring a child in the “Bites in a Bag Program,” offered through Bristol’s Have a Heart Food Shelf. Bites in a Bag” is currently providing around 40 area children with some healthy food for each weekend during the 40-week school year. In their bags each week the kids receive approximately eight healthy and kid-tested snack foods, such as a half-cup of carrots, a yoghurt, cheese sticks, an apple, an orange, a package of peanut butter and crackers, a bag of pretzels, and a bag of dried fruit. The program costs about $2.50 per child to run each week, or about $100 per week total cost. This program is staffed completely by volunteer parents in cooperation with the school food service staff. Make your check out to: Have a Heart Food Shelf, with “Bites in a Bag” written in the memo line. Mail it to: Have a Heart Food Shelf, c/o Rebecca Price, 928 Stony Hill Road, Bristol, VT 05443.

Congratulations are in order for several local Nordic skiers, who have qualified for Eastern Championship races in Maine in early March. Elvis McIntosh, Lucas Palcsik, Zach Wilkerson, Joe Graziadei and Phoebe Hussey have qualified for the Vermont team going to the NENSA 16-andUnder Eastern Championships on March 8-10 in Bethel, Maine.

McIntosh, Malia Hodges and Addy Harris will be joining the Vermont team at the Eastern High School Championships, which will be held in Fort Kent, Maine, March 15-17. All but Harris are members of the Frost Mountain Nordic club. Hodges, McIntosh, Palcsik and Wilkerson are all students at MUHS. Graziadei and Hussey attend North Branch School in Ripton, and Harris, skiing independently from Frost Mountain Nordic, is a student at Mount Abe. The U.S. Navy has named a Virginia Class Submarine (SSN 792) the USS Vermont. This is only the third U.S. Naval vessel to be named after the Green Mountain

State. The USS Vermont has been christened, with an anticipated commissioning in early 2020. The Green Mountain Base of the United States Submarine Veterans Inc. is looking for submarine veterans to attend this historic event and support the USS Vermont crew.

Email Bill Mattoon at cmattoon@ vermontel.net, or call 802-8853886. Additional information on the USS Vermont Commissioning Committee can be found at ussvermont.org.

Middlebury Community Players is throwing a party on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Theater, and you’re invited. “Play Date” is for anyone who might like to work with the Middlebury Community Players and who wants to find out about future productions.

Drop by the Town Hall Theater for food, drink, conversation, door prizes — and some surprise entertainment. There will be a “Name That Show” slide show, and bring a friend in order to get an extra door prize ticket.

“Play Date” will be a casual

get-together for people who are interested in learning more about acting, directing, designing, stage managing, costuming or working on a crew. For those curious about local theater, this will be a great time to ask questions, give suggestions, voice ideas, and meet people who share your interest. Find out about the MCP by visiting middleburycommunityplayers. org, or email info@ middleburycommunityplayers. org.

The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) has awarded its Revive and Community Building literacy grants to elementary schools, public libraries and organizations serving low-income, at-risk, and rural kids in Vermont and New Hampshire.

This year’s Revive grants recipients included the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury and the Platt Memorial Library in Shoreham.

CLiF’s Revive grant provides funding to the organization’s past partners (schools, libraries, and organizations that have received a

CLiF grant in the past five years) to revive their literacy programming.

The grant pays for community visits with one of CLiF’s 64 Vermont and N.H. authors, illustrators and storytellers.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers to become “Let’s Go Fishing” instructors to pass along Vermont’s fishing tradition. The department will host a one-day training workshop for new instructors on Saturday, April 13, at the Essex District Office at 111 West St. in Essex Junction.

All curriculum materials and lunch will be provided. The workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required, and you must be at least 18 years old to participate and pass a background check. Those interested can register through April 10 at vtfishandwildlife. com. A related note: The F&W Department is partnering with Castleton University on graduate-level credit for participants. For those seeking to earn a credit for the course,

there’s a $125 fee to cover the cost of that credit. The training is free for those not seeking college credit.

The Vermont State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is partnering with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department to host a mentored turkey hunting event on May 18 and 19 for hunters with disabilities, called “Wheelin’ Sportsmen.”

NWTF developed the Wheelin’ Sportsmen program to work with hunters with disabilities to provide the extra assistance and mentorship needed to have a safe and enjoyable hunt. To sign up for the Wheelin’ Sportsmen Hunt contact Kaylee Campagna at 802-363-8071, atVermontwheelinsportsmenhunt@ gmail.com, or on Facebook at Vermont NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsmen Hunt. Pre-registration is required by March 9, 2019.

Participants are responsible for obtaining their hunting license.

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By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — It’s National FFA Week, which means that more than 8,000 chapters of the organization formerly known as Future Farmers of America are reaching out to their schools and communities to shine a light on agriculture and agricultural education.

In Addison County, however, this week is winter recess. No school. No

programs. No one to listen.

So before they scattered for vacation, the Addison Independent sat down with six county students who are also enrolled in the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center’s Agricultural Academy, where the Middlebury FFA chapter is embedded in the curriculum, and asked them what they’d like to share with their community.

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“Farmers are struggling,” said Brodie Martin of Addison, a senior at Vergennes Union High School. “Not just small farms, but large farms also.

Everybody in the agriculture business is struggling.” Low prices are partly to blame, she explained, but so is a declining work ethic among younger generations. “Finding help is really hard nowadays.”

Agricultural education is also struggling, said Waltham resident Emily Jackson, who is also a senior at VUHS. “A lot of high schools are getting rid of their agriculture programs or their classes aren’t being funded, so they can’t keep them up,” she said.

“But really those agriculture classes are what educate kids about farming or natural resources.”

Some kids are even being discouraged from attending classes at the Career Center.

“When I went to sign up for this (Sustainable Agriculture) class, they were like, ‘Well, you don’t really have time,’” said Cornwall resident Kira Kemp, who is a junior at Mid-

dlebury Union High School.

Martin shared a similar experience.

“My guidance counselor told me it wouldn’t be in my best interest to go to Vermont Technical College and go into the dairy herd management program, or even come here (to the Agriculture Academy) for a second year,” she said. “‘Brodie, you don’t want to do that — you’re not going to go anywhere in agriculture.’ Well, yes I am going to go somewhere in agriculture.”

“No one is encouraging people to come down here,” Kemp added.

Which is a shame, because these bright, vibrant kids — and others just like them — are thriving here.

“I learned more in one week with Mr. T (forestry and natural resources instructor Aaron Townshend), than I had in the previous three years,” said John Bent, a Starksboro resident and junior at Mount Abraham Union High School. “I don’t learn well in the classroom,” he acknowledged, but because of what — and how — (See FFA, Page 13A)

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FFA (Continued from Page 12A) he’s learning at the Career Center, “I’m excited to come to school.”

Bent is working on a prototype flow meter for maple sap lines that would measure flow, vacuum and temperature and send the data to a sugarhouse computer, which, it turns out was designed and programmed by other students at the Career Center.

“We have incredible teachers here,” he said.

These kids don’t just learn by doing, however.

Addison Hubbell of Shoreham, a junior at MUHS, and McKenna Phillips of Bridport, a junior at VUHS, find themselves on opposite sides of the program’s Act 64 Debate Team, where three students must argue in favor of Vermont’s Clean Water Act and three must argue against it.

Kemp and Martin are also on that debate team, which will compete at the state FFA convention in May. “We have meetings and groups and assign ourselves homework,” Hubbell said. “Then we go home, research topics and come back and talk about what we find.”

Both Phillips and Hubbell hope to attend the State University of New York at Cobleskill to study dairy nutrition, though Phillips worries about her job prospects in Vermont.

“I’ll probably have to go out of state for work,” she said.

Martin has similar concerns.

“I’d like to manage a dairy farm in Vermont,” she said. “I’d own my own dairy someday, but milk prices are too low.”

Fortunately, the dairy herd management program at VTC teaches dairy and beef management together, she said. “There’s a better market and higher prices in beef.”

In the meantime, Martin has been researching the changing role of women in the industry and is preparing a TED-style talk for the state FFA convention this spring.

(Readers should note that five of the six interviewees for this story are young women, and all of them are FFA officers.)

For Jackson, National FFA Week’s stated goal of educating the community about agriculture has

turned into a lifelong goal.

With her sights set on Cornell University or the University of Vermont, where she plans to study political science and agricultural communication, Jackson sees herself as a potential liaison between farmers and legislators.

Jackson found her inspiration in this when she attended her first FFA leadership conference in Washington, D.C., where she attended workshops, met with Vermont’s congressional delegation, and went to Capitol Hill to advocate for agricultural education.

“I realized I always want to focus on agriculture and government,” she said.

Bold and committed as these students may be, it’s not without some anxiety that they undertake their studies. Farm economics has become too unpredictable to make solid promises to people of their generation, and the wisdom of their elders will count for little if not delivered with increasing caution.

Kemp, who comes from a farming family, has given this a fair bit of thought, from which she distills two messages.

To previous farming generations, she says: “We’ve got your back.”

To the larger community, she says, “We need your support.”

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(Continued from Page 1A) land rights and developing local partners who could perform trail construction. It could be a decade before a trail is a reality.

But Peek also said the bill is a vital “first step.”

“The passage of this authorization in the Senate is a real victory for the North Country National Scenic Trail and Addison County. The Vermont connection is literally the missing link,” Peek said.

“Sen. Leahy, through his work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is already working to secure funding for this important project. Equally important, he and his staff will work to see that the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service are full partners with the local organizations and property owners who will be critical to building this trail.”

Leahy said the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which taps fossil fuel company funding to provide grants and other help for natural resource projects, was a vital component of the bill. Press releases from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Leahy’s offices noted Vermont has received more than $140 million from the fund since 1966.

“I’m proud that this bill will make that vital program permanent,” Leahy said.

The North Country Trail winds its way from North Dakota through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania before heading through New York and the Adirondacks to Crown Point.

The preferred route for the extension was chosen with input from Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), Addison County Regional Planning Commission, Middlebury College, Green Mountain Club, Moosalamoo Association, the Forest Service, and the towns of Middlebury, Ripton and Weybridge.

The exact route is yet to be determined, but what a National Park Service document provided by Leahy’s office calls the “preferred corridor” runs from the Lake

(Continued from Page 1A) downtown Middlebury’s performing which I think will benefit everyone and visual arts center. Work can be scheduled in a way that doesn’t in the long run,” Alexander said.

“We recognize this is an ‘ask,’ interrupt performances with noise with the 10 weeks coming on its and other impacts, Alexander said.

“We would certainly be looking heels,” he added. “We’ve basically been able to engineer every other to meet with the affected businesses scenario on the job to get all of the and try to work together with them support excavation in before the to try to minimize the additional outage, except for this little piece impacts that would be caused by this, right here, and we’re pretty much to work around their schedules,” he out of ideas other than to get those said.

Middlebury selectboard members tie-backs installed through taking the bridge down a few weeks early.” acknowledged early closure of Merchants Row The “tie-backs” will pose an added will anchor a inconvenience, temporary wall How will closing but they agreed that will be needed Merchants Row three with Alexander’s during construction, weeks early affect rationale for the according to businesses, residents and work, which they Alexander.

The visitors? endorsed through a area in which • Periodic noise. unanimous vote. the tie-backs and • Suspension of one“I appreciate you temporary wall way traffic. continuing to work must be installed is • Temporary loss of to find a solution located under the “a few” parking spaces on on this and figuring temporary bridge. both sides of the road. out how you can Plans call for • Pedestrians must quickly shrink Kubricky crews walk through the town that footprint to to mobilize on green to get from sustain parking Merchants Row on Merchants Row to Main to the maximum Monday, May 4, Street (and vice versa) extent possible,” and work during a while the bridge is out. selectboard three-week period Chairman Brian that Alexander said won’t encroach on Middlebury Carpenter said. “Obviously you’ll College graduation or Memorial continue to work at it and give us the best solution you can.”

Day weekend.

Selectman Nick Artim said A crane will be erected on the Town Hall Theater side of he believed crews have done a Merchants Row to help workers “phenomenal” job with preliminary disassemble and move the temporary work on the project, including bridge, according to Alexander. undergrounding utilities, installing a Construction vehicles will need to drainage system for the rail bed and access both sides of Merchants Row building a temporary access road to to remove the bridge components the Battle Block parking lot. Artim said that early work has given him and ashlar blocks, he said. confidence that future K u b r i c k y ’ s phases of the project anticipated work hours can be performed well. on Merchants Row will “Once the “You’re the be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., bridge is out professionals,” he told Monday through Friday, of the way Alexander. “If this is along with the potential what you say we have need to extend into the and the first to do, then this is what early evening in order few rows of to complete a specific (ashlar) blocks we have to do.

Meanwhile, VTrans task. But Anderson Project Manager Jon confirmed his team are out, we Griffin said the state is will be able to flex its should be continuing negotiations schedule depending on able to move with owners of the the needs of the town … half our final three properties and affected businesses. on which right of ways That includes the option operation into the railroad are needed to build the of night shifts. project. He expects “We could go 24/7 on corridor, so those negotiations to be the bridge portion, just we’re not in successful. to expedite how fast the “I’m optimistic bridge is gone and out of front of the everything is moving on the way so we shrink our businesses footprint,” he said. on the Battell time and on schedule, and hopefully on Kubricky officials budget,” Griffin said. stressed access to the Block side.”

In other action on Battell Block parking — Mark Alexander Tuesday, the selectboard lot will be maintained through an already built temporary endorsed a variety of engineering access road from Water Street. contracts advanced by the town’s People will still be able to access Infrastructure Committee. The board Battell Block merchants and services also heard from proponents of a townwide ban on single-use plastic from both ends of Merchants Row. The construction crew’s footprint bags, an issue that will be discussed will “shrink dramatically” once the at the annual town meeting on March bridge is removed, according to 4. Supporters have successfully petitioned a Town Meeting Day Alexander.

“Once the bridge is out of the way referendum asking residents to and the first few rows of (ashlar) encourage the selectboard to craft an blocks are out, we should be able ordinance banning single-use plastic to move … half our operation into bags for carrying out purchases from the railroad corridor, so we’re not in local businesses. The Independent front of the businesses on the Battell will feature a more complete report on that referendum next week.

Block side,” Alexander said.

Among the affected businesses will be Town Hall Theater,

THIS NATIONAL PARK Service map shows alternatives for the proposed Addison County trail that would link the 3,200-mile North Country National Scenic Trail with the Appalachian Trail via the Long Trail. A new U.S. Senate bill boosted this long-discussed, 40-mile trail, which would include the Trail Around Middlebury and head through the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area.

Champlain Bridge through West Addison farmland, the Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Addison village, up and down (or possibly around) Snake Mountain, across the Lemon Fair River lowlands to Weybridge village, and on to the Trail Around Middlebury, known as the TAM. According to MALT Executive Director and TAM overseer Jamie Montague, the trail will make use of “MALT’s already constructed connector between Snake Mountain and the TAM,” a relatively recent addition completed with the cooperation of Monument Farms and other landowners.

From the east end of the TAM, Montague said the route would travel southeast toward the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area and join the Long Trail in the Green Mountain National Forest. A more northerly route through Ripton had been considered.

“The North Country Trail will then continue to East Middlebury on a route for which MALT has

begun mapping and securing trail easements,” Montague said in an email. “The route reflected in the legislation will connect to the Long Trail through the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area.”

A 2013 National Park Service summary of the missing link’s history and current options estimates that about 13 to 19 miles of new trail would need to be build, with the rest on existing trails.

The document said route choices depend in part “on which landowners are willing to cooperate in establishing the trail,” and the Park Service cannot obtain land by eminent domain for trail projects, but can purchase land or easements.

Cost estimates are not precise.

The Park Service foresaw the 13 to 19 miles of new trail “potentially requiring an estimated $450,000 — $6 million in land acquisition costs.”

The Park Service claims benefits for property owners, neighbors and businesses: “Landowners may also see increased (or more stable)

property resale values due to proximity to permanently protected open space,” while there will also be “increased visitation and associated economic activity.”

The document describes a lowimpact trail intended primarily for hiking that would allow other “compatible recreational activities such as snowshoeing, bird watching and nature study,” while noting, “The trail’s authorizing legislation prohibits motorized use.”

Montague thanked cooperating landowners and the many local people and entities who have worked hard over the years on the proposed trail, something she said is now much closer to becoming a reality.

“This is an important step forward for the North Country Trail, MALT and Addison County,” she said.

“We look forward to the day when a National Scenic Trail shares a path with our local Emerald Necklace, the TAM.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Middlebury Community Players are hosting a ‘Play Date’ Feb. 25 at THT MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Community Players is throwing a party on Monday night. “Play Date” is for anyone who might like to work with the theatrical company, or who has already worked with MCP on past shows, and wants to find out about future productions.

This is a no pressure, no fundraising, and no commitment event. It

will take place Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

“Play Date” will be a casual get-together for people who are interested in learning more about acting, directing, designing, stage managing, costuming or working on a crew. For those curious about local theater, this is a great time to ask

questions, give suggestions, voice ideas, and meet people who share your interest.

Drop by the THT for food and drink, conversation, door prizes and some surprise entertainment. There will be a “Name That Show” slide show. Bring a friend in order to get an extra door prize ticket.

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Congrats Addy Indy Team!

2018 New England Better Newspaper Competition

Once again, the Addison Independent is proud to bring home a staggering 21 AWARDS from the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Competition. Awards ranged from columnists to photographers, editorial pieces to ad creation.

More than 3,300 contest entries were submitted from more than 300 newspapers in New England. The Addison Independent competes in the largest division for non-dailies, 6,000-plus circulation, which means we compete against publications like Seven Days, Boston Business Journal, Providence Business Journal, Worcester Magazine, Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Ellwsorth (Me.) American, and many other great newspapers.

We want to take a moment to recognize the excellent work of our colleagues, but also thank YOU — our readers, advertisers, columnists and correspondents.

Your dedication to helping us keep the Addison Independent central to our communities is what keeps us vibrant.

Without YOUR strong commitment to staying informed about local news, we wouldn’t survive.

