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Survey reveals pot support

But Middlebury officials remain cautious on marijuana issue

By JOHN FLOWERS Cities and Towns’ (VLCT) position MIDDLEBURY — A clear on marijuana legalization during the majority of Middlebury residents upcoming 2018 legislative session. support legalizing marijuana in The VLCT’s current position, Vermont and believe the as stated in its Draft town should receive tax Municipal Policy and benefits from its sale and Municipal Guiding have a say in where it Principles, is “marijuana could be sold locally. should not be legalized That’s the general for recreational purposes takeaway from results until all public safety of Middlebury’s recent concerns are adequately online survey on the addressed.” marijuana legalization Middlebury selectboard issue. members won’t take an The informal poll official position on the drew responses from 773 VLCT’s marijuana stance people — making it the until it next meets on SEELEY most successful webSept. 26. But a majority based opinion survey that Middlebury of the board on Tuesday appeared has ever engineered. The selectboard to be in the VLCT’s camp when it launched the survey on Aug. 14 to comes to the cannabis question. get guidance on whether it should “Are all the pieces in place to make support the Vermont League of (marijuana legalization) happen

the way it should?” Selectwoman Heather Seeley asked. “I’m not convinced.”

But many of those who took the town survey seem to think their state is ready to legalize recreational marijuana, a move the state Legislature and Gov. Phil Scott have considered, but have not greenlighted. The Legislature is likely to debate the question again this winter.

Middlebury’s marijuana survey was available online, and in hard copy at the town offices, from Aug. 14 to Sept. 8. Almost 78 percent (599 respondents) were Middlebury residents, with another 138 residing in other Vermont communities. The remaining 32 respondents were from outside of the state.

Slightly more than half of those who answered the survey (51.43 percent) identified themselves as (See Middlebury, Page 13A)

Perfect fall ride

CYCLISTS ROLL ALONG a country road in Addison County this past Saturday during the 12th annual Kelly Brush Ride. The benefit ride, which started and finished in Middlebury and winds through the Champlain Valley, drew more than 800 cyclists. The event raised more than $500,000 for adaptive sports and ski racing safety.

Photo by Gabe Aceves

Merkel outlines, backs police anti-bias efforts

City chief, UVM study author disagree

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel defended his department’s equal treatment of all citizens at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

Merkel was invited to speak because questions arose at the Aug. 22 council meeting about the January University of Vermont study that stated the Vergennes department pulled over vehicles driven by African-Americans at a much higher rate than by whites.

Those questions cropped up as the council adopted a resolution

supporting citizens’ rights “to love whom they choose; to practice the religion of their choice; to support their families; to be free from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations; and to be safe and secure in their homes and communities.”

The council asked Merkel to address how the department already works to be free of bias and what steps it would take in the future.

Merkel also addressed what he considers to be a flawed study — but (See Vergennes, Page 10A)

United Way to create new endowment fund Health exchange

ALICE LEO, RIGHT, president of the Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, speaks with Porter V.P. for Development and Public Relations Ron Hallman, left, and V.P. of Human Resources David Fuller, center, during a gathering of nurses and local residents Tuesday. Those who gathered were lobbying for staffing levels they believe are appropriate for Addison County’s hospital. The nurses’ union and Porter administrators were slated to meet on Wednesday to further discuss a new contract that will address staffing, wages, benefits and other issues.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By the way Lace up your running shoes (or your hiking boots, if you like) — the TAM Trek is this Sunday.

Staged by the Middlebury Area Land Trust, the Trek is an annual trail race and fun run to raise funds for the Trail Around Middlebury, affectionately known as the TAM. The TAM is a footpath over 18 miles long, encircling the village of Middlebury and linking several hundred acres of town land, conserved properties, schools, (See By the way, Page 14A)

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Bristol hires Waitsfield’s Capels as administrator

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — After six and a half months of searching, Bristol has a new town administrator.

Valerie Capels, Waitsfield town administrator since 2006, will take over that role in the Bristol town office on Oct. 2.

“I am attracted to Bristol because it has a reputation for good local government, engaged citizens, and a strong sense of place,” Capels said.

“I am also excited for the opportunity to work for a larger community that offers a wide range of services.”

Bristol selectboard member Peter Coffey said the town is just as excited to have her.

“We’re very much looking forward to working with Valerie,” said Coffey, who’s acting as interim town administrator. “We’re thrilled to have found someone with her experience and background. That’s really going to give us all a leg up as we all begin to work together.”

Last February, Town Administrator Therese Kirby notified the Bristol (See Bristol, Page 14A)

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — You do the same thing for 50 years and you can get into a rut.

Unless you’re the United Way of Addison County (UWAC), which is marking its 50th birthday with a new fund drive, some new program priorities and a new philanthropic

game plan for the next half-century.

“We look back with gratitude to those who envisioned, established, sustained and grew this organization and those who rooted us in the ideals of community, collective action and mutual care,” UWAC Executive Director Kate McGowan (See United Way, Page 14A)

Vt. Folklife Center begins its next chapter New leader seeks greater outreach

KATHLEEN HAUGHEY IS the new executive director of the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

Haughey, 28, wants to more aggressively market the VFC’s name and make its archives more accessible online.

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Kathleen Haughey, an accomplished cellist, has always seen music as an avenue through to gain a better understanding of people, their cultures and traditions. She successfully put that to the test as a student while honing her musical skills in South America and beyond.

Haughey has now exchanged her cello for a metaphorical conductor’s baton to coordinate the Vermont Folklife Center’s ongoing effort to preserve the collective heritage of the people of the Green Mountain State.

Haughey was recently named the new executive director of the VFC, a Middlebury repository of thousands of Vermonters’ stories that she wants to share with the region and the world.

“The folklife center’s mission is perhaps more timely and relevant today than ever before,” Haughey said. “Our statewide partnerships and programs demonstrate the (See Folklife Center, Page 13A)

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ANWSD teachers ink new two-year contract

Adaptive ride

KELLY BRUSH RODE her handcycle this past Saturday’s 12th annual Kelly Brush Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations.

Above are some of the more than 800 bicyclists and 40 athletes on adaptive cycles who took part. The ride began after Brush was paralyzed in a ski racing crash she suffered while a student at Middlebury College. The Panther ski team in 2006 started the ride as a way to support Kelly and raise awareness and money. Since then the ride and the Kelly Brush Foundation have helped more than 425 athletes with paralysis by providing adaptive gear and it has worked to improve ski racing safety. Saturday’s rides — which stretched up to 100 miles — raised more than $500,000.

Photo by Gabe Aceves

Effort to improve local economic climate kicks off MIDDLEBURY — Groups looking to spur the economy in Addison County’s shiretown will host a series of workshops on Monday, Sept. 18, called the Greater Middlebury Community Climate Economy Initiative.

The half-day program, sponsored the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), Efficiency Vermont and Green Mountain Power, will launch a process for residents to identify and advance priorities that strengthen the community in the face of climate change, including measures to improve economic opportunity and affordability.

VCRD Program Director Jon Copans said this event will provide a “chance to come together to brainstorm and select new initiatives that strengthen the community and mod-

el state-of-the-art rural development in an age of climate change.”

Middlebury is the second community to participate in the VCRD’s Climate Economy Model Communities Program. The VCRD selected Middlebury for the program based on an application from local citizens along with support from the selectboard.

“This program represents a great opportunity for our town and surrounding communities to rally behind an economic vision for the future,” selectboard Chair Brian Carpenter said.

The kick-off event will feature eight forums on different topics that were developed by a planning committee made up of local residents.

There will also be a free community dinner (see the full schedule online

at tinyurl.com/yc8q8bmo).

Forums from 2:30-5:45 p.m. will be held at three venues: Middlebury Town Offices at 77 Main St. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the green, and Ilsley Public Library. Topics include such things as Renewable Energy Generation Opportunities and Neighborhood Scale Initiatives.

After a 6 p.m. dinner at Middlebury Union Middle School, forums on job creation, transportation and visioning will last ’til 8:30 p.m.

Joining community members at the kick-off and dinner will be an invited visiting team of federal, state, business, and non-profit leaders from around Vermont who come to listen and learn about what is happening in Middlebury and to provide some reflection about what they have heard.

In subsequent months, the community will gather again to choose from a list of possible action ideas brainstormed by local residents, and then will form task forces to implement the chosen initiatives.

Everyone in the greater Middlebury community is invited to take part.

“Those communities that develop the innovative models for addressing climate change and increasing economic vitality will thrive as our state, nation, and world all unite to tackle this global challenge,” noted Robin Scheu, executive director of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation. “This program provides an inclusive process for Middlebury to come together to brainstorm, prioritize, and implement innovative solutions.”

By JOHN FLOWERS recent months by a mediator.

VERGENNES — The Addison “It was a learning process for Northwest Teachers’ Association everyone,” he added, noting both (ANTA) and the Addison North- sides had to adapt this past spring west School District (ANWSD) to the Legislature’s mandated costboard have both ratified a new, share on health insurance. two-year contract for the district’s Susan Oliveira, a guidance approximately 100 teachers that counselor at VUHS, was part of guarantees them annual raises ANTA’s negotiating team. She and requires them to pay a great- specifically alluded to the health er share of their health insurance care portion of the contract in an premiums. emailed response to the Addison The deal, one year Independent’s request in the making, pro- “We are happy for comment. vides teachers with a “We are happy that that after all 3.5-percent increase to after all we were able the base salary in year we were able to come to an agreeone (2017-2018), and to come to an ment with the ANa 3.25-percent hike agreement WSD board negotiain new salary mon- with the tors and their attorney ey in the second year ANWSD board through mediation,” (2018-2019) of the she wrote. “With the agreement, accord- negotiators changes in health ing to Mark Koenig, and their care, some of which a lead ANWSD board attorney through were imposed through negotiator. our government, this mediation.”

A portion of these — Susan Oliveira has been a particularraises compensates ly difficult year for teachers for their inteachers as evidenced creased share of health insurance throughout the state. We are glad premiums, that resulted from the to have a contract and be in our Vermont Legislature’s new man- classrooms.” date of an 80/20 cost share between Other elements of the deal will each district and its teachers. The result in: board will also provide teachers • The length of school day rewith Health Reimbursement Ar- maining unchanged at 7 hours and rangement (HRA) accounts to help 15 minutes, though Koenig said offset the financial impact of their teachers will be allowed more higher health care deductibles, flexible work schedules to tend to Koenig noted. their varied responsibilities. For Negotiators finalized the deal example, the advent of personal during a final, 12-hour bargaining learning plans under Vermont’s session that ended in the wee hours Act 77 means that some students of Sept. 1. The ANWSD board will need to be counseled outside unanimously ratified the proposed of the traditional school day, Koeagreement this past Monday, Sept. nig noted.

11, after the teachers had endorsed • A budget of $150,000 for prothe pact four days earlier by a 57-2 fessional development for teachers tally. in year one of the contract, folThe new contract covers edu- lowed by $175,000 in year two. cators at Vergennes Union High Teachers who take advantage of School, Vergennes Union Elemen- these professional development retary School, and Addison and Fer- sources will be limited to six credit risburgh central schools. hours each year based on Universi“No one got everything they ty of Vermont course rates. wanted,” Koenig said of the outReporter John Flowers is at come of the negotiations, aided in johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Keeping the heat on global warming Interfaith Climate Action Network melds prayer and activism

By GAEN MURPHREE justice issue, then it will eventualMIDDLEBURY — When Presi- ly render all of our other concerns dent Donald Trump announced the meaningless.

United States’ withdrawal from the “Without a habitable planet nothParis climate agreement this sum- ing else is really going to matter.” mer, Addison County’s Interfaith ICAN began in 2014 as an outClimate Action Network (ICAN) growth of ongoing discussions in took action. The group the local faith commuheld a vigil on the Midnity about how to ad“In moments dlebury town green dress climate change. and has continued to like this it’s Cooperrider said the hold weekly vigils ev- clear that group’s current memery Saturday. bership is made up of something Now, as climate ex- major is people from a variety perts weigh in on the happening to of Addison County ways that global warmfaith communities, ing added even more the earth’s including those from destructive power to climate and it’s area Friends, EpiscoHurricanes Harvey impacting us pal, Methodist, Unitarand Irma, the group is all.” ian and Congregational looking for even more — Dan Cooperrider congregations. He emways to engage. phasized that member“Climate change is ship is open to those the issue of our time,” says Dan from all faiths and to those who deCooperrider, 32, pastor of Wey- fine their spirituality more broadly: bridge Congregational Church and “nones, individualists, wanderers, one of the religious leaders behind seekers and more.”

ICAN. If we don’t work as quickly Some of its activities have includas possible to address this issue, to ed a “Climate Revival” in 2015 and move toward a 100 percent renew- the all-day workshop to build soliable way of life, if we don’t work as darity and capacity for joyful action quickly as possible toward this one in the face of an issue that leaves

many paralyzed with despair. ICAN is planning a second such event for 2018.

After President Trump’s abrogation of the Paris climate accord, the group felt that holding vigils would give it a more public witness, said Cooperrider.

Thus far, vigils have been held at various locations, including the Middlebury town green and the Cross Street Bridge. Recently the group has moved its vigils to the new downtown park at College and South Main streets. A dedicated handful show up every Saturday from 10:30 to 11 a.m., but Cooperrider said the group is putting a special emphasis on vigils the first Saturday of the month.

“All are welcome,” Cooperrider said.

The vigils help keep climate change at the forefront of the public’s attention, despite the surges and dips in the news cycle, Cooperrider said. He pointed to the recent news about hurricane disasters in Texas and Florida, drought and wildfire out west, and mammoth floods in Southeast Asia displacing huge populations.

MEMBERS OF THE Interfaith Climate Action Network raise awareness about global warming at one of the group’s monthly vigils — this one Sept. 2 at the park at South Main and College streets in Middlebury.

“So in moments like this it’s clear that something major is happening to the earth’s climate and it’s impacting us all,” Cooperrider

said. “An important part of a vigil is to keep that reality in our consciousness when other major news items are competing for people’s

thoughts. We’re very good at responding to these big disasters.

We’re not as good at taking into ac(See Action, Page 3A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, September 14, 2017 — PAGE 3A

Nottonson takes the helm at Helen Porter

Officials solicit input on Middlebury Town Plan

Leader to shape budget, repairs

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Mary Jane Nottonson couldn’t have picked a more pivotal time to make an impact on the future of Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation.

As Helen Porter’s new top administrator, Nottonson will guide the Middlebury nonprofit through a $1 million renovation project while simultaneously looking at ways to shore up a fiscal year 2017 deficit currently estimated at $2.1 million.

Helen Porter is part of University of Vermont Health Network-Porter Medical Center. Helen Porter’s workforce of 250 full- and part-time workers serves up to 105 mostly elderly patients needing long-term residential care, treatment for memory loss illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, or rehabilitation/physical therapy following significant surgeries.

“I’m happy to be here and am MARY JANE NOTTONSON recently took the reins of Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Middlelooking forward to working with the bury. Nottonson has relocated to the area from Massachusetts. community and helping Helen Porter Independent photo/Trent Campbell advance in many ways,” Nottonson “The mission and the values of vide more details on the Helen Porter said during an interview on Monday. Nottonson became an administraNottonson, who started late this tor at the Sherrill House, a 196-bed, Helen Porter were very similar to project next week.

“It’s really great to have (Nottonsummer, takes over for former Hel- non-profit nursing home and rehabil- the organization that I spent most of en Porter Administrator Jim Darragh, itation center in Jamaica Plain, Mass. my career at,” she added, describing son’s) experience and her leadership who recently left to take a job in Vir- Then, in 1996, she joined the Sanc- those values as “quality care,” “treat- at the helm as we move forward with ginia. Bruce Bodemer had been serv- ta Maria Nursing Facility in Cam- ing people with dignity” and “pro- this project to create a renovated and improved post-acute area for Heling as interim leader during what was bridge, Mass., initially serving as its viding patient-centered care.” assistant administrator.

Nottonson is gaining more famil- en Porter, as well as the end-of-life a national search that She was named direc- iarity each day with Helen Porter and suite,” Hallman said. “Mary Jane’s culminated in Notton“We are tor of that 130-bed fa- its workforce, which she will lead experience and perspective is going son’s hiring.

“We are extraordi- extraordinarily cility in March of 2015. through some exciting times that be- to help guide the project to a great narily excited to have excited to have Like Helen Porter, gan earlier this year with PMC’s af- completion, and we are very excited Sancta Maria serves filiation with UVM Health Network. about that. We want Helen Porter to Mary Jane join our After around 25 years of helping be the destination of choice for peoleadership team during Mary Jane join folks requiring memory care, traditional people heal, rest and rehab their bod- ple seeking short-term care.” this very important time our leadership long-term care, and ies, Helen Porter is preparing to unHelen Porter’s fiscal year will conin the history of Helen team during patients needing rehab dergo some physical improvements clude at the end of this month, and Porter,” Porter Medical this very services — sometimes of its own. Plans call for an almost officials are anticipating a deficit Center spokesman Ron Hallman said. “We are important time referred to as “post- $1 million capital project that would of around $2.1 million. It’s anothacute care” — after include: er challenge that will benefit from pleased with the plans in the history having been discharged • Major renovations to Helen Por- Nottonson’s leadership, according to we have for Helen Por- of Helen from the hospital. ter’s post-acute facilities used by pa- Hallman. ter and we are confident Porter.”

Nottonson and her tients rehabbing following surgeries.

A nursing home remains a “very Mary Jane has the skill, — Ron Hallman family have always en“There’s an increased desire for challenging business to run,” Hallbackground and maturijoyed Vermont. She’s people to live independently, and man said, noting federal Medicare ty to get us to the next level. It’s really good news that we an avid skier. When she learned Hel- post-acute care is an important part and Medicaid reimbursement rates en Porter was looking for a new top of supporting that,” Nottonson said. that do not cover the true costs of landed her.”

• Creation of an “end-of-life” care. Helen Porter has also seen subNottonson holds a degree in Health administrator, she eagerly applied, Administration and Planning (with a seeing it as an opportunity to final- suite that will maximize quality of stantial turnover among its staff in reconcentration in Gerontology) from ly reside in Vermont while working life for terminally ill patients. Addi- cent years, which has not helped the the University of New Hampshire. for what she saw as a top-notch el- son Respite Care Home Ltd. already budget situation, Hallman conceded. operates four comparable patient “It’s a very complicated business, She has spent around three decades der-care organization.

“We were looking to make a rooms at Helen Porter as part of but it’s essential to this community,” serving the elderly in various capacchange,” Nottonson said of her fam- PMC’s growing palliative care pro- Hallman said. “Without Helen Porities. ter, we wouldn’t really have a local After working a handful of years ily, which includes her spouse and gram.

The Addison Independent will pro- (nursing home) option.” for Boston’s Elderly Commission, three children.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — At its Tuesday evening meeting the Middlebury selectboard set Oct. 24 as the first of two public hearings on proposed updates to the Middlebury Town Plan.

The document — last updated in 2012 — serves as a municipal blueprint for how Middlebury residents would like to see their community grow in the future. Town plans must be updated every five years, though new legislation will soon extend that period to eight years, according to Middlebury Town Planner Jennifer Murray.

Murray has outlined a tentative timeline the town plan that would culminate in the selectboard’s adoption of the document on Nov. 28. Residents will be able CORRECTION: In last Thursday’s newspaper we ran a standalone photo of two Mary Hogan Elementary third-graders and incor-

to share their views at the public hearings on Oct. 24 and Nov. 26 and through written comments to Murray.

The planning commission’s draft of the updated town plan can be found at tinyurl.com/y72wxsgq.

In other action on Tuesday, the Middlebury selectboard unanimously authorized the purchase of new radio equipment and two mobile repeaters for the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, at a combined cost of $227,193.69.

The purchases will be made from Radio North Group Inc. and Motorola.

The vast majority of the cost will be covered by a Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) grant, with a 5-percent local share ($10,961).

rectly identified one of them. The girls were Jordan Towle and Sarah Bevere. We’re sorry for the error.

Action (Continued from Page 2A) count in our future orientation what they’re telling us about what’s happening to our world.”

Another ICAN project is the creation of a community solar array that could be co-owned by area churches. Cooperrider said that going solar is a challenge for many of Vermont’s churches, especially those with older buildings. Historical structures with slate roofs and minimal south facing orientation aren’t the easiest places to site solar panels, he said. And tax credits are structured more for businesses and individuals than for nonprofits.

Cooperrider said he believes the recent hurricanes will also spur the group toward more public policy and advocacy work.

Next month, the group will fa-

cilitate a “Community Conversation” on climate justice, as part of the series of such conversations being co-sponsored by the Congregational Church of Middlebury and Havurah, the Jewish community of Addison County. That event will take place Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at the Middlebury Congregational Church.

Cooperrider believes that worship communities have an important leadership role in helping people face and address climate change.

“Religion and faith communities are one of the most powerful ways that people’s worldviews are shaped and one of the ways that people’s head and heart can be connected,” he said. “They’re also uniquely positioned to speak to the ethical and moral nature of it,

the sense that life is a gift and that we’re here to take care of that gift and not squander it.”

A faith-based approach can also provide something many are seeking in challenging times.

“It can provide hope, which is different from optimism,” said Cooperrider. “Václav Havel has a great quote about hope being not the conviction that all will turn out well, but the conviction that something is right and worth fighting for and worth working on. So hope is the conviction that the earth is good and that we need to be the best stewards of it that we can be.”

The Interfaith Climate Action Network holds monthly meetings at the Weybridge Congregational Church on the third Thursday of every month, starting at 8:30 p.m.

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Should Middlebury’s selectboard defy public’s will to legalize pot?

The most interesting question about the overwhelming support for legalizing marijuana among Middlebury residents is what the town’s governing officials will do with that the data. Will they vote against the majority’s wishes and side with their lobbying group’s bias, as some members have indicated, or will they vote the community’s will?

The question at hand is whether the town selectboard should support the Vermont League of Cities and Towns’ (VCLT) position on marijuana legalization during the upcoming 2018 legislative session. The VCLT’s current position states “marijuana should not be legalized for recreational purposes until all public safety concerns are adequately addressed.”

At first glance, it is a deceptively simple statement few would dare oppose. Who wouldn’t expect public safety concerns to be “adequately addressed” before moving forward with the initiative?

But a closer look reveals the Catch-22 inherent in that statement: How could public safety concerns ever be “adequately addressed” in the minds of some legislators or members of the law enforcement community who are adamantly opposed, and among public leaders who don’t want the responsibility of anything — not one instance — going wrong. Under that criteria, “adequately addressed” would never be attained.

More importantly, the VLCT’s position does not consider the negative implications of the status quo — that is, the current state of a black market for marijuana sales that feeds lower tier drug dealers, and which creates criminals of users of a substance that many consider no more harmful than alcohol.

The undeniable fact staring state and town officials in the face — as well as members of the law enforcement community — is that marijuana sales are already prolific, are easily available in every nook and corner of the state, and are being done so in an unregulated market that costs current law enforcement agencies huge dollars with no way to mitigate those expenses.

The proposed bill, S.22, to legalize marijuana — which passed in the House and Senate last session, but was vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott — had some compelling measures to beef up law enforcement of narcotics and public education about drug abuse. And in Scott’s veto, the governor conceded some of the merits of the bill and vowed to appoint a commission (as had been called for in S.22) to study ways to tax and regulate legal sales of the drug before the upcoming session began. The bill, as readers might recall, would have legalized up to an ounce of marijuana and home growing of up to two mature and four immature plants for adults age 21 and over.

Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, argued at the time that legalization would allow state law enforcement officials to redirect resources to more serious issues, while also preparing the state for the impact soon to be felt by the legalization of marijuana sales in neighboring Massachusetts and Canada. The merits of S.22, and of any upcoming measures that will be considered by the next Legislature are, however, another matter that will be rolled out in the next session. ********** At issue today is the vote the Middlebury selectboard will cast on Sept.

26. To that end, it is important to recall that Middlebury residents at town meeting this past March requested the selectboard to solicit community input on this very issue before siding with the VLCT’s position as it had done unilaterally the prior year. That measure was approved precisely because voters were upset with the board for OKing a measure that did not represent what many residents believed to be the community’s perspective.

In that light, it is particularly egregious that board members might (as demonstrated by the board’s initial response to the survey as reported in today’s paper) cast a vote against what town residents so overwhelmingly want.

We use the word “overwhelmingly” because survey results were surprisingly lopsided (see story Page 1A). In that survey of 773 people, 71 percent favored legalizing marijuana, while 24.7 were opposed, and 68.9 percent specifically urged the selectboard not to lobby the governor nor Legislature against marijuana legislation.

It is also important to understand the role of the VLCT and its support of measures that are often not in the interest of the public good. On the contrary, their bias — as any good lobbying organization does — is to make things easier for their members, and specifically for town officials.

In this case, that means following through on what law enforcement wants, regardless of what the Legislature or the general citizenry might consider the larger public good.

But the crux of this issue comes down to how the selectboard considers its role on this particular vote. It should be obvious that this vote is simply a representation of public support across the state — and in no way affects the legislation directly. It is, in essence, a straw poll that reflects the political winds.

If the selectboard were to cast its vote for the VLCT position, they would blatantly misrepresent the community’s perspective. And while this form of government is a representative democracy, in this case the entire community was asked to express its will as guidance for the selectboard to follow and a good number of citizens did just that. For board members to vote against that will because they think they know better disrespects the town’s collective wisdom.

We hope, therefore, the board will reject the VLCT’s over-simplified statement of opposition — and accurately reflect the will of the Middlebury voters.

— Angelo Lynn

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Stay involved in political process Since the November election there has been a dramatic increase in civic engagement in our state and nation. People have formed discussion groups, attended rallies, written letters, and set their social media networks humming. These are all promising signs of an alert and committed democratic electorate.

To translate all this energy into real change we need to engage in the electoral process. Concerned citizens should consider running for office, recruiting and supporting candidates, or otherwise helping to shape political policies.

Right now the major political parties in Vermont are going through the biennial reorganization process — organizing at the town level to elect delegates to the county committees which will then participate at the state party level. All registered Vermont voters are welcome to participate in this grassroots, accessible route to political involvement. The list of organizational caucuses of the local Democratic Party appears on page 9B of the Sept. 7 issue of this paper. The next meeting of the Addison County Democratic Committee is at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept.

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Sky high

APPLE CRATES STACKED to the sky await filling at Champlain Orchards in Shoreham Tuesday afternoon.

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Reclaiming and reevaluating home It was a long-awaited dream, a home on wheels and nearly a year to spend traveling around the country. My husband and I packed the converted Chevy with cooking tools and supplies, laptops, food, a few books, backpacks and the dog, rented out our house, and hit the road last fall.

As our travels came to an end, in the days waiting to move back into my house, I wondered: Will I be disappointed that the months of traveling cross-country are over? Or will I feel delighted to be back in my home?

Initially there is no time to reflect on this. The garden beds call out: ”Till me, plant me, weed me, feed me!”

Then the process of settling back inside the house begins. The renter left our things in familiar places: broom and dustpan, teakettle and pots, soap

By Jill and brush. Items I don’t find are ones Vickers we packed away before leaving: garden gloves, best kitchen knife, and some of the framed family photos.

I find it hard to decide where to put items that personalize a living space. Thus it is a relief to have the antique clock, a bronze shepherd boy, and other heirlooms emerge from locked closets and drawers to regain their places.

Shells and rocks we’ve collected in our travels, a basket, and a pair of burnished-metal roadrunners juggle for a position as more days pass. A few empty nails on the wall remind me daily of the pictures still tucked away somewhere.

There are changes as I move beyond the house and yard. When I stop by to visit an elderly neighbor, I find her farmhouse emptied out. I learn later she’d had a fall, a break and had to sell. Sadly, I wasn’t here to help.

But other things haven’t changed, like the rows of new-

Ways of Seeing

cut hay and roar of farm trucks hauling it back to the barn.

Even the aroma of manure being spread on the fields that follows is a comfort.

Within a few weeks, I spend less time unpacking, organizing, catching up, and more time being at home. I’m there in person with our writing group, after months of calling in, and meet with old friends at our book group.

I’m at the Middlebury River as part of the water monitoring team one morning. Some people and some things are missing, but it’s a smooth transition.

The feeling of “I live here” settles in.

During this time I catch up with an Afghan female student I’ve mentored via Skype. In spite of the odds, she recently earned her undergraduate degree in neighboring Bangladesh where civil unrest often kept her confined to the tiny campus. She is back in her war-torn homeland to find a job and apartment. Her immediate family fled to Iran as refugees when she was a child. She attended high school there and came back to Afghanistan on her own to get a higher education.

Now she is staying temporarily at a cousin’s house that he’s trying to sell. She shows me the room lined with packed boxes the family will take when they can escape the mess that her country is now. Her cousin’s daughter, who is my friend’s age, will not leave the house due to the frequency of bombings.

In contrast, she tells me that, after a few times out on the streets, she knows she can face her fear of the explosions.

She explains that rising tensions between religious fac(See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Calendar is lying; fall is really here Forget what your calendar says. It’s officially fall. the weekend. The list resembled something Laura Ingalls The geese haven’t flown south and the leaves are still might have come up with, had she been a doomsday green, but the nights are growing cooler, and pumpkin prepper with a Red Bull addiction. The full two pages spice is back. What other signs do you need? went from “pick apples, make and can applesauce, bake I don’t drink pumpkin spice lattes or burn pumpkin pie, pick and process tomatoes, dig carrots” to “dig potaspice candles. But as soon as I start seeing pumpkin toes, roast chicken, bake bread, blanch and freeze corn.” spice products in orange containers and we get a few I hit pretty much every autumn task you could come up cool nights — the much-awaited Good Sleeping Weather with, short of “churn the butter” and “thresh the wheat.” everyone at the office talks about the next morning — I Maybe next year. transform from a whiner who wilts in Granted, the list was more than the humidity to a go-getter who must even an over-caffeinated 19th-centuget things in order before winter. ry prairie girl with a paranoid streak This year, the metamorphosis came could accomplish in 48 hours. And last weekend. I was ready for it, beeverything took longer than I anticcause a few days earlier I had seen a ipated. The apple-related events, for supermarket display of pumpkin spice instance, almost got sidelined when Cheerios (“made with REAL pumpkin I couldn’t find the apple picker — a puree,” as if that helps). Then the temtelescoping rod with a small basket

By Jessie Raymond on the end. (I store it in a different peratures dipped on Friday night, and that’s all it took. place every year, thinking the new I woke up at 5:30 on Saturday with location will be more intuitive. It an energy I hadn’t felt in months. I danced around the never is.) bedroom, saying, “Nippy this morning, isn’t it?” every I eventually found it in a spot I had deemed “too obfew minutes until my husband peeked over the covers vious” to check. I then discovered that the apple trees, and asked me to go somewhere else until it was time to which stand out in our cow pasture, were surrounded by get up. a patch of thistles whose spiky leaves and stems had a He has no appreciation for the changing seasons. taste for human ankle flesh. Back to the house I went At other times of the year, I take my weekends a bit to hunt down my barn boots, which I hadn’t worn since slower. I spend hours mentally preparing for mundane mud season. chores — a process that involves surfing the Internet and After a series of such delays — including a rousing telling myself every 15 minutes, “One more blooper vid- game of “How Many Spiders Are Living in My Barn eo, and then I really must clean the bathroom.”

Boots?” — I finally started baking.

In contrast, on Saturday morning, I skipped downBy the time I got the apple pie into the oven, the kitchstairs and, over coffee, scribbled down all my goals for (See Raymond, Page 5A)

Around the bend

Ilsley Library upgrades needed I am writing to encourage community members to learn more about the plans to renovate Ilsley Library.

I attended the excellent informational meeting and tour last fall, and it was an eye-opener. Particularly as regards general maintenance. I was actually quite appalled. The basement area most especially, is of great concern. Although I rarely even walk through this lower level of the library, it houses the children’s collection and in fact, youth services is the most widely used of all the library programs. Did you know that the foundation of the building is sinking in parts, the electrical wiring is outdated and often malfunctions, poor ventilation, and even mold, is a problem? The list goes on and on.

Although a paying patron of the library, I am a Weybridge resident and thus will not be allowed to vote.

But I do hope Middlebury residents will attend meetings, ask questions, and become thoroughly informed.

Yes, there has been an awful lot of construction in Middlebury in recent years, all very worthy endeavors.

But what could be more important than a healthy and vibrant public library?

In my opinion, the proposed renovations and improvements are not excessive; they are very much needed!

Susan Humphrey Weybridge

Big box stores need not apply

Tractor Supply is not needed.

What is the town of Middlebury thinking? This decision is going to possibly hurt many small, local businesses, namely: Paris Farmers Union, Martin’s Hardware, Aubuchon Hardware, Sears, all of the auto parts stores and Middlebury Agway Farm and Garden. Many of these businesses are locally owned and operated. Middlebury Agway is a family-owned business, has donated heavily within the community and employs many people, young and old. I am a senior and have worked at Agway for more than 10 years, and was also hired as a senior when no one else would even consider me with all my years of experience in retail.

This letter is my own opinion, not that of my employer.

Agway is a meeting place for many people young and old, families with young children and pets are welcome.

We have had baby goats, guinea pigs and even a pot belly pig who needed a bath in our dog wash. We have a very friendly and knowledgeable staff to assist in any way we can.

Will Tractor Supply offer this kind of service? It is a true box store that will employ relatively few people, while (See Letter, Page 5A)

Autumn, pretty one more time then over Bethel MounIt was the first week tain Road. of August when everyMy friend Norm reone started talking about minds me that from the the end of summer. As east side, it’s called Camp if talking about it, a full Brook Road. He says that month ahead of Labor up above the dirt roads Day, would somehow that lace the hills on that prevent the coming of side, backcountry skifall. ers have spent countless August brought not hours cutting trails. I’m the hot weather of most sure those skiers are an21st century summers, ticipating winter and the but more cool and wet. It powder stashes they’ll took a bit of gumption to reap as the bounty of their dive into the lake, or to woods work. clamber over the rocks But the rest of us have into a mountain stream.

And now autumn is by Gregory Dennis a more ambivalent attitude toward the fall. Greg upon us.

Brown put it like this in Driving up through Ripton yesterday — past yet another his song “Pretty One More Time”: It’s getting dark so early road project to repair a washout — the I walked all afternoon leaves were turning right up the road What I see so clearly from the bridge over the Middlebury Will be gone so soon Gorge. The hills above Breadloaf are already painted with new color. Frost I’ll write you a letter, country, literal and poetic.

I know you’ll feel the fall The Snow Bowl is months away Things may not get better from opening. But at the top of the But we can always stall gap looking up at the Ross, you can see that the scrub of the trail cuts has In those lost years when I was livdonned the shrouds of autumn. Muted mango and raspberry colors have ing away, I would often vacation in replaced the lemony greens of spring Vermont this time of year. I loved the tinges of orange on the maples, the nip and summer’s verdant hush.

As I was leaving the college field of morning air turning to Indian sumhouse after basketball before my drive mer warmth, the cool evening fog.

Now that I’m back living here, over the gap, I encountered a college first-year who appeared to be from out these reminders of the changing seaof state and was just finding her way son seem bittersweet. Still sweet, it’s true, but with the slightest bite of the around.

We were walking together for a cold to come.

On a morning ramble this week, moment so I introduced myself and asked her name. “Bethel,” she replied. Zola the Dog and I wandered up the “Welcome to Vermont,” I said. And hill behind C.’s daughter’s house thinking of my coming drive, I add- in Waitsfield, where we’d spent the ed, “We also have a town in Vermont night babysitting her older granddaughter. called Bethel.”

Near the house of an absent neighI hate to leave our lovely local landscape for even a minute in Sep- bor, I picked a pear from their nicely tember. But the afternoon of Sept. 11 tended tree and tossed it to Zola. She called me over two mountain ridges sniffed it and walked on, uninterested.

Yet she loves the wild pears she — through Ripton to Rochester and

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digs out of the woods at my house.

I guess that like the rest of the family, she has a taste for the untended.

It’s undeniably autumn on the Waitsfield side of the mountain. Cold in the mornings, not just cool. The goldenrod that has tormented us hay fever sufferers is still going strong.

But you can see the flowers starting to fade.

The bushes and trees above the Mad River are laced with spider webs.

Little napkins that the fairies left, Thoreau called them.

On my walk with Zola I noticed that one spider, apparently unclear on the concept, had spent the night attaching a single strand between two tree limbs that were 15 feet apart.

Nature loves creativity but doesn’t always reward it. That spider will go hungry, while the ones that strung the traditional lace patterns will feast on bugs all day.

Higher up on the hill above the Waitsfield house, you can see a glimpse of the trails at Sugarbush — another reminder of winter, and a promise that with the cold will come a new kind of fun.

There’s a new baby in my extended family, the second child of C.’s daughter and son-in-law. She had arrived into the breath of life the day before, and I had come over the mountain to get a first glimpse.

C. and I watched over her big sister, while the new baby and her parents spent the night at the birthing center in Randolph.

Another Sept. 11 has come and gone. This morning we’ve seen the big sister off to preschool and straightened up the house. The text that just arrived on C.’s cellphone says the new baby will be coming home soon.

A bright fall day will greet her.

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

Letters to the Editor Porter Medical Center needs to revisit its priorities

Right now, signs are posted near Porter Hospital “Porter Nurses for Safe Staffing.” Recently, more than a dozen nurses were laid off in order to cut expenses. The website indeed.com/cmp/Porter-Medical-Center/reviews has former employees giving the hospital three and a half stars out of five, as a place to work. Apparently, most reviewers liked the job. However, one exceptionally low one-star rating was: “More than 20 years without much accomplishments; hired and promoted leaders who are ineffective yet highly compensated; poor leadership resulted to union organizing. New leadership went overboard by laying off too many people, good people; hired younger ineffective, highly paid managers/directors replaced the near retiring good people; kept the

same old leadership team.”

Perhaps Porter should reduce pay for its CEO (and maybe other executives) instead of reduce nurses.

On August 23rd, Alicia Freese at Seven Days headlined “Million-Dollar Question: How Much Should Nonprofit Hospital CEOs Earn?” and reported that Porter’s CEO is one of the highest-paid in the state: CEO Pay at Vermont Hospitals • University of Vermont Medical Center: $2,186,275 • Dartmouth-Hitchcock: $1,494,669 (*This hospital is in Lebanon, N.H.) • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center: $620,368 • Porter Medical Center: $612,877 • Rutland Regional Medical Center: $565,038

• Central Vermont Medical Center: $503,385 • Gifford Medical Center: $470,574 • Copley Hospital: $435,524 • North Country Hospital: $417,940 • Brattleboro Memorial Hospital: $390,731 • Northwestern Medical Center: $378,272 • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center: $374,660 • Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital: $350,764 • Springfield Hospital: $264,563 • Grace Cottage Hospital: $124,800 Sources: individual Internal Revenue Service Form 990 reports Reports are for federal fiscal year 2016.

Eric Zuesse Whiting

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) potentially harming employment at many other local businesses.

I am very disappointed in the town management that they do not care about the small businesses on the outlying part of the community. If this was a department store wanting

to come in, it would be turned down — as has happened in the past for that might hurt downtown businesses. Apparently this is not the case where these other businesses are concerned. If this BOX store is allowed to come what is next? Where does it stop? Is Middlebury now open for

box stores? This is a decision that would alter the landscape forever!

Am I the only one to feel this way? Come on, people, speak up and support your local businesses.

Ann Pomainville Salisbury

These are the days that fill me with purpose.

By Sunday, I had gotten a good portion of the garden picked and processed. The kitchen looked like a farmers’ market that had been vandalized by hoodlums, but the pantry and freezer were filling up.

I felt alive.

Of course, the inspiring effect of cooler nights only lasts as long as the days stay warm. And, given the way

modern marketing works, in just a few weeks pumpkin spice will give way to peppermint products in green and red packaging — my cue to go inside and knit by the woodstove until spring.

So, in case I don’t see you until mid-October, let me be the first to say it: Enjoy your peppermint hot chocolate, and have yourself a merry little Christmas.

Addison Independent, Thursday, September 14, 2017 — PAGE 5A

Locke, liberalism and America’s influence in charting a new course Editor’s note: This is the 24th tion of their sons, they should want was foretold the second coming of them to have gone Christ and the end of history. That in a series of essays by to school. She wrote end was to be followed by a thouMiddlebury College two books, published sand-year reign of Christ on earth— Professor Emeritus anonymously.

