Monday, April 22, 2019

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 30 No. 49

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How many schools do we need?

Addison Central School District considers long-term future of its buildings

Great voice joins quartet • Acclaimed soprano Dawn Upshaw will perform with the Brentano String Quartet. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Almost 100 Addison Central School District residents turned out at an April 17 forum in Middlebury to help shape a long-range plan for the district’s many buildings. The plan could ultimately recommend closure of one or more schools within the ACSD in order to

reflect declining enrollment and the rising costs of public education.

It was the third of three “Building our Future” forums at which ACSD officials asked their constituents for help in deciding which of the district’s nine school buildings merit ongoing investment. A consulting firm called ReArch recently estimated those

nine buildings — seven elementary schools, Middlebury Union Middle School, and Middlebury Union High School — need a combined total of $61.5 million in basic repairs and upgrades.

But before pitching a bond to start whittling away at the buildings’ capital needs, the ACSD board wants

a facilities master plan in place to make sure the financial request is tailored to structures best positioned to serve Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge students during the next decade and beyond.

“The status quo of just continuing (See Schools, Page 13)

Porter Hospital taps a new CMO • Dr. Anna Benvenuto was named Chief Medical Officer at the medical center in Middlebury.

See Page 2.

HOPE keeps hunger at bay

• A local poverty-fighting agency is joining a countywide effort to make sure low-income children get enough food during vacations. See Page 2.

Rivals clash on Eagle diamonds

• The Mount Abe baseball and softball teams hosted VUHS on Thursday, and one game ended with high drama.

See Pages 17-19.

Spring bursts forth

AREN’T THESE BEAUTIFUL spring wildflowers? We saw them in Addison near Snake Mountain last week. We think they may be “hepatica,” but are not sure. If you know what this variety is called, let us know at news@addisonindependent.com.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

College wrestles with how to handle right-wing speaker Polish politician invited, canceled at last minute

BY CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — Just hours before Polish right-wing politician and philosopher Ryszard Legutko was scheduled to deliver a lecture at Middlebury College last Wednesday,

college officials canceled the event, citing safety concerns.

“This decision was not taken lightly,” wrote college Provost Jeff Cason and Dean of Students Baishakhi Taylor in a public

statement that afternoon. “It was based on an assessment of our ability to respond effectively to potential security and safety risks for both the lecture and the event students had planned in response.”

The decision recalls the college’s experience on March 2, 2017, when

protesters shut down a talk by conservative author Charles Murray, after which masked protesters violently confronted Murray and injured a faculty member who was escorting him.

That incident, along with similar (See Speaker, Page 27)

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Porter names new chief medical officer Benvenuto is Middlebury grad

MIDDLEBURY — UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center has announced the appointment of Dr. Anna Benvenuto as its new chief medical officer. Dr. Benvenuto will replace Dr. Carrie Wulfman, who announced her resignation from this post in order to focus on her work as a primary care physician in Brandon and as Porter’s Regional Physician Leader for the UVM Health Network.

The chief medical officer has the role as the leader of the physicians on the senior leadership team and she advocates for patient care, ensuring that the highest quality standards are maintained.

Dr. Benvenuto joined the Porter Medical Staff in 2012 as and OB/GYN specialist and continues to care for patients at the Porter Women’s Health practice, while also serving as the Medical Director of Specialty Services. Additionally, she is on the clinical faculty at the UVM College of Medicine.

Benvenuto is a 2000 graduate of Middlebury College and earned her medical degree at the UVM College of Medicine in 2008, where she also completed her OB/GYN Residency, including serving as the Administrative Chief Resident.

Porter President Dr. Fred Kniffin said he was pleased to

DR. ANNA BENVENUTO select Benvenuto in a memo to the hospital staff announcing the appointment.

“Many of you already know Anna through the work she has done as a member of our Porter Women’s Health group to create a wildly successful service line,” he wrote. “Anna’s intelligence, enthusiasm and work ethic have distinguished her in our organization as a natural physician leader. The number one job of the CMO is to continually raise the bar of quality for our patients. Dr. Wulfman leaves big shoes to fill — I am confident that Dr. Benvenuto will rise to the occasion.”

Summer food sought for kids HOPE mounts effort to feed children during school vacations

By JOHN FLOWERS including Starksboro and Leicester MIDDLEBURY — Helping — will host drop-in summer meal Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) sites offering free breakfasts and is joining a countywide effort to lunches to children up to 18 years make sure children old. But Montross from low-income noted some children homes don’t go hungry “When it can’t get to the this summer, when they comes time for locations at which no longer have access school breaks these meals are served. to school meals.

So HOPE officials are Jeanne Montross, and summer devising a program executive director breaks, it to help get food to of HOPE, said the creates such a isolated families during organization is void for meals. times when schools are particularly focused on closed. meeting the nutritional It’s a huge It’s an idea born late needs of kids in burden to put last year during the the communities of on families.” federal government Starksboro, Leicester, shutdown, which lasted — Lily Bradburn Whiting, Shoreham from Dec. 22, 2018, to of HOPE and Bridport. A lot Jan. 25, 2019. Human of transportationservices advocates challenged families in these towns during that period warned the find it hard to get to service hubs in shutdown could begin to affect meal Middlebury, Bristol and Vergennes, subsidies at public schools. and thus can’t conveniently access “We were concerned about local food shelves or federal whether the schools would be able programs that help folks put food on to provide lunches,” Montross said. the table during tough times.

At the same time, winter vacation Montross acknowledged several was approaching, and HOPE officials Addison County communities — wondered how low-income families

might weather the storm of having no free and reduced-cost lunches and breakfasts for their children.

“We purchased and put aside a bunch of food and got the food to four different schools,” Montross said. “We selected those because we wanted to reach some of the underserved areas of the community.”

Children at Starksboro, LeicesterWhiting, Shoreham and Bridport elementary schools were offered free HOPE provisions that included juice boxes, fruit snacks, pasta, eggs, milk, cheese, cereals, peanut butter and jelly. Children were able to take batches of food home with them on the bus on the last day of school prior to vacation.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church has put together food packages for kids entering the Easter vacation, according to Montross.

“That’s been really helpful,” she said.

The Independent spoke with Montross in a HOPE conference room that was doubling as storage space for 350 pounds of food (See HOPE, Page 3)

Addison readies for new salt-sand shed

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON — If all goes well, Addison’s highway department could before next winter have its first shed to store sand and salt for use on town roads, and the building would include a storage bay for winter equipment.

There are still hurdles, according to Addison road foreman Bryan Nolan, but he is hopeful that what

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he called a 14-year process might be over soon.

“I’d like to see it done before winter,” he said.

Addison does not currently have a shed at its highway department headquarters, on the east side of Lake Street, not far north of its intersection with Route 17 (a junction best known in the neighborhood as the home of West Addison General Store).

Town voters took a major step toward fixing that problem on March 5, when they backed, 163-61, a 15-year loan for $175,000 to build a shed.

Nolan said plans call for an enclosed building with two truck doors that will be 100 feet wide, 76 feet deep, and 41 feet tall. It will include a 20-foot-wide equipment storage bay at one end, and be built out behind the existing town garage/ office building that runs parallel to Lake Street.

Nolan described the appearance and materials — plastic sheathing over a galvanized frame — as similar to highway sheds in the towns of New Haven, Ferrisburgh, Starksboro and Hinesburg. He added a number of farms have in recent years added similar buildings.

One catch came with those dimensions. The building meets all zoning setbacks, but the zoning district that includes the highway department headquarters imposes a 35-foot height limit.

The highway department is seeking a height variance from the Addison Development Review Board, which will convene a public hearing at the town clerk’s office on Monday at 7 p.m.

Nolan said the height is a structural necessity in order to put up a building with that footprint.

“It’s all based on the structure. We could go shorter, but then it would have to be narrower,” he said.

Nolan added he believed a number of farm structures in the district might also already exceed the height limit.

If the Addison DRB grants the variance, Nolan said it would then be up to the Addison selectboard to make final a deal for the financing, possibly at its May meeting. He’ll be sitting tight until then.

“Until that happens I don’t order anything,” he said.

The new shed will not bring everything in the department up to state muster, Nolan said. One reason for the storage bay in the planned shed is that trucks covered with snow and salt can be cleaned off without floor drains, a practice that state officials frown upon.

Addison’s existing garage has floor drains, and environmental officials also do not approve of towns doing maintenance of vehicles in buildings with drains because of potential groundwater pollution, Nolan said.

“That’s a no-no these days,” he said, adding that once the shed is up, “That will be next year’s project.”

Adding the storage bay to the planned shed was a cost-effective way to solve part of the problem, and Nolan said he and the selectboard will continue to try to deal with issues while imposing as little a burden as possible on town taxpayers.

“We’re trying to do it and be reasonable with our budget,” Nolan said.

Addison Independent, Monday, April 22, 2019 — PAGE 3

GMP: 100% renewable energy within 11 years

CHRISTOPHER THERRIEN, CENTER, stands by the benches he made and donated to the Vergennes Residential Care Home as part of his Eagle Scout project. With him are Rebecca Stearns and Jackson Bennett.

Photo courtesy Susan Therrien

Therrien complete Eagle Scout project VERGENNES — Christopher Therrien of the Vergennes Boy Scout Troop 539 completed his Eagle Project by making and donating two benches to the Vergennes Residential Care Home on North Street in Vergennes on April 6.

The project was the culmination of months of work by Therrien and his volunteers in seeking material donations, developing plans, organizing the work, and arranging the donation time.

Therrien has been an active scout in the Vergennes area since he began

as a Tiger Cub Scout in first grade.

Now a freshman at Vergennes Union High School, he has been active in the scouting program for almost nine years, and actively volunteers to mentor elementary age scouts.

Therrien is also a Black Belt in Tae kwon do, is a certified SCUBA diver, is a member of the Vergennes High School Cross Country and Track & Field Teams, and maintains honor roll level academics.

When donating the benches Therrien said, “I hope the residents of the care home can use these

benches to spend time outdoors and enjoy the summer music in the park.” Therrien will be seeking approval to the rank of Eagle Scout the later this year.

By ELIZABETH GRIBKOFF renewable and 90 percent carbon VTDigger.org free, which Josh Castonguay, the The state’s largest electricity company’s chief innovation officer, utility, Green Mountain Power, referred to as “a good starting point.” has announced plans to procure Nuclear, which the utility 100 percent of its electricity from estimates will account for 27.9 renewable sources by 2030. percent of its supply in 2018, does Three other utilities in the state not count as a renewable source of — Burlington Electric Department, energy under state law. Castonguay Swanton Electric Department said there’s going to be a “transition and Washington Electric Co-op period” over the next decade away — already have 100 from nuclear. percent renewable “We think “That’s why we’re portfolios. doing this phased-in Mary Powell, the our utilities approach,” he said. chief executive of GMP, are generally GMP plans to have made the announcement ahead of the a fully renewable Saturday in South game there. energy supply through Burlington. She said And given the a combination of the utility, which serves increased locally availability of 75 percent of the state, generated solar and plans to have a “carbon relatively low energy storage and by free” electricity supply cost renewable purchasing more wind by 2025. resources, we and hydro energy, “The U.N. think all that is according to a statement I n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l achievable.” from the company.

Panel on Climate Almost all of the — Riley Allen Change report makes utility’s renewable clear, we have to act electricity currently now, and take bold steps to cut comes from hydro. GMP owns 44 of carbon,” Powell said in a statement, its own hydroelectric plants and has referencing a bombshell IPCC power purchase agreements in place report that came out last fall. to buy additional hydroelectricity.

Capping global warming at a 1.5 Castonguay said the utility will degrees Celsius increase would maximize how much power is require global carbon dioxide coming from existing hydroemissions to decline 45 percent facilities and purchase more as from 2010 levels in the next 12 needed. years, wrote the report authors.

GMP estimates that solar will Green Mountain Power’s current account for 1.7 percent of its power power supply is just over 60 percent (See Renewable energy, Page 6

HOPE my cupboard in a couple of days,’” (Continued from Page 2) recently donated by the Middlebury she said. “Feeding kids takes so College Student Athlete Advisory much more food than some people realize.”

Committee. That food Both Bradburn and was included in food HOPE realize it’ll be a packages for children “Feeding kids challenge to get food to to take home prior to takes so much children that need the this week-long more food than the it during the summer, spring vacation, which when there’ll no longer began this past Friday, some people be school bus service.

April 19. realize.”

Lily Bradburn is — Lily Bradburn Montross cited dropHOPE’s local food of HOPE points, summer camp locations and volunteer access coordinator. delivery people as “When it comes time for school breaks and summer among potential solutions.

“This is in the early stages,” she breaks, it creates such a void for meals,” Bradburn said. “It’s a huge stressed.

Anyone able to help HOPE’s burden to put on families.”

She and other HOPE officials often summer meals effort as a volunteer hear a common refrain from food or donor should contact Bradburn at lbradburn@hope-vt.org. shelf visitors during school breaks.

Reporter John Flowers is at “They say, ‘All my kids are home, I have to feed them; they emptied johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Editorial Mueller’s report: Why care?

We would bet that four days after the release of the 448-page Mueller Report, most of our readers haven’t seen the document itself. No surprise.

Outside the Washington Beltway, most Americans don’t delve that deeply into the details of Washington politics. That’s to be expected; that’s the job of news reporters. The challenge most Americans face, then, is to determine which sources of information they should rely on. Here’s a tip: pick more than one and make sure they at least have the objective of being truthful. In the national news about Trump, that eliminates FoxNews, but otherwise pick your sources, understanding their liberal or conservative bias, and interpret that information accordingly.

More importantly, however, is to ask yourself why you should care; what is it about this government report that makes the Mueller investigation important to you?

Here’s our reason why it matters, then our take on the report: • Why care? Mueller’s report plays into the larger context of whether the nation is effectively governed by the Founding Father’s three-legged stool: a system of checks and balances between the executive, judicial and legislative branches. The report examines what may have been efforts

by Trump’s team to collude with Russia to sway the election, then try to cover up actions of the campaign (obstruction of justice). More than a dozen have been arrested so far, and the report has spawned a dozen more ongoing investigations. And there is ample evidence that Trump would have behave as an autocrat, if his staff would not have prevented it.

If the checks and balances aren’t adequate to do the job, we’re in danger of losing our democracy. That’s why this report and Trump’s presidency have heightened importance. Rarely, if ever, has America elected a president who has been so willing to work against its Constitutional premises and to so eagerly push the nation toward oligarchy; and never before has the nation seen the justice department, now in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, be so willing to collude in that effort.

