Thursday, April 4, 2019

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With Easter approaching we have included our annual Worship Directory inside today’s edition.

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Of local note

The Panther women’s lacrosse team is hitting its stride after a change in tactics. See Page 1B.

The Bristol Town Band and two of its key members will be celebrated. See Arts + Leisure.

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Study, citizens back city truck route Option around Main St. called feasible

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes and its neighbors have seen close votes recently.

The latest Addison Northwest School District budget passed in March by six votes, and it wasn’t too long ago a city mayor’s race ended with a margin of three. Both went through recounts.

But no recounts were needed on Tuesday at the Vergennes Opera House, where about 100 residents of Vergennes and surrounding towns gathered. They were there to learn the results of a study conducted by traffic engineers on what could be done with the 800 trucks a day, 500 of them big rigs, that rumble through the city’s downtown.

Virtually everyone present expressed a preference for sending trucks around Vergennes on a new road and bridge north of the city.

The study, authored by South Burlington engineering firm Stantec, evaluated three choices to soften the trucks’ impact, and one proved to be a unanimous favorite — even to those conducting the study.

The alternatives were evaluated on criteria that included the costs

of construction, land and right-ofway purchasing, and design and permitting; benefits to Vergennes and impacts and benefits to other areas, including economic and quality-of-life factors; safety; and impact on the truck sector.

The options were: • Alternative A, a series of improvements to the existing Route 22A corridor in Vergennes by (See Vergennes, Page 11A)

NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL student Henry Swan works on a sign to carry during the Next Steps Climate Solutions walk beginning Friday.

School officials aim to give young people options to take positive actions, and hope that will help alleviate ecoanxiety.

Photo courtesy North Branch School

Anxiety fuels climate activism in Ripton

N. Branch students to join climate walk

Crowd pleaser

JIMMY KEITH, TWIN brother of Middlebury College women’s lacrosse goalie Julia Keith, busts a dramatic dance move during the Panthers’ game vs. Amherst at Kohn Field this past Saturday. He regularly entertains fans at Panther lax games and is beloved by many who enjoy seeing his athleticism.

Independent photo/Steve James

Gemignani shares dream for Ben Franklin spot

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Scott Gemignani is in the business of magic and fantasy; his downtown Middlebury game store, Tinker & Smithy, sells it by the box.

But some might say the latest trick up his sleeve could compete with anything that could be scripted in DungeonQuest, Battlelore, or War of the Ring.

He’s attempting to conjure the purchase of the former Ben Franklin store property at 63 Main St. and transform it into a mixture of retail, arcade, bowling alley, burger joint and affordable housing.

“I feel this is doable,” Gemignani said during a

“The only way businesses are going to survive like this is to be able to offer ‘experiences’ in addition to retail. A lot of businesses can’t do that, but we think we can do it.”

— Scott Gemignani

recent interview at his 72 Main St. store, located just a throw of the dice away from the now-vacant Ben Franklin building. Owner Andy Li closed

Ben Franklin last summer, citing declining retail sales. Its closure marked the end of an era of sorts for Middlebury residents, who since 1943 visited the general merchandise store looking for items ranging from toys to penny candy to quilt fabric.

The 10,366-square-foot building is currently listed for sale for $825,000. The future owner(s) will also need to invest in repairs, depending on what they plan to use it for.

Gemignani doesn’t have the $825,000, nor the more than $500,000 he believes would be needed to fix and reorganize the structure into a multi-use (See Retail, Page 16A)

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS RIPTON — Climate science is difficult for middle schoolers to grapple with.

It’s also a hard thing to have to teach them, said North Branch School science teacher Rose McVay. “I want my students to learn the science of climate change for themselves — that it’s not based on ‘beliefs,’ but on data and evidence that they can study themselves, and that the causes are traceable to human activity,” McVay told the Independent. She also wants them

“to see the difference alternative actions could make, based on data.”

But last year, during a two-month unit on physical climate science, she noticed her students were struggling emotionally.

“One thing we’ve learned is that kids, the more they know about climate change, the more anxious they get,” said North Branch director and head teacher Tal Birdsey.

This anxiety can take many forms, according to a 69-page report published in 2017 by the American (See North Branch, Page 15A)

Scientist explains global warming’s effect on wildlife

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS RIPTON — Few images from Tom Rogers’ wildlife presentation in Ripton last Thursday captured the scale of climate change better than a map of the eastern United States.

Highlighted with warm colors, Vermont has been plucked from

its place on this map and moved southwest to suggest what weather might be like here in the coming decades.

In the more hopeful scenario, late21st-century summers in Addison County might feel like they do now (See Science, Page 15A)

Teen offers glimpse of Muslim community’s concerns Anzali inspires with poetry, eloquence

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Narges Anzali speaks and writes so clearly, beautifully and effortlessly, you have to remind yourself she’s only 13.

But living in a world where one can face taunts, jeers or much worse for simply being Muslim, Anzali has had to grow up more quickly than other teens at Middlebury Union Middle School. She’s fluent in three languages and her voluminous English vocabulary includes words like “Islamophobia.”

It’s a word she wishes had never been coined, but she occasionally lives it, even within the gentle, progressive confines of Middlebury, Vermont. Narges has to a great degree kept her fears and concerns inside, but that all changed on March 15, when a shooter murdered a combined total of 50 worshippers in two mosques in Christchurch, New

WEYBRIDGE TEENAGER NARGES Anzali grabbed some attention last week with the publication of her poem “To all the people who hate Muslims.” She expanded on themes in the poem during a conversation with the Independent.

Independent photos/John S. McCright

Zealand.

She recalled the news popping across her cell phone, and the shock

that followed.

“To see (they were killed) just because they were Muslim, to

see that sacred space desecrated,” Narges said, her voice tinged with emotion. “The thing what did it

for me was the fact that when the shooter walked in, the first thing he heard was ‘As-Salaam-Alaikum’ — which means, ‘Peace be upon you, brother.’ And the next thing he did was shoot someone.

“Why do people have so much hate?”

She decided to make that the central question of a poem, titled “To all the people who hate Muslims.”

Like blood from an open wound, the words flowed from Narges’ heart, through her fingers and onto keyboard until she’d unburdened her soul.

Public reaction to her poem — in which she eloquently pleads with people to not hate folks they don’t even know — has been swift and overwhelming. Narges’ piece was first published on the Young Writers’ Project website two weeks ago, and then in the March 28 edition of the Addison Independent. It’s spurred thousands of “likes” and mostly positive comments on the (See Anzali, Page 12A)

By the way The First Baptist Church of Bristol on Saturday, April 6, will host a fun fundraiser for the Village2Village Project in Uganda.

Slated to begin at 5:30 p.m., the (See By the way, Page 11A)

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Midd. to create downtown plan ‘Falter’ sees last chance slipping away Community lands grant to imagine future of village center McKibben laments human approach to the natural world

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — It’s not until the last page of Bill McKibben’s new book, “Falter,” that the word “love” gets used in a higher-order, capital-L sort of way.

“Another name for human solidarity is love,” he writes, “and when I think about our world in its present form, that is what overwhelms me.”

McKibben follows this with a brief celebration of the human goodness capital-L love inspires.

Encountered in any of his previous 17 books, the passage might have read as encouragement to his fellow climate activists: Don’t give up — this is what we’re fighting for.

In “Falter,” however, it reads as a lament. It recalls nothing so much as an image the author presents in the second chapter of the book: “In 2018, 80 people died in Attica, in the heart of classical Greece, when a firestorm took off amid record heat; those who survived did so only by diving into the Aegean Sea, even as ‘flames burned their backs.’ Two dozen people who couldn’t make it to the beach just formed a circle and embraced one another as they died.”

Such moments, both past and future, weigh heavily on McKibben’s work now. Thirty years after publishing “The End of Nature,” which first introduced the concept of climate change to a wide audience, he has written a book that might have been called “The End of Humanity.”

But the word “falter” connects McKibben’s first and latest books well enough.

“The certainty of nature — that God’s creation or Darwin’s or whoever’s will provide for us, bountifully, as it always has — is what frees us to be fully human, to be more than simply gatherers of food,” he wrote in “The End of Nature.” “But what will happen — this summer or next summer or some summer soon — as that certainty falters?”

Three decades later

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury has landed a $62,500 state grant that will allow it to launch a master planning process for its downtown.

The grant, through Vermont’s “Better Connections program,” will be added to $33,333 in Clean Water Initiative funds that Middlebury previously received for downtown stormwater planning. Together, the money will allow the town to hire consultants to lead an overall planning effort for downtown Middlebury, an area that will see construction upheaval during the next three years as workers replace the Main Street and Merchants Row rail overpasses with a concrete tunnel.

Middlebury Director of Planning and Zoning Jennifer Murray and the town planning commission have been long advocating for a master plan to chart downtown assets and logical development patterns for this key area.

“With downtown Middlebury facing a 10-week shutdown in

summer 2020, this master planning stormwater infrastructure elements project comes at a critical time for that can be incorporated into the tapping into what people value downtown streetscape. about their downtown,” Murray said • Planning and design of bicycle and through an email. “The pedestrian connections planning commission within the downtown “I’m really and I are thrilled to have area. the support of a wide looking forward • Design charrettes variety of downtown to digging into using public input to stakeholders as the town some community reimagine the Bakery seizes this opportunity conversations to Lane municipal lot to take the lead on learn more about and surrounding area, engaging the whole including Bakery Lane, community in charting the history of the Ilsley Library, Ben out a roadmap for the downtown and Franklin property, and what makes future of downtown.” other downtown areas.

The scope of the plan, our community Plans call for according to Murray, unique.”

Murray to send a will include: request for proposals to — Jennifer Murray • Public outreach and prospective consultants events aimed at creating in May, with selection a community vision for the downtown of a winner by June 1. The consultant area. will then begin to collect data and • Developing targeted coordinate a series of public input recommendations for public events, leading up to design charrettes improvements that will support the this fall. economic vitality and social vibrancy Murray anticipates the Middlebury of downtown. will have a downtown master plan in • Planning and design of green (See Downtown, Page 3A)

ACSD seeks feedback on facilities

THIRTY YEARS AFTER he wrote “The End of Nature,” Ripton author and climate activist Bill McKibben has written a new book that explores what it means to be human in the age of global warming and genetic engineering.

Photo credit/Nancie Battaglia

our certainty of Ayn Rand, whose nature isn’t the only Bill McKibben ideas about the thing that has fal- provides plenty world were “simtered. At the dawn of of disquieting ple-minded, onethe gene-editing age, science facts and dimensional and we find ourselves poisonous,” but asking, What does sets off plenty who may turn out to “free” or “fully hu- of alarm bells in have been the most consideration of man” mean? important philosoM c K i b b e n such questions, pher of all time. provides plenty of but this isn’t what “Rand called her disquieting science theory ‘objectivmakes “Falter” so ism,’ and usually facts and sets off plenty of alarm bells compelling. it’s grouped with in consideration of ‘libertarianism,’” such questions, but McKibben writes. this isn’t what makes “Falter” so Its “emotional core” is simple: compelling. The book succeeds be- “Government is bad. Selfishness cause its author has managed, with is good. Watch out for yourself. his characteristic thoroughness and Solidarity is a trap. Taxes are theft. modesty, to clarify both the human You’re not the boss of me.” present-tense and Rand’s ideas, because they the contexts that held sway over Republican and produced it. libertarian leaders at a crucial time One context in American history, “may have he traces decided the planet’s geological and back to Rus- technological future.” sian-AmeriThey’ve also led to a class of can novelist economists spewing repugnant ideas.

Tyler Cowen, described by BusinessWeek as “America’s hottest economist” advises young people, in McKibben’s words, “to develop a skill that can’t be automated, and that can be sold to the remaining high earners: be a maid, a personal trainer, a private tutor, a classy sex worker.”

Rand’s work has also infected Silicon Valley, where the exponential growth in computing power has given rise to controversial genetic engineering and artificial intelligence projects. Leaders there are “deeply attached to the idea that they should be left alone to do their thing: create value, build apps, change the world,” McKibben says. For them, the key Rand quote isn’t about the immorality of community or the horror of taxes but: “Who will stop me?”

In response, McKibben suggests that “if we wanted to somehow engineer better humans, we’d start (See McKibben, Page 3A)

MIDDLEBURY — The ACSD Board invites the community to participate in one of three community dialogues on “Building Our Future.” at Middlebury Union High School: • Monday, April 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, April 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m., (childcare provided; please RSVP ACSD central office 3821277) • Wednesday, April 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The Board has been working for the last two years at developing a long-range, sustainable direction to better support all students across the school district. At the start of this year, it began the development of a facilities master plan, to assess the needs of all of the school buildings and to create a sustainable plan that guides investment over the next ten years and addresses building needs and enrollment patterns.

The upcoming dialogues are important next step in the continuing

Sharing wisdom

process the Board created to develop a long-range plan to guide its use of buildings and other facilities for the foreseeable future. This next round of community dialogues will focus on different scenarios that, in a broad sense, address declining enrollment, grade configuration and creating greater equity and opportunity for the students of our district.

“In our fall community meetings and comment period, the Board heard strong support for addressing these areas, as well as addressing the expectation that the unification process that created the ACSD would produce operational savings over time.” says ACSD Board Chair Peter Conlon. “That feedback was incorporated into further board discussions that took place during three retreats this winter. We are now ready to begin the next phase of this process.”

The upcoming events will ask citizens to look at addressing our school

system in three levels: • Facility needs at Middlebury Union High School to address deferred maintenance and create a better 21st century learning environment; • Opportunities to increase equity and opportunity at Middlebury Union Middle School, as well as addressing its maintenance needs; • Configuring our elementary schools to improve equity and opportunity, along with addressing declining enrollment and demonstrating a commitment to effectiveness and efficiency.

Conlon says, “Your feedback will be key as the Board continues its work on creating the facilities master plan by the end of summer.

The ACSD Board strongly encourages district residents to participate in this process, as we want the final document to reflect the goals and values of our community for years to come.”

EASTVIEW RESIDENT PENNY Campbell listens as Bridge School kindergartener Amelie McCue tells her about the Heritage Research Project that the six-year-old made. On March 18 students at Middlebury’s Bridge School presented their projects to seniors and others at the EastView retirement community in Middlebury.

Addison Independent, Thursday, April 4, 2019 — PAGE 3A

Turkey hunting season to begin April 27 for youths

MONTPELIER — It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont.

Youth spring turkey hunting weekend is April 27 and 28 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31.

Vermont hunters took 5,878 turkeys during last year’s spring youth weekend and May seasons.

The April 27 and 28 youth turkey hunting weekend provides an excellent opportunity for experienced hunters to teach young hunters how to safely and successfully hunt wild turkeys.

“Beyond the simple joy of sharing an outdoor adventure of this sort with a young friend, experienced hunters can take satisfaction in knowing they’ve introduced these youths to some of the most exciting and rewarding hunting the state has to offer,” said Chris Bernier, Vermont’s wild turkey biologist. “Coupled with the thrill of ‘talking’ to a gobbler, the typically high success rates turkey hunters achieve and the often pleasant spring weather they experience, the youth turkey hunt is one of the best ways to introduce youths to THE MIDDLEBURY DEVELOPMENT Review Board on April 8 will take its first look at a plan to renovate the historic Stone Mill building at 3 Mill St. for multiple uses, including a restaurant, public market, lodging and office space.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Stone Mill building plan ready for review

By JOHN FLOWERS The proposed office space, accordMIDDLEBURY — The Middle- ing to Cullinane and Rainey, will bury Development Review Board include shared workspace to support on April 8 will begin its review of the growing number of Addison a proposal to renovate the historic County residents who telecommute Stone Mill building at 3 Mill St. for to jobs. a combination of retail, restaurant, “The shared workspace supports office and housing purposes. the local economy of remote workers, Community Barn freelancers, writers, Ventures (CBV) creatives, and entresubmitted an appli- “We are very preneurs who seek cation calling for excited to enter the a community of substantial interior next phase of the peers and informal improvements to Stone Mill project. colleagues to debate the prominent, with, grab lunch circa-1840 structure The support we with, celebrate with bordering the Otter have received while working in an Creek in Middle- so far has been inspiring and engagbury’s Frog Hollow ing environment,” overwhelming. district. CBV, cothe application owned by Stacey Working with the states.

Rainey and Mary town has been • R e s i Cullinane, recently great, and we feel dential use of the agreed to buy the fourth and fifth Stone Mill from like our community (mezzanine) floors, Middlebury College is excited for this to include five for $500,000. vision to become a short‐term rental The repairs, acapartments with an reality.” cording to the CBV — Mary Cullinane Airbnb component. application, will Cullinane and allow the building Rainey this past to host: winter actively solicited feedback • A restaurant on the ground floor. from the community on their plans.

This would be in keeping with the They’ve assembled a project team structure’s long history of hosting a that includes Silver Maple Construcrestaurant, most recently the Storm tion, McLeod Kredell Architects, Café.

Otter Creek Engineering, and Sellers • Retail and office spaces on the Treybal Structural Engineers. second and third floors. The partners Organizers promised little change are planning a special feature for the to the exterior of the Stone Mill, second floor: A public market that which is listed on the National Regwill include a coffee shop and six or ister of Historic Places. Project team seven permanent vendors who are members have been consulting with in the process of “reimagining the the Vermont Division of Historic retail experience,” according to the Preservation. application.

“The design strategy for the

exterior focuses on honoring and celebrating the historic c.1840 mill building,” the narrative states. “Very little will be done to the exterior of the original building itself, other than minor repairs and maintenance.”

Later stairwell additions will be re‐ clad with translucent siding and clear windows, to allow people to see the original stone building. The existing outdoor seating areas and canopy will be rebuilt and re‐shaped “to better engage the public,” and accessibility to the building will be improved with an ADA‐compliant ramp and entries, according to the application.

“The proposed project is specifically planned to accommodate mixed uses and balanced diversity, while protecting the essential character of the neighborhood,” the CBV narrative reads.

Cullinane and Rainey vowed to make the Stone Mill as energy efficient as possible, through such methods as air‐sealing, added insulation, LED lighting, low‐flow plumbing fixtures, EnergyStar appliances, and air‐source heat pump heating and cooling.

Project organizers are exploring natural gas, along with solar power, to help power both heating/cooling and domestic hot water systems.

“The owners are eager to participate in a neighborhood hydro‐electric project if it should ever become a reality,” the narrative adds, alluding to a longstanding effort by the Holm family to introduce a water turbine at the Otter Creek Falls.

The Stone Mill building is near ample parking, including the municipal lot in Frog Hollow. Cullinane and Rainey have estimated the need for 36 spaces, based on their proposed

McKibben (Continued from Page 2A) by engineering their neighborhoods and schools, not their genes. But, of course, that’s not politically plausible in the world we currently inhabit.”

Dark as it is, “Falter” does have moments of Ripton author humor. and Schumann “ T h e Distinguished dramatic uncertainty Scholar in that lies Environmental ahead may Studies at be the most Middlebury frightening College Bill development McKibben will of all; the read from his physical new book and world is godiscuss “What ing from I Learned in backdrop to the Last Three foreground.

Decades” on (It’s like Thursday, April the contrast 4, at 7 p.m. at between poliMcCullough tics in the old Student Center, days, when Wilson Hall. you could “Falter” will be forget about available for Washington purchase at the for weeks at event through a time, and the Vermont politics in the Trump Book Shop. era, when the president is always jumping out from behind a tree to yell at you.)”

And a dim hope is held out in the book’s final section, “An Outside Chance.”

Two tools — solar power and nonviolent resistance — represent humanity’s best chance at continuing

the “human game,” McKibben says.

Two insidious ideas — the primacy of individual choice and powerlessness born of fatalism — represent the greatest obstacles.

The most curious lives of all are human ones, he says, “because we can destroy, but also because we can decide not to destroy.”

Will we choose the latter? After 30 years, McKibben does not know.

Perhaps capital-L love will save the day.

By the time it appears in “Falter,” however, it’s hard to feel like it was ever enough to affect the trajectory of the “human game” — or that it ever could be.

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mixed uses for the building.

They’re pleased with how their plans have been received thus far, and are looking forward to the upcoming Development Review Board meeting.

“We are very excited to enter the next phase of the Stone Mill project,” Cullinane said. “The support we have received so far has been overwhelming. Working with the town has been great, and we feel like our community is excited for this vision to become a reality.”

If all goes according to plan, the refurbished Stone Mill will open for business late this summer.

“People can signup on our website for updates and our Instagram account is documenting the journey,” Rainey said.

Anyone interested in details regarding the co-working space or public market should email connect@ communitybarnventures.com.

the benefits of a life-long pursuit of hunting.”

Landowner permission is required to hunt on private land during youth turkey hunting weekend. To participate, a youth must be age 15 or under and must have completed a hunter education course and possess a hunting license, a turkey hunting license and a free youth turkey hunting tag. All of these are available on Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife.com or from any license agent.

The youth must be accompanied by an unarmed licensed adult over 18 years of age. Shooting hours for the youth weekend are one half hour before sunrise to 5 p.m. The youth may take one bearded turkey during youth weekend and two bearded turkeys in the regular May hunting season. Last year, young hunters took 525 turkeys during the two-day youth hunt with a success rate of 27 percent.

The regular spring turkey hunting season is May 1-31. Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to noon, and two bearded turkeys may be taken.

Downtown (Continued from Page 2A) place by April, 2020.

“I’m really looking forward to digging into some community conversations to learn more about the history of downtown and what makes our community unique,” Murray said.

The Better Connections program is a collaboration of the Agency of Transportation and Agency of Commerce and Community Development. The funds are for communities to increase transportation options, improve water quality, support public health and strengthen economic vitality in downtowns and village centers.

Middlebury was one of three communities to receive a Better

Connections grant this spring. The others were given to Fairlee, to create a Route 5 corridor plan to improve walking and biking infrastructure, and Northfield, to create a master plan to better connect the town’s villages to each other, Norwich University and their recreational centers.

“Vermonters depend upon their transportation system to provide access to work, school, shopping and other activities,” AOT Secretary Joe Flynn said in a Tuesday press release announcing the awards. “This interagency collaboration allows communities to plan and grow in a way that integrates transportation and land-use planning with economic development decision-making.”

CORRECTION: The March 28 Arts + Leisure article that ran under the headline “Local poets enliven art gallery opening” gave the wrong time of the opening reception. The exhibit “The Language of Art” opens on April 5 at both Edgewater Gallery locations in Middlebury, with an opening reception beginning at 5 p.m. (not 7 p.m.) We apologize for this error and hope you’ll attend the opening at 5 p.m. this Friday, April 5.

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Out! Says Little City to trucks

Rail liaison not at fault for project

Folks in Vergennes have spoken: They want the big 18-wheelers off Main Street. (Truckers, no doubt, do too.)

In a show of unanimous support, almost all of the 100 area residents who attended a public forum on the subject this Tuesday raised their hands in support of a preferred $39 million option that routes the truck traffic north of the city on what supporters called an “economic development corridor.” And for good reason: not only will it free the city center from the overwhelming burden of 800-plus trucks moving through the heart of the city each day — a number that is projected to increase to 1,200 daily within 25 years — but it will open the northern part of the city to what one study said could be $2.9 million in economic development.

That’s a far more compelling story that calling the proposed truck route a bypass, and it’s a story that can instill continued enthusiasm over the longhaul.

The other two options discussed were thoroughly panned. One option included slight traffic calming improvements to the existing throughway that is Route 22A through the city at a cost of $1.9 million. While the improvements were recognized as needed, no one thought the measures went far enough to solve the existing problem. The other option would divert northbound truck traffic off Route 22A to Route 17A through Addison to New Haven Junction, then north on Route 7 to Ferrisburgh. That option, with a $26.8 million price tag, was opposed by everyone, including the traffic engineers who drafted the three alternatives, as well as the selectboards of Addison, Waltham, New Haven and Ferrisburgh.

Now what?

Wait for state funding.

Officials told residents at the meeting (see story Page 1A) the state could not fund it for five years, and even then it would take another decade to plan, permit, design and build. And therein lies the challenge: Any time an AOT project has to wait years for funding, delays can occur and it’s never a sure thing.

What’s required in the interim is community persistence and unanimity.

“There needs to be broad-based support,” said Santec traffic engineer Rick Bryant. “There needs to be a clear message to VTrans. They need to see all the fish swimming in the same direction.”

Mayor Jeff Fritz had addressed the crowd early on saying that city residents “needed to do something and we need to do something now,” adding later that it was “crucial we get them (the big trucks) off Main Street… It’s crucial we maintain enthusiasm.”

Strategies to build such a persistent community voice championing the cause and the campaign can’t start soon enough.

I am writing this post in response to a letter to the editor I saw in the Addy Indy two weeks ago; it ran March 11 under the headline “Don’t trust VTrans on Middlebury rail project.” I had to let some time lapse to cool off before I wrote.

This letter blamed Jim Gish, the VTrans liaison for all the works being done downtown, for their frustration. And yes, the works are frustrating and inconvenient, more so for the businesses downtown, but that is no reason to shoot the messenger. It is not Jim’s fault that an extra three weeks are needed. To say things like Jim is putting “red lipstick on this pig” is unconstructive and childish.

I would want someone who is optimistic and forward-thinking like Jim in this position rather than a Chicken-Little crying that the sky is falling all the time. I wonder what the writer had hoped to accomplish with his letter?

Yes, next summer is going to suck downtown, but if we pull together as a community instead of laying blame, maybe we will see the light at the end of this tunnel. I for one would like to thank Jim for working hard and diligently at this thankless job. Thanks, Jim! Annie Magri Middlebury

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‘Biggest issue of our times’ Just over a dozen years ago, Ripton environmentalist Bill McKibben helped stage what was billed as the first climate change march in the nation right in our backyard. The march started at the Robert Frost wayside area in Ripton as more than 100 people listened to brief opening comments before walking to the Middlebury Green for more speeches and lemonade, and then on to Addison Independent columnist Greg Dennis’s home for that first night’s campout, dinner and more conversation, then on to Burlington over the next two days.

He shares that recollection in his column in this issue (Page 5A) and observes what has changed since that first march. He also draws attention to another climate walk this Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m., starting in Middlebury.

Called Next Steps Climate Solutions Walk, it is sponsored by 350 Vermont and “will focus on the many climate solutions that have grown in Vermont since 2006 — and all that remains to be done.”

On the front page of this paper is a story by reporter Christopher Ross about middle-schoolers at the North Branch School in Ripton who are grappling with climate science. The courses stress data and scientific evidence, and emphasize the difference between facts and “beliefs.” But in teaching the course, the school has found what researchers have termed “ecoanxiety.”

“One thing we’ve learned is that kids, the more they know about climate change, the more anxious they get,” said North Branch director and head teacher Tal Birdsey. Not to be deterred, the school is using that inherent anxiety “as a fuel to move forward,” Ross writes, noting the students will walk the first leg of the five-day Next Steps walk this Friday. Some students shared their thoughts about climate change with the Independent. It’s an interesting perspective from these astute observers.

For readers more convinced by changes they can see, Ross covered a talk

by Tom Rogers, a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department last Thursday in Ripton. Rogers discussed the impact warming weather will have on the state’s “wild places and the creatures that live in them.” The “flagship” species is moose, but he also cites examples of bears wandering around in winter because snowmelt and freak winter rainstorms fill their dens with water. In a best-case scenario, Rogers says, summers in Vermont by the end of this century will be more like they are today in Huntington, West Virginia; and if very little is done to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they will be more like today’s summers in Huntsville, Alabama.

Think about that for a moment.

Finally, Ross also writes a review of McKibben’s latest book, “Falter,” also about climate change and which comes 30 years after his first book on the topic, “The End of Nature.” It’s an important book and a worthy review that starts on Page 2A. We note these four stories in today’s paper to focus your attention on what many are calling “the biggest issue of our times.” We hope you’ll read each with the interest they deserve. We also encourage you to join Friday’s climate walk for any part, be it the first speeches at 10 a.m. on Middlebury’s Green, then for a single block or two of the walk, or a speech or two along the way at various stops, or for the entire five-day, 53-mile journey to Montpelier.

Ross will be on the walk for all five days, and will file reports on the Addison Independent’s Facebook page, video on Twitter and photos on Instagram. We invite you to take part in the journey through his eyes, and through the eyes of his 13-year-old daughter, Vivian, who will be accompanying him. For more information on the march visit 350vermont.org/nextsteps.

Angelo Lynn

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A FEW YOUNG bovines feeling the coming of spring are moved to investigate a newcomer to their New Haven digs.

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Still working to understand racism I have been trying to understand and work on my racism issues for most of my life. But I still can’t quite get how painful it is for people of color, despite the fact that I adopted a biracial daughter in Vermont fifty years ago.

Today Jasmine called me distressed that a young black friend from Brooklyn, who has devoted many years to a summer camp where they both had worked, did not get hired for a leadership position there. Even more upsetting to my daughter was that the camp didn’t respond quickly to the candidate’s post on their Facebook page speaking of the entrenched, systemic nature of racism. The candidate had given examples of racist issues she had experienced and was offended that an (white) applicant who had no background with the camp got hired.

By Sas Jasmine felt that no one had supported Carey her friend’s message.

When my daughter, who was on the board of directors for many years, replies with her own deeply felt thoughts in support of the candidate’s message of entrenched racism, she was dismayed that no one acknowledged the issue or how the issue affects them.

While listening, I found myself with familiar feelings of despair and failure to understand how to respond to her or the situation. I realized that even after fifty years of being Jasmine’s mother, I really didn’t know how to write her a letter of support on this. I got butterflies in my gut thinking of admitting that. I felt nervous about saying the wrong thing. I thought, here I am watching movies, reading, and studying about racism, and I still don’t know how to do this.

Later she told me that people started responding, but

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even though they may have been trying to say the right thing, their words were still hurt her. The first person wrote, “Well, it’s better than it was in the eighties.” She explained to me passionately that this comment is dismissive and doesn’t help anything. “Maybe we are not making any progress. Maybe we are going backward,” she said. This made me even more nervous. As a white person, can I understand this on a deep level? I am trying to get how pervasive it is and how painful it feels.

Then one of Jasmine’s friends wrote a Facebook message of support and included something about people of color hurting.

My daughter exclaimed, “Everyone is hurting. Not just people of color.

When all kinds of cultures interact, everyone benefits.” She added, “You know that. That’s why you go to Mongolia.”

What I learned from the book “Waking up White” by Debby Irving was that my own white privilege consists of not having to be vigilant in my mind and body at every moment. My brain does not have to save a space to be alert to how I might be treated at any moment just because of my skin.

I got my courage up to ask Jasmine what exactly would be helpful for me to write to follow up on the thread on Facebook. I felt like crying because I didn’t know. She had to explain it idea-by-idea and repeat it until I got it enough to own it myself. She asked me to write that I am her mother and adopted her because I want diversity in my life. That I honor the values of the camp and hope the camp will live them in a way that will make a rich experience with diverse people. Then she summarized: (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Trump blaming his own Fed pick President Trump is worried that economic underperformance over the next 18 months could be a risk to his re-election.

Trump promised as a candidate in 2016 that, if he were elected, economic growth would run at 4 percent a year, if not higher. The latest reports from the Commerce Department indicate that actual economic growth in 2017 was 2.2 percent, and 2.9 percent in 2018. Looking at the statistics on a quarter-by-quarter basis, growth slowed from 3.4 percent to 2.2 percent from the third to the fourth quarter of 2018.

Most economists outside the administration are not surprised that actual economic growth has not come close to Trump’s 4 percent goal, or even has run below the White House’s 3 percent expectation on an annual basis. The 2017 tax bill provided the economy with a “sugar high,” increasing income among corporations and wealthy individuals, but doing little to increase income for By Eric L. Davis the great majority of middle-income households. Trump’s tariffs have now been in place long enough that businesses are passing them along to corporate and individual consumers through increased prices.

The consensus of academic and Wall Street economists is that economic growth will average between 2 and 2.5 percent in 2019 and 2020. The Federal Reserve Board’s latest projection is lower than the consensus, at 2.1 percent for 2019 and 1.9 percent for 2020.

Trump is starting to set up the Federal Reserve as a scapegoat for the problems with his administration’s economic policies. Last Friday, Trump tweeted that “Had the Fed not mistakenly raised interest rates, especially

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since there is very little inflation, and had they not done the ridiculously timed quantitative tightening, the 3.0 percent GDP, and Stock Market, would have both been much higher & World Markets would be in a better place.”

The Fed has been led since February 2018 by Jerome “Jay” Powell, Trump’s handpicked choice as board chair.

Trump chose not to reappoint former chair Janet Yellen, in part because some of his advisers thought she was not an enthusiastic supporter of the President’s tax cuts, and that, under her leadership, the Fed had kept interest rates too low for too long. According to other reports, Trump did not reappoint Yellen because she did not “look the part,” and was “too short.”

Trump and his advisers are now criticizing Powell for pursuing exactly the opposite policy from the one they thought Yellen was carrying out wrongly. In a recent interview, Trump told Fox Business News that the economy would have grown by at least 4 percent in 2018 “if we didn’t have somebody (Powell) that would raise interest rates and do quantitative tightening.”

At the end of last week, Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow, saying he spoke for the president, told CNBC that the Fed should lower interest rates by half a percentage point immediately. In the past, interest rate cuts of this magnitude have been used by the Fed when the economy was nearing, or already in, a recession.

While most economists believe the United States is growing at less than its potential, in large part because of Trump policies, few experts see a recession, as opposed (See Davis, Page 5A)

A week ago, my father collapsed in his house. A call to 911 brought three First Responders from Cornwall within five minutes. The ambulance lumbered its way down our holey driveway within ten minutes. I would just like to say that everyone was incredible! Their caring ways, their cheerfulness, their professional knowledge ... I simply cannot laud them enough!

Many thanks to our town’s First Responders and the Middlebury Regional EMS for helping us move Dad safely to Porter, then on up to Burlington. You are all terrific!

Carolyn Van Vleck Cornwall

Bills are on the way to becoming new laws The Senate just passed the halfway point in the legislative session, and I am writing to provide this progress report. I have sponsored the following bills — which have all passed, or are on their way to final passage: S.40: Lead Testing and Remediation for Schools and Childcare Centers. by Senator Chris Bray Lead is a danD-New Haven gerous toxic substance that produces permanent brain damage.

We need to test levels in drinking water and act to reduce exposures for students, faculty and staff in order to achieve a protective, science-based standard.

S.49: PFAS Regulation and Water Protection. PFAS is the family of chemicals that includes PFOA, the cancer-causing chemical found the well water of some 500 Bennington families. Our first response was to regulate groundwater exposures. Now, we are moving to provide similar protections to all Vermonters on public water supplies, and we’re working to set standards for rivers, lakes, streams and ponds. Our goal is legislation that protects everyone from this invisible, tasteless, and odorless poison.

S.96: 2019 Clean Water Initiative. In recent years, Vermont has doubled its investment in clean water work in order to meet both state and federal water quality standards.

We must be sure that the money we (See Bray, Page 5A)

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Addison Independent, Thursday, April 4, 2019 — PAGE 5A

Taking the next steps on climate change The future launches at you in the plus Middlebury College students most unexpected ways. It happened who, along with McKibben, would to some of us a few years ago when form 350.org (which soon became the climate movement suddenly a world leader in combatting global took wing in Vermont. warming).

As the climate crisis now grows To everyone’s surprise, that ever more dire, the movement is small band of hardy walkers was shifting into higher gear. That’s got joined by over a thousand others me reflecting on all the on the final, Labor Day changes and where we trek from Shelburne might go from here.

Farms to Burlington.

In 2006, I had just At that point in time moved out of town into it was the largest-ever a house surrounded by demonstration in the woods and meadows.

U.S. tied to climate As I was settling in, change.

Even the a friend emailed me Republican candidates with a crazy idea: for the U.S. House and Would I consider Senate signed a pledge letting some people committing themsleep in my meadow? selves to support vast And by the way, could reductions in carbon I feed them dinner and pollution. breakfast?

In addition to My friend explained 350.org, that march that a small group was spawned scores of planning to walk for by Gregory Dennis affiliates around the five days from Ripton world, including 350 to Burlington. They Vermont. Among the wanted to use the march as a way to latter’s successes was the recent call for more government action on campaign to get something like 40 climate change. And they needed a Vermont towns to call for an end to place to camp that first night. most new fossil-fuel infrastructure I loved the idea of hosting the projects in our state. walkers, even though most of my Now, nearly 13 years after that moving boxes hadn’t yet been first march, 350 Vermont has oropened. Over a hundred of us ganized another climate walk. It’s launched the march, banners and called Next Steps. It focuses on the flags waving, by winding down many climate solutions that have Route 125 from the Robert Frost grown in Vermont since 2006 — wayside to the Middlebury green, and all that remains to be done. for speeches and lemonade.

Next Steps begins in Middlebury By the time the through-walkers this Friday, April 5, at 10 a.m. and had reached my house, we had will wend through Bristol, Hinesenlisted friends to cook dinner for burg, Richmond and Middlesex to them. The meadow was dotted with Montpelier. Over 140 people have colorful tents in the late-summer signed up to do part or all of the light as everyone got settled for walk.

In the Sixties and Seventies, the night. We gathered around the campfire for slow easy chat and a activists took to the streets. In Vermont, we take to the roads. few songs.

The walk will culminate at the The next morning, in the just-intime way of these events, another Statehouse with calls for legislative crew showed up to cook breakfast action to: block new gas pipelines, for the 20 or so overnighters. provide much more financial supAmong the overnight group, of port for weatherization and other course, was Bill McKibben, one of conservation measures, and act on related social justice issues. (See the organizers of the walk.

Bill was emerging from his writ- event details at 350vermont.org/ erly cocoon to become a global cli- nextsteps.)

So what has changed in the mate activist. He was joined in the meadow by a number of older folks climate movement between that

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first walk in 2006 and Next Steps in 2019?

I see at least two major shifts.

The first is the linkage the movement has established between fighting climate change, as narrowly defined, and larger social justice issues. The second is the way action on climate has reached into so many parts of life on earth.

In 2006 we walked to focus exclusively on climate dangers.

By comparison, this year’s event will also emphasize linkages to social justice and call for action on migrant justice, indigenous rights, racial justice, economic justice and demilitarization. The Green New Deal shares this approach.

The second shift — the expanded reach and growth of climate concerns throughout society — can be seen in many sectors including: -Businesses, especially solar and wind energy companies in the U.S. China, India, Germany, etc.; -Fossil fuel divestment, a movement that has been joined by hundreds of entities with over $9 trillion in investments; -Religion, where scores of organizations are divesting and the Pope issued the landmark Laudato si’ encyclical (“On care for our common home”); -Civil rights, exemplified by the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program.

Another signpost is the massive growth of more local actions.

Because the movement expects nothing from the climate deniers in the White House, it has enlisted cities and states. It has also organized hundreds of citizen campaigns, ranging from the “water protector” native people resisting the Keystone XL pipeline to, well, the Next Steps walk.

All of which is to say that on their way from Middlebury to Montpelier, the Next Steppers won’t just be walking uphill. They will also have the winds of recent history and the power of a global movement at their backs.

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

More on independence Editor’s note: This is the 12th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition.

And she had good reason for her doubt. In an early draft of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson included a condemnation of King George III because he introduced slavery into

By Victor Nuovo the colonies, and he I have written about equates this with waging the Declaration of Inwar against humanity dependence as though it itself: “He has waged were a perfect statement cruel war against human of principles. It was not. nature itself,” wrote Nor did it escape Jefferson, “violating its contemporary observers most sacred rights of life that the promoters of & liberty in the persons independence were of a distant people who shortsighted in the never offended him, application of the princaptivating & carrying ciples of reason they The American them into slavery in espoused, and to that extent they were hyp- Political Tradition another hemisphere, or An essay by to incur miserable death ocrites. I will mention in their transportation only one acute observer, Victor Nuovo Abagail Adams.

Middlebury College thither.”

