Thursday, May 16, 2019

In the round

Tough loss

Twists & turns A chef took a winding road to his latest gig — at Notte in Middlebury. See Arts + Leisure.

Our Home & Garden section features a unique circular home in Bristol. See Section C.

The Tiger boys’ lax team played well in the back, but couldn’t hold a late lead. See Sports, Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 73 No. 20

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Smaller towns rally behind their local schools Addison Central officials weigh future of facilities

NEW PORTER MEDICAL Center President Dr. Seleem Choudhury, left, is learning the ropes from Dr. Fred Kniffin, who is shedding the leadership mantle to return to his job as an Emergency Department physician. Choudhury talked with the Independent about his orientation process and his aspirations for Porter.

Independent photo/John Flowers

Porter’s new leader an ‘idea’ man, likes making connections

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison Central School District (ACSD) directors on Monday heard more pleas from area residents opposed to the notion of school consolidations.

And board members served notice that any decision to close one or more of the district’s seven elementary schools won’t come in 2019.

More than 30 people — ranging from toddlers to septuagenarians — gathered in front of Mary Hogan Elementary School Monday evening to send a unified message to ACSD board members as they entered the building for their meeting: Don’t close any of the district’s rural schools.

Several of those assembled were from Ripton, home to one of the smallest (50 students) of the member elementary schools. ACSD also encompasses elementary schools

in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge. Attendees conveyed their sentiments, in part, through a variety of signs.

“Our school is the heart of our community,” read one sign.

Middlebury-area teachers, board sign new contract

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District board on Monday ratified a new, one-year contract for all

ACSD teachers that reflects a 3-percent increase in new money for educators’ salaries during the 2019-2020 academic year.

(See Contract, Page 13A)

“Invest in our children,” read another.

“When will our kids come first?” and “Bigger doesn’t equal better” were among other messages emblazoned on poster boards held aloft for the massed to see.

Around a dozen of the protesters joined the school board meeting to continue their lobbying efforts in a debate that will likely spill into next year, according to ACSD officials.

The school board has set a goal of completing a facilities master plan this summer, a document that will inventory ACSD’s many buildings and recommend which of those assets should be improved and which could be shuttered to meet the district’s (See ACSD, Page 14A)

By JOHN FLOWERS “(Cafeteria workers) were MIDDLEBURY — Dr. Seleem teasing me, saying, ‘You know, the Choudhury has never been afraid undercover boss isn’t supposed to roll up his sleeves to tell us his name,’” and participate in all “I look at a beaming Choudhury aspects of health care. said in recounting his So it should have what we do cafeteria experience. come as little surprise to really well But unlike events Porter Medical Center here. We do portrayed in the reality employees to see their patient care TV show “Undercover new president keying really well.” Boss,” Choudhury’s in sales on the hospital brief cafeteria stint — Dr. Seleem cafeteria’s cash register wasn’t intended to be Choudhury last Thursday morning. covert or entertaining.

And that was after the It’s his way of getting much-credentialed Choudhury to know the many people he’ll be had used a very large knife to leading at Porter, along with the perform surgery on the cafeteria’s very important tasks they perform fruit selection.

(See Porter, Page 12A)

Mt. Abe district rolls out its strategic plan

Document clarifies MAUSD objectives

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — The new logo adopted by the Mount Abraham Unified School District contains a subtle but significant inversion of the graphics. The blue M, yellow A and pink D are set against a white background, but the U and the S are themselves white, set against a green background.

The effect makes prominent the word “Us.”

By the way

Look for it. You’re about to see it everywhere.

But that’s not the story here. For the MAUSD this “us” is more than acronym luck or clever publicity.

Nor is the “us” a group of people to whom things happen. It’s a “we” who make things happen, school district officials say.

Now, thanks to dozens of 5-Town community members, that “we” has (See Mt. Abe, Page 12A)

Making the scene

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Zoe Hill doffs her hat as she arrives at Town Hall Theater Saturday night with Elizabeth Chamberlain for the 2019 MUHS Prom. Right behind them are Megan Thomas-Danyow, left, and Emma Quesnel. See more photos from the big night on Page 11A.

Independent photo/Steve James

VUHS senior’s love for mechanics pays off in Vermont victory Clark wins title, scholarship, aims for more

The annual Ride of Silence Kelly Boe Memorial Bike Ride will take place this Friday afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m. at Middlebury Union High School. This is a slowpaced bike ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roads, including Kelly Boe in 2015. Raise awareness that we all share the (See By the way, Page 13A)

Index Obituaries................................. 6A Classifieds........................ 8B-10B Service Directory............... 6B-7B Entertainment.........Arts + Leisure Community Calendar......... 8A-9A Arts Calendar.........Arts + Leisure Sports................................. 1B-3B VUHS SENIOR AND Hannaford Career Center Automotive Technology student Holden Clark in April won a statewide Automotive Service Technology competition — and a $10,000 scholarship. In June Clark will head to Kentucky for the national contest with an eye on a bigger prize.

Independent photo/Steve James

By ANDY KIRKALDY engine recently paid off for Clark.

WEST ADDISON — Vergennes In April he won the Skills USA Union High School senior and Vermont Automotive Competition, Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center staged at the National Guard Automotive Technology student headquarters in Colchester. With it Holden Clark came by his passion came a $10,000 scholarship toward for working on vehicles naturally. his roughly two-year program in Clark’s father, Kyle Clark, is Ohio — and a chance to win more a shop foreman for scholarship money.

Munson Earth Moving “I’m From June 23 to in Williston, in charge 25, Clark and his mechanics of keeping a fleet of Hannaford instructor, trucks and construction all the way.

Paul Orzechowski, will vehicles running.

Anything with head to Louisville, Ky., Kyle Clark also liked nuts and bolts for the national Skills to tinker at their West USA competition, Addison home. Holden — that’s me.” where about 6,000 — Holden Clark other vocational and Clark, now 17 and ready to head off in the fall technical education to the University of Northwestern students will vie in 30 categories, Ohio’s automotive and diesel including Clark’s. program, followed suit.

Clark said the top 10 in each “Forever we’ve had projects, will win scholarships ranging from always doing something at home $3,000 for 10th to $20,000 for first. or in the garage,” Holden Clark And Orzechowski and Clark said. “I’ve always fetched wrenches believe he has a real chance. for him, and just watched him “I think he has a great shot at throughout the years, and it’s nationals,” Orzechowski said. “And developed my love for mechanics.” he’s going to have a great career in That passion for cars, trucks, the automotive industry whatever he tractors and anything else with an (See Holden Clark, Page 14A)

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Solar array pitched for Rt. 116 in Bristol

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — Bristol may get a new solar array next year.

Green Lantern Solar (GLS) is pitching a 150 kW array for a spot near Route 116, just south of Notch Road.

If built, it would not be visible from the highway, GLS officials say.

By Vermont’s net-metering standards, which allow for arrays up to 500 kW, this would be a relatively modest project, occupying less than an acre of land, said GLS Director of Development Ralph Meima.

At Vermont’s latitude, a 150 kW array would generate enough electricity to power roughly 40 to 45 homes for a year, he estimated.

For this particular array GLS will probably reach out to institutional customers: schools, fire departments, waste districts or other municipal entities.

“Preferably local, preferably institutional,” Meima said.

Before any of that can happen, however, the land, which is currently considered “ordinary agricultural land,” must be designated as a “preferred site,” according to rules set forth by the Vermont’s utilities regulator, the

Public Utility Commission. For that to happen Green Lantern needs joint support from certain local and county entities.

Bristol’s Planning Commission and its Energy Committee already support the designation.

“The proposed site of the project lies within the general area designated as ‘Preferred’ by the committee who are currently developing Bristol’s Enhanced Energy Plan,” wrote Katie Raycroft-Meyer, chair of the Planning Commission, in a May 9 letter to the Public Utility Commission.

Following suit, the town selectboard at its Monday night meeting voted unanimously to support the designation.

Next (and last) on the list is the Addison County Regional Planning Commission. If and when its support is secured, GLS will apply to the regulator for a Certificate of Public Good, which could take three to six months to get approved.

If all goes well, GLS expects to begin construction in the second or third quarter of 2020.

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@ addisonindependent.com.

Bristol Elementary School leader to step down after three years BRISTOL — After three years at the helm of Bristol Elementary School, principal Kevin Robinson has resigned, effective June 30, according to Mount Abraham Unified School District Superintendent Patrick Reen.

The MAUSD has appointed Bristol Elementary’s library media specialist Tom Buzzell to be the school’s interim principal for the 2019–20 school year.

Buzzell, a Bristol resident, served as principal of Mary Hogan

Elementary School until last year.

He worked at Mary Hogan for 18 years.

Robinson came to Bristol Elementary in 2016 with 23 years of experience in K-12 education.

He came to the Bristol job from Abu Dhabi, the capital and second largest city of the United Arab Emirates, where he oversaw the operation of 115 K-12 schools.

Look for a longer story in an upcoming issue of the Independent.

STEVE RAPOPORT AND Brent Rakowski were among the volunteers installing new roofing on the city pool’s changing rooms on May 4 and 5.

Volunteers also spruced up the skate park.

Photos by Henry Stroup

City volunteers make over pool house, skate park Turnout strong on weekend of May 4 and 5

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — About 30 volunteers recently gave a major facelift to the city of Vergennes’ pool house and skate park off East Street.

In an effort coordinated by resident and contractor Ian Burkett; planning commission member Tim Cook; Aldermen Mark Koenig, Bill Benton, and David Austin; and Addison Northwest School District board member John Stroup, the pool house received new roofing and a paint job, and a number of improvements were made at the skate park on May 4 and 5.

The skate park work, according to Vergennes Mayor Jeff Fritz included a general cleanup, repairs to the park’s features, and removal of its exterior wall.

Wall removal was a request from the park’s users, Fritz said, one made at a meeting this past fall between students and city council members set up by Vergennes Union High School faculty member Lee Shorey.

“One of the things they expressed was they didn’t like the walls around the skate park, because it sort of made them feel like they were in prison. And those walls came down,” Fritz said. “We listened to them.”

Fritz said he was impressed by the finished product.

“They did an amazing amount of work over at the skate park,” he said.

“The turnout was amazing.”

City officials have talked for

several years about the need for new pool house roofing, and Fritz praised the finished product of the paint and the roof.

“It was an amazing transformation. I’m really proud. It’s a great expression of what we feel about the Little City, let me tell you,” he said.

Fritz also noted Mark Koenig and other volunteers also touched up the caulking around the edges of the city pool, a task that Koenig has done annually in recent years and that has made a difference.

“What we’ve found over the past couple years is that involvement has made a significant impact,” Fritz said. “The pool was drained this year and is probably in better condition than it has been in 40 years.”

At Tuesday’s city council meeting Austin praised Cook for his organizational efforts and Burkett for his expertise and hard work, and he also noted many young families and teens supported the effort, citing as

VERGENNES UNION ELEMENTARY School physical education teacher Robyn Newton and John Stroup pay attention to the details while applying new paint to the Vergennes City Pool’s pool house early this month.

an example Tim Cook’s 18-year-old son, Malcolm.

“He dedicated pretty much his whole weekend,” Austin said.

Austin also estimated the value of the volunteer labor and donated materials as between $20,000 and $25,000.

Stroup said he was grateful to businesses who supported the effort: Small City Market donated breakfast and coffee, Shaw’s and the city of Vergennes provided lunch both Saturday and then on Sunday when a smaller crew of volunteers wrapped things up, r.k.

Miles donated roofing materials, and Aubuchon Hardware provided paint and painting supplies.

And Stroup said council members deserved a lot of credit, as well as resident volunteers.

“City aldermen put in a lot of work and organizing effort,” he said.

“It was a great day and Vergennes is a lot better for it.”

MADELEINE STROUP DOES her part during a community work day by painting the pool house in Vergennes.

Addison Independent, Thursday, May 16, 2019 — PAGE 3A

New curriculum head selected by RNESU

By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — A new Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment has been hired for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union. The RNESU board recently approved the hiring of Kristen Hubert, after Andy Kepes in March announced he would leave the position to become the Ferrisburgh Central School principal.

Hubert, a Rutland resident, has plenty of experience in the education field, most recently serving as faculty and coordinator of professional education at Upper Valley Educator’s Institute. Before that, Hubert taught elementary and middle school before taking a position as principal of Fisher Elementary and then Northwest Primary for 14 years.

“I am very excited to bring Kristin on board to join the RNESU, OVUU and BUU faculty and staff and to help us achieve alignment and equity for all of our schools and students,” RNESU Superintendent Jeanńe Collins said. “With a strong background in curriculum, trauma/ poverty needs, and professional development for educators, as well as experience in proficiency based learning and project based learning, Kristin is a natural fit for our initiatives.”

Hubert has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Northeastern University, a master’s degree in leadership from Castleton and

earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont.

One of the district’s main goals is to promote equity across all campuses. Hubert said the key to equity is the need to work toward first establishing a common definition for what equity means in area schools and shifting the language and paradigm from a mindset of “my kids” to “our kids.”

“My doctoral research was focused on Vermont’s Act 46 and school mergers, with a specific eye toward leadership’s role and responsibility in ensuring equity in new school communities,” Hubert said. “As educators and community members begin to believe that all students are “theirs,” it becomes easier to have conversations about resources, personnel, and programs that are in the best interest of everyone.”

Hubert said her first priority will be getting into all of the schools and meeting people, building relationships and taking time to understand the different needs and values of each of the schools and their teams.

“I know there are goals in place around proficiency-based learning, middle school models, a comprehensive assessment system, and social emotional learning,” she said.

“I intend to do my part to support and sustain these efforts in schools and with building leaders.”

Hubert will begin the job July 1.

Quittin’ time

THE FIRST WARM day in quite awhile brought out a fisherman to the Otter Creek just below the Middlebury falls just after work early last week.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Go for a walk and see salamanders, frogs CORNWALL — The Cornwall Conservation Commission is hosting a free “Walk in the Woods” with Vermont State herpetologist Jim Andrews on Sat. May 18, from 9 a.m.-noon. The walk meets at 938 West St. The walk is a follow-up to “Slippery Creatures: Salamanders and Frogs,” held in February.

Participants will look for vernal pools, and hopefully find salamander and frog eggs, as well as

see them in their habitat. Those attending will learn about the importance of forests, and how forest fragmentation destroys wildlife corridors and changes the ecosystem. Andrews will also give tips on how to identify bird calls, wildflowers, nests, trees and shrubs.

Bring binoculars, raingear and rubber — it’s wet in the woods right now. An RSVP to 802-4622000 would be appreciated, due to

parking constraints.

Inspired by Andrew’s February presentation, attendees started a small group, the Amphibian Allies, who walk on the rainy Spring evenings on West St. to help the tiny, fragile creatures safely cross the road to lay their eggs. They welcome anyone interested in joining the group and/or know of other roads in Cornwall where salamanders and wood frogs have been spotted.

SOME OF THESE bikes at Little City Cycles in Vergennes are being repaired and will be given, free of charge, to Addison County foster children at a special event slated for this Saturday, May 18, at the Middlebury recreation field off Creek Road.

Independent photo/John Flowers

Free bicycles offered to foster kids

By JOHN FLOWERS VERGENNES/MIDDLEBURY — Little City Cycles owner Tim Mathewson has seen people toss away hundreds of bikes during his 40 years repairing the machines. Some of them only needed a new tire, chain or a little tender loving care to remain road worthy.

Mathewson rescues copious numbers of bicycles from the scrap heap; and, crucially, he possesses the knowledge and skill to fix them up and give them new homes.

“These bikes… are like foster bikes,” Mathewson said during a Tuesday interview.

Now those foster bikes are being rolled out for foster kids, thanks to the efforts of Mathewson and his Little City Cycles colleague Tanya Bashaw. The pair established “Green Mountain Foster Bikes” four years ago. The nonprofit turns grants, cash, bicycle donations and volunteer labor into free, fully functional bikes for children navigating a rough stretch in their young lives.

Mathewson hopes the children who receive the bikes experience same sense of unbridled joy and independence he felt as a youth riding around his neighborhood.

“I still ride my bicycle for transportation, health and happiness,” Mathewson writes in an intro on the website greenmountainfosterbikes. org.

“As I work at my bike shop, Little City Cycles, I learn about the different needs of the riders,” he writes.

“These needs are wonderfully varied and have led me to notice the foster child population in Vermont. With the realization of the need comes my desire to fulfill it.”

He and Bashaw have fulfilled it to the tune of 50 bikes donated to foster kids since the nonprofit’s launch.

They’ve done it on a piecemeal basis. Mathewson has contacts at the Vermont Department for Children & Families, which occasionally sends foster families to Little City Cycles in Vergennes to pick out a “foster bike.”

Mathewson judiciously taps donations for any materials he and fellow volunteers need to put cast-off bikes into working order. Repairs include a major modification aimed at increasing the lifespan of the bike: old cables and gears are stripped away, turning it into what Mathewson calls “a simple,

one-speed coaster brake bicycle.”

“The coaster brake bicycles we deliver only need oil on the chain and air in the tires to stay ready for service for years to come,” he explained.

There are typically a handful of finished foster bikes available at Little City Cycles at any given time.

If demand exceeds supply, eligible children go on a waiting list.

But supply shouldn’t be an issue at what will be Green Mountain Foster Bikes’ first ever giveaway event, slated for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, May 18, at the Middlebury recreation field off Creek Road. The nonprofit

will have more than 40 bikes available for qualifying foster children who are recommended by DCF. Along with their bike, each recipient gets a free helmet, rag and oil, and a pump and a lock (if needed).

The giveaway will be a community event, providing wider exposure for a program that could use more donations and helpers. Live music, food and beverages will be provided.

Anyone able to donate or volunteer for the foster bikes cause should seek out Mathewson at the May 18 event or visit greenmountainfosterbikes. org.

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A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorials

to the Editor

Howls of protest, rightly made The outpouring of support for the smaller elementary schools within the Addison Central Supervisory Union this past couple of weeks is not unexpected.

The district school board surely anticipated the howls of protest and, perhaps, would have been concerned had the angst been more subdued.

As we stated in a previous editorial, the board deserves kudos for putting the issue on the table in a thoughtful way. They did that by appointing a steering committee last November and hiring a consultant to develop a district-wide facilities master plan, and then holding three public forums this spring that drew large crowds.

In that study, the board learned that it would need about $61.5 million in basic repairs and upgrades to keep the district’s nine buildings — seven elementary schools, a middle school and high school — in good repair. The board could have decided to barge ahead, specify the needed improvements and try to pass a bond in that amount. But, wisely, they agreed they should first assess whether it was the wisest move to retain all nine buildings since enrollment was on the decline.

To that end, the consultant and the steering committee devised four scenarios in which one or more of the district’s smaller elementary schools would be closed. (See story Page 1A.) It was the news needed to spark a call to action, as demonstrated by public protests and numerous thoughtful and passionate letters to the editor.

Residents of those smaller towns are right to be on edge. Looking at schools from an economic and academic perspective, the determining objectives can be boiled down to: 1) cost of operation and, 2) student performance; that is, how much does it cost to educate each student and how does that student’s performance compare to others.

Those are also the metrics that should most matter to taxpayers and parents of students.

No one questions that elementary schools are the heart and souls of most rural towns, and that’s certainly the case in the ACSU district. Shutting down any one school would be a substantial loss for that community. But, like it or not, economic efficiency is a determining factor. Consider Whiting, Granville or Hancock, all towns that have closed their one-or-two room schoolhouses in recent years. Granville closed its school in 2009 with 22 kids K-4, while Hancock closed in 2005 with 24 students K-5. Reality is, at some point there will be a number at which the school isn’t serving either the community or the students well.

The ACSU board’s purpose in broaching the issue now is to act pro-actively, and not have that discussion at the last minute should that day come.

To that end, the board will meet with its consultant on May 28 to outline a path for developing the master facilities plan. Such mapping, ACSD board chairman Peter Conlon said, would be based on “decision points,” which will focus on school capacity, school choice, a facilities improvement bond, how to best accommodate district 6th graders, and how to evaluate ACSD buildings, among other factors. Residents should also know that any decision on closing a school is a year or more away. There is time to discuss viable courses of action, but the time to start is now. ********** It’s also true that where there’s difficulty, there’s opportunity — and that’s the case with the district’s small towns. One opportunity is to actively advocate for growth, and especially seek young families with school age kids.

In several letters to the editor and comments in stories, residents claim that smaller schools provide a superior education for certain families, and that these towns are the very places that can woo families from other locales to live a charmed life. We wholeheartedly agree.

The challenge is to prove the point. What’s interesting is that towns like Middlebury have expended substantial tax dollars, and effort, to try to lure new businesses and new families to the area; and those residents pay for the infrastructure (town water and wastewater treatment facilities) to make the town attractive to new growth — or, at least, try to keep from losing families to other locales. But the district’s smaller towns rarely do. What these towns have to grasp is they have a partial responsibility to fill their schools. Zoning ordinances might need to be tweaked to encourage new building, subtle initiatives could be started to market their charms to the right audiences; a welcome committee could be formed to meet prospective homeowners.

It wouldn’t be hard. There is ample charm, there’s a regional economic development corporation to help any town in the county put its name and assets on the roster for those in the market, and there are town residents with the passion to drive such initiatives. And a few families — just five to 10 — could make a huge difference.

The issue, don’t forget, is that some of these elementary schools have seen their enrollments decline so they are no longer cost efficient. There’s a big difference between 76 students 20 years ago and 50 students today, especially when one factors in the state aid that is lost as enrollment declines. Simply put, the best solution is to fill each school to capacity.

That’s easier said than done, of course, but the challenge is at least partly theirs. ********** As long as we’re talking about best-case scenarios, the school board should give credence to the desirability of having a school district of seven elementary schools filled to capacity. Such a district provides a range of options for families who might want to live in a town with a small school in the mountains, or a small school in the western plains, or a larger school like Middlebury’s Mary Hogan. That may not be the most cost-efficient way to run a school district, but a wide range of options could draw the most newcomers and be the best model for the district’s overall economic vitality.

Given the demographic trends, that’s not in the cards anytime soon, but it once was and could be again. The district should also recognize that closing a school likely eliminates a community’s ability to grow or retain its vibrancy.

It is, then, not a move to be taken lightly.

There are other ways to keep these elementary schools from closing. Consolidation could mean combining classes to a suitable teacher-pupil ratio, and using the vacant parts of the school building for pre-school and/or infant care.

In some elementary schools in Vermont, senior centers share space in the same building, which allows for a healthy mix of generations to great advantage to both.

The worst-case scenario is simply to shutter a school building, but that can be avoided in many ways with just a smidgeon of imagination.

Angelo Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

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Route 7 junction requires signals Earlier this month I was in a car accident in Middlebury coming from Exchange Street headed north on Route 7 around 4 p.m. or so.

Cars coming from Route 7 headed north are always going way over the speed limit and I was hit by a truck and ended up briefly in the other lane.

It is very difficult to judge how fast cars are going. I was going about 5 miles an hour, which helped lessen the impact on my car, but if there had been any traffic coming south at that moment I would have been badly injured.

I have never been in an accident and consider myself, at almost 69, a very safe driver. There needs to be a traffic light installed at that intersection as soon as possible before someone gets killed.

The other issue is that very close to the top of Exchange Street is the Bridge School, so parents are using that road all the time, usually twice a day. Let’s do something about this problem ASAP! Martha Thilbourg-Chaplin Monkton

Construction lull is in the schedule

Not much work

THERE’S NOT BEEN much need for these hoses to water the baseball diamond at the Mount Abraham Union High School fields recently. Climatologists tell us that the sun will return to Addison County skies some day, but no clue as to when.

Independent photo/Steve James

Proud to have stayed the course

Change.

One of my favorite movie quotations is from “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,” when the Kid (played by Bob Dylan!) says “Times change, but I don’t.”

Of course, he says this shortly before he dies.

I have always wanted to say that about myself. Maybe it had to do with being young in the turbulent 1960s and ’70s when it seemed people my age were changing identities more often than their jeans. Everything seemed to be falling apart.

As a young man I lived through a time of what I certainly thought was revolutionary change — Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War and the dramatic events that attended it, the

By Karl Women’s Movement, the Generation Lindholm Gap. In those crazy times, many of us were searching for ways of thinking, values, principles, habits, lifestyles, that were universal.

We were searching for something timeless, ridiculously perhaps (hippies!), but earnestly.

Amid the chaos of the Vietnam War era, I wanted to be steady, reliable, unchanging: what you saw is what you got, walk the walk, and all that. I would not be buffeted by whimsy, fashion, or fad.

Change was flighty, untrustworthy. Not-change was good, sought after, a value. Stability, dependability, consistency — all good. Don’t think twice, it’s all right.

Maybe that’s why I maintained a love of baseball — its immutability. It’s still the same game our fathers and grandfathers played and loved. That’s the problem with

baseball now, it seems — mostly grandfathers, like me, love it.

I loved sports, beyond baseball — all sports. In my games, sportsmanship was a high value. Trash talk, flamboyance, individualism was eschewed. Loyalty, humility, industry, effort, teamwork were celebrated: “tough kid,” “hard worker” were descriptions we all aspired to. Losing built character, we were taught, and we believed it.

Failure was part of the process.

Growing up, the credo in our family was always, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.“ We were Yankees, from Maine, and Swedes on my dad’s side, Nordic reserve compounded.

When I did something well, I knew my dad was pleased, but he usually said to me, “Make sure your hat size doesn’t change.” I never was going to have a “big head” as long as he was around.

I was trained growing up to resist change for change’s sake, to be slow to embrace risk, to be uncomfortable with uncertainty.

That’s the identity I hoped to bring to my work in Student Affairs at Middlebury College. I wanted to be someone students and colleagues could count on for help and support. Solid. Present. Dependable.

One of my favorite mentors and colleagues at Middlebury, former Middlebury Union High School Principal and Latin teacher Frank Kelley, had a favorite saying, “Festina Lente,” which he translated as “Make haste (See Clippings, Page 5A)

Clippings

Bill eyes rules for self-driving cars

Autonomous vehicles are now being road-tested in more than 20 states. Legislation to permit autonomous vehicle testing on Vermont roads, starting in 2021, is part of a transportation bill now under consideration in Montpelier.

A report prepared by the Vermont Agency of Transportation notes that there are multiple levels of autonomous vehicles. At the lowest level, cameras and radar provide warnings to drivers of unplanned lane departures, other vehicles in a driver’s blind spot, and obstructions when backing up. These features are available on many cars now on the market.

At the highest level, a completely autonomous vehicle may be fully self-driving under all conditions.

Intermediate levels of autonomy would involve a vehicle that operates itself under some conditions, such as long interstate trips, but requires a By Eric L. Davis human driver to be in control in other situations.

Most of the tests of autonomous vehicles to date have been in large urban areas, with the sponsors being ride-sharing companies such as Uber and technology companies such as Apple and Waymo (a subsidiary of Google). Developers of autonomous vehicles would like to expand their testing to non-metropolitan areas and more challenging weather conditions than the Sunbelt states where most tests have occurred so far.

Some researchers believe that a new market for autonomous vehicles could be elderly people, who have vision or other impairments that prevent them from driving, and who live in rural areas with limited or no public transport — a description that applies to

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much of Vermont.

The legislation under consideration in Vermont would require firms seeking to test autonomous vehicles in the state to receive permission in advance from the VTrans Traffic Committee. An operator would have to be present in the driver’s seat of all autonomous vehicles being tested.

The driver would have to monitor the performance of the vehicle and be able to take immediate manual control of the vehicle. All autonomous vehicles being tested in Vermont would have to be clearly marked as such on the outside of the car. VTrans could promulgate regulations setting forth additional requirements for autonomous vehicle testing.

If the autonomous vehicle provisions are included in the final version of the Transportation Bill, which appears likely, VTrans would spend the next 18 months developing regulations and consulting with firms that wish to test autonomous vehicles in Vermont. The tests would begin in 2021.

One issue that is still unresolved, and could become one of the agenda items on a late-session conference committee, is whether to require advance approval from municipalities before autonomous vehicles could be tested on city and town highways. While the VTrans permits would cover testing on state highways, the House appears more inclined than the Senate to limit testing on other roads to those communities where municipal governing boards have approved such testing in advance.

Autonomous vehicle developers are particularly interested in testing their cars in winter weather conditions (See Davis, Page 5A)

I am responding to George Jaeger’s Letter to the Editor in the May 13, 2019, edition of the Addison Independent, in which he suggested several reasons for the current lull in activity on our downtown construction project. I want to point out that Middlebury’s Community Liaison, Jim Gish, addressed this question in his April 25 construction update to the community.

“You may be wondering why construction is winding down when the construction season is just getting underway. The answer has to do with the sequencing of construction contracts. Installation of the temporary bridges in Summer 2017 was one contract. Construction of the drainage system and access roads was a second contract; that one wraps up in mid-May. The third and final contract covering the main project will be awarded in May, with work scheduled to begin in the July/August timeframe.”

Jim’s update, a quick five-minute read, goes out Friday mornings to more than 1,000 readers. Jim frequently responds to reader questions in the blog so all may benefit from the knowledge. I encourage all to sign up and stay informed on developments with this important project; sing up online at middleburybridges.org.

As chair of the selectboard, I know that the selectboard and the town manager’s office respond to questions frequently as well. There are no labor disputes, there is no hold-up in federal funding for our project, and there is no unforeseen problem holding up the construction plans.

In our attempt to ensure all parties are best served, town leaders asked VTrans and general contractor Kubricky to review plans for our next construction phase with the community at a special selectboard meeting to be held Tuesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society on Charles Avenue in Middlebury.

I look forward to welcoming everyone in our community with questions and concerns about the project to that meeting.

Brian Carpenter Chair, Middlebury Selectboard

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What if Hillary Clinton did it?

