Thursday, June 14, 2018

‘Proof’

Time to rock

AC set to go

Mathematics and madness tangle onstage at the Vt. Coffee Company Playhouse. See Arts + Leisure.

Six popular bands play live, and that’s only part of the fun at Pocock Rocks. Page 14A & A+L.

The Legion nine is hopeful heading into the season, which will begin on Monday. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 72 No. 24

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

Bear family causes a big stir in Middlebury

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People urged to hide garbage, birdseed

By JOHN FLOWERS after being spotted in a tree off MIDDLEBURY — Kristin Woodland Park in that residential Mitchell was offering up copious neighborhood at around 4 p.m. A amounts of birdseed at her Birchard Middlebury police officer stood Park home in Middlebury this vigil while urging passersby to move spring in hopes of along and therefore attracting a flock not get in harm’s of fine feathered way. Black bear friends. are known as the But what she got most timid variety earlier this month of North American was a family of bear, but a sow large, furry bears, will lash out at a a group she and human if cornered Vermont Fish & or if she feels her Wildlife officials cubs are in danger, would rather see noted Vermont dining deep in the Fish and Wildlife woods.

Game Warden Fish & Wildlife DIANE BROWN TOOK Dale Whitlock of officials are this photo of a mother bear Middlebury. warning Middlebury in a tree in the heart of He said the oftresidents to be wary Middlebury’s Buttolph Acres seen Middlebury of — and absolutely Sunday afternoon. bear is young and not feed — a female perhaps a first-time black bear and her three cubs that mom. She and her cubs have been were most recently spotted in the spotted scrounging for food at Buttolph Acres neighborhood on various locations between Chipman Sunday, June 10.

Hill on the north end of the village The ubiquitous bear and her brood and Birchard Park, which is off drew some “ooohs” and “awwws” (See Bears, Page 15A)

Planners & dreamers seek inspiration

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — Singer-songwriter Dar Williams may have been the most famous person at the June 8 Historic Preservation and Downtown Conference at Holley Hall, but the host town of Bristol was the true star of the show.

On a fine, clear morning more than 250 historians, artists, architects,

entrepreneurs and municipal planners converged on the “Gateway to the Green Mountains,” as Bristol markets itself, for a day of networking, education and inspiration. The goal was to help keep Vermont’s small towns vital through restoration of old buildings and streetscapes and planning for new infrastructure and (See Bristol, Page 11A)

Vergennes council facing possible major tax hike

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Facing a draft city budget that could theoretically trigger a 13-cent increase in the Vergennes municipal tax rate, the Vergennes City Council on Tuesday added an extra budget session for this Thursday to work on finding savings.

An increase of that full 13 cents is unlikely because it would assume the council uses none of an anticipated surplus from this fiscal year, which

ends on June 30, to offset the tax rate.

As of Tuesday City Manager Mel Hawley told the council the preaudited fund balance stood at about $198,000, a figure he said would drop over the coming weeks as the city continued to pay bills, including for ongoing public works projects.

“Do I predict a $198,000 surplus?

No, I don’t. That number is going to continue to go down,” Hawley said.

(See Vergennes, Page 16A)

Mary Hogan principal to By the way take new job in Bristol

Hungry Middlebury-area children take note: The community’s federally subsidized Free Summer Lunch program kicks off on June 25 and will last through Aug. 10. The meals will be available at noon at the front (See By the way, Page 15A)

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — It was 18 years ago that Tom Buzzell took the job of library media specialist at Mary Hogan Elementary School.

His hard work led to his promotion to associate principal in 2005, then to co-principal before becoming the school’s top administrator in 2013.

Buzzell’s career is about to come full circle, though he’ll be closing the loop in a neighboring school district. He will be stepping down as Mary Hogan principal later this month to accept a job as library media specialist at Bristol Elementary School.

Current Mary Hogan Elementary School Assistant Principal Steve Lindemann will serve as interim leader next year while a search (See Buzzell, Page 16A)

Photos by Buzz Kuhns, Trent Campbell and Lee J. Kahrs

Graduation 2018

Bristol, Dar Williams a hit at preservation forum

SEVERAL HUNDRED YOUNG adults achieved a big milestone this past Saturday morning as three local high schools held commencement exercises and sent the classes of 2018 out into the world. Above, five graduating seniors lead the Sweet Transition a cappella group in a performance at the Mount Abraham Union High School commencement; below, Middlebury Union High School graduate Keagan Dunbar accepts the Kelly Boe Memorial Scholarship from Kathy Boe at the MUHS ceremony at the Memorial Sports Center; and, bottom, Otter Valley Union High School graduate Logan Lewis raises his diploma in victory at the end of OV’s commencement in the House of Noise in Brandon. For stories and more photos see Pages 3A (OVUHS), 7A (MUHS) and 13A (Mount Abe).

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018

State leader meets with ANWSD board

Explains proposal on school funding

SHACKSBURY CIDER CO-OWNERS Colin Davis, left, and David Dolginow stand outside the former Deneker Chevrolet building across from Kennedy Brothers in Vergennes, where Shacksbury has its headquarters. Shacksbury has expanded some of its operations into the Deneker space.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Shacksbury Cider expanding in Vergennes To lease in former Denecker home

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The owners of Kennedy Brothers complex in Vergennes struck a deal in May to lease for four years, with an option to buy, the former 14 North Main St. home of Denecker Chevrolet. The move will allow Kennedy Brothers’ biggest tenant, Shacksbury Cider, to continue to expand its operations in Vergennes.

Kennedy Brothers co-owner Bob Feuerstein said he expects the Vergennes Development Review Board to approve a conditional use permit for conversion of most of the former auto dealership into warehouse and storage space for the specialty cider firm.

The DRB held a May 21 public hearing on the proposal. Vergennes Zoning Administrator Mel Hawley said in an email that approval won’t be official until the DRB releases its decision on June 18, but confirmed Feuerstein could convert into warehouse space all the former

dealership except its showroom and within the North Main Street landoffices. mark.

Feuerstein hopes to find a dif“We’re in desperate need of more ferent tenant for the rest of the 14 production space, so that’s what’s North Main St. building, where really driving the train,” Dolginow Shacksbury is leasing all but about said.

1,000 square feet of offices within a Davis can also foresee production 6,768-square-foot building. When he being added across the street from does, Feuerstein said he will return Kennedy Brothers. to the DRB with a new “It’s going to be application for the “We’re in shipping and receiving, remaining space. warehousing for now, desperate “I’m just approved but we plan hopefully for the warehouse use need of more to expand production right now, but I am production over here at Denecker,” going to try to rent that space, so that’s Davis said. “We really other space. It could what’s really need more space than be retail. It could be we have once the secoffice. I’ll have to go driving the ond floor is renovated to the DRB again to get train.” in Kennedy Brothers.”

— David Dolginow approval,” he said.

Exactly how much S h a c k s b u r y production room and co-founders Colin Davis and David capacity Shacksbury will need Dolginow said demand for the com- remains to be seen, Davis said. The pany’s specialty ciders has grown company has struggled to keep up since they signed a lease to move with the market for its products, into Kennedy Brothers two years much of which is made with ago. They are also renovating the long-forgotten varies the company second story of Kennedy Brothers’ owners believe are ideal for cider. northern, wood-framed wing to “Basically we’re not really sure allow expansion of its operations yet,” he said. “We have one cider in

particular, our rosé, taking off. And we’re nowhere near meeting the demand we’re seeing. We’re going to at least double over the next year, and it’s only going to be limited by the amount of space we have.”

Within Kennedy Brothers, Shacksbury leases 3,344 square feet on the first floor and 2,600 square feet on the second floor. Feuerstein said a third floor proved not to be structurally sound, thus the renovations will give the second floor a cathedral ceiling.

Davis and Dolginow said the second-floor space is attractive, with Davis adding the project will double their production capacity, and they are also considering devoting some of it to customer service.

Dolginow said increasing production will remain the priority on the second floor, but Shacksbury will keep its options open during the early phases of the renovation.

“We’re still seeing what our response is to the (first-floor) tasting room. And if it’s strong there’s a wooden floor section to the second floor that’s not really suited to pro(See Shacksbury, Page 3A)

By ANGELO LYNN VERGENNES — Vermont Senate Pro Tem Tim Ashe, along with Addison County’s two senators, met with Addison Northwest School District board members Monday evening at Vergennes Union High School to explain the Legislature’s school funding plan in the context of their recent budget sent to Gov. Phil Scott.

Scott, who will make a decision by the end of Thursday on whether to accept the budget or again veto it, opposes the Legislature’s plan because it raises modest taxes to pay for the increased spending that voters across the state approved on Town Meeting Day. Gov. Scott has maintained that the state should use one-time money (up to $55 million as of the end of May from the current budget surplus) to keep taxes from rising this year.

Sen. Chris Bray, D-Addison County, said the county delegation and Sen. Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, took the opportunity to address the school board for two reasons: to explain the reasoning behind their proposal and to hear concerns and direction from school board members who are on the front-lines of the debate and must deal with the fallout.

In explaining the Legislature’s proposal, Sen. Ashe said the Legislature’s “big concern, and the reason we stand firm on our sound financing model of letting the system pay for itself and not using one-time money, is that when these savings don’t materialize that the governor’s plan would have, it means that, one, we’ll have the pressure for tax rate increases (next year), and, two, it will accelerate more proposals to do more dramatic cuts in our public education system. It starts creating a cycle of perceived fiscal crisis in our schools.”

Ashe went on to say that had school boards not been holding down the budgets, such action might be prudent, but on the contrary the average school budget increase statewide was 1.5 percent, a percentage point below what the governor has asked for earlier in the session.

Furthermore, he said, what the governor’s proposals would do is “immediately interject Montpelier into the work the school boards have been doing.”

This top-down approach to school governance, Ashe later said, not only contradicts the Vermont notion of self-governance at the local level, but also holds school districts (and taxpayers) hostage to an administration’s plan that is projecting millions of dollars in savings that nonpartisan legislative analysis have said will likely not materialize.

In casting doubt on the governor’s projected savings, Sen. Ashe noted that the proposed changes in how the state considers special education costs would not occur for “five, six and seven years out,” according to nonpartisan budget analysis, and definitely not in the first three years. Nonetheless, the governor’s budget projects a savings of $86 million in the first five years.

Scott’s proposal also includes $62 million in savings by reducing health insurance costs for teachers, and another $35 million that would be reaped by penalties on school districts (or taxpayers in those districts) that spend above the average statewide per pupil amount. Ashe explained that the current penalty is triggered when school districts spend 121 percent of the state average but, under Scott’s plan, would “very quickly” lower that threshold so that towns own the penalty when they spend 111 percent of the statewide average.

The governor’s proposal expects to raise $35 million more from school districts that exceed the per pupil spending average, Ashe said. (This often hurts smaller, rural schools that don’t have the student population to help disperse spending to a greater number of students, while higher-spending schools benefit from their higher student-teacher ratios. The governor does not count this as increased taxes, but rather as being raised by a penalty on those districts.)

Ashe also objected to a part of the governor’s plan that has not been widely reported: The penalties and budget restrictions (See Ashe, Page 3A)

City seeks six-month deal with towns to keep recycling center open

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council at its Tuesday meeting came up with what it hopes will be at least a stop-gap measure to keep the city’s recycling center open — a proposal to enter into a six-month contract with the other four towns the center also serves.

City officials hope a six-month agreement will give all five communities and Addison County Solid Waste Management District time to come up with a plan to move forward after Casella Waste Systems Inc. surprised the city in late May with a dramatic price increase for handling recycled material at the center.

That price increase — which annually would translate to a hike of $34,600 to roughly $107,600, but which Casella would not guarantee would not change further — came

after selectboards in Ferrisburgh, Addison, Panton and Waltham had already set in stone budgeted annual payments to Vergennes that would allow residents of those towns to use the Canal Street recycling center.

Vergennes pays half the center’s cost, Ferrisburgh foots 20 percent of the bill, and the other three towns pay 10 percent apiece. The city contracts with a private trash hauler to set up shop onsite, and residents of the five communities can pay $3 per bag to leave trash, with no charge for recycling.

At Tuesday’s council meeting City Manager Mel Hawley cited the “extreme volatility” in what haulers are charged for disposal of recyclables, and recyclables’ “lack of value” in the marketplace as the issues in dealing with Casella. In the past Casella has been willing to enter

in an annual contract with Vergennes to handle recycled materials.

That is no longer the case, Hawley said, making it almost impossible for Vergennes to in turn make a longterm deal with the other four towns the center serves because costs cannot be predicted.

“Casella will not fix the rate at all,” he said.

The good news, Hawley said, is thanks to ACSWMD subsidies and its willingness to set its rate at $50 a ton to accept recyclables, but only through December, Hawley said Vergennes can peg its monthly cost through the end of the year at $7,732, not at the nearly $9,000 monthly non-guaranteed rate suggested by Casella.

Therefore he recommended to the council, and the council agreed after debate, to propose a six-month deal

to the other towns.

“Hopefully between now and Dec. 31 it will become a little clearer,” Hawley said.

Hawley said one such long-term answer is a “sub-transfer station” the ACSWMD is considering establishing in northern Addison County that could replace the city’s recycling center. But such a satellite transfer station will take more than six months to find, acquire and permit, he cautioned.

“The problem is those things take time,” he said. “A permanent solution is a little further away.”

Council members, including Mayor Renny Perry and Lynn Donnelly, suggested a user fee be added to town support, and a recent letter to the Independent by a Ferrisburgh resident made the same recommendation.

Perry cited one resident with whom he spoke.

“She said, ‘I’d be willing to pay a few dollars to get rid of my recycling … Don’t close the center,’” Perry said.

Hawley said a fee solution is possible, but would add administrative and enforcement time and costs.

“The hard part is collecting it and policing it,” he said.

By Vermont law, curbside trash haulers have to take recycling at no extra charge, but costs typically run higher than those at the city recycling center, although Hawley estimated about half of the city’s households choose curbside service due to convenience.

The council — and surrounding selectboards — could simply at some point ask their residents to rely on curbside haulers, although Hawley

in May said that decision could cause “complete chaos,” at least to start.

Hawley said on Tuesday that with the ANWSD help to keep the cost in control the council’s six-month proposal still represents an increase for the other towns. And he noted if any towns drop out of paying for the center, the costs increase for those that remain.

“I don’t know how the towns are going to respond to this. They may opt out and leave citizens on their own,” he said.

In the meantime, Perry said ACSWMD officials should move to get local community leaders together to work on both short- and long-term solutions.

“They should be the ones leading,” Perry said.

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

Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018 — PAGE 3A

Middlebury forms business panel OV valedictorian talks of ‘hard time’

Group to pitch ideas to create more jobs

economic development plan that could be further defined by a new group — the Middlebury Economic Health Committee. The panel is being asked to:

By JOHN FLOWERS • Consider ways of retaining and MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday OK’d expanding existing retail operations.

• Provide a basic analysis of the formation and charge of a new Middlebury Economic Health Commit- economic viability of Tax Increment tee, an up-to nine-person panel that Financing to support infrastructure will recommend specific strategies improvements in the downtown that to boost economic development in could serve as a magnet for future enterprises.

Addison County’s shire town.

• Pitch the most effective use of Borrowing from the work of the 2017 Economic Health Task remaining money in the MiddleForce as a starting point, the new bury Business Development Fund, including — but not committee will meet limited to — providfour or five times this ing revolving loan summer with the goal funds or other low- or of delivering its recno-cost economic deommendations to the velopment tools that selectboard early this have been successful November. in other Vermont Middlebury officials communities. continue to look for a • Explore use of less costly but more Vermont Community fruitful economic Development Prodevelopment path in gram revolving loan the aftermath of a more funds to support ecoambitious but ill-fated nomic development.

“Middlebury Com• Use a website to munity Development further promote the Fund” effort that was economic health of discontinued in the “It’s not all the town. spring of 2017 after related to the Committee memfailing to deliver subbridge project; bers will need to stantial new business start-ups and jobs. The it’s the economic include in their report how their proposals development fund, led environment could be carried out by a paid staffer, was that we’re in — by a committee, co-funded to the tune staff and/or a combiof more than $150,000 right now.”

— Brian Carpenter nation thereof. annually by local The new committee property taxpayers, Middlebury College and the busi- already has four members, all of whom know a great deal about the ness community.

The selectboard appointed an business world: Addison County Economic Health Task Force last Economic Development Corp. summer to re-boot the community’s Executive Director Fred Kenney, economic development aspirations. Middlebury Selectman (and One That 11-member task force, chaired Dollar Market owner) Farhad Khan,

by Selectwoman Heather Seeley, and Community Barn Ventures proposed a seven-point strategy that Co-founders Mary Cullinane and included creating a new revolving Stacey Rainey. Based in downtown Community Barn loan fund to support business start- Middlebury, ups, and using some of Middlebury’s Ventures is a company that helps ensurplus local option tax revenue to trepreneurs and growing businesses improve its infrastructure to help succeed.

The current four panelists will attract entrepreneurs.

Officials saw the task force’s recruit up to five additional members work as a strong foundation to an to join them.

Having the report due in November would allow its money-related recommendations to be considered for the fiscal year 2020 municipal budget, which will be in the works at that time, noted Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay.

Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter is anxious to get the group to work. He noted some troubling events on the retail front this spring, including the shuttering of The Diner back on Memorial Day, and the scheduled closing of both the Sears Store on Exchange Street (on July 1) and the Ben Franklin Store (this August).

The owners of Ollie’s Other Place, the book, toy, game and educational gift store on Washington Street, announced on Wednesday that they would close the business on June 30 due to weak sales.

“It’s not all related to the bridge project; it’s the economic environment that we’re in right now,” Carpenter said.

Seeley agreed, and pointed to a recent trend of vacant storefronts in downtown Bristol.

“They aren’t going through a bridge project,” Seeley noted of Bristol.

“I think the bridges project has become a bit of a scapegoat,” she added. “Downtown retail is suffering all over.”

Selectwoman Laura Asermily is pleased to see the town continue to pursue an economic development strategy. She recommended that Middlebury offer, on its website, some helpful links and pointers to businesses while the committee is doing its work.

Cullinane noted the Better Middlebury Partnership’s “Experience Middlebury” website is currently being updated to reflect — before the end of this August — the assets and resources available to residents and entrepreneurs.

“You will have, prior to November, a place that is being marketed and shared in a way that’s attractive and people will know what to do with it when they get there,” Cullinane said of the website, experiencemiddlebury.com.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Audience members were treated to a dose of stark reality in a speech by Otter Valley Union High School Valedictorian Max Williams at Saturday’s commencement.

It was met with a standing ovation.

Williams began his speech before his 74 fellow graduates saying he had started writing another speech first, one full of “goofy childhood memories” and “cheesy clichés.”

“But I soon realized that that wasn’t genuine,” he said. “That I would just be reading the same old boring speech everyone does.”

So Williams started again, and what followed was a nuts and OTTER VALLEY VALEDICTORIAN Max Williams drew a standing bolts assessment of the world he and his fellow classmates were ovation for his speech, which called on fellow graduates to make hard choices to achieve important change. entering.

Brandon Reporter photo/Lee J. Kahrs “The truth is, we’re coming into the real world at a hard time,” ation to fight against the injustices. erupted with applause as hundreds Williams said. “A world where To put an end to world violence. of family members and friends there is a constant threat of nuclear To bring about the change that is rose to their feet in a thunderous war. A world filled with the fear of needed in this world. In a world as applause.

Salutatorian Gabby Poalino, terrorists around every corner. A bad as the one we live in now, only world rife with inequalities, with the spirit that we have can get us speaking just before Williams, prejudice, with people who refuse through the darkness, and bring us referred to Eleanor Roosevelt for back to the light.” inspiration. to see the world He said he sees his “The future belongs to those through other peo- “The truth is, classmates in various who believe in the beauty of their ple’s eyes. A world we’re coming roles poised to make dreams,” Poalino quoted the late where our president change possible: doc- First Lady as saying. has been said to into the real tors, engineers, lawTo that Poalino added her own slander anyone he world at a yers, police officers, thoughts, which were appropriate wants to, and women hard time,” firefighters, plumbers. for the occasion: accuse him of sexual — Max Williams He closed with this: “When we were younger, our harassment. A world “If we want to dreams were to be police officers, where every other week, there is a school shooting. change the world, we’re going to veterinarians, firefighters, and It’s a hard world to live in, but one have to take a leap of faith. In the I’m sure there are a few of us out words of Barack Obama, ‘Change there that wanted to be princesses. that is being passed on to us.”

But the valedictorian said as will not come if we wait for some I hope you continue to believe in easy as it could be to back down other person, or if we wait for you dreams and chase them into from all of that and let others some other time. We are the ones the future.”

See more photos, a full list of OV solve the world’s problems, he we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.’ Thank you.” graduates and a profile of a past has faith in his classmates.

And with that, the OV gym, OV grad in our June 21 special “We won’t back away,” Williams said. “We will be the gener- dubbed the House of Noise, section.

Ashe (Continued from Page 2A) apply only to public schools, but not to private high schools, which nonetheless are in many cases largely funded by tuitioned students into those schools. It’s a growing part of the budget, Ashe said, and it’s created some “tense” discussions among regions of the state.

“Where we’re at now,” Ashe said as he concluded his initial presentation, is that “we passed a budget which tried to remove the few things we’re fighting about with the governor, which is this one-time money issue. We said, ‘Look, we’ll move in your direction and keep the residential tax rate flat from last year, and then reserve the question

of what to do with the remaining taxes on non-residential (properties) for a second thing, but let’s not hold up the entire state budget for what is effectively a $35 million dispute between the governor and Legislature.’

“And we hope, very fervently, that the governor signs this one, because the idea of a government shutdown would be hugely embarrassing and have financial consequences …

We’re not sure what will happen, but if this gets vetoed we have real trouble because it means that we will be normalizing a process of holding up an entire state budget in order to force through some of these aggressive educational policies that

I don’t think are very popular with the public.”

In the following give-and-take with the school board over the next 10 minutes, board members asked what they could do to help resolve the budget differences. Ashe responded that he hoped school boards would be open about telling the Legislature and governor about their concerns with educational funding and how it impacts their ability to run local school districts, and also to “let us (the state) know what to stay out of so we don’t mess it up.”

Editor’s note: An edited version of this discussion was filmed live and put up on the Addison Independent Facebook page.

LONG-TIME OTTER VALLEY coach Patti Candon shows her pride in new OV graduates Gabby Poalino, left, Katie Coolidge and Christa Wood after commencement in Brandon on Saturday.

Brandon Reporter photo/Lee J. Kahrs

Shacksbury (Continued from Page 2A) duction. We might expand our tasting room and event capacity up there,” he said. “It’s a beautiful space. We would love to have more people in there.”

They will also share promotions, such as music and kids’ games, with the farmers’ market that now sets up shop in the Kennedy Brothers parking lot late every Thursday afternoon, and plan to host events with music, games and food from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month from July to November.

“We’ve been really thrilled with the reception in the city of Vergennes and look forward to doing more event programming and continuing to develop the Kennedy Brothers space into a space that’s a good stop for families and anyone that is interested in learning about cider,” Dolginow said.

In all, Davis said the move of Shacksbury’s base of operations two years ago from Shoreham to Vergennes has gone well.

“We’re really happy to be here, for sure,” he said.

Continued success for Shacksbury would mean Feuerstein is more likely to trigger his 14 North Main St. purchase option with property owner Tom Denecker.

“I’ll have to decide in four years if I want to purchase it,” Feuerstein said. “That would probably be the biggest factor, if they are doing well and need the space.”

In the meantime Shacksbury’s expansion into the second story means

email us: for Feuerstein and co-owner Lillian Kennedy that their Main Street landmark is fully leased out.

“I’ve got a large variety of tenants.

They all seem very happy,” Feuerstein said. “The building is pretty busy all day long these days.”

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at

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A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

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Dems have better policy, but Gov. Scott holds trump card It’s widely anticipated that Gov. Phil Scott will veto by Thursday evening (after this paper has gone to press) the Legislature’s recently proposed budget, just as he did the Legislature’s first budget proposal. In both instances, his rationale, that he won’t pass a budget that raises any new taxes, violates another tenet he used to endorse for the numerous years he served in the Legislature — not to use one-time money to temporarily postpone tax increases.

Deferring payments for tomorrow that you incur today, as any fiscal conservative knows, is a fool’s errand.

It’s an odd role reversal in which the Democratically controlled Legislature is being more fiscally prudent than the Republican governor.

How so? First, the Legislature would increase taxes modestly to pay for education expenses incurred, and then take an estimated $34 million and apply it to the teachers’ pension fund, which is critically underfinanced.

That would save Vermonters $100 million over the next 20 years in interest payments. The governor, on the other hand, is advocating that the state take out what is essentially a loan against a one-time buy down of the tax rate, and pay that back over the next five years through a variety of state-imposed taxes and mandates ordered by Montpelier.

That violates another conservative principle: to avoid state-down management of local affairs. If Gov. Scott’s intention is to dictate school funding policy from on high and take school funding away from local governments, then he ought to say so upfront and engage the Legislature, local school boards and the tax-paying public in that discussion.

He won’t do that not only because he would upset a lot of Vermonters, but because he doesn’t have to.

He’s fortunate to have a strong state economy that is, at the moment, creating budget surpluses. At current count, the state’s budget is running about $55 million ahead of projected revenues with the month of June still to be counted. And since the current squabble between the Legislature and governor amounts to about $34 million, there seems to be enough money in the till to satisfy both the governor’s desire to hold the property tax rates from any increase (with a one-time buy down of tax rates) and the Legislature’s desire to pay down some of the teacher pension fund.

Case closed. Put money in the voters’ pockets, avoid difficult questions and go home. Except, Democrats are balking because they want the public to realize what’s happening; to think about what Scott is proposing. ********** If you’re a fiscal conservative and agree that expenses should be paid as incurred and not deferred through fancy shenanigans, then you’d support the Democratic Legislature’s position.

And if you’re a moderate or liberal who believes that the public approved those school budgets expecting modest tax increases, then you’d also support the Legislature’s budget and approach. (Rep. Peter Conlon has an excellent take on this issue in a legislative update on Page 5A; please read it.)

So why is the governor playing like he’s Mr. Trump doling out a one-time tax break as if he’s buying votes for the coming election? Not because it’s good policy, but because it appeals to voters.

What the governor’s team knows is that taxpayers (aka, voters) prefer money in their pocket today over good policy that helps them tomorrow.

This approach works for two other reasons: Vermont’s school-related taxes are among the highest in the nation, and what we get from those high tax rates is less than stellar.

Gov. Scott has reinforced that message by hammering home a single point: Vermont spends $1.7 billion a year to educate 76,000 students, down from 103,000 students 20 years ago; that’s the highest per-pupil spending in the country and double the national average, yet our students’ test scores are only two percentage points higher than the national average.

The Legislature may have the better policy approach, but to the average voter Scott holds the advantage by putting dollars into their pockets — and Democrats know that. That’s why they agreed, in this latest budget, to hold residential property tax rates stable. Still, the governor refuses to compromise; he wants the Legislature to capitulate and he’s using this voter payoff as leverage. ********** While that’s disappointing, it’s also hardball politics. What’s more discouraging is that we’re overlooking the bigger issues.

Gov. Scott is right to recognize that the state can’t continue to keep spending more money on fewer students pre-K through 12. He’s right to push greater funding for early childcare and higher education. But while Scott says his focus is not to cut spending, his policies don’t reflect that. His five-year plan anticipates a $300 million “savings” from fiscal 2020-2024, but the savings turn out to be budget cuts and property tax increases.

While Scott’s 5-year plan has major shortcomings, the idea of longer-term planning should be a goal for both sides. It’s highly inefficient, almost absurd, to operate a $1.7 billion operation on a year-to-year budgeting process held by hundreds of local schools and orchestrated by volunteer boards (along with school officials) with no long-term budget planning.

Democrats, on the other hand, need to look further forward. Their essential argument has been to maintain the status quo; to allocate the spending voters dictate and not advocate for change. While we believe they have the better short-term policy on paying for spending as it is incurred, and using onetime surplus funds to pay down past debt to achieve greater savings going forward, they neglect to engage the governor on policy initiatives that must fundamentally change the status quo. Instead we’re squabbling over how to allocate a budget surplus, while the administration has proposed mandating teacher/staff ratios and increasing penalties to small schools that often have little control over unexpected expenses — both petty and distasteful threats.

Still, there is room for compromise: At a minimum, the mandated pupil-staff ratios and increased penalties should be off the table. That might get the Legislature to concede the political appeal of also keeping non-residential property taxes as close to flat as possible, while still paying down the teachers’ pension fund. Then both sides could agree to address creating a rolling five-year education finance plan that would, hopefully, lead to more cost-efficient use of the money we spend on education.

Angelo Lynn

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MACKENZIE KINGSTON OF Charlotte fly fishes below Otter Creek Falls in downtown Middlebury Tuesday morning.

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A flag that symbolizes racial hatred A pick up truck drives around Middlebury, with giant Confederate flags flapping in the wind. A house on Schoolhouse Road displays the same flag. A young person in a local parade sports one on his shirt. Belt buckles that say “100% Rebel” with stars and bars in the background, sit on the shelf at a farm supply store. Imagine for a moment that these flags display swastikas. What would go through your mind when you saw them? Would you feel anger or fear? Would you want to rip these flags to shreds, and then burn them into ashes?

By Joanna That is how I feel when I see a Colwell Confederate flag, because I know the history of this hateful symbol. The original cause that the flag stood for is this: that the Southern states (known as the Confederacy) should have the right to enslave Black people.

