Monday, May 6, 2019

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

THT Toasts local artists

• Town Hall Theater is showing (and selling) work by Kathleen Kolb (above) and others at a gala.

See Arts Beat, Pages 10-13.

Ambulances are in Taylor’s blood • A member of Town Line First Response is the third generation in his family to drive rescue a vehicle. Pg. 20.

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 30 No. 51

Middlebury, Vermont

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — A major measles epidemic that has invaded 22 states has yet to breach Vermont’s borders, but if it does, Porter Hospital and state Department of Health (DOH) officials are putting procedures in place to contain the disease and provide expert care to patients.

As of this writing, the national Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had confirmed a combined total of 704 measles cases in what is being

described as the worst outbreak in decades. One of the current measles hot spots is just across the border in New York.

“We are definitely getting calls from people who are concerned about it,” said Dr. Natasha Withers, medical director for all of Porter’s affiliated provider practices. “We’ve put together protocols on how to appropriately triage patients who might be calling and are concerned they might have either been exposed (See Measles, Page 25)

By JOHN FLOWERS Route 7 in New Haven.

“We’re NEW HAVEN — The The board last week Addison County Home very announced it had picked Health & Hospice Board excited to Deborah Wesley, RN could have scoured the have her.” — the agency’s former country to find a new — Bryan vice president of clinical leader for an agency Young services — as its new seeking to rebound after executive director. an internally tumultuous year that Wesley served around two saw the sudden exit of former months as ACHHH’s interim Executive Director Tim Brownell. leader prior to landing the But in the end, the board permanent job. didn’t have to look beyond the “We’re very excited to have ACHHH’s own headquarters off (See Wesley, Page 27)

Vergennes wants electric car charger for downtown

• A judge postpones sentencing for the massage therapist accused of videotaping naked clients. See Page 2.

Rotary to spruce up old cemetery

• Group seeks your help at the burial site off Washington Street Extension that dates back to 1794. See Page 2.

• After a slow start, the Mount Abe nine has won four of five, including a sweep last week. See Sports, Pages 21-23.

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Porter stays vigilant New leader takes helm at for measles outbreak local home health agency Protocols in place to handle patients

Schmidt plea deal rejected

Eagle baseball making a run

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NINETY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Lucille Skeffington has improved thousands of heads of hair since opening Bristol Beauty Bar in 1957. On Saturday she saw her very last client. Skeffington’s career as a beautician spanned more than six decades and outlasted dozens of fad hairstyles, from the beehive to the mullet to the geometric.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

Bristol beautician retires at 91 Lucille Skeffington coiffed generations over six decades

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — Hairstyles have come and gone, but for more than six decades Bristol Beauty Bar has seemed like forever.

Perhaps it’s the avocado green base cabinet Lucille Skeffington has used since November 1957, when she opened the shop in her home at 4 Mountain St. Or

perhaps it’s the original wood-paneled walls.

“I just never had to change anything,” she said.

Forever came to an end on Saturday, however, as Skeffington, who is 91 years old, welcomed her final client, Rita Booska, who is 95.

What transpired during that appointment — great (See Skeffington, Page 27)

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The city of Vergennes is applying for a small grant that could make a big difference for local owners of electric vehicles.

Vergennes is seeking $12,000 to establish a two-port charging station in the city’s downtown. The city council in late April authorized City Manager Matt Chabot to apply for the grant from the Vermont Department of Housing and Economic Development. If the city is awarded the grant it would have to supply a $1,200 match to complete the project, possibly by tapping the Vergennes Water Tower Fund.

Chabot last week said he was at least cautiously optimistic about the city’s chances of receiving the grant, in part because the closest charging station is now on Meigs Road, tucked out of sight away from the beaten path.

The station would be built on the corner of the city green nearest the downtown traffic light. Motorists who want to charge their vehicles would pay $1 an hour, Chabot said, and during the day would have to be mindful of the city’s three-hour parking ordinance. Those wishing a full charge would have to park after hours, he said.

Chabot said the station would allow vehicle owners to “top off” their charges while running errands or dining in Vergennes.

“It’s not necessarily intended for people to park there all day,” he said.

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AT THE HAMMOND/BUSHEY Cemetery, some of the headstones are crooked or have topped and brambles have overgrown sections of the 200-year-old buying ground. The Middlebury Rotary plans to spruce up the place this Saturday, and it would like help.

Independent photos/Steve James

Midd. Rotary Club to spruce up Old Town cemetery Volunteers sought for this Saturday, May 11

By ANGELO LYNN MIDDLEBURY — Tucked just off the west side of Washington Street Extension, partway down the slight hill east of Bushey’s Corner and just before the Painter Hill neighborhood, lies a slightly disheveled cemetery known variously as the Hammond/Bushey Cemetery, or the Old Town cemetery, or Old Middlebury cemetery.

First used in 1794, the small lot contains 95 graves and, according to the Vermont Old Cemetery Association, the most recent burial there was of Marjorie Bushey, who died in 2011. Other well-known families

whose members were buried there include the Buttolphs, Garlicks, Goodrichs, Hammonds, Blairs, Carrs and Kirbys.

But as with many small, formerly private cemeteries scattered across the Green Mountain State, weeds and shrubs have grown up on the perimeter of the cemetery. Town crews mow the grass through the summer and try to beat back the brush, shrubs, smaller trees and weeds that will retake the land unless it’s met with determined resistance.

To that end, the Rotary Club of Middlebury is organizing a clean up of the Hammond/Bushey Cemetery

this coming Saturday, May 11, from 8 a.m. to noon, and the club is reaching out to encourage volunteers to join in their effort.

“We’d love it if a couple dozen volunteers would show up, bringing tools such as hand clippers or small hand saws, or just come help drag the cut brush for the town’s Public Works crew to collect,” said Middlebury Rotarian David Clark, the former librarian for Middlebury’s Ilsley Library.

Clark noted that a member of the Buttolph family, John Lucius Buttolph III, who is the secretary of the Vermont Society Sons of the American Revolution, expects some volunteers will be coming

“We sometimes get too involved in raising big money for things, instead of just encouraging folks to get involved with their hands and a little effort.

People like to work together to get something done, and this is one of those opportunities.”

— David Clark from around the state as there are Revolutionary War veterans in the cemetery. Also expected are some

members of the Vermont Old Cemetery Association, but Clark added “there is more than enough work for a host of volunteers.”

Clark said the Rotary decided to take on this small clean up as a hands-on project the community could get involved with, and because it needed sprucing up.

“I drive by it most every day and just thought it was something we could do as one of our many community service projects,” Clark said.

“We sometimes get too involved in raising big money for things, instead of just encouraging folks to get involved with their hands and a little effort. People like to work together (See Cemetery, Page 3)

Sentencing delayed in voyeurism case

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Superior Court Judge Alison Arms on Thursday postponed a sentencing hearing at Frank Mahady Courthouse for a former Middlebury massage therapist accused of videotaping female clients undressing at his 31 Court St. business and of possessing child pornography. She said a proposed plea agreement was not punitive enough.

Arms wrote in an Entry Order on Thursday that “the court is concerned about the sufficiency of the jail term” called for in the deal agreed to by former massage therapist Roger A. Schmidt, 57, of Middlebury; his attorney, Robert Keiner; and Addison County State’s Attorney Dennis Wygmans.

Wygmans told the Independent the judge focused on the jail-time “to serve portion” of the deal. He added that the parties couldn’t immediately reach a new agreement that would

satisfy the judge before a half-day hearing that had been scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Thursday.

The exact deal that Judge Arms rejected wasn’t available from the state’s attorney or the court by press time on Friday.

The judge then granted Keiner’s request for a 30-day continuance, according to Arms’ Entry Order.

Wygmans said several of Schmidt’s victims, which investigators numbered at almost 30 at Schmidt’s Rogers Relaxing Massage Therapy LLC business, had planned to make statements at the hearing.

The next step will be a status conference, yet to be scheduled as of late last week, with Wygmans, Schmidt and his attorney, and the judge. If that does not produce a plea agreement satisfactory to all parties, Wygmans said a jury trial is a possibility in the case.

“We may not end up with a plea (See Schmidt, Page 3)

Addison Independent, Monday, May 6, 2019 — PAGE 3

Schmidt (Continued from Page 2) and found them to contain videos of agreement at all,” he said. massage clients in (Schmidt’s) masThe investigation of Schmidt’s sage room at 31 Court St.,” Bowdish crimes began after one alleged wrote in her affidavit. “The videos victim discovered on April 1, 2018, showed the clients either getting what she believed was evidence of dressed at the end of a massage, or a hidden camera in a dressing room getting undressed prior to a massage.” at Schmidt’s business, followed by Investigators believe the videos what she told police was suspicious did not reach the Internet. behavior by Schmidt.

Police said they Middlebury Police initially found four “The videos Det. Kris Bowdish computer files with interviewed that victim showed the names included in on April 6, and on April clients either their labels. Each file 10 she obtained search getting dressed contained a video of a warrants for Schmidt’s at the end of female massage client home, his business and a massage, in a state of undress, his vehicle, according according to court to court records. While or getting records. executing the warrants undressed prior Bowdish found and on April 10, police to a massage.” interviewed the womseized items from — Middlebury Police en depicted in those Schmidt’s property Det. Kris Bowdish four computer files, that included an Apple according to court reiPad, a Lenovo Thinkcords. All were highly Pad computer, five USB drives, a upset and several cried upon hearing Digital Spy Pen hidden camera and they had been videotaped, according a cell phone, according to Bowdish’s to Bowdish. affidavit.

Bowdish later confirmed police Bowdish said she confirmed a USB discovered another 25 video files of charger seized from the business other massage clients and a 30-second included a hidden camera. She stated video of a naked young teenage girl in her affidavit the search yielded two being subjected to sadomasochistic other USB/hidden camera devices in abuse, according to court records. a closet in the massage room.

Court documents detailing the A search of Schmidt’s Lenovo charges against Schmidt show a computer, according to authorities, repeated pattern of women clients revealed 70 video and picture files; being asked to wear minimal clothBristol Police Officer Josh Otey ing and often to expose themselves assisted with this phase of the inves- during massage sessions. One comtigation. plained of inappropriate touching.

“We previewed most of the files Schmidt is alleged to have asked

Cemetery (Continued from Page 2) to get something done, and this is one of those opportunities.”

The Hammond-Bushey Cemetery is one of eight or nine old cemeteries in Middlebury. Other cemeteries, include: Case Street-Northeast, Foote Street, Prospect-East Middlebury, Saint Mary, Seeley-Farmingdale, Washington Street-Kirby, West Street, and Middlebury’s largest cemetery located off South Main Street.

The town’s public works department mows the grass on most of the cemeteries that have transferred from once-private plots to the public domain.

That’s due to a provision in state law that specifies that “when the use and care of a private burial ground has been abandoned and such ground becomes unsightly from any cause, or when headstones or monuments have been displaced, the selectboard or board of cemetery commissioners having charge of the public cemeteries in the town … shall proceed then and thereafter as if such ground were a public burial place.”

State statutes also provide for preservation of cemetery records, charging the agency (town or otherwise) “engaged in the business of a cemetery… shall provide and maintain a suitable place of deposit

for the records and files of such cemetery…”

Clark noted that such files were not available for the Hammond-Bushey Cemetery, and put out a request looking for information such as any of its early history or start-up. Anyone who might have information could contact either Clark at 388-9792, or Linda Williams at 388-0401.

And for those interested in cleaning up an older cemetery near you, there’s a handy reference book called “Digging Deep: Unearthing the Mysteries of Burial and Cemetery Law” by Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos. There are several dos and don’ts when tackling such a project, and it can be illegal to move or clean up cemeteries in ways that disturb gravestones, even if the intent is to “improve” the appearance; so careful research is required.

As for the Rotary Club helping to spruce up other cemeteries in Middlebury, Clark was noncommittal. “I don’t know, we haven’t discussed that, but it could be a possibility, depending on how many volunteers we get and what their interest is, but first we’ll do this one, then perhaps schedule another work date to clean or straighten some of the headstones, then we’ll see what’s next.”

some of his victims to not wear their bras for their massage, according to court records, and some of the video footage shows Schmidt working on women patients with their breasts exposed.

According to court records: • One of the victims told police she asked Schmidt to allow her to keep her breasts covered during a second visit, and she “could tell that Schmidt was disappointed,” according to court records.

• Another woman told police she

decided to keep her bra and underwear on under her sheet during a second visit.

• Another victim told police she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, thus making Schmidt’s alleged infraction even more emotionally painful for her, according to court records.

• A few of the victims interviewed

by Bowdish alleged that Schmidt removed — without asking — the sheet that covered their otherwise nude bodies.

ROGER A. SCHMIDT

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial Gov. faces dilemma, but did Vt. Democrats over-reach?

Here’s the dilemma for Gov. Phil Scott as Vermont’s Legislature prepares to send him a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024: the legislation helps those workers who need the most help, yet would likely hurt key sectors of the economy causing Vermont to lose more jobs.

For a governor who has made growing jobs and creating a businessfriendly environment two of his primary goals, raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour doesn’t fit those objectives.

But, from the governor’s perspective, two factors weigh in favor of him letting the expected bill become law without his signature: • Few argue that the current minimum wage of $10.78 is a livable wage.

According to Vermont’s Joint Fiscal Office the current “livable wage” for a full-time worker in Vermont who has health insurance through their employer, splits expenses with another adult, and has no children, is $12.71 per hour in rural areas or $13.97 per hour in urban areas. The Legislature’s JFO also estimates that about 66,440 Vermont jobs, or 22 percent of all jobs in the state, would be directly impacted by the bill.

• It appears to be popular among Vermonters and the Democraticcontrolled Legislature has enough votes to override a Scott veto if the party hangs together.

But Democrats face obstacles as well. State fiscal analysts predict that the proposed minimum wage bill would have a negative effect on Vermont’s gross domestic product, and produce job losses of 1,850 annually. Businesses in the hospitality, food and retail sectors would be hit hardest, including industries that hire large number of seasonal employees, like the ski industry.

Bill Stritzler, CEO at Smugglers Notch resort, testified in committee that his resort has about 400 employees, a third of whom are seasonal and earn the minimum wage. “Our greatest fear is the ability to manage in bad times,” Stritzler said, as reported by VTDigger, adding that there were “many predictors of recession within the next year or so,” and “even the most liberal economist would not suggest pay increases seven times the inflation rate during a recession.”

Farmers have also been worried about the impact on their business, even though agricultural workers are exempt from minimum wage law in Vermont. Other businesses, however, would have to compete against neighboring New Hampshire where the minimum wage is the same as the federal government: $7.25 per hour — half what Vermont’s will soon be. ********* For perspective, federal minimum wage was first set in 1938 at 25 cents and has been increased sporadically, reaching its peak buying power in 1968 at $1.60 per hour, a wage that in today’s dollars would amount to $11.55.

About 30 states have created their own minimum wage standards, while 20 states abide by the lower federal standard.

Vermont updated its minimum wage law in 2014, increasing it from $8.73 to $10.50 by 2018, then adjusted yearly based on the Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. If Vermont did nothing but keep its annual inflationary adjustment, economists estimate Vermont’s minimum wage would increase to $12.04 by 2024.

The current bill that passed the Vermont Senate would raise the minimum wage gradually to $15 in these steps: $11.50 in 2020; $12.25 in 2021; $13.10 in 2022; $14.05 in 2023; and $15.00 in 2024, then increase annually according to inflation. That’s a five-year increase just shy of 40 percent.

The amount of the increase is what shocks some economists. “The proposed minimum wage increase is outside the bounds of anything that has been done or studied,” said state economist Tom Kavet in a VTDigger report.

“It’s not study-able… Until the wages are in place, we can’t really know what the impacts are.”

That uncertainty might help Gov. Scott if he chooses to veto, as Scott needs to convince just eight Democrats or Independents to join 43 House Republicans to reach a 51-vote threshold. Democrats need a two-thirds majority in the 150-member House to override a gubernatorial veto. ********** The danger Democrats face is to have over-reached by pressing too far too fast on too many bills. Currently there are close to $100 million in new taxes and fees that could reach the governor’s desk, including $78 million for the paid family leave bill; $8 million in new taxes on remote software; $5.7 million in the fee bill; $4.5 million in the revenue bill; and another $22 million split among about four major bills and several smaller bills. Add a 40 percent hike in the minimum wage and the governor starts to have a compelling story to defend a veto, or two — a prospect that might encourage Democrats to give a little as the session winds down over the next two to three weeks.

Angelo Lynn

Deep thought

MOUNT ABRAHAM SENIOR Molly Murray contemplates her next move while sitting on second base during a coaching parley late in last Thursday’s Eagle home game vs. Milton.

Independent photo/Steve James

Letters to the Editor Vermont children need protection from lead poisoning Vermont carries the toxic legacy of lead’s use in plumbing infrastructure. A potent neurotoxin, lead can cause serious and irreversible cognitive and developmental deficits that are especially pronounced for children. As a parent, this worries me. As a chemist, I test school drinking water for lead. In Addison County, I found that ~50 percent of all drinking water outlets district-wide exceed the 1 part-perbillion (ppb) safety level recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and by Vermont’s Department of Health. Indeed, a recent assessment earned Vermont

an F for its policies regarding lead in school drinking water.

Lawmakers are now considering S.40, a bill that would require and help fund the testing and remediation of lead in drinking water in schools. Critical details of the bill will determine which of Vermont’s children are protected from lead exposure and to what degree, but even the most stringent circulated version of S.40 would only earn a C grade.

I urge lawmakers to pass a stronger S.40 by requiring water in schools and childcare facilities to be tested regularly, to accept a

health-protective 1-ppb action level for lead, and to provide funding that protects the health of all Vermont children. Higher action levels will only promote existing health inequities across Vermont, as only resource-rich schools will have the means to deliver safe water without state assistance.

The established harms of children’s exposure to lead are irreversible and alarming. They are also preventable. I urge Vermont’s lawmakers to do right by our kids and pass a strengthened S.40.

Molly Robinson Middlebury

Addison Independent, Monday, May 6, 2019 — PAGE 5

Closing schools would kill towns

Letters to the Editor Deeper research required as ACSD studies buildings An open letter to the ACSD Administration, Board, and Steering Committee: Thank you for your thoughtfulness in planning, preparing, and presenting the April 17 community dialogue. Though I planned to attend, my son fell ill, and I stayed home to care for him. I deeply appreciate the link to the video and the attached documents you emailed me.

I love our town’s relationship with the Weybridge Elementary School. I moved here specifically for this school. My son started kindergarten there and is now in fourth grade, and my daughter was a sixth grader here — she had a wonderfully rich academic and social experience, and made her best friend here.

Looking at the school population forecast, I see the issues. But I wonder about the assumptions going into the enrollment projections. I’d like to know what they are based on. As more and more jobs become internet-based, and more and more higher education is conducted online, will the enrollment projections hold? Who’s to say more young families won’t seek out the beauties and wonders available here?

Furthermore, I believe we need to look more broadly than we have already at elementary and secondary education and what it means.