Anti-Federalism

Editor’s note: This is the 18th The Constitution they produced in a series of essays on the history acknowledged “The People of the and meaning of the American United States” as the sole authority to establish it as law. As I noted in political tradition. a previous essay, the Preamble of

By VICTOR NUOVO In the political debate about the constitution performs an act of the Constitution, its supporters self creation, “The People of the labeled themselves “Federalists,” United States of America” declare although they might better have themselves sovereign, and their union a sovereign called themselves nation. “nationalists,” for But one may ask, they favored a strong by what authority national government did they do this? If I rather than a loose may take the liberty federation of states. of responding for Among the founders, the Federalists, I can Washington, Adams, imagine them disHamilton, and Madimissing the question son were Federalists, as impertinent, “One and a strong central might as well ask by government was their what authority God goal. On the other side created the world.” of this debate stood It is enough that God Anti-Federalists. The The American has this originative term was coined in 1787 as an odious Political Tradition power. The people of An essay by the United States had label, applied to any a similar authority and all who opposed Victor Nuovo adoption of the ConMiddlebury College and right, not to create worlds, but to form stitution. professor emeritus themselves into a The debate over the of philosophy nation, their nation, Constitution lasted and to give it a funthree years, from the time that the Constitutional Con- damental law. This is the power vention was first convened until its of covenant, a principle of natural ratification by all 13 states — from right.

The Anti-Federalists did not May 1787 until May 1790. There is an abundant record of it in note- deny this sort of power, and this books and diaries of participants, natural right. The problem for newspaper articles, and speeches them is that that act of self-crein public assemblies, and these ation had already been done, 13 have been preserved and reprinted times. The states already had their in scholarly and popular editions. own constitutions, and by their The opinions of the Anti-Federal- own declaration were free and ists are therefore as accessible to sovereign entities, self-founded us as those of the Federalists. They and independent. The Constitution are worth attending to, for issues negated these actions. To be sure, they raised are still current, and in their declaration of independence was jointly made, but it did not some respects unsettled.

One of them concerned the create a new sovereign nation, legality of the Constitution. rather 13 sovereign states united in Anti-Federalists noted that the a common cause. The Anti-FederConstitutional Convention was alists worried that the Constitution originally convened by Congress would negate the sovereignty of to consider revising the Articles of the states, violating their indepenConfederation, which was then the dence and their liberty.

Moreover, they suspected that official constitution of the United States. It was charged that the del- “The People of the United States” egates ignored this directive, and was a mere fiction, invented to chose to make a new beginning ex- subvert the authority of the states. ceeding the authority of Congress. This was not an idle suspicion, and

I suspect that many of us, would be hard pressed to relieve it by giving a full and cogent explanation of the origin and meaning of the term, and even more important, the right and power of the entity that it connotes.

Furthermore, it was argued that the proposed Constitution made no provision for individual rights.

This was a criticism raised by those of a Jeffersonian persuasion.

In this respect, the Constitution appeared to ignore the self-evident truth appealed to in the Declaration of Independence, the right of every individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This deficiency was quickly acknowledged and rectified. The Bill of Rights, consisting of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, was adopted

by Congress on September 25, 1789, and sent to the States. It was ratified on December 15, 1791.

Madison drafted the Bill, incorporating into it rights proposed by Anti-Federalists.

Anti-Federalists also raised questions concerning representation. The Constitution established two legislative bodies, The House of Representatives and the Senate.

The House was to consist of delegations from each state proportional to their population. The size of the population of each state was to be equal to the number of free persons dwelling in each state, including indentured servants, plus 3/5 of all others not free — that is slaves. For purposes of representation, Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person, but not as citizens, for they had been denied the right to vote, were not free persons. They were regarded as property. The effect of this rule was to give slave states an advantage in congressional representation over those that were not. For example, according to the census of 1790, Virginia had a population of 747 thousand of which 292 thousand were slaves, contrasted to Pennsylvania with a population of 443 thousand including only 3,707 slaves.

The Senate posed other problems of representation. It was a select body, consisting of two senators (See Nuovo, Page 7A)

(Note: The following events never happened. At least not involving the individuals depicted here.)

WASHINGTON — The Republican-dominated House of Representatives moved closer this week to impeaching President Hillary Clinton.

The potential impeachment stems from allegations that Clinton and her associates obstructed justice by covering up her campaign’s involvement with Chinese hackers and the Chinese government.

Clinton, who has pledged to fight all congressional subpoenas related to the inquiry, has been plagued throughout her presidency by charges that her campaign conspired with the Chinese to swing the 2016 election.

Republicans also allege that Clinton and her husband have used the Clinton Foundation to curry favor with the Chinese government, and that they subsequently lied about those efforts.

“It’s time the American people learned the truth about the dirty tricks that Hillary Clinton and her team used to steal the election with the secret help of the Chinese government,” said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.). “But we won’t know everything that happened until the president cooperates with Congress’s constitutionally mandated role to provide oversight of the executive branch.”

Clinton is a minority president who lost the popular vote to Donald Trump by nearly 3 million votes but, thanks to the Electoral College, squeaked into office through narrow wins in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Democrats took over the Senate in 2016, but Republicans held onto the House of Representatives. They further strengthened their hand in the 2018 midterms as voters turned against the Clinton administration.

In a memorable moment from the

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Deadlines and Office Hours

Clippings (Continued from Page 4A) slowly,” a helpful position when voices are raised and all hell is breaking loose.

John McCardell, president of Middlebury from 1992-2004 and a big-time agent of change at the college, declared once at a public forum, “sometimes the appearance of change is as good as change itself.”

I took him to task for that, objecting strongly to the suggestion that mere appearances were a measure of quality, or vitality, in an institution.

McCardell tried to tell us the times they were a-changing and forced change on us, some of us kicking and screaming. He was right.

Now, older than I ever imagined I’d be, I live in this world of constant change. “Upgrade” is the catchphrase. Use it for a while, throw it out, and get a new one, a faster one, faster, and faster. We drown in our waste.

As soon as I get used to something new, especially something techno-

2016 campaign, Clinton invited the Mueller, however, made no deterChinese government to hack into mination of whether these actions Donald Trump’s computers and re- constituted illegal obstruction of veal embarrassing information about justice. He noted Justice Department his businesses. “China, if you’re policy against indicting a sitting listening, why don’t you get Trump’s president — but also stated that tax returns?” she said. his investigation did not exonerate A special counsel investigation of Clinton. the Clinton campaign, The president greeted led by former FBI Dithe special counsel’s rector Robert Mueller, report with a claim of found that Clinton cam“complete and total paign representatives exoneration.” She has had over 140 contacts derided Republican with the Chinese. efforts to investigate her Clinton, who denies as “a witch hunt.” all wrongdoing, has Among Clinton camrepeatedly attacked the paign officials who have special counsel and either pleaded guilty called the media “the or been convicted of enemy of the people.” crimes are her campaign She refused to meet manager, Robbie Mook; with Mueller because her chief strategist, Joel her attorneys feared Benenson; Clinton’s she would not testify personal attorney David honestly.

Kendall; and the national The Mueller report security advisor, Susan concluded that Clinton by Gregory Dennis Rice, for lying about and her surrogates apcontacts she had with the pear to have obstructed Chinese government. justice on at least 10 occasions, as Mueller indicted a Chinese citizen they fought revelations about the who received polling data from Chinese hacking of Trump’s tax Mook that aided efforts to swing returns and their actions to aid her the election to Clinton. The special campaign. counsel also charged three Chinese Among other attempts to obstruct companies and 25 individuals who justice, Mueller cited Clinton’s implemented Chinese government firing of FBI Director James Comey actions to intervene in the election. when he would not pledge loyalty to Kendall, Clinton’s personal attorher. The special counsel’s report also ney, is now serving a three-year prisdocumented that Clinton ordered the on sentence after being convicted of White House counsel to fire Mueller multiple crimes. He pleaded guilty and that she directed the payment to working at Clinton’s direction to of hush money to silence harmful make hush money payments to two allegations about her husband’s women — a porn star and a former behavior.

Playboy model — who said they Clinton stated to NBC that she had sex with former President Bill fired Comey because she was think- Clinton. ing about “the China thing.” She The Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, also told Chinese officials during an has also been embroiled in controOval Office meeting that by firing versy. After first denying it, she has the “nut job” Comey, she had taken acknowledged she met with Chinese great pressure off herself.

(See Dennis, Page 7A)

Our Office will be closed Monday, May 27, 2019 in observance of Memorial Day. logical, I get word of an upgrade, and I am thrust into a purgatory of doubt and anxiety: oh no, how does it work?

We live in our computers and our computers fit in our pockets and can be used as phones too, and cameras, and maps to get us here and there.

Our phone is a radio and a TV too, and a music box. Boredom is a thing of the past, that’s the promise and the goal.

We are constantly available, on notice, privacy is an abstraction. So few, it seems, read a book for pleasure now, nobody young anyway.

It’s “binge-watching” TV, whole seasons of shows, back to back.

Binge-ing on TV! Hour after hour.

I’m told even Facebook is passé now. Maybe Instagram too. We’re all a-Twitter.

Pandora or Spotify?

What are your five favorite podcasts?

I worry that I’m livin’ in the wrong century, dangling man, aware of my

anachronisticy, but not that confident about my iconoclasm and unwilling to assert it without insecurity.

I do want to live in this world. I don’t want to be an old fogey, disposable. I want to be known for . . . no, I would like to possess a wisdom borne of experience. Is that possible?

Who wants to hear my wisdom?

Are there no eternal verities?

Where is it that we want to go? What is it that truly lasts these days?

Technological change, the ever-new ways of communicating and exchanging information today, produce feelings of dislocation, and nostalgia, in old-timers like me.

Goodness, I still read a newspaper every day, hard copy, like my dad.

We beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past (thanks F. Scott — wish I had said that).

So . . .

Have at it, young uns. Your turn!

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Davis (Continued from Page 4A) in Vermont. How will the systems in autonomous cars respond to roads covered in snow or ice, especially while precipitation is falling or in the hours of darkness? Also, cars operating on some sections of hilly or mountainous roads in Vermont sometimes lose satellite and GPS connectivity due to topographical considerations. How will autonomous vehicles handle such situations?

The legislation under consideration in Montpelier requires that an operator be in the driver’s seat of an autonomous vehicle at all times, in order to take control in case a test in winter or mountainous conditions needs to be terminated immediately.

Some, perhaps many, Vermonters will initially be reluctant to travel in an autonomous vehicle. However, a rigorous testing program of the type being contemplated by the legislative transportation committees and VTrans would be able to collect data on the performance of such vehicles in Vermont, to see how they might fit in to the state’s overall transportation mix.

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

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Obituaries

J. Andre Bourdon Sr., 86, Middlebury

Gloria Schulte-James, 83, Orwell ORWELL — Gloria Rosemarie (Volenti) Schulte-James, age 83, died Friday, May 3, 2019, at her home in Orwell.

Mrs. Schulte-James was born in Freeport, N.Y., on Oct. 23, 1935.

She was the daughter of Rocco and Stella (Chodak) Volenti. She grew up in Freeport, where she received her early education. She worked for Doubleday Book Publishing Company for several years. She married Herbert Charles Schulte, Sr., on Oct. 5, 1957. They made their home in North Bellmore, N.Y., where she raised her children. They retired to Orwell in 1993. Mr. Schulte predeceased her on April 4, 1999. On Feb. 17, 2007, she married Walker Earl James in Orwell.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Orwell, where she was very active in church affairs. She served as Chairperson of the Deacon’s Committee and on the church council. She also served as Cemetery Commissioner for the Town of Orwell. She was also active on the Board of Elections as a Ballot Clerk. She enjoyed swimming at Lake Sunset and Sunrise. She belonged to the Orwell Fortnightly

Club. Her family was her life.

Surviving is her husband Walker James of Orwell; a son, Herbert Charles Schulte, Jr., of Bristol; her daughter, Terri Ann SchulteRounsaville of Milford, N.J.; two stepsons, Samuel James of West Rutland and Stephen James of Orwell; two stepdaughters, Sharon Louise Fletcher of Orwell and Suzanne Ruth Taggert of Castleton; and two sisters, Diane Volenti of Boca Raton, Fla. and Dolores Ford of Sebastián, Fla. Seventeen grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and several cousins also survive her.

She was also predeceased by a sister Elaine Lewis.

The memorial service in celebration of her life will be held on May 25, at 11 a.m., at the Orwell Congregational Church. The Rev. David Anderson, pastor will officiate. Following the ceremony, the family will receive friends in the church hall, for a time of remembrance.

A private graveside committal service and burial will take place, later in the day at Mountain View Cemetery.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to

MIDDLEBURY — J. Andre Bourdon Sr., (Andy), 86, of Middlebury, Vt., and Melbourne Fla., died peacefully on May 10, 2019, surrounded by family. Born Oct. 4, 1932, in Cornwall Vt., he was the son of Ernest and Juliette Bourdon.

Andy graduated from Mount Assumption Institute, Plattsburgh N.Y., in 1950. He met and married Elizabeth (Betsy) Conley, with whom he had six children.

Andy was a dairy farmer in the early years and founded Bourdon Insurance Agency in 1964. He was president of Jaycees, Grand Knight of the Middlebury chapter of the Knights of Columbus, and an active member of the Ralph Myhre golf course, where he enjoyed the company of many good friends. He divided his time between Middlebury, Vt. and Melbourne Fla. Andy is survived by his wife of

GLORIA ROSEMARIE (VOLENTI) SCHULTE-JAMES The Orwell Congregational Church, Orwell, VT 05760 or to Addison County Home Health & Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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Thomas Mencel, 89, Leicester

BRIDGEPORT, Conn./LEICESTER, Vt. — Thomas Andrew Mencel, age 89, died May 9, 2019, at the University of Vermont Medical Center, in Burlington, Vt. Mr. Mencel had just recently moved to Vermont to make his home with his son and grandson. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Jan. 23, 1930. He was the son of Andrew and Julia (Buda) Mencel. He grew up in Bridgeport, where he received his by a luncheon at the Middlebury early education and graduated from American Legion, at 49 Wilson Central High School, class of 1948.

In his earlier years he worked for Road.

Underwood Corp. In 1953 he joined the Bridgeport Fire Department.

He was a firefighter for more than 30 years, retiring as a Captain. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and traveling. He was also an avid skier and golfer.

He is survived by his son; Craig

Lionel Cloutier memorial Mass MIDDLBURY — A memorial Mass for Lionel Cloutier, who died Jan. 2, 2019, will be held on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m., at

St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 326 College Street in Middlebury.

Burial at St. Mary’s cemetery will be held after the Mass, followed

67 years, Betsy Bourdon, daughters Karen Gorin and husband Michael, Cheryl Pickreign and husband Rick, Susan Bourdon-Laframboise and husband Randy and son Kevin Bourdon and wife Susan. Also grandchildren Timothy B. Wright, Matthew and Andrew Pickreign, Chris Rampone, Mark and Scott Bourdon, Alison Russett, Megan and Jack Laframboise, and sisters Rachel Codding, Laurie Wetmore, Louise Seith and Rena Kindregan.

He is predeceased by his sons Bruce and Andy Bourdon Jr., and sisters Anjame (Jimmie) Angier, Madeline Angier, and Marie Kenyon.

As those who knew Andy would say, he had a heart of gold.

Funeral services will be held on J. ANDRE BOURDON SR. Friday, May 24, at 1:30 p.m., at St. Mary’s Church in Middlebury, Vt. Arrangements under the direction Home. Online condolences at of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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Steven Mencel and grandson; Alexander Mencel of Leicester, Vt.; a brother, Robert Mencel of Bridgeport; and two sisters, Eleanor Jorczyk of Minneapolis, Minn., and Marie Csom of Fairfield, Conn. Many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive him. He was predeceased by his wife; Henrietta (Brandz) Mencel on Aug. 13, 2010. They were married in Bridgeport on April 28, 1951.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated on June 1, at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Stratford, Conn. A private burial will take place, at a later date.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in his memory to; The Parkinson Foundation, P.O. Box 248, Shelton, CT 06484.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon, VT.◊

THOMAS ANDREW MENCEL

BRISTOL — Graveside services on April 7, 2019, will be held on Street Cemetery in Middlebury. for William Saunders, 94, who died Friday, May 24 at 11 a.m. in Foote

Richard Rublee memorial service BRISTOL — A service commem- May 18, at 1:30 p.m., at the Bristol Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol. Mr. orating the life of the late Richard Federated Church, with interment to Rublee died this past Jan. 29 at the Rublee will take place on Saturday, take place immediately after at the age of 77.

John Oxley and Richard Oxley memorial service MIDDLEBURY — A memorial service for John Oxley, Vermont and Florida golfer, and Richard Oxley, trumpeter and jazz

musician, will be held at 2 p.m. on College Athletic complex. All who Thursday, May 23, at the cemetery knew them are welcome to come in Middlebury located on Route and share their memories.

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Beverly Partington, 59, Vergennes VERGENNES — Beverly Anne Partington, age 59, passed peacefully after a long battle with her health, on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at McClureMiller Respite House in Colchester.

Bev was born in Newton, Mass., on Dec. 26, 1959. She was the daughter of William and Pauline (Stewart) Knowlton. She grew up in Medway, Mass., where she received her early education and graduated from Medway High School, class of 1977. Bev earned her R.N. from Framingham School of Nursing, class of 1980, where she continued working.

She spent many years working as a nurse at Covenant Hills Christian Camp in Cabot, Vt. She also taught Nursing at Castleton State College before working in nursing education at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She earned both her Bachelors in Nursing and Masters of Science in nursing at The University of Vermont. She was Past Worthy Matron of Marble Chapter 80, Order of The Eastern Star.

She was a member of Vergennes Congregational Church, where she taught Sunday School and belonged to the church choir. Bev was an

avid crafter, spending most of her free time crocheting, spinning, and weaving. She enjoyed her time as a member of the Twist O’ Wool Guild.

She loved diet coke, peanut M&Ms, mint mentos and playing games with her family.

Surviving are five daughters; Amy Lynn Partington of South Hero, Sara Anne Ouellette of Monkton, Melissa May Partington of Bradford, Marybeth Ellen Partington of Vergennes, and L. Stirling Allred of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three brothers, William R. Knowlton of Medway, Mass., Robert H. Knowlton of Milford, Mass. and Bruce M. Knowlton of Standish, Maine; and a granddaughter, Ember Allred of Brooklyn, N.Y. Several nephews and cousins also survive her.

The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, May 14, at 11 a.m., at the Vergennes Congregational Church with a viewing at 10:30. The Rev. Barbara Purinton will officiate. An Eastern Star Service will precede the funeral. A private graveside committal service and burial will follow the ceremony in Prospect Cemetery in Vergennes.

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BEVERLY ANNE PARTINGTON flowers may be made in her memory to; McClure-Miller Respite House, 3113 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446 or Addison County Home Health & Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.◊

Sylvia Steady, 88, Proctor PROCTOR — Sylvia Steady passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Rutland Medical Center.

She was born in Ferrisburgh, Oct. 5, 1930, the daughter of Leo T. Steady and Grace Higbee Fields.

She was employed at Simmons Precision, Clarks Nursing Home, The Weeks School, and then back to Simmons Precision for many years until her retirement in 1993.

Sylvia is predeceased by her companion of 23 years Henry Norton; her son John R. Rule; her mother and father; and five sisters and their spouses, Gertrude Steady, Doris and Bob Mitchell, Vera and Russell Gilbert, Libby and Bob Champine, Bina and Chet Kimball; four brothers, Sonny Steady, Jimmy and Tippy Steady, Bill Steady, Charles and Teed Steady; and sister-in-law Anna Steady.

After Henry’s passing she moved to her son Jerry Rule’s campground, Whispering Pines, in Vergennes, where she enjoyed the company of all campers, helping at the recreation hall playing cards and bingo and the

many family barbeques. Family and friends meant a lot to her. She always remembered birthdays and anniversaries. She loved doing crafts and baking cakes and cookies for everyone. She was also an avid Yankee fan, and insisted everyone call her Nana. She loved and was loved by all who knew her.

In 2012 she moved in with her daughter Sharon and George Whitney of Proctor, and did a lot of traveling with her son and his wife to places such as Jamaica, Acapulco, and Hawaii. She enjoyed going to places such as Washington D.C. and Nashville, Tenn. She also loved going to her son and his wife’s home in Florida every year.

She is survived by her daughters; Sharon and George Whitney, Sandy and Charles Jaco and Jodi O’ Brien; her son Jerry and Joyce Rule; 13 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren along with many nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be from noon to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 15, with a memorial service following at 1 p.m.

SYLVIA STEADY at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Rutland Hospital Ambulatory Care, Rutland, VT or VNA and Hospice of Rutland County, Rutland, VT 05701.◊

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Nuovo (Continued from Page 5A) from each state originally chosen by their respective state legislators — the 17th Amendment, adopted in 1912, required the election of senators by popular vote. This gave a disproportional representation to states with small populations. Some Anti-Federalists feared that the Senate would become an elitist body, that it would lead to the establishment of a noble class, a clear violation of the principle of equality. Their fear was enlarged by the fact that the terms of Senators were six years. As a general rule, Anti-Federalists preferred that the offices of government be renewed every year.

Anti-Federalists worried about the office of the President and its executive powers.

They expressed the fear that the office was “a monarchy in the making.” All that was lacking was succession by heredity. The current quarrel over the President’s power to declare a national emergency and appropriate funds disregarding Congress suggests that the fear was

not unadvised. The current fear of autocracy is not ill-advised.

Finally, Anti-Federalists opposed the appointment of Justices of the Supreme Court to life terms. And because justices were nominated by the President they feared that their power could become an extension of the executive power of the President.

Postscript: A comprehensive body of Anti-Federalist documents has been collected and critically edited by the late Herbert Storing and published in seven volumes by the University of Chicago Press in 1981.

Volume 1 contains an excellent introduction by Professor Storing.

A selection of papers gathered from Storing’s collection was published in 1985, edited by Murray Dry of Middlebury College and is available in paperback. Another handy collection of Anti-Federalist discourses also based on Storing’s collection but with additional material is The Anti-Federalism Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates, edited by Ralph Ketcham, Signet Classics.

Dennis (Continued from Page 5A) emissaries during the campaign to get “dirt” on Trump.

When the meeting was later reported by The New York Times, Hillary Clinton dictated and ordered Chelsea to release a dishonest statement about the purpose of the meeting. Chelsea Clinton is also suspected of lying to Congress about the meeting.

In a meeting last year with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Clinton said she believed Xi’s claim that his government did not intervene in the 2016 election. Her statement came despite the unanimous conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that the Chinese had in fact worked to

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illegally influence the outcome.

“Our country was attacked by the Chinese,” Speaker McCarthy said. “Yet the president has refused to even acknowledge that, much less act to prevent another attack in 2020.”

While Republicans in the House continue to ponder impeachment, they have hesitated to open a formal inquiry because they believe that the Senate, which is dominated by Democrats, would refuse to convict her.

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

I spent my junior year of high school in far-off New Haven, Vt., calling one hundred fifty acres of serene farmland home. I had spent the favorite moments of my childhood on that farm: fantastic white winters and warm glowing summers with my grandparents, aunt and uncle, and cousins.

Of all the journeys to Treleven Farm, this last proved to be the most eye-opening. On land inhabited by sheep, teachers, toddlers, and my 92-year-old grandmother, I witnessed birth, death, and vast natural beauty.

Life in the Green Mountain State was a major change from life in the Park Cities in Texas. I got on a school bus every morning at 7:20 a.m. For the next 40 minutes, I would stare out the window at the most beautiful mountain ranges, clusters of cows, and classic New England homes. Arriving at Mount Abraham Union High School in the mornings was quiet. A school of 600 students is much less chaotic than Highland Park’s two thousand.

Within two months, I knew nearly everyone’s name and face in my entire grade. Each new person I met did their best to make me feel welcome, which made the adjustment much easier. However, nothing had quite

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By Ashley Warfield prepared me for Vermont winter. I had gotten a taste growing up, from Christmases spent visiting, but after a week we would return to Texas, where it rarely falls below freezing.

That is far more bearable than four months in snow and below-zero temperatures in a house with inadequate heating. Heavy clothing and hot tea got me through it, but I can’t say it is something I will miss.

Coming home from school each day meant visiting with my 40-yearold cousin Ethan, my temporary guardian, his wife, Susannah, a leukemia survivor, and their twoyear-old adopted daughter, Lucretia.

Ethan is easily one of the most intelligent human beings I have ever known, but remarkably humble.

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all three seemingly unprepared, though we knew what was coming.

Her breathing was labored. When it eventually quieted, my cousin Anais, put her ear close to Grandma’s face and looked at me with tears in her eyes. “You guys, I think she stopped breathing,” she said. I held onto Lauraine’s hand and tried to process what had just happened. The idea that I would never be able to talk to her again was scary, but I tried to gather myself and realize there was no better way for her to go. She was surrounded by people she loved — maybe somehow she knew that.

I had never witnessed anyone’s last moments before, but I think it helped me to better understand life and be less afraid of other aspects of it. My year away from home in a new environment helped me to grow, mature, and step farther than ever out of my comfort zone.

Ashley Warfield is graduating high school in May and will be attending Southern Methodist University in the fall. She plans on returning home to Vermont to visit her family and friends as much as possible.

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FGP offers opportunities for volunteers to serve as classroom aides in Addison County, providing mentoring and support to children of all ages.

Foster Grandparents can serve from 10 - 30 hours a week and receive a stipend, training and travel reimbursement if income-eligible. For more info on how to become a Foster Grandparent, please call 802-388-7044 or visit volunteersinvt.org

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Knights of Columbus Spring Fling Raffle 1st Prize: $1000 2nd: $500 3rd: $250 4th: $100 Drawing: June 2, 2019 at St. Mary’s Spring Festival at St. Mary’s school Additional 4 weekly drawings for $50 each starting May 4th raffle tickets eligible for all drawings Buy early to be eligible for weekly drawings Tickets: $5 each or a book of 5 for $20 *** tickets available at weekend Masses, from K of C members or call following members: Steve Ketcham 388-7433 • Paul Many 388-7737 Mark Mooney 388-2944 • Steve Buxton 948-2049 Proceeds to benefit K of C local charities

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Volunteer appreciation cookout in Middlebury. Friday, May 17, noon-2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. The Residence gives thanks for the dedication and generosity for all who volunteer in Addison County.

Outdoor event with live music by Towne Meeting and a delicious free lunch. Volunteers from UVMHN/Porter Medical Center, End of Life Services, RSVP and United Way and others who volunteer in Addison County are welcome. Free, open to the public and fully accessible.

RSVP to Suzanne Bennett by May 8 at 802-388-1220 or sbennett@residenceottercreek.com.

Kelly Boe Memorial Bike Ride in Middlebury. Friday, May 17, meets at 3:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. Join in a slow-paced bike ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roads. Raise awareness that we all share the road. Those who wish to may ride in silence in memory of those killed. Helmet and waiver of liability signature required. Eight-mile loop through Middlebury and Weybridge, weather permitting. More info contact Laura Asermily at 802-349-4157 or Kathy Boe at 802-388-6711.

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The Moss Glen Grange Flea Market has table space available for vendors. Accepting donations for grange table. Call 767-4600 for more information or to arrange for pick-up/drop off.

Author Megan Griswold in Middlebury. Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m., Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Griswold, author of “The Book of Help” will be on hand to talk of her story, which began with the shocking arrest of her husband, and documents one woman’s grit and willingness to try just about any remedy available to mankind — all for the sake of seeking spiritual happiness throughout the course of an incredible 15-year journey, spanning six continents and 200 therapies.

Chicken and biscuit dinner in New Haven.

Sunday, May 19, sittings at noon and 1 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. Adults $10/6-11 years old $5/under 6 free. Take out available.

Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are appreciated. Call Betsy prior to 7 p.m.at 802-453-2724 for reservations.

DAR John Strong Mansion tour in Addison. Sunday, May 19, 2-4 p.m., Meet at the Ferrisburgh Historical Society Center Schoolhouse. Carpool leaves at 1:30 p.m. A private tour of this 200 year old home of a Revolutionary War Patriot and his family for the Ferrisburgh Historical Society and any interested in experiencing one of Vermont’s most important 18th century homes. All are welcome. Free. Reserve by calling Gail at 802-425-4505.

Mother Up!: Families Rise Up for Climate Action in Middlebury. Sunday, May 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Guest Randy Kritkausky, co-founder of Middlebury-based international non-profit ECOLOGIA, will discuss his journey toward directly connecting with Mother Earth in Vermont by returning to his Native American roots and how such spiritual awakening might impact mainstream culture and environmentalism. A vegetarian meal and childcare for ages 8 and under will be provided. RSVP helpful, but not required.

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Green Mountain Club hike in Ripton.

Young Life 100 Hole Golf Marathon Saturday, May 18, Mt. Moosalamoo from in Ferrisburgh. Monday, May 20, Basin Goshen Rd. Moderate hike of 5.8 miles round Harbor, 4800 Basin Harbor Rd. Play 100 holes trip, with 1,125 foot ascent, starting from Moosalamoo of golf in one day, spend time with friends and help campground. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthPARTICIPANTS IN BIXBY Library’s story raise funds to make a difference in the lives of teens. penfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407. More activities hour on Thursday, May 23, will get at trip There is no fee for participating in the marathon. at gmcbreadloaf.org. to the Vergennes Fire Station to see the Golfers agree, however, to raise at least $750 in donaTown-wide yard sale in Monkton. Saturday, May 18, trucks and talk with firefighters, giving tions. More info at addisoncounty.younglife.org.

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locations around town. Get ready for them a hands-on experience, unlike this Monkton’s Town-Wide Yard Sale hosted by Monkton’s American Red Cross blood drive in Brandon. Monday, spectator at the Vergennes Memorial May 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Otter Valley High School, 2997 own Girl Scout Troop. Tables inside and outside at the Day Parade in 2016. Pre-registration is Franklin St. Monkton Volunteer Fire Department at 3747 States required. See calendar listing for details.

Prison Hollow Road, along with Independent file photo/Trent Campbell maps designating garage sales happening around town. Table for Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. rent for $10. To have your garage Meeting of the Bridport Senior Citizens, sale location posted on the town will follow the luncheon at 12:15 pm map, contact jmchase001@gmail.

MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL —Adult: Clay Garden Planters, Inc. at the Bridport Masonic Hall. We will be com by May 15. Food table in the Oils, Pastels, Mon afternoon Clay Hand Building, Wheel finalizing the details of Bridport Seniors fire station. More info call Karen at Classes, Digital Photography, Watercolors Kids: Summer Clay Day at the Masonic Hall to be held on 802-999-5145.