Thank you for your continued support of your weekly newspaper!

1st Place — Advertising General Excellence

FIRST PLACE — Local Black and White Display Ad • FIRST PLACE — Most Creative Use of Small Print Space Also: Second Place — for most creative use of Small Print Space • Second Place for Local Display Ad, color

Our incredible advertising team, from the sales representatives to the graphic designers who build those ads, won the coveted Advertising General Excellence award. Members of the team are, from left: Todd Warnock, Brian King, Meg Madden, Elsie Lynn Parini, Christy Lynn (and young Elwood), Eric Luster, Sue Leggett, Melissa Strong and Alexis Caswell.

Judges comments: Serious columnist, Angelo Lynn, first place: “An editorial is powerful under his pen with his clear reporting and call to action.”

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Trent Campbell

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News/Editorial Winners First Place - Serious Columnist - Angelo Lynn First Place - Editorial/Commentary Page First Place - Best Blog On A Website - Faith Gong First Place - Religious Issues - John Flowers First Place - Sports Photo - Trent Campbell First Place - Best Sports Columnist - Karl Lindholm Second Place - Editorial Writing - Angelo Lynn Second Place - Political Columnist - Angelo Lynn

Second Place - Social Issues Features- John Flowers Third Place - Sports Feature Story - Andy Kirkaldy Third Place - Spot News - Emma & Sophie McCright Third Place - Social Media in Breaking News - Megan James Third Place - Human Interest Story - John Flowers Third Place - Arts & Entertainment Feature - John Flowers Honorable Mention - Featured Video - Megan James Honorable Mention - General Excellence

Social issues, John Flowers, second place: “Thorough, compelling reporting on a seemingly small subject with major implacations to the community and residents affected. This reporter did excellent work connnecting with those involved, and presenting their concerns in an extremely balanced, well-written piece.”

Editorial/Commentary pages, First Place, Angelo Lynn/John McCright/Sue Leggett: “The Addison Independent richly deserves first place in the weekly class. From its skillful and decisive editorial wirrting to its diverse, local op-ed pieces and its many letters to the editor, the newspaper demonstrates its commitment to vigorous local debate. But perhaps most impressive of all is its commitment to space to examine issues thoroughly. This is a weekly fulsome in content and obviously proud of its local tradition. By its good work, it has earned the respect of its readers.”

Vt. Ski + Ride: Specialty Publications First Place - Sports Photo - Brooks Curran First Place - Feature Photo - John Atkinson First Place - Headline Writing Second Place - Sports Photo; Second Place - Pictorial Photo; Second Place - Front Page Design - Lisa Gosselin Lynn Third Place - General Excellence Among All Niche Publications Third Place - Sports Photo Addison Independent veterans of our news team from left, Andy Kirkaldy, John Flowers and news editor John McCright.

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Candidates (Continued from Page 1A) (IB) curriculum and is preparing a master plan for how its many school buildings could be renovated and used — or not used — in the long term.

Vying in the race for three of Middlebury’s seats on the 13-member board are incumbents James “Chip” Malcolm, Lorraine Morse and Steve Orzech. The challengers are Betty Kafumbe and Ryan Torres. All the candidates are running at-large, meaning voters in all seven ACSD communities will decide the race.

What follows is a brief profile of all five candidates, in alphabetical order.

Betty Kafumbe

Kafumbe is an administrative assistant in Middlebury College’s office of finance and heads the Allegro Community Chorus at the Middlebury Community Music Center. She and her husband, Damascus Kafumbe — an assistant professor of music at Middlebury College — are the parents of three boys, two of whom currently attend Middlebury schools.

“A few friends expressed their confidence and faith in me as a contributor to the school system,” she said, specifically citing encouragement from former ACSD board member (and current state senator) Ruth Hardy.

Kafumbe, who hails from Uganda, was a member of the ACSD Task Force on Racism, Bias, and Discrimination, an ad hoc panel formed in September of 2017 in wake of reports of racially insensitive incidents — both subtle and overt — targeting some children of color on school grounds and on buses.

The committee issued a report last spring offering suggestions on what the ASCD could do to fight discrimination and instill more awareness of the issues faced daily by students of different colors, religions and gender orientation.

Kafumbe wants to join the board to, among other things, play a role in encouraging diversity within the district.

She noted the IB program encourages students to become

Ryan Torres

Betty Kafumbe

world citizens, something she hopes to advance through cultural exchanges and foreign language instruction, among other things.

“Part of that is learning to accept different people, and I think through that we can all work together to enrich each other and grow and find innovative ways to move in a new direction as a school board,” she said.

“We must help our students to not just excel academically, but also prepare them for the ‘real world.’”

As a musician, she vowed to support arts programs within district schools. She sees the arts as a potentially “innovative way to help inclusivity and creative thinking.”

Having a background in finance could also be an asset to the board, Kafumbe believes.

If elected, Kafumbe promised to support programming that ensures all students have the same learning opportunities.

“Students learn in many different ways,” she said.

the district successfully lobbied voters for a major building project that resulted in a new Middlebury Union Middle School and a renovated Middlebury Union High School.

He joined the ACSD board shortly after it formed, replacing Josh Quinn, who stepped off the panel to become the district’s business manager. (Quinn has since moved on and Brittany Gilman is now the ACSD business manager.)

It’s been an eventful few years for Malcolm and his colleagues, for the reasons described above.

“It’s been exciting times in education in Vermont, and in our district in particular,” Malcolm said of the IB transition, facilities study and Act 46 aftermath in the ACSD. It was governance consolidation that inspired Malcolm to get back on the school board. Act 46 has “blurred” the borders of the seven communities that make up the ACSD, he explained. That’s giving the new, larger districts the latitude to become more creative and costeffective in delivering education to students, according to Malcolm.

Governance consolidation has been critical in allowing the district to adopt an IB curriculum, Malcolm believes.

“I don’t believe we could have done it if we hadn’t consolidated,” he said.

The facilities master plan should

James “Chip” Malcolm

Malcolm, a retired physician, is in his second stint as a Middlebury school director. He previously served on the UD-3 panel from 1985 to 2000, including six years as chairman during a time when

give ACSD stakeholders a good sense of what the district will look like — in terms of how its many buildings will be used — in the future. Malcolm is looking forward to the release of that plan and how it will help the district prioritize capital investments.

Looking to the future, Malcolm said the ACSD board will continue to deal with a declining student enrollment and a public education system in which state and local responsibilities continue to change.

“The state now controls about 80 percent of what we do,” he said.

Malcolm believes board continuity will be important as the ACSD continues to deal with changes, and hopes to remain part of the leadership team.

Lorraine Morse

Morse has served on multiple Middlebury school boards since 2001, when she joined the Mary Hogan Elementary School board.

Local voters consistently reelected her until the panel was dissolved around three years ago.

Morse served concurrently on the UD-3 board for approximately a decade, and was among those who transitioned to the ACSD panel that formed as a result of Act 46.

Service on the school board initially allowed Morse to help shape the education of her two children. Once they graduated, she saw her role as a school director as a way to give back to her community.

“I’ve always had an interest,” she explained. “I’m a local person, grew up here and went through (Middlebury) schools.”

As a child from a poor family, Morse has never forgotten the guidance she received from a few special teachers who made an impact on her life.

“I feel strongly about public education,” she said.

Along with her fellow incumbents, Morse has seen a lot of changes within the district during the past three years. Morse was a member of the ACSU Charter Study Committee that in 2015 prepared a framework for the district’s governance merger under Act 46.

“It’s an exciting, interesting and challenging time,” said Morse, who added that facilities planning and the transition to IB figure prominently on the board’s to-do list for the coming years.

Future boards will need to continue what has been a delicate balancing act, which Morse described as “Providing opportunities for kids while being respectful to not take advantage of

the generous support the taxpayers have given us through the years.”

Morse has distinguished herself as member of the ACSD board’s Negotiations Committee, which will explore new contracts with district faculty and staff. Those current pacts expire at the end of this June.

“My main goal is to see through those contracts,” Morse said.

Steve Orzech

Orzech, who refers to himself as a “semi-retired” educator, has been a Middlebury school director for around four years. He was a relatively new member of the former UD-3 board before it — and all of the district’s elementary school boards — dissolved to make way for the ACSD panel in 2016, as a result of Vermont’s Act 46.

Education governance consolidation was the start of Orzech’s growing involvement in Middlebury schools. He was named to an ad hoc Addison Central Supervisory Union panel that studied a potential merger of Middlebury-area school districts and resources.

“I really enjoyed the work,” Orzech, who most recently taught at Vergennes Union High School, said of his experience as a committee member.

“It was really interesting to me.”

Orzech believed his experience as a teacher and organizer could benefit the school board. He had taught personal finance and geography during his career.

He’s also former president of the Addison Northwest Teachers’ Association, and is a past member of the Vermont National Educators’ Association board.

While he’s had a relatively short tenure on the ACSD board, Orzech has helped lead the district during a transformative period in its history.

He’s played a role in a school board merger, the district’s ongoing transition to an International Baccalaureate curriculum, and a study of ACSD school facilities that could lead to a bond proposal for renovations.

“It feels very impactful, in a positive way,” he said of his work on the board thus far.

Looking ahead, Orzech wants to finish the work the board has started on IB and facilities planning.

He also wants to help the district meet the challenge of maintaining quality educational programming amid declining enrollment and shrinking resources.

Orzech praised ACSD Superintendent Peter Burrows for his role in leading the district. It was Burrows who recommended

the district’s transition to IB. “I like working with Dr. Burrows and think he does a really good job,” Orzech said.

He’s pleased to be part of a contested election this year.

“It shows that people are being civically engaged, and that’s always a good thing,” he said.

Ryan Torres

Torres and his wife, Jillian Werle, have two children in the Middlebury school system. The family moved to East Middlebury from Boston 10 years ago. Torres worked five years for the Middlebury-based Vermont Community Foundation, then spent around four years at the Greater Burlington YMCA doing child obesity prevention work, and helping people manage their health to avoid chronic conditions.

He’s currently works as a contractor with the Vermont Blueprint for Health, helping Middlebury-area medical practices improve the health care experience for patients.

“Much of my work has been focused around public healthrelated issues,” Torres said. “I’ve always wanted to give back to my community.”

Serving on the ACSD board would fulfill Torres’ desire to give back.

“I have the time, I have the interest and with two children in the school system, there’s this opportunity for me to provide some guidance and support the schools,” he said.

Torres is pleased to see the district do long-range facilities planning, and wants to be involved in that effort.

“The approach they’re taking is a good one,” he said. “I think it’s important to look at the quantitative and qualitative data, and also hear from the community about what their interests are in order to make decisions that are fiscally responsible and also address concerns.”

Torres is intrigued by the notion of establishing a health center at MUHS as a way to “bring medicine to where people are at,” and getting young people off to a good start managing their health care needs.

“I believe in healthy eating and more physical activities at our schools,” he said.

Like Kafumbe, Torres believes he could bring more diversity to the school board. He is MexicanAmerican.

“As Vermont becomes more diverse, I think adding that perspective is important,” he said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019

MATT DICKERSON

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High school hoop: Eagle boys post only victory

One week, two days, two Nordic centers, two conditions My cross-country skis had turned into snowshoes. On any trail that hadn’t been groomed within the last few minutes, the fresh still-falling snow was heavy, wet and sticking.

Snow sticking on trees is fine. Beautiful. It lends to the evergreens that mysterious, quiet quality that makes it feel like I’ve found my way through a wardrobe and into Narnia. Unfortunately, the snow was also sticking to the bottom of my skis in big clumps, rendering them useless at gliding.

Normally, if there is any chance of sticky snow, I have a can of silicon with me to spray onto the bottom of my wax-less skis. That solves the problem pretty well. That day, however, I had been unprepared. The silicon sat on a shelf at home. The resulting clumping may have made for some good aerobic exercise, but it was more akin to weight lifting than to skiing. Which is to say, for a short while at least it was frustrating.

It turned out to be a nice trip anyway, though. I always find it delightful to ski on fresh snow, or through falling snow. I appreciated the thorough coverage; no bare patches of ground stuck up through the wonderful blanket that had been thickening through the night and day. And once I trudged back out to a freshly groomed and track section of trail, my skis started working again as they are supposed to — well enough that my wife and I even did an extra loop up the hill again before heading back to the list of meetings and jobs awaiting us. By the time I arrived back at the car, the bad memories of clumping snow had faded.

Though we’d had only a little over an hour to ski in between appointments, it was good to get up to Rikert — before the forecast rain could settle in a day later and turn it all to crust.

Which, indeed, is what happened.

But there is an old saying: “Make hay while the sun shines.” An another saying slightly less old, “Go skiing whenever there is snow.” I’ve never actually made hay, but I’m a big fan of the wisdom of that second saying. So, knowing Rikert would be more crowded than usual with the activities of the Winter Carnival, after our weekly date at the Middlebury Farmer’s Market — fresh greens and root vegetables, local eggs, and baked goods from two different local bakers: Bread Loaf Kitchen and Good Companion Baker — we headed out past the northeastern corner of the county and up to Sleepy Hollow Inn. (See Dickerson, Page 3B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/19 MUHS vs. Hartford...........................3-0 Boys’ Hockey 2/20 MUHS at S. Burlington...................Late Girls’ Basketball 2/19 Enosburg vs. VUHS......................43-36 2/19 Mt. Abe vs. Colchester..................32-24 2/19 Milton vs. MUHS...........................40-26 Boys’ Basketball 2/18 Mt. Abe vs. Enosburg...................67-60 2/18 St. Albans vs. VUHS.....................71-44 2/20 VUHS at MUHS..............................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 2/19 Plattsburgh vs. Midd.........................3-1

EAGLE SENIOR JALEN Cook puts up a shot during the Eagles’ 32-24 victory over visiting Colchester on Tuesday. Cook led Mount Abe with 11 points, eight in the fourth quarter.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

MOUNT ABE JUNIOR guard Chloe Johnston lofts a shot in the lane in the Eagles’ Tuesday win over visiting Colchester. Johnston helped the Eagles’ cause with eight points, four assists and five steals.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Mount Abe girls get past Colchester Eagles move to 17-2, clinch top seed

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — It wasn’t as easy as anyone expected when the Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team hosted 4-14 Colchester on Tuesday, but the 17-2 Eagles eventually pulled away late for their 17th straight victory, 32-24.

The defending Division II champion Eagles have officially clinched the top tournament seed for the second

straight year. The Vermont Principals’ Association will make it official on Monday morning, but second-place Lake Region (15-3) cannot overcome a 13-point deficit in the VPA standings in its two games.

But the Eagles’ 16 turnovers and 11-for-38 shooting performance vs. the Lakers is not something Mount Abe Coach Connie LaRose hopes to see in the playoffs, although she

might not complain about a similar 14-7 fourth-quarter scoring edge and 7-0 closing run in the final minute.

“We have to make better decisions with the ball. Most of those turnovers we had out there tonight — I don’t know what the number was, but it was too many (16, in fact) — they’re not forced turnovers,” LaRose said.

“We have to maintain our composure.

In the end they keep scratching and clawing, and so far they keep finding a way, but one of these nights it’s not

going to work. You get into the tournament, and you don’t get a chance to come back and fix it.”

To the Lakers’ credit, they played hard and kept compact in a 2-3 zone that made it difficult to work the ball inside to senior forwards Jalen Cook and Cora Funke.

Still, Funke scored twice inside in the first quarter, both on feeds from junior guard Chloe Johnston, as the Eagles took an 8-2 lead. The Eagles (See Eagles, Page 3B)

Men’s hoop falls to Tufts, hopes for NCAA bid

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — In a game this past Saturday, poor long-range marksmanship, foul trouble and a hot-shooting Tufts team ended the top-seeded Middlebury College men’s basketball team’s hopes for a third NESCAC playoff title in four years.

Middlebury’s 85-76 NESCAC quarterfinal loss to No. 8 Tufts also casts doubt on whether the 18-7 Panthers will receive an NCAA Division III tournament bid when the field is set on Monday.

Since 2008 the program has only twice not been picked for the NCAA

field, and a win against the 12-13 Jumbos on Saturday probably would have punched the Panthers’ ticket again.

Coach Jeff Brown said the fact the Panthers have played five teams ranked in the top 25, three NESCAC teams as well as Swarthmore and

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Plattsburgh, could work in their favor.

“I think our strength of schedule is something the committee will point to,” Brown said on Saturday. “Again, there’s no telling. Some good teams are always left at home.”

(See Panthers, Page 2B)

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school basketball action earlier this week the Mount Abraham boys earned a notable victory, but the Vergennes girls and boys and Middlebury girls all suffered setbacks.

Girls’ teams are in the final week of the regular season. The Vermont Principals’ Association will announce playoff pairings on Monday.

EAGLE BOYS The Eagles defeated visiting Enosburg on Monday, 67-60, for their seventh win of the winter, the program’s most since the 21-win season of 2008. The Eagles outscored the Hornets by 19-7 in the third period to lead by 49-32 entering the fourth and then withstood a barrage of threepointers to earn the win. Eagle Logan Rodriguez scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half, Liam Kelliher also posted 16 points, and Shain Sargent added 12. Gavin Johnson scored 16 for the 6-11 Hornets.

VUHS GIRLS On Tuesday host Enosburg improved to 15-4 by outlasting the VUHS girls, 43-36. Meg Severance led the Hornets with 12 points. Kate Gosliga scored 10 points to lead a balanced Commodore effort. VUHS dropped to 8-10, and the team’s hopes for a first-round D-II home game dimmed.

TIGER GIRLS Visiting Milton defeated the MUHS girls, 36-20, as Yellowjacket standout senior Cassidy Button scored 13 points, including the 1,000th of her career on an early free (See Wrap, Page 2B)

Sports BRIEFS

Girls’ hockey nets shutout, now 11-6

HARTFORD — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team blanked host Hartford on Monday, 3-0, to move to 11-6 and retain first place in Division II. Hanna Doria scored two goals and Merry Kimble added one to spark the offense, and goalie Lydia Deppman earned the shutout vs. the 2-14-2 Hurricanes.

