Monday, June 3, 2019

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 31 No. 3

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, June 3, 2019

MUHS’s Brayton wins prestigious scholarship Cendrillon sings again • A French opera based on the Cinderella story returns to THT. See Arts Beat on Pages 10-13.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Nico Brayton is a top-notch pianist; he’s played the instrument for 11 years. The Middlebury Union High School junior was picked as the Vermont representative for the Music Teachers National Association competition for solo piano last year.

But what he was most recently able to orchestrate — through top-notch grades, community service and perseverance — was arguably the sweetest music he’s ever produced.

Brayton, 16, has been named one of only four national recipients of a 2019 Coolidge (See Brayton, Page 38)

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Kniffin passes torch to new hospital president

Porter chief credited for teamwork

By JOHN FLOWERS EAST MIDDLEBURY — Dr. Fred Kniffin — who helped guide Porter Medical Center through a financial crisis and oversaw the organization’s landmark affiliation with

the University of Vermont Health Network — found himself at times speechless on Wednesday, May 29, as his colleagues showered him with praise during a party held in (See Kniffin, Page 14)

Girls harness flower power

• For 100 years Memorial Day in Brandon has featured first-graders. Read about it on Page 2.

Teams duel in quarterfinals

• Otters, Commodores and Eagles were all looking for semifinal berths in weekend action. See Sports, Page 27.

Keep moving to stay healthy

• Having a race to train for can motivate you to be active. See Health & Wellbeing on Pages 17-24.

THE BRISTOL COFFEE Mates have been meeting at Almost Home Market every Wednesday morning for almost 15 years. At a recent gathering are, left to right, Jean Wagner, Jane Campbell, Betty Eaton, Betsy Berardinelli, Whitney Germon, Ruth Lathrop, Lisa Palmer, Helen Vrooman, Kathy Coakley, Dottie Sanchez and Bunny Daubner. Campbell and Lathrop attended the very first Coffee Mates meeting on Sept. 1, 2004.

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Coffee Mates keep it real (and funny)

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — Over the past 15 years a group of senior women calling themselves the Coffee Mates have become something of a fixture at Almost Home Market in Bristol.

Every Wednesday morning they buy coffee and baked goods, overspread the

long table in the back and fill the place with conversation and laughter.

“It is a happy group of mostly senior ladies growing older and up together,” wrote Sylvia Coffin, 86, in her brief history of the group.

“We keep it on the lighter side.”

According to Coffin, it was Wilma Brown

who founded the Coffee Mates back in 2004.

“Wilma had the idea for a coffee group of women when her husband, Gordon, started going to the Old Farts group,” Coffin recalled.

The Old Farts Club is a group of senior-age (See Coffee, Page 25)

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Flower girl tradition over 100 years old in Brandon

By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — For more than 100 years young girls have laid flowers on Memorial Day around the war memorial on Brandon’s Green. The Memorial Day service is a tradition that celebrates the sacrifices of soldiers long passed, starting not long after the Civil War and now encompassing all wars.

The history of the flower girls in Brandon, however, springs from the death of one particular soldier in the Civil War, of the grieving widow left behind, and of her effort to honor his life and to uphold ideals that are still unfulfilled.

“The generation that fought in the Civil War never got over their dead,” town historian Kevin Thornton said in his video documentary, “Death in the Wilderness.” “Everything after, sprang from that sorrow.”

In his documentary, Thornton touches on the flower girls story by starting with the death of two Union soldiers from Brandon.

Captains Charlie Ormsbee and

George Davenport were sent to the same regiment (5th Vermont Infantry), fought together for over three years, and died a week apart after being wounded on the same battlefield. By all accounts they were close friends.

Ormsbee, 24, was shot three times and died on May 5, 1864, in northern Virginia during the Battle of the Wilderness, the opening battle of General Ulysses Grant’s sustained offensive. Davenport, 31, was shot in the head during the fighting, but held on for a week before succumbing to his injuries. By the time he died, the Army had moved on, chasing rebel soldiers further south.

Back in Brandon, word of her husband’s death reached his wife, Frances “Frankie” Davenport, and for nearly a year, until the end of the war, she despaired over her loss.

“He was my all in this world,” the 26-year-old widow wrote in a letter to her brother. “Without him, I care not for my life.”

She desperately wanted her

FIRST GRADE TEACHER Ellen Knapp leads the Neshobe Flower Girls to the Brandon War Memorial.

Reporter photo/Russell Jones

husband’s remains returned to Brandon so she could give him a proper burial. She researched and found the one hospital steward from the 63rd Pennsylvanian who knew where Davenport was buried. After the war ended, she

traveled to Washington, D.C., and connected with steward Charles Shrieves during the grand review held there in May of 1865. Together, with two coffins she had brought along, they went in search of her love’s

remains through country that was still considered unsafe rebel territory.

A week after their trip began, she found the body of her husband — identified by his beard (See Brandon, Page 30)

Lawsuit sheds light on tree cutting controversy

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Documents filed in May by Ferrisburgh in Addison County

Superior Court’s Civil Division in Middlebury shed light on the legal positions held by both the town and the Vorsteveld Farm

LLP in the parties’ dispute over the farm’s clear-cutting of trees and other vegetation in 2017 and 2018 along Arnold Bay Road.

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At a special meeting of the Middlebury Selectboard at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Tuesday, June 4th at 7 p.m., VTrans Project Manager Jon Griffin, Kubricky VP of Construction Mark Alexander, and VHB Transportation Market Lead Aaron Guyette will present the plan for the remaining two years of Middlebury’s downtown construction project. The project team will review the construction activities that are planned, the timeline for these activities, and the impacts of the work on the community and then respond to citizen questions.

Ample parking is available at the High School football parking lot on Charles Avenue. Please allow those with limited mobility to park in the lot adjacent to the Church and walk the short distance from the Charles Avenue lot, if you are able.

Please contact Downtown Construction Project Community Liaison Jim Gish, 989-0608, or jgish@townofmiddlebury.org, with questions or if you need special accommodations to attend the meeting.

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Vorsteveld (Continued from Page 2) contractor did most of the work in the spring of 2017, and the farm, owned by brothers Hans, Rudolf and Gerard Vorsteveld, had more trees removed in 2018.

The town states the trees were “within the six-rod public rightof-way” along the road, per court documents. According to Ferrisburgh tree warden Clifton Mix, 1,870 trees with a diameter of less than six inches were removed, and 306 trees with a diameter of more than six inches were removed. Theoretically, Mix wrote, the farm could be fined more than $1 million.

Those trees, along with similar trees along the west side, created a canopy over the road. Many neighbors have complained to the selectboard at meetings and in phone calls and emails about the loss of the canopy, and about drainage problems that have resulted from the removal of vegetation and due to drainage work the farm has also done.

The suit filed on May 8 by attorney James Carroll of Middlebury on behalf of Ferrisburgh lists as “Applicable Statutes” 24 VSA, Chapter 67, known as the “Shade Tree Statute,” which places the trees “under the control of the tree warden,” and 19 VSA, No. 1111, which “requires persons wishing to use the public right-of-way to obtain a permit prior to use.” A permit process would have included a public hearing allowing neighbors to have a say.

The town lawsuit seeks court orders to impose a $500 fine for each tree cut; judgments confirming the tree warden’s authority over shade trees within town rights of way, and specifically on Arnold Bay Road; injunctions prohibiting the Vorstevelds from removing trees from Ferrisburgh rights of way or interfering with restorative work by the town on Arnold Bay Road; a judgment requiring the farmers to comply with a shade tree preservation program; and court and attorney’s fees.

So far the only new document from the Vorstevelds in the court folder is an acknowledgment of receipt of the suit. It is signed by attorney James Foley of Middlebury and includes an agreement to file a formal response to the town’s suit by July 8.

OTHER POINT OF VIEW But the town’s filing also includes earlier letters written from Foley to Carroll on behalf of Vorsteveld Farm LLC that had not previously been made

public. They offer looks at the opposing point of view.

In a Dec. 8, 2017, letter to Carroll, Foley wrote: “The issue here appears to boil down to one issue — is this an overgrown hedgerow which the owner of the land is authorized to cut (reference 19 V.S.A. No. 901), or is this a series of ‘shade trees’ which are referenced in the Title 24, Chapter 67 entitled ‘Parks and Shade Trees’ … neither my Clients nor I see the undertaking, which occurred on their own land as being in violation of law — i.e.: cutting of ‘shade trees’ that are part of a park system.”

The statute to which Foley referred reads: “A person, other than the abutting landowner, shall not cut, trim, remove, or otherwise damage any grasses, shrubs, vines, or trees growing within the limits of a state or town highway, without first having obtained the consent of the agency for state highways or the board of selectmen for town highways.”

Foley adds that it is his and the Vorstevelds’ contention that much of what they removed was relatively recent growth: “I am aware that (in) the mid 1970s there was virtually no growth along the easterly edge of this stretch of Arnold Bay Road as the prior owner fenced the area and could not have done so with the thick vegetation that existed there (until the recent cleanup).”

In January 2018, before the town and the Vorstevelds engaged in failed mediation — the selectboard had hoped the farmers would agree to a re-planting plan — and the farmers removed more trees, Foley wrote to Carroll the Vorstevelds in fact had no plans to cease and desist: “The Vorstevelds do plan to continue to improve the area where the ‘alleged infraction’ occurred. Indeed, they will be engaged in appropriate ‘ditching’ along the side of the roadway, installing ‘drain tile’ in their field east of the roadway, and finally, will plan to plant corn in that field this coming spring. In short, they plan to continue farming their fields and providing all of the benefits of ‘pastoral views’ to all who might gravel along Arnold Bay Road.”

In Carroll’s May 8 filing he cites several provisions in the Shade Tree Statute: • “Shade and ornamental trees within the limits of public ways and places shall be under the

control of the tree warden.”

• “Unless otherwise provided, a public shared tree shall not be cut or removed, in whole or in part, except by a tree warden or his or her deputy or by a person having the written permission

of the tree warden.”

• A public shade tree within the residential part of a municipality shall not be felled without a public hearing by the tree warden.”

• According to Carroll 19

VSA 1111 gives the selectboard the “authority and duty … to make compliance with the requirements of the Shade Tree Statute a condition of a permit to conduct work within the public rights-of-way.”

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A DDIS ON INDE P E NDE NT

Editorial

A superior idea, but do we have the will to adopt it?

The idea of “universal free meals” for all school students during the academic school year is so obviously superior to what this country has done for a century or more, one wonders how we ever thought that singling out a select group of kids for a subsidized meal was a good idea.

As it is, parents and kids wake each school day and hurriedly cram whatever time they have into a routine that gets them to school in the nick of time; whether that entails early morning farm chores before classes start, going for early morning sports practices, or waking up 30 minutes before class and racing to beat the tardy bell. The result is that lots of students start the day without breakfast (nationally, the figure is 60 percent) and not every student either brings a lunch or can afford to buy one. That means kids are often hungry and not as primed to learn as they could be.

From an academic perspective, teachers viewed the “universal free meal” as overwhelmingly positive, according to a two-year study by the University of Vermont done in Vermont schools that have implemented the program (all but two counties — Windsor and Addison — have at least one district school enrolled in the plan).

No doubt when similar studies examine student performance, we’ll also learn that students perform better academically when their minds are not distracted by hunger. Those conclusions seem obvious.

Less obvious is how we transition from what we have to a wholly different approach.

In a front-page story this past Thursday on the topic, Addison Independent reporter John Flowers attended a gathering in Middlebury of the Hunger Council hosted by Hunger Free Vermont Executive Director Anore Horton. The concept of Universal Free School Meals, she told those attending, is a model that allows all students to eat one or two meals (breakfast and/or lunch) for “free,” but of course it’s not free for the host school. Participating schools not only incorporate the meal program into the budget, but also into the overall school curriculum by creating a learning lab for healthy eating and a mealtime experience where all students are equal.

The life-long health benefits of such a program are obvious as is mitigating the stigma associated with receiving subsidized meals.

The stumbling block in this capitalist-minded society of ours is the upfront cost. In Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union (representing four elementary schools in Highgate, Franklin, Sheldon and Swanton, and the Missisquoi Valley Union Middle/ High School serving 1,150 students), Horton estimated it would take an additional $100,000 to implement universal meals in that district’s schools. Locally, Addison Central Supervisory Union chairman Peter Conlon said it was on his list of priorities to discuss, but that he suspected “we would need to lower our costs before we could take on such a significant expense.”

But just how skewed is our perspective on this? Consider how our communities afford other school expenses, like textbooks, school computers, physical education equipment, chemicals in the science lab or art supplies, all of which are supplied by the school district.

“We only do this with food,” Horton pointed out. “We treat food as somehow separate and different within the school building than all the rest of the educational supports we provide.” Horton noted that the federal Child Nutrition Bill is up for reauthorization this year, and Hunger Free Vermont wants to make universal school meals a top priority at the state and federal level.