Recent scholarship shows that most Americans are not getting accurate information about slavery, and how fundamental it was to our nation’s history. Even relatively recently published textbooks often gloss over the barbarity of the “Peculiar Institution” that allowed white slave owners to rape enslaved Black women with impunity, and then sell their babies away from them for profit.

Slavery was so incredibly lucrative that if the Southern states had been their own country it would have been the fourth richest nation in the world at the start of the Civil War. By brutally enslaving Black people to produce 75 percent of the world’s cotton, Mississippi River valley slave holders counted among their numbers more millionaires than anywhere else in the nation.

The United States of America’s prosperity comes directly from slavery, and we have never acknowledged it,

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apologized for it, or made amends for the generations of suffering and trauma that Black Americans endure to this day. To insist that the Confederate flag stands for something other than racism is to engage in the most willful and hateful ignorance of history.

From the earliest days after the defeat of the Confederacy, white supremacists have waged a deliberate misinformation campaign to convince Northern and Southern white people that the Confederate flag stands for something other than the perpetuation of slavery. But at the same time, the flag has been used as a weapon of terror against Black communities.

Last summer, when the Addison Independent reported about the appearance of a large Confederate flag in East Middlebury, an Addison County resident shared her childhood memories in a letter to the editor. She recalled hiding with her relatives, on the floor in a darkened house, while young white men roared around the neighborhood in their Confederate flag festooned trucks.

Recently, when I went into a store that had Confederate flag merchandise for sale, the clerk was responsive to my complaints, instantly whisking the offending items from the shelf with such speed that I suspected I was not the first person to complain about this. But when another employee asked about it, the merchandise was referred to as “that Dukes of Hazzard stuff.”

For those not in the know, “The Dukes of Hazzard” was a TV show that aired from 1979 to 1985. It featured two brothers, Bo and Luke Duke, and their longhaired, long legged, short shorts wearing cousin Daisy, who drove (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

California leads way vs. Trumpism The Framers of the Constitution tried to design a political system that would provide multiple opportunities to constrain the inappropriate use of power. The new government would include separate legislative, executive and judicial branches that would share powers and check each other. The states would also act as a constraint on governmental aggrandizement at the national level.

Since soon after President Trump’s inauguration, Republican leaders in the House and the Senate have taken a supine attitude toward the president. Even though many of Trump’s statements and attitudes, and the policies of his administration, are directly contradictory to principles and ideologies that have been part of the Republican mainstream for years, the Republican leadership, and most of the GOP members, have not exercised their constitutional power to question, much less to check, execu- By Eric L. Davis tive authority. Perhaps this is because they fear Trump supporters among the Republican primary electorate.

With Congress having largely abandoned its constitutional role as a coordinate branch of government sharing powers with, and checking, the administration, the opposition to the Trump Administration is being led, in many ways, by state governments. One of the most important figures in this rediscovery of federalism and reassertion of state power is Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California. Becerra’s strategy is to use lawsuits filed by California and other states to obtain rulings from the federal judiciary against actions of the other two branches of the federal government.

To date, Becerra has filed more than 30 lawsuits

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against federal officeholders. These actions challenge a wide range of policies of the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress. Most of the cases involve immigration, health care and environmental policies, but some are on other topics, such as net neutrality, loan forgiveness for students defrauded by fraudulent institutions of higher education, and the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Many of these actions have been joined by Democratic attorneys general from other states, including T.J. Donovan in Vermont, but Becerra’s office is the lead plaintiff in most of them.

Typically, Becerra’s staff does most of the research for the briefs in these cases, then invites the attorneys general from other states to add material showing the effect of the challenged policies on their states. Most of the California cases are still working their way through the lower federal courts, but some of them could well end up on the docket of the Supreme Court before the November 2020 presidential election.

Many of Becerra’s cases are of great national importance. One involves the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back vehicle pollution standards established by California and later joined by 13 other states, including Vermont. Since 1970, California has been allowed to establish stricter vehicle air pollution standards than those required by national statutes and regulations. Other states have been allowed to adopt those standards as well.

Currently, about 40 percent of the cars and light trucks sold nationally comply with the California standards.

(See Davis, Page 5A)

This past week I went for a group hike at Wright Park; it was a mixer for the Addison Chamber of Commerce. The walk was hosted and led by Jamie Montague of the Middlebury Area Land Trust, and nature educator Mo Bisonette.

Wearing my office clothes and hiking boots and munching on new-growth hemlock needles (they are full of vitamins!), I realized once again that one of the most precious things about Middlebury is the proximity of wild plants and animals, trees, and the river, to areas of town where people gather to do business and socialize.

Chipman Hill, Battell Woods, Wright Park, the TAM trail, the park

by Otter Creek, the footbridge area and the trail by the creek paralleling Weybridge Street all provide access to wildness that we humans ought to preserve. Wildness is good for us — it’s calming, nurturing, and offers a long-view perspective during a busy day. A walk through woods, by water, or in a meadow fosters health on every level.

When creating plans for the new park spaces, I would ask the town to consider the ecologically sound and low cost plan of allowing areas of bio-diverse wild growth to develop in much of the land under discussion. Middlebury College does something similar to what I’m suggesting by leaving large tracts of its land unmowed during the summer. The outcome is beautiful.

See this post from 2009 by Tim Parsons describing what was done at the college: tinyurl.com/yart4w3a.

The park at the entrance to the College, where the Town Hall used to be, provides a nice place for people to run about on lawn, have picnics, and watch movies. The section of the town green near the gazebo is great for the Festival on the Green and the Peasant Market.

Let’s make something different and wild in Triangle Park and/or Printer’s Alley — the fact that the land is right in the middle of town will make the wildness beguiling and unique — no one expects to see a meadow in a town square. It will mark us as people who still connect to the land, who still believe that wildness has a place in our lives, and who care to listen to the lives and songs of those other than our own species — the bees, birds, and other animals who will make that space their home.

I have three ideas: 1) Middlebury Area Land Trust does a wonderful job of maintaining and caring for land around Middlebury. Let’s ask MALT to manage the lands, and/or 2) consult with those who manage the Middlebury College property and emulate what they do, and/or 3) (this might be the best, but most expensive) employ a permaculture group such as Whole Systems Design (here is a link to their web site) tinyurl.com/yczcf4vn to create a food forest in the middle of town for residents and tourists alike.

Jennifer Stefani Middlebury

Loss of diner was unfortunate I recently read your article on Thursday, May 24, 2018, “Those Were the Days,” ending an era of almost 80 years as Smith’s Park Restaurant, Steve’s, and finally The Diner, at 66 Merchants Row in Middlebury and couldn’t help but wonder why.

The owners Carl Roesch and Caitlin Harwood are selling to the Town Hall Theater so that some day the site will be cleared for a building to provide more room for theater buildings, storage and maybe a small restaurant — let’s not hold our breath on the latter.

I read about the faithful customers, my wife and I included, the stories over the years, good memories — then why?

Did they sell for the money? Was business bad? Did they not know how to run it? Maybe someone could have called chef Gordon Ramsey.

Why isn’t the building an historic site after all these years? Greg’s was sold.

Look what happened there.

Hopefully Toni Neri will bring it back to life. Maybe he should have bought The Diner.

All you hear is shop local, support local business. Did they sell because of the railroad bridge/tunnel construction and figured it was a losing battle?

The local people should be able (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018 — PAGE 5A

State budget dispute continues It was not my intention to provide raise that money approved by voters a legislative update well into June and distribute it in an equitable way and a month after your citizen through property and other taxes.

Legislature adjourned, but since we We don’t control that spending. are now three weeks into a special Your school boards do. We simply session called by the set the rate. governor, it seems like While previous goveran update is in order. nors have respected the First, despite it decisions made by school sounding like we are boards and voters over in Montpelier in a dayeducation spending, Gov. to-day battle with the Scott wants to apply his Scott Administration “no new taxes, no new over property tax rates, fees” mantra to the eduwe are rarely there. The cation property tax and House has met just twice use one-time money to since the special session buy down those rates this was convened and the year and keep them level.

Senate just one day. The That just pushes the tax tax and appropriations rate increase out a year committees have met by Rep. Peter Conlon and violates a strong tena few more times than et of this Legislature not D-Cornwall that. to use one-time money If you follow the for on-going costs, somenews, you know that Gov. Scott ve- thing the governor also believed in toed a budget that was passed nearly strongly, once. The governor sees unanimously by the House and this $34 million infusion as a “loan” Senate — it earned support from from the general fund that would be the most liberal and conservative paid back through tools he wants the lawmakers for its ability to meet the state to implement to control school needs of Vermonters while holding spending, such as dictating staff-tothe growth in state spending to 0.5 student ratios and tougher penalties percent. In reality, there is nothing in for schools that spend above the the budget that Phil Scott opposes. statewide per pupil average, among The divide continues over educa- others. tion tax rates. Education spending This would represent a significant is not decided by the Legislature. increase in state control of our school It is decided locally by school systems and could have a big impact district voters. And this year, voters on rural schools. I think of Hancock, overwhelming approved modest which has virtually no control over increases in school spending — far its school spending because it less than the governor demanded — operates no schools — it could be with full knowledge that spending hit with a significant high-spending would result in property tax rate penalty but no way to adjust. I think increases. The Legislature’s job is to of Cornwall, Salisbury and Ripton

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in the Addison Central School District where careful budgeting kept school spending level, but just learned that transportation costs are going up 42 percent under a new bus contract that had one bidder. I think of Goshen and Leicester of the Otter Valley district where declining enrollment continues to make per pupil spending a challenge.

The rest of Addison County faces similar challenges, which, it should be pointed out, school boards are addressing well.

If the governor’s goal is a Montpelier takeover of our education system, then the governor needs to be upfront about it, and thoughtful debate should take place.

The governor called for compromise. The Legislature did. We agreed to use a smaller amount of one-time money to keep the residential property tax rate level (as opposed to the non-residential rate). And we have passed a second budget that will guarantee no issues with funding government operations after July 1, while leaving aside the $34 million to argue over until a resolution is reached.

Gov. Scott has vowed yet another veto. He has not budged. He refuses to compromise.

In our original budget that was so strongly supported by all parties, we proposed to use this one-time surplus money to shore up the state teacher pension fund (woefully underfunded in the 1990s), an investment that will save Vermonters $100 million (guaranteed!) over 20 years. I still believe that is the best decision.

Letters to the Editor It has been a month to celebrate students, education

It was and still is a perfect week for celebrating our many school graduates. My heart is filled with gratitude for our wonderful community. Everyone showed so much support for our students through the years: our family doctors, the Lincoln Preschool, everyone at LCS, Lincoln Library, Burnham Foundation, Lincoln Fire Company, Mt. Abraham teachers and staff, coaches, theater directors, community mentors, parents of our kids’ friends, Zeno Mountain Farm, Lincoln General Store, alumni, and so many people here have influenced who our students are today. They will carry the love and support you have given to them through their years growing up here in Lincoln,

and become amazing students and workers of the future.

I am blown away by the generosity of local families, organizations, and businesses for the scholarships they award to our students year after year. By doing this you send a strong message about the value of education and service to others, and you tell our students that you believe in them. Students, I hope you will take these gifts and do your best to fulfill the hope they have put forth in you. Wherever you go and whatever you do with the next chapter of your lives, remember that you are loved and supported from so many different directions, and that we will always welcome you back home where you began.

One observation I have made during my reflections on being a parent here is that our schools do a remarkable job of noticing the individual qualities of our students.

People are paying attention to our kids’ interests, and building upon the things that help them grow into confident individuals. Often this is done by a teacher, but it also happens with administrators, staff, or community mentors. These efforts are noticed and appreciated!

Thank you for your time, energy, and commitment to the youth in our community. Our children’s excellent education is one of the things I value the most about living here.

Sally Ober Lincoln

Now Ben Franklin is closing in August. Let’s build more offices.

Sure, shop locally. Where? Rutland or Burlington. There should be a public outcry, opinion to keep places that

have historic value to the community.

It’s sad that this is the trend in today’s society.

Norman Beerman Salisbury

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) to shop local and have continued memories at The Diner. Maybe Roesch and Harwood should never have bought it in the first place.

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) around Hazzard County, Georgia in an orange car named the General Lee. The General Lee had its doors welded shut for some reason, so the characters were forever hopping in and out through the windows. The other thing about the car was that it sported a huge Confederate flag.

Now being a California kid who until recently had never visited any of the southern states, I’m pretty sure my very first exposure to this flag was on the Dukes of Hazard TV show. In case I haven’t made this clear, on the show, the people driving around with the huge Confederate flag on their car were the Good Guys. This is a big problem.

Happily, a show like this would never get made today, because while Hollywood writers’ rooms are still dominated by white men, writers of color have made enough inroads that propaganda depicting hateful symbols as harmless just wouldn’t fly. But a great deal of damage was done. First you have school textbooks diminishing the horrors of slavery.

Then you have a deliberate crusade to

misinform Southerners about the reason the Civil War was fought. Couple that with an extremely popular TV show that depicts this flag (and did I mention the car is called the General Lee?!) as a bit of harmless, rowdy, good ol’ boys fun.

If you are a white person, you probably don’t have the same kind of trauma associated with this flag that many Black Americans do. But that doesn’t mean you get a pass to remain ignorant of the real meaning of this flag. It is incumbent upon all of us to educate ourselves and to Speak Up if our friends and neighbors need our help. It may ruffle some feathers, and there will always be some thickheaded people who stubbornly cling to bigoted ideas. But on our national political stage we are seeing the results of looking away when bigotry gets expressed.

In New York City, at the Christopher Street subway station, a large sign reads “No bigotry, hatred, or prejudice allowed at this station at any time.”

Let’s make Addison County, Vermont unfriendly to bigotry in the same way.

Instead of subway stations, we have

Green Mountains, trees leafing out in their full June glory, cows grazing on luscious grass, and a caring community. “No bigotry, hatred, or prejudice allowed at this station at any time.”

Joanna Colwell is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who founded and directs Otter Creek Yoga, in Middlebury’s Marble Works, and lives with her family in East Middlebury.

When not practicing or teaching yoga, Joanna enjoys taking walks, cooking, serving on the board of WomenSafe, and working with the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Feedback welcome at: joanna@ ottercreekyoga.com.

John Stuart Mill: Of liberty and freedom Editor’s note: This is the 18th in only economic regulation and the discussion, it has been argued that a series of essays about political redistribution of wealth, but the the expression does not accurately liberalism and conservatism and the authority to nurture, train and protect represent Mill’s opinion. individuals, not arbitrarily, but On the contrary, he would have two-party system. according to law and always with been troubled by the notion of the

By Victor Nuovo respect to individuals commercialism of thought that it What is a free society? or groups. In all other conveys, which is not a sure way It is one that guarantees respects, freedom of to truth, but the very opposite of it; liberty to everyone. But expression must not be where fashions are made standards just what does liberty infringed. of truth, where ambition displaces encompass?

Mill is insistent honest inquiry, and where power is John Stuart Mill that there should be used to inhibit the search for truth or identifies three no publicly enforced lead it astray. “domains” of liberty. standard of speech Rather than a marketplace, a more First, he considers or expression. Lying, neutral name for the place of public individuals alone; that for instance, may be discourse is the public sphere, where is, that every individual morally reprehensible, one encounters others and where is free to think and feel but there should be no values and truth may be openly whatever he or she law against it, nor should discussed without limit. This is a pleases. Second, he custom or public opinion place where controversies may erupt considers individuals Liberalism vs prevent it. This applies and everyone is free to take sides, abroad, in the world, Conservatism to expressions that defend their position, express their setting out on a desired are morally offensive. opinions, find fault with contrary course of life or An essay by From his standpoint, opinions, and not be shouted down engaging in pursuits of Victor Nuovo white nationalists have or self-righteously dismissed, and happiness, following Middlebury College a right to express their always to accord the same liberty to their dream. Third, he opinions, but opponents others who differ from you. considers individuals professor emeritus of their ideology must It is not surprising that Mill with others, pursuing of philosophy feel equally free to regarded the golden rule, “Do unto a common interest contradict them and others, as you would have others or cultural or social do unto you,” as a perfect summary ends—that may benefit society, and have the opportunity to do so.

The point is that in a free society, of Utilitarianism and as a proper exercising their right of the freedom no one should be prevented from foundation for liberalism. It is a rule of assembly.

In the first domain, liberty is speaking one’s mind. “If all mankind of reciprocity, whereby an individual absolute. Alone, by oneself, a person minus one, were of one opinion, and does not deal out like for like, is free to think and feel as he or she only one person were of the contrary but always reciprocates offenses pleases. In its purest state, the mind opinion, mankind would be no more with good. Mill would advocate is spontaneous or inner directed. But justified in silencing that one person, that we always answer lies with it is not invulnerable, and its sanctity than he, if he had the power, would truth; selfishness with generosity; be justified in silencing mankind.” hatefulness with charity; dogmatism ought to be respected.

What Mill is aiming at is an with doubt; fear mongering with In all other cases regarding the freedom of expression, vocational or open society. Public orthodoxies calm rationality; and, in general, evil recreational pursuits or engagements or prevailing opinions should with good.

These are fine thoughts, but in common causes, liberty is not go unchallenged, although whether Mill has qualified. In all these endeavors, those who promote adequately grounded one must do no harm, where doing them may not be It is not them, or whether, in the harm means purposely or carelessly silenced. The tyranny surprising that the majority, free marketplace of ideas causing others to suffer physical or of or public sphere, they emotional pain, or the loss of some whether liberal or Mill regarded must the golden rule, will come to prevail, or rightful benefit. Neither shall they conservative, whether unscrupulous restrict others’ freedom of thought be prevented by “Do unto others, media will allow them, or actions by promoting prejudices sustained freedom. as you would remains uncertain. It directed against them, or imposing It may be recalled have others do seems, nevertheless, a orthodoxies, religious or secular, or that a concern about worthwhile course to by deceiving or intimidating them, a public tyranny unto you,” as a or preying on the inner sanctum of was a motive in perfect summary follow; there does not seem to be any better. their conscience, fear-mongering, or framing the American of Utilitarianism in any way seeking to inhibit their constitution. and as a proper It would be perverse to Mill, the Utilitarian, foundation for argue against it. chosen pursuits or their curiosity.

Yet, what is Mill stipulates that to be free expressed optimism liberalism. troubling about Mill’s presupposes that an individual be of a good outcome version of liberalism mentally and emotionally mature of such policies, in and of sound mind. Children and spite of his doubts, which is to say, and utilitarianism is that it eminently rational, persons mentally or emotionally he hoped that it would be in the long seems commendable, even challenged are not regarded by him run beneficial, because he believed morally as competent to be free. They must that uninhibited public discourse is a commonsensical, but also innocent be nurtured, trained and protected, way, perhaps the only way, of making and one fears easily dispersed or and in instances where their words truth apparent to everybody. This sidetracked by darker, more sinister motives, or by mere stupidity. and deeds are judged to be harmful was consistent with his liberalism.

Mill was an economic liberal, Postscript: when preparing to to others or themselves, there should who believed in the free market write this essay, I was enlightened be legal means to restrain them.

Here the utilitarian takes over. And and the phrase, “the marketplace of by reading an article by Jill Gordon, this has led to a major transformation ideas,” has been applied to his views a professor of philosophy at Colby regarding truth. But the phrase was College, entitled “John Stuart Mill of liberalism after Mill.

During the 20th century, Liberals not used by Mill. Rather, it was and the Marketplace of Ideas.” came to espouse the welfare first mentioned by Justice Oliver It is available online at jstor.org/ state, whose aims include not Wendell Holmes. In recent scholarly stable/223559183.

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed regulations that would allow manufacturers to produce vehicles that emit more pollutants than under the national standards adopted during the Obama Administration, and would also forbid all states from adopting stricter standards. Becerra argues that states should continue to have the freedom to set their own standards, especially if they can back their decision with scientific research showing that the stricter standards are needed to combat greenhouse gases and climate change.

This case could lead to a major Supreme Court ruling regarding the ability of states to continue basing environmental policy decisions on scientific research, even in the face of an administration whose officials, across a wide range of issues, have

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Obituaries Persis Rowe, 91, Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY — Persis Dunning Rowe, 91, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Porter Medical Center, less than 24 hours after suffering a stroke.

Persis was born in Rutland, Vt., on March 9, 1927, the daughter of Walter Scott and Lizzie (Laird) Dunning.

She graduated from Rutland High School in 1945.

She was married to the love of her life, the Rev. Gerald M. Rowe, for 67 years — 1947 until his death in 2014.

Persis was the classic minister’s wife, every inch a partner in ministry with Gerald; Ten years at the Advent Christian Church in Schenectady, N.Y. (1948-1958); and 27 years at Memorial Baptist Church in Middlebury, Vt. (1958 until retirement in 1985).

A soprano soloist from an early age, pianist, and organist, Persis loved music and shared it with others through her own solo work in many different venues; singing in the Schenectady Choral Society, as Choir Director and pianist/organist in both churches, and as a popular piano instructor, teaching many children and adults over a span of 30 years.

She cared about people and helping others through her years of volunteer work with O.E.O. (now H.O.P.E) and as treasurer of the Christmas Shoppe.

She and Gerald volunteered at Project Independence once a month providing trumpet and piano duets until Gerald could no longer play. After his death, she volunteered monthly at Porter Nursing Home to play hymns and golden oldies for their songfests right up until her death.

She remained active and involved in life, never sitting on the sidelines, always up for learning new things and

PERSIS DUNNING ROWE ready to serve and encourage people.

She loved a good conversation with friends and neighbors and could tell many a good story and enjoy a good laugh.

She loved her family deeply and enjoyed time together with them, especially at the family camp on Lake Dunmore.

A woman of faith and devotion to her Memorial Baptist Church community, Persis was still an active member of the Adult Sunday School classes, Senior Rock’rs Retirement group, Thursday afternoon Bible Study, and was a founding member of the Bone Builders group that met at the church. She greeted every newcomer on Sunday morning, and made sure everyone felt welcomed.

Her faith in her savior and friend, Jesus Christ, and doing his work on this earth was of prime importance.

She knew the joy of being part of the family of God, and so, she would say, and would want it written here: “If you don’t have a church family, and you are wanting one, you are invited

to Memorial Baptist Church …” And then she would add “I’ll save a seat for you.”

Persis is survived by her son, Michael Rowe of Monkton, Vt.; daughter, Melinda Rowe Williams of Middlebury, Vt.; granddaughter Mira and husband Paris Goddard of Bristol, Vt.; grandson, Lee Williams of Greenfield, Mass.; and two much loved great-grandchildren, Saylor and Emmy Goddard.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 16, 11 a.m. at the Forestdale, Vt., cemetery. A celebration of life service is planned for Saturday, July 21, 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Baptist Church, 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury, Vt. In lieu of flowers, please send donations either to Memorial Baptist Church Music Fund, 97 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 05753; or to Lake Dunmore Fern Lake Association, PO Box 14, Salisbury, VT 05769 (earmarked Milfoil Project).

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RUTLAND — Francis S. “Sully” Rice, 85, died peacefully, June 8, 2018, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 31, 1932, in Rutland, son of Frank L. and Carmeline S. (Pietrodangelo) Rice.

Sully attended Christ the King School, and was a 1950 graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy. He was a U.S. Air Force, Korean War veteran.

Sully was employed for 25 years at Howe Richardson Scale Co. Many know Sully for his culinary skills, as he was a chef for much of his life.

He was a cook at the Sno-Cat Ski Club and the Rutland Elks Lodge.

Later in life, Sully bought Patricia’s Restaurant in Brandon and was owner-operator of what became a popular local favorite, Sully’s Place.

Sully took great pride in his restaurant and developed many friendships over the years, of which he still reminisced.

Sully had a wide variety of interests throughout his life including hunting, rabbit hunts — he had several top of the line beagle hunting dogs for years — fishing, sporting clay shooting — which he traveled to various states to compete — politics, playing cards, and “shooting the breeze” with his family and friends. He loved to celebrate, with St. Patrick’s Day

being his all-time favorite. He was happiest when he could help others, the Boston Celtics were winning, and while working around his home in the gardens and enjoying nature.

His close circle of friends, whom he loved and relied upon, include Connie Bissette, Dave Beitzel, Conrad Carruth, and Bob Fish. He was also very close with his girls — “Sully’s Girls,” who worked many years for him at the restaurant and became part of his family.

It was evident in the days just before he passed that he was an important person to many. The visitors, which included friends and family, put a smile on his face. Sully was a mentor and friend to more people than he realized and will be remembered most for his sense of humor, huge heart and his role as a well-respected man in the Brandon and Rutland communities.

Surviving are a daughter, Kathleen Haynes and husband Michael of East Bremerton, Wash.; three grandchildren, Jarrett Schuster, Anna Schuster Williams and Jeremy Schuster; five great-grandchildren; cousins, and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by a son Christopher Joseph; siblings Richard, Joseph, Ralph and Nicolina Rice; and Mary Anne Coombs.

FRANCIS S. “SULLY” RICE A graveside service will be held on Friday, June 15, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. in Calvary Cemetery in Rutland. A reception will follow at the Rutland Elks Lodge.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Vermont Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Silver Towers Camp — a charitable project of the Vermont Elks Association.◊

Roger Bienvenue, 80, Wells River WELLS RIVER, Vt. — Roger Leonard Bienvenue, 80, of Main Street in Wells River, died June 8, 2018 at his home.

He was born in Manchester, N.H., July 25, 1937, a son of Leonard and Annie (Critchett) Bienvenue and graduated from Pinkerton Academy with the Class of 1957. For 24 years he was a truck mechanic for HP Hood in Manchester, N.H. and Burlington, Vt. He later moved on to work for Rapid Ways Transportation in Burlington, Oneida Motor Freight in Wells River, and Ross Oil in Littleton, N.H. before retiring from West View Farm in North Haverhill, N.H. Roger was a volunteer on the Vergennes, Vt., Fire Department. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He had also served in the New Hampshire Air National Guard from 1955 to 1962.

He married Mary Bennett on June

7, 1958.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Mary of Wells River; their five children Shawn A. Bienvenue and wife Kimberly of North Haverhill, Lesley Bienvenue of Lake Dunmore, Vt.; Mark R. Bienvenue and wife Jacquelin of Bath, N.H.; Francie Deyette and husband Robert Vergennes, Vt.; and Roger M. Bienvenue and wife Melissa of Addison, Vt. Also eleven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; a sister Beverly Messier of Londonderry, N.H.; three brothers, David Bienvenue and wife Elaine of Londonderry, N.H., Bruce Bienvenue and wife Jean of Newton, W.V., and Leonard Bienvenue and ROGER LEONARD wife Jackie of Warner, N.H.; along BIENVENUE with many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

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BRIDPORT — A memorial service and interment for Carol Elizabeth Knauss, a Bridport resident who died at age 80 on May 18, 2018, will take place this Friday, June 15.

A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Vergennes, with burial at 1 p.m. in the Bridport Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Bridport Masonic Hall.

A Celebration of

Dick Nadeau’s life will be held by his family on Saturday, June 16, from 2 p.m. to 5p.m. It will be held at the Bridport Town Hall. Please bring pictures and Stories to Share.

ROBERT J. DUCLOS MIDDLEBURY —To celebrate the life of Robert J. Duclos (19292018), a gathering will be held on Sunday, June 24, from 2-4 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.◊

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Vt. Book’s satellite store Ollie’s Other Place to close MIDDLEBURY — Becky Dayton has set June 30 as the closing date for Ollie’s Other Place, the book, toy, game and educational gift store for babies and children on Washington Street in Middlebury.

Since it opened in 2015, Dayton said, community support for the venture has been great, but sales have not been strong enough to keep the store open.

“Having Ollie’s has been fun, but because of weak sales, the strategy of securing a backup location for the Vermont Book Shop has not proved to be workable,” Dayton said of her experience at Ollie’s Other Place. “I will focus my efforts now on creat-

ing a Vermont Book Shop that can survive the bridge and rail project.”

Much of the inventory at Ollie’s Other Place will be sold during a clearance sale starting Tuesday, June 19, and ending on the store closing date, Saturday, June 30.

Hours until then will be Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A number of the quality toy brands, such as Janod, Folkmanis, Blue Orange Games and HABA, as well as the gift and classic books and select games and activity books will come to Vermont Book Shop as enhancement of the children’s section is planned.

Dairy relief program deadline exended WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced the re-enrollment deadline for the Margin Protection Program (MPP) for Dairy will be extended until June 22. The new and improved program protects participating dairy producers when the margin — the difference between the price of milk and feed costs — falls below levels of protection selected by the applicant.

The re-enrollment deadline was previously extended through June 8, but extended again to ensure that dairy producers are given every opportunity to make a calculated decision and enroll in the program if they choose. Officials said this will be the last opportunity for dairy producers to sign up.

To learn more about the Margin Protection Program for dairy, contact ADDISON COUNTY

the Farm Service Agency county office in Middlebury or go online to fsa.usda.gov.

USDA has already issued more than $89 million for margins triggered in February, March and April, and USDA offices are continuing to process remaining payments daily.

“Last week we re-opened enrollment to offer producers preoccupied with field work an additional opportunity to come into their local office to sign-up. We did get more than 500 new operations enrolled but want to continue to provide an opportunity for folks to participate before the next margin is announced,” said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

“More than 21,000 American dairies have gone into our 2,200 FSA offices to sign-up for 2018 MPP coverage but I am certain we can do better with this extra week and a half.”

Obituaries

Gordon Folsom, 73, Lincoln LINCOLN — Gordon D. “Gordie” Folsom, 73, passed away in the comfort of his home and family on Monday morning, June 11, 2018.

Born in Montpelier on February 20, 1945, he was the son of the late Wendell “Ike” Folsom and Gertrude “Trudy” (Burbank) Folsom.