The although on this last point Locke Victor Nuovo on the oriideas expressed in was undecided. gins of western political In any case, Locke believed them are similar to thought.

Locke’s, and it has that God would abruptly end the

BY VICTOR NUOVO often been supposed course of history. The dead would Was John Locke a that he influenced her be raised, and there would be a final liberal? There seems to thinking; but it could judgment of all mankind, and a fibe a consensus among just as well have been nal separation of the sheep from the scholars that he was. It she that influenced goats. Then, the old world would be all depends on what one him. I’m sure she did. destroyed to make place for a new means by “liberal,” and As I have noted, they heaven and earth, where God would because it means many were intellectual part- rule and provide for every human things, one must take Thinking about ners. need. each meaning in turn.

So, was Locke liberal? Pick And in spite of his A liberal believes in politics — commitment to free- your points to argue, but certainly, human equality and the the origins dom and equality as depending on the topic and the defiright of individuals to An essay by a natural right, Locke nition of liberal, Locke’s record was think what they will, to countenanced slavery mixed. rely on their own judgVictor Nuovo ********** ments concerning truth Middlebury College in the American coloIn retrospect, the idea of unlimnies, which is a plain and falsehood, right and professor emeritus contradiction of his ited social and economic progress wrong, to be the absoprinciples. So much did not gain currency, and was perlute owners of themof philosophy for the consistency of haps not even conceived, until the selves, their persons and 18th Century. The political revogreat thinkers. their bodies, and to be Economic liberals of the day lutions of the 18th, 19th, and early the ultimate deciders of their own fate and fortune. (Although I should also believed in free trade and a free 20th centuries were endeavors to add here, ‘God willing’, for as a market. Locke did not. He was a achieve this end.

And a more peaceful version of Christian and theist, Locke believed mercantilist, which is to say that he that God owned and decided every- favored national regulation of the this idea also became established thing.) Still, Locke was certain that supply of money and the quality of in the very character of Western God willed that individuals owned the coin of the realm, and also the Civilization, and the possibility of it themselves and could not be owned regulation of foreign trade to the was clarified and its probability inadvantage of national industries. He creased by the industrial revolution by another.

He based his case for religious favored colonization as a means of and the rapid growth of technology.

From a Western perspective, the toleration on this belief. He argued economic growth.

On the other hand, he did not United States of America became that anyone’s beliefs, religious or otherwise, is their personal business worry, as did the ancients, about the the principal guardian and adminisand, if it is to be genuine and sin- accumulation of great wealth in the trator of this idea.

After the cold war ended, some cere, cannot be coerced. Because hands of the few. He desired full the state can’t force an individual to employment, and was interested in prophets of secular history have proposed that hisbelieve a specific religious doctrine, measures that would tory had reached its it would be wrong to attempt it and put the able-bodied end. Not that time unjust for any government to try idle poor to work, The idea of would end and with it. It would be like using torture to but under conditions unlimited social it all change, but compel innocent persons to confess that looked more and economic that human socito crimes they didn’t commit. For like servitude than progress did not ety, through a long the same reason, he advocated the freedom of opportugain currency, process of trial and complete separation of Church and nity. His references error, had achieved State. Only individuals can decide to day laborers in his and was what they believe and this applies writings show that perhaps not even its most reliable and durable social, poespecially to their religious beliefs. he was more con- conceived, until Locke, however, was an im- cerned about their the 18th Century. litical and economic forms, and that perfect advocate of these liberal prospects for getting The political whatever setbacks ideas. Unlike Spinoza, he did not into heaven than remay occur, they advocate unrestricted freedom ceiving a fair and revolutions of would not change of enquiry — the pursuit of truth livable wage. And the 18th, 19th, the settled course wherever it led. He condemned he did not believe and early 20th of history — rather Spinoza because Spinoza equated that there should be a centuries were they would be folGod with Nature and denied divine limit on the growth of endeavors to by greater providence. Locke wrote that a civil great family fortunes. achieve this end. lowed inequality freedom, equality, society is not obligated to tolerate Income was not a problem to long life and ecoanyone who holds such beliefs. nomic well being.

Also, Locke did not champi- him.

Locke, however, did not beThis is a nice idea. But it is on women’s rights, even though he believed that in a state of na- lieve in unlimited economic prog- barely more credible than the reture, men and women were equal. ress, which is touted by the mo- ligious fantasies entertained by Locke’s closest friend was a wom- guls of economic expansion and Locke, Newton and their intellecan, Damaris Lady Masham. They is a hallmark of modern economic tual friends. And, I am sure, it is were platonic lovers for almost a liberalism. Perhaps this is a good the wrong idea to have in mind as quarter of a century. Not long after thing. Rather, Locke believed in we turn to consider the political Locke returned to England from ex- the biblical explanation of the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, ile, he became a permanent resident Second Coming, expecting that and the intellectual motives and at her husband’s country estate and world history would culminate goals of its principal framers.

It is to that subject that the next they lived together as intellectual sometime during the 18th Century.

During the last decade of his life, essays will pursue, in the assurpartners.

Lady Masham was an advocate Locke received frequent visits from ance that the intellectual quality of of women’s right to education, ar- Isaac Newton to read and discuss those who framed that esteemed guing that if men were going to the Bible, especially the book of document is equal to that of those entrust them with the early educa- Revelation, in which they believed whom I have already discussed.

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4A, 5A and 7A.

Raymond (Continued from Page 4A) en looked like the crime scene after the grisly murder of the Pillsbury Doughboy. I had left flour handprints on the fridge door, the oven front and, inexplicably, the valance curtain over the sink. Bowls piled up on the counter. Strips of apple peel hung from cabinet knobs.

I couldn’t help it. I baked with abandon because this was the kind of weekend I had waited for all year.

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) tions bring criticism of her in public, but that too she can shoulder. She is looking for a position directly related to women’s rights.

I would like a graduate program in the U.S.,” she says, when I ask. I am concerned about her safety. “But for now, I am home.”

My young friend helps me grasp this feeling. She is where she has worked hard to be, an individual with

a college degree, with documentary filmmaking experience, as well as experience working for women’s rights.

She’s eager to apply all of these to what she believes in. This is where she can, in spite of tangible odds, live most fully.

I see that “home” isn’t the physical space, but rather the chemistry between a person and a place. For each of us, faces and voices, smells and sounds, connections and commit-

ments create a feeling of home. No matter how challenging it is, there is nothing quite like it. I’m delighted to be home.

Jill Vickers is a native of the Champlain Valley, a retired teacher of literacy and the founder of a video production company. Special interests include family history, travel and outdoor activities. She lives with her husband and their springer spaniel in Bridport.

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries Phyllis Demong, 97, Cornwall

CORNWALL — Phyllis Hickman Demong passed away peacefully in her home in Cornwall, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at the age of 97. Phyllis was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. At the age of 16, she attended Syracuse University majoring in Fine Arts, where she met Francis Demong, who became her husband.

Phyllis had a very successful painting career. She exhibited widely and won many prizes and awards in national and regional juried shows. She had over 20 one-man shows, among them: The Munson Gallery, New Haven, Conn., and Chatham, Mass., Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, Vt., Gallery Two, Woodstock, Vt., Middlebury College, and many more.

Phyllis is represented in hundreds of private collections in this country and abroad. She is author and illustrator of, “Celebearties and Other Bears,” “It’s a Pig World Out There” and “Rare and Undone Saints.” Phyllis was included in “Who’s Who of American Women.”

In 1974, Syracuse University presented her with their highest alumni award, The George Arents Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts.

Phyllis, her husband Francis, and son Peter moved to Vermont

PHYLLIS HICKMAN DEMONG in 1967 and established Store Two — A Country Store for Today in Middlebury.

Phyl’s heart was always at the ocean and her special place — Nauset Beach. The Demong family vacationed on Cape Cod for years and built a house in East Orleans in 1963. She was able to spend fifty wonderful summers in that house with her dogs and her family visiting all the time. Some of her fondest memories were the summers that, separately, all four of her grandchildren worked on the Cape for the

summer and lived with her. She was able to spend special time and create a strong, loving bond with each one.

She is survived by her son, Peter Demong, and his wife Ann, of Cornwall, son Thomas Demong of Nashville, Tenn., daughter Sarah Demong Stahl of Cornwall and daughter in law Valerie Demong of Cornwall. She was predeceased by her husband Francis, and her son Geoffrey. She also leaves four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

A memorial celebration will held Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 at the Congregational Church in Middlebury, Vt. The family wishes to extend special thanks to Dr. Brad Armstrong, Dr. Jessica Rouse, Hospice nurse Ann Gibbons and Hospice aid Joanne Paige and all the wonderful Hospice volunteers, especially Vanessa Wolff. They filled Phyllis’s house with laughter and love and support.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Phyllis’s memory to Hospice Volunteer Services, P. O. Box 772, Middlebury, VT 05753 or Addison County Home Health and Hospice, P. O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

You are our sunshine Phyl, and always will be.◊

Real Bergeron Sr., 75, Milton MILTON — Real E. Bergeron Sr., 75, died Saturday evening Sept. 9, 2017 at the Vermont Respite House in Colchester after a long illness.

He was born May 2, 1942 in Sherbrooke, Canada, the son of Leonard and Marie (Potvin) Bergeron.

Real was an avid Boston Red Sox and Montreal Canadians fan, he enjoyed playing cards, dancing and bowling.

He had been employed by Rutland Plywood and Polymers Plastics retiring due to ill health.

Survivors are his children; Real E. Bergeron Jr. and wife Jeanne of Forest Dale; Sherri Alexander and husband Bill of Rutland; by his brother Andre and wife Mary; by his sisters, Claire Phipps and husband Ed, Monique Bedard, REAL E. BERGERON SR. Simone Hallock and husband Guy, Nicole Laberge and husband Bill; by his grandchildren, Michael, Bradley, by his six great grandchilJamie, Preston, Brett, Devon and dren and several nieces, nephews

and cousins. He is also survived by his significant other Sondra Hill, his former daughter-in-law Lori Slicer, and his former wife Emma Bergeron.

He was predeceased by his parents and by his son Bernard Bergeron, his daughter Susanne Bergeron and by his sister Denise Bergeron.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday Sept. 13, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, located at 117 South Main Street, Middlebury. The Rev. Luke Austin will officiate. Family and friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

Burial will follow in Case Street Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the McClure Miller VNA Respite House at 3113 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446.

Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

Carroll Beeman, 69, Orwell ORWELL — Carroll E. Beeman, 69, of Whiteville, N.C., and Orwell, Vt., passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Carroll loved the southern weather, Clint Eastwood movies, motorcycles, peanut butter, Nascar, his dog Daisy Mae, Corvettes, Snap-On Tools, beautiful women, and Marlboro Lights — not necessarily in that order.

Carroll literally grew up turning

wrenches, first at his father’s garage in Orwell and at Merrill Transport in Fair Haven. He then found his passion when he went to work for Snap-On Tools. He was a born people person and sales leader. He will be sorely missed.

He is survived by his mother, Freida Beeman of Orwell, Vt., his brothers Ronald Beeman and Chuck Beeman; his sons, Jason Beeman and his son

Chase of Otis, Maine; John Beeman of Richmond, Vt. and his wife Amy Downing, and their daughter Rowan.

He was predeceased by his father, two brothers, and his sister.

Donations can be made to the Orwell Volunteer Fire Dept, Main Street, Orwell, VT 05760.

There will be a mass at St. Paul’s Church in Orwell, Vt., scheduled for a later date.◊

Mary Cobb, 83, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Mary C. Cobb, 83, died early Saturday morning Sept.

2, 2017, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. Her family is grateful to Helen Porter for their exemplary care and kindnesses.

She was born April 14, 1934, in Ferrisburgh, in a farmhouse on land that is now Button Bay State Park.

She was the daughter of William and Madeline (Barrows) Cobb.

She was a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Mary enjoyed collecting figurines and was an avid reader of mystery books and westerns. She loved animals — most especially dogs, cats and horses. She enjoyed winters in Florida with her parents, where she became a Certified Nurses Aid. MARY C. COBB Mary worked as a nurse’s aide in Addison County and was well known around downtown Middlebury for the history of Vergennes, Ferrisburgh her frequent visits on her daily walks. or Middlebury during her life years, She would always have some news to Mary was the one to ask.

She is survived by her brother share, and should you want to know

David Cobb and his wife Elissa of Bristol; by her two stepdaughters, Kim Godbout and Nicole Niquette; her sister-in-law Peggy Cobb; and by several step grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mary was predeceased by her parents, her brother, Peter Cobb, her sister, Judy Cobb, her former husband Cyril A. Godbout and a stepdaughter Katherine Godbout.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. at Prospect Cemetery in East Middlebury.

Memorial contributions may be made to Addison County Home Health & Hospice at P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Mary’s family also wishes to express their appreciation and gratitude to Vergennes Residential Care (Tim and Barbara Buskey), where she resided prior to her stay at Helen Porter.

Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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Priscilla Carpenter, 94, Randolph RANDOLPH — Priscilla G. Carpenter, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Randolph on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.

Born in Randolph on Oct. 11, 1922, she was the daughter of Loeata and Edson Gifford Sr. of East Randolph. On Dec. 29, 1940, she married the late Russell F. Carpenter in Randolph. Priscilla grew up in East Randolph, attended E. Randolph Elementary School, Randolph High School and the Burlington Business College.

Through her career she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for several businesses throughout the State of Vermont. Priscilla has lived in East Randolph, Burlington, Randolph, Saxtons River, Bellows Falls, Middlebury, and Lake Elmore.

Priscilla is loved and mourned by her three sons and their wives; Russell and Donna from Middlebury, James and Jeanne from Hilo, Hawaii, Donald and Lynne from Joe’s Pond; daughter Cynthia Sheehan of Rutland; sister Marilyn Sargeant of Randolph; 10 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.

During her lifetime Priscilla was very active in supporting her family, the Order of Eastern Star, various community organizations and her church. She loved to cook, sew, knit, garden and help do crafts

residents warned the selectboard in an advisory resolution to seek public input before taking another position on marijuana legalization.

Reluctantly, the selectboard commissioned a survey, and the response made it clear why they preferred to do this in secret: Nearly 600 Middlebury residents responded to the survey (the typical town survey gets fewer than 200 responses), and over 68 percent of them said they support

legalizing marijuana. Moreover, by a lopsided margin of 65 percent to 25 percent, town residents told the selectboard to stop lobbying against legalization through the VLCT. Sadly, it appears that the selectboard doesn’t care what you think.

A majority of selectboard members are set to vote to re-authorizing VLCT’s anti-legalization lobbying agenda at its next meeting (7 p.m. on Tuesday Sept.

26, at the town offices), despite

clear instructions to the contrary from the public they are supposed to represent.

It’s long past time for the Middlebury selectboard to represent the will of the people who elect them, instead of the will of the law enforcement community they actually listen to.

Enough is enough. The Sept. 26 selectboard meeting is open to the public. Go. Be heard.

Dave Silberman, Esq. Middlebury

Legalizing marijuana would have no positive benefits to the community PRISCILLA G. CARPENTER with her daughter. More specific information about Priscilla’s life, work experiences and service to our community organizations can be found on the web site listed below.

A celebration of life service will be held at Bethany United Church of Christ in Randolph on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 11:00 a.m. For those who wish, memorial gifts in lieu of flowers, would be appreciated to the New England Kurn Hattin Homes, Inc., P.O. Box 127, Westminster, VT 05158. To send online condolences, please visit dayfunerals.com.◊

I recently read in an issue of the Addison Independent, Vol. 29, No. 19, an article describing a survey by you researching people’s opinion regarding the legalization of marijuana in Vermont. I filled out the survey, but was not confident that the survey went through. So I am writing this letter to you expressing my opinion.

My opinion is that I oppose the legalization of marijuana for public and recreational use. Marijuana is a controlled substance as defined by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. It is a controlled substance for a reason. And that reason is that its abuse is detrimental to individual people and the public.

Use of marijuana as an individual not only dulls various types of pain it also dulls the senses and slows down the rational functions of the brain so decision-making becomes highly irrational. If a person has a certain discomfort that needs to be relieved, there are numerous medications that can be prescribed through doctors that can be taken.

Medications that most likely are also on the government’s controlled list for the similar reasons as marijuana. Excessive use and abuse of marijuana can lead to addiction and the ruin of a person’s life, whether with their family or their job or any other relationship they may have with other people and the public.

One specific potential public issue regarding the usage of marijuana is the operation of motor vehicles. Currently, with alcohol use and abuse, the local law enforcement has a method of determining whether individuals have consumed excessive amounts of alcohol by performing breath analyzer test at the scene of an accident to determine if accident participants are over the limit of consumption and in control of their actions. This method can be performed on the spot of the accident or incident.

If a person is under the influence of marijuana, to my knowledge, there is no method to determine if an individual has had too much marijuana and has reduced their ability to make rational decision on vehicle operation, and thus could very well be the cause of an accident. Thus an accident could occur caused by an individual on marijuana and no fault could be placed and thus no consequences or guilt established. Not what one would like to encounter if a loved one is injured or killed. This specific issue could also pertain to the operation of any type of machinery.

Recent statistics from some of the western states have indicated that the accident rates are up in those areas where recreational marijuana has been approved for public use. Although there has been

no specified cause for the increased accident rates, the increase has been since the approval of recreational marijuana. It seems to me that for Vermont, we would rather find ways to reduce the current statistics regarding accidents rather than increase the numbers. We don’t need another accident casualty factor, we have enough as it is.

California has recently found that National Forests within the state have become growing grounds for marijuana. In the growing process numerous chemicals are being used for weed control, insect control, and fertilizers to improve the plant growth of the marijuana plant.

As a result, the chemicals used have destroyed the existing forest ecosystems and in some areas have actually promoted the growth of undesirable plant species. This destruction of natural plant systems not only ruins the natural existing ecology of the forests but also affects the wildlife by reducing the normal food substances normally available for consumption.

If marijuana was approved in Vermont we would be putting the Green Mountain forests of Vermont at risk because some people would begin using them to grow the plant.

I don’t think that we would want to promote that in Vermont. We would want to keep Vermont green.

A few years ago, the president of Mexico indicated that there

would not be a drug problem at the U.S.-Mexican border if the U.S.A. did not have such a demand for drugs. If we promote the free issue of marijuana then we would be promoting the crime of drugs coming from Mexico, and other places. I can only assume that the same issue would occur at the U.S.-Canada border.

By allowing the use, and abuse of marijuana, we would be promoting the criminal opportunities of drug trafficking across U.S. borders, whether with Mexico or Canada. I’m sure that our border patrol has enough issues to deal with without impressing them with trafficking in marijuana more than it already is.

Therefore I oppose the public and recreational use of marijuana.

I see no positive benefit for the approval. But I do see numerous issues that would be detrimental to its approval for recreation and usage by the general public. Our society has enough issues to deal with that are not conducive to improvement of quality of life.

Let’s keep Vermont the quality place to live and promote improvements for its future. Approving the recreational use of marijuana would certainly not be beneficial to the future of the great state of Vermont. Let’s oppose its use.

John Mitchell Fort Myers, Fla.

See Letters to the Editor on Pages 4A, 5A and 7A.

BETTY JEAN LAFOUNTAIN Canada; Alice and Steven Shepard of Corpus Christi, Texas; 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren, two sisters, Martha Hutchins of Phoenixville, Pa., and Phyllis Elliott of Denver, Colo.

She was predeceased by her husband Bill, who died in June 2013, her brothers Len T. Williams, Hubert W. Williams and Clinton J. Williams.

A memorial service will be held at a future date.◊

Ann Gipson, 84, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Ann Rebecca Gipson, 84, of Middlebury, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Middlebury. Arrangements are

Let Middlebury selectboard know how you feel about marijuana legalization For each of the past two years, the Middlebury selectboard authorized the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT), on whose executive board Town Manager Kathleen Ramsey serves, to lobby Montpelier against marijuana legalization. The decision to lobby against sensible drug policy reform was made in secret, without any public warning, and without any public input.

When this secret was finally exposed at town meeting, town

Betty Jean LaFountain, 85, formerly of Middlebury WHITECOURT, Alberta, Canada — Betty Jean (Williams) LaFountain, 85, formerly of Middlebury, died on August 26, 2017. She suffered from failing health for several years. She was born on June 4, 1932, in Pittsford, Vt., daughter of Clinton B. Williams and Gladys L. (Snell) Williams.

She graduated from Brandon High School in 1950. She married William W. LaFountain of Middlebury in 1952. They celebrated their 60th Anniversary on October 16, 2012.

Betty was a homemaker for most of her life. She loved to knit and crochet and made many pairs of mittens and socks for her children and the children of others. In her later years she made pillows with hand stitching until she had to give it up due to failing eyesight. Betty was known for her love of children of all ages — her home and her heart always had room for one more. Her legacy lives on, not only in her own children, but in countless more whose path she crossed and lives she touched.

She is survived by her eight children; Michelle LaFountain and Stan Friend, Julie and James Miller, Amy and Darin Muir all of Dallas, Texas: Leni and Pat O’Donnell of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada: Billy and Christa LaFountain of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada; Andrea Held, and Mark and Tammy LaFountain, of Whitecourt, Alberta,

Letters to the Editor

pending at Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home, 26 Franklin Street, Brandon, and a complete obituary will follow in a later edition of the Addison Independent.

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calendar “Moonlight” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 16, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College. A film chronicling the life of a gay African-American man from his troubled childhood to adulthood in a rough area of Miami. Free.

King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Sept.

16, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center The socializing begins with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and card games. A great way to keep in touch with your neighbors and support the Grange. All are welcome.

or Cora Waag 897-2385.

Bridport Historical Society annual meeting in “I want to write a book – how to begin” Bridport. Sunday, Sept. 17, 1-4 p.m., Bridport in Vergennes. Thursday, Sept. 14, 3-5 p.m., Community/Masonic Hall. Gregory Sharrow of the Bixby Library, 258 Main St. “Vermont Wild” Vermont Folklife Center will deliver a talk on “A author Megan Price will lead this workshop about Sense of Place: Vermont’s Farm Legacy,” explorgetting you writing project started. Free. Registration ing the fabric of farm culture that has strongly influrequired. Limit 20. More info contact Muir Haman at enced the identity of Vermonters. Pot-luck lunch at 802-877-221 or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org 1 p.m. (Bring a dish to share)! Gregory Sharrow Addison County Right to Life meeting in Bristol. at 2 p.m. BHS Annual Meeting to follow. Free and Thursday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Church, open to the public. More info, call 802-758-2218.

School St. All members encouraged to attend.

Memorial poetry reading in Vergennes. Sunday, Visitors welcome. Refreshments Sept. 17, 2 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. A available. More info contact Chris reading honoring late poet and Ferrisburgh resiHolden at 802-388-3563 or bobbilldent David Parkinson. The author of numerous chris@rwch.net. volumes of poetry and a novella about a red fox, Parkinson was a VERGENNES MOVEMENT STUDIO — Mindfulness Based long-time member of Middlebury’s Creek Poetry Workshop.

Stress Reduction, a suite of meditative practices improving Otter Friends and acquaintances will wellness, offered weekly at Vergennes Movement Studio, 179 Main gather at the Bixby to read his Blood Drive in St., Vergennes, Monday, September 12 – October 31 at 8:30 a.m. poems and those by other authors.

Shoreham. Friday, Sept 15, 10 a.m.-3;30 p.m., Registration deadline ‑ September 8. Visit www.ronidonnenfeld. Free and open to the public.

Fellowship Hall, 28 School Rd. More Paint-N-Sip fundraiser in com, 802‑793‑5073. info at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800Vergennes. Sunday, Sept. 17, 3-5 733-2767) or redcrossblood.org.

SUN STYLE TAI CHI YANG CLASSES — in Vergennes. All p.m.,Vergennes Eagles Club, 67 Tai Chi for Beginners in Middlebury.

Haven Rd. Painting pumpkins classes will be held at St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Tai Chi Intermediate New Friday, Sept. 15, 11 a.m.-noon, on slate to raise funds for The Miss Level (Part 2) Mondays from 9‑10 a.m., Sept. 25 ‑Dec. 11, 2017. Tai Vermont Scholarship Proceeds will Middlebury Recreational Center.

The first meeting of a class that Chi Basic (Beginner Level) Mondays from 10:15‑11:15 a.m., Sept. be awarded on the MVSO stage runs through Nov. 30. An introduc25 – Oct. 30, 2017. All classes are free of charge. For info contact on Saturday, May 26th, 2018, at tory class to learn movements that Barre Opera House. All paintLee Francis at 877‑2464 or email lhfrancis1@myfairpoint.net. the improve balance, decrease chances ing materials provided. Register in of falling, strengthens legs and core, MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Adult: Mon Mid‑day On & advance $35/$40 at the door. More and calms the mind. Free. More info at 802-349-9315 or facebook.

Off the Wheel, Mon Oils, Weds Paint/Pastels, Thurs Drawing, info at 802-453-5600 or swallis@wcvt. com/paintwithjackie/.

Thurs Pastels. Children: After School Art: Create Your Own com.

Bandaloop’s Mark Stuver in Mini World, Art of the World, Holiday Gifts, Clay Classes Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 15, noon, ‑ Mon & Weds Wheel, Tues Clay Hand Building, Fri Home Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for School Teen Art. middleburystudioschool.org Contact Barb Red Cross Blood the Arts, Middlebury College. Stuver 247‑3702, ewaldewald@aol.com Drive in Brandon. will discuss his career journey as a Monday, Sept. 18, noon-5 dancer, writer, and puppeteer. Free p.m., Brandon American Legion, and open to the public.

550 Franklin St. Walk-in or by appointment. More Tai Chi Sun Style 73 Forms in Middlebury. Friday, info at redcrossblood.org or 800-733-2767.

Sept. 15, 1-2 p.m., Middlebury Recreational Center.

Green Mountain Bike Club Century Climate Economy Model Communities kick-off The first meeting of a class that runs through Nov. Day in the Champlain Valley. Sunday, in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 18, 2:30-8:30 p.m., 30. Open to those who have experience with this set.

Sept. 17, meet at 7:30 a.m., Wheeler lot, Town Offices, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Free. More info at 802-453-5600 or swallis@wcvt.

Veterans Memorial Park, S. Burlington. Three and Ilsley Public Library. Vermont Council on com. rides, all following the same route for the first Rural Development, joined by partners Efficiency VFW Fish Fry and dance in Middlebury. Friday, Sept.

25 miles with a food stop in Bristol. The Metric Vermont and Green Mountain Power will launch 15, 5 p.m., Middlebury VFW, 530 Exchange St. Fried Century is 62 miles (M) via Bristol and Vergennes. a process for Middlebury residents to identify and haddock, French fries, or baked potato, cole slaw, The full Century is 100 miles (S) traveling down advance priorities that strengthen the community rolls and dessert for $11/person. Dance with Dave’s to the Crown Point Bridge and returning through in the face of climate change, including measures Country and Oldies Show begins at 7 p.m., $5/ the Champlain Valley. Those looking for an extra to improve economic opportunity and affordabilperson. Open to the public. challenge can do the Double Gap Century, which ity. More info at vtrural.org, VCRD at 802-225is 113 miles and includes the Middlebury and 6393 or jon@vtrural.org, or facebook.com/ Appalachian Gaps. More info contact Kevin Batson events/143874326210013.

802-825-5816 / kevbvt@gmail.com or Lou Bresee Indivisible Middlebury Monthly meeting in Fabulous Flea Market in Middlebury.

802-658-0597 / lakelou@comcast.net.

Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 18, 6:30-8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Town TAM Trek in Middlebury. Sunday, Sept. 17, 8 a.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Hall Theater. This annual event returns with 25 Wright Park. Middlebury Area Land Trust’s annual 2 Duane Ct. We will plan actions in support of an vendors and dealers offering antiques, jewelry, furnievent to raise funds for the Trail Around Middlebury. inclusive, free community. Show up. Speak Out. ture, rugs, textiles, food and more. Free. All proceeds Timed races of 18 miles and six miles, and two-mile Join in. go to support THT performances. family fun run/walk, all through woods, farmland, Addison County Democratic Committee meetFall Fun Fest in Vergennes. Saturday, Sept. 16, 10 meadow and river valleys. Post-race celebration ing in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m., a.m.-2 p.m. Vergennes City Green. Help fuel, elecwith refreshments, prizes and music. All welcome, Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main tricity, transport, medicine, and more for ANY Addison any ability. Registration at maltvt.org.

St. Topics for discussion include planning for the County resident in need. Lions Club volunteers will Horse and environment talk in Middlebury.

Health Care Forum on Sept. 28 and finalizing the grill hamburgers and hot dogs. Family activities Sunday, Sept 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Eddy Farm slate of officers for 2017-2019. All Democrats are include pumpkin and face painting, bean bag toss, encouraged to attend. ring toss, potato on a spoon races. Mums for sale.

All donations are tax deductible. Everyone is welcome. More info contact vucc@vergennesucc.org or 802-877-2435.

Chicken pie supper in Alpaca Open House in Brandon.

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Saturday, Sept 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 19, 5:30-9 p.m., Weybridge Maple View Farm and Vermont Congregational Church, 2790 Fiber Mill & Studio, 185 Adams Weybridge Rd. The harvest meal Rd. Located on 100 scenic includes the church’s renowned acres, Maple View Farm chicken pie, mashed potatoes currently is home to 23 and squash, salad, a variety alpacas. During the of side dishes, and apple and open house, visitors will pumpkin pies. Seatings at 5:30 be able to visit with the and 7:00 p.m. Tickets: adults alpacas, observe the $12/children 10 and under mill operations and see $6. Reservations required. fiber demonstrations.

More info contact Arlinda ACTR birthday party Wickland at 802-545-2246. in Middlebury.

Bristol Democrats caucus Saturday, Sept, 16, in Bristol. Thursday, Sept.

11 a.m.-2 p.m., Mary 19, 7 p.m., Bristol Rescue Hogan Recreational Squad Building, North St. Field, Mary Hogan Dr. Every four years, Bristol’s Join ACTR and other Democratic Party members service agencies for this reorganize. We need new Community Jamboree with people to fill the Party and get live music by Full Share and things going, to take the oppora Bike-A-Palooza safety tunity to get active in running our course. Help Stuff-The-Bus country. Help us pick an open and with non-perishables for local public place to meet, maybe at the food shelves and get a sweet ice Town Hall. Come with new names for cream reward. Also pet adoptions, party officers. More info contact Peter Grant bocce, face painting, food concessions at 802-453-2278. and games.

Health and wellness fair in Middlebury.

Saturday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m-3 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Terrace. Flu vaccine clinic, a free blood pressure clinic, chair massage, mini Paint-N-Sip fundraiser in Middlebury. fitness classes, yoga and tai chi, free pony rides for Wednesday, Sept. 20, 6-8 p.m. VFW, kids, foot care education, job fair, adaptive bicycle SHOREHAM’S APPLE FEST returns this 530 Exchange St. Support local veterans demonstrations, and live music. Open to the public, weekend on Sunday, Sept. 17, from noon programs by painting on your choice of a canvas rain or shine, door prizes. Free. More info contact to 4 p.m. on the Shoreham town green. or a sap bucket lid. Snacks and all materials Andrea Masse, R.N., 802-989-7504.

Can you top this prize-winning pie baked provided. $35 advance/$40 at the door. More info JPL Golf Classic in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Sept. for last year’s festival? at 802-349-9315 or facebook.com/paintwithjackie/.

16, noon-6 p.m., Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Rd. Proceeds benefit the Addison County School, 1815 South Street Ext. A brief talk about Firefighter’s Association, with a focus on training the grounds and the history of the Eddy Farm needs of the county. Registration is $85 per person, property will be followed by a walking tour of the $340 for a team of 4, deadline Sept. 2. Green fees, Clifford Symposium in Middlebury. facilities to understand caring for modern horses cart, awards and appetizers included for all players.

Thursday, Sept. 21, 4:30-10 p.m., on the land. Register at bit.ly/2wrLrOs or call More info contact Bob Patterson at 802-453-3896.

Middlebury College, locations around 262-1222. Free.

Fall Family Festival in Whiting. Saturday, Sept. 16, campus. This year’s topic is “The Soviet Century: noon-4 p.m., Whiting Community Church, 7 North Alpaca Open House in Brandon. Sunday, Sept 17, One Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution.”

11 a.m.-4 p.m., Maple View Farm and Vermont Main St. Outdoor games to be enjoyed by all, with and aims to re-examine the global significance of Fiber Mill & Studio, 185 Adams Rd. Located on a free admission and barbeque. More info contact this watershed moment in modern history in politi100 scenic acres, Maple View Farm currently is Marie Orr at 802-948-2192 or mjorr22@yahoo.com. cal, social and cultural terms. Keynote address by home to 23 alpacas. During the open house, visiBandaloop performs in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept.

Susan Buck-Moss at 4:30 p.m., in the Mahaney tors will be able to visit with the alpacas, observe 16, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Plaza, Mahaney Center for the Center for the Arts, and a screening of “Karl Marx the mill operations and see fiber demonstrations.

Arts, Middlebury College. A pioneer in vertical perforCity” at Twilight Auditorium at 8 p.m. Free and mance, where performers turn the dance floor on its Hawk watch in Waltham. Sunday, Sept. 17, 11 open to the public. More info at middlebury.edu/ a.m.-2 p.m., Buck Mountain.. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at side. Free. Weather permitting.

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Vergennes Park and Ride, junction of Routes 22A Scout Day in Monkton. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2-4 p.m., Jim Douglas in Bristol. Thursday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., and 7, or at 11 a.m. at the trailhead on Route 66.

Town Recreation Field on Hollow Road. Public Howden Hall, 19 West Street. The Bristol Historical Carpool to Route 66 if possible; parking there is invited, particularly boys ages 6-17, to join in a funSociety will host former Vermont Governor Jim extremely limited. Led by Ron Payne and Warren filled afternoon and find out more of what Scouting is Douglas to talk about his activities and thoughts King. More info or rain date contact Warren at all about. Bring a copy of this listing to receive a free since leaving the governorship. The public is 802-388-4082. hot dog and beverage. More info: Russ at 453-4859. encouraged to engage him in topics of current Archaeological talk in Orwell. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2-3 9th Annual Apple Fest in Shoreham. Sunday, concern. Call Steve Ayotte at 453-7709 for details.

Sept. 17, noon-4 p.m., Shoreham Town Green p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 472 & Gazebo. Delicious food, live music by Snake Mount Independence Rd. Members of the University Mountain Bluegrass, an apple pie contest, a farmof Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program will ers’ market, a bounce house, children’s activities present new archaeological, geospatial, mapping, and a silent auction of Addison county photos and historical research about the occupations of Green Mountain Club Silver Lake will be featured. Fall fundraiser for the Friends of Mount Independence and the Americans’ attempt to hike in Salisbury. Friday, Sept. 22, Falls the Platt Memorial Library. Free and open to the retake the Mount in the summer of 1777. A Vermont of Lana/Silver Lake parking lot, Route 53, public. More info contact Carol Causton 897-2747, Archaeology Month event. Free with museum admission.

Molly Francis 897-5354, Judy Stevens 897-7031 south of Branbury State Park. Moderate, 5.5 miles

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THIS YEAR’S TAM Trek takes place on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 8 a.m., starting in Wright Park. Middlebury Area Land Trust’s annual event raises funds for the TAM with timed races of 18 miles and six miles, and a two-mile family fun run/walk, all through woods, farmland, meadow and river valleys.

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

Clifford Symposium in Middlebury. Friday, Sept.

22, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Middlebury College, locations around campus. This year’s topic is “The Soviet Century: One Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution.” and aims to re-examine the global significance of this watershed moment in modern history in political, social and cultural terms. Highlights include a scene from Vsevolod Vishnevsky’s 1933 play, a panel discussion on Art and Revolution, keynote Address by Mark Steinberg. opening reception, and a piano concert.

Free and open to the public. More info at middlebury.edu/Clifford/2017.

Atlatl Workshop in Addison. Friday, Sept. 22, noon-5 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 8149 Route 17W. Atlatl experts Bob and Cheryll Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl teach traditional and modern techniques of atlatl and dart construction, flint knapping, hafting stone points, and cordage making. Enjoy atlatl lore and coaching on the use of your new atlatl. Cost: $70 - includes instruction & materials. Pre-registration required.

Table of Grace free meal in Vergennes. Friday, Sept.

22, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church. The menu will include chicken and biscuits, stuffing, vegetable, cranberry sauce and dessert. Come and bring your friends. Free.

Exhibition opening reception in Middlebury.

Friday, Sept. 22, 6-7:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Center. Join us for light refreshments and the chance to view this installation on “The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution,” with highlights from the museum’s holdings of Russian art, including photographs, luxury items by the firm of Fabergé, and a recently acquired Soviet poster. Brief remarks at 6:30 p.m. In collaboration with the 2017 Clifford Symposium, which marks the centennial of the Russian Revolution. Free. More info at www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

VPR’s Nina Keck discusses the Syrian Refugee crisis Bristol. Friday, Sept. 22, 7-8:30 p.m., Holley Hall, 1 South St. Hosted by the One World Library Project, Keck will share photos and talks about her recent reporting trip to Jordan, one of the countries most impacted by the crisis. Free and open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities.

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Hurricane relief breakfast in Shoreham. Saturday, Sept. 23, 8-10 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Enjoy French toast with local maple syrup, breakfast casseroles, home fries, sausages, beverages, and a surprise. $8 for Adults $8/children under 12 $4/$20 for families with small children. All proceeds will benefit Hurricane Relief Efforts and the Church Restoration Fund.

WomenSafe volunteer training in Middlebury.

Saturday, Sept. 23. The first session of WomenSafe’s fall training. Acquire the tools needed to aid WomenSafe in their work in the community. Space is limited. More info at 802-3889180, info@womensafe.net or womensafe.net.

Annual Silent Auction in Bristol. Saturday, Sept.

23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Bristol town green. Art on Main will hold a silent auction as part of Bristol’s Harvest Fest.

Clifford Symposium in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Middlebury College, locations around campus. This year’s topic is “The Soviet Century: One Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution.” and aims to re-examine the global significance of this watershed moment in modern history in political, social and cultural terms.

Highlights include a Keynote Address, by Minkah Makalani, panel discussions on “The Revolution Abroad” and “The Dark Side of Utopia,” and closing keynote address by Mark Harrison. Free and open to the public. More info at middlebury.edu/

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22nd Annual Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship in Addison. Saturday, Sept. 23, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 8149 Route 17W. Participate in or watch this annual atlatl championship testing skills in accuracy and distance. The sport of using the atlatl to throw darts is based on the ancient hunting technique. Newcomers to experts welcome. Children’s activities. Workshops and demonstrations on flint knapping, Woodland pottery, and other crafts and skills. Competitors: $7 pre-registered, $8 sameday registration; visitors: $5 adult, free for children under 15. Call for details.

Contemplative natural history of trees and shrubs walk in Orwell. Saturday, Sept. 23, 1-3 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. Marc Lapin, an expert on natural community ecology and botany, leads this guided walk to enjoy the trees and shrubs on Mount Independence. Co-sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition.

Fall ham dinner in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 23, 5:30-7:00 p.m., St. Thomas Church, Route 7.

Tickets: good will offering. Proceeds go to support outreach efforts of the parish. More info contact Barb Brown at 802-247-3194.

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Vermont Sun Triathlon series in Salisbury. Sunday, Sept. 24, Branbury State Park. Vermont Sun Half Marathon.

For more info or to register visit vermontsuntriathalonseries.com.

Green Mountain Club Young Adventurer’s Club hike in Ripton. Sunday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m., Robert Frost Trail. A family fun time at the interpretive trail of Robert Frost’s poetry. Geared towards adventurers between four and eight, but all are welcome.

Outings are tailored to individual participants.

More info contact YAC Leader Lauren Bierman at 802-349-7498 or laurenbierman1218@gmail.com.

For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

Chicken pie dinner in West Addison. Sunday, Sept.

24, 12:30 p.m. West Addison Community House.

Adults $10, ages 6-10 $5, age 5 and younger Free.

Sponsored by the U.M.W. of the United Methodist Church of West Addison.

