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A VUHS social studies teacher and her partner have sold songs to Netflix. See Arts + Leisure.

Salisbury will ring in the holidays with a lighted, 50-foot tree and “Danta” Claus. See Page 2A.

Ripton’s Abi Jewett competed at Killington with Mikaela Schiffrin and other stars. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 72 No. 48

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Big bucks spent in county elections Senate hopefuls raised $118,352

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison County candidates running in contested races on Nov. 6 raised a combined total of $225,404 in their respective efforts to win positions ranging from assistant judge to state senator, according to the latest

campaign finance records on file with the Vermont Secretary of State’s office.

It’s by far the most ever raised during a general election cycle here in Addison County. And the majority of the total — $118,352 — was associated with a six-person race for

the two state Senate seats representing Addison County, Huntington and Buel’s Gore.

What follows is a brief overview of the fundraising/spending totals for candidates involved in Addison County’s contested races for state Senate, Vermont House, sheriff, state’s attorney and assistant judge.

Candidates who raised or spent more

than $500 in their campaigns were mandated to file finance reports with the secretary of state, most recently on Nov. 20. The two-week, postelection filing reveals the magnitude of candidates’ 2018 general election donations and expenditures, though they’ll file paperwork one last time next spring.

(See Election spending, Page 14A)

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Middlebury considering townwide multi-use path

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The selectboard here on Tuesday unanimously agreed to back a homegrown effort to create a new trail connecting downtown Middlebury with East

Middlebury, a four-foot-wide path that would give safe passage and healthy recreational opportunities for bikers, runners, walkers and hikers.

In an effort to get the path (See Middlebury trail, Page 10A)

Hunters stay on track for record deer count

Rifle season second-best since 2005

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — Despite a fairly slow opening weekend, a strong finish made Addison County’s rifle deer season the second best in the past decade with 571 bucks taken.

That total also put the county’s overall numbers ahead of the record pace set in 2017.

Last year hunters set a record of 1,089 deer weighed locally in all seasons fall hunting seasons combined since 2005, when Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department officials banned shooting spikehorn bucks during rifle season.

And after the October bow season, Youth Hunting Weekend and the just-concluded rifle season 955 deer have already been weighed locally. A typical local December muzzleloader season will shoot this year’s overall total past last year’s mark.

The total of 571 bucks taken during the Nov. 10-25 rifle season and weighed at one of the seven county wildlife reporting stations trailed only the 2016 rifle season’s 573 — the highest since the 2005 spikehorn ban.

In 2017 rifle hunters had 554 bucks weighed at a county station; that total stands in third place.

In 2017 between the October bow season, Youth Hunting Weekend, rifle season and the December muzzleloader/archery season, the 1,089 deer weighed locally broke down as 554 rifle, 110 youth, 161 October bow, and 264 December muzzleloader/bow.

This year’s county total includes a productive October bow season (274 deer) and an above-average youth weekend (110), as well as the rifle count of 571.

(See Hunting, Page 12A)

Grant will support city-based traffic-safety officer for county

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Police Department has earned a $195,000 joint state and federal grant that will fund a 12-month countywide traffic safety coordinator.

That coordinator, to be veteran Vergennes Officer Mark Stacey, will be based in Vergennes and work cooperatively with Middlebury and Bristol police to enhance traffic enforcement and officer training in all three communities.

Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel said that if the effort among the three departments is as effective

as he expects, then the grant will be awarded annually, as it has already been in Chittenden and Rutland counties. In this cycle only agencies in Addison and Windham counties received such grants, he said.

“It will be up to us to perform so we’ll never have to give that grant up,” Merkel told the Vergennes City Council on Tuesday night.

The Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program awarded the grant, while ultimately the funding derives from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Merkel said.

(See Traffic, Page 2A)

DURING THE STATE’S Attorney ballot recount Monday in the Mahaney Courthouse, Will Senning, director of elections and campaign finance for the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office, and Addison County Clerk Kelly Munger explain some finer points in the process to David Lines and Noreen Pecsok, who were two of 12 appointed residents who did the counting.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Ballot recount affirms prosecutor Wygmans’ win

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison County State’s Attorney Dennis Wygmans can finally exhale after three weeks of not knowing whether he’d be able to keep his job.

Wygmans’ state of professional limbo ended on Tuesday evening

after a recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 6 election expanded his victory over independent challenger Peter Bevere from 10 to 21 votes.

Wygmans had been credited with a 7,803 to 7,793 win in the general election, a close margin that prompted Bevere to request a

recount. That recount — involving a 12-person panel — began Monday morning and ended Tuesday afternoon, producing a new tally of 7,816 for Wygmans and 7,795 for Bevere.

As the Addison Independent went to press on Wednesday a judge had

GOP pundit: Trump to be challenged in 2020 Kristol defends Republican principles

Live on stage

A DANCE NUMBER during a Tuesday rehearsal of “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Town Hall Theater features gangsters Lonny Edwards, left, and Carl Engvall flanking “Kitty,” played by Leila McVeigh. The Middlebury Community Players will stage the zany musical set in the 1920s this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., with additional performances next week.

Photo by Max Kraus

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS “I didn’t vote for Donald Trump MIDDLEBURY — When former and have spent most of the last two Vermont governor Jim Douglas years criticizing him and trying to introduced fellow Republican help rally Republicans and others William Kristol Tuesday night against him, and I am part of a at Middlebury College’s Dana group that hopes to launch a primary Auditorium, he joked challenge to him in that Kristol’s lecture 2020,” Kristol told his topic, the future of the “Trump isn’t audience.

Republican Party, might stupid. He’s That raises an an effective result in a “short talk.” obvious question, he In the midterm demagogue. acknowledged: Why elections earlier this And the people bother? Why try to stay month, Democrats won a Republican? Over who voted for a decisive victory among the next 45 minutes, voters 45 and younger. him don’t want he attempted to answer Republicans, on the to be called that question, mounting other hand, Douglas idiots or racists a vigorous, intelligent said later in the evening or to feel like defense of his party, (paraphrasing political they’ve been “properly speaking,” analyst Charlie Cook), and of conservatism in “are strongest among the victims of a general. those who are maybe con man.”

The GOP hasn’t — William Kristol always been nativist best characterized as the pre-dead.” and authoritarian, he Kristol, a leading New York said, and it hasn’t always nominated intellectual perhaps best known as demagogues for president. No the founder and longtime editor of matter what people might think the conservative Weekly Standard about Republican presidential magazine, had plenty to say about nominees over the past 40 years, his party’s future, however, and how they were “serious people who cared Republicans — and the country — about the country and its procedures, need to be saved from President constitutional norms, processes and Trump.

(See Kristol, Page 3A)

yet to render a verdict on 10 ballots that were deemed “questionable” by the recount committee. But the new 21-vote margin for Wygmans meant he would still prevail even if the judge rules all 10 of the questionable ballots should go into (See Recount, Page 13A)

By the way We are thinking ahead to the Holiday Services listings for the Addison Independent. If you would like your holiday worship services included in the newspaper in the weeks leading up to the December holidays and have not already sent us this info, please send us your schedules — by next Monday, if possible. Send the name of your organization, the town, the dates and times of any special services, and a very short description of those services if necessary. Email: calendar@addisonindependent. com. Thank you!

(See By the way, Page 14A)

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Salisbury holiday tree has a history Annual celebration to be a group effort The seed was planted for what is now the 13th annual Salisbury holiday tree lighting ceremony back in 2005. While Ken and Mary Beth Tichacek were buying their home on Maple Street from Marcel (known by everyone as “Murphy”) and Diane Larocque, Ken noticed a beautiful spruce on the corner of the property and commented that it must a make a beautiful holiday tree. Murphy told him the tree was actually planted as a memorial to Diane’s mother. The family always wanted to decorate it for Christmas and even had an electrical outlet on the outside corner of the house to power the lights, but, somehow, they never got around to it when the tree was small enough to decorate. Now that it was well over 40 feet tall, it seemed that opportunity was long past.

THE TREE It became Ken’s mission to make the lighting happen. Neighbors who heard about his dream provided encouragement and WORKERS FROM VELCO, the company that maintains utility lines ideas. They even passed the hat in Vermont, volunteer every year to hang Christmas lights on the 50to raise funds to help defray the foot Salisbury holiday tree. Here they are shown doing the job on the cost of all the lights that would be day before Thanksgiving. Everyone is invited to the tree lighting cerneeded. The bigger problem was emony this Saturday at 5 p.m. how to get those lights all the way up to the top of such a tall tree. As their minds, and wait impatiently story is that it proves the idea of luck would have it, VELCO, the until they hear the wail of a distant community is still a powerful thing, company that manages the electric siren getting closer and closer. In even in an age of social media and transmission system in Vermont, the early years, it was “Sheriff political divisiveness.

“All Mary Beth and I had was an was running some lines through Dick” delivering Santa. When he town that year. Knowing it was retired, that honor has been taken idea,” Ken Tichacek says. “After that, a long shot, Ken figured maybe up by the Salisbury Volunteer the community became involved and the company would be interested Fire Department and Santa arrives made it all possible, year after year. in style, atop a fire There are those VELCO volunteers, in generating some engine with lights of course. There is also the hay good will, so he Each year flashing and siren wagon provided and decorated by placed a call and on the first blaring. With a loud the Devoid family. Firewood for the VELCO said they’d Saturday in “Ho ho ho!” Santa bonfire, publicity, picnic tables, the have a crew there the pops out bearing hospitality of the Free Public Library December, next day. candy canes for the Board, all those things are donated.

At daybreak, the townspeople children. When Santa Each year, it makes us so grateful to day before Thanksgather around declares, “It’s time to live in this place.” giving 2006, Ken From the start, Santa Claus is light the tree!” everyglanced out his back a large bonfire one walks across the brought to life every year by Dan window, still not across the road to count down Tichacek, who travels from Masreally believing the street at until an honorary sachusetts to perform for the kids promise he had been given. Then, what to Memorial Park. tree-lighter plugs in of Salisbury. Folks in town have the extensions and the taken to calling him “Danta Claus” his wondering eyes and appreciate what Dan has had to should appear but a gigantic 100- tree bursts with light. overcome in order to be “Santa’s Once the tree has been sufficientfoot crane and a row of trucks, all with lights flashing, creeping up ly admired, it’s time to board the Helper.” Since his birth, Dan has Route 7. In that moment, Salis- hay wagon for a ride down the hill been a severe stutterer and has bury’s dream became a reality to a warmer indoor celebration at to struggle to communicate. But, and a number of traditions were the Salisbury Free Public Library. being Santa’s Helper seems to give There the librarian reads a brand Dan the intense focus he needs to started.

A team of four VELCO volun- new book that has the names of largely overcome that challenge each year when he teers, some whom had traveled all the babies born comes to Salisbury. in Salisbury that nearly three hours from their own For one magical night Santa reads Once the tree homes, erected the crane and made year. every year, Dan bareshort order of stringing the lights. “The Night Before has been ly stutters.

To show their gratitude and to Christmas.” Goulash, sufficiently cider and cookies That is except once, warm the crew up, the Tichaceks admired, it’s a couple of years provided a chili brunch. Over the are consumed and ago, when Dan was years, that brunch menu has been Salisbury’s holiday time to board helping Santa read a expanded to include hot cocoa and celebration has been the hay wagon sufficiently kicked off at the library. cookies but the tradition remains for a ride down story Danta Claus was the same. The same men from for another year.

Salisbury’s holiday the hill to a unfamiliar with the VELCO return year after year tree, by the way, is warmer indoor story, lost his focus, and have started bringing their still growing.

No and began to stutter children along to help. celebration at one knows exactly a lot. The adults worTHE CELEBRATION the Salisbury ried about how the The actual tree lighting how tall it is, but small children would celebration has also become a best estimates place Free Public it at between 54 and react until one little Library.

Salisbury tradition and it, too, girl whispered to her hasn’t changed much since 2006. 55 feet tall. Folks in friend “He’s talking Each year on the first Saturday town are proud that it in December, townspeople gather is probably taller than big city holi- reindeer talk.” around a large bonfire across the day trees in Burlington, Los Ange- YOU’RE INVITED! The 13th Annual Salisbury street at Memorial Park. Hot cocoa les, and even the National Tree in and marshmallows are provided, Washington, D.C. It’s still about 20 Holiday Tree Lighting will be held carols are sung and neighbors feet shorter than the famous tree at at 5 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 1, at Memorial Park, across from Maple huddle together to catch up on Rockefeller Center, though.

Meadow Farm. Call Ken or Mary the news and discuss their plans IT TAKES A VILLAGE For a lot of people, the best thing Beth at 802-352-4836 if you have for the holidays. The children, of course, have something else on about this small-town Vermont any questions.

New park to bear Lazarus name

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday agreed to name a soon-to-be created downtown park in honor of the late Stan Lazarus, who served Middlebury in the Legislature and became known for his many charitable acts as owner of the former Lazarus Department Store. The park will be located off Printer’s Alley, on a site that once hosted Lazarus’ store. A group of Middlebury residents circulated a petition and lobbied the selectboard to name the park in honor of the Lazarus patriarch.

The board heard feedback from area residents and town officials as they weighed the park naming request.

Former Middlebury Planning Commission Chairwoman Nancy Malcolm said that while she revered Stan Lazarus, the urged the selectboard to be careful about accepting individual requests to name public places.

“I know he was a very strong, giving figure in this community,” Malcolm said. “That said, I feel that it is dangerous to set a precedent, to just start naming public spaces for people that have been in this community — even though they

are extremely dedicated and good citizens… I would request that the selectboard instead give this to the policy committee to come up with an actual policy for naming public spaces in Middlebury, instead of just going on emotion… ” Other community members agreed the selectboard wait before naming the new park, noting the current design process for the space hasn’t contemplated a specific namesake. A Lazarus park, some suggested, could benefit from a plaque and/or signs providing information of the Lazarus family or of the Lazarus store, while also explaining the history of retail in the downtown.

Resident Mike Olinick was one of the petitioners for Lazarus park.

He said supporters could have easily doubled or tripled the roughly 100 signatures they gathered on behalf of the naming proposal.

Olinick argued the Lazarus naming request deserved even greater consideration because the park will be located at the site of the namesake’s store.

“The Lazarus family over a period of 75 years or more did a lot for this town, both publicly and privately,” Olinick said. “It seemed fitting to name this park in their honor.”

He and others noted there are already many public spaces in Middlebury bearing names of local historical figures.

Former Middlebury Town Planner Fred Dunnington gave the examples of Battell Woods, Means Woods, Wright Park, Storrs Park and Jessica Swift Park.

A counter was made to hold off on officially naming the park until the town had a better sense of what the park might look like or the function it might serve. Selectboard chairman Brian Carpenter noted that there was no reason to move immediately on naming the park, suggesting they could agree on their intent of naming the park in Lazarus’ honor, but waiting for up to a year until they had a clearer idea of the park’s design. Ultimately, however, the board agreed to commit to the name of “Lazarus park” after taking around 25 minutes of testimony.

Selectman Victor Nuovo was one of the chief proponents of Lazarus Park.

“There are exceptional people who have made great contributions,” Nuovo said, adding he believes Lazarus fits that category.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

City patrols crack down on speeding

VERGENNES — Vergennes police continue to crack down on speeding within city limits with more extra patrols devoted to traffic control.

Between Nov. 19 and 25 Vergennes police ran three directed patrols mainly designed to control speed. On Nov. 19 they patrolled on West Main Street and Hopkins Road and issued four tickets and a warning. On Nov. 23 they patrolled West Main Street and again issued four tickets and a warning, and also worked on North Main Street and ticketed two drivers and warned a third.

Police Chief George Merkel said the patrols are being done in addition to routine traffic enforcement and are

not the only efforts being made.

In other action between Nov. 19 and 25, Vergennes police: On Nov. 19: • Issued a no-trespass order to a Champlain Discount Foods customer who was allegedly making an employee uncomfortable.

• Helped a woman enter her locked vehicle on Comfort Hill.

• Checked a report of a person in a parked car outside a North Green Street medical practice for several

hours; police found the car, but it was empty.

On Nov. 20: • Directed traffic around a disabled truck in front of Small City Market on Main Street.

• Were told by a North Main Street property owner that items inside a home had been moved around while he was gone, including items moved upstairs from its basement, but that nothing was missing.

On Nov. 21: • Conducted active-shooter training at the empty Vergennes Union High School; officers from the Hinesburg and Middlebury departments also attended.

(See Vergennes, Page 3A)

Highway Safety. So he’s basically the warehouse,” Merkel said.

• Creating public education opportunities, such as presentations in schools and to community groups, and media outreach to publicize law enforcement programs and goals.

• Enhancing officer training in the field of traffic safety.

• Helping the agencies work together, including through coordination and promotion of participation in high-visibility efforts such as Click it Or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

Merkel said Stacey could also coordinate locally inspired joint efforts. For example, if Middlebury wanted help to combat speeding or impaired driving in a particular problem area, Stacey could join in the effort, and recruit more aid.

“It might not just be Mark. An officer from Bristol might come down if they had the money available,” Merkel said. “We might hold a checkpoint here on Main Street in Vergennes, and everybody would come up here. So we’re going to be working together.”

Overall, Merkel said, the program goals are to enhance passenger protection; combat dangers on the roads such as distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding; and enhance both officer and public education — and “the traffic safety coordinator is

the guy who would coordinate those efforts.”

The grant also takes pressure off all three departments’ budgets, according to Merkel, by providing funding for extra details.

“These are overtime funds,” he told the city council on Tuesday.

Merkel believes Addison County and the Vergennes department in particular received the grant because of strong track records in traffic safety enforcement and in effective use of previous smaller Governor’s Highway Safety grants.

“We show measurable results.

We make good use of the money that’s given to us,” he said. “For the amount of DUIs that were arrested for the amount of money spent we did very, very well. In fact we were recognized for it in 2017. I don’t think that hurt anything. We have very pro-active motor vehicle enforcement in Vergennes. It’s no secret. Everybody knows that.”

More results will be needed if the county is to receive this grant again, Merkel acknowledged.

“If you do a good job it will be renewed, of course. You’ve got to be productive. There’s got to be some measurable accomplishments,” he said. “At the end of the year we have to substantiate what we did.”

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

Vergennes Police Log

Traffic (Continued from Page 1A) He described it as a two-part grant.

“There is funding for each individual department that is willing to participate, and the second part of it is funding for the position,” Merkel said in an interview with the Independent.

Stacey will be paid through the grant, Merkel said, while a new junior officer has come aboard to replace Stacey — at a cost savings in the Vergennes police budget.

The traffic safety coordinator’s duties will be wide-ranging, according to Merkel. They will include: • Conducting patrols himself, and coordinating patrols in areas that require attention according to data collected internally from department data, plus accident and driving information collected from the Agency of Transportation and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program. “It’s data-driven,” Merkel said.

• Collecting and analyzing that data.

• Managing the grant. Merkel said Stacey will essentially act as the bookkeeper for funds each department was awarded within the grant.

“For example, if Bristol has two officers work on a Saturday night on the Governor’s Highway Safety grant, they fill out the paperwork and they submit it to him and he checks it and submits it to Governor’s

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 29, 2018 — PAGE 3A

New plans in works for Stone Mill

Kristol (Continued from Page 1A) democratic institutions.”

With mostly bipartisan support in this country, Kristol suggested, the Republican approach to foreign policy since the end of World War II — promoting free trade and U.S. leadership abroad — has fostered an era of unparalleled global peace and prosperity.

President Trump’s “America First” approach to foreign policy, on the other hand, hearkens back to the dark days of the early 20th century.

“People don’t realize this these days but ‘America First’ literally CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR WILLIAM Kristol, shown with Gov. was the slogan of those who opposed Jim Douglas at Middlebury College’s Dana Auditorium on Tuesday, told U.S. intervention in World War II,” his audience that he wanted to save the Republican Party by ousting Kristol said. “Some of them were Donald Trump as its figurehead.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross decent people who just thought we shouldn’t get involved in this war, genuinely wounded. But it’s better, Democrats Eugene McCarthy (1968) but some of them were Nazi sympa- I think, than the suppression of and Edward Kennedy (1980) and thizers and some of them were an- views.”

Republicans Ronald Reagan (1976) ti-Semites who thought the ‘Jewish One can’t complain about the and Pat Buchanan (1992) — failed, cabal’ was maneuvering to get the repressive atmosphere at Trump though in all of those cases the U.S. into that war. That’s the slogan rallies, for instance, and then turn incumbent party went on to lose the (Trump) picked. Of all the slogans around and justify repressive White House in the General Election. you could pick to characterize your responses to campus speakers with “Trump isn’t stupid,” Kristol said. own foreign policy...” unpopular opinions, he “He’s an effective demagogue. And Where the econadded. the people who voted for him don’t omy is concerned, The question President Trump is want to be called idiots or racists or Kristol summed up William Kristol uniquely dangerous, to feel like they’ve been the victims Republican philoso- would put to Kristol acknowledged. of a con man.” phy in three words: Trump puts himself The president’s greatest vulneraTrump voters “Markets produce first and he has made bility, Kristol suggested, is his charwealth.” Without that is, “Do you the country’s divisions acter. The question Kristol would put wealth, he added, there really want worse by fostering to Trump voters is, “Do you really would be nothing to four more years anxieties and resent- want four more years of this?” “redistribute.” He did ments, Kristol said.

Trump’s appointment of Matthew acknowledge that the of this?”

And if he wins again Whitaker as interim Attorney Genercomplexity of current in 2020, then future al the day after the midterm elections, economic challenges won’t be presidential nominees from both which was widely viewed as politsolved by deregulation, free trade or parties will view demagoguery as a ically motivated and perhaps even growth-oriented monetary policies sure path to political success. unconstitutional, was just further alone. “They require serious govBut mounting a successful primary proof of the president’s recklessness, ernance and serious debate about challenge against a sitting president Kristol said — a lesson that Trump policies.” is unprecedented in the modern era. is only getting more confident in the Which is one of the reasons Kristol The most notable attempts — by abuse of his office. finds the current American political Preliminary polling in Iowa sugmoment so depressing. gests Nikki Haley, the former gov“We have almost no serious ernor of South Carolina who served debate, or much less serious debate, as Trump’s ambassador to the United about actual public policies,” he said.

Nations until her recent resignation, “Everything is anxiety-mongering might be a strong candidate to chalor virtue-signaling, identifying with lenge the president in 2020, Kristol one group or another and claiming said. Perhaps because she worked for to speak for that group against the the president, her candidacy might people who want to hurt that group, feel less like a repudiation of the instead of actually saying ‘these votes most Republicans cast in 2016. policies would work in this way to At the moment, though, the future help these people.’” favors the Democratic Party, which Referring to the violent protests has strong support in the fastest that greeted conservative author growing demographic categories Charles Murray when he visited and holds sway in areas with the Middlebury College in March strongest economic growth.

2017, and to similar confrontations Ironically, this may help some Renationwide in recent years, Kristol publicans change their minds about emphasized the importance of free Trump. speech.

“It’s easier to make the case (for a “You really do want a diversity primary challenge) now that Trump of views ... partly to test your own has been dealt a losing hand (after views,” he said, citing with some the midterms),” Kristol said. “Do hope a resurgence (on both the right we really think that Trump is going and left) of the 19th-century British WILLIAM KRISTOL SAYS he did to get back in 2020 what he lost in philosopher John Stuart Mill and his not vote for Donald Trump and will 2018?” theories about liberty. “The price back a Republican competitor to Reach Christopher Ross at chrisof that sometimes is that people are the president in 2020. topherr@addisonindependent.com.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross offended. And people are sometimes

Vergennes (Continued from Page 2A) • Following a complaint, warned one woman not to leave offensive voice mail on another woman’s phone.

• Worked on an impaired-driving checkpoint in Ferrisburgh organized by Vermont State Police.

On Nov. 22: • Told all three people involved in a Facebook Messenger dispute to stop contacting one another.

• Took a report of an accident at the intersection of Main and South Water streets.

• Directed traffic around a disabled truck in front of Small City Market on Main Street.

• Calmed a custody dispute at a Hillside Drive apartment.

• Checked out a report that a woman was standing outside a possibly disabled car on Green Street; they found nothing.

On Nov. 23: • Helped a motorist get into a locked car on Main Street.

• Checked out a report of two women on Hillside Drive smoking marijuana in a car with infants in

the back seat; police could not find the vehicle.

• Backed up Vermont State Police at an Addison family fight.

On Nov. 24 helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad at a South Maple Street call.

On Nov. 25: • Provided information for a background check for a federal security clearance.

• Were told a license plate was stolen from a car parked on Main Street.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The future owners of the old Stone Mill building in Middlebury’s Frog Hollow have hired a team to renovate the historic structure for uses that will include dining, office, lodging and retail.

Assuming a smooth planning and construction processes, business partners Stacey Rainey and Mary Cullinane said the Stone Mill should be undergoing interior repairs in January and then open for business by next summer.