Though there is an openness to change at the physical level, I don’t see it connected to what primary and secondary education means today and what it will mean ten, twenty, thirty years down the line.

There’s a status quo assumed in the planning: how do we create greater equity and save money based on what primary and secondary education has meant; but how does this relate to what it means now and what it will mean in the future?

Also, the value of a school in a small town is one that can’t be weighed in dollars. The soul goes out of a town when the school closes, as Wendell Berry’s novel “Jayber Crow” describes.

Before we move ahead with plans for buildings, I’d like to see us do deeper work as a district, as a community, and in each of our towns on these matters.

John-Eric Robinson Weybridge

Fossil-fuel choices must consider future generations Patricia Heather-Lea composed this letter to the House Energy and Technology Committee after being unable to speak at hearings held on Tuesday, April 23, due to time constraints.

I am a retired public high school math teacher. I taught here in Vermont for over 30 years. Before we made important decisions at our high school, we needed to answer this question, “Is it good for kids?”

Thank you for your work. It is very important. You have the power to determine aspects of our future, here in Vermont and in our world, at large. These are not normal

times. You must reflect and respond in ways that perhaps you have not used before. The time has come to reset priorities.

I think that banning fossil fuel infrastructures in Vermont is a step that needs to be taken, with the public good in mind. I want the public good to include future voting generations. Right now, these human beings do not yet exist and/ or are not of age to vote on issues that will have an impact on their lives.

On Sunday, I asked an elevenyear-old boy what message he would like me to bring to you. He said, “ I want them to shut it down.

People’s lives are at risk.” That is his response to the natural gas pipeline. How are young people’s ideas and concerns taken into consideration by the Vermont Legislature? I suggest bringing in photos of your children and grandchildren and place them by your desks and tables where you make decisions. Then you can remember to ask yourselves some guiding questions. You need to figure out what guidance you need.

“Is it good for kids?” is a great place to start.

Patricia Heather-Lea Bristol

News media should expose scourge of Neo-Liberalism

The news media needs to cover more of the background and why politicians do what they do.

Neo-Liberals are an unknown quantity, but most have heard the name. They have stolen the good Liberal name and made it mean the opposite of the original.

Maybe some diligent reporter can research where this came from and why it is important now to understand this group.

Rich people were getting worried that Americans are voting against their interests, so they formed a group with lots of money to take the strength of the real Liberals and defeat their gains like Social Security and Welfare and health care and voting for all and lots of things that citizens fought for and think they have become built in.

Gerrymandering is a neo-liberal trick to reduce those who vote against them. Now Trump is pushing more neo-liberal horrors like cutting Social Security and other ways that our tax dollars help fellow citizens. Neo-liberals don’t want voters who might vote against them so they cut voter registration

and make it hard to vote, unless you are rich and vote like them.

They have gotten rich by bleeding their corporations of funds that should be paying the workers a good percentage of profits for the good work they do to bring in those profits. The rich have it backwards.

They think workers are stealing from them, with taxing and higher wages, but it is the opposite, they

are the thieves.

Ayn Rand is another neo-liberal smudge. Her philosophy is selfishness. The news media needs to cover her teachings so the rest of us can see what is driving the rich followers of her evil thinking.

What a sad end to our Great American experiment.

Peter Grant Bristol

I have been away working on climate issues, and so missed the editorial of April 25 in essence advocating for the closure of local elementary schools. I believe others have responded to the funky numbers about “classroom utilization” and so on, and have described the benefits of smaller schools for educational opportunity.

So let me focus on the question of community, from my position as a resident of Ripton.

Vermont’s small towns are its glory. For centuries they have been independent and resilient, and able to reproduce themselves generation upon generation. A school is obviously a key part of this process, and so they have been maintained in centuries far poorer than ours. Those who would now close those schools would kill those towns. The death will not be fast or obvious — more like a slow-acting poison that will play out over many years, sapping communities of their vitality.

This may be especially obvious in Ripton, given its geography: sentencing kids to an entire school career of commuting up and down the mountain will soon maroon the town.

I suspect that the editor realizes this at some level, hence the hand-waving in his editorial about “state of the art tech centers for adult education” or “telecommuter

hubs.” I would be willing to bet these are empty words signifying nothing except a bit of shame at abandoning towns; if they are instead real, these proposals should obviously be explored and offered before the decision is taken to close schools, not after.

There’s, ironically, an analogy here to what’s happened in American journalism. In the same name of fiscal “reality” we’ve lost most of the small town newspapers and radio stations that once knit communities together, replacing them with larger and less responsive institutions and the result has not been a citizenry given a “needed boost” into a larger world. Instead it’s been an impoverished media environment, with a thousand stories left untold.

The Addison Independent is a very happy exception to this rule. I give thanks twice weekly that it has not been “consolidated” into some larger project, and instead serves as the lifeblood of our communities.

I have no doubt that it takes talent and will to allow it to survive against the current, just as it would take talent and will to support our schools. If the Indy comes under threat, I for one will do what I can to help see it survive.

I wish it would do the same for the communities it has long served.

Bill McKibben Ripton

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

FREDERICK EDWARD TARDIE

Frederick Tardie, 75, formerly of Middlebury BURLINGTON — Frederick Edward Tardie, 75, of Burlington, formerly of Middlebury, died on April 28, 2019. He was born March 15, 1944, in Springfield, Vt., son of George and Anna (Begin) Tardie.

A graveside service for Fred and his sister Marie will be held at the convenience of the family.

For the full obituary and updates regarding the graveside service, visit www.awrfh.com.◊

Ethel Killingbeck, 93, formerly of Lincoln, and Middlebury SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — Ethel Belfanc Killingbeck, 93, of West Chester, Pa., died peacefully with her family by her side on January 23, 2019 at Phelps Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She formerly resided in Ansonia, Conn., Lincoln, Vt., and Middlebury, Vt. Born on April 1, 1925 in Amsterdam, N.Y., Ethel was the daughter of the late Anna (Ericson) Belfanc and Augustus Henry Belfanc. She resided in Ansonia, Conn., until 1992 when she moved to Lincoln. In August 2012, a few months after her husband’s death, she moved to West Chester, Pa., where she lived until her death.

Ethel graduated from Ansonia High School in 1942 and then attended Sargent College of Boston University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1946. While in college, she was employed as an

athletic and pioneer counselor at the Tripp Lake Camp in Portland, Maine.

In the fall of 1946, she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was a physical education teacher at Rowland Hall School from 19461951. Ethel returned to Ansonia and soon began her career as a Girl Scout professional. She left work in 1956 to raise her children but returned to the workforce part time in the late 1960s as Assistant Director of Outdoor Programs for the Connecticut Trails Council of Girl Scouts.

During the summer she served as Assistant Director of Camp Seeley in Sharon, Conn. She was promoted to Director of Outdoor Programs and served in this position until her retirement in 1989. After retiring, Ethel remained involved in the field as a camp inspector for the American Camping Association.

Ethel was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Rowland Rand Killingbeck, and her sister Jean (Belfanc) Northup. She is survived by her three children, David R. Killingbeck of Downingtown, Pa., Susan K. Knox and her husband Keith of Ossining, N.Y., and Linda K. Paaymans and her husband Roger of Foley, Ala. She also leaves behind her six grandchildren, Blake, Anna and Emma Knox; Christopher, Schuyler and Shannon Paaymans; and her nieces, grandnieces and grandnephews.

A memorial service will be held on May 11, at 11 a.m., at St. Stephens’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main Street, Middlebury, Vt. Donations may be made in Ethel’s memory to Episcopal Relief and Development by visiting episcopalrelief.org or by mail at Episcopal Relief & Development, P.O. Box 7058 Merrifield, Va. 22116-7058.◊

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Academy teaches youths about natural resources VERMONT — Students with a passion for the outdoors will have the opportunity to learn more about Vermont’s natural resources this summer at the 12th annual Natural Resources Management Academy.

It’s set for July 19-21 at Green Mountain Conservation Camp at Buck Lake in Woodbury and is open to any student in Vermont or neighboring states entering Grades 7-10 in the fall. The fee is $125 and covers all meals, activities and two nights’ accommodations in rustic

cabins.

The weekend will offer a mix of hands-on activities, outdoor exploration and time to network with natural resources professionals to learn about related careers.

Expert-led workshops will focus on orienteering, citizen science, fishing techniques and fish processing, GIS mapping in natural resources management and wildlife in a changing climate.

Campers also will take part in supervised shooting sports and

a canoe scavenger hunt to practice mapping and compass skills.

Traditional camp activities will include swimming, fishing, hiking and evening bonfires with s’mores.

The academy, which is sponsored

by UVM Extension 4-H and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, will end with a graduation ceremony and cake at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Parents and family members are welcome to attend the ceremony at no charge.

Registration is open until June

1, with space limited to 30 participants. To register go to regonline. com/NRMA2019.

Limited financial scholarship assistance is available for families in need. Contact Lauren Traister, University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H Teen and Leadership Program coordinator, at 866-2605603 (within Vermont), or 802-8884972, ext. 402.

To request a disability-related accommodation to participate, please call by June 3.

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Gun waiting period would spare domestic violence victims Vermont has an ugly know is making the secret. In our picturesque trend of deathly domesvillages, our quaint tic violence incidents downtowns and our even worse? Easy access larger neighborhoods to firearms. Fifty-nine This week’s grim scenes of domestic community Forum is percent of those adult-reviolence are occurring. by Karen Tronsgardlated domestic violence It is all too easy to Scott, Executive deaths between 1994 think that this grotesque Director of the and 2015 were commitviolence doesn’t exist in Vermont Network ted using guns. Firearms our beautiful state. But Against Domestic pose a significant danger behind too many closed and Sexual Violence, to victims of domestic doors, victims are suf- a statewide nonviolence, and this is true fering from emotional, profit organization no matter who owns the economic and physical dedicated to firearm. According to abuse. After a beloved uprooting the causes the National Domestic state worker was mur- of violence in Violence Hotline, the dered last year by her Vermont. presence of a firearm in ex-boyfriend, Vermont’s the home of an abuser Public Safety Commissioner called increases the risk of homicide 500 domestic violence “a disturbing trend percent. in the state.” Indeed, the trend is This is why the Vermont Network disturbing. And deadly.

Against Domestic and Sexual According to the State, between Violence, Vermont’s leading voice 1994 and 2015, 50 percent of all on domestic and sexual violence, Vermont homicides were domestic strongly supports the waiting period violence related. One thing that we legislation, S22, currently being con-

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ACSD must keep its small schools

To all concerned in response to Angelo Lynn’s April 25 editorial: The conversations I’m having to have surrounding the potential closure of one or more of ACSD’s elementary schools is maddening, quite frankly. Have we honestly become a society that is solely focused on dollar signs that we are willing to sacrifice our children’s educational experience?!

These children are our future.

What are we even doing?

In my opinion, the consequences our children will inevitably face outweigh the outrageously inaccurate costs of maintaining status quo.

Small schools are so valuable in fostering a nurturing environment that encourages kids, on their own, to be confident, independent and feel important. Kids are more engaged in environments where they feel comfortable and acknowledged.

As a new parent in Ripton Elementary School it is refreshing to walk through the school doors and be greeted by highly intelligent, interactive and empowered children who know who I am and my younger child who isn’t even of school-age yet. This environment has been extremely instrumental in allowing my very shy older son to feel safe and supported away from the comfort of home. He is not lost.

It is also statistically proven that smaller schools have increased teacher satisfaction and improved school climate, which translates to lower student bullying rates. In an age where bullying is on the rise I would think this would be a significant factor to consider but all I see in these reports are numbers.

Numbers won’t help my child when he’s feeling lost, unimportant, unknown in a larger school setting.

Numbers won’t help my child to feel

empowered to speak up in a large classroom. Numbers won’t help my child when he has a problem but is scared to ask for help. Large schools can swallow children. No, in fact these numbers won’t do anything but pin communities against each other in this great fight to stop the board from invading our towns and stealing our children’s right to appropriate education to save some coin.

And who is really affected? My kids. My neighbors’ kids. Our future kids. Your grandkids. Please, we’re not having the right conversations here. Let’s consider what is most important and think this through much more considerately than we are currently.

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sidered by the Senate. The passage of S22, which would implement a 48hour waiting period on the purchase of firearms, would reduce the likelihood of impulsive acts of devastating violence.

When lobbying against this common-sense gun safety measure, representatives of the gun lobby often claim that a waiting period would put victims of domestic violence at greater risk. Let me be clear. Nothing could be further from the truth. Access to firearms puts victims of domestic

violence at greater risk.

Firearms are rarely used for self-defense in violent crimes such as domestic violence. Based on an analysis of FBI data from 2007-2011, victims of violent crime engaged in self-protective behaviors that involved a firearm in less than one percent of cases. According to a study conducted by the Violence Policy Center, women are far more likely to be killed than to use a firearm in a justifiable homicide.

For every one time a woman used a

handgun to kill an intimate partner in self-defense, 83 women were murdered by their intimate partner with a firearm.

Domestic violence related homicides are not only tragic for the victim, they shatter the lives of surviving family members — especially children. They also forever damage the communities in which they occur. The Network urges the legislature to reduce the likelihood of these impulsive acts of devastating violence by passing S22.

For the last 24 years, through the support of wonderful customers like yourself, Pool World has been part of the great community of Middlebury and its surrounding neighbor communities. Unfortunately it is with heavy hearts that we have to inform you that, due to the last minute loss of our lease, we are forced to close our Middlebury store at 30 MacIntyre Lane. Our last day of business in that store will be Wednesday May 8, 2019. We invite you to stop in, say hi to our team, Randy, Nick & Rinda and allow them to personally thank you for your support over the last 24 years. You are more than just customers, you are family.

While we know that it will not be as convenient for you we would like to extend you an invitation to visit us at our Burlington location at 16 Austin Drive. Our team from Middlebury will be joining us in that location and would be so very happy to see you there.

It has been our absolute pleasure to be part of your community for these 24 years. We cannot thank the communities enough for welcoming us with open arms and for your continued support over the years. We’re honored that you’ve allowed us to serve your pool and hot tub needs and hope that you will allow us to continue to serve those needs from one of our other locations.

With our deepest thanks. We hope to see you again soon and we wish you a great summer.

Sincerely, Thomas Booska Michelle Booska President General Manager Pool World Pool World

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MONDAY

“Maria by Callas” on screen in Middlebury. Monday, May 6, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. at Town Hall Theater. A benefit screening for non-profit organizations the Opera Company of Middlebury and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. Tickets $25, available at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., at 802-382-9222 or online at townhalltheater.org/calendar-and-tickets/.

MiddMUG meeting in Middlebury. Monday, May 6, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Learn how to make personalized greeting cards, picture books, photo albums, and calendars using Photos or iPhotos. The rest of the evening will be for Q & A. More info at MiddMUG2018@mail.com. All levels of skills are welcome.

Piano recital in Middlebury. Monday, May 6, 7:15-8:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Diana Fanning’s Middlebury College piano students return to EastView for a recital featuring their most recent work.

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TUESDAY

Blood pressure and foot care clinic in Brandon. Tuesday, May 7, 9 a.m., Brandon Senior Center, 1591 Forest Dale Rd. The cost of the foot clinic is $10. More info at 802-770-1536. No appointment necessary.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Tuesday, May 7, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour.

Aaron Retherford from Homeshare Vermont will be speaking at 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of glazed beefsteak with cheddar cheese, maple baked beans, garden peas, hamburger roll and a clementine. 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.

MAUSD Fine Arts Festival in Bristol. Tuesday, May 7, 5-8 p.m., Mt. Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. District Art Gallery will be open in the MAUHS Gym from 5-8 p.m. District Elementary and Middle School Chorus Concert Featuring Moira Smiley with Stefan Amidon and Corey DiMario from 6:30-8 p.m.

Middlebury Fire Department Ham Supper in East

Middlebury. Tuesday, May 7, 5-9 p.m., Waybury Inn, 547 E. Main St. Come help raise funds for the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department at their annual Ham Supper. Tickets $15 adults, $5 children 4-10/free children 3 and under, available at 7 South Sandwich Company, Champlain Plumbing and Heating, Cole’s Flowers, Goodro Lumber Company, The Waybury Inn and from any Middlebury fireman.

May

8

WEDNESDAY

MAUSD Fine Arts Festival in Bristol.

Wednesday, May 8, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Mt. Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. District Art Gallery open in the MAUHS Gym from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Daytime workshops and performances for MAUSD students featuring African Drummers Jeh Kulu. Beeman Elementary School Concert, 5:30-6:15 p.m. Monkton Central School Concert 6:30-7:30 p.m.

American Red Cross blood drive in Vergennes.

Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. “Eames: The Architect and the Painter” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, May 8, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life has been less widely understood.

Part of THT’s Great Art Wednesdays film series.

Tickets $13 adults/$8 students (includes a $1 preservation fee).

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham.

Wednesday, May 8, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Menu includes spaghetti and meatballs, garlic toast, coleslaw or vegetables, and dessert. 72 hours advanced notice required, call Michelle at 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. Meeting of the Bridport Senior Citizens, Inc. will follow the luncheon at 12:15 pm at the Bridport Masonic Hall.

American Red Cross blood drive in Ferrisburgh.

Wednesday, May 8, 1-6 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall, 3279 Route 7.

“Time for Ilhan” on screen in Middlebury.

Wednesday, May 8, 4 and 7 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Middlebury Showing Up for Racial Justice hosts this public screening of the award-winning documentary film, which chronicles U.S. Congresswoman

A lot to soak in

ARTWORK OF ALL sorts graced the exhibition area at Mount Abe in Bristol during the 2013 Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Fine Arts Festival. The 2019 edition of the Fine Arts Festival will kick off this Tuesday evening, May 7, and be open for visitors on Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Ilhan Omar’s historic campaign to become the country’s first Somali Muslim woman legislator.

Free and open to the public, although donations are being collected to fund anti racism work in Addison County.

Book club meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, May 8, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room, Crown Point Road at Short St. The Bridport Book Club will gather to discuss “Born a Crime,” by Trevor Noah. All interested readers welcome. More info call 802-758-2858.

New Haven Historical Society meeting in New Haven. Wednesday, May 8, 7-8 p.m., New Haven Community Library, 78 North St. Come hear “Historical and Humorous Tales About People/Events in New Haven.” All are welcome.

Refreshments provided.

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9

THURSDAY

MAUSD Fine Arts Festival in Bristol.

Thursday, May 9, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Mt. Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. District Art Gallery Open in the MAUHS Gym 8 a.m.-8 p.m., daytime workshops and performances for MAUSD students featuring Addison Repertory Theater, Robinson Elementary School Concert 6:30-7:15 p.m.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, May 9, 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 chicken and biscuit, mashed cauliflower, diced carrots with dill, and birthday cake in memory of Mildred January. 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.

Spring wildflower walk in Addison. Thursday, May 9, 5:30-7 p.m. Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 Route 17. Vermont Fish & Wildlife botanist Bob Popp will lead the group looking for spring wildflowers. Dead Creek includes one of the largest remaining clay plain Forests in the state, with many unique plant species found here as a result. Meet at the visitor center and go on an easy walk looking for flowers and other unique plants.

