Monday, June 25, 2018

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

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Vol. 30 No. 9

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, June 25, 2018

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Goal for $260K effort is first day of school

• A Leicester native and OV grad was named ‘Best Baker in America.’ Read our Page 2 story sto see how he won.

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS LINCOLN — It took excavators only a few hours to dismantle the old Lincoln Community School (LCS) playground last week. The park designed to replace it will require the entire summer to complete.

After a yearlong delay, Potato Hill Park is finally getting built.

A $260,000 project made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Vermont Land and Water Commission Fund, plus matching funds raised by Friends of LCS, Potato Hill Park is designed to be much more than a school playground.

“It will be a community resource that offers a diversity of outdoor and recreational opportunities for all community members and visitors to (See Playground, Page 16)

City native was noted abolitionist

• Leading up to the Civil War, Delia Webster of Vergennes was hated by Southerners for her fight against slavery. Page 28.

Lakefront airstrip in Panton ready to be reactivated

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• Mount Abe players are well represented on this year’s Independent all-star squad.

See Page 24.

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Work finally starts on big Lincoln playground

Chef tastes sweet victory

Eagle senior tops our softball team

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By ANDY KIRKALDY PANTON — The owner of a private Panton lakefront airstrip that was used informally for decades until he bought the property two years ago is seeking state and federal approval to bring it back to life.

Charles “Chip” Mather, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, is looking for a permit that would allow him and guests to fly in and out of the 1,700-foot-long, grasscovered strip up to 35 times a month.

(See Airstrip, Page 27)

National survey sheds light on local biking Cyclists call for infrastructure upgrades

By JAMES FINN MIDDLEBURY — A recent survey evaluating accessibility, safety and enjoyability of biking in cities and towns across the United States made clear that Middlebury’s cycling infrastructure leaves something to be desired.

The PlacesForBikes City

Ratings survey, a two-year, datadriven project conducted by the biking advocacy organization PeopleForBikes, awarded each surveyed location an overall score meant to provide a snapshot of quality of cycling life in cities and towns across the U.S. That Middlebury received an

overall score of just 1.4 out of 5 possible points came as no surprise to members of the local cycling community.

“I think the general mentality around bikes here is dated,” said Andrew Gardner, a local cyclist whose advertising agency, Press Forward, manages public relations for PeopleForBikes. “When you look at the questions that are being

asked independent of (cycling), such as how do we retain young people, how do we make our downtown vibrant, they’re being asked over here in one box, and bikes are over here in this other box. To me, those things are really related and cycling can be a part of that process.”

Other Vermont towns featured in (See Bikes, Page 26)

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Leicester native earns title of best baker in the nation

By LEE J. KAHRS In last week’s finale, called MYSTIC, Conn./LEICESTER, “Chocolate Crescendo,” Young had Vt. — The second time was a charm to make a perfect glazed Austrian for Leicester native Adam Young, chocolate cake called “sachertorte,” who on June 18 won the title of as well as a chocolate cake for 100 “Best Baker in America” on the Food people that featured caramel flavor Network show of the same name. and elaborate chocolate decorations, Young competed on the show for three types of chocolate and three seven weeks before being crowned flavors of chocolate bonbons.

Best Baker in America during the Obviously Young knows how to finale that aired this past Monday handle chocolate. night.

Adam, 33, is the youngest son of Not bad for a kid from Leicester Anne and Ken Young, who own and who got his start washing dishes at operate Foxcroft Farm in Leicester. the Brandon Inn. He graduated from Otter Valley This is Young’s second reality Union High School in 2002. baking show. He starred in season “We are extremely proud,” three of the Food Network’s “Spring Anne Young said this past Tuesday Baking Championship” last year. The morning when reached by phone. eight-week baking competition pre- “He’s worked hard for this, and we miered in March 2017 all appreciate it very with Young as one much, especially the of nine professional “We are extremely community support bakers competing proud. He’s that has rallied behind for a $50,000 grand worked hard for him.” prize. Each week, the this, and we all Back in 2000, judges voted off one once he saw what appreciate it very a hard worker his contestant as they are judged on how well much, especially teenage dishwasher they perform complex the community was, Brandon Inn baking assignments. chef Louis Pattis support that has Young made it all rallied behind gradually introduced the way to the final him.”

Young to other areas round of that show beof the business like — Anne Young food fore coming in second preparation, during the finale. cooking and, yes, This spring, Young appeared in pastry. Pattis himself is a fine chef the seven episodes of “Best Baker and bakes all of the wedding cakes in America.” In a similar format, at the inn. For all intents and purbakers competed in such segments poses, the seed was planted and as as “Cake, Glorious Cake,” “Wed- high school graduation approached, ding Spectacular” and “Magnificent Young applied and was accepted Meringue.” to the prestigious New England Among the creations they had to Culinary Institute (NECI). whip up were their own versions of But his goal was always to be a the “ultimate” New York cheesecake savory chef who creates the main with apple as the featured flavor, a courses. It wasn’t until he apprenCharlotte Royale — also known as ticed under pastry chef Joy Jessup in “brain cake” — with peanut butter New Orleans that Young found his as the featured flavor, and a “fire and calling. ice” dessert that features one frozen Young went on the become head element, one bruleed element and pastry chef at Quail Valley Golf mint as the featured flavor. and River Club in Vero Beach, Fla.,

PASTRY CHEF AND Leicester native Adam Young last week won the title “Best Baker in America” in a television series on the Food Network.

under chef Jose Faria, and then was named the executive pastry chef at the acclaimed Ocean House in Watch Hill, R.I. But then three years ago, Young realized his dream of owning his own pastry business, and along with

his wife, Ebbie, opened Sift Bake Shop in Mystic, Conn. They have a young daughter, Stella, who is two years old.

Sift is now a destination in the tourist seaport town, and Young is a local celebrity. But he still makes it

back to Vermont once in a while. On the weekend before the “Best Baker in America” finale aired, Young was back in Montpelier for NECI’s 2018 graduation as the commencement speaker. He also received the NECI Alumni of Distinction Award.

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ACSD negotiates a better busing contract

ONE OF THE old pipes that workers dug up in Bristol on Wednesday was dated more than 100 years ago.

Water was shut off to the village, a valve replaced, and water service resumed.

Bristol issues boil water order Valve leak affects service to 100

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — What began as a simple maintenance call devolved into a giant headache for about 100 water customers in Bristol last week.

After an old valve broke near the intersection of Pine Street and Taylor Avenue, water service in the immediate area was temporarily shut off for repairs on Wednesday. Taps flowed again by 6:30 that evening.

The town advised affected customers to boil their water until further notice. At press time on Friday the order was still in force while the town waited for test results.

The boil-water order was probably unnecessary from a health standpoint but was issued out of an abundance of caution, said Rich Chabut, senior operator at Vermont Utility Management Services (VTUMS), which is

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WHEN WORKERS DUG up the valve box that failed in the Bristol water system on Wednesday this is what they found.

responsible for overseeing Bristol’s water system.

Responding to a residential com-

plaint about low water pressure on Taylor Street, VTUMS began testing water-main valves on Tuesday to make sure they were operational before they undertook repairs.

One valve didn’t quite close.

“Water started running onto nearby properties and there were concerns about washed-out gardens and lawns,” Chabut said.

Sometimes these valves can be fixed without digging them up, he added, but this was not one of those times.

The valve VTUMS uncovered Wednesday had seen better days.

Nearby pipe was stamped “Burlington 1905.”

Workers replaced the leaky valve, along with a short section of 6-inch pipe, disinfected and flushed the pipe, then restored water service.

Repairs at the Taylor Street residence are forthcoming.

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent.com.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District has secured an $800,000 rebate in its new transportation contract, thanks to some deft negotiating by ACSD Business Manager Brittany Gilman and some concessions agreed to by the provider, Student Transportation of America/Bet-Cha Transit.

This doesn’t mean the district is getting a bargain, however. The ACSD school board got some sticker shock earlier this month when BetCha — the only bidder for the right to deliver school bus services within the seven-town district — offered to do the job next school year for $1,111,580, representing a 41-percent hike compared to the $785,551 ACSD paid this past academic year.

The Bet-Cha offer also called for further increases of 2.5 percent in years two and three of the contract.

Bet-Cha officials cited the rising cost of fuel, insurance, vehicle maintenance and personnel as among the reasons for the increase.

And the ACSD’s previous contract, struck in 2009, had some friendly terms that tied annual increases to the Consumer Price Index.

The district suddenly faced the challenge of absorbing much higher transportation costs at a time when its 2018-2019 budget had already been OK’d by voters. So Gilman reached out to Bet-Cha officials and negotiated a new deal that trims the total cost of the pact by $806,030.

This was accomplished by: • Extending the contract from three to five years, at a total cost of $5,018,916. This allows the ACSD to spread the cost over a longer timeframe, while limiting the increase to 2.5 percent in year one. The increase

escalates to 17.8 percent in the fifth and final year of the contract.

• Not including video cameras in the buses, an amenity that district officials had originally included in its request for proposals. The buses will be equipped with seatbelts.

Bet-Cha officials indicated they could lower the price further if ACSD were to substantially change its school bus routes, but that topic proved a non-starter.

But pushing the biggest increases to the end of the contract gives the school district time to weigh, and possibly implement, some other cost-saving measures that could reduce costs.

“The further we can push the bigger hits, the more time we have to deal with them,” ACSD board Chairman Peter Conlon said.

Terms of the pact call for Bet-Cha to provide 20 “regular route” buses and two, 42-passenger vehicles able to accommodate wheel chairs.

ACSD includes nine schools in the communities of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge. The deal also provides transportation for field trips, athletics and a bus that shuttles tuitioned children from the Granville area to classes at Ripton Elementary.

Bet-Cha is the most dominant school busing company in this part of the state, holding contracts with more than 70 school districts and organizations.

“It’s unlikely that the situation would substantially change during the next three years in terms of another player coming in and being able to bid competitively,” Gilman said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial

Biking: A missed opportunity A recently released national survey ranking cities and towns on their bike-friendly infrastructure ranked Middlebury near the bottom. Such a result is not unexpected, nor is it a putdown.

The purpose of the survey is to encourage communities to improve their ranking by understanding where they stand today and which areas they need to work on.

As reporter James Finn writes in a front page story in this issue, the PlacesForBikes City Ratings survey provides a snapshot of the quality of cycling life in cities and towns across America, and Middlebury ranked 1.4 out of 5 possible points. Burlington ranked 2.1, while Montpelier and Rutland each earned 1.5, and Brattleboro ranked .09. We’re not dead last, but Middlebury has a lot of room to improve.

The community question is: What specifically do we need to do, and how do we get there?

It’s not the first time this question has been asked. Adam Franco is the chair of the Addison county Walk-Bike Council, a group tasked with recommending ways to improve walking and cycling access and routes throughout the county. Laura Asermily helped start Middlebury Safe Routes, dedicated to providing safe routes to walk and bike to school, and she is a member of the Middlebury Select Board — the local body that will ultimately approve suggested improvements.

Already, suggestions have been made to widen shoulders and designate bike lanes on critical biking/walking routes, but we all know the backside of that story: it costs a little bit extra to build a wider shoulder, to designate and stripe a separate bicycle lane, to create a sidewalk path from neighborhood to neighborhood to the town’s schools. It just doesn’t happen, in other words, at the snap of a finger. It takes a concerted effort pushed by public support.

Should it happen? Absolutely.

Here are three reasons why: • Creating a bike-friendly community, and developing the greater Middlebury-area’s natural biking assets, generates a surprising economic boost.

In a 2009 report (outdated but it proves the point even as biking as grown exponentially since then), biking and walking related activities created at least 1,400 jobs, $41 million in wages and $83 million in revenue, plus the health and property value benefits added another $400 million benefit. In the past decade that number has skyrocketed throughout the country, though Middlebury has seemingly missed out on much of that increase while other Vermont towns such as Stowe, Waterbury, Burke and Killington have been huge beneficiaries.

• Biking and walking to work or school are great ways to stay fit, and in a world where health care costs are an increasingly large part of a family’s expenses, fitness is critical and could save communities and individuals money— and lots of it.

• Bike paths, in particular, attract younger residents. If Addison County, and Middlebury in particular, want to attract and retain younger workers and families, having a well-established network of bike trails (road, mountain bike and gravel) in the near vicinity is a huge plus.

In short, making Middlebury more accessible to bike traffic is not just to appease a few folks on bicycles, but rather one of the key ingredients to making Middlebury a friendlier, healthier, more attractive community in which young people will be more inclined to move to and work in.

What needs to be done? Plenty, but here are a few starters: 1) place bike racks at convenient places; 2) when Court Street is repaved in 2020, make sure the state eliminates or reduces the recessed water grates which are hazardous to bikers; 3) designate bike lanes on the major through streets (Court Street, Exchange Street, maybe Washington Street Ext., for starters); 4) design pathways that connect neighborhoods to schools and shopping (and then make that happen); and 5) promote the area for what many call some of the best riding in the state.

But first, Middlebury must understand what it’s missing out on, and embrace the economic opportunity just begging to be tapped. If it does, Middlebury will also find itself trending a bit more hip, youthful and energetic — that would be welcome, too.

Angelo Lynn

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The big dig

BLAST MATS AND a construction worker stand over the pit that is being blasted into the ground on the site of the former Lazarus building in downtown Middlebury. The hole is being blasted to accommodate the drainage system for the rail bridges replacement project.

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Letters to the Editor Bixby Library changes aren’t universally applauded

The recent article on the changes at Bixby Library in Vergennes does not tell the whole story. The article quotes only Jane Spencer and Ed Place in self-congratulatory remarks about these changes. No one from the general public was interviewed for this story, it seems. How do we know that “the five towns really like what they’re seeing here?” Are there surveys to back that up? Have the numbers of people coming in the door risen? Are the new

computers finding constant use?

I would be interested to know the derivation of that finding.

Changes to keep up with the times are always necessary. I certainly applaud better internal communications systems and improvements to bring Bixby up to fire code and allow better handicap access. Other improvements are also welcome: the growing number of programs, for instance.

Many people (and I know them),

however, lament that, for example, the technology changes are being put in place at the expense of what is termed in your article “older books.” The article states: “Eliminating some older books ... did create some pushback in the community, at least at first. ‘We’re open to criticism, and then we’ll explain why,’ Place said. ‘I think once people understand, most of them are good with it.’” It is not (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 25, 2018 — PAGE 5

Time to protest actions of the current administration Like many of us, since the 2016 elections I’ve been worried about the divisive trends in our nation.

Each day can involve bracing for news about a new assault from the current U.S. administration — whether against environmental protections, rights of minorities, respect for the rule of law, or trade partners in other countries. Until today I’ve tried to keep myself positive about our nation’s strengths, the actions of many groups and individuals, including our Senators and Representatives in the U.S. Congress, and the goodness of Vermont neighbors. I’ve been carrying on with my “regular life” of routine obligations, work, family,

etc., and considering myself a good person.

But this morning when I was reading Congressman Welch’s message “My Weekend Trip to the Texas-Mexico Border,” about the conditions in the centers where children have been separated from their parents, something in me snapped. I am feeling more pure rage and outrage, along with shame, than I can recall feeling anytime in my life before. I signed up to attend a “Keep Families Together” demonstration in Manchester Center, Saturday, June 30, at 10 a.m., through MoveOn.org.

But this is larger than any single issue. Those of us who have

economic and majority-status security are now maintaining our daily comfort only at the cost of ignoring and accepting the suffering of others and the unjust, unconscionable actions of people in power at all levels who are still supporting the Trump regime.

I encourage everyone who has become aware of how the actions of our administration are callously damaging lives and destroying the fabric of American society to step up our non-violent resistance however we can. I know I will be.

Carolyn Schmidt Whiting

Letters to the Editor Hardy a good numbers cruncher It’s important for people to know, as Montpelier is tied up in knots over the state budget, that Ruth Hardy is an exceptionally capable budget administrator. Ruth served as Assistant Budget Director at Middlebury College for seven years (2006-2013) and helped many departments and administrators work through significant budget reductions and stress during the worldwide financial crisis. Ruth was

the one we’d call when we needed a calm, patient, and humane voice to explain tricky financial matters and advocate for essential programs.

As an Addison County senator, Ruth would bring a steady, intelligent voice to complicated budget negotiations and would be an important asset to all Vermonters.

Ellen McKay Middlebury

Sports center is important to town

Letter (Continued from Page 4) that simple. Vast numbers of books were de-accessioned to make room for computers. I would hesitate to name the percentage, but I have been told it was on the order of twothirds. The “older books” —some of which I call not “old” but “literary classics” — are gone but are not being entirely replaced by newer books. So that statement is a bit disingenuous.

Moreover, as I stated earlier, I know plenty of people who are not “good with it.” Many of us had no idea that the technology changes would have this result.

The article also mentions the offering of e-books and e-magazines. All well and good for those who want to make the shift to computers. (I would ask here: What about the poorer among us who may not have access to technology at home? What about the elderly who may not be familiar with technology or just plain not like it?)

I myself have been to the library to look for a book and have been told that while it is not available at the Bixby, I can “borrow” it for Kindle or even go to one of the partner libraries to get it.

I vastly prefer to read paper after my long day in front of the computer has ended. I also prefer not to have to get in my car and take myself to another library to borrow a book and then get back in my car to return it. I believe that this suggestion was simply a method of diverting me from asking for an interlibrary loan. (Are those requests rising?)

