Monday, April 2, 2018

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 29 No. 49

Wooden wonders

• A new Sheldon Museum exhibit features sculptures by three Addison County carvers.

See Arts Beat on Pages 10-13.

Public servants on the move • Vergennes plans for a new city manager and ACSD schools need a new business manager. See Page 3.

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Beauty or blight?

Middlebury solar farm plan draws mixed reactions

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard’s March 27 public hearing on a proposed 4.99-megawatt solar farm off Halladay Road provided further evidence that when it comes to solar panels, the words “beauty” and “blight’ can be used to describe the same thing.

It all depends on whose eyes and which property lines are involved.

“I find virtually all renewable energy projects to be beautiful,” Middlebury resident Steve

Maier said during his testimony. “I find the visual representation of turning sunlight into power to be beautiful.”

“I think in our headlong rush to meet state (renewable energy) goals by 2025, we’re going to regret what we’re doing to the land,” Halladay Road resident Lou Varricchio countered. “I don’t see solar panels — acres and acres of them — any different than I do advertising billboards.”

Maier, a former state representative, and (See Solar, Page 27)

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College graduate learns big lessons during epic walk

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — On the same day that students across the nation left their classrooms to protest gun violence, prompting debates among their supporters over “walking out” vs. “walking up,” a walker of epic accomplishment was (See Forsthoefel, Page 26)

Host to tell all about Vt. Edition

• VPR’s Jane Lindholm will be in Middlebury to talk about 10 years behind the mic. See Page 15.

Men’s lax looks to bounce back

• The Panthers met Amherst on Saturday seeking to get back into the NESCAC race.

See Sports, Page 24.

KEVIN HARPER, RIGHT, shows off some of the baked goods he makes in his Bristol Bakery Wholesale kitchens to Rep. Peter Welch during the Vermont congressman’s visit to Bristol on Thursday. Welch also sat in on an opioid roundtable and updated constituents on happenings in D.C.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

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Hit the highway

• Our Spring Car Care section has stories about a Bristol car restoration wizard, local auto repair education and more. See Pages 17-23.

Welch touts $3.3B to battle opioid addiction But decries stalemate over gun safety

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is praising a new, $3.3 billion federal commitment to fight opioid addiction, but he’s criticizing House leadership for not allowing the chamber to vote on substantive gun safety measures.

Welch, a Democrat in his sixth term in the U.S. House, shared his

views on those and other subjects during an interview at the Addison Independent on Thursday. Welch was in Addison County to visit the BristolWorks industrial park and participate in a roundtable discussion in Middlebury about the impacts of opioid addiction.

OPIOIDS Thursday’s discussion in Middlebury included Addison

County human services providers and emergency responders who see daily evidence about how the abuse of opioids is destroying people’s lives. He was pleased to share the good news about the fed’s new financial commitment to helping patients and those who treat them in the trenches.

“As bad as the times are in Washington, we just passed a budget that substantially increases funding to help first responders address the

opioid epidemic,” Welch said.

The money is included in the omnibus budget bill passed last month by Congress. Around $1 billion of those resources will be funneled to a new State Opioid Response Grant program.

Since opioid addiction knows no political boundaries, there was bipartisan support for the $3.3 billion request, according to Welch.

And he’s pleased the bill specifically (See Welch, Page 28)

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Pesticide spraying plan draws concerns

BLSG district readies for mosquitos

By LEE J. KAHRS to be sprayed and the quality of life BRANDON-LEICESTER - issues for those who do has been SALISBURY - GOSHEN — Re- going on just as long. sistance that emerged last fall over The Vermont Agency of Agrithe local mosquito district’s intent culture is the sole permitter and to spray pesticides and the permit regulator of pesticide application in needed to do it has resurfaced. the state. The DEC’s main concern Officials from Vermont Law is waterways and water quality with School and one Salisbury resident regard to pesticides. were quoted in a recent VTDigAgency of Agriculture Agriger news story saying they had chemical Management Chief Cary concerns about the Giguere acknowlmosquito adulticide “Any citizen edged that insect being sprayed by the can opt out of control districts must Brandon, Leicester, obtain permits from Salisbury, Goshen In- adulticiding and his agency to apply sect Control District. their property larvicide treatments As the BLSG awaits boundaries will (which kill mosquitoes a permit from the be posted as a before they hatch), but state Department of no-spray zone.” that permits are not Environmental Conrequired to spray the servation (DEC), the — Ben Lawton, head adulticide (which kill of the BLSG Insect flying adult mosquilaw school in South Control District toes). The contractor Royalton is pressuring the department to inwho actually sprays clude in the permit more restrictions the adulticide must be licensed by on spraying the pesticide. the Agency of Agriculture — meanAs required by law, the BLSG ing that person must demonstrate issued a notice of intent to spray last the ability to properly apply the fall in the member towns next season substances. regarding the insecticides Malathion Giguere said that, in response to and Permethrin. If the DEC issued a concerns the agency received from Vermont Pesticide General Permit to within the Rutland County district, BLSG it is good for five years. the Agency of Agriculture is likely The BLSG has been using the to begin drawing up adulticide regusame two insecticides to control lations this summer. mosquitoes in the district for roughBut Dr. Ben Lawton, who heads ly 20 years, and the battle between up the BLSG Insect Control District, property owners who do not want (See BLSG, Page 6)

Flory to cap 20-year career as Rutland-area lawmaker Lined

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RUTLAND — After two decades of serving the people of Rutland County in the Statehouse, Sen. Peg Flory this past Tuesday announced she will not run for re-election the Vermont Senate in November.

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“It has been my distinct honor and privilege to serve the people of Rutland County in the Senate for the past nine years, and in the House for 11 years before that,” Flory said in a press release. “Fighting for responsible state spending, policies to encourage economic growth, critical investments in our transportation infrastructure, and civil and criminal justice reform have all been at the center of my efforts. And, I have worked diligently throughout the years, with people from across the political spectrum, to achieve some success in each critical policy area.”

“While there remains much to do to ensure that the primary focus of Montpelier is on the fundamentals of government and prosperity for all Vermonters, it is time for me to step aside, and for a new voice to take on the challenge.”

“As this time in my life comes to a close, and I embark on new adventures, I want to sincerely thank the people of Rutland County for placing their trust and confidence in me throughout these last 20 years.

You will never know how much that support has meant to me, but suffice it to say, it has been a true honor and privilege to serve you.”

ACSD needs a business manager

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison Central School District Business Manager Josh Quinn will soon step down from his post to take a new job as an audit manager with a Maine-based accounting firm, RHR Smith & Co. So ends Quinn’s brief but eventful tenure as the numbers guru for the ACSD, which serves students in the seven Middlebury-area elementary schools, as well as Middlebury Union middle and high schools. During his almost two-year tenure, Quinn developed the district’s first two consolidated K-12 budgets, for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years. Prior to his arrival, the ACSD had prepared separate annual spending plans for UD-3 (covering the middle school and high school) and the individual elementary schools in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.

Quinn and his family will remain in Addison County. Quinn will be able to work for his new employer from his own home.

He will leave with fond memories of his association with the district.

“I enjoyed getting to the know the schools and staff in each of our communities,” Quinn said. “I was proud to be part of the positive change of International Baccalaureate at ACSD and look forward to my own kids’ learning experiences in the program.

Lastly, I can’t express enough how

JOSH QUINN impressed I am with the expertise of the finance team. Their knowledge, commitment and effort made the complex unification of our districts smooth and manageable.”

It was on July 11, 2016, that Quinn officially replaced former ACSD Business Manager David Boucher, who also had a two-year run in the job before moving on. Taking the job required Quinn to step down as a member of a new panel he would later serve: The merged ACSD board, made up of representatives of each of the seven district towns. Quinn was one of seven Middlebury residents who had won election to the 13-mem-

ber panel, which governs the district and oversees the single budget for school services.

Peter Burrows, ACSD superintendent, praised Quinn for his work and wished him well in his new job.

“He was a major catalyst for getting us moving in the right direction and going through unification, which was highly complex,” Burrows said.

“He’s leaving behind some work we’re going to be building on as we continue through unification.

“I think he brought a lot of clarity to financial management at ACSD, and that’s something we really needed,” he added.

The ACSD posted its business manager job a few weeks ago and began interviewing initial candidates last week, according to Burrows. The position will remain open to applicants until it is filled.

“Our hope is to get someone in to train with Josh and make a smooth transition,” Burrows said.

As of last week, the district had no other key administrative staff vacancies to fill leading into the 2018-2019 school year. At the same time, the ACSD as of last week was looking to fill around 10 teaching positions.

This is in large part due to more than 20 teacher retirements expected at the end of this school year, according to Burrows. ACSD offered early retirement incentives to veteran teachers earlier this year in an effort to reduce the 2018-2019 budget.

Senate OKs gun bill; Gov. Scott is up next

By ALAN J. KEAYS VTDigger.org MONTPELIER — A landmark bill that would make a series of changes to the state’s gun laws has received final approval from the General Assembly.

Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, says he intends to sign the three bills that introduce new restrictions on gun use and ownership.

The historic legislation was the subject of intense debate in the Democratically controlled Legislature. The House held two marathon sessions and the Senate had contentious committee hearings and spirited floor debate.

The passage Friday of the sweeping changes to the state’s gun laws comes on the heels of final approval

earlier in the day of two separate bills that allow police to seize firearms in dangerous situations, one in the Senate the other in the House.

On Friday afternoon, the Senate voted 17-13 to pass S.55, a bill that expands background checks; bans bump stocks; raises the age to buy a gun to 21, unless the buyer has taken a hunter safety course (which is already required to obtain a hunting license), is a veteran, or is a law enforcement official or in the military; and sets limits on the size of magazines — 15 rounds for handguns and 10 for shotguns.

Both Addison County senators — Claire Ayer and Christopher Bray — voted in favor of S.55.

S.55 is part of a package of gun

Route 7 info meeting set in Brandon BRANDON — Officials on Tuesday evening will provide details on the work planned for the massive Route 7, Segment 6 Project that is updating the main travel artery through downtown Brandon.

Representatives from the town of Brandon, Casella Construction, DuBois & King Engineering and the local water district will make a presentation on the work to be performed in 2018. The event is scheduled for April 3 at 6:30 p.m. upstairs in the Brandon Town Hall.

This report will show how workers will finish Segment B around Central Park and conduct night work in Segment C on Center Street from the Lake Sunapee Bank to the

town hall. Also addressed will be Segment E roughly from the Conant Square apartments to Champlain Farms and a short ways down Pearl and Champlain streets. Segment F, the last part of the project, stretches from Champlain Farms north to the Brandon Medical Center.

Public Information Officer Bernie Carr urged members of the public to come to the meeting and learn more.

“This is an ambitious schedule so come and ask your questions and see the scope of work planned as we continue this large project for an even better Brandon,” Carr said.

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legislation that is on the way to the governor. On Thursday, the House passed S.211, which permits police to seize guns from a person deemed an “extreme risk” to themselves or others, and the Senate approved H.422, known as “the domestic violence bill.” H.422 sets in place a process for police to confiscate firearms from people cited or arrested on domestic violence charges.

Scott says he will sign all three bills into law after his attorneys review the legislation for possible technical errors.

Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018 — PAGE 3

Vergennes readies plan to recruit new manager

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes Alderman Jeff Fritz, whose tenure as deputy mayor was reconfirmed at the beginning of Tuesday’s city council meeting, updated the council March 27 on plans to find a replacement for City Manager and Zoning Administrator Mel Hawley, who will leave in late July.

Ads will run from April 2 to 16 online, in several publications and through the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. The search committee is seeking candidates with at least five to 10 years of experience and a degree in business and/or public administration.

The projected salary range is $60,000 to $85,000, depending on experience and on whether a candidate takes on the zoning role as well, something that has yet to be determined and might depend on the candidate.

“Is it a one-person job, or is it a two-person job?” said Fritz, the chairman of the search committee.

Fritz said the search committee hopes to find three to five qualified candidates, and that if the first ads do not produce good candidates there would be time to send out a second round even with what he called “a tight schedule.”

At the March 27 meeting, the council also: • Heard from Hawley that a high school teacher and student had contacted him about improving the skate park near Vergennes Union Elementary School. Hawley called the skate park “poorly designed” and poorly located and suggested the council visit the site to evaluate its future.

“It is a problem,” he said. “I

don’t want to see this continue for another 20 years.”

• At Hawley’s recommendation, declined to issue a liquor and entertainment license to the City Limits Nightclub, although it did issue other such licenses.

Hawley said Police Chief George Merkel was writing a memo regarding the Green Street tavern that Hawley believed the council should see before considering the application, but that it was not ready in time to present to the council before the meeting.

“I would like for you to have an opportunity get the memorandum that is expected from George,” Hawley said, adding, “I have enough info to suggest we hold that (application).”

• Appointed Carrie MacFarlane, Danelle Birong and Christine Garrow to the planning commission; and re-appointed Chris Bradford as a Bixby Library Trustee and Cheryl Brinkman as the city’s representative on the Addison County Solid Waste Management District board.

• Waived a $22.10 late fee on a sewer bill for residents whose payment was delayed in the mail.

• Heard from Hawley that the construction estimate for the long-awaited North Main Street sidewalk extension project came in at $129,000. Including design, engineering and permitting costs that Hawley said the Agency of Transportation had pegged at about $80,000, the VTrans estimate for the project had been $305,000, with a local match of $30,500. “The good news is the project is under budget,” Hawley said. Plans call for the sidewalk to be extended past Kennedy Brothers to the police station.

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

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Guest editorial Does racial diversity panel follow common sense? No The Vermont Senate recently passed legislation intended to “promote racial justice reform throughout the state by mitigating systemic racism in all systems of state government and crating a culture of inclusiveness.”

The legislation, S.281, would create a cabinet level position — the chief civil rights officer — and would be appointed by a five-person civil rights advisory panel. The position would be independent of the governor’s office.

But the legislation mandates that three-of-the-five advisory panel positions be filled by minorities and that didn’t settle well Franklin County State Senator Randy Brock, who is African American.

“I believe it’s wrong, particularly for a state position — a paid position in state government — to indicate that it can only be filled by persons of a certain race. That, to me, is absolutely repugnant to the idea of justice and equity,” he said.

Mr. Brock also noted the law would set a precedent that could be problematic. If racial quotas can be set to meet one need, then what prevents the same law being invoked to set racial quotas to consider other needs?

Mr. Brock proposed his own amendment, in which the appointed panel would “reflect a variety of backgrounds, skills, experiences and perspectives, be racially diverse and represent geographically diverse areas of the state” and that appointments would be made in a “nondiscriminatory manner.”

It was defeated.

Which brings up the obvious question: If racial quotas are mandated, if the purpose of the appointments is to reflect bias, then isn’t the chief’s ability to get the job done in a trustful manner compromised from the outset?

Had Mr. Brock’s amendment been accepted, racial diversity would have been required and the worry of setting a problematic precedent would have been avoided. Equally interesting, obviously, is the fact that Mr. Brock understands racism better than any of his lily-white colleagues who voted to oppose him. He’s black. He’s lived it. They’re not. They haven’t.

They know better, why?

It’s a case of political correctness overriding common sense.

The cause is a good one, of course. Racial diversity is something to encourage, racial bias is something to discourage. But the path chosen by the Senate could easily become counterproductive. Now that the bill has passed out of the Senate and is being reviewed by the House Committee on Government Operations, Mr. Brock’s suggestion should be revisited, and accepted.

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RAIN AND FOG saturate the air along a Cornwall dirt road last Friday morning.

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Letters to the Editor State needs strategy for helping small businesses Last year a friend asked me why I got engaged in policy development and advocacy. My answer was quick and simple; “I’m tired of being a stump speech.”

We know that small businesses are an important piece of the economy. Roughly 96 percent of all Vermont businesses have fewer than 50 workers. In fact, 60 percent of all wages paid in Vermont are paid by businesses that employ less than 100 people. On the campaign trail, small business owners are consistently told that our businesses are the “backbone of our economy”

and that, without us, the Vermont we know would not exist. Once the elections are over, we watch in frustration as state investments, tax credits, and policies touted as business friendly are geared towards the state’s largest employers.

This legislative session, Gov. Phil Scott and his administration have unveiled a series of plans claiming to help recruit and retain young people, support small businesses, and protect working individuals and families. Some of these proposals intend to grow the economy by continuing to invest money in

programs that benefit big businesses.

We know Vermont must identify ways to better compete with other states, but we don’t have the same financial resources that other states do.

I believe that to accomplish a thriving business sector and economy, Vermont needs to invest resources more creatively and strategically by creating long-term policy solutions that simultaneously reduce burdens on individuals and families, invest in small businesses, strengthen the nature of employ(See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018 — PAGE 5

Soviets/Russians have history of violent retributions

By HAVILAND SMITH The established history of Soviet and Russian assassination operations since the birth of the Soviet Union in 1917 should remove any doubt as to the origin of the recent assassination attempt against Sergei V. Skripal and his daughter in Great Britain. It is almost impossible to dismiss the Russians as the originators of the operation and, even more importantly, it is difficult, if not impossible to identify any kind of logical alternative.

The Soviets/Russians have always had two categories of targets for their assassination operations — citizens and former citizens who have actively worked against the homeland and current and former citizens who are viewed as a political threat to the stability of the USSR or today’s Russia.

The first category is largely comprised of citizens who have actively worked against the homeland — Government and Party officials, particularly KGB and GRU (military intelligence) officers who have cooperated with hostile western intelligence organizations like Britain’s MI6.

The second category is comprised of émigré leaders and others who actively work against the interests of the USSR or Russia.

Wikipedia lists a total of 33 assassinations in both categories between 1918 and 2016.

Once confronted, as we are today in the Skripal case, the simplest way to reach the truth about the origin of the attempt and its motivation is to ask a few simple questions: • Why was Skripal targeted? Because he had been a Russian military intelligence officer who worked as a penetrator of the GRU on behalf of the British government. History shows that that is enough for him to be targeted by his homeland.

• Is there any other country that would benefit from the Skripal assassination? No. • Is there any country other than Russia that has the motivation that would be needed to carry out a politically risky assassination like this?

Probably not.

• How was the operation carried out? A nerve gas was used of the type the Russians have used in the past. In this context, the Soviets and the Russians have always preferred poison to bullets and almost all the known assassinations involved such methods.

• Could any non-governmental organization have produced such a poison? It had to be a government.

According to Britain’s Guardian newspaper, “Chemical weapons experts said it was almost impossible to make nerve agents without training and dismissed the theory that an amateur could have assembled the substance using materials obtained from the internet.”