“A Toast to the Arts” fundraiser in Middlebury.

Thursday, May 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Town Hall Theater’s first-ever fundraising gala event will highlight 28 top artists and their carefully selected works. Half the proceeds go to THT’s performing arts and educational programs. Live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer. Tickets $25/raffle tickets $5 each or $20 for five, available at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, in person at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before the event.

Preview for ticket holders Wednesday, May 8, noon-5 p.m.

“On the Waterfront” on screen in Middlebury.

Thursday, May 9, 6-8:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club’s third film this spring pits the power of a violent organization against one imperfect man. Can this lone dockworker stand up to the crushing force of a corrupt union boss and his gang? A story of love, power, ethics and personal crisis starring the young Marlon Brando. Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb and Karl Malden make career-defining performances.

Salisbury Historical Society meeting. Thursday, May 9, 6 p.m., town library in the Town Hall, 918 Maple St. After the death of Martha Sullivan, a key member of the organization, the society is reorganizing and invites people from any to come be a part of that reorganizing process.

“Zeno Mountain Farm: Inclusion in Filmmaking” in Bristol. Thursday, May 9, 7-8:30 p.m., Holley Hall, 1 South St. Explore Zeno’s philosophy and view their 30-minute film “Bulletproof” as well as a short sizzler for “The Homecoming,” a featurelength Zeno-produced film to be released in September 2019. A panel of Zeno community members will offer a brief presentation and Q&A following the screenings. This One World Library Project event is free and accessible. The Deaf

community is encouraged to attend, as there will be an ASL interpreter and the films are captioned.

Improvisation Composition in Middlebury.

Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd.. *NOTE NEW DATE* An ensemble of dancers and musicians demonstrates the ability to compose engaging and coherent pieces “in the moment” after a semester-long study of improvisation as a performing art. Directed by Lida Winfield with music by Deborah Felmeth and Ron Rost. Free 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Jazz Showcase in Middlebury. Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Lower Lobby, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. This special edition of the Showcase features an array of instrumentalists and singers swingin’ some great jazz! Several members of the class of 2019 will be making their final jazz appearances. Celebration the music that’s been called America’s National Treasure.

Free and open to the public. More info at 802-4433168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

“How to Sit with You” on stage in Middlebury.

Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Rd. In this compilation piece featuring selected playwrights, epic women pursue varied forms of self-realization and liberation. An exercise in yearning, solitude, and finally, healing.

Tickets $6. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

May

10

FRIDAY

Green Mountain Club walk in Vergennes. Friday, May 10, 10:30 a.m., meet at Button Bay State Park by the entrance fee building ready to walk. An out-andback walk on park road to trail to Button Point and on Champlain Trail along the lake toward Basin Harbor. 45-60 minutes one way. Roots and rocks on trail. Lake and Adirondack views. Wildflowers.

Poison ivy warning signs. May be windy or buggy.

Bring windbreaker, water, bug dope, snack and hiking poles if desired. Fee $4 in the slot for those without a park pass. More info contact leader Jill Vickers at jvickers@gmavt.net or 802.759.3227.

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American Red Cross blood drive in Bristol.

Friday, May 10, noon-5 p.m., American Legion Post 19, 56 Airport Dr. Age Well Senior Luncheon in Bristol. Friday, May 10, 11:30 a.m., Mary’s at Baldwin Creek, Route 116. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Meal served at noon of mixed green salad with maple vinaigrette, homemade roll, salmon burger with lemon aioli, roasted potatoes, fresh vegetables, and chocolate mousse. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle at 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.

“History of Captain Bligh, the Mutiny on the Bounty and Caribbean Landscapes” in Middlebury. Friday, May 10, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Middlebury College professor Mike Sheradin will explore the story of Captain William Bligh, famous for having been a strict captain. He also shaped the way that the Caribbean looks today by bringing a ‘floating forest’ of Polynesian plants to the Americas. Free, open to the public and fully accessible, but space is limited. Refreshments provided. RSVP to Suzanne Bennett at 802-3773393 or sbennett@residenceottercreek.com.

Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane in Middlebury.

Friday, May 10, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Duquette and Ruane return to the Bistro at EastView to perform with polished musicianship and harmonies and a wonderful repertoire of original songs and covers.

Free and open to the public.

Artist opening reception in Brandon. Friday, May 10, 5 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center Exhibition Hall, 333 Jones Drive, Park Village.

Meet watercolorist Amanda Amend and see her work in “Lost Edges.” Amend wowed judges at the Compass Music and Arts Center when she was recognized as one of three artists to receive awards for their work in the BARN ART exhibit early last year. On display through June.

Reading and book signing with Richard Hawley in Middlebury. Friday, May 10, 5-6:30 p.m.,

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Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Hawley will read from and sign” On My Way Out,” an intimate account by the author of “The Headmaster’s Papers,” the recent “The Three Lives of Jonathan Force,” the widely reviewed “Boys Will Be Men,” and a dozen books of imaginative literature and essays on educational theory.

“Wildlife” on screen in Middlebury. Friday, May 10, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In the final film of the 2018-2019 MNFF Winter Screening Series. Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a film set in 1960s small town Montana, where a 14-year-old boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his golf pro father loses his job and leaves to fight fires in the Canadian wilderness. Tickets $13.

“How to Sit with You” on stage in Middlebury.

Friday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Rd. In this compilation piece featuring selected playwrights, epic women pursue varied forms of self-realization and liberation. An exercise in yearning, solitude, and finally, healing. Tickets $6. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/ arts.

Sophie Shao and Friends in Middlebury. Friday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Perennial Middlebury favorite cellist Sophie Shao returns with an exciting new ensemble including violinists Zachary DePue and Arnaud Sussman, violist Matthew Lipman, and Nathan Farrington on double bass.

Reserved seating. Tickets $28 Public/$22 Midd ID holders/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students, available at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

Pre-concert lecture by Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin, 6:30 p.m., Room 221.

Ryan McKasson, Jeremiah McLane and Eric McDonald in concert in Bristol. Friday, May 10, 8 p.m., WalkOver Gallery Concert Room, 15 Main St. The final Concert of the WalkOver’s 2019 series. Come hear these masters of tradition. Their individual artistry on fiddle, accordion, guitar and vocals combine in a complex blend, full of spontaneous musicality. Tickets $15 in advance/$20 day of. Advance reservations recommended. More info at walkover@mac.com.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike in Weybridge. Saturday, May 11, Snake Mountain Trailhead. Moderate hike from the Weybridge trailhead on Snake Mountain Road to the summit, with hope of wildflowers.

Approximately 5 miles, with 1,000-foot elevation gain. More info contact leader Ali Zimmer at quickbeam@gmavt.net or 802-349-2166. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, 7-9 a.m., Meet Otter View parking area, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Road. Help Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Shorter and longer routes possible. Beginning birders are welcome. Come for all or part of the walk. More info call 802-388-1007 or 802-388-6019.

Spring rummage and food sale in Shoreham.

Saturday, May 11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Come for bargains in clothing and housewares and great food items as well. Bag Sale starts at noon — fill a bag with non-food items for only $5. Clean donations accepted at the church on Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10, between 1 and 3 p.m. No sporting goods or electronics. More info contact Jeri at 802-897-8591.

Human powered parade and celebration in Bristol. Saturday, May 11, 10-2:30 p.m. Bristol Rec Park. This community event launches with a professional high flying BMX show and moves through town on human powered wheels. An after party includes a community-wide fête at the skate park with bands, pickleball, cargo bike test rides and bike races for kids.

Paper making in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Rokeby Museum, Route 7. Three paper experts are offering families and adults the opportunity to get a taste for papermaking and letterpress printing. Use a bicycle-powered beater and cast off clothing and fibers from plants gathered in Addison County. Printing will focus on table-top presses, moveable type and tools of the

19th century hand-printing trade. Drop-in anytime during these hours to take part. $12/person.

Repeats Sunday.

Portrait of Abby Victoria Painter presentation in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, noon, Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 park St. Pieter Broucke, Sheldon trustee and Middlebury College Professor of History of Art and Architecture/ Director of the Arts selected this inaugural object for the Sheldon’s “Hidden Treasures” series. Abby was the daughter of Gamaliel Painter, a key figure in the founding of the town of Middlebury and Middlebury College. Free with museum admission. More info at henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday May 11, 5-6:30 p.m. Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main St. Vergennes, across from the Vergennes Opera House. Menu includes roast pork, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, applesauce, roll, dessert and beverage. Tickets adults $9/children $5. Served buffet style. Take out available. More info contact 802- 877-3150.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, May 11, 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.

Harold Lloyd’s “Safety Last” on screen in Brandon. Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. See Harold Lloyd’s iconic 1923 thrill comedy — the first film in the 2019 Silent Film Series at Brandon Town Hall.

The story of “Safety Last” follows young go-getter Lloyd to the big city, where he hopes to make his mark in business and send for his small-town sweetheart. His career at a downtown department store stalls, however, until he gets a chance to pitch a surefire publicity idea — hire a human fly to climb the building’s exterior. Free. Free will donations accepted. Family-friendly.

Pete Seeger Tribute sing-along concert in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 N. Pleasant St. Folk singer Pete Seeger was born a century ago, in May, 1919. Come to this sing-along concert and celebrate Seeger’s life and work on behalf of peace, justice and the earth. All proceeds benefit for The Open Door Clinic. The concert will feature musicians who worked closely with Seeger. More info and tickets at riseupsingingvtconcert.com.

Le Fete: A Masquerade Ball in Vergennes.

Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, Main Street. Join your neighbors and friends at this unique and exciting event with dancing, food and beverages amidst the fun of a masquerade ball. Sponsored by the Ferrisburgh Central School Parent Teacher Organization.

Must be 21 or older. Tickets $25 online at vergennesoperahouse.org or at Everywear for Everybody or at the door.

Hilton Park on stage in Brandon. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear Hilton Park’s unique style of Americana/Folk for Mother’s Day. The trio hails from southern Maine and is made up of father Bruce Hilton, youngest son Connor and close musical partner, friend and neighbor Gregg Pannier. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. The Revenants perform in Lincoln. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Come hear The Revenants’ Americana music. Part of the Burnham Music Series. Tickets $10 adults/ kids and teens free. Refreshments served. More info call 802-388-6863.

“How to Sit with You” on stage in Middlebury.

Saturday, May 11, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Rd. In this compilation piece featuring selected playwrights, epic women pursue varied forms of self-realization and liberation. An exercise in yearning, solitude, and finally, healing.

Tickets $6. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

“Scenes and Songs” in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Vocal students of affiliate artists Carol Christensen and Susanne Peck present a lively sampling of musical theater from opera to Broadway in this popular and fun evening. Accompanied by affiliate artist Cynthia

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Hang on

HOLD YOUR BREATH while silent film star Harold Lloyd pushes audiences to the edges of their seats in “Safety Last,” his 1923 thrill comedy that will screen at Brandon Town Hall this Saturday evening with live musical accompaniment.

Huard and by Annemieke McLane, piano. Free.

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

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Vergennes Voyager bike ride in Vergennes. Sunday, May 12, 9:45 a.m., meets at Vergennes Union High School Parking lot, Monkton Rd. Green Mountain Bicycle Club has organized this 26-mile rolling or 39-mile flat to rolling rural ride running along Otter Creek to Middlebury for a bakery stop. The longer ride rolls out by Kingsland Bay State Park before heading south to Middlebury. More info contact John Bertelsen at 802-864-0101 or jo.bertel@ gmail.com, or Karla Ferrelli at 802-864-0101 or karla.ferrelli@gmail.com.

Paper making in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, May 12, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Rokeby Museum, Route 7. Three paper experts are offering families and adults the opportunity to get a taste for papermaking and letterpress printing. Use a bicycle-powered beater and cast off clothing and fibers from plants gathered in Addison County. Printing will focus on table-top presses, moveable type and tools of the 19th century hand-printing trade. Drop-in anytime during these hours to take part. $12/person.

Met Live in HD: “Dialogue Des Carmélites” in Middlebury. Sunday, May 12, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Yannick NézetSéguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress. Pre-performance talk at 12:15 p.m. by Scott Morrison in the Studio downstairs. Tickets $24 adults (+$2 preservation fee)/$10 students (+1 preservation fee).

Cooie DeFrancesco in Middlebury. Sunday, May 12, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Enjoy Cooie’s clear and vibrant vocal stylings as she bring lyrics to life, whether she’s singing traditional tunes, popular songs, or originals. Free, open to the public and fully accessible.

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

Amaryllis performs in Lincoln. Sunday, May 12, 2 p.m., United Church of Lincoln, 23 Quaker St. Come hear Vermont’s early voice ensemble perform “Love ‘N Lust: Madrigals and Tunes from 16th-Century England.’ The 15-voice a capella ensemble will perform madrigals by leading

composers in the time of Queen Elizabeth and James the First. Suggested donation $15 at the door. More info at amaryllisvt.org, Speck@ middlebury.edu or 802-453-3513.

New Century | New Voices: “American Mestiza: The Music of Gabriela Lena Frank” in Middlebury. Sunday, May 12, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Gabriela Lena Frank offers the music of some of her students from her Creative Academy of Music, a new project now in its second year. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

LIVEMUSIC Diana Fanning Piano students’ recital in Middlebury. Monday, May 6, 7:15-8:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Jazz Showcase in Middlebury. Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Sophie Shao and Friends in Middlebury. Friday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane in Middlebury.

Friday, May 10, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Pete Seeger Tribute in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church.

Hilton Park in Brandon. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The Revenants perform in Lincoln. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Ryan McKasson, Jeremiah McLane and Eric McDonald in Bristol. Friday, May 10, 8 p.m., WalkOver Gallery Concert Room.

“Scenes and Songs” in Middlebury. Saturday, May 11, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Cooie DeFrancesco in Middlebury. Sunday, May 12, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Amaryllis in Lincoln. Sunday, May 12, 2 p.m., United Church of Lincoln.

New Century|New Voices: “American Mestiza: The Music of Gabriela Lena Frank” in Middlebury. Sunday, May 12, 8 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center.

Amaryllis in Middlebury. Monday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

BlueBrass in Middlebury. Friday, May 17, 3:304:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Paul Asbell Jazz in Middlebury. Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

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Celebrated cellist brings friends to Midd

By Greg Pahl neighbor Gregg Pannier, a classically Magnificent cellist Sophie trained organist and piano virtuoso.

Shao returns to Robison Hall at The trio is making the return trip to Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Brandon this coming Mother’s Day Center on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 weekend to perform once again at p.m. for her 11th consecutive season Brandon Music on Saturday, May with an exciting new ensemble 11, at 7:30 p.m. including violinists Zachary DePue Although the trio started out and Arnaud Sussmann, violist writing and playing music together Matthew Lipman and Nathan for their own enjoyment, within Farrington on double bass. a very short time they found Together they will perform themselves recognized by the New selected duets by Mozart, England Music Awards (NEMA) Penderecki, and Meyer, plus rarely as one of the best roots acts in New heard double-bass quintets including England and by the Boston Examiner Dvořák’s Op. 77 and Offenbach’s as the band that has “reinvented Divertimento über Schweizer acoustic.”

Lieder in celebration of Since the Hilton Park the composer’s 200th sound was established birthday. Professor of in 2013, the trio has Music Larry Hamberlin continued to release will give a free prealbums and win awards. concert lecture at 6:30 In 2015 they won the p.m. in Mahaney Arts NEMA for “Best in State: Center Room 221.

by Greg Pahl Maine” and in 2017 their A native of Houston, third album “Moments” Shao began playing was nominated for the cello at age six and “Album of the Year” enrolled at the Curtis Institute of (their fourth nomination to date) and Music in Philadelphia at age 13. She their song “Stupid Game” won the continued her cello studies at Yale Academia Award for “Best Song” in University, eventually receiving the Folk Singer/Songwriter category an M.M. from the Yale School 2017. of Music. She received an Avery Concert tickets are $20. A preFisher Career Grant at age 19, was concert dinner is available for $25. a major prizewinner at the 2001 Reservations are required for dinner Rostropovich Competition, and a and recommended for the show. laureate of the XII Tchaikovsky Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 Competition in 2002. or e-mail edna@brandon-music.

Reserved seating tickets are $28 net for reservations or for more for adults; $22 for Middlebury information. Brandon Music is College faculty, staff, emeriti, and located at 62 Country Club Road in alumni; $10 for youth; and $6 for Brandon.

Middlebury College students; and ‘THE ARCHITECT AND are on sale at 802-443-6433 or THE PAINTER’ AT THT middlebury.edu/arts/ticket.

The Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater Mahaney Center is located at 72 is proud to present the documentary Porter Field Road, just off Route 30 film “Eames: The Architect and the South. Parking is available curbside Painter” as part of their Great Art on Route 30 or in the Arts Center Wednesdays series on Wednesday, parking lot.

May 8, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

HILTON PARK Charles and Ray Eames were AT BRANDON MUSIC pioneers of modern design and Hilton Park is an Americana/ architecture. Most are familiar Folk trio with a unique sound from with their “Eames chair,” but their southern Maine made up of father, mark on design history is farBruce Hilton; youngest son, Connor; reaching and varied. He was an and close musical partner, friend and architect and she was a painter and a

arts beat

sculptor. Together, they changed the landscape of American design.

Insightfully narrated by James Franco, the film brings to light a virgin cache of archival material, visually stunning films, love letters, photographs and artifacts produced in mind-boggling volume by Charles and Ray with their talented staff during the hypercreative 40year epoch of the Eames Office.

Interviews with family members and design historians guide the viewer on an intimate tour of the Eames era, while junior designers who were swept into the 24-7 world of “The Eamery,” as they called it, flesh out a fascinatingly complex blueprint of this husband-and-wife powerhouse.

Tickets are $13/$8 including fees. Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802382-9222, at the THT box office Monday–Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before show time. The THT is at 68 S. Pleasant St. in Middlebury.

PETE SEEGER CENTENNIAL Folk singer Pete Seeger was born a century ago, in May 1919. A singalong concert will celebrate Seeger’s life and work on behalf of peace, justice and the Earth, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 N. Pleasant St. in Middlebury. The concert is a benefit for The Open Door Clinic.

Seeger was the master of group singing. Audiences all over the world came to watch him perform and sing along with him. He used his singing as a way to reach into the hearts of the people in his audiences and get them to look at themselves, at people who are different and at the world in fresh ways.

Audience members who attend the upcoming sing-along tribute concert will have the chance to sing together using a new songbook containing fifty classic songs Seeger led throughout his lifetime. The Middlebury concert will feature Charlie King, Annie Patterson & Peter Blood, and The RIX (Rick Nestler & Rik Palieri), all of whom worked closely with Pete Seeger

Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal star as a divorcing couple in “Wildlife,” an MNFF film to be screened Friday, May 10 at THT.

Acclaimed cellist Sophie Shao brings an A-list quartets of classical musicians to Middlebury’s MAC on Friday, May 10, to perform Mozart, Penderecki, Offenbach and more.