As previously reported by the Independent, Rainey and Cullinane — owners of Community Barn Ventures (CBV) at 44 Main St. — have signed an agreement with Middlebury College to buy the Stone Mill building at 3 Mill St. for $500,000.

The college recently put the property on the market. The building until recently hosted the Storm Café and provided space for Middlebury College students to conduct “experiential learning projects.”

The structure is in need of major repairs, and college officials want a STACEY RAINEY, LEFT, and Mary Cullinane, partners in Community new owner to take on that challenge.

“We’ve loved the property for- Barn Ventures, are purchasing the old Stone Mill in Middlebury’s Frog Hollow neighborhood and plan to make it a multi-use building with ever,” Cullinane said. “When I was restaurant, shops and more. first introduced to Middlebury, it was Independent photo/John S. McCright one of the first buildings I saw. It represents so much of what it means opportunity to have space there Among the few exterior changes, to live here.” without having to have (their own) according to Rainey, will be major She and Rainey made a pitch to the employee there, and separate sys- improvements to the outside deck college about how they would use tems,” Rainey said. facing Mill Street. the property under their ownership.

With next to no publicity, the two “We want a place where folks College officials liked what they business partners have already been could gather, host community events heard, and the parties hammered approached by a few prospective from time to time,” Rainey said. “We out a deal for the 9,000-square-foot tenants. want it to be a very inviting space.” building that borders the Otter Creek “We’re starting to think through In keeping with the community near the scenic downtown falls. what the right mix of vendors will building theme of CBV, Cullinane “We’re incredibly excited about be,” Rainey said. and Rainey want to involve local the opportunity to bring that building • Shared co-working space and residents, builders and designers in to the town for everyday community around three separate, private work- their interior transformation of the use,” Rainey said. ing areas for companies to locate Stone Mill building.

The two partners described some teams of their employees. These They’ve hired Middlebury’s Mcearly thoughts on potential floor- tenants would also have access to Leod Kredell Architects and Silver by-floor uses of the conference rooms on Maple Construction of New Haven structure, including: the same floor. to design and build the project.

“We want • A restaurant on the Rainey believes the Emily Blistein, who ran the first floor. The Storm people to feel co-working space will Clementine store in downtown Café enjoyed a 25-year as if this is be particularly appeal- Middlebury, will help the duo create run in the Stone Mill ‘theirs,’ that ing to telecommuters, what Cullinane called an “enticing until Nov. 11, when it reflects of which there are and vibrant market.”

John and Beth Hughes many in the MiddleIngrid Jackson will serve as a closed the business something bury area. community liaison, gathering public after being unable to they’d like to “A lot of folks who input and providing advice to ensure extend their lease with celebrate and work from home tend the project accomplishes the service Middlebury College. to feel isolated at goals that Rainey and Cullinane go to every “We’re working times, so this is a place have set. through a number of day.” they could come and Rainey and Cullinane will hold different opportunities — Mary Cullinane meet,” Rainey said. an initial open house at their CBV and conversations right • Lodging opportu- headquarters at 44 Main St. between now,” Rainey said, nities on the top one- 5 and 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, adding she and Cullinane hope to fill and-a-half floors of the building, during a downtown promotional the restaurant space with an eatery including four or five Airbnb oppor- event known as the “Midd Night geared toward families. tunities. Airbnb is a global company Stroll.” Folks will be able to stop in • A “public market” on the second offering an online service through and comment on floor plans for the floor. They envision eight to 10 per- which people can book stays. Each Stone Mill. manent stalls occupied by vendors unit would include its own bed and “We want people to feel as if this selling a variety of items, including bathroom, with guests able to access is ‘theirs,’ that it reflects something food and hard goods. Rainey antic- shared lounge and kitchen facilities. they’d like to celebrate and go to ipates most vendors will be signed Cullinane and Rainey are confi- every day,” Cullinane said. “We’ve to annual leases, with one or two dent that customers who seek out got a great downtown and we just allowed to make seasonal commit- one of the services in the Stone want to make it a little bit better.” ments.

Mill would come back to try other Indeed, the Stone Mill is but one Cullinane and Rainey have visited services. in many future community building a lot of public markets, many of them “Our goal for the building is to efforts to be undertaken by CBV, in urban areas. Rather than have each really have it be this daily destina- according to the two partners. vendor fend for him or herself, the tion,” Cullinane said. “The (Stone “Small towns are changing Stone Mill tenants will benefit from Mill) is an iconic statement about throughout America,” Cullinane several shared services — including this community and it’s history. The noted. “And they have to be less a single cash register for customer more we can do to bring it to life in about transactions and more about purchases. a way that allows for as many folks experiences.”

“We will provide staffing in most as possible to go there and enjoy it, Reporter John Flowers is at instances, so vendors will have an that’s what we want to do.” johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Sunday’s workshop on white privilege, racism does more than provoke — it transforms In the whitest state in the union, why attend a talk and workshop this coming Sunday on white privilege and how it perpetuates our nation’s cloaked embrace of racism? Just how important is this discussion, and what on Earth does this have to do with you?

More than you know.

Consider this: the popular GI Bill, one of the most successful government programs to help jump-start America’s booming middle class, largely kept America’s black GIs from taking advantage of those programs. Only 4 percent of the one million African-American GIs coming out of WWII were able to reap the benefits of one of the greatest monetary handouts lower- and middle-class Americans ever received. Those benefits, which offered GIs free higher education and discounted loans on housing, helped enrich white Americans to great effect, but also helped create a racial divide that resonates today.

Who knew? It’s a bombshell revelation of injustice that rocks any American’s perception of fairness. But this is no secret. It has been open public policy for all these years.

It is but one example of the uneven playing field that defines “white privilege” in this country, a privilege that most white Americans have chosen not to see, but which has recently come to the fore in today’s highly contentious, political environment. But the talk Sunday is not about politics. It is not Us. vs.

Them. Rather it is understanding what our cultures have wrought, who we are as individuals, and what race means to each of us.

Author Debby Irving will peel back those layers of privilege and help area residents understand our cultural embrace of racism, knowingly and unknowingly, in an informal workshop this Sunday, Dec. 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Middlebury. Her talk is titled “I’m a Good Person.

Isn’t that enough?” By the title, you can anticipate the answer: No, it is not.

But why?

Irving hails from well-heeled Yankee roots, born in the upper crust burbs of Boston in 1960 and following the hardworking and optimistic mindset of her Mayflower ancestors. Work hard, study hard, keep your nose clean, be prudent and frugal, don’t complain, be optimistic and good things will follow — a cultural and family formula for success, she had always believed, and a formula by which all Americans would benefit.

Over the generations, that perception has translated to a political bias of well-intentioned white Americans trying to “fix” things — poverty, crime, family strife, drugs, injustice — in their image. Irving was of that mold, believing as a teacher that if only they (the other) would adopt her formula for success, good would come of it.

But in a personal journey she catalogues in her book, “Waking Up White,” she wonders why her efforts to help don’t gain traction. She starts by first recognizing her position of privilege to eventually understanding her own ethnicity as a white person, how that relates to non-whites, and how that realization frees her to understand not only others better but herself. She writes it as a book of self-discovery, but it serves as self-discovery for a white America — a privileged white America that has for too long ignored the cultural barriers we impose on fellow Americans who are not white-skinned.

The book is not always a comfortable journey. The privilege white Americans have enjoyed is embarrassing. That we have ignored that advantage is shameful. That many rise up to defend its continuance is abhorrent and un-American.

But Irving helps us see how history and politics led us to where we are today, and understand from whence racism comes. It’s a cultural journey through the ages, but to find resolution it is a journey of personal, not political, revelation.

Why go to Sunday’s talk?

Think of the racial conflicts of our time: The deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott and Freddie Gray; the white supremacist marches in Charlottesville; the inflammatory rhetoric of our current president and some members of Congress. Think of the appeal of a Mississippi senatorial candidate, recently elected, to a public lynching.

Consider the rise of hate speech, hate crimes and nativistic politics. It is an understatement to suggest that we all need to better understand the motivations and causes of racist behavior.

That is why this talk and workshop is important.

What’s uplifting is that the work done is within each of us. No blame is cast.

To coin a slogan: Culture is, understanding does.

Everyone is invited. The only admission is the courage to attend. ********** That’s not all.

A second workshop, “Leveling the Playing Field: Interrupting Patterns of Privilege,” will be held Sunday, Jan. 27 from 3-5 p.m., also at Middlebury’s Congregational Church. If you’re game for that, too, read Irving’s book: “Waking Up White,” available at The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

And here’s the kicker: If you are that person who wants to eliminate, or at least mitigate, racial bias within yourself, attend one of the small-group discussions held between the Dec. 2 and Jan. 27 talks. Those workshops are set as follows: Dec. 3, 10:30 a.m. to noon; Dec. 4, 4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.; and Dec. 5, 1:30-3 p.m. at the Middlebury Congregational Church.

The workshops are part of the continuing series of “Community Conversations,” led by the Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson and Emily Joselson, that have been ongoing for the past few years. The conversations are sponsored by The Congregational Church of Middlebury, SURJ Middlebury (Showing up for Racial Justice), Middlebury College, The Vermont Book Shop and Ilsley Public Library.

Think about this for a moment.

In a very white state, in a very white community which seemingly has few racial problems at its fore, we have a dedicated group of residents devoted and determined to discuss the shortcomings in our culture and help bridge the divides of misunderstanding so that we — in this greater Middlebury/Addison County community — may live together in an honest, forthright and more harmonious manner. If the community could market that, we’d be golden; but if we could just do it, we’ll live better lives.

Show up this Sunday, if you can.

Angelo Lynn

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Ripton students grateful for aid The fifth and sixth grade class at Ripton Elementary would like to thank everyone for their support with our efforts to raise money for a Honduran woman and daughter seeking asylum in Maine. We are thankful that the Addison Independent shared our cause with the community by running both an article and a photo during the time of our fundraiser. We know it helped us raise more money than we would have otherwise.

Thanks to the amazing support from Ripton and other Addison County residents we were able to raise $770! Our class is also grateful for the opportunity we had to connect with Meg Young and learn about her experiences, and for the chance to interact directly with refugees seeking asylum in our country.

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A NEAR CONTINUOUS snowfall on Tuesday slowed traffic and prompted some Addison County schools to cancel afterschool activities. This tree along Route 7 in Middlebury looks like it has weathered a few Vermont winters.

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Dealing with Pittsburgh shooting Each night as I fall asleep I feel gratitude for my good fortune that day — photos we received of our new grandson, golden leaves still hanging onto their limbs, the brisk morning walk around our neighborhood, the delicious meal my husband and I shared that evening.

My daily life is filled with blessings.

These days I also feel vulnerable. Although my parents both faced blatant anti-Semitism as children and young adults and a number of extended family members survived the Holocaust, prejudice was only rarely a topic of discussion in my home or a part of my experience. I think about it more now, and in more personal ways.

I met my husband while living in Pittsburgh. Shortly after meeting, we celebrated the bar mitzvah of my friend’s son at the Tree of

By Alice Life Synagogue where the recent Leeds tragedy occurred. It was our first dress-up occasion. I still have a photo of the two of us posed in our outfits, Rick in his herringbone thrift-store jacket and bow tie, me in a turquoise silk pants suit purchased from a Malaysian classmate in graduate school.

I loved living in Pittsburgh. It is culturally rich, ethnically diverse and unpretentious. Housing is affordable; people are friendly. But Rick was in the process of moving to Vermont, so I followed him, which meant leaving Pittsburgh.

If I had stayed in Pittsburgh, might I have been at the Tree of Life Synagogue attending services on Oct. 27? Probably not. But I might have known some of the eleven elders who were shot down. Several were likely at the synagogue when I attended that long-ago

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bar mitzvah. At least one of them lived in my old neighborhood adjacent to Squirrel Hill.

For days after the Pittsburgh massacre, the most deadly assault on Jews in American history, I inhaled stories about it. I read about each of the victims, the brothers who loved carrying the Torah scrolls, the elderly couple who held hands throughout the service, the 97-year-old congregant who was still full of zest.

These elders were the bedrock of the Tree of Life Community, the devoted members who arrived early and held down the traditions each week so young families could filter in later on during the lengthy Shabbat morning service.

As I consumed information, I learned about topics I had previously avoided. I discovered that “globalists” and “cosmopolitans” are code words for Jews and that white nationalists place Jews at the top of their hit list.

Why? They believe we are supporting the migration of refugees into the United States so we can use them to control the country.

This myth about my people stuns me.

The Pittsburgh shooting put American Jews at a heightened level of vigilance. Jews congregating in groups all over the country are taking greater safety precautions, like every other group that’s been targeted.

Our houses of worship are no longer the refuge they once were.

To begin healing, Jews joined with our neighbors across Vermont and the rest of the country to chant, sing, pray and sit in confused and distraught silence together. What next? Here’s what Laurence Pearlman, (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Not a fair shake for Vt. ratepayers The Vermont Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is currently considering a rate increase request from Green Mountain Power, the state’s largest electric utility.

Last week, the PUC posted on its website an anonymous letter claiming that “the Department of Public Service, under Commissioner June Tierney, serves the interests of Green Mountain Power and not the public.

The Department’s participation in GMP’s recent rate case was a sham.” The letter, which appears to have been written by someone inside DPS, provided a detailed list of the ways in which the Department of Public Service did not undertake an independent review of GMP’s proposed rate increase.

The letter also claimed that Brian Winn, the director of finance and economics at DPS, frequently disagreed with Commissioner Tierney’s approach to the GMP rate case, and was dismissed from state service af- By Eric L. Davis ter he testified before the PUC on the GMP case. Winn told Vermont Public Radio that he “can confirm most of the allegations” in the letter, and that he would provide a detailed response in the form of a public comment to the PUC, which will be posted on the PUC’s website.

The anonymous letter also noted that Elizabeth Miller, a former Shumlin Administration official who served as both the governor’s chief of staff and as commissioner of Public Service, is an attorney representing GMP in the rate case.

This is not the first time GMP and other Vermont utilities have hired former state officials as staff, attorneys or lobbyists. Neale Lunderville, who worked in the gover-

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nor’s office under both Jim Douglas and Peter Shumlin, served on the staff of GMP, and then as general manager of the Burlington Electric Department, after leaving state government. Former Democratic legislators Robert Dostis and Lucy Leriche both worked for GMP after leaving the Vermont House.

During both the Douglas and the Shumlin administrations, the Department of Public Service was criticized for being too close to the utility companies. For many years, Montpelier observers have said that the revolving door spins too quickly among the DPS, the governor’s office, the Legislature and the utilities.

Because this issue continues to recur, the Legislature should take a close look at the administrative structure for representing the consumer and public interest in utility rate cases. Vermont is the only one of the six New England states in which the responsibility of representing the public interest is given to a department in the executive branch, headed by a commissioner who is appointed by and responsible to the governor.

In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Attorney General’s office is responsible for representing the public when utilities file requests for rate increases. In both of those states, as in Vermont, the Attorney General is a separately elected official, independent of the governor.

A better structure is that used in Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire. In these three states, an independent office of the public advocate is responsible for rep(See Davis, Page 5A)

My thanks go to Greg Dennis for his piece on electric vehicles (EV’s) in the Addison Independent from Nov. 8. EV’s are the cars of the future and no day goes by without seeing a Tesla, some Nissan LEAFs, or a Chevy Bolt driving around Middlebury. Yet the technology is not quite there yet for EV’s to fully replace internal combustion cars. An EV, however, is the perfect second car for most two-car households already today.

Our family is on its second Nissan LEAF, a car we use for getting around locally as well as for trips to Burlington and back without recharging or even causing range anxiety. “Filling up” (charging) costs far less than taking gas. We have solar panels on our roof and drive the LEAF basically for free, and 100 percent on solar energy.

Like Mr. Dennis, we lease our EV — which is easy since we do not pay for gas, oil changes, fan belt replacements, etc. Within three years, technology will again have made a giant leap forward, and we’ll be ready for the upgrade.

Save money and help save the planet — every household’s second car should be an EV! Pieter Broucke Middlebury

Plastic causes apprehension I am filled with apprehension.

Daily, nightly, I fiddle and turn worry beads in my mind. Rough edged, prickly, irritating. They offer no smooth comfort to my worries over ice melt.

I must try real beads. Tactile, not so much of the mind. Out of mind. Stone, I think, recalling the primal, comforting touch of stones I dig from the garden. I will make a string of smooth, sun-warmed stones. Prayer stones. Hail Mary, Full of Grace. Om Mani Padme Hum. Forgive Us, Earth Mother, for We Know What We Do. I will hang the smooth stones from my neck. Comfort; weight; pieces of Her. What else can I do? What else can I do?

Perhaps I shall write about it; dissuade; persuade; instigate change. Start with one of the many Earth things that cause me worry.

I was born before plastic. And that is something; a place to start.

I was born before plastic. I was born before plastic. I was born before plastic. Mantra. Incantation.

Meditation. I was born before plastic. I rub a smooth stone between thumb and finger with each word. I. Was. Born. Before.

Plastic.

When I say this to eighth-graders I teach, truly, they look at me in disbelief. Not a disbelief of how I could be so old — but an inability to reckon that there ever was such a time. So embedded it is. Plastic.

We spew it out like breath — a thing that will never go away. Each item, billions of tons by now — (See Letter, Page 5A)

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(Continued from Page 4A) accumulating, infiltrating.

Even more disconcerting is the answer I get when I ask eighth-graders what they think the first plastic item is that was mass produced. The first plastic thing.

And this question as they are still trying to wrap their young minds around the fact that there was a time — of no plastic. Several eighth-grade students, independent of each other, reply “water bottle,” as in bottled water. Young people today cannot conceive of a time when you could not purchase water in a bottle.

And, what was that first plastic thing available to all? The answer, from Susan Frienkel’s book, “Plastic, a Toxic Love Story,” is — the plastic comb. Plastic was invented in the late 19th century but was not used widely until after World War II. Plastics had been improved for the war effort. And the military solved the problem of how to give thousands of soldiers a comb by molding them out of plastic and mass producing them.

After the war, the apparatus was already set up to keep spitting them out. And so it began.

But — let me go back to “before plastic.” I feel I must testify for the historical record that a life without plastic did exist. I remember it well. And while we can never turn back to “before plastic,” we must move forward with less plastic, with other than plastic, and one space informs the other.

So — I tell the kids, there was barely a thing in my childhood in the late 1940s and the 1950s that was made from plastic. Well, those combs. I do remember plastic combs and plastic toothbrushes.

But, there were no plastic toys around except for some cheap things from Japan made of a brittle, easily breakable plastic. No one bought those because they didn’t last, in the sense of not breaking, and they were not “Made in America” at a time when most things we consumed were.

I recall having a metal doll house with wooden furniture and people.

My dolls had cloth bodies, rubber arms and legs, and a molded head of a composite material painted nicely with features. Glass eyes set in the doll’s head rolled with movement. Other memories: leather cowboy boots and metal cap guns; metal toy trucks; wooden Lincoln logs and metal erector sets; glass toy dishes; glass marbles; games with cardboard boards and wood pieces. We used crayons and colored pencils for art. There were no Crayola plastic markers.

All of my toys were made from wood, metal, paper and glass. Of the earth.

Nor was there anything else in my childhood house made from plastic. Zip. Nada. Well, except, plastic flowers. I remember my mother had a vase or two of plastic flowers. Insidious presage. And the telephone was plastic. A heavy chunk of durable black with a metal dial, and most homes had only one.

Our food was packaged in glass or cans; meat and fish in butcher’s wrap; milk in glass bottles. Soda, milk, and beer bottles were returned, sterilized and reused.

Paper boxes encased squares of frozen vegetables. We spilled ice cubes from metal trays, and the refrigerator was metal inside and out. The TV, which had just been invented, was made of metal and glass. Groceries got packed in paper bags; plastic bags had not yet been invented.

In the early sixties, as a teenager, I worked in a department store.

Items were in bins built into nicely polished wooden tables.

Almost nothing in the store was individually packaged.

So I could go on. The environment was not sullied with vinyl house siding, plastic lawn chairs, or plastic fencing. And, generally, we had less things compared to this time in which we spew so much plastic junk into the consumersphere.

I have railed against plastic for at least the past decade. And I concede there are some vital uses for it. But, as is usual, we have not been measured in our use of a good thing.

My kids have tolerated my complaining, nagging — and most of them demonstrate some conscious behavior around the issue. My extended family sees me as radical. But, plastic pollution has recently been labeled the most serious threat to the environment after global warming. It is a pervasive threat to ecosystems.

Plastic garbage entangles, strangles and poisons. It releases toxins. We have bales of it, mountains of it, which have been “recycled” with no place to go. One statistic states that only 9 percent of plastic gets recycled, and we are not able to reuse all of that. And, to the horror of the scientific community, they have recently determined that the debris in the state-sized islands of plastic floating in the ocean is breaking down to micro particles, which might be absorbed at a cellular level. We will be eating plastic as we eat fish. It will get into us. We

will become plastic.

The problem of plastic pollution has been coming to the foreground lately. Significantly, National Geographic devoted a recent issue to it — with charts, convincing data, and graphic photos of animals entangled — or their bellies full of plastic debris. We must change our ways, and Nat Geo has ceased shipping their magazines in a plastic wrap. At least they have convinced themselves to change!

Banning single-use plastic bags has been the poster issue for keeping plastic out of the environment. Bans of plastic bags are happening and that is a good thing. But, we must realize that everything we purchase in a plastic bubble, plastic bottle, or wrap — is “single-use” plastic!

Have you tried to shop with the intent of not buying anything in plastic? I have, and I found that a purist, zero impact approach could lead to starvation. Even our earth conscious food co-ops are not totally rid of plastic packaging.

Each year, I observe in horror as more disposable plastic items hit the market, as packaging becomes more plastic, as consumers keep buying it all.

And, significantly, I am of the last generation that was “born before plastic.” I give thought to what my mother and my grandmother were “born before.”

Before cars, before television.

Perhaps there was no insidious material which they were “born before.” Just individual things, inventions. But plastic is of many things and in many things. It has spread out and spread into the world like a virus. Nothing so impactful has come our way since fossil fuel from which it is derived.

Oil — birthing indestructible, perpetual plastic. And it goes on, and on. So I worry. I worry.

Om Mani Padme Hum. Om Mani Padme hum.

Carol Talmage Lincoln

Thoughts of a coyote, translated for publication A leter from a coyote: Hello, Vermont folks! Your Animal Control Officers have been receiving an abundance of calls from residents who are saying they have been seeing us around a lot more recently. You see, our woods have been slightly taken over by houses in this lovely state, which has left us little place to hide and there is an open hunting season on us ... but not to fear, we have learned to co-exist!

We want you to know that we have no intentions of harming people or your children. If you see us sleeping in your backyard, it is likely because we have found a safe

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(Continued from Page 4A) a member of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, suggests: “What can we do? Let’s start with a few simple things. Love your neighbor. Embrace differences.

Speak up when someone is being persecuted — even when it makes you uncomfortable. Join 815 Choose Civility [an online community]. Be tolerant. Learn, teach and listen …

Lastly, mourn with us. Pittsburgh was not just a Jewish loss, it was a loss of all our religious freedoms.”

It is beyond horrific that other mass shootings occurred shortly before and following Pittsburg’s.

Just days earlier, a white man with a history of violence and mental illness attempted to enter a black church in Kentucky before going into a grocery store and fatally shooting two African Americans. A week later, at a club in California a U.S. Marine veteran entered a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, killing twelve people and injuring more. One of the slain was a veteran sheriff, about to retire, who rushed

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into the bar to help.

This all feels overwhelming. An ancient Jewish teaching attributed to Rabbi Tarfon says, “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.” The vastness of this work is not an excuse to do nothing. We are tasked to continue addressing issues of other-ness, mental illness and gun violence in every way we know how.

Each effort we make is essential.

Our governor and legislature recently took steps to keep guns out of the wrong hands. We’ve acknowledged the spike in hate crimes and the crisis in psychiatric care. We have a mountain to climb, and I am grateful for every uphill step.

Alice Leeds, of Bristol, was a public school teacher for 25 years and is currently a writing instructor at the Community College of Vermont in Winooski.

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In these five states, and many others, the representation of the public interest in rate cases is in the hands of another department of state government, one that has a more armslength relationship with the utilities.

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Clifford Wildey, 65, Middlebury

Obituaries Ernestine Neuse, 95, Bridgewater, N.J.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Ernestine “Erna” Neuse, 95, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, at Laurel Circle Senior Living Community in Bridgewater.

Born and raised in Hadersdorf, Austria, Erna lived in Canada and New Brunswick, N.J., before moving to Bridgewater in 2007. She graduated from the University of Vienna, Austria, with a Ph.D. in German Literature in 1947. Erna began her teaching career as an instructor at the Thomas More Institute in Montreal, Canada. Upon arrival in the U.S., she worked as a college professor at Douglass College in New Brunswick, where she was also directress of the German Language House and chairperson of the German Department.

Her summers were spent in Vermont teaching at the summer graduate program in German at Middlebury College. Erna retired in 1997 from Rutgers University Main Campus where she was director of the graduate program in German.