This clause was deletIn a letter to John Adprofessor emeritus ed and replaced by anams, her husband and of philosophy other, which is arguably second U.S. president, racist. It charges the written months before the Declaration was composed, King with exciting “domestic insurshe expressed doubts about their rections among us”; the immediate endeavor. She wondered how “the agents of these insurrections are not passion for Liberty” could really mentioned, but it is undoubtedly a exist “in the Breasts of those who reference to African slaves. In the have been accustomed to deprive same clause the King is blamed with their fellow Creatures of theirs.” She causing “merciless Indian Savages to make war against the colonies,” was referring to slavery.

knowing that their method of waging war is indiscriminate killing “of all ages, sexes, and conditions.”

Abagail Adams also counseled her husband that as he and his colleagues were at work fashioning a new code of laws for the colonies, “I desire you would Remember the Ladies,” and she warned, “if particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”

She rightly anticipated Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and much more that has been done, and still needs to be done, to rectify the wrongs against women.

These things make clear that the people for whom the Declaration of Independence first spoke were, for the most part, white males who were by descent Englishmen, in short, “Wasps.” We must be grateful that the idea of independence proved to be more powerful than the prejudices of many of its original proponents, and along with it the rights of all sorts and conditions of human beings.

And it hardly needs be said that the struggle to realize these ideas in all their purity is not ended, nor is (See Nuovo, Page 7A)

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) to below-trend economic growth, in the next 18 months.

Meanwhile, Trump is trying to up the ante in his criticism of the Fed by saying that he intends to nominate well-known Fed critic Stephen Moore to the Fed’s board. Moore,

who is a gadfly, not a professional economist, has also advocated an immediate half-point cut in interest rates. Whether he will be formally nominated and confirmed by the Senate is still an open question, both because of his perceived lack of qualifications for the position, and

because, as was reported last week, the IRS has obtained a judgment lien on Moore because he owes more than $75,000 in back taxes and other penalties.

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

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Bray (Continued from Page 4A) invest is effectively targeted and well spent. This bill establishes a more robust system for getting this done by bringing together, in a clear and accountable way, the state and some 336 partners around Vermont, including municipalities, regional planning commissions, conservation districts, and local watershed groups.

S.113: Single-Use Plastics and Polystyrene. The world is awash in plastic, which is fouling the environment and damaging the health of many species. No living thing can break down plastic, so it is permanent pollution — pollution that we are increasingly learning is toxic. In fact, the plastic that has “disappeared,” has actually only broken down into tiny bits of “microplastics,” which are now found in fish, as well as in products ranging from bottled water to beer.

This bill takes a first step to reduce plastic pollution by banning — in July 2020 — the very thin single-use plastic bags now commonplace in stores. The goal is to help people transition to reusable bags. In addition, the bill bans single use straws in food service (unless requested), and it also bans the most toxic and troublesome form of plastic (expanded polystyrene, often referred to as “styrofoam”).

Finally, it creates a working

group to help us get ahead of the avalanche of plastics by looking at packaging at the time a product is created — giving the packagers an explicit role and obligation to help manage this waste stream.

S.170: Extending Small Hydroelectric Stations. Vermont has many older, small hydroelectric stations coming off of very longterm contracts. This bill adjusts state law to enable these stations to find new cost-effective contracts based on market prices.

In addition to the above items, the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, which I chair, has also passed: S.12: State Energy Management. This bill renews a successful pilot study that has the state leading by example by deploying energy efficiency and conservation measures in state buildings; and S.30: Hydrofluorocarbons. This bill requires a phase out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), often used as a refrigerant. These chemicals are a very powerful greenhouse gas, with 1 HFC molecule having the impact of 1,000 carbon dioxide molecules.

Finally, the committee is pushing ahead during the final six weeks of this legislative session to: 1. double our state’s low- and moderate-income weatherization programs, which save Vermonters

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) I want a diverse life. I adopted a biracial child to get diversity. With diversity, everyone is enriched. She had put words on my truth. I didn’t have to stretch my truth to say these.

I wrote this letter:

feel they are not treated equally, we all must listen and pay attention.

Otherwise, we all lose. I hope my great grandchildren — when I have them — will have the opportunity to experience a richly diverse experience at camp.

I am Jasmine Carey’s mother, having started my family’s three-generation connection to your camp in 1978. After 50 years, I am still learning from her. I believe that the richness of diversity benefits all of us, challenging as it is. The values of camp are very important in today’s world. I hope we can be leaders in figuring out how to accept and communicate with one another, including from one race to another. When people of color

When I posted this, I texted Jasmine and I said that I hope I didn’t say anything wrong. She wrote back that saying something wrong is better than being silent.

Sas Carey, R.N, M.Ed., directs Nomadicare.org, which supports and preserves traditional Mongolian nomadic culture through healthcare, documentaries, and stories. She has recently enjoyed sharing Mongolian culture in the Lincoln Community School and Beeman Academy.

money while also reducing emissions; and 2. develop community-scale renewable energy projects, to enable schools, hospitals, municipalities and interested homeowners to use clean renewable energy — even when their own building or house site is not well-suited to such an installation.

I do my best work when I know what’s on your minds, so please write or call if you have questions, comments, or need help with an issue that involves the state. You can reach me at cbray@leg.state. vt.us or (802) 371-8183.

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Raymond Paquette, 91, Cornwall

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CORNWALL — Raymond N. Paquette, 91, passed away Monday, April 1, 2019, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services. He was born May 26, 1927, in New Bedford, Mass., the son of Arthur and Melina (Boudreau) Paquette.

Ray enlisted in the Navy in World War II, joining at the age of 17. He was discharged in July of 1946 after he recovered from a knee injury suffered in an airplane crash during his service. In 1947, his family moved from Massachusetts to a farm on North Bingham Street in Cornwall. Shortly after, he met and married Barbara Piper, who lived on a neighboring farm. Their marriage lasted almost 53 years, until her death in 2002.

Ray was the last surviving founding member of the Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department. He worked as the shipping supervisor at Polymers Plastic for many years. He TRAVIS LEE TESTER also served in the Addison County Sheriff’s department as a deputy. For “I hope for a day where all indi- several years, he was on the select viduals struggling with mental illness feel empowered and comfortable seeking support just as they would for any physical condition.”

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Travis Tester, 30, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, our lives were forever changed when Travis Lee Tester, loving son, brother and friend, passed away at the age of 30.

Travis was born on Sept. 30, 1988, in Hayward, Calif., to John R. Tester and Michelle (Hemovich) Beausoleil. He graduated from Fair Haven Union High School, Class of 2005, and most recently worked at Fire and Ice in Middlebury as a waiter and bartender. Travis had many talents: he was a wonderful artist who enjoyed drawing comics, and he wrote and performed original music, especially rap music.

Travis enjoyed spending time with his friends and meeting new friends through his work at the restaurant.

He will always be remembered for his uplifting personality, sense of humor, wonderful smile and especially for his courage during difficult times.

Travis is survived by his parents, John and Catherine Tester of Orwell and Michelle and Bruce Beausoleil of San Jose, Calif. He is also survived by five siblings: Michael

Tester of Middlebury; William Bickham of Orwell; Peter (Jennifer) Bickham of Hopewell, N.J.; Patrick (Jessica) Bickham of Morristown, N.J.; and Andrea Tester of Orwell; as well as a niece, Brianna; a nephew, Peter; Grandparents Doris Hemovich of Seattle, Wash., and Dorothea Kravetsky of Orwell; aunts, uncles and cousins.

Travis was preceded in death by his great nana, IdaBelle Sheratt, and grandparents Carol and Roy Tester, Michael Hemovich and Nicholas Kravetsky.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. Friends may pay their respects to the family on Sunday, April 7, from noon to 2 p.m. with a memorial service following at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Homeward Bound Animal Shelter, 236 Boardman Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, or the Center for Health and Learning, Vermont Suicide Prevention Center, 28 Vernon Street, Suite 319, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

board for the Town of Cornwall. He enjoyed gardening and produced a bumper crop in the raised beds he built on his five acres in Cornwall.

An avid woodworker and carver, Ray gave away many of his creations to his friends and family, most notably the over three hundred little birds he carved by hand. He never met a stranger and took great pleasure in making life fun and making people laugh, always ready to tell a joke or humorous story. His grandchildren considered him a remarkable grandfather because he was willing to play and build whatever they requested, from stilts to treehouses.

Ray is survived by his daughters Marcia Adams and Lynne Paquette of Middlebury and Alison Ignatowicz of Moyock, N.C., his sister Pat Bibeau of Metairie, La., his brother Paul Paquette of Afton, Va., five beloved grandsons, six beloved great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by his wife Barbara, his parents, and five of his seven siblings.

RAYMOND N. PAQUETTE As per his wishes, there will be no funeral service. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to Addison County Home Health and Hospice.◊

Merritt Eddy celebration of life MIDDLEBURY — A celebration of life to honor the memory of Merritt Hull Eddy will be held in the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society Sanctuary in

Middlebury, on Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made for the educational benefit of Merritt’s children,

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ADDISON COUNTY — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Reel String Trio will present performances at three area schools on April 12. The trio will visit Beeman Elementary School in New Haven at 9 a.m., Vergennes Union Elementary School at 10:30 a.m. and Ferrisburgh Central School at 1:30 p.m.

Symphony Reel takes students on a unique journey though a range of musical styles, including classical and folk. The musicians — cellist John Dunlop, violinist Laura Markowitz, and violist Ana Ruesink — are all veteran performers with the Symphony and experienced educators as well.

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creation of a unique folk tune for the school.

The performances are part of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s statewide SymphonyKids education program, which reached over 22,000 schoolchildren last year with 257 presentations serving 139 schools in 111 different towns.

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Letters to the Editor VUHS educators put hard work into class schedule

To be transparent, I was responsible for developing the current VUHS schedule, but I hardly did that in isolation. I found early on in my 10-year tenure that I was gifted with a great many great educators, paraeducators, counselors, clinicians, and staff. As a result, I can only use the pronoun “we” to describe the genesis of what has been a strong schedule for the past 13 years. We found that we had a strong group of teacher-leaders who wanted to transform VUHS. We did so, ending up ranked in the top ten high schools in Vermont by “US News and World Report” during my last year as co-principal.

We began the change process with discussions on assessment.

We did a lot of work in training on Authentic Assessment (Grant Wiggins, 1998), thus changing the focus from homework/quiz/multiple guess testing to more sustainable assessment to real-world standards.

We would need a flexible schedule to do that.

We also needed to change our grading practices and build intervention time instead of handing out “zeroes” for missed assignments (Doug Reeves, 2004). We turned to building a “Call-Back” period, giving students the time to make up that work. But my experience was that I could get late-day Call Back to work in private schools, but Vergennes is formed by strong agricultural communities where students work after school and has a high athletic participation rate after school. So, we invented a Call-Back system paired with lunch and band.

Why band? We all thought that band was our strongest program and that our music educators would police missed academic work well. That proved true.

Over the last ten years, we have encountered persuasive research that the arts are integral to students learning math, language, and to their executive functioning. Because we read that research, and believed it, we were never tempted to cut the arts in favor of “piling on” extra math and English classes (those darlings of the for-profit testing industries).

Soon, we discovered PBiS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: “Implementation framework for maximizing the selection and use of evidence-based prevention and intervention practices along a multi-tiered continuum that supports the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral competence of all students.”) Because we all agreed that learning was a behavior, we began using the PBiS framework to evaluate all our student data. This combined with the anxiety to keep our students safe (Columbine happened in 1999, and the first research was trickling in: many high school students had no connections with adults in the building) and provide a safe learning space. So, we created advisory periods to begin each day.

A year later, we would give the advisors the keys to the Call-Back System.

Following in Grant Wiggin’s footsteps, Vermont found the Flexible Pathways concept. I had liked to consider this “Performance-Based Graduation Requirements,” but I was largely outvoted by those devotees of “Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirements.” The slight change in wording puts all the assessment role back to the teacher, in my opinion. The Requirements could be judged by juries of teachers, parents, and community

members. But “Flexible Pathways” require a flexible schedule. So now we find VUHS pushing their Flexible Pathways in admirable ways. They have students out in the community, working on skills measured by real-world standards.

So why the anxiety?

Both present and future schedules are A/B. AP classes have always been year-long A/B. They have always had the flexibility for a full-year intervention for students who are falling behind.

As long as PBiS frameworks are in place, they can individualize schedules.

What will be the effect on band?

On art? We frequently had students graduate with 6 art or 6 music credits (Grades 7-12).

How will we adjust to a possible 8 mid-term exams and final exams?

Will we stay the course of Multiple Pathways?

Is this schedule driven by Common Core testing protocols?

Our theater offerings and public speech offerings were designed for one-semester A/B. Why would one-semester at a time A/B not be made to match Mt. Abe A/B and Middlebury A/B? (In regards to Pre-Technical programs.)

Usually, when community anxiety expresses itself, there are hidden causes. I no longer have a clue to what those may be. But the present VUHS schedule was built by a team of outstanding educational leaders … mostly teachers. I hope that this letter helps to put focus on the hard work and heart of those teachers.

Respectfully, Ed Webbley Former VUHS Principal Middlebury

Nuovo (Continued from Page 5A) its outcome certain, which is all the more reason why we must constantly renew them in our minds and hold them sacred.

Before ending this discussion of independence, there remains this question: What sort of form of government did the proponents of “independence” want to create?

A Democracy or a Republic are the usual answers. But they are not the same form, so which is it?

Historically, democracy originated in ancient Athens; republic signified the polity of ancient Rome, before Caesar’s coup.

The simplest, indeed literal, definition of “Democracy” is the rule of the people. Greek political theory distinguished between three kinds of government in terms of the number of those who rule: one, few, or many — or monarchy, aristocracy or democracy.

Plato, who witnessed the downfall of democracy in Greece, took a dim view of it. His fear, which was confirmed by events, was that democracy was unstable, and that it led inevitably to tyranny, which he considered the greatest political evil of all. A classical democracy consisted of one ruling body: the assembly of the people, who made laws and administered justice, and decided on all public affairs, domestic and foreign, including declaring war.

In a direct democracy, all decisions are made by vote of the people. But Plato saw that the people at large were often not motivated to act by reason, but by their passions, which were aroused by political orators, who appealed to their prejudices rather than to their rational good sense. Moreover, since there was no higher rule than the assembly of the people, there was no rule of fundamental law, nor basic principles of right that might act as a safeguard against mass feeling, which fed upon resentments and prejudices.

The people’s assembly seemed to Plato the perfect seedbed for

Reading the articles and letters in the Addison Independent regarding the roadside mosquito spraying, I was rather amazed that anything as toxic as Malathion was still in use.

I was glad to see the rebuttals from such highly regarded and credible authorities as Marc Lapin.

The issue prompted me to reflect back on my farming experiences going back to when much greater numbers of wildlife were still flourishing. In the early fifties, I rode the still-used horse drawn equipment, then pulled by the 1931 Hart Parr tractor operated by my uncle, Merritt, the farm manager. It gave me a lot of opportunity to observe the sky, which was full of myriad flying insects and the numerous barn swallows and chimney swifts deftly snatching them from the air. The area, along the Long Island Sound shoreline, was home to many large tracts of salt marshes and numerous osprey nests. I loved to watch the “fish hawks” as we called them, do their kamikaze-like plunges into the mill pond and emerge with unsuspecting fish.

We had a small herd of almost strictly grass-fed Guernseys, bearing the same genetics as those in the Channel Isles — later ruined (in my estimation) by demand for higher production and the bogus fat scare. I would stand a teaspoon in a bowl of

the delicious yellow cream, which never fell over during an hour-long meal. The neighbors flocked in to get the much-praised raw milk.

Moving to a farm in the Champlain Valley almost 40 years ago, I was rather shocked to see how much farming had changed. I was even more shocked to learn that the average cow in the confined operations lived only 6 years — far short of the almost 49 years a grass-fed Irish cow lived. Lifespan is now less than four years — a result of the extreme diet of grain and other impacts to their health. Meanwhile the mid-west soils, like the other grass lands of the world — once the second richest carbon sinks in the world — are being depleted of soil life and much of their carbon by chemically-based cropping, largely to feed confined animals.

Manure from beef operations is often land filled, putting a great amount of methane into the atmosphere.

Despite all the debate about methane emitted by cattle, the carbon sequestered into the grasslands was the result of millennia of multi-species grazing, a process being revived by conscientious farmers. Author, Paul Ehrlick, estimates that 35 percent of climate change is caused by modern agricultural practices — closely approximating my estimation. If only we had taken a lesson from the impact

on populations of osprey and other raptors by the indiscriminate use of DDT, we wouldn’t see such a decline in bats and other species that accumulate harmful toxins. If we European invaders had drawn upon the wisdom of the indigenous people, who lived in relative harmony with Ma Nature for thousands of years, rather than waging upon them the worst genocide in history (still being conducted), we wouldn’t be witnessing the extreme climate change and mass extinction occurring.

Long ago, a prominent native chief reportedly advised the whites that if they continued soiling their nests, there would be grave consequences.

The ongoing mass extinction is almost certainly due, largely, to the accumulation of chemical toxins in the bodies of the affected animals.

Mosquitoes are a vital food for bats and frogs, among other animals. In turn, those animals have been a great boon to keeping mosquitoes in check.

We have set up a vicious circle with our increasing addiction to better living through chemistry.

It is time to wise up and employ. much more earth-friendly methods of feeding ourselves and dealing with annoyances before we, as a species, join the mass extinction.

Joe Gleason, Bridport

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clever demagogues to plant their self-serving ideas and thereby gain power. They were mere flatterers of the people and patrons of their own egos.

This was not the sort of democracy that Pericles practiced, but it remained a constant threat even during that golden age of ancient Greece.

There is no doubt a dark aspect of democracy, which we are witnessing today. It is fed by populist prejudices and crude demagoguery, and it is not being effectively resisted.

In any case, to conclude, a form of government may be described as democratic if it maintains the principle of universal suffrage.

A republic is also a government of the people inasmuch as it rejects the heredity rights of a ruling family or of nobility in general. But it otherwise tends toward elitism.

It founds government on a fundamental law that cannot or must not be transgressed either by any individual or by the unanimous voice of the people. This law may be inherent in the nature of things or it may be established by the people through their elected representatives, as was the case with the American Constitution.

Which introduces another feature of republican government: It is government by representatives, who although elected by the people, they are also bound by the rule of law even when that law requires that they act contrary to public sentiment. In addition, public officials are expected to exhibit all the qualities of civic virtue in their actions: prudence, temperance, courage and justice. It promotes government by a moral elite.

To conclude, the United States of American is not a pure democracy; rather it is a democratic republic.

Hence Jefferson, who was well read in the history of politics, named his political party The Democratic Republican Party, which stood against the Federalists.

Postscript: As the historian

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Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, April 4, noon, First Baptist Church, Park St. Menu includes roast pork, potato casserole, parsley carrots, homemade rolls and strawberry shortcake.

Suggested donation $4. To be on the list call Nancy at 802-453-5276. Come early to talk with friends and make new ones.

“Problems with Evidence Used in the Criminal Process” in Middlebury. Thursday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Warner Hemicycle, College St. Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, Dan Simon, Ph.D. lectures frequently on psychological insights into the criminal process to judges and law enforcement personnel.

Addison Central School District Safety Night in Middlebury. Thursday, April 4, 6:30-8 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. Learn more about school safety in ACSD and the initiatives and work the district is doing to provide a safe and secure learning environment for students, staff, and community. Rob Evans, Vermont School Safety Liaison, will be sharing statewide safety initiatives and provide an update on what’s happening across the country as schools continue to work to improve safety response systems.

Reiff intern talk: Architecture at the Museum in Middlebury. Thursday, April 4, 6:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall and Museum of Art, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. As part of her Reiff Internship, Architectural Studies major Jill Stauffer discusses her display of architectural images and related materials drawn from the permanent collection and displayed at the museum’s balcony gallery. Followed by light refreshments and a museum visit to view the exhibition. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury. edu/arts.

Bill McKibben in Middlebury. Thursday, April 4, 7-8:15 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Rd. In “What I Learned in the Last Three Decades: A first glimpse of my new book,” McKibben will share excerpts from his upcoming book “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?” The book asks what we’ve lost in the past three decades and what we might still hope to protect.

Northern Forest Canoe Trail: the “Wrong” Way in Salisbury. Thursday, April 4, 7-8:30 p.m., Salisbury Free Public Library, 918 Maple St. Peter Macfarlane presents his adventures as the first person recorded to paddle from east to west, from Fort Kent, Maine, to Old Forge, N.Y. He traveled for 28 days in his self-designed and self-made cedar strip canoe.

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Five-day walk for climate justice in Middlebury. Begins Friday, April 5, all day, Middlebury. 350 Vermont has organized this walk from Middlebury to Montpelier, April 5 to 9, 2019.

Witness the pipeline’s impact on land and lives and witness the creative solutions and changes being implemented — from homesteads to solar panels, from mass transit to mass compost. Walk 11 miles from Middlebury to Bristol on the first day. The walk continues through Tuesday, April 9, when walkers arrive in Montpelier. Walk for one day, five days, or a few days, according to your ability. More info and registration at 350Vermont.org.

Large rummage sale/bag in Vergennes. Friday, April 5, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church, 73 Church St. All items are overstock clearance from Your Turn Resale Shoppe in Vergennes.

More info call Martha at 802-349-0229.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, April 5, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Doors open at 11 a.m. Meal served at noon of roast pork with apple cider gravy, baked potatoes with sour cream, green leaf salad with grape tomatoes, cucumbers, chopped egg and craisins, dinner roll, and chocolate cake with strawberry filling and chocolate frosting. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required by Monday, April 1. Call Pat Long at 802-8650360. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“Holistic Models of Decision Making” lecture in Middlebury. Friday, April 5, 12:30 p.m., MBH 216, Middlebury College. Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, Dan Simon, Ph.D. lectures frequently on psychological insights into the criminal process to judges and law enforcement personnel.

“Collecting Asia” in Middlebury. Friday, April 5, 1 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Art Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Sarah Laursen, Curator of Asian art and assistant professor of History of Art & Architecture, discusses the history of the Museum’s Reiff Gallery and its Asian art collection, as well as future directions in collecting and upcoming exhibitions. Free.

More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

“Robert Wyatt: The Sound of Music” lecture in Middlebury. Friday, April 5, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. 2019 celebrates the Silver Jubilee of Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” original Broadway production. Wyatt will discuss this iconic musical, Hammerstein’s last. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

“Raise the Spirit: Alumni Panel” in Middlebury.

Friday, April 5, 4:15 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Music Professor Jeffrey Buettner moderates a panel of Su Tan’s former students-turned-music-professionals, in honor of her 25 years of teaching. Reception to follow at 5:30 p.m. in the lobby. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Lenten Fish Bake in Vergennes. Friday, April 5, 5-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. Come join us for battered baked haddock, fries, macaroni and cheese, green beans, cole slaw, rolls, dessert, punch, milk and coffee. Tickets adults $12/children under 12 $6/children under 6 free/immediate family only $35.

More info call 802-877-2367.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club TAM hike in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6. Moderate hike through Means Woods and up Chipman

Hill, 3.5-mile route, 400-foot elevation gain. More info contact David Andrews at vtrevda@yahoo.com or 802-388-4894. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Large rummage sale/bag in Vergennes. Saturday, April 6, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church, 73 Church St. All items are overstock clearance from Your Turn Resale Shoppe in Vergennes.

More info call Martha at 802-349-0229.

Tag sale in Weybridge. Saturday, April 6, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School, Quaker Village Rd. Regular price from 8-11 a.m., $5 bag sale from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., lots of freebies from 1-2 p.m. If you would like to donate items, you may drop them off at the school on the evenings of April 3 and 4 between 3 and 6 p.m., or anytime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, April 5. More info contact Kirsten at khendy@ acsdvt.org.

Spring cleaning yard sale in Brandon. Saturday, April 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Fellowship Hall, Brandon Congregational Church, 1 Carver St. Start spring off with some bargains or sell all those things piling up from decluttering efforts.

To rent space contact Kristen Varian at kristenvarian@ gmail.com or 802-779-7909 by March 29.

Women in Tennis Together workshop in Middlebury.

Saturday April 6, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Middlebury Indoor Tennis, 360 Boardman St. A one-day workshop for local athletes event to promote young women in tennis in Vermont. Eighteen slots are slots available to girls grades 9-12. Fee of $5 includes event admission, breakfast and lunch, a gift, fun tennis activities, and one free ticket to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. on Friday, July 19.

Homeward Bound fundraiser in Granville. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Granville Town Hall, 4157 Route 100. Come on out to the “Hello Spring” fair, featuring a number of specialty vendors and craftspeople with great products. Tasty baked goodies too. Free. Donations to Homeward Bound’s wish list are welcome.

Vermont Covered Bridge Society meeting in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-noon, Congregational Church of Middlebury Unity Hall, 30 N. Pleasant St. Annual Spring meeting followed by a talk on the history and revitalization of the Scott Covered Bridge by VCBS Member John Weaver, P.E., a VTrans engineer and design reviewer for the rehabilitation of the bridge.

Pop-up rebag-making in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 60 Main St. Sewing for change will host a pop-up bag-making day at the former Clay’s. Come help make a cloth bag for your shopping and keep up the momentum for banning plastic bags in Middlebury.

Make a bag, take a bag.

Ladies day out in Bristol. Saturday, April 6, noon-3 p.m., American Legion, Airport Rd. A fundraiser by Team Haiti for L’Orphelinat Notre-Dame de Perpetuel Secours to help feed, clothe, house and educate 26 Haitian children. Goods and services that women love — makeup, jewelry, nails, essential oils, massage bags and much more. Clothing and accessory swap — bring gently used items, take home someone else’s treasures. $5 minimum donation, unlimited swapping.

Silent auction and raffle, cash bar, donations accepted.

More info contact Karen at 802-349-9351.

Methane digester tour and Blue Trail hike in Weybridge.

Saturday, April 6, 1-3 p.m., Monument Farms, 2107 James Rd. Middlebury Area Land Trust hosts this event. Tour begins at 1 p.m. with the Blue Trail Hike to follow. Champlain Orchard’s Cider and Monument Farms’ milk will be provided as refreshments.

Sister-to-Sister fashion show in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6, 2-4 p.m., Chellis House, 56 Hillcrest Rd. The Middlebury College student groups Sister-to-Sister and Share to Wear are calling on all middle school girls to celebrate the start of spring with a sustainable fashion show, conversations about body positivity, and yummy snacks. Free. To sign up contact Karin Hanta at khanta@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5937.

Spaghetti dinner in Granville. Saturday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. Moss Glen Grange, Post Office Hill Rd. Cost by donation.

“A Story’s a Story” — A Benefit for North Branch School in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Deborah Lubar

portrays two wild old immigrant women, one an Italian Catholic and the other a Polish Jew, neighbors and friends on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. All proceeds go to support the North Branch School’s financial aid program. Tickets $15 senior and student/$20 general/$50 generous/$100 extra generous, available at townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222, or in person at the box office Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

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Pancake breakfast in Salisbury. Sunday, April 7, 7:30-11 a.m., Salisbury Community School, 286 Kelly Cross Rd. Join this annual breakfast prepared by the Salisbury Fire Department firefighters. Menu includes pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home-fries, coffee and milk. $15 for adults/$5 for children/under 12 free.

Ceremony of appreciation in Bristol. Sunday, April 7, 3-5 p.m., Libanus Lodge 47, 2 Elm St. A public ceremony to honor the following members for their long years of service in the Bristol Masons: Bill James, 75 years; Roger Layn, 70 years; Charlie Weisenbach, 60 years; and Robert Fuller, 50 years. Light refreshments following the ceremony.

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MONDAY

Legislative Breakfast in Weybridge.

Monday, April 8, 7-8:45 a.m., Weybridge Congregational Church, 2790 Weybridge Rd. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

“Building Our Future” dialogue in Middlebury.

Monday, April 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. The first of three community dialogues on the continuing process ACSD Board created to develop a long-range plan to guide its use of buildings and other facilities for the foreseeable future.

Dialogue will focus on different scenarios that address declining enrollment, grade configuration and creating greater equity and opportunity for the students of our district.

Doreen Cronin in Vergennes. Monday, April 8, 7 p.m., Bixby Memorial Free Library, 258 Main St. Author of the “Click, Clack, Moo” series, the “Bug Diaries,” and many more books for kids and middle graders, Doreen Cronin will be presenting and discussing her books at Bixby Memorial Free Library as part of the Vergennes Elementary School Readathon. Free and open to the public. Book signing to follow.

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TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Tuesday, April 9, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour.

VASA monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. Meal served at noon of chicken and biscuit, diced carrots, broccoli florets and apple cake with confectioner’s sugar.

Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation.

72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“A Baseball Potpourri in Celebration of Opening Day” in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 9, 3-4:15 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Local award-winning sports columnist Karl Lindholm returns to entertain with some baseball history, and no doubt some analysis of the Red Sox hopes for a repeat and other current major league commentary. Free and open to the public.

Travel presentation in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 9, 3 p.m., St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 85 S. Maple St. Come hear a presentation on the St. Peter’s and St. Ambrose Catholic Churches’ upcoming trip, Imperial cities with Oberammergau Passion Play, which will visit Vienna, Budapest and Prague from June 15 to 25.

More info contact Fr. Yvon Royer at 802-877-2367 or p.cartier@comcast.net.

AIDS and the next modern plague presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 9, 4:30-6 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, 148 Hillcrest Rd. The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs hosts Timothy Lahey, Director of Clinical Ethics, Infectious Disease Physician, and Professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM. Lahey will discuss the HIV epidemic and the lesson it provides to help prepare for the next plague.

“Building Our Future” dialogue in Middlebury.

Tuesday, April 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. The second of three community dialogues on the continuing process ACSD Board created to develop a long-range plan to guide its use of buildings and other facilities for the foreseeable future. Dialogue will focus on different scenarios that address declining enrollment, grade configuration and creating greater equity and opportunity for the students of our district. Childcare provided.

RSVP ACSD central office 802-382-1277.

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THE SALISBURY FIRE Department holds its annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, April 7, from 7:30-11 a.m., Salisbury Community School, 286 Kelly Cross Rd. What better way to start your day than pancakes prepared by firefighters?

Age Well senior luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, April 10, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served.

Menu includes meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetables and dessert. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419 to reserve. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Meeting of the Bridport Senior Citizens, Inc. will follow the luncheon at 12:15 p.m. at the Bridport Masonic Hall.

“The Past is Prologue” talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. In 1970, photographer Jim Blair captured the relatively new issue of ecological crisis for “National Geographic” magazine. Since that time Jim has continued to cover the topic all over the planet.

His presentation will demonstrate how “we have made some progress, but are always playing catch up.” Free and open to the public.

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Legislative Breakfast in New Haven.

Monday, April 15, 7-8:45 a.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. Monday, April 15, 10:45 a.m., Cubbers, 8 Main St. Doors open at 10:45 a.m., meal served at 11 a.m. Chef’s Choice – always delicious. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“Ask the Dog Trainer” in Middlebury. Monday, April 15, noon-1 p.m., Homeward Bound, 236 Boardman St. Emily Lewis and Christine Blakeney will answer your questions at this Lunch and Learn presentation.

Attendees should bring their own lunch. Free and open to the public. Preregistration is requested as seating is limited. More info contact Hannah Manley at 802-3881100 ext. 224 or hmanley@homewardboundanimals. org.

“Slowing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons” in Middlebury. Monday, April 15, 4:30-6 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, 148 Hillcrest Rd. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, scientist-in-residence and adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) gives this presentation. At the Institute, he focuses on the proliferation of fissile materials, nuclear spent fuel management, emerging technologies and verification of nuclear weapons. He teaches a course on Nuclear Treaty Verification.

Water quality chat in Middlebury. Monday, April 15, 5-7 p.m., Middlebury Town Offices, 77 Main St. The Middlebury Conservation Commission and Addison County River Watch Collaborative invite all those interested in water quality to join the discussion. River Watch stream monitoring data will be presented and there will also be a chance for all participants to ask questions and discuss their concerns. More info contact 802-434-3236.

Unsung hero

IN A LECTURE at Middlebury College, award-winning journalist and Carleton University professor Andrew Cohen will discuss Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights activist — who he was, how he made a difference in 1950s and 1960 Mississippi, and why he is the unsung hero of the movement who speaks eloquently to us today. The lecture takes place on Wednesday, April 10, from 7:30-9 p.m., in Wilson Hall at McCullough Student Center.

Artist Tiffany Smith in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 10, 4:30 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building, Chateau Rd. Interdisciplinary artist from the Caribbean diaspora Tiffany Smith gives a lecture on her work in photography, video, installation, and design. Smith’s practice centers on what forms and defines communities of people of color — in particular, how they are identified and represented, and how they endure. Free.

Limited accessibility. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

“Understanding Identity Theft” in Orwell. Wednesday, April 10, 6:30 p.m., Orwell Free Library, 423 Main St. Presented by AARP Vermont. Find out how and why identity theft occurs, what steps can be taken to protect yourself and your loved ones and what to do if it happens to you.

“Turn Me Loose”: The Heroic Life of Medgar Wiley Evers in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 10, 7:30-9 p.m., Wilson Hall McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Rd. In the 45th annual Charles S. Grant Memorial Lecture, award-winning journalist and a professor of journalism at Carleton University Andrew Cohen will discuss Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights activist — who Evers was, how he made a difference in 1950s and 1960 Mississippi, and why he is the unsung hero of the movement who speaks eloquently to us today.

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THURSDAY

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, April 11, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Money Smart for Older Adults – Prevent Financial Exploitation program at 11 a.m., the first of three sessions. Meal served at noon of stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, dinner roll and berry crisp. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Author Molly Millwood in Middlebury. Thursday, April 11, 7-8 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Millwood, author of “To Have And To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma” will explore the complexities of early motherhood, including its very real impact on marriage, with candor and practical advice.

“Citizen Science 101” in Addison. Thursday, April 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area Conference Room, 966 Route 17. Learn about how citizen science is employed to help with wildlife conservation in Vermont Free and open to the public and is limited to the first 50 people who register via email. To sign up, email Amy Alfieri at amy.alfieri@vermont.gov.

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FRIDAY

Green Mountain Club hike in Bristol.

Friday, April 12, the Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Moderate 5-mile hike on the Waterworks property, mostly level. Meet at parking area on Plank Road. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Rummage Sale in North Ferrisburgh. Friday, April 12, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, 227 Old Hollow Rd. Proceeds support children and youth attending summer camps and mission trips. Come enjoy an old fashioned rummage sale and support our neighborhood youth. More info at 802-425-2770.

Lenten Fish fry in Bristol. Friday, April 12, 5-7 p.m., St Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. All-you-can-eat fried or baked haddock, French fries, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Tickets adults$12/children under 9 $6/ immediate family of 5 $37. More info at 802-453-2488.

Spring waterfowl migration bird-watching tour in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, April 11, 6-8 p.m. Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area. Join state waterfowl biologist David Sausville to catch the spring migration of waterfowl in this naturally productive wild rice marsh.

Backup date, Friday, April 12.

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SATURDAY

Rummage Sale in North Ferrisburgh.

Saturday, April 13, 8 a.m.-11 p.m., North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, 227 Old Hollow

MONDAY

Rd. “Take-Whatever-You-Want” Day for a flat fee of $5.00 per person.

Active Hope workshop in Middlebury. Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Addison County Interfaith Climate Action Network host this workshop based on the work of environmental activist, author and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy. Free and open to all.

Half-day option available.

Prize Bingo in Leicester. Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m., Senior Center at the Four Corners. Hosted by the Leicester Historical Society. Refreshments served and all are welcome.

Antique appraisal day in Brandon. Saturday, April 13, 1-4 p.m., The Brandon Museum at the Stephen Douglas Birthplace, 4 Grove St. Come and learn the current market value of treasures, whether antique or collectible. Cost is $6 per item, 3 for $15.

Roast turkey supper in Vergennes. Saturday, April 13, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main St., across from the Opera House. Menu includes roast turkey, mashed potato, stuffing, vegetable, cranberry sauce, dessert and beverage served buffet style.

Tickets $9 adults/$5 children. Takeout orders are available. More info call 802-877-3150.

The Horse Traders in Middlebury. Saturday, April 13, 5-9 p.m., Notte, 86 Main St. The Horse Traders and Friends of Middlebury Hockey host a celebration and fundraising night for Memorial Sports Center. Doors at 5 p.m., music starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $15 at the door.

Raffle Tickets $10 per ticket or five for $40, available at Forth n’ Goal Sports, Two Brothers Tavern, and Friends of Middlebury Hockey at fomh@memorialsportscenter.org. More info and reservations contact Notte at 802-989-7351.

Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, April 13, 5:30-8 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., Bingo starts at 6 p.m. All cash prizes. 50/50 raffle. Refreshments sold. Sponsored by St. Peter’s Cemetery Committee to benefit the on-going efforts for cemetery improvements.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 13, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a unique game that involves “trick-taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic thinking.

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SUNDAY

All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in New Haven. Sunday April 14, 7-10:30 a.m., New Haven Town Hall, 78 North St. Menu includes plain or blueberry pancakes, French toast, pure VT maple syrup, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, coffee, tea and juice. All proceeds benefit the New Haven Vol. Fire Department.

All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in Addison.

Sunday, April 14, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, jct.

Routes 17 and 22A. Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice. Tickets $7 adults/$5 kids under 12, will be used to purchase equipment for the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. Last breakfast until the fall. More info at 802- 759-2237.

Easter Egg Hunt in Vergennes. Sunday, April 14, 1-4 p.m., Addison County Eagles Club 3801, 67 New Haven Rd. The Eagles club hosts this hunt for over 500 eggs for children ages 1-10. Games, prizes and light snacks available. Free and open to the public.

“Ada and the Engine” on stage in Middlebury. Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant and notorious Lord Byron) sees the boundless creative potential in the “analytic engines” of her friend and soulmate, Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. Jane Austen meets Steve Jobs in this poignant pre-tech romance heralding the computer age. Middlebury College Mathematics Professor Michael Olinick will moderate a post-show talk. General admission $25/students $12, available at 802-3829222 or townhalltheater.org.

Japanese Boatbuilding presentation in Ferrisburgh.

Sunday, April 14, 2-4 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center, Route 7. Douglas Brooks, a boat builder, writer, and researcher, specializes in the construction of traditional wooden boats for museums and private clients.

He teaches classes in boatbuilding and regularly publishes articles on his research, and is the author of “Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding,” the first comprehensive survey of the craft. Free. Refreshments. Open to

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TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Tuesday, April 16, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. SASH Health Awareness program at 11:15 a.m.

Meal served at noon of BBQ pork loin, mashed potatoes, broccoli florets, biscuit and apricots. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided.

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Books and Lunch on Tuesdays book club in East Middlebury. Tuesday, April 16, noon-1 p.m., Sarah Partridge Library, 431 E Main St. Book selection is Sue Halpern’s new novel, “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library,” and Sue will be there for the discussion. Bring a bag lunch and join us for an enjoyable hour.

VUHS Personalized Learning Parent Informational Series in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 16, 6-7 p.m., Library, Vergennes Union High School, Monkton Rd. Parents will be able to learn about the new initiative of Personalized Learning, how it is being implemented, and how it is designed to improve the students’ educational experience.

Psychological Trauma and the Brain lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 16, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. All estimates suggest that psychological trauma is an experience that has occurred in at least half of the American adult population. How do these extreme stressors affect the brain, and how does this change the way individuals experience the world? Join Matt Kimble, Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College, as he addresses these questions and more. Free.

Parker Merrill Speech Competition: Grand Championship in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. In a tradition dating back to 1825, six student speakers will compete for the title of Middlebury Speaker of the Year and a top prize of $500. Free.

8More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Friday, April 19 Family fun night in Vergennes. Friday, April 19, 6-10 p.m., Addison County Eagles Club 3801, 67 New Haven Rd. Use the Eagles board games and cards or bring your own games to share. Pizza and beverages for sale. Open to all.

