Thursday, November 8, 2018

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Art & archaeology blend when the portrait of a steamboat pioneer is unveiled. See Arts+Leisure.

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Two Panther women’s teams won NESCAC crowns and will host NCAA Regionals. See Page 1B.

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ELECTION 2018

Democrats oust Prosecutor duel hanging in balance GOP incumbents Recount next after Wygmans edges Bevere; Newton coasts to become sheriff in 2 House races

Elder, Cordes prevail in tight voting as Baser is unseated

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — Two years ago, Rep. Fred Baser, a Bristol Republican, was the top votegetter in the two-seat Addison-4 House district representing Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.

This year, Baser placed third and out of the running as Democrat challengers Caleb Elder of Starksboro and Mari Cordes of Lincoln prevailed in a hotly contested four-person race for the two coveted spots in Montpelier.

In heavy voting throughout the county and state, Elder — a firsttime candidate — garnered the

most votes, with a total of 2,274.

He placed first in three of the four towns, including a 101-vote edge in his hometown of Starksboro.

Cordes, making her second run in the district, finished second with 2,072 tallies — just 60 more than Baser, who ended up with 2,012.

Baser won Bristol comfortably with 888 votes, but could not muster enough support in the more Democrat-leaning communities of Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.

It was in 2014 that Baser was first elected to the House, unseating then-incumbent Rep. Mike Fisher, (See Addison-4, Page 14A)

By JOHN FLOWERS ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County voters on Tuesday returned incumbent Addison County State’s Attorney Dennis Wygmans to office by a razor-thin 7,802 to 7,793 margin over independent challenger Peter Bevere of Middlebury.

But with only nine votes separating the two candidates, Bevere on Wednesday morning confirmed, through his spouse and

campaign manager Kelly Bevere, that he’ll seek a recount that could yet tip the scales his way.

In other voting on county offices, Addison County residents overwhelmingly picked Peter Newton as their new sheriff and chose Patricia Ross and Jacqueline McLean in a four-person race for two assistant judge spots.

The final outcome of the state’s attorney’s race wasn’t known until

Wednesday morning at around 9:30 a.m., when Bridport — the last town in the state to report election results — announced that Bevere had received 336 tallies, compared to 189 for Wygmans. Wygmans had been holding on to a 7,610 to 7,452 advantage to that point, and was able to maintain a thin lead in spite of the Bevere’s impressive vote total in Bridport.

It remains to be seen whether

he’ll hold onto that lead following a recount to be held in the near future at Middlebury’s Frank Mahady Courthouse, the home base of the state’s attorney.

“It was scary close,” Wygmans, a South Burlington Democrat, said on Wednesday morning of Tuesday’s results. “He ran a good campaign.”

Wygmans was anticipating Bevere would call for a recount, given the (See State’s Attorney, Page 14A)

Birong joins veteran Lanpher in painting Addison-3 blue

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes restaurateur Matt Birong will join veteran legislator and fellow city resident Diane Lanpher in the Vermont House this fall to give the Addison-3 District two Democratic representatives for what is believed to be the first time.

Birong was a first-time officeseeker who served as a Vermont delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The owner-

operator of popular Vergennes eatery 3 Squares Café, Birong became the top vote-getter in a district that includes Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham. He won in his home town of Vergennes; Ferrisburgh, the largest of the five towns; and Panton.

Birong polled 2,023 votes, Lanpher earned 1,960 votes, and incumbent Warren Van Wyck, a (See Addison-3, Page 12A)

County boosts winners in state, federal contests

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — County voters joined their counterparts statewide in supporting incumbents for statewide office, most notably Republican Gov. Phil Scott, Democratic/Progressive Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter Welch.

Based on the ratio of votes for and against the top two candidates

in each race, support for Democratic candidates and for Sanders was stronger in Addison County than statewide in every race, although the results mirrored Vermont as a whole.

For example, Sanders’s unofficial statewide total of 183,422 votes to Republican runner-up Lawrence Zupan’s 74,636 rounded to a ratio of 2.5 votes for Sanders for every 1 vote for Zupan, per the Vermont (See Statewide races, Page 10A)

POLL WORKERS DIANE Benware, left, and Dede Snyder were busy at the Leicester Town Offices on Tuesday with 399 ballots cast, or 55 percent of registered voters. Addison County in general saw a moderately heavy turnout for a non-presidential election. As in the national election, Democrats in Addison County displaced some Republican members of the state House of Representatives.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

Hardy & Bray the choices for Senate

Democrats sweep in a crowded field

By JOHN FLOWERS ADDISON COUNTY — Democrats will continue what has been a 16-year grip on the two state Senate seats representing Addison County, Huntington and Buel’s Gore.

First-time candidate Ruth Hardy and incumbent Sen. Chris Bray easily

won election amid heavy voting on Tuesday throughout the county.

Hardy, a former Middlebury school board official and the executive director of Emerge Vermont, was the top vote-getter, garnering 8,875 tallies. Bray, a three-term incumbent, finished second, with 8,723 votes.

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WESTON ALLRED (FRONT left), Lucy Guy, Emily Tardie and William Wright lead a spirited troupe of Mount Abraham Union High School students in a Monday rehearsal of their fall musical, “Newsies.” There will be four performances staged at the Bristol school beginning next Thursday, Nov. 15. See more photos on Page 11A. Photo by Buzz Kuhns

Finishing out of the running, according to Vermont Secretary of State numbers, were: • Addison Republican Peter Briggs, with 5,072 votes.

• Bridport Independent Marie Audet, with 4,863 tallies in her first run for office.

• Middlebury Independent Paul Ralston, the CEO of Vermont Coffee

Company, who garnered 2,953 tallies.

• New Haven Libertarian Archie Flower, who rounded out the field with 583 votes.

It’s a race that drew statewide attention, in part because of a vacancy created by the impending retirement of longtime Sen. Claire (See Senate, Page 2A)

Vote sends Orwell into By the Slate Valley way school district

By JOHN FLOWERS ORWELL — Orwell will be forced to join the Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District (SVMUUSD), based on a combined 2,216 to 1,615 vote of residents in the six-town district on Tuesday.

So, barring a legal challenge, Orwell’s PreK-12 education system will be governed by the SVMUUSD board that currently oversees students and schools in the neighboring Rutland County communities of Castleton, Benson, Hubbardton, West Haven and Fair Haven, as well as Fair Haven Union High School. Orwell will send delegates to the consolidated board, which will prepare a single budget covering all educational expenses for the six member communities.

Tuesday’s vote appears to end Orwell’s vocal resistance to joining the Slate Valley district.

(See Orwell school, Page 12A)

Did you know that one-third of Addison County students feel like they don’t matter to their community? And that youth across the county are reporting having a hard time hanging in there when the going feels tough?

That’s nothing to laugh about. The good news is that a great group (See By the way, Page 14A)

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Incumbent cruises in Shoreham-area race

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS SHOREHAM — Incumbent Rep. Terry Norris, I-Shoreham, defeated Democratic challenger Barbara Wilson of Shoreham to retain his seat in the Addison-Rutland-1 House district on Tuesday.

Norris had been appointed to the seat by Gov. Phil Scott in February 2017 to replace Rep. Alyson Eastman, I-Orwell, who had been tapped

by Scott to serve as deputy secretary of agriculture.

This was Norris’s first election.

“I’ve never actually run for office, so it was kind of a new experience for me,” Norris said Wednesday morning as he collected his campaign signs. “I wasn’t really sure how things were going to go. I thought I represented our towns fairly well in the last session and was hoping that people agreed.”

They did. Norris carried all four towns in the district, garnering 1,009 total votes, roughly 58 percent.

Norris was happy with the results, he said.

Wilson, despite strong state and county Democratic Party support, fell short with with 735 votes, about 42 percent.

“I believe I ran a very good campaign and more importantly I met so many wonderful folks as I went door

to door in each of the towns in my district,” she said. “I will be forever grateful for the insights they shared with me and the day-to-day struggles that they are facing.”

Norris won Benson 222–187, Orwell 381–223, Shoreham 306–258 and Whiting 100–67.

A native Vermonter who co-owned a 1,250-acre dairy farm in Shoreham for nearly four decades, he serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and hopes to continue that work in the next legislative session.

“I think we accomplished a fair number of good things for the rural towns of Vermont (in the last session). Hopefully I can continue in that direction. With my 37 years of milking cows I think I understand kind of what farmers are going through right now.”

CORRECTION: Our Nov. 5 story about Mount Abraham Union High School Assistant Principal Justin Bouvier included a quote requiring more context than was given. At the Oct. 30 MAUSD board meeting, when high school

guidance counselor Alan Kamman said, “We’ve had 16 administrators leave the district,” he was including Bouvier among them — before it was announced that Bouvier had rescinded his resignation letter. We regret the error.

Addison-Rutland-1 Barbara Terry Town Wilson Norris Benson 187 222 Orwell 223 381 Shoreham 258 306 Whiting 67 100 Total 735 1,009

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LITTLE AUDREY LAUX of Middlebury proudly shows off her “I Voted” sticker (and her doughnut) that she got Tuesday while going to the polls with her parents, Ashley and Matt.

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Senate (Continued from Page 1A) Ayer, D-Addison. State Democrats were concerned that Ralston — a former Democrat and representative of the Addison-1 House district — and Audet might pull votes away from Bray and Hardy.

Ralston has been vocal on economic development issues and growing businesses, while Audet has been a frequent spokesperson on Addison County agricultural issues.

But when the dust finally settled on Wednesday morning, Hardy and Bray had comfortably sailed to victory on a blue wave that splashed through an already politically azure county. It’s a wave that swept incumbent Republican Reps.

Fred Baser of Bristol and Warren Van Wyck of Ferrisburgh out of office (see related stories on Page 1A).

Either Hardy or Bray topped the field in all Addison County

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communities except Addison and Leicester (which went to Briggs), and Bridport, Orwell, Shoreham and Weybridge, which went to Audet.

“I’m thrilled and honored that voters of the Addison County Senate district came out strong in my favor, and I’m excited to serve the district,” Hardy said Tuesday evening, after the outcome of the election was no longer in doubt.

“I’m really proud of my team and all of the people who’ve been working to help me get elected and run a really strong campaign. I’ve had literally hundreds of people working with me on this… so it’s been a strong team effort.”

And it should be noted Hardy knows about elections. As leader of the non-profit organization Emerge Vermont, she’s helped many women break into state and local politics. She used that knowledge for her own benefit this year, and announced her run on the heels of Ayer’s retirement announcement this past spring.

“It’s been a tremendous asset to my ability to run an effective campaign,” she said of her Emerge experience. “We knew from the start how to plan a campaign and how to execute that plan. Even with unexpected opponents jumping in… I stuck with the plan.”

Hardy raised more than $30,000 in her Senate bid, a record for an Addison County election.

Hardy is currently on sabbatical from Emerge. Her priorities for the upcoming biennium include making child care more accessible and affordable to Vermonters, promoting paid family leave, pushing for more affordable housing, and advocating for universal access to primary care.

“There’s a lot of work to do, and I can’t wait to get going on it,” Hardy said.

Bray was gratified to receive a

new two-year mandate from county voters.

“I’m happy to have had a very active campaign season this year,” Bray said. “It was a great time for people to be actively engaged in Democracy.”

While some candidates preferred to stay away from talk of fees, taxes and regulations in an election year, Bray wasn’t afraid to pitch ideas on solar siting and suggesting a per-parcel fee to help pay for cleaning up the state’s waterways.

“I am serving in order to get things done; I am not serving to get re-elected,” Bray said. “If you don’t put a proposal on the table, fairly often no one else will, and you’ll just be stuck.”

Bray believes Tuesday’s vote was an affirmation of the work he’s been doing in Montpelier. Prior to joining the Senate, Bray served four years in the House representing Addison-5.

“I’ve worked hard for a decade on a lot of programs I honestly believe are in our county’s and state’s best interests, whether we’re talking food, clean energy, or clean water,” Bray said. “To have such a strong vote tells me that people agree and want to see us make progress in those directions. It’s great to have that kind of affirmation. An election is a chance to ask the toughest question every two years: ‘Am I on the right track, from your point of view?’ I had hoped and believed I was based on what I’ve been hearing the past 10 years.”

Ralston was gracious in defeat.

“The Democrats had a good night, and they are to be congratulated,” he said. “Marie and I worked hard, and now we’ll return to our regular lives. I really hoped Marie would be elected, but the voters decided otherwise.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 8, 2018 — PAGE 3A

Dems neutralize Scott veto threat Results strengthen position in Vt. House

Vermonters had elected 10 additional Democratic representatives, raising the total number of blue seats in the House to 93. Assuming the seven

By COLIN MEYN and XANDER Progressive House members voted LANDEN, VTDigger.org alongside them, the Democrats, VERMONT — A down-ballot blue would have the numbers to negate wave in House races across the state Scott’s vetoes. has given Democrats the reinforceThe down-ballot Democratic blitz ments they need to take on the veto could mean a tough two years for pen of Gov. Phil Scott, whose mandate Gov. Phil Scott, who relied heavily on was also bolstered after his veto pen for leverage he cruised to re-election. in budget fights and to “I think The combined 100 kill bills that would have seats won by Democrats growing the raised new taxes or imand Progressives (with majority … will posed new fees — key some seats still up in hopefully help to his success in holding the air) will likely mean down government some major legislative to bring him spending. fights over minimum to the table in “I’ll continue to try wage, paid family leave a much more and represent Vermontand a tax and regulate productive way ers the best I can, but system for marijuana. understanding the realTo make use of the than we’ve ities of what we face,” supermajority, House seen in the last Scott said Tuesday night Speaker Mitzi Johnson, two years.” of his relationship with a D-South Hero, will have strengthened Democrat— House Speaker to corral her caucus to ic Legislature.

Mitzi Johnson fully unite on key votes.

“I think we’ll both She said that having an have to change our even greater majority in the chamber approach,” Scott said, “because Verwill “balance the power” between the monters expect that.” executive and legislative branches.

Outgoing House minority leader “We ran into a lot of issues at the Don Turner, who lost his race for end of the session with the governor lieutenant governor, was more completely disregarding the Legisla- downtrodden about the prospect of a ture, refusing to negotiate, refusing Democratic supermajority. to talk about bills that are moving “I just know that it’s going to be a through the process,” Johnson said very difficult job for Gov. Scott to be Tuesday night. the check and balance in our process,” “I think growing the majority … Turner said. “So on the one hand, I’m will hopefully help to bring him to the sad I won’t be returning in January, table in a much more productive way but on the other hand, I’m saying ‘Oh, than we’ve seen in the last two years,” my God it’s going to be a tough job she added. for the governor.”

In the last legislative session, Scott It wasn’t all bad for the Repubvetoed 11 bills, including two budget licans. In one of the most closely proposals. With only 83 members — watched House races in the state, Rep. and two-thirds of the 150 member Heidi Scheuermann, R-Stowe, fended House needed to override a veto — off a spirited challenge from Marina Democrats struggled to even come Meerburg by a vote of 1,366 to 1,280. close to challenging the governor’s But another leading conservative veto pen. voice in the House, Rep. Kurt Wright As of midnight on Wednesday, of Burlington, will not be returning

after losing to Democrats Bob Hooper and incumbent Rep. Carol Ode. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger crossed party lines to support Wright, the Burlington City Council president, but it wasn’t enough — he lost by 166 votes to Hooper. Wright told CCTV he will be retiring from politics.

Rep. Fred Baser of Bristol, one of the more moderate members of the GOP House caucus, lost his seat to newcomers Caleb Elder and Mari Cordes, both Democrats; while GOP Rep. Warren Van Wyck of Ferrisburgh lost his seat to Dems Matt Birong and Rep. Diane Lanpher (see stories, Page 1A).

Sara Coffey, a Democrat, easily beat Republican Patrick Gilligan for the seat in Vernon previously held by Mike Hebert.

Another upset was delivered to Rep. Paul Poirier, an independent who defected from the Democratic Party years ago and openly fought with leaders of his former party who campaigned hard against him this time around.

The Democrats lost a seat in Grand Isle, where Republican Leland Morgan knocked off incumbent Ben Joseph. Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson came in first in that race, but less than 200 votes separated her from Joseph, who finished fourth of four candidates. Progressive Democrat Rep. Cindy Weed also lost her seat in Enosburg Falls in a tight race Republican Felisha Leffler.

House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, said she hopes having more Democratic influence in the chamber will bring the governor to the table to work with legislators earlier in the legislative session. In the past two years, the governor has brought new proposals — including a five-year plan to reform education finance — to lawmakers in the waning days of the session.

“I hope this sends a message to the governor that he needs to be working with us…from day one,” Krowinski said.

Civic duty

SHELLEY FARIS, ABOVE, stands at the back door of the Middlebury town offices Tuesday with a sign urging people to vote for her sister Jacqueline McLean in the assistant judge election. McLean earned one of the two assistant judgeships. Below, former Governor and Middlebury Town Moderator Jim Douglas heads into the town office Tuesday to cast his vote in the General Election.

Photos by Steve James

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Blue wave sweeps the county If ever there are days of the year when analysis follows the news cycle, it’s during an election — particularly one as critical and anxiety-driven as this year’s midterms. The news is what it is: As it stands Wednesday evening, Democrats control 46 Senate seats, while Republicans so far control 51 and are slight favorites in three races still too close to call. In the House, the Democratic Blue Wave swept the country to gain a comfortable majority, flipping more than the 23 seats they needed. Democrats now have 233 seats versus 199 for Republicans with three races still undecided. A simple majority is 218 out of the 435 House seats.

Give credit, then, to a political surge that split the balance of power in Congress and helps put a check on President Trump. Clearly, that was a key part of the sentiment behind the high voter turnout and the anti-Trump vote.

But the Blue Wave wasn’t the tsunami Democrats had once hoped for. It wasn’t as strong as the Blue Wave back in 2006 mid-way through President George W. Bush’s second term, and it was about half as big as the Red Wave that swept Republicans into control of both the House in the 2010 election when Republicans gained 63 seats. (Arguably, Democrats should have won more seats in 2018 based on leading House races by 7.1 percent of the popular vote, but gerrymandered districts by Republicans since 2010 kept GOP losses to a minimum.)

Interestingly, in states where Trump campaigned heavily, he seems to have made a difference in rallying his troops and may have helped swing a few close races. It’s all part of a new political order Trump has ushered into this era known as tribalism, the backlash of which may have swept through Vermont and Addison County. Consider: • Of the states that Trump campaigned in, his popularity hovers closer to the 50 percentile not the sub-40 percent he has nationwide, and in close elections he put his full-time effort into rallying his base. (Remember, Trump is also the first president in recent memory to campaign nonstop as if that were his full-time job.) The Trump rallies added fire and brimstone to a base that is susceptible to such appeal. In Florida, Texas, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and other states where the Republican candidate was in a tight race, getting every voter to the polls might have made a significant difference.

Of the three Senate races still undecided as of late Wednesday, for example, Florida’s Senate race has Gov. Rick Scott, R, with 50.2 percent against Sen. Bill Nelson, D, at 49.8 percent — a difference of 30,000 votes out of 8 million. In Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz, R, appears to have won a narrow victory over Beta O’Rourke, 51 percent to 48.3 percent, out of roughly 8,250,000 votes. In Arizona, Rep. Martha McSally, R, holds a slight edge over Rep. Krysten Sinema, D, 49.3 percent to 48.4 percent with 75 percent reporting. In that race the numbers are smaller, with McSally leading by just 16,000 votes — 851,298 to 835,368 with 25 percent of the vote still unreported as of this writing. The point is that many elections in these midterms will have been decided by close margins with Democrats on the short end of the stick — again, partly because of gerrymandered districts and partly due to Trump’s rallies.

• Democrats appealed to their tribal communities as well, but it was the anti-Trump movement that galvanized the larger opposition, rejecting Trump’s authoritarian instincts and his overt abuse of presidential power and his disdain for the rule of law. It was also a rejection of the Republican Party’s failure to fulfill its constitutional role of being a check on the executive branch — hence a movement in some circles to vote against all Republicans. ********** One interesting observation is there seems to be a pattern in which the bluer the region, the bluer it went, and the redder a region, the redder it went.

In blue Vermont, for example, Democrats gained a couple seats in the Senate and nearly gained a veto-proof majority in the House — and that was against a group of mostly moderate and well-considered Republicans.

In Addison County, which has seen a remarkable shift since 2000 from a bipartisan legislative body to solidly Democratic today, this year’s blue wave swept aside moderate and well-liked Republicans like Rep. Fred Baser in Bristol. It also swept two Democrats easily into the county’s two Senate seats (with numbers beyond anyone’s expectations), and even sent two Democrats to the House from Addison-3 representing Vergennes, Ferrisburgh, Addison, Panton and Waltham — what used to be a solidly conservative district.

For the first time since we could find, the county’s legislative delegation is down to one lone Republican — Rep. Harvey Smith of New Haven. Why? The mantra among some Democrats, as witnessed in some social media posts ahead of the election, was to send the Republican party a message by voting a straight Democratic ticket. That is, vote for no Republican and no other candidate who wasn’t willing to reject Trump’s policies.

Such a premise also helps explain why the county’s two Independent candidates for Senate, Paul Ralston and Marie Audet, received such little support.

Despite being highly qualified and excellent candidates that either political party would have been excited to have on their respective tickets, they polled fourth and fifth out of the six candidates. Even Republican Peter Briggs polled better, evidently getting the solid pro-Trump vote, but very little else. Moderate to liberal voters, it seems, wanted to be part of a bigger whole, a voice that rejected Trump in no uncertain terms. ********** This would be tribalism, defined loosely as the desire to vote in accordance with a leader or group and be part of that tribe (Trumpism or anti-Trump), as opposed to voting on political principles or a candidate’s qualifications.

For Republicans at the national level, the tribe now centers solely on Trump, the persona. He is their be-all and end-all. Just as precariously, the Democratic tribe may be focused too much on being anti-Trump, without a bold enough message and agenda beyond that.

Unfortunately, it’s a political reality with no end in sight. As long as Trump makes his presidency all about him — and he appears incapable of doing anything else — tribalism will rule, with the effect of driving the country and the parties further and further apart.

Perhaps in Vermont we could try to buck the trend, but in these midterms, at least, Trump’s brand of tribalism appears to have taken hold, hurting state Republicans with moderates and independents caught in the crosshairs.

Angelo Lynn

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Veteran House member grateful I would like to thank all my friends, family and voters in Bridport, New Haven and Weybridge for electing me to another term in the Vermont House of Representatives.

I want to give all of you a special thank you for giving me the good fortune to be unopposed this year.

It is an honor and privilege to have your support, I look forward to serving your interests over the next two years.

I can be reached at hsmith@leg. state.vt.us.

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Trump tactics have precedent

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CORNWALL TOWN CLERK Sue Johnson hangs the official polling place sign outside the Cornwall Town Office the day before Tuesday’s General Election.

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Telling the tale of the election tape

Editor’s note: This is a special column by Eric Davis reflecting his personal analysis and views of the political landscape the morning after the election. It was written as a personal reflection to friends and colleagues, so is left in the first person to reflect that personal voice.

The Democrats’ gain of 33 House seats, according to my current count and projections, is just about what I projected when I spoke to MTGG last month, and in line with the consensus projections of both academic models and district-by-district prognosticators. Most of these gains were in suburban or exurban districts in states such as New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Minnesota, and California.

Well-educated independent voters, particularly women, in these districts turned against the Republicans and Trump.

I was surprised at some seats the Democrats did not gain. GOP Reps. Chris Collins of New York By Eric L. Davis and Duncan Hunter of California, both under indictment, were reelected. Republicans held some districts in Florida and California with significant Latino populations. I will be interested to see detailed turnout numbers on voters under 35 and Latino voters.

Most of the defeated or retiring House Republicans being replaced by Democrats were “mainstream” Republicans as opposed to Freedom Caucus types. The Freedom Caucus will be more influential in the smaller House Republican party in 2019-2020. I will be interested to see who ends up winning the caucus elections for House Minority Leader and other leadership positions.

Several of the new female Democratic House members — among them Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia — are

Politically Thinking

veterans of the military and/or the intelligence community with significant national security expertise. They present a model for the sort of candidates Democrats might want to consider recruiting for competitive seats in 2020.

The Republicans’ gains in the Senate are a testimony to Trump’s continued political strength, regardless of the loss of the House. The President campaigned hard for GOP Senate candidates in Indiana, Florida, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota, all but one of whom won. Interestingly, all of the defeated Democratic Senators from those states voted against Kavanaugh’s nomination. Of the two Democrats who were re-elected, Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted in favor of Kavanaugh, while Jon Tester of Montana, who voted against Kavanaugh, barely held on to his seat. I don’t want to say that the Kavanaugh controversy gave the Republicans a larger Senate majority, but it certainly didn’t hurt.

I would not be surprised if Justice Clarence Thomas were to announce his retirement in June 2019, so that Trump could replace him with someone equally conservative, but 20 years younger.

Not much legislating will happen in the 2019-2020 session of Congress, although the House and Senate will have to work together to raise the debt ceiling and pass appropriations bills. I’ll be interested to see to what extent the House Democrats use their majority to tee up issues for the 2020 presidential campaign by passing bills that cannot pass the Senate but could become part of the Democratic platform in 2020.

House committees will exercise vigorous oversight of the Trump Administration in 2019 and 2020, and some (See Eric Davis, Page 10A)

Stuffing the turkey, literally this time That said, I routinely find myself in a crowded Under normal circumstances, cooking a traditional supermarket at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, usually Thanksgiving dinner is not that complicated.

Yes, putting together so many dishes can be time con- because I bought sweetened condensed milk when I suming, but roasting food isn’t that demanding a task: wanted evaporated milk (or vice versa, I forget) for the while things cook, you pass the time by looking for the pumpkin pie. My last-minute grocery run is, in itself, a good tablecloth and drinking wine, at least where I come tradition.

Still, as I said, under normal circumstances I don’t find from.

Some people, particularly new cooks, quake at the Thanksgiving all that challenging. This year, however, is thought of hosting the most important meal of the year. not normal. We have a situation.

A 35-pound situation.