Erna was known for her many publications, books, contributions and articles on teaching of the German language; examples are the “Rutgers Manual on Strategies for Teaching German Through the Short Story” with Ralph J. Ley, “Modern German” and “Modern Deutsch.” She was a member of the

ERNESTINE “ERNA” NEUSE American Association of Teachers of German, the American Association of University Professors, and the Modern Language Association.

Erna received the Warren L. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching at Rutgers in 1987. She also received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching for being the most effective teacher in the German Program at Douglass. Erna was known to be one of the most valuable

teachers in the field of Germanistik in the nation and one of the country’s outstanding methodologists and textbook writers. She was always willing to do more for her department, college, students and fellow professionals everywhere and will be sadly missed by all of those who she deeply touched in her professional career and everyday life.

In her spare time Erna enjoyed crocheting and other handwork and going on road trips with her friends.

She had a passion for antiques including quilts, carpets and jewelry.

She is predeceased by her husband Werner Neuse (1986) and stepdaughter Helga Whitcomb. She is survived by her stepchildren Ingrid Ambrus, Karl Neuse and six step-granchildren.

He family wishes to thank all those at Arbor Glen/Laurel Circle who have been so kind and caring to Erna the past eleven years.

She will be buried in Middlebury, Vt. A celebration of her life will be held in Bridgewater at a future date.

Contributions in honor of Erna may be made to Douglass Residential College with a memo note for the Erna Neuse Scholarship Fund, mailed to Office of Advancement, Douglass Residential College, 125 George St. College Hall, 3rd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.◊

Casey Poquette, 25, Vergennes VERGENNES — Casey Poquette, 25, died unexpectedly on Oct. 26, 2018. He was born on Sept. 12, 1993, to Angela (Gebo) Patnode and Randy Poquette.

Casey is survived by the love of his life, his daughter Chandler Marie Poquette and his life partner with Chandler, Morgan Tomsuden; his mother Angela, brother Lance Corporal Brady O’Shea Poquette, step-dad David, Nathan, Shelby and her husband Kevin, his father Randy Poquette and the entire Poquette family; his grandmother “Momma Gee”, Auntie Beka, Uncle Charlie, Aunt Jenn, Aunt Jackie, Brianna Page Gebo and Travis Bachand, Hunter, and Riley Gebo Sangiovanni, Grampie and Grammie Gebo. He was like a brother to his cousins and friends who loved him tremendously.

Casey was a fifth generation logger who worked at Lathrop’s Forest Products. Logging was a passion he shared with his Daddo. He loved to be with his daughter, family and friends.

He enjoyed playing air soft, riding four wheelers, as well as tinkering on his uncle’s truck and working for the “Irishman.”

Casey lit up the world with his beautiful blue eyes and big smile. He truly loved life and his family and friends. Whenever anyone was in the presence of Casey they felt extraordinary love and tenderness.

A service was held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, at Assembly of God Church in Ferrisburgh. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made in the honor of his daughter. To send online condolences to his family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

CASEY ‘CJ’ ‘CASE’ JAMES POQUETTE

MIDDLEBURY — Clifford Wilson Wildey of Middlebury was called home on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, with his wife of 65 years and two of his daughters by his side. He was 87 years old.

A big man with an even bigger heart, Cliff was a Sergeant in the Army’s 43rd infantry division, field artillery Battery B of the 192nd Battalion during the Korean War. After his time in the service, he returned to Cos Cob, Conn., where he met the love of his life, Lily A. Geoghegan of Stamford, Conn. They were married on June 6, 1953.

The son of a carpenter, Cliff learned the trade from his father and later passed it on to his sons (Chuck, Steve, Tim and Peter) and grandsons (Phillip, Adam and Tyler). Cliff was also involved with the Goldens Bridge, N.Y., Volunteer Fire Department until moving his wife and seven children to Cornwall, Vt., in the early 70’s. There he fulfilled a dream of being a farmer (beef and dairy) while working as a carpenter for Cole Construction in Vergennes, Vt. His accomplishments while in the construction trade are all over White Plains, N.Y., parts of western Connecticut and the Champlain Valley of Vt. His construction company

CLIFFORD WILSON WILDEY was responsible for building what is known today as “Twin Circles” in Middlebury.

Cliff loved a challenge. He learned to sail on Lake Champlain and owned a small sailboat. He was very handy and once fixed the school bus that stalled in front of the house with a piece of tin foil.

Clifford was predeceased by his sister, Adella, brothers Robert,

Kenneth and William, and by his son, Stephen. He leaves his wife Lily (Geoghegan), six children and their spouses: Cynthia (Rob Looney), Charles (Mary Jo Mroczenski), Kathleen (Dutton Smith), Barbara (Kendall Severy), Timothy (Lisa Bolduc) and Peter (Heather Stewart); fifteen grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren and one greatgreat grandchild. He was dearly loved and will be missed by all who knew him.

The family wishes to thank the incredible staff of Addison County Home Health & Hospice and suggest that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to continue their important work.

Visiting hours for friends and family were held on Tuesday Nov. 27, from 4-7 p.m. at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, located at 117 South Main Street, Middlebury.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Wednesday Nov. 28, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with the Rev. Luke Austin as the Celebrant.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home.

Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

Gail Foerch, 81, Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH — Gail Mary Chartier Foerch, age 81, passed away Friday, Nov. 23, at UVM Medical Center in Burlington Vt., after a long illness resulting from a major stroke.

Gail was born in Bristol, Conn., July 27, 1937. She was the daughter of Henry And Olive (Roy) Chartier.

Gail received her education at Terryville High School and later went on to study at Goodwin Technical School of Cosmetology.

After completing her schooling she worked in various shops in the area.

In 1954 she married Kenneth Foerch. They were married in the Immaculate Conception Church of Terryville, Conn. After moving a number of times they bought a home in Farmington, Conn. While living in Farmington she worked as a substitute teacher at the Noel Wallace Elementary School.

In 1968 Gail and Ken moved to Ferrisburgh, Vt. Gail enjoyed fishing, cooking and later started a catering service. She was an

excellent cook and baker, winning many awards. But she also loved ceramics, so she and Ken started a ceramic shop in the cellar of their home. Gail was very proud that her products were sent to Africa, Italy, Ireland, England and Germany.

Illness made her close the shop and sell the equipment.

Gail was predeceased by an infant son Kenneth Jr., her parents, brother Roland, sister Roseann (Hubba), brother-in-law Bill Stone, and nieces Pam and Linda Chartier.

She leaves behind Ken, her husband of 64 years; a son, Lance; sister Evelyn Stone of Terryville, Conn.; brother Robert Chartier and his wife Barb of Arizona; brotherin-law Don Plasczynski of Bristol, Conn.; sister-in-law Virginia Chartier of Charlotte, Va., and too many nieces and nephews to mention.

At her request there will be no calling hours or service.

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Also thanks to the nurses in Baird 6 for their help and kindness in Gail’s final hours.◊

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Norma Kimball, 77, Lincoln

Marjorie Douglas, 99, Shoreham SHOREHAM — Marjorie “Marge” Douglas died peacefully, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Helen Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing in Middlebury, Vt., at the age of 99.

She was born June 3, 1919, in Wells, Vt., to Harry and Orrilla (Fish) Park.

Marge married Edwin C. Douglas on June 12, 1943, and they lived in Shoreham most of their lives.

She was a farm wife, mother and educator. She attended Castleton State College and the University of Vermont. Her teaching took many paths from a one room school house to remedial reading and work at the District Office level. Marge had a quick and inquisitive mind and enjoyed reading and taking trips with “Doug”. They learned square dancing together and traveled around Addison County to dance and make new friends. Her favorite

daily activity was reading the paper and letters from friends, especially if she had a good cup of coffee.

Marge was predeceased by Edwin (five months and three weeks). She leaves behind three children: Bruce Douglas (Molly Pratt), Bonnie Douglas and Betsy D. Ainsworth (Galen Ainsworth) as well as four beautiful grandchildren, five amazing great grandsons and many loved nieces and nephews and friends.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m., at the Shoreham Congregational Church in Shoreham, Vt. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Helen Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing Activities Department, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753, or the Shoreham Congregational Church, PO Box 177, Shoreham, VT 05770.◊

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Grace Mack, 96, Vergennes and Ferrisburgh VERGENNES/FERRISBURGH — Grace (Silk) Mack, 96, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, following a long battle with dementia. Grace was born on Nov. 1, 1922, in St. Albans, Vt., to parents Richard Rawlett Silk and Grace May (Zweeres) Silk.

Grace married George Clifford Mack on June 23, 1946. She worked at W.F. Benton in Vergennes, Grand Union Grocery, and Vergennes Union High School, where she managed the cafeteria program. Grace was a longtime member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. She lived in Vergennes from 1946 to 1987. Following that she lived at the family Lake Champlain property. Until recent years she also enjoyed spending her winters in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Grace is preceded in death by GRACE (SILK) MACK her husband, George Clifford Mack (1977), her brother-in-law, Allan Mack, and a son, David Mack (2004); (1967); her siblings, Walter (2004), her parents, Richard Rawlett Silk Alida (2010), Rawlette (1995), Juanita (1970) and Grace May (Zweeres) Silk (2010), Eunice (2005), and Richard

(2001).

She is survived by her siblings Gertrude Silk Clark (Lawrence), Betty Silk Ives (Robert) and Merton Silk; her son, Dennis Mack (Maria) of Lakewood, Wash.; grandchildren, Heather Mack of Des Moines, Iowa, Washington and Jennifer Gaffney (Corey) of Tacoma, Wash.; and greatgrandchildren, Abigail and Connor Gaffney of Tacoma, Wash.

The family would like to thank the many people who have helped and cared for Grace over the past several years, as well as Athena Advocacy, Armistad Senior Care, Addison County Hospice, and the GardenSong Memory Care Unit of Eastview at Middlebury.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. at St. Peter’s Church in Vergennes.

Arrangements by Brown-McClay Funeral Homes. Online condolences at may be left at brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

David Rowe, 86, Hendersonville, N.C. HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — David Rowe, 86, a diplomat, an educator, an entrepreneur, and a beloved friend to many, died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Hendersonville, N.C. David, born on June 30, 1932, was the son of Gertrude Boyd Williams Rowe and Sumner Conrad Rowe. He is survived by his older brother, Peter, who lives in Florence, Mass.

David Rowe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History form the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1955. He also attended Antioch College and University of Pennsylvania. Having been a cadet in the NROTC, upon graduating, he served as a commissioned artillery officer on the U.S.S. Missouri in the South Pacific. After his Navy service, David earned a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, which included study at the University of Bologna, Italy.

David’s post-graduate education continued later in life at Middlebury College. While a U.S. Foreign Service Officer assigned to the U.S Mission to the U.N., he was enrolled in a graduate program at Columbia University. David’s skills included fluency in Modern Greek, Italian, Spanish and French.

David’s mother passed away in 1944, when David was 12. Several years later, Sumner Rowe remarried, and David enjoyed having as his stepmother Margaret Grant Brewer, a remarkable woman and a successful pioneer within the corporate world, who brought literature and theater into her stepsons’ lives. In the 1990s, after retiring from Middlebury College, where he had a position after retiring from

the U.S. Foreign Service, David and his partner, George Basil, began to spend winters in Sarasota, Fla., where they bought property, always returning to Vermont in the summer, where David enjoyed gardening.

They also had a home in Leonidion, a town on the Peloponnese in Greece, where they spent a portion of their years, usually in the spring. In 2011, however, David and George purchased property in Hendersonville, N.C., which became their summer home, and left Vermont. David’s last days were spent in Hendersonville.

David’s diverse career included, most importantly, the United States Foreign Service, which he entered in 1960. He evolved to become a senior and distinguished foreign service officer, serving our country in many capacities at home and both in Europe and South America, as well as at the United States Mission to the United Nations.

David served as advisor and State Department liaison to, successively, Ambassadors to the United Nations Daniel Patrick Moynihan, William Scranton, and Andrew Young, from 1975 until 1979.

In addition, David contributed to the avoidance of violent conflict in the Middle East during his time at the U.N. by working with the Middle eastern team to negotiate solutions and draft resolutions among countries having differences. He also served as director of the United States Mission to UNESCO in Paris and in various State Department positions between overseas assignments. In Greece he served as Chief Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Athens; and, early in his career, he

served in South America. Wherever he served, David played tennis and he excelled at that sport.

After his retirement from the foreign service, David moved to Vermont, where he spent his summers before and during college, and his vacations thereafter, in the family house on Lewis Creek in North Ferrisburgh. His entrepreneurial skills were brought to bear on starting up businesses. Amongst these was an art gallery that focused on and represented Vermont artists, bringing them to the limelight with shows in New York City, such artists as Woody Jackson.

He also started a school for young people with learning problems. His love for the academic world was fulfilled with his post as Director of what is now Hathaway House at Middlebury College, where he initiated programs directed at spiritual life, including a visit by the Dalai Lama.

In retirement, David read extensively in Buddhist thought and attended Buddhist temple in Sarasota, Fla. David is remembered and mourned by a very extensive group of friends from many parts of the world. To David, his friends were precious and valued; his friends, likewise, respected and loved David. Perhaps of all things, David loved best people, to whom he provided understanding, time, energy, wit, and intelligent, spirited support.

A memorial service for David Rowe will be held at Kadampa Meditation Center Florida in Sarasota on Dec. 16, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Contributions in David’s memory may be made to the Center. ◊

LINCOLN — Norma O. Kimball, age 77, passed away peacefully but unexpectedly, Saturday, Nov. 24, at UVM Medical Center.

She was born on March 18, 1941, in Staten Island, N.Y., the fourth child of Alice Z. Mason and the only child of Otis Owen.

She was predeceased by her mother, father, and three older brothers; Larry, Burton, and Marvin Zeno. Also by her son, Shaun Steadman, her daughter-in-law Theresa and her grandson George.

Her beloved husband, Allen Kimball, survives her, as well as her children: Daniel and his wife Janice, William and his wife Lisa, Kevin, Julie and her boyfriend Chris, and Jeffrey. Nine grandchildren also survive her: Ivan,

Jason, Hannah, Oliver, Jonnelle, Joshua, Jacob, Travis, Kimberly and Nakeeya. She also had eight great-grandchildren.

She will be deeply missed by the family and the extended family of friends that knew her and loved her.

She had many friends that loved her and cherished her that she loved to visit with.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, at BrownMcClay Funeral Home in Bristol from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at United Church of Lincoln.

Interment will be in Maple Cemetery in Lincoln with a reception following at Bristol American Legion. To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

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David Nuceder, 81, Salisbury SALISBURY — David Alden Nuceder of Salisbury, Vt., peacefully left this earth following a brief illness on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. David was born in Salisbury on Aug. 7, 1937, to John and Marion (Noyes) Nuceder.

On April 19, 1969, he married Judith Ann Keeler of Middlebury, Vt. He served his country proudly for a total of 34 years in the U.S. Army and Vermont National Guard. His years of service included two tours to Vietnam.

Following his years of active duty, he returned to his beloved hometown of Salisbury, where he was an active member of his community. He served multiple terms on the selectboard, was the Road Commissioner, and when asked, willingly served on many other boards for the Town of Salisbury.

As an avid sportsman, he loved the close proximity to Lake Dunmore.

Fishing on the lake, both summers and winters, was a favorite pastime.

He enjoyed passing on his techniques to his children and grandchildren. As the years went on, he loved boating on the lake, especially those sunset cruises with family and friends. He was a super fan as he supported his children and grandchildren, nieces

DAVID ALDEN NUCEDER and nephews and the local Salisbury youth, in their athletic endeavors, whether it was football, hockey, baseball or lacrosse. Lastly, from the opening of spring baseball to the last game of the season, he could be found glued to any channel broadcasting a Red Sox game. He was truly their Number One Fan ... Go Red Sox!

In addition to his wife, he leaves a daughter Amy Nuceder and her life partner Steve Kellogg; a son John and his wife Jennifer; four grandchildren: Kayla Quesnel and her partner Matthew Maloney, Trevor Emilo, Luke Nuceder and Levi Nuceder; eight nieces and nephews: Shari Bach, TDB Martinez, Nathan Bach, Ron Bach, Karen White, Nicole Bartlett, Andrea Rubright and Michael Keeler.

Also a sister, Joan Foster of Warren, Vt.; a brother-in-law and his wife, Donald and Kathy Keeler; a sisterin-law and her husband, Mary Jane and Roger Quesnel; numerous grand nieces and nephews.

Visitation will take place at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main St, Middlebury on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 4-7 p.m. Funeral service will be held Monday, Dec. 3, at the Salisbury Congregational Church at 11 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Friends of Middlebury Football, c/o John Rouse, PO Box 663, East Middlebury, VT 05740.

Arrangements under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at Sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players Saturday, Dec. 1, 3-4 p.m., Kiss the Cook, Merchants Stroll. Bidding on items closes at 1:45 p.m. and bids stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses Row. “Ellen reads like Erma Bombeck meets E. B. can be taken home or picked up later. all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, includWhite (with a dash of Elizabeth Gilbert thrown in). ing mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, St. Paul’s annual Christmas bazaar in Orwell.

She’s a natural storyteller and openhearted lover of Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Orwell Town Hall, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot. her family, her animals, and her big chaotic life.” — 436 Main St. Handmade gifts, crafts, decorations, Tickets will go on sale in mid-October.

Boston Globe. Complimentary refreshments served. ornaments, wreaths, raffle, basket raffle, flea market, bake sale, lunch and refreshments. All proceeds Holiday tree lighting celebration in Salisbury.

Saturday, Dec. 1, 5 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park benefit St. Paul’s Church. More info contact Kathy (across from Maple Meadow Farm). Festivities Buxton at 802-948-2049.

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Christmas bazaar in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 include lighting of the town Holiday Tree, a giant Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m., Glass bonfire, hayrides, a visit from Santa, sing-along, hot a.m.-2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Onion, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles cocoa and more. A Holiday Party — with food and Attic Treasures, great crafts, Rada knives, items Ave. Middlebury Doors open at 11 a.m. Meal served at refreshments, stories, and a chance to spend more made by African ladies and silent auction items which noon. Chef’s Choice — always delicious — includes time with Santa — will follow at the Salisbury Town will include antiques and much more. Have a lunch beverage and dessert. 72 hours advanced notice Library. All are welcome. More info call 802-352-4836. of homemade soup and a sandwich and buy some required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 baked goods to take home such as some homemade “The Drowsy Chaperone” on stage in Middlebury. suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. donuts, fudge or other delicious goodies. to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Christmas bazaar and Santa visit in Bristol. Saturday, Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Federated Church of Bristol, 2287 to inquire. all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, includ37 North St. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at 10 a.m.

“Light of Christmas” marketplace in Bristol. Friday, ing mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, Come and enjoy homemade baked goods, candies, Nov. 30, 1-5 p.m., St Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot. crafts, and a large silent auction — perfect for gift St. Featuring craft shop, bake shop, mercy Creation Tickets will go on sale in mid-October. giving. Check out the winter yard sale of attic treagift shop, doll & jewelry shop, wonder jars, silent sures. Lunch starting at noon of homemade soups, auction, attic treasures and fabulous raffles — handsandwiches, cookies, and Christmas tea. made quilt, theme baskets filled with great items, Ski sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-3 50/50. Silver Tea at 2:30 p.m. p.m., Gymnasium, Middlebury Union High School, 73 Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe Free clothing giveaway in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. Charles Ave. Come get new and used equipment at in Leicester. Sunday, Dec. 2, Minnie Baker 30, 2-5 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, great prices at this fundraiser for the MUHS Nordic Trail. This short, afternoon hike is dog friendly.

North Pleasant St. Warm coats, hats, gloves/mittens, Ski Team. Skis, ski boots, snowboards, x-country, Moderate, 2.5 miles round trip. Possible carpooling sweaters, boots. helmets, goggles, gloves, socks and more. from Silver Lake trailhead. For more information, Gingerbread house exhibit and competition opening Very Merry Middlebury commences in Middlebury. contact Wendy Warren at wwredhead@yahoo.com reception in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 30, 4-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., downtown. or 802-382-7112. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St. Come see this Opening day of Middlebury’s annual holiday festivities year’s entries in the Folklife center’s annual gingerbegins when Santa arrives at 9:30 a.m. and continues Sheldon Museum’s annual Holiday Open House in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 2, noon-4 p.m. Henry bread event. To enter go to vermontfolklifecenter.org. with Santa visits at the Middlebury Inn from 10 a.m.Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Enjoy the elaborate Pizza Bake in Ripton. Friday, Nov. 30, 5-6:30 p.m. noon, free milk and cookies at Kiss the Cook from model train layout, carols played on the Sheldon’s Ripton Elementary School, 753 Lincoln Rd. Support 10 a.m.-noon, free gift wrapping at Community Barn 1831 piano, and a Miniature Christmas Tree Raffle.

Friends of Ripton School by ordering delicious handVentures from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and the Hot Cocoa hut The raffle features 20 creative trees decorated by made wood-fired pizzas cooked to order. Proceeds serving up cocoa and fixings from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for local artists. See two holiday exhibits: Ho Ho Historical support enrichment activities for Ripton Elementary 25 cents a cup.

Holidays to You, and An Over the Top Holiday.

School students. Pizza choices include Cheese $12, Holiday and winter farmers market in Middlebury.

Admission by donation. More info at 802-388-2117 or Pepperoni $15, or Sausage and Mushroom $15.

Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Mary Hogan HenrySheldonMuseum.org.

Gluten free crust available. Call 802-388-2208 or Elementary School, Mary Hogan Dr. Shop for the email wleeds@acsdvt.org before 2 p.m. on Friday, holidays with 50 vendors selling locally made crafts, “I’m a Good Person! Isn’t That Enough?” in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 2, 1-3 p.m., Nov. 30, to order. prepared foods, hot foods and farm fresh produce.

Congregational Church of Middlebury, 2 Main St. Join Bingo Fundraiser in Salisbury. Friday, Nov. 30, 6 p.m., Sheldon Museum’s annual Holiday Open House in Debby Irving, racial justice educator and author of Salisbury Community School. Lots of prizes from Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Henry “Waking Up White,” when she presents the first of two local businesses. come support 5th and 6th graders.

Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Enjoy the elaborate community workshops on the challenging but all-too“The Drowsy Chaperone” on stage in Middlebury. model train layout, carols played on the Sheldon’s essential topic of white privilege. After the workshop Friday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. 1831 piano, and a Miniature Christmas Tree Raffle. participants can attend one of the following debriefing Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players The raffle features 20 creative trees decorated by sessions, to be held at Ilsley: Monday, Dec. 3, 10:30 stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses local artists. See two holiday exhibits: Ho Ho Historical a.m.-noon; Tuesday, Dec. 4, 4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, includHolidays to You, and An Over the Top Holiday. p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1:30-3 p.m. ing mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, Admission by donation. More info at 802-388-2117 or Meet Gesine Bullock-Prado in Middlebury. Sunday, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot.

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Dec. 2, 1 p.m., Kiss the Cook, Merchants Row. Tickets will go on sale in mid-October.

Old-fashioned visits with Santa in Middlebury.

“Sugar Glider Kitchen” and “Baked in Vermont” chef Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-noon. Middlebury Inn, 16 and author Gesine Bullock-Prado will be signing Court Sq. Bring the tots to see the jolly old elf. A Very her new book “Fantastical Cakes.” Complimentary Merry Middlebury event. refreshments served.

Holiday pottery sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. Holiday Stroll in Vergennes. Saturday, 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Holiday auction in Brandon. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Dec. 1, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Locations downBrandon Free Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Over 50 Route 7. Pottery by Kathy Clarke, Ken Martin, town. Celebrate the holidays in Vergennes local patrons, artists and Brandon businesses have Instructors, local potters, studio assistants and with breakfast with Santa, Craft Fair at VUHS, Bixby donated wreaths, ornaments and other seasonal students. Handmade holiday gifts at affordable prices, Library activities, Pictures with Santa, storytelling and decorations, works of art, hand crafted wooden items, also cards, jewelry, paintings and some surprises. crafts at the Opera House, Caroling on Main Street, dinners for two, birdhouses, gift certificates and more.

Everything is locally made. A fundraiser to benefit the other activities and Lighting of the Park. For a full Preview from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on auction day. Music, school. schedule of events visit VergennesDowntown.org or Make your own graham cracker gingerbread house refreshments and door prizes. Requested donation follow on social media @VergennesPartnership. $1. More info call 802-247-8230. in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Breakfast with Santa in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. Community Room. Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Wind Ensemble in Middlebury. Sunday,

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STATE POLICE LT. Jeffrey Danoski, commander of the New Haven barracks, gives blood in September in Middlebury with the help of American Red Cross collections technician Barbara Howell. The American Red Cross is in urgent need of blood and platelet donors for the holiday season.

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Dec. 2, at 4 p.m., at Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Come hear world premiers of Timothy Cummings’ setting of three traditional American songs for Cauld Wind, a local ensemble of Scottish small piper and wind ensemble and Bristol resident Karen Swanson’s arrangement of short excerpts of Carl Orff’s monumental oratorio Carmina Burana for wind ensemble. The concert will include music by Paul Hindemith, Percy Granger, Leonard Bernstein, and others.