What’s important to each American is that they understand what’s at stake, and to determine not just Trump’s innocence or guilt on the specific matters of the Mueller investigation, but whether Trump is fit to be president.

• About the Mueller Report: It did not exonerate President Trump from obstruction of justice, despite what Barr and Trump keep saying. What the Mueller Report states is that the special counsel could not exonerate President Trump from the charges of obstruction based on the evidence.

The key passage from Mueller’s report is: “The evidence we obtained about the president’s actions and intent (on obstruction of justice) presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state (italics added). Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

• But the report also indicates that once Trump is out of office, there is due cause to press the case and, perhaps, ample evidence to prosecute.

• The report also paints a damning portrayal of a president who depends on lies and deceit to govern; and importantly that he directed his staff to lie and commit crimes on his behalf to obstruct justice, but that several refused to do so.

• While Mueller did not cite the president for obstruction of justice, he does encourage Congress to hold the president accountable to the extent it can. That is, by holding hearings (to determine if the president is fit to hold office), or to impeach.

• And while the report did not find any concrete evidence of Trump’s team colluding with the Russians to sway the election, there were numerous suspicious connections between the Trump campaign team, notably Donald Trump Jr., to be a part of such an effort. And it’s shocking to read in such blunt terms that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election “in sweeping and systematic fashion” — a fact that the president rejected outright for months after the election (even as his team had known of such efforts.) It’s also true that much of the evidence linking the Trump campaign and the Russian election interference has been redacted, so there is still more to learn.

• Readers should also pay attention to the numerous caveats Barr has created on the president’s behalf, such as not being able to cite a sitting president, and the very definition of collusion he structured around the stolen Clinton emails from Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

To draw your own conclusions (about these things and much more), go to the full report at https://nyti.ms/2vcL1J4; and here’s a good commentary by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks: https://nyti. ms/2IIG4jb.

Angelo Lynn

Feeling the beat

SENY DAFFE PLAYS a West African instrument at Bingham Elementary School in Cornwall on April 12 while students practice singing their song before a school concert. Daffe and his partner, Simbo Camara, performed drums and other instruments at the Cornwall school that week.

Photo courtesy of Jen Kravitz

Letters to the Editor Pool World at risk of closing its doors in Middlebury I work at Pool World and will have worked for our owner and founder Tom Booska for 47 years this May 10. Presently I manage the Middlebury location with Nick Tonzola, who has worked with me since our moving there in 1995.

Two years ago we added another full-time employee, Rinda Stokes.

Each season we also hire seasonal employees.

Business with our customers has been great and their support through the recession allowed us to continue service at this location. We

continually are at battle to stay in business providing the fun products

and services that make family (See Letter, Page 5)

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Self-perpetuating nonprofit boards need oversight

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lot when Greg’s was full tilt and while at times crowded it was dynamic in that all the businesses here made it work.

Please voice your concerns to people that can change this course.

To Quote Joni Mitchell & The Big Yellow Taxi: “Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s Gone They Paved Paradise And Put up a parking lot.”

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season. Nick, Rinda and I are just “worker bees” in this picture and will show up and do our job wherever asked. We love what we do and would hope we could continue to do so here.

Certainly a budding new store is not going to need more parking than the well-established customer draw of Greg’s Market for at least a year. If the only way to satisfy the parking needs of the new market is to tear down the present Pool World store, at least postpone its removal for near one year allowing the renovation of another location in Middlebury to house Pool World and its continued customer draw to Middlebury.

The existing parking lot was the

diverse group with vastly different backgrounds and experiences.

• A more open, transparent, and inclusive process helps the public, your customers, and your fund raising base understand board activities that had been invisible and unknown to them in the past.

• This new openness and understanding will build a reservoir of goodwill and empathy when tough times and tough decisions come to a nonprofit as sometimes happens like at Springfield Hospital or Southern Vermont College.

• Those not chosen for the board could become an active pool of highly qualified folks ready to step up if needed. And innovative new ways can be found to harness their energies and talents.

• And most importantly for nonprofits this new openness may create new ways to raise funds.

I’m asking the most influential and powerful self-perpetuating nonprofit boards in Vermont to open up the process. It’s long overdue and something Vermonters will appreciate, support and reward.

Please consider this commentary an open offer from me to speak with your board and explain these ideas.

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(Continued from Page 4) dreams into reality.

Today we are faced with a challenge that we may not survive in the Middlebury market. On April 1 we received a termination letter from our landlord demanding that we vacate the premises

by May 1 so that our building can be torn down to make a larger parking lot to service the former Greg’s market before it can open for business.

I find it rather ironic that in this age of making Green including the recent Middlebury March on Montpelier and then a grant-funded study to see about bringing business to downtown Middlebury that this should continue forward at this time.

Why tear down and remove from the property tax rolls a building and business that brings people from the region to shop with us and spend time in other area stores and restaurants contributing to the local tax. I can’t give any figures to this other than we service and sell supplies to some 900-plus pool and spa customers who we see as family, friends and neighbors.

If Pool World is forced to vacate its present facility in Middlebury now, it will incur great financial hardship and will force its customer base to search out other sources of supplies and service. To not have a presence in Middlebury for a season would make no economic sense for Pool World to return in the future. We are on the verge of starting our

bylaws on their website, shouldn’t get your charitable donation, period.

• Your board-recruiting paradigm should now be “crowdsourcing for board members.” Expand the pool from which you recruit new members from the present board members’ friends, acquaintances and “recommends.” Expand the recruiting sources and publicly list the organizations that will receive recruitment notices for new board members.

• Work to create new ways to include the public in your board activities. Begin by asking for ideas on your website. The creation of temporary committees composed of both board members and qualified public members is an excellent place to start.

• See the board and its activities from the public’s perspective, not yours. Consider adopting a formal plan to educate, inform, and enlighten the public about the board. ********** What will these newly “democratized” nonprofit organizations gain?

• More qualified board applicants to choose from in a tough recruiting environment. They will be a more

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the public. These self-perpetuating of “large” human service organizaboards are guided by bylaws you tions based in Middlebury, accordcan’t find on their websites (you ing to the data base assembled by have to call to get them). They are Seven Days.

Is it important who sits on these advised by nominating committees whose members aren’t identified, self-perpetuating boards and how much the public is who recruit new members by means and involved? at locations known You bet it is. only to themselves, Open up the recruitscreened by criteria ing process and there never shown to the is a wealth of ideas, This week’s writer public, and then the talent and energy is Matt Krauss new members are just waiting for the of Stowe, who is announced through a right nonprofit CEO a happily retired press release as if they or Board Chair with state employee and just appeared from vision and courage to a former Vermont behind a magician’s reach out and grasp it. legislator. cape.

For those nonprofit These large nonprofboards willing to seize its are where you go to get health that opportunity, here are five care, renewable energy services, modest first-steps to open up the the news you read, colleges you process: attend, mental health services, • On your website encourage apply for grants, etc. Here are just those who volunteer, support, some of the nonprofits that are contribute, and are in your service known by many: VPR, VTDigger, area to apply for the board. Not UVM Medical Center, Porter Med- asking your most ardent supporters ical Center, UVM, Vermont State to apply sends a horrible message.

Colleges, Vermont Community • Promote a much more open disFoundation, Vermont Land Trust, play of the bylaws that outline how The Flynn Center, VPIRG 501(c)4, the organization regulates itself.

Green Mountain Club, Vermont Any large nonprofit organization Law School, and there are a host that doesn’t post (or link to) their

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In 2018, Seven Days ran a series of articles regarding nonprofit organizations. They did a great service explaining to Vermonters how large the Vermont nonprofit sector has become, their CEO salaries, etc. Unfortunately, I believe they may have missed an important story.

They could have focused upon the large, self-perpetuating nonprofit boards that hire and oversee the CEOs, set their salaries, determine the nonprofit’s policies, and make the real decisions.

Now before anyone starts lambasting me, let’s agree board members are hard working, dedicated and toil in obscurity for no remuneration. And I am not disparaging the vital services these nonprofits provide Vermonters.

However, no matter how noble the cause, no matter how vital the need, the citizens of Vermont deserve more understanding of — and involvement in — these self-perpetuating boards. Moreover, the way the boards are chosen should change. And, let’s start by saying a large nonprofit is defined by $1,250,000 or more in revenue.

Getting named to a large nonprofit board is a bit of an enigma to

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries Mavis Munger, 84, Shoreham

William Saunders, 94, Bristol BRISTOL — William Elwell Saunders of Bristol, Vermont, age 94, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at The Arbors at Shelburne in Shelburne, VT. He was born on July 16, 1924, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to William Edward Saunders and Alice Elizabeth Elwell.

He married Beryl June Wiley in 1948. They soon moved to Vermont and purchased a farm in New Haven, where they lived for many years. They later resided in Bristol.

He is survived by seven children; Lee, William Dean (Gertrude), Alan (Diane), Thomas (Sibylle), Hal, Todd (Barbara) Saunders and Cheryl (Daniel) Heath; twelve grandchildren; Mary Ann Wood, Danielle Dygert, Stacy Sherman, Adam Heath, Miranda Rickert, Amanda, William Michael, Jason, Ross, Liz, Molly and Sophie Saunders; and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased

SHOREHAM — Mavis (Measures) Munger, longtime resident of Shoreham, Vermont, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.

She was born in Leicester, England, on Jan. 7, 1935, to John and Ellen (Waters) Measures, was predeceased by five siblings, and survived by her sister, Pauline.

Mavis is also survived by her eight children, Gail (Anderson) Sampson, Michael Anderson, Lynn (Anderson) Watson (Tom), David Anderson, WALLACE SCOTT Steven Anderson, Richard Anderson, Glenn Munger (Lauri), Jason Munger (Lori), as well as many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even two great-great-grandchildren.

A celebration of her life will be VERGENNES — The celebra- held at the Shoreham Congregational tion of life for Wallace Scott of Church on Monday, April 22, at 2 Vergennes, who left us on Jan. 26, p.m. immediately followed by a at the age of 94, will be held at the reception at the Bridport Masonic/ Bixby Memorial Free Library in Community Hall.

In lieu of flowers, please consider Vergennes, Vt., on Saturday, April 27, from 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your a donation to Shoreham Platt (Continued from Page 3) memories and a story to share with Memorial Library, Mavis Munger supply in 2018, after it sells renewChildren’s Fund, 279 Main St., able energy credits. The utility has family and friends.◊ Shoreham, VT 05770. ◊ two existing solar and battery storage projects in Rutland and Panton, with three more planned projects approved by the Public Utility Obituary Guidelines Commission in Essex, Ferrisburgh The Independent will publish paid obitu‑ and Milton. And over 15,000 GMP aries and free notices of passing. Paid customers have solar systems obituaries cost 25 cents per word and will be published, as submitted, on the date of through third-party solar companies, the family’s choosing. Paid obituaries are according to the company’s press marked with a “◊” symbol at the end. release.

The Independent offers a free notice of “We continue to have net meterpassing up to 100 words, subject to editing ing planned in our future…but we’re by our news department. Photos with either paid obituaries or free notices cost $10 also looking at other solar opportuper photo. Obituaries may be emailed to nities” like community solar, said obits@addisonindependent.com, or call Castonguay, adding that battery stor802‑388‑4944 for more information. age was key for managing additional solar. GMP draws on stored power in home energy storage devices to reduce peak demand, which is when Where our Roots Are Planted. electricity is most costly.

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by his wife and grandson, Hal Saunders Jr. In addition to his farm in New Haven, he was employed for nearly 43 years by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture as a dairy inspector, inspecting farms in Vermont and surrounding states, until his retirement in 1991. In that position, he was well acquainted with farmers and dairymen throughout Vermont and across New England. He enjoyed the outdoors and was happiest when he was working hard. He still assisted on his children’s farms well into his 90s.

Bill will be remembered for his love of conversation and enthusiasm in meeting new people.

The family would like to extend WILLIAM SAUNDERS our gratitude to the staff at The Arbors for the care and kindness shown to Bill in the past months.

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Raffle aims to ‘Keep the Bells Ringing’ MIDDLEBURY — Doris Grimm together with friends and meeting was an artist especially talented new ones. She was a stickler about in quilt making. She believed that her fabric points and pin positions quilts should be given and used and and would spend hours in her that the stitches were full of stories. studio laying out colors, fabrics, Four special quilts and positions. She from Grimm will loved her journeys to be auctioned this “Members and catch up with friends coming Saturday as friends of St. at quilt conventions part of the “Keep Stephen’s have and searches for the Bells Ringing” been collecting for perfect fabrics and St. Stephen’s Live She over a year getting combinations.

Auction. loved challenges, The sale, which ready to host the new designs and will include many Keep the Bells giving her quilts to more items to bid Ringing Auction. others.

Plain and on, will be held from It will be a great simple, she loved to 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, opportunity for the make and give quilts.

April 27, at the VFW Doris lost her community to find battle building on Exchange with cancer Street in Middlebury. treasures and to last year. When she “Members and help fund needed knew she wouldn’t friends of St. repairs to the finish her last quilts Stephen’s have been historic church on she donated them to collecting for over the green!”

“Stitched Together,” a year getting ready the sewing circle at — Tom Klemmer St. Stephen’s that to host the Keep the Bells Ringing she helped found.

Auction,” Auction chair Tom She was greatly loved as a quilting Klemmer reports. “It will be a great mentor and dear friend; she was opportunity for the community part of the binding that held the to find treasures and to help fund group together. When her health needed repairs to the historic church began to decline, meetings moved on the green!” to her house, where she loved Quilter Grimm loved the sharing her projects as well as camaraderie of the quilting circle photos and stories of her lifetime and enjoyed meeting people from of quilting accomplishments. She all walks of life with a passion to actively participated in many of the create beautiful art with fabric. She decisions about how to finish these started over 40 years ago getting four quilts and enjoyed seeing the

THIS IS ONE of four special quilts that will be on offer at the St. Stephen’s “Keep the Bells Ringing” auction at the VFW in Middlebury this coming Saturday.

work progress.

All four quilts will be featured in the April 27 auction to benefit the Historic Building Fund of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Alongside the quilts will be fine antiques, art, handmade furniture, local artisan crafts, a week in lovely house on the coast of Maine, a Lake Champlain boat ride and a host of other fun and exciting items, including a great used 2008 Mazda Sedan.

Barbara Blodgett, auction committee member, says, “I am particularly excited about the Amy Oxford hooked rug depicting the Middlebury landscape scene from the St. Stephen’s altar window.”