Lake Champlain Bridge Guided Walk in Addison.

Sunday, Sept. 24, 1-3 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 8149 Route 17W. Learn the history of what surrounds you as you walk across the Lake Champlain Bridge. Chimney Point site administrator Elsa Gilbertson and Crown Point site manager Michael Roets lead this guided round trip walk.

Meet at Chimney Point. Rain or shine, dress for the weather. Tickets $6.

Eliza Marsh’s Book of Sentiments talk in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, Sept. 24, 3 p.m., Rokeby Museum, 4334 U.S. Route 7. Brandon resident Eliza Marsh had an unusual hobby — she collected the autographs of leading abolitionists in the 1840s. Vermont Historian Kevin Thornton discovered her project and will share his research on her life and labor. $2 program only or free with Museum admission.

Reading the Night Sky presentation in Salisbury.

Monday, Sept. 24, 7:30-9 p.m., Turner Residence, 662 Leland Rd. Join retired Middlebury College physicist Crispin Butler in finding and discussing stars, constellations, and planets and look for the International Space Station. Attendees can bring binoculars, telescopes, star charts, smart phones, or a dim flashlight, though they are not needed. A blanket and/or a jacket may be needed. Free and open to the public. Call 802-352-4442 on the eve of the event for status.

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Sun Style Tai Chi classes in Vergennes. Monday, Sept. 25, 9-11:15 a.m., St Peter’s Parish Hall. Free.

Intermediate, 9 – 10 a.m., through Monday, Dec. 11. Beginner, 10:15-11:15 a.m., through Monday, Oct. 30. More info contact Lee Francis 802-8772464 or lhfrancis1@myfairpoint.net.

“Nelson Mandela”: State Song Patronage and Censorship in Tanzania in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., Conference Room, Robert A. Jones ‘59 House, Middlebury College. Frank Gunderson, associate professor of ethnomusicology at Florida State University, discusses how Radio Tanzania invested in song composition and censorship from 1973–1993. Free. middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Storymatters in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 4 p.m., Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. A local story-sharing gathering. Drawing on the image of fire, the night’s theme will be “Sparks, flames, embers – cope and hope: tales from our lives.” Come listen and share.

“What can feminism speak to?” — A feminist dialogue in Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept.

27, 4:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center. Writer Katha Pollitt and scholar Janell Hobson discuss what feminism can, and cannot, speak to, and how it has turned out to be an extremely powerful political force. Free and open to the public.

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Sounding Out the “Afropolitan” lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m. Room 221, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Ethnomusicologist Frank Gunderson of Florida State University explores the connections between Tanzanian singer and band leader Muhidin Gurumo’s 1973 musiki wa dansi dance genre piece Nimwokoe Nani? (Whom Should I Rescue?) and Trinidadian Lord Kitchener’s 1950s calypso song “Wife and Mother.” Free. middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Dafra Kura Band in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept.

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“How to publish your book – let me count the ways” in Vergennes.

Thursday, Sept. 28, 3-5 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. “Vermont Wild” author Megan Price will lead this workshop about getting your work published. Free. Registration required. Limit 20.

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Evolving health care in Addison County forum in Middlebury. Thursday, Sept. 28, 7-8:30 p.m.

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Hosted by Addison County Democrats, speakers include Senator Claire Ayer, Porter CEO Fred Kniffin, Dr. Deb Richter, Universal Primary Care advocate, Dan Barlow, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, and Dr. Allen Ramsey, former Green Mountain Care Board member.

L IV E M U S I C Chris & Erica in Bristol. Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., Hatch 31.

The Casual Ales in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

The Grift in Brandon. Friday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

Stella Blue Sky in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 22, 9 p.m., Two Brohters Tavern.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra in Middlebury.

Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Dave Keller Band in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Del Rue in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept 23, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Dafra Kura Band in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College.

Jester Jigs in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

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Dead Creek Wildlife Day set Oct. 7 ADDISON — If you enjoy wildlife, be sure to make plans to attend the 16th annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day in Addison, Vermont on Saturday, Oct. 7.

Activities at Dead Creek Wildlife Day are especially for people who enjoy hunting, fishing, bird watching, or learning about Vermont’s diverse wildlife. The event will be held at the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Route 17 west of Route 22A. Early risers can begin the day with a bird banding demonstration at 7:00 a.m. Two large tents at Dead Creek WMA headquarters will open at 9:30 a.m., featuring wildlife-related exhibits and activities such as decoy carving, building bluebird boxes, and wildlife photography. The brand new Dead Creek Visitor Center will also open at 9:30 a.m. and will feature displays about conservation and wildlife management in Vermont.

One of the highlights of the festival will be a youth waterfowlcalling contest with prizes, as well as live music by a local band called The Swing Peepers.

Nature walks, illustrated talks, live wildlife presentations, hunting dog demonstrations, fishing and hunting tips, and much more will be held until 4:00 p.m. All events are free, and a free shuttle bus will provide

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“There’s nothing quite like Dead Creek Wildlife Day,” said Amy Alfieri, manager of the Dead Creek WMA. “The activities are fun; the demonstrations are very exciting and the setting is beautiful. Visitors love to see the live animals and working dogs, and the kids love to build their own blue bird box to take home. With the new visitor center operational, there are many ways for

people to experience and learn about Vermont’s wildlife.”

The festival is hosted by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and Otter Creek Audubon Society.

For more information and a schedule of events, visit Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife.com and check under Watch Wildlife.

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William Koller, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Koller of Bridport, graduated after majoring in Psychology and French and Francophone studies at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

A 2013 graduate of Middlebury Union High School, Koller was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, an organization that confers the highest undergraduate academic honors.

Katie Holmes, of Middlebury, is helping organize a charity run to raise $40,000 to benefit foster youth in California. She is joining other members of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at Stanford University to put on the ThetaBreakers Run for the Children. Participants will run and walk through Stanford’s campus on Oct. 15, to raise money for Child Advocates of Silicon Valley. The nonprofit agency recruits, trains and supports Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) to work one-on-one with foster children in Santa Clara County.

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Vergennes (Continued from Page 1A) its author just as strongly defends.

First he tackled his personal and official department policies.

Merkel, speaking to around 20 Vergennes residents as well as the council, said he has always believed in treating people with respect, and has insisted on that within the Vergennes department.

“If you treat people with respect and courtesy, you’ll get the same in return,” he said. “I never had any place in my heart or my profession for people who didn’t subscribe to that. When I came to Vergennes I made sure that was one of the cornerstones of my leadership, and I passed it on to my officers. And I was very lucky when I got here that I had officers who subscribed to that very concept.”

Merkel, an instructor at the Vermont Police Academy, said formal police training includes 28 hours in areas such as community policing, fair and impartial police policy, ethics, hate crimes and cultural sensitivity. Then follows field training during a year of probation, during which Merkel said he would not tolerate disrespect toward citizens.

“I make it clear to people if you’re going to be wearing the uniform of the Vergennes Police Department you’re going to be treating people with respect and courtesy,” he said.

Officers must also record all official interactions with the public. Merkel periodically reviews the recordings, and personally reviews them if a complaint is lodged, and said he makes “corrections” if necessary.

In addition, he said all searches of vehicles stopped at roadsides are automatically reviewed to make sure the vehicle was stopped and the search was requested for proper cause and the driver and any passengers were treated properly.

The department also developed a “Fair and Impartial” policing policy that officers must follow before such policies were mandated by the state.

Merkel shared the policy with council members before the meeting.

Alderman Renny Perry said he was impressed.

“I think people should read it. It is very, very comprehensive,” Perry said.

Merkel said he would hold at least one forum a year for public discussion of police issues, but he hoped people wouldn’t wait to talk to him.

“I’m a very approachable person.

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conversation with anybody who has assumed that that the county estimates any concerns,” Merkel said. are of the black, white, populations, STUDY QUESTIONS etc. They are not. That is why we use Merkel also questioned the accident reports — because it is a “Driving While Black and Brown In better estimate of who is on the road, Vermont” report released in January regardless of the state the vehicle is by lead author and UVM economics from.” professor Stephanie Seguino, and Seguino acknowledged the study Nancy Brooks, a visiting professor was not peer-reviewed, but said its from Cornell. methodology was: “There are no flaws Among other things, the study in methodology. A previous study on concluded in Vermont, “the Black Burlington, Winooski, UVM, and S. arrest rate is almost double the White Burlington that uses the methodology arrest rate”; “Black drivers are four of this paper was peer reviewed by times more likely to be searched, academics who do work on racial subsequent to a stop, than White disparities in policing (and) found drivers”; and “Black the methodology and and Hispanic drivers empirical results to be are stopped at a higher sound.” rate.”

Seguino said she did Of particular reach out to Merkel concern to Vergennes and would do so again: officials, residents and “Before the study Merkel is the survey’s came out, I contacted conclusion that the all chiefs, including Vergennes department Chief Merkel, to is the state’s most discuss their results likely law enforcement and get feedback. I agency to stop an had some very useful African-American conversations with driver, by a rate almost some chiefs, but Chief three times that of the Merkel did not respond black share of Addison to my offer to discuss County’s population. results. I have been According to the “I have complete out of the country and explanation of a chart trust in their on sabbatical so if he in the study, the figure honesty and contacted me recently, is obtained with this I may have missed that formula: “the share of integrity and email. In any case, the Black drivers stopped their heart. I’ll opportunity to engage by agency divided stand behind would have ideally by the county Black them and meet been last December share of the driving and this January with them if a population.” before the study Merkel criticized the correction needs came out. I would study’s small sample to be made.” have welcomed that size and methodology, opportunity. I will be — Chief Merkel noted it was not peerdoing more analysis of reviewed before its data and look forward release, and complained its lead to productive engagement with all author, Seguino, would not return his chiefs in this process.” calls to discuss his concerns.

MOVING FORWARD The central issue, he said, is that Merkel said another entity, the about 80 percent of the African- Crime Research Group, is currently American drivers stopped by the analyzing data that should include department were not county residents, more recent and comprehensive and comparing the total stops to the information than the 2015 data that county’s African-American population Seguino analyzed. creates an inaccurate result.

In the meantime, he remains “She’s using a reference point of the confident in his personnel.

Census for Addison County of black “I have complete trust in their population,” Merkel said. “Eighty honesty and integrity and their heart,” percent of those car stops were not of Merkel said. “I’ll stand behind them Addison County’s black population. and meet with them if a correction We have a problem with that. It’s needs to be made.” skewing the numbers.”

Those in attendance on Tuesday Because the results reflected poorly stood behind Vergennes officers, as on his department and on Vergennes, well. Council member Lynn Donnelly Merkel believes he was owed a return drew applause when she called the call.

UVM study “totally untrue” and “I took it personally,” he said. “I spoke in support of Merkel and the thought it was warranting a discussion city police force. to talk about the process, and I wasn’t “I think we have the best department even given the courtesy of a return we’ve ever had, and I trust you 100 phone call.” percent,” Donnelly said.

AUTHOR RESPONDS One in attendance, Vergennes On Wednesday Seguino responded Development Review Board member by email to a request for comment Jason Farrell, said the discussion from the Independent. She said the was healthy and citizens had a data she used for the study were not “responsibility to speak out” and based on Census information, but make sure council members and on mandatory police reporting of Merkel were doing what they should accident data that included the race of on the issue. drivers.

“We should challenge how we do By using the accident report data to the work we do,” Farrell said. “It’s get a percentage of drivers who were how we do work better.”

African American, she said, there Merkel pledged to keep an open was an apples-to-apples correlation mind and said if problems exist he between the percentage of black would take steps to fix them. drivers on the road and the percentage “I have no tolerance for people of those stopped by police who were being treated improperly, and I have black. no tolerance for people making “Not-at-fault accident data come accusations that are unfounded,” from (the Department of Motor Merkel said. “And if somebody Vehicles), and are based on officer said, ‘Chief, you’re information is accident reports of ALL drivers in a incorrect,’ I would welcome that county — that includes in- and out- opportunity to sit down and discuss of-state drivers,” Seguino wrote. that with them.’ And then I would eat “He (Merkel) may have erroneously my words if I was wrong.”

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Staffing conversation

MEMBERS OF THE Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals union and community supporters met with Porter Medical Center officials late Tuesday afternoon to present a petition with more than 700 signatures in support of safe staffing levels. The Porter nurses union is in negotiations with the hospital on a new contract to replace the contract that expires Sept. 30. At left, Porter V.P. for Development and Public Relations Ron Hallman speaks to the gathering with Porter V.P. of Human Resources David Fuller to Hallman’s right.

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Pollitt and Hobson to discuss the power of feminism

JANELL HOBSON AND Katha Pollitt, two of the nation’s leading feminists, will talk about the power of feminism in the Trump era, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Middlebury College.

The dialogue will take place in Wilson Hall, in the McCullough Student Center at Middlebury College

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Janell Hobson is an associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of “Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture” and “Body as Evidence: Mediating Race, Globalizing Gender.” She also writes and blogs for Ms. magazine and has authored several cover stories for the magazine, including “Beyonce’s Fierce Feminism.”

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MIDDLEBURY — Some read Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016 as a sign that feminism is weaker than ever. Others say that feminism has turned out to be an extremely powerful political force, from moving millions of people around the world to participate in Women’s Marches last January to pushing the Democratic Party to include feminist issues in its platform. The women who started Black Lives Matter speak to police occupation from an intersectional feminist perspective and many of the strongest sources of opposition to Trumpism are explicitly feminist.

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Youth waterfowl weekend is Sept. 23-24 MONTPELIER — A youngster’s first hunt can mark the beginning of a lifelong passion for the outdoors and a commitment to wildlife conservation. There is no finer time to begin this journey than during Vermont’s upcoming youth waterfowl hunting weekend on Sept.

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“Vermont’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend helps ensure that young hunters get the quality training and experiences they need for lifelong participation,” said Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter. “By design, the youth weekend hunt reinforces the route of initiation that is critical in

VERMONT’S YOUTH WATERFOWL hunting weekend is set for Sept. 23 and 24 this year.

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recruitment — learning from an experienced adult role model.”

On Sept. 23 and 24, hunters 17 years of age or younger may hunt ducks and geese in the Lake Champlain and Interior Vermont waterfowl hunting zones, and youths 15 and under can hunt in the Connecticut River zone, according to the following conditions. The youth hunter must have a Vermont hunting license and must be accompanied by an unarmed adult, 18 years of age or older, who also has a Vermont hunting license. Youths 16 and 17 must have state and federal duck stamps. The adult may not hunt waterfowl or carry a firearm while accompanying the youth when the youth is hunting waterfowl.

Ducks and geese may be taken by youth hunters on Sept. 23 and 24 according to the bag limits set in the 2017-2018 Syllabus of State and Federal Hunting Regulations for Migratory Birds in Vermont, available from Vermont post offices, Fish & Wildlife offices and as a downloadable file from vtfishandwildlife.com.

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police cited two local drivers with drunk driving in separate recent incidents.

In the first, troopers stopped a vehicle on Main Street Vergennes on Thursday, Sept 7, at five minutes before 6 p.m. The officer screened the driver, identified as 34-yearold Jesse Stearns of Ferrisburgh, for driving under the influence.

When Stearns failed the screening, Trooper Flansburg arrested him, took Stearns to the New Haven state police barracks for processing and released him with a citation for driving under the influence, second offense.

The second incident occurred on Sunday, Sept. 10, when at 6:35 p.m. state police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 125 in Ripton. Troopers determined that Claudia J. Riley, 64, of Ripton was driving eastbound on the road when her vehicle traveled off the roadway and collided with a rock causing minor damage to her vehicle. Further investigation showed that Riley was operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, Trooper Szarejko reported. The trooper took Riley into custody,

difficulty with a party. An officer stood by while personal effects were removed without incident.

• Received notification on Aug. 28 of a reported assault in Bristol.

Investigation revealed the location was outside the police district, so police forwarded the information to the Vermont State Police.

• Conducted one hour of towncontracted traffic enforcement on Hardscrabble Road on Aug. 28. Police issued two tickets for speeding.

• Received a report from a Mountain Street resident on Aug. 28 of found property at her place of employment. Police said that the owner removed the found property before their arrival.

• Met with Bristol business owners to discuss issues and concerns on Aug. 29.

• Responded to a request for an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check on a Bristol man on Aug. 29.

• Returned a lost handicapped placard to its owner on Aug. 29.

• Received a lost cell phone on Aug. 29 and identified the owner. The phone was retrieved by its owner on Sept. 3.

• Assisted with traffic control at the intersection of West and South streets while work was being conducted on town water service on Aug. 29.

• Investigated a reported case of vandalism to a Main Street resident’s vehicle on Aug. 29. Police found scuff marks on the vehicle indicating sideswipe damage, but did not identify a suspect vehicle.

• Conducted an hour of Governor’s Highway Safety Program occupant protection patrol during the first day of school on Aug. 30, and issued one warning.

• Assisted a utility worker with traffic control while work was being done at the intersection of Main and North streets on Aug. 30.

• Responded to an alarm at a local business on Aug. 30.

• Served a temporary relief from abuse order to a district resident at 12:54 p.m. on Aug. 31.

• Served a temporary relief from abuse order to a district resident at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 31.

• Responded to a parking problem at West and School streets at 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 2. Police had the vehicles that were obstructing traffic moved.

• Took part in an investigation with the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force within the district on Sept.

2.

• Helped Middlebury police search a cellular device pursuant to a search warrant in an active criminal investigation on Sept. 3.

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transported her to the barracks, processed her, and released Riley after citing her for DUI. Both drivers are due to answer their citations in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, on Sept.

25.

State police announced that there will be a sobriety checkpoint(s) conducted in Addison County by area law enforcement agencies within the next three weeks.

This will be done in an effort to monitor the flow of traffic along Vermont’s highways in the interest of detecting and arresting persons under the influence of alcohol or any drug that has impaired their ability to drive.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police: • On Sept. 5 responded to a report of domestic assault at a home in the Upper Plains Road neighborhood of Salisbury. After investigating, police said they

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the Vermont Folklife Center, will explore the fabric of farm culture that has strongly influenced the identity of Vermonters, and probes its relationship to the world of Vermont today. His talk is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.

The meeting begins at 1 p.m. with a potluck lunch, followed by

Sharrow’s talk at 2 p.m. and then the historical society’s annual meeting.

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determined that Morgan Delorme, 20, of Vergennes had assaulted a family member causing physical injury, and they cited Delorme for aggravated domestic assault.

• On Sept. 7 at around 9 a.m. stopped Thomas Plantier, 30, of Whiting for texting while driving on Route 125 in Middlebury.

Plantier was cited for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On Sept. 8 at approximately 11:43 a.m. stopped a motor vehicle for defective equipment and speeding on Route 5 in Rockingham. After getting the driver’s consent, the trooper searched the vehicle and report that he found a misdemeanor amount of heroin and buprenorphine. The trooper cited Jonathan Gallagher, 37, of Rutland for possession of a controlled substance, and cited John Danylieko, 38, of Orwell for possession of heroin.

• On Sept. 11 at 6:33 p.m. stopped a vehicle driven by Reginald Mongeur II, 32, of Granville on Route 100 in Rochester for a motor vehicle violation. Police cited Mongeur for driving with a criminally suspended license.

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Bristol Police Log BRISTOL — At 11:37 p.m. on Aug. 30, a Bristol police officer responded to a district home where a resident had reportedly threatened self-harm and gone off into the woods.

The officer found the resident at home, upset but denying self-harm and took no further action.

In other activity Aug. 28 through Sept. 3, Bristol police: • Patrolled Main Street and the surrounding area on Aug. 28, 29, 30, 31 (twice), Sept. 1 (twice) and Sept.

2.

• Conducted security checks of Mount Abraham Union High School on Aug. 29 (twice), Aug. 31 and Sept.

3.

• Completed three fingerprint requests for employment purposes and 28 fingerprint requests for volunteer purposes, on various days.

• Took a report from a Liberty Street resident on Aug. 28 that at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 27 an unknown person rang the doorbell but was gone when the resident answered the door.

• Took a report from a Maple Street resident on Aug. 28 that at about 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 an unknown person banged on the front door but was gone when the resident answered the door.

• Responded on Aug. 28 to a North Street residence where a vehicle repossession company was having

Troopers cite drivers for drunken driving

7:30-9 p.m. at the Turner residence, 662 Leland Road. Crispin Butler, retired Middlebury College professor, will show attendees how to find various stars, constellations and planets, including Saturn. You may want to bring binoculars, scopes, star charts, a blanket and a jacket. The program is free and open to the public. If the sky is cloudy that evening, call 802-3524442 for status of the event.

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• Pepper: Linda Miller, Ferrisburgh, 14.25” x 15”

(circumference) • Carrot: Gary Miller, Middlebury, 6.5” x 16” (circumference x length) • Cauliflower: (diameter) • Cucumber: Denise Gibeault, Shoreham, 11” x 7” (length x circumference) • Eggplant: Gary Miller, Middlebury, 12.5” x 13.25” (circumference x circumference) • Green Bean: Kanyarat Menard, Shoreham, 33” (length) • Onion: Peter Fournier, New Haven, 16.5” (circumference) • Potato: (length x circumference)

• Radish: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 18” (circumference) • Rutabaga: Richard Lilly, Bridport, 20.25” (circumference) • Summer Squash: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 19” x 13.5” (length x circumference) • Sunflower: Richard Lilly, Bridport, 14” (diameter) • Tomato: Eli & Daisy Madden, Middlebury, 18.25”

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• Pumpkin: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 58” x 56” (circumference x circumference)

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The picking was good this week and we saw lots of evidence of it with entries this week for the Addison Independent Garden Game. Zucchini seems to be growing big this year, and we’re starting to see sunflowers and root vegetables making their way into the contest.

There are still a few uncontested categories though, so if you’re growing cauliflower, turnips, or potatoes, please bring them in!

The warm weather burst should help finish things off well for the wrap up of our most popular game!

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Folklife Center (Continued from Page 1A) folklore workshops and delivering the profound impact that deep listening center’s “Discovering Community” and thoughtful conversation can program. have on our communities, especially “The premise of that is to get young in uncertain times. It is an honor to people out into their communities, lead the Folklife Center’s efforts using media to tell their own stories to document, sustain and the stories of people and present the diverse in their community,” cultures of Vermonters.” “Our archives Haughey said. “Part Haughey is 28 years are like a gold of that program also old, though looks even mine … It is includes providing younger. But she is far professional learning from a neophyte when a repository opportunities for it comes to the study of Vermont’s educators, teaching or different cultures, living cultural them our method of languages and countries. memory.” community-based She has already compiled research, using media — Kathleen an impressive resumé to represent people’s Haughey and a passport inked with experiences.” immigration stamps from But Haughey’s work such countries as Brazil, Ecuador and was not confined to the academic year.

Argentina.

She helped run the center’s Summer Her travels have helped inform Institute, which schools educators her understanding of folklore and on good research techniques for have stoked Haughey’s passion for capturing people’s stories and cultural the important work of capturing traditions. Folks at the institute get people’s stories and talents for future lessons in ethnography, which is generations to appreciate. Music the systematic study of peoples and was — and still is — central to her cultures. outreach.

“It’s a way of trying to understand Haughey grew up in a family of experience from the point of view of musicians. In addition to the cello, the people to whom that experience she also plays piano, fiddle and a belongs,” Haughey explained of four-stringed Brazilian ethnography. guitar known as the “We’re showing “I’m working cavaquinho. And she can people there’s so much on a new sing. diversity here,” she “I became interested in VCF podcast. added. “It just takes a how, through music and We have a little time to unveil it.” dance, communities and The VCF also runs a individuals can express multi-media Cultural Sustainability so many different initiative, and Institute that teaches things — identity, even our hope is to people good interviewing politics,” she said. get a lot of our techniques (to collect “Through music, we can oral histories), audio learn a lot about people content from recording, and getting and the human condition. our archive people together to talk It’s a powerful platform out into the about things they care for human change, as world. People about. well.”

Realizing that art is a After earning her will be able key part of the broader Bachelor of Arts degree to see it and folklore mosaic, the in Spanish Literature hear it.”

VCF has, for the past and a Bachelor of Music — Kathleen 25 years, run an Arts in Cello Performance Haughey Apprenticeship Program. from Pacific Lutheran It pairs a communityUniversity, in Tacoma, recognized master of Wash., Haughey enrolled in Brown some form of traditional art — such University’s ethnomusicology as Somali-Bantu embroidery, Nepali program, earning her master’s. folk dancing or blacksmithing — Ethnomusicology is the study of the with an apprentice or group of people music of different cultures. Haughey who want to learn those skills. The is currently a Ph.D. candidate in that ultimate goal is for the apprentices to field at Brown. learn the traditional dance, craft or art Haughey joined the VFC in 2015 technique and eventually pass it on to as its education director. She quickly future generations. engaged with the new American During the past several months, and refugee communities of greater Haughey’s role with the VFC began Burlington, establishing strong, to broaden, to the extent that she lasting relationships with — among became part of the conversation in a others — Bhutanese-Nepali refugee leadership transition that’s been in the communities. works for the past year. Co-director As leader of VFC’s education Gregory Sharrow, the VCF’s folklorist offerings, Haughey found herself in a emeritus, has been eager to retire after lot of Vermont schools, presiding over having spent 30 years building the

Leicester LEICESTER — The Leicester Democratic Caucus will be held on Friday, Sept 15, at 7:30 p.m. at 803 Fern Lake Road. Contact Joseph at 247-3171 for more information.

The Leicester Republican Caucus will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, at the Leicester

center’s reputation and reach. Fellow co-director Andy Kolovos has wanted to re-dedicate himself to bolstering the VCF’s archives and research efforts.

When the VFC board asked Haughey if she’d like to take the reins of the organization, she quickly agreed — after the organization hired a new education director, Mary Rizos, whom Haughey described as “an ideal person” to take her place.

“It has been a seamless transition,” Haughey said.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR VFC? She has already mapped out an ambitious to-do list for the VCF. First, she wants to make the VCF more visible to more people, through promotion of its exhibits, programs and giving greater exposure to its vast archives that have captured the stories of thousands of multi-generational and newly minted Vermonters.

“I’m working on a new VCF podcast,” Haughey said. “We have a multi-media initiative, and our hope is to get a lot of our content from our archive out into the world. People will be able to see it and hear it.”

But much of the VCF’s archives are on paper and there is a lot of recording tape that needs to be digitized in order to make it widely available online.

And that’s the second of Haughey’s priorities.

“Our archives are like a gold mine,” Haughey said of the material, which includes around 1,500 photos, diverse artwork and more than 5,000 recorded interviews with people whose memories date back to the late 1800s.

“It is a repository of Vermont’s living cultural memory.”

Digitizing those memories will be expensive and time consuming, according to Haughey. The VCF is in the early stages of a raising $1 million-$3 million to endow the digitizing work, Haughey noted.

Also on the new director’s list: Strengthening the VCF’s strategic partnerships with such organizations as Vermont Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System to share Vermonters’ stories.

Haughey is confident she and her VFC colleagues will be up to the tasks.

And they have already built a solid foundation.

“The staff here and what the previous directors have built is highly valuing conversations with people, listening and making people more visible to one another through the work that we do,” Haughey said.

Yes, Haughey will be spending less time with her cello, but she’ll keep her ears open.

That’s how you learn.

“Listening is part of being a musician,” Haughey said. “The act of listening and coming together with people has been a thread in my life that’s always been present.”

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The Leicester Selectboard is seeking an individual to act as the Town Emergency Coordinator. This is a volunteer position — training is available. Responsibilities include

(Continued from Page 1A) women. The poll drew responses from people age 18 to at least 75, with • 773 people responded to the Aug. 14-Sept. 8 survey. the 25-to-44-years-old demographic garnering the most responses (281).

• 71.15 percent favored legalizing marijuana, while 24.71 See more highlights from the percent opposed it. survey in the box on this page.

• 68.87 percent urged the selectboard to not lobby the governor A copy of the survey results can be and Legislature against marijuana legalization, while 27 percent found at tinyurl.com/ya3phc39. urged the board to take such a stance.

Some respondents submitted comments. Among them: • 71 percent supported allowing Vermont towns to impose • “As we’ve seen from the national a local tax on marijuana sales above state taxes to cover trend, the legalization of marijuana is regulation and local public safety costs. Around 16.5 percent quickly becoming accepted, both as opposed giving communities such taxing authority, while 12.55 a recreational and medical drug. The percent were undecided. residents of Middlebury deserve to • Almost 78 percent agreed that communities should have the have access to this long-demonized right to regulate the siting of marijuana businesses. and now welcome tool for alleviating all sorts of pains.”

• Around 67 percent said marijuana businesses should be • “I have concerns about minors allowed to open in “appropriate areas of town,” but 24 percent finding and eating edibles, siting said such businesses should be banned from the community. businesses in the more residential areas of town, and traffic safety “I’m opposed to legalization as a issues. I do believe that responsible many took time to offer personal cultural matter, as well as a public use and taxation of marijuana would comments.

“It was pretty well-publicized in safety matter,” Nuovo said. “There be fine.”

• “I’m inclined towards a short time-frame,” Seeley noted, are large issues here. We have an legalization ONLY IF it is done in referring to pre-publicity from expression of sentiment and we have a careful, thoughtful, incremental, media that included the Addison a policy the VLCT has articulated inclusive way. Law enforcement, Independent. “We had a good range that says, ‘We’re opposed unless of older and younger the public safety issues can be the medical community, It makes addressed.’ Obviously, that should educators, and our “If we support (respondents). the information more be the selectboard’s concern, too: legislators need to be valuable than if it Public safety. at the table together the VLCT, was skewed in one “My sense would be that what the to consider the we’re not direction.”

VLCT is proposing is prudent,” he ramifications of any necessarily Now selectboard added. proposals, and I think have to Seeley said she believed a incremental steps going against members reconcile the survey board vote in favor of the VLCT towards legalization what the findings with their position would not be a vote against gives all of these survey is own views on how legalization at a later date. stakeholders time to saying. We to best serve their “If we support the VLCT, we’re evolve appropriately… ” constituents. The VLCT not necessarily going against what • “As a mother of want to have has raised public safety- the survey is saying,” she said. “We a young child, I fear everything in related concerns about want to have everything in place.” for her safety if it is place.”

But Selectwoman Laura Asermily legalized. There are no — Heather Seeley legalization of marijuana — including whether noted some legalization advocates concrete ways to test for police agencies currently argue that police are already ‘intoxication’ levels and I don’t want a bunch of people who have enough tools to flag drivers who screening for drugged drivers.

“What I have also heard is that are high driving on the roads. We are might be “drugged driving.”

“I think regardless of how people … we’re paying for the policing a small town with multiple schools on the main road. I say emphatically feel about the legislation itself, our of it now; it is already costing us job is to look out for Middlebury, something,” Asermily said. “They NO.” • “Addison County has enough and I think the VLCT does a good already have to know whether you’re issues with substance abuse and job looking out for municipalities,” under the influence or not, so this impaired driving already; please Selectboard member Susan Shashok idea there’s going to be additional cost — is it? And how much more? don’t bring more drugs into our said.

Selectman Victor Nuovo said We are already having to train our town.”

Selectboard members were very the board should err on the side of (police) about this substance.”

Reporter John Flowers is at pleased with the response rate for public safety, and he offered some of johnf@addisonindependent.com. the survey and were thankful that his personal views on marijuana.

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(Continued from Page 1A) said of the history of her non-profit organization, which began back in 1967 as “Community Chest” and changed its name to the United Way in 1969.

At the same time, McGowan noted the importance for United Way officials to “recommit ourselves to adapting to a changing world, responding to local needs and inviting participation in the work of improving lives and strengthening community.”

To that end, UWAC is not only mounting its traditional, annual fund drive — with a goal this year of $650,000 — it is embarking on a separate, simultaneous effort to establish an endowment fund to give the organization’s long-term philanthropic mission more stability.

UWAC each year raises money to support a variety of Addison THE UNITED WAY of Addison County is launching its 50th anniversary fund drive later the month. The County social services agencies that organization is also hoping to create an endowment fund to provide more stable annual funding for the local provide critical housing, child care, nonprofits it supports. Pictured are Executive Director Kate McGowan, left, and Director of Marketing and counseling, nutrition, education and Development Nancy Luke.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell other services to those in need.

The so-called “Legacy Society” supported agencies.

But this is the organization’s 50 believes, might encourage new endowment fund will be built on The Middlebury-based Vermont anniversary, so it’s not going to be donors to come forward.

50 independent gifts of more than Community Foundation is partnering business as usual. There will be no And here’s another change for $1,000 that UWAC will solicit from with UWAC on the endowment fund campaign co-chairs, and staff will the 2017 campaign: New donation various community members during effort. ask prospective donors to consider categories. the coming months. McGowan UWAC accepts donations of “It provides some sustainability giving to three specific local causes: and Nancy Luke, marketing and • The Heroin Epidemic Learning any size, and until recently divided and wiggle room, and development director for flexibility to respond Program (HELP) that delivers its three, higher-end categories UWAC, are hoping the The so-called when the going gets drug abuse prevention education to of giving into Leadership Society Legacy Society fund drive “Legacy Robert Frost tough,” McGowan said students at Addison County high ($1,000-$1,249), will yield $2 million to Society” Society ($1,250-$9,999) and Alex of the Legacy Society, schools. $3 million, in the form of • A “workforce resource de Tocqueville Society ($10,000 to which will be spearheaded charitable annuities and endowment by a steering committee coordinator” that helps employees $25,000). fund will be containing cash contributions.

Folks can now give at levels that Addison at area businesses find the ancillary Once established, the built on 50 County residents with services they need — such as child playfully correspond to the height Legacy Society money independent strong ties to the United care and/or transportation — to of area mountains. There are six would be combined with gifts of more Way. They include be able to stay in their jobs. The “leadership circle” categories of an existing $1.1 million the organization’s first resource coordinator currently works giving, ranging from Mt. Abraham than $1,000 UWAC endowment paid director — former on a fee-for-service basis with Porter ($1,000 to $1,249) to Mt. Mansfield fund. That pot of money, that UWAC Vermont Gov. Jim Medical Center and Middlebury ($7,500 to $9,999). Still, de according to McGowan, will solicit Douglas — along with College employees. The United Tocqueville ($10,000 and higher) would be invested from various United Way stalwarts Way wants to provide subsidies to remains the highest “peak” of and generate income community Roth “T” Tall and Spence workers at other businesses to use giving. And officials stressed people that could help bridge members the resource coordinator’s services. can continue to give in any amount Putnam. shortfalls in future United • Creation of an Addison County they choose; no amount is too little.

It’s a committee during the Way fund drives. UWAC As usual, UWAC will officially that McGowan said Mentoring Collaborative to help slightly exceeded its 2016 coming will grow to 15-20 give direction to scores of local kick off the campaign with its annual fund raising goal, but months. members, who will youth who are not in school, nor in Days of Caring (Sept. 21 and 23) had missed the mark for through which participating local canvass the community the workforce. several years prior due to “It is a three-pronged effort,” businesses will loan their employees for 50 significant Legacy Society the economy, competing charities and donations. Luke’s goal is to wrap up Luke said of the initiatives, for to help out at nonprofits supported the relocation/death of some of its the endowment fundraising by the which the United Way wants to raise by United Way. most loyal contributors. United Way beginning of next June. a combined total of $50,000. That A list of 2017 campaign events and organizers reasoned the endowment TARGETING 3 CAUSES $50,000 will count as part of the details on how to contribute can be fund could provide some insurance In any other year, United Way of $650,000 campaign goal for 2017, found at unitedwayaddisoncounty. against future campaign deficits, thus Addison County would name some but those funds will be segregated org. providing a more resilient pipeline citizen co-chairs for its annual fund for the three programs.

Reporter John Flowers is at of financial support to United Way- drive.

Touting specific causes, Luke johnf@addisonindependent.com.

(Continued from Page 1A) and other local landmarks. There will also be a 6-mile course that is entirely on single-track trail through Wright Park and the Gorge Loop with around 400 feet of elevation gain and several slightly technical sections. Still too long?

Try the 2-mile option or volunteer, information is at runsignup.com/ Race/Volunteer/VT/Middlebury/ TAMTrek. Information on the race and the entry fee is online at tinyurl.com/y8h6uv7c. Races start at noon.

Bristol Waitsfield and to deal with a death in (Continued from Page 1A) selectboard that she would not renew the family, Coffey said.

As Waitsfield town administrator, her contract, which ended June 30. The selectboard initiated a search in late Capels oversaw the town’s recovery from Tropical Storm March, interviewed Irene, generating candidates and made more than $408,000 an offer. After some in federal and state negotiation, that funds.

She also candidate rejected secured a state Village the selectboard’s Center Designation final offer in early for historic Waitsfield June. Kirby agreed Village, and to extend her stay as oversaw funding and town administrator, construction on a new though moving to town office building.

Brookfield. She stayed Before coming to through the end of Waitsfield in 2006, August and Coffey Capels spent 11 years assumed interim town CAPELS as director of planning administrator duties and community development for the right after Labor Day. The selectboard reopened its city of Montpelier. She worked as search in July and conducted another a planner for the city of Burlington nationwide search, getting around from 1992 to 1995.

Capels is a member of the Vermont nine applications in all. Coffey said Capels rose to the top because of Town and City Manager Association, her extensive experience as a town the American Planning Association administrator.

The selectboard (of which she is a past president), and interviewed Capels in August the American Institute of Certified and offered her the job, which Planners. She served eight years on she accepted, but didn’t make the the Mad River Valley Certified Local hire official until Monday night’s Government Commission.

Capels holds a Master of Regional selectboard meeting because Capels requested time to notify the town of Planning degree from the University

of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from the State University of New York, Syracuse.

Kirby’s departure hasn’t been the only change in personnel for the Bristol town office. In August, Bristol Zoning Administrator Eric Forand took a job with Vermont Emergency Management as the state exercise administrator and administrative assistant Pam Correia left to become the new town treasurer-clerk for Panton. Coffey said the selectboard had just selected and approved Kris Perlee as the new zoning administrator and that the selection process for a new administrative assistant is under way.

Longtime Bristol Police Chief Kevin Gibbs retired at the end of August, and at its Aug. 21 meeting, the selectboard voted to name Lt. Bruce Nason officer in charge.

Coffey said the selectboard had not yet decided how it would approach finding a new chief of police or whether the board would conduct a search at all. It was likeliest that board members would finish out the year with Nason as officer in charge, Coffey said.

Reporter Gaen Murphree is at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

Late last week the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan amendment authored by Vermont Congressman Peter Welch that restores $4.4 million in fiscal year 2018 federal funding for the Lake Champlain Basin Program. The amendment, cosponsored by New York Republican Elise Stefanik, rejects the recommendations of President Trump and the House Appropriations Committee to eliminate funding for the program.

Welch’s amendment was added to the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill on a voice vote.

The Vermont Arts Endowment Fund, a component funds at the Vermont Community Foundation, recently awarded $54,740 to 22 artists and arts organizations across the state. Among those who won grants were the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and artist Lida Winfield. Winfield was a visiting professor of dance at Middlebury College last spring; she received $3,500 for

a performance mixing dance, theater, storytelling, video and original audio scores and explores perception in relation to the imagination. The film festival, which just finished a very successful third run a few weeks ago, received $2,000 to support, promote and exhibit the work of new independent filmmakers.

Middlebury-based Vermont Community Foundation presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service to Sister Janice Ryan at its Annual Meeting & Celebration on Wednesday, Sept.

13, at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Sister Ryan is a lifelong advocate for special education, social justice, and criminal justice reform.

The Vergennes Congregational Church has changed the name of its annual September “Food for Fuel” fundraiser to “Fall Fun Fest,” but the goal is the same: to buy fuel, electricity, transportation, medicine and other essentials for any Addison County resident in need. The name was changed in hopes of getting more family participation.

The “Fun Fest” will take place on the city green on Saturday, Sept.

16, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lions Club volunteers will grill hamburgers and hot dogs and family activities will include pumpkin and face painting, bean bag toss, ring toss, and potato-on-a-spoon races. Mums will be for sale. All donations are tax deductible, and everyone is welcome.