Chicken and Biscuit Dinner in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 2, 5-6 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, Rt. 7 and Seminary Street. All you can eat.

Buffet style. Many homemade dishes. All proceeds go to charity. Suggested donation adults $9/children 5-12 $5/Under 5 free. Held in church Fellowship Hall. Take outs for home bound only.

Menorah-lighting and Chanukah celebration in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 2, 5 p.m., Court Square.

Come join the celebration of Chanukah with Chabad Middlebury.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” on stage in Middlebury.

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, including mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot.

Tickets will go on sale in mid-October.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury.

Monday, Dec. 3, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Inn, 14 Court Sq. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. Lunch at noon of whole grain roll with butter, tomato bisque, mixed green salad with choice of maple vinaigrette or herbed ranch dressing, lemon pepper chicken, wild rice, vegetable du jour, orange pound cake with citrus drizzle, coffee, tea, water, or milk. Advanced tickets required by Nov. 20. $5 donation does not include gratuity. Collecting donations for Meals on Wheels.

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 802-3882287 to inquire.

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Library silent auction in Brandon.

Begins Tuesday, Dec. 4, 8:30 am.-8 p.m., Brandon Free Public Library, 4 Franklin St. View and bid on auction items whenever the Library is open — Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All sales benefit the Friends of the Library, who provide money for books and other materials and educational programs throughout the year.

Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 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 at noon of Italian mini meatloaves with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese over seasoned cavatappi pasta, Italian vegetables, wheat bread, and mandarin oranges with whipped topping. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-3771419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Menorah-lighting and Chanukah celebration in Bristol. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m., Bristol town green.

Come join the celebration of Chanukah with Chabad Middlebury.

Middlebury Afropop Ensemble in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 82 Porter Field Rd. Join The Middlebury Afropop Ensemble for an evening of classic and contemporary music from all over Africa.

Featuring a mix of songs from Ghana, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe, Middlebury’s newest music ensemble presents a diverse showcase of hits from the world’s most dynamic continent. Free.

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American Red Cross blood donation in Vergennes. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. There is an urgent need for blood and platelet donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season. Make an appointment to donate blood or platelets by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood. org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. Meal of chicken fingers with duck sauce, home fries, green beans, wheat dinner roll and peaches served at noon. 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.

Toy swap/sale in Lincoln. Wednesday, Dec. 5 through Saturday, Dec. 8, Lincoln Library, 222 W. River Rd. Start cleaning out the toy chests. Earn credits from donated toys to swap for new-to-you toys or you can purchase toys. All proceeds go to the Library.

Accepting toys in good, working condition, with all pieces present. For very large items, please contact the library before heading down to donate. Unable to accept clothes, furniture and gear (such as highchairs, etc.). Swap or donate toys on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or Thursday, Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. and receive credits to shop on Friday or Saturday. Cash in your swap ‘credits’ or pay with cash for new to you toys on Friday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Brandon Town Hall Moonlight Madness in Brandon.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-8 p.m., Brandon Town Hall 1 Conant Sq., and businesses around town. Twentytwo vendors up and downstairs in the Brandon Town Hall. Chili and soup available for sale by Friends of Town Hall along with coffee, tea and hot chocolate.

Moonlight Madness in Brandon. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-9 p.m., downtown. A time for shopping local with sales, discounts and specials. Stroll through downtown and drive to the outskirts. Enjoy the sights and sounds and visit with friends and neighbors. It is a time to catch a scrumptious bite to eat or warm up with something warm to drink. And last but not least, it is a time to support your neighbors and keep it local.

Moonlight Madness at the Library in Brandon.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-7 p.m., Brandon Free Public Library, 4 Franklin St. The Friends of the Brandon Free Public Library will be holding a holiday used book sale — an assortment of fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens, tweens and children as well as CDs for sale. Also a special section of holiday books as well. Stop by, browse, shop and enjoy.

Moonlight Madness sale and gift wrapping in Brandon. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-8 p.m., Brandon Congregational Church, 1 Carver St. Fellowship Hall

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will be open hosting local artists and crafts people selling a number of handmade and seasonal items.

Brandon Congregational Church in Action will also be providing a custom gift wrapping service. Free will donations accepted. Refreshments served.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 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 of cheese ravioli with meat sauce, parmesan cheese, winter mixed vegetables, biscuit and fruit yogurt parfait. Bring your own place setting. 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.

Toy swap/sale in Lincoln. Thursday, Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 3-5 p.m., Lincoln Library, 222 W. River Rd. Donate toys and receive credits to shop on Friday or Saturday. More details in Wednesday, Dec. 5, listing.

Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, Dec. 6, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Menu includes roast turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce and pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting.

Suggested donation $4. To be on the list call Nancy at 802-453-5276. Come early to meet with friends and make new ones.

George Matthew Jr. organ recital in Middlebury.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Free.

MiddNight at the Teen Center in Middlebury.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 1-8 p.m., Addison Central Teens, 77 Mary Hogan Dr. Teen friendly holiday games and snacks. Free.

Early release day at the Ilsley. Thursday, Dec. 6, 1-2:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. School’s out early. Come to the Library to chat about books, eat snacks, and have fun with Kathryn.

Film and Media Culture fall student screening in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 4 and 7 p.m., Room 232, Axinn Center, Middlebury College. Join the Department of Film and Media Culture for the annual fall showcase of student work produced in Sight and Sound II and 3D Computer Animation. Free.

The Dance Company of Middlebury: In-Progress Showing in Middlebury. Thursday, December 6, 4:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The company is teaching and performing in a variety of communities, using dance as a platform for personal truth–telling and bridge building. This research will culminate in an original evening length work to be performed and toured in January. Come take a sneak peek at “Warrior Work: Show Up. Tell the Truth.” Free.

Christmas decorating contest in Brandon. Thursday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m., downtown. Come see the holiday lights in Brandon. Judges will be on the streets on starting at 5 p.m.

Midd Night Stroll in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m., downtown and the Marble Works. Middlebury businesses will be open late with sales, specials, popups and lots more. Free gift-wrapping at Community Barn Ventures and the Hot Cocoa hut serving up cocoa and fixings for 25 cents a cup. A Very Merry Middlebury event.

Magic on Main in Vergennes. Thursday, Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m. Shops up and down and around Main Street will welcome holiday shoppers with special discounts, events, demonstrations, and more. More info at VergennesDowntown.org or on social media @ VergennesPartnership.

MiddMUG meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Join the Middlebury Macintosh User Group and demonstrate a favorite iPad or other app. Of special interest are apps that don’t come as standard equipment but that have been discovered and added to devices. Presentation on how to use gmail with the iPhone, including how to delete old emails, to follow.

Piano recital in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:158:15 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 Eastview Ter. Event Location: Community room, Eastview at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Come hear Diana Fanning’s younger students as they perform a variety of piano pieces. Free and open to the public.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” on stage in Middlebury.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, including mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot.

Tickets will go on sale in mid-October.

Jazz Showcase in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Lower Lobby, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A special edition of the Showcase featuring a wide array of instrumentalists and singers creating some great jazz. Come celebrate the music that’s been called America’s National Treasure. Free and open to the public.

“Lungs” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo Theater, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College. A modern couple explores the moral dilemmas of becoming a parent while preserving their own identities and their relationship. The play follows the ups and downs of their relationship with each other and with parenthood through discussion of their fears, desires, wants, and needs. Tickets $6, available at 802-443-3168 or middlebuey.edu/arts.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Doors open at 11 a.m.

Entertainment by Sergio. Meal served at noon of stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy and carrots. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required — deadline Monday, Dec. 3. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Bring your own place setting. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age.

Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-3882287 to inquire.

Toy swap/sale in Lincoln. Friday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lincoln Library, 222 W. River Rd. Purchase toys donated on Wednesday and Thursday, cash in your swap “credits” or pay with cash for new-toyou toys. All proceeds go to the library. Continues Saturday.

Snow Globe craft in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 7, 3:304:15 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Create a miniature winter wonderland. For grades 2 and up.

Chocolate Walk in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 7, 5-9 p.m., downtown. Bristol’s Chocolate Walk allows you to experience a complimentary chocolate treat, courtesy of the Main Street businesses. Spend the evening browsing the stores, nibbling a delicious chocolate indulgence, and getting the holiday shop on. Over 20 unique vendors shared across multiple Main Street locations. Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule.

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AMY RIGBY AND her husband Wreckless Eric will do their whimsical thing at the Ripton Community Coffee house on Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House is located on Route 125 in the center of Ripton Village. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Candy Cane Hunt in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., on the town green. The hunt for hidden candy canes begins at the corner of the Town Green next to the Veterans Memorial. Bundle up, bring your flashlight and help Santa find them all.

Memory Tree lighting in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m., town green gazebo. Join us at the Gazebo on the green for an evening of music and a reading of all names of honorees. Bulbs may be purchased for $5 online at BristolVTRec.com. Deadline to purchase is Monday, Dec. 3.

Christmas music night in New Haven. Friday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., New Haven United Reformed Church, Route 7, 4 miles north of Middlebury. Join us for a time of Christmas songs, readings, and refreshments as we prepare for the holiday season. All are welcome. More info contact Judy at 802-897-2697.

Broadway Direct in Vergennes. Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Now in its 13th year, this brainchild of local resident and professional actor Bill Carmichael brings together some of his professional acting/singing/dancing friends from New York and Boston for an evening of familiar, funny, moving and exceptional Broadway tunes. Several local area high school students will also participate.

“Krampusnacht: Stories of Light and Dark for the Winter Solstice” in Rochester. Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., Spice Studio, 482 S. Main St. Bald Mountain Theater presents this one-night event highlighting the dual nature of the season: the long, dark night full of tension and fear and longing, and the glimmering hope of a new day and positive change to come. An eclectic mix of original material and seasonal traditions from around the world.

The Drowsy Chaperone on stage in Middlebury.

Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, including mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot.

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Jupiter Quartet in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Jon Gailmor in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11-11:45 a.m., Bixby Memorial Library Maiden Vermont in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 1, 1-1:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library Amy Rigby in Ripton. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble in Middlebury.

Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Va-et-vient in Brandon. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Twist of Fate in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 p.m.-midnight. Notte.

Middlebury Afropop Ensemble in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Cédric Tiberghien in Middlebury. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

George Matthew Jr. organ recital in Middlebury.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Piano recital in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:158:15 p.m., EastView at Middlebury Jazz Showcase in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Broadway Direct in Vergennes. Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

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Representatives of the county bike club — which counts around 150 members — and the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) are spearheading the project.

“When the idea (of a Middlebury East Middlebury) trail was thrown out there, it immediately had a lot of enthusiasm,” Addison County Bike Club member Eric Berg told the board. “It’s something a lot of people have been thinking about… ” The trail, Berg added, would be “relatively flat” and geared to cyclists with “moderate to easy” riding expertise.

“The idea is to encourage family cycling opportunities, beginner cycling and also as a safe route to encourage commuting between the two communities,” Berg said.

He noted the new amenity would be much safer for walkers and bikers now using busy Route 7 south to get between Middlebury and East Middlebury.

The path would also lead advanced

mountain bikers to more challenging VOREC grants. But he added trails within the nearby Moosalamoo organizers are so committed to the National Recreation Area. path they will proceed with planning “From our perspective, it’s very even if the town’s grant application logical,” Nelson said of the path is rejected. proposal.

“I’m certain we’ll do Organizers said the “The idea is local fund raising,” he precise route of the path to encourage said. will take shape during family cycling Selectboard members a planning process that embraced the idea. will include outreach opportunities, “I’m certain the to property owners. beginner cycling community will benefit Nelson said MALT and and also as from it,” Selectman bike club officials are a safe route Victor Nuovo said. studying several route to encourage Boosters offered options. letters of support from commuting “We have to go out the leaders of eight and talk to landowners between area organizations, before we figure out the two including Addison what their concerns are, communities.”

Central School District or if there are concerns, — Eric Berg Superintendent Peter and work with them Burrows and Addison before we can say, County Economic ‘This is a good route,” Nelson said. Development Corp. Executive “There’s a lot of work to be done.”

Director Fred Kenney.

The VOREC grant would require “Expanding our recreational assets the town of Middlebury to be the by connecting existing resources “community sponsor” of the grant. is an efficient use of infrastructure Nelson acknowledged there will capital,” Kenney wrote. “The be a lot of competition for the limited village center of East Middlebury is only about 2 miles from the north entrance to the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, which further opens over 16,000 acres and over 70 miles of maintained trails and other recreation resources to Middlebury residents and guests.”

Burrows said such a path would help local school children.

“A path connecting East Middlebury would provide the ability for many of our students to participate in ‘Walking and Rolling’ to school, and would also benefit our families and community members who are active parts of our schools in Middlebury,” wrote Burrows, himself an avid cyclist.

“Further, I believe that this path would reflect well on Middlebury as a whole and its commitment to reducing the carbon footprint and building on our reputation as an outdoor-focused and healthconscious community.”

Representatives of Porter Hospital, the Moosalamoo Association, Addison County Regional Planning Commission and Middlebury College’s Rikert Nordic Center and Snow Bowl were also supporters of the grant application.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Schedule 8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Breakfast with Santa - VUHS - Breakfast, elf band & chorus, crafts for the kids, and visit with Santa! $5-kids 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Bixby Library Festivities - Santa reads, Jon Gailmor performs, Maiden Vermont serenades!

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Holiday Craft Fair - VUHS Crafts, Jewelry, Bake Sale & more, supporting the ANW and Vergennes Elementary after school program 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

North Pole at the Opera House - Pictures with Santa, stories with Mrs. Claus, letters to Santa, crafts & more 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Activities on the Green - Light Up the Night “Reindeer,” photo booth, Santa, song, s’mores, SD Ireland truck and lighting of city green

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VERGENNES — The Little City has a great tradition to kick off the holiday season; it’s the Vergennes Holiday Stroll.

Join the Vergennes Partnership, the Bixby Memorial Library and the good people of Vergennes this Saturday, Dec. 1, for a full day of holiday festivities at various locations around the Little City.

Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, and enjoy musical performances, craft-making, a craft fair, sweets and treats, story time and much more.

Santa starts a busy day at the Vergennes Union High School cafeteria at a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Admission is $7 adults; free for children under 12 years old; all proceeds benefit the VUHS music program.

After breakfast, see what’s on offer at the 18th annual Vergennes Union Elementary School Winter Holiday Craft Fair. The craft fair has been moved this year to the high school, but it is still being staged by VUES. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The price of admission is a non-perishable food item for the food shelf or animal shelter. This is a well-organized craft fair with lots of great stuff.

Bixby Memorial Library will host a holiday open house from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., which will include a silent auction of holiday baskets donated by local businesses and library patrons.

At the library, Santa will read Clement Moore’s classic poem “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” at around 10:30 a.m. Then Vermont singer/songwriter Jon Gailmor will entertain the jolly makers at the library with holiday favorites around 11 a.m. Gailmor travels down from his Northeast Kingdom home to spend this special Saturday morning with the Vergennes community. Come and sing along and lift your spirit.

After some holiday refreshments, the wonderful Addison County women’s

barbershop chorus Maiden Vermont will serenade Holiday Strollers at the Bixby from 1-1:30 p.m. Bidding on the goody-filled baskets closes at 1:45, with winners announced at 2 p.m.

After Santa leaves the Bixby he will be going to the North Pole! In this case, it is a replica North Pole at a the Vergennes Opera House from 1 p.m.3:30 p.m. Kids can get their pictures taken with Santa and a creative local artist will be providing a holiday craft for children to do while waiting. There will be a “Letters to Santa” table. The North Pole Mailbox will be there so kids can get their letters to Santa the official way.

Night falls early in December and people in Vergennes will gather to mark the coming of the darkness with celebrations in City Park from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be fire pits, s’mores, caroling and more Santa Claus with his “Light Up the Night Reindeer.”

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VERGENNES — The Holiday Stroll is only the kick off of Yuletide events in the Little City.

Everyone is invited the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes on Saturday, Dec. 8, to make a festive holiday wreath.

Between 9 and 11 a.m. in the Otter Creek Room (with is handicap-accessible), participants will learn how to make their own wreath to decorate their homes

for the upcoming holidays.

The library will provide a wreath base, assorted greenery, a ribbon, berries, cones and floral wire. Those who take part are asked to bring pruning shears or sharp scissors plus additional decorations to share.

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December activities will include food, music VERGENNES — Outside the traditional Holiday Stroll activities, Vergennes will be the site of many other happenings to get you in the spirit and ready for the holidays.

The holiday shopping season kicks into high gear with the “Magic on Main” promotion on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5-8 p.m. throughout downtown Vergennes. Magic on Main brings the best of the holiday season to light, as downtown stores will be open into the evening for your shopping pleasure. Shop up and down the Little City streets for family, friends, teachers and more.

One bit of tradition repeats this season —the “Broadway Direct” show at the Vergennes Opera House on Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Now in its 13th year, “Broadway Direct” is the brainchild of local resident and professional actor Bill Carmichael (we know him as Bill Walsh, of course). He brings together some of his professional acting/singing/dancing friends from New York and Boston.

Together they present an evening of familiar, funny, moving and exceptional Broadway tunes. Several local area high school students will also participate.

This shows is always popular and typically sells out. Visit vergennesoperahouse.org for more info.

The Vergennes Congregational Church is hosting its 3rd annual mission concert at 30 Water St. on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Come enjoy the music and raise money to help neighbors in need.

Admission by free will offering, and sponsors with a donation of $100 or more welcomed.

All funds raised go to support the local community through the food

shelf, as well as assistance with medical, heating and transportation needs. Performers will include Barry King and his folk guitar, Windsong Woodwind Quartet, Clare Innes and members of the Vermont Ukulele Society, Honey in the Hive performing Celtic and

Irish tunes, African American spirituals by Bill Ellis and Julie Coffey, and jazzy pianist Chris Wyckoff. A reception with free light refreshments follows the event.

Then, on Friday, Dec. 21, there will be a Holiday Shopper’s Evening with a wine tasting from

5-8 p.m. at Creative Space Gallery at 235 Main St. Enjoy seasonal food favorites paired with selected wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine.

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Hunting (Continued from Page 1A) Over the past four years hunters have averaged 176 deer weighed locally in muzzleloader and the second half of bow season, which runs this year from Dec. 1 to 9. Therefore a typical December season could easily send the county past 2017’s record.

The Independent will report on successful bow and muzzleloader hunters and final totals once that season concludes.

Rifle season prospects looked uncertain after rifle hunters took 175 deer locally during rifle season’s opening weekend, when often close to 40 percent of the final season total is reached. But over the next 14 days they brought another 396 deer to be weighed locally.

Miserable weather on the opening Saturday of Nov. 10 might have depressed the first weekend’s total.

And some believe cooperative weather might have boosted the late numbers, particularly last week’s snowstorm.

“The snow helped,” said West Addison General Store owner

Scott Petrin.

Weigh station operators uniformly talked about the quality and size of the bucks they weighed over the course of the season.

“Oh, my god,” said Buxton’s Store owner Andy Buxton. “Everything was beautiful.”

A dozen bucks weighing more than 200 pounds were shot during rifle season, none bigger than the one Scott Hawkins took down on his Ferrisburgh property on opening day, a 236-pound, 8-pointer weighed at Rack ’N Reel in New Haven. Five more 200-pounders were taken on open weekend.

Since then Rack ’N Reel handled three more big bucks: a 213-pound, 8-pointer Christopher Fortin shot in Charlotte; a 207-pound, 9-point buck killed by Thomas Kenyon in Monkton; and Brian Lafleche’s 203-pound, 8-pointer that he brought down in Addison.

Also, Lincoln General Store weighed a 206-pound, 8-pointer that Larry Ducharme bagged in Huntington, and Buxton’s weighed

SARA ROSCOE TOOK down this 178-pound, 6-point buck in Lincoln and brought it to the Lincoln General Store to be weighed. Roscoe was one of 571 hunters who took a deer to a county weigh station during another successful rifle season, the second-best locally since 2005.

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both a 206-pound, 8-pointer that Jesse Wilburn took in Orwell, and a 205-pound, 8-pointer that Stephen Blodgett brought down in Shoreham.

For a combination of pounds and points, it would be hard to argue against the 193-pound, 10-pointer that Jack Gracie brought to Lincoln General Store after shooting it in Fayston.

The following hunters weighed deer at one of the county reporting stations (including the ones mentioned plus Vermont Field Sports in Middlebury, C&S Shooting Sports in East Middlebury, and Green Mountain Trail’s End in Bristol) in the final 14 days of rifle season. Included are the towns of kill, plus deer pounds and antler points.

WEST ADDISON GENERAL STORE Jeremy Dodds, Addison, 119 pounds-5 points; Kenneth Nolan, Panton, 125-4; Christopher Mulliss, Addison, 161-5; Nathan Fleming, Addison, 165-7; Kelly Barrows, Addison, 173-10; Christopher Thompson, Cornwall, 175-7; Andrew Warren, Bridport, 142-5; Jacob Hanlon, Monkton, 177-4; Mitchell Gallison, Shoreham, 135-3; Dylan Preston, Panton, 120-5; Klancy Dunbar, Addison, 175-3; Laura Henault-Ratelle, Ferrisburgh, 119-3; Craig Ringer, Addison, 125-5; Peter Bodette, Goshen, 145-8; and Jeremy Markwell, Weybridge, 185-8.

LINCOLN GENERAL STORE Daniel Shepard, Lincoln, 139-5; Larry Ducharme, Huntington, 206-8; Robert Cote, Huntington, 167-6; Jack Gracie, Fayston, 193-10; Matt Brown, Lincoln, 133-4; Austin Lafayette, Lincoln, 170-8; Adam Thomas, Lincoln, 140-4; Erik Mayer, Starksboro, 194-9; Edward Campbell, Starksboro, 110-3; Jason Booska, Bristol, 178-7; Richard Antone, Williston, 140-5; Ross Brooker, Shelburne, 123-4; Danny Grace, Bristol, 183-8; and Brett Sargent, Lincoln, 145-6.

Also, Sara Roscoe, Lincoln, 178-6; Ray Martin, Ripton, 118-4; Benjamin Shepard, Lincoln, 155-4; Adam Crary, Ripton, 152-7; Colby Trudeau, Lincoln, 135-6; Matthew Blair, Huntington, 134-6; Gregory Harriman, Huntington, 131-4; Grant Lewis, Huntington, 141-7; David Lowell, Huntington, 163-6; Alan Kamman, Lincoln, 1718; Justin Malzac, Lincoln, 115-3; Justin Huizenga, Monkton, 146-7; Bradley Palmer, Lincoln, 146-4; Jacob Lathrop, Bristol, 129-6; and Jason Charest, Monkton, 137-7.

Also, Caleb Brewer, Hinesburg, 121-4; James Donegan, Lincoln, 146-4; Steven Spafford, Cornwall, 137-5; Steven Lever, Huntington, 102-4; Ty Combs, Lincoln, 114-4; Adam Whitcomb, Starksboro, 163-8; Michael Donnelly, Lincoln, 110-4; Robert Bingham, Lincoln, 165-8; Brett Combs, Lincoln, 113-8; Mark Cousino, Lincoln, 136-6; Nelson O’Bryan, Lincoln, 148-6; Jason Barnard, Starksboro, 139-5; Robert Jimmo, Lincoln, 162-7; James Ferland, Lincoln, 115-3; Thomas Kilbourn, Ferrisburgh, 154-7; and

ADAM CRARY AND his son Clark are both happy about the 152-pound, 7-point buck that the elder Crary bagged in Ripton and took to the Lincoln General Store to be weighed.

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Orwell, 156-8; Will Telgen, Orwell, Stanley Sargent, Lincoln, 137-4.

155-8; Frederick Russell, Orwell, 155BUXTON’S STORE Jesse Wilbur, Orwell, 206-7; Stephen 3; Kyle Birchmore, Shoreham, 155-3; Blodgett, Shoreham, 205-8; Michael Daniel Desforges, Orwell, 154-8; John Dame, Shoreham, 195-7; Eric Russell, Williams, Sudbury, 153-7; and Louis Orwell, 195-8; Sean O’Brien, Orwell, Lee, Orwell, 150-6.

Also, Tyler Wilson, Orwell, 150-6; 192-8; Tony Quenneville, Whiting, 190-4; Steve Myrick, Bridport, 189-6; Marlana Pickel, West Haven, 150Leslie Myers, Hubbardton, 188-8; 5; Michael Hughes, Fair Haven, Robert Ketcham, Whiting, 186-7; 150-8; Eric Hall, Orwell, 149-8; Kyra Roberts, Shoreham, 185-7; Timothy Smith, Orwell, 148-7; Jason William Hart, Ripton, 183-9; Taylor Whittemore, Waltham, 148-8; Eric Ramey, Castleton, 147-8; Gary Patterson, Shoreham, 182-8; and Arnold, West Haven, 146-4; George Whittemore, Bridport, Paul Parent, Orwell, 145-5; 180-7.