The Tigers will wrap up their regular season by hosting secondplace Stowe on Saturday at 7 p.m. and visiting Burr & Burton on Wednesday.

The Vermont Principals’ Association will announce playoff pairings next Thursday. The Tiger will participate in the D-I playoffs, apparently as the No. 6, 7 or 8 seed.

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/23 Stowe at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/27 MUHS at Burr & Burton................ 8 PM 2/28...................Playoff Pairings Announced Boys’ Hockey 2/21 MUHS at St. Albans................. 4:30 PM 2/27 Essex at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/28...................Playoff Pairings Announced Girls’ Basketball 2/21 OV at Fair Haven.......................... 7 PM 2/21 VUHS at Colchester..................... 7 PM 2/22 Enosburg at MUHS....................... 7 PM 2/22 Winooski at Mt. Abe...................... 7 PM 2/22 Missisquoi at VUHS...................... 7 PM 2/23 Rutland at OV............................... 7 PM 2/25...................Playoff Pairings Announced Boys’ Basketball 2/21 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

(See Schedule, Page 2B)

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE JUNIOR Katie Utter hangs tight around a gate in Saturday’s giant slalom race at the Snow Bowl during the Middlebury Carnival.

Photo by Benjy Renton

Panthers claim first carnival in 11 winters

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College ski team captured its own carnival this past weekend for its first carnival victory meet in 11 years.

The Panthers performed well at both the Middlebury Snow Bowl and Rikert Nordic Center to finish with

915 points and edge Dartmouth (908) and Vermont (875). The Panthers will compete in the Eastern championships this weekend at Bates.

Erik Arvidsson sparked the Panthers by winning both Friday’s slalom and Saturday’s giant slalom for his first two victories for Middlebury.

CORNWALL NATIVE SAM Hodges, a Middlebury freshman, skates through the men’s 10K Freestyle race at the Middlebury College Carnival at the Rikert Nordic Center on Saturday. The Panthers held off Dartmouth and UVM for their first carnival win since 2008.

Independent photo/Steve James

Caroline Bartlett paced the Panther women with a win in Saturday’s GS. Arvidsson completed his weekend sweep by winning the GS in a combined two-run time of 2:05.87, with teammate Tim Gavett in second in 2:06.18. Panther Justin Alkier was fifth in 2:06.85 as Middlebury won the event.

Bartlett covering Saturday two runs in 2:12.57. Finishing seventh

for the Panthers was Lexi Calcagni in 2:14.47. Behind her by just 0.02 seconds was teammate Lucia Bailey in eighth as the Panthers were second as a team.

On Friday, Arvidsson took home the slalom title in 1:37.84. Justin Alkier took 12th in 1:39.75, and Angie Duke was 29th in 1:41.53.

The women placed three racers in the top eight to finish second in

the slalom. Bailey led the pack in third in 1:45.46. Bartlett was sixth in 1:45.58, and Madison Lord placed eighth in 1:45.88.

On Friday the Panther men’s Nordic team took three of the top four places in the 15K classic race. Sam Wood earned his second collegiate victory by covering the course in 39:16. Lewis Nottonson was third in (See Carnival, Page 2B)

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019

Commodores run for four golds Indoor track team excels in Div. II

MIDDLEBURY SENIOR SAM Wood leads a trio back toward the Rikert Nordic Ski Center during the 15K Classic race during Friday’s Middlebury College Carnival. Wood won the race and teammates Lewis Nottonson (No. 9) and Peter Wolter (No. 12) placed third and fourth, respectively.

Photo by Benjy Renton

Carnival (Continued from Page 1B) 39:21, and Peter Wolter took fourth in 39:37. Also posting a career-best effort was Sam Hodges, who was 12th in 40:18. A 2018 Middlebury Union High School graduate, Hodges won the Vermont State Nordic title last year and in 2017.

The women were third in the 10K classical race. Annika Landis paced the Panthers in fifth in 30:02. Mae Chalmers was 10th in 31:10, and Alexandra Lawson finished 11th in 31:13.

The Panther Nordic team placed second in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle race on Saturday. Sam Wood placed third in 22:23, Lewis Nottonson was fifth in 22:30, and Peter Wolter was eighth in 22:43.

Annika Landis led the Middlebury women in the 5K freestyle by placing

By ANDY KIRKALDY BURLINGTON — Vergennes Union High School runners won four races at the Division II indoor track and field championships this past Saturday at the University of Vermont.

Senior Wade Mullin led the way by claiming the individual 600-meter championship and running on two victorious Commodore relay teams — the fourby-400 and four-by-800 — while sophomore Ben Huston won the boys’ 1,000-meter race and ran on the 4x800 team.

The 4x800 quartet set a new Division II record at 8:52.11, breaking a mark set earlier this season

by Thetford. The Commodores won the event by 24 seconds over second-place Thetford. Junior Erich Reitz and sophomore Gabe Praamsma joined Mullin and Huston on the 4x800 team.

Seniors Ezekiel Palmer and Spencer Hurlburt and junior Xander DeBlois joined Mullin on the 4x400 squad.

The Commodores, who had no competitors in any of the

VUHS SENIOR WADE Mullin motors through the anchor leg of the Commodore 4X800-meter relay on the way to victory and a D-II record on Saturday at the Vermont State Indoor Track and Field Championships.

St. Albans Messenger photo /Josh Kaufmann

field events, finished fifth among 11 teams. VUHS scored 45 points, behind Oxbow (94), Thetford (86), Spaulding (85) and Fair Haven (46).

The VUHS girls sent three runners, seniors Cedar Winslow, Ashley Cray

and Marin Howell, and all three placed in at least one event.

Rice scored 148 points to breeze to the girls’ team win, followed

by Hartford (105) and Missisquoi (43). With eight points the Commodore girls were 10th among 12 scoring teams.

BOYS’ RESULTS 600 meters: 1. Mullin, VUHS, 1:30.11.

1,000: 1. Ben Huston, VUHS, 2:51.03; 5. Gabe Praamsma, VUHS, 3:06.13; 6. Erich Reitz, VUHS, 3:06.44; Hurlburt, VUHS, 3:19.95.

1,500: 6. Gabe Praamsma, VUHS, 4:49.73; Reich, VUHS, 4:50.15.

4x200: 6. VUHS, 1:49.86 (Andrew Woods, Chris Therrien, DeBlois, Palmer).

4x400: 1. VUHS, 3:53.26 (Palmer, Hurlburt, DeBlois, Mullin.

4x800: 1. VUHS, 8:52.11 (Huston, Reitz, Praamsma, Mullin).

GIRLS’ RESULTS 55: 7. Winslow, VUHS, 8.20.

300: 4. Winslow, VUHS, 47.47.

600: 9. Howell, VUHS, 2:07.25.

1,000: 3. Elizabeth Siminitus, Mount Abraham, 3:45.39.

1,500: 6. Cray, VUHS, 5:51.78.

3,000: 5. Cray, VUHS, 13:33.69; 6. Howell, VUHS, 13:37.56.

LEXI CALCAGNI FINISHES up her run in the giant slalom at the Middlebury Snow Bowl on Saturday. The Panther senior earned seventh place in a race won by Middlebury’s Caroline Bartlett.

Independent photo/Steve James

sixth in 13:24. Alexandra Lawson was 12th in 13:52, and Avery Ellis was 14th in 13:53 as the Panthers

took third. Cornwall native Sophie Hodges placed 25th in 14:17.3, scoring points for the Panthers.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS on the Vergennes Union High School team display their medals at Saturday’s state indoor track and field championship. Shown from left are Erich Reitz, Gabe Praamsma, Spencer Hurlburt, Ezekiel Palmer, Wade Mullin, Xander DeBlois and Ben Huston.

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(Continued from Page 1B) throw. Ivy Doran netted 13 points for MUHS, which hopes to defeat visiting Enosburg on Friday to avoid a winless season.

VUHS BOYS Visiting St. Albans sank the

Commodore boys on Monday, 71-44.

Taylor Yates (18 points) and Logan Tobin (14) led the 7-8 Bobwhites, winners of six games in seven outings. Ben Curtis, returning from a major injury in the Commodores’ opener, put in 12 points by sinking

four shots from behind the arc, and Luke Bergmans added 10.

The Division I Bobwhites improved to 7-8 with their sixth win in seven outings. VUHS (4-12) was set to visit Middlebury (13-2) on Wednesday after the deadline for this edition.

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Women’s hockey falls; to host quarterfinal

MIDDLEBURY — A pair of tough weekend losses cost the Middlebury College women’s hockey team the top seed in the NESCAC tournament, and the Panthers also dropped a non-league contest on Tuesday to a top NCAA Division III rival.

Middlebury (14-7-3, 9-5-2 NESCAC) is the second seed for the NESCAC tournament and will host No. 7 Connecticut (10-10-3, 6-7-3) in a Saturday quarterfinal at 3 p.m.

The Panthers played the Camels twice at Kenyon back in December, notching a 3-0 win and a 1-1 tie.

Unless Williams (17-4-3, 10-4-2), which defeated the Panthers twice this past weekend to earn the top seed, is upset in its quarterfinal, the Panthers will head to Williams for the league final four if they get past Connecticut.

Sidney Portner scored with an assist from Ellie Barney with 6:30 remaining in the third. Dunn scored the game-winner from the slot.

Middlebury outshot the Ephs, 2824, and failed to convert four power plays. Han made 22 saves, while Heiting made 27 stops.

On Tuesday host Plattsburgh topped the Panthers, 3-1, marking the fourth straight game Middlebury scored one or zero goals. Kaitlin Drew-Mead gave Plattsburgh the lead on a second-period breakaway, and Abby Brush made it 2-0 on a third-period breakaway. Anna Zumwinkle’s goal, from Katie Hargrave at 15:13, made it 2-1 before the Cardinals added an empty-netter.

Panther goalie Anna Goldstein made 42 saves, and Cardinal goalie Kassi Abbott made 20.

McCord and point guard Jack Farrell each scored eight points in the first half, and the Panther bench chipped in 15 points in extended time, with guards Griffin Kornaker and Joey Leighton and forward Alex Sobel accounting for 13 of them.

The teams traded small leads for much of the second half, with the Panthers getting Folger and McCord involved early and Jumbo leading scorer Eric Savage getting untracked.

With nine minutes left, the Panthers went on a 9-4 run to lead by 72-67 at 5:32. Leighton swished a three set up by Kornaker, Farrell sank two free throws, and McCord hit inside twice.

But the Panthers managed only four points the rest of the way, a Kornaker layup on a nice pass from McCord that made it 75-74 Tufts, at 2:07, and another Kornaker hoop that created the final score in the waning seconds.

The trouble started when Justin Kouyoumdjian made it 72-71 with a four-point play (a three-pointer while

being fouled and a free throw) at 5:18. Two Aronson free throws gave Tufts the lead at 4:08, and Aronson drove to make it 75-72 at 3:23. After Kornaker made it a one-point game at 2:10, Savage made a move to the hoop for two at 1:53.

Farrell couldn’t answer at the other end, and when Morris rebounded his own miss and laid it in at 0:55 to make it 79-74, the Panthers were in trouble. The Jumbos hit six free throws to ice the win.

McCord finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Farrell chipped in 13 points, six boards and four assists, while Folger and Kornaker (four assists) each scored nine.

Eric Savage led the Jumbos with 19 points to go along with 10 boards, while Aronson added 17 points and Morris had 16.

Brown cited the Jumbos’ game-closing run.

“They showed great toughness and perseverance fighting through and making plays the last five minutes of the game,” Brown said.

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Women’s Basketball NESCAC Final Four at Bowdoin 2/23 #5 Midd vs. #1 Bowdoin............... 2 PM 2/23 #2 Amherst vs. #3 Tufts................ 4 PM 2/24 Final.............................................. Noon 2/25....................NCAA Pairings Announced Men’s Basketball 2/25....................NCAA Pairings Announced

Panthers (Continued from Page 1B) Possibly the Jumbos came in with confidence on Saturday because of their 86-84 regular-season home win over the Panthers. They closed the game with an 18-4 run and shot from three-point range with confidence, hitting 11 of 24 overall and seven of 14 in the first half, including one at the buzzer by Tyler Aronson that put them on top, 41-39. Aronson sank three triples in the half, and Brennan Morris sank a pair.

Brown said his team did not defend the Jumbos poorly.

“They hit some contested shots,” he said. “That was an emphasis of the scout, was to really guard them at the three-point line. To their credit they hit a few where we had hands right in their face,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Panthers hit just four of 23 from behind the arc. They were also hampered when forwards Eric McCord and Matt Folger each picked up two early fouls. Folger eventually fouled out, and some of the calls appeared to be marginal.

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On this past Friday the Panthers outshot Williams, 28-15, in a 2-1 loss. Eph Bri Laycock scored midway through the third period to snap a 1-1 tie.

The Ephs took the lead with 4:31 left in the second period, on a Meghan Halloran’s shot from the right circle through traffic. At 19:39 Jenna Letterie equalized by sweeping in a Madie Leidt centering pass.

Laycock scored the game-winner on a power play at 9:22 of the third.

Panther goalie Lin Han made 13 saves, and Eph goalie Chloe Heiting made 27 stops. Middlebury failed to score on five power plays.

On Saturday the Ephs also won by 2-1, this time when Avery Dunn scored 1:54 into overtime. Ephs Elizabeth Welch opened the scoring at 17:50 of the first period. Panther

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 3/4.....................Playoff Pairings Announced Dance 2/23................... State Competition at VUHS Wrestling 2/22&23.........................State Meet at Essex Nordic

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Women’s hoop wins in tourney HARTFORD, Conn. — The fifth-seeded Middlebury College women’s basketball team on Saturday defeated host No. 4 Trinity, 75-71, in a NESCAC quarterfinal to advance to the semifinal round for the first time in six years.

The 19-6 Panthers will face host No. 1 Bowdoin (25-0) at 2 p.m. on Saturday with a date in Sunday’s noon final at stake. The Polar Bears rallied to defeat the host Panthers, 62-58, on Feb. 1. No. 2 Amherst and No. 3 Tufts meet in the other semifinal. Sunday’s winner gets the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. Even if it loses this weekend Middlebury could get an at-large bid when the

field is announced on Monday.

Middlebury led for most of the game over the 19-6 Bantams and for all of the second half except for early in the third period, when Trinity nosed ahead, 41-40. Middlebury bounced back to lead by 53-49 entering the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, an early Peace Kabari three-point play closed the gap to 53-52, but Middlebury got back-to-back buckets from Maya Davis and another from Colleen Caveney to make it 59-52. The Bantams closed to a point (66-65) with just over three minutes left to play, but Betsy Knox pushed the margin back to five with four straight points.

Middlebury then iced the win

from the foul line, as Ivy Houde sank a pair and Knox made three in the closing seconds for the 75-71 final.

Davis led four Panthers in double figures, scoring 22 points to go along with eight rebounds. Caveney netted 17 points, Waldman added 16 points and a game-high seven assists, while Knox chipped in with 14. Alex Huffman collected a game-high 12 rebounds as the Panthers avenged a close regular-season loss at Trinity.

Kabari paced Trinity with 28 points, 11 boards and five assists, while Courtney Erickson scored 17 points.

Middlebury shot 43.1 percent from the floor and limited the Bantams to 34.8 percent shooting.

Men’s hockey ties, loses; gets No. 3 seed

MOUNT ABE’S JALEN Cook makes a pass under the hoop during the Eagles win over Colchester on Thursday. Mount Abe clinched the top seed in Division II with the 32-24 victory over the stubborn Lakers.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Eagles (Continued from Page 1B) still struggled to score in the second as they committed nine turnovers in the first half, but pushed the lead to 14-4 at 2:24 on a Johnston three.

But the Lakers then came to life.

Ariana Jacobs and Brooke Tucker hit baseline jumpers, and Emmakate O’Donnell nailed a late three to make it 14-11 at the half.

The Eagles still looked out of synch in the third, and Laker Jessica Laquerre sank “Their zone two from stayed solid. behind the arc They made it while Mount Abe failed tough for us to score for to find any five-and-a-half path in there. minutes, and During one of Colchester led, the timeouts 17-14.

“Their zone I said we stayed solid. need to find They made it our perimeter tough for us shooters to find any when they’re path in there.

During one of open, and the timeouts we need a I said we couple to go need to find in.” our perimeter — Connie shooters when LaRose they’re open, and we need a couple to go in,” LaRose said. “I’ve got confidence in every one of my kids from the outside.”

That finally happened when Mount Abe went on an 11-0 run. Johnston started it with a three from the left flank at 1:33 of the third, and Cook hit a free throw to make it 18-17 after three quarters.

LaRose — who had won the 450th game of her coaching career the previous Friday — then moved Cook from under the basket to the

EAGLE SENIOR FORWARD Cora Funke lays up the ball off the backboard during Tuesday’s win over visiting Colchester. Funke contributed six points, 10 rebounds and three blocks as the Eagles prevailed, 32-24.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

perimeter. Cook responded with five points in the first 1:30 of the fourth, a three-pointer and a drive to the bucket.

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“They had her pretty well bottled up,” LaRose said. “We had to get some offense out of her, and we can’t get offense out of her if she can’t get the ball.”

Senior Molly Murray added a jumper to make it 25-17, but the Lakers responded with a 7-0 run over the next four minutes: an Ashley Emmons putback, an Olivia Moore jumper, and an O’Donnell three at 1:34 that cut the lead to 25-24.

But as has been the case all season the Eagles answered down the stretch.

With a minute to go they missed a free throw, but Funke and Cook forced a jump ball, and the possession arrow favored Mount Abe. Eight seconds later Cook hit Funke cutting to the bucket for two, and the lead was three.

Murray then stole the ball, and the Lakers had to foul. Cook hit the first of two, and Funke rebounded the miss and fed Cook, who was fouled at 0:29 and sank both to make it 30-24. Johnston then blocked a Laker three-point attempt. Senior Jess Murray grabbed the loose ball and nailed two free throws to create the final score.