Tom Broughton will be the auctioneer, the VFW Auxiliary will be offering refreshments and there will be trucks available to deliver large items within a reasonable distance.

The preview of items begins at 3 p.m. and Broughton will begin the live auction at 4 p.m.

More information is online at ststephensmidd.org.

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MONDAY

Legislative Breakfast in Whiting.

Monday, April 22, 7-8:45 a.m., 29 S. Main St. 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 New Haven.

Monday, April 22, 11:30 a.m., Porky’s Place, Route 7. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., meal served at noon of pulled pork, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, wheat roll, and tapioca pudding with granola crumbles. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-3882287 to inquire.

American Red Cross Blood Donation in Brandon. Monday, April 22, noon-5 p.m., Brandon American Legion, 550 Franklin St. Give blood or platelets during National Volunteer Month this April. Eligible donors of all blood types — especially type O — are needed to help ensure blood products are available for patients this spring.

Earthday 2019: Nourishing Change Through The Arts in Middlebury. Monday, April 22, 4-7 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. What is the relationship between human beings and the planet. Explore this question through the art of students, faculty, and professionals in dance, music, and visual art.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 23, 10 a.m.

Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln., Vergennes.

Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of cheese ravioli with meat sauce, broccoli florets, wheat bread, and peaches. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Willow weaving in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 23, 1 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Middlebury Garden Club presents Susie Gray, who will do a presentation focusing on growing, harvesting and making things from willow, such as hurdles, continuous weave fences, fedges (living fences), and other living structures such as bowers, domes, tunnels and seats and benches both for play and relaxation.

Free and open to the public.

Lore Segal Reading from “The Journal I Didn’t Keep” in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 23, 4:30 p.m., Hillcrest 103, Hillcrest Rd. Former professor at the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference and Pulitzer-Price-nominated writer Lore Segal is best known for her autobiographical novel “Other People’s Houses,” in which she describes her escape from Hitler’s Vienna in 1938 on a Kindertransport and subsequent exile in England, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.

Quilter Hope Johnson in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 23, 7-8:30 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. The Milk & Honey Quilter’s Guild hosts award-winning quilter Hope Johnson. She will share the story of her creative and charitable work in collaboration with the beekeeping community. A trunk show will be included in the event. More info at vermontquiltbee.com, milkandhoneyquilters.com or milkandhoneyquilt@yahoo.com.

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“Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport” on screen in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 24, 4:30 p.m., Room 232, Axinn Center, Old Chapel Rd. Come see this Academy-Award-winning documentary that traces the remarkable British rescue operation that saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Kindertransport survivor Lore Segal will be present during the Q&A. “Murder and Indigenous Mobility in NineteenthCentury Vermont” in Orwell. Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m., Orwell Free Library, 423 Main St. Vermont is the traditional homeland of the Abenaki people, and current conversations about indigenous Vermont focus on Abenaki persistence on the land. Cultural historian Jill Mudgett tells another story about indigeneity in Vermont by focusing on a man from southern New England who arrived in Vermont during the late nineteenth century and was then murdered in the Vermont woods. Surviving archival documents of the murder and subsequent trial not only tell us what white Vermonters thought about indigeneity, but reveal much about Native agency, mobility, and presence on the land.

“Glacier National Park: Reflections from an Artist (and Angler)” in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 24, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Through image, video, and story, Matthew Dickerson will share some of his experiences as June 2017 artist-in-residence at Glacier National Park in Montana. The presentation will focus on river and lake ecology and the native fishes of the west slope and the impact and future threats from invasive species and climate change.

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Green Mountain Club hike in Bristol. *RESCHEDULED from Friday April 12*. Thursday April 25, the Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Moderate, approx.

5-mile hike on the Waterworks property, mostly level. Mostly gradual elevation gain of 550’ to west ridge and overlook. Dress for the weather; waterproof boots recommended. Bring poles, water and a hearty snack or lunch. Meet at parking area on Plank Road at 9 a.m. Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407 to confirm. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, April 25, 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 Part 3 at 11 a.m. Meal served at noon of turkey a la king, mashed potatoes, Harvard beets, biscuits and pumpkin custard with cream. 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.

American Red Cross Blood Donation in Middlebury. Thursday, April 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury College, 58 Hepburn Rd. Give blood or platelets during National Volunteer Month this April. Eligible donors of all blood types — especially type O — are needed to help ensure blood products are available for patients this spring.

Gun control advocate Evelyn Augusto in Middlebury. Thursday, April 25, 1-3 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Otter Creek Poetry Workshop and Ilsley Library welcome Augusto to talk about the role poetry can play in this critical social issue.

Her motto is “Guns Don’t Save People, Poets Do.” A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Join an experience that will help you understand how it feels to manage the many challenges dementia presents. Certified Dementia Practitioners to take you through an experience to better create a positive environment for those with dementia.

Free, open to the public and fully accessible.

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

Middle East policy lecture by Ambassador Barbara Leaf in Middlebury. Thursday, April 25, 4:30-6 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, 148 Hillcrest Rd. The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs hosts Barbara A. Leaf, the U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2014-2018 and Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.

“We Are All Fast Food Workers Now” in Middlebury. Thursday, April 25, 4:30 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, 148 Hillcrest Rd. The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs hosts this lecture by Annelise Orleck, a professor of History at Dartmouth College and the author of five books on the history of U.S. women, politics, immigration, and activism.

Orleck will discuss low-wage worker movements from around the globe, specifically those of fastfood workers and farmworkers in places such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, and the United States.

Red Scare discussion in Vergennes. Thursday, April 25, 6-7 p.m., Community Room, Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Authors and historians Rick Winston and David Holmes will facilitate a lively discussion centered on the anti-Communist fear known as the Red Scare and how if affected Vermont. The first 20 attendees will receive a free copy of Winston’s “Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era 1946-1960.” Copies of Holmes’s “Stalking the Academic Communist: Intellectual Freedom and the Firing of Alex Novikoff” will also be available. Light refreshments. ADA accessible by a lift. More info call 802-877-2211.

Gong and sound immersion in Middlebury.

Thursday, April 25, 7-8 p.m. Illuminate, 211 Maple St, Middlebury. Andrew Noethiger returns to Middlebury to offer an evening of sound immersion and vibrations that resonate with the body, mind and soul using an array of gongs, bowls, bells and chimes. Bring a yoga mat or

blanket to lay on. Not recommended for children under 8 or pregnant women. Suggested donation $20. More info contact Andrew at gonggroove@yahoo.com or 802-777-9887.

“Songs, Tunes and Tales from Northumbria” in Bristol. Thursday, April 25, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. Musicians Mike Walker, Wayne Lauden and Casey Burger will dive into the heritage of the region of England known as Northumbria.

Sponsored by One World Library Project. Free and accessible.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, this musical puts audiences front and center at one of the quirkiest competitive events of the school year.

Six awkward middle-school spellers try to keep their cool and win the bee while three well-intentioned adults run the show. Tickets $17, available at Town Hall Theater Box Office.

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FRIDAY

Rummage and food sale Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 N. Pleasant St. Men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, dishes, purses, collectables, lots of jewelry, shoes, books and puzzles.

Something for everyone. Food sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30, meal served at noon of ham dinner with mashed potatoes, peas, coleslaw, dinner roll and strawberry shortcake. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Jay Parini lectures in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come hear Middlebury College professor Parini talk about his new novel, “The Damascus Road,” about the apostle Paul and his companion and fellow missionary, Luke.

Free, open to the public and fully accessible.

Space is limited. RSVP required to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393, or sbennett@residenceottercreek.com.

Bluegrass concert in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Local Bluegrass veteran Gregg Humphrey (guitar and vocals) teams up with Middlebury College sophomore Sam Chester (banjo and guitar) and Chris Prickitt (banjo and fiddle) for some bluegrass and traditional music in EastView’s Bistro. Free and open to the public.

Artists’ reception in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 5-7 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Route 7. Come to an art reception for Heidi and Betsy McCarthy. Heidi McCarthy, a studio assistant/potter at the school, is showing her

WEDNESDAY

Mobile Making Workshop in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m., BUNDLE @ 60 Main St. Come to the Middlebury’s new Pop-Up event space and create a felt hanging mobile to decorate your favorite spaces. $30 all materials included. Register at rootstudiovt@gmail.com.

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SEE TRILLIUM, BLOODROOT, Trout Lilies and more at the Spring wildflower walk in Orwell on Sunday, April 28, 1-3 p.m., at Mount Independence State Historic Site. Learn where and how to look for early wildflowers, to identify the flowers you see, their common and scientific names and discuss their habitat while enjoying the wild blooms that announce the arrival of spring.

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Japanese-style stoneware garden lanterns and Betsy McCarthy, a graphic designer and Heidi’s daughter, titled her installation, “One Hundred Days of Art.” There will also be the closing reception of the “Pit Stop” show featuring Debbee Smith’s collage boxes. There will be cups for sale, tea and refreshments.

Brentano String Quartet and Dawn Upshaw in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Come hear this acclaimed quartet, joined by five-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw, as they perform Haydn’s Op. 20 No. 2 and Bartók’s second quartet, and Schoenberg’s second quartet and Respighi’s Il Tramonto (The Sunset). Reserved seating tickets $30 for adults/$25 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 for youth/$6 for Middlebury College students, available at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury. edu/arts/tickets.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, this musical puts audiences front and center at one of the quirkiest competitive events of the school year. Six awkward middle-school spellers try to keep their cool and win the bee while three well-intentioned adults run the show. Tickets $25/$20 student, available at Town Hall Theater Box Office.

Stargazing open house in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 9-10:30 p.m., Mittelman Observatory, Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way, weather permitting. Get a closer view of Mars, a variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae through the Observatory’s telescopes. Free and open to the public as long as the sky is mostly clear. To confirm go to go.middlebury.edu/ observatory/ or call the Observatory at 802-4432266 after 7 p.m. on the evening of the event.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club wildflower hike in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 27, Kingsland Bay State Park. Easy two-mile leisurely walk with hope of seeing trillia and other wildflowers. More info contact Liana Merrill at merrill.liana@gmail.com or 603-969-5449. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Bake and soup sale in East Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., East Middlebury United Methodist Church, Jct. Routes 116 and 125.

Baked beans, doughnuts, breads, cookies, soups and chowders.

Rummage sale in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m.-noon, Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 N. Pleasant St. Bag day. Fill a bag for just $3.

Pop-up rebag-making in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 60 Main St. 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.

Wild Middlebury Bioblitz in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Join Otter Creek Audubon Society and Middlebury Land trust to discover and document the flora and fauna of Otter View Park for their inaugural rapid attempt to catalogue as many species as possible. People of all ages and levels of expertise are encouraged to join.

Auction fundraiser in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 3-7 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. St. Stephen’s holds this auction of fine and fun items, including a used Mazda 3, fine antiques, gold jewelry, a hand-hooked rug by Amy Oxford, a catered dinner for 6 and many, more items Proceeds go toward maintenance projects for the historic church. Preview, 3-4 p.m., live auction

by Tom Broughton at 4 p.m. Refreshments available! More info contact St. Stephen’s office at 802-388-7200.

“Too Late to Die Young” (original title “Tarde Para Morir Joven) on screen in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 27, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. 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. Free.

Marshall Highet and Bird Stasz Jones in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 4 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Highet and Jones will read from, discuss and sign their new book, “Hold Fast.” Presented as part of Independent Bookstore Day, a celebration of independent bookstores nationwide. Free and open to the public.

Introduction to bullhead fishing in Panton.

Friday, April 26, 6-9 p.m., TBD. Come to this Vermont Fish & Wildlife clinic and explore different fishing styles to target bullhead — nocturnal bottom feeders found in many of the shallower, muddier lakes, ponds, and rivers of Vermont.

Equipment provided. Dress for the weather. Free.

Bring snacks or a meal. Space limited to first 30 registrants. Pre-registration required at vtfishandwildlife.com. Directions to the meeting spot will be given upon registering.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 27, 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.

Sean Ashby performs in Brandon. Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear one of North Americas go-to guitarists, whose guitar playing has appeared on albums with sales in excess of 10 million copies worldwide... so far. Concert tickets Concert tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25.

Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info contact Edna at 802-247-4295 or info@brandonmusic.net.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, this musical puts audiences front and center at one of the quirkiest competitive events of the school year. Six awkward middle-school spellers try to keep their cool and win the bee while three wellintentioned adults run the show. Tickets $25/$20 student, available at Town Hall Theater Box Office.

Miles Donahue and friends perform in Middlebury. Saturday, April 27, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter field Rd. Come hers saxophonist Donahue with special guests: Rick Peckham, professor, Berklee College of Music, guitar; Norm Zocher, professor, New England Conservatoryon, guitar; Geza Carr, drums; and Anthony Santor bass. Free and open to the public.

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Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Jam session at 11 a.m., music and dancing noon-5 p.m. $3 donation. Refreshments. All fiddlers welcome.

Relay for Life in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, noon-6 p.m., behind Battell Residence Hall, Middlebury College. Honor individuals and families that have been affected by cancer and help the American Cancer Society fundraiser raise funds to support cancer research. This year’s event will be a carnival, with lots of food, lawn games, bottle and ring toss, a dunk tank, a bounce house, live entertainment, traditional Relay For Life events like the survivors lap and luminaria ceremony. Tickets $10.

Spring wildflower walk in Orwell. Sunday, April 28, 1-3 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 472 Mt. Independence Rd. Join a guided walk to look for spring wildflowers with Amy Olmsted, horticulturist with Rocky Dale Gardens in Bristol. Learn where and how to look for early wildflowers, to identify the flowers you see, their common and scientific names and discuss their habitat. Wear sturdy shoes, dress for the weather,

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Heavens above

MITTELMAN OBSERVATORY AT Middlebury College will host its first stargazing open house of the year on Friday, April 26, from 9-10:30 p.m., Mittelman Observatory is located at the top of Bicentennial Hall. Get a closer view of Mars, a variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae through the observatory’s telescopes. Be sure to call the observatory to confirm, as viewing is dependent upon clear skies.

Photo courtesy Mittelman Observatory

be prepared for the trails and bring water. Tickets $5 adults/children under 15 free. More info call 802-759-2412.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on stage in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, this musical puts audiences front and center at one of the quirkiest competitive events of the school year. Six awkward middle-school spellers try to keep their cool and win the bee while three wellintentioned adults run the show. Tickets $25/$20 student, available at Town Hall Theater Box Office.