Some library personnel will point to a survey conducted to ask the five-town residents what they wanted to see at the Bixby. I just happened to be at Shaw’s the day that was being handed out. I and others did not know in advance about that survey. Some of my friends never knew about the survey at all, and so their opinions were not

counted. There are 7,812 people in the five towns, using 2016 figures.

How many surveys were returned from the five towns? I will also note that by the time the survey was conducted, for example, the piano in the community room was already on its way out the door.

On its face, that is puzzling if the goal of the survey was truly to take the pulse of the community. It seems that decisions had already been made and were being implemented. The survey itself also never hinted at the full scope of plans to de-accession. Opinions were not invited.

It would sadly seem that the Bixby has forgotten the etymological derivation of the word library: “Middle English, from Anglo-French librarie, Medieval Latin librarium, from Latin, neuter of librarius of books” (quoting Webster).

Marcia Merryman-Means Vergennes

A big thank you is owed to the Middlebury Rotary Club for its generous donation of $10,000 to the campaign to complete the Memorial Sports Center.

Watching my youngest daughter graduate from high school in the Sports Center earlier this month, and seeing all of the community members in attendance, I was reminded once again of the important role the Sports Center serves, and the need to finish the building. The Sports Center is a local hub that serves a variety of purposes with the common theme of community.

The Rotary’s substantial gift puts the campaign at over 200 donors and moves the campaign two-thirds of the way to the final goal of

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$350,000. The gift could not have come at a better time, as we enter the final push. Thank you to all who have helped us reach this important milestone.

Attending the Rotary Club’s gala, and seeing all of the worthy local projects it supports, we are extremely grateful for the Rotary Club’s substantial commitment to the Sports Center and for all that the Rotary Club does to support the many worthy causes and organizations that help make Middlebury and Addison County a special place to live, work and play.

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Obituaries

ADDISON COUNTY

Marjorie Shepard, 91, Addison ADDISON — Marjorie Shepard, 91, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury.

She was born September 29, 1926, in Newport Center, Vt., the daughter of Archie and Flora Russell Buck.

Marjorie attended first a oneroom school and then Johnson State College on an accelerated program to earn her teaching degree. Marge had a unique ability to figure kids out and understood they need to be heard, valued and supported. She learned this from her mother and an incredible work career that spanned from when her children were young until her retirement in her mid-80’s.

Graduating from Johnson with her teaching degree, Marge’s future was settled with the meeting of Urban Roy Shepard Sr., and the couple married on August 18, 1946.

They moved Bridport to work on the Durivage Farm.

She stayed home with her children as her mother had done. Marge entered the workforce full tilt again at age 52. For the next 23 years she worked in the kitchen at Job Corps in Vergennes and became part-time mother, counselor and sometimes even friend to youth ages 16 to 26 from all over New England.

Then she worked in the kitchen of Vergennes Union High School from age 75 to 83. Marge became known to many as the smiling face that never lost the ability to make any day a bit better.

Marge has the incredible numbers to report of six children, twentytwo grandchildren and forty great grandchildren, it is the memories of family meals, birthday parties and conversations that fill her heart and leave a legacy of family love.

She is survived by her children

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MARJORIE LOLA (BUCK) SHEPARD Starr (Terry) Phillips, Sonia Holmes, Jolleen Shepard, Crysta Rainey, 22 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her husband Urban Roy Shepard Sr., son Urban Roy Shepard Jr., and daughter Sheryl Ouellette.

Visiting hours will be held on Monday, June 25, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes from 10 a.m. to noon. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 25, at Victory Baptist Church.

Interment will be in Grandview Cemetery in Addison.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 55 Day Lane, Williston, VT 05495, or Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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BRISTOL — Raymond J. Lundbech, 96, passed away peacefully June 18, 2018, at Helen Porter Nursing Home, with his wife of 66 years, his daughter, and his sonin-law with him until the last few minutes of his life.

Ray was born in Cardiff, Wales, December 8, 1921, the son of a Danish immigrant and a Welsh mother. His father, Gudmund, was a master cabinet maker, but work was scarce in the decade following the First World War and his mother, Catherine, often worked away from home for weeks at a time as a housekeeper in order to support the family.

His sister Joan was born in 1924 and Ray and Joan remained devoted, admiring siblings for as long as they lived. Tragically, Gudmund died of a heart attack in his late 30s, and Catherine was hit by a car and suffered brain injuries not long after that. Ray and Joan were sent to live with their Aunt Lena, and there they stayed for years, part of a large, noisy, musical family that fought and sang equally. Ray played piano for all the parties, and in those long ago days when almost every house had a piano, he was a popular guest who could (as his wife later remarked) have everyone in the room singing along in no time at all.

After running away to London at sixteen with his cousin, he rashly signed up as a cabin-boy/cook on a South American trawler, but that seagoing adventure did not give him a taste for the Navy and when World War II broke out he enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Due to his poor vision he was unable to fly aircraft, but spent the war years as a radio operator in Kasfareet, Egypt, where he met friends that he cherished all his life.

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RAYMOND J. LUNDBECH After the war he settled in London, England, and was employed by the Internal Revenue Service. Coming into a pub one night he spotted a lovely young lady across the room, and at the top of his lungs he hollered, “Who is that gorgeous woman?!!”

She was mortified, but twelve weeks later he had proposed to Hazel Gregory and she accepted — their love bonded by their mutual delight in music, books, and laughter, which remained with them for all of their marriage. They married exactly one year to the date of their meeting, and in the next four years two children were born to them, Deborah in 1954 and Nicholas in 1956.

Two years after that they moved to a small town not far from London onto a dead end street where the family had the great fortune to meet a neighborhood full of people with young children who all loved to sing around the piano, and the parties that

were held on Woodlands Avenue were legendary.

In 1964, seeking new adventures, the family, along with their next door neighbors, the Browns, emigrated to the United States, where the family again had the good fortune to connect to wonderful neighbors, the Jamiesons, who lived downstairs and were also British immigrants — and who generously showed the “greenhorns” the ins and outs of American living.

Ray and Hazel made their home in New Haven, Conn., for 46 years.

Ray worked as an office manager and also, for many years, played piano in clubs throughout eastern Connecticut. His piano playing at parties continued to delight friends and family, and it was remarkable the number of teenage friends who learned the words to “Boiled Beef and Carrots” and “Oklahoma”.

In 2010 Ray and Hazel moved up to Vermont to be closer to family, and settled happily in Bristol where Ray lived until he moved to Helen Porter in April 2017, due to failing health.

Ray leaves his wife Hazel of Bristol, Vt., children Deborah and her husband Brian of Bristol, Vt., Nicholas and his wife Ann, of Phoenix, Ariz., seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, and many beloved relatives and friends in England and Wales.

At Ray’s request there will be no service, but a private family gathering will be held at a later date.

Contributions in his memory to a non-profit agency supporting literacy or classical music are greatly appreciated. The family wishes to thank all the staff at Helen Porter Nursing Home for their care and the many kindnesses shown to Ray during his stay.◊

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Yvonne Johns, 72, Sudbury SUDBURY — Yvonne Frances Johns, 72, of Sudbury, passed away at home on June 19, 2018.

Yvonne was born in Jacksonville, Fla. to Abraham F. Johns and Catherine Johns (O’Steen). Yvonne was a retired nurse and mental health counselor. Yvonne is survived by her beloved spouse, Pat, her mother and four siblings, a niece and two nephews. Yvonne loved her friends, family, the Florida beach, the Green Mountains of Vermont, her log cabin, the water and all things nautical, and adventure in any form.

Per Yvonne’s wishes there will be a celebration of her life to be announced at a later date. Memorial contributions in Yvonne’s name may be made to Addison County Hospice, Middlebury, Vermont.

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Victor Northup, 63, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Victor “Rick” Northup, 63, of Middlebury, Vt., passed away at Porter Hospital, peacefully, on June 18, 2018, after a long battle with colorectal cancer.

Born January 7, 1955, in Barrie, Ontario to the late Thomas and Alta Northup, Victor spent his years growing up in Canada running a farm with horses, goats, chickens, and other animals he loved. Eventually he moved to — and spent many years in — Merrimack, N.H., Middlebury, and, finally, Crown Point, N.Y. He was known by many and loved by all.

Victor is survived by his son, Justin Northup, of Cornwall, Vermont — his most cherished contribution to this world — as well as his sister, Carrol Ryan, of Merrimack, N.H., brother, Joseph Northup, of Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada, and stepson, Joseph Hynson, of Burlington, Vt. He spent the past year living with his best friend, Dale Hall, who helped him through all the trials his illness wrought — a selflessness that can never be repaid.

Whenever he could, Victor made the trip to Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y. to participate in the drum circles and find his inner peace. He loved to play guitar, garden, and spend as much

VICTOR NORTHUP time as possible outdoors. He was a fantastic flooring installer for many years and most recently worked for Lowe’s.

There will be no funeral service — rather a celebration of life for family and close friends — but those wishing to honor his memory can make a donation to either the American Cancer Society or Fight Colorectal Cancer.◊

Joseph Rochon, 57, Whitehall, N.Y. WHITEHALL, N.Y. — Joseph A. Rochon, 57, of Whitehall, N.Y. passed away peacefully on June 19, 2018. He was born on November 18, 1960 in Middlebury, the son of Aurele and Margaret Rochon (Gaboriault).

Joe lived life to the fullest and touched many lives with his great sense of humor, infectious laugh, and heart of gold. Joe enjoyed travel, NASCAR and family gatherings, but enjoyed nothing more than Saturday night poker with his cherished friends and spending time, sharing laughter, and making memories with his grandchildren.

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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.

Creating housing training in Middlebury. Monday, June 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m., the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, 14 Seminary St. ACRPC will provide training concerning planning to create more housing opportunities in the Region.

Presented by Adam Lougee, the ACRPC executive director. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

More info contact Adam at 802-388-3141. RSVP to alougee@acrpc.org.

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.

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

“Roomers” auditions in Brandon. Monday, June 25, 7 p.m., Brandon Senior Center, 1591 Forest Dale Rd. The Brandon Town Players will be holding open auditions for this play by Jerome McDonough, a comic farce about an overcrowded, rundown boarding house filled with a variety of zany characters. Many roles for both male and female.

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

Info session on video surveillance and sexual violence in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 26, 5:306:30 p.m., Unity Hall, The Congregational Church of Middlebury, 30 North Pleasant St. WomenSafe invites anyone affected by recent cases involving video surveillance and sexual violence to participate in an information session by local providers from WomenSafe, Vermont Legal Aid, and the Counseling Service of Addison County. More info contact WomenSafe at 802-388-4205 or info@ womensafe.net.

Bird walk and talk in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 26, 7-8:30 p.m., College Park, between College St. and Main St. Ron Payne of Otter Creek Audubon will lead a free evening bird walk. Learn about some of the beautiful natural resources in Middlebury.

All ages and abilities are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. The first of a series of walks and talks offered by the Middlebury Conservation Commission.

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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 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

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VICTORIA RINEHART DEMONSTRATES a Mac feature at the June meeting of MiddMUG, the Middlebury Macintosh User Group. Now an official Mac User Group that can take advantage of discounts, ideas and support from Apple, MiddMUG meets on the first Thursday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Ilsley Library conference room in Middlebury. At the next meeting on July 5, teach and help others use Apple computers and devices. All skill levels welcome.

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.

“A Life Among Birds: Carved and Flying” in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 27, noon, Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Self-taught carver Gary Starr will present this illustrated talk discussing his childhood amidst a premier decoy collection, his introduction to carving, his change of careers, and a birding passion shared by his wife Kathy. Free with museum admission. More info at HenrySheldonMuseum.org.

“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 Waterhouses talk in Salisbury.

Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Waterhouses is one of the longest running businesses on Lake Dunmore. And members of Jean Edgerton’s family have been there for all of it. Don’t miss Jean’s presentation at the Salisbury Congregational Church. It is free, open to the public.

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, 7:309:30 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 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 802-434-7245. Call 802-786-0098 on the day of the event for information on weather cancellations. 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.

Parkinson’s support group in Middlebury.

Thursday, June 28, 10-11:30 a.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. A group for those suffering from Parkinson’s or any other movement disorders and their caregivers. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Continued meetings will run on the last Thursday of each month.

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

“Plevna” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, June 28, 8 p.m., Seeler Studio Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. This play by Howard Barker is a one-person meditation on the aftermath of the Siege of Plevna, a Turkish town taken by the Russians in 1877. Performed by Alex Draper and directed by Richard Romagnoli. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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“The Possibilities” and “The AfterDinner Joke” on stage in Middlebury.

Friday, June 29, 2 p.m., Seeler Studio Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. “The Possibilities,” directed by Richard Romagnoli, is a quartet from an evening of parables. In “The After-Dinner Joke,” directed by Cheryl Faraone, a young idealist determines to do good and avoid the political; chaos ensues. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Artist’s opening reception in Brandon. Friday, June 29, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St.

Come meet the artist Deborah Goodwin and view her show “Fabrications in Clay.”

Artists’ opening reception and wine tasting in Vergennes. Friday, June 29, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Come see “Working Metal, Creating Art,” which features the work of seven Vermont artists: Kate Pond, sculptor; Chris Cleary, sculptor; Warren Rinehart, blacksmith; John Arthur, coppersmith; Kathy Mitchell, silversmith; and Meg Walker, sculptor.

“Works in Progress: Brecht on Brecht” in Middlebury. Friday, June 29, 6 p.m., Seeler Studio Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A theatrical collage of writings and songs of Bertolt Brecht. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168.

Middlebury Chamber Music Festival in Middlebury. Friday, June 29, 7-8:30 p.m., Unity Hall, Congregational Church of Middlebury, N. Pleasant St. Community players and participants in the Middlebury Music Festival Chamber Music Workshop will join together to read chamber orchestra pieces including Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 6 among others. Jon Weber will conduct.

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 Popper’s Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano; Faure’s Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15; and Schubert’s String Quartet in D Minor “Death and the Maiden.”

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, locally produced 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 802-3885407. 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 our airconditioning. Free.

Art exhibit reception and poetry reading in Middlebury. Saturday, June 30, 4-6 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come see “Birds, Bees and Butterflies in the Land of Milk and Honey,” an art exhibition with accompanying poetry reading and reception to benefit the Otter Creek Audubon Society. Featuring artwork

by Klara Calitri and poetry by a selection of local writers.

“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.

Middlebury Chamber Music Festival in Middlebury. Saturday, June 30, 7-8:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Middlebury Music Festival visiting artists Arturo Delmoni, violin and Peter Sanders, cello will perform a program of duets as well as a string quartet with violinist Emily Sunderman and violist Elizabeth Reid and virtuosic solo pieces accompanied by pianist Cynthia Huard. *RESCHEDULED FROM JULY 7* Gypsy Reel in

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at 802-377-1419. Bring your own place setting.

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

Street Dance in Brandon. Friday, July 6, 6-10 p.m., Seminary Park, around the corner and up the hill from Town Hall. A family-friendly gathering with music for all ages by DJ Jam Man Entertainment & food vendors. Off street parking available with free shuttles. Part of Brandon’s Independence Day festivities.

Mellow Yellow in New Haven. Friday, July 6, 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 for the golden era of top 40 hits. Free. Wine by the glass and hot food and available for purchase.

Sergei Gratchev carillon in Middlebury. Friday, July 6, 6 p.m., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns, Middlebury College. Gratchev is the Carillonneur for the Middlebury Summer Russian Language School and also for the city of Hulst, Netherlands. Come hear this a staple of summer life on the Middlebury campus. Free. More info at go.middlebury.edu/ carillon.

Twangtown Paramours in Salisbury. Friday, July 6, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Come hear this Nashville/Austin acoustic duo. Part of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series. Free-will donation.

Animated silent

“THE ADVENTURES OF Prince Achmed,” a silent film fantasy told with silhouettes, will be screened with live music this Saturday, June 30, 7 p.m., at Brandon Town Hall. The 1926 film stands as the first-ever full-length animated feature film.

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.

Mount Abraham/Vergennes alumni football game in Bristol. Saturday, June 30, 8 p.m., Bristol Rec Field. The Eagle football alumni group will stage its fourth annual flag football game with live blocking to benefit MAUHS and VUHS’ cooperate football program. Suggested $20 donation for participants.

Register starting at 7 p.m. the night of the game or contact Hartman at ehartman34@gmail.com or 802-771-7567.

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Champlain Valley Fiddle Club concert in Middlebury. Sunday, 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.

Middlebury Chamber Music Festival in Middlebury. Sunday, July 1, 7-8:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Olivia Hajioff, Marc Ramirez, Miho Weber and Jon Weber will offer a program to including Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68, Overture: Moderato con moto and Kodaly, duet for Violin and Cello Alfred Schnittke “Moz-Art” duet for Two Violins, among others.

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Fireworks and Pops Concert in Middlebury. Monday, July 2, grounds open at 5:30 p.m., behind Mahaney Center for the Arts 72 Porter Field Rd. The Henry Sheldon Museum’s annual Pops Concert with the Vermont Philharmonic. Lou Kosma will conduct a medley of contemporary music, light classics, Broadway and film favorites, and WWI patriotic songs. New this

year — vintage cars and a raffle of picnic baskets painted by local artists. Concert begins at 7:30.

Bring chairs, blankets, and flashlights. Tickets, $25/youth $10/children under 12 free/ prior to June 26 adult $20, and more info available at Sheldon at 802-388-2117, online henrysheldonmuseum.org or in person at the museum, 1 Park St. Rain site: Kenyon Arena.