Laquerre and O’Donnell led the Lakers with seven apiece.

Cook scored 11 to lead the Eagles, while Johnston scored eight and added four assists and five steals.

Funke scored six, grabbed 10 boards, blocked three shots and changed several more, and Molly Murray finished with four steals.

LaRose said the Eagles continue to work hard in practice — and win, despite graduating four starters and a couple key reserves, and losing another key sub from this year’s team to a study-abroad program.

“I’m proud of where we are. I told them I’m not going to lie to you. Myself, I thought we would be a slightly above .500 team,” she said. “But they keep finding a way.”

AMHERST — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team lost once and tied once on the road as the Panthers’ regular season concluded this past weekend.

The Panthers (8-12-3, 5-9-3 NESCAC) earned No. 7 seed for the NESCAC tournament and will visit No. 2 Wesleyan (15-7-2, 13-3-2) on Saturday. The Cardinals posted 5-1 and 2-0 wins over the Panthers this season, but Middlebury outshot Wesleyan in the second game.

On this past Saturday third-place Amherst (13-6-4, 10-4-4) defeated the Panthers, 4-1. The Panthers outshot the Mammoths, 38-36, but failed to score on four power plays. Middlebury fell behind by 3-0 before Charlie Parsons scored in the third. Amherst added an empty-netter. Panther goalie Adam Wisco stopped 32 of the 35 shots he faced, while Amherst goalie Giancarlo Ventre made 37 saves.

On Friday the Panthers rallied to tie fourth-place Hamilton (12-9-3, 10-5-3), when Jimmy McKee scored with 56 seconds left with Middlebury goalie Brian Ketchabaw extra attacker to knot the score 3-3.

Middlebury went up 1-0 3:49 into the game, when Emack Bentley onetimed home Mitchell Allen’s centering pass. Hamilton took a 2-1 lead on two power-play goals, one midway through the first and one early in the second. Panther Cole Joslin tied the

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) Vermont does not lack for cross-country ski centers with beautiful views. And Sleepy Hollow can compete with any of them. The iconic curves of Camel’s Hump dominate the landscape, and the trail up the big knoll to Butternut Cabin offers great views of that mountain-dominated and densely forested landscape with barely a road or house in sight.

The conditions were about the opposite of what we’d experienced at Rikert. Though nearly all the trails still offered plenty of snow cover, with only a few thin patches on some exposed south-facing sloped, the rain that had followed the big snowstorm, and then been followed in term by a drop in temperature, made for some fast trails.

It was Saturday. Fortified by the morning’s scones and morning buns, and with no appointments, we stayed out to nearly dusk. We cruised up the hill to the cabin to get our cardio going, paused to admire the stunning vista of Camel’s Hump, cruised down the hill — perhaps just a bit faster than we really wanted to go — and then, thanks to that fast going traversed nearly the whole width of the trail system from east to west and back before hopping back in the car as the sun disappeared over the hills.

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Ingersoll named Panther track assistant where he was on the MIDDLEBURY — cross country and track Middlebury College & field teams as well has hired of Bruce as a Nordic skier. He Ingersoll as the men’s also is a graduate of and women’s track & Middlebury’s Breadloaf field assistant coach.

School of English.

Ingersoll served as an As head track and assistant coach this field head coach at the fall with the Panther Fountain Valley School cross country teams. of Colorado, Ingersoll He joins the programs specialized in hurdling, with 27 years of sprints and jumps, coaching experience in while his teams won high school and junior BRUCE league and regional programs in Vermont INGERSOLL championships and were and Colorado. continuously among the Ingersoll is a 1985 graduate of NESCAC foe Bates, top teams in the state. Over the last

14 years, he has lived in Vermont, focusing on coaching high school soccer and Nordic skiing. As a Nordic coach, he was an assistant coach for seven Division I and 2 state championships, five at Middlebury Union High School and two at Mount Mansfield Union High School.

Ingersoll has also served as the director of Keewaydin Camp on Lake Temagami in Ontario.

During the summers, he runs the wilderness canoe trip program on remote Lake Temagami. The other 10 months of the year, he works out of the Keewaydin Foundation offices in Salisbury.

Police look into stolen silverware MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received a report on Feb. 16 that someone had stolen silverware form a Seminary Street home.

Police said there were no signs of a break-in, but they continue to investigate the matter.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Received a report on Feb. 11 of a Water Street apartment tenant’s door being damaged.

• Took a mental health patient to the Porter Hospital under an emergency evaluation order on Feb. 11.

• Were informed that a vehicle had left the Maplefields store on North Pleasant Street without paying for gas on Feb. 11.

• Investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident in the Porter Hospital parking lot on Feb. 11.

• Assisted Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) officials with a client who was having a mental health crisis in the Route 7 North area on Feb. 11.

• Responded to a vehicle crash on Route 7 South on Feb. 12 that resulted in a person sustaining minor injuries.

• Assisted a person who was experiencing a medical issue on Exchange Street on Feb. 12. Police helped the person until Middlebury Regional EMS officials arrived.

• Assisted supervisors at the Charter House shelter on North Pleasant Street who reported having difficulty with a “disruptive” man who was staying there on Feb. 13.

Police helped restore calm and the man was allowed to the stay the night at the shelter.

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• Again visited the Carter House shelter on Feb. 13, on a report of a man “acting oddly,” to the extent he was raising concerns among staff.

• Ticketed multiple vehicles on College Street that were in violation of the town’s winter parking ban on Feb. 13. Police also requested a tow truck to take away one vehicle each on College Street and Storrs Avenue.

• Responded to Middlebury Union Middle School at around 5 p.m. on Feb. 14 on a report of a missing student. Police said the child was located a short time later.

• Received a report about a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident at the intersection of Seymour and Main streets on Feb. 14.

• Investigated a minor altercation between two students at Middlebury Union High School on Feb. 14. Police said school administrators will deal with the incident.

• Were informed of the theft of a catalytic converter from a vehicle parked at G. Stone Motors off Boardman Street on Jan. 14.

• Responded to a report of a man and woman “acting suspiciously” at the Maplefields store on North Pleasant Street on Feb. 14.

• Worked with CSAC officials in helping a woman who had suffered a mental health crisis at a Birchard Park residence on Feb. 14.

• Interviewed a person who

claimed to have been slapped by another person on Main Street on Feb. 14. Police said the case remains under investigation.

• Served a no-trespass order on a woman who had allegedly refused to leave the entryway of the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Court Street Extension on Feb. 14.

• Were informed that someone had vandalized the gear shift lever on a vehicle parked off South Street Extension on Feb. 14.

• Ticketed five vehicles and towed another four that were parked on College Street in violation of the town’s winter parking ban on Feb. 14.

• Located the owner of a vehicle that had been left running for a long period of time on Ossie Road on Feb. 15.

• Responded to a reported verbal dispute between two apartment roommates in the Court Street area on Feb. 15.

• Removed an uninvited guest from a Birchard Park home on Feb. 15. Police said they took the woman to her own home and contacted CSAC to assist her.

• Received a report of an uncooperative Middlebury College student on Old Chapel Road on Feb. 15.

• Responded to a report on Feb. 16 of a man walking along Maple Street, “hitting things with a stick.” The man told police he was “expressing himself.”

• Gave a ride to a drunken man who had been trespassing on Middlebury College campus on Feb. 17. Police said they took the man to the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.

VIA receives energy an efficiency award

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. (VIA), was recently named Efficiency Vermont’s Commercial New Construction Partner of the Year.

Nominated by Efficiency Vermont (EVT) collaborative partners, VIA garnered a unanimous vote of EVT officials to receive the award. EVT announced this and other awards at its annual conference, Better Buildings by Design, held in early February. Award VIA ARCHITECTS RECEIVE the Efficiency Vermont Award on Feb. winners demonstrate excellence in designing, building, and renovating 6, 2019. From left to right: Megan Nedzinski, Andrea Murray, Charlie Carpenter (Vermont Energy Investment Corporation), Jean Terwilliger, energy efficient and sustainable Ashar Nelson. buildings.

In the award narrative, EVT noted most recently on the Vergennes modeling software for EVT, and as that “Vermont Integrated Architecture’s Community Housing project and the a result now shares that knowledge commitment to energy efficiency new Pierson Library in Shelburne. with its clients. VIA also contributed goes beyond its project design Our close work with Efficiency to evaluations of commissioning Vermont ensures that our services, which help ensure that work.

Sustainability projects showcase the building envelopes and building is embedded in VIA’s Addison County best strategies for energy systems operate optimally for the most culture and evident in efficiency and help efficient outcomes. its buildings. Under the advance sustainable “This year’s winners are achieving leadership of principals Andrea Murray and Ashar Nelson, design. We are very fortunate to have the highest levels of building the Middlebury-based architectural this unique utility in Vermont that is performance in a state that boasts a design firm takes a holistic approach championing the challenges architects statewide network of highly skilled to high-performance building design, and builders face with respect to efficient designers, builders, and contractors,” said Efficiency Vermont weaving in considerations of people climate change.”

VIA has been working with EVT for Director Rebecca Foster. and planet while remaining focused on VIA is a 10-person, full-service the client’s goals. With an attitude of many years, specifically with a pilot collaboration, VIA engages all project program promoting Net Zero Energy architecture firm located in the players to achieve the most efficient buildings in Vermont. The Waterbury Marbleworks in Middlebury. Andrea Municipal Center, designed by VIA Murray and Ashar Nelson formed design.”

Andrea Murray echoed the and completed in 2016, was among the firm in 2011 with a vision to sentiment, commenting that “We the first in the program and helped design delightful spaces that benefit have enjoyed our collaboration with solidify its viability. In addition, VIA communities and their respective Efficiency Vermont over the years, has conducted research into energy environments.

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ADDISON COUNTY — This past fall, Efficiency Vermont announced a partnership with Addison County Economic Development Corp.

(ACEDC) and other organizations, as part of the Greater Middlebury Climate Economy Initiative, to provide energy efficiency assessments for Addison County businesses.

Through this free program, businesses find out how to reduce energy costs and improve their bottom line.

For more info and to schedule a free walk-through, interested businesses should go online to efficiencyvermont. com/addison-county or call Efficiency Vermont Customer Support toll-free at 1-888-921-5990.

ACEDC is offering to support this initiative with grant funding and will make $1,000 available to Addison County for-profit businesses. The agency will make between one and five grants ranging from $200 to $1,000.

Lincoln LINCOLN — There will be another round of Military Whist on Friday, March 1, at 6:45 p.m. at Burnham Hall. Whist is a fun and easy card game for the whole family. Not sure how to play? Card tables are set up with four players at each table. Each

ACEDC will accept applications from any for-profit business that is implementing an energy efficiency project at a facility in Addison County.

The business must match the grant 1:1.

The project must also be started within two months and completed within six months of the grant award.

Applications will be accepted via email to Fred Kenney (fkenney@ addisoncountyedc.org) and must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 1.

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The dealer deals 13 cards to each player, starting with the player to the dealer’s left and continuing clockwise.

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The annual town reports have been mailed. If you didn’t get one, there are a few extras at the town office. Town Meeting will be held on Monday, March 4, at 6 p.m. upstairs at Burnham Hall. Please remember to bring your report with you. If you need to reserve childcare for during the meeting,

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Election Day is Tuesday, March 5.

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Soups, sweets and savory treats will be on sale during voting hours at the town office. Buy a bowl of soup to-go or enjoy a post-voting treat. Sign up at the library if you are interested in baking for the sale. Donations can be dropped off at the library on Monday, March 4, or at the town office on the day of the sale. All donations will benefit the Lincoln Library.

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

Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

Bring a friend in recovery.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turningpointaddisonvt.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 experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve common problems.

Newcomers welcome. Con‑ fidential. 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, Rip‑ ton, Ripton 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 Haven, Congregational Church, Village Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30pm.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflection Meeting, Ver‑ gennes, 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.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, 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. Alternating Format Meeting, Ferris‑ burgh, 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, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, 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. (en‑ ter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our com‑ mon problems. Babysitting available.

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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 opi‑ oid overdose in progress.

These kits are specifically intended for public distri‑ bution and can be used by anyone to save a life.

Easy training 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 Resi‑ dence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

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STOREFRONT LOCA‑ TION, LOCATION, LO‑ CATION. 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.

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 as‑ pects of construction, also property maintenance. Ste‑ ven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

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Help Wanted

Director

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/.

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Mary Johnson Children’s Center

KEYSTROKE COMPUT‑ ERS; custom builds, virus removal, tune ups, trouble‑ shooting, repair. Hunter Gale, East Middlebury, 802‑989‑5054, keystroke‑ computersvt@gmail.com.

REFUGE RECOVERY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recov‑ ery from addictions of all kinds. Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recov‑ ery meeting uses medita‑ tion and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

Help Wanted

Applicants should submit their resume and a cover letter by regular mail to:

Search Committee

Mary Johnson Children’s Center 81 Water Street, Middlebury, Vt, 05753 or by email to shari@mjccvt.org.

EOE Employer

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Recreation Department Hub Teen Center Director Bristol, Vermont

The Town of Bristol is seeking highly motivated candidates for the position of Recreation Department Hub Teen Center Director.

Bristol (pop. 3,894) is a steadily growing, vibrant community located in the Champlain Valley in Addison County, Vermont.

The Selectboard is seeking an individual with strong interpersonal, management, and organizational skills to plan, organize, and coordinate a year-round community programs for youth ages 12 to 19.

The Hub Teen Center Director is responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating a year-round community teen center with fresh programming for youth ages 12 – 19 and for the overall development and administration of the Center programs and activities. Running effective programs requires creative thinking, grant writing and administration, fundraising, and the ability to listen to and interact with youth to tailor successful programming.

A detailed job description is available at www.bristolvt.org.

Compensation: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour, commensurate with experience and qualifications, 32 to 40 hours per week. Excellent benefits package.

To apply, please e-mail a confidential cover letter, resume, and three references to townadmin@bristolvt.org with Bristol Recreation Hub Teen Center Director Search in the subject line or send to: Bristol Recreation Hub Teen Center Director Search PO Box 249 Bristol, VT 05443

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people-peRsoN foR ouR G N HIRI dyNAmIc sAles TeAm The Addison Independent is hiring a top-notch advertising representative with sales experience to sell new and service established accounts in Addison, Rutland, and Chittenden County. Individual must be excited to represent existing print and digital marketing plans as well as budding new digital platforms.

Must enjoy meeting and working with people, have strong written and verbal communication skills and a desire to actively listen and help businesses succeed.

Challenging, fast-paced work both within the office and on the road. Must have professional appearance, attention to detail and a creative attitude. This position offers ample opportunity to excel.

Commission-based compensation with health care package, 401K benefits and flexible work schedule.

Excellent opportunity for learning or honing sales/ business skills.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to: Christy Lynn, Director of Sales 58 Maple Street | Middlebury, VT 05753 christy@addisonindependent.com

Deadline to apply is Thursday, March 7, 2019. The Town of Bristol is an equal opportunity provider and employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, or familial status.

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Become a Reading Mentor with Everybody Wins! Vermont Everybody Wins! Vermont is a statewide, nonprofit, children’s literacy and mentoring program. EW! VT mentors read with a child at Mary Hogan Elementary School during lunchtime, one day a week for 1 hour (Tuesdays or Wednesdays). Together, you explore books and literacy activities and build a meaningful friendship, strictly within our school setting. You help a child build strong self-esteem, reading skills, and a lifelong love of books. Mary Hogan Elementary School has 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th graders eager for a reading mentor. Consider filling out an application to mentor a child beginning in February, or sign up now to begin this coming Fall 2019. For more information on becoming an EW! VT reading mentor, contact RSVP of Addison County at 388-7044.

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GREENHOUSE WORK‑ ERS WANTED. Seasonal, March‑June. Also part time available; great for students and others. Call Bill Spen‑ cer, First Season Green‑ houses 802‑475‑2588.

Best time to call between 5pm‑6pm.

PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is seeking two professional painters for winter interior work.

Excellent pay, great ben‑ efits. Reliable transporta‑ tion, tools and a positive no nonsense attitude is a must. This is a great op‑ portunity for people look‑ ing for full time work year round. A minimum of three years experience neces‑ sary. Call 453‑5611 Serious applicants only.

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 insurance. Potential earn‑ ings of $1,600 plus tips. $150 contract incentive af‑ ter 30 days. Please contact Monique at 802‑316‑7194 for more information.

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HOPE HAS AN opening for a part time retail associate.

15 hours a week, reliable schedule, fun and active environment. Must have good cash handling and math skills, and solid cus‑ tomer service ability. We also have a part time open‑ ing in our warehouse. 29.5 hours a week to start, with the potential for moving to full‑time. Must have good customer service skills, be able to lift, stand, and walk for extended periods of time. Mechanical ability a plus. Send resume and cover letter, indicating the position for which you’re applying, to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR Office Manager posi‑ tion in support of Addison County Community Trust’s (ACCT’s) mission of provid‑ ing affordable housing. In addition to administrative duties, the Office Manager is a critical team member providing executive support to the management team and fundraising commit‑ tee. Desirable experience includes prior administra‑ tive experience, financial services, communications, & customer service involv‑ ing a diverse and chal‑ lenging residential popu‑ lation. Must demonstrate teamwork, ability to work independently, flexibility, good judgment, organiza‑ tion, and ambition to de‑ velop new skills. Excellent benefits; salary based on experience. Respond with resume and cover letter to jobs@addisontrust.org by 3/4/19. EEO.

SHARED LIVING PRO‑ VIDER sought for a man in his late 40’s, who is eager to increase his in‑ dependence. He enjoys working out on his bike, playing board games, and watching sporting events and TV. He is committed to his part‑time job and re‑ ceives community support services M‑F. Best match would be able to provide support for independent liv‑ ing 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.

CORNWALL, UPSTAIRS 2 bedroom apt., all inclu‑ sive, w/d hookup, no pets, no smoking. $1,200 per month. 802‑462‑2924.