Heron Fire in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Hear folk, rock, country, comedy, blues, jazz and even a smattering of original material, rich with tight vocal harmonies and a unique sound and style of guitar work. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Ladies’ Night Out Women’s Chorus in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 3 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Come hear LNO and join in the singing in celebration of women and spring. Suggested donation $10.

Comfort Food for a Cause in Middlebury.

Sunday, April 28, 4-7 p.m., Middlebury Inn, 16 Court Square. Join this evening of delicious food, a silent auction, and live music to raise funds for Dinners With Love and celebrate 10 years of the organization bringing food to the needy. Tickets are $50, and include a welcome reception, threecourse meal, beer and wine, and live music by The Green Brothers Band.

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Legislative Breakfast in Granville.

Monday, April 29, 7-8:45 a.m., Granville Grange Hall, 82 Post Office Hill Rd. Talk with local legislators over breakfast. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Veterans’ luncheon in Middlebury. Monday, April 29, 1 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Calling all Veterans to join this monthly complimentary luncheon serving those who have served. Come meet other Veterans and friends and enjoy a delicious meal. Free, open to all Veterans and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

“No Small Matter” on screen in Middlebury.

Monday, April 29, 6 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. “No Small Matter” is the first full-length feature documentary that explores the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for leveling the playing field for children today — affordable access to high-quality child care.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with refreshments served in the cafe. Film at 6:15 p.m. followed by Q&A with

experts in the field. Space is limited. Reservations at secure.everyaction.com/NOXSB1CeUUCFu2KC76NAw2. More info at stephanie@letsgrowkids.org.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 30, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of roast pork, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, wheat roll and oatmeal raisin cookies. 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.

Addison County Community Trust annual meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 30, 4 p.m., Middlebury Inn, Court Sq. Meeting begins at 4 p.m. with a light reception to follow at 5 p.m. In addition to electing Directors and Officers, the meeting will include a presentation of the 2018 Annual Report.

LIVEMUSIC Greg Humphrey and friends in Middlebury.

Friday, April 26, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Brentano String Quartet and Dawn Upshaw in Middlebury. Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Sean Ashby performs in Brandon. Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Heron Fire in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Ladies’ Night Out Women’s Chorus in Middlebury. Sunday, April 28, 3 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society.

Middlebury Community Music Center student performance in Middlebury. Wednesday, May 1, 6-7 p.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury.

The Threatles Middlebury. Friday, May 3, 3:304:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

MCMC benefit concert in Middlebury. Saturday, May 4, 1-3 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Gypsy Reel in Brandon. Saturday, May 4, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Ordinary Elephant in Ripton. Saturday, May 4, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

The Good Parts in Bristol. Saturday, May 4, 8 p.m., Hatch 31.

See a full listing of

O N GO IN GEV ENTS in the Thursday edition of the

Addison Independent

and on the Web at www.addisonindependent.com

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Spellbinding quartet returns with acclaimed soprano April 26 The acclaimed Brentano String Quartet — hailed as “passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” (The Independent, London) — returns to Middlebury College on Friday, April 26, this time joined by five-time Grammy Awardwinning soprano Dawn Upshaw.

The performance will take place in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m.

The Brentano Quartet will play Haydn’s Op. 20, No. 2 and Bartók’s second quartet, and then will join Upshaw for performances of Schoenberg’s second quartet and Respighi’s “Il Tramonto” (The Sunset).

Both Brentano and Upshaw performed individually as part of the Performing Arts Series two years ago, and were very well received. When Director Allison Coyne Carroll heard that the two were developing a collaborative concert, she jumped at the chance to bring them back. “To have this much talent performing together on our Robison Hall stage will most surely be unforgettable,” she says.

Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet — including violinists Mark Steinberg and Serena Canin, violist Misha Amory, and cellist Nina Lee — has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim, DAWN UPSHAW TEAMS up with the Brentano String Quartet when they perform in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury on performing in such prestigious Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Photo courtesy Mahaney Arts Center venues as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the created for her including “The Library of Congress in Washington Great Gatsby” by John Harbison D.C., the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and the Grawemeyer AwardSuntory Hall in Tokyo, and the winning opera “L’Amour de Loin” Sydney Opera House. The Quartet

by Kaija Saariaho. had its first European tour in 1997, In 2007, Upshaw was named and was honored in the U.K. with a MacArthur Fellow — the first the Royal Philharmonic Award for vocal artist to be awarded the Most Outstanding Debut. five-year “genius” prize — and The Quartet are Artists in in 2008 she was named a Fellow Residence at Yale University of the American Academy of Arts following a long-term residency & Sciences. A five-time Grammy at Princeton, and also the Award winner, she is featured on collaborative ensemble for the Van more than 50 recordings, including Cliburn International the million-selling Piano Competition.

Symphony No. 3 by In 2012, the Quartet Henryk Gorecki for provided the central Nonesuch Records. music (Beethoven Opus Her most recent 131) for the critically Grammy was the acclaimed independent 2014 Best Classical film, “A Late Quartet,”

by Greg Pahl Vocal Solo Grammy starring Philip Seymour for Maria Schneider’s Hoffman and Christopher Winter Morning Walks Walken. on the ArtistShare Label.

The Quartet is named for Antonie Reserved seating tickets are $30 Brentano, whom many scholars for adults; $25 for Middlebury consider to be Beethoven’s College faculty, staff, emeriti, and “Immortal Beloved,” the intended alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for recipient of his famous love Middlebury College students; and confession. are on sale at 802-443-6433 or Dawn Upshaw has achieved middlebury.edu/arts/tickets. The worldwide celebrity as a singer Mahaney Center is located on the of a wide-ranging opera and campus of Middlebury College, at concert repertoire. Her acclaimed 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, performances on the opera stage just off Route 30 South. Parking is comprise the great Mozart roles as available curbside on Route 30 or well as modern works by Stravinsky, in the Arts Center parking lot.

Poulenc and Messiaen. On world THE 25TH ANNUAL stages, including the Metropolitan PUTNAM COUNTY Opera, where she began her career THE 25TH ANNUAL Putnam County Spelling Bee comes to the Town Hall Theater stage Thursday through SPELLING BEE AT THT in 1984 and has since made nearly Audiences everywhere have Sunday, April 25-28, in a Middlebury Community Players production. The show runs at 8 p.m. Thursday300 appearances, Upshaw has also Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

(See Arts Beat, Page 11) Photo/Stephen Diehl championed numerous new works

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Addison Independent, Monday, April 22, 2019 — PAGE 11

Cosmic Forecast For the week of April 22 ARIES: March 21-April 20. You may realize a long-term goal over the next few days, Aries. The sense of accomplishment can inspire you to try new things and set new goals.

THE INTERNATIONAL FILM “Too Late to Die Young” screens for free at Middlebury College’s Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. in Middlebury, on Saturday, April 27, at 3 and 8 p.m.

Photo courtesy Hirschfield International Film Series

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) fallen in love with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” and the Middlebury Community Players will stage this Tony Award-winning musical at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Thursday, April 25, at 8 p.m.

The performance will repeat on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m. as well as on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. There will be additional performances next week.

The premise is brilliant: Cast young adults to play middle schoolers competing in a spelling bee. Add some adult characters with “issues.” Layer in sophisticated but contagious music. Then — every single show — invite a few audience members onstage, cross your fingers, and hope the cast can keep everything under control.

What could go wrong? We asked first-time director Aimee Diehl to discuss some of her favorite moments in the show, but she demurred. “Can’t tell you most of them,” she said. “It would ruin the surprise. But we do throw candy!”

In the meantime, actors have enjoyed putting their personal stamps on their characters, she said.

“One is wearing a child’s dress that I had in my costume collection, and it’s one of the strangest, most mesmerizing things I’ve ever seen.

Another is wearing someone’s actual Boy Scout uniform, which was in storage but now has a second, glamorous life onstage.”

Music director Jennifer Allred has found unexpected inspiration at every turn. “It has been a gift to peel back the layers and discover so much hidden beauty,” she said.

At the same time, she added, “All of us house that dorky middle schooler inside of us somewhere and it’s lovely to acknowledge it.”

This family-friendly production is rated PG for mischievous behavior and a few bad words.

Tickets are $25 for adults,

$20 for students with ID — except for Thursday shows, which are discounted to $17.

For ticket information contact Town Hall Theater at 802-3829222, or townhalltheater.org.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided at the Sunday, April 28, matinee. The Town Hall Theater is located at 68 S. Pleasant St. in Middlebury.

INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES The 2018-2019 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday, April 27, at Middlebury College with the 2018 Chile|Brazil|Argentina|Net herlands|Qatar film, “Too Late to Die Young,” directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo.

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. They may live far from the dangers of the city, but not from those of nature.

It’s free. The film, in Spanish with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium at Sunderland, 356 College Street in Middlebury.

It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CHOIR The Middlebury College Choir will give a performance in Mead Memorial Chapel on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. The performance is a preview of the ensemble’s upcoming tour to New York, and will feature new compositions that explore every acoustic corner of the chapel. This department of music event is free and the public is welcome.

TAURUS: April 21-May 21. It can be challenging to balance private and public life, Taurus. Make a concerted effort to be open, but don’t overshare information, either. Work with others, if necessary.

GEMINI: May 22June 21. Gemini, you want to have momentum, but something trips you up and slows you down considerably. You have to find a work-around if you want to be happy.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Older, unresolved issues may bubble up this week and grab at your attention, Cancer. Seek out close companions who may be able to guide you through.

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LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Libra, the longer you let your needs go unaddressed, the more the pressure and stress will mount. Find a way to put yourself first this week.

SCORPIO: Oct. 24Nov. 22. Your sense of security and routine is put to the test with a new visitor to your household, Scorpio. This visitor may require a few concessions on your part.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec. 21. Sagittarius, try your best to breeze through interruptions at work this week.

Your projects are all on schedule, and you want to keep them going forward.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20. Your attention may be drawn to the material things in your life right now, Capricorn.

It is okay to focus on the niceties surrounding you once in a while.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23.

Leo, consistency at work starts to shine through in your career status and progress at the company.

Competition seems to fall away, and you take a leadership role.

AQUARIUS: Jan. 21-Feb. 18. Make some changes at home so that living spaces reflect your personality and desire for comfort and coziness, Aquarius. It can make for more harmonious living.

VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept.

22. Showcase your talents to people unfamiliar with what you can do, Virgo.

This renewed enthusiasm may inspire you and others going forward.

PISCES: Feb .19-March 20. You may be at a loss for words because distractions keep pulling you in different directions, Pisces. Stay the course the best you can.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS APRIL 21 - Tony Romo, Athlete (39) APRIL 22 - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Actor (53) APRIL 23 - Gigi Hadid, Model (24) APRIL 24 - Kelly Clarkson, Singer (37) APRIL 25 - Jason Lee, Actor (49) APRIL 26 - Kevin James, Comic actor (54) APRIL 27 - Ace Frehley, Guitarist (68)

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Schools (Continued from Page 1) to be replaced,’ we should really be on as we are was unsustainable, thinking about how to create a system from a bunch of different directions: that plans for declining enrollment, economic, declining enrollment, per- the facilities needs we have for all pupil costs and taxes,” ACSD board of our buildings, and make decisions Chairman Peter Conlon told the that are proactive, rather than crowd at the MUHS auditorium. reactive.”

District officials gave forum Conlon shared a wealth of data on participants four potential options for ACSD enrollment trends and on the whittling down the ACSD’s capital current state of district buildings. resources. Those options ranged Here are some highlights: from maintaining a single elementary • ACSD schools had a combined school to serve all ACSD children, to K-12 enrollment of 1,861 students keeping up to six of the current seven in 2008. That number has dwindled elementary buildings. to 1,711 students this year, and is Conlon called the facilities projected to further erode to 1,650 by review a commitment by the ACSD 2023 and 1,635 by 2026. to “being stronger, together.” He “We are among the high spending likened the current facilities master districts, in terms of per-pupil costs, planning process to and that challenge that which led to the will only continue — “We are district consolidating especially if we stay the its governance and among the way we are,” Conlon budgeting system under high spending said.

Act 46, back in 2017. The districts, in • A 2017 analysis ACSD is governed by a terms of perof each ACSD school lone board that oversees pupil costs, building’s maintenance a single, pre-K-12 needs revealed MUHS is education budget for all and that has a backlog of around Middlebury-area schools. challenge will $7.3 million in work The ACSD used to be only continue — more than any other made up of nine separate — especially school in the district. school boards and if we stay the Mary Hogan Elementary budgets. way we are.” is second on the list with Soon after unification, around $5.8 million in — Peter Conlon deferred the ACSD board looked maintenance, at the prospect of sending followed by MUMS the district’s 6th-graders to MUMS, to (around $1.9 million). join grades 7 and 8. Officials believed The Salisbury and Ripton schools such a move would lead to operational need the fewest repairs, at $439,580 efficiencies, level the learning playing and $541,899, respectively. Both of field for all 6th graders, and help the those schools are less than 30 years ACSD’s transition to an International old.

Baccalaureate program.

• Classrooms at all nine ACSD While district officials chose not schools are operating at less than to proceed with the 6th-grade-to- 75 percent capacity, according to MUMS idea, the study prompted district statistics. Bridport Central them to take a closer look all ACSD classrooms are operating at less than facilities.

25 percent capacity, according to “We decided we needed to look at district figures. the (6th grade) question in a bigger • Six of the ACSD’s seven context… and come up with a plan elementary schools have fewer than that addresses not only the needs 100 students. Elementary enrollment of our 6th graders, but the needs of figures for all seven, as of September our schools and school buildings,” of 2018, were 58 in Bridport, 76 Conlon said. in Cornwall, 50 in Ripton, 90 in The ACSD appointed a steering Salisbury, 81 in Shoreham, 55 in committee to help advance an ACSD Weybridge, and 441 at Middlebury’s facilities master plan.

Mary Hogan school.

“The idea would be to take a look “We know that a bond will have to at what we have and start thinking come for our district within several about what direction we could take years in order to address some of for 10 years in the future,” Conlon these needs, so part of the reason for said. “Rather than reacting to, ‘Next this master plan is to say, ‘OK, how year, a family of four is leaving our can we best use the taxpayers’ money town,’ or, ‘Our school roof needs to not only be efficient, but also

ACSD steps to closing area schools MIDDLEBURY — The stateapproved “articles of agreement” that shaped the Addison Central School District back in December of 2015 were specific on what it would take to close any school within the ACSD. A super majority vote of the 13-member board can result in closure of a school within the seventown district.