The Mammals in concert in Middlebury. Friday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. These Indie-roots trailblazers are known for just the right amount of guitar grit, soothing harmony, barn-burning fiddle, retro grooves, and storytelling savvy. They’re equal parts musicians and activists. Their campus show will include selections from newest album “Sunshiner,” which highlights issues surrounding climate change. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts

L IV E M U S I C Fred DeHaven Organ recital in Middlebury. Thursday, April 4, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Ted Wesley in Middlebury. Friday, April 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury Old Bones in Bristol. Saturday, April 6, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

Rupert Wates in Brandon. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats in Lincoln.

Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Raise the Spirit: The 25th Anniversary Concert in Middlebury. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Moose Crossing Jazz Trio in Middlebury. Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

New Century | New Voices: Marcos Balter in Middlebury. Sunday, April 7, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

The Addison String Quartet in Middlebury. Thursday, April 11, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephens Episcopal Church BlueBrass in Middlebury. Friday, April 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury The Horse Traders in Middlebury. Saturday, April 13, 5-9 p.m., Notte.

Snake Mountain Bluegrass in Brandon. Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The Castalian String Quartet in Middlebury. Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

The Michele Fay Band in Lincoln. Saturday April 13, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

BlueBrass! in Middlebury. Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

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Maple sugar producers asked to consider birds ‘Bird-friendly’ practices boost forest environment VERMONT — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont are encouraging the state’s maple sugar producers to consider managing their sugarbushes in ways that are beneficial to birds and other wildlife.

“Maple sugaring is an important part of Vermont’s rural, land-based economy and can help provide an economic incentive for maintaining healthy and intact forests,” said Andrea Shortsleeve, habitat biologist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

“A few simple changes to the way a maple forest is managed can have major benefits to wildlife habitat and there are a variety resources available for landowners who want to learn more.”

Steve Hagenbuch of Audubon Vermont agrees. “All sugarbushes are inherently good for birds because they keep forest as forest. How they are managed however makes all the difference in their ability to provide excellent bird habitat.” Hagenbuch manages Audubon Vermont’s BirdFriendly Maple Project, a partnership with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation and Vermont Maple Sugar Maker’s Association, which certifies sugar makers who are employing practices that are beneficial to wildlife.

“Sugarbushes that are managed like a city park, with mature maple trees and nothing growing underneath, may be visually appealing

and profitable in the short-term but they support very few birds,” said Hagenbuch. “Conversely, sugarbushes with trees of varied heights and species, as well as brush, downed trees, and standing dead trees, are fantastic places for birds to forage for food, build nests, and raise their young. Additionally, forests managed this way are likely to have better long-term sap production and to be healthier and more resilient to climate change.”

John Buck retired as Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s nongame bird biologist in January after 39 years with the department. He manages his 70-acre sugarbush in Washington, Vermont using bird-friendly forestry methods and produces maple syrup on site in the sugarhouse he and his son built.

“We are very wildlife conscious with our approach to forest management, especially toward all of the bird life here,” said Buck. “Healthy forest bird life is a strong indicator of overall forest health. A healthy forest is essential to the renewable use of the forest for wildlife and for us. In addition to all of the insecteating songbirds in our woods, we are also benefiting from the hawks and owls who live here too. As these predatory birds prey on red squirrels and other rodents, they help to reduce the pipeline damage that can be very costly to our maple syrup production.”

Sugar makers and other landowners interested in learning more about improving wildlife habitat on their land can contact Andrea Shortsleeve with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife at andrea.shortsleeve@vermont.gov or their local county forester.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School’s Scholars Bowl team foists the Medlar Cup high after qualifying to play in the championship rounds. Pictured are Silas Conlon, left, Ken Barkdoll, Emma Pope McCright, Nico Brayton, Justin Koontz and Caleb Benz.

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MUHS Scholars Bowl team excels in state tourney MONTPELIER — The Middlebury Union High School Scholars Bowl team turned in a strong performance at the state championships held last Saturday, March 30, at the statehouse in Montpelier. The Tigers put together three impressive victories before losing to CVU in the semifinal

round.

Coming into the day as the fifth seed, Middlebury needed to win a play-in tournament to even qualify for the final rounds. Beating St. Johnsbury and Essex earned Middlebury the Medlar Cup and a berth in the finals. The Tigers then

scored an upset against Hanover to earn a shot at CVU in the semifinals.

After beating Middlebury, CVU went on to lose to Burlington in the final round.

Seniors Silas Conlon, Justin Koontz and Emma Pope McCright and juniors Ken Barkdoll, Caleb

New Haven talk to delight public on ‘Soup to Nuts’ NEW HAVEN — The New Haven Public Library will host the presentation “Soup to Nuts: An Eccentric History of Food” on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m.

The history of what and how people eat encompasses everything from the prehistoric mammoth luau to the medieval banquet to the modern three squares a day.

Presented by writer Rebecca Rupp, this talk lets attendees find out about the rocky evolution of table manners, the not-so-welcome invention of the fork, the awful advent of portable

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soup and the surprising benefits of family dinners — plus some catchy info on seasonal foods. What’s the story of chocolate? Why do the Irish eat corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day? Who invented lemonade? Why are turkeys called turkeys?

And what are sugarplums anyway?

Join the Friends of the New Haven Community Library for this Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau event.

The program is Free and accessible.

The New Haven Library is located at 78 North Street. For more information contact Deborah at 802-53-4015.

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• Melanie Acker and Alan Schmidt of Lincoln, March 21, a girl, Emma Raegann Acker Schmidt.

• Kylee and Brett Lowry of Salisbury, April 1, a boy, Magnus Wrayborn Lowry.

• Jennifer Knowles and Jacob Scarborough of Brandon, April 2, a boy, Duncan James Scarborough.

Benz and Nico Brayton make up the Tiger varsity team. Scores for the day’s matches were: Middlebury 515 — St. Johnsbury 295 Middlebury 455 — Essex 295 Middlebury 475 — Hanover 345 CVU 460 — Middlebury 340

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 30589 in Vergennes recently gathered outside Shaw’s in Vergennes to collect donations for their pet food drive. The group planned, developed and executed the community service project to help animals. Everything they collected was given to the pet food pantry at Homeward Bound in Middlebury.

Pictured are Ellie Brooks, left, Sophia James, Lauren Hill, Georgia Kunkel, Ella Bearor, Petra Fearon and Marley Quinn. Not pictured: Hazel Rakowski and Stella Kruse.

Buy or swap beauty items to raise money for Haitian children BRISTOL — The Cabin Fever Reliever Ladies Day Out! is coming to Bristol this Saturday.

The Team Haiti fundraiser, which will take place noon-3 p.m., April 6 at the American Legion, is dedicated to L’Orphelinat Notre-Dame de

Perpetuel Secours in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The group is raising money to help feed, clothe, house and educate 26 Haitian children in a home run by Father Jonel Bourdeau.

Goods and services that women love will be sold, including makeup,

jewelry, nails, essential oils, massage bags and much more. There will also be a clothing and accessory swap: Bring gently used items you no longer have a use for, take home someone else’s treasures. There will be a $5 minimum donation for

unlimited swapping.

Plus, the event will have a silent auction and raffle, cash bar with donations accepted.

Contact Karen at 802-349-9351 for more information. Vendor inquiries welcome.

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Vergennes (Continued from Page 1A) widening its northern and southern ends to include bike lanes, and installing traffic-calming measures between Otter Creek and Monkton Road. Those would include such features as markings for bike lanes, build-outs at crosswalks, and textured crosswalks and median strips.

The option would come with a $1.9 million price tag, and many elements are already included in a Main Street paving project the Vermont Agency of Transportation plans for 2020.

• Alternative B, an estimated $39 million, 32-foot-wide, alternate truck route to be build through northern Vergennes.

Heading northward, it would leave Route 22A through a roundabout, cross Panton Road and then Otter Creek on a new bridge, cross Comfort Hill, and then rejoin Main Street just south of Kayhart Crossing at another roundabout. Unlike the inline route, which has an 11-percent grade near Otter Creek, all grades would conform to VTrans standards.

The study cited not only benefits to downtown’s financial health and quality of life, but also the potential to develop land in the northern part of the city to enhance the city’s tax base and economic vitality.

Stantec traffic engineer Rick Bryant tipped his hand while presenting this option.

“We weren’t expecting to make recommendations, but the findings were so compelling we are making recommendations,” said Bryant, adding later, “There are lots of reasons for Alternative B to score well in the state evaluation process.”

• Alternative C, which would route northbound trucks along Route 17, mostly through Addison and New Haven, to Route 7 in New Haven Junction, and then north along Route 7. It would cost $23 million to upgrade Route 17, according to the study, and add $3.8 million to the trucking sector’s annual cost of moving freight.

Selectboards in Addison, Waltham, New Haven and Ferrisburgh have opposed the plan.

On Tuesday those town officials had plenty of company.

“I’m convinced, and I think you can be convinced, Alternative C isn’t worth pursuing,” Bryant told the crowd.

At the conclusion of the 90-minute discussion of the alternatives, Vergennes Mayor Jeff Fritz took over the microphone and made his pitch for action.

“We need to do something, and we need to do something now,” he said.

Fritz then asked for a show of hands in support of the new truck route through northern Vergennes.

Almost all of the 100 or so present raised a hand.

No one in the theater then raised

Getting into some details

In response to questions at Tuesday’s truck forum: • VTrans official Joe Segale said there was not enough traffic volume to justify the expense of setting up a toll system to support the cost of Alternative B. • Stantec traffic engineer Rick Bryant said the truck route would not necessarily go near the large trailer park on Panton Road, but if it did extensive mitigation work would be done.

• Bryant said the number of truck would increase to 1,200 a day within 25 years, and that projected increased capacity of rail would not be enough to offset the increase.

• Adam Lougee said Bryant’s PowerPoint presentation is available at acrpc.org, and the full study soon would be.

• Bryant said the bypass would bes designed with a longer travel time so that through car traffic would still be encouraged to travel through and potentially stop in the city.

• Segale said it would be determined during the final planning process if intersections along the truck route would need signals or not, as would issues such as the designation of Main Street as it relates to state maintenance support. “We can roll up our sleeves” once the project is approved,” he said. a hand to back the Route 17 option.

“Alternative C is dead,” Fritz said.

TRUCK ROUTE SUPPORT There were signs that Alternative B — something studied for decades, most recently in the early 2000s — has more than a pulse, although officials said VTrans could not fund it for five years, and after that it would take another decade to plan, permit, design and build.

If the truck route is to survive that gauntlet, Bryant, Fritz, and Addison County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Adam Lougee told the crowd that Vergennes and its neighbors must unite behind it and keep the pressure on VTrans.

“There needs to be broad-based support. There needs to be a clear message to VTrans,” Bryant said, adding, “They need to see all the fish swimming in the same direction.”

Messages of support or specific information, such as anecdotes of problems with truck traffic, may be filed with Mike Winslow, the city’s representative on the regional planning commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee, at mikewinslow@acrpc.org.

Fritz also noted that about six trucks an hour are carrying

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(Continued from Page 1A) event will include a shepherd’s pie supper and the music of the “Old Bones” Country and Gospel singers. Admission is $10 for adults $5 for those aged 6-11, and kids under 5 get in for free. All proceeds will benefit V2V, which helps children to get a schooling, medicines, food and much more.

This mission has it’s roots right here in Bristol. It started because the people of First Baptist Church cared and wanted to help those in need a half a world away.

Have spare time and a special affinity for the Starksboro meetinghouse on States Prison Hollow Road? The town is looking for volunteer help with restoration of the interior walls of the old meetinghouse. Over the next two weekends, meetinghouse board members will spend time stripping wallpaper, fixing plaster, and priming and painting the interior walls. Please consider volunteering some time. See link here and fill in your name, email address and check the times you’re available to help out. doodle.com/ poll/5pzaimaqbkc3vcty. Organizers will reach out to volunteers with further details.

Attention Hannaford’s Supermarket shoppers: For the entire month of April, when you purchase a reusable Community Bag at Hannaford’s in Middlebury, $1 is donated to the Counseling Service of Addison County. These Community Bags are located on displays around the store and at checkout. This is a way to help the county’s largest mental health agency while transitioning to Middlebury’s potential, upcoming ban of single-use plastic bags for retail purposes. If you have questions, visit Hannaford. bags4mycause.com.

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communities continue to seek takers for an assortment of volunteer municipal positions that remain unfilled since late February. In Middlebury they include posts on the local planning commission, Middlebury Area Land Trust, Addison County Regional Planning Commission, and the Regional Planning Transportation Advisory Committee. Middlebury residents interested in serving should submit a letter of interest to the Town Manager’s Office, 77 Main St., Middlebury, 05753, or e-mail bdow@ townofmiddlebury.org, no later than Friday, April 5. For more information, call at 388-8100, ext. 202.

Thanks to a campaign by Dewitt-Blake Insurance Agency, the Charter House in Middlebury will receive a $2,000 donation from the Safeco Insurance Company’s “Help the Hungry” contest. The Charter House Coalition — which provides food, housing and other vital services to those in need — missed winning the grand prize by only six votes. Randy Martin of Dewitt-Blake put a ton of effort to bring the two-grand to Charter House.

The Middlebury Farmers Market is now accepting new vendor applications for the 2019 Summer Market. The farmers’ market is a Wednesday and Saturday outdoor market that operates May through October at the VFW parking lot off Exchange Street. With monthly events and weekly musicians, the Middlebury Farmers’ Market offers a variety of goods and products.

Participating vendors sell local agricultural products including vegetables, fruits, plants, flowers, meat, and dairy items. Vermont craftspeople and artists are also welcome. For more information, visit middleburyfarmersmarket.org. or email middleburyfarmersmkt@ yahoo.com.

Market Perspective Q1 2019

Rebound off a Miss U.S. stocks bounced back strongly from December’s swoon to turn in their best quarter in nearly 10 years. The S&P 500 rose 13%, the Dow added 11%, and the Nasdaq surged 16%. While technology companies led the way, the rally was broad-based, with all 11 sectors in the S&P advancing. This surge represented a remarkable turnaround from the fourth quarter of last year, when U.S. stocks sank an average of 15%. It’s not very often dramatic market moves can be attributed to a single factor. When stocks plunged a quarter ago, we pointed to a number of causes – trade wars, a slowdown in China, and Brexit – as contributing to a more pessimistic outlook. Progress on none of those issues has been great enough to explain this rebound. One factor can, however; the actions of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

Even before the Fed raised rates for a fourth time in a year last December, the Treasury yield curve “inverted” for the first time in 10 years. An inverted yield curve is when the yields on bonds with a shorter duration are higher than the yields on bonds that have a longer duration. It’s an unusual situation that often precedes a recession. But in raising rates last December, the Fed dismissed those concerns. The market’s reaction – like the President’s – was fierce. Within days, the Chairman was reversing course, suggesting that the Fed would be “patient” with further rate increases. The adjacent chart tells the story of the ensuing recovery.

Despite recent performance, stocks are off the highs reached last October as economic growth has slowed noticeably since the middle of 2018. While the job market continues to be strong, the economy is not growing so far above stall speed that it couldn’t be knocked into recession by an economic shock. Which takes us back to trade, China, and Brexit. That these issues have remained in the headlines this long suggests how difficult they are for the political leadership. Each could still turn out well, or quite badly.

This is why it’s imperative to have strong leadership at globally important institutions like the Fed, and why Powell’s dramatic course reversal requires explanation. To most observers, he either got the economics wrong or he succumbed to political pressure. Neither explanation is satisfactory, and for investors in want of a steady hand to guide us through the next recession, this has to be a little unsettling. A loss of credibility for this institution is an unwelcome development in a time of diminished confidence in political leadership worldwide. Let’s hope the Fed’s future actions serve to burnish rather than tarnish its reputation.

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hazardous materials through he said to applause.

Vergennes, and the study noted 98 IN-LINE UPGRADES percent of the tractor-trailer units do Meanwhile, Bryant and Lougee not stop in Vergennes. said many elements of the inline “It’s crucial we get them off Main Alternative A have already been Street,” Fritz said, adding that to discussed among VTrans, city do so, “It’s crucial we maintain and regional officials and will be enthusiasm.” put in place during the planned City property VTrans repaving of owner Terry Faith “We weren’t Route 22A through offered one way to Vergennes in 2020. make the case: calling expecting to make “We think we’re Alternative B the recommendations, going to do both,” “Vergennes Economic but the findings Lougee said.

Corridor,” because of were so compelling “Alternative A is the economic benefits we are making going to happen in claimed in the study. form.” recommendations. some Fritz agreed.

On Wednesday “It’s not a bypass,” There are lots morning Chabot he said, echoing a of reasons for clarified what is point city officials Alternative B to likely to be done and made privately score well in the what city officials’ before the gathering state evaluation priorities are. They — they prefer the would like to see the term “economic process.” road widened south — Stantec traffic of the Otter Creek development engineer Rick Bryant bridge and north of corridor,” making the point the investment Monkton Road as in the truck route can pay off. well as the traffic-calming work City Manager Matt Chabot between, but the downtown work is responded to a question of whether top on their list, he said. there are other communities that Further, he said upgrades have built truck routes, and if so proposed for North Main Street, what have their experiences been. including a sidewalk to the VTrans Chabot said Morrisville officials park-and-ride lot as well as a wider have nothing but good things to roadway, are probably more critical say after VTrans built a truck route than widening West Main Street. around their downtown. He, Fritz “If I had to choose between one and VTrans official Joe Segale, and the other, that would be my who attended the Tuesday meeting, choice,” he said. recently visited Morrisville and City officials would like to see were told every downtown business all of the $1.9 million package if is seeing a better bottom line and possible next year. quality of life has improved.

“It’s part of the request,” Chabot “The experience Morrisville had said. could not have been more positive,” Chabot was asked on Wednesday Chabot said. how he felt about the turnout and Chabot concluded by pointing backing for the alternate truck route. to a projection that Alternative B “I was absolutely encouraged could spur development that would last night by the outstanding level generate $2.9 million of revenue for of support we received from our Vergennes. community,” he said.

“Who would like to have $2.9 Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at million of income revenue that andyk@addisonindependent.com. didn’t come out of property taxes?”

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Anzali (Continued from Page 1A) Middle East, Narges is often asked Discrimination” after receiving Independent’s Facebook site. The to weigh in at school on headline- testimony from several local Burlington Free Press excerpted making events in that part of the residents of color about both subtle portions of the poem for and overt discrimination they and world. an article in its March “It is a little bit their children had experienced.

“Muslims come awkward, 31 edition.

The Independent was informed of because The Independent in all shapes, eyes tend to turn to at least two cases during the past few sat down with Narges sizes, colors you to wait for your years of people in vehicles yelling at on Monday to get opinion,” Narges local Muslims to “leave the country” and cultures. her thoughts on the as they drove by. smiled. widespread reaction to Islam is not Such acts of intolerance are few And she’s perfectly her poem, her creative only about willing to offer her in these parts, but keep Narges and process, and her hopes Muslims… it’s opinion on subjects fellow Muslims on their guard. for a world free of hate “It’s always going to follow you; ranging from literature also about and discrimination. to Islamophobia, that nagging thought in the back of Narges, her 10-year- humanity. It hoping to break down your head, that ‘What if?’” she said. old sister Esra and teaches us barriers that can feed “In Middlebury, it’s just a ‘What their parents hail from how to treat anger, unrest and acts if?’ It’s not a reality. But in so many Iran. Her dad is Ata places throughout the country, it’s a of violence.

Anzali, an associate another human “When you know reality for people.” professor of religion at being, rather Narges gets frustrated by debates someone, it’s so hard Middlebury College. than how to to hate them,” she playing out in the media these days Her mom is Fahimeh on whether Islam is an ideology or explained. treat another Bahrami, a recent M i d d l e b u r y ’ s a religion.

PhD candidate at the Muslim.”

It’s a religion, Narges emphasized, welcoming nature — Farhad Khan is University of Vermont’s heartening to but the false narrative of Islam being College of Education residents of its an “ideology” is fueling what she and Social Services small international called “disturbing” calls for Muslim in the subject of Educational community, noted Narges. people to be shunned.

Leadership and Policy Studies. Last “You always wonder why these “In reality, I think Middlebury is week she successfully defended one of the best places conversations are her dissertation titled, “Identifying to be when it comes to happening between College Students’ Course-Taking these things, because “Once you look people who aren’t MIDDLEBURY UNION MIDDLE School eighth-grader Narges Anzali, Patterns in STEM Fields.”

Muslim,” she said. talking with peers in Middlebury this week, is trying to break down it’s such an open a certain way The family has lived in the community,” “You wonder, ‘What barriers by talking openly about her Muslim faith and the reaction of Narges Middlebury area for around seven said. “What I want and were born do people have against others to it.

Independent photo/John S. McCright years. Narges’ favorite pastimes people to realize is, in a certain me?’” include writing, running, reading where you are definitely place, people In her poem, Narges given Narges ample reason to be former president of Islamic Society and physics. works to dispel the resentful. of Vermont. He was deeply touched matters.” are going to “I’ve always been writing, misconception that Iran was one of seven countries by Narges’ poem.

But there’s no because I’ve always read a lot and escaping the trepidation treat you in Muslims are bent on listed in Trump’s proposed 2018 “It brought tears to my eyes,” said wanted to create my own world,” one can feel going certain way no perpetrating violence travel ban. It placed restrictions on Khan, who has two daughters around she explained. against non-believers. travelers from Iran, North Korea, Narges’ age. “It pulls on the strings about day-to-day matter what.”

SHARING HER OPINIONS She notes the vast Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and of your heart.” activities knowing a — Ata Anzali She’s offered glimpses of that small segment of the majority of Muslims are Venezuela.

Khan and his spouse discussed world through her occasional population doesn’t like opposed to terrorism Five of those seven countries have the poem and used it as a teaching contributions to the Young Writers you or trust you just because you’re and violence and condemn such acts. predominantly Muslim populations. moment with their daughters. He Project website, hoping other people different, Narges said.

“You tell everyone that you’re “To me, that wasn’t a ban against believes the lesson is transferrable to her age will enjoy and relate to her The Addison Central School scared, scared that your culture is places that were dangerous,” Narges people of all religions: That people thoughts and aspirations.

District board in 2017 formed a going to be gone, scared we’ll bomb said. “It was more like, ‘Your faith is have a lot more in common than they Being Muslim and from the “Task Force on Racism, Bias and you, scared that we won’t assimilate. dangerous.” might think.

But you know what? I don’t think “Muslims come in all shapes, Narges is concerned about those you’re really scared. I think you’re who equate Islam with ISIS, a terror sizes, colors and cultures,” he said. angry,” Narges writes in her poem. group. She said the vast majority of “Islam is not only about Muslims…

That anger is misplaced, according Muslims oppose ISIS and its tactics, it’s also about humanity. It teaches to Narges, whose poem gives readers and are offended the group commits us how to treat another human being, a glimpse of her very unthreatening acts of terror in the name of Islam. rather than how to treat another Licensed Psychologist-Doctorate family.

“I stand against everything ISIS Muslim.”

She describes herself as “Standing teaches,” she said, noting she herself Narges’ father, Ata Anzali, said Licensed Marriage at about 5 foot 2 inches, with big, that his relationship to the Islamic would be targeted by the group for and Family Therapist bushy, fuzzy hair,” and having a her decision not to wear a hijab, faith is different that his daughter; “penchant for zoning out and always a head covering that is part of the he doesn’t practice the religion much having graphite-stained Islamic dress code for and considers himself a “cultural Specializing in the assessment and fingers.”

Muslim.” Nevertheless, he knows women. treatment of Obsessive Compulsive “When you She notes her dad as that because he was born in the A student of history, Disorder and related concerns. an avid gardener “who know someone, Narges worries anti- predominantly Muslim country of makes us pancakes in it’s so hard to Muslim rhetoric could Iran people stereotype him.

Member of the International Obsessive the mornings,” and hate them.”

“Once you look a certain way and lead to a return to the Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF) her mom as a dancing days of Nazi Germany were born in a certain place, people — Narges Anzali Graduate of the Behavior Therapy Training enthusiast who “drinks when persecuted are going to treat you in certain way Institute of the IOCDF more tea than seems people — such as no matter what,” he said. “I guess Practice currently limited to adults humanly possible.” those of Jewish faith — were forced what I am saying is that people “Are you scared of us? Because to carry special papers or wear an who discriminate don’t ask you first that seems a little silly at this point, insignia on their clothing. whether you practice or not!”

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“Islamophobia, as discourse.

“People need to wake up and see serious of a problem as For example, “I stand what they’re saying,” Narges said. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, it is, does not affect me “Sometimes, it’s frustrating.” emotionally at the same R-Texas, called against RESPONDING TO HATE for police agencies everything ISIS level that it does her,” Her poem also speaks to the worry to he said. patrol Muslim teaches.”

Outstanding Family Dentistry she feels when seeing someone neighborhoods in wake Living in Vermont — Narges Anzali approach wearing a red cap. definitely helps, though. of terrorist attacks in Does the cap bear President Europe in 2016.

“Fear is not a marker of Donald Trump’s “Make America our everyday lives but love,” Anzali “When you hear things like that, We are pleased to welcome Great Again” slogan that some it’s scary,” she said. said. “We feel we are embraced Dr. Charlotte Church! associate with intolerance, or is it Narges believes education is the by this community and consider merely a red cap? ourselves lucky to live in such a key to battling hate.

There’s a lot of anti-Trump “Hate comes from ignorance,” she welcoming environment.”

Gentle, Individualized Care sentiment in the Northeast — and said. “If we give people that chance Sadly, that is not the case particularly in Vermont — but Narges to be educated and if we sit down everywhere.

No Big Needles! refuses to condemn the president.

The mass shooting in New and talk, it will be better. A large part “We see a negative rhetoric toward of why we see hate crimes increasing Zealand struck Khan to the core, but people who support Trump,” Narges — especially against religious he’s pleased to report he’s received Happily accepting said. “I don’t think that’s going to groups — is because we’ve lost that dozens of supportive words from new patients. solve things. I’m careful to never say ability to sit down at the table and family, friends and acquaintances ‘I hate Trump supporters’ or anything talk to people with different views. since the tragedy. like that, because when people give I think both (major political) parties And a local child’s poem has In Network for CBA Blue, Cigna & Delta Dental you hate and you return that hate, have played a part in that.” provided a balm for healing. you’re part of the problem.” “(Narges) is trying to tell people, Middlebury Selectman Farhad 6 Park Place, Bristol, VT Some would argue Trump has Khan is a local businessman and ‘We’re humans, just like you.’”

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Police chase ends in suicide

M I D D L E B U R Y / BRANDON — After being pursued by police from Middlebury to Brandon early Tuesday morning, a 30-year-old Middlebury man crashed his car into a tree and apparently took his own life with a gun.

Travis Tester was sending messages to family members late Monday afternoon, around 3 p.m., saying that he was going to harm himself because of a failed relationship with a woman, Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley told the Independent. Police and family looked for Tester into night.

By pinging his cell phone, police determined that Tester was constantly on the move around Chittenden and Addison counties.

Police alerted other departments to be on the lookout for Tester and his vehicle, and entered his information into the National Crime Information Center database to cast a broader net.

Tester’s “messages escalated through the evening expressing an intent to kill a certain person,” Hanley said. Police also were informed that he had a firearm, escalating the incident from a health-and-welfare check to an incident that could involve potential violence to others.

Shortly after midnight, Middlebury police learned the location of the intended target and went to the house.

Middlebury officers requested assistance from Vermont State Police.

While Middlebury police were at the intended target’s house, Tester drove by in his car and refused to stop, Hanley recounted. State police and Middlebury police officers made efforts to follow and stop him, but Tester headed south on Route 7 with police in pursuit.

The chase reached speeds of 65 mph, police said.

Authorities had called ahead to Brandon police, who threw down a spike strip across Route 7 near Cattails Restaurant to deflate the tires of Tester’s car. At about 1:12 a.m. Tester entered Brandon and his car did run over the spike strip, continued south a short distance, crossed the northbound lane and crashed into a tree.

When members of law enforcement approached the vehicle, they located Tester deceased in the driver’s seat with a handgun near his body in the vehicle. Hanley said Tester took his life prior to stopping the car.

Tester’s body was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of death. Police do not consider the case suspicious.

After the crash, Middlebury police returned to Middlebury to continue investigating and confirmed that no one else was injured back in town. Hanley met with all of his officers at 4 a.m. to debrief.

All Middlebury and state police officers returned to duty after the event and finished their assigned shifts and will return on their next scheduled shifts, police officials said.

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Former downtown store hosts pop-ups ‘Bundle’ opens for business Saturday with reusable crafts demo

ALESS AND MATT Delia-Lôbo stand in front of what will soon be Royal Oaks Coffee at 30 Seymour St., Middlebury. They bring a wealth of experience with coffee to their new venture.

Independent photo/Abagael Giles

Veteran barists to open coffee shop Royal Oak will feature distinctive brews and music

Boston in February, after visiting Matt’s mom, who lives in Middlebury, on weekends for years.

“Middlebury was our escape, and we always wanted to be in Vermont,” says Aless.

Before deciding to open the shop,

By ABAGAEL GILES MIDDLEBURY — If all goes as they set out to determine whether planned, Middlebury will have a they had developed skills to launch their own business. To do this, they new coffee shop come mid-April.

Royal Oak Coffee will be opening traveled Europe tasting coffee and in the first floor of the house at 30 swapping tricks and trade secrets Seymour St., across from Trackside with baristas in Italy, Stockholm and Berlin. “It was a Depot. The business great way to travel, will operate out of touring these cities the former location “The last thing we by café,” says of Pauline’s Hair want is for people Aless. “Being a Fashions. barista is a craft, According to busi- to walk in and feel ness owners Aless not welcome. Lots of really, though it’s Delia-Lôbo and shops in major cities a low-paying job.

It was confidenceMatt Delia-Lôbo, inspiring to see the space will have a come off that way, that the skills we comfortable feel to it. and that’s not our had gained over the Their extensive vinyl approach to coffee.” years were consisrecord collection — Aless Delia-Lôbo tent with what we will be the source of saw from these much of the music experts in Europe.” they play in the shop, The new shop is still being renoalong with specially curated mixvated, but Matt says the goal is to tapes by Matt.

Aless, 24, and Matt, 30, have part- take away the stigma of pretentiousnered with Winooski’s Vivid Coffee ness that sometimes exists around Roasters, a company founded in 2015 coffee culture. “Vermont has such that provides beans to Burlington an engrained coffee culture. What favorites Onyx Tonics Specialty we love about Vivid, is that they can Coffee and Dedalus Market among satisfy the person who wants a strong cup of coffee that they’re going to other shops.

Aless and Matt have been work- drink with cream, or provide someing as baristas in New England for thing that may be a little different,” a long time. She earned a degree in he says.

Matt and Aless are students of a oil painting from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., and he has global trend known as the Third worked as a barista for 11 years at Wave of Coffee. “There is this trend fine coffee shops, always with the of treating coffee as a fruit and celebrating specific varietals from dream of opening his own space.

Both were born in Connecticut different regions of the world, like and relocated to Middlebury from with wine,” says Matt, who plans to

hold coffee tastings at the store.

“We want to provide a great product for people who are used to a dark roast, who are looking for good quality stuff that ticks those boxes in a cup of coffee, but also offer something a little bit exotic, fun and vivid with opportunities for tastings and we think both customers exist in Addison County,” says Aless.

The pair were inspired by the former Cursive Coffee shop, previously located on Main Street, which closed its doors in 2015. “Seeing the coffee they served made us think, maybe we could do this here,” said Matt. The difference? They plan to live in the community and create a different vibe in the shop.

“The last thing we want is for people to walk in and feel not welcome. Lots of shops in major cities come off that way, and that’s not our approach to coffee,” Aless says.

She said to expect a cozy sitting room with armchairs and floor lamps in one room and a bistro-style café in the other. “Think mid-century modern meets actual modern in your home, with matte black, copper, warm tones and an awesome espresso machine.”

Businesses like the Arcadian and Haymaker Buns as well as Stone Leaf Teahouse and Stonecutter Spirits drew them to Middlebury.

“Middlebury has a big commuting community and a college. And eventually, there will be rail access,” says Aless. “We are in a location that connects two business districts: Exchange Street and downtown, and I’m just hopeful that people will see what we’re doing and say, ‘Oh, OK, this is a place that can support this type of thing. Maybe I can open my boutique or record store or what have you in Middlebury.”

Neonatal specialists to learn in Middlebury The annual statewide conference of the Vermont Chapter of the Association of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses will be hosted by Porter Medical Center in Middlebury on April 4 at the Kirk Alumni Center at Middlebury College.

The event will bring together nurses from throughout the region for a full day program featuring three nationally renowned speakers and a nursing leader from Porter, Linda Havey, DNP, RNC-OB, who manages the Porter Birthing Center. Havey’s presentation is titled, “Providing Excellent Care of the Pregnant Obese Patient — Risks and Realities for both Nurse and Patient.”

“We are proud to be hosting this

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invaluable educational conference and bringing together nurse colleagues from our region to learn and share information to help us better care for our patients and communities” Havey said.

According to their website, the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is a “nonprofit membership organization that exists to promote the health of women and newborns and our mission is to empower and support nurses caring for women, newborns, and their families through research, education, and advocacy.”

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The former Clay’s women’s clothing retail space at 60 Main St. in downtown Middlebury will begin its temporary run as a new pop-up events space called “Bundle,” which this weekend will debut with two sewing sessions at which participants will craft reusable bags.

The “Sewing for Change” popups — slated for operation 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 — are just the beginning of what organizers hope will be consistent, creative use of 60 Main St. through at least this year. Funded through a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Bundle is being advanced as a high-visibility hub for creative thinkers to plant seeds for new products and/or ideas that could evolve into business startups.

“There has been an energy for this type of space and connection to community for a long time in Middlebury,” said Kelly Hickey, who will manage Bundle. “Local artists, producers and place makers have recently been connecting who have ideas that really need to be seeded, a place to grow and be seen. Being downtown by the river seems to churn the energy that we are all looking for and to get feedback from the public about what they will support and what can truly make it.

It’s our hope the community, including college students, will come out for all the events and bring a robust sense of community to downtown.”

Bringing energy to the downtown will be particularly critical during the next three years, when work will be in full swing on a $72 million project that will replace the Main Street and Merchants Row railroad overpasses with a concrete tunnel. Merchants are bracing for detours, noise, dust and other temporary inconveniences of construction, which will kick off later this spring and hit its peak during the summer of 2020. That’s when through-traffic on both Main Street and Merchants Row — as well as the underlying freight train activity — will be suspended for around a 10-week period while crews work round-theclock on tunnel installation.

VTrans has awarded the town of Middlebury a $75,000 grant to promote its downtown businesses and amenities this year during the first big phase of work on the rail bridges project. Other, like-sized annual VTrans grants are likely to follow, local officials believe.

The grassroots organization “Neighbors, Together” is collaborating with the Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) and other downtown stakeholders to create marketing programs and activities to be sponsored through the $75,000 grant. Plans call for $8,522 of the money to subsidize Bundle at 60 Main St. through June; an extension through December is anticipated.

Future Bundle pop-ups will include local artist showcases, workshops and maker markets. A mobile-making workshop with Carrie Root of the Root Studio VT is also in the works for this spring.

Hickey wants to see young people from Middlebury Union High School, Patricia A Hannaford Career Center, Addison Central Teen Center, Vermont Youth Works and Middlebury College benefit from skill training and community mentoring opportunities that will be available through Bundle. Teens and emerging adults will be able to volunteer with Bundle in marketing, as workshop assistants, and/or as collaborators in creating events, Hickey said.

A full calendar of Bundle events will be posted each month in the window of 60 Main and will be publicized online at ExperienceMiddlebury. com, @experiencemiddlebury on Instagram, and on facebook.com/ bettermiddleburypartnership.

Karen Duguay, executive director of the BMP, said the pop-up idea emerged from two successful artisan markets in the 60 Main St. space during Midd Night Stroll evenings this past December.

“We heard from a lot of people after the two Midd Night Strolls that it would be great to see something like this in the downtown on a more regular basis,” Duguay said through a press release.

“Our goals are always to try to bring people into the community center and increase the energy and vitality of the downtown in efforts to support all of the businesses. This felt like a great way to bring people into town, get them excited about something new and different and support downtown merchants at the same time.”

Hickey said 60 Main St. is not equipped for food/beverage pop-up activities. But the space is versatile, good-sized and high-profile.

Hickey wants a rotating crop of users to ensure no one gains a monopoly over others seeking to use the space.

Users will be assessed fees ranging from $25 for a three-hour pop-up event, to $250 for a market featuring up to 10 vendors. These revenues will help subsidize Bundle’s stay at 60 Main St. But Duguay stressed that Bundle will relocate to another venue if the 60 Main St. landlord secures a permanent tenant for the space.

Vendors will be responsible for their own accounting for any transactions they make during their respective popups, according to Hickey.

Vendors interested in the space can contact Hickey at sydzea@yahoo.com.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

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Goodbye and welcome

THE COUNSELING SERVICE of Addison County hosted a send-off party for its longtime executive director, Bob Thorn, on Thursday, March 28. Thorn took a moment for a photo with his successor, Rachel Lee Cummings. Others at the party included many past and present CSAC employees and clients, as well as Thorn’s family and friends. Former Gov. James Douglas of Middlebury was among the local luminaries to wish Thorn the best during the next chapter of his life.

Independent photo/John Flowers

What’s in a Number?

By BRETT AMY THELEN Forty years ago, amid the surge of legislation that accompanied the rise of the modern environmental movement, New Hampshire passed its first Endangered Species Conservation Act. The goal was to protect wildlife facing extinction in the Granite State. There was just one problem — they had no list of exactly which species were threatened or endangered.

So, in December 1979, a gathering of more than 50 biologists, naturalists, and woodsmen was convened at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, where I now work. They divided into working groups on mammals, birds, and “cold-blooded vertebrates” — invertebrates and rare plants would have to wait almost another decade for inclusion — and, when the day was done, 40 species had been identified as endangered, threatened or “of concern.”

The conference proceedings provide a remarkable glimpse into the evolution of wildlife management. In considering species for listing, the working groups referenced biological surveys and published records, as you might expect, but they also included personal stories and the kind of intimate knowledge that only comes from spending deep time outdoors.

A respected hunter and trapper asserted: “I have never seen a cougar track in all my life and I’ve spent at least 50 winters roaming the woods on snowshoes.” A Dartmouth biologist declared: “My heart says that [the timber rattlesnake] is endangered throughout its range.”

Today, wildlife management is decidedly more quantitative.

Statistics. Peer-reviewed studies.

Numbers. And one number that gets a lot of attention is the population estimate. How many moose are there in New Hampshire? Right now, around 3,500. How many bald eagles? Sixty-five territorial pairs.

But what exactly do these numbers mean, and how do biologists calculate them?

In rare instances, when a species is in imminent danger of extinction or occupies a very limited habitat, biologists do attempt to count every individual. Hence, the knowledge that we had 65 territorial pairs of bald eagles in New Hampshire in 2018, up from one pair in 1996.

For most species, however, population estimates are far more difficult to calculate.

“The key word in the phrase ‘population estimate’ is estimate,” said Michael Marchand, who oversees New Hampshire Fish and Game’s (NHFG) nongame and endangered wildlife program.

Dr. Peter Pekins, UNH professor of Wildlife Biology, agreed. “The public wants an absolute number, but that’s an impossibility.”

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Hampshire develops their population estimate through a combination of aerial surveys and on-the-ground observations. The aerial surveys use thermal imaging cameras to detect moose from above via small aircraft — an effective, but expensive technique. Several studies have examined the relationship between moose detection via aerial survey and moose observations gleaned from deer hunters, and developed a formula that converts hunter observations into a reasonably accurate measure of moose density.

Every year, NHFG sends questionnaires to 16,000 deer hunters, asking how many hours they spent hunting, where they were, and how many moose they saw while they

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were out looking for deer. From the responses, state biologists calculate a range of figures, including the sought-after population estimate.

But again, it’s just an estimate.

“There’s no such thing as a perfect count,” said Kris Rines, NHFG’s moose biologist.

