Thursday, September 20, 2018 by AddisonPress

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A new Route 7 motel has candythemed rooms & Vermont’s biggest candy story. See Arts + Leisure.

The former Lobby restaurant will be home to The Arcadian and Haymaker Buns. See Page 3A.

The Mount Abe boys scored all their goals in the second half to win at VUHS. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 72 No. 38

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, September 20, 2018 

Telemedicine puts doctors on call

Bristol Family Practice is first to offer video appointments with physicians By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — Dr. Natasha Withers of Bristol Family Practice makes house calls that don’t add a single mile to her vehicle odometer. No, she doesn’t take a bus, nor does she have a helicopter. Withers is the first family practice physician within the entire University of Vermont Health Network to pilot a new technology called “telemedicine.” It allows the doctor to see and converse with patients from her office, thus saving them, in some cases, a ton of travel time and lost wages that would have been required for a conventional, face-to-face meeting.

Withers arrived at “One of the biggest Bristol Family Practice benefits of this is the “Now that around a year ago with patient doesn’t have to we’ve worked some past experience travel,” Porter Medical out the kinks, serving patients remoteCenter spokesman Ron I’d use it for ly. But those “e-visits” Hallman said of the new were largely through service, which during any kind of the next few months will follow-up visit.” email, without a video be extended at all Porter — Dr. Natasha component. Still, she primary care practices in Withers saw the potential for new technology to cut Middlebury, Vergennes, through the many miles Bristol and Brandon. “It’s the convenience and efficiency that some frail patients have to travel that comes with being able to have to get to their physician, sometimes the patient be seen in the privacy and just for a follow-up appointment to comfort of their own home, especial- discuss symptoms. “When I came here, I really wantly if they have transportation issues.”

ed to hit the ground running and use technology in a way that’s beneficial for patients and providers,” Withers said. When she learned UVM Health Network was looking to pilot a telemedicine program at one of Porter Medical Center’s family practices, she enthusiastically volunteered. Todd Young is director of the network’s telemedicine services. “I emailed (Young) and said, ‘We’ve got to get this started,’” Withers recalled with a smile. Young assigned a team to outfit Bristol Family Practice with (See Telemedicine, Page 16A)

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Vermont Green Line back on two county towns’ radar By ANDY KIRKALDY NEW HAVEN — The Vermont Green Line was the ill-fated high-voltage power line that developers wanted to run through northwestern Addison County until late 2017, when sponsors pulled the plug after failing to get contracts to deliver energy to southern New England. But now the project, which could bring millions of dollars in payments to New Haven and Ferrisburgh for hosting the infrastructure, could be back on the table.

Last week representatives of National Grid, a British energy firm that is a major player in the New England electricity market, contacted officials in New Haven and Ferrisburgh to say the company will revive the Vermont Green Line, or VGL, if it wins a contract to transmit power from Hydro Quebec to Connecticut. That contract will be awarded in December, according to company officials. The VGL high-voltage line (See Vt. Green Line, Page 11A)

Producer eyeing Vermont nature books for television Middlebury native in L.A. looks homeward

Badges for blood

STATE POLICE LT. Jeffrey Danoski, commander of the New Haven barracks, gives blood Tuesday afternoon in Middlebury with the help of American Red Cross collections technician Barbara Howell. Danoski and other local first responders gave blood Tuesday in the “Battle of the Badges” blood drive, a friendly competition between local firefighters and law enforcement officials meant to encourage community members to join first responders and perform their own heroic act by donating blood. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS VERMONT — Could humorous stories about Vermont fish-and-game wardens make for good television? Hollywood producer Geoffrey Sharp, who grew up in Middlebury, believes it could. Sharp recently inked a “shopping agreement” with “Vermont Wild” series author Megan Price and will spend the next year pitching the idea to television networks. Price’s five “Vermont Wild” books are a conglomeration of insightful and oftenfunny stories told from the perspective of Vermont game wardens. “People love animals and they love it when authority figures get their comeuppance, in a light-hearted way,” Sharp said. “The characters in these books have this way of being both universal and also specific to Vermont.” Five volumes of “Vermont Wild” contain nearly 100 stories — plenty of fodder for an ongoing TV series.

Kids offered more at club’s new home

By the way Those with an interest in the future of through truck traffic in northwestern Addison County might want to set time aside this coming Wednesday, Sept. 26. That’s when a 7 p.m. forum in the Vergennes Opera House will look at the issue of the more than 800 trucks a day that now rumble through Vergennes and how their impact might be reduced. The Addison County Regional Planning Commission and the Vermont Agency of Transportation have commissioned a study to assess options. Those include two bypasses, one that might make use of (See By the way, Page 13A)

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City nonprofit now in its own building

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — After spending about five afternoons each at the new home of Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, 15-year-old members Renee Marshall and Bethany Cram both gave it thumbs-up reviews. On a warm Monday after school the two friends from Vergennes were relaxing on the lawn of the club’s new 20 Armory Lane headquarters — and lounging in a yard was something they couldn’t do back at the group’s old clubhouse on School Street, where each had hung out regularly for at least the past two years. “We can just go outside and lie down,” Marshall said. “Every time we go outside we don’t just have to sit and stay there, stay on the porch.” “Or we can play a basketball game with our friends,” Cram said, pointing out the new hoop nearby where the lawn meets the paved parking lot. In all, the club’s 3,400-square-foot, one-story building (that includes a side unit that provides the club rental income) sits on 1.87 acres. And, they said, the inside has both shared space for teen and younger members, such as game, computer, multi-purpose and dining rooms, but also a separate teen space with comfy furniture and more gaming consoles, plus a small, quiet library tucked in the building’s back corner.

MASON MALANEY-MCCAIN, 13, left, and Stephen Kittredge, 9, work in the computer room in the new Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes clubhouse Tuesday afternoon. The new clubhouse, which opened Sept. 10, is getting great reviews from kids and staff. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

The School Street clubhouse had been nicely renovated, but it was smaller and with an open layout. In the club’s new home Marshall and Cram both like not only the roominess, but also the option of quiet or private spaces.

Marshall said they enjoy acting as role models for younger members, but also want time for themselves. Now she feels more “independent” at the club, freer to make choices. “There are a lot more places to chill out, to do our homework and calm

down when we want to be alone,” Marshall said. Cram said she feels the same way. “I really like how much more room we have, and we have more to do,” Cram said. “Like the areas where we (See Club, Page 11A)

“Mr. Sharp understands Vermont,” Prices said. “We met recently and within minutes were swapping stories and laughing.” Sharp graduated from Middlebury Union High School in 1979. He spent his 20s acting in New York, where (See Vermont Wild, Page 13A)

Free summer lunches in jeopardy in some towns By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Seven Addison County towns hosted free meals sites this past summer that delivered thousands of meals to hungry local kids, though human services providers are concerned some of those communities might soon have to cut off the food supply due to federal income eligibility standards. Summer meals was but one of several food-related topics discussed by the Addison County Hunger Council on Tuesday. The council advocates for programming aimed at making sure area families have enough nutritious food to eat. Council members heard reports from a variety of advocates on their efforts to feed hungry kids and their families. Several local lawmakers and candidates for office this November listened intently to the discussion. Laura LaVacca is the leader of the food service cooperative for both the Addison North(See Kids’ lunches, Page 13A)

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, September 20, 2018

Mosquito-borne virus surfaces south of Midd By EVAN JOHNSON Mosquito season typically runs BRANDON — The Brandon, from April to early October. During Leicester, Salisbury, Goshen and this time, mosquito control officials Pittsford Insect Control District, conduct routine activities including known as the BLSG, and the Vermont surveillance of mosquito populations, Department of Health has reported species identification, source reducthat mosquitoes collected in several tion, biological control initiatives, area towns tested positive for West ground and aerial application of Nile Virus. insecticides and public outreach and BLSG Director of Operations Will education. Mathis on Friday reported that a samMathis reported mosquito numbers ple containing the first positive case in the area have increased in the past of WNV in Brandon was collected week by about 25 percent due to suson July 30. More tained higher temrecently a positive peratures and the Steer Clear of sample from Branrecent storms. The Mosquitoes don was collected BLSG District is on Sept. 4. On Aug. To protect from West Nile observing two new 31 the Department Virus, the Vermont Department mosquito species of Health reported of Health recommends that carrying the West that one batch people: Nile Virus — the of mosquitoes • Wear long pants and long- Culiseta and the collected Aug. sleeved shirts when outdoors. Anopheles. 20 in Leicester • Limit time spent outside The BLSG tested positive for at dawn and dusk when uses specialized mosquitoes are most likely to West Nile Virus. bite. fogging/spraying Six batches of • Use an EPA-registered insect machines to conmosquitoes col- repellant. trol flying adult lected on Aug. 16 • Cover baby carriages, mosquitoes. The in Leicester also strollers and outdoor playpens district treats both with mosquito netting. tested positive. public and private “It’s still serious, • Mosquito-proof homes by roadways. Accordwe can’t forget installing or repairing screens. ing to the Centers about the virus,” • Get rid of standing water in for Disease Congutters, flower pots or bird baths, Mathis said. trol & Prevention which can serve as a breeding An Aug. 27 adulticide spraying ground for mosquitoes. batch of Whiting will not harm peomosquitoes tested ple, pets, animals positive for WNV, as did another or the environment. People raising batch collected in Sudbury on July 9. bees, though, often try to stop sprayBoth towns border the western side ing of mosquito-killing adulticide in of the BLSG District. As mosquitoes areas that bees forage. can fly one to three miles or more The existing permit allows the with a prevailing westerly wind, the BLSG to spray two pesticides along BLSG District is subsequently affect- the roadways in the district to kill ed, Mathis said. adult mosquitos. The pesticides West Nile Virus is a viral infection Malathion and Permethrin have been typically spread by mosquitoes. used by the district for about 20 years. According to the Centers for Disease Pesticides are applied by sprayers on Control, about one in five people the back of BLSG trucks. who are infected develop symptoms The BLSG’s Pesticide General including headache, body ache, joint Permit is under review by the Vermont pains, vomiting, diarrhea or a rash. Environmental Court under a rule that About one in 150 infected people lets it examine any documentation develop a more severe illness that related to the permit to ensure state affects the central nervous system, and federal regulations were followed. resulting in maladies including The review is the result of an appeal encephalitis or meningitis. There of the permit by the Toxics Action are no vaccines or medications to Center and the Environmental Natural treat WNV in humans. The Vermont Resources Law Clinic at Vermont Law Department of Health reported three School in June. The appeal challenges cases of WNV in Vermont in 2017. the adulticide spraying program. In 2012, a Brandon man and a Mathis said the review of the Sudbury man died from Eastern permit would not affect the district’s Equine Encephalitis (EEE). EEE ability to treat for mosquitoes in the was detected again in mosquitoes in short-term. Whiting in 2013 and 2014, but there “That could change possibly folhave been no other human EEE cases lowing the review, but not right now,” in the area since 2012. he said.

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THE TOWN OF Middlebury has filed a complaint against the owners of the Blue Spruce Motel over the lack of cleanup at the site, which was gutted by fire in July 2017. A hearing is set for November. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Town orders cleanup of Blue Spruce site Hearing looms for motel owners

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury town officials have filed a formal complaint against the owners of the Blue Spruce Motel at 2428 Route 7 South, a move selectboard members hope will prompt the property owners to finally clear the burned remnants of the building that was destroyed by a blaze 14 months ago. The selectboard recently voted unanimously to allow Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay to lodge the complaint with Middlebury’s Development Review Board, relating to what they say has been a lack of cleanup effort following the July 12, 2017, electrical fire. The blaze originated in the building’s attic and quickly spread to the rest of the motel. The building’s “common attic” lacked a fire stop, according to

public safety officials. Fortunately, But Middlebury officials have no injuries were recorded as a result grown weary of Sharma’s past of the blaze. assurances and the lack (thus far) of Charred debris at the site provides follow-through. Under Middlebury’s passersby with a constant reminder zoning and subdivision regulations, of the fire. Principal the selectboard can owner Sam Sharma has authorize the town said he plans to clear If the property manager to file a the site and build a new owners don’t complaint with the motel. But that plan has respond to the DRB over a “lack of encountered a variety of DRB’s decision maintenance” if a local setbacks, Sharma said creates any on the property, property on Tuesday. Among or all of the following them, according to the town could conditions: Sharma: Two of his take the case • A threat to public three business partners to the Vermont health or safety. have lost interest in Environmental • An undue adverse the property, and his Court. impact on the aesthetics insurance carrier won’t of the neighborhood release any settlement and surrounding area. money until the site is cleared. The • An undue adverse impact on cost of clearing the site is about neighboring property values. $25,000, according to Sharma, who The DRB, upon receiving the said he doesn’t have the necessary complaint, “may hold a hearing funds. to determine whether a structure “I will try my best,” Sharma said has been abandoned. If the DRB of his efforts to clean and redevelop determines that the structure has the motel site. been abandoned, it may, consistent

with the purposes of the town plan and this ordinance, order that the abandoned structure be secured, repaired or removed at the expense of the owner.” Middlebury Director of Planning & Zoning Jennifer Murray said the DRB has offered to hold the hearing on either Oct. 22 or Nov. 26; Sharma has requested the latter, by which time he hopes to have finalized a plan for the Blue Spruce Motel site. If the property owners don’t respond to the DRB’s decision on the property, the town could take the case to the Vermont Environmental Court, according to Murray. The court could then put a lien on the property as a way of compelling the owners to clean up the site, Murray said. Sharma would need DRB permission to reuse the property for a motel. Sharma has up to four years to make that request, according to Murray. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Middlebury officials eye fix for Creek Road

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY —Middlebury selectboard members on Tuesday, Oct. 9, will take a long look at a deteriorating road that’s been causing them major headaches during the past three years: Creek Road. The board wants to reassess repair options for the road in light of further damage caused by occasional flooding and erosion from the adjacent Otter Creek. That damage has been so severe that municipal officials closed the road to through-traffic around in 2015. It’s currently gated

at a location around 2.2 miles south of Route 7 on the way to Three Mile Bridge Road. Meanwhile, Creek Road residents continue to voice concerns about damage and access issues. Several of them petitioned the town in 2016 to repair and open the road. In response, Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay said the community was “working in good faith and reasonable dispatch to determine the extent of erosion of the banks of the Otter Creek running along Creek Road, develop a series of options for the road, and identify

potential funding sources for those options.” Creek Road has been a regular agenda item for the Middlebury Infrastructure Committee. “We feel it’s time that the board takes a ride down Creek Road and see what’s changed since the 2015 closure,” Public Works Planning Director Dan Werner told the board at its Sept. 11 meeting. “There are now four or five places where the (road) bank has sloughed off into the creek, and this makes for hazardous travel.” The town last year commissioned Pathways Consulting to take a look at Creek Road and suggest some longterm fixes. The consultant developed four recommendations, ranging in cost from $530,000 to around $1.4 million. After a follow-up study and input from Middlebury officials and property owners, the consultants backed a $1.15 million plan that called for, among other things, shifting 8,320 feet of Creek

Road away from the creek in order to restore a 25-foot, vegetated buffer between the road and the adjacent creek banks. This design would require the acquisition of 7,400 feet of additional right-of-way width (10 to 40 feet) on several private properties immediately east of Creek Road. Given the big price tag, Middlebury officials have shifted their focus to seeing what minimal repairs could be made in order to possibly reopen the road and buy more time for phasing in major upgrades. Middlebury residents this past March approved a fiscal year 2019 municipal budget that includes $40,000 for Creek Road repairs. “Honestly, that doesn’t do much of anything, considering the situation of the road,” Werner said of the $40,000 allowance. So the board will weigh options other than a massive overhaul. Werner noted Creek Road is (See Creek Road, Page 3A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, September 20, 2018 — PAGE 3A

The Lobby making way for The Arcadian Restaurant Creek Road Haymaker Buns also finds a new home

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Matt and Caroline Corrente had always fantasized about running their own restaurant in Middlebury. It would be a place with character, located in a soothing setting and possess a big enough kitchen to allow Matt — a seasoned chef who most recently headed up the kitchen at Two Brothers Tavern — to showcase his culinary skills and for Caroline to ramp up production of her delectable Haymaker-brand buns. Their dream is about to become a reality. The Correntes have closed on a deal to buy the former Lobby Restaurant at 7 Bakery Lane, a space that’s currently being renovated to accommodate — as soon as this November — Haymaker Bun Co. and The Arcadian Restaurant, which will specialize in Italian cuisine. “This was at the top of our list,” Caroline said last week of The Lobby space, which borders the Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury. “It really fits what we were looking for,” added Matt, while contractors were hauling out tables, blackboards and other Lobby accoutrements in order to make way for new interior flourishes that will create the brighter, family-style ambiance The Arcadian will impart. Caroline and Matt already know the lay of the land and their customer base in Addison County. Matt attended Middlebury College (class of 2006), and was en route to becoming a physician. He had also picked up a studio art major while on his pre-med track at the college. Ultimately, Matt eschewed the scalpel for a carving knife. “Further down the line, I realized that medical school probably wasn’t for me, and that the mixture of art and science was actually cooking food,” Matt said. “I had worked at restaurants since I was 15, so hospitality was kind of baked in.” So instead of medical school, he attended the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan, N.Y. “That was a great springboard for me to launch my career,” he recalled. He studied under Daniel Boulud, a renowned, award-winning chef with many restaurants in North America, Europe and Asia. Matt cooked at restaurants in New York, Rhode Island, Boston and then in Burlington — at Pistou, which had been started by some fellow Middlebury College alums. It was at Pistou that Matt met Caroline, who had been a server and aspiring pastry chef. Caroline is a University of

CAROLINE AND MATT Corrente stand on the creekside deck of the former Lobby restaurant space on Bakery Lane in Middlebury, where they will soon open a new restaurant and headquarters for the Haymaker Bun Co. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Vermont graduate who had majored no longer keep pace. in Anthropology and African “I’ve outgrown my kitchen,” she Studies. She worked for several said. “I find myself most days trying nonprofits after leaving UVM, to bake 10-dozen buns in an oven including at the Vermont Refugee that allows me to do two-dozen at a Resettlement Program. It was while time, with a toddler pulling on my there that Caroline worked with pants and a dog barking.” refugees to create a cookbook. By this point, Matt had become That experience, coupled with firmly established as executive chef her love for baking, prompted her to at Two Brothers, where he used to enroll at the prestigious Le Cordon work part-time while at Middlebury Bleu school in Paris. It was there College. He enjoyed the job, but was she mastered the art looking for a chance to of making brioche, a “I realized that strike out on his own. classic French yeast ON THE MARKET bread rich in butter and medical school And that chance probably wasn’t came earlier this year, eggs. Like Matt, Caroline for me, and that when Matt received a knew she wanted to the mixture of mysterious tip from a return to Vermont. art and science cooking friend that a And after meeting at was actually local restaurant was Pistou, they dated and going to come on the later married. Caroline cooking food.” market. — Matt Corrente gave birth to son Casey “You know (the around 18 months ago. restaurant) and you’re “Once I had (Casey), I was trying going to like it,” the friend told Matt. to figure it all out,” she said of When the couple learned it was balancing motherhood with career The Lobby, they were thrilled, and ambitions. quickly checked it out to see if it She reasoned she could take care would fit the bill for their vision: of Casey while baking out of their A permanent home for Matt’s The home. This is how Haymaker buns Arcadian restaurant and Caroline’s were born. The buns, with a brioche growing Haymaker venture. dough base, are currently available “We came in a few times, in around 10 stores, most notably the assessed everything that was here, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op. and made an offer,” Caroline said. Her products have gained a nice Matt had fond memories of the following, and her small kitchen can space, then known as Tully & Marie’s,

Monkton MONKTON — The East Monkton Church Association and the Russell Memorial Library will be co-sponsoring a presentation of the Emmy winning film “Made in LA” on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. at the East Monkton Church at 405 Church Road. This film follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops as they

when he was a Middlebury student. “It used to be my favorite place to go,” he said. And now he gets to co-own the spot and cook there. “Arcadia,” per Greek mythology, is the home of the of “Pan,” the god of the fields and wild places. To Matt, Acadia represents “a utopian place,” characterized by a “simple, untroubled lifestyle.” Matt is still finalizing a menu for The Arcadian, which he said will feature Italian dishes — including fresh pastas — that will satisfy a wide range of palates and price points. In addition to having Italian heritage, he has past experience cooking Italian cuisine. He wants his menu to emphasize fresh seafood, though other Italian staples will also be available. “Italian food is probably my favorite to cook, and certainly to eat,” Matt said. “So it was an easy decision.” Caroline and Matt also believe The Arcadian will complement the current local restaurant scene. “We feel really lucky to be filling a gap and providing the people of Middlebury with something that doesn’t currently exist,” Matt said. “That was certainly part of the decision-making process.” In addition to making desserts, Caroline is looking forward to having access to the large

restaurant oven that will allow her to export her Haymaker products beyond Vermont. And people will be able to see her in action at The Arcadian, which will feature a 6-foot-long wrap-around counter at which she’ll occasionally be seen working dough. Haymaker will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., offering coffee, espresso and morning fare — including sweet chocolate buns, savory buns, and breakfast sandwiches built on brioche. The Arcadian will open for dinner, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The couple will join forces for Sunday brunch, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Correntes will keep the bar, and the menu will include an extensive wine list, local beers and craft cocktails. More information about the venture can be found at thearcadianvt.com. The website will soon tout a program through which customers will be able to pre-buy meals at a discount. Caroline and Matt are changing the lighting, color scheme, some of the furnishings and other aspects of the former Lobby in anticipation of their November opening. “It’ll feel like our own space,” Matt said. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

(Continued from Page 2A) currently designated by the town as a “Class 3” road, a category that requires some maintenance by the municipality. If it were to be downgraded to a Class 4 road, it would receive no state funding for repairs, according to Werner. “You could downgrade it to “Is this a trail,” Werner going to added. “You can be an allstill maintain a right-of-way, I season, believe, without car-access having a phys- road, or do ical, passable we see it as road. You can a seasonal decide to discontinue a portion of car access that road, based road? Or on the fact it’s does it been impacted lead to by flood damage. something There are many else, like options to cona bikesider.” Selectwoman pedestrian Laura Asermily path, with noted the major some choices the board limited will need to access?” review. — “Is this going Selectwoman to be an all-seaLaura son, car-access Asermily road, or do we see it as a seasonal car access road,” Asermily asked. “Or does it lead to something else, like a bike-pedestrian path, with some limited access for farmers, those who live out there and emergency vehicles?” Selectwoman Heather Seeley chairs the Infrastructure Committee. She said the board will need to carefully study its potential obligations when it comes to fixing or downgrading the Creek Road. For example, she noted fellow committee member Don Keeler recently pointed to a state law indicating the land under a road is technically owned by the adjacent property owners. The community possesses an easement that allows it to create the road and maintain it. “When we consider possibly changing the status of the road, it may go back to the property owners,” Seeley said. At the same time, she acknowledged, “By state statute, we are obligated to maintain and keep open roads.” Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter said he’s looking forward to the upcoming Creek Road tour. Selectboard members will convene at the town offices at 5 p.m. for that Oct. 9 visit. “I certainly think it would be beneficial for us to get down there and put some eyes on it and maybe walk through some of the concerns, and see what some of the potential fixes are,” Carpenter said.

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A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorial

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A story of (your town’s) success If you were to write the story of your town’s success, just what would it be? Would you describe the process it took to solve the lack of affordable housing, or how your community was able to provide adequate childcare and early education? Would you recite how you flipped a stagnant or dying retail business district into something more robust, or tell the story of how your downtown moved away from a retail-centric mission to a dynamic hub to interact, brainstorm and share experiences with each other? Would you tell the story of how the riverfront in your hometown became a pathway used year-around by regular walkers, bikers and runners from throughout the region; how bike paths, skateboard parks or rollerblade venues re-energized the community and attracted younger families? Would you recall how your local hospital played an outsized role in improving the health of the community through new programs that encouraged — even cajoled — residents to exercise, eat healthier and laugh more — all with the added benefit of lowering the community’s health care costs? And what story, pray tell, would we hear about how your town revitalized its educational system to provide life-long learning for the constantly changing jobs of tomorrow while engaging all preschoolers in full- or half-day instruction? And can you imagine how exciting it would be to tell of new business start-ups that had created the good-paying and interesting jobs to which your kids would hope to someday attain? Just where would you begin that story? ********** Let’s imagine such success and walk it backward to a theoretical beginning in, let’s say, the Land of Oz, only it didn’t begin with a house falling on a wicked witch. Rather it began with the realization that the retail community of old had met its match with Amazon Prime. There were a few local exceptions, of course, but thereafter downtown retail districts and even shopping malls wouldn’t be the same. Without the retail traffic, and with populations shifting to urban centers where jobs were more plentiful and city centers more attractive, some communities realized they had to evolve or wither. Many would fail, but the more successful communities pursued a similar process of evolution: • They identified their strengths (and weaknesses), put aside any differences, and rallied around the primary assets unique to them to create a desirable destination in which to visit and live. • They recognized that younger families were being drawn to city centers not just for jobs, but because cities had changed; many were no longer the blighted centers of yesteryear, but hip, vibrant, fun hubs in which skate parks, bike lanes, green spaces, lower crime and cleaner outdoor amenities were attractions that met a family’s needs — and they had high-speed internet! Rural towns would have to compete on all those fronts with an equally compelling story. • The successful towns in Vermont seized on their natural assets as tourist destinations and developed a consistent marketing message to tell that story, year after year, building a loyal fan base just like a good sport franchise does. • The most successful towns set realistic, concrete goals with defined timelines, encouraged community discussion and participation, finetuned the goals to get the majority on board, and then made it happen. The detail work to pull off such miracles would take the effort of many varied community organizations and municipal offices. Each would be assigned a special task to complete: To make housing more affordable, planning and zoning boards worked to achieve higher density development downtown, which also helped make town centers more robust and vibrant; transportation committees worked overtime to envision a system of pedestrian/bike lanes to lessen vehicular traffic, cut carbon output, and provide recreational opportunities — while also lessening the need for expensive parking spaces in downtowns used less and less for retail; parks and rec groups would develop riverfronts in towns lucky enough to have one coursing through their centers — extending them for miles, not just for daily use but also 10K runs and other community events that help make towns happy places. Towns that didn’t already have a marketing budget created one from a small percentage of their local option tax, and championed the assets most unique and appealing to tourists, bringing a vital outside source of revenue to local businesses. That, in turn, created a livelier restaurant and entertainment scene, which excited local residents, changing a sleepy (some say moribund) nightlife scene into one attractive to all, including a younger demographic — solving yet another concern of rural (delightful but sometimes boring) towns. In short, those towns that were visionary and proactive sparked an upward spiral of progress. Wishful thinking but it will never happen, doubters say; even Dorothy woke up from dreamy Oz to find herself back on the farm in Kansas, added the realists. Could be, but here’s our wager: The majority in a town who think so will live in those withering towns of tomorrow; those who embrace today’s changes and take proactive measures to capitalize on opportunities might be lucky enough to tell their kids and grandkids an interesting story of transformation and renewal. What’s your bet, and how do you envision your town’s future success? Angelo Lynn

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Rubright family appreciates all To a Loving Community: Cathy and I were taken back by so many people attending Deane’s celebration of life. All walks of life were brought together no matter what their status was. It showed the impact Deane had on people. He embraced us all in ways we had no idea. If he could be here, he would broaden his smile, open his arms, wrap around us all. The day was bright as his smile, the air as clear as his voice. As he would say, “It will all be O.K.” The stories were so many as to Deane’s generosity. Paris from Fire and Ice, who, after donating so much, said it best, “Jim, it’s payback to Deane.” Rick from Mr. Ups also expressed his love for Deane. Holmes Jacobs from Two Brothers embraced their long, cherished friendship, and Stacy from Pratt’s Store shared their support, and so many more. We are so thankful. All those who sent flowers, plants, and food, we all appreciated it from the bottom of our family’s heart. What a special community we all live in. The Rubright family will always be grateful. Jim and Cathy Rubright and family Cornwall