“This is a structural and financial problem in the federal meals program that has to be addressed,” she said. “We’re already paying for an inefficient, unequal food system that’s not supporting, as well as it might, great education and health outcomes for every student.”

To get there, however, we would need a shift in values.

“We are the highest-cost educational system in the U.S.,” added Lynn Coale, executive director of the Addison County Relocalization Network and a former superintendent of the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center. “If we can’t make sure every kid is getting two free meals, we just have our priorities completely screwed up.”

Which is the case. Question is: Do we have the will to change?

Angelo S. Lynn

In the line of duty

FERRISBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT member Roger Richmond drives a truck up Main Street during the Vergennes Memorial Day parade this past Monday with fellow firefighter George Gardner in the passenger seat.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Letters to the Editor Trump likely fits definition of ‘unfit for office’ The Constitution of the United States does not require a sitting President to read, speak or understand English, or any particular language — three things required by law for lots of occupations.

Writing down words, correctly spelled or not, isn’t mentioned one way or the other.

Thus, it’s legally acceptable to elect a learning challenged

leader, something we’ve chosen to do. Illiterate, by definition, means uneducated, unable to read and write.

The President wanders somewhere between illiterate, which technically he is not, and amazingly uninformed, considering where he went to school. Ethical adult behavior is a separate issue.

In self-defense he calls him-

self “a genius,” which seems offensive in every sense of the word. There are dementia-like gaps in his understanding. If voters gave it some thought and dug into the text, generally “unfit for office” is covered in the Constitution. The founders were familiar with and fearful of demented kings.

Alec Lyall Middlebury

Addison Independent, Monday, June 3, 2019 — PAGE 5

Get rid of Trump at ballot box

Letters to the Editor Sanders’ absence was conspicuous at parade “Memorial Day Without Him” Where’s our hopeful, next-president senator? Why isn’t he here?

Taking a year off?

Not enough votes, among the candycatching children. The Rotary Club throwing their sparkling necklaces.

Our kind of Addison County Mardi Gras.

This Memorial Day. Sidewalks lined with dogs and neighbors, sunning in their wheelchairs, A few dignitaries waving from their antique cars, ancient limousines. We don’t see our senator riding in.

Or anywhere today. I hope he hasn’t given up walking yet.

He can’t be everywhere at once.

Even if the fire engines and rescue squads, the 4-H’ers and middle school bands, the veterans-for-peace and flags for friends still missing-in-action are still here. But not our politician this year. Who, I’m sure, has a good reason why he had to skip our parade.

Maybe someone he loves is sick and needs his care. Maybe there’s another village, a town, here in Vermont, a gore.

That would feel better about itself, without feeling too prideful. A granite New England trait.

If he showed up there. Walking along, waving.

Taking a break from worrying how many votes it will take to stay in the race. If that sign across the street, in the bakery window, is meant for him.

— Gary Margolis, Cornwall

Wearing his chinos and sleevesrolled-up, blue dress shirt.

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Two facts need to be remembered. First, Vermont, with 630,000 people, represents one-fifth of one percent of the population of the United States, which is about 330 million. Second, the world population is 7.7 billion, and is growing by more than all the people in Vermont every four days. This is the problem that underlies climate

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change. So far, this problem is politically untouchable.

Forcing legislators to take token measures that ignore the basic problem will only increase overall costs and restrict activities without having any positive effect on the eventual outcome.

Steve Reynolds Cornwall

As the old saying goes, “If it feels good don’t do it” should ring true as impeachment is considered., Every logical argument suggests that this is the correct path forward however there is nothing logical about Washington. Trump was elected by mob mentality, not merit. Impeachment, successful or not, will stir up the mob in an unprecedented fashion and will lead to disastrous results.

If unsuccessful, impeachment will bring every hillbilly out of the woodwork to the ballot boxes to vote for their beleaguered leader, which will be very dangerous particularly given the extremely shaky

Democratic candidate pool. This will result in four more years.

Perhaps even worse, a successful impeachment could usher in the Pence era, which could lead to an unforeseen number of years with the inmates running the asylum.

Trump was elected with the full knowledge of his persona.

To believe mob votes are going to swing because of yet another unethical move on his part is beyond naive.

Impeachment by Congress is checkers. “Impeachment” by voters at the ballot box on election day is chess.

Anders Holm Portsmouth, N.H.

Economic surge is temporary Things said in a dream to two officials of the Trump administration: “I like an economy that runs well until the ship goes down and then a miracle might save

us.” (“Donald” is the ship going down, and will a miracle save us?) Vanity of vanities.

Dana Bingham Severson Middlebury

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

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Wishes are for burning stars, so that they can find sleep.

Wishes are coins in a fountain while we silently weep.

Wishes are for sleepless people who stare into the void, and wishes are for troublemakers who just got tattooed.

Wishes are for lonely people with tears in their eyes, just as wishes are for empty people trying not to die.

Wishes are the delicate things between the stars and the sky — wishes are for all the people who want to feel alive.

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The curse of knowledge “Do you overthink things?” my therapist asks.

“Yes,” I reply, “but everyone does.”

“I’m not talking about everyone. I’m talking about you.”

“I am everyone,” I tell her.

“How so?”

Rebecca Orten, 14, Middlebury

Once, in Paris, when you were very young, you realized you had nowhere to go.

So you took yourself to Notre Dame, attracted by the stained glass windows.

Even with little to nothing for you to live on, you found you were no longer alone.

Now all of that may be gone — but you are still here. What do you know?

I thought that tonight I would call you up, meet you in front of some payphone.

A quarter could take us nearly anywhere as long as you wouldn’t leave me alone.

I’m just trying to keep it together, as wonders and history burn to the ground.

It’s true, nothing will last forever …

I just hope I will always have you around.

Some damage we do cannot be undone.

Some hurt, some pain, is irreversible.

Sometimes we are the ones in the wrong, and even our best apologies are futile.

It doesn’t matter if it was an accident — it happened because I wasn’t careful.

You can’t light a flame and leave it unattended next to something so priceless and so beautiful.

Maybe it’s because I’m now a little older, maybe it’s wisdom still left in the cathedral, maybe it’s your head on my shoulder, but I feel something light up in me, like a candle.

They built this city long before me, before you, yet I think I’ve found hope in something new.

We might never be the same as we were, but the city is burning, and I still love you.

How does one rebuild history?

How does one accept when it is lost?

The truth is, we are shockingly temporary, outlasted by our stories and ghosts.

Change might happen very slowly, but it is an undeniable, constant force.

I know that one day I may look out on Paris and realize I have nowhere to go.

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Graduating Grief?

Freshmen:

New-kid-on-the-block of grieving, the home we knew - no longer within reach.

Deposited in a world full of strange new demands, and others like me – dazed looking, searching for equilibrium.

“It’s a new beginning!” – they say.

“You’ll get used to it!” – they say.

Living with Dying An Addison County Partnership

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his beautiful poem simply and eloquently captures two universal themes — shock, daze, disorientation, confusion — as well as personal expressions of grief such as writing, searching and questioning. Dorothea’s description of grieving as being a laboratory for the heart speaks to the constantly evolving, transportive experience of loss and renewal. It is a testimony to the abiding love that lives in sorrow.

For more information about individual grief support and support groups please contact Margaret Olson, bereavement specialist, at End of Life Services, 388-4111 or molson@ endoflifevt.org.

The author of this poem is Dorothea Langevin, a local Certified Life-Coach, Certified End-of-Life Doula, and artist, who’s own grieving journey inspired her to find meaningful expression in writing photo-poetry reflections.

She recently published her first book “Tall Tales,” and is in the process of publishing her next book: “Cannot Speak, so I Write… A Transformative Healing Journey from Loss to Love.”

Dorothea’s mission is to inspire, and she invites feedback from the community. To contact Dorothea, call: 1-802-458-7181 or e-mail: dorothea.langevin@gmail.com.

Sophomore:

Survived freshman year – in a haze.

Got a few classes on this grieving stuff down – the basics anyway.

More hoops to jump through – apparently mandatory.

Does grieving offer credits?

Start getting serious about your major: A New Life – alone.

Junior:

Survived the ‘going through the motions’ of the grieving curriculum.

Made some peer-group friends! – Grief-Networking?

More in-depth study of the subject at hand.

Lab-work for the heart, endless papers to write on: “What I learned in grieving school is…?”

Senior:

Homestretch? – What home?

Post-graduate study consideration: Is there a post-grad in grieving?

Life-Testings have become familiar.

Examining my progress.

Applying for a new life.

Graduating Grief? – One Heart-Felt Lesson at a Time!

— Dorothea Langevin 2/11/2019

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Legislative Breakfast in Bridport. Monday, June 3, Bridport Grange Hall, Route 22A and 125. Talk with local legislators over a breakfast. The last breakfast of the 2019 session.

Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps defray the cost of opening the hall.

Music at the Barn Pub with Caleb Elder and Brett Hughes in Ripton. Monday, June 3, 8:30 p.m., Barn, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences.

Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

Helen Macdonald — “Bugs and Birds and Bewilderment: How I Learned to Write About Nature,” in Ripton. Monday, June 3, 8:45 a.m., Little Theater, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences. Free and open to the public.

Events are subject to change. Call 802-4435286 to confirm days and times.

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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WEDNESDAY

Edward Gauvin — “Translation as Design,” in Ripton.

Wednesday, June 5, 8:45 a.m., Barn, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

Daniel Duane — “What Are Mountains For?” in Ripton. Wednesday, June 5, 8:45 a.m., Little Theater, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference. Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” on screen in Middlebury.

Wednesday, June 5, 1 and 7 p.m. Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but

one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. This film follows her 20-year career in France and in the United States — after which she was veritably erased from history. Until now …

Vocal Pops Concert in Vergennes.

Wednesday, June 5, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School. Come hear VUHS students from grade 7-12 in their final vocal performance of the year.

Readings by Megan Mayhew Bergman, Sean Hill, and Suzanne Jill Levine in Ripton. Wednesday, June 5, 8 p.m., Little Theater, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125.

Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences. Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

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THURSDAY

Brandon Carnival in Brandon.

Thursday, June 6, begins at 5 p.m., Estabrook Park, Route 7 N. Carnival kick-off day with a fun run at 5 p.m. and midway opening at 5 p.m. and Neshobe and Lathrop schools choral sing at 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

J. Drew Lanham — “Curating Culture into Stories of the Wild: When Extinction and Ethnicity Converge,” in Ripton. Tuesday, June 4, 8:45 a.m., Little Theater, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference. Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

Elisabeth Jaquette Lecture in Ripton.

Tuesday, June 4, 8:45 a.m., Barn, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125. Part of the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. Free and open to the public. Events are subject to change. Call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

“Understanding American Politics in the Age of Trump” in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 4, 12:30-2 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Middlebury College Professor Matt Dickinson returns to Eastview for the first in a series of six biweekly lively and engaging “Political Luncheon” talks. Free and open to the Public.

Mapping The Places We Love in Middlebury.

Tuesdays, June 4 and 11, 3:30-5:30 p.m., BUNDLE @ 60 Main St. Come to the Middlebury’s new Pop-Up event space to learn hand-drawn mapping basics and have fun mapping real or imaginary places close to your heart. Second session runs Tuesday, June 11. For ages 8-100. Cost $40. Register by emailing Claire Tebbs: weewren@gmail. com.

Yvonne Daley speaks in Bristol. Tuesday, June 4, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. Daley will speak about the late 1960s and early 1970s counterculture’s impact on Vermont and Vermont’s influence on the counterculture generation.

More info contact Nancy Wilson at 802-4532366. A Vermont Humanities Council program.

Readings by John Balcom, Jennifer Chang, Daniel Duane, and Helen Macdonald in Ripton. Tuesday, June 4, 8 p.m., Little Theater, Bread Loaf Campus, Route 125.

Part of the Bread Loaf Environmental and

Free admission. More info at townofbrandon.com.

Hungrytown in Vergennes. Thursday, June 6, 6-7 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Come hear the celebrated acoustic duo Hungrytown. Their songs and music have appeared on IFC’s Portlandia, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and Neftlix’s comedy, Lady Dynamite; as well as various documentaries and major sporting events ranging from NASCAR to Hockey Night in Canada.

Piano Recital in Middlebury. Thursday, June 6, 7:15-8:15 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Come hear Cynthia Huard’s piano students Alex Larrow, Nico Brayton, Greta HardyMittell and more.

Opera Company of Middlebury presents “Cendrillon” in Middlebury. Thursday, June 6, 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.

Remembering D-Day in Middlebury.

Thursday, June 6, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, veteran and EastView resident Ron Hadley talks of his D-Day experience. Hadley participated in that invasion as a junior naval officer. He’ll talk about the events leading up to the invasion, the day itself, and allow time for questions. Free and open to the public.