McKibben to speak at natural resources meeting next Thursday

MIDDLEBURY — Environ– mentalists from around Vermont are invited to the Vermont Natural Resources Council’s annual meeting on Thursday, Sept. 21, at Middlebury College’s Kirk Alumni Center for food, fun and festivities. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

This year’s VNRC Annual Meeting will feature Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, Middlebury College distinguished scholar and Ripton resident.

McKibben will speak about embracing local action to address global challenges.

He will also introduce fellow Ripton resident Warren King, a dedicated environmentalist and recipient of this year’s Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership.

The event will feature hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

RSVP to Meredith Naughton at mnaughton@vnrc.org or call 802223-2328 ext. 119. Suggested donation: $20.

ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

ANDY KIRKALDY

SPORTS

ALSO IN THIS SECTION:

• School News • Legal Notices

On Sox, Tigers, Eagles, Otters, VUHS and Pats After a hiatus from this space caused in part by a vacation (some play, some homework), it’s time to play some catch-up on a variety of sports topics, from precincts both local and far-flung: • It’s become almost fashionable for Patriots fans not to panic after last week’s collapse vs. the Chiefs.

Many note that in the previous years New England has lost openers the team has gone on to win Super Bowls, and that peerless leaders “In Bill We Trust” Belichick and Tom “Magic Diet” Brady remain in charge of a program that has produced back-to-back titles in the past.

And maybe they can work their magic one more time. But this team has many new parts to integrate into New England’s welloiled machine; critical components like defensive end, linebacker and receiver suddenly look scarce; a Patriot defense has never given up that many yards or points during Belichick’s tenure as it did vs. a historically mediocre KC offense; and those previous opening losses came on the road, not in the friendly confines of Foxboro.

We shall see.

• Could high school boys’ soccer be on the upswing in these parts?

Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley all opened at 2-0, and Middlebury went 1-1-1 against (See Kirkaldy, Page 4B)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Ada Anderson, just a step ahead of Commodore Leah Croke, fires a long shot on goal during Monday’s game in Middlebury. The Tigers won the game, 4-2.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Tiger girls outscore stubborn Vergennes Second-half surge keys two-goal win

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/12 OV vs. Woodstock............................2-1 9/13 South Burlington at MUHS.............Late 9/13 Mt. Anthony at OV..........................Late 9/13 Mt. Abe at Colchester.....................Late Girls’ Soccer 9/11 MUHS vs. VUHS...............................4-2 9/11 Mt. Abe vs. Milton.............................1-0 9/12 Leland & Gray vs. OV.......................2-1 9/13 MUHS at Spaulding........................Late 9/13 U-32 at Mt. Abe...............................Late Boys’ Soccer 9/12 S. Burlington vs. Mt. Abe..................5-0 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Soccer 9/10 Midd. vs. Colby-Sawyer........... 2-1 (OT) Women’s Soccer 9/6 Midd. vs. Colby Sawyer......................1-0 9/9 Conn. vs. Midd........................... 1-0 (OT) Field Hockey 9/10 Midd. vs. Conn..................................4-1

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/15 OV at Rutland..............................4 p.m.

9/15 Mt. Abe at Mt. Mansfield..............4 p.m.

9/19 Colchester at MUHS....................4 p.m.

9/20 OV at St. Johnsbury...............4:30 p.m.

9/19 Mt. Abe at Burlington...................4 p.m.

9/23 Mt. Mansfield at MUHS..............10 a.m.

9/23 Springfield at OV.......................11 a.m.

Football 9/15 St. Johnsbury at MUHS...............7 p.m.

9/15 OV at Mt. Abe..............................7 p.m.

9/22 Essex at MUHS...........................7 p.m.

9/23 Mt. Abe at Lyndon........................1 p.m.

9/23 U-32 at OV...................................1 p.m.

Girls’ Soccer 9/15 OV at Windsor........................4:30 p.m.

9/16 Mt. Abe at Missisquoi..............4:30 p.m.

9/16 Spaulding at VUHS......................1 p.m.

9/19 Rice at MUHS..............................4 p.m.

9/19 Spaulding at Mt. Abe..............4:30 p.m.

9/19 VUHS at Milton............................7 p.m.

9/19 OV at Twin Valley........................6 p.m.

9/22 Rice at VUHS.........................4:30 p.m.

9/22 Mt. Abe at MUHS....................4:30 p.m.

9/23 Green Mt. Union at OV..............10 a.m.

Boys’ Soccer 9/14 Woodstock at OV....................4:30 p.m.

9/14 Mt. Abe at Rutland Tourney......5/7 p.m.

9/15 VUHS at Burlington................4:30 p.m.

9/15 MUHS at Rice.........................4:30 p.m.

9/18 VUHS at Mt. Abe....................4:30 p.m.

9/19 Leland & Gray at OV..............4:30 p.m.

9/20 Rutland at MUHS....................4:30 p.m.

9/21 Mill River at VUHS..................4:30 p.m.

9/22 Proctor at OV..........................4:30 p.m.

9/23 Missisquoi at VUHS...................10 a.m.

9/23 Mt. Abe at MUHS.......................10 a.m.

(See Schedule, Page 4B)

COMMODORE JUNIOR MORGAN Lynk clears the ball during Monday’s game against Middlebury. The Tigers won the game, 4-2.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ soccer team scored twice early in Monday’s second half to snap a 1-1 tie on the way to a 4-2 victory over stubborn Vergennes.

The Tigers improved to 3-0 and racked up 15 goals in those games.

On Monday senior Andi Boe scored twice, including the go-ahead goal a minute after the half, pushing her season total to seven. Senior striker Isabel Rosenberg and junior middie Ailey Bosworth notched the other goals.

Boe said the Tigers’ fast start is due in part to seven senior and three junior starters who know each other well.

“We’ve played together for a long time, so it’s gelled really early this year,” Boe said, adding, “All the plays up to the shots are definitely looking a lot crisper than they have been in the past, and I think it’s just coming together. Every year before this it’s started to (gel) by the end of the year, and this year I think we just picked up where we left off.”

The Tigers probably played their best in the first half. VUHS CoCoach Dwight Irish agreed it took a while for his less-experienced team — VUHS (1-2) started two sophomores and two freshman — to start (See Soccer, Page 2B)

Runners vie at BHS; Tiger girls are fourth

By ANDY KIRKALDY BURLINGTON — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ cross-country team finished fourth, the best placement among Division-II squads, at Saturday’s Burlington High School Invitational, while Tiger boys’ senior Sam Hodges took fourth in the boys’ 5K race.

Host Burlington won both varsity team competitions, with North Kingstown (R.I.) High School second in each. BHS scored 71 in the girls’ 5K race, followed

by North Kingstown (84), Essex (121) and the Tigers (130).

Freshman Camille Malhotra led MUHS by taking 11th in the girls’ race, and senior Caroline Kimble was right on her heels in 13th. Vergennes and Mount Abraham girls’ runners competed in the JV race, with VUHS sophomore Emma (See Runners, Page 3B)

FIVE TIGER CROSS country runners gather last Saturday on the course of the Burlington High School Invitational, where the MUHS girls earned fourth place. Pictured are Ellen Berg, left, Caroline Kimble, Mary Ann Eastman, Isabel Olson and Malia Hodges.

Photo courtesy of Barb Walters

• Classifieds • Police Logs

Soccer: Mt. Abe girls net only victory

ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham girls won in a light high school soccer schedule early this week; many games were played on Wednesday after the deadline for this issue of the Independent. The Middlebury girls’ team also won in a home contest vs. Vergennes (see story at left).

In other action, the Otter Valley girls dropped a close game at home, and the Eagle boys fell to a Division-I foe, their first loss in the early going.

EAGLE GIRLS On Monday the Eagles edged visiting Milton, 1-0, on a Lydia Pitts goal early in the second half. Both goalies, Mount Abe’s Olivia Paine and Milton’s Madison North, stopped five shots, and both teams finished the game with 2-1 records.

The Eagles were set to host another Division-II contender, U-32, on Wednesday.

OV GIRLS Visiting Leland & Gray edged OV, 2-1, on a second-half goal by Ellie Longo. Striker Julia Eastman had knotted the match for OV, with an assist from midfielder Mary Kingsley.

The Otters dropped to 1-3.

EAGLE BOYS The Eagles (2-1) lost to unbeaten South Burlington, 5-0, in the first round of Rutland’s Loyzelle tournament on Tuesday. Coach Mike Corey said South Burlington, which got three goals from Patrick O’Hara, might have been the toughest foe his team has seen in a decade. The Wolves outshot the Eagles by 27-5. Goalie Ethan DeWitt made four saves for the Eagles, who will face Mill River in Thursday’s tournament consolation game.

Sports BRIEFS OV field hockey bests Woodstock

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School field hockey team picked up a win over a Marble Valley League foe on Monday, 2-1 over visiting Woodstock.

The Otters improved to 3-0 heading into another MVL home game on Wednesday vs. Mount Anthony.

OV took a 1-0 lead with 7:20 remaining in the first half when Isabella Falco scored off a Livia Bernhardt assist. OV’s Alia Edmunds converted a Falco feed with 4:46 left in the second half to cushion the lead.

Woodstock’s Mackenzie Yates created the final score with a last-minute goal. Both goalies, Woodstock’s Maggie Parker and OV’s Ellie Ross, made 10 saves.

Foote is named to a 2nd hall of fame MIDDLEBURY — Longtime former Middlebury College women’s lacrosse coach Missy Foote will be one of six head coaches inducted into the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s first Hall of Fame class.

The inaugural class will be enshrined on Nov. 16 in an induction FOOTE ceremony held the organization’s annual meeting at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Foote was the Panther women’s lacrosse coach from 1978 through 2015, a tenure during which her teams amassed a 422-114-1 record — the second-most wins among head coaches in NCAA Division III history.

Her teams won the D-III championship five times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004), qualified for the NCAA tournament 21 times, and advanced to the semifinal round 14 straight years and 17 occasions overall.

Foote coached more than 35 firstteam All-Americans, including 11 national players of the year. She was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year eight times and took home IWLCA National Coach of the Year honors five times (1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002). Foote is also a member of the US Lacrosse National Hall of Fame’s 2012 induction class.

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, September 14, 2017

Two part deer bow-hunting season to open on Oct. 7 MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says hunters are looking forward to Vermont’s upcoming archery deer hunting season, which runs from Oct. 7-Nov. 3 and Dec. 2-10.

A hunter may take up to two deer in Vermont’s two-part archery season with the purchase of two archery licenses. No more than one of the deer taken during archery season may be a legal buck. Antlerless deer hunting is allowed statewide this year during archery season.

In Vermont a hunter may take up to three deer in a calendar year in any combination of seasons (Archery, Youth Weekend, November Rifle Season, December Muzzleloader). Of these, only two may be legal bucks, and only one buck may be taken in each season. A “legal buck” is a deer with at least one antler having two or

more points one inch or longer. All three deer in the annual bag limit may be antlerless deer.

Hunters must have a standard hunting license in order to purchase an addon archery deer hunting license, except that nonresidents may purchase an “archery only deer license” costing $75.

Licenses may be quickly and easily purchased on Fish & Wildlife’s website, vtfishandwildlife.com.

Hunters planning a Vermont archery deer hunting trip should download a copy of the 2016 White-tailed Deer Harvest Report from vtfishandwildlife.com. It has the number of deer taken in each town in last year’s deer hunting seasons. Hunters took 3,468 deer during the 2016 archery season.

For more information and a summary of regulations, download the 2017 Deer Season Guide at vtfishandwildlife.com.

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School freshman Hannah Kelly moves around Middlebury defenders Gwen Stafford and Christina Wiles Monday afternoon.

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(Continued from Page 1B) challenging the Tigers.

“When we finally got into the rhythm of the game we were playing with them,” Irish said. “We started being aggressive on the 50-50s. We started moving the ball. It was evident. But that was 25 minutes into the first half. That’s the unfortunate thing. When we stepped up and started pressuring the ball, we were capable of knocking the ball in.”

Tiger Coach Wendy Leeds saw it about the same way.

“We scored fewer goals in the first half when the soccer looked better. I tend to like it better when the soccer looks better,” Leeds said. “I would have liked to see us retain our shape and organization better than we did.”

She also credited the Commodores for taking it to the Tigers after falling behind by 3-1. VUHS began to move the ball better and play with more assertion and poise, and pulled within a goal at 18:29 when sophomore middie Emily Rooney struck for a second time.

“I would definitely give them kudos for digging in and finding the grit to throw us off our game slightly,” Leeds said. “That’s good learning for us, too. Hopefully we won’t let that happen again going forward.”

Irish appreciated the Commodores’ heart.

“That’s a piece you’ve got to have,” Irish said. “They didn’t hang their heads.”

Bosworth gave MUHS the lead in the second minute. Senior middie Helen Anderson — who defended and won and distributed the ball well — angled a left-to-right through ball to Bosworth breaking into the VUHS box toward the right post. Bosworth drilled a 15-yard shot inside the left post, giving VUHS senior goalie Anya Sonwaldt (credited with 10 saves) no chance.

The VUHS defense of junior Sophie Hatch and sophomore Emma Bryant in the middle and senior Hannah Paquette and junior Rayven Perkins on the flank held up the rest of the half, while senior midfielder Emma Husk blocked a Rosenberg shot at the 18, and Sonwaldt stopped Anderson in the late going.

VUHS equalized at 15:31. Freshman middie Sydney Weber sent a corner kick into the box, and it

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

bounced to Rooney at the 18. Rooney fired on net, and Tiger senior goalie Abby Gleason could not contain the high shot.

Boe wasted little time in the second half. Junior middie Emily Laframboise passed across the top of the box to Boe, and she ripped a high shot home off Sonwaldt’s fingertips.

VUHS had a chance at the other end, but Tiger sophomore goalie Carly Burger (two second-half saves) corraled a serve that senior striker Kaitlyn Brace sent to charging freshman middie Hannah Kelly.

Then the Tigers made it 3-1. Boe struck a corner kick from the right side that junior middie Ada Anderson could not control near the penalty stripe. The ball bounced back to Rosenberg, open a couple yards away, and she ripped the ball into the upper left corner.

The Commodores started to carry play, but the Tiger backs, notably senior stopper Sierra Barnicle and sophomore sweeper Gwen Stafford (senior Alexa Lapiner played well

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School junior Rayven Perkins knocks Middlebury’s Ada Anderson off the ball Monday afternoon.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

at sweeper in the first half), limited their chances and triggered counterattacks.

Sonwaldt stopped Ada Anderson, Anderson also missed wide with two Tigers lurking, and Perkins blocked a sure goal in a scrum on a corner kick.

Finally Rooney struck when the Commodores forced a poor clear.

The ball bounced to Rooney outside the top of the box, and her lefty blast hit the upper left corner in the 22nd minute.

VUHS kept coming, but Stafford stopped a Weber run, and a Burger took care of a Kelly cross. In the final seconds, Boe broke into the left side of the box and pounded a short shot under the crossbar to make it 4-2.

Irish expects his young team to continue to improve and become more consistent.

“There were little mental pieces that just resulted in some of the goals. Not from lack of trying but just lack of experience,” he said. “I think we’re already ironing them out. Our freshmen are already playing great. They’re playing with a lot of poise and without worry, and it shows. Time will definitely help.”

Leeds would like to see one of her defenders become a vocal leader to improve the Tigers’ organization in the back, but said she is “pretty happy” with her team.

“This is probably the most goals we’ve scored this early in the season, maybe even in a whole season, in a while,” Leeds said. “We’ve been working a lot on through balls and setting each other up by sending balls into small open spaces, and it’s happening now. And I think we’re capitalizing on it.”

TIGER JUNIOR AILEEN Bosworth sends a pass to teammate Ada Anderson during Monday’s game against Vergennes.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Addison Independent, Thursday, September 14, 2017 — PAGE 3B

Runners (Continued from Page 1B) Beauchemin taking 11th.

Burlington edged North Kingstown, 44-45, in the boys’ race, with D-II Harwood (107) in third. Another D-II team, Woodstock (175) finished fifth, with the Tigers (233) in seventh. VUHS, led by junior Spencer Hurlburt’s 29th-place finish, came in 11th (273). The Eagle boys were one short of the five runners needed to score; senior Aidan May finished 61st.

MUHS GIRLS The Tiger girls’ finishes and times in the varsity race were: 11. Camille Malhotra, 20:52.2; 13. Caroline Kimble, 21:03.0; Malia Hodges, 22:08.8; 29. Isabel Olson, 22:13.2; 50. Sofia Stefani, 23:49.6; 59. Mary Ann Eastman, 24:41.4; 62. Kate Wallace, 25:00.9.

EAGLE GIRLS The Eagle girls’ finishes and times in the JV race were: 26. Ally Hoff, 25:47.1; 54. Jasmin Gile, 27:07.7; 64. Bailey Allard; 27:49.1; Gillianne Ross, 28:06.7.

VUHS GIRLS The Commodores girls’ finishes and times in the JV race were: 11.

Emma Beauchemin, 24:36.6; 25.

Ashley Cray, 25:46.2; 32. Olivia Hawkins, 25:57.2.

MUHS BOYS The Tiger boys’ overall finishes and times in the varsity race were: 4. Sam Hodges, 17:19.8; 37. Jack Christner, 19:08.5; 59. Thomas Nevins, 20:28.1; 64. Daniel Wisell, 20:44.1; 69. Ethan Reiderer, 20:57.4; 70. William Carpenter, 20:57.5; 87.

Nico Brayton, 22:09.7.

VUHS BOYS The Commodores boys’ finishes

FRESHMAN CAMILLE MALHOTRA paced the Middlebury Union High School girls’ team by finishing 11th overall at Saturday’s Burlington High School Cross Country Invitational. The Tiger girls took fourth place, first among the Division II teams entered.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Kimble

and times in the varsity race were: 29. Spencer Hurlburt, 18:51.1; 35.

Wade Mullin, 19:06.3; 51. Erich Reitz, 19:47.9; 68. Gabe Praamsma, 20:56.9; 90. Ben Praamsma 22:50.5.

EAGLE BOYS The Eagle boys’ finishes and times in the varsity race were: 61. Aidan May, 20:16.5; 101. Ryan Adams, 23:39.1; 107. Caleb Hunter, 25:22.0; 108. Brian Cousineau, 27:13.9.

Around it goes TIGER SENIOR ANDI Boe sends a pass around Commodore freshman Hannah Kelly Monday afternoon. Boe scored two goals in Middlebury’s 4-2 win.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Men’s soccer takes two of three MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s soccer team opened its final season with David Saward as its head coach by winning two of three recent contests, sandwiching two non-league victories around a NESCAC setback. The 2-1 Panthers will visit Amherst at noon on Saturday and then host league foe Hamilton at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

On this past Sunday the Panthers earned a 2-1 double-overtime win over visiting Colby-Sawyer (0-4).

Daniel O’Grady scored the winning goal with 1:47 left in the second extra session.

O’Grady took a long pass from Henry Wilhelm just outside the penalty box, made a move to his left and ripped a left-footed shot just past the outstretched arms of Charger goalie Sean Babinski (11 saves). The game-winning tally was O’Grady’s fourth of his career.

Colby-Sawyer took the lead with 20 minutes left in the first half, when Denali Sexton carried the ball forward down the left side and ripped

a shot inside the far post past Middlebury goalie Jeremy Yeager (one save).

The Panthers outshot the Chargers, 38-4, and finally knotted the score with nine minutes left in regulation, when Peter Davis headed in his first career goal following a scramble in the box on a corner kick.

On Saturday visiting Connecticut College (2-0) scored two first-half goals and held on for a 2-1 win.

Panthers Kyle Moffat and Peter Davis both had great chances saved

by Camel keeper A.J. Marcucci (11 stops) in the first nine minutes, but the Camels took the lead on an own goal 13 minutes in. Five minutes later Camel Justin Miranda’s 15-yard blast made it 2-0.

Marcucci dove to deny Ben Potter and Drew Goulart in the second half before Goulart put the Panthers on the board at 56:54, when his hard 15yard shot deflected in off a defender.

Middlebury outshot the Camels, 14-11, and Yeager made three saves.

On Sept. 6 the Panthers opened

with a 3-1 win at Norwich, scoring two late first-half goals and adding an insurance goal in the late going.

After a scoreless opening 40 minutes, Middlebury scored twice in the last five minutes of the second half. Potter opened the scoring by heading home O’Grady’s free kick from the left side. Shams Mohajerani made it 2-0 with 50 seconds left in the half with a turn-around shot from 40 yards out that curled into the top-right corner of the net.

Norwich cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 54th minute, when Staige Davis potted a crossing pass from Camilo Estrada. Middlebury capped the scoring in the 75th minute when Potter notched his second goal of the match.

Yeager made one save on two shots on goal for the Panthers, while Brendan Germano had six saves for Norwich. Middlebury possessed a 23-6 edge in shots.

The Panthers hold a 52-3-4 advantage in the all-time series with the Cadets.

Panther field hockey wins first contests MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College field hockey team opened its season with a pair of home victories. The Panthers, ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division III in preseason polling, will next visit Amherst on Saturday and then host Hamilton on Sunday at noon.

On this past Saturday Middlebury scored the game’s final three goals in a 4-1 win over NESCAC opponent Connecticut College (0-2, 0-1).

Middlebury took a 1-0 lead 16:52 into the game when Molly Freeman tipped in a shot from Lauren Schweppe on a penalty corner.

Conn. tied the game at 1-1 at 22:27, when Enya McGarry redirected a shot from Caroline Ferro.

Freeman struck again for the Panthers on a penalty corner as time expired in the first half, again tipping in a shot from Schweppe.

The lead grew to 3-1 2:29 into the second half on another penalty corner tally that was Annie Leonard’s 60th career goal, good for a thirdplace tie in program history. Audrey Quirk inserted the ball to Grace Jennings, who stopped it to set up Leonard.

Erin Nicholas earned the final goal of the game at 50:50 mark by redirecting a deflected crossing pass.

Middlebury held advantages of 20-5 in shots and 11-4 in penalty corners. Megan Collins made one save for the Panthers, while Andi McGraw stopped eight shots for the Camels.

On Sept. 6 the Panthers coasted past visiting Castleton University, 12-1. Leonard, Freeman and Danielle Brown scored two goals apiece to lead the Panthers, while Collins surrendered a goal in 39:21 and Abby Furdak played a score-

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Otter Valley Union High School graduate Emily Lowell scored the Spartans’ first-half goal. Her younger sister and fellow OV grad, Allison Lowell, also took the field for Castleton, as did Mount Abraham alums Ellie Gevry and Gabrielle Ryan.

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Tiger homecoming set for Sept. 22-23 MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury High School/Middlebury Union High School Alumni Homecoming will take place on the weekend of Sept. 22- 23.

This year the alumni group will be dedicating the 1911 keystone from the MHS building that burned in 1954 and a bench in the new park at the corner of College and South Main streets. That dedication will take place on Saturday, the 23rd, at 10 a.m.

That same weekend, the alumni group will honor the 50th anniversary MUHS football team, as well as new inductees to the MHS/ MUHS Hall of Fame.

This school has a rich history base of Main Street to educate Midand has fostered many fond mem- dlebury’s High School students. The ories. school was a two story brick structure In 1797 Seth Storrs gave land with great brick arches over the doors, to the Addison County Gram- a dormered roof and four large chimmar School Corporation. A large neys. In 1939 a gymnasium was addschool was built in 1798 to house ed, which later served as a National the County SecGuard Armory in the ondary School, The alumni group 1950s. much larger than A fire on March 18, will honor the 50th the school needed.

1954, destroyed the Middlebury Col- anniversary MUHS upper floor. Middlelege was chartered football team, bury residents were in 1800 and shared as well as new awakened at 3 a.m. to this large building inductees to the the sound of fire enwith the town. The MHS/MUHS Hall gines. Strong winds, college prospered 20-degree temperaand grew, so the of Fame. tures and the falling grammar school roof complicated matmoved out. ters for firefighters. Because of the When Stone Row was complet- alertness and unfaltering courage dised on the current college campus, played by area fire departments, much the college gave the building back of the school and its equipment were to the town. The Academy build- saved. The first floors had water daming, on what is now Academy age and the gymnasium was saved.

Street, housed Middlebury ele- The fire took place on the same week mentary and secondary students as the ground breaking ceremony for for 20 years, until that building be- the Mary Hogan Elementary School. came too crowded. In 1911 a monClasses resumed the following umental building was built at the Monday for 300 students and 18

teachers at Monroe Hall on the college campus, and in area churches.

Ninety-minute classes were held from 12:45 to 5:30 p.m. Biology classes were held in Warner Science Building and benefitted from a larger collection of specimens. When classes moved back into the renovated school, science classes remained at Warner. Within a month MHS had a temporary roof, the shell of the second floor had been boarded up and the lower floors repaired. Classes resumed in the renovated MHS after seven weeks. Classes were held in outof-the-way places like the cafeteria and the ticket office, but students persevered.

That decade Middlebury became the seat of a union high school district, and after the fire the need for a modern building became a pressing issue. MUHS opened Sept. 3, 1957, after holding a dedication ceremony two days earlier.

This year on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. in the park where the school once educated students, the MHS/MUHS Alumni Association will dedicate a bench and the 1911 keystone to those who attended MHS. There will be an opportunity to share your memories of MHS with friends and classmates.

A video produced by Middlebury College documents the history of the schools that were built in the Academy area and enjoy some fond memories by an MHS graduate go online to middlebury.edu/ newsroom/archive/2016-news/ node/538154.

Information for this article came from newspapers, yearbooks and “A Walking History of Middlebury” by Glen Andres.

Women’s soccer splits first two contests MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s soccer team split its first two games of the season, both at home, losing to NESCAC foe Connecticut on Saturday after edging non-league opponent Colby-Sawyer on Sept. 6.

The Panthers were set to visit Plattsburgh State on Wednesday, for whom former Mount Abraham Union High School standout Ernesta McIntosh is starting as a freshman, and will travel to Amherst on Saturday before hosting Hamilton on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

On Saturday Connecticut’s Kat Norton scored 6:10 into overtime to lift the 2-0 Camels to a 1-0 NESCAC victory over Middlebury, which had been ranked No. 17 in preseason NCAA Division III polling but also graduated many key players.

The opening half saw Middlebury hold an 8-4 advantage in shots. The best scoring chance came in the final minute. Ellie Greenberg sprinted onto a through ball, but Camel goalkeeper Bryanna Montalvo tipped her bid just wide of the right post.

OV runners host meet on new trail

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School cross-country team hosted its only meet of the fall on Tuesday on the Otters’ new course, and the OV boys and girls each finished second to Rutland.

The OV boys placed two runners in the top 10, Wesley Smith in fourth in 21:03 and Parker Todd in eighth in 22:23. OV’s McKenna Todd took seventh in the girls’ race in 29:48.

Rutland edged the OV boys, 3036, for the win, with Mount St. Joseph (59) in third. Mill River’s Brogan Giffin won the race in 20:30.

Rutland (15) also won the girls’ race, with OV (48) finishing second.

Rutland’s RoSanna Hyde finished first in 26:12.

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B) Cross Country 9/16 MUHS/Mt. Abe/VUHS at U-32...10 a.m.

9/19 Mt. Abe at Milton.....................3:30 p.m.

9/19 OV at MSJ..............................4:30 p.m.

9/23 VUHS at Manchester, NH.......9:30 a.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 9/16 Midd. at Amherst........................... Noon 9/17 Hamilton at Midd.....................1:30 p.m.

9/23 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... Noon Men’s Soccer 9/16 Midd. at Amherst........................... Noon 9/17 Hamilton at Midd.....................2:30 p.m.

9/20 Midd. at Keene St. ......................7 p.m.

9/23 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... Noon Field Hockey 9/16 Midd. at Amherst........................11 a.m.

9/17 Hamilton at Midd........................... Noon 9/23 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................11 a.m.

Football 9/16 Wesleyan at Midd........................1 p.m.

9/23 Midd. at Bowdoin.........................1 p.m.

Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

Eleven minutes into the second half, Panther Amanda Dafonte’s 13-yard bid following a corner kick hit the crossbar.

Three minutes into overtime, Greenberg laced a shot from 18 yards out that hit the crossbar and went straight down without crossing the goal line.

In the 97th minute, Camel Sara Kogelmann sent a through ball from midfield to Norton just outside the box.

Middlebury goalie Ursula Alwang came out to challenge the pass, but Norton made a quick touch to her left and scored from 10 yards out into an open net to end the game The Panthers earned advantages of

13-8 in shots and 2-1 in corner kicks.

Alwang made two saves for the Panthers, while Montalvo made seven stops, six in the opening half.

On Sept. 6 Emma Shumway scored the game’s only goal as the Panthers nipped Colby-Sawyer in the Panthers’ opener. Shumway’s goal came at 64:21 mark. Alex Barber centered a pass that deflected off a defender to Shumway 12 yards out. She fired a shot into the right side of the net.

Middlebury held a 22-1 shots advantage, and Alwang made one save to earn her fourth career shutout.

Colby-Sawyer keeper Sam Mitchell stopped 10 shots.

Kirkaldy (Continued from Page 1B) Division I competition and came within a struck crossbar from a win in one game and lost another only when its first-string goalie was unavailable.

Now all face upcoming challenges that will reveal how far they have come.

Mount Abe, coming off a down season, faces two tough games at Rutland’s annual Loyzelle tournament this week.

The Commodores draw D-I contender Burlington on the road on Thursday and then visit Mount Abe on Monday before winnable home games next week vs. Mill River and Missisquoi.

The Otters host always-tough Woodstock on Tuesday and then come home dates with D-III Leland & Gray and D-IV Proctor, both typically competitive sides.

The Tigers play Rice on the road on Friday, and then get Rutland and Mount Abe at home next week; no softies there.

Some respectable showings in the next 10 days would do a world of good for all four teams.

• So the Celtics traded Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and a valuable top draft pick for Kyrie Irving, and then sweetened the deal with a pair of Air Jordans, an autographed Larry Bird photo and a case of PowerAde. Too much?

Nope.

I love I.T., but he’s hurt (one writer today said he might need hip surgery), older than Irving, has only a year left on his deal (Irving has two and a player option), and, not necessarily for lack of trying, can’t guard anybody. Crowder is replaceable by about five guys on the Celtic roster. Zizic might be OK. The draft pick has a 10-20 percent chance to produce a player valuable as Irving in four or five years, and the Cs have another half-dozen first-round picks coming up.

And the team that wins this kind

of deal is the team that gets the best player.

• Keep an eye on the Mount Abe field hockey team. Not all the teams the Eagles have played have been the strongest, but a 3-0 record with a 12-0 goal differential heading into a Wednesday road game speaks volumes. And Coach Stetson’s main preseason concern with a seasoned defense and goalie returning was whether her team would score.

• It’s like old times with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees both contending for the American League pennant. But put your money on the Cleveland Indians to repeat. Sure, pitchers like New York’s Severino and Tanaka or Boston’s Sale and Pomeranz could get hot in a short series, but the Indians have deeper starting pitching, a more complete offense, and a better bullpen. And Houston still has issues in its starting rotation that adding over-rated Justin Verlander won’t answer.

The real debate between the Yankees and Red Sox is which young outfielder has a better future: New York’s Aaron Judge or Boston’s Andrew Benintendi.

Judge clearly possesses more thump; he has already become the

second rookie ever to hit at least 40 homers. Benintendi covers more territory in the outfield; on many teams he would play center field or right field, but the Sox deploy three outfielders good enough to play in the middle. Both draw walks at good rates, Judge more so. Judge’s power and walks give him a much higher OPS (combined slugging and on-base percentages) than Benintendi.

But since baseball’s all-star game Judge’s weaknesses have been exposed. Well-placed high and tight fastballs and down-and-in curveballs from lefthanders in particular make him flail helplessly. His batting average has stayed below .200 for almost two months. Benintendi, meanwhile, just keeps plugging away in the .270-.280 range, while also stealing bases and hitting a respectable number of homers; he’s closing in on 20.

One more factor: Judge (25) is about 27 months older than Benintendi (23). Historically the younger a player achieves success in Major League Baseball the more likely he is to become a star.

Neither team would make the deal. But I wouldn’t trade Benny for Judge.

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Journalist to illustrate refugee crisis at Bristol talk Expert to explain night sky BRISTOL — We hear news reports about the Syrian refugee crisis, but the reality of this situation can be difficult to grasp. Radio journalist Nina Keck will put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis when she shares photos and talks about her recent reporting trip to Jordan, one of the countries most affected by the crisis.

The presentation will take place on Friday, Sept. 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Holley Hall in Bristol. This free event is hosted by the One World Library Project and is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities Council. It is open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities.

What do refugees go through?

Who gets resettled and who decides where they live? How long does it take and what is the cost? Will more be coming to Rutland? And how difficult is it to wait, powerlessly, while someone else decides your family’s future? These are some of the questions Keck will address in her talk.

Civil war erupted in Syria in March of 2011. Since then, more than half the country’s population have been killed or forced to flee their homes. Global relief agencies report more than five million Syrians have become refugees, seeking safety in nearby Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Jordan. Hundreds of thousands have also sought asylum in Europe.

But the ripple effects of the crisis have traveled much farther. In April of 2016, when former Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras announced plans to resettle 100 Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Rutland, the crisis suddenly became much more personal and divisive for many Vermonters.

As part of her efforts to report on that issue as well as better understand the crisis in general, Keck traveled to the Jordanian capital, Amman in late January. She also toured the

show at West Salisbury event SALISBURY — Retired Middlebury College physicist Crispin Butler will give another of his Reading the Night Sky presentations on Monday, Sept.

24, from 7:30-9 p.m., at the Turner Residence, 662 Leland Road in West Salisbury. Attendees will find and discuss stars, constellations, and planets — particularly Saturn — and look for the passage of the International Space Station.

Attendees may wish to bring binoculars, telescopes, star charts, smart phones, or a dim flashlight, though they are not needed. A blanket and/or a jacket may be needed.

If the sky is not clear on the eve of the event, call 352-4442 for status. The presentation is free and open to the public, and brought to you by the Salisbury Conservation Commission and the Lake Dunmore/ Fern Lake Association.

NINA KECK MET these children at the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. Officials told her that 60-80 babies are born at the camp every Week. and she said there are children everywhere.

Photo/Nina Keck

sprawling Zaatari Refugee Camp, just south of the Syrian boarder. “You get a different perspective when you sit in a person’s home, meet their children and share a glass of tea,” says Keck, who met with dozens of refugees. While most just wanted to return home, many had begun the lengthy resettlement process for their children’s sake. But as Keck found out, resettlement is a bit like winning the lottery; fewer than one percent of refugees find a new home that way.

About 12,500 Syrian refugees were settled in the United States in fiscal year 2016. That number will decline this year due to President Trump’s Executive Order calling for a

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• Tiffany deMore and Robert LaBossiere of Crown Point, N.Y., Aug. 23, a boy, Lincoln Michael LaBossiere.

• Gillian (MacMurtry) and Andrew MacKinnon of Vergennes, Aug. 24, a boy, Lawson Hill MacKinnon.

• Ashley Soule and Adam Coyle of Bristol, Aug. 24, a girl, Addyson Kim Coyle.

• Jasmin J. Johnson and Henry F. Leonard of Mineville, N.Y., Aug. 24, a boy, Rowen Xavier Leonard.

• Morgan Brunell and Brian Mattison of Vergennes, Aug. 29, a boy, Lincoln Matthew Russett.

• Hannah (McLaughlin) and Zael Kravitz of Keeseville, N.Y., Aug. 29, a girl, Zyanya Jubilee Kravitz.

• Alice (Smith) and Richard Quesnel of Shoreham, Aug. 30, a girl, Alana Elise Annette Quesnel.

• Heidi Bergeron and Devin Lussier of Middlebury, Sept. 6, a boy, Nathaniel James Lussier.

• Tiffany Roberts and Nick Hodgdon of Whiting, Sept. 7, a girl, Ellen Lorraine Hodgdon.

AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT of Vermont Commander Huzon Stewart, left, and Northeast Kingdom Legion leader Maryls “Marty” Lemnah welcome Brett Reistad to American Legion Post 14 in Vergennes on Sept. 2. Reistad is the leading candidate for the post of American Legion National Commander for 2018-2019. He also stopped at the Bristol and Middlebury Legion posts while he was in Vermont that weekend.

Studio School gets Vt. grants RADIO JOURNALIST NINA Keck will be at Holley Hall in Bristol to give a presentation on her trip to refugee camps in the Middle East on Friday, Sept. 22, as part of Lawrence Memorial Library’s One World Project.

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MIDDLEBURY — The Rotary Club of Middlebury has announced the results of its recent fiscal year grant awards. The president for the year, Ben Fuller, oversaw a robust and productive fundraising effort that included the organization’s popular holiday Flag Project, the Buster Brush Golf Tournament, the Maple Run Breakfast and the Rotary’s 9th annual Spring Online Auction.

At the annual Gala Dinner, at the culmination of Rotary Week, the club was proud to distribute over $60,000 in grants to local organizations including HOPE (Helping

Overcome Poverty’s Effects), Elderly Services Inc., Middlebury Regional EMS, Addison County Home Health and Hospice, Open Door Clinic and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. These and more than 20 other organizations were beneficiaries of the hard work and unselfish dedication of the 54 members of the club.

As the Middlebury club begins its new Rotary Year under the direction of President Tom Telling, members are looking forward to another great year supporting the good works of our local nonprofits as well as their many member supported service

the creative process and community through art and craft education for people of all ages and abilities.

It is committed to having a place where children, teens and adults can engage in creative endeavors, learn new skills and interact in an upbeat, safe social setting. School officials, on behalf of the students, instructors, board and friends, thanked the Vermont Arts Council and the Walter Cerf Community Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation for these gifts.

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temporary halt and overall reduction in resettlement. It’s a policy that’s meant fewer Syrian families in Rutland.

Nina Keck is an award-winning radio journalist who works from her home in Chittenden and produces stories predominantly for Vermont Public Radio. Her work is also frequently heard nationally on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Here and Now, Only A Game and Marketplace. Keck also narrates educational science videos for the Brandon-based company, Visual Learning Systems.

Originally from Milwaukee, Keck began her career as a disc jockey in Madison while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She spent seven years in Washington D.C. working for the Voice of America and was briefly a news correspondent for VOA in Berlin.

She and her husband Seth moved to Rutland, Vermont in 1996. They have two daughters.

This program is the first of several offered during this coming year by the One World Li-brary Project that will focus on refugees and immigration.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Discussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congre‑ gational Church, Water St.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am.

We meet at The Resi‑ dence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available.

802‑388‑4831.

WE’RE DOWNSIZING, YOU WIN. Furniture, clocks, bed‑ ding, kitchen goods, work‑ shop, electronics. Saturday, Sept. 16, 8‑2:00. 458 East Main Street, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discus‑ sion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understand‑ ing of how they can help a person in recovery on his/ her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Dis‑ cussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discus‑ sion Meeting 10:00‑11:00 AM. Beginners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discus‑ sion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NEW HAVEN MEET‑ INGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NORTH FER‑ RISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Monday, As Bill Sees It Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs).

Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Baby‑ sitting available.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednes‑ days, 9 am, held at The Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

( O A ) O V E R E AT E R S ANONYMOUS Saturday’s at 1:00pm. Located at Law‑ rence Memorial Library, 40 North St. in Bristol, VT.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NEW SUPPORT GROUP ‑ Grief Anonymous Meeting every Thursday @ 6:30 pm at Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. First Meeting Thursday, December 1st, 2016

Services

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OA (OVEREATERS ANON‑ YMOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

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

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) step meeting.

Tuesdays, 3 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

SPIRITUAL AWAKEN‑ INGS MEETING of Alcohol‑ ics Anonymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Friday, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middle‑ bury, VT. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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

CLEANING SOLUTIONS. For your home, camp, or or‑ ganization; weekly, bi‑week‑ ly, monthly. Experienced, professional, reliable. Ref‑ erences available. Saige, 802‑458‑5635.

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

HOUSE CLEANING‑ SMALL or large jobs. Ref‑ erences available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail.com.

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

Garage Sales BARN SALE RAIN OR tool boxes, hand tools, rakes, shovels, staging, forming planks, industrial masonry saw, building materials, trim, PVC pipe, Honda genera‑ tor, Woods backhoe bucket (new). Woodstove, portable dishwasher, work bench, lad‑ ders, some household items.

802‑352‑6678.