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On babies, bullies and buffers When I was a child, our family used to go to Asbury Park once a year. I was afraid of most of the rides, but loved the bumper cars. They were little self-contained units with steering wheels, accelerators, and brakes. A long pole reached up from each car to a metal flap that touched the ceiling of the ride. When the ride was turned on, electricity from the ceiling allowed the child driver of each car to careen recklessly around the arena, attempting to smash into as many other cars as possible or avoid being smashed into if that was your style. The ride itself was surrounded by a high rubber barrier that kept the cars in a fairly limited space (rather like the demolition derbies that so many of us By Cheryl enjoy watching at Field Days). And Mitchell each car had its own substantial rubber bumper to prevent the impact from doing more than eliciting screams of terror and delight from the young drivers. After a short time, the electricity was turned off, everything stopped, and we children would beg our parents to let us ride just one more time.. This concept of barriers, or buffers, has gained new resonance for me recently. The more I learn about the long-term impacts of adverse childhood experiences, the more worried I am for the future of children in our country and state. Years ago, with the development of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology, we were able to understand more fully the dramatic growth taking place in baby brains during the first 1000 days of life, and the way external influences (for better and worse) could affect the development of the young child. We thought we had a handle on helping parents understand these dynamics so that they could better prepare their children for school. This was correct, but, as it turned out, a very

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narrow view of what benefits children (and society) could gain from paying careful attention to the very young. With further research provided by ACES (the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study), we have learned that the experiences of early childhood affect not only a child’s cognitive development but also the foundations of their world view, social emotional well-being, approach to learning, and long term health. In fact, the damage that can be done by unrelenting, uninterrupted, and unbuffered adverse experiences can change not only brain architecture, but also DNA. Early unbuffered adverse experiences are a huge contributing factor to later chronic diseases including seven of the 10 major causes of death in adults. We all know that a little bit of stress is good: It motivates, excites, and challenges us much as the bumper car ride gave kids a small sense of thrill and also a small sense of mastery. But stress that is never turned off, has no outer bounds, and has no bumpers or buffers, is extremely bad for children and adults. The good news, from groundbreaking research, is that adverse early experiences are not a life sentence and are preventable and reversible. Neuroplasticity allows for repair and redirection, if the proper supports are given. In Addison County we are beginning a project to help prevent adverse experiences from happening in the first place, and to buffer or mitigate their effects on children who experience them. The Paula Project, named after a beloved and brilliant pediatrician who passed away last November, is bringing (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

GOP governors could sweep N.E. New England is the region where President Trump’s approval ratings are lowest, and where the congressional delegations are most heavily Democratic. Currently, 11 of the 12 U.S. Senators from New England are members of the Democratic caucus, as are 20 of the 21 U.S. House members. However, Republicans could possibly hold all six New England governorships after November. The New England governors most likely to be re-elected are Republicans Charlie Baker in Massachusetts and Phil Scott in Vermont. Baker and Scott are moderate Republicans of a type that has practically disappeared outside New England. Their approval ratings are high, they have spoken out against Trump on issues such as immigration, trade and health care, and their opponents have never previously held elected office. Both are favored for re-election in a year in which Democrats will do well for most other offices in their states. By Eric L. Davis Republican Chris Sununu appears to be heading toward re-election in New Hampshire. However, incumbent governors in New Hampshire are not always re-elected, as has been the case in Vermont since 1964. New Hampshire statewide elections are now among the most competitive in the nation. Sununu does benefit from a well-known New Hampshire political name: his father was governor and his brother served in both houses of Congress. Sununu faces an experienced Democratic candidate, Molly Kelly, who served in the New Hampshire Senate for 10 years. The fourth New England governor running for re-election is Democrat Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island,

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coming to the end of her first term. Raimondo is a moderate, business-oriented Democrat who started the first venture capital firm in Rhode Island. She was opposed by two progressive candidates, who together received 43 percent of the vote, in this year’s Democratic primary. Raimondo needs the support of progressive voters to be assured of re-election. The Republican candidate in Rhode Island is Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, who lost to Raimondo by four points in 2014. Fung is a moderate Republican in the Baker-Scott mold. Polls indicate that Raimondo and Fung are each supported by 35 to 40 percent of voters, with independent candidates receiving the balance. Unlike in Vermont, a plurality of the votes cast is sufficient to be elected governor in Rhode Island. Connecticut’s governorship is open because incumbent Democrat Dan Malloy, the governor with the lowest approval rating in the nation earlier this year, decided not to seek a third term. Some of Malloy’s unpopularity may rub off on Democratic candidate Ned Lamont, who has lost two previous statewide races, one for U.S. Senator, the other for governor. The Republican candidate for Connecticut governor, Bob Stefanowski, is a business executive whose platform is largely based on supply-side economics, and has been endorsed by Trump. The winner of the Connecticut governorship may end up being the less unpopular candidate. The most interesting gubernatorial election in New England is in Maine, where two-term Republican Paul (See Davis, Page 5A)

Considering education policy, I believe Chris Bray and Ruth Hardy are our best choices for Vermont senator. Chris has represented us well the past few years on the Senate Education Committee, where he has been a strong voice in support of our schools. Importantly, he asks good questions about the role of the state in local decision making. Ruth has spent many years serving our school boards, first at Mary Hogan and then at ACSD. While I may not always agree with the positions she has taken, she has clearly thought a lot about schools and deeply understands the complex relationship between state government and local control. Together I believe Chris and Ruth will be strong advocates for our kids and will serve as a counterbalance to pressure from the state to cut corners. Perry Lessing Weybridge

Editorial brought many together Thanks to Angelo for remembering Deane Rubright in such a perfect way. To me, it was not just a reminder of what a rare guy Deane was, and of the great community that Middlebury is, but also that, as the Beatles said, “Love is all there is.” In these times of contentious debate and taking sides, we were all there on the same side for Deane. His enthusiasm, and generosity and humor are all reminders of how much one person’s heart can touch us all. Jim Berrien Westport, Conn.

Change in bear season mistaken Some time ago bear season lasted through deer season. During moderate no-snow weather many bear were taken. But with deer season moved a week later and bear season ending, most of deer season very few bears were taken. Now with November being mild enough for bears not to den you would think to harvest more bears. The Fish and Game would have bear season during all of deer season when the most hunters are out in bear country. And a good time to age your bear for eating without being fly blown. Arnold Gale Salisbury

Senate candidate deserves support I am writing in support of the candidacy of Ruth Hardy for the Vermont Senate seat from Addison County. I have long been impressed with Ruth’s intelligence, energy and commitment to our community, our state, and to the important issues facing us. I have appreciated Ruth’s (See Letter, Page 5A)

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Letters to the Editor Reflecting on endless war on terror

On Saturday, Sept. 8, my husband and I were visiting loved ones in Manchester, Vt. I was drawn to a park where I could listen to and watch the flow of the Battenkill River. It was a good place to continue with my daily prayers. I was pulled away by the engraved dates in the curved sidewalk: World War II, 1941-1945. Korean War, 1950-1953. Vietnam War, 19651973. Gulf War, 1990-1991. Global War on Terror, 2001-the present. Does that mean that the Global War on Terror lasts forever? The United States Army sent Special Forces into Afghanistan in October 2001. The United States sent troops into Iraq in March, 2003. That was the beginning of this new war. Tom Engelhardt, in The Nation, wrote an article, “A New Map Shows the Alarming Spread of the U.S. War on Terror.” It was published on Jan. 4, 2018. The Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs has made a map that shows disturbing information. The map shows where the U.S. has military bases and/or lily pads used in counterterror activities, where there is training in counterterrorism, where the U.S. has troops on the ground, and where the U.S. operates direct air and drone

strikes. Seventy-six countries have been affected so far. What kind of hideous Pandora’s Box did the Bush-Cheney Administration and members of Congress unleash upon us? War is terror. I’d rather pay attention to Martin Luther King, Jr. ”Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” “Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.” That second quote is posted on the website of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Eighty-seven year old fellow peace activist, Bunny Daubner introduced me to this group. These families who lost loved ones on September 11th believe it is important to work for peace. One of their most recent projects is supporting The Afghan Peace Volunteers and their Global Days of Listening. Go to the website and find out more. Reflect. If you are so moved, make a donation online or write a check. Make the check out to Peaceful Tomorrows/Tide Center and mail it to September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, PO Box 20145, NY, NY 10025 Patricia Heather-Lea Bristol

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) service on local school boards, including as chair of the Mary Hogan School Board, co-chair of the Charter Committee, which organized the unified Addison Central School District, and then on the new ACSD Board, including leading its finance committee. I know her background working at Middlebury College’s budget office helped her bring this expertise to her work in public service. I am grateful for her work as a grant-writer for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and as director of the Addison County Open Door Clinic, providing free medical care to uninsured Vermonters. Ruth currently serves as executive director of Emerge Vermont, which is “the state’s premier organization that recruits, trains and provides a powerful network to Democratic women who want to run for office.” Its candidate training program provides women with the skills they need to run successful political campaigns — at all levels of government. Emerge alumnae now hold seats in the Vermont House and Senate, as well as on local library and school boards. Ruth worked hard as campaign manager for Lindsey Fuent-

Many people in Vermont and the nation look to Addison County as a fore-runner with great innovations. If we can be successful in implementing this direct connection between the healthcare and childcare communities, we may eventually save millions of children from poor life trajectories and save communities from huge healthcare costs. I love the idea that we can allow all children to grow with the kinds of challenges that will promote their greatest capacity, the kinds of boundaries that will keep them safe, and

the kinds of services that will buffer them from unrelenting negative experiences. I love the idea that we can work in partnership with parents and community members to promote the health of all our children. Cheryl Mitchell is president of Treleven, a retreat and learning program located on her family’s sheep farm in Addison County. She does freelance consulting on issues related to children, families, social policy and farm to community work. She can be reached at cheryl.w.mitchell@gmail.com.

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) LePage cannot seek re-election because of a term limit. LePage was elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2014, with less than 50 percent of the vote because the non-Republican vote was divided between Democratic and independent candidates. The same outcome, with different candidates, could happen again in 2018. The Republican nominee in Maine

is Shawn Moody, a conservative who portrays himself as a political outsider. The Democratic nominee is Attorney General Janet Mills. There are also two independent candidates: State Treasurer Teresa Hayes, and Alan Caron, head of Envision Maine, a non-profit supporting small business development. Maine uses ranked-choice voting in primaries, but not in general elec-

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Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) together pediatricians and other primary care providers, with the network of strength-based childcare programs in our county. It is making real the desire physicians expressed to be able to prescribe high quality, family strengthening childcare for families about whom they have concerns. And it could make real the desire that families will actually be able to afford the services they need. There is already great excitement within the philanthropic and research communities about this approach.

es-George’s successful run for Middlebury selectboard, and I am thrilled that Lindsey is now a member of our town’s governing body. Therefore, I was so pleased to learn that Ruth, herself, decided to run for higher office. She is smart, hardworking, experienced and committed to service. We couldn’t be better represented in the state Senate. I urge everyone to learn more about Ruth Hardy, and to vote for her on Election Day. Emily Joselson Middlebury

tions. Polls indicate that the second choice of most voters supporting Hayes and Caron would be Mills, not Moody. However, if the independent candidates end up drawing votes from Mills, Moody could, like LePage, win the governorship with less than 50 percent of the vote. Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

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Obituaries

Randall Freeman, 73, Bristol BRISTOL — Surrounded by his family, Randall Freeman, 73, died at his Bristol home on Sept. 1, 2018. Born to Albert and Marjorie Freeman on July 7, 1945, in Montpelier, Randall grew up in Middlebury. After graduation from Middlebury High School, he joined the Vermont Army National Guard, where he served for six years, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He also worked with Dutton Smith and Company for a decade, eventually becoming a project supervisor. He was instrumental in the design and construction of many buildings and projects in the Middlebury area while with Dutton Smith, including building the copper dome in the Copper Dome Room at Fire & Ice. Randall continued these activities after he opened his own electrical contracting business in 1975 as a master electrician. In 1982, he returned to school and earned a LUCY PARKER JIMMO degree in computer science from Champlain College. After graduation, 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please he took a position as a programmer at send gifts to the Bixby Public library Co-operative Insurance Companies in Middlebury, where he worked for the for their children’s room.◊ next 33 years. One of Randall’s biggest projects as a programmer was a major

Lucy Jimmo, 91, North Ferrisburgh NORTH FERRISBURGH — Lucy Parker Jimmo, 91, of North Ferrisburgh, Vt., peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on Sept. 11, 2018. Lucy was born in the midst of a major snowstorm to Robert and Luna (Field) Parker on Jan. 20, 1927. Childhood summers were spent on Mt. Philo, where her love of Vermont’s natural beauty developed . Growing up she was an avid 4-H member while attending the ‘Hollow School’ (1-8th) and Vergennes High School, where she graduated from in 1945. She went on to complete her teacher training at Johnson Teachers College in 1948 and further teacher training at UVM. Her favorite was teaching first grade, which she did in Greensboro Bend, Jericho and Charlotte. In 1956 she married Robert H. Jimmo and had three daughters Constance, Brenda

and Cheryl. When they reached school age she returned to teaching as a beloved substitute teacher in Northern Addison County in the 60’s and 70’s. Robert and Lucy owned the Jimmo’s Four Corner Store — a fixture in the community for many years. She will be remembered as a devoted wife of 56 years, a dearly loved mother and grandmother, an avid reader and cookie baker. Lucy was a long-time member of the United Methodist church in North Ferrisburgh. She is survived by her daughters, grandchildren Erika, Chad, Annie, Nick and Yohanan, and four greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at United Methodists Church in North Ferrisburgh. Friends may call at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes on Friday, Sept. 21, from

system for the company’s agents. Partway through his Co-op career, he moved into the role of network administrator, and was part of the network team for most of the next two decades. Randall was a remarkable man. He did not talk a lot, but he knew a lot, and his dry sense of humor showed that he cared very much. He was never one to give up or do things halfway. He was strong, loyal, dependable, and stubborn. His co-workers knew him as a patient, calm, tenacious troubleshooter… and a key player on the unofficial company crossword team. He was also very artistic and creative, and used his design and building skills on unique items such as a custom go-cart for his daughters. (He also built some of the neatest woodpiles in Addison County each year.) He will be sorely missed and fondly remembered by all. He is survived by his life partner, Naomi Drummond; his daughters, Lisa Moran and Lori Stone; and his granddaughters, Madison Moran and Alicia Stone. Also surviving are his brothers, Michael, Bruce, Henry and Kenny and their families. There will be an open house celebration of life for Randall at the Bristol

RANDALL FREEMAN American Legion on Oct. 7, from 1:30 until 4 p.m. Should you wish, donations in Randall’s memory may be made to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

Barbara Forth, 97, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Barbara Lewis Lawton Forth, 97, died peacefully Wednesday night Sept. 12, at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vt. She was born in Woodstock, Vt. on April 12, 1921, the daughter of Rupert and Ruth (Blakely) Lewis, successful farmers in Woodstock. Barbara graduated from Woodstock High School in 1939. Her first husband of 52 years was Dr. Richard Lawton (deceased 1998). They resided near Philadelphia, Pa., and in Schenectady, N.Y. raising two daughters, Anne and Ruth. After being widowed Barbara married James J. Forth in 2000. They were married for 16 years. Jim died in 2016. Barbara was a creative and active homemaker her whole life. Among her many interests and talents were gardening and preserving her produce, quilting, sewing (she was trained as a seamstress and tailor), flower arranging (she was a flower show judge), genealogy and traveling. Barbara was active in many churches throughout her lifetime. Most recently she attended St. Kateri Tekawitha (formerly St. Helen’s

of Schenectady) with her husband, James. Her faith was an important part of her life. Barbara is survived by her two daughters: Anne Lawton Wheeler, married to W. Edward Wheeler, and their children Jessica Anne Wheeler (children Trajan and Payton Artt); Rachel Wheeler Ethier, married to Jesse Ethier, (children Annanya and Alaya Ethier); and Nicolas G. Wheeler; and daughter Dr. Ruth Lawton McEvoy, married to Dr. Michael McEvoy, and their children Christopher McEvoy and his wife, Jenica and son, Eli; and Dr. Anna McEvoy Paull and her husband Dr. David Paull and their son, Sam. She is also survived by Jim’s five children James, Michael, Cathy, Patty, and Mark and also the late Robert and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, who all became part of their family together. In addition to her parents, Barbara is predeceased by her sister Marion Lewis Piastro and her husband Mike. Because of Barbara’s great love of Woodstock she will be laid to rest with her family there. A graveside service will be held at the Prosper Cemetery in Woodstock, Vermont on Wednesday,

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EDGEWATER, Fla. — Steven Kolaczewski, 64 years young, from Edgewater Fla., (formerly from Bristol, Vt.) died unexpectedly on Sept. 9, 2018. He was born on Nov. 7, 1953, in New Bedford, Mass., to the late Walter John and Barbara (Jean) Kolaczewski. Steve and Gerry (Barber) Kolaczewski married on Aug. 8, 1992 and recently retired together and moved to the New Smyrna, Fla., area. Steve leaves behind his wife of 26 years, Gerry; two grandchildren, Mikayla and Colby Farnsworth, known to them as Pipea; his stepchildren Randy Farnsworth and daughter-in-law Amy of Middlebury, Vt., Delsie (small fry) Polgar and sonin-law Antoine of Middlebury, Vt.,

Sept. 26, at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions can be given to the Pregnancy Resource Center of Addison County, Middlebury, Vermont. FERRISBURGH — Lawrence Arrangements are under the Halstead Keyes, 77, of Ferrisburgh, Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, a former Rutland resident, died Vermont. An online guest book can be Aug. 30, 2018, at the University of found at cabotfh.com.◊ Vermont Medical Center. He was born in Rutland, June 28, 1941, the son of Atty. Robinson and Obituary Guidelines Dorothy (Halstead) Keyes. He attended Rutland High School, The Independent will publish paid obituaries and and graduated from Deerfield free notices of passing. Paid obituaries cost 25 cents per word and will be published, as submitted, on the Academy in Deerfield, Mass., in date of the family’s choosing. Paid obituaries are 1959, and Dartmouth College in marked with a “◊” symbol at the end. 1963. He received an M.B.A. from The Independent offers a free notice of passing up to 100 words, subject to editing by our news the University of Vermont in 1981. department. Photos with either paid obituaries or As a youth, Larry spent summers at free notices cost $10 per photo. Obituaries may be Camp Keewaydin on Lake Dunmore, emailed to obits@addisonindependent.com, or call where he enjoyed overnight canoe802‑388‑4944 for more information. ing, and at the family camp on Lake Bomoseen, where he enjoyed crewing and sailboat races with his father. Mr. Keyes served as a Lieutenant in the Vermont National Guard Medical Corp. He was also a volunteer on the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, and he drove ambulances for the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad. On November 10, 1967, he married

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Michael Whitney death announcement SALISBURY — Michael Allen Whitney, age 62, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. A full obituary will appear in a later edition of the Addison Independent.

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and Scott Levesque and daughter-inlaw Dawn of New Bedford, Mass.; his sisters Debbie Smith and Beth Kolaczewski, as well as 16 nieces and nephews and many extended family members and great friends. Steve enjoyed being outdoors, riding his motorcycle, the ocean and anything having to do with nature. He also loved watching the birds and teaching us about them (sometimes more than we wanted to know). Steve was a heartfelt man and loved to share his knowledge and ideas. Steve was also passionate about helping others become the best version of themselves they could be. A service to celebrate Steve’s life will be held on Oct. 6, at 10 a.m. at St. Ambrose Church in Bristol, Vt.◊

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Peg Grimes, daughter of Camp and Mary Grimes, both deceased, also of Rutland. Larry was employed as an accountant by Central VT Public Service Corp. in Rutland, as the spokesperson for Vermont Yankee, and as Director of Finance for Green Mountain Power Corp. in South Burlington. Surviving are his wife, Peg Keyes of Ferrisburgh; his sister, Carolyn K. Hignite, of South Burlington; his brother, Atty. Allan R. Keyes, of Rutland and St. George; two nephews and five cousins. He was predeceased by his parents and two cousins. Visiting time will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at 2:15 p.m., followed by a prayer service at 3 p.m. at Clifford Funeral Home in Rutland. Officiating will be the Rev. Liam LAWRENCE H. KEYES Muller, Minister of Trinity Episcopal Church in Rutland. Memorial contributions in The Keyes family is grateful for the wonderful care and dedication of Larry’s memory can be made to the Larry’s caregivers, all of whom he Vergennes Area Rescue Squad, 106 Panton Road, Vergennes, Vt. 05491.◊ loved and enjoyed for many years.

Kathleen Jackson, 59, Middlebury native PHOENIX, Ariz. — Kathleen Faye Jackson (Munson) passed unexpectedly on Aug. 8, 2018, in Phoenix, Ariz. Kathy was born in Middlebury, Vt., on Feb. 25, 1958, to William J. Munson Jr. and Joyce E. Munson. Kathy is survived by her daughter Terra D. Jackson of Surprise, Ariz.; her siblings Robert Munson of Lincoln, Lisa Sanchez, of New Haven and Roger (Scott) Munson of Shoreham; her beloved grandson Kyler Jackson of Surprise, Ariz., and her mother Joyce E. Munson of Lincoln/Williston. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews, six great nieces/nephews and many treasured cousins. Kathy wore many hats, but her favorite by far was that of being a grandmother to Kyler. Her infectious KATHLEEN FAYE JACKSON and devious laugh lingers as well as her deep-rooted love for her family. We will celebrate her life at a Vt., at 1 p.m. memorial service on Sunday Oct. Kathy was predeceased by her 14, at Burnham Hall in Lincoln, father William J. Munson Jr.◊

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John LaFountain, 57, Bridport BRIDPORT — John E. LaFountain, 57, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at his residence in Bridport. He was born Feb. 17, 1961, in Middlebury, the son of Robert J. and Patricia A. (Fitzgerald) LaFountain. John attended schools in Weybridge and Middlebury Union High School. He was a member of the National Mud Race Association and the Antique and Classic Boat Society, Lake Champlain Chapter. John enjoyed woodworking, building things from reclaimed timbers, boat restoration and motor sports. He is survived by his life partner Becky Sheppard of Bridport, by his mother Patricia LaFountain of Weybridge, by his siblings, Susan Anderson and husband Tim of Bridport, Michael LaFountain and partner Sharon O’Brien of Weybridge and Diana Rule-Senzel and husband Craig of Essex, by his step children, Brian Sheppard and wife Bridgette, Amanda Sheppard and partner Gregory Sands, R.J. Towle and wife Kristal, Joseph Lilly, Kristin Sunderland, A.J. Sunderland and son-in-law Tom Huestis. Also by his grandchildren Kaleb, Jordan, Lucius, Tharon, Gabriel and Ronnie, also by several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

JOHN E. LAFOUNTAIN He was predeceased by his father Robert J. LaFountain in 2007 and by a nephew Robert LaFountain in 2017. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, from 2-3 p.m. at Sanderson Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main St., Middlebury. A Memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. with Rev. Stephen Payne officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Open Door Clinic, 100 Porter Dr., Middlebury, VT 05753. Arrangements under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

Catherine Smith, 96, formerly of Middlebury ELK GROVE, Calif. —Catherine Shambo Smith, age 96, passed away peacefully on Sept. 1, 2018, in Elk Grove, Calif. She was born Catherine Lucy Shambo on May 13, 1922 in Middlebury, Vt. to Ada Harvey and George N. Shambo. She graduated from Middlebury High School followed by Bellevue Nursing School in New York City. Catherine married George H. Smith of Oswego, N.Y., on May 12, 1949. They moved to San Francisco, Calif., with her twin sons and daughter in 1957. Catherine was very proud of her nursing career, loved her family, jigsaw and crossword puzzles and beautiful Vermont. Catherine was preceded in death by her husband George H. Smith, and sisters Hope Shambo, Theresa (Shambo) Steely, Doris Shambo and Dolores (Shambo) Lowre. Catherine is survived by her twin sons, Ted and Bill Smith, daughter Cindy (Smith) Merritt and son-inlaw Rick Merritt, grandchildren, Jennifer (Merritt) Daniel and Chris Daniel, Paul Merritt and Kari (Krier) Merritt, great-grandchildren Kaitlin and Nicole Daniel, Hailey and Payton Merritt and many nieces

CATHERINE SHAMBO SMITH and nephews. Catherine was laid to rest in a private service at East Lawn Memorial Park in Elk Grove, Calif. The family is grateful for remembrance donations that may be made to The Bellevue Hospital Auxiliary through the following website bellevuehospitalauxiliary. org or the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 326 College St., Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

Naturalist to offer ‘virtual hike’ up Mount Philo at Rokeby on Sept. 23 FERRISBURGH — Naturalist and author Judy Chaves will lead a “virtual” hike up Mt. Philo on Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh. Chaves’ illustrated talk, using then-and-now photos, old maps, and even a bit of poetry, will share what historic gems lie hidden within plain sight in the park. Overlooking the Champlain Valley from its vantage point in southern Chittenden County, Mt. Philo has been enjoyed by generations of residents and visitors seeking outdoor enjoyment. The landscape history of Mt. Philo, Vermont’s first state park, is the landscape history of Vermont, in miniature. “Sheep fever,” the

devastating deforestation of the mid-1800s, Vermont’s early tourism industry, the early conservation and park movements, reforestation — it’s all there on the mountain, if you know where to look. Chaves, a North Ferrisburgh resident and long-time Mt. Philo hiker, has spent eight years researching the mountain’s history and has recently written a guidebook to the park’s historic sites. Signed copies of the guidebook will be available for purchase. The program is co-sponsored by the Ferrisburgh Historical Society. Admission is $5 or free with Museum admission or membership in FHS or Rokeby Museum.

Letters to the Editor Audet and Ralston go together like cream and coffee I have been part of the Vermont dairy industry for my entire adult life, so it should not come as any surprise that I would strongly support one of my own. I hope you will join me on Nov. 6 in voting for Independents Marie Audet and Paul Ralston for Vermont Senate in the Addison District. Marie and Paul are running a unique campaign in that they are running as a “ticket.” They promise to work in tandem and pull the rope in the same direction. How often have you heard, “I can’t get anything done because I can’t get anyone else to go along with my ideas?” Here we have an opportunity to send two likeminded people to Montpelier. When contemplating who will receive my vote on Election Day, I have a very simple way of deciding my candidates of choice. I like to think of it as my ABCs. A is for agriculture. Marie Audet is one of the most qualified candidates to advocate for dairy farming in Vermont that I

have seen in a very long time. Her commitment to Vermont agriculture far surpasses anyone else in the arena. She has tirelessly devoted herself in worthwhile efforts to improve and protect the wellbeing of Vermont dairy farming. B is for business. As a small business owner himself, Paul Ralston is no stranger to the challenges Vermont businesses face. Like our dairy producers and agribusinesses, Paul deals with the obstacles associated with running a business in the modern era. Marie and Paul both share an understanding of what it takes to get it done. C is for community. Not only do business leaders like Marie and Paul provide decent jobs for our community, the money they and their employees spend goes back into our community and local economy. The strength of our community relies entirely on the strength of our local businesses. Just drive through a town where

Dems back Independent candidates

We have been Democrats for most of our adult life, favoring liberal and progressive programs. One of us (Betty) was instrumental in establishing the Democratic Party in Middlebury and Addison County. But we are not so dyed-in-the-wool that we would not vote for an outstanding candidate from another party, or, as in this case, Independents. We were proud to support the late great Jim Jeffords. This is one of those instances. Marie Audet and Paul Ralston are outstanding candidates, and we are certain that if elected they will serve the County and the State well, and not only that, but they will also provide wise and inspired leadership that Vermont politics sorely needs. One of us (Betty again) served with Paul in the Vermont House and knows first-hand his legislative skill, his dedication, his hard work, and his ability to come up with imaginative and constructive solutions to problems. What Marie and Paul bring is experience and accomplishment

in the two main areas of the local economy: agriculture and the local craft industry, which have brought not only increased wealth to the county, but “good jobs close to home,” which is the key to success in economic development. They have also taken the lead in energy use, relying on renewable energy sources to power work, so that economic growth and environmental preservation can go hand in hand. In a free society, a robust economy is essential. It provides the means that support the public sphere: health care, education, and social services. Paul and Marie understand this, and they have adopted these public goods as their chief goals. The people of Addison County have a rare opportunity in the candidacy of Marie Audet and Paul Ralston for the Vermont Senate. We support them with enthusiasm and urge you to join us in voting for them on election day. Betty and Victor Nuovo Middlebury

Jerome offers strong experience I am so happy to be able to cast a vote this November for Stephanie Jerome. I have known Stephanie and her husband for nearly 20 years now and cannot think of a better person to work for us in Montpelier. Stephanie grew up in Rutland County attending local schools and UVM. When she and her husband, Brian, decided to raise a family they chose Brandon because of the strong sense of community they saw there and because of the local schools. Stephanie Jerome is a strong supporter of our local schools, which she believes are the bedrock of our community. The Jeromes started a successful business in town producing science education videos. They bought and improved a rundown commercial property in town to house their business. A few years later they bought another empty commercial building nearby and improved it. Stephanie has firsthand experience developing commercial properties. In addition she has employed local citizens, including my own son when he was in high school.