John Gosselin, Shoreham, 145Also, Tracie Quesnel, 3; Aubrey Ramey, Castleton, Orwell, 180-6; Chris Groman, 144-4; and Mark Reginbald, Bridport, 179-4; Shawn Orwell, 144-5.

Cook, Castleton, 176-4; In the Brandon area Also, Steven Brileya, Joe Warren, Shoreham, hunters reported 204 Shoreham, 144-3; Jesse 176-9; Edward Bell, deer kills during rifle Booska, Orwell, 141Orwell, 175-6; William season. Read their 6; Dennis Rheaume, Lang, Cornwall, 174-6; Kenneth Leng, Castleton, names with this story on Rupert, 140-7; Tyler 173-8; Cassandra Fyles, addisonindependent.com Barber, Shoreham, 140-6; and in the Nov. 28 Armand Gevry, West Shoreham, 171-6; George Brandon Reporter.

Haven, 140-4; Timothy Madison, Shoreham, Williams, Sudbury, 170-8; Darren Ouellette, Shoreham, 168-6; Robert Doane, 138-7; Glen Hayward, Castleton, Shoreham, 168-5; and Brent Perkins, 138-7; Steve Hotte, Shoreham, 138-8; Shaun Tomasi, Benson, 138-4; Kaleb Addison, 168-7.

Also, Crane Fletcher, Sudbury, Radford, Whiting, 137-5; Matthew 168-8; Ronald Swenor, Orwell, 166-5; Miller, Hubbardton, 136-8; and Jeffery Hornbeck, Whiting, 166-8; Timothy Bushey, Hubbardton, 136-6.

Also, James Vladyka, Bridport, 135Troy Audet, Bridport, 166-8; Barry Delphia, Leicester, 165-8; Allison 4; John Reed, Castleton, 135-4; Edson Straley, Orwell, 165-4; Walter Hadvab, Lanpher, Shoreham, 135-4; Peter Orr, Orwell, 162-3; Rodney Bourdeau, Hubbardton, 135-7; William Bishop, Salisbury, 162-8; Jacob Kemp, Shoreham, 135-8; Jason D’Avignon, Orwell, 161-8; James Gill, Cornwall, Orwell, 134-6; James Hanson, Orwell, 160-8; Ronald Kerr, Addison, 160-6; 134-5; Robert Almeida, Orwell, Raymond Mitchell, Orwell, 160-8; 134-4; Gene Fairbrother, Shoreham, 134-6; Bryan Young, Orwell, 134-4; and Paul Metcalf, Benson, 160-6.

Also, Devin Lowell, Orwell, 159- Christopher Davis, Orwell, 133-6; and 6; Clinton Snyder, Orwell, 159-6; Shirley Vladyka, Benson, 132-5.

Also, Tristan Stearns, Shoreham, Eric Laroche, Orwell, 157-8; Gabe Laberge, Shoreham, 157-7; Stephen 131-3; Evelyn Palmer, Orwell, 131Pope, Bridport, 156-4; Curtis Castle, 14; Timothy Steady, Shoreham, 130-4; Shoreham, 156-3; Randy Ryan, John Lynch, Castleton, 130-5; Bruce Payne, Cornwall, 129-4; James Payne, Weybridge, 127-5; Paul Metzger, Ripton, 126-8; Wyatt Stearns, Shoreham, 125-4; Lawrence Bishop, Orwell, 125-6; Jeremy Audet, Orwell, 125-4; Wyatt Traverse, Bridport, 1226; and Travis Whittemore, Bridport, 121-5.

Also, Timothy Langlois, Clarendon, 121-5; Hannah Williams, Whiting, 118-5; Stephen Blaise, Rutland, 1154; David Hanson, Shoreham, 115-3; Stephen Pratt, Cornwall, 114-3; Bret Williams, Whiting, 112-4; Jeffrey Williams, Cornwall, 112-4; Shane Wood, Orwell, 110-4; and Kurt Miller,

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VERMONT FIELD SPORTS Joseph Dragon, Ripton, 188-8; Mason Jackman, Ferrisburgh, 186-7; Rowan Nelson, Weybridge, 179-8; Jonathan Hescock, Shoreham, 179-6; James Gorton, Middlebury, 175-7; Philip Joyce, Cornwall, 175-10; Carter Leggett, Bridport, 174-7; Logan Swinton, Middlebury, 171-6; Steven Giard, Benson, 170-5; Michael Clark, Cornwall, 166-6; Eric Fifield, Cornwall, 165-5; Wayne Rainey, Salisbury, 164-8; and Tyler Malloy, Middlebury, 163-3.

Also, Kirk Ringey, Cornwall, 1628; Harley Grice, Middlebury, 161-6; Steven Ouellette, Bridport, 160-8; River Payne, Cornwall, 159-5; David Doria, Ripton, 159-4; James Webb, Goshen, 157-8; Ronald DeVoid, Middlebury, 157-8; William Ringey, Cornwall, 157-6; Michael Betourney, Bridport, 157-5; Andrew Malzac, Middlebury, 156-7; Donald Keeler, Middlebury, 154-5; Shawn Gero, Cornwall, 153-6; and Russell Bishop, Shoreham, 152-4.

Also, Gregory McKenney, Middlebury 150-5; Mort Pierpont, Salisbury, 150-7; Gene Torrey, Salisbury, 147-4; Richard Terk, Ripton, 147-7; Gary Perkins, Hancock, 147-7; Mark Lee, Brandon, 146-4; Morgan Dragon, Ripton, 145-4; James Giard, Benson, 145-8; Levi Hubbell, New Haven, 145-5; Ryan Breen, Brandon, 144-10; Johnathan Thresher, Salisbury, 144-5; 144-5; and Darcy Trudeau, Brandon, 143-6.

Also, Robert Cole, Leicester, 1436; Alvin Rivait, Ferrisburgh, 142-6; Israel Dwire, Ferrisburgh, 142-6; Ian Ploof, Middlebury, 140-4; Carlisle Doria, Ripton, 140-8; Tyler James, Weybridge, 140-4; Nicholas Madison, Shoreham, 138-3; Ronnie Gero, Cornwall, 137-5; Scott Whitman, Ripton, 137-6; Lawrence Kaufmann, Shoreham, 135-6; Ralph Dragon, Ripton, 135-6; and Andrew Pratt, Whiting, 135-4.

Also, Riley Brown, Salisbury, 135-5; Daniel Cram, Lincoln, 134-5; Maverick Payne, Bridport, 133-4; Caleb Goodrich, Ripton, 133-5; Matthew Brush, Pawlet, 131-4; Andrew Filion, Salisbury, 130-8; James Jackson, Ripton, 130-4; Jason Betourney, Bridport, 125-5; Andrew Recupero, Salisbury, 125-7; Penny Curler, Middlebury, 120-3; Thomas Fitzpatrick, Cornwall, 120-5; and Mark Humiston, Brandon, 120-3.

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(Continued from Page 12A) Also, Marc Swenor, Goshen, 1184; Nicholas O’Keefe, Middlebury, 115-4; Todd Seguin, Weybridge, 115-4; Edgar Butterfield, Middlebury, 115-4; Kimberlee Gero, Bridport, 115-6; Kelly Torrey, Salisbury, 11-4; Henry Babcock, Salisbury, 110-4; Aaron Larocque, Middlebury, 107-4; William Alexander, Cornwall, 1073; Aaron Trombley, Ripton, 105-5; Colin Foster, Bridport, 105-4; Tyler Pockette, Salisbury, 102-4; Adin Girard, Bridport, 100-4; Nicholas Desjadon, Salisbury, 97-6; and Nathan Warren, Bridport, 96-5.

RACK ’N REEL Raymond Therrien, Charlotte, 1928; Donald Isabelle, West Rutland, 175-8; Corey Rougier, Monkton, 133-4; Brad Bassett, New Haven, 119-3; Bryan Curtis, Hinesburg, 100-3; Jerad Gorton, New Haven, 159-7; Kathryn Kayhart, New Haven, 153-6; Thomas Kenyon, Monkton, 207-9; Amos Higbee, Monkton, 146-9; Chris Burritt, Monkton, 159-7; Andrew Lafleur, 148-8; and Mason Livingston, New Haven, 187-8.

Also, Terry Hier, Weybridge, 129-5; Eric Bingham, Middlebury, 137-8; Aaron Collette, Shoreham, 167-3; Jeffrey Galipeau, Weybridge, 110-3; Kyle Charron, Ferrisburgh, 117-3; Charles Dwy, Hubbardton, 143-10; Jeff Lathrop, Bristol, 128-5; Adam Lafountain, Starksboro, 158-6; Brian Heffernan, Starksboro, 158-9; Michael Preston, Panton, 185-7; and Kurt Mishke, Ferrisburgh, 116-5.

Also, Danielle Norris, New Haven, 119-5; Larry Gebo, Ferrisburgh, 138-4; Jim Demilt, Lincoln, 157-5; Steve Correia, New Haven, 144-4; Gary Norris, Bridport, 178-8; Peter Pizzagalli, Huntington, 193-6; Casey Huizenga, Monkton, 117-5; Jared Litch, New Haven, 112-3; John Palmer, New Haven, 147-6; Pierre Collette, Waltham, 156-6; Eric Dalley, New Haven, 122-3; and Randy Boise, New Haven, 122-3.

Also, Michael Forbes, Middlebury, 106-4; Ashlie Bodington, Addison, 99-6; Mark Laberge, Charlotte, 1435; Miles Shorey, Ripton, 133-6; Philip Cyr, Bridport, 142-5; Ray Highter, Middlebury, 137-4; Tyler Flynn, Waltham, 129-4; Brian Latulippe, 186-9; Donald Sisters, Ferrisburgh, 130-6; Lance Perlee, New Haven, 159-8; Keith Betourney, Bridport, 180-8; Jacob Trombley, Ferrisburgh, 120-4; and Sterling Pelsue, Chester, 117-5.

Also, Stephen Aruzza, Huntington, 103-4; Christian Day, New Haven, 117-3; Duncan Chisholm, Hinesburg, 198-8; Shawn Roscoe, Bristol, 148-4; Devon Campbell, Panton, 137-3; Evan Fleming, Ferrisburgh, 157-9; Howard Hunter, Monkton, 117-4; Jonathan Audy, New Haven, 155-6; Mike Burnor, Hinesburg, 133-4; Keegan Carter, Starksboro, 153-7; Josh Rotax, Monkton, 150-8; and Patrick Flynn, Huntington, 127-8.

(Continued from Page 1A) the Bevere column.

Wygmans was grateful for the results and the opportunity to continue in a job he said he enjoys and believes he’s performed at a high level.

He also gave kudos to Bevere.

“I want to congratulate Peter on a well-run campaign,” Wygmans, a South Burlington Democrat, said of his competitor. “I really appreciate the effort he put in.”

With a new four-year mandate, Wygmans will be able to press forward confidently as the county’s lead prosecutor. He must also fill three looming vacancies on his staff; two deputy state’s attorneys and a victims’ advocate are moving on to new jobs. The two deputies — Chris Perkett and Rebecca Otey — are launching their own law firm in Bristol.

Wygmans, during a brief phone interview Wednesday morning, said he’s trying to improve compensation and benefits for both the victims’ advocate job (filled most recently

by Jennifer Ricard) and the deputy prosecutor job (held by Otey). By so doing, Wygmans believes both jobs will draw more applicants. He hopes to have all three positions filled by early next year.

In the meantime, Wygmans knows he’ll have to work longer hours to pick up the slack. And he’ll reach out to other state’s attorneys and the attorney general’s office if he needs temporary prosecutors to help out until his office is fully staffed.

Bevere will continue his job as chief deputy prosecutor for Rutland County. The Middlebury resident had seen the Addison County state’s attorney job as an opportunity to use his law skills to help his community.

JACK GRACIE SHOT one of the nicest deer weighed in Addison County during November’s rifle season, this 193-pound, 10-point buck he killed in Fayston. Many of the 571 hunters who were successful between Nov. 10 and 25 stuffed their freezers with venison from big deer.

Photo courtesy of Lincoln General Store

Also, Shawn Frost, Bristol, 1566; Tylar St. Hilaire, Bristol, 156-6; Peter Norris, New Haven, 159-2; Brent Newton, Waltham, 156-5; Daryl Tribou, Addison, 156-5; Mark Livingston, New Haven, 129-5; Bruce Putnam, Panton, 160-6; Lucius Cousino, Bristol, 136-8; Ethan Hallock, Salisbury, 143-4; Jason Gebo, Ripton, 122-4; Nick Jennings, Starksboro, 167-7; Tyler Vincellette, Monkton, 158-8; and Albert LaRose, Monkton, 163-6.

Also, Goia DiMaggio, New Haven, 170-8; Jamie Smith, Cornwall, 152-7; Jeff Palmer, Starksboro, 127-3; Bruce Martell, Ferrisburgh, 144-8; Andrew Raymond, Ferrisburgh, 151-6; Andy Mansfield, Charlotte, 169-4; Craig Newton, Waltham, 191-8; Liam Casey, Hinesburg, 174-7; Douglas Kendall, Huntington, 125-8; Joshua Hurlburt, Monkton, 169-4; Brett Wood, New Haven, 150-7; and Michael Hinsdale, Charlotte, 144-6.

Also, Scott Stearns, Ferrisburgh, 140-7; Robert Whalen, Ferrisburgh, 154-7; Dean Ouellette, Orwell, 116-4; Geoffrey Ouellette, Bristol, 177-8; Cary Tracy, Monkton, 1725; Brian Lafleche, Addison, 203-8; Lucas Smith, New Haven, 144-3; Kathryn Newton, Waltham, 129-4; Matthew Funk, Cornwall, 148-5; Alphonse Gilbert, Charlotte, 150-8; Ryan Cornellier, Ferrisburgh, 1274; and Daniel Barrows, Ferrisburgh, 109-4.

Also, Daniel Stein, Ferrisburgh, 11-3; Christopher Fortin, Charlotte, 213-8; Terry Lee, Charlotte, 127-6; Angela Heath, Ferrisburgh, 124-4; Deanna Whalen, New Haven, 135-4; George Torrey, Ferrisburgh, 149-4; Andy Gendreau, Monkton, 161-6; Rogan Jackman, Charlotte, 177-8; Patrick Murphy, Waltham, 178-6; Dylan Stearns, Ferrisburgh, 1258; Eugene Aube, 192-8; Michael Dragon, Middlebury, 100-4; and Alan Whittemore, Ferrisburgh, 129-5.

GREEN MT. TRAILS END Dave Livingston, Monkton, 169-8; Gary Briggs, New Haven, 135-4; Richard Mason, Starksboro, 135-7; Brent Francis, Hinesburg, 138-4; Jeremy Jennings, New Haven, 112-3; John Fleury, Lincoln, 125-8; Craig Shepard, Starksboro, 121-3; Matt Myers, Bristol, 128-6; Blake Bowen, Starksboro, 138-6; Tucker Davis, Bristol, 171-8; Miles Russell, Hinesburg, 161-4; Derek Whitcomb, Bristol, 113-3; and Edward Lafayette, Lincoln, 113-3.

Also, Frederick Wells, Jericho, 1845; Andre Rheaume, New Haven, 99-5; Shawn Freegard, Addison, 137-4; Kenneth LaFountain, Monkton, 1337; Kaitlyn Sorrell, Charlotte, 188-10; Kyle Bezanson, Lincoln, 174-7; Brian Lalumiere, Ferrisburgh, 150-8; Ryan Whitcomb, Bristol, 155-5; Edward Malzac, Ripton, 105-3; Stephen Butler, Middlebury, 153-5; James Martell, Bristol, 155-5; Kristine Butler, Bristol, 122-3; Louis Bennett, Starksboro, 122-4; Gerald Clark, Hubbardton, 143-4; Douglas Brown, Bristol, 157-6; and Ryan Mobbs, Hinesburg, 140-6.

Also, Daniel Nugent, Starksboro, 170-8; Leonard Desjadon, Salisbury, 125-4; Martin Landon, Weybridge, 196-7; Callahan Butler, Bristol, 146-5; Michael Sears, Bristol, 119-3; Larry Butler, New Haven, 101-3; Jeremy Lattrell, Lincoln, 137-4; Lewis Rheaume, Leicester, 147-5; Randall Williams, Huntington, 166-7; John Chamberlain, Lincoln, 142-7; Kyle Dacres, Bristol, 123-6; Charles Johnson, Starksboro, 129-9; and Casey Babcock, Hinesburg, 174-8.

C&S HUNTING SUPPLIES Travis Grant, Middlebury, 130-4; Justin Sequin, Weybridge, 126-5; Travis White, Middlebury, 116-4; Gabe Cameron, Goshen, 124-7; Marilyn Larocque, Goshen, 1779; Blake Webb, Lincoln, 123-4; James Warner, Ripton, 135-4; and Christopher Griggs, Brandon, 150-8.

While he said he’s “not getting rid of my (campaign) signs just yet” for a possible 2022 run for the job, he said he’s satisfied with the recount results and congratulated Wygmans on his win.

“While we were hopeful that the recount would go our way, we are far from disappointed,” Bevere said.

“As I indicated after the election, I felt we ran a good campaign against an incumbent Democrat.

I’m very appreciative of the efforts of (Addison County Clerk) Kelly Munger and the recount committee and want to thank everyone who dedicated the past two days to ensure the accuracy of the process.”

It was indeed a laborious process.

The recount committee was made up of six appointees from both Wygmans and Bevere. Under the watchful eyes of Munger and Vermont elections chief Will Senning, the committee inspected and re-inspected each ballot, in stacks of 50.

Ballots that were properly filled out by voters were sent through to an automatic tabulating machine.

Any ballots in which the voter’s intent could potentially be in doubt — such cases where an oval wasn’t fully inked — were separated out and individually interpreted as best

as possible by committee members.

Wygmans and Bevere designees had to jointly agree on the status of questionable ballots, and ultimately found just 10 that they determined needed a judge’s interpretation. The committee found 10 to 20 percent of the total ballots hadn’t been properly filled out due to incompletely inked ovals or other issues, according to Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, one of Wygmans’ recount panelists.

For example, some voters put a checkmark next to their candidate of choice, Bray said during a break in Monday’s recount. Another person had mistakenly filled in both ovals, crossed one out after realizing their mistake, then drew an arrow to their preferred candidate with the words “This one.”

Bray marveled at the noncontentious nature of the recount process he witnessed, calling it “a perfect example of regular democratic, civil, down-to-earth work.”

“I haven’t seen a shred of anything other than people being pleasant, simple, and agreeing with what they’re seeing,” Bray said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Election spending (Continued from Page 1A) State Senate Middlebury Democrat Ruth Hardy raised a total of $35,450, of which she spent $27,913. She reported $20,767 of her campaign contributions came in increments of $100 or more, with the rest coming in smaller donations.

Hardy, in her first bid for state Senate, raised substantially more than any other Addison County candidate who competed for office on Nov. 6.

And it paid off. Hardy was the top vote getter in her race, garnering 9,040 tallies. She ended up spending around $2.29 per vote.

Finishing second in the race with 8,898 tallies— and second in total campaign fundraising — was threeterm incumbent Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven.

Bray, chairman of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee, reported campaign contributions totaling $26,777, of which he spent $22,007.

He reported that $21,756 of his yield came in donations of $100 or more.

Like Hardy and other local Democrats involved in contested races for the Statehouse, Bray received good support from the Addison County Democratic Party Committee. He reported a combined total of $3,543 in assistance (both in-kind and direct financial) from the county Democrats.

Cost per vote to the Bray campaign: $2.47.

Addison Republican Peter Briggs finished third in the state Senate race, with 5,290 votes, and reported total campaign contributions of $8,267 as

of Nov. 2, according to the Vermont Secretary of State’s website. Briggs reported election expenditures of $5,007, meaning he can carry over approximately $3,000 to the next election cycle should he run for a legislative post in 2020.

Briggs reported $6,907 of his fundraising total came in increments of $100 or more.

He spent $1.56 per vote.

Bridport independent Marie Audet finished fourth in the race with 5,169 tallies in what was her first run for office. She reported raising a total of $23,999, of which she spent $20,999.

Audet reported raising $21,397 of her total in increments of $100 or more.

The cost per vote for the Audet campaign: $4.06.

New Haven independent Paul Ralston, CEO of Vermont Coffee Company, garnered 3,100 tallies on Election Day and reported $23,859 in campaign contributions as of Nov. 20. He spent $20,979 during the race, translating to $6.76 per vote.

Ralston loaned a total of $9,900 to his own campaign, according to campaign finance records.

As independents, neither Ralston nor Audet could lean on major party backing for financing or campaign organizing.

Ralston reported $22,547 of his campaign contributions came in increments of $100 or more.

New Haven Libertarian Archie Flower, who rounded out the Senate field with 583 votes, didn’t have any campaign finance records on file with the secretary of state’s office as the Independent went to press on

Wednesday.

Addison-3 HOUSE Competitors for the two seats representing the Addison-3 district of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham raised a combined total of $30,339. Results in the three-person race demonstrated that raising the most money doesn’t always translate into electoral success.

Incumbent Rep. Warren Van Wyck of Ferrisburgh raised $13,350 and spent $11,577 — the most of the three candidates — but finished last in polling with 1,763 tallies. He ended up spending $6.56 per vote.

First-time candidate and top vote getter Matt Birong of Vergennes raised $12,093, of which he spent $9,755. He received 2,201 votes on Nov. 6 and thus ended up spending $4.43 per tally.

Longtime incumbent Rep. Diane Lanpher raised $4,896 in her successful re-election effort, and ended up spending $4,450. The Vergennes Democrat received 2,122 votes on Election Day. Her cost per vote: $2.09.

All three candidates received the vast majority of their contributions in amounts of $100 of more.

Addison-4, HOUSE The four candidates vying for the two seats representing Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro raised a combined total of $34,962.

Lincoln Democrat Mari Cordes raised a total of $12,498 in her successful run, of which she spent $11,418. She earned 2,077 votes on Nov. 6, and thus ended up spending $5.49 per tally.

Cordes raised $5,843 (around 45 percent) of her total through contributions or less than $100, which gave her a larger proportion of small donations than any Addison County candidate in the November election.

Starksboro Democrat Caleb Elder was the top Addison-4 vote getter (2,278 tallies) on Nov. 6, raising $9,375 in his effort. He spent $7,831 in the race, translating to $3.43 per vote.

Elder raised $8,232 of his total from contributions of $100 or more.

Incumbent Rep. Fred Baser, R-Bristol, finished a close third with 2,018 votes, raised $4,914 and spend $4,503. That amounted to $2.13 per tally. He raised $3,150 of his donations in sums of $100 or more and contributed $500 to his own campaign.

Monkton Republican Valerie Mullin raised $8,175 and spent $7,936 in the contest in which she placed fourth, with 1,466 tallies.

That translated to $5.41 per vote. She received $7,390 in donations of $100 or more.

Addison-Rutland-1 Incumbent Rep. Terry Norris, I-Shoreham, received the most votes but spent the least in the two-person race to represent the AddisonRutland-1 House district that includes Benson, Orwell, Shoreham and Whiting.

Norris raised $1,374 and spent $1,774 in a race that saw him defeat Shoreham Democrat Barbara Wilson, 1,009 to 735. Norris and his family funded $1,074 of his campaign total.

He ended up spending $1.75 per vote he received on Election Day.

Wilson, making her first bid for a House seat, raised $6,077 and spent $4,408. Each vote ended up costing her campaign $5.99.

Wilson and her family ended up financing her campaign to the tune of $1,125, and $4,442 of her total came in increments of $100 or more.

ADDISON COUNTY SHERIFF Middlebury Democrat Peter Newton was the top vote getter and spender in his first race for county sheriff. He raised $14,694 and spent $15,356 in his race against Bristol independent Kevin Gibbs.

Newton, who will succeed Sheriff Don Keeler, prevailed over Gibbs by a 10,795 to 5,166 tally on Election Day. He ended up spending 70 cents per vote. He raised $14,264 in increments of $100 or more.

Gibbs’ most recent (Nov. 2) fundraising information shows expenditures of $5,920, with much of that his own money. He ended up spending $1.14 per vote.

STATE’S ATTORNEY The fundraising margin was much larger than the vote difference in the race for Addison County State’s Attorney, which required a recount that concluded on Tuesday evening (see related story on Page 1A). On Wednesday a judge was exepcted to formally certitfy the recount of votes cast in the race between incumbent county Prosecutor Dennis Wygmans and independent challenger Peter Bevere of Middlebury. The pair had been separated by only 10 votes (7,803 Wygmans to 7,793 Bevere) following an initial count on Election Day. Bevere, the chief deputy state’s attorney in Rutland

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Bevere raised a total of $8,335 in his first-ever bid for state’s attorney, and spent $8,266. Records show $7,175 of his donations came in amounts of $100 or more.

He ended up spending $1.06 per vote.

Wygmans, making his first election defense, reported contributions totaling $2,950 and expenditures amounting to $3,075.