But the menu hasn’t changed in generations.

You see, we raised a few turkeys this summer, just for Unless mashing potatoes is beyond your abilities, it’s fun. But circumstances changed, and not like you have to stretch your culithe fun eventually came to an abrupt nary wings. In fact, though I strongly halt. Now one of those turkeys is set discourage it, you can buy most of the to grace our table this Thanksgiving. meal pretty much premade; just open It’s more than double the size of last a can or add water and you’ve got year’s turkey. yourself a Thanksgiving spread.

The bird measures an inch wider Look at the basics: turkey, stuffing, and two inches taller than the interior gravy, cranberry sauce and potatoes, of our oven. This is a problem. plus some veggies and — because

By Jessie Raymond We could cook it offsite, thanks to what a meal like that needs is more a friend with an industrial oven. But carbs — dinner rolls. It’s no harder a big part of a traditional Thanksgivthan a normal meal; it’s just more.

Of course every family has their own specialty side ing is filling the house with the scent of roasting turkey. dishes as well, such as green bean casserole or candied I will not outsource it. sweet potatoes or, at our house, my Italian grandmother’s We could spatchcock it (“spatchcock” is just a naughbattered, fried artichoke hearts. (While guests may look ty-sounding way of saying “butterfly”). This would solve askance at these golden morsels for not being Plymouth the height issue, but I’d need a three-foot-wide oven.

Rocky enough, one could argue the same about anything I could have Mark deep fry it out back. Statistics show, topped with marshmallows.) however, that 87 percent of deep-fried turkey attempts To manage the volume of food, I recommend making wind up as heavily watched YouTube videos that don’t a detailed list and going grocery shopping early in the end well. I’d like Mark to keep his eyebrows through the week. Nobody wants to get stuck in a crowded super- holidays. market at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.

(See Jessie, Page 5A)

Around the bend

Trump uses Nazi tactics. Our president uses the same tactics favored by Adolph Hitler.

“The message of the Nazi Party was simple and direct: it would restore Germany’s prosperity and crush the Jewish and Communist world conspiracy. The means of putting the message across were brutal and efficient. Hitler had a natural genius for mob oratory and realized the way to get results was to pitch the message on an emotional rather than intellectual plane, and to direct it to the most stupid elements of the audience. The message was driven home by endless repetition, the vehemence of the language, and the violence carried into the meetings and onto the streets by the Nazi ‘brown-shirt’ militia, the Stormtroopers.” — Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, Lt. Col. Eddy Bauer, 1966.

Steve Edwards Cornwall

Whiskey pioneer will be missed

On behalf of WhistlePig, we are sad to announce that we lost a legend in the spirits industry last week. Dave Pickerell passed away on Nov. 1, 2018, in San Francisco.

Dave was a distilling legend, a bourbon and whiskey rock star and a teacher to all who loved whiskey.

He was a luminary, and he is widely known as the nation’s preeminent distiller.

But to all of us at WhistlePig’s headquarters in Shoreham, Dave was family. He joined the WhistlePig team in 2009 as Master Distiller, and he helped with the creation of our product and was a part of our brand fabric. His goal was to bring authentic rye whiskey back to the United States and create one of the world’s finest ryes.

At a time when nobody thought you could make a great rye whiskey, Dave believed. He made it his life’s work. He succeeded and has been credited for bringing attention back to rye whiskey in America. Dave was one of the preeminent figures in modern whiskey.

“Dave was a veteran, a patriot, a storyteller par excellence, and a visionary,” says Jeff Kozak, CEO of WhistlePig. “We had a lot of fun, too, whether it was talking life, family and whiskey as we sipped Boss Hog on a frosty winter’s evening around the bonfire behind the guest house, or Dave belting out Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ during a karaoke session at the all-company retreat, or all of us having a laugh at one of Dave’s many appearances in costume to promote our latest releases.

Who can ever forget Dave, in a skin-tight Zorro costume, leaping out at the League of the Flying Pig Party proclaiming, “BEHOLD! The Black Prince has arrived!”

Dave will be remembered by the world and by history as the Johnny Appleseed of the craft whiskey movement. I will remember him, above all, as my friend. We will all miss him dearly.”

Pickerell was born in Fairborn, Ohio. He attended West Point on a football scholarship and earned a B.A. in Chemistry. He then earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville. His experiments in aging and finishes are legendary.

In 2010, he wrote a piece in “Malt Advocate” discussing his concepts of terroir in whiskey, various barrel aging methods, and other innovative whiskey techniques.

He created the world’s first solera-aged bourbon among many other inventions in the spirits industry. His latest efforts were (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 8, 2018 — PAGE 5A

I Volted: The how and why of EV’s It’s foolish to think that we can vehicles. But so far the Tesla is a buy our way out of the climate crisis. car for the top 5 percent. A Model X But for those of us who lose sleep will run you somewhere north of 82 over what climate change will mean grand. The new Model 3 has a base for the planet, getting an electric price of $49,000. vehicle is one way to feel like we’re EVs and most plug-in hybrids are doing something. eligible for a fedThe recent U.N. report eral tax credit that says it will take massive, can total $7,500. systemic changes in energy This reduces the to avoid the extreme heat, sting of the sticker poverty, rising sea levels and price, and even food insecurity that will othleasing these cars erwise be our fate by 2030. will net you some Individual actions — of the tax credit. switching to LED light bulbs, An EV’s extra adding insulation, buying battery weight and fewer things — won’t stem low center of gravthe tide. But they matter. And ity also help with when it comes to individual winter driving. transportation, nothing has The current the impact of an electric car.

EV champion I’ve been on a quest to see that combines if there was such a car out higher range, there for me. Perhaps my by Gregory Dennis broad availability experience will help others and a (somewhat) who are wondering if an reasonable price is, electric vehicle is right for them. of all things, a Chevrolet.

I started my quest in 2012 by For those of us who remember leasing a C-Max, a lumpy looking the Chevette and other disasters, but lovable Ford. I couldn’t get my GM cars have been high on the list hands on the plug-in version so I of “things I would never buy unless settled for the simple hybrid. Fun forced to do so at gunpoint.” to drive with tons of room and great But in a remarkable show of visibility, the C-Max got me through American engineering, Chevrolet three winters. has been producing good plug-in When the lease expired, I decided hybrid EV’s for nearly a decade. to switch to the extra security of allAmong strictly EV’s — battery wheel-drive. only, no gas engine and therefore Like millions of others, I got no direct carbon emissions — the suckered into VW’s Giant Lie: that Chevy Bolt has emerged as the best. some of its cars were a new kind of It’s got nearly twice the range of the “clean diesel.” When that fraud was Nissan Leaf and boasts G-force pick exposed and VW was forced to issue up (zero to 60 in a mere six seconds). generous compensation to diesel But the range of the Bolt is 238 owners, I stayed with AWD and miles. Meaning that if you’re drivgot a Subaru Legacy, the boring but ing to New York City, you’ll have steady sedan version of the Outback. to plan very carefully so you can But even while getting 32 mpg, I find a spot to recharge the battery. found it hard to live with the disso- Plugging in for 30 minutes will net nance between what I was driving you 90 miles of range while you get and what I knew about carbon coffee, a quick meal, and a visit to emissions from transportation. (In the finest restrooms on the New York Vermont, for example, transporta- State Thruway. tion is our largest source of climate In the hunt for the lowest possible pollution.) price, I came very close to leasing Could I live with an electric vehi- a Bolt from a dealership south cle, or EV? And if so, which one? of Boston. (Leasing has some Tesla has grabbed most of the advantages over buying an EV. The headlines when it comes to electric technology is quickly improving,

Between The Lines

and most people don’t want to find themselves three years from now with the automotive equivalent of an iPhone 4.)

But when it came time to sign the lease papers on a Bolt, I just couldn’t do it. The thought of virtually depleting the battery as I drove home induced just what the Bolt is designed to ease: “range anxiety.”

I’d occasionally had trouble finding diesel for my VW. I worried that I’d spend three years looking for a place to charge my Bolt.

Charging it at home would mean an expensive retrofit.

Anyone buying a second car for local driving and short commutes should definitely consider an EV. But if you’re a one-car household, as I am, and want to rely solely on an EV, you’ve got to be dedicated to being a pioneer.

The solution? For me it was four months of teeth gnashing and internet research, followed by another visit to the Chevy dealership.

This time I test-drove a Chevy Volt. It looks like a Chevy Cruze and most of the other sedans on the road. But with nearly 10 years of road experience behind it, I found that Chevy has refined the Volt so it delivers a smooth, seamless mix of driving on the battery and, when that runs out, a peppy gas engine.

I’ve had the car for a week. Like the Bolt, it’s a rocket ship off the mark, quiet, loaded with technology, and enough range to handle all my driving in Addison and Chittenden counties on battery alone. For longer trips, the gas engine adds 370 more miles of range.

Using a high-voltage charger in downtown Middlebury, it costs less to drive off the battery than to use gas for the first 50 miles. Plugged in to my outlet at home where I have solar panels, I can get 50 miles of free driving off the panels on the roof.

I have seen the future, and it is electric.

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

Jessie (Continued from Page 4A) That leaves us with cutting the turkey into pieces before cooking.

It would certainly work, but where’s the grandeur in that?

My preferred option involves defying the laws of physics and forcing the turkey into an oven space smaller than itself, because I want the traditional roasting experience. Maybe, if we butter it liberally and push hard, it will slide in and assume the shape

of the oven.

The worst that can happen is I ruin the turkey. (Actually, that’s pretty bad.)

Then again, as every family knows, mishaps make great fodder for future Thanksgiving table talk.

“Remember the time Mom left the bag of giblets in the turkey?” “Remember the time Dad dropped the turkey on the floor?” “Remember the time the turkey was undercooked

and everyone got food poisoning?”

Good times.

A catastrophe eventually becomes a funny story to be told over and over, year after year. That’s tradition.

Maybe we’ll have a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Or maybe we’ll end up with an anecdote that begins “Remember the time Jessie tried to squeeze a 35-pound greased turkey into the oven?”

In a few years, that’ll be hysterical.

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) focused on changing the stigma about blended whiskey in America.

He brought those concepts to life as Master Distiller at Hillrock Estate Distillery. Throughout his long career, he worked with some of the biggest names in the business such as Diageo, Corsair and his latest project, BLACKENED, which was created in partnership

with Pickerell, Metallica and Sweet Amber Distilling. The guys in Metallica frequently referred to him as a member of their band, which always made him smile and let out a chuckle.

Dave often told people “I’ve failed more times than you’ve tried.” And “I’m ok making mistakes, in my industry you drink your mistakes.” He was a true

whiskey rock star.

Saying we are going to miss him isn’t enough. We will continue to honor his memory and his journey here at WhistlePig with our Master Blender Pete Lynch and our team of distillers trained by Dave himself.

Jeff Kozak, CEO on behalf of WhistlePig staff Shoreham

Misogynistic humor isn’t funny, even in satire Last week I attended an academic conference for historians in the American West. The organization that puts on this productive annual meeting, has come a long way in the last 15 years. It used to be a place that was relatively hostile to women and people of color, but over time, we have seen a huge shift, in part because the organization’s leadership has stopped giving hate a platform.

This year’s meeting included a panel on sexual violence in the academy and in U.S. politics and culture.

The panel sparked an incredibly fruitful conversation, but out of the 42 people who came to it, there were only 9 men. Clearly, conversations about the problems with white heteropatriarchal power don’t much interest most men in the academy (or elsewhere). Why would they? If we discuss these things openly and men continue to abuse their power to degrade women knowingly then they become culpable. They actively become part of the problem rather than passively existing in a society where degrading women is the norm and “boys will be boys.”

In spite of the low attendance rate for men, we had a rich conversation not only about direct acts of violence against women — the clear-cut cases of misconduct like rape or threats — but also about the subtle, yet powerful ways that men uphold and sustain their power. The little things that seem “normal.” The things that women (and men) notice, that make women feel and seem less important, which then allow for the gross abuses of power like those direct acts mentioned above. Things like not looking women in the eye when you talk to them, or in a group, when men only talk to men even when women are present. Things that reinforce that women are inherently less valuable than men and can thus be objectified.

Things that completely and utterly undercut any power or authority of women.

After the conference, I came home and read our beloved local paper and I was immediately taken back to the conversation about the subtle, seemingly normal acts that uphold white heteropatriarchal power when I read Greg Dennis’s “interview” with Donald Trump about Vermont candidates who are running for office.

This “interview” was of course a figment of Dennis’s imagination. In what was a poor attempt at satire, Dennis asked Trump about Marie Audet, who is running for Vermont Senate as an Independent. When he asked about his opinion of Audet, Trump (but really, Dennis) responded with: “Well, I can’t say. I haven’t seen a picture of her. When it comes to women candidates I go by looks.”

The paper took out an additional line because the editors thought that it crossed a line, but then mistakenly posted on the newspaper website for a few hours an unedited version of the column that included that additional line. The first part, though, seemed OK to leave in because it was satire and according to a column published by Angelo Lynn on Oct. 29, “Only someone who doesn’t understand what satire is would suggest that because the column uses humor it is ‘joking’ about” issues of sexual violence, misogyny and female denigration. In his piece responding to criticism of the column

by Dennis, Lynn also made clear the distinction between the paper and the columnists (like me!) who write for the paper.

Ways of Seeing

By Mary E. Mendoza This is the Ways of Seeing column and I am an independent writer. Here is how I see this issue: All of this crosses the line. Greg Dennis crossed the line and then the paper crossed the line twice (first by publishing the original unedited article online, then by defending printing it in an incredibly condescending way).

First, Greg Dennis has alluded elsewhere that he is concerned that Audet’s political leanings would promote or exacerbate the pollution of the lake. He has also noted that he thinks she has aligned herself with the Republican Party. His tone, to me, suggests that he is not a huge fan. That is fine. What is not fine is that, in his column, he opted to hide behind the veil of Trump to use her female body as a way in to critique what he sees as her political agenda.

If, as Angelo Lynn notes, satire uses exaggeration to criticize people (and thus here was critiquing Trump), then Dennis did a poor job because this is absolutely not an exaggeration of what Donald Trump might say.

This was simply a tasteless way to use his platform as a columnist to dig at a woman with whom he disagrees.

But misogynistic humor is no longer funny and Dennis should not hide behind Trump to use it. Full stop.

Angelo Lynn’s response rightly notes that the paper tries to print a variety of perspectives in its columns, but there are two extremely problematic points in his retort. The first gets us back to my earlier points

about the subtle ways that white heteropatriarchal power is upheld constantly by seemingly normal acts that consistently undercut women’s authority. Someone at the paper didn’t consider how this would come across to women in this community, many of whom have agreed that this was over the line. Instead, they printed what they thought was a typical satire because, according to Lynn, “humor” does not necessarily mean that one is making light of the corrosive objectification of women.

In doing so, they gave that corrosive, if subtle, objectification of women a platform.

The second thing that the paper did was defend this by defining satire for the women (and men) of this community who disagree with the printing of this piece as if we are not capable of deciphering for ourselves what works and what doesn’t when it comes to humor and what satire is and is not. Here’s how this reads: “Why can’t you just take a joke, dummies?”

We can’t take a joke about objectifying women, rather than engaging with them on an equal, intellectual playing field because it simply is not funny. It’s never been funny and it’s time we all stop doing it.

Mary E. Mendoza is an assistant professor of history at the University of Vermont and the David and Dana Dornsife Fellow for Historical Work in the American West at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif.

She lives in Weybridge.

————— Editor’s note: The version that this writer submitted included the line from Greg Dennis’s column that we cut from the print version and ran mistakenly online for a few hours. We also cut that line out of this column.

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Obituaries Stanley Hartman, 57, Lincoln

LINCOLN — Stanley Allan Hartman, 57, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, next to the love of his life, Jodee Hartman, at their home in Lincoln. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, on Nov. 9, 1960, one of the seven children to Floyd and Jeannine Hartman.

As a second generation pipefitter, Stan was a loyal member of the Plumbing Union Local 693 for 38 years.

Stan was a vibrant man, bringing a smile to every occasion. Aside from his hard and dedicated work providing for his family, Stan cherished every day with his friends and family, including attending numerous concerts with Jodee, yearly family jack-jumping trips to Mount Snow, teaching his three boys to hunt and making the trip to deer camp every November. He was a passionate and dedicated man who was loved dearly by many.

Generosity and kindness filled his loving heart. He was known by all his kids friends and his own nieces and nephews, as “Stan the Man.” He truly was one of a kind.

He treated everyone as a friend and would drop whatever he was doing to help friends, loved ones, and even strangers.

He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Jodee (Dion) Hartman, daughter of Douglas and Marie Dion; his three sons, Kyle and his wife Tanya (Roberts); Eric and his wife Sarah (Reaber-Spina) and Jason; grandchildren, Jaxson, Lyla, William and Faye; his mother, Jeannine Hartman; and his siblings, Cheryl Eastman and her husband Cliff, Janice VonStein, Jeanette Brush, Carol Roscoe and her husband Kris, and Steve and his wife Sherraine (Pechie); several nieces, nephews and all his beloved in-laws.

He was predeceased by his father Floyd, brother Mike, brother-in-law Fletcher Brush, and nephew Scott Roscoe.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m., at the United Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. David Wood officiating.

Burial will follow in Maple Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers please donate to one of the following organizations: Formatt Foundation 11 Forest Hill

Karen Whitcomb, 61, Port Byron, N.Y.

PORT BYRON, N.Y. — Karen Sue Whitcomb of Port Byron, N.Y., faithful and loving wife, devoted mother and loyal friend, died on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, after losing her battle against liver disease, but winning the battle against sin and death purchased for her by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Karen was born July 21, 1957, in Middlebury, Vt., the daughter of Richard and Lelah (Sumner) Estey.

She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics. In 1980 she married Robert Whitcomb and they would have celebrated their 38th anniversary Nov. 8.

Karen was an active member of Second Baptist Church in Auburn, N.Y. She was also involved with STANLEY A. HARTMAN Christian Women’s Club and the Port Byron Good News Club. The Road, Meredith, NH 03253 or to many friends she made while servLincoln Volunteer Fire Company, 34 ing the Lord were a great blessing Gove Hill Rd; Lincoln, VT 05443. to her.

Arrangements are under the direcKaren enjoyed tending to her tion of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home.

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flowers, traveling, bowling, and spending time with family and friends. Karen worked for many years on the family dairy farm and was a full time homemaker.

Karen was predeceased by her father Richard, stepfather Charlie Reed, and sister Cheryl. She is survived by her husband Robert, their children Elijah, Andrew (Carla), Natalie Angers (Nick) and Stephen; grandchildren Caiden, Solomon, Liam and Eden Whitcomb and Braeden and Brody Angers.

She is also survived by her mother Lelah and siblings Deb Cullen, Rick Estey (Christine), Lori Rivers (James), Curt Estey (Heather), and Judy Brown (James); Bob’s siblings Kathy Barrett, Peg Sherlock, Sue Steinhart, Patrick Whitcomb, Julie Heffernan (Bill), Emily Charlebois (Eugene), Jim Whitcomb (Christine), Becky Craft (Tom) and Dave Whitcomb (Amie), as well as a large extended family.

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Richard Haines Jr., 61, Bristol John Cram Sr., 71, Brandon BRANDON — John Cram Sr., 71, of Brandon died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Salisbury on June 13, 1947, the son of Edward and Maleita Cram (Stone).

He married his wife Sandra McLaren on Oct. 19, 1968, and recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

John enjoyed camping, deer hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends. John cherished his time spent at deer camp with his friends.

Survivors include his wife Sandra and son Eugene of Brandon; daughter Rebecca and husband Keith of Rutland; four grandchildren, Kyle, Amber, Ariel and Abby; and four

great, grandchildren, Brantley, Payton, Riley and Brycen.

He was predeceased by his parents, his son Jay, a son-in-law Steve and many other loved ones taken too soon.

A celebration of life will take place at the Brandon American Legion on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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BRISTOL — Richard E. Haines Jr., 61, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at his home in Bristol, Vt. Richard was born on Oct. 12, 1957, in Boston, Mass. He was the son of Richard and Barbara (Bennett) Haines, Sr. Richard was a member of the swim team at Mount Abraham where he attended high school. He enjoyed the backstroke and loved to dive. After high school Richard took his love of diving even further and joined the U.S. Navy in 1975.

During his time in the Navy he served as a Submariner on the U.S.S. James Monroe. After serving his country, Richard moved back to Bristol where he worked locally around Addison County. He worked at Middlebury College as a night watchman and spent many years as a machinist at Specialty Filaments in East Middlebury.

Richard was naturally talented and loved to spend his time sketching and writing. He had some of his poems published in books over the years. Richard also loved politics,

playing softball, coaching his son’s t-ball team, and the Boston Red Sox. He also loved to spend time watching football and talking with his grandson about their favorite teams.

Richard always had a love of the ocean and enjoyed taking trips to Maine with his family.

Richards’s true joys in life were his family and friends, he was a very friendly man who would always go out of his way to say hello to a familiar face, or an old friend he hadn’t seen in years. He had stories that would make you laugh, cry, and deeply love. Although he left us too soon he lived a full life and had fun doing it.

Richard is survived by his long time significant other Deb Norris; his daughter Kristen and her spouse Tim Essex; his son Cody Haines of Bristol; and two grandchildren, Dylan and Haylee Essex.

He is predeceased by his parents, his father Richard Haines, Sr. in 2013, and his mother Barbara (Bennett) Haines in 2012.

Graveside services will be held at a later date in the spring of 2019;

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Owl talk in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. Warm clothing collection in East Middlebury. Sunday, 8, 6 p.m., Kirk Alumni Center, Middlebury Nov. 11, 1-3 p.m., United Methodist Church, Jct. College. Join Audubon’s Annual Dinner, where Routes 125 and 116. nationally known author and ornithologist Scott World War I commemoration in Bridport. Sunday, Weidensaul discusses the recent trend of Snowy Owls Nov. 11, 11 a.m., Bridport Congregational Church, 55 migrating further south in the winter and research that Middle Rd. Members from two neighboring congregahas shed light on the owl’s life history. tions in Bridport will join forces to ring a church bell Dinner at 6 p.m., $25 adults/$20 chiltogether at in commemoration of the 100th anniverdren under 12, requires reservation. sary of the armistice ending the First World War. Part Presentation at 7:45 is free. More info of a nationwide bell tolling. contact Sue Rasmussen by Nov. 2 at Robert Bernheim and Brennan OCAS, Box 938, Middlebury VT 05753, Gauthier in Middlebury.

LEARN TO DANCE SWING, LATIN & BALLROOM. Friday nights, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., The or call 802-897-5411.

November 9, 16, 23, 30th. 7-8pm Swing Class. 8-9pm Dance Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park The Collaborative Emotion Processing Method workshop in Middlebury.

Practice. Beginning level, no experience required.Classes held at the St. Bernheim and Gauthier will Thursday, Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m., The Bridge Cornwall Town Hall on Rt. 30. $50 per person for a 4 week series present two WWI gallery talks.

School, 1469 Exchange St. A free workBernheim, Professor from the of a one hour lesson each week. Please bring clean shoes to wear University of Maine, Augusta, shop and how-to guide for responding on the dance floor. Call John 802-897-7500. to tiny humans’ big emotions to build and the great-grandson of a emotional intelligence. Alyssa Blask veteran highlighted in the exhibit, Campbell, CEO of Seed & Sew LLC and will address Post WWI German co-creator and researcher of the CEP Method will lead chili. Gifts, Rada cutlery and much more. repercussions following conditions imposed by the the event.

Book sale in Cornwall. Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-3 Treaty of Versailles, eventually leading to WWII. Addison County Right to Life meeting in Vergennes. p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Cornwall Free Gauthier, the senior archaeologist with the Vermont Thursday, Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s parish hall, 85 Public Library is has a large collection of gently used Department of Transportation by day, and a military S. Maple St. Agenda includes membership drive for books and audiovisual materials that you don’t want to photography scholar by night will show and discuss 2019, nomination of officers, plans for publication of miss. They will also have refreshments to enjoy while images from his collection, dedicated specifically to a newsletter, and preliminary planning for next year’s browsing. Take what you want: pay what you can. photographs taken during or directly after the WWI. annual dinner. All members are encouraged to attend “Read and Feed” in Monkton. Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 “Diaries: Personal windows into local history” in and visitors are welcome. More info contact Chris a.m.-1 p.m., Russell Memorial Library, 4333 State Ferrisburgh. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m., Ferrisburgh Holden at 802-388-3563 or bobbillchris@rwch.net.

Prison Hollow Rd. A poetry walk will be set up outside Historical Society, Center Schoolhouse. A look the library with poems chosen by the Library’s Poetry at personal historical diaries of former citizens of Club. Inside, enjoy munching on home-baked goods Ferrisburgh and beyond. If you have any old local and beverages made by the Friends of the Library and diaries, bring them along to share. The annual meetlibrary board members. The poetry walk will be up all ing of the Ferrisburgh Historical Society will follow. All Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. weekend with weather permitting. are welcome. Refreshments. More info contact Silas Friday, Nov. 9, 11:30 a.m., Mary’s at Baldwin Free children’s clothing in Middlebury. Saturday, at 802-425-3380.

Creek, Route 116. Doors open at 11:30, meal Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-noon, Unity Hall. The Congregational Community dinner in Bristol. Sunday, Nov. 11, 5-6:30 served at noon. Lunch features kale Caesar salad, Church of Middlebury, 30 N. Pleasant St. The Church’s p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Menu cheddar and scallion biscuit, meatloaf with mashed Board of Mission and Social Concerns will offer free includes meatloaf, buttered carrots, tossed salad, rolls potatoes, fresh vegetables and pumpkin pie with children’s clothing for babies to teens. and apple crisp. Bring a friend and/or neighbor to whipped cream. 72 hours advanced notice required. Craft fair and bake sale in Bristol. Saturday, Nov. enjoy an evening out. Free All are welcome.

Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested 10, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Bristol American Legion Unit donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone 19, Airport Rd. Crafts and edible goodies plus Rada age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free cutlery. Lunch available. Bring those shopping bags. ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to Teen Advisory Group (TAG) in Middlebury. Saturday, Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. inquire.