Music tech playground in Shoreham. Monday, July 2, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. Come play with some cool tech this summer.

Explore Makey-Makeys, Incredibox, and simple circuits. For ages 14-adult only.

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

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Blood pressure and foot care clinic in Forest Dale. Tuesday, July 3, 9:30 a.m., Brandon Senior Center, 1591 Forest Dale Rd. Independence Day fireworks and party in Bristol.

Tuesday, July 3, 6 p.m.- dusk. Bristol Recreational Fields, Airport Rd. DJ Jam Man will be on hand to spin tunes. Food and craft vendors, games, raffles tickets and fireworks at dusk. More info contact Cecil Foster at 802-453-4877 or cecil@gmavt. com.

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July 4th celebration in Bristol.

Wednesday, July 4, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Main St., the town green, and other points around town. A road race, the Great Bristol Outhouse Race, parade, and a party on the green.

Join the fun. For the comfort of those around you, we ask that you please leave your pets at home.

More info contact Cecil Foster at 802-453-4877 or cecil@gmavt.com.

July 4th Parade in Bristol. Wednesday, July 4, 10:30 a.m., Main St. Come see the oldest continuously run parade in Vermont.

43rd annual ice cream social in Salisbury.

Wednesday, July 4, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Visit with neighbors and enjoy ice cream with a wide range of toppings and home-baked pie or cake. The quantities are large, the prices are reasonable.

Rain or shine.

“Music at the Riverbend” presents Big Hat, No Cattle in Brandon. Wednesday, July 4, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. With guitars, fiddle, steel

guitar, upright bass, drums. and vocals, Big Hat, No Cattle swings out western style. More info contact the Brandon Chamber of Commerce at 802-247-6401 or info@brandon.org.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, July 4, 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.

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Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, July 5, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Menu includes homemade baked beans, potato salad, broccoli salad, cottage cheese, homemade rolls and ice cream with berry sauce. Suggested donation is $4. To be on the list call Nancy at 802-453-5276. Come early and talk with friends and make new ones.

Music and Movies series in Middlebury. Thursday, July 5, 7 p.m., Riverfront Park, the Marble Works.

The Better Middlebury Partnership’s series continues with a free concert by Quinn and the Confluence. American Flatbread by the slice and beer and wine for purchase starting at 6 p.m.

“The Birds of Summer” lecture in Salisbury.

Thursday, July 5, 7 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Bridget Butler, Salisbury Conservation Commission and the Lake Dunmore/ Fern Lake Association will give this free talk.

Middlebury Macintosh User Group (MiddMUG) in Middlebury. Thursday, July 5, 7-8:30 p.m., community room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Come teach and help each other use Apple computers and devices. All levels of skills are welcome. There are no dumb questions.

Demonstration of Apple Wallet iPhone photography, along with questions, answers and problem solving. More info at MiddMUG2018@mail.com.

“National Treasure” on screen in Bristol.

Thursday, July 5, dusk, on the town green. The first of Bristol’s movies in the park for 2018. Bring a chair, a blanket and some popcorn for plein air movie viewing. Rain location Holley Hall.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, July 6, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Menu includes Yankee pot roast, vegetable gravy, mashed potatoes, summer blend vegetables, broccoli slaw, wheat dinner roll, and pecan pie. $5 suggested donation.

Advanced tickets required. Call Michelle Eastman

LIVEMUSIC 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.

The Tom Caswell Blues Band in Middlebury.

Sunday, July 1, 6 p.m., Rough Cut. 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.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, July 4, 7 p.m., on the town green.

Big Hat, No Cattle in Brandon. Wednesday, July 4, behind the Brandon Inn. Quinn and the Confluence in Middlebury. Thursday, July 5, 7 p.m., Marble Works.

Mellow Yellow in New Haven. Friday, July 6, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

Sergei Gratchev in Middlebury. Friday, July 6, 6 p.m., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns.

Twangtown Paramours in Salisbury. Friday, July 6, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Jon Gailmor in Orwell. Saturday, July 7, 10 a.m., Orwell Free Library.

Point Counterpoint final camper concert in Salisbury. Saturday, July 7, 1 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Jon Gailmor in Shoreham. Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m., Platt Memorial Library.

Va et Vient in Ripton. Saturday, July 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

Second Half in Middlebury. Saturday, July 7, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Notte.

Marguerite Schenkman Memorial Concert in Rochester. Sunday, July 8, 4 p.m., Rochester Federated Church Mokoomba in Middlebury. Sunday, July 8, 7 p.m., on the green.

Rik Palieri in Middlebury. Monday, July 9, noon, on the green.

James Hill and Anne Janelle in Middlebury. Monday, July 9, 7 p.m., on the green.

Vergennes City Band in Vergennes. Monday, July 9, 7 p.m., City Park.

The Bengsons in Middlebury. Monday, July 9, 8:30 p.m., on the green.

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County tunes into annual Pops Concert on July 2

By GREG PAHL The Henry Sheldon Museum invites you to celebrate Independence Day at a Pops Concert on Monday, July 2, featuring the Vermont Philharmonic.

This popular family event takes place on the spacious, manicured grounds of the Middlebury College athletic fields, nestled between and with views of the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for picnics; the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. A spectacular fireworks display begins at dusk.

New this year will be a display of vintage cars and a raffle for six one-of-a-kind picnic baskets painted by five local artists: Robin Kent, Warren Kimble, Kathy Mitchell, Danielle Rougeau and Ashley Wolff.

Baskets are filled with local foods, gift certificates and picnic items. The drawing will be at the Pops Concert.

You do not need to be present to win.

The concert will feature contemporary music, light classics, Broadway and film favorites, and WWI patriotic songs that will appeal to all ages and musical tastes.

The Vermont Philharmonic is led by director Lou Kosma, who has spent his career specializing in musical education for children.

Joining the Vermont Philharmonic for the concert is guest soloist Marc Dalio, an accomplished Broadway THE VERMONT PHILHARMONIC will once again play at the Henry Sheldon Museum’s annual Independence Day celebration on Sunday, July 1, on the grounds behind Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts at 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. singer and actor.

Photo courtesy Henry Sheldon Museum Adult tickets are only $20 (after June 26, $25), youth 12 to 18 only “Gypsy Reel have been or e-mail info@brandon-music. ensemble of the Point Counterpoint $10, and children under 12 years of critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic; perfecting their eclectic net for reservations or for more Music Camp under music director age free. Bring your blankets, lawn blend of Celtic and information. Brandon Music is Philip Boulanger. chairs, flashlights and picnic dinners. Graham Parker, eclectic extraordinaire; original music for over located at 62 Country Club Road in Their concert will include Pulled pork sandwiches from Pratt’s fiddler Camille Parker who has 20 years all over the Brandon.

Popper’s “Requiem for Three Cellos Store will be available in the food captivated the hearts world.” They say, “Don’t POINT COUNTERPOINT and Piano,” Faure’s “Piano Quartet tent.

CHAMBER PLAYERS AT miss this chance to hear in C Minor, Op. 15” and Schubert’s Should the weather interfere, the of audiences across the

by Greg Pahl these great entertainers!” SALISBURY CHURCH String Quartet in D Minor “Death concert will be held in the adjacent globe with her mandolin, On Friday, June 29, at 7:30 and the Maiden.”

The show is $20, Kenyon Arena of Middlebury bodhran and vocals; dinner and show $45. p.m., the Salisbury Congregational These talented young professionals College’s Peterson Family Athletic and the young prodigy Complex. For more information Silas Hamilton on standup bass and Reservations are required for dinner Church will open its 39th annual for the camp’s early summer session and recommended for the show. summer performance series with hail from some of the country’s contact the Henry Sheldon Museum guitar.

Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 a chamber concert by the faculty leading music programs, including Higher Ground Music says by phone 802-388-2117 or visit its those at Eastman, the Cleveland website henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Institute, Juilliard, Northwestern, CELTIC MUSIC AT BRANDON and Yale. Their performance venues MUSIC have included the Carnegie Recital A Celtic band that rocks, Gypsy Hall, New York Baroque, Atlanta Reel will be performing at Brandon Opera, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Music on Saturday, June 30, at 7:30 Krakow, and Spoleto. p.m.

With the exception of a break on Gypsy Reel plays high-energy, July 13, the series will continue on stirring music rooted in the Celtic Friday evenings through the second tradition but garnered from the whole week of August at the historic and world. They are “the hottest acoustic fully accessible 1838 meetinghouse band around.” according to “The in Salisbury Village.

Message” in Chester. This will be Although there is no admission the Gypsy’s fourth show at Brandon charge, a free-will donation in support Music and they love the venue and of the series will be appreciated. Any acoustics so much that they recorded receipts in excess of the expenses their last show. The resulting CD for the series will be applied to the “Gypsy Reel Live 2017” will be on continued restoration of Salisbury’s sale at this year’s show on Saturday. landmark meetinghouse.

Their nine recordings feature TWO CHAMBER MUSIC music from the tradition and original CONCERTS IN MIDDLEBURY material from the band. The common The Middlebury Chamber Music theme is their joyous approach to Festival will present two concerts music and the fun they share with the this year at the Champlain Valley audience during live performances.

Unitarian Universalist Society on Gypsy Reel’s lineup includes Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July hot banjoist, guitarist and vocalist 1. Both concerts will be at 7 p.m.

Claudine Langille, formerly of THE TOM CASWELL Blues Band will take the stage for a free show on Sunday, July 1, at Rough Cut, 51 The Saturday concert will feature “Touchstone,” the sensational Irish/ Main Street in Middlebury.

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of June 25

GUEST SOLIST MARC Dalio will be one of the highlights of the Henry Sheldon Museum’s Independence Day celebration on Monday, July 2.

Photo courtesy Henry Sheldon Museum

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) violinists Arturo Delmoni and Emily Sunderman, violist Elizabeth Reid, cellist Peter Sanders and pianist Cynthia Huard performing a diverse program including duets by Ravel and Giordano, a piano quintet by Schumann and a string quartet by Haydn. Delmoni and Sanders will also offer several virtuoso solo pieces accompanied by Huard.

The Sunday concert will feature the violinist and violists Olivia Haijoff, Marc Ramirez and Jon Weber and cellist Miho Weber in a program featuring favorite movements of string quartets by Beethoven, Mozart and Shostakovich, and duets

by Kodaly and Schnittke.

Tickets to the concerts are $15 and can be purchased online at middleburychambermusicfestival. com/tickets, or at the door. The Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society is located in downtown Middlebury at 2 Duane Court. The venue is fully accessible.

Ample parking is available at the venue and across the street at the high school.

CERAMICS BY DEBORAH GOODWIN AT BRANDON ARTISTS GUILD The Brandon Artists Guild (the BAG) announces a show of ceramic works by Stockbridge, Vt., artist Deborah Goodwin. The exhibit, “Fabrications in Clay” runs Friday, June 29 through Tuesday, August 28.

The public is invited to the opening reception this Friday, June 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.

If Goodwin’s pieces resemble fabric, there’s a good reason. “I’ve borrowed some techniques from apparel manufacturing,” explains the former fashion merchandiser, “making a pattern and embossing clay slabs with fabric textures.”

This show is part of Vermont Arts 2018, a year-long celebration highlighting arts events across the state, sponsored by the Vermont Arts Council.

The Brandon Artists Guild is an artist-run gallery with approximately 40 exhibiting artists and additional supporting members.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, (See Beat, Page 13)

ARIES: March 21-April 20.

Opportunity is knocking, Aries. You must tune in and listen to it this week. Stay passionate in your endeavors, but exercise a little caution as well.

TAURUS: April 21May 21. Taurus, honesty may be the best policy, but you may have to temper how much information you reveal at one time.

Be a little stingy around sensitive people.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Gemini, this week may be off to a bumpy start, but you are perfectly capable of turning things around in a hurry. Just don’t race too far ahead without a plan.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Cancer, you are heading in the right direction, but you may have to fine-tune the destination this week.

Your intended romantic target may not be the perfect fit.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23. Planning and project management seemingly takes over your life, Leo. Just when you think there is no time for fun, an exciting opportunity falls in your lap.

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22.Virgo, your creative muse has come calling and you can’t resist her siren’s song. Dabble in any artistic or craftsy project you can get your hands on in the next few days.

LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. People often see you as even-keeled, Libra.

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SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec. 21. You do not have an argumentative nature, Sagittarius. So when you’re bothered, it is probably for a good reason. Don’t come out ready for a fight; instead, focus on mediating.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20. Capricorn, your energy is all over the map, so it may be best to schedule any major meetings or presentations for another time when you are more up to the task.

AQUARIUS: Jan. 21Feb. 18. Aquarius, it may seem like you’re feeling extreme highs or lows.

Soon things will settle down. Enjoy some welldeserved escapism for the time being.

PISCES: Feb. 19-March 20. This week you will have the ideal blend of patience and passion, which has people lining up to be on your team, Pisces.

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KATE POND’S MAQUETTES, including “Critter” shown here, will be showcased along with the work of five other Vermont metal workers in “Working Metal, Creating Art,” the latest exhibit at Creative Space Gallery at 214 Main St. in Vergennes. The show’s opening reception is on Friday, June 29, from 5-8 p.m.

Beat (Continued from Page 11) the BAG supports the visual arts through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and educational programs.

The BAG, at 7 Center Street in Brandon, is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information call 802-2474956.

TOM CASWELL BLUES BAND AT ROUGH CUT The Tom Caswell Blues Band will be playing a show in Middlebury on Sunday, July 1, from 6-8 p.m. at Rough Cut, 51 Main Street. The band are led by English bluesman Tom Caswell on guitar and vocals and includes Scott Totten on harmonica, Paul Snyder on bass and Rob Zollman on drums.

The band will be playing some of the finest blues music in the state and will be joined by special guest Dennis Willmott, one of Vermont’s premier blues musicians. If you’re a fan of artists such as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Freddie King, Little Walter, Albert Collins and B.B. King, then this show should not be missed. If you aren’t aware of these artists and just want to listen to a great band playing superb music while sipping a craft beer and tucking into some BBQ food, please come on down.

Admission to the show is free.

Music begins at 6 p.m. but an earlier arrival is advised.

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LIVE MUSIC AT NOTTE There will be two live performances this week at Notte Neapolitan Pizza Bar located downstairs at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. On Wednesday, June 27, The Open Mic is hosted at 9 p.m. by the ever-talented Mark Sikora. Play solo or join Sikora and friends for a jamming good time.

All talent levels are welcome. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge.

Then, on Friday, June 29, Notte presents a dinner show featuring Kai Stanley from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 802-388-0002.

BRISTOL BAND CONCERT The Bristol Band Concert Season continues this Wednesday, June 27, at 7 p.m. on the town green.

Concerts are held every Wednesday evening to the Wednesday before Labor Day, August 29. The Bristol Band has presented outdoor summer band concerts in the gazebo on

the town green every Wednesday evening in the summer since shortly after the Civil War. Bring a lawn chair, blanket or picnic dinner and enjoy an evening of small town entertainment. It’s free.

There is often a fundraiser barbeque before each concert. Check bristolrec.org for details.

METAL WORK EXHIBIT AT CREATIVE SPACE “Working Metal, Creating Art” is the latest exhibit at on view at Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main Street, Vergennes.

The exhibit features the work of six Vermont artists: Kate Pond, sculptor; Chris Cleary, sculptor; Warren Rinehart, blacksmith; John Arthur, coppersmith; Kathy Mitchell, silversmith; and Meg Walker, sculptor. A variety of works celebrate some Vermont’s finest metalworkers. The exhibit runs from June 29 through Aug. 12 with an opening reception and wine tasting on Friday, June 29, from 5-8 p.m.

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Carillon series to host special guests MIDDLEBURY — The sounds of ringing bells will fill the air again this summer, as the 33rd annual Middlebury College Carillon Series treats audiences to free performances in and around Mead Memorial Chapel. Each year, musicians from around the world come to Middlebury to perform in the Chapel’s tower, high above the College campus.

Performances this summer will take place on Fridays in July and August. All of the concerts are free and open to the public, and can be enjoyed on the steps of Mead Chapel or on the surrounding lawns.

A special highlight of the year is performer Tiffany Ng’s July 27 world premiere of “Resonant Memories” by composer Matthew Schreibeis, Assistant Professor of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University and recent winner of an American Academy of Arts & Letters Music Award. The composer may be in attendance.

MIDDLEBURY’S CARILLON A carillon is a musical instrument typically housed in the bell tower of a church or other municipal building.

Its sound is produced by at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to produce a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. The carillonneur plays by striking a keyboard with black and white keys and foot pedals that can help produce different kinds of sound. Each key is connected by

2018 Carillon Series Schedule

Friday, July 6 at 6 p.m. Sergei Gratchev, Carillonneur for the Middlebury Russian School and City Carillonneur, Hulst, Netherlands.

Friday, July 13 at 6 p.m. Hans Uwe Hielscher, Carillonneur and Organist, Marktkirche Hess, Germany.

Friday, July 20 at 6 p.m.

George Matthew Jr., Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University.

Friday, July 27 at 6 p.m. Tiffany Ng, Assistant Professor of Carillon and University Carillonist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; North American Carillon School faculty.

Friday, August 3 at 6 p.m. Elena Sadina, Instructor, Middlebury College Russian School and Royal Carillon School, Mechelen, Belgium.

Friday, August 10 at 6 p.m.

Amy Heebner ’93, City Carillonneur, Albany, New York: Friday, August 17 at 3 p.m.