Article 14 of the agreement states the following: “An affirmative vote of 10 members of the ACSD Board

of Directors shall be required to approve the closure of a school. Prior to holding a vote on whether to close a school, the board shall hold public hearings regarding the proposed school closure, at least one of which must be held in the town in which the school is located. Following the public hearings, the ACSD board shall give public notice of its intent to hold a vote on whether to close a school, stating the reason for the closure, at least ten days prior to the vote.”

give our students the best possible experience we can for the money?’”

Conlon said.

The district last November held an initial series of three community dialogues on the facilities subject.

The board discussed that citizen feedback during a couple of retreats this past February, according to Conlon, and followed that up with the three public forums that wrapped up on April 17.

Plans call for the board to review the most recent public input and incorporate it in a facilities master plan that could be ready as soon as this summer.

OPTIONS TO CONSIDER Participants at the April 17 forum spent much of their time divided into small groups to discuss the pros and cons of the four options they were asked to consider.

Here are the four options, and some of the pros and cons offered by forum participants: 1) Operate a single elementary school — likely an upgraded Mary Hogan building — to serve all the ACSD’s pre-K-6 students. This option, according to district officials, could save taxpayers around $2.4 million per year in operating costs.

Pros: Levels the educational playing field for all elementary students, leads to effective collaborations among teachers, saves resources.

Cons: Results in loss of six community schools, might contribute to larger class sizes, and could exacerbate morning and afternoon traffic in Middlebury. Also barring a creative transportation strategy, it could result in students from the more distant rural towns spending an

hour or more on the school bus.

2) Maintain two elementary schools to serve district children.

Those schools would likely include Mary Hogan and a new, centrally located school building, officials said. This would result in around $2.1 million in yearly operating costs.

Pros: Achieves administrative efficiencies, offers more than one school choice, creates a new modern school.

Cons: Requires investing in a new building, doesn’t guarantee equity in education for all elementary students.

3) Support three existing elementary schools, which could save the district $1.6 million each year.

4) Maintain four to six elementary schools, producing an estimated $1.2 million in yearly operating costs.

(See Options, Page 15)

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PEts In nEEd HomEward bound

addison County’s Humane society Roscoe. 5 years, Hound mix, neutered male. This stunning boy was found as a stray right here in our county. He is a spin on the classic hound – with a gangly, goofball streak. With a personality all his own, he loves to play outside and get some quality time and attention. He is mellow around other dogs and is dog-social. He is a taller hound with legs for days who is more interested in getting out and about than having a bucket of toys! Roscoe is more than ready to get back out into the world and make his home right in your heart.

Izzy. 5 years, Lab mix, spayed female. Izzy is great with other dogs, cats and kids. She doesn’t like to be left alone, but is kennel trained. Active and outgoing, she would love to be with an outdoorsy family who could expose her to all the fun nature can offer her. She would do best in a home that showers her with quality time, love and affection. Izzy is currently residing with her awesome foster parents, so if you have interest in this beautiful girl please give us a call at Homeward Bound today!

Rose & Norton. 1 year, short hair grey, spayed female & neutered male. Nothing is sweeter than this little Rose and her brother Norton! They are active young cats who will require daily interactive playtime to tire them out. Be prepared to be amazed by their acrobatic routine as they fly through the air after toys! Rose and Norton are very smart, loving, and have the sweetest dispositions- you won’t ever find a more affectionate cats than these two! These two luvs are bonded and would like to go home together.

Momma Kitty. 1.5 years, short hair calico, spayed female. This little mama is sweet, petite, and ready to meet! Momma Kitty came to us as a stray cat with 4 little kittens. She was a good mama to her kittens, but now it is her turn to be in the center of attention!

Momma Kitty is a laid back gal who enjoys playing, but also enjoys a nice, warm, soft place to snooze the hours away. Because she was a stray we don’t know how she is with dogs, but at the moment all signs point to her getting along with other cats. She can be a little timid, so she wouldn’t be a good match for a home that has a dominant cat!

Mojo. 2 years, guinea pig, male. Mojo is just a happy boy with great hair looking for your attention and love. He is a little shy and is learning to trust people, but in his short time at the shelter he has really come into his own. He loves to exercise and explore his new playpen! Mojo is neutered and he can live solo or with male or female guinea pigs; while he has been alone for so long that he is fine with being the only pig, we think he would really benefit from another pig friend who could help him come out of his shell. So if you have a furever home filled with playtime, love and veggies then come meet this little guy!

Snow White. 6 months, American rabbit, female. Snow White is a stunning pure white bunny that came in with her two sisters, Ariel and Belle. Gentle and shy, Snow White takes a little time to warm up to new people, but once she is comfortable she simply shines.

She absolutely loves to play and relax with her sisters and would do best in a medium to busy home. She would do great with kids, dogs, and cats. Snow White can go as a single bunny or go with her sisters. They all enjoy each other’s company…. and they really enjoy their snacks! Are you the one to give Snow White her happily ever after?

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While that time might be great for dogs, it can take its toll on lawns.

Dog urine and feces can adversely affect the look and health of a lush green lawn. Nitrogen is essential to healthy soil, but only at certain levels. When those levels are exceeded, the result can be lawn damage. According to The Spruce Pets, an advisory site that offers practical tips and training advices to pet owners, this is what happens when pets frequently urinate on grass. Urine is naturally high in nitrogen, so when pets urinate on lawns, the grass might turn yellow or brown due to the excess nitrogen content. Nitrogen also is present in lawn fertilizers, further exacerbating the problem for pet owners who fertilize their lawns.

In addition to urine damage, dogs can trample frosted grass, contributing to problems that may not become evident until spring, and get into areas like gardens where they wreak additional havoc.

Pet owners who want to let their dogs run free in the yard but don’t want damaged grass may be tempted to put their pooches in diapers or confine them to crates when letting them outside. But such an approach isn’t necessary. In fact, some simple strategies can be highly

effective at preventing dog-related lawn damage.

• Speak with a landscaper about planting new grass. Certain types of grass, such as Bermuda grass, can withstand dog damage better than others. Local climate will dictate which types of grass are likely to thrive in a given area, so speak with a professional landscaper about the viability of planting new grass.

• Install fencing. Pet owners with expansive yards can install fencing that allows dogs to spend time exercising outdoors without granting them access to the entire property.

Large dogs will need more room than small ones, but try to build fenced-in areas that allow dogs to run freely and get the exercise they need to stay healthy.

• Work with a dog trainer.

Dog trainers might be able to work with dogs so they only urinate i n

certain areas of the yard, greatly reducing the damage they can cause to a lawn. Trainers also might help curb digging and clawing behaviors that can damage lawns as well as gardens.

• Consider hardscaping.

Hardscaping might be most effective for pet owners with small properties. Hardscaping does not include grass and can add visual appeal to a property while saving pet owners the headaches of dealing with dogrelated lawn damage.

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MUHS, MUMS facilities also require upkeep

Options (Continued from Page 13) Those rating options three and four highest said they liked the idea of preserving more elementary schools, though they conceded those scenarios would produce the least savings for taxpayers.

It should be noted that each of the four options would still require shortand long-term capital investments in ACSD school buildings. For example, Option 3 would require an outlay of $1.3 million for immediate repairs, followed by a long-term (bond) commitment of $19 million-$22 million, according the ACSD. Folks most opposed to the notion of closing schools warned it would be costly to reopen a school. They also voiced concerns about the loss of community — and property values — in towns in which local schools are shuttered.

INDIVIDUAL VOICES The Independent asked three participants at the April 17 meeting to share their views on the future of ACSD schools.

Carol Ford served many years on the Ripton School Board, including several as its chairperson. Like many folks in Ripton, Ford is proud of her community’s school and is concerned that it — as one of the smallest in the district — might find itself on the chopping block.

“It’s in good shape,” she said of the Ripton School, adding she believes local enrollment is stabilizing. She’s noticed more young families moving in who are citing the presence of the local school as a major reason for their settlement choice.

“Schools are the community center,” she said.

Ford wonders if the steep climb up Route 125 from Middlebury to Ripton might unduly influence planners, in terms of the perceived value of the school.

“For some reason, the five miles up the hill seems twice as long as the 10 miles to Shoreham,” she said.

Tim Hanson has served Ripton in many civic capacities, including as

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its former town clerk. His daughter attended Ripton Elementary, and he hopes his two grandchildren will someday.

“We have a strong emotional attachment (to the school),” Hanson said.

Ultimately, he said the district will have to come to grips with how much it would be willing to spend to keep elementary schools — such as Ripton’s — open. The ACSD has an annual budget of around $35 million.

“For $1 million more, are we going to disrupt the communities?” he asked.

While he agrees student enrollment is in decline, he recalled projections during the 1990s that Ripton School would have “80-100 students” at this point.

“Predicting the future is a fool’s game,” Hanson said.

Like Ford, he’s concerned the loss of the local school might send a bad message to prospective young residents.

Meanwhile, Middlebury resident Kurt Broderson has no worries about Mary Hogan Elementary closing, but he can relate to concerns expressed by other ACSD residents.

“I’ve certainly heard and understand the worries in the small towns about their schools closing,” he said. “It’s an emotional issue.”

Broderson originally hails from New Jersey, where he said a school of 400 is still considered very small. He sees the advantages of consolidating elementary grades into a couple of schools — perhaps K-2 in one, and grades 3-6 in another.

“If you have all of one grade at a single school, you can have equity,” he said.

While this round of “Building our Future” forums is over, the ACSD is still accepting comments and questions by email at grandchallenge@acsdvt.org. Also, for more information visit the acsdvt. org website.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The upcoming decisions about the long-term future of Addison Central School District’s buildings extend beyond the seven member elementary schools in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.

ACSD Board Chairman Peter Conlon warned that taxpayers will also be asked to invest in the Middlebury Union middle and high school buildings.

The timing of that investment has yet to be decided.

Specifically, MUMS needs HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, paving and lighting upgrades as part of $5.8 million in renovations, he said. Meanwhile, MUHS — which hasn’t been improved since the mid-1990s — could use $22.9 million in repairs that would among other things address the building’s HVAC, parking, lighting, windows and sprinkler system, officials said.

“We’ve got a limited capacity,”

Conlon told participants at an April 17 facilities master plan forum at MUHS. “Where are our priorities?

Should we really be spending a lot of money on our high school? Can we get by with just Band-Aiding it?

The same with our middle school, and how does that balance with our elementary school needs?”

Now armed with public feedback, the ACSD board will try to answer those and other facilities questions during the coming months as it drafts a facilities master plan for the next decade and beyond.

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Please join the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) for its Annual Meeting Tuesday, April 30, at the Middlebury Inn. The meeting will begin at 4pm with a light reception to follow at 5pm. In addition to electing Directors and Officers, the meeting will include a presentation of the 2018 Annual Report.

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Middlebury Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Middlebury Union High School introduces Ben Crawford, its latest Student of the Week. Ben resides in Middlebury with his parents, Nancie and Jim, and younger sister, Elizabeth, an eighth-grader at MUMS. Ben is a valued member of the MUHS community and has been involved in athletics and extracurricular activities. He is an honor roll student.

An academically talented student, Ben especially enjoys mathematics and engineering coursework. He has completed Advanced Placement Calculus 1 and 2, and is currently taking AP Statistics. Ben has valued Mr. Livesay’s teaching style and says his encouragement has been inspiring. Ben enrolled at the Hannaford Career Center in the Architectural and Engineering Design program at the onset of his junior year. He says that his two years there have been very worthwhile, and he credits PHCC teacher Jake Burnham as being a mentor. As part of the class, Ben designed and built his own pair of skis, which he carefully created out of wood and fiberglass.

Ben Crawford He will be exhibiting his skis at a design competition at MUHS Vermont Technical College in late April.

Ben is a member of the Tiger varsity lacrosse and soccer teams. He plays center back in soccer and plays midfield in lacrosse. He values the time with his friends while participating in team sports, something he has done for each of his four years at MUHS. Wintertime finds Ben at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl, where he serves as a ski instructor.

He has been skiing since he was five years old. He loves time in the mountains, be it hiking or skiing, and says, “Anything outdoors is fine with me!”

As a member of the high school’s SCHOR club, Ben has volunteered his time working on human rights issues. He enjoyed a recent youth summit, held at Middlebury College, with elementary and high school students from Addison County. He is looking forward to an upcoming service trip to Puerto Rico to help with hurricane relief with fellow MUHS students.

Ben’s college search has focused on institutions where he can continue to zero in on his love of math and engineering and be near mountains. His talents at MUHS have set him up well for a successful path in the future and we know a bright future awaits.

Vergennes Union High School recognizes Cheyenne Jewett as its Student of the Week. Cheyenne lives in Panton with her mother, Lois Myers, and stepfather, Les Fuller. Her father, Charles Jewett, lives in Middlebury.

Cheyenne has an older brother, Josh, who is a welder, and a younger sister, Autumn Eriksen, who is in 6th grade at Ferrisburgh Central School. She also has two stepsiblings, Ryan and Chelsea Fuller, who both graduated from VUHS and went to Walden.

Cheyenne achieved honors and high honors throughout her years at VUHS. Twice she attended the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont. This year she is part of the Walden Project because she wanted to enhance her education and learn more about her relationship to nature, society, and herself. Cheyenne will be attending the Young Writer’s Conference at Breadloaf this spring.

Cheyenne is an active member in our VUHS community. She was part of the band and chorus until this Cheyenne Jewett year. Cheyenne is a member of the Commodore Singers VUHS and Jazz Band. She has played softball throughout high school and is the captain of the varsity softball team. Cheyenne works at both Danforth Pewter and Buy Again Alley in Middlebury.

“The lesson that I have learned is that no matter what, always stay true to yourself,” says Cheyenne. “It’s so easy to get lost and forget who you are, or to turn into something that really isn’t you. I’m not afraid to express who I truly am or to let others take me away from my path. Never settle for something that doesn’t make you happy.” Matt Schlein, a teacher at the Walden Project, says, “Cheyenne is a creative dynamo with great personal integrity. Whether through her art, her writing, or her music, she expresses herself with great élan. As a student, she can be counted on to be compassionate and thoughtful and helps create an incredibly positive classroom culture.”

Following graduation from VUHS Cheyenne plans to attend Castleton University to study fine arts. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Cheyenne Jewett the very best in the future.

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SPORTS MONDAY

Tiger, VUHS track teams fare well at CVU meet

By ANDY KIRKALDY HINESBURG — Middlebury and Vergennes union high school track and field athletes combined for six event wins at a five-team meet hosted by Champlain Valley on Wednesday.

VUHS senior Wade Mullin had a hand in both Commodore victories.