In summary, we have an assassination attempt that involves the targeting of a Russian who is hated by the leadership in his former homeland for his past cooperation with western intelligence, using a

modus operandi and a poison that have been used in the past almost exclusively by the Soviets/Russians.

This attempt almost certainly would not have taken place if Russia today were not being run by an unrepentant former KGB officer who carries with him all of his old anger at the demise of the USSR, nor would it have happened if the USSR had evolved into a less hostile, even vaguely democratic country. Nothing like it has happened anywhere else in the former Soviet Bloc of Eastern Europe.

What is its significance? It shows how hostile and aggressive Russia is today. The operation has already cost them the expulsion of 23 of their “diplomats” in Great Britain and probably will cost them more in the future.

But look at that in terms of Russia’s needs. They lost 23 totally replaceable “diplomats” from an Embassy where they probably calculated that such a loss would be tolerable. In fact, it is very likely the low impact of such a loss that persuaded them to go ahead. If it had been in a country where serious damage could have been inflicted on the Russians, they might well have reconsidered.

No, the Russians clearly calculated that whatever total damage is to be meted out by the British government and in the arena of world public opinion, the message

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that the assassination operation sent to the Russian people was far more important.

They wanted to show their own people how strong they are and at

the same time, send a message to the Russian official establishment that despite the passing of the USSR, it is still deadly dangerous to turn against Mother Russia.

Haviland Smith, of Williston, is a retired CIA station chief whose focus was the Soviet Union. He was also the CIA’s first chief of counterterrorism.

similar benefit.

We are a small business state and hopefully always will be, but as a small business state, we will always face challenges around the ability to offer all the essential benefits — like health insurance, paid family leave, retirement — to our employees. Yet small businesses still must compete with larger companies that can afford to offer greater benefits and also disproportionately receive greater financial incentives and investments from the state. This uneven playing field not only directly impacts Vermont workers and the businesses that employ them, but it impacts the entire state economy.

What attracts people to Vermont is the same thing that keeps many of us here — our quality of life, the shared sense of community, our commitment to the environment

and the way we care for our friends, neighbors and co-workers. We celebrate and carry these values in a way that is unique to our small cities and rural communities. Many Vermonters share similar goals for our future, even as we have different ideas about how we will achieve those goals.

The governor and the legislature have an opportunity to come together to move forward the widely popular paid family and medical leave proposal — and others — that would not only benefit working Vermonters but small businesses and our economy. Together we can move past the campaign speeches and develop policies that create real, lasting change.

Matt Birong 3 Squares Café owner Vergennes

Letter (Continued from Page 4) ment, promote job opportunities, and ultimately make Vermont an attractive place to live and raise a family. I believe one policy in particular that they’ve continued to dismiss has the potential to help bolster small businesses and the state’s economy. This proposal is paid family and medical leave insurance.

As the bill is currently drafted, this program would provide essential wage replacement to employees during leave to bond with a new child or to care for a close family member who is sick. For minimum wage workers, this program costs around 80 cents a week. Not only does this directly benefit workers, but this proposal also helps level the playing field for small businesses that generally can’t afford to offer a

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BLSG (Continued from Page 2) took issue with the VTDigger story.

He particularly criticized one part where the DEC’s Misha Cetner was paraphrased saying that a person or entity seeking a pesticide application permit must provide some public notice of spraying and provide a plan to deal with the effects of discharging the pesticide into state waters.

But, Lawton complained, the story did not note that the BLSG does conform to that law with public notification on the district website when mosquito spraying is planned.

Nor does the story include the BLSG policy for property owners to opt out of spraying, creating “no spray zones” near organic farms or near property owners with health problems that may be exacerbated by the adulticide.

In fact, a required legal notice regarding the intent to spray adulticides appears in last week’s edition of The Reporter with information on how to opt out of the spraying and where to find more information.

Lawton included his corrections in the comments section below the VTDigger article online: “Notices of intent to apply insecticides are posted at the town clerk’s offices, in the local newspapers and through public service announcements and on our website,

blsgmosquito.wordpress.com.

“The current weight of scientific “Any citizen can opt out of adulti- evidence indicates that human ciding and their property boundaries health risk from residential expowill be posted as a sure to mosquito no-spray zone!!!” insecticide are low “The current weight Lawton went on to of scientific evidence and not likely to say that the district exceed levels of indicates that uses ultra-low-volconcern,” Lawton ume applications human health risk said.

“Further(the minimum from residential more, the results effective volume of exposure to indicate that, a pesticide) against mosquito insecticide based on human the flying adult are low and not health criteria, the mosquitoes. risk from West “Both ground and likely to exceed Nile Virus and aerial applications levels of concern.

Eastern equine have been the Furthermore, the encephalitis (EEE) standard method results indicate that, exceed the risks of mosquito adul- based on human from exposure to ticiding worldwide mosquito insectihealth criteria, the for more than 45 cide.” years,” Lawton risk from West Nile EEE is a rare wrote. “The ulti- Virus and Eastern but often-deadly mate goal is targeted equine encephalitis virus carried by applications with (EEE) exceed the a specific breed minimal non-target risks from exposure of mosquito that exposure.” was found in the Lawton also to mosquito Whiting swamp. noted that other insecticide.”

Two area men died flying insects do not — Ben Lawton, of EEE in 2012, appear to be affecthead of the BLSG and a number of ed by mosquitocidal Insect Control District cases of West Nile sprays if their body Virus have been mass is larger than that of a mos- reported in the area over the last 20 quito, and that the amounts of the years, although there have been no adulticide found in local waterways fatal human cases. are almost undetectable.

The 2012 deaths were the first

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two cases of EEE ever in Vermont and led to aerial spraying by the state Health Department. EEE was detected again in mosquitoes in Whiting in 2013 and 2014, as well as in Grand Isle in 2014, but there have been no other human EEE cases since 2012.

Malathion is a pesticide used widely across the U.S. to combat nuisance insects around homes, orchards and cropland since the 1950s.

WHO AND WHY? Brandon, Salisbury, Leicester, and Goshen lie in an area of Vermont prone to mosquitoes due to low-lying swamps that stretch from just north of Sudbury through Whiting to Cornwall. It is a breeding ground for mosquitoes to the degree that swarms of the insects have plagued residents and visitors alike for decades. The BLSG was formed in 1987 in an effort to combat the issue.

Larvacides are placed in areas of the swamp to kill the mosquito larvae laid there before they can mature. Adulticide is applied from sprayers mounted on the back of BLSG trucks that follow certain routes around Lake Dunmore, Brandon and Goshen.

Pittsford residents voted on Town Meeting Day to join the BLSG as a full member town to be sprayed for mosquitos in addition to having wetland areas treated with larvacide. The measure increased the town’s contribution to the BLSG from $15,000 to $24,638. There will also be four annual installments of $17,750 to buy into the equity of assets owned by the BLSG District.

Taxpayers in each of the district’s member towns approve an annual BLSG buy-in in their towns’ budgets in order to control the mosquito problem.

REGULATING PESTICIDES Like most pesticides, Malathion and Permethrin are not without their drawbacks. According to the National Pesticide Information Center,

Malathion is highly toxic to bees, some fish and birds, but is considered lowly toxic to mammals. There is no known cancer risk to humans, and the risk to pregnant women is considered low as well.

Permethrin is more toxic to fish than insects or mammals, according to the National Pesticide Information Center, but offers little threat to pregnant women. There is no evidence that limited exposure from spraying causes cancer.

Giguere was set to meet with DEC and Vermont Law School officials last week to discuss the adulticide issue, but results of that meeting were unavailable at press time.

LEGISLATIVE MOVEMENT In the meantime, a bill has moved through the Vermont Senate that would lay significant liability on groups or companies that use chemical applications.

S.197 “proposes to hold any person who releases a toxic substance strictly, jointly, and severally liable for any harm resulting from the release.”

The bill also proposes to establish a “private right of action for medical monitoring damages incurred due to exposure to a toxic substance.”

The bill was significantly amended, however, before the Senate approved it and it moved to the House Judiciary Committee on March 23.

A key sentence was added that freed the BLSG and any other insect control district from any future liability: “‘Toxic substance’ shall not mean: (i) a pesticide regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets.”

Aside from the cost of the larvacide and adulticide, insurance is one of the largest expenses within the BLSG’s budget. Some say that opening the district to liability for perceived damage from pesticide spraying likely would have spelled the demise of the BLSG altogether.

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Letters to the Editor Kindness can defuse violence A great deal of thought and energy is being given to confronting firearms. This is warranted. What seems to be missing from the whole debate is what each individual can do to make the community a better place. Each person can make a difference. Each student in each school can make a difference.

When every student accepts their responsibility to be thoughtful and kind to their classmates, then the horrendous bullying at the base of so many of these terrible acts will decrease dramatically. When each student treats others as they wish to be treated, we will end the isolation and crushing damage of bullying being done by nasty actions at

school and on social media. This will decrease the hurt and anger of those who have been, and would be, victims which sometimes trigger a violent response.

Adults need to teach young people how to define problems, consider approaches and choose the most constructive course to take.

When individuals use reasoned problem solving, better choices will be made and the community will be a safer place.

The solution to the problem lies within each of us. Ask yourself what you can do to make things kinder, safer and more peaceful.

Marion Bauer Middlebury

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And that’s the second reason: I wanted to speak out against gun violence in school.

“Don’t get me wrong. I understand the 2nd amendment, and I think that if you want to own a gun, that’s fine. Same with hunting. I think hunting is a great sport! But no one needs an AR-15, or any type of assault weapon for

that matter. Outlawing these types of guns for civilian use is not only important, but necessary. As are background checks. I strongly believe that one of the main causes of this epidemic is that anyone, no matter their history, can so easily buy a gun.

“Because this isn’t a game. It’s not even just ‘an important issue.’

This is our lives we’re talking about. Children’s lives. So if kids are being shot so often, there’s something seriously wrong with our country. And a change needs to come. So please, I ask you, consider our thoughts and requests.

Do not let this happen again.”

Since then, progress has been made toward passing S.55, a bill that would put many restrictions on the purchase of guns, but our task is not over. We cannot drop this fight now. I think everyone in America is scared — about everything, really. And you can’t shut that fear out, but you can use it. The thing is, how you use it is up to you. Although it is so easy to let fear and anger grow into ignorance and hatred, we cannot let that happen. So I urge

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 3, 10 a.m., Vergennes Ares Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of shepherd’s pie with corn, green beans, wheat roll and carrot cake with whipped cream topping. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

Author Tanya Lee Stone in Bristol. Tuesday, April 3, 11 a.m., Auditorium, Mouth Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Rescheduled from last month. Stone, whose presentation was cancelled last month due to a snowstorm, will discuss her book, “Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time.” on Tuesday morning, April 3, at 11 a.m. in the Mount Abraham Union High School auditorium. Free and open to the public. Hosted by the One World Library Project.

Yom Hashoah event: “Courage Was My Only Option” in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 3, 4:30 p.m., Axinn 229, Middlebury College. Roman Kent, Chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, will have a conversation about his survival during the Holocaust and his active involvement in philanthropy with his son Jeffrey Kent.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 11 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, Creek Rd. Entertainment followed by a noon meal of BBQ pork loin, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, dinner roll and apple pie with whipped cream. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

“Cezanne – Portraits of a Life” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The latest installment in THT’s Great Art Wednesdays takes viewers beyond exhibitions to the places Cezanne lived and worked. Tickets $13/$8 (plus $2 preservation fee) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

“Dolores” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 4 and 7 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Middlebury’s Showing up for racial Justice (SURJ) presents the story of Dolores Huerta, one of the most important activists of the modern era.

A warrior in the ongoing fight for racial and labor justice, Huerta worked with Cesar Chavez to form the first farmworkers union, and even today, in her late eighties, continues to struggle against oppression. Between screenings SURJ and the Addison Allies Network will host an open table discussion from 5:45-6:45 p.m., in the cafe area on how to continue to support the migrant workers who live and work in and around Addison County. Part of the racial identities/racial justice film series. Suggested donation $10, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds support Migrant Justice, and SURJ’s work with Addison County farm workers.

Yom Hashoah film screening of “Children in the Holocaust” in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Axinn 232, Middlebury College.

Narrated by Liv Ullmann, this film features interviews with people who survived the Holocaust as children and recall the memories of the plight they endured. Q&A with producer Roman Kent and his son Jeffrey Kent to follow event.

“Rhythms of Body, Rhythms of Brain” Lecture in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Dr. Julia Basso, neuroscientist, dancer, Middlebury alumna and Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience will discuss the bodybrain connection, focusing on the relationship between the self-organizing nature of the brain and the self-organizing processes that drives group behavior in Compositional Improvisation. Free.

Book talk and pizza in Bristol. Wednesday, April 4, 5-7 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North

Bag sale in Vergennes. Thursday, April Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Menu 5, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Champlain Valley includes baked ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli Christian Reformed Church, 73 Church florets, tossed salad, dinner roll and carrot cake St. in Vergennes. All items are clearance with light buttercream frosting. Bring your own and overstock from Your Turn ReSale place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced Shoppe. More info contact Martha tickets required. Call Michelle Eastman at DeGraaf at 802-349-0229.

802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, April and their spouse of any age.

5, noon, The First Baptist Church of Bristol, North St. Menu includes baked “Caveat Emptor: The American Historical Portrait in the Early 20th Century” in Middlebury. ham, mashed potatoes, parsley carrots, Friday, April 6, 12:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture homemade rolls and banana pudding Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field bars. Suggested donation $4. To be Rd. At the beginning of the 20th century appetites on the list call Nancy at 802-453-5276. grew for American objects from the colonial period Come early and enjoy meeting friends and the early Republic. Pictures began to appear and make new ones.

Poetry reading in Middlebury. Thursday, with fabricated identifications, invented proveApril 5, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, nances, and fraudulent artist signatures. Museum EastView at Middlebury. Come hear local Director Richard Saunders explains how such poet Gary Margolis read selected works. subterfuge was revealed. Part of the Fridays at He’ll take questions afterwards and have the Museum series. Free. More info at 802-443books of his poems to sign.

3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Level 2 Bridge Class in Vergennes. Middlebury Community Music Center concert in Thursday, begins April 5, 5-7 p.m., Bixby Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 3 p.m., The Residence Library 3258 Main St. Join teacher Louise at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come hear music Acker for “Bridge Basics 2: Competitive performed by Sadie Brightman, founder & execuBidding.” Classes are free and open to the tive director of the Middlebury Community Music public. Through May 10. Register at Bixby Center, and faculty member Molly McEachan and their students. Free, open to the public and fully DR. JULIA BASSO, neuroscientist and dancer, will Library at 802-877-2211 or email Maddy accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 discuss the body-brain connection on Wednesday, Willwerth at maddy.willwerth@bixbylibrary.org. A minimum number of particior pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

April 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Dance Theatre at Mahaney pants needed. Sign up by April 2. More “Barn Art” opening reception in Brandon. Friday, Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd., Middlebury. info contact Irma Heeter at 802- 877-3377.

April 6, 5-7 p.m., The Compass Music and Arts “Secrets of Publishing Explained” Center, 333 Jones Dr. Experience this new St. Students from grades 5-7 are invited to bring in Vergennes. Begins April 5, 6-8 p.m., exhibit, a collection of works from 31 different an adult to the library to discuss “The 7th Wish” by Otter Creek Room, Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Join artists in celebration of these functional, yet stunKate Messner. Care and food for younger siblings author Megan Price Thursdays in April (5, 12,19 & ning, architectural gems. The exhibit runs from in the Children’s Room. RSVP by calling 802-45326) to learn about the revolution underway in the April 6 through June 16. More info at cmacvt.org.

2366 or e-mailing Marita at lmlkids009@gmail. world of book publishing and how you can become Artists’ reception in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 5-7 com. an author. Designed to help writers and poets better p.m., The Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 Basic Bridge Book 2 in Middlebury. Wednesday, understand the terminology, steps and choices S. Pleasant St. Come meet artists Judy Albright, April 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Helen involved in becoming an author and/or publisher.

Cristine Kossow and Norma Jean Rollet at the Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing. Audrey Grant: Not a writing class. Class size is limited to 20. Free. opening reception for their show “Pastel, Pastel, Competitive Bidding. A 6-week course. Through Participants should attend all four classes. Register Pastel ... Three Artists and their Pastel Journey.”

April 25. Free and open to the public. More info at

by April 2 by emailing maddy.willwerth@bixbyliThese three Middlebury artists specialize in repre802-462-3373. brary.org. Early registration is appreciated. sentational paintings in soft pastel.

Understanding scripture lecture in Middlebury. Choral Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 7 Addison County Right to Life annual dinner Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, p.m., VUHS Auditorium. Come hear Vergennes in Vergennes. Friday April, 6 p.m., St. Peter’s 75 Main St. Middlebury Professor Emeritus John Union Middle and High School Choirs.

Church, 85 S. Maple St. Adults $15/students $6/5 Keene considers how we come to understand Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in years and under free. Reserve your delicious pork scripture and gain an interfaith reading of the text Middlebury. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., American (or mac & cheese) dinner by sending list of names by stepping back to see it in context. Part of the Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Join the guild for their and a check (payable to ACRTL) to Lee Comly, Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays monthly meeting followed by guest speaker 2012 Carlstrom Rd., Bristol, VT 05443. Call Lee series.

Donna Druchanas. All are welcome. More info call at 453-6302 for more info.

“Vote for Women” in Shoreham. Wednesday, “The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, 802-453-5960.

April 4, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, Main St. Mac user group meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Join the Shoreham Historical Society for this talk Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. April 5, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, and audio-visual, given by Ticonderoga Historical The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Focus on passSociety Program Manager and former Essex play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Assistant word management ideas including apps such County (N.Y.) Historian Diane O’Connor, on the Professor Michole Biancosino. Post-show talk as OnePass, share favorite apps of other kinds, long fight for women’s suffrage in New York State, back immediately following Friday night producand problem-solving for Apple products, including where women won the right to vote in 1917, more tion. Tickets $15 general public/$12 Middlebury Macintosh computers, iPhones, iPads, and the than two years before the national amendment College ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury Apple watch. All are welcome, no matter the level to the constitution was ratified. Learn how local College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD of expertise. Free. women on both sides of the lake played a strate- “The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, (6433) or go.middlebury.edu/arts. gic part in winning voting rights for women across April 5, 7:30 p.m., Seeler the United States.

Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning play by Age Well Senior Luncheon in Sarah DeLappe, directed Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 10 a.m., by Assistant Professor Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Michole Biancosino. Tickets Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi, $15 general public/$12 and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of pork Middlebury College ID card loin with cider sauce, cheese tortellini with garlic holders/$6 for Middlebury butter, tossed salad, banana muffin and mandaCollege students. More info rin oranges. Bring your own place setting. Free at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at go.middlebury.edu/arts.

802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

American Red Cross Blood Drive in Shoreham.

Bag sale in Thursday, April 5, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Shoreham Vergennes. Friday, Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Volunteer April 6, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., blood donors needed to help ensure lifesaving Champlain Valley Christian blood products are available for patients this Reformed Church, 73 Church JOIN TEACHER LOUISE Acker for “Bridge Basics 2: spring. Make an appointment to donate blood St. in Vergennes. All items are Competitive Bidding,” which begins on Thursday, April 5, by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor clearance and overstock from from 5-7 p.m. at Bixby Library, 3258 Main St., Vergennes.

App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800Your Turn ReSale Shoppe.

The class is free and runs through May 10.

RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Walk-in and More info contact Martha Photo courtesy Bixby Library first-time donors are always welcome.

DeGraaf at 802-349-0229.

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Green Mountain Club hike in Bristol.

Saturday, April 7, 4783 Plank Rd. Moderate three-mile loop hike to an eastern ridge. Meet at Watershed’s parking area. Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Pancake Breakfast on Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-noon, American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Eat local at this benefit for the Friends of Middlebury Baseball. Pancakes and donut puffs from Middlebury Bagel and Deli; white and chocolate milk from the cows of Monument Farms; sausage from Duclos and Thompson; fresh maple syrup, maple cream, maple sugar from Bread Loaf View Farm; hot coffee and hash browns from Small City Market. Regular plate $9.00/child’s plate (12 and under) $5.00.

Friends of Weybridge Elementary School tag sale in Weybridge. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School, Quaker Village Rd. Come early for the best finds, for the $5 bag sale and for freebies. Proceeds to benefit Friends of Weybridge Elementary School. More info at kirstenhendy@gmail.com or 802-545-2113.

Bag sale in Vergennes. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church, 73 Church St. in Vergennes. All items are clearance and overstock from Your Turn ReSale Shoppe. More info contact Martha DeGraaf at 802-349-0229.

“The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Assistant Professor Michole Biancosino. Tickets $15 general public/$12 Middlebury College ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or go.middlebury.edu/arts.

“Animal Tales” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, at 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Broadway star George Hearn will narrate “The Story of Babar” by Francis Poulenc, “Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev, and “Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns. Piano wizards Jennifer Moore and Rose Chancler will accompany him on four-hand piano. Tickets adults $10/ children $15, available at the THT Box Office, 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, or in person Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

Piano performance by Gloria Breck in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come enjoy piano music by talented musician Gloria Breck, student of local piano icon Diana Fanning. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek. com.

“Neruda” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. Gael Garcia Bernal plays an inspector on the hunt for Pablo Neruda, who has recently become a fugitive for being a leftist poet-politician in Chile in the 1940s.

A Hirschfield International Film Series event. Free.

More info at 802-443-3168 middlebury.edu/arts “Lady Bird” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival continues its 2017/18 Winter Screening Series with the fivetime Academy Award nominee “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig’s brilliant narrative drama. Tickets $12, and available at the MNFF website, middfilmfest.org, or at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, either in person, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., by phone at 802-382-9222 or online at townhalltheater.org/ calendar-andtickets.

Stellaria Trio in Brandon. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. In ‘Dark Horses’ Violinist Letitia Quante, cellist John Dunlop, and pianist Claire Black present the new program ‘Dark Horses’ which will include Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major and Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net.

Ubiquitous Vermont barns

THE NEW EXHIBIT “Barn Art” opens on Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m., at The Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Brandon.

Experience this collection of works from 31 different artists in celebration of these functional, yet stunning, architectural gems. The exhibit runs through June 16. Pictured is the photo “Route 2 Richmond VT” by Daniel Doyle.

Robinson & Rohe perform in Ripton. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Jean Rohe and Liam Robinson met a decade ago through their love of participatory music-making and American folk song. Their original repertoire is inspired by the traditions they hold dear and features carefully crafted lyrics, elegant vocal harmonies, and detailed arrangements for guitar, banjo, and accordion. Tickets $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12.

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St. Peter’s Parish Breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, April 8, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. A delicious breakfast of eggs, omelets (to order), hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more.

Bring family and friends. Adults $8.50/seniors over 60 - $7.50/ kids 6-12yrs. $6/children under 6 free/immediate families of five or more $28.00.

More info 802-877-2367. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus.

Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Sunday, April 8, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Enjoy listening to this go-to group for the jazz aficionado. Part of The Residence’s Sunday music series. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Community dinner in Bristol. Sunday April 8, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Menu includes chili with pasta, corn bread, salad, with fixings, dessert and beverages. Bring a friend and/or neighbor to enjoy an evening out. All are welcome. Free.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Monday, April 9, 11:15 a.m., KB Café, Kennedy Bros, Main St. Enjoy Stuffed shells, Caesar salad, garlic bread and strawberry shortcake cupcake for dessert.

Advanced reservations required, call Michelle to reserve (802) 377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up.

Legislative agriculture lunch in Bridport. Monday, April 9, noon-1:45 p.m., Bridport Grange Hall.

Meet with Addison County legislators and discuss issues important to Addison County. The lunch will focus on agriculture issues. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall. Sponsored

by Bridport Grange 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour followed by a VASA meeting at 11:30 and a noon meal of chicken & biscuits,

diced carrots, broccoli slaw and apple cake.

Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

Human trafficking response training in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m., MREMS, 55 Collins Dr. Join Detective Trooper Matt Hill, Trissie Casanova of the Vermont Department for Children and Families, and Director of Give Way to Freedom Edith Klimoski for a training on our community’s response to human trafficking.

Learn how to identify signs of human trafficking and ways in which our community can respond and intervene.

Community rhythm circle with Rob Zollman in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 10, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Have fun while making music. Drumming is emotionally and physically beneficial as it is gentle and supports memory function. Zollman facilitates music making events throughout New England and emphasizes inclusivity and joyous/expressive music making. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT 05753 “Composer Caroline Shaw: From Pulitzer to Kanye” in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 10, 4:30 p.m., Room 229, Axinn Center, Middlebury College, 15 Old Chapel Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, this lecture by Carolyn Shaw explores blurring genre boundaries and collaboration in music making. Free.

Social educator Cindy Pierce speaks in Bristol.

Tuesday April 10, 7-8 p.m., Auditorium, Mount Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Pierce is a nationally recognized social educator and comic storyteller who combines her humor and research as she talks to audiences about the realities kids confront in today’s media-driven world. Topics will include promoting healthy relationships and social courage in the digital age. Free snacks provided by the Eagles Cafe. Free childcare provided by Mt. Abraham National Honor Society students.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, April 11, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Enjoy a lunch of chipped beef on toast, mashed potatoes, green beans, beverage, and dessert. Advanced reservations 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.

Lunch discussion with Caroline Shaw in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 12:15 p.m., Chellis House, 56 Hillcrest Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, Shaw will lead a discussion on the historical role of women in classical music and the work of women today to break through the musical glass ceiling. Free.

“Wolfgang Buttress: Art and Nature” in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m.,

Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress, who works with public and private space — and created “The Hive” at Kew Gardens, London, an aluminum honeycomb-like structure that reacts in real time to the vibrations of a nearby bee hive — will talk about how art can explore, express, and inform our relationship with the ‘natural’ world. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Flower Pot Paint N Sip fundraiser in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 11, 6-8 p.m. VFW, 530 Exchange St. Come join the fun. Snacks and all painting materials provided to use during this instructional class. Each participant takes home a finished project on an 8-inch flowerpot. No experience required. Just a willingness to have fun. $35.00 advance registration or $40.00 at the door.

All proceeds go to support veterans’ programs.

More info at 802-388-9468 or facebook.com/ events/984356155044839/.

Middlebury Community Music Center Salon in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 6:15-7:15 p.m., Middlebury Community Music Center, 6 Main St. Students from a variety of studios gather in MCMC’s salon to perform pieces they have been studying in their lessons. Light refreshments are provided and it’s free and open to the public.

NER Vermont Reading series in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 11, 7-8 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The New England Review presents poet Didi Jackson, authors Jodi Paloni and Ben Pease, and Middlebury College senior Layla Santos, who will read from their work.

Carolyn Shaw performs in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 11, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, Shaw will perform a concert of her own works. Free.

LIVEMUSIC Choral Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium.

Middlebury Community Music Center concert in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Gloria Breck in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Robinson & Rohe in Ripton. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

Stellaria Trio in Brandon. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

One for the Road in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte.

Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Sunday, April 8, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Carolyn Shaw in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. *Cancelled* Kittel & Co. in Middlebury. Friday, April 13, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Josh Pinkham Trio performs in Middlebury.

Friday, April 13, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center Old Bones in Bristol. Saturday, April 14, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

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Folk singers Robinson & Rohe to play in Ripton The Ripton Community Coffee Winter Screening Series at Town House, a nonprofit community Hall Theater in Middlebury with the concert series, welcomes acoustic five-time Academy Award nominee duo Robinson & Rohe at 7:30 p.m. “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig’s brilliant on Saturday, April 7, at the Ripton narrative drama, on Saturday, April 7, Community House in Ripton. at 7 p.m.

Jean Rohe and Liam Robinson Set in Sacramento, Ca., in 2002, met a decade ago through their this poignant coming-of-age story love of participatory music-making portrays the humor and pathos in the and American folk song. Their turbulent but loving bond between original repertoire is inspired by the a hard working mother, Marion traditions they hold dear and features McPherson, and her teenage, high carefully crafted lyrics, elegant vocal school senior daughter, Christine harmonies and detailed arrangements “Lady Bird” McPherson. With for guitar, banjo and accordion. exceptional skill, first-time director As always, the concert begins Greta Gerwig sharply observes the at 7:30 p.m. with an open mic set, relationships and beliefs that shape followed by the featured performers. and define us. Featuring outstanding, Open mic performers are encouraged Oscar-nominated performances from to call in advance and reserve one of Saoirse Ronan (Best Actress) and the four open-mic slots.

Laurie Metcalf (Best Supporting Admission to the coffeehouse is Actress), “Lady Bird” rides a wave $3 kids (12 and under), $10 general of emotional honesty, believable admission, and $15 generous dialogue and strong, accessible admission.

The economically characters from start to finish. challenged may pay what they can Individual tickets are $12 and afford. Refreshments are available. are available at the MNFF website, The coffeehouse is held on the first middfilmfest.org, or at the THT box Saturday of each month, except office, either in person (Monday August. For more information, - Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.), by contact Richard Ruane or Andrea phone at 802-382-9222 or online at Chesman at 802-388-9782. townhalltheater.org.

CEZANNE BIOPIC LIVE MUSIC AT VOH TO SCREEN AT THT An amazing evening Town Hall Theater for music enthusiasts is presents the last film in coming to the Vergennes their 2017- 2018 Great Opera House on Saturday, Art Wednesday series, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.

“Cezanne, Portraits of First up is local talent a Life,” on Wednesday,

by Greg Pahl The Good Parts. The band April 4, at 11 a.m. The Bear Tread, featuring Dave series will resume with a Hebert, formerly of the new roster of films Sept.

Jerry Garcia Band, on guitar 5. and vocals; Greg Koerner formerly of Described by Picasso and Matisse the Dark Star Orchestra on bass; and as “the father of us all,” Cézanne is with very special guest, the drumming considered one of the greatest artists legend Kenwood Dennard on drums. of all time. Despite this, Cézanne Dennard has played with everyone remains somewhat unknown, from jazz legends Miles Davis, somewhat misunderstood. Until now: Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin this major new documentary film and Charles Mingus, to funk icons reveals the true man.

George Clinton and Maceo Parker, Over his life, Cézanne painted to pop giants Sting and Whitney almost 1000 paintings, 200 of which Houston. More recently Dennard has were portraits. The exhibition, billed played with the Allman by art critics as “once in a lifetime,” Brothers Band, Phish and brings together — for the first time now Bear Tread with local talent Chris since Cézanne’s death — 50 of these Wyckoff on keys. portraits from private and public In Vergennes collections all around the world. tickets can be These portraits provide the backbone to the moving new cinematic film. Running time is 85 minutes.

Tickets are $13/$8 (includes fees) and may be purchased at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.

“LADY BIRD” SCREENS AT TOWN HALL THEATER The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival continues its popular 2017/18

arts beat

THIS HANDCARVED KINGFISHER by artists Gary Starr is one of the works on display at the Henry Sheldon Museum through summer 2018. The museum is at 1 Park St. in Middlebury.

Photo courtesy Gary Starr

ROBINSON AND ROHE take to the stage at the Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday, April 7, after an open mic set at 7:30 p.m.

purchased for $20 at The Hired Hand, Bar Antidote and at Sheer Cuts on Main Street or for $25 at the door if available. Beer, cocktails and delicious light fare food offerings will be available throughout the event.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and music will continue until 11:15 p.m. The VOH is located at 120 Main Street (Route 22A) in Vergennes. For more information, call 877-3767 or visit vergennesoperahouse.org.

STELLARIA TRIO AT BRANDON MUSIC Violinist Letitia Quante, cellist John Dunlop and pianist Claire Black present the new program “Dark Horses” at Brandon Music on Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. The trio will perform Beethoven’s “Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major” and Dvořák’s “Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor” — two robust, delightful, yet lesser-known works by these celebrated composers.

In the fall of 2016, Quante, Dunlop and Black formed the Stellaria Trio to create, share, and inspire through collaboration and the art of classical music performance. They drew their name from the Latin term for common chickweed, Stellaris Media.

This curative herb stands for love and rejoining — a symbol of their devotion to chamber music and a perfect summary of their story.

Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 802247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon.

BROADWAY STAR GEORGE HEARN AT THT George Hearn, one of the biggest stars of the Broadway musical, will handle the narration in “Animal Tales,” a special concert for kids of all ages at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, on Saturday, April 7, at 2 p.m.

“I’ve met George a couple of times,” says THT artistic director Douglas

Anderson, “always hoping to find the right project to get him to Town Hall Theater. So we’re delighted that he’s joined with two terrific musicians to bring us this charming show for adults and children.”

Piano wizards Jennifer Moore and Rose Chancler will perform four-hand piano while Hearn tells the beloved tales of “The Story of Babar” by Francis Poulenc, “Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev,

and “Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Tickets are $10 children/$15 adult and are available at the THT box office, 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, or in person Monday – Saturday noon to 5 p.m.

“THE WOLVES” AT COLLEGE The Middlebury College Department of Theater and Dance will present the Vermont Premiere of (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

“BARN ART” IS the latest exhibit at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. An opening reception, which will include “Arches within Arches” by Gayl Braisted, will take place on Friday, April 6, from 5-7 p.m.

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of April 2

THE STELLARIA TRIO will bring their talents to Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Road in Brandon, on Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.

Photo Courtesy Brandon Music

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) the Obie Award-winning play, “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe, directed by assistant professor Michole Biancosino, on Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 7, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the Seeler Studio Theatre at the Mahaney Center for the Arts.

The play deals with the lives of a group of high school girls on a soccer team. The everyday situations of team-building, adolescence, competition, and gearing up for college are familiar to all parents and teenagers. Perhaps what is most startling about “The Wolves” is the intimacy in which we get to see the conversations of young women left on their own, without an adult in charge.

Tickets are $15 for the general public. The Mahaney Center is located at 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, just off Route 30 south.

Free parking is available. For tickets or information, call 802-443-6433 or visit go.middlebury.edu/arts.

“PASTEL, PASTEL, PASTEL” AT JACKSON GALLERY A new exhibit, “Pastel, Pastel, Pastel—Three Artists and their Pastel Journey,” opens Friday, April 6, at Middlebury’s Jackson Gallery with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibit will display works by three Middlebury artists — Judy Albright, Cristine Kossow and Norma Jean Rollet — who specialize in representational paintings in soft pastel. Each artist is inspired to

BROADWAY STAR GEORGE Hearn will narrate “Animal Tales” at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday, April 7, at 2 p.m., in this special event for children of all ages.

Photo Courtesy Town Hall Theater

illustrate the objects and scenes from their daily lives and surroundings with an individual approach to the medium.

The paintings will be on exhibit through May 11. The Jackson Gallery is located in the lower level of Town Hall Theater in the center of Middlebury. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., and an hour before any public events in the building. For further information call 802-382-9222 or consult the web site: townhalltheater.org.

WOOD CARVING EXHIBIT AT SHELDON A new exhibit, “Waterfowl Wonders and Amusing Animals,” by three self-taught Addison County carvers — Gary Starr, Chuck (See Beat, Page 13)

MIDDLEBURY LIONS CLUB CASH CALENDAR WINNERS March 2018

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TAURUS: April 21-May 21. Taurus, you may want to help solve a problem at work, but in this case, it might be best to let others draw their own conclusions. Take a step back.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Gemini, teamwork is the name of the game in the days ahead. If you learn to work with others, seemingly unsolvable problems can be solved rather easily.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Cancer, your performance at work is a topic of discussion this week. Others’ recognition of your hard work will provide a confidence boost.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23.

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LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Be proud of the way you are able to remain neutral in complex situations, Libra. This is why others will come to you when they need advice in the days ahead.

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Beat (Continued from Page 11) Herrmann and William Holway — greets visitors to the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. The exhibit, which opened recently, will be on view through summer 2018.

The Henry Sheldon Museum is located at One Park Street in downtown Middlebury across from the Ilsley Library. Museum hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Research Center hours: Thursday and Friday 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Admission to the museum is $5 adults; $3 youth (6-18); $4.50 seniors; $12 family; $5 Research Center. For more information call 802-388-2117 or visit HenrySheldonMuseum.org.

INT’L FILM SERIES The 2017-2018 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2016 USA/Chile/Argentina/ France/Spain film, “Neruda,” directed by Pablo Larraín.

At the start of the Cold War, subversive Chilean senator and poet Pablo Neruda is pursued by police prefect Oscar Peluchonneau. Unable to flee the country, Neruda goes into hiding and becomes a symbol of liberty at home and in Europe.

The film, in Spanish and French with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children.