So he ended up spending 39 cents per tally.

All of Wygmans’ contributions came in amounts of $100 more.

He was candid on Tuesday in expressing his concern about the increasing amounts of money being spent on elections at all levels of state and federal government.

“I think we should be spending less on campaigns, not more,” said Wygmans, who had hoped to limit his fundraising to $2,000.

“I did not actively pursue contributions and was trying to keep (funding) as low as possible,” he added.

But Wygmans felt he needed to respond to Bevere’s active campaign that built momentum right up to Election Day. ASSISTANT JUDGE New Haven Republican Doug Tolles and Middlebury Democrat Jacqueline McLean raised $1,725 and $676, respectively, in the four-way race for two assistant judge positions. McLean and fellow Democrat Patricia Ross were elected; Tolles and fellow Republican (and incumbent) Alice George didn’t make the cut.

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MATT DICKERSON

Eulogy to a nature lover I don’t write many words about

the outdoors or nature that do not, at some point, reflect the life, love and influence of my mother, Clara May Riddle Dickerson.

This past August, my mother passed away. She had been battling cancer for 12 years. Even though her mind remained sharp, over her final year and half her body had grown increasingly frail. In some ways, therefore, her death did not come as a surprise. In other ways, death is always a surprise, always a shock. When she died, I knew that at some point I’d need to write a column about her, and her influence on my life, and in particular her influence on me as an outdoor writer.

My mother was not a wilderness person. She didn’t hunt or fish, though she did come from a family passionate about both. Her father was an avid hunter. Through the Depression and Second World War, he fed his family not only working a variety of jobs — from short-order cook to coal miner to rural pastor — but also through what he could harvest with his rifle in the local corn fields. My grandfather died when I was only 15, so I never got to hunt with him.

However, some of my earlier fishing experiences are chasing rock bass, perch and crappies in the quarries of southern Indiana with my mother’s Uncle Bill.

None of that took with my mother. I’ve had a number of memorable wilderness camping experiences with my father. I can’t remember ever fishing with my mother, and I know I never hunted with her. She loved the beauty of wilderness, but didn’t especially want to sleep in a tent or carry a backpack. When our family traveled down the Canadian Rockies one year, stopping for visits to Jasper, Banff and Yellowstone Nationals Park, “roughing it” meant renting a rustic cabin instead of a hotel.

And yet her fingerprint is still all over my outdoor writing.

Among other things, my mother always loved wildlife. She took great joy when a fox would wander into the backyard of our rural home.

She enjoyed watching birds at the feeder and listened to recordings of bird songs. There was usually a bird identification guide sitting on the windowsill of our home in the woods, and she’d sometimes tell us interesting facts about the birds that visited us. She got angry when my (See Dickerson, Page 3B)

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By ANGELO LYNN KILLINGTON — This past Sunday, Abi Jewett, an 18-yearold Vermonter from Ripton, stood right next to Mikaela Shiffrin on the winners’ stage at the Killington World Cup. For the third year in a row, Killington Resort hosted the third of 22 international stops in skiing’s most elite competition and put on two races last weekend: a giant slalom on Saturday and a slalom race on Sunday.

For Shiffrin, 23, it marked her 45th slalom World Cup win, putting her within two wins of the all-time women’s slalom record and earning her $45,000. For Jewett, 18, it was her first World Cup race and her first major race with the U.S. Ski Team, a team she was named to just this past month.

In the grandstands, more than 14,000 people were cheering. The band Guster, led by Burlington local Ryan Miller, played from a stage in a festival-style tent village set up on snow. Flags waved, recognizing

RIPTON NATIVE Abi Jewett speeds down Killingtons giant slalom course on the Superstar trail in her first World Cup race this past Saturday.

Photo by Alex Klein

the ski racers who came from 18 countries, including New Zealand and Japan.

As NBC announcer Doug Lewis interviewed Mikaela, her mother, Ellen Shiffrin rounded up Jewett

and the rest of the American team to come stand with Shiffrin on stage for (See World Cup, Page 3B)

Women’s hockey showing early promise

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s hockey team fell at home to Adrian, 4-1, in Sunday’s final of the annual Panther-Cardinal Classic, which Middlebury and Plattsburgh take turns hosting, but Panther Coach Bill Mandigo was not too upset to see his team come up short.

For one thing, his 2-1-1 Panthers feature six freshmen in fulltime roles and entered the tournament with just two games under its belt. Meanwhile the other teams had much more ice time this season already: Elmira and Plattsburgh were each 5-0, while Adrian improved to 9-1 with its weekend wins over Plattsburgh and Middlebury.

And the Panthers rallied to tie Elmira on Saturday, 1-1, and then won in a shootout to reach the Sunday’s final. Like Middlebury,

ANNA ZUMWINKLE, A junior defender, rips a shot during Sunday’s championship game. Zumwinkle scored the Panthers’ goal in their 4-1 setback to Adrian in the final.

Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy

Elmira found the going tough on Sunday after extra time on Saturday, falling to Plattsburgh by 4-1 in the consolation match.

After the tournament Adrian moved up to No. 1 in NCAA Division III, Plattsburgh stood at No. 2, Elmira at No. 3, and Middlebury,

which will play two at Connecticut this weekend, dropped from No. 4 to No. 6.

Regardless, Mandigo was happy with his team’s effort level both days, even if that effort paid off better on Saturday.

“I think they played hard. I think we were tired. I think it took so much out of us yesterday,” he said after Sunday’s setback. “They played great yesterday. It was fast, so much up and down yesterday. I think we used a lot of energy.”

Mandigo said the tough annual tournament so early in the year is valuable for the Panthers to understand the level of play they need to achieve and what they have to work on, especially in a year when the team is playing just two seniors and four juniors and is relying on so many young players.

“We’re really, really young.

(See Hockey, Page 2B)

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MIDDLEBURY FORWARD ERIC McCord battles under the basket during the Panthers’ 101-96 win over Endicott at Pepin Gym on Sunday. McCord grabbed 13 rebounds and scored seven points.

Photo by Steve James

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s basketball team won three recent games, two at home before picking up a road victory on Tuesday. The 4-0 Panthers were ranked No. 12 in the most recent NCAA Division III poll and were set to visit New England College on Thursday night before hosting Keene State on Saturday at 4 p.m.

On Nov. 20 five Panthers reached double figures in an 83-37 win over Northern Vermont University-Johnson. The Panthers led by 44-20 at the break, and a 22-0 run pushed the lead to a game-high 49 at 76-27.

Joey Leighton led Middlebury with 15 points, while Alex Sobel scored 14 with 11 boards. Jack Farrell added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists; Max Bosco netted 10 with four help(See Panthers, Page 3B)

ADDISON COUNTY — Many members of the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley union high school boys’ soccer teams have earned postseason recognition, either as Division I, II or III All-State players, or from their leagues, the Lake or Marble Valley League B divisions.

Receiving D-I All-State recognition were two MUHS players, junior Eben Jackson and senior Ben Turner.

Earning D-II All-State honors were two Eagles, seniors Kai Dobek and William Wright, and two Otters, seniors Reilly Shannon and Ethan Sulik-Doty.

In D-III VUHS senior Ezekiel Palmer received All-State recognition.

Palmer was also named the Lake Division Co-Player of the Year, and Commodore Coach Kevin Hayes earned Lake Coach of the Year honors.

Joining Palmer as Lake Division First Team All-Stars were VUHS junior Jeffrey Stearns; from MUHS, Jackson, Turner and senior Tucker Moulton; and from Mount Abe, Dobek, Wright and Eric McKean.

Named to the MVL B Division First Team were Otters Shannon and Sulik-Doty.

Named to the Lake Division Second Team were two Commodores, senior Jack Halpin and sophomore Jonathan Willis; two Tigers, junior Spencer Doran and senior Ben Crawford; and three Eagles, senior Owen Maille and Weston Allred and junior Ethan Dewitt.

Named to the MVL B Division Second Team were OV seniors Clay Hays and Patrick McKeighan and sophomore Cole Letourneau.

Receiving honorable mention from the Lake Division were three Commodores, juniors Josias Salomao and Kai Williams and sophomore Gabriel Kadric; two Tigers, juniors Owen Palcsik and Devon Kearns; and two Eagles, seniors Takumi Melchior and Ethan Venman.

Panther men skate to split at tourney

NORTHFIELD — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team split a pair of games at this past weekend’s annual PrimeLink Great Northern ShootOut at Norwich, defeating Plattsburgh on Friday, 3-0, before falling to the host Cadets, 5-1, in Saturday’s title game.

The Cadets defeated Adrian in Friday’s first round, 3-2, and On Friday Adrian defeated Panther Plattsburgh, 5-2, goalie in Saturday’s Brian consolation.

Ketchabaw The 2-2 Panthers return racked up to action this 26 saves weekend with a for his pair of NESCAC first career home games, vs. shutout as Connecticut at 7 Middlebury p.m. on Friday and vs. Tufts blanked the at 4 p.m. on Cardinals.

Saturday.

On Friday Panther goalie Brian Ketchabaw racked up 26 saves for his first career shutout as Middlebury blanked the Cardinals.

In the scoreless first period Middlebury nearly scored early on, but Cardinal goalie Jimmy Poreda (24 saves) denied Danny Tighe’s wraparound and then Matt Danner’s rebound bid.

The Cardinals threatened early in the second, but Ketchabaw sprawled to save Greg Malafronte’s bid on the left post on a two-on-one, and Middlebury kill Plattsburgh power plays. The Panthers got on the scoreboard at 9:42, when Owen Powers redirected a shot from the (See Men’s hockey, Page 2B)

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Men’s hockey (Continued from Page 1B) right dot by Jimmy McKee. About five minutes later Zach Shapiro made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal. He collected a loose puck near the defensive blue line, skated up the left side, and wristed shot that snuck between Poreda’s legs.

The Cardinals pulled Poreda with 2:23 left in the third, but after Kamil Tkaczuk blocked a shot Michael Fahie took the loose puck and scored on the empty net. The Cardinals failed to score on five power plays.

On Saturday the Cadets (3-2-1) converted on four of 11 power-play chances in their 5-1 victory over the Panthers.

Middlebury took a 1-0 lead just 45 seconds in the game. Tkaczuk worked a give-and-go with Emack Bentley and netted his first of the year with a shot from the slot.

Norwich answered with a powerplay goal at 6:54, when Brett

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Ouderkirk scored on a wrister from the high slot on the rebound of a Taeron Lewis shot. At 9:26 Lewis netted another rebound to make it 2-1.

Carter Cowlthorp made it 3-1 on a 5-on-3 power play at 9:23 mark of the second period, again scoring on a rebound.

Bentley nearly made it a one-goal game 5:34 into the third period, but Cadet goaltender Adam Mercer (21 saves) denied his shot after a turnover.

Norwich added two more powerplay goals. Gabriel Chicoine scored through traffic in a 5-on-3 situation, and Noah Williams connected 1:03 later after a blocked shot.

Norwich held a 28-22 shots advantage. Middlebury, which led 19-17 in shots entering the third period, failed to score on three power plays. Ketchabaw made 23 saves. Fahie was named to the alltournament team.

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(Continued from Page 1B) We’re playing six or seven freshmen, and they’re playing major roles,” he said. “It’s a learning experience, and we’ll figure it out. I told them I’m disappointed for them, not in them.

I’d be disappointed if it was the last game of the year, not the fourth game of the year.”

ELMIRA GAME In Saturday’s game Elmira controlled the first period. Panther junior goalie Lin Han stopped 31 of the 32 shots she faced, including in the eighth minute, when she used her left pad to kick away a Morgan Mordini shot while lying on the ice.

But Han could not stop Shannon Strawinski from giving Elmira the lead 40 seconds later, when, Strawinski poked in a rebound of a Jessica Adams shot.

Play evened in the middle two periods, during both of which each team put eight shots on goal. The Panthers tied the game early in the second period on a power play, with two freshmen figuring in the damage: Eva Hendrikson made use of a Jenna Letterie screen to net her first collegiate goal, with senior Jenna Marotta and sophomore Madie Leidt getting the assists.

In the period each team had chances. Elmira goalie Stephanie Martin (21 saves) batted away sophomore Meghan Keating backhander from the slot, and Han slid to her right to stop Maddie Evangelous and then Maddy Jerolman’s rebound bid.

In the third Elmira survived a 5-on-3 Middlebury power play for 1:03 midway through the final

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period, but Adrian took charge The Bulldogs added an insurance afterward and scored three times in goal with 6:53 remaining, soon after the third, including an empty-netter, the Panthers were whistled for two to earn its 4-1 victory. many skaters on the ice. Brianna BuZumwinkle gave the Panthers the chanan, at the left post, stuffed home lead with 7:28 remaining in the first a strong centering feed from Amanda period. Leidt won a Tomasek. faceoff in the Bulldog “It’s a learning The Panthers zone to Keating, who experience, and pressed, but the set Zumwinkle up for Bulldog defense a blast from the center we’ll figure it blocked several shots, point that went high out. I told them including a Letterie into the left corner I’m disappointed bid after Middlebury through a screen. pulled Goldstein with for them, not Sophomore forward two minutes to go.

Ellie Barney created in them. I’d be That led to Hannah several chances, and disappointed if Dalrymple picking in the closing minutes it was the last up a loose puck and Leidt rang the crossbar converting an empwith a shot from the game of the ty-netter to seal the year, not the left circle. win. Goldstein made Adrian set the tone fourth game of 23 saves, and Adrian early in the second, goalie Kate Turner the year.” when Middlebury — Panther Coach stopped 16 shots. goalie Anna Goldstein Overall, Mandigo Bill Mandigo slid to her left to said he would only deny Adrian’s Taylor be concerned if his Henthorne from the doorstep. The young team failed to learn from the Bulldogs pulled even at 12:17, when weekend.

Maggie Mitter poked home a Jessica “We’re fine,” Mandigo said. “This Miller shot from the left point that hit whole year is going to be a building the left post. process. I tell them all the time it’s Adrian kept the momentum in the not how you start, it’s how you third. With 3:25 expired Goldstein finish. I’ll be disappointed if we take stopped Julia Barrett’s shot from the two steps forward and three steps left side, but the rebound bounced back. Then I’ll be disappointed.”

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MORE THAN 30,000 fans attended the two-day World Cup events held in Killington this past weekend, which represents one of the largest crowds on the women’s World Cup tour.

Photo by Alex Klein

World Cup (Continued from Page 1B) photos.

Like Jewett, the first native Vermonter to compete at the Killington World Cup, Lewis was born in Middlebury and went to the Green Mountain Valley School before joining the U.S. Ski Team. He was the bronze medalist in downhill at the 1985 World Championships in Italy.

“It’s awesome to see Abi — our first true Vermonter — competing here,” he said.

“I’m really proud of all the American women,” Shiffrin told Lewis. For the first time in many years, three Americans made the top 30 after the first run of Sunday’s slalom race, earning them a second run and a chance to earn World Cup points.

Among them was University of Vermont sophomore Paula Moltzan, who finished her first slalom run in 28th place, but then blazed through the second run with the fourth fastest time to finish 17th overall.

“I can’t believe it, I think this is a huge turning point for me,” said Moltzan, whose best finish to date was 20th at the World Championships in 2015.

After her second run, Moltzan, a biology major, jumped up and

WORLD CUP RESULTS: Saturday-Giant Slalom: 1. Federica Brignone, ITA 2. Stefanie Brunner, AUT 3. Ragnhild Mowinckel, NOR 4. Mikaela Shiffrin, USA. 5. Tessa Worley, FRA Sunday-Slalom: 1. Mikaela Shiffrin, USA 2. Petra Vhlova, SLK. 3. Frida Hansdotter, SWE 4. Bernadett Schild, AUT 5. Michelle Gisin, FRA. US finishers: 17. Paula Moltzan, USA, 23. Nina O’Brien, USA. down as she saw the results and then went to hug her UVM teammate and college buddy Laurence St. Germain. St. Germain, who skis on the Canadian national team and competed in the 2018 Olympics, finished the slalom in 14th. Another American, Nina O’Brien, a graduate of Burke Mountain Academy, earned her first World Cup points, finishing 23rd.

For Jewett, who started racing with the Middlebury Ski Club when she was 10 and graduated from Waitsfield’s Green Mountain Valley School last spring, it was like stepping from a high school play

onto a Broadway stage.

“I was really nervous going into my first run,” said Jewett, who raced in Saturday’s giant slalom race.

While the crowds loved the bright sunshine and warm weather, for Jewett, who started 61st of 66 racers, the warm weather meant that as racer after racer zoomed down the course, ruts built up on the Superstar trail.

“I just wanted to finish and ski well but this being my first World Cup, I was a little cautious,” Jewett said as she picked up her skis in the finish area. Skiing carefully, Jewett, the youngest of the finishers, raced down the steep pitches and through the 38 turning gates in just under a minute, finishing in 59.70.

Federica Brignone, the Italian who won both the first run and the overall giant slalom, sped down the 600-foot vertical drop in 54.08. Shiffrin did it in 54.38. To get a sense of how close the racing was, Shiffrin finished that first run sixth, and ended up fourth overall after her second run, behind Brignone, Austria’s Stefanie Brunner and Norway’s Ragnhild Mowickel.

“Those women are going 40 to 45 mph down that hill,” said Killian Albrecht, Shiffin’s manager, as he watched the women race.

Jewett might not have been going

that fast, but she also finished the course, which put her ahead of five other women who either crashed or missed a gate.

After the race, at a party thrown by the Kelly Brush Foundation, Jean Cherouny, Jewett’s mother, who raced at Burke Academy, said Abi was headed to Panorama, British Columbia, for another race next week.

“It’s not a World Cup so it will give her a chance to get back toward the top of the pack.” Cherouny, a Middlebury-based artist, went on to ski race at UVM. Jewett’s father, Willem, served in the Vermont House for 14 years, representing the Addison-2 district.

He’s also a competitive bike racer who has placed in the top 10 in the master’s division (over 50) for the Green Mountain Stage Race and finished second of more than 70 in the master’s division of 2017 Leadville 100, a grueling 100-mile mountain bike race in Colorado.

When asked where she gets her competitive spirit, Abi doesn’t hesitate: “From my dad — he’s always pushed me to do better, and he still beats me on a bike.”

Yes, but she can beat him — and many others now — on skis.

(Continued from Page 1B) her, my delight in nature — my dad took “measures” to eliminate sense of appreciation of the thing the pesky red squirrels from the itself without the need to own or neighborhood. And she had a spe- control it — grew and took shape. cial love for loons.

My longing to spend an afternoon At times I think my mother gliding down the trails at Rikert on was bothered that I had so much a snowy February day traces back to outdoor fun with my father, and my mom. So does my purchase of maybe she felt like I didn’t appre- a bird guide when I was at Glacier ciate her enough. But the reality is, National Park last summer. I still my time with her may have shaped like to paddle the lake looking for me even more. When turtles.

I was young, she used More importantly than My longing to take me for walks this shaping my nature in the woods around to spend an imagination, though, our house, or down our afternoon was her influence in quiet, rural, dead-end gliding down shaping my literary street. She took delight imagination, and espein trees, wild creatures, the trails at cially the place where and little flowers by Rikert on that nature imagination the road. (Until the end a snowy and literature imaginaof her life, she never February day tion came together. For lost her delight in those more than 20 years, my walks.) I remember traces back mother was a public winter days in middle to my mom. school teacher, mostly school and high school in fifth grade though at when school was canthe end of her career she celed due to a snowstorm, and we’d taught middle school. And nearly take excursions out into the woods every year, she read aloud to her on our cross-country skis, listening class the “Chronicles of Narnia” by to birds, looking for tracks in the C.S. Lewis. Not surprisingly, she snow, watching squirrels scamper introduced the books to me at home around trunks, or just enjoying the at an early age, and my imagination quiet. In the summer, she would was filled with stories of a place also head out with me for a canoe where humans lived in peace and ride around the lake in Maine where harmony with trees, mountains we had family vacations, searching and non-human creatures without for turtles or checking out the loons the need to exploit — where exon their nests, making sure no ploitation was an evil to be resisted. predator had gotten them. One of One of my earlier books exploring her favorite summer activities was environmental literature and phitaking a day hike up to a waterfall losophy was an exploration of the in a local nature preserve. Unlike environmental vision of C.S. Lewis me, however, she was also content expressed in his fiction. just to sit by a lake, river, sea coast, It is often impossible to know the or just a quiet patch of woods, and depth or nature of how our lives watch and listen — with no need to may impact, or be impacted by, be constantly doing something. others. But given a little time, we In this way, just being around do get glimpses.

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Panthers (Continued from Page 1B) ers; and Ryan Cahill scored 10.

Robert Dubose led all scorers with 16 points for the Badgers. Middlebury outrebounded the Badgers, 55-27.

The Panthers faced a tougher test at home from previously unbeaten Endicott on Sunday, but used a 20-4 second-half run to win, 101-96.

The first half saw 11 lead changes, five ties and a barrage of three-pointers. The Gulls took their biggest lead at 45-38 on a three by Keith Brown at 4:40, but the Panthers rallied to within two at the half, thanks to a Griffin Kornaker three and Sobel’s buzzer-beating layup. In the half Middlebury hit eight of 14 threes, while Endicott nailed 13 of 25.

The Gulls went on a 10-0 run to take a 73-70 lead midway through the second half. But Matt Folger sparked the Panthers’ decisive 20-4 run with 11 points, and Eric McCord capped it with a tip-in that made it 90-77 with 5:25 to go.

Folger led the way with career-best marks of 26 points and 15 rebounds.

Kornaker added a career-high of 19 points to go along with six assists.

Middlebury resident Perry DeLorenzo provided a spark off the bench in both halves and finished with a career-high

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Kyle Henderson led Endicott with 26 points to go with six rebounds, Matt McDevitt sank seven threes and scored 23 points, and Brown added 20 points and six boards. Middlebury earned advantages in rebounds (47-

32), points in the paint (48-22) and shooting percentage (57.5- 42.5).

On Tuesday the Panthers won at Morrisville State, 78-63. The Panthers took a 10-2 lead as Farrell scored seven points, and led by 43-29 at the half on late threes from Bosco and Cahill.

Middlebury stretched the lead to 20 in the second half before settling for the 15-point victory.

Bosco led Middlebury with a career-high 23 points off the bench.

Farrell scored 15 with four assists, while Sobel netted 14 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked four shots. Folger recorded 11 points and 10 rebounds, McCord finished with eight boards, and Kornaker dished out six assists. The Panther bench outscored its counterparts by 43-8.

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have learned to respect the ways and traditions different from theirs

We travel through Native lands families and friends separated long lines of cars and trucks on land and bridges close communities divided Passports to be shown sunglasses off those with a DUI cannot cross over even as passengers or ever again I heard it said

Indigenous men women and children come to participate in a pow wow a celebration a sacred circle on the other side First Nations go south Native Americans go north First Alaskans go east Northern First Nations go west

Sometimes it’s a long trek other times not Reservations and Reserves two separate lands on one border or another Veteran Elders come to participate at Eagle Staff gatherings some well into their 90’s Regalia and bundles inside the car the border patrol depending who you get know better now to not go through them Officers with good training

To participate and celebrate to give thanks for each other the earth the land and waters animals and trees stories from another time Everything done in a circle intricately sewn regalia headdresses, jingle dresses made with feathers, beads and the hide of buffalo caribou, deer, and seal Songs and traditions from long ago to say we are one in a circle with no borders — Ziibinkokwe, Turtle Clan (Patricia LeBon Herb)

Patricia LeBon Herb is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe

of Chippewa Indians (Upstate Michigan). She has resided in Middlebury for the last 25 years, is originally from Minnesota, and also lived many years in Belgium. Her father was from Antwerp, Belgium, and her Anishinaabe/ Chippewa mother was from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (The Soo). Patricia is currently working on a collection of poems and drawings about her Belgian and Native American heritage.

As I read “Borderlands” by Patricia through them.”

LeBon Herb it reminds me of a river.

These words give us a sense of what There is a sense that underneath it can be like for Indigenous people everything there is flow, or at least to visit other regions of their land “on the desire for it — for unobstructed one border/ or another.” In this case movement, not unlike how language the purpose of their travel is to attend wants to be, or how a Powwow, a sacred most people want gathering, the kind of to live. The poem event that needs freeretains this underlydom of movement in ing sense of flow, order to happen so they even as the obstruccan come together to tions in its story honor their traditions are presented: long and beliefs. As the poet lines of cars, regulawrites, they gather “to tions and restrictions participate and celeimpeding the flow of brate/ to give thanks for Indigenous people at each other/ the earth/ the a border made over land and waters/ animals two hundred years and trees.” ago. A border sepaReturning to the poem rating ancestral lands one more time, it now inhabited for much feels even more like a longer. river. A river that is, in

By Susan Jefts I am struck not some areas, the border only by the ease of itself. A river that is a the poem’s language, sacred body, a source but by the relative ease with which of material and spiritual sustenance, the speaker travels along and across recognized as such by the people who the border as compared to the diffi- live closest to it, and with it. It is interculty encountered by some residents esting to think of the fluid, naturally of the native lands who she encoun- shifting qualities of a river as compared ters. “Regalia and bundles/ inside the to the more bounded territory* associcar/ the border patrol/ depending who ated with our modern nations and their you get/ know better now/ to not go borders.