Nov. 10, 2-3 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Monday, Nov. 12, KB Café, Kennedy Bros, “The Praiseworthy One: Devotional Images of the Library, 75 Main St. Do you want to plan awesome Main St. Arrive after 11:15 a.m. Enjoy a bowl of Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Traditions” in library programs? Volunteer in your community? Beef homemade turkey vegetable soup, half an egg salad Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m., Sabra Field up your college application? Join TAG. Ilsley’s Teen sandwich on homemade honey oat bread and pumpLecture Hall (Room 125), Mahaney Center for the Arts, Advisory Group has openings for new members. As kin pie for dessert. 72 hours advanced notice required, 72 Porter Field Rd. Christiane Gruber of the University always, there will be snacks. call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested of Michigan explores a number of paintings of the Lazyman’s lobster or baked ham dinner in Shoreham. donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone Prophet Muhammad produced in Persian and Turkish Saturday, Nov. 10, seatings at 5 and 6:30 p.m., age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free lands from the 14th century to the modern day. Free.

Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. In ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. addition to the main course, you will feast on baked inquire.

“Dancing with the Nurses” fundraiser in Middlebury. potato, winter squash, salad, homemade rolls, cider, Friday, Nov. 9, 6-10 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. The beverages, and homemade pies. $22 for the lobster Ismar Schorsch speaks in Middlebury. Monday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m., Room 216, McCardell Bicentennial Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals dinner ($20 for seniors) or $12 for the ham dinner ($10 Hall, off Route 125. Professor Ismar Schorsch, the organized this benefit to raise money and awareness for seniors). Reservations are required. Call Judy at Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Distinguished Service to address the high cost of medications and healthy 802-349-9957. Last chance to purchase tickets ($3 Professor of Jewish History and Chancellor Emeritus food for patients in our Porter community. Live band each or 2 for $5) for raffle quilt. Drawing will be during of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, will the Tricksters, cash bar, hors d’oeuvres and prizes the 6:30 seating. speak on “National Pride and European Prejudice: awarded in a raffle. All proceeds go to benefit H.O.P.E Harvest dinner in Granville. Saturday, Nov. 10, 5-8 The Creation of Jewish Studies. It is the 31st Annual to assist low-income Addison County residents in p.m., Moss Glen Grange, 82 Post Office Hill Rd. Menu Hannah A. Quint Lecture in Jewish Studies. Free and obtaining healthy food, medications and other mediincludes Maple ham, venison stew, sweet and sour open to the public. cally related needs. meatballs, dessert and beverages.

Meet Gesine Bullock-Prado in Middlebury. Friday, Harvest dinner and auction in Brandon. Saturday, “Celebrating Our Ancestral Roots” in Vergennes.

Monday. Nov 12, 6-7:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, Nov. 9, 7 p.m., Kiss the Cook, Merchants Row. Nov. 10, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Congregational Church, 258 Main St. During Agricultural Literacy Week, “Sugar Glider Kitchen” and “Baked in Vermont” chef 1 Carver St. A variety of seasonal foods, side dishes Abenaki Chief and storyteller Donald Stevens will and author Gesine Bullock-Prado will be signing her and desserts will be served along with a silent auction share three stories and a traditional song. new book “Fantastical Cakes.” and Complimentary to raise funds for the church’s building fund. Auction refreshments served. will feature a variety of decorative items for the home, Book discussion in Vergennes. Monday, Nov. 12, 7-8 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Join the food, crafts, gift certificates and other treats.

Bixby Book as they discuss Howard Frank Mosher’s “King Pede” card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Nov. “On Kingdom Mountain.” The group is volunteer-led, 10, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community and open to the public. The library provides free copies Center, Route 7. The evening begins at 6:30 PM with Hunter’s breakfast in Granville. Saturday, for the group. RSVP to Devin Schrock at 610-888a sandwich supper and then on to the games! King Nov. 10, 6-9 a.m., Moss Glen Grange, 82 9358 or lvnfree@gmail.com. Book Club books are Pede is a unique game that involves “trick-taking” Post Office Hill Rd. Start the hunt with a full given out to attendees at the club meetings first, then techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. stomach. Menu includes eggs, pancakes, biscuits with the rest are available on a first come first served basis.

This is a game of fun and skill so come prepared to gravy and more. use your strategic thinking.

Early bird/hunters breakfast in South Starksboro. Lasagna supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov. 10, 7-10 a.m., Jerusalem Schoolhouse.

5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, All you care to eat buffet breakfast. Tickets $9 ages 12 Main St. (across from the Opera House). Menu Blood pressure and foot care clinic and over/$4 ages 5-11. includes lasagna, vegetable, salad, Italian bread, in Brandon. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m., Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. dessert and beverage served buffet style. Cost $9 Brandon Senior Center, 1591 Forest Dale Rd. 10, 8-10 a.m., Otter View parking area, Weybridge adults/$5 children. Takeout orders are available. More The cost of the foot clinic is $10. No appointment St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon info call 802-877-3150. necessary. Call 802-770-1536 for more information. and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite commuAge Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, nity members to help survey birds and other wildlife Nov. 13, 10 a.m., Vergennes Ares Seniors Armory at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Shorter Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 and longer routes possible. Beginning birders are Winter vendor sale in Middlebury. a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. VASA monthly meeting welcome. Come for all or part of the walk. More info at Sunday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., American will be at 11:30 am. Meal served at noon of chicken 802-388-1007 or 802-388-6019.

Legion, $9 Wilson Rd. Come shop and help corn chowder, winter mixed vegetables, biscuit and Chandler Ridge hike in Salisbury. Saturday, Nov. 10. raise money to benefit Veterans’ programs. Vendors carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Bring your Hike with the Green Mountain Club on this moderate, include Paparazzi, LulaRoe and Scentsy, as well own place setting. 72 hours advanced notice required.

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Good views of Green Mountains, Lake Dunmore and Adirondacks from Chandler Ridge. Bring lunch, water; poles recommended. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Bake sale and bazaar in East Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., United Methodist Church, Jct. Routes 125 and 116. Homemade pies, breads, doughnuts, cookies, baked beans, soups and chowders and

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Armistice remembered

NUMEROUS COMMEMORATIONS OF the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I will be held across Addison County on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 11:11 a.m., with churches ringing bells in several communities and a carillon concert by George Matthew at Middlebury College’s Mead Chapel. In this photo the U.S. 64th celebrates the end of the war.

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Eat before you hunt

SEVERAL HUNTERS BREAKFASTS will kick off rifle deer season on Saturday, Nov. 10. Granville will offer meals for hungry hunters from 6-9 a.m. at the Moss Glen Grange, 82 Post Office Hill Rd. There will also be a meal at the Jerusalem Schoolhouse in South Starksboro from 7-10 a.m.

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$5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided.

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“The 2018 Midterms: A Referendum on Trump?” in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 65 Main St. Matthew Dickinson, Middlebury College Professor of Political Science, discusses the results of the midterm elections the week after they take place. Free and open to the public.

Behind Wondrous Worlds: A Conservator’s Perspective” in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall (Room 125), Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Objects conservator Linda Lin shares her experiences with the Islamic artworks from the Newark Museum, featured in the current exhibition “Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam through Time and Place.” Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Community Education Dialogue Meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m., Middlebury Union Middle School, 48 Deerfield Ln. The unification of our school district in 2017 has brought unique challenges and opportunities for our students and families, faculty and staff, and other community members.

Come add your voice to the discussion.

Talk in Brandon. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Meet and discuss “1984”

by George Orwell.

East Middlebury Historical Society meeting in East Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7-8 p.m., Sarah Partridge Community House, 431 East Main S. Guest speaker will be Elsa Gilbertson, Regional Site Administrator for the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation, will discuss the Chimney Point area from the time of Samuel D. Champlain until the American Revolution.

“The Opioid Epidemic in Vermont: Combating Addiction in Addison County” in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Dr. Emily Glick of Bristol Internal Medicine will address the history and medical basis of medication-assisted treatment, a strategy her practice uses to combat addiction with chemistry and counseling. Therese Giles RN and Amy Kittredge LADC will discuss their work counseling patients on behavioral changes and how psychosocial and socioeconomic issues impact people’s recovery.

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HOPE Bus shelter ribbon cutting ceremony in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m., 282 Boardman St. Join HOPE in thanking the many members of our community who made this shelter possible.

Age Well senior luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, Nov. 14, Halfway House, Route 22A. Doors open and meal served at 11 a.m. until all are served. Meal will be chipped beef gravy with wheat toast, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-3771419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

“Two Temples and a Portico: the Ptolemaic structures on Yeronisos, Cyprus” in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 4:30 p.m., The Orchard (Room 103), Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, College St. Pieter Broucke, Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Director of the Arts, offers a lecture as part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series. Free.

Henry Sheldon Museum annual dinner meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m., Kirk Alumni Center, 217 Golf Course Rd. Keynote speaker Stephen Perkins, Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society will present a talk entitled “The Past, Present, and Future of Historical Societies.” A lifelong Vermonter, Stephen Perkins’ professional career has led him on a path of preserving and celebrating Vermont’s unique history and iconic landscape. Cash bar opens at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., followed by the presentation the talk. Full details including cost and reservations can be found at henrysheldonmuseum.org or by calling 802-388-2117.

St. Bernadette’s turkey Bingo in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 6:25 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Quickies 6:15 p.m. Regular play for turkeys and cash prizes at 7 p.m.. Refreshments available.

Community Education Dialogue Meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m., Middlebury Union Middle School, 48 Deerfield Ln. The unification of our school district in 2017 has brought unique challenges and opportunities for our students and families, faculty and staff, and other community members. Come add your voice to the discussion.

Club meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room, Crown Point Rd. at Short St. A discussion of “A Cold

Day for Murder,” by Dana Stabenow. We will also make spring book selections. All interested readers welcome. More info call 802-758-2858.

“Take a Walk on the Wild Side: How Animals Move in and around Vermont” in Cornwall. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7-8:30 p.m., Bingham Memorial Elementary School, 112 School Rd., off Route 30. Join Middlebury College’s Steve Trombulak for this multimedia presentation. Learn about the wildlife corridors and connectivity habitat that shape the region’s ecology, how different species move through and over our landscape, and land management strategies for maintaining wildlife in the regional ecosystem. Free and open to the public.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon. Thanksgiving Holiday Meal of roast turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, baby carrots, wheat dinner roll and pumpkin pie with cream for dessert. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided.

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Addison County Career and Job Expo in Middlebury.

Thursday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., American Legion Post 27, 49 Wilson Rd. Employers and job seekers are encouraged to participate. The Vermont Department of Labor and Addison County. Bring resume — apply for jobs and meet employers. First hour for military services Veterans. Workshops will be offered.

A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 15, 4-5 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Understand how it feels to manage the many challenges dementia presents. Certified dementia practitioners will guide participants through the challenges of compromised vision, hearing and dexterity which all affect cognition.

Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

“Emperor and Poet: Mansa Musa, Al Saheli, and the Unlikely 1325 Friendship that Built Timbuktu and the Mali Empire” in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov.15, 4:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall (Room 125), Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Suzanne Preston Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies Harvard University presents this lecture on Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali, who in 1325, was the world’s richest man by far. He and his new court architect Al Saheli — a Granada-born poet and lawyer — built Timbuktu into an important architectural and university center at the moment of transition from the medieval world to the modern era. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“Singing in the Rain” on stage in Middlebury.

Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Middlebury Union High School, Charles Ave. Come see the MUHS version of this classic. Tickets $10 adults/ $8 student and seniors. To reserve call 802-382-1192.

“Newsies” on stage in Bristol. Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Mt Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, come see this rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy, and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right. Tickets $12 for adults/$8 children under 12 and seniors.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury.

Friday, Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30, meal served at Noon. Join us for macaroni and cheese, ham steak, peas, coleslaw and grape nut custard. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided.

Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Bittner antiques roadshow in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 2-4 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Bring a treasured item or two and learn more about its history and value from Brian Bittner, owner of Bittner’s Antiques who often handles artwork, silver, jewelry, and older antique smalls and collectibles. Refreshments and social hour to follow.

Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

Local artists opening reception in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 5-7 p.m., Jackson Gallery. Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The Jackson Gallery will feature 25 regional artists whose work represents a wide variety of media and styles. All have been recognized for their individual approaches to design and image. Affordable works available for immediate purchase. More info at 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

“Eighth Grade” on screen in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In the first film of the 2018-2019 MNFF Winter Screening Series Elsie Fisher stars as an introverted teenage girl trying to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year. In his feature film directing debut, comedian Bo Burnham deftly encapsulates the awkwardness, angst, self-loathing and reinvention that a teenage girl goes through on the cusp of high school.

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“Anything Goes” on stage in Vergennes. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Come see VUHS’ fall musical. Tickets available at VUHS during evening rehearsals and at Everywear in Vergennes.

“Singing in the Rain” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Middlebury Union High School, Charles Ave. Come see the MUHS version of this classic. Tickets $10 adults/ $8 student and seniors. To reserve call 802-382-1192 Charles Ave. “Newsies” on stage in Bristol. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Mt Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, come see this rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy, and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right. Tickets $12 for adults/$8 children under 12 and seniors.

Vermont Collegiate Choral Consortium: “Misa Luba” in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Choirs from Middlebury, St. Michael’s, Castleton, and Johnson State are joined by Royal Hartigan and the ensemble Blood Drum Spirit to perform this fascinating mass setting based in Congolese musical idioms. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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The Rough and Tumble in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Middlebury College Orchestra performs in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Mile Twelve Bluegrass Band in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

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La Rebelion del Tango in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek The Howard Gospel Choir in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Diana Fanning students in Middlebury. Monday, Nov. 12, 7:15-8 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Piano Recital by Students of Diana Fanning in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Vermont Collegiate Choral Consortium: “Misa Luba” in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

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Cooie De Francesco in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek Middlebury College Community Chorus performs in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 18, 3 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

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The campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination will begin today. There will be a large field. In my view, a competitive Democratic nominee against Trump would have appeal to blue-collar voters, would energize young voters and voters of color, would keep collegeeducated independent women in the Democratic camp, and would have the rhetorical and personal fortitude to go head-to-head with Trump in the presidential debates. At present, I don’t know who that person is.

Democrats may have gained themselves a few House seats in 2022 and beyond by winning the gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin and Michigan, and holding on to the Pennsylvania governorship. Blatant GOP gerrymanders will be less likely in those states with a Democrat in the governor’s office.

Here in Vermont, Phil Scott won an impressive personal victory, but otherwise there was a large blue wave in the state. David Zuckerman was re-elected as Lieutenant Governor comfortably, receiving more votes than Scott. Democrats picked up seats in both houses of the Legislature, holding on to the two Addison Senate seats, all six Chittenden Senate seats, and gaining a Senate seat in Rutland County. More importantly, Democrats and Progressives look to have between 100 and 102 seats in the Vermont House in 20192020, enabling them to override many potential vetoes by Governor Scott. Look for them to use that power in 2019, perhaps first on a bill raising the minimum wage.

The Vermont Republican Party now has only 49 members in the 180-member Legislature, less than 30 percent of the body. They hold no statewide offices below the governorship. Several of the Republicans who lost, such as Kurt Wright of Burlington, Fred Baser of Bristol, and Brian Keefe of Manchester, were moderates who could work with Democrats. As with the U.S. House Republican Party, the Vermont Republican Party is getting smaller, more conservative, and more “Trumpist.” Also, they don’t have a bench of potential candidates for statewide office, when Phil Scott leaves the scene.

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Christine Hallquist (D)

Addison 154 Bridport 139 Bristol 694 Cornwall 336 Ferrisburgh 496 Goshen 57 Granville 62 Hancock 43 Leicester 100 Lincoln 396 Middlebury 1,944 Monkton 423 New Haven 332 Orwell 150 Panton 110 Ripton 183 Salisbury 143 Shoreham 192 Starksboro 357 Vergennes 477 Waltham 93 Weybridge 280 Whiting 40 Total 7,201

Phil Scott (R)

465 429 949 345 888 51 58 86 270 340 1,453 630 597 409 185 105 316 353 417 624 160 242 129 9,501

Don Turner (R)

386 327 675 200 647 36 26 53 195 235 862 429 456 364 131 58 223 286 300 421 126 148 76 6,641

David (D/P) Zuckerman

245 247 1,002 488 759 70 98 80 191 515 2,531 637 494 241 164 239 245 297 504 695 137 368 92 10,339

Statewide races (Continued from Page 1A) secretary of state election results.

But in Addison County Sanders beat Zupan by 11,649 to 4,208, or a ratio of about 2.8-1. In doing so Sanders won in every county community.

Statewide in the U.S. House race, Welch defeated Republican challenger Anya Tynio by 188,48770,693, or about 2.7-1.

Addison County voters backed Welch, 11,929-3,982, numbers that round up to 3-1. Welch also carried every county town.

Welch was the top vote-getter among all county candidates, topping Sanders and Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan, who received the third-most votes.

Donovan picked up 11,129 county votes in topping Republican Janssen Willhoit’s 3,695, good for a roughly 3-1 margin. Donovan ran the table in the county.

Donovan’s 187,050-70,216 statewide victory represented a 2.7-1 ratio in his favor.

Gov. Scott cruised to victory in Addison County despite losing in Middlebury, Cornwall, Goshen, Granville, Lincoln, Ripton and Weybridge. Overall, he defeated Democrat Christine Hallquist locally, 9,072-7,062, with a ratio of 1.28-1.

Overall, Vermont voters showed a stronger preference for Scott, with a ratio of 1.37-1 in his 151,184-110,279 victory over Hallquist.

Likewise, county voters liked Zuckerman more than the rest of Vermont overall. They backed him 10,092-6,314, or 1.6-1 over GOP challenger Don Turner. Turner did carry Addison, Bridport, Leicester and Orwell.

Statewide, Zuckerman prevailed, 158,457-108,389, or 1.46-1.

The scenarios were the same for statewide races for secretary of state, treasurer and auditor, all won by incumbent Democrats over Republican challengers.

Secretary of State Jim Condos was the most popular of the three locally, defeating Brooke Paige in Addison County, 10,604-4,325, a victory ratio of 2.45-1. Condos won every town in Addison County.

Condos won statewide, 178,81679,022, or 2.2-1.

Treasurer Beth Pearce turned back Richard Morton in Addison County, 10,450-4,711, or 2.2-1.

Pearce won every town in Addison County except Addison.

Pearce prevailed statewide, 179,433-85,709, or 2.1-1.

Finally, State Auditor Doug Hoffer defeated Richard Kenyon in Addison County, 9,302-4,501, or almost 2.1-1. Hoffer carried all of the county except Addison, Bridport and Orwell.

Statewide, Hoffer prevailed, 160,249-88,007, or about 1.8-1.

Anecdotally, town clerks in several Addison County town reported heavy turnouts in Tuesday’s election.

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‘Newsies’ MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School continues its long tradition of fabulous fall musicals next week when it states “Newsies.” Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies his fellow newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right.

The show is packed with non-stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for the whole family and every audience.

It will be staged at the school auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-17, and on that Saturday the 17th at 2 p.m.

The usual large contingent of student actors and dancers have been rehearsing the many high-energy numbers. At a Monday rehearsal, 11th-grader Ethan DeWitt, shown on the soap box above rallying the other newsboys, plays the hero, Jack Kelly. Among those soaking up his message are, from left, William Wright, Weston Allred, Elizabeth Siminitus, Lucy Guy, Emily Tardie, Aiden Warren (as “Crutchie”), Kami Clodgo (“Les”), Chessley Jackman, Greta Jennison (sitting), Carly Counter, Evan Jennison and Kai Correll (“Davey”).

Monday’s rehearsal also featured, top left, from left, Sarah Heath, Correll, Counter, Jackman, Evan Jennison, Guy, Clodgo, and Greta Jennison; and top right, Tardie, DeWitt, Warren and Evan Jennison. At left, Dewitt sweet talks Juliette Snell (“Medda Larkin”); and, right, newsies Evan Jennison, Jackman and Wright listen and react.

Bottom left, Siminitus and Wright bound along while Sophie Venman counter steps in the opposite direction; and bottom right, Evan Jennison, Greta Jennison and Counter catch some air.

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Orwell eyeing school addition Cafeteria, gym in expansion plans

AFTER SIX COMMUNITIES voted Tuesday to bring Orwell into the Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District, oversight of the Orwell Village School will pass from an Orwell-only school board to a broader Slate Valley school district board as of next July 1.

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Orwell school importantly our students,” she told (Continued from Page 1A) The community on three previous the Independent through an emailed occasions voted against joining the statement. “I am looking forward to SVMUUSD, a move prescribed coming together as one entity and

by Act 46, Vermont’s education charting a new path forward as we begin to define the new Slate Valley governance consolidation law.

On the previous three occasions, Unified Union School District. The each of the six towns voted implementation of Act 46 has not individually on whether to join the been easy for our supervisory union from it’s inception, Slate Valley district.

But on Nov. 6, the votes “My hope is that nearly four years ago.

Last year was my first from all six towns were year as superintendent comingled, meaning I will be proven Orwell couldn’t wrong, and that and coming on board in the midst of the merger unilaterally choose the merger will I am fully aware of the to maintain exclusive be successful. passionate beliefs on control over its PreK-8 If it’s not both sides on issue.

Orwell Village School. successful, it I am very hopeful Orwell currently sends its grade 9-12 leads the Orwell that the Slate Valley Community can begin students to Fair Haven Village School the healing process.”

Union High School. down a road to Orwell Village Three Orwell residents closure.”

School Board currently sit on the — Daniel Redondo Chairman Glen SVMUUSD board, Cousineau also voiced but can only vote on matters pertaining to grades 9-12. hope for a prompt and thorough That will change as of July 1, 2019, healing process.

“I just hope we can move forward,” when the governance merger is scheduled to take effect. Orwell’s he said during a Wednesday morning K-12 education expenses will be phone interview, “and do what’s in reflected in the overall SVMUUSD the best interest of the children.”

Daniel Redondo was among budget, beginning in the 2019-2020 the vocal opponents of the Orwell academic year.

Brooke Olsen-Farrell is governance merger. While he’s disappointed to see the vote pass, he superintendent of the SVMUUSD. “I am pleased with the outcome now wants to see the effort succeed of vote as I feel it is best for all — because he believes its failure will our communities, staff and most be devastating for Orwell students.

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A Slate Valley informational flyer on the merger lists a series of benefits for Orwell for joining the district. They include: • A decrease in local education spending.

District officials said SVMUUSDmember towns are in line for a 6-cent reduction on their education property tax rate (an Act 46 merger incentive) during the 2019-2020 academic year — the first year of eligibility for Orwell.

Slate Valley is looking at an equalized education property tax rate of around $1.28 during the 2018-2019 school year, a figure than includes an 8-cent merger incentive from the state. A non-merged Orwell is looking at an equalized education property tax rate of $1.49 for its K-8 spending, according to district officials.

• Cross-building sharing of staff and resources, including nursing, technology services, buildings and grounds).

• Centralization of substitute teacher calling, district level bookkeeping and meal program applications.

• Supervisory union office relocation to the high school.

• Elementary health education.

• Increased intervention supports.

• Academic coaching for personalized learning.

• Additional support for social/ emotional learning.

• Sharing of a School Resource Officer.

There’s another potential benefit for Orwell, according to SVMUUSD officials. Orwell is currently considering a town hall renovation project (school gym and cafeteria), financed through a bond (see related story). If Orwell joins the SVMUUSD, this project could by underwritten by all districtmember taxpayers, as opposed to just Orwell residents.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

By JOHN FLOWERS ORWELL — Orwell officials are considering expanding their local school to accommodate a cafeteria and gym, amenities currently provided through the adjacent town hall building, which is being targeted for demolition.

The Orwell Town Hall Committee would like to keep the school addition project budget at around $2 million, though local residents learned on Tuesday evening they might get some financial help for their capital needs.

That’s because of a successful Nov. 6 vote that will bring Orwell into the Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District, which includes the communities of Castleton, Benson, Hubbardton, West Haven and Fair Haven.

With Orwell joining the SVMUUSD, the project can be underwritten by all district-member taxpayers, as opposed to just Orwell residents.

Driving the project is the fact that the 178-year-old Orwell Town Hall building has fallen into significant disrepair — so much so that the Town Hall Committee is recommending it be demolished. The town hall’s shortcomings include a subpar heating system, antiquated electrical wiring, and insufficient access for people with disabilities.

“It’s falling apart,” Orwell Village School Principal Patrick Walters said of the 1840 building, which the town gave to the local school district back in 1961.

Orwell Town Clerk Betty Walker noted the town hall was originally built as a Methodist Church. The Greek Revival-style structure at 494 Main St. is endowed with impressive, Ionic columns that frame its front entrance. The building once had a clock tower and steeple, but those were removed around a century ago.

While the building has been deteriorating, it continues to provide yeoman’s service to this southern Addison County community of 1,250 residents.

It hosts Orwell’s annual town meeting, an annual turkey dinner put on by the next door Congregational Church, and a variety of other, occasional activities sponsored by civic and non-profit groups.

But the structure’s primary users are the approximately 150 PreK8th grade students of the Orwell Village School, who walk around 100 feet from their adjacent school — sometimes through rain and snow — to eat and play at the town hall.

They must eat lunch in three separate shifts, as the cafeteria isn’t big enough to accommodate the entire student body. And diners can have a tough time conversing through the din of nearby freezers and refrigerators, according to Peter Stone, leader of Orwell’s Town Hall Committee. That 10-member panel has for several months been exploring options for either renovating the town hall or replacing

it with a school addition.

The committee is pursuing the latter scenario.

“The building is in bad shape,” Stone said. “Not all of it is ADA accessible. The gym isn’t big enough, and the cafeteria and kitchen aren’t big enough.”

Stone ran through a list of other shortcomings. The gym’s basketball court isn’t even close to regulation size. Flooring is peeling up in the kitchen. The boiler needs to be replaced. There’s no insulation to speak of. There’s a lack of storage space.

All of this has led the Town Hall Committee to support the concept of razing the town hall and building an addition onto the “upper wing” of the west side of the school.