“BARN ART” AT COMPASS IN BRANDON Artists in Vermont clearly have an affinity with barns. The many barns that dot the Vermont landscape provide inspiration to artists, are a treasured subject matter, and provide reminders of their purpose and history. The Compass Music and Arts Center’s new exhibit “Barn Art” is a collection of works from 31 different artists in celebration

OSCAR NOMINATED “LADY Bird” is the latest installment of the MNFF Winter Screening series to be shown at Town Hall Theater. Experience what all the accolades are about on Saturday, April 7, at 7 p.m.

of these functional, yet stunning, architectural gems. There will be an opening reception on Friday, April 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit runs through June 16.

The Compass Music and Arts Center is located in Park Village at 333 Jones Drive in Brandon (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off Arnold District Road). For more information, visit cmacvt.org.

LIVE MUSIC AT NOTTE There will be two live

performances this week at Notte Neapolitan Pizza Bar (formerly Two Brothers Lounge and Stage) located downstairs at 86 Main Street in Middlebury.

On Wednesday, The Open Mic is hosted at 9 p.m. by the ever talented, Mark Sikora. Play solo or join Sikora and friends for a jamming good time. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge.

Then, on Saturday, April 7, Notte presents One For The Road at 10 p.m. For more information, call 802-388-0002.

LOOK INSIDE THE minds of a high school soccer team in “The Wolves” staged Thursday, April 5, through Saturday, April 7, at the Seeler Theater at Middlebury’s Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. each night, along with a 2 p.m. show on Saturday.

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DISCOVER MORE ABOUT Paul Cezanne in the film “Cezanne: Portraits of a Life” when it screens at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Wednesday, April 4, at 11 a.m.

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Otter Valley Union High School Mount Abraham Union High School Otter Valley Union High School is proud to present Brittany Stewart as its Student of the week. Britt lives in Brandon with her mother, Laura Lee Stewart. Her father and stepmother, John and Lauren Mohan, live in Benson. Britt’s sister, Robin Baird, graduated from Otter Valley in 2008.

Britt has been on Otter Valley’s honor roll for most of her high school career, and has received several academic achievement awards at OVUHS’s annual Night of Excellence. In the spring of her sophomore year she received the Innovation and Creativity Award from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Britt has been a member of Walking Stick Theater since freshman year. Until this year, she did mostly musicals, but has now realized she has a great passion for acting and everything that has to do with shows. Britt studies cosmetology and uses what she knows to help with makeup and hair for different shows throughout the year. In this year’s one-act play, “D.O.A.,” she assisted directors Jeff Hull and Anita Hughes with getting everyone’s hair done for the 1940s-’50s film noir style.

Outside of school Britt volunteers through her cosmetology program, as well as with her Girl Scout troop in Brandon. Her cosmetology class often visits many different groups and does manicures as well as helping Brittany Amber Stewart with Stafford Technical Center’s leaf raking day. She currently works at OVUHS Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon. She enjoys working with people and hopes that her experience in customer service helps with her goal of becoming a makeup artist.

Britt also enjoys singing, painting and drawing, as well as watches hair and makeup tutorials on YouTube to get inspiration. Then she recreates the looks she develops and photographs them for her portfolio.

“You can’t rely on what other people think in order to make yourself happy,” she says of high school. “If you know what you want to do in life, and you know what kind of person you want to be, if it’s gonna make you happy, then go for it. Don’t make your decisions based off of other people’s negative opinions.”

Once she has graduated from Otter Valley, Britt plans to go back to Stafford Technical Center in late 2018 to finish getting all her hours to sit for the State Board Exam for Cosmetology and get her license. Once she does that she plans to move to Florida, where she wants to go to the Vocational Academy of Makeup and Prosthetics, known as VAMPfx, a special effects and prosthetics makeup school in Orlando. “It’ll be a big change from living in Vermont,” she said, “but I’m looking forward to it!”

“Brittany is a kind, hardworking and creative individual. She thoughtfully expresses her unique perspective of the world through her art,” said teacher Francis Willard.

Everyone at OVUHS wishes Britt great success in pursuing her career.

Mount Abraham Union High School is pleased to name Aine Alexander as its latest Student of the Week. Aine lives with her parents, Devon McLeod and Steve Alexander, in Lincoln. Her sister, Gaylen, graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in December.

Aine has been a consistently excellent student, earning high honors both semesters of sophomore year and highest honors both semesters of junior year and first semester senior year. During her junior year of high school, she spent a semester abroad with The Traveling School (TTS), where she was enrolled in honors classes and participated in cultural exchanges in Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

Inspired by her experience, upon her return she helped co-create an alternative health class/sexual education curriculum for TTS. This year, she is enrolled in AP Biology, AP Calculus and AP Language and Composition. She is also a member of the National Honor Society.

Aine is very active in other school activities as well, including Nordic skiing, soccer, ultimate Frisbee and Math League. She also ran cross country, participates in Scholars Bowl, and is a member of the Environmental Action Group.

Aine has worked at the Bobcat Café in Bristol for four years. She Aine Alexander also works at Apple Yard Arts, a multimedia-based summer art camp MAUHS in Lincoln for kids. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, she volunteered at the Lincoln Town Meeting. This fall, she visited the Lincoln Community School along with Environmental Action Group leader Molly Funk, where they talked with students about the impact of plastic on the environment.

In February, she volunteered at a blood drive with other National Honor Society members.

Outside of school, Aine enjoys hiking with her dog during the warmer months, and skinning and skiing during the wintertime. In her free time she loves exploring, being outside and screen printing along with other various forms of art.

“The most important thing I have learned from my high school experience is to push myself out of my comfort zone, and challenge myself,” she says. “Whether it be across the globe, or at Mt. Abraham, there are so many opportunities out there. Keep an open mind, and be curious.”

French teacher Jori Jacobeit says, “Aine’s open-mindedness, curiosity and sense of adventure lead her to seek out new experiences and challenges.”

After MAUHS, Aine will most likely attend the University of Vermont with a focus in psychology and the social sciences, or environmental sciences. All of us at MAUHS wish Aine the best of success in the coming years.

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Expressive dance and martial arts group to perform in Ripton RIPTON — Capoeira is coming to Ripton Elementary School. As part of its school-wide thematic study, “How We Express Ourselves,” and thanks to grants from Vermont Arts Council and Friends of Ripton School, RES welcomes Fabio (Fua) Nascimento to Ripton from Thursday, April 12- Thursday, April 19.

Capoeira is a blend of dance and martial arts originating from Brazil and continuing today as an

important practice and way of life in Brazilian culture. A native of Brazil, Fua Nascimento has been performing and teaching on three continents for more than a decade, introducing capoeira to thousands of people through workshops, classes, and residencies.

The program will culminate with an evening performance for family and community members on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m., at the school.

ACTR receives donation to help transport folks to opioid treatment

JANE LINDHOLM, host of VPR’s “Vermont Edition,” will speak about her decade of interviewing Vermonters on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court in Middlebury.

Lindholm finds interesting Vermonters MIDDLEBURY — Celebrated and respected radio journalist, host and commentator Jane Lindholm of Vermont Public Radio’s awardwinning “Vermont Edition” is the featured speaker at the upcoming jointly sponsored Henry Sheldon Museum/Hawthorne Club public lecture. The event, free to the public, will be held Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court, Middlebury.

In her talk: “Let Me Ask You This: A Decade of Interviewing Interesting Vermonters,” Lindholm will reflect her 11 years with “Vermont Edition.”

Listeners can count on Lindholm to ask incisive questions of her guests and callers, whether about local arts, politics, or pressing issues of the day.

She is widely admired and respected for her excellent interview skills.

Lindholm is also the host and creator of “But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids.” She joined VPR in

2007 to expand “Vermont Edition” from a weekly pilot into the flagship daily newsmagazine it is today. She has been recognized with regional and national awards for interviewing and use of sound.

Lindholm spent her childhood in Middlebury, where she attended Mary Hogan Elementary School, before relocating to Massachusetts and attending the Brooks School, where her mother was the Assistant Headmaster. But she returned to Vermont each summer to spend time with her father Middlebury College Professor Karl Lindholm.

Jane Lindholm graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Anthropology and has worked as writer and editor for “Let’s Go Travel Guides.” Before accepting the position at VPR, Jane Lindholm was director/producer for the national program “Marketplace,” based in Los Angeles. She began her journalism career in 2001, when she

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MIDDLEBURY ― Neat Repeats Resale Shop recently donated $750 to Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) to help fund its opioid crisis work. Demand for ACTR’s transportation services to opioid medication-assisted treatment centers is outstripping ACTR’s grant funding, even as the transportation agency works with care providers and the state to help address this exponentially growing crisis.

“ACTR is grateful to receive this support from Neat Repeats,” said Jim Moulton, Executive Director.

“Their community investment helps us fight the opioid crisis. Alleviating that program’s deficit also helps to protect public transportation service for all those who rely on it to find and keep jobs, maintain independence, access critical healthcare services and live happier lives.”

Neat Repeats is a charitable non-profit organization that resells

donated items and distributes the proceeds to community needs.

They welcome volunteers to screen merchandise and interact with customers. Donations of saleable items such as clothing, shoes, jewelry, linens, small kitchen utensils, etc. are also gratefully accepted. Resale of these items benefits the community twice; by making quality goods affordable and by generating charitable funds to reinvest in the community.

Since 2008, Neat Repeats has invested $12,750 in ACTR’s public transportation infrastructure.

ACTR has always relied on local fundraising for matching funds to unlock its grants (every local $1 raised unlocks $4). Now extra local support is needed to offset the negative impacts of the opioid crisis on its programs and services. To learn more about ACTR’s services, or support their work, go to actr-vt. org or call 388-2287.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Sparky. 12 years, Hound mix, neutered male.

Sparky is a handsome fellow with a zesty spark for life! Sparky’s previous guardian described him as active, affectionate, playful and friendly.

Sparky spent much of his time with other dogs and did well with most of them. He also really liked to be outside, where he could run around and expend some of his energy. Here at the shelter Sparky enjoys attention, dinner time, buddy walks, and meeting new people! He has done well with most of the dogs he has met and doesn’t seem to be at all interested in cats. Although he is 12, Sparky acts much younger! Sparky was quite skinny when he came to Homeward Bound, so we are working on helping him reach his ideal weight. He is a very sweet, easy-going and friendly guy who will do well with a new family who will monitor his weight and provide him with plenty of exercise and affection.

Mitzy. 4 years, mixed breed, spayed female.

Mitzy isn’t so itsy-bitsy but she thinks she is- Mitzy’s previous owner said she tries her hardest to be a lap dog! They described her as very active and playful. She loves to be outside, especially in cold weather, but she will let you know when she is ready to come inside. Mitzy loves toys and likes to play fetch. In Mitzy’s previous home, she did well with submissive dogs and does great with them along the fence line here at the shelter. Mitzy can be fearful in new situations, so we recommend her new guardians be patient and willing to spend time on training. In order to make the best match for Mitzy, we require that her a 13+ home with a family who will respect her need for space.

Buddy. 10 years, shorthair black, neutered male. All Buddy wants is to have a new buddy to cuddle and play with. Buddy is a total sweetheart! He is affectionate and mellow, loves to lay in a lap, likes to be brushed, is good with other cats, and doesn’t mind being picked up. Buddy is very social and loves to hang out with any humans who come to visit him. He is as close to perfection as one can get and we know you will absolutely adore him!

Buddy will make a great companion for many people!

Elizabeth. 1 year, shorthair tiger, spayed female.

Sweet Elizabeth is a calm and affectionate young kitty who, now that her own kittens have been adopted, is looking for a home to call her own. Elizabeth lives in a community room here at the shelter and does really well with the other cats. Elizabeth is shy when first meeting people but will warm up quickly once she is shown love and affection. We think Elizabeth would do well in a home with people and other animals who will allow her to take the time she needs to become comfortable in her new surroundings.

Elizabeth will make a great addition to most homes.

Cinnamon & Nutmeg. 6 years, shorthair white & orange, neutered males. These two handsome brothers are looking for a new home because their guardian has to move over seas for her job. They are quiet, independent kitties who adore affection– they like to cuddle and sleep in bed with their person, and there isn’t a spot they don’t like being petted as long as they are being petted! Their guardian said, “They know when you are feeling sad or just need some extra attention. They really treat you like a best friend.” Will you give these bonded kitties a chance to be your best friend?

Cinnamon and Nutmeg are staying at home with their guardian so that they don’t have to live at the shelter while we help find them a new home. If you would like more information about these two, please contact her guardian Autumn at autumnrakowitz@gmail.com or 802-3558817.

Amelia. 2 years, American rabbit, female. Meet Amelia! Amelia is a very friendly bunny who is easy to hold. She does great with other bunnies and would be very happy if she could go to a home with adoptable bunny JR, as they came in together. Amelia does well with kids and would probably do well with other animals in her new home. Amelia is an indoor pet who would love a home where she will get lots of fresh veggies and regular exercise time outside of her cage.

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JACK BROWN STANDS in his Bristol shop where he services automobiles and builds and rebuilds classic cars. Brown has tinkered with automobiles of all sorts since he was a teenager.

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By CHRISTY LYNN BRISTOL — Jack Brown has been tinkering with cars for almost as long as he can remember, or in his words, “since I was a pup.”

He grew up in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia and in the late 1940s went to boarding school in New Hampshire. Around

age 14, Brown started learning about mechanics and taking an active interest in cars. At age 17, he moved back to Philadelphia and enrolled in the Spring Garden Institute where he studied auto mechanics and committed to the trade.

Today, Brown lives in Bristol with his wife, Kim Chamberland. The couple operates three

businesses on the Route 116 South property where they live: Brown’s service shop handles routine auto servicing, from state inspections to brake repairs and muffler replacements; their auto sales branch helps customers find quality used vehicles and works with them on trade-ins and upgrades. They also operate 116

Self Storage, which the couple describes as a relatively simple way to bring in a little more cash to pay for Brown’s real hobby, which is building and rebuilding classic cars.

In a large garage behind his shop, Brown keeps a fleet of four treasured vehicles.

(See Jack Brown, Page 19)

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Career center works with local shops to train techs MIDDLEBURY — On Mainelli Road, off Exchange Street, is the Hannaford Career Center’s North Campus, where three Automotive Technology programs are currently being offered. In years past, there were two offerings, but interest in the program is on the rise and administrators saw the need to add a third section this spring.

The Auto Tech curriculum provides opportunities for students to gain industry experience and earn recognized credentials.

Coursework focuses on safety and preventative maintenance, the science of internal combustion engines, electronics and emissions, the science of ride and brake performance, and work-based learning at businesses in the community. By the end of this school year, nearly 60 students will have completed one or more Auto Tech programs.

A visit to North Campus makes it clear that this learning space is quite unlike traditional classrooms. Often the lobby is (See Career center, Page 20)

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School junior Brandon Jewell tests some systems on a pickup truck in the Hannaford Career Center automotive technology garage in the center’s North Campus recently. Nearly 60 area students will complete an automotive technology program at the center this year.

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JACK BROWN REPLACED the original 85 horsepower engine in this 1949 Chevy with a 620 horsepower monster.

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(Continued from Page 17) Among them are a shimmery dark blue 1949 Cadillac and a silver two-door 1949 Chevy.

A bright blue 1968 Nova that was built for Chamberland adds to the car collection and a 1948 cabover truck completes the current set.

Each of the vehicles has been completely rebuilt mechanically and in many cases Brown has retrofitted everything from frame to finish to meet modern conveniences while maintaining an old body style.

Brown says the ’49 Chevy would have originally been built with an 85 horsepower engine. But he wanted a hot rod, so he bumped it up with a brand new 620 horsepower engine that the team at Denecker Chevrolet helped him find. Brown retrofitted the hood with multiple perforated vents to increase the airflow to the motor and add to the speedster style.

“Boy, when you step on that accelerator, you better be holding on to your hat,” Chamberland said, “this car really has some kick!”

Brown also installed an air compressor and lift in the Chevy, so the front end can sit just a couple inches from the ground in the front.

He says he brings it up when they’re driving around so as not to damage the front end, but at car shows or when they’re really trying to show off the style, they drop it down.

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School junior Logan Willey changes a car’s oil in the Hannaford Career Center automotive technology garage recently. The Career Center offers three automotive technology programs.

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VERGENNES UNION HIGH School junior Brandon Tierney, left, and Mount Abraham Union High School junior Jacob Hoag work on a car on a lift during automotive technology class at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury recently.

(Continued from Page 18) filled with customers waiting for service to be performed on their vehicle, from oil changes to tire mounts and balances, and Vermont state inspections. The equipment and shop spaces are top-of-the-line resources for students and the industry-recognized credentials they earn in the course of completing their programs prepare them for the working world with an impressive résumé that includes an ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) Student certification.

Looking to the future, students are exploring post-graduation opportunities like additional training, technical colleges and employment. This spring, auto students have been accepted at the Advanced Welding Institute in South Burlington, Lincoln Tech in Nashville, and WyoTech in Daytona.

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include the University of “Our partnership with the “Our partnership Northwestern Ohio and Career Center helps prepare with the Career Vermont Technical College. students to enter the working Even before graduation Center helps prepare world after graduation and from the Auto Tech program, helps us keep connected students to enter Career Center students get to a trained workforce,” the working world opportunities to talk with said County Tire owners after graduation and, in some cases, job Steve and Lisa Dupoise. and helps us keep shadow at car care businesses “A job-shadow here gets connected to a like County Tire Center in them started with the skills Middlebury and Heritage they will need for a career trained workforce.”

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Toyota, including the shop foreman and an This year’s co-ops, arranged by North Auto Tech program graduate now employed Campus building administrator Len Schmidt, as a master technician, who demonstrated see students getting on-the-job training at the usefulness of the training offered at the such places as County Tire, Pike Industries, North Campus.

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“We’re trying to do what we can to develop these programs at the Career Center,” said Brian Goodro, regional service manager for Mountain View Equipment in Middlebury. “The future growth of our businesses relies on it.”

The Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics category is one of the Top 25 Occupations by Annual Openings, according to the Vermont Department of Labor Economic and Labor Market Information 2014-2024 Long Term Occupational Projections report (www.vtlmi.info/projlt. pdf). The same report lists this job category as having a median hourly wage of $17.38 (a gross annual salary of roughly $36,000) for individuals with an associate’s degree, postsecondary non-degree award, or some college.

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1949 Chevy (Continued from Page 19) to check it out. As is his typical routine, he updated it with power steering and brakes, replaced the comfortable upholstered bench seats and gave it a new paint job. The result is a classic beauty with a split front windshield, big and classy leather steering wheel and a gas cap hidden from sight in the most inconspicuous place that only insiders would know about.