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Film pioneer

“BE NATURAL: THE Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” tells the story of the first female filmmaker, and one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. The film will screen at Middlebury’s Marquis Theater on Wednesday, June 5, at 1 and 7 p.m.

FRIDAY

“Applying to College” workshop in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 9 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Route 125. An overview of the general selective college application process. High school age children and grandchildren of Middlebury alumni, faculty and staff as well as students from Vermont high schools and their parents are invited.

Preference is given to juniors in high school.

Required registration by Tuesday, June 4.

More info at nfigueroa@middlebury.edu or middlebury.edu/admissions/ccworkshop.

Jim Gish: Town of Middlebury update in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Jim Gish, the Community Liaison for the Downtown Bridges Replacement Project, will offer residents and community members an update on Middlebury’s multi-year project.

Free, open to the public, and fully accessible, but space is limited. Refreshments provided.

RSVP to Suzanne Bennett at 802-377-3393 or sbennett@residenceottercreek.com.

Ted Wesley and Dave Gusakov in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Ted Wesley, blues guitarist and singer of all kinds of great songs, obscure and familiar, returns to Eastview’s Bistro, this time joined by fiddler extraordinaire Dave Gusakov. Free and open to the public.

Public reception in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Reception for the Sheldon Museum’s exhibit “The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley;” “Whimsical Wonders: Fairy Houses from Nature by Sally J Smith”; “Woodland Inspirations: Sculptures by Chuck

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community calendar p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Ted Wesley, blues guitarist and singer of all kinds of great songs, obscure and familiar, returns to Eastview’s Bistro, this time joined by fiddler extraordinaire Dave Gusakov.

Free and open to the public.

Public reception in Middlebury.

Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Reception for the Sheldon Museum’s exhibit “The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley;” “Whimsical Wonders: Fairy Houses from Nature by Sally J Smith”; “Woodland Inspirations: Sculptures by Chuck Herrmann”; “Fantasy Creatures and “Briar Burl Sculptures” by Andrew Marks Also on view: “Art and Blooms;” a selection of creative flower arrangements by local gardeners and florists, inspired by Dan Kiley’s landscape designs. The arrangements will be available for purchase during the reception. Free and open to members and non-members. More info at 802-388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Artist’s opening reception in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m., Edgewater On The Green, 6 Merchants Row. A reception for photographers Jim Westphalen’s solo exhibition, “The Enduring Landscape,” on view through June. More info at 802-989-7419 or Edgewatergallery.com.

Brandon Carnival in Brandon. Friday, June 7, begins at 5 p.m., Estabrook Park, Route 7 N. Midway and vendors open at 5 p.m., Brandon Idol finale at 7 p.m. Free admission. More info at townofbrandon. com.

Bridge to Summer celebration of the art of learning in Middlebury. Friday, June 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Bridge School, 1469 Exchange St. A community-wide outdoor event featuring Vermont’s LC Jazz ensemble and an online and live auction of original art and prints from local artists and supporters. An evening of dancing, bidding, dinner and sipping will also honor local artist Chris Murray’s Bridge School Silo mural. Admission $10 adults at the door. Kids 12 and under free. Dinner from Sabai Sabai be available to purchase.

Twenty years of a capella at Mt. Abe in Bristol. Friday, June 7, 7-8:30 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Members from past and present Sweet Transitions pull together songs and singers, and revisit memories made.

Singers are asked to attend rehearsal from 4-6 p.m. $5 suggested donation at the door.

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SATURDAY

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, June 8, 7 a.m., Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. More info call 802 388-6019 or 802-388-1007.

Vermont Days Weekend across the state.

Saturday, June 8, all day. Free admission at all Vermont State Historic Sites and day use State Parks.

Allen & his boys

“THOSE TURBULENT SONS of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution” will be the subject of the day Mount Independence State historic Site when author Christopher Wren talks about the book on Saturday, June 8, from 2-3:30 p.m. A book group discussion sponsored by the Orwell Free Library from 12:30-1:45 p.m will precede the talk.

Day of Ball in Vergennes. Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., American Legion Post 14; 100 Armory Ln. Join the Vergennes Area Youth League for a day of softball, family, and fun. Special appearance by Champ of the Vermont Lake Monsters.

More info at VAYLContactUs@gmail. com. (802) 349-2207 or facebook.com/ VergennesLittleLeague/.

Park tour in Middlebury. Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m., meet at the Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Part of the programming offered by the Sheldon Museum in conjunction with the Museum’s summer exhibit “The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley,” landscape architect Ted Adams will lead a tour of the new Middlebury Downtown Park, designed by his firm Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture. Free. More at 802-388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Mount Independence Coalition annual meeting in Orwell. Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mount Independence Rd. The site friends group hosts their annual meeting. All are welcome.

Shepard Family Concert Company talk in Middlebury. Saturday, June 8, noon, the Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Lucinda Cockrell, Sheldon Museum trustee and retired archivist, will tell the story of the Shepard Family Concert Company, which toured Vermont between 1885-1897. She will discuss the Sheldon’s collection including photographs and programs from the band’s travels, which will be on view in June.

Free with museum admission. Part of the Sheldon’s Hidden Treasure series. More

info at henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Brandon Carnival in Brandon. Saturday, June 8, begins at noon., Estabrook Park, Route 7 N. Midway and vendors open at noon. Events throughout the day include Family Feud and best baker contest and music by Kai Warner, West Road Rockers, and Ben Fuller. Free admission. More info at townofbrandon.com.

“Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom” book discussion and author talk in Orwell. Saturday, June 8, book discussion 12:30-1:45 p.m., author talk 2-3:30 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mount Independence Rd. The Orwell Free Library offers a group book discussion of Christopher Wren’s latest book, “Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution.” Wren is a retired New York Times reporter and editor and visiting professor at Dartmouth College Bring the book and a picnic lunch. Free.

More info contact the library at 802-948-2041.

Prize Bingo in Leicester.

Saturday, June 8, 1 p.m. at the Leicester Senior Center, Leicester four corners Refreshments served and all are welcome.

New England Review annual alumni and faculty gathering in Middlebury.

Saturday, June 8, 2:30 p.m., Room 229, Axinn Center, Old Chapel Rd. Come hear a a range of accomplished alumni from classes ranging from 1979 to 2009, with Sam Collier, Dede Cummings, Meghan Laslocky, and Emilie Trice, along with Middlebury College professor of poetry and creative writing Karin Gottshall. The authors will read from a range of poems, stories, essays, and more. Books will be available for signing. Free and open to the public.

Soovin Kim, violin; Gloria Chien, piano in Rochester. Saturday, June 8, 4 p.m., Rochester Federated Church, 15 N. Main St. This Joan Hutton Landis Memorial Concert features works by Ravel, Copeland, Szymanowski. The Rochester Chamber Music Society’s 25th Anniversary Season opening concert. More info at rcmsvt.org or call 802-767-9234.

Chicken and biscuit supper in Vergennes.

Saturday, June 8, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main St., across from the Opera House. Menu includes chicken and biscuits, stuffing, vegetable, roll, and dessert. Adults $9/ children $5. Served buffet style. Takeout available. More info at 802-877-3150.

Gospel concert in Vergennes. Saturday, June 8, 6 p.m., Victory Baptist Church, 862 US Route 7.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh.

Saturday, June 8, 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.

Bill Powers Presentation in Brandon.

Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Local historian and author Powers presents a unique evening of facts with vintage photos about “The Old Brandon Myth and Environs,” discussion on “The First Settlers On Hawk Hill,” “The Prime Richmond Quarry” and “The 19th Century Murder On The Syndicate Road.” A free will donation event.

Opera Company of Middlebury presents “Cendrillon” in Middlebury. Friday, June 8, 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.

Sarah Blacker and New England Groove Association in Brandon. Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A classically trained singer, Blacker has shown herself to be an exceptional singer songwriter. She writes in an uninhibited, honest and fearless style. Come hear full band sound.

Concert tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info contact Edna at 802-247-4295 or e-mail edna@ brandon-music.net.

Deep sky astronomy night in Hubbardton.

Saturday, June 8, 9-11 p.m., Hubbardton Battlefield, 5696 Monument Hill Rd. Members of the Green Mountain Astronomers explore the wonders of the night sky, sharing their telescopes and knowledge. Bring a picnic for sunset.

Night sky viewing begins about 9:10 p.m., weather permitting. Call 802-273-2282 to confirm.

LIVEMUSIC Diana Fanning Piano students’ recital in Middlebury. Monday June 3, 7:15-8:15 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Music at the Barn Pub in Ripton. Monday, June 3, 8:30 p.m., Barn, Bread Loaf Campus Middlebury Community Music Center student performance in Middlebury.

Wednesday, July 5, 6-7 p.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury.

Vocal Pops Concert in Vergennes.

Wednesday, June 5, 7 p.m., Vergennes Union High School.

Hungrytown in Vergennes. Thursday, June 6, 6-7 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library.

Ted Wesley and Dave Gusakov in Middlebury. Sunday, June 7, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bistro, EastView at Middlebury.

The Good Parts in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, July 7, 6 p.m., Basin Harbor.

Twenty years of a capella at Mt. Abe in Bristol. Friday, June 7, 7-8:30 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School Soovin Kim, violin; Gloria Chien, piano in Rochester. Saturday, June 8, 4 p.m., Rochester Federated Church Gospel concert in Vergennes. Saturday, June 8, 6 p.m., Victory Baptist Church.

Sarah Blacker and New England Groove Association in Brandon.

Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The Honey Badgers in New Haven.

Saturday, June 9, 2-4 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery.

Sarah King in Middlebury. Sunday, June 9, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek See a full listing of

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Opera returns to THT this weekend

By GREG PAHL last season as Stella in “A Opera Company of Streetcar Named Desire,” returns Middlebury’s production to play the role of the fairy of Massenet’s “Cendrillon” godmother, La Fée. Vermont continues this week at 7:30 favorite Erik Kroncke will play p.m. on Thursday, June 6, and the King, and the leading roles Saturday, June 8 at Middlebury’s will be played by two singers Town Hall Theater. making their OCM debuts, Jules Massenet was far and Lindsay Ohse and John Riesen. away the most successful opera Anderson comments that composer in late-19th century the Cinderella story can use a France, with over 30 successful little updating. “’Someday my operas to his credit. By 1905, his prince will come’…well, that’s opera “Manon” had been staged no longer the dream of young 500 times at the Palais Garnier women. We’re interested in in Paris. He had similar success filling in the blanks, finding with “Le Cid,” out what Cinderella “Werther,” “Thaîs” loves, what makes and many more. her an interesting, Director Douglas vibrant human being.

Anderson believes I’ve been saying that that “Cendrillon” is in our production the the most beautiful Prince won’t fall for version of the popular the most beautiful

by Greg Pahl tale. “Massenet was woman in the room popular because but rather the most he wrote the most interesting person in beautiful music for the theater. the room. That would be a fable This music is sumptuous and for our times.” romantic — it pretty much Sung in French with English sweeps you off your feet, which subtitles. The run time is is just right for a love story.” approximately three hours.

The OCM orchestra, under the There will be pre-performance direction of Principal Guest talks one hour prior to curtain Conductor Michael Sakir, is time at the Memorial Baptist made up of the best musicians in Church. This is a delightful, Vermont, several of whom have must-see show; a limited number played for OCM for many years. of tickets are still available.

OCM casts professional Tickets, rows B & C: $55, rows singers from across the country, D – M: $65, Balcony: $80. For many of whom return regularly tickets, go to townhalltheater. to perform here. Soprano Cree org, call 802-382-9222, or visit Carrico, who was so impressive the THT box office Monday –

arts beat

LISTEN TO THE Honey Badgers and sip some wine when the duo play at Lincoln Peak Vineyard on Sunday, June 9, from 2-4 p.m.

Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

SARAH BLACKER AND NEW ENGLAND GROOVE ASSOCIATION AT BRANDON MUSIC Sarah Blacker and New England Groove Association bring a full band sound to Brandon Music on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.

The collaboration, which often features special guests, is comprised of awardwinning, internationally touring singer-songwriters and multiinstrumentalists, Sarah Blacker, Aaron Z. Katz, and Phil Selesnick on keyboards. With roots in the folk, rock, jam-band

and funk scenes, the talented trio fuses their vibrant musical worlds together to create an original, soulful sound.

Blacker is a regular guest at Brandon Music. A classically trained singer, Blacker has shown herself to be an exceptional singer-songwriter. She writes in an uninhibited, honest and fearless style, producing “a constant flow of material” that, according to “South Shore” magazine “is a testament to the fact that she is such a prolific writer.”

Blacker has toured extensively initially as a solo performer and shared stages with dozens

Opera Company of Middlebury will stage Massenet’s “Cendrillon” this Thursday, June 6, and Saturday, June 8, at THT.

of internationally renowned artists including Mishka, Sara Bareilles, Leon Russell, Rusted Root, America, Eddie Money, Richard Thompson, 10,000 Maniacs, Loudon Wainwright III, Livingston Taylor, and many others.