Photo by Aaron Kimball

during his life.

Admission is by donation (suggested donation $20). Advance tickets and information are available at riseupandsing.org/Pete100th. For more information contact Priscilla Baker, pbaker@sover.net.

TOWN HALL THEATER TOASTS THE ARTS Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater will host A Toast to the Arts, a unique

opportunity to celebrate dozens of Vermont’s best visual artists and to buy their works at an exclusive fundraising gala from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9.

The Middlebury gala will highlight 28 top artists and their carefully selected paintings, pastels, ceramics, wood and glass sculptures, tapestries, wearable art, basketry (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

Father, son and close family friend make up the trio Hilton Park. They will perform Americana/Folk at Brandon Music Saturday, May 11.

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of May 6

An accordionist, a fiddler and a guitarist — Jeremiah McLane, Ryan McKasson and Eric MacDonald — will perform traditional music at Bristol’s WalkOver Concert Room on Friday, May 10.

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) and photography in all price ranges.

The artists will generously donate half of the sale proceeds to THT’s performing arts and educational programs.

Enjoy live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer. Each ticket includes one free beverage. Mingle with the artists to discuss their works and the creative process. A raffle drawing will feature a brilliant, handcrafted gold and jeweled ring from Raintree handcrafted jewelers in Vergennes.

Tickets are $25 each; raffle tickets are $5 each or $20 for five tickets, and can be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802382-9222, in person at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before the event.

A preview event exclusively for ticket holders will be held on Wednesday, May 8, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater, 68 Pleasant St. in, Middlebury.

‘WILDLIFE’ SCREENS AT THT The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is pleased to present the beautiful and affecting narrative drama “Wildlife” on Friday, May

10, at 7 p.m. as its featured May film for the MNFF 2018/19 Winter/ Spring Screening Series at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

The premise of “Wildlife” is straightforward. In 1960s small town Montana, a 14-year-old boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his golf pro father loses his job and impetuously leaves to fight fires in the Canadian wilderness. Featuring exquisite performances from Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, “Wildlife” is an emotionally resonant directing debut from actor Paul Dano.

As Indie Wire’s David Ehrlich notes, “Families are built upon two things: blood and belief. They can get by on the strength of one or the other, but when the latter starts to wither, the former can only do so much to save it. This strange alchemy — the science responsible for so many American lives — percolates inside every frame of Paul Dano’s remarkable ‘Wildlife,’ a tender, gorgeous, and exquisitely understated drama about a family that loses its faith in itself.”

Tickets are $13 and available at the THT box office, either in person (See Beat, Page 13)

ARIES: March 21-April 20. Reconciliation is important, Aries. That’s especially so if you know you have been in the wrong. Others will respect you much more for your ability to make up and move on.

TAURUS: April 21May 21. It’s time to showcase all of your talents to an authority figure who can push you toward success, Taurus.

All you need is a little reinforcement.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Fresh experiences are on the way, and you are craving an opportunity to broaden your horizons, Gemini. Sign up for classes or get a new hobby to open your eyes to new things.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Sharing deep feelings with others can be healing, Cancer. Just be sure to choose your confidantes wisely, as the right mentor can make all the difference.

LEO: July 23-August 23 Spending quality time with a particular person who is close to you will brighten your week, Leo. It’s just the change of pace you need to put a smile on your face.

VIRGO: August 24-September 22. You are more than willing to take on extra work that needs to be done to get a project completed, Virgo.

Your team-first attitude is not going unnoticed or unappreciated.

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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

LIBRA: September 23-October 23. Creative things catch your eye this week, Libra. Make it a point to stroll through an art gallery or catch a foreign film. Your appreciation for the arts will only grow.

SCORPIO: October 24-November 22. Calling your own shots is perfect for you. The idea of working independently is very attractive to you this week. Give it some thought.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov 23-Dec 21. Hobbies and leisure time activities with friends will provide a welcome break from work, Sagittarius. Use these opportunities to reconnect with people you care about.

CAPRICORN: December 22-January 20. Capricorn, you are considering a financial undertaking that takes you out of your comfort zone. Don’t hesitate, as there’s no reward without a little risk.

A Q U A R I U S : January 21-February 18. Speaking your mind is par for the course, as Aquarians tend to be opinionated. You have the ability to win over others without making them feel pressured in any way.

PISCES: February 19/ March 20. Enjoy a few hours of hibernation this week, Pisces. Expect to feel recharged in no time.

Relaxation for two also can fit the bill.

MAY 5 - Adele, Singer (31) MAY 6 - George Clooney, Actor (58) MAY 7 - J Balvin, Singer (34) MAY 8 - Enrique Iglesias, Singer (44) MAY 9 - Collins Key, Magician (23) MAY 10 - Keenan Thompson, Actor (41) MAY 11 - Jonathan Jackson, Actor (37)

Charles and Ray Eames together were a power in the world of design and art. See their story in the film “Eames: The Architect and the Painter” at THT this Wednesday, May 8.

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Beat (Continued from Page 11) Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., by phone at 802-382-9222 or online at townhalltheater.org/calendar-andtickets.

‘DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES’ OPERA AT THT “Dialogues des Carmélites” closes out the Met Live Season at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 12.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of “Dialogues des Carmélites,” Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of “Blanche” and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the “Prioress.”

The opera takes place between 1789 and 1794 in Paris and in the town of Compiègne in northeastern France, the site of the Carmelite nuns’ convent. Its historical basis is the martyrdom of a group of 16 Carmelite nuns and lay sisters from Compiègne, who chose to offer themselves as victims for the restoration of peace to France during the Revolution.

There is a free pre-performance talk at 12:15 pm by Scott Morrison in the Studio downstairs.

Tickets are $24/$10 students.

Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802382-9222, at the THT box office Monday–Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or at the door one hour before show time. The THT is located at 68 S. Pleasant St. in Middlebury.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC AT WALKOVER IN BRISTOL In the last concert of the 2019 series, the WalkOver Concert Room hosts a traditional ensemble with wide geographic origins: fiddler Ryan McKasson from Tacoma, Wash.; guitarist and vocalist Eric MacDonald from Boston; and Vermont’s Jeremiah McLane on accordion. The concert is at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at 15 Main St.

in Bristol.

McKasson, McLane and McDonald are masters of tradition who purposefully explore the dark corners floating on its edges.

Their individual artistry on fiddle, accordion, guitar and vocals combine in a complex blend, full of spontaneous musicality. Pulling from many strands of influence, they create a swirling level of intensity that traverses darkness and light.

An air of mystery pervades a sound compelling enough to transcend boundaries and appeal to music lovers of all stripes.

Tickets $15 in advance and $20 the day of the performance.

Advance reservations recommended for this concert. Reservations and information at walkover@mac.com.

THE REVENANTS IN LINCOLN The Revenants will be performing for The Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall, 52 River Road in Lincoln, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Bluegrass Gospel Project alums Taylor Armerding, Andy Greene and Kirk Lord have come together to present original, time-honored, and contemporary Americana music to venues throughout New England. Showcasing compelling, intricately braided vocals, richly textured instrumental work, and solid, innovative rhythm, the three band members bring decades of performing experience to the stage. Through their many years of musical collaboration, they speak soulfully with one voice.

Admission is $10 for adults, teens and kids get in free.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 802-3886863.

JAZZ SHOWCASE AT COLLEGE There will be a Jazz Showcase on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. on the lower lobby of Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center.

This special edition of the Showcase features an array of instrumentalists and singers swingin’ some great jazz. Several members of the class of 2019 will be making their final jazz appearances.

It’s a celebration of the music that’s been called “America’s National Treasure.” The performance is free and the public is welcome.

SCENES & SONGS AT COLLEGE There will be a performance, “Scenes and Songs,” at 8 p.m. on

Saturday, May 11, in Robison Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center.

Vocal students of affiliate artists Carol Christensen and Susanne Peck will present a lively sampling of musical theater from opera to Broadway in this popular and fun evening. They will be accompanied by affiliate artist Cynthia Huard and by Annemieke McLane, piano.

It’s free and the public is welcome.

BLUES JAM IN BRANDON Last but not least, the monthly

(second Saturday of the month) Blues Jam, hosted by Tom Caswell at Sister Wicked in Brandon will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. A signup sheet for musicians is available. Singers, guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists, harmonica players; everyone is welcome to come and play the blues. Nothing but the blues from 8 until late. For more information, call 802-236-3368.

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Salisbury Historical Society invites all to meeting SALISBURY — The Salisbury Historical Society is reorganizing, and folks from any town with ties to Salisbury are invited to begin the process at the group’s meeting on Thursday, May 9, at 6 p.m.

The meeting will take place in the library in Salisbury town hall.

For more than 40 years, the Salisbury Historical Society has been active in preserving the

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town’s history, educating young school children and promoting its cultural heritage.

The society last reorganized during the spring of 2006, largely thanks to the efforts Fletcher “Buster” Brush.

Major accomplishments during the ensuing decade included expanding the Village Cemetery and establishing the Veterans Park

in Salisbury Village.

The society recently lost longtime member Martha Sullivan, who died last October.

Sullivan was a go-to person for Salisbury history information.

In wake of this loss, the society hopes to recruit other stewards of Salisbury’s rich history, according to Barry Whitney, the society’s president.

Act! Sing! Dance! Play!

At Town Hall Theater, we encourage creativity and exploration for all ages. This summer, younger actors can sing and dance to tunes from The Magical Kingdom or transform into a fairy or troll in one of our week-long camps.

Ages 12 and up will have a blast performing inLegally Blonde the Musical or a rock musical version of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Scholarships are available for all classes. For more information, visit www.townhalltheater.org Steam VT At STEAM VT we cook over glowing coals. We lounge in the water. We create, recreate, debate and joke. We embrace the laziness of a summer afternoon and the exhilaration of mountain peaks. We make our music, tell our stories and gaze at the stars. We carve wood and shape metal. We discover our art in nature. And, we talk about our worlds around the crackling of the fire. Programs are designed for ages 13-15. Most activities happen in and around Lincoln, VT. Visit www. steamvt.org to sign up, and for more

Vets for Peace will hold a picnic lunch May 18 RIPTON — Join veterans and non-veterans for a Peace Picnic and Conversations beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, at Spirit In Nature in Ripton. The Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans For Peace, Chapter 57, invites the public to bring family and a picnic lunch, enjoy walking the paths,

info; call (802) 349-6518; or email Eric Warren at benthicbread@gmail. com.

CHAMPLAIN DISCOVERY AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM Starting on June 17th, ten students from the Champlain Valley ages 13-16 will build their own 17’ sea kayaks and then embark on a 10-day voyage of a lifetime. Participants in the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Champlain Discovery program will paddle from Whitehall, New York transiting Lock #12 on the Champlain Canal and paddle to Burlington, Vermont. They will experience sites of cultural and natural historical significance as they challenge themselves in new and positive ways. The program culminates when they land in Burlington on the morning of July 20th and are welcomed back to their worlds by family and friends.

The Maritime Museum is accepting applications for the Champlain Discovery program. Financial aid is available. Call 802-475-2022, email nickp@lcmm.org for information and an application, or check out the website www.lcmm.org.

and learn about Veterans For Peace and their activities from Chapter members while sharing ideas about how peace can best be fostered.

Spirit In Nature offers a space for ceremony, nature study, insights into religious faiths, and pathways for quiet walking and exploration and is open all hours.

The Spirit In Nature parking lot is about a mile west of the Robert Frost Interpretive Path and a mile east of the Ripton Country Store, four tenths of a mile south on the Goshen Road. Look for the signs on Route 125.

Chapter 57 members who have experienced war illustrate why we peace is their objective. One says “I grew up when going to war was a manly and heroic thing to do, and was simply expected. At some point during my duty I began to contemplate the horror of it all. I remember the line from the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” — ‘We were eighteen and had begun to love life and Attendees the world; and should we had to shoot bring their it to pieces. The own picnic first bomb, the lunch. Some first explosion, burst in our food and drinks will hearts.’”

A n o t h e r be provided, chapter member such as said, “Whether cheese, you are a Veteran or not, apples and come picnic apple cider. with us. Find out what we’re doing here at home in Vermont, at the Mexican border, abroad in Iraq, Korea, Vietnam, and more. See how you can join in this important work to build a culture of peace, expose the true costs of war, and heal the wounds of war. We work in solidarity with those working to end militarism, to fight racism, and to cope with climate change; remember, the biggest greenhouse gas (polluter) emitter is the US military.”

From 10 to 11 a.m. the group will conduct their monthly meeting. All are welcome to attend the meeting and have conversations afterwards with Chapter members about how best to foster peace in the world.

Noon is picnic time. Attendees should bring their own picnic lunch. Some food and drinks will be provided, such as cheese, apples and apple cider. Temporary bathroom facilities will be available. In case of inclement weather the event will be held at an alternate, nearby, indoor location.

For more information about the event and Chapter 57, visit wmgmvfp.wixsite.com/ Vermont or contact Richard Czaplinski, Chapter 57 president, at rczaplinski@madriver.com or 802-496-3300 or Reg Spooner at carolynspooner275@comcast.net or 802-349-8146.

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GOP presidential hopeful Bill Weld to appear in Vt.

By ANNE GALLOWAY VTDigger.org Two news organizations are hosting a presidential candidate forum with Republican Bill Weld at 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 11, in White River Junction.

The free public event, sponsored

by VTDigger and the Valley News, will be held at the Hartford High School gym, 37 Highland Ave. A traditional fiscal conservative, Weld, 74, is the only Republican candidate so far to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 primary. In extensive interview with David Remnick of The New Yorker, Weld explains that it is incumbent on him, as a party moderate, to challenge Trump.

When he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1990, Weld was the first Republican to hold the seat in 20 years. Weld won with 50 percent of the vote and was re-elected in 1994 with 71 percent of the vote.

The Wall Street Journal and the Cato Institute ranked Weld as the most fiscally conservative governor in the country. He served as national co-chair of the U.S. Privatization Council and of U.S. Term Limits.

Prior to his tenure as governor, Weld served seven years in Pres-

ident Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department, as assistant U.S. Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division in Washington, D.C., and as the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, where he won 109 convictions in 111 prosecutions of public corruption. Earlier he was a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he participated in the Watergate impeachment case, and the U.S. Senate.

As governor, Weld led 16 official trade missions to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. He is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and served for five years as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, by appointment of President George W. Bush.

Weld has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and North and South America. He serves as an associate member of the InterAction Council, an elected group of former heads of state from throughout the world, which convenes periodically to consider and report on issues of paramount global concern, such as nuclear proliferation, religious sectarianism, natural resources, energy, food and water.

State seeks input on deer hunting

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department will hold two more public hearings on deer.

A hearing on May 21 in Bethel will cover the proposed antlerless deer permit numbers for the 2019 hunting seasons as well as the proposed deer hunting regulation changes for 2020.

A second hearing on June 4 in Hinesburg will cover the proposed deer hunting regulation changes for 2020.

The hearings are scheduled for 6:30 to 9 p.m. as follows: • Tuesday, May 21 – White River Valley Middle School, 273 Pleasant St., Bethel.

• Tuesday, June 4 – Champlain Valley Union High School, 369 CVU

Road, Hinesburg.

Previous hearings reviewing the 2018 deer hunting seasons and the proposed regulation changes for 2020 were held in Rutland, Montpelier, St. Albans, Bennington, Orleans and Springfield.

“Mild or moderate winters from 2016 to 2018 allowed the deer population to increase throughout Vermont,” said Nick Fortin, deer project leader for the Fish & Wildlife Department.

“The winter of 2019 was severe in central and northeastern Vermont, and substantial population reductions are expected in those regions. The winter was more moderate or even mild in other parts of the state, and little change is expected in the deer popu-

lations in those areas. That includes most of the wildlife management units (WMUs) where deer densities exceeded objectives in 2018.”

The department’s annual recommendation is based on population estimates, biological data, winter severity data, and deer sighting rates reported by hunters, as well as input from game wardens, foresters and the public.

The antlerless deer hunting recommendation for 2019 and the Fish & Wildlife Board’s proposed permits for each WMU are on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website (vtfishandwildlife. com) under “Board Rules.” Public comments may be emailed to ANR. FWPublicComment@Vermont.Gov by 3 p.m. on May 22.

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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.

Dean. 8 years, American terrier mix, neutered male. Dean is a super cute, friendly and active.

His current guardian has to move out of the country. This big guy is smart, playful, house-trained and kennel trained. Dean struggles with some separation anxiety; he’ll just want to be where you are. Dean has lived with other dogs (cats aren’t his thing) and does best with larger, female dogs – alpha-male personalities are tough for him. Dean is staying with his current guardian while we help to find him a new home. For more information or to arrange a visit, please call (860)810-9083 or email alexandra@yahoo.com

Hayla. 2 years, short hair tiger, spayed female. Hayla hails from Florida. She was one of the lucky cats to be transported to Vermont from Florida by Good Karma.

Hayla is a playful young gal with just a touch of feistiness to keep things interesting. She appears to gets along ok with her community roommates. She likes to be petted and to be cooed over and will quietly purr to show her affection. She is very curious and loves sitting in the window to watch the birds. Hayla is declawed and therefore must be an indoor-only kitty Penelope. 5 years, short hair salt & pepper, spayed female. Penelope is a sweet, people oriented cat. She came to Good Karma animal rescue after her owner passed away. After making the long road trip from Florida, she is ready to settle down with her new family. She loves batting at toys, cat treats and a warm spot to snooze. She has lots of love to give and is so ready to give it. She has adjusted to all the upheaval in her life beautifully and is ready start the next chapter in her life in Vermont.

Won’t you come meet her today?

Lilly. 5 years, short hair black & white, spayed female. Lilly is as lovely as the flower! She is very gentle and sweet, and is a bit of a talker. Lilly gets along ok with other cats at the shelter, but according to her previous guardian isn’t a fan of dogs. She is very low key and mellow and she will win over your heart as soon as you meet her (and you’ll win over HER heart if you bring treats!).

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.

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Pet Pages Celebrate

By ERIN FORBES, DVM and KATHLEEN SHAW, DVM The first week of May is National Pet Week. It is dedicated to the over 200 million pets that bring joy to our lives. Vermont is one of states with the highest percentage of households owning pets — about 70 percent of Vermonters have at least one pet.

Created in 1981 by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Auxiliary AVMA, National Pet Week is a time to honor the many roles pets have in our lives and to promote responsible pet ownership.

Whether your pet is a horse, bird, cat, dog, rodent, or any other of the amazing creatures in our world, our pets are there for us and don’t ask much in return. During National Pet Week, we encourage pet owners to celebrate the bond and provide their pets with all that they need for a healthy and enriched life every week of the year. Each day has a specific theme associated with it: • May 6: Choose well. Commit for life.

• May 7: Socialize now. New

doesn’t have to be scary.

• May 8: Exercise body. Exercise mind.

• May 9: Love your pet? See your vet!

• May 10: Maximize the humananimal bond.

• May 11: Emergencies happen.

Be prepared.