Wheel & Hand Building, Art Camps: Dragons, Art is Delicious, Art June 1st.

Town-wide yard sale in New Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Haven. Saturday, May 18, 9 a.m.-4 of Israel, Nature Art, Welcome to the Zoo, 5 Days of Fun, World A Simulation in Middlebury. Wednesday, p.m., locations around town. Get a of Color, Art is Everywhere middleburystudioschool.org To register May 22, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Map at New Haven Town Clerk email: studioschool2377@gmail.com or call Barb 247-3702. Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Certified Dementia Office, Library, Village Green Practitioners guide you through the chalMarket, 7 & 17 Jiffy Mart and lenges of compromised vision, hearing Route 7 Maplefields. More info and dexterity which all affect cognition. Free, and open contact Suzy at 802-453-3516 x12, 802-453-5978 or Age Well Senior Luncheon in Bristol. Monday, May to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan 20, 10:45 a.m., Cubbers, 8 Main St. Doors open at newhavenrec@gmavt.net more info. at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

“A Walk in the Woods” in Cornwall. Saturday, May 18, 10:45 a.m., meal served at 11 a.m. Chef’s Choice — Tobacco Cessation workshop in Brandon. Begins 9 a.m.-noon, 938 West St. Join state herpetologist Jim always delicious. $5 suggested donation does not Wednesday, May 22, 5-6 p.m., UVM Health Network, Andrews to look for vernal pools, find salamander and include gratuity. 72 hours advanced notice required.

Porter Primary Care- Brandon, 61 Court Dr. Let trained frog eggs, and see them in their habitat. Learn about Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age experts help you set a plan to succeed at quitting the importance of forests, and how forest fragmentation 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may smoking. Nicotine Replacement Therapy available at destroys wildlife corridors and changes the ecosystem. be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. no cost to those who participate. More info contact Jim will also help identify bird calls, wildflowers, nests, “Everything you ever wanted to know about TrapCourtney Thorn, Porter Hospital Community Health trees and shrubs. Bring binoculars, raingear and rubber Neuter-Release” in Middlebury. Monday, May 20, Team, at 802-388-8860 or cthorn@portermedical.org. boots. Free and open to the public. RSVP appreciated, noon-1 p.m., Homeward Bound, 236 Boardman St. Mei Runs Wednesday evening through June 12. due to parking constraints at 802 462-2000.

Mei Brown and Deb Bird will answer your questions at “What You Didn’t Know about Evangelicalism” Flea market in Granville. Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m.-3 this Lunch and Learn presentation. Attendees should in Middlebury. *RESCHEDULED FROM FEB. 6* p.m., Moss Glen Grange, 82 Post Office Hill Road. The bring their own lunch. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Moss Glen Grange Flea Market has table space availPreregistration is requested as seating is limited. More Main St. Most Americans associate evangelicals able for vendors. Accepting donations for grange table. info contact Hannah Manley at 802-388-1100 ext. 224 with the hard-right precincts of the Republican Party.

Call 767-4600 for more information or to arrange for or hmanley@homewardboundanimals.org.

But as Dartmouth religion professor Randall Balmer pick-up/drop off.

Vermont’s Musical Ladies performance in Vergennes. explains, evangelicalism in America has a much longer Bicycle giveaway in Middlebury. Saturday, May 18, 11 Monday, May 20, 6-7 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, and more complex history, including a distinguished a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. 258 Main St. Singer and researcher Linda Radtke, pedigree of working for progressive reforms. What Green Mountain Foster Bikes, a nonprofit organization joined by pianist Arthur Zorn, explores the contribuhappened? Part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s that rebuilds bicycles and gives them to foster kids in tions of Vermont women to the traditions of parlor First Wednesdays series.

Vermont, presents its first giveaway event. Any child in songs, women’s club music contests, and social the foster care program (who needs a bike) may come reform efforts. Free. Light refreshments served. to be sized for and choose a bike and helmet. They Addison County Right to Life meeting in Vergennes. will also receive a rag and oil, and pump/lock when Monday, May 20, 6:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Christian needed. Live music, food, and beverages provided.

Reformed Church, 73 Church St. All members are Green Mountain Club hike in Ripton.

Free to all, however any donation is greatly appreciencouraged to attend and visitors are welcome. More Thursday, May 23, Oak Ridge Trail. ated and goes to building more bikes for kids. More info contact Chris Holden at 388-3563 or bobbillchris@ Afternoon/evening hike along Oak Ridge trail. info contact Tim Mathewson at 802-877-3000, greenrwch.net.

Enjoy the extra sun. Distance dependent on weather. mountainfosterbikes@gmail.com or greenmountainMore info contact leader Ellen Cronan at ecronana@ fosterbikes.org. yahoo.com or 908-595-2926. More activities at Prize Bingo in Leicester. Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. gmcbreadloaf.org.

Senior Center. Sponsored by the Leicester Historical Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Society. Note, this is one week later than usual due May 23, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m., Vergennes Ares to scheduling conflicts. All are welcome and refreshLane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 ments served.

10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee Addison County Chronic Illness support group of macaroni and cheese, broccoli florets, sliced carrots hour. SASH Health Awareness program at 11:15 a.m. in Middlebury. Saturday, May 18, 4-5:30 p.m., with parsley, wheat bread, and mandarin oranges.

Meal served at noon of sweet and sour chicken, with Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. vegetables over brown rice pilaf, Brussels sprouts, Main St. A welcoming environment to support folks 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle at wheat roll and pineapple tidbits. Bring your own from all walks of life and ages who have chronic illness, 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and place setting. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle including Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, with no their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. to reserve at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 judgment or bias about treatment options. More info Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be contact Henrik Herb at henrik.herb@gmail.com.

Story Hour field trip — Vergennes Firehouse in provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, May 18, 5:30-8 p.m., St. Vergennes. Thursday, May 23, 10:30-noon, Bixby Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. Doors open at Blood pressure and foot care clinic in Brandon.

Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Bixby’s story hour will Tuesday, May 21, 11 a.m., Conant Square. The cost of 5:30 p.m., Bingo starts at 6 p.m. All cash prizes, 50/50 be offsite visiting the fire trucks and firefighters at the the foot clinic is $10. More info contact 802-770-1536. raffle. Refreshments sold. Sponsored by St. Peter’s Vergennes firehouse. Pre-registration is required.

No appointment necessary.

Cemetery Committee to benefit the on-going efforts for Meet at the Bixby and then walk over together. Bring a Hunger Free Vermont meeting in Middlebury. cemetery improvements. beverage and a snack. To sign up email Youth Services Tuesday, May 21, 3-5 p.m., Counseling Services of Candlelight vigil in Middlebury. Saturday, May 18, Librarian Rachel Plant at rachel.plant@bixbylibrary.org Addison County, 109 Catamount Park. The Hunger 6-7:30 p.m., Town Green. Join family, friends, and or call 802-877-2211. Sign up also available online at Council of Addison County will meet to explore school neighbors for a candlelight remembrance recognizbixbylibrary.org and in the Bixby lobby. meal programs — what’s happening in the region, what ing all who have been touched by addiction in our “The 2020 Presidential Election: A First Look” in can be done to further strengthen these programs, community. Celebrating the lives of loved ones lost and Middlebury. Thursday, May 23, 4 p.m., The Residence and what a new research study from the University celebrating the hope recovery has to offer those still at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Join Eric Davis, of Vermont tells us about the impact of serving school facing the challenges of substance use. This is a rain Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Middlebury meals to all students at a school. They will also discuss or shine event, so plan accordingly.

College, for a discussion of what to expect in the 2020 changes and updates to food access and assistance presidential campaign. Free and open to the public, programs that support communities over the summer but space is limited. Fully accessible. RSVP required month sand share updates, announcements, and to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393 or sbennett@ ideas for future action. All are welcome. residenceottercreek.com.

Vermont Sun Triathlon Series in Salisbury. Sunday, May 19, Branbury State Park, 3570 Lake Dunmore Rd. Half Marathon.

Includes new aqua/bike option. More info at vermontAge Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. suntriathlonseries.com or info@vermontsun.com.

Green Mountain Club walk in Vergennes.

Wednesday, May 22, 11 a.m., Halfway Town-wide yard sale in New Haven. Sunday, May 19, Friday May 24, 10:30 a.m., Button Bay House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal 9 a.m.-4 p.m., locations around town. Get a Map at State Park entrance fee building. An out-andserved at 11 a.m. until all are served. Meal will be soup New Haven Town Clerk Office, Library, Village Green back walk on park road to trail to Button Point and of the day, sandwich of the day, coleslaw and dessert.

Market, 7 & 17 Jiffy Mart and Route 7 Maplefields. on Champlain Trail along lake toward Basin Harbor.

72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle More info contact Suzy at 802-453-3516 x12, 802-45345-60 minutes one way. Roots and rocks on trail. Lake at 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not 5978 or newhavenrec@gmavt.net more info. and Adirondack views. Wildflowers. Poison ivy warninclude gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and Flea market in Granville. Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m.-3 ing signs. May be windy or buggy. Bring windbreaker, their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. p.m., Moss Glen Grange, 82 Post Office Hill Road. water, bug dope, snack and hiking poles if desired. Fee

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Permaculture evening at the Salisbury Public Library. Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m.

Learn what “permaculture” is. Barrie and Wally Bailey, Certified Permaculture designers, will start the conversation. General topics will be covered with Q&A and refreshments. In addition learn about the Library’s Seed Saver program.

“Bristol’s Civil War Veterans” in Bristol. Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. The Bristol Historical Society presents local resident Michael Chesley’s presentation on local Civil War history. Free and open to the public. More info contact Steve Ayotte at 802-453-7709.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, May 24, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30, meal served at noon of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas, coleslaw, and maple bread pudding.

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.

Gary Margolis and Tal Birdsey reading in Middlebury.

Friday, May 24, 4:30-6 p.m., Vermont book Shop, 38 Main St. Margolis will read from his new book of poetry “Time Inside.” Birdsey will read from his book “Hearts of the Mountain.” Free and open to the public.

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Vermont Crafts Council Spring Open Studio Weekend in Addison County.

Saturday, May 25. Visits artists’ studios in Brandon, Bristol, East Middlebury, Middlebury, Orwell, Ripton and Starksboro. For more info and open studios in the area, go to vermontcrafts.com/OSW/addison. html.

Early Bird Nature Walk in Orwell. Saturday. May 25, 8-10 a.m., Mount Independence, 497 Mount Independence Rd. Sue Wetmore, Mt. Independence’s bird expert, will introduce walkers to the birds of spring and spring migration. Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather. No pets please. Meet in front of the Museum.

Town-wide yard sale in Lincoln. Saturday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, around town. Lincoln’s 30th Annual sales will benefit Weathervane United, Inc. Just $15 to have your own sale at your home, the library lawn, or the Weathervane walkway. If interested in having a sale, a signup sheet is at the Lincoln General Store. More info call Jodi Gale at 802-453-2785.

Plant and Bake Sale in Monkton. Saturday, May 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monkton Friends Methodist Church, 78 Monkton Ridge. Call 802 453-5192 for more info.

Maple baked ham dinner in Granville. Saturday, May 25, 5-7 p.m., Moss Glen Grange Hall, 82 Post Office Hill Rd. Come for Maple baked ham and all the fixings.

More info and ticket prices at 802-767-4600.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, May 25, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a unique game that involves “trick-taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic thinking.

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Vermont Crafts Council Spring Open Studio Weekend in Addison County.

Sunday, May 26. Visits artists’ studios in Brandon, Bristol, East Middlebury, Middlebury, Orwell, Ripton and Starksboro. For more info and open studios in the area, go to vermontcrafts.com/OSW/addison. html.

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Middlebury Memorial Day parade.

Monday, May 27, 9 a.m., downtown.

“Remembering Our Heroes.” Interested in participating? Call Middlebury American Legion at 802-388-9311 by Wednesday, May 22.

Pop-tARTS at The Memorial Day Parade in Middlebury.

Monday, May 27, 8-11 a.m., BUNDLE @ 60 Main St. Come to the Middlebury’s new Pop-Up event space during the Middlebury parade and enjoy “Spring Into The Arts” student work. “Banoff & Such” will be selling her delicious homemade Pop-tARTS. Veterans’ luncheon and community-wide cookout in Middlebury. Monday, May 27, noon, The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Calling all Veterans to join us for a monthly complimentary luncheon, as we serve those who have served as a way of sharing our thanks. Come meet other Veterans and friends and enjoy a delicious meal. Free open to all Veterans and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Tuesday, May 28, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10am for bingo and coffee hour.

Meal served at noon of spinach and cheese quiche, winter mixed vegetables, wheat roll, and applesauce.

Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation.

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

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“Raising your Recycling and Composting IQ” in Middlebury. Tuesday, May 28, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Join Jessie-Ruth Corkins from the Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) as we debunk common recycling misconceptions to raise our recycling IQ. We’ll also dive into the best practices for backyard composting just in time for summer. Free. Open to the public, but space is limited. Fully accessible. RSVP required to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393, or sbennett@residenceottercreek.com.

An evening bird-watching paddle in Addison.

Tuesday, May 28, 5:30- 7:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Addison, 966 Route 17. The group will set out in canoes and kayaks hoping to catch a

glimpse of the many bird species that are present at Dead Creek during the spring bird migration, led by Fish & Wildlife’s Ali Thomas and Tom Rogers. Participants must bring their own canoe or kayak, paddles, and life jackets. Backup date, May 29.

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Spring Into the Arts in Middlebury.

Wednesday, May 29 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Spring Into the Arts, a biennial event, showcases student artwork and performances from public, private, and homeschool settings in the communities of Addison Central School District. Students’ visual artwork displayed at MHC and businesses throughout Middlebury. The day is filled with student workshops and students’ own musical and theatrical performances for their peers. Musical performances and art displays are free and open to the public. A free evening performance featuring a band of ACSD elementary students and music from guest artist Tim Cummings , at 7 p.m., at Middlebury Union Middle School.

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Wednesday, May, 29, 6-8 p.m., Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd. Learn how to catch your own dinner and how to cut up a variety of fish species quickly, easily, and safely, as well as how to safely store just-caught fish to keep it fresh for eating.

Equipment provided. Dress for the weather. Free. Bring a snack or meal. Space is limited to the first 30 registrants. Pre-registration required at.vtfishandwildlife. com. Directions to the meeting spot will be given upon registering.

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Spring Into the Arts in Middlebury.

Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. Spring Into the Arts, a biennial event, showcases student artwork and performances from public, private, and homeschool settings in the communities of Addison Central School District. Students’ visual artwork displayed at MHC and businesses throughout Middlebury. The day is filled with student workshops and students’ own musical and theatrical performances for their peers. Musical performances and art displays are free and open to the public.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, May 30, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of shepherd’s pie with corn, broccoli florets, wheat bread, and oatmeal raisin cookies. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Age Well at 802-865-0360. 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.

Instrumental Pops Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Come hear the final VUMS and VUHS concert of the year.

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Va-et Vient in Middlebury. Friday, May 31, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Va-et-Vient returns to EastView’s Bistro with songs from Québec, France, and Cajun Louisiana, accompanied by guitar, fiddle, flute, mandolin, penny whistle, harmonica, and a variety of percussion instruments. Free and open to the public.

Bixby Library Annual Gala in Vergennes. Friday, May 31, 7-11 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Come to “All That Glitters,” one of the biggest nights in the little city every year, for an evening of fun, dancing and delicious food and dancing to the sounds of The Grift, all under Bixby’s glass dome ceiling. Tickets for the library’s largest and most important fundraiser are $60 each and include two drinks, all the food you can eat and dancing. Available at the Bixby or at Malabar, on Main Street in Vergennes.

Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma on stage in Brandon.

Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. For all lovers of world, roots and acoustic music. The duo will perform Cretan and Mediterranean music and contemporary modal music Concert tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show.

Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295 or e-mail edna@brandon-music.net.

Opera Company of Middlebury presents “Cendrillon” in Middlebury. Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Maple St. Now in its 16th season of presenting full-scale productions in the intimate setting of Town Hall Theater, OCM presents Massenet’s “Cendrillon” (Cinderella) with a cast of professional singers directed by Douglas Anderson. The orchestra will be conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Michael Sakir. Sung in French with English supertitles.

More info and tickets available at townhalltheater.org.

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Green Mountain Club Long Trail Work Day in Ripton. Saturday, June 1, meet at the Ripton Community House, Route 125. Contact Trail Manager David Morrissey at dfmorrissey117@ gmail.com or 802-352-1060 to confirm participation and allow planning for an adequate number of tools and helmets. Bring water and snacks/lunch. Rain date Sunday June 2. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Garden Shoppe fundraiser in Bristol. Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3319 South 116 Rd. Silent auction,

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Bridport Senior Citizen Day in Bridport. Saturday, June 1, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Bridport Community Masonic Hall, Middle Rd. 50/50 raffle, silent auction and raffle featuring gift certificates from area businesses and plants and flowers. Live dancing music. Porky’s BBQ. $5 advanced tickets for the lunch. All proceeds benefits Bridport Senior Citizens, Inc. Open to anyone age 60 and over and their spouse of any age. Under age guests can get a ticket for an additional fee.

Hike into History in Orwell. Saturday, June 1, 2-4 p.m., Mount Independence, 497 Mount Independence Rd. It’s National Trails Day. Mount Independence Coalition board member Mark Brownell leads this guided hike into Revolutionary War history.

The Rough and Tumble in Brandon. Saturday, June 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. The Rough and Tumble, two young and very talented singer songwriters and musicians complete with a menagerie of instruments ranging from acoustic guitars to mailbox snares to a banjolele return to Brandon Music to weave their magic. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Caitlin Canty in Ripton. Saturday, June 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Doors open at 7 p.m. Vermont native Caitlin Canty is an American singer/songwriter whose music carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Refreshments available. Wheelchair accessible but the bathrooms are not. Call ahead for a slot on the open mic list. Admission $15 generous admission/$10 general admission/$3 for children. More info call 802-388-9782.

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Garden Shoppe fundraiser in Bristol.

Sunday, June 2 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3319 South 116 Rd. Silent auction, plant sale, pie sale, fairy gardens, handcrafted garden décor, garden stroll, gnome forest and cornhole area. All proceeds benefit the Brendon P. Cousino Med47 Foundation.

Community picnic in East Middlebury. Sunday, June 2, noon, Sarah Partridge Community Center, 431 E. Main St. Gather at noon, eat at 12:30 p.m. Burgers, hot dogs, rolls, drinks, cake, ice cream and table settings are provided. Bring a dish to share. This year’s event honors Mike Mayone, resident artist and long-time firefighter. More info or to volunteer, call Marilyn Barbato at 802-989-7667.

Opera Company of Middlebury presents “Cendrillon” in Middlebury. Sunday, June, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Maple St. Now in its 16th season of presenting full-scale productions in the intimate setting of Town Hall Theater, OCM presents Massenet’s “Cendrillon” (Cinderella) with a cast of professional singers directed

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Piano recital in Middlebury. Monday June 3, 7:15-8:15 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Diana Fanning’s younger students present a piano recital. Free and open to the public.

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Fiddlewitch in Middlebury. Friday, May 17, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

Beatles For Sale perform in Brandon. Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

Barn Opera sings “Carmen” in Brandon. Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The Medicine Tribe in Bristol. Saturday, May 18, Hatch 31.

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

MUHS Spring Concert in Middlebury. Monday, May 20, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School.

Senior Week choral concert in Middlebury. Friday, May 24, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center.

Cradle Switch in Brandon. Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The Eschatones in Middlebury. Saturday, May 25, 9 p.m-midnight, Notte.

John and Marge Butterfield in Middlebury. Sunday, May 26, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Mark Sikora in Middlebury. Wednesday, May 29, Notte.

Instrumental Pops Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m., Vergennes Union High School.

Va-et Vient in Middlebury. Friday, May 31, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma in Brandon. Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Caitlin Canty in Ripton. Saturday, June 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House The Rough and Tumble in Brandon. Saturday, June 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Diana Fanning Piano students’ recital in Middlebury.

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Song from the Sun & Moon

VOTE BY THIS Sunday for one of three designs that will festoon the 2019 Middlebury Festive on-the-Green T-shirt.

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LINCOLN — The Lincoln Library will be holding a Community Work Day this Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to noon. Fulfill your volunteering goals right here in town, making your community library sparkle for the summer. Volunteers are needed for raking, cutting, pruning, painting, washing, and installing screens. This is a chance to bond over chores, coffee and delicious treats.

Would you like the opportunity to see the Red Sox take on the New York Yankees? Once again this year, the library will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win tickets to a Red Sox vs.

Yankees game on Saturday, Sept. 7, at

For the seventh year, the Festival on-the-Green has partnered with students from Lisa Rader’s Design & Illustration Program at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center to create a T-shirt design. The Festival Committee reviewed an impressive portfolio of 15 designs and narrowed the selection to three: “Energy & Organic Essence,” “Keep the Music Flowing,” and “Song from the Sun & Moon.”

The Festival Committee invites the community to cast a vote for this year’s design. Voting will remain open

until 11:59 p.m. on this Sunday, May 19. To vote, head online to blt.ly / VoteFor2019FestivalTShirtDesign.

The Festival on-the-Green has once again earned the distinction as a Vermont Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Summer Event. Featured performers this year will include Sam Reider and the Human Hands, Windborne, Bon Débarras, The Small Glories, Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio, Joe Davidian Trio featuring Amber DeLaurentis, Matt Flinner Trio, OKAN, Lowdown Brass Band, Soule Monde, Big Night

and the Vermont Jazz Ensemble Big Band Street Dance, complete with swing dance instruction by Jim Condon.

The popular “Brown Bag” noontime series returns with Rik Palieri, Jon Gailmor, No Strings Marionette Company, mime Chris Yerlig, and magician Tom Verner.

For further information about this year’s festival and to learn about both donating and volunteering, visit the organization’s Facebook page or the festival website: festivalonthegreen. org. And don’t forget to vote!

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• S n a k e Mountain (Addison) – overlook south of p o n d closed.

Audubon Vermont conservation biologist Margaret Fowle works with volunteers and other conservation professionals to monitor the sites throughout the nesting season.

“Peregrine falcons were removed from Vermont’s endangered species list in 2005 and the population continues to thrive thanks to the efforts of our many volunteers and partners,” Fowle said. “In many cases the lower portions of the trails remain open and we encourage people to enjoy watching peregrine falcons from a distance with binoculars or a scope.”

What you can do to help Vermont peregrines: • Respect cliff closures, and retreat from any cliff where you see peregrines.

• Report any disturbance of nesting peregrines to your local State Game Warden.

• Report any sightings to Margaret Fowle at mfowle@audubon.org.

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4 p.m. These are third-row grandstand seats on the third-base side. Raffle tickets go on sale Saturday, May 25, during the plant and book sale and are $5 each or five tickets for $20.

The Lincoln Historical Society will be at the museum accepting clean, useable donations for their sale during the townwide yard sale on Friday, May 17, from 2 to 5 p.m.; Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Friday, May 24, from 2 - 5 p.m.; or by appointment.

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REMINDER: The library on Saturday, May 18, will start accepting book donations for their sale. Please bring clean books only. No textbooks, spiral bound, or moldy books. The Town Wide Yard Sale to benefit Weathervane United Inc. is Saturday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine. It costs $15 to get your sale on the map. Sign up at the Lincoln General Store.

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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Summer Festival on-the-Green celebrates its 41st season this July 7-13 and will again be held under the big white tent next to St. Stephen’s Church. During nearly four decades as a top attraction on the arts calendar in Vermont, the festival has showcased an impressive list of talent — artists with long résumés and up-and-comers, quiet solo acts and lively bands, banjoes strumming and big bands blaring, and all accessible without ever charging an admission fee.

MONTPELIER — Hiking Vermont’s hillsides is a great way to enjoy a spring day, but the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont recommend people check to see if the area they’re planning to hike or climb is open. Several cliff areas are currently closed to protect nesting peregrine falcons.

“Peregrine falcons are very sensitive to human presence, so we ask climbers and hikers to please maintain a respectful distance from all nests,” said Col. Jason Batchelder, Vermont’s lead state game warden. “The areas closed include the portions of the cliffs where the birds are nesting and the trails leading to the cliff tops or overlooks. These closures help people to choose an alternative route in advance.”

These sites will remain closed until Aug. 1 or until the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department determines the risk to nesting falcons has passed. If nesting falcons choose new sites, additional sites may be added to the closed list at vtfishandwildlife.com.

The department closed 14 hiking areas, but only four are in the Addison County area. They are: • Deer Leap (Bristol) – cliff-top and climbing closed.

• Mount Horrid (Rochester) – Great Cliff overlook closed.

• Rattlesnake Point (Salisbury)

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On the runway

SOME OF THE many Middlebury Union High School students on their way to Prom on Saturday evening paused outside Town Hall Theater and on the town green to have their photo taken. Shown, clockwise from above, are Ileigh Aube; Téa Zizis, left, Devyn Pratt, Dominic Beck, Rielly Wright-Quesnel, Lily Fleming, Kassidy Sunderland and Olivia Pottinger; Nick Koontz and Sara Hebert; Zizis, Sunderland, Fleming, Pottinger and Pratt; and Ayanna Mason and Kylee Roberts. This year the theme of the dance was “Glitter & Gold.”

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Porter “I had reached a point in my (Continued from Page 1A) in collectively delivering health care career where I felt I’d hit the ceiling and my boss … recommended to Addison County residents.

Choudhury, 48, is succeeding Porter Hospital,” he recalled.

Intrigued, Choudhury browsed the Dr. Fred Kniffin as Porter Medical Center’s top administrative officer. PMC website and was immediately The pair have been virtually joined impressed with the institution’s at the hip for the past few weeks mission statement: “Improving the while Kniffin acclimates Choudhury health of the community one patient to his new job at PMC, which at a time.”

“That was a seller, for me,” he includes the hospital, Helen Porter Rehab & Nursing, and around a said. “I’m very mission-driven, I’m very much about what we try to do dozen affiliated provider practices.

Choudhury officially started at with the individual as well as the Porter as chief operating officer on community.”

Choudhury devoured additional April 29. He will take the mantle as president on June 1, when Kniffin information about the hospital, returns to his full-time responsibility its provider practices, and Helen Porter Rehab & as an Emergency Nursing — which he D e p a r t m e n t “What I saw (when called the “jewel in physician. the crown” of PMC It’s clear I interviewed at assets. He decided he Choudhury already Porter) was this wanted to become a knows his way level of excitement part of Porter’s new around a hospital. and engagement; initiatives, which He has more than include a transition three decades of this desire to do to a new electronic experience working nothing less than medical records in health care, the best. You just systems (known as much of it spent as can’t buy that.”

Epic), expanded a Registered Nurse — Dr. Seleem audiology services, delivering direct Choudhury and the recent launch care to patients. He of a new cardiac most recently served as vice president for professional rehabilitation facility. services at St. Johnsbury’s PORTER ON THE RISE Porter has been resurgent of late Northeastern Vermont Regional after tough times that crested with Hospital.

Choudhury began his career as layoffs and the sudden departure of nurse with the National Health Porter President Lynn Boggs in 2016 Service in England. His résumé also after nine months on the job. Kniffin, reflects clinical and administrative a well-respected and longtime Porter roles at Ronald Regan Memorial Hospital Emergency Department Hospital (UCLA), University of physician, filled the institution’s Virginia Medical Center, Parker leadership breach and has helped Adventist Hospital in Colorado and restore PMC’s stability and financial health. Kniffin also presided over Denver Medical Center.

He will continue in his capacity Porter’s recent affiliation with as an adjunct faculty member at the the University of Vermont Health University of Vermont, teaching Network, a partnership of regional both nursing and non-nursing hospitals that will yield perks, students leadership, management including a new electronic medical theory and management of complex records system, a new office organizations and other health care building and collaborations that will benefit Addison County patients. related topics.

Choudhury acknowledged Porter While he was enjoying his time at Northeastern Vermont Regional has a lot going for it, making it his Hospital, Choudhury last year preferred landing spot. He joked decided it was time for a new the clincher for his candidacy professional challenge — and one came upon learning of the Taste that would allow him, his wife of India Restaurant in downtown and their three children to stay in Middlebury. Choudhury is of Indian ancestry.

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He was one of 65 who applied for Porter’s presidency. The PMC board in March confirmed Choudhury as Kniffin’s successor.

The interview process made Choudhury even more confident he had applied for the right job.

“What I saw was this level of excitement and engagement; this desire to do nothing less than the best,” he said. “You just can’t buy that.”

He described his management style as “very collaborative. I’ve always been described as the ‘idea guy.’ I like to come up with different ways to do things, trying to find innovations or some kind of disrupter as far as health care is concerned. I don’t see myself stopping doing that. The difference is, I’m president now.”

That means he’ll have more of a say in which ideas are pursued and brought to fruition. But he promised not to make decisions in a vacuum.

Choudhury will respect and rely upon the advice of his leadership team.

“The team grounds me and gives me the reality check,” he said. “I want people to be comfortable saying, ‘That’s not going to work, and here’s why’; or ‘I love it.’”

Choudhury will spend the coming months connecting faces with names, and names with jobs.

Just as Kniffin has remained rooted in patient services, so will Choudhury.

Kniffin has maintained a presence in the hospital’s emergency department even while steering PMC. Much akin to last week’s cafeteria stint, Choudhury will occasionally help out with the hospital’s diverse functions.

“I like to do things other than nursing,” he said.

“I think connecting is really important. Having them understand where I’m at and having me understand where they’re at is an important component of leadership. ” While he’s just getting his feet wet in his new job, Choudhury has high expectations for PMC. “I do want to shift us to embrace growth,” he said. “I look at what we do really well here. We do patient care really well. We’ve got high engagement as far as providers are concerned, so I want to take advantage of how we use our providers.”

He’ll roll out specific ideas during the coming months.

INCOMING PORTER PRESIDENT Seleem Choudhury serves breakfast to Materials Management employee Penny Patterson this past Thursday as part of his orientation to his new leadership role under the watchful eye of Nutrition Services staff member Dillon Mahoney. Dr. Choudhury is shadowing in several clinical and non-clinical departments.