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

EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAI‑ SY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern ex‑ posure on a private lane.

Town water, power and cable hookups at curb‑ side. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

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TOWN OF NEW HAVEN Zoning Administrator

SUMMER School Age Camps MARY JOHNSON CHILDREN’S CENTER Summer Programs need motivated, energetic recreational assistants and staff for our 7-week, full day summer programs, held in Bristol and Middlebury.

• June 24th -August 9th • Work with 6-12 year-olds. • Up to 40 hours weekly • Required, paid training is offered.

• Competitive rates of pay—education and experience are factors Must be 18, and pass background records check. References required. Invest time as a member of a dedicated team, on behalf of children and youth.

For application and details, Please respond by March 1st.

Contact: Anne Gleason; MARY JOHNSON CHILDREN’S CENTER; 81 Water Street; Middlebury, VT 05753; or e-mail schoolage@mjccvt.org.

Elderly Services, Inc.

Project Independence Adult Day Center

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.

Monument Farms

DRIVER

Full-time Delivery Driver CDL-Clean Record Apply in person: 2107 James Road • Weybridge, VT 802.545.2119

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

Kitchen Assistant

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

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.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR The Patricia A. Hannaford Regional Technical School District is looking for a student-centered construction instructor to join our collaborative team for the 2019-20 school year. The successful candidate will have experience and proven success working with young people in addition to a minimum of five years of experience in the building trades. Experience in multiple trades associated with residential and light commercial construction highly desirable. NCCER Certifications also highly desirable. Candidates must have a viable path to earning a Vermont Licensure endorsement in Career and Technical Education in 17-B Architecture and Construction.

This position is anticipated to be half-time afternoons for the 2019-20 school year, moving to full time during the 2020-21 school year. Excellent benefits and school year, family-friendly work schedule.

For more information, contact Len Schmidt at 802-382-1005.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, résumé, three letters of reference, and any applicable transcripts and/or certificates to: Dana Peterson, Interim Superintendent Hannaford Career Center 51 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 This position will remain open until filled. A candidate’s packet must be complete before an interview will be granted.

For Sale CLARK 5000 LB PRO‑ PANE forklift with pneu‑ matic studded tires.

Runs real good. $2,500.

518‑569‑0957.

For Rent

Morway’s Moving and Storage is seeking a dynamic personable Experienced Driver and Mover to add to our team.

We seek candidates with a commitment to excellent customer service and an appreciation for variety in your job!

Job Requirements: *Valid driver license *High school diploma or equivalent *Professional and friendly attitude and demeanor *Dependable and punctual *Stamina to lift heavy items (100 lbs or more) repeatedly while climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching, walking, etc.

Responsibilities include: Provide exceptional customer service as you safely move, pack and unpack customer belongings Communicate professionally in English, both verbally and in writing; comfortably interface with customer Compensation: $15.00 plus an hour plus tips If this sounds like you please stop by our office at 150 Krupp, Dr. Williston or e-mail your resume to Heidi@morwaysmoving.com.

DT MIDDLEBURY OFFIC‑ ES: 210‑1045 sq. ft. start‑ ing at $325/month including heat/electric. 897‑5625. kbrb@shoreham.net.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

A p p l i a n c e s , o ff s t r e e t parking, lease. No pets.

Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., central location, parking.

Can be subdivided. Re‑ al‑Net Management Inc. 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.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month.

802‑388‑4831.

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Ver‑ gennes. All income/assets must be verified to deter‑ mine monthly rent, but ten‑ ants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D on‑ site. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www. summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Want to Rent LOOKING FOR APART‑ MENT to rent. Needed im‑ mediately. 1 bedroom or studio apartment. Middle‑ bury/Brandon area. $1,000 +/‑, including heat, trash, plow and hopefully W/D hookup. 58 year old profes‑ sional, sales executive, vet‑ eran, volunteer firefighter (Salisbury) employed at the Addison Independent.

Great credit. Rental his‑ tory. Personal and busi‑ ness references. Email ericl@addsionindepen‑ dent.com. 802‑388‑4944 or 603‑533‑0424.

MIDDLEBURY ROOM OR studio apartment wanted to rent. Locally‑employed man: handy, hard working and responsible, and can exchange labor, mainte‑ nance for affordable rent.

Can provide solid refer‑ ences from employers and landlords. 978‑514‑0975.

BRISTOL: 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities included are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, gar‑ bage and parking. Ten‑ ant pays electric. Small storage space included.

802‑453‑2566 C O R N WA L L 1 B E D ‑ ROOM apartment, 1‑1/2 bath, skylights, private deck. $950/mo. includes h e a t a n d h o t w a t e r. batesproperties@yahoo. com

For Rent

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.

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.

Y E A R R O U N D WA I T‑ STAFF ‑ needed for busy family restaurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restau‑ rant, Rte 7 South, Middle‑ bury.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Ad‑ dison. Available storage space in my barn for sum‑ mer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green. 802‑282‑9110.

For Rent

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

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 ENCLOSED TRAILER 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.

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 avail‑ able. House calls made free of charge.

VCR OR A VCR/ dvd com‑ bo. Must be in good work‑ ing order. 352‑4323 and ask for Ron.

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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.

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Addison Independent, Thursday, February 21, 2019 — PAGE 9B

Public Notices Index Act 250 (1) Addison Central School District (1) Addison Probate Court (1) Addison Superior Court (1) Addison Town (2)

on Pages 9B & 10B.

Bridport (1) Bristol (2) Knights of Columbus (1) Lincoln (1) Middlebury (2) Panton (1) Vergennes (2)

WARNING FOR ANNUAL MEETING TOWN OF ADDISON The legal voters of the town of Addison are hereby notified and warned to meet at 7:00 pm on March 4, 2019 at the Addison School Auditorium to transact the following business: 1. To accept the reports of the town officers.

2. Shall the list of delinquent taxpayers be published in the town report.

3. To transact any other business proper to be brought before this meeting.

Dated at Addison, Vermont this 31st day of January 2019 Peter Briggs, Robert Hunt, Jeffrey Kauffman Sr, Steven Torrey, Roger Waterman

2/21

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO:49-2-19 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE ESTATE OF : DIANE D. TORREY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors of Diane D. Torrey late of Bridport, Vermont, I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice.The claim must be presented to me at the address Iisted below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: 2/19/2019 Patrick A. Torrey, Administrator 3362 Lapham Bay Road Shoreham, VT 05770 802-758-2254 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: February 21, 2019 Address of Probate Court: Vermont District Court, Addison Probate Div. 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753

ANNUAL MEETING KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FATHER DALEY BUILDING ASSOCIATION On March 6, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the American Legion in Middlebury, Vt. to elect a trustee for 7 years, a clerk for 1 year, and to transact other business proper to come before the meeting.

President Building Association 221,2/28

To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

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

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 207-12-16 ANCV

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST v.

ELISA FITZGERALD AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES OCCUPANTS OF: 603 Ripton Road, Lincoln VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Elisa Fitzgerald to Citibank, F.S.B., dated November 11, 2002 and recorded in Book 57 Page 143 of the land records of the Town of Lincoln, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) an assignment of Mortgage from CitiBank, F.S.B. to CitiMortgage, Inc. dated February 24, 2010 and recorded March 24, 2010 in Book 69 Page 420 of the land records of the Town of Lincoln; and (2) an assignment of Mortgage from CitiMortgage, Inc. to Green Tree Servicing, LLC n/k/a Ditech Financial LLC dated September 16, 2014 and recorded September 25, 2014 in Book 76 Page 184 and (3) an assignment of mortgage from Ditech Financial LLC fka Green Tree Servicing LLC sometimes known as Green Tree Services LLC to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Fsb, D/B/A Christiana Trust, Not Individually But As Trustee For Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust dated September 19, 2018 and recorded in Book 82 Page 675, all of the land records of the Town of Lincoln, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 603 Ripton Road, Lincoln, Vermont on March 20, 2019 at 12:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Elisa B. Fitzgerald by Quit Claim Deed of Judith Keith dated November 11, 2002 and recorded in Volume 57, Page 141 of the Lincoln Land Records and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Elisa B. Fitzgerald and Judith Keith by Warranty Deed of Mary M. Wold dated December 18, 1998 and recorded in Volume 51, Page 226 of the Lincoln Land Records and being more particularly described therein as follows: “’Being all and the same lands and premises, together with the dwelling house and other improvements thereon, conveyed to Mary M. Wold by Indenture of Kenneth B. Wold and Susan Wold dated November 15, 1976 and recorded in Book 30 at Page 416 of the Lincoln Land Records. “’Being all and the same lands and premises, together with the dwelling house and other improvements thereon, conveyed to Kenneth B. and Mary M. Wold by Guardian’s Deed of Lee A. Cassidy, Guardian of Arthur S. Picard, and by Warranty Deed of Alice M. Picard, simultaneously executed on April 28, 1969 and recorded in Book 26 at Page 521 and in Book 26 at Page 522 respectively. Reference is also made to a License to Sell issued to Lee A. Cassidy, Guardian of Arthur S. Picard dated April 28, 1969 and recorded in Book 26 at Page 520. “’The property is described in the above-referenced instruments of record as follows: “’Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Arthur S. Picard and Alice M. Picard by Warranty Deed of Howard F. Clark and Hattie M. Clark, dated October 9, 1948, recorded in Book 22 at Page 304 of the Lincoln Land Records, and therein described as follows: “ “It being all and the same land and buildings known as the ‘Lot’ Martell homestead. Situated on the westerly side of the highway leading from Lincoln to South Lincoln and is located at the Junction of the above described road and the road leading from South Lincoln to Bristol Notch, so-called, and is bounded on the North by the Bristol Notch road, on the East by the Lincoln-South Lincoln highway, on the South by lands of Blanche Parmelee.’ “’The above described real estate was deeded by Warranty Deed to Howard F. Clark and Hattie M. Clark from Amos Cobb dated January 23, 1943 as recorded in Lincoln Land Records Book 22, Page 74, to which reference is given in further aid of this description. “’The property is bounded northwesterly by the Ripton Road, so-called, also known as Lincoln Town Highway No. 1 and is bounded easterly by Mill Road, so-called, also known as Lincoln Town Highway No. 5 and is bounded southerly by lands now or formerly Strickholm. “’Reference is hereby made to the above mentioned instruments and their records thereof and to the deeds and records therein referred in further aid of this description.’”

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: February 8, 2019 By: /s/ Loraine L. Hite Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Middlebury Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday March 11, 2019 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, to consider the following: 1. An application (file # 2019-08:084.000-SD) request by Douglas and Megan Mandigo for 2-lot final plan/plat subdivision approval of parcel #008084.000. The Mandigo property is located at 573 South Munger Street in the Agricultural Rural (AR) district.

2. An application (file #2019-24:059.000-PUD) request by the President and Fellows of Middlebury College to amend their Planned Unit Development approval to change the use of the building located at 82 Weybridge Street from 3 residential apartment units to program space for the Programs on Creativity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts. This property is located in the High Density Residential District on parcel #024059.000.

Application, plans and additional information regarding this application may be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Town Offices or by calling 388-8100, Ext 226.

Participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

David Wetmore Assistant Zoning Administrator

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Lincoln Planning Commission will hold a FINAL HEARING for Application #18-067 for a 2-lot subdivision proposed by Patricia Hanson for Parcel #01090109 located at 2177 Ripton Road. Meeting will be on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:05 in the Town Office.

The Lincoln Planning Commission will also hold a FINAL HEARING for Application #18045 on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:30 for a 3-lot subdivision proposed by Dhyani Ywahoo for Parcel #15040142. Information regarding the proposed subdivisions may be seen at the Town Office during normal business hours.

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WARNING - BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

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

TOWN OF LINCOLN PUBLIC NOTICE

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

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

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Public Notices

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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES WARNING Of TOWN Of PANTON ANNUAL MEETING MONdAy, MARCh 4, 2019

The legal voters of the Town of Panton are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Panton Town Hall on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 6:30pm to discuss and transact business; and on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Panton Town Hall, the polls to open 9am to 7pm for voting by Australian ballot.

ARTICLE 1: To elect a Moderator for the 2019 Annual Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 2: To hear the reports of the Town Officers.

ARTICLES 3 – 21 are for discussion only Monday night. VOTE TO BE TAKEN By AUSTRALIAN BALLOT ON TUESdAy, MARCh 5, 2019 BETWEEN 9AM ANd 7PM AT PANTON TOWN hALL. ARTICLE 3: To elect the following officers by Australian Ballot: Moderator, 1 year (2019-2020) Selectboard Member, 3 year Lister 3 year, to fill remaining 1 year of 3-year term Lister 3 year, to fill remaining 2 years of 3-year term Lister 3 year Auditor, 3 year, to fill remaining 1 year of 3-year term Auditor, 2 year Auditor, 1 year Constable, 1 year Dog Warden, 1 year Town Grand Juror, 1 year Town Agent, 1 year Water Commissioner, 3 year ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters appropriate the following sums which shall be raised by taxes, to be placed in the Town Reserve Fund accounts as noted: Reserve Fund Amount Highway Capital Equipment Fund $20,000 Highway Capital Project Fund $20,000 Tire Fund $2,000 Town Hall Restoration Fund $15,000 Reappraisal Fund $2,000 Technology Fund $2,000 Total $61,000 ARTICLE 5: Shall the voters adopt the proposed 2019-2020 fiscal year General Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $722,154 of which $555,045 shall be raised by taxes and $167,109 by non-tax revenue?

ARTICLE 6: Shall the voters appropriate $800 to Addison County Home Health and Hospice from the Town funds?

ARTICLE 7: Shall the voters appropriate $800 to Addison County Parent/Child Center from Town funds?

ARTICLE 8: Shall the voters appropriate $691 to Addison County Transit Resources from Town funds?

ARTICLE 9: Shall the voters appropriate $210 to Addison County Restorative Justice Services, Inc. from Town funds?

ARTICLE 10: Shall the voters appropriate $650 Age Well (Champlain Valley Agency on Aging – CVAA) from Town funds?

ARTICLE 11: Shall the voters appropriate $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes from Town funds?

ARTICLE 12: Shall the voters appropriate $500 to Counseling Service of Addison County from Town funds?

ARTICLE 13: Shall the voters appropriate $850 to Elderly Services, Inc. from Town funds?

ARTICLE 14: Shall the voters appropriate $500 to Homeward Bound Animal Welfare Center (Addison County Humane Society) from Town funds?

ARTICLE 15: Shall the voters appropriate $500 to HOPE (Addison County Community Action Group (ACCAG) from Town funds?

ARTICLE 16: Shall the voters appropriate $300 to Hospice Volunteer Services from Town funds?

ARTICLE 17: Shall the voters appropriate $450 John Graham Shelter from Town funds?

ARTICLE 18: Shall the voters appropriate $500 to Open Door Clinic (Community Health Services of Addison County) from Town funds?

ARTICLE 19: Shall the voters appropriate $350 to the RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) from Town funds?

ARTICLE 20: Shall the voters appropriate $600 to Womensafe from Town funds?

ARTICLE 21: Shall the voters appropriate $250 to Addison County Readers from Town funds?

ARTICLE 22: To transact any other non-binding business.

Dated at Panton, County of Addison and State of Vermont, this 22nd day of January, 2019.

Howard Hall, Chair Zachary Weaver, Vice Chair Teresa Smith Attest: Pam Correia, Town Clerk

VERGENNES WARNING ANNUAL CITY MEETING MARCH 4, 2018

The qualified voters of the City of Vergennes are hereby warned and notified that the Annual City Meeting will be held at the Vergennes Opera House in City Hall on Monday, March 4, 2019, commencing at 7:30 p.m. for the following: Article I: To elect by Australian ballot one Mayor for a two-year term; three Aldermen for respective two-year terms; two Aldermen for respective one-year terms; one Lister for a three-year term; one Lister for a one-year term; one Auditor for a three-year term; one Grand Juror for a one-year term; one Commissioner to the Vergennes-Panton Water District Board of Water Commissioners for a three-year term; and two Directors to the Addison Northwest School District Board of Directors for respective three-year terms.

Article II: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $3,290 to Addison County Home Health & Hospice, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article III: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,000 to the Addison County Humane Society, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article IV: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $3,074 to Addison County Parent/Child Center, said sum to come from City funds?

Article V: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $600 to Addison County Readers, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article VI: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $850 to Addison County Restorative Justice Services, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article VII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,500 to Age Well, formerly known as CVAA, said sum to come from City funds?

Article VIII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $5,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, said sum to come from City funds?

Article IX: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,500 to Counseling Service of Addison County, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article X: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,000 to Elderly Services, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article XI: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,000 to HOPE, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $2,000 to Hospice Volunteer Services, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XIII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $1,725 to John W. Graham Emergency Shelter, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article XIV: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $1,000 to Open Door Clinic, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XV: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $1,000 to Otter Creek Child Center, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article XVI: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $950 to support RSVP of Addison County, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XVII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $1,500 to Turning Point Center of Addison County, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XVIII: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $1,500 to Vergennes Area Seniors Association, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article XIX: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $890 to Vermont Adult Learning, said sum to come from City funds?

Article XX: To vote by Australian ballot on the following: Shall the City appropriate $4,000 to WomenSafe, Inc., said sum to come from City funds?

Article XXI: To transact any other non-binding business that may come before the meeting.

Ballot boxes will remain open from nine o’clock in the forenoon until seven o’clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the Vergennes Fire Station on Green Street for voting by Australian ballot on Articles I through XX. The legal voters of the City of Vergennes are further notified that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting shall be as provided in Chapters 43 and 51 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated.

Dated at Vergennes, Vermont this 22th day of January 2019.

Mayor Renny Perry Alderman Lynn Donnelly Deputy Mayor Jeff Fritz Alderman Mark Koenig Alderman David Austin Alderman David Small Alderman Lowell Bertrand

WARNING ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Member Districts are Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Weybridge The legal voters of the Addison Central School District are hereby warned to meet at the Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury, Vermont on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:00 PM, to transact the following business: ARTICLE 1: To elect the following officers: a) A Moderator b) A Treasurer c) A Clerk ARTICLE 2: To hear and act upon the reports of the school district officers.