The vast majority of data collected by wildlife biologists is geared toward detecting trends rather than absolute numbers. To that end, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont gather information on every moose registered by hunters at check stations, including weight, age, and — now that winter ticks have been identified as a key factor in moose declines — tick counts. Hunters are also required to turn in the reproductive tracts of any female moose they harvest; by examining ovulation scars, biologists can determine

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whether a cow has likely been pregnant, and whether she had twins or just a single calf.

It’s natural to be curious about how many moose or bald eagles exist in a given place at a given time, but is it necessary information? For most species, the answer is no. The overarching goal of state wildlife management programs is to maintain healthy, stable wildlife populations — to keep common species common, to help declining species recover, and to do so within the practical confines of a neverenough budget. Marchand described this part of his work as “determining what information we need to know in order to make effective conservation decisions. The more info you need, the more it costs.”

In the end, we’ll never know precisely how many moose or bald eagles there are in the Granite State.

What we do know, from trend data, is that wood turtles are vulnerable, moose are in decline and eagles, thankfully, are recovering. When it comes to managing wildlife, that’s enough.

Brett Amy Thelen is Science Director at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock, New Hampshire (harriscenter.org).

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North Branch (Continued from Page 1A) Vermont, she added, but the internet Psychological Association. provides plenty of evidence of “Perhaps one of the best ways to what’s happening around the world. characterize the impacts of climate “It sometimes feels like we can’t change on perceptions is the sense do anything, like it’s just hopeless of loss,” wrote the report’s authors. and the world will fall apart and we “Loss of relationship to place is a will all slowly and painfully die in a substantial part of this. As climate bleaker and bleaker world.” But then change irrevocably changes people’s she sees so many passionate young lived landscapes, large numbers people organizing events for change are likely to experience a feeling and she believes she really can make that they are losing a place that is a difference. important to them — a phenomenon Eighth-grader Iris Wyatt has been called ‘solastalgia.’” inspired by 16-year-old Swedish Those suffering from a sense of climate activist Greta Thunberg, helplessness might be said to suffer whom she describes as a “shy, from “ecoanxiety,” the authors said. blunt and sarcastic girl” who has “Watching the slow and seemingly “skipped school over 25 times to irrevocable impacts of climate protest” climate change. Learning change unfold, and worrying about about Thunberg has forced Wyatt the future for oneself, children, and to re-evaluate her own efforts to later generations, may fight climate change, be an additional source she said. Last year of stress,” they wrote. “One thing we’ve Wyatt made a poster “Qualitative research learned is that of a smog-covered provides evidence that kids, the more Earth, asking, “What some people are deeply they know about will our legacy be?” affected by feelings This year she is of loss, helplessness, climate change, making a new poster and frustration due to the more anxious to carry on the Next their inability to feel they get.”

Steps walk, focusing like they are making a — Tal Birdsey, North on population, difference in stopping or Branch School agriculture climate change.” deforestation.

“I With this in want to go further mind, this year McVay has been than asking ‘What will our legacy encouraging her classes to use their be?’” Wyatt said. “I want to say anxiety as a fuel to move forward, more and do more. It’s exciting.” and after a unit focusing on climate For fellow eighth-grader Elise solutions, students on April 5 will Heppell, “even the prospect of walk the first leg of the five-day trying to do something to slow Next Steps Climate Solutions walk, climate change is intimidating.” organized by 350Vermont.

Can we do it? Is it worth it? The Author/activist (and former North biggest, most impactful first steps Branch parent) Bill McKibben plans to address climate change aren’t to join them. things average citizens can do As they prepared for their journey, themselves, she said. “They need students shared their thoughts with to be taken by the government. the Independent.

They are the ones who (need to) WHAT KIDS SAY initiate something. They are the “Learning about (climate change) ones who will enforce it. That at school has made it so much more is the reason we are doing this real, especially this year, learning climate walk — to get the Vermont about all the effects and impacts state government kick-started.” on the world I’m growing up in,” Among other things, Next Steps said ninth-grader Isadora Beck. organizers back a proposed ban on “It’s terrifying. It’s awful to see new fossil fuel infrastructure in the our planet being destroyed.” The state. effects may not be as visible in Studying climate change for

NINTH-GRADERS UNA Kaeck, left, and Phoebe Hussey see combatting climate change as an intimidating challenge, but one they know they must take on.

STUDYING CLIMATE CHANGE has caused her some worry, said Vivian Siegfried, shown here with fellow North Branch School student Giles Heilman, but doing things like educating others empowers these young people.

the past two years has been “interesting but also worrying,” said eighth-grader Vivian Siegfried, whose research turned up a lot of “surprising facts and scary numbers.” Preparing for her class presentation “was when it really clicked and came into perspective for me — that climate change is really very major, and will affect me,” Siegfried said.

“I am considering putting an unsettling fact on my (Next Steps) sign, to help other people wake up to the extremity of the problem.”

The longer we wait, the harder it will be to reverse this, said ninthgrader Phoebe Hussey. “We have watched time lapses of the ice caps receding and seen videos of small island towns abandoned and flooded.” And yet, she said, “every day we get into our cars or turn on

the lights,” often using fossil fuels, which “are not sustainable and only add to the greenhouse effect.

Climate change is something we have contributed to, more than some think. It’s a problem and a challenge we created for ourselves and now it’s one we will have to take on.”

Una Kaeck thinks about climate change every day, not least because it’s been present for as long as she can remember. “Climate change is a very intimidating challenge,” the ninth-grader said. And while some issues have easy answers — choosing solar over coal because it produces less carbon dioxide, for instance — other issues, like which renewable energy sources will work best in a given location, are more complicated. “I think education is important, so people

know what they can do in their everyday lives and how they can make better choices,” she said.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN “Climate change is woven into their thoughts and days in a very real way,” said Sarah Kaeck, Una’s mom. “I’ve noticed little comments from my kids and it has definitely made me think about things differently. We adults have a different sense of the future based on our own experiences,” she added. “Not so with kids. We need to pay attention to them.”

Sarah Kaeck owns and operates Bees Wrap, a company that makes sustainable food storage wraps in Middlebury. Bees Wrap is cosponsoring the Next Steps walk.

Kaeck said she expects about a dozen employees to walk with her on the first day.

“Bees Wrap has a commitment to support organizations that protect the environment,” Kaeck said.

“We’re also trying to help grow awareness of climate change.”

North Branch and Bees Wrap participants will join a hundred others on the first day of Next Steps, which travels 11 miles from Middlebury to Bristol.

“To date, we are a community of over 130 walkers!” 350Vermont officials announced last week.

Next Steps begins April 5 in Middlebury, ends April 9 in Montpelier and will cover a total of 53 miles.

For more information about next steps, visit 350vermont.org/ nextsteps.

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to restore moose population density to sustainable levels and mitigate their vulnerability to climate change, he suggested.

Elsewhere, habitat loss has begun to exert great pressure on wildlife.

• Bears now wander around in winter because snowmelt and freak winter rainstorms fill their dens with water.

• Inch by inch, stands of fir trees are migrating to higher elevations, seeking cooler climates, but our ancient Green Mountains only go so high.

• Many species simply fail to cross the road, Rogers said, and slicked with enough dead frogs

and salamanders, those roads can actually pose as much danger to drivers as ice.

• “Massive precipitation events” (like 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene) destroy stream habitats and hasten the spread of invasive plants.

And yet, Rogers said, there are reasons to celebrate.

For one example he returned to Irene.

“Otter Creek jumped its banks in Rutland and caused massive damage there, but it didn’t damage downtown Middlebury,” which was shielded by “a lot of the wetland complexes in between,” he said.

“Many of those wetland complexes

were actually created and restored by conservationists. They weren’t even there before people came in and dug them out and dug ditches. There’s been a lot of effort, particularly along the banks of Otter Creek to restore wetlands. That was really kind of an incredible success story about what conservation can do, not just for wildlife species but for people, as well.”

Other conservation victories over nearly a century of wildlife management in Vermont include the recovery of peregrine falcon and of loon populations.

According to the Vermont Loon Conservation Project, there are now

more than 90 breeding pairs of loons in the state, up from just seven 30 years ago.

Rogers asked Ripton residents, who live in a “highly ecologically important area,” to promote wildlife habitat on their land.

“We can do this,” he said. “We know we can, because we’ve done it before.”

Even if conservation work only manages to preserve the status quo, he suggested, it’s still worth the effort.

For, as Thoreau said, “In wildness is there preservation of the world.”

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

Photo courtesy North Branch School

Photo courtesy North Branch School

Science (Continued from Page 1A) in Huntington, West Virginia.

If nothing is done to curb greenhouse gas emissions, however, our summers by the end of the century might feel more like they do today in Huntsville, Ala. For Rogers, a biologist with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, this rapid change will create great stress and pose many dangers for the state’s wild places and the creatures that live in them.

In fact, the climate and our understanding of it are changing so rapidly that Rogers must constantly update his presentation.

“This is a slide that I literally just added this morning,” Rogers told a sparse audience at the Ripton Community House.

Examining the journals of Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), who recorded leaf-out and other natural processes around Walden Pond in eastern Massachusetts, and comparing them with the same processes today, a study found that tree leaves are emerging on average two weeks earlier than they used to, Rogers said.

“But another thing they’re finding is that spring wildflowers are not keeping up nearly as quickly.

They’re popping out about one week earlier,” which means that the forest

canopy has cut in half their time under the sun.

In Vermont, too, he said, “global weirding,” has spread chaos much faster than rates of adaptation.

The “flagship species” in this regard is moose, Rogers said.

As their population density has increased, so have their chances of contracting diseases and parasites.

Rogers played a video of a moose spinning in circles, shaking its head, lurching sideways along a dirt path.

It had likely contracted brain worms from deer, he said.

Later, a series of gruesome photos illustrated how moose are affected by winter ticks, whose numbers have exploded as the state has warmed: • tracks in the snow spotted with the blood drawn by those ticks.

• snow virtually sprayed with red, where the moose had lain, trying to rub the bloodsuckers off its hide.

• the moose lying dead in the snow, ticks packed as densely across its body as corn kernels.

It wasn’t ticks that killed the moose, however, but coyotes, which researchers concluded had fed upon the creature while it was still alive.

“This is a terrible way to die,” Rogers said.

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Guide helps towns map resources

Retail (Continued from Page 1A) price on his own. But a conversation facility. that played out over Front Porch But he has a dream. He said he Forum (FPF) last fall gave him hope also has pledges for $200,000 in Tinker & Smithy could find its new seed money and the energy to track home as part of a another widespread down grants and donations to turn want for the county’s shire town: A the Ben Franklin building into what bowling alley. he believes would be a significant Middlebury and Bristol both had public draw and an asset to the bowling alleys, but those enterprises downtown. closed decades ago.

“We want to engage the community The FPF conversation last spring in investing in something that would indicated support for bringing back benefit them,” Gemignani said. bowling. Individual posts on the He launched Tinker & Smithy subject included: four years ago in a spot off Creek • “‘The people’s bowling alley’ Road. The store gained a nice ...this last posting came close to what following, which led him to relocate I have been mulling over in regards the growing enterprise to a bowling alley. to a downtown spot I wonder about the when one opened up “Our services possibility of creating two years ago. a co-op bowling alley are unique, Folks of all ages and — kind of like the backgrounds gravitate because structure pioneered by toward Tinker & everything we Mad River Glen in the Smithy, united by the have here in ski industry.” — Corey common interest of Hendrickson the store that gaming. Gemignani is • “I’m all for a bowling alley as well. now at a point where we sell, we A great place for all he’d like to grow also provide Tinker & Smithy, free for people ages to have fun. And how about setting both physically and in to use.” aside a few lanes for merchandise.

“We have always, — Scott Gemignani candlepin bowling. in this store, had the It uses lighter balls problem of having for those of us whose enough space for people to come backs would appreciate it. Here is a in and use our service — and also brief description for those who have maintain enough space for retail never played it. It’s really fun.” — sales and expansion,” Gemignani Chip Mayer explained. “We would like to move • “My husband and I would also into toys, for example, and carry LOVE to see a bowling alley in Middlebury. We love to bowl, but more craft and hobby supplies.”

The store has provided a safe, don’t get to do it very often as we fun refuge for kids after school. It’s don’t want to travel an hour to get typical to see a dozen or more youths to an alley.” — Pam Spatafora Gemignani believes a twoof all economic strata seated at Tinker & Smithy’s tables, immersed lane bowling alley could be in the joint conquest of a faraway installed affordably within the Ben Franklin building, using kingdom or universe.

“Our services are unique, because equipment from alleys that have everything we have here in the store closed in recent years. Along with that we sell, we also provide free bowling, Gemignani envisions an for people to use,” Gemignani said. entertainment, retail and housing “The reason we do that is we have center that would feature an arcade an interest in our community in with retro video games (to appeal ensuring that people who don’t have to the widest audience), an eatery the financial ability to afford this, selling burgers and fries for less than $10, a possible new home for still get to use it.”

Gemignani sees his preferred the Addison Central Teens center expansion spot right outside his store (currently based near Mary Hogan window. He didn’t think he could Elementary), and stores (including raise the Ben Franklin purchase Tinker & Smithy).

SCOTT GEMIGNANI, OWNER of downtown Middlebury’s Tinker & Smithy Game Store, hopes to raise enough money to acquire the former Ben Franklin property across Main Street and turn it into a community hub for cheap eats, entertainment, bowling and affordable housing.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

The Ben Franklin building way businesses are going to survive includes two upstairs apartments. like this, is to be able to offer Gemignani wants to see that space ‘experiences’ in addition to retail. A reorganized and built out into four lot of businesses can’t do that, but or five affordable units, whose we think we can do it.” residents could be employed by Gemignani acknowledged his businesses within the lower floor. effort is more of an “I” proposition “Essentially, what than a “we,” at we’re trying to do is this point. But he’s build a community “Essentially, recruiting supporters. center in the heart what we’re And he’d like to see of town that takes the reimagined Ben trying to do advantage of the Franklin property proximity of the is build a operated as a nonprofit, college,” Gemignani community overseen by a board of said. directors. He stressed center in the He believes he has that the nonprofit the right formula for heart of town should pay full property businesses that could that takes taxes to the town of succeed at 63 Main St. advantage of Middlebury.

The advantage?

The idea is off to the proximity Location. Being a a decent start, with downtown destination of the college.” $200,000 in pledges for entertainment, retail — Scott Gemignani from a “silent phase” of and food will make the fundraising, according difference for people to Gemignani. He’s who like convenience, Gemignani going to beat the bushes for believes. foundation and state grants before “You park in town, the kids go initiating an online gofundme to the arcade while mom and dad campaign. shop,” he explained. “The kids He believes he’ll need around from the college need to be able to $1.6 million to pull off the plan. walk to this building. It’s the only Li said he’ll listen to all offers

for 63 Main St., adding his broker is now speaking with a prospective buyer. He’s also willing to lease the space, and added he’s not likely to come down much from the $825,000 asking price.

For now, Li will keep marketing his building and focus on his small Yogurt City business that continues to operate out of the 63 Main St. Yogurt City has added new products, including tea, smoothies and milkshakes, he said.

Karen Duguay, executive director of the Better Middlebury Partnership, likes what she’s hearing from Gemignani.

“The most successful communities are giving people an experience of some kind that they can’t replicate through a screen,” she said. “Retail, dining and experiences will set us up for greater vitality and vibrancy for our downtown.

“I love the idea of people putting energy into something that’s a draw.”

Anyone interested in contacting Gemignani about his plan should email tinikerandsmithy@gmail. com.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is releasing a free copy of the new book “Mapping Vermont’s Natural Heritage” to Vermont towns this week. The book and attached DVD are aimed at conservation commissions and planning commissions to help them learn what mapped data is available on natural resources in their town and how it can be appropriately interpreted.

“The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has a long history of working closely with Vermont communities because we consider their role in conservation as instrumental to our long-term success of keeping our forests, waters, and wildlife healthy for future generations,” said Jens Hilke. Hilke coordinates Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s Community Wildlife Program, which works with all planning and conservation commissions to provide technical assistance on issues related to conservation planning.

The guide works with the BioFinder website, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ online center for information and maps on biological diversity and natural resources. It relies on the science of Vermont Conservation Design, a tool that identifies the features necessary for maintaining an ‘ecologically functional landscape’ — a landscape that maintains current biological diversity and allows species to move and shift in response to climate and land-use changes.

The guide allows communities to better understand mapped ecological components, helping them interpret what each resource is, why it is important, and how to include the resource in planning and conservation efforts. It allows them to prioritize the places that are most important through a 7-step process for integrating natural resource needs with other community values.

Planners can learn more about how to use this guide in planning efforts by contacting Jens Hilke at Jens.hilke@vermont.gov.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019

MATT DICKERSON

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Eagles, elk and an empty nest Last week began with the end of my cross-country ski season. It ended with the beginning of my fishing season.

It wasn’t the opening of Vermont’s general trout season. That doesn’t come for another week. And it wasn’t my first fishing of 2019. I’d headed across the bridge to New York a few weeks earlier to chase some steelhead in a Lake Champlain tributary. But it was spring break, and that led to my first real fishing trip of 2019.

My brother Thanh picked me up at the Sacramento airport on a Tuesday afternoon. After a couple days at his home with his family, the two of us grabbed a short flight up to Portland. From there we drove west to the Oregon coast for two and a half days of steelhead fishing on the Nehalem River watershed near Manzanita. I’d been to that river several times before, including once with Thanh. In the past I have always done fairly well, hooking multiple fish and never landing fewer than two.

On this trip, however, I knew we were in for a challenge. End of March is late in the season for winter steelhead, and though it’s the time when the big, wild fish — including some 20-pounders — have come in from the ocean to spawn, there are far fewer of them in the river than in January or February. Honestly, that alone didn’t worry me. Catching bigger fish even if fewer was a fine prospect. My greater worry was because a couple weeks before our trip, our guide Gil notified us that the water levels in the rivers were exceedingly low. All the snow and rain that usually falls in the winter months making Portland one of the rainiest cities in the country and turning the Pacific Northwest into a rain forest had shifted south and were flooding California, but leaving Oregon dry. If we didn’t get rain, Gil said, the steelhead would be difficult to find, and floating a raft down the (See Dickerson, Page 3B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Lacrosse 4/3 MUHS at Burlington..........................Late Girls’ Lacrosse 4/2 Hartford at VUHS....................Postponed COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 3/27 Union vs. Midd..............................14-10 3/30 Amherst vs. Midd..........................23-12 4/3 Hamilton at Midd...............................Late Women’s Lacrosse 3/27 Midd. vs. York...................................7-6 3/30 Midd. vs. Amherst...........................11-9 Softball 3/27 Midd. vs. Union.................................6-5 3/30 Johnson at Midd. (2).............Postponed 4/3 Midd. at Keene (2)............................Late Baseball 3/27 Midd. vs. Union.................................9-3 3/29 Midd. vs. Hamilton............................7-2 3/30 Hamilton vs. Midd.............................5-1 3/30 Midd. vs. Hamilton..........................10-1

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Lacrosse 4/6 Burr & Burton at MUHS.................. 4 PM 4/8 MUHS at Essex.............................. 4 PM 4/8 OV at Rutland................................. 4 PM 4/10 MUHS at Woodstock.................... 4 PM 4/11 Lamoille at Mt. Abe....................... 4 PM 4/13 MUHS at Rutland.........................11 AM Girls’ Lacrosse 4/5 MUHS at S. Burlington.............. 4:30 PM

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PANTHER SENIOR JENNA McNicholas evades Amherst goalie Talia Land to complete her hat-trick, scoring her third goal of the game in the second half of Saturday’s home win over the Mammoths. It was the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team’s fourth win in a row over a team seated in the top 20 in NCAA Division III.

Independent photo/Steve James

Women’s lacrosse coming on strong Defense switch key in run of wins

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — As Middlebury College women’s lacrosse coach Kate Livesay put it, her Panthers faced “a gauntlet” last week — four games against top-20 teams in eight days, the first three on the road, and two of those in Pennsylvania against teams ranked in the top eight in NCAA Division III. Despite nagging injuries, the Panthers ran the table, thanks in part to a change in defensive philosophy during the first win of the four, a 21-18 decision over host Bowdoin.

After that shootout, the 7-1 Panthers, who entered last week ranked No. 5, prevailed on March 26 at then No. 4 Salisbury, 7-6; edged host No. 8 York, 7-6, on March 28; and outlasted visiting No. 13 Amherst this past Saturday, 11-9, on Kohn Field.

It begged the question of Livesay: What changed to help the Panthers allow just 23 goals in three games after Bowdoin lit them up for 18, a total rarely, if ever, seen against a Middlebury team?

Livesay said she had experimented (See Lacrosse, Page 2B)

MIDDLEBURY ATTACKER KIRSTEN Murphy bulls her way through the Amherst defense on Kohn Field in the first half of the Panthers’ 11-9 win on Saturday.

Independent photo/Steve James

Panther softball ends spring trip with a victory CLERMONT, Fla. — The Middlebury College softball team concluded its spring-break trip on March 27 with a 6-5 walk-off win over Union in a game played in Clermont, Fla. The Panthers improved to 6-5 heading into a scheduled three-game NESCAC West series at home this weekend vs. Williams. Assuming field conditions and weather allow, they will host the Ephs for one game

at 5 p.m. on Friday and then a Saturday doubleheader beginning at noon.

Six other games have been postponed, home doubleheaders vs.

Johnson and Keene State this past Saturday and Sunday, respectively, and a twin bill at Castleton this coming Wednesday.

Against Union this past Wednesday the Panthers scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to pull out

their 6-5 win over Union.

The winning rally came on a leadoff single by Emily Moore single and then consecutive two-out singles

by Liza Tarr, Sara Tobias and Kaylee Gumm.

The Panthers scored two in the first on a two-run homer by Melanie Mandell, which followed a Sophia Marlino single.

Union scored one in the first, three

in the third and one in the sixth for a 5-2 lead.

The Panthers scored twice in the sixth on RBI doubles by Noelle Ruschil and Tarr.

Irene Margiotta (4-3) picked up the complete game win for the Panthers.

Tobias finished with three hits, while Tarr and Kaylee Gumm poked two hits apiece. Makayla Koehler (0-2) took the loss for Union.

Weather leaves high school teams guessing Opening games delayed, moved

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — As often happens this time of year, Vermont’s at times unpredictable climate has ruined the best-laid plans of those who try to come up with high school sports schedules.

Or, as Addison Northwest School District Activities Director Peter Maneen put it in an email to the Independent, “Vergennes is not going to be playing games this week.”

Maneen was referring to the two games the VUHS-Mount Abraham cooperative girls’ lacrosse team had on tap (the squad wears Commodore blue), at home on Tuesday vs. Hartford and on Saturday vs.

Harwood.

Maneen held out hope the Commodore-Eagle collective could play at Lamoille on Monday and then host U-32 at VUHS on this coming Wednesday.

The Commodore baseball and softball teams are set to open on the road on April 11 and then host Middlebury on Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m. Commodore softball coach

Travis Scribner said he was hopeful the fields would be ready by then.

Otter Valley’s baseball and softball teams were supposed to be next out of the chute. OV AD Steve Keith was not optimistic that OV softball could host its Friday opener vs. Springfield, but held out hope that the baseball team could play at Mill River. The Otter boys’ lacrosse (See Delays, Page 3B)

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Area youths fare well at wrestling tournament

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Elementary school wrestlers from all around northern Vermont competed at Middlebury Union High School at a tournament hosted by the Middlebury Area Wrestling Association.

Young wrestlers from the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley and Vergennes clubs all excelled at the event, which offered nine weight classes to each of three different age levels: Kindergarteners through second-graders, third- and fourth-graders, and fifth- and sixth-graders.

Local youngsters who earned topsix finishes were: GRADES K-2: A-1 CLASS: 1. Brady Babcock, OV; 4. Weston Kittredge, V; 5. Cooper Reed, V. A-2: 5. Wyatt Davine, OV; 6. Dean Schaner, OV. A-3: 2. Landon Euber, OV. A-4: 4. Andrew Sweeney, MIDD; 6. Cameron Loomis, OV. A-5: 1. Connor Husk, V; 2. Jayden Genest, V; 3. Levi Whitney, OV; Reece Benoit, OV; 6 Dennis Tardiff, OV. A-6: 1. Maddox Davis, OV; 2.

Timmy Wright, MIDD; 3. Conrad Cameron, V; 4. Carson Kandzior, V. A-7: 3. Tucker Cram, V; 5. Adrien Ralph, MA. A-8: 2. Ayla Kittredge, V; 3.

Tucker Sheldrick, MIDD; 4. Wilder Adams, MIDD. A-9: 1. Luke Kidde, V. GRADES 3-4: B-1: 1. Joey Maneen, V; 2. Miles Goetz, MIDD; 3. Stephen Kittredge, V; 4. Aaron Kandzior, V. B-2: 2. Kaiden White, MA; 3. Lucas Whitney, OV; 5. Colton Murray, MIDD. B-3: 1. Parker Carl, MIDD; 3. Emmitt Mallory, OV; 5. Izaiha Deyette, V. B-4: 1. Gabriel Duval, MIDD; 3.

Trevor Wright, MIDD; 5. Jazzalyn Madrigal, OV. B-5: 1. Isayah Isham, MA; 2.

Jason Sperry, MIDD; 3. Max Potter, OV, 4. Jackson Scribner, V; 6. Randy Cameron, MIDD. B-6: 1. Tucker Wright, MIDD; 5.

Tripp Stone, MIDD; 6. Ayden Larocque, OV. B-7: 1. Duncan Husk, MA; 4. Jesse Adams, MIDD; 6. Benji Havey, MA. B-8: 1. Wyatt Kennett, MIDD. GRADES 5-6: F-1: 4. Brayden Hemingway, MA. F-2: 3. Mason White, MA; 4.

(See Wrestling, Page 3B)

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Nordic skiers are named All-State

ADDISON COUNTY — Seven members of the Middlebury Union High School Nordic Skiing team and one Mount Abraham independent skier received Division II postseason honors.

Tigers Elvis McIntosh, Jack Christner and Lucas Palcsik were named to the D-II Boys’ All-State Team, and Tiger Malia Hodges and Eagle Addy Harris were named to the D-II Girls’ All-State Team.

Earning Honorable Mention for the boys’ team were Owen Palcsik and Will Carpenter from MUHS, and receiving Honorable Mention for the girls’ team was Maddy Stowe of MUHS.

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MIDDLEBURY’S JENNA MCNICHOLAS celebrates one of her second-half goals with teammates Kirsten Murphy (25) and Emily Barnard (3) in the 11-9 win over Amherst on Saturday.

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BURLINGTON NATIVE AND Panther senior Casey O’Neil scores in the first half of Saturday’s 11-9 Middlebury win over Amherst at Kohn Field.

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(Continued from Page 1B) seconds in the defensive fan without with asking her team to play man- closely guarding an attacker, or stand to-man defense, believing they had between a shooter and the goal without the athleticism to do so. But midway closely guarding the shooter. through the Bowdoin game she made But Keith excels at stopping the the call to switch back to a zone free-position shots attackers are defense with a roving backer in the awarded as a result — Amherst went middle of the fan. one-for-seven on Saturday, often That look, she said, allows perim- passing up the chance to shoot, and eter defenders to be more aggressive Keith, for example stopped Mammoth and force turnovers — and against standout Claire Dunbar’s free-position Amherst the Panthers forced 17 after bid, and Dunbar had been five-for-five causing 19 vs. York. until then.

“We started the season trying to “You’re going to give up free pochange things defensitions in a backer, and sively and not just do Julia’s just been seeing what we’re good at. “Our leadership those really well,” LiveWe tried to have more is great in the say said. options defensively,” backer (zone).

Offensively the PanLivesay said. “But I thers were dangerous also think in doing that Alex White, even though two key we lost a little confi- Susanna Baker, attackers, Kate Zecca dence in what we’re Henley Hall, we and Madeleine Riordan, good at. So just recently just have a lot were dealing with nagwe’ve gone back to of seniors who ging ailments. Livesay what we’re good at.”

Middlebury will imunderstand how said The defense deploys prove in that department. sophomore Addy to play that. We “We’ve had some injuMitchell as the backer, just get more ries, and we haven’t had and she leads Middle- out of it.” a lot of time to practice bury in caused turnovers — Coach this week because we’ve with 18. Meanwhile Kate Livesay had four games,” she Livesay said senior low said. “So there’s some defenders and senior room to grow there.” midfielder Henley Hall communicate Saturday’s game opened with Panwell and coordinate the back line. ther Emily Barnard, on a nice dodge, “Our leadership is great in the and Mammoth Isabelle Sennett, from backer (zone). Alex White, Susanna Dunbar, exchanging early goals. Then Baker, Henley Hall, we just have a the Panthers scored the next two and lot of seniors who understand how to were never caught. The first of senior play that. We just get more out of it,” Emma McDonagh’s four goals, on a Livesay said. feed to the crease from Grace Getman, Finally, Livesay said the defense gave the Panthers the lead at 42:11, also plays into goalie Julia Keith’s and 53 seconds later Jenna McNichostrength, which is stopping free posi- las burst through the fan and buried a tion shots. Zones tend to create more pass from Barnard. positional fouls — defenders are not The teams traded goals the rest of allowed to stand for more than three the half, with McDonagh twice and

MIDDLEBURY ATTACKER JENNA McNicholas scores the first of her three goals, shooting low past Amherst goalie Talia Land in the first half of Saturday’s 11-9 Panther victory.

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senior middie Casey O’Neill once answering Mammoth scores, and the Panthers led at the half, 6-4.

Early in the second Amherst sandwiched goals by Sennett and Becky Kendall around another strong Barnard move to make it 7-6.

Livesay called time after Kendall’s goal at 25:02, and the Panthers responded with a 3-0 run over the next 9:40. McNicholas scored back-to-back goals on set-ups from Kirsten Murphy and Sara DiCenso, and Barnard scooped in a low shot after taking a feed through traffic from McDonagh.

Keith (seven saves) stopped a Kendall free position in the middle of the Panther surge.

Amherst managed to cut it to 11-9 with 8:15 to go, after which Dunbar and Natalie Landau each had chances on a free positions. But O’Neill and

Erin Nicholas, respectively, checked the ball loose.

White picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers to lead the Panther defense, and Murphy caused three turnovers at the other end.

Sennett, Kendall and Hannah Fox each scored twice for Amherst, while Dunbar had a goal and three assists.

Mammoth goalie Talia Land made six saves.

In the 7-6 win at York (5-3) O’Neill scored the tie-breaking goal with 4:27 left and Keith made a career-high 11 saves. Middlebury took a 4-1 first-half lead on goals from O’Neill, Getman, Emma McDonagh and Jane Earley, and still led by 4-2 at the half.

McDonagh and Getman scored two of the first three goals in the second half to make it 6-3 at 20:22. But York tied the game at 6-6 with just over five

minutes left. Barnard fed O’Neill for the game winning shot, high inside the left post past York goalie Abby Smith (10 saves). In the final minutes Keith made three saves, two on point-blank shots.

Livesay said her team was running on fumes late in that game after all the travel, and she was pleased with their grit against both vs. York and Amherst.

Overall, she said the Panthers have “learned a lot” during the first half of the season, including that they can compete with anyone.

“This was like a gauntlet of a spring break, with three of those games on the road without a lot of rest,” she said.

“What I’m most excited about is just the mindset of this team is to no matter what the circumstances compete and win. And they showed they could do that this week.”

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Middlebury College baseball team won three of four games late last week in Orlando, including two of three NESCAC West games against Hamilton.

The 10-5 Panthers (2-1 NESCAC West) have a busy non-league road stretch upcoming after a game at RPI played this past Wednesday. They play at Norwich on Thursday, two at Tufts on Saturday, and at Plymouth State on Sunday.

On this past Friday pitcher Colby Morris became the program’s all-time leader in wins as the Panthers topped Hamilton, 7-2. Middlebury broke open a 4-2 game with three runs in the seventh inning vs. Hamilton (8-9, 1-2 NESCAC West).

The Panthers used two wild pitches in the second and a Henry Strmecki RBI single in the third to take an early 3-2 lead. Andrew Gough added an RBI single in the sixth.

In the seventh Brooks Carroll doubled and scored on an error, and two more runs scored on an Andrew Hennings single to left, and a Strmecki sacrifice fly.

Morris moved to 3-0 by allowing one earned run and striking out six in seven innings for his 16th career victory. George Goldstein and Andrew Martinson tossed scoreless relief innings.

On Saturday Hamilton took the opener of a doubleheader, 5-1, and the Panthers rolled in the second game, 10-1.

Singles by Gough and Carroll in the third inning produced the only Panther run in the opener. Carroll finished with two hits. Michael Farinelli (1-1) took the loss, going 6.0 innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits. Conor Himstead hurled the seventh, allowing two unearned runs on two hits. Gavin Schaefer-Hood (4-0) tossed a five-hit shutout for Hamilton.

In the nightcap the Panthers erased an early 1-0 Hamilton lead with three runs in the fourth. Gray Goolsby hit a two-run triple, and Hennings plated him with a sacrifice fly.

The Panthers tacked on four runs the next inning on two hits and two Continental errors for a 7-1 lead. Sam Graf had an RBI bunt during the rally, and Justin Han hit a sacrifice fly.

Ryan Hanrahan, Jake Dianno and Hayden Smith each produced run-scoring hits in Middlebury’s three-run seventh.

Han, Carroll, Strmecki, Smith and Graf each had a pair of hits for the Panthers. Colin Waters (2-1) picked up the win, striking out seven and allowing five hits in six innings. Alex Price hurled two shutout innings, and John Tipps pitched a scoreless ninth.

On the March 27 the Panthers defeated Union, 9-3. Kevin Woodring and Graf homered. Bobby Sullivan (2-0) picked up the win.

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Men’s lacrosse drops two vs. top foes

AMHERST — The Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team dropped a pair of recent away games to tough competition.

The Panthers (3-5 overall, 2-3 in NESCAC play) were set to entertain league rival Hamilton on Wednesday, and will host another NESCAC foe, Colby, at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

On this past Saturday undefeated host Amherst pulled away for a 23-12 victory over the Panthers. Middlebury closed to within 12-9 early in the second half, but could not keep pace on the scoreboard despite being outshot by only 50-42. The Mammoths, ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division III, improved to 9-0, 4-0 in league play.

LIKE A LOT of local high school sports teams, Vergennes Union High School baseball players faced wet fields this week and practiced indoors on Tuesday evening. Still, the Commodores got in some pitching and field practice in the school gym.

Independent photos/Steve James

Delays (Continued from Page 3B) team will play at Rutland on Monday, and the Raiders’ turf field will allow that game to proceed.

Turf fields will help the Middlebury lacrosse teams open up. The Tiger girls play at South Burlington this Friday, and their Tuesday home game vs. Rutland was switched to the Raiders’ artificial surface. The Tiger boys’ home opener vs. Burr & Burton has been moved from 11 a.m. this Saturday to 4 p.m. at Middlebury College’s turf field.

Up next for the boys is a Monday game at Essex on grass, assuming that field has dried out enough.

Tiger softball and baseball will host Essex on Thursday the 11th at 4:30 p.m., assuming field condi-

tions permit, before their visits to VUHS. The Tiger track and field team will host VUHS and Mount Abraham at the Middlebury College track on Friday the 12th, in the opener for all three squads; it is hoped that the javelins and shot puts can be retrieved from the muck. The Tiger tennis teams don’t open until the 13th and should be OK unless it rains that day.

With any luck the Mount AbeVUHS collective boys’ lacrosse team, which wears Eagle maroon, should have a dry enough field to host Lamoille in its opener at 4 p.m. on Thursday the 11th.

Finally, the Mount Abe baseball

and softball teams are blessed with sandier fields than their local counterparts and also don’t open until Colchester visits Bristol on Tuesday the 16th.

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

Panther track & field excels in San Diego SAN DIEGO — The Middlebury College women’s and men’s track and field teams on Saturday each finished third out of 13 scoring teams in a meet at UC-San Diego that featured teams from all three NCAA divisions.

For the women, Tasha Greene won the 1,500 meters in 4:35.21, edging out teammates Abigail Nadler (4:35.94) and Katie Glew (4:38.13), who raced to second and third. Cassie Kearney was the runner-up in the

800 (2:13.76), while Gretchen McGrath took fourth in the 400 (58.55).

Rebecca Gorman was second in the javelin (123 feet-8 inches), and the 4x400-meter relay team of Lucy Lang, McGrath, Julia Munz and Ava O’Mara finished fourth in 3:55.52.

On the men’s side Minhaj Rahman was second in the hammer throw, breaking his own school record with a toss of 188-10.

John Natalone tied for second in the pole vault, clearing the bar at

15-7, while Nathaniel Klein finished third in the shot put (49-1).

4x400-meter relay team of Jimmy Martinez, Arden Coleman, Joshua Howard and William Robertson won in 3:17.83. The 4x100-meter relay quartet of Conrado Banky, Coleman, Matthew Durst and Nicholas Hendrix was third (42.86).

Miles Meijer placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:30.85, while Jonathan Perlman finished third in the 1,500 (3:55.69).

The Panthers trailed by 5-4 after one period, 12-8 at the half, and 12-9 early in the third quarter on a Chase Goree strike, But the Mammoths closed the game on a 10-4 run.

Goree led Middlebury with four goals and an assist, while eight other Panthers added a goal apiece. Jake Madnick scored once, scooped up 10 ground balls and won 20 of 35 faceoffs. Zeke Emerson caused five turnovers and scooped five ground balls, and goalie Charles Midgley made 10 saves.

Jon Coffey, Matt Solberg and Evan Wolf each scored five times for Amherst, while goalie Chad Simons made 18 saves.

In a March 27 game played in the Syracuse Carrier Dome, Union outscored the Panthers by 8-3 in the second half, including 3-1 in the fourth quarter, to prevail, 14-10.

Union improved to 6-1 with the win.

Tyler Forbes led Middlebury with three scores. Frank Cosolito scored twice, and A.J. Kucinski added a goal and an assist. Madnick won 21 of 28 faceoffs and tied a career high with 15 ground balls. Midgley made 13 saves in 48 minutes of action.

Union’s Kerry Lyne led all players with five goals, while Hayden Frey had four tallies and an assist. Goalie Jack Santilli backstopped the win with 10 saves in goal.

hard pulsing tug of a strong fish. Then my bent rod unbent. Disappointed, I reeled in wondering if the fish had broken me off. It hadn’t. But it had spit the hook. When I looked more closely, I saw why: the hook was bent. That was the only fish either of us would connect with on day one.

The next morning we met Gil half an hour before dawn for the first of our two guided days of float fishing. As the first hint of morning light touched the steep slopes of the surrounding hills shrouded in mist, we wound up a dirt forest road to our put-in point.

And over the next two days we fished hard. We floated three different sections of river: the lower South Fork of the Nehalem, the famous stretch of the North Fork, and then an upper stretch of the South Fork through a deeper wilder canyon with some intense rapids. Gil worked his back end off. On the North Fork he repeatedly had to haul his raft over rocks where the water was too low to float it. On the upper, wilder stretch of the South Fork he had to rope the raft over one small waterfall since the low water had made the river too narrow to take his usual route.

We saw a herd of elk wandering the shore. We saw several bald eagles, some sitting in trees over the river and one hauling a fish right over our heads. We saw a mink and a beaver and numerous waterfowl including a flock of ducks that stayed just ahead of us the whole day, flapping off with a big commotion whenever we got too close. We watched the mist slowly

evaporate as the sun slid down the steep slopes toward the water, and we felt the air warm from 40 to 60 under clear blue skies. And we kept fishing hard. We drifted egg imitations with nymphing rods, and cast streamer flies with 13-foot spey-casting rods.

Nothing seemed to work. Over the course of two days, we might have had two strikes on an egg and another two on a spey fly, but nothing took the hook.