Photo by Ronald G. Hallman

Choudhury believes Porter’s new short-term rehabilitation and end-ofEpic electronic medical records life care. system will lead to more collaboration “You look at all the hospitals between PMC providers and their in Vermont, and most would give colleagues at other medical centers their right arm to have something within the UVM Health Network. like this on campus,” Choudhury The Epic system is being installed at said of Helen Porter. “There’s a lot of pride in nursing homes and all hospitals within the network.

He called the UVM Health nursing facilities. Access is often Network affiliates “a team. When a difficulty for hospitals; for us, it isn’t. We have one you look at a sports right on our doorstep team, you have “I’m very mission... The work they do different talents that driven, I’m very should complement there is amazing. The staffing model is very each other. The fact much about what efficient.” we’re so close, so we try to do with Porter spokesman accessible — we the individual Ron Hallman said should take advantage as well as the Helen Porter is now of that.” community.” well positioned for HELEN PORTER — Dr. Seleem the future.

REHAB Choudhury “We have made Choudhury is some recent particularly excited about the potential of Helen Porter investments over there in a shortRehab & Nursing. When first term rehab center that’s now running launched around three decades ago, at a very high census,” he said. “It’s Helen Porter was about long-term doing exactly what we wanted it nursing home care. It has been a to do. I think we’re being mindful, financially troubled business, in prudent and doing the things that large part due to Medicaid and support Helen Porter. It’s an essential Medicare reimbursement rates part of our mission to care for people that don’t cover the true costs of from the cradle to the grave. If you’re service. But PMC officials have been going to do ‘population health,’ you broadening Helen Porter’s mission have to be able to manage every to include more financially lucrative aspect of a person’s life, and not have and sought-after services, such as a hole in your spectrum of care.”

Choudhury acknowledged stability will continue to be a challenge for health care organizations.

In addition to unpredictable federal reimbursement rates, health care reforms continue to come down from Washington and Montpelier.

“Part of our vision is that we’re transformative,” Choudhury said.

“Hospitals are getting much better at navigating that whole thing.

We have elections in the next two years, so things could change (at the national level). We just have to be agile and navigate our way through these waters. We’ve done it before and will continue to do that. The bottom line is that we’re here for one reason, and one reason only: Our patients.”

Hallman said he and his colleagues are excited to have Choudhury on board.

“He’s joining us at a really exciting time, as we mature as a member of the (UVM Health) Network,” Hallman said.

Porter will open its new cardiac rehab space and expand its audiology services in June. Construction on a handicap-access ramp serving the front door of the hospital will also begin next month.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Strategic Plan Steering Committee.

“I really enjoyed working on the strategic plan and getting to contribute a student voice in a place that doesn’t normally feature one,” Jackman said. “In my 12 years in the MAUSD system, I’ve gotten to see immense change across the board and it was not only valuable to me but to other educators, for me to be a part of the creation of the foundation of these future changes. I hope that everyone takes a moment to look over all the hard work we put into it, and I encourage any community members or students who are seeking further change to participate in ways like this and prevent your voice from being underrepresented.”

Lincoln resident Sally Ober helped develop the strategic plan as a member of the Community Action Team.

“Superintendent Reen assembled an incredibly thoughtful team of people to develop our strategic plan,” Ober said. “The work we did was collaborative but also very challenging. We wanted to be sure the plan would address the wide array of stakeholders in our community.”

HOW WILL IT WORK? Every year, the MAUSD will select two or three objectives to focus on.

Each objective will get its own Implementation Team — four to six people who possess the appropriate expertise and who are available to contribute. Teams will disband at the end of the year.

In succeeding years, new objectives will be selected for work, with new teams specific to those objectives.

Through it all, a larger Planning Oversight Team, consisting of 12 to 14 permanent members, will focus on bigger-picture stuff: monitoring implementation, engaging with the community, suggesting future focus areas, advising on resource allocation.

Community members interested in applying to be on the Planning Oversight Team should contact the superintendent at patrick.reen@ mausd.org.

The district wants to get started right away, Reen said. If possible, he’s hoping to have fully staffed (See Objectives, Page 13A)

Mt. Abe and global communities through authentic work that promotes citizenship and meaningful relationships.

Those goals are broken down into 11 objectives, which are in turn broken down into measurable targets — 23 in all.

Meeting those targets will require any number and combination of action steps, which are not specified in the strategic plan. Figuring those out will be part of the implementation process, but the MAUSD will not be starting at square one. The two years of effort that went into creating the strategic plan also produced a rich repository of institutional knowledge and creative ideas — including many potential action steps — which will provide a foundation for the work to come.

“In some ways the process is as important as the product,” Reen said. “The process was to bring the 5-Town community together. The product was to focus on priorities that reflect our community values.

This document reflects both.”

Mount Abe senior Chessley Jackman was a member of the

(Continued from Page 1A) a comprehensive Strategic Plan to shape the future of its school district.

The plan has been circulating among the district’s six schools for the past month.

“For me it’s about clarity of direction and purpose, codifying a direction we’re going in,” said MAUSD Superintendent Patrick Reen.

There is nothing ambiguous about the timeline the MAUSD has set for itself. It says “2019–2024” right there on the cover.

“Is this ambitious?” Reen said.

“Yes. That was the intention.”

WHAT’S THE PLAN? The MAUSD has set itself on a course to achieve four goals over the next five years.

1. Expertise in learning: all students will achieve academic excellence.

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Equity: all learning environments will be equitable, culturally responsive and inclusive.

3. Social, emotional and physical development.

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(Continued from Page 1A) have reached an agreement.”

But ACSD teachers — and their Health care benefits for next year colleagues statewide — will have will mirror what teachers currently to wait awhile to see if there will be receive. Educators can choose any changes in their health insurance from four plans offered through the coverage. A 10-member committee Vermont Education Health Initiative is still trying to hammer out a health (VEHI). The district will cover up to insurance plan that will 83.5 percent of premium affect more than 42,000 “Our talks costs, with teachers Vermont public school picking up the balance. with the educators and their “Insurance premiums families when that plan teachers’ are going up 11 percent, takes effect for the 2020- association but otherwise it’s 2021 fiscal year. status quo on what the were quite This latest negotiation productive, employer and employee was about a bridge year with a wide contribute,” said Jeff to a new health insurance Lester, lead negotiator range of topics with the Addison Central structure.

Peter Conlon, chairman discussed.”

Education Association — Peter Conlon (ACEA), and lead negotiator for which the ACSD board, noted represents the teachers. the 3-percent bump in new money The only real change in the for teacher salaries is consistent with one-year deal is that it guarantees what district educators have received all educators in all ACSD schools the past two years.

200 minutes per week of planning “We have a terrific group of teachers time. The number of minutes had who are working very hard as our varied from school to school, Lester district goes through some amazing explained. changes, especially our becoming an Conlon believes the school board International Baccalaureate World and ACEA are both well positioned School system,” said Conlon. “The to hammer a contract for 2021 and board really appreciates everything beyond. they are doing, and we are glad to “Our talks with the teachers’

association were quite productive, with a wide range of topics discussed,” he said. “It set the table nicely for when we need to return to the table next year.

“We expect our next round of talks to be far more complex as they will include the new state-level health care settlement, and it will likely be a multi-year contract,” he added.

A 10-member Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits has been charged with forging the new statewide health care deal by Aug. 1. The panel is made up of five voting representatives of local school boards, four members of the Vermont-NEA (teachers union), and one member from the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

Progress thus far has been slow.

The Vermont School Boards Association recently pulled out of talks after objecting to the union’s request for additional “team members” to sit in on negotiations.

If the commission is unable to produce a health insurance accord

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(Continued from Page 12A) teams ready in time to hold a first meeting in late May or early June.

YEAR ONE: 2019–20 After considering input from faculty and staff in each of the district’s six schools, it was immediately clear which two objectives the MAUSD should tackle first, Reen said.

In the coming school year one Implementation Team will take on Goal 1 (Expertise in Learning), Objective 2: “All MAUSD students experience an aligned, proficiency-based curriculum with varied assessments that measure and monitor their individual growth and outcomes.”

This objective, as one might expect, comes with several measurable targets: • By the end of grade 2, 100 percent of students are proficient or above in additive reasoning and textlevel fluency and comprehension.

• 100 percent of students in grades 3–9 meet or exceed growth in English/Language Arts and Mathematics as measured by scaled scores on Common Core aligned assessments.

• 100 percent of graduating students demonstrate proficiency in at least one measure of the Vermont Agency of Education’s Common Core Readiness assessments.

• 100 percent of students meet the proficiencies required for graduation.

• In all assessments, at least 15 percent of students exceed the proficiency threshold.

“One hundred percent is the target,” Reen confirmed. “Whether or not that’s always achievable, it is our job to pursue that goal.”

A second Implementation Team will tackle Goal 3 (Social, Emotional and Physical Development), Objective 1: “All MAUSD students apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to manage emotions,

show empathy, maintain positive relationships, make responsible decisions and achieve their goals.”

This objective comes with one measurable target: 100 percent of students demonstrate expected behaviors successfully in a multitiered system of supports.

How much and what kind of support that system will require will always be the variable, Reen said, borrowing terminology from mathematics. What will be constant is the goals set out by the strategic plan.

BUDGETS AND BUILDINGS The strategic plan does not address spending, nor was it designed to.

“We must ask, ‘How do we target our resources toward these goals?’”

Reen said. “On a year-to-year basis, spending should correlate to the plan.”

Nor does the plan include strategies for dealing with the district’s numerous facilities issues, including a rapidly deteriorating high school.

“Conceptually, the way to think about facilities is this,” Reen said.

“How do we make them support these outcomes? Do facilities support what we are trying to do or do they get in the way of these things?”

The strategic plan now provides a clearer context for pursuing these and other future issues, he said.

“My job over the next several years, whatever the competing ideas or conversations, is to keep pointing back to this document,” he said. “Because when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.”

NEW WEBSITES The MAUSD also hopes to launch new school and district websites next year.

“Websites are great communication tools, and I think there are technologies we’re not taking advantage of,” Reen said, adding that he was approaching the

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project through the lens of “customer service.”

In addition to providing more consistent information for faculty, staff, students and parents, the district is hoping to customize the user experience by providing personalized calendars and notifications.

Ideally, the district would also like to build a phone app or customize an existing one, but Reen emphasized that this idea was still at the “exploration stage.”

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “Over the past two years, teams of caring, knowledgeable and dedicated adults and young adults have spent countless hours working to articulate the kinds of experiences and outcomes we aspire to provide for the students in MAUSD,” Reen wrote in the strategic plan’s introduction.

“This work is truly a cause for celebration. It is evidence of what we are capable of when our 5-Town community works together toward a common purpose.”

Dawn Griswold, chair of the MAUSD board, said she can’t wait to see the plan in action.

“It was challenging and exciting to be a part of this work. I really felt like it gave me a look at the inside workings of our education community. I was humbled by the work of the community members, staff and students.”

The MAUSD Strategic Plan can be found on the district’s website, anesu.org.

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Holden Clark (Continued from Page 1A) decides to do.”

Clark has already been preparing for the challenge after rolling through the state competition, where he said the biggest challenges were reading the increasingly complex wiring diagrams that are becoming an ever-greater part of modern mechanics.

“I’m really just trying to take some time and sitting down and going on the internet and reading some articles, reading anything on the automotive industry, watching videos to test myself, reading more wiring diagrams and learning the terminology so I can understand it more so I can be prepared for what they can throw at me,” he said. “I’m just expecting it to be a big step up from what the state level was.”

But after years of prep even before his formal education, Clark is confident.

“I feel like I have a good chance to do pretty well. In the top 10 would be amazing. That’s the goal,” he said.

‘NUTS AND BOLTS’ Unlike a number of his VUHS peers, Clark is not interested in hunting, fishing or team sports.

“I’m mechanics all the way.

Anything with nuts and bolts — that’s me,” he said.

His spare time is focused on vehicles of all descriptions.

“I have a ’91 Camaro, and I bought that for 850 bucks, and it was pretty beaten up. And that’s my ongoing project. I actually like to pull lawn tractors, and I’m restoring, painting, my Cub Cadet lawn tractor right now. And I also do pulling antique lawn tractors. I pull an Oliver 500 diesel typically, too. Field Days is my big thing every year,” Clark said, adding he often places in the top four among 30 stock-class tractors in his Cub Cadet.

With that background, Orzechowski said Clark at times offers assistance at Hannaford’s Mainelli Road campus in Middlebury.

“He’s always really involved, and the biggest thing is Holden has no problem helping other students if they need help. He’s a great leader,” he said.

Even with his pre-existing knowledge base, Clark said Hannaford has really helped him.

“I learn a lot. I do something I love, and it’s really fun. The teachers are great. Paul, he just started this year, but he’s really helped me. He’s really awesome. He really knows how to teach and have you understand,” he said.

The curriculum extends beyond

technical education, Clark said.

He believes the Hannaford Career Center program has helped him gain in personal confidence and interpersonal skills, and for example one of the elements of the state test he aced was an interview.

“People skills, that’s a big, big thing that it takes a long time for people to learn. It’s just talking to customers and interacting with the public. It’s a whole new experience,” Clark said. “Even talking on the phone to the parts guy about the parts you need to order, it takes a lot to get used to, and you’re really nervous at first. But you develop your skills, and you get comfortable.

It’s just easy now.”

Overall the state test surprised him by not being as hard as expected.

“There were two things I thought about that test when I got out,” Clark said. “Either I did really good, or I failed that. Because it was easier than I had anticipated it being.

There were definitely challenging pieces to it, but the majority of it I flew through. It was just common knowledge, to me at least.”

Except, of course, for what he will focus on while preparing for the national test.

“The ones that were for electrical diagrams, that’s where things get hard. That’s where everything is

RIGHT AT HOME at the Hannaford Career Center’s auto shop, VUHS senior Holden Clark is a natural at helping other students and being a great leader, according to Hannaford instructor Paul Orzechowski.

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moving to now in the automotive industry anyway. It’s computers, wiring, it’s all of that. Reading diagrams and knowing all the terminology is what I need to focus on more, because there’s a lot of it out there,” Clark said.

Whether Clark aces the competition or not, Orzechowski said the big picture is bright.

“He’s definitely going to become a very good automotive technician,” he said.

After college in Ohio, Clark

foresees doing just that back in his home state.

“I hope to come back here and see where it takes me,” he said. “There are a lot of opportunities here.”

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

would be willing to pay extra to keep be a wise move, according to Leeds. the ACSD’s rural schools open. She “The idea of closing some schools also urged school directors to look where people have worked hard to for budget savings — as opposed to make sure the buildings have stayed property tax increases — as a way to in good shape, in favor of buildings help keep buildings open. that maybe aren’t in that situation “I think our towns are going for whatever reasons, feels like to suffer if they keep losing their something that needs to be said,” schools,” she said.

Leeds said.

As a Mary Hogan parent, Scavo Leeds invited school directors to is concerned about the potential for tour Ripton Elementary on May 23, increased class sizes if when the school will the school is asked to host a community lunch absorb a lot of students “If you think that will include student from surrounding towns. this protest performances.

“I do worry about is large, wait Student Elias Pike, Mary Hogan getting until that hits a recent graduate of bigger and not be able, Ripton Elementary, capacity-wise, to hold double-taxes urged the board to keep those kids,” she said. and see how his former school open.

“But it’s also a matter of many people “In large schools, quality of education.” kids are spread out come out.”

Ripton resident — Steve Orzech more, and don’t really Wendy Leeds warned get a chance to know ACSD directors that each other,” Pike said. closing elementary schools could “I think in small schools, where be a shortsighted move. She noted kids are closer together, they can the district’s current transition to form better relationships with each the International Baccalaureate other.” program. The ACSD will be the first MORE STUDY NEEDED pre-K-12 public school district in Lindsey Hescock is the parent of Vermont to adopt an IB curriculum, a Mary Hogan student. She urged and that status could pull more the ACSD board to hold additional families into the district, according public meetings before any vote to to Leeds. close a school, if the panel chooses “One could argue it would make to go that route. Hescock also us extremely attractive,” she said encouraged the board to further of IB certification. “I wonder if define the four possible closure people might end up moving into scenarios it released last month. this area to have that be an option The ACSD board has the power for their children… I hope that’s to close a school, after holding taken into consideration when we’re public hearings on such a proposal. thinking about so-called declining “Thank you for being so enrollment.” thoughtful and plan-ful about the Leeds also urged district officials process,” Hescock told the board. to cultivate pre-K programs as a way “I hope you’re going to listen to the of filling unused elementary school people here tonight, as you have space. been doing all along. Not everyone “There aren’t that many schools will be happy, but I think we can offering pre-K programs, and I think come up with a solution that will if we were to look at that, that would meet the needs of our students.” be another way to get numbers up,” Ripton resident Laura McIntosh Leeds said. attended one of last month’s public She joined other Ripton residents forums on the ACSD facilities in noting Ripton Elementary is one master plan. She said a Middlebury of the newer and best-maintained resident at that meeting told her school buildings in the ACSD. he didn’t want to pay extra taxes Abandoning such an asset wouldn’t to keep smaller schools — like

Ripton’s — open. That comment, she said, made her question ACSD’s motto for the future of its schools: “Stronger together.”

“Is this what ‘stronger together’ means?” she said. “It feels like we’re pitting towns against each other.”

McIntosh touted the good condition of Ripton’s school and its long menu of educational offerings — including foreign languages.

“Please slow down the process of school closures,” she told the board.

Former ACSD board member Steve Orzech of Middlebury said his former colleagues are in a difficult position. They’re hearing from people who don’t want their local schools closed, while folks who say their property taxes are too high are also weighing in.

“There are some cold, hard numbers out there and these people are trying their best to stay within those guidelines,” Orzech said of the school board. “If you think this protest is large, wait until that hits double-taxes and see how many people come out.”

ACSD staff recently finished sorting out the many public comments received at the previous facilities master plan meetings.

A steering committee will now begin to distill and organize that information for the board.

The board on May 28 will meet with its consultant to chart a path for developing the master plan this summer.

“It will be mapping out ‘decision points,’” said ACSD board chairman Peter Conlon.

School capacity, school choice, a facilities improvement bond, how to best accommodate district 6th graders, and how to evaluate ACSD buildings will be among the many issues the board will need to sort out during the coming weeks, according to Conlon.

“It’s going to be a long process, but boy that time will go quickly,” Conlon said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

ACSD (Continued from Page 1A) public education priorities during the next decade.

The ACSD board in April held three public meetings to explain the district’s shrinking enrollment and financial challenges and get feedback on the concept of closing one or more rural schools in order to consolidate the smaller student population into fewer buildings as a way to save resources.

Board members, with the aid of a consultant, pitched four consolidation concepts, including: • Operating a single elementary school — likely an upgraded Mary Hogan building — to serve all the ACSD’s pre-K-6 students.

• Maintaining two elementary schools to serve district children.

Those schools would likely include Mary Hogan and a new, centrally-

located school building, officials district officials served notice said. that taxpayers will field a school three existing improvement bond issue in the near • Supporting elementary schools. future.

• Preserving four to six elementary PARENTS WEIGH IN schools.

As a Middlebury resident, Angela Officials said closing Scavo isn’t facing the one or more of the prospect of seeing seven ACSD elementary “I think our her local elementary schools could save towns are school (Mary Hogan) taxpayers millions, but going to suffer close. But she believes they also acknowledged if they keep parents and children consequences — losing their in surrounding including increased communities would be traffic at consolidated schools.” negatively affected by — Angela Scavo school consolidations. schools, and more complicated (and “I’m here in lengthy) bus rides for some students. solidarity,” Scavo said on Monday. “I Some residents also look upon their think our small schools are an asset. local school as a community hub for I think this is a matter of money, and more than just education. our kids should take priority over Regardless of how the budget.” consolidation debate plays out, Scavo believes district taxpayers

MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE stood outside Mary Hogan Elementary School Monday evening to urge Addison Central School District directors to keep all the ACSD’s rural schools open. The board is working on a facilities master plan to outline which buildings will play a role in the ACSD’s educational mission for the next decade.

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And then it struck It had been a long day, and indeed a long couple weeks. Too much time had gone by since last I had stood beside a river and listened to its voice, looked for its creatures. Which is to say, too much time since I’d been fishing. I was feeling the need. Though less than an hour remained until sunset, I threw a couple rods in the car and drove down to Frog Hollow below the falls in Middlebury.

There are days in the summer when I can wade close up below the falls and cast my flies right into the plunge pool. Even in May, there have been days I could wade out and fish the island. This was not one of those days. This evening, the island barely had its head above water. Its little cluster of trees stuck their long trunks up from the water’s surface looking more like mangroves in a cay than hardwoods in Vermont. Getting to the island wasn’t really an option, and even had I made it there, it would not have offered fishable water.

So I stood against the shore down below the old mill, near the deck of what was once the Storm Café — well downstream of the footbridge in the first bit of water not raging too fast to imagine fish in it — and I cast out into the big eddy, trying to fish the seam between the current and the slack water.

Despite the wild, turbulent and murky water, catching a fish wasn’t completely out of the question, I told myself. Even if the bigger, smarter fish that had survived the winter were (unlike me) too sensible to be out in the miserable conditions, the state’s annual stocking efforts had begun.

Despite the lateness of the spring this year, the New Haven River had received its influx of fresh and foolish hatchery fish almost two weeks earlier.

So had sections of the upper Otter (See Dickerson, Page 3B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/13 VUHS vs. Essex.............................10-7 5/13 Burr & Burton vs. MUHS...... 14-13 (OT) 5/15 Essex at MUHS..............................Late 5/15 Harwood at VUHS..........................Late Boys’ Lacrosse 5/13 South Burlington vs. MUHS..............8-5 5/13 Spaulding vs. Mt. Abe.....................12-0 5/14 Stratton at OV...........Postponed to 5/15 5/15 Stowe at Mt. Abe............................Late Baseball 5/13 MUHS vs. Missisquoi........................4-0 5/14 VUHS at MUHS........Postponed to 5/15 5/14 Mt. Abe at Missisquoi......... Ppd. to 5/15 5/15 Hartford at OV................................Late Softball 5/13 OV vs. Hartford...............................17-2 5/13 Missisquoi vs. MUHS......................20-4 5/14 VUHS at MUHS........Postponed to 5/15 5/14 Mt. Abe at Missisquoi......... Ppd. to 5/15 5/15 Mill River at OV...............................Late Tennis 5/13 N. Country vs. MUHS Girls...............6-1 5/13 MUHS Boys vs. N. Country..............7-0 Ultimate 5/13 MUHS vs. Vermont Commons........15-6 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse NCAA D-III Tournament 5/12 Midd. vs. Johnson & Wales............22-3 Baseball NESCAC Tournament 5/12 Midd. vs. Williams.............................8-2 5/12 Midd. vs. Tufts................................12-8 5/12 Tufts vs. Midd...................................8-3

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/16 VUHS at U-32.......................... 4:30 PM 5/17 Milton at VUHS........................ 4:30 PM

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BODE RUBRIGHT MANAGES to get off a pass even as he falls over an opponent’s dropped stick in the second half of MUHS’s home loss to South Burlington.

Independent photo/Steve James

Tiger boys can’t keep Wolves from the door minutes as the Wolves scored four straight times.

MUHS Coach Matt Rizzo saw pluses in his team’s performance.

“Jack played really well in the net today. He kept us in it a bit today. And the defense played great,” Rizzo said.

“So there are some positives there.”

But he said the Tigers’ strong efforts can only go so far if they cannot hang onto the ball.

“This team does not lack hustle. It does not lack heart. And we work really, really hard. We just talked about it at the end of the game. We shoot ourselves in the foot,” Rizzo said.

“We work really hard, with super hustle, and we get the ball on offense and then we throw it away. That’s the story of our year so far. If we could save those passes we could be good.”

The Tigers took the lead 3:05 into the game after an SB penalty. Senior

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team as expected coasted through its first NCAA Division III tournament game on Sunday, dismissing visiting Johnson & Wales, 22-3.

The competition should pick up this weekend, when the 18-1 Panthers host a four-team regional. The regional winner advances to the NCAA final four in Ashland, Va., on May 25 and 26. The Panthers most recently won the 2016 NCAA title and reached the final a year ago.

Also hosting regionals this weekend and favored to advance to Ashland are NESCAC runner-up Tufts (17-2, with both losses by one goal to Middlebury), Salisbury (17-3) and Gettysburg (24-1). The Panthers defeated Salisbury, 11-6, this spring, but did not face Gettysburg, the defending NCAA champion.

The Panthers will open regional play on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. vs.

NESCAC foe Bowdoin (10-7), while Illinois-Wesleyan (18-2) and Franklin & Marshall (15-4) will follow on Kohn Field at 2:30 p.m.

The winners will play on Sunday at 1 p.m. Admission will be charged at the games.

The Panthers won a shootout at Bowdoin on March 23, 21-18.

Since then they have not allowed an opponent to score more than nine goals in a game, a streak of 14 outings.

(See Panther lacrosse, Page 3B)

Tiger nine wins in only baseball play

MIDFIELDER BEN CRAWFORD, a Middlebury senior and joint captain, carries the ball into the South Burlington zone and takes a slash from a defender.

Independent photo/Steve James

Kolby Farnsworth, stationed on the left side, took a pass from sophomore Bode Rubright from the right side and fired a low 10-yard shot back inside

the right post.

Wolf Joe Balkan dodged in at 6:17 to tie the score, but Tiger sophomore (See Tigers, Page 3B)

Commodore girls the only lax winners

Tiger boys’ tennis tops Falcons for fifth victory

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ tennis team put together another strong outing on Monday, dodging a few raindrops on the way to a 7-0 defeat of visiting North Country.

The result pushed the Tigers’ record to 5-2, and Coach Ken Schoen noted their two losses — at U-32 last week and in their opener to Colchester without (See Tennis, Page 2B)

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — For much of Monday’s home game the Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team had South Burlington on the ropes.

But the Wolves, whose 5-6 record includes a win over six-time Division I champion Champlain Valley and four one-goal losses, finally broke through a tough Tiger zone defense and Tiger sophomore goalie Jack Rizzo in the fourth quarter to earn an 8-5 victory.

The 4-6 Tigers took a 3-1 lead in the first quarter, and after the Wolves had tied the game late in the third period at 4-4 MUHS regained the lead on a goal by junior Ian Ploof 1:10 into the fourth period.

But the Tigers then committed a series of turnovers and managed only one shot at goal over the next six

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TIGER NO. 1 SINGLES player Jesse Rubin serves during his singles match against North Country on Monday. The Middlebury senior defeated North Country’s Nick Bliss, 8-4.

Independent photo/Steve James

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school lacrosse play earlier this week, the Vergennes-Mount Abraham girls’ team remained undefeated, the Tiger girls lost in overtime on the road, and the Mount Abe-VUHS boys dropped a home game.

The Otter Valley boys’ Tuesday home game vs. Stratton was postponed until Wednesday.

The Tiger boys hosted South Burlington on Monday; see story on Page 1B. VUHS GIRLS On Monday the 9-0 VUHSMount Abe cooperative girls’ team remained on top of the Division II standings by defeating D-I Essex, 10-7. The Hornets saw a three-game (See Lacrosse wrap, Page 3B)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School baseball team rode the shutout pitching of Hale Hescock to a 4-0 victory over visiting Missisquoi on Monday.

Hescock struck out six and allowed just two hits and two walks as the Tigers improved to 3-4. Wyatt Cameron doubled and drove in a run to pace the Tiger offense.

The Tigers’ Tuesday home game vs. Vergennes was postponed until Wednesday.

Mount Abraham was set to visit Missisquoi on Tuesday, but that game was moved to Wednesday due to wet field conditions.

Otter Valley was set to host Hartford on Wednesday.

North Country tips Tiger girls’ tennis NEWPORT — Host Newport defeated the Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team on Monday, 6-1, dropping the Tigers’ record to 2-2.

Winning for the Tigers was the No. 1 doubles team of Lois Alberts and Emma Franklin.

No. 2 Tiger singles player Julia Bartlett split two sets with her opponent before losing a tiebreaker, as did the No. 2 doubles team of Ellie Kiel and Isadora Luksch.

Tigers losing in straight sets were Elizabeth Bright at No. 1 singles, Abby Bailey at No. 3 singles, Gabi Marin at No. 4 singles, and Bridget Graham at No. 5 singles.

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, May 16, 2019

Panther baseball falls in NESCAC title game WATERVILLE, Maine — Tufts In Sunday’s final, the Jumbos defeated the Middlebury College jumped on the board in the second baseball team, 8-3, on Sunday at inning with four runs, including Ryan Colby College in the winner-take-all Day’s two-run homer. Middlebury title game of the NESCAC dou- scored two in the third on singles by ble-elimination playoff Brooks Carroll and Justournament. tin Han, two errors and Jackson The 26-13 Panthers, Atwood picked a fielder’s choice, but the NESCAC West No. 2 Tufts added two more seed, had emerged from up his first in the fourth and another the losers’ bracket after career win, in the sixth to make it falling to NESCAC East allowing four 7-2. Middlebury scored No. 1 Tufts, 5-0, in Satur- runs on six one in the seventh on a day’s tournament opener. hits over 5.1 Carroll double and a Han They defeated NESCAC sacrifice fly, but could innings.

East No. 2 Bates, 10-1, come no closer. on Saturday, and then Playing its fifth game NESCAC East No. 1 Williams, 8-2, in two days, the Panthers used five and Tufts, 12-8, on Sunday to force pitchers. Starter Bobby Sullivan the winner-take-all final.

(2-2) took the loss, giving up four The Panthers’ 26 wins tied the runs and five hits over 1.1 innings. program record for victories set by Andrew Martinson threw two scorethe 2006 program, but they did not less innings. Han led Middlebury match that team’s feat of earning an with three hits, and Carroll and Han NCAA berth. Tufts (29-9) earned the had two apiece. Spencer Langdon NESCAC’s automatic NCAA bid, picked up the win for Tufts, giving and the Panthers did not receive an up one earned run on five hits over at-large bid on Monday. six innings.