Following graduation from high school, Gordie enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country for 20 years that included the Vietnam War. Following his discharge in 1974, Gordie was employed by Simmonds Precision (now known as BF Goodrich Aerospace) in Vergennes for 30 years as both a project engineer and program manager.

In 2002, he purchased a log cabin that had been used as a seasonal camp in Lincoln and through thoughtful process and Yankee ingenuity, created a home that was beautiful and an ongoing labor of love. He took great pride in his craftsmanship and independence, working the land — logging and landscaping, cutting his own firewood, cultivating his flower gardens and being at one with his surroundings and abundant wildlife.

Sharing all that he had with his family gave him great joy as well as spending time with his grandchildren, particularly attending their sporting events and participating in their varied activities.

Gordie is loved and mourned by his children, Tony Folsom of Charlotte, N.C.; Sarah Langlois and her husband Ryan of Randolph, Vt.; Stephanie Boschee of Charlotte N.C.; his stepchildren, Sean Harrington and his wife Jowee of Burlington, Vt.; Todd Harrington and his wife Cathy of Essex, Vt.;

GORDON D. FOLSOM seven grandchildren; his sisters, Pat Folsom, Linda Eldredge, Robin Brackett and her husband Nick, all of Waitsfield; and Peg Folsom and her husband Grant Kennedy of Brighton Ontario, Canada; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family.

At Gordie’s request, private family services will be held at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Wounded Warrior Project, woundedwarriorproject.org, or to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury VT 05753 or achhh.org.

To send online condolences visit perkinsparker.com or the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home Facebook page.◊

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School seniors chant their class — 2018! — as they line up for the walk into Memorial Sports Center and their commencement exercise Saturday morning.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Middlebury seniors rise up and go forward

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS MIDDLEBURY — At a lively, light-filled commencement this past Saturday morning, Middlebury Union High School conferred 167 diplomas and one honorary degree on its class of 2018, and hundreds of their friends and family gathered in Memorial Sports Center conferred upon them great hopeful hurrahs and several standing ovations.

As they sally forth to make their destinies, MUHS Principal William Lawson urged the graduates to remember the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time that we fail.”

In one of the morning’s most moving moments, Lawson spoke of his graduating advisory group and his intention at one point to retire at the end of the school year.

“My own plan for leaving high school after 36-plus years and commencing a future of retirement featured me walking off the stage with you today. However, this plan has changed. And now you’re leaving me behind.”

Overcome with emotion, he struggled to get through the next few words, and a hush of empathy and affection fell over Memorial Sports Center as he paused and reached under the podium for a cup of water.

Composed again, Lawson highlighted notable individual student accomplishments, then congratulated the 75-member cast of the senior play, “Beauty and the Beast,” recognized the members of the state-champion Nordic ski and girls’ lacrosse teams, and honored the class’s activism.

On the issue of school violence their voices “had immeasurable impact in prodding our Vermont government to respond and take action,” he told them. “You truly epitomized what (British author) Simon Sinek meant when he said, ‘Fight against something and we focus on the things that we hate.

Fight for something and we focus on the things that we love.’

“Even in your class’s senior prank, you demonstrated your capacity to love and care about others as you transform a traditional prank into a memorial for

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VALEDICTORIAN LAURA WHITLEY

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your classmate.”

Late last month seniors painted in rainbow colors a shed near the school football field and dedicated it to Walter “TJ” Duncanson, a fellow member of the class of 2018 who in ninth grade took his own life.

Class Salutatorian Julian Schmitt, battling pneumonia, began his senior reflection with a calculus analogy to “highlight the connectedness between the generations present here today but also to showcase, through the beauty of mathematics, the uniqueness, in terms of experience and interactions with one another.”

He cautioned his classmates to beware the echo chambers and isolation that new media technologies have made possible, then asked them to close their eyes and imagine Franklin

Roosevelt’s first fireside chat 85 years ago, and their great-grandparents among the millions of families gathered around radios, “entranced by the calm and reassuring voice of the president during a time of financial and social insecurity.”

Listening, speaking out and connecting will lead to greater understanding, he said, and closed with Dr. Seuss: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.”

Class Valedictorian Laura Whitley framed her reflections with the “fundamental attribution error, a fancy way of saying we make big assumptions about others, with only a tiny bit of information.”

Such assumptions may have been

SOPHIE LEFKOE IS bubbling over during Saturday’s graduation ceremony at Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

fine for our hunter-gatherer ancestors who needed to make snap judgments about, say, charging buffalos. But thousands of years later, “this way of processing information can be more harmful than helpful.”

Whitley then drew a contrast between her personal experiences and the assumptions we make when we think about the “class valedictorian.” She had suffered from anxiety all year, she revealed.

Stricken with panic in the middle of the night, unable to breathe, struggling to get back to sleep, she had struggled to get out of bed nearly every day.

“We often hide the hard parts of life from each other,” she said, “but if you enter every interaction trying to remember that the other person is an actual human being who could be struggling more than they’ll ever tell you, you treat them with the gentleness and the care that you would want for yourself during those hard moments.”

Her classmates all had the power to make life better for everyone, she said.

“Please, Class of 2018 — own that power.”

Principal Lawson then returned to the stage to honor four retiring MUHS teachers — Paul Scaramucci, Karen Greene, Jeff Clark and Matt Ottinger — who have been teaching for a combined 111 years.

District Superintendent Peter Burrows found students, teachers and principal a hard act to follow.

“There’s not much left to say!” he began.

He asked the class of 2018 to stand, “find your special people in the audience,” and acknowledge them.

Before Burrows presented more than $100,000 in scholarships from 32 local businesses and organizations, he urged the class of 2018 to “be strong, be kind, have fun.”

The MUHS Senior Choral Ensemble sang “A Million Dreams” from the film “The Greatest Showman,” then one by one the class of 2018 crossed the stage and broke on through to the other side.

See more photos, a full list of MUHS graduates and a profile of a couple past MUHS grads in our June 21 special section.

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MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Age Well Senior Luncheon in Thursday, June 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Vergennes. Tuesday, June 19, 10 Kids: Colored Pencil Art, Clay Wheel & Hand Davis Family Library, Middlebury a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Building Classes, Art Camps-Tree Houses, Birds College. Come see “In the Footprints of Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors on the Wing, Whirligigs, Rainbow Paper, Dragons, the First German Printers: 1450-1500,” an open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. SASH exhibition of medieval printed books from Weird & Wacky Art, Fairies & Friends, Art of Health Awareness Program 11:15 a.m. Lunch, Middlebury College’s Special Collections. served at noon, will be roast pork cutlet, whole Thailand Adult: Clay: Raku, Wheel and Hand Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. beets, mashed potatoes, sour dough Italian building, Block Printing, Paper Making, Watercolors, Thursday, June 14, 10 a.m., Vergennes bread and carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

Painting, Pastels middleburystudioschool.

Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for donation. Advanced reservations required. Call org Contact Barb at 247-3702, ewaldewald@ bingo and coffee hour. Singers from VUHS Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org at 11:30. Meal served at 12 noon. Enjoy anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any potato and leek soup with chicken and age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at Bristol. Saturday, June 16, 3-8 p.m., downtown. bacon, crackers, spring vegetable mix, roll 802-388-2287.

Celebrate Bristol as a great place to shop, dine, live, Matt Dickinson speaks in Middlebury. Tuesday, June and pineapple chunks. Bring your own place setting. work, and visit. Live musical performances from six $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations 19, 12:30-2 p.m., Community Room, EastView at bands — The Starline Rhythm Boys, The Eames required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Middlebury College Brothers Band, Steady Betty, The Welterweights, Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of Political Science professor Dickinson returns for Tim Brick, and Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette. any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at his second in a series of talks on “Understanding Over 30 vendors from microbrews, hard ciders and 802-388-2287.

American Politics in the Age of Trump.” Free and open spirits, to specialty foods, gifts, and crafts.

More info Park bench dedication ceremony in Vergennes. to the public. at 802-760-6076 or facebook.com/pocockrocks.

Thursday, June 14, 11 a.m.-noon, McDonough Campaign Launch Party in Shoreham. Tuesday, June Park. The Seth Warner - Rhoda Farrand Chapter Solar and lunar astronomy night in Hubbardton.

19, 5-7 p.m., Shoreham Inn, 51 Inn Rd. Come meet Saturday, June 16, 7:30-11 p.m., Hubbardton of the DAR has placed a park bench honoring our candidate Barb Wilson who is running for the Vermont Battlefield, 5696 Monument Hill Rd. Join the Green Korean War veterans in Macdonough Park. The House in Addison-Rutland District (Benson, Orwell, Mountain Astronomers to explore the sun before it public, particularly veterans of the Korean conflict, Shoreham & Whiting). Free appetizers, cash bar, an sets and the moon, which will be visible until 11:19 are invited to attend this ceremony. introduction to her campaign and good conversation. p.m. Bring a flashlight and blanket if you like. Call Party like it’s 1968 in New Haven. Thursday, June 14, 802-273-2282 to confirm.

Admission by donation.

6-9:30 p.m., Tourterelle, Route 7. Get out those bellbottoms and tie-dye for this groovy event in support “Moth Event!” in Middlebury. Saturday, June 16, 8 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Enjoy the of the United Way of Addison County. Dinner and huge diversity and abundance of moths in Vermont music and the chance to bring out your inner hippie.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in with an outdoor black light session to see what Early bird tickets $35 until May 15, then $50, availMiddlebury. Wednesday, June 20, 11 a.m., moths are active in early summer. Local moth able at app.mobilecause.com/form/Bs6gQw. Middlebury Rec. Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors experts will be on hand to help us with moth identifiopen at 11 a.m. Program featuring Annie Hopper from cation and biology. More info contact Ron Payne at Schuttleship Farm. Meal served at noon of pulled BBQ 802-388-6019. chicken, vegetable rice pilaf, baby carrots, roll and pineapple tidbits. Bring your own place setting.

Age Well Senior Luncheon $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations in Ferrisburgh. Friday, June required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

15, 10:30 a.m., Basin Harbor Club, Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse Basin Harbor Rd. Grounds open at 10:30 of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR a.m., dining room open at 11:30 a.m., meal at 802-388-2287. served at noon. Enjoy minestrone soup, James Blair on photography in Middlebury. fresh dinner roll, chicken breast, mashed Wednesday, June 20, noon, Henry Sheldon potatoes, local vegetables and fruited pie.

Museum, 1 Park St. Join James P. Blair, retired Advanced tickets required. Call Michelle to “National Geographic” photographer, as he reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donadiscusses some of the 36 photographs from the tion does not include gratuity. A collection Sheldon Museum’s collection now on view in for Meals on Wheels will be taken up at this the exhibit Our Town: Love, Joy, Sadness, and meal. Open to anyone age 60 and up and Baseball — 100 Years of Photography from the their spouse of any age. Free ride may be Sheldon Museum. Limit 20. Reserve your spot at provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287.

802-388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Robby Mook speaks in Middlebury. Friday, Chicken Barbeque in Bristol. Wednesday, June June 15, 6-9 p.m., Middlebury Inn, Court Sq. 20, 5:30-8 p.m., on the town green. More info Mook is the former campaign manager for contact Cecil Foster at 802-453-4877 or cecil@ Hilary Clinton’s presidential bid and a politigmavt.com. cal commentator on CNN. He will talk about Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June his part in the 2016 campaign at Middlebury 20, 7-8:30 p.m., town green. A Vermont tradition Rotary Club’s annual gala dinner. Seats since 1870, Come early and enjoy a pre-concert still available and include hors-d’oeuvres dinner in town or bring a picnic. and a four-course dinner for $65. More info contact Scott Needham at 802-349-0001 or scottneedham@mac.com.

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ACTR and its route partners, Green Monthly wildlife walk in Mountain Transit (GMT) to the north and Marble Middlebury. Saturday, June 16, Valley Regional Transit (MVRTD) to the south, will 7-9 a.m. Otter View Park and the offer FARE-FREE rides for all passengers who ride Hurd Grassland, Weybridge St. and Pulp the bus. ACTR will also offer free umbrellas to its Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and morning commuters while supplies last. the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. community members to help survey birds Thursday, June 21, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area DE CIVITATE DEI (City of God) by St. Augustine of and other wildlife. Meet at Otter View Park Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Hippo, Printed by Johann Amerbach, Basel, 1489.

See parking area. Shorter and longer routes Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee this illustration and others beginning Thursday, June possible. Beginning birders welcome. More hour. Spaghetti & meatballs, broccoli florets, Italian 14, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Davis Family Library at Midinfo at 802-388-1007 or 802-388-6019. bread and fresh fruit salad will be served at 12 dlebury College.

“In the Footprints of the First German Summer breakfast in Shoreham. noon. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested Printers: 1450-1500,” is an exhibit of medieval printed Saturday, June 16, 8-10 a.m., Shoreham donation. Advanced reservations required. Call books from the college’s special collections.

Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Get Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone Photo/Middlebury College Special Collections your fill of blueberry pancakes, French toast, age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free quiche, sausages, home fries, beverages, ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287. and a surprise as while chatting with friends ACTR feedback session in Middlebury. Thursday, and neighbors. Tickets $8 adults/$4 children/$20 June 21, 5:30 p.m., Community Transportation Center, families. Donations of non-perishable food are also 297 Creek Rd. Addison County Transit Resources being accepted for the local food shelf. seeks feedback from riders and other community Book, plant, and pie sale & summer reading kickmembers on proposed schedule changes for its Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf off party in Shoreham. Saturday, June 16, 9 in-county services at this public meeting. If transporSection hike in South Lincoln. Sunday, a.m.-1 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, Main St. Join tation is needed to attend the meeting, rides can be June 17, Cooley Glen Trail. Moderate/strenuPlatt Memorial Library for their annual book, plant, provided. Call ACTR at least 48 hours in advance at ous.

6.8 mile round trip with an elevation gain of and pie sale, this year combined with a kick-off for 802-388-2287 to arrange. approximately 1,500 feet. Hike upstream on an our summer reading program. Register for summer Writer Yvonne Daly and writers’ open mic in Brandon. old wood road along the New Haven River that reading, pick up reading logs, do an activity, get a Thursday, June 21, 6-9 p.m., Book and Leaf Bookstore, gradually climbs away from the river and ascends prize. Thousands of books for sale by donation.

10 Park St. Daley will read from her book “Going Up steeply on to a junction with the Long Trail. Wear Rhubarb pie, and a few plants to fill in your garden. the Country: when the Hippies and Dreamers, Freaks appropriate clothing, bring water, lunch and hiking Moss Glen Grange Flea Market in Granville. and Radicals Moved to Vermont.” All writers are poles, if needed. More info contact Ivor Hughes Saturday, June 16, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Moss Glen encouraged to share the open mic. Come and enjoy at brhughes@gmvat.net or 802-453-4412. More Grange, 82 Post Office Hill Rd. Five truckloads of this celebration of Vermont history, conversation, book activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. new and exciting donations have arrived for Moss signing, complimentary tea or coffee and sweets.

Glen Grange flea market and rummage sale. Bake Moss Glen Grange Flea Market in Granville.

Vermont Civil War historian Howard Coffin in Bristol.

Sunday, June 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Moss Glen Grange, sale and concession stand also open at this fundThursday, June 21, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. 82 Post Office Hill Rd. Five truckloads of new and raiser for Moss Glen Grange.

Join Coffin and The Bristol Historical Society, in coopexciting donations have arrived for Moss Glen Repair Café in Middlebury. Saturday, June 16, 9:30 eration with the Vermont Humanities Council, for a Grange flea market and rummage sale.

Bake sale a.m.-1:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, discussion of “Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters.” and concession stand also open at this fundraiser Charles Ave Volunteer repair experts work with Free and open to the public. More info call Steve Ayotte for Moss Glen Grange. community members to learn basic repair skills and at 802-453-7709.

Campaign for Smart Justice — ACLU Vermont in fix broken household items. Refreshments, kids’ Ferrisburgh. Sunday, June 17, 3 p.m., Rokeby, activities, and raffle prizes. Join Addison County 4334 Route 7. Nationwide, Black and Latino Solid Waste Management District in their efforts to communities are over-represented in the prison promote repair and keep fixable items out of the system. Come hear about the national initiative that landfill. Free. More info at 802-388-2333. To volunJunior Fishing Derby in Vergennes. seeks to cut the number of people in prison by half. teer contact Sarah Lundquist at sarah@acswmd.

Friday, June 22, 5 a.m.-9 p.m., Otter Creek.

Learn about a variety of solutions in this screening org or 802-388-2333.

Bring your kids aged 3-15 to Otter Creek for a of three short films telling the first-hand stories of Non-fiction comics mini-fest in Middlebury. day of fun, and the hope of catching the biggest fish. three people who have been incarcerated.

Saturday, June 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Vermont Register at tinyurl.com/ybozx6rd.

Folklife Center, 88 Main St. Join the Vermont Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, June Folklife Center as they present a diverse group of 22, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open Vermont and New Hampshire cartoonists engaged at 11:30, meal served at Noon. Meal includes turkey in non-fiction work, including political cartoons, salad cold plate with coleslaw, fresh fruit, roll and Age Well Senior Luncheon in Bristol. memoirs and diaries, and covering such topics as cookie. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle Monday, June 18, 10:45 a.m., Cubbers, science, graphic medicine, history, cooking and to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does 8 Main St. Doors open at 10:45 a.m., meal much more. Free and open to the public, and ADA not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and served at 11 a.m.

Chef’s Choice — always deliaccessible. More info at vermontfolklifecenter.org/ their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. cious. Includes beverage and dessert. $5 suggested non-fiction-comics-minifest.

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287. donation does not include gratuity. Advanced reserTie-dye fun in Cornwall. Saturday, June 16, 10 Preschoolers at the Point in Addison. Friday, June 22, vations required.

Call Michelle to reserve 802-377a.m.-noon, Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Start 10:30-11:15 a.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their the summer with a personally designed colorful 31 Route 17. Bring your preschooler to enjoy story and spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call creation. Bring a t-shirt. Dye and materials will be craft time. Topics relate to the history of Chimney Point, ACTR at 802-388-2287 provided by the Cornwall Recreation Committee. and may include archaeology, bridges, boats, clocks, Monetary donations will be accepted at this event. American Red Cross Blood Drive in Brandon. post offices and lighthouses. A parent or other responMonday, June 18, noon-5:30 p.m., Brandon More info call Sue Johnson at 802-462-2775. sible adult must be with the child. Ages 3 to 5. WellAmerican Legion, 550 Franklin St. Walk-in or for an Middlebury Community Players’ Annual Meeting behaved siblings welcome. Bring snacks if you like. appointment visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800and Picnic in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, June 16, Call (802) 759-2412 for the topic. Suggested donation RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Save lives in less 11 a.m., Button Bay State Park, 5 Button Bay Rd. $5 per family. time with Rapid Pass. Start the donation process Bring a side dish or dessert to share. MCP will Artists’ opening reception in Vergennes. Friday, June before leaving home by completing an on-line preprovide burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, buns, 22, 5-8 p.m., Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main donation and health history questionnaire at your condiments and soft drinks. season reviews and St. Come meets the artists and view their work at the convenience on the day of your appointment. previews, awards, board elections and entertainopening reception for “Blades will Sprout,” featuring the LC Jazz Band in Vergennes.

Monday, June 18, 7 ment. Free entry if you mention you’re coming to the work of: Anne Cady, Julia Jensen, and Jessica Smith. p.m., City Park. picnic. All are welcome. More info at 802-388-7432 Table of Grace community meal in Vergennes. Friday, or info@middleburycommunityplayers.org.

June 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Pocock Rocks music festival & street fair in Church, 30 S. Water St. Menu includes cold ham,

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Bixby Gala in Vergennes. Friday, June 22, 7-11 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Get out the fancy clothes and Bixby Gala is “Sail to Summer” at this annual fundraiser for the library. Delicious food and plenty of dancing local favorite The Grift. Tickets available now at bixbylibrary.org.

Artists’ opening reception in Vergennes. Friday, June 22, 5-7 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 235 Main St. Opening for the exhibition “Working Metal, Creating Art.”

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Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section paddle in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, June 23, Little Otter Creek. Canoe and/or kayak on Little Otter Creek. Moderate paddling on flat water.

Bring your own canoe or kayak, paddles, sunblock and required PFD. More info contact David Andrews at 802-388-4894 or vtrevda@yahoo.com. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Rain date Friday, June 29.

Junior Fishing Derby in Vergennes. Saturday, June 23, 5 a.m.-9 p.m., Otter Creek. Bring your kids aged 3- 15 to Otter Creek for a day of fun, and the hope of catching the biggest fish. Register at tinyurl.com/ybozx6rd.

Ferrisburgh Hollow town-wide yard sale in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, June 23, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Ferrisburgh Hollow and other locations. Lists of participants and maps available at nfumchurch.org.

Lake Dunmore Triathlon in Salisbury. Sunday, June 23, 8:30 a.m., Branbury State Park, 3570 Lake Dunmore Rd. A .9-mile swim, 28-mile bike and 6.2-mile run nestled against the Green Mountains. Bib pick up 6:40-7:30 a.m. More info and registration at vermontsuntriathlonseries.com.

Beginners bird walk in Middlebury. Saturday, June 23, 9-10:30 a.m., Seymour St. Ext. A great opportunity for aspiring birders. Cosponsored by Otter Creek Audubon Society & MALT. More info call Carol Ramsayer at 802-989-7115.

Town-wide lawn sale in Bristol. Saturday, June 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., locations across town. Treasures abound in what has become a Vermont tradition.

Abenaki Heritage Weekend in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, June 23, all day, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Road. Get an Abenaki perspective on life in the Champlain Valley from past centuries to the present day. Dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, wampum readings, craft and cooking demonstrations are presented by members of Vermont’s Abenaki tribes. Shop the marketplace or take in the gallery talk on the special clothing exhibition. All fees included with museum admission. More info at www.facebook.com/ AbenakiHeritageWeekend/, lcmm.org, or 802-4752022 ext. 107.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, June 23, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center, 3279 U.S. Route 7. Hosted by the Ferrisburgh Grange. A sandwich supper followed by an evening of fun and card games.

Renee Dion Trio in Brandon. Saturday, June 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Dion’s music is a beautiful blend of soul, R&B, and contemporary jazz. Show $20. Dinner & show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show.

BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or email info@brandonmusic.net to reserve.

Onion River Jazz Band in Brandon. Saturday, June 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Come hear this seven piece traditional Dixieland jazz band.

For over 30 years the Onion River Jazz Band has been presenting traditional New Orleans Dixieland Jazz. Brandon’s own Gene Childers is a member of the band. Tickets adults, $8/Seniors and Students $6.

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Abenaki Heritage Weekend in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, June 24, all day, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Road. Get an Abenaki perspective on life in the Champlain Valley from past centuries to the present day. Dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, wampum readings, craft and cooking demonstrations are presented by members of Vermont’s Abenaki tribes. Shop the marketplace or take in the gallery talk on the special clothing exhibition. All fees included with museum admission. More info at www.facebook.com/ AbenakiHeritageWeekend/, lcmm.org, or 802-4752022 ext. 107.

Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section Young Adventurers Club hike in Orwell. Sunday, June 24, Mt. Independence State Historic Site, 472 Mt. Independence Rd. While the pace is geared towards younger adventurers (ages 4-8), everyone is welcome.

Each outing is tailored to the individual participants, and will be fun for the whole family. Bring cost of admission or Green Mountain Passport. Find park fees online: historicsites.vermont.gov. More info contact Lauren Bierman at 802-349-7498 or laurenbierman1218@ gmail.com. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, June 24, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Enjoy an afternoon of music. Jam session form 11 a.m.-1 p.m. followed by music and dancing. Refreshments available. All fiddlers welcome. Donation $3.

Military road hike in Hubbardton. Sunday, June 24, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Hubbardton Battlefield, 5696 Monument Hill Rd. Walk in the footsteps of history along a section of the 1776-77 military road that ran from Rutland through Hubbardton on the way to Mount Independence. Site interpreter Bob Franzoni is your guide for this hike, rugged in places. Dress for the weather and wear boots, as one section may be wet.

Foodaroo in Middlebury. Sunday, June 24, 4-8 p.m., in the Marble Works. The fourth year of Middlebury Underground’s food festival. Sample more than 20 Vermont food and beverages, hear great music, watch street performers, participate in a baking competition and more. A family-friendly event. Free entry.

Opening and artist talk in Rochester. Sunday, June 24, 4-5 p.m., Big Town Gallery, 99 N. Main St. New show of work by Alison Weld. More info at bigtowngallery.com.

Joan Hutton Landis Summer Reading Series in Rochester. Sunday, June 24, 5-8 p.m., Big Town Gallery, 99 N. Main St. Come hear authors Michael Collier and Char Gardener read from their work. More info at bigtowngallery.com.

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Storymatters meeting in Middlebury.

Monday, June 25, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Gather with other storytellers for “Your Choice”; the floor is open to all kinds of stories and ideas. Always open for stories.

Strawberry festival in Vergennes. Monday, June 25, 6-8 p.m., City Park. Homemade strawberry shortcake and beverage, $6. The Vergennes City Band will provide entertainment. Proceeds benefit Champlain Valley Christian School. More info call Alisa at 802-759-2144.

LC Jazz Band in Vergennes. Monday, June 25, 7 p.m., City Park.

“The Birds of Summer” presentation in Salisbury.

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sundaes, strawberry pie, ice cream with strawberries, just plain strawberries or the works. Prices vary depending on the items purchased. A limited number of whole strawberry pies will also be for sale. Make strawberries your dessert or your entire meal that night and enjoy the fun and good food.

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LOCAL MOTH EXPERTS will be on hand to help participants with moth identification and biology at the “Moth Event” on Saturday, June 16, 8 p.m., at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Enjoy the huge diversity and abundance of moths in Vermont, like this Luna moth, in an outdoor black light session.

Wednesday, July 25, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Bridget Butler give an informative talk on our summertime feathered friends. Part of the Salisbury Summer Series. Free and open to the public.

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Social Media Seminar in Vergennes.

Tuesday, June 26, 8- 9:30 a.m., Kennedy Brothers. The Addison County Chamber of Commerce presents this seminar will teach you top strategies for successful Facebook and Instagram accounts for business. Learn how to make the most of social media to drive business growth. More info at addisoncounty.com.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, June 26, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Dime Fair at 10:30 a.m. with the drawings directly after lunch. Meal of BBQ beefsteak, baked beans, coleslaw, wheat bread and applesauce will be served at 12 noon. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-3771419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287.

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Children’s Revolutionary Morning Camp in Orwell. Wednesday, June 27-Friday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Mount Independence State historic Site, 472 Mt. Independence Rd. Children will enjoy Revolutionary times learning about Mount Independence, archaeology, and more, with walks and new hands-on activities. Attendees will make special items to bring home. Ages 6 to 11. Limited space.

Pre-registration required. More info at 802-948-2000.

Quickbooks workshop in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 27, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 1590 U.S. Route 7 South, Suite 8. Hands-on training if you are new to QuickBooks or want to refresh or build on your current skills. Each participant receives a complete QuickBooks manual.

Space is limited. More info and registration at info@ addisoncountyedc.org or 802-388-7953.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, June 27, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Meal includes soup of the day, sandwich, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287.

Teddy bear picnic in Bristol. Wednesday, June 27, noon, on the town green. Ted E. Bear of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company is coming for a picnic. Bring your favorite bear and meet at the Veterans Memorial for a parade to the playground for stories, songs, and games. Free lunches for the first 30 children. Rain location Holley Hall.

“Country Mouse/City Mouse and The Princess & The Pea” on stage in Brandon. Wednesday, June 27, 3:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Backpack Theater, 20 young actors ages 6-17, will present these this production, which melds these two iconic fairy tales into one. Tickets adults, $4/seniors and students, $3/Children 5 & under accompanied by an adult free.

History of Waterhouse’s boat dock & marina talk in Salisbury. Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Jean Edgerton will give a talk on this Lake Dunmore institution for the Salisbury Historical Society. Free.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June 27, 7-8:30 p.m., town green. A Vermont tradition since 1870, Come early and enjoy a pre-concert dinner in town or bring a picnic.

Volunteer bat monitoring training and presentation in Ferrisburgh. Wednesday, June 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 U.S. Route 7. Count bats at Kingsland Bay State Park this summer. Receive training after a brief presentation by biologist Alyssa Bennett. Bring warm layers and mosquito protection. Folding chair optional. More info contact Alyssa Bennett at alyssa. bennett@vermont.gov or Amy Dohner at 802-4347245. Call 802-786-0098 on the day of the event for information on weather cancellations. Learning about these rare, insect-eating mammals. Rain date June 28.

Music and Movies series in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 27, 8 p.m., College Park, across from Shafer’s.

The Better Middlebury Partnership’s series kicks off with a free viewing of the movie “Ferdinand.”

Stargazing open house in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 27, 9-10:30 p.m., Mittelman Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Route 125. Jupiter and Saturn will be in the evening sky on many of these dates. A variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae will also be visible through the Observatory’s telescopes. Free and open to the public, weather permitting. Check the Observatory web site at go.middlebury.edu/observatory/ or call 802-443-2266 after 7 P.M. on the evening of the event.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, June 28, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Senior Paint & Sip - Dragonfly 10 a.m.- noon (must be signed up in advance) A roast beef dinner with cheddar mashed potatoes, green beans with red peppers, wheat roll and pineapple tidbits will be served at 12 noon by students from the Champlain Valley Christian School. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required.

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

Strawberry Festival in Shoreham. Thursday, June 28, 5-7 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Feast on strawberry shortcake, strawberry

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Point Counterpoint Faculty Ensemble in Salisbury. Friday, June 29, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Come hear these talented musicians as they play chamber music. Part of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series. Free-will donation.