The committee has commissioned Vermont Integrated Architecture (VIA) of Middlebury to help solve the school’s space needs. Andrea Murray of VIA on Oct. 25 presented the committee with four options for a school addition. Three of those options call for an addition off the west side of the school, toward the playing fields. The fourth option places the addition off the east side of the school, toward the town garage.

Murray said some pieces of the town hall — such as the columns — could be salvaged and incorporated into the addition.

Local officials will spend the coming months refining, with VIA’s help, a preferred proposal that would accommodate, among other things, a cafeteria, gym, kitchen and perhaps a multi-purpose room.

School officials vowed to make the final plan as cost-effective as possible. An initial estimate for a 15,000-16,000-square-foot addition came in at approximately $4.9 million.

“The figure is double what is palatable for the community,” reads an entry in the Town Hall

Committee’s Oct. 25 minutes. “The committee was actually thinking about half that amount.”

With that in mind, the panel has asked VIA to devise a project costing around $2 million. That budget is likely to produce an addition of up to 10,000 square feet, according to committee members.

Project supporters stressed the addition would be available for the same functions — including town meeting — that the town hall currently accommodates.

Stone and his colleagues had set a goal of holding a local bond vote on a school addition on Town Meeting Day next March. But given Tuesday’s vote calling for Orwell to join the SVMUUSD, project financing could take a different tack.

Some Orwell residents aren’t eager to see the old town hall removed from its longtime perch.

“I would hate to see it go,” Walker said, though she acknowledged the structure’s deficiencies.

Sandy Korda is president of the Orwell Historical Society and curator of the town’s museum. He acknowledged the town hall isn’t on the state’s Register of Historic Places, owing to the substantial changes to the structure (loss of steeple, clock tower) through the years. But he believes the building possesses intrinsic historic value and should be maintained for other community uses — such as a headquarters for Orwell’s thriving artists’ guild. Korda said the guild could access grants to make basic upgrades to the structure.

“The shell (of the building) is fine; it needs some scrape and paint,” he said.

Removing the town hall building, according to Korda, would forever alter the town’s prototypical Rockwellian village scene. That scene now includes the village green, gazebo, town hall and Congregational Church.

“I reached out to a really large range of people. I had the ability to build on existing relationships with a big range in the community that I had through almost 12 years at the café,” Birong said.

He also said his successful lobbying efforts both locally and in Montpelier on behalf of the Main Street Alliance, particularly on the

issue of legislation on paid sick days and its impact on small businesses, raised his profile.

“They had a good understanding of the work and energy I put into working in Montpelier through the Main Street Alliance, and working locally with selectboard members and city council members,” Birong said. “They already understood I

was really committed to serving the community.”

He thanked the voters and his volunteers, donors, advisors and wife Danelle Birong.

“I’ve had a great team of people helping me, as well, supporting me,” Birong said.

Birong cited as his priorities (See Birong, Page 13A)

A COMMITTEE LOOKING at the 178-year-old Orwell Town Hall, which is used heavily by the Orwell school as well as for public gatherings, is looking to demolish the structure and replace it with a school addition.

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Addison-3 (Continued from Page 1A) the three-way race for two seats with 1,617 votes.

Birong on Tuesday night in part credited hard work — he said he knocked on more than 1,800 doors — for his win. He added that voters’ familiarity with him through his restaurant gave him an edge that many first-time candidates lack.

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Birong (Continued from Page 12A) making Vermont more affordable for young people, families and seniors and “working with the state in an economic development capacity so we can start getting job growth in a direction that can help people stay here more comfortably and help people who want to be rooted here do it.”

That means “doing what we can to encourage business here,” he said, while at the same time having a “happy, healthy, stable, welleducated workforce to complement the business growth,” a goal that means providing a living wage, education, healthcare and childcare.

Lanpher won her sixth two-year term with across-the-board support.

She won in Waltham and finished second everywhere else.

On Wednesday morning she took a break from a roadside stint waving thank you to voters to talk about the race. Lanpher said she was most excited to be joining Birong in the historic Democratic first for the district.

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district has totally won as well,” Lanpher said. “Having Matt being part of that history is very humbling.

We’re honored. And it feels really, really good.”

Voter participation was key in their victory, she said.

“Waltham, 72 percent turnout in a midterm. People wanted to be able to express their feelings in that constructive way,” she said.

Lanpher said she believes many were motivated to see government work better, noting with results elsewhere the Vermont House now has enough Democrats and Progressives to, if enough agree, over-ride gubernatorial vetoes. She said she those vetoes were a sore spot for many House members and, she believes, many Vermonters.

“There was an anxiety in the electorate that was palpable about the chaos, both at the national level and some of what happened with three vetoes of the budget,” Lanpher

said. “People want their government to function, and it wasn’t functioning at its highest level.”

Lanpher is looking forward to remaining on the important House Appropriations Committee, where she will continue to focus on education funding, childcare and family leave. As an increasingly senior member of her party she also hopes to act as a leader for less experienced representatives.

“I still want to be where I can be the most effective,” she said, adding, “I have to make sure I can be a mentor and be there for my colleagues.”

Van Wyck is a Ferrisburgh resident and three-term incumbent who initially had decided not to run. But he changed his mind this summer and mounted a successful write-in campaign in the primary to get his name on the Nov. 6 ballot.

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Addison-3 House Matt Diane Warren Town Birong Lanpher Van Wyck Addison 282 300 385 Ferrisburgh 820 798 675 Panton 178 162 146 Vergennes 765 695 438 Waltham 156 167 119 Total 2,201 2,122 1,763 had served on House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs, and then on the Committee on Energy and Technology. On Tuesday he won in Addison.

In response to a phone message seeking his thoughts on the results and his political future, Van Wyck sent a short email explaining he was busy collecting signs.

It also included a brief comment: “We (the campaign team) understand the challenges. With generous support, we executed the plan. The buck stops here (me). I am not conducting a post mortem exam.”

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

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Addison-4 (Continued from Page 1A) D-Lincoln, who at the time was chairman of the House Health Care Committee.

Mullin, making her third run for an Addison-4 seat, rounded out the field this year with 1,458 tallies.

Cordes was candid in her surprise with the Addison-4 election results, and praised Baser for his campaign and legislative contributions.

“I very much appreciated running in a race with Fred Baser; he’s an incredibly wonderful human being and I am grateful to him for his service in the House, as well as in the community,” Cordes said during a Wednesday morning interview. “Like many of us, we were surprised that Caleb and I did flip Addison-4 from a ‘red-blue’ district to a ‘blue’ district, because most of us believed Fred would prevail and one of the three (remaining candidates) would be the second vote-getter.”

Baser could not be reached by phone or email Wednesday morning as the Addison Independent went to press.

He’s completing his second consecutive term in the House and serves on the powerful House Ways & Means Committee. Baser earned a reputation as a bipartisan lawmaker, advocating for issues such as workforce housing and health care reform. He has also touted using an income tax to partially fund public schools and thereby take pressure off property taxes.

Interest in the Addison-4 race was fueled by the retirement of longtime Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol.

Elder was thrilled with his firstplace finish in the race.

“It’s been an exciting and engaging seven months, and it’s left me with a sense of excitement and responsibility to represent this constituency in Montpelier,” Elder said.

He echoed Cordes’ kind words for Baser.

“I think Fred ran a good race, and his four years in the Legislature were marked with some real accomplishments in the area of affordable housing, and I commend him for it,” Elder said.

Looking ahead, Elder said “I’m really excited to be serving with Mari, and will strive to represent everyone in our district well, and come up with some good ideas for Vermont.”

Like Cordes, Elder had a solid corps of campaign volunteers who waved signs, made calls and supported him at various public appearances.

Candidates also got their messages out through seven debates held through the summer and early fall.

“It was a blue, high-turnout year,” Elder said of the county voting trends on Tuesday.

Elder declared a preference to serve on the House Committee on Energy

Town Bristol Lincoln Monkton Starksboro Total

Addison-4 House Fred Mari Caleb Baser Cordes Elder 888 737 817 307 446 460 476 512 519 341 377 478 2,012 2,072 2,274

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“I’m excited to go in and do the work that’s put in front of me, to start becoming effective as part of the legislative process in Montpelier,” Elder said.

Cordes heaped praise on her campaign supporters and is excited to take her place in the House.

Cordes is a Registered Nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and had previously delivered testimony at the Statehouse on behalf of the nurses’ union on such issues as health care reform, paid sick days, and safe hospital staffing levels for patient care.

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Cordes said she hopes to build on “a movement that will address the needs of ordinary folks in our communities around fair wages, family leave and affordable housing, while addressing climate change.”

Seeing other women elected to the Legislature on Tuesday was also gratifying for Cordes. She specifically cited Ruth Hardy, who won one of the county’s two state Senate seats (see related story, Page 1A).

“I’m really proud of the people in our communities, who really came out to vote,” Cordes said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

State’s Attorney (Continued from Page 1A) in Middlebury since 2003. Both close vote. are Middlebury College graduates.

“Yesterday morning I had an idea Kelly Bevere is an assistant athletic that this would be very, very tight,” director at her alma mater and is in Wygmans said. her 13th season as head coach of its This was Wygmans’s first election softball team. to the job to which he Bevere graduated was appointed by former from the New England Gov. Peter Shumlin in School of Law in Boston January of 2017. He in 2001. His first job replaced David Fenster out of law school was as the county’s lead as an assistant district prosecutor when the attorney with the Cape latter was named to a & Islands DA’s office Vermont Superior Court in Massachusetts. After judgeship. two years in the role, Wygmans had he followed Kelly to joined the local state’s Middlebury after she attorney’s office in landed her job at the 2013. He worked three college.

Wygmans years there as a deputy His first job in state’s attorney, prosecuting sex Vermont was as an attorney with crimes and domestic violence cases. Rutland’s Meub Associates, where In December of 2016, Wygmans he did his clerkship requirement briefly left Addison County to for admission to the Vermont Bar. become a deputy prosecutor in He quickly moved on to the role Chittenden County, taking on a of domestic violence prosecutor variety of criminal cases. He then for the Chittenden County State’s returned to Middlebury a month later Attorney’s Office. After three years to take the Addison County State’s in that job, he transitioned back to Attorney job. private practice, as an associate with Bevere is the current chief deputy Middlebury-based English, Carroll prosecutor in Rutland County. & Boe. He and his wife Kelly have lived In 2011, Bevere decided to return

to prosecuting. He joined the Rutland close in Middlebury, with Wygmans County State’s Attorney’s Office, winning a 1,647 to 1,572 edge. where he’s been ever since.

Ultimately, Wygmans bagged Bevere was in court all day on a majority of tallies in 12 county Wednesday and unavailable for towns, with Bevere gaining the edge comment. in 11.

Kelly Bevere was Wygmans did proud of her husband’s particularly well in performance in his firstFerrisburgh (688-561), ever election bid.

Lincoln (407-270), “For an independent Monkton (558-395) and without party backing, I Vergennes (582-442). feel like we did a really Bevere scored big good job,” Kelly Bevere wins in Bridport (336said. “We did everything 189), Orwell (385-176), we could. With the way New Haven (458-384) the election went last and Leicester (209-138). night across the state and Wygmans conceded in this county, to have that being a South gotten as close as we did Burlington resident Bevere — and potentially have it might have cost go the other way — would be really him some support among some cool.” county voters who, lacking any The race was nip-and-tuck in-depth knowledge about the throughout the evening. two candidates, might have sided By and large, Wygmans did with the local (Bevere) resident. better in northern Addison County Wygmans said he and his wife communities and in Bristol’s five- had decided to remain in South town area, while Bevere dominated Burlington in order to keep their in southern Addison County and daughter in the same school. But in more politically conservative he anticipates being able to move communities, such as Orwell and to Addison County before the next Leicester. election four years from now.

The two candidates ran very According to state statutes, a

candidate may petition the county’s Superior Court clerk for a recount if the winner’s margin of victory is less than 2 percent. That recount must be requested within seven days of the election.

In the other, less-suspenseful county elections: • Newton, a Middlebury Democrat, defeated independent Kevin Gibbs by a 10,786 to 5,161 tally in the race for sheriff. Newton, a lieutenant with the sheriff’s department, will succeed incumbent Republican Don Keeler, who chose not to seek re-election. Keeler had endorsed Newton. Gibbs is the former Bristol police chief.

• County voters elected Democrats Patricia Ross (8,763 votes) and Jacqueline McLean (8,070) as assistant county judges.

They finished ahead of Republican incumbent Alice George (6,094) of Middlebury and New Haven Republican Doug Tolles (4,758 votes).

• Residents re-elected Eleanor “Misse” Smith as Addison County Probate Court Judge, and returned Charles Clark Jr. as high bailiff. Both were unopposed.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) of organizations, schools and community leaders have come together to launch a campaign for youth resiliency and there are lots of ways to get involved and do your part to raise resiliency in addison County. Having a sense of humor and an ability to laugh at yourself is one way. you’re invited to the vergennes Opera House on Thursday, nov. 8, from 6:30-8 p.m. for an evening of humor and celebration (and light refreshments) to launch the resiliency program. Comedian sue schmidt and local teens will get personal about their sometimes humorous and sometimes serious stories of resiliency and how they’ve learned to handle the inevitable curve balls that life throws us all.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury will host an artisan fair this Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature live holiday music, assorted foods and artisans selling scarves and shawls woven with luxury yarns and silk, pottery, jewelry of all kinds, honey, baskets, handknit colorful socks, holiday cards, baby quilts/blankets, colorful fabric bags, lotions and creams, and other items. The fair is free and open to the public.

Happiness knocks when you volunteer to deliver a meal! meals on Wheels provides so much more than a nutritious meal. The moment you knock on that door, you make a connection. It might be a quick hello or a conversation, but the impact lasts a lifetime. not just for those receiving the meal, but for you, too. The meals on Wheels program needs drivers.

Time commitment is based on your availability — it can vary from one day a week to two days a month (weekdays only).

Delivery is typically from 10 to 11:30 a.m. volunteers are in particular need in middlebury.

For more information, please contact erica marks, director of volunteer services: emarks@ agewellvt.org or 802-662-5249.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 ANDY KIRKALDY

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High school, college and pro championship teams share traits The past few weeks have brought rain, cold and a flurry of championships for teams I care about: Mount Abraham Union High School in Division II field hockey, Middlebury College field hockey and women’s soccer in the NESCAC postseason, and — as some might have heard about — the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.

Another team gave a valiant effort, but lost its D-III final, Vergennes girls’ soccer.

Many other teams excelled this fall, including Tiger football, cross country and boys’ soccer; Commodore boys’ soccer and cross country; Eagle girls’ soccer; Otter Valley field hockey; and Panther men’s soccer.

The Panther women’s teams, each with just one loss on their résumés, still have shots at greater glory, as both open NCAA Division III tournament play at home this weekend. Coach Katharine DeLorenzo’s field hockey team will be looking for its second straight title and third in four years, while Coach Coach Peter Peter Kim’s Kim’s women’s women’s soccer outfit soccer outfit will take a topfive national will take ranking into its a top-five quest for the national program’s first ranking into NCAA crown. its quest All those titles revived for the a question program’s that endlessly first NCAA fascinates. crown.

What goes into making a championship team? What enables one group to be the only one standing when the last game of the season is played?

Of course no one wins without talent. All the champions in the first paragraph had good athletes.

All were also well coached. Mary Stetson’s Eagles have not won eight D-II titles without her running a great program. DeLorenzo’s team has won five of the past seven NESCAC titles. Kim’s record at Middlebury entering this fall’s 15-1-2 season was 163-60-28 while playing most games in the competitive NESCAC, and his .705 winning percentage is the best in program history. Manager Alex Cora’s Sox won a team record 108 games and then the World Series in his first season.

Luck plays a role, too. An Amherst kicker missed the net in a late penaltykick round in Saturday’s NESCAC semifinal when a conversion would have ended Middlebury’s season.

In the Commodore girls’ 2-1 loss in the D-III soccer final their opponent, Thetford, scored on an improperly awarded corner kick. (To be fair, the Thetford goalie maybe should have handled the shot that created the VUHS rebound goal.)

But missed calls and bad bounces can make a huge difference. For (See Kirkaldy, Page 2B)

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PANTHER DEFENDER OLIVIA Green moves to block a shot during the Middlebury field hockey team’s 1-0 victory over Tufts this past Sunday in the NESCAC playoff championship. The Panthers will host an NCAA Regional this Saturday and Sunday as they seek to add another national title to their résumé.

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Panther field hockey claims crown Middlebury tops Tufts for NESCAC title; to host NCAA games this weekend

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College field hockey team did not score at its typical four-goal-a-game pace while hosting the NESCAC final four this past weekend, but the Panthers controlled the action and stifled two opponents, No. 2 seed Tufts in Sunday’s final and No. 5 Trinity in Saturday’s semi, in two 1-0 victories.

With 17-1 Middlebury’s second straight NESCAC title — and fifth in the past seven years — in hand, now the Panthers can turn their attention to claiming their second straight NCAA Division III championship — and third in four

years. They were ranked No. 2 in the most recent NCAA poll.

Both senior co-captain Grace Jennings and Coach Katharine DeLorenzo said despite the few goals that the Panthers played exceptionally well vs. Tufts, which entered the game with a 16-1 record and the No. 4 NCAA ranking.

Jennings is an All-American forward who also plays a key role when the Panthers defend opposing penalty corners. She said that after the NESCAC title game more of the same, plus a little extra, would help the Panthers make another NCAA run.

“What it’s really going to come down to is just never being satisfied,

knowing that although today was the best field hockey we’ve ever played, we can play better field hockey tomorrow,” Jennings said. “We need to aspire to be better individual field hockey players, and we need to aspire to be a better team as a whole.

So that’s what it’s going to take, to always be hungry all the time.”

The Panthers will host an NCAA Regional this weekend. On Saturday at 11 a.m. they will take on the winner of a Wednesday game between Keene State (17-6) and SUNY-New Paltz (12-7). On Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Vassar (18-1) will meet either The College of New Jersey (14-4) or Keystone (14-4).

The Regional final is set for 1:30

THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE field hockey team poses with its NESCAC championship banner on Sunday after winning its second straight league title. The Panthers will host an NCAA Division III Regional this weekend as they try to win their second consecutive national title and third in four years.

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p.m. on Sunday in Middlebury, and the Spooky Nook Sports Center in Manheim, Pa., will host the final four on Nov. 16 and 17.

Before the Panthers could focus on the NCAA tournament they had to think about the NESCAC postseason, itself a challenge and a huge program goal. In this past Sunday’s final, Tufts, which took the Panthers into overtime in Middlebury during the regular season, had the better of play early on and earned four penalty corners in the first nine minutes.

On the second corner Panther goalie Megan Collins made a pad stop on Gigi Tutoni’s 15-foot flicked shot from the left side (it proved to be her only save), and the Panther defense blocked Sophie Schoeni’s rebound bid.

The Jumbo defense was also knocking the ball away from Jennings and the other Panther attackers.

But about 15 minutes into the game the tide began to turn.

DeLorenzo adjusted her lineup, including moving leading scorer Erin Nicholas from defense to midfield and Marissa Baker to the front line. The Panthers began to pressure the Jumbos more effectively when Tufts possessed, and on the attack control the ball more patiently to create better opportunities.

They dominated play for the final 20 minutes of the first half and first 25 of the second after the tweak.

“This game we came in with two different lineups. We knew we wanted to start with the most familiar one, but we were quite sure the one we moved to was the one that was going to win us the (See Panthers, Page 2B)

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Panther football prevails

CLINTON, N.Y. — The Middlebury College football team on Saturday defeated host Hamilton, 35-17, ensuring the Panthers will finish with a winning record this fall.

Middlebury improved to 5-3 heading into its season-ending game this coming Saturday, when the Panthers will host Tufts (6-2) at 12:30 p.m. Hamilton dropped to 2-5.

The Panthers scored two touchdowns in the second half to salt away this past Saturday’s victory after leading at the break, 21-7.

Middlebury went on top, 7-0, on a 49-yard connection from quarterback Will Jernigan to Conrado Banky at 10:12 of the first quarter. Hamilton fumbled on its next possession, and the Panthers took advantage with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Jernigan to tight end Frank Cosolito.

The Continentals got on the board at 14:27 of the second quarter, when Joe Park scored on a six-yard run to (See Football, Page 3B)

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Goodman wins match play final

MIDDLEBURY — Kirk Goodman recently topped Kit Wilson in the championship flight final of the Ralph Myhre Golf Course Match Play Championships.

The event’s other winners were Jim Johnston, who defeated Mike Adams in the Men’s Flight final, and Frank Punderson, who bested Robert Smith in the Senior Flight final.

In regular Bill Davidson Thursday Men’s Golf the threesome of Deem Schoenfeld, John Davis and Joe Thilbourg picked up the victory on Nov. 1.

Middlebury men earn NCAA bid

AMHERST, Mass. — Despite being upset in the first round of the NESCAC playoffs, the Middlebury College men’s soccer team on Monday was awarded a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament.

The 10-3-3 Panthers will head to an NCAA Regional hosted by NESCAC rival Amherst (12-4-1) on this Saturday and Sunday.

At 1:30 p.m. on Saturday the Panthers will meet St. Josephs of Maine (20-0 against a less challenging schedule). The host Mammoths will meet Bridgewater State (11-7-1) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and the winners will square off on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Panthers did not face either St. Joseph’s or Bridgewater during the regular season, but defeated Amherst, 1-0, in Middlebury on Sept. 15.

First-year Coach Alex Elias’ Panthers had earned the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC tournament before being upset by No. 6 Williams, 1-0, on their home field. That setback snapped a Panther 10-game unbeaten streak.

Women’s soccer to host NCAA Regional

By ANDY KIRKALDY (13-2-3) will meet Rochester (9-7-1).

MIDDLEBURY — After a pair Saturday’s winners will square off of dramatic victories at Williams at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the NCAA College this past weekend gave the Regional final. If the favored Panthers Middlebury College women’s soccer make it through this weekend there team the NESCAC is a good chance they, playoff championship, as the highest-ranked It took a the Panthers were team in their quadrant rewarded with one of miraculous of the bracket, would the top seeds for the comeback in host a Sectional on Nov. NCAA Division III a Saturday 17 and 18. Sectional tournament on Monday penalty-kick winners advance and will host an NCAA shootout against to the Final Four in Regional this weekend.

Greensboro, N.C., on The 15-1-2 Panthers, third-seed Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. who were ranked No. 4 Amherst (13-2-2) Against Williams before they knocked off for Middlebury (15-1-2 and the previously undefeated to advance to defending league and No. 2 Williams, 1-0 Sunday’s final.

NCAA champion) in the NESCAC final on this past Sunday on Sunday, will open the Panthers avenged their NCAA quest by taking on their only loss of the season, 1-0 at Maine-Farmington (at 8-12 an upset Williams on Oct. 23. winner in its conference) at 11 a.m. on Williams controlled play early, but Saturday. scoring chances were few. Williams At 1:30 p.m. on Saturday Ithaca (See Soccer, Page 3B)

JUNIOR ELLIE GREENBERG raises her arms in triumph after striking the game-winning goal in the Panthers’ 1-0 NESCAC Championship victory over Williams in Williamstown, Mass., on Sunday. Teammate Simone Ameer, who assisted on the goal, races to congratulate Greenberg.

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Kirkaldy (Continued from Page 1B) example, DeLorenzo remembers well during her Skidmore days seeing her Thoroughbred team losing at Middlebury in an NCAA game in 1998. A bad bounce on a routine Middlebury clear (on what was then a grass Panther field) led to a key Heidi Howard breakaway goal. The Panthers went on to win their first NCAA title.

Challenging schedules can prepare teams for playoff runs.

Stetson’s Eagles this year played nine D-I teams in the regular season before running the table in the D-II playoffs. The Commodore girls went 6-5-2 against a Lake Division schedule of D-I and II opponents before the D-III postseason, and promptly defeated two teams with 14-1 records on the way to the final. NESCAC teams have often fared well in NCAA tournaments and won more than their fair share after running the league gauntlet.

Those elements of championship

teams can, at least in part, be quantified. We can look at coaches’ records, or how many goals and assists players notch or shots they stop, or what their batting averages are or how many home runs they hit.

The intangibles are harder to quantify.

Winning athletes typically talk about chemistry, unity, teams coming together.

It’s hard sometimes to tell whether winning breeds harmony, or harmony breeds winning. For sure, it’s easy to be all smiles while things are going well. But sometimes clichés speak truth.

Look at the Eagles, cruising along with a 2-0 lead in 40-degree weather and pouring rain, and their opponent scores twice to tie it up in the final 10 minutes.

Who has the momentum? Who come up with the big plays? Mount Abe goalie Chessley Jackman makes a game-saving overtime

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stop. Forward Jalen Cook sticks in the game-winning goal in double overtime. Yes, they had talent to do so. But they also had a team that believed, and knew their teammates had faith in them.

Prior to the overtime, Cook said Stetson told the team “to play our game and stick together because if we play our game, we could pull it out.”

Stetson’s take afterward?

“We grew together as a team and we were willing to execute our game plan. That was the difference,” she said.

Or consider the Red Sox. They lost World Series Game 3 in heartbreaking fashion — Dodger Max Muncy hit an 18th-inning walk-off homer off Nathan Eovaldi, who had until that point pitched six innings of shutout relief.

Cora called a rare team meeting after that game. He praised Eovaldi for his effort, after which every player in the room, many reportedly in tears, hugged Eovaldi. According to several reports Cora told the Sox they were a great team and had just played one of the great games in history, and he reminded them they still led the World Series, two games to one.

Sox pitcher Rick Porcello described the emotion in the room to Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci: “We just lost a World Series game in 18 innings. But after that (meeting), it didn’t feel like we lost. It felt like we won.”

The next day the Sox trailed the Dodgers after six innings, 4-0, and rallied for nine unanswered runs in a 9-6 victory. Then the day after that former playoff goat David Price (inspired by the Sox chemistry?) tossed his third straight postseason gem as the Sox won the World Series.