Mullin won the boys’ 800-meter race and joined Ben Huston, Erich Reitz and Xander DeBlois to place first in the four-by-800-meter relay.

For the Tiger boys, Gabe Cason won the pole vault, and the 4X100 relay team of Tristan Durante, Anthony Garner, Elvis McIntosh and Darrien Brown outpaced the field.

For the Tiger girls Annie Lapiner claimed the 100-meter hurdles, and the 4X800 relay team of Mary Ann Eastman, Isabel Olson, Ailey Bosworth and Sofia Stefani cruised to an uncontested victory.

CVU and Mount Mansfield ran 1-2 in both the boys’ and girls’ team scoring, with MUHS in third. The Commodore boys were right on the Tigers’ heels, with North Country a close fifth. North Country finished fourth on the girls’ side, with VUHS trailing the field.

(See Track & field, Page 18)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 22, 2019 — PAGE 17

MOUNT ABRAHAM SOPHOMORE first baseman Colby Lathrop gets back to the first base bag in time to avoid a tag from his opposite number, Commodore senior Cooper O’Brien during Thursday’s game in Bristol. VUHS won 8-7.

Independent photo/Steve James

Commodore nine outlasts Mount Abraham

Fast start, gameending play keys

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — At first it looked like the visiting Vergennes Union High School baseball team would romp over Mount Abraham on a cold and blustery Thursday afternoon — the first six Commodores to bat reached base and scored.

But by the time Mount Abe had the tying run on third base and the winning run at first with one out in the bottom of the seventh, it appeared the Eagles would walk off with the win.

Not so fast, said the Commodores.

Eagle Coach Jeff Stetson called for a suicide squeeze bunt; no surprise there. Baserunner Nolan Whitcomb took off for home from third, and batter Will Vichi squared

to bunt at VUHS pitcher Jarret Muzzy’s offering.

Muzzy threw high and Vichi got a piece of the pitch, but the ball popped up in the air, about 15 feet high, just behind home plate. Commodore catcher Jeff Stearns spun around and snared it. Stearns whirled again and Whitcomb had no chance to retreat to third — Stearns picked him off to preserve an 8-7 VUHS lead and end the game in sudden fashion.

VUHS Coach Dwight Burkett, whose team improved to 3-1, said he was reminded of the Eagles’ wild 15-14 walk-off win on the same field in even colder weather a year ago.

“When these two teams play, I’m telling you, it’s just always a whale of a game,” Burkett said. “You’re on the edge of your seat.”

For the 0-2 Eagles it was the second tough loss in a row. They opened (See Baseball, Page 18)

Sports BRIEFS Raiders topple OVUHS softball RUTLAND — Host Rutland outlasted the Otter Valley Union High School softball team on Wednesday, 6-3, dropping OV to 0-2. The Otters will look to break into the win column on Tuesday at Mill River.

Raider pitcher Skyler Bird tossed a two-hitter in her team’s opener and struck out 12, but the Otters rallied for three runs in the seventh and had the tying run on deck before Bird bore down to end the threat.

Josie Cone broke up Bird’s no-hit bid in the sixth, and Madison French drilled a two-run single for OV in the seventh to key the rally. Jordyn Pope, Shayla Phillips and Mia Politano scored the OV runs.

Otter hurler Morgan LaPorte allowed four hits, but the Raiders bunched them in their five-run third.

LaPorte struck out three and walked three.

COMMODORE FIRST BASEMAN Cooper O’Brien tries to tag Eagle senior Parker Hines, who was caught off base between third and home. Hines evades the tag, but is eventually called out.

Independent photo/Steve James

PAGE 18 — Addison Independent, Monday, April 22, 2019

BY EXECUTING A spectacular somersault Mount Abe’s Silas Burgess evades the tag from Vergennes catcher Jeff Stearns to score in the Eagles’ one-run win on Thursday’s in Bristol.

Independent photo/Steve James

Baseball batter, one more batter, and he an(Continued from Page 17) with a 6-4 setback two days before swered the call,” Burkett said.

The other starting pitcher was at 2018 Division I finalist Colchester senior Ethan Bissonette, who transafter leaving the bases loaded late in the game, and in another inning ferred to Mount Abe after pitching failed to execute another squeeze well for VUHS in 2018. His former teammates greeted him rudely in the bunt. first inning.

“It would have been Cooper O’Brien nice to have gotten singled to lead off, one of these (games). “When these We had chances up two teams play, and Bissonette hit Robbie Bicknell with in Colchester, which I’m telling you, a pitch. A Tucker I think is going to be it’s just always Stearns single proa contender,” Stetson duced the first run, said. “We have to a whale of a game. You’re on and two more scored execute.”

Muzzy improved the edge of your when Jeff Stearns singled and the ball to 2-0 with the comseat.” got past an outfielder. plete-game pitching — VUHS Coach A walk to Barret win, giving up one Dwight Burkett Barrows and singles earned run as VUHS

by Aiden Gardner committed six errors. and Jake Russell and He allowed six hits, Muzzy’s RBI grounder produced struck out four and walked one.

Burkett said with the Commodores three more runs. The Eagles ended not set to play for a week he decided the inning on a tag-and-throw to leave Muzzy in for more than 100 double play nicely turned by Eagle second baseman Jackson Gepfert. pitches.

The Commodores made it 7-0 in “I kept telling myself one more

Track & field (Continued from Page 17) BOYS’ RESULTS Local top-five individual finishers and top relay results on the boys’ side were: • 100: 5. Garner, M, 12.32.

• 200: 4. Durante, M, 25.6.

• 400: 3. Palmer, V, 56.9; 5. McIntosh, M, 1:00.92.

• 800: 1. Mullin, V, 2:08.92.

• 1,500: 5. Huston, V, 4:37.99.

• 110 hurdles: 4. Nicholas Suchomel, M, 20.24.

• 300 hurdles: 2. Hunter Heffernan, M, 47.63.

• 4x100: 1. M, 49.01.

• 4x400: 2. V, 3:50.23 (Palmer, Spencer Hurlburt, DeBlois, Mullin).

• 4x800: 1. V, 9:05.49.

• Shotput: 2. Gabe Quinto, V, 36”5’; 3. Peter Wolosinski, M, 34-5.5.

• Javelin: 4. Quinto, V, 108-4; 5.

Quinto, V, 108-4.

• Pole vault: 1. Cason, M, 10-0; 4.

Ian Fenster, M, 8-6.

• Long jump: 4. Cason and Heffernan, M, 17-6.

GIRLS’ RESULTS Local top-five individual finishers and top relay results on the girls’ side were: • 800: 4. Eastman, M, 2:36.59.

• 1,500: 5. Olson, M, 5:18.8.

• 110 hurdles: 1. Lapiner, M, 19.81.

• 300 hurdles: 2. Merry Kimble, M, 51.1.

• 4x400: 3. M, 4:41.15 (Bosworth, Olson, Eastman, Hannah Turner).

• 4x800: 1. M, 11:02.33.

• Shotput: 2. Samantha Paige, M, 24-0.

• Javelin: 3. Michelle Skovsgaard, M, 63-1.

• Triple jump: 2. Skovsgaard, M, 23-4.

MOUNT ABE SENIOR Parker Hines is chased down on the third base line during the third inning of Thursday’s game in Bristol. He was eventually called out at home.

Independent photo/Steve James

the third. Jeff Stearns doubled and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Mount Abe got back in the game in the third with four unearned runs. Gepfert and Ryan Whitcomb reached on infield miscues, and then both scored on a throwing error on a Silas Burgess single. Eben Clifford reached on an infield hit, and Muzzy hit Parker Hines with a pitch to load the bases. Burgess and Hines scored on a Nolan Whitcomb sacrifice fly and a Colby Lathrop single to make it 7-4.

The inning ended with a disputed play. Hines got caught in a rundown off third base and was called out at home. The Eagles argued the ball was dropped on the tag, while the Commodores maintained Hines wandered far from the baseline. The umps had the final word.

The teams traded runs in the fourth. Bicknell singled for VUHS and was erased on a Tucker Stearns fielder’s choice. An errant pickoff moved Stearns to third, and he came

home on brother Jeff’s bloop single.

For Mount Abe, Gepfert doubled, moved to third when Muzzy balked, and scored when Clifford legged out an infield hit.

Ryan Whitcomb pitched the final three innings for Mount Abe and shut down VUHS, fanning four and allowing one hit.

In the fifth the Eagles — and the VUHS defense — made things interesting. Two infield throwing errors and a stolen base put runners on second and third base with none out.

Muzzy retired the next two batters, but Gepfert dropped a single into left field, and Nolan Whitcomb and Lathrop trotted home to make it 8-7.

And in the seventh Nolan Whitcomb walked and Wyatt Thompson reached on an infield hit before the Eagles’ hopes died in Jeff Stearns’ glove behind home plate.

Stetson said he was encouraged by the Eagles’ effort to fight back, but that a little more focus will be needed.

“I’ve got to give the guys a little bit of credit. We were down 6-0 before we got an out, I think, and we ended up having a chance to squeeze in the tying run in the bottom of the seventh,” Stetson said. “It shows a lot about their will to battle all game long. That’s a positive. But we need to execute and come ready to play from the get-go.”

Burkett acknowledged his team’s miscues, but said they “hung with it” to pick up the win. As well as being pleased with his team’s record early on, he is also confident the Commodores will improve as the season progresses.

“We’ve got stuff to work on, but you’ve always got stuff to work on. The good news is they’ve got a good, blue-collar attitude towards it, and they’re willing to work on it,” he said. “Everybody listens to what they need to do to get better, and I’ve very optimistic at this point.”

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

VUHS, MUHS girls’ lax net wins ADDISON COUNTY — In high school lacrosse action in the latter half of last week, the Vergennes-Mount Abraham cooperative girls’ team prevailed, the Middlebury girls split two games, and the MUHS boys came up short.

COMMODORE GIRLS The Commodore girls used a balanced attack and solid goaltending to defeat host Hartford, 10-5.

Grace Harvey paced the offense with three goals, Marley Keith and Txuxa Konczal each scored twice, and Jalen Cook (assist), Hannah Kelly and Sophie Davis added a goal apiece. Ashley Tierney backstopped the victory with 14 saves as the VUHS-Mount Abe team improved to 2-0.

The Commodores were set to visit Milton on Saturday after the deadline for this issue.

MUHS GIRLS On Wednesday host Champlain Valley pulled away late to defeat the Tiger girls, 17-11. The game was tied at the half, 5-5, and the Tigers were still within two, 12-10, with 12 minutes to go before the Redhawks took charge. Sydney Peet scored six times and Mia Brumstead five times, all in the second half, for CVU. Redhawk goalie Lena Ashooh made seven saves.

Emily Laframboise (five goals) and Ada Anderson (four goals) sparked the MUHS attack, and goalie Lydia Deppman stopped six shots.

On Thursday the Tigers (1-4) broke into the win column at Essex, 11-6, outscoring the Hornets in the second half, 5-1. Laframboise poured in six goals, Anderson scored three, and Avery Gale added a pair to account for the MUHS offense.

Deppman made nine saves to backstop the win, while Hornet goalie Made Larson stopped a dozen shots.

The Tigers are off until they play at Rice on April 29.

TIGER BOYS Six-time defending Division I champion CVU doubled up the Tiger boys, 16-8, on Wednesday.

James Bernicke (three goals, four assists) and Max Gorman (four goals) led the attack, and goalie Bobby Spencer made nine saves for the undefeated Redhawks.

Providing the offense for the Tigers were Bode Rubright (three goals), Kolby Farnsworth and Ben Crawford (a goal and an assist apiece, and Mason Kaufmann, Ian Ploof and Kam Bartlett (a goal apiece). Goalie Jack Rizzo stopped seven shots as MUHS dropped to 2-3. The Tigers are off until April 30 at Rice.

Addison Independent, Monday, April 22, 2019 — PAGE 19

VERGENNES OUTFIELDER JORDAN Kimball is out at first as Mount Abe’s Cora Funke takes the throw. After an early Commodore surge the Eagles won the game, 14-8.

Independent photo/Steve James

Eagle softball knocks off the Commodores

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The visiting Vergennes Union High School softball team took an early 4-0 lead at Mount Abraham on a chilly, windy Thursday afternoon, but the Eagles responded with seven runs in the second inning on the way to a 14-8

victory.

The Commodores knocked out six hits off two Eagle pitchers, four of them by freshman shortstop Audrey Tembreull, who hit for the cycle in four at-bats. VUHS also took advantage of four errors committed by what Eagle Coach Don McCormick

SENIOR RUBY BALL fires a pitch toward home plate during Mount Abe’s home game against Vergennes Union High School Thursday. Ball struck out 12 as she earned the victory.

Independent photo/Steve James

called his “usually solid” defense.

Ruby Ball started pitching for the 2-0 Eagles and earned the win, striking out 12 and allowing one earned run, and Cami Wilsey threw in relief.

Sierra Bertrand took the pitching loss for the 0-3 Commodores, who

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Randolph game on Saturday was postponed, will entertain Middlebury at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Ball also did damage at the plate, tripling twice, singling and driving in six runs. Abby Hoff tripled three times in three at-bats and heading into the Eagles’ Saturday game at

Burlington has drilled seven hits in two games. Molly Murray also contributed to the Eagle offense by scoring three runs and stealing three bases.

The Eagles will visit Middlebury at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Please see the MCTV website, www.middleburycommunitytv.org, for changes in the schedule; MCTV events, classes and news; and to view many programs online. Submit listings to the above address, or call 388-3062.

6:45 p.m. Master Angler 7 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 8 p.m. First Wednesday – Emily Dickinson 9:35 p.m. Shielding Soil with Plants & Animals 11:10 p.m. Poem City Wednesday, April 24 6 a.m. Transformational Yoga 1 6:31 p.m. Transformational Yoga 2 7 a.m. Yoga for You 7:30 a.m. Tick Talk – from U Mass.

8:58 a.m. Two Towns Garden Tour 10:39 a.m. Charlie Nardozzi To Garden Club 12 p.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont 1 p.m. Gardening in Vermont 2 p.m. Local School Board Meetings 3:52 p.m. Sheldon - Warren Kimble 5 p.m. At the Ilsley - Ann Braden 6 p.m. ACSD Safety Night 7:40 p.m. Gardening in the NorthShire 8 p.m. UVM Extension - Berries in the Backyard Thursday, April 25 6 a.m. Transformational Yoga 1 6:31 a.m. Transformational Yoga 2 7 a.m. Yoga for You 7:30 a.m. Tick Talk - from U Mass.