In Sunday’s first game vs. Tufts Panthers pounded out 18 hits, three

by Strmecki, who homered and drove in four runs. Graf added three hits, two RBIs, two runs scored and a pair of walks; Andrew Hennings and Gray Goolsby each doubled and singled twice; and Smith singled twice and scored three runs. Middlebury led by 12-4 before Tufts scored four in the bottom of the ninth.

Jackson Atwood picked up his first career win, allowing four runs on six hits over 5.1 innings. George Goldstein pitched the final 3.2 innings to earn his fourth save of the season.

In Sunday’s 8-2 win over Williams, Han singled in a run in the third, and the Panthers struck for five runs on five hits in the third. Gray Goolsby doubled, Hayden Smith tripled in two runs, and Andrew Gough, Carroll and Han singled. In the sixth the Panther made it 7-0 on a Henry Strmecki single and Smith double. After Williams closed to 7-2, Middlebury made it 8-2 in the eighth

on a Gough double and Han single.

Alex Rosario earned the win by allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts.

In Sunday’s 10-1 win over Bates, Middlebury struck for four runs on three hits in the bottom of the second. Graf and Smith walked and Strmecki singled to load the bases before Carroll singled in two runs and Han doubled home two more.

Middlebury blew the game open in the eighth with six more runs on four hits. Han stole two bases before scoring on a Graf single. Walks and singles by Strmecki and Smith and a three-run double by Carroll made it 10-1. Alex Price (5-2) picked up the win by allowing one run on six hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts.

In Tufts’ opening 5-0 win on Saturday Jumbo ace R.J. Hall improved to 7-0 by striking out 10 and allowing four hits in a complete-game effort. Panther ace Colby Morris (5-3) allowed five runs on seven hits over eight innings with four strikeouts.

Tennis (Continued from Page 1B) No. 1 player Jesse Rubin — both came by 4-3 scores and included individual matches decided by tiebreakers.

“The boys are having a good season,” Schoen said. “The two losses were as close as it gets in tennis.”

Individually, he said, everybody on the team has played well, and the top singles substitute, Joseph Whitley, has gone 4-0 when spotting in between Nos. 3 and 5 on the ladder. Meanwhile, the two doubles teams are undefeated.

“This is a deep team that is competitive at every position,” Schoen said.

With heavy weather threatening and some rain falling mid-match, on Monday Schoen and his North Country counterpart agreed to a “pro-set” format in which the athletes played one set to eight games instead of two sets to six games apiece.

The results in the individual matches were: • At No. 1 singles, Rubin (MUHS) defeated Nick Bliss (NC), 8-4.

• At No. 2 singles, Spencer Doran (MUHS) defeated Connor Davis

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Isabel Olson cruises through the 800 meters at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday, finishing in sixth place. The was also sixth in the 1500 M.

St. Albans Messenger photo/ Josh Kaufmann

Track athletes reach top 10 in Burlington

Major meet offered strong competition

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Spencer Doran sends a backhand return to his opponent in a singles’ match during MUHS’s win over North Country on Monday. Doran won his match, 8-3.

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(NC), 8-3.

• At No. 3 singles, Sam Daly (MUHS) defeated Colin Archer (NC), 8-3.

• At No. 4 singles, Hunter Munteanu (MUHS) defeated Derek

Medley (NC), 8-5.

• At No. 5 singles, Drew Kiernan (MUHS) defeated Chris Johnson (NC), 8-2.

• At No. 1 doubles, Andy Giorgio and Abel Anderson (MUHS)

defeated Evan Tremblay and Andrew Charbonneau (NC), 8-0.

• At No. 2 doubles, Aiden Cole and Oliver Poduschnick (MUHS) defeated Max Roberts and Conlon St. John (NC), 8-4.

BURLINGTON — Track and field athletes from Middlebury, Vergennes and Mount Abraham union high schools posted top-10 finishes at Saturday’s Burlington Invitational, a major midseason meet featuring many competitors from Division-I, II and III athletes.

The Eagles and Tigers will compete against many of the same athletes in the D-II championship meet, and the Commodores saw potential competition it will see at the D-II meet.

Tiger pole-vaulter Gabe Cason posted the best result among locals, finishing third in that specialty by clearing 10 feet, eight inches.

Tiger hurdler Merry Kimble finished fourth at the girls’ 300-meter hurdles in 49.89, and the VUHS boys’ four-by-800-meter relay team or Wade Mullin, Ben Huston, Gabe Praamsma and Erich Reitz also took fourth in 8:43:07.

Tiger runner Isabel Olson earned sixth in both the girls’ 800 (2:29.43) and 1500 (5:02.62), and the Tiger boys 4X100 relay team of Tristan Durante, Anthony Garner, Cason and Hunter Heffernan earned sixth in 47.00.

Mullin finished seventh in the boys’ 800 in 2:08.31, and two athletes took eighths: Eagle thrower Peter Koenig earned that finish in the discus with a toss of 110 feet, four inches, and Heffernan earned the

EAGLE NOAH ENGVALL slices through the wind during the Burlington Invitational’s 400 meter race on Saturday.

St. Albans Messenger photo/ Josh Kaufmann

same placement in the 300 hurdles in 44.60.

Finally, Commodore Ezekiel Palmer was ninth in the boys’ 400 in 54.30.

Men’s tennis takes NCAA regional; quarterfinal next

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s tennis team coasted to a victory in the NCAA Division III regional it hosted this past weekend to advance to the Elite Eight at Kalamazoo College from May 20 to 22.

The 18-6 Panthers will face NESCAC foe Wesleyan (16-4) in a quarterfinal, with Emory (17-2) almost certainly next in a semifinal.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (29-1) and Amherst (16-4) are the top seeds in the other half of the bracket.

Middlebury split two matches with Wesleyan this spring, losing in the regular season, but prevailing in the NESCAC semifinal round on the way to their playoff championship.

The Panthers similarly avenged

an earlier loss to Amherst in the NESCAC final. Middlebury lost at Emory during their spring break trip.

At this past weekend’s NCAA regional, the Panthers dismissed M.I.T. in Saturday’s final after defeating Goucher in a Friday second-round match. They received a first-round bye.

On both days the Panther doubles teams of Lubomir Cuba and Peter Martin at No. 1, Noah Farrell and Alex Vanezis at No. 2, and Andre Xiao and Nate Eazor at No. 3 posted solid wins.

Cuba at No. 1 and No. 4 singles player Adam Guo clinched the regional final vs. M.I.T. on Saturday with straight-set wins.

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(Continued from Page 1B) middie Mason Kaufmann ran in from the right side and found the left corner at 3:09 to restore the lead. With 1.3 seconds left in the period freshman Eddie Hodde’s bouncer from the top of the box found its way in through traffic to make it 3-1 in Middlebury’s favor. Rizzo stopped four shots in the period, including Nico Strempek’s point-blank bid eight minutes in.

SB scored the only goal of the second period as the Tigers failed to convert after three SB penalties.

Rizzo stopped five shots (getting his hands on Cam Chiari’s doorstep shot probably the best of the bunch), and defenders and long-stick middies Derek Felkl, Trysten Quesnel, Hunter Gale, Matthew Kiernan and Colton Paquette all did good work.

The goal came when Rizzo did well to deny Griffin Lawrence, but Rees Baker stuffed the rebound home at 8:32. Rubright created two chances, but SB goalie Brett Bohlmann (12 saves) stopped one and the other rang the post.

SB tied the game with a man-up goal at 8:29 of the third: Balkan converted a Dylan LeClair feed. The Tigers regained the lead with 1:00 left in the period when junior middie Thatcher Trudeau converted a Farnsworth feed from behind the net while absorbing an illegal check.

But the Tigers were not awarded possession because of a verbal conduct offense, and SB won the faceoff and scored with 0:05 on the clock, with Strempek netting a long pass from LeClair.

Undeterred, the Tigers took a 5-4

(Continued from Page 1B) Middlebury changed its defense from man-to-man to a zone with a backer in the middle during the course of the Bowdoin game, with mixed results during the contest but impressive outcomes since. Middlebury did not face the other two teams in this weekend’s regional during the spring.

The Panthers have used a balanced attack led by senior Emma McDonagh (50 goals, 16 assists), Emily Barnard (38G, 15A) and Jane Earley (37G, 14A). Midfielders Erin Nicholas, Erica Barr and senior Casey O’Neill have helped the Panthers win a majority of draws.

Addy Mitchell anchors the zone as the backer and leads the team in forcing turnovers (42), and seniors Susanna Baker and Alex White and Emma White have all forced at least 17. Goalie Julia Keith stops 51.8 percent of the shots she faces.

FOSTER MOTORS MUHS GOALIE JACK Rizzo makes a save from leaping Wolves attacker Joe Balkan in the first quarter of Middlebury’s 8-5 home loss to South Burlington on Monday.

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lead 1:10 into the fourth quarter, when Ploof beat Bohlmann after taking a Rubright feed from the left side.

Then the Wolves came on strong.

Rizzo stopped Lawrence and LeClair, but Lawrence dodged in to tie the game at 6:42. Farnsworth shot just wide shortly afterward, and the Wolves scored in transition at 5:25, with Strempek finishing. Thirty-six

seconds later Joe Balkan set up Will Balkan to make it 7-5. Another 38 seconds later, Aaron Murikami added another fast-break goal, and those four scores in 4:31 sealed the Tigers’ fate.

On the hustle end Ploof scooped five ground balls to lead MUHS, senior middie Tucker Moulton and Kaufmann picked up four apiece, and

Zeke Hooper helped the Tigers win nine of 15 draws.

Coach Rizzo said that if the Tigers can add a little more execution to that hustle they could still surprise.

“It’s about fundamentals. We’ve got to catch and throw. We’ve got to scoop ground balls. We’ve got to clear. We’ve got to ride,” he said. “If we do those things, we’ll be fine.”

Softball: Otter Valley, rain win; Tigers come up short ADDISON COUNTY — In high school softball action on Monday Otter Valley won big at home, but Middlebury dropped a home game to Division I’s first-place team.

Rain and wet fields wiped out Tuesday’s games. Mount Abraham’s

Keith and second-half goalie Kate Furber didn’t face many shots on Sunday and combined for seven stops.

Meanwhile, 10 Panthers put balls in the net behind beleaguered Johnson & Wales goalie Cassidy O’Hara, who made nine saves for the Wildcats.

The teams traded early goals before the Panthers scored 16 straight to lead at the half, 17-1. Coach Kate Livesay substituted freely.

For Middlebury Lily Riseberg finished with a career-high five goals, plus an assist; Kate Zecca picked up four goals and an assist; and Hope Robertson contributed her first collegiate hat trick. Nicholas controlled a game-high five draws, while Emma White scooped three ground balls. Dani Lydecker scored twice for J&W, but the Panther defense kept Allison Pazienski off the scoreboard after she entered the game with with 105 goals this season.

game at Missisquoi was postponed until Wednesday, as was Vergennes’ visit to MUHS. OTTERS OV posted a 17-2, five-inning victory over visiting Hartford (2-6).

Morgan LaPorte earned the pitching

win and paced the attack with four hits. Josie Cone, Riley Keefe and Renee O’Connell chipped in three hits apiece as the Otters improved to 7-3 heading into a home game scheduled for Wednesday vs. Mill River.

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Also on Monday visiting Missisquoi pounded out a 20-4 victory over the Tigers. Rihanna Sweeney had four hits, including two homers, to spark MVU. Carly Larocque led the Tigers with a pair of hit, and Sydney Provencher doubled as the Tigers dropped to 4-3.

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Lacrosse wrap (Continued from Page 1B) winning streak end and fell to 4-5.

Jalen Cook (four goals), Txuxa Konczal (two goals, two assists) and Grace Harvey (two goals) led the attack and Harriet Anderson and Sophie Davis added a goal apiece.

Coach Marikate Kelley said once again team defense and ground balls made a difference. Anderson picked up six ground balls and Konczal scooped five.

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“The team did a great job redefending and causing turnovers,” Kelley said.

The Commodores were set to host Harwood on Wednesday, and are scheduled for a road rematch with defending D-II champion U-32 (5-1) on Thursday.

MUHS GIRLS The D-I Tiger girls dropped a heartbreaker at 11-1 Burr & Burton on Monday, 14-13, when Bulldog

Olivia Watanabe scored the 100th goal of her career, and her seventh of the game, in overtime. BBA goalie Cassie Pearce backstopped the win with 13 saves.

Lacey Greenamyre (five goals and an assist) and Emily LaFramboise (four goals and an assist) led the Tigers, while Ada Anderson scored twice and Carlisle Brush chipped in a goal and an assist. Goalie Lydia Deppman

made seven saves as MUHS fell to 4-7.

The Tigers were set to host Essex on Wednesday.

EAGLE BOYS In a D-II clash, first-place Spaulding on Monday coasted past the Eagle boys, 12-0, as Travis Roy and Aiden Blovin each scored three goals. Eagle goalie Aidan Danyow made 20 saves as the Mt. Abe-VUHS cooperative squad fell to 3-6.

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5/18 MUHS at Burlington................. 4:30 PM 5/20 Lamoille at VUHS.................... 4:30 PM 5/20 MUHS at St. Albans................. 4:30 PM 5/21 VUHS at Harwood................... 4:30 PM 5/22 MUHS at Mt. Mansfield............ 4:30 PM 5/23 GMVS at Mt. Abe..................... 4:30 PM 5/25 CVS at MUHS..............................11 AM Boys’ Lacrosse 5/16 Woodstock at MUHS.................... 4 PM 5/18 Hanover at MUHS.......................11 AM 5/18 Mt. Abe at OV..............................11 AM 5/20 Mt. Abe at U-32............................. 4 PM 5/20 OV at Montpelier........................... 7 PM 5/21 MUHS at St. Albans...................... 4 PM 5/22 Mt. Mansfield at MUHS............ 4:30 PM 5/22 Hartford at OV.............................. 4 PM 5/24 CVU at MUHS.............................. 4 PM 5/24 Mt. Abe at Montpelier.................... 7 PM Baseball 5/16 Fairfax at Mt. Abe.................... 4:30 PM

5/16 Missisquoi at VUHS................. 4:30 PM 5/16 MUHS at Spaulding................. 4:30 PM 5/17 Mt. Abe at Spaulding............... 4:30 PM 5/17 OV at Brattleboro.......................... 5 PM 5/18 MUHS at Fairfax..........................10 AM 5/18 VUHS at Spaulding......................11 AM 5/18 Mt. Abe at Milton..........................11 AM 5/18 Burr & Burton at OV...................... 2 PM 5/20 Richford at VUHS.................... 4:30 PM 5/20 OV at Bellows Falls................. 4:30 PM 5/21 Milton at VUHS........................ 4:30 PM 5/21 Mt. Abe at MUHS..................... 4:30 PM 5/22 Essex at MUHS....................... 4:30 PM 5/22 Fair Haven at OV..................... 4:30 PM 5/23 MUHS at Missisquoi................ 4:30 PM 5/23 Spaulding at Mt. Abe............... 4:30 PM 5/24 OV at Fair Haven..................... 4:30 PM 5/25 Fairfax at MUHS........................... 2 PM Softball 5/16 Fairfax at Mt. Abe.................... 4:30 PM 5/16 Missisquoi at VUHS................. 4:30 PM

5/16 MUHS at Spaulding................. 4:30 PM 5/17 Mt. Abe at Spaulding............... 4:30 PM 5/17 Bellows Falls at OV................. 4:30 PM 5/18 MUHS at Fairfax..........................10 AM 5/18 VUHS at Spaulding......................11 AM 5/18 Mt. Abe at Milton..........................11 AM 5/20 Fair Haven at OV..................... 4:30 PM 5/21 Milton at VUHS........................ 4:30 PM 5/21 Mt. Abe at MUHS..................... 4:30 PM 5/22 OV at Springfield.......................... 7 PM 5/23 Fair Haven at VUHS................ 4:30 PM 5/23 MUHS at Missisquoi................ 4:30 PM 5/23 Spaulding at Mt. Abe............... 4:30 PM 5/24 OV at Leland & Gray............... 4:30 PM 5/25 Fairfax at MUHS........................... 2 PM Tennis 5/16 Harwood at MUHS Girls.......... 3:30 PM 5/16 MUHS Boys at Harwood.......... 3:30 PM 5/17 MUHS Boys at Hartford................ 4 PM 5/20 MUHS Boys at Spaulding........ 3:30 PM 5/20 Spaulding at MUHS Girls......... 3:30 PM

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So I stood on the shore of the river and cast my fly into the waters. I wouldn’t have thumbed my nose at a fresh and foolish hatchery fish. But, in fact, my hope really was for one of the old, smart, almost-wild ones, hoping it was less sensible than I thought. I tied on a big red streamer fly imitating a fish: a streamer with lots of red in it, that to a big, fat, hungry, three-year-

old, four-pound brown trout might look like a little stocker trout that would make a very nice mouthful on a cold May day.

I moved around a bit. Cast upstream and down and straight out. Stripped my line with the current and against the current, along the seam, along the foam, and even under the foam. When that didn’t produce, I moved upstream to the rocky point of land just at the end of the eddy, where the current

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Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) Creek in Danby and Mount Tabor.

Though the stocking of Otter Creek in Middlebury was not yet listed as complete on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website (anrweb.vt.gov/ FWD/FW/FishStockingSearch.aspx), nor were the stockings of Middlebury River, Neshobe Rivers, Lewis Creek or Baldwin Creek, I know in the past there has sometimes been a delay of a day or two between when a river is

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I had taken maybe 50 or 60 casts when it struck. Hard, and unmistakably it struck me. A cold miserable rain was falling. My hands were wet and numb.

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Agriculture News Agency seeks relief for milk farms Initiatives grow out of recent Northern Tier Dairy Summit MONTPELIER — The “first-ofits-kind” Northern Tier Dairy Summit held April 1-2 in Jay, Vt., was organized by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets to develop actionable next steps to help a dairy industry affected by a fifth year of record-low prices, a volatile export market, and an oversupply of milk. The event was attended by 240 participants with 115 dairy farmers present from across New England.

“During a difficult time, our dairy industry came together at the Northern Tier Dairy Summit to listen, collaborate and share their thoughts and ideas,” Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts said. “Our staff at the Agency of Agriculture heard you, and we’re proud to follow through on these great ideas. We promise to keep listening and working to support our dairy farmers in Vermont.”

The Agency of Agriculture last week announced four new initiatives derived from the summit, and four additional existing initiatives to respond to the areas developed: NEW INITIATIVES • Convene a Secretary’s Dairy Advisory Committee which will meet quarterly to discuss current issues from the farmer’s perspective and share Agency work. Committee nominations will go out shortly and the first meeting will be this summer.

• Publish a monthly Agriview for a targeted positive dairy focused series about current topics in dairy campaign. such as market trends, national • Truth in Labeling – Agency of policy changes that impact Vermont Agriculture is actively engaged at dairy farmers, and updates regarding the national level regarding standards grant funded work that the agency is of identity for items carrying a dairy completing or that we have granted. product label to ensure they are made • C o o r d i n a t e from real milk.

Legislative farm “Our staff at • Milk in tours this summer and Schools – Agency fall to ensure to all the Agency of of Agriculture legislators understand Agriculture heard and partners work what really happens you, and we’re closely with schools on a farm and hear proud to follow and school nutrition directly from you. agencies to allow through on these • Visioning and higher fat milk back great ideas. We goal development into schools. workshops to meet promise to keep Furthermore, the needs of farmers listening and Agency of who expressed a working to support Agriculture will desire to develop a our dairy farmers in be applying for long term plan for Vermont.” the newly released their farm beyond USDA Dairy — Vermont Agriculture Business Innovation the standard business plan. Workshops will Secretary Anson Tebbett Initiative funding and be planned for late the objectives closely 2019 or early 2020. match Dairy Summit outcomes and CURRENT AND participant visions. This funding ON-GOING INITIATIVES opportunity will span multiple years • Growth Management Plan – the and allow Agency of Agriculture Milk Commission will continue to and partners to engage deeply in meet, and agency staff will remain developing a more competitive valueengaged in regional and national added dairy marketplace for Vermont level discussions regarding a national producers. growth management plan.

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SEVERAL JUNIORS, AGES 12-13, competed at the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest in New Haven on May 5.

The top 10 scorers in this division were, left to right, front row: Eliana Matson, New Haven; Haileigh Demers, Milton; Shyanne Wedge, Shoreham; Ella Dubin, Northfield, Massachusetts; and Emeillia Gomo, Chester; and back row: Tieghan Perry, Danville; Tucker Murdough, Essex Junction; Amelia Kennett, Middlebury; Jenna Bennett, Highgate; and Emily Shields, Benson.

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4-H’ers prove their horse judging skill NEW HAVEN — Four Vermont 4-H teens — including one from Addison County — qualified for the state 4-H horse judging team for achieving the highest scores at the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest, May 5 in New Haven.

Emma Cushman, Barre; Grace Parks, Essex Junction; McKenna White, Whiting; and Sophie Zemianek, St. Albans; all earned

a spot on the state team that will represent Vermont at the Northeast Regional 4-H Horse Contest in October in Windsor, Conn., and Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup in Louisville, Ky., this fall. Jordan Bombard, Duxbury, was named first alternate.

The contest, which was sponsored

by University of Vermont Extension 4-H, began at Wishful Thinking

Farm. At the South Street farm, competitors provided written rankings for stock horses in hand, ponies in hand, thoroughbreds in hand, hunter under saddle and hunt seat equitation classes. After judging, the contest moved to Beeman Elementary School in the village and the New Haven Town Hall, where Juniors (ages 12-13) (See Judging, Page 5B)

Local farms foster ethical eating

By ANNE WALLACE ALLEN VTDigger.org A group of Vermont farmers, including several in Addison County, is working together to steer consumers toward humane-certified animal products.

The group received a $5,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Food Animal

Concerns Trust to create Ethical Eater Vermont, a website that lists the stores, restaurants and farms that sell products from animal welfarecertified farms.

“We’re hoping the website will spark the consumer awareness so people will go to their food stores and say, ‘Hey, I want some certified humane products,’” said beef cattle farmer Bob Fireovid of Health Hero

Farm in South Hero.

Fireovid worked with Blue Ledge Farm in Salisbury, Ice House Farm in Goshen, Scuttleship Farm in Panton, Spotted Dog Family Farm in Brandon, Longest Acres Farm in Chelsea; Big Picture Farm in Townshend, and Cloverworks Farm in Irasburg to create the program.

All the farms in the group are (See Ethical Eater, Page 5B)

NINE 4-H MEMBERS placed in the Senior Division at the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest in New Haven earlier this month. Pictured, left to right, are, front row: Sophie Zemianek, St. Albans; McKenna White, Whiting; Grace Parks, Essex Junction; and Emma Cushman, Barre; and back row: Wisteria Franklin, Wheelock; Emma Zimmermann, Northfield; Sydney Minnerly, Lincoln; Olivia Campbell, Randolph; and Jordan Bombard, Duxbury. The top four — Zemianek, White, Parks and Cushman — qualified for the state team that will compete at regional and national events.

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Addison Independent, Thursday, May 16, 2019 — PAGE 5B

How would $15 minimum wage affect farms

By ANNE WALLACE ALLEN papers from prestigious universities, VTDigger.org government agencies and private Vermont lawmakers are again organizations have created little considering a proposal to raise the consensus on the subject, academic or minimum wage – now at $10.78 an otherwise.” hour for most businesses — to $15 Economists who do risk an opinion an hour. Farmers and business groups on the impact say that small farms have testified against the plan, which are particularly vulnerable to wage passed in the Legislature last year mandates. These operations are often but was vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott. In already struggling with low commodity New Hampshire, the wage is set at the prices and rising competition from federal minimum: $7.25. more efficient operations.

This year, the initiative “Higher minimum seems more likely to wages may have different become law, leading “Farmers call effects on different some farmers to question me all the time farms based on the crop what will happen when and tell me produced, the size of the they have to pay several if this went farm and the proximity dollars more than their through, they to large metropolitan neighbors in New would have areas,” said economists Hampshire, where the Amy M.G. Kandilov and wage is set at the federal to think about Ivan T. Kandilov of North minimum. Agricultural getting out of Carolina State University. workers are exempt from business. It The two noted that small minimum wage law in would just be farmers are less able to Vermont, but farmers devastating.” mechanize when human expect a mandated are unavailable — Joe Tisbert, workers minimum wage to or too expensive, and less Vermont likely than their larger increase all pay, including Farm Bureau peers to secure financing. for their workers. president There are no answers to “Farmers call me all those farmers’ questions, the time and tell me if this because there are too went through, they would many other variables at play. Other have to think about getting out of states that have raised the minimum business,” said Joe Tisbert, a vegetable wage to $15 have done so very farmer in Cambridge who is president recently, meaning there’s no research of the Vermont Farm Bureau. “It yet on long-term outcomes. would just be devastating.”

There are many studies on what Smaller farms lack some of the happens when a mandated wage economies of scale that help larger increase goes into effect, but there is operations thrive and handle complex little agreement on the outcome. environmental regulation and labor “Many studies find that minimum issues. Many are operated by aging wage laws reduce employment, and owners who don’t have anyone to many other studies on the exact same pass the property to when they retire. laws find they have little or no effect on They also face pressure from land jobs,” wrote Dee Gill at the University development and sprawl; the New of California’s Anderson School of England Farmland trust says the Management in October. “Some amount of cropland in New England 60 years and hundreds of research has declined 11 percent since just

2007.

And, like all farmers, the small operators can’t just raise their prices when their payroll costs go up, Tisbert said.

“You’re controlled by the stores and what they will pay,” Tisbert said. “It doesn’t matter what your bottom line is, it matters what the store will pay, take it or leave it.”

In California, which has a patchwork of different minimum wage requirements, farmers in some areas are already paying well above the minimum wage because labor is so scarce, said David Runsten, policy director with the Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

“I have heard $17, $18, different things like that,” said Runsten.

“Everybody is kind of competing against one another for labor.”

Some of the agricultural areas near Runsten will see a mandated increase to $15 an hour over the next few years.

After several decades of observing agriculture, Runsten said he doesn’t know what will happen.

“Large farming operations seem to be increasing wages, so we haven’t really figured out what is going to be the impact,” he said. “Maybe in a few more years.”

New Hampshire lawmakers, too, are considering a small minimum wage increase. Roger Noonan, president of the New England Farmers Union, said he didn’t think it would harm farms, partly because farmers are paying much more than that now.

“There is such income inequality in this country right now, I would be hard-pressed personally not to support an increase in the minimum wage,” Noonan said. “But we just need to make sure that legislation is crafted with reasonable exemptions and exclusions for very small businesses.

You don’t want to give the Walmarts and the Amazon warehouses a pass.”

Judging (Continued from Page 4B) and Seniors (ages 14 and older) were asked to present oral reasons for two classes. Scores from judging and oral reasons were combined for an overall score and final rank for these two age divisions.

Other top finishers in the senior division were, in order of placement, Olivia Campbell, Randolph; Sydney Minnerly, Lincoln; Emma Zimmermann, Northfield; and Wisteria Franklin, Wheelock.

Earning rosette ribbons in the other age groups were: NOVICE SENIOR (14 years old and up and new to 4-H or this competition): Samantha Blackmore, Charlotte (first); Vivienne Babbott (second) and Emily Lang (third), both from Hinesburg; Calvin Kennett (fourth) and Tucker Kennett (fifth), both from Middlebury.

JUNIORS (12 and 13 years old): Emeillia Gomo, Chester (first); Ella Dubin, Northfield, Mass., (second); Shyanne Wedge, Shoreham (third); Haileigh Demers, Milton (fourth); Eliana Matson, New Haven (fifth); Emily Shields, Benson (sixth); Jenna Bennett, Highgate (seventh); Amelia Kennett, Middlebury (eighth); Tucker Murdough, Essex Junction (ninth); Tieghan Perry, Danville (tenth). Shelby Stevers, New Haven, also competed in this division but did not place in the top 10.

JUNIORS (10 and 11 years old): Allessandra Hoffman, Milton (first); Rose Ouimet, Castleton (second); Hannah Smiley, Milton (third); Seanna Erickson, Florence (fourth); Wyatt Kennett, Middlebury (fifth); Jillian Murdough, Essex Junction (sixth); Addisyn Greenwood,

Waterford (seventh); Viola Brown, Vernon (eighth).

JUNIORS (8 and 9 years old): Tayah Cram, Leicester (first); Sage Stevers, New Haven (second); Jakob Marinoff, Highgate (third); Elyse Thurber, Vernon (fourth).

Assisting with the event were 4-H teens Lauren Hodsden, Bridport;

Makayla LaFlam, Guilford; Faith Ploof, Westford; Emma Suker, Shrewsbury; and Rylie Zager, Gill, Mass.

To learn more about the 4-H horse project and future horse events, contact Wendy Sorrell, UVM Extension 4-H livestock educator, at wendy.sorrell@uvm.edu.

CHAD AND MORGAN Beckwith show off goats at their Ice House Farm. The Goshen farm is among several working to sell consumers on the idea of humanely raised animals.

Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger

Ethical Eater (Continued from Page 4B) certified through one of three humane certification programs approved by the ASPCA, Fireovid said. Most received their certification through the organization A Greener World, which charges a nominal fee to audit, Fireovid said.

“The certification programs require an extra level of management,” Fireovid said. “Farmers have to ensure they take good care of their livestock, they have got to provide records and they have to make sure they use correct practices.”

The website, ethicaleatervt.org, also provides information about regenerative agriculture, where ruminants are grazed in a manner aimed at generating fertile topsoil.

There are dozens of restaurants on the website list, some of them very high-end, but the only products listed as humane certified at those restaurants are goat cheese and grass-fed beef. Consumer demand is the only way to get more farms to seek humane certification, Fireovid said.

“There’s got to be more of a market pull,” he said.

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“You can do it in a way which is actually good for the environment and planet,” he said.

The couple milks 36 goats at their farm and rotates the goats on pasture to optimize the health of the animals and the land, Chad Beckwith said.

“Animal welfare is one of the top priorities” at the farm, he added.

Fireovid, 67, started farming six years ago after a career as a scientist for the US Department of Agriculture in the Washington, D.C., area. He raises grass-fed beef on organic pasture.