Just when I started to feel frustrated, though, Thanh would comment how much he was enjoying the beauty of our surroundings and I’d remember why I loved fishing. Eventually Thanh hooked and landed a sea-run cutthroat trout, which was not our intended target but was still fun. And in the very last hole we fished, just a hundred yards before we had to take the raft out of the river on the last day and start back to the airport, he hooked our one-and-only steelhead.

Gil paddled the raft to the shore, and we got out. Thanh fought the fish to the bank, where it managed to spit the hook and swim off just as I was getting ready to take a photo.

“What a great day,” Thanh said, as we packed our waders into the car and started the two-hour drive back to the airport for my redeye flight home. I thought about the empty net. But then I thought about the eagles, and the osprey, and the steep mist-covered hillsides, and the blue sky, and the moss-covered, lichen-draped alders leaning out below the taller cedars.

“Sure was,” I replied.

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) river to the few spots where they might be holed up would be even more difficult.

So I kept an eye on the Manzanita weather forecast. Several times I saw rain predicted, and my hopes rose. If we arrived right after a day or two of steady rain, when the rivers had risen for the first time in weeks following months of dry conditions, I might get the best fishing of my life.

But the predicted rain never materialized. By the time we arrived at our destination, the water-level gauge on the river had bottomed out. Gill had been fishing the area for nearly four decades and had never seen water that low. Still, there we were with our rods and our three-day licenses, and a twonight hotel reservation. So a-fishing we would go. On the first afternoon, Thanh and I hiked a mile and a half up a narrow gorge above where the river is floatable. We spent several hours scrambling up and down steep, muddy banks, mostly fishing just below and just above a famous waterfall. The warm air had triggered a hatch of mayflies, including little blue-wing olives and larger March browns. A few stoneflies were coming off the water also. Knowing that in the low water conditions the steelhead would be down deep, I tied on an imitation mayfly nymph, added a couple weights, and started drifting it along the bottom of some deep runs.

Three hours into the afternoon I got my one and only hit. I lifted my rod, and for about four seconds I felt the

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

4/6 Harwood at VUHS..................Postponed 4/8 VUHS at Lamoille...................Postponed 4/9 MUHS at Rutland....................... 4:30 PM 4/10 U-32 at VUHS.......................... 4:30 PM 4/12 Hanover at MUHS................... 4:30 PM 4/13 Hartford at VUHS..................... 4:30 PM Softball 4/5 Springfield at OV....................... 4:30 PM 4/11 Essex at MUHS....................... 4:30 PM 4/11 VUHS at CVU.......................... 4:30 PM 4/13 MUHS at VUHS...........................11 AM Baseball 4/5 OV at Mill River.......................... 4:30 PM 4/8 OV at Rutland............................ 4:30 PM 4/8 OV at Fair Haven....................... 4:30 PM 4/11 Essex at MUHS....................... 4:30 PM 4/11 Rice at VUHS........................... 4:30 PM 4/13 Brattleboro at OV.........................11 AM 4/13 MUHS at VUHS...........................11 AM Track 4/12 VUHS, Mt. Abe at MUHS......... 3:30 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 4/6 Colby at Midd.................................. 1 PM 4/9 Springfield at Midd.......................... 4 PM 4/13 Trinity at Midd............................... 2 PM Women’s Lacrosse 4/4 MIT at Midd..................................... 5 PM 4/6 Midd. at Colby................................. Noon 4/10 Plymouth at Midd.......................... 4 PM 4/13 Midd. at Trinity.............................11 AM Softball 4/5 Williams at Midd............................. 5 PM 4/6 Williams at Midd. (2)....................... Noon 4/12 Midd. at Wesleyan........................ 5 PM 4/13 Midd. at Wesleyan (2)................... Noon Baseball 4/4 Midd. at Norwich............................. 4 PM 4/6 Midd. at Tufts (2)...................... 12:30 PM 4/7 Midd. at Plymouth St...................... Noon 4/9 Lyndon at Midd............................... 4 PM 4/12 Midd. at Williams.......................... 4 PM 4/13 Midd. at Williams (2)..................... Noon Late games were played after deadline.

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

Wrestling (Continued from Page 1B) Logan Stearns, V. F-3: 2. Alex Sperry, MIDD; 5.

Clayton Markwell, MA. F-4: 1. Avery Carl, MIDD. F-5: 3. Ethan Hallock, V; 5. Wesley Husk, MA. F-6: 1. Isaac Preston, V; 2. Isaac Whitney, OV; 3. Payton Lavoie, V. F-7: 2. Quincey Boone, OV; 3.

Drake Felkl, OV; 5. Steven Lackard, MIDD. F-9: 1. Joseph Bergevin, MIDD.

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Commission on a — Rev. Kim Meanwhi Way Forward le, Hornung-Marcy the put Connectional a vote by delegateto Conference at the UMC Generals Plan would Conference to have held in St. Louis led a restructuring $1.00 Feb. 23-26.

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Y — Once accessible to working during hours the 2019 sugaring Some sugarma season is finished, kers in Addison sugarbush right now.” its pale blue walls, parents. With Vermont will County have made By this time likely remain Gale has also seen armchairs and up for time, last area rugs, the building the others are nation’s leading an uptick in growing a tad anxious. but Maple’s taps had alreadyyear, Twin critter activity. is meant to maple syrup feel more homey produced a “It’s been too significant one-day than institutional, producer, but this year’s title won’t “I’ve never had sap run — 9,200 to help children much snow,” said cold, with too gallons, on feel safe and relaxed have come as easily as it from squirrels as so much damage Feb. 28. But this Don Gale did last Maple I’ve had this year,” year. year he said. “Squirre (See VFiT, Page Sugarworks in of Twin Gale has had no such 12A) ls are Lincoln, Persistent cold temperat which “The biggest day luck.

The season has also everywhere.” ures have “There’staps roughly 5,200 trees. we’ve had was about 3,000 slow start in Starksbo gotten off to a 30 inches of snow in the far behind.” gallons,” he said. “We’re “The way winter ro. seems to be (See Sugaring, Page 14A)

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THT to repair former ‘Diner’ By for new uses waythe

’s • WomenSafe lauds Cornwall years Sue Byers for her many Addison of charitable work in County. See Page 2.

Otter softball gets two new leaders more • For the first time in Candon than 30 years, Pattie shots. will not be calling the See Page 18.

By JOHN FLOWE RS MIDDLEBURY — The former The Patricia Diner restauran A. Hannaford t at 66 Merchan Row in Middleb ts Career Center’s Mechanical Class ury is being sized up needs lawn mowers for students for repairs and will to short-term rental be available for service and make minor repairs and/or Town Hall to. The students Theater functions will be asked to as soon as this sharpen/balance mower summer. blades, change oil, service Mark Bradley, air cleaners executive director and perform of THT, shared the other preventa tive news of the former eatery during a tour maintenance. Teacher Cheryl space, (See By the way, perhaps best known during Page 6A) its lengthy run as Steve’s Park Hall Theater officialsDiner. Town announced the purchase of the $300,000, last April. property, for It was a strategic Obituaries .............. buy for THT, in that the former Classifieds ................................ 6A Diner the picturesque theater is adjacent to Service Directory ........... 6B-7B .............. 4B-5B building at 68 S. Pleasant St. and Entertainment ........Art organization with thus provides the Community Calendar s + Leisure options and storagefuture expansion Arts Calendar ........Art........ 8A-9A s + Leisure said the long-term space. Bradley Sports ............................ .... 1B-3B property is for The concept for the be razed to make Diner building to THT addition. way for a proper But short-term (See THT, Page 11A)

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By JOHN FLOWER order to continue operationsendorsed license fees, as well as a builders plan also as SALISBURY — Budget agreed and possibly improve the hatchery’s 17) The funding plan, (See Hatchery, Page have which could tions and in the Vermont House water discharge system, a facility by the House Appropria grant would that of extend the life to a funding plan Culture Station further the Salisbury Fish

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Workshop to aid girls in tennis Saturday event open to high-schoolers MIDDLEBURY — For the second consecutive year, the New England Branch of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will sponsor a one-day workshop event to promote young women in tennis in Vermont.

The organizers of Women in Tennis Together are encouraging local athletes to register to secure one of the 18 slots available to girls in grades 9-12.

Register online at acafvt.org.

Through the assistance of Karen Didricksen, Vermont Tennis Service Representative, the USTA continues to further its initiative to help individual states throughout our region grow tennis by bringing together young female tennis players in a workshop format. Middlebury Indoor Tennis center will host the Women in Tennis Together event and partner with Middlebury College this Saturday, April 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The event has a fee of $5, which includes event admission, breakfast and lunch, a gift, fun tennis activities, and one free ticket to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., on Friday, July 19.

Erin Morrison, programs and communications manager at the Addison Community Athletics Foundation, is the primary organizer for the event. She and a team of area players, pros and USTA officials hope the chance for young women

WOMEN AND GIRLS came together last April to learn about tennis, get coaching, be introduced to role models and play a game that can be an excellent lifelong sport. This one-day event returns this Saturday.

to connect with fellow players, pros, and area educators will encourage a lifelong love of the game.

Event organizer Jeanne Hulsen is athletic director at Burlington High School and an accomplished coach and player. She is excited for area girls to come and see what it means to embark on a lifelong tennis journey.

“This event offers female student/ athletes the exposure to strong women leaders, coaches, and educators with a rich history, passion, and life experience influenced by tennis,” Hulsen said. “By including high school, both former and current

collegiate players and coaches, administrators, and adult and senior USTA teammates, this event uniquely explores the many ways tennis can be ‘sport for a lifetime.’”

Rachel Kahan, Middlebury College women’s tennis coach and an accomplished collegiate athlete, agrees wholeheartedly.

“Lessons learned on the court are those young women will use for the rest of their lives beyond their time in team athletics,” Kahan said.

Both on- and off-court activities will be led by an all-female staff of area college coaches and tennis pros

like veterans Tammy Azur, Laury Shea, Sasha Fisher, Amy Degroot, Kristin Hartley and Amy Berkman.

Together these powerhouse players will provide strategic and tactical instruction during drills, games, and competitive singles and doubles match play. Off court, longtime USTA enthusiasts Deborah Larkin and Allyson Bolduc will join in for the panel discussion. The organizers have built in time for networking to give the young players the chance to connect more deeply with coaches, accomplished recreational players, and fellow athletes to explore the

value and impact of tennis in their personal lives.

Closer to home, Middlebury Union High School girl’s tennis coach Jill Dunn reports that her 2018 girls’ team chose to focus their competitive season on developing technique and learning the game over achieving a specific win-loss record. By concentrating their 10-week season on mastering fundamental strokes, proper court etiquette, and good sportsmanship, every member achieved a new level of confidence and proficiency. As many of her players participated in last year’s Women in Tennis Together

event, Dunn is eager for the 2019 season to begin.

“I am really looking forward to coming back to a team of girls who have knowledge and a love for the game, who are ready to play and compete, and who already have team pride, unity, and excitement,” Dunn said. “Go Tigers!”

Registration for the April 6 event is now open and Morrison encourages early sign up. Those interested in registering or learning more may contact Erin Morrison by visiting the Addison Community Athletics Foundation website: acafvt.org.

Trout season opens on May 13 MONTPELIER — Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season is set to open Saturday, April 13, and despite recent cold weather and lingering snow cover across the state, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season.

“Just like “Trout are any other time coldblooded of year, anglers and may be fishing early slow to bite in the spring should adjust especially their tactics if water based on contemperatures ditions,” said linger around State Fisheries freezing, so Biologist Bret it’s important Ladago. “Givthat they can en the recent also see your cold weather and deep snow bait, lure or pack, condifly.” tions may be — State challenging, Fisheries but if you can Biologist Bret find a good Ladago location and present your bait or lure without spooking the trout, you could have the catch of a lifetime before the snow even melts.”

“Finding a small to medium low-elevation river or stream that is clear of ice and not too murky from

TROUT FISHERMAN DREW Price holds a nice early season brown trout from a prior year. Anglers can improve their chances of success by fishing their bait or lure slowly along the bottom of deep stream sections when Vermont’s trout season opens on Saturday, April 13.

Photo/Vermont Fish & Wildlife

spring runoff can be key,” Ladago says. “Trout are coldblooded and may be slow to bite especially if water temperatures linger around freezing, so it’s important that they can also see your bait, lure or fly.”

Larger baits can often be effective for enticing early-season trout into biting. Spin-anglers should try night crawlers, egg imitations, or bright col-

ored spoons and spinners. Fly anglers may find success in the early season by drifting large, more visible flies such as wooly buggers, streamers, or San Juan worms along the bottom in slower pools and runs.

Trout will often hold close to the bottom in the deeper areas of streams during high flow conditions to conserve energy. Choose locations and tactics that allow you to fish using a slow retrieval right along the bottom.

Focus on deep holes behind current breaks created by big boulders, downed trees or log-jams where trout may be resting. If possible, approach the hole from downstream as trout will often orient themselves facing the current.

While Vermont offers excellent and diverse fishing opportunities for wild trout, stocking also occurs in many streams and rivers where wild trout populations are low or absent.

This generally happens between May and June each year following spring runoff. Check Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website for a regularly updated stocking schedule.

“Angling success may be improved by focusing on waters known to hold wild trout,” said Ladago. “Despite unpredictable weather during early spring, each year anglers report catching impressive trout during opening weekend.”

Anglers who like to fish and release their catch don’t need to wait for opening day. There are year-round catch-and-release fishing opportunities for trout and bass in Vermont.

See pages 35-36 of the 2019 Vermont Fishing Guide and Regulations for a list of rivers open to year-round trout fishing.

The Guide is a helpful tool for planning a fishing trip as it includes maps showing rivers and lakes, as well as fishing access areas and public lands for fishing and hunting. It also lists the fish species found in each body of water. Copies are available free where fishing licenses are sold or by calling the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department at 802-828-1190. A digital version is available on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife. com.

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

Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm.

NARCAN KITS are avail‑ able at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy train‑ ing is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

GREENHOUSE WORK‑ ERS seasonal ‑ full time and part time positions in Addison. Includes planting, watering, loading trucks.

Must be strong, depend‑ able, motivated. Week‑ end work required. Call Paul at 759‑2294 or email gardenart@gmavt.net.

LANDSCAPERS‑ COLBY HILL Landscape Company is now hiring for the 2019 season. We are a landscape construction company, spe‑ cializing in the installation of patios, walkways, walls and plantings, as well as main‑ tenance. Applicants must have vaild drivers license and reliable transportation.

Starting pay $14/hr. Pay may commensurate with experience. Call Dave at 802‑363‑9958.

LOOKING FOR EXPERI‑ ENCED carpenter/construc‑ tion worker. Minimum 2 years’ experience. Must be willing to do all aspects of construc‑ tion work. Must have reliable transportation. Pay based on experience. This is a full‑time year‑round position.

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

At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking.

Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. New‑ comers welcome. Confiden‑ tial. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Bris‑ tol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. 12 Step Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt.org.

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

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

Discussion Meeting, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30pm.

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

Daily Reflection Meeting, Vergennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm.

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiritual Awakening, Middlebury, St. Stephes Church, 3 Main St., 7:30‑8:30am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Discussion Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs).

Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Mon‑ days, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am.

We meet at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middle‑ bury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkin‑ soninfo@uvmhealth.org.

R E F U G E R E C O V E RY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds.

Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused.

Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

Help Wanted BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

HANNAFORD MIDDLE‑ BURY IS now hiring for Hannaford To Go Shoppers.

Apply online at hannaford. com or call Amanda Clark at 802‑388‑1017.

MOOSE RUBBISH AND Recycling is looking for a recycling attendant on Sat‑ urday’s. 8:30‑12 noon. Call Randy 377‑5006.

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Digital Media Marketing Specialist The Better Middlebury Partnership, in collaboration with the Town of Middlebury, is seeking a Digital Media Marketing Specialist.

This short-term, temporary position is responsible for maximizing the effectiveness of the newly relaunched website, experiencemiddlebury.com.

The Digital Media Marketing Specialist will plan and execute a web marketing strategy for 2019 that promotes Middlebury businesses, arts and cultural organizations, and events to visitors, tourists, and local residents. S/he will also develop, document, and implement content maintenance procedures that will put the website on the path to sustainability.

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EXECUTIVE CO-DIRECTOR The Addison County Parent/Child Center (ACPCC) is continuing the search for a new Co-Director to lead this well-known and highly respected nonprofit located in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1980, the ACPCC is a member of the Vermont Parent Child Center Network dedicated to providing family support services, therapeutic childcare and education, prevention and support for youth, adults and children in Addison County.

This is a great opportunity for an energetic and engaged community leader who is passionate about making a difference in the community by leading an organization in a co-directorship model. The successful candidate will possess strong communication skills, a team-oriented work style, a passion for working with families and children, and a dedication to social justice issues. The candidate will have experience working with human services and state agencies, experience in all aspects of human resource and personnel management and experience in managing and overseeing data collections and analysis. Candidates must also demonstrate understanding of financial management of multiple funding streams and fund development.

Preference will be given to candidates with a graduate degree in social work, nonprofit management, education, or a related field.

For more information, including a full job description, please contact Donna Bailey at dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org Interested applicants are expected to submit their letter of interest, resume, and contact information, sent by regular mail to: ACPCC Search Committee, P.O. Box 646 Middlebury, VT 05753 or by email to: dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org

THE ADDISON INDEPENDENT IS SEEKING AN

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required • Creative marketing experience • Excellent communication skills, notably writing, editing, and verbal • Thorough knowledge of Middlebury and its business community • Expertise in digital media/social media Responsibilities • Develop and execute digital marketing campaigns • Develop and execute an update plan for the community calendar • Develop and execute an update plan for 150+ local business profiles, conducting interviews with local business owners as necessary • Submit a monthly report summarizing work completed to date • Meet regularly with key stakeholders.

The Digital Media Marketing Specialist will report to the Executive Director of the Better Middlebury Partnership.

Compensation will be $25/hour for an estimated 20 hours a week through December 2019.

To apply: send cover letter, resume, professional writing sample, and application to Karen Duguay, Executive Director, Better Middlebury Partnership via email at karen@bettermiddleburypartnership.org.

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Take part in Spring Into The Arts!

Spring into the Arts (SITA) is a biennial celebration of the arts, held at the Mahaney Arts Center (The MAC) at Middlebury College. SITA features students’ visual and performance art from area schools, as well as professional workshops and performances for students, families and community members. SITA relies on volunteers to serve as greeters, monitors, and to direct students and guests to workshops and artwork. Volunteers are needed on Wednesday, May 29 and/or Thursday, May 30.

Shifts are 3 hours (8:30-11:30am or 11:15am - 2:15pm). No experience is necessary! Please contact RSVP of Addison County at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org for more information. Thank you for helping celebrate the arts in our schools!

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This is a great opportunity to get to know the ins and outs of the media business or hone your office skills.

Please send letter of interest and resumé to Christy Lynn, Director of Sales/Associate publisher: christy@addisonindependent.com

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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Busy Landscaping and Excavating firm seeking skilled, motivated and reliable people. Full-time and Seasonal positions available. We are looking for experienced help in landscaping, excavation and lawn maintenance. Must have valid drivers license.

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

Mail or email resume:

Vacancies

Food Service Director/Cook 2018-2019

Responsibilities for this position include: Planning monthly breakfast and lunch menus Shopping and ordering all food and managing stock rotation Maintaining production records Enter daily breakfast and lunch counts Dishwashing Upkeep and cleaning of the kitchen 12 hours of food service related training including attending monthly meetings

Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, and three current reference letters via School Spring or send to:

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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NEW HAVEN YARD WORK. Some mowing, trimming and raking. 802‑453‑4597.

ROOFERS WANTED No experience needed. Willing to train the right person.

Excellent pay and benefits.

Basic hand tools and valid driver’s license needed. Call 802‑388‑2903.

VERMONT SOAP IS also hiring Production Team Members. Must be detail oriented, work well as part of a team and an eye for qual‑ ity control. Competitive pay, paid time off, gym member‑ ship, employer matched IRA and more. Send resume to nichole@vtsoap.com.

VERMONT SOAP IS look‑ ing for a full‑time Shipper/ Receiver. Experience in both shipping and receiv‑ ing freight, small packages and use of Starship is pre‑ ferred. Competitive pay, vacation & sick time, paid holidays, gym membership and more. Please send re‑ sume and cover letter to nichole@vtsoap.com.

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PERSON TO ASSIST with flooring manufacturing and saw milling of wood prod‑ ucts. Part time, possibly full time for the right individual.

Lots of team work and heavy lifting involved, 50 lbs. fre‑ quently. Lathrop’s Maple Supply. 453‑2897 ext. 2 for Tom, for more information.

HELP WANTED

Call 388-4529.

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Help Wanted

NURSE VACANCY 2019-2020

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Tri-Valley Transit Inc., DBA Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR), is seeking a highly motivated leader to be the Operations Manager for its community transportation operations. The ideal candidate will support ACTR in its mission to enhance the economic, social and environmental health of the region by providing public transportation services that are safe, reliable, accessible and affordable for everyone.

2019-2020

Addison Central School District is seeking a part-time (4.5 hrs/day) Food Service Director/Cook at Ripton Elementary for the 2019-2020 school year. The successful candidate should have experience in preparing nutritional meals, breakfast and lunch, and managing a meals program for 30-55 students. The candidate must also be organized, have strong communication, collaborative and computer skills, as well as an interest in participating in school wide health and nutrition initiatives. If you have questions, please contact Tracey Harrington at 802-388-22018 or tharrington@acsdvt.org.

Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, and three current reference letters via School Spring or send to: Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury,VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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Candidates should have at least three (3) years’ management experience.

Transit experience is a plus but not required.

ACTR highly values leaders who can be both team players and work well independently. Salary will be dependent upon experience. Excellent benefits including health, dental and vision insurance, long-term disability, retirement plan, paid time off and paid holidays.

This is a 40 plus hour/week position. Normal schedule will be Monday through Friday either 5am to 1:30pm or 10:30am to 7pm with some flexibility. Position requires 24/7 availability in emergency situations and the ability to be on call during scheduled weekends.

Selected candidate must pass required background checks and Drug/Alcohol testing. Confidentiality is a must.

Please submit resume and cover letter to: Human Resources Director via email to: gina@trivalleytransit.org No phone calls, please TVT/ACTR is an AA/EO Employer www.trivalleytransit.org

EOE Positions will remain open until filled

HELP WANTED SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 2019-2020 The Slate Valley Unified Union School District is seeking a person with exceptional secretarial skills, experienced in all areas of (school) office management including keyboarding/ computer, reporting, communications, organization, and receiving children, parents and community for the Fair Haven Grade School. Must be child oriented, flexible with excellent problem solving skills. School experience desired but not required.

For more information, please contact Deb Smith, Assistant Principal, at 802-265-3883 or at dsmith@arsu.org.

Applicants must apply on www.SchoolSpring.com.

EOE Positions will remain open until filled

EOE Positions will remain open until filled

OUTREACH WORKER Join the Addison County Parent/Child Center Team!

We are seeking a social worker to work with young families as an outreach worker on our highly skilled, creative and energetic team.

You will work in coordination with parents in the home, community, and in our program in Middlebury in order to ensure that children are growing healthy and strong in our community.

Candidates must have a solid understanding of child development, family systems, communication skills and flexibility. A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.

Please contact Donna Bailey: dbailey@addisoncountyparentchildcenter.org

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SCHOOL COUNSELOR/SCHOOL BASED CLINICIAN 2019-2020 Slate Valley School District is seeking a fulltime School Counselor/School Based Clinician to work as a member of a collaborative team supporting a small group of students (grades K-5) in an alternative learning classroom at Castleton Elementary School.

The selected candidate will have experience working with children who have social, emotional, behavioral and academic challenges; knowledge and familiarity with PBIS, response to trauma and MTSS. Appropriate license required.

For more information please contact Kris Benway, Director of Special Services at 802-265-4905 or email at kbenway@arsu.org.

Applicants must apply on www.SchoolSpring.com.

Slate Valley School District is seeking a fulltime School Nurse, RN for the 2019-2020 school year. Candidate must be licensed as a school nurse through the Vermont Agency of Education Licensing Department.

For more information please contact Casey O’Meara, Director of Curriculum at 802-265-4905 or email at comeara@arsu.org.

Applicants must apply on www.SchoolSpring.com.

• Safety • Personnel management • Maintenance budget management • Scheduling • Vehicle maintenance management • Vehicle related procurement

Food Service Director/Cook

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Help Wanted

The Operations Manager reports to the Regional Director and will manage the day-to-day operations involving buses and drivers.

Overall responsibilities include:

Jennifer Kravitz Bingham Memorial 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury,VT 05753

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TOM BODETTE Excavating & Landscaping, Inc. tombodettelesinc@gmail.com.

6 Lower Plains Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, Attn: Leslie.

Cornwall School is seeking a food service director to work at our small (82 student) school with a thriving Farm to School program. We are looking for an individual who is committed to scratch cooking healthy, locally-sourced, fresh food for our students. The ideal candidate will be familiar with using fresh, in season produce; and knowledgeable about governmental food storage and safety regulations (Safe Serve certification is preferred, though not required). The ideal candidate will also work collaboratively with students, parents, and teachers around food service; be interested and willing to work with Farm to School program and our Cornwall School garden; collaborate with our parent organization on special events; and be able to accommodate different dietary restrictions/needs. The manager is responsible for all aspects of running the school kitchen as well as the serving of all meals. The position requires a person to lift 50 lbs. Competitive hourly rate and benefits available.

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For Sale BARRELS ‑ 55 GALLON food grade. Great storage for sap/syrup, water, grain, compost. $25/each. Call 453‑4235.

PRIVACY HEDGES ‑ spring blowout sale. 6ft. Arborvitae ‑ reg. $179, now $75. Beau‑ tiful, nursery grown. Free Installation/Free delivery.

Limited Supply. Order now: 518‑536‑1367, lowcosttreef‑ arm.com.

UPRIGHT FREEZER ‑ 20.3 cubic inches. Asking $200 obo. 388‑2754.

For Rent 2, 3 AND 4 bedroom apart‑ ments available June 1st.

In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Walking every‑ where, including to college.

Text Baba 802‑373‑6456.

2,500 SQ.FT. LIGHT IN‑ DUSTRIAL or food‑based business. Vermont state or USDA inspected. 656 Ex‑ change Street, Middlebury, Vermont. Call for information 802‑388‑4831.

BRANDON: PARK VIL‑ LAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets.

Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Sum‑ mit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summ‑ itpmg.com.

BRISTOL 2+3 BEDROOM apartments. Heat, lawn care, snow removal, park‑ ing, small storage space included. 802‑453‑2566.

CHARMING STUDIO APARTMENT in the heart of downtown Middlebury.

Tile bath and kitchen. Avail‑ able June 1st. Text Baba, 802‑373‑6456.

For Rent

For Rent

P.O. Box 156 • Vergennes, VT 05491

VERGENNES, VT 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT - RENT: $1,066.

Monument Farms

DRIVER

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

WhistlePig is dedicated to crafting a premier whiskey and is looking for passionate, dedicated people to help us as we grow.

First and Second Shift Bottling Team To meet our growing demand we are looking for quality, detail oriented team members for our bottling line. Must be able to lift 25 pounds unassisted and stand during your shift.

First Shift: hours are M-F, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm.

Second Shift: hours are M-F, 3:30 pm - 11:30 pm Second Shift offers a wage differential in addition to standard wage Benefits include health care package, 401K, wellness benefits and more.

Town of Cornwall Road Foreman Position

The Town of Cornwall is seeking qualified applicants for a full time Road Foreman position. This position involves the dayto-day supervision and performance of road maintenance operations year -round. This person must be available to work, with a reasonable commute time, nights, weekends and holidays through the winter or any other emergency. A clean driving record, the ability to pass prehire and random drug testing as well as having a Class B CDL with air brake endorsement is required. A Class A CDL and/or tank endorsement are a plus. Experience with municipal snowplow trucks and equipment, road grader, loader and other road maintenance equipment is preferred. The Foreman will be responsible for purchasing parts and materials under the Town’s purchasing policy, keeping updated road and culvert inventories, submitting grant applications, and attending ongoing training opportunities. A High School diploma or equivalent as well as basic computer skills e.g. email, word processing and spreadsheets, are also required. The Town of Cornwall offers competitive wages and benefits which include health insurance and retirement.

Applications and job description are available at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s Office or on the Cornwall website.

Submit a cover letter and resume of past work history with the application to the Town Clerk by 5:00 pm, April 30, 2019.

Full listing at www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/work-with-us Please submit a resume with references to jobs@whistlepigrye.com.

No phone calls, please.

HELP WANTED SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST 2019-2020 Slate Valley School District is seeking a fulltime Library Media Specialist for the 20192020 school year at the Fair Haven Grade School. Candidate must meet Vermont State Teacher Licensing requirements.

For more information please contact Deb Smith, Assistant Principal at 802-265-3883 or email at dsmith@arsu.org.

Applicants must apply on www.SchoolSpring.com.

EOE Positions will remain open until filled

Second story apartment located on Main St. in Vergennes. All basic utilities included except electricity. Nicely remodeled apartment with new flooring. Includes trash, recycling, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. Income limits apply.

References required.

To request an application visit www.addisontrust.org, call (802) 877-2626 or email info@addisontrust.org

Equal Housing Opportunity

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing.

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

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BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY Visible Retail/Of‑ fice street level space on the Main Street. Approx.

1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

MIDDLEBURY: IN‑TOWN 1‑BR, Second‑floor apart‑ ment 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. $795/month. For more information, call or text 802/355‑4164.

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

802‑282‑9110.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease.

The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

LARGE 4 BEDROOM colo‑ nial house, Salisbury. 1 3/4 bath. Large living room, din‑ ing room, kitchen and family room with attached 2 car garage. Secluded setting. 11 minutes to MUHS .$1,800. monthly. References and deposit. 802‑989‑8399.

Real Estate 2 0 1 9 E N E R G Y S TA R homes, Modular, Dou‑ blewides and Single‑ wides. Open 7 days a week. Beanshomes. com. 600 Rte. 7, Pitts‑ ford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes. com. Down Payment As‑ sistance Now Available.

NEW HAVEN: ONE bed‑ room apartment. All utilities included. $975/mo. First and last months rent deposit re‑ quired. Call 453‑3870.

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

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

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

802‑388‑4831.

TWO FLOOR, TWO bed‑ room apartment for rent in Shoreham Village. No smoking and no pets. Se‑ curity deposit and month to month lease. Appliances included. Rent is $800 plus utilities. Please call Sandy at 802‑759‑3119.

Att. Farmers HAY FOR SALE. Small square bales, first cut + mulch. 802‑349‑9281.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BED‑ ROOM, fully furnished apartment, all inclusive, W/D. $1,250/month.

802‑349‑8544.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

Trucks 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA Florida truck. 118,000 miles. Excellent shape.

Asking price $12,995.

802‑468‑0278.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BED‑ ROOM ground floor apart‑ ment with deck and parking, in the center of town. $1,800/ mo. all inclusive. No pets.

802‑349‑8544.

Wanted

MIDDLEBURY‑RTE 7 ef‑ ficiency apartment. Heat, water and trash removal included. No pets. No smok‑ ing. $700/month. Available May 1. 802‑388‑1917.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., cen‑ tral location, parking. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Man‑ agement Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available.

House calls made free of charge.

Want to Rent PROFESSIONAL FE‑ MALE WISHING TO share two‑bedroom apartment.

Rent extremely reasonable.

802‑978‑1797.

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF GARY, JULIE & RYAN RUSSIN

STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

DOCKET NO: 172-10-17 ANCV SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING, LLC v.

ANN M. DITTAMI OCCUPANTS OF: 65 Mountain Road, Salisbury VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Ann M. Dittami to Bank of America, N.A., dated January 12, 2010 and recorded in Book 63 Page 239 of the land records of the Town of Salisbury, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A. to Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC dated June 19, 2017 and recorded in Book 69 Page 517 of the land records of the Town of Salisbury for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 65 Mountain Road, Salisbury, Vermont on May 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: In the Town of Salisbury, in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, described as follows, viz: “Beginning at an iron pipe at the Southeast corner of Lot #18 as shown on a Plan of Lots entitled ‘’Lake Dunmore Cottage Lots owned by M. H. McLaughlin, Salisbury, Vermont, 1938”, and running thence North 78 degrees 30’ West 175.4 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 57 degrees 00’ West 39.7 feat to an iron pipe; thence South 83 degrees 45’ West 99 feet to a point; thence South 83 degrees 45’ West 44.9 feet to a point in the center of an existing dock at the shore line of Lake Dunmore, thence running along the Easterly shore line of Lake Dunmore to a point marking the Southwest corner of Lot #19 as shown on the aforementioned Plan; thence running North 56 degrees 00’ East 85.4 feet; thence South 42 degrees 30’ East 66,1 feet; thence South 50 degrees 00` East 45.3 feet to an iron pipe at a Sixteen inch white birch; thence North 78 degrees 15’ East 135.7 feet to an Iron pipe making the Southeast corner of Lot #19 as shown on the aforementioned Plan; thence North 14 degrees East along the Easterly Pine of Lot 19 79.86 feet to the place of beginning.

Reference is made to a Map of Lake Dunmore Cottage Lots re-surveyed and checked by Lee H. Lowell October 20, 1957, a copy of which Is on File in the Town Clerk’s Office, Salisbury, Vermont.”

Being the same parcel conveyed to Francis R. Dittami, Jr. and Ann M. Dittami from Jonathan Blake and Cathie Hahl, by virtue of a Deed dated 08/29/1988, recorded 08/31/1988, in Deed Book 36, Page 226, County of Addison, State of Vermont Assessor’s Parcel No: 0135-3097-000A-1 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 18, 2019 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 Farmington, CT 06032

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CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 54-3-19 Ancv

NOTICE OF HEARING A hearing on ACCT’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned the mobile home of Gary, Julie & Ryan Russin located at Lot #13 at the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park, 84 Hillside Drive in Starksboro, Vermont has been set for April 11, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont.

Date: March 21, 2019 Kim LaDuke, Civil Docket Clerk

VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h) (Auction)

NOW COMES Addison County Community Trust (“ACCT”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249 as follows: 1. ACCT, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Vergennes, County of Addison, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in Starksboro, Vermont.

2. Gary, Julie & Ryan Russin are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1992 Titan 808, 14’ x 70’ mobile home, bearing serial number 7702 (the “Mobile Home”), located on Lot #13 at the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park, 84 Hillside Drive in Starksboro, Vermont according to the Starksboro Land Records.

3. Julie Russin (Russin) leased a lot in the Park for her mobile home from the Park pursuant to a written lease. ACCT holds a security deposit on the Lot in the amount of $236.00.

4. Julie Russin’s last known mailing address is 87 Kelley’s Field Road, #A04 in Hinesburg.

5. The mobile home has been abandoned and is empty. The last known resident of the mobile home was Everett White, her son, who was the only occupant of the mobile home. He was evicted from the Park for non-payment of rent on or about November 15, 2018. A Judgment for outstanding rent, late fees, court costs and attorney’s fees was entered against her on in the amount of $2,243.90. See Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Russin, Vermont Superior Court, Addison Civil Unit, Docket No. 177-10-18 Ancv. See attached Judgment.

Russin has made no efforts or attempts to remove the home from the Park.

6. The Park’s counsel and Chris Ouellette, agent for the Park, have attempted to communicate in writing and by phone with Russin and she has failed to respond.

7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: a. Russin is in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the Town of Starksboro, Vermont in the aggregate amount of $1,655.27, plus interest and penalties. The delinquent property taxes are now a lien on the property. b. Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Russin, Judgment Order dated October 19, 2018.

8. Uriah Wallace, a duly licensed auctioneer, is a person disinterested in the mobile home and the mobile home park who is able to sell the mobile home at a public auction.

9. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $325.00 each month. Rent, storage fees and late charges due the Park as of March, 2019 total $2,749.24. Court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Park exceed $1,500.00.

10. The Park sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Starksboro on February 5, 2019 of its intent to commence this abandonment action.

WHEREFORE, the Park Owner ACCT respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Approve the sale of the mobile home at a public auction to be held within 15 days of the date of judgment, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h); and 3. Grant judgment in favor of the Park Owner and against the mobile home for past due and unpaid rent and mobile home storage charges through the date of judgment, together with Park Owner’s court costs, publication and mailing costs, auctioneer’s costs, winterization costs, lot cleanup charges, attorney’s fees incurred in connection with this matter and any other costs incurred by Park Owner herein.

DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2019.

BY: Nadine L. Scibek, Attorney for ACCT DATED at Middlebury, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2019.

BY: Chris Ouellette, Duly Authorized Agent

VERIFICATION

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. At Middlebury on this 14th day of March, 2019, Chris Ouellette, duly authorized agent of Addison County Community Trust, Inc., owner of the Hillside Manor Mobile Home Park in Starksboro, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts represented therein are true to the best of her knowledge.

Before me, Nadine L. Scibek, Notary Public My Commission Expires: 1/31/21 4/4

Public Notices Index

Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 9B and 10B. Addison (1) Addison Co. Probate Court (1) Addison County Sup. Court (4) Cornwall (2) Green Mountain Power (2) Middlebury (1)

New Haven (1) Notice of Abandonment (1) Vermont Public Utility Commission (1) Vermont Raily Systems (1) Weybridge Cemetery Association (1)

VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM Vermont Railway • Green Mountain Railroad Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad • Washington County Railroad & WACR Conn River Division Weed Control Program Newspaper Advertisement

The Vermont Rail System has applied to the Secretary of Agriculture for a permit to apply herbicides to its tracks for control of weed growth in the ballast.

• Vermont Railway operates between Bennington and Burlington.(In the towns of Burlington, S.

Burlington, Shelburne, Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Vergennes, New Haven, Middlebury, Salisbury, Leicester, Brandon, Pittsford, Rutland Town, Rutland City, Clarendon, Wallingford, Danby, Mt Tabor, Dorset, Manchester, Sunderland, Arlington, Shaftsbury, Bennington) • Green Mountain Railroad operates between Bellows Falls and Rutland City. (In the towns of Rockingham/Bellows Falls, Chester, Cavendish, Ludlow, Mt. Holly, East Wallingford, Shrewsbury, Rutland Town, Rutland City)

• Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad operates between Rutland and Whitehall NY, and Pittsford Town.(In the towns of Pittsford, Rutland Town, West Rutland, Ira. Castleton, Fair Haven) • Washington County Railroad operates between Montpelier and Barre.(In the towns of

Montpelier, Barre City, Barre Town, S. Barre, Berlin)

• WACR Conn River Division operates between White River Junction to Newport VT.(In the towns of White River, Hartford, Wilder, Norwich, Thetford, Fairlee, Bradford, Newbury, Wells River, Newport, Coventry, Orleans, Barton, Sutton, West Burke, Lyndonville, St. Johnsbury, Passumpsic, Barnet, Ryegate)

The tracks in these locations will be treated utilizing “hi-rail” equipped trucks with nozzles aimed downward from fixed booms 18 inches above the rails which spray the roadbed beneath the tracks. Beginning on or near May 1st, 2019, our applicator will be using a mix of Aquaneat(Glyphosate),Esplanade 200 SC(Indaziflam),Milestone(Aminopyralid), and Spyder or Oust XP(Sulfomenturon Methyl) with an anti drift additive in water for control of weeds and grass. Beginning on or about July 1st, 2019 areas close to streams and standing water which were not sprayed on the first application, will be spot treated with Aquaneat (Glyphosate) with an anti-drift additive in water.

Residents abutting Vermont Rail System right-of-way should protect private water supplies or other sensitive areas. It is the responsibility of the resident to notify us of the existence of a private water supply located near our property.

• Notification from residents along the Vermont Railway, Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad, Green Mountain Railroad, Washington County Conn River Division and the Washington County Railroad Barre to Montpelier, should be made before April 26th, 2019 to: Benjamin Delorme, Supervisor Signals/M.O.W. w Vermont Railway, Inc. w 118 Post Street Rutland, VT 05701, or by telephone at (802) 775-4356, Monday through Friday between 7:30 am and 4:30 pm.