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Stephanie Jerome knows what it means to make a payroll as well as to start and build a business. Stephanie understands the challenges of balancing work with raising a family and knows the importance of affordable childcare and health care. She will be a strong advocate for young families working hard to make ends meet. Stephanie Jerome is experienced and energetic. She has volunteered on various boards including the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, the Brandon Economic Development Committee and the Brandon Planning Commission. Stephanie will be a strong voice for our towns, our businesses, our schools, our people and our families. Please join me in voting for her as our representative in Montpelier. John Peterson Brandon

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most of the Main Street businesses have closed up shop, and you will see what I mean. If you want to see community at its very best, go to the annual Breakfast on the Farm, which Marie’s Blue Spruce hosted last year. These events are an absolute shining example of our local dairy farms and businesses reaching out to the community to educate them about what they are all about. Marie and her family excelled at making the community feel welcomed and appreciated. These are a few of my thoughts. Naturally, there are other issues that are important to me, just as I imagine there are other issues that are important to you. But I see agriculture, business, and community as being central to the future of Vermont, and that is why I support Audet and Ralston for Vermont Senate. Bob Grim General Manager Feed Commodities International Inc. Middlebury

Ruth Hardy practices what she preaches. After training democratic women to run for office, she decided to toss her hat in the ring herself. She is a highly qualified candidate for the Vermont senate representing the voters of Addison County. Ruth Hardy will be an active and effective voice in the state senate. I know her well as a friend, as a colleague, and as the Executive Director of Emerge Vermont for the last three years. She is well informed about local and state issues. She is a good listener and a quick study. And if she doesn’t know the answer to a question, she will do her best to find out. Having served on Addison Central school boards for three terms has made her familiar with grassroots politics. Her work with nonprofits and as a volunteer for several organizations makes her knowledgeable about the needs of her community. Ruth will weigh all the facts when she gets to Montpelier and then make a decision. She knows how to get things done. She has a passion for the state of Vermont and is inspired to improve the lives of all Vermonters. Madeleine May Kunin Former Governor of Vermont Shelburne

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“Lincoln Hill Settlements” talk in Bristol. Thursday Sept. 20, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. The Bristol Historical Society will welcome Elise Guyette, Vermont historian and author as she traces African-American farmers settling and working the land in Hinesburg, Vt., from 1790-1890. Free and open to the public. More info call Steve Ayotte at 802-453-7709.

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Re-Storying The Earth Through Wildlife Tracking in Lincoln. Friday, Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Anderson Wells Farm, 2542 Quaker St. Vermont Family Forests invites you to join renowned tracker Mike Kessler for this introduction to the expansive art and science of wildlife tracking. Rediscover our natural human capacity to engage in the stories written upon the land each day. $25, includes wood-fired pizza lunch. “Robert Wyatt: The Cotton Club in 1920’s Harlem” in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 21, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Join Wyatt as he shares his knowledge and musical talents in this presentation about The Cotton Club, favored by the city’s elite, and dubbed “the Aristocrat of Harlem.” Film and sound clips will partner with colorful stories that illustrate the musical and social life of New York in the 1920s and 30s. Free and open to the public. Refreshments and social hour to follow. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. Spaghetti dinner in Shoreham. Friday, Sept. 21, 5-7 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Feast on spaghetti with meatballs or vegetarian spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert and beverage for only $10 adults, $7 for youth (ages 7 to 17) and under 7 free. Come support the young people in our midst for their efforts.

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Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. UVM Health Network/Porter Medical Center community celebration in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 24, 4-5:30 p.m., Porter Medical Center, 115 Porter Dr. Music, refreshments, Board meeting and reports, tours of the new ARCH suites and renovations to Helen Porter Post-Acute Unit and more. Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue fundraiser in Vergennes. Monday, Sept. 24, 7:30-11 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Help raise funds for Vermont’s orphaned and injured birds and mammals, and prepare them for a second chance at life in the wild, and provide education programs for children and adults, and train new wildlife rehabilitators. Bands The Grift and Squig Heart and DJ A-ra$ and Daddy Slingshot will provide the dance music. Refreshments and silent auction too. Tickets $10 at the door or $30 for families of three or more.

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“OUR FASCINATING MOON,” an astronomy lecture in Orwell on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6:30 p.m., at Orwell Free Library, 473 Main St., will explore the moon’s origin, evolution and present day make up. Hear how it affects Planet Earth and examine the unusual geological features and six Apollo landing sites.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Fall Dime Fair - 30 prize packages. Tickets 10/$1. Doors open at 10 a.m. for fair. Bingo and coffee hour will take place in the dining room Meal served at noon. Join us for chicken and biscuit, mashed cauliflower, peas & carrots and apple-blueberry crisp. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at

Hike to Rattlesnake Point/Cliffs above Lake Dunmore in Salisbury. Saturday, Participants Sept. 22. Green Mountain Club Breadloaf must bring Section hosts this is a 4-mile hike their own canoe or of moderate difficulty. A generally kayak, paddles, and life gentle hike but with several steep jackets. Registration required at inclines to gain the cliff area. 1160 register-ed.com/events/ ft. ascent. Views of Lake Dunmore, view/129563. Silver Lake, Otter Creek watershed MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION — a suite of Benefit bake in Middlebury. and the Adirondack Mountains. For meditative practices improving wellness, offered at Vergennes Wednesday, Sept. 26, 5-9 p.m., more information contact leader Anne American Flatbread, Marble Works. Movement Studio, 179 Main St., Vergennes, weekly Christie at achristie1026@gmail.com At this evening of good company and or 802-388-4347. More activities at beginning Thursday, September27th ‑ Nov. 15th @ 6:00 p.m. great food, a portion of the sales will go gmcbreadloaf.org. – 8:30. Visit www.ronidonnenfeld.com, 802‑793‑5073. to the Quarry Hill School Scholarship Fundraising Silent Auction in Bristol. Registration Deadline – September 23. Fund. Saturday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Addison County Disaster Animal Art on Main booth, Bristol town MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Adult Classes: Clay: Mon Response Team organizational green. Stop by Art on Main’s booth meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, & Weds Wheel, Mon Hand building, Mon PM Oils, Weds AM at the Bristol Harvest Fest and Sept. 26, 6-7:30 p.m., Homeward bid on a wide selection of jewelry, Paint, Thurs AM Oils, Drawing, Expressive Painting, Abstract Bound 236 Boardman St. Get ceramics, paintings, prints, textiles, Painting Kids: Clay Wheel & Hand Building, Thurs. Drawing involved with the development of an books, Vermont food products, gift & Painting middleburystudioschool.org Contact Barb Affiliated Regional DART for Addison certificates for local restaurants, County. Group leadership and future 247‑3702, ewaldewald@aol.com healing arts, lodging, cultural events, plans to officially charter with the skiing, and many other products and statewide Vermont Disaster Animal services. Proceeds benefit classes Response Team (VDART) will be discussed. RSVP 802-388-2287 to inquire. and community. to Maria Farnsworth at mer38@hotmail.com or call Bingo in Vergennes. Saturday, Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m., St. “The Art of Growing Food,” in Middlebury. Tuesday, 802-922-3664. Sept. 25, 1 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 South Maple St. All cash prizes, Birding by boat in Addison. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 5:30Rd. Join the Middlebury Garden Club as they host 50/50 raffle. Refreshments sold — mac ’n’ cheese, 7:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 Ellen Ecker Ogden, garden writer, who co-founded chili/cornbread, hot dogs, cookies, brownies, water Route 17. Location may be changed due to low water “The Cook’s Garden Seed Catalog.” Ogden will presand soft drinks. Sponsored by St. Peter’s Cemetery levels. Free but pre-registration required. More info at ent how to grow an edible garden with an eye towards Committee to benefit the on-going effort to repair headvtfishandwildife.com or 802-828-1000. beauty, easy care and pleasure. stones. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. “Woof! What’s the Dog Saying?” in New Haven. Diabetes prevention program in Middlebury. Begins Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m., New Haven Community Tuesday, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., Porter Medical Center, Library, 78 North St. Deb Helfrich of Gold Star Dog 115 Porter Dr. This program meets for 20-24 weeks Training will share her knowledge of dog commuand is designed to help people who are deemed at-risk nication and explain what dogs are saying with their Young Adventurers Club Hike at Texas for Type 2 diabetes. Potential candidates are those bodies. Dogs must be left at home — this is for humans Falls in Hancock. Sunday, Sept. 23, considered pre-diabetic based on elevated results in only. Free and accessible. More info call Deborah at Texas Falls, Forest Rd. 39. Green Mountain glucose tolerance test, or A1C or previous diagnosis 802-453-4015. Club Breadloaf Section hosts this hike in the Green of gestational diabetes. Persons considered at risk Mtn. National Forest. While the pace is geared may also qualify to participate. Free. Registration is towards younger adventurers (ages 4-8), everyone is required. For more/register contact Michele Butler, welcome. Call or email YAC Leader Lauren Bierman Community Health Team, 802-388-8860 or mbutler@ for meeting location and details at 802-349-7498 or portermedical.org. Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. laurenbierman1218@gmail.com. More activities at Chicken pie supper in Weybridge. Tuesday, Sept. Thursday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m., Vergennes gmcbreadloaf.org. 25, 5:30-8 p.m., Weybridge Congregational Church, Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, Taconic Mountains Ramble hike in Hubbardton. 2790 Weybridge Rd. The Weybridge Congregational 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and *Rescheduled from Sept. 16* Sunday, Sept. 23, 321 St. Church’s popular dinner returns with seatings at 5:30 coffee hour. Meal served at noon of meatloaf, mashed John Rd. Green Mountain Club Breadloaf section hosts and 7 p.m. Meal includes the church’s renowned red potatoes, diced carrots, wheat roll, and oranges. this hike at VT’s newest state park. About 4 miles with chicken pie, mashed potatoes and squash, salad, a Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donasome ascents. Group can choose from many trails: variety of side dishes, and apple and pumpkin pies. tion. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at some are steep, rocky and moderately challenging. Tickets $12 for adults/$6 for children 10 and under. 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and Hike includes a stop at the park’s Japanese water and Reservations required at 802-545-2246. their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. rock garden. Contact Beth Eliason at betheliason@ Barn quilt author speaks in Middlebury. Tuesday, Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. gmail.com or 802.989.3909 for meeting time and possiSept. 25, 7-8:30 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Writers Read Series in Brandon. Thursday, Sept. ble carpooling. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Suzi Parron has documented over 1,000 barn quilts in 27, 6-9 p.m., Book and Leaf Bookstore, 10 Park St. Vermont Sun Half Marathon in Salisbury. Sunday, the process of writing two books on the subject. Join Vermont authors Daniel Hecht and Bill Schubart will Sept. 23, 8:45 a.m., Branbury State Park, 35 70 Lake her in a journey along the quilt trail, beginning with the share their newest novels, both set in Vermont. All writDunmore Rd. Challenge yourself in a 5k, 10k, or halfvery first barn quilt. including over one hundred photos ers are encouraged to share a brief piece of writing marathon. Pre-registration/bib pick-up from 8:45-9:45 of barn quilts. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com (5 min. max) at the open mic. A celebration of writing, a.m. sharp at Branbury State Park on race morning. All or milkandhoneyquilt@yahoo.com. book signings, conversation and complimentary tea, runs start at 10 a.m. coffee and sweets. Chicken pie dinner in West Addison. Sunday, Sept. 23, College information night in Middlebury. Thursday, 12:30 p.m., West Addison Community House, Adults Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m, Middlebury Union High School, $10/children6-10 $5/5 and under free. Sponsored by Charles Ave. For high school seniors and their parents, Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. the U.M.W. of the United Methodist Church of West the program is designed to help families prepare for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 11 a.m., Halfway Addison. the process of applying to college. “Lake Champlain Over the Years: A Visual and House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal Historical Narrative” in Bridport. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Meal of soup, p.m., Bridport Community Hall, 52 Crown Point Rd. Lake sandwich, coleslaw and dessert. Advanced reserChamplain is one of the most historic bodies of water in vations required, call Michelle at 802-377-1419. $5 the United States. Come hear Vermont historian Don suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to American Red Cross blood drive in Wickman share tales of the lake’s heritage coupled with anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 28, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 illustrations. A Vermont Humanities Council event. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388p.m., Middlebury EMS Building, 55 Collins Dr. Secrets of Mt. Philo in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2287 to inquire. Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 3 p.m., Rokeby, 4334 Route 7. In this virtual tour, join “Healthy Living for Your Brain & Body” in Middlebury. 28, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open at Judy Chaves to learn about the landscape history of Wednesday, Sept. 26, 3:30 p.m., The Residence at 11:30, meal served at noon of cranberry sage chicken, Mt. Philo, Vermont’s first state park. From the devastatOtter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. An informative workshop, rice pilaf, peas, and fruit cobbler. Advanced reservaing deforestation of the “sheep fever” of the mid-1800s led by Lauren Bierman, focusing on insights into how tions required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. $5 to today’s popular day hike, Mt. Philo is the landscape to make lifestyle choices that may help you keep your suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to history of Vermont, in miniature. brain and body healthy as you age. Free and open anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. 2287 to inquire. “Income Tax Policy and Economic Growth” lecture in Free hop workshop in Starksboro. Saturday, Sept. 28, Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., Robert 10 a.m.-noon, Champlain Valley Hops, 5459 Route American Red Cross Blood Drive in A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, Middlebury 116. Peter Briggs and Julian Post, owners of Champlain Brandon. Monday, Sept. 24, noon-5 p.m., College. Dr. Andrew A. Samwick of Dartmouth College Valley Hops share their experiences with growing and Brandon American Legion Post 55, 55 Franklin will give the D. K. Smith ’42 Fall 2018 Economics processing quality hop products for Vermont brewers. St. Call 1-800-Red-Cross (1-800-733-2767) or visit Lecture, focusing on how the income tax is fundaRegistration required by Sept. 25. Held in conjunction redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment. mental both to the fiscal health of the United States with the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Streamline your donation experience and save up to and to efforts to promote equality in after-tax income. Crops and Soils Program. More info and registration 15 minutes by visiting redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to However, the ability and willingness of the federal at champlainvalleyhops.eventbrite.com or 802-524complete your pre-donation reading and health history government to tax income broadly have waned over 6501, ext. 432. To request a disability-related accomquestions on the day of your appointment. the past forty years. modation, call by Sept. 21. Veterans’ luncheon in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 24, Evening bird-watch paddle in Addison. Wednesday, Table of Grace community meal in Vergennes. Friday, 1 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Sept. 26, 5-7 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Sep. 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational The Residence invites all Veterans to join in a monthly Area, 996 VT Route 17. Join Vermont Fish & Wildlife Church, 30 S. Water St. Menu includes roast pork, complimentary luncheon to serve those who have Department staff and set out in canoes and kayaks potatoes, applesauce, vegetable and dessert. Free. served. Come meet other Veterans and friends and hoping to catch a glimpse of the many bird species that Mellow Yellow performs in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. enjoy a delicious meal. Free and open to all Veterans. are present at Dead Creek during the fall bird migration. 28, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St.

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calendar Public/$25 Midd ID holder/$10 Youth/$6 Midd student. More info at middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168. The Dick Forman Jazz Group in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. “What Is This Thing Called Jazz 2” is an evening of sparkling, sophisticated mainstream jazz offering a chance to look behind the curtain and see how jazz is created. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. John Funkhouser & Friends play jazz in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Experience this group of forward-thinking jazz musicians with an eclectic mix of influences: North Indian classical music, New Orleans street music, 70’s Funk and Prog Rock, the Great American Songbook, South African jazz, Chopin, and American folk music. Show $20. Dinner and show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or email info@brandon-music.net to reserve.

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Vermontb a s e d Sixties tribute band Mellow Yellow is marking their 10th anniversary with a new stage show called “Sixties Flashback” at the Town Hall Theater. The show will feature songs from the heyday of the late 1960s rock and pop music. Tickets $15. More info at townhalltheater.org. “Voice of the Violin: Beginnings and Now” performance in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Grammy-nominated Peter Sheppard Skærved is the dedicatee of over 400 works by composers ranging from Hans Werner Henze and George Rochberg to the young composers with whom he collaborates all over the world. This salon-style concert sets the music of our time in counterpoint with the rich repertoire for violin from the 17th century. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Addison County CROP Hunger Walk in Middlebury. Sunday, Sept. 30, noon, town green. Help fight hunger at the annual CROP Hunger Walk, a program sponsored and supported by local congregations, businesses, schools, sports teams, and individuals in partnership with Church World Service, an international relief, development and refugee resettlement agency. Twenty-five percent of funds raised go to our own local food shelves. Registration starts at noon walk gets underway at 1:00 p.m. More info contact Hallam at 802-388-1561 or go to CROP Walk website: crophungerwalk.org. Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Brandon. Sunday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Brandon American Legion, Route 7 S. 11 a.m.-noon, jam session. Noon-5 p.m. fun and dancing. Donations accepted. Refreshments available. All fiddlers welcome. Harvestfest in Brandon. Sunday, Sept. 30, 1 p.m., Estabrook Park. Harvest people making (stick figures, scarecrows, leaf people. hayrides, games, good, pumpkins and more. More info at 802-247-6401 or info@branodn.org. Watch Brandon.org for any changes. “The 24th Foot: A British Infantry Unit in Burgoyne’s Campaign” in Orwell. Sunday, Sept. 30, 1-2:30 p.m., Mt. Independence State Historic Site, 472 Mt. Independence Rd. Living historian Robert Grandchamp gives a lecture on the 24th Foot, part of the elite Advanced Corps. The regiment was one of ten infantry regiments with Burgoyne, was at Mount Independence and Hubbardton, had a detachment at Bennington, and fought at Saratoga. Chicken & Biscuit Supper in Middlebury. Sunday, Sept. 30, 5-6 p.m. Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 N. Pleasant St. A buffet-style dinner. Donation suggested. Proceeds raised go to mission and outreach activities. Annual Jamaican hymn sing in Shoreham. Sunday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. For decades, the Jamaicans who work at our local apple orchards have met to celebrate and worship in song and

Hike Treadway Mountain in Essex County, N.Y. Saturday, Sept. 29, Pharaoh Lake Wilderness. This moderate hike is 3.9 miles one way (7.8 miles RT). Elevation gain is 900 ft. Hike up from Putnam Pond State Campsite around the south end of the lake to good views at the open rocky summit, elevation 2240 ft. Carpooling from the Crown Point Bridge arranged. Call or email leader Jill Vickers at 802-989-2840 or jvickers@gmavt.net for start time and carpooling. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Pottery sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Route 7 South. Pottery by: Kathy Clarke, Ken Martin, Su Shannon, Tahira Whitcomb-Paulson, local potters, studio assistants and students. Find wonderful handmade pottery at affordable prices, also cards, jewelry, paintings and some surprises. Everything is locally made. This is a fundraiser to benefit the school. Opening and artist talk in Rochester. Saturday, Sept. 29, 3-6 p.m., Big Town Gallery, 99 N. Main St. New show of work by Laurie Sverdlove. More info at bigtowngallery.com. “BPM” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 3 and 8 p.m., Axinn Center 232, Old Chapel Rd., Middlebury College. In Paris in the early 1990s, a group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies in bold, invasive actions. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Cocktails Curing Cancer in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 5:30-9 p.m., Notte Neapolitan Pizza Bar, 86 Main St. a fundraiser to support live music by the Aaron Audet Band, appetizers, raffle and silent auction, and a pink photo booth will highlight this fundraiser for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Door prizes and event tee-shirts will be available. Breast cancer survivors receive a gift donated by Danforth Pewter. Tickets $25 available at cocktailscuringcancermiddlebury.com or contact Michele Almeida at middcocktailscuringcancer@gmail.com. “Wetware” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. See this film noir set in a near future where Galapagos Wetware, a cutting edge genetic engineering firm offers people down-on-their-luck the opportunity to be Mungos — genetically altered humans with enhanced stamina for dreary jobs like street sweeping and slaughterhouses, or arduous jobs in deep sea mining, industrial agriculture, and toxic clean-up. Tickets $15 adult/$5 student, available at Town Hall Theater, townhalltheater.org. “The Doughboys” in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Meet Middlebury’s premier faculty rock band. Their upbeat original pop-rock tunes remain the foundation of their repertoire, but they also cover everything from Paul Simon to Chuck Berry to the Grateful Dead. Tickets adults, $8/seniors and students $7/Couples $14. Chanticleer performs in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College. Come hear the multiple Grammy Award-winning KRISH MOHAN DELIVERS his one-man show “Empathy vocal ensemble with a special On Sale” in Middlebury on Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Marprogram called “Then and quis Theater, 65 Main St. Hear Mohan explore bubble culture There, Here and Now.” This and the current divide in today’s political climate with sharp anthology of the ensemble’s wit, storytelling and comedy to illustrate how capitalism, repertoire spans musical history identity politics, immigration and misunderstanding proin honor of their 40th annigressive ideals has led to unnecessarily splitting us apart. versary season. Tickets $30

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Jay Parini on WWI poets in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 2, noon, Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Middlebury College literature professor, historian, and novelist Jay Parini will discuss and read the memorable and inspirational poetry prompted by WWI. Part of the Sheldon’s series of noon-time talks offered in conjunction with the its current exhibit “Doughboys and Flyboys: WWI Stories by Vermonters From the Home and Battlefront.” More info at 802-388-2117 or HenrySheldonMuseum.org. Relapse & Revival Tour in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Nashville recording artist Robert Hunter’s nationwide 2018 Relapse & Revival tour is the first of its kind, a mixture of the literary and lyrical, promoting both a new novel, “Relapse,” and a new record, “Revival.” The evening will include an acoustic performance. Free and open to the public. Book signing to follow. Habitat for Humanity of Addison County info session in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Learn more about Habitat houses and how you may qualify. Light refreshments and babysitting provided. More info call 802-388-0400.

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“Cave of Forgotten Dreams” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, October 3, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. THT’s Great Art Wednesdays film series continues with Werner Hertzog’s breathtaking documentary, which follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. Tickets $13 adults/$8 students, includes $1 preservation fee available online at townhalltheater. org or the THT Box Office at 802-382-9222, MondaySaturday, noon-5 p.m. Manhattan Short Film Festival in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Join in on the judging when over 100,000 film lovers in over 250 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Museums, and Universities for one purpose ... to view and vote on the Finalists’ films in the 21st Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. “Creativity and Historical Truths” in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. The first of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesday series. Despite journalism’s essential role in informing the public about significant events, Dartmouth professor Irene Kacandes argues that it’s memoir, fiction, music, and art that often best convey truth and leave lasting impressions.

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Senior Meal in Bristol. Thursday, Oct. 4, noon, The First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. The menu includes chicken and biscuit, coleslaw, peas and carrots, and peach upside down cake. Suggested donation $4. Come early and talk with friends and make new ones. To be on the list call Nancy 802-453-5276. Habitat for Humanity of Addison County info session in Vergennes. Thursday, Oct. 4, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Learn more about Habitat houses and how you may qualify. Light refreshments and babysitting provided. More info call 802-388-0400. Learn about bobcats in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, Oct. 4. 6:30-8 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Offices and Community Center, 3297 Route 7. in “Wild Yet Wonderfully Near Us: Bobcats of the Champlain Valley,” naturalist Sue Morse will present a fascinating, fun and visually stunning slide show and lecture about wildlife in the Champlain Valley. Learn about bobcats and other mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles that live here as well as the habitat they need to survive and thrive. Free and open to the public. More info contact Amy at 802-434-7245. WWI Centennial memorial service in Cornwall. Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Ethan and Mary Baker Allen DAR Chapter House, Route 30. The General John Strong Chapter of the DAR and Porter Hospital invite the public to honor James J. Porter, U.S. Army Lieutenant, WWI, brother of Helen Porter and son of William Henry Porter, founder of Porter Hospital, who was killed in action in the Argonne Forest of France on Oct. 5, 1918. Desserts from Otter Creek Bakery provided. Free. Jerusalem Quartet in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Jerusalem Quartet makes its Middlebury debut on Fall Family Weekend, performing quartets by Beethoven, Ravel, and Shostakovich. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 Public/$22 Midd ID holder/$10 Youth/$6 Midd student. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

LIVEMUSIC Deb Brisson and the Hayburners Acoustic. Friday, Sept. 21, 7-9 p.m., Notte. Joel Cage in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Red Clover Jazz Trio in Middlebury. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Mark Sikora in Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7-9 p.m., Notte. Mellow Yellow performs in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater Voice of the Violin: Beginnings and Now” in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts The Doughboys in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. Chanticleer in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Mead Chapel. The Dick Forman Jazz Group in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. John Funkhouser & Friends in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Robin Gottfried Band in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 29, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Notte. Jamaican Hymn Sing in Shoreham. Sunday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church. Jerusalem Quartet in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

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Skeffington, Thompson NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — Christine Skeffington and Craig Thompson have announced their engagement to be married on May 25, 2019, in Shelburne, Vt. Skeffington is the daughter of Colleen and Mark Skeffington of Bristol. Thompson is the son of Mimi Faas and Elizabeth Thompson of New York City, N.Y. Both the bride and the groom attended Middlebury school Science teacher and the College. groom is a financial analyst. The Skeffington works as a middle couple lives in New York City.