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2018 Vermont Gran Fondo in Middlebury. Saturday, June 30, 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Woodchuck Cidery, 1321 Exchange St. Want a challenge? Here’s an opportunity to bike four Vermont gaps, clocking up to 114 miles and climbing 10,736 feet in this annual Gran Fondo ride. Shorter rides — the Medio, Facile and Piccolo Fondos — are an option for those less ambitious. Après-ride party at Woodchuck Cidery 2-7 p.m. Live music, food, locallyproduced beverages and farm-to-spoon ice cream.

More info at vermontgranfondo.com.

Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section hike in Middlebury. Saturday, June 30, Abbey Pond Rd., off Route 116. Moderately difficult. 4.6 miles round trip with 1260’ elevation gain; the trail steeply climbs 1000 feet in the first mile with stream crossing, followed by easier terrain. Trails ends at Abbey Pond with an unobstructed view of Robert Frost Mtn. Wear appropriate clothing, bring water, lunch and hiking poles, if needed.

More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail. com or 802-388-5407. More activities at gmcbreadloaf. org.

“Coco” on screen in Shoreham. Saturday, June 30, 1 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, Main St. Bring your lunch to the library and enjoy a hit movie in air-conditioned comfort. Free.

“The Adventures of Prince Achmed” on screen in Brandon. Saturday, June 30, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Taken from ‘The Arabian Nights,’ the first full-length animated feature tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse, sending him off to a series of wondrous and romantic adventures. Silent film aficionado Jeff Rapsis provides live accompaniment. Free.

Donations accepted, with proceeds to help continuing preservation work. *RESCHEDULED FROM JULY 7* Gypsy Reel in Brandon. Saturday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A Celtic band that rocks, Gypsy Reel plays high energy, stirring music rooted in the Celtic tradition but garnered from the whole world.

Show $20. Dinner & show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or email info@brandon-music.net to reserve.

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Champlain Valley Fiddle Club concert in Middlebury. Friday, July 1, 2-3 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury. 100 Eastview Ter. The Fiddle Club, led by Scottish Fiddler Peter McFarlane, performs a concert of traditional Scottish fiddle music. Free and open to the public.

“What to the Negro is the 4th of July?” in Ferrisburgh.

Sunday, July 1, 3 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 Route 7.

Experience history when participants read aloud Frederick Douglass’s most famous speech, originally delivered on July 5, 1852. Come and add your voice to this statewide public reading sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council. Free.

LIVEMUSIC USAF Heritage Band of America Clarinet Quartet in Vergennes. Thursday, June 14, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

The JACK Quartet and Soprano Tony Arnold in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 2 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

Deb Brisson and the Hayburners in Middlebury.

Friday, June 15, 7-9 p.m., Notte The Avant-Garde Dogs in New Haven. Friday, June 15, 7:30-10 p.m., Tourterelle Pocock Rocks in Bristol. Saturday, June 16, 3-8 p.m., Main St. Northern Third Piano Quartet in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

O’hAnleigh in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

New Music on the Point in Salisbury. Sunday, June 17, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

New Music on the Point in Salisbury. Monday, June 18, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Vergennes City Band in Vergennes. Monday, June 18, 7 p.m., City Park.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June 20, 7 p.m., on the town green.

Wayne Canney in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 20, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

Saboutouma in New Haven. Friday, June 21, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

Joan Hutton Landis Memorial Concert in Rochester. Friday, June 22, 7 p.m., Rochester Federated Church Onion River Jazz Band in Brandon. Saturday, June 23, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

Renee Dion Trio in Brandon. Saturday, June 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Vergennes City Band in Vergennes. Monday, June 25, 7 p.m., City Park.

Rio County Line in Middlebury. Saturday, June 26, 9:30-12:30 p.m., Notte.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m., on the town green.

Point Counterpoint Faculty Ensemble in Salisbury.

Friday, June 29, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Kai Stanley in Middlebury. Friday, June 29, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

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

Vergennes City Band in Vergennes. Monday, July 2, 7 p.m., City Park.

Vermont Philharmonic in Middlebury. Monday, July 2, 7:30 p.m., behind Mahaney Center for the Arts.

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TOWN A Special Appearance from 13th century Persia Each Note (excerpted from the full poem)

Stepping proud

THE MIDDLEBURY UNION High School graduating class proudly marches down Middlebury’s Court Street last Friday morning during the school’s annual march to final assembly at the Memorial Sports Center. The seniors graduated in a ceremony Saturday morning.

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Life freezes if it doesn’t get a taste of this almond cake.

The stars come up spinning every night, bewildered in love.

They’d grow tired with that revolving, if they weren’t.

They’d say, “How long do we have to Do this!”

God picks up the reed-flute world and blows.

Each note is a need coming through one of us, a passion, a longing-pain.

Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear.

Don’t try to end it.

BE Your Note.

I’ll show you how it’s enough.

Go up on the roof at night in the city of the soul.

Let Everyone climb on their roofs and sing their notes!

Sing loud!

— Jelal al-Din Rumi, 13th c. Sufi poet

This poem

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MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School students greet the graduating seniors from Middlebury Union High School during the MUHS annual march to the Memorial Sports Center for a final assembly last Friday morning.

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an exquisiteness and beauty that it’s hard not to feel within them a connection to the divine within has been following me around us, to the higher intelligence of one way or another for close to 20 the universe, to god, or whatever years, and every now and then I realm one relates to. Many poets find certain of its have expressed lines coming to similar ideas, but mind. Maybe it’s there is something just me and being unique, I think, middle aged, or about the ancient maybe it’s the poets. Each note times we are living is a need coming in, but it seems through one of us, life can freeze up a passion, a longway too easily and ing pain. Who else often these days. has ever spoken that We can easily way? Who among forget our joy and us would even know even what that how to? feels like when Yet we can feel life becomes too deeply what Rumi full of tasks, when means, even if we

By Susan Jefts we don’t take can’t quite explain the time to pause it. We might feel this and reflect. Am I way when a part of us stays unexwell? Am I on a life path I want pressed for too long, when we are to be on? Am I being the note I disconnected from ourselves or was meant to be in this world? others, and from the source that I think the ancient mystic poets created us. Yet to feel such a longlike Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir are here ing pain is a step toward becomto keep waking us up (and keep ing unfrozen; a step toward love us defrosted). and fuller human expression. It Rumi’s language carries such is a line and a feeling well worth

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exploring within the particular context of our life.

Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear.

Philosophers, poets, and even some scientists have written over the ages about the connection between life callings and the soul.

In his teachings about the soul and the body, Aristotle said, “We each embody our own idea.” The 20th century spiritual ecologist Thomas Berry went a step further and tied the concept more intricately to the physical, describing the soul as “a unifying principle” of a living being, allowing the genes to function in a coherent manner. He believed our genetic coding allows us to “establish our ecological niche for ourselves in partnership with other species, and most significantly, that it guides and inspires us and to do so sustainably, gracefully — perhaps even beautifully.”

So we each have our own particular niche to fill, shaped by our genes, our environment, and the soulful stuff of our being that came before all of that. But there can be a lot these days between us and that deeper awareness. Rumi didn’t have a formula, but he was big on surrounding himself with beauty. And he was an advocate of melting, of letting go, and of surrendering. To what? To love, in its many forms, including to what created us, to what turned us into the unique mix of atoms that created our particular DNA. And so, too, to the abilities and gifts we carry within us, especially those that bring us joy and energy. Most likely these are the same gifts that the world is needing from us right now.

Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear.

Don’t try to end it.

BE your Note.

I’ll show you how it’s enough.

Carry these lines around with you for a while. Memorize them until they live in your bones.

Then see what happens.

————— Susan Jefts is a poet and educator living in Cornwall whose work has been published throughout the state and country. She is currently working on a book of poetry and will be offering workshops using the poetry of Rumi and other ancient poets to explore our lives and what we feel called to. For more info, contact her at sjefts7@ gmail.com. Her website is www.manyriverslifeguidance.com.

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School News Area students earn degrees from UVM BURLINGTON — At the University of Vermont’s commencement exercises on Sunday, May 20, more that 3,500 students were awarded their degrees. Among them were a several dozen Addison County residents. They include: Brandon: Christian Fjeld, B.S., Microbiology, Summa Cum Laude; Louisa Jerome, B.A., Geography; Suma Lashof, B.S., Environmental Sciences, Cum Laude; and Marley Zollman, B.A., Art History.

Bridport: Merritt Gleason, B.S., Food Systems.

Bristol: Hannah Bonar, B.S., Dietetics Nutrition & Food Sciences; Hannah Jackman, B.S., Professional Nursing; Louis Sightler, B.A., English; and Claire Trombley, B.S., Natural Resources.

Lincoln: Brittany Atkins, B.S., Ecological Agriculture; Ethan Lee, B.A., History; and Madeline Wood, B.A., Environmental Studies.

Middlebury: Julia Cluss of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Science, Professional Nursing, Harley Fjeld of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Science, Human Development & Family Studies, Ellen Hallman of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, Selina Hurley of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Arts, Global Studies, Samuel Messenger of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Science, Athletic Training Education, Isaac Rooney of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Science, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Sophia Ryan of Middlebury (05753), Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Cum Laude.

New Haven: Danielle Norris, B.S., Environmental Studies and Harlie Vincent B.S., Business Administration.

North Ferrisburgh: Veronica Davis B.A., Mathematics.

Ripton: Hannah Osborne, B.S, Communication Science & Disorders.

Salisbury: Talon Drown, B.A., Anthropology.

Shoreham: Jessica Brisson, B.S., Medical Laboratory Sciences.

Starksboro: Aiden White Pifer, B.S., Neuroscience.

Sudbury: Alicia Rossi, B.A., Mathematics.

Vergennes: Gretchen Beloin, B.S., Human Development & Family Studies; Alexandria Crowell, B.A., Anthropology; Tupper Hinsdale, B.S., Business Administration; Katelyn Reilly, B.S., Medical Laboratory Sciences, Summa Cum Laude; and Jordan Stearns, B.A., Biology.

Whiting: Flurin Seiler, B.S., Environmental Studies.

LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Katie Raycroft-Meyer (third from right) leads a tour of Bristol Village Cohousing during the Historic Preservation and Downtown Conference — which won a Preservation Award — this past Friday.

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Bristol (Continued from Page 1A) neighborhoods.

While participants — including plenary speaker Williams — considered Vermont as a whole, Bristol clearly grabbed the spotlight.

The welcome video, “Bristol: The Little Town That Could,” matched iconic imagery with village voices: “Bristol really has the sweet spot,” said one resident.

“Just look around you,” said another.

“There’s not much else you can ask for,” added a third.

Those visiting town for the conference got the message.

“Bristol is an incredibly charming town,” Erica Roper of Brattleboro told the Independent. A transportation planner for the Windham Regional Planning Commission, Roper had never been to Bristol before.

“They did an excellent job with the town green,” she pointed out. “The trees, as well as the combination of the fountain and the playground, make it an inviting space.”

Roper wished she could have stayed longer, she added, but pointed out that if visitors want to spend more time in a place, that means the place is “doing a good job.”

Numerous Bristol locales served as shining examples of conference session topics and one earned special recognition.

PRESERVATION AWARD Bristol Village Cohousing won a 2018 Preservation Award from the Preservation Trust of Vermont.

The award video traced the integration of the 19th-century

Three local students received academic honors from Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., for the spring 2018 semester. Olivia Nop of Middlebury was named to the president’s list with a GPA of 3.9 or higher. Kaitlin Gaboriault of Bridport and Caitlyn Ketcham of Brandon were both named to the dean’s list with GPAs between 3.5 to 3.89.

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Boarding House, Tomasi House and The conference was organized by Peake House buildings into a planned the Preservation Trust of Vermont, community of 14 households — a in partnership with the Department collaboration among Bristol Village of Housing and Community Cohousing, Vermont Integrated Development, the town of Bristol Architecture and Raycroft Meyer and Bristol CORE. Landscape Architecture.

SINGER AND PHILOSOPHER “With its 21st-century vision, this Williams delivered the plenary community within a community address in Holley Hall, a building enhances Bristol’s historic character whose renovations also won a by creating density downtown, Preservation Award — back in 2012. preserving and restoring a late 19th“The opposite of division isn’t century streetscape and showcasing unity — it’s collaboration,” modern strategies for energy she said. “Where do we efficiency,” said the video discover how and if we voiceover. “Bristol Village can collaborate, where do Cohousing exemplifies we decide that we want the notion that honoring to collaborate? We go to a town’s past helps keep it places called the Bobcat vital for the future.” and Hatch and Hogback Watch a video of Dar Jim Mendell, a resident (Brewery) and the things of Bristol Cohousing that draw on our regional Williams singing about and its marketing small town development foods and our regional coordinator, was thrilled and the history of with this story online at ethos by the award.

Vermont having these “Our goal has been addisonindependent.com. public meeting spaces.” to preserve the iconic Williams spoke about downtown streetscape and contribute how to revitalize small towns, to the economic vitality of Bristol seamlessly weaving her music into village,” he said. “We are honored the presentation, picking up her to receive this award and thankful guitar every once in a while to play to the partners who helped make this a song whose lyrics in some way cohousing project a reality.” illuminated her subject.

After the award presentation, Though she confessed she is landscape architect Katie Raycroft- terrible at self-promotion, Williams Meyer led 40 conference-goers on did explore the “positive proximity” a lunchtime tour of the community, concept she developed in her where she was peppered with 2017 book, “What I Learned in enthusiastic questions from the group. a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Another Addison County Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding landmark, the Salisbury America’s Communities.”

Congregational Church, also won a Positive proximity, she said, “is Preservation Award. this experience of walking out the

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AFTER DELIVERING THE keynote speech at the Historic Preservation and Downtown Conference in Bristol this past Friday, singer-songwriter and author Dar Williams continues the discussion while signing copies of her book.

door in the morning and feeling that living side by side with other people is more good than bad. Yes, a tree branch is going to fall and you’re going to fight about whose property it was on and who has to clear it, and some dog’s going to, you know ...

That’s going to happen. But positive proximity is this way that we walk out in the morning and say, ‘What can I give to this town? I love this town, this town gave me something, what do I give back?’”

Summarizing what she has learned from her many visits to Vermont over the years, Williams added that “a lot of towns I’ve been to have taken history and woven that straw into gold. But what I realized about Vermont is that the straw is the gold.”

For Roper, Williams’s presentation was memorable not only for the engaging stories and music but also because it was “illuminating to see how our work is perceived by nonprofessionals and to see how people interpret the places we use.”

THE BEST OF BRISTOL Local residents, businesses and projects added richness and depth to the conference.

A walking tour of Bristol’s green focused on its revitalization to improve the town’s quality of life.

The Coffin Factory segment of the Bristol Trail Network offered visitors a glimpse into how developing trails can integrate community, spirit, economic development and recreation.

A session on adaptive reuse highlighted a number of Bristol buildings, including the Deerleap Building (which began as a Packard automobile dealership), Howden Hall (which was built as a church), and Japanese Gardens (where Martin’s Hardware now lives).

A before-and-after lunchtime tour focused on Bristol Mill, Little Mill House and 11 Main St. Downtown food and performance venue Tandem served as a model for a discussion about “Pop-up” shops and how they can lead to more permanent retail situations.

Artists were in full force, too.

Representatives from ARTsight, Bristol Clay Studio, Art on Main and Yarn & Yoga gathered to underscore how the arts and creativity play an important role in economic development, and the Vermont Arts Council held a roundtable lunch on the state’s creative economy.

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

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VUHS VALEDICTORIAN ALLY ATKINS

VUHS SALUTATORIAN LANCE BERGMANS

VUHS THIRD HONORS MEGAN TARTE

VUHS names top ’18 graduates VERGENNES — Vergennes Union High School has announced the Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Third Honors recipients for 2018. All three will speak at VUHS graduation this Friday, June 15.

Ally Atkins has been named the class Valedictorian. Atkins strives to do her best in everything she does, which includes maintaining high honor roll while taking an extremely rigorous course load, volunteering, participating in athletics, and contributing as an active member of the VUHS community.

Not only has Atkins participated in both band and chorus for the past four years, she also has been selected for both Commodore Singers and Commodore Jazz. Atkins was also selected as VUHS’s Green and Gold Scholar her junior year and has

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been recognized at our underclass awards ceremony each year both in academics and athletics. This fall, Atkins will study Neuroscience at Union College, where she was awarded the prestigious Success Scholar grant.

Lance Bergmans is the Class of 2018 Salutatorian. Bergmans has consistently earned high honor roll throughout his high school career, all while challenging himself with an extremely demanding schedule that included numerous Advanced Placement and dual enrollment courses. While at VUHS, he was a dedicated musician and varsity athlete, with a particular love of basketball.

He has also been regularly recognized at underclass awards assemblies for excellence across

School News

Castleton names spring dean’s list CASTLETON — The following Addison County and Brandon students were named to the Castleton University dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2017-18 academic year. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 3.5.

Brandon: Erin Cameron, Danielle Eddy, Alexis Hedding, Alexis Lape, Jacob Turner and Danarose Weaver.

Bridport: Amelia Ashley-Selleck, Calista Carl and Lauren Hodsden.

Bristol: Trinity Ford and Paige Jipner.

East Middlebury: Willis Varno.

Leicester: Alaisha Lucia.

Middlebury: Molly Wetmore.

New Haven: Alison Boise, Ellie Gevry, Evan Hill, Devon Kimball, Danielle Morse, Anthony Sawyer and Sara Stearns.

Orwell: Alexandra Carter and Alexis Quenneville.

Salisbury: Emma Best.

Vergennes: Brandon Chamberlain, Kayla Charron, Taylor Paquette, Lillian Russell, Ian Shalek and Allyson Stearns.

Whiting: Zackery Quesnel and Kristin Simmons.

several subjects and at the end of his junior year, he was VUHS’ Clarkson University High School Achievement Award recipient. Next fall, Bergmans will begin his studies at the University of Vermont as a Vermont Scholar. He will be studying Exercise Science with an eye on becoming a physical therapist.

Megan Tarte is the Third Honors recipient for the Class of 2018. Tarte is an amazing young woman — full of academic and musical gifts that she diligently honed throughout her time at VUHS. She has consistently shown an exceptional commitment to her studies — having earned numerous underclassmen awards for academic excellence — and she has challenged herself with dual enrollment coursework in pursuit of her dreams and interests.

Cornwall resident River Payne, who is majoring in Natural Resource and Conservation Management at Paul Smiths College in the Adirondacks, has been named the their spring 2018 dean’s list with a 4.0 average.

Ashton Bates, son of Tony Bates and Bamby Pierpont Bates of Salisbury, made the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Montana/Missoula. He is a Wildlife Biology major.

As testament to her hard work, Layla Paine of Bristol excelled during the spring 2018 semester, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot on the Hofstra University dean’s list. Hofstra is located in Hempstead, N.Y.

THE WEE LASSIE, a kayak built by members of St. Stephen’s volunteer boatwrights, will be raffled off at this year’s St. Stephen’s Peasant Market.

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Kayak to be raffled at Peasant Market MIDDLEBURY — boat wrights from St. Stephen’s Middlebury’s annual Peasant congregation. Assembled in Ed Market will take place this year on McGuire’s hanger in New Haven, Saturday, July 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 the kayak is crafted out of ¾ inch p.m. on the Middlebury Alaskan yellow and red town green. cedar strips, with two The St. A St. Stephen’s Stephen’s black stripes of Peruvian Episcopal Church on each side. pie brigade walnut tradition for decades, She is finished with Peasant Market had will be four coats of varnish to it’s start as a “women’s baking 100 protect the fiberglass fair” shortly after the or so pies to from UV radiation. She church was founded in sell, along is an open kayak 13 feet 1827. The market took with other 6 inches long and weighs on its current name in about 28 lbs. Raffle the 1940’s, and has been tasty treats. tickets will be on sale for a local tradition ever $10 each (or 6 for $50) since. All proceeds are donated at St. Stephen’s Church, the Bristol to area non-profits and service 4th of July parade, or on Peasant organizations. Last year’s market Market day until 12:45 p.m. The raised over $20,000 and was drawing will happen at 1 p.m. on distributed to local charities.

July 7, and you do not have to be Among the highlights this year present to win. is the raffle for a “wee lassie” Items for sale this year include kayak crafted by volunteer antiques, white elephant gifts,

books, clothing and jewelry, small rugs and linens, sporting goods, and more. A children’s booth will feature used clothing, toys, and books. The St. Stephen’s pie brigade will be baking 100 or so pies to sell, along with other tasty treats. A children’s Midway will feature games for children and families and food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Donations will be gladly accepted at St. Stephen’s June 18 through June 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 25 through June 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and June 19 and June 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Unfortunately computers and accessories, VCR’s, non flat televisions, DVD players, microwaves, large appliances, luggage, magazines, textbooks, plastic containers, shoes, or items that are not clean or in good condition cannot be accepted.

Bat monitors needed this summer CASTLETON/FERRISBURGH — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteer citizen scientists to count bats in the greater Champlain Valley and a few other sites around the state this summer. Addison County residents have two opportunities to take part: at Bomoseen State Park in Castleton on Thursday, June 21, and at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh on Wednesday, June 27. The events start at 7:30 and finish after dusk,

around 9:30.

Long-term monitoring is critical to the management and recovery of endangered little brown bats in Vermont. Volunteers will receive training at this event and be matched with monitoring sites after learning about these rare, insect-eating mammals.

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about Vermont bats, their natural history and threats, and ways the public can help conserve bats and enhance their habitats. Bennett works mainly on the conservation and recovery of Vermont’s nine bat species.

The presentation will be immediately followed by training for volunteers interested in monitoring colonies of endangered little brown bats this summer. Volunteer citizen scientists will learn how to count bats exiting their roosts between sunset and just after dusk. Interested volunteers are then matched with colony sites around the state for periodic monitoring between July 11 and 30.

“Vermont’s endangered little brown bats suffered massive population declines of up to 90 percent due to the deadly fungal disease, White-nose Syndrome,” said Bennett. “This species depends upon us for their continued survival because of their preference for roosting in buildings and bat houses.

Thanks to the help of dedicated citizen scientists who monitor these rare colonies of female bats and their young, we have shown that the remaining population appears to be holding steady in our state.”

Amy Dohner from the Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission will be at the Rokeby Museum event to organize local volunteers monitoring bats at Kingsland Bay State Park.

She can be contacted at 802-4347245.

The talks and trainings are free and open to the public. To find out if an event is cancelled due to weather, please call 802-786-0098 on the day of the event and listen to the recorded message.

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Mount Abe graduates 118 seniors

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School’s 118 graduating seniors looked pretty much the same this past Saturday — all dressed in maroon gowns and square, tasseled caps — but commencement speaker Jessica Little likened them to a diverse array of puzzle pieces searching for the right fit.

“Life is a billion-piece puzzle that we have to figure out without a picture on the box to help us put it together,” Little, a Mount Abe social studies and history teacher, said during her speech to the new graduates, their friends and families.

“We have to find where we fit, how we connect the pieces,” she continued. “Those connections are often not self-evident in the moment but, over time, the puzzle picture becomes clearer and we see where the pieces do fit … even the weird AIDEN MAY, HIS gown festooned ones.” with pins marking milestones in And Little stressed the graduates his Mount Abe career, heads into celebrate the things about them that Saturday’s graduation ceremony. are offbeat and unique.

“My advice regarding the weird: Do not change the weird,” she said. my tribe … pieces of my heart’s “We are all weirdly wonderful in our puzzle.”

Valedictorian Molly Funk own way.” graduation is She made some additional acknowledged suggestions to the outgoing seniors looked upon as a new beginning as they transition into college, jobs, and celebration of not only an the military and other post-graduate accomplishment, but what’s to come pursuits: Avoid polarization, “find next. Still, Funk encouraged her classmates to also reflect upon where your tribe” and “own yourself.” they’ve been during “Humanity is our their scholastic careers. family and, as in any “If I could leave my family, blood born or “High school class with anything, I chosen, we sometimes is a slow hope it will be a little bit have to put together a process, and of nostalgia, and love for puzzle by setting aside sometimes as the place we’re leaving our differences, leaning messy as a behind,” she said. “In in, and listening to fact, I believe the ability each other,” she said. decomposing to appreciate the place “Lashing out at those pile of waste, who see the world but eventually where you are, both the physical location and differently only leads we reap the sense of community, to discord and distrust, the reward, is a great skill to take furthering the fissures forward in life.” and fanning the flames which is what An avid of an already polarized we’re here for environmentalist and today.” world.” promising artist, Funk When choosing a — Valedictorian “tribe,” she urged the Molly Funk made some colorful, organic comparisons to graduates to gravitate further make her point. toward people who will “Let’s remember back to when we “let you be you.”

She recalled her own interview at entered this school as awkward little Mount Abe for the teaching position middle schoolers, or in this case, she now holds. She was asked at the little bits of soggy broccoli,” she end of the meeting to philosophically said, to the appreciative chuckles of the audience. “They threw us in that sum up what she was looking for.

“With on-the-spot honesty, I said beautiful concrete box, mixed us all together, threw a little bit of manure ‘I am looking for my home.’”

And Little has confidence she on there and a few scoops of leaves. has found it in Mount Abe and the All these years later, it’s pretty amazing what’s become of those bits 5-town area.

“I have found my home, the place of broccoli. I’m so proud of the soil where my puzzle piece fits, here at we’ve become, and the vegetables Mount Abe,” she said. “And you, the we may now grow.”

She took her playful narrative a class of 2018 … you are my people,

step further.

“High school is a slow process, and sometimes as messy as a decomposing pile of waste, but eventually we reap the reward, which is what we’re here for today,” she joked.

Funk listed a series of Mount Abe-related events or programs she believes will serve graduates well into the future. They included: • Lip sync battles and musical auditions that have taught participants to be vulnerable without fear.

• The ability to win or lose gratefully, as learned through successful (girls’ basketball, softball) and not-so-successful (girls’ lacrosse) sports teams.

• The confidence in knowing that “light exists somewhere” in spite of having studied in some windowless classrooms at Mount Abe. Like speakers at other recent Mount Abe graduations, Funk poked fun at the state of the deteriorating school building, which has yet to earn voter approval for a major overhaul. She believes the challenges of studying in a sub-par structure have made her and her classmates stronger.

“I’m so proud to be graduating from Mount Abe,” she said. “And I don’t mean just that I’m proud of graduating. I mean I’m proud of Mount Abe, proud to be from here. Yes, sometimes pieces of the ceiling fall down, and as legend has it, the odd snake might crawl out of the wall. But honestly, that’s part of the reason I love this school. We’re pretty quirky, but we make it work.”

Funk is confident the Mount Abe class of 2018 will remain close for many years.

“Our social structure is not a hierarchy but a tangled knot, each group linked to the next, not a single

JUNIOR MARSHALS WILLIAM Martin and Elizabeth Siminitus lead the Mount Abraham class of 2018 to the tent outside the Bristol school on Saturday morning for commencement exercises.

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person extractable from the web of connections we’ve formed,” she said. “There is a fierceness and a passion that means we’ve had many lively debates. But there is also loyalty to each other, that means we’ll always come back together in

CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Emma Radler and President Will Schoenhuber move things along at a comfortable pace as masters of ceremony during the graduation.

the end. What makes us successful is not our individual skills, but the way we feed off each other’s energy to reach new heights.”

It had indeed been a busy 24 hours for Salutatorian Jenna McArdle. Roughly 15 hours prior to her graduation march, McArdle was celebrating a Division II state softball title in Castleton with her Eagle teammates.

McArdle said competition has been a common thread throughout the class of 2018’s high school years.

“That’s the thing about the class of 2018,” she said. “I think any of the people sitting behind me will agree that we are competitive, and they’d also agree that that is a massive understatement. We’ve competed with each other for everything.

From gym class volleyball titles to the fifth decimal point in our GPAs, competition is what drives us. It is also what drives us together. Our fierce loyalty to each other has compelled us to compete ruthlessly in the ‘spirit’ point competition, in which we basically have no

competition.”

She credited class members for being versatile and multi-talented.

“Mount Abe is a place where you can be a top-scorer for basketball and for scholars bowl,” she said.

“It is a place where you can play the lead in the school musical and be a soccer star, be a farmer and an environmentalist. We not only defy stereotypes because we refuse to be contained, we shatter barriers as we change.”

McArdle urged her classmates to build on their success at Mount Abe as they transition to the next chapter of their lives.

“Our futures are paved with opportunities that will scare us, starting right after we leave here today,” she said. “Our mission is no longer to win a state championship or become class president. It is to punch fear in the face until it caves and becomes excitement. That is when we will truly have won.”

See more photos, a full list of Mount Abe graduates and a profile of a past Mount Abe grad in our June 21 special section.

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A pump track is a dirt trail on which mountain bikers roll up and over little hillocks and banked turns designed in such a way as to enable the rider to create momentum by pumping their body up and down and thus keep forward momentum with little pedaling.

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Saturday’s party will run from 1 to 3 p.m. Everyone is invited to bring their bicycle and ride Bristol’s new pump track for the first time, or celebrate what has quickly become a frequent play spot and community hang out. The rec club will offer free clinics to demonstrate and teach how to ride the track, pump track etiquette and maintenance, and general biking tips every 15 minutes with Zimmer, a former professional rider.

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Bears

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“She’s not had a bad interaction with a human yet,” Whitlock said of the bear, which he has seen on a few occasions. “It’s easy living for her right now.”

Whitlock and other VFW officials want to make Middlebury’s residential areas less inviting for the bear and others bold enough to mix with humans. So residents are being urged to: • Not feed the bear and her brood; it’s actually against state law to do so. Feeding her will keep her around people rather than deep in the forest, where she and her cubs should be right now.

“This bear is here to stay for awhile until she realizes it’s not as easy to get food,” Whitlock said.