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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Erin Nicholas beats a Tufts defender and races down the field during Sunday’s NESCAC final, won by the Panthers, 1-0. Nicholas, Middlebury’s leading scorer, made several key defensive plays in the victory.

time when you’re on the field you have to be patient. You have to read what’s happening, and that’s exactly what we did. It’s just instinct. We just trained so well. We practiced for this,” Jennings said. “And we just executed it, just by trusting ourselves, trusting our structure.”

Then came the final 10 minutes.

With Tufts in desperation mode and a Panther sent off for five minutes with a yellow card, the Jumbos earned five corners in the final 10-plus minutes.

The Panther defense — Olivia Green, Cornwall’s Sophia Peluso, Meg Fearey and Alison Denby all played well — knocked down two shots on one. Green, Fearey and Nicholas broke up plays, and Green deflected a shot wide on the others.

Finally as time expired Jumbo Beth Krikorian’s shot went well wide right, and the Panthers celebrated.

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On Saturday the Panthers outlasted Trinity and a lengthy weather delay, 1-0. Baker swept in a Nicholas feed at 24:24 of the first half for the goal, and Collins made two saves, including batting a penalty corner shot away in the late going. Fearey also made a pair of key plays to deny Bantam fast breaks in the final 10 minutes. Middlebury earned edges of 14-4 in shots and 12-3 in penalty corners.

On Sunday, DeLorenzo shared her recipe for more success moving forward.

“We’ll just keep pushing the tempo. And with more defenders getting more minutes against the best teams, now we’re getting deeper,” she said. “And we’ll keep having fun.”

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

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(Continued from Page 1B) game,” DeLorenzo said. “As soon as we moved to that I thought we outmatched their speed. I thought we were a little quicker than they were.

We were able to take some risks and still recover if we missed.”

With 13 minutes left in the half the speedy Jennings broke loose into the box, but the last line of defense held up, and soon afterward a defensive save denied midfielder Emma Johns.

Then the Panthers cashed in on the third of three straight corners.

The insert came from the left side to Baker at the top of the circle. Baker slid the ball about 10 feet back to her left to Johns, who took one touch toward goal and whipped a shot inside the left post at 4:02. Tufts goalie Andie Stallman (two saves) had no chance.

The Panthers kept pressing, and Jennings raced around several defenders and her crossing pass just missed connecting with Molly Freeman at the right post at 1:30.

“We had a couple of plays that were just worth points mentally.

Unfortunately they weren’t worth points on the scoreboard,” DeLorenzo said.

The first 25 minutes of the second half were more of the same, with Jennings and Nicholas creating the best chances for the Panthers, and Jennings also breaking up a lone Tufts corner.

Jennings said things clicked everywhere except on the scoreboard as the Panthers played with the poise their coach asked of them.

“Coach DeLorenzo tells us all the

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Soccer (Continued from Page 1B) had the first, but Panther goalie Ursula Alwang (three saves) dove to her right to punch away Aspen Pierson’s left-footed blast from 24 yards out.

Play evened out and Middlebury had the best chance of the half. With 11:21 remaining. Ellie Greenberg broke in toward the right post with an Eph defender on her left hip, but Williams goalie Olivia Barnhill came out to slide and deny Greenberg’s right-footed bid from 15 yards out for her only save.

At the start of the second half, the Ephs recorded the first three shots, but all from long range. Only one posed any danger, a Natalie Turner-Wyatt bid from the left side that sailed high.

Middlebury then pressed, and Greenberg scored in the 68th minute.

Eliza Van Voorhis fed Simone Ameer to the right of the Eph box, and Ameer relayed toward the goal front to Greenberg, who cut in from the left, beat a defender and Barnhill to the waist-high serve and volleyed it back into the right side.

The Panthers locked down on

defense the rest of the way. The Ephs were credited with 15 shots to the Panthers’ six, but many of the bids came from long range and could be fairly described as hopeful.

It took a miraculous comeback in a Saturday penalty-kick shootout against third-seed Amherst (13-22) for Middlebury to advance to Sunday’s final.

Regulation ended at 1-1 courtesy of powerful long-range strikes from Mammoth Rubii Tamen late in the first half and Panther Olivia Miller at 28:40 in the second half. Play was largely even, with Alwang stopping six shots (including tipping a Tamen bid over the crossbar in overtime), Mammoth goalie Antonia Tammaro denying four Panther bids, and each team earning three corner kicks.

After two scoreless overtimes it came down to penalty kicks. Coach Peter Kim subbed taller backup goalie Eva Shaw in for Alwang. Two of the first three Amherst kickers converted, while two Panthers missed the net and Tammaro denied the other.

With two penalty kick rounds left

in the regulation round of five, the Panthers trailed, 2-0. To stay alive they needed to make both while Amherst missed twice. Freshman Magnolia Moskun then converted the first of four straight penalties for Middlebury, and Shaw moved to her left to bat away Maeve McNamara’s waist-high potential game-winner.

Amanda Dafonte drilled the ball home to keep Middlebury alive in the fifth round, and then Shaw dove to her right to make an incredible save on Laura Greer’s low bid, which was about six inches off the ground and six inches inside the left post.

Both Amherst’s Lexy Cook and Middlebury’s Clare Robinson were successful in the first extra round. In the decisive seventh round Panther Sara DiCenso buried her kick. Shaw then again dove right to get her hand on a shot ticketed for the lower left corner, and the Panthers celebrated by burying her in pile of teammates.

Panther keepers Alwang and Shaw were named the NESCAC Co-Players of the Week.

Thoreen 30-yard field goal made it 21-17.

Middlebury made it 28-17 early in the third quarter on a seven-yard touchdown pass to Peter Scibilia to finish a nine-play, 91-yard drive that included a Jernigan pass to Banky for 26 yards.

Scibilia capped the scoring with a nine-yard rush with 1:30 remaining in the game.

Jernigan completed 21 of 26 passes for 246 yards, and his four touchdown passes were a career best.

He also rushed for 32 yards, while Drew Jacobs gained 65 yards on 14 carries. Banky’s three catches for 97 yards moved him into second on Middlebury’s all-time list with 2,096 receiving yards. Cosolito caught six passes for 69 yards. On defense, Pete Huggins and Ian Blow each made six tackles and had an interception.

Gray completed 19 of 40 passes for 180 yards and rushed for 60. Park finished with 80 yards on 18 carries, while Joe Schmidt caught eight passes for 62 yards.

Football (Continued from Page 1B) cap an 85-yard drive. Quarterback Kenny Gray sparked the march with a 46-yard rush.

The Panthers took a 21-7 lead with 3:56 remaining in the half, when Jernigan hit Cosolito from 29 yards out to cap an eight-play, 79-yard drive. Jernigan found Banky for 22 yards and Jimmy Connell for 10 on the drive.

Hamilton’s Park scored on a fouryards run to make it 21-14 game at 1:30, and after an interception a Sam

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received a report about a man allegedly seen carrying a coil of wire from the basement area of a Mill Street building on Oct. 29.

The man was described as being thin, around 45 years old, wearing a cranberry coat with camouflage pants. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 388-3191.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Were informed someone had vandalized a mailbox at a South Ridge Drive residence on Oct. 29.

• Investigated a report of a truant student from Mary Hogan Elementary School on Oct. 29.

• Responded to a report of loud music being played at the Briarwood Apartments and Valley View Drive home on Oct. 29.

• Checked on a report of a barking dog in the East Road area on Oct. 30.

• Assisted a Valley View Drive resident who reported receiving harassing phone calls on Oct. 30.

• Cited Bienvenue Badibanga, 23, of Burlington for driving under the influence, following an Oct. 30 stop at the intersection of Case Street and Delancey Lane.

• Served a no-trespass order on Oct. 30 on a man who wasn’t wanted at the Middlebury Natural Foods Coop on Washington Street.

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• Responded to reports of loud music being played at homes on North Pleasant Street and Valley View Drive on Oct. 30.

• Received a complaint about a barking dog near a Court Street apartment building on Oct. 31.

• Assisted Counseling Service of Addison County officials with a difficult client in the Rogers Road area on Oct. 31.

• Helped Vermont Department for Children & Families officials take an infant into custody in the Elm Street area on Oct. 31.

• Investigated a possible animal abuse case in the South Village Green area on Oct. 31.

• Investigated a reported argument between a man and woman on the town green on Nov. 2. Police said the woman was “substantially intoxicated.” A mutual friend arrived to assist the couple, according to police.

• Received a report of a vehicle striking another vehicle in the Kinney Drugs parking lot off Court Street on Nov. 2.

• Checked on the welfare of a woman who had allegedly been yelling and destroying things in her North Pleasant Street apartment on Nov. 3. The woman, who police said was under the influence of alcohol, agreed to quiet down.

• Responded to a report of a bear being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Route 30 and Slade Road in Cornwall on Nov. 4. Middlebury police responded to the scene because state police were investigating a traffic accident in Bristol. Middlebury police found no bear at the reported location.

• Responded to a family dispute at a Buttolph Drive home on Nov. 4.

Police said it was a verbal argument.

• Helped state police with a traffic stop on Route 125 on Nov. 4.

• Received a report about a woman allegedly “running around” on the roof of a North Pleasant Street apartment building on Nov. 4. Police said the woman had been checking the lock of one of her windows from the fire escape.

• Responded to a report of a drunken woman at the Middlebury Inn on Nov. 4. Police said they took the woman to Rutland for detox services.

• Responded to a report of loud music being played in the Bakery Lane neighborhood on Nov. 4.

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Wildlife officials asking for hunters’ help on deer data RUTLAND — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking hunters for help in a statewide initiative to gather more biological data on the state’s deer population.

Hunters who get a deer during the Nov. 10-25 rifle season are asked to provide an incisor tooth from their deer when they go to a reporting station.

Biologists are collecting middle incisor teeth from all rifle season deer in order to evaluate regional differences in ages and antler characteristics of bucks as well as to help estimate population size, growth rate, health, and mortality rates.

Each tooth will be cross-sectioned to accurately determine the deer’s age, and the results will be posted on the Fish & Wildlife website next spring.

Hunters are asked to obtain a tooth envelope from the reporting agent.

Write your name, Conservation ID number and date of kill on it. Remove one of the middle incisor teeth, being careful to include the root. Place the tooth in the envelope and give it to the reporting agent.

Instructions on removing the tooth will be posted at reporting stations, and a video showing how will be available on Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife.com.

“Knowing the ages of harvested deer is critically important, and more information allows us to make better management decisions,” said Nick

Fortin, Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s deer project leader. “To produce accurate population estimates, and to

better assess our current management strategies, we really need to get teeth from as many deer as possible.”

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How to help Vt. wildlife as habitat is decreasing CORNWALL — What would Vermont be like without its wild animals? Find out when Middlebury College biologist and ecologist Steve Trombulak presents “Take a Walk on the Wild Side: How Animals Move In and Around Vermont” on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at Bingham Memorial Elementary School in Cornwall.

Imagine a Vermont without wildlife. It is hard to believe that many of the animals that we see in our forests, rivers and streams and even in our backyards were once completely absent in Vermont, having lost their essential habitat through the clearing of land or from being hunted or trapped to extinction.

Turkey, wolves, moose, deer, otter, bear, pine marten, lynx, beaver, catamount, osprey, eagle and peregrine falcon are some examples. That most of these species have made a comeback is a wonderful story, the result of the efforts of many people and the welcoming, forested habitat that reclaimed much of the state’s abandoned farmland.

Today Vermont is again at a crossroads with its wildlife. Both climate change and the development of open land demand that Vermonters take notice. For the first time in decades, the amount of available habitat, the forests, fields and waters that wildlife depend upon, is decreasing.

Driven by the conversion of natural areas to commercial and residential use, these changes impact Vermont’s wildlife differently. Some species will continue to thrive in closer proximity to people.

But many species avoid human contact. They survive by moving between blocs of intact forest and

BIOLOGIST AND ECOLOGIST Steve Trombulak will talk about wildlife corridors in our area and how to preserve them at a presentation at Bingham Memorial Elementary School in Cornwall on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.

wetlands to find food, to mate, and to rear their young. Careful planning will be needed to keep critical habitat intact and, equally important, to protect the vegetative travel corridors that link these areas. Both are essential to wildlife survival.

Trombulak is no newcomer to these concerns. He is the author of numerous articles and books on biodiversity and conservation planning. He will discuss the wildlife corridors and connectivity habitat that shape the region’s ecology, how different species move through and over this landscape, and land management strategies for maintaining wildlife in the regional ecosystem.

The program is sponsored by the Cornwall Conservation Commission and the Cornwall Trust for Public Fund and is free and open to the public.

Film explores impact of burning wood for energy MIDDLEBURY — A screening of the film “BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?” will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., in Unity Hall at the Middlebury Congregational Church, 30 North Pleasant Street.

According to the website (burnedthemovie.com), “‘BURNED’ takes a hard look at the latest false solution to humanity’s vast energy appetite: woody biomass. The film tells the story of how woody biomass has become the alternative energy savior for the power generation industry and of the people and parties who are both promoting and fighting its adoption and use.

Using interviews with experts, activists and citizens, along with verité-style footage shot across the U.S., E.U. and U.K., the film interweaves the science of climate

change, the escalating energy policy disputes, the dynamics of forest ecology, the industry practices, and the actions of activists and citizens who are working to protect their own health, their communities, the forest, and the planet’s climate.

Woven together, the various stories present an intimate and visceral account of what is at this moment in time a critical, yet somewhat unknown, national and international controversy.”

Associate Producer Chris Hardee will be in attendance for questions and discussion following the film.

Light refreshments will be served.

The film was co-directed and co-produced by Vermont filmmakers Alan Dater and Lisa Merton. The event is free and open to the public.

Middlebury’s Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. (VIA) is sponsoring the screening.

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FORMER SEN. GERRY Gossens, left, and Salisbury Town Moderator Wayne Smith get hit up by Salisbury resident Alison Metcalf (donning a turkey hat) for a raffle ticket to win a Thanksgiving bird. Metcalf was at the town hall catching people while voting Tuesday. The raffle benefits the town library.

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VUHS, Mt. Abe pull in Otter Creek rowing race VERGENNES — This past Saturday, Nov. 3, was a bone-chilling, yet heart-warming day for 142 youth rowers from Chittenden and Addison counties who participated in the Otter Creek Challenge, a threemile rowing race on Otter Creek.

It was 40 degrees and pouring rain at race time but rowers were fired up to go. The course started at the Vergennes Basin on Otter Creek just below the waterfall in downtown Vergennes and wandered 1.5 miles downstream and then back to a 180-degree turn in the Vergennes Basin at the finish line.

The novice division rowers rowed a slightly shorter two-mile course.

Crews competed from Vergennes and Mount Abraham union middle and high schools, Champlain Valley Union High School, Burlington High School, South Burlington High School and Rice Memorial High School.

In the four-oared novice division two-mile race, SBHS prevailed with a time of 30:10. In the four-oared intermediate division three-mile race

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School’s experienced six-oar division team races toward the finish line at the Otter Creek Challenge this past Sunday.

Photo by Buzz Kuhns

BHS was first with a time of 41:51.

In the six-oar novice division twomile race SBHS again claimed firstplace honors (28:53). In the six-oar intermediate three-mile race SBSH again took first place (38:38) and in the experienced six-oar division

Lincoln LINCOLN — LCS will be hosting their annual community Thanksgiving lunch on Friday, Nov. 16, at noon. The menu includes roast turkey with gravy and stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans, dinner rolls and pumpkin pie.

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In November and December the library will be featuring local artist Brenda Myrick in a show called Moving Forward.

Brenda’s source of inspiration was a time when her mother painted at the kitchen table. It turned out to be a lasting inspiration as she went on to study Studio Art and Art Education at UVM. Since then

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VUHS was first (33:10).

It is fair to say that on this day all rowers persevered through extremely adverse conditions and should be extremely proud of their accomplishment.

The Otter Creek Challenge is run

Brenda has enjoyed capturing the spirit of animals and the landscape she grew up in. On display will be watercolors and pastels of Addison County. Original watercolor barrettes and earrings will be available for purchase.

SAVE THE DATE: There will be no school Monday, Nov. 19 through Friday, Nov. 23.

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Music Series presents Hot Pickin’ Party on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Burnham Hall.

Author, Andrea Chesman will be at the Lincoln Library on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. discussing her new book.

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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 turningpointaddisonvt.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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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R E F U G E R E C O V E RY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds.

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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, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiri‑ tual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm.

Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

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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.

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NA (JUST IN TIME) Mon‑ days, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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NARCAN KITS are avail‑ able at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy train‑ ing is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

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

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Vergennes Union High School COACHING VACANCIES: Vergennes Union High School is looking to fill the following coaching vacancies: Varsity Cheerleading Dance Varsity Softball For more information, contact Peter Maneen at (802) 877-2179 or pmaneen@anwsd.org Or apply online at www.schoolspring.com

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Without the Holiday Shop, many of these children would not have received any toys or gifts. Demand was so high, they are now very low on inventory, and are anticipating an even greater need heading into the 2018 season.

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Please help them make the holidays bright for area children. There are several ways you can help: • Make a donation at one of their local toy drive drop-offs or directly to HOPE (for gifts ideas please see the suggested list of items on their website at www.hope-vt.org) • Volunteer for a 2-hour shift in the shop • Ask family and friends to help pre-cut wrapping paper, make tree tags for area distribution, or fill Holiday Food boxes • Spread the word! HOPE needs donations and volunteers.

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

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

BRISTOL ‑ NICE, LARGE one bedroom apartment.

Garbage removal includ‑ ed. No pets. $800/mo. plus deposit. 388‑0730.

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Help Wanted DEVELOPMENT REVIEW Board (DRB) Clerk to pro‑ vide clerical support to the Town of Salisbury’s DRB. Duties include coordinating meetings and sites visits, producing and posting of warnings, preparing infor‑ mation for public review, providing written notification to abutting landowners and other parties, agenda devel‑ opment, minute taking, and drafting findings, decisions and conditions as decided by the Board. Knowledge of or willingness to learn applicable Vermont State statues is required. Position is hourly with compensation set by the Salisbury Select Board. If interested, contact the Salisbury Town Office at 352‑4228.

Help Wanted

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T H E U P S S TO R E i n Middlebury is seeking a self‑motivated team mem‑ ber for 20‑30 hours/week.

The ideal candidate will be friendly, a self‑starter, tech savvy and able to lift 50 lbs. unaided. This is a fast‑paced job with a varied work detail includ‑ ing packing and shipping to UPS Standard, print‑ ing and photocopying, retail sales and use of a POS register. Starting rate will be commensurate with experience. Serious inquiries only, this is a long‑term position. Email resume to: store2601@ theupsstore.com or drop by 105 Court Street, Mid‑ dlebury for an application.

Help Wanted

FARM HELP NEEDED for family dairy farm. Milker needed for evening 4‑7pm and/or morning 5‑8am.

Call Jon for more info.

759‑2954.

For Sale 10 ACRES LAND in Shoreham. 38’ House‑ boat. Call for information, 802‑897‑5021.

A.R.E. FIBERGLASS Ton‑ neau cover. Carpet lined.

Black in color. Very good shape. Fits Toyota Tundra 2008 to 2012. Must Sell. $800 OBO. 388‑6869.

DOG TEAM ORIGINAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Thanksgiving. Call 802‑453‑4870 for order and pickup time. 658 Ex‑ change Street, Middle‑ bury.

HUMOR FOR SALE. 462‑2112.

For Rent 2‑1/2 BEDROOM CON‑ DOMINIUM at Otterside Court, Middlebury, Vt. Rent includes water, ga‑ rage, in‑ground pool, gar‑ dening, plowing and land maintenance. Washer/dry‑ er in unit. Heat and elec‑ tricity not included. Avail‑ able October 15. Security deposit and first months rent required. $1,200./ month. 802‑558‑0874.

WELDER - PRECAST DIVISION LOCATION- MIDDLEBURY, VT

Now hiring! Responsible for various types of weld preparation, welding and weld finishing operations for Precast Manufacture Products per contract drawings & specifications, approved shop drawings or other forms of instruction.

REQUIREMENTS: • Proficiency in various welding techniques • Ability to interpret structural & mechanical shop drawings, including welding nomenclature • Knowledge of wire and filler material applications for various steel alloys, aluminum, and some exotic materials • Ability to finish grinding applications using manual and power tools • Experience in various forms of welding and a minimum of a HS Diploma, GED or equivalent technical training/certification

CONCRETE LABORERS LOCATION- MIDDLEBURY, VT

We are accepting applications/resumes now for upcoming positions in our Precast division. Required knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in construction work. Experience in concrete finishing, tying rebar and/or carpentry preferred.

Our benefit package includes: Health Insurance/Vision/Paid Vacation/401(k) and Profit Sharing Retirement Plan/STD/Life Insurance.

Please email your resume to lynn@jpcarrara.com Attn.: Lynn/ HR, fax to 802-775-1048 or complete an application at 2464 Case Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 EEO

APARTMENT CLOSE TO New Haven green, $950. monthly. Sunny, hard‑ wood floors, 15 minutes to Middlebury. Security deposit and references.

Call 802‑249‑1328.

Audy Trucking LLC Audy Trucking LLC is hiring for an

experienced class A driver. Our fleet hauls grain, minerals, and aggregate with dump and hopper bottom trailers. The job requires weekly overnights and home weekends.

We offer health benefits, paid vacation, as well as mileage and safety bonuses.

Please inquire by email to Jeff Audy at audytrucking@hotmail.com, call Jeff at 802-989-5024 or call the office at 870-7121.

Clean Driving Record A MUST!

For Rent

For Rent

B R A N D O N ‑ 3 B E D‑ ROOM house. $975 per month plus utilities. No pets. Small backyard.

First, last and security de‑ posit. References a must.

802‑352‑4124, leave mes‑ sage.

BRIARWOOD APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 2 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NS/NP, onsite laun‑ dry. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com.

Equal Housing Opportu‑ nity.

For Rent

For Rent

Newly Constructed, One Bedroom Apartment in Downtown Middlebury

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BRISTOL‑ 2 BEDROOM house in village. Garage, water, washer/dryer, lawn maintenance, snow re‑ moval included. No pets.

No smoking. Rental ap‑ plication, lease, securi‑ ty, first and last months rent. $1,050/mo. Call 802‑453‑2388.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities included are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, gar‑ bage and parking. Ten‑ ant pays electric. Small storage space included.

802‑453‑2566.

C O R N WA L L Q U I E T COUNTRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury.

2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath with washer/ dryer hookup. Includes everything plus satellite, 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 Addison. Available stor‑ age space in my barn for summer/winter storage.

The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

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

For Rent

Real Estate

NEW HAVEN SUNNY, quiet village apartment.

East/West views. Easy commute to surrounding Addison County towns and Burlington. No pets, no smoking. Ref‑ erences. $925/month.

802‑236‑2040.

HUNTING LAND FOR sale in Salisbury, VT. 6.8 acres. Hillside on top of mountain. Western fac‑ ing, remote but easy ac‑ cess. Town assessment $36,000. Priced for quick sale $14,000. Cash only.

802‑352‑6678.

TWO FLOOR, TWO bed‑ room apartment for rent in Shoreham Village. No smoking and no pets. Se‑ curity deposit and month to month lease. Applianc‑ es included. Rent is $800 plus utilities. Please call Sandy at 802‑759‑3119.

Att. Farmers

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets.

Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

MIDDLEBURY THIRD FLOOR, 1 bedroom apart‑ ment. Fully furnished, all inclusive. Center of town. $1,400/mo. Call 802‑349‑8544.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., central location, park‑ ing. Can be subdivided.

Real‑Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

FOR SALE: KILN dried pine shavings and pine sawdust. Delivered in 50 cubic yard loads. Call and leave a message at 802‑623‑6731.

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

HAY FOR SALE. 1st, 2nd and 3rd cut. Small squares $2.‑$4.; 4’ rounds $30.‑$50. Mike Q u i n n , M i d d l e b u r y.

802‑388‑7828.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating.

Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

MIDDLEBURY ‑ PRO‑ FESSIONAL office suite.

1,205 sq. ft. office space.

Conveniently located in Middlebury ‑ Court St./ Creek Rd. 2 private of‑ fices, large reception area, large central open space for additional offices/cubi‑ cles or boardroom. Private bathroom. Ready to move in. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

For Rent

For Rent

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

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD FOR SALE seasoned 1 year. $275 per cord. 802‑558‑1069.

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

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Addison Independent, Thursday, November 8, 2018 — PAGE 9B

Accident lands driver with DUI citation BRISTOL — On Oct. 10, Bristol police cited Nathan P. Fefee, 21, of Bristol for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

At 12:08 a.m. that Wednesday, police responded to the report that a vehicle had struck a telephone pole on Mountain Street and left the scene. Police located the vehicle on Rockydale Road and determined that Fefee was the driver.

Fefee was ordered to appear in Addison Superior Court to answer to the charges.

Between Oct. 8 and 21, Bristol police completed 33 foot and car patrols at various locations, particularly on Mountain Street, Main Street, North Street and surrounding areas during student arrival and dismissal at Bristol Elementary School.

Officers also completed four hours and 30 minutes of directed patrol, traffic enforcement and patrols of the police district and the town under a town contract.

During that same period, officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School 12 times, completed 13 fingerprint requests, verified two vehicle identification numbers, conducted nine business checks on Main Street and surrounding areas and eight times secured unsecured buildings.

Bristol police assisted Vermont State Police on Oct. 10, 12 and 17, Bristol Rescue Squad twice on Oct. 20, Middlebury police on Oct. 11 and Vergennes police on Oct. 20.

In other recent activity, Bristol police: • On Oct. 8 investigated a tobacco possession complaint.

• On Oct. 9 began investigating a vandalism complaint.

• On Oct. 9 initiated an investigation into alleged internetrelated criminal activity.

• On Oct. 10 an officer spoke to local students about consent and healthy choices.

• On Oct. 10 received a propertywatch request and started a report.

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• On Oct. 10 assisted with training instruction for school district faculty and staff.

• On Oct. 10 found money on Main Street. The owner of the money may contact Bristol police at 453-2533 to claim it.