George Matthew Jr., Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University. wire to a bell clapper so different bells are rung depending on which key is struck.

Some interesting facts about Middlebury’s carillon: • It is a 75-step climb up to Mead Memorial Chapel’s bell tower. With

48 bells, Middlebury’s instrument is considered a traditional carillon.

• The pitch of Middlebury’s heaviest bell is E in the middle octave. It weighs 2,300 pounds, roughly the same as the Liberty Bell.

• In 1915, the instrument was begun with 11 bells by the Meneely bell foundry in Watervliet, N.Y. Nine bells remain from that work.

• In 1986, the instrument was enlarged to its present size with bells made by Paccard-Fonderie des Cloches in Annecy, France. The enhanced carillon was presented in 1986 as a gift from then Chairman of the Board of Trustees Allen Dragone ’50 and his wife Jane. Twenty-seven bells remain from that work.

• In 2001, 12 bells were recast or replaced by Meeks & Watson of Georgetown, Ohio.

• One of the bells in Middlebury’s carillon is inscribed with the following quote by Lord Alfred Tennyson: “Ring in the valiant man and free the larger heart, the kindlier hand! Ring out the darkness of the land, ring in the Christ that is to be!”

All performances take place at Mead Memorial Chapel, located on the campus of Middlebury College at 75 Hepburn Road. Free parking on Route 125/College Street, and on Old Chapel Road. In the case of bad weather, the concerts will still take place, and audiences are welcome to listen from the chapel steps and front landing. More info: call 802-4433168 or visit middlebury.edu/arts.

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CARILLONEUR TIFFANY NG will perform the world premiere of “Resonant Memories” by composer Matthew Schreibeis on Friday, July 27, at 6 p.m., from atop Middlebury College’s Mead Chapel.

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Vermont gets $3M for election cybersecurity MONTPELIER — Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy on June 20 announced that the state has received $3 million in State Election Security Grants appropriated by Congress to bolster election security efforts and replace aging election infrastructure.

“These funds will allow us to make critical upgrades to our elections systems to bolster their security,” said Secretary Condos. “In this digital age, bad actors are always evolving so we must work diligently to stay

one step ahead of those working to interfere with or undermine the integrity of our elections.”

Lincoln Town Clerk Sally Ober said local election officials welcomed the assistance they are getting in doing their jobs.

“When Vermont voters cast their ballots, they are trusting election officials to protect the integrity of their vote. Town Clerks are the front line of this work. We take our jobs seriously, and we rely on a network of state and federal officials to help us

defend our elections against potential foreign or domestic threats,” Ober said. “These funds will strengthen our knowledge and deepen the security measures we already have in place for our Elections Management System.”

Funds will be used immediately for: • Cyber security training for local election officials.

• Information security vulnerability testing and upgrading or enhancing cybersecurity safeguards.

• Implementation of two factor authentication for local election officials.

• Implementation of a new accessible voting system.

The Elections Division, a division within the Vermont Secretary of State’s office, is also planning for the replacement of aging vote tabulator machines in advance of the 2020 election.

Congress approved $380 million in funds for state election systems in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018.

“I want to thank Sen. Leahy for his advocacy securing this critical funding, and thank all members of Congress for authorizing this

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appropriation,” Condos said. “Time is of the essence with elections rapidly approaching, so we appreciate Congress acting quickly and dispersing the funds with haste.”

Sen. Leahy is vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where he helped secure these funds.

“There is nothing more sacred to our democracy than the security of our elections,” Leahy said. “Every election has consequences, at the local, state and federal level, and jurisdictions across the spectrum are working hard to ensure the security of the ballot box. These funds will help Vermont ensure that it is Vermonters’ voices that are heard on Election Day.”

School Briefs

St. Mike’s names spring dean’s list COLCHESTER — Saint Michael’s College has named the following local students to its deans’ list for the spring 2018 semester: Ashley M. Turner, a sophomore Biology major is the daughter of Stanley and Wendi Turner of Bristol and a graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School.

Makayla R. Foster, a sophomore English and Elementary Education major is the daughter of Tricia Foster of Middlebury and a graduate

of Middlebury Union High School.

McKenna J. Poppenga, a firstyear Exploratory major is the daughter of Karen Laflamme and Robert Poppenga of Middlebury and a graduate of Middlebury Union High School.

Laura M. Sundstrom, a sophomore Exploratory and Education Studies major is the daughter of Gary and Linda Sundstrom of New Haven and a graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School.

Springfield College in Springfield Mass. has named Tea Kiefer of Vergennes to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the spring 2018 term. Kiefer is studying Athletic Training. Criteria for selection to the dean’s list requires that the student must have a minimum semester grade point average of 3.5 for the semester.

Melanie B. Rotax, of Lincoln received a degree from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. on Sunday, May 20. Rotax graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Cultural Studies and Communication. For her academic excellence she was invited to join both Phi Beta Kappa and the Lambda Pi Eta honor societies.

Playground (Continued from Page 1) our mountain town,” said Lincoln Principal Tory Riley.

The park, which is bordered on the north and east by the New Haven River, will include: • a wheelchair-accessible walking trail.

• a timber-frame pavilion to serve as outdoor classroom and picnic area.

• a Little League–size baseball diamond.

• a soccer field.

• accessible climbing structures for children of all ages.

• an older children’s custom play structure, designed by Starksboro builder Bobby Stoddard, with natural components, multiple levels and inspiration for both imaginative and rigorous play.

The school’s existing greenhouse and garden shed will be moved to new sites and integrated into the

park’s gardens.

Plans for the park also include an amphitheater-style stage with seating, which will be funded and built separately, perhaps with volunteer community labor later this autumn, Riley said.

The park’s naming committee had spent a lot of time mulling over ideas, but when LCS teacher Patty Schoenhuber finally suggested Potato Hill Park, “it just seemed so obvious,” Riley said.

Before the nearby mountain was renamed for President Lincoln, nearby Mount Abraham was known as Potato Hill.

The overall design for Potato Hill Park was developed by landscape architect Deina Olstad, who presented a series of concepts to the community, then incorporated their feedback to create a space that meets school and community needs.

(See Red tape, Page 17)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 25, 2018 — PAGE 17

POTATO HILL PARK, designed by landscape architect Deina Olstad, will include gardens, an outdoor classroom, ball fields, accessible play structures and an amphitheater-style theater stage, among other things.

Photo courtesy Deina Olstad/Nordland Studio Landscape Architecture

Red tape (Continued from Page 16) “It’s a spectacular site,” she said, “but it is subject to periodic flooding and other topographic limitations.”

Often it is the lay of the land that determines where a ball field or an outdoor stage must go.”

Fundamental to Olstad’s design was transcending the notion of “schoolyard” to achieve a more open-ended “outdoor classroom” design.

“The biggest piece of that was the circular gathering space,” she said.

Between the soccer field and the blacktop, a natural play area with low, natured-based elements will overlook the arced amphitheater seating.

Olstad also placed a lot of emphasis on creating developmentally appropriate, as well as accessible, play spaces.

Community support for the project has been “tremendous,” said Andrew Furtsch, who spearheaded the fund-raising campaign for Friends of LCS. In addition to raising the initial funds to pay for architectural designs, which helped make the grant possible, the Friends raised $100,000 cash in matching funds, plus another $70,000 worth of inkind material and labor donations.

“We had donations of $10 and donations of $10,000,” Furtsch said. “We made phone calls and sat

in living rooms. We also received UVM Consulting Archaeology donations from extended family Program (CAP) performed a across the U.S. — uncles in Oregon, federally mandated site review and brothers and sisters in Florida.” unearthed a shard of pre-European It was a long and hard 18 months, contact Native American pottery. he added, but it was still easier than Such artifacts are more often seen jumping through all the federal in the lowlands of Addison County, government hoops Potato Hill Park especially around Otter Creek and eventually had to jump through.

Lake Champlain, but they’re much RED TAPE FROM less often seen in the DC & VT mountains, said UVM Construction was “We had CAP director John originally scheduled donations of $10 Crock, who specializes for the summer of and donations in pre-contact North 2017, but in April of of $10,000. We American archeology. that year, the U.S. The discovery Department of the made phone automatically Interior, headed by calls and sat in triggered a second Trump appointee living rooms. We round of archeological Ryan Zinke, began also received review to determine conducting political donations from the site’s potential reviews of hundreds significance. extended family historical of millions of dollars’ For two months the worth of grants, across the U.S. fate of Potato Hill Park including the $100,000 — uncles in hung in the balance. the Vermont Land and Oregon, brothers When the team Water Commission and sisters in returned in November Fund (which is Florida.” they concluded federally funded) had that the artifact had — Andrew Furtsch probably found its way awarded to LCS. “For a time we didn’t to the site from the know if we would get the money at nearby New Haven River, perhaps all,” said Riley, who had written the during a flood. Though Potato Hill grant proposal.

Park is now the highest elevation While organizers waited for the in Vermont where such an artifact federal review, Potato Hill Park has been found, the review team suffered a second setback. found no reason to further delay the In September a team from the construction project.

Finally, this past winter, the federal government officially notified LCS that its $100,000 grant was forthcoming.

“The delays actually gave us a chance to really get organized and to be ready to go on day one,” Riley said. “If we had started last summer, the work would have been more piecemeal than it will be now.”

As the Independent toured the property last week, former LCS student Lucas Nezin sat at the controls of an excavator, deftly extracting from the ground a series of tall, heavy poles that once framed the baseball field’s backstop. That backstop had itself been an Eagle Scout project of Matt Brown, who now teaches at Mount Abraham Union High School, Riley pointed out.

Acker Excavating of Bristol is doing the site work, Bobby Stoddard Construction of Starksboro is building the play elements, and Steve Harris of Harris and Harris consulting is donating his services to oversee the entire project.

If all goes according to schedule, Potato Hill Park, sans plantings and a few other elements, will be waiting for the Lincoln school’s 112 students when they arrive in late August for the first day of school.

As construction continues, so does the fund-raising. Friends of LCS are

raising money for finishing touches on the park as well as for school enrichment programs.

LCS has created initial designs for a future ropes course and a zip line, Riley said, but those projects will require separate regulatory and funding requirements and will be considered later.

LINCOLN’S ART WALL A four-foot-high concrete wall near the entrance to the school is also getting an extreme makeover.

LCS art teacher Nancy McClaren has won a $14,904 Animating Infrastructure Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to create a mosaic on both sides of the 30-footlong wall.

Inspired by Adirondack mosaic artist Kate Hartley, McClaren has designed a night motif for one side of the LCS wall and a day motif for the other. LCS students and community members attached the first tiles last month.

Tile application will continue through the summer on scheduled workdays, McClaren said, and the community is invited to participate.

“Everyone who shows up on a workday will get to work on some part of the mosaic,” she said.

A summer work schedule is forthcoming.

Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Tank. 2 years, Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, neutered male. Are you looking for a goodlooking fella to cruise around town with?

Tank might be your guy- he just LOVES car rides! And it’s a good thing too, as he isn’t a fan of being left home alone. Tank is a very well behaved young dog who is great with kids, has done well with dogs he has met, loves to play, and thoroughly enjoys walks in town where get can meet all sorts of new people. He has issues with separation anxiety and would do best with guardians who work from home or who could take him to work with them. This friendly, super sweet dog will melt your heart!

Maya. 5 years, Lab mix, spayed female.

Maya is a sweet, playful retriever mix who came to Homeward Bound because her guardian became too ill to care for her. She loves walks, playing with toys, and racing around the enclosed yards here at the shelter.

Maya listens well, enjoys hugs and having her back scratched, and rolling around in the grass! We are unsure what her history is with cats and other dogs, but her interactions with both here at the shelter have been nothing but positive. Maya is crate trained, too!

Shasta. 1 year, American Pit Bull mix, neutered male. If you are looking for a stunningly handsome young dog, Shasta just might be the pup for you! Shasta loves his walks, playing out in the yards, and snuggling with people he is familiar with. He is a little slow to warm up to new people but once he does, you are his forever! We feel he would do well in a home with respectful children and dogs he has been properly introduced to, though according to his previous guardian he could be protective of his toys when other dogs are present. He might be ok with cats, but proper supervision would be a must- this guy is just starting to grow up!

Pet Pages Help relieve dogs’ alergy problems

By DR. M. KATHLEEN SHAW While we love the blooming flowers, trees and grass this time of year, for our pets with allergies it can be a nightmare. Seasonal allergies (atopy) is one of the most common skin disorders in dogs. It is an inherited allergic reaction to pollen, grass, mold, or one of many things Mother Nature makes.

These dogs also have certain areas of the body where the skin is defective and doesn’t form a good barrier, allowing these allergens to contact it and trigger an immune reaction. The result is your dog is miserable: it’s intensely itchy and uncomfortable and it’s made worse by secondary bacterial and yeast infections. This includes the ears. Imagine how it would feel to have mosquito bites all over your body all of the time, and you’ll get an idea of how your dog feels.

Before even beginning to try to control atopy, it is crucial to start by preventi n g

Gala. 10 years, short hair grey tiger, spayed female. Sweet like the apple, Gala has made her way to Homeward Bound all the way from New Jersey, where she was surrendered to St. Hubert’s Animal Shelter after her guardian passed away. Gala is a very friendly, loves to receive attention (and give little love nips!), and enjoys being held. She does well with other mellow cats here at the shelter, but can be overwhelmed by kitties with high energy.

While she might be in her senior years, she doesn’t show any signs of slowing down and will make a great companion for many years to come!

Addie. 4 years, short hair grey tiger, spayed female. Addie is a very sweet young cat who came to Homeward Bound because the dogs in her new home were stressing her out so much that she wasn’t even comfortable using her litter box. Since arriving at the shelter and learning that it is a safe place, the litter box isn’t such a scary thing anymore! The behavior issues that her previous owner saw are gone, and in its place is a very sweet, slightly timid young cat who loves to climb up on your shoulders and snuggle in. Addie does well with respectful children, has been getting along well with the other cats in her community room, and is even leash trained!

Elmer. 3 years, short hair brown tiger, neutered male. Elmer was brought to Homeward Bound after being found by one of our volunteers in a ditch on the side of the road. After such a rough start, Elmer is understandably a shy guy and timid around strangers. He is going to need a family who will provide him with the patience he needs to feel comfortable in a new environment and around new people. We think once Elmer feels safe, he will make a great companion!

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another main cause of itchy skin: fleas and ticks. Even though you don’t see fleas or are only seeing a few fleas on your pet, monthly flea/tick prevention is crucial. If your pet is allergic to them, just one flea bite can make your dog intensely itchy and this can mimic atopy.

Your veterinarian can identify and treat any other skin problems such as other parasites, bacterial, or yeast infections. Sometimes a hormonal problem such as a low thyroid level (dogs) can make the skin barriers weak and lead to infection and itching. Once these other contributors are under control, treatment options for the atopy can be explored.

Treatment for atopy often starts with symptomatic care, which is always a good place to start if your dog is mildly itchy. The advantage is it doesn’t cost as much, is very safe, and you see relatively quick benefits.

It doesn’t require monitoring blood work or more expensive medications. The downside is that it is not as effective as the drugs and is labor intensive.

The single most important thing you can do to help your itchy dog with atopy is bathing. Despite the widespread belief that frequent baths will dry out the skin, most dermatologists agree that you cannot over-bathe an allergic dog provided you use a veterinary skin barrier repair product and moisturizer after bathing.

Wipe down your dog’s feet and undercarriage after coming in from outside twice a day. This will help remove the allergens from the skin.

Keep the hair coat short to decrease the “dust mop” effect where it collects even more allergens when outside.

Remember if your pet has atopy, you will want to choose a flea/tick preventative that is not susceptible to being washed away from repeated bathing.

Other symptomatic treatments for atopy include essential fatty acids,

topical anti-inflammatory products, and antihistamines. Your veterinarian can help you come up with the doses and frequency of administration of medications to symptomatically treat atopy.

If symptomatic care is not controlling your pet’s itching, additional therapies must be considered. There are two options: Allergy Specific Immunotherapy (ASIT) or medications. ASIT involves blood or skin testing to determine which allergens are affecting your pet. It can be one of the easier, safer, and more cost-effective therapies and has a long-term track record of safety and efficacy.

Once results are obtained, the dermatologist can formulate a plan for treating your pet with “allergy shots” much the same as in human medicine. Medications can be very effective for controlling atopy and are used in conjunction with symptomatic therapy. As with any drug, it’s important to look at the risk vs. benefit to the pet. Your veterinarian, who knows your pet, can tailor the treatment.

It is important to understand that atopy is a frustrating chronic disease and the goal is to improve your pet’s quality of life and decrease the itching. It is a disease that is controlled, rather than “cured”. Your veterinarian will tailor a treatment plan to your dog, considering your pet’s tolerance to the treatment and also your ability to administer it. Your dog will likely have flare-ups from time to time, making it necessary to alter the treatment plan, so keep in contact with your veterinarian and don’t assume because one treatment is not helping that none of them will.

M. Kathleen Shaw is a member of The Vermont Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA), founded in 1898 as a professional organization of 370 veterinarians dedicated to compassionate animal care and quality medicine.

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Addison Home Health and Hospice

Celebrates 50 Years!

This dedicated, caring group of professionals is celebrating 50 years of providing the residents of the Addison County community with quality health care at home.