INSIDE TAG SALE Satur‑ day and Sunday. 9/16 and 9/17. 9:00am‑5:00pm. 97 Elm St., Pittsford, Vt. All items inside house. Items: Hoosier cabinet, marble top coffee table, crib with mattress, 2 desks, 2 chests, 2 dining room sets, hutch, vintage linens, Kirby vac items, single bed headboard with mattress frame, other small items, jewelry, books, old records, old medicine bottles, old Na‑ tional Geographic (100's), new Armstrong open end wrench set 11pc., children's items, glassware, clothes baby to adult, boy and girl.

Some still with store tags, 3 bags of R10 insulation, 2 Pel‑ la windows (needs screws), 2 slate pieces for table tops.

All sales cash only.

SALE Season...

Let us get the word out for you!

Opportunities HUNT BIG DEER in the Ad‑ irondacks. Members wanted.

518‑597‑3270.

STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of park‑ ing, lots of possibilities. Avail‑ able September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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

CARPENTERS‑ FRAME & FINISH Tired of short work weeks, no overtime and lay‑ offs? Then join our company today. Jobsites in the Burl‑ ington and Middlebury ar‑ eas. 45+ hours/week, secure employment, opportunity to advance. Call Sweeney & Belisle at 802‑644‑5695 or 802‑355‑0836.

CDL‑A DRIVER WANTED part time possibly be‑ coming full time. Based in Addison County. Call Randy at 802‑897‑5637 or 802‑377‑5006.

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Deadlines: Thursday Noon for Monday papers Monday 5pm for Thursday papers Karen and Todd Duguay, of Middlebury, are volunteer coaches

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Addison Independent, Thursday, September 14, 2017 – PAGE 7B

• accounting • advertising • appliance repair • auto glass • automotive • business cards

• carpentry/contractors • computers • engineering • equipment rentals • floor care • insulation

Heating & AC

Engineering

Accounting

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1438 S. Brownell Rd. • PO Box 159 • Williston, VT 05495 802-862-5590 • www.gmeinc.biz

Tax Preparation & Accounting

• landscape design • lumber • marketing • masonry

Ductwork Design • Sealing Fabrication • Installation Insulation • Replacement Plasma Art • Torches • Welding Plasma Table • Duct Cleaning H.R.V. / E.R.V. Installation Ductwork Video Camera

Corporate Partnerships, Small Businesses & Personal Returns

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Alan Huizenga, P.E., President Kevin Camara, P.E. Jamie Simpson, P. E. • Middlebury Brad Washburn, P. E. • Montpelier

Advertise your business or service both in print and online in Addison County’s go-to source for local news and services.

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New Construction Remodels and Additions Window and Siding Installation Smaller Home Repairs

Dense Pack Cellulose • Blown In Insulation Complete Air Sealing

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Dryers Ranges Microwaves Air Conditioners

Equipment Rentals

Jack Alexander

• material forklifts • excavators • bulldozers • mini-excavators • skidsteers

Desabrais Means Glass & Affordable Service

Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-9049

Quaker Village Carpentry

Complete Auto Service • Domestic & Foreign Repairs

Preventive Maintenance Brakes • Tune-ups Exhausts • Alignments Air Conditioning • State Inspections 62 Meigs Rd., Vergennes

877-9222

1736 Quaker Village Road Weybridge, VT 05753

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Labels & Letterhead too!

Andre’s Floor Refinishing - An Established Vermont Business with Over 30 Years of Experience -

Honest & Fair Pricing Free Estimates Fully Insured

Call Bruce

Salisbury, VT

802-352-6050

Medical Supplies

Specializing in Hardwood & Softwood Floors Commercial Oil and Waterborne Finishes Quality Workmanship - Competitive Pricing 54 Daigneault Hill Road Orwell,Vermont 05760

802-948-2004

Medical Equipment and Oxygen SALES & RENTAL Knowledgable Staff

Personalized Service

Fax: 388-4146 Marble Works, Middlebury, VT

388-9801

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40’ to 80’ manlifts manlifts 40’ 80’ 42’to material forklifts 42’ material forklifts 42’ material Fork lifts up forklifts to 15,000 lbs.

Waste Management – Roll-off container service

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Chimneys, Fireplaces, Outside Barbecues, Please give us a call.

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We haveScissor the Lifts liftupfor 27 Years Experience 40’ to 80’ manlifts to 32’ you! mini excavator

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• Man lifts up to 80’ • man basket w/crane

275 South 116

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Over 30 yrs. experience

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Bruce A. Maheu’s

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Business Service

• masonry • medical supplies • painting • plumbing & heating • renewable energy

• roofing • septic & water • siding • specialized services

Roofing

Specialized Services

Towing

roofing Michael Doran

Motor Home Specialties, LLC

TREADWAY & RINGEY

as seen at Addison County Field Days!

• Standing seam • Standing seam ••Asphalt shingles Asphalt shingles Slate •• Slate

H. D. Oliver 3025 & 3233 Vt. Rte. 22A, Bridport, VT 05734

(802-349-8123) Office

Repairs & Maintenence Custom Built Trailers & Hitches, Transporting Cars & Compact Equipment, Specialized Landscaping & Retaining Walls

Shoreham, Vermont

24 hr Heavy Towing & Recovery Heavy Truck Repair & Diagnosis Heavy Haul, Oversize, Local & Long distance Come see us at our new location!

110 Mt. Independence Rd., Orwell Call Jeff 802-948-2950

Free estimates estimates •• Fully Fully Insured Insured Free

Tree Service

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FOR SEPTIC TANK PUMPING & DRAIN CLEANING SERVICE,

Rely on the professionals.

Fuel Delivery 185 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4975 champlainvalleyfuels.com

Serving all your plumbing and heating needs.

Owned and operated by: Bill Heffernan, Jim & David Whitcomb

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BROWN’S TREE & CRANE SERVICE

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Dangerous Trees Cut & Removed Stumps Removed Trusses Set Trees Trimmed Land Clearing Reasonable Rates • Year-round Service • Fully Insured

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Also a good selection of used vehicles

24 Hour Emergency Service 453-7014

Brownswelding.com

44 School House Hill Road, E. Middlebury

388-0432 • 388-8090

Dave’s Tree Service

SEPTIC SERVICE TANK & CESSPOOL PUMPING ELECTRONIC TANK LOCATING TANK & LEACH FIELD INSPECTIONS NEW SYSTEMS INSTALLED ALL SEPTIC SYSTEM REPAIRS DRAIN & PIPE CLEANING Full Excavation Service

Stump Grinding, Trimming, Tree Evaluation, Storm Damage, Firewood & Lot Clearing

Short Surveying, inc.

Serving Addison County & Area Lakes

Serving Addison County Since 1991

Timothy L. Short, L.S. Property Line Surveys • Topographical Surveys FEMA Elevation Certificates

Middlebury, VT

135 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 388-3511 ssi@sover.net

LAROSE SURVEYS, P.C. Celebrating 31 Years

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Environmental Consultants – Licensed Designers Steve Revell CPG, LD#178 BW Jeremy Revell LD#611 BW • Tyler Maynard LD#597 B

Land Surveying/Septic Design

• Water Supply - Location, Development and Permitting • On-Site Wastewater Design • Single & Multiple Lot Subdivision • Property Development & Permitting • State and Local Permitting • Underground Storage Tank Removal & Assessment

permitting process!”

Toll-Free: 800-477-4384

802-453-4384

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Barnard & Gervais, LLC

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Land Surveying - Water & Septic Designs State & Local Permitting Environmental Consulting

Jason Barnard

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Serving Vermont from offices in Hinesburg and Enosburgh

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Sawmills

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Moose Rubbish and Recyling

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25 Yrs Experience 60’ bucket truck wood chipper available Fully Insured Free Estimates

4 Sizes ~ Self-locking units Hardscrabble Rd., Bristol

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• storage • surveying • tree services • window treatments

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EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks a FT House‑ keeper who is friendly and detail‑oriented to provide quality cleaning service in our retirement com‑ munity. Email acoyle@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call 989‑7507.

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Highway Department – Full and Part Time Positions available depending on expertise and experience.

Desired qualifications: • CDL and medical card – clean background and drug test • Equipment operator – backhoe, loader, grader, dump truck, snow plow, chain saw, etc.

• Knowledge of road maintenance and building, culvert installation, etc.

• Responsible for equipment maintenance and records • Ability to work both independently and with others. Physical labor and outside work required • Ability to work with the public • Snowstorm ability required – may require long hours or odd hours • Supervisory ability a plus • Grant writing a plus

If you answered yes to these questions, then you may be the perfect fit for the Addison Independent’s dynamic sales team.

We are seeking a coordinator for all sales and marketing programs with the Addison Press, primarily focusing on the Addison Independent and Brandon Reporter.

This individual will work closely with sales account executives and other sales managers to build growth strategies and coordinate their successful execution.

This is a full time position with benefits and room to grow as our local media company changes and adapts to new demands over time.

If you are looking for a job where you’re never bored and are excited to help spread the local news of Addison County, please send a résumé and cover letter to: Christy Lynn Director of Sales, Associate Publisher christy@addisonindependent.com 58 Maple St, Middlebury ADDISON COUNTY

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Millwork Carpenter Needed – Great Benefits, Room to Grow!

Hawk Hill Cabinetry & Custom Woodwork, a division of Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc., specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of custom cabinetry, built-ins and architectural woodwork, including stairs, mantel assemblies, and interior and exterior doors.

We are seeking candidates for a carpenter in our millwork shop. You will need to have a comprehensive knowledge of custom millwork production, and experience crafting custom cabinets and millwork using state-of-theart technology and tools. This is a full time position offering a competitive salary and benefits including insurance, paid holidays, PTO and a 401(k) retirement plan. Please send your resume and three references to: Amanda Locke, Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. 191 Alta Woods, Brandon, VT 05733 or email to alocke@naylorbreen.com Hawk Hill Cabinetry and Custom Woodwork and Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. are equal opportunity employers. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Counseling Service of Addison County

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATES Community Associates, CSAC’s developmental services program, has multiple openings. Come join our dedicated cadre of human service professionals!

Service Coordinator (2) Join management in this fast-paced multidisciplinary case management position (Developmental Services, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Choices for Care Elder Program). Extensive training and mentoring provided but candidates need to have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a related field and a B.A. degree. Excellent supervisory, problem solving, and documentation skills required.

Group Home Manager for a home for 5 women with developmental disabilities in Middlebury. Manage the daily functions of the home that supports individual growth and choice. Responsibilities include staff supervision, direct work with residents, oversight and organization of health care. Positive supervisory style and great organizational skills needed. B.A. degree and two years of relevant experience required. Sun-Thurs with 40 hours per week.

Community Support (2) Through 1:1 mentoring, help individuals achieve personal goals and enhance independence and belonging in the community. Have fun and be creative, while helping them access community resources, make friends, and learn new skills. Must have good boundary and judgement. A perfect job for someone who is caring and wants to be active in the community!

Residential Instructor Join a great team of support for individuals with developmental disability in their Middlebury co-ed home. In a warm supportive environment, you will help the residents with their diverse needs, daily activities and skill learning. Experience with personal care and medical oversight a plus. 40 hours per week with two overnights, Sun through Wed. Good driving record, use of personal vehicle, and clean background required.

Comprehensive benefits with ample paid time-off, health/dental/vision insurance and FSA, retirement plan, disability and life insurance, on-site gym membership.

To apply, please submit resume and cover letter to apply@csac-vt.org.

Apply online at www.csac-vt.org Or mail to Human Resources at 89 Main St, Middlebury, VT 05753

Help Wanted

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN

SALES & MARKETING COORDINATOR

The successful applicant should be highly organized, a good communicator, friendly and willing to step in to a wide range of tasks within the office.

Help Wanted

OVERNIGHT STAFF POSITIONS AT THE CHARTER HOUSE COALITION EMERGENCY SHELTER IN MIDDLEBURY, VT

Are you interested in helping your community? Join Charter House Coalition in providing a safe, welcoming and warm space for those in our community who are experiencing homelessness.

We are looking for individuals to provide overnight staffing each night of the week for the winter season Oct 15, 2017 to Apr 15th, 2018. Shifts are from 8:15pm to 8:15am. The shelter will house up to 36 guests each night including 5 - 6 families. Responsibilities include overseeing the safety and security of guests, breakfast preparation-cleanup, laundering of linens, general housekeeping, and management tasks. Staff are expected to be awake through the night. Training will be provided. Demonstration of excellent communication skills is required. Prior experience in supporting individuals under stress and those with mental illness or substance abuse challenges is desirable.

Some training in health and safety protocols is a plus.

Email resume to jdsinclair@ripton-coop.net with the subject line “CHC shelter staff.” $11/hour part-time

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Custodians, Paraprofessionals, Substitute Teachers ACSD is seeking a custodian to work at the Bridport Central School after school for three hours a day, Monday through Friday. Experience is a plus, but not required. Please call Eric Warren at 802-382-1459 for more information.

ACSD is also seeking paraprofessionals and substitute teachers for grades PK-12 for the 2017-18 school year. Ideal candidates should have strong organizational skills, strong written and oral communication skills, and computer literacy skills.

For grades 7-12, preference would be given to candidates that have the ability to provide content areas (ex. English, World History, Math, Science, Special Education). Bachelor’s Degree with prior experience preferred.

Normal working hours are Monday thru Friday from 7am to 3pm Salary and benefits will be determined based on hours and experience. 12 paid holidays after probationary period for full time.

Please request a job description and application form from the Town of New Haven Town Clerk.

Application with references to be submitted by 4pm on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Town of New Haven – 78 North St., New Haven, VT 05472

FAMILY LUMBER OPERATION

Seeks To Fill The Following Positions:

MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled mill positions due to employee retirement. Must be in good physical condition with good math skills, very reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. An ambition to learn and tolerance of heat and cold are important. The most challenging jobs such as sawing and grading take years to learn well and pay well for the skilled work. Mill work has a production bonus.

MAINTENANCE person to work on machinery in our mill, lumber sorters, planers and lumber drying kilns. There is a wide variety of work to do and many things to learn, particularly as machinery becomes more computerized. You must have maintenance or mechanical experience, have a strong commitment to safety and be interested in learning new skills. You must be physically fit and able to both lift and push/pull 50 pounds regularly throughout the day.

Monday to Friday, about 50 hours per week.

ADDISON COUNTY HOME Health & Hospice is seek‑ ing an experienced Human Resources Director. The HR Director will oversee the functions of the HR depart‑ ment, including employment, benefits, HRIS, compensa‑ tion and employee relations.

The right candidate will over‑ see the department’s oper‑ ating budget and HR staff.

The HR Director is also re‑ sponsible for staffing needs, maintaining and updating job descriptions, developing a performance appraisal program, and researching changes in policies and pro‑ cedures. For a complete job description please visit to our web site at achhh.org. To apply to this position please e‑mail resume and cover letter to Kristen Smith at hr@achhh.org.

COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER sought for In‑ dependent Living Program.

Assist individuals with de‑ velopmental disabilities in meeting personal goals, managing challenges day to day, obtaining or main‑ taining housing, applying for and maintaining benefits, and managing finances. Ex‑ cellent communication skills and personal boundaries required. Ideal candidate should have applicable re‑ lated experience and good problem solving skills. Good driving record and Associ‑ ate’s Degree required. 39.25 hours per week, with an‑ nual compensation of $28K. Excellent benefit package including onsite gym mem‑ bership. Visit csac‑vt.org, or respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802‑388‑6751, ext. 425.

HELP WANTED: LOOKING FOR a person to work in a fast paced egg process‑ ing room 20‑25 hours each week. Applicant must be reliable, responsible self starter with good references and reliable transportation.

Pick up an application at Maple Meadow Farm, 518 Maple Street in Salisbury.

No phone calls please.

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

If you are interested in being a substitute teacher, visit our website at www.acsdvt.org to complete an online application form. To apply for the custodian or paraprofessional send a letter of interest, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

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NOW HIRING — MIDDLEBURY LOCATION FOREMAN — PRECAST CONCRETE

Organizes crew and ensures quality and safety of the crew’s work. Perform tasks involving physical labor. Works with other foreman, precast engineer, precast supervisor and the precast quality control personnel to coordinate work and schedule manpower needs. Performs checks on setups and finished products for accuracy and conformance to plan and specifications.

Requirements: • 2-5 years supervisory/lead experience.

• Knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in construction work.

• Experience in concrete finishing, tying rebar and/or carpentry required.

• Knowledge of prestressing operations preferred.

QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN — PRECAST CONCRETE

This position verifies product conformity with approved shop drawings, PCI, and DOT specifications and identifies items that are non-conforming.

The Woodworks by Silver Maple Construction is seeking a finish person with at least 5 years of experience spraying conversion varnishes and lacquers.

Additional duties will include all aspects involved with cabinet construction.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a resume and 3 references to: Silver Maple Construction 46-1 River Road, New Haven, VT 05472 or msweeney@silvermapleconstruction.com

Requirements: A combination of education and/or work experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are demonstrated; including, but not limited to: • Associates Degree in Civil Technology, Construction Management, Engineering or equivalent work experience.

• Inspection or construction experience and fundamental concrete knowledge preferred.

• Ability to generate detailed inspection reports and documentation of non-conformances.

• Possess or able to acquire ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I certification.

• Possess or able to acquire PCI Level I certification.

Our benefit package includes: Health Insurance/Paid Vacation/401(k) and Profit Sharing Retirement Plan/STD/Life Insurance.

Please email your resume to lynn@carraraconcrete.com Attn.: Lynn/ HR, fax to 802-775-1048 or complete an application at 2464 Case Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 Equal Opportunity Employer

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OPENING SUMMER/FALL 2017 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 Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

For Rent 2‑BEDROOM, 920 SQ. FT. 2nd floor apartment. Pine floors. eat‑in kitchen. Huge living room. Small 2nd floor porch. Walking distance to elementary school and across the street from the Shoreham Inn and Pub. No Smoking. No pets. Available September 15. $775/mo. plus utilities. 802‑388‑5411.

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BENSON VILLAGE SCHOOL

CUSTODIAN

Custodian – This is a part time position, 20 hours per week (50% time).

Maintenance experience preferred.

Applicant must have the ability to work independently with a flexible schedule.

For additional information contact the Benson Village School at 802-537-2491.

For an application, please call the Superintendent’s Office at 802-265-4905 or email kthirkield@arsu.org.

Mail completed applications with a cover letter, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union 49 Main Street Fair Haven, VT 05743 This position will remain open until filled.

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WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler.

Eye for detail and accuracy.

Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whis‑ tlepigrye.com.

SERVICE COORDINATOR OPENINGS (2) at the Coun‑ seling Service of Addison County in a multidisciplinary case management position (Developmental Services, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Choices for Care Elder pro‑ gram). Extensive training and mentoring provided but candidates need to have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a related field and a B.A. degree. Excel‑ lent supervisory, problem solving, and documenta‑ tion skills required. Com‑ prehensive benefit package includes medical, dental, life insurance, generous paid time‑off, and retire‑ ment plan. To apply, visit www.csac‑vt.org.

HELP WANTED‑ needed for around the house and farm.

760‑807‑6187.

For Rent

ANTIQUE DOUBLE BAR‑ REL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage fire‑ arm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

FOR SALE: NEW FULL size mattress with bed frame.

1 year old‑never slept on.

Comes with bedspread and pillow covers. $500 firm. Call 802‑989‑8923.

VERGENNES: SHARE A rural home w/senior woman who enjoys music and time with family. Mini‑ mal rent in exchange for breakfast prep, overnight presence, and companion‑ ship. Private bath. Must be cat‑friendly. No smoking.

No deposit. 863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO.

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Vacation Rentals

1,800 SQ. FT. WARE‑ HOUSE commercial space.

As is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

For Rent

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

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

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

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

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

Talk to our sales professionals.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

For Rent

C O M PA N Y C O M I N G ?

COMFORTABLE lakefront cottages available to Oct. 15. Family Weekend vacan‑ cies. Fully equipped kitchen, bathrooms with showers, Wifi, satellite TV. 10 minutes to Middlebury or Brandon.

802‑352‑4236; karen@ northcovecottages.com.

C O R N WA L L : C O Z Y ONE bedroom apart‑ ment. 15 minutes to col‑ lege. $775 includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. com.

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office.

1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. Available Oct. 1.

802‑758‑2494.

ADDISON: LAKE CHAM‑ PLAIN waterfront camp.

Beautiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for weekends.

802‑349‑4212, no texts.

For Rent

BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM HOUSE extra large living room and bath and nice porch, undercover park‑ ing for two cars. 1,000 sq ft. Private with views. First floor living. New gas stove.

Washer and dryer hookups.

Garden space available.

Snow removal provided. No pets. No smoking. Credit check, security, references and lease. Available October 1st. $985/mo. Leave mes‑ sage. 802‑352‑4266.

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

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

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

SNOW BLOWER $250.

Large kennels, $20 each.

Hammock, $15. Call 345‑7734.

COZY MIDDLEBURY B&B 1 night‑1 week stay. $70/ night or $300 for the week.

Perfect for 1 person or cou‑ ple. Call 802‑349‑6006.

For Rent

ADDISON ‑ 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH mobile home with garage on 22A. $1350 a month. Deposit, first month, last month and references required. Call 802‑482‑3765, afternoons please.

ADDISON: SEEKING A housemate who can help out with occasional dog‑walking and chip in on yard work. $400/mo. (all in‑ cluded). Spacious bedroom, private bath. No smoking.

No deposit. 863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO. AVAILABLE NOVEMBER. LARGE 2 story, 2 bed‑ room, 2 bath apartment.

12 minutes from Middle‑ bury. Fridge/stove included and washer dryer hookups. $1,050 plus heat and elec‑ tric. No pets or smoking please. 802‑897‑5447.

HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bed‑ room, fully furnished. Nine month rental from 9/15/17 ‑ 6/16/18. Washer, dryer, all appliances, gas grill, ful‑ ly equipped kitchen, deck, screened porch, private dock on Lake Dunmore. No smok‑ ing, no pets. Snow plowing and lawn maintenance in‑ cluded. $1100/month plus utilities, security deposit.

802‑352‑6678.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown. Ap‑ pliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Available Sept. 1. Real Net Manage‑ ment Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BED‑ ROOM, one is tiny, ground floor apartment. Large porch. Mostly natural gas heat. $1,100. plus utilities.

802‑989‑8399.

MIDDLEBURY: FOR RENT PRIME retail space. 1,303 square feet. Location, lo‑ cation. Front door parking.

Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

NEW HAVEN, 2 BEDROOM apartment with all applianc‑ BRIARWOOD APART‑ es, heat and rubbish re‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ moval. No pets, no smoking. ing applications for 2 BR $800/month, $850. deposit. apartments in Middlebury.

802‑453‑2275.

All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL 30% of their income to‑ VIEWS, sunny apartment. ward rent. NS/NP, onsite Garden space. No pets, /5/11) ed: 5802‑247‑0165 laundry. no smoking. References, (PublishCall s d A d e ifi s o r v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e security deposit, lease.

Clas w w w. s u m m i t p m g . c o m . $900/month plus utilities. . to college For Rent Equal THousingisOpportunity.

802‑236‑2040. hed. Close PARTMEN furb OM A 1 BEDRO Middlebury, newly re 00. t, 00 0ee tr 00 S . n at ai M es he th, includ y BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM,rt4h of M iddlebur $750/mon ONE BEDROOM APART‑ NT, ile no 0000.

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No smoking, d referenc $800/month and includes on Route 7.

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2 BEDRO Private lot. $650/m . credit check. $800/mo. plus rity deposit required. No in Salisbury 0-00 00. s required. smoking. required. 00 security deposit.

Reference No pets. Please ONDOFor more basement. .

OUSE/C802‑758‑2218. d H N an W e O T ag info, Charlie 00 ar call 802‑316‑7166 for more G OM 2 BEDRO mons, Vergennes. heat. No pets. 000-00 d om details.

Country C excluding utilities an her, tellite, was pletely $1,000/mo. sa m , et co , rn N te R in E gy D ed er O pe M en , i-s y M H er OO .V se.

For Rent ONE BEDROOM IN CORN‑ WALL 12 minutes to college. $775 per month. Includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. com.

SUNNY 1 BEDROOM Pan‑ ton cottage, open floor plan 1,036 sq ft.

Cathedral ceilings, washer/ dryer, granite countertops, large deck, private yard.

Office/studio loft. Peaceful setting great for commuters: 10 minutes from Vergennes, 25 from Middlebury, 45 from Burlington. $1,500/mo. + security & utilities. No pets/ smoking. Call 349‑7505.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD FOR SALE seasoned 2 years. $275 per cord. 802‑558‑1069.

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METCALFE FIREWOOD. QUALITY, clean hard‑ wood for sale. Cut and split. $225/cord. Call Ja‑ son 802‑989‑8180 or email: metcalfefirewood@gmail. com.

AUCTIONS

Storage Unit Auction

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

1593 Hardscrabble Rd, Bristol

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for September 7 & 11 BEEF Foster Bros.

Hatch Farm Blue Spruce Farm Kayhart Bros.

H. Sunderland A. Brisson

Lbs. 1785 1705 1665 1525 1515 1350

Costs per lb .67 .65 .65 .64 .62 .62

CALVES J. Fifield D. Pouliot Quarry Rd. C. Chapman

Lbs. 95 105 100 103

Costs per lb Dollars 1.10 104.50 1.05 110.25 1.05 105.00 .95 97.85

Dollars 1195.95 1108.25 1082.25 976.00 939.30 837.00

Total # Beef: 374 • Total # Calves: 444 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

Sat. Sept 16 • 10AM 6 Unit Auction: Five 8’ x 10’ units One 12’ x 21’ unit

Contents include: Houseware items, furniture, tools, equipment, etc.

Units sold as is and as full units. Highest bidder has 24 hours to clean out unit and broom sweep.

Cash only.

With questions call 802-683-7384.

TIMBERWOLF FIRE‑ WOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices. 802‑388‑7300.

Real Estate CHARMING YEAR ROUND or vacation home in the Northeast Kingdom. $89,000. 2 bedroom, 1 bath.

1 acre country setting. Deck overlooking brook. 20 min‑ utes to Kingdom Trails and Burke Mt., Close to VAST. Email for pictures and more info. Nekhouse@yahoo. com.

CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale.

Amazing view. Septic permit in place. 760‑807‑6187.

NEW 2017 ENERGY STAR display models. Modular, double and single wides.

Open 7 days a week. Up to $27,500 down payment assistance available on new homes if you qualify.

FactoryDirectHomesofVT. com. 600 Rte. 7 Pitts‑ ford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes. com.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residen‑ tial Development. One is a beautiful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream. Lots are supported with village water and ap‑ proved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Mid‑ dlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

Animals CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, 8 weeks. Available Sep‑ tember 16. Vet checked.

Health guarantee. $650.

802‑233‑2591.

Att. Farmers 2017 CORN SILEAGE, standing, in milk stage, 18 kernels corn around base.

Morrisville, VT close to Route 100. 802‑917‑2467.

250 ACRES STANDING corn for sale. Addison/Pan‑ ton area. 802‑238‑9118.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

FIRST‑CUT HORSE HAY small square bales (50 lbs avg). $4 at barn. Delivery at cost. 802‑462‑3912. jwelkey7606@gmail.com.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, an‑ tique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

PUBLIC AUCTION JCT. ROUTES 22A & 125 • BRIDPORT, VERMONT Thursday Evening – SEPTEMBER 21th 5:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. We have been commissioned to sell the contents of the late Neil Hoadley Estate of Bristol along with the partial contents of the Whitford home in West Addison and others.

The following will be sold……..

Several Oriental rugs of various sizes – Brady’s Civil War photos – Curved glass oak china cabinets – 19th Century Elmwood Chest on chest – Singer Model 221 sewing machine – variety of radios – Wilton, N.H. wooden measures – lg. early German globe – Mahogany drop front desk/bookcase – 10’ oak deacons bench – Army/ Navy wool blankets – Marble top parlor stands – variety of lanterns – 4 drawer wooden cabinet – post cards – shelf clocks – Masonic sword & belt – Tiger Maple one drawer stand and others – sev. converted oil lamps – early padlocks – early 4 drawer cherry dresser w/brass pulls – 3/4/5 drawer dressers – H.N. White trombone – Ludwig drum – early document boxes – Store counter paper roll – brass fireplace bumper – 21” x 32” floor safe – slab coffee table – wrought iron floor lamps – cherry drop leaf table – tile side tables – misc. sterling – lg. Oriental porcelain pedestal – Linens – buttons – Martha Washington sewing cabinet w/contents – round oak claw foot table w/several leaves – oak sideboard – early game boards – deer mount – Griswold, Agate and enamel ware – Brass horns – type tray – snow sled – sleigh bells – crocks and jugs – depression glass – flow blue – Bone china – Bohemian glass – End of the Day Vases – Moxie Collection – iron book ends and door stops – Red velvet Victorian settee sofa – marbles – kitchen gadgets – Dinette table w/4 chairs – cedar chest – walking sticks – 1851 Wooden storage box – match book collections – early brass bird vases – Schultz N.Y. distilled bottle – brass bucket – adv. Pieces – camera lot – LP. 45 and 78 records – Colt Challenger 22 auto pistol – Glenfield Model 60 22 rifle w/scope – H & R single shot 12-gauge shotgun M48….

PRINTS Maxfield Parrish – Lucinni – framed Italian Angels – watercolors by Blakely – Asst. folk art by Local Jim Bushey – and much more….

OUTSIDE 5:00 P.M. 10” Ryobi table saw – machine vise – misc. hand & garden tools – shop vac – wrought iron patio set – sev. matching 6’ bookcases – Craftsman 18” chain saw – sm floor jack – 28’ aluminum ext. ladder – step ladders – variety of furniture and more….

Terms: Cash, check, MC, Visa Lunch by Bridport Grange AUCTIONEER: Tom Broughton PO Box 53, Bridport, VT 05734 802-758-2494 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Preview 3:30 p.m. day of sale. All items sold as is, where, with no applied warranty. 10% Buyer premium with check or cash – 13% credit card

www.tombroughtonauctions.com

Grants offered to improve water Farmers can apply for $40K in funds

VERMONT — The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, a program of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB), has announced the availability of grant funds for on-farm capital improvement projects. Eligible farmers can apply for Water Quality Grants or Dairy Improvement Grants, both of which allow up to $40,000 in funding. Matching funds are required for both grants and may include federal or state grants as well as cash or loans.

Upcoming application deadlines and eligibility requirements for both grant programs are available on the Viability Program website.

Water Quality Grants will help farmers make water quality-related capital improvements in on-farm

infrastructure. VHCB is administering State of Vermont Clean Water funds for this program. The grants aid recipients with improvement costs required to comply with new regulations, and are designed to complement existing federal and state grant programs that address soil health and water quality.

To be eligible for Water Quality Grants, farmers must be subject to Vermont’s Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs) and have a minimum of $15,000 in gross farm income. Application materials will be available on VHCB’s Viability Program webpage on Sept. 1, and the first of three upcoming deadlines will be Oct. 13.

Funding for the Dairy Improvement Grants comes from Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy, LLC, whose Brattleboro plant produces Green Mountain Creamery Greek yogurt

from Vermont milk. To be eligible for Dairy Improvement Grants, farmers are required to provide a business plan and be members of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery or Dairy Farmers of America, where Commonwealth sources milk for its yogurt production facility.

Dairy Improvement Grants application materials will be available on VHCB’s Viability Program webpage on Sept. 1.

Viability Program grants help farmers leverage loan funds for projects or implement changes more quickly and effectively. Past projects funded with Dairy Improvement Grants have yielded significant improvements in cow comfort, quality of life, water quality, and farm viability. Two- thirds of grantees report improved on-farm efficiencies, and over half report improved milk quality and animal welfare.

Flood relief applications are due

VERMONT — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding eligible Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in Vermont of the Oct. 16 deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by the severe storms and flooding from June 29 through July 1, 2017.

These loans are available to PNPs that provide non-critical services located in Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties in Vermont. Examples of eligible noncritical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to, food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums, libraries, community centers, schools and colleges.

The SBA offers low interest disaster loans to Private Non-Profit organizations for physical losses up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other

business assets. The interest rate is 2.5 percent with terms up to 30 years. Applicants may be eligible for a loan amount increase up to 20 percent of their physical damages, as verified by the SBA for mitigation purposes.

Eligible mitigation improvements may now include a safe room or storm shelter to help protect property and occupants from future damage caused by a similar disaster.

To be considered for this assistance, PNPs need to apply by the deadline.

The SBA also offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs, such as ongoing operating expenses to PNP organizations. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the organization suffered any physical property damage.

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at

Public Notices can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on this Page 11B.

Addison County Courthouse (1) Cornwall Evergreen Cemetery Assoc. (1)

disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.

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TOWN OF MONKTON NOTICE OF TAX SALE

The resident and non-resident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of the real estate in the Town of Monkton, in the County of Addison, and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that real estate taxes assessed by the Town of Monkton for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 tax years remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid upon the following described real estate in the Town of Monkton, Vermont as indicated below, to wit: George Bailey: 2016 Property Taxes improvements thereon, located at 54 South Shore, Monkton, Vermont Being 1.00 acre of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all (Parcel I.D. #13.101.095.000), and being all and the same lands and other improvements thereon, located at 1540 Hollow Road, Monkton premises conveyed to Brian G. Brown in a Warranty Deed from Robert E. Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Von Bruns and Andrea B. Von Bruns dated August 22, 2003, and recorded George Bailey in a Certificate of Non-Redemption and Writ of Possession in the Monkton Land Records in Book 93 at Page 349. Reference is made in the matter of George Bailey v. Kenneth Jennings, Jr., State of Vermont to the following documents of record: (a) Easement Deed from Richard L. Office of Child Support, and Gregory Supply Co. of Vermont, Inc. d/b/a Imes and Sandra M. Imes to Brian G. Brown dated August 1, 2003, and Gregory Building Supply, Addison Superior Court Docket No. 151-7-05 recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 93 at Page 351; and (b) Ancv, dated October 4, 2005, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records Easement Deed from Sean McLoughlin and Jamilah Vogel to Brian G. in Book 106 at Page 235. See also an Amended Judgment Order and Brown dated August 4, 2003, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records Decree of Foreclosure in the same matter, dated September 15, 2005, in Book 93 at Page 356; and (c) State of Vermont Potable Water Supply and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 106 at Page 236. and Wastewater System Permit WW-9-1101R dated October 15, 2007, Daniel N. Bennett and April L. Bennett: 2016 Property Taxes and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 116 at Page 371.

Being .92 acre of land, more or less, with any and all improvements Royce A. Dendler: 2015 and 2016 Property Taxes thereon, located at 576 Bennett Road, Monkton, Vermont, and being all Being 5.00 acres of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Daniel N. Bennett and other improvements thereon, located at 5012 Mountain Road, Monkton, April L. Bennett in a Warranty Deed from Robert F. Atkins dated June 29, Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to 2000, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 78 at Page Royce A. Dendler and Susan Deming Dendler in a Warranty Deed from 374.

Sylvester Deming and Mary Elizabeth Deming dated August 4, 1975, and Timothy James Bora: 2016 Property Taxes recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 31 at Page 69. Reference Being 11.3 acres of land, more or less, with any and all improvements is made to the following documents of record: (a) Quit Claim Deed from thereon, located at 500 Boro Hill Road, Monkton, Vermont, and being all Susan Deming (formerly Dendler) to Royce A. Dendler dated July 18, and the same lands and premises conveyed to Timothy James Bora in 1983, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 38 at Page a Warranty Deed from Niles E. Bora and Joy M. Bora dated October 7, 31; and (b) Final Order of Divorce in the matter of Royce Arthur Dendler 2005, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 106 at Page v. Olga Bondarenko Dendler, Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit 288. The herein Property may have the benefit of an easement as more Family Division Docket No. 177-9-10 Andm, dated November 2, 2011, particularly described in an Easement Deed from Edward R. Williams and and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 139 at Page 451.

Mary B. Williams to Timothy Bora dated August 12, 2005, and recorded in Christopher R. Driscoll and Melissa S. Driscoll: 2016 Property Taxes the Monkton Land Records in Book 105 at Page 232.

Being 2.13 acres of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and Jeffrey Boutilier: 2016 Property Taxes all other improvements thereon, located at 363 Hardscrabble Road, Being 13.76 acres of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and Monkton, Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises all other improvements thereon, located on Morgan Road, Monkton, conveyed to Christopher R. Driscoll and Melissa S. Driscoll in a Warranty Vermont (Parcel I.D. #01.207.009.004), and being that PORTION of Deed from Peter M. Norris, Sr. and Dolores M. Norris dated December lands and premises located within the Town of Monkton, Vermont only, 19, 2012, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 139 at which were conveyed to Jeffrey Boutilier in a Trustee’s Deed from Page 170.

Deborah Paolantonio and Allan Boutilier, Trustees of the Boutilier Family Bonita Larrow: 2015 and 2016 Property Taxes Trust dated August 11, 1999, said Trustee’s Deed dated July 9, 2010, Being a 14’ x 70’ 1986 Astro Country Manor mobile home, serial number and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 128 at Page 245. 6344, located at 1237 Tyler Bridge Road, Monkton, Vermont. Reference The herein Property may be subject to the terms and conditions of State is made to a Vermont Mobile Home Uniform Bill of Sale from Latham of Vermont Wastewater System and Potable Water Supply Permit WW- Trailer Sales, Inc., d/b/a Ray’s Homes to Bonita Larrow dated June 23, 9-1964 dated January 28, 2014, and recorded in the Monkton Land 1986, and of record in the Monkton Land Records. Reference is made to Records in Book 144 at Page 215. a Memorandum of Lease by and between Thomas H. Rawls and Wistar Brian Brown: 2015 and 2016 Property Taxes W. Rawls (Lessor) and Bonita Larrow (Lessee) dated April 27, 2001, and Being .50 acre of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all other recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 77 at Page 362. improvements thereon, located at 91 Beaver Lane, Monkton, Vermont Tara Lorraine Gymrek Tower (Pike): 2014, 2015 and 2016 Property (Parcel I.D. #13.101.083.000), and being all and the same lands and Taxes premises conveyed to Brian Brown in a Warranty Deed from Cora Rock Being 1.00 acre of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all dated November 6, 1972, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in other improvements thereon, located at 1120 Hollow Road, Monkton, Book 29 at Page 309. Reference is made to the following documents of Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to record: (a) Quit Claim Deed from Brian Brown to John A. Thompson and Tara Lorraine Gymrek Tower by Trustee’s Deed of Tove Nicole Gymrek Ellen B. Thompson dated May 14, 1984, and recorded in the Monkton Tower, as Trustee of the Sandra L. Tower Revocable Trust u/t/a dated Land Records in Book 38 at Page 351; (b) Quit Claim Deed from John A. December 20, 2011, as amended December 21, 2011, said Trustee’s Thompson and Ellen B. Thompson to Brian Brown dated May 14, 1984, Deed dated April 24, 2012, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 38 at Page 353; and in Book 136 at Page 304. (c) Memorandum of Decision and Judgment Order in the matter John Todd Whitney and Seaason Whitney: 2016 Property Taxes A. & Ellen B. Thompson and David D. & Juliette A. Barash-Cole v. Brian Being 5.00 acres of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all Brown, Addison Superior Court Docket No. S139-91 Ac, dated January other improvements thereon, located at 3130 Rotax Road, Monkton, 31, 1993, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 55 at Page Vermont, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to 247.

Todd Whitney and Seaason Whitney in a Warranty Deed from William P. Brian G. Brown: 2016 Property Taxes Porter and Kristen P. Goldstein dated March 3, 2015, and recorded in the Being .68 acre of land, more or less, with dwelling and any and all other Monkton Land Records in Book 147 at Page 517.

And so much of said real estate will be sold at public auction at the Monkton Town Clerk’s office, a public place in said Town on the 20th day of November, 2017 at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs and fees, unless previously paid.

Any questions or inquiries regarding the above-referenced sale should be directed to the following address: Carroll, Boe & Pell, PC ATTN: James F. Carroll, Esq. or Wanda M. Murray, Paralegal 64 Court Street Middlebury, Vermont 05753 Telephone: (802) 388-6711 Carroll, Boe & Pell, PC and the Town of Monkton do not give any opinion or certification as to the marketability of the titles to any of the abovereferenced properties as held by the current owner/taxpayer.