ARTICLE 3: To see if the voters of the Addison Central School District will vote to authorize its Board of Directors, under 16 VSA 562 (9), to borrow money by issuance of bonds or notes not in excess of anticipated revenue for the school year.

ARTICLE 4: To do any other business proper to come before said meeting.

AMENDMENT CITY OF VERGENNES MOTOR VEHICLE & TRAFFIC ORDINANCES

The legal voters of the Addison Central School District are hereby warned to meet at the Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury, Vermont on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:00 PM, for a Public Information meeting to discuss Australian Ballot articles warned for vote on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Hearing will take place immediately following adjournment of the Annual Meeting of said Addison Central School District.

Linda J. Barrett, Clerk Peter Conlon, Chair Addison Central School District Addison Central School District The 2018 Addison Central School District Annual Report will be available in the following manner: http://www.acsdvt.org/domain/30 (Departments/Finance) or call 802-382-1274 to request a copy.

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WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to increase the vitality of our Downtown, and provide for the increased enjoyment of persons wishing to solicit our Downtown establishments while providing measures to ensure adequate parking for said visitors, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Vergennes herby approves an amendment to Chapter II, Section 8 (Parking Ordinance, TWO HOUR PARKING) of the Vergennes Motor Vehicle & Traffic Ordinances to read as follows: SECTION 8. THREE HOUR PARKING It shall be unlawful for a person to park a vehicle for more than THREE (3) hours at a time, between the hours of 8 o’clock in the morning and 5 o’clock in the evening, on Monday through Saturday in any of the following locations: On either side of Main Street between the intersection of Main Street and Water Street and the intersection of Main Street and East Street; on either side of 6 Green Street between the intersection of Green Street and School Street and the intersection of Green Street and North Street; on either side of School Street easterly of the intersection of School Street and Green Street running a distance one hundred feet, and all of Park Street.

This ordinance will be in full force and effect within sixty (60) days of adoption, unless otherwise contested. I hereby certify that the above amendment to the Vergennes City Ordinances was duly adopted by the City Council at their regular meeting held February 12, 2019.

Joan Devine, Vergennes City Clerk 2/21

ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING #9A0338-1 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093

PUBLIC NOTICE – TOWN OF ADDISON

PUBLIC INFORMATION HEARING FEBRUARY 26, 2019

On December 7, 2018, H.V. 2005, Inc., filed application #9A0338-1 for the construction of a23,000 square foot, 24-unit multi-family residential development on Lot 2 of a previously permitted three-lot subdivision. The Project will include 14 one-bedroom units, 9 two-bedroom units, and one three-bedroom unit and will be serviced by municipal water and sewer. The Project tract is located along Armory Lane in Vergennes, Vermont.

No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before Monday, March 11th, 2019, a party notifies the District #9 Commission in writing at the address below of an issue requiring a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Such hearing request must include a petition for party status.

The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s website here: https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/vtANR/Act250SearchResults.aspx?Num=9A0338-1.

For more information contact Josh Donabedian at the address or telephone number below.

Dated at Montpelier, Vermont this 19th day of February 2019.

BY: Josh Donabedian, Coordinator District 9 Environmental Commission 10 Baldwin Street Montpelier, Vermont 05633-3201 802-476-0186 joshua.donabedian@vermont.gov 2/21

WARNING TOWN OF BRIDPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

The Legal Voters of the Town of Bridport are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Bridport Masonic/Community Hall on Tuesday March 5, 2019 to transact the following business. The polls for voting by Australian ballot will be open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The business meeting will be open at 10:30 AM. Article 1. To elect the following officers by Australian ballot: • Town Moderator for a term of one year.

• Selectboard member for a term of three years.

• Selectboard member for a term of two years.

• Auditor for a term of three years.

• Lister for a term of three years.

• Water Commissioner to the Board of Water Commissioners of the Tri-Town Water District #1 for a term of three years.

• First Constable for a term of one year.

• Second Constable for a term of one year.

• Collector of Delinquent Taxes for a term of one year.

• Town Agent to prosecute and defend suits for a term of one year.

• Cemetery Commissioner for a term of five years.

Article 2. To hear reports of the Town Officers and take action there on.

Article 3. Will the Voters appropriate $12,500.00 for the Bridport Fire Department?

Article 4. Will the Voters appropriate $8,000.00 for the Town Line First Response?

Article 5. Will the Voters appropriate $1,900.00 for Addison Central Teens?

Article 6. Will the Voters appropriate $608.00 for Addison County Economic Development Corporation?

Article 7. Will the Voters appropriate $2,500.00 for Addison County Home Health & Hospice?

Article 8. Will the Voters appropriate $500.00 for Addison County Humane Society?

Article 9. Will the Voters appropriate $1,600.00 for Addison County Parent/Child Center?

Article 10. Will the Voters appropriate $350.00 for Addison County Readers?

Article 11. Will the Voters appropriate $400.00 for Addison County Restorative Justice Services?

Article 12. Will the Voters appropriate $760.00 for Addison County Transit Resources?

Article 13. Will the Voters appropriate $2,000.00 for Age Well?

Article 14. Will the Voters appropriate $500.00 for American Red Cross NH VT? Article 15. Will the Voters appropriate $1,000.00 for Charter House Coalition?

Article 16. Will the Voters appropriate $1,750.00 for Counseling Service of Addison County?

Article 17. Will the Voters appropriate $700.00 for Elderly Services/Project Independence?

Article 18. Will the Voters appropriate $1,250.00 for HOPE? Article 19. Will the Voters appropriate $600.00 for Hospice Volunteer Services?

Article 20. Will the Voters appropriate $700.00 for John W. Graham Emergency Shelter?

Article 21. Will the Voters appropriate $3,045.00 for Middlebury Regional EMS? Article 22. Will the Voters appropriate $850.00 for Open Door Clinic?

Article 23. Will the Voters appropriate $1,500.00 for Platt Memorial Library?

Article 24. Will the Voters appropriate $320.00 for Retired and Senior Volunteer Program?

Article 25. Will the Voters appropriate $500.00 for The Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

Article 26. Will the Voters appropriate $190.00 for Vermont Center for Independent Living?

Article 27. Will the Voters appropriate $500.00 for Vermont Adult Learning?

Article 28. Will the Voters appropriate $200.00 for Vermont Cares?

Article 29. Will the Voters appropriate $1,250.00 for WomenSafe?

Article 30. Will the Voters authorize the Selectboard to spend up to $220,000.00 for a new Tandem dump truck with equipment to be financed over a five year period?

Article 31. Shall the Town have its property taxes paid to its Treasurer on or before November 12, 2019?

Article 32. Shall the Town approve the sums of $1,220,076.00 and $ 281,558.00 for the proposed expenses of the Department of Public Works and General Fund, respectively, for a total of $ 1,501,634.00; with up to $1,081,259.00 to be raised by taxes in addition to other non-tax receipts?

Article 33A. Shall the Town continue to collect for perpetual care in the sale of the cemetery lots?

Article 33B. If the vote on Article 33A is in favor of collecting for perpetual care, shall the Town approve collecting 30 percent of the sale price of a cemetery lot for perpetual care of the lot that is limited to care of the ground including only grass type growth and not anything else such as not for any monument or other manmade object?

Article 34. To transact any other non-binding business thought proper at this time.

Below as a part of this Warning is the NOTICE of AVAILABITY of the 2018 Bridport Annual Town Report.

Dated January 29, 2019 by the Selectboard members of the Town of Bridport.

Joan Huestis - Chair Tim Howlett David Bronson Mike Lawton NOTICE of AVAILABILITY of 2018 Bridport Annual Town Report At the March 3, 2015 Town of Bridport Annual Town Meeting, the voters authorized the Selectboard to give at least thirty days advance notice before the date of the Annual Town Meeting of the availability of the Bridport Annual Town Report.

The 2018 annual Town Report will be available for review and/or download on the Town of Bridport website (www.bridportvt.org) on or before February 22, 2019. In addition, printed copies of the Town Report will be made available at the Town Clerk’s Office on or before February 22, 2019. Any Town voter or resident may request to receive a printed copy of the Town Report by requesting it at the Bridport Town Clerk’s Office. Residents may call 7582483, email bridporttown@gmavt.net, mail a request to P.O. Box 27 Bridport VT 05734 or stop by the office to request a copy of the Town Report.

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The legal voters of the town of Addison are hereby notified and warned to meet at 7:00 am at the Addison Town Clerk’s office on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 to vote by Australian Ballot (between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm) on the following articles: 1.To elect all necessary town officers Water Commissioner 3 year Moderator 1 year Cemetery Comm 3 year Town Clerk 3 year Second Constable 2 year Treasurer 3 year Collector of Delinquent Taxes 1 year Selectboard 3 year Town Grand Juror 1 year Selectboard 2 year Town Grand Juror 1 year Lister 3 year Town Agent 1 year Auditor 3 year 2. Shall the voters of the town of Addison approve the sum of $346311.00 For the selectboard 2019 proposed budget, ($255,117.00 The proposed Amount to be raised in taxes.)

3.Shall the voters of the town of Addison approve the sum of $764,136.00 For the highway 2019 proposed budget, ($660,217.00 The proposed Amount to be raised in taxes.)

4. Shall the voters of the town of Addison authorize the select board to borrow not more than $124000 for a term not to exceed 5 years for the purpose of replacing a culvert on Goodrich Corner Road?

5. Shall the voters of the town of Addison authorize the select board to borrow not more than $175,000 for a term not to exceed 15 years for the purpose of building a sand shed?

6. Shall the voters of the town of Addison approve or disapprove a sum Requested from the following: A. Add cty rest justice svcs fka add cty court div $450 B. Add cty home health & hospice $1500 C. Add cty humane society dba homeward bound $1000 D. Add cty parent child center $1300 E. Add cty readers $350 F. Add cty transit resources (actr) $1644 G. Age well fka champlain valley agency on aging $900 H. Bixby memorial free library $30162 I. Charter house coalition $1275 J. Counseling service of add cty $1500 K. Elderly services/project ind $850 L. John w. Graham emergency shelter $1275 M. Grandview cemetery association $1500 N. Hope $1500 O. Hospice volunteer service $500 P. Lake view cemetery association $1500 Q. Open door clinic $1000 R. Retired and senior volunteer program (rsvp) $250 S. Town line first response squad $8000 T. Vermont adult learning $500 U. Womensafe, inc $1250 Dated at Addison, VT this 31st day of January 2019 Peter Briggs, Robert Hunt, Jeffrey Kauffman Sr, Steven Torrey, Roger Waterman 02/21

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Remembrance and honor

LOCAL VIETNAM VETERANS gathered on Saturday, Feb. 9, for a luncheon held by The Seth Warner - Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR. First-time attendees Leighton Riley of Bridport, David Entrot of Addison, David Bearor and Keith Myer of Bridport, Ed McGuire of New Haven, and Guy Cousino of Ferrisburgh received commemorative lapel pins. Any veteran who served between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975, is eligible to receive the pin.

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Mount Abe, MUHS students compete in Brain Bee BURLINGTON — On Feb. 9, students from seven Vermont high schools traveled to the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington, to compete in the 10th Annual Vermont Brain Bee (VBB).

Forty-eight students — hailing from Burlington (BHS), Essex (EHS), Rice, South Burlington and Middlebury (MUHS), Mount Abraham (Mount Abe), and Champlain Valley union high schools — tested their knowledge of the brain, nervous system and science as a whole.

After taking time to ponder questions presented in the written and practical (real brain specimens were viewed) rounds, the students

had a break to listen to several case presentations. Sharon Leach, PhD, and Krista Reincke, PhD, delivered three short vignettes to assist the students in learning to ask questions about possible differential diagnoses. These included: psychosis versus PTSD, delirium vs. dementia, and narcolepsy vs. other sleep disorders.

Participants also heard renowned neuroscience researcher Hugh Garavan, PhD, give a keynote talk on “Adolescent Neurodevelopment: Substance Use, Risk Factors, and Consequences.” Garavan also spoke about his role as one of the principal investigators for the “Adolescent, Brain, Cognitive, Development (ABCD) study,” the largest

long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Out of 11,874 participants in the ABSD study, 577 are Vermont children who are 10-11 years old.

All students then participated in the first oral round and the results yielded eight students who would compete in the final oral round. In the final oral round, eight finalists competed to win the 10th VBB. This year Vilena Lee, a senior from BHS, won the final oral round and will represent Vermont in the U.S. Brain Bee Championships in Hershey, Penn., at the Penn State College of Medicine on April 12-14. Essex senior Isabelle Petrucci and MUHS senior Grace Widelitz placed second and third, respectively.

The event finished with the students getting a glimpse into UVM’s undergraduate programs through a panel of volunteer neuroscience undergraduates who answered questions from the audience.

The Mount Abe team won a plaque for accumulating the most points over the whole competition. The team consisted of Erik McLysaght, Brynn Winchester, Emily Tardie and William Wright won the team award this year. Mount Abe’s neuroscience BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL senior Vilena Lee, winner of this year’s club has studied rigorously to take Vermont Brain Bee, is flanked by 2nd place finisher Isabelle Petrucci of this year’s title. “I’m extremely Essex, left, and 3rd place finisher Grace Widelitz of Middlebury. proud of my team. I can tell how excited they were to show off their Tardie, a Mount Abe senior, like learning!” knowledge they have been learning summed it up nicely: For more information, visit all year,” Mclysaght said.

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THE MOUNT ABRAHAM crew of Ryan Lathrop, left, Erik McLysaght, William Wright, Emily Tardie and Brynn Winchester won the team title at the 10th Annual Vermont Brain Bee at UVM Feb. 9. Above right, the Middlebury Union High School team of Maeve Hammel, left, Alice Ganey, Grace Widelitz, Owen Palczik, Spencer Doran, Mary Nagy-Benson and Kenneth Barkdoll competed at the medical school auditorium.

Troopers jail man for outstanding warrants ADDISON COUNTY — Troopers from the New Haven barracks conducted a saturation patrol on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh on Friday, Feb. 15, between 2 and 3:30 p.m. in order to enforce motor vehicle laws. During the patrol Chris Scrodin, patrol commander state police stopped four vehicles for Troop B in New Haven. and issued three warnings and three The fourth car stopped was traffic tickets, according to Sgt. driven by Stephan Junghans, 32,

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of Bristol, and stopped because the vehicle had an expired inspection sticker and no front license plate.

State police arrested Junghans on two outstanding arrest warrants in Chittenden and Franklin counties and jailed him at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Bail was set at $400.

Task Force to discuss Enegy project MIDDLEBURY — In its ongoing pursuit of ideas for future climatefriendly energy projects in Addison County, the Climate Economy Energy Task Force is inviting the public to attend their next meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 5:30 p.m. at Addison County Regional Planning, 14 Seminary Street.

The meeting will focus on beginning to pick a project for the task force to complete. Several potential projects for the group to consider already exist, and they would also like task force members to raise their own suggestions. Jon Copans from the VT Council on Rural Development will join the meeting. He will share discuss some of the projects other communities are undertaking.

Because it ties into the larger climate economy initiative, organizers feel that now is a good time to develop a new project.

The Capacity Task Force is close to incorporating the initiative as a non-profit called the Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County. Creating this non-profit will enable fundraising to support its efforts.

A list of potential projects to consider includes: creating a net zero Addison County action plan, developing a municipal or

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Art on Main to host Mt. Abe Emerging Artists in March BRISTOL — Art on Main will host the 10th Annual Mount Abe Emerging Artists exhibit from March 5-27. This special art exhibit features work from talented students in grades 9-12 and celebrates Youth Art Month.

Youth Art Month is a national event observed each March and promoted by the council for Art Education and the National Art Education Association. This is a great opportunity for these young artists to showcase their work in a professional gallery space.

The public is invited to join the

artists and Art on Main staff at the gallery on Tuesday, March 5, from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. for a public reception to celebrate these wonderful young artists.

Art on Main is a non-profit, community-supported gallery showcasing the creative talents of artisans from around the state. Art on Main is located at 25 Main St. in Bristol. Winter hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., closed on Monday. For more information call 802-453-4032 or go to artonmain.net or find it on Facebook.

River watch training set March 16

STONECUTTER SPIRITS CO-FOUNDER Sas Stewart hosts the 2nd Annual Galentine’s Day Party on Feb. 13. The party raised over $4,000 for WomenSafe.

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Galentine’s Day Party raised funds for WomenSafe MIDDLEBURY — WomenSafe received financial and moral support on Wednesday, Feb. 13, when Stonecutter Spirits hosted its 2nd Annual Galentine’s Day Party to benefit the organization. Over 175 people attended the evening event, which was held at the Stonecutter Spirits headquarters on Exchange Street. The party was a lively and uplifting way for people to celebrate women while also supporting WomenSafe’s work to eliminate physical, sexual and emotional violence in Addison County.

The concept of Galentine’s Day originated with the television sitcom, “Parks and Recreation,” in which the main character, Leslie Knope, created an unofficial holiday for “ladies celebrating ladies.” Since that episode first aired in 2010, Galentine’s Day has evolved into a cultural touchpoint independent of the show, with national businesses and brands promoting the day each year. In 2018, Sas Stewart, co-owner of Stonecutter Spirits, decided to host a Galentine’s Day party that would serve the dual function of celebrating women while also directing funds to WomenSafe.

“Our society wastes a lot of time trying to pit women against other women,” said Stewart. “Galentine’s

Day is the perfect flipping of that paradigm. It’s a celebration of female friendship, open support of women-owned businesses, and helps us raise money for WomenSafe, an organization that protects women and families at their most vulnerable moments.”

Partygoers enjoyed cocktails with food and beverages provided

by Stonecutter Spirits, Haymaker Bun Company, the Arcadian, Brio Coffee and Savouré. Raffles were held throughout the night, with local businesses donating gifts ranging from Skida hats to Bee’s Wrap packages and gift bags from the Vermont Book Shop. The event also featured a maker market, with goods and services available from several women-owned businesses, including Redhouse, Project Object Vintage, MNT GRL, Reel Vintage, Elmore Mountain Therapeutics, and cards and art by Constance Kent.