• Questions or comments should be addressed to: Vermont Department of Agriculture w 116 State Street w Montpelier, VT 05602-2901, or by telephone at (802) 828-2431. 3/28, 4/4

STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 49-3-18 ANCV NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/S MR. COOPER v.

JAMIE JO BARROWS AND BENJAMIN E. SMITH OCCUPANTS OF: 1907 Mountain Road, Addison 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 FORMTEXT , in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Jamie Jo Barrows and Benjamin E. Smith to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for ARK-LA-Tex Financial Services LLC DBA Benchmark Mortgage, dated December 11, 2009 and recorded in Book 95 Page 446 of the land records of the Town of Addison, 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 ARK-LATex Financial Services LLC DBA Benchmark Mortgage to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP dated May 14, 2012 and recorded in Book 99 Page 121 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP to Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated June 9, 2015 and recorded in Book 104 Page 566 of the land records of the Town of Addison for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1907 Mountain Road, Addison, Vermont on May 2, 2019 at 11:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Benjamin E. Smith and Jamie Jo Barrows by Warranty Deed of Hedy M. Sackett, dated December 11, 2009, to be recorded prior hereto in the Addison Land Records, and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Hedy M. Sackett by Warranty Deed of Elizabeth H. Burgess dated June 16, 1998 and recorded in Book 65 at Page 70 of the Town of Addison Land Records and partially described therein as follows `Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Elizabeth H. Burgess by Warranty Deed of John W. Freyberger dated May 6, 1986, and recorded at Book 45 Pages 125-126 Addison Land Records, and being therein described as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to John W. Freyberger by Warranty Deed of Ricky R. Condon and Holly D. Condon dated April 4, 1985, and recorded at Book 43 Pages 529-530 of the Addison Land Records, and being therein described as follows: Being all the same lands and premise described in a Warranty Deed from Yvonne R. Condon to Ricky R. Condon and Holly Condon, dated June 16, 1981, recorded at Volume 40, Page 405 of the Addison Land Records. Said lands and premises are more particularly described therein as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Stephen J. Condon, Jr. and Yvonne R. Condon by Warranty Deed of Charles L. Phillips and Jacqueline Phillips, dated June, 16, 1971, and recorded at Book 34 Pages 454- 455 Addison Land Records and being therein described as follows: Commencing at a telephone pole in the easterly line of the highway known as the Mountain Road, southwesterly of the house on the lands hereby conveyed; Thence northerly in the line of said highway 298.20 feet, more or less, to a point; Thence S 60° 54’ E 205.82 feet to an iron pipe; Thence S 08° 00’ W 24.10 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe; Thence continuing southerly in approximately the same bearing 200 feet, more or less, to a point; Thence westerly 192 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.

Said land and premises are a part of the land and premises described in a deed to the Grantors herein from Frank Whitford’s Admx., recorded in Addison Land Records Book 31, Page 492.

This deed is executed for the sole purpose of correcting the description in a previous deed from the Grantors herein to the Grantees herein, dated August 31, 1960 recorded in Book 32, Pages 27-28 Addison Land Records.

Reference is hereby made to said deeds and their records and to all prior deeds and their records for a further and more complete description of the land and premises herein conveyed.

Reference is made to one certain Order and Decree of the Addison County Court, Yvonne R. Condon v. Stephen J. Condon, Jr., Docket No. C74-73Ad, dated December 17, 1973, and recorded at Book 36 Page 64 Addison Land Records awarding the above described lands and premises to the Grantor free and clear of the marital rights of Stephen J. Condon, Jr. Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned deeds and deeds and records therein referenced, all in further aid of this description.

Subject to easements and rights of way of record.

Reference is hereby made to said deed and its records and to all prior deeds and their records for a more complete description of the lands and premise conveyed....’

Reference is hereby made to said deeds and their records and to all prior deeds and their records for a further and more complete description of the lands and premises herein conveyed.”

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 20, 2019 By:__/s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren________ Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 4/4, 4/11, 4/18

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PAGE 10B — Addison Independent, Thursday, April 4, 2019

30 Starksboro students mentored at Echo Center BURLINGTON — The ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain hosted Community Science Night, an annual celebration for local youth mentoring pairs from the Chittenden County Mentoring Network (CCMN) on Thursday, March 21. More than 200 adult mentors and youth mentees from 10 mentoring programs in Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, and Addison counties attended the free event, which featured an open exploration of the museum’s exhibits, a scavenger hunt, and hands-on demonstrations led by the ECHO E-Team (Environmental Leadership Team).

The event was sponsored by ECHO’s Open Door Program and MENTOR Vermont, and participants received free pizza courtesy of Domino’s. The

featured exhibit for the event was the “Age of Dinosaurs,” featuring replica dinosaurs and interactive stations include a fossil dig pit, fossil rubbing, and remote-control dinosaurs.

“The mentoring trip was really fun,” said Alexis Isensee, a nine-year-old mentee with the Starksboro Mentoring Program, who attended the event along with her mentor Betsy Dunham. “I was really interested in the dinosaurs and how they moved, then I figured out it’s just by buttons. The second thing I was really interested in was the scavenger hunt and what to look for.”

Isensee and Dunham were two of 30 youth mentees and adult mentors who attended the event from the Starksboro Mentoring Program.

Public Notices found on Pages 9B & 10B. VERMONT PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING You are hereby notified that the Vermont Public Utility Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING regarding its investigation into the request of Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. (“VGS”) for an overall 2.7% decrease in its rates (consisting of a decrease in the gas cost component of rates of 16.6% and increase in daily access and distribution charges of 5%), and for use of $6.4 million from the System Expansion and Reliability Fund (“SERF”) (PUC Case No. 19-0513-TF).

The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, commencing at 6:30 P.M., at the Colchester High School, 131 Laker Lane, Colchester, Vermont.

Prior to the public hearing, at 6:00 P.M., the Vermont Department of Public Service will host a presentation by Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. during which time the utility will describe the change in rates and request for use of the System Reliability and Expansion Fund, and be able to answer questions.

The above hearing location is handicapped accessible. Anyone needing accommodation should contact the Vermont Public Utility Commission (802-828-2358) by no later than April 12, 2019.

4/04

Town of Shoreham Public noTice

Notice is hereby given that the Shoreham Selectboard shall hold a public hearing and site visit on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 6:30pm at Shackett Drive and meet at the Town Office at 7:00pm where testimony shall be taken for the purpose of determining whether to discontinue Town Road #53 known as Shackett Drive which consists of .05 miles. The Road is located on the South side on Main Street, Route 74 West, in the village between the Old Grange Building and 175 Main Street.

Shoreham Selectboard 3/21, 3/28. 4/4

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Middlebury Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday April 22, 2019 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, to consider the following: 1. An application (file #2019-28:176.000CU) request by Anthony Neri Property Rentals, LLC for conditional use approval for the mixed commercial use of the property and existing structure located 55 Middle Road. The 55 Middle Road property is located in the Village Residential Commercial (VRC) on parcel #028176.000.

2. An application (file #2019- 28:042.000CU) request by Town Hall Theater, Inc. for conditional use approval for the change of use proposed for the former “Park Diner” property located at 66 Merchants Row. Specifically, the former restaurant would be used as flexible space for performing arts, events, meetings, work and storage. The 66 Merchants Row property is located in the Central Business District (CBD) on parcel #024232.000 Application, plans and additional information regarding this application may be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Town Offices or by calling 3888100, Ext 226. Participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

David Wetmore Assistant Zoning Administrator

4/4

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF CORNWALL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

The Cornwall Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 7 pm, at the Cornwall Town Hall, located at 2629 Route 30 in Cornwall, Vermont.

Purpose of the hearing: To hear a request by Jason and Sarah Robart for approval of a proposed conditional use of the property located at 339 Parkhill Road, Cornwall, Vermont, to allow the barn and approximately 5 acres to be used as a commercial event venue for private parties.

All applications are available to the public at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s office, 2629 Route 30, Cornwall, Vermont. You are free to review the file for any additional information concerning this particular matter.

Persons wishing to be heard at this public hearing may do so in person, or may be represented at the hearing by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent.

Please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464, of the Vermont statutes, participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to make subsequent appeal.

4/4

WEYBRIDGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

The Weybridge Cemetery Association Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Weybridge Congregational Church. For information, 4/4, 8, 11 call 545-2502.

THIRTY PARTICIPANTS FROM the Starksboro Mentoring Program made the trip up to the ECHO Leahy Center in Burlington on March 21 for Community Science Night, an annual event sponsored by MENTOR Vermont. Pictured from left are, back row: Christie Sumner, Dylan (11), Beth Sands, Louis Prue, Vera Ryersbach, Jake (13), Douglas (11), Chuck Webber, Debbie Safran, Larry Shepard, Emily Gibbs, Sue Shepard, Candis Pearson and Dave Pearson; middle row: Margot Schips, Edorah Fraser, Lily (9), Ashley (12), George (11), Jacob (9), David (12) and Amy Johnston; and front row: Wyatt (10), Alexis (9), Tracy (10), Peyton (8), Isabella (7), Matthew (8), Shane (7), Heaven (7).

NOTICE TOWN OF CORNWALL INVITATION TO BID ON LAWN CARE

Sealed bids for mowing and trimming various municipal parks, cemeteries and grounds for the Town of Cornwall during the 2019 season will be accepted until 5 PM on April 16, 2019 at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s office, 2629 Route 30, Cornwall, VT 05753. Bids should be submitted with a price on a per mowing/trimming basis. Frequency will be weekly or as needed. Must provide proof of insurance. Bids will be opened at the Selectboard Meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. For further information, please contact Sue Johnson, Town Clerk at 462-2775 or at cornwallvt@shoreham.net or stop by the office at 2629 Route 30.

3/28

TOWN OF WHITING NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF OIL AND GAS LEASE

Pursuant to the provisions of Title 29, Section 563(g) of Vermont Statutes Annotated, notice is hereby given of abandonment of the following Oil and Gas Lease: 1. Land Involved: A parcel of land located in the Town of Whiting, County of Addison and State of Vermont, described as all of the lands and premises located in Whiting, Vermont, conveyed to Gerald A. Quenneville and Janet K. Quenneville by Warranty Deed of Sylvia K. Keizer dated April 14, 1987 and recorded in Volume 16, Page 58 of the Whiting, Vermont Land Records (the “Property”). The Property described therein is located on West Road.

2. The Property, or a portion of the Property, is subject to an Oil and Gas Lease (the “Lease”) conveyed by Xavier and Elsie Quesnel to the Cambrian Corporation dated October 24, 1964 and recorded in Volume 12, Page 494 of the Whiting Land Records.

3. This notice is given by Gerald A. Quenneville, the current record owner of the Property.

4. The interest in the Lease as set forth in paragraph 2. above is presumed abandoned; the Lease has not been used for a continuous period of ten (10) years after July 1, 1973 and no statement of interest under subsection (e) of 29 V.S.A. Section 563 has been filed at any time within the preceding five (5) years.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2019.

Gerald A. Quenneville, Record Owner

PUBLIC NOTICE INTENT TO APPLY HERBICIDES Green Mountain Power, 2152 Post Rd., Rutland, Vermont 05701 has applied for a permit from the Vermont Secretary of Agriculture to apply herbicides. All herbicides will be applied by ground-based, hand-held equipment. This notice consitutes a warning to residents along the right-of-way that water supplies and other environmentally sensitive areas near the right-of-way should be protected from an application. It is residents’ responsibility to notify the contact person of the existence of a private watersupply near the right-of-way.

The contact person at GMP is Jarod Wilcox 1-888-835-4672. Further information may also be obtained from Plant Industry Division, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, 116 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602-2901; (802) 828-2431.

Operations will commence on or about May 20, 2019 using the following herbicides: Garlon® 4 Ultra (triclopyrs), Escort XP (metsulfuron methyl), Polaris (imazapyr) & Rodeo (glyphosate).

Maintenance will be conducted on the following transmission lines in the following towns: LINES: Silver Lake - Rochester TOWN(S): Salisbury Green Mountain Power 2152 Post Rd., Rutland, VT05701

Read the Addison Independent legal notices every Monday and Thursday to take action!

The Addison Development Review Board will convene a public hearing on Monday, April 22, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Addison Town Clerk’s Office to address the following application: 1. Application (#19-02) to address an application from Bryan Nolan on behalf of the Town of Addison for approval of a variance to the maximum building height requirement of S.2.4, Table 2.4 (D) (35 feet) to allow construction of a new Town sand shed with a peak roof height of 41 feet.

The application is available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office during normal office hours. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney.

Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Board either before or during the hearing.

N.B.: Participation in a hearing is necessary to establish status as an “interested person” and the right to appeal a decision rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 S.S.4464 (a) (1) (C), 4465(b) and 4471 (a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing.

Respectfully Submitted, John Spencer, Chair Starr Phillips, Board Secretary E. W. Hanson, Administrative Officer 4/4

PUBLIC NOTICE INTENT TO APPLY HERBICIDES Selective Vegetation Control Green Mountain Power, 2152 Post Rd., Rutland, Vermont 05701 has applied for a permit from the Vermont Secretary of Agriculture to apply herbicides. All herbicides will be applied selectively to cut stumps, or stems and foliage. This notice is to inform residents along the right-of-way that water supplies and other environmentally sensitive areas near the rightof-way should be protected from an application. It is residents’ responsibility to notify the contact person of the existence of a private watersupply near the right-of-way. The contact person at Green Mountain Power is Jarod Wilcox 1-888-835-4672. Further information may also be obtained from Plant Industry Division, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, 116 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602-2901; (802) 828-2431.

Operations will begin on or about May 20, 2019 using the following herbicides: Garlon® 4 Ultra, Krenite® S, Polaris®.

Maintenance involves select sections of GMP distribution* lines in: ADDISON COUNTY: Addison, Bridport, Bristol, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Goshen, Granville, Hancock, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro, Waltham, Weybridge, Whiting.

• Treatment is limited to select areas in the distibution line right-of-way. Distribution lines carry electricicty from electrical substations to the homes and business of customers.

Green Mountain Power 2152 Post Rd., Rutland, VT05701 4/4, 4/11

78 North Street New Haven, Vermont 05472 (802) 453 – 3516 The Town of New Haven is now accepting bids for a one(1) to three (3) year contract for roadside mowing. Roadsides will be mowed two separate times during the summer season as follows: First mowing will be 2 passes; the second mowing will be done with a minimum of 8 feet with a boom or over the rail system to get behind guardrails and partial tree canopy if necessary. Mowing is at the direction of the Road Commissioner, using your own equipment. Proof of insurance required. The first mowing is to begin in early June and the second in September.

For more information, please call the Road Commissioner @ (802) 316 – 6125.

Please submit your sealed bid to the Town of New Haven by 4:30 on Tuesday April 23, 2019. All bids the Selectboard reserves the right to reject any bids.

4/1, 4, 8, 11

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966 STATE OF VERMONT

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 92-3-19ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF BARBARA CULVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Barbara Culver late of Burlington, Vermont.

I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: April 1, 2019 Jonathan C. Heppell, Esq. 62 Court St Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4026 jheppell@marshandwagner.com Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: April 4, 2019 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 4/4

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BARRY CURAVOO & TORI CURAVOO n/k/a TORI THOMAS

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 50-3-19 Ancv

NOTICE OF HEARING

4/4, 4/11

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF ADDISON

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN INVITATION TO BID

A hearing on Park Owner Addison County Community Trust, Inc.’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned and uninhabitable the mobile home of Barry & Tori Curavoo located at Lot #8, 11 Red Clover Lane at the KTP Mobile Home Park, Bristol, Vermont has been set for April 11, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont.

Date: March 18, 2019 Kim LaDuke, Deputy Clerk VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) (Uninhabitable) NOW COMES Addison County Community Trust (“ACCT”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) as follows: 1. ACCT, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Vergennes, County of Addison, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the KTP Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in Bristol, Vermont.

2. Barry & Tori Curavoo (“Curavoos”) are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1989 Commodore mobile home bearing serial number CN19201 (the “Mobile Home”), located on Lot #8, 11 Red Clover Lane at the KTP Mobile Home Park in Bristol, Vermont according to the Bristol Land Records.

3. Barry Curavoo leased a lot in the Park for his mobile home from the Park pursuant to a written lease. ACCT holds a security deposit on the Lot in the amount of $174.50.

4. Barry Curavoo’s last known mailing address is 50 Valley View Drive, Brandon, VT 05733. Tori Curavoo’s last known mailing address is P.O. Box 472, Castleton, Vermont 05735.

5. The mobile home has been abandoned and is empty. The last known resident of the mobile home was Barry Curavoo. Curavoo was evicted from the Park for non-payment of rent on or about August 27, 2018. A Judgment for outstanding rent and court costs was entered against him on June 26, 2018 in the amount of $1,707.67. See Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Curavoo, Vermont Superior Court, Addison Civil Unit, Docket No. 94-6-18 Ancv. See attached. Curavoo has made no efforts or attempts to remove the home from the Park.

6. The Park’s counsel has attempted to communicate in writing with the Curavoos and they have failed to respond.

7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: a. Curavoo is in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the Town of Bristol, Vermont in the aggregate amount of $683.54, plus additional penalties and interest. b. Addison County Community Trust, Inc. v. Curavoo, Judgment Order dated June 25, 2018 and recorded in the Bristol Land Records in Volume 156 at Page 11.

8. Lot rent in the amount of $3,455.00 is currently owed to ACCT. Court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Park exceed $2,500.00.

9. ACCT sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Bristol on November 30, 2018 of its intent to commence this abandonment action.

10. The mobile home is unfit for human habitation. Chris Ouellette, Duly Authorized Agent for the Park, will testify under oath as to the poor and unlivable condition of this mobile home at the abandonment hearing.

WHEREFORE, ACCT respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Transfer the mobile home which is unfit for human habitation to the Park owner ACCT without a public auction so that it may be removed and disposed of accordingly.

3. Order pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(j) that the mobile home and any security deposit paid be conveyed to the Park Owner in “as is” condition, and free from all liens and other encumbrances of record.

DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2019.

By: Nadine L. Scibek, Attorney for ACCT DATED at Middlebury, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2019.

By: Chris Ouellette, Duly Authorized Agent of ACCT STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS.

VERIFICATION

At Middlebury on this 14th day of March, 2019, Chris Ouellette, Duly Authorized Agent of ACCT, owner of the KTP Mobile Home Park in Bristol, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true.

Before me, Nadine L. Scibek, Notary Public My Commission Expires: 1/31/21

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Man cited for domestic assault

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Hunter Quesnel, 22, of Middlebury for domestic assault, following an alleged incident at an Airport Road home on March 29.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Were informed of the theft of a bottle of liquor for Hannaford’s Supermarket on March 25.

• Served a temporary restraining order on a local man on March 25.

• Checked on a report of people arguing in a parking lot off Court Street Extension on March 25. Police said the people had left upon their arrival.

• Received a report about a large maple log being stolen from a Case Street residence on March 25.

• Investigated allegations in the South Village Green neighborhood of inappropriate photos being sent via social media on March 25.

• Told a Cedar Court resident to turn down their loud music on March 25.

• Were informed someone had vandalized vehicles parked behind the Evergreen House off Court Street on March 25.

• Investigated a March 26 report of a vehicle leaving Route 7 South and striking a parked vehicle in the lot of Earth Waste management.

• Received a report about a possible domestic assault in the Courtyard by Marriott parking lot on March 26. Police determined the people involved had been arguing and that nothing physical had occurred.

• Responded to a report of a

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smoky odor off Court Street on March 26. Police traced the smell to a Court Street home where a man was boiling maple sap in his back yard.

• Ticketed a Middlebury Union High School student for being a minor in possession of tobacco on Charles Avenue on March 26.

• Helped in removing an unwanted person from a Court Street Extension business on March 26.

• Received a report that a video game console had been stolen from a Munger Street home on March 27.

• Located, and returned to Middlebury Union Middle School, a student who had walked off campus on March 27.

• Searched for a mental health patient who had left Porter Hospital without permission on March 28.

Police said the patient was found and returned to the hospital.

• Checked on the welfare of a despondent man in the Court Street area on March 28. Police said the man reported being OK and not in need of services.

• Responded to a report of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident on Court Street on March 28.

• Took, to Porter Hospital, a local man who was threatening selfharm on March 28.

Lincoln LINCOLN — The Ripton Community Coffee House presents Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats on Saturday, April 6, at Burnham Hall, at 7:30 p.m. This all-star band includes Lewis Franco, Will Patton, Dono Schabner, Clyde Staats, Susannah Blachly and Halle Toulis.

They perform originals as well as gypsy and jive swing tunes from the 1930s and 40s, featuring close 3-part vocal rhythm harmonies and

• Served no-trespass orders on March 28 a man at South Village Green and a woman in the Case Street area.

• Served a temporary restraining order on a man in the Valley View neighborhood on March 29.

• Received a report on March 29 about a customer allegedly leaving the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel without paying their bill. The case is under investigation.

• Were informed a glass bowl and three bracelets had been stolen from the Edgewater Gallery on Mill Street on March 29.

• Were informed on March 29 of the theft of a shopping cart from the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity headquarters on Creek Road.

• Responded to a report of horses loose on Case Street on March 29.

Police contacted the owner to corral them.

• Checked on the welfare of a man found sitting off Mill Street on March 30. Police said the man was OK and declined help.

• Assisted Porter Hospital staff with a patient that had become aggressive on March 30.

• Retrieved a firearm that had been found at the Residence at Otter Creek off Lodge Road on March 31.

• Cited Taylor Wisnowski, 19, of Middlebury for driving under the influence of alcohol, following a traffic stop on South Street Extension on March 31. Police said they measured Wisnowski’s bloodalcohol content at 0.91 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08.

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Even though peregrines are now considered a recovered species in Vermont, it is critical to minimize human disturbance to nest sites so that the species’ recovery continues. Falcons can already be seen at many nesting sites throughout Vermont. 2018 was another good year for the species; 55 pairs were observed, of which 35 were successful, producing 68 fledglings.

Each spring the Forest Service closes the Rattlesnake Cliff Area (Salisbury) and the Mount Horrid/ Great Cliff Area (Rochester) from

March 15 – Aug. 1. Information regarding the specific locations for the closure areas is available at Forest Service offices. Forest Service employees post signs to alert the public to let them know trails to the cliff overlooks are closed.

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Vergennes Police Log VERGENNES — Vergennes police on March 27 cited twin sisters living in a Creekview Apartment on Hillside Drive for domestic assault, and added a second citation to each for committing the offenses in the presence of children.

Police said the alleged altercation between Britney J. Rogers-Wilson and Amanda N. Rogers-Wilson, both 24, left both with bruises and scratches, and allege that it occurred in the presence of four children 4 years old or younger.

Police were asked by a relative to check the welfare of one of the sisters later that evening and determined she was fine. They were also called back to the apartment the sisters share on March 31 when one sister accused the other of yelling at and harassing her, and the officers calmed the occupants down.

In other incidents between March 25 and 31, Vergennes police: On March 25: • Found an open door at a Main Street business while on foot patrol and contacted a manager.

• Went to the Northlands Job Corps campus to issue a relief-fromabuse order.

• Took a complaint about a fender-

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bender in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot in which the offending party had left the scene.

• Conducted the first of five special traffic patrols during the week, all designed to target traffic-law offenders. In the patrols, five in the Main Street-Monkton Road area and one on Panton Road, police issued no tickets.

On March 26 secured a locked door at a Meigs Road business.

On March 27 concluded a report that a Northlands student had made unwanted sexual advances toward another student was unfounded.

On March 28 helped a motorist get into a locked vehicle on Main Street.

On March 29: • Calmed arguing Walker Avenue neighbors.

• Calmed a family fight in a North

Maple Street parking lot.

• Responded to a two-car accident on North Main Street and ticketed one driver for rear-ending the other vehicle.

On March 30: • Investigated vandalism at the Brown-McClay Funeral Home; police said someone broke into a garage and did not steal anything, but apparently climbed into a casket, as evidenced by a muddy footprint.

• Cited Brian Poro, 22, of Vergennes for driving with a suspended license, fourth offense, and for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

On March 31 helped evict a verbally abusive couple from the John Graham Shelter and began investigating the male half of the couple for possible child abuse.

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Kids accused of trespassing BRISTOL — On March 13, Bristol police arrested three juveniles after receiving a trespassing complaint.

The case will be handled in a confidential process of the juvenile justice system.

Between March 11 and 24, Bristol police assisted Vermont State Police five times, Bristol Fire Department once and Vergennes police once.

Officers in the Bristol department completed 33 foot patrols and more than seven hours of car patrols in various parts of town, some of which were part of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.

Bristol officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School nine times, processed 23 requests for fingerprints and verified one vehicle identification number.

In other recent activity, Bristol police: • On March 11 served someone a no-trespassing notice.

• On March 11 started a property watch for a local resident.

• On March 12 completed a vandalism report after damage to a residence was discovered.

• On March 13 completed technician recertification education credits in the Child Passenger

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Safety Seat training program.

• On March 14 investigated a report of sexual assault and determined that the allegation was unfounded.

• On March 14 responded to a 911 hang-up that was found to be an accidental dial.

• On March 15 investigated a littering complaint.

• On March 18 investigated a harassment complaint and determined that actions did not rise to the level of an offense.

• On March 18 opened a larceny investigation.

• On March 18 facilitated the return of lost property.

• On March 18 assisted someone who wished to dispose of a firearm.

• On March 19 assisted a business with a disgruntled person.

• On March 19 opened a fraud investigation.

• On March 19 assisted during property retrieval from a local residence.

• On March 20 facilitated the return of missing property.

• On March 20 helped someone secure a defective drop box.

• On March 20 investigated a noise complaint. The music was turned down.

• On March 21 completed a public speaking engagement.

• On March 21 and 22 assisted with HELP Program presentations at Mount Abraham Union High School.

• On March 21 investigated the report of a missing person. The person was located before police arrived.

• On March 22 opened a harassment investigation.

• On March 22 helped a motorist with a disabled vehicle contact a towing service.

• On March 23 located the owners of parked vehicles that were impeding snowplows.

• On March 23 investigated a report of suspicious activity and determined it did not rise to the level of an offense.

• On March 24 deployed flares at a traffic hazard.

• On March 24 issued tickets for winter parking violations.

Driver nearly hits police cruiser

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police on Sunday tagged a Williston man for dangerous driving after he allegedly nearly hit the trooper’s vehicle.

On March 31 at 11 p.m. a state police officer saw a red 2019 Jeep Cherokee travelling northbound on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. Police said the jeep passed another vehicle on a curve and nearly struck a trooper travelling southbound on Route 7 head-on.

State police stopped the Jeep and identified the driver as Roman Rehak, 52, of Williston. The trooper issued Rehak a ticket for unsafe passing, which includes a fine of $220 and three points on his insurance. Police also cited Rehak criminal charge of careless and negligent driving.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police: • On March 26 at around 7 p.m. located Tammy Flemings, 47, of Middlebury on Case Street in Middlebury. Flemings had an

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active warrant out for her arrest, so troopers took her into custody without incident and lodged her at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility on $500 bail.

• On March 27 at around 10:30 p.m. the trooper saw a vehicle speeding along Route 17 near Church Road in Addison. He recorded the vehicle traveling at 94 mph in a posted 50 mph zone using a Doppler radar detector. The cop stopped the car and identified the driver as Dillion Prim, 20, of Bristol.

The trooper determined that Prim had placed his passenger at risk of injury or death due to his high rate of speed. He took Prim into custody, transported him to the New Haven state police barracks for

processing, and released Prim after citing him for speeding and driving after suspension or revocation of license, which carried a total fine of $874 and two points on Prim’s insurance.

• On March 28 at approximately 5:50 p.m. responded to a report of a one-car crash on Mountain Road near Forrest Road in Bridport.

Police report that Brad Russett, 24, of Addison was driving a 2000 Audi A6 westbound on Mountain Road at approximately 50 mph, was unable to safely navigate a curve and left the roadway.

While speaking with Russett, troopers said they detected and observed several signs of alcohol impairment. Russett was taken into custody and transported to the New Haven barracks for processing.

Police cited him for driving under the influence, and ticketed him for failing to stay on the right side of the road.

He was not injured in the crash.

Lincoln resident Trish Hanson was afraid of bugs as a kid, but as she learned about the insect world she grew to love it and became an entomologist — a scientist who studies insects.

Photo by Joel Baird

Women scientists under the microscope

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources recently asked four agency scientists to talk about their background to highlight the International Day of Women in Science. One of them was Lincoln resident Trish Hanson. Here’s what she said about her life in science.

What’s your job?

I am a forest health entomologist with the Forest, Parks & Recreation Department, where I study insects affecting Vermont’s forests.

What’s one of your most memorable days in the field?

Before the destructive emerald ash borer was discovered in Vermont last year, I was involved in bio surveillance work, looking for the destructive beetle by tracking the activities of a solitary ground-nesting wasp called Cerceris fumipennis, now known by the common name “smokey-winged beetle bandit.” To feed her young, the female wasp stocks her nest with Buprestid beetles (a.k.a. jewel or metallic woodboring beetles) including the emerald ash borer when present. The

project involved visiting nest sites on baseball diamonds and netting incoming beetle-laden wasps. Wasp hunting is a little like fishing and a lot like a treasure hunt. Because the wasp excels at detecting buprestid diversity, we have realized a side benefit of this bio surveillance work, adding over 40 records to our state buprestid list since we began “wasp watching” in 2008.

What led you to a career in the sciences?

I sometimes think of myself as the entomologist who collected herself.

As a kid, I was afraid of insects. In hopes of helping me overcome my fear, my mom encouraged me to learn more about the insect world.

I did, earning my PhD in “bugs,” in fact, and I haven’t stopped being captivated by these little creatures ever since. Though I’m a forest entomologist, I’ve also worked with phlebotomine flies that attack lizards, an aquatic weevil that feeds on milfoil and at times I’ve been pretty wrapped up in ticks.

What advice would you give

other women who would like to get into the sciences?

Go outside. I encourage every girl to find her our own ways to connect with the living world around us and to try to make sense of what she finds.

Who do you look up to and what inspires you?

People-wise, I’ve long been inspired by Edith Patch, the first female president of the Entomological Society of America. She believed that a child’s greatest mentor was nature and charmed people of every age with her passion for some of the world’s tiniest creatures. And of course, insects inspire me, as they do artists and chemists, composers and composters, engineers and chefs.

My favorite way to spend a winter day in Vermont is… …rambling in the woods, keeping an eye open for snow-top spiders, wingless snow flies, scorpionflies and snow fleas. Though many insects enter diapause or migrate in winter, a thrilling group of snow-loving creatures is there if you keep your eyes open.

Climate change workshop to be held April 13 MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Interfaith Climate Action Network will be hosting the 3rd annual Active Hope Workshop on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct., Middlebury.

Following a week after the Next Steps Climate Solutions Walk, the workshop follows the format of the 30-year legacy of environmental activist, author and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy’s and her Work That Reconnects. Just as the walk embraces the themes of Reunion, Resistance, Reimagine, Recreate and Reform, the Work That Reconnects embraces a paradigm of the interdependence, uncertainty and creativity of all life.

The workshop centers on the idea that embodying and embracing both thoughts and feelings can help result

The workshop centers on the idea that embodying and embracing both thoughts and feelings can help result in clearer thinking and empowered activism in the face of the many changes we currently face. in clearer thinking and empowered activism in the face of the many changes we currently face. The Work That Reconnects offers group and individual activities — some quietly contemplative, some full of movement, and some rich in conversation — that help empower people to nourish their inner wisdom and bring their gifts

more fully to the world.

Developed over the past 30 years

by Joanna Macy and colleagues, practices experienced in the workshop help participants experience the connections with their whole selves, their communities, and the entire fully interdependent, living Earth, so that each may be nourished and motivated to play their unique parts in co-creating life-sustaining cultures.

Facilitators Marc Lapin and Kristen Andrews collaborate to lead participants through the flow of gratitude, honoring pain, seeing with fresh eyes and going forth. A half-day option is available. The workshop is free and open to all. For more information, contact Marc lapin345@ gmail.com. To register email or call Heidi Willis redsprings@myfairpoint. net, 802-352-4327.

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Bill Bowers, left, and Ken Weston, right, have been keeping the Bristol Town Band alive for the better part of four decades. This almost 150-year-old institution is a key part of the Bristol community and will receive an honor at the annual 5 Town Friends of the Arts gathering at Holley Hall this Sunday, from 1-3 p.m. All are welcome. INDEPENDENT PHOTO / STEVE JAMES

Bristol Town Band and members honored

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ext year, the Bristol Town Band — you know the musicians that gather to play in the park every Wednesday evening through the summer — celebrates 150 years. That’s right, 150 years. And it’s about time they get some recognition.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

The group got together in 1870, started by Smith Hatch, and has existed (in one form or another) ever since.

In 1983, longtime band director Roy Clark stepped aside due to ill health and Mount Abraham music teacher William “Bill” Bowers took over as band conductor. At the same time Ken Weston took on the duties of band manager. For the past 36 years these two have kept this wonderful musical tradition alive and well in Bristol.

This Sunday, April 7, the 5 Town Friends of the Arts group (representing the towns of Bristol, Monkton, New Haven, Lincoln and Starksboro) will honor Bowers, Weston and the Bristol Town Band at Holley Hall in Bristol, from 1-3 p.m. The public is invited to come enjoy refreshments, music and stories by current and past band members.

“We nominate a bunch of people every year who have contributed to the arts for a long time,” said Rick Ceballos, who is co-chair of 5 Town Friends of the Arts with Linda Cormany.

“Bill’s name came up because of his work at the high school and with the Bristol Band…

But then someone said, ‘Well, wait a minute, if you’re going to talk about the Bristol Band you have to include Ken too’… and then we found out how long the band has been in existence.”

At that point, the 12 volunteer members of the board, agreed. Bowers, Weston and the Bristol

Town Band would share the honor this year during the group’s annual meeting/celebration on Sunday.

Last year the honor went to Marianne Lust and Deborah Lubar; and the year before that it was Pete Sutherland. This is the sixth year that 5 Town Friends of the Arts has given this type of honor.

KEN WESTON The first thing you should know about Ken Weston is that he’s almost 87 years old (the oldest band member with the longest tenure) and is still playing a horn. It’s an alto horn, called the mellophone — and it takes a lot of wind.

Weston moved to Bristol in 1960, bought the house across from Clark, the former band director, and joined the band in the summer of ’61. “Roy recruited me,” said Weston, the father of six. “We had young children at the time and SEE BAND ON PAGE 3

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ART World’s first girl geek hits the stage in Middlebury MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP CELEBRATES 19TH CENTURY COMPUTER PIONEER ADA LOVELACE

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irls in Victorian England, even from wealthy families, were rarely taught science or mathematics, much less allowed to build careers in such male realms. A woman’s proper place was in the home. So why did Ada Lovelace’s mother have her tutored in math from an early age?

As you’ll see in Middlebury Actors Workshop’s newest production, “Ada and the Engine,” opening April 11 at Town Hall Theater, her desperate hope was that math’s mental discipline would save her child from a fate worse than being unladylike — growing up to be anything like her late father, the bad-boy poet Lord Byron. Byron had abandoned Ada and her mother for a scandalous and dissolute life in Europe.

Lady Byron (played by Elisa Van Duyne) did keep Ada mostly out of trouble, but neither she nor math tutor Mary Sommerville (Melissa Lourie) dreamed the girl would earn a permanent place in the history of computer science. A century before any actual computers were built, Ada wrote the world’s first computer programs, and made visionary predictions about the magic computers would someday do. Beyond mere math, she said,

theater preview

BY DAVID WEINSTOCK

they might even write music.

When young Ada (Mary Krantz) meets Charles Babbage (Steve Small), inventor of the Analytical Engine, at a society event, Babbage spots her talent and adopts her as a junior colleague. Even after Ada’s husband Lord Lovelace (Jordan Gullikson) objects to their closeness, the pair continue to work by correspondence for years.

Gunderson’s script features actual letters the two exchanged in the course of their work.

In this production each letter is backed up by original music composed by Middlebury College music professor Peter Hamlin. A true artistic descendant of Ada’s, Hamlin specializes in electronic music and computer composition. The score includes harp, violin

Steve Small and Mary Krantz, as Charles Babbage and Ada Byron Lovelace, fool around with an iPhone, in a scene from “Ada and the Engine.” Ada’s vision of computing was a precursor of such kinds of devices. Middlebury Actors Workshop will present this performance April 11-14 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

and piano, Ada’s own favorite instruments.

Director Rebecca Strum chose the play as her first full production with MAW. “For most of my career as a director and arts educator in the New York metro area, I searched for and produced plays about women’s stories with challenging, complex roles for women to play,” she said.

“I am interested in focusing on stories of women who have been lost to history and then found. The story of Ada Lovelace fits that bill.”

details “Ada and the Engine”

By Laura Gunderson Directed by Rebecca Strum When: April 11-13, 7:30 p.m.; April 14, 2 p.m.

Where: Town Hall Theater, Middlebury Tickets available at townhalltheater.org, call (802) 382-9222, or visit the box office.

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Roy needed my wife and I to come play so he found a babysitter for us.”

Weston didn’t have any formal music training. He grew up learning to play on his own in Conway, Mass., where he and friends started a square dance band. When he came to Bristol he worked for A. Johnson as a forester and land surveyor for 15 years. Then he started his own business as a land surveyor, moved with his wife from the village out to their farm in Bristol — where they also raise Christmas trees.

“A lot of these town bands got started right after the Civil War,” Weston explained. “They wanted to keep the music going… It’s one of the few remnants of the Civil War we still have.”

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But don’t get bogged down with the history, Weston certainly doesn’t. “We all play because we enjoy it,” he said. “I think of the band as part of the community, and I think quite a few people recognize this as an institution that the community wants to keep going.”

Sure the band has had its ups and downs over the years. Like when Weston first joined there weren’t too many people. “We were lucky to get 12-15 people out for a concert,” he said. “It wasn’t as organized as it is now. I think we have members from 15-16 different towns.”

The Bristol Town Band now boasts around 55 members, with 40 or so showing up for each Wednesday concert. “We play a lot more upbeat and modern music these days,” said Weston, remembering a time that the band only played marches. “We’re playing stuff now that the band wouldn’t dare play 25-30 years ago, because it’s too difficult. We’ve had people tells us we sound pretty good. Bill makes sure we sound good. He gets the credit, I just show up.”

BILL BOWERS Bowers comes from more formal musical training than Weston. He got his start as a kid and pursued his musical education degree in college (he graduated from what was Glassboro State College in New Jersey in 1963). Then he was drafted in ’64 and played in the U.S. Army School of Music with the First Army Band in New York City.

“We got to play for dignitaries and march in parades and all that good stuff,” remembered Bowers, who plays the tuba, trombone and swing bass.

Bowers got out of the army in 1967, married his wife who he met in New York City and took a

job teaching instrumental music to students in grades 3-9 in New Jersey.

alternative book for smaller groups that use fewer instruments and marches too.

“We decided we weren’t too crazy about living in New Jersey any more, so we took a trip up to Vermont,” he said. After a fateful stop into a real estate office in Vergennes, Bowers found himself with an offer to teach music at Mount Abe and Vergennes high schools, as well as Bristol and New Haven elementary schools.

“I’m proud of that fact that I built it up, like a concert band with the town band flavor,” said Bower, explaining that the flavor of the “town band” is much more relaxed and includes socializing between songs. “We joke around and have fun up there. That’s my claim to fame.”

“It was a hectic two years,” he said. “Then Mount Abe hired me full-time in 1971… and I stayed until 2000. I put in 31 years there.”

Somewhere in the middle (1985 to be exact), Weston asked Bowers if he was interested in taking over the Bristol Band.

“I told Ken I would,” said Bowers, who had taught all six of the Weston kids in school. “Ken used to bring all the music in a suitcase, a lot of marches… pretty limited. My idea was to make it more varied, and introduce some show tunes and pop tunes — I borrowed music we were playing at Mount Abe. Eventually members joined and now we’re up to 50-plus members.