• On Oct. 10 served a district resident with a temporary Relief from Abuse Order.

• On Oct. 11 an officer spoke with students regarding sexual assault and consent-related topics.

• On Oct. 11 received, from a concerned citizen, a report of what they believed to be suspicious circumstances.

• On Oct. 11 received a report that a cat belonging to a West Pleasant Street resident had been shot with a pellet gun. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Bristol police at 453-2533.

• On Oct. 11 assisted schools with a truancy case.

• On Oct. 12 investigated and addressed the concerns of a citizen regarding a suspicious circumstance.

• On Oct. 12 issued a juvenile tobacco-related civil violation complaint.

• On Oct. 13 investigated a disagreement a homeowner had with another person and determined it to be a civil matter.

• On Oct. 13 checked Bristol Elementary School.

• On Oct. 14 responded to an alarm activation at a local business and determined there was no emergency.

• On Oct. 15 searched an electronic device for another law enforcement agency with a search warrant.

• On Oct. 16 directed traffic on

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Nov. 1 & Nov. 5 Costs per lb .58 .55 .52 .52 .50 .50 .48

BEEF Blue Spruce Farm Hidden View Kayhart Bros.

Elysian Fields Defreest Farm Daona Farm P. Livingston

Lbs. 1430 1250 1730 1515 1750 1700 1685

Dollars 829.40 687.50 899.60 787.80 875.00 850.00 808.80

CALVES Danyow Farm C. Spaulding Clifford Farm Quarry Road Farm Monument Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 93 1.20 111.60 112 .80 89.60 107 .72 77.04 108 .80 86.40 109 .65 70.85

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West Street until Green Mountain Power could address a low-hanging wire.

• On Oct. 16 investigated alleged fraudulent credit card activity.

• On Oct. 16 issued a juvenile tobacco-related civil violation complaint.

• On Oct. 16, at 7:25 p.m., investigated a two-vehicle crash on Main Street, with property damage.

• On Oct. 16 helped a citizen secure a public building.

• On Oct. 17 located and served a local person with a court order.

• On Oct. 17 found a ring in a local parking lot. The owner may contact Bristol police at 453-2533.

• On Oct. 17 secured a dog found running on Hardscrabble Road near the Red Cedar School and returned it to its owner.

• On Oct. 18 responded to a local 911 hang-up call and determined that there was no emergency.

• On Oct. 18 assisted a local business with training related to active emergencies.

• On Oct. 18 completed required training.

• On Oct. 18 investigated a suspected drug incident.

• On Oct. 19 assisted a citizen who had locked themselves out of their vehicle.

• On Oct. 19 issued a warning to a driver for an incident that had been observed on Oct. 16.

• On Oct. 20 initiated an investigation into a threatening complaint.

• On Oct. 20, with the assistance of others, tried but failed to catch a loose dog.

• On Oct. 20 investigated allegedly suspicious activity regarding a parked vehicle but found the vehicle had left.

• On Oct. 21 investigated a vehicle crash with property damage.

• On Oct. 21 investigated allegedly suspicious activity.

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

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Deer season begins

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD TYLER KIMBALL of Vergennes shows a big grin while displaying the 123-pound doe he shot this past Saturday during Youth Hunting Weekend. He made the kill on Nov. 3 while hunting with his dad, Michael, in New Haven.

If you have photos of trophies that your youth or adult hunters nabbed, email them to news@ addisonindependent.com and we’ll put them in the newspaper.

Vt. State

Police Log

ADDISON COUNTY — This past Sunday morning troopers with the Vermont State Police were dispatched to look into a report of an erratic driver around Route 7 and Dakin Road in Ferrisburgh. Around 10:40 a.m. on Nov. 4 police stopped a car driven Jason Rodriguez, 32, of Middlebury.

Troopers said Rodriguez exhibited signs of impairment and took him to the New Haven state police barracks for suspicion of driving under the influence. Police released Rodriguez after citing him for driving under the influence of drugs.

Vergennes police assisted on scene with this investigation.

In other recent activity, state police: • On Nov. 3 at approximately 4:37 p.m. responded to the Dollar General Store parking lot off Route 7 in Ferrisburgh to look into a report that a person with a suspended driver’s license was seen driving.

Police cited Alara Bourgeois, 25, of Ferrisburgh for driving with a

criminally suspended.

• On Nov. 4 just before 6 p.m. responded to a one-car crash at the intersection of Lower Hardscrabble Road and Hardscrabble Road in Bristol. Police said that Roy Larrow, 64, of Milton was driving a 2014 Toyota Rav4 southbound on Hardscrabble Road and failed to negotiate a right turn onto Lower Hardscrabble Road, lost control of the vehicle, crossed into the oncoming lane of travel, and collided with a tree. Neither alcohol nor drugs played a factor in the collision, police said.

Larrow received minor injuries and his car was totaled.

A traffic ticket is pending.

Vermont State Police were assisted

by Bristol police, Bristol firefighters, Bristol Rescue and Middlebury Regional EMS. • On Nov. 5 at around 1 p.m. were advised of an individual who had an active warrant for his arrest was inside a home on Button Bay Road in Ferrisburgh. Troopers went to the

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT BID SPECIFICATIONS FOR HAROLD CURTIS PARK – BASKETBALL COURT REPLACEMENT BID NUMBER #20181015-1 INVITATION TO BID

The Middlebury Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 26, 2018 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, to consider the following: 1. An application (file # 201824:199/24:201) request by Anthony Neri for final conditional use approval of his proposal to resume the retail grocery store/deli/café use on the property formerly known as Greg’s Market.

The property is located at 3 Elm Street and 30 MacIntyre Lane in the Village Residential Commercial (VRC) District, parcel ID #24:199 and 24:201.

Plans and additional information regarding this application may be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Town Offices or by calling 388-8100, Ext 210. Participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

David Wetmore Assistant Zoning Administrator 11/8

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of NOVEMBER, 2018.

Friday, November 2 7:30 AM Facilities Committee Meeting

At ANWSD Office Thursday, November 8 5:30 PM Community Engagement Conversations II At Vergennes Union High School Friday, November 9 4:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting

At ANWSD Office Monday, November 12 5:00 PM Policy Committee Meeting At Vergennes Union High School 6:00 PM ANWSD Board Regular Meeting At Vergennes Union High School Wednesday, November 14 1:00 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting

At ANWSD Office Monday, November 26 6:00 PM ANWSD Board Regular Meeting At Vergennes Union High School Tuesday, November 27 3:15 PM Negotiations Committee Meeting (w/ANTA) At Vergennes Union High School Library 11/5

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF SHOREHAM

The Shoreham Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 7 pm, at the Shoreham Town Office, located at 297 Main Street in Shoreham, VT, to hear public comments on proposed amendments to the Shoreham Zoning Regulations.

Proposed Amendments: 1. Creation of a new town district, the Village Park District (VPD), to provide an area for walking, relaxation, and exercise for town residents and their dogs, as well as providing a buffer between the residential portion of the Farnham Property and the Village Commercial District. The VPD consists of municipally-owned land and will be protected from future development. The proposed area is bounded by Main Street to the south, the Wastewater facility to the north, open Village Residential District land on the west, and Rte. 22A and the Village Commercial District on the east.

2. To amend the Village Commercial District (VCD) by removing municipally-owned property from the west side of the VCD. 3. To make the Village Commercial Design Overlay District (VCDOD) a permanent part of the Zoning Regulations.

Documentation of the proposed new Village Park District, amended Village Commercial District, the Village Commercial Design Overlay District, and associated mapping are available to the public at the Shoreham Town Clerk’s office, 297 Main Street, Shoreham, VT. You are encouraged to review the documentation for any additional information concerning these particular matters.

Persons wishing to be heard at this Hearing may do so in person, or by submitting written testimony, or by representation by a licensed Vermont Attorney or by an authorized agent. Please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464, of the Vermont statutes, participation in the hearing described above is a prerequisite to the right to make subsequent appeal.

Benjamin Trudo, Chair Shoreham Planning Commission 11/8, 15, 22, 29

Sealed competitive Bids for: The replacement of the Harold Curtis Park Basketball Court will be received at the Department of Public Works, 1020 S. Route 7, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 until 1:00 p.m.

Friday, December 14, 2018 and will be publicly opened and read aloud soon thereafter.

Information for Bidders, Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained without charge at the office of Public Works at 1020 S. Route 7, Middlebury, VT 05753, or can be accessed on the Town’s webpage at www.townofmiddlebury.org.

10/29

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION (DIDC) ANNUAL BUDGET HEARING

A public hearing will be held at 12 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in the Town Office Conference Room, 77 Main St, Middlebury, VT, regarding the Downtown tax district revenues and budget / project recommendations that the DIDC should make to the Selectboard for the upcoming Town budget year, July 2019 through June 2020. For additional information in advance of the hearing, you may call Kathleen Ramsay at 458-8000.

11/5

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT

home and located Luis VelasquezCordova, 30, of Ferrisburgh. Police took him into custody for the outstanding warrant for Domestic Assault stemming from an incident in November 2012.

Velasquez-Cordova was transported to the Addison Superior Court where he was transferred into their custody and the custody of the Addison County Sheriff’s Department. Bail was set at $10,000.

• Vermont State Police operating out of New Haven on Tuesday announced that area law enforcement agencies will set up a sobriety checkpoint(s) in Addison County within the next four weeks. This will be done in an effort to monitor the flow of traffic along Vermont’s highways in the interest of detecting and arresting persons under the influence of alcohol or any drug that has impaired their ability to operate a motor vehicle.

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 405-10-18 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR L. FLEMINGS, SR. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Arthur L. Flemings Sr. of Lincoln, Vermont.

I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: November 1, 2018 Gloria Flemings 796 East River Road Lincoln, VT 05443 453-3754 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: November 8, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 11/8

ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Addison County Solid Waste Management District will hold a public hearing on its proposed 2019 Annual Budget on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room of the Addison County Regional Planning Commission at 14 Seminary Street, Middlebury, VT. For a copy of the meeting agenda and/or proposed budget, please visit the ACSWMD website at www.AddisonCountyRecycles. org or call the District at 802-388-2333.

11/8

STATE OF VERMONT

KeyBank, National Association Plaintiff vs.

Greta M. Selleck Defendant

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 32-2-17 ANCV

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Greta M. Selleck, to KeyBank, National Association dated August 4, 2003, and recorded in Book 42, at Page 218, of the City/Town of Weybridge Land Records.for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on November 28, 2018 at 10:00AM at 609 Cave Road, Weybridge, VT 05753 all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN ADDISON COUNTY, STATE OF VERMONT, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 28, PAGE 197. ID# 4-34-1-3-58, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 4.31.1, BLOCK 3-58, METES AND BOUNDS PROPERTY. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.

The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

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 sale KeyBank, National Association Jennifer Maynard, Esq., BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 1080 Main Street, Suite 200 Pawtucket, RI 02860 Phone: 401-217-8701 Fax: 401-217-8702 Jennifer.Maynard@brockandscott.com 11/1

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Congratulations Mt. Abe Field Hockey on your State Championship Title! # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9

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Nautical Archaeologist Kevin Crisman poses beside the monument to Captain Jahaziel Sherman in the Vergennes Burying Ground. Born in 1770, Captain Sherman resided in Vergennes from 1813 until his death in 1844. Crisman will be the guest speaker at an event, unveiling portraits of Sherman and his wife, on Sunday at the Vergennes Opera House.

Historic spotlight falls on steamboat pioneer

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BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

hen you look at a painted portrait, say for example the Mona Lisa, what comes across your mind?

Do you admire the painting for it’s artistic mastery? Or do you find yourself staring at her face, wondering who was this woman and what was life like at that time?

Coming up on Sunday, Nov. 11, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will host a free event, from 3-5 p.m., at the Vergennes Opera House to unveil two recently rediscovered portraits. The paintings are of Vergennes steamboat pioneer Captain Jahaziel Sherman

(1770-1844) and his wife Harriett Daggett Sherman (1792-1873). This is the only known image of Captain Sherman, who was responsible for the construction of six Lake Champlain steamboats from 1814-1820, four of which survive as shipwrecks (two as part of the Underwater Historic Preserves).

At Sunday’s unveiling event, we can have our cake and eat it too. These paintings are not only beautiful works of 19th century art, but we’ll also get to learn the history. Kevin Crisman, a professor in the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University, will share stories of Sherman’s adventurous life and recent archaeological discoveries of his early steamboats on Lake Champlain in a talk at 4 p.m.

“Sherman’s importance in local, regional, national and technological history is indisputable,” said

Crisman, who has been studying Sherman for nearly 40 years. “He was at the forefront of the world’s steamboat revolution.”

Crisman grew up in Vermont (Peacham and Montpelier) and attended the University of Vermont, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1981. He said that he’s always been interested in history and archaeology, and got active in the latter while in college.

“The first real nautical archaeology project that I was on, in 1980 while I was a UVM senior, involved diving on, recording and drawing up wreck plans of the recently discovered Phoenix I — Jahaziel Sherman’s first steamboat on the lake,” Crisman said.

That 1980 project was the first one that Arthur SEE AWARD ON PAGE 3

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FILM MNFF lines up winter/spring film series

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ust because the summer festival is over, doesn’t mean that the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is buttoning up for the winter. Nope, quite the opposite. MNFF just announced the lineup for the 2018/19 Winter/Spring Screening Series at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Expanding to seven films from six, MNFF will offer one distinctive feature every month beginning in November and concluding in May. The Series retains its exclusive focus on prominent work by first- and

second-time filmmakers.

A Winter/Spring Screening Series Pass for all seven films is $75. Individual tickets for each

MNFF thanks its venue partner, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, for hosting the Winter/ Spring Screening Series as well as its sponsors: IPJ Real Estate, Middlebury College and The Addison Independent.

EIGHTH GRADE

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Directed by Bo Burnham, Drama Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m.

Directed by Marielle Heller, Drama Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.

Directed by Tim Wardle, Documentary Sunday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m.

Elsie Fisher, in a remarkable performance, stars as an introverted teenage girl trying to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year in this very contemporary coming-ofage narrative. By turns, humorous, poignant, charming and reflective, director Burnham’s first narrative feature is richly entertaining. “Eighth Grade” won the 2018 Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel in this true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer who made her living in the 1970s and ’80s profiling women like Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Israel is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception and forgery.

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they’re triplets who were separated at birth.

Then they discover why. Turns out the truth is stranger than fiction. An unnerving and deeply emotional film, the winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance 2018 and a brilliant example of film as journalism — “Three Identical Strangers” is a must-see movie.

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Directed by Elizabeth Chomko, Drama Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m.

Directed by Cameron Yates, documentary Sunday, March 17, 2 p.m.

Directed by Alonzo Ruizpalacios, Drama Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.

This potent and touching family drama stars Hilary Swank, Blythe Danner, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster. In this engrossing story, daughter Bridget returns home at her brother Nick’s urging to deal with her ailing mother’s Alzheimers decline and her father’s stubborn reluctance to let go of their life together. Featuring a beautiful script and exceptional performances, director Chomko’s debut feature is sure handed.

This is a luminous documentary about Flynn McGarry, a 10-year-old cooking prodigy who becomes a superstar chef. After young Flynn, transforms his bedroom into a kitchen and the family’s living room into a supper club using his classmates as line cooks, he experiences rather sudden fame and soon outgrows his home base and sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.

On a fateful Christmas Eve, 1985, in Mexico City, two unremarkable men decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous heist of cultural artifacts in all of Mexican history. The magnitude of the theft exceeds the amateur thieves’ expectations, and by the very next morning they realize, too late, the full scope and implications of their actions.

“We have put together a superb and diverse collection of films for the Winter/Spring Screening Series,” noted Lloyd Komesar, MNFF Producer. “Lots of dramas with lots of big names to go along with some outstanding documentaries. We hope that our audiences will truly enjoy them.”

screening are $13. Passes and tickets are available at middfilmfest.org/winter-springscreenings, or at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, either in person [Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.], by phone at (802)382-9222 or online at townhalltheater.org.

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Cohn (co-founder of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum) and Crisman worked on together. That was “the beginning of an incredibly enjoyable and I think very productive multi-decade partnership of studying shipwrecks in Lake Champlain and elsewhere,” Crisman added.

Sherman’s Phoenix II. What a terrific find!”

Crisman remembered. “We had thought it was another, later wreck at first, but the dimensions did not match, and we were starting to think it was maybe Phoenix II when one of the divers found a chisel with ‘SB PHOENIX’ stamped on the shank. It is rare to find that kind of identifying mark on artifacts from wrecks.”

In 2016 Crisman, Kennedy and George Schwarz (another TAMU grad student, who now is with the U.S. Navy’s Underwater Archaeology unit), decided it was time to write a biography of Sherman.

Water Witch, built at Fort Cassin in 1832, was Captain Jahaziel Sherman’s last steamboat. He ran her as a private enterprise until 1835, when she was sold to the Champlain Transportation Company and converted into a schooner.

Since then, Cohn and Crisman, and many other Lake Champlain divers, as well as college students, have studied three other Sherman wrecks: 1) Ticonderoga (built at Vergennes in 1814) was intended by Sherman to be the first steamboat of the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company, but while it was under construction the U.S. Navy purchased the hull and made it into a sailing warship (the wreck is down in Whitehall, N.Y.).

2) Water Witch (built 1832) was the last steamer built by Sherman, at Fort Cassin on the mouth of the Otter Creek in Ferrisburgh, and ran for three years as a steamer then converted into a schooner and sunk in 1866 off Diamond Island.

3) Phoenix II (built 1820) was the last steamboat built in Vergennes and ran on the lake until around 1836 when it was retired and scuttled at Shelburne Point.

“I was co-directing field schools with Carolyn Kennedy (a Ph.D. student at TAMU) from 2014-2016 to study four steamer wrecks at Shelburne and we kind of slowly realized that one of them was

“He had such an interesting life, marked with incredible achievements and also with many personal tragedies,” Crisman said. “He was overdue for some kind of recognition for his achievements on Lake Champlain and elsewhere.”

The trio spent 2017 writing an article for Vermont History, but they were disappointed not to be able to find any portrait or likeness of Sherman in their research.

“Vergennes historian Susan Ferland told me about newspaper references to portraits of Sherman and his wife existing in 1866, but we were not able to figure out where they had ended up after all this time,” Crisman lamented.

Then, in “one of the strangest coincidences of cosmic timing” Crisman’s ever experienced, the portraits of Captain Sherman and his wife surfaced this July — just in time for the article’s publication.

“We’d had no idea where the paintings went after his widow died in 1873,” Crisman said. “And here, out of the blue, the present-day owner shows up with them.

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OUT OF TOWN Film of Japanese shrine to screen in Burlington

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nother film in the Architecture and Design Film Series will screen at Contois Auditorium in Burlington on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. This series hosts free Wednesday screenings once a month, and on the 14th “In Between Mountains and Oceans” will be featured.

This documentary invites the viewer to embark on a journey into a sacred forest where every 20 years, Japan’s Shikinen Sengu ceremony reinforces the bond between humanity and nature in the rebuilding of the Ise Shrine. Inspired by the idea of sending a message to the future in the same way this ancient shrine keeps alive the traditions of the past, acclaimed photographer Masaaki Miyazawa used an ultra-high resolution 4K camera to create a breathtaking visual journey linking the Ise forest with other forests throughout Japan. With crystal-clear photography, stirring music and words of

“In Between Mountains and Oceans” will screen at Contois Auditorium in Burlington on Wednesday evening.

wisdom from 12 of Japan’s most intriguing personalities, this is a powerful, quiet and beautiful film.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for food and a cash bar. Then a discussion will be held after the 78-minute film.

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IN TOWN Racial Justice Film Series continues at Marquis

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iddlebury’s Showing Up for Racial Justice group is presenting the second season of its Seeing Color/ Seeking Justice film series at the Marquis Theater in downtown Middlebury.

“Sorry To Bother You,” the first film Marquis Theater, Middlebury of this year’s series, will be shown on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 4 and 7 p.m. “Sorry To Bother You” is a biting satire of class and race, that takes place in Oakland, Calif. Directed by Bay Area rapper Boots Riley, the film features an allstar cast that includes an actor originally from Middlebury, Michael Sommers.

WEDNESDAY 14 NOV.

The SURJ 2018-2019 series, which chooses films that address issues of race, will show films on the second Wednesday of each month, for the next six months, excluding January. A suggested donation of $10 raises funds for a variety of racial justice efforts.

Proceeds from November’s film will pay doula fees for a pregnant racial justice activist living in Boston, Mass.

“The disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes between white and black mothers in the United States is a national travesty,” said SURJ member Abbey LaMay. “Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white moms. When I heard about the fear that this particular activist had around delivering her baby, I really wanted SURJ to support her in some way.”

Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield star in “Sorry to Bother You” (2018), which will be shown by Middlebury’s Showing Up for Racial Justice group on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 4 and 7 p.m., at the Marquis in Middlebury.

Middlebury SURJ hopes that the proceeds from this film, plus additional donations from generous community members, will fund the doula to support the activist while she is in labor and after delivery. To give directly to the doula fund, donors can visit gofundme.com/ community-baby-gift-for-monica Beyond this specific gift, Middlebury SURJ hopes to raise awareness of the many ways racism harms people of all races and ethnicities, and give Addison County residents

tools to dismantle white supremacy in themselves and in their family, community and nation.

Mark your calendars: the December film, to be shown on Wednesday, Dec. 12, will be “The Hate U Give,” based on the bestselling young adult novel by Angie Thomas.

To learn more find SURJ Middlebury (Showing Up for Racial Justice) on Facebook or email joanna.colwell@gmail.com.

one two three THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK PIANO RECITAL IN MIDDLEBURY

ETHIOPIAN NIGHT AT TANDEM

ORCHESTRA PLAYS AT COLLEGE

Gareth Cordery, a junior at Middlebury College, will perform his junior solo piano recital on Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., in Robison Concert FRIDAY NOV. Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. It is free and open to all. Cordery will play Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31, no. 3; Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; Leoš Janáček’s In the Mists; and Aaron Copland’s Piano Variations. Cordery is a student of Diana Fanning’s and was the guest soloist for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Champlain Philharmonic the fall of 2016. Oh, and Cordery’s a huge fan of bread, especially sourdough.

It’s Ethiopian Night with Alganesh Michael again at Tandem in Bristol. This has become a regular thing SATURDAY NOV. for a reason — none of us can get enough of her delicious food. There will be three seatings: 5, 6:35 and 8 p.m.

Reservations are necessary. On the menu for Saturday will be injera (of course), spiced collards, berberi spiced mushrooms, lentils, braised savory meats and cucumber salad. $20 for adults, and $10 for kids under 12. Call Tandem to reserve your seats: (802) 734-4236.

The Middlebury College Orchestra will perform a free concert on Saturday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m., SATURDAY NOV. in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. Music Director Evan Bennett conducts the orchestra. The program will feature Emmanuel Chabrier’s “España,” Hector Berlioz’s “Romeo et Juliette: Scene d’amour,” and Alexander Borodin’s “Symphony No. 2.” For more information, call (802) 443-5221 or visit middlebury.edu/arts.

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CALENDAR

ARTS

JAHAZIEL SHERMAN EVENT IN VERGENNES. Sunday, Nov. 11, 3-5 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Speaker Kevin Crisman, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation at Texas A & M University will speak about steamboat pioneer and Vergennes resident Jahaziel Sherman, whose portrait was just loaned to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. View the painting, hear about Sherman’s adventures and help bring the portrait home to stay. Light refreshments. Free and open to the public.

CRAFTS

CRAFT FAIR IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mt. Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Kick-start your holiday shopping and help support Mt. Abe’s Project Graduation. Event will also include a silent auction, raffle, bake sale and lunch. Free and open to the public.

ARTISAN FAIR IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 10, 10-2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Get a head start on holiday shopping with handmade gifts by local crafters and artisans.

Live music and refreshments. Free and open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

DANCE

BEBE MILLER COMPANY: IN A RHYTHM IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 8, Friday, Nov. 9 and Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A suite of dances based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, and David Foster Wallace, whose voices capture diverse cultural relevancies through their structure of language.

Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale Oct. 22. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

HOEDOWN IN WEYBRIDGE. Friday, Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School. Quaker Village Rd. Join friends from all around the County for an evening of fun and dancing. Visit with friends and neighbors from all communities, and enjoy seasonal treats and heartier fare. Live music by Rick Klein & Viveka Fox, and caller Luke Donforth. All ages and abilities are welcome.

Admission by donation. All proceeds to benefit Weybridge Elementary Fund. If able, bring a new or gently used youth or adult winter outerwear item to benefit local families in need. More info call 802-545-2113.

CONTRA DANCE IN CORNWALL. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route. 30.

Mary Wesley calling to live banjo and fiddle music

by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary.

Questions? Call 802-462-3722.

FILM

“THE DARK” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Nov. 10, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, 356 College St. On the outskirts of a small town lies Devil’s Den, a mysterious tract of woods where many have entered but no one has ever left. The spirit of a young girl haunts and hunts in this dense forest, slaying anyone who dares to step into her terrain. When a man with a dark past crosses her path, a series of events are set in motion that may lead to a peculiar kind of redemption. Free.

“COMING HOME” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury, 2 Main St. Come see this documentary film about five people returning back to their Vermont communities from prison.

The film focuses on the innovative COSA program (Circle of Support and Accountability) that helps reintegrate folks back into their daily lives. Free.

Donations are greatly appreciated.

“BURNED: ARE TREES THE NEW COAL?” on screen in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7-9 p.m., Unity Hall, Congregational Church of Middlebury, N. Pleasant St. Come see this feature-length documentary that takes an unwavering look at the latest energy industry solution to climate change.

Filmmaker Lisa Merton and Associate Producer Chris Hardee will be present to answer questions.

Light refreshments. More info contact Vermont Integrated Architecture (VIA) at 802-989-7249 or gwen@vermontintegratedarchitecture.com.

“SORRY TO BOTHER YOU” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 4 and 7 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Middlebury Showing Up for Racial Justice opens its second season of its Seeing Color/Seeking Justice film series with this biting satire of class and race, that takes place in Oakland, Calif. Directed by Bay Area rapper Boots Riley, the film features an all-star cast that includes Middlebury native Mike Sommers.