• May 12: Plan for their care.

Give them a lifetime of love.

Keeping your pet healthy involves providing good medical care, enriching their lives, and providing proper food and housing. Enrichment in pets is very important and allows them to keep their minds active. You can do this by taking your pet on walks, playing with them with different toys, and even building your cat a catio. Owners of birds and exotic pets can research ways to modify their pets’ living space to provide variety and entertainment. This doesn’t have to be buying expensive toys — appropriate homemade toys are just as good.

Nutrition and medical care are an important part of responsible pet

Pet Tributes

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If you are not a typical subscriber to the paper, we are happy to mail a copy of the paper to you in which your Pet Tribute appears at no additional charge.

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ownership. One aspect that many pet owners should consider before adopting a pet of any type is the ability to afford veterinary care to prevent parasites and disease and treat any that may occur in the pet. Annual physical exams and preventative medications are not without cost and are critical to pets’ wellbeing.

Before you get a new pet or if you have one and aren’t sure what its needs are, talk to your veterinarian.

They can provide you with accurate information to help you keep your pet healthy and happy. So, whether your pet is a horse or a gerbil or any size animal in between, take time during National Pet week to celebrate the bond. Take your dog for a walk, brush out your horse and go for a ride, play with the cat, or make some additions to your caged pets’ environment to challenge their minds. They give us so much love and comfort: let’s make sure we provide what they need this week and every day of the year. For more information, go to petweek.org.

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Living with Dying An Addison County Partnership

The Heart of Grief

Releasing the story from the body Editor’s note: Last month in this space, Andy Davis shared his story of finding meaning in his grief. This month Louella Morgan-Richer, a community member and hospice volunteer, shares her personal story.

We recognize the power of our stories to connect our own experiences of grief with the experiences of others. In this way we might find transformation, love and healing.

By LOUELLA MORGAN-RICHER When my parents died, I was afraid of my voice. My voice showed my emotion, which expressed my weakness. I was afraid to speak. I wanted the dark to encompass me and swallow me whole. I wanted this. I wanted to die.

To release myself from the pain and grief I was experiencing but felt I could not express.

Instead, I was numb, raw, and vulnerable. I was silent.

What kind of life settles into our bones, our blood, our fascia if we don’t take the time to grieve these losses?

Can we dive into the wound, the loss — excavate and unearth it, then move back out of it? If not grieved, loss has a way of living in the body. But grieving often means moving into hard parts of ourselves and making a home in it, settling into shadows.

We are so separated from our own bodies. We separate our mind, our body, our soul, as if one can function without the other. Allowing for this fragmented way of “how we know what we know” into mind vs. body vs. emotions. We separate. I separate. How

do we reclaim our bodies?

Giving language to grief is not just remembering it or replaying it in one’s mind in order to write; it’s the feeling, the remembering in the body. What does it mean to have deep wounds that are almost beyond language? Beyond words? Words. For me, sometimes such a limiting means of expression. Such confines we create these moments of life within. If I’m honest, I would say I am scared of words.

When I turn to art, I am allowed a place to express myself without words.

Some of my paintings, such as “Behind the Screen,” start with writing but when the words stop, I turn to paint.

Through painting, I gain insight as I relate to my grief. Perhaps it’s because I obtain a certain distance; find a space that no longer feels like it will swallow me up but instead, allows me to assimilate the meaning of the loss into my life.

I have also found connection and that, I realized, was what I had been searching for all along; connection to myself, my story, my community, my wholeness. I feel like art is almost a public service, an expression of ourselves as a witness to something bigger.

This work shows the complexity of these experiences and how they cannot be easily categorized into stages and gates but instead each person must find their own path, which might not have a neat beginning, middle, and end, but it will be their own journey in and through their grief so that they can find acceptance and wholeness too.

Louella Morgan-Richer continues to use art as an expression of grief

“Behind the Screen” 30 inches x 40 inches, mixed medium on canvas

and loss. Her paintings, including the one shown, can be seen at End of Life Services, located at Marble Works

in Middlebury and at Healthy Living Market and Café in South Burlington.

Louella will also be offering workshops

at BUNDLE (the old Clay’s) at 60 Main St. in downtown Middlebury starting in early summer.

This column is presented by the Living with Dying Partnership – an alliance between End of Life Services (formerly Hospice Volunteer Services and ARCH), Addison County Home Health & Hospice and UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center. The mission of this partnership is to create a framework for end-of-life care organizations to collaborate on our common goal of providing education about dying, death and options for care. For more information on this partnership, please call End of Life Services at 388-4111.

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Minecraft on my TV for like 10 minutes. When we were on the airplane in the very last row, bit of the airplane’s orange juice. I love my mom because she loves me so much. - Ber She’s in my family. I like to have “girl time” with her. I like when she makes chili for dinner (also I like her pizza). She gives me Valentine cards on Valentine’s Day. - Genevieve

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Bill Taylor: third generation ambulance driver

By ALICE GRAU BRIDPORT — Bill Taylor has been a member of Town Line First Response since 2006, after he moved to his wife Lisa’s hometown of Bridport, and is currently serving his second term as squad president.

He is proud to be a third-generation ambulance driver.

Bill’s grandfather Raymond W. Taylor drove an ambulance during World War I and saw action in Europe before returning home. Bill started riding along as a “third man” to observe with his father, Donald D. Taylor, an ambulance driver in his hometown of Topeka, Kan. When Bill turned 16 and had first aid training, he landed a part-time job on the ambulance service handling mortuary calls, hospital transfers and every type of illness and injury in a city of 120,000. There is a large VA hospital in Topeka, and Bill would transfer patients in and out of state for the VA as well. He remembers an ambulance ride was about $30 back in those days, (later there was an additional charge for mileage) and patients had to pay the

bill themselves, often in cash.

After high school, Bill trained as a respiratory therapist, then became an Emergency Medical Technician in 1974, the year the national registry began. He is Town Line’s “oldest” EMT, recently celebrating 45 years of emergency service. Bill became a firefighter and medic with the Topeka fire service in 1976, eventually captaining the hazardous materials service. He continued to work parttime on the ambulance service until 1982, when it became private. He still worked as a medic for the Topeka Fire Department, which handled first response calls in the area until the ambulance arrived. He retired as a captain in the fire department and head of hazmat in 2004. He re-certified as an Advanced EMT in Vermont in 2016, so that he can again administer injections and intravenous medications if needed.

One of Bill’s early memorable calls was to a fire that occurred while he was taking the EMT course in 1973. Two children, ages 2 and 4, were left alone in a home that caught fire and was soon totally engulfed.

After the kids were brought out of the house apparently lifeless, Bill and a co-worker alternated using their single demand valve mask to get the children breathing. Both children survived and Bill made his life-long commitment to emergency service.

Bill has seen many changes in emergency care over the years. Protocols to control bleeding used to be to administer pressure to an ascending order of points, reinforcing dressings and bandages to stop a bleed. Now first responders go straight to a tourniquet. Rest response workers also used to have MAST trousers, inflating rubber pants to put pressure on to push blood back to the brain, to prevent shock. This has the potential side effect of increasing bleeding and has mostly been eliminated. They used to spend a lot of time learning how to immobilize injured patients on a spine board, now they use the board for extrication and then transport most people on a cot with a mattress.

In his years in emergency service Bill has seen plane, train and automoBILL TAYLOR RETIRED from a career as a firefighter and EMT in bile crashes, and even mass shootings Kansas before moving to Bridport. He has worked as an EMT here including four dead in a bar and seven since 2006 and is an aide at Bridport Central School.

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fatalities in a house shooting back in Topeka. Drownings, lightning strikes, and a woman electrocuted by a faulty dishwasher are part of his experience. In this last incident, the woman went into cardiac arrest and unfortunately died because no one in the house did CPR. One of his pet peeves is how few people know CPR and so aren’t ready to help a family member, friend or neighbor who has a sudden cardiac arrest. People don’t realize every minute is critical, Bill says, and you only have 4-6 minutes to start CPR before damage to the brain and heart is irreversible. The survival rate drops off rapidly with every minute that goes by. People don’t like to give breaths without a mask, but even simply pushing hard and fast on the chest might be enough to save a life.

He reminds everyone not to be afraid of hurting the patient; if you don’t

Photo by Alice Grau

start CPR, they are dead.

Bill enjoys helping people learn and particularly enjoys training new staff. He loves his rural life in Bridport, with natural beauty everywhere in Vermont. He works as an aide at the Bridport Central School since 2007 and is also the heath aide, dealing with sick and injured children and giving medications when the nurse is not in the building. He especially enjoys teaching preschoolers, and is looking forward to the upcoming birth of his 10th grandchild.

Bill encourages anyone with an interest in helping their neighbors to take a first response course like the one currently being offered. If you’re interested or know someone who is, then contact Ron Sunderland at 3887052 for more information.

Editor’s note: Writer Alice Grau is a volunteer EMT with Town Line First Response.

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SPORTS MONDAY

Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/1 MUHS vs. Burlington.................... 16-6 5/3 VUHS at U32...................... Postponed 5/3 MUHS vs. Mt. Mansfield............... 14-8 Boys’ Lacrosse 5/1 Milton vs. Mt. Abe........................... 8-3 5/2 Mt. Mansfield at MUHS...... Postponed 5/2 OV vs. GMVS................................. 6-4 5/4 St. J vs. Mt. Abe............................. 6-3 Baseball 5/1 OV vs. Windsor.............................. 8-3 5/2 VUHS vs. Spaulding....................... 3-1 5/2 Fairfax at MUHS................. Postponed 5/2 Mt. Abe vs. Milton......................... 15-5 5/3 OV vs. Rutland............................... 7-2 5/4 Milton vs. VUHS............................. 5-4 Softball 5/1 OV vs. Windsor.......................... 12-11 5/2 Spaulding vs. VUHS................... 13-12 5/2 Fairfax at MUHS................. Postponed 5/2 Mt. Abe vs. Milton......................... 20-0 5/3 OV vs. Bellows Falls.................... 23-1 5/4 Milton vs. VUHS............................. 8-5 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse NESCAC Final Four at Tufts 5/4 #1 Tufts vs. #7 Midd................... 14-13 Women’s Lacrosse NESCAC Final Four at Midd.

5/4 #1 Midd. vs. #4 Amherst............... 11-5 5/4 #2 Tufts vs. #3 Wesleyan............. 11-8 5/5 #1 Midd. vs. #2 Tufts.................... 10-9 Softball NESCAC Tournament 5/3 Tufts vs. Midd................................. 2-0 Baseball 5/3 Midd. vs. Amherst....................6-4 (10) 5/4 Midd. vs. Amherst........................... 2-1 5/4 Amherst vs. Midd............................ 6-5

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/6 MUHS at Mt. Anthony.............4:30 PM 5/6 U-32 at VUHS........................4:30 PM 5/8 South Burlington at MUHS.....4:30 PM 5/9 VUHS at Lamoille...................4:30 PM 5/11 CVU at MUHS......................... 11 AM Boys’ Lacrosse 5/6 MUHS at Woodstock...................4 PM 5/6 OV at Mt. Abe..............................4 PM 5/7 MUHS at Colchester...................4 PM 5/8 Mt. Abe at Lamoille......................4 PM 5/8 Montpelier at OV.........................4 PM 5/10 Essex at MUHS.........................4 PM 5/10 OV at Hartford......................6:30 PM 5/11 Mt. Abe at Harwood................. 11 AM Baseball 5/6 Mt. Abe at VUHS....................4:30 PM 5/6 Spaulding at MUHS................4:30 PM 5/7 VUHS at Harwood..................4:30 PM 5/7 Mount Abe at Spaulding.........4:30 PM 5/7 Springfield at OV....................4:30 PM 5/7 MUHS at Missisquoi...............4:30 PM 5/9 Milton at MUHS......................4:30 PM 5/9 VUHS at Fairfax.....................4:30 PM

(See Schedule, Page 22)

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Sports BRIEFS

Otter Tennis nets first win

MOUNT ABE’S COLBY Lathrop can’t quite outrun the ball and is out at second during the Eagles’ game against Milton on Thursday.

Independent photo/Steve James

Mount Abe baseball thumps Milton, 15-5, to reach .500

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The teams now at the top of the Vermont Division II baseball standings might want to heed the words of legendary pitcher Satchel Paige — “Don’t look back.

Something might be gaining on you.”

With Thursday’s 15-5, five-inning dismantling of visiting Milton, the Mount Abraham Union High School baseball team wrapped up a 3-0 week, picked up its fourth win in five outings, and evened its record at 4-4.

And the Eagles have been competitive in their losses, with two by one run and another by two runs; unsuccessful suicide squeeze bunts played pivotal roles in two of those setbacks.

“Today we scored a lot of runs, obviously, but every game we’ve played has been a competitive game,” said Coach Jeff Stetson. “We battled Colchester well. We battled Vergennes well. Mount Mansfield was a 3-2 game.”

What’s been a constant for the Eagles is the pitching. Earlier in the week brothers Ryan and Nolan Whitcomb tossed gems in 4-2 and 3-1 wins over Missisquoi and BFA-Fairfax, respectively, for example.

“We’re getting really good pitching, and that’s what I thought would be one of our strengths in the beginning of the season,” Stetson said.

The Eagles also maintained their (See Eagles, Page 23)

EAGLE PITCHER EBEN Clifford hurls one to the plate during Mount Abe’s home game against Milton on Thursday. Clifford was on the winning side of a 15-5 final score.

Independent photo/Steve James

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ tennis team on Friday defeated visiting Mount St. Joseph, 6-1, to earn its first win of the spring. The 1-4 Otters won all five contested matches, and each team picked up a point via forfeit.

Winning in singles for OV were Brenna McCullough at No. 1, 4-6, 6-3, 12-10 tiebreaker over Melissa Maloe; Maddie Fuller at No. 2, 6-2, 6-4 over Sarai Chaleb; Meghan Chaney at No. 3, 6-1, 6-1 over Kristen Elliott 6-1, 6-1; and Evelyn Bart at No. 4, 6-3, 6-2 over Fridjha Wsper.

In doubles, OV’s Anoushka Pschorr and Sydney Singh edged Miracle Wood and Lucy Gall, 7-5, 5-7, 10-8 tiebreaker.

Baseball: OV moves to 7-0; VUHS splits ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school baseball in the latter half of last week Vergennes won once, but then saw its winning streak end, while Otter Valley kept up its winning ways to remain undefeated.

Middlebury’s Thursday home game vs. Fairfax was postponed.

Mount Abraham defeated visiting Milton on Thursday; see story.

OTTERS On Wednesday the Otters topped visiting Windsor as hurler Patrick McKeighan struck out 15 in a complete-game five-hitter. Reilly Shannon’s two RBIs paced the offense.

On Saturday OV pitcher Josh Beayon tossed 6.2 innings of twohit baseball and whiffed 13 Rutland batters as the Otters knocked off host Division I Rutland, 7-2. Kollin Bissette got the final out for OV. Alex Polli and Shannon each knocked out two of OV’s seven hits, and Shannon scored twice. Bissette doubled, and McKeighan, Jack Adams and Marcus McCullough drove in runs.

OV improved to 7-0 and remained on top of the D-II standings.

COMMODORES On Thursday the Commodores topped visiting Spaulding, 3-1, as winning pitcher Jarret Muzzy (See Baseball, Page 22)

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High school lacrosse: Tiger girls keep winning; Otter Boys defeat GMVS

EAGLE SENIOR MOLLY MURRAY applies the tag at second to Milton’s Laurie Olsaver on Thursday in Bristol. Mount Abe won handily.

Independent photo/Steve James

In softball

Otter Valley and Mt. Abe prevail; Vergennes falls ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school softball action last week, Otter Valley won a pair of games, Mount Abraham coasted to a big victory, and Vergennes dropped a pair of close contests.

Middlebury’s Thursday home game vs. Fairfax was postponed.

OTTERS On Wednesday the Otters edged visiting Windsor, 12-11. Mia Politano drove in the tiebreaking run in the sixth before winning pitcher Morgan LaPorte shut the door in the top of the seventh. Rene O’Connell, Madison French and Jaden Pope each stroked two hits for OV. On Friday the Otters rolled to a 23-1, five-inning victory over host Bellows Falls, using 11 hits and a number of walks to pile up runs.

Bella Falco stole home twice, and Shayla Phillips and O’Connell each picked up two hits. LaPorte allowed two hits, struck out four and walked none as the 5-2 Otters won their fifth straight.

EAGLES On Thursday the Eagles snapped their first two-game losing streak in many years by pounding Milton,

20-0, in five innings. Ruby Ball tossed a two-hitter and struck out 13, and the Eagles pounded out 13 hits.

Sam Rathbun went four-for-four to lead the way, and Addy Harris, Jess Murray, Molly Murray and Cora Funke all delivered multiple hits.

Ball also tripled in two runs as the Eagles improved to 5-2.

COMMODORES On Thursday visiting Spaulding edged VUHS, 13-12, despite the Commodores’ 21-hit attack. Jordan Kimball finished with four hits; Felicia Poirier, Karrie Ayer and Cheyenne Jewett poked three hits apiece; and Audrey Tembreull, Ema Gernander and Sierra Bertrand each knocked out two hits.

One of Bertrand’s hits was a threerun homer.

Bertrand took the pitching loss, allowing nine earned runs on 10 hits and seven walks. Winning pitcher Emily Citin allowed all 21 hits and 11 earned runs, but walked none.

On Saturday Milton bounced back from its beating in Bristol to top VUHS, 8-5. Jewett led the attack with a pair of hits as the Commodores dropped to 0-8 with another narrow loss.

6-4. It was the first win for Coach Jesse Milliman over GMVS in his five-year tenure, and possibly the program’s first-ever over the ski school.

Hayden Gallo scored five goals, three in the second half after OV took a 3-2 lead at the break, to spark the OV attack; Timothy Kittler assisted on the Gallo goal that made it 5-3. Ethan Sulik-Doty found the net in the first quarter for the other OV goal. At the other end OV goalie Alex Stevens excelled, making close to 20 saves, many with a high degree of difficulty.

The Otters improved to 2-3, including a 2-3 record in D-II; all three of their losses have come to D-I competition. They will look to reach .500 at Mount Abraham on Monday.

EAGLE BOYS On Wednesday host Milton topped the Eagle boys, 8-3, thanks in part to 22 saves from Milton goalie Chris Lefebvre. Carmelo Miceli led the Eagles with a goal and an assist, Liam Oxford and Ryan Rougier also scored, and Quincy Cook picked up an assist. Eagle goalie Grady Brokaw stopped nine shots.

On Saturday visiting St. Johnsbury outlasted the Eagles, 6-3. The Eagles got goals from Sam Schoenhuber, Griffin Paradee and Nate Wojciechowski and an assist from Jack Halpin, while Brokaw stopped 13 shots. Rynn Egan scored four for St. J, which held a 19-11 edge in shots on goal.

The 2-3 Eagles will host OV on Monday.