The only acceptable forms of bid payment at the day of tax sale are: bank check payable to Carroll, Boe & Pell, P.C., Real Estate Trust Account; letter of credit from bank followed by bank check payable to Carroll, Boe & Pell, P.C., Real Estate Trust Account; and/or cash. No personal checks will be accepted.

Dated at Monkton, Vermont this 28th day of August, 2017.

William C. Joos, Town of Monkton Delinquent Tax Collector 9/7

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The Cornwall Evergreen Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held Friday, September 15, 2017 at 8 o’clock p.m. at the home of Charlotte Phillips. All lot owners are encouraged to attend.

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TOWN OF SALISBURY INVITATION TO BID The Town of Salisbury is seeking bids for survey work on the Town Forest. The area to be surveyed is the portion west of Upper Plains Rd including the access road to Plains Rd. Work would include the survey, any research, plot plan and recording fees. Deadline for bids is 3PM on October 3, 2017. Bids may be mailed or delivered to the Town Office. Bids will be opened on October 10, 2017.

The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A packet of information regarding the project is available at the Town Office.

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CITY OF VERGENNES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7 p.m. in City Hall for the following purpose: To consider the request by L.F. Benton Company, Inc. for site plan review to change the use of a portion of the upper level of the building at 300 Main Street to a place of worship. The request will be reviewed pursuant to Article VII of the zoning and subdivision regulations subject to the limitations on development review as set forth in Section 311 thereof.

A copy of the application and site plan are available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AUDIT SERVICES1 FOR VERGENNES PANTON WATER DISTRICT OF VERGENNES, VERMONT

INTRODUCTION The Vergennes Panton Water District of Vergennes, Vermont, is requesting proposals from qualified firms of Certified Public Accountants to audit its financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, with the option of auditing its financial statements for each of the two subsequent fiscal years.

Proposals are to be submitted by 4:00 PM on Monday, October 2, 2017 to: Maria Brown, Clerk/Treasurer Vergennes Panton Water District of Vergennes, Vermont P.O. Box 152 / 7 Canal Street Vergennes, VT 05491 The Vergennes Panton Water District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals submitted. Proposals will be evaluated by VPWD based on firm experience and reputation, understanding of VPWD requirements, and price. During the evaluation process, VPWD reserves the right, where it may serve in the VPWD’s best interest, to request additional information or clarification from proposers. At the discretion of VPWD, firms submitting proposals may be requested to make oral presentations as part of the evaluation process.

Please direct all questions regarding this request for proposals to Maria Brown, Clerk/ Treasurer @ 802-877-2440.

NATURE OF SERVICES REQUIRED The Vergennes Panton Water District of Vergennes, Vermont, desires the auditor to express an opinion on the fair presentation of its general purpose financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. VPWD also desires the auditor to express an opinion on the fair presentation of the combining and individual fund financial statements and schedules in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

The audit shall be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the standards for financial audits set forth in the U.S. General Accounting Office’s Government Auditing Standards; the provisions of the Single Audit Act of 1984 and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (when applicable); and the provisions of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular , A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.

VPWD does not anticipate spending in excess of $500,000 in federal awards and will not require an audit in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984.

It is expected that in determining the extent of test procedures, full consideration will be given to the apparent effectiveness of the system on internal accounting controls. The feasibility of recommendations for improvements in the accounting system and internal controls will be discussed during the course of the engagement. In the required report on internal control, the auditor shall communicate any reportable conditions found during the audit. Reportable conditions that are also material weaknesses shall be identified as such in the report. Non-reportable conditions discovered by the auditors shall also be reported in a separate management letter, which shall include all instances of noncompliance.

The auditor will print, bind and submit (20) copies of the audit report to VPWD. Additional copies of the report shall be submitted to the federal cognizant audit agency and any agencies of the State of Vermont, as required At the conclusion of the audit, the auditor may be asked to meet with the Board of Commissioners to discuss the results of the audit and explain any findings that are included in the auditor’s management letter.

All working papers and reports shall be retained for a minimum of three years, unless the firm is notified in writing by VPWD of the need to extend the retention period.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT The Vergennes Panton Water District is a potable water treatment municipality. VPWD provides the following services to its customers: The treatment of water taken from Lake Champlain for potable water use. We also sell bulk water to some water haulers. We install and maintain all meters for our customers served. We maintain, repair or replace water distribution lines within our service area. We have both In-District and Out-of-District customers. Our InDistrict customers are from the towns of Vergennes and Panton. Our Out-of –District

customers are located in the towns of Ferrisburg, Addison and Waltham.

VPWD has a total payroll of $154,000 covering 4 full-time and 1 part-time or seasonal employees and 7 Commissioners. The approved budget for the most recent fiscal year are $1,148,032.55 for all income and expenditures. VPWD uses the following fund types in its financial reporting: • General Fund • Special Revenue Funds • Debt Service Fund • Capital Projects Funds • Fiduciary Funds VPWD prepares its financial statements using the modified accrual basis of accounting for governmental funds and the accrual basis of accounting for proprietary funds. VPWD’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34, Basic Financial Statements – and Management’s Discussion and Analysis – for State and Local Governments.

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS Interested firms shall submit its proposal separated into two sections: the technical proposal and the cost proposal.

The purpose of the technical proposal is to demonstrate the qualifications, competence and capacity of the firms seeking to undertake the audit of VPWD in conformity with the requirements of this request for proposals. The technical proposal should demonstrate the qualifications of the firm and of the particular staff to be assigned to this engagement. It should also specify an audit approach that will meet the request for proposals requirements.

The technical proposal shall provide the necessary information in the following sequence: • Background of the firm. The proposer should state the size of the firm, the size of the firm’s governmental auditing staff, and the number and nature of the professional staff to be employed in this engagement. The firm is also required to submit a copy of the report on its most recent quality control review, along with a statement of whether that quality control review included a review of specific government engagements.

• Partner, supervisory and staff qualifications and experience. The proposer should identify the principal supervisory and management staff who would be assigned to the engagement and disclose each person’s government auditing experience.

• Similar engagements with other government entities. The proposal shall describe the five most significant engagements performed in the last five years that are similar to the engagement described in this request for proposals. Indicate the scope of the work and the name and telephone number of the client contact.

• Specific audit approach. The proposal should set forth a plan of implementation, including an explanation of the audit methodology to be followed. The work plan should include a description of tasks, estimates of work effort, time budgets, and a detailed breakdown of responsibilities of all audit personnel.

The cost proposal should be structured as follows: • Total all-inclusive maximum price for the engagement for the year ending December 31, 2017, and for each of the two subsequent engagement years for which VPWD has the option of continuing in this contract.

• Breakdown of costs by year by partner (principal), supervisory and staff level.

• Out-of-pocket expenses included in the total all-inclusive maximum price and reimbursement rates.

• Progress payments will be made on the basis of hours of work completed during the course of the engagement. Interim billing shall cover a period of not less than a calendar month.

EVALUATION CRITERIA The audit firm will be selected based on two criteria: technical qualifications and price.

The technical qualifications will compare each proposer’s expertise and experience in providing quality audit services to government entities and the quality of the firm’s professional personnel who would conduct the audit. The approach of the audit and the plan for implementation will also be scrutinized. Cost will not be the primary factor in the selection of the audit firm.

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Police investigate sex assault report

SALKAT AHMED AS Tinkerbell and Paul Hilton as Peter in the National Theater production of “Peter Pan,” on screen at Town Hall Theater on Sunday, Sept. 24. at 2 p.m.

THT to show ‘Peter Pan’ Sept. 24 MIDDLEBURY — All children, except one, grow up …

Captured live at London’s National Theatre, a recorded performance of J. M. Barrie’s much-loved tale comes to Town Hall Theater Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m.

When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to

reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and makebelieve ensues.

A delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (NT Live: “Jane Eyre”) directs this wondrously inventive production,

a co-production with Bristol Old Vic theatre.

The broadcast is part of the NT Live Series. Tickets are $17/$10 for students, and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, over the phone at 802-382-9222 or in person at the Town Hall Theater Box Office daily, noon – 5 p.m., except Sunday.

Scholars address ‘The Soviet Century’ MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College will hold its annual Clifford Symposium Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 21-23, at various locations on campus. The focus of this year’s symposium, which is open to the public, is “The Soviet Century: One Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution.”

The Symposium honors Professor Emeritus of History Nicholas Clifford and focuses on a different topic each year. Rebecca Mitchell, Assistant Professor of History and the main organizer of this year’s Symposium, says, “‘The Soviet Century’ marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a watershed moment in modern history. Our goal

is to re-examine the significance of the event globally — in political, social and cultural terms — as well as its continued significance in the 21st Century.

“I think that the Russian Revolution is of continued interest to people today because of its complex and contradictory legacy: the revolution was built, at least in part, on utopian dreams of creating a better and more equitable future society; but instead, in many cases, it ushered in Communist regimes that came to symbolize the horrors and abuses of a modern police state.”

Symposium events will include lectures, panel discussions, a film screening, a scene from a

play performed by Middlebury College students, a piano concert, and continuing exhibits in the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Davis Family Library.

All events are open to the public and are free except for a Soviet-style cafeteria dinner, as experienced by students in the College’s School in the Soviet Union. The Symposium organizing committee says, “We anticipate that there will be something of interest to everyone, regardless of department or discipline. “ For a complete schedule of Symposium events and biographies of some of the distinguished visitors, visit middlebury.edu/clifford/2017.

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received a report on Sept. 7 of a possible sexual assault in the Buttolph Drive area. Police continue to investigate the matter.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Helped a South Street resident who had a downed wire on his property on Sept. 4.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with a suspected overdose patient in the Court Street area on Sept. 5.

• Served a no-trespass order on Sept. 5 on a person who was not wanted at the Ollie’s Other Place business on Washington Street.

• Quieted a loud argument in the Elm Street area on Sept. 6.

• Served a temporary restraining order on a man in the Seminary Street Extension area on Sept. 6.

• Served a no-trespass order on a man after he had allegedly stolen a beer from Shaw’s Supermarket on Washington Street on Sept. 6.

• Investigated a car crash, with minor injuries, on Route 7 South on

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Sept. 7.

• Were informed a child had run away from the John Graham Court area on Sept. 7.

• Checked on a Woodbridge Lane resident who had been experiencing some mental health troubles on Sept. 7.

• Helped Two Brothers Tavern in removing a drunken man from the premises on Sept. 8.

• Began an investigation into the reported theft of some items from the Champlain Farms store on Court Street on Sept. 8. Police said the store has video pointing to a suspect.

• Assisted a local, elderly woman on Sept. 8 who had been scammed into sending money to some people out of state. Police continue to investigate the matter.

• Helped Burlington police locate a runaway juvenile in the Woodland Park area on Sept. 8.

• Investigated a possible violation of an abuse prevention order reported on Sept. 9.

• Assisted Ilsley Library in serving a no-trespass order on a person on Sept. 9.

• Were informed a truck had been keyed while parked in the Middlebury College lot off Porter Field Road on Sept. 9.

• Euthanized a sick raccoon found in the Grey Ledge Road area on Sept. 9.

• Responded to a noise complaint on Middlebury College’s Freeman Way at around 10:30 p.m. on Sept.

10.

• Received a report about a “loud college party” in the Weybridge Street area at around midnight on Sept. 10. Police warned the participants to quiet down.

• Issued court diversion paperwork to a youth determined to be in possession of alcohol on Cross Street on Sept. 11.

City man is cited for domestic assault VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Sept. 5 cited Patrick. A. Durfee, 39, of Vergennes into court for domestic assault.

Police allege that Durfee struck a 13-year-old boy in the leg, an incident that they said was reported by the teen. Police also notified the Department for Children and Families of the allegation.

In other action between Sept. 4 and 10, Vergennes police: • On Sept. 5 checked the welfare of a Monkton Road woman, who was fine and promised to call her mother and tell her.

• On Sept. 5 checked a report of a broken car window on Armory Lane; police believe it might have been caused by lawn mowing.

• On Sept.

5 looked unsuccessfully for a car and truck that reportedly passed a school bus while it was flashing its red lights on Main Street.

• On Sept. 5 handled a request from Northlands Job Corps officials to issue a no-trespass order to a Brattleboro resident who

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was threatening a student.

• On Sept. 6 warned the mother of a preschooler and infant left in a car while she shopped at Champlain Farms not to do so, and also searched the car because of the odor of marijuana, but found nothing.

• On Sept. 6 cited Jose C. Balcazar-Ventura, 28, of Addison for driving under the influence of alcohol. Police allege his bloodalcohol content tested at 0.117 after they pulled over his car for failing to stop at the Panton Road stop sign at West Main Street; the legal BAC is 0.08. Police also cited BalcazarVentura for failure to yield at the sign and allegedly having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.

• On Sept. 7 served an abuseprevention order to a female resident of North Main Street.

• On Sept. 9 issued courtdiversion paperwork to a minor driver for possession of marijuana and ticketed him for possession of drug paraphernalia, actions taken at a traffic stop for defective equipment.

• On Sept. 9 told a woman allegedly harassing a North Street couple by phone and in person to stop.

• On Sept. 9 found the owners of a car that had popped out of gear and rolled down Main Street toward the bridge and blocked a crosswalk; police found them in a nearby restaurant and asked them to move it.

• On Sept. 9 called for roadside assistance for the owners of a car on West Street when police were unable to unlock it for them.

• On Sept. 9 helped Vermont State Police with a heroinpossession case in New Haven Junction.

• On Sept. 10 issued no-trespass orders to teens on the Vergennes Union Elementary School roof.

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Christal Brown: directed by dance

W

hen’s the last time you let your body express something through dance?

Or does the mere thought of “dance” bring you back to the terror of some middle school dance that left you staring hard at the gym floor, palms sweating, wishing desperately no one would ask you to coordinate your awkwardly clunky feet?

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

Ya, we understand. And, guess what? You’re not alone.

Christal Brown, the dance program chair at Middlebury College and new dance director for Middlebury’s Parks and Rec Center, has good news.

“Everybody has their own dance language,” she explained. “We just get trained out of it.”

That means even if you’ve been suffering with two left feet for years (or decades), there’s still hope!

Students (youth and adult, of all abilities) started classes at the Rec Center on Monday this week, and will continue through Dec. 1.

The classes are part of Brown’s new program, “Dance Xplorations,” featuring ballet, hip hop, tap, jazz, contemporary and dance for adults.

“Dance and gymnastics are the two most popular programs we offer,” said Terri Arnold, director of the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department. So it was less than great news when the department got word that former dance director Chris Giorgio could no longer lead the program. “First we took a deep breath,” Arnold said. “Then I contacted Christal Brown to ask her if she could help us find someone to replace Chris or if she were

Christal Brown is the new director of the dance programs for the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department.

She is also the chair of the dance program at Middlebury College and MiddCORE, and maintains a professional dance career. See her perform on Oct. 1 in “I Rise” at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater.

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interested in leading the program for the Rec Department. She was extraordinarily open to helping us continue the dance program.”

“When you really want to be a member of the community you put your gift on the line,” said Brown, who rarely says “no” even though she has little time to spare.

The Middlebury resident describes herself first as a mother, then an artist, educator and disciple. Here’s how it breaks down:

MOTHER Brown is the single-mom of her 7-year-old son.

ARTIST Starting at the tender age of 9, Brown took her first ballet class. Then moved on to tap, jazz, acrobatics and modern dance. By the time she was attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Brown was mainly focused on modern dance.

Wondering what “modern” means? “It’s as if jazz and ballet had a baby,” Brown explained.

After graduating with her BFA in dance and minor in business, Brown went on tour nationally with Chuck Davis’ African-American Dance Ensemble and internationally with Andrea E. Woods/Souloworks. She settled in the Bronx section of New York City for 10 years. There she spent three seasons as principal performer, community specialist and apprentice program coordinator with Urban Bush Women.

EDUCATOR Brown not only teaches and directs the dance programs at Middlebury College and now the Rec Center, she is also the faculty director of MiddCORE (a mentor-driven, experientiallearning program), newly appointed member of the New England Foundation for the Arts board of directors and founder of INSPIRIT. SEE DANCE ON PAGE 16

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Mahaney Center for the Arts celebrates anniversary with 2017-2018 season

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case you haven’t heard, Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

The arts center invites everyone from the college and surrounding communities to celebrate and enjoy the diverse and exciting array of concerts, plays, exhibitions, dance performances, films and more featured this season.

BANDALOOP, a vertical dance company, will kick off the season on Sept. 15-16, with public performances at the Mahaney Center for the Arts plaza on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Middlebury College alumnus Mark Stuver ’97.5, artistic associate for BANDALOOP, will give a career talk on Friday, Sept. 15, at 12:15 p.m., in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, dance theatre.

From there, the season continues with a bunch of art events you won’t want to miss.

Grab your calendar and get ready, here’s a rundown of this season’s highlights:

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES The Middlebury College Performing Arts Series has a strong history of presenting the finest in chamber music, a tradition that will continue throughout the 2017-18 season. Highlights include the Danish String Quartet playing works by Bartók and Beethoven, and arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes (Oct. 7); an encore appearance by the world’s most recognizable a cappella ensemble, The King’s Singers (Nov. 3); and the Grammy-nominated woodwind ensemble Imani Winds (Dec. 1).

The Performing Arts Series also reaches beyond classical music, with world arts events like the multi-national dance theater company Baker & Tarpaga, hailing from Burkina Faso and Philadelphia, and traveling with the West African Dafra Kura Band (Sept. 26-30); Iranian-Canadian musical duo Moody Amiri (March 10, 2018); and dynamic Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista and his quartet Banquet of the Spirits (May 5, 2018). The acclaimed New York city-based theater company Bedlam will also appear on the Performing Arts Series, with riveting, strippeddown productions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (March 2, 2018) and Shaw’s Saint Joan (March 3, 2018). Saxophonist and singer Grace Kelly, a regular on the Late Show, leads a rollicking jazz concert on Feb. 16, 2018. American fiddler Jeremy Kittel of Turtle Island Quartet and A Prairie Home Companion fame will treat audiences to a concert of American roots on April 13, 2018.

Tickets go on sale Sept. 14 for the public.

Performing Arts Series Society members and Middlebury College ID card holders will have early access to ticket sales.

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BANDALOOP performs this Friday and Saturday, with shows open tothe public Saturday at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.

PHOTO / BOB HANDELMAN

The Middlebury College Museum of Art, also celebrating its 25th anniversary in its current location, has curated an engaging season of exhibitions and events for visitors in 2017-18.

Ongoing exhibitions of Ancient Mediterranean

and Early European Art, European and American Art, and Asian Art are drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.

Seasonal exhibitions include “Land and Lens: Photographers Envision the Environment” (Sept. 15-Dec. 10), a comprehensive survey presenting some 70 images through the lens of environmental appreciation, concern or activism.

The winter brings “10 Years: The Cameron Print Project” (Jan. 9-April 29, 2018), highlighting works produced in collaboration with artists Mark Dion, Derrick Adams, Tomas Vu, Kati Heck, Rona Yefman and others in conjunction with the Studio Art program. “Power & Piety: Spanish Colonial Art” will be on exhibit Jan. 26-April 22, 2018, drawing from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, founded to enhance the appreciation of art from Latin America.

The popular Fridays at the Museum series continues this year, with free programs on Fridays, at 12:30 p.m., with speakers, faculty-led talks and hands-on activities.

The Museum is open Tuesdays-Sundays year round, and admission is free. Visit museum. middlebury.edu for more details.

DANCE The Dance program will feature work by alumni, students and faculty this season. The Alumni Showing (Nov. 16) will welcome back recent graduates to perform excerpts from their latest creative work. The Fall Dance Concert (Dec. 1-2) will showcase emerging student choreographers and the annual Newcomer’s Piece, choreographed this year by Artist in Residence Julian Barnett. This year’s Faculty Dance Concert (April 19, 2018) will feature samples of work by Barnett, Dance Chair Christal Brown and Assistant Professor Laurel Jenkins.

The Dance Company of Middlebury, always a highlight, will perform a new piece entitled Native SEE MAHANEY ON NEXT PAGE

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18-19 and May 13, 2018); the Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble (Nov. 29 and May 1, 2018); big band The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble (Dec. 2 and May 4, 2018); student vocal recitals ranging from operatic arias to showtunes (Dec. 9, March 17, 2018, and May 12, 2018); and the Middlebury College Choir (March 18, 2018).

Professor Emeritus Emory Fanning will perform a 50th anniversary concert on Mead Chapel’s GressMiles organ on Oct. 1.

The eighth annual Bach Festival will take place April 27-29, 2018, with concerts and activities across all three days.

Danish String Quartet.

PHOTO / CAROLINE BITTENCOURT

+ Stranger on Jan. 26-27. This CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 interdisciplinary exploration of individuality, place, acquisition, lineage and the construction of identity is directed by Brown, collaborating with Rulan Tangen, artistic director of Dancing Earth.

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Tickets to dance shows go on sale two weeks prior to opening night.

FILM The Hirschfield International Film Series continues its tradition of presenting acclaimed foreign and independent films on Saturdays throughout the year at 3 and 8 p.m. at Dana Auditorium. The series opens on Sept. 16 with the Oscar and Golden Globe winning film “Moonlight,” chronicling the life of a gay African American man from his troubled childhood to adulthood in a rough area of Miami.

Also of note, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra returns to Middlebury with its “Made in Vermont” festival tour concert on Sept. 23. Internationally renowned violinist Pamela Frank will join her longtime friend and colleague, VSO Music Director Jaime Laredo, in a program as colorful as Vermont’s famous fall foliage.

Most music events are free and open to the public.

STUDIO ART The Studio Art Program welcomes Cameron Visiting Artist Brian Novatny for a public talk on Oct. 3. Novatny is an innovative artist, equally at home with painting and drawing, with a remarkable approach to mark-marking, line and materiality. In addition to his talk, Novatny will also lead a four-day, intensive drawing lab open to on- and off-campus participants Oct. 2-5 at the Johnson Building.

Imaginative and provocative exhibitions of student work are always a strong part of the Studio Arts season. The year begins with “Portraits of Power” (Sept. 11-18), featuring dynamic, large-scale paintings and ceramic assemblages that convey visions of who and what students think is powerful in their lives.

Later exhibitions include silkscreen prints

Other notable films are acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s mother-and daughter tale “Julieta” (Nov. 11), the 2016 documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” (Nov. 18), based on an unfinished book by James Baldwin and narrated by Samuel L. Jackson; and Pablo Larraín’s bio-drama “Neruda” (April 7, 2018), following an “Bristol Electronics makes it easy for you to go solar. inspector on the hunt for From the detailed, patient explanations, to the rebates, estimates and permits, Bristol Electronics takes care of it all. I obtained several the famous Chilean leftist quotes from various companies but it was Bristol Electronics who poet-politician in the 1940s. ultimately won my business with their friendly, approachable attitude Screenings are free. and superior knowledge of the technology. When I began this project

(Nov. 28-Dec. 5); “Landscape Re-Imagined: The Autumn Campus” (Jan. 9-15, 2018); and “Scratching the Surface: Intaglio Prints” (April 17-24, 2018). These exhibitions are presented in the Johnson Building, and are free and open to the public.

ART HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE The Department of History of Art and Architecture presents a public talk by photographer Jane Fulton Alt on Sept. 15. She will discuss her project “The Burn,” for which she photographed controlled burns conducted by ecologists on the Illinois prairie, as well as her latest project “Fire and Water.” Marlon Blackwell of the University of Arkansas will speak on “The Sacred and the Secular” on Oct. 17. Working outside the architectural mainstream, his architecture is based in design strategies that draw upon vernaculars, typologies, and the contradictions of place.

These talks are free and open to the public. Check middlebury.edu/arts for locations and times.

THEATRE The theatre program’s mainstage season opens with David Mamet’s dark comedy “Glengarry Glen Ross” (Oct. 26-28.) Professor Richard Romagnoli will direct an all-female cast playing desperate, funny, conniving real estate salespeople who must make their quotas or risk losing their jobs. Associate Professor Alex Draper ’88 will direct the second show, “Middletown” (Nov. 20-Dec. 2.) In this play by Will Eno, the strange beauty of life and its sometimes unbearable weight are considered with a screwball lyricism. Tickets to theatre shows go on sale two weeks prior to opening night.

For more information, or to request a 2017–2018 arts calendar, call (802) 443-3168 or visit middlebury. edu/arts. To reserve tickets call (802) 443-MIDD (6433) or visit middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

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OUT OF TOWN Grand Point North rocks Waterfront Park ANNUAL BURLINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL FEATURES GRACE POTTER AND TREY ANASTASIO THIS WEEKEND

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rand Point North returns to the Burlington Waterfront this weekend, Sept. 16 and 17, for another year of music, food and art. Vermont’s own Grace Potter will headline Saturday night and Trey Anastasio and his band will headline Sunday (both start at 8 p.m.)

Leading up to the main acts, don’t miss a host of great bands, including Dawes, Mondo Cozmo, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tank and the Bangas, Smalltalker, Lake Superior, Snakefoot and Troy Millette and Dylan Gombas on Saturday; and Grace Potter, Joseph, Low Cut Connie, Son Little, Henry Jamison, Barika, The Welterweights and Eastern Mountain Time on Sunday. Doors open at 3 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets ($59 for one day or $89 for two days) are available online through Higher Ground or (for an extra fee) at the box office starting at 11 a.m.

each day. Children 12 and under are free.

Besides the beats, check out Grand Point Local — a collection of local restaurants and local food products for sale on the festival grounds. And, look for Grand Point Weird, an art installation founded by Potter’s sister Charlotte. This year, Grand Point Weird will feature performances and pieces based on the theme of levitation and defying gravity, curated for the first time by Lee Anderson, owner of Burlington music venue Radio Bean. The project will include contributions from students at the Vermont Governor’s Institute for the Arts.

Like to stay up late? The Skinny Pancake will host the Official All Ages Festival After Parties featuring Session Americana on Saturday, 11p.m., (tickets $10) and Annie in the Water on Sunday, 10 p.m., (free).

For more info visit grandpointnorth.com or highergroundmusic.com.

Trey Anastasio will headline Grand Point North on Sunday, 8 p.m., at the Burlington Waterfront.

PHOTO / RYAN MASTRO

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IN TOWN Rare Houdini films screen with live music BRANDON TOWN HALL SHOWS LEGENDARY ESCAPE ARTIST IN A SERIES OF STUNT-FILLED EARLY SILENT MOVIES

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preferring to concentrate on live performance.

e reigned for decades as the legendary “Handcuff King,” famous for his daring and impossible escapes staged around the world.

But Harry Houdini also had a brief career in the movies, starring in a series of silent adventure films that showed off his athletic prowess as his talent for illusion, SEPT. stunts and escape.

Born Erik Weisz, Houdini was a Hungarianborn, American-Jewish illusionist and stunt performer noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the U.S. and then as “Harry Handcuff Houdini” on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water and being buried alive.

SATURDAY 16 Brandon Town Hall

See Houdini on the big screen with a double feature of two of his surviving films on Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., at Brandon Town Hall. Admission is free, with donations welcome. All proceeds support ongoing restoration of the Town Hall.

In 1913, Houdini introduced the Chinese Water Torture Cell, in which he was suspended upsidedown in a locked glass-and-steel cabinet full to overflowing with water, holding his breath for more than three minutes. He would go on performing this escape for the rest of his life.

Saturday’s showing of the Houdini films will be accompanied with live music by Jeff Rapsis.

In “Terror Island” (1920), Houdini stars as a swashbuckling inventor who steers his hightech submarine to a forbidden tropical isle to rescue the woman he loves. The film includes underwater sequences designed to show off Houdini’s ability to survive being submerged for long periods of time.

In “The Man From Beyond” (1922), Houdini plays a man frozen 100 years in the Arctic who returns to civilization to reclaim his reincarnated love. The film includes a daring

one more thing YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK

FABULOUS FLEA MARKET The 10th annual Fabulous Flea Town Hall Theater, Middlebury Market comes to Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater this Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Each year, a variety of vendors and dealers sell antiques, folk art, prints, rugs, quilting items, hand-knit multicolored socks and more. Almost Home will sell delicacies and coffee so shoppers can grab a snack or a meal as they browse. For more info call (802) 3829222 or visit townhalltheater.org.

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Houdini died prematurely in 1926, at age 52, of peritonitis following a burst appendix.

Harry Houdini in “Terror Island” (1920), part of a double feature to be shown with live music on Saturday, Sept.

16, 7 p.m., at Brandon Town Hall and Community Center, Route 7. Admission is free.

climax filmed at Niagara Falls.

Although Houdini’s films were well-received, he eventually abandoned his movie career,

Although not well known as a film actor, Houdini’s work in motion pictures was not forgotten. In a posthumous ceremony on Oct. 31, 1975, Houdini was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7001 Hollywood Blvd.

Don’t miss your chance to see this marvel on screen, Saturday evening at the Brandon Town Hall. For more information, visit brandontownhall.org.

The Grift’s DoJo takes the stage at Marquis for second Hillbilly Ball

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et those pigtails down! It’s time to enjoy bluegrass blazing the best of the ’80s with a hillbilly twist — that’s right, we’re talking about the second annual Hillbilly Ball. It’s coming back for round two at the Middlebury’s Marquis Theater on Friday, Sept.

15, from 7:30 p.m.‘till SEPT. midnight.

Middlebury Marquis

The Grift’s bluegrass band DoJo will rock the night away, fusing foot-stomping, down-home sounds of bluegrass with popular ’80s tunes. DoJo features Clint Bierman, Peter Day, Jeff

Vallone and Matt Schrag, with special guest star Laura Thomas.

This year, a new King and Queen of the ball will be crowned. Fire up your best ’80s or country look — kudos for you if you do both — and come on out for a great night.

The Hillbilly Ball is co-produced by the Marquis Theater, The Grift and Middlebury UndergrounD (MUD). Creative dress encouraged but not required. Tickets are $5 at the door. Food, beer, wine and specialty cocktails available for purchase.

The Marquis is right in the heart of Middlebury at 65 Main Street.

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TAM TREK IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 17, 8 a.m., Wright Park. Middlebury Area Land Trust’s annual event to raise funds for the Trail Around Middlebury.

Timed races of 18 miles and six miles, and two-mile family fun run/walk, all through woods, farmland, meadow and river valleys. Post-race celebration with refreshments, prizes and music. All welcome, any ability. Registration at maltvt.org.

ARTS “THE BURN” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 15, 12:15 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

Photographer Jane Fulton Alt will discuss her project, for which she photographed controlled burns conducted by ecologists on the Illinois prairie. Free.

CARTOONIST HARRY BLISS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Sept. 18, 6:45 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Come laugh and learn when The New Yorker magazine cover and cartoon artist Harry Bliss, whose books and paintings are on display in the current Henry Sheldon Museum exhibit Draw Me a Story – Tell Me a Tale, is the featured speaker at the Henry Sheldon Museum.

Tickets $5 general public/Museum members are free. More info at HenrySheldonMuseum.org or 802-388-2117.

ARTS WALK IN VERGENNES. September 22, 5-8 p.m., Downtown. Vergennes. Receptions from 5-8 p.m. Art on view and for sale at participating locations throughout downtown Vergennes.

Discover artwork at venues all along Main Street, after-hours events at art galleries. More info: info@ creativespacegallery.org.

tropical isle to rescue the woman he loves; in ‘The Man From Beyond’ (1922), Houdini plays a man frozen 100 years in the Arctic who returns to civilization to reclaim his reincarnated love. Part of Brandon’s silent film and live music series.

“BEING MORTAL” ON SCREEN IN BRISTOL. Monday, Sept. 18. 6 p.m., Bristol Fire Station, 1 South St. Join the Addison County End of Life Care Partnership for a screening and discussion of this Frontline documentary. Palliative care specialist Dr. Diana Barnard will lead the discussion. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served. More info at 802-388-4111 or lborden@hospicevs.org.

“PARADISE” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 23, 3 and 8 p.m. Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. Olga, a Russian emigrant and member of the French Resistance, French collaborator Jules and German SS officer Helmut cross paths in 1940s wartime. Sponsored by the Holocaust Film Fund. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

JUST FOR FUN SECOND ANNUAL HILLBILLY BALL IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 15, 7:30-midnight, Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Enjoy the best of the ’80s with a bluegrass twist at the second annual Hillbilly Ball. The Grift’s bluegrass band DoJo fuses the foot-stomping, down-home sounds of bluegrass with popular ’80s tunes. Fire up your best ’80s or country look and come on down.

More info contact Lisa Mitchell 802-388-6124 or lisa@middunderground.org.

“MOONLIGHT” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 16, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College. A film chronicling the life of a gay AfricanAmerican man from his troubled childhood to adulthood in a rough area of Miami. Free.

STARGAZING OPEN HOUSE AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE OBSERVATORY. Friday, Sept. 15,and Friday, Sept. 22, 8-9:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Mittleman Observatory is atop McCardell Bicentennial Hall. A variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae visible through the observatory’s telescopes, which range up to 24 inches. Check the website go.middlebury.edu/ observatory/ or call the observatory at 4432266 after 6 p.m. on the evening of the event for weather status. Free.

HARRY HOUDINI SILENT FILM DOUBLE FEATURE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. Rare surviving films from the great illusionist’s brief movie career. In ‘Terror Island’ (1920) Houdini stars as a swashbuckling inventor who steers his high-tech submarine to a forbidden

FABULOUS FLEA MARKET IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. This annual event returns with 25 vendors and dealers offering antiques, jewelry, furniture, rugs, textiles, food and more. Free. All proceeds go to support THT performances.

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WHAT YOU WANT TO DO SEPTEMBER 14-24, 2017

FALL FUN FEST IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Sept.

16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Vergennes City Green. Help fuel, electricity, transport, medicine, and more for ANY Addison County resident in need. Lions Club volunteers will grill hamburgers and hot dogs. Family activities include pumpkin and face painting, bean bag toss, ring toss, potato on a spoon races. Mums for sale. All donations are tax deductible. Everyone is welcome.

ACTR BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept, 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Mary Hogan Recreational Field, Mary Hogan Dr. Join ACTR and other service agencies for this Community Jamboree with live music by Full Share and a Bike-A-Palooza safety course. Help StuffThe-Bus with non-perishables for local food shelves and get a sweet ice cream reward.

Also pet adoptions, bocce, face painting, food concessions and games.

BANDALOOP PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 16, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Plaza, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

A pioneer in vertical performance, where performers turn the dance floor on its side. Free.

Weather permitting.

9TH ANNUAL APPLE FEST IN SHOREHAM. Sunday, Sept. 17, noon-4 p.m., Shoreham Town Green & Gazebo. Delicious food, live music by Snake Mountain Bluegrass, an apple pie contest, a farmers’ market, a bounce house, children’s activities and a silent auction of Addison county photos will be featured. Fall fundraiser for the Friends of the Platt Memorial Library. Free and open to the public. More info contact Carol Causton 897-2747, Molly Francis 897-5354, Judy Stevens 897-7031 or Cora Waag 897-2385.

HARVEST FESTIVAL IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Sept.

23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., town green. Bristol’s annual fall celebration. Crafters and other vendors, children’s venue, apple pie contests, bandstand music, silent auction and more. More info at BristolHarvestFest.com.

13TH ANNUAL BETTER L8 THAN NEVER CAR SHOW IN BRISTOL. Sunday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m.4 p.m., Bristol Recreation Field, 100 Airport Dr. Expecting more than 200 classic cars and trucks. Vendors, food, live DJ, raffle drawings, 50/50 raffle, piston toss, kids’ activities, bake sale and more. Fun for the whole family. Free for spectators. Donations accepted for Camp TaKum-Ta. Vehicle entry fee — all makes, all models CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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— $15 by Sept. 1, or $20 at the gate. More info at BetterL8ThanNever.com.

ROTARY FALL FESTIVAL IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 24, 2-6 p.m., in tents behind Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. This event will feature music by the Horse Traders, contra dancing with Red Dog Riley, a beer and wine tent plus more than 20 food and craft vendors.

Admission to this family-friendly event with activities for all ages will be $10 for adults and $5 for children with tickets on sale at the Middlebury Inn, Countryside Carpet and Paint and Holden Insurance. More info: middleburyrotary.org.

LECTURE BANDALOOP’S MARK STUVER IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 15, noon, Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Stuver will discuss his career journey as a dancer, writer, and puppeteer. Free and open to the public.

MUSIC CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 17, noon-5 p.m., VFW, Exchange St. Refreshments available. $3 donation. All fiddlers welcome. Chicken barbeque sponsored by the VFW, $12/person.

“THE GRIFT” DANCE PARTY IN BRANDON. Friday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. An evening of booty shaking grooves, improvisation with radio-friendly hooks, witty lyrics and tight vocal harmonies. Tickets available at the door: Adults $12; Seniors, students & military $10.

DAVE KELLER PERFORMS IN BRANDON. Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Keller, one of the finest soul and blues men of his generation, is a firstclass singer, guitarist and songwriter who has produced three acclaimed albums.

Concert tickets $20. Preconcert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music.net, or brandon-music.net.

“CAREGIVERS” FIRST LOOK IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

Filmmaker Jesse Kreitzer and composer Paul Dedell present clips from Kreitzer’s documentary “Caregivers” accompanied by a live chamber ensemble. Part of the Vermont Symphony

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IT’S APPLE SEASON! AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN AN APPLE FEST? HEAD OUT TO THE GAZEBO IN SHOREHAM FOR AN AFTERNOON OF FOOD, MUSIC, A SILENT AUCTION, KIDS’ ACTIVITIES — OH, AND PIE. FUNDS RAISED BENEFIT THE FRIENDS OF THE PLATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

Orchestra’s “Made in Vermont Statewide Tour.”

Tickets $25 adults/$10 children 6-17 at flynntix. org. or middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-4433168. Free for children under six.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept 23, 7:30-9 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

The program includes the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival collaboration between composer Paul Dedell and filmmaker Jesse Kreitzer. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and lighthearted works by Gluck and Britten. Tickets available through the Flynn Center for Performing Arts or the box office at the Middlebury College.

More info contact Grace Spain, grace@vso.org, 800-VSO-9293 ext. 10, or 802-864-5741 ext. 10.

THEATER “ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Sept.

14, 7-10:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. THT’s National Theatre Live series kicks off with a broadcast of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two part play live from London. Set in America in the mid-1980s, in the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.

Tickets adults $17/students/$10, available at townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222 or in person

at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, daily except Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

“ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 2: PERESTROIKA” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Sept. 21, 7-11:15 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The second part of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two part play captured live from London’s National Theater.

Set in America in the mid-1980s, in the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.

Tickets adults $17/students/$10, available at townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222 or in person at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, daily except Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

“PETER PAN” IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Enjoy the live stream of the National Theater’s production of J. M. Barry’s beloved play direct from London. Tickets, adults $17/Students $10, available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office MondaySaturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door.

WRITING ZIG ZAG LIT MAG LAUNCH PARTY IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 24, Stonecutter Spirits, 1197 Exchange St. Help this local literary magazine celebrate the publication of their third issue.

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Meet the orchardist Brad Koehler owner of Windfall Orchard, Cornwall

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ocktail-culture is back.

But you already know that.

We’ve seen craft cideries, breweries, wineries, distilleries and specialty cocktail bars pop up and grow all around our county and state in the last five to 10 years.

But have you ever wondered why these specialty libations have become so popular?

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

Brad Koehler, owner of Windfall Orchard, has a few theories.

Koehler’s in the craft alcohol biz. He uses the fruit he grows in Cornwall to make high-quality hard cider, ice wine and

perry (similar to hard cider, but made from pears).

“The drinking culture of the 1950s hasn’t been around for a while, but now it’s back — in a good way,” he said. “One thing I’ve discovered about being in the alcohol industry is that there are two main clients: millennials and their parents. They’re interested in better quality, and they’ll pay for it.”

And it’s gluten free.

Ah, yes. Don’t forget the gluten-free option.

“Gluten-free has become a driver for the cider market,” said Koehler, who, by the way, said he’d die if he couldn’t eat bread.