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By JOHN FLOWERS MONKTON — Hurricane Florence is getting a lot of deserved publicity for battering humans, homes and businesses along the East Coast, and in particular the Carolinas. But many of the storm’s smallest victims are suffering in anonymity — they are the pets that have been abandoned or were caught by surprise in the 80 mph winds and flooding. Champlain Valley Canine Rescue (CVCR) here in Vermont is organizing aid for dogs now fending for themselves in states currently recovering from Florence. And it should be noted that landing in a shelter in some of those states — particularly South Carolina — is akin to a death sentence, as shelters kill animals if they haven’t been claimed or adopted after a certain period of time. Monkton resident Valerie Mullin, a member of CVCR, is putting out an urgent call for donations of dog food/ care supplies. And she’s also looking for volunteers to foster or adopt fourlegged refugees of Florence who might otherwise be killed in shelters. Right now, Mullin is looking to place three dogs — a mama and her two pups — who are friendly, cratetrained and were pulled minutes before their scheduled demise. She said the dogs can be kept together or split up. The two pups (a male and female) are around six months old, and the mom is around three years

old, according to Mullin. “They are currently with other dogs and cats in a South Carolina foster home and all get along great,” Mullin said through an email. “They are also all heartworm negative, current on heartworm/flea and tick medicine, altered, and fully vaccinated. All are super friendly and so happy all the time. They will be arriving on Saturday and need a place to stay.” Meanwhile, CVCR is partnering with some local businesses to collect dog food and supplies to take down South. Most needed are wet (canned) and dry dog/cat food, new and used dog crates and plastic carriers, kongs, peanut butter (smooth, no xylitol), pet collars, leashes, fleece/baby blankets, towels of all sizes and flat sheets. Also needed are gift cards to Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Petco, PetSmart and Amazon. Donors can bring the above items to the Monkton General Store and Martin’s Hardware in either Bristol or Middlebury, on either Thursday, Sept. 20, or Thursday, Oct. 4. CVCR will also gratefully accept financial donations, made out to CVCR, 91 Dart Hill Road, Monkton, 05473, or Paypal at tammy@cvcaninerescue.org. For more information, contact Mullin at 425-3768, or at vmulTHESE TWO PUPPIES — sister and brother — along with their mother lin@gmavt.net. Also, check out were rescued from Hurricane Florence and are being brought to VerChamplain Valley Canine Rescue on mont by Champlain Valley Canine Rescue, which is looking for a home that would like to adopt them. Facebook.

Pair of MUHS grads to be inducted in local high school hall of fame MIDDLEBURY — Two graduates of Middlebury Union High School will be inducted into the MHS/ MUHS Hall of Fame next Friday. New Hall of Famers Bill Cunningham and David Shaw will be introduced at halftime of the MUHS Homecoming football game vs. Rutland on Friday, Sept. 28, at Doc Collins Field. BILL CUNNINGHAM Cunningham, Class of 1973, played football, basketball and baseball; attended Boys State, and was a member of the National Honor Society during his years at MUHS. He graduated from Southern New Hampshire University and completed his Master’s Degree in Non Profit Management from Norwich University. In 2015, he retired from the Vermont Air National Guard after 37 years of service with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and Superintendent of the 229th Information Operations Squadron. He currently serves as the Regional Director for Addison County Transit Resources in Middlebury. As a member of the 229th Information Operations Squadron, Chief Cunningham was instrumental to the establishment and growth of the unit. Throughout the years, he became a subject matter expert on training personnel via advanced

BILL CUNNINGHAM distributed learning (ADL), and used this expertise to train junior enlisted and officers to the high standards and outstanding reputation expected of the 229 IOS. He established a fully functioning enlisted professional development program. Building on the foundation of the program he started, Cunningham developed a benchmark program to shape future enlisted leaders of the Vermont

Air National Guard. He is actively involved in the Enlisted Association of the National Guard (EANGUS) as the State President of the association that benefits both soldiers and airman. He has been instrumental to the establishment of a Military Ball Committee, which successfully planned, organized and presented military balls for 450 National Guard members and their families for the last seven years. Cunningham has also volunteered many years for Special Olympics providing athletes the opportunity to display their abilities. He started in 1978 as a cross country ski coach at the Vermont State Winter games and then the International Winter Games hosted at Smugglers Notch Vermont. He has continued in many roles with Special Olympics. He chaired a Special Olympics state basketball tournament hosted at Middlebury College in 1983. He currently coaches alpine skiing athletes. He served on the Law Enforcement Torch Run Board of Directors for Special Olympics as the representative from the National Guard for many years. He was inducted into the Law Enforcement Torch Run Hall of Fame in 2005, and was selected as the Torch Run Volunteer for the Year in 2009. In 2013 he was recognized by the

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Vermont National Guard with the General John L. Barr Community Service award, recognizing his volunteer contributions to his community. In 2016 the Addison County Chamber of Commerce recognized his community involvement with the Buster Brush Citizen of the Year Award. Bill is currently the President of the MHS/MUHS Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Middlebury Rotary and Lions Club. DAVID SHAW Shaw, known for his support of Tiger football, can often be found on the sidelines, encouraging officials and supporting the Tigers, only missing three home games in 38 years. A 1980 graduate of MUHS, Shaw represented the Tigers as a member of the football and wrestling teams, receiving two varsity letters, as well participating on three state championships teams, two in football, one in wrestling. David was the captain of the wrestling team his senior year. After graduation, Shaw shared his athletic experience as both a coach and official. He coached 5th- and 6th-, and 7th- and 8th-grade Middlebury flag football from 1980-1992 and served as a high school wrestling official throughout Vermont from 1980-1998. Shortly after graduation, David

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Club (Continued from Page 1A) can just hang out with our friends. It’s much quieter. We do have to set a good example for the little kids, but they have their space.” BACK TO THE FUTURE Of course, starting on the new site’s Sept. 10 opening day they could also just walk across the road from Vergennes Union High School. And that means the club after 18 years has come full circle: It opened in 2000 in the nearby National Guard Armory, only to lose that home when the terrorists struck on 9/11. After several other stops for most of the past decade the Boys & Girls Club has rented space on School Street, in the same building that now houses Bar Antidote and the Hired Hand Brewery. The club had been growing there, but that space could not match 20 Armory Lane, a former medical office, according to club Executive Director Jill Strube. “Everyone who has come through the door has just been blown away,” Strube said. “And the kids have raved about the space.” Despite paying $375,000 for a

building that needed renovations to become a youth clubhouse, Strube said the club is coming out ahead financially. A big factor is the generosity of Panton couple Philip and Roberta Puschel, who for several years had a standing offer in place to make a $100,000 down payment toward a clubhouse. They then made a further donation of $87,500 for renovations, once the community met the condition of matching it. The sign outside the clubhouse understandably dubs it “The Puschel Center.” Then the club’s effort to match their second offer raised $117,662, including a $25,000 anonymous gift and another gift of stock worth more than $5,000. All were personal donations, not foundation grants, per the Puschels’ terms. “The support was amazing,” Strube said. “We are affectionately known at the BGCA (Boys & Girls Club of America) as the little club that could. Everybody has heard our story and is basically just blown away at what we were able to do in six weeks.” Thus, even though there were

BOYS AND GIRLS Club of Greater Vergennes volunteer Karen Quigley, left, helps Kira Emmons, 11, with her spelling homework at the club’s new headquarters Tuesday afternoon. The new clubhouse opened on Sept. 10.

surprises in the renovations — a series of heating, air conditioning and hot-water heater issues added $14,000 to the tab — the club still came out ahead. There is the rental income: Tenant Breen Systems is staying on board, and club officials said the previous building owners financed the purchase with favorable terms. Earlier this summer Boys & Girls’ club president Jeff Fritz estimated when the dust settled the club would be ahead about $600 a month in its cash flow. BOOST TO THE CLUB And that doesn’t take into account the benefits to the members, Strube said, and the club. For one thing, attendance is already running ahead of the end of the past school year, and new members are signing on. “We opened with a bang. The first day we had 26 kids, and by Wednesday we had 35 kids,” Strube said. “We were hovering in the low 20s (in daily attendance), so to get up to 35 was amazing. And we’ve gotten 10 new members in the last weekand-half since we opened. Kids keep coming in … The kids seem to love the building.” And the yard. “Kids have gone out and played basketball. Kids have played foursquare. They’re kicking soccer balls around on the lawn. We’ve had the hula hoops out,” Strube said. The heating and ventilation glitches did delay the opening from Sept. 4 to the 10th, but Strube was full of praise for main contractor Black Diamond Builders Inc. of Brandon and HVAC company J.W. and D.E. Ryan Plumbing & Heating Inc., both of which she said worked on a “time and materials” basis because of the club’s nonprofit status. The only other glitch is the extra spaces make supervision a little trickier, and so far the club has not been able to fill a vacant part-time program assistant position. “We’re really known for one-on-

THE NEW BOYS and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes clubhouse is the first ever owned by the organization. Independent photos/Trent Campbell

one connection with our kids daily. And right now we’re understaffed,” she said. But in the long run Strube believes the club will grow successfully at 20 Armory Lane. Nearby elderly housing offers a chance for the club to establish mentoring and foster

grandparenting programs, and if necessary the building structure is sound enough to allow the club to expand into a second floor. “It’s a launching point for bigger and better things. Now we have a stable home. We have a sustainable mortgage that we can pay, so I think

now we can build on what we have,” Strube said. “Five years from now I think this place will be bigger and better than ever.” The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes has scheduled an open house at 20 Armory Lane for Thursday, Oct. 11, from 5:30-7 p.m.

RENE MARSHALL, LEFT, Bethany Cram and Mya Provencher sit in the library in the new Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes clubhouse, which features a more flexible layout.

Vt. Green Line (Continued from Page 1A) would start in Beekmantown, N.Y., run under Lake Champlain to Kingsland Bay in Ferrisburgh, follow several Ferrisburgh side roads to Route 7 at its intersection with Tuppers Crossing just north of Vergennes, go south along Route 7 to Route 17 in New Haven, and then head east to a converter station before hooking onto the major VELCO transmission that heads southward. As compensation for hosting the station and using New Haven road rights of way, National Grid had formally agreed to pay New Haven at least $1.4 million a year, put another $4 million toward a new fire station and town garage, and pay neighbors of the new power station there at least $1 million. Over the objections of some neighbors, New Haven voters

backed that deal, which the selectboard had recommended. National Grid spokesperson Alex Maclean of Leonine Public Affairs affirmed the company’s promises in a Wednesday email to the Independent. “National Grid stands by all of the commitments made to municipalities,” MacLean said. New Haven Town Clerk Pam Kingman confirmed Selectboard Chairman Steve Dupoise was contacted last week, and the issue was on the New Haven board’s agenda on Tuesday. National Grid had not struck a final deal in Ferrisburgh, where the selectboard also briefly discussed the VGL at its Tuesday meeting. MacLean recently spoke to Ferrisburgh’s VGL committee head, Craig Heindel. Heindel told the Independent

on Wednesday MacLean said National Grid recognizes it must complete a “Host Town Agreement” for use of and work in about a half-dozen miles of Ferrisburgh’s road rights of way, plus details of the project and restoration of the roadsides. Heindel said MacLean represented that National Grid would “reopen discussions and negotiations with the town of Ferrisburgh” and “clearly acknowledged the arrangement with Ferrisburgh was not finalized.” MacLean described those as “fair characterizations” of their discussion. While striking a deal with New Haven and before halting their application process, VGL companies had not since November 2015 said anything of substance on how they plan to pay Ferrisburgh. In a November 2015 public meet-

ing VGL representatives suggested the company could pay the town at least $350,000 a year for 20 years, on top of an estimated $150,000 a year in local property taxes the project could generate. Since then Ferrisburgh has received about $40,000 to support the town’s research efforts on project details and on fees for lawyers and technical experts. National Grid’s earlier proposals included wind power from upstate New York, but now the company plans to transmit only power generated by Hydro Quebec. Heindel said MacLean was optimistic in part because of that change. “She did say they were hopeful this time because the source had changed,” Heindel said. MacLean said National Grid

officials are optimistic about their prospects for a contract. “We are confident that VGL is the right project for Connecticut customers as it brings clean, reliable and firm

energy into the New England grid with minimal impact to the environment,” she said. Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Kids’ lunches (Continued from Page 1A) west and Mount Abraham union school districts. Those districts each participated in the federally funded summer meals program, lasting from June 21 to Aug. 10. The ANWSD and MAUSD cooperative served a combined total of 5,153 breakfasts and 14,919 lunches at multiple sites throughout the two districts, according to LaVacca. Those numbers are down slightly from last year, she noted. Meals this summer were prepared in kitchens at Mount Abraham Union High School and Ferrisburgh Central School, thanks to the efforts of eight part-time staff and two Middlebury College volunteers who helped deliver meals to homebound children. Operated under the United States Department of Agriculture, the free summer meals program serves children 18 years old and younger. Under USDA rules, an open (free) site can be located in a low-income area where at least 50 percent or more of all of the children are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. The site is then free to all of the children in the community, regardless of household income level. A family of four can’t earn more than $31,980 annually for their children to qualify for a free school lunch. That income threshold for reduced-price lunches is $45,510, according to the Vermont Agency of Education. These lunches are often more nutritious and substantial than the food the child might otherwise receive at home, according to the USDA. There were free meal sites this past summer in Bristol, Bridport, Ferrisburgh, Leicester, Middlebury, Starksboro and Vergennes. Once a community qualifies as

an open meal site, it is assured of Ferrisburgh kids and their families. retaining that status for five years, “It was a great community-buildaccording to federal guidelines. But ing opportunity, where children it can lose eligibility if, at the end of and families got to eat together,” that five years, less than 50 percent LaVacca said. of its students qualify for free or reCooperative employees and duced-price school helpers, thanks to lunches. support from the “Families are making aUSDA, LaVacca is also conconcerned some of slightly more money, ducted a door-toAddison County’s so they’re just door survey among free summer meal missing benefits — clusters of homes sites will be phased and there’s that cliff in the service area out during the next that happens. It feels asking residents if few years due to an they’d consider beincreasing number like we’re denying ing a summer meal of households that more and more site. The cooperawill narrowly miss applications on a tive would deliver qualifying for free narrow margin.” the food for service and reduced-price — Laura LaVacca, at the home. lunches. She “(The homeAddison Northwest/ specifically cited owner) would Mount Abraham food Vergennes as being invite neighborhood service co-op kids,” in particular danger LaVacca explained. on that score. With no lead time, the survey “Families are making slightly more money, so they’re just missing yielded but one local “home meal benefits — and there’s that cliff that site” this summer, which served happens,” LaVacca said. “It feels an average of six meals a day. The like we’re denying more and more home, in Vergennes, served 20 meals on one particular day, according to applications on a narrow margin.” And that phenomenon is not LaVacca. “Hopefully we’re going to continunique to Addison County. Communities throughout the state are ue that in the future,” LaVacca said in peril of losing their free summer of cultivating residential meal sites meal sites, according to local human to better accommodate kids who can’t make it to a central location. services advocates. Approximately 44 percent of the SUMMER IN VERGENNES Food and fun were plentiful for state’s households currently qualify for free or reduced school lunches, Vergennes-area children this summer, according to a report at Tuesofficials said. Still, the Addison Northwest/ day’s meeting. Jill Strube, executive Mount Abe food cooperative was director of the Boys & Girls Club able to launch a couple of new, suc- of Greater Vergennes, reported that cessful food programs this summer. the club had moved into new digs at Vergennes Union Elementary hosted 20 Armory Lane. She noted the club the “Sunshine Grill,” serving 1,169 is very close to the Armory Lane meals — including hot dogs and senior housing project. She invited hamburgers — to Vergennes and summer meals organizers to make

the club a stop when they deliver food to the senior housing. The Boys & Girls Club continues to serve summer meals; it served around 4,000 lunches last year to children at its former School Street site. The new club headquarters has a nice kitchen equipped with a six-burner stove, large fridge, dishwasher and freezer, among other appliances. MIDDLEBURY FOODS Middlebury College students also contributed to hunger fighting efforts this summer through a non-profit organization launched in 2013. Middlebury Foods is a student-run organization that orders food from national and local distributors and provides it at the same or lower prices (usually 20 to 50 percent cheaper) to people in need of sustenance. Middlebury Foods currently delivers fresh produce, meat, eggs, cheese and other staples to six sites throughout Addison County. Middlebury Foods volunteer Nora Peachin was among five Middlebury College students who worked for the organization this summer. Along with making regular food deliveries, the workers did a price comparison to make sure Middlebury Foods products were still a bargain compared to area grocery stores. The organization is also pursuing a potential partnership with the Counseling Service of Addison County, to see if Middlebury Foods could serve some of that agency’s patients and employees, according to Peachin. At the same time, Middlebury Foods is now forming a new board of directors that would be made up of community members, former students and others devoted to the organization’s mission.

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By the way (Continued from Page 1A) Routes 17 and 7 through Addison, New Haven and Ferrisburgh, and another that could leave Route 22A west of Vergennes and run through Vergennes and some of Ferrisburgh before reaching Route 7. According to PR for the meeting one of its goals is for officials to hear from residents “to help us create a project that improves conditions in Vergennes, is sensitive to the concerns of neighboring communities and that the state will commit to implementing.” The Middlebury Planning Commission, its staff and consultants have been working with the public to site and design a passenger rail platform for future Amtrak train service, anticipated in 2021-2022. Planners have designed a 10-minute survey to get additional guidance from area residents unable to make the rail platform planning meetings. That online survey can be found at tinyurl.com/y9fo78rh. Feedback will be compiled by the Planning Commission and discussed at a Sept. 27 public meeting at 7 p.m. in the municipal offices conference room. The survey will remain open until Nov. 5. It is time for the 14th Annual Duck Race to benefit this year’s Mount Abraham Union Middle/ High School Fall Musical, “Newsies.” Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the Mount Abe main office or from parents of students in the play. Here’s how it works: Sponsor a plastic duck for $5. Get your duck’s number and your ticket/receipt and come to the Duck Race — if you can — on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 8 a.m. at Bristol’s Sycamore Park, south of the village. The ducks will be

dumped into the river, allowing them to float downstream at the mercy of the current. If your duck is the first to cross the finish line, you get $500. You don’t need to be present to win. Other prizes will be awarded for second and third place, and last duck. Organizers hope to sell 600 tickets for this fundraiser. “Newsies” will be staged on Nov. 15, 16, and twice on Nov. 17. Workers at Community Bank N.A.’s branches in Bristol and Vergennes will spend Friday, Sept. 28, partnering with local American Legion officials to do fall yard work for local veterans, as a way of showing appreciation for their service. It’s part of a community service effort the bank’s 90 branches are practicing on National Good Neighbor Day. Other branches of the bank will be engaging in food drives, bake sales or fundraising for a local charities. Gov. Phil Scott last week appointed 16 Vermonters to various state boards and commissions, for terms that began in August. Locally, Loren Wood of Shoreham was named to the state’s Barn Expansion Advisory Group, while Mary Luci Stephens of Goshen was named to the Vermont Parole Board.

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Vermont Wild (Continued from Page 1A) he appeared in major productions of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “Biloxi Blues.” After studying filmmaking at New York University he landed a job at New York Television, a company that made commercials and corporate documentaries. “That’s where I got my real training as a filmmaker,” he said in a recent interview with the Independent. In California Sharp has put that training to good use. He has directed or produced more than 100 hours of documentary television, earning him wide recognition, including two Emmy Award nominations. Recent production credits include “The Story of Us” and “Through the Wormhole,” both starring Morgan Freeman. A number of positive initial outcomes are possible for “Vermont Wild,” he said. A network might pay to have a script developed. It might even request a pilot episode. “If we’re really lucky, they’ll ask for an entire first season,” he said. “At that point I would hire a small team of directors and producers to run the show. I would be the ‘show runner’ (also known as the executive

producer). Early on I would probably direct a few of the episodes, because I have a lot of experience with that.” Sharp would love to do at least some of the filming in Vermont, he said. “There are rural spots on the East Coast that could sub in for it, but Vermont has a distinct visual look.” It also has a good brand, he said. “Vermont has a great mix of personalities. There’s a slightly old school, agrarian approach to things. On top of that there’s an increasing environmental awareness, which is featured in the books.” The show would be perfect for families, he said. “I could see this as something young parents, looking to introduce their kids to media, might see as a good option. Four- and five-yearolds will think it’s really funny, and their parents will see something of themselves in the adults.” In a press release Price expressed confidence in her new partner. “I believe Mr. Sharp will make this happen. And having these stories seen by millions of people, would be terrific for Vermont.” Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent.

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Not much federal support for dairy Union imposed tariffs on cheese and dairy products in response to Trump’s tariffs on goods from those countries. By MICHELLE MONROE Asked for his view of the St. Albans Messenger administration’s plan, Wellington, ST. ALBANS — Better than a vice president at the Agri-Mark nothing, but not by much. Cabot cooperative, did not mince That’s how farmers, industry words. officials and members of Congress “I think it’s an insult to dairy are characterizing the Trump farmers whose income was hurt by administration’s plan to aid dairy the tariffs,” he said. farmers hit by tariffs as a result of The proposed relief, he said, is the equivalent of 1 cent on a pound of cheese. Highgate farm owner Jacques Rainville agreed, saying, “It’s a slap in the face.” Free Disposal of Waste Pesticides In 2017, Vermont farmers made 2.7 billion pounds of milk, Under a grant from the VT Agency of Agriculture, according to the USDA. Assuming the Addison County Solid Waste Management District 2018 production is close to that collects waste pesticides and herbicides from number — it’s likely to be lower farmers and growers free of charge at the — Vermont can expect to see $1.6 District HazWaste Center. million in assistance to be spread Call 388-2333 for more information, amongst all Vermont dairy farms. or to schedule an appointment time. Wellington contrasted the size of the dairy relief package with that addison county solid waste given to soy growers — $3.6 billion management district in direct relief. Estimates from researchers at Ohio State University and Illinois University place the losses for soy farmers at $2 billion, on par with dairy. Although the administration promised $12 billion in relief, just $6 billion has been announced so far, with nearly three-quarters of that assistance going to soy. The other major beneficiary of the We have the #1 farm insurer* with over 100 years of experience in relief package is the pork industry. agriculture behind us. They help us offer you top of the line protection Hog farmers will receive $290.3 for your farm or ranch operation, with flexible coverages and exceptional million in direct aid and $558.8 claims, underwriting and risk management services. million in government purchases of We offer Nationwide farm and ranch insurance and pork. would welcome the chance to discuss it with you. With the exception of corn, no fruit, vegetable or nut growers Jaimes L. Fewer Agency are receiving direct assistance, Mary Cobb - Farm Lines Specialist although some funds were allocated (802) 839-9476 to purchasing products. Almond cobbm17@nationwide.com growers, who suffered years of drought that ended in 2017, are *2015 SNL Financial Report. Based on statutory data. *2015underwritten SNL Financial Report. Based on statutory data. Company, Farmland Mutual Insurance Company, Products by Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance expected to lose $1.5 billion as a Products Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company, Farmland Mutual1100 Locust Allied Propertyunderwritten and CasualtybyInsurance Company and AMCO Insurance Company. Home Office: Street Des Moines, IA 50391.Allied Subject to underwriting guidelines, reviewCompany and approval. and discounts notresult of the tariffs, according the Insurance Company, Property and Casualty Insurance andProducts AMCO Insurance available to all persons all states. and the and Eagle are service marks of Nationwide Company. Home in Office: 1100Nationwide Locust Street DesNationwide Moines, IAN50391. Subject to underwriting University of California-Davis, but Mutual Insurance Company. © 2018 Nationwide GPO-0292AO (06/16) 7716734 guidelines, review and approval. Products and discounts not available to all persons in all just $63 million has been allocated states. Nationwide and the Nationwide N and Eagle are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. ©2018 Nationwide GPO-0292A0 (06/16) 7716734 (See Dairy relief, Page 15A)

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By ABAGAEL GILES than the founder themselves or MIDDLEBURY — In 2017, from family capital. Additionally, Change the Story Vermont, a at least 50 percent of a company’s publicly funded initiative to improve team has to be residents of Vermont women’s economic status in or students enrolled at a Vermont Vermont, reported that just 8 percent college or university. of the state’s highest-grossing According to Sam Roach-Gerber, companies were led by women. director of innovation at VCET, the This fall, the Vermont Center for competition was fierce to make it Emerging Technologies (VCET) is into the final round. launching a new program it hopes “There were many, many will help change that statistic. applicants that would have been an The centerpiece of that program incredible addition to our finalists will take place next Thursday, Sept. … and we know they will be 27, when VCET and Middlebury successful no matter what and hope College will host a new event called and anticipate that those folks will The Female Founders StartHere attend and be part of the networking Challenge. event before and after,” he said. At the event, On Sept. 27, each founder of seven “We hope team will have eight women-initiated startup these minutes to present their companies based in pitch, followed by five founders Vermont will pitch their minutes of question and businesses to a panel of and aspiring answer from the panel of three judges in hopes of entrepreneurs judges. receiving a $20,000 cash can meet The $25,000 in prize prize to further their someone they money was donated venture. The finalists never would by a combination of will be judged according individual donors and to the opportunity that have met if the event’s sponsors. exists for their business, they didn’t go In addition to sponsors the strength of their to this event. Middlebury College, team and their pitch for That’s where Vermont Community how they intend to use the magic Foundation, Hotel the prize money if they Vermont, The Vermont happens.” win. Women’s Fund and — Sam Roach- Vermont The runner-up will Technology Gerber, VCET Council, an anonymous win a $5,000 cash prize. The judging panel entrepreneur donated is comprised of three successful an undisclosed amount towards the Vermont entrepreneurs. Hinda program’s funding. Miller is the co-founder of Jogbra The finalists range from building Inc., the company that invented the manufacturers to jewelers and sports bra in 1977, and founder of clothing design start-ups. They are: Deforest Concepts, a Burlington • Wheel Pad, a Southern consulting firm that specializes in Vermont company founded by executive coaching and leadership Julie Lineberger that manufactures training for women. Mary Cullinane temporary handicapped-accessible is also a judge and serves as a partner bedroom and bathroom units that at the Middlebury-based consulting attach to an existing home. The units firm Community Barn Ventures, are designed to be chic, affordable which supports local businesses temporary dwellings that facilitate by providing technological greater independence for people and business planning support. with either temporary or permanent Middlebury College alumna Lucie mobility issues. Ide, founder of Rimidi, will also be • Courtney Reckord Jewelry, a judge. Rimidi is an information founded by a South Burlington technology company that helps jeweler and artist who creates doctors and patients manage jewelry from metal renderings of diabetes. geographically accurate topographic The seven finalists were selected maps that depict mountains in New from a pool of 44 applicants. To York’s Adirondacks, Vermont’s be eligible, businesses have to be Green Mountains and New at least one-third women-owned, Hampshire’s White Mountains. have made no more than $750,000 • Cora Ball, founded by in pre-revenue from sales over the Granville resident Rachael Miller. last 12 months and have received Cora Balls are specially designed no more than $500,000 in outside laundry balls that catch microfibers investments from people other as they are shed from clothes in

the washing machine. The idea is to keep microfibers, which often contain plastic, from going down the drain and polluting Vermont’s waterways. • Middlebury start-up Overeasy, a ski clothing and manufacturing company based in Vermont whose HoodE’s are over-the-helmet hoods for skiers designed to keep athletes warm on the coldest of winter days. It was launched by current Middlebury College students Eva Shaw and Meg Collins. • Visura, a website-building and networking tool for digital artists and professionals. The company helps artists, especially photographers, create and share online portfolios, among other services. • Pictal Health, founded by designer Katie McCurdy, who has developed a system for generating visual records of patients’ healthcare history for them to present to new doctors. The visual records are particularly geared toward people who suffer from frequently misdiagnosed chronic illnesses, and the method was borne out of McCurdy’s own experiences navigating treatment for and autoimmune illness. • The CBD (hemp/cannabis) extraction and production company Elmore Mountain Therapeutics. Founded in 2017 by Ashley Reynolds of Randolph, the company uses CO2 extraction of Vermont-grown hemp to create a “whole plant CBD balm” along with a tincture. Roach-Gerber hopes the event will be as beneficial to attendees as to finalists. “The things I’m really excited for are making introductions and chatting with people before and after,” she said. She anticipates that prospective investors will be in attendance and that the event will be a great place for start-ups who did not make the final round to network and gain support. “It’s our goal to create a networking opportunity,” RoachGerber said. “At the end of the day it is so important to get out there and be face to face with folks. We hope these founders and aspiring entrepreneurs can meet someone they never would have met if they didn’t go to this event. That’s where the magic happens.” The Female Founders StartHere Challenge will be held on Sept. 27, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Middlebury College’s Wilson Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Fields gleaned of leftovers for the needy By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The povertyfighting group Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects is again this fall organizing the harvest of surplus food from local producers and distributing what is gleaned to those in need. Lily Bradburn is local food access coordinator with Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE). At Tuesday’s meeting of the Addison County Hunger Council she said the nonprofit has thus far gleaned around 12,000 pounds of donated, fresh food, and is still harvesting surplus produce, eggs and apples from farms

and orchards throughout the county. That fresh food is being offered to hungry households. Fresh food that isn’t quickly snapped up is being processed into soups and/or frozen to give low-income residents some healthy options this winter. HOPE officials have been holding cooking classes to teach clients how to make nutritious meals, emphasizing spices — as opposed to salt — to enhance flavors. Bradburn and her helpers deliver the food to HOPE’s food shelf and to a network of 19 sites, including summer meal programs, teen centers and senior housing.