Schedule (Continued from Page 21)

SENIOR PITCHER RUBY Ball fires another one to the plate in Mount Abe’s game against Milton in Bristol Thursday. Ball struck out 13 in the 20-0 romp.

5/9 Mt. Abe at OV.........................4:30 PM 5/11 Richford at VUHS.................... 11 AM 5/11 MUHS at South Burlington...... 11 AM Softball 5/6 Spaulding at MUHS................4:30 PM 5/6 Mt. Abe at VUHS....................4:30 PM 5/6 OV at Mt. Anthony..................4:30 PM 5/7 VUHS at Harwood..................4:30 PM 5/7 Mount Abe at Spaulding.........4:30 PM 5/7 MUHS at Missisquoi...............4:30 PM 5/9 Milton at MUHS......................4:30 PM 5/9 Mt. Abe at OV.........................4:30 PM 5/9 VUHS at Fairfax.....................4:30 PM 5/10 Springfield at OV..................4:30 PM 5/11 Mt. Mansfield at Mt. Abe.......... 10 AM 5/11 MUHS at South Burlington...... 11 AM Tennis 5/6 Spaulding at MUHS Boys.......3:30 PM 5/6 MUHS Girls at Spaulding.......3:30 PM

5/8 MUHS Boys at St. Albans......3:30 PM 5/8 St. Albans at MUHS Girls.......3:30 PM 5/10 MUHS Boys at U-32.............3:30 PM 5/10 U-32 at MUHS Girls.............3:30 PM Ultimate 5/6 Rice at MUHS.............................4 PM 5/9 Vermont Commons at MUHS......4 PM Track & Field 5/7 MUHS et al at Mt. Abe............3:30 PM COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 5/6...........NCAA D-III Pairings Announced Baseball 5/10-12 .......Midd. at NESCAC Tourney at Colby

Late games were played after deadline. Due to uncertain weather and other factors spectators are advised to consult school websites for schedule updates.

Independent photo/Steve James

Baseball (Continued from Page 21) tossed a complete-game two-hitter, striking out eight. The Commodores played errorless ball to support Muzzy, and Aiden Gardner, Rob-

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school lacrosse action late last week, the Middlebury girls stretched their winning streak, the Otter Valley boys picked up a big win, and the Mount Abraham-Vergennes boys’ dropped a pair of defensive battles.

The Middlebury boys were set to host Mount Mansfield on Thursday; that game was postponed. The Tigers will visit Woodstock on Monday.

The VUHS-Mount Abe cooperative girls’ team’s Friday game at U-32 was also postponed. The Commodores will host the Raiders on Monday.

TIGER GIRLS On Wednesday the Tigers coasted past visiting Burlington,16-6. Emily Laframboise (four goals) and Lacey Greenamyre (three) led the attack, and Ada Anderson, Malia Hodges and Carlisle Brush each scored twice. Goalie Lydia Deppman stopped 10 shots, as did Seahorse goalie Zoe Cudney.

On Friday the Tigers topped visiting Mount Mansfield, 14-8, in a game played at Middlebury College. The win, their fourth straight, evened their record at 4-4. In those four games the Tigers have scored at least 10 goals in each outing and have allowed no more than eight goals in any. “It’s coming together,” said Coach Brandi Whittemore.

Her team visits Mount Anthony on Monday and hosts South Burlington on Wednesday.

OTTER BOYS On Thursday the OV boys topped visiting Green Mountain Valley,

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bie Bicknell and Xander DeBlois finished with multiple hits.

On Saturday VUHS fell to host Milton, 5-4, as the Yellowjackets picked up their first win. Cooper

O’Brien led the Commodores with two hits and two RBIs. VUHS (6-2) saw a six-game winning streak end.

Mount Abe is set to visit VUHS on Monday.

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MOUNT ABE SENIOR catcher Parker Hines chases a fly ball in the Eagles’ 15-5 win over visiting Milton on Thursday. The Mount Abe victory capped a 3-0 win for the Eagles.

Independent photo/Steve James

Eagles (Continued from Page 21) poise both overall after their 0-3 start, and within close games, Stetson said.

“We’ve hung in and stayed in. And the pitchers have thrown strikes and we’ve made enough plays defensively. In three games in a row now

we’ve turned nice double plays,” Stetson said. “And kids are starting to believe a little bit in themselves.

It’s turning the corner. I think we could still do some things better, obviously, but attitudes have been great, and everybody is working

hard.”

With contributions from everyone in the lineup on Thursday, the Eagles took charge early vs. Milton (0-6). A double play crisply turned by shortstop Ethan Bissonette and second baseman Wyatt Thompson helped

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winning pitcher Eben Clifford coast through the first inning.

But Milton pitcher Jacob LaWare did not receive the same level of support, as the Eagles parlayed six hits, three errors and two walks into a seven-run first inning.

Thompson beat out an infield single, and Clifford reached on an error that allowed Thompson to race to third. Thompson scored on a throwing error when Clifford stole second, and Clifford scored on Parker Hines ground-ball single. Colby Lathrop dropped a single into the outfield to score Hines, and Nolan Whitcomb walked. Silas Burgess singled to left, and an outfield error allowed Lathrop to score, making it 4-0 and putting runners on second and third.

Jackson Gepfert’s single down the third-base line, the hardest-hit ball of the inning, scored both runners, and after Max Breault reached on a fielder’s choice Thompson doubled him home for the final run.

The Eagles went right back to work in the second, scoring four times off reliever Matt Brault. Lathrop singled, Brault hit Whitcomb with a pitch, and Burgess legged out an infield hit. Gepfert picked up his third RBI with a walk, Bissonette drove in a run with a groundout, and Breault drilled an opposite-field triple down the right-field line to plate two more runners and make it 11-0.

Milton got to Clifford in the third.

Brault, who had three hits overall,

singled. Milton tallied a walk and an RBI single by Zachary Fantini, Ian Jennings drove in two runs with a triple off the right-field fence. Jennings scored on a two-out error to make it 11-4. Milton added a run in the fourth on a Brault single, an outfield error, and an Andrew Harvey RBI single, and it was 11-5.

The Eagles picked up four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Bissonette walked and Breault singled, and with two out Hines walked to load the bases. Lathrop singled to make it 12-5, and then Whitcomb lined a bases-clearing double into right center to make it 15-5 and gave chilly fans hope the game could end after five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.

Clifford obliged with a 1-2-3 fifth, with help from Thompson, who made an outstanding backhand grab of a Fantini’s line-drive bid for a leadoff hit. Clifford retired the next two batters on a fly ball and strikeout.

He finished by allowing three earned runs in five innings on six hits and two walks, while striking out five.

Starting with rematch on the road with the Commodores on Monday, Stetson believes his Eagles can continue to win their fair share.

“I think we can be competitive from every game here on out.” he said. “As they say today, I like the way we’re trending.”

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

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Gov. Douglas to deliver commencement address at Castleton CASTLETON — Former Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas will deliver the commencement address at Castleton University’s 232nd graduation ceremony on May 18.

Douglas, a longtime Middlebury resident, became the 80th governor of Vermont in 2002 and was re-elected for three terms with a majority of the vote. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Middlebury in November 1972, and would become the House majority leader during his third two-year term at the age of 25.

Douglas was elected Secretary of State in 1980, a post he held until 1992. He also served as Vermont state treasurer from 1995 to 2002.

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focus our energy into creating positive change,” said Castleton President Karen Scolforo. “I have no doubt his words will engage, encourage, and inspire.”

Douglas is best known for his stance on key issues during his time as governor, including the 2007 landmark civil rights bill that

banned discrimination on the basis of gender identity by employers, financial institutions, housing, and public accommodations.

He focused his time in office on strengthening Vermont’s economy, reducing the cost of living, and protecting the environment. He served as chairman of the National Governors Association and former President Barack Obama appointed Douglas co-chair of the Council of Governors, a bipartisan group consisting of 10 governors who advised on matters related to the National Guard and civil support

missions.

After his time in office, Douglas became an executive in residence at his alma mater, Middlebury College, and began teaching courses in politics and government. His memoir, titled “The Vermont Way: A Republican Governor Leads America’s Most Liberal State,” was published in 2012.

The university’s commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. in the Castleton Pavilion.

Sheldon Museum offers new ‘Hidden Treasures’ series MIDDLEBURY — Beginning this month, the Henry Sheldon Museum is launching a new series, “Hidden Treasures.” Each month, the museum will feature a different object from the Sheldon’s collection.

Some of these treasures are “hiding” in plain view, while others are new to the collection.

Several of the selected objects have been in storage for decades and are rarely or never seen by visitors.

The Sheldon staff and trustees will offer a peek at these treasures, one on view each month. A brief 30-minute gallery talk about each hidden treasure will be presented on the second Saturday of each month at noon. Many of the talks will reveal newly discovered, fascinating information.

The first of these treasures is a large, full-size portrait of Abby Victoria Painter (1796-1818). Abby

was the daughter of Gamaiel Painter, a key figure in the founding of the town of Middlebury and Middlebury College. Pieter Broucke, Sheldon trustee and Middlebury College Professor of History of Art and Architecture/Director of the Arts, selected this inaugural object.

On this Saturday, May 11, at noon, Professor Broucke will share his interpretation and knowledge about the portrait of Abby Painter.

Families are encouraged to attend.

The Saturday gallery talks are free with museum admission.

Visit the Sheldon’s website, henrysheldonmuseum.org, for

information about the Hidden Treasures series schedule.

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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PROFESSOR Pieter Broucke will talk about this full-size portrait of Abby Victoria Painter in a presentation at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury this Saturday at noon. It is the first in a series called “Hidden Treasures.”

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Measles (Continued from Page 1) concern about the vaccine itself and to measles or may have measles.” its potential side effects.

Measles is a highly infectious DOH officials stress the MMR disease caused by a virus. Symptoms vaccine is safe. Side effects are show up about seven to 14 days after typically confined to soreness and/ a person is exposed, and include high or swelling for a short period after fever (usually the first symptom), the shot. cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes, “I think pediatricians generally do and rash, according to the CDC. The a really great job at hearing parents’ rash begins at the hairline, moves to concerns and addressing them the face and neck and then down the appropriately,” Withers said. body.

Jeffrey Heath, RN, is a public Measles is transmitted by airborne health nurse supervisory with the particles, droplets, and direct contact DOH’s Middlebury office. He is with the respiratory secretions of an working closely with Addison infected person. Infected individuals County providers to make sure any are contagious from four days before measles cases are properly diagnosed rash onset through the and minimized. fourth day after rash “People are concerned, appearance, according “I think and local providers have pediatricians to the CDC. questions,” Heath said The disease is most generally do on Thursday about calls prevalent in children a really great he’s been receiving from and often remains job at hearing people who are reacting benign, running its to the measles coverage parents’ course in a week or two. they’ve been seeing in But measles can lead concerns and the media. to hospitalization and addressing He stressed even death. People with them Vermonters shouldn’t measles can experience appropriately.” worry about measles complications like — Dr. Natasha while traveling in-state. diarrhea, ear infections, Withers But they should be pneumonia, acute vigilant and proactive encephalitis, or a brain if they’re planning infection that can lead to permanent international travel or will be visiting brain damage, according to the CDC. one of the 22 states currently dealing Getting measles during pregnancy with measles cases. More details are increases the risk of premature labor, available at cdc.gov/measles. Those miscarriage and low birth weight, traveling a region with confirmed according to health officials. measles cases will want to make People born in or before 1957 are sure their MMR vaccines are up to generally considered to have measles date. immunity, but health officials said These are the CDC guidelines older folks should inquire about for MMR vaccines if traveling into the requisite measles, mumps and confirmed measles areas: rubella (MMR) vaccine, especially • Infants six through 11 months if they don’t have records to prove should receive one dose of MMR past immunization. vaccine before departure.

The MMR vaccine is part of the • Children one year or older should regular schedule of immunizations have documentation of two doses of for children.

MMR vaccine, separated by at least Even though measles was 28 days. declared eliminated in the U.S. • Teenagers and adults with no in the year 2000, outbreaks still evidence of immunity should get two happen in communities with low doses of MMR vaccine, separated immunization rates. Some parents by at least 28 days. choose to not immunize themselves “I think Vermont overall has pretty or their children based on objections good vaccination rates,” Heath said, steeped in religious beliefs or though he added it only takes one

DR. NATASHA WITHERS, medical director for Porter Medical Center’s affiliated provider practices, is coordinating the hospital’s preparedness and response to any potential measles cases that might emerge in Addison County as part the current, national epidemic.

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unvaccinated person to spread the disease into an entire region.

Withers noted unvaccinated people can avoid measles when they’re surrounded by a majority of people who have had the inoculation.

But she’s not recommending that people depend on “herd immunity.”

“If everyone around you gets immunized, you’re kind of protected,” she said. “The more people who are not immunized, the less protection there is. That creates issues.”

If a measles patient were to show up at Porter Hospital, he or she would be quarantined, according to Withers. Hospital officials would immediately call the DOH about the suspected measles case. Health care workers would collect blood and throat/nose swab samples from the patient that would be tested by the DOH, Wither said.

If someone simply calls thinking

they might have measles, a provider will ask for their symptoms.

“Measles is pretty specific,” Withers said. “(The symptoms) are triggers for us. Also, if they’ve been exposed to someone who has measles or of they’ve traveled internationally, and if they’re not immunized against measles — those are also triggers.”

Porter officials have a plan in place for anyone who’s been exposed to measles.

“Typically, if they have not been vaccinated, we would give them the MMR vaccine,” Withers said.

“If they are particularly immunecompromised or have multiple medical problems, they recommend giving immunoglobulin (within six days of exposure) to try to prevent them from getting measles. If you give the vaccine to a non-immune individual, it should ideally be within 72 hours of exposure.”

Withers added she and her colleagues are receiving regular updates from the DOH on the measles epidemic.

In related news, Middleburybased Rainbow Pediatrics was recently recognized by the CDC as one of 25 primary care practices in Vermont that achieved “high” child or teen immunization rates in 2018.

In order to earn this recognition, at least 90 percent of the practice’s child patients must be up to date with immunizations for 11 vaccinepreventable diseases, including measles, mumps and whooping cough. At least 80 percent of teen patients must be vaccinated to prevent meningitis and cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). To be eligible for consideration, providers must have at least 20 teen or child-age patients.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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

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Middlebury Union High School introduces Emma Pope McCright, the daughter of John McCright and Sarah Pope, as its featured Student of the Week. Emma has a younger sister, Sophie, who is a sophomore at MUHS, and the family resides in Middlebury.

Emma is a talented student and she has challenged herself with a demanding course load at the high school. Last fall, she enrolled in an Anthropology course at Middlebury College and she loved the subject matter. She is currently taking three Advanced Placement classes and enjoys the content, saying that if she had to choose, AP World History would probably be her favorite. She is a voracious reader, adding that Jane Austen is one of her favorite authors. Emma’s dedication to her studies has paid off as her name has consistently appeared on the school’s honor roll every year.

As a junior, Emma participated in a Rotary exchange, and she lived with a host family in Borgarnes, Iceland. She said Iceland’s landscape was devastatingly beautiful but the limited daylight in the winter took some getting used to. She attended Emma Pope McCright school, met students and experienced life in a completely MUHS new and different environment for a semester. Emma said the experience encouraged her interest in further cultural studies. During the winter of her senior year, she spent three weeks in France as part of a school exchange. She and five peers attended Lycée Marlioz and furthered her love of the French language. Emma had the chance to reciprocate when she and her family hosted a student from the same school who came to MUHS this spring.

Emma actively participates in the MUHS Scholars Bowl and enjoys sharing her knowledge of trivia, especially in the history and literature categories — ask her to name all the kings and queens of England. She has played the violin for eight years and has been a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra’s Philharmonia. She has attended the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf twice. The New England Newspaper and Press Association awarded her a prize for her essay featuring Middlebury’s March for Our Lives after the school shootings in Parkland, Florida. The article was published last year in the Addison Independent.

Emma looks forward to enrolling at Mount Holyoke College in the fall and she is considering majors in either history or literature. Everyone at MUHS wishes Emma well as she embarks on her journey toward higher education.

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Jack Halpin as its Student of the Week. Jack lives in Vergennes with his dad and mom, Peter and Janet Halpin.

While captain of two sport teams, Jack was able to achieve either high honors or honor roll all four years of high school. Jack took AP Calculus his junior year and received a 5 on the AP test. He also earned an Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies award his freshman year. Jack challenged himself by taking Humanities his junior year, and he was inducted into the National Honor Society that same year.

Jack is an active member of our school community. He participates in many sports: Lacrosse, Soccer and Track & Field. A vital part of our musical program, is in the school band, jazz band and high school chorus. He has also been a part of the VUHS musicals since his sophomore year.

Outside of school Jack has spent three summers and one winter working as either a dishwasher or prep-cook at Middlebury College.

Last summer Jack was a camp counselor at Basin Harbor, and this Jack Halpin summer he will be a dockhand at the Basin Harbor Waterfront. As a VUHS service trip, Jack traveled to Cape Three Points, Ghana, to teach at a school for two weeks.

“When it all comes down to it, the purpose of education is to build a foundation of knowledge that prepares you to succeed in the real world,” Jack says. “Many people have varying perceptions of the term ‘success.’

For me, success is being able to maintain a sustainable life while following your passions. If you aren’t studying or pursuing something that you aren’t deeply passionate about, then you can never give it your full dedication. As long as you are doing something that you love, you will eventually attain the success that we all deeply desire.”

VUHS English teacher Karl Steen congratulates Jack for being student of the week. “Jack is a leader here at VUHS, energizing our learning community with continual optimism and enthusiasm for learning and for new experiences,” he says. “Thanks, Jack, for everything you’ve done for your classmates and for our community.”

Following graduation from VUHS Jack plans to attend the University of Vermont and major in Music Business and Technology. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Jack Halpin the very best in the future.

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Wesley said, glancing at her assembled (Continued from Page 1) her,” ACHHH Board President co-workers. “It’s amazing to work Bryan Young said on Friday. “She’s with individuals who are so focused been on top of everything that’s been on our community, and that is our thrown at her.” mission: to serve our community, Young and his colleagues had our family and friends, together as been prepared to mount a team.” a search, but ultimately Wesley heads an asked themselves, “Our mission agency that was dealing “What are we going to is our patients with internal strife just improve upon?” after first, and we three months ago. seeing Wesley’s job make sure the As previously performance, according rest comes reported by the Addison to Young.

Independent, Brownell later. We Wesley, who joined vacated his position with the agency around believe if you the nonprofit in early two years ago, has do the right February. His departure more than 30 years of thing first — came in the wake of experience — 25 of that take care of criticism of ACHHH’s in management positions our patients leadership by past and — in the home health present employees field. She previously — the rest of the agency, which worked for Riverdale will fall into dispenses a variety of Health Services in the place.” health care services to — ACHHH homebound patients and Bronx, N.Y., and was a Executive to terminally ill residents. leader in establishing a Director Those home care hospice for complaints, Jewish Senior Services Deborah Wesley largely relating to in southern Connecticut. administration/staff It’s clear Wesley has relations, were detailed made a profound impact on her in an extensive article published in colleagues during her relatively the Independent back on Jan. 31. short tenure with ACHHH. Ten Employees — including those agency employees took time to who spoke up on Thursday — said show their support for Wesley they’re excited to begin a new during the Independent’s interview chapter in the agency’s 50-year with Wesley on Thursday. history, and they believe Wesley is “I’m excited and humbled to the right leader to move the ACHHH be a part of this team,” Wesley forward.