Here, here. “Our customers are beer drinkers who go gluten free — they’re more apt to go to cider than wine, they’re

Brad Koehler stand in the new tasting room at Windfall Orchard in Cornwall. The tasting room is now open to the public from Sunday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m.

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our beer refugees. Hard cider also gives them something to drink at the bar with their friends. The popularity of cider has grown so that it’s just like having a beer when your hanging.”

Koehler is no stranger to q committing to the farm life orchard, he was a chef. An chef. “I did fine dining,” he fancy places.”

Koehler fell into this business at just the right time. He and his wife (Amy Trubek) bought the three-acre property in 2002.

There was a good amount of work to rehab the small but unique orchard full of many unusual varieties planted

by Dr. Ted Collier in collaboration with local orchardist, and friend, Art Blaise.

Koehler followed suit and has continued the tradition by grafting new varieties, especially apples suitable for cider. By 2005 the orchard was up and running; and made a solid hobby. But that hobby became Koehler’s full-time gig in 2009 when he released his first ice cider. Just in time to reach millennials as they came of drinking age, and their parents.

“I started in restaurants at a the Chicago-area native wh culinary degree from the N Culinary Institute in the late took his skills all around the Florida, Nantucket, Dallas, before returning to NECI as

But it’s not just about the booze. It’s about the craft product, said Koehler.

“These people care about the quality,” he said.

After 13 years teaching and at NECI and an eight-year c in Residential Dining servic Middlebury College, Koehl up and became a farmer.

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THE APPLES GROWN FOR HARD CIDER ARE KNOWN AS “SPITTERS.” THEY MAKE YOU SPIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH HIGH TANNINS. BUT THOSE TANNINS ARE IMPORTANT FOR A GOOD HARD CIDER.

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Koehler has his hands full taking care of his land and crops. He and eight part-time employees (mainly college students) harvest the fruit from the end of July through the first week in November.

Then it’s about pruning and sales. January is when he takes a breath and resets for the coming spring. Aside from apples and pears used for the hard cider, ice wine and perry, Koehler’s orchard also grows cherries, blueberries, plums, raspberries, gooseberries, currants and quince — they even have a couple of fig trees. He sells the fresh fruit (along with the beverages) at the Burlington and Middlebury farmers markets, and his farm stand in Cornwall throughout the season. He’s also a master-forager, and, if you’re lucky, he’ll have mushrooms, fiddleheads or ramps.

“I do have a general horticulture degree from the Southern Illinois University, but I’m really an accidental orchardist,” Koehler insisted. “I learned everything on the fly.”

And he keeps learning. Most recently, Koehler added a tasting room to his

property in the lower level of their old white farmhouse. There you can sample the Farmhouse Hard Cider, Windfall Orchard Ice Cider, Farmhouse Perry or their unpasteurized sweet cider (alcohol free). The tasting room is open to the public Sunday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m., now through Columbus Day. When you pull in, follow the signs around the right side of the house (admire Koehler’s gorgeous gardens) and duck into the clean, new tasting room.

Also new to the property this summer, is the wood-fired oven. Koehler has gone ahead and set up a full outdoor kitchen, where he hopes to offer community dinners on Sundays (stay tuned for details). “There’s a wood-fired grill, a smoker and the wood-fired oven,” he said.

Guess he couldn’t stay away from the kitchen… “I love to cook,” he agreed. “And who’s kitchen has this view!”

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Sat 9/16 9am-2pm FREE

THE FABULOUS FLEA MARKET

Treasures abound at THT’s amazing annual Flea Market.

Proceeds benefit the Theater and its many worthy projects and shows.

THT also presents its own booths with a wide array of donated items, jewelry, art,.etc. Income from the THT booths supports THT performances.

Sun 9/24 2pm $17/$10 Students NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE IN HD

PETER PAN

Captured Live from London this wondrously inventive coproduction with the Old Vic will delight children and adults with a riot of magic, music and make-believe.

Sun 10/1 2-3:30pm $10 advance; $15 at the door

I RISE

WomenSafe presents I RISE, a multi-layered program of literary and performance art inspired by, and in service to people impacted by domestic and sexual violence.

Thu 10/5 7pm $10/$5 Students

WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT

The actor performing this show has never seen the script. No rehearsals. No director. Slyly humorous and audaciously pointed, this “theater entertainment meets social experiment” is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, and will make you question everything.

Sat 10/7 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

EXHIBITS A STORY OF ART. On exhibit Sept. 5-Dec. 10, featuring the gifts and bequests from collector Charles Moffett — a Middlebury alumnus from the Class of 1967 and one of the most highly regarded world authorities on Impressionism — and his widow Lucinda Herrick. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early fifteenth-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

ATTENTION TO DETAIL. On exhibit Aug. 18-Oct. 1, featuring fine-detail work by local artists Mike Mayone, Catherine M. Palmer, Gayl Braisted and Reed Prescott. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

DRAW ME A STORY, TELL ME A TALE. On exhibit June 13-Oct. 15, featuring original artwork, sketches and more from 17 Vermont children’s book illustrators/authors. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury.

(802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

LAND AND LENS: PHOTOGRAPHERS ENVISION THE ENVIRONMENT. On exhibit Sept. 15-Dec. 10, featuring 71 photographs spanning the mid19th century to the present day, including work by Ansel Adams, Arthur Rothstein, Eliot Porter and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as other contemporaries.

The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

LAND, SEA & SKY. On exhibit July 27-Oct. 21, featuring shimmering, dreamlike oil paintings on panel and canvas by artist Peter Brooke. BigTown Gallery, 245 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 349-0979 or bigtowngallery.com.

LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT: TWO GALLERIES, SIX ARTISTS. On exhibit for the month of September, featuring work by Kathryn Milillo, Faye Mylen, and photographer Jim Westphalen. Edgewater Gallery on the Green (6 Merchants Row) and at Middlebury Falls (1 Mill Street), Middlebury. (802) 989-7419, (802) 458-0098 or edgewatergallery-vt.com.

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NATURAL AFFECTION. On exhibit Aug. 25-Oct. 28, featuring paintings of the natural beauties in by Susan Bull Riley’s surroundings. Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Brandon. (802) 247-4295 or cmacvt.org.

A free talk by Jim Pugh in the studio at 12:15pm.

PORTRAITS OF THE VERMONT LANDSCAPE. On exhibit Sept. 1-Oct. 31, featuring paintings and pastels by Middlebury artist Norma Jean Rollet.

An opening reception will be held Friday, Sept. 8, 5-7 p.m. Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

This new and evocative production of Bellini’s masterpiece sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

Thu 10/12 & Fri 10/13 @ 7:30pm; Sat 10/14 @ 2pm $45-$60 OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY

L’ELISIR D’AMORE (THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)

A staged concert production directed by Douglas Anderson, with a full orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Rink. The Middlebury College Choir under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Buettner serves as the chorus.

Thu-Sat 10/19-21 @ 7:30pm & Sun 10/22 @ 2pm $22/$12 Students MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP

THE METROMANIACS

A comedy by David Ives.

Mistaken identity, misplaced ardor, and a fight for true love ensue in this adaptation of Piron’s 1738 French Farce.

THE DAMES. Ongoing exhibition of oral history recordings and photographic portraits featuring 13 members of the Vermont Society of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

THE STRONG AND THE WEAK. On exhibit Sept. 1-Oct. 15, featuring paintings by Patrick Shoemaker. An opening reception will be held Friday, Sept. 8, 5-8 p.m. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

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EXHIBITS “Looking In, Looking Out: Two Galleries Six Artists” PART ONE: THREE ARTISTS FEATURED AT EDGEWATER’S GALLERY AT MIDDLEBURY FALLS

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dgewater Gallery’s two Middlebury locations will host the group show “Looking In, Looking Out: Two Galleries, Six Artists” this September. The show explores how man-made structures interact with the natural world.

Edgewater Gallery on the Green will feature the work of painters Kathryn Milillo, Faye Mylen, and photographer Jim Westphalen. Stay tuned next week to read more about the other three artists exhibiting at Edgewater’s Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

KATHRYN MILILLO Kathryn Milillo is a Vermont painter with a background in English literature and graphic design. Her clean and bold style is reminiscent of graphic design; her bright structures evoke an almost dream-like quality; together, it draws the viewer into her story.

“Words like ‘grace,’ ‘refuge’ and ‘abandonment’ are veins of gold to be mined,” the artist said. “Playing with light and dark, color complements and negative spaces, I aim to create a visual poem.”

“Sunlit Marsh II” by Faye Mylen, oil on aluminum – 32” x 48” – $5,000.

Milillo uses this visual language to convey her own joy of life and of the medium. She paints structural landscapes, especially farm architecture, and is always aware of the way in which elements relate and give off certain feelings to the viewer.

“I treasure the surprising moment when a painting resonates visually and metaphorically,” she said.

“A barn becomes a church, a landscape a living body, two chairs a relationship.”

Above: “Betwixt” by Kathryn Milillo, 12” x 19” – oil on canvas – $1,500.

Left: “Glen Dale Farm I” by Jim Westphalen, 36” x 40” – PP edition 1-20 – $2,700.

FAYE MYLEN Connecticut oil painter Faye Mylen’s sophisticated style might fool you, but she’s only recently become a professional artist. From her studies at home and abroad, Mylen brings abstraction into her representational work to create vibrant pieces that are energetic while simultaneously fading into an ethereal background.

In her colorful abstract paintings of the natural world, the artist emphasizes how her connection with the subject matter informs her process.

“While I paint, the work evokes certain emotions within me and these emotions appear on the canvas,” she explained. “The connection is also with the viewers, who will develop their own impression of the work, and I hope will feel emotions stirred within themselves. This is what I find the most thrilling, the connections that are

formed, between others and within oneself. In this way, art can create a bond between many.”

JIM WESTPHALEN Largely self-taught, Vermont artist Jim Westphalen has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. His unusual technique and printing process bolsters the intrigue already surrounding his pieces. The artist uses a vintage film camera adapted for digital imagery and certain processing techniques that give his photographs a vivid and painterly feel, drawing in the viewer. Westphalen also employs the pigment printing process using acid-free rag papers in order to produce intense image stability.

With his subject matter, Westphalen seeks to

capture the built landscape in rural places. He is interested in the intersection of humans and the natural environment, and how man-made structures juxtapose with nature. Westphalen captures a sense of nostalgia in the rapidly vanishing iconic architecture of rural America.

“I sense an urgency to capture their beauty in a way that celebrates not only what they once were, but what they have now become,” he said of the structures.

For more information call Edgewater Gallery on the Green at (802) 989-7419, email info@edgewatergallery-vt.com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

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the movie IT — RUNNING TIME: 2:15 — RATING: R It is a movie that hands us a hideous villain and an enormously appealing gang of young outcasts determined to erase his evil. Think of 1989 in the small town of Derry in Maine. Children have been disappearing and when Georgie, the beloved younger brother of Bill (Jaeden Lieberher) doesn’t come home, the worried boy sets out to find him.

Bill gathers his fellow outcasts, a genuinely appealing group of pre-teens who share the fate of being bullied by older boys. They come together to search for Georgie on their bicycles and end up, of course, in a decrepit old house that demands bravery from anyone who enters. Doesn’t that sound like an ordinary scary movie? Yes, but since this is a Stephen King story, we can assume there is nothing ordinary about the way he scares us.

The boys are confronted by the hideous clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgaard) who will bedevil them throughout the film. We see buckets of blood, disfigurement, and terror. But this clown can’t equal what happens repeatedly as the music rolls along with increasing power telling us something awful is about to happen though it never comes when we expect it, but just exactly when we don’t. It does no good whatsoever to tell yourself it’s just a movie, close your eyes. It’s much too well done for that simple escape.

As we get to know the gang of boys and Beverly (Sophia Lillis) the pretty, strong girl with a heart, we sink easily into watching them grow closer as they develop their values and their courage. Instead of being peripheral to the violence, the young actors are so good that they become the sustaining focus of the movie. For me, the clown became an interruption to watching the kids.

I wanted that clown to get lost. No such luck. Stephen King has interwoven the boys and the clown so cleverly that there’s no way to ignore that clown as he spews blood through his ghastly teeth. He spins and leaps and uses the ugly weapons moviemakers love in our often

Bill Skarsgård in It (2017).

grim time: special effects that increase the power of horror.

All this is delivered flawlessly by a good cast of very young actors. Jaeden Lieberher is an appealing hero with his own vulnerabilities. Jeremy Ray Taylor’s Ben is immensely engaging because he isn’t the stuff of a standard hero. He’s a unique hero. Sophia Lillis nails her part in every way.

Of the few adults in small roles, one — I won’t spoil it for you by telling you which character — is far more frightening than the clown himself.

Stephen Bogaert creates a monster of a man and I am still trying to forget him.

If you can stand being subject to terror delivered with unconscionable skill, this movie just might make your day. Try to see it in a multi-speaker theater so you can enjoy whirling from left to right as unexpected maxisounds bombard you from all sides.

the book WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE: THE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF MEDITATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT — BY ROBERT WRIGHT (Simon & Schuster) Robert Wright is an author, notably of The Evolution of God, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and their Gods, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloggingheads.tv, has written for numerous magazines, has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton University, where he also created the popular online course “Buddhism and Modern Psychology.”

He begins his latest book with some notes to the reader that lay out the parameters of what he is trying to accomplish. He is not delving into the multi-faceted details of Buddhist psychology and philosophy, nor is he talking about the metaphysical parts of Buddhism, reincarnation for example. He is focusing on the common core of Buddhist traditions and attempting to prove its validity, truth. This is a very accessible and clear explanation of Buddhism, as well as a spiritual tome, and the amount of useful information imparted is impressive. Jonathan Gold, professor of religion at Princeton University said the “combination of evolutionary psychology, philosophy, astute readings of Buddhist tradition, and personal meditative experience is absolutely unique and clarifying.”

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

BOOKS TO INCREASE YOUR CAPACITY FOR PEACE The Book of Joy, by the Dalai Lama The Art of Living,

by Thich Nhat Hanh Radical Acceptance,

by Tara Brach Mindfulness on the Go,

by Jan Chozen Bays Waking Up, by Sam Harris What the Buddha Taught,

by Walpola Rahula Buddha’s Brain, by Rick Hanson

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

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LIFESTYLE Celebrate Alpaca Farm Day

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uring the month of September alpaca breeders from across the United States will invite the public to come to their farm to meet their alpacas and learn more about these inquisitive, unique animals. This weekend, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Maple View Farm Alpacas and the Vermont Fiber Mill & Studio will welcome guests to come visit the farm, mill and 23 alpacas at 185 Adams Road in Brandon.

WHAT IS AN ALPACA? Alpacas, cousins to the llama, are native to the Andean Mountain range of South America, particularly Peru, Bolivia and Chile. Alpacas were first imported into the United States in 1984. Since then, the alpaca industry has grown steadily with over 250,000 alpacas currently registered with the Alpaca Registry, Inc. (ARI) in the United States.

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live music CHRIS & ERICA. Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., Hatch 31, Bristol.

There are two types of alpacas. The Huacaya (wa-Ki’-ah) is the more common of the two and has a fluffy, extremely fine coat. The Suri is the rarer of the two and has fiber that is silky.

Maple View Farm has Huacaya alpacas.

THE GRIFT. Friday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

VSO. Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury.

Adult alpacas stand approximately 36 inches at the withers and generally weigh between 150 and 200 pounds. Alpacas are alert, intelligent and curious. Social animals that seek companionship, alpacas communicate by softly humming.

Alpacas are shorn, without harm, annually. They produce five to ten pounds of hypoallergenic fiber. Alpaca is just as warm as, yet 1/3 the weight of, wool. It comes in 22 natural colors, and can be dyed any shade. Vermont Fiber Mill & Studio processes their alpaca fiber into batts, roving, yarn and felt.

DAFRA KURA BAND. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., McCullough, Middlebury.

DAVE KELLER BAND. Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music DISSIPATED 8. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

WILL HATCH. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Hatch 31, Bristol.

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Henry Sheldon Museum presents

Draw Me a Story — Tell Me a Tale Through October 15, 2017

Featuring work by Vermont Children’s Book Illustrators/Authors Jim Arnosky, Mary Azarian, Harry Bliss, Janet Hayward Burnham, Jason Chin, Eileen Christelow, John and Jennifer Churchman, Sarah Dillard, Deirdre Gill, Thacher Hurd, Woody Jackson, Warren Kimble, Peter Lourie, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Jan Reynolds, Phoebe Stone, Ashley Wolff, Tami Crupi-Zeman and Bruce Zeman, Jr.

Phoebe Stone, Tigers with Tambourines from When the Wind Bears Go Dancing

Henry Sheldon Museum One Park Street, Middlebury, VT www.henrysheldonmuseum.org

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Brown built INSPIRIT — a dance company “with the sole purpose of bringing together and showcasing emerging African-American female artists and choreographers” — in 2000 while living in New York. INSPIRIT also has a specific youth branch called Project BECOMING, which Brown also founded, that focuses on “cultivating young girls into strong, competent individuals by identifying, supporting and developing a holistic perception of self through the use of creative modalities and life coaching.”

Through INSPIRIT and a close connection with the late jazz musician Fred Ho, Brown choreographed and directed “The Opulence of Integrity” — a theatrical, multimedia performance inspired by Muhammad Ali that “explores the homogeneous inner struggle for identity as it pertains to men of color in the United States.”

“My son was about 1 year old,” Brown said. That was 2011, when Ho first asked Brown to choreograph the piece. “It’s about black male greatness … We try to look at the whole man and tell his story authentically.”

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, September 14, 2017 Christian family in the small town of Kinston, N.C., but in adulthood, Brown studied Buddhism and Taoism.

That is until 2011, when she rededicated her life to Christ.

“How people find God has always been interesting to me,” she said. “When my son was born in 2010 I had done a lot of life.” Her father passed away the next year and she was “done being Christal Brown the dancer.”

“That made me ‘normal’ for about two years,” Brown remembered. “It was the worst two years of my life. It was mundane. I was working three jobs — it wasn’t living, it was survival.”

One day, Christal decided to go to church with a dancerfriend. “It was the first time I’d seen Christianity being lived out fully,” she said. “The practicality of understanding the Bible is what gave me the courage to re-establish myself as a mother, artist, educator and disciple — and take it all to the highest level.”

By 2012, the refocused Brown, took a full-time position at Middlebury College and moved with her son to Middlebury.

FINDING THE TIME

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As you can see, Brown is busy. If you’re wondering how on earth she’s going to manage the dance program for the Middlebury Parks and Rec Department on top of it all, it’s a good question.

“We’re a faith-based family,” Brown said. She grew up in a

“I have a good network,”

coming up See Christal Brown perform at “I Rise,” a benefit for WomenSafe on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m., at Town Hall Theater. She will present two choreographed pieces, her original work and solo piece “I’m Fine” and an ensemble performance to Tracy Chapman’s “Behind the Wall.” The program will also feature short plays and readings; all of the art is inspired by, and in service to, people affected by domestic and sexual violence. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 at the door.

Brown explained. “I want to use it to leverage my interest and ability in dance into a communal partnership.”

So, Brown is calling on Deborah Leedy and Haley Roe, two Middlebury College dance students; Karima Borni, a fellow faculty member in the dance department; and Josie Abbot, a high school dancer.

Together with Brown they will teach the 11 classes offered in the multi-purpose room at the Middlebury Rec Center this fall.

We’re building a scaffolding so people can have tools to grow together in a space that has lower risk of cultural development.”

“Dance is a galvanizing tool that strengthens us as a community,” Brown said, explaining why she took on the Rec Center job. “I hope to lay the methodology of dance for communicating.

So, don’t be afraid, wipe off those sweaty palms, lift up those heavy feet and learn how to, as Brown says, “use your body as a catalyst of understanding and communication.”

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SPORTS REPORT

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MIDDLEBURY

MUHS

Football

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — In 2016 the Middlebury Union football team finished strong to earn the No. 5 seed in Division I and then knock off No. 4 Essex in a quarterfinal before falling to champion Hartford in a semifinal.

From that team 15 players graduated, including most of the starting backfield and secondary and a couple key linemen and linebackers.

But Coach Dennis Smith is optimistic a younger Tiger squad — one that he projected would start three juniors and three sophomores — can compete in 2017, in part because it quickly developed chemistry when it gathered for its August preseason.

“They’ve been wonderful for the past two weeks. They’ve been a group that’s come to each practice and worked hard,” Smith said in the lead-up to the Tigers’ home opener, which they won, 49-20. “I’ve just been

MUHS

impressed with the work ethic and how as a whole group how they’ve just come together as a group, not just on the field but off the field when they get a water break.”

Four seniors are set in the offensive backfield: Cody Pomainville takes over at quarterback, Paul Deering and Lane Sheldrick at running back, and Tyler Hotte at fullback.

Smith said he will also bring in junior Simon Fischer and sophomore Tyler Buxton at running back to offer a change of pace, while Pomainville showed a strong arm and good judgment both throwing the ball and making decisions in the Tigers’ option running game. Smith will make use of all those choices on the attack.

“If I go with Deering and Lane at halfback I think we have a more physical type of running game. I’ve got a bruising fullback right now. And then I can go with a couple smaller

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kids with Simon in there or with my little sophomore in there, Buxton, and go with more of a speed game, and also a hands game and we’re going to maybe put the ball in the air,” Smith said. “It depends what I feel is a weakness to the other team’s defense, and hopefully we can exploit it one way or the other and do both.”

When Pomainville throws, targets could include junior split end Zachary Dunn, senior split end Skyeler Devlin or senior tight end/fullback Cooper Bullock. The tight end position could be decided by blocking ability, not by route running and hands, however.

“When we have tight ends in I want to be able to run the ball,” Smith said.

As for the players who will make it all work, senior Jaro Perera will take over at center, with senior Carter Leggett at one guard position and junior Spencer Cadoret at the other. Seniors Brian Foote and Jack Deppman are the tackles.

Smith is confident in his starting line and first couple substitutes, but is concerned about depth along the front.

“We’re light on offensive linemen.

We are seven, eight deep, and that is it.

So we can’t have too many hits in that position,” he said.

On the other side of the ball the team is younger. Smith said Buxton and fellow sophomore Timothy Goettelmann will rotate through the secondary along with Pomainville, Fischer and Dunn.

Smith said despite the group’s inexperience it held up against passhappy Fair Haven in the preseason.

“I thought we did a real good job against Fair Haven on Saturday in a scrimmage considering how young we were,” Smith said.

Senior Dustin Davio, Bullock and sophomore Camden Devlin will rotate through the two linebacking positions.

Sheldrick and Skyeler Devlin are the defensive ends, Hotte is the nose guard, and Perera and Deppman will start at defensive tackle.

The Tigers will get tested early in their schedule. After the home opener vs. Colchester, a road date at defending Hartford loomed, and then games with 2016 top-four seeds St. Johnsbury and Essex.

“We actually just talked about that,” Giuliani said. “We also have defenders who are capable of making those same runs. So having a team that’s mentally flexible to support that I think is really important.”

The other offseason news for the Tiger program is that at the recommendation of the statewide field hockey alignment committee MUHS will play in the D-II postseason for the first time. The team will remain in the tough Metro Conference for the regular season.

Giuliani said it was a tough decision, but the program’s low numbers and overall unimpressive results over the past few years suggested it would

make sense to take a step down for two years in order to regroup for two years and then move forward again, something the school’s football program did successfully a few years back.

As for what the move might mean for the team’s title chances, Giuliani said her focus, and hopefully the Tigers’, will remain on just playing up to their ability.

“Right now my goals for this squad have much less to do with wins and losses and much more to do with determining what our best looks like,” she said. “Wins, losses, success in postseason, for me that is not a point of emphasis. It’s not the priority.”

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Smith said the Tigers would seek to improve during that stretch and then work toward the postseason, during which he said anything can happen.

“We could be 1-3 after the first four games for all I know. But as I tell these guys, don’t worry about championships, it’s get to the playoffs,” Smith said. “We don’t talk win-loss.

It’s get better.”

MUHS Varsity Football Date Opponent/Event 9/1 Colchester 9/8 @ Hartford 9/15 St. Johnsbury 9/22 Essex 9/29 @ Rutland 10/6 Burr & Burton 10/13 @ Burlington 10/21 @ CVU

MUHS Varsity Football Team Coach: Dennis Smith Cody Pomainville Lane Sheldrick Assistant coaches: John Nuceder Anthony Shores & Jed Malcolm Name Grade Parker Beatty Cooper Bullock 12 Riley Brown Tucker Cummings 12 Spencer Cadoret Dustin Davio 12 Wyatt Cameron Paul Deering 12 Sean Deering Jack Deppman 12 Seamus Doyle Skyeler Devlin 12 Zachary Dunn Jackson Donahue 12 Derek Felkl Fyn Fernandez 12 Simon Fischer Brian Foote 12 Aaron Larocque Wyatt Galipeau 12 Will Larocque Tyler Hotte 12 Joshua Trautwein Nicholas Kaufmann 12 Tyler Buxton Carter Leggett 12 Timothy Goettelmann Jacob Martin 12 Camden Devlin Jaro Perera 12

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — New Middlebury Union field hockey coach Chelsey Giuliani, a former Tiger player and 2001 MUHS graduate, moves up this fall from the JV program to take over the varsity.

As well as her three years with the Tiger JV and seven years leading the Spaulding varsity program, Giuliani played four years of college field hockey at Franklin Pierce University and her Tiger varsity years coincided with the final years of MUHS coaching legend Gail Jette’s career.

Another successful former MUHS field hockey coach, Kelley Higgins, also the Tiger girls’ lacrosse coach, has signed on to assist Giuliani.

Higgins guided the Tigers to the 2011 Division I title, the program’s first since 1998, when Giuliani played on the last of Jette’s teams to win a championship. A member of that 2011 team, Brandi Whittemore, will coach the JV field hockey team, giving the program plenty of championship pedigree.

Returning to the varsity team this fall are nine veterans of 2016’s threewin squad, one that did post a big late-season win over D-I No. 2 seed Essex.

Six of them are seniors: midfielder Laura Whitley, goalie Bridget Audet,

defenders Olivia Beauchamp and Raven Payne, and middies/forwards Gabby Sullivan and Blair Stone.

Junior defender Carly Larocque also returns, as do middies/forwards Abigail LaRock and Grace Widelitz.

Giuliani described all the newcomers as capable of playing at either midfield or attack: sophomores Katie Berthiaume, Maeve Hammel, Alison Seaton and Phoebe Smith, and freshman Lydia Deppman.

She had not decided in the preseason on who would start up front and who would line up at midfield — other than being certain of her defenders, goalie and Whitley — and said even if she had decided she might still be juggling the lineup as the season progressed.

“You want that versatility. I feel like it’s a good problem to have, having a bunch of players who could be valuable both at attack and midfield lines. So just determining what their roles are going to be, that will be our challenge,” Giuliani said. “Our goal is to find the most cohesive unit, and to me what that looks like at this point is still to be determined.”

That versatility should be a strength on the field, as she will ask players to feel free to switch positions on the fly and make runs up the field as situations dictate.

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MUHS Varsity Field Hockey Team Coach: Chelsey Giuliani Assistant Coach: Kelley Higgins Name Grade Bridget Audet 12 Olivia Beauchamp 12 Raven Payne 12 Blair Stone 12 Gabby Sullivan 12 Laura Whitley 12 Abigail Larock 11 Carly Larocque 11 Grace Widelitz 11 Katie Berthiaume 10 Maeve Hammel 10 Alison Seaton 10 Phoebe Smith 10 Lydia Deppman 9

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — After a string of .500 or better seasons, the Middlebury Union girls’ soccer team dropped four one-goal games and tied two games 0-0 on the way to a 5-8-2 season a year ago.

To bounce back to their standard this fall, Coach Wendy Leeds’ Tigers will have to overcome the loss to graduation of eight players, most notably the team’s starting goalie and two central defenders.

Leeds identified rebuilding the back line as the first order of business this season, and said early returns looked promising even though she was still waiting for a vocal leader in the back to emerge.

“We’ve taken a hit two years in a row in graduating strong experienced defenders,” Leeds said. “That’s probably what we’re seeing a little bit, not seeing a deep bench when it comes to that, and also just people who are sort of figuring out the position and each other. They’re doing well with it so far.”

Her plans called for senior Abby Gleason to step into the goal, with sophomore Carly Berger backing her up. Final decisions remained to be made elsewhere, and earlyseason adjustments were possible on defense. Senior Alexa Lapiner and sophomore Gwen Stafford both

strong candidates at sweeper, while seniors Sierra Barnicle and Satchel McLaughlin and junior Nora Draper are available at stopper.

McLaughlin would return to outside back if she doesn’t start in the middle. Also in the running on defense are seniors Christina Wiles and Brynn Kent and possibly sophomore Annie Lapiner, also a reserve central midfielder.

At central midfield are two of the team’s captains and multiyear mainstays, seniors Andi Boe and Helen Anderson. Leeds said Boe might start on the field at the defensive post and Anderson with the offensive job, but she expects both to rotate freely through the

two positions.

Juniors Ada Anderson, Emily Laframboise and Ailey Bosworth, and sophomore Alice Ganey are candidates to start at outside middie, Leeds said, with freshman Harper Sinclair in the mix when she returns from injury, possibly by midseason.

Ada Anderson could also move up front to start at striker along with senior captain Isabel Rosenberg, with sophomore Meredith Kimble also a strong starting candidate at forward, Leeds said. Sophomore Isadora Luksch will spell the forwards, and Leeds said Barnicle could also move into an attack that she thinks could be productive.

“Attack-wise I’m feeling pretty good about what that could look like,” Leeds said. “If we can link up and really play as a unit we could really make some good things happen.”

The keys to a successful season, she said, will be the defense gelling and then the midfielders maintaining possession and setting up that attack.

“We’re always shooting to be more than .500. We want to score in every game,” Leeds said. “Our game is small passing. That’s when we look best. And that’s where we like to move the ball, through the middle, so we have to make sure we stay strong there.”

Middlebury Union High School Coaches: Wendy Leeds, Annie Wilson Name Grade Helen Anderson 12 Sierra Barnicle 12 Andi Boe 12 Abigail Gleason 12 Brynn Kent 12 Alexa Lapiner 12 Satchel McLaughlin 12 Isabel Rosenberg 12 Christina Wiles 12

Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team Ada Anderson Aileen Bosworth Nora Draper Emily Laframboise Carly Burger Alice Ganey Annie Lapiner Isadora Luksch Meredith Kimble Gwen Stafford Harper Sinclair

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — In 2016 a tough defense in front of goalie Santiago Fernandez and a productive offense led by striker Camden Simpson helped the Middlebury Union boys’ soccer team to a 6-5-3 regular season record that included an upset of Champlain Valley Union.

This year, Coach Reeves Livesay’s team returns Fernandez and Simpson, now seniors, but 10 members of last fall’s squad, including key defenders and midfielders, graduated, and another key scorer was a one-year exchange student.

This year’s team will of necessity have a different, and younger, look, with Livesay in the preseason projecting only two other seniors to start, offensive midfielders J.D. Goettelmann and Tyler Giorgio, along with three juniors and four sophomores.

But Livesay said those seniors were helping to create good team chemistry heading into the season.

“We have a good group of seniors coming back and leading the team, and a couple of them have a lot of experience, which I think is going to help. So far they’ve been a really positive group, which has been

helpful with so many people new to the varsity team,” Livesay said.

“There’s been a good positive tone in practice.”

Juniors projected to start are central defenders Tucker Moulton and Ben Crawford and defensive central midfielder Ben Turner.

Rounding out the early projected starting lineup were sophomore outside backs Joseph Findlay and Devon Kearns and sophomore central midfielders Eben Jackson and Owen Palcsik.

Senior Wills Huntington will back up the defenders, junior Max Hirdler will see time at offensive midfield and forward, junior exchange student Miguel Agra Lopez is a midfielder, and junior exchange

student Loke Lanneskog is likely to see time at midfield and defense.

Sophomore Spencer Doran is also probably going to be one of the first players off the bench at midfield and in the back, sophomore Anthony Garner will back up the defenders, and sophomores Ethan Kent and David Peter will spell the midfielders, as will the team’s lone freshman, Oliver Poduschnick.

Livesay expects to use his players.

“The team has a lot of opportunity for growth,” Livesay said. “They’re all going to get in contribute. As the season goes on we’re hoping to build some good depth for the team. That will help. I think we’ll be able to rotate through

our players pretty well.”

As well as looking for Simpson to provide offense, Livesay will ask Fernandez to lead a rebuilt defense.

“His experience in reading the game is going to help groom our back line, which is almost entirely new,” he said.

Livesay hopes to give all the teams on the Tigers’ schedule a battle, and to see them improve steadily through the course of the fall.

“Looking at our schedule, I think we can be competitive,” he said.

“Almost all of our games are going to be a real battle. It’s going to be a thin margin to determine whether we come out on the positive end or not. I think we’re going to be in all our games.”

Middlebury Union High School Head coach: Reeves Livesay Assistant coach: David Turner Name Grade Santiago Fernandez 12 Tyler Giorgio 12 JD Goettelmann 12 Wills Huntington 12 Camden Simpson 12 Miguel Agra Lopez 11 Ben Crawford 11 Max Hirdler 11 Loke Lanneskog 11

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By ANDY KIRKALDY fall, including four point-scorers, MIDDLEBURY — The while four of the seven boys who ran Middlebury Union High School girls in the 2017 championship meet are and boys’ cross-country teams ran to back (seniors Daniel Wisell, Cade solid third- and fourth-place Division Christner and Julian Schmitt, and II finishes, respectively, at the 2016 freshman Nico Brayton), including championship meet, and could be three who finished in the team’s top poised to move up in the standings five. this fall.

On the girls’ side, senior Caroline Although Coach Kimble is another Chris Anderson noted “We’ve got a talented veteran, program numbers are while Anderson said slightly down overall, good mix of freshman Camille he attributed that to experienced Malhotra is “right the graduation over the runners and up there with the past two years of a large newcomers experienced runners.” group of athletes, not to Sophomore Isabel a lack of enthusiasm for who are Olson, who missed the running well.” the sport at MUHS. 2016 state meet due “We have plenty ­ — Coach Chris to injury, is ready to of kids, not quite the Anderson build off a successful same numbers as last spring track season; year, but that’s fine,” and sophomore Nordic Anderson said. “We graduated a lot standout Malia Hodges should also of seniors, but we’ve got a good compete for a starting varsity slot. group of freshmen coming in that are On the boys’ side, Anderson showing a lot of promise.” expects two senior newcomers, Overall, he said, talented runners Nordic champions Sam Hodges and are back, and they are joined by Tom Hussey, to make an impact. athletes who are new to the program “They’re good runners and are going and should make their mark. to contribute to the team,” he said.

“We’ve got a good mix of In the preseason, other athletes’ experienced runners and newcomers arrival was delayed by family travel who are running well,” Anderson or other reasons, and Anderson said. believes more contenders for starting The Tigers return five of the seven girls (seniors Sophia Marks and Katharine Koehler, junior Kate Wallace, and sophomores Taylor Moulton and Mary Ann Eastman) who ran in the state meet this past

slots could emerge.

“There are a couple more on the list,” he said.

Anderson also said most runners worked out over the summer and came in fit and ready to go, and as a result the Tigers fared better than in past years at the season-opening Champlain Valley Union High School relay meet on Aug. 26.

In all, Anderson, who will be assisted by 2014 MUHS alum and former program runner Nicole Morris, said a step forward is a realistic possibility.

“We’re looking forward to an exciting season, really,” he said.

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Cross Country Team Coach: Chris Anderson Assistant Coach: Nicole Morris Name Grade Ben Balparda 12 Arden Carling 12 Sam Hodges 12 Thomas Hussey 12 Caroline Kimble 12 Katherine Koehler 12 Greta Hardy-Mittell 12 Sophie Marks 12 Julian Schmitt 12 Daniel Wisell 12 Jaime Gonzalez 11 Michael Huber 11

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Mt. Abe Field Hockey

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — In 2016 Coach Mary Stetson’s perennially successful Mount Abraham Union field hockey team finished with a 6-8-1 record, losing by 1-0 to the eventual Division II champion in a road quarterfinal after playing the program’s typically challenging schedule: 13 of the Eagles’ 14 regular-season games came against D-I competition.

This year Stetson is once again confident the Eagles will be competitive both in the regular season and in the postseason.

Although five senior starters graduated, only one moved on from the defense and one from the midfield, and plenty of forwards return who saw action in 2016.

If the Eagles play together this fall, Stetson said, they will be tough to beat.

“When we play a very teamoriented game we’re a very strong team,” she said. “We can’t decide we’re going to play as 11 individuals.”

Many of the Eagles have the ability to line up at multiple positions, giving Stetson flexibility when she substitutes and giving them the ability to adapt on the fly on the field. And they are all dedicated to field hockey, she said.

“The fact that people come back and are versatile has really helped us,” Stetson said. “And the level of passion and excitement for the sport has been great.”

Experience should also help.

Junior Chessley Jackson returns in goal after a solid debut a year ago, and senior Emily Aldrich is back to anchor the middle of the defense.

Seniors Martha Bruhl and Carley Sherwin will open this season on the defensive flanks after seeing time a year ago. Incumbent outside back

Robyn Arena should Abigail Nezin and also return from an “We have to Forbes will spell the injury sometime about prove that we midfield starters. a third of the way can score. We Up front, senior through the season, have not been a Chloe Lyons and Stetson said, although scoring threat for juniors Jalen Cook that timetable remains and Evan Laurent several years. uncertain. will start after all Junior Julia Norris We have a very seeing significant time will step into the experienced in 2016, and senior second, more offensive- defensive corps. Cecilia Vichi and minded, central And now we juniors Elizabeth Nault defensive position that have to see if we and Olivia Heath will Olivia Young, now rotate in across the a senior, occupied in can put all our front.

2016, while Young is energy forward.”

If the Eagles have a — Coach question mark, it might bumping up to center Mary Stetson be scoring punch, mid. Junior Sawyer Forbes will also see Stetson said: That 1-0 time in the back. playoff loss was symptomatic.

Stetson projected junior Casondra “We have to prove that we can Dykstra and senior Abby Perlee score. We have not been a scoring to start on either side of Young at threat for several years,” Stetson midfield; both are veterans who saw said. “We have a very experienced extensive time a year ago. Senior defensive corps. And now we have

to see if we can put all our energy forward.”

Frequent subbing while playing at a fast pace is one answer Stetson offers to the problem.

“We want to make sure we can keep a tempo to the game and control the tempo to help us out. So give 110 percent of what you have, and then there’s someone else who is going to step right in and give 110 percent,” she said. “I feel confident that they can handle that.”

In addition to working “to get better every day,” Stetson said the Eagles’ aims have not changed over the years.

“The ultimate goal is to go as far as you can in the playoffs, always, with this program,” she said. “And build resiliency, because every game is going to have its ups and downs, and it’s how well you weather the storm that makes you a strong team in the end.”

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Field Hockey 9/27 Colchester Date Opponent/Event Time 10/3 CVU 9/1 @ Harwood 4 p.m.

10/5 @ Middlebury 9/6 @ U-32 4 p.m.

10/11 Essex 9/9 Middlebury 10 a.m.

10/13 @ Rice 9/13 @ Colchester 4 p.m.

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Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Field Hockey Team Coach: Mary Stetson Assistant Coaches: Jennifer Myers, Lucy Pellegrini, Lisa Roscoe Name Grade Emily Aldrich 12 Robyn Arena 12 Martha Bruhl 12 Chloe Lyons 12 Abigail Nezin 12 Abby Perlee 12 Carley Sherwin 12

Ceclia Vichi Olivia Young Jalen Cook Casondra Dykstra Sawyer Forbes Olivia Heath Chessley Jackman Evan Laurent Elizabeth Nault Julia Norris

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Mt. Abe Boys’ Soccer

By ANDY KIRKALDY McKean, a probable starter.

BRISTOL — A young Mount At outside midfield senior Sam Abraham Union boys’ soccer team Paradee could start if he doesn’t start took a few lumps a year ago on on defense. Junior William Wright the way to a rare losing season for will probably start, and junior Neo Coach Mike Corey’s program.

Weaver could start when healthy.