Middlebury College athletes on Sept. 27 will help HOPE with a massive apple glean at participating orchards that have more than enough fruit to take to the market. While gleaning efforts have been successful, Bradburn said “this has probably been one of the worst summers for non-perishable donations” to HOPE. She cited a particular shortage of canned beans, pastas and juices. “This is a tough time of the year for food shelves,” Bradburn said, noting community food drives won’t kick in until later this fall.

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Grants offered for sustainable farming

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A BEAUTIFULLY RIPENED apple is ready for picking at the Yates Family Orchard in Monkton last Friday. Many local orchards are now open for the season.

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VERMONT — The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program is seeking applications for its 2019 Farmer Grants. Proposals are due online by Nov. 27 at 11:59 p.m. Funded projects will be announced in late February 2019, and projects may begin in the spring. Northeast SARE Farmer Grants are intended for farm business owners and managers who would like to explore new sustainable production and marketing practices, often through an experiment, trial or onfarm demonstration. Reviewers look for innovation, potential for improved sustainability and results that will be useful to other farmers. Application materials, including detailed instructions and supporting documents, are posted on the Northeast SARE website at northeastsare.org/FarmerGrant.

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the wide range of issues that affect farming in the Northeast. To search topics that SARE has previously funded, please access the national database of projects at projects.sare. org/search-projects. Applicants must work with a technical advisor — typically a Cooperative Extension educator, Natural Resources Conservation Service staff, nonprofit organization employee, private crop consultant, veterinarian or other service provider — who provides support and advice to the farmer applicant. Northeast SARE, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, offers competitive grants and sustainable agriculture education. It is housed within University of Vermont Extension, a unit of UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Dairy relief prices. (Continued from Page 14A) to bolster the industry, with no “Every Vermont farmer I’ve details on how that money will be talked with would much rather spent. have strong, predictable, long-term “We were extremely international markets for the milk disappointed,” Wellington said. “We they produce, than a one-time really expected more from (U.S. payment of a few thousand dollars, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny and uncertainty as far as the eye Perdue) and President Trump.” can see, as we conduct our foreign “They knew the relations and trade policy suffering out there,” in random early morning Wellington added. “I think it’s tweetstorms. Farms are “Knew it was the result an insult to businesses, and farmers of their actions.” dairy farmers need to be able to plan Asked what impact whose income for the future.” the dairy commodity was hurt by Sen. Bernie Sanders purchases may have, agreed with his Wellington said, “It’s the tariffs.” colleagues, calling the — dairy administration’s better than nothing, may plan economist Bob “woefully inadequate.” have a small impact.” Wellington V e r m o n t ’ s “The Trump Congressional administration’s delegation was also unhappy with proposal to mitigate the damage the administration’s plan. from his misguided tariffs is “This aid package falls far short woefully inadequate. Trump’s of what’s needed to undo the harm ‘solution’ is to offer dairy farmers a inflicted by this administration’s few extra cents per hundredweight policies,” said Rep. Peter Welch, a of milk, while economists say the Democrat. “In Vermont and across true cost to farmers will be more the country, our dairy farmers want than a dollar per hundredweight,” trade, not aid. Instead, they’ve Sanders said. “After years of low seen their trade markets dry up milk prices, our struggling dairy and are left with a paltry payout farmers should not be asked to bear from USDA that will cover only 10 the brunt of Trump’s foolish trade percent of the total damage that this dispute with Canada. It’s grossly misguided trade war has caused.” unfair, and our farmers simply can’t Sen. Patrick Leahy said, “I take afford it.” some comfort in seeing the rollout NOT A SOLUTION of these dollars to the extent that it “What’s 12 cents?” said at shows at least some recognition Enosburgh farmer Phil Parent. by the administration that the “Keep it and give us a tool that President’s unnecessary, haphazard addresses the elephant in the room.” and misguided trade war is hurting That elephant is an oversupply farmers and consumers. That said, of milk. Farmers are now resuming the support going directly to dairy conversations about how to address farmers is much too low to provide the excess after suffering a loss in even short-term relief from low 2012 when then Speaker of the

House John Boehner blocked a supply management program from being implemented. Some farmers have called for that program to simply be implemented now, while others are proposing longer-term relief. Either way, farmers will need the assistance of Congress. Highgate farmer Bill Rowell pointed out that while Congress has shown some willingness to help, it hasn’t been enough willingness to actually get anything done. “I don’t think they fully appreciate the gravity of the situation,” said Rowell. “It’s going to impact a lot of people when this thing goes down.” In addition to farmers, the industries which support farms from feed and equipment dealers to vets, hoof trimmers and lenders, may well see losses as their customers go out of business. The administration has been pushing Canada to relax its tariffs on milk, which Canada combines with a supply management system to insure its dairy farmers earn enough to meet their cost of production. Rainville, however, didn’t see much promise in being able to sell more milk to Canada. “It’s going to bring our cheap price over there to lower their price,” he said, exacerbating a race to the bottom for farmers instead of correcting the problem. One bright spot, according to Wellington, is that payments to farmers from an anti-trust settlement with the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) may arrive this fall. Those payments, he said, are expected to be larger than the checks coming from USDA.

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Telemedicine (Continued from Page 1A) telemedicine technology using a “Zoom”-brand platform, and the training to use it. It was more complicated than just flicking a switch. Organizers had to identify patients who had the appropriate electronics, technological aptitude and medical needs to benefit from telemedicine. In other words, patients who didn’t possess the right electronic device and who required an actual physical exam were taken out of the mix for a virtual visit. Officials also had to make sure insurance companies would pay for primary care services delivered through cyberspace. While Medicare won’t reimburse for the service, Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Vermont and Medicaid are among those that will. Patients are still responsible for the same co-pay and deductible as if it were a face-to-face appointment with their doc. Since the program’s inception last April, Withers has used telemedicine technology daily, including for conversations about chronic conditions such as diabetes, and other health care issues not requiring physical contact between the physician and client. Withers’ colleague, Dr. Emily Glick, is also using telemedicine technology to communicate with some of her patients. Glick is one of the county’s foremost practitioners of medically assisted treatment for folks seeking to wean themselves off of prescription painkillers. Fortunately, the technology hasn’t proven a big barrier for most patients. All they need is a discreet location and a computer, Kindle, computer tablet or smart phone. “Anything with a camera and the ability to connect with the Internet,” Withers said of the rudimentary requirements. While interfacing electronically doesn’t allow the physician to check a client’s pulse, lungs and other functions, that could change in the near future. “There’s lots of technology where we can look in people’s ears and eyes — things that are pretty simple,” Withers said. The Zoom platform is so good that Withers can clearly see the patient, including the parameters of a suspicious mole that could result in a

TRINITY BRYANT SAVED a 30-minute commute and didn’t miss work time thanks to a telemedicine session with Dr. Withers

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patient being referred to a dermatologist. Withers noted telemedicine is well suited for collaboration between physicians and home health professionals. A home health worker could check a patient’s vitals and symptoms while the physician looks on from his or her office. “They could be our eyes and ears in the patient’s home and report back,” Withers said. WORKING OUT THE KINKS In the earliest stages of telemedicine, Withers was confining her virtual doctor-patient visits to what she said were “simple, straightforward things,” like birth-control options counseling and updates on how a patient’s new medication is working. She’s also used it to go over lab results with patients, whom she can see in their home environment without making an old-fashioned house call. “Now that we’ve worked out the kinks, I’d use it for any kind of follow-up visit,” she said. Early “kinks” have included background noise and interruptions in the video feed. Fortunately, Zoom allows the physician to remotely adjust the patient’s camera and volume, if need be. “If it’s someone who’s not tech-savvy and they accidentally hit the ‘mute’ button, I can un-mute it for them,” Withers said. Trinity Bryant is a 17-year-old student at Middlebury Union High School. She provided a glowing

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testimonial for telemedicine, which of the Health Insurance Portability allowed her to converse with Dr. and Accountability Act. Physicians Withers prior a recent minor medical discuss up-front with their patients the procedure. potential glitches that can occur with It saved her a 30-minute drive to telemedicine technology. Bristol and allowed her The technology to get to work on time. allows the patient to “My mom would “The opportunity interact with multiple have had to go to work to use this health care providers early — or I would have technology at the same time, if a had to leave school down the road specialist and/or famearly — so it was a lot to be able to ily member is needed more convenient for us during a telemedicine to go to the house and get consults session. set it up on her laptop, with (medical “This is yet another and it was very clear to specialists) way we’re striving see the doctor,” Bryant in Chittenden to provide more said of her virtual visit. County would be convenient access to “It was easy for us to far away,” a real benefit for specialists do it at home, together,” Hallman said. “We Trinity’s mom, Dan- our patients.” have some specialists — Ron Hallman, in Addison County, ielle, said of the expePorter spokesman but there are some rience. “Dr. Withers is great; she answered all specialists we don’t of Trinity’s questions. I think it took have. The opportunity to use this longer to set the computer up and get technology down the road to be it running than to connect and have able to get consults with people in the visit.” Chittenden County would be a real Zoom is also compliant with the benefit for our patients.” patient confidentiality requirements Young is pleased with how the

telemedicine system has been working for Withers, Glick and their patients. Bristol Primary Care will train its nutritionist to provide telemedicine consults with patients on dietary issues. “Having (Withers’) leadership has been a very good thing for both Porter and the network as a whole, to see how it could work successfully,” Young said. “What tells me this is successful … is all (Withers’) colleagues want to do this. They’re getting positive feedback from the patients and from Dr. Glick and Dr. Withers.” Once telemedicine is running in all Porter Medical Center family practices, officials will seek to implement it within other network practices in the Burlington area, according to Young. UVM Health Network officials wanted to have Porter physicians take telemedicine for a test spin during a time when other member-providers are contending with major changes — including being outfitted with a new Epic health records system. Porter will also go through an Epic transition, but not

for another year or so, according to Young. Porter Medical joined the UVM Health Network almost two years ago, and telemedicine is one of the perks of that alliance. “This is the type of benefit we’re able to provide a small community like Middlebury,” Young said. “The ability to be more nimble and progressive in these small communities with great leadership like Dr. Withers provided.” Young believes telemedicine is the wave of the future. He said the network is working with Maine Health and Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical centers on a joint plan for implementing telemedicine on a regional basis with shared resources. Hallman is pleased to see a Porter practice taking a lead role in a new service. “I think it’s a feather in Natasha’s and Bristol Family Practice’s cap to be out there doing things that are … going to be more and more important in the future state of health care.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

MUHS to honor teams at halftime on Sept. 28 MIDDLEBURY — The MHS/ MUHS Alumni Association will honor the 1968 and 1993 football teams at halftime of this year’s Middlebury Union High School Homecoming football game vs. Rutland on Friday, Sept. 28, at Doc Collins Field. The association will also induct two new members into its Hall of Fame (See related story in A section). The 50-year team of 1968 went undefeated, going 8-0, and won the Division II title. Coached by Hubie Wagner, Mike Cummings and Chuck Martin, the Tigers prowled the goal posts rolling up 255 points while its stingy defense held opponents to 38 points. The defense led by Henry Forgues shutout opponents three times during the season. The Tigers trailed South Burlington and then roared back with three touchdowns in two minutes to take the victory 41 to 6. This is the only time that they would trail all season. QB Peter Mackey had great protection all season, passing to favorite targets Jack Malzac, Jeff Gleason and Vin Fucile. Tiger captains Jack Malzac and Ron Emilo led a strong senior class and finished as the only undefeated team in the state that year. The 1993 Tiger football team was the story of a squad on a comeback. After going 1 and 8 the previous year, the Tiger football team had nowhere to go but up when new coaches Peter Brakeley and Carl Ciemniewski brought a definite change in attitude. After losing their first and third games, the Tigers reeled off eight straight wins on their way to defeating Essex, 10-0, for the Vermont State Division I Championship. The keys to the success of the season were the teams’ closeness and incredible Tiger pride. The offense was a finely tuned machine, at one point in the season averaging over 30 points per game. Behind the leadership of Matt Daly and (See Teams, Page 2B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/17 OV vs. Fair Haven..........................10-0 9/18 Colchester vs. MUHS.......................5-0 9/19 St. Johnsbury at OV.......................Late Boys’ Soccer 9/17 Mt. Abe vs. VUHS.............................4-0 9/18 Rutland vs. MUHS............................1-1 9/18 Leland & Gray vs. OV.......................5-1 Girls’ Soccer 9/18 Spaulding vs. Mt. Abe.......................2-0 9/18 Milton vs. VUHS...............................5-2 9/18 Rice vs. MUHS.................................4-1 9/19 OV at Green Mt. Union...................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Field Hockey 9/16 Midd. vs. Hamilton............................4-0 Men’s Soccer 9/18 Midd. vs. Mt. St. Mary.......................4-0

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Football 9/21 MUHS at St. Albans...................... 7 PM 9/21 Lyndon at Mt. Abe/VUHS.............. 7 PM 9/21 OV at U-32.................................... 7 PM 9/28 Rutland at MUHS.......................... 7 PM 9/28 Mt. Abe/VUHS at Milton................ 7 PM 9/29 Bellows Falls at OV...................... 1 PM Field Hockey 9/22 OV at Springfield.........................11 AM 9/22 MUHS at Mt. Mansfield................10 AM 9/22 Burlington at Mt. Abe...................10 AM 9/26 Mt. Mansfield at Mt. Abe............... 4 PM 9/26 S. Burlington at MUHS................. 4 PM 9/26 Woodstock at OV.......................... 4 PM 9/28 Mt. Abe at CVU............................. 4 PM 9/29 U-32 at MUHS.............................10 AM 9/29 Springfield at OV.........................11 AM Boys’ Soccer 9/22 VUHS at Missisquoi.....................10 AM 9/22 OV at Mill River............................. Noon 9/22 MUHS at Mt. Abe.......................... 1 PM 9/24 OV vs. Springfield at Arlington...... 5 PM 9/25 MUHS at VUHS....................... 4:30 PM 9/25 Milton at Mt. Abe...................... 4:30 PM 9/27 OV at Arlington Tourney............. 5/7 PM 9/28 Missisquoi at Mt. Abe............... 4:30 PM 9/28 Milton at MUHS....................... 4:30 PM 9/29 Woodstock at OV.........................10 AM 9/29 Spaulding at VUHS....................... 1 PM Girls’ Soccer 9/21 VUHS at Rice.......................... 4:30 PM

(See Schedule, Page 3B)

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School senior William Wright gets around Vergennes Union High School senior Nathan Wojciehowski Monday in Vergennes. Photo by Mark Bouvier

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MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School junior goalie Ethan DeWitt goes high for a save Monday against Vergennes. DeWitt earned a shutout in the Eagles’ 4-0 win.

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Mt. Abe boys pull away from Commodores Allred, Wright provide spark

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ soccer team broke through with a big second half on Monday to pull away from host Vergennes, 4-0. After a scoreless first half in which the Eagles had more

possession, but the Commodores countered dangerously to create as many chances as their visiting rivals, Mount Abraham asserted itself in the VUHS end. Senior striker Weston Allred, with a hat trick, and senior midfielder William Wright, with a goal and two assists, proved to be the major thorns in the Commodores’ side. Nine minutes into the second half those two teamed up on a goal that broke the ice for the Eagles. Wright

“Once we got that opening goal they had to open up play a little more, and that gave us a little more space attacking.” — Eagle Coach Bob Russell burst down the middle of the field with the ball, drew the defense as he neared the VUHS box, and tapped

the ball diagonally with the outside of his right foot to Allred, open on the line directly out from goal. Allred took one touch into the box and also used the outside of his right foot to send the ball high into the upper right corner. The first half had ended with the Eagles outshooting VUHS, 6-5, but also with the Commodores forcing Eagle goalie Ethan Dewitt to make three saves to VUHS goalie Cameron Mclaughlin’s two.

VUHS boys run well at Randolph Invitational By ANDY KIRKALDY RANDOLPH — A fifth-place finish by the Vergennes Union High School boys’ cross-country team highlighted local runners’ efforts at the Randolph Invitational this past Saturday. Ben Huston’s 24th-place finish led five Commodore scorers, all of whom finished within 40 seconds and 20 places of one another in a meet that included 15 scoring boys’ teams. Middlebury runner Tom Nevins had the best local boys’ finish, taking 13th. St. Johnsbury won the

boys’ race with 31 points, followed by U-32 (80) and Harwood (132). VUHS totaled 164 in taking fifth. The Tigers were eighth (200), and Otter Valley was 14th (348). Parker Todd finished 52nd for OV’s best result. St. Johnsbury’s Even Thornton-Sherman led the field with a time of 17:04.4. The Tiger girls finished sixth to lead local teams. Mary Ann Eastman was 13th individually to pace MUHS. VUHS, with four runners, could not score, but Marin Howell led a tight pack of Commodores by taking 39th. OV finished 10th out

of 10 scoring teams, with McKenna White in 59th. Harwood’s Ava Thurston won the race in 20:18.8. The U-32 girls prevailed overall, edging Harwood, 51-69. MUHS scored 142 to earn its sixth-place result. The local boys’ teams’ scorers were: • VUHS: 24: Ben Huston, 19:26.4; 32. Gabe Praamsma, 19:48.1; 34. Erich Reitz, 19:51.5; 37. Wade Mullin, 19:56.7; 44. Spencer Hurlburt, 20:06.2. • MUHS: 13. Thomas Nevins, 18:45.6; 21. Nico Brayton, 19:15.4;

Bartlett sinks ace at benefit event BRANDON — On Sunday, Sept. 16, at Neshobe Golf Club in Brandon, Arnie Bartlett hit a hole-in-one at the 2018 Friends of Middlebury Hockey golf tournament to win $15,000. The award was sponsored by Paquette Inc., a long-time supporter of Middlebury Hockey. The annual tournament is a fund-raiser held by Friends of Middlebury Hockey and supports Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center. Friends and families from throughout the community enjoyed a beautiful morning at Neshobe, lost a few golf balls, and raised funds to help support youth hockey in Addison County. The winning team from Pratt’s Store consisted of Corey Pratt, Laurie Pratt, Jerry Kennedy and Heidi Kennedy. Second place went to Team Newton, comprised of Kevin and Dylan Newton, Don Keeler and Dean George. In addition to traditional golfing challenges, organizers gave out prizes for Longest Drive with Hockey Gloves (winner Tim Howlett) and Longest Putt with Hockey Stick (Dan Mac).

ARNIE BARTLETT CELEBRATES a hole-in-one at Neshobe Golf Club in Brandon on Sunday, where he was taking part in the Friends of Middlebury Hockey golf tournament. Bartlett won the $15,000 as the result of a challenge by Paquette Inc.

33. William Carpenter, 19:50.4; 70. Gabe Cason, 21:46.5; 94. Samuel Klingensmith, 22:39.9. • OV: 52. Parker Todd, 20:45.3; 63. Joseph Cijka, 21:33.8; 80. Liam Murphy, 22:07.6; 110. Hayden Gallo, 24:08.3; 143. Tamar Foster, 30:42.3. The local girls’ teams’ scorers were: • MUHS: 13. Mary Ann Eastman, 22:26.2; 20. Fairley Olson, 23:03.2; 36. Maisie Newbury, 24:30.3; 49. Sofia Stefani, 25:25.3; 50. Kate Wallace, 25:28.5. (See Runners, Page 3B)

Middlebury women beat ranked foes MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s soccer team knocked off two previously unbeaten and ranked teams last week to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2012. The Panthers, who were ranked No. 9 in last week’s NCAA Division III poll, will host Bowdoin at 11 a.m. on Saturday. On this past Saturday the Panthers toppled visiting Amherst then ranked No. 20, 3-1. Amherst (4-1) got on the board 12:31 into the game when Caleigh Plant knocked in Alexa Juarez’s crossing pass. The Mammoths nearly went up 2-0 less than a minute later, but Panther keeper Ursula Alwang (eight saves) tipped Rubii Tamen’s blast from long distance off the crossbar. Middlebury evened the game midway through the half when Sabrina Glaser lofted a shot from 25 yards out on the left side over the head of Amherst goalie Erica Sanders. Sanders made six saves before being replaced by Antonia (See Panthers, Page 4B)

But both teams’ coaches agreed Allred’s strike created Eagle momentum. “Once we got that opening goal they had to open up play a little more, and that gave us a little more space attacking,” said Eagle Coach Bob Russell, whose team improved to 2-2-1 with its second straight win. “The guys have been working really hard on playing as a unit and finding those spaces to attack.” (See Soccer, Page 3B)

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Field hockey: OV wins, Tigers lose

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school field hockey play earlier this week Otter Valley picked up a road victory, but Middlebury came up short away from home. The Otters also played at St. Johnsbury on Wednesday after the deadline for this issue. Mount Abraham (4-0-1) was idle and will next host Burlington at 10 a.m. on Saturday. OTTERS On Monday the Otters put 45 shots on the Fair Haven goal in a 10-0 victory. Slater goalie Jordyn Howard stopped 35 of them, but Otters Morgan Laporte, Riley Keith and Alice Keith netted two apiece, and Alia Edmunds, Madison Colburn, Jadyn Pope and Elinor Ross added one apiece. Ross and Jamie Dube-Bordeau took turns in the OV goal, but neither was tested as the Otters improved to 3-1. TIGERS Host Colchester blanked the Tigers, 5-0, to remain unbeaten at 4-0-1. The Lakers’ tie came at Mount Abe. Meg Lehouiller scored twice to pace CHS. The Tigers dropped to 0-4 and play at Mount Mansfield on Saturday.

Otter booters fall at home to L&G

BRANDON — Visiting Leland & Gray defeated the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ soccer team on Tuesday, 5-1. Billy Mattson scored the OV goal, converting an assist from Riley Shannon. The Otters dropped to 1-2-1 heading into a game at Mill River on Saturday. Leland & Gray improved to 4-0.

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, September 20, 2018

Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) is hosting an information session for interested players: Sunday, September 23 9-11AM at the Middlebury Sports Center 296 Buttolph Drive, Middlebury, VT. MAHA offers recreational and travel skating/hockey programs for ages 4 and up including: • Learn to Skate • Girls Learn to Play Hockey • Girls and coed travel teams.

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Board members and coaches will be present to answer questions about the upcoming season, equipment, and fees as well as assist those needing help with registration.

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Registration for all MAHA programs is available online at www.middhockey.com

(Continued from Page 1B) the running of Stacy Burnham, Bob Sunderland, Ross Sheehan and Gordy McDonough, the Tiger offense ran over the other teams. The only way these backs got anywhere was the superb offense of line play of Pat Kieran, Amos Robinson, Jon Ramsey, Mike Barrett and Doug Connors. Carl Langfeldt and Darcy Trudeau played tight end, both catching a pass or two, while Obie English and Chan Perine played split and caught a few balls. On the other side of the ball, the defense was anchored by a strong core of seniors, going three straight games without being scored upon. Ben Johnston and Aaron Volkert were solid linebackers; Arthur Payne anchored the defensive line at nose-guard, his brother Charles played right tackle and Brian “Lug” Cadoret was at left tackle. John Roleau also shared time at the tackle spot. The outside was protected by

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EAGLE SENIOR ETHAN Venman defends against Commodore junior Josias Salomao during Mount Abraham’s 4-0 win Monday. Photo by Mark Bouvier

Soccer by Eagle middie Eric McKean wide (Continued from Page 1B) VUHS Coach Kevin Hayes saw in the half. At the other end senior midfielder his team, which he said is fighting nagging injuries, drop to 1-4 after Ezekiel Palmer, junior forward Josias Salomao and sophomore midthe Eagles’ surge. “They moved the ball well in the fielder Avery Husk created chances. second half. They were definitely On an early VUHS corner kick the Eagle defense more patient after broke up Palmer in the first goal, and “We’re working with close; in the 16th we had to change minute a loose ball our strategy and seven or eight guys bounced to Husk open up more. who aren’t 100 15 yards out, but And they took ad- percent. Hopefully his hard shot went vantage of that,” the heart was going right to DeWitt; Hayes said. Hayes hopes a to take them through in the 21st minute DeWitt came out return to health the game, but we to beat Palmer to will give the Com- just ran out of gas.” a through ball; and modores a lift. — VUHS Coach in the 30th minute “We’re working Kevin Hayes Tucker Stearns with seven or shot high on a feed eight guys who aren’t 100 percent,” he said. “Hope- from Salomao. “We definitely had opportunities fully the heart was going to take them through the game, but we just in the first, one or two really good chances,” Hayes said. ran out of gas.” In the second half the Eagle midCertainly the Commodores played hard in the first half. The defense field edge grew more pronounced, of Jack Halpin and Jeff Stearns in with Wright, McKean and Owen the middle and Nate Wojciehowski Maille in the middle in particular and Robbie Bicknell on the flanks showing well. Russell said after a halftime talk limited the looks on Mclaughlin, who knocked two long-range shots his midfielders started playing more

EAGLE SENIOR KAI Dobek and Commodore sophomore Avery Husk chase down a loose ball during Monday’s game in Vergennes. The Eagles won the game, 4-0.

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calmly and less directly after the break, but at the same time recognized when to attack. In the second half the Eagles outshot the Commodores, 18-5, with consistent work from Eagle center back Kai Dobek helping keep VUHS in check. “We just discussed ways we could open them up rather than keep on hammering back into the same defensive pressure,” Russell said. “To their credit the boys did that and opened up their defense and moved them around a bit so we could get scoring opportunities.” After the first goal VUHS had the next chance, but DeWitt (six saves) stopped Salomao from the left side. Then Mount Age started to tilt the field. Mclaughlin knocked a Maille drive wide, and Silas Burgess just missed wide right after a feed from Wright. Finally the dam burst. With 17 minutes to go and the VUHS defense scrambling the ball popped to Wright at the top of the box, and he found the lower left corner with

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

9/21 Twin Valley at OV.................... 4:30 PM 9/22 MUHS at Mt. Abe.........................11 AM 9/26 Milton at Mt. Abe...................... 4:30 PM 9/26 VUHS at MUHS....................... 4:30 PM 9/28 Bellows Falls at OV................. 4:30 PM 9/29 Milton at MUHS...........................10 AM 9/29 Missisquoi at VUHS.....................11 AM COLLEGE SPORTS Field Hockey 9/22 Bowdoin at Midd........................... Noon 9/23 Babson at Midd. ........................... 1 PM 9/26 Midd. at Skidmore......................... 4 PM 9/29 Midd. at Colby............................... Noon Men’s Soccer 9/22 Bowdoin at Midd........................... Noon 9/23 Midd. at Hamilton..................... 1:30 PM 9/29 Midd. at Colby.......................... 1:30 PM 9/30 Midd. at Maine-Farmington........... 1 PM Women’s Soccer 9/22 Bowdoin at Midd..........................11 AM

Runners (Continued from Page 1B) • OV: 59. McKenna White, 26:29.9; 60. Madilyn Morgan, 26:32.3; 78. Gracie Coolidge, 28:04.8; 87. Sarah Calvin, 28:56.6; 107. Brittany Corey, 31:59.6. • VUHS: 39. Marin Howell, 24:39.5; 40. Ashley Cray, 24:43.5; 41. Grace LeBeau, 24:43.9; 42. Emma Beauchemin, 24:45.2. Meanwhile, at the BFA St. Albans Invitational in St. A on Saturday, the Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ cross country team placed 9th out of 10 teams. The Eagles were led by freshman Noah Engvall, who placed 30th. The Mount Abe scorers were: 30. Noah Engvall, 20:28.60; 49. Brewer Atocha, 22:32.80; 54. Dawson Philips, 23:47.80; 55. Louis Beauchaine, 23:48.20; and 56. Caleb Hunter, 24:09.70.