Blacker was named Female Performer of the Year in the 2013 New England Music Awards, and has built a devoted following both nationally and internationally via extensive touring, passionate singing and songwriting, and belief in the power of music.

Aaron Katz, with over 20 years of national and international touring experience, is the singer/ songwriter/producer/drummer from the successful jam-band, Percy Hill. Percy Hill won the Jammy Award for Album of the Year in 2000 and continues to sell out rooms on the jam club and festival scene. The band recently reunited after an eightyear hiatus, to sold-out shows at Port City Music Hall in Portland, Maine, and The Paradise, in Boston.

Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or e-mail edna@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon.

BRIDGE TO SUMMER AT BRIDGE SCHOOL On Friday, June 7, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Bridge School presents “Bridge to Summer,” a celebration of art of learning and (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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Cosmic Forecast ARIES: March 21-April 20. Aries, you may want to cut back on physical activity for a little while, especially if you have been nursing an injury.

Don’t worry, you’ll get back in the saddle again soon.

SARAH BLACKER AND New England Groove take the stage at Brandon Music, on Saturday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) a summer salutation.

Vermont’s own LC Jazz ensemble will play classic big band music at this communitywide outdoor event, which also features an online and live auction of original art and prints from local artists and supporters.

The evening of dancing, bidding, dinner and sipping will also honor local artist Chris Murray’s Bridge School Silo Mural: “We’re different, we’re the same, we’re all beautiful!”

LC Jazz is a 17-member, nonprofit organization that believes in giving back to the community. Since 1992, the band has funded music scholarships at Vergennes, Mount Abraham, and Middlebury Union High Schools.

“Bridge to Summer” will

support the band’s mission, as well as kick off Bridge School’s Future 40 Capital Campaign, as the school approaches its 40th anniversary in 2020. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the music begins at 5:45 p.m.

Admission $10 for adults at the door. Kids 12 and under free. Dinner from Sabai Sabai will be available to purchase at affordable prices, with inexpensive, gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian-friendly options.

Shacksbury Cider, Red Clover Ale Company, and Lincoln Peak Vineyard will sell adult beverages. Non-alcoholic drinks and dessert will be sold by Bridge School. Parking is available next door at Woodchuck Hard Cider.

Check out the art and bid (See Beat, Page 13)

TAURUS: April 21-May 21. Taurus, someone you thought was a friend may be looking for something more. If you are in a relationship, you’ll have to set this person straight.

LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. This is a week to bring order and organization to your home. Doing so will allow you to focus your attention on important matters, Libra.

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GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Focus your attention on something creative instead of analytical this week, Gemini. You can probably use a break from spreadsheets and bar graphs.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec. 21. Give yourself a few days to lounge around and enjoy some rest and relaxation, Sagittarius. You can probably use it right now if the pace has been hectic.

CANCER: June 22-July 22. Cancer, too many projects and people vying for your attention make it tough for you to see anything through to completion. There will be time to get it done in the future.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23.

There is a lesson to be learned this week, Leo. But you will not know what it is until you’re in the thick of things. You will come out ahead either way, so don’t fret.

VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept.

22. Virgo, you have the future on your mind, specifically where you will be in a few months or years. If you are not content, start mapping out a plan to follow.

SCORPIO: Oct. 24-Nov. 22. Scorpio, attention naturally comes your way, and you won’t to do anything out of the ordinary to direct more of it to you. In fact, spend some time out of the limelight if you can.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 22Jan. 20. Avoid making any binding promises this week, Capricorn.

Your mind just isn’t fully into things, and you need extreme focus to follow through.

CELEBRATE OUR 5TH BIRTHDAY Saturday, June 8th – DOOR PRIZES! Join us for Cake & Refreshments

AQUARIUS: Jan. 21-Feb. 18. Aquarius, focus on bringing some more romance to your relationship this week.

Send cute texts or leave love notes around the house. These little actions will add up.

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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS JUNE 2 - Wayne Brady, Actor (47) JUNE 3 - Rafael Nadal, Athlete (33) JUNE 4 - Angelina Jolie, Actress (44) JUNE 5 - Mark Wahlberg, Actor (48) JUNE 6 - Jason Isaacs, Actor (56) JUNE 7 - Iggy Azalea, Rapper (29) JUNE 8 - Maria Menounos, TV Host (40)

ANDREW MARKS’ BRIAR Burl sculptures will be on display at the Sheldon Museum through the summer. Come see his work at the opening reception for all of the Sheldon’s current exhibits on Friday, June 7, from 5-7 p.m.

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Driedand up will let you know if you are at risk of falling. The therapists -These tests take approximately eight46. minutes will give you a written assessment, which you can share with your physician.

47. Billboard category -Assessments will be done during the48. same time as___ the the foot care clinic but you do not need to participate in the "What odds?" foot care clinic in order to have a balance assessment completed. If you do have a foot care appointment the 50. assessment can be done before or after it. Tailor -No appointment is necessary for balance assessments and there is no cost or obligation. Appointments ARE necessary for foot care services.

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Beat (Continued from Page 11) online from Saturday, May 18 through Thursday, June 6 at bit. ly/bridgetosummer. The auction continues at the live event on Friday, June 7. Top online bidders can be part of the live action via “proxy bidders” who will up the bidding, per their request and price limit. You don’t need to be present to win an amazing work of art.

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BRIAR BURL SCULPTURES AT SHELDON MUSEUM “Fantasy Creatures,” by Cornwall artist Andrew Marks are now on view at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury through September 1.

Marks chose briar burl as his medium and has been making quality smoking pipes for over forty years. He continues to sculpt from a large quantity of Corsican and Greek plateau briar he purchased in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974. Marks is known internationally for the quality, design and craftsmanship of his handmade pipes.

In the 1990s, Marks began to explore other artistic expressions for his briar. The Sheldon exhibit highlights the resulting “fantasy creatures.” All are mounted on stone, many depicting imaginary animals. Marks studied and sought inspiration from the beliefs and “fetish carvings” of the Native American Zuni tribe, found primarily in New Mexico.

On display at the Sheldon are sixteen “fantasy creatures” that invite interpretation.

Animals, possibly represented include squirrels or chipmunks, a slithering snake targeted by approaching mongoose, an otter

or mink, and several feasibly human forms in meditation or conversation. Visitors will delight in conjuring their own conclusions.

The Sheldon is hosting an exhibit reception on Friday, June 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. when guests may view the Sheldon’s four new exhibits: The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley; Whimsical Wonders: Fairy Houses from Nature

by Sally J Smith; Woodland Inspirations: Sculptures by Chuck Herrmann; and Briar Burl Sculptures by Andrew Marks.

The Museum is located at One Park Street in downtown Middlebury across from the Ilsley Library. Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.5 p.m.; research center hours: Thursday and Friday, 1-5 p.m.

Admission to the museum is $5 adults; $3 youth (6-18); $4.50 seniors; $12 family; $5 research center. For more information call 802-388-2117 or visit henrysheldonmuseum.org.

SUNDAY SESSIONS BEGIN AT LINCOLN PEAK VINEYARD Relax on the porch at Lincoln Peak Vineyard with wine and live music on Sunday afternoons this season. To kick things off, The Honey Badgers will perform on Sunday, June 9, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The duo’s folk/Americana sound has been likened to that of The Civil Wars and The Swell Season. They are known for their intense, unique harmonies, and their sincere lyrics and melodies.

With Michael Natrin on guitar, mandolin, and the occasional banjo, and Erin Magnin on violin, glockenspiel and harmonium, The Honey Badgers are touring their first full length album “Meet Me.” Wine is available by the glass, and there will be a good

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Kniffin (Continued from Page 1) brought the organization back his honor. to solvency and coordinated an And that’s rare for the affiliation with the UVM Health loquacious Kniffin, a man with Network. great communication skills who’s “My teammates wrapped me up always ready with a humorous in love and support,” Kniffin said. rejoinder.

“I knew somehow that teamwork The praise coincided with was important to successful the end of Kniffin’s eventful leadership. We just started running three-year tenure and I’m enormously as Porter Medical “I knew proud of the work Center president. we’ve done together. somehow that But as he reminded The team has done it the crowd of more teamwork was all.” than 50 people, he’ll important to Dr. John remain easy to find. successful Brumsted, president Kniffin is returning leadership. We of UVM Health to his former role as Network, was a just started a Porter Emergency prominent member D e p a r t m e n t running and of the team. He physician, from I’m enormously praised Kniffin for whence he was proud of the his accomplishments plucked in 2016 to work we’ve in the face of fill a spot vacated done together. adversity.

by Lynn Boggs after “It’s amazing in an The team has only nine months as entire administrative done it all.”

Porter president. career if you get to As new PMC — Dr. Fred Kniffin bring an organization President Dr. through the rough, Seleem Choudhury looked on, choppy waters… and you get a procession of Porter officials to a place where you work with shared their thoughts about colleagues and your community Kniffin’s leadership tenure to guide an organization through during the celebration at the a transformation that is going to Waybury Inn in East Middlebury. set it up for decades to come,” Kniffin officially inherited the Brumsted told Kniffin. “You got job on March 21, 2016. The to do both of those things. It was organization had been mired in a real honor and pleasure to work a financial slump. The previous with you.” administration had laid off more Dr. Ben Rosenberg, a longtime than a dozen workers. Kniffin put colleague of Kniffin’s, offered together a leadership team that some warm words for his

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doppelganger (the two physicians looking strikingly alike).

He credited Kniffin for having been an instrument of change for the hospital throughout his tenure. He said Kniffin successfully advocated for the hiring of specialized ER docs for the Emergency Department, and ushered in an era of “hospitalist” physicians at PMC. Kniffin, he added, helped PMC’s Emergency Department technology make the transition to the 21st century. And he said Kniffin wasn’t afraid of assuming leadership roles when asked, as shown by his stint as the hospital’s first chief medical

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He praised Kniffin for asking thoughtful questions, paying attention to detail, having an even keel, being honest and showing “real care for the people with whom he interacts.”

“Fred, we’re tremendously grateful for all you’ve done for our community,” he said.

Rosenberg joked about his resemblance to his colleague, saying it has had its perks.

“I’m happy to take credit for Porter’s turnaround,” he said with a laugh.

PMC board Chairman Sivan Cotel lauded Kniffin for his on-the-job teaching skills, for leading by example and for earning respect, rather than

simply trusting it would flow from his title.

“I’ve had such a privilege to spend time with Fred over the last couple of years,” Cotel said as he presented Kniffin with a plaque honoring his more than three decades (this far) of contributions to Porter. “(Kniffin is) someone who comes in and not only sees what needs to be done, but also brings everyone with him,” Cotel added.

“I’ve loved working with Fred.”

STATE OF THE CENTER Longtime Porter spokesman Ron Hallman lauded Kniffin for his weekly email messages to the Porter community, which became dependable “state of the medical center” updates for (See Porter, Page 15)

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Porter (Continued from Page 14) ticket gift came in the form of scores of people during his time a giant-size, $75,000 pledge at president. check from the Porter Auxiliary, Borrowing a quote from earmarked for improvements to British Prime Minster the Helen Porter Winston Churchill, Rehab & Nursing Hallman told Kniffin, “(Fred Kniffin is) facility.

“History will be good someone who Alix O’Meara, to you,” and presented comes in and president of the him with a bound, not only sees PMC Auxiliary, “greatest hits” copy of what needs to noted Kniffin’s his weekly messages. ongoing efforts to be done, but also The departing strengthen Helen president received brings everyone Porter. some very tangible with him.”

“We want to — PMC board thank Fred for his and symbolic gifts Chairman t h o u g h t f u l n e s s that included a Sivan Cotel and his dedication rocking chair and a pillow made with to this community a portion of the for the past few years,” O’Meara colorful drapes from one of said. the Porter Hospital’s former Kniffin was clearly touched conference rooms. The biggest- by the kind words and gifts.

PORTER MEDICAL CENTER board Chairman Sivan Cotel presents outgoing President Dr. Fred Kniffin with a plaque honoring his leadership for an organization that was struggling when he took office. Kniffin is returning to his role as an Emergency Department physician.

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He credited his teammates for always doing what was right for Porter’s overall mission, even when it might not have been best for them individually.

“They always, unfalteringly,

did what was right for our patients and residents, and that’s what inspired me, day in and day out,” Kniffin said.

He concluded by thanking his administrative assistant, Susan

Lapworth, and his spouse, Caryn Ethrigton.

“It really has been the greatest honor and privilege of my professional life,” Kniffin said of his presidency.

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It has been a busy year full of achievements for Middlebury Union High School’s 20182019 Students of the Week. Here is a list of those students and where they have decided to continue their studies following graduation on Saturday, June 8.

Ada Anderson — Boston College, Boston, Mass.

Ben Turner — Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.

Emily Pottinger — Northern Vermont University, Johnson/Lyndon, Vt. Michael Huber — University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. Kate Wallace — Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Anabel Hernandez — Mills College, Oakland, Calif.