Fortunately they don’t all show up to play on Wednesday nights, because they wouldn’t all fit on the bandstand.”

Long gone are the days of carrying the sheet music in a suitcase too. Now each person has their own binder of loose leaf music. They have over 180 pieces in the concert book for Wednesday nights, plus 80 pieces in an

There are no tryouts. Anyone who would like to play, can just show up and play.

“We have a bunch of people who are really good at sight-reading music, others play by ear… sometimes out-of-towners come and sit in, too,” Bowers said. “Then on occasion you get someone who’s not so good… You just grit your teeth and smile, and hope they don’t come back next week. That doesn’t happen too often, but it could and that’s your town band — it could be a pretty miserable or it could be great.”

Beyond the Wednesday night performances, the Bristol Town Band or Ridge Runners (a small group started by Weston) play around the county for other occasions. Like, for example, Ridge Runners plays at Project Independence once a month all year round. The Bristol Band also plays once a year at Porter Nursing Home. And they play for special occasions too.

Come on out this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the band’s 150 years (OK, just 149 years) and thank Bowers and Weston for their enthusiasm for the Bristol Town Band.

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OUT OF TOWN Violin/piano duo performs concert in Montpelier

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apital City Concerts presents “Veritable Violin,” the final concert of the 2018-19 season, on Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. This concert will feature violinist Laurie Smukler and pianist Robert McDonald.

Smukler and McDonald are two of the most sought-after chamber musicians in the U.S. and are distinguished faculty members of the Juilliard School in New York City. They will perform masterpieces for violin and piano including Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4, in A minor, Op. 23, Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, in addition to Mario Davidovsky’s spell-binding Synchronisms No. 9 for Violin and Tape, and Hindemith’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.11, No. 1.

“Playing at Capital City Concerts is a special performing pleasure,” said Smukler, who has performed numerous times at Capital City Concerts over the past two decades. “The audience is made up of very knowledgeable, open and enthusiastic music lovers. The atmosphere in the hall during performances is one of intense listening and inclusion... both performers and audience are, in the very best sense, sharing the magic of music.

each other. Our work together is intense and exploratory, making it extremely absorbing and rewarding.”

“Playing with Bob is very special,” added Smukler, who’s been collaborating with McDonald for a long time. “We have been playing together, since our 20s and we share a profound respect for music and

For more information and to reserve tickets ($15-$25) visit capitalcityconcerts.org. Tickets also available at the door and in person at Bear Pond Books, Montpelier.

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Violinist Laurie Smukler and pianist Robert McDonald will perform for the Capital City Concerts on Saturday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier.

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IN TOWN 12 impassioned women read ‘Twelve Angry Men’ On Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m., an all-star cast of women will lend their impassioned voices to a reading of the classic play “Twelve Angry Men”

by Reginald Rose as part of the 12,000 Voices project. Women all over the country will read a play about the power one person can have when they speak with conviction in our judicial system, for this project.

The Ripton Community Coffee House will host Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats at Burnham Hall in Lincoln this Saturday evening.

Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats play Ripton Coffee House ‘on the road’

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he Ripton Community Coffee House is going on the road to present Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats in concert on Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., at Burnham Hall in Lincoln.

The concert is moved from its usual venue due to ongoing repairs at the Ripton Community House.

songwriter — one of our very finest.” His music receives airplay on several radio stations including Vermont Public Radio, WNCS, WGDR, and WDEV (where his song “You Wouldn’t Have A Cowboy Without A Cow” became the theme song of Farmer Dave’s gubernatorial campaign).

This is the second month when the Ripton Community Coffee House has moved to Lincoln.

An acoustic jazz combo, Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats perform originals as well as gypsy swing and jive swing tunes from the 1930s and 1940s, featuring close three-part vocal rhythm harmonies and thrilling improvisation. The line-up for this concert includes Lewis Franco on guitar and vocals, Will Patton on mandolin, Dono Schabner on guitar and vocals, Clyde Staats on bass, and Susannah Blachly and Halle Toulis on harmony vocals.

“Ongoing repairs due to flooding caused by a frozen pipe has left us without our usual venue,” explained Ripton Community Coffee House executive director Richard Ruane. “Burnham Hall is relatively nearby and has the advantage of already having staging and chairs to make it easier for our tireless crew of volunteers. We really hope we can be back in our usual Ripton location in May, when we celebrate our 24th year in existence.”

Franco has been a fixture on the Vermont acoustic music scene for many years, entertaining audiences of all ages with clever and occasionally profound lyrics, delightfully tuneful melodies, and a funloving presence. Vermont Public Radio’s Robert Resnik calls Franco, “a brilliant

The doors for this concert open at 7 p.m.

Refreshments will benefit the Friends of the Ripton School. Call ahead for a slot on the open mic list. Admission: $15 generous admission; $10 general admission; $3 for children. For more information call (802) 388-9782.

Director Erica Furgiuele is collaborating with Town Hall Theater and Middlebury Community Players’ Company Be for this special project.

Furgiuele, a Middlebury College graduate, has performed on the Town Hall Theater stage and with Middlebury Community Players. She also works with Courageous Stage, bringing Shakespeare to schools all over Vermont. “Twelve Angry Men” is particularly appealing to Furgiuele.

“This play demonstrates that it’s not enough to be staunch in your beliefs. You have to defend them articulately, compassionately, and tirelessly,” she said.

Producer Haley Rice agrees. “Women have a voice in the legal process and a vote now, but there’s still work to be done. When ‘Twelve Angry Men’ was written, women couldn’t be jurors. They had no say in that part of the legal process. So we’re going to flip the script. It’s important to be heard and it’s crucial not to take it for granted.”

The reading will take place in the Town Hall Theater’s Byers Studio in Middlebury.

Admittance is free, but donations are always appreciated.

The cast currently includes: Mary Laidlaw, Suzanna Miller, Victoria Luksch, Stephanie Gallas, Alise Certa, Carol Reed, Anne Taylor, Kathleen Walls, Sarah Stone, Kerianne Severy, Burdena Hopps, Debra Fulton, Revell Allen, Brenda Logee, and Julie Banach.

Following the staged reading on April 7, audience members, cast, and staff will have the opportunity to update their voter registration.

Information will also be given about how to increase voter registration and voter turnout.

For more information visit townhalltheater.org or call (802) 388-1436.

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CALENDAR

ARTS

“I’M SO MAD I MADE THIS SIGN” OPENING RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, 5 p.m., Café, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Join student artists and instructor Sepi Alavi for the opening of an exhibition of posters created by students in a j-term class on graphic design beyond advertising. Addressing social issues, both local and global, the works explore the vocabulary of typographic forms and their relationship to message and meaning. Free.

CRAFTS

TWIST O’ WOOL SPINNING GUILD MEETING IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Join in this monthly meeting and show and tell. All are welcome. Questions?

Call 802-453-6919.

DANCE

CONTRA DANCE IN CORNWALL. Saturday, April 13, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30.

Featuring Dana Dwinell-Yardley calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $510/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. Questions?

802-462-3722.

FILM

“APOLLO 11” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, April 6, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, “Apollo 11” takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission — the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

“ASH IS PUREST WHITE” (ORIGINAL TITLE “JIANG HU ER NÜ”) ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, April 13, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty.

Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off. Free.

JOIN IN

HOMEWARD BOUND FUNDRAISER IN GRANVILLE. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Granville Town Hall, 4157 Route 100. Come on out to the “Hello Spring” fair, featuring a number of specialty vendors and craftspeople with

great products. Tasty baked goodies too. Free.

Donations to Homeward Bound’s wish list are welcome.

CELEBRATE WILLIAM “BILL” BOWERS, KEN WESTON AND THE BRISTOL TOWN BAND IN BRISTOL. Sunday, April 7, 1-3 p.m., Holley Hall, 1 South St. 5 Town Friends of the Arts host this event to honor Bristol Town Band’s, which, in 2020 will commence its 150th year. Bowers and Weston took the helm in 1983. Refreshments, music and stories by current and past band members.

FEST NOZ IN NEW HAVEN. Sunday, April 14, 4-7 p.m., Tourterelle, 3629 Ethan Allen Hwy. Experience the centuries-old tradition from Brittany, the Celtic region of northwestern France. The Breton ‘Fest Noz’ is related to the ceilidh and is now a designated UNESCO treasure. Join dance instructor Mary Wesley, ‘Triton’ musicians Timothy Cummings, Jeremiah McLane, and Alex Kehler, and the Tourterelle team for this soirée. All ages and levels of experience are welcome. Tickets $10 general admission, includes music and dance/$25 general admission with a crêpe and cider.

MUSIC

ORGAN RECITAL IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Come hear this organ recital

by Fred DeHaven, retired choirmaster and former organist of Christ Church in Grosse Point, Mich.

All are welcome. Feel free to bring a lunch. Light refreshments provided.

“IMPROVISING WITHIN AND BEYOND TRADITIONS: ENGAGED LISTENING MUSIC SESSION” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, April 5, 1 p.m., Room 221, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Join Digitizing Folk Music History artist-in-residence Anna Roberts-Gevalt and members of Middlebury’s Department of Music for a discussion and exploration of musical improvisation. How can we turn to music for new modes of hearing each other better and responding effectively across lines of difference?

Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury. edu/arts.

TED WESLEY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, April 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Wesley returns to EastView’s Bistro with his 6 and 12-string guitars, harmonicas and voice. He’s the real deal, finger picking the blues and other styles. Great song material, too. Free and open to the public.

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VILLAGE2VILLAGE PROJECT FUNDRAISER IN BRISTOL. Saturday, April 6, 5:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, Park St. A Shepherd’s Pie supper with brownie sundaes followed by a concert by the “Old Bones” Country Gospel Singers. Tickets $12 adults/children 6-11 $5/children 5 and under free.

Donations will be taken to help the at-risk children in Uganda. All proceeds go to V2V. RUPERT WATES IN BRANDON. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A prime figure in American music, the talented singer-songwriter and guitarist Rupert Wates is the quintessential singer-songwriter. Audiences respond enthusiastically to his warm and expressive vocals, his beautiful acoustic guitar playing and his calm, relaxing performance style. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info contact Edna at 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@ brandon-music.net.

LEWIS FRANCO AND THE MISSING CATS IN LINCOLN. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. The latest Ripton Community Coffee House concert features on the Road in Lincoln. Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats are an acoustic jazz combo, that performs originals as well as gypsy swing and jive swing tunes from the 1930s and ’40s, featuring close 3-part vocal rhythm harmonies and thrilling improvisation. 7:30-open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12.

“RAISE THE SPIRIT: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT” IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Musical alumni return to campus to celebrate Professor Su Lian Tan’s quarter century of teaching. A pre-concert lecture, “Mighty (Silent and Structural) Fortresses: Identity in Milton Babbitt’s Glosses,” will precede the concert at 6:15 p.m. in Room 125. Tickets $15 public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN BRANDON. Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., American Legion, Route 7 south. Jam session 11 a.m.-noon, then music and dancing. Refreshments available. All fiddlers welcome $3 donation.

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McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Rd. Community singing from the Sacred Harp Song Book, in 4-part, a capella harmony. Loaner books are available. Parking is available on Old Chapel Road and adjacent parking lots. All are welcome. For more information, see Facebook/ Middlebury Shape Note Singers or contact David at rosenber@middlebury.edu.

MOOSE CROSSING JAZZ TRIO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. The go-to group for the jazz aficionado looking for classics from Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra, to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and hard driving funk tunes from Josef Zawinul to Herbie Hancock, with some original jazz music too. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. Part of The Residence’s Sunday Music Series. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

NEW CENTURY | NEW VOICES: MARCOS BALTER, “MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 7, 8:00 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Internationally renowned composer Marcos Balter introduces some of his favorite living composers. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

THE ADDISON STRING QUARTET IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 11, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. The quartet features Carol Harden, Emily Sunderman, Joy Pile and Tom Dunne. All are welcome. Feel free to bring a lunch. Light refreshments provided.

BLUEBRASS! IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, April 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., in the Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Margie Beckoff plays a 32 string electric harp and Jim Morse plays a flugelhorn. Their repertoire consists of songs from the Great American Songbook, some pop tunes, some originals and some traditional Celtic songs. They don’t play bluegrass, but their duo name, BlueBrass!, does come from when someone asked Jim what they play and he answered, “BlueBrass!” Free and open to the

public.

THE CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin will offer a pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. Free.

SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS IN BRANDON. Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Snake Mountain Bluegrass easily combines the best of great traditional and modern bluegrass. With harmonies and songs that vary in tempo from “breakdown” to ballad, this popular Addison County group consistently puts on an authentic and enjoyable show for everyone. Concert tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25.

Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-2474295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net.

THE MICHELE FAY BAND IN LINCOLN. Saturday April 13, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Come here the band perform original and Americana music for the Burnham Music Series.

Tickets $10 for adults/kids and teens free.

Refreshments served. More info at 802-388-6863.

BLUEBRASS! IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Margie Bekoff (Harp) and Jim Morse (Flugelhorn) have been demonstrating the seemingly unlikely pairing of harp and horn for the past few years.

They play a variety of genres of music including Jazz, Blues, Pop and Celtic tunes, creating their own arrangements to complement their instruments. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

POETRY

PAIGE ACKERSON-KIELY READS IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, 1-3 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Join the Ilsley and the Otter Creek Poetry Workshop in welcoming poet Paige AckersonKiely, formerly of Vergennes, who will read from her third collection of poems “Dolefully a Rampart Stands,” published by Penguin in 2019.

She is the author of two previous volumes.

top pick GET CRANKIE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 4-6 P.M. AT THE DAVIS FAMILY LIBRARY, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. WHAT? DIGITIZING FOLK MUSIC HISTORY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ANNA ROBERTS-GEVALT WILL PRESENT HER WORK WITH THE CRANKIE, “AN OLD STORYTELLING ART FORM.” COME LEARN MORE.

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EMILY BARTELS SPEAKS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, April 11, 1-3 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Otter Creek Poetry Workshop and Ilsley Library invite you to hear Emily Bartels, Director of the Bread Loaf School of English and a noted Shakespearean scholar from Rutgers, speak on the famous opening speech in Richard III, “Now is the winter of our discontent….”

THEATER

“THE BALTIMORE WALTZ” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, Friday, April 5, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Paula Vogel’s play, set in the late 1980s, tells the story of Anna, an elementary school teacher recently diagnosed with a mysterious fatal disease. Tickets $15 general public/$12 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, alumni, emeriti, and other ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD (6433) go.middlebury.edu/arts.

Repeats April 5 and 6.

TWELVE WOMEN READ “TWELVE ANGRY MEN” IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. An all-star cast of women will lend their impassioned voices to a reading of this classic play by Reginald Rose as part of the 12,000 Voices project. Women all over the country will read a play about the power one person can have when they speak with conviction in our judicial system. Free, but donations are always appreciated. Audience members, cast, and staff will have the opportunity to update their voter registration following the staged reading.

Information will also be given about how to increase voter registration and voter turnout.

“ADA AND THE ENGINE” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 11, Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant and notorious Lord Byron) sees the boundless creative potential in the “analytic engines” of her friend and soul-mate, Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. Jane Austen meets Steve Jobs in this poignant pre-tech romance heralding the computer age. General admission $25/students $12, available at 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater. org. Repeats April 12, 13 and 14.

“THE TOWER” ON STAGE IN RIPTON. Friday, April 12, Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Ripton town firehouse, 25 Dugway Rd. Come see the North Branch School’s annual play, created by the students and reflecting their stories and poetry, current political and cultural events, experiences from the school year, individual musical talents, and topics the class studied to create an original theatrical production. Tickets $7. Open to the public and accessible.

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PRELUDE TO

SPRING

Crocuses are long lived bulbs that pop up in all sorts of places in mid-April, like this one in Judith’s garden in Goshen.

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e are now well past the Vernal Equinox, that precise point in the calendar when, all over the planet, daytime and nighttime are essentially equal.

This celestial marker, which occurred this year WITH PHOTOS BY on March 20 at exactly 5:58 p.m., is also meant to signify that we have somehow magically passed from winter to spring.

BY JUDITH IRVEN

DICK CONRAD

But in reality, as we all know, new seasons do not appear on command at predetermined times.

Spring, in particular, always seems to arrive both slowly and gently in Vermont.

Gradually, as the days lengthen and the sun rides higher in the sky, the air becomes warmer and the frost leaves the ground.

TEASING APRIL April is like a playful tease as gentle spring arrives on its own sweet time. We cherish each of April’s

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pleasures as they appear, both for their beauty and for their message that our natural world is awakening.

Crocuses, from clear white to deep purple, dainty blue scilla and even a few early daffodils also grace my garden in April.

For me the first sign of spring comes at the beginning of April when the buds on the serviceberries outside the kitchen window begin to fatten up. But I know full well it will be several more weeks before they finally burst into flower.

But these early daffodils are merely a preview.

Here in the Goshen it will be mid-May before broad sweeps of white and gold daffodils fill my flower beds, signifying that spring has arrived in all its glor

Then, a week or so later, I look up at our barn slope and see the beautiful patches of snowdrops — always a miraculous sight that some years happens even before the last snow has paid us a final farewell.

Of course the exact dates when all this magic happens varies tremendously depending on your location. We live fairly high on the western slopes of the Green Mountains but, even a few miles away down in Brandon or Middlebury, these events often occur a full fortnight earlier.

After the snowdrops have finished flowering their green leaves remain for about a month as the plant makes food for the coming year. Then, almost overnight, the leaves vanish too and everything is hidden until the following spring.

And back in mid-March my son, who lives in South Carolina, sent me a photograph of his crab apples which were already in full bloom. It must be almost summer down there by now!

Snowdrops are easy to grow in our gardens. Find a partially shady spot where the soil does not readily dry out; then, either in late spring or in the fall, plant some snowdrop bulbs. For years to come, their dainty white flowers will herald the arrival of spring.

Many of our most beloved early flowers are known as “spring ephemerals” — amazing plants that are perfectly adapted to life beneath tall deciduous trees.

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the sun shines down and warms the soil. And during that brief time while the ground is still sunlit, spring ephemerals are able to complete their entire annual life cycle. First they put out leaves and flowers, attract pollinators and then set seed, all the while photosynthesizing and storing enough food to carry the roots through the coming year.

With these essential activities accomplished, they shed their leaves and retreat back beneath the ground, waiting to reemerge the following spring.

Spring ephemerals in the forest are an absolute wonder to see. In late April and early May you can find wide swaths of Spring Beauties and Squirrel Corn, large clumps of Dutchman’s Breeches and Trillium, and many other lovely wildflowers — all going from flowering to setting seed in those few short weeks of opportunity.

SPRING EPHEMERALS IN THE GARDEN Spring ephemerals also make delightful additions to a woodland garden. Many, like crocuses and scilla, are bulbs which can be readily purchased at garden centers in the fall.

Others, like Virginia Bluebells and the various kinds of Trillium are actually perennials with rhizomatous roots. American Meadows, the online company based in Burlington, carries many kinds for planting either later this spring or in the fall. Before choosing, take a bit of time to learn about their various natural environments and then select those that match the conditions in your own garden.

As a case in point, the lovely White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) naturally occurs in the alkaline soils along the limestone cliffs of western Vermont, whereas its two cousins, the Red and Painted Trillium, (Trillium erectum and Trillium undulatum) thrive in the acidic upland woodlands around here.

white flowers, like miniature anemones, emerged between the thick grasses and ferns which, at that time, completely dominated the slope; I was in awe that such a delicate plant could survive under such adverse conditions.

I carefully dug the single rootstock, which easily broke into smaller pieces that indeed exuded a reddish liquid reminiscent of blood. I tucked the pieces into various shady corners around my garden, and now every April I am rewarded with dense patches of delicate white flowers, followed by attractive scalloped leaves for the remainder of the season.

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Judith Irven and Dick Conrad live in Goshen where together they nurture a large garden. Judith is a Vermont Certified Horticulturist and teaches Sustainable Home Landscaping for the Vermont Master Gardener program. You can subscribe to her blog about her Vermont gardening life at northcountryreflections.com. Dick is a landscape and garden photographer; you can see more of his photographs at northcountryimpressions.

GARDEN CHORES FOR APRIL Sometimes layers of sodden leaves accumulate over the winter where some of the earliest flowers — such as Snowdrops, Crocuses, Epimedium or Bloodroot — grow. To make it easier for their new green shoots to push their way up towards the light, take a few minutes in early spring to gently rake back those heavy leaves.

Later in April, once new shoots appear on your rose canes, remove all the winter die-back (any blackened section of stem above the highest green bud), using sharp clean pruners to snip it off just above a robust outward-facing bud.

But a word of caution — never dig your flower or vegetable beds until after they have fully dried out (which some years may not happen until mid-May).

Even walking across water-laden and soggy beds can compact the soil and ruin its structure.

And of course April is a wonderful time for starting seeds in cold frames, as well as tidying the tool shed and making plans for the future garden.

Our native bloodroot is one of the earliest plants to bloom in Judith’s garden.

I like to plant spring ephemerals among ferns and other woodland plants. This way I will not be left with bare patches of soil after the ephemerals die back. To avoid accidentally disturbing them later in the season I usually mark the planting spots with small sticks.

Some early bloomers keep their leaves all summer.

Epimedium is a perennial plant that puts out its delicate flowers early in April, well before its leaves appear. Then, all summer long, those handsome leaves create a sturdy and attractive groundcover.

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Our native Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), which blooms in my garden around mid-April, is another lovely plant that, unless the summer is excessively hot, keeps its leaves until fall.

About 15 years ago I decided to clear our barn slope and plant a garden. There was little of interest to save, apart from a tiny patch of the wild bloodroot. Every year I had marveled as its clear

Blue scilla combines beautifully with the very first daffodils of the new season.

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Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Sat 4/6 7:30pm $20/$15 Seniors/$50 Generous/$100 Xtra Generous

A STORY’S A STORY:

A BENEFIT FOR NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL

In her one-woman show Deborah Lubar stars as two immigrant women on the lower east side – an Italian Catholic with coraggio and a Polish Jew with chutzpah, both shopping-bag mystics who face obstacles, hardships and heartbreaks in their new country, but find support and humor in their friendship.

Sun 4/7 2pm Free

12 ANGRY MEN

READ BY 12 IMPASSIONED WOMEN

Two decades before all 50 states allowed women to serve on juries Reginald Rose wrote 12 Angry Men. This year, from April 5th to 8th, inspired women throughout the country join forces to present dramatic readings of this classic and indelible 1954 drama. Directed by Erica Furgiuele with support from Town Hall Theater and Middlebury Community Players. In the Byers Studio.

Thu–Sat 4/11 – 13 @ 7:30pm; Sun 4/14 @ 2pm $25/$12 Students

ADA AND THE ENGINE

PRESENTED BY MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP

At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Ada Byron Lovelace (Lord Byron’s daughter) adores Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. In this story of love and edgy aspirations Ada envisions a future where art and information converge. Post-show talk with Middlebury Professor of Mathematics, Michael Olinick on 4/14 after the 2pm performance.

Wed 4/17 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS

THE MICHELANGELO CODE: LOST SECRETS OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL

This is the definitive film about the Sistine Chapel, featuring exclusive new footage, which was shot specifically for this project, of the world’s largest, most famous and ambitious painting.

Thu 4/18 7pm $13 MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

MUSEO

Inspired by Mexico’s infamous 1985 museum heist, and starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the underachieving mastermind of this audacious theft, Museo is “fabulously entertaining” and “made of dazzle and wit and melancholy.” The same Variety review notes that director Alonso Ruizpalacios is “an exciting talent” who made a film in which “every shot feels novel.”

Sat 4/20 7:30pm $15/$10 Students SWING DANCE WITH

SOUND INVESTMENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE

The joint will be jumpin’ when Middlebury’s big band returns to THT for a sparkling evening of great music and swingin’ dance moves – with some community swing dance groups showing off their steps! This special evening honors the work of Project Independence/Elderly Services.

FIND OUT WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO SEE IT. LOOK HERE EVERY THURSDAY.

EXHIBITS 50/50: FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING FOR MIDDLEBURY. On view Jan. 25-Aug. 11, featuring one piece of art from every year Middlebury College has formally been acquiring art for its permanent collection.

Middlebury College Museum of Art at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

ALTERED REALITIES. On view April 11-May 4, featuring approximately 35 images for exhibition in the gallery, and 35 for our Online Gallery Annex selected by photographer Brooke Shaden. PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-4500 or photos@photoplacegallery.com.

ART OF THE EARTH. On view March 1-April 30, featuring BAG artists’ take on the Earth, including pottery by guest artist Amanda Ann Palmer.

This is part of a series of themed exhibits honoring our planet and celebrating the BAG’s 20th anniversary. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

ERIC NELSON PHOTOGRAPHY. On view March 29-May 5, featuring images whose common themes are pattern, rhythm, and the interaction of color and light in nature. An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 29, from 5-7 p.m. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

ICE SHANTIES: FISHING, PEOPLE & CULTURE. On view Feb. 15 through the summer, featuring the structures, people and culture of ice fishing seen through the lens of Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo — with audio reflections from the shanty owners drawn from interviews conducted by the Vermont Folklife Center.

Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

KEEP IT SIMPLE. On view April 4-May 31, featuring paintings with one subject by Salisbury artist and cheese maker Hannah Sessions. An opening reception will be held on April 19, from 5-8 p.m. During the opening reception Sessions will speak about her process and this body of work. Greg Bernhard, her husband and co-owner of Blue Ledge Farm, will read excerpts from his new poetry anthology “Goats & Those Who Live By Them.” Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. On view Jan. 8-April 28, featuring more than 30 works from the museum’s modern and contemporary collections, including recent video works by William Kentridge, Tracey Moffatt, and the Swiss team of Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Other artists represented include Andrew Lenaghan, Banksy, Damian Hirst, Shazia Sikander, Dale Chihuly, Elizabeth Catlett, Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, Christian Marclay, Kara Walker, and Dennis Byng. Middlebury College Museum of Art at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

POETRY ON AND OFF THE PAGE. On view through the summer, featuring “Object Poems” by Vermont-based poet and translator, Jody Gladding along with fine press poetry broadsides and manuscripts by poets such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and William Carlos Williams.

Middlebury College Special Collections, Atrium, Lower Level, and Special Collections, Davis Family Library. (802) 443-3028.

THE LANGUAGE OF ART. On view through April, this group exhibition combines both fine art and poetry. Featuring the work of six artist across both Middlebury galleries. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 5, from 5-7 p.m. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill St., Middlebury. (802) 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery on the Green, 6 Merchants Row, Middlebury. (802) 989-7419 or edgewatergallery.com.

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MUSIC Castalian String Quartet offers free concert

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he Castalian String Quartet is rapidly emerging as an exciting voice in the international chamber music scene. And they’re coming to the Mahaney Arts Center at Middlebury College for a free concert on Friday, April 12. The program will include Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 2, Britten’s second quartet, and Schubert’s Rosamunde.

The free admission is thanks to generous support from the Sunderman Family Concert Endowment Fund, in memory of Dr. F. William Sunderman Jr. and Dr. Carolyn Reynolds Sunderman. No tickets are required, so show up early to get a good seat.

Performing Arts Series director Allison Coyne Carroll first saw the Castalian Quartet perform at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. “I recall how mesmerized and moved I was by their performance, and the thunderous standing ovation they received before their final chord had a chance to even ring in the hall,” she said. “I’m so thrilled to introduce this exceptional young ensemble for their U.S. northeast debut.”

The Castalian String Quartet will perform a free concert at the Mahaney Arts Center on Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.

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ABOUT THE CASTALIAN QUARTET

In 2018 the Castalian Quartet received the prestigious inaugural Merito String Quartet Award and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. Previous awards include third Prize at the 2016 Banff International Quartet Competition and first Prize at the 2015 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition. The Quartet was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2016.

Formed in 2011, the Castalian Quartet is led by Finnish violinist Sini Simonen, and includes Welsh violinist Daniel Roberts, French violist Charlotte Bonneton, and British cellist Christopher Graves.

The quartet performs in many of the world’s most prestigious venues, including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Switzerland’s

live music FRED DEHAVEN ORGAN RECITAL IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 4, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

TED WESLEY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, April 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

OLD BONES IN BRISTOL. Saturday, April 6, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

RUPERT WATES IN BRANDON. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

LEWIS FRANCO AND THE MISSING CATS IN LINCOLN. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

RAISE THE SPIRIT: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

MOOSE CROSSING JAZZ TRIO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

NEW CENTURY | NEW VOICES: MARCOS BALTER IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 7, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

THE ADDISON STRING QUARTET IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 11, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephens Episcopal Church.

Neuchatel Chamber Music Festival, and Canada’s Banff International Festival. The Quartet also performs widely throughout Europe, and has undertaken tours of China and Colombia.

This season, the Quartet makes their U.S. debut tour. In addition to concerts at Middlebury and at New York’s Lincoln Center, they will also perform at the Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Theatre d’Orleons, Louvre in Paris, and Flagey in Brussels.

Catch the Middlebury concert on Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Hall in Middlebury. Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin will offer a pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free; no tickets are required.

TURNmusic presents ‘Music Without Borders’ in free concert at MAC This Sunday, April 7, come hear music from across the Western Hemisphere.

TURNmusic, under the direction of Anne Decker, will perform “Music Without Borders” at the Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury. This piece was curated by Marcos Balter and is part of the New Century | New Voices series. The concert will take place 8 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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the movie GLORIA BELL — RUNNING TIME: 1:42 — RATING: R “Gloria Bell” is a provocative movie that is likely to stir women and bore men. For women it is a trigger to think about what it felt like after their last child had grown and left home — a time of new freedom that can carry great sadness for those who had been completely absorbed by roles they loved. As they stand newly free in their 50s, they face the challenge of figuring out their next life. They are standing in a chasm that is free of duty and empty of the love they had known.

Julianne Moore creates Gloria, a woman who has been single for 15 years while raising her children to their adulthood. Now one is getting married and moving abroad and another is married with a spouse who is taking a break from him. As they leave, Gloria’s sadness is deep.

She tries repeatedly, and often wistfully, to help them but they don’t need help. One is marrying and moving to Spain with her new husband, one is raising his children while his wife is taking a respite from motherhood. She loves to dance and does it in a local bar, loves to sing and does it in her car but she is emotionally alone at too young an age. How can she, along with millions of mothers in that tough decade, fill the chasm?

She goes regularly to a familiar nightclub where she dances alone and is at peace. When Arnold (John Turturro) joins her at the bar, Gloria tells herself to like him, that he will fill the hole in her life. She does everything she can to love him, but the emptiness remains. A male view of this movie may well be that her sadness stems from the absence of a man. Not so. She is eaten by the vacuum left inside after spending two decades raising the children she loved.

Moore addresses all this by delivering the depth of those newly hollow years. Her Gloria wasn’t celebrating new freedom. She was looking for something deeper than that. She tries this and that — men, dancing,

Julianne Moore stars in “Gloria Bell” (2018).

driving, exercise classes, friends, but nothing replaces the loss of what she had loved so much. She sings songs to her car radio. Where is that elevation she used to feel?

As a lover to Arnold, she still loves to dance and make love but her core never catches fire for the man himself. Each of them tries hard to make a second union work as they stumble over all the baggage each has brought.

Moore conveys all of this so convincingly that the movie may well help mothers who have the misfortune of being in their 50s before knowing all the good that can lie ahead. They can use the wisdom of their new age to design their new freedom — with men, with women, with career, with friends. Suddenly she sees that.

the book THE OTHER AMERICANS — BY LAILA LALAMI (Pantheon Books)

Nora, a jazz composer, opens the novel with an account of her reaction upon hearing the news of her father’s death. It is uncannily recounted with true-tolife details of shock and numbness. “Fatal hit-and-run on the 8300 block of Chemehuevi, corner with Highway 62.” From there, a handful of characters tell their own version of the event. Maryam, Nora’s mother, Jeremy, a childhood friend returned from Iraq, Driss, Nora’s father, and also an undocumented man who witnessed the accident — all have their side to tell. In short chapters told from each different viewpoint, Laila Lalami, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist, “The Moor’s Account,” quickly establishes empathy for each person touched by this incident while simultaneously ratcheting up the tension in the story, holding the reader in rapt attention with astute characterizations and brilliant plotting. It’s a mystery, and a story of small American towns, and what it means to return to yours even though, in your new life, you are nothing like the person you left behind, but in your hometown, you are still the person you were before you left. It’s a story of love — familial bonds, childhood bonds, connections — and divisions, between right and wrong, between races and classes, between families and friends.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

NEW BOOKS IN LITERARY FICTION Queenie,

by Candice Carty-Williams Gingerbread,

by Helen Oyeyemi Daisy Jones & the Six,

by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Parade, by Dave Eggers The Silk Road, by Kathryn Davis The Wall, by John Lanchester Little Boy,

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti The Old Drift,

by Namwali Serpell

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FILM Film series continues with four more flicks THE HIRSCHFIELD INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES CONTINUES THIS SPRING WITH FOUR MORE EXTRAORDINARY FOREIGN AND INDEPENDENT FILMS, SCREENED ON SATURDAYS, AT 3 AND 8 P.M., IN DANA AUDITORIUM ON THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CAMPUS. THESE SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR MORE INFO ON EACH FILM VISIT MIDDLEBURY.EDU/ACADEMICS/FMMC/HIRSCHFIELD/2018-2019

APOLLO 11

ASH IS PUREST WHITE

Saturday, April 6 Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, “Apollo 11” takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission — the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names. (93 minutes).

(original title “Jiang hu er nü”) Saturday, April 13 Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off. (137 minutes).

DOGMAN

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG (original title “Tarde Para Morir Joven”)

Saturday, April 20 In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, where the only law seems to be survival of the fittest, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the petty criminal schemes of the local bully Simoncino, an ex-boxer who terrorizes the neighborhood. (103 minutes).

Saturday, April 27 During 1990 in Chile, a small group of families lives in an isolated community right below the Andes, building a new world away from the urban excesses.

In this time of change, 16-year-old Sofía and Lucas, and 10-year-old Clara, neighbors in this dry land, struggle with parents, first loves, and fears, as they prepare a big party for New Year’s Eve. (110 minutes).

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How to control crabgrass

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omeowners who enjoy tending to their lawns know that grass is vulnerable to a host of problems. Crabgrass is a common problem that appears in summer.

Crabgrass plants produce thousands of seeds between midsummer and early fall.

While the first frosts of late-fall or early winter kill the crabgrass plants, the seeds produced by the plants remain dormant throughout winter and then begin to grow as the ground temperature warms up with the spring and summer thaw. As a result, controlling germination is the key to preventing crabgrass from becoming an unsightly blemish in your lawn.

One of the best strategies to fend off this weed is to apply a pre-emergent herbicide. Pre-emergent herbicides kill crabgrass seedlings as they germinate. While these herbicides are highly effective, they should be used with

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caution. Here are a few tips to get it right.

Consider weather patterns before applying the herbicide. Wait until the ground temperature rises above 60 F. Wait when treating newly seeded lawns.

Pre-emergent herbicides might kill new grass seedlings, so homeowners with newly seeded lawns should wait until they have mowed their lawns three times before applying a herbicide.

Emphasize uniform application. If a herbicide is not applied uniformly across the lawn, crabgrass can establish itself and ultimately spread to the rest of the lawn.

Do not thatch or aerate after applying a herbicide. Thatching or aerating a lawn after applying a herbicide might break the product’s chemical barrier, which makes the product less effective.

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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.

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Tour-de-force show comes to Middlebury stage

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eborah Lubar, a rare character actress indeed, brings her onewoman play “A Story’s A Story” to Town Hall Theater on Saturday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Rose Solomon and Luigina Ponzini, two immigrant women of a hundred years ago meet on the boat coming to America and become first neighbors and then fast friends. Rose, who has the

feisty humor of a Polish Jew raised in a small village is opinionated and peppery, recalling what a pain in the neck it was to be “just a girl” in that village. Luigina, an Italian Catholic from southern Italy, eccentric and passionate, near death as her story begins, prays to the Madonna for “one more miracle before I die.” She has struggled all her life with being misunderstood — by all except her best friend — Rose. Together these two women have helped each other brave the pain of being perceived as “Other” in cultures which reject those who are different.

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All proceeds from this show benefit the financial aid program at the North Branch School in Ripton, serving students in grades 7-9.

Tickets are $20, seniors and students pay $15 — if your feeling generous shell out $50-$100 (plus fees). Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling (802) 382-9222, at the THT box office, or at the door an hour before show time.

Deborah Lubar plays Rose Solomon (above) and Luigina Ponzini (below) in her one-woman play “A Story’s A Story,” coming to Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on April 6.

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Lubar’s one-woman shows are known for bringing to delicate, complex and spirited life the stories of women making difficult and courageous choices in hard times — women who challenge the rigidities and fears within their cultures and within themselves. Lubar’s unadorned “theatre of the miraculous” is a crucible in which to bear witness to the tragedies and celebrate the miracles of the human condition with laughter as well as tears and investigate the possibilities for survival, healing and change both within ourselves and a world at the edge.

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Worship Directory

• Inside:

• Holy Week Schedule • Places of Worship

A Special Publication of The Addison Independent April 4, 2019

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April 14 - 21, 2019

Worship

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Index Brandon Congregational Church ............................................... 5 Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society ............ 11 East Middlebury United Methodist Church ........................ 15 Havurah .............................................................................................. 15 Living Water Assembly of God ................................................. 14 Memorial Baptist Church .............................................................. 2 Congregational Church of Middlebury .................................. 6 Middlebury Friends Meeting ...................................................... 7 Middlebury United Methodist Church ..................................... 4 New Haven United Reform Church ........................................... 4 Our Lady of Mount Carmel ............................................................ 6

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church ................................................ 14

St. Genevieve Church ....................................................................... 3

United Church of Lincoln ............................................................... 5

Saint Ambrose Catholic Church ............................................... 16

Valley Bible Church ....................................................................... 15

St. Bernadette Church ..................................................................... 3

Vergennes Congregational Church ............................................ 5

Saint Jude the Apostle Church ..................................................... 6

Vergennes United Methodist Church ..................................... 14

St. Mary’s Church .............................................................................. 3

Victory Baptist Church ................................................................... 9

St. Peter’s Catholic Church ........................................................ 16

West Addison United Methodist Church .............................. 14

St. Mary’s

St. Genevieve

Church of the Assumption BVM 326 College Street, Middlebury, VT Mass: Saturday 5:15 pm, Sunday 8 am & 10 am

St. Genevieve 3275 Route 22A, Shoreham, VT Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm • May - October

St. Bernadette

St. Bernadette 9 Crown Point Road, Bridport, VT Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm • November -April

Holy Week Schedule is as follows: Palm Sunday

Holy Thursday

Easter

Good Friday

April 21 - Easter Sunday 8:00 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 9:30 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 11:00 AM - Saint Bernadette, Bridport

April 13 - Saturday 5:15 PM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 7:30 PM - Saint Bernadette’s, Bridport

April 18 - Thursday 7:00 PM - Mass of the Lord’s Supper Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

April 14 - Sunday 8:00 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 10:00 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

April 19 - Friday 3:00 PM - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7:00 PM - Stations of the Cross Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

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April 20 - Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil 7:00 PM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

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Easter Services

April 14: Palm & Passion Sunday at 11:00am April 18: Maundy Thursday Worship at 6:00pm April 19: Ecumenical Good Friday Service at 12:00pm at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church April 21: Easter Sunrise Service at 6:00am at Middlebury College Youngman Field April 21: Easter Worship at 11:00am at the church

Middlebury United Methodist Church Pastor: Rev. Mari Clark marijclark@gmail.com 43 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury Church Office: 802-388-2510 Director of Music & Organist: Dr. Kevin Parizo Coordinating Committee Chair: Don Jochum Worship Service: Sunday at 11:00am Adult Study: Sunday at 10:00am Children’s Church: Sunday at 11:00am Choir Rehearsal: Thursday at 7:00pm

www.umcmiddlebury.org

OUTREACH & MISSIONS

• Support HOPE, CVOEO Food Shelf, CROP Walk, MiddSummer Lunch & Recreation, WomenSafe, and more • Volunteering at Charter House • Annual Winter Coat Distribution • Hosting Chicken & Biscuit Suppers • Trick-or-Trunk • Bake Sales • Twice Annual Rummage Sales Spring Rummage Sale - April 26 & 27 Supporting United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Chicuque Rural Hospital & Center of Hope in Mozambique

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

As a reconciling congregation, with open hearts, open minds, and open doors, it is the intention of the Middlebury United Methodist Church to love our neighbor in the Spirit of God’s reconciling love.