“I think there’s a renewed sense of me to this company.” value, teamwork and responsibility,” Wesley said she will continue to Jenn Quinn, a home health physical keep the agency patient-focused. therapist, said.

“Our mission is our patients first, “Deb is not a ‘boss’; she’s our and we make sure the rest comes leader,” said Becky Bonvouloir, a later,” she said. “We believe if you longtime home health RN. “She’s do the right thing first — take care right there pulling with us every step of our patients — the rest will fall of the way. She doesn’t into place.” ask anything of anybody “I think She realizes times will else that she herself continue to be financially there’s hasn’t done.” challenging for home “There has been a a strong health agencies. The real showing, especially commitment federal Medicaid and recently, with the from the Medicare programs — leadership — both at leadership which cover a large the board and within the percentage of ACHHH that’s here agency — to support patients — aren’t what the clinicians have now.” reimbursing for the full — RN John costs of care. always wanted at the Buonincontro forefront of what we’re The Centers for doing here, which is that Medicare & Medicaid focus on providing the care,” said Services recently announced RN John Buonincontro. “It might Medicare payments to home health sound cliché, but it’s an important agencies in 2019 will increase by one that drives us here.

2.2 percent, or $420 million, based “I think there’s a strong on new federal policies. ACHHH commitment from the leadership could also benefit from a new “rural that’s here now,” he added. add-on policy” that will adjust Jameson Sylvia, is an ACHHH reimbursement rates based in part on physical therapist. low-density client populations.

“There’s more collaboration “For us, health care is changing,” between all aspects of the agency,” Wesley said. “For the first time in 20 he said. “It’s not just with patient years, Medicare is changing how it’s care, but how to provide more for going to pay us for home care. We each other and the community in are preparing as a team in how to get ways outside of what we do. I think ready for that. It changes not only it’s a value the company has always the financial landscape, not only had, which was something that drew how we deliver health care, but how

DEBORAH WESLEY we document that.”

Looking ahead, ACHHH will soon unfurl a major new amenity in June. It’s a tele-health system that will allow providers to interact electronically (and visually) with its patients living with chronic ailments, such as heart disease and diabetes.

The revolutionary improvement will enable workers to monitor patients’ vitals and progress from a distance and thus cut down on travel.

Wesley stressed she’s getting a lot of input in her decision making.

“We drive this as a team,” she said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Skeffington (Continued from Page 1) talk or small, laugher, tears, quiet reflection — is known only to its participants, but much can be gleaned from Bristol Beauty Bar’s 61-year history, where friendship has been just as much a byproduct of Skeffington’s work as beautification has.

Over the years she’s counted only five partners in this project (and only one at a time): Mary Bergling, Janet Hoffnagle, Debra Jackman, Diane Livingston and Ann Roscoe.

Last week, during a visit from the Independent, Livingston and Hoffnagle sat down with Skeffington to share their thoughts and memories.

COMMUNITY The trio recalled the plain short cuts, the feathered Farah Fawcett styles, the Dorothy Hamill wedge cuts, the shags and the big curly afrostyle perms. They laughed about the ketchup bottle Skeffington used as a shampoo dispenser for 40 years and the 45-year-old Tupperware bowl she kept her pins and clips in.

They spoke, too — and fondly — about the shop’s “cozy” two-chair layout.

“Everyone talked to everyone else, and we learned how to move around each other,” Skeffington said.

And they exercised great respect and consideration for their clients.

“We didn’t ‘gossip,’ about people,” another later that night, Skeffington Livingston said. Skeffington would said, and “we never spoke of it bristle when someone came in and afterward.” asked about the latest “gossip.”

Skeffington didn’t get upset very She also made a point of speaking often, but when she did, her late nicely about her husband, Ed, to whom customers.

“The last thing she was married for 34 “The last thing you you want is to years, had a remedy for want is to say something say something it. “Ed would head down unpleasant about a client after they’ve left unpleasant the street and buy her a and have another client about a client king-size candy bar,” overhear it, because then after they’ve Livingston said with a that client will think, ‘I left and have smile. “He’d come back, wonder what she says another client set it down and say, ‘It’s about me when I leave.’” here when you want it.’

For the most part, overhear it, At some point Lucille discussions remained because then would stop and eat that that client civil, they said. giant Snickers bar or “I remember only one will think, whatever, and everything time in my 41 years that ‘I wonder would be OK again.” things got heated,” said CHANGE IN what she Livingston, who retired BRISTOL says about four years ago.

Over the years, even Livingston’s client me when I as the Bristol Beauty overheard Skeffington leave.’”

Bar was creating its own talking politics with her — Lucille community-within-aown client, and took Skeffington community — the town issue with something she itself was changing. said.

“Bristol is more of a “You can’t say that about the bedroom town than it used to be,” president of the United States!” Skeffington said. “We don’t know Livingston’s client said. our neighbors as much.”

“Lucille went into the other room She’s noticed a difference in her and kicked the door,” Livingston customers over the years, too. recalled, laughing. “I didn’t say a “We didn’t used to get clients with word, though. I knew better.”

Alzheimer’s like we do now,” she Everyone apologized to one said.

Hoffnagle, Livingston and Skeffington recalled — soberly but affectionately — how conversations with such clients sometimes involved answering the same question several times or graciously accepting the same apology over and over again.

“It was never a problem,” Skeffington said.

As long as the client seemed to be having a good experience, the Bristol Beauty Bar was happy to have them. Eventually, though, visits became too confusing for them or made them fearful.

“Sometimes the water would frighten them,” Livingston said.

Other clients simply became less independent over the years.

Livingston recalled having to gently inform families when she thought her clients should not be driving anymore.

“That happened four times,” she said.

Bristol Beauty Bar made extra efforts with its older clients, some of whom had no other social lives outside their hair appointments, Skeffington said.

“We would check in with them.

Ask how they’re doing, ask them about their pain.”

And when it counted the most, she gave away her services.

“Lucille’s always been so generous,” Livingston said.

“Birthdays, funerals, weddings

for free.”

Hoffnagle agreed.

“Even brides,” she said. “That’s unusual. The bride usually gets charged the most.”

“We did it for free because we wanted to,” Skeffington said.

MEN WELCOME Women weren’t their only customers, however.

Bristol Beauty Bar began to see its first male clients in 1974.

“They were a little shy at first,” Livingston said. “Like, ‘A beauty shop? I don’t know.’ But they got used to it.”

The men were tired of barbers, Skeffington explained.

“They wanted their hair more styled.”

Though she hasn’t had any male customers for quite a while, men still patronize the shop.

Alexis Lathrop, who will continue to take evening clients in the Bristol Beauty Bar, styles men’s hair.

GOLDEN YEARS Skeffington’s retirement plans are pretty straightforward.

“I’m going to sit on my fanny,” she said, laughing. She also plans to enjoy more time with her twin sister (and housemate), Cecile.

“They’ll get lots of visitors,” Livingston predicted. “And have lots of conversations about politics and town business. Lucille likes to keep up.”

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AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anonymous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday evenings.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems.

Newcomers welcome. Confi‑ dential. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

Services

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

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

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

Services

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiritual Awakening, Middlebury, St. Stephes Church, 3 Main St., 7:30‑8:30am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Discussion Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

C O R N WA LL C EN TR A L CEMETERY ANNUAL budget meeting. 7 p.m., Friday, May 10th at Cornwall Town Hall. For info call 802‑324‑9499.

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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 mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

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Help Wanted

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HOSPITALITY WhistlePig is the most decorated rye whiskey in the world and is located on our 500-acre Shoreham, VT. Currently, we are looking for hospitality folks that have the skills to create a guest experience equal to the premier status of our whiskey and our beautiful state of Vermont.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Baker

PART-TIME, PERMANENT

We are looking for morning bakers in our busy Shelburne store. Some basic baking experience needed. Some weekend availability.

Help Wanted ATTENTION PCA’S: PART TIME and full time, night shift.

On the job training, competitive wages and flexible scheduling.

Call Angela at 802‑877‑1363 or e‑mail ringerhomecare@ gmail.com.

Stop by our store on Route 7 for an application, or call 802-985-2000 for more information.

Skills that are needed for this position

See website for full description www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/careers/ Send resume and 3 references to: jobs@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls, please.

TOWN OF STARKSBORO ROAD CREW FOREMAN The Town of Starksboro is searching for a full-time Road Crew Foreman.

Under the direction of the Selectboard this position is a working supervisor role that plans and oversees all municipal highway operations in order to advance the safe and effective functioning of the highway department, including municipal construction projects and maintenance of municipal roads, sidewalks, vehicles, and equipment.

The full job description and required application form is available at www.starksborovt.org.

Please mail applications to the: Starksboro Selectboard Rebecca Elder PO Box 91, Starksboro, VT 05487 or email to rebecca@starksborovt.org Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Job will start after July 1.

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

CARPENTERS ‑ LOOKING FOR honest, hardworking people to help with busy 2019 season. Call Mark at Pleasant Valley Inc. 802‑343‑4820 in North Ferrisburgh.

Help Wanted

FARM EMPLOYEE

Do you have waitressing, bartending, guiding or other hospitality experience?

• A friendly, professional and enthusiastic attitude.

• Able to work flexible hours including nights & weekends.

• Skilled at storytelling and creating an excellent guest experience.

• An interest in distilling, craft spirits, and cocktails, a plus.

• Past experience in hospitality, bartending, guiding, and guest relations also beneficial.

• Must be 21 years of age or older.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Monument Farms Dairy has a full-time job opening for the night-time milking position. Applicants must have desire to work with animals and recognize herdhealth symptoms. We have a Strong Team Environment. Good Salary and Benefits.

802.545.2119 Please stop by the Dairy in Weybridge to fill out an application.

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.

The Town of Starksboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At the Aurora Preschool, we believe play is the work of children.

Seeking Host Family

We are looking to hire both a full and part time teacher to join our dynamic and expanding preschool program for the 2019 academic school year.

This fall a female high school exchange student from Colombia (age 17) will spend a full academic year at MUHS. This is being sponsored by the Middlebury Rotary Club and she is in need of host families to stay with. It is preferred, but not necessary, that the home has children approximately the same age or at least of school age. Students generally stay with a host family for approximately 4 months although some, including our current inbound student from Brazil, stay with a family for the entire school year.

This is a very enriching experience for both student and host parent/family.

In order to continue the registration process for school as well as obtaining her travel visa a host family must first be identified. If you are interested or would simply like more information please contact Bill “Buzz” Kernan via phone at (802) 279-1315 or by email at kernan.william@yahoo.com

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Our ideal candidate will be naturally curious, inspire wonder, love the outdoors in all seasons and weather, and have prior experience working with groups of young children. We are looking for a teacher who has a deep respect and love for the natural world, enjoys working with other adults and has an excellent knowledge and understanding of child development and developmentally appropriate practices.

We offer a competitive salary, sick/vacation/ professional development paid time off and a copacetic work environment.

Please send a cover letter and resume to auroralearningcentervt@gmail.com Aurora Preschool 238 Peterson Terrace, Middlebury

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Help Wanted CLEAN PEAKS JANITORIAL is hiring for part and full time positions. License and vehicle required. Must pass back‑ ground check. Starting rate ne‑ gotiable based on experience.

Must be detail oriented and reliable. Call 802‑388‑6904 or email: CleanPeaksJanitorial@ gmail.com.

LAWN CUTS FOR LESS is hiring for full or part time em‑ ployees with experience in Lawn Care for the 2019 sea‑ son. Must be hardworking, de‑ tail oriented and dependable.

Pay based on experience.

Please call 802‑349‑7273.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted HOPE HAS A full time open‑ ing for a warehouse helper.

Duties will include pickups and drop‑offs, assisting custom‑ ers, preparing merchandise for sale, and more. Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds on a frequent basis, stand for prolonged periods of time, and have excellent communication skills. 40 hours a week, with benefits. To apply, email re‑ sume to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to receptionist@hope‑vt. org. No phone calls or drop ins please. EOE. LANDSCAPERS ‑ LOOKING for honest, hardworking people to help with busy 2019 season.

Call Mark at Pleasant Valley Inc. 802‑343‑4820 in North Ferrisburgh.

Help Wanted LOOKING FOR A qualified cow feeder to handle feeding duties for herd. Must be good with numbers. Experience welcomed, especially with the handling of large equip‑ ment. Family friendly farm.

Competitive wage packages available. For more information call Chase at 802‑989‑8848.

PAINTERS ‑ LOOKING FOR honest, hardworking people to help with busy 2019 season.

Call Mark at Pleasant Valley Inc. 802‑343‑4820 in North Ferrisburgh.

PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is now hiring for the 2019 exterior season. Experi‑ ence preferred but willing to train. Please have a valid driv‑ ers license, your own reliable transportation, good work ethic and good attitude. 453‑5611.

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JOIN US AS WE PURSUE EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL MEDIA!

The Addison Independent is hiring a dynamic individual with boundless creative energy and an optimistic desire to help local business thrive to join our marketing team.

A successful candidate would have: • Knowledge of advertising and/or marketing strategies.

• A tenacious drive to support and grow an existing account list.

• An outgoing personality eager to meet and help develop effective marketing plans for area businesses.

• Excellent communication skills and comfort conducting business over email, phone, and in-person.

• Familiarity with social and digital media and various marketing tools and capacity to help clients navigate the field of options effectively.

This is a full-time position offering a flexible schedule and a lot of room for self-direction. Requires functioning vehicle and drivers license.

Benefits include health care package, 401K, optional gym membership and the opportunity to join a cheerful, familyowned company in Middlebury.

IF THIS IS YOU, LET US KNOW! Christy Lynn, Director of Sales 58 Maple Street | Middlebury, VT 05753 christy@addisonindependent.com

Help Wanted PART TIME DELI position.

Saturday’s 5:30am ‑ 1:00pm.

Prior work experience with food preparation in a com‑ mercial kitchen/deli re ‑ quired. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

PART TIME REGISTER clerk. Set hours Satur‑ day and Sunday 6:30am ‑ 1:30pm. Prior work related experience preferred. Appli‑ cants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

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

27th. Set hours Monday ‑ Fri‑ day 7:30am ‑ 2:15pm. Prior work with food preparation in a commercial kitchen/deli required. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

Help Wanted

WOMANSAFE ADVOCATE/ Educator – Full time position to provide direct services to survivors & prevention education in schools and the community. Strong advo‑ cacy & organizational skills required. Applicants are en‑ couraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the organization. Letter of interest and resume to: cg@womensafe.net or Hir‑ ing Committee, WomenSafe, PO Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753.

THE SUBWAYS IN Middle‑ bury and Vergennes are looking 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.

WOMENSAFE OUTREACH Advocate – Full time position to provide direct services to survivors & outreach to under‑served populations.

Strong advocacy & organi‑ zational skills required. Bilin‑ gual (Spanish/English) skills desired. Applicants are en‑ couraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the organization. Letter of interest and resume to: cg@womensafe.net or Hiring Committee, WomenSafe, PO Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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ZERO TURN OPERATORS. Looking for honest, hard‑ working people to help with busy 2019 season. Call Mark at Pleasant Valley Inc. 802‑343‑4820 in North Fer‑ risburgh.

FOR SALE: 2008 Kia Spec‑ tra. 82,273 miles. New bat‑ tery, all season tires, clean, good condition. $3,500.

802‑388‑2634.

Garage Sales MOVING SALE, Saturday, May 11, 9am–2pm. 655 Cider Mill Rd, Cornwall. Weather permitting. Furniture, art, tools, toys, antiques, etc.

See this space Thursday for full listing.

For Sale 9’ 6”, 38LB Dagger Kayak.

Comfortable seat & back rest. Comes with a medium adult preserver and a paddle. $425. Call Kathy at (802) 465‑4249.

For Rent BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY visible retail/office street level space on the Main Street. Approx. 1,800 SF plus basement storage.

Available March 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wal‑ lace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

COMPLETE SET OF kitchen cabinets. All oak front with particle boxes in great shape.

13 base cabinets and 11 wall cabinets and we are including the countertops and sink. $1000.00 for all.

Can not piece out. Deliv‑ ery available for extra fee.

802‑352‑6678 802‑349‑7431.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease.

The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

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For Rent

For Rent

Lake Camp For Sale

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Ver‑ gennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or dis‑ abled only. W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg. com. Equal Housing Op‑ portunity.

Lake Dunmore, Rustic camp on 1.4 acres of land on a hillside overlooking the lake across the road from 320 feet of the best swimming on the lake. Big deck with dock on the water and beautiful sunsets and views from the camp across the road.

FSBO for $234,500.00 cash only.

Call 802-352-6678 or 802-349-7431 and leave a message please.

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

MIDDLEBURY, UPSTAIRS, SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apart‑ ment. Close to downtown. $1,300/month. All utilities in‑ cluded. Security deposit and references required. Avail‑ able June 1. Call 759‑2169 evenings.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., cen‑ tral location, parking. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Man‑ agement Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

M I D D L E B U RY: S H A R E AN apartment w/ woman in her 70’s who enjoys card games & musicals. Seeking a housemate to provide companionship, cook a few meals each week & help w/ errands. $400/mo. (all inc.). No smoking/pets. Fur‑ nished bedroom. No deposit.

863‑5625, HomeShareVer‑ mont.org for application. In‑ terview, references, back‑ ground check required. EHO.

For Rent

For Rent

Wood Heat

ONE BEDROOM apartment.

Available June 1st. $925 month, heat and electricity included. Private and quiet.

No pets, no smoking. New Haven, 802‑377‑7024.

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

802‑282‑9110.

And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

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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.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

RIPTON: SHARE A home w/woman in her 60’s who enjoys VPR & gardening. $400/mo. (all inc.) plus help w/ yard‑work. No smoking.

No deposit. 863‑5625, Ho‑ meShareVermont.org for application. Interview, ref‑ erences, background check required. EHO.

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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 system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

FOR SALE: JOHN DEERE 4850, 4wd. Also, BB940 New Holland big square baler and a Claas 650 twin ro‑ tary rake. All in excellent condition. 802‑759‑2135, 802‑349‑8515.

PROFESSIONAL FEMALE WISHES TO share new 2 bedroom apartment. All hardwood floors. Furnished with new queen sized beds.

Housekeeping services.

Washer and dryer. $575. utilities included. Available immediately. 978‑489‑5810.

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing.

2019 ENERGY STAR homes, m o d u l a r, d o u b l e ‑ w i d e s and singlewides. Open 7 days a week. Beanshomes. com. 600 Rte. 7, Pitts‑ ford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes. com. Down payment assis‑ tance now available.