Silas Conlon — Tufts University, Medford, Mass.

Parker Beatty — Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Maisie Newbury — Brown University, Providence, R.I. Hogan Beazley — Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Grace Widelitz — University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Ailey Bosworth — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Nico Gori-Montanelli — Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands Audrey Huston — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Suzie Klemmer — Bishops University, Quebec, Canada Ben Crawford — Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.

Emma Pope McCright — Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

Jesse Rubin — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

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Vergennes Union High School’s 2018-2019 Students of the Week will finish their high school career in just a few weeks. They will be dispersing all along the east coast to pursue further education from Culinary studies to Biology. Here are their college choices for the coming year.

Wade Mullin — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Abigail Smith — Johnson and Wales, Providence, R.I. Cedar Winslow — Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. Dylan Rapaport — Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.

Raven Duke — Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa. Ezekiel Palmer — Clark University, Worcester, Mass.

Kylie Comeau — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Ben Clark — University of Maine, Orono, Maine.

Ashley Cray — Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I. Bess Gramling — Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Hannah Philbrook —University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Madeline Smith — College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C. Kamren Kiefer —Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I. Jameson Haggett — Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, N.H. Marin Howell —Fordham University, New York, N.Y. Cheyenne Jewett — Castleton University, Castleton, Vt. Jack Halpin — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Connor Gill — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

Middlebury Union High School wishes all these talented students rewarding and exciting college experiences in the coming years.

Everyone at VUHS thanks these students for the contributions they have made to the school and wishes them all the best as they pursue their goals and explore more independent lives.

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By JOHN S. McCRIGHT Hey, you. Yes, YOU! Get moving!

Adults who are physically active are healthier, feel better and are less likely to develop many chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, and several types of cancer than are adults who are inactive, according to “Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,” which was put out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last year.

Regular moderate-to-vigorous physical activity also reduces feelings (See Race, Page 19)

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Race (Continued from Page 17) of anxiety and depression and improves sleep and quality of life, the guidelines report.

For some that means just getting off the couch or out of the car to walk around. But many people who want to improve their overall health raise their aspirations a little higher — they want to race.

Steve Hare knows something about getting in shape and racing. He operates the Vermont Sun fitness center in Middlebury and has organized — and in many cases

competed in — Vermont Sun triathlons and running races at Lake Dunmore for decades. Back in the 1980s, when he started training for his first triathlon, Hare set a goal for himself to take part in a race. Triathloning was a relatively new sport, and it required preparation in several disciplines, and he found that knowing there was a race coming up inspired him to keep training.

“Every time you think about that competition it motivates you to keep (See Get fit, Page 21)

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Ensuring summer recreation plans remain enjoyable means keeping an eye out for heat-related illnesses and other dangers.

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Get fit are really anxious and struggling with the (Continued from Page 19) idea of a competition, “sometimes I tell working out,” he said.

Although he was new to the sport, them to run/walk,” Hare says. “Just keep a Hare had a bodybuilding background steady movement. It is about the perceived and he was a good biker, so he found exertion level — if you feel like you’re some early positive results in triathlons. going to die, just back off.

“Go out there and finish it and have a But he understands people who may nice smooth pace.” have some anxiety about So don’t be put off if you trying a new physical “A person who aren’t terrific right out of the activity. Swimming is one gate in your first race. of the three components of wants to do it, “I tell them to teach triathlons, and Hare says that I say just enter your body how to process when he started, “I couldn’t a triathlon; do swim to save my life.” He your best and see energy,” Hare said. “Then you can start pushing your had a friend who saw him where you land. envelope after that. floundering through his The next goal is “If someone has a bad pool training and she gave experience, give it another him some advice: “Don’t to finish it, and if try or two. do workouts, just swim and you finish it then Regular exercise is about enjoy it.” By simply doing feel extra proud of repeated movement. If it the activity, Hare found he it. Then you can turns out that you don’t could improve to the point go from there.” like one type of race, after where his swimming got to — Steve Hare you’ve tried it a couple be on par with others, and times then try another. even better than some.

That led him to the advice he now gives Every episode of physical activity — even short ones — provide temporary to newbies in the sport.

“A person who wants to do it, I say just improvements in cognitive function and enter a triathlon; do your best and see where reduces anxiety. According to “Physical you land,” he said. “The next goal is to Activity Guidelines for Americans,” adults finish it, and if you finish it then feel extra who are more physically active are better able to perform everyday tasks without proud of it. Then you can go from there.”

Not everyone is built to win a race, but undue fatigue.

“Increased amounts of moderate-toeveryone can move. And you can’t finish a race until you start a race. For those who vigorous physical activity are associated

with improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, including a healthier body weight and body composition,” the report said. “Adults who are more physically active can more easily carry out daily tasks like climbing stairs, carrying heavy packages, and performing household chores. These benefits are true for men and women of all ages, races, and ethnicities.”

The report suggests that adults ages 1864 do the equivalent of 150 to 300 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes to 5 hours) of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week — that’s 30 minutes a day with two days off per week.

“Regular physical activity is one of the most important things people can do to improve their health. Moving more and sitting less have tremendous benefits for everyone, regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, or current fitness level,” said Alex M. Azar, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“The scientific evidence continues to build — physical activity is linked with even more positive health outcomes than we previously thought,” he continued.

“And, even better, benefits can start accumulating with small amounts of, and immediately after doing, physical activity.”

As someone who organizes races on a regular basis, Hare loves to see new people get out, get moving and get it done.

“Seeing a first time triathlete finish it is fantastic,” he said.

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Measure up in Alcohol Awareness Month BURLINGTON — As the popularity of craft beers and breweries continues to rise, so does the variety — and strength — of those beers. The ever-changing options in the size and types of beer available means it’s important to know that you could be drinking more alcohol than you intended.

During Alcohol Awareness Month, state health officials reminded Vermonters to “Know Your ABVs,” that’s Alcohol

By Volume. This measure allows you to adjust how much you’re drinking and keep yourself safe.

A standard 12 ounce serving size of beer is 5 percent ABV. But if you’re drinking a stronger beer that’s 7 percent ABV, the

recommended serving size is smaller –­ just 9 ounces. And if that beer is 9 percent ABV, the serving size is even smaller — at 7 ounces.

The key thing to remember is when ABV goes up, the amount you drink should go down.

“Bars and breweries may adjust serving sizes based on alcohol amounts, but always be careful drinking beer with a high alcohol content, or ABV – especially if you’re pouring your own at home or in other settings,” said Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD. “Knowing the number of standard servings in your beverage can help you stay within lower-risk levels.”

Understanding ABV is especially important for young people. National data shows that more Vermonters age 12 and up are drinking alcohol compared to the country overall. The number of Vermonters binge drinking is also higher than in the country overall.

According to the 2017 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey, one-third of high school students drank alcohol in the past 30 days.

Dr.

Levine said Vermont teenagers need to have a good understanding of the nature of alcohol and the risks of drinking.

“Parents have a role in helping their teens understand the dangers of drinking too much, and the importance of knowing and respecting their level of alcohol tolerance,” Levine said. “At ParentUpVT. org, parents can find tips and supports for how to talk with their children about this and other risky behaviors.”

Health officials said, if you decide to drink alcohol, be sure to: Drink in moderation – up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks for men.

Drink a lot of water – before, during, and after drinking alcohol.

Eat – especially foods high in protein.

Space out drinks – the average person breaks down one drink an hour.

Never drink and drive.

Anyone who is under 21, is pregnant, taking certain medications that interact with alcohol, or suffering from certain medical conditions should not drink alcohol.

For more information, visit: healthvermont.gov/alcohol-drug-abuse/ alcohol-drugs/alcohol.

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Coffee (Continued from Page 1) men that meets every morning for coffee at Cubbers Restaurant.

They did not choose that name for themselves.

Using Brown’s meticulously kept diaries, her daughter Brenda was able to pinpoint the Coffee Mates’ first meeting: Sept. 1, 2004. Present at that inaugural get-together were Barbara Brown, Rosemary Bryden, Jane Campbell, Ruth Coates, Ruth Lathrop and Prudence Tomasi.

Today their Wednesday morning numbers range from seven or eight on a quiet day to as many as 20.

This isn’t a group of people who knew one another beforehand, however, Coffin said. Many of these friendships have developed over the years.

“Everyone who is interested in coming to this group are welcome and it has grown in regular numbers just by word of mouth,” she wrote in her history.

Kathy Coakley has been a Coffee Mate for three years.

She discovered the group after attending a few senior meals in Bristol. At 65, she figures she’s one of the group’s youngest.

“There will be two or three conversations going at one time,” she said. “Sometimes, if you want to find out everything that was said, you’ll have to come back the next week and ask, ‘What was it you were talking about?’”

ON MAY 22, the Bristol Coffee Mates celebrated Betty Eaton’s 95th birthday. Eaton (center) managed to attend the meeting (and pose for photographs) in spite of having suffered minor injuries from a fall two days before.

Independent photo/Steve James

Many of their conversations center around childhood memories.

“Some of us grew up in the Depression or during (World War II),” Coffin said. “We can laugh now about things like the sugar coupons and gas coupons.”

They talk about family, too.

“We’re older so our children are not around anymore,” Coffin said. “We have family things to talk about.”

Sometimes Bristol Police

Chief Bruce Nason stops by. He’s married to the granddaughter of Coffee Mate Helen Vrooman. Among other things, he advises them to obey posted speed limits.

“He tells us if we speed he’s going to catch us,” Coffin said.

“But he’s kidding. A lot of us don’t drive anymore.”

(Nason also occasionally checks in on the Old Farts, he said, as well as other groups in Bristol that meet regularly.)

Beth Marr, who has owned and operated Almost Home since 2012, said she loves having the Coffee Mates there.

“They’re hysterical. They walk in the door, they hug us

and kiss us. They read jokes,” Marr said.

And Betty Eaton, 95, is their joke keeper.

“She scans the Internet for jokes that are stories — not just one-liners,” Marr said.

Or her friends send her jokes by email, Coffin said.

On the Wednesday that Independent photographer Steve James visited with the Coffee Mates, Eaton “kept them nice for him,” Coakley said. “But many of the jokes are unprintable.”

At first Coakley was surprised by that aspect of the group, she recalled. “But they say, ‘We’re over 90 so we can say these things.’”

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The Coffee Mates also like to make a big deal out of birthdays.

“We keep a spreadsheet with everyone’s name, address, phone number and birthday,” Coffin said.

They maintain a running gift card at Almost Home, which they replenish every once in a while, so they can treat the “birthday girl” to coffee and a scone.

Then they sing “Happy Birthday.”

“But it’s not just ‘Happy Birthday,’” Marr explained.

“They sing extra things to each other in low voices. There’s a set of lyrics that they read from — secret lyrics. It’s intense and moving. It almost makes you want to cry.”

Coffin confirmed that there is indeed an “addendum” to the birthday song, which all the Coffee Mates have a copy of.

These birthday celebrations often constitute the most memorable moments in the group’s history.

“Ladies turning 100 — that’s a big one,” Coffin said. “That’s happened two or three times.”

Coakley agreed.

“Lovey Burke’s 100th birthday was last October,” she said. “Her family brought her up from EastView (the senior retirement community in Middlebury) so she could come to the party. That was the biggest adventure I’ve been part of so far.”

Almost Home’s role, Marr said, is to help keep their traditions alive.

“This is their spot,” she said.

“We love them and the feeling it gives us. I don’t even want to think about them not being here.”

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Jules. 5 years, mixed breed, spayed female. Jules lived with a family her whole life, but one day escaped from their yard and was hit by a car. Her family couldn’t afford her care, so they lovingly gave her to us. Jules needed to have her hind leg amputated due to the severity of her injury, but that isn’t slowing her down!

She can still run, jump, go upstairs and downstairs – there isn’t anything she can’t do!

She is a love-bug, playful and happy. She is potentially going to need consistent care due to her amputation, so her family needs to have (or be willing to have) a positive and steady relationship with a vet. Dogs who lose a leg can require unique therapies, as we are not sure what her future needs may be, we want to do all we can to set her up for the best life. Jules is kennel trained, house-trained and knows some commands. She prefers to be where people are and when she’s alone she feels the most safe in a comfortable kennel.

Her ideal home would be one without clutter and one with some carpeted floors. This is because as she is learning to adjust to her new “tri-pawed” life, it is helpful to her to be able to get some traction and not stumble or struggle to move with ease. So, while she is great with kids, a household with lots of little ones’ toys all around would be really tough for her right now. If you think you have the home and heart for this girl, then come on down and spend some time with her!

Gabby. 5 years, mixed breed, spayed female. This girl’s story is as incredible as she is. Gabby is a 5 year old mix who has made it here to Homeward Bound after spending over 3 months, all alone, tied to a camper. Passion for Paws Rescue took up her cause, trying to find a safe place for her; however, without available foster placements that didn’t have other dogs, Gabby had to stay tied out day after day. The wonderful humans at Passion for Paws who went above and beyond to make sure she was warm, socialized and loved did everything they could with the resources they had, and because of them Gabby was loved, fed, played with, walked and immensely cared for.