Brown traveled to North Dakota for the 1948 cabover truck, which was a model he had been eyeing for some time. When he got it back in his shop he replaced everything from the frame to the interior, adding cushioned upholstery to the cab and a modern-looking flatbed to the back.

The truck is beautiful; its short front end is a unique style uncommon to modern trucks of its size, but under the hood a shiny new motor and electrical control unit exposes its new features that allow it to ride as smoothly as a baby’s bum.

When Brown and Chamberland first met, Chamberland didn’t know or care much about cars. Brown knew that he had to win her over or else his hobby would be at risk. So he found her a car that she loved — a blue 1968 Nova, and had it shipped to him in parts.

“You have to make your wife happy, so she doesn’t beg you out of your habit,” he explained.

He built her car from scratch, modifying parts and modernizing features until it was right.

“What I do is I get a car as it was originally built and I take it apart and put it back together my way,” Brown explains.

Chamberland was happy indeed, and over the years has learned to love Brown’s hobby.

“It’s just amazing what he can do with a car,” she said. “He’s a real artist, you know.”

But for Brown, it’s just what he does.

“It’s all I’ve ever done.”

At least for the past 70 years, that’s pretty true. Brown estimates he’s probably rebuilt at least 30 cars since the late 1970s when he

THE GAS CAP on Jack Brown’s 1949 Cadillac is hidden inside one of the taillights.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

BROWN RESTORED THIS 1968 Chevy Nova for his wife, Kim Chamberland.

moved to Vermont and about a dozen before that.

Most of those projects were commissioned by friends or by folks he meets at car shows.

They’ll often find or describe what they’re interested in and Brown will go on a hunt for the right starting place and then bring it into his shop and get to work. He says he starts by replacing just about every mechanical component in the car.

He prefers automatic transmissions, which can handle a higher horsepower modern engine and permits an easy and comfortable riding experience.

But it’s not only fun for Brown; the car projects can also be profitable ventures. Brown worked on a custom Fiat that ended up selling for $560,000.

In his office, Brown has tall stacks of printed photographs from many of these projects. He keeps before and after pictures of the vehicles, showing an amazing transformation obvious even to a complete novice.

He doesn’t stop at cars either. He’s done trucks and motorcycles and even retrofitted a train caboose that the couple has parked at the back edge of their property and uses for a fun guesthouse or hangout for their grandchildren.

“Anything that makes noise I’m interested in,” he said.

The hobby takes the couple to car shows all over the county. One year Brown and a former wife took a road trip in a 1932 red two-door Ford sedan, outfitted with a supercharged engine. They crossed an estimated 30 states, hitting car shows every week. Brown and Chamberland are still at it, having traveled to Florida, Kentucky and other distant places with their hot rods. Their only rule is that the cars have to be able to drive themselves to the show.

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PAGE 24 — Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018

MONDAY

Men’s lax falls to Mammoths, 18-11

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Sometimes statistics do tell the story. Case in point: On Saturday, visiting Amherst won 26 of 32 faceoffs against the Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team.

Those extra possessions translated into a 54-37 advantage in shots and eventually into an 18-11 victory for the Mammoths, who broke open a tight game by scoring seven of the final eight goals.

Amherst, ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division III, avenged its upset loss to the Panthers in the 2017 NESCAC playoffs and improved to 8-1, 4-0 in league play.

Middlebury dropped to 3-5, 1-4 NESCAC, with its third straight loss. The Panther have faced five ranked teams.

Coach Dave Campbell’s faceoff specialists are usually competitive, but they had little luck with Mammoth Dylan Finazzo, who won 25 of 31.

Campbell — who was not pleased his team was flagged for five fouls to none for the Mammoths — credited Finazzo.

“Dominant faceoff guys can win it to themselves,” he said. “We need to get better there as well, obviously.”

Campbell would like to see a better record, but can point to the fact they are in similar situation as in the

past two years. Each time they have surged late in the season and made a postseason run to the NESCAC title game, winning it two years ago and almost repeating in 2017.

He expects the Panthers to improve.

“The older guys have played in two NESCAC championship games in a row and have had success down the stretch, so I think there’s a lot of belief in this team,” Campbell said. “I know how much they care about each other and the program, so I know they’re going to keep working their tails off to get there.”

Certainly, the Panthers held their own for most of the game on Saturday.

Middlebury took an early 2-0 lead as A.J. Kucinski (three goals, one assist) set up Danny Jacobs (three goals, three assists) and then bounced a shot home at 8:08. The Mammoths responded with three goals in 36 seconds, two by Matt Solberg, to take the lead. Kucinski, from Jacobs, and senior middie Parker Lawlor found the net to put the Panthers on top, but another three-goal Amherst outburst made it 6-4, Mammoths, after one.

Evan Wolf (five goals, five assists) notched the first two of his goals in that run, including the first (See Panther lax, Page 25)

panther LACROSSE

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SENIOR Parker Lawlor, above, fires a shot on goal during Saturday’s game against Amherst on Youngman Field.

Below, Panther senior Henry Riehl, who scored one goal Saturday, takes the ball toward the Amherst goal. Right, Middlebury freshman Laurence Jackson keeps a step ahead of an Amherst defender. The Panthers lost the game, 18-11.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018 — PAGE 25

Score BOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 3/29 Midd. vs. Montclair State................15-7 3/31 Midd. vs. Amherst...........................11-9 Men’s Lacrosse 3/31 Amherst vs. Midd..........................18-11 Baseball 3/28 Redlands vs. Midd............................4-1

3/30 Midd. vs. Williams...........................20-1 3/31 Midd. vs. Williams.............................6-1 3/31 Williams vs. Midd..............................5-3 Softball 3/28 Wis-Whitewater vs. Midd. ................2-0 3/28 Loras vs. Midd. ................................2-0 3/30 Midd. at Norwich (2).............Postponed 3/31 Midd. at Johnson St. (2).......Postponed

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 4/6 MUHS at S. Burlington.............. 4:30 PM 4/7 VUHS at Harwood..................... 4:30 PM Boys’ Lacrosse 4/4 MUHS at Burlington........................ 4 PM 4/7 MUHS at Burr & Burton.................11 AM COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 4/3 Union at Midd................................. 7 PM 4/7 Colby at Midd.................................. Noon

Men’s Lacrosse 4/4 Midd. at Hamilton....................... 4:30 PM 4/7 Midd. at Colby................................. 1 PM Baseball 4/6 Midd. at Wesleyan.......................... 4 PM 4/7 Midd. at Wesleyan (2)..................... Noon Softball 4/4 Midd. at Plattsburgh (2)............. 3:30 PM 4/6 Midd. at Amherst............................. 5 PM 4/7 Midd. at Amherst (2)....................... Noon Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

California roadtrip

Panther nine gets fast start in NESCAC CALIFORNIA — The Middle- poked RBI hits, and Middlebury bury College baseball team took added more runs in the late innings. two of three games from NESCAC Colby Morris hurled seven innings rival Williams this past weekend to of four-hit ball to earn the win. open its league campaign. Games The Panthers split two games on were played at two sites in Califor- Saturday, winning the seven-inning nia as the Panthers wrapped up their opener, 6-1, before the Ephs rallied spring break trip at 6-9. At 2-1 in to win the nine-inning nightthe league they are in second cap, 5-3. in NESCAC West behind In the first game, the Amherst (2-0).

Ephs took a lead on a On this past Friday first-inning wild pitch Middlebury earned in game one, but that a 20-1 victory over was all starter Will Williams (2-10). Baseball Oppenheim allow: He Middlebury scored six picked up his first colletimes in the first inning, giate victory, throwing an outburst highlighted by Kevin 5.1 innings and allowing one run on Woodring’s RBI single and two-run five hits. George Goldstein went 1.2 doubles by Phil Bernstein and Grant innings for his second save.

Elgarten.

Middlebury took the lead in the Andrew Hennings doubled in a bottom of the fourth inning with a run in the third and scored on an two-out rally: Smith, Alan Guild error, and the Panthers scored three doubled him home, and Sam Graf times in the fifth on consecutive singled in Guild.

RBI singles by Hayden Smith, Middlebury tacked on four runs in Justin Han and Woodring. In a four- the sixth. Graf and Hennings were run sixth Carroll, Han and Corcoran each hit by pitches with the bases

Panther

loaded, and Henry Strmecki drilled a two-run single.

In the nightcap, Middlebury took a 3-0 lead after two innings. In the first, Carroll walked and scored on a Guild grounder. In the second Corcoran and Smith plated runs with sacrifice flies.

The Ephs tied the game with a three-run third inning, with the runs coming on a passed ball and a Jack Roberts a two-run double. Williams added the go-ahead runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Mike Stamas and Eric Pappas.

Colin Waters got the start for Middlebury and went five innings, while Robert Erickson took the loss, giving up two runs (one earned) in 2.2 innings. Conor Himstead tossed 1.1 scoreless innings.

Williams’s starter George Carroll went seven innings for the win, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits. Bryan Woolley earned the two-inning save.

PANTHER JUNIOR MICHAEL McCormack weaves between three Amherst defenders Saturday afternoon. McCormack had two goals and an assist in the 18-11 loss to Amherst.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

PANTHER SOPHOMORE CHASE Goree charges up the field during Saturday afternoon’s game against Amherst.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Panther lax (Continued from Page 24) of three Mammoth man-up scores.

Amherst still led by two, 8-6, midway through the second despite two long-range bombs from Panther attacker Michael McCormack.

Then the Panthers rallied to tie it at the half. McCormick fed Jacobs at 6:18, and after an outstanding kick save by Middlebury goalie Charles

Midgley (13 stops) the Panthers converted a fast break, with Jacobs setting up senior middie Henry Riehl on Mammoth goalie Chad Simons’ doorstep at 3:41. Midgley preserved the tie by sticking his right knee in front of a Solberg bullet with about two minutes left in the half.

The teams traded goals for most

of the third. After Solberg scored 10 seconds into the period, Simons made kick saves on senior middie John Jackson and McCormack, but could not stop Jacobs’ short-side stuff on a solo move at 11:24. Wolf made it 10-9 with a man-up goal, and then Simons (13 stops) made a key save on Riehl after a long Panther possession. After that Wolf

struck at 7:36 to make it 11-9.

Goree feed at 13:24 of the fourth A faceoff violation gave the to make it 14-11. The Panthers got Panthers the ball, and at 6:59 mid- the ball back with a chance to cut die Chase Goree whipped home a the lead to two, but they were whisJacobs feed to make it 11-10. tled for a moving pick behind the Then the PanMammoth goal, and thers won a faceoff, the game spun out of “I think there’s a but turned the ball control from there. over and commit- lot of belief in this Campbell saw posted a penalty. At team ... I know how itives in his team’s 5:14 Amherst made much they care play, but he said the it 12-10 with a about each other Panthers could not man-up goal. Am- and the program, so afford those mistakes herst won the draw, in a tight game and the Panthers I know they’re going against Amherst. forced a turnover to keep working “That’s what good (they held a 9-19 their tails off to get teams do,” Campbell advantage in that there.” said. “They bear department). But — Panther Coach down and make you they coughed the Dave Campbell pay.” ball up again.

Now, Campbell Midgley stopped said, it is time for the two shots, but a chance to cut the Panthers to bear down and up their lead was lost, and at 1:25 another game. penalty led to another man-up goal “We’re going to enjoy our time

by Solberg, with Wolf assisting. together and keep after it,” he said.

Then Wolf scored with 9.6 seconds “And we’re going to turn the corner left in the period, and suddenly it eventually.” was 14-10.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at Kucinski quick-sticked home a andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Forsthoefel

ANDREW FORSTHOEFEL, SHOWN outside the Residence at Otter Creek before his talk last month, walked across the country after graduating from Middlebury College in order to learn whatever people could teach him.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

clarity and gratitude: a narrative (Continued from Page 1) welcomed at the Residence at Otter journalism project he completed Creek in Middlebury. under the guidance of local writer Andrew Forsthoefel walked from Sue Halpern.

Pennsylvania to California after he The Ripton resident and graduated from Middlebury College Middlebury College scholar in 2011. Last year he published a remembers well her former student: book about the experience, “Walking “He approaches people with to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across openness and trust, and they respond America, One Story at a Time.” in kind,” she said. “Even now, many As heavy wet snow years later, I use his fell outside on March 14, “I did work as an example of Forsthoefel spoke to a everything how the person holding gathering of residents in the microphone has the the residence’s Founders you’re opportunity to reveal and Room. His photographs supposed to amplify voices we might spoke when he couldn’t, do in college, not otherwise hear.” and long pauses felt but I still felt Over 375 pages, weighted with meaning. a great void those voices form an His hands spoke, too, with American chorus of about who the language of orchestra teachers, intentional or conductors, shaping ideas I was and not, supportive or not. To what I was and words and feelings. their words Forsthoefel “I did everything meant to do.” adds lines from the poetry you’re supposed to do in — Andrew he carries in his pack until college,” he said, “but I Forsthoefel the wisdom of strangers still felt a great void about is indistinguishable from who I was and what I was the wisdom of sages. A meant to do.” bounty hunter. Walt Whitman. Big What does it mean to come of age? George, a bar owner 20 miles west of he wanted to know. From whom New Orleans, who says, “You know, should he seek guidance? all you’re really doing is reading a The answer, he decided, was book, just with your feet.”

“Everyone.”

That Forsthoefel’s question “Who After careful planning, am I?” evolved on the road into Forsthoefel donned a 50-pound pack “Who are we?” suggests the thenand walked out the backdoor of his 23-year-old was indeed listening. mother’s house near Philadelphia. That he came to view the feeling of He would walk until he reached the exposure as a gift suggests he was Pacific Ocean or ran out of money learning.

— whichever came first. Everyone “To listen is to make yourself he met along the way would be his vulnerable to transformation,” he teacher. said, “to know that I am going to be This wasn’t exactly the sort of changed by what I hear.” quest his college studies had prepared Sometimes, though, the words him for, he acknowledged. He did, were hateful, harmful, destructive. however recall one experience with “How to listen to that?” he asked.

And when to speak out?

He found one answer in Selma, Ala., where he spent more time than anyplace else. Former mayor James Perkins, the first African American to hold that position, spoke of healing: “There is a tremendous amount of focus on knowledge, but I go back to the fact that human beings are also equipped with feelings.

That’s why words mean something to us, because they make us feel a certain way. And until we’re willing to sit down and really address how these things make us feel, then we’re going to come up short on the healing process.”

After the journey, writing about what he had learned presented Forsthoefel with a new set of challenges. What had taken him nearly a year on foot required roughly three years to organize into a book.

His first editor, Courtney Young, read an early draft and wanted to know where Forsthoefel’s own voice was. Young insisted the author should put himself in the book and the author took her advice.

The final product, rather than cataloguing the answers to fundamental questions, progresses page by page toward a deeper understanding of the questions, themselves.

When asked “What’s next?”

Forsthoefel said he he’s thinking about becoming a chaplain.

Whatever he does, wherever he goes, he said, he’ll be listening.

“The listening space, where we can hear the stories of human hearts, is where communion happens,” he said. “It’s what makes being alive worth it.”

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Solar (Continued from Page 1) urging the selectboard to extract the Varricchio were among a handful best possible deal from groSolar. of local residents who weighed in “This kind of space is really on the groSolar proposal, which valuable; we might need it calls for solar panels to cover ourselves,” Middlebury Energy approximately 40 acres of a 112-acre Committee Chairman Ross Conrad parcel the company wants to buy said. “Negotiate hard and get a good from the estate of Ruth Quesnel. The deal. Ask for more than what they’re parcel is located at the corner of Old offering if you think this project Middle Road and Halladay Road. should go forward.”

GroSolar officials picked the land in The Middlebury Energy part because its topography — and Committee on March 21 reviewed suggested landscaping — would the groSolar proposal and has hide the solar farm from virtually all recommended the selectboard Halladay Road residents and people negotiate additional benefits for the traveling by on Route 7 South. town, including: Middlebury and groSolar officials • A request that groSolar give the are discussing a memorandum of town and its citizens preferred access understanding (MOU) that details and rates in future net metering how the company energy projects it could install and pitches. maintain the project “We’ve got to • That groSolar in a manner that recognize that assist Middlebury would ensure town to meet our in designing and its own support for the solar needs, we can’t implementing municipal solar array. farm application as it • That groSolar winds its way through use up all our agree to have a the state’s approval land supplying “certain number” of process. The groSolar renewable its renewable energy project won’t require credits retired in the a local permit but will energy for need a Certificate of places outside of state of Vermont. As it stands, out-of-state Public Good from Vermont.” the Vermont Public — Ross Conrad entities can purchase renewable energy Utility Commission credits through in order to proceed.

Still, the state’s renewable energy Vermont solar projects and have regulators are increasingly factoring those count toward their respective in local support for solar projects carbon reduction goals.

“We’ve got to recognize that to prior to awarding them Certificates of Public Good. A memo of agreement meet our needs, we can’t use up all between the town of Middlebury our land supplying renewable energy and groSolar would enhance the for places outside of Vermont,” Halladay Road project’s changes of Conrad said. “This is a big project, and there are not a lot of really good becoming a reality.

The March 27 public hearing spaces in Middlebury for something gave Middlebury residents a like this. This might be the best spot chance to react to the proposal and for this kind of project, if it’s going a draft MOU that, among other to be approved.”

Some Halladay Road residents things, would require groSolar to maintain the access road leading aren’t keen on seeing the solar farm to the site, provide training to local come to fruition.

“I’m more interested in a firefighters in responding to potential emergencies, and plant flowers and pastoral-type view when I go up shrubs that would attract pollinators and down the (Route 7) corridor,” resident Bob Champlin said. “The to the property.

The MOU would also ensure project is just very large and out groSolar pays the town at least of scale. Middlebury should look $40,000 in municipal taxes each at smaller projects. Perhaps we should let other towns do some of year.

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“It’s a mistake to put such a large solar project up in that area,” he added.

Though he described himself as a fan of renewable energy, Varricchio lamented the use of farmland and scenic views for solar arrays.

“The problem with decentralizing our energy sources is, it’s going into everybody’s back yard in Vermont,” Varricchio said. “When (the state) had a nuclear power plant that was providing a large amount of electricity … it was concentrated on a few acres in Vernon.”

He’s concerned the groSolar

project could reduce property values for Halladay Road residents.

“This is a big project,” Varricchio said. “If you have a house very close to one of these large-scale solar projects, you can face a depreciation of about 40 percent in your property value. I would be concerned if I had one of these things in my backyard.”