This year the Eagles could dish Rickner could also line up on the out a few of those lumps: Many of flank, and juniors Erik McLysaght the players who gained valuable and Angus Schwaneflugel and varsity experience in 2016 return, Allred are also all in the mix there. and Corey said they are bolstered The middies will be trying to work by the addition of a standout from the ball up to sophomore striker Silas 2015 who missed this Burgess, who had a past season and what promising debut in “Things are in he called talented 2016. Rickner, Wright flux, because newcomers. and Catlin could also “Absolutely, there’s we have some run up front, Corey some promise here,” pretty darn said.

Corey said, citing both Sophomore Ethan depth and technical good central DeWitt won the goalie midfielders this job a year ago, and ability.

During the preseason year.” senior Toby Bunch Corey had not settled — Coach Mike Corey will back him up; on a lineup, and there Bunch can also play could be some juggling outside back. as the season progresses and he Senior veterans Jackson Counter tinkers with a new formation that and William Schoenhuber will will deploy four defenders, five play central defense, with Paradee, midfielders and a striker. sophomore Sam Schoenhuber, “Things are in flux, because we senior Foster Collette, junior Ethan have some pretty darn good central Venman (when healthy) and junior midfielders this year,” Corey said.

Takumi Melchior all available at Those central middies include outside back, with Schoenhuber seniors Nick Catlin (the 2015 almost certain to start on the flank. returner) and Eli Rickner (who The outside backs as well as could play a variety of roles); midfielders will be expected to juniors Owen Maille (a probably play some offense, with the central starter), Weston Allred and Kai midfielders ready to read the runs Dobek; and sophomore Eric to set them up, as well as cover for

them defensively.

“We’re going to see tons of overlapping,” Corey said. “We want to be very fluid in positions. We want to be unpredictable.”

Corey said he is mildly concerned about the Eagles’ ability to finish and whether a few players would step up and become dominant, but he was optimistic on both counts.

“At this stage I would say with absolute certainty we’re going to be better than we were last year,” he said. “I can’t remember the last time I had a team that was a technically proficient and experienced and aware.”

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Mt. Abe Girls’ Soccer

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — Coach Dustin Corrigan counts 11 seniors, including a half-dozen starters, on his Mount Abraham Union girls’ soccer team this fall, and he said plenty of younger talent will complement his veterans on a squad that finished strong a year ago after a slow start.

“We have a lot of returning senior players, which is definitely a strength, and we’ve got some good underclassmen that have come up to varsity as well,” Corrigan said.

“And the group is functioning well as a group and starting to come together as a team.”

Three of those seniors, center midfielder Casey Ober and strikers Lydia Pitts and Emma Carter, should help spark an offense that Corrigan expects to be productive — the Eagles scored seven times in three preseason games, with seven players doing the honors. Senior Carlotta Tow and, if she can get healthy, senior Abby Mansfield — a tricaptain with Ober and Pitts — will also run up front.

“They’ve shown they can put the ball in the net,” he said.

In the back, senior Emma LaRose and junior Jenna McArdle bring experience to central defense.

Corrigan said sophomore Emma Campbell and freshman Samantha Scrodin were the probable starters on the flanks, with seniors Molly

Funk and Renee Bolduc and junior Elizabeth Siminitus also in the defensive mix.

Junior Olivia Paine will take over in the goal, with junior Ruby Ball backing her up. Ball could also see time at defense, Corrigan said.

Joining Ober at center mid will be sophomore Mae Peterson, while senior Delana Tow and sophomore Becca Laurent had the inside track at outside middie in the preseason, with seniors Vanessa Dykstra and Mariah Malloy ready to step in.

Junior Katherine Kandzior will also back up the midfielders when she recovers from an early injury.

Corrigan has some concern in the back, where graduation hit hardest, but believes his players have the ability to iron out the kinks quickly as the season progresses.

“We need to improve in the backfield, just playing with poise, playing out of pressure, maintaining possession of the ball. We’ve got really good athletes,” Corrigan said.

A little more patience from the Eagle middies and forwards could also go a long way.

“Right now if you watch us play we’re pretty direct,” Corrigan said. “Sometimes we’re giving the ball away by just trying to force it forward. We’re working on being a little more purposeful and deliberate.”

With a tough schedule, Corrigan

expects most of the Eagles’ games to be competitive, and he expects his team to win its share of them.

“I’ve seen a lot of good signs from this group that we’re going to stand up well in those close games,” he said.

The Eagles won the program’s first title in 2014, and Corrigan would like them to aim to double the trophy count in the case.

“When the postseason comes around we want to contend and make a nice deep playoff run and maybe get another championship,” Corrigan said.

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Mt. Abe Football

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team predictably took a few lumps in 2016, when the Eagles moved up to compete in Division II after a few seasons of making the D-III playoffs.

Coach Lee Hodsden’s Eagles might not be ready to take D-II by storm this fall after losing a number of key skilled players and linemen to graduation, but Hodsden is confident in the program’s longrange health. The program has been working with Bristol Youth Sports, an effort coordinated by varsity assistant Gary Russell to boost interest in football, and it seems to be paying off.

“We’ve got 44 kids, 9 through 12, and good numbers in the youth program, almost 30 kids in the 7th and 8th tackle program. And in 4th, 5th and 6th we have almost 30 kids also,” Hodsden said. “The numbers have really picked up.”

What the Eagle program might lack in the short term in football experience, Hodsden believes it could make up for with enthusiasm.

For example, he noted more than 80 percent of the Eagles showed up for voluntary film sessions held at Vergennes Union High School.

“The kids’ attitude has been fantastic,” he said. “We want to be like the programs in Middlebury, Bellows Falls and Rutland, programs like that.”

On the field there were some positives as the Eagles approached their opener.

“We have a good-sized offensive line. They average at least 250 across the board,” Hodsden said. “(Senior) Casey Kimball is a hard runner. We have some good skill athletes, guys that catch the ball.”

Some of those athletes lack football seasoning, and experienced depth could be an issue. Hodsden took a new approach during the preseason to protect that depth, one that he said appears to have paid off: He borrowed Dartmouth College’s no-tackling practice tactics, and the Eagles instead work on safe and effective tackling techniques on

dummies and rolling rings.

“We’ve had no serious injuries, knock on wood, and the kids have tackled very well in the first two scrimmages,” he said. “They’ve looked good tackling and they’ve looked good pursuing the ball.”

Tackling has not been the only issue for the Eagle defense: Hodsden wants to eliminate mistakes.

“The four things that we need to stop are pre-snap penalties, missed assignments, plays where players who are loafing, and giving up big plays. We just gave up too many big plays last year,” Hodsden said.

“If we can stop those three or four things, it will be a big improvement right there.”

The Eagles’ offensive philosophy will be no surprise to those who have followed the Eagles during Hodsden’s tenure: They will pound the ball on the ground and try not to turn it over.

“We run the ball around here,” Hodsden said. “We’re going to run the ball. If we have to pass, it will be play-action.”

A new quarterback, or up to three new quarterbacks, all juniors, will be handing the ball off. Parker Hines will probably start, but Hodsden said Chandler Brigan and Nevin Jemison

will also take snaps.

Kimball is the fullback, and senior Jon Jennings and junior Kevin Pearsall will most likely be the top tailbacks in the power I the Eagles will deploy most of the time, with senior Chandler Robideau as the slot back most often split wider on one side.

Also available to carry the ball are senior Ben Murray, juniors Tom Carlton and Ryan Rougier, and sophomores John Bent Brian Larson.

Senior Ian Greenia and junior Will Martin top the depth chart at split end, with seniors Addison Goodyear and Thomas Richards; juniors Ethan Pomainville, Roman Mayer, Ethan Bissonette, Shain Sargent and Ira White; and sophomore Parker Gero also in the mix. Senior Kyle Beatty will probably start at tight end, with senior Derek Jackson and junior Jacob Thomas ready to step in.

The offensive line starters consist of junior Cyrus Devine at center, senior Mason Wood and junior Brandon Tierney at guard, and senior Christien Paquin and sophomore Jonathan Lapell at tackle. Juniors Brady Gebo, Nick Longar, Dylan Brileya and Zach Stearns; and sophomore Travis Guillemette; and freshman Parker Bent will back them up.

On the other side of the ball, Longar will line up at nose guard, with Tierney and Devine the tackles and Beatty and Pearsall the ends.

Thomas, Jackson, Lapell, Parker Bent, Stearns, Guillemette, Paquin and Brileya will also rotate through the defensive line.

Jennings, Kimball and Wood are the top linebackers, with Rougier, Jemison, Mayer, Murray, Robideau, Larson and John Bent ready to see action.

Greenia, Hines, Martin, Pomainville, Beatty, Carlton, Bissonette, Sargent, Goodyear, Gero, Richards and White will man the secondary.

As for expectations, Hodsden will just ask the Eagles to focus on the task at hand and work to get better.

“I’m a big fan of Bill Belichick.

My goal is to have a good practice,” Hodsden said. “That’s what we tell the kids, ‘Yesterday’s over. Today is today. One play at a time. Don’t worry about conditioning at the end of practice. Don’t worry about two periods from now. Worry about this thing right in front of you. Worry about that guy in front of you. One play at a time. And when that play is over, you move on.’ That’s what we’re trying to teach them.”

Adams and Cousineau looked good in the preseason, and Crum said not to underestimate Cousineau, who thanks to hard work has dropped time steadily over his years on the team.

“Both of them ran well at the two scrimmages we’ve had so far,” Crum said.

Adams recruited junior Caleb Hunter, who Crum said is keeping up with Adams, while two enthusiastic freshman, Liam Davison and Owen Farrell, also signed on. All will have a chance to earn varsity letters.

“With six guys on the team, if they all stay healthy they’re all varsity runners,” Crum said.

Crum expects an enjoyable fall regardless of where the Eagles finish

in the D-II standings.

“We have a great group of kids. It’s super fun to come out and run with them,” Crum said. “I look forward to cross-country practice every day because of the top-quality kids we have.”

He is also hopeful the program will grow.

“We have a great crop of middleschool kids who are coming up next year, so I’m hoping some of our middle-schoolers stick with this,” Crum said. “I look at this year as a bit of a building year, where next year hopefully some of our freshmen turn into sophomores and we have 8th-graders that are freshmen and the numbers continue to get bigger.”

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Football Team Coach: Thomas Hodsden Assistant Coaches: Eric Hartman, Michael Manley, Geroge Merkel, Gary Russell, Justin Tierney Name Grade Kyle Beatty 12 Addison Goodyear 12 Ian Greenia 12 Benjamin Murray 12 Thomas Richards 12 Chandler Robideau 12 Derek Jackson 12 Jon Jennings 12 Casey Kimball 12 Mason Wood 12 Ethan Bissonette 11 Chandler Brigan 11 Dylan Brileya 11 Tom Carlton 11 Cyrus Devine 11 Brady Gebo 11

Parker Hines Nevin Jemison Nick Longar Roman Mayer Will Martin Christien Paquin Kevin Pearsall Ethan Pomainville Ryan Rougier Shain Sargent Zach Stearns Jacob Thomas Brandon Tierney Ira White John Bent Parker Gero Travis Guillemette Brian Larson Jonathan Lapell Parker Bent

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Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Football Date Opponent/Event 9/1 @ U-32 9/8 Windsor 9/15 Otter Valley 9/23 @ Lyndon Institute

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By ANDY KIRKALDY Thetford in 2016. Bronson said Hoff BRISTOL — Trail upgrades and could be poised to move up. an influx of female runners provided “Ally is the only returner, and the most news for the Mount she’s looking really good,” she said.

Abraham Union cross-country team “She’s definitely the one to watch on this fall. our team.”

The trail upgrades came courtesy Three other runners have at least both from the wider effort to build some experience, Bronson said: a trail circling Bristol, coordinated Senior Gillianne Ross and junior by resident Porter Knight and other Mhairi McMurray return to the team community volunteers, and from after taking time off, and freshman a $600 donation from the Green Isabella Emmons comes up from the Mountain Stage Race bicycle ride middle school squad. Rounding out that came through Bristol over the team are seniors Bailey Allard Labor Day weekend. and Jasmin Gile and Eagle cross-country “I’m mostly just freshman Emmaline Co-Coach Brent Crum excited to have Heilman. said the money went “I’m excited about toward a backhoe to a full team.

Gillianne Ross and carve out two new After having Mhairi McMurray. trails, while volunteers two runners They ran as freshmen,” upgraded existing trails Bronson said. “I’m that Eagle runners use last year to excited to see what for training and will bump that up they are going to do use to host a Sept. 26 to seven is after one and two years meet. off. Izzy Emmons ran quite exciting, “With all the support in middle school for from the community and we’re still us, so she in a sense and the Green hoping to pick is returning. She is Mountain Stage Race, up a couple a freshman and is I just want to give a big looking really solid in more.” shout-out to them and practice.”

— Co-Coach say thanks for all the Graduation and job Vicki Bronson conflicts thinned the help,” Crum said. “The trails look better than ranks of the Eagle they ever have.” boys’ runners, but three athletes who The program numbers on the ran for Mount Abe at Thetford in girls’ side mean the program can 2016 do return: seniors Aidan May compete as a team in Division II and Brian Cousineau and junior after sending just two athletes to the Ryan Adams.

2016 championship meet to compete May took 63rd, the second-best as individuals.

Eagle finish a year ago and the best “I’m mostly just excited to have among the returnees, and Crum said a full team,” said Co-Coach Vicki he put in the work to improve on the Bronson. “After having two runners performance. last year to bump that up to seven is “Aidan May put in some miles quite exciting, and we’re still hoping over the summer, and he is the to pick up a couple more.” returning senior who is looking Only one of the two Eagle female like the fastest runner on the team,” runners from a year ago returns, Crum said. “I look forward to seeing senior Ally Hoff, who was 58th in what he can do with some finethe highly competitive D-II race at tuning of his training.”

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Mount Abraham Union High School Cross Country Date Opponent/Event Time 9/16 @ U-32 Invitational 10 a.m.

9/19 @ Milton 3:30 p.m.

9/26 Mt. Abraham 3:30 p.m.

9/30 @ Randolph Invitational 10 a.m.

10/7 @ Thetford Woods

Trail Run 9 a.m.

10/10 @ Fairfax Relays 3:30 p.m.

10/14 @ Harwood Invitational 1 p.m.

10/20 @ Mt. Mansfield 3:30 p.m.

10/28 State Championships

(Thetford) 10 a.m.

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Cross Country Team Coach: Brent Crum, Vicki Wright Bronson Assistant Coach: Christopher Nezin Name Grade Bailey Allard 12 Brian Cousineau 12 Jasmin Gile 12 Allyson Hoff 12 Aidan May 12 Gilliane Ross 12 Ryan Adams 11 Caleb Hunter 11 Mhairi McMurray 11 Liam Davison 9 Isabella Emmons 9 Owen Farrell 9 Emmaline Heilman 9 Colby Pierro 9

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OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL

OVUHS

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — The Otter Valley football team has had its share of ups and downs since the end of last season. In addition to losing 12 players to graduation and the resignation of Head Coach Jim Hill, the team lost new Head Coach Phil Hall last month after he realized his professional duties at Mount St. Joseph Academy would take too much time.

Then, as the preseason came around, the number of boys that came out for the team dropped from 50 last year to 35 this year.

Oh, and last but not least, the Otter football program was moved from Division III to D-II this year by the body overseeing Vermont high school sports, meaning the Otters will play teams from larger schools.

But the team has retained all

Football of its assistants and line coaches, hired two new assistants and made the decision to coach by committee rather than launch a search for another head coach.

Just before the first game, former Offense Coach Chas Hall said the coaching team of Jim Helak, Kip Denis and himself was working well. He said no one is taking on the title of head coach.

“We’re all kind of sharing the responsibility,” he said. “I’m the spokesperson. Titles are silly because we all work together as a team. We’ve been together for six years and worked under Jim Hill.

We know everything about the system and how it works. We’re not making a whole lot of changes.”

In addition to Hall, Helak and Denis, former Otter player Derek Bassette has been hired as

the receivers and backs coach, and former Castleton player and graduate Jordan Toler is the offensive and defensive line coach.

These coaches have been handed a very young team that includes six freshman, nine sophomores and 11 juniors. Only six seniors are on the team, and one of them, Storm Brown, is playing high school sports for the first time.

“We almost started with a clean slate,” Hall said. “We have to do more teaching this season.”

But there are bright spots.

Returning quarterback Tyler Rowe is back in the pocket for his second year as a starter, and he’s only a junior. He earned the starting job early in the season last year, leading the Otters to the D-III Championship Game, where they lost to Windsor.

It’s been a successful two years for the program, which took the D-III Championship in 2015, the first title for the team since 2000.

“He’s one of the leaders this year,” Hall said of Rowe, who is a team captain. “He’s so dedicated, he works really hard, and we’re lucky to have him.

The other team captains are seniors Robert Cook, Cody Young and Payson Williams, and junior Jacob O’Connell.

As for changing to D-II, Hall said the team will do its best.

“We can’t complain because it doesn’t do any good and we need to focus on being the best team we can be,” Hall said. “We’re not scared of anyone.”

The Otters will still face familiar opponents Fair Haven and Mount Abe, in additional to Milton, U-32, Mount Anthony, Bellows Falls and North Country.

“It’s not like they threw us in with Rutland or South Burlington,” Hall said. “It’ll be more challenging but

we can meet that challenge.”

As for the low turnout of players this season, Hall said he’s less concerned about the effect it will have on the team and more concerned about the larger consequences.

“Kids aren’t coming out because they’re worried about getting hurt,” he said. “I’m hearing that they’re just not interested in sports anymore, and that’s upsetting. They just don’t have the drive anymore. It’s easier to sit on the couch on their phone.”

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Football Date Opponent/Event Time 9/2 Rutland 1 p.m.

9/9 Fair Haven 1 p.m.

9/15 @ Mt Abraham 7 p.m.

9/23 U-32 (Homecoming) 1 p.m.

9/30 @ Bellows Falls 1 p.m.

10/6 @ Mt. Anthony 7 p.m.

10/14 @ Mill River 1 p.m.

10/20 North Country (Night) 7 p.m.

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Football Team Coaches: Chas Hall, Kipp Denis, James Helak, Jordan Tolar and Derek Bassette Name Grade Daniel Allen 12 Storm Brown 12 Robert Cook 12 David Soulia 12 Payson Williams 12 Cody Young 12 Douglas Coburn 11 Chandler Corey 11 Joshua Granger 11 Nathanial Hudson 11 Dylan Mackie 11 Marcus McCullough 11 Jacob O’Connell 11 Christian Polli 11 Tyler Rowe 11 Kameron Strickland 11 C’Rique Wood 11 Nathanial Blake 10 D’Andre Burns 10 Jared Denis 10 Hunter Manfredi 10 Charles Noble 10 Jacob Owen 10 Spencer Pelkey 10 Steven Shackett 10 Jacob Young 10 Matthew Blake 9 Aiden Blier 9 Levi Cram 9 Jacob Markowski 9 Alexander Polli 9 David Williams 9

OVUHS Field Hockey

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Like many Marble Valley League teams this fall, Otter Valley field hockey is feeling the pinch of low numbers.

Head Coach Stacey Edmunds said in a preseason interview that losing eight starters to graduation really put a dent in her varsity team this year, a squad of 16 mostly sophomores and juniors.

“We have a lot of young and stilldeveloping players,” she said.

That’s three freshman, eight sophomores, three juniors and just two seniors — captains Katie Coolidge and Chelsea Reed.

Like the OV football team, the Otter girls have had a successful two years, winning the Division III Championship in 2015, and then making it back to the playoffs last year, only to lose to Woodstock in the semi-final game.

But there will be some rebuilding to do this year, Edmunds said, around a strong, core group of returning players like Coolidge, Reed, juniors Sophie Markowski and Gabby LaGrange, and sophomores Isabella Falco and Alia Edmunds, who is returning after two ACL tears and missing all of last season.

Edmunds is also impressed with freshman forward Jadynn Pope

and sophomore keeper Ellie Ross, who is stepping admirably into the big shoes of former goalie Myliah McDonough.

“While we have inexperienced players, we have a core group of experienced players,” Edmunds said.

“Our strength is that core group and the versatility of that group, and our passing and our chemistry is better this year. You could feel it from the beginning, and it shows on the field.

They trust each other.”

And while Edmunds said her captains provide great leadership, she is seeing it from younger returners as well.

“To be honest, I’m seeing great leadership from sophomores and juniors, too,” she said. “I think I have quite a nice group of leaders.”

Of course Edmunds would like another shot at the division championship, but OV has been moved to the Marble Valley League’s B Division. That means facing Fair Haven and Windsor three times each, along with St. Johnsbury and Springfield.

“It’s a very different schedule,” the coach said, “but our goal is always to get to the playoffs. We want to play well and see where we are when we get there. I’m just excited to see this team develop and go from there.”

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Field Hockey 9/27 @ Woodstock Date Opponent/Event Time 10/2 @ Fair Haven 9/1 @ Windsor 4:30 p.m.

10/6 Burr & Burton 9/5 MAU 4:30 p.m.

10/11 @ Windsor 9/9 Fair Haven 11 a.m.

10/14 @ Springfield 9/12 Woodstock 4:30 a.m.

10/17 Fair Haven (Night) 9/15 @ Rutland 4 p.m.

10/21 Windsor 9/20 @ St. Johnsbury 4:30 a.m.

9/23 Springfield (Homecoming) 11 a.m.

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Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Field Hockey Team Coach: Stacey Edmunds Emma Falquero Name Grade Morgan LaPorte Kathryn Coolidge 12 Elinor Ross Chelsea Reed 12 Payton Traynor Gabriella LaGrange 11 Kathryn Coolidge Jordan Laraway 11 Chelsea Reed Sophie Markowski 11 Caitlin Waid Livia Bernhardt 10 Lucy Gilliam Alia Edmunds 10 Elaina Harte Isabella Falco 10 Jadynn Pope

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OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL

OVUHS Girls’ Soccer

By LEE J. KAHRS sophomore forward Julia Eastman.

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Hedding said another positive is girls’ soccer team is looking to that many of his freshmen played improve on its 5-9 summer soccer and record last season, have been taught a despite having “We’re game similar to the graduated four starters progressing. one Hedding coaches: Every coach and a low turnout.

Short ball.

Head Coach wants to win a “Short, accurate Rick Hedding has a championship, passes,” he said. younger team, with “Moving the ball up but I think we’re as a team vs. the long five freshman and five sophomores, one junior, going to see ball. I believe it teaches such dramatic and only three seniors. them more discipline.”

That’s only 14 improvement Hedding is players for a game that in such a short optimistic about requires 11 on the field. time that it his team’s chances Still, Hedding likes this of making it to the group and thinks they will be very playoffs, based on exciting.” will do well. what he’s seen already — Coach Rick as the season begins.

“We’re progressing,” Hedding he said in preseason.

“I’m truly excited,” “Every coach wants he said. “Progressively, to win a championship, but I think they have evolved into a really we’re going to see such dramatic cohesive group that is so positive. improvement in such a short time They really are a cohesive team. that it will be very exciting.”

They’re just one, big, happy family His captains this season are and it’s a pleasure to come coach senior keeper Gabby Poalino and them every day.”

Otter Valley Union High School Girls’ Varsity Soccer 9/23 Green Mountain

(Homecoming) 9/29 @ Bellows Falls 10/2 @ Long Trail 10/6 @ Leland & Gray 10/11 Windsor 10/13 Bellows Falls 10/18 @ Green Mountain 10/21 Twin Valley (Night)

Date Opponent/Event Time 9/1 Arlington 4:30 p.m.

9/8 @ Black River

Tournament (Proctor) 6 p.m.

9/9 @ Black River

Tournament (TBA) 8 a.m.

9/12 Leland & Gray 4:30 p.m.

9/15 @ Windsor 4:30 p.m.

9/19 @ Twin Valley 6 p.m.

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Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team Coach: Rick Hedding Mary Kingsley 10 Assistant coach: Isabelle Kingsley Leah Pinkowski 10 Name Grade Sophia Walker 10 Sarah Hobbs 12 Sarah Calvin 9 Gabriela Poalino 12 Kassidy Carvey 9 Colby Reynolds 12 Mallory Lufkin 9 Felicity Drew 11 Bonnie Moore 9 Lauryl Blanchard 10 Mia Politano 9 Julia Eastman 10

OVUHS Boys’ Soccer

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — One Otter Valley fall team that is seeing a bump in numbers is boys’ varsity soccer.

Head Coach Dick Williams has 18 players this year, as opposed to 15 last season. And he lost only two players to graduation.

The Otters finished last season at 5-1-8, and Williams hopes to do even better this year.

“We were really competitive in every match we played but one,” he said. “We gained six players, one upperclassman and five freshmen.

We’ve got a lot of inexperienced players, but there is a core of good, experienced guys.”

That includes four senior captains: Sawyer Heath, Josh Letourneau, Justin Tremblay and Max Williams.

“They’ve all played on this team since they were freshman,”

Williams said. “They’ve progressed nicely and they’ve really grown as a group.”

Other returners include juniors Reilly Shannon, goalie Clay Hays, Ethan Sulik-Doty, Patrick McKeighan, William Mattsson, and Nate Claessens.

The team also has five freshman, and Williams lamented the fact that OV does not have enough kids to field a junior varsity team for underclassmen to gain more playing experience.

“It’s unfortunate because those five would play all the time,” he said.

Williams said his goal this season is to earn a home playoff game.

“I’m looking forward to this season,” he said. “It should be fun. I think we can be competitive in every match. I don’t think that will be an issue.”

Otter Valley Union High School Boys’ Varsity Soccer 9/28 @ Arlington Tournament 5/7 p.m.

9/29 @ Arlington Tournament 5/7 p.m.

10/6 @ Fair Haven 6 p.m.

10/10 @ Woodstock 4 p.m.

10/12 Mill River 4 p.m.

10/16 @ Whitchester 4:30 p.m.

10/18 @ Leland & Gray 4 p.m.

10/21 West Rutland (Night) 8 p.m.

Date Opponent/Event Time 9/5 Twin Valley 4:30 p.m.

9/7 @ Mill River 4:30 p.m.

9/9 Fair Haven (at Proctor) 1 p.m.

9/14 Woodstock 4:30 p.m.

9/19 Leland & Gray 4:30 a.m.

9/22 Proctor (Homecoming) 4:30 p.m.

9/25 @ Arlington

Tournament (Springfield) 5 p.m.

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girls’ team.”

There are seven freshmen on the team this year, one sophomore, four juniors, and two seniors — captains Wes Smith and Brittney Danforth.

Kimball said the team is getting more organized with their practices, and mapping a consistent course with permanent signage.

And despite the wide range of abilities on this team, the coach said the training is consistent.

Otter Valley Union High School Cross Country 9/30 @ Sudbury Road Race 9 a.m.

10/3 @ Long Trail 4:30 p.m.

10/7 @ Thetford Trail Run 9 a.m.

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Cross Country

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — There were only eight kids on the Otter Valley cross country team last year, but word got out and this year’s team has swelled to 17.

Second-year Head Coach Brooke Kimball couldn’t be happier.

“I think a big part of it is that we had a bunch of freshmen who spread the word last year,” she said.

“We have two full teams this year, a boys’ team and, for the first time, a Date Opponent/Event 9/5 @ Rutland 9/12 Otter Valley 9/19 @ MSJ 9/26 @ Mill River

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team Coach: Richard Williams Willian Mattson Assistant coaches: Benjamin Black Patrick McKeighan and Roger Miro Reilly Shannon Name Grade Ethan Sulik-Doty Sawyer Heath 12 Sawyer Pierpont Joshua Letourneau 12 Samuel Scholar Justin Tremblay 12 Bradley Danforth Maxwell Williams 12 Lane Eddy Nathan Claessens 11 Cole Letourneau Colin Elliott 11 Sawyer McCullough Clay Hays 11 Cody Willis

“We train the same and they deiced how hard they push,” she said. “They’re going to get out of it what they put into it.”

Kimball said that regardless of how the meets turn out, she is glad so many kids have decided to pursue the sport of running.

“I’m really excited, just looking at running as a lifelong sport,” she said. “Not about records or times, but they’ll have something they can do for the rest of their lives.”

10/17 MSJ (MVL) 3:30 p.m.

10/28 @State Championships

(Thetford) 9 a.m.

11/4 @ New Englands TBA

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Cross Country Team Coach: Brooke Campbell Name Grade Brittney Danforth 12 Wesley Smith 12 Brittney Corey 11 Hayden Gallo 11 Mickeen Hogan 11 Anthony Rovi 11 Colby Smith 11 Kelsie Sunhawk 11 Morgan Daly 10 Phoebe Elliott 10 Keisha Young 10 Joseph Cijka 9 Madilyn Morgan 9 Shannon Oudman-Blackwood 9 Anoushka Pschorr 9 Parker Todd 9 McKenna White 9

OVUHS

Golf

By JOHN S. McCRIGHT BRANDON — Fall is a time of changing leaves, cooler nights and now, for the first time, high school golf.

The Vermont Principals’ Association this school year moved golf from a spring sport to a fall game, and the Otter Valley team is hitting the links and already playing in matches. Otter Coach Tom Ryan, who has a few seasoned returning players and a couple of promising freshman, is looking forward to a fun season.

“The golfers I have represent the school and the community very well,” Ryan said. “They are fine golfers.”

At the top of Ryan’s roster are senior Will Kelly and junior Sam Buswell, who were among the top Otter golfers last spring. At last year’s Division-II state qualifier Kelly shot a strong 91 to lead the team, and Buswell had some good rounds last spring, too. Another junior, Mike Bedard, also promises to bring a strong game, Ryan said.

A Vermont high school must card four players to score as a team, and Ryan is unsure at this point when the Otter boys will play four in competition. Freshmen Alex Philo and Joe Rovi have shown encouraging performances in early practices, though he wasn’t sure this week when they would be fully involved in competitive rounds.

Ryan is expecting big things from another freshman, though.

Mia Politano is the daughter of Paul Politano, the golf pro at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf

Course.

“She is going to be quite a player,” Ryan said.

Spring golf had to compete with other sports for players, and it is no different with golf played in the fall.

Politano, for one, is playing soccer and golf for OV. But Ryan isn’t worried that soccer will hurt her game on the golf course. Politano was the girl’s medalist — first place — in the first two matches that OV played in this fall.

“She’s a golfer,” he said.

Ryan said there are several middle school girls interested in golf — including Politano’s sister — and he will take them out on the course next week.

“I hope to surround her with a full team in about two years,” he said.

Ryan had got a little more time giving individual coaching to his top players this year thanks to the help of a new assistant: Lisa King, an OV teacher.

With the status of team scoring still up in the air, Ryan is hopeful that Buswell or Kelly could make it to the state meet this fall, though it will likely be more difficult than it past years because the qualifying tournament will include teams from both the southern and northern parts of the state — in the past they qualified in a separate tournament.

Ryan was looking forward to the season and the enthusiasm that his players showed.

“They push themselves,” Ryan said. “I’m less of a golf coach than an ambassador to the support. “This is the next wave of club members.

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Golf Coach: Tom Ryan Samuel Buswell Name Grade Alexander Philo William Kelly 12 Mia Politano Michael Bedard 11 Joseph Rovi

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VERGENNES

VUHS

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Cross Country

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The news was positive for Coach Brad Castillo’s Vergennes Union cross-country program this fall, as a number of veterans should boost the prospects for the boys’ team and several newcomers swelled the ranks on the girls’ side.

“The guys are looking fantastic.

We’ve got a lot of great returners,” Castillo said.

Four runners who started for the VUHS boys at the 2016 state meet at Thetford return: Juniors Spencer Hurlburt and Wade Mullin and sophomore Erich Reitz scored points, and senior Ben Praamsma was one place out of scoring a year ago. Gabe Praamsma, a freshman who has trained with the VUHS cross-country and track team when he was in middle school, is the fifth member of the boys team.

“We’re a little young, which is nice, but strong. Wade, Spencer and Erich are my top three, and they’re juniors and sophomores. And Ben and Gabe are coming along nicely,” Castillo said. “There’s a lot of good potential there.”

At the preseason South Burlington class races, which pits runners against their grade-level peers, Castillo said the Commodores were “by far the best” among the small group of Division II teams, while Mullin and Hurlburt posted times

about a minute faster than a year ago in the same race.

Barring injury to his admittedly small squad, Castillo is optimistic the boys can move up from their eighth-place showing in the 2016 state meet.

“We’ll turn some heads. They’ll be surprised we can make it work with a little team,” he said.

The girls’ side lost top runner and team leader Sadie Kass, Castillo noted.

“We’re rebuilding,” he said.

“We’re definitely going to miss someone like Sadie (Kass) around.

She was a very steady calm presence to have around.”

But sophomore Emma Beauchemin and junior Ashley Cray finished just about 12 seconds and a minute, respectively, behind Kass a year ago.

“I am lucky enough to have Emma and Ashley still, because although they weren’t Sadie caliber they weren’t far off, and they’re working well together,” Castillo said.

Sophomore Grace LeBeau also had some good results in 2016 before missing the state meet, and Castillo said she could be a “nice third piece” if she can recover from nagging preseason injuries. He also noted senior Olivia Hawkins returns to the team after time off, and he said they could join with Beauchemin and Cray to “give the team a nice

foursome and hopefully pull the other three along.”

Those other three are freshman Anna Rakowski, who has middle school experience, and sophomore newcomers Brianna Billings and Siobhan Eagan.

Castillo expects the Commodore girls to improve steadily, but contention this year might be too much to ask.

“It will be tough,” Castillo said.

“The girls that have been running

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Regardless of results, Castillo expects an enjoyable fall with a hard-working team, and he credited Hurlburt and Cray for helping to set a positive tone.

“I’ve gotten lucky. There’s a nice atmosphere that’s definitely stuck for the last couple years,” Castillo said. “Thankfully it’s been holding true no matter who’s at the helm.”

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VERGENNES

VUHS Boys’ Soccer

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union boys’ soccer team took a modest step forward to five wins a year ago and overall showed a more cohesive style of play.

Coach Kevin Hayes expects a bit more of the same this fall from what will be a young team, with three sophomores and two freshmen projected to start for a program that will compete in the Division III postseason for the first

VUHS

time in many years.

“Some of the younger guys are bringing in a high soccer IQ, and they’ll be more actually patient with the ball in making a pass,” he said.

Still, Hayes will look to two veteran offensive midfielders, junior Ezekiel Palmer in the middle and senior Lance Bergmans on the right side, to coordinate the Commodore attack. Hayes called Palmer a playmaker.

“He’s got a good head for the game, and we want to make things flow through him where possible,” he said.

Bergmans has come on strong, Hayes said.

“He’s really improved over the last couple years,” he said. “I’m excited to see what he can do there.”

Senior Nate Wojciehowski will probably run alongside Bergmans

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as the left offensive midfielder, and freshman Avery Husk will run up front as the lone striker. Midfield reserves include sophomore Robbie Bicknell, freshman John Willis and senior Bailey Smith. When Husk needs a break, senior Ethan Sausville and junior Cameron McLaughlin will spell him; they are also backup goalies.

Behind the offensive midfielders are two defensive, or holding, midfielders that Hayes said will play a vital role in both defending and transitioning the ball from the back into the offense, sophomore Josias Salomao and freshman Tucker Stearns.

“The two holding middies I think will be key in what we’re trying to do because we can develop from there,” Hayes said.

On defense, senior Ben Kayhart and junior Jack Halpin will hold down the middle, with junior Aaron

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Premont and probably sophomore Ben Curtis on the flanks. Senior Samir Kadric will also see time in the back.

Hayes is confident in the group.

“Defensively, Jack and Ben (Kayhart) and Aaron are strong, experienced. We’re looking to minimize opportunities,” he said.

Sophomore Jeff Stearns moves from defense to take over in the net.

“Goalkeeping, I’m excited about Jeff,” Hayes said.

Tough teams like Spaulding and Burlington dot the Commodores’ schedule, as well as the usual Lake Division challenges. But Hayes is optimistic.

“I’m very hopeful. Again, winning more than half of our games would be the goal,” Hayes said. “We’ll try to play our best and see how it goes, but I think we’ll be OK. We’ve got a decent number of soccer players now.”

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Vergennes Union High School Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team Coach: Kevin Hayes Assistant Coach: Ward Butler Name Grade Lance Bergmans 12 Samir Kadric 12 Ben Kayhart 12 Ethan Sausville 12 Bailey Smith 12 Nathan Wojciehowski 12 Jack Halpin 11 Cameron Mclaughlin 11 Ezekiel Palmer 11 Aaron Premont 11 Robbie Bicknell 10 Ben Curtis 10 Josias Salomao 10 Jeffrey Stearns 10 Avery Husk 9 Tucker Stearns 9 John Willis 9

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9/6 Fair Haven 4:30 p.m.

9/15 @ Burlington 4:30 p.m.

9/18 @ Mt. Abraham 4:30 p.m.

9/21 Mill River 4:30 p.m.

9/23 Missisquoi 1 p.m.

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10/2 @ Spaulding 6:30 p.m.

10/4 Milton 4 p.m.

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By ANDY KIRKALDY sophomore offensive central middie VERGENNES — In 2016 the Emily Rooney, already starting Vergennes Union girls’ soccer her third year on the team. Two team finished 5-9-1, but truly were freshman will join them, Sydney competitive in every game: The Weber in the middle and Hannah Commodores’ nine losses were four Kelly on the flank. Backing them up by one goal and five by two goals. will be sophomore Leah Croke and Even though graduation hit the one of two juniors, Lydia Sabourin team’s defense particularly hard, and Kylie Comeau.

Co-Coaches Dwight Irish and Peter Senior Kaitlyn Brace will start up Maneen were confident heading front, assuming she can shrug off a into this season that issue could nagging preseason injury. Senior be sorted out and the Munro McLaren and Commodores could “Our biggest Comeau will also step reverse the results in in at striker. In ideal some of those close question circumstances junior mark is really losses.

Ciara McClay would “Five-hundred or teaching them start in this position, better I think would be but an injury will to defend realistic,” Irish said. unfortunately sideline “Anything beyond collectively.” the Independent allthat certainly would — Co-Coach star through both the be gravy. I think we’re Dwight Irish soccer and basketball going to compete fine, seasons. but I think .500 looking In the back junior at the schedule we play would feel Emma Bryant and sophomore like a good season.”

Sophie Hatch are set in the middle, Irish said the coaches were as is junior Rayven Perkins on one particularly happy with the team’s flank. Either Sabourin or Comeau midfield. They will use a formation will start on the other flank, Irish with four defenders, five midfielders said, with the other seeing plenty of and one striker to take advantage of time at midfield. their talent there.

Irish said the group has ability “We’re really liking our midfield, and just needs time to learn to our strength up the middle. I think our play together, something they skill is good, and our understanding were already learning to do in the of the game, and right now we’re preseason. moving the ball well through the “Our biggest question mark is middle,” he said. really teaching them to defend Anchoring the midfield will collectively. I think we’ve got some be three veterans, senior central good defenders. But I think being midfielder Emma Husk, junior able to play well as a unit is key for outside middie Morgan Lynk, and us,” he said. “We’re on the young Vergennes Union High School Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team Coaches: Dwight Irish and Peter Maneen Morgan Lynk Name Grade Rayven Perkins Kaitlyn Brace 12 Lydia Sabourin Emma Husk 12 Leah Croke Munro McLaren 12 Sophie Hatch Hannah Paquette 12 Emily Rooney Anya Sonwaldt 12 Hannah Kelley Emma Bryant 11 Sydney Weber Kylie Comeau 11

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side, but we’re progressing in each scrimmage. We’re spending a lot of time (in practice) trying to develop that unit mentality.”

The Commodores are also going to play in Division III this fall, something they and their coaches believe gives them better postseason odds.

“We’re all excited about that,” Irish said. “The girls are already confident. They’re feeling good about that. So I think if we play well down the stretch I do like our chances in D-III.” Vergennes Union High School Girls’ Varsity Soccer Date Opponent/Event Time 9/2 @ Mt. Abraham 10 a.m.

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9/19 @ Milton 4:30 p.m.

9/22 Rice 4:30 p.m.

9/27 Missisquoi 4:30 p.m.

10/3 @ Green Mountain Valley 4 p.m.

10/7 Mt. Abraham 2:30 p.m.

10/9 Middlebury 4 p.m.

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10/14 Milton 10 a.m.

10/17 @ Rice 4 p.m.

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