“They’re certified humane, so they are pretty healthy, and we think the food that they give us is very healthy for people too,” he said.

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CLASSIFIEDS Notices

ALICE CLAPPER’S 80TH birthday. We ask friends to send her a card to: Genesis Healthcare/ Mountain View Center, 9 Haywood Avenue (Cherry Tree), Rutland, Vermont 05701‑4832.

Cards of Thanks I WOULD LIKE TO extend my gratitude to Addison County Home Health and Hospice.

Their professionalism and compassion are to be commended. Special thank you to Sarah Audet and Sara Frisch.

I WOULD LIKE TO express how thankful I am to live in a community that comes together and helps those in need. My most heartfelt thank you’s go to Michelle Booska Whitney, Carol Audy, and Theresa Hinman for organizing the benefit that was held for myself and Corrin Laraway.

You girls are amazing. In addition, many thanks to the other people who made this such a huge success including the numerous businesses that donated so many wonderful items.

So very many thank you’s, Rose Torrey.

Garage Sales

ADDISON COUNTY CHRONIC Illness support g r o u p i n M i d d l e b u r y.

Saturday, May 18, 4‑5:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. A welcoming environment to support folks from all walks of life and ages who have chronic illness, including Lyme and other tick‑borne diseases, with no judgment or bias about treatment options.

More info contact Henrik Herb at henrik.herb@gmail. com.

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.

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

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

Bring a friend in recovery.

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

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 1 S U N D A Y. 1 2 S t e p M e e t i n g , M i d d l e b u r y, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt.org.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 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.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

CONSTRUCTION: A D D I T I O N S , R E N O VAT I O N S , n e w construction, drywall, c a r p e n t r y, p a i n t i n g , flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

M O V I N G S A L E / TA G S A L E , S a t u r d a y, M a y 18 and Sunday, May 19, 9am‑4pm. East Middlebury, 1 Piper Road, just off Main St. Large sectional couch, ottoman, end tables, lamps, chairs, washer, kitchen, household, linen, books, dvds, quality women’s clothes, men’s clothes size large, adult bicycles, lots more.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking.

Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems.

Newcomers welcome.

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

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Women of AA (Step/ S p e a k e r ) , M i d d l e b u r y, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm.

Big Book Meeting, New Haven, Congregational Church, Village Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30pm.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 3 T U E S D AY. 1 2 S t e p M e e t i n g , M i d d l e b u r y, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Daily Reflection Meeting, Vergennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book M e e t i n g , M i d d l e b u r y, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Tu r n i n g P o i n t C t r. 5 4 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Alternating Format Meeting, Ferrisburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center.

Route 7, 7‑8pm.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion M e e t i n g , M i d d l e b u r y, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am.

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

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

NA (JUST IN TIME) Mondays, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NARCAN KITS are available at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge.

Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy training is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

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HANDYMAN ‑ LIGHT carpentry, insulation, yard clean up, junk removal, dump trailer services. Call Eugene 802‑453‑8546.

Garage Sales BARN SALE ‑ MAY 24, 25, 26. 9am‑4pm. 2841 Watch Po i n t R d ., Sh o r e h a m .

Multi‑family sale. Antiques, crafts, signs, home decor, yard sale items and much more.

C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

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MULTI‑FAMILY GARAGE sale. May 17th and 18th.

8am to 5pm. 1020 North Street, New Haven. Large assortment of fishing gear, household items, 4 very good car tires, lawn equipment etc.

YARD SALE 3318 Rte. 7 South. Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26th. 8am‑3pm. Lots of household items, dishes, pots, furniture, bed linen, boys and girls clothes, winter gear, adult clothing, etc. Nothing priced. Make a decent offer and take it all away.

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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.

The Horse’s Touch is seeking volunteers to be a part of their Equine Therapy Programs. The Horse’s Touch offers a safe, nurturing environment designed to foster physical, emotional and social development through riding and other guided activities with horses. The organization will be offering a Volunteer Training on Sunday, May 19th from 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Neverland Farm (Lilybud Farm) in Hinesburg. During the training, volunteers will learn how to assist in a variety of roles with mounting, dismounting and emergency procedures, maintaining a safe environment and supporting students and the instructor during all activities. Horse experience is not required.

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

In addition to their lesson program at Lilybud Farm, they will offer services this summer in partnership with the Town of Bristol through their Mobile Therapy Program and are seeking volunteers for their Addison County Team. For more information on this opportunity, please contact RSVP of Addison County at - rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org.

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TOWN OF NEW HAVEN

Your local newspaper is your BEST RESOURCE for local job opportunities!

Town Administrator Zoning Administrator

The Town of New Haven is seeking to fill the positions of Town Administrator and Zoning Administrator. These can be combined to be a full-time position or two part-time positions. Salary, wages and benefits dependent upon experience and position(s) applied for. The Selectboard is seeking an individual or individuals with strong interpersonal, business, financial, grant writing, planning and zoning skills.

The ability to oversee and manage a small town and its employees. Knowledge of State Statutes and municipal experience are must. Related experience and/or a bachelor’s degree in administration or business; Planning and Zoning experience preferred.

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Please send letter of interest, salary Shard Villa 1xCD 050919.indd 15/6/19 11:05 AM requirements, resume and three references to: Town Administrator TOWN OF STARKSBORO C/O Town of New Haven by May 20th.

ROAD CREW FOREMAN Positions(s) to be filled ASAP. Draft job description available by request and at newhavenvt.com

Baker

PART-TIME, PERMANENT

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

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

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.

The Town of Starksboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Community Mental Health Nurse The CRT Program at CSAC is seeking an RN to be part of dynamic community based teaming in working with adults coping with life impacting mental health conditions. The role would include oversight of medications at our residential programs, facilitation of healthcare follow up for clients, and help with wellness engagement. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and who would welcome being part of a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Are you handy, good with a paint brush, enjoy working with tools?

WhistlePig is a premier brand and our surroundings need to reflect that.

To do this we are looking to hire a few part-time employees that are detail oriented, handy and reliable.

Let us know if this describes you.

Send resume with references to: jobs@whistlepigrye.com.

Please submit your application at: https://www.csac-vt.org/careers/ Equal opportunity employer

HELP WANTED

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

802.545.2119

HELP WANTED

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CROSSING GUARD 2019-2020 VACANCY Fair Haven Grade School is seeking a Crossing Guard for the 2019-2020 school year.

For more information, please contact Deb Smith, Assistant Principal, at 802-265-3883 or atdsmith@arsu.org.

HELP WANTED

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring.com.

This position will remain open until filled.

EOE

Slate Valley Unified Union School District is seeking Substitute Teachers for the 2019-2020 school year.

All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring.com.

Position will remain open until filled.

EOE

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BOTTLING OPERATOR WhistlePig is dedicated to crafting a premier whiskey and is looking for passionate, dedicated people to help us grow.

Bottling Team - Shoreham VT To meet our growing demand we are looking for quality, detail oriented team members for our bottling line.

Hours: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm.

Must be able to be on your feet for those hours and lift 25 pounds unassisted.

Benefits include health care package, 401K, wellness benefits and more.

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.

Experience preferred but willing to train. Please have a valid drivers license, your own reliable transportation, good work ethic and good attitude. 453‑5611.

PT HOUSEKEEPING position & FT Cook position available in a healthcare facility located in Vergennes, VT. Must be able to pass a background check & be able to pass drug screening. Email or call to set up an interview at MA3024@metzcorp.com or 802‑222‑5201 ext. 316.

T H E S U B W AY S I N Middlebury 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.

Send resume with references to: jobs@whistlepigrye.com

No phone calls, please.

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For more information, please contact Deb Smith, Assistant Principal, at 802-265-3883 or atdsmith@arsu.org.

HELP WANTED

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS 2019-2020 VACANCIES

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

PAID SUMMER WORK, Environmental Internships.

Learn about repair, reuse and recycling markets at Good Point Recycling.

Great opportunity for high school and college students to build their resumes, learn about online marketing, build references. and enjoy hands on work with a fun team. Apply on our website, snail mail PO Box 1010 Middlebury, or email to JOBS@Good‑Point.NET.

Fair Haven Grade School is seeking a Cafeteria Lunch Aide for the 2019-2020 school year.

Position will remain open until filled.

EOE

Slate Valley Unified School District is seeking Summer Custodians for the 2019-2020 school year. Maintenance experience preferred.

CLEAN PEAKS JANITORIAL is hiring for part and full time positions. License and vehicle required. Must pass background check. Starting rate negotiable based on experience. Must be detail oriented and reliable. Call 802‑388‑6904 or email: CleanPeaksJanitorial@ gmail.com.

HOPE HAS AN OPENING for a 15 hour a week cashier position in its resale store.

Applicants should have solid cash handling experience, be detail oriented, able to work with a wide variety of people, and be able to stand for periods of time.

This is a perfect position for a retiree looking for some extra cash, and something interesting to do. Resume to receptionist@hope‑vt. org, or mail to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury.

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS Organic Beef Farm seeks motivated individual to assist on large beef operation. Ideal candidate will have experience with cattle, equipment and general farm practices.

Duties include feeding, barn chores, crops and general farm maintenance.

Full or part‑time positions available. Full time offers vacation and benefits.

To apply contact Brian Kemp, Farm Manager at 802‑989‑0514.

LUNCH AIDE 2019-2020 VACANCY

All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring.com.

SUMMER CUSTODIANS

COOK ‑ IMMEDIATE FULL time position. Experienced, fast paced, family friendly.

Noon to 8pm. Apply in person. Halfway House Restaurant. Shoreham.

Help Wanted

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring.com.

Position will remain open until filled.

EOE

SLATE VALLEY UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

For additional information contact Chris Cole, Director of Operations at 265-4905 or email ccole@arsu.org.

Classified Ads Work!

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HELP WANTED

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

There are barns to paint, lawns to mow, and no end of odd jobs needing attention.

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.

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

HOPE HAS A full time opening for a warehouse helper. Duties will include pickups and drop‑offs, assisting customers, 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 resume to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury, or email to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

No phone calls or drop ins please. EOE.

PAINTING, GROUNDSKEEPING AND MORE!

Our

Counseling Service of Addison County

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.

Help Wanted

No phone calls, please.

FARM EMPLOYEE

Help Wanted

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

Hiring for Caregiver positions.

Please visit our website for a list of open positions and information on how to apply. www.shardvilla.org

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SUBSTITUTE CUSTODIANS Slate Valley Unified School District is seeking Substitute Custodians for the 2019-2020 school year. Maintenance experience preferred.

For additional information contact Chris Cole, Director of Operations at 265-4905 or email ccole@arsu.org.

All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring.com.

This position will remain open until filled.

EOE

Middlebury College Waste and Recycling Driver/Floater Middlebury College Waste and Recycling Driver/Floater - $15.22 per hour minimum plus Generous Benefits.

Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and a post-offer pre-employment screening.

Middlebury College is seeking an enthusiastic person to perform solid and construction waste, compost, and recycling collection. Must have valid Commercial driver’s license (CDL), and ability to obtain a Middlebury College license. A good driving record and good driving skills are required.

Benefits include excellent compensation, health, vision, dental, life, disability, retirement, and a time-away program with up to 35 days per year.

To apply, visit the link provided: https://apptrkr.com1457151 EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability.

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TRAIL CREW POSITION, Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell: immediate seasonal opening. Up to 5 days/week, weather dependent, now to late October, no benefits.

Call 802‑759‑2412 or elsa. gilbertson@vermont.gov for details.

HEARTH STONE “MANSFIELD” wood stove with heat shield and blower.

Stove is in exceptional condition, used inside since 2008. Selling only as we’ve transitioned to a pellet stove.

Asking price, $1,500 firm.

Contact 475‑2931, leave message and we will return your call. Or text David at 802‑989‑5091, leave a message and he will contact you.

Vacation Rentals ADDISON: LAKE CHAMPLAIN waterfront camp. Beautiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for weekends.

802‑349‑4212, no texts.

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DRY, WINTER/SUMMER S TO R A G E S PA C E i n Addison. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity.

No heat or running water.

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

MIDDLEBURY: SHARE 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. Furnished bedroom.

No deposit. 863‑5625, HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background check required. EHO.

E A S T M I D D L E B U RY, 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.

MIDDLEBURY‑ STUDIO apartment. Country setting, unfurnished, wifi, sat. TV, no smoking, no pets. 388‑7249 leave message.

MIDDLEBURY, UPSTAIRS, SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment. Close to downtown. $1,300/month.

All utilities included. Security deposit and references required. Available June 1. Call 759‑2169 evenings.

For Sale

PRIVACY HEDGES ‑ spring blowout sale. 6ft. Arborvitae ‑ reg. $179, now $75.

Beautiful, nursery grown.

Free Installation/Free delivery. Limited Supply.

Order now: 518‑536‑1367, lowcosttreefarm.com.

For Rent

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

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

COMPLETE SET OF kitchen cabinets. All oak front with particle boxes in great shape. 13 base cabinets a n d 11 w a l l c a b i n e t s and we are including the countertops and sink. $1000.00 for all. Can not piece out. Delivery available for extra fee. 802‑352‑6678 802‑349‑7431.

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2 AND 3 bedroom apartments available June 1st. In the heart of downtown Middlebury.

Wa l k i n g e v e r y w h e r e , including to college. Text Baba 802‑373‑6456.

COMMERCIAL SPACE AT 13 Washington St. in Middlebury. Available June 1. Great location, next to Milne Travel and The Middlebury Bagel, and near the Middlebury Co‑Op. Great parking and visibility.

Warm, light filled building.

802‑238‑8954.

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 Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

Real Estate

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

Can be subdivided.

Real‑Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

ONE BEDROOM apartment.

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

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

Addy Indy Classifieds are online: addisonindependent.

MIDDLEBURY VILLAGE ‑ professional female whises 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.

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

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, HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background check required. EHO. VALLEY VIEW APARTMENTS is currently accepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

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

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

802‑282‑9110.

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

802‑355‑2076.

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

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

HAY FOR SALE. Small square bales, first cut + mulch. 802‑349‑9281.

WH ITN EY’S C U STOM FA R M W O R K . P o n d agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aerating.

Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Cars 1 9 6 9 D O D G E D A R T. Custom 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.

2011 MAZDA 2 5 spd. $2,600. 802‑369‑4933.

Real Estate 2 0 1 9 E N E R G Y S TA R homes, modular, double‑wides and singlewides. Open 7 days a week. Beanshomes. com. 600 Rte. 7, Pittsford, V T. 1 ‑ 8 0 2 ‑ 7 7 3 ‑ 2 5 5 5 . tflanders@beanshomes. com. Down payment assistance now available.

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Lake Camp For Sale

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.

Wanted LIONS CLUB NEEDS ‑ stuff for their annual auction.

Please no appliances or electronics. Call for pick up, 388‑7124. Help us, help others.

HOME IN PORT HENRY, N.Y. Owner financing.

Asking $32,500. Hardwood floors throughout. Six miles to Champlain bridge.

Payment less than rent. #518‑597‑3270.

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

House calls made free of charge.

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Addison Central School District (1) Addison County (1) Charlotte (1) Ferrisburgh (2) Vergennes (1) Vermont Secretary of State (1) PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/.The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members.

To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible.

To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231).

Rules Governing the Licensing of Educators and the Preparation of Educational Professionals.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P038 AGENCY: Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators CONCISE SUMMARY: The proposed rule revisions support the Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators’ (VSBPE) mission. Specifically, the VSBPE is: 1. Adapting to current practices in the field by revising educator competencies and the authorizing statements of several endorsements: 5440-00 Elementary Education; 5440-31 Health Education; 5440-65A Associate School Nurse; 5440-90 Superintendent; 5440-91 Principal; 5440-86 Director of Special Education; 5440-93 Director of Curriculum; 5440-20 Assistant Director of Adult Education; 5440-92 Career Technical Center Education Director 2. Providing clarification to current Rules regarding definition of terms 3. Updating the Code of Professional Ethics.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ron Ryan, Agency of Education 219 North Main Street, Suite 402, Barre, VT 05641 Tel: 802-479-1723 Email: Ronald.Ryan@vermont.gov URL: http://education.vermont. gov/educator-quality/professional-standards/educator-licensing-rules.

FOR COPIES: Amy Scalabrini, Agency of Education 219 North Main Street, Suite 402, Barre, VT 05641 Tel: 802-479-1052 Email: Amy.Scalabrini@vermont.gov Vermont Appliance Efficiency Standards.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P039 AGENCY: Department of Public Service CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule sets minimum efficiency standards for the seventeen products found in 9 V.S.A. § 2792 to which the State’s efficiency standards under 9 V.S.A. Chapter 74 do not currently apply, such as commercial dishwashers, commercial steam cookers, showerheads, water coolers, portable air conditioners, residential ventilating fans, computers, and computer monitors.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Megan Ludwig, Vermont Department of Public Service, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620 Tel: 802-828-4014 Fax: 802-828-2382 Email: Megan.Ludwig@vermont. gov URL: https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/efficiency.

FOR COPIES: Keith Levenson, Vermont Department of Public-Service, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620 Tel: 802-828-4072 Fax: 802-828-2382 Email: Keith.Levenson@vermont.gov.

Rules of the Vermont Employment Security Board.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 19P040 AGENCY: Vermont Employment Security Board CONCISE SUMMARY: This amended rule makes numerous housekeeping and technical corrections to the rule. More substantive changes include: - requires electronic filing of quarterly contribution reports – prohibits benefit ratio re-computation in prior benefit years - allows wage and contribution report estimation when employer fails to submit required reports - gives Commissioner authority to deny termination of reimbursable” status - allows the withdrawal of an initial claim in the interests of justice and due process, as well as extending the time to file a weekly claim - requires claimants to physically be in the United States or Canada - expands the definition of an “approved” training course or program – clarifies monetary penalties and debarment for employers who misclassify employees to avoid contributions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Cameron Wood, Department of Labor, PO Box 488 Montpelier VT 05601 Tel: 802-828-4242 Fax: 802-828-4046 Email: cameron.wood@vermont.gov URL: http://labor. vermont.gov.

FOR COPIES: Dirk Anderson, Department of Labor PO Box 488 Montpelier VT 05601 Tel: 802-828-4391 Fax: 802-828-4046 Email: dirk.anderson@vermont.gov.

05/16

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

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for May 9th & May 13th, 2019

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Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

Auctioneer

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The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

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

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City police, VSP cite same driver VERGENNES — On May 8 police cited a young Burlington man for driving with a criminally suspended license and without insurance or a registration, and for providing false information to a police officer.

Shortly afterward as they responded to help Vermont State Police at the scene of a one-car accident in Bridport they discovered the same driver had been operating the vehicle again and had allegedly driven it off the road near the intersection of Route 22A and Short Street. City police said they provided information to state police that led to a second set of citations for criminal DLS and driving without insurance or a registration.

Vergennes police said Farhan H. Hassan, 19, of Burlington was cited in both cases. In Vergennes, after first being stopped for speeding on Main Street, he initially gave police a different name, they alleged, leading to the citation for providing false information. In Bridport, police said Hassan and passenger were trying to push his vehicle back onto the road when they arrived.

Police between May 6 and 12 operated five directed patrols intended to enforce traffic laws and enhance traffic safety. They cited 25 drivers during those patrols, 23 of them on two patrols in the general area of West Main Street on May 11.

In other incidents during those seven days, Vergennes police: On May 6: • Called the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad to assist a man who had fallen near the intersection of South Maple and Victory streets.

Vergennes Police Log

• Dealt with a fender-bender outside of the Champlain Farms convenience store.

On May 7: • Called VARS to take a Hillside Drive apartment resident who had harmed herself to meet with counselors at Porter Hospital.

• Accepted an EBT card and cash found on Armory Lane and returned it to its owner.

• Dealt with illegal use of a Shaw’s Supermarket Dumpster; police found mail and are trying to contact a suspect.

On May 8: • Failed to find a vehicle reported to be operated erratically near 1 Alden Place.

• Helped state police by taking statements from victims of car breakins at the Snake Mountain trailhead in Addison.

• Responded to a report of an unruly student at Northlands Job Corps and determined center personnel had the matter in hand.

• Told vehicle owners not to park on the lawn at Falls Park.

On May 9: • Mediated a landlord-tenant dispute at a Main Street apartment.

• Discovered that a suspicious vehicle reported near the fire department belonged to a department member.

• Failed to find a vehicle reported to be operated erratically on Route 7.

• Checked the welfare of a First Street resident, who was determined to be OK. On May 10: • Warned a driver reported to be operating erratically on Route 22A to be more careful.

• Took a report that a FedEx package containing four lobster dinners had been stolen from a Maple Manor home.

• Heard another in a series of unfounded complaints from a Hillside Drive resident about a mysterious odor.

On May 11: • Failed to find a group of 15 motorcycles state police reported had failed to honor the Monkton Road traffic light.

• Took a report that a Thomas Circle resident was being bullied on X-Box. On May 12: • Looked unsuccessfully for a shopping bag reported to be full of a suspicious white powder near Shaw’s.

• After receiving a complaint from a neighbor, asked a mother to have her kids stop running onto a Second Street porch.

• After getting another neighbor complaint, asked people to remove debris and brush that had been dumped on a vacant High Street lot and stop doing it in the future.

• Responded to a report of Northlands students fighting and determined that it was verbal only and that Northlands personnel had the situation in hand.

• Began investigating an allegation of a sex assault at Northlands.

• Took a report that passersby had without justification threatened to pepper-spray a leashed dog at a South Maple Street home.

Nigerian internet scam surfaces BRISTOL — On April 26, Bristol police investigated a complaint about social media harassment in the form of a scam originating in Nigeria. The Bristol victim was able to block the communication and no further action was taken.

Between April 22 and May 5, Bristol police assisted Vermont State Police three times, Essex police once, Vergennes police once, Bristol Fire Department once and the Bristol Department of Public Works once.

Officers in the Bristol Police Department completed 18 foot patrols and more than eight hours of car patrols in various parts of town, some of which were part of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.

Bristol officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School eight times, conducted five business checks, secured one unsecure building, processed at least six requests for fingerprints and verified one vehicle

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identification number.

In other recent activity, Bristol police: • On April 22 responded to a two-car crash. A report is forthcoming.

• On April 22 facilitated the return of a lost wallet.

• On April 26 investigated a car crash.

A report is forthcoming.

• On April 26 investigated a gas drive-off and determined it was an accident. The person was contacted and paid for the gas.

• On April 29 served court paperwork to someone.

• On April 29 investigated an alleged harassing phone call and determined the activity did not rise to the level of an offense.

• On April 30 helped someone gain

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Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT IN RE ESTATE OF : KENNETH MACHARG

can be found on Pages 10B & 11B. TOWN OF CHARLOTTE REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR CLEANING THE TOWN HALL/TOWN OFFICE

The Town of Charlotte seeks bids for cleaning the Town Hall/Town Office.

Insurance is required. A copy of the Request for Bids can be obtained from the town web-site: www.charlottevt.org or by stopping by the Town Office, or by calling/ e-mailing Dean Bloch, Town Administrator, at 425-3071 ext. 5, dean@townofcharlotte. com. Bids are due by Monday June 10, 2019 at 6:00 pm.

5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6

Full Passport Service

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors of Kenneth MacHarg late of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, I have been appointed to administer this estate. Ail creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice.The claim must be presented to me at the address Iisted below with a copy sent to the Court.

The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: 5/8/2019 Patricia MacHarg, Administrator 1457 Sand Road Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 802-758-2254

Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: May 19th, 2019 Address of Probate Court: Vermont District Court, Addison Probate Div. 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 05/16

The Public Notices section appears every Monday & Thursday in the

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LegaL Notice

to all persons claiming an interest in: 1986-110HP-eViNRUDee110tLcDF-J1126474, Nicholas Leung will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor.

If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (802) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/ outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.

Case No: 20180926950673 Upon completion, you will need to get the following from the Newspaper: • Signed Certification • Copy of the advertisement • Dates the advertisement was printed Include this in the paperwork that you send to Marine Theft Investigations.

5/9, 5/16, 5/23

ASBESTOS IN SCHOOLS PERIODIC NOTICE

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency requires that the public, persons employed in and parents of students attending any school building containing asbestos of a friable (possible crumbling) nature must be notified of its presence and location.

Further, the agency requires that inspections be made and that maintenance be performed to eliminate risk.

Inspections were made of all schools in the Addison Central School District in 1979 by the Vermont Department of Health.

In those inspections, asbestos was found in the boiler rooms and pipe lagging of the following schools: Bridport, Cornwall, Mary Hogan, Middlebury Union High School #3, and Weybridge.

Asbestos is also found in the floor tiles of all schools in the School District but it is encapsulated in the tile. It presents no hazard unless it is disturbed and crumbles.

No risk to inhabitants of the building was indicated as long as adequate maintenance is performed.

New cycles of inspections will be performed periodically.

An Asbestos Management Plan for each school has been developed by the State and a copy is available for inspection in each school.

Eric Warren, Designated Person – Asbestos Addison Central School District

access to their locked vehicle.

• On May 2 checked the welfare of someone in the town park and observed To publish a legal notice in no issues of concern.

The Addison Independent • On May 2 received three tobacco complaints dating from April 5, 19 and email information to 29, and issued three tickets as a result. legals@addisonindependent.com • On May 2 took possession of an or fax it to (802) 388-3100. iPhone that was found on Lincoln Road. The owner may contact Bristol Deadline for the Monday edition police at 453-2533 to retrieve it. is the previous Thursday at noon.

• On May 4 opened an investigation Deadline for the Thursday edition into fraudulent debit card use.

• On May 4 investigated a two-car is the previous Monday at 5pm. crash with property damage. A report is forthcoming.

• On May 4 investigated a report of erratic driving, located the vehicle and STATE OF VERMONT determined that the driver was not ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION impaired.

• On May 4 investigated a report of NEW ENGLAND 1FEDERAL CREDIT Nick Leung boat 1x3 050919.indd 5/6/19 UNION 12:02 PM- Plaintiff motorcycle speeding on local streets v. but the motorcycles were gone before CORY L. BODETTE, KELLY A. BODETTE police arrived.

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. 169-9-18 ANCV

and OCCUPANTS of 33 NORTH MAPLE STREET, VERGENNES, VERMONT - Defendants

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of the Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale entered on March 15, 2019, and the Power of Sale contained in a Mortgage given by Cory L. Bodette and Kelly A. Bodette to New England Federal Credit Union dated June 27, 2008, and recorded on July 7, 2008, in Volume 67, Pages 163-171 of the City of Vergennes Land Records, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the undersigned will cause to be sold at public auction (“Sale”) at 11:00 a.m. on the 30th day of May, 2019, the lands and premises located at 33 North Maple Street in the City of Vergennes, Vermont (“Mortgaged Property”) described as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kelly A. Bodette by Warranty Deed of Tammy Jean Cram dated October 6, 2014 and recorded in Volume 77 at Pages 460-461 of the City of Vergennes Land Records, and being more particularly described therein as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Tammy Jean Cram by Warranty Deed of Kelly A. Bodette dated October 6, 2014 and recorded in Volume 77 at Pages 322-323 of the City of Vergennes Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kelly A. Bodette by Quit Claim Deed of Cory Lee Bodette dated August 20, 2012 and recorded in Volume 74 at Page 198 of the City of Vergennes Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Cory Lee Bodette and Kelly A. Bodette by Warranty Deed of Alice W. Ringer dated February 26, 2007 and recorded in Volume 64 at Page 413 of the City of Vergennes Land Records.

A lot of land with buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Maple Street, the dwelling house being known and designated as No. 33 North Maple Street, Vergennes, VT Subject to and benefitted by all rights of way, easements, permits, rights and conditions of record.

TERMS OF SALE: The sale will be held at the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property shall be sold AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND subject to all easements, rights of way, covenants, permits, reservations and restrictions of record, title defects, environmental hazards, unpaid real estate taxes (delinquent and current), current and delinquent assessments in favor of homeowners associations, and municipal liens, to the highest bidder for cash. At the Sale, the successful bidder, other than the Mortgagee, shall pay $10,000 of the purchase price in cash or bank treasurer check. The successful bidder shall execute a purchase and sale agreement requiring payment of the balance of the purchase price within ten days of entry of the court order confirming the Sale. Before being permitted to bid at the Sale, bidder shall display to the auctioneer proof of the ability to comply with these requirements. The successful bidder, other than the Mortgagee, must sign a NO CONTINGENCY purchase and sale agreement satisfactory to Mortgagee at the Sale. Title will be transferred by the order confirming judicial sale. The person holding the Sale may adjourn the Sale for a period of up to thirty (30) days, from time to time until it is completed, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment, or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale. Notice of the new sale date shall also be sent by first class mail postage prepaid, to the mortgagor at the mortgagor’s last known address at least five days before the new sale date. The public sale may be adjourned for a period of time in excess of 30 days by agreement of the mortgagor and mortgagee or by order of the Court. Other terms to be announced at the Sale, or contact Robert Prozzo at (802)236-5628.

Cory L. Bodette and Kelly A. Bodette, their successors or assigns, may redeem the Mortgaged Property at any time prior to the Sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including post-judgment expenses and the costs and expenses of sale.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 24th day of April, 2019.

New England Federal Credit Union By: Herbert J. Downing, Esq. Kolvoord, Overton & Wilson, PC 6 Joshua Way, Suite B Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802)878-3346

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Green Up Day 2019

We love trash

AMONG THE ESTIMATED 22,000 people who took part in Green Up Day this year were more than 100 students at Middlebury Union Middle School, who picked up trash along the roadsides and wetlands near the Deerfield Lane school on May 7. A centerpiece of the effort was a surprise appearance by Oscar the Grouch (some say it was Salisbury eighth-grader Dalton Rheaume in costume). All together the MUMS students collected a Dumpster full of trash on the school’s 36th annual Green Up Day.

Photos courtesy of Jan Fraga

Green Up Co-Chairs thankful for volunteers I would like to thank Orwell this year. everyone who took part Thanks to Christine’s, Green Up in Orwell. We Red Sky Farm, Country collected 23 tires and 0.5 of appreciation Ag, Buxton’s, Orwell tons of trash.