Addison County Home Health and Hospice Mission Statement: “In collaboration with patients, families and other community providers, Addison County Home Health & Hospice, a nonprofit agency, enhances the health, dignity and independence of Addison County residents through comprehensive, patientcentered home health and hospice care.”

An early staff photo of the Addison County Home Health Care crew.

From the CEO’s Desk:

Tim Brownell CEO, ACHHH

The year 2017 marked a time of growth and change for Addison County Home Health and Hospice.

Change, although challenging, can also bring opportunities to enhance our mission in caring for our patients. Our

exceptional team of caregivers put forth innumerable hours in caring for our highest patient census in our 50 years of serving the community of Addison County.

We at Addison County Home Health and Hospice have one objective: to provide our great community with the best options in Home Health and Hospice care. Addison County Home Health and Hospice has been committed to excellence in compassionate caregiving, which has allowed us to celebrate in 2018 our 50th year of service to our community.

Our dedicated staff continues to be confident that we rise above and stand apart in the delivery of exceptional clinical care to our patients and support to our families. This care delivery helped us become Addison County’s recognized leader in Home Health and Hospice care. We make every effort each and every day to help our patients and families experience the best day possible.

Addison County Home Health and Hospice will be having several events that will occur over the next several months, and whether you have been

involved with this organization for 50 years, or somewhere in between, I invite you to join in our activities. We hope that you can be part of the enthusiasm as we expand our efforts to make an even greater impact. We thank you in advance for your support and any donation to assist us in continuing our mission is greatly appreciated. We also would like to thank our donors and sponsors throughout the years who have supported our Memorial Fund and programs, you have made a difference.

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Who we are...

Where we’ve come since 1968

MAUREEN CONRAD The year was 1968. The Dow Jones was trading at 825, a gallon of milk was $1.07 and the median household income of an American family was $7,743. In 1968 a small group of people in Addison County, VT, who were concerned about the overall health of their friends, family members and neighbors formed the Addison County Home Health Care Agency, Inc. The original charter was signed on June 7, 1968, by Mark L. Sperry, Esq., Nancy Ellis and Peg Martin. Judith O’Brien was also involved in the formation of the new organization. The first annual meeting of the new organization was held on October 7, 1969, and the progress of the new group was reviewed. No patients were being seen at that point and the group’s main objectives were to hire an Executive Director and to educate board members about the functions of home health care.

Many decisions had to be made in the early days of the new organization, which originally occupied space on the second floor of the nursing quarters of Porter Hospital. There was the question of what the visiting nurses would wear.

The dress code required nurses to wear navy blue public health uniforms for winter and pin striped public health uniforms for summer. Navy or black overcoats or raincoats could be worn with a public health tam or navy kerchief.

Shoes were conservative brown, navy or black and stockings or tights were always worn. In December 1970 the board voted to allow the nurses to wear slacks!

In March 1970 the first patient was seen and nurses were paid $2.75-$3.50/ hour. In the fiscal year that ended in June 1970, 291 patients were seen and the new agency was up and running.

Physical therapy services were added in collaboration with Porter Hospital.

A review of early board meeting minutes reveals challenges that faced the new agency. One of the goals was to

Let’s do the Numbers…

1,450 patients seen per year 537 patients in our average daily census 90,962 visits completed annually 736,236 miles driven annually 365 days per year $10,500,000 overall agency budget $5,900,000 annual payroll never turn anyone away for the inability to pay and the board members were always mindful of this. A cost of $8.00/ visit was decided upon and the Vermont Department of Health provided a $12,000 seed money grant. At that time the actual cost of a visit was $34.50. The board members worked hard to raise money to bridge the gap between their reimbursement rates and the actual costs of visits and thoughtfully added to staff as the demand for services grew.

Fast forward through the years • A hospice program was developed so patients could spend their last days in the comfort of their own homes with their families. In coordination with physicians, our nurses and therapists provide the specialized medical care needed by hospice and palliative care patients. Social workers and chaplains provide support to patients and families and bereavement assistance and spiritual guidance when desired. The name of the organization was changed to Addison County Home Health and Hospice to reflect this very important addition to the care we offer.

• A Maternal Child Health program was added so a nurse can visit newborns, assess their health and provide support for new parents.

• Therapy services include occupational therapy, speech (including special methods for helping Parkinson’s patients) and physical therapy. We delight in getting patients back to their normal activities quickly after surgery or an injury!

• ACHHH offers a Better Breathing

program designed for patients with COPD, asthma and other breathing challenges. This program is customdesigned for each patient and focuses on breathing strategies, energy conservation and anxiety reduction.

• A Choices for Care program was added so eligible residents can obtain the homemaking and personal care services they need to remain in their homes and out of the nursing home. Our Personal Care attendants, Home Health Aides and Homemakers partner with our nurses and therapists to provide the best care possible for our patients.

• Our Tele-Health nurses contact patients on a regular basis to assess their physical condition and communicate any problems to their physicians, thereby identifying small problems before they become serious ones that require treatment in a hospital.

• We have nurses who are trained in IV therapy, management of complicated medical equipment and care of challenging wounds.

ACHHH supports the overall Addison County community by providing 65 free foot clinics per year in various locations.

We provide educational seminars for

community groups and our neighbors in residential facilities around the county. (Please invite us in!) Most of our employees live right here in Addison County and many are active volunteers in their communities.

We started by providing care for 291 patients in our first year. Thanks to the trust placed in us, and to the excellent care provided by our clinicians and the efforts of our support staff, we now care for approximately 1,450 patients per year and make more than 90,000 visits annually.

Everything we do at Addison County Home Health and Hospice is designed to keep patients in their homes, where they are most comfortable, for as long as they are safe and as long as they would like to live there. This commitment to our family members, friends and neighbors began in 1968 and continues today.

We are so proud to have served the residents of Addison County by providing kind, caring, competent care in people’s homes for the past fifty years.

We are your local, independent nonprofit Visiting Nurse Association and we look forward to serving you for the next 50 years.

Some of our friendly faces:

Carla Tighe (right) has just celebrated her 40th anniversary of working for ACHHH. Charlene Remick (left) has been with us for 36 years. Photo from October, 2008.

Val Ortiz, RN is a Maternal Child Health nurse at ACHHH. Ortiz sees most of the babies born in Addison County when they arrive home from the hospital. She assesses their physical condition and provides support for new parents. Photo from February, 2006.

Diane Cushman, RN with ACHHH, seen with unknown patient. Photo from 1983.

Sarah Frisch, RN, is a winner of this year’s Abelson Memorial scholarship. Photo from May, 2018.

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What people are saying about us…

Compassionate care…

Each person from Addison County Home Health and Hospice, LNAs (like Lana Delorme), nurses, our social worker, Dr. Barnard and hospice volunteers have given us compassionate care, with the expertise, always shared with a deep understanding of the “hospice journey”….for me (the wife and caregiver), as well as my husband (the patient) and our family members.

With hospice care I am able to

continue so much of our routine in our daily lives in our own home which we built together. I am close to his side, helping to provide for his emotional and physical needs. Hospice care has helped me transition from a wife with 55 years of marriage to his caretaker while still able to be his loving wife.

We are home and can enjoy each day of our lives together with a sense of peace and contentment. We are able

to have moments of laughter and share past memories.

With the gift of time, with the Wellspring singers we have shared music and singing words reflecting on moments so meaningful.

I can only say “thank you” for being here and giving us your gifts to use to travel in this journey with dignity and love.

Janet Seaburg June 13, 2018

Dear Maureen,

Dr. Fred Kniffin Porter President/CEO

As we approach the 50th anniversary of Addison County Home Health and Hospice in June, I want to extend to you and your staff our congratulations and our sincere thanks for the important work you do here in our community.

One of the greatest strengths of our community is the

Some lives we’ve touched On

December 22, 2015, my husband and I adopted a four-month old baby boy named Soren.

He was diagnosed with Lissencephaly, Esophageal atresia, and Tracheomalacia. He has major cranial facial abnormalities including a recessed chin and deformed ears. He was given a g-tube at six weeks of age and a nisan fundoplocation soon after. He was on eighteen-hour continuous feeds, caffeine for sleep apnea, and a PPI for reflux. We were told to watch for seizures and he was diagnosed failure to thrive. We were told that if he lived he would most likely be a vegetable. Choking, aspiration, and seizures were to follow.

That night I cried and expressed my concerns and fears to my husband, who replied “we will love him until he dies.”

Tired, overwhelmed and trying to learn a vast amount of medical knowledge was how Val Ortiz met me four days later. She plopped down on our floor and sat cross-legged as she examined our tiny, gray, little baby with scars all over him. Val had been instructed to give him palliative care.

Neither one of us were sure what would ensue, but over the next few months we began to see rapid improvement in a little baby who was not supposed to live. Very quickly we knew we needed Val to teach us what to watch out for, how to triage him, how to replace a Mickey button, test for bowel obstruction and to know when to take him to the hospital.

She supported our desire to get him off of continuous feeds, to give him real food through his g-tube, to increase his probiotics to keep him well and to treat him as we would our other five children.

She met us in parking lots, at home, at my work and anytime day or night she took my questions.

Because of Val’s care and willingness to teach me we have a child who is thriving. Soren has not had a seizure ever in his life, has no medicine, his nisan opened on his own, he is learning to eat, walk, talk and he signs. He hasn’t been in a hospital in years. He is a perfect, rowdy, much-loved little boy. We could never have gotten through those first few months without Val. Stephanie Allen, mother of Soren Howell

comprehensive and high quality network of providers who work collaboratively to care for the sick and injured who depend on us. Your organization has served thousands of some of our most vulnerable citizens with compassionate care and the highest degree of professionalism.

Our community is better, stronger and healthier because of the work you do. Thank you and best wishes for the next 50 years.

Sincerely, Dr. Fred Kniffin President/CEO May 15, 2018

Thoughts on the Mildred Abelson Scholarship Fund This winter was a difficult one; a bout with the flu followed by pneumonia convinced me that I needed the services of Home Health & Hospice. But when the nurse knocked on my door, I was unprepared for the intertwining of life stories that would unfold, stories involving the Mildred Abelson Scholarship Fund.

Established in 2014, the Mildred Abelson Scholarship Fund is my way of thanking Home Health and Hospice for the care extended to my wife during her long illness. During this difficult time, one caretaker proved to be especially important. As the months wore on, as the visits of this nurse became part of a weekly routine, I found that my conversations with her deepened, touching on the philosophical and existential questions surrounding illness and dying. Even nowyears later- I am grateful for those conversations; the compassion and insightful observations of this nurse remain one of my most positive experiences with Home Health & Hospice.

Wanting to give back, I decided to fund an educational scholarship, offering the staff of Home Health and Hospice an opportunity to keep their skills up-to-date, to expand their expertise in the field of healthcare. Although I had a clearvision for this scholarship, although I have been pleased that several nurses have been awarded grants, I could not foresee the outcomes of this program. After my illness this winter, I now know firsthand some of the benefits. The nurse who appeared on my doorway this March, the nurse who is now monitoring my recovery, is a current recipient of the Mildred Abelson Scholarship.

— Arnold Abelson

We

would like to thank Addison County Home Health and Hospice and the many wonderful men and women who cared for our mother for so long. We appreciate the very personal care they took of washing and dressing our mother, and exercising her arms and legs, and many other improvements that made her life more comfortable and maintained her dignity as her disease progressed.

We witnessed many times the friendly and compassionate manner in which the care providers addressed our mother, treating her with respect despite her inability to speak.

We loved and cared about her but we live far away and simply were not able to visit on a daily or even weekly basis. The fact that ACHHH was providing such attentive care for her gave us great peace of mind.

We were especially grateful for the care and expertise that ACHHH provided during her final week. Stephanie provided a very clear explanation to the family so that we could understand what Mom was experiencing and what to expect in the coming days. We cannot even begin to tell you how grateful we were and are for all the compassion and comfort your staff provided during this time, both to Mom and to the family.

— A Maryland family whose Mom lived in Addison County

We made a new friend last summer.

Caity Raishart (left) from Foxglove Farm stopped in with beautiful bouquets of home-grown flowers for our hospice patients. The bouquets flew out the door and brightened a lot of patients’ days.

She is shown here with Laura Dame, RN, of ACHHH. Laura is an Abelson Scholarship winner

From the Board of Directors: Imagine that you or someone your love is in need of specialized care at home following an illness, injury, or surgery. When we find ourselves in such a situation, we need qualified, experienced, caring assistance to regain our health and independence.

For 50 years, Addison County Home Health & Hospice has responded to all of us in need of such care regardless of our ability to pay. As a communityfocused, non-profit home healthcare agency, ACHHH had steadfastly provided an array of excellent services to Addison County residents. They have made it possible for us to receive care in our homes, where we are most comfortable, and where we often experience the best quality of life.

Throughout the unpredictable ups, downs and transitions of government and health care systems, ACHHH has always found a way to continue to deliver exemplary, kind care by expertly navigating the changing landscape of our health care field.

It has remained dedicated to creating personal healing experiences built on dignity and clinical excellence.

This year ACHHH Elissa Cobb celebrates President of the their 50th ACHH board of Anniversary. I Directors invite you to celebrate the dedicated individuals who have made, and continue to make life easier for our families and our neighbors. Join us throughout the year for tributes and fundraising, so that ACHHH can envision the next 50 years of home health and hospice care in Addison County.

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Thank you to all

of the many business, organizations and individuals who help Addison County Home Health & Hospice conduct our important work in the community. We could not do the work we do without the support of our referral partners, donors, sponsors, volunteer board members and friends.

Congratulations on your 50th year!

For the honor and dignity that you bring to our community friends in need, hour by hour, day by day, year after year.

We thank you!

Please consider making a gift to ACHHH in honor of our 5oth anniversary! You can honor an ACHHH caregiver, memorialize a loved one or make a general donation which will be utilized where it is most needed.

Additionally, in honor of our 50th anniversary we are fundraising to build a permanent endowment , add to the Mildred Abelson Memorial Scholarship Fund for our employees and construct a memory garden for families to visit at our headquarters on Route 7. To make a donation please visit achhh.org or mail to PO Box 754 Middlebury, VT 05753. To discuss giving opportunities including the possibility of including ACHHH in your estate plan please contact Maureen Conrad, Director of Development at 802-388-7259. Every donation makes a difference and we greatly appreciate the support we receive from people like you.

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celebrate the contributions the staff members of Addison County Home Health and Hospice make to the health of our community every day.

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ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Demonstrating their academic commitment, Addison County residents Christopher Carter of Bristol and Brian Kuhns of Monkton were both named to the President’s list for the spring 2018 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Carter is a senior and Kuhns is a sophomore. Both are majoring in Mathematics. Presidential scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point average and carry at least 14 credit hours.

Two other Addison County natives have been named to Clarkson’s dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. Isaiah Chester of New Haven is a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His fellow Mechanical Engineering major Ira Fisher of Lincoln was also given the honor. Dean’s list students must achieve a minimum 3.25 gradepoint average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.

Korean conflict remembered

KOREAN CONFLICT VETERANS and others gather at McDonough Park in Vergennes on Flag Day for the dedication of a park bench honoring their service. The Seth Warner - Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR obtained the bench and hosted the dedication ceremony. The bench was placed next to the bench dedicated last year to Vietnam War veterans.

Photo/Rena Trepanier

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The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute’s 255th Commencement exercises on May 4 and 5, 2018. Two Middlebury natives were awarded degrees at the ceremonies. Michael Simpson received a Master of Science in Computer Science and Thomas Crowne received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

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MONDAY

Eagle hurler, slugger tops Independent squad

Shahan joined by 5 Mt. Abe teammates

By ANDY KIRKALDY the season, in 87 innings … At the ADDISON COUNTY — A year plate batted .508 with five doubles, ago the Mount Abraham Union two triples and 27 RBIs … In four High School softball team won the postseason games her ERA dropped program’s first-ever state champion- to 1.27 and she struck out 27 and ship. walked three in 23 innings, while her This year Coach Don McCor- batting average rose to .692 and she mick’s talent-laden Eagles came drove in nine runs. back for more, winning a secMcCormick’s Quotes: “She ond-straight Division II title with a stepped up and more than exceeded program-best 18-2 record. my expectations for her, which were Many Eagles played major roles in high from day one … Audrey has that accomplishment, but none more worked so hard for our program over than a senior pitcher who the past four years she won 12 of those games deserves to have had the and batted better than outstanding season … .500 out of the cleanup Audrey has made me a spot in the batting order: better coach and person Audrey Shahan, the 2018 in my many years of Addison Independent coaching her … Audrey Softball Player of the is a winner and one of Year. my all-time favorite Mount Abe was a powcoaching memories will erhouse, and five Eagles be of the honor I took join Shahan on the 2018 in asking her to sing the Addison Independent national anthem for two Softball All-Star Team — years in a row (at the SHAHAN and even then there were D-II final). She nailed tough omissions. it both times. Our entire Coach Polly Rheaume’s Middle- community had so much pride in bury team finished 8-10, a record that.” that included several close losses JENNA MCARDLE, MOUNT against what was the toughest local ABE SENIOR. Notes: Speedy, schedule and an exciting first-round smart center fielder with great range road D-I playoff win. Three Tigers and a strong arm … Led all local are honored here. players by batting .583 Coach Pattie Candon’s and scoring 36 runs … last of 33 seasons coachReached base at a .631 ing Otter Valley softball clip, hit three doubles, saw a slow start, a strong three triples and three finish and an overall 8-10 homers while striking mark that also included out just three times in a first-round playoff 73 plate appearances …

MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School senior Audrey Shahan is the 2018 Addison Independent High victory. A three-year Excellent baserunner senior standout makes who stole 11 bases in as School Softball Player of the Year.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell her third appearance on many attempts. the Independent team.