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Pet Pages Bring your dog to a summer party?

By M. KATHLEEN SHAW, DVM, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association Summer is almost here and festivals, craft fairs, and other outdoor events are popping up everywhere. Many dog owners want to bring their beloved pets along to these events, but it might be a better choice to leave them at home.

While owners are enjoying the attractions, the dogs are being jostled, stepped on, and many are eating dropped people food and trash when their owners are not looking. If it’s really hot outside, imagine how hot the pavement is for your dog, whose feet can be burned. For these reasons many organizers prohibit dogs from the event.

Dog prohibitions often lead to another problem — dogs being left in hot cars. Every year veterinarians see cases of dogs who suffer heat stroke — sometimes fatal — after being left in parked cars. Justifications include, “I’ll just be a few minutes in the store” or “I cracked the windows,” but it is never just a few minutes and cracking the windows doesn’t help. The temperature inside your vehicle can rise rapidly and put your dog at serious risk of heat stroke and death. In 20 minutes, the temperature can exceed 125 degrees.

This is such a serious concern that Vermont has passed a Good Samaritan law, which offers legal protection to citizens and law

enforcement who are forced to shatter windows of cars to rescue distressed pets. The law requires concerned citizens to call 911, fire or police departments before breaking into a car. They must check that all the doors are locked, must use no more force than necessary to enter the vehicle, must stay with the dog until emergency personnel arrive and must leave a note on the vehicle about what happened. The pet owner can also be charged with animal cruelty. Sound harsh?

Imagine wearing a fur coat like your dog while sitting in a car on a hot sunny day and being unable to open the door to cool it down.

It is cruel.

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SPORTS MONDAY

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse D-I Playoffs 6/1 #2 Burr & Burton vs. #7 MUHS...16-8 D-II Playoffs 5/31 #1 VUHS vs. #9 Woodstock.........7-6 (2OT) Boys’ Lacrosse D-I Playoffs 5/29 #4 Essex vs. #13 MUHS...........14-8 D-II Playoffs 5/29 #5 OV vs. #12 U-32..................12-5 5/29 #8 Milton vs. #9 Mt. Abe/ VUHS....11-2 6/1 #4 Stowe vs. #5 OV......................3-2 Baseball D-I Playoffs 5/29 #4 Rice vs. #13 MUHS........3-2 (11) D-II Playoffs 5/29 #11 Mt. Abe vs. #6 U-32..............5-1 5/29 #1 OV vs. #16 Mill River.............15-5 5/31 #1 OV vs. #8 Bellows Falls.........10-0 5/31 #3 Fair Haven vs. #11 Mt. Abe..13-0 D-III Playoffs 5/29 #3 VUHS vs. #14 Richford.........10-0 6/1 #3 VUHS vs. #6 Oxbow..................6-3 Softball D-I Playoffs 5/29 #4 St. Albans vs. #13 MUHS.....17-0 D-II Playoffs 5/29 #2 OV vs. #15 VUHS.........17-16 (8) 5/31 #1 Mt. Abe vs. #8 B. Falls............23-2 5/31 #2 OV vs. #10 Rice.....................6-2 Ultimate Playoffs 5/29 #2 BBA vs. #15 MUHS..............15-7 Boys’ Tennis D-I Playoffs 5/30 #4 S. Burlington vs. #5 MUHS....7-0

Softball: Mt. Abe, Otters reach semis ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school playoff action late last week Mount Abraham and Otter Valley each advanced to the Division II semifinal round, once at the expense of a determined Vergennes squad, while Middlebury dropped a first-round D-I matchup.

EAGLES Mount Abe, which reached a Friday quarterfinal after a first-round forfeit, made quick work of visiting No. 9 Randolph, banging out 23 hits in a 23-2 victory. Winning pitcher Ruby Ball, who struck out nine and (See Softball, Page 29)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 3, 2019 — PAGE 27

COMMODORE SOPHOMORE GOALIE Ashley Tierney makes one of her six key saves during her team’s double-overtime home quarterfinal playoff win in Vergennes on Friday. Below, Commodore freshman attacker Ryley Olsen makes a move on Woodstock’s Sidney Pilot. Olsen led the Commodores with three goals.

Photos by Mark Bouvier

Commodore girls’ lacrosse dodges upset in overtime

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — It took clutch defensive plays, big saves and an overtime goal from a player who has been there and done that, but the No. 1 Vergennes-Mount Abraham girls’ lacrosse team on Friday survived No. 9 Woodstock’s spirited upset bid to win in double overtime, 7-6, in a Division II quarterfinal.

To do so, the 15-0 Commodores had to solve not only a Woodstock team with a misleading 3-12 record (10 of those losses came against D-I competition), but also hot goaltending. Junior Wasp goalie Kai Albers, a German exchange student, stopped 18 shots, 10 in the second half and two in overtime.

Finally, the team’s only senior starter, Jalen Cook answered the riddle — unsurprisingly. Cook’s double-overtime game-winner Freshman midfielder Grace in the D-II field hockey final this Harvey made a steal and bolted past November gave her Mount toward goal, but three defenders Abe field hockey team the title. blocked her path in the left side

Vergennes baseball reaches D3 semifinals

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — As Vergennes Union High School Baseball Coach Dwight Burkett said after watching his host No. 3 Commodores dispatch No. 6 Oxbow, 6-3, in a Saturday Division III quarterfinal, two down and two to go.

That victory followed a Wednesday first-round game in which the Commodores coasted past No. 14 Richford, 10-0, also at home.

Now the Commodores will have to hit the road: They are set to visit No. 2 Green Mountain (14-2) for 4:30 p.m. semifinal on Tuesday, with a date in the D-III final at the University of Vermont, probably on Saturday, at stake.

Burkett said he likes the 13-5 Commodores’ chances of advancing.

“I have a lot of confidence in these guys,” he said. “This is a good bunch of guys.”

So does Saturday’s winning pitcher, sophomore Tucker Stearns, who survived a rocky seventh inning to throw a complete-game seven-hitter, walking two and striking out 10.

Stearns cited as evidence they can continue to succeed the Commodores’ 10-hit attack against Oxbow’s hard-throwing Jace Page, who walked four and (See VUHS, Page 28)

Schedule

of the fan. Harvey fed the ball to Cook coming down the middle, and Cook found room. After a few (See Lacrosse, Page 28)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS D-II Playoffs 6/4 #4 Hartford at #1 VUHS/ MAU.......4:30 PM Final at UVM.....................................TBA Baseball D-II Playoffs 6/4 #4 Harwood at #1 OV...........4:30 PM Final at UVM.....................................TBA D-III Playoffs 6/4 #3 VUHS at #2 Green Mt......4:30 PM Final at UVM.....................................TBA Softball 6/4 #5 Fair Haven at #1 Mt. Abe..........4:30 PM 6/4 #6 U-32 at #2 OV..................4:30 PM Final at Castleton.............................TBA

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VUHS (Continued from Page 27) struck out three in six innings.

“That’s probably the best pitcher we’ll face, and we hit him pretty good. All his stuff was good. I’d say we’re pretty confident now,” Stearns said.

The Commodores will start sophomore Jarret Muzzy on Tuesday, and all Muzzy has done is toss complete-game shutouts in his past two outings, both against Richford.

Burkett praised both Stearns and Muzzy on Saturday.

“Our pitching has been really good this year. It’s a nice feeling to know you’ve got that trust and dependability out there,” he said.

On Wednesday Muzzy tossed a one-hitter, walking none and COMMODORE SOPHOMORE DEFENDER Savannah Scrodin moves the ball up the field against fanning 10. Offensively, Muzzy, Woodstock’s Averi Shewmaker during the VUHS-Mount Abe girls’ lacrosse team’s double-overtime Tucker Stearns and junior quarterfinal playoff win on Saturday. catcher Jeffrey Stearns each had Photo by Mark Bouvier multiple hits to spark the attack as the postseason opened.

On Saturday, the Commodores jumped on Oxbow’s Page early, taking advantage of his wildness to take a 3-0 first-inning lead. overtime save was the only shot czal doing the most damage.

(Continued from Page 27) “They were hard to re-defend, Muzzy reached on a one-out strides gave her space to shoot, they allowed the rest of the way, the left-hander whipped the ball while the Commodores put six on but at the end I thought our re-de- error, and after Page walked fend finally paid off. I don’t know Tucker Stearns, he tossed a wild high into the left side of the net Albers.

For most of the game the if they were tired or if the kids pitch to move the runners to secand raised her stick in triumph as her teammates raced to hug their Wasps had been able to work the didn’t want to lose and started ond and third. Page then walked ball up the field successfully, a playing it a little harder, but I Jeffrey Stearns intentionally, co-captain.

Cook said she had hoped Har- rare sight this spring against the thought our re-defend at the end loading the bases. Another wild vey would end the game with her Commodores’ full-field defensive finally got us the goal,” Kelley pitch scored Muzzy, and with effort. That changed over the last said. “I just think in a close game two outs both Barret Barrows third goal of the afternoon.

“I was saying, ‘Grace, go get 10 minutes, with Harvey, Hannah as it got down to the end kids just and Robbie Bicknell laced RBI singles to score two more runs. one.’ But they crashed really well. Kelly and Txuza Doherty-Kon(See Commodores, Page 29) VUHS added two more runs They played good D on her,” in the third to make it 5-0.

Cook said. “So I got the kick Tucker Stearns walked, and with (pass back), and I saw an open one out Page hit Aiden Gardner lane, and I took it.” with a pitch. Barrows singled Cook was in position to win in Stearns, and Gardner came the game because of a team-wide home a batter later when the effort. With seconds to go in the Oxbow catcher threw the ball first overtime junior defender away trying to nail him at third Emma Beauchemin raced back base as he advanced on a short to break up a transition feed to a passed ball.

Wasp on sophomore goalie AshMeanwhile, Tucker Stearns ley Tierney’s doorstep. was mowing down batters, And Tierney (six saves) made allowing only two hits and a two huge stops on Wasp Gina

walk through five innings. He struck out the side in the forth and fanned two hitters in the fifth, with a sharp curve ball especially effective.

“I had a lot of confidence in it.

It hasn’t been very good lately, but I came out today and definitely showed it,” he said.

VUHS added its final run in the sixth. Jeffrey Stearns walked, and courtesy runner Jeremiah Moulton moved up on a Gardner single and scored on Barrows’ third straight RBI hit.

Oxbow got on the board in the sixth. Page led off with a double, and Seth Carson singled. Oxbow went for a double steal, and Page scored, but VUHS got the out when Jeffrey Stearns nailed Carson at second. That out proved to be big when two more Oxbow hitters singled, but two more Tucker Stearns strikeouts ended the threat.

Oxbow made another run at VUHS in the seventh. A walk and Cooper Simmons’ pinch-hit double put two runners on with one out and brought up Page, the top of the Oxbow order. Stearns hit Page with a pitch, and an infield error made it 6-2 and left the bases loaded. Hunter Locke’s fly ball scored a run to make it 6-3 and brought the tying run to the plate with two outs and Stearns tiring. But he got the next batter, Jackson Schramm, to pop up in foul ground to his brother and end the game.

Burkett said he was ready to call for Muzzy, but believed Stearns would get one more batter.

Just as he believes his team will continue to rise to the occasion.

“We’ve got to have guys stepping up, and we’re doing it,” he said.

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

ADDISON COUNTY — In high school playoff baseball action, top-seeded Otter Valley won twice to reach the Division II semifinal round, Mount Abe won once before falling in D-II, and Middlebury lost a heartbreaker in its D-I road opener.

See story for Vergennes results.

OTTERS On Wednesday the 17-1 Otters pounded out a 15-5 victory over No. 16 Mill River (1-15) in

the first round. Kollin Bissette and Fraiser Pierpoint combined for the mound work, and Josh Beayon’s two hits included a three-run, inside-the-park homer. Nate Hudson poked three hits, and Reilly Shannon, Marcus McCullough, Bissette and Alex Polli added two apiece.

In a Friday quarterfinal the Otters ousted No. 8 Bellows Falls, 10-0, in five innings, as (See Baseball, Page 29)

Lacrosse

Sorrentino in the middle of the second half with the game hanging in the balance, and she denied Sophie Leggett bid for a game-winner early in the second-overtime.

And freshman Ryley Olson’s third goal of the game was every bit as important as Cook’s.

It came with 2:12 in regulation on a free position from a tough angle on the right side. Olson bolted in, faked high, and backhanded a shot past Albers’ right foot to tie the game at 6-6.