Gas and Go, Chipman A big thank you to the Point Marina, Rob and Orwell Village School kids and Debbie Smith, Mike Christian, teachers who went out on Friday Bob LaDuc, and Tom & Mike and Green Up their roads in the Audet for donating prizes for our rain.

Green Up Raffle.

I would also like to thank my I would also to thank people co-chairman Barb Young for who donated to the swap to helping me organize Green Up in reuse, re-purpose or to rehome

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to help keep good stuff out of our landfills and those that found treasures to take home.

I also like to thank the selectboard, town crew and volunteers for helping with Cleanup Day. Thank you again — Job well done.

Cindy Watrous Co-Chairman Orwell Green Up Day and Swap Day Orwell

Brandon man keeps police busy MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on May 7 at around 1:30 a.m. saw a vehicle parked at the former Connor Homes property off Route 7 South, and checked in with the two people in the car. Officers cited one of them — Devin Hughes, 18, of Brandon — for violating the conditions of his release, then released him with additional conditions.

Later that day, at around 8:45 p.m., police found Hughes in the Seymour Street area arguing with a woman with whom he had been forbidden to have contact. Police cited Hughes again for violating of his conditions of release and lodged him that evening at the Marble Valley Correctional Center on $200 bail.

Separately, on Friday, May 10, Middlebury police arrested 28-yearold Joshua L. Curavoo-Tanner of Middlebury and cited him on a charge of aggravated sexual assault.

Police allege that Curavoo-Tanner committed the crime against a juvenile female who was less than 13 years old in Middlebury this past November.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: Frank Mahady • Assisted Courthouse officials with an unruly woman on May 6. Police said they removed her from the property.

• Helped a local resident who was having suicidal thoughts on May 6.

• Served a no stalking order on a local man on May 7.

• Responded to a report of a man shouting at people in the North Pleasant Street area on May 7.

• Cited Tyler J. Jacques, 28, of Middlebury for disorderly conduct and violation of his conditions for release, following an incident at McDonald’s Restaurant on Court Street Extension on May 8. Police received a report that Jacques had allegedly been throwing food at restaurant workers.

Middlebury Police Log

• Responded to a report of two men arguing at the Addison County Transit Resources Academy Street bus stop on May 8.

• Spoke with a man who had allegedly been yelling and swearing at the Academy Street bus stop on May 8.

• Investigated a report of online credit card fraud at an Old Chapel Road address on May 8.

• Calmed an agitated man in the Main Street area on May 8.

• Responded to a one-vehicle accident, with injuries, near the south end of Case Street on May 8.

Police said the vehicle left the west side of the road and traveled down an embankment into a shallow creek. The driver was taken to Porter Hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

• Investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident on Exchange Street on May 9.

• Responded to a report of an “agitated” man in the South Village Green neighborhood on May 9.

Police said the man had left upon their arrival.

• Searched for a runaway juvenile in the Methodist Lane area on May 9. Police said family members found the person.

• Responded to a domestic disturbance at a South Village Green home on May 10. Police said they found two young siblings had been arguing, in the presence of a parent.

• Assisted a Department for Children & Families worker during a visit to a Seminary Street residence on May 10.

• Calmed a woman who had

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allegedly been screaming in the Monroe Street neighborhood on May 10. Police said the woman reported being “mad at her parent.”

• Calmed two men who had allegedly been arguing at the Ilsley Public Library on Main Street on May 10.

• Responded to a report of a homeless man sleeping in the bus stop shelter on Academy Street on May 10. Police said the man left the area on request.

• Contacted the Department for Children & Families to investigate a parenting concern at a South Pleasant Street home on May 11.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with a male who was having a seizure in the Bakery Lane area on May 11.

• Quieted a loud Middlebury College student party at a South Main Street residence on May 11.

• Assisted a local man who was having mental health issues on May 11.

• Received a report about a man acting strangely, talking to himself and waving his arms while walking on South Pleasant Street on May 11.

Police contacted the man, who said he was OK and declined assistance.

• Got counseling help for two siblings who had been involved in an argument at a Stonegate Drive home on May 12.

• Responded to a reported domestic dispute between a husband and wife at a Butternut Ridge Road home on May 12. Police said the man agreed to leave the residence.

• Investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident on Weybridge Street on May 12.

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John Goettelmann has worked as a chef in Vermont since 1997. First as owners of The Storm Cafe in Middlebury, then the Paisley Hippo Sandwich Shop in Hinesburg, and now as head chef at Notte — back in Middlebury. New chef, new menu.... check it out.

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Chef John takes a long and winding road to Notte

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art of the allure of being a chef, is that you “can pick up and move anywhere and have a job in weeks.” Well, that’s part of what persuaded young John Goettelmann to pursue life in the kitchen anyway. That, and he couldn’t stand the idea of sitting behind a desk.

“I went to Roger Williams University in Rhode Island for a year and hated it,” said Goettelmann, who’s been head chef at Notte in Middlebury since early spring. “So I dropped out and went to the Culinary Institute of America in New Hyde Park (New York).”

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

After graduating in 1988, this chef and his soon-to-be wife Karen, took the opportunity to bounce around.

Goettelmann was the assistant banquet chef at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta, where he learned “how to make 700 chicken dinners the easy way.”

How’s that? “With 15 other people,” chef said with a laugh. Then he and Karen moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and he worked for a year or two as the dinner sous chef at a country club.

When Goettlemann’s mother died, it brought them back to his hometown in New Jersey.

“We came up, saw the place, worked out the numbers and bought it,” Goettelmann said. That place, of course, was The Storm Cafe.

“We lived with my dad and I was the sous chef at an Italian restaurant for a year and a half,” he continued. “Then Karen and I got married and we were the co-chefs of Le Fromagerie, just north of where I grew up.”

So they sold The Storm Cafe in 2007 to John and Beth Hughes, and what-do-ya-know… the Goettelmanns started up a new restaurant business in Hinesburg: The Paisley Hippo Sandwich Shop. Fast-forward another 10 years — that’s a lot of commuting from their home in Ripton — and Goettelmann was ready to walk away from that too.

The list goes on… until one day the Goettelmans saw an ad in an alumni mailer seeking new owners of a cafe in Middlebury, Vt.

The Goettelmanns owned and worked the cafe for 10 years. “We turned that into a monster,” said the 53-year-old, father of two. “When we had our kids we wanted to get out of the business… it just took too much time.”

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ART HeartFelt: new fiber art by Ellen Spring on view

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ristol’s Main Street gallery, Art on Main, is hosting HeartFelt, an exhibit of new silk and felted clothing from Ellen Spring of Starksboro for the month of May. This show of silks, felt and other fiber art is in conjunction with Vermont’s state-wide Open Studio weekend May 24 and 25.

A longtime textile artist working in dyed and hand-painted silk, Spring’s latest foray into Nuno felting has completely captured her imagination. Using water and pressure, this technique “bonds loose fiber, usually wool, into a sheer fabric such as silk gauze, creating a lightweight felt,” Spring explained.

“The fibers can completely cover the background fabric, or they may be used as a decorative design that allows the backing fabric to show.”

Spring’s new work is a revelation of color and texture — the elegance of the silks layered with the rich softness of hand-felted wool to create garments that feel like a celebration of expression — for both the artist and the wearer.

Unlike the bold colors of her almost tribal silk patterns the felted pieces often feature muted tones that blend together; more like a weaving or watercolor. And the garments are not simply beautiful; they are also warm and sturdy enough for a cold Vermont winter.

Spring’s studio will be open to the public May 24 and 25 during Vermont’s Open Studio Weekend Tour. It is a great opportunity to see firsthand the labor intensive process that goes into creating one of her Nuno felt garments; as well all the other textile magic that happens there. Other area studios that will be on the tour include Bob Compton pottery and Deborah Holmes watercolors in Bristol, Judith Bryant pottery and Vermont Folk Rockers in Starksboro. Stop by Art on Main for a 2019 Open Studio map at 25 Main Street in Bristol. The gallery’s spring hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and closed on Monday. For more information call (802) 453-4032 or visit artonmain.net.

Ellen Spring of Starksboro handcrafts felted coats, silk scarves, Nuno felt wraps, silk kimonos and more. Her work is on exhibit at Bristol’s Art on Main gallery this month. You can also see her work in her studio during Open Studio Weekend on May, 24-25.

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“I HAVE A REPUTATION FOR QUALITY… I’M A PERFECTIONIST... I ALWAYS TRY TO DO THINGS BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER.”

— Chef John Goettelmann

John Goettelmann of Ripton, took over as head chef at Notte in Middlebury in early spring. He’s bringing decades of experience to this pizza joint and having fun, too.

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You’ll never guess what came next…

Goettelmann decided to work as a mechanic at Cyclewise, the motorcycles

place on Route 7 in New Haven.

“I’m an old school carburetor guy,” he said, adding that he’s got a 1967, 912 Porsche, a VW Van Bus and a BMW motorcycle. “I worked as the numbertwo mechanic, fixing up Ducatis and Suzukis. I had fun for a couple of years.”

Sometime around mid-December last year, Goettelmann went in to Two Brothers in downtown Middlebury for dinner, which was the beginning of his next chapter.

“I’ve known Holmes and Beal (Jacobs) for decades — they opened Two Brothers a year or two after we opened The Storm Cafe,” said Goettelmann. “Holmes basically made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: he said you’ll have your own pizza restaurant — you won’t bother me and I won’t bother you…. And I started in early March.”

Goettelmann technically works for Notte — it’s not his business — but that’s the way he likes it. “Owning my own restaurant right now is too much of a headache,” he said. “I don’t want to do that much.”

But don’t let that fool ya.

Amen.

This is Goettelmann’s new baby. And if you’ve been following his career, you’ll be excited about what he’s bringing to Notte.

One of Goettelmann’s strengths — aside from killer food — is he counts himself a “relatively vocal chef.”

“With all the other pizza in town I decided to bring in some of my house specialties (some people might recognize from The Storm Cafe) like steamed mussels, beef carpaccio and a different take on shrimp cocktail.”

“I like to schmooze,” he said. “I like to come out of the kitchen and say hello to everyone. You realize after a while doing this that people like you… most of the time. Plus it’s good for business.”

Goettelmann is all about cool ideas and quality ingredients.

Take for example the “Pickle Bomb” pizza with smoky bacon, red onions, dill pickles in a ranchspiked white sauce with mozzarella and provolone. Oh yeah.

All the pizzas are served on a 10-inch, crisp, chewy Neapolitan dough. Pies dance from $9-$15.

“I have a reputation for quality… I’m a perfectionist,” Goettelmann added.

“I always try to do things better, stronger, faster…. But I’ve mellowed a lot over the years. You have to get what you can out of everyone who works for you. It’s important to use people for their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.”

This is a scene that’s definitely worth checking out. Notte serves dinner Tuesday-Thursday 5-9 p.m. It opens at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, then the dinner-joint turns into a bar with live music after 10 p.m.

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OUT OF TOWN Artists are ‘In Their Element’ in Shelburne

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hree artists have installed outdoor sculptures on the grounds of Shelburne Museum in an exhibit on view May 1-Oct. 31. The work of Jonathan D. Ebinger, Rodrigo Nava and Dan Snow combine across the expansive campus for the exhibit “In Their Element.”

make an animal “seem to come alive as I make it and complete it.” On view in In Their Element, Ebinger’s menagerie of Elk, Wolf, and his most recent work, Bear and Cub, meet visitors’ gaze while nestled in the shadows of the trees near Beach Gallery and Lodge at Shelburne Museum.

RODRIGO NAVA (Vermont)

These captivating sculptures complement and amplify one another through their shared engagement with fire, wind and earth — subjects of fascination since antiquity. Exploring themes ranging from the anatomy of wildlife, the buoyancy of inflated steel forms, to the relationship between site-specific stone structures within the natural environment, Ebinger, Nava and Snow push the boundaries of their respective materials and processes, revealing new experimentation with these classical elements.

JONATHAN D. EBINGER (New York) Jonathan D. Ebinger — a trained artist and professional welder — breathes life into the forms of wild animals. Building the bodies one piece at a time, the artist creates his lively sculptures by welding assemblages of familiar hardware materials, such as nuts, bolts, washers, and rods. Out of these collages of geometric shapes, Ebinger creates haunting works of art capturing the soul of the animals by carefully rendering their anatomy and simulating movements. It is the artist’s aim to

JONATHAN D. EBINGER

Working together with both physical materials and transparent gases, Nava’s abstract works of art are born of his unique artistic process. The artist explores the relationship between humanmade welded steel forms and controlled explosions through his hard-edged geometric forms and a chemical reaction that informs and shapes the final works of art. Nava creates his nonrepresentational sculptures by welding sheets of steel together into an airtight bond apart from a single entry point. From this interior access, he fills the cavernous forms with volatile gas, resulting in a controlled combustion. In effect, the once-rigid sculptures expand under the pressurized reaction, creating swollen steel works that appear at once permeable — as if they could be popped like a balloon — and impenetrable. Nava’s sculptures are the result of the partnership “between material, process, artist and viewers.”

“In Their Element” features seven of Nava’s steel sculptures from his ongoing series Expanded Forms. Cascading down one of the gentle slopes on the Museum grounds, the works of art engage visitors to question how the objects

RODRIGO NAVA

were created and their how the appear in a continuous state of static movement.

DAN SNOW (Vermont) For over four decades, Dan Snow has been collaborating with nature to create sculptural installations built to complement and engage within site-specific environments. Often working with natural land formations and dry stone, Snow finds endless inspiration in “combing mastercraftman skills with sculptural artistry to bring new geological forms into the natural world.” The new ecological installations incite visitors to experience organic material in new ways, but they also assist in completing the works of art. Snow believes “the works stand alone as a sculpture, [but they] come alive when engaged by visitors to their environs.”

Nestled in a pine grove at the Museum, Snow will create the site-specific installation Fantasy Topography, “an ode to the curves, folds, and fractures of Earth’s crust.” Informed by nature’s physical rhythms, textures, and shifting shapes, this installation of a thoughtful assemblage of varying stones is built up off the ground and crests into new peaks. These ephemeral organic growths are a “syncopated echo of Earth’s steady old heartbeat” created to be experienced around and within a shared “temporary geologic event.”

For more info visit shelburnemuseum.org or call (802) 985-3346.

DAN SNOW

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IN TOWN ‘Carmen’ to be sung on the Barn Opera stage

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randon’s Barn Opera will perform Bizet’s masterpiece “The Tragedie of Carmen” on May 17 and 18.

This new production explores the concept of power dynamics as it relates to love and infidelity. Be warned, there is graphic violence, simulated sexual situations, and potential to trigger victims of domestic abuse.

“The BARN OPERA production will concern a production company in NYC producing the opera ‘Carmen,’” Collier continued. “The main characters’ interactions are varied in that Carmen is the prima donna of the opera, but also a former dominatrix (hence, always in control.)

Jose is the assistant director of the production.

Escamillo is the leading man of the show, and Michaela is Jose’s hometown ex-girlfriend who tries to get him to come back home.

For those willing to watch this difficult show, you’ll be rewarded by the performances of a professional cast of opera singers including Jessica Jane Jacobs as Michaela, Julia Mintzer as Carmen, Joshua Collier as Don Jose (Collier is also the Artistic Director of Barn Opera), and Cailin Marcel Manson as Escamillo. The music director/conductor is Nicolas Guest and the pianist/assistant conductor is David Sawicki.

“Carmen is traditionally a Gypsy who is the ultimate sex symbol, who seduces or falls in love with multiple men, spurring one jilted lover to stalk her, beg her to return, and when ultimately rejected, dies at the hand of that scorned lover,” summarized Collier in a mid-April blog post about the show on barnopera.com. “My treatment of this show is to update the piece, and turn character relationships on their heads.

“This production explores the idea of infidelity and perceived infidelity, the notion of ownership and rights within a relationship, and the limits that the human psyche has to cope with external forces,” said Coller, adding that this show will be “edgy, and sexy, and very adult in nature.”

Julia Mintzer will sing the role of Carmen in “The Tragedie of Carmen” at Brandon’s Barn Opera on May 17-18.

Invitations to attend the performance will be delivered electronically to any person who makes a donation of $50 or more to the Compass Music and Arts Foundation. There are no specific tickets available to the general public and there is extremely limited seating available as only the first 50 donors of $50 or more will be able to attend. Call (802) 2474295 or visit barnopera.com for more info or to make a donation.

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NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 24, AT 8 P.M., THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CHOIR WILL PERFORM A PROGRAM OF FAVORITES FROM THEIR REPERTOIRE, CHOSEN BY MEMBERS FROM THE CLASS OF 2019.

THIS EVENING OF MUSIC IS FREE AND WILL BE HELD AT THE MAHANEY ARTS CENTER, ROBISON HALL, ON MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CAMPUS.

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CALENDAR

ARTS

ANWSD STUDENT ART EXHIBIT RECEPTION IN VERGENNES. Thursday, May 16, 6-7:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Come see this K-12 show highlighting a sampling of the excellent work from students in art classes from Vergennes, Ferrisburgh, Addison, Panton and Waltham.

Refreshments and music. All are welcome. Exhibit runs May 15-June 7.

ARTIST’S OPENING RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 17, 5-7 p.m., The Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Maple St. Come see photographer Max Kraus’ one man show. Max has photographed hundreds of images. Inspired by life and his explorations in and around Middlebury, he expresses a great appreciation for the seasonal changes in the landscape and farms of Vermont through his imagery. On display May 17-June 16.

ARTIST’S OPENING RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 24, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. George B. Todd is Professor Emeritus of Music at Middlebury College. Upon his retirement in 1997, he decided to shift his compositional energies from the aural to the visual arts, a transition he made with surprising ease as many of the issues confronting a composer also challenge the painter. Free. Open to the public, but space is limited. Fully accessible. RSVP required to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393 or sbennett@

GREEN MOUNTAIN BICYCLE CLUB KINGSLAND BAY 35, 51 OR 65 MILES

SUNDAY, MAY 19 Meet at 9:45 a.m., Shelburne Village Shopping Center. Green Mountain Bicycle Club has organized a 35-mile ride rolls that from Shelburne through Charlotte to Kingsland Bay Park and returns, a 51-mile ride that heads towards Vergennes and climbs to Monkton Ridge, returning through Hinesburg, and a 65 option that heads into Huntington. More info contact Amy Otten at 802-878-4070 or amyotten@netscape.com, or Ralph Kilmoyer at 802-878-4070 or ralphkilmoyer@comcast.net.

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FILM

“JFK: THE LAST SPEECH” ON SCREEN IN RIPTON. Saturday, May 25, 4 p.m., Ripton Community Church, Route 125, village center. The Ripton Historical Society welcomes all to this screening.

The film explores the dramatic relationship between Kennedy and poet Robert Frost. At its center is an extraordinary speech about poetry and power that inspired a group of college classmates to alter the course of their lives.

Executive producer Neil Bicknell and wife Judy will be available at the screening to introduce the film answer follow up questions.

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PEEPERS RENDEZVOUS PIG ROAST AND SILENT AUCTION IN CORNWALL. Thursday, May 16, 5:309 p.m., 1301 Cider Mill Rd. Join in the benefit for Middlebury’s Parent-Child center. The roast will feature Cate the Great, The Station Mountain Band, Horse drawn carriage rides, food and drink, and a silent auction. More info and tickets at 802-388-3171.

WINGED-WARBLER BANDING IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 18, 8 a.m., Wright Park, Seymour St. Extension. Audubon Vermont’s Mark LaBarr will be netting and banding Golden-winged Warblers and other birds. A joint event of Audubon Vermont, MALT and OCAS. Meet a few minutes before 8 a.m. More info call Ron Payne at 802-388-6019.

PEACE PICNIC IN RIPTON. Saturday, May 18, 11 a.m., Spirit In Nature, Goshen Rd. Bring your family and a picnic lunch, enjoy walking the paths, and learn about Veterans For Peace and our activities from Chapter members while sharing your ideas about how peace can best be fostered. Bring your own picnic lunch. Some food and drinks will be provided. In case of rain the event will be held at an alternate, nearby, indoor location. More info contact Richard Czaplinski, at rczaplinski@ madriver.com or 802-496-3300, or Reg Spooner at carolynspooner275@comcast.net or 802-349-8146.

DINOMAN DINOSAURS IN BRANDON. Sunday, May 19, 4 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. A life-size T-Rex? Dinoman brings the excitement of science to the Brandon Town Hall. When Dinoman’s three life-sized, self-inflating dinosaurs appear, prepare to be amazed. Tickets adults $8/ seniors (60 & Up) and Students (17 & Under) $6.

LECTURES & LEARNING TWO TALKS ON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DAN KILEY IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 18, 2-5

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p.m., Middlebury Town Offices, Main St. At 2 p.m., landscape architect and urban designer Chris Dunn will discuss Kiley’s connection and love of Vermont and the Vermont landscape and how it influenced his designs. At 3:30 p.m., Jane Amidon, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Urban Landscape Program at Boston’s Northeastern University School of Architecture, will offer an overview of Kiley’s approach to landscape architecture and discuss highlights on his iconic artistic process.

MUSIC

BLUEBRASS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 17, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Margie Bekoff (on a blue electric harp) and Jim Morse (on the brass flugelhorn) return to EastView’s Bistro to perform a repertoire of songs from the Great American Songbook, some pop tunes, some traditional Celtic songs and a few originals. Free and open to the public.

BEATLES FOR SALE PERFORM IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. This New England-based band from Massachusetts is committed to recreating the sounds of the Beatles, live in concert. Tickets adults $12/seniors (60 & Up) $10/students (17 & Under) $10.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Jam session at 11 a.m., music and dancing noon-5 p.m., $3 donation. Refreshments.

All fiddlers welcome.

PAUL ASBELL JAZZ IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come listen to the musician David Bromberg calls “one of the best-kept secrets in American music today.” Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

GEORGE GERSHWIN’S LIFE AND LEGACY IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 19, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Pianist and Gershwin authority Robert Wyatt will explore George Gershwin’s life and legacy with live performances of the solo version of Rhapsody in Blue, early and unpublished music, the piano improvisations and other Gershwin hits. Rare film footage obtained from the Gershwin family will be projected, along with unpublished photographs of the composer and his friends and archival recordings. Free and CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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MUHS SPRING CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, May 20, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Middlebury Union High School, 73 Charles Ave. Featured ensembles include Concert Choir, String Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band.

The Instrumental ensembles will be featuring works of George Gershwin ending the evening with “Rhapsody in Blue” featuring Nico Brayton on piano. Free and open to all.

SENIOR WEEK CHORAL CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 24, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Middlebury College Choir performs a program of favorites from their repertoire, chosen by members from the class of 2019. Free. More info at midddlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

CRADLE SWITCH IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A perennial favorite, Cradle Switch is a five-piece acoustic Americana group, with a repertoire that promises something for everyone. Tickets $20.

Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for show.

Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295 or edna@brandon-music.net.

Saturday, May 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Orwell Free Library, 472 Main St. Plants of all kinds — annuals, perennials, houseplants, herbs, vegetables, shrubs, container gardens, and hanging baskets — will be for sale as well as books, DVDs, home baked and canned goods, soups, and breads. All proceeds go directly to the Orwell Free Library for purchasing books, providing programming, updating technology and serving our community.

PLANT AND BOOK SALE IN LINCOLN. Saturday, May 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 222 W River Rd. Volunteers needed to help organize the books and plants on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before the sale.

The library is also looking for people to donate garden plants. If you need help digging them up or want them to be picked up, they can do that. Book donations will be accepted starting Saturday, May 18. No wet, moldy or mice infested books.

THEATER

“SHE KILLS MONSTERS” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, May 16, Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 7 p.m., and Sunday,

May 19, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. This 2011 play by Qui Nguyen is an interesting mix. Dealing with the loss of a sibling, high school senior Agnes delves into the world of Dungeons & Dragons in an attempt to better understand the sister she ignored in real life.

BARN OPERA SINGS “CARMEN” IN BRANDON. Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Enjoy “The Tragedie of Carmen,” an edgy, dark, provocative and seductive new translation by Artistic Director Joshua Collier. Tickets $50 online at brownpapertickets.com.

“SHE KILLS MONSTERS” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. This 2011 play by Qui Nguyen is an interesting mix. Dealing with the loss of a sibling, high school senior Agnes delves into the world of Dungeons & Dragons in an attempt to better understand the sister she ignored in real life.

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JOHN AND MARGE BUTTERFIELD IN CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 26, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. John and Marge Butterfield perform with vocals, acoustic guitar and bass, a wide variety of songs, including Popular, Jazz, Blues, Caribbean, Country and Folk Music. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

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May 19th - 10am

PLANTS

PLANT SALE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 18, 9 a.m.-noon, College Park, across from Shafer’s. Find reasonably priced, good quality flowers, herbs, vegetables and other plants from Middlebury Garden Club members’ gardens ready for planting, along with a “Vintage Corner” with garden items. Rain or shine. Proceeds benefit the club’s activities, community service programs and maintenance of the Sheldon Museum gardens.

Unsold plants are donated to area nonprofits.

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Branbury State Park on beautiful Lake Dunmore VERMONT SUN SPRINT TRIATHLON

LAKE DUNMORE OLYMPIC TRIATHLON

BRANBURY CLASSIC TRIATHLON

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CHARLIE NARDOZZI ON SUMMER GARDENING IN VERGENNES. Thursday, May 23, 6-7:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. EMERALD ASH BORER TALK IN FERRISBURGH. Thursday, May 23, 7-9 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall.

The Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission hosts this talk as part of National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week. The week of May 18-25 has been designated as a nationwide effort to raise public awareness of an invasive forest pest that has destroyed millions of acres of ash forests in the U.S. PLANT, BOOK, AND BAKE SALE IN ORWELL.

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Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Fri 5/17 5-7pm Opening Reception; On display thru 6/16

IN THE JACKSON GALLERY

MAX KRAUS

Max Kraus has photographed numerous stage productions at THT. He will share some of these images along with Vermont landscapes.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, May 17th 5-7pm.

Fri 5/31; Thu 6/6 & Sat 6/8 @ 7:30pm; Sun 6/2 @ 2pm $55–$80* OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY

CENDRILLON

OCM presents Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella) with a cast of professional singers directed by Douglas Anderson with Principal Guest Conductor Michael Sakir. Sung in French with English supertitles. *Rows B & C: $55, Rows D - M: $65, Balcony: $80

Wed 6/12 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAY

VAN GOGH & JAPAN In the exhibition – Van Gogh & Japan – at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, one can see why Vincent wrote to Theo “I envy the Japanese.” It is the country that had the greatest influence on his art, though he never visited.

Fri 6/21 7:30pm $20–$25

TONY TRISCHKA An evening with the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 45 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass music.

Sun 6/23 2pm $17/$10 Students NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

ALL ABOUT EVE

Margo Channing’s a legend and true star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…? With Gillian Anderson as Margot and Lilly James as the devious Eve.

Wed 7/10 11am $13/$8 GREAT ART WEDNESDAY

KLIMT & SCHIELE: EROS & PSYCHE

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche, recounts the start of the Vienna Secession, a magical art movement formed in the late 1890’s for art, literature and music, in which new ideas are circulated. Freud discovers the drives of the psyche, and women begin to claim their independence.

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EXHIBITS ANWSD STUDENT ART EXHIBIT. On view May 15-June 7, featuring a sampling of the excellent work from K-12 students in art classes from Vergennes, Ferrisburgh, Addison, Panton and Waltham. An artist reception will be held on Thursday, May 16, from 6-7:30 p.m. Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-2211 or bixbylibrary.org.

ART OF WOOD. On view May 3-June 25, featuring pieces from the BAG’s members, who work in diverse media including paint, fiber, glass, ceramics, collage — and wood. This is part of a series of themed exhibits honoring our planet and celebrating the BAG’s 20th anniversary. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

AS IT WERE. On view for the month of May, featuring new works by Vermont painter Kathryn Milillo. Edgewater Gallery on the Green, 6 Merchant’s Row, Middelbury. (802) 989-7419 or edgewatergallery.co.

GEORGE B. TODD EXHIBIT. On view May 28-June 30, featuring the work of George B. Todd, Professor Emeritus of Music at Middlebury College.

Free. Open to the public, with an artists reception on Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Fully accessible. The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road, Middlebury. RSVP required for the reception to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393 or sbennett@ residenceottercreek.com.

ICE SHANTIES: FISHING, PEOPLE & CULTURE. On view through the summer, featuring the structures, people and culture of ice fishing seen through the lens of Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo — with audio reflections from the shanty owners drawn from interviews conducted by the Vermont Folklife Center. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

KEEP IT SIMPLE. On view April 4-May 31, featuring paintings with one subject by Salisbury artist and cheese maker Hannah Sessions. During the opening reception Sessions will speak about her process and this body of work. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

POETRY ON AND OFF THE PAGE. On view through the summer, featuring “Object Poems” by Vermont-based poet and translator, Jody Gladding along with fine press poetry broadsides and manuscripts by poets such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and William Carlos Williams. Middlebury College Special Collections, Atrium, Lower Level, and Special Collections, Davis Family Library. (802) 443-3028.

THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LEGACY OF DAN KILEY. On view May 14-Sept. 1, featuring a retrospective exhibit honoring Vermont landscape architect Daniel Urban Kiley (1912 – 2004). During the exhibit, several talks and tours related to Dan Kiley are planned. Space is limited for the talks, reserve your space by calling (802) 388-2117. The talks are free to members of the Sheldon Museum and the Vermont Association of Vermont Landscape Architects; general public $5 (includes Museum admission). Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

TREES: LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE. On view May 16-June 15, featuring 35 images for the gallery and 35 more images for the online gallery selected by juror Kat Kiernan. This exhibit is a celebration of the lives and diversity of trees. PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-4500 or photos@photoplacegallery.com.

WORKING WITH WOOD AND WATER. On view in May, featuring a solo show of woodblock prints in the traditional Japanese manga method by Matt Brown over the past 20 years. Edgewater Gallery at The Falls, 1 Mill St., Middlebury. (802) 458-0098 or edgewatergallery-vt.com.