8:58 a.m. Two Towns Garden Tour 9:30 a.m. Gardening On the Edge 10:39 a.m. Charlie Nardozzi To Garden Club 12 p.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont 1 p.m. Gardening in Vermont 2 p.m. Local School Board Meetings 3:52 p.m. Sheldon - Warren Kimble 5 p.m. At the Ilsley - Ann Braden 6 p.m. ACSD Safety Night 7:40 p.m. Gardening in the NorthShire 8 p.m. UVM Extension - Berries in the Backyard Friday, April 26 6 a.m. Yoga for You 6:30 a.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont 8 a.m. Local School Board Meetings 9:53 a.m. First Wednesday - Emily Dickinson 11:30 a.m. Bookstock - Lindsey Stoddard 12 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 1 p.m. A.R.T. Neverscene 3:30 p .m. Andrew Wyeth’s World

4 p.m. Extempo - Live Storytelling 4:46 p.m. Poem City 5:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 9:30 p.m. First Wednesday - Emily Dickinson 11:05 p.m. Sheldon - Warren Kimble Saturday, April 27 6:30 a.m. Transformational Yoga 1 7 a.m. Transformational Yoga 2 7:30 a.m. Yoga for you 8 a.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 9 a.m. Local School Board Meetings 11 a.m. Sheldon - Warren Kimble 2 p.m. A.R.T. Neverscene 4:24 p.m. Sheldon - Warren Kimble 5:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 p.m. Vermont’s Wildlife in a Changing Climate 7:30 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 8:30 p.m. First Wednesday - Emily Dickinson 9:35 p.m. Gardening On the Edge 10:45 p.m. OSHER Sunday, April 28 6 a.m. Transformational Yoga 1 6:31 a.m. Transformational Yoga 2 7 a.m. Yoga for You 7:30 a.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 8:30 a.m. For the Animals 9 a.m. A.R.T. Neverscene 11 a.m. Local School Board Meetings 1 p.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont 2 p.m. Extempo - Live Storytelling 4 p.m. A.R.T. Neverscene 6 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 8:30 p.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont Monday, April 29 6 a.m. Yoga for You 6:30 a.m. Transformational Yoga 1 & 2 7:30 a.m. OSHER 9 a.m. Local School Board Meetings 11 a.m. VT State Board of Education 5:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 p.m. Mary Hogan School Spring Concert 7:30 p.m. A.R.T. Neverscene 9:30 p.m. Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont

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FLOORING

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SERVICES DIRECTORY LUMBER  Rough Lumber

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A LC OHOLICS ANON Y‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflec‑ tion Meeting, Vergennes, Con‑ gregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm.

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

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

Alternating Format Meeting, Ferrisburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm.

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

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

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

NARCAN KITS are available at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to re‑ verse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are spe‑ cifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy training is provided at Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

REFUGE RECOVERY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑inspired approach to recovery from ad‑ dictions of all kinds. Dedicated to the practices of mindful‑ ness, compassion, forgive‑ ness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses medi‑ tation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

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

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

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

Services

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.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meet‑ ing, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm.

Services

A LC OH OLIC S A N ON Y‑ 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.

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

Bring a friend in recovery.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turning‑ pointaddisonvt.org.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Mondays, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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

Babysitting available.

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 Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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Services

Services

Look here for volunteer opportunities!

Want to be involved in your community? Is your 2019 resolution to give back? Always check this space for opportunities to get involved in local organizations. Use your skills to better your community.

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Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. 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.

Garage Sales MOVING AND MUST sell everything. Electric recliner, tools, two beds ‑ one elec‑ tric. Two nice dressers, one with mirror, two flat screen TV’s, Tupperware w/locking lid containers, other dishes, George Foreman grill, new toaster oven, three transfer poles, slide boards, other miscellaneous Handy Cap accessories, deck tabłe with umbrella, window boxes, air conditioner, miscellaneous items to numerous to mention.

Could set up a young couple just starting out for one lump sum. No reasonable offers refused, Cash only. 51 John Graham Court, Apt. #7. Call 777‑3461.

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CLASSIFIEDS For Sale

For Rent

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BARRELS ‑ 55 GALLON food grade. Great storage for sap/ syrup, water, grain, compost. $25/each. Call 453‑4235.

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 run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

RIPTON: SHARE A HOME with a woman in her 60s who enjoys VPR & gardening. $400/mo. (all inc.) plus help w/ yard‑work. No smoking. No deposit. 863‑5625, HomeShareVermont.org for ap‑ plication. Interview, references, background check required.

EHO.

FOR SALE; 1980 MACK super liner ‑ 14yd. 10 wheeler, dump truck. International 7 ton clawer.

Duel wheel kit. Rhino scraper blade. 8’ treated wood box for pickup. 802‑758‑2037.

PRIVACY HEDGES ‑ spring blowout sale. 6ft. Arborvitae ‑ reg. $179, now $75. Beautiful, nursery grown. Free Installa‑ tion/Free delivery. Limited Sup‑ ply. Order now: 518‑536‑1367, lowcosttreefarm.com.

TEARDROP CAMPER 2016 T@G. $8,600. 13ft. long 1,300 lbs. Easy towing, full galley kitchen, dry, comfortable cabin, queen bed, AC/TV 48” Inside height (cannot stand up). No bathroom. Side tent included; Google T@G; reply to renglish@wcvt.com.

For Rent 1 BR. DETACHED furnished apartment. No pets or smoking, private. Kayak, $600/mo. (860) 921‑7765.

2, 3 AND 4 bedroom apart‑ ments available June 1st. In the heart of downtown Middle‑ bury. Walking everywhere, in‑ cluding to college. Text Baba 802‑373‑6456.

BRANDON: PARK VILLAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Summit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summitpmg.com.

BRISTOL 2+3 BEDROOM apartments. Heat, lawn care, snow removal, parking, small storage space included.

802‑453‑2566.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY visible retail/office street level space on the Main Street. Ap‑ prox. 1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

CHARMING STUDIO APART‑ MENT in the heart of down‑ town Middlebury. Tile bath and kitchen. Available June 1st. Text Baba, 802‑373‑6456.

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

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM, fully furnished apartment, all inclusive, W/D. $1,250/month.

802‑349‑8544.

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

MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM ground floor apartment with deck and parking, in the center of town. $1,800/mo. all inclu‑ sive. No pets. 802‑349‑8544.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., central location, parking. Can be sub‑ divided. Real‑Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month. 802‑388‑4831.

SPACIOUS, MODERN AND FULLY furnished studio apart‑ ment on scenic country prop‑ erty. Garage and barn stor‑ age, home security system, generator backup, heated car garage, washer/dryer, plow‑ ing and lawn maintenance, WiFi. Non‑smoker, pet allowed, rental referrals preferred. $875/ month, including utilities. 20 minutes to Middlebury, 20 minutes to Rutland. Avail‑ able May 1, 2019. Call Lisa at (315)‑372‑6707, or e‑mail at lisa.alderman@gmail.com.

VERGENNES‑ 1 BDRM w/ den, quiet street, by schools, city pool, 3 blocks from down‑ town, street parking, onsite laundry. $1,050/month in‑ cludes heat. 1 year lease, credit check, sec. deposit re‑ quired. Avail: June 1. Email: krooneyinvt@comcast.net.

MIDDLEBURY: SHARE A home w/ avid sports & music fan in his 30s. Provide com‑ panionship, cooking 3‑4x/wk & help w/ errands in exchange for minimal rent. Shared Bath.

No deposit. 863‑5625,

2019 ENERGY STAR homes, modular, double‑wides and sin‑ glewides. Open 7 days a week.

Beanshomes.com. 600 Rte. 7, Pittsford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes.com.

Down payment assistance now available.

EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAISY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern exposure on a private lane. Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside.

Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic sys‑ tem. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

FERRISBURGH LOTS with public water and constructed septic field ready for building.

Atkins Farm behind the Town Hall and Elementary School.

2 acres ‑ $84,500, 5 acres ‑ $99,500. Also private wooded 1 acres lot with 2 bedroom septic design. $55,000. cshinsdale@ gmavt.net or 802‑425‑3008.

Att. Farmers BRIAN’S FARM SUPPLY, net wrap, bale wrap, baler twine and bunker covers.

802‑355‑2076.

HAY FOR SALE. Small square bales, first cut + mulch.

802‑349‑9281.

OPPORTUNITY TO pasture board 70 dairy young stock or beef in Charlotte. Excellent forages, 16 paddocks, fence moved daily, 15 years’ experi‑ ence. Starting 5/15 thru 11/1 depending on weather. Please call 802‑482‑3848. References available.

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

HomeShareVermont.org for ap‑ plication. Interview, references, background check required.

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Wanted

NEW HAVEN, TWO one bed‑ room apartments. All utilities included. W/D on site. First and last month rent plus de‑ posit required. No pets. One at $975/mo. One at $1,075/ mo., this one fully furnished.

Call 453‑3870.

LIONS CLUB NEEDS ‑ stuff for their annual auction. Please no appliances or electronics. Call for pick up, 388‑7124. Help us, help others.

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PEACEFUL ROAD SELF STORAGE Rt. 7 North Fer‑ risburgh. peacefulstorage.com, 425‑4114. Units are $50, $70, $90, & $110.

Real Estate

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

802‑282‑9110.

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

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

Opportunities BEGINNER AND ADVANCED BEEKEEPING classes ‑ May 18‑19 and June 2nd. Contact Ross Conrad with questions or to register: (802) 349‑4279 dancingbhoney@gmail.com.

Help Wanted

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Help Wanted

16 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT Phone: 802-388-6054 fax: 802-388-3307

Sales Associate / Customer Service Why Work Here?

“Join a great team of highly motivated people. A well established company with a great reputation, in offering excellent service.”

Here at Countryside Carpet & Paint we are looking for a Customer Service / Sales Associate who will join us in our mission to provide our customers the product selection and service that they deserve for their homes and offices, while offering a friendly atmosphere to shop and make decisions. The ideal team member will back us in this mission and provide service and a smile that will exceed our customer’s expectations.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply!

Responsibilities: • Present and sell company products and services to new and existing customers • Engage with customers in a professional and personable way that demonstrates your passion for the product • Resolve customer inquiries and complaints • Set follow-up appointments to keep customers aware of latest developments • Demonstrate design layouts and communications with customers Qualifications: Previous experience in sales, customer service, or other related fields Proficient computer skills and the ability to learn new programs Please email resume and cover letter to: customerservice@countrysidecarpetandpaint.com

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Addison Independent

Cost Accountant WhistlePig LLC continues to grow, and would like to hire an experienced Cost Accountant for its Shoreham, Vermont location. This person would also spend some time at our Moriah, New York warehouse facility.

We are looking for the following attributes: • Knowledge of SAP Business One Software or very similar • Strong foundation in inventory, production, and costing processes and how they flow through software system • Good understanding of how to extract relevant and accurate reports from the software system • Knowledge of spirits industry preferred • Preparation of monthly internal financial reporting and analysis • Compliance with and enhancement of internal controls, policies, procedures, and process definition and improvement Job Requirements • BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field • 5 years’ experience See website for full description www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/work-with-us Send resume and 3 references to jobs@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls, please.

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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

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Vacancies

Help Wanted

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Qualifications include: • • • • • • •

Associate’s Degree preferred; Strong background in various computer applications, ie, Excel,Word; Strong organizational skills with emphasis on detail and accuracy; Ability to multi-task; Strong written and oral communication skills; Ability to work independently as directed; and Ability to work collaboratively with administrative office team;

Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters, and complete transcripts via School Spring.

Applications will be accepted until position has been filled E.O.E.

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CRUSHER OPERATOR Willing to train the right candidate. Benefits included.

Call (802)482-2335 for more information or send resume to: Hinesburg Sand & Gravel, Co., Inc.,

14818 Route 116, Hinesburg, VT 05461.

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 Master’s Degree in Social Work is required.

Please contact Donna Bailey: dbailey@addisoncountyparentchildcenter.org Are you on the Calendar?

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Administrative Assistant Addison Central School District is seeking a full time Administrative Assistant at Middlebury Union Middle School to begin May 15, 2019. Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills and a sincere enjoyment of helping others and working as part of a team.

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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.

Delivery Driver neeDeD

Class A CDL and two years’ experience required. Must have a clean driving record and be able to lift 50lbs repetitively. Pay based on experience. Paid vacation, Health Insurance and IRA available after probationary period.

Taking loaded truck home at night could be an option for the right candidate. Occasional overnights depending on weather. Stop by to fill out an application at Green Mountain Feeds, Main Street, Bethel, vermont, or send resume to tlittle@greenmountainfeeds.com.

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Custodian

Addison Central School District is seeking two part time Custodians, Monday through Friday second shift.

Experience is a plus, but not required.

Apply through Schoolspring or by sending a letter of interest, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury,VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

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DRIVER

Locally owned Lumber company seeks a mature, responsible, reliable driver to deliver our flooring and wood products. Clean driving record and knowledge of truck care are essential; even more importantly, we’re looking for someone who will be courteous, considerate and helpful while making deliveries to our customers. Hours are approx. 20-40+ per week and an occasional overnight distant delivery may be required.

For an interview please call Tom at: (802) 453-2897 (ext. #2) Lathrop Maple Supply, LLC Route 116, Bristol VT

Preschool Teachers Wanted

Bridge School of Middlebury, founded in 1980, is expanding it’s high quality education to include preschool. Are you interested in joining our team and being part of a new and creative venture opening in June? We are looking for a full-time teacher. Teachers with strengths in curriculum planning and collaborative teaming and an interest in emergent curriculum are encouraged to apply. Experience and degree in early childhood education or related field preferred. Salaried position with benefits. Also looking for substitutes and part time summer care (10 hours). Send cover letter, resume, and three written references to Bridge School, 1469 Exchange St, Middlebury, Vt, 05753 or via email to jenne@bridgeschoolvermont.org. For more information, contact: Jenne Morton at 802-877-3742.

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Help Wanted PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is now hiring for the 2019 exterior season. Expe‑ rience preferred but willing to train. Please have a valid drivers license, your own re‑ liable transportation, good work ethic and good attitude.

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PART TIME DELI position.

Saturday’s 5:30am ‑ 1:00pm.

Prior work experience with food preparation in a com‑ mercial kitchen/deli required.

Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

PART TIME REGISTER clerk.