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This river-poem seems to pick up speed near the end, as it describes in detail the ornate regalia and the care with which headdresses are sewn and made, all reflective of deep reverence for and dependence upon the earth. The poem moves swiftly toward its final message, reminding us: We are one in a circle with no borders Patricia and her husband, Guntram Herb, created a website called Indigenous Borderlands and Border Rites (border-rites.org) after spending many months over the past two years living with and learning from the indigenous people who live along the U.S. Canada border, from Maine through the Midwest and into Alaska. The website includes their research, interviews and interactive maps showing where these many border communities are, what challenges they’ve faced over the centuries and still face, as well as ways they’ve been able to keep their communities thriving and growing. *The term “bounded territory” used in the column was borrowed from an article on Politico.com about border communities, which is linked to from border-rites.org.

Susan Jefts is a poet and educator living near Middlebury, whose work has been published throughout the state and country, most recently in the Vermont Anthology, Birchsong Volume II. She is currently finalizing a book of poetry and is offering workshops using poetry both indoors and out to explore our relationships to nature, and how we are informed by its energy and beauty. For more info, contact her at sjefts7@gmail.com. Her website is manyriverslifeguidance.com.

2019 Krans Award nominations open MIDDLEBURY — WomenSafe is accepting nominations for the 2019 Kimberly Krans Women Who Change the World Award. Each year, a nomination committee selects a local woman whose work or volunteer efforts in Addison County or the Town of Rochester have had positive impacts on the women and/or children in our community.

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SALISBURY — Saturday, Dec. 1, is the Annual Tree Lighting Festival.

Starting at 5 p.m. at the town park on Maple Street the huge tree will be lit as onlookers enjoy hot cocoa, caroling and the arrival of Santa. Then Maple Meadow Farm will provide wagon rides down to the town hall where Santa will read “The Night Before Christmas” and everyone can enjoy goulash, a variety of soups, cider and cookies. All are welcome to these free events.

Starting this past Tuesday, Nov. 27, the Salisbury Free Public Library will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ; a change from the former 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays will remain 9 a.m. to noon. Librarian Ruth Bernstein returns from maternity leave this week. Come welcome her back and meet Rosie, the newest member of Ruth’s family.

The Salisbury Fire Department is selling Christmas wreaths again this year for $25 each. Contact Ryan Emilio, 802-989-0880 or email ryanemilio2002@gmail.com to order these beautiful full wreaths complete with a lovely red bow and help support the department that is so essential to our town.

The town office will close on Dec. 20 for the holidays and reopen on Jan. 3.

Brandon library auction Dec. 2

BRANDON — The Friends of the Brandon Free Public Library’s Annual Holiday Auction will take place on Sunday, Dec. 2, beginning at 2 p.m. Over 50 local patrons, artists and Brandon businesses have donated wreaths, ornaments and other seasonal decorations, works of art, hand crafted wooden items, dinners for two, birdhouses, gift certificates and more.

A preview of available items will run from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. on the day of the auction. There will be music, refreshments and door prizes.

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Public Meetings

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.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

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

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

Babysitting available.

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.

Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused.

Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

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.

ARE YOU BOTHERED

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

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

Babysitting available.

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

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This wood is not to be sold.

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

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. 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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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Food Service Director/Cook 2018-2019 Addison Central School District is seeking a full-time or two part-time Food Service Director/Cook at Weybridge Elementary. The successful candidate should have experience in preparing nutritional meals, breakfast and lunch, and managing a meals program for 30-55 students.The candidate must also be organized, have strong communication, collaborative and computer skills, as well as an interest in participating in school wide health and nutrition initiatives. If you have questions, please contact Christina Johnston at 802-5452113 or cjohnston@acsdvt.org.

Apply by submitting a letter of interest, resume, and three current reference letters via School Spring.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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Real Estate

Cars

NEW HAVEN ‑ 2 bedroom apartment. Next to the town green. $900 monthly.

Sunny, hardwood floors, dishwasher, gas stove, 15 minutes to Middlebury. 35 minutes to Burlington. Utili‑ ties not included. Security deposit and references. Call 802‑249‑1328.

VERGENNES, VT‑ 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Ad‑ dison County Community Trust is updating the wait‑ ing lists for the Creekview Apartments located in Ver‑ gennes, Vermont. Rent for one bedroom apartments is $775, two bedroom apart‑ ments is $880. All utilities included and rental assis‑ tance may be available.

Income restrictions apply.

Handicap Accessible units available. To request an ap‑ plication visit, addisontrust. org, call 802‑877‑2626 or email info@addisontrust.org.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

HUNTING LAND FOR sale in Salisbury, VT. 6.8 acres.

Hillside on top of mountain.

Western facing, remote but easy access. Town assess‑ ment $36,000. Priced for quick sale $14,000. Cash only. 802‑352‑6678.

2006 MINI COOPER S super charged w/ 6 speed transmission. Runs great and a blast to drive. Great shape. 82,245 miles. Can be seen in New Haven, VT or on Facebook under Susanne Button. $4,850.

802‑989‑5614.

For Rent

tombodettelesinc@gmail.com.

6 Lower Plains Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, Call 388-4529.

Caregivers Needed Im‑ mediately in Middlebury.

Part‑time shifts available.

Pay is $11‑$15/hour with bonuses available. Please visit HandsAtHomeCS.com/ home‑care‑careers or call 800‑682‑5220.

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

HOPE HAS AN opening in our resale store. Customer Service Associate, duties include assisting customers, running the cash register, and more. Also a Materi‑ als Handler, duties include assisting donors of goods for resale, answering the phone, and processing items for its resale store. These fast paced, 29.5 hour/week positions require excellent communications skills, and a focus on details. Send resume and letter of interest to HOPE, 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury.

NATIONAL MIDWIFERY Institute in downtown Mid‑ dlebury is seeking a tem‑ porary Data Entry Assistant.

The Data Entry Assistant is a temporary, part‑time onsite position offering up to 20 hours per week be‑ ginning immediately and lasting through the end of December 2018. Data Entry Assistant is responsible for entering data accurately at a proficient speed. Com‑ pensation: $15.00/hr. Job Requirements: Ability to sit for 6‑8‑hour shifts, strong attention to detail, typing at 80 words per minute, Mac proficient with Microsoft products. Apply by sending your resumé and 1 letter of reference to: nmioffice@na‑ tionalmidwiferyinstitute.com.

Help Wanted PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is seeking two professional painters for winter interior work. Ex‑ cellent pay, great benefits.

Reliable transportation, tools and a positive no nonsense attitude is a must. This is a great opportunity for people looking for full time work year round. A minimum of three years experience necessary.

Call 453 5611 Serious ap‑ plicants only.

VERMONT SOAP IS hir‑ ing temporary production workers. Must be available Mon‑Fri, 8‑5 and Saturdays 9‑2. Must be able to sit or stand for at least 2 hours at a time and lift 50 lbs. Attention to detail a must. Background check will be conducted.

If interested, please email resume and references to nichole@vtsoap.com.

HELP WANTED

Moose Rubbish and Recycling Looking to Hire a Recycle Attendant Saturdays 8am-Noon Contact Randy Orvis

377-5006 For Sale

LOVELY BLACK GLASS octagonal dinnerware service for eight. $25.

802‑425‑2462.

For Rent

BRISTOL‑ 2 BEDROOM house in village. Garage, water, washer/dryer, lawn maintenance, snow remov‑ al included. No pets. No smoking. Rental application, lease, security, 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, garbage and parking. Tenant pays electric. Small storage space included. 802‑453‑2566.

CHARMING GUEST HOUSE on private horse farm in Shoreham. Separate from main house. $850 per month plus utilities. $850 deposit and one year lease required. Horse boarding also available. No smok‑ ing. Call Anne 802‑349‑0002 or email: seabay@hotmail. com.

CORNWALL QUIET COUN‑ TRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath with washer/dryer hookup. In‑ cludes everything plus satel‑ lite, storage included. $1,250 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smok‑ ing. Available immediately.

802‑462‑2924.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease.

The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

NEW HAVEN SUNNY, qui‑ et village apartment. East/ West views. Easy commute to surrounding Addison County towns and Burling‑ ton. No pets, no smoking.

References. $925/month.

802‑236‑2040.

OFFICE SPACE AVAIL‑ ABLE, Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month.

802‑388‑4831.

SHOREHAM: TORREY IS‑ LAND. Daily sunsets, fishing on Lake Champlain. 1 bed‑ room, 1 bath studio layout. $750 month plus utilities.

First, last and security. Ref‑ erences. No pets. No smok‑ ing. Includes water and gar‑ bage. Evenings 897‑2385.

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website w w w. s u m m i t p m g . c o m .

Equal Housing Opportunity.

For Rent

For Rent

when advertising housing.

Join the Parent/Child Center Team We are seeking an Outreach Worker who will work with families, focusing on child development with young children and support the family and child as needed. You will work in coordination with parents in the home, with community providers and with teachers in childcare classrooms, as well as other resources in the community.

Strong candidates must have a solid understanding of child development up to age six, family systems, excellent communication skills and flexibility. Experience with the Early Intervention system would be helpful, social workers encouraged to apply.

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.

Contact Donna Bailey at: dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org

Its easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.”

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

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

Public Notices Index

Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 8B & 6B.

116 Self Storage (1)

Shoreham (1) Vergennes Panton Water District (1) To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent please email information to: legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

For Rent

For Rent

Battell Block

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY & VERMONT AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC INPUT MEETING ON LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR TRIANGLE PARK & PRINTER’S ALLEY

Large Conference Room,Town Offices, 77 Main Street

As part of the Middlebury Bridge & Rail Project, the Town of Middlebury and Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) officials will review and solicit input on conceptual designs for the Triangle Park section of the Village Green and Printer’s Alley Park areas at a public meeting on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont. The conceptual designs are available on the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, go to Latest Events Section on the home page.

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MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for November 21 & 26

Climate Controlled Storage Units

25 Units • 6’X5’ = $60 • 6’X7’= $65 • 6’X11’= $75 • 8’X7’=$105 • 10’X5’=$125 • 11’X5’= $145 • Bike storage $10/month

1-802-349-9901 Call or Text Alice to set up a showing or to learn more!

There’s a lot you can’t say.

The Federal Government is watching for such discrimination.

Let us help you shift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal.

Newly Constructed, One Bedroom Apartment in Downtown Middlebury

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

HAY FOR SALE. 1st, 2nd and 3rd cut. Small squares $2.‑$4.; 4’ rounds $30.‑$50.

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

Monkton (1)

It’s against the law to

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Wanted

Middlebury (1)

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

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

ACSWMD (1)

VERGENNES 2‑3 BED‑ ROOM house. Large yard and walking distance to schools, restaurants and stores. Washer and dryer provided. $1,200/mo. plus utilities. Available December 1. 802‑877‑6228.

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Att. Farmers

Nokian Hakkapeliitta 5 snow tires 185/70 R 14 92T XL. Extra load, radial tubeless, like new, barely used, fits Honda Civic or like. 4 tires/$200 o.b.o. Call 802‑233‑3551.

Addison County Probate Court (3)

BRANDON ‑ FURNISHED small efficiency apartment.

Non‑smoking. No pets. Heat, lights and cable included. $175/week. 802‑247‑3144.

BRISTOL ‑ NICE, LARGE one bedroom apartment.

Garbage removal included.

No pets. $800/mo. plus de‑ posit. 388‑0730.

EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAI‑ SY Lane Lot #11. Beauti‑ ful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern ex‑ posure on a private lane.

Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) septic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

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

802‑282‑9110.

Addison County Courthouse (1)

LOVELY 2 BEDROOM 2 bath condo at Middlebury East. Quiet neighborhood.

Includes washer & dryer, gas fireplace, appliances, garage with storage area. Snow removal, lawn mowing, trash and recycling included. Easy walk to downtown. Refer‑ ences and security deposit required. A small pet con‑ sidered. $1,200. 388‑7218.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown.

Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

Real Estate

Wood Heat

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

BEEF J. Connor B. Danyow Farm Elysian Field Farm Kayhart Bros. Farm Westminster Farm Nop Bros. & Sons

Costs Lbs. per lb 1365 .50 1955 .45 1325 .45 1740 .45 1220 .42 1340 .415

CALVES Churchill Farm Four Hills Farm Gosliga Hatch Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 112 .70 78.40 105 .70 73.50 104 .65 67.60 103 .61 62.83

Dollars 682.50 879.75 596.25 783.00 512.40 556.10

Total # Beef: 233 • Total # Calves: 348 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

Auctions Tom Broughton Auctioneer • Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 29, 2018 — PAGE 9B

Leicester woman cited for DUI-2 ADDISON COUNTY — At around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 22, Vermont State Police were notified of a motor vehicle crash in the town of Pittsford. Upon their arrival, troopers found that the driver of the car, identified as 25-year-old Lyndsay Davignon of Leicester, was being treated by rescue personal.

During the course of the investigation, troopers observed that Davignon exhibited signs of alcohol impairment. Davignon was taken to Rutland Regional Medical Center to be treated for her injuries and processed for driving under the influence. Davignon was cited for DUI, second offense.

Vermont State Police were assisted in this case by Pittsford fire and rescue personnel, Brandon Rescue Squad, and Rutland Regional Medical Center.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police: • On Nov. 19 and 20 looked for speeders and other lawbreakers in two directed patrols in Addison County. On Monday, Nov. 19, between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. conducted a high-visibility, directed patrol on Route 7 in the area of Holman Road in Salisbury to, among other things, promote public safety on Vermont highways. Police

Vt. State

Police Log

made contact with the drivers of 13 cars and issued seven tickets and seven warnings. In addition, two vehicles were towed due to defective equipment and insurance related matters respectively.

During the afternoon of Nov. 19 and morning of Nov. 20, troopers from the New Haven barracks conducted saturation patrols Lincoln. Police stopped 13 cars for various traffic law violations and issued 11 warnings and nine traffic tickets.

On the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 21, one of the busiest travel days of the year; state police began Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) and the Governor’s Highway Safety Thanksgiving Click it or Ticket Campaign.

In support of these campaigns troopers from New Haven conducted roving saturation patrols throughout Addison County between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. They stopped 83 cars for various traffic law violations, issued 39 written warnings and 51 traffic

tickets. Troopers also make one arrest for driving with a criminally suspended license and violation of conditions of release.

The Vermont State Police would like to remind motorists to always Buckle Up. • On Nov. 20 at 7:34 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle on Main Street in Vergennes after observing several motor vehicle violations. Police cited the driver, identified as Joshua Porter, 23, of Bethel, for driving with a criminally suspended license, and also issued tickets for being a person required to register and for driving without liability insurance.

• On Nov. 22 at approximately 2 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle on North Street in New Haven after observing several traffic violations and cited Codey Paquin, 26, of Ferrisburgh for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On Nov. 23, in support of Operation C.A.R.E and the Governor’s Highway Safety Thanksgiving Click it or Ticket Campaign, members of the New Haven state police barracks conducted a saturation patrol on Route 7 in New Haven, stopping 11 vehicles for various traffic law violations, writing eight warnings and issuing three traffic tickets.

Winter fishing talk to be held Dec. 11

MIDDLEBURY — For anyone interested in winter fishing, local guide Andrew Masenas and former guide John Synnott will be talking about winter fishing tactics and opportunities here in Vermont and around Lake Champlain at the New Haven River Anglers Association

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 398-9-18 ANPR

meeting Tuesday, Dec. 11, form 7-8:30 p.m. at the Swift House Inn. Masenas and Synnott will share and tie some fly patterns for the cold water and point out several locations where winter fishing is legal. Those wanting to try their hands as the winter fly patterns can

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 475-11-18 ANPR

STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS.

STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS.

IN RE THE ESTATE OF MIGNONNE E. ST. GEORGE

IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARTHA JANE SULLIVAN

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Mignonne E. St. George of Bridport, 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 26, 2018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Martha Jane Sullivan of Salisbury, 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 19, 2018

Roger St. George P.O. Box 311 Moriah, New York 12960 (802) 734-0587

Mary Anne Sullivan 482 Lake Dunmore Road Salisbury, VT 05769 (802) 352.4196 sullivanvt7@gmail.com Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: November 29, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 11/29

Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: November 29, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 11/29

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 420-10-18 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF RICHARD A. HAVER

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Richard A. Haver of Shoreham, 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 20, 2018 Anton Rifelj 19 Springside Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: November 29, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 11/29

Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

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

802-388-1966

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

bring a vice and spin up a few of these flies. While most supplies will be provided, it would be helpful to have 8/0 thread in black.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for cash bar and social time. For more information contact Paul Scaramucci at 802-989-5748.

AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

The Assistant Judges of Addison County invite the public to a meeting to discuss the preliminary proposed county budget for FY2019-2020 (July 1, 2019June 30, 2020). This meeting will not take the place of the Annual Meeting, which will be held in January 2019, but will allow for public participation in the preliminary budget process. The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 9:00am at the Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury, VT. Alice M. George, Assistant Judge Irene Poole, Assistant Judge 11/22, 29, 12/3

NOTICE OF SELF-STORAGE LIEN SALE 116 SELF STORAGE, BRISTOL, VT

Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self-storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid at the 116 Self Storage facility. This sale is being held to collect unpaid storage unit occupancy fees, charges and expenses of the sale.

The entire contents of each self-storage unit listed below will be sold, with the proceeds to be distributed to 116 Self Storage for all accrued occupancy fees (rent charges), attorney’s fees, sale expenses in relation to the unit and its sale.Any proceeds beyond the foregoing shall be returned to the unit holder.

Contents of each unit may be viewed on Dec. 17, 2018 commencing at 10 a.m.

Sealed bids are to be submitted on the entire contents of each self-storage unit. Bids will be opened one-quarter of an hour after the last unit has been viewed on Dec. 17, 2018.

The highest bidder on the storage unit must remove the entire contents within 48 hours after notification of their successfull bid.

Purchase must be made in cash and paid in advance of the removal of the contents of the unit. A $50.00 cash deposit shall be made and will be refunded if the unit is broom cleaned. 116 Self Storage reserves the right to accept or reject bids.

A. Hudson – Unit 82 C. Nolan – Unit 29 11/29

Public Notices can be found on Pages 8B and 9B. ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF ADOPTED 2019 RATE CHANGES

The Addison County Solid Waste Management District Board of Supervisors adopted its 2019 Annual Budget, including the Rate Schedule for Calendar Year 2019.

The rate changes, effective 1/1/2019, are the following at the District Transfer Station in Middlebury: (1) $126/ton for Municipal Solid Waste & Construction/Demo Debris; (2) $7 per minimum load (up to 100 lbs); (3) $92/ton for Single Stream Recycling from Commercial Haulers; (4) $92/ton or $5 per minimum load, 1 cu.yd. or less for Single Stream Recycling from Self-Hauled Businesses; (5) $250/ton Asbestos – Non-Friable; (6) $20/load for Maple Tubing w/ fittings; (7) $65 per 55-gal drum of Oil Filters from Businesses; (8) $1/visit or 50 lbs or less drop-off fee and $4 for > 50 lbs for Reuse Shed Visitors; (9) $0.35 for 2’ and 4’ Fluorescent Lamps and $0.60 for 8’ Fluorescent Lamps (quantities of > 10 per day); (10) $1 per residential transaction & $5 per business transaction for Books; and (11) $0 per Commercial Hauler’s Annual License Fee. All other District rates will remain the same.

For a copy of the 2018 Annual Report and/or CY2019 Rate Sheet, please call the District at 802-388-2333, or e-mail the office at acswmd@acswmd.org. Both are also available on the District’s website at www.AddisonCountyRecycles.org.

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WARNING - ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VERGENNES-PANTON WATER DISTRICT, INC. DECEMBER 11, 2018

The legal voters of VERGENNES-PANTON WATER DISTRICT, INC. are hereby notified and warned to meet at the V.P.W.D. office building on Canal Street in the City of Vergennes in said District, on the 11th day of December, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. to transact the following business to wit: ARTICLE I: To elect by ballot the following officers: (a) a moderator (b) a clerk (c) a treasurer ARTICLE II: To hear and act upon the reports from the officers of the VERGENNES-PANTON WATER DISTRICT, INC. ARTICLE III: To have presented by the Board of Commissioners of the VERGENNESPANTON WATER DISTRICT, INC. their estimate of expenses for the ensuring year and to appropriate such sum as it, the VERGENNES-PANTON WATER DISTRICT, INC. deems necessary for said expenses together with the amount required to pay the balance, if any, left unpaid expressing said sum in dollars in its vote.

ARTICLE IV: To establish salaries for the Commissioners and other elected officers of the Water District.

ARTICLE V: To see whether the voters of said Water District will authorize its Board to borrow money pending receipt of water rents, by issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one(1) year to date.

ARTICLE VI: To transact any other business proper to come before said meeting.

Dated at Vergennes, Vermont, this 26TH day of November, 2018 Maria L. Brown, Clerk VERGENNES-PANTON WATER DISTRICT 11/26, 29, 12/3, 6, 10

TOWN OF MONKTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TOWN PLAN The Monkton Planning Commission will hold a public Hearing at 8:00 pm, on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at the Monkton Fire Station (3747 States Prison Hollow Road), to take public testimony on the proposed Town Plan for the Town of Monkton.

The Planning Commission will discuss and vote on any proposed changes after this Public Hearing.

Statement of Purpose The purpose of a town plan is to provide a vision for orderly development with in the town. It is essentially a “picture in time” that uses existing conditions to guide zoning and development decisions for the next eight-year period.

Our new town plan is a revision of the plan adopted in 2014. At a minimum each section has been reformatted to ensure that the entire document offers information in the same way, while other sections have received a more complete revision. Unlike earlier editions of the town plan, where the goals were presented in a single section, you will find goals, policies, and action plans within the element to which they apply.

The proposed Town Plan affects all the land within the Town of Monkton.

The Planning Commission believes the following are the significant changes offered by the plan: 1. Within the Housing section new ways to address affordable housing were added.

2. Within the Education and Childcare section language has been clarified and/or corrected as needed. The narrative has also been updated to reflect the newly formed school district and governance model.

3. Within the Transportation section the Plan addresses the increasing need to redirect traffic back to State highways. The Plan also stresses and encourages the importance of preserving Monkton’s existing gravel roads as intrinsic to the rural character of the Town.

4. Within the Economic Development section, language has been clarified and/or corrected as necessary. The data and illustrations have been updated. Verbiage has also been added to emphasize Monkton’s desire to support a robust regional and local economy. The plan recognizes nontraditional, diversified farming operations. We have also looked at the diversity of small business in town and believe that the town can only grow stronger by providing the support and encouragement these businesses need to grow.

5. The natural resources section has been reorganized for readability. The State of Vermont required the addition of two new sections. Also new information was added to align our Town Plan with the Shoreland Protection Act. Changes include: a. Forest Resources: i. Adding the State of Vermont required section on Forest Fragmentation, and ii. Adding new information on bears and on invasive species. b. Water Resources: i. Reorganization to address each different water resource; ii. Added the State of Vermont required Flood Resiliency section; iii. Added a discussion of buffers consistent with the State’s Shoreland Protection requirements; iv. Added maps and map information from the 2016 town-wide groundwater study by John G. Van Hoesan; v. Added the recommendation to explore the creation of a groundwater protection overlay district that came out of the 2018 open house survey.

6. Within the Land Use Section, priorities such as the village center, safe pedestrian travel between the villages, the protection of out contiguous forest, wild life areas and Ag lands were reinforced. The plan continues to encourage concentrated growth within the village districts and cluster development outside the village districts. State requirements for the Shoreland protection Act were added. Land use maps have been updated and GPS coordinates of the overlay districts are now available. The possible consideration of a Village Center Designation has been added to the Plan.

7. The largest change to the Town Plan is the change from an Energy section to that of an Enhanced Energy Plan written in conjunction with the Monkton Energy Committee. The Enhanced Energy plan creates a vision with clear policy statements regarding: energy conservation, reduced consumption and renewable generation within the Town to meet the State’s renewable energy goals. The Enhanced Energy Plan is designed to meet all State requirements to give Monkton standing when renewable energy and other utility projects in the Town of Monkton come before the Public Utilities Commission.