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EXHIBITS Exhibit at Jackson Gallery features Max Kraus photos

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ax Kraus is a retired engineer and businessman who moved to Middlebury 15 years ago. Once a selfdescribed “family and trips snapshot” photographer with indifferent results, he became acquainted with digital photography where he could see the results in real time and later enhance the results.

Since, Kraus has photographed hundreds of images, and will be on exhibit at the Jackson Gallery, downstairs at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, from May 17-June 16. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 17, 5-7 p.m.

Inspired by life and his explorations in and around Middlebury, he expresses a great appreciation for the seasonal changes in the landscape and farms of Vermont through his imagery. He often returns to favorite spots to capture them at various times of the year. His summer scenes are vivid in color while his winter views through snowfall are unique in their delicate texture and tones.

In addition to taking pictures of classical Vermont scenes, Kraus has chronicled many Town Hall Theater events through his images of production casts and crews and his candid shots of performances in action. He has photographed eight years of the Opera Company of Middlebury performances, many of the Middlebury Community Players productions

Photographs by Max Kraus will be on view at the Jackson Gallery, downstairs in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, from May 17-June 16. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 17, from 5-7 p.m.

and exciting “J-Term” shows, collaborations between the Theater and Middlebury College.

these productions develop while meeting the talented actors and singers,” he said.

Kraus will include a few pictures from these events in the exhibition. “I hope they convey the diversity of the productions that we are privileged to enjoy and my joy as I have watched

Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 12-5 p.m., and an hour before any public events at the theater. For more info call (802) 382-9222 or visit townhalltheater.org.

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MUSIC Duo returns to Brandon Music with new album

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randon Music welcomed for the first time the American duo, The Rough and Tumble, in 2018.

Two young and talented singer/ songwriters and musicians complete with a menagerie of instruments ranging from acoustic guitars to mailbox snares to a banjolele. The Rough and Tumble delights audiences with their seamless harmonies, professional musicianship, their orchestra of unusual instruments and their great personalities, exuberance and engaging jokes and stories. Mark your calendars because they return to Brandon Music on June 1.

Formerly from Nashville, The Rough and Tumble, Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, now find themselves living full time on the road, in a 16-foot camper with an 85-pound puppy named Puddle and performing almost 150 shows a year. If you ask either one of them how their lives ended up this way, they’ll likely respond, “with careful planning, spreadsheets and shoddy cell phone service.”

Since forming in 2011, The Rough and Tumble have released 5 EPs and two albums. Their albums are largely biographical rehearsing the trials and tribulations as well as the fun times of living on the road. Their album “We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know” (February 2018), retraces their mileage back to their footsteps and explores the struggle between going home and being home already when there’s no other home and everywhere is home. Their upcoming album, written during

Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, The Rough and Tumble, will return to Brandon Music for the second time to perform their eclectic Americana music on Saturday, June 1.

a time of doggedly trying despite the odds and a self-proclaimed “year of honesty,” titled, “Howling Back at the Wounded Dog” will be released on Sept. 6, 2019.

The concert in Brandon on Saturday, June 1, begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20.

A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email edna@brandonmusic.net or visit brandon-music.net for reservations or more info.

live music BLUEBRASS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 17, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

CRADLE SWITCH IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

FIDDLEWITCH IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 17, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

THE ESCHATONES IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 25, 9 p.mmidnight, Notte.

BEATLES FOR SALE PERFORM IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

BARN OPERA SINGS “CARMEN” IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

THE MEDICINE TRIBE IN BRISTOL. Saturday, May 18, Hatch 31.

PAUL ASBELL JAZZ IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

MUHS SPRING CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, May 20, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School.

SENIOR WEEK CHORAL CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 24, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center.

JOHN AND MARGE BUTTERFIELD IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 26, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

MARK SIKORA IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, May 29, Notte.

INSTRUMENTAL POPS CONCERT IN VERGENNES. Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m., Vergennes Union High School.

VA-ET VIENT IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, May 31, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

ROSS DALY AND KELLY THOMA IN BRANDON. Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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the movie THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM — RUNNING TIME: 1:31 — RATING: PG “The Biggest Little Farm” will stand for a long while as a towering example of skill and attention to detail. As one who is not pulled in by stories about farming or animals, I was thoroughly unprepared for the emotional wallop delivered by this movie. Please don’t miss this experience.

John and Molly Chester live in an apartment where Molly indulges her love of cooking and harbors a dream of growing everything she might ever cook. Husband John narrates the story of what happened after neighbors’ complaints about their newly acquired barking dog drove them from their building. They’ve lost me already.

An hour north of Los Angeles, the couple buys 200 acres of uneven, dry, untillable land. Addressing their own ignorance, they also acquire the services of Alan York who advises them to emulate the natural ecosystem and stays on as their advisor. When they advertise for helpers, many come, and they stay.

We watch the gang acquire baby ducks, sheep, chickens, and others who supply the natural fertilizer for bringing the soil back to life. As this unfolds, 75 varieties of fruit flourish. Before long — just be patient — we realize we are seeing a kind of filming few of us have ever seen before.

In astonishing closeups, the camera captures the beauty and detail of the lives of the animals as they bring the land back to life under the care of the owners. Open yourselves to the magical creativity of this husband/ wife team that never stops learning and loving what they do.

Drought, storms and toxic water hit repeatedly and yet their dream materializes in a design that stuns us whenever the camera shows us the farm from a distance. In closeups of just a few inches, the behavior of the animals is nothing less than astonishing. From the eyes and skill of a photographer who is an artist, we learn things about beauty, about dedication, and about animals way beyond anything I have ever seen on film.

John and Molly Chester star in their own film “The Biggest Little Farm” (2018).

The ducks eat 90,000 troubling snails; more cows bring more manure; maggots are food for the chickens. The worst drought in 1,200 years threatens the whole 200 acres. Then 18 inches of rain soaks all of it.

Hawks attack from above, gophers and snakes from below. As the threats arrive, we watch the faces and behavior of animals as they sleep, stare and react. We are astonished at the complexity and vulnerability of this web of life that is rooted in impermanence.

You will enjoy and admire the emotional depth of the couple and their tutor who are always growing as they solve the problems in the life they love. They don’t control nature; they live in harmony with what it hands them. The Chesters filmed their experiment in rare closeups every day for eight years in wind, fire and rain. They have created an unprecedented experience for everyone who is silenced by the beauty of what they have done.

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In “Strangers and Cousins,” Leah Hager Cohen has crafted a stunning novel of love, loss, family and community. Within the first few pages, I was completely taken in by the gorgeous writing style and quirky, relatable characters. In the seemingly idyllic small town of Rundle Junction, N.Y., things are not always as they seem. As Bennie and Walter prepare for the backyard wedding of their oldest daughter Clem, who is marrying her college girlfriend, it becomes increasingly clear that Clem’s agenda for this event is quite different from theirs. While the parents think they are hosting a traditional, though modern, wedding, it seems that Clem may be more interested in the performance and pageantry of the ceremony than the legal outcome. Mix in a cast of characters that includes Clem’s four year old brother, who lives entirely in a world of make-believe, her Great Aunt Glad, whose memories of a traumatic event from her childhood continue to surface, and a community in flux, and you have a thoughtful meditation on how past events influence our present and future decisions, in ways that we may not even realize. I would hand this beautifully written novel to anyone who enjoys a thoughtful family saga.

— Reviewed by Amy Graham of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

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GARDEN

The magic of

ROW COVERS

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It was early summer a few years ago and my spinach and Swiss chard were ready to pick, when I noticed what looked like long whitish-grey drips on the surface of the leaves. I was puzzled, but removed the pieces from the garden and didn’t think about it again until they reappeared.

Without much thought, I concluded that the drips must be caused by bird feces.

BY BONNIE KIRN DONAHUE

The following year, I took the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Master Gardener course (uvm.edu/extension/mastergardener), which encouraged students to become more curious about what is happening in the garden.

A closer look and a quick internet search of local Extension resources led me to the culprit: leaf miners.

When tunneling the leaf miner larvae eat the part of the plant between the outer layers of the leaves of spinach, Swiss chard and beets. The damage looks like white, opaque or grey trails

through the leaf surface.

They also can be identified by the tiny, white, elongated eggs stacked along the underside of leaves. Leaf miners overwinter in the soil nearby and can become an annual aesthetic problem if not addressed.

To prevent leaf miner damage, you can install row covers over susceptible plants for the entire season. A row cover is a lightweight fabric that can be laid over your vegetable garden like a thin blanket. It allows sunlight and water through while shielding your garden from insects and may offer frost protection depending on the thickness.

The fabric can be cut easily and laid directly over plants or propped up with purchased or homemade low frames made of thick wire, plastic tubing or wood. Be sure to seal the edges with rocks or garden pins, making sure that there are no openings. It is important to rotate crops so overwintering insect populations are not trapped under the covers in areas where susceptible crops were planted the previous year.

If you lay the row cover directly over your plants, keep the fabric loose to give the plants room to grow. You can purchase row covers from your local garden store NURTURE YOUR IMAGINATION IN ALLURING SURROUNDINGS and many seed companies. These can be reused for a couple of years before they need to be replaced.

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Row covers also can be useful in protecting broccoli from the imported cabbageworm. These garden pests do the most damage in their larval stage, a 1 1/2inch green caterpillar with a small yellow line on top and yellow dots on the sides.

They chew through cole crops including cabbage, broccoli and kale. It is very

possible that you will not notice them until you find the camouflaged worms on the interior stems of your broccoli when you are preparing dinner.

Depending on the pest you are attempting to control, you most likely will need to install the row covers as soon as you plant your seedlings.

If you are using row covers to manage insects such as cucumber beetles on squash or other plants that require pollination for fruit production, you will need to temporarily remove the covers during flowering.

If row covers aren’t your style, try destroying infected leaves, reducing weeds and rotating crops for leaf miners. Or hand pick larvae for cabbage loopers.

I found that row covers made my crops significantly more enjoyable to eat. No more picking through my spinach salad or suspiciously eyeing my fresh broccoli. The tradeoffs were that it was harder to work in the garden due to needing to remove, recover and reseal the row covers every time.

It also was not as pleasant to look out at the garden because the plants were covered with white fabric. However, to eat flawless spinach and wormless broccoli made the row covers totally worth the extra effort.

For answers to your questions about row covers, pests and other gardening topics, call the UVM Master Gardener Helpline at (802) 656-5421 or (800) 639-2230 (toll-free). Volunteers are on hand to take calls on Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon, with expanded hours beginning in mid-June.

Bonnie Kirn Donahue is a UVM Extension Master Gardener and landscape designer from central Vermont.

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The delightful screened in porch and the large, partially fenced yard provides the perfect setting to enjoy the outdoors. Located in a highly desirable area within walking distance to Middlebury College, Porter Hospital, shopping, restaurants and many recreational opportunities! An open house will be held Saturday, May 18, from 1-3 p.m.

This home is listed & marketed by Michael Johnston (802-846-9518) of Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty. For more information visit HickokandBoardman.com.

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How to start exercising at home

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healthy diet and an active lifestyle are great ways to achieve a healthy weight and good overall health. Many people no doubt associate exercise with fitness centers and gym memberships. While gyms certainly are effective places to break a sweat, exercising at home can be an effective way to get fit as well.

Working out at home may require some creativity, as even homeowners with gyms in their basements may not have as much equipment at their disposal as they would at a local fitness center.

BODY WEIGHT EXERCISES Body weight exercises include push-ups, planks, squats, and lunges. Alternating incline and positioning of the body when performing some of these exercises is a great way to work various muscle groups. Body weight exercises do not necessarily require equipment, and that may disappoint some people. That’s because, with no added weight - and only one’s own body weight to provide resistance - it’s difficult

for a person to challenge himself or herself effectively and gradually build up progress.

GET OUTDOORS FOR CARDIO A mix of cardiovascular activity, which puts a strain on the heart and lungs to build up stamina, can help shave off the pounds when paired with strength training exercises. Take to the great outdoors near home to get in a good cardio workout.

Rally Health, a digital, data-based health advisory company, says that walking can constitute a cardio workout if one goes at a brisk pace of around three miles per hour.

Walking on an incline also can constitute vigorous exercise that’s on par with running or biking, particularly when it’s a steep hill.

Home-based cardio workouts also can include cycling, swimming in a backyard pool or playing a pickup sports game with the kids.

SET UP A HOME GYM With a few barbells, dumbells and a weight bench, it’s easy to create a home gym in a basement or garage. Extra equipment, such

as TRX resistance training equipment or an elliptical machine, can be added to make the gym more complete. A home gym also can be a place to do strength and stretching exercises like yoga or pilates.

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Viewed from above, the Smith home off River Road in Bristol seems to have been designed by nature itself.

In planning the layout, the Smiths drew inspiration from the yurt they purchased and assembled in 2005. Their lead designer and builder, Jeff Dardozzi, drew inspiration from, among other things, “A Pattern Language,” a classic of architectural literature.

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Yurt inspires theater couple Bristol home fosters sense of flow, continuity & timelessness

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — One of the most striking things about Mary and Gary Smith’s round house in Bristol is the way the elements lead into one another, providing an open, continuous feel.

“There’s a flow, a constant energy that’s inviting you,” Gary said.

To Mary, it feels like a hug.

“It’s a satisfying place to live, very nurturing,” she said.

The Smiths, who co-designed the house, broke ground on a hill above the New Haven River in the spring of 2015 and spent the next 18 months helping to build it. But they didn’t just sit down one day and decide to build a round “The design- house.

Ten years build before, while process r u n n i n g evolved a theater company in while we L a n c a s t e r , were living Penn., the in the yurt.

Smiths had It was bought some experiential, land and built rather than a yurt on it, a place to get cognitive.”

— Gary Smith away when they needed to.

Yurts are round dwellings that use a tension band to hold the walls and roof in place. Traditional yurts, which originated in Central Asia more than 3,000 years ago, are designed to be portable, like tents.

“It was our first experience with ‘living in the round,’” Gary said.

“And with being in the country, really,” Mary added.

The Smiths were hooked.

RELATIONSHIPS But the story goes back even further, to 1970s New York City, where the Smiths pursued theater careers and developed a keen sense of the relationships among actors and the spaces they use. These relationships were integral to the

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Forty years later, Gary would find parallels between this theater training and the process used by Jeff Dardozzi, the Smiths’ lead designer

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“For Jeff, it’s not just about the product, but the process, the how of making it,” Gary said. “I connect that very much with the Meisner method I learned.”

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After more than 40 years working in theater, Mary Adams-Smith and Gary Smith have developed a sophisticated (and at times philosophical) relationship to space, which came in handy when they co-designed their Bristol home in 2015. Just as important to the design is their relationship to the environment, which influenced their choice of materials, siting and energy sources.

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made of Portland cement, sand, (Continued from Page 3C) things they did was pack up their recycled Styrofoam and recycled Pennsylvania yurt and bring it to latex paint. The blocks have a Vermont. high “R-value,” which means “The design-build process they’re good at keeping the heat evolved while we were living in. in the yurt,” Gary said. “It Though the house would end was experiential, rather than up being round, the blocks were cognitive.” built square.

Dardozzi painted the yurt’s “Because of the material they footprint on the new can be worked home’s foundation easily with regular and the design “For (designer woodworking process went from and builder) tools,” Gary said. there.

Jeff (Dardozzi), “We sawed the At one point, so it’s not just edges to the proper they could play with angles and rasped about the possible layout ideas them to be as close for their new home, product, but as possible to the the Smiths emptied the process, necessary contour, the yurt of their the how of then build them into belongings and laid making it. I the circle.” out tape on its floor connect that Lime plaster — another theater was applied to the very much with interior and exterior trick.

“We were always the Meisner to finish the curve. working in real space method (of Central to the at real human scale,” acting) I 1,200-squareGary said. “The learned.” foot house is the blueprint evolved Russian masonry — Gary Smith woodstove, which continually.”

MATERIALS has two doors—one The Smiths used the timber on for heating, one for baking. Heat their own property and milled it vents through a series of channels onsite. that warm two stories of masonry, For walls they made blocks radiating heat throughout the of what Dardozzi called house.

“EPS crete,” a do-it-yourself The Smiths’ 20-panel solar insulation-infused concrete array, sited nearby on the

property, takes care of their electricity needs.

INVITATIONS And then there are the windows.

When the winter sun rises above the nearby Green Mountains it “shoots right through the whole house,” Mary said. At other times, the outdoors seems to beckon. “You’re invited into the house and then the windows invite you back out again.”

For Gary the house feels like an expression of personal agency.

“So much of this house is about connecting and expressing it artistically,” he said. “We dreamed about it and then we did it. Craftsmen’s hands have been on everything here.”

Would they do anything differently, if they had the chance?

“Yes,” Gary said with a laugh.

“We would have built it 40 years earlier.”

Still, a lot had to fall into place for their dream home to happen.

Fortunately, it did.

“It feels centered and balanced,” Mary said. “It’s peaceful. All of my feelings about Vermont, this community and this house all blend together.”

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@ addisonindependent.com.

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Gary is one of our most active participants in the Garden Game, the vegetable-growing competition that we do every summer, until the first frost hits in early fall.

He has lived in this area his entire life on a piece of land on Halpin Covered Bridge Road on the Middlebury/New Haven border. The Miller family has been there over 100 years and his property looks out onto his father’s property that he grew up on.

You’ll always see a large smile on Gary’s face, but his eyes may get a little misty when he speaks about his late father, Amos Miller, and their shared love of gardening. He also shared a newspaper clipping from an April 1980 Addison Independent that shows Amos, also donning a flat cap, holding two large parsnips. According to the caption, Miller Sr. had brought the long, white root vegetables into our offices in order to show he had grown larger vegetables than Wendel Berno, who was pictured the previous week. That competitive streak, it seems, is in Gary Miller’s blood.

“We grew food to live off of the garden,” Gary said, explaining why growing vegetables has been so important to his family.

Given the especially cold spring we have had so far this year, which has stymied many a home gardener, Gary’s garden is not as far along as he wishes it would be. However, he smiles and in his true optimistic fashion said the weather has only been “uncooperative.” That has not stopped him, and like many home gardeners, his kitchen is full of plant starts.

Looking at photos of his garden at its height last year is something to behold. He has a box that resembles a hutch one might house a bunny in that he calls his “Cabbage Fort Knox,” and a “salad table” that is

Amos Miller, born in 1920, was a competitor in what is suggested to be an early iteration of our Garden Game. This picture of him appeared in a 1980 Addison Independent.

a raised bed where they grow their salad greens. For almost all of the garden space Gary uses raised beds.

Gary Miller was a plumber and a fitter for years. He served on the state board for plumbers and taught the trade to apprentices coming up. He takes great pride in being a tradesman, and he says those skills show in how precise his garden boxes and raised beds are laid out in a pattern with a center hexagon and surrounding boxes ultimately making a perfect circle. He promises with a smile that the dimensions are perfect.

As a Garden Gamer, Gary usually visits our office in the Marble Works over the summer at least a half dozen times. Never failing to bring with him a new record-breaking green bean or Asian eggplant, and usually

with at least one of his three granddaughters in tow — Daisy, Maggie and Autumn. They have each been in at least one of his category-winning photos. Gary’s children, Gary and Meg, each have their own green thumb, and they have imparted that to their own families.

Gary’s joy is clear when he talks about gardening with his granddaughters and them talking to the seeds once they are covered up by soil. The little girls offer support and encouragement, even for the seedlings.

If you see Gary Miller around town wish him a “Happy Birthday!” as he just turned 70 years old on May 15. And I’m sure he will be seen a lot this summer as an active participant in our Garden Game.

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What to plant when an ash tree is lost

CHARLOTTE — With the loss and pending loss of green ash trees due to the emerald ash borer’s arrival in Vermont, much focus has been on the removal of trees. Equal attention should be on planning for and planting appropriate candidates for replacement.

“Years ago, we evaluated the clay plain forests of the Champlain Valley and recognized that, save for Red Maple and Green Ash cultivars, virtually none of our local, naturally occurring species were readily available in the nursery trade,” says Charlie Proutt, co-owner of Horsford Gardens and Nursery in Charlotte.

Visitors can see trees growing in the landscape and learn about the soils and conditions they thrive in.

If you’re anticipating removing ash trees, Proutt recommend the following species as beneficial replacements: Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Oaks abundantly feed native populations and Burr Oak is no exception. While their acorns are important, caterpillars from oaks provide reliable and anticipated protein to many of our native bird species. This oak is faster growing than originally presumed, and is majestic in size and stature with huge, thick, and broadly horizontal branching. Its irregular, yet rounded lobed leaves distinguish it from others in the white oak family.

Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) This second white oak also performs well in the heavy flat soils of the Champlain Valley. Swamp White Oak sometimes hybridizes with Burr Oak, making it perplexing to confirm which species it is. Like most oaks, it feeds wildlife beyond

many other tree types.

Red Maple / Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum) Brilliant fall color is the most stunning aspect of the red maple. Slow to grow in the true floodplain forest, the red maple can, however, hang on in tough circumstances.

Red and Silver Maple Cross (Acer x freemanii series) Several crosses between red and silver maples appear as promising replacements for the green ash. “Autumn Blaze” and “Sienna” are both distinguished by their rapid growth rate, characteristic of silver maples, and outstanding fall color and structure, favored from red maple.

American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) The Champlain Valley seems to be the northernmost limit of this wonderful tree. Those grown at Horsford’s are propagated from trees native to the banks of the New Haven River watershed. As they mature, the bark turns a bright white. These are the fastest growing trees to replace green ash, growing both taller and wider.

River Birch / Gray Birch (Betula nigra and Betula populofolia “Whitespire”) River birch and gray birch are both tolerant of the clay plain soil types.

“Whitespire” is a cultivar of our native gray birch, made notorious by Robert Frost.

The river birch has a more substantial, tree-like habit of growth and though not native to our area (at least that we have observed), seems to be well adapted.

Trees nourish our native wildlife, shade the grounds of our landscapes, and provide beauty to our surroundings. Choosing from varieties native to the Champlain Valley, and grown in the Champlain Valley guarantees success.

HOME & GARDEN • Addison Independent, Thursday, May 16, 2019 — PAGE 7C

Living in the round

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Money offered to help pay for energy efficiency

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s director of Efficiency Vermont. three energy efficiency utilities “Make no mistake: there is a (EEUs) — Vermont Gas, Burlington great deal of work to be done to Electric Department and Efficiency help Vermonters button up their Vermont — are partnering with the homes, but we hope that more Department of Public Service and families will find a comprehensive the Agencies of Natural Resources weatherization project within their and Human Services to offer an reach with this new offer.” additional $500 to income-eligible The $500 bonus incentive can be Vermont households who pursue combined with existing programs contractor-led, comprehensive available to families with household weatherization projects. incomes less than 120 percent “This additional incentive will of the area median income. For bolster our collective efforts to example, coupled with the Home allow all Vermonters to make home Performance with Energy Star improvements that save money program, the bonus would increase and help reduce greenhouse gas the maximum incentive from emissions,” Gov. Phil $2,000 to $2,500.

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“This additional For Vermont Gas’s Since 2008, the incentive will high-use energy audit EEUs’ efficiency program, the bonus bolster our programs have helped could be added to weatherize more than collective efforts the 33 percent of the 10,000 homes. The to allow all project cost already new bonus incentive Vermonters to covered Vermont Gas. seeks to increase that make home “After spending number by providing improvements seven years living additional resources in the south, I had to low- and moderate- that save money forgotten what a income families who and help reduce Vermont winter is work with contractors greenhouse gas like. I signed up for a on comprehensive emissions.” free energy audit from home energy retrofit — Gov. Phil Scott Vermont Gas to learn projects. what I can do to make “Everyone deserves a warm home my home more efficient,” said Sally — and our teams are dedicated to Ross, of Burlington. “Thanks to ensuring that happens for each and these financial incentive programs, every one of our customers,” said including this extra $500, I’ll be Don Rendall, president and CEO of able to tighten up my house, save Vermont Gas. “Whether through our money on heating, and be warmer low-income discount, budget plans in the winter. The best part is that, or generous efficiency incentives, with these changes, I will make a we are committed to helping all our smaller impact on the environment, neighbors have a safe, warm and which is so vital.” comfortable home all year long.”

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Now is the time to plan your plot, turn the soil, remove the stones, feed the beds, plant the seeds, set up the trellises and make everything shipshape in your garden. Once all of the spring labors are done you will be well on your way to enjoying a verdant space come July.

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Set garden priorities then do the work

By BONNIE KIRN DONAHUE Oh, the beauty of summer, relaxing in a reclining lawn chair next to your prolific perennial flower garden bursting with color, without a care in the world.

Wait. Why does this sound so far-fetched? What we tend to forget about when we dream of summer gardening is the amount of time, sweat and effort we spend caring for our gardens.

If you want your dream of a lower maintenance summer flower garden to become a reality, spring is the perfect time to take a moment for some garden self-reflection and to plan ahead, including how much time you want to spend working in your garden. You’ll also need to consider your budget.

The best way to decide which areas to spend resources on is to create a simple diagram of your property and include your garden spaces. It doesn’t have to be accurate. Using

simple shapes to represent each space works great.

Then take a step back, and think about these gardens strategically.

Which gardens do you feel the most passionate about, and which do you feel more neutral? Which do you see each day from your back deck or when you come home and which do you rarely see?

Color code your diagram, using three different colors to represent high-priority, medium-priority and low-priority spaces. Depending on your budget and time, you might consider transitioning low-priority gardens back into a naturalized landscape or meadows appropriate for your site conditions.

High-priority gardens should get the most of your attention. Put your labor, mulch and other resources toward these gardens first.

Mid-priority gardens can fall somewhere in-between depending on your time and resources. Consider

dividing and moving healthy plants from other areas on your property or adding new plant material to make these areas more appealing.

Weeding can be one of the most time-consuming garden maintenance tasks in summer. Applying a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch each spring when plants are coming out of their winter dormant state will significantly cut down on the time you spend weeding. It also will add organic matter to your soil and help retain moisture, thus reducing time spent watering.

To calculate how much mulch you will need, measure the area (length by width) of your flower gardens to get the total square footage. Many home and garden supply stores have mulch calculators that will translate the area of your beds and thickness of desired mulch layer into either bags or yards.

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A clever landscaper trick to apply mulch is to take an empty plant container and put it upside down over the plant. Use a size a little larger than the plant you are protecting, taking care not to damage the emerging foliage.

After mulching, remove the container. Smooth the mulch around the plant, making sure the emerging tender leaves or crown are not covered. Spread mulch evenly across the garden bed, keeping it 2-3 inches away from the base of each plant to discourage disease.

Throughout the garden season, take notes on the challenges you face or changes you’d like to see in your garden. Use these notes next spring to help plan where you will focus your efforts that season.

Editor’s note: Bonnie Kirn Donahue is a UVM Extension Master Gardener and landscape designer from central Vermont.

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Basil is the best known of the Italian herbs and, with parsley, the most grown herb. Sweet or Genovese is the most popular species, grown for its large leaves used in sandwiches, pizzas and pesto making. Another warm season favorite use is in a simple, Italian caprese salad consisting of slices of tomato and mozzarella, topped with basil leaves and a vinaigrette or Italian dressing.

When buying sweet basil plants, or seeds to start, look for ones resistant to fusarium disease such as Aroma 2, Nufar, Plenty or ProEasy. Similar to Aroma 2 is the new Prospera, which also has resistance to downy mildew disease, as does Pesto Party. If you don’t find such disease resistant cultivars, just make sure to plant basil plants right after the last frost (they’re quite cold sensitive), so that you can harvest leaves prior to any diseases appearing.

There are other variations on basil, such as Mrs. Burns lemon basil with a piquant lemon flavor — unusual in basil, Thai lemon basil, or lime basil. Cinnamon or Mexican basil has an aroma as its name indicates.

There are purple-leaved cultivars (cultivated varieties) such as Dark Opal and Purple Ruffles — good used as ornamental foliage plants.

There is even a variegated cultivar

— Pesto Perpetuo — with thin, white leaf margins. Other basils are globe shaped or short — about one foot tall — so grow well in containers.

Boxwood, Spicy Globe, Dolce Fresca, and Minette are examples of these compact basils.

When you transplant annual flowers and veggies from cell-packs or small containers, loosen the roots (often called “root balls”) if they are quite root-bound — often the case.

If roots form a solid mass and are tightly interwoven, either tease them apart gently with a fork or similar tool, or make a couple slits in the sides.

Cutting through these roots will cause them to branch and grow new ones.

If you don’t loosen such root masses, they may never grow out into surrounding soil, keeping the plants stunted, and you’ll find the roots in the same shape in fall.

B e f o r e reseeding bare spots in the lawn, spread 1 to 2 inches of compost over the areas and firm it down. Then sow grass seed. Sprinkle a thin layer of compost on top of the seed, cover with straw and keep it moist.

This is a case where light, frequent (at least daily) watering is good. If you have pets, to deter them encircle the spots with stakes string or mesh netting.

Reduce the weeds in walkways in your garden by covering the soil with some type of mulch. Some people like to use several sheets of moistened newspaper topped with straw (not hay, as it often has weed seeds), especially if you move your planting areas around a bit from year to year.

Try to avoid tilling to remove weeds because the process brings up weed seeds from deeper in the soil and exposes them to the light they need to grow. If you have permanent paths, such as between raised beds, you can use a weed fabric material under mulch.

There are so many other garden activities for this month, such as putting hummingbird feeders out early in the month, waiting until after the last frost and soils warm to plant warmseason crops such as melons and squash and cucumbers, and having frost protection handy for tomatoes. While it is good to shop early for the best selection of annual flowers, particular new ones, wait to plant them until after the last usual frost date — often the end of May.

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If we buy the electric car that we have been thinking about, we will have Bristol Electronics return and add to our system, and cover the cost of the added electricity. Solar has been a good investment for us.

John & Beverly Teer – Monkton, VT When I made the decision to install solar panels to power my small farm and residence, there was no doubt that I would turn to Bristol Electronics for help. Having worked with Chris and her team for satellite television service, I was confident that the same professionalism, expertise, quality workmanship, competitive price structure, prompt and courteous service, and continued support would be forthcoming. Such was the case and I couldn’t be more satisfied with the result.

Kent Anderson – Orwell, VT