Coach Marikate Kelley also said the Commodores took over after Leggett gave the Wasps a 6-5 lead with 4:23 to go. Tierney’s

Baseball: Otters in semis; Mt. Abe, Tigers eliminated

COMMODORE SOPHOMORE HANNAH KELLY fights off pressure from Wasp Sophie Leggett in the Commodores double-overtime win over Woodstock on Friday. Kelly played both defense and midfield as her team advanced to a home semifinal on Tuesday.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Addison Independent, Monday, June 3, 2019 — PAGE 29

Softball (Continued from Page 27) walked none in six innings, led the 13-4 Eagles with four hits.

Camilienne Masse tossed the final inning and also doubled.

Erika Tracey, Sam Rathbun, Jess Murray, Cami Willsey and Shaelyn Layn contributed multiple hits to the Eagles, who will host No. 5 Fair Haven (116) at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in a semifinal.

OV-VUHS The Otter’s road to the semifinals was not as easy. On Wednesday No. 2 seed OV overcame the visiting Commodores’ upset bid and a 12-run seventh inning deficit to advance in the D-II playoffs, 17-16, in eight innings. Stef Palmer and Mia Politano each cracked two-run doubles and Bella Falco stole home to highlight the Otters’ game-tying rally from down, 16-4. In the bottom of the eighth Renee O’Connell tripled and raced home with the winning run on a passed ball.

Freshman Audrey Tembreull’s four hits paced the young 2-15 Commodores’ attack, and freshman Felicia Poirier took the pitching loss.

Morgan LaPorte earned the complete-game pitching win for OV. On Friday No. 10 Rice held a 2-0 lead after five, but OV struck for six runs in the sixth for a 6-2 victory. Riley Keith doubled and Falco walked to start the rally, and Politano doubled them home to open the floodgates. LaPorte earned the complete-game win and added a pair of hits against the 5-13 Green Knights.

The Otters will host No. 6 U-32 (9-6) on Tuesday.

TIGERS On Wednesday D-I’s No. 4 seed St. Albans pounded out a 17-0 victory over the visiting Tigers. May Gratton tossed a five-inning three-hitter for the Comets. The No. 13 Tigers finished at 5-10.

In boys’ lax, OVUHS is only playoff winner ADDISON COUNTY — In high school boys’ lacrosse playoff action Otter Valley won its first home playoff game in 13 years before falling in a Division II quarterfinal, while the Middlebury and Mount Abraham-Vergennes teams both lost on the road.

OTTERS On Wednesday the host No. 5 Otters pulled away late in a 12-5 victory over visiting No. 12 U-32 (1-10). Tim Kittler (four goals) and Hayden Gallo (three goals and an assist) led the attack.

Ethan Sulik-Doty added two goals and an assist, Zach Scarborough scored twice, Matt Moseley chipped in a goal and an assist, and David Williams contributed two helpers. Goalie Alec Stevens backstopped the win with eight saves.

On Saturday arguably the best season in OV program history ended with a 3-2 loss at No. 4 Stowe. Gallo scored the only goal of the first half, but the Raiders’ Jace Boerger sparked

Stowe (11-4) in the second half with two goals.

Playing in his last game for OV, Stevens made 17 saves to keep OV in the game and scored the first goal in his standout career with an end-to-end run with four minutes to go. That score made it 3-2, but OV could come no closer and finished at 8-6.

TIGERS On Wednesday host No. 4 Essex (11-4) ousted the Tigers from the D-I playoffs, 14-8, in a first-round game. Senior Kolby Farnsworth capped his Tiger career with a game-high five goals, and Mason Kaufmann added a pair for MUHS. Goalie Jack Rizzo stopped 10 shots as the Tigers finished 4-11.

EAGLES On Wednesday host No. 8 Milton (6-11) eliminated the Eagles from the D-II postseason, 11-2. Ryan Rougier scored both Eagle goals as the young Mount Abe-VUHS cooperative team finished at 4-9.

Trent Campbell

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Commodores (Continued from Page 28) stepped up.”

The Wasps served notice early they intended to give the Commodores a game, but Tierney frustrated Sorrentino twice early on and then denied Audrey Eggum.

Still, Woodstock took the lead at 14:37 when Eggum, momentarily alone out front, needed a feed from Sidney Pilot.

But the Commodores controlled the rest of the half. Olson equalized at 11:51, cutting in front and converting a Harvey feed. At 7:51 Cook raced in from midfield to make it 2-1. Cook then controlled the draw. Harvey scooped the ball and dashed in to score 14 seconds later. At 1:06 Kelly set up Olson out front, and the lead was 4-1 at the break.

As Albers impersonated the

Berlin Wall in the second half, the Wasps tied the game at 15:20, getting one goal from Sorrentino and two from Eggum. Harvey dodged in to put the Commodores back on top at 11:57, but despite Tierney’s work goals by Addie Gray and Leggett put Woodstock on top with time getting late.

But ultimately all the Wasps did was wake up the Commodores, five of whom were sophomores playing in their second-ever lacrosse playoff game, and five more of whom were freshmen in their first.

Kelley said they finally might have shaken off some of the nerves by the end.

“I’ve got a lot of young players.

And having an undefeated season adds another layer of pressure, and having first seed adds another

layer of pressure. It’s a lot for a young team to have,” she said.

“I’m really fortunate to have a senior like Jalen, who really helps bring everybody up in terms of dealing with that kind of pressure,” Cook expects the Commodores to be ready for visiting No. 4 Hartford on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., and hopefully for a final at the University of Vermont, probably on Friday.

“Obviously the nerves will still be there the further we go in the playoffs, but I think that now we all have the experience, and we know what it’s like to play an overtime, and have that super close game, I think we’re going to bring our best for the semis and hopefully win that one, too,” Cook said.

in the Eagles’ first run. Errors by the 8-6 Raiders in the fourth inning led to the rest of the Eagle offense.

O n Friday No. 3 Fair H a v e n ousted the

Andrew Lanthier led the Slater attack with three hits, including a two-run triple, and Brent Huntley added a pair for the 12-5 Slaters, who will visit No. 2 Enosburg on Tuesday.

TIGERS In D-I on Wednesday No. 13 MUHS lost a heartbreaker to No. 4 Rice, 3-2 in 11 innings.

Wyatt Cameron tossed 10 innings of two-run, eight-hit ball, striking out five, and Jordy Stearns took the loss when the 13-4 Green Knights scored on an error in the 11th.

Nick Carrara singled in Cameron for one Tiger run, and Stearns picked up the other RBI as the Tigers finished at 7-8.

Baseball (Continued from Page 28) Beayon allowed four hits and struck out eight. BF (8-10) made four errors in OV’s sixrun fourth inning, and OV used five hits in the fifth to score twice and end the game.

Shannon had three hits and drove in three runs. Hudson and Polli added two hits apiece, and Patrick McKeighan drove in runs. The Otters will host No. 4 Harwood (10-3) on Tuesday.

EAGLES On Wednesday also in D-II No. 11 Mount Abe rode the complete game pitching of Nolan Whitcomb to a 5-1 road upset of No. 6 U-32. Whitcomb, who struck out nine, also drove

BASEBALL

7-11 E a gles, 13-0, as Parker Morse tossed a five-inning one-hitter. Parker Hines singled for the only Eagle hit, and Eben Clifford and Ethan Bissonette threw for Mount Abe.

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VUHS-MOUNT ABE SENIOR girls’ lacrosse player Jalen Cook raises her stick after scoring the double-overtime game-winner vs. Woodstock in a quarterfinal. Freshman teammates Grace Harvey, left, and Ryley Olson race toward her to join the celebration.

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Brandon (Continued from Page 2) and the buttons on the shirt she had made him.

“We found a board marked George Davenport written in pencil over a grave no more than three feet deep,” Frankie’s letter to her brother said, as noted in Thornton’s movie. “It was certainly my darling’s bones.”

The next day they found the body of Charlie Ormsbee and returned both to Brandon, where they held a dual funeral on June 5, 1865, carrying the bodies to the cemetery side-by-side in a wagon with a single flag draped atop.

Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee, Charlie’s brother, was widowed in 1866, and lost his only child, whom he had named Charlie after his brother, to dysentery in 1867. Only 10 days later, he and Frankie were married. He later went on to serve as Vermont’s 41st governor from 1886-88.

Memorial Day formally began in 1868, and it was recognized

that 54 men from Brandon to forget Memorial Day. gave up their lives during the The town of Brandon never war. Their sacrifices were never has. forgotten. In 1886, 25 years after The tradition of flower girls Brandon sent 311 has carried on soldiers to war, the “They fought to through the years, memorial on the now under the town square was create a society direction of Ellen dedicated.

More of equals, Knapp, a first-grade than 700 people the little girls teacher at Neshobe showed up to the remind us that Elementary School. dedication — more finishing that Knapp has been than twice the organizing the event work is our town’s population. for the past 34 years Frankie Dav- job.” and this year’s enport suffered a — Kevin Thornton, ceremony had 29 Brandon town girls in their white stroke in 1902 and historian dresses circling the was never the same, but that was also the memorial and laying same year she started a tradition flowers after the parade this past of having flower girls lay flowers Monday, May 27. around the memorial.

Knapp has a closet full of “She not only got to see the white dresses to ensure that first flower girls,” Thornton said, no child is ever left out of the “she started it.” ceremony simply because their Frankie Davenport died in parents may not be able to afford 1916, Ormsbee followed in a dress.

1924, and his last public act was “I have a collection of dresses, to write a letter urging people not not a full closet, but probably 20

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or 30 dresses that are available for girls to borrow,” Knapp said. “People who have seen the ceremony, it becomes a memory, especially after the documentary (Thornton’s), it has become such an important story.”

Knapp was a flower girl herself, years ago, and when she moved back to Brandon after college and teaching elsewhere for a few years, she was asked to take over the ceremony.

“Carolyn Memoe, who also grew up in Brandon, did the program for many years and she moved away,” Knapp said. “Before her Mary Huntley did it for a long time, so we’re talking all the way back to the ’50s or so.”

Though Knapp is just one of a few who have been in charge of coordinating the ceremony, the list of girls who have participated stretches nearly as long as the parade route.

“The girls were all really excited about it,” Knapp said of this year’s event. “They all

have a family member that was a flower girl and they’ve all seen the parade.”

Before the ceremony, Knapp says she talks to the girls about the tradition and the long line of flower girls who have participated before them. She acknowledges that even if they don’t quite understand the significance when they’re that young, they do as they get older.

“I have girls that ask to help once they’re in the third or fourth grade,” she said. “They remember it as a positive part of the year. I do think that as time goes on and they get older they gain a deeper understanding; they understand they are showing their respect.”

The Civil War is long over, but we still gather every year to remember those who fell and what they were fighting for.

“They fought to create a society of equals,” Thornton said.

“The little girls remind us that finishing that work is our job.”

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Qualified candidates should have experience providing personal care services, an LNA license is preferred, not required. We utilize electronic records and offer competitive wages.

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COOK AND DISHWASH‑ ERS needed for busy fam‑ ily restaurant. Apply in per‑ son to Rosie’s Restaurant, Rte 7 South, Middlebury.

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Wanted: Hospice Music Director Wellspring Hospice Singers is looking for a Music Director. Wellspring offers vocal music for patients receiving hospice and palliative care.

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DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addison. Available stor‑ age space in my barn for summer/winter storage.

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

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

For Rent ONE BEDROOM apart‑ ment. Available June 1st. $925 month, heat and electricity included. Pri‑ vate and quiet. No pets, no smoking. New Haven, 802‑377‑7024.

PEACEFUL ROAD SELF STORAGE Rt. 7 North Ferrisburgh. peacefulstor‑ age.com, 425‑4114. Units are $50, $70, $90, & $110.

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting 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 Op‑ portunity.

LAND FOR SALE in Weybridge.

EAST MIDDLEBURY, SPACIOUS 3 bedroom, 2 bath house, quaint neigh‑ borhood. W/D hookup, yard space, screened porch. New carpet, paint.

Lawn care and trash re‑ moval included. First, last plus deposit. Credit reference. 1 year lease. $1,200/mo. Available June 1st. 802‑352‑4124, leave message.

FURNISHED ROOM WITH PRIVATE 1/2 bath in beautiful old farmhouse in Middlebury starting 8/15.

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MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., central location, parking.

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Wood Heat FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $220./cord green. 802‑282‑7906.

Real Estate EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAISY Lane Lot #11.

Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern exposure on a private lane. Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.2019 ENERGY STAR homes, modular, double‑wides and singlewides. Open 7 days a week. Beanshomes. com. 600 Rte. 7, Pitts‑ ford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes. com. Down payment as‑ sistance now available.

Animals ICELANDIC CHICKS hatched 5/11 and 5/18. $8.00/ea. $5.00/ea. 10 or more birds. 802‑767‑4424 or edague@gmail.com.

Att. Farmers 2018 PROCESSED CORN silage, 500 ton. Mix legume and grass, hay‑ lage, 600 ton and sawdust also available. Call West Haven, VT. 802‑265‑8698 after 7pm.