9/23 Midd. at Hamilton.........................11 AM 9/29 Midd. at Colby..............................11 AM 9/30 Midd. at N.E. College.................... Noon

Football 9/22 Bowdoin at Midd........................... 1 PM 9/29 Midd. at Colby............................... 1 PM

a low shot. With seven minutes left Allred won the ball from the final two VUHS defenders and unleashed a 30-yard rocket into the upper right corner. Allred completed the hat trick two minutes later by one-timing a 10-yard shot inside the right post on a Wright cross from the right side. Russell said the Eagles’ back-toback wins — including the one over their friendly rival on Monday — should give them a lift with a tough

Middlebury team due in Bristol on Saturday. “It was nice getting the win last time out and then coming here. It’s great, a wonderful atmosphere. Most of the guys know each other. They clearly care for each other. But each team desperately wants to go home with the W,” he said. “So to put up that score line, it’s definitely going to make them feel better.” The Commodores scored six against an overmatched Fair Haven

side for their only win, and Hayes said if they start finding their scoring touch against better opponents it will boost their confidence. “(We’ve shown) some good stuff, there’s also some that’s not gone in our favor. I thought we could win some games early on,” Hayes said. “We’re not finishing those half-chances. If we do that I think it will lift us.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Veteran wins 200 at Devil’s Bowl WEST HAVEN — Local drivers came up short in two nights of racing at Devil’s Bowl Speedway this past weekend, but several will be in contention for dirt-track series titles this coming Sunday, when the season concludes at the West Haven track, with racing beginning at 4 p.m. New Jersey driver Brett Hearn won Sunday’s main event, the 200-lap Vermont 200 Sportsman Modified stock car race, the longest in track history. Hearn won the 910th race in his career and first at Devil’s Bowl since 1994. Brandon’s Joey Scarborough finished seventh, and Orwell’s Tim

LaDuc was 14th. The 29-lap King of Dirt Racing Pro Stock Series feature saw Nick Stone of Schenectady, N.Y., prevail. No local drivers participated. In a 25-lap Mini Stock race Maine driver Jason Porter picked up his fifth win of the season. Series point leader Kaleb Shepard of Vergennes finished fourth after starting 27th and will try to nail down his championship on Sunday. Saturday’s card at Devil’s Bowl saw Brandon veteran Vince Quenneville Jr. finish second behind New York driver Ron Charlton in the annual 20-lap race for summer

non-winners in the Central Vermont Motorcycles Sportsman Modified division. Shoreham’s Jimmy Ryan was fourth in that race. New York driver Jim McKiernan won Saturday’s main event, a 50-lap Super Stock feature. Chris Murray of Fair Haven finished third and clinched the Super Stock series championship. Orwell’s Ronnie Alger took sixth, and Cornwall’s Garrett Given was ninth. Chester’s Austin Chaves won the 20-lap Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint race, his fourth win of the summer in the series. Brandon’s Kevin Smith took sixth.

Panther field hockey wins two, now 5-0 MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College field hockey team remained undefeated with a pair of NESCAC wins this past weekend, a tight home contest and a big road victory, both over ranked opponents. The 5-0 Panthers entered the weekend ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division III. On this coming Saturday at noon they will host Bowdoin (4-0), which was ranked No. 10 entering this past weekend. On this past Saturday host Middlebury took a 4-0 lead and held off then No. 19 Amherst, 5-4. The Mammoths dropped to 1-2. Middlebury took a 3-0 lead in the first half on two goals by Emma Johns, one on the rebound of a Kelly Coyle shot and the other assisted by Isabel Chandler on a penalty corner, and one late goal by Molly Freeman, who tipped in a feed from Grace Jennings after

Jennings made a long run down the left side. The Panthers made it 4-0 to open the second half when Danielle Brown finished off another Jennings assist after a long rush. The Mammoths capitalized on almost all their chances to get back in their game, scoring three times in seven minutes. Emery Sorvino’s goal at 39:59 on a penalty corner snapped the scoreless streak of 354:33 that the Middlebury defense had recorded that dated back to the 2017 NCAA tournament semifinal. Caroline Donahue next deflected home a Sorvino shot, and at 47:08 Laura Schwartman tipped a long feed past onrushing Panther goalie Megan Collins to make it 4-3. Johns soon made it 5-3 on a perfectly executed penalty corner, knocking a shot inside the left post on a feed from Chandler, and that proved to be the game-winner

when at 57:10 Mammoth Franny Daniels beat Collins from near the left post. Middlebury finished the game with advantages of 15-6 in shots and 7-1 in penalty corners. Collins made a pair of saves in the Panther goal, while Katie Savage had eight stops for Amherst. On Sunday the visiting Panthers defeated then No. 16 Hamilton, 4-0, dealing the Continentals their first loss. Middlebury scored three times in the first half, with goals from Jennings on a solo rush, Meg Fearey on a long rebound, and Freeman, who tipped in a Johns shot. Johns made it 4-0 early in the second half by converting an Erin Nicholas cross from the right side. Collins recorded four saves, while Julia Booth posted seven stops for Hamilton.

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Girls’ soccer teams are defeated ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Middlebury union high school girls’ soccer teams all came up short in Lake Division games on Tuesday. EAGLES Host Spaulding blanked the Eagles, 2-0, as Tide standout Lauren Allen picked up a first-half goal and assist. Goalie Lindsey LaPan made eight stops for the 3-2-1 Tide (3-21), while Justice Green made six saves for the 2-3-1 Eagles. Mount

Abe will host MUHS on Saturday. COMMODORES Visiting Milton bested VUHS, 5-2, as Emma Warner and Samantha Orest each scored twice for the 4-1 Yellowjackets. Second-half goals by Emily Rooney and Ciara McClay pulled the Commodores to within 3-2 before Milton iced the win. Goalie Kate Gosliga made five saves as VUHS dropped to 2-2-1. TIGERS Rice topped the Tigers, 4-1,

as Green Knight Alex Dostie netted a hat trick. Isabella Pistilli scored with an assist from Annie Lapiner for the 1-4 Tigers. Coach Wendy Leeds said defenders Gwen Stafford and Carlisle Brush, midfielder Ivy Doran and striker Ailey Bosworth played well, and goalies Carly Burger (seven) and Julia Bartlett (six) combined for 13 saves. Maddie Houston stopped five shots for Rice (3-1-2).

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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s soccer team won two recent games, including its NESCAC home opener, to move over .500 at 2-1-1. The victories are the first for Coach Alex Elias, who took over the program this fall after assisting longtime Coach David Saward for several years. The Panthers will look to keep their momentum when they host Bowdoin on Saturday at noon. On this past Saturday the Panthers got a late goal from Henry Wilhelm to knock off visiting Amherst, 1-0. The Mammoths (2-1)

entered the day ranked No. 10 in NCAA Division III. Chances were few. In the first half Panther Ben Potter headed a Drew Goulart cross just wide. Amherst’s best opportunity came in the waning minutes of the half, but Panther defender Michael McFarlane cleared away a dangerous centering pass. Wilhelm scored by jumping on a loose ball in the Mammoth box and shooting low inside the left post for his first career goal with 18:50

remaining. Mammoth goalie Michael Stone finished with five saves. The Panthers held edges of 14-13 in shots at goal and 3-1 in corner kicks. On Tuesday the Panthers breezed to a 4-0 win at Mt. St. Mary (4-4), scoring all their goals in the first half. Finding the net were Raffi Barsamian, from Drew Goulart; Ben Potter, twice; and Fazl Shaikh followed, from Shams Mohajerani. Hyer and MSM goalie Tyler Rapp each made

ball from the left into the box that bounced to Greenberg alone out front, and she then knocked it into the far side. Amherst’s best chance to cut into the lead came in the 81st minute, when Natalie Landau’s shot from 15 yards out hit the right post. The Mammoths held a 19-18 shots advantage that they padded in the late going, and led 7-2 in penalty kicks. On the previous Wednesday the Panthers dispatched then No. 14 Plattsburgh, 3-0, outshooting

the Cardinals, 16-6. Van Voorhis headed in a Robinson cross from the right side to give Middlebury the lead at 24:01, and late in the half Leah Salzman disrupted a Cardinal clear on the left side and drilled a long shot into the upper right corner. In the second half Cate Shellenback converted from the top of the Cardinal box for her first college goal. Sachi Howson and Alwang shared time and each made two saves for Middlebury. Taylor Adams made six saves for Plattsburgh (4-1).

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.org. AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

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AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. New‑ comers welcome. Confiden‑ tial. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Ripton, Rip‑ ton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Women of AA (Step/Speaker), Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Big Book Meeting, New Ha‑ ven, Congregational Church, Village Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30am.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflection Meeting, Vergennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Spiritual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am.

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 confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting available.

PAINTING SEASON IS here. Wet Paint, interior and exterior quality paint‑ ing. 30 years experience. References and insured. 802‑458‑2402.

VALLEY HANDYMAN SER‑ VICE: electrical, plumbing, carpentry. Resolve projects and that honey‑to‑do list today. Property manage‑ ment upon request. Mowing, landscaping, snow removal. Quality workmanship and references. 802‑458‑2402.

M I D D L E B U R Y, 7 1 1 WEYBRIDGE STREET, multi‑neighbors lawn sale. Saturday, September 22, 9am‑3pm. This is a good one folks!

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 7‑8pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt. org.

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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. 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 turningpointaddisonvt.org. 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.

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

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Opportunities STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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Agricultural Loan Assistant VERMONT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CORPORATION a component of Vermont Economic Development Authority

VACC has an excellent opportunity for a team-oriented individual to fill the position of Agricultural Loan Assistant providing administrative and technical support to loan officers in our office in Middlebury. The position requires an upbeat professional with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and ability to learn other programs. Strong written and verbal skills, accuracy and attention to detail are required. Familiarity with agriculture, financial records and an Associate’s Degree is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience and ability. VEDA/VACC has a competitive benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer. To apply for this position, please submit your cover letter and resume to: amiller@veda.org or mail it to: Ann Miller Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation 58 East State Street, Suite 5 Montpelier, VT 05602-3044

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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MIDDLEBURY UNION MIDDLE SCHOOL

Coaching Positions Middlebury Union Middle School is seeking a Girls’ Basketball Coach Applicants must possess a strong knowledge of coaching principles with previous coaching experience preferred. Must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate and relate to student athletes. Interested parties should send a letter of interest, resume, and three current letters of reference to: Amy Pyfrom/Athletic Director Middlebury Union Middle School 48 Deerfield Lane Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the positions have been filled. E.O.E.

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Shafer’s Deli & Market & The Daily Grind Is Looking to Hire…YOU… for the following positions: Line Cook • Dishwasher • Prep Cook Barista • Counter Help Please email your resume to Shafersmarket@gmail.com, or apply at, Shafer’s Market & Deli, 54 Market St. Middlebury, VT or at our newest location, The Daily Grind, 24 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT 05753

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Shop Foreman/ Job-Skills Coach

Part-Time Position • Middlebury, VT VT YouthWorks, an innovative collaboration between Vermont Adult Learning and the Hannaford Career Center, seeks an energetic, collaborative Shop Foreman/Job Skills Coach. This person will create a supportive, entrepreneurial workshop environment which produces merchantable wood products while engaging roughly 10-15 young adults in learning teamwork, reliability, and other workplace essentials. Student contact hours are 8-9 a.m., additional preparation time can be scheduled flexibly. Very competitive hourly wage, roughly 10 hours per week, no benefits. For more information, call Len at 382-1005 or apply online at www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=2985316

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October 2, 2018 4-6 PM Positions available: Full Time (30-40 hrs) RN or LPN Caregivers (all shifts) Part time Servers Activities Assistant Activities Driver Applicants must be able to work weekends. Background checks are required. The Residence at Otter Creek 350 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT 05753 www.residenceottercreek.com

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NOW HIRING AT HELEN PORTER REHABILITATION & NURSING! Learn more about job opportunities at Walk-in Wednesday, when you can interview on-the-spot! Walk in at 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury any Wednesday between 9AM and 5PM. We now pay a starting rate of $14.00/hour for LNAs, and higher rates for LNAs with experience! Sign-on bonuses available! Up to $1,000 for select LNA positions Up to $2,000 for LPN roles For more information about available openings, visit UVMHealth.org/PMC and click on “Careers.”

Founded in 1975, Homeward Bound in Middlebury is an open-admission animal shelter that provides services to approximately 850 animals per year and operates multiple community-based animal welfare programs. We are engaged in a three-year strategic planning process and we are currently looking for a dynamic and energetic person to fill the position of Shelter Manager. The Shelter Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations including adoption center initiatives and community-based animal programs related to our mission. This position is a full-time, exempt position with a work week of Tuesday-Saturday and includes administrative, supervisory, and personnel-related duties. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be comfortable with change and ambiguity, be able to operate calmly in emotionally charged environments, and work toward long-term goals while managing daily challenges. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience in an animal welfare organization or equivalent experience and at least 2 years managerial experience. Excellent computer literacy, data manipulation, and oral and electronic communication skills required and familiarity with Pet Point preferred. For complete details and a job description, please visit www.homewardboundanimals.org Toapply,sendcoverletter,resume,3professional references, and minimum salary requirements to Jessica@homewardboundanimals.org. Position open until filled. No phone calls, please.

Servers, Bussers, Dishwashers, Line Cooks Please Apply in Person at: 25 Bakery Lane Middlebury, VT 05753 Or Call 802-388-6724 Ask for Lindsey

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 2018-2019 Licensed Nurse Assistant Addison Central School District is seeking a Licensed Nurse Assistant at Middlebury Union High School. Associate’s Degree or equivalent perferred. Must have the ability to work collaboratively with staff, have strong interpersonal and communication skills, must support teaching basic academics, social and communication skills, and provide personal care to student (hygiene, toileting and lifting). Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters, complete transcripts and evidence of licensure via School Spring. Applications will be accepted until October 5, 2018. E.O.E. The 9 schools of Addison Central School District are candidate schools for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme, and Diploma Programme and pursuing authorization as IB World Schools. IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision. Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the IB Careerrelated Certificate (IBCC). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org ACSD’s applications for candidacy to become an IB World District were approved near the end of the 2016-2017 school year.The candidacy phase is typically a two to three year process.

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UP‑RIGHT FREEZER 13 cubic feet. Clean, runs well. $75. 802‑877‑3629. Leave message and will return call.

BUSSERS, DISHWASHERS, HOSTS AND LINE COOK

Help Wanted

EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks enthusiastic and experienced caregiv‑ ers to provide hands‑on care in our dynamic retire‑ ment community. Openings: full‑time evenings, part‑time weekends. Email acoyle@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call 989‑7502.

ALL‑ AROUND FARM HAND, 802‑233‑1249 or 802‑233‑3849. BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156. CHOCOLATE DISTRIBU‑ TION route (Hershey’s & Nestle) 1000 active custom‑ ers provided free of charge by company. Estimated annual profit $100,000. Support for your success. Exclusive ter‑ ritory, investment required. l o c a l c a u s e . u s . 1‑800‑590‑4595. BARISTA/BAKERY COUN‑ TER Service - Full time & part-time openings. Join our terrific team serving our awe‑ some loyal customer’s cof‑ fee, pastry, lunch and lots of smiles. Great opportunity to meet community members and find out what’s going on in town. Coffee is on us. Send as an e-mail for more details. info@ottercreekbakery.com. RESIDENTIAL INSTRUC‑ TOR sought for a therapeu‑ tic home for women with developmental disabilities in Middlebury. Seeking a team player to support the home environment focused on empowerment, choice, respect and fun. Must be able to provide support in all types of situations with patience, good judgment and flexibility. Shift includes overnights and weekend hours. Approximate‑ ly $29K with very generous benefit package. To apply, visit csac‑vt.org, or submit resume to: apply@csac‑vt.org. SHARED LIVING PROVID‑ ER sought for a young woman in her early 20s with a mild developmental disability. Best match would be a home that could provide consistency and structure, without children or pets. She works 40 hours/ week from afternoon to eve‑ ning in Middlebury, and the provider needs to assist with transportation to & from work. When she is not working, she enjoys crafts, especially perler beads, and photography. Also she needs a home that is not heated by a woodstove. Generous tax‑free annual stipend, respite, room and board payment, and team support. Please call Keiko at Community Associates 388‑4021.

COOK ‑ COLLEGE ST. Chil‑ dren’s Center in Middlebury is looking for a cook who can utilize local seasonal foods and keep to a budget. Includes shopping and ad‑ hering to timelines and state guidelines. Paid training time is included. 20 hours a week, 8 am to noon. $15./hr includes 5 weeks paid time off. Send cover letter and resume to Amethyst at cscc1@sover. net. COSTELLO’S MARKET IS looking for an experienced person to wrap subs, do prep‑work, deep frying, dish‑ washing and other duties. Please apply in person to Costello’s Market, Marble‑ works, Middlebury.

For Rent

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

BRISTOL FURNISHED THREE bedroom available, with garage and basement. Includes heat, hot water, lawn mowing and snow re‑ moval. Available immedi‑ ately. First and last month’s rent required. 802‑453‑2566. Leave message with tele‑ phone number enunciated clearly.

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

NEW HAVEN SUNNY, special apartment. Garden space, views. No pets, no smoking. References. $925/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

Vacation Rentals

Please apply in person at: 3 Mill Street Middlebury, VT

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS‑ TANT‑ College St. Children’s Center in Middlebury is look‑ ing for an Administrative As‑ sistant. You will work directly with the Director, as well as interact with staff and parents. Good written and verbal com‑ munication skills required as well as computer skills, includ‑ ing good working knowledge of Excel. 30 hours a week; $15.00/hr plus 5 weeks paid time off and flex spending. Send cover letter and resume to Amethyst at cscc1@sover. net.

For Rent

2 BEDROOM, DUPLEX. 10 miles from Middlebury, quiet setting. Wash/dryer hookups. Large kitchen, liv‑ ing, and baths. $975 per month plus utilities and de‑ posit. No smoking, no pets. 802‑897‑5447.

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The Storm Café has immediate openings for

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GUEST SERVICES HELP wanted for the Swift House Inn. Responsible for taking phone reservations, check‑ ing in guests which includes walking them to their rooms, light cleaning, helping guests plan their day. Must be able to walk and do stairs. Must be able to work day shifts, evening shifts, and weekends. Good computer skills a must. Prior experience a plus. Call 388‑9925. LOOKING FOR part‑time handy person to do yard work in Middlebury. 388‑2754.

WAREHOUSE/CUSTOMER service assistant needed. If you want work that makes a positive difference in the community, come join our team. HOPE is looking for a warehouse assistant, 29.5 hours a week. Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds on a regular basis, stand and sit for periods of time, and have good customer service skills. To apply, send resume to receptionist@hope‑vt.org, or mail it to us at 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury. No phone calls or walk ins please.

For Sale ENCLOSED 5X8 TRAIL‑ ER Good shape, $1,200. 4‑ 15” alum. org. rims, $80 for set. Montgomery Ward air compressor, $50. Brand new Homlite electric hedge trimmer, $50. Stihl weed‑ whacker, $50. Toro 6 horse snow‑ blower, like new. $400. 802‑468‑0278. FIELD GOOSE DECOYS 12 Mag Snow Carrylite, 6 Out‑ law Silhouette, Texas Winds, Canada Silhouette and 2 fish finders. 802‑425‑6307. sea‑ nair2000@yahoo.com.

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.

3 BEDROOM HOUSE IN Cornwall available Octo‑ ber 1, washer/dryer, quiet neighborhood, pets wel‑ come, nice yard, 7 miles from Middlebury. $1,200/ month. First, last and secu‑ rity. 802‑233‑3551.

For Rent

BRANDON ‑ FURNISHED small efficiency apartment. Non‑smoking. No pets. Heat, lights and cable included. $175/week. 802‑247‑3144.

For Rent

OFFICE SPACE IN MIDDLEBURY

CVOEO’s Champlain Valley Head Start has a 1,440 sq. ft. office space in the historic Marble Works available for sublease or lease takeover. Head Start no longer needs the space due to a change in classroom location. This beautiful space was newly renovated in 2017 and designed to be an energy efficient office. It has one large office, an open, multidesk area, an ADA compliant bathroom, and small kitchenette. The rent is $1,660 / month plus utilities, or best reasonable offer. Act now, as high quality office space like this in Middlebury is very hard to come by! Please contact Carol Paul at cpaul@cvoeo.org or 802-862-2771 x738 with questions.

HOUSE FOR RENT

IN FERRISBURGH

$1750 PER MONTH Renter is responsible for all utilities garbage and fuel oil and gas, Landlord is responsible for mowing and plowing. Modern ranch style home with attached 2-car garage on 4.2 acres The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths with large, flowing rooms Gas hot water & gas stove.

BRANDON: PARK VIL‑ LAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Sum‑ mit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summitpmg.com. BRIDPORT; 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. Heat, electricity, water, lawn care included. No smoking, no pets. 802‑388‑2754. BRIDPORT: SUNNY, SPA‑ CIOUS 1/br. apartment. Beautiful views, garden space. All utilities included except heat. Washer/dryer. No pets. No smoking. $900 per month. 802‑349‑9624. BRISTOL FAMILY HOUS‑ ING: $1,035 3 BD Apart‑ ment. Rent includes heat, hot water, trash and snow re‑ moval. Washer dryer hookup & storage space. Income restrictions apply. For fur‑ ther details call E.P. Man‑ agement Corp at 775‑1100 Ext. #7 or e‑mail shelly@ epmanagement.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Contact Michael Johnston at michaeljohnston@c21jack.com with inquiries.

For Rent

P.O. Box 156 • Vergennes, VT 05491 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AVAILABLE NOW VERGENNES AND MIDDLEBURY All basic utilities included except electricity. Modern apartments, carpet/ tile/hardwood floors. Laundry facilities onsite at most properties. Includes trash, recycling, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. All income and assets must be verified, income limits may apply. Past landlord references required. To download an application visit addisontrust.org or to request and application call (802) 877-2626 x104 or email info@addisontrust.org

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BRISTOL, 2 BEDROOM HOUSE. Newly renovated. All new hardwood floors. Upgraded kitchen. Large 3 room bathroom. Nice porch and views. Private yard. Washer and dryer. Extra storage. 2 car carport. Snow removal included. Available Sept. 15. $985/mo. Secu‑ rity and references, credit check. No pets/smoking. 802‑352‑4266, please leave message. CORNWALL QUIET COUN‑ TRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath with washer/dryer hookup. In‑ cludes everything plus satel‑ lite, storage included. $1,250 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smok‑ ing. Available immediately. 802‑462‑2924. 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. EAST MIDDLEBURY; 2 BEDROOM trailer with ga‑ rage. $775/mo plus security deposit and utilities. Avail‑ able October 1. No pets, no smoking. References. 802‑352‑4124. FOR RENT‑ EAST Middle‑ bury. Two bedroom duplex upstairs apt. Large yard. Off street parking. Quiet neigh‑ borhood across street from park. No pets. $850/mo. Security deposit. Call eve 802‑388‑6938. Avail. 10/15. FOR RENT: IN MIDDLE‑ BURY 2 bedroom, 2 bath with enclosed year round sun room. Private location. Great yard, attached garage, walk to everything. $1,400 plus utilities. Call 352‑4302 or 802‑349‑2948, Kathy.

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LARGE OFFICE RENTAL available in Marbleworks. Rent $600. Call Charlotte at 388‑0929 or 453‑4991.

FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green. 802‑282‑9110.

MIDDLEBURY ‑ PROFES‑ SIONAL office suite. 1,205 sq. ft. office space. Conve‑ niently located in Middle‑ bury ‑ Court St./Creek Rd. 2 private offices, large re‑ ception area, large central open space for additional offices/cubicles or board‑ room. Private bathroom. Ready to move in. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

Real Estate NEW 2018 ENERGY Star display models, modular, doublewides and single‑ wides. Open 7 days a week. Beanshomes.com. 600 Rte. 7, Pittsford, V T. 1 ‑ 8 0 2 ‑ 7 7 3 ‑ 2 5 5 5 . tflanders@beanshomes. com.

PENTHOUSE/ROOF TOP apartment. One bedroom roof top apartment avail‑ able for rent July 1st in a quiet, convenient location situated close to downtown Middlebury. Secure off street parking and laundry on site. Heat included along with lawn care, trash, recycling and snow removal. No smoking, no pets. One year lease. 950.00 monthly with one month security deposit. Please do not stop by. Call 989‑0337.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

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44 ACRES WITH home, 2 car heated garage with over‑ head storage and small barn with pasture in Moriah, NY. 3 bedroom, 2 bath; master bath includes a jacuzzi & sauna. Wrap around deck for relaxing and overlooking the beauty of the meadow and the mountain. Beautifully landscaped with perennials, fruit trees and berry bushes. Plenty of room for gardening. Cross the brook to access trails for hiking, mountain biking, hunting, skiing, ATV or snowmobiling. Perfect as year round residence, sea‑ sonal enjoyment or a place to live while building your dream home. Please contact Lisa Sacco, lisawhitford@ ymail.com for more infor‑ mation and photos. Ready to sell.

Att. Farmers HAY FOR SALE Small square bales. First cut and mulch. Call 802‑349‑9281. 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 bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Con‑ sulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

Public Notices can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 10B & 11B.

Addison County Field Days-Storage (1) Addison County Superior Court (1) Bristol (1)

Starksboro (1)

Ripton (1)

TOWN OF STARKSBORO – DRB HEARING

The Starksboro Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing at the Starksboro Town Office on September 27, 2018 beginning at 7:45 P.M. to review the following: Application #2018 DRB-06-SP-1 is a request by Thacher and Olivia Hurd for a Site Plan review for a power line easement right of way to be located along Varney Hill Road to parcel # C3161N in the Agricultural, Scenic and Rural Residential and Forestry & Conservation Districts. As proposed this essential services request requires approval from the Town. Site Plan review is required pursuant to section 118 of the Starksboro Land Use and Development Regulations (SLUDR). The hearing review will be conducted pursuant to the SLUDR sections 118 and 424. Application #2018 DRB-06-SP-1 is available for review at the Town Office. Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing, or send a representative. Pursuant to 24 VSA § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Rebecca Elder, Administrative Officer Dated: September 17, 2018

TOWN OF RIPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ripton Selectboard hereby provides notice of a public hearing pursuant to 24 VSA 117 §4384 and §4441 for the purpose of hearing public comments concerning the proposed amendment to the Ripton Unified Development Bylaw. DATE: 8 October 2018, 7:00 pm LOCATION: Ripton Town Office, 1311 Route 125, Ripton, Vermont 05766 Statement of Purpose: The proposed 2018 Amendment to the Ripton Unified Development Bylaw will modify and replace the current Unified Development Bylaw, adopted October 8, 2012 and amended March 11, 2013. The purpose of these regulations is to provide for orderly community development and growth, to further the purposes established in 24 VSA 117 §4302, and to implement the Ripton Town Plan. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public comment on the amended regulations and to discuss any comments provided by the public. The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to clarify the existing zoning and subdivision regulations, meet the requirements of state planning laws (24 VSA 117) and to comply with the Ripton 2015 Town Plan.

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.

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LAKE DUNMORE, SALIS‑ BURY Enjoy the tranquil winters on the Lake. Ful‑ ly furnished winterized 2 bedroom house. Available starting Oct. 13th. to end of school year in June. You pay your own utilities, (propane heat). Ice skating & Fishing Derby in winter. Located directly on water. General store, Laundromat in walking distance. You will need refer‑ ences, 1st month’s rent and security deposit. No smoking or Pets allowed. Call for Ap‑ plication. Rent for $950.mos. Directly on the Lake. Please call 802‑352‑4697.