But others embraced the idea, including Halladay Road resident Ed Sommers.

“We’re all for it, my wife and I,” Sommers said. “We know the site.

It’s a very isolated site. We can’t see it.

“I think the siting is fine, the project is wonderful and I’m happy we’re considering participating in this (solar) revolution,” he added.

Charlie Kireker, co-developer of the South Ridge Neighborhood off Middle Road, also applauded the plan.

“This is precisely the type of thing a forward-thinking town like Middlebury should be embracing,” Kireker said. “I salute the town for pursuing this and the developer for bringing it forward.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Welch (Continued from Page 1) earmarks $4 million for Vermont, and the state will be able to compete for another $130 million reserved for rural communities to intensify services for those addicted to opioids.

Vermont’s lone U.S. House representative believes the state is in a great position to compete for the new opioid addiction-related funding. That’s because, according to Welch, the feds are impressed with Vermont’s “hub and spoke” model for treating those addicted to opioids.

The state has nine regional hubs that support patients with complex addiction problems. At more than 75 local “spokes,” doctors, nurses and counselors offer ongoing opioid use disorder treatment fully integrated with general healthcare and wellness services, according to Vermont’s “Blueprint for Health,” an initiative that emphasizes community-led strategies for improving health and well-being.

“The federal government has got to get the money back to the first responders,” Welch said. “This is a problem that can only effectively be addressed in the communities.”

Meanwhile, Welch has offered legislation seeking more funding for research into opioid-free painkillers. This, Welch hopes, would ultimately allow physicians to prescribe effective pain medication that doesn’t possess the addictive, intoxicating properties of narcotics.

“In all likelihood, we’re going to pass that (bill) soon,” Welch said.

Federal lawmakers are also considering legislation that would allow pharmacists to partially fill physicians’ opioid prescriptions in an effort to reduce the chances for patients overdosing and becoming addicted.

GUN CONTROL While Congress took action on opioids, it has thus far missed the mark on gun safety, according to Welch. He praised student activists for their demonstrations in wake of the Parkland, Fla., high school shootings and what he described as a “near miss” at Fair Haven Union High School.

Welch attended a forum last month dealing with the Fair Haven case, involving a student who had allegedly planned to shoot up the school.

“It was clear to me at the meeting how terrified parents were, that what they thought they could take for granted, when you drop your kids off at school or at the bus, they would be safe — they’ve lost that confidence,” Welch said.

But he believes parental and student concerns about gun safety are reverberating to state and federal officials.

He noted the Vermont Legislature’s recent success in passing gun safety measures through S.55, which calls for expanded background checks, raising the minimum age for gun purchases to 21 in many cases, banning bump stocks, and banning the purchase of

high capacity magazines.

Welch believes gun control at the federal level will continue to be “a tough nut to crack,” due to politics.

He noted President Donald Trump’s continued opposition to substantive gun control. And Welch voiced frustration that U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, won’t allow gun safety legislation to come up for a vote.

“It’s much to the discredit of his speakership that he’s not allowing a vote on issues where there’s an immense desire on the part of the public for us to act,” Welch said.

Given the recent spate of school shootings, polling results and public outrage, Welch believes the time is

“Do (voters) want a continuation of the current leadership, or do they want a check and balance on President Trump, a person who is not up to the job and is acting dangerously in many ways?”

— Rep. Peter Welch

ripe for gun legislation.

“If Speaker Ryan were to put on the floor the issue of a universal background check, it would pass,”

Welch said. “If he were to put on the floor the gun clip size, it would pass.

And I believe an assault weapons ban would pass.”

He urged advocates to keep up the pressure on their elected officials.

“Students speaking out is forcing the politicians to come to grips with gun safety, finally,” Welch said.

DEMOCRATS TO TAKE CHARGE? Welch and his Democratic colleagues are looking toward this November’s mid-term elections for a potential boost in their Congressional numbers. He’s heartened by the results of some early contests, such as Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory over Republican candidate

VERMONT FARM TABLE co-owner Dustin Glasscoe, right, talks with U.S. Rep. Peter Welch about the very large tables he produces in his Bristol shop. Welch spoke with Glasscoe and other Bristol-area business owners during his visit to the area last Thursday.

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Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s conservative 18th district.

The GOP currently holds a 238 to 193 edge over Democrats in the U.S. House, and a 51 to 47 majority in the Senate.

“We have a very, very solid shot at (a House majority),” Welch said.

“The next step is up to the voters.

Do they want a continuation of the current leadership, or do they want a check and balance on President Trump, a person who is not up to the job and is acting dangerously in many ways?”

TRUMP Welch was candid in his criticism of Trump.

“It’s totally unprecedented,” Welch said. “President Trump appears to flit from tweet to tweet.

The policy he announces today is the one he repudiates tomorrow. He’s got no stable cabinet, no stable set of advisors. From a basic stability in leadership requirement to get things done, it’s not there.

“The president is the first to say he operates from ‘his gut.’” Welch added. “But his gut seems to change from Monday to Wednesday.”

It has created a climate “that makes it harder to get things done,” Welch said.

He believes Trump has been his own worst enemy when it comes to undermining some of his initiatives that could otherwise gain bipartisan support. Welch specifically cited his sudden imposition of massive tariffs to correct the U.S. trade imbalance with China.

“I think China is ripping us off with unfair trade practices, and we should respond to that, but we shouldn’t take a shotgun approach where we tip out allies rather than just our adversary,” Welch said.

Trump is also drawing widespread criticism for his attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

“There is no question … there was Russian interference in the campaign,” Welch said. “The president repudiates the findings of his own intelligence agencies.

Why? There’s some significant evidence that people associated with his campaign were in close communication with Russians.

It’s why I believe one of the most important things we can do is fight to maintain the independence of the Mueller investigation. And that investigation has to run its course.”

DAIRY FARMS Welch lamented the ongoing financial hardship of Vermont farmers who are trying to weather three consecutive years of depressed milk prices. Finding a solution has been tough.

“My view is we’ve got to make some kind of supply management; you’ve got to have some kind of balance between supply and demand,” Welch said. “There’s such resistance to that that it puts enormous pressure on our local agriculture. With the oversupply (See Dairy farms, Page 29)

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Dairy farms He promised Vermont’s (Continued from Page 28) generated largely by these huge Congressional delegation will do dairy operations, it’s crippling to “all we can” to improve the MPP, but Welch believes an local dairy. It’s a real improved Farm Bill challenge in Washington “Students is likely to be of more to get support for speaking out help to dairy farmers. some kind of supply is forcing the “My expectation is management.” that (the Farm Bill) The current federal politicians to won’t get passed this Margin Protection come to grips year, that it will be next Program (MPP) for dairy with gun helps dairy producers safety, finally.” year,” Welch said.

That delay might when the difference — Rep. Peter actually benefit between the milk price Welch farmers, in that and the average feed 2019 could produce cost — the margin — falls below a certain dollar amount a Congressional makeup more selected by the producer. But the sympathetic to the agricultural program “hasn’t provided the safety industry, according to Welch.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

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AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free.

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

Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm.

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

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

A LC OH OLIC S A N ON Y‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflec‑ tion Meeting, Vergennes, Con‑ gregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, The Turn‑ ing Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Spiritual Awak‑ ening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am.

A LC OHOLIC S A N ON Y‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meet‑ ing, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am.

Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Alternating Format Meeting, Ferrisburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm.

A LC OH OLIC S A N ON Y‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 10‑11am.

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

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and discussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’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. Came to Believe Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 1‑2pm. Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, www.aavt.org .

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

A LC OHOLIC S A N ON Y‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiritual Awakening Meeting, Middle‑ bury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

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

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In addition to keeping MCMC up and safely running, Bob must also keep his eyes peeled for less than optimally used spaces. With tons of programs and hundreds of students, the dear old home is busting at the seams & “reimagining” is part of the process on a daily basis.

Bob brings a lot of skills to MCMC, as well as a terrific sense of humor & personable charisma. He thinks the world of MCMC and is happy to share his abilities with such a great organization! He also volunteers at Eastview on the Residence Council, where he has served for 2 1/2 years, including a stint as Chairman.

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ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY Trust (ACCT), a non‑ profit committed to providing quality affordable housing, is seeking a full‑time Prop‑ erty Management Assistant in Vergennes. This articulate self‑starter provides support to the property management team, processing applications, managing the wait‑list, and documenting requests for work orders. The Assistant generates a variety of mailings and assists in the resolution of resident issues in order to provide a high‑quality living experience. The ideal can‑ didate will be self‑motivated, flexible, team‑oriented and provide excellent customer service. 1‑3 years of admin‑ istrative experience required; associates degree preferred.

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AGWAY is accepting applications for Part time Seasonal positions throughout the store. Applicants must be dependable; able to work weekends, afternoons, and until 6pm; have a pleasant demeanor expressing enjoyment and enthusiasm about working with fellow employees and assisting customers.

PT Seasonal Cashier Help Immediate Openings available for Spring and Summer hours.

Must be able to work until 6pm Weekdays and Weekends a MUST. Approximately 20 - 30hrs per week. Wage commensurate with experience.

Please send Resumes to info@middleburyagway.com or Fill out Application at Middlebury Agway, 338 Exchange Street, Middlebury VT. Please no phone calls.

Warehouse & Yard Work Description: Part Time/Seasonal up to 20 hours per week.

Warehouse Worker Job Purpose: Loading Orders for Customers and Stocking Shelves Skills/Qualifications: Ability to lift 50lbs repeatedly, high school students welcome to apply with availability after school (3-6pm) 2-3 times per week. PLUS ability to work weekend afternoons and dependability essential! Preferable age 16+. Great position for either high school students or someone looking for a part time, physical job.

Please fill out an application in person.

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HELP WANTED ORWELL VILLAGE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

to serve a student population of approximately 142 students, P/K through Grade 8. This position provides support to teachers and students and the ideal candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent. Knowledge of software, hardware, networking, configurations and other technological skills. Demonstrated success in maintaining network hardware, workstations, software and systems capabilities for maximum availability. Ability to work with and relate to professional staff, prioritize and respond to emerging needs. Excellent communications skills. Exhibited interest in education and curriculum and Graphic Design skills are a plus. Position to begin August, 2018.

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Commercial mowing or excavation experience required. Wage based on experience.

Mail or email resume:

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Call 388-4529.

Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union 49 Main Street Fair Haven, VT 05743 This position will remain open until filled.

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Rieley Properties in Burlington, VT is seeking an experienced professional painter with maintenance skills to perform apartment maintenance, unit turnovers, completion of tenant requested work orders and routine scheduled maintenance. The successful candidate has the ability to work within a team environment and adjust quickly to priority changes. Communication and customer service skills are a must. You must have a valid driver’s license and own your own vehicle with the ability to participate in after hours and emergency calls.

Rieley Properties manages its own properties located in Burlington and Williston, VT. We currently operate approximately 430 rental units consisting mainly of multistory, multiunit housing. We are actively expanding our business with the addition of new apartments currently under construction.

At Rieley Properties we offer a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience.

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MUMS - Coaches Middlebury Union Middle School is seeking Assistant Coaches for Baseball and Softball.

Applicants must possess a strong knowledge of coaching principles with previous coaching experience preferred. Must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate and relate to student athletes.

Interested parties should send a letter of interest, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Amy Pyfrom/Athletic Director Middlebury Union Middle School 48 Deerfield Lane Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the positions have been filled.

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NOW HIRING: …FOR ALL SHIFTS – both full- and part-time for several positions – including Assistant Manager, Closer, Deli Help, and more.

Must be flexible with the ability to work nights, weekends and holidays.

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Benefits included for full-time employees in compensation packages that are competitive for all positions.

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CAREGIVERS NEEDED. HOME Instead Senior Care is seeking friendly and depend‑ able people to assist seniors in their homes with companion‑ ship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, safety presence, and more. Part‑time,flexible scheduling including daytime, evening, weekend, and over‑ night shifts. $11‑$13/hour.

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K.A. BAGLEY INC. is hiring for lawn care/landscaping.

Need to be honest, reliable, valid driver’s license. Call 352‑9088 to apply.

LANDSCAPERS‑ COLBY HILL Landscape Company is now hiring for the 2018 season. We are a landscape construction company, spe‑ cializing in the installation of patios, walkways, walls and plantings, as well as main‑ tenance. Starting pay $14/ hr. Pay may commensurate with experience. Call Dave at 802‑363‑9958.

SEEKING AUTO TECH for general service work, tire work, brakes and suspen‑ sion. Candidate must be re‑ sponsible and work well with others. Requires a clean driv‑ ing record and Vermont state inspection license or able to obtain an inspection license and own basic tools. Interest‑ ed candidates should contact Randy at Randy’s Middlebury Service Center by phone at 802‑388‑2067 or via email to Randys.rf@gmail.com be sure to inculde your name and phone number.

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

DENTAL OFFICE SEEK‑ ING per diem hygienist in Vergennes to fill in pe‑ riodically. Please email your CV and availability to drcongalton@yahoo.com .

EXPERIENCED COOK, FULL‑TIME. Also waitstaff.

Evenings and weekends a must. Halfway House Restau‑ rant, Shoreham, family‑style dining. Apply in person, morn‑ ings.

FULL TIME COOK 40 hr posi‑ tion. Pay based on experience.

Benefits package, health, life, dental, vision, 401k, paid vacations. Applicant must pass drug and background check. Interested applicants should send their resumes to: ma1104@metxcorp.com.

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Flexible hours. 802‑453‑6975.

We continue to offer generous shift differentials; Evening’s $2.50/hour, Nights $4.50/hour, and weekends $1.55.

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LATHROP FOREST PROD‑ UCTS is looking for truck drivers. Steady work. Home every night. Work outdoors, join a fun fast paced crew.

Must meet all requirements.

1. CDL drivers license Tractor Trailers/ Log Truck. 2. Willing to learn can take direction.

Able to lift 75 lbs. Ability to chain up truck tires, strap up load. 3. Clean driving re‑ cord. 4. Good sense of humor.

Please contact our office at (802)453‑3606. 44 South St., Bristol, VT 05443‑1231.

PART‑TIME OPENING AT a busy flower shop. Cus‑ tomer service, flower de‑ liveries, flower processing and light cleaning. Clean driver’s license required.

Some computer experience helpful. Send resume to: colesflowers@myfairpoint. net or stop in at 21 MacIntyre Lane, Middlebury.

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POSITION OPEN FOR gener‑ al farm work. Focus on crops, machinery and young dairy calves. Experience and refer‑ ences required. 6 day work week. Salary reflective of per‑ formance. Call 802‑349‑8520.

WANTED: TOWN OF Leices‑ ter seeks individual to act as Animal Control Officer. This is an on‑call, as needed position, paying $15/per hour. Tools and training are provided.

For more information, call Town Clerk at 247‑5961. Also seeing someone to conduct dog census. Will take 2 days at $13/per hour. See number above for more information.

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN

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 April 4, 2018.

Is that a lost pet? Check the Addison Independent Classifieds to see.

WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler.

Eye for detail and accuracy.

Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

YEAR ROUND WAITSTAFF ‑ needed for busy family res‑ taurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restaurant, Rte 7 South, Middlebury.

For Sale THE BARREL MAN; plastic and metal barrels, 275 gallon food‑grade totes. 55 gallon plastic food‑grade barrels with spin‑on covers. Great for rain barrels. A barrel for every need. 802‑453‑4235.

U S E D R E S TA U R A N T EQUIPMENT plus chairs, tables and hood systems.

802‑388‑4831.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.

CHARMING STUDIO APART‑ MENT in the heart of down‑ town Middlebury. Tile bath and kitchen. Available immediately.

Baba, 802‑388‑6456.

For Rent

EXECUTIVE 1 BEDROOM APT with office (not a bed‑ room) in Brandon. Beautiful location, close to town. All brand new. Complete with all appliances: stove, refrigera‑ tor, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer; energy star rated. Long term lease.

No smoking and no pets on property. $850/mo. plus utilities. Credit check, refer‑ ences and deposit required.

802‑352‑6678.

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middlebury.edu.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus deposit. Some utilities included. 388‑0401.

MIDDLEBURY 1, 2 AND 3 BR apartments available. All inclu‑ sive except internet/TV. $1250. ‑ $1800. Call 802‑388‑4831.

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

M I D D L E B U RY O F F I C E SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Janu‑ ary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

MIDDLEBURY: RETAIL/OF‑ FICE space for rent. 1,303 square feet. Front door park‑ ing. Contact Eric at 388‑6054.

(Countryside Carpet and Paint)

For Rent

OPEN HOUSE APRIL 7TH 12:00 - 3:00 P.M. Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Short term leases available Contact: Christine Golden, Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 • battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

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Addison Independent

CLASSIFIEDS For Rent

Real Estate

Real Estate

NEW HAVEN, SUNNY, efficient apartment. Views, hard wood floors. No pets, no smoking.

References. $925/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

PROCTOR, VT: $850 per month, 2 bedroom townhouse duplex, washer/dryer hook‑ ups. Parking, snow and trash removal included. Available early to mid April. Call Kathy 855‑1570 or Tony 855‑1531.

ONE BEDROOM, FIVE‑STAR energy efficient apartment in Salisbury, close to Lake Dun‑ more. One half of duplex. Large bedroom with full bath up. Liv‑ ing room and kitchen with all appliances on first floor. Heated basement with W/D. Private sun deck. $850/month, plus util‑ ities. Absolutely non‑smoking, no pets on premises. Deposit and references required. One year minimum lease. Available 4/1/2018. Call 802‑352‑6678.

SHOREHAM 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment with all appliances. Electric and heat included. $1,000 a month plus security deposit. No smoking.

No pets. 802‑236‑2656.

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

Att. Farmers

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FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

SHOREHAM 2‑BEDROOM, 2nd floor apartment. 920 Square feet. Pine floors. Eat‑in kitchen. Huge living room. Pro‑ pane heat & stove; electric hot water. Walking distance to elementary school. 20 minute ride to Middlebury. No smoking.

No pets. Available April. $775/ mo + utilities. 802‑388‑5411.

VALLEY VIEW APARTMENTS is currently accepting applica‑ tions for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only.

W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront.

Washer, dryer. No smok‑ ing. Available September through May. $1,000/month.

860‑878‑9580.

Real Estate

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MIDDLEBURY: IN TOWN 2 bedroom ground floor apart‑ ment with porch near Marble Works. Includes heat, off‑street parking, large lawn/garden space, storage, plowing and lawn maintenance. No pets or smoking, requires lease, references and security deposit. $900/month. Available May 1.