All proceeds were donated to support WomenSafe. WomenSafe Executive Director Kerri DuquetteHoffman spoke at the event, thanking the Addison County community for its support of WomenSafe’s mission and programs. She explained that the funding from last year’s event went towards building transitional housing

ADDISON COUNTY — The Addison County River Watch Collaborative depends on a network of well-trained and hardy volunteers to collect samples from area rivers and streams once per month from April to September. Anyone interested in helping with this effort can come to a sample collection training on Saturday, March 16, from 9-11:30 a.m. at the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, 14 Seminary St. Training participants will learn

water quality sampling methods, tools that help preserve the watershed.

Volunteer river monitors are needed to help sample on the Otter Creek, Middlebury River, Lemon Fair River, New Haven River, Lewis Creek, and Little Otter Creek.

Bagels, fruit and locally roasted coffee will be served starting at 8:30 a.m. For more information call or email managing director Matthew Witten at 802-434-3236, mwitten@ gmavt.net or acrpc.org/acrwc.

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THE GALENTINE’S DAY Party held at Stonecutter Spirits on Wednesday, Feb. 13, drew a large crowd and brought in more than $4,000 for WomenSafe programs.

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and that this year’s funds would help WomenSafe expand its prevention work by bringing education programs into every school in the county.

“Together we can work towards a future in which domestic and sexual violence does not exist.”

By the end of the night, the Galentines Day Party raised over $4,000 for WomenSafe. Amy Mason, WomenSafe’s Board Chair, said

“It’s hard to think of a better way to celebrate women and female friendship than by getting together as neighbors and friends to talk, laugh, and uplift our community together. We are so grateful to Sas and all the businesses who made this event possible, and to everyone who came to support the critical work WomenSafe does in Addison County.”

VERGENNES — In an otherwise mostly calm week between Feb. 11 and 17, Vergennes police continued to operate a number of directed patrols designed to control speeding and enhance traffic safety within city limits.

During those seven days police conducted 14 directed patrols and issued 16 tickets for infractions, mostly speeding.

Streets patrolled were West Main, South Water, Green, Victory and Main, plus Monkton and Panton roads and Armory Lane.

Vergennes police also continued to ticket vehicles left on city streets in violation of the city’s wintertime ban on overnight parking. They tagged four vehicles during the night of Feb. 12 and another three on Feb. 16.

In other action between Feb. 11 and 17, Vergennes police: On Feb. 11 contacted the city animal control officer about a dog running loose and harassing chickens on South

Water Street. The complainant took the dog into his home because it was cold outside, and the officer took it to the humane society in Middlebury, where the owner eventually picked it up after receiving a warning from police.

On Feb. 12: • Received a report of vandalism to a vehicle for insurance purposes.

• Dealt with a complaint filed by a John Graham Shelter resident of unwanted text messages from an unknown party.

On Feb. 13 looked unsuccessfully for a vehicle reported to be going 60 mph on West Main Street.

On Feb. 16 took a report that someone had illegally passed a stopped school bus eight days before.

On Feb. 17: • Went to help the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad at 1 Alden Place.

• Conducted two pre-employment background checks, one for the U.S. Armory and one for Vermont State Police.

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A pansy destined for the flower show peeks out among the foliage. The Vermont Flower Show will take over the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, March 1-3.

In the dead of winter Vermont’s very own Flower Show gives us

spring

BY JUDITH IRVEN WITH PHOTOS BY

DICK CONRAD

After this cold and somewhat erratic winter many of us have a touch of the “winter blues.” I know that I, for one, am positively aching to see and smell some welcome signs of spring. However, in my own garden, I must wait until midApril before spring actually arrives.

But this year — in less than two week’s time — winter weary Vermonters have a delightful treat in store — our very own Vermont Flower Show will be held March 1-3 at the Champlain Valley Exposition Center in Essex Junction.

This extravaganza, which is expected to draw around 10,000 visitors, happens every other year. And is a vast labor of love on the part of the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association — the VNLA. During the warmer months all VNLA members work, in one way or another, to help Vermonters enjoy lovely gardens.

Some raise beautiful plants, while others help you select just the right plants at your local garden center. Still others design and plant bountiful gardens, or help us keep our gardens looking lovely from spring until fall. So, it stands to reason that all VNLA members are passionate about gardens and about plants.

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ART Birds, butterflies and insects flock to Vergennes gallery CREATIVE SPACE GALLERY OPENS “NATURE IN FLIGHT” THIS FRIDAY

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hile the snow is piling up around us, it’s nice to look ahead to Spring. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes will open “Nature in Flight” on Friday, Feb. 22 — yes, that’s still winter, but the show will remain on view through May 11 (definitely spring).

Here’s the line up: The Green Bird (France) — by Maximilien Bougeois, Quentin Dubois, Marine Goalard, Irina Nguyen, Pierre Perveyrie. Parental discretion advised.

One Small Step (U.S.) — by Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas. Parental discretion advised.

Grands Canons (France) — by Alain Biet “Rain-The Lushness and the longing” a pastel by Phoebe Stone of Middlebury.

The gallery will also feature work by guest artist and author Phoebe Stone of Middlebury, who says, “Being a Phoebe bird I have a huge commitment to birds — butterflies and bees are also everywhere in my artwork.” Stone has a meadow nesting site for bobolinks.

The featured image for the exhibition is “Murmuration,” by Meg Walker of Charlotte (oil pastel and acrylic). Walker is also a sculptor, and “very interested in how one creates the sense of flying with static materials, and the essence of ‘birdness’ with minimal amounts of materials and gestures.”

In addition to showcasing wonderful work by contemporary Vermont artists, this exhibition is intended to draw attention to the plight of many species of birds and insects, and the ways in which people are working toward solutions. This may be done through programs that are offered during the exhibition, or by artists choosing to donate proceeds from the sale of one or more works in the show to an organization of their choice.

“Feast of Losses, detail” by Annemie Curlin of Charlotte.

This Saturday, Feb. 23, the 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows presents 15 thought-provoking, poignant, and very funny animated shorts from around the world. The 98-minute screening will take place at Dana Auditorium at Middlebury College, at 3 and 8 p.m.

This is a Hirschfield International Film Series event and is free and open to all In a year when the best and worst of human nature has been on constant display, the works in this year’s show remind us of both the universality of shared ideals, as well as the diverse challenges we face.

This exhibit will showcase works inspired by birds, butterflies, insects and other airborne creatures.

The sky is the limit.

Some of the artists featured include batik prayer flags of birds created by Alison Parsons of Ferrisburgh, and ceramics decorated with butterflies and bees by Kileh Friedman of Burlington. Works by gallery artists include paintings of birds by silversmith Kathy Mitchell of Panton, and pastels of birds and butterflies

by Marsha Chase of Panton. Karen Emerson of Rutland, whose beeswax candles are sold at Creative Space Gallery, dedicates a percentage of the proceeds to the Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary. Annemie Curlin from Charlotte will be showing “Feast of Losses,” an evocative, mythic piece which includes both extinct and endangered species. Georgia Heise of Vergennes will have a couple hats on display, buzzing with bees.

Animation Show of Shows explores human relationships

An opening reception with a wine tasting will kick off the exhibit on Friday, Feb. 22, from 5-8 p.m.

Barry (U.S.) — by Anchi Shen Super Girl (U.S.) — by Nancy Kangas, Josh Kun Love Me, Fear Me (Germany) — by Veronica Solomon Business Meeting (Brazil) — Guy Charnaux Flower Found! (The Netherlands) — by Jorn Leeuwerink Bullets (U.S.) — by Nancy Kangas, Josh Kun A Table Game (Spain) — by Nicolás Petelski Carlotta’s Face (Germany) — by Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld Age of Sail (U.S.) — by John Kahrs.

Parental discretion advised.

Polaris (U.S.) — by Hikari Toriumi My Moon (U.S.) — by Eusong Lee Weekends (U.S.) — by Trevor Jimenez.

Parental discretion advised.

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IN TOWN Middlebury composer premieres operatic works

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he Opera Company of Middlebury and Town Hall Theater present a special concert featuring CubanAmerican composer and Middlebury resident Jorge Martín. Martin will perform his works with tenor Brian Downen and mezzo-soprano Cherry Duke on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Downen commissioned and will perform four new songs on the poetry of Mexican poet Amado Nervo. Downen premiered the songs with Martín on the piano in September of 2018 at the University of Texas at El Paso.

“I was very excited when Jorge agreed to write these songs for me,” Downen said. “The deeply moving poetry of Nervo — one of the most important Mexican poets of the 19th century — was ideal for a world premiere on the border.”

“En Paz,” one of Nervo’s most famous poems, is the title for this new song collection, which adds to the impressive canon of modern art song in Spanish.

Cherry Duke will perform Martín’s 2011 song cycle, “So Beautiful.” Featured on the 2014 album “Plundered Hearts,” “So Beautiful” explores ecstatic poetry by Turkish writer Orhan Veli Kanik. The cycle is launched by recognition of the poet’s being caught by that “writing disease.”

From there a series of poems increasingly frustrated by “faulty” words that cannot capture the wonder of creation culminates in the final song, in which syntax breaks down completely, and all that’s left is a set of sensual impressions.

In addition to these two regional premieres, Downen and Duke will each perform a set of operatic arias, including works from bel canto, verismo and modern operas.

Martín will be JORGE MARTÍN the pianist for this concert; he and the singers will be joined by violinist Sofia Hirsch for the final piece, “City of Orgies,” based on Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name. A reception will follow the performance.

Tickets for this show on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m., are $20-$40 and may be purchased at townhallteater.org, by calling (802) 382-9222, at the THT box office (Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Martín writes in all major genres: opera, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal and solo works. Concert Artists Guild, Close Encounters with Music and the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble have been among those commissioning his music. In 2019 the Cecilia Chorus of NY is featuring his “One Hour to Madness and Joy” to celebrate the Whitman bicentennial, and the Center for Contemporary

BRIAN DOWNEN AND CHERRY DUKE

Opera will present the world premiere of the staged version of The Glass Hammer. He won the 2003 Vermont Music Teachers commission award; in 2001 he was one of the featured composers in New York City Opera’s “Vox: Showcasing American Composers.”

Hailed as a “radiant and confident” performer, American mezzo-soprano Cherry Duke “is a singer who communicates both the music and the text impeccably.” Opera Company of Middlebury audiences may recognize Cherry Duke for her portrayal of the sexy and hilarious title character in “The Italian Girl in Algiers.”

Highly regarded for his performances of the bel canto operatic repertoire, Brian Downen made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the spring of 2016 as Lord Cecil in Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux.” He has sung leading roles in more than 60 productions for opera houses in the U.S., Europe and Canada.

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ARTIST TALK AT EDGEWATER

This Monday, at 7 p.m., at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury anyone who might like to work with the Middlebury MONDAY FEB. Community Players is invited to this “Play Date.” This will be a casual gettogether with food, drink, door prizes and some surprise entertainment for those interested in learning more about acting, directing, designing, stage managing, costuming or working on a crew. Find out about the Players by visiting middleburycommunityplayers.org or email info@ middleburycommunityplayers.org.

Writer Candace Allen will describe how she unearthed the forgotten life story of jazz artist Valaida Snow TUESDAY FEB. (1903-1956), in her talk “Swing Is The Thing: Introducing Valaida Snow.” In a previous life, Allen was the first AfricanAmerican female member of the Directors Guild of America, spending some twenty years in Hollywood film production. He talk will be presented at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, in the Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room at Middlebury College.

Edgewater’s Merchants Row Gallery in Middlebury presents an artist’s talk by William B. Hoyt on THURSDAY FEB. Thursday, from 5-6:30 p.m.

Visitors will have an opportunity to meet Hoyt and learn about his artistic career, that began in the 1960s, and how it was shaped by his life history. There will be a reception immediately following the talk. This event is free and open to the public. For more info call (802) 989-7419, email info@edgewatergallery-vt.com, or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

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COMBINE LEARNING & PLEASURE

Over the years this main CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 garden display has gradually expanded in size, now covering about a quarter of an acre — the size of a small suburban garden. And, since there is a completely new design for each show, it never fades.

SPRING

For me, the seminars are always a personal highlight. This year 26 seminars are scheduled in the upstairs meeting rooms on subjects ranging from growing great berries to visiting outstanding public gardens. Look for the complete listing on the VNLA website (greenworksvermont.org/vermont-flowershow).

Meanwhile downstairs in the Blue Ribbon Pavilion there are plenty more opportunities for fun and learning, including 14 live demonstrations on everything from pruning to bonsai; beautiful cutflower arrangements by the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont; an “Ask a Master Gardener” table where you can bring your gardening questions; as well as the Vermont Garden Railway Society’s amazing model railway, complete with moving trains and decorated with — you got it — plants.

For the past five shows Melita Bass of Shoreham has co-chaired the Grand Garden Display Committee and has already devoted countless hours to this year’s show (she could not even begin to estimate how many).

This year’s extravaganza, with the theme of “Wonder — a Garden Adventure for All Ages,” features an urban courtyard, an indoor garden room, a woodland walk, a meditative glen, and a sensory maze, all connected via gently curving paths, and was designed to help us reconnect with nature, both in our lives and in our gardens.

Imagine over 15,000 flowering bulbs and 1,000 beautiful perennials, set off against a backdrop of more than 400 shrubs and trees, and savor the sights and smells of spring. You will find all your springtime favorites — pansies and tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, as well as flowering crab apples, rhododendrons and azaleas, lilacs and magnolias, and many more. But also be on the lookout for a few unfamiliar plants. Since everything is labelled; you can jot down their names and seek them out when spring finally arrives.

Jamie Masefield works on his Orb, a three dimensional garden decoration he is fabricating from Vermont slate, at the new Maker Space at the Patricia A Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury. See “The Orb” in the Grand Garden Display at this year’s Vermont Flower Show, March 1-3 at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction.

A DELIGHTFUL POP-UP MARKET The approximately 100 vendors together form a delightful pop-up market — another huge component of the show.

Some offer all manner of elegant accoutrements for the well-appointed garden — decorative sprinklers and trellises; energy-efficient greenhouses; ceramic pots that can remain outdoors all winter; and much more.

A LABOR OF LOVE The Vermont Flower Show is the culmination of months of dedication and hard work by individual VLNA members with vital assistance from over 150 UVM Extension Master Gardeners and several student organizations.

Two committees were formed way back in October 2017; one responsible for the overall show and the second devoted to the Grand Garden Display.

The show committee oversees the logistics for the entire show including all the vendors and food suppliers. While Leonard Perry (UVM Horticulture Professor Emeritus), as always, single-handedly connected with potential speakers and then set up the impressive schedule of seminars and workshops.

Several elegant stonework creations, especially crafted for the show, are also an integral part of the design. Jamie Masefield, a skilled stonemason from Monkton, has already created a Horse Shoe Bench to provide a contemplative place to sit and relax. Now, utilizing the new Maker Space at Middlebury’s Patricia Hannaford Career Center where the students can watch him work, he is constructing a unique sphere that he calls “The Orb.” Fashioned from local slate shingles it incorporates an illuminated internal cavity to gently light the pathway.

“Working on the Grand Garden Display offers me the opportunity to create unique stone features that intrigue me and it also allows me to share with the public the great diversity of things that can be done with dry stone construction,” Masefield said.

What about fun for the kiddos? They can let off steam in the special “family room,” digging for worms and playing in the dirt. Different craft activities are planned for each show day, while at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., talented guests provide live entertainment.

Meanwhile Bass, along with Gabe Bushey of Vergennes and Marie Limoge of Essex Junction, head up the Grand Garden Display committee.

Foliage plants are coloring up in time for the show in Claussen’s greenhouse in Colchester.

Others will be selling plants and seeds, specialty foods and unique hand-made craft items, as well as beautiful paintings and photographs of our beloved Vermont landscape.

Still others represent a variety of non-profit organizations connected with horticulture.

And, if you want to buy more, plan on staying for the plant sale at the end of the show — an opportunity to take home a few of the plants from the Grand Garden Display.

First the committee brainstormed about the theme and design for this year’s display garden. Once a design was in place, they specified the thousands of flowers, trees and shrubs that would be needed and then connected with local growers about donating them. Here in Addison County, John Padua of Cobble Creek Nurseries in Monkton contributed trees and shrubs, while Greenhaven Nurseries in New Haven supplied evergreens and equipment.

Last November all these plants were transported to Claussens Greenhouses in Colchester to spend the winter and then be coaxed into leaf and bloom in perfect time for the show.

And finally, for four action-packed days before the start of the show, members of the display committee will oversee the hundreds of volunteers

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including VNLA members, UVM Extension Master Gardeners, plus students from the Center for Technology Essex and the Northlands Job Corps Urban Forestry Program, who will descend on the Essex Expo to actually set everything up.

So what motivates VNLA members, who work long hours outdoors all season long, to then spend their precious winter down-time to make this show possible for all of us?

“To me, the most remarkable thing about our show is the collaboration among those who are essentially competitors in their industry,” said Bass.

“Unlike other shows, we build one cohesive display together. Individual businesses are not showcased within the garden display; there is no signage or advertising to detract from the beauty. Many of the core group of designers and builders have been working together on shows for several years now.

We have formed bonds within and outside of our craft which go beyond networking, that I would call true friendship.

“It is an overwhelming amount of work, but in the end, when the last plant is placed, the lights come up and the doors open to thousands of people coming to enjoy what we have built it, all feels worth it,” Bass continued. “And one of the best parts is when the students who worked with us on set-up come back to visit the finished product once the show opens, when you catch their eye walking past and there’s mutual acknowledgement and pride over what we all built together.”

“What keeps me coming back is the camaraderie and the amazing group of people who work on the show,” Blow echoed. “It’s always amazing seeing the process go from an idea to a physical manifestation over the course of 18 months. The huge crew that puts it together are simply incredible people and with all the different personalities and skill sets every single person is necessary. The show is such a great way to see everyone in the industry as well as enthusiastic home gardeners. It’s always a great way to jump start the season.”