Together, with our neighbors, we work for social and personal transformation, justice, healing, and peace.

New HaveN UNited RefoRmed CHURCH Our Commitments and Beliefs

Church Activities

• The authority of the Bible

• Prayer Meeting Group

• The supremacy and lordship of Jesus Christ

• Men’s & Women’s Bible Study

• Textual, Bible-based preaching

• Young Adult’s Bible Study

• The teachings of the Protestant Reformation, as summarized in the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordt

• Children’s & Adult Sunday School

• God-centered and God-honoring worship

Pastor Rev. Andrew Knott Please visit our website www.nhurc.org Contact us newhavenvturc@gmail.com

Morning Worship Service every Sunday, 10am

• Junior High Youth Group • High School Young Peoples • Church Choir Group

Children’s Sunday School every Sunday, 11:30am

Evening Worship Service every Sunday, 7pm Children’s nursery is provided for all services and building is handicapped accessible.

1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7) • New Haven, VT 05472 • Phone/Fax: 802-388-1345

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The Vergennes Congregational Church UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

We are an Open and Affirming, vibrant Christian community – full of life, music and laughter. We gather to worship and to explore and grow in our faith. We embrace everyone, striving to love and serve with compassion and grace – as Jesus did – to make a difference in our community and beyond.

Worship

• Sunday Morning at 9:30 and Special Services throughout the year.

Interim Pastor: Rev. Barbara Purinton Choir Directors: Sue O’Daniel & Bill Bowers Organist: Jenny Bower

Youth & Adult Fellowship

Local Mission Outreach Community Food Shelf Laundry Services once a month Habitat for Humanity and Much More!

Mission Trips

Sunday School, Christmas Pageant

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

30 South Water St., Vergennes, VT • 877-2435 vucc@vergennesucc.org

www.vergennesuuc.org

Crop Walk!

Community Food Shelf

Church Gathering

T he U niTed C hUrCh of L inCoLn 23 QUAkeR STReeT | LinCoLn, VeRmonT A true community church, the United Church of Lincoln has been serving the community for 100 years.

Our doors and hearts are always open.

WHO WE ARE

The United Church of Lincoln family is diverse and yet are one, striving to be God’s witness to Love, Joy and Reconciliation. As a fellowship of faith centered on the person and message of Jesus the Christ, we strive to be a gathering that fosters relationship with one another and with God in our faith journeys, and to be living examples of the commandment “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Sunday Worship at 9:45 | Children Sunday School 10:15 - 11:15 802-453-4280 | Email - ucol@gmavt.net | Website – unitedchurchoflincoln.org

Brandon Congregational Church - United Church of Christ Sunday Worship at 10a.m. year round • The Reverend William L. Bartholomew, M. Div., Pastor Our congregation is an inclusive, diverse, Christ-centered community of faith, open and affirming of all God’s children. We are called to walk humbly with God in fairness, kindness, love, peace and joy. We seek to follow Jesus in worship and music, outreach, in-reach and fellowship. We welcome all who seek a spiritual home where love prevails.

Missions: We host the Brandon Food Shelf and support other local mission projects that provide services and assistance to people of all ages. Our Pastor has a discretionary fund that may be utilized to help individuals with transportation, short-term housing and other needs. We have meals for the general public where free-will offerings are taken rather than charging an admission fee. Our Sunshine and Hospitality Committees provide rides to services for those who no longer drive and healthy meals are delivered to housebound people in the community. Brandon Cares was begun by this congregation and has grown into a community wide project. Scouts and other community groups use our buildings.

Music: Our adult choir provides music during Sunday Services from September through June. The Brandon Festival Singers have performed a special holiday concert the second Sunday in December for the past 38 years under Gene Childers, Director, with Jean Childers, accompanist.

Education Programs: It is our goal to offer age appropriate activities to children who attend our services in addition to our regularly scheduled programs and bible study classes for adults and other congregatinal activities.

The Brandon Congregational Church was established in 1785. The present building was erected in 1832 and the adjacent Fellowship Hall was built in the second half of the nineteenth century. It contains the Town Clock and has a Tracker Pipe Organ and Carillon. It is handicapped accessible and has hearing assistance devices available.

1 Carver Street, P.O. Box 97, Brandon VT brandoncongregationalchurch@gmail.com Hospitality: Church & Office Phone: 802-247-6121 Coffee and other beverages and light snacks are Pastor’s Cell Phone: 802-745-6515 offered after the service in Fellowship Hall.

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The Congregational Church of Middlebury, UCC HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Pastor: Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson

Palm Sunday 10:00 a.m. in Santuary 4:00 p.m. in Unity Hall

No matter who you are or

Maundy Thursday 6:00 p.m. Soup and Bread Dinner in Fellowship Hall 7:00 p.m. in Sanctuary

where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Easter Sunday 10:00 a.m. in Sanctuary

802-388-7634 • Church: 2 Main Street • Office: 30 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury • office@midducc.org • www.midducc.org

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church Pastor:

Lord’s Day Masses:

Father David G. Cray, S.S.E. 802-425-2253 E-mail: dgcray@gmail.com 2894 Spear Street P.O. Box 158 Charlotte, VT 05445 802-425-2637 E-mail: carmel@gmavt.net Website: www.olmccharlotte.org Established: 1858

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. & Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Sunday at 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Weekday Masses: Monday & Friday at 8:00 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Tuesday & Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Saint Jude Church and by appointment

Saint Jude the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Pastor:

Weekday Masses:

Father David G. Cray, S.S.E. 802-425-2253 E-mail: dgcray@gmail.com

Monday & Friday at 8:00 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Tuesday & Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Lord’s Day Masses:

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Sunday at 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Saint Jude Church and by appointment 10759 Route 116 (P.O. Box 69) Hinesburg, VT 05461 802-482-2290 • E-mail: StJude@gmavt.net Website: www.stjudevt.org

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Religious Directory The Addison Independent prints these free listings on a space-available basis throughout the year. Send new and updated information including schedules, staff, phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, to sarahp@ addisonindependent.com, or by mail, fax, or in person to our office.

This religious service listing is also online at addisonindependent.com.

Addison ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Addison four corners, Routes 22A and 17. The Rev. Stephen Payne, pastor. Worship, 10:30 a.m.

WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 18 Church St., West Addison, off of Route 17 and Jersey Street.

The Rev. Paul Hoffman and Rev. Mike Doran. Sunday worship, 9 a.m. During August, the congregation will worship at the Vergennes United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. 802-877-3376.

Brandon/Forest Dale BRANDON BAHA’I COMMUNITY. Meets for regular Sunday morning devotions every Sunday at 10 a.m. For location information and more, call 802-247-3919 or 802345-0373.

BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH. Routes 7 and 73 West, Brandon. Sunday services, 11 a.m.; adult and young adult Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday school for ages 5 and up.

Wednesday prayer and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Handicap accessible. 802-247-3339 or brandonbaptistchurch.org.

BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, U.C.C. The “go-to” church on the Brandon green, 1 Carver St., Route 7, P.O. Box 97, Brandon. The Rev. William L. Bartholomew, interim pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. year round; Sunday school, 10 a.m. (October through May); choir, Wednesday, 7 p.m. (September through June). 802-247-6121 (office), 802-745-7515 (pastor’s cell phone) or brandoncongregationalchurch@gmail. com.

BRANDON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Franklin Street. Kenneth Bevan, pastor. Regular worship, 10 a.m., Sunday school every Sunday, 10 a.m. Fellowship hour, 11 a.m. Child care. Holy Communion, first Sunday. 802-247-6524.

FURNACE BROOK WESLEYAN CHURCH. 1895 Forest Dale Road, Brandon. Joel Tate, pastor.

Sunday worship, 10 a.m. Handicap accessible.

802-247-6748 or office@furnacebrook.org.

LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 97 Frog Hollow Road (formerly the Neshobe Sportsman Club). Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m. LifeGroups meet weekly, call for schedule. 802-247-LIFE (5433). lbccvt.com.

LIVING WATER ASSEMBLY OF GOD. 76 North St., Forest Dale. Lewis Butterfield, pastor. Sunday service and children’s church at 10 a.m. 802-2474542.

OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (ST. MARY’S). 38 Carver St. Fr. Maurice Moreau, OFM Cap. Mass schedule: Saturday, 4 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. Tel: 802-247-6351.

ST. THOMAS & GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Route 7, Brandon village, corner of Prospect Street. 8 a.m., Holy

Eucharist, no music; 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist, familyfriendly service with music. Sunday morning program for children K-6 during the school year and play area at back of church for younger children. 802-247-6759 or standg. org.

Bridport BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. (Conservative Congregational Church Conference). The Rev. Tim Franklin, pastor. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m. Coffee hour immediately after service. 802758-2227 or bridportchurch.com.

HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Bridport Community Hall, 52 Middle Road. Pastor Jeff Kauffman. Age graded Bible classes, 9 a.m. Second service, 10:30 a.m. Bible studies on Sunday nights. 802-759-2922 or hopecommunityfellowship.org.

ST. BERNADETTE / ST. GENEVIEVE PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, St. Bernadette in Bridport offers Mass Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., November through April only. St. Genevieve in Shoreham has Mass from May through October on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

Bristol BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Pastors Rob Carter and Roger Hamilton. 400 Rocky Dale Road. Sunday, 9 a.m.

Children’s church during service for K-4th grade. 802-4532660 or 802-453-2614. www.bristolcf.org.

FEDERATED CHURCH OF BRISTOL. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship and K-12 Sunday school, 10:15 a.m., year round. Childcare provided. Coffee hour follows service. 802-453-2321, rescueme97@yahoo.com or bristolfederatedchurch.org.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. Rev. Todd Goodyear, interim pastor. Sunday service, 10:15 a.m., Sunday school, 11 a.m.; contact person Deacon Mary Purinton, 802-453-2551. For special events, visit First Baptist Church, Bristol, VT, on Facebook. A welcoming family-oriented church.

ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Fr. Yvon J. Royer, pastor. Saturday, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.

Confessions: Saturday, 6-6:15 p.m.; Sunday, 7-7:45 a.m.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 839 Rockydale Road. Bruce Wilkinson, pastor. Sabbath school, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; worship, Saturday, 11 a.m.; weekly Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 802-453-4712.

TERASEM MOVEMENT TRANSRELIGION. 2 Park Place.

Meditation on the Truth of Terasem on the 10th of each month at 10 a.m. Info: terasamfaith.net.

Charlotte CHARLOTTE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Church Hill Road. The Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen, pastor. Sundays 10 a.m.: Worship service and Sunday school. 802-4253176.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 2894 Spear St. Father David G. Cray. Sunday Mass, 8 and 11 a.m. Weekday Masses, Tuesday and Thursday, 5:15 p.m. 802-425-2637, carmel@gmavt.net, olmcvt.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP. Charlotte Children’s Center, Ferry Road. Child care available. Pat Neal, 802-425-3136; Diane Butler, 802-425-2373.

Cornwall FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL. 2598 Route 30. Sunday worship 9:30am (first Sundays at Weybridge Congregational Church). 802-462-3111 or CornwallCongregationallChurch@gmail.com.

East Middlebury EAST MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Corner of Routes 125 and 116. Bob Bushman, pastor.

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. Sunday worship, 9 a.m.; contemporary service at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday school during 9 a.m. service. 802-388-7423.

VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Routes 7 and 125. Rev. Ed Wheeler. Services on Sundays: Sunday school for all ages, 9:30 a.m. Worship services 10:45 a.m.

Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Route 7, Ferrisburgh, next to the town offices/Grange hall. Parking lot. The Rev. Paul Hoffman and team. Sunday worship, 9 a.m. 802-876-7622.

NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 277 Old Hollow Rd. The Rev. Kim Hornung-Marcy, pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m., Sunday school, 10 a.m. Nursery available. Call for information on youth group and adult education. 802425-2770 or nfumchurch.org.

Hinesburg SAINT JUDE THE APOSTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 10759 Route 116. Father David G. Cray. Saturday Mass, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Mass, 9:30 a.m. Weekday Masses Monday, Friday, 8 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation, (Continued on Page 9)

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Religious Directory (Continued from Page 8) Saturday, 4 p.m., and by appointment. 802-482-2290, stjude@gmavt.net, stjudevt.org.

Middlebury CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. Corner of Duane Court and Charles Avenue.

The Rev. Barnaby Feder, minister. Sunday service 10 a.m. Religious exploration and nursery care provided.

802-388-8080. cvuus.org.

Leicester COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. 39 Windy Knoll Lane. The Rev. Philip Smith, pastor. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship service, 11 a.m.; prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Men’s Breakfast, every third Saturday, September through May. ST. AGNES’ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (A MISSION OF OLGH, BRANDON).

Leicester Whiting Road. Fr. Vincent Onunkwo, Admin. Mass on Sunday, 8 a.m.

(May though October). 802-247-6351.

Lincoln SUNRAY MEDITATION SOCIETY AND SUNRAY PEACE VILLAGE. 2202 Downingsville Rd. Home of the Green Mountain Ani Yunwiwa and Vajra Dakini Nunnery. Cherokee Ceremonial Cycle on new moons; Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist teachings offered. Come join us to renew the Sacred Hoop in these times. 802-453-4610 or sunray.org.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MIDDLEBURY. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour streets, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Sunday school 10 a.m., Wednesday (third weeks of the month only), 7:30 p.m.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UCC). 2 Main St. The Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson, pastor. Sunday worship and church school at 10 a.m.

Nursery care provided. 802-388-7634. New Light Service, 4 p.m., Sundays, Unity Hall.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 133 Valley View Drive, Buttolph Acres. 802388-3102. Bret Weekes, Stake President, Montpelier Vermont Stake. Sunday: Sacrament meeting 10 a.m.; Sunday school 11:15 a.m.

UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN. 23 Quaker St. Interim pastor: Rev. Dan Ivins. Sunday worship, 9:45 a.m.

Sunday school, 10:15 a.m. 802-453-4280, ucol@

Celebrating 50 Years of Ministry in Addison County!

1969 - 2019 On the outskirts of Vergennes with an outreach to the World.

gmavt.net, unitedchurchoflincoln.org. United Church of Lincoln

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. Information on service in the Middlebury area: 802453-5334.

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Victory Baptist Church Home of the Ark Preschool & Kindergarten

We are a friendly congregation providing ministry to all ages.

Please join us for a service!

WHEN DO WE MEET? Sunday 9:45 a.m. – Bible Hour Age-divided classes from nursery through college.

Adults have seven classes to choose from.

Sunday 11a.m. and 6p.m. – Worship Services Wednesday 6:30 p.m. – – AWANA Clubs Kids’ Program for children ages 3 years – 6th grade during the school year. Kids’ program during the summer.

JaM Sessions for Junior High | Youth Group 180 for Senior High • Prayer & Bible Study for Adults • Nursery provided for infants up to 3 years old for all services.

• Deaf interpretation available for all services.

Join us or visit us online as we live stream our services at www.victoryvt.org

Ark Preschool-Kindergarten A local church ministry of Victory Baptist Church The Ark is a Monday-Friday academic-based program for 3 & 4 year old Preschool, and Kindergarten. Our program is a State recognized program, subsidy-eligible, and rated with 4 STARS. We offer fulltime, half-time and school-plus options, from 7:30 to 5:00 pm.

Summer Adventure Day Camp The Ark offers a summer day camp, 7:30 to 5:00 daily for boys and girls ages 3 years to 10 years. Field trips, swimming, swimming lessons, fishing, crafts, cooking, gardening, games, reading and much more! This year’s theme is “Wonders of the World” and each week we will explore locations, architecture, culture and more through a fun- filled summer experience.

Vacation Bible School July 15 – 18 – Vacation Bible School: Camp Kilimanjaro – 9:00 to 11:00am daily – ages 3 – 10 years Easter Services & Activities Palm Sunday – April 14 – 11:00 am – Free palm crosses.

Saturday – April 20 – 10 to 11:30 Free EGG-CELLENT Easter Egg Hunt – bring your basket and join us! Crafts, games, snacks, Bible story and HUNDREDS of eggs for a great egg hunt!

Sunday – April 21 – 7:30am Early Service followed by breakfast | 9:45am Bible Hour | 11:00am Easter morning worship – No evening service.

50th Anniversary Activities - All previous pastors will be in attendance!

Saturday – June 8 – 6:00p.m. – 50 year Celebration Service with the Needham Gospel Singers.

Sunday – June 9 – 10:30a.m. – Special Anniversary Service followed by lunch and an afternoon service with the Needham Gospel Singers.

862 US Route 7 | P.O. Box 160 | Vergennes, Vermont 05491 | 802-877-3393 | victoryvt@gmail.com | www.victoryvt.org Pastor Tim Taylor - Youth & Music Director John Kaufman

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(Continued from Page 9) ECKANKAR. Meeting once a month at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Info: megan.elberty@gmail.com. Check for this month’s meeting date and time online at eckankar-vt.org.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. 52 Merchants Row. Pastor Bob Hanley. Sunday morning worship and Sunday school, 10 a.m. Wednesday Bible study and prayer, 7 p.m. Visitors welcome. gracebaptistmiddlebury.com or 802-453-3003.

HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY. 56 N. Pleasant St. Middlebury. Shabbat morning services twice monthly, holiday programming, weekly Hebrew School, community events Contact HHedDirector@gmail.com or visit havurahaddisoncounty. org.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH (AMERICAN BAPTIST).

South Pleasant Street. The Rev. Dr. Stephanie Allen, pastor.

Sunday school for all ages (infant to adult) on Sunday, 9 a.m.; Sunday morning worship and Junior Church (worship model) with nursery, 10 a.m.; small groups, fellowship groups throughout the week. Times and dates at memorialbaptistvt.org or 802-388-7472.

MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS). Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. (Route 7). Sunday, 10 a.m., First Day School (September through June), childcare provided.

MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Corner of Route 7 and Seminary Street. The Rev. Mari Clark, pastor.

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. A Reconciling Congregation. Sunday: adult study, 10 a.m.; gathering time, 11 a.m.; morning worship, 11:15 a.m.

SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION). Father Luke Austin, pastor.

Masses: Saturday, 5:15 p.m., Sunday 8, 10 a.m.

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. On the green in Middlebury. Sunday morning services, June 5-Sept. 4, 9 a.m.; September to June, services at 8 and 10:30 a.m., adult education and choir at 9 a.m. (child care available), and Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesdays: Communion in the chapel, 12:05 p.m.

Thursdays, Christian meditation, 4 p.m. 802-3887200 or ststephensmidd.org.

ST. TIMOTHY ANGLICAN MISSION. Middlebury Community House, 6 Main St. The Rev. Alex W. Cameron. Sunday services, 4 p.m. Service consists of an informal homily followed by the celebration of the Eucharist.

THE SANGHA AT CVUUS. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Sunday, 7-8:30 p.m., sitting meditation and dharma discourse.

All meditation practices supported. Open to the public. Beginners welcome. Instruction available at 6:40 p.m. rswansonvt@gmail.com.

classes for adults and children, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Call for free Bible study course or in-home Bible study. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-19 (Bristol). 802-453-5704 or 802-545-4772.

Ripton RIPTON COMMUNITY CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST. No regular services, but the facility is available for religious and social events. 802-388-0338.

NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Church services and Sunday school at 10 a.m. on Sunday. 802-4535059.

Rochester FEDERATED CHURCH OF ROCHESTER. The Rev. Gregory Homan, pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. 802-767-3012.

Sunday school during the school year.

NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH. 1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7). Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday school 11:30 a.m. 388-1345.

North Chittenden MOUNTAINSIDE BIBLE CHURCH (REFORMED BAPTIST). 27 Holden Road. Sunday worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m. nhismrcy@gmail.com, mountainsidebiblechurch.com or 802-483-6266.

Orwell FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. David Anderson, pastor. Sunday worship service, 10 a.m. 802948-2900.

SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Fr. Anthony Pittappilly, pastor; Fr. Michael Onyekwere, parochial vicar; Fr. Deniskingsley Nwagwu, parochial vicar. Mass Sunday, 10:30 a.m., and Tuesday, 7 p.m. 802-468-5706.

Panton PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. 49 Adams Ferry Road, just around the corner from the Panton General Store. Pastor Tom Lupien, Teaching Pastor Eric Carter. Sunday school and Adult Bible study 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service 10:30 a.m. with nursery and junior church. Wednesday evening Bible study is held in a local home; call for details. 802-475-2656.

ST. ELIZABETH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sunday, 9 a.m.

Salisbury SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). The Rev. John Grivetti, pastor.

Sunday worship service, 10 a.m., church school 10 a.m.

Shoreham ST. GENEVIEVE / ST. BERNADETTE PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, St. Bernadette in Bridport offers Mass Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., November through April only. St. Genevieve in Shoreham has Mass from May through October on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-UCC. The Rev. Christina DelPiero, pastor. Intersection of Main and School streets. Sunday service, 10 a.m., with child care available.

Handicap accessible. 802-897-2687.

Starksboro SOUTH STARKSBORO FRIENDS MEETING (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: QUAKERS). Dan Sargent Road. Sunday worship and First Day school, 9:30 a.m., preceded by singing at 9:15 a.m. 802-453-4927.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO. 2806 Vermont Route 116. 802-453-5577. Pastor Larry Detweiler, 802-434-6715 (home), 802-989-2679 (cell), email revdets@gmail.com. Sunday mornings: 10 a.m., Chat, Chew and Renew, adult Bible study and fellowship; 10 a.m.-noon, Sunday’s Cool youth Bible study and fellowship (grades K-7); 11 a.m., Sunday worship, with Communion monthly on the first Sunday.

Starksboro Senior Meal, 11: 30 a.m., fourth Thursday, January-October, Brenda Boutin, senior meal coordinator, 802-453-6354, mtgazette@earthlink. net.

Vergennes/Panton/Waltham ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER. 1759 Route 7, Vergennes. Pastor Mike Oldham, senior pastor. Sunday school (all ages), 9 a.m.; worship service and children’s church, 10 a.m.; Spanish worship service, 11 a.m.: prayer open house, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Phone, 802-8773903; fax, 802-877-3924; e-mail, contact@ agccvt.org; website, agccvt.org.

Monkton MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship, 8:45 a.m. 802-453-2321 or rescueme97@ yahoo.com.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. 73 Church St., Waltham. The Rev. Phillip Westra, pastor. Sunday worship services: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., nursery available. Sunday school for children at 11:15 a.m. Weekday groups include coffee break womens’ group, young peoples (7th-12th grade), young adult married and singles, and more.

802-877-2500 or cvcrc.net.

New Haven ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST. 145 Campground Road. Dale Pennock, preacher. Worship assemblies, Sunday, 9 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Bible study

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). Water Street. The Rev. Joan O’Gorman, interim pastor. Sunday, 9:30 a.m., (Continued on Page 11)

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Religious Directory (Continued from Page 10) nursery, church school ages 3-8th grade. Info: vergennescongregationalchurch.org, 802-8772435 or vucc@vergennesucc.org.

Yvon Royer, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30-4:15 p.m.; Sunday, 10-10:15 a.m.

FAITH IN ACTION CHURCH. 300 Main St. Worship every Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7 p.m. Brandon Mendez, Church Planter.

828-550-9723, brandonmendez17@ aol.com, or faithinactionvt.com.

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Main Street, Vergennes, across from the Vergennes Opera House. Street parking. The Rev. Paul Hoffman and Rev. Mike Doran. During July, the congregation will worship at the West Addison UMC at 9 a.m. During August, Sunday worship in Vergennes is at 9 a.m., returning to 10:30 a.m. in September. 802-877-3376.

PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. 49 Adams Ferry Road, just around the corner from the Panton General Store. Eric Carter, teaching pastor. Sunday: Sunday school and adult Bible study, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m., with nursery and junior church for ages 5 and under.

Wednesday evening Bible study is held in a local home; call for details.

802-475-2656.

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Corner of Main and Park streets, Vergennes. The Rev. Alan Kittelson, rector. Holy Eucharist on Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m., with child care during the 10 a.m. service. 802-877-3322 or saintpaulsvergennes.org.

ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Rev.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. 862 Route 7. Tim Taylor, pastor. Sunday: Bible hour classes (for all ages), 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Adult prayer and Bible study, AWANA Clubs (for boys and girls 3 years to 6th grade), JaM Junior High Group, Youth Group (high school), 6:30 p.m. Nursery (birth to 3 years) provided for all services. Deaf interpretation available.

802-877-3393.

Weybridge WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. Daniel Cooperrider, pastor. Sunday worship at 10 a.m.

Childcare provided. Visit weybridgechurch.org. 802-5452579.

Whiting WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH. Brett Cody, pastor.

Sunday school for all ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m. 802-623-7171.

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalists Imagine a religion inviting people who believe in one God, or many, or none to worship together - where programs for children include study of other faith traditions, award-winning human sexuality courses, and social justice - where today’s spiritual and ethical questions are valued more than yesterday’s answers.

Discover Unitarian Universalism. Nurture your spirit and help heal the world.

Worship Services & Religious Exploration: Sundays at 10 AM Minister: Barnaby Feder, revbarnaby@cvuus.org Director of Religious Exploration: Poppy Rees Choir Director: Lucy Tenenbaum

Nursery care provided, high school youth group, meditation group

2 Duane Court, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 802-388-8080 • office@cvuus.org • www.cvuus.org

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Holy Week Addison ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHRUCH. All are welcome for an Easter breakfast at 9 a.m., with special treats for the kids. RSVP to Pastor Steve at srpvt@ aol.com.

Worship following at 10:30 a.m.

Charlotte C H A R L O T T E C O N G R E G AT I O N A L CHURCH. Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m., Service of Palms and Passion; Thursday, April 18, Maundy Thursday, foot washing 6:15 p.m., service 7 p.m., Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.-Friday, April 19, 3 p.m., Holy Vigil; Friday, April 19, Stations of the Cross, 4 p.m.; Saturday, April 20, 1 p.m.

Easter egg hunt. Sunday, April 1, 5:30 a.m., Easter sunrise service; 9 a.m., early Easter service; 11 a.m., late Easter service with holy communion.

WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 14, 9 a.m., Palm Sunday service. Sunday, April 21, 9 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.

Brandon ST. THOMAS AND GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday service, Sunday, April 14, 8 and 10 a.m. Easter Service, Sunday, April 21, one service only, 9 a.m.

BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m.; Easter service, April 21, 10 a.m.

FURNACE BROOK WESLEYAN CHURCH. Easter Sunday Service, Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m. This service at the Brandon location (11 Center St.) is specifically designed for those who may feel uncomfortable in more formal church settings.

LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Easter Eggstravaganza family event, Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Good Friday service, Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday service, Sunday, April 21, 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. with Sunday Funday children’s program during both services. Visit at lbccvt.com/celebrateeaster for details.

OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP (ST. MARY’S).

Holy Thursday Mass, April 18, 7 p.m. Good Friday service, April 19, 7 p.m. Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, April 20, 8 p.m. Easter Sunday Mass, April 21, 11 a.m.

Bridport HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter worship service with pot luck to follow, Bridport Community Hall.

ST. BERNADETTE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Palm Sunday Eve, Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m.

Bristol BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 21, 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service, Downingsville Rd, Lincoln.; 8 a.m., Easter breakfast, Rockydale Rd., Bristol; 9 a.m., Easter worship service, Rockydale Rd. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. Palm Sunday, Sunday, April 14, 10:15 a.m. with special music and giving of the palms.

Maundy Thursday Communion service, April 18, 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 19, noon, ecumenical service at St. Ambrose Catholic Church followed by Soup lunch and Hot Cross buns. Easter Sunday, April 21, 6:30 a.m., sunrise service Gove Hill in Lincoln followed by breakfast at the First Baptist Church; 10:15 a.m., Easter service with special music.

ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Palm Sunday Mass, Saturday, April 13, 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, 8 a.m.; Holy Thursday Mass, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 18; Good Friday Ecumenical Service, Friday, April 19, noon, and Passion fo the Lord, 7 p.m.; Easter vigil, Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m. at St. Peter’s in Vergennes; Easter Mass, Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m.

East Middlebury VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Sunday, April 21, 8:30 a.m., early Easter service; 9:30 a.m., Easter breakfast and egg hunt; 10:45 a.m., Easter Sunday service.

Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, Sunday April 14, 9 a.m.; Ecumenical Good Friday service, Friday, April 19, 4 p.m., with ministers from five different denominations; Sunday, April 21, 9 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.

NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 14, 9:30 a.m., Easter egg hunt for kids 0-6; Palm Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Good Friday, April 19, 4 p.m., at Ferrisburgh Center Church. Easter Sunday, April 21, 5:45 a.m., sunrise service in North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church pavillion followed by a pancake breakfast; 10 a.m., Easter service in sanctuary.

Lincoln THE UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN. Palm Sunday Service, April 14, 9:45 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m.; Easter Sunrise Service on Gove Hill, Sunday, April 21 6:30 a.m.; (call United Church of Lincoln (4534280) for details) followed by breakfast at Burnham Hall; Easter Service at 9:45 a.m.

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Holy Week Middlebury CHAMPLAIN VALLEY U N I TA R I A N UNIVERSALIST S O C I E T Y. Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., worship service with special guest composer and classical guitarist Sam Guarnaccio to share excerpts from his “Emergent Universe Oratorio.”

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY. Palm Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m., Sanctuary, New Light Palm Sunday service 4 p.m., Unity Hall. April 18, Maundy Thursday, soup and bread in Unity Hall, 6 p.m., service, 7 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. service in Sanctuary.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., music event and free supper to follow in lower level of church.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, April 14, 10 a.m. Monday-Friday, April 15-19, 7 a.m., 30 minute devotional, Fellowship Hall. Maundy-Thursday Service, April 18, 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 21; Easter sunrise service 6:30 a.m., Grice Farm, Halpin Rd.; Easter worship, 10 a.m.

MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Palm and Passion Sunday, April 14, 11 a.m. Sunday services. Maundy Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m. Ecumenical Good Friday service Friday, April 19, noon, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Easter Sunday, April 21, 6 a.m., sunrise service at Middlebury College’s Youngman Field; Easter worship, 11 a.m.

ST. MARY’S ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. Palm Sunday: Saturday (Vigil) April 13, 5:15 p.m.; Sunday April 14, 8 and 10 a.m. Holy Thursday: April 18, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m. Good Friday: April 19, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 3 p.m.; Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m. Easter: Holy Saturday, April 20, Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m and 9:30 a.m.

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Sunday, April 14, 8 a.m., Palm/Passion Sunday service, Holy Communion; 10:30 a.m., Service, Holy

Bernadette’s in Bridport.

Vergennes CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Good Friday Service, Friday, April 19, 7 p.m. Easter Service, Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Communion and “Godly Play.”

Wednesday, April 17, 7 p.m., Stations of the Cross. Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service with foot washing.

Friday, April 19, noon, ecumenical Good Friday liturgy; 7 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy. Saturday, April 20, 7 p.m., Easter vigil. Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m., Easter Service Holy Communion; 10:30 a.m., Easter Service, Holy Communion, Easter Crafts for children.

Monkton MONKTON FRIENDS METHODIST CHURCH. Easter Sunday, April 21, 8:45 a.m.

Panton PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Friday, April 19, 7 p.m., Good Friday service.

Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter service.

New Haven NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH. Good Friday service, 7 p.m., Friday, April 19.

Easter service, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday, April 21.

Salisbury SALISBURY UCC CHURCH. Palm Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m. Easter service Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., with Flowering of the Cross.

Shoreham SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m.

Easter Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m.

ST. GENEVIEVE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass will be held at St.

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday, April 14, Eucharist with Palms Liturgy, 8 and 10 a.m. Maundy Thursday, April 18, Foot-washing, Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar at 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 19, Proper Liturgy of Good Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, The Great Vigil of Easter at 8 p.m. Easter Day, April 21, Eucharist at 8 and 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Palm Sunday Mass, Saturday, April 13, 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 14, 10:30 a.m.; Holy Thursday Mass, Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m. at St. Ambrose in Bristol; Good Friday, April 19, 3 p.m., Stations of the Cross with Communion & Veneration of the Cross; Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m.; Easter Sunday, Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m.

VERGENNES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday, April 14, 9:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday, April 18, special evening last supper service, 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 9:30 a.m., Easter celebration and flowering of the cross.

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service Sunday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday, April 18, pot luck supper at 6 p.m., worship at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m. Eggcelent egg hunt, April 20, 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 7:30 a.m., early service followed by breakfast; 11 a.m., Easter Worship. No evening service on Easter Sunday.

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Helping Everyone Find Hope in Jesus Christ LivingWaterAOG.org Sunday Worship 10am Adult Meetings Thursday Bible Study 6:30pm Ladies Living with Purpose Men on Purpose

Children and Youth Programs Children’s Church Sunday 10:30am Thursday Craft Night 6:30pm Summer 2019 Mega Sports Camp

Palm Sunday Children’s Special April 14 Easter Celebration April 21 Annual Family Fall Festival Saturday September 28, 2019

Living Water Assembly 76 North Street, Brandon, VT (802) 247-4542 Pastor Scott Carlson

Summer 2019 Mega Sports Camp Registration begins June 1 - VtMegasports.com

Proud Supporter of: A/G World Missions Chi Alpha Student Ministry Addison County Pregnancy Center Rutland Area Christian School Rutland Teen Challenge EPIC Substance Abuse Prevention

Come join our warm, caring fellowship.

Activities: Worship, Music, Second Saturday Suppers, Missions, Women’s Fellowship, Outreach Projects, Community Events

Vergennes United Methodist Church Main Street, Vergennes Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Pastors: Michael Doran Paul Hoffman 877-3376

West Addison United Methodist Church Jersey Street, West Addison Sunday Worship 9:00 am

www.westaddisonumc.org

Our Purpose

To grow in God’s love and serve Christ in all people.

Our Mission

Sunday ServiceS (Sept.-June) 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.

Worship 9:00 a.m.

Adult Ed, Choir, Childcare 10:30 a.m.

Church School, Childcare 9:00 a.m. Worship

(June 16-Sept. 1) Weekly

Mon., 11:30 a.m.

1st & 3rd Wed., 12:05 p.m.

2nd, 4th and 5th Wed., 12:05 p.m.

Thurs., 4:00 p.m.

Scene from Peasant Market in July

Community Free Lunch Holy Eucharist Noonday prayer Christian Meditation

3 Main Street on the Green • Middlebury, Vermont 05753 802.388.7200 • www.ststephensmidd.org

Holy Week Services

You are Welcome!

2019

To be an inclusive community, awake to God in worship, learning, and service.

Sunday, April 14 8:00am Palm/Passion Sunday Service; Holy Communion 9:00am Adult Education 10:30am Service, Holy Communion, and “Godly Play” Sunday School Wednesday, April 17 7:00pm Stations of the Cross Thursday, April 18 12:15pm Noon Day Concert: George Matthew Jr., organ 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Service with foot washing Friday, April 19 12:00pm Ecumenical Good Friday Service 1:00pm Church open for prayer 7:00pm Good Friday Liturgy Saturday, April 20 7:00pm Easter Vigil Sunday, April 21 8:00am Easter Sunday, Holy Communion 10:30am Easter Sunday, Holy Communion

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East Middlebury United Methodist Church Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Transformed by the Holy Spirit, united in trust, we will respond to God’s call to proclaim Christ boldly to the world.

Sunday Worship – 9 a.m.

Sunday School during service A collection for the food shelf is held on the third Sunday of every month.

Pastor: Rev. Robert J. Bushman Corner of Routes 125 and 116 East Middlebury, VT 05740 (802) 388-7423

Valley Bible Church

Weekly Services: Sunday School: 9:30am – 10:30am Sunday Morning Service: 10:45am – 12:00pm

“The truth will set you free!”

Elders: Pastor Ed Wheeler • Bill Barnes • Jesse Ethier Deacons: Bob Piper • George Foster

We are a happy community of Believers longing to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ, glorify him in all we do, and be the salt and light he has called us to be. We have many opportunities both on Sunday and during the week where we welcome the community of Middlebury and surrounding areas to be a part of what God is doing.

Our Sunday service worship time is a combination of both contemporary music and hymns. There is also childcare provided. All sermons are taken from the Bible.

Sunday school is before the service. We have two adult Sunday school classes.

The ladies’ Sunday school class covers a book and lesson with a discussion time.

Our other adult general Sunday school class covers different topics from Creation and Apologetics to current issues our nation and world faces today and how Christians can be involved for a positive impact. We invite you to join us on Sunday where you can be sure to get a warm welcome!

Please call church for more details AWANA: Thursday 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Easter Sunday: Early Easter Service: 8:30am Free Breakfast & Easter Egg Hunt: 9:30am Easter Service: 10:45am

322 East Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 377-2068 • vbchurch@live.com

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St. Peter’s Catholic Church Pastor: Yvon J. Royer

Worship Services

Celebration of the Lord’s Day Masses are held on Saturdays at 4:30pm and Sundays at 10:30am Palm Sunday Mass: Saturday, April 13th at 4:30 pm • Sunday, April 14th at 10:30 am Holy Thursday Mass: April 18th at 7 pm at St. Ambrose in Bristol Good Friday: April 19th • Stations of the Cross at 3:00 pm with Communion & Veneration of the Cross Easter Vigil: April 20th at 8 pm Easter Sunday Mass: April 21st at 10:30 am Easter Egg Hunt following Mass

All are welcomed to join us as we journey with Jesus!

85 South Maple Street (PO Box 324) Vergennes, VT 05491 (802) 877-2367 st.peter.vt@comcast.net www.st.petervt.com

Jesus asked Peter and Andrew what they were looking for?

Jesus continues to ask each one of us this same question.

St. Peter’s and St. Ambrose Parishes would like to assist you in this journey.

Saint Ambrose and St. Peter’s parishes have embarked on “A Year of Love” campaign, encouraging parishioners to be more aware of opportunities to put their love into action.

We’ve gotten really good at the big acts of love; monthly free community meals at each parish, supporting the homeless shelters, food & toy drives, being good stewards in our communities. But there is always room for growth, so each month our parishes will be focusing on a different area. By loving our mother earth, to the marginalized and outcast, we hope to embody the Christian spirit with small thoughtful acts of love. If you would like to learn more please call the rectory or visit one of our Masses.

Our Parish is also very pleased to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters in the Vergennes area in many different ways though our Social Action committee. I would like to list just a few in case you would like to be part of or in need of these important services.

1) Free Monthly Community Meals; 2) Thrift shop; 3) Graham Shelter elves; 4) Food Shelf supporters; 5) Meals for those in need; 6) Youth Ministry shut-in meals; 7) Funeral reception meals; and 8) Our Parish Hall is available for many community functions

Saint Ambrose Catholic Community FoR THE GloRY oF God Bristol • Lincoln • Monkton New Haven • Starksboro

West Street, Bristol, Vermont

Fr. Yvon J. Royer 802-453-2488 email: stambros@comcast.net Website: www.saintambrosevt.org Rectory Address: 11 School Street, Bristol, VT 05443 Holy Week Schedule: Palm Sunday: Saturday, April 13th • 6:30pm Sunday, April 14th • 8:00am Holy Thursday Mass: April 18th • 7:00pm

Regular Mass Schedule: Saturday, 6:30pm

Good Friday Service: April 19th • 7:00pm Easter Vigil: April 20th • 8:00pm at St. Peter’s in Vergennes Easter Sunday Mass: April 21st • 8:00am Sunday, 8:00am

Monday & Wednesday, 8:30am

Tuesday & Thursday, 6:30pm

All are welcome to join our celebrations • St. Ambrose & Hall are now fully handicap accessible