Call or text 802‑355‑4164 for more information.

ONE BEDROOM HOUSE for rent in South Starksboro. In‑ cludes fridge, kitchen stove, washer and dryer combo.

Beautiful views. Very Private.

No pets. No smoking. Avail‑ able May 1st. $875 per month plus utilities. Deposit, one year lease. Contact Bob at 802‑453‑2380.

BATTELL BLOCK MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Beautiful, historic building located right in downtown Middlebury. Features heat and air conditioning, extra tall ceilings, lots of natural light and a highly customizable space. Walking distance to all downtown amenities.

Available January 1st, 2018. $800/ Month gross including electric and heat.

For Rent

Contact Christine cgolden@neddere.com or 802-651-6888 Listed by Nedde Real Estate 747 Pine Street, Suite 501, Burlington, VT 05401 www.NeddeRealEstate.com

For Rent

For Rent

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing

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INDEPENDENT

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The building season is upon us. If you’re considering a new home you should look at our two remaining lots on East Middlebury’s Daisy Lane. This is an established residential development with town wa‑ ter, nearby tennis courts, playground and only minutes away from the Snow Bowl and Lake Dunmore. Call Jack at 388‑2502 or 388‑7350.

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

802‑282‑9110.

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.

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

$149,500. Please schedule a tour : 802‑294‑2525.

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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.

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518‑321‑2886.

LUMBER AT SAWMILL, hard and softwood, sawdust.

Book Bros. West Haven, Vt. 802‑265‑3675.

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

Cars

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LIONS CLUB NEEDS ‑ stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics.

Call for pick up, 388‑7124. Help us, help others.

2005 GOLD TOYOTA PRIUS. Very good condition. 45‑55+ MPG. Loaded with extras in‑ cluding fog lights, GPS and Bluetooth for hands free phone.

Presently on 4 very good snow tires. 194,000 gentle miles.

Kept in garage. Easily passes yearly inspection, Oct ‘18. $3,500 OBO. 343‑7484.

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HONDA ACCORD BLACK SE Sedan. $7,000. 121,000 miles. Leather, heated, electric seats. Well cared for. Snow tires included. Call 802‑462‑2366.

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

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

WANTED TO BUY: Food grade 275 gallon plastic totes, whole‑ sale. 802‑453‑4235.

Public Notices Index

on Pages 35 36, 37 & 38.

Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County Superior Court (2) Addison County School District (1)

Cornwall (1) Leicester (1) Middlebury (2) Monkton (1) Rutland County Superior Addison Northwest Supervisory Court (1) Union (1) Weybridge Cemetary BLSG Insect Control District (2) Association (1)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY MOSQUITO ADULTICIDES

On or after May 15th, the BLSG Insect Control District may be making ground applications of mosquito adulticides along the public right of ways in the towns of Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Goshen and Pittsford to control mosquitos. In the past years, mosquitos in these towns have been found to carry West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, both of which can be deadly to humans and animals. Applications of Malathion or synthetic pyrethroid insecticides will be made with ultra-low volume truck-based sprayers.

If you wish to Opt Out and not have your property treated: please send a written request annually to BLSG, PO Box 188 Brandon, VT 05733. Please provide your 911 address and a property map, which delineates your property boundaries on the public right of way.

A representative from the district will contact you to assist in marking your property as a no spray zone. Opt out needs to be renewed yearly.

The BLSG hotline is 802-247-6779 and will receive request for treatment as needed during the season.

Further information or comments about adulticiding activities or application exclusion requests can be obtained from: BLSG Insect Control District Will Mathis • 802-247-6779 https://blsgmosquito.wordpress.com Additional information available at https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol 3/29

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCIES

Each year at this time the Town of Middlebury Select Board makes its annual appointments to volunteer positions required by State Statute, and local and regional boards and commissions.

If you are interested in any of the following positions, please submit a letter of interest to the Town Manager’s Office, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, or send an e-mail to bdow@townofmiddlebury.org, no later than Friday, April 6, 2018. If you would like to find out more about any of these positions, please contact us at 388-8100, Ext 202. ( ) indicates number of positions open Three Year Terms Planning Commission (2) Design Advisory Committee (2) Development Review Board (3) Downtown Improvement District Committee (2) Energy Committee (2) One Year Term Addison County Regional Planning Commission Delegate (3) Addison County Regional Planning Commission Alternate (2) Addison County Regional Planning Commission Transportation Advisory Committee (1) Fence Viewer (3) First Constable (1) Middlebury Community Television Board (1) Sports Commission (3) Town Agent (1) Town Grand Juror (1) Town Service Officer (1) Tree Warden (1) 3/26

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Public Notices can be found on Pages 35, 36, 37 & 38.

See Page 35 for Index

TOWN OF MONKTON REQUEST FOR BIDS

The Town of Monkton is seeking bids for the 2018 season mowing / upkeep of the following properties: • Layn Cemetery • Grange Cemetery • Boro Cemetery • Town Green • Barnum Cemetery • Town Hall Area • Park Adjacent to Friends Methodist Church (staked) Bids are due by April 23, 2018 before 5 p.m. attention Monkton Selectboard 4/2

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ADDISON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF LEICESTER TOWN PLAN

The Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) and Leicester Planning Commission will hold a joint public hearing on April 25th 2018 6:00 PM at the Leicester Town Office, Leicester Town Office, 44 Schoolhouse Road Leicester, VT 05733 The Town of Leicester has requested that ACRPC grant regional approval of their Town Plan pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4350(b). The purpose of the review is to determine whether the Leicester Town Plan: (1) is consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302; (2) is compatible with its regional plan; (3) is compatible with approved plans of other municipalities in the region; and (4) contains all the elements included in 24 V.S.A. §4382.

Copies of the Leicester Town Plan can be viewed at the Leicester Town office or on their website: http://www.leicestervt.org/ Adam Lougee, Executive Director Addison County Regional Planning Commission 388-3141 4/2

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of APRIL, 2018.

Tuesday, April 3 5:00 PM Superintendent Screening Committee Mtg.

At the ANWSD Office Friday, April 6 7:30 AM Facilities Committee Mtg. At the ANWSD Office Monday, April 9 6:00 PM ANWSD Regular Board Meeting At Addison Central School Friday, April 13 11:00 AM Negotiations Committee Mtg. At the ANWSD Office Tuesday, April 17 5:30 PM ANWSD Board Retreat At the Vergennes Union High School Thursday, April 19 5:30 PM Community Engagement Committee Mtg. At the Bixby Library 4/2

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY MOSQUITO LARVICIDES

The BLSG Insect Control District will be applying ground and aerial treatments of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI), Bacillus Sphaericus (BS), and Spinosad to surface waters where mosquito larvae are present. These are bacterial insecticides used against mosquito larvae. Ground applications of Agnique (biodegradable, alcohol ethoxylared, AE) or Cocobear (Mineral oil) may also be applied in selected wet areas.

These are monomolecular films that prevent adult emergence and can be used against mosquito pupae. Methoprene may also be used to prevent adult mosquito emergence.

These applications will occur in the towns of Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Goshen and Pittsford. Pesticide applications beginning on or after April 11, 2018. Exclusion requests need to be renewed yearly. Please send a written request to BLSG, PO Box 188 Brandon, VT 05733.

Further information or comments about the larviciding activities or application exclusion requests can be obtained from: BLSG Insect Control District Will Mathis • 802-247-6779 https://blsgmosquito.wordpress.com The Vermont Agency of Agriculture oversees the permitting of these mosquito larvicides and can be reached at 802-247-6779. For more information see the following website: http://agriculture.vermont.gov/plant_pest/mosquitoes_ticks/mosquitoes 3/29

PUBLIC NOTICE MIDDLEBURY POLICE DEPT. MONEY FOUND

Found money has been turned over to the Middlebury Police Department for safekeeping.

To claim this money, you may come to the Middlebury Police Department at One Lucius Shaw Lane in Middlebury Vermont. To validate a claim you must provide identification and proof that the loss was reported to a Police Agency or Middlebury College Public Safety; or you must provide credible proof of ownership. Money not claimed by JUNE 3, 2018 may revert to the finder.

MIDDLEBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT 802-388-3191 3/22

REQUEST FOR BIDS: ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Addison Central School District is accepting bids for window replacement at Mary Hogan School. Bid packets are available at the Superintendent’s Office, 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, VT. Bids are due by April 20, 2018. A walk through will be on April 11th at 3:30 pm at Mary Hogan School. For more information contact Eric Warren at 802-382-1459 or ewarren@acsdvt.org.

ACSD reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids in accordance with Vermont Statutes.

3/29

STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 192-12-16 ANCV

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FM1 v.

GIOVANNI CAMALICH AKA GIOVANNI N. CAMALICH AND GINA CAMALICH AKA GINA G. CAMALICH FKA GINA G. BURTON OCCUPANTS OF: 5971 Snake Mountain Road, Weybridge VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Amended Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered 8 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Giovanni Camalich and Gina Camalich to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Fremont Investment & Loan, dated February 21, 2006 and recorded in Book 44 Page 419 of the land records of the Town of Weybridge, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Fremont Investment & Loan to LaSalle bank, NA as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006-FM1 dated May 10, 2007 and recorded in Book 46 Page 74 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A. Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the MLMI Trust 2006-FM1 to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FM1 dated June 28, 2016 and recorded in Book 52 Page 630, all of the land records for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 5971 Snake Mountain Road, Weybridge, Vermont on April 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OF LAND IN WEYBRIDGE IN THE, COUNTY OF ADDISON AND STATE OE VERMONT, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES DESCRIBED IN A WARRANTY DEED DATED MAY 16, 1977, FROM GIOVANNI N. CAMALICH AND GINA G. CAMALICH, THE GRANTEES HEREIN, TO JAMES C. FOLEY, THE GRANTOR HEREIN, TO WHICH DEED AND THE DEEDS REFERRED TO THEREIN, REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A FURTHER AND MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDS AND PREMISES HEREIN CONVEYED. THIS DEED. TOGETIIER WITH A COMPANION DEED. IS INTENDED TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF TITLE FROM GINA G. CAMALICH, FORMERLY GINA G. BURTON, TO GIOVANNI N. CAMALICH AND GINA G CAMALICH THROUGH A STRAW. BEING ALI. AND TIIE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES DESCRIBED IN A WARRANTY DEED OF LEMON FAIR INVESTORS TO GINA G. BURTON, ONE OF THE GRANTORS HEREIN, DATED JUNE 10, 1975 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 20, PAGE 453 OF THE WEYBRIDGE LAND RECORDS, AND THEREIN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEING A PORTION OF THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO THE HEREIN GRANTOR BY WARRANTY DEED OF HELEN HIGHHOUSE, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY HIGHHOUSE DATED 12 NOVEMBER 1973, RECORDED IN BOOK 20, PAGE 256 OF THE WEYBRIDGE LAND RECORDS. THE PORTION HEREIN CONVEYED IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT AT OR NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23 WHICH POINT LIES S 41 DEGREES 41 MINUTES E 64.33 FEET FROM AN IRON PIPE SET IN WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE TIIE WESTERLY EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23: THENCE PROCEEDING ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23 IN AN ARC AS FOLLOWS: N 10 DEGREES 24 MINUTES W 98.49 FEET: N 03 DEGREES 18 MINUTES W 99.88 FEET: N 01 DEGREES 12 MINUTES E 99.68 FEET: N 10 DEGREES 12 MINUTES E 99.94 FEET; N 17 DEGREES 21 MINUTES E 100.00 FEET TO A POINT; N 24 DEGREES 18 MINUTES E. 100.07 FEET TO A POINT; N 27 DEGREES 25 MINUTES E 26.15 FEET TO A POINT; N 42 DEGREES 21 MINUTES W 33.77 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE SET IN WHAT IN BELIEVED TO BE TIIE WESTERLY EDGE OF TIIE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF VERMONT STATES HIGHWAY #23; THENCE PROCEEDING N 42 DEGREES 21 MINUTES W 34.43 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE SET IN WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE EASTERLY EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF WEYBRIDGE TOWN ROAD #5: THENCE PROCEEDING N 42 DEGREES 21 MINUTES W 25.00 FEET TO A POINT WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CENTERLINE OF WEYBRIDGE TOWN ROAD #5; THENCE S 60 DEGREES 32 MINUTES W 79.34 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N 37 DEGREES 28 MINUTES W 22.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE SET AT OR NEAR TIIE EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF WEYBRIDGE TOWN ROAD #5: THENCE PROCEEDING N 37 DEGREES 28 MINUTES W 39.58 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE SET AT THE FENCE CORNER; TIIENCE PROCEEDING N 41 DEGREES 41 MINUTES W 894.07 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE PROCEEDING S 48 DEGREES 19 MINUTES W 387.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE PROCEEDING S 41 DEGREES 41 MINUTES E A DISTANCE OF 900.00 FEET CROSSING WEYBRIDGE TOWN ROAD #5 TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE CONTINUING S 41 DEGREES 41 MINUTES E 499.81 FEET TO A POINT MARKED BY AN IRON PIPE SET IN A FENCE LINE WHICH PIPE IS ALSO SET AT WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WESTERLY EDGE OF TIIE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23; THENCE PROCEEDING S 4I DEGREES 41 MINUTES E 64.33 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL. CONTAINS 10.50 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, EXCLUSIVE OF ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23 HAS A FOUR ROD RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND WEYBRIDGE TOWN ROAD #5 HAS A THREE ROD RIGHT-OF-WAY. ANY LANDS LYING WITIIIN THE AFORESAID RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF VERMONT STATE HIGHWAY #23 AND TOWN ROAD #5 ARE CONVEYED BY QUIT CLAIM ONLY, AND AS TO THEM THE HEREIN CONTAINED WARRANTIES DO NOT APPLY. THERE IS ALSO INCLUDED HEREIN THE RIGHTS TO THE USE OF A CERTAIN SPRING LOCATED ON OTHER LANDS OF THE HEREIN GRANTOR, INCLUDING, THE RIGHT TO [SIC] THE USE OF THE PRESENT PIPE LINE LEADING FROM SAID SPRING TO TIIE BUILDINGS SITUATE ON THE HEREIN CONVEYED PARCEL. INCLUDED WITH THE SPRING RIGHT IS THE RIGHT TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID SPRING AND THE PIPE LINE LEADING FROM IT, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THE HEREIN GRANTEE, HER SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS SHALL RESTORE THE SURFACE OF ANY OTIIER LANDS OF THE HEREIN GRANTOR WHICH ARE DISTURBED BY ANY SUCH REPAIR ACTIVITIES TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE.” SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS. EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, OIL, GAS OR MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD, IF ANY. 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: March 22, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 4/2

Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018 — PAGE 37

Minor charged with lewd and lacivious conduct in public BRISTOL — On Thursday, March 15, Bristol police arrested a 17-year-old male for lewd and lascivious conduct, following a complaint about an act witnessed in public.

The suspect, whose name was withheld because of the ages of the parties involved, was released and ordered to appear in Addison Superior Court, Criminal Division.

Between March 12 and March 25, Bristol police completed 40 foot and car patrols at various locations, namely on Mountain Street, Main Street and surrounding areas including near Bristol Elementary School.

Officers also completed six hours and 55 minutes of directed patrol, traffic enforcement and patrols of the district and the town under a contract funded

by Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program.

During that same period, officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School 12 times.

Bristol police completed a total of 13 fingerprint requests between March 12 and 23.

In other recent activity, Bristol police: • On March 12 and again on March 13 talked with school groups about the effects of drugs and alcohol.

• On March 12 responded to an alarm at a local business, which turned out to be the result of employee error.

• On March 12 at 9 a.m. received a report of a motorist driving away without paying for gas. When located, the motorist reported an equipment malfunction, then returned to pay for the gas.

• On March 13 participated in a meeting between school officials and a

parent.

• On March 13, an officer attended traffic court.

• On March 13 monitored the intersection of North and West Streets.

• On March 13 verified a vehicle identification number.

• On March 15 attended a meeting at Mount Abe to resolve truancy cases.

• On March 15 initiated a civil case after a person was found in possession of marijuana.

• On March 15 at 3:33 p.m. investigated a hit-and-run in the Rite Aid parking lot, where a blue Kia, parked on the southeast side of the store, was damaged on the passenger-side front fender. Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call 453-2533.

• On March 16 a 8:08 a.m. assisted someone who’d locked their keys in their car.

• On March 16 assisted Vermont State Police with five horses that were running on Route 116 South.

• On March 17, an officer was approached by a motorist who wanted to provide information about a collision he had been involved in on West Street in front of Champlain Farms; he was unable to identify which vehicle he had struck.

• On March 18 at 1:30 a.m. responded to an alarm at a local business and determined that there had been no criminal activity.

• On March 19 at 7:41 a.m. responded to an alarm at a local business that had been activated in employee error.

• On March 19 verified three vehicle

Public Notices

TOWN OF CORNWALL PUBLIC NOTICE

Are found on Pages 35, 36, 37 & 38.

WEYBRIDGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

The Weybridge Cemetery Association Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Weybridge Congregational Church. For information, call 3/29 545-2502.

Bristol

The Planning Commission is in the process of creating Unified Zoning & Subdivision Regulations. Cornwall residents, property, and business owners are invited to participate in a public meeting to be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2017 at 7 pm at the town offices. The purpose of the meeting will be to review the first draft. All community members are encouraged to join us in planning for Cornwall’s future.

The meeting will be led by the Planning Commission and the staff at LandWorks, the project consultant.

Funding from a VT Department of Housing & Community Development Municipal Planning Grant

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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SPRING DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN

April is screening month for pre-kindergarten children from Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge!

The ACSD Early Education Program provides services to children identified as having disabilities or delays in meeting developmental milestones. We also collaborate with area preschool and childcare programs to address the needs of our local pre-kindergarten children. Screenings help to identify children who would benefit from additional support before entering kindergarten.

If you have questions or concerns about your child’s developmental progress, your district early education program is offering screening for children ages 3-5 who are not enrolled in kindergarten. Screening is conducted in a playful environment, and provides information on your child’s speech and language development, motor, social and pre-academic skills.

For your convenience and your child’s comfort, the screening can take place at your child’s preschool or childcare program, or at the ACSD program’s classroom at the Mary Hogan School in Middlebury.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 802-382-1760.

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identification numbers.

• O n March 19 verified the proper installation of a

new child safety seat.

• On March 20 at 12:05 a.m. responded to a report that a man was yelling on South Street but found no one there.