McCormick’s Quotes: .500 and compiling a local-best mechanics were solid … She was a Rheaume’s Quotes: “She always Graduation and a “Jenna was one of our tri on-base percentage of .662 … Led leader, talking to the kids … She’s seemed to get on … She’s a hard key injury to the team’s captains and follow-me- OV by scoring 32 runs … Drove in your coach’s player.” worker on and off the field, always McARDLE only veteran pitcher put type leaders … She’s an 12 runs, stole 22 bases, and poked GWEN STAFFORD, listening … She’s just Coach Mike Martin’s intelligent athlete who six doubles, a triple and two homers, MUHS SOPHOa good all-around kid. young Vergennes squad on the ropes played highlight-reel-type defense all while routinely being pitched MORE. Notes: CenterYou’d want 10 of them this spring, and the Commodores for us all season … around — she was fielder who covers more on your team if you did not break into the win column She’s always in the right walked 22 times, once ground than Lake Duncould … She’s got despite the best efforts of a senior place when backing with the bases loaded … more, throws well, and good speed … She’s shortstop who makes her Indepen- up plays, never misses Team leader who helped made the catch of the always thinking … dent squad debut. cutoffs, yet had the arm OV bounce back from its year by robbing Eagle She’s always trying Selections were made based on ob- to throw out those who slow start.

Cami Masse of a homer to do her best. When servation, statistics and consultation tested her … On offense Candon’s Quotes: while tumbling over the she was throwing the with the coaches. Congratulations to Jenna gave us all the “She’s so consistent fence and once doubled Milton game she came the following: tools — high average, and knew what she was a runner off first after off and said, ‘I can’t hit AUDREY SHAHAN, MOUNT power, could bunt when going to do before the a sliding grab … Led my spots.’ And I said, ABE SENIOR, PLAYER OF THE needed, speed on the pitch … She was just off for MUHS, batted ‘What are you talking STAFFORD YEAR. Notes: Did it all for the base paths.” very, very solid … She .508 with a .589 onabout? You’ve got a Eagles this season, including four GABBY POALINO, just had that talent … base percentage, scored no-hitter going?’ She’s playoff victories on the mound as OV SENIOR. Notes: They didn’t want to 33 runs and drove in 19, and her always wanting perfection.”

POALINO part of her 12-2 record … Compiled Fine fielding, strongpitch to her … She’s bunch of extra-base hits included an KATELYNN OUELLETTE, an earned-run average of 2.90 while armed third baseman played so much ball in inside-the park homer … Compiled MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: striking out 69, often with a tricky who makes her third appearance on the offseason she just understood a 3-2 pitching record and tossed a Four-year starter at shortstop with changeup that improved late in the Independent team after batting the game. She knew what to do. The no-hitter vs. Milton.

(See Softball, Page 25)

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Softball (Continued from Page 24) sure hands and an accurate throwing arm with a quick release … Made just two errors in 79 chances … A fixture in the leadoff spot for the Eagles for years who this spring batted .500 with a .539 on-base percentage and plenty of pop, drilling 10 doubles, six triples and a homer … Scored 29 runs, drove in 17, and stole 11 OUELLETTE bases in 12 attempts … Captain who amassed 115 career hits.

McCormick’s Quotes: “Katelynn has worked hard and has proven that big things come in small packages … She is one of the hardest working players I have ever coached on and off the field … Katelynn is one of the best bunters, lefty slappers and overall contact hitters I have ever coached. She can shoot a looping line drive to right or pull a 210-foot homer to left … During the playoffs she takes her game up another level.”

EMILY ALDRICH, MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: Solid defender at second base who excelled in all phases of the game, made just four errors this spring, and does the little things well … Batted .528 with an on-base percentage of .557 …

Knocked out five doubles and two triples, drove in 23 runs, scored 28 runs, struck out just twice in 79 plate appearances, and stole ALDRICH 14 bases in 14 attempts … The third Eagle captain.

McCormick’s Quotes: “She’s a student of the game. It’s like having another coach on the field when she is out there … She’s a true leader on our team, the first to drag out equipment and just get the job done … She has a solid line drive swing with pop, and could bunt … Emily always had quality at-bats … Emily always picks up the little details that others may have overlooked …

She loves our sport and each game is still fun to her.”

BROOKE PERLEE, MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: After missing the 2017 title run with an injury returned to anchor the Eagles behind the plate this spring …

Strong-armed catcher who threw out 11 of 13 runners trying to steal bases and had a fielding percentage of .990 … Batted .524 with a .563 on-base percentage and power,

with seven doubles, five 21 runs and one of the best alltriples and two homers poked two around players on our … Drove in 28 runs and key hits in team. I can use her scored 22, and went 11the Tigers’ in eight of the nine for-11 stealing bases. playoff win positions, and with two McCormick’s Quotes: … Captain as practices she could be a “In my opinion Brooke a junior who catcher … Everything I was the top catcher made just ever ask her to do she defensively, athletically four errors takes as a personal and offensively in the while spendchallenge to do it better state … Reflexes aling most of than I asked for … She lowed Brooke to block her season has the ability to track a ball in the dirt and b e h i n d down balls in the outBALL throw down to second the plate, field or cut off ground PERLEE to pick off would-be played some balls in the infield … base stealers … Brooke’s arm outfield, and also went 2-4 on the Ruby will be a force in the circle strength was intimidating to most mound. next season.” teams and they chose not to run …

Rheaume’s Quotes: “When she CARLY LAROCQUE, MUHS Brooke made our pitchers better was behind the plate not too many JUNIOR. Notes: Solid all-around with her ability to frame pitches balls went by … I had her call most player who took a step forward this and work with our coaches on call- of the games … She’s always work- spring to contribute offensively and ing games … She’s an outstanding ing … They’re very confident when defensively for the Tigers … At the baserunner, bunter and line-drive she’s behind the plate … To me, plate hit mostly out of the No. 2 spot hitter.”

Abby is one of the No. 1 catchers in and batted .379 with a .410 on-base ABIGAIL LAROCK, MUHS the state. Not too many tried running percentage JUNIOR. Notes: Talented catcher on her … She had a big game against … Knocked who had a strong season at the plate Lyndon (in the playoffs).” in 24 runs for the TiRUBY BALL, MOUNT ABE and scored gers, mostly JUNIOR. Notes: Versatile player 20 … Made five out of the who helped the Eagles in the field, only at No. 3 spot at the plate and on the mound, errors in the batting where she compiled a 6-0 record, in- second base order, leadcluding a key late-season comeback while showgood ing the team win at MUHS in relief, and an ERA ing with 29 RBIs of 1.14 while striking out 47 in 36.2 range and …

Batted innings … batted .415 with a .486 an accurate .489 with on base percentage, three doubles, arm.

Rheauextra-base three triples and a homer … Drove LAROCQUE p o w e r , in 20 runs, scored 27 and stole five me’s Quotes: did reached base bases … Played well at third base “She great, and she’s got a good attitude, at a .560 and outfield. clip, scored McCormick’s Quotes: “Ruby is too … She works really hard, and she LAROCK

improved a lot this year … She came up with some catches, those little bloopers behind first base, that some wouldn’t have gotten …

Her confidence TARTE in herself improved this year, so her batting average went up, and her fielding was good …

Whenever we needed a key hit, she did it.”

MEGAN TARTE, VUHS SENIOR. Notes: Batted .344 with an on-based percentage of .475 …

Because VUHS played so many five-inning games was limited to 40 plate appearances, drawing eight walks and drilling 11 hits, six for extra bases — four doubles, a triple and her first career homer … Played sound, consistent defense at shortstop and provided leadership to the young Commodores.

Martin’s Quotes: “She was definitely the glue that held us together out there, for sure … She was involved in directing them where to go with the ball. She was our leader on the field … She played great at shortstop … When it started going sideways she was there to keep them in check … We would have been even more hurting without her leading the way.”

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Bikes that have been in demand for years.

(Continued from Page 1) the PeopleForBikes survey didn’t “I would like to see improved fare much better than Middlebury. infrastructure for kids to ride Burlington slightly outpaced to school, parents to ride to the Middlebury with an overall score grocery store,” Gardner said. of 2.1, Montpelier and Rutland “That’s pretty hard to do here. each earned 1.5, and Brattleboro Connecting neighborhoods and took home a 0.9. The highest- schools with accessible paths is the scoring cities on the survey were first way to approach that.”

Fort Collins and Boulder, Colo., Middlebury’s low rider safety and Wausau, Wis. — score highlights the all of which earned mess of safety hazards overall scores of 3.5. “I would like to that bikers must face PlacesForBikes rated see improved each time they ride 484 of towns and cities. infrastructure in town: Gardner and In the survey, each for kids to other cyclists pointed to location’s “overall sidewalks, ride to school, disconnected score” was derived from narrow shoulders, sub-scores awarded parents to ride recessed grates and to the grocery dangerous intersections within five categories: • Ridership: how store.” as faulty infrastructure many and how often — Andrew that causes the most people ride bikes.

Gardner headaches. According • Safety: number of to Adam Franco, the injuries and fatalities chair of the Addison from vehicular crashes with County Walk-Bike Council Chair, cyclists.

Court Street and Washington Street • Network: connection to Extension before it becomes Painter destinations and comfortability Road are just two examples of with routes. many areas in which infrastructure • Reach: how consistently gaps are particularly glaring. biking networks serve whole On Court Street, the array of communities. recessed grates and a narrow • Acceleration: how quickly shoulder, with no semblance of a community biking infrastructure is dedicated bike lane in sight, create growing. headaches for bikers trying to Middlebury scored just one out traverse between downtown and of five for ridership, 1.4 for rider the south side of town. safety and 1.6 for network. Its “Court Street is a major link highest score came in the reach between the village downtown and category, where it received a 3.2. the middle school, Hannaford’s, Insufficient data was obtained to south village, all of those areas,” award Middlebury an acceleration Franco said. “While it is possible for score. people to bypass that area through Fresh improvements to other routes, it can be quite out of Middlebury’s biking infrastructure the way and Court Street certainly

CARL ROBINSON, CO-OWNER of Frog Hollow Bikes in Middlebury, has been looking into the results of a national bike advocacy group’s survey about the bikeabilty of Middlebury and Addison County.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

needs a lot of improvement.”

Going forward, Gardner hopes for an increase in the number of dedicated bike lanes, availability of visible and convenient bike parking, and amount of bike signage around Middlebury. He would also like to see a bike-share program and increases in bike-related events such as kids’ safety checks, helmet giveaways and workshops.

But initiating improvements such as shared paths has been a challenge, often due to lack of shoulder space on New England roads. On Court Street, the consistently narrow shoulder and a high number of recessed grates mean that installing a bike path

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will be all but impossible until the state repaves Route 7 (including Court Street) in 2020, according to Laura Asermily, a member of the Middlebury selectboard and Walk-Bike Council. The WalkBike Council is working to ensure that when the road is repaved, a wider shoulder, potentially with a designated bike lane, will be put in place. Until then, the council and Middlebury Safe Routes, a local branch of the national Safe Routes to School project founded

by Asermily that helps educate children about how to safely walk and bike to school, have encouraged riders to take bypass routes when crossing town.

AREAS OF PROGRESS In Franco’s words, though, it’s not all “gloom and doom” in the

Middlebury biking world. Although it will take several more years to complete, a plan is under way to install a shared-use path along Exchange Street in Middlebury’s industrial park. The Walk-Bike Council is working with the New Haven selectboard on a multiyear project to widen shoulders on River Road, a popular connector for cyclists travelling between Middlebury and Bristol, both near Lincoln Winery and the road’s opposite end where it meets Route 116. And Asermily hopes to soon offer bike parking in locations around town such as commercial shopping centers.

Groups such as the Addison County Bike Club have worked to create a robust mountain biking (See Progress, Page 27)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 25, 2018 — PAGE 27

Airstrip (Continued from Page 1) According to the draft June 6 Mather, who grew up in minutes, Mather also has obtained Bennington and graduated from permission from Panton to operate St. Michael’s College, has been the airstrip; it was ruled a legal splitting time between his home in “auxiliary use” in its zoning district, Maryland and a second home at 490 and he also has a building permit.

Shadow Glen Road in Panton. That’s Mather has also offered the airstrip off Lake Road just across from its to local fire and rescue personnel, intersection with Spaulding Road. local police and Vermont State He owns a kit-built, single-engine Police for emergency use. Vergennes Carbon Cub PA-18 that he hopes to Fire Chief Jim Breur, who also fly in and out of Panton. According attended the June 6 hearing, told the to draft meeting minutes of a June Independent the offer was welcome 6 Vermont Board of Transportation even if it was unlikely officials hearing in Panton, Mather also would need the strip. belongs to a club whose members Still, Breur said he could envision own similar planes that helicopters, if not could occasionally visit airplanes, using the his home if he receives “You get more landing strip, “if we noise from the had some kind of major his permits.

Mather told the speedboats disaster out on the lake transportation board going up and there where we needed to he sought a permit air people out, or if you down the that would allow him had a major car wreck.” up to three trips a day lake. I think He added there could be and guests two trips a everybody’s a “slim chance” an event day, within the overall OK with (an could require supplies to monthly limit, and that air strip).” be flown in. he plans no commercial “It’s what I call another — Jim Breur activity and would tool for the toolbox. You accept that provision in never know what’s going his permit. to happen,” he said. “I’m all for it.”

The airstrip, which had apparently Breur also recommended at the been used regularly from at least hearing that fuel storage be limited 1991 until Mather bought the on the property to 50 gallons, which property in 2016, was a major lure he said should be kept in a “safety in the decision to buy, Mather said. canister,” per draft minutes.

“Yes, the airfield was a significant Neighbors raised no major factor in the purchase of the objections at the hearing, per draft property,” Mather wrote in an email minutes, and Mather said one to the Independent. “I retired after neighbor in the flight path had 20 years and after a number of years written a letter in support of the in Maryland, we are ready to get permit. back to Vermont.”

Another neighbor, Steve Weber, Vermont Agency of Transportation said he was concerned in some Operations Specialist Brian circumstances planes might fly over Pinsonault visited the site on May a corner of his property. Mather said 11, after which VTrans wrote to the “depending on from which direction transportation board that the agency the aircraft was landing, it would “would recommend approval” fly over a corner of Mr. Weber’s of the strip, pending further site property but that due to the power approval by the Federal Aviation lines any aircraft flying over his Administration.

Progress (Continued from Page 26) community that has benefited the town in more ways than one.

“The mountain biking community is so valuable, first because it’s bringing tourists to the area,” Asermily said. “And second, they maintain the trail network not just for themselves, but for hikers and walkers too.”

Carl Robinson, co-owner of Frog Hollow Bikes and vice president of Addison County Bike Club, said that community education can help improve cyclists’ quality of life.

“You have to take road tests to learn how to drive, and maybe part of that should be how to ride a bike on the road as well,” Robinson said. “If you are aware of what it feels like to ride you will be more cognizant of bikers.” Robinson pointed to biking education initiatives for kids conducted by

Middlebury Safe Routes, such as the 6th Grade Practice Bike Ride on June 6, as particularly helpful.

Ultimately, cyclists like Gardner, Asermily and Robinson believe that biking has the power to improve community from the ground up.

“I think getting people on bikes kind of slows everyone down,” Robinson said. “There are more conversations with people as they get to different areas on bikes.”

Gardner points to all of the economic benefits that cycling can have on a place like Middlebury: biking benefits tourism industries, reduces costs of automobile and oil dependency, and can help minimize costs associated with obesity and physical inactivity.

“It’s not a playground,” he said.

“There’s a real socioeconomic utility to biking that’s often overlooked.”

A RETIRED AIR Force officer who bought this property in Panton has asked state and federal officials for permission to operate an airstrip next to Lake Champlain. Planes have flown from the grass strip informally for decades.

property would have to be higher than 500 feet.”

Per the minutes Weber also said he appreciated Mather’s plan to “have the preferred flight patterns occur over the lake,” but was concerned about noise from ultralight aircraft using the strip. Mather responded he “had no plans for ultra-light use” and would accept a condition on a permit that would ban them.

Neighbor Paul Tippett asked the board if “granting 420 takeoffs and landings per year” would affect neighborhood property values.

Board member David Coen said board members did “not have the expertise to offer an opinion, but that some people likely will see an airstrip as a positive and some will see it as a negative.”

Breur, who lives further south on the lake in Addison, said he was not surprised by the relative lack of

opposition.

“You get more noise from the speedboats going up and down the lake,” he said. “I think everybody’s OK with it.”

Breur expects the same from the Board of Transportation and then the FAA. “I’m sure he’ll get an OK. The people in the state couldn’t see why he wouldn’t,” he said.

Breur, who commutes past the site daily, looks forward to seeing Mather fly in and out.

“This is a really cool plane that he built,” he said. “It’s up in the air within 80 feet. I’d love to see it. I can’t wait.”

Mather said he never considered simply using the strip, as had previous property owners.

“As part of the due diligence prior to purchase of the property we determined the airfield had not been through Vermont nor Federal

Aviation Administration approval.

Reading the applicable statutes, the penalties for non-approved uses were significant,” he said. “I have not yet used the field and submitted applications to both the state and the FAA for recognition as an approved airfield.”