FIRST CUT, SMALL square bales for sale. 802‑759‑2135 or 802‑349‑8515.

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

For Rent

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Cars

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1969 DODGE DART. Cus‑ tom 4 door, 6 cylinder. In great condition. 68,000 original miles. Blue. Asking $5,800. Call 802‑352‑6678 or 802‑349‑7431 and leave a message.

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

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ 5/11) 5/ : ed h lis Ads (Pub appraisal services available.

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Public Notices Index

Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 33 and 34.

Addison County Superior Court (1) ANWSD (3) Hannaford Career Center (1) Middlebury (1)

Monkton (1) New Haven (1) Prospect Cemetery Association (1) Starksboro (1)

ANWSD BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of MAY, 2019.

Friday, May 3

Monday, May 13

7:30 AM

7:30 AM 6:00 PM

Tuesday, May 14

5:30 PM

Monday, May 20

6:00 PM

Facilities Committee Meeting At the ANWSD Office Strategic Planning Committee Meeting ANWSD Conference Room ANWSD Regular Board Meeting At Vergennes Union High School Community Engagement Committee Meeting At Vergennes Union High School ANWSD Regular Board Meeting At Vergennes Union High School

The purpose of each meeting is to transact regular business, including a review of correspondence, reports, approval of bills, and any other business proper to be brought before said meetings, unless otherwise specified.

ANWSD VISION STATEMENT We envision a kind, collaborative, and creative community for all that nurtures a diverse and accessible learning environment. Students will flourish as critical thinkers and productive citizens, cultivating resilience in an ever changing world.

05/02, 06

SUPERIOR COURT Addison Unit

STATE OF VERMONT

CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. 72-5-17 Ancv

Opportunities Credit Union f/k/a Vermont Development Credit Union, Plaintiff v.

Steven P. Bright a/k/a Steven Bright, Carol A. Nienstedt, State of Vermont Department of Taxes and Occupants residing at 100 Mountain Street, Bristol, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue, and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Steven P. Bright and Carol A. Nienstedt to Opportunities Credit Union dated November 2, 2007 and recorded in Volume 125, Page 134 of the Land Records of the Town of Bristol. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 P.M. on June 13, 2019, at 100 Mountain Street, Bristol, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Carol A. Nienstedt and Steven P. Bright by Warranty Deed of Paul A. Neil dated November 2, 2007 and recorded at Volume 125, Page 133 in the Land Records of the Town of Bristol, Vermont.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Bristol and any liens against the property.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Hehir Law Office, PLLC, 239 South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont 05402, (802) 862-2006. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 1st day of May, 2019.

Opportunities Credit Union By: /S/ Brian P. Hehir, Esq. Brian P. Hehir, Esq. Hehir Law Office, PLLC 239 South Union St. Burlington, VT 05402 802-862-2006

5/6, 5/13, 5/20

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Design your garden now for a bumper crop in the fall

By GORDON CLARK UVM Ext. Master Gardener If you want an abundant fall vegetable garden, you should start planning now. Nope, you didn’t read that wrong.

And why would you want a fall garden? Fewer insects and diseases, cooler weather and an extra two months or more of delicious gardenfresh food are among the reasons.

The keys to planning your fall garden are plant selection, space and timing. You’ll want to plant coldweather crops that mature quickly, and for some crops, such as spinach and lettuce, using starts instead of seeds will ensure a longer harvest.

The number of days to harvest is particularly critical in the fall as plants grow more slowly as daylight decreases, adding up to 1-2 weeks to an estimated harvest date.

While many people associate

a cold-weather garden with salad greens, you can grow a wide variety of other vegetables in the fall. These include broccoli, collard and mustard greens, kale, radishes, bok choy, tatsoi and turnips (Brassica family); peas and beans (legumes); beets, spinach and chard (amaranths); and carrots (umbellifers).

Regarding space, any bed devoted to a spring crop can host a fall crop.

While tomatoes, peppers and other warm-weather crops hold their garden real estate from May until fall, a bed that hosts broccoli in the spring can produce a bounty of bush beans in the fall, while the space where you grew spring kale and greens can be used for a fall crop of snow peas. Spring-planted beets can yield their space to lettuce.

Even a bed of garlic, harvested in early July, can be replanted with a fall crop. That’s why it’s important

Public Notices found on Pages 33 & 34.

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

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to think about what fall crops you want when you plan your late spring and summer garden, and where they will go.

You also need to rotate your crops by family, so you aren’t planting the same family of vegetables in the same area in both spring and fall or from one growing season to the next. While somewhat less effective in smaller gardens, rotating crops is still a basic principle for combating buildups of pests or disease pathogens specific to those vegetable families as well as for balancing nutrient outtake from the soil. Creating a simple garden map will help you keep track of what’s planted where from season to season.

Lastly, timing your planting is critical to get a full fall crop. Vegetative growth slows dramatically when ambient sunlight falls below 10

hours a day, which means you want your plants to reach maturity by the first week of November. Precisely when you plant depends on your U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone (planthardiness.ars.usda.gov).

In the Champlain Valley (zone 5a) where I live, I need to get my lettuce and spinach starts in no later than Sept. 1 and bush bean and snow pea seeds by Aug. 1 for harvest through early November. I plant seeds for carrots and beets by July 1. Planting times for gardeners in central Vermont (zone 4b) and the Northeast Kingdom (zone 3b) will be slightly earlier.

You can harvest most green crops through early November although with the protection offered by season extenders such as low tunnels you may be able to harvest well into December and even January. Kale, spinach and collards are particularly cold hearty although I’ll never forget the heads of broccoli I harvested in December one year, conveniently pre-frozen on the stalk. Root crops can last well into the winter if heavily mulched.

Few things will delight family and friends more than a fresh garden salad or vegetables in the throes of winter. But you need to plan now.

TOWN OF MONKTON REQUEST FOR BID The Town of Monkton is now accepting bids for painting the Town Hall. The bid is to include service prep, caulking, prime and final paint coat for all exterior wood surfaces. Bids also should include replacing of skirt board on South side of the building. The successful bidder must follow the approved paint containing lead practices and show proof of insurance.

Submit a sealed bid to the Town of Monkton, Box 12, Monkton VT 05469 c/o Monkton Selectboard by May 13, 2019.

04/29, 05/02

New HaveN warNiNg of a Civil ordiNaNCe for regulatiNg tHe disposal of solid waste tHrougH opeN BurNiNg

ANWSD RequeSt foR PRoPoSAl (RfP) foR CoPy PAPeR

the Addison Northwest School District seeks proposals for services by qualified companies. This RFP is issued as part of a process to ensure that the District selects the firm that will provide a combination of the best services, at a fair and competitive price. All respondents agree, by submitting a response to the RFP, that the decision of the Addison Northwest School District is final.

Addison Northwest School District, Vergennes, Vt to include the following locations: Addison Central School ferrisburgh Central School Vergennes union elementary School Vergennes union High School For a bid packet, please contact Martha Kenfield, Assistant to Business Manager at 802-877-3332 ext. 108 or email at mkenfield@anwsd.org.

5/6, 5/9

Wed., May 12, 2019 The Selectboard approved the Burn Ordinance at their regular meeting on October 10, 5:00 PM – A208 2017 and amended to include the Fire Dept. Fees on April 23, 2019.

Topic/Agenda Item table of Contents: 1. Introduction of Board Members article 1: purpose; title 2. Approve Agenda

Article II: Definitions 3. Visitors Comments article iii: open Burning 4. Correspondence article iv: penalties and Civil enforcement consent Agenda article v: designation of enforcement personnel 5. Minutes of April 10, 2019 article vi: repeal of inconsistent provisions 6. Monthly Accounts Payable for Feb. article vii: severability Building & Equipment Reserve ANWSD RequeSt foR PRoPoSAl (RfP) article viii: effective date: General Fund ANWSD bids copy paper 2x2.25 050619.indd 1 5/2/19 9:55 AM Said Ordinance will take effect 60 days after this legal notice has been posted. Full text foR office & School SuPPlieS Revolving Account can be found on the Town of New Havens website: www.newhavenvt.com The Addison Northwest School District seeks proposals for services by qualified McClure Grant 5/6, 5/9 The New Haven Selectboard companies. This RFP is issued as part of a process to ensure that the District selects the Makery Grant firm that will provide a combination of the best services, at a fair and competitive price. All Payroll (ACH) respondents agree, by submitting a response to the RFP, that the decision of the Addison Payroll (Cash Check) new Haven burning 2x2.5 050519.indd 1 Town of STarkSboro 5/2/19 10:45 AMNorthwest School District is final.

Action Agenda Addison Northwest School District, Vergennes, Vt DevelopmenT review boarD 7. Policy 2.1 Treatment of Students to include the following locations: 8. Policy 2.2 Treatment of Staff noTice of public Hearing Addison central School 9. Corporate Resolutions The Starksboro Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing at the ferrisburgh central School Approve Revenue Anticipation Note Starksboro Town Office on may 23, 2019 beginning at 7:45 p.m. to review the following Vergennes union elementary School Approve Authorization application: Vergennes union high School of Invoice Payments application #2019-Drb-04-cu is a request by Nickolas Bissonnette (appliFor a bid packet, please contact Martha Kenfield, Assistant to Business Manager at Approve Signature on Accounts cant) and Leonard Denice (landowner) for a conditional use permit to operate 802-877-3332 ext. 108 or email at mkenfield@anwsd.org.

10. Staffing FY19 – New Hire – 5/6, 5/9 a commercial firewood processing and firewood storage business on Parcel Construction Technology Instructor F41L1N. The parcel is located at 991 Jerusalem Road and is in the High Density 11. Board Training – Governance, Policies, Residential and Commercial district. As proposed, this project requires site plan Goals (May 29, 2019 5pm) review and conditional use approval by the Town. Prior to the scheduled hearing, ANWSD office suppllies 2x2.25 050619.indd 1 NOTICE OF SALE 5/2/19 10:13 AM informational Agenda Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 92 of Vermont State Lien Law, Prime Storagethe DRB will conduct a site visit at 6:30 p.m. at 991 Jerusalem Road to allow 12. Budget/Policy Report – Policy Manual Middlebury located at 220 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 will sell the contents board members to orient and familiarize themselves with the application request.

Review June/July of the following units online for CASH only, if payment is not received. Unless otherwise The hearing review will be conducted pursuant to Sec. 424 and 425 of the Starks13. Superintendent’s Report stated the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings, boxes, misc. boro Land Use and Development Regulations. Application #2019-DRB-04-CU is 14. Dean of Student’s Report available for review at the Town Office. This will be the first business item on the 15. Adult Tech Ed Report agenda.

Auction to be held online at www.Storagetreasures.com beginning Friday May 3, 2019 16. Policy 4.1 Governance Style Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing or send a representative. DRB and ending Monday May 13, 2019.

17. Executive Session hearings are conducted in the order they are listed; applicants and other interested Negotiations Unit 104D, Christijana Wohland parties should be prepared to wait. Pursuant to 24 VSA § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), Owner reserves right to bid at sale, reject any/all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. All Upcoming committee Meetings participation in this local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent Facilities 5/13 9:30am A106 purchased goods are sold “as is”. For more details or to pre-register go to appeal.

Community Engagement 6/5 4pm A208 Rebecca Elder www.Storagetreasures.com.

Board meeting 6/12 5pm A208 Zoning Administrative Officer Any parties having an interest in said Units, for more information or to make payment, Budget and Policy 6/18 5pm A208 Dated: May 1, 2019 5/6 may call 802-388-7920.

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MUHS honor roll MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School has released its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2018-2019 school year. Students achieving honors accolades include: Grade 9 High Honors: Megan Balparda, Julia Bartlett, Caroline Browdy, Carlisle Brush, Ivy Doran, Viviana Hammond, Anya Hardy-Mittell, Edwin Hodde, Amanda Kearns, Ella Landis, Sophie Larocque, Clare Molineaux, Joseph Morsman, Zoe Noble, Astrid Olsen, Holly Staats, Alex Tolgyesi, Grace Vining and Brian Whitley.

Honors: Camilla Adelman, Thomas Ash, Noah Berg, Taylor Betourney, Alexandra Bonavita, Sean Broe, Zachariah Burrows, Ainsley Busby, Ira Carling, Henry Carpenter, Talia Cotroneo, Megan Augusta Daly, Jocelyn Deering, Zora DuquetteHoffman, Catherine Dyer, Avery Gale, Owen Hamilton, Patience Hanley, Rita Ho, Eve Huntington and Nora Hyde.

Also Matthew Kiernan, Oni Krizo, Reilly Lawson, Jason Li, Camille Maglienti, Jordan Martin, Nathaniel McVeigh, Ben Munkres, Fairley Olson, Lucas Palcsik, Stephen RaganSelecky, Sarah Reiderer, Abigail Sunderland, Alanna Trudeau, Hannah Turner, Samuel Warren, Emma Welch, Alexa Whelan, Katherine Whipple, Thomas Wolosinski and Kaya Wright.

Honorable Mention: Ann Andrus, Olivia Corbett, Reese Fitzgerald, Saskia Gori-Montanelli, Robert Kite and Olivia McCray.

Grade 10 High Honors: Lois Alberts, Abigail Bailey, Anna Berg, Alexander Bleich, Chloe Clark, Lydia Deppman, Ava Devost, Benjamin Graham, Evan Gregory, Colby Hammond, Charles Hodson, Timothy Hunsdorfer, Ella McKhann, Kaitlyn McNamara, Kyle Mitchell, Lucas Nelson, Thomas Nevins, Sarah Nicolai, Andrea Palmer, Oliver Poduschnick, Sophie Pope McCright, Chelsea Robinson, Sofia Stefani, Nicholas Suchomel, Samuel Visser, Kathryn Waterman, Paige Williamson and Clara Wolff.

Honors: Abel Anderson, Olivia Audet, Elizabeth Bright, Jack Christner, Aiden Cole, Owen Connelly, Gabriel Dunn, Emma Franklin, Andy Giorgio, Chase Given, Bridget Graham, Martha Horne, Trystan Jones, Mason Kaufmann, Rosa Kehoe, Alexander Mencel, Shannon OudmanBlackwood, Kai Pasciak, Rhys Pitner, Karic Riche, Rayven Roark, Marshall Sanchez, Lena Sandler, Alex Shashok, Kieran Sheridan, Harper Sinclair, Kelsey Treadway, Gwen Troumbley and Anna Wagner.

Honorable Mention: Evan Bragdon, Lukas Broughton, Adin Girard, Mahaila Gosselin, Wesley Hirdler, Andrew Lee and Camille Malhotra.

Grade 11 High Honors: Kenneth Barkdoll, Caleb Benz, Ellen Berg, Nicolas Brayton, Kelsey Buteau, Spencer Doran, Mary Ann Eastman, Joseph Findlay, Timothy Goettelmann, Emma Huntington, Meredith Kimble, Rosemary Munkres, Hunter Munteanu, Jameson Pierce Murray,

Isabel Olson, Owen Palcsik, Emily Pecsok, Eva Phair, Devyn Pratt, Anna Scalia, Catherine Schmitt, Michelle Skovsgaard, Gwen Stafford and Theo Wells-Spackman.

Honors: Celeste Berenbaum, Katherine Berthiaume, Tyler Buxton, Wren Colwell, Eryn Diehl, Timothy Dyer, Alice Ganey, Anthony Garner, Jasmine Gero, Eloe Gile, Maeve Hammel, Hale Hescock, Malia Hodges, Ezekiel Hooper, Jenna Howlett, James Jette, Devon Kearns, Kira Kemp, Samuel Klingensmith, Journey LaRose, Bryan Limoge, Martine Limoge, Giulia Lins, Jeffrey Lokatys, Isadora Luksch, Mira Maglienti, Gabriela Marin Aspichueta, Ryan Nadeau, Mary Nagy-Benson, Ulysse Niel, Colleen Oster, Logan Pierson-Flagg, Olivia Pottinger, Phoebe Smith, Kassidy Sunderland, Talin Teague, Kobe Terk, Thatcher Trudeau, Grace Tucker, Katelyn Warner and Charles Welch Honorable Mention: Kamrin Bartlett, Eli Billings, Gabriel Cason,

Lillian Fleming, Hunter Gale, Morgan Galipeau, Addison Hubbell, Ebenezer Jackson, Annie Lapiner, Anna McIntosh, Josie Rheaume, Sabina Ward, Mayson Wisnowski, Franklyn Wolff and Peter Wolosinski.

Grade 12 High Honors: Ada Anderson, Isaac Buttolph, Silas Conlon, Nora Draper, Derek Felkl, Owen Heminway, Suzanne Klemmer, Emily Laframboise, Maisie Newbury, Emma Pope McCright, Joel Pyfrom, Brandon Ronish, Jesse Rubin, Diya Taylor, Grace Widelitz and Harley Williams.

Honors: Hogan Beazley, Aileen Bosworth, Wyatt Cameron, Benjamin Crawford, Rebekah Crossman, Colin Dowd, Tristan Durante, Natalie Fenninger, Jayden Fitzgerald, Ashley Friend, Lacey Greenamyre, Anabel Hernandez, Marina Herren-Lage, Nanja Horning, Justin Jackson, Isaiah Kelly, Drew Kiernan, Justin Koontz, Abigail LaRock, Will Larocque, Aleta Mathers, Michael Odell, Peter Orzech, Samantha Paige, Virginia

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Patz, Holly Rancour, Kyra Roberts, Katelyn Stearns, Natali Sullivan, Benjamin Turner, Katherine Wallace, Silas Wisell and Xavier Wyncoop.

Honorable Mention: William Barber, Parker Beatty, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Zachary Dunn, Kolby Farnsworth, Max Hirdler, Michael Huber, Eleanore McGarry, David Robidoux, Anna Scharstein, Kaylee Shum, Serena Welch and Carson Yildirim.

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DUE TO SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS WE WILL BE SELLING 56 HERD OF CATTLE.

52 cows milking #6000 every pickup. Three close bred heifers. Some of the fanciest udders you will ever find. 34 are first and second calf.

Directions: I91 exit 25 turn left on Roaring-Brook Road past Barton Fairgrounds. Watch for signs.

Terms: Cash or Good Check Sale Day

Owners: Gary and Gail Lyman 802-525-6692 Lussier Auction Service Reg & Toby Lussier Reg: (802) 626-8892 Cell: (802) 535-6100

Ringman Jon Lussier 802-371-7403 Jim Young Assisting 802 247-0179

www.lussierauction.com for pictures, updates, and email mailing list.

Wallace Realty 48 Mountain Terrace Bristol, VT 05443 PH: 802-453-4670 • Fax 802-453-5898 Visit our websites at: www.wallacere.com www.greenbuiltvermont.com

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-4248590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

56 Registered & Grade Holsteins

Herd test 4.0% Protein average 3.27. S.C.C. Average 100,000.

The Lyman’s always used the best bulls, starting with Valiant and Blackstar. Cows sired by Atwood, Aftershock, Alexander and Seaver. Service Sires include: Gold Chip, Braswell and Diamond Back.

Herd is fed grain and round bale silage.

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