Set hours Saturday and Sun‑ day 6:30am ‑ 1:30pm. Prior work related experience pre‑ ferred. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

Help Wanted BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

FULL TIME LICENSED Electri‑ cian, apprentice electrician, and electrician’s helper, for residen‑ tial and commercial work in Addison and Rutland County area’s. Competitive pay and benefits. Please e‑mail resume to: hfisher747@comcast.net.

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

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

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

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

Excellent opportunity for learning or honing sales/ business skills.

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

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 mainte‑ nance. Applicants must have vaild drivers license and reli‑ able transportation. Starting pay $14/hr. Pay may com‑ mensurate with experience.

Call Dave at 802‑363‑9958.

PART TIME SEASONAL deli position. May 6th ‑ Sept. 27th.

Set hours Monday ‑ Friday 7:30am ‑ 2:15pm. Prior work with food preparation in a com‑ mercial kitchen/deli required.

Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

LOOKING FOR EXPERI‑ ENCED carpenter/construc‑ tion worker. Minimum 2 years’ experience. Must be willing to do all aspects of construction work. Must have reliable transportation. Pay based on experience. This is a full‑time year‑round position.

Contact Chris at Summit Up Construction, 802‑558‑0784 or send resume to: summitupconstruction@gmail. com.

THE SUBWAYS IN Middle‑ bury and Vergennes are look‑ ing for sandwich artists to join our team ‑ full‑time, part‑time.

Must be reliable, good with people and enjoy a fast‑paced environment. Apply in store or online at mysubwaycareer. com.

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regular SelecTboard MeeTing TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 • 7:00 P.M.

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★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Town of Middlebury ROOm 116 - LaRge COnfeRenCe ROOm 77 main StReet 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *approval of agenda 3. *approval of minutes of april 9, 2019 Selectboard meeting 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:10 5. *appointments to Boards, Committees, Commissions & Official Positions 7:20 6. *Police Chief tom Hanley Regarding Adoption of the Middlebury emergency management Plan 7:25 7. *Creek Road Project manager Peter Degraff, Pe, Presentation of findings Regarding Options for Creek Road 7:55 8. *Policy Review Committee Recommendation Regarding Appointment of ad Hoc Committee to Develop Draft Ordinance Regulating Single-Use Plastic Bags 8:05 9. *Director of Public Works Planning Dan Werner with Updates and Bid Award Recommendations from the infrastructure Committee meeting of april 18th 7:55 9.a. *Recommendation for Purchase of global navigation Satellite System (gnSS) Handheld Device and Software for Infrastructure Inventorying and Mapping 9.b. *Contract award Recommendation for Colonial Drive improvements 9.c. *Contract award Recommendation for Summer Mowing Services 9.d. *Contract award Recommendation for Highway Line Striping 9.e. *Contract award Recommendation for Highway Crack Sealing 9.f. *Contract award Recommendations for tandem axle Dump truck and Body Build 8:20 10. *approve Loan Documents for Vehicle & equipment Purchases authorized at town meeting 8:50 11. *Recommendation to amend the Capitalization Policy by increasing fixed asset Capitalization Thresholds, as Recommended by 8:30 Town Auditors 12. *award Contract for Printing of Change of assessment Booklet 8:35 13. *Sign Vt tax Dept. Certification of no appeal or Suit Pending to Close Out 2018 grand List 8:40 14. *fY19 Year-to-Date Budget Reports 8:45 15. *approval of Check Warrants 16. *town manager’s Report 17. **Board member Concerns 18 *executive Session – Contracts -- if needed 19. **action on matters Discussed in executive Session 9:05 20. *adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

Additional information about most Agenda items is available on the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, on the Selectboard page.

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Public Notices for the following can be found in this

Middlebury (1) Monkton (1) New Haven (1) Prospect Cemetery Association (1) ProsPect cemetery AssociAtion AnnuAl meeting Public notice

The Officers and all Persons interested in the Prospect Cemetery Association are hereby warned to meet at the Sarah Partridge Community House in East Middlebury on Monday, 13th of May at 7:30 P.M. for the following purpose.

1. To hear the reports of the officers.

2. To hold election of officers for the following year.

3. To vote on fees for the maintenance of the cemetery grounds.

4. To transact any other business that may come before the meeting.

Elaine Newton Secretary 4/11, 4/25, 4/29, 5/2, 5/6

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN INVITATION TO BID

78 North Street New Haven, Vermont 05472 (802) 453 – 3516 SEALED BIDS FOR: Reclaiming, and furnishing and placing asphalt at noted locations will be received at the New Haven Town Offices at 78 North Street, New Haven, Vermont 05472 until 7:00 pm on May 7, 2019, and will be publically opened at the Selectboard meeting on May 7, 2019 on or after 7:00 pm at the New Haven Town Offices listed above.

Specifications for bidders and bid forms may be obtained without charge at the New Haven Town Offices, 78 North Street, New Haven, VT 05472.

The Town of New Haven, VT reserves the right to waive any informalities in, or to reject any and all bids, or to accept the bid deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of New Haven.

4/8, 11, 15, 18

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Hiking trails need special care during springtime MONTPELIER — The Green Mountain Club, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation and the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) have called on Vermonters and recreational tourists to be wary of the return of mud season to the Green Mountains and to respect associated trail closures and advisories.

The wet soils on and around hiking trails are very susceptible to erosion at this critical time of year. To protect fragile soil and surrounding vegetation, some trails may be closed by land managers. We ask everyone to please respect the signage you see.

Hikers walking on saturated soils or on the sides of trails cause damage to surrounding vegetation, widen trails, and inhibit natural drainage of hiking trails.

“Even though it might feel warm and dry at your house, the trails at higher elevations are still very wet and vulnerable. It can take hours for a volunteer or trail crew to fix what takes just moments to damage by hiking on muddy trails,” says Jessica Savage, FPR’s Recreation Program Manager.

“In between spring showers, we are

Town of MonkTon RequesT foR PRoPosal

The Town of Monkton seeks proposals from qualified architectural firms and their consultant teams for professional services including design, document preparation, independent cost estimating, bidding and negotiation and construction administration, for a proposed Town Offices, Library, & Community Space to be situated on the Monkton Town Land adjacent to the Monkton Friends Methodist Church.

Complete RFP document is available at monktonvt.com/RFP or at Monkton Town Hall. Mandatory site visit on April 23.

4/18, 4/22

all ready to hit the trails after a long, cold winter. Saving your mountain hikes until the trails are dry will ensure a better, longer hiking season for all.”

The period of snowmelt and muddy trails varies considerably throughout Vermont depending on elevation, solar orientation, depth of snowpack, and amount of spring rainfall. Even as it warms up in town, mountains are hiding cold, wet, snowy, and icy conditions that may persist deep into spring. Hikers who find themselves at high elevations will need better traction and warmer clothes than the valley may hint at. The GMC encourages hikers to use their best judgment. If hikers encounter conditions they are not prepared for, they should turn around. If a trail is muddy, even if it is not officially closed, find an alternative hiking spot.

“Lower elevation trails and back roads provide more sustainable opportunities for recreating during the spring months,” says Keegan Tierney, Director of Field Programs for the Green Mountain Club. “The sun melts snow and dries soils on lower elevation and south facing trails much sooner than those along the spine of the Green Mountains. Until the end of May, consider checking out trail systems that are maintained by our land management colleagues around the state, being sure to check on their websites for information before heading out.”

For information on mud season and alternative hike suggestions, contact the GMC’s visitor center at 802-2447037 or gmc@greenmountainclub. org, or the Vermont State Parks Call Center at 888-409-7579, Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. In addition, a weekly trail update with the latest conditions and a list of alternative hikes will be posted on vtstateparks. com/hiking.html.

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

DAIRY AUCTION WHERE: ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES INC. RT 125, EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT. , SALE BARN WHEN: APRIL 24, 2019 – 11 AM SHARP WHO: COBBLE HILL DAIRY INC. DOUG BUTLER HERD QUALITY HOLSTEIN FREE STALL HERD CONSISTS OF 120 MATURE COWS, MILKING AVE. 68 LBS. BUTTER FAT 3.9, PROTEIN 3.1, MANY GOOD FRESH COWS 90-100LBS. 20 DRY COWS-DUE IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS! 15 SPRINGING HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 20 BRED HEIFERS 20 HEIFERS READY TO BREED 30 HEIFERS 400-TO 800 LBS. 20 HEIFERS 200-400 LBS Sale Comment- This is a Family Owned and Operated Herd since early 1900’s!

Good Udders, Young Herd, Quality Dairy Replacements!

DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! **Terms of Sale: Cash or Good Check Day of Sale, Prior Arrangements Must Be Pre-Approved by ACCS Before Sale Day** For more info call 802-388 2661 (ACCS) OR 802-989-1507 Sale Manager: Tom Wisnowski & Sons - 802-989-1507 Auctioneer – John Nop ALSO ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS FOR 5/4 ANNUAL MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT SALE!!

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

ANNUAL SPRING MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT SALE 10 AM SHARP - SATURDAY MAY 4th, 2019 AT ACCS BARNS • RT 125 EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT

ACCEPTING ALL GOOD CONSIGNMENTS NOW! *(Please no household items)*

Farm Machinery Tractors-balers-tedders-hay equipment-wagon plows-brush hogs Lawn and garden tractors-mowers and much more!!

Sale managed by: T.G. Wisnowski & son For more info- www.Accscattle.Com 802-388-2661 Auctioneer John Nop Lunch Served **don’t miss this sale**

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RIGHT-WING POLITICIAN Ryszard Legutko leaves the Robert A. Jones ’59 House at Middlebury College on Wednesday after a talk before a political science class. College administration canceled a public talk by Legutko that day because of security concerns.

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Speaker (Continued from Page 1) ones at colleges nationwide, has generated heated debate over free speech and the ways colleges and universities select and validate controversial speakers.

Legutko, a member of the European Parliament, has been criticized for promoting homophobia, and his Law and Justice Party, the majority party in the Polish parliament, has been accused of threatening democratic values in Poland and of promoting an anti-gay platform ahead of national and European elections this fall.

By the morning of the scheduled event at Middlebury, more than 700 members of the college community had signed an open letter expressing opposition to academic sponsorship of Legutko’s lecture.

“We firmly believe that Ryszard Legutko’s actions and rhetoric violate Middlebury College’s Community Standards,” the letter said.

Students had also planned an “extremely non-disruptive” protest of the event.

“We have no intention to prevent Legutko from speaking or to prevent our peers from attending,” wrote protest organizers in a public statement on Wednesday. “During this protest, we will be distributing flyers which detail Legutko’s history of hateful speech against LGBTQ+, Muslim, and Jewish folks, as well as women and (people of color).”

Middlebury junior Grace Vedock, a protest organizer, told the Middlebury Campus newspaper that “we have reiterated at every step of the process that we did not want to impede his right to speak.”

Protest organizers on Friday issued a statement faulting college officials for ignoring their requests

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to be clear that the protesters did not themselves pose a “security threat.”

Provost Cason and Dean of Faculty Andi Lloyd later that day sent an email to all faculty (students also got the email) stating clearly that threats from the protesters was not the reason the speech was canceled.

People on campus saw trouble brewing on Tuesday. The event was moved there from Bicentennial Hall to Kirk Alumni Center, which is at the golf course and not in the heart of the campus.

In response to growing concerns on campus, the Political Science Department and the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, which had both co-sponsored the Legutko lecture, hastily scheduled a panel discussion on “Populism, Homophobia, and Illiberal Democracy,” which was chaired by Political Science Professor Erik Bleich.

“It may provide some tools for students as they consider the kinds of questions they want to ask Legutko in order to press him on his stances,” Bleich wrote in his event announcement.

But the campus community never got the chance to ask its questions.

After college officials canceled the event, Legutko made an unpublicized visit to a political science class and there delivered an abbreviated version of his lecture, which was titled after his 2016 book, “The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies.” Part of his appearance was broadcast online by the Middlebury Campus newspaper.

College officials would not elaborate on the nature of the their security concerns, except to say that they were ill-equipped to deal with

potential crowds.

“Hundreds of people had expressed their intent to be on the scene and this does not include those that would have been inside at the lecture,” Sarah Ray, director of media relations, told the Independent. “This is far more people than we would normally have for such an event and our staffing wasn’t sufficient to ensure adequate safety measures.”

Middlebury College president Laurie Patton issued a statement the following day acknowledging that the decision to cancel Legutko’s lecture was difficult but that it “does not define who we are.”

“Over the past two years, we have constructively engaged many controversial speakers, demonstrated peacefully and persuasively, and stayed in conversation with each other over very difficult issues,” Patton wrote. “We will continue to do so.”

In a Campus op-ed, Bleich spoke to a divided campus community.

“We have to uphold the freedom of our faculty colleagues to invite or co-sponsor speakers they feel will contribute to important intellectual discussions,” he wrote. At the same time, “We must also acknowledge that some speakers inflict pain on members of marginalized communities through the symbolic power of the platform that we provide them. We need to develop better strategies and policies for this reality, recognizing that the solutions for this challenge are nowhere near as straightforward as simply letting the speaker speak.”

The Alexander Hamilton Forum, which organized Legutko’s visit, announced that it has invited him to return to campus next fall.

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PAUL DESABRAIS, LEFT, Bill Cunningham, Tom Broughton, David Preble and David Morse of the Middlebury Lions Club present ACTR Director Jim Moulton, third from right, with a $6,000 “Adopt-a-Bus” sponsorship for the local transportation provider.

Photo courtesy ACTR

Middlebury Lions Club donates to ACTR’s ‘Adopt-a-Bus’ MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) has received a $6,000 “Adopt-aBus” sponsorship from Middlebury

Lions Club. Each dollar of this local gift helps ACTR leverage $9 in federal funds to replace an aged bus. A new 22-passenger bus has now been

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ordered and will be ready for service this fall.

New buses make service safer and more reliable, ensuring riders can get

to work, medical treatments, school and beyond with certainty and peace of mind. New buses also conserve fuel and reduce maintenance and

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repair costs, saving precious environmental and financial resources.

“We’re proud to support ACTR through our charitable giving fund,” said King Lion Paul Desabrais.

“ACTR’s community transportation programs improve the lives of so many Addison County residents.

We also respect their Dial-A-Ride volunteer driver program as a force for greater good in the community.

It’s a nice fit for us and we couldn’t be happier to sustain their efforts.”

In the past year, ACTR’s transportation system provided 168,387 rides. These rides allow community members to maintain their independence, gain and keep employment, and access critical healthcare services.

To learn more about ACTR’s transportation services and volunteer opportunities, or to contribute to the capital campaign for fleet replacement, go to actr-vt.org or call 802-388-2287.

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