• Keep your garbage secured — preferably in a closed garage can — until pick-up day. Bears have a powerful sense of smell and consider your dumpster or garbage can a buffet.

• Make sure your bird feeder isn’t being ransacked by bears. If bears are eating at your feeder, take it down. It is a criminal offense to knowingly keep on feeding bears, including if that source is a bird feeder, according to Whitlock.

Bird seed, Whitlock explained, is a prime source of protein for bears, and they prefer it over greenery.

• Keep barbecue grills clean and stored inside. Black bears like meat.

• Feed your pets indoors. They’d just as soon scarf down some Alpo, and they’ll go through your dog to get it.

• Protect your chickens and beehives with electric fencing.

• Slowly back away from the bear if confronted. Folks who have seen the bear multiple times on their property should invest in an air horn or some bear repellant, according to Whitlock.

The Buttolph Acres incidents are not the only recent bear sightings in Middlebury. A good-sized adult bear was sniffing around Jack Goodman’s house on Old Pasture Lane, off Painter Road, on Memorial Day when it caught a whiff of the hamburger Goodman was eating on his back porch. Goodman scampered inside to get his camera, and when he returned he found the bear nearby, but no burger.

Forrest Hammond, leader of Fish & Wildlife’s Black Bear Project, said bear sightings have been on the rise throughout the state this year as the hungry animals look for easy food sources following a pretty rough winter.

Last year, the department received a combined total of 471 reports of bear sightings, including bear fatalities outside of hunting season, damage caused by bears, and related nuisance activity. That number was down from 743 reports in 2016, a year when bear food was in shorter supply.

As of Wednesday, Hammond had already recorded 107 complaints about bears and he anticipates a combined total of more than 1,000 reports of bear fatalities, damage and nuisance activity by the end of 2018.

Anyone who sees a bear in areas populated by humans is instructed not to approach the animals and to report it to Fish and Wildlife online here: anrweb.vt.gov/FWD/FW/ WildlifeBearReport.aspx.

EXPANDED HUNTING? Vermont’s current black bear population is estimated at more than 7,000, according to Hammond. It is

(Continued from Page 1A) entrance of the Memorial Sports Center. Children ages two to 18 years old are eligible for the program. Please take note: The lunch location will switch to the town green from July 9 to 13 to coincide with the annual Festival on-the-Green. Anyone ages 2 through 18 is welcome; no registration necessary — just show up!

Those who want to weigh in on potential locations for a future Middlebury passenger rail platform are invited to a public input meeting on Tuesday, June 19, from 7 - 9 p.m., at the municipal building at 77 Main St. Come learn more about the new Amtrak passenger rail service planned for 2021 or 2022, and share where the platform should be located. This project is funded

by VTrans and is being led by the Middlebury Planning Commission and Addison County Regional Planning Commission.

THESE THREE BLACK bear cubs and their mother climbed a tree of Woodland Park in Middlebury on Sunday. Game wardens and residents have seen the bears around Middlebury this spring and fear that they are becoming too accustomed to raiding bird feeders and garbage cans near human residences.

Photos by Diane Brown

The Sodbusters Horseshoe Club will host the oldest sanctioned horseshoe pitching tournament in Vermont this weekend at its playing courts near the Bristol Recreation Park off Airport Road.

The local club has 97 entries, with pitchers from Quebec, New York and several New England states, who will play a half-day on Saturday and all day Sunday.

Competition on Sunday afternoon will feature five former world champions, including former world junior champ Brianna McCormick, women’s champ Debra Brown and three-time men’s champ Brian Simmons.

The annual Reach for the Stars Golf Tournament honoring the memory of longtime Addison

County educator Ray Pellegrini will be held at Cedar Knoll Country Club this Saturday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tourney raises money for the Reach for the Stars Scholarship, established in 2006 after Ray’s sudden death.

The scholarships, 18 of them so far, have been awarded to students who will be the first in their family to attend college. The $1,500 grant is provided to students enrolled in their sophomore year of college, and recipients are selected based on their involvement in their school, need, and commitment to the larger community. Ray was an admittedly lousy golfer but was passionate about education. His lengthy career included stints as an educator and administrator at Middlebury Union Middle School, Mt. Abraham Union High School and Monkton Central School. For more information and to sign up, go online to RayPell.com So you’ve seen the orange road-construction signs around the Middlebury downtown bridge construction site in the Marble Works Business District alerting everyone to turn off their twoway radios (does anyone have one these days?) and cellphones.

Cellphones?! Yes, cellphones.

They’ve got to be kidding, right?

Right. The skinny, as reported by Jim Gish, is that the restriction on cellphone and two-way radio usage is specific to electronic detonation systems, which Maine D&B is not using on any blasting planned for the Middlebury project. Yet, the United States Department of Transportation specifications still require those signs be posted. “Bottom line,” Gish says, “you can safely use your cellphone downtown, even during a blasting event.”

Happy Father’s Day the third consecutive year the state has exceeded its target population of 6,000 black bears, he said. That target is based on a number officials believe Vermonters can “tolerate or want,” according to Hammond. The latest surge in bear population could prompt Fish & Wildlife officials to recommend an expanded hunting season for the animal, Hammond noted. The current season begins on Sept. 1 and lasts into mid-November.

Whitlock and other Fish & Wildlife officials have been distributing brochures warning people of the “dos” and “don’ts” when it comes to black bears.

“Every spring, as the bear population continues to grow, there are more bear-human interactions,” Whitney lamented.

Fish & Wildlife officials are hoping for the most inconsequential end possible to Middlebury’s bear problem: That residents remove any food temptations and thus send the sow and her cubs foraging in remote areas of the surrounding forest.

If that doesn’t happen, Whitlock must consider some last-resort options: Trapping the bear — hopefully with her young — in a cage, or killing her and fostering out the cubs until they’re mature enough to be released into proper habitat.

Whitlock has temporarily stowed two large, live traps at the Middlebury police headquarters in case they’re needed. Trapping the bear would be very stressful on the animal, Whitlock noted.

He doesn’t even want to think about the other option.

“I will do everything I can not to have to harm this bear,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mitchell will keep some vivid memories and a few photos of her brush with the Middlebury black bear family.

She said she first encountered the ursine clan on June 1. She heard a commotion in her back yard that evening. She flicked on the outside light and saw her bird feeder had been toppled and broken. Then her dog Mojo started barking. She was startled to see big mama bear feeding from a tube bird feeder she had knocked down near the deck of her home.

“I banged on the window, she looked at me, and then started trundling off,” Mitchell recalled.

She was in for an even bigger surprise the following evening.

Mitchell and Mojo were returning from a walk, when Mojo sensed something was amiss. He started barking. Mitchell saw mama bear running across her lawn after having

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scarfed up the sunflower seeds she had forgot to sweep up from her deck the night before.

And that wasn’t the end of it.

Mitchell noticed the small doorway leading into the breezeway between her home and garage was open. She approached cautiously, looked inside, and spied two ambitious cubs that had ventured into the garage area in an attempt to get sunflower seeds stored in a garbage can.

She thought about getting her camera, then heard a disconcerting sound charging through the darkness and tingles went up her spine.

A heavy breathing sound was coming from a nearby cherry tree.

Mitchell withdrew.

“I didn’t want to get between the mother and her cubs,” she said.

Sound advice.

For more information on black bear, go to vtfishandwildlife.com.

People with safety-related concerns pertaining to bears and other wildlife should contact Whitlock at (802) 777-6269.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Buzzell

Vergennes

(Continued from Page 1A) unfolds for a new top administrator.

Buzzell, 54, explained he’s spent the past two years looking for a new professional adventure to cap his career as an educator within the next eight to 10 years. As it turns out, the “new” adventure will involve a return to his educational roots.

“When the Bristol Elementary School job opened up … I was keenly interested,” he said. “I started to explore the position and the more I learned about the school, the more I thought it would be a good fit for me.”

It also helped that he was already acquainted with some of the Bristol Elementary staff, as well as with Mount Abraham Union School District Superintendent Patrick Reen. Reen is former principal of Middlebury Union Middle School.

“It’s a really strong school community right now, and I’m looking to join that instructional team and add value within the library media program there,” Buzzell said.

Two decades ago, Buzzell was a high school library media specialist and biology teacher in Frederick, Md. He and his wife, Stephanie, had came to a point in 2000 where they wanted a more safe and rural environment in which to raise their four children.

“We were looking for the class size and neighborhood experiences we thought would be really helpful,” Buzzell said. “ We found that in Vermont.”

He’s enjoyed his long, fruitful run at Mary Hogan, during which he believes he’s met most of the goals he set for his principalship. He cited as examples “some significant changes in our English language/ arts instructional programming,” full implementation of the “Bridges Mathematics” curriculum, and development of a strong Science, Math, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program.

He’s also been pleased to see students’ fascination with the “Trout in the Classroom” program.

It allows the students to follow the development of brook trout from eggs to fry. They get to monitor water quality within the tank,

(Continued from Page 1A) “I don’t know how far it will go.”

Hawley said every $22,600 of surplus from the current fiscal year the council chooses to apply toward lowering the 2018-2019 tax rate will lower that rate by 1 cent.

In 2017 the council used about half of a $140,000 fund balance in pegging the municipal rate at 81 cents per $100 of assessed property value, a 2-cent increase from the prior year.

Given across-the-board increases in Hawley’s preliminary budget, Mayor Renny Perry said the council has its work cut out. He suggested members should review the proposal and come back with suggestions at the next meeting.

“We need to sleep on it,” Perry said. “This is a challenge we’ve got here.”

Hawley said some of his numbers were guesses, in particular those related to personnel replacing him after he retires on July 24. Hawley also serves as the city’s zoning administrator and health officer, and also clerks for the board of listers and handles the city’s accounts payable.

In all, Hawley said, his jobs pay $90,000. Without feedback from the search committee for his replacement, he budgeted $95,000 for a city manager’s salary; $15,600 for a 20-hour-a-week position to handle accounts payable; and $19,500 for a zoning administrator, an increase of about $9,000.

“There may be some areas where you think there may be some cutbacks,” Hawley said.

Those changes are contributing to an overall increase of about $72,000 in the proposed administration budget, an increase to $452,540 that is also driven by higher withholding and health insurance costs.

Meanwhile Hawley’s proposed police department spending reflects an increase over the 2017-2018 budget of about $124,000 to $990,680. A new cruiser accounts for $50,000 of that difference, and salary and health insurance increases account for most of the rest.

The preliminary proposal for public works spending calls for an additional $33,000 to $779,350.

Wages, fuel, salt and sand, and health insurance are driving that proposed increase.

In the “general expenses” spending category, higher costs for recycling, the fire department (a new truck) and the Bixby Library are pushing proposed spending up by about $35,000 to $236,225.

Not counting the city’s fee-funded sewer department, the numbers in the preliminary budget call for $260,764 of increased spending to about $2.49 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

“We’ve got some work to do,” Perry said.

MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School Principal Tom Buzzell reads to a class of kindergartners Tuesday afternoon. Buzzell is stepping down after 18 years at the school to become the library media specialist at Bristol Elementary School beginning next month.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

engage in stream habitat study and understand ecosystems. And they love releasing the fish into the Middlebury River.

“We really are addressing the education of the whole child,” he said of the program.

Buzzell believes it’s now time for a new administrator to place his or her imprint on Mary Hogan Elementary.

“I think leadership positions run a cycle,” he said. “When you come into a leadership position, you bring a set of ideas and a vision, and you try to realize that vision through the programming you ask the faculty and staff to implement with you. I’m at a point where I’m looking for a new programmatic challenge, and the role of library media specialist is my first love in education. You get to be a champion of reading, a champion of literature, making sure kids are skilled users of information in all its forms.”

The importance of is ‘their school’ and reading has always “We have a place where they been something students who are feel safe.”

Buzzell has reinforced outraged if there’s Buzzell will to children.

He’s the slightest cherish many encouraged kids to bit of graffiti on fond memories of make literature part his time at Mary our playground. of their everyday Hogan. lives in order to make You feel this He recalled them well-rounded strong sense of standing in line at citizens. And a lot of community pride a local restaurant good citizens have in the school. The soon after he’d been emerged from Mary students have a hired as the school’s Hogan Elementary, as library media evidenced by the way tremendous sense specialist in 2000. they treat their school. of ownership in One of his third“We have students their elementary grade students, who are outraged if school, that this is named Armando, there’s the slightest ‘their school’ and was in the same bit of graffiti on our line with his parents a place where playground,” he said and recognized with a smile. “You they feel safe.”

Buzzell and gave — Tom Buzzell him feel this strong sense a shoutof community pride out.

Armando’s in the school. The students have a parents came up to Buzzell, who tremendous sense of ownership in introduced himself as one of their elementary school, that this the boy’s teachers. It was at this point that the parents shared that Armando had professed a desire to become a school librarian.

So Buzzell had been on the job for only three weeks and had already made a difference in a student’s life.

“It’s a way of understanding our role as exemplars and mentors for our students,” Buzzell said of the Armando anecdote. “(Children) are often looking for who they might emulate. So we need to do everything we can to be good role

models.”

He’ll miss the committed staff, school board members, students and parents who he said made Mary Hogan Elementary a great place years before his arrival.

“As I depart this position, I want the Mary Hogan School community to know I’ve appreciated their support and confidence in our instructional program and the leadership here at the school,” Buzzell said.

Lorraine Morse was a longtime member of the Mary Hogan Elementary Board prior to its elimination in favor of a single panel that now oversees all Addison Central School District (ACSD) schools. She said Buzzell is leaving big shoes to fill.

“I think very highly of him; he’s a great guy,” Morse said. “He’s always put the kids first. He’s been a solid leader.”

Peter Burrows, ACSD superintendent, also praised Buzzell.

“I think everyone who knows Tom knows he’s a bedrock and someone who really goes above and beyond for kids,” Burrows said. “You can go Mary Hogan and walk around and you’ll often find him working through and helping a student find more success at school. He’s done a lot of great work.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Acadia National Park 3: The Gorham Loop

We pulled off the famous Loop Road to park at the trailhead to hike the Gorham Mountain Loop trail.

Or, rather, we tried to park. Unfortunately, Memorial Day weekend had turned Acadia National Park into Acadia National Park-ing Lot. Not only did we find every lot full, but the right lane of the one-way, twolane Loop Road had also been turned into additional parking, and for more than a mile in each direction every foot of pavement was taken by a car.

Expecting crowds, we hadn’t actually planned on hiking that Sunday in Maine. During the previous two weeks, I had alternated between writing about the park and time exploring it so that I would have material to write about. By canoe, bike and foot my wife, Deborah, and I had wandered and observed the park’s wooded, mountainous landscapes, its numerous lakes, ponds, streams and tidal marshes, and also its rocky shorelines and tide pools. We’d listened to wood thrushes serenade us in the woods, osprey screech at us from the air, and to waves and wind rumble in the rocks off Schoodic Point. We’d watched lagoons, saltwater ponds and tidal rivers fill, and drain, and fill again. Expecting to see some beautiful sunrises, we’d seen instead some stunning sunsets.

I’d also spent time on a couple field trips with National Park Service employees working on conservation projects within the park and learning about work to restore alewives and anadromous brook trout to the park’s waters.

And we had become spoiled by the quiet. Our hiking and biking routes had occasionally brought us in contact with others, but never with crowds. Only once in 13 different paddles — even on the park’s best(See Dickerson, Page 2B)

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Many winners in Ralph Myhre golf

MIDDLEBURY — Twelve golfers in three foursomes prevailed in three different weekly events last week at Ralph Myhre Golf Course in Middlebury.

On June 6 Wednesday Men’s Scramble League play the winning quartet was Bert Phinney, Dale White, Josh Newton and Rick Wheeler, and the group finishing second consisted of Drew Pettis, Rob Ketcham, Rick Wetmore and Burke Collins.

In June 7 in Bill Davidson Thursday Men’s Golf action the foursome of Bob Smith, Ashley Cadwell, Dayton Wakefield and Jeff Stetson prevailed. Taking second were Joe Thilbourg, Nick Causton, Bill Brown and Dave Campbell, and the collective efforts of Mike Adams, Mike Davis, Pete Damone and Jim Hadeka proved good enough for third place.

Brown shot the day’s low net score.

In the Friday Evening Mixer on June 8, the foursome of Jim Reynolds, Nancy Reynolds, Ron Kowalski and Catherine Kowalski earned the honors. The runners-up were, Bill Laberge, Nicole Laberge, Mary Ann Broughton and Frank Broughton, and the quartet of Dave Wemette, Cindy Wemette, Liz Andrews and Jim Craig rounded out the top three finishers.

CORRECTION: Due to incorrect information on a website that recorded the results of the Division II championship track and field meet, the Independent’s June 7 article on the meet incorrectly identified the runners of the Middlebury Union High School’s fourth-place boys four-by-400-meter and four-by-800meter relay teams. The 4-by-800 team consisted of Joseph Findlay, Bastiaan Phair, Will Carpenter and Julian Schmitt, and the 4-by-400 was run by Findlay, Phair, Hunter Heffernan and Schmitt. We apologize for the mix-up.

ADDISON COUNTY AMERICAN Legion baseball players Dustin Whitcomb, left, and Wyatt Gendreau turn a double play during a team practice Monday evening. The team will host games next Monday and Tuesday.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Depth, talent give Legion nine hope Step forward, playoff berth the goals

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Despite the loss of a few starters from the summer of 2017 there are good reasons to think the 2018 Addison County American Legion baseball team could take a step forward from this past season’s six wins, possibly even doubling that total and moving into contention for one of four Northern Division playoff berths.

As Coach Mike Estey pointed out during a recent practice at the Middlebury College field, where AC will again play its home games, the local nine will return its top four pitching starters from a year ago, Adam Whitcomb, Dustin Whitcomb, Wyatt Cameron and Hunter O’Connor.

Meanwhile, Estey said, a pitcher who was not healthy a year ago, George Bailey, is back and ready to go; reserve arms Chris Wood and Devon Kimball also return; and newcomers Nolan Whitcomb, Hale Hescock and Tucker Stearns all show promise on the mound.

Those two back-to-back weekend

doubleheaders on AC’s schedule (see sidebar) don’t look as problematic this year as last year, when Estey and assistants Jim and Greg Lutton were holding tryouts on the fly to see who could find the strike zone.

“The first thing that comes to mind is depth,” Estey said. “Even defensively we’ve got better depth, and pitching-wise we have the four guys, and we have George able to throw again.”

Certainly, AC has a versatile, veteran core that, along with several youngsters who made an impact this year for the Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes union high school teams, will make competition for playing time tougher — and should also make the team tougher to play.

“We’ve got depth in the infield and outfield. And I think we’ve got a little better speed. Everybody’s gotten a little stronger in a year’s time,” Estey said. “And they seem pretty hungry.”

(See Baseball, Page 2B)

ADDISON COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROSTER COACHES: Mike Estey, Jim Lutton, Greg Lutton Hunter O’Conner George Bailey Cooper O’Brien Wyatt Cameron Jeffrey Stearns Keion Correll Tucker Stearns Wyatt Gendreau Adam Whitcomb Hale Hescock Dustin Whitcomb Nicholas Kaufman Nolan Whitcomb Devon Kimball Chris Wood Patrick Messenger

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Locals vie in Devil’s Bowl races WEST HAVEN — New York driver Kenny Tremont Jr. drove from a 24th starting position to victory in Sunday’s main event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the 30-lap Central Vermont Motorcycles Sportsman Modified feature.

Pole-sitter Jimmy Ryan of Shoreham had the early lead, but ended up in sixth, while Orwell’s Tim LaDuc worked his way up from 20th to fourth. Adam Pierson of East Corinth took second, and New York’s David Schilling was third. Brandon’s Joey Scarborough cracked the top 10 with a ninth-place finish.

In the 25-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman Division race New York driver Travis Billington prevailed. Bristol’s R.J. Germain finished fifth.

Scott FitzGerald of West Rutland won the 20-lapper in the Super Stock division, taking his first win since October 2016. Michael Clark Jr. of Salisbury earned a 10th-place finish in that event.

Jason Porter of Freeport, Maine, drove to his second win in as many starts in a 15-lap Portland Glass Mini Stock race. Derrick Counter of Leicester (seventh) and Mike Preston of Panton (ninth) finished in the top 10.

Brandon Emerson of Williamstown, Vt., was a first-time winner in the Friend Construction 10-lap 500cc Mini Sprint event. Brandon’s Kevin Smith drove to 10th.

Twelve-year-old Evan Roberts of Fletcher scored the win in the first Bandit Youth Mini Stock race of the season. Roberts led throughout the six-lap feature. Ten-year-old Thomas Given of Cornwall finished second in his first start after an impressive outside lane pass on third-place finisher Nick Austin-Neil of Salisbury.

Muzzleloader permits can be obtained

COOPER O’BRIEN MAKES a relay throw to home during an Addison County American Legion baseball team practice Monday evening.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

MIKE ESTEY, COACH of the Addison County American Legion baseball team, is optimistic his 2018 team can improve on last year’s six wins.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s muzzleloader season antlerless deer hunting permit applications are now available on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website, vtfishandwildlife.com.

A link to the information and online applications is on the home page.

The Fish and Wildlife Board met on May 23 and set antlerless deer hunting permit numbers and procedures for the fall deer hunting seasons.

Hunting for antlerless deer will be statewide for the Oct. 6-Nov. 2 and Dec. 1-9 archery season. Last year, hunters took 2,649 antlerless deer during the archery season.

One deer of either sex would be allowed for youths during “Consecutive the November 3-4 youth mild winters weekend hunt. in 2016 and Youths took 2017 and 866 antlerless a moderate deer during winter in the 2017 youth 2018 have weekend hunt.

The De- allowed cember 1-9 for deer muzzleloader population season would growth have 27,000 throughout antlerless the state.” permits distrib— Nick Fortin uted in 18 of Vermont’s 21 WMUs, which is estimated to result in 3,914 antlerless deer being taken.

Landowners who post their land may not apply for a landowner priority muzzleloader antlerless deer permit. They are eligible to apply in the regular lottery for an antlerless deer hunting permit.

“The number of muzzleloader season antlerless deer permits was increased slightly this year to reduce deer populations in some parts of Vermont,” said Nick Fortin, deer project leader for the Fish & Wildlife Department. “Consecutive mild winters in 2016 and 2017 and a moderate winter in 2018 have allowed for deer population growth throughout the state.”

“We expect the statewide deer population to be about 155,000 prior to the start of the 2018 deer seasons,” said Fortin.

The deadline to apply for a muzzleloader antlerless deer permit is Aug. 29.

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018

Baseball (Continued from Page 1A) The pitching staff will probably throw most of its offerings to second-year catcher Jeffrey Stearns, with veteran Devon Kimball and newcomer Tucker Stearns ready to fill in, especially when the doubleheaders pile up.

The rest of the positions are fluid, according to Estey, at least entering play. Kimball, Adam Whitcomb, newcomer Cooper O’Brien or even one of several strong shortstop candidates could play first base. Wood, veteran Wyatt Gendreau or Hescock are all available at second base.

Dustin Whitcomb and Cameron are both coming off strong high school seasons at shortstop, while Estey said Wood was playing as well as anyone in the preseason. Bailey, Dustin Whitcomb, Nolan Whitcomb and Tucker Stearns could all see time at third base, Estey said.

Veteran outfielder Pat Messenger returns and could also DH for a pitcher, while Wood, Kimball, fellow

ADDISON COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL SCHEDULE 6/18: South Burlington at AC.....5:30 PM 6/19: Essex at AC......................5:30 PM 6/21: Franklin County at AC.......5:30 PM 6/23: OEC Kings at AC (2)............ 11 AM 6/25: AC at Montpelier...............5:30 PM 6/28: Bases Loaded at AC....... 5:30 PM* 6/30: AC at Franklin County (2).... 11 AM 7/2: Rutland at AC................... 5:30 PM* 7/7: Montpelier at AC (2)............... 11 AM 7/8: Colchester at AC (2).............. 11 AM 7/12: AC at OEC Kings..............5:30 PM 7/14: AC at Essex (2)......................Noon 7/15: AC at SD Ireland (2)............10 AM 7/17: AC at Colchester...............5:30 PM 7/20: SD Ireland at AC...............5:30 PM 7/21: AC at South Burlington (2)... 11 AM Home games played at Middlebury College field. *Non-league games. veterans Keion Correll and Nicholas Kaufman, and O’Brien could all end up patrolling the outfield.

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Estey said competition for spots would boost the team, but he would also do what he could to make sure all got playing time, including by making good use of the re-entry and pinch-running rules.

“That’s going to help. Even years ago when we were good we were able to re-enter guys and play guys and keep everybody active,” he said.

Estey said while it’s good the players are hungry, execution and focus will also be critical given the competitive nature of the Northern Division.

“We’ve got a group of kids, they want to prove they can play some baseball,” he said. “We’ve got to do all the little things. We’ve got to make the right plays, throw to the right base, make good throws, not give up unearned runs, throw strikes and pound the strike zone, be aggressive with the bats, and catch fly balls.”

Estey wants the AC players to break the game down to each individual play rather than think about larger goals.

“Our goal is still to be one of the top four in the North,” he said. “But our starting goal is to be competitive, competitive on every pitch, every atbat, and defensively. Keep it simple to begin with, keep it to a smaller focus instead of the big picture. I think if we can do that we can compete.”

If AC does all those things Estey said the team should be able to pick up some wins against the cream of the Northern Division and then more than hold its own against the rest of the league, a formula that could add up to a playoff berth.

“It’s going to be pretty tough. The North is pretty strong. But we’re excited and optimistic,” he said, adding, “I still think if we could win 11 games we could sneak in.”

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

DUSTIN WHITCOMB SNAGS a bouncing ball during an Addison County American Legion baseball team practice at the Middlebury College field Monday evening.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) known waters — did we see even a single other boat on the water with us. The loudest disturbance we had to put up with from our canoe was the frantic prolonged calling of a pair of loons on Echo Lake when a bald eagle soared over Beech Cliff (though the crows and seagulls did occasional put up a racket when we walked along the seashore). The only places we’d experienced crowds were when we drove to the top of Mount Desert Island’s famous Cadillac Mountain, and then down in Bar Harbor when we stopped at one of the island’s half-dozen famous local homemade ice cream shops. (Both the view from the top of Cadillac and the homemade ice cream were worth the crowds.)

Knowing Memorial Day weekend would change all that, we decided to take a break from Acadia and instead booked a whale watch out of Bar Harbor. An hour before our boat was to depart, however, the trip was canceled because of five-foot swells on the ocean. Not wanting to waste the two-hour round-trip drive from the other side of the park, we decided to go on a hike. We had come prepared with hiking shoes, hiking attire and a picnic lunch — and Deborah had scouted a promising route on the Maine Trail Finder website. We were less prepared to see the Loop Road bogged down with two long lanes of cars, one parked and the other creeping along only slightly faster.

When we pulled into the final lot along the ocean side of our intended loop and saw it full, we were ready to give up and maybe go canoeing

instead. And then a car pulled out of the final spot in the lot — the one right next to the trailhead. Rejoicing, we claimed it and changed from whale-watching attire into our hiking clothes. A short time later, we were heading up a rocky ridgeline with a salty sea breeze blowing on our backs.

The Gorham Mountain Loop is not an especially rigorous trail. It begins by the shore, climbs up a 535-foothigh peak, follows the ridge a short way before dropping back down to Sand Beech (one of the park’s iconic scenes), and then parallels the road back to the trailhead past Thunder Hole (another of the park’s iconic landmarks). Unlike the more famous Precipice Trail, it has no ledges to traverse, or cliffs to ascend or stare down. The total length is only 3.5 miles.

Yet the views over those 3.5 miles and 535 feet of elevation gain are quite stunning, and certainly worth the moderate effort. Only a short way up the trail, after a brief stop for a picnic lunch on a ledge with open views out over the rocky point, we came to a fork in the trail.

Knowing the routes would converge a short distance ahead, we took the one on the right — perhaps the way less traveled, though I’m not sure.

It ran along the bottom of Cadillac Cliffs, plunging at times through narrow gaps between boulders, or under overhanging rocks. On our left we gazed into the remnants of sea caves carved millennia earlier at the bottom of the tall cliffs when the sea level was a couple hundred feet higher.

MATT AND DEBORAH Dickerson stand on the Gorham Mountain Loop trail in Acadia National Park on a recent sunny afternoon enjoying the incredible panoramic view of open ocean and the park at their feet.

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After that, the summit of the Gorham Mountain offered the best views one could imagine from an elevation so low: a panoramic spectacle of much of the park, including open ocean on three sides, the higher ridge of Cadillac Mountain on a fourth, and a view of Sand Beech where we would be in little while. Blueberry bushes in blossom lined the ground on both sides of the trail. We paused

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The hiking loop ended with a walk along the rocky shore past Thunder Hole, famous for its tremendous channeling and funneling of waves at high tide and the thunderous sound made by that funneling — none of which we heard because we were there at relatively low tide.

Back at the car, content from a delightful — though not exhausting — hike, and all the beauty we’d had the privilege of enjoying, we continued driving the rest of the Park Loop road, which in the later afternoon had grown a little less busy. I was thinking both that I was looking forward to the park at midweek with a return to the quietness of pre-tourist-season May, and also that even during the busy peak of a holiday weekend it was still a beautiful and worthwhile place to be.

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Introducing Linda, one of Sheldon Museumʼs terrific volunteer team members!

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

LOCAL HOUSE CLEAN‑ ING. Weekly, monthly or one shot deals. Honest, reliable, dependable. References provided. 802‑349‑5757.

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PROFESSIONAL PAINT‑ ING; interior/exterior, resi‑ dential/commercial, pressure washing. 20 years’ experi‑ ence. Best prices. Refer‑ ences. 802‑989‑5803.

Garage Sales CARS, ELECTRONICS, TVS, tools. Adult, baby, children’s clothes. A little bit of everything. Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th, 10am.

3460 Quaker Village Rd, Weybridge.

GARAGE SALE‑ SATUR‑ DAY and Sunday, June 16th and 17th. 9am‑4pm. 353 Foote St., Middlebury. Fur‑ niture and household items.

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MULTI‑FAMILY YARD SALE 11 Swanage Court, Middle‑ bury. Saturday June 16th, 9am ‑ 2pm.

ELECTRIC HOSPITAL BED and electric lift chair. 388‑6976.

IPHONE X 64 GB brand new in box. $950. Contact john@ fihp.com.

TERRA COTTA COLORED, food grade 55 gallon pickle barrels with spin‑off covers.

Hundreds of uses. On sale for $25. each. 802‑453‑4235.

Vacation Rentals ADDISON: LAKE CHAM‑ PLAIN waterfront camp. Beau‑ tiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for weekends.

802‑349‑4212, no texts.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.

BRANDON ‑ IN THE VIL‑ LAGE, large 2 bedroom du‑ plex. Sunny three level living.

South facing deck. Washer/ dryer. $1,150/mo. Includes heat, water and sewer. batesproperties@yahoo.com.

BRANDON, BEAUTIFUL GROUND floor 1 bedroom apartment. Cable, wi‑fi, elec‑ tric, heat, W/D, rubbish, plow‑ ing and lawn care all includ‑ ed. Enclosed porch. $1,100. monthly. References. Deposit.

802‑989‑8399.

YARD, BARN, GARAGE, lawn, tag sale. Whatever you want to call it, I’m having it.

Old stuff, barely‑used stuff, cool stuff (I’m biased). Some artwork/collectibles, wicker furniture, mat cutter, frames, bedding, small kitchen appli‑ ances, grab bags, and did I mention cool stuff? Saturday, 6/16, 9:00 a.m., 1 mile from Route 7 at: 985 Three Mile Bridge Road, Middlebury.

She enjoys greeting and interacting with the local visitors and those from around the country and abroad.

Linda loves the rich local history that the Museum preserves and in addition to admiring the permanent collection and archives, every year Linda looks forward to learning about the new art and history exhibits organized by the Sheldon. Lindaʼs passion for antiques and the arts is contagious and the Sheldon couldnʼt ask for a more enthusiastic volunteer to welcome visitors every Friday. If youʼd like to find out more about volunteering at the Sheldon Museum, please call Tracy Corbett at United Way, 388-7189.

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STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities.

Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structural‑ ly sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also avail‑ able for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@ yahoo.com.

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middlebury.edu.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BED‑ ROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus de‑ posit. Some utilities included.

388‑0401.

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

MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM house, 1 1/2 bath, full base‑ ment, spacious garage, deck.

Close to schools. $1,550. per month. Available July 1.

802‑462‑3373.

MIDDLEBURY RETAIL ‑ great location. Ollie’s other place.

13 Washington St. next to The Middlebury Bagel and the Co‑Op. Across from Shaw’s.

Great parking and visibility.

Light and appealing space, easy to heat. 802‑425‑3400.

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

MIDDLEBURY; 3 BEDROOM apartment, 2nd floor, newly renovated. $1,300. monthly includes plowing, lawn care, W/D hookup. Deposit. Refer‑ ences. 802‑989‑8399. Avail‑ able July 2.

MIDDLEBURY: ONE BED‑ ROOM apartment, within walk‑ ing distance of downtown and college. Second floor, above professional office. No smok‑ ing and no pets. Off street parking. $1100.00 per month, includes heat and rubbish re‑ moval. References and deposit required. One year minimum lease. Contact: 388‑7268.

MIDDLEBURY: RETAIL/OF‑ FICE space for rent. 1,303 square feet. Front door park‑ ing. Contact Eric at 388‑6054 (Countryside Carpet & Paint).

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Linda Steele from Bristol, VT, has volunteered in the Sheldon Museumʼs Shop for four years.

BRIDPORT MOBILE HOME on quiet road. $900. month incl. water, elec. and heat. No smoking, no pets. 1 month rent + security deposit. Ref‑ erences. Available June 22.

802‑758‑2369.

NEW HAVEN, QUIET 1 bedroom, furnished, base‑ ment apartment. $650/month plus deposit, utilities includ‑ ed. No smoking, no pets.

802‑453‑3183.

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CLASSIFIEDS For Rent VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite.

Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com.

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WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront.

Washer, dryer. No smoking.

Available September through May. 860‑878‑9580.

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802‑282‑9110.

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Real Estate NEW 2018 ENERGY Star display models, modular, doublewides and single‑ wides. Open 7 days a week.

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

DUNMORE/FERN LAKE lots. Enjoy lake front living.

Home‑sites available on Fern Lake and Lake Dunmore.

Whittaker Real Estate, Inc. 802‑247‑6633.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The building season is upon us. If you’re considering a new home you should look at our two remaining lots on East Middlebury’s Daisy Lane.

This is an established residen‑ tial development with town water, nearby tennis courts, playground and only minutes away from the Snow Bowl and Lake Dunmore. Call Jack at 388‑2502 or 388‑7350.

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HAY FOR SALE Small square bales. First cut and mulch. Call 802‑349‑9281.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, an‑ tique collectibles, etc. Visit bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Con‑ sulting/appraisal services avail‑ able. House calls made free of charge.

EXPERIENCED MECHAN‑ IC NEEDED. must have own tools. Wrecker rotation is involved. Pay comparable with experience. Apply in person or send resume to: Mike’s Auto and Towing, Inc. 19 1/2 Elm St., Middlebury.

HAY FOR SALE; small square bales. Some from first cut 2016, some are older. $2/bale.

802‑453‑2054.

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

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Boats STARCRAFT V‑HULL 14FT aluminum boat. Minor gunale damage. Excellent lake boat. $400 obo. Minkota electric trolling motor. Two paddles, anchor, storage rack for motor and 2x4 frame for tarp for win‑ ter. Also used boat trailer with 12” tires. $650. obo. 453‑4235.

WhistlePig Straight Rye Whiskey is looking for a part time Activities Guide for WhistlePig Farm Stay. WhistlePig Farm Stay is a tailored program including guided tour of the farm and distillery, superb meals, and outdoor adventures for our brand advocates. The objective of this program is for our visitors to establish a deeper sense of the Vermont lifestyle by experiencing everything our farm and community has to offer. This highly energetic and positive person will oversee all activities and curate a one-of-a-kind experience on our farm in Shoreham, Vermont.

You must be willing to work an irregular schedule over a seven-day week, however you will be given varying days off during the week/weekend. Having an interest and knowledge in craft whiskey and farm-to-bottle movement is favorable.

Responsibilities: • Planning and scheduling farm-based outdoor activity programs and products for different groups • Leading/instructing individuals or groups on a particular activity (e.g. hiking, kayaking, biking, etc.)

• Driving groups and equipment to the activity site • Cleaning, maintaining and preparing equipment and vehicle • Assisting with catering and housekeeping duties

Cars AUTOS FOR SALE: ‘02 Jetta $700, ‘03 Volvo $800. both running. ‘03 Blazer for parts $500. 802‑770‑2204.

Wanted OLD LICENSE PLATES. If you have very old Vermont plates that the new genera‑ tion does not cherish, why not sell to a life long collector.

Cash buyer. Conrad Hugh‑ son, Putney. 802‑387‑4498.

Please leave a message or chughson@svcable.net.

Requirements: • Sound knowledge of the area • Must be 21+ year of age • High school diploma or equivalent • Current driver’s license and excellent driving record • Excellent leadership, group management, and communication skills • Reliability and time-keeping skills • Excellent physical fitness • Passion for the outdoors • High level of customer service and the ability to build rapport • Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944. Talk to our sales professionals.

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Compensation: • Hourly wage $18 per hour

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR

Please send resume’ and cover letter to info@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls, please.

The Patricia A. Hannaford Regional Technical School District is looking for a student-centered automotive instructor to join our collaborative team for the 2018-19 school year. The successful candidate will have experience and proven success working with young people in addition to a minimum of two years of experience in general automotive or power sports repair. Experience with electrical concepts and vehicle electronic systems is highly desirable. ASE Certifications also highly desirable. Candidates must have a viable path to earning a Vermont Licensure endorsement in Career and Technical Education in Transportation 11-17C This position offers some flexibility and can accommodate candidates interested in both 1/2-time and full-time employment. Excellent benefits and family-friendly work schedule.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, résumé, three letters of reference, and any applicable transcripts and/or certificates to: Dana Peterson, Interim Superintendent Hannaford Career Center 51 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, VT 05753 EOE These positions will remain open until filled. A candidate’s packet must be complete before an interview will be granted.

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Pepsi Beverages Company has immediate openings for CDL Class A Drivers or Class A Permit in South Burlington, VT Driver-Relief Schedule covers open routes/vacations and sick calls. Position delivers product to stores on scheduled route. Requires Lifting 20-45lbs, pushing/pulling product.

Basic Qualifications: 21 Years or older Valid CDL A or Permit upon hire Pass DOT physical and DOT Road Test Please Apply by visiting www.pepsijobs.com

Basin Harbor is now hiring for cooks, dishwashers, servers, massage therapists, front desk, and night audit!

We will train the right person for the job. If you are interested in the hospitality industry or starting a new career, we want to hear from you.

Interested applicants please apply online at: basinharbor.com/jobs/.

HOPE has openings for the following positions.

Resale Store Associate, 29.5 hours per week. Solid cash handling and customer service skills required.

Warehouse Associate, 29.5 hours per week.

Solid communication skills, ability to multi-task.

Duties include answering phone, assisting donors, cleaning, repairing, and more.

Holiday Shop Coordinator, 20 hours per week. This new year-round position will include a variety of tasks, beginning this summer with assisting at HOPE’s reception desk, as well as holiday program prep, including soliciting items needed for the Holiday Shop. In the fall, the job will shift to focus solely on managing the setup and implementation of the Holiday Shop.

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills required.

Want to Make Difference in Your Community? Come Join our Team!

To apply for one of these jobs, send resume and cover letter to: receptionist@hope-vt.org or mail to 282 Boardman Street, Ste 1A, Middlebury.

Be sure to clearly indicate the position for which you are applying.

FAMILY LUMBER OPERATION

Seeks To Fill The Following Positions: MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled lumber mill positions due to employee retirement. You must be in good physical condition, have a desire to learn, be reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. We will teach you the skills you need to use the technology investments we are putting in place. Mill work has a production bonus.

SKILLED FORKLIFT OPERATOR to run large forklifts at our operation in Bristol. Other work includes light construction, planing, lumber stacking. Must be reliable, energetic, work well with others and have good safety awareness. Previous experience operating heavy machinery is a plus but not required, we will teach you the skills you need.

Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.

Mill Production Specialist Do you enjoy learning new and challenging skills in an active production environment? Would you like to be part of a dynamic team for a company that is a leader in its industry? If so, we want you to join our team. Phoenix Feeds & Nutrition, Inc. is a manufacturer of conventional, organic, and non-GMO livestock feed in New Haven, Vermont.

Our ideal candidate must be able to lift 50+ lbs.; work 10-hour shifts, be active for extended periods of time, have attention to detail, be able to function independently and as a member of the team, have good organizational and basic computer skills. Forklift/ tractor/front end loader experience a plus Compensation and Benefits: • Competitive hourly compensation based on experience.

• Health care.

• Vacation, sick, and personal days, with most major holidays off.

• 401K plan.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

Check us out at www.phoenixfeeds.net. Please apply in person at 5482 Ethan Allen Highway, New Haven, VT. Our Office is open from 7am to 5pm Monday through Friday. You may also call 802-453-6684 or email shannon@phoenixfeeds.net to request an application be sent to you.

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MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Are you interested in working in a team-oriented environment where “The World’s Best Cheddar” is made?

Then we have the perfect career opportunity for you!

Agri-Mark/Cabot Creamery has full-time immediate openings for SECOND SHIFT (4pm-12am) and THIRD SHIFT (12am-8am) Maintenance Mechanics.

Flexible work schedule required, including rotating weekends, and working scheduled holidays.

• The preferred candidate on second or third shift will be well versed in PLC & VFD’s.

• The other position on second shift and third shift will be well versed in pneumatics, hydraulics, servicing motors, gear boxes and other general equipment maintenance.

Mechanical background is a must. Excellent troubleshooting with a strong safety record and awareness. There is a wide variety of work to do. Willing to train the right candidate on the specific equipment. Must have ambition to learn and be willing to work both independently and as a strong team member.

Position provides 40+ hours per week, paid leave and holidays. We offer a competitive starting wage and excellent benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), pension plan, and much more. Apply in person, by email to ajacobs@agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

Agri-Mark Attn: Ashley Jacobs 869 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753 EOE M/F/D/V

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MILNE TRAVEL IS looking to add to our staff in Middle‑ bury. Please send resume with a thoughtful cover letter to: jobs@milnetravel.com.

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

THE LARGEST, FAMILY owned, Commercial Cleaning Company in Addison County is continuing to grow. We are looking to hire independent, self motivated and reliable in‑ dividuals who are able to work nights. All applicants must pass a background check. Applica‑ tions are available online at mrmikescleaningservicevt. com or in person at Mr. Mike’s Cleaning Service, Monday‑Fri‑ day from 9am‑3pm. $1,500 Sign on Bonus to eligible in‑ dividuals.

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BUSY LAW FIRM seeks quali‑ fied applicants for full time administrative/legal assistant position. Duties include: inter‑ acting with clients and profes‑ sionals in person, by phone and writing. Daily trips to the bank, post office and court, ordering supplies, general administrative support. Expe‑ rience preferred, but will train the right candidate. Applicants must have strong work ethic, be friendly, courteous and professional in a fast paced setting. Must be proficient with computers; particularly Micro‑ soft Suite. Maintaining confi‑ dentiality is a must. Salaried position(dependent upon ex‑ perience) with benefits(health, 401k, vacation). Interested parties please submit letter of interest and resume to: kcarr@lynchandfoley.com.

ATTENTION PCA’S: PART TIME and full time, day shift.

On the job training, com‑ petitive wages and flexible scheduling. Call Marlene at 802‑877‑1363 or e‑mail ringerhomecare@gmail. com.

COLLEGE ST. CHILDREN’S Center is seeking an early childhood educator to join our team of high quality early care and education teachers. As‑ sociates degree in ECE and experience preferred but not required. We are also seeking substitute teachers. Please send resume and cover letter to: CSCC, 228 College St. Middlebury VT 05753 Attn: Amethyst.

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Farm Market Manager Champlain Orchards

MENTAL HEATH PEER SUPPORT position. Part‑time posi‑ tion. Alyssum, Inc., Rochester, VT. Please see our job op‑ portunities page at: alyssum. org/jobs for more information.

June-November; should be willing to commit to the full duration of the market season.

Full-time, most weekends expected.

Outgoing, enthusiastic, self-motivated, dedicated and dependable with an interest in working with people.

An interest and knowledge of local foods desirable, work with team and as leader, enjoy retail and multi-tasking.

Coordinate orchard tours and serve customers on a daily basis.

Maintain the beauty of the landscaping around the market.

Manage Farm Market inventory. Keep all items stocked – displays full and interesting, oriented to sales.

Help organize Pick Your Own and other on-site events.

Visit our website for a more comprehensive description champlainorchards.com

For more information about this position or other employment opportunities at Agri-Mark / Cabot Creamery, please visit our website at www.cabotcheese.com.

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

WhistlePig is growing and needs an accountant with good analytical skills. Experience with SAP Business One or similar ERP software and/or manufacturing process/COGS/inventory experience preferred. Would also help with GL reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and expense account audits and general office tasks.

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for June 7 & June 11

Please send resume and three professional references to: info@whistlepigrye.com with the subject line “Accounts Position”.

Maintenance Supervisor

BEEF Vaughan Farm Blue Spruce Farm Gosliga Farm M. & L. Quesnel Nop Bros. & Sons J. Allen

Tom Broughton Auctioneer

We are seeking a Building and Grounds Maintenance Supervisor to assist our Shoreham Operations team with special projects and ongoing upkeep around the farm. This position can be part time, but full time includes a generous benefits package, paid time off, and 401K.

• Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments

A member of the WhistlePig Operations team is reliable, flexible, and industrious. The successful applicant is an assertive identifier and solver of problems, and an effective communicator and leader. He or she must also have a keen eye for aesthetic and practical detail, and be willing and able to contact and work with outside agents. Practical knowledge of hand and power tools is necessary, as is knowledge and experience in construction and maintenance of all manner of structures.

Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

Interested individuals, please email your résumé and three professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls please.

CITY OF VERGENNES

interim zoning administrator

The City of Vergennes seeks a part-time (up to 12 hours weekly) public service professional to carry out duties related to zoning and planning.

- Answer applicant and/or citizen questions regarding City zoning and subdivision regulations - Process, rule, and monitor compliance on permit requests - Provide administrative support for the Planning Commission and for the Development Review Board - Investigate reported and potential zoning violations and take appropriate action - Complete position description may be found at www.vergennes.org.

Minimum Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field with experience working with State or federal programs, or an equivalent combination of education and experience - Thorough knowledge of the Vermont Planning and Development Act, 24 V.S.A., Chapter 117 and related provisions - Computer and data base competence - Independent means of transportation.

Apply with detailed cover letter and resume to pgaron3@comcast.net, subject title Vergennes ZA Search Commitee will begin processing applications on June 25, 2018.

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CALVES Kayhart Bros. Farm Danyow Farm LLC Champlainside Farm Visser Bros. Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb 1885 .67 1665 .65 1495 .64 1545 .63 1760 .62 1630 .62 Lbs. 106 96 96 96

BUSY LANDSCAPING FIRM seeking skilled, motivated and reliable person to join our lawn care team. Must have commer‑ cial mowing experience and valid driver’s license. Wage based on experience. Mail or email resume: Tom Bodette Landscaping, 6 Lower Plains Rd., Middlebury, VT 05753, tombodettelesinc@gmail.com or call 802‑388‑4529.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL/ Paralegal.

WhistlePig Whiskey Distill‑ ery is growing and needs an administrative profes‑ sional/paralegal to work at our lovely farm location in Shoreham, Vermont. Ap‑ plicants must be organized, proficient with Excel and Word. The individual will be working with finance and our CEO to support our regula‑ tory and shareholder re‑ porting requirements. Our employees enjoy our infor‑ mal surroundings and vari‑ ous benefits, including 401k and medical benefits. Send resume and 3 references to: info@whistlepigrye.com.

HELP WANTED: FULL time position general farm labor.

Work week is Thursday‑Mon‑ day, includes every weekend with Mondays and Tuesdays off. Must be extremely reli‑ able for this position. Inquire in person at Maple Meadow Farm in Salisbury.

SHARED LIVING PROVIDER for a woman in her 50’s with a mild developmental disability.

She needs to transition from independent living, and would like support in ensuring safety, medication oversight, and get‑ ting to her part‑ time job in Middlebury. Experience with Alzheimer’s desirable. She loves to listen to rock’n roll and Christian music, read the Bible, watch game shows, and spend quiet time in nature. She smokes, and has an indoor cat. A county setting is ideal.

Generous tax‑free stipend, monthly room and board pay‑ ment and a respite budget. Call Donna Quesnel at Community Associate. (802)388‑4021.

Police deal with thefts and tresspassing bears

Please email your resume and 3 references to hr@ champlainorchards.com

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BASIN HARBOR IS now hir‑ ing for dishwashers, cooks, front desk, night audit, and an HR Coordinator! We will train the right person for the job. If you are interested in the hospitality industry or starting a new career, we want to hear from you. Interested appli‑ cants please apply online at: basinharbor.com/jobs/.

WE HAVE IMMEDIATE opening for a Land Survey‑ ing Professional to work in our office in Bristol. Profes‑ sional will perform data col‑ lection, CAD, and fieldwork for topographic, boundary, construction, and septic de‑ sign surveys. Preferred ap‑ plicants will have a BS or AS and/or related experience.

We offer a competitive salary, paid time off, and retirement plan. Please send resume to larosesurveys@gmail.com.

Dollars 1262.95 1082.25 956.80 973.35 1091.20 1010.60

Costs per lb Dollars 1.05 111.30 1.05 100.80 1.025 98.40 1.00 96.00

Total # Beef: 276 • Total # Calves: 321 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on June 5 were informed of the theft of an unspecified number of lottery tickets from the Maplefields store on North Pleasant Street. Police continue to investigate the complaint.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Served a restraining order on a local man on June 4.

• Tried to investigate an allegation of a man threatening a woman on North Pleasant Street on June 5, but the complainant was gone when police arrived.

• Received reports of littering in the Main Street area on June 6 and 7.

• Were informed someone had allegedly stolen a stove from a storage unit on Exchange Street on June 6.

• Received a report that a black, 2014 Subaru vehicle had been stolen from a parking spot on Short Shannon Street on June 6. The license plate number is HDT372.

• Investigated a reported illegal burn in the Commodore Way area on June 7.

• Assisted a woman who on June 7 said some money was missing from her Methodist Lane apartment.

• Served a temporary restraining order on a local man on June 7.

• Responded to a report of some Middlebury College graduates speaking loudly on the front porch of a South Street residence on June 8. The group agreed to take the conversation inside the home.

• Responded to a domestic dispute at the Briarwood Apartments off Valley View Drive on June 8. Police calmed the situation.

• Assisted Vermont State Police in escorting the Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team bus back to the campus following its Division I championship victory on June 8.

• Helped a Quarry Road family with an unruly juvenile on June 9.

• Responded to a dispute between some Jackson Lane neighbors on June 9.

• Ticketed multiple vehicles parked illegally on Buttolph Drive on June 9, during MUHS graduation at the Memorial Sports Center.

• Investigated a report of a vehicle allegedly damaging the door of a residential building on Court Street on June 9.

• Found a very intoxicated Middlebury College alum on Bakery Lane on June 9. Middlebury College Public Safety took charge of the man, according to local police.

• Received a report of a mother bear and her three cubs taking refuge in a tree in the Buttolph Acres housing development on June 10. Witnesses reported the bears were in the tree for several hours. Vermont State Police and Vermont Fish & Wildlife officials were also called to the scene.

The bears ultimately made their way down and left the scene.

• Took into protective custody a very intoxicated woman found walking in the middle of Route 125 in Cornwall on June 10. Police turned the woman over to Vermont State Police, who took her to receive detox treatment.

• Found a black iPhone in a black Otterbox case on Court Square on June 10.

• Responded to the Sears store on Exchange Street on June 10 on a report of a customer upset about a recently purchased item.

• Assisted a local resident with a child custody issue in the Washington Street area on June 10.

• Found an untended brush pile burning in the Painter Road area on June 10.

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Neat Repeats grants over $10,000 to local charities MIDDLEBURY — Neat Repeats resale shop has announced the recipients of its spring quarter 2018 grants.

The shop donated a total of $10,285 to organizations in Addison County, including: $ 3,750 to HOPE for their Housing Solutions program; 14 grants totaling $2,776 for family assistance; four grants totaling $1,250 for dental

assistance; $500 to Festival-on-theGreen; $350 to other programs; $309 to Salisbury Public Library; $300 to Leicester Central School — Summer Alive!; $300 to Food-a-Roo; $300 to Bristol Recreation Club; $250 to the Vergennes Partnership’s Eat-on-theGreen; and $200 to the Quarry Hill School summer playgroup.

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PAGE 10B — Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018

Public Notices Index Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Page 10B.

Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County Probate Court (1)

Ethan Allen Highway Storage (1) Goshen (1) Middlebury (1)

TOWN OF GOSHEN NOTICE OF TAX SALE

PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record.

The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/ rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members.

To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible.

To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231).

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Rules.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P022 AGENCY: Agency of Natural Resources, Environmental Conservation CONCISE SUMMARY: This is an update of the existing Underground Storage Tank Rules (effective October 1, 2011). These rules mirror Federal regulations and are a major factor in EPA’s delegation of the program to the State. The rule regulates the installation and operation of underground storage tank systems that store gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, kerosene, used oil, and other hazardous materials. These materials have great potential to affect human health and the environment, and the rules serve to minimize the potential threat from the underground storage tank systems. The 2018 changes will clarify and update several sections, and add new requirements that critical components be tested at least once every three years.

New federal regulations require this triennial testing, and in order to maintain our state program approval, Vermont’s regulations must be no less stringent than the federal regulations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ted Unkles Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation Waste Management & Prevention Division 1 National Life Drive, Davis 1 Montpelier VT 05620-3704 Tel: 802-522-0488 Fax: 802-828-1011 Email: ted.unkles@vermont.gov URL: http://dec.vermont.gov/waste-management/storagetanks.

FOR COPIES: Jaymi Cleland, Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation Waste Management & Prevention Division 1 National Life Drive, Davis 1 Montpelier, VT 05620-3704 Tel: 802-917-1386 Fax: 802-828-1011 Email: jaymi.cleland@ vermont.gov.

Vermont Workers’ Compensation Vocational Rehabilitation Rules.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P023 AGENCY: Department of Labor CONCISE SUMMARY: This is a comprehensive rewrite of the vocational rehabilitation rules, which have not been updated since 2007. Among the key changes: The proposed rules clarify that the goal of vocational rehabilitation -- to restore earning skills -- should be accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner. Under proposed Rules 51.2100 and 51.2403, an injured worker with a part-time work release may be entitled to vocational rehabilitation services.

This will not be the case of the injured worker voluntarily limits himself to part-time work for Social Security Disability purposes. Proposed Rule 53.0000 eliminates the Department of Aging and Disabilities screening process. Instead adjusters will screen injured workers for vocational rehabilitation entitlement based on easily verifiable responses to two questions.

Proposed Rule 51.2206 discourages Return to Work Plans that will take more than 52 weeks to complete. Proposed Rules 55.8000 and 57.2100 discourage excessive plan amendments and suspensions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Phyllis G. Phillips, Esq. Vermont Department of Labor PO Box 488, 5 Green Mountain Drive, Montpelier VT 05601-0488 Tel: 802-828-4043 Fax: 802-828-2195 Email: phyllis.phillips@vermont.gov URL: http://labor.vermont.gov/legalinformation/proposed-rules/.

FOR COPIES: J. Stephen Monahan, Esq. Vermont Department of Labor PO Box 488, 5 Green Mountain Drive, Montpelier VT 05601-0488 Tel: 802-828-2138 Fax: 802-828-2195 Email: stephen.monahan@vermont.gov.

Response to Child Abuse and Neglect.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P024 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule proposes new definitions and changes to current definitions necessary to align with Act 60 (2015). The section on Receiving and Evaluating Reports of Child Abuse or Neglect has been revised to consolidate information about the Department for Children and Families’ (DCF) mandate to evaluate and respond to reports of child maltreatment in a timely way. Language was added detailing the process required by 33 V.S.A. § 4914 for the Agency of Human Services Secretary to determine which department will respond when a DCF employee is alleged to have abused or neglected a child. This rule clarifies and modifies provisions relating to response time frames; criteria for deciding the appropriate response; situations requiring an investigative response; investigation procedures; and substantiation decisions. This rule deletes provisions that are already in statute or more appropriately addressed in policy so that they can be changed more quickly to provide updated guidance to ensure the safety of children.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leslie Wisdom, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0944 Fax: 802-241-0950 Email: leslie.wisdom@vermont.gov URL: http://dcf. vermont.gov/fsd/rules.

FOR COPIES: Luciana DiRuocco, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0929 Fax: 802241-0950 Email: luciana.diruocco@vermont.gov.

Child Protection Registry and Administrative Review Process Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P025 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families CONCISE SUMMARY: The content of this rule has been consolidated with the Department’s rule, Child Protection Registry, which will be repealed in its entirety. The proposed rule reflects a substantive change in the system of Child Protection Levels. The proposed rule: 1. Uses age of the perpetrator as a sorting mechanism for sexual abuse and risk of sexual abuse.

Perpetrators (under age 26) who maltreated children at younger ages will be eligible to petition for expungement sooner. 2. Allows some individuals, based on the type of maltreatment and risk level, to petition for expungement in one year. 3. Introduces a 15-year waiting period for the most egregious forms of child maltreatment. In addition, the proposed rule would allow some individuals to be expunged without a full administrative review hearing, if the record indicates that is appropriate. If the person is denied expungement through this more informal review, he or she will still be eligible for the full Administrative Review Conference process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leslie Wisdom, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0944 Fax: 802-241-0950 Email: leslie.wisdom@vermont.gov URL: http://dcf. vermont.gov/fsd/rules.

FOR COPIES: Luciana DiRuocco, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0929 Fax: 802241-0950 Email: luciana.diruocco@vermont.gov.

Child Protection Registry.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P026 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families CONCISE SUMMARY: Department for Children and Families (DCF) proposes to repeal the Child Protection Registry rule (Rule 8000) in its entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leslie Wisdom, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0944 Fax: 802-241-0950 Email: leslie.wisdom@vermont.gov URL: http://dcf. vermont.gov/fsd/rules.

FOR COPIES: Luciana DiRuocco, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0929 Fax: 802241-0950 Email: luciana.diruocco@vermont.gov.

Maintenance and Access to Records.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P027 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families CONCISE SUMMARY: To align with the statutory changes made by Act 60 (2015), the proposed rule: (1) adds additional criteria for evaluation of good cause, when the department is considering denying a request for release of information; (2) adds child’s attorney in a Family Division custody matter as an individual who may request information and makes other changes to conform to 2015 statutory changes made by Act 60; and (3) provides specific information about what will be redacted before information is shared with the requesting party.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leslie Wisdom, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0944 Fax: 802-241-0950 Email: leslie.wisdom@vermont.gov URL: http://dcf. vermont.gov/fsd/rules.

FOR COPIES: Luciana DiRuocco, Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families 280 State Drive, HC 1 North, Waterbury, VT 05671-1080 Tel: 802-241-0929 Fax: 802241-0950 Email: luciana.diruocco@vermont.gov.

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New Haven (1) Ripton (1) Shoreham (1) Vt. Secretary of State (1)

The resident and non-resident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of the real estate in the Town of Goshen, in the County of Addison, and State of Vermont are hereby notified that real estate taxes for the 2017 tax year assessed by the Town of Goshen remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid upon the following described real estate in the Town of Goshen as indicated below, to wit: John Melanson: Delinquent 2017 Property Taxes Being 1 acre of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all improvements thereon, located at 521 Dutton Brook Road, Goshen, Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Carolyn McGowan Ferris and John Melanson by Quit Claim Deed of Carolyn McGowan Ferris dated November 30, 1994, and recorded in the Goshen Land Records in Book 19 at Page 349.

And so much of said real estate will be sold at public auction at the Goshen Town Office, a public place in said Town on the 14th date of July, 2018 at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs and fees, unless previously paid.

Any questions or inquiries regarding the above-referenced sale should be directed to the following address: Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP ATTN: Fritz Langrock, Esq. P. O. Box 351 Middlebury, VT 05753-0351 Telephone: (802)388-6356 Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP and the Town of Goshen do not give any opinion or certification as to the marketability of the titles to any of the above-referenced properties as held by the current owner/taxpayer.

The only acceptable forms of bid payment at the day of tax sale are: bank check payable to Town of Goshen, VT or cash. No personal checks will be accepted.

Dated at Goshen, Vermont this 1st day of June, 2018.

Vickee P. Whiting, Town of Goshen Delinquent Tax Collector 6/7

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 434-10-17 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF PAUL A. BOIVIN NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Paul A. Boivin of Addison, Vermont.

I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: June 4, 2018 Marianna Shadroui Boivin 5994 Goodrich Corner Road Addison VT, 05491 mboivin@gmavt.net Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: June 14, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 6/14

TOWN OF RIPTON NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Notice is hereby given in accord with 32 VSA §4111 that the listers have completed the abstract of the 2018 Grand List of property owners as of April 1, 2018. The abstract is lodged in the office of the clerk for the inspection of taxpayers. Grievances must be received in writing by 1:00 p.m., June 19, 2018. The listers will meet Thursday, June 28th at 2:00 p.m. at the town office to hear appeals of taxpayers aggrieved by actions of the listers from whom timely grievances have been received.

Hearings are by appointment. Contact the listers at 388-2266 or PO Box 10, Ripton VT 05766. Ripton Board of Listers: Alison Joseph Dickinson, Erik Eriksen, Beth Eliason 6/11

REQUEST FOR FURNACE REPLACEMENT BIDS NEW HAVEN, VT TOWN HALL

The Town of New Haven, Vt is requesting bids for the replacement of and additions to the heating plant in the New Haven Town Hall. Preliminary requirements are: - Provision of a Hi efficiency hot air furnace, fired by Natural gas, of sufficient size to adequately heat structure to miniumum Federal standards.

- Zoned heat for first floor (ground) - Zoned heat for second floor (main) - Sepa,rate thermostat for each zone - Second floor to incorporate re circulation of heat trapped at ceiling, returning it to the first floor level and reintroducing it to the primary supply ducting - Provision for the heating of domestic hot water for the building - Installation of above and all related supply and electrical connections - Coordinating with Vermont Gas Systems for supply connection To inspect the job site, or for questions related to this requirement, please contact Jon Christiano at 802-316-7815 or Jim Walsh at 802-989-9368.

Completed bids must be recieved at New Haven Town Office by 4:30 PM, June 18, 2018.

Town of New Haven 78 North Street New Haven, VT 05472 Clearly identify that envelope contains a sealed bid and is not to be opened prior to June 19, 2018.

Jon D. Christiano For the Town of New Haven, VT 6/14

WARNING TOWN OF SHOREHAM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 7 pm at the Shoreham Town Office to consider the review of application #18-13 in accordance with provisions of Section V of the Town Zoning Regulations. The applicant, Christopher Hill, requests to construct an accessory dwelling at 262 Delong Road (Parcel ID# 04-01-15.000). A site visit will be held at 6:00 pm on the night of the hearing. The application is available at the Town Office for review.

Participation in this proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to make any subsequent appeal.

John Kiernan, Chair Applicant and Property Owner: Christopher Hill 24 Hoover Street Burlington, VT 05401 6/7

PUBLIC NOTICE

“ZIG ZAG LIT Mag” is seeking submissions for its fifth issue, scheduled for publication in September.

Photo courtesy “Zig Zag Lit Mag”

Arts and literary mag is seeking submissions VERGENNES — “Zig Zag Lit Mag,” Addison County’s arts and literary magazine, has issued a call for submissions of writing and artwork for its fifth issue.

Submissions will be accepted from June 1 until June 30. “Zig Zag’s” Issue.5 will be released at the end of September.

Submissions are open to those who ‘live, labor, or loiter’ in Addison County, and go far beyond prose and poetry. “Zig Zag” has previously

published comic strips, poetry, mixed-media art, photography, oil paintings, nonfiction, memoir and dramatic forms. Submissions remain open to any art that can be represented in a two-dimensional, blackand-white form. Up to three submissions are accepted per person.

Visit “Zig Zag’s” website, zigzaglitmag.org, to view the full submissions guidelines.

For further inquiries, email litmag@bixbylibrary.org.

Historian to speak of Vt. sharpshooters in Civil War BRISTOL — Howard Coffin, a seventh-generation Vermonter and author of four books on the Civil War with a focus on Vermont and the Champlain corridor, will be the latest guest of the The Bristol Historical Society. Coffin will give a talk on “Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters and Gettysburg,” on Thursday, June 21, at Howden Hall on West Street at 7 p.m.

In the talk, Coffin will describe how Vermont sent far more sharpshooters to the Union armies than any other state on a per capita basis. By the hundreds, Vermont marksmen passed the rigorous marksmanship test to join one of three Vermont companies. And sharpshooters from this state played a little-known, but major role at Gettysburg, the great Union victory that changed the Civil War’s course.

Coffin will discuss his recent research into this little recognized group and consider the reasons why

HOWARD COFFIN, CIVIL War historian, will speak at Howden Hall on Vermont soldiers’ contribution to the Union victory at Gettysburg.

Photo courtesy Bristol Historical Society

Vermont may have been so well represented in this elite group of marksmen. Coffin has spoken at the Bristol Historical Society in the past and impressed his audiences with his passion, knowledge and ability to convey the life and times of Vermonters in America’s Civil War.

Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

Fisherman is cited for DUI, third offense ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police troopers came across Christopher Ardell, 48, of Northfield at a fishing access on Panton Road in Panton at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 9.

While speaking with Ardell, troopers learned he had driven to this location just prior to when the police arrived, and they said they detected signs of impairment in Ardell. The trooper screened Ardell for intoxicants and then arrested him, took him to the Vergennes P o l i c e Department for processing and released him after citing him for driving under the influence, third offense.

Ardell is due to answer the charge in Addison County Superior Court, Criminal Division on June 25.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police: • On June 6 at approximately 12:40 p.m. were notified of an alleged violation of an abuse prevention order in Bristol. After investigating, with assistance of the Department for Children and Families, police said they determined that Michael Webb, 22, of Bristol had violated a court order that prohibited him from being within 500 feet of the victims and their residence. Police found Webb and cited him for violation of an abuse prevention order.

• On June 8 at around 5 p.m. arrived at a residence in Waltham and made contact with Starksboro resident Everett White, 35, who had one warrant for his arrest for

failing to appear in court. Police lodged White at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.

• On June 9 issued an update into the investigation of a June 22 crash on Route 22A in Bridport that sent a Waterbury man to the hospital. As previously reported, Corey Cummings, 25, of Waterbury was driving a 2014 Chevy Cruze northbound on Route 22A and crossed into the southbound lane on that Saturday afternoon, and collided with a southbound pickup truck.

Police said that their investigation showed that Cummings had fallen asleep while driving and thus veered into the southbound lane of Route 22A. Police cited Cummings for careless and negligent driving, and issued him a traffic ticket for driving in the wrong lane.

• On June 9 at approximately 11:13 a.m. were notified of an intoxicated/impaired driver traveling toward New Haven Junction.

Police found the vehicle on Route 7 as it turned into the Jiffy Mart parking lot and screened the driver, identified as 24-year-old Maria Trudeau of Bristol, for driving under the influence. Police cited Trudeau for DUI, second offense.

• On June 11 at approximately 7:45 a.m. stopped a motor vehicle speeding on Route 7 in Leicester.

Police cited Ethan Newton, 26, of Salisbury for driving with a criminally suspended license and also found that Newton had an active warrant out for his arrest.

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ETHAN ALLEN HIGHWAY STORAGE NOTICE OF SALE

Felisha Williams unit #63, Andrea Thompson unit #271, Stephanie Morrill unit #93, Sarah Quattrocci unit #269, Charles Jacien unit # 0004, Lynn or Loren Kandzoir unit # 223 and Victor Dogah unit # 54.To be sold at public auction on June 30, 2018 at 9:00 am to the highest cash bidder. All sales are final. Unit must be broom cleaned.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT EQUIPMENT BID INVITATION TO BID

Sealed competitive bids for a HYDRAULIC TILT DECKOVER TRAILER will be received at the office of the Town Manager, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 until 11:00 a.m., July 11, 2018.

Information for Bidders and Bid Forms can be obtained without charge at the Municipal Building at 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, or can be accessed on the Town’s webpage at www. townofmiddlebury.org. Please contact Beth Dow at 388-8100 ext. 202 for additional information.

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Addison Independent, Thursday, June 14, 2018 — PAGE 11B

Neighborhoods face bear trouble MONTPELIER — Conflicts associates back yards with negative between people and Vermont’s experiences and remains in the wild. healthy bear population are becoming If a bear doesn’t flee from the noise, more common and Vermont State it has likely already been rewarded Game Wardens and biologists have with food. It is critical to make sure been busy fielding calls from the these bears have no reason to return public. Reports of by removing all food bears frequenting attractants. human areas have been “Once a bear Here are a few tips on the rise this summer, is conditioned to help keep bears especially in the to associate wild: towns of Middlebury, • Keep trash inside people with East Montpelier, until the morning L y n d o n v i l l e , food, little can be of garbage pickup.

Waterbury, Duxbury, done to fix the Alternatively, you can Bolton, Killington, problem because replace your garbage Richmond, and or dumpster with a relocating Addison. bear-proof receptacle.

According to bears is rarely • Remove all pet Vermont Fish and effective. Sadly, food and birdfeeders, Wildlife bear biologist food-conditioned and cleanup Forrest Hammond, surrounding seeds black bears are bears may need – this is a common naturally skittish, to be put down way for bears to get but lose their fear of to protect human hooked on human food. people as they begin to safety.”

• Keep grills and associate human areas — biologist outdoor cooking areas with food rewards.

Forrest Hammond clean Allowing bears to • Use electric feed off backyard birdseed, garbage, livestock, and fencing to protect your beehives, beehives causes them to get overly chickens, gardens, and livestock.

• Compost by adding three parts comfortable around humans, which often leads to negative consequences carbon-rich ‘brown’ materials like dry leaves, straw, or ripped up paper for the bear.

“Once a bear is conditioned to for every one part food scraps or associate people with food, little can ‘green’ materials. Bury fresh food be done to fix the problem because scraps deep in the pile to reduce their relocating bears is rarely effective. smell, and avoid composting meat, Sadly, food-conditioned bears may dairy, or overly smelly foods.

• Respect a bear’s size and need to be put down to protect human safety,” said Hammond. “The strength and enjoy them from a best thing we can do is to change our distance. When you see one near behavior and ensure that bears don’t your home, scare off the bear by have easy access to human foods so they don’t become a problem in the first place.”

Bears are attracted to neighborhoods where they can find easy food in the form of birdseed and garbage, but they have no interest in interacting with people.

The most important thing to do when seeing a bear is to scare it with loud noise from a safe distance so that it

Lincoln

Have a news tip? Call Dawn Mikkelsen at 453-7029 NEWS

LINCOLN — Congratulations to the Lady Eagles on winning backto-back Division II Softball State Championships. A job well done.

Best wishes and congratulations to the Mt. Abraham Class of 2018.

I wish you well in wherever your journey takes you. Work hard.

Be kind. Help others. Give back.

Cherish every moment.

The last day of school at Lincoln Community School is Friday, June 15. Final Assembly is at 8:15 a.m. and will feature student performances and recognition of educators who will not be returning next year. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

The children’s craft session at the library will be held on Wednesday, June 20, at 10 a.m.

Note the morning time for this craft. We will use fabric scraps, dry beans and sewing skills to make beanbags. The children can make up a game with them, and try out each others’ games. We will have some fabric scraps available, but always welcome any fabric you bring as well. Sign up at the library or call 802-453-2665.

The books for sale will be out all summer; stop by when the library is open or closed. There is a self pay box mounted on the wall, and the prices are posted: $1 for hardback and $.50 for paperback, CDs and DVDs. Relax on a chair and find every kind of book … from cookbooks, to art, DIY, children’s, novels, and history, new and old, timeless and nostalgic.

Beginning Wednesday, June 20, from 7-8:30 p.m. the Bristol Town Band will be back in action playing some oldies but goodies, along with some brand new pieces. Bring a chair, pack a snack and meet us at the Bristol bandstand every Wednesday night all summer long.

The Lincoln Historical Society Museum is officially open for the season. This year the display is based on the “Lincoln Works, Lincoln Lives, Lincoln Plays” display that was at the library this winter with many artifacts added.

The museum will be open the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month from 12-4 p.m. or by appointment.

REMINDER: Lincoln Library Summer Reading Kickoff Event is Saturday, June 16, around 10:30 a.m. Set your summer reading goals and enjoy storytelling and strawberry shortcake.

Until next time ... Create Your Own Sunshine. Don’t Wait For Opportunity, Create It. The Future Starts Today.

making noise rather than taking a picture.

People can report bear conflicts to tinyurl.com/ydcotwod. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department uses this information to identify hotspots of human-bear conflicts, to monitor the severity of conflicts, and to give advice to residents on avoiding further conflict with bears.

Although it is extremely rare for a black bear to attack a human, bears are wild animals and should never be approached. When there is a bear physically present, it is best to bring children and pets inside. However, reports of bear sightings in the area should not deter people from enjoying time outdoors or from allowing children to play outside.

Although the large number of reports may make us believe that Vermont is being overrun with problem bears, a relatively small number of bears are responsible for most of the reports. A single bear can travel more than five miles in a night and along the way visit dozens of backyards in a relatively short period of time. A bear that is being fed may not pose a problem for the people feeding it, but it can cause property damage or problems to other neighbor’s homes.

“We are lucky to live in a place like Vermont where we have healthy populations of bears and other wildlife that are so enjoyable to see in the wild,” said Hammond.

“By working together to minimize human-bear conflicts, we can ensure Vermont’s bears remain healthy and wild.”

THIS BEAR WAS found in a yard in Stowe recently.

Photo courtesy Vermont Fish & Wildlife

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ROBIN KENT PICNIC BASKET TOP DANIELLE ROUGEAU PICNIC BASKET TOP

Photos courtesy Henry Sheldon Museum

Painted picnic baskets to be raffled Local artists donate their painted scenes to benefit the Sheldon MIDDLEBURY — Spurred on by nationally known Brandon folk artist and creative marketer Warren Kimble, four artists have joined him in using the wooden tops of picnic baskets as their canvases. Danielle Rougeau, Archivist of Special Collections at Middlebury College and President of the Sheldon Museum Board, has joined Warren Kimble, as well as Brandon artist Robin Kent, Lake Dunmore artist Ashley Wolff, known for her children’s book illustrations, and Panton artist Kathy Mitchell,

WARREN KIMBLE PICNIC BASKET TOP

whose diverse artistry include jewelry, painted wood surfaces, portraits, and landscape paintings.

The picnic baskets are being raffled to support the education and exhibit programs at the Sheldon Museum on the occasion of the upcoming July 2, Pops Concert and Fireworks. The concert, sponsored annually by the Sheldon Museum, will be held on the athletic field behind Middlebury College Center for the Arts.

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Robin Kent’s painting depicts a joyous farm couple seated on blanket in their field adjoining Lake Champlain lunching on a delicious cherry pie.

Ashley Wolff’s scene “Today’s the Day the Day the Teddy Bears Have Their Picnic” captures a parade led

by Momma Bear with a picnic basket in one hand and a red and white checkered table cloth in the other, followed by two baby bears, one with a fishing pole and a second picking daisies.

Danielle Rougeau borrows from the well-known painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by French Impressionist Georges Seurat and pictures a bucolic picnic scene atop Middlebury’s Marble Works park overlooking the Otter Creek Falls attended by Museum founder Henry Sheldon and a young family picnicking.

Kathy Mitchell has painted two baskets, the first with an image of blue Robin eggs on a nest and the second of a decorative flower and petal motif.

Each basket is filled with gift certificates, food, and picnic items donated by many local businesses.

The raffle tickets are on sale at the Sheldon Museum or through its website at henrysheldonmuseum.org; one for $10 and three for $20. The drawing will be held during the Pops Concert on July 2. One need not be present to win.

The baskets are currently on view at four locations — the Henry Sheldon Museum and Accent Travel in Middlebury, Ryan Plumbing and Heating in Vergennes, and Vermont Marketplace in Bristol. Take a chance on a prized, one-of-a-kind picnic basket and enjoy it for the rest of the summer.

ACTR is asking for feedback

MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed schedule changes for its in-county services. There will be a public meeting on Thursday, June 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Transportation Center located at 297 Creek Road, Middlebury. If transportation is needed to attend the meeting, rides can be provided. TO arrange a ride call ACTR at least 48 hours in advance at 802-388-2287.

Proposed changes were cited by riders and supported by efficiency studies that looked at under-performing areas and unmet community needs.

Proposed schedule changes include increasing frequency of mid-day service between Middlebury and Vergennes, increasing frequency of service around the Middlebury College campus, and slightly shortening evening service within Middlebury.

“I’m pleased to be diminishing some of the negative effects that our hub relocation has had on incounty services,” said Jim Moulton, Executive Director of ACTR. “These changes will allow us to make service easier to use both between Middlebury and Vergennes and within Middlebury.”

Pending input from the public hearing, the changes are planned to launch in late August and will be supported by new signage at all bus stops, new schedule brochures, as well as updates to www.actr-vt.org and Google Transit. Riders may also call for more information, 802-388ACTR(2287).

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Hal, (Asa Wagner) an ex-student of math genius Robert, listens to Catherine (Sophie Lefkoe), Robert’s daughter, in a rehearsal of the award-winning play “Proof,” which will be staged at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse in Middlebury next week.

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Math and madness tangle onstage ‘PROOF’ AT VT. COFFEE COMPANY PLAYHOUSE TAKES AUDIENCES ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

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athematics abhors a hot mess.

Storytellers, on the other hand...

David Auburn’s “Proof,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for drama, focuses on father and daughter mathematicians and captures both the mess and the abhorrence for it.

The black-box theater group Company Be will bring it to life next week at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse in Middlebury.

BY CHRISTOPHER ROSS

To prep the cast and crew, director Alex

Nicosia passed out a book and movie list, which included “A Beautiful Mind,” the biography of the schizophrenic mathematician John Nash.

He also invited Middlebury Union High School math teacher Kerianne Severy to attend early rehearsals. Severy studied math at the University of Maine and was a “huge help,” he said, talking to the cast about what it was like to study math at that level.

Nicosia was quick to point out, however, that at its heart the play is about human relationships.

“Yes, this is a story about mathematicians, but I think we have to look at these four characters as a family first, grappling with major life

events,” Nicosia told the Independent. “That’s where the story lies. After that, the math can come out.”

The story centers around Catherine, who struggles with both the mathematical gifts and the mental illness she inherited from her father, Robert. Her sister, Clair, finding it impossible to help Catherine from a different time zone, is forced to consider some difficult options. When Robert’s ex-student Hal makes an important discovery among Robert’s papers, the meaning of the play’s title becomes something much more than mathematical.

“Catherine is a rollercoaster of a roll,” Nicosia said. “It’s a beast of a part, so you SEE ‘PROOF’ ON PAGE 3

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ART Landscape artists come together in Vergennes

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he Vergennes gallery Northern Daughters this week puts up a summer show that features the work of Anne Cady, Julia Jensen and Jessica Smith, three artists who use familiar landscapes as an entrance point to creating art, but otherwise have very little else in common. “Blades Will Sprout,” the title of the show, will be on view at the gallery’s 221 Main St. location from June 14 through July 29. There will be an opening reception on June 22 from 5-8 p.m.

Anne Cady’s distinctive oil paintings are inspired by the Vermont countryside that surrounds her.

Her paintings are playful and bold, full of vibrant color and spirit. This body of work features all new paintings, including works filled with the brilliant green of the first growth of Vermont’s early spring, and the lush brilliance of fields after the first cut. The New Haven artist also mixes in pieces wild with color — red mountains and rolling hills stretching back into open sky’s typical of her local valley landscape.

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Northern Daughters is a contemporary art gallery that regularly features the work of 12 artists, in addition to special exhibits like “Blades Will Sprout.” The gallery owners said they “strive to be a space that merges the aesthetic of blue chip galleries with the familiarity and

authenticity of a Vermont general store.”

For further information contact Northern Daughters at info@northerndaughters.com or (802) 877-2173

Though quite a departure stylistically, Julia Jensen’s work is also a rich collision of the external and internal world of the artist. Her work brings blurred, lush, almost dreamlike visions of landscape to the viewer. “When I am working I try to leave the surface as open as I can for as long as I can, turning the panel this way and that, trying to keep subject out of it and work just with color and shape,” she says. “Inevitably, somehow, a place begins to emerge.” A graduate of Tulane University with a B.A. in Art History, Jensen has been painting for 20 years.

Sense of place is certainly a cornerstone of Jessica Smith’s work. Many of the paintings she is exhibiting in the current show feature landscapes viewed near or directly from her farm in a mountain valley in Southern Vermont.

The profile of familiar mountains and hills dominate the her work compositionally, while her sparse paint application and muted color palette show the viewer the Vermont landscape through a lens unique to Smith. Her work, she says, is a way of processing comings and goings, and this group particularly is inspired by the seasons of change in the mountains.

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really have to get down to the grit of betrayal and devastation.”

Nicosia cast for the role Sophie Lefkoe, who was a part of Addison Repertory Theater at Middlebury Union High School and graduated from MUHS on Saturday.

“As a relatively young actor I was really excited to be involved in a show with such a powerful message,” Lefkoe said.

“Catherine is a role unlike any other part I’ve played and it’s been so exciting to take on that challenge. I love that she is determined, keenly aware and fiercely intelligent, but I hate how stubborn she is (perhaps because the two of us are alike in that respect).”

For the role of Claire, Nicosia cast local actress Erica Fergiuele, who has brought her own sibling history to bear on her character.

“On the first day of rehearsal, Alex asked us

to name our greatest joy and our greatest fear,” she said. “My greatest fear is that my brother and I will never be close. It has certainly not been lost on me that my character has similar fears about her relationship with Catherine.”

Exploring that relationship has been enlightening, she said.

“It began to parallel my own sibling relationship, my own struggles for dominance, for affection, for understanding.

It reminded me that there is no singular definition of what it means to be a sibling.”

Asa Wagner (Hal) and Kevin Commins (Robert) round out the cast.

“Proof” is right in the sweet spot for Company Be, an offshoot of Middlebury Community Players formed last year to stage smaller plays that the bigger company wouldn’t be able to do. Company Be plays may demand more from the audience, cover controversial topics or are new and don’t have a reputation that would attract big audiences, company founder Commins told the Independent last summer.

Fergiuele said she hopes audiences can “find a brief respite from life’s uncertainties in this story — that maybe, just for an instant, our greatest fears turn into something else: a sense of wonder at the simultaneous chaos and elegance present in our universe.”

Show dates are ThursdaySaturday, June 21–23, 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m., at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse off Exchange Street.

Tickets are $10 cash or check at the door.

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, “Proof” won the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play and three Tony Awards, including Best Play.

Director Alex Nicosia, above, invited a math teacher to talk with the cast about her specialty to get them into the mindset for the play “Proof,” which centers on father and daughter mathematicians, Robert and Catherine, who are played (left) by Sophie Lefkoe and Kevin Commins. The plot thickens with the addition of Catherine’s sister, Claire (played by Erica Fergiuele, below left) and Robert’s former student Hal (played

by Asa Wagner, below).

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OUT OF TOWN Paramount brings World Cup Soccer to Rutland

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know that this section is devoted to watching artistic accomplish­ments on the stage and screen or hanging on the walls of a gallery, and we also profile ways for people to get outside and be active themselves. This week’s Out of Town feature can be considered a hybrid of the two — getting outside the house and enjoying others engage in an activity that, at its best, can be artistry in motion. This weekend and in the weeks to come, locals will have the opportunity to gather at Paramount Theater in Rutland and watch some of the greatest athletes in the world play “The Beautiful Game,” as it is called in Brazil.

The Paramount will broadcast select 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer matches from multiple locations in Russia. The first scheduled broadcasts cover selected matches from the first round of play and two consecutive days from the Round of 16. On Sunday, June 17, the theater will open its doors at 10:30 a.m. for an 11 a.m. start for the game pitting Mexico vs. defending World Cup Champion Germany, which won the whole enchilada in Brazil in 2014.

First round games will continue with England vs.

Belgium on Thursday, June 28, kicking off at 2 p.m. The theater has also scheduled viewings of games on Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1 — teams to be determined.

The Mexican men’s national soccer team, shown here in action vs. Brazil in 2014, will play Germany in a World Cup soccer match broadcast at the Paramount Theater in Rutland this Sunday.

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament and most widely viewed and followed sporting event in

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The cumulative audience of all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.

“We are proud and happy to be able to offer this world-wide tournament of supreme athletic prowess free of charge to the greater community,” said Bruce Bouchard, executive director of The Paramount. “Free Films and Sports Live in HD amounts to 25 percent of our programming and moves ‘A Theatre for Everyone’ to the center of our mission. Ironically, when we were first testing our new projector in the fall of 2013, the first image up was a soccer match in Germany and hence was born Sports Live in HD, which has brought 66 sporting events to thousands of area residents over the past four and a half years.”

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“The giant image in HD illuminates the beauty of the pitch and helps to better understand the geometry of the game,” Bouchard said.

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IN TOWN Cartoonists explain their art at Vt. Folklife Center

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omic books long ago went beyond mere kids’ play; writers and artists of many diverse interests use the comic format to produce serious works that consider important contemporary and historical events and issues. The Vermont Folklife Center on Saturday, June 16, will provide a forum for learning more about the complex world of comics right here in Vermont at its second Non-Fiction Comics Mini-Fest. The event, which will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., is free and open to the public at the organization’s ADA-accessible headquarters at 88 Main St. in Middlebury.

From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience. This day-long event presents a diverse group of Vermont and New Hampshire cartoonists engaged in non-fiction work, including political cartoons, memoirs and diaries, and covering such topics as science, graphic medicine, history, cooking and more.

In addition to an opportunity to meet and chat with the exhibiting cartoonists, Non-Fiction Comics Mini-Fest also features presentations and panel discussions: At 11 a.m. Stephen R. Bissette will present “The Paleo Path,” 1 p.m. will see “History and Historical Fiction: A Conversation with Jason Lutes,” and 3 p.m. is the panel on “Ethnographic Cartooning.”

The Paleo Path Long before Jurassic Park, generations were educated (and miseducated) about dinosaurs by the comics. From Punch’s 1890s “Prehistoric

representation of this turbulent period in German history.

Lutes and cartoonist and UVM English lecturer Isaac Cates will explore the interplay between fiction and non-fiction in Lutes’s masterpiece.

Ethnographic Cartooning

Peeps” to Jim Lawson’s Paleo and beyond, Stephen R. Bissette will trace the tracks of how prehistoric life was and is represented in comics.

The creator of “Tyrant” and “Swamp Thing” says forget about The Flintstones, dinosaurs and prehistoric life forms have a rich comics history, and this overview surveys four-color dinosaurs of fact and wild fiction in comic strips, comic books and graphic novels, illustrated with ample archival art and eye candy.

Bissette won many industry awards in his quarter-century in comics as a cartoonist, writer, editor and publisher.

History And Historical Fiction In Berlin In 1996 cartoonist Jason Lutes launched his stunning work of historical fiction, “Berlin” — completing his epic in December 2017. “Berlin” explores the final years of Germany’s Weimar Republic and the Nazi rise to power through the eyes of characters like an art student, a journalist, a politically divided family, a touring group of African American jazz musicians, a policeman and others. Although a work of fiction, Lutes throws his characters up against stark historic circumstance and has them navigate a living

Although drawing has long been a part of the field practice of anthropologists and other ethnographers, only very recently have researchers begun to explore the use of comics as a medium for representing human experience and culture from an ethnographic perspective.

An early example of ethnographic cartooning is Gillian Crowther’s 1989 fieldwork cartoons — comics created as field notes during her dissertation research in remote British Columbia.

However, it was not until the 21st century that cartooning as ethnographic practice (and cartooning in the service of ethnography) began to gain traction.

In this panel, anthropologists Sally Campbell Galman, Carol Hendrickson and Dana Walrath will explore emerging use of cartooning in the context of ethnographic representation, and the paths they have taken as they began to explore how comics and cartooning inform ethnographic practice and can function practically and conceptually in the service of ethnographic representation.

Stop in this Saturday and meet local cartoonists, check out their work, and learn about how comics can describe our world, teach us, and tell stories of everyday life. For more details go to vermontfolklifecenter.org/non-fiction-comicsminifest.

one two three THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK TOWN BANDS Bring a chair and enjoy the first summer concerts on the town greens in Vergennes and Bristol next week. On Monday, Little City Jazz in Vergennes City Park will play Big Band swing music at MON. JUNE 7 p.m. Then on WED. JUNE Wednesday at 7 p.m., the Bristol Band will present an outdoor summer band concert in the gazebo on the town green.

In Bristol at 5:30 is a pre-concert chicken barbeque, or bring your own picnic.

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CIVIL WAR Vermont historian Howard Coffin speaks at the Bristol Historical Society in a talk titled “Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters.” At 7 p.m. at Howden Hall in a free THURSDAY JUNE and public talk, Coffin describes how Vermont sent far more sharpshooters to the Union armies than any other state, per capita.

Sharpshooters from this state played a littleknown, but major role at Gettysburg, the great Union victory that changed the Civil War’s course.

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MOTH EVENT At Ilsley Library in Middlebury beginning at 8 p.m., people are invited to come enjoy the huge diversity and abundance of moths in Vermont with SATURDAY JUNE an outdoor black light session to see what moths are active in early summer. Local moth experts will be on hand to help us with moth identification and biology.

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CALENDAR

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MONTHLY WILDLIFE WALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, June 16, 7-9 a.m. Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland, 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.

Meet at Otter View Park parking area. Shorter and longer routes possible. Beginning birders welcome. More info at 802-388-1007 or 802388-6019.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB BREAD LOAF SECTION HIKE IN SOUTH LINCOLN. Sunday, June 17, Cooley Glen Trail. Moderate/strenuous.

6.8 mile round trip with an elevation gain of approximately 1,500 feet. Hike upstream on an old wood road along the New Haven River that gradually climbs away from the river and ascends steeply on to a junction with the Long Trail. Wear appropriate clothing, bring water, lunch and hiking poles, if needed. More info contact Ivor Hughes at brhughes@gmvat.net or 802-453-4412. More activities at gmcbreadloaf. org.

JUNIOR FISHING DERBY IN VERGENNES. Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23, 5 a.m.-9 p.m., Otter Creek. Bring your kids aged 3-15 to Otter Creek for a day of fun, and the hope of catching the biggest fish. Register at tinyurl.com/ ybozx6rd.

TRIATHLONS IN SALISBURY. Sunday, June 23, 8:30 a.m., Branbury State Park, 3570 Lake Dunmore Road. The “Lake Dunmore Triathlon” is a 0.9-mile swim, 28-mile bike and 6.2-mile run, and the “Vermont Sun Triathlon” is a 600-yard swim, 14-mile bike and a 3.1-mile run. Both are nestled against the Green Mountains. Bib pick up 6:40-7:30 a.m. More info and registration at vermontsuntriathlonseries.com.

BEGINNERS BIRD WALK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, June 23, 9-10:30 a.m., Seymour St.

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Cosponsored by Otter Creek Audubon Society & MALT. More info call Carol Ramsayer at 802989-7115.

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CLARINET QUARTET OF THE USAF HERITAGE BAND OF AMERICA IN VERGENNES. Thursday, June 14, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. 120 Main St. Four accomplished musicians will be presenting an exciting and polished program that captivates audiences of all ages, including traditional classical, rousing patriotic marches, Klezmer music, Broadway, Jazz, Latin and South American music as well as their own original arrangements. Free.

NON-FICTION COMICS MINI-FEST IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, June 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St. Vermont Folklife Center presents a diverse group of Vermont and New Hampshire cartoonists engaged in non-fiction work, including political cartoons, memoirs and diaries, and covering such topics as science, graphic medicine, history, cooking and more. Free and open to the public, and ADA accessible. More info at vermontfolklifecenter.org/non-fiction-comicsminifest.

THEATER “PROOF” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday-Saturday, June 21-23, 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m., Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse, 1197 Exchange St. Middlebury Community Players’ Company Be stages this David Auburn play, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.

Tickets $10 cash or check at the door. More info at middleburycommunityplayers.org.

“TALES FROM INDIA” ON STAGE IN ROCHESTER. Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m., Spice Studio, 482 South Main St. Bald Mountain Theater presents “Stories You Should Know,” classic stories from a far-off corner of the world: stories about a misanthropic princess, a couple fighting over an imaginary cow, a boy who sells wisdom, the dangers of a tiger choosing a bride for his adopted human son, and a demon who’s really handy around the farm, until he’s bored… Tickets $15 adults/$10 children

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AVANT-GARDE DOGS IN NEW HAVEN. Friday, June 15, from 7:30-10 p.m., Tourterelle Restaurant, Route 7. The local sextet will fill the event barn with danceable rock ’n’ roll using electric and acoustic guitars, harmony vocals and world-music percussion. The AvantGarde Dogs puts its own spin on tunes from Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, the Decemberists, Lucinda Williams the Clash and more. $5 cover charge. More information: 802-453-6309 or tourterellevermont.com.

THE JACK QUARTET AND SOPRANO TONY ARNOLD IN BRANDON. Saturday, June 16, 2 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Part of Point Counterpoint’s New Music on the Point festival, these musicians will perform cutting-edge works by Vermont composer Eve Beglarian, George Lewis, Juraj Kojs and Amy Williams. Free will donation. Limited seating.

POCOCK ROCKS MUSIC FESTIVAL & STREET FAIR IN BRISTOL. Saturday, June 16, 3-8 p.m., downtown. Celebrate Bristol as a great place to shop, dine, live, work, and visit. Live musical performances from six bands — The Starline Rhythm Boys, The Eames Brothers Band, Steady Betty, The Welterweights, Tim Brick, and Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette. More

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NORTHERN THIRD PIANO QUARTET IN BRANDON. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. This quartet returns to Brandon Music for the fifth year in a row, with music by Schubert, Honegger, Britten, and Fauré. Show $20. Dinner & show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. Call 802247-4295 or email info@brandon-music.net to reserve.

O’HANLEIGH IN BRANDON. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. This Middlebury trio with traditional Irish Folk style is injected with U.S. immigrant influences producing music with depth and character Tom Hanley, Becca Hanley and Cindy Hill all play a multitude of instruments, their individual vocals and harmonies are superb. Tickets adults, $8/ seniors & students $6.

NEW MUSIC ON THE POINT IN SALISBURY. Sunday, June 17, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Come hear this Camp Point Counterpoint composers’ concert overlooking Lake Dunmore. Free.

NEW MUSIC ON THE POINT IN SALISBURY. Monday, June 18, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Come hear this Camp Point Counterpoint composers’ concert overlooking Lake Dunmore. Free.

presents Choong-jin Chang, viola, and Cynthia Huard, piano, who will perform Schumann’s “Fairytale Pictures for Viola and Piano, Op. 113,” Hindemith’s “Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 31, No. 4” and Brahms’ “Sonata Op. 120, No. 1 in F minor.”

Free will donations gratefully accepted. More info at 802-767-9234 or rcmsvt.org.

JUST FOR FUN PARTY LIKE IT’S 1968 IN NEW HAVEN. Thursday, June 14, 6-9:30 p.m., Tourterelle, Route 7. Get out those bell-bottoms and tie-dye for this groovy event in support of the United Way of Addison County. Dinner and music and the chance to bring out your inner hippie.

Tickets $50, available at app.mobilecause.com/ form/Bs6gQw. “MOTH EVENT!” in Middlebury. Saturday, June 16, 8 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Enjoy the huge diversity and abundance of moths in Vermont with an outdoor black light session to see what moths are active in early summer.

Local moth experts will be on hand to help us with moth identification and biology. More info contact Ron Payne at 802-388-6019.

BIXBY GALA IN VERGENNES. Friday, June 22, 7-11 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Get out the fancy clothes and Bixby Gala is “Sail to Summer” at this annual fundraiser for the library. Delicious food and plenty of dancing local favorite The Grift. Tickets available now at bixbylibrary.org.

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LECTURES ROBBY MOOK SPEAKS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, June 15, 6-9 p.m., Middlebury Inn, Court Sq. Mook is the former campaign manager for Hilary Clinton’s presidential bid and a political commentator on CNN. He will talk about his part in the 2016 campaign at Middlebury Rotary Club’s annual gala dinner. Seats still available and include hors-d’oeuvres and a fourcourse dinner for $65. More info contact Scott Needham at 802-349-0001 or scottneedham@ mac.com.

JAMES BLAIR ON PHOTOGRAPHY IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, June 20, noon, Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Join James P. Blair, retired “National Geographic” photographer, as he discusses some of the 36 photographs from the Sheldon Museum’s collection now on view in the exhibit “Our Town: Love, Joy, Sadness, and Baseball — 100 Years of Photography from the Sheldon Museum.”

Limit 20. Reserve your spot at 802-388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

VERMONT CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN HOWARD COFFIN IN BRISTOL. Thursday, June 21, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. Join Coffin and The Bristol Historical Society, in cooperation with the Vermont Humanities Council, for a discussion of “Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters.” Free and open to the public. More info call Steve Ayotte at 802-453-7709.

SABOUYOUMA IN NEW HAVEN. Friday, June 22, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard, 142 River Rd. Vineyard opens at 5:30 for picnicking. Bring a lawn chair and relax at the end of your week with a glass of wine and great music. Free. Wine by the glass and hot food and available for purchase.

JOAN HUTTON LANDIS MEMORIAL CONCERT IN ROCHESTER. Friday, June 22, 7 p.m., Rochester Federated Church, 15 N Main St. The Rochester Chamber Music Society

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Peonies: June beauty queens

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eonies are one of the most beautiful and venerated garden plants.

With their massive blooms in shades of red, pink and white and yellow they are the queens of the June garden.

And best of all, given fertile soil, good air circulation and adequate sunlight, peonies are not only easy to grow but they are also extremely longlived.

BY JUDITH IRVEN

Every June thousands of visitors make a point of visiting the beautiful peony collection at Hildene (in Manchester, Vt.).

And, as a testament to their incredible longevity, we to note that these are the very same peonies that were first planted over a hundred years ago at Hildene!

Although early fall is the best time to plant peonies, June is when we can visit gardens and see which ones we really like and then plan ahead for later planting.

Across the centuries: a passion for peonies The people of China first cultivated peonies as a flavoring for food over 2,000 years ago. Then, during the elegant Tang dynasty (618-907) they began experimenting with crossing different species to obtain beautiful blooms. This was the genesis of what has become a worldwide passion for glamorous peony flowers.

Next the people of Japan also started growing peonies for their flowers. And finally, in the 18th century, peony cultivation migrated to both England and France.

In late June “Garden Treasure,” an Itoh Hybrid Peony, brings the peony season to a glorious close.

PHOTO BY DICK CONRAD

Peonies are worldwide citizens In the wild there are actually over 30 different species of peonies — all members of the genus Paeonia and thus genetically related — that are native to the cold and temperate regions in Asia, Europe and western North America. The majority are herbaceous perennials (meaning they will die back to the ground each winter but resprout every spring), but a few have woody stems (enabling them to remain above ground throughout the year).

This vast genetic pool gave plant hybridizers a wealth of interesting material from which they have developed all the beautiful cultivated varieties — or cultivars — now available.

Today a vast array of cultivars for gardeners everywhere Most peonies are herbaceous, with the plants dying back to the ground each winter. Single peonies, such as Krinkled

White have one or two whorls of broad, over-lapping petals surrounding a central mass of yellow stamens. These are the sophisticates of the peony world.

Semi-double peonies, like Coral Charm and Coral Sunset, have three or four whorls of petals but the central mass of stamens is still easily visible. Double peonies, such as the immensely popular Sarah Bernhardt, have sumptuous spherical flowers that are completely filled with numerous overlapping petals.

Some blooms have more than a hundred petals!

Japanese or Anemone-form peonies — like Bowl of Beauty — have one or more rows of large outer petals surrounding a mass of miniature petals called petaloids.

A hundred years ago the American Peony Society began awarding the society’s Gold Medal to exceptional peony cultivars, a practice that continues annually to this day.

Magnificent Itoh peonies — a gardener’s dream come true Tree peonies, with their spectacular flowers and beautiful colors are coveted by gardeners everywhere.

But typically the aboveground stems (where most of the buds that make next year’s flowers are produced) will not survive our Vermont winters. So Vermonters will be especially interested to hear about Itoh hybrid peonies — a cross between herbaceous peonies and tree peonies that combine the best features of each.

Itoh peonies have enormous flowers up to eight inches across, with undulating petals encircling a froth of yellow stamens. The original Itoh cultivars were yellow, but today they come in a wide range of beautiful colors including coral, red, pink and white, as well as their signature buttery yellow.

Just as the herbaceous peonies are winding down, the Itoh hybrid peonies burst

into bloom, thus extending the peony season by three more wonderful weeks. The first flowers develop from terminal buds at the ends of the stems, and then just as these finish, the side buds begin to bloom. In this way a single established Itoh peony plant can produce threedozen or more flowers.

Itoh peonies also have finely divided leaves which grow in an elegant mounded shape so, even after they have finished flowering, the plants themselves continue to shine at the front of the border.

The amazing story of the Itoh hybrid peonies Itoh peonies began as a plant hybridizer’s dream — how to cross tree peonies with herbaceous peonies and produce a new kind of plant that offers the best features of both parents. This had been tried without success over many years and in several countries. One difficulty was because the bloom times for the two types of peony are

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several weeks apart, making cross-fertilization difficult.

Also, although tree and herbaceous peonies are both members of the huge genus Paeonia, genetically they are actually not that closely related, contributing to the problem of creating a cross that would produce viable progeny.

Dr. Toichi Itoh — a Japanese botanist quietly working in the aftermath of the destruction of World War II — was totally consumed with this monumental hybridization challenge.

Finally in 1948 his dream came true. After thousands of attempts of meticulously dusting tree peony pollen onto herbaceous peony pistils (the tube that guides pollen onto the ovaries) a few seeds actually germinated.

Then tragically in 1956, before his successful crosses had matured enough to produce their first flowers, Dr. Itoh passed away. So it fell to his

family to nurture those very special plants, finally bringing them to flower in 1964.

Eventually an American botanist, Louis Smirnow, received permission from Dr. Itoh’s widow to bring a few plants with huge buttery yellow flowers to the United States, naming them “Itoh hybrids.” After this success, peony breeders everywhere were motivated to replicate Dr. Itoh’s detailed techniques, and today Itoh hybrids come in an array of luscious colors.

Finally in 1996 the American Peony Society gave its coveted Gold Medal Award to Itoh hybrid Garden Treasure and in 2006 to Bartzella.

A personal story In the summer of 2000, when Itoh hybrids were barely known to the gardening public, I was visiting the renowned peony grower Bill Countryman in Northfield.

Over the years he had

developed a fabulous collection of peonies, including every American Peony Society Gold Medal winner to date. And now he was adding Itoh hybrids to his collection. As he showed me his Itoh Hybrids he also recounted the incredible story of how they came to be. I was completely smitten and decided to purchase a single root of the cultivar Garden Treasure — for the astronomical price of $125! My husband Dick was absolutely flabbergasted that I would even consider spending that much money for a single root.

I chose a sunny spot in my garden, enriched the soil with plenty of compost and carefully planted my new extravagance. And now, every year toward the end of June, just as the flowers of the herbaceous peonies are fading, both Dick and I eagerly await the moment when our Garden Treasure starts to bloom. It is by far the most

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Coral Sunset peony has semi-double flowers with four whorls of petals around the central stamens.

PHOTO BY DICK CONRAD

beautiful plant in our entire garden, and it has more than lived up to all the promises Bill made to me all those years ago.

Today the price for Itoh hybrid roots has dropped significantly. So, as a longterm investment, you too might want to consider planting one or two in your garden.

Judith Irven and her

husband, Dick Conrad, live in Goshen where together they nurture a large garden.

Judith is a landscape designer and Vermont Certified Horticulturist. She also teaches Sustainable Home Landscaping for the Vermont Master Gardener program. She writes about her Vermont gardening life at www.northcountryreflections. com. You can reach her at judithirven@gmail.com.

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OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

On display June 1 – July 8, 2018

GALLERY OPENING

BIRDS, BEES & BUTTERFLIES IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY An Exhibition of Poetry and Art featuring Klara Calitri.

Benefit for the Audubon Society.

Sun 7/15 2pm and 7pm $10 and $5 students THE BEATLES’

YELLOW SUBMARINE

Yellow Submarine is a colorful musical spectacle and an exhilaratingly joyful cinematic experience for all ages — filled with visual invention, optical illusions, word play, and glorious, glorious music.

Fri 7/27 @ 7pm; Sat & Sun 7/28 & 7/29 @ 2pm $10/$5 ages 12 & under YOUNG COMPANY’S

THE LION KING JR.

The African savanna comes to life with Simba and Nala, Pumbaa and Timon, Mufasa and Scar, and more unforgettable characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and back again in this inspiring, coming-of-age story.

Tue 7/31 5-7pm FREE

THT’S 10TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

This summer Town Hall Theater turns 10 years old! Join us for a festive, free birthday party. Share some cake, take a walk down memory lane and catch live entertainment as we celebrate 10 years of culture, community and creativity.

Wed 8/1 7:30pm FREE*

POINT COUNTERPOINT CONCERT The annual free concert by the talented staff of Point CounterPoint, the classical music school on Lake Dunmore, is always an exciting event. Join us for an evening of chamber music. *Donations to benefit Point CounterPoint will be accepted.

Tue & Wed 8/21 & 8/22 7pm $10/$5 ages 12 & under YOUNG COMPANY’S

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

Williams’ memory play is given the Young Company treatment. Using physical theater, non-traditional casting and character exploration, Young Company students bring a fresh perspective to this classic piece.

FIND OUT WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO SEE IT. LOOK HERE EVERY THURSDAY.

EXHIBITS Peter Wildey’s landscape photography on display at Ilsley Public Library. Beautiful, one-of-a-kind scenes from Vermont and beyond by the former Cornwall resident and 1982 MUHS graduate are on display at the library on 75 Main Street in Middlebury through July 7. (802) 388-4095 or ilsleypubliclibrary.org.

1968: The Whole World is Watching at Middlebury College. A year of upheaval and transformation in the U.S. and the world is portrayed through the lens of art, music and literature with prints, photographs, videos, paintings, and sculpture from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s. Also included is a snapshot of Middlebury College in 1968. Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, May 25-Aug. 12.

“Just Kids: Photographs from the Nicholas Gift” at Middlebury College.

Children have always been a magnet for photographers. Drawn from every corner of the globe and representing a broad spectrum of social and economic circumstances, the images here portray children in good times and bad, in states of blissful play or harrowing isolation. College Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery, May 25-Aug. 12.

The New Paintings of David Fifield: Head in the Clouds. On view May 4-June 26 at the Brandon Artists Guild. Fifield, who grew up in Vermont, says he is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of abstract art, believing it is more about discovery than creation. The BAG is at 7 Center St., Brandon.

(802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

“Blades Will Sprout” at Northern Daughters Gallery in Vergennes. This summer show features the work of Anne Cady, Julia Jensen and Jessica Smith — three artists who use familiar landscapes as an entrance point to creating art, but otherwise have very little else in common. On view June 14 through July 29 at 221 Main St. Opening reception on Friday, June 22, 5-8 p.m. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

Birds, Bees and Butterflies in the Land of Milk and Honey. An exhibition of paintings by Klara Calitri at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, June 1 to July 8. Jackson Gallery is on the lower level of Town Hall Theater, open Monday through Saturday noon to 5 p.m., and an hour before any public events in the building. 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

The Last of the Hill Farms: Photographs by Richard Brown. On display April 10-June 23, this exhibit offers the chance to experience the Vermont that Brown entered and began to photograph in the 1970s. Fifty years later, the lives, landscapes and time period he so lovingly captured are available for viewing through these large-format, finely detailed, photographic prints. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

Our Town Our Town: Love, Joy, Sadness and Baseball — 100 Years of Photographs from the Sheldon Museum. On view March 20-July 8, featuring three dozen photographs from the museum’s Research Center curated by James Pease Blair. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

“Fish and Feather: The Wildlife Artistry of Painter Nick Mayer and Carver Gary M. Starr.” This exhibit at Art on Main in Bristol reflects the exceptional artistry and technique of a master carver and an award-winning painter, and reveals their passion about the natural world. On display until July 1. 25 Main St. (802) 453-4032.

Barn Art. On view April 6-June 16, featuring a juried collection of works from 31 different artists in celebration of barns. Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Brandon. (802) 247-4295 or cmacvt.org.

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MUSIC Bristol gets ready for music festival, street fair

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owntown Bristol will be rockin’ with live music, food and beverage vendors, plus games and fun, this Saturday, June 16, as the Pocock Rocks Music Festival & Street Fair takes over Main Street for the 9th year. Between 3 and 8 p.m., Bristol CORE will close off the main business block, set up tents up and down the middle of the road, and place stages at the east and west ends for a series of live musical performance by six top notch Vermont musical acts.

And if the music isn’t enough to satisfy, Pocock Rocks will also feature more than 30 vendors from microbrews, hard ciders and spirits, to

specialty foods, gifts and crafts. There will also be the SunCommon Bouncy House, Vermont National Guard activities, and, of course, Bristol’s own incredible restaurants and shops.

Named for the town’s original name — “Pocock” — Saturday’s festival celebrates Bristol, Vt., as a great place to shop, dine, live, work and visit.

Six well-known and loved regional bands will provide entertainment through the afternoon and into the evening.

Addison County favorites Richard Ruane and Beth Duquette will kickoff the music at 3:30 p.m. with their original acoustic music with clear traditional roots. The Tim Brick Band will follow up at 4 p.m. This singer/ songwriter/guitarist is

Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane will bring their folky Americana music to Bristol for Pocock Rocks on Saturday afternoon.

the son of a hard-living longdistance trucker, and that is reflected in his music, which

live music USAF Heritage Band of America Clarinet Quartet in Vergennes. Thursday, June 14, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

Deb Brisson and the Hayburners in Middlebury. Friday, June 15, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

The Avant-Garde Dogs in New Haven. Friday, June 15, 7:30-10 p.m., Tourterelle Restaurant, Route 7.

The JACK Quartet and Soprano Tony Arnold in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 2 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

Pocock Rocks in Bristol. Saturday, June 16, 3-8 p.m., Main St. Northern Third Piano Quartet in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

O’hAnleigh in Brandon. Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

New Music on the Point in Salisbury. Sunday, June 17, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

New Music on the Point in Salisbury. Monday, June 18, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Vergennes City Band in Vergennes. Monday, June 18, 7 p.m., City Park.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June 20, 7 p.m., town green.

Wayne Canney in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 20, 7-9 p.m., Notte.

is said to have a soulful edge that isn’t afraid to get rowdy.

At 4:30, The Welterweights amp it up with pure Vermont rock ‘n’ roll. Every show is a unique mash up of local musicians led by singer songwriters Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson. Steady Betty will play a 45-minute show at 5:15. This all-female band plays a rocksteady beat that is danceable; they call themselves a soulful successor to ska, and the roots of reggae.

For a change of pace, the Eames Brothers Band takes the stage at 6 p.m. to perform a “late-night set” that drifts seamlessly through lowdown psychedelic blues funk to uplifting soul songs and back again. The night will be capped off at 7 p.m. with the well-loved trio The Starline Rhythm Boys. These “three old guys playin’ country”

3:30-4:00PM - RICHARD RUANE AND BETH DUQUETTE 4:00-4:30PM - THE TIM BRICK BAND 4:30-5:00PM - THE WELTERWEIGHTS 5:15-6:00PM - STEADY BETTY 6:00-7:00PM - THE EAMES BROTHERS BAND 7:00-8:00PM - THE STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS

have been together for over 17 years, delivering a fine mix of honky-tonk and rockabilly tunes.

Money raised from the Pocock Rocks Music Festival & Street Fair supports the community-building efforts of Bristol CORE. Go celebrate Bristol and have a great time!

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the movie THE SEAGULL — RUNNING TIME: 1:38 — RATING: PG-13 Let’s get to the tough news first — and then to the good. Anton Chekhov’s novel “The Seagull” has been made into a movie with a big cast that lasts just one hour and 38 minutes. That is far too short a time for us to absorb, much less to understand all the characters. Result? We struggle to follow them but are foiled by director Michael Mayer’s determination to shift scenes with the speed of shotgun pellets.

This story of a large house party unfolding in the Russian countryside may be perfectly suited to book or theater form but reduced to an hour and a half, we have a tough task trying to follow the unfolding emotions of the characters. That said, the fine cast delivers Chekhov beautifully.

Just enjoy Annette Benning as ageing actress Irina Arkadina, Elizabeth Moss as Masha, and Saoirse Ronan as Nina. And they have grand support.

Saoirse Ronan and Corey Stoll in “The Seagull” (2018)

Irina (Annette Benning) is visiting her brother Sorin (Brian Dennehy) at his country estate. Her son Konstantin (Billy Howle) lives with brother Sorin because how would a famous actress have time to raise him?

Irina is accompanied by Boris Trigorin, a celebrity novelist she turns to repeatedly for acknowledgement of her own beauty and talent.

Nina (Saoirse Ronan), an innocent, falls for Trigorin, who consumes her without regard for her vulnerability and conveniently rejects Irina for a while. Irina has rejected her son in a similar way and we in the audience are finding it a bit difficult to root for anyone. The sophisticates — and they are obvious — move along their own selfish paths. Does any one of them think supportively of anyone else?

At this point we begin to wish that all Chekov’s characters had a director capable of digging more deeply, but that doesn’t happen. Instead, Michael Mayer handles the camera as if no subject or conversation could last long enough for us to understand what we are seeing. Confrontations are broken by the shifting camera. The story is fractured and we never

learn why.

The characters in Chekhov’s story have a whole weekend to tell their story of a gathering of the famous and their attendees. Perhaps this is a tale that should only be a play or a novel. If director Mayer thought he could deliver all of it in fast cuts, he was wrong. We get quick glances at lives of vanity, misery, fame, art and money — with a few short looks at love and happiness.

If we cut to the core, it is Annette Benning who soars as she spends her days convincing herself and everyone around her that she is still young, that growing old is not robbing her of either her beauty or her talent. Her son? Her lover? Other guests? They are all her audience. The bulk of the credit goes to Chekhov, of course. Look for some fine acting here and there and just wish the director had concentrated more on that.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book CALYPSO — DAVID SEDARIS

11 MORE HUMOROUS ESSAY COLLECTIONS Daditude by Chris Erskine

Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley

(Little, Brown and Company)

Should you be in need of a good laugh, then let me steer you directly toward David Sedaris’ new collection, “Calypso.” Consisting largely of stories set at the North Carolina beach house Sedaris bought for himself and his siblings — which he dubs the “Sea Section” so as to conform to the island convention of giving your place a punny name — “Calypso” is a happy, wacky and frequently poignant homecoming, for Sedaris and his fans alike. In bits that touch on the hilarious indignities of aging, as well as the eternal childishness inherent in the best (if I may say so) sibling bonds, Sedaris delivers his signature TMI humor along with admirably honest anecdotes about his most challenging relationships. While managing to keep the reader laughing at regular intervals, about everything from James Comey to poop, he weaves in — showing, never telling — what 60 years of living have taught him about how to be one’s true self, accept people’s differences, and forgive the flaws and failings of loved ones. Life may be messy, painful and littered with other people’s trash, but it’s still beautiful and funny and worth our time. Consider listening to the audio version of “Calypso,” which like all his books, Sedaris narrates himself in his distinctive high-pitched deadpan.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

Meaty by Samantha Irby

Like Brothers by Mark Duplass

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish Failure Is an Option by H. Jon Benjamin

Bossypants by Tina Fey Shrill by Lindy West

Would Everybody Please Stop? by Jenny Allen Maeve in America by Maeve Higgins How to American by Jimmy O. Yang

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HOME Cook like a pro with 4 popular grilling techniques

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ust like some people insist that charcoal grills trump gas grills or vice versa, some backyard barbecue devotees swear by particular grilling techniques. Such lighthearted debates may never end, and novice grillmasters who want to join the fray can study up on the various grilling techniques before trying them out and forming their own opinions.

1. Smoking Smoking is one grilling technique that is growing in popularity, as products such as the Big Green Egg inspire more people to smoke their foods.

Smoking involves cooking foods in closed chambers at low temperatures.

Smoking is not the quickest way to whip up a meal, as the low temperatures require foods be cooked

for lengthy periods of time.

People who prefer their foods have a smoky flavor would no doubt prefer smoking over any other grilling technique.

2. Spit roasting Also known as rotisserie grilling, spit roasting may call to mind pig roasts in which food is placed in a chamber with a rotating, often motorized spit.

Indirect heat is used to cook the foods placed on the spit or skewer, and spit roasting is often a go-to method for cooking whole birds or ribs.

3. Indirect grilling When employing this technique to grill foods, cooks will not place their foods over a direct heat source, such as an open flame. Instead, the foods are placed in a chamber away from the heat source before the lid is closed. The

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lid will remain closed while the food cooks, which can take a long time. Some people prefer indirect grilling because it tends to produce foods that are well cooked on the inside but do not have the charred exterior that foods grilled by other means may have.

4. Plank grilling Popular among people who like to grill fish, plank grilling involves putting food on top of a plank of wood and then placing the plank over a direct heat source. In addition to the flavor imparted to the food from the heat source, such as charcoal, the plank itself can add its own unique flavor.

Though fish is perhaps the food most widely associated with plank grilling, this technique also can be a great way to grill vegetables.

— Metro Creative

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