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Troopers locate driver sought in crash case ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police working out of the New Haven barracks issued two full press releases between Sept. 11 and 18. In the first incident, troopers on Sept. 16 at 6:45 p.m. responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Peddler Bridge Road near Wagon Wheel Road in Ripton. Lyle Webb, 62, of Ripton told troopers that he was driving a 2003 Dodge truck that was in a crash with a vehicle police identified as a 2003 Ford Escape. Webb said the other driver left the scene after the crash without identifying himself. Based on the information provided by Webb and troopers at the scene, Bristol Police Officer Randy Crowe was able to locate the other vehicle in the crash on Notch Road in Ripton, and identified the driver as Timothy Emmett Edwards, 54, of Bristol. State police report that Edwards showed signs of impairment. Troopers cited Edwards for driving under the influence (second offense), leaving the scene of an accident and driving with a criminally suspended license. Edwards was unhurt in the crash, but Webb reported back pain. Separately, On Sept. 17 at approximately 5:25 p.m. troopers saw Alara Bourgeois, 25, of Bristol driving a red 1997 GMC Suburban on Route 17 in New Haven. Recognizing Bourgeois from previous incidents, and knowing that her license was suspended and there was an active warrant for her arrest for failure to appear in court, the trooper stopped her motor vehicle and took Bourgeois into custody. State police took Bourgeois to the New Haven barracks for processing and then transported her to the Chittenden Regional Correctional facility, where she was lodged with bail set at $200. Police cited Bourgeois for driving while suspended license. State police operating out of the New Haven barracks release a daily log of a selection of their activities.

In Addison County, those activities included: • Sept. 10, suspicious person/ circumstance, Mount Independence Road, Orwell. • Sept. 10, citizen assist, Route 116, Starksboro. • Sept. 10, suspicious person/ circumstance, Plank Road, Ferrisburgh. • Sept. 10, citizen assist, Burroughs Farm Road, Ferrisburgh. • Sept. 10, crash with injury, Route 7 at Greenbush Road, Ferrisburgh. • Sept. 11, larceny from a building, Hardscrabble Road, Bristol. • Sept. 11, citizen assist, Quaker Village Road, New Haven. • Sept. 11, lost or found property, Route 7, New Haven • Sept. 11, welfare check, Panton Road, Panton. • Sept. 11, agency assist, Victory Street, Vergennes. • Sept. 11, agency assist, West Street, Bristol. • Sept. 12, citizen assist, Route 116 North, Starksboro. • Sept. 12, juvenile problem, Hallock Road, New Haven. • Sept. 12, citizen dispute, Vincent Drive, Bristol. • Sept. 12, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 7, Ferrisburgh. • Sept. 13, citizen assist, South Middlebrook Road, Waltham. • Sept. 14, crash with damage, Route 116 at Lincoln Road, Bristol. • Sept. 14, traffic hazard, Route 17 West, Addison. • Sept. 14, crash with damage, Route 7 at Dakin Road, Ferrisburgh. • Sept. 14, citizen dispute, Route 66, Waltham. • Sept. 14, suspicious person/ circumstance, West Road, Whiting. • Sept. 14, suspicious person/ circumstance, north end of Leland Road, Salisbury. • Sept. 15, driving with a suspended license, Court Street and Charles Avenue, Middlebury. • Sept. 15, citizen assist, Route 22A, Addison. • Sept. 15, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 116, Starksboro.

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• Sept. 15, suspicious person/ circumstance, Route 100/Warren Falls, Warrant. • Sept. 15, citizen assist, Natural Turnpike/Sparks Pit, Ripton. • Sept. 15, citizen dispute, Lake Dunmore Road, Salisbury. • Sept. 16, 911 hang up, Monkton Road, Monkton. • Sept. 16, suspicious person/ circumstances, Hewitt Road, Bristol. • Sept. 16, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 7, New Haven. • Sept. 16, alarm, Hunt Road, New Haven. • Sept. 16, agency assist, Big Hollow and Hinesburg Hollow roads, Starksboro. • Sept. 16, DUI, Lincoln Road north of the school, Ripton. • Sept. 17, crash with damages, Route 22A, Panton. • Sept. 17, motor vehicle disturbances, Shaker Hill Road, Starksboro. • Sept. 17, agency assist, Delorme Road, Leicester. • Sept. 17, motor vehicle disturbances, Orchard Terrace, Bristol.

Auctions MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Sept. 13 & Sept. 17 BEEF B. Larrow Jr. Barnes Bros. Vt. Technical Co. Kayhart Bros. D. Essex Gosliga Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb 1120 .62 1610 .54 1350 .53 2035 .525 1650 .51 1740 .52

CALVES B. Hanfield J. Allen M & L Quesnel M. Wilbur J. Townshend

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 89 1.50 133.50 103 .75 77.25 71 .80 56.80 110 .70 77.00 103 .68 70.04

Dollars 694.40 869.40 715.50 1068.38 841.50 904.80

Total # Beef: 244 • Total # Calves: 393 We value our faithful customers. Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs. For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

ANNUAL FALL DAIRY/FEEDER CONSIGNMENT SALE Wednesday October 3rd At Addison County Commission Sales Barns Rt. 125 East Middlebury Vt. • 12 Noon Sharp

OVER 300 HEAD CONSIGNED!!

Artificially Sired Quality Dairy Cows & Heifers, Already Consigned The Mitch Kelly Herd Of Starksboro, Vt. Holstein Herd Consists Of 75 Mature Cows, Many 1st And 2nd Calf Heifers. 50 Head Due Fresh Or Springing Sept. And Oct. 41-Bred Heif. 2-4 Mo. / 60-Open Heif. 300Lb. -850Lbs. Select Sire And Alta Genex Used Butterfat 3.7 Protein 3.1 Fresh Cows Milking 70-90Lbs.

* FOLLOWING DAIRY *

Also Consigning Beef Feeders Beef Feeders/Mature Cows/Bulls Steers/ Heifers-All Breeds Welcome! Don’t Miss This Annual Fall Sale All Quality Consignments Welcome **Cash In On Your Overstock** A Must Sale To Attend!!! For more info call 802-388 2661 (ACCS) Sale Manager: Tom Wisnowski & Sons - 802-989-1507 Auctioneer – John Nop

JCT. 22A & 125 • BRIDPORT, VERMONT SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 23rd 9:30 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 9:30 A.M.

TOWN OF BRISTOL HEARING NOTICE The Bristol Planning Commission will hold a hearing on October 2, 2018 at Holley Hall located at 1 South Street beginning at 7:00 P.M. to consider the application for permit #18-505 by Piper Westbrook for parcel #23-50-67, requesting Site Plan Review approval for a Retail Store and Accessory Use, per Bristol Zoning Regulations Article IV Section 390. Copies of the complete zoning applications are available for review at the Bristol Town Office during regular business hours.

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09-20

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 50-3-18 ANCV

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE3 v. BRADLEY N. BEDARD OCCUPANTS OF: 71 East Street, Bristol VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered , in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Bradley N. Bedard and the late Jean A. Bedard to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for AEGIS Lending Corporation, dated November 10, 2006 and recorded in Book 122 Page 145 of the land records of the Town of Bristol, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for AEGIS Lending Corporation to LaSalle Bank, NA as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2007-HE3 dated July 1, 2008 and recorded in Book 127 Page 324 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from LaSalle Bank, NA as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2007-HE3 to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-HE3 dated November 29, 2017 and recorded in Book 154 Page 253, both of the land records of the Town of Bristol for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 71 East Street, Bristol, Vermont on October 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: The land referred to in this Commitment is situated in the State of VT, County of ADDISON and is described as follows: A CERTAIN PIECE OF LAND IN BRISTOL IN THE COUNTY OF ADDISON AND THE STATE OF VERMONT, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: A LOT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE THEREON, SAID PREMISES SITUATED IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BRISTOL ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF EAST STREET, SO-CALLED, SAID LAND AND PREMISES FURTHER DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF EAST STREET, SO-CALLED; ON THE EAST BY LAND AND PREMISES OF CHARLES F. LAMB; ON THE SOUTH BY LANDS OF DRAKE, SMITH COMPANY; ON THE WEST BY LAND AND PREMISES OF MINNIE M. SMITH. SOURCE OF TITLE: BOOK: 71, PAGE: 156, RECORDED DATE: 11/15/1991. PARCEL NO. 235160 Stewart Title Guaranty Company 71 EAST ST. BRISTOL, VT 05443-1315 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : September 5, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 9/20

ADDISON COUNTY FIELD DAYS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

All residents of Addison County are hereby given notice of the annual meeting of Addison County Fair & Field Days, Inc., to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018 at the Weybridge Congregational Church, in Weybridge, Vermont. AGENDA Welcome and Introduction of Board Members Review of 2018 Fair Vote on Bylaw Changes Financial Report Audience Comments and Questions Election of Board Members and Officers Refreshments will be served. Cara N. Mullin Business Manager 9/17

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN PROPERTY TAX NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town and Town School District of New Haven. It was voted at the 2018 Annual Town Meeting that property taxes will be due in the Town Office by Monday, 1 Oct. 2018. Property taxes will be considered late if not received in the Town Clerk’s Office by the close of the business day. Sorry... POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TIMELY. Checks are deposited when received. Please date your check for the date you deliver it to the office. Delinquent taxes are charged an 8% penalty and Interest charges of 1% per month will be added to unpaid taxes after October 1, 2018. (per Vt. State Statue) Barbara Torian, Treasurer Town of New Haven, VT 9/20

We have been commissioned to sell the partial contents of Hickory Hill Farm from Charlotte-No. Ferrisburg camp along with modern furniture from Cornwall. Nice variety for everyone. Early Tiger maple tilt top tea table – Model 1860 US Cavalry sword – 1822 Calvary Saber (Walschild Germany) and others – 1864 Springfield Musket – Firkins buckets in old paint – redware jug – stoneware crocks and jugs w/chickens – early metal trucks – Tiger 4 drawer maple chest – 8’ custom made Harvest table – early 6’ & 8’ Harvest tables – Walker Spinning wheel – yarn winders early school master desk – early 20th century Vergennes Parade photos and others – 1 & 2 drawer stands – Mammy bench – several yellow ware bowls – Belleek pitchers – Stubin glass bud vase – early syrup pitcher collections – nice collection of antique clocks – Hanging and slag glass table lamps – Aladdin & oil lamps – fancy carved 4 drawer chest – whatnot shelves – ladies gold pocket watch & other – variety of dressers – early dry sink and blanket box – early step back cupboard and hanging cupboards – Lift top blanket chest – modern sofa and easy chairs – early floor lamps – 2 huge modern custom made rugs (14’x14’, 16’ x 16’) early 15’ x 20’ rag rugs and 3’ x 30’ hall runner – braided and scatter rugs – Standby “on-Air” sign – variety of quilts (early hired hand quilt, F Jackman) Faribo wool blankets – old bronco toy riding horse – brass & copper pails – Early snowshoes – boxing, baseball gloves and bats – lg. asst. of nautical buoys and flags – VT Steamship lanterns and others – Victorian sofa – Ampex 620 amplifier – Oil on canvas landscape, watercolors and prints – cast iron waffle maker – Arrow head collections – violins – early child’s pull cart – vintage doll house and furniture – 6 bow back chairs, 6 rabbit ear chairs and other sets – pond boats – old trencher and dough box – nice collection of vintage fishing lures and reels – bamboo fly rod – wirley jigs – several sm. multi drawer cabinets – tea cart and silver plated tea set – flatware – early youth chair – pr. modern white twin bedframes – cherry & slab coffee tables – vintage typewriters – Military patches and hat – Korean war vest – cannonball fork - china spice cannister set – Dog Team collections – early ship compass – stereopticon and Bristol cards – old dolls – sm. Stamp album – glass butter churn – mini Singer sewing machine – Naughty Nellie boot jack – Tiger maple plant stand – washbowl and pitcher set – lg. custom made fireplace screen & andirons – Sears & Roebuck school desks – wooden sap buckets – old wooden tool boxes – copper boiler – Lake Placid milk bottles and others – table top cream separator – hand held school bells – cheese and egg baskets – 12’ church pew – wooden hand screws and misc. tools – hand made wooden apple ladder – Bellows Falls horse drawn sleighs – and much much more – US CURRENCY Morgan silver dollars – Barber & Franklin Half dollars – Washington quarters – Liberty & Buffalo nickels – mercury dimes – Indian head pennies – Silver certificates AUCTIONEER: Tom Broughton PO Box 53, Bridport, VT 05734 802-758-2494 Terms – Cash, good check, MC, Visa • Under tent – Chairs provided Food by Bridport Grange NOTE: Preview 7:30 a.m. day of sale – Good clean sale – Don’t miss it. All items sold as is/where is, with no implied warranty. 10% buyer’s premium cash – 13% buyer’s premium with credit card www.tombroughtonauctions.com

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What are dogs saying? Deb Helfrich to speak at New Haven Library NEW HAVEN — For the dog lovers among us, the New Haven Community Library will be hosting Deb Helfrich of Gold Star Dog Training on Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. Helfrich who will be sharing her knowledge of dog communication and explaining what dogs are saying with their bodies in a program called, “Woof! What’s the Dog Saying?” This popular long-running lecture is a multi-media extravaganza of fun. Deb will demystify dog communication and explore how dogs and others can live safely and happily together. At the end of the presentation, the audience will get the chance to practice reading dog body language through several engaging exercises. Organizers have noted that this event is for humans only, so dogs must be left at home. The library is located at 78 North Street in New Haven, and the program DEB HELFRICH SHARES her knowledge of dog communication is free and accessible. Call Deborah at the New Haven Community Library, 78 North St., New Haven, on for further information at 453-4015. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m.

Defective equipment draws DUI citation VERGENNES — Vergennes front of the Small City Market. police on Saturday cited a HinesOn Sept. 11: burg resident for driving under the • Talked to the owner of a travel influence of alcohol. Police said trailer that had been reported as posthey pulled over a vehicle driven by sibly abandoned on Panton Road; the Robert Frost, 21, on Route 7 in Fer- owner promised to move it. risburgh for defective • Tried for the first equipment and noticed of several times, all the smell of alcohol. unsuccessfully, to Police cited Frost serve an abuse-preafter his blood-alcohol vention order to a Police Log content allegedly tested North Maple Street at 0.169, and they reresident. leased him to a family member. The • Responded to a reported dog legal blood-alcohol limit for driving fight on Victory Lane; police helped is 0.08. break up a fight between two dogs In other incidents between Sept. that had gotten away from their 10 and 16, Vergennes police: owner while on a walk and another On Sept. 10: dog being walked, made sure that • Helped Vermont State Police by all the dogs had their shots and that trying to find a car on School Street; injuries were not severe, and calmed police could not do so. all involved. • Aided state police by respondOn Sept. 12: ing to a car off Route 17 in Addison; • Checked out a report of possible police said the driver appeared gunshots on North Maple Street and confused and alerted the Vergennes determined they were fireworks; Area Rescue Squad and stood by police warned the parties responsible until VARS and troopers arrived. not to use fireworks. • Asked a restaurant patron to • Checked the welfare of the emmove a car parked on Main Street in ployee of a Chittenden County firm;

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she was OK and agreed to call her boss. • Stood by while a woman retrieved belongings from a School Street home. • Asked a visitor to a Canal Street residence to move a vehicle that was blocking traffic. On Sept. 13 checked the welfare of a woman reported to be unsteady on her bicycle on South Water Street and determined she was fine. On Sept. 14 helped a motorist get into a locked car outside of Aubuchon Hardware. On Sept. 15: • Helped calm fighting and screaming children in a Main Street apartment. • Stopped a car reported to have been operated erratically on Route 22A and determined the driver was OK. • Following a complaint, warned a man not to follow a woman through the city in his car. • Issued court diversion paperwork to an underage Northlands Job Corps students who had been caught drinking.

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September 20, 2018

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Almost life-size cutouts of Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa peer out from a corner near the reception desk of the new Middlebury Sweets Motel in Middlebury. The motel features candy-themed rooms — including a Willy Wonka Room — and the lobby hosts Vermont’s largest candy store, which stocks more than 1,500 varieties of sweets. INDEPENDENT PHOTO/TRENT CAMPBELL

Home sweet home: Candy store owners open motel

aturally after Blanca Jenne and her husband, Brad, bought the Greystone Motel on Route 7 South in Middlebury late last year, they wanted to update the property. “This place needed a lot of love,” Blanca Jenne says. “The furniture was from the ’80s and ’90s.” First the place was cleaned top to bottom, and new beds and bedding were also at the top of the list. Some new drywall and carpet were installed.

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Then Jenne started to plan the cosmetic changes. She considered a Twizzler-themed room, but opted for Willy Wonka instead. It fit in nicely with the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Room, Hershey’s Room, M&M’s Room and Kisses Room — that’s the chocolate wing. On the other side of the central office are four more rooms built around the themes Laffy Taffy,

Gummi Bears, Jelly Belly and Sour Patch Kids.

if not impossible, to find a larger candy store.

The central office, where guests check in — that’s a candy store that stocks more than 1,500 varieties of confectioneries.

Since they moved the candy store into the motel this summer, the selection has actually grown. In addition to Jelly Belly, Mars, Nestle and Hershey products, the candy store also features Haribo, Ferrara, Pez and Sixlets brand sweets — among many, many others. Blanca makes more than 100 varieties of her own handcrafted chocolates in a kitchen that is nicer, more conveniently set up than in the old shop.

Oh, and the Jennes changed the name of the business to the Middlebury Sweets Motel. “Some people see the room and say, ‘Oh that’s why you spell it sweets,’” and not “suites,” Blanca Jenne says. The Jennes are not new to the local business world, nor to the candy business. Brad Jenne has operated U-Haul and self-storage businesses off Ossie Road in East Middlebury for almost two decades. In 2012 the Jennes converted a scrapbooking business at the Ossie Road property into the Middlebury Sweets candy store, which they billed as the largest candy store in Vermont. With a selection of 1,300 different sweet treats it would be difficult,

Blanca says that a majority of motel guests end up shopping in the candy store. “I haven’t seen anyone disappointed to find a big candy store in the motel,” she said. “They think it’s a little odd, but they’re happy.” And, while the staff leave five or six candies in a bowl in each room, she knows that at this point customers aren’t coming to the Middlebury Sweets Motel for the treats. “They are pretty SEE SWEETS ON PAGE 3

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ART Middlebury’s Classic Film Club spotlights fall films

he Middlebury Community Classic Film Club is back in action this fall with another film series. After a summer hiatus, the club will once again meet in the Community Room of the Ilsley Library in Middlebury to bring people together each month to enjoy wonderful movies, great conversation, some pretty good chocolate chip cookies, coffee and popcorn. The first of the four films screens on Sept. 27 with the theme “Immigration and Migration.”

with the Jimmy Stewart classic ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ we followed up with the great Greta Garbo in ‘Queen Christina.’ Our third film moved the focus to 1960s Indonesia with ‘The Year of Living Dangerously.’ For our final film of the season we saw ‘All the King’s Men,’ Robert Penn Warren’s fictional account inspired by the career of Louisiana’s Huey Long, a politician who Franklin Roosevelt called one of the two most dangerous men in America. Throughout the winter and spring screenings we had a great audience and really enjoyed one another’s company.”

Steve Gross, founder of the club, and Chris Kirby, director of adult services and technology at the Ilsley, started the Classic Film Club last February.

The club took a summer vacation and pondered a fitting theme for the fall series.

“We decided that a classic film club would be a wonderful way of connecting movies of the past to issues of our times so we used the theme of ‘Politics Around the World’ for our winter-spring series,” Gross explained. “Starting

“After a lot of reflection, conversations with friends, and a close eye on current events we decided on the theme ‘Immigration and Migration,” Gross said. “Whether we are thinking of the forced migration of African women and men who were kidnapped and stolen into slavery, the stories of Europeans

United Way of Addison County 24th Annual

Days of Caring GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE LIVE UNITED September 27 & 29 United Way of Addison County will be honoring Tracy Corbett at the end of our first Day of Caring (Sept 27th) and invite all who love and miss her to join us. Tracy was UWAC’s Volunteer Coordinator and was a tremendous advocate for volunteerism. To honor that, we are inviting our Days of Caring volunteers and the general public to the Middlebury Green on 9/27 from 4pm-6pm for a casual evening of food and music. Thanks to a generous gift from Bruce & Michele Bayliss, Days of Caring Volunteers will eat free! Porky’s Backyard BBQ and Mediterranean Mix will be there.

THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND SPRING SCREENINGS WE HAD A GREAT AUDIENCE AND REALLY ENJOYED ONE ANOTHER’S COMPANY. — Steve Gross

who sought to escape poverty in their homelands or the experience of Central Americans who fled the violence in their countries only to take a dangerous journey to the U.S., immigration and migration are deeply American themes. They also reveal heated debates in our society at this very moment.” Here are the films the club has selected: “Amistad” on Sept. 27. Based on the famous Supreme Court trial of 1841, this film depicts the struggle of kidnapped African women and men to be free in the antebellum United States. “The Emigrants” on Oct. 25. This award winning 1971 film starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow tells the story of 19th century Swedes desperate to escape the poverty of their homeland. “El Norte” on Nov. 29. Fleeing the violence of the Guatemalan civil war, two refugees head north through Mexico to the United States. Their story reverberates powerfully in our own time. “West Side Story” on Dec. 20. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of its composer Leonard Bernstein, this story raises the question of who is truly an American and how can we learn to live together. It’s also a wonderful tale of love, turbulence and tragedy. Gross and the club are enthused to say the least. They want to open these movies to as many people as possible, so they’ve changed the start time of each film. This fall movies will begin at 6 p.m. (last season they started at 3 p.m.) There will still be the same lively discussion after each movie, and, yes, you can expect cookies, popcorn, coffee and friends. — Elsie Lynn Parini

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Among the things that make the Middlebury Sweets Motel unique are the huge, on-site candy store, rooms tastefully decorated with candy themes including “Willy Wonka” and “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups,” and candythemed lamps made by owner Blanca Jenne and her friends. INDEPENDENT PHOTOS/TRENT CAMPBELL

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much people looking for something less expensive,” Blanca says. “We are the least expensive lodging option in Middlebury.” She has been pleasantly surprised at how good business has been, and says she is lucky to have good employees. Most guests are in town for temporary work, such as the crew that has been working on the Congregational Church of

Middlebury steeple. The candy theme is fun, but Blanca didn’t want to take it too far, since for most of her customers candy is not the main reason they are staying in the Middlebury Sweets. “Some people say I should get candy comforters, but I don’t want the rooms go over the top,” she says. “We tried to keep it subtle, to keep in nice and fun … If I was in a different location maybe I would go nuts and make it a huge theme thing, but not for Middlebury.” At some point Blanca will add

a feature to the motel’s website that will enable guests to choose their preferred candy-themed room (at this point some do make a choice if they book a room over the phone). She also has plans to soon begin leaving handmade chocolate leaves on each guest’s pillow before too long.

Blanca clearly loves owning and running a motel with a candy theme. She gets to weigh the potential customer delight in all of the details and embellishments she dreams up vs. the expense and the return each would bring. And she gets to make chocolate. But she keeps her business in perspective.

“Oh, I’ve got a lot of ideas,” she said. One change the Jennes definitely have planned for next year is to paint the white and mint-green building a fresh golden yellow with barn red trim; they’re also going to add a barn red metal roof.

“We are a MOtel,” Blanca says. “People are generally looking for a cheaper option and we offer that. “And we’re clean!” she adds.

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IN TOWN Comedian comes to Marquis Theater

rish Mohan is a socially conscious, Indian standup comedian and writer, and he’s coming to the Middlebury Marquis theater on Saturday.

Mohan’s show explores “bubble culture” and the current divide in today’s political climate. He uses his sharp wit and humor to illustrate how race, identity politics and misunderstanding progressivism has led to splitting us apart. He explores Native American culture, effective ways to treat mental illnesses, reforming education and

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western culture’s obsession with war and violence. Yup, you could say, he’s taking on some pretty serious problems. Come hear what he has to say, doing his show, “Empathy On Sale,” at the Marquis Theater on Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. Free admission with a $5 suggested donation. Mohan’s toured his show across the United States performing at theaters, DIY spaces, bars and colleges, as well as various fringe festivals. He has also opened various nationally touring headliners including Lee Camp, Stewart Huff and Hari Kondabulu.

Middlebury Community Music Center celebrates fifth year with concert Join Middlebury Community Music Center on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 4 p.m., for a lively benefit concert featuring the music center’s faculty members at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. MCMC’s talented musicians will perform classical, jazz and more, sharing lots of great music to kick off their fifth year. Performers on Sunday may include Bear Irwin, trombone; Dayve Huckett, guitar; Glendon Ingalls, trumpet; Jessica Allen, voice; Sadie Brightman, piano; Karen Kevra, flute; Robert Wyatt, piano; and Ron White, bass.

MCMC’s goal to offer high quality music instruction to all who seek it in the community and to give students access to the life-changing power of music. Proceeds from the concert will help MCMC continue its mission. Tickets are $10 general admission, $20 generous admission, and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling (802)3829222, at the THT box office (MondaySaturday 12-5 p.m.), or at the door an hour before show time.

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IN TOWN 23rd Atlatl Championship returns to Addison

himney Point State Historic Site in Addison is throwing it way back this weekend with the 23rd Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship. The what? The Atlatl Championship.

Don’t worry atlatl (pronounced “attle-attle”) is not a word most of us use these days, but a fun one to know. So what is it? Generally speaking, it’s any type of spear-throwing tool. There’s a spur or notch that holds the spear and an extension arm that has various types of grips; the idea is that the tool gives your throwing arm more leverage and accuracy. And get this, atlatls have been around since the Upper Paleolithic era (that’s like 30,000 years ago). Cool right? The weekend kicks off this Friday, Sept. 21 with an atlatl-making workshop from 12-5 p.m. with Robert Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl. The $70 fee includes materials, instruction and coaching. Participants make an atlatl and three fletched darts, receive instructions on using them, and are welcome to compete the next day. Preregistration is required. The competitions start on Saturday at the Chimney Point field. Contestants from all over New England and New York use an atlatl to test their prowess in accuracy and distance by throwing at a variety of targets. Registration opens at 10 a.m., followed by the International Standard Accuracy Competition, and then the accuracy and distance event. The contest ends with a “Grand Champion” shootout. Categories

Contestants practice with their atlatls (ancient spear throwers) at a past Northeast Open Atlatl Championship at Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison. This year’s competition, part of a daylong celebration of Vermont Archaeology Month, is on Saturday, Sept. 22.

include youth girl and boy, women and men. All are welcome. Competitors pay $7 with preregistration or $8 on the day. The weekend is part of Vermont’s Archaeology Month. Saturday’s events will also include flintknapping (making tools out of stone) with expert Barry Keegan; atlatl making and more with Thunderbird Atlatl, making Woodland pottery with Charlie Paquin, learning about birchbark canoes and how the Europeans adapted them from Mike Blakeslee, and flint and steel firemaking from the Revolutionary War period with

Bristol’s Harvest Festival beckons fall This Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bristol’s town green will fill with music on the bandstand, activities for kids, pony rides, live demonstrations, crafters, vendors and area non-profits. Here’s the musical lineup: 10-10:45 a.m. The County Down 11-11:45 a.m. Mark Lavoie 12-12:45 p.m. Rick Ceballos & Lausanne Allen 1-1:45 p.m. Harvest Festival Band 2-2:45 p.m. Keith Williams 3-3:45 p.m. Patrick Fitzsimmons Bristol’s gallery, Art on Main, will be hosting

their annual Fall Fundraising Silent Auction during the Harvest Fest. Stop by their booth and bid on all sorts of stuff like jewelry, ceramics, paintings, prints, textiles, books, Vermont food products, gift certificates for local restaurants, healing arts, lodging, cultural events, skiing and other products and services. Proceeds benefit Art on Main classes and community like the local student clay show and the Mount Abe Emerging Artists exhibit. he Harvest Fest is followed up by the Better T L8 Than Never Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 23. It’s a great time to be in Bristol.