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

802‑355‑2076.

HAY FOR SALE. Small square bales, first cut + mulch. 802‑349‑9281.

TRAILER TYPE John Deere side rake and Grimm Tedder. Good work‑ ing condition. 388‑2460.

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

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

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique col‑ lectibles, etc. Visit bittne‑ rantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Con‑ sulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

VT COLLECTOR WILL PAY cash for old wooden bird carvings, goose, duck and shorebird decoys.

802‑238‑1465.

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Munger Street Cemetery Corporation (1) New Haven Evergreen Cemetery Association (1)

ANWSD BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

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

Monday, June 10 5:15 PM Superintendent Evaluation Committee Mtg. At Vergennes Union High School 6:00 PM ANWSD Regular Board Meeting At Vergennes Union High School ANWSD VISION STATEMENT We envision a kind, collaborative, and creative community for all that nurtures a diverse and accessible learning environment. Students will flourish as critical thinkers and productive citizens, cultivating resilience in an ever changing world.

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

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INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY BID NUMBER 20190517

Sealed competitive bids for the “Town of Middlebury Concrete Sidewalks Replacement Project will be received at the Department of Public Works, 1020 S. Route 7 (mailing address 77 Main Street) Middlebury, Vermont 05753 until 11:00am on June 7, 2019 and will be publicly opened and read aloud soon thereafter. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked “Sidewalk Bid 20190517” on the exterior. Bid packet is available at the Public Works Department.

There will be a mandatory PreBid Meeting on Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 10:00am. Meeting will begin at the Public Works Building 1020 S. Rt 7 Middlebury, VT. 05753.

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

Kathleen Ramsay Town Manager

5/27, 5/30, 6/3, 6/6

To publish a legal notice, email information to legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

TOWN OF ADDISON NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

PROCESS & DATES FOR 2019 GRIEVANCES Grievance hearing will be held at the Addison Town Clerk’s Office Thursday, June 6, 2019 starting at 9:00AM – 2:00PM. All grievance hearings will be by appointment only. Please make an appointment by calling the Town Clerk’s Office at (802) 759-2020 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 9:00AM to 12:00PM & 1:00PM to 4:00PM and Wednesday and Friday from 9:00AM to 12:00PM prior to June 6. All grievances must be in writing and delivered at your hearing or postmarked before June 6, 2019.

Title 32. Vermont Statues Annotated. Section 4111 (G) says: “A person who feels aggrieved by the action of the Listers and desires to be heard by them, shall, on or before the day of the grievance meeting, file with them his (or her) objections in writing and may appear in person or by his (her) agents or attorneys.

Upon the hearing of such grievance the parties thereto may submit such documentary or sworn evidence as shall be pertinent thereto.”

Town of Addison Board of Listers: William Munoff Richard Pratt 5/27, 5/30, 6/3 John Spencer

CITY OF VERGENNES NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Notice is hereby given in accord with 32 V.S.A. § 4111, that the undersigned listers within and for the City of Vergennes have this day completed the abstract of individual lists of property owners as of the first day of April, 2019.

The listers have this day lodged the abstract in the office of the clerk of said City for the inspection of taxpayers.

On the 17th day of June, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., the undersigned listers will meet at City Hall in Vergennes to hear appeals of taxpayers aggrieved by actions of such listers from whom timely grievances have been received.

To be timely, such grievance must be in writing and received (postmarks not accepted) by the close of business on the 17th day of June, 2019.

At the close of grievance hearings, the listers shall make such corrections in the abstract as were determined upon hearing or otherwise Unless cause to the contrary is shown, the contents of said abstract will, for the year 2019, become the grand list of said city and of each taxpayer named therein.

Signed at Vergennes in the County of Addison this 28th day of May, 2019.

Listers of the City of Vergennes William Poquette, Christopher Bearor POSTED 5/28/2019: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, U.S. Post Office, Information Booth, Addison Northwest School District Office, Small City Market Please call the City Clerk’s Office at 877-2841 for an appointment.

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Scholarship that will give him “It’s a real lottery ticket.” a full ride to the college or Nico and Nell’s parents university of his choice, once are Dan Brayton and Antonia he graduates from MUHS in Losano, both Middlebury 2020. It will also allow him to College educators. It was Dan occasionally travel Brayton — a big fan to network with of Calvin Coolidge other young scholars — who encouraged and academicians his son to apply for during his four the scholarship that undergraduate years. bears the name of the “I’m really U.S. president and excited,” he said native Vermonter. of the scholarship The Calvin award and the C o o l i d g e impact it will have Presidential on his education and Foundation, future career plans. dedicated to Among other preserving the things, it will allow legacy and NICO BRAYTON promoting him to apply to a the variety of top-notch values of America’s schools — including Harvard, 29th commander in chief, Yale and Brown — without awards the annual scholarship. having to worry about incurring John Coolidge, the president’s a boatload of student loans to son, established the foundation pay off. in 1960 in concert with a group And the scholarship also of fellow Coolidge enthusiasts. comes as a blessing to his The foundation is based at younger sister, Nell. the president’s birthplace in “I’m most happy about the fact Plymouth Notch, Vermont. that she will have no (college) Students apply for the debt,” he said, noting his college Coolidge Scholarship during savings can now be rolled into their junior year of high school.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Nico Brayton, has been named one of four national recipients of a coveted Coolidge Scholarship. The scholarship will give Brayton, and accomplished student and pianist who is shown playing the “Rhapsody in Blue” solo piano with the MUHS band last month, a full ride to the college or university of his choice.

Photo by Jason Duquette Hoffman

Finalists are flown in for a weekend at the Coolidge Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, where they interview with a Coolidge Scholars Finalist Jury, currently headed by former Vermont Gov. James Douglas of Middlebury.

Since Coolidge was a dedicated student, the

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scholarship jury places great weight on applicants’ school grades. Secondary emphasis is placed on demonstrated interest in public policy, an appreciation for the values Coolidge championed, as well as humility and service to others.

Nico Brayton fit the bill on

pretty much all counts, the 10-person jury found.

He’s an AP Scholar currently carrying a 4.11 grade point average. Brayton helped lead the MUHS Scholars Bowl team to the Vermont semifinals in 2018 and 2019, while placing second (See Scholarship, Page 39)

Public Notices can be found on Pages 37 and 38

MUNGER STREET CEMETERY NOTICE

NEW HAVEN EVERGREEN CEMETERY

New Haven Evergreen Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held June 12, 2019 at 7pm at the home of Roger Boise – 434 North St.

The Annual Meeting of the Munger Street Cemetery Corporation, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m., across from the cemetery, at the home of Ruth Penfield, 2691 Munger Street in New Haven, VT. Mary McGuire, Secretary

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SPECIAL SELECTBOARD MEETING Tuesday, June 4, 2019 – 7:00PM Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society 2 Duane Court

PRESENTATION OF 2019 – 2020 CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN BRIDGE AND RAIL PROJECT 7:00: VTrans Project Manager Jon Griffin, Kubricky VP of Construction Mark Alexander, and VHB Transportation Market Lead Aaron Guyette will present the plan for the remaining two years of Middlebury’s downtown construction project. The project team will review the construction activities that are planned, the timeline for these activities, and the impacts of the work on the community and then respond to citizen questions.

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(Continued from Page 38) in the state as an individual. He’s passionate about math and has competed in several national math competitions. He was part of an MUHS team that spent 14 hours straight charting the spread and impact of substance abuse as part of the 2019 Mathworks Math Modeling Challenge.

Brayton is president of the MUHS Student Council, was recently accepted into the National Honors Society, and captained the boys’ varsity cross country team this year.

He regularly shares his love of music with others, having performed recitals for the homeless and concerts for the elderly. Brayton volunteers at local community suppers and at local nursing homes.

After giving his time and talents so freely to others, he is now receiving a richly deserved reward.

Karma is indeed his muse.

But let’s also remember his reward was earned — not only through his impressive resumé, but also through the Coolidge Foundation’s rigorous application process. Applicants were required, among other things, to read a Coolidge autobiography and submit three essays. Each hopeful was asked to write about his or her academic interests; their impressions of Coolidge, based on his autobiography; and how Coolidge might address the current national debt.

Brayton was asked to talk about his essays during a roughly 30-minute interview before the scholarship jury.

“Coolidge was a fiscal conservative, so he was all about thinning the government,” said Brayton. “One thing I wrote about is that before Coolidge, there was (President) Warren G. Harding, who had a lot of scandals and there was a lot of corruption and a lot of people in government who didn’t have to be there, taking up salaries and benefits and running up the budget deficits.”

Coolidge, he noted, was able to erase some of his predecessor’s mistakes and thus help chart a more austere spending path, with lower federal taxes. He believes the president would try the same approach if he were alive and currently the county’s chief executive.

“Today, I see a (federal) government that’s kind of riddled with scandal and corruption, and I think if Coolidge was the next president, he could cut down on

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NICO BRAYTON some of our largest programs and also get rid of a lot of government employees,” Brayton said.

Brayton’s parents have seen what more people don’t see — how hard their son has worked to earn the scholarship.

“There’s a myth about kids like Nico that says everything comes easily, which could not be further from the truth,” Dan Brayton and Antonia Losano said in a joint comment. “Nico works harder than anyone we know. He can’t stop studying and never could. He loves to do math for hours on end.”

HE HAD LOTS OF HELP They also produced a long list of teachers and counselors and MUHS who have helped their son, credited his earlier education at Aurora and North Branch schools “unlocking his love of learning like nothing else could. (North Branch lead teacher) Tal Birdsey was Nico’s intellectual mentor at a crucial stage. Rose Messner and Erik Warren also made challenging math and science a lot of fun.

And, of course, they credited piano teacher Cynthia Huard for her immeasurable influence on Nico.

The next five years will be very eventful ones for Brayton. He’ll begin his senior year at MUHS this fall, looking to maintain his lofty GPA, community contributions, and piano proficiency. Then will come a

brand new challenge: college.

And all the while, he will be invited to Coolidge Foundation functions, including several orientation days at Plymouth Notch this summer.

As a foundation scholar, Brayton will get to know Coolidge and his world, and help the organization oversee its renowned debate programs.

He and his fellow scholars will be invited to return to Plymouth Notch for a week during summers while in college.

Brayton is currently working on a project to redesign the road network near MUHS, using his mathematical abilities to reduce traffic congestion. He’s also training to be a mentor to members of next year’s incoming MUHS freshman class.

While he once had aspirations of becoming a concert pianist, Brayton is now targeting a career as a math educator. He is also interested in public policy and looks forward to taking some political science courses in the future.

Brayton is anxious to meet his fellow 2019 Coolidge scholars, who include students from Demarest, N.J.; Irvine, Calif.; and Danvers, Mass.

“The conversations I can now have with these people will be amazing,” he said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent. com.

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kick-off to summer

BRANDON CARNIVAL A Brandon Rec/Brandon Area Toy Project collaboration

June 6-9 • Rte 7 Estabrook Field FREE ADMISSION! FREE PARKING!

Featuring a full slate of rides & carnival offerings from Miller Amusements

Ride the Zipper, eat some fair-food. Concerts, Bingo, Races, Kids-Corner, Vendors and more! So much to do, right here in Brandon!

Pay One Price Ride Bracelets Each Day!

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 5pm — Midway & Vendors Open 5pm — 1k Carnival Kick-off Fun Run 6:30 pm — Neshobe & Lothrop School Choral Sing

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 5pm — Midway & Vendors Open 7pm — Brandon Idol Finale ★ BRANDON CARNIVAL SPONSORS ★

Gold Level: Rutland Regional Medical Center Silver Level: Heritage Family Credit Union, OMYA, Celebration Rentals, Denton & Sons Waste Services, Dundons, Country Village Campground Bronze Level: VELCO, Mae’s Place, Virgil & Constance Home & Garden Center, Black Diamond Builders, Pockette Pest Control, Graph-X Friends of the Carnival: Brandon Family Dentistry, National Bank of Middlebury, JM Woodworking, Winning Image Graphix, Rowe Real Estate, Brandon House of Pizza

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 12pm — Midway & Vendors Open 12:30pm — Bingo on the Half Hour 1pm — Family Feud 2pm — Best Baker Contest!

6pm — Music with Kai Wanner 7:15pm — West Road Rockers 8:30pm — Ben Fuller

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 12pm — Midway & Vendors Open 12:15pm — Kids Talent Show 12:30pm — Bingo on the Half Hour 1pm — Wildlife Encounters!

For detailed activities, race registration, vendor applications, visit our website: http://townofbrandon.com/brandon-carnival/ • • • Vendor Spots times are nearly full! • • •

Questions? Contact Bill Moore (bmoore@townofbrandon.com) or Colleen Wright (opsarge@earthlink.net)

Register by June 3rd for the Graph-x 1k Carnival Fun Run for guaranteed shirt size! http://townofbrandon.com/xfinity-run/