“EVENING TO HONOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. WomenSafe and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England will present Willow O’Feral’s “Break the Silence,”

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a one-hour documentary profiling reproductive and sexual health stories. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring O’Feral and advocates from WomenSafe and Planned Parenthood. All proceeds will benefit the two organizations. Tickets $10, available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, noon5 p.m. Contact info@womensafe.net or call 802388-4205 to ask about free or reduced admission if ticket cost is a concern.

MUSIC

GARETH CORDERY, PIANO IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Middlebury student Gareth Cordery performs his junior piano recital, featuring works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Copland. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“JUST IMAGINE!” Maiden Vermont’s Fall Concert in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Maiden Vermont’s annual fall concert. Appearing on the show with Maiden Vermont will be the 10th place International Champion Barbershop quartet Round Midnight and returning guest chorus from Syossett High School, The Adelettes. Tickets $22 seniors & students/$25 for reserved seating/$30 “generous” admission available at the Town Hall Theater box office in Middlebury, townhalltheater. org/calendar-and-tickets/ or by calling (802) 3829222.

MILE TWELVE BLUEGRASS BAND IN BRANDON. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. Mile Twelve has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Japan, including major festivals such as Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival and more.

Tickets adults $12/seniors and students $10.

PATTI CASEY AND THE WICKED FINE PLAYERS IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Vergennes native Casey and her new group, the Wicked Fine Players, features members of the much-loved Bluegrass Gospel Project. Doors and cash bar provided by Bar Antidote open at 6:30 p.m.

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struggle between going home and being home already when there’s no other home and everywhere is home. 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.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Join the College Orchestra, under its new director Evan Bennett, as it explores major works from the classical to the present. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168.

THE HOT PICKIN’ PARTY ON STAGE IN LINCOLN. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Road in Lincoln. Tickets $10 for adults, kids and teens are free. Refreshments will be served during intermission. Part of the Burnham Music Series. More info call 802-388-6863.

WWI MEMORIAL CARILLON CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 11, 11:11 a.m., Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College. George Matthew Jr. will perform a special concert to mark the centennial of the 1918 WWI armistice, given “on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” to coincide with scores of similar carillon concerts across Europe. Middlebury’s one-hour program includes national anthems, soldier songs, and tunes commemorating the 17 million dead. Free.

THE HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. More info in A section calendar.

More info will also be available soon online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802382-9222, Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.

LA REBELION DEL TANGO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. This quartet will playing lively traditional tangos and some favorite jazz

standards. 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.

MUSIC PERFORMANCE IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Nov. 12, 7:15-8 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Middlebury College Students of Diana Fanning perform a concert. Free and open to the public.

PIANO RECITAL BY STUDENTS OF DIANA FANNING IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The fall concert by Diana Fanning’s students is a popular event celebrating our talented Middlebury pianists. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, November 8, 2018 — PAGE 7 the arrival of an old flame. Play written and directed by junior Coralie Tyler. Tickets $6, available at tinyurl.com/Imperator-midd. Limited accessibility at this venue; contact the box office for more information.

“HAVEL: THE PASSION OF THOUGHT” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Wright Memorial Theatre, Middlebury College. Richard Romagnoli directs five short, funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale Oct. 22. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“OK. YOU’VE GOT THIS” IN VERGENNES. Thursday, Nov. 11, 6:30-8 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Join an evening of humor and celebration as part of the launch of “Ok. You’ve Got This” campaign for youth resiliency. Comedian Sue Schmidt and local teens will get personal their sometimes humorous and sometimes serious stories of resiliency and what it takes to handle life’s inevitable curve balls. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided.

STRINGS MARIONETTES IN BRANDON. Sunday, Nov. 11, 1:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Sq. All aboard for “The Treasure Hunt,” a swashbuckling hunt for treasure, where Jim is lured out to sea in search of adventure and excitement. Little does he realize the unusual experience about to unfold. A celebration of veterans will begin at 1 p.m. Tickets adults $8/ seniors (60 & up), students (17 & under) and military $6/children 5 and under accompanied by an adult free.

“IMPERATOR” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 8 and Friday, Nov. 9, 8 and 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo Theater, Middlebury College. In the aftermath of tragedy and disaster, Cleopatra finds herself in a predicament, which is only intensified by

“ANYTHING GOES” ON STAGE IN VERGENNES. Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Come see VUHS’ fall musical. Tickets available at VUHS during evening rehearsals and at Everywear in Vergennes.

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MUSIC Patti Casey returns home to play at Vergennes Opera House

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fter many years touring nationally with Woods Tea Co., Patti Casey has reunited with longtime musical collaborator Colin McCaffrey and former Bluegrass Gospel Project bandmates Steve Light and Kirk Lord. Together The Wicked Fine Players will bring their music to Patti’s hometown — Vergennes — on Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. This reunion puts a little more blue in the bluegrass, adds a little more swing and a whole lotta fun.

“Vergennes is my hometown, where I was born and raised, and the Vergennes Opera

House holds a special place in my heart,” Casey said. “I am so happy to be able to play there again and this time with this terrific group, The Wicked Fine Players.”

The group features Casey, guitar, flute, foot percussion and vocals; McCaffrey, guitar, fiddle, mandolin and vocals; Light, banjo, dobro and harmonies; and Lord, bass.

“This will be an exceptional evening of musicianship,” said Gerianne Smart, President of the Vergennes Opera House and event producer. “Not only will folks enjoy seeing Vergennes-native Patti on the stage, but they will be able to witness the incredible acoustic richness of the historic theater. The building will literally ‘sigh’ with gratitude.”

Tickets are $15 in advance online at vergennesoperahouse.org or at LuLu’s Ice Cream Shop on Main Street in Vergennes, or $18 at the door. Doors and cash bar open at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. For more info, visit vergennesoperahouse.org or call (802) 877-6737.

Patti Casey and The Wicked Fine Players will perform at the Vergennes Opera House on Saturday evening.

live music GARETH CORDERY, PIANO IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

MILE TWELVE BLUEGRASS BAND IN BRANDON. Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

LA REBELION DEL TANGO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek DIANA FANNING STUDENTS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Nov. 12, 7:158 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter., and Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

BLUES JAM IN BRANDON. Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Sister Wicked.

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Guitarist Doug Perkins, bassist Mike Santosusso and dobro player Adam Frehm perform for the Burnham Music Series in Lincoln this Saturday, at 7:30 p.m.

The Hot Pickin’ Party heats up in Lincoln After these long, rainy and cold days, it’s hard to resist a band called the “Hot Pickin’ Party.” And there’s no reason you should. This bluegrass band will take the stage at Burnham Hall, 52 River Road, in Lincoln on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Guitarist Doug Perkins, bassist Mike Santosusso and dobro player Adam Frehm first appeared on the Vermont music scene over 20 years ago as the core members of the popular newgrass, jamband Smokin’ Grass. After Smokin’ Grass burnt out, Perkins, Santosusso and Frehm each performed with various artists in Vermont and New England before reuniting to form Hot Pickin’ Party.

The trio’s music celebrates heartfelt harmonies, dynamic musical interplay and a spirit of exploration of journeys old and new. At any Hot Pickin’ Party performance you’ll hear a mix of original songs, traditional bluegrass songs, familiar yet eclectic classic covers and the occasional completely improvised jam. A Hot Pickin’ Party show is hot and cool, fun and funny, and always a party.

Saturday’s show is part of the Burnham Music Series and costs $10 for adults; kids and teens are free.

Refreshments will be served during intermission. For more information, call (802) 388-6863.

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MUSIC Gospel choir returns for two shows in Middlebury

The Rough & Tumble roll through Brandon

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ormerly from Nashville, The Rough & Tumble now find themselves living full-time on the road, in a 16-foot camper with an 85-pound puppy named Puddle. The folk-Americana duo has been making tire tracks nationwide since 2011, and if you ask Mallory Graham or Scott Tyler how they got here, they’d likely respond, “with careful planning, spreadsheets and shoddy cell phone service.” The camper stops at Brandon Music on Nov. 10.

On their new album, “We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know,” the duo retrace their mileage back to their footsteps and explore the struggle between going home and being home already when

Last November, Town Hall Theater invited the famous Howard University Gospel Choir to sing in Middlebury.

The talented group took the town by storm.

“It was one of the most moving and rewarding performances I’ve ever seen at Town Hall Theater,” said artistic director Douglas Anderson. “By the end of the evening the Middlebury crowd was on its feet, cheering and singing and swaying to the ecstatic music. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.”

THT immediately asked the group to return, and it is coming back to Middlebury for two concerts on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 and 7 p.m.

Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler will perform at Brandon Music on Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

there’s no other home and everywhere is home. The album is a portrait of what has happened so far and what they hope is still to come.

The album comes after a long line of EPs (three, to be exact from 2011-2012).

The Rough & Tumble know how the tread wears down on the tires when you play 140 shows in a year crosscountry. They’re willing to stop, should the music run out of them and the road

end, but until then, don’t miss the chance to see them as they roll through Brandon.

Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for 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.

Maiden Vermont sings annual concert in Middlebury “Just Imagine!” the joy and fun you’ll have when you come to Maiden Vermont’s annual fall concert on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. There will be two performances, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

This year the 10th place International Champion Barbershop quartet ‘Round Midnight and returning guest chorus from Syossett High School, The Adelettes, will be performing with Maiden Vermont — a women’s barbershop-style chorus led by Lindi Bortney.

Tickets are $22 for seniors/students, $25 for reserved seating, and $30 for “generous” admission. “Generous” donations will help Maiden Vermont in their campaign for new, safer risers (the additional $5 is a tax-deductible donation). Tickets are on sale now at townhalltheater.org, by calling (802) 382-9222 or at the box office.

Formed on the campus of historically black Howard University in 1968, the Howard Gospel Choir has performed throughout the world. As the first college choir of its kind, HGC is a trailblazer for all gospel music ministries on collegiate campuses.

“This kind of open-throated, open-hearted singing is unlike any other concert experience,” Anderson said.

“These students aren’t just singing. They’re sharing with us their deepest beliefs and convictions, and doing it joyfully. You can’t help but be moved by this experience.”

After last year’s concert, Anderson was flooded with feedback. A typical response: “By the end of the evening I felt we were all deeply connected in a flow of love. It was mesmerizing.” Anderson’s favorite comment: “I was in tears. I was euphoric.”

Some people felt the group was too loud last year, Anderson added. “They create a wall of glorious sound, but it was a bit too much for some people.

This year we worked it into our contract that THT controls the volume, so we can guarantee a much better sound level this year.”

Come see the Howard University Gospel Choir will perform at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $25, and may be purchased at townhallteater.org, by calling (802) 3829222, at the THT box office (Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.

Interested in joining the chorus? Maiden Vermont invites all women who love to sing to come to a rehearsal and see if this “hobby” is a good fit. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings, 7-9:15 p.m., at the Salisbury Elementary School.

Call Lindi Bortney (802) 388-1012 for more information or visit maidenvermont.com.

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

Sat 11/10 2:30pm & 7:30pm $25/$22 Students & Srs/$30 Generous

MAIDEN VERMONT: JUST IMAGINE!

Maiden Vermont’s annual fall concert with International Champion Barbershop quartet ’Round Midnight and returning guests The Adelettes.

Sun 11/11 2pm & 7pm $25

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY GOSPEL CHOIR

Inspiring and uplifting gospel music by the trailblazing gospel singers of Howard University.

Thu 11/15 6:30pm $10/$20 Sustaining Sponsor AN EVENING TO HONOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

BREAK THE SILENCE

WomenSafe and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England present an evening honoring women’s rights with Willow O’Feral’s documentary Break the Silence. Ms. O’Feral and presenting sponsors will lead a panel discussion after the screening.

Fri 11/16 5-7pm Opening Reception – Jackson Gallery Free ELEVENTH ANNUAL

HOLIDAY EXHIBIT OF ART & FINE CRAFTS

The Jackson Gallery will be filled with original art, fine crafts and jewelry featuring twenty-five regional artists whose work represents a wide variety of media and styles.

This exhibit runs through Dec. 31, 2018

Fri 11/16 7pm $13/$75 Season Pass, all films MNFF WINTER SCREENING SERIES

EIGHTH GRADE

An introverted teenage girl struggles to survive Eighth Grade angst, awkwardness and self-loathing in comedian Bo Burnham’s feature film. Winner of the 2018 Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Sat 11/17 8pm – Midnight $20/$60 Date Night (2 Adults + 1 Childcare) CHRISTAL BROWN’S

40TH BIRTHDAY BASH!

Celebrate Christal’s 40th birthday and give back to the community.

Proceeds fund scholarships and flooring for Dance Xplorations.

Christal makes her singing debut! Performances by The Dough Boys, Evolution Dance Crew and Monday Night Mavens. Cash bar.

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EXHIBITS 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.

ART SQUARED: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS INTERPRET TRADITIONAL QUILT SQUARE DESIGNS. On view through Jan. 28, featuring Guild artists’ interpretations of the classic quilt square designs. The result is a collection of modern folk-inspired art that ranges from traditional paintings to creations in ceramics, glass and jewelry. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 9, from 5-7 p.m. All are welcome. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

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.

GROWING FOOD, GROWING FARMERS. On view through December, 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) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

MOVING STILL. On view through November, featuring the work of Pamela Smith. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

SO VERY HIDEOUS AN IDEA. On view through Feb. 1, featuring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. A Middlebury College Special Collections exhibit commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel. Located in the Davis Family Library Atrium. A companion exhibit, “Vital Experiments: Science in 1818” is on display in the Harman Periodicals Reading Room and in Special Collections. Davis Family Library, 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury.

(802) 443-5494.

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.

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.

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EXHIBITS

Middlebury hosts 1,400 years of art and Islam “WONDROUS WORLDS: ART AND ISLAM THROUGH TIME AND PLACE” ON EXHIBIT THROUGH DEC. 2

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ince mid-September the Middlebury College Museum of Art has been showcasing the history and breadth of Islamic art in a landmark exhibit on loan from the Newark Museum. The more than 100 works on display in “Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam through Time and Place” reflect aspects of faith, culture and everyday life of Muslims across the world and throughout the ages.

founding director and museum education pioneer.

The exhibition runs through Dec. 1, and features works in nearly all media, including carpets, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, glassware, metalworks, prints, paintings and photographs.

Contemporary works from artists such as Rachid Koraichi and Victor Ekpuk, and modern day calligraphy by Hassan Massoudy will be shown with pieces dating back to the 9th-century. Highlights range from dazzling lustrewares of Iran and Spain to delicate prayer rugs from Turkey and India, as well as Harem #1 from the bi-national Moroccan-American photographer Lalla Essaydi and a majestic pair of early-20th-century Egyptian appliqué tent hangings — measuring 10 feet high and 6 feet wide — that were acquired in Egypt in 1929

by John Cotton Dana, the Newark Museum’s

“Then and Now” highlights the long history of inter-continental trade and the role that the Hajj pilgrimage plays in promoting international interconnections. The trade of Turkish textiles to Morocco, English and Dutch textiles inspired by Indonesian prints that were exported to Africa, as well as ceramics traded between China, Iran and Turkey are featured in this section.

Vase with Lotus Motifs and Silver Tiffany Mount. China, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) (ceramic); Newark, N.J., early 20th century (silver mount). Porcelain with under-glaze cobalt blue, silver.

Newark Museum. Gift of Herman A. E. Jaehne and Paul C. Jaehne, 1941, 41.1793.

“Wondrous Worlds” opens with an introduction to the Five Pillars of Islam: declaration of faith, daily prayers, charity, fasting for Ramadan, and the Hajj Pilgrimage. These provide context and a distinctive view into the function, artistry and cultural histories of the objects in the exhibit.

The exhibition then expands upon five themes:

“Quran, Calligraphy and Book Arts” delves into the power of the written word, not only through the Quran but also through histories and poetry written in diverse scripts representing different languages including Arabic, Farsi, Nsibidi, Turkish and Urdu.

“Fasting, Feasting, and Fun” celebrates the

domesticated arts. A mise-en-scene installation of a Moroccan feast boasts a Rabat carpet, leather cushions, wooden screen and metal table settings. Glorious ceramics, paintings and musical instruments from other regions are also included.

“Architecture and Its Offspring” glories in architectural legacies displayed in carpets, printed textiles, furniture, tile-works and historic and contemporary photographs of India and Morocco.

“Costumes, Fashion, and Faith” positions silk, velvet, and sequined costumes and textiles alongside fabulous jewelry fashioned from diamonds, pearls, emeralds, jade, gold and silver.

Come see this diverse and expansive exhibit at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts building.

The museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, from 12-5 p.m. Closed Mondays. For more info call (802) 443–5007 or visit museum.middlebury.edu.

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the movie BEAUTIFUL BOY — RUNNING TIME: 2:00 — RATING: R “Beautiful Boy” earns an adjective that is rare and not always welcome: important. How many people will go to this movie that is about drugs from beginning to end? For some, the answer to that is some version of “why would I want to see a movie about drugs?” For others, it offers an extraordinary lifeline.

The why of that has deep and confusing roots. Our world was changed overnight by the sudden arrival of computers. For a few years, we celebrated the fact that a deep research tool had been brought into our homes, that communications among family and friends had become instant. Then, gradually, as they always do, opportunists invaded and infected the extraordinary new medium with negatives — the exchange of information, the location, and availability of drugs is now immediate and nationwide.

Add to that the grim truth that some previously decent drug companies began handing their unproven drugs free to doctors who prescribed them for patients before the harmful effects were known. Doctors then reported the results, positive and negative, back to the drug companies that had given them the unproven samples. Many in our citizenry became addicted to the powerful drugs without ever knowing they had been part of an experiment. Drug companies got free research; doctors got free drugs for sick patients.

Eighteen-year-old Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) is the beautiful boy here, so labelled by his adoring father David (Steve Carell). David is married to his second wife (Maura Tierney) and reaches out to his first (Amy Ryan) for help with their now drug addicted son. Nic is a good guy who works his way through various stages of drug addiction until he is caught completely by crystal-meth. Chalamet does a beautiful job of showing us the savage capture of the boy by the drug.

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in “Beautiful Boy” (2018).

deeply and is loved in return. This is not an angry boy running off and indulging himself. It is the far worse tale of a son who worked his way through that first phase to being caught entirely and violently by one of the most dangerous drugs of all.

The sad tale is acted so well by Chalamet and Carell that it becomes a lesson for anyone in the audience who might be suffering a drug problem in his/her family. They lead us through Nic’s addiction process from alcohol, to pot, to cocaine, to LSD, to the crippling crystal-meth.

Writer/director Felix van Groeningen injects just enough happy memories of past father/son fun — surfing, hiking, laughing — to make us realize deeply that Nic was captured by the drug rather than by seeking it out as an escape. For anyone caught in the search for solution, this is a powerful trip through the newly available avenues to rescue. As the leading cause of death under 50, there is help for those who reach for it.

The movie becomes the story of an endangered boy who loves his father

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Inspired by true events, and shot on never-before-filmed locations in Mexico, director Ruizpalacios’ spectacular film was the winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal.

LCMM’s 2019 season will feature a special exhibit and related programs to celebrate “Jahaziel Sherman’s Steamboats.� The museum has been awarded a 2019 Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Collections Grant for “Jahaziel Sherman’s Steamboats: Collection Inventory, Digitization, and Interpretation of a Champlain Valley Steamboat Pioneer.�

Danny Cahill III of Mill Valley, Calif., (the current owner of the portraits) got in touch with the LCMM and asked Curator of Collections Eloise Beil if the museum wanted to borrow them. Of course, the answer was, yes! “The unveiling of the portraits is a big deal for Vergennes history, Addison County history, Vermont and Lake Champlain history, and truly, American history,�

Crisman said. “Sherman was a true pioneer of early steam navigation, on the Hudson River and especially on Lake Champlain, and he left an incredible legacy for us that we are still discovering in old shipwrecks and in libraries and archives.

WILDLIFE Directed by Paul Dano, Drama Friday, May 10, 7 p.m.

This superb and moving debut feature stars Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal. In 1960s small town Montana, a 14-yearold boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his golf pro father loses his job and leaves to fight fires in the Canadian wilderness. With great dexterity, Dano combines exquisite performances from his brilliant cast with a finely tuned sense of place to produce an emotionally resonant first film.

“The Vergennes Opera House is the perfect place to show them to the Vermont public after their absence from town for about 145 years,� Crisman continued. “Jahaziel Sherman is interred in the Vergennes Burial Ground (you could practically toss a biscuit from the opera house’s front door and hit his tombstone, if you were so inclined).�

Believe it, or not, this isn’t the first time these portraits have been on exhibit in Vergennes. “Harriett Daggett Sherman

loaned the portraits to a public exhibition during the Vergennes Centennial celebration of 1866,� Crisman said. “In the ideal world, LCMM will be able to acquire the portraits.�

For now, the paintings will be welcomed home to Vergennes with Sunday’s event, and then will be displayed in a special exhibit at LCMM in the spring of 2019. “Guests will be dazzled by Harriet’s beauty and stand in awe of Jahaziel’s stern demeanor, so befitting a seasoned maritime captain and captain of industry,� lender Cahill told the LCMM. “After an epic journey of 200 years, at long last, Harriet and Jahaziel Sherman have come home to their final resting place in Vergennes — please come welcome them home.�

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A Salute to Veterans

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A Salute to

Veterans WW II Vet Takes an Honor Flight

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Thousands of people each year tour the Marine Corps War Memorial near Washington, D.C. Based on the iconic photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, the memorial immortalizes the six soldiers who raised the second American flag on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, thus heralding the beginning of the end of the U.S. campaign in the Pacific during World War II. Middlebury’s Ron Hadley is one of the few living Americans who can look at that memorial scene and say, “That’s how I remember it.”

Hadley, 97, personally witnessed the flag raising at Iwo Jima through field glasses as he stood on the deck of the USS Thurston (AP 77) troop transport.

Thanks to the North Country Honor Flight (NCHF), Hadley was recently able to view — for the first time — the stunning (See Honor, Page 2)

CONTENTS

Bucky still keeps giving back .....................................3 Reed fights to help vets keep benefits ......................4 Sheldon’s WW I exhibit closing Nov. 11..................10 The Forgotten Protector ..............................................12 Bridport bells to commemorate World War I.........13 Bells to ring in Middlebury .........................................13

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Veterans

Navy Nurse Judy Bragg, RN 1968-1970

Proudly Serving Our Veterans

RON HADLEY, LEFT, SHAKES hands with one of around a dozen motorcyclists who escorted the World War II veteran to Plattsburgh International Airport, where he began an all-expense-paid trip to the nation’s capital to tour around 10 memorials honoring U.S. servicemen and women. Hadley was the lone Vermont veteran on this particular “Honor Flight.”

Photo courtesy of Max Krauss

In honor of our nation’s Military Veterans, please visit Cannon Park this weekend and view the Rotary Flag Project in recognition of our local Veterans.

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Honor (Continued from Page 1) Marine Corps tribute and a series of other Washington, D.C., memorials honoring veterans like himself.

“You recognize what it meant to you and what it meant to our country, ” Hadley said of his Oct. 19 trip. “That’s what the objective of all this was. I think this trip was certainly advantageous and I take my hat off to the people who put it together and have kept it going.”

Hadley, formerly of Lincoln, was one of four regional World War II veterans who took part in the all-expense-paid trip to the nation’s capital. Three of the four participating veterans were New Yorkers; Hadley was the lone Vermonter. Each was allowed a companion to help them during the trip. In Hadley’s case, it was friend Liam English.

Hadley’s many friends — including fellow Rotarian Roth “T” Tall of Cornwall — have long admired his service and believed he was deserving of the NCHF trip.

The non-profit NCHF was founded in 2013 with the goal of introducing area veterans to the memorials that were built in their honor.

The NCHF has thus far made 17 flights, bringing a combined total of 254 veterans to D.C. for whirlwind tours of national tribute sites.

All four men got VIP treatment. Hadley was driven to the Plattsburgh airport in a

cortege that at times included cruisers — with sirens and lights flashing — representing Middlebury Police, Vermont State Police, New York State Police and United States Park Police. Around a dozen motorcyclists representing various veterans’ groups also tagged along.

Hadley is indeed one of Addison County’s most distinguished veterans.

He was raised in California and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 while studying business administration at San Jose State University. He was allowed to complete his college studies prior to shipping off to boot camp at Columbia University in July of 1943.

Hadley made the grade at Columbia, graduating with an officer’s commission (ensign) in November of 1943. He received orders to report to Little Creek, Va., where he dispensed — and received — training in the use and deployment of small boats. The “small boats” were 36-foot LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) or 50-foot LCMs (Landing Craft, Mechanized). They were the troop-transport workhorses of the major invasions during World War II. Ultimately, Hadley was assigned to the Thurston AP77, which he boarded in New York City in March 1944.

After much training, Hadley participated in some of the most critical military (See Flight, Page 5)

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Years after his military service ended, Bucky still giving back

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON — Addison resident and Rutland native Clifford Barnes, better known to all as Bucky, has donned clothing of many colors for many duties over the course of his 76 years.

As a successful John Hancock insurance agent from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, mostly working out of his North Main Street home in Vergennes, Barnes stuck with business casual attire.

Over many decades he has worn bright red and white as Santa Claus during annual holiday festivities in Middlebury and elsewhere.

During his many appearances as Shriner

clown “Bucket,” Barnes’ costume included white greasepaint, orange hair and sky-blue eye shadow — and of course the traditional red nose and bowtie.

But from 1964 to 1969 Barnes wore uniforms with a more limited color palette, one based on white and Navy blue.

In 1964 U.S. men of a certain age were hearing from the Selective Service System as the war in Vietnam began to ramp up under the Johnson administration.

Barnes, then 22, was no exception, but rather than the draft he chose the Navy.

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Reed fights to help the goverment keep its promises to veterans

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS 1991, when he began working as a Veterans’ LEICESTER — “You’re a pain in the butt,” Richard Employment Representative at the Vermont Reed’s boss once told him. “But you’re doing something Department of Employment and Training (now important.”