Charlie Paquin. Special children’s activities will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. On Sunday, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Barry Keegan offers a new basket-making workshop — with basswood bark strips. The $60 fee includes materials. Dress for getting wet. Preregistration is required. Bring your lunch. Admission for Saturday’s event is included with the regular museum ticket of $5 for adults and free for children under 15. Call (802) 759-2412 for pre-registration and more info.

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CALENDAR

COMEDY

PIERRE VACHON COMEDY IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m., Marquis theater, 65 Main St. Hear frequent Marquis comedy event host Vachon in a one-man show. KRISH MOHAN “EMPATHY ON SALE” IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Stepping out our bubbles can be hard. Nationally Touring Comedian, Krish Mohan is exploring bubble culture and the current divide in today’s political climate. He uses his sharp wit, storytelling and comedy to illustrate how capitalism, identity politics, immigration and misunderstanding progressive ideals has led to unnecessarily splitting us apart. Pierre Vachon opens the show. $5 suggested donation.

CRAFTS

ATLATL WORKSHOP IN ADDISON. Friday, Sept 21, noon-5 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 31 Route 17. 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. Pre-registration required. $70 Fee includes instruction and materials. BASSWOOD BARK STRIP BASKET MAKING IN ADDISON. Sunday, Sept 23, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 31 Route 17. Learn to make a basket of 32-inch long basswood outer bark strips from basket maker Barry Keegan. You will be handling wet materials; dress appropriately. Limit 15 students. $60 fee includes instruction and materials. Pre-registration required. Call 802-759-2412.

DANCE

“RECITATIF” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m., Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. An interdisciplinary adaptation of Toni Morrison’s short story, created by Middlebury graduate Michole Biancosino of theater, Christal Brown of dance, and Matthew Taylor of music. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

FILM

“THE FOREIGNER’S HOME” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Rd., Middlebury College. This film explores Toni Morrison’s artistic and intellectual vision through “The Foreigner’s Home,” her 2006 exhibition at the Louvre. A series of candid and incisive exchanges about race, identity, “foreignness,” and art’s redemptive power. Free. More info at middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168. 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILM TOUR IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Sept. 22, 3 and 8 p.m., Axinn Center 232, Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury College. See seven short films selected from the Sundance Film Festival, including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. “CLIMATE WARRIORS” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6 and 10 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. One-day showing. This film gives a voice to people acting for change. American activists, celebrities and German energy inventors, investors and political activists all drive towards the same goal: saving our world and keeping peace. “AMISTAD” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club starts up its fall season, themed “Immigration and Migration,” with this film based on the famous Supreme Court trial of 1841. It depicts the struggle of kidnapped African women and men to be free in the antebellum United States. Free. Discussion to follow. Cookies, popcorn and good coffee. See great films with friends old and new.

JOIN IN

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE MEETING IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Sept. 20, 5:30 p.m., Room 208, Hannaford Career Center, Charles Ave. Come to the informational meeting for the newly formed First Lego League Middlebury/Addison County Team for students ages 9 to 14 and their parents.

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Guided by adult coaches, league teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build and program a robot using Lego Mindstorms technology, then compete on a table-top playing field. ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGE FOR ADULTS IN SHOREHAM. Wednesday. Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. The kids have been having all the fun with our Escape Room challenges, so this one is just for adults. Bring your friends to the library, find the clues, solve the puzzles, unlock the locks to win a special prize.

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STARGAZING OPEN HOUSE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 21, 8:30-10 p.m., weather permitting, Mittelman Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Route 125. Saturn and Mars will be in the evening sky along with a variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae, all visible through the Observatory’s telescopes. Free and open to the public. Check the Observatory web site at go.middlebury.edu/ observatory/ or call 802-443-2266 after 6:30 p.m on the evening of the event for weather status. HARVEST FESTIVAL IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., on the green. Crafters, vendors, children’s venue, bandstand music, demonstrations & more. More info at BristolHarvestFest.com. 23RD ANNUAL NORTHEASTERN OPEN ATLATL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ADDISON. Saturday, Sept. 22, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Chimney Point State Historic Site, 31 Route 17. Participate in or watch this annual atlatl championship, testing skills in accuracy and distance. Newcomers to experts welcome. Children’s activities. Workshops and demonstrations on flint knapping, Woodland pottery, and other crafts and skills. Tickets: competitors $7 preregistered/$8 same-day registration; visitors: $5 adult/free under 15. Call 802-759-2412 to register. TEDDY BEAR PICNIC IN SHOREHAM. Saturday, Sept. 22, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. Bring your Teddy Bear and a picnic lunch to the library. Enjoy crafts, stories, a game, and decorate cookies to share with the bears. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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BRANDON HAS TALENT IN BRANDON. Saturday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. This fundraiser for the Town Hall will showcase the multi-talented community members from Brandon and the surrounding area. Come see neighbors, friends, and family as they sing, dance and entertain you for the Town Hall’s new stage. Tickets adults $8/seniors and students $6/ children 5 and under and accompanied by an adult, free, available at the door. BETTER L8 THEN NEVER CAR SHOW IN BRISTOL. Sunday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Bristol Recreation Field, Airport Rd. More than 250 classic cars and trucks. Vendors, great food, live DJ, raffle drawings, piston toss, kids’ activities, bake sale and more. Fun for the whole family. Free for spectators. Donations accepted for Camp TaKum-Ta. More info at betterL8thannever.com

LECTURES & LEARNING

OUR FASCINATING MOON ASTRONOMY LECTURE IN ORWELL. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6:30 p.m., Orwell Free Library, 473 Main St. Join Al Boudreau and explore Earth’s natural satellite; its origin, evolution and present day make up. Hear how it affects our planet and examine the unusual geological features and six Apollo landing sites. “MUSEUMS, MARKETS, AND MONEY: 25 YEARS IN THE ART WORLD” LECTURE IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall (Room 125), Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Middlebury alum Paul R. Provost speaks on the current dynamics of the art world and the intersection of scholarship, collecting, and commerce, drawing on his experience as an art historian, museum curator, and international auction house executive. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

MUSIC

JOEL CAGE ON STAGE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear award-winning guitarist Joel Cage, a veteran singer-songwriter and guitarist from Boston who stands alone. Show $20. Dinner and show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. Call 802-2474295 or email info@brandon-music.net to reserve. RED CLOVER JAZZ TRIO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come hear a wide variety of jazz styles including traditional New Orleans (Dixieland), swing, fusion, and contemporary. Performances are tailored to the interests of the audience present. Playing flute, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, sousaphone, string bass, and piano (keyboard). Part of the Residence’s Sunday music series. Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. MCMC FACULTY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come heart the Middlebury Community Music Center faculty demonstrate

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their skills at this benefit for the center. Tickets $10/$20 generous admission, available online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE COMMUNITY CHORUS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College. Come join the chorus for its first regular Tuesday rehearsal of the new season. Sing works by American and British composers written during the past two decades, and classical

choruses by W.A. Mozart. Open to all (high school, college, and adults) without audition. More info contact conductor Jeff Rehbach at 802-989-7355. COMMUNITY RHYTHM CIRCLE WITH ROB ZOLLMAN IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Have fun while making music. Join Rob Zollman for some joyous/expressive music making. Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@ residenceottercreek.com.

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| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, September 20, 2018 With the hydrocephalus diagnosis in 2012, they decided to return to Vermont, and to hear Roth tell it, fate chose Brandon for them. “We weren’t sure where we wanted to go,” she said. “Maybe a little south of Monkton. Then one day, Brandon just popped into my head.” Roth said they would often pass through town driving from Monkton to Connecticut to visit her parents.

“It was the energy and the people,” she said. “It so obvious that this was the place.” They currently rent a blue Victorian on Park Street, formerly owned and renovated by Maria Ammatuna. And, not long after they moved to Brandon, Shuman discovered his afternoon “coffee guys.”

The group of 10 local older men meets for coffee discussion and good-natured ribbing every afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at Gourmet Provence in downtown Brandon.

Brandon artist Tecari Shuman, left, fist bumps his good friend Robert Black at Shuman’s home on Park Street. Black introduced Shuman to painting, and is helping to curate an exhibit of Shuman’s work now on view at the Compass Music and Arts Center.

TECARI SHUMAN “COLORS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.”

o begins Tecari Shuman’s artist statement in his catalog of paintings. “I don’t know exactly why, but they are. It goes back to my landscaping days. I noticed that certain colors just go well together — just feel right. Working in the landscape, I became connected to nature. Through this intimate relationship, I discovered that I am nature … that we’re all nature.”

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Nature has been both friend and foe to Shuman, 73. He contracted polio as a child growing up in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., and recovered, but the disease left him with spinal issues. In the early 1990s his left leg began to atrophy. Still, he spent years as a gifted and successful landscape architect, only to have the shadow of post-polio syndrome rear in 2008. The motor neurons that were affected by the disease began to fail. Shuman was diagnosed following a foot and leg reconstructive surgery. What he and his wife Ann Marie Roth didn’t know was that anesthesia like paralytics, which render the patient immobile, can also affect those post-polio motor neurons.

“They never wake up again,” Roth explained. “After that surgery, he lost 30 pounds of muscle and started failing.” Shuman started walking with a cane, and then crutches. But he kept doing physical therapy and started to gain back his strength. But in 2012, Shuman and Roth suffered another blow. Shuman was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition where the cerebral fluid does not drain properly and pressure builds, affecting brain function. There is no cure, and the fluid can only be removed surgically.

CHANGE OF SCENERY In 2005, the couple took the advice of a doctor and moved from Monkton to New Mexico, a warmer and drier climate that was supposed to be better for Shuman’s chronic pain. “I was ready to come back after the first year,” Shuman said. “The sun is so intense, I’d go out and I’d wilt.” “It was so debilitating,” Roth added. “It was worse than the winters here.”

“He’s been meeting with them for six years,” Roth said. “George Wetmore and Charlie Jakiela would pass by walking in the morning and invite him to come along. The group has done so much. They make it possible for him to go to coffee.”

But Shuman’s medical troubles were not over. In 2016, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease a progressive disease of the nervous system marked by tremors, loss of muscle control and balance.

Now using a motorized scooter to get around, Shuman motors to Gourmet from his Park Street home and meets with his friends. His motor skills have declined, and he has memory issues and speaks very little, but he counts on those coffee meetings.

Wayne Rausenberger is in the coffee group and built a ramp for Shuman on the front of his house Jack Fillioe built a platform for Shuman’s scooter near the gardens behind the house. On the days Shuman isn’t up to making the trip to coffee, Blaine Cliver comes up the street and visits him a

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“SOMETIMES I PUT THE BRUSH ON THE PAPER AND THE PARKINSON’S TELLS ME WHAT TO DO WITH IT. SUDDENLY SWEEPING LINES, SWOOPING DRIPS, AND OTHER FORMS APPEAR BEFORE ME ON THE PAPER. AS THIS HAPPENS, NEW IMAGES DANCE BEFORE MY MIND’S EYE, AND EACH PAINTING FINDS ITS OWN SPIRIT…”

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Still, the ongoing medical issues and chronic pain were taking their toll on Shuman’s mental health, and he became more and more withdrawn.

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Robert Black, a local architect and director of the Carving Studio in West Rutland, is also part of the coffee group. A great believer in the power of art, Black came to Shuman’s house one day in April 2017 armed with painting supplies. “He said, ‘We are going to paint today,’” Shuman recalled. “And he sat down with me and we painted. He’s a very positive person, and it was contagious.”

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Sitting in Shuman’s front room, Black said he was compelled to introduce his friend to painting. “He and I have a connection,” Black said, turning to Shuman. “I see it in your eyes and in your heart.” Black said he began by talking to Shuman about art and life and what it meant to him. “So we took our paper and a pen and just started doodling,” Black said. “And he said, ‘Here’s a flower,’ and then he put his initials on it.” That pen and ink flower on paper now sits in a 5 x 7-inch black frame in Roth and Shuman’s home, a beginning on display.

“I WAS VERY DEPRESSED AND I FOUND ART REALLY DREW ME OUT OF THAT. I STARTED TO SEE LIFE DIFFERENTLY. I STARTED TO BE MORE POSITIVE.”

“After that we just put on aprons and put down some plastic and started painting,” Black said.

said to her husband. “If I couldn’t find him, he’d be in here, painting.”

Roth said there was much more to the act of painting than something to do.

Rutland County Home Health and Hospice has a major role in the nurturing part of Shuman’s life. Aids Steven and Justin come to the house for Monday-Friday coverage helping Shuman, which allows Roth to work. She owns and operates Nourish Your Purpose, a nature-based healing and personal health business. She is a licensed masseuse and reflexologist, and also offers aromatherapy and dietary consultations.

“One of the things that is especially important about what is happening here is that Tecari was discouraged and wasn’t feeling particularly hopeful,” she said. “I was depressed,” Shuman said matter-of-factly. “So I see it as a very significant turning point in his dealing with his diagnosis,” Roth said.

A BODY OF WORK Black began coming to the house once a week and the two men would paint together. Now, over a year later, Shuman has created 112 paintings and Black helped him pick out 40 for an exhibit at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon that opened at the end of August. For Shuman, painting has become a lifeline, a tool he uses to feel better.

And while improving Shuman’s emotional health was key, Roth said she has seen physical benefits to his painting practice. “I think it’s improved his fine motor skills, as well as his emotional health,” she said. “While he’s not able to do fine detail work, I think painting has helped his brain and his body to communicate better.” She paused, adding softly, “Thank goodness for Robert.”

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“When I was in a lot of pain, sometimes I would make myself paint, and it would come out ugly,” he said. “I was very depressed and I found art really drew me out of that. I started to see life differently. I started to be more positive.”

Shuman doesn’t paint every day, but he still paints often. The hardest part of preparing for the August opening at the Compass Music and Arts Center has been choosing which 40 paintings will be displayed.

The former dining room in the Victorian is now Shuman’s studio, tall windows all around letting in plenty of natural light, the wood floor creaking under his scooter. A table sits in the center of the room, with an angled easel board to hold Shuman’s canvases, colorful tubes of oil and acrylic paint piled to the right, paintbrush bristles peering out of cans, waiting to be used.

There is a remarkable passage farther down in Shuman’s artist statement from the catalog that shows he just may have made peace with himself.

Shuman started painting trees and landscapes, then moved into more abstract work, the influences of Pollock and Miro and others evident in the colorful drips and lines. “I really love it,” Shuman said. “It always helped to shift my mood. I always want to step into the painting and be uplifted by it.” “The change in you was almost immediate,” Roth

“In another strange way, my Parkinson’s helps too,” he writes. “Sometimes I put the brush on the paper and the Parkinson’s tells me what to do with it. Suddenly sweeping lines, swooping drips, and other forms appear before me on the paper. As this happens, new images dance before my mind’s eye, and each painting finds its own spirit…” Over time, Shuman learned to embrace the artist within, and Black pointed that out to him. “When we first started talking about you being an artist, you always laughed,” Black said to Shuman. “And at some point, you stopped laughing. You became an artist.”

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T HEATER

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Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Sun 9/23 4pm $10/$20 Generous Donation MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER

EXHIBITS A CROSSING PLACE. On view Aug. 2-Sept. 30, featuring new work from Anna Dibble, whose work is driven by her love of, and place within the natural world, and her deep concern for its future. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

FACULTY BENEFIT CONCERT

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early 15-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

Fri 9/28 7pm $15

FLYBOYS & DOUGHBOYS: WORLD WAR I STORIES BY VERMONTERS FROM THE HOME AND BATTLEFRONT. On view July 31-Nov. 11, featuring histories, memorabilia, photographs and letters from Addison County residents who were in the service during WWI. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

A delightful concert featuring the Middlebury Community Music Center’s faculty members. MCMC’s talented musicians will perform classical, jazz and more.

MELLOW YELLOW

60’S FLASHBACK This groovy Vermont tribute band rocks out with songs from the heyday of the late 1960s and a live psychedelic light show.

Sat 9/29 7pm $15/ $5 Students

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A genetic programmer, driven by obsession, allows human qualities to linger in his prototypes. Then they escape, in this futuristic film noir from Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven.

Wed 10/3 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAY

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Werner Herzog follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man.

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DIMENSIONAL DIALOGUES WITH FORM & SPACE

Don Perdue, sculpture & Justin Perdue, painting and mixed media. Opening Reception: 10/5, 5-7pm, Free

Sat 10/6 1pm $26/$11 Students

GROWING FOOD, GROWING FARMERS. On view through November, featuring the exploration of Vermont Folklife Center researchers Greg Sharrow and Andy Kolovos of the grass-roots food movement in Vermont. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 3884964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org. NEW VISIONS: A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY WITH THE GALLERY’S MEMBER ARTISTS. On view through Oct. 28, featuring Vermont artists and artisans, experimenting with new media, new subjects and new styles. Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-3850 or creativespacegallery.org. REINVENTING THE VIEW. On view Aug. 31-Nov. 5, featuring Ashley Wolff’s vibrant gouache and watercolor paintings. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild. org. STILLNESS. On view through September, featuring winter photography by Jon Olsen. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill St. (802) 458-0098 for edgewatergallery.co. WATERFOWL WONDERS AND AMUSING ANIMALS. On view through Nov. 11, featuring work by three local carvers with very different styles — Chuck Herrmann, Bill Holway, and Gary Starr. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org. WHAT I SAW: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNE MAJUSIAK. On view Aug. 17Oct. 8, featuring Bristol resident Anne Majusiak’s photographs of iconic Vermont scenes. Art on Main, 25 Main St., Bristol. (802) 453-4032 or artonmain.net.

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WONDROUS WORLDS: ART AND ISLAM THROUGH TIME AND PLACE. On view Sept. 14-Dec. 2, featuring more than 100 outstanding works of art from the Newark Museum’s extraordinary collections of art in the Islamic world. The exhibit ranges from carpets to dress to jewelry, ceramics, glass, metal, paintings, prints, calligraphy and photographs, spanning more than 1,400 years of artistry. Middlebury College Museum of Art at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

In what is bound to be a highlight of the new season, soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris.

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THE FABRIC OF EMANCIPATION: THE LENS OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH CONTEMPORARY FIBER ARTS. On view through Oct. 28, featuring the work of eight of the country’s preeminent fiber, textile and needle artists expressing what it means to be of African descent in the Americas. On loan from Harlem Needle Arts. Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh. (802) 877-3406.

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MUSIC Flashback to the sixties WITH MELLOW YELLOW AND HEAVY LIGHT AT TOWN HALL THEATER

ermont-based sixties tribute band Mellow Yellow is marking their 10th anniversary with a new stage show called “Sixties Flashback” at the Town Hall Theater on Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. The show will feature songs from the heyday of the late 1960s rock and pop music. This will be the first of several shows in collaboration with Heavy Light, a team that creates live projection psychedelic light shows. The band has produced theatrical shows over the past several years, relying on digital technology to get that “sixties sound.” “We feel that this is a natural extension of the work we have done before, but with the additional coolness of a hand crafted, live projection analog light show provided by Heavy Light, using technology that has not changed since 1967,” said Mellow Yellow founding member Brad Daddyo (David Cooper). Who’s behind the projector? Two friends: Graeme Walford and Doug

The John Funkhouser Quartet will perform at Brandon Music on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Kopacz, both of Vermont. “I’ve always had an interest in music, and the psychedelic sounds and ideas have always held a place in my heart,” said Walford. “I decided to see just how those amazing light shows were done in the old Fillmore East,” It didn’t take the duo long to figure it all out and resurrect an almost lost art form. Tickets to Friday’s show are $15 and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, by calling (802) 382-9222, at the THT box office (Monday-Saturday 12-5 p.m.), or at the door an hour before show time.

live music DEB BRISSON AND THE HAYBURNERS ACOUSTIC. Friday, Sept. 21, 7-9 p.m., Notte. JOEL CAGE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. RED CLOVER JAZZ TRIO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. MARK SIKORA IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7-9 p.m., Notte. MELLOW YELLOW PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. VOICE OF THE VIOLIN: BEGINNINGS AND NOW” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. HAVE A GIG YOU WANT PUBLISHED?

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John Funkhouser’s quartet of ‘Brothers’ The John Funkhouser Quartet returns to Brandon Music on Saturday, Sept. 29 for its annual concert in the barn. The performance will feature songs on the group’s fifth CD, “Brothers” — the band’s first CD in five years. In typical Funkhouser form, the album is eclectic, with influences from South Africa, the Great American Songbook, Appalachia, India, New Orleans, ’70s prog rock, modern jazz and more. The Quartet’s new music is full of empathy, fire, staggering technical displays, profound intimacy, joy and playfulness. Along with Funkhouser on keys, is Phil Sargent (guitar), Greg Loughman (bass), and Mike Connors (drums) — together they make a quartet of forward-thinking jazz musicians. The title of the new album, as Funkhouser explains, comes from the relationship with his fellow band mates: “Improvised music has a curious and beautiful quality whereby you can get on stage with a musician you have never met before, play a set or two of music, and instantly develop a deep, lasting and even intimate friendship.” Funkhouser has played with Sargent, Loughman and Connors for over 20 years, so the musical friendship has grown exponentially with time. “Brothers” is the title “because that’s what we are at this point,” Funkhouser added. “I think the bond that has formed between us, in all humility, shows in our spontaneity, spirit of exploration, freedom to take musical chances and say something controversial or to reveal feelings and thoughts that would remain guarded in less familiar company.” Funkhouser and his quartet will play at 7:30 p.m., or come early for a three-course meal prepared by Chef Vicky Regia. Concert tickets are $20. The pre-concert dinner is an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@brandon-music.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info.

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the movie JULIET, NAKED — RUNNING TIME: 1:45 — RATING: R “Juliet, Naked” blooms slowly in the hands of four appealing performers who work with a thoroughly oddball plot. As they develop their characters, the movie turns into a genuinely pleasant trip. The title is the name of a play by songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke) who disappeared 20 years ago at the height of his career. Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) has covered the wall of his study with pictures and articles about his songster hero. When a CD by the lost singer arrives in the mail, Duncan is enthralled while Annie (Rose Byrne), his housemate, thinks the song is ludicrous — enough so that she sits down and writes a negative review to Tucker Crowe who is intrigued and responds. As we meet them early on, none of the three is especially happy. Tucker, in recovery from two decades of alcoholism, is being nice to a bevy of women and the children he fathered with them. Annie is disappointed in life with Duncan who seems interested primarily in himself and in his passion for Tucker Crowe’s music. Tucker is atoning for his past by being a genuinely kind father to Jackson (Azhy Robertson), a bright, interesting little boy who loves him. As this reformed fellow tries to figure out what to do with the rest of his life, we follow the gang with increasing interest. Because it’s clear that these adults haven’t the faintest idea of how to design new lives, we settle in to enjoy them for who they are. Byrne makes Annie a kind woman living with a man she doesn’t much care about. Hawke wraps Tucker in the confusion of looking up the women and children of his dalliances. O’Dowd sets Duncan in a pleasant but boring cloud of confusion. If all this sounds dull, it isn’t. Once we understand that these three have no idea of how to redesign their lives in middle-age, we begin to enjoy their search. There’s not a villain in the bunch and we begin to understand them and root for them in their dilemmas. The one who doesn’t need

Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke star in “Juliet, Naked” (2018).

our help is Robertson’s Jackson who is thoroughly happy just to be living with the father who loves him while he peppers the movie with intriguing questions and observations. O’Dowd builds a nutty professor with an odd passion without alienating the audience while Byrne paints a touching portrait of someone who thinks she should be happy but isn’t. In a nice footnote, if you wonder why Byrne is always carrying something in front of her or wearing flowing clothes, the reason is, of course, that she is pregnant in real life. Hawke creates a thoroughly appealing nutcase who did all kinds of bad things while he was drinking and now is open to his new life as long as nothing takes him away from his son Jackson. The movie is an appealing slice of the change of direction that is such a hallmark of middle-age.

the book PONTI, BY SHARLENE TEO

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2017 Banned Books Week is Sept. 23-29 I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings George, by Alex Gino

(Simon & Schuster)

“Ponti” is told from the perspectives of three women, Szu, Circe and Amisa. Szu is an awkward, shame-filled, possibly friendless 16-year-old, living a dingy existence in the shadow of her mother, the outlandishly beautiful but terminably dissatisfied Amisa, faded star of a 1970s cult horror film series, Ponti. Amisa stars as the pontianak, or ponti for short, a manhunting female vampiric ghost from Malaysian mythology. Szu loathes and worships her mother in the same breath. When Szu meets Circe at school, an unlikely friendship blooms quickly and fiercely, perhaps not able to stand the test of time. The girls’ impetuous, capricious and highly suggestible minds are so well cataloged and perfectly portrayed, it’s almost uncomfortable to read, yet it’s a highly recognizable and relatable angst. Years later, when both girls are women with lives of their own, Circe is coincidentally tasked with marketing the reboot of the infamous Ponti films, and she is reminded of their past. Detailed, often gritty depictions of Singapore, in 2003 and 2020, as well as in the 1968 flashback scenes with Amisa, are vivid and current and true to the spirit of Singapore. This novel is the first by author Sharlene Teo, a Singaporean writer based in the U.K. and winner of the inaugural Deborah Rogers Writers’ Award for “Ponti.” — Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson Drama, by Raina Telgemeier Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini Sex is a Funny Word, by Cory Silverberg To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas

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HOME

Considering new home siding? Think green.

new siding is on the list of mustdo home projects this year, think carefully about the materials used and their maintenance, longevity, insulation factor and cost.

Sustainability is an important consideration for many homeowners. Data from the National Association of Home Builders’ “Green Multifamily and Single Family Homes 2017 SmartMarket Brief” indicates that at least one-third of single-family and multifamily home builders who were surveyed said that green building is a significant portion of their overall activity (more than 60 percent of their portfolio). By 2022, this number should increase to nearly one-half in both the singlefamily and multifamily sectors. Where siding is sourced, the materials that go into its fabrication and how well that siding insulates a home are key aspects of its “green factor.” The following are some of the more sustainable options in home siding.

RECLAIMED TIMBER A house sided with clapboard, or a log cabininspired look, is iconic. These types of siding are typically made from insect-repellant pine, cedar, cypress or redwood. While lumber certified by the Forest Stewardship Council is

environmentally friendly, homeowners may want to seek out reclaimed lumber. This wood has history and causes very little environmental impact. Plus, timber salvaged from old buildings or fallen trees may be superior to new wood because it likely came from slow-growing, old trees with dense grain.

BRICK Avoid any negative environmental impact by choosing locally produced or reclaimed bricks — or those made from post-consumer content. The longevity of bricks can often offset the energy expenditure in their manufacture. Plus, many bricks are made from natural clay, which can be an excellent insulator.

cement, clay and wood pulp fibers. It can be fire-resistant and insect-proof and will not rot. It’s a stable material that can recover almost 80 percent of the initial cost, according to the National Association of Realtors.

STONE This nonrenewable resource can be beautiful on a home and durable, but mining it can impact the environment. If homeowners can use reclaimed or displaced stone, those are more sustainable options. Manufactured stone, which is cement and other materials molded to look like stone, is also aesthetically appealing and more eco-friendly. — MetroCreative

STUCCO Stucco, a mixture of sand and Portland cement, is tough and durable — often lasting the life of the house. Eco-friendly variants include stucco made with an earth-and-lime mixture, offsetting the CO2 emissions associated with cement production. Stucco can reduce air infiltration that causes drafts in a home.

FIBER-CEMENT Fiber-cement is similar to stucco in that it is made from sand, Portland

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