Town Plan Index Purpose ................................................................................................... 9 Introduction ............................................................................................11 Guiding Principles ................................................................................. 13 Town History.......................................................................................... 14 Population ............................................................................................. 15 Population Growth............................................................................. 16 Housing ................................................................................................. 18 Housing Stock ................................................................................... 19 Affordable Housing and Housing Stock ............................................. 19 Heating and Weatherization .............................................................. 21 Housing and The Working Landscape .............................................. 22 Education and Childcare ....................................................................... 24 Monkton Central School .................................................................... 24 Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) ............................ 25 Other Educational Service ................................................................ 26 Town Growth and School Enrollment ................................................ 26 Childcare & Early Education Services............................................... 26 Utilities and Facilities............................................................................. 28 Telecommunications .......................................................................... 29 Utility Services................................................................................... 29 Solid Waste Management ................................................................. 30 Town Owned Property ....................................................................... 30 Town Administration .......................................................................... 30 Town Hall .......................................................................................... .30 Russell Memorial Library................................................................... 30 Post Office......................................................................................... 31 Cemeteries ........................................................................................ 32 Recreation ......................................................................................... 33 Transportation ....................................................................................... 37 Existing Conditions............................................................................ 38 Priority Concerns............................................................................... 38 Economic Development ........................................................................ 43 Work Force and Income Trends ........................................................ 44 Place of Work .................................................................................... 44 Cost of Housing................................................................................. 45 Economic Strengths and Weaknesses.............................................. 45

Natural Resources ................................................................................ 48 Soils and Minerals ............................................................................. 50 Forests .............................................................................................. 54 Agricultural Land ................................................................................ 63 Water Resources................................................................................ 67 Air Quality Resources......................................................................... 75 Scenic Resources .............................................................................. 76 Land Use ............................................................................................... 78 What is a Land Use Plan.................................................................... 79 Managing Growth .............................................................................. 80 Village-Residential Planning Region ................................................. 80 Rural Residential Planning Region ................................................... 81 Zoning Districts ................................................................................. 82 Overlay Districts ................................................................................ 83 Plan Implementation ............................................................................. 89 Year 1 Task List (2019-2020) ............................................................ 89 Years 2-5 Task List (2020-2025) ....................................................... 90 Compatibility.......................................................................................... 92 Appendix A Enhanced Energy Plan ...................................................... 94 Sec. l. Intent and Introduction ................................................ 1 Sec. ll. Thermal Use .............................................................. 4 Sec. lll. Transportation Use .................................................. 10 Sec. lV. Electrical Use.......................................................... 12 Sec. V. Land Use, Generation and Transmission ................ 15 Sec. Vl. Community Standards for Siting and Decommissioning ............................................................................................. 26 References .......................................................................... 40 Appendix B Community Survey results ................................................. 95

While the Town Plan sets forth the community goals and objectives, the policies and other means of achieving those ends are set forth in the town zoning and subdivision regulations.

A town plan should not be a prescriptive document. This version of the Monkton Town Plan mostly adheres to this principal.

Copies of the Town Plan are available for review or obtained at the Town Offices, 280 Monkton Ridge during normal business hours. They may also be viewed on the town website at planningcommission@monktonvt.com.

For more information please contact: Marilyn Cargill 453-5192 or Wendy Sue Harper, 453-2680 Co-Chairs of the Planning Commission at planningcommission@monktonvt.com, or Sharon Gomez, the Town Clerk at 453-3800. ********************* Please note: There will be an informational session from 7:00 to 7:45pm on December 18th at the Fire House prior to the public hearing.

Ivor Hughes, Clerk – Monkton Planning Commission 11/29

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Hanging deer stolen from yard

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received a report that someone has stolen a dead deer from a Munger Street resident’s yard on Nov. 24.

Police said the deer had been gutted and was hanging so that its blood would drain. The thief took it away from where it had been hanging, according to police.

Anyone with information about this theft is asked to call Middlebury police at 388-3191.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Helped locate a dementia patient who had walked away from a Lindale Circle home on Nov. 19.

• Told the resident of a Court Street Extension apartment to keep the noise down on Nov. 20.

• Assisted a driver whose vehicle had struck a rabbit while traveling on Ossie Road on Nov. 20. Police said the driver took the injured

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rabbit to a veterinarian.

• Cited Anthony Baker, 26, of Brandon for a criminal count of driving with a suspended license, following a traffic stop on Route 7 South on Nov. 20.

• Responded to a reported shoplifting incident at Hannaford’s supermarket off Court Street Extension on Nov. 21. Police said the case remains under investigation.

• Cited Kasey Fredette, 25, of Benson from a criminal count of driving with a suspended license, following a traffic stop on Route 7 South on Nov. 22.

• Were asked to check on the welfare of a woman and young

children at a Valley View apartment on Nov. 23. Police said they learned the woman didn’t reside at the address provided.

• Separated a couple that had been involved in a domestic dispute at a Danyow Drive home on Nov. 23.

• Received two separate reports on Nov. 24 about men allegedly leaving the Middlebury Mobil Short Stop on Route 7 without paying for items, including beer. The cases are both under investigation.

• Were informed someone had vandalized a garage off Piper Road on Nov. 24.

• Were informed of the theft of a jacket and keys from a Middlebury College locker room off South Main Street on Nov. 25.

• Served a no-trespass order on Nov. 25 on a woman not wanted at Shaw’s Supermarket on Washington Street.

Cookbook Signing Events at Kiss the Cook this Weekend!

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CHRIS HASKINS PROUDLY shows the 185-pound, four-point buck he shot in Huntington during opening weekend of this year’s rifle season. Hunters have had a fairly successful deer season so far; read about it in a story on Page 1A.

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12/1 @ 3pm 12/2 @ 1pm Ellen Stimson will be joining us to Gesine Bullock-Prado will be with us sign her books and we’ll have An to discuss and sign her new book Old-Fashioned Christmas available!

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Books by both authors will be available to purchase!

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Lincoln LINCOLN — The United Church of Lincoln will be hosting a community event on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3:30 p.m. This will be a time to gather together to make crafts and enjoy a light dinner followed by the annual tree lighting ceremony. All are welcome.

It’s time to start cleaning out your toy chests as the Lincoln Library will be holding a toy swap/sale on Friday,

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the library. Toys in good, working condition, with all pieces present will be accepted for swap/donation.

As this is a toys only swap, clothing, furniture and gear such as high chairs, etc. cannot be accepted.

Join us for Community Movie Night on Friday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the church. This month’s feature is the 2003 film “Elf,” featuring Will Ferrell.

Popcorn and drinks will be served.

The Burnham Music Series presents Hot Box Honey on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Burnham Hall. Hot Box Honey is lead by vocalist Jane Evans and guitarist Greg Evans. Their original music is layered with infectious grooves rooted in Latin, swing, and soul rhythms. They have been performing around the region for the past seven years at numerous venues and festivals. The cost is $10 for adults. Teens and kids are free.

REMINDER: Early release day for LCS is Thursday, Dec. 6. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

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Local musicians sell songs to Netflix

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etflix — you know that multi-bazillion-dollar company — admittedly, has most of us hooked on one show or another. But have you ever considered all the music that goes along with those TV shows and movies?

Turns out, that Netflix sources its music from all sorts of musicians — sometimes famous, yes, and sometimes from people like Julia Beerworth, a social studies teacher at Vergennes Union High School.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

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Among the songs written by The Beerworth Sisters, Anna Pepin and Julia Beerworth, was one purchased

by Netflix for the TV series “The Ranch.”

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Art unveiled: the Shermans visit Vergennes Portraits of Lake Champlain’s steamboat pioneer, Jahaziel Sherman of Vergennes (17701844), and his wife Harriett Daggett Sherman (17921873) were unveiled during a party at the Vergennes Opera House on Nov. 11.

This is the only known image of Captain Sherman, who was responsible for the construction of six Lake Champlain steamboats, four of which survive as shipwrecks (two as part of the Underwater Historic Preserves).

The portraits are on loan and will be featured in a special exhibit “Jahaziel Sherman’s Steamboats,” which will open at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in May 2019 and remain on view through October.

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What?

Yes, this happened.

Beerworth has had two songs purchased by Netflix for the American comedy TV series “The Ranch.”

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“I guess some producer from Netflix was stumbling around on the internet and found Jeff’s music and liked it,” Beerworth explained. “Jeff” is Jeff Hahn, Beerworth’s brother-in-law, who is also a musician.

“They found us on YouTube, as they were flipping through channels I guess. And they called me.”

Just like that. Netflix purchased one song called “Simple Things,” a song written by Anna Pepin (Beerworth’s sister-in-law) and herself — they go by the name The Beerworth Sisters. And more recently “Stay with Me,” a song Beerworth wrote for her solo album “October Blossom,” which she just released last month.

Julia Beerworth, center, participated in a faculty band that performed this September for Peace One Day at Vergennes Union High School.

Beerworth remembered. “But we didn’t have a name, until someone said, ‘Oh, you’re the Beerworth sisters.’”

It stuck.

“We are very lucky because we don’t have any music connections really,” said Beerworth, of herself and Pepin. “We have some mediocre and low-grade videos on YouTube… This was a nice boost for us.”

To be fair the Beerworth sisters — both mothers of three — aren’t exactly prioritizing their music careers. So the “mediocre YouTube videos” are perfectly excusable.

Instead, Beerworth has focused on teaching. With her master’s degree from Providence College in Rhode Island, Beerworth has been teaching for the past 10 years. She took the post at VUHS this past fall; before that she had been teaching at CVU.

“We’re more on the indy side,” said Beerworth, describing their sound. “It’s calm and quiet music.”

Pepin and Beerworth both play guitar, ukulele and sing. “We do a lot of harmonies together,” said Beerworth who now lives in Charlotte. “Anna’s my favorite person to play with.”

Music, yes. Moms, definitely. Legal mumbo-jumbo selling songs to Netflix, nope. This was something new for both Pepin and Beerworth.

“We had to register the song through BMI and sign a bunch of paperwork,” Beerworth explained. BMI, for those who don’t know is the largest music rights organization in the U.S. “Netflix gave us a one-time fee to use the song in the background. There’s a lot of laughter over it, so you can’t hear it very well.”

How much?

“I wasn’t a crazy amount,” Beerworth said, “but enough to help pay for the cost of finishing an album.”

If you want to hear Beerworth and Pepin clearer, they’ll be playing at Hotel Vermont in Burlington on Saturday, Dec. 29, 9-11 p.m. Or check them out on Spotify, YouTube or their website beerworthsisters.com.

“Music came later in life for me,” 36-year-old Beerworth explained. “I’m bad at self promotion.

Music is not something I do for a living. I mean I wish I could make it as a musician — but I love teaching and could never leave it.”

Still, Beerworth turns to music in the little downtime she has. “It’s fun to write music,” she said.

“It’s therapeutic.”

Beerworth, who came to Vermont from Germany at age 5, said she started playing music after her first year at college. But it really started even earlier.

“I was dating this guy in high school (at Rice)… and then I met his sister, who was six years younger than I am,” Beerworth said. “We started playing music together at family functions, you know just messing around.”

But it soon developed into something more, and the duo took their indy folk rock around town.

“We had a really good sound and would play informal gigs, like at Radio Bean in Burlington,”

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OUT OF TOWN Solstice performance brings tension and hope

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ald Mountain Theater presents “Krampusnacht — Stories of Light and Dark” for the Winter Solstice on Friday, Dec. 7, at Spice Studio in Rochester. This one-night event highlights the dual nature of the season: the long, dark night full of tension and fear and longing; and the glimmering hope of a new day and positive change to come. An eclectic mix of original material and seasonal traditions from around the world, the show will be presided over by Krampus himself, the dark companion of St. Nicholas who punishes naughty children

in European folklore.

“There will be short stories by local authors, folktales from Russia and Iceland, poems, a musical blend of the traditional and the wholly new, and colorful, costumed characters sprinkled throughout from the more pagan and lesser-known Christmas traditions,” said story curator Killian White. “We’re trying to capture that hushed yet intense quality about the solstice, reminiscent of a dark wood set alight by the reflection of moon on snow, with the humor and gaiety of the wild Christmases of yore.”

This evening of story and song, suitable for any age with parental discretion, will showcase the season in all of its nuance, through revelry and reverence.

Bald Mountain Theater specializes in developing archetypal stories and fairy tales into theatrical productions that surprise and challenge our audiences to see these stories in a new light.

Tickets for Friday’s show will be available at the door for $10. For more information visit baldmountaintheater.org.

Color isn’t everything.

Shelburne Vineyard hosts concerts

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Head up to Shelburne for a cozy, wintery First Thursday Concert in the Loft at Shelburne Vineyard. Sabrina Marie Comellas will perform for the first time at this series on Thursday, Dec. 6, 6-9 p.m. She is a singer-songwriter whose music evokes the Americana pop style with influences from Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Gillian Welch. With her confident and harmonious vocal style, she’ll touch your world with lyrics that speak to the human condition and the travails of life in the big bad world. Admission is free. If you’re inclined bring some funds for a light supper from Luiza’s Pierogies and a glass of wine or beer. More info at shelburnevineyard.com.

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IN TOWN ‘Men on Boats’ floats through Middlebury

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he Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Men on Boats,” directed

by Cheryl Faraone. Ten explorers; four boats; one Grand Canyon — this play

by Jaclyn Backhaus is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a onearmed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers

set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. In the 2018 rendition, it’s women in those boats).

Based on the journals of John Wesley Powell, who led an 1869 geological expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers into the (then) great unknown called the Grand Canyon, the play derives much of its humor and wisdom from the fact that all its characters are played by women.

“The play requires the company to stage the impossible: vessels barreling over waterfalls and hairsbreadth escapes from drowning. Silly? Sure.

Thrilling? Oh, yes,” said a TimeOut review.

“Men on Boats,” a daring and silly performance by the Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance, will open at the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Nov. 29.

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The production features a company of 10 Middlebury College students, including Becca Berlind, Madeline Ciocci, Kaitlynd Collins, Toria Isquith, Emily Ma, Katie Marshall, Gabrielle Martin, Coralie Tyler, Gabby Valdivieso and Amanda Whiteley. Sam Martin is Stage Manager with Spencer Royston and Grace Weissman as Assistant Stage Managers. Movement Direction is by Peter B. Schmitz. Set Design is by

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“SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.” In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. This film will be screened at Dana Auditorium in Middlebury on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 3 and 8 p.m. Free.

BRISTOL CHOCOLATE WALK. Bristol will host the 11th Annual Chocolate Walk on Friday, Dec. 7. Spend your evening browsing the stores, nibbling a delicious chocolate treat (or two), and getting your holiday shop on. There will be 20 vendors plus the Bristol downtown businesses to visit on Friday from 5-9 p.m.

Hallie Zieselman, Lighting Design by Mark Evancho, and Sound Design by Allison Rimmer. Properties are by Jim Dougherty, the Technical Director. Glenna Ryer is the Costume Designer for the show, with Marcia Provoncha as Costume Director and Robin Foster Cole as Associate Costume Director.

“Men on Boats” will be performed on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, at

7:30 p.m. in Seeler Studio Theatre at Mahaney Center for the Arts in Middlebury.

There will be a lively post-show talk back and discussion following the Friday performance.

Tickets are $15 for the general public; $12 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, alumni, emeriti and other ID card holders; and $6 for Middlebury College students. For tickets or information, call (802) 443-MIDD (6433) or visit go.middlebury.edu/arts.

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GALLERY STROLL IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Enjoy “make and take” activities for holiday decorating and giving.

“THE WYETHS: FIRST FAMILY OF AMERICAN ART” IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Shelburne Museum director Thomas Denenberg discusses the Wyeths — N. C. (1882–1945), Andrew (1917–2009), and Jamie (b. 1946) — and offers new perspectives on these three painters. Parts of the Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays series.

CRAFTS

ADULT DROP-IN CRAFTS IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. All materials provided.

DANCE

FALL DANCE CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A dynamic evening of ideas in motion showcasing choreography by emerging student dance artists and the annual Newcomers’ Piece, choreographed this year by the Dance Company of Middlebury under the direction of Lida Winfield.

Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale November 12.

More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

LECTURE DEMONSTRATION WITH MATEA MILLS-ANDRUK IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Middlebury College senior Mills-Andruk will synthesize her research in the fields of dance and gender studies with this event combining movement work and the performance of written scholarship. Free.

“TAKING FLIGHT” PERFORMED IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m., Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A “lightly produced” showing of dance experiments by the new batch of choreographers emerging from the Beginning Dance course facilitated by Christal Brown and the Improvisational Practices course, facilitated by Lida Winfield, Michael Chorney, and Deborah Felmeth. Free.

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“EL NORTE” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community

Classic Film Club continues its fall season, themed “Immigration and Migration.” Fleeing the violence of the Guatemalan civil war, two refugees head north through Mexico to the United States. Their story reverberates powerfully in our own time. Free.

Discussion to follow. Cookies, popcorn and good coffee. See great films with friends old and new.

ANIMATIONS/CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College. Hand-drawn animations from Studio Art courses ART 185 and ART 200 will be screened along with a live concert performance by multifaceted musician and artist Raumshiff Engelmayr. Free. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

WARREN MILLER’S “FACE OF WINTER” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Dec. 4 and Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. New and veteran athletes alike pay tribute to the man who started it all in “Face of Winter,” the 69th installment from Warren Miller Entertainment (WME). Tickets, $20 general admission (includes $2 preservation fee). Group tickets available for $17 when purchasing 10 or more tickets (includes $2 preservation fee). available online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802-382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

MUSIC

ADDISON STRING QUARTET IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 29, 12:15 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, on the green. The quartet — Emily Sunderman, violin; Carol Harden, violin; Joy Pile, viola; and Tom Dunne, cello — will be the featured performers, along with organist George Matthew, for the first in a series of four brown bag lunchtime advent concerts. It’s free and open to the public. Light refreshments to follow.

MIDDLEBURY WIND ENSEMBLE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m., at Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Come hear world premiers of Timothy Cummings’ setting of three traditional American songs for Cauld Wind, a local ensemble of Scottish small piper and wind ensemble and Bristol resident Karen Swanson’s arrangement of short excerpts of Carl Orff’s monumental oratorio Carmina Burana for wind ensemble. The concert will include music by Paul Hindemith, Percy Granger, Leonard Bernstein, and others.

JUPITER QUARTET IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for

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the Arts, 72 Porter Field Dr. The quartet celebrates Debussy in this centenary year of his passing, with a program of Ravel and Debussy’s solitary string quartets, plus Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit. Pre-concert lecture by Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 221. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 Public/$22 Midd ID holders/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

AMY RIGBY IN CONCERT IN RIPTON. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Doors open at 7 p.m. Come hear whimsical, often autobiographical songs. Rigby will be accompanied by her husband, Wreckless Eric. Refreshments available. Wheelchair accessible but the bathrooms are not. Call ahead for a slot on the open mic list. Admission $15 generous admission/$10 general admission/$3 for children. More info call 802-388-9782.

THE SOUND INVESTMENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Sound Investment shares its recent exploration of big band music from around the world — they were surprised by what they found.

It’s certain to be a special, swingin’ evening. Free.

VA-ET-VIENT IN BRANDON. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Vermont’s own Va-et-vient is a trio performing French, Québecois, Cajun, and Créole music. Take a step ‘out of Vermont’ without actually leaving, and come enjoy Va-et-vient. Show $20. Dinner and show $45. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295 or info@brandon-music.net.

MIDDLEBURY SHAPE NOTE SINGERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Dec. 2, 1-3 p.m., Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Centre, Old Chapel Rd. Shape-Note or Sacred Harp singing is an American traditional style of four-part, a cappella, social and spiritual, community-based singing. The music is powerful, moving, sublime and raucous, ancient and haunting. Come join us.

We sing from the Sacred Harp Song Book. Loaner books are available. All are welcome.

THE MUSIC OF 209 ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Students in Su Lian Tan’s Music I course perform original compositions in a semester-end celebration of their work. Free CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN, PIANO IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Tiberghien presents a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, featuring works composed during every year of the war — by composers from Poland (Szymanowski), Russia (Scriabin), Germany (Hindemith), France (Debussy), and England (Bridge) — including a work written for a pianist who lost his arm in battle.

Reserved seating. Tickets: $22 Public/$16 Midd ID holders/$10 Youth/$6 Midd students.

THEATER

“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Nov. 29, Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Peasant St. The Middlebury Community Players stage this play-within-a-play musical show that uses all the clichéd plot devices of a 1920s musical, including mistaken identity, comedy schtick, phony accents, and dance numbers that don’t quite go with the plot.

Holiday Happenings BRANDON HOLIDAY AUCTION. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Brandon Free Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Over 50 local patrons, artists and Brandon businesses have donated wreaths, ornaments and other seasonal decorations, works of art, hand crafted wooden items, dinners for two, birdhouses, gift certificates and more. Preview from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on auction day. Music, refreshments and door prizes. Requested donation $1. More info call 802-247-8230.

BRANDON TOWN HALL MOONLIGHT MADNESS IN BRANDON. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-8 p.m., Brandon Town Hall 1 Conant Sq., and businesses around town. Twenty-two vendors up and downstairs in the Brandon Town Hall. Chili and soup available for sale by Friends of Town Hall along with coffee, tea and hot chocolate.

BRISTOL “LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS” MARKETPLACE. Friday, Nov. 30, 1-5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Featuring craft shop, bake shop, mercy Creation gift shop, doll & jewelry shop, wonder jars, silent auction, attic treasures and fabulous raffles — handmade quilt, theme baskets filled with great items, 50/50. Silver Tea at 2:30 p.m.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Attic Treasures, great crafts, Rada knives, items made

by African ladies and silent auction items which will include antiques and much more. Have a lunch of homemade soup and a sandwich and buy some baked goods to take home such as some homemade donuts, fudge or other delicious goodies.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND SANTA VISIT. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Federated Church of Bristol, 37 North St. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at 10 a.m. Come and enjoy

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homemade baked goods, candies, crafts, and a large silent auction — perfect for gift giving. Check out the winter yard sale of attic treasures.

Lunch starting at noon of homemade soups, sandwiches, cookies, and Christmas tea.

MIDDLEBURY GINGERBREAD HOUSE EXHIBIT AND COMPETITION OPENING RECEPTION. Friday, Nov. 30, 4-6 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St. Come see this year’s entries in the Folklife center’s annual gingerbread event. To enter go to vermontfolklifecenter.org.

“MEN ON BOATS” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.,Seeler Studio Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon.

This play by Jaclyn Backhaus is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale Nov. 12. More info at middelbuey. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Route 7. Pottery by Kathy Clarke, Ken Martin, Instructors, local potters, studio assistants and students. Handmade holiday gifts at affordable prices, also cards, jewelry, paintings and some surprises. Everything is locally made. A fundraiser to benefit the school.

MAKE YOUR OWN GRAHAM CRACKER GINGERBREAD HOUSE. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:3011:30 a.m., Community Room. Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. All materials provided. Free.

CAROLING, CAROLING! Saturday, Dec. 1, 10:3011:15 a.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury, SEE HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS ON PAGE 16

VERY MERRY MIDDLEBURY COMMENCES. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., downtown. Opening day of Middlebury’s annual holiday festivities begins when Santa arrives at 9:30 a.m. and continues with Santa visits at the Middlebury Inn from 10 a.m.-noon, free milk and cookies at Kiss the Cook from 10 a.m.-noon, free gift wrapping at Community Barn Ventures from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and the Hot Cocoa hut serving up cocoa and fixings from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for 25 cents a cup.

SHELDON MUSEUM’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE. Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 2, noon-4 p.m. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Enjoy the elaborate model train layout, carols played on the Sheldon’s 1831 piano, and a Miniature Christmas Tree Raffle. The raffle features 20 creative trees decorated by local artists.

See two holiday exhibits: Ho Ho Historical Holidays to You, and An Over the Top Holiday. Admission by donation. More info at 802-388-2117 or HenrySheldonMuseum.org.

OLD-FASHIONED VISITS WITH SANTA. Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-noon.

Middlebury Inn, 16 Court Sq. Bring the tots to see the jolly old elf. A Very Merry Middlebury event.

HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE. Saturday,

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PERFECT SHOE BOUTIQUE (INSIDE MENDY’S) 20% off

AUTUMN GOLD complimentary champagne and cookies while

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BUY AGAIN ALLEY Stop in to enter a drawing for a $30 gift certificate and 3-piece outfit of your choosing.

COMMUNITY BARN VENTURES Stop in for an open house with special Pop-Up by Overeasy and learn about Community Barn Ventures’ plans for the Old Stone Mill building.

CORIANDER (WASHINGTON ST) Free dessert for every entree purchased. Plus, buy $100 worth of gift certificates and receive a free $25 gift certificate.

DANFORTH PEWTER Buy 3 items and get 20% off your purchase (exclusions apply), plus Whistle Pig free tastings and mixed drinks for purchase.

DIL YOGA SANCTUARY (WASHINGTON ST) Open House with membership discounts, gift certificates, raffles and specials in the boutique. Light fare and drinks.

FIRE AND ICE (SEYMOUR ST) 40% off appetizers all night in the

Big Moose Pub.

FORTH ‘N GOAL Special Pop-Up by the Waybury Inn, plus take 20% off the entire store or 25% off if paying with Middlebury Money.

FROG HOLLOW BIKES Discounts ranging from 10% to 40%

off and cookies while you shop

JUNEBUG 15% off store-wide, enter a holiday raffle and enjoy treats while you shop

KISS THE COOK 20% off store-wide (excluding sale items and

storewide and sweet treats while you shop

purchase $100 and get an additional $20 free. Package specials, 10-30% off many