But Mather hopes the day he can fly in an out of his property is not too far off, although transportation board Executive Secretary John Zicconi said parties to the application had until June 20 to submit testimony, and there is no timetable for a decision.

“The Transportation Board was very professional and thorough,” Mather wrote. “They didn’t give me a date so I’ll await their deliberations and time frame.

Hopefully I’ll receive a final ruling within the next 60 days.”

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

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Spotlight on Vergennes

Vergennes native joined fight to end slavery

Became first woman jailed for cause

By MARK BUSHNELL coincidentally, Oberlin’s president VTDigger.org at the time was an abolitionist.

VERGENNES — Delia WebWebster never finished her studster’s life probably would have ies, though. She left Oberlin after been much less tumultuous if she some undisclosed dispute with the had been born somewhere other faculty and fellow students. They than Vergennes. But such are the didn’t question her “moral characaccidents of history. Because of the ter,” a school official later wrote, circumstances of her birth, Webster just her honesty. One biographer one day would find wonders whether herself at the center the disagreement of the national de- In September was over Webster’s bate over slavery.

1844, Webster told willingness to tell When Delia members of the lies to serve a higher Webster was born in missionary society purpose.

1817, Vermont was If that was the deeply divided on that she would case, then the the issue of slavery. be accompanying people of Oberlin But her hometown Fairbank on an could hardly have of Vergennes was, overnight trip “on been surprised two like its neighboring church business.” years later to read towns of Middlebury newspaper accounts She said she was and Ferrisburgh, of what Webster was home to some of the glad to have the accused of doing. most strident aboli- chance to leave “the After leaving tionists in Vermont. smoky atmosphere Oberlin, Webster Those towns formed of a crowded city.” settled in Lexington, a popular route north Ky., where she for African Amerilived in a boarding cans fleeing slavery. Webster would house and taught school. She made join the fight to end slavery. friends and was elected president of In addition to abolition, Webster’s the Lexington Female Missionary other passion was education. By the Society. She also reconnected with age of 12, she was helping teach an acquaintance from Oberlin, an younger students at the Vergennes itinerant Methodist minister named Classical School. And in her mid- Calvin Fairbank who shared her 20s, she traveled to the newly abolitionist views. Together they founded Oberlin College in Ohio to hatched a plan to free a local Afristudy to be a teacher. Perhaps not can American family from slavery.

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LEWIS HAYDEN, WHOM Delia Webster helped free, went on to become a prominent resident of Boston, a leading abolitionist and a member of the Massachusetts Legislature.

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In September 1844, Webster told members of the missionary society that she would be accompanying Fairbank on an overnight trip “on church business.” She said she was glad to have the chance to leave “the smoky atmosphere of a crowded city.”

In those days, an unmarried man and woman traveling together might have been viewed as scandalous, even if people didn’t suspect their real purpose was to free slaves. But Webster coolly showed she had nothing to hide. She asked other

members of the society to join her and Fairbank, confident that the bad weather that night would dissuade them. She even invited her landlady and fellow boarders. As she suspected, they all turned her down.

So Webster was able to ride off alone with Fairbank in a carriage drawn by two horses that he had rented to make the long ride.

Fairbank had also paid for a slave named Israel to serve as coachman.

They picked up the family — Lewis Hayden, his wife, Harriet, and their young son, Joseph — and planned to transport them some 73 miles to the town of Ripley in the free state of Ohio. They intended to return to Kentucky in time for Webster to teach her Monday morning classes.

Only 24 miles into their trek, however, complications arose.

One of the horses fell ill. Fairbank drove the carriage to a tavern to see if they might borrow a horse. The tavern owner, a Mr. Holloway, was agreeable. He would even care for the sick horse. Holloway then began to banter with the people in the carriage. Joseph was hidden under the seat, but Lewis and Harriet were in the dark back seat. As a precaution, Webster and Fairbank had given them the most basic of disguises, cloaks to wear and flour to put on their faces. Somehow, the disguises worked. Holloway didn’t notice anything out of order.

With the borrowed horse, the escape party raced along the recently completed road to the border town of Maysville, Ky. They reached it by

9 a.m., and caught the ferry across the Ohio River. The Haydens were on free soil.

But Fairbank still had to return with Webster to Lexington, so she could teach her Monday classes, as if it had been the most ordinary of weekends.

On their journey south, they saw a handbill announcing that three slaves had escaped from Lexington.

Word was out. They encountered two men coming the other direction.

Fairbank would have recognized at least one of them, Parker Craig, who had rented him the horses and carriage. The other was Patterson Bain, the slave owner looking for the escapees. The men had connected the missing slaves with the rented carriage.

Webster and Fairbank were caught.

The case against them was overwhelming. A slave had witnessed a boy being passed out the window of Bain’s house; countless others had seen Webster and Fairbank along the route to Ohio. Most damning, however, were letters between the two outlining the plan.

Newspaper readers followed the ensuing trials. Fairbank was sentenced to 15 years for helping the family escape slavery. As a woman, Webster was accorded leniency. She was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary, where she was the only female inmate. Warden Newton Craig, cousin of the man who had rented the carriage, treated Webster kindly.

(See Abolitionist, Page 29)

City gallery offers metal sculpture VERGENNES — Creative Space Gallery’s latest exhibition considers what an artist can do with metal as their medium of expression.

The show “Working Metal, Creating Art” will open at the 214 Main St. gallery in Vergennes on June 29, and will run through Aug. 12.

Six Vermont artists rise to the challenge with works on display in this show. They are: Kate Pond, sculptor; Chris Cleary, sculptor; Warren Rinehart, blacksmith; John Arthur, coppersmith; Kathy Mitchell, silversmith; and Meg Walker, sculptor. Meet the artists and see their work at an opening reception and wine tasting this Friday, June 29, from 5-8 p.m., with drinks courtesy of Vergennes Wine.

Here is a little bit about the artists: Kate Pond of Burlington, who is known for largescale outdoor sculptures in steel and stone, recently completed the World Sculpture Project, connecting art, science, nature and culture in five site-specific works in different countries around the globe. At Creative Space see her maquettes (three dimensional studies) from which full-scale sculptures can be commissioned, and a series of smaller works cut and shaped from steel plate.

“My sculpture invites participation with people, and with the sun, shadows and alignments at different seasons of the year, ” Pond said. “Inspiration can also come from curves I see in nature: fiddlehead ferns and tendrils of vines or grasses moving in the wind. I transfer (See Vergennes, Page 39)

“Maquette – Enzo” by Kate Pond

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Abolitionist (Continued from Page 28) again disavowed her previous aboliHer story gained national attention. tionist beliefs, but added that though “In the roll of Liberty martyrs,” the people of Kentucky had treated wrote W.H. Burleigh, editor of the her well, she had been wrongly Christian Freeman in Connecticut, imprisoned in the first place. Webster “her name will occupy a proud em- seemed willing to do what she had inence as the first of her sex to suffer promised, but no more. imprisonment at the demand of that Despite her disavowal of abolicurse of curses, American Slavery.” tionism, she wasn’t done. In October Poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote: 1845, Webster was introduced to “Miss Webster, the daughter of a an audience of 3,000 at a major anNew England farmer, ti-slavery convention is suspected of being in Boston. She didn’t a friend of freedom.” Delia Webster speak to the crowd, Pro-slavery writers, began raising however, as women however, took no money from seldom did in those pity on Webster, wealthy days. Two ministers whom they viewed abolitionists to spoke on her behalf. as a common thief.

But she sat on the K e n t u c k y ’ s buy farmland in stage and sold copies governor pardoned Kentucky and of her book.

Webster after she import German After little more had served only two immigrants to work than three years in months. As a condi- it. She wanted to the north, Webster tion of her release, headed south again; show that farms Webster reportedly this time to Madison, swore she had never didn’t need slaves Ind., on the Kentucky been an abolitionist to be profitable. border, where she — seeking to end tutored children and slavery outright — became a governess. though she did oppose slavery in Her employer was Newton Craig, the abstract. Webster also said she the Kentucky warden. Webster thought it wrong for people to inter- tutored Craig’s children and travelled fere with slaveholding in Kentucky. with them as far as Vermont. People Upon returning to Vermont, Web- began to believe that she had truly ster quickly wrote an account of her renounced her abolitionist ways. experience, which was apparently Among the believers was Craig, who, also a condition of her release. She though married, fell in love with

Webster and wrote her passionate letters.

Webster began raising money from wealthy abolitionists to buy farmland in Kentucky and import German immigrants to work it. She wanted to show that farms didn’t need slaves to be profitable. She even got Craig to loan her money.

Slaves suddenly started disappearing from the area near the farm.

People suspected that the main reason for Webster’s farm was to serve as the first stop on the Underground Railroad for African Americans fleeing slavery. Hostile neighbors began raiding the farm, threatening workers and looting and burning buildings.

Workers fled from the threats, but Webster remained.

Eventually, Webster and Craig had a falling out, perhaps over repayment of the loan. Webster turned on Craig, who was seeking re-election to the lucrative job of warden. She gave his love letters to his political rivals, who had them published in a party newspaper, on Valentine’s Day 1854.

Eventually, the raids on the farm and threats of imprisonment became too much and Webster left Kentucky for good. Webster, who never married, lived out her life in the Midwest, dying in 1904, at the age of 86. By then, she was largely forgotten, as she is today.

Note: Lewis and Harriet Hayden, whom Webster helped to freedom,

VERGENNES NATIVE DELIA Webster, seated at left, poses with her sisters decades after she became one of the country’s most revered and hated abolitionists in the years leading up to the Civil War. WikiMedia Commons

settled in Boston and became important abolitionists, often taking freed slaves into their home, now a National Historic Site. Lewis recruited volunteers for Massachusetts’ famed 54th infantry regiment, a unit made up of black soldiers during the Civil

War. He was eventually elected to the Massachusetts Legislature.

Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian.

He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”

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

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

MIDDLEBURY 2,500 SQ.FT. Formerly food processing plant on Exchange Street.

Loading dock, overheard and passage door. 802‑388‑4831.

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Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Short term leases available Contact: Christine Golden, Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 • battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

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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: SHARE A lovely home with active, re‑ tired professional who enjoys cultural events. $400/mo, plus utils. Seeking a housemate who might enjoy sharing oc‑ casional meals. 863‑5625, HomeShareVermont.org; HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refs, background check req. EHO STUDIO APARTMENT for rent on a quiet dead end street. No pets. No smoking.

Rent includes heat, electric and trash removal. $650 per month. Call 388‑4147.

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes.

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10 CORDS OF poplar wood for sale. $150/cord. Can be delivered. 802‑558‑1069.

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

802‑282‑9110.

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.

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.

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

WANTED; JOHN DEERE 261 grooming mower in good condition. Call Steve, 802‑483‑9446.

Accountant Needed 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.

Please send resume and three professional references to: info@whistlepigrye.com with the subject line “Accounts Position”.

Maintenance Supervisor 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. 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.

Interested individuals, please email your résumé and three professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls please.

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

Cars PUBLIC AUTO AUCTION ‑ Saturday, June 30 at 9am (register at 7:30am). 300± repos, trades, donations and more. 298 J. Brown Dr., Wil‑ liston, VT. 1‑800‑474‑6132.

THCAuction.com.

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.

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

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

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.

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Year-round positions, experience required, mechanical ability a plus.

Benefits included. Call (802) 4822335 for more information or send resume to: Hinesburg Sand & Gravel, Co., Inc., 14818 Route 116, Hinesburg, VT 05461.

Seasonal Garden Field Hands

Responsible for completing tasks on the Organic Farm. The crew works together and independently to complete daily objectives assigned by the Herbal Production Manager.

Responsibilities: • Care for gardens by mulching, weeding, trimming, and edging around plant beds.

• Trim and harvest flowers/ herbs.

• Manually process dried flowers/ herbs.

• Water gardens and plant containers.

• Ability to resolve problems and maintain good communication among crew.

• Application of Organic fertilizer.

• Physical labor to manage garden beds.

• Attention to detail: with directions, quality control of plants and herbs.

• Initiative – willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

May - September Must be 18 years or older Send Resume to:

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Basin Harbor is now hiring for cooks, dishwashers, servers, massage therapists, front desk, reservations agent, and maintenance!

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: www.basinharbor.com/jobs/.

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.

Sen. Patrick Leahy 1-800-642-3193

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Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Sen. Bernie Sanders 1-800-339-9834

SRC-2 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 www.sanders.senate.gov

Contact Your U.S. Congressman Rep. Peter Welch 1-888-605-7270

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NURSING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES JOB FAIR Explore RN, LPN, LNA, housekeeping, and laundry opportunities at Porter Medical Center!

Sign-on bonuses for select LNA positions available!

10–11am & 5–7pm Tuesday, July 10 115 Porter Drive, Middlebury For more information on available job opportunities, visit UVMHealth.org/PMC and click on “Careers.”

Production Workers Needed:

We are growing rapidly in all areas of the business and are excited to bring on enthusiastic and knowledgeable team members to support our growth. We are seeking Production workers for our Packaging and Filling department.

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Production Assemblers: Ensuring quality of secondary packaging is within acceptable limits as defined by standards. Constructing packaging components such as liners and cartons. Communicating and recording process deviations and noncompliant materials to the Packaging Lead and QC department as they occur. Any other duties may be assigned to the job holder within reason.

This might include training new staff, stepping in for staff in other departments, etc.

Filling Line Operators: Responsible for following hygiene & safety protocols, product specific work instructions, SOPs and Good Manufacturing Practices at all times.

Ensuring quality of primary packaging is within acceptable limits as defined by standards. Ensure machinery is maintained and daily checks are documented. Communicating and recording all process deviations and non-compliant materials to Production Supervisor and QC as they occur.

Any other duties may be assigned to the job holder within reason. This might include training new staff, stepping in for staff in other departments, etc.

Full time positions: Monday – Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Competitive wage and benefit package.

Send Resume to: Jobs@tataharper.com

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.

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BUSY LANDSCAPING FIRM seeking skilled, mo‑ tivated and reliable person to join our lawn care team.

Must have commercial mow‑ ing experience and valid driver’s license. Wage based on experience. Mail or email resume: Tom Bodette Land‑ scaping, 6 Lower Plains Rd., Middlebury, VT 05753, tombodettelesinc@gmail.com or call 802‑388‑4529.

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

FULL TIME ‑ YEAR ROUND deli position. Set hours Mon‑ day ‑ Friday 6am ‑ 2pm. Prior work experience with food preparation in commercial kitchen/deli required. Appli‑ cants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

FIVE CORDS OF cut split fire‑ wood to be stacked inside, in New Haven. Pay negotiable.

Call 388‑7088. If no answer please leave message, thank you.

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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.

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Experienced Millwork Finisher

Rutland County based high end custom millwork company is looking for an experienced finisher. This is not an entry level position, a minimum of 5 years’ experience with spray finishing lacquer, paint, and glaze is required. Our ideal applicant will have the ability to match colors, develop colors, understand production timelines, communicate effectively with the team, and abide by safety procedures required by OSHA. Additional requirements include; ability to work overtime as needed, ability to lift minimum of 50lbs, valid driver’s license.

If you are a highly motivated individual interested in joining a team oriented company that offers a competitive compensation package, please email your resume to millwork.applicant@gmail.com.

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Human Resources Specialist Established, growing social service agency serving families and children is seeking HR Manager to oversee, coordinate and implement human resources efforts. Energetic, friendly work environment, this new position is in

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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.

administrative capacity. Position responsibilities include the oversight of recruitment, hiring, scheduling, performance management. Flexible schedule. 25-30 hours.

Requirements: B.A./B.S., or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Please send letter of interest/resume to:

Search MARY JOHNSON CHILDREN’S CENTER 81 Water Street; Middlebury, VT 05753 or e-mail office@mjccvt.org

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

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** Experienced Service Technician ** ** Master Plumber **

We currently have an opening and are seeking a licensed service technician with experience troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining plumbing systems, heating systems (oil/propane/natural gas), and air conditioning systems including air source and water source heat pumps. Sign-on bonus for qualified candidate.

We Offer: Competitive pay and full benefits package including: • Health Insurance • 401k with company match • Dental Insurance • Paid time off • Vision Insurance • Paid holidays • Life Insurance • Training/Education • Short and Long Term Disability • Company Vehicle Interested candidates may call 802-877-3118 or email tscuteri@jwderyan.com

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 Compensation: • Hourly wage $18 per hour Please send resume’ and cover letter to info@whistlepigrye.com No phone calls, please.

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Help Wanted K.A. BAGLEY, INC. is hiring for lawn care maintenance and landscaping. Need to be honest, reliable and moti‑ vated. Must have a valid driver license. Wage based on ex‑ perience. Call 802‑352‑9088 to apply.

NEW HAVEN YARD WORK. Some mowing, trimming and raking. 802‑453‑4597.

ADMINISTRATIVE PRO‑ FESSIONAL/ Paralegal.

WhistlePig Whiskey Distill‑ ery is growing and needs an administrative professional/ paralegal to work at our lovely farm location in Shoreham, Vermont. Applicants must be organized, proficient with Ex‑ cel and Word. The individual will be working with finance and our CEO to support our regulatory and shareholder reporting 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.

PART TIME ‑ DELI position.

Set hours Saturday 5:45am ‑ 12 noon. Prior work experi‑ ence with food preparation in commercial kitchen/deli required. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SAFETY 2018-19 ANWSD is seeking an ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SAFETY to join our team! This role is responsible to maintain the District’s building and grounds by assisting the Director to keep these resources in top condition to make certain full and productive use.