Labor). An eight-month economic recession had Decades (and perhaps a few ruffled feathers) later, Reed just ended, but employment recovery was slugstill approaches his work with an gish, and as Reed looked ever-changing ratio of skepticism around he saw that his and hope, but his persistence has “One thing (vets) all clients lacked not only jobs remained constant and the work he have in common is basic but homes. does today is just as important as it “You started seeing a training. It’s effective at was when he began: lot of homeless vets,” he Reed advocates for Vermont’s mili- stripping away personrecalled. “It became a real tary veterans. problem.” ality and teaching you Reed describes his job this way.

Typical of his “see a “I would wake up and say, ‘I get to obey orders, yes, but problem you can fix, fix to fight with the federal government it” mindset, Reed asked it also teaches people today,” he said with a chuckle. himself, “What else can we Reed served in the U.S. Coast to look out for the other do?”

Guard Pacific Area command in With a few like-minded Thailand and Hawaii during the guy. More than anything, individuals, he found Vietnam War and finished his service that’s what we all carry an answer: Friends of RICHARD REED OF Leicester has advocated for veterans for deon the New England Atlantic Coast.

Veterans of Vermont and cades in many ways, including as co-founder of the organization away.”

“As vets we all have different New Hampshire. He helped Friends of Veterans of Vermont and New Hampshire.

— Richard Reed found the organization in experiences,” Reed said. “But one A few years later, Reed attended the meeting that chartered thing we all have in common is basic 1994 with the mission of training. It’s effective at stripping helping fellow veterans and their the Vermont post of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Chief away personality and teaching you to obey orders, yes, but families avoid homelessness. That organization is still going among that organization’s goals has been to “hold governit also teaches people to look out for the other guy. More strong. Over the last five years, according to its website, ment agencies accountable for following laws mandating than anything, that’s what we all carry away.”

Friends of Veterans has financially assisted more than 300 veterans health care,” which in part means helping Vietnam (See Reed, Page 7) Reed has been looking out for Vermont veterans since vets with more than $160,000.

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His amphibious landing craft that day was carrying 36 people, most of them combat engineers equipped with plastic explosives designed to take out any Nazi obstacles left on the beach. As they got closer to the beach at Normandy, the landing craft reverberated with the sounds of explosions and gunfire.

“Just as the ramp dropped, they started a crossfire of machine gun fire right across the

bow of our boat — and this is the part that is always tough to live with — I have every belief that all 36 guys were killed immediately,” Hadley said during the interview.

The four boat personnel, including Hadley, were protected behind steel compartments and survived the deadly volley as they raised the ramp and headed back toward the U.S. fleet. There, Hadley and his crew loaded more soldiers for what would be the 27th wave. This trip went a lot better.

These and other scenes played back in

Hadley’s still-keen mind during his recent D.C. trip.

“When you got there, it brought back memories — both good and bad — of your wartime experiences,” he said.

While Hadley can still walk with the aid of a cane, he and his fellow veterans were offered the comfort of wheelchairs as they were escorted from site to site. Their stops included the U.S. Air Force Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, and the World War II, Korea and Vietnam memorials.

Participating veterans were able to take photos and hear details about the sites they

visited. Hadley and his companions received jackets and other goodies from the NCHF. “It was very impressive,” Hadley said of the weekend trip.

Unfortunately, Hadley met no one from his World War II days. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, only 496,777 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are still alive.

“There aren’t too many out there any more,” Hadley said. “My buddies in the military are all gone. I don’t know anyone who I served with who’s still around. It’s a dwindling population.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

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Reed (Continued from Page 4) vets navigate the convoluted benefits system maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA).

“I discovered the problems there were much greater than I had known,” Reed said.

“I was talking with vets who had given up on the VA system.”

So, when the Vermont legislature in 2004 created a state service officer in the Montpelier VA office, Reed applied for and got the job. The work consolidated his employment and volunteer advocacy in one place. It also allowed him to do more oneon-one work, which was the most important part of his work.

“The goal was to have a service officer come within 40 miles of the residence of each and every vet in the state — at least once a month,” he said.

In 2005 he signed up for Facebook to reach out to younger veterans who were communicating mainly through social media.

“Afraid I drew the line at Twitter,” though, he said.

In 2011 Hurricane Irene launched one of the busiest periods of Reed’s career as a VA service officer, as claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder went up dramatically.

“It pushed some people over the edge,” he said. “Or their spouses finally dragged them in (to the VA offices). Spouses are a great resource.”

Not only was Reed helping vets file claims with the VA but he was also

distributing emergency money through his office’s discretionary fund.

“People would call us and say things like, ‘My fuel tank just floated away,’” he recalled.

In spite of all his work, there were some people in the statehouse who weren’t convinced Reed’s position was “necessary,” he said.

So he confronted the House Military Affairs Committee with a VA application — “28 pages, including instructions.” The government claimed the forms required only an hour and a half to complete. Reed begged to differ.

“Many vets were just throwing it away and walking off,” he said.

Something so simple as helping them fill out the forms was an indispensable service.

In the end, not only did he preserve his job as service officer, but he went on to become Veterans Services Director, establishing two more service-officer positions.

During his term he filed more than 1,700 claims in Vermont and in his final year, 2014, secured more than $5 million for vets and their families.

Though he was proud of the numbers, expanding the state’s service-officer program was perhaps the greatest accomplishment of his career, Reed said.

“The need for that will never go away — not in my lifetime, anyway. Not as long as we continue to fight wars.”

Even in retirement Reed continues his work. As an accredited veterans’ claims agent (a sort of freelance gig) he specializes in appealing rejected VA claims, which, he

Let’s never forget what they did and why.

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is a supporter of the Disabled American Veterans and would like to salute all vets on Veterans Day and everyday.

noted disapprovingly, are on the rise.

“Vets can’t go in there and scream and yell at the VA or they’ll have the police called on them,” he said. “But I can get away with it.

(Plus I know all the cops that work at the VA anyway.)”

The most difficult part of his work involves representing the spouses of veterans who died by suicide, Reed said.

According to a report released this year by the VA, 20 veterans die by suicide every day in the United States, and the rate is increasing.

Reed told the story of one widow who was so traumatized by her husband’s death

that she was incapable of explaining her situation to the VA. “I can’t go over it again,” she told Reed as she handed him the paperwork.

Reed shook his head at the recollection.

“We don’t know the answer to this, but we have got to figure something out,” Reed said, shaking his head.

If he could wave a magic wand, Reed said, he would ensure that each and every vet got one-on-one help.

“The best way to help people is to talk to them.”

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DR. JACOB ROSS, flight surgeon for the 17th Aero Squadron, poses with pilots near the battlefields of World War I France in this photo, which is a part of the Sheldon Museum’s “Doughboys and Flyboys” exhibit, which closes this Sunday.

Museum’s WW I exhibit features local heroes ‘Doughboys & Flyboys’ is closing Nov. 11

MIDDLEBURY — Nov, 11, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I. It is also the last day to see the exhibit “Doughboys and Flyboys: World War I Stories by Vermonters from the Home and Battlefront” at the Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. The exhibit tells many stories about Vermonters who fought in the war, and the families who waited for their return.

The Sheldon’s exhibit has made an impression on the many local visitors and those from around the world who have seen it. Their comments include: • “Loved the stories of the brave men who fought for our country’s freedom.”

• “No words to describe it.”

• “Moving to tears.”

• “WWI exhibit was phenomenal!”

• “Awesome and humbling WWI exhibit.”

• “Especially enjoyed reading the correspondence letters between Jacob Ross and Elizabeth. I felt as if I was there as they were written — thank you for the rich detailed history of a time that I know very little.”

Many mentioned that the exhibit demonstrated what a deep impact the World War I veterans and their sacrifices (and more broadly, all veterans) have had on generations of Americans.

One such story central to the exhibit is that of Dr. Jacob Johnson Ross, M.D., and

his wife, Hannah Elizabeth Holmes Ross.

Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is an appropriate time to recall all World War I veterans, but the story of Dr. and Mrs. Ross and the subsequent careers of their four children and some of their grandchildren are illustrative of commitments

by Vermonters to national service and active citizenship. The two Ross sons served in the military during World War II, as did two of their sons-in-law, while three of their grandsons were officers in the military during postCold War eras. Currently one great-greatgrandson, a graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol, serves as an officer in the U.S. Army and has had one tour in Afghanistan.

The Sheldon’s exhibit highlights the World War I service of Dr. Ross as the flight surgeon for the 17th Aero Squadron stationed in France and the letters he exchanged with his wife, Elizabeth, who remained in Middlebury caring for their three children all under age 10. These letters are part of the Sheldon’s extensive archives. Ross writes of witnessing the horrors of war and attending to the physical and emotional needs of the young pilots and the support staff of the squadron. Elizabeth writes of the impact of the Spanish Influenza in the towns of Middlebury and Charlotte, the resulting local illnesses and deaths, and the scarcity of (See Sheldon, Page 11)

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THE FOUR SURVIVING children of World War I veteran Jacob Ross and Hannah Elizabeth Holmes Ross — Katherine, Austin, Helen and Charlie — were all accomplished adults, each of whom was a World War II veteran or wife of a veteran.

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Sheldon (Continued from Page 10) medical doctors in Vermont. Foremost throughout the letters are their expressions of love for one another and their shared anticipation of his eventual return and their reunion.

The letters cease in late March 1919 just before his return to Middlebury. There is no written recording of the family’s suffering upon the death of five-year-old daughter Ruth, their middle child, who succumbs to bronchial pneumonia, often a symptom of the Spanish Influenza, just weeks after his return home.

Born in Huntington on July 14, 1877, Dr. Ross was the son of Austin H. Ross and Catherine Johnson Ross and raised on the family farm. Mrs. Ross grew up on the family’s apple, Merino sheep and Morgan horse farm on Lake Street in Charlotte, a beautiful lake-front property just south of the Charlotte town beach and the Holmes covered bridge.

After attending public schools in Huntington, Jacob Ross entered the Montpelier Seminary with the Class of 1900, subsequently moving on to the Agricultural Department of the University of Vermont, where he graduated in 1904. He then changed his course, entered medical school at UVM and received his WHILE SERVING IN France during World M.D. in 1908. It is here that he met his future War I, Dr. Jacob Johnson Ross, M.D. of Midwife, Hannah Elizabeth Holmes, who was dlebury wrote touching letters home to his born Nov. 20, 1881, to Charles T. and Clara wife, Hannah Elizabeth Holmes Ross.

Russell Holmes of Charlotte. She had attended Burlington High School and was class of 1906 raising three children, and as a middle school at the University of Vermont, where she was math teacher. Her husband served in the U.S. elected to Phi Beta Kappa. They were married Navy as a navigator on a PBY, and both their on June 12, 1909. sons served in the military during the Vietnam Their children Katherine Ross (1910-1986) era, one as a naval supply officer aboard a and Austin Holmes Ross (1916-1992) were mine sweep and the other as special agent and joined after the war by siblings Charles Robert captain in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Ross (1920-2003) and Helen Russell Patterson Investigations.

(1922-2008). These children and subseAustin graduated from UVM in only three quent generations were inspired by Dr. and years and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, as Mrs. Ross. Katherine graduated from Abbott was his mother. A celebrated athlete, Austin Academy, Radcliffe College, and received a was a 1973 UVM Hall of Fame inductee and graduate degree in French history from Mills one of the top scholar-athletes ever at Vermont, College, followed by a successful marriage, (See Anniversary, Page 15)

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AUSTIN, RUTH AND KATHERINE ROSS, children of Dr. Jacob Ross of Middlebury, sat for this photo while their father was away in France serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. Ruth died at age five from the Spanish Influenza just weeks after her father returned from his military service.

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The Forgotten Protector

poetry

Oh, the burden that they bear, For those of you who don’t even care.

The weight of millions on a few, Men and women who fight for you.

They gladly make the sacrifice, So, you don’t have to pay the price.

Freedom doesn’t come for free, You can’t just pick it from a tree.

Liberty sometimes needs a fight, Something that requires all their might.

So, when you’re lying in your bed, Take a moment and think of all the blood they shed.

– Matthew Gorton

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ONE WAY AMERICA honors its veterans is by flying our country’s flag above the graves of men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. Flags decorated the graves of some veterans in the Bridport Central Cemetery on a recent afternoon.

Editor’s note: Matthew Gorton of Bristol is a veteran of the United States Air Force.

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Bridport churchbells to commemorate end of First World War BRIDPORT — Members from two neighboring congregations in Bridport will join forces to ring a church bell together at 11 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 11, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War. One flight of stairs up from the sanctuary inside Bridport Congregational Church is where the rope will be tugged to cause the church bell to ring 21 times at 11 o’clock. Congregants from Hope Community Fellowship will walk the short distance from 52 Middle Road, where they meet for worship services, to Bridport Congregational Church at 55 Middle Road to join in with the bell ringing.

Jeff Kauffman pastors Hope Community Fellowship and Tim Franklin is the pastor of Bridport Congregational Church.

The World War One Centennial Commission — along with the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the National Cathedral, The American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars — has coordinated a nationwide bell-tolling on Nov. 11 as a solemn reminder of the sacrifice and service of veterans of the First World War and all military veterans.

“Bells of Peace: A World War One Remembrance” encourages citizens and organizations across the nation to toll bells in their communities 21 times at 11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11.

“I encourage American Legion posts to participate and to encourage participation at local houses of worship, schools, town halls, firehouses, police stations -- anywhere people

may gather on that day to honor and remem- page includes links to poetry, music, sacred ber,” says John Monahan, the Legion’s repre- service options, and more. sentative on the World War One Centennial World War I took place between summer Commission.

1914 and autumn 1918, and is among the The nationwide program is designed to honor deadliest conflicts in world history. The United American men and women who served 100 States officially entered the war on April 6, years ago during World War I, especially the 1917. Some 4.7 million Americans stepped 116,516 who died. The war ended by an armi- forward to serve in uniform, of whom 2 million stice agreement between the warring countries were deployed overseas to fight. at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, Individuals and orga1918. nizations are signing Program director up online to participate Betsy Anderson calls in the bell tolling and Bells of Peace a “grassto follow-up after Nov. roots effort within 11 with photos and communities.

What video of their service or we’re hoping is for ceremony. Posts will be To mark the centennial of the people to see this and added to the commisend of World War I on Nov. 11, say, ‘Oh, we have a bell, sion’s permanent many churches and other organizawe could toll it. What archive. tions in downtown Middlebury will else can we do to recog“It’s a good opporring their bells this Veterans Day, nize those veterans who tunity to put our veterSunday, Nov. 11, at 11:11 a.m. — the served in World War I?” ans’ service in historimoment the Armistice was signed.

The World War 1 cal context and for Organizers of the bell ringing, led Centennial Commission people to recognize

by Dick Wien of New Haven, had as has a page on its website and commemorate the of press time signed up St. Mary’s — ww1cc.org/bells — service and sacrifice of Catholic Church, St. Stephen’s where people can find all veterans,” Anderson Episcopal Church, Congregational information and tools says.

Church of Middlebury, Middlebury to conduct a bell tollCongress established United Methodist Church, Town ing, and to meaningthe United States World Hall Theater and the Mead Chapel fully commemorate the War One Centennial at Middlebury College to particiservice of their local Commission in 2013 pate; more could join.

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Worldwide, between 15 million and 19 million people died during World War I, and another 23 million were wounded. The industrial age had industrialized death and Europe became the factory floor for new weapons and new means of killing from tanks and airplanes to gas and machine guns.

The war had started in 1914, and the killing continued without let-up until Nov. 11, 1918, when the Allies and the Central Powers signed an armistice that ended the slaughter.

Just about every city, town, and village felt the pain of the war. France alone lost nearly 1.7 million people on the battlefield or by disease.

The United Kingdom lost between 860,000 and 1 million. The United States, which entered the conflict on April 6, 1917, lost more than 116,000 service members.

By early November 1918, the Allies broke through on the Western Front. German forces were decisively beaten, and American, British, and French forces were advancing on Germany.

The other Central Powers — Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire — had already stopped fighting. Germany signed the armistice in a railroad car in the Forest of Compiegne.

It was to take effect Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m.

Peace seemed like a miracle to a tired world.

“Bells burst forth in joyful chimes,” began a report in a London newspaper. Big Ben in Westminster tolled long and loud, and its ringing was copied in belfries around the city.

In Paris, people took to the streets with joy and relief. Bells in Paris pealed and people in the city from around the world cheered the end of the fighting that claimed so many lives.

In New York City, the Armistice was at 6 a.m., but New Yorkers still took to the streets.

The bells of the city’s great houses of worship rang out. The same thing occurred across the United States.

Armistice Day was supposed to mark the end of the “War to End All Wars.” It is now called “Veterans Day” as Americans honor the veterans of all wars and conflicts.

The United States World War One Centennial Commission wants all Americans to honor the sacrifices of those killed in World War I and participate in the Bells for Peace program on Nov. 11, 2018. At 11 a.m. on that date, retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will oversee the bells of Washington’s National Cathedral tolling 21 times in honor of those lost during World War I. Several thousand communities nationwide will also participate in the program.

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Bucky (Continued from Page 3) into the house to get me because they figured I knew something,” he recalled.

Well, what did he know?

“Got me. I sure as heck didn’t know too much,” Barnes said with one of his ready laughs.

The truth of the matter was the Army recruiters really didn’t stand a chance — Navy blue blood ran in his veins, inherited from his father and grandfather, both U.S. Navy veterans. Rather than wait for the draft, Barnes signed on.

Sitting in the Addison home he has shared for the past 27 years with life partner Effie Cole, Barnes poked fun at his decision.

“I was so sharp in those days that I got my notice from Uncle Sam that we want you for two years, and I said, no you’re not going to get me for two years. So I signed up for six in the Navy,” Barnes said. “Now that’s sharp.”

IN THE NAVY According to Barnes, his first step in the service was discovering hidden talents.

“I just went in there and took my test, and took my battery test, and fared the best in electronics, and I didn’t think I even knew how to put a battery in a flashlight. And they said you could be an electronics technician. And I said, well, yeah, OK,” he recalled. “And math was my worst subject in high school, but I gained a lot while I was in the Navy. I learned all that good stuff.”

Then came boot camp and a series of schools in fields such as electric power, nuclear power and nuclear recovery. The schools lasted until late 1965, a period during which he made stops in Illinois, Maryland, New York and Idaho.

“And then they turned me loose, right on the ship in Little Creek, Virginia,” Barnes said.

That ship was the USS Pulaski County, an almost flat-bottomed World War II-era ship designed to carry tanks, vehicles, cargo and troops directly onto shorelines that lacked docks or piers.

Of his service on the Pulaski County the longtime American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars member prefers to say little, other than sleeping on the boat during stormy passages, such as a trip from Virginia to Panama, was not easy due to its lack of draft.

“It was rough. You had to tie yourself to your rack,” Barnes said.

His duties varied.

“I was an electronics technician, machinist’s mate, and anything else they wanted me to do,” Barnes said.

In 1967 Barnes was assigned to the USS Austin, a newer amphibious warfare ship designed to transport troops — 300 marines and their gear, in the case of the Austin — and equipment for expeditionary warfare missions.

Among the tasks the Austin performed was helping to recover Apollo space capsules when they splashed down in the Caribbean, guarding a fuel depot in Puerto Rico, chasing a Russian submarine up the East Coast from the Caribbean almost all the way to New York, and thwarting plans for an island dictator to steal cash.

“We had to put explosives around his ship.

He had a ship full of money,” Barnes said. “We put explosives around it in case he decided to take off with it.”

Another trip was arguably less vital for the national interests.

“We took an admiral fishing. We had a 600-foot boat with 300 Marines and they had their exercises, and we took an admiral off fishing in the middle of the ocean. That was exciting,” Barnes said.

Well, did the esteemed visitor catch anything?

“I don’t know. I was just a peon. They don’t talk to us,” Barnes said.

RETIREMENT After his service years Barnes was immediately hired as a John Hancock agent, served a couple terms on the Vergennes City Council, and did well U.S. NAVY VETERAN Bucky Barnes is known as Shriner enough to retire about clown “Bucket.” The Addison resident, who enlisted and two decades ago. He has served six years in the 1960s, is also an accomplished accorkept busy as a collector, dion player and instructor.

Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy by playing Santa Claus (he and Effie Cole laugh like the old-timers. One played fiddle, one and spin anecdotes about being recognized in would have a box, or whatever, a washtub diners by kids who sat in his lap) and apply- base and the whole nine yards,” he said. “And ing his Bucket makeup for appearances that they’d sit around, and my grandmother would inevitably include driving mini 4-wheelers in play her piano, and then she’d get her violin, parades. and she’d get her accordion out. I used to He also developed a love for music at a enjoy that.” young age, and played all along in Navy bands.

Now he collects as well as buys and sells Although he grew up in Rutland, he spent accordions, and also teaches the accordion summers at his grandparents’ Lake Champlain to the next generation. And although he no camp, and inherited the music gene from his longer plays at many dances, he still performs grandmother — he would sit on her lap while twice a month at Middlebury’s Helen Porter she played piano and learn songs.

Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center with “They’d have a bunch of people come in, (See Barnes, Page 15)

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(Continued from Page 14) a repertoire that ranges from polkas to The Beatles.

MILITARY INFLUENCE And the military is still part of his life.

Barnes remains in touch with many of his friends from his Navy years.

“I haven’t seen any of them, but I call them.

We talk on the phone three, four times a year,” Barnes said.

Cole — whose husband, also a veteran, died almost three decades ago at the age of 54 — said some bonds can’t be broken.

“You can have that relationship for 50 years.

They’re like brothers,” Cole said.

Sadly, there are fewer of those friends.

Barnes said in the past year three friends have died from mesothelioma, a lung cancer caused in their cases by exposure to the asbestos insulation used in older ships.

“We were always fixing pipes and valves and putting new insulation on the turbines,” he said. “I’ve had three of my shipmates die of it.

On one ship that’s kind of unusual.”

The veterans’ organizations also play a role in Barnes’ life, although he worries about excessive drinking among some members.

He signed up for the American Legion before he got out of the Navy and Vergennes Post 14 was set to bestow 50-year membership honors on him on Nov. 3.

“My father was a member in Rutland,” Barnes said. “He just said if I was in the service I should join the Legion because they do so much for veterans. And I’ve always wanted to help out the veterans.”

Barnes said over the years he has supported veterans’ causes and helped individual veterans

when he could, and he appreciates the organizations that do the same.

For example, he cited Post 14’s support for youth baseball and the city’s Memorial Day parade, and its dedication to installing ramps for local handicapped citizens.

Cole noted Post 14 also offers wheelchairs and walkers to those in need.

“A lot of people don’t realize that,” Effie said. “You ask and you receive. They’ve got a storage shed full of that kind of stuff.”

And, she said, the Legion clubhouse offers veterans a place to share what only they can truly understand.

“I do think in this era, with coming back from Vietnam and this war we’re in now, that the closeness of some of these younger fellows that go there, and like he said they do a lot of drinking, but they’re together with their peers.

And I think they feel better when they’re there,” Effie said. “There’s therapy in it.”

As for his time in the Navy, while Barnes since then has worn many hats — and different kinds of clothes — he regards those six years in uniform as crucial as any to forming who he is today.

“I look back at it as an experience that could be surpassed by none. You run into circumstances where you grow up in a hurry,” he said.

“It made me more responsible, responsible for my actions. I learned a lot that I probably never would have learned in other fields.”

Barnes also believes everyone should serve.

“I think every young man should go in the service and do his obligation, because freedom is not free,” he said. “I’m not saying everybody should be involved in combat, but do your duty if you can.”

in Hinesburg and he continued to serve on the International Joint Commissions (Canada and the United States). Their son Charles Robert Ross II was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives from Hinesburg, served on the staff Sen. Patrick Leahy as State Director, was appointed Vermont Secretary of Agriculture by Gov. Peter Shumlin, and is currently UVM Extension director.

The second surviving daughter, Helen Russell Ross, graduated from the Northfield School for Girls, Radcliffe College, and earned a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from Middlebury College. There followed a successful marriage and even while raising four children Helen found time to devote to local politics.

The children and subsequent generations of Dr. and Mrs. Ross always summered in the Lake Champlain Valley, many owning or renting seasonal camps at Long Point in North Ferrisburgh. There, Dr. and Mrs. Ross purchased a camp in 1920; it is still in the family. Vermont remains the permanent home to members of the succeeding three generations.

As we recognize those Vermonters who served in World War I, don’t miss “Doughboys and Flyboys” at the Henry Sheldon Museum.

The Ross family is only one of many celebrated in the exhibit.

The Henry Sheldon Museum offers a diverse, in-depth look at the history and art of the Mid-Lake Champlain region of Vermont.

The Museum is located at One Park Street in downtown Middlebury across from the Ilsley Library. For more information call 388-2117 or visit HenrySheldonMuseum.org.

(Continued from Page 11) Austin H. Ross was elected to the Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-American team in 1961 along with such great football personalities as the late Vince Lombardi and former Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson.

A small college All-American football player in 1936, he also was captain of the Catamounts that season, his senior year. In addition, the cum laude graduate co-captained the track and field team and won letters in basketball and tennis. While at UVM, Austin was a member of several honoraries, including Gold Key, Sophomore and Military Honoraries, Scabbard and Blade and was a consistent Dean’s List student in engineering. He also won the Phelps Prize in Civil Engineering, the Kidder Medal for character, leadership and scholarship and athletic attainment and the Loyal Legion Saber for military and scholastic excellence. Austin served in World War II as an officer in the Engineering Corps was subsequently owner of a successful construction firm in Anchorage, Ky. Austin’s son Scott Ross was a naval aviator serving during Desert Storm 1991, retiring as a commander.

The second son, Charles “Charlie” Robert Ross, graduated from University of Michigan in 1941, served in the U.S. Army in World War II, returning on the GI Bill to earn an MBA and JDL in 1948. While an attorney practicing in Burlington, Vt., he was appointed to the Federal Power Commission

by President John F. Kennedy and reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He and wife, Charlotte, returned to Vermont and raised Morgan horses on their farm “Taproot”

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