• On March 20 investigated a collision in the parking lot of 1 Prince Lane and determined that the struck vehicle was undamaged.

• On March 20 spoke at an assembly at Vergennes Union High School.

• On March 20 assisted another law

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enforcement officer with a traffic stop on Liberty Street.

• On March 21 searched electronic devices for another agency in an ongoing criminal investigation.

• On March 21 at 8:13 a.m. received a case full of music recordings that had been found at the Bristol town park.

Police officials are asking anyone who has information about its ownership to call 453-2533.

• On March 21 investigated a truancy complaint at a district school.

• On March 21 checked the welfare of a resident without incident.

• On March 21 at 4:58 p.m. completed an insurance report for a vehicle collision that had occurred March 20 on Airport Drive.

• On March 22 issued court paperwork related to an incent.

• On March 22 responded to an alarm at a local business that had been activated by an employee in error.

• On March 22 at 1:40 p.m. investigated the report of an injured dog in the Liberty Street area but found no such dog.

• On March 23 investigated a suspicious complaint and determined there was no cause for concern.

• On March 23 conducted a welfare check at a district residence and determined that the person in question lives in New Hampshire.

• On March 25 at 11:05 a.m. helped resolve a disagreement between a juvenile and their caretaker.

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 728-12-14 RDCV

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

DEBRA E. LOUNSBURY, DANIEL A. LOUNSBURY A/K/A DANIEL LOUNSBURY AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES OCCUPANTS OF: 1045 Country Club Road, Brandon 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 December 14, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Debra E. Lounsbury and Daniel A. Lounsbury to People’s United Bank dba Chittenden Mortgage Services, dated June 19, 2009 and recorded in Book 202 Page 206 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from People’s United Bank dba Chittenden Mortgage Services to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated July 30, 2009 and recorded in Book 204 Page 136 of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1045 Country Club Road, Brandon, Vermont on April 17, 2018 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Daniel Lounsbury and Debra Lounsbury, husband and wife, by Warranty Deed of Stephen J. Colette and Holly E. Agnew of even date hereof, and to be recorded within the Town of Brandon Land Records, described as follows, viz: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Mark C. Pelletier and Mary Anne Pelletier, husband and wife, by Trustee’s Deed of Hilma A. Skeele, Trustee, acting in pursuance and by virtue of the powers in her vested by a certain agreement dated January 23, 1986, known as the Harold C. Anderson Revocable Trust Agreement dated August 22, 1986 and recorded in the Town of Brandon Land Records in Book 93, Page 253-254 and more particularly described therein as follows: “All and the same lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantor, Hilma A. Skeele, Trustee, by Warranty Deed of Harold C. Anderson, dated January 23, 1986, recorded in Book 91 at Page 385 of Brandon Land Records, and being more particularly described therein as follows, viz: “Being all and the same lands and premises that were conveyed to the herein Grantor, Harold C. Anderson and his late wife, Margaret W. Anderson, by H. Edward Dyer by deed dated September 30, 1957, recorded in Book 74 at Page 221 of Brandon Land Records and in acid deed being substantially described as follows: “A parcel or piece of land located or situated on the westerly side of the main highway leading from the so-called Cheney Farm to Jones Pond and bounded as follows: On the East or easterly by the main highway; on the south or southerly, by the so-called Keeler Farm; on the West or westerly by lands of the so-called Keeler Farm; on the north or northerly by lands formerly owned by Frank Warner now the Golf Course. Being 20 rods on the highway and 8 rods deep containing one acre.

“It being the same premises and all the same that were conveyed to the said Frank Lord by Roy Bressee and Helen N. Bresee; by their Warranty Deed bearing the date of May 10, A.D. 1927 and recorded in the Brandon Land Records in said Brandon, Boook 62, at Page 172. Reference to said deed and the record thereof may be had for further particulars and description.

“Reserving unto the said Frank Lord the right to the use and occupancy of a certain spetic lank located on the premises herein conveyed, together with the right to enter upon the lands herein conveyed for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, repairing and replacing the pipe line leading from other lands of the said Frank Lord and land of the said Mildred L. Cosmus, as now constituted and leading to said septic tank.

“Also including all and the same rights, privileges end easements conveyed to Marguerite Sheldon Cunningham by deed of Mildred L Cosmus dated April 2, 1940 and by deed of E.A. Keeler dated March 26, 1940 to be recorded in Brandon Land Records.

“Subject, nevertheless, to the right of way granted to Central Vermont Public Service Corporation by deed dated November 12, 1945 and recorded in Brandon Land Records in Miscellaneous Book 3, Page 112.

“Reference is hereby had to the foregoing instruments end the records thereof when made for a more particular description.

“Further reference is hereby made to a certain deed from the late Margaret W. Anderson to the herein Grantor dated November 3, 1966,,recorded in Book 78 at Page 175 of Brandon Land Records.”

“Also conveyed herein are all of the same rights, privileges and easements conveyed to Mary Anne Pelletier and Mark C. Pelletier by Easement Deed of Sylvia Rosen and Terry H. Kline, Guardian unto Sidney Rosen, dated March 23, 1999, and recorded is the Brandon Land Records in Book 135 at Page 357.”

Reference is hereby made to the Quit Claim Deed from Mark C. Pelletier to Mary Anne Pelletier dated March 7, 2003 and recorded in the Town of Brandon Land Records in Book 158, Page 58.

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 12, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 3/26

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Early arrivers:

Wood Ducks return in late February

By CAROLYN LORIÉ Which explains why I have heard May is bird heaven in our region. male red-winged blackbirds singing All the species that headed south away on bitterly cold, snowy March the previous year are back: the days. “Their hormones are telling flycatchers, vireos and thrushes; the them what to do,” said Buck. warblers, wrens and swallows; even It’s not just songbirds returning the ruby-throated hummingbirds and during the waning weeks of winter. scarlet tanagers are in full force. But Wood ducks are also among the May and its riches of bird seems first to arrive. These short-distance distant in early March migrants start showing — too far into the future up in northern New to even contemplate.

England from late The first day of spring, February to mid-March. on the other hand, is just Unlike other birds, around the corner. And wood ducks don’t have while the New England to spend any time upon air may still be frigid their return looking for and the ground often snow-covered, a mate: pairs are formed prior to bird populations are nonetheless migration and the trip back is made on the move. By St. Patrick’s Day together. For those of us eager to or shortly thereafter, killdeer, tree see some flashy spring plumage, swallows, eastern meadowlarks, there are few birds as stunning as phoebes and robins will be flitting male wood ducks during breeding through our woods and fields again. season. With their teal heads, Red-winged blackbirds sometimes spotted cinnamon breasts, orange show up as early as late February. eyes and beaks, they are the perfect Why do these birds return when antidote to the dreary late-winter winter can still pack a punch? landscape.

The short answer is competition, Though there are advantages to explained Steve Hagenbuch, a early arrival, there are risks too. conservation biologist with the Late winter and early spring storms Vermont Audubon take their toll, including Society. “The birds are toppling trees with nests coming back here with While weather in them. But the balance one purpose in mind — to conditions can of risks and opportunity raise the next generation influence a has, overall, favored the of their species.” The bird’s decision bold. “A few birds might sooner they arrive, the die,” said Buck, “but it of what better positioned they doesn’t kill the species.” are to claim quality day to start As March progresses, nesting habitat and find a its journey I find myself listening mate. “If you arrive late north, it is the more carefully, rejoicing to the party, you may be increasing in the first trills of redrelegated to suboptimal number of winged blackbirds. habitat and be quite Nothing heralds spring daylight hours — if not the arrival lonely.”

The early arrivers are that triggers than at least the promise the short- and medium- the impulse to of it — more than distance migrants. migrate. that beckoning call.

For example, that tree Soon other travelers swallow checking out will arrive, adding bird boxes in your field may have their voices to the warming air. wintered in Florida; the Eastern It’s an amazing feat that these tiny phoebes in your hedges may creatures cross hundreds, sometimes have spent the cold months in the thousands of miles. The scope of Carolinas. As for that red-winged what is about to unfold, said Buck, blackbird perched among the is breathtaking. “One day [a bird] cattails, it may have ventured no gets up and flies, not to the next tree, farther than the marshes of Long but to the next latitude. It’s one of Island. the marvels of evolution and of bird While weather conditions can life.” influence a bird’s decision of what Carolyn Lorié lives in Post Mills. day to start its journey north, it is the The illustration for this column increasing number of daylight hours was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The that triggers the impulse to migrate. Outside Story is assigned and edited The lengthening days stimulate a by Northern Woodlands magazine, bird’s pituitary glands, which drive northernwoodlands.org, and the urge to mate, said John Buck, a sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology wildlife biologist with the Vermont Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Fish and Wildlife Department. Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.

The

Outside Story

MATED WOOD DUCKS on the Ompompanoosuc River in Thetford, Vt.

Photo/Tig Tillinghast

Public Notices

Public Notice can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 35, 36, 37 and 38.

STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 728-12-14 RDCV

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

ETHAN L. MCARDLE AND REBECCA T. MCARDLE OCCUPANTS OF: 59 Carver Street, Brandon 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 June 9, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Ethan L. McArdle and Rebecca T. McArdle to People’s United Bank, dated September 24, 2009 and recorded in Book 203 Page 527 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from People’s United Bank to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated September 30, 2009 and recorded in Book 205 Page 89 of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 59 Carver Street, Brandon, Vermont on April 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises to be conveyed to Rebecca T. McArdle and Ethan L. McArdle by Administrator’s Deed of the Estate of Wesley R. Ambrose, to be recorded in the Town of Brandon Land Records, and more particularly described therein as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Wesley R. Ambrose (now deceased) by Warranty Deed of Adrien Thomas, Sr. and Diane Thomas, dated September 25, 1985 and recorded in Book 90 at Page 451 of the Town of Brandon Land Records, and more particularly described therein as follows: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantors by Warranty Deed of Ruth St. Denis, widow, dated February 4, 1977, recorded at book 83, Page 294, and therein described as follows: All and the same lands and premises conveyed to the grantor herein, Ruth St. Denis and her late husband, Harry St. Denis, now deceased, by Alice Hayes by deed dated 19 April 1951, recorded in the Brandon Land Records, Book 71, Page 437, and therein described as follows: ‘Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the northerly line of lands of Carrol Darling with the westerly line of Carver Street; thence northerly along the westerly line of Carver Street seventy-five (75) feet to a point marked by an iron pin; thence westerly in a line at approximately right angles with said Carver Street one hundred fifty (150) feet to another iron pin; thence southerly in a line parallel with said Carver Street seventy-five (75) feet to the said northerly line of lands of said Darling; thence easterly along said last mentioned line of said Darling to the place of beginning.

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 12, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 3/26

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Addison Independent, Monday, April 2, 2018 — PAGE 39

Website provides answers to forestry qustions BURLINGTON — Vermont’s Use Value observations, wood markets and Topics include University of Vermont Appraisal Program. forest statistics, licensing information (UVM) Extension and water quality, Teachers can explore and professional development the Vermont Department conservation, resources to plan opportunities. of Forests, Parks wildlife, classroom activities Other features include a directory and Recreation have recreation, maple and field trips as well as of organizations dedicated to caring partnered to develop a sugaring, timber improve environmental for Vermont’s woods, a resource comprehensive online literacy and prepare hub and an automated e-newsletter, resource to provide harvesting and students for careers in targeted by county, with upcoming information about forest-based forestry. events and forestry updates. forests and related products and The website also OurVTwoods.org was funded topics to landowners, industry, among connects town officials in part by a grant through a U.S. educators, town others. with organizations Department of Agriculture Forestry officials and forestry that can provide Service grant. Vermont Fish and professionals. technical, financial Wildlife Department, Vermont The new website, www. and educational assistance to help Woodlands Association, Vermont ourVTwoods.org, is organized by them care for local natural resources Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife, audience and by topic, making it easy and take other actions to ensure the Vermont Natural Resource for visitors to find resources tailored healthy community forests. Industry Council and the Center for to their interests. Topics include professionals will find updates on Northern Woodlands Education also water quality, conservation, wildlife, industry issues, pest and disease contributed. recreation, maple sugaring, timber harvesting and forest-based products and industry, among others. Users ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES also can learn about local, regional and statewide events, such as forestry workshops and field walks, and stay updated on useful resources for healthy forests.

“OurVTwoods.org serves as a 12 NOON SHARP - WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 2018 portal for partner coordination and AT ACCS BARNS • RT 125 EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT as a hub for information on forest health, stewardship and the Vermont forest economy,” said Kate Forrer, Fresh and Springing Holstein Artificially Bred Heifers!

UVM Extension community forestry Already consigned specialist. “Our goal was to create one Duane Howes of Moretown website where Vermonters could go to 50 Head holstein dairy herd!! connect to the wealth of information *Also 40 head of artificially sired holstein open heifers 300-800 lbs* and resources about our forests.”

Top quality dairy heifers, springers, holsteins rtb, yearlings & calves For landowners, the site provides All quality consignments welcome! information on a number of topics Cash in on your overstock!! from tree identification and invasive pests to developing a woodland management plan, hiring a forestry Also consigning beef feeders, angus, hereford and beef cross, consultant and understanding bulls-heifers-cows w/calves and steers!!

Don’t miss this annual spring sale All quality consignments welcome A must sale to attend!!!

ANNUAL SPRING DAIRY/ FEEDER CONSIGNMENT SALE

OVER 150 HEAD EXPECTED!!

Check out more Real Estate in the

Arts + Leisure Section every Thursday in the Addy Indy!

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-424-8590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

Due to retirement, we have been commissioned to sell the Cattle, Equipment and Feed for Rose & the late Archie Domina, of Sheldon (Franklin), VT

Date: Wednesday April 11, 2018 @ 9:30 a.m. Location: 300 Patterson Rd. Sheldon (Franklin), VT 05457 Equipment & heifers - Directions: Off of 105w toward Franklin go north on 120, take left on to Patterson road. Watch for Auction signs!

Milking herd to be sold at 1pm - Directions: Milking Herd: Off Route 105w in Sheldon (across form Bourdeau Bros) turn onto Clark road. Watch For Auction Signs!

Auctioneers Comment: All trailer trucks are set up w/wet kits, live hydraulics & valve bodies.

Much of the equipment is in top condition. It is with great honor to serve the family in selling this well-maintained equipment and fine herd of cattle belonging to the late Archie Domina friend & business acquaintance.

AUCTIONEER: RON WRIGHT | P 802.334.6115 | F 802.334.1591 | 802.323.7955 48 Community Dr., Newport, VT 05855 Email: Info@wrightsauctions.com Website: www.wrightsauctions.com Online Sales Room: http://sales.wrightssports.com Ring man: Roland Ayer 802-343-3750 Terms: Cash or good check w/ID. Purchases will not be released until paid in full. For buyers unknown to management, they must provide a letter of credit issued to Wright’s Auction Service. Sale Managed by Wright’s Auction Service, Newport, VT. Like and follow our Facebook page (Wrights Enterprises). Follow us on Twitter (Wrights Sports).

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For more info call 802-388 2661 (ACCS) Sale Manager: Tom Wisnowski 802-989-1507 Auctioneer – John Nop *Also accepting quality consignments for* May 5th Annual Spring Machinery Sale www.accscattle.com

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Midd. college students help design Habitat for Humanity houses

By ROBERT KEREN MIDDLEBURY — Architecture students from Middlebury College are partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Addison County to design a residence that will be constructed for two families in the town of Middlebury in 2019.

This spring, the 14 students in Assistant Professor John McLeod’s Intermediate Architectural Design course are exploring possibilities for the site located at 51 Seymour Street.

They have researched the town’s zoning regulations, examined the

deed, analyzed the lot, determined the local and state permitting requirements, spoken with neighbors, and learned about Habitat for Humanity’s specific needs.

The students have developed three “viable approaches” to the duplex project, including a single subdivided building, two buildings loosely connected, or two completely separate structures. They have built 3-D models and created scale drawings to better understand the possibilities, and in the coming week the students — along with

representatives from Habitat for Humanity and their professor — will meet in open session with members of the town’s Design Advisory Committee.

“Our goal,” said McLeod, a registered architect and principal in the firm McLeod Kredell Architects, “is to have a single design scheme by the end of the semester that hopefully will have the support of the town, Habitat for Humanity, and everyone else involved. This is an experiment, a pilot project, and all of us are designing the process

challenges of creating as we go along.” housing.

The partnership with “Habitat benefits affordable collaboration Habitat for Humanity from the creative The also brings to the calls for Middlebury energy brought forefront the real need College to design the by the students, for affordable housing home in 2018 and for in Addison County, Habitat for Humanity and they in turn experience not just in the eyes of to build it in 2019. the students but for Mickey Heinecken firsthand the everyone fortunate of Cornwall, the challenges enough to live here,” president of the local of creating he said.

Habitat for Humanity affordable Architecture student affiliate, pointed sophomore Paige out that Middlebury housing.”

College students have — Mickey Heinecken Ballard would agree.

She said, “We are been active volunteers with Habitat for Humanity for dedicating ourselves to creating two the past 15 years and that the new homes that will have real and lasting partnership represents “a brave new impact on the neighborhood, the town, and — most importantly — endeavor” in the relationship.

“Habitat benefits from the creative the families that will reside within energy brought by the students, and them. It’s exciting to work on such they in turn experience firsthand the a wholesome, large-scale, and professional-level project.”

Junior Reed Martin said the primary goal of the class is to “interact with Habitat for Humanity representatives and community members to design a project that fits into the There’s Still Time! constructed and natural context of Middlebury. This opportunity to ORDER SPRING CHICKS see what a design project looks like from conception to construction has caused me to rethink the intricacies of the architectural process in how it Order Deadline Extended relates to community, aesthetic, and Through Sunday, April 8th! sustainability.”

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Pekin Mallards To see these challenges realized Indian Runners as a new home in the town of TURKEYS Middlebury will be one of the most White Turkeys influential experiences in my study Bronze Turkeys of architecture.”

MEAT BIRDS After the conclusion of the initial Cornish Broilers design phase, McLeod plans to DOWNLOAD ORDER FORM: engage students in a course next fall that will advance design development, www.middleburyagway.com prepare working drawings, and MIDDLEBURY AGWAY perform cost estimates. During winter term, students will finalize 388 Exchange Street Open the drawings and other details to get 7 da ys 388-4937 ready for construction — by Habitat Mon. - Fri. 8-6, Sat. 8-5, Sun. 9-4 for Humanity volunteers — in the spring of 2019.

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