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OUT OF TOWN MUHS student to perform with orchestra in Keene, N.H.

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ianist Zachariah Burrows, a freshman at Middlebury Union High School and a piano student of Cynthia Huard, will perform the Rondo movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Keene Chamber Orchestra, on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.

The concert will be performed at Trinity Lutheran Church at 100 Maple Avenue in Keene, N.H. Eric Stumacher is the conductor of the KCO, and also Burrows’ grandfather. The remainder of the program will contain the Finale of William Tell’s Overture, known popularly as the theme music for The Lone Ranger, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 2.

“This will be my first performance with the Keene Chamber Orchestra,” Burrows said.

“My grandfather, KCO’s music director, recommended that I play this piece.”

The KCO is now in its 29th season and is comprised of professional musicians and student musicians from the Greater Keene, Monadnock and New England regions.

Just like Burrows. He said he’s been practicing for a while, and is feeling good about the upcoming concert.

Burrows gets a lot of practice. He also plays piano in the MUHS jazz band, and flute and piccolo in the MUHS concert band — both directed by Anne Severy.

“Our year-end band concert is on May 20 at MUHS,” he said, listing other upcoming performances. “On March 1, I will be performing on piano and piccolo in the High School Green Mountain Music District V Festivals at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland. I will also be performing in Cynthia Huard’s year-end piano recital on May 5 at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Cynthia also has her piano students play every month for residents at Elderly Services in Middlebury, which I enjoy.”

Burrow’s picks up his flute when he plays with the Vermont Youth Philharmonia directed by Yutaka Kono. He hopes to audition on piano in the Burlington Chamber Orchestra’s concerto competition next month; and recently auditioned for the Vermont All State Music Festival competition.

Tickets are $20 and $5 for students. For more info call (603) 731-1153.

— Elsie Lynn Parini contributed to this report

For general info and to pre-buy tickets visit greenworksvermont.org/vermont-flower-show. Day tickets range from $5-$20; 2- and 3-day tickets are also available.

Judith Irven and Dick Conrad live in Goshen where together they nurture a large garden. Judith is a Vermont Certified Horticulturist and teaches Sustainable Home Landscaping for the Vermont Master Gardener program. She will be giving two seminars at this year’s Vermont Flower Show: “From Classic to Whimsy: the Art of Decorating our Outdoor Spaces” on Friday at noon and “The Roving Gardener: visiting five great gardens in Massachusetts” on Saturday at noon.

You can subscribe to her blog about her Vermont gardening life at northcountryreflections.com. Dick is a landscape and garden photographer; you can see more of his photographs at northcountryimpressions.com.

Middlebury Union High School freshman and pianist Zachariah Burrows, will perform with the Keene Chamber Orchestra this weekend in New Hampshire.

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CALENDAR

ARTS

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.

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.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

“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.

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.

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.

DANCE

RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY: SACRED EARTH

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IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Feb. 28, and 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.

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.

FILM

LECTURES & LEARNING

TEEN MOVIE MATINEE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 23, 1-3 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Come watch a recent book-to-movie adaptation about teen romance. Free.

“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 thoughtprovoking, poignant, and very funny animated shorts from around the world. Free.

“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.

“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.

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NEW ENGLAND BILL KOCH LEAGUE FESTIVAL IN RIPTON. Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, 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 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.

“FINDING JESSE — HOW FREE & SAFE: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN VERMONT BECAME A REALITY.” Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh. 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.

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.

MUSIC

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 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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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 five-time 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. Preconcert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call More info at 802-2474295 or info@brandon-music.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, MondaySaturday, noon-5 p.m. or at the door, if available.

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 802388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

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 Boston-based Berklee College professors and old friends John Funkhouser on piano and Jerry Leake on tabla come together to perform ragas from North India.

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.

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THEATER

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.

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 show-stopping 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).

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MUSIC Folk duo performs traditionalroots music in Brandon

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ichard Ruane and Beth Duquette are a Vermontbased acoustic duo performing original music with a clear traditional-roots influence that is steeped in a tradition of its own time. They are known for their strong, imaginative vocals and harmonies, often compared to classic sibling harmony duos. Some of their original songs harken back to traditional ballads and jazz tunes from the ’30s, but also remain firmly planted in life’s current challenges and joy. They will perform at Brandon Music on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Ruane sings and provides inventive instrumental backing on guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin and ukulele, while Duquette contributes inspired lead and harmony vocals. Ruane and Duquette perform with a comfortable ease and audience rapport that comes from many years of collaboration and love of creating music together.

Their songwriting has won awards from the Songwriter’s Association of Washington’s Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and the SolarFest Songwriting Showcase and they have been finalists at Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition

in Kerrville, Texas, the Great Waters Music Festival Songwriter Contest and the Plowshares Coffeehouse SingerSongwriter Competition.

Their latest album “Notch Road” received the honor of a Tammie award for Best Folk Album of 2019 in The Vermont Times Argus / Rutland Herald as well as one of the Best Vermont Albums of 2018 in County Tracks. “Notch Road” was included as part of The FolkChef Kitchen’s podcast Best of 2018 in a list that includes Joan Baez and John Prine.

Ruane and Duquette have toured throughout New England and beyond, appeared in the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival’s Emerging Artist Showcase, on Folkstage on WMFT, Chicago, Illinois, on Bound for Glory on WVBR, Ithaca, New York, Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, New York and other venues throughout the Northeast.

Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25.

Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@ brandon-music.net or visit brandonmusic.net for more info.

live music 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.

Andrea Beaton and Véronique Plasse will play traditional music with a contemporary twist at the Walkover Gallery in Bristol this Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

Two energetic fiddlers perform in Bristol The Cabin Fever Series presents Beaton-Plasse in concert Saturday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m., at the Walkover Gallery, 15 Main Street in Bristol.

Two accomplished and energetic fiddlers combine forces in this new duo, Beaton-Plasse.

Andrea Beaton and Véronique Plasse fuse together traditional music from Cape Breton and Quebec, adding more contemporary and original compositions to the mix. These strong female leads take turns exploring melody and accompaniment on their fiddles, needing no other instruments to back them up. Ranging from slow, sensitive airs to playful and lively reels, these ladies continue to mesmerize audiences with their intensity and precision. They have recently been nominated for two prestigious Canadian East Coast Music Awards.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of show.

For reservations call (802) 453-3188 x2.

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DANCE

Dancers perform on ‘Sacred Earth’ at the MAC in Middlebury RAGAMALA DANCE CO. TAKES VISIONARY APPROACH TO CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE

Minneapolis-based Ragamala Dance Company will perform “Sacred Earth” at the Mahaney Arts Center on Thursday, Feb. 28, and Friday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m.

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ailed by the New York Times as “providing some of the most transcendent experiences that dance has to offer,” Ragamala Dance Company brings the stunning work “Sacred Earth” to the Mahaney Arts Center’s Dance Theatre on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Inspired by the philosophies behind the ephemeral arts of Kolam and Warli painting and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, “Sacred Earth” is artistic directors 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.

“Ragamala Dance Company is the nation’s leading Bharatanatyam dance ensemble, and is exceptional in every way,” said Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll. “At this time when our community is stressed and sometimes divided, we offer this centering and transformative performance — one that reflects on connection rather than division, and contemplative beauty rather than discordant narrative.”

ABOUT THE RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY Founded in 1992 and acclaimed as one of the Indian Diaspora’s leading dance ensembles, Ragamala Dance Company seamlessly carries the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam into the 21st century. Informed by the echoing past and the fleeting present, Ragamala’s evocative choreography defies chronology.

Co-artistic directors Ranee and Aparna

PHOTOS / ED BOCK, HUB WILSON, AMANULLA

Ramaswamy — mother and daughter — are protégées of the legendary dancer and choreographer Alarmel Valli, known as one of India’s greatest living masters. They embrace the philosophy, spirituality, myth, and mysticism of their heritage to create not works but worlds — visceral, universal experiences that use Indian art forms to express their contemporary point of view.

Based in Minneapolis, Ragamala has toured extensively, highlighted by performances at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, American Dance Festival, Getty Center in Los Angeles, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Bali Arts Festival in Indonesia, and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai, India.

Founder and co-artistic director Ranee Ramaswamy has been a master teacher and performer of Bharatanatyam in the U.S. since 1978. She has been a pioneer in the establishment of non-Western dance traditions in Minneapolis and in pushing the boundaries of Indian classical dance on the global scene. Among her many awards are 14 McKnight Artist Fellowships, a Bush Fellowship, an Artist Exploration Fund grant from Arts International, and the 2011 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award. Ranee currently serves on the National Council on the Arts, appointed by President Barack Obama. Most recently, she and Aparna were awarded 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships and selected as Research Fellows by the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center (Italy).

Co-artistic director Aparna Ramaswamy was born in India and raised both in India and in the U.S. Described as “a marvel of buoyant agility and sculptural clarity” (Dance Magazine), she has been featured at prestigious venues throughout the United States and abroad,

both as a soloist and as principal dancer with Ragamala. Aparna is a recipient of a 2016 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a 2016 Joyce Award, a Bush Fellowship for Choreography, and three McKnight Artist Fellowships, among others. In 2010, she was the first Bharatanatyam artist to be selected as one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine.

See the Ragamala Dance Company perform on Thursday, Feb. 28 and Friday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Dance Theatre in Middlebury. General admission tickets are $22 for adults; $16 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for Middlebury College students; and are on sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

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T HEATER

OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

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

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.

Wed 3/6 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS

SICKERT VS. SARGENT

Two influential characters of modern British Art: Walter Sickert – gruff, aggressive man-of-the-people, and John Singer Sargent – urbane and charming. Their work and personalities fostered a cultural counterpoint – prostitutes and aristocrats; killings and coronations.

EXHIBITS 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.

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, IN NEW ENGLAND. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Thu 3/7 6-8pm Free

FRONT PORCH FORUM:

THE STORY OF VT’S QUIET DIGITAL REVOLUTION

THT and FPF present a screen of a new independent documentary from Canadian filmmaker Peter Strauss. FPF is now a part of the daily routine of thousands of Vermonters. How does this participation transform our communities?

Fri 3/8 7pm $15 STEALING FROM WORK:

SKETCH VICTIMS UNIT

If you like Portlandia, or S.N.L., this is the show for you! 6 talented actors play over 60 characters in hilarious sketches (short comedic plays) that take on everything from politics to the Vermont lifestyle.

Join us for a fast-paced evening of lunacy and lampoonery. This is immature comedy for mature adults recommended for ages 18 and up.

FIND OUT WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO SEE IT. LOOK HERE EVERY THURSDAY.

POETRY ON AND OFF THE PAGE. On view through the summer, featuring “Object Poems” by Vermont-based poet and translator Jody Gladding along with fine press poetry broadsides and manuscripts by poets such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and William Carlos Williams.

Middlebury College Special Collections, Atrium, Lower Level, and Special Collections, Davis Family Library. (802) 443-3028.

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the movie NEVER LOOK AWAY — RUNNING TIME: 3:08 — RATING: R The title: “Never Look Away.” The length: three hours and eight minutes.

You plan to skip it? For all that time I never once wanted to leave my chair and the whole film still runs quietly through my mind. Its length is part of the reason. It takes all that time to do for us what writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck intends while painting his portrait of an artist based on a leading German artist, Gerhard Richter.

It is 1933 and the opening scenes set the horrendous tone of Nazi control.

In an art gallery tour, the Nazi guide announces which paintings are good and which are bad. Kurt (Cai Cohrs), a small boy, is there with his aunt Ellie who feeds him the message of free expression while they walk through the art show under the shouted instructions of what they are to like or dislike. Ellie’s stream of free thought lands her in the hands of Professor Carl Seeband (Sebastian Koch) who is heading the new sterilization program that will deal with unwanted women.

While the country is soaked with Nazi horrors, young Kurt (Tom Schilling) grows up knowing he will be a painter and we in the audience follow his search for his artistic core. The Nazi culture is utterly invasive but Kurt is embedded in his search for how and what he wants to paint.

As history unfolds around him, we in the audience become fascinated with his personal quest. Though the realities of the Nazis abound, we follow Kurt as he searches for the focus of his great talent. He can paint, but what will he paint? That happens only after he moves from the artistically conservative Dresden to Dusseldorf under the prodding of his fellow artist friend.

Even in this city that encouraged freedom, Kurt finally sits in frustration before blank canvases in his frustration at discovering who he is as an artist. He senses a something deep in his core and hasn’t yet discovered what it is. His search becomes our focus. Watching him explore his talent as his emotional tools unfold is thoroughly intriguing in the hands of this

Tom Schilling stars in “Never Look Away” (2018)

fine actor. His father-in-law: “Mozart was dead at 30, and you still don’t know? You’re still a student?”

This is a story of a man in search of what he wants to create with his deep talent and we in the audience have become silent partners in his determination. Schilling’s creation of the artist in search of himself is a thoroughly compelling mystery, deepened by his fine acting and the quiet way he moves through his confusion. It is deeply refreshing to follow an artist who is looking not for fame but to realize himself in the crushing times he and his family have lived through.

Though many intriguing small plots and emotional entanglements abound, we are absorbed by this artist who reaches not for success but to record and explain the destroyed world that surrounds him.

the book

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS SET IN NEW ENGLAND

BOWLAWAY — BY ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN

Barkskins, by Annie Proulx Fortune’s Rocks, by Anita Shreve

(Ecco Press)

Time to enjoy a yarn embellished with characters as colorful as a vaudeville show and a plot both riotous and rollicking. Meet Bertha Truitt, whittled to one syllable, now only “Troot,” has landed, most prodigiously, in a cemetery — was she dead or alive? — appearing to have just dropped out of the sky. “She was alive. She was a bowler.” Cleaving instantly to this coastal town just north of Boston, she proceeds to build a bowling alley, candlepin, of course, this is New England after all. Open to all, she heartily encourages women to play, and war veterans, as she plays herself, creating a haven for some of the less unfortunate in town. What follows is a veritable feast of circumstance and adventure, family and fortune, ill winds and glad tidings. The cadence of the book, perfectly suited, feels like candlepin itself — the setting of the pins, the people placed in scenarios, but then life or luck or fate, like a bowling ball, comes crashing down the alley, knocking down some but leaving others standing. Elizabeth McCracken is the best sort of writer, the world she creates feels like none you have witnessed, but yet the people she creates are ones you care about, right from the very first page.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury

Ahab’s Wife, by Sena Jeter Naslund In the Fall, by Jeffrey Lent The Wolves of Andover, by Kathleen Kent The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Widow’s War, by Sally Gunning Songs in Ordinary Time, by Mary McGarry Morris Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks Disappearances,

by Howard Frank Mosher

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1646 HALLADAY ROAD, MIDDLEBURY $499,000

A LOOK INSIDE ADDISON COUNTY HOMES FOR SALE.

Come home to character, views and land Set on 10+ acres in Middlebury, with perennial gardens and trails meandering through the woods, this property has been renovated from the ground up. Designed by the owners with an artist’s eye, updates include a custom designed kitchen and a beautiful bathroom with slate tiled floors, a walk-in shower and a concrete vanity counter top embedded with recycled glass. The home’s warm and inviting layout welcomes you to an open living area with two wood stoves and a fireplace on the first floor, three bedrooms and a loft on the second floor. The crown jewel: a passive solar, timber frame sun room. The perfect place to relax with your first cup of tea, or coffee in the morning overlooking the Green Mountains and Adirondacks from eastern and western facing decks. This one-of-akind property is one that you will love to come home to.

This week’s property is managed by Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty. More info at FourSeasonsSIR.com.

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HOME

To move, or not to move

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any home improvement television series showcase people deciding whether to improve upon their current homes to make them into the houses of their dreams or to put “for sale” signs in their lawns and move on to something new.

The question of whether to move or stay put depends on various factors. Such factors may include emotional attachment to a home, the current economic climate and the cost of real estate. Current data points to a greater propensity for people to invest and improve upon their current properties rather than trading up for something new.

According to information collected

by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, the percentage of homeowners moving up to their next home is the lowest in 25 years. Many are opting to make starter homes permanent by expanding them and repairing homes for the long haul.

The National Association of Realtors said that, between 1987 and 2008, home buyers stayed

in their homes an average of six years before selling. Since 2010, however, NAR says the average expected length of time people will stay in their homes before selling is now 15 years.

Part of what’s fueling this permanency is that many home buyers were able to acquire rockbottom mortgage interest rates shortly after the 2008 recession.

As a result, they’re not inclined to walk away from those rates, even if doing so means getting more house. Also, a low inventory of available houses has stymied repeat buying for many people.

Those factors and others have led many homeowners to invest in renovations instead. The experts at Bankrate say realistic budgeting and comparing renovation project costs against mortgages and interests rates can further help individuals decide whether to remain in their current homes or move out. Very often a smarter layout and more efficient floor plan can make meaningful differences in spaces. Renovations and redesigns can make sense and often are less expensive and disruptive than moving.

— Metro Creative

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Wouldn’t you love to win a Dream Vacation

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You’re in luck!

Addison County Home Health & Hospice and End of Life Services would love to send you!

Save the date:

End of Life Services

Drawing on March 16, 2019 at the Middlebury Inn. We’ll have a live auction and silent auction, food and appropriate libations, too (cash bar)! Auction preview at 3 - 4 pm. Party from 4 - 6:30 pm.

Formerly known as Hospice Volunteer Services.

Dream Vacation Raffle tickets on sale now! $25 per ticket

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Middlebury Addison: WAGS – West Addison Addison County Home Health & Hospice General Store End of Life Services Bridport: Middlebury Inn Pratt’s Store Otter Creek Yoga Bristol Rosie’s Kimball Office Round Robin Jerusalem: Sweet Cecily Jerusalem Store Vergennes: Lincoln: Small City Market Lincoln General Store Sweet Charity Shoreham Halfway House

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