The Assistant Director will act in the absence of the Director and provide supervision of direct reports and provide general oversight to custodial and maintenance workers. This role carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the District’s Policies and Procedures and/ or applicable laws. Responsibilities include assisting with interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

If you are an experienced professional in the field of Building Grounds and Safety who is committed to providing team-focused services, we encourage you to apply to our opening on www.schoolspring.com with your letter of interest, resume, and three letters of recommendation.

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PERMANENT SALES POSI‑ TION Busy retail store look‑ ing for a customer focused individual. Great work en‑ vironment. Four day work week including one weekend day. Must be able to climb stairs, lift boxes and stand for extended periods. Drop off resume at Sweet Cecily, 42 Main St., Middlebury, VT. Or email resume to: nancie‑ dunn@aol.com.

THE LARGEST, FAMILY owned, Commercial Clean‑ ing Company in Addison County is continuing to grow.

We are looking to hire in‑ dependent, self motivated and reliable individuals 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.

THE TOWN OF New Ha‑ ven is looking for a part time office assistant. Must be self‑motivated, and a team player. Attention to detail while multitasking a must; some bookkeeping required. Call for more information, will‑ ing to train the right person.

Please send cover letter, resume and references to: newhavenclerk@gmavt.net or 78 North St., New Haven, VT 05472.

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Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County Superior Court (1) Green Mount Cemetery Association (1) Ferrisburgh (1) Middlebury (1) Ripton (1) Shoreham (1) Waltham (1) STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 86-1-17 CNCV U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION v.

JENNIFER T. JOHNSON, GREGORY B. JOHNSON, PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES OCCUPANTS OF: 2333 Silver Street, Hinesburg VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered , in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Jennifer T. Johnson and Gregory B. Johnson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., dated November 12, 2008 and recorded in Book 201 Page 94 of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. to U.S. Bank National Association dated December 10, 2014 and recorded in Book 241 Page 132 of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2333 Silver Street, Hinesburg, Vermont on July 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Gregory B. Johnson and Jennifer T. Johnson by Warranty Deed of Vermont Residential Nominee Services, LLC dated June 14, 2005 and recorded in Book 178 Page 770 of the Town of Hinesburg Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Vermont Residential Nominee Services. LLC by Warranty Deed of Lorraine Donley and Kelly Donley dated March 2, 2004 of record at Book 174, Page 364 of the Town of Hinesburg Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Lorraine Donley and Kelly Donley by Warranty Deed of Patrick H. Farmer dated June 20, 1983 of record at Book 50, Page 42 of the Town of Hinesburg Land Records.

A parcel of land containing 10.1 acres, more or less, together with all improvements thereon, located on the east side of Silver Street, so called, in the Town of Hinesburg.

The parcel of land herein is that parcel of land shown on a survey map entitled “Portion of Property of David and Martha Wade, Chittenden County: Hinesburg, Vt.” surveyed by Ronald L. LaRose, dated April 30, 1981, and of record in Book 2 of Maps, Page 52 of the Hinesburg Land Records.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: June 5, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 6/18, 25, 7/2

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STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 670-11-14 ANCV THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-7 v.

HARRIE S. DEMERS, SUZANNE M. DEMERS, CACV OF COLORADO, LLC, CENTURION CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SCOTT C. MITCHELL OCCUPANTS OF: 159 High Pond Road, Brandon VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 10, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Harrie S. Demers and Suzanne M. Demers to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated March 26, 2007 and recorded in Book 191 Page 365 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-7 dated February 28, 2012 and recorded in Book 215 Page 343 of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 159 High Pond Road, Brandon, Vermont on July 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to David A. Lee and Jacqueline Lee by deed of Gary W. Dean , David A. Dean , Robert M. Dean and Nancy Dean Jakiela, dated September 13, 1986 and recorded at Book 95, Page 482 of the Brandon Land Records, and described therein as follows: Being a part and parcel of the lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantors by Decree of Distribution in the Estate of Allyn W. Dean from the Rutland District Probate Court, Dated April 2, 1980, recorded at Volume 93, Page 47 of the Brandon Land Records. The lands and premises herein conveyed are described as follows: Beginning at a point marked by a marble monument, said point lying within the southwestern terminus of a stone wall , and said point being the approximate northwestern corner of lands now or formerly belonging to one gale Parmalee and said point lying approximately within the northeasterly right-of-way of High Pond Road, so called ; and said point being 25 feet from the edge of the pavement of High Pond Road, so called ; thence from said point and place of beginning proceed along the said Parmalee’s northwesterly border and said stone wall a distance of 302 feet; at that point said stone wall and said Parmalee’s boundary line turns easterly, thence continues in the same course through the herein Grantor’s lands an additional 298 feet to a point marked by a marble monument ;thence turn and go northwesterly through the herein Grantor’s lands on a line parallel with High Pond Road, so-called a distance of 700 feet to a point marked by a marble monument ; thence turn and go through the herein Grantors’ lands on a course approximately parallel with the first mentioned course 600 feet to a point marked by a marble monument, said point lie within the approximate northeastern right-of-way of High Pond Road, so-called ; thence continues on the same course distance of 25 feet to the edge of the pavement of said road; thence go southeasterly along the northeasterly edge of High Pond Road so-called 700 feet to a point ; thence turn and go northeasterly a distance of 25 feet to the point and place of the beginning.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: May 30, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 6/11, 18, 25

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TOWN OF FERRISBURGH - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT A public hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 to consider the following applications and other business: 7:00 PM Approval of minutes from May 23, 2018 and June 6, 2018.

7:05 PM Application # 18-057 (Phil Mozeika) to renovate a three bay garage; property ID # 99/99/99.061; 388 Bay Road; conditional use permit in the Shoreland District.

7:25 PM Application # 18-058 (T. Aldrich/C. Schultz) for a house, barn and 3 bay garage; property ID # 10/01/09; 586 Robinson Road; conditional use permit in the RA5 and Conservation District.

7:45 PM Application # 18-059 (J Brownell/T. & D. Shlansky) for a temporary storage unit; property ID # 10/01/57.1; 343 Satterly Road; conditional use permit in the RA5 District.

The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office.

Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney.

PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

Communications about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Board or at such hearing.

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GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF MEETING

The Green Mount Cemetery Association will hold a meeting on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Starksboro Town Offices. Any interested parties are invited to attend.

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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

TOWN OF WALTHAM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING REGULATIONS

The Waltham Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on July 12, 2018 at the Waltham Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. to consider the adoption of Proposed New Zoning, Floodplain and Subdivision Regulations. This hearing will be held pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4441. This notice is issued pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4444(b).

The purpose of the proposed Zoning revisions is to align the zoning regulations with several changes made to the updated Town Plan, adopted in the fall of 2016, and to bring the floodplain regulations up to standards required by FEMA to be eligible for FEMA funding for flood damage and for properties to be eligible for flood insurance.

The Planning Commission has made a number of significant changes to the Zoning Regulations. Citizens interested in understanding what changes are proposed are encouraged to read the entire proposed regulations with that context. Below is a list of what the Planning Commission believes are the most significant changes.

1. To provide additional protections for wildlife habitat and agricultural soils the regulations governing the extraction of mineral resources have been expanded to. a. Prohibit mining and quarrying of hard rock minerals and limit the extent of commercial extraction of sand, shale and gravel. b. Product productive agricultural lands by prohibiting the stripping and sale of high productivity topsoil.

2. The outdoor lighting regulations have been changed to more clearly define the types of lighting installations and fixtures that are allowed.

3. The Floodplain Regulations section has been expanded to meet FEMA requirements and to assure that all floodplain related definitions in the zoning match FEMA’s definitions.

4. Within the Forest District, Commercial Solar Arrays are prohibited above 400 feet in elevation.

5. The definition for front yard setback has been changed to be the distance measured from the street “centerline” rather than the street “edge.”

6. The responsibility of applicants notifying abutting landowners when applying for conditional use permits and subdivision applications has been changed to make it the responsibility of the Zoning Administrator.

7. Several typographical errors in the 2013 zoning have also been corrected.

Copies of the proposed amendment may be obtained or viewed at the Waltham Town Offices, on Maple Street in Waltham during regular business hours and on the town website. For further information please call the Town Clerk’s office at (802-8773641). Office hours are 9:00am - 3:00pm on Tuesday’s and Friday’s.

Waltham Plannin Commission Philip C. Nowell 6/25

REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE. 26, 2018 • 7:00 P.M. ROOM 116 - LARGE CONFERENCE RM. 77 MAIN STREET AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda 3. *Approval of Minutes of June 12, 2018 Selectboard Meeting 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this Agenda] 7:05 5. *Karen Kotecki, Right-of-Way Manager, Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. with an Update on Vermont Gas Line Inspection 7:10 6. **Karen Duguay, Better Middlebury Partnership, and Andy Paluch, Come Alive Outside, with a request to close Main Street for a Block Party on August 15 from Noon to 10 p.m. to participate in the Green Street Challenge, which celebrates the importance of outdoor, unstructured play by laying-down sod and creating temporary parks on prominent streets in communities across North America 7:15 7. **Eric Davis & Nancy Malcolm, Neighbors, Together, Regarding Summer 2020 Tax Holidays 7:30 8. *Director of Public Works Planning Dan Werner with updates from the June 21, 2018 meeting of the Infrastructure Committee 8.a. **Updates on Current Projects 8.b. *Recommendation on Water & Wastewater Budget & Rates for FY19 8.c. *Recommendation on Merchants Row Traffic Flow 8.d. *Replacement Motor for 2012 International Truck 8.e. *Letter of Intent to Participate in the Municipal Roads Grants-inAid Program 7:50 9. *Approve Declaration of Official Intent of the Town of Middlebury to Reimburse Certain Expenditures from Proceeds of Indebtedness for Water System Improvements 7:55 10.*Approve Downtown Improvement District Budget for FY19 & Set Downtown Improvement District Tax Rate for FY19 8:05 11. *Set Municipal Tax Rate for FY19 8:10 12. *Fourth Amendment to Sublicense Agreement with Verizon Wireless for Chipman Hill Tower 8:15 13. *Approval of Check Warrants 14. *Town Manager’s Report 15. **Board Member Concerns 8:30 16. *Executive Session – Anticipated – Contract Negotiations 17. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 18. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

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

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Addison Independent, Monday, June 25, 2018 — PAGE 39

Vergennes (Continued from Page 28) these ideas into calligraphic strokes, first with ink and a brush. Later I cut the ‘strokes’ out of steel, bending them into shape with the heat of an oxy-acetylene torch.”

Chris Cleary of Jericho works in both natural stone and metal. Over the past few years, he has discovered a love for the process of assemblage rather than reduction. What began as a progression of marrying stone with copper has morphed into complete freestanding sculptures using copper and brass.

Cleary said he relishes up-cycling copper and brass antiques, with the use of silver solder and flame. Copper piping and an array of fittings serve as the foundation for each piece, which incorporate a range of implements from years past, creating something entirely new.

“Each piece shares the story of time and nature,” Cleary explained.

“The work is constantly evolving, as I am always experimenting and exploring with properties of each medium.”

Warren Rinehart of Middlebury, by profession an orthopedic surgeon, has been passionate about blacksmithing since the 1970s. Soon after moving to Addison County, he suggested and supported construction of the Rinehart Blacksmithing Arts Center at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, which houses his own workshop and five teaching forges.

“My love for forging has taken me all over the world,” Rinehart said. In addition to spending time working on creative projects of his own, Rinehart founded the LCMM Blacksmithing Guild, hosts an annual gathering of regional blacksmiths, and occasionally teaches classes of senior citizens or students from the Northlands Job Corps Center or Middlebury College.

John Arthur of Shelburne works with flame-colored copper to create artisan metal sculptures for wall, tabletop and garden that combine natural and imaginary plant forms, insects and other motifs inspired by rambles in the mountains, streams and meadows of the Champlain

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

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain

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of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

“Seagrass” by Chris Cleary Valley.

“Canoeing in the backwaters of northern Vermont brings me into intimate contact with dragonflies, lily pads, cattails, autumn leaves and more. I enjoy recreating these scenes in sculpture,” Arthur said. “I use copper extensively in my work, and the coloration is accomplished by heating to bring out the colors inherent in the metal itself.”

Kathy Mitchell of Panton works in many media. She combines a sculptural sensibility with an eye for exquisite detail as she forms jewelry in sterling silver, copper, brass and other materials.

“All of my pieces are made by my own hand, beginning with metal in sheet or wire form, and each is one of a kind,” Mitchell said. “Nature and Native American designs have been a strong influence in my jewelry.”

Meg Walker of Charlotte was inspired by barns in Vermont and her

Public Notices Pages 38 and 39 NOTICE - REQUEST FOR BIDS RENOVATIONS TO PLEASANT HILLS APARTMENTS BRISTOL, VT ReArch Company has been hired by the Pleasant Hills Limited Partnership (c/o Housing Vermont) as the Construction Manager for the Pleasant Hills Apartments Renovation project in Bristol, VT. Letters of interest due back to ReArch on or before July 16th. ReArch will be issuing Bid Packages for all scopes of work on July 23rd, 2018 with proposals due August 6th, 2018. Project has a construction schedule of September, 2018 to April, 2019.

The project includes the renovation of 16 apartments, a common mechanical room, and a community room. Scopes of work include: selective demolition, site work, misc. metals, rough and finish carpentry, roofing, siding, doors, windows, GWB, finish flooring, painting, signage, countertops, kitchen and bath casework, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical.

Interested contractors, subcontractors and material providers should contact Danylo Whalen at (802) 863-8727 or danylow@rearchcompany.com for more info. Please note that this project is funded by federal and state sources and will adhere to Federal Procurement and Contracting Guidelines, including Fair Labor Standards. MBE, WBE, and Section 3 businesses are encouraged to apply. Housing Vermont is an equal opportunity employer.

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native Scotland to create a series of sculptures in metal that explore the geometric forms and surface texture of these iconic rural buildings in new and sometimes whimsical ways.

“I am always interested in the process of making art: how the flitting images, feelings and words in my head are transformed into concrete, tactile, visual forms,” she said.

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RIPTON SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 RIPTON TOWN OFFICE 7:00 P.M.

1. Add or remove agenda items 2. Questions and comments from visitors/ community members 3. Amend/approve minutes 4. Annual organizational items for July 1, 2018, FY19 1. Annual road maintenance and repair contract 2. Annual appointments/contracts: road commissioner, animal control officer, selectboard administrator, town clerk, treasurer 3. Pay policy and pay rates 4. Approved contractor and vendor lists 5. Roads 1. Road commissioner report 2. Grants, FEMA DR4330, DR4356: updates 3. SFY19 Municipal Highway and Stormwater Mitigation Grant Program 6. Old Business 1. ACRPC Regional Energy Plan 2. Town Office structural analysis and planning: scope for WFPI; Black River Design and Barden Inspection and Consulting services/fees 3. Town properties 4. Complaints & violations 5. Dogs 6. Any other items from minutes 7. New Business 1. Annual appointments for ACRPC delegates, energy coordinator 2. Correspondence 8. Next Meeting agenda: July 9, 2018 9. Review/sign: Bills/orders 6/25

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Why & how we teach our children – it matters More than 30 years ago I lived in a town with a population of 700. While it was idyllic it wasn’t perfect; however, all the children of the town were our children.

“I don’t know how you do it,” said one Dad after bringing his son to the Head Start classroom. It is a full day with 15 three- to fiveyear-olds in one room.

When speaking to the teachers about their goals, Marisa went first: “I want to be the kind of teacher I want for my own child.”

After that the four teachers spoke not about themselves but about the children. These are teachers who have experience in the classroom ranging from nine months to 26 years.

“We are seeing children who aren’t getting enough sleep, who have social emotional challenges leading to significant behavior issues and some who have delayed development.” Then there are the few who can literally climb a six-foot fence or run out the

door as soon as they come in. For most, their super hero power is resiliency.

What is the rule for these teachers? Say two positive things before any negativity is expressed.

Judgment is left outside the walls of the classroom and outside any home visit.

Success is having a fouryear-old say “I’m having a bad day” before crying, kicking or showing other signs of frustration.

Success is working with children

WHAT’S BUZZING IN JUNE? JUNE IS POLLINATOR MONTH

to verbalize and listening to their focus to bring calm when there is vocabulary grow. Accomplishment none. They give safe hugs and speak for one little boy is being able to in soothing voices. They anticipate give voice to feelings welcoming each through art. child in the morning Consistency and watch for “aha” brings comfort moments of wonder and safety for the during the day.

15 children in this Eligibility classroom.

Parent begins if you Teacher conferences are an expectant start a relationship mother or have with parents. Then a child age birth each child in the to five years old. classroom gets at Documentation is least two home visits then needed for during the year. The at least one of the Bridging gaps, teacher is able to see following: your building futures where the child lives family is receiving and have insight Reach Up benefits,

By Jan Demers into their life. The you are in receipt Executive Director child is proud that of Supplemental Champlain Valley Office their teacher has Security Income of Economic Opportunity been in their home.

(SSI), you have a The parent feels foster child, you more ownership of their child’s are experiencing homelessness education. or for the last year your family Mary, Marisa, Sam and Debbie income is within 100 percent of the are present at all times for these federal poverty level. children. They interact with the Who do I want to teach my Department for Children and children? Those who want to be Families when Foster Care is part the teacher they wish for their own of a child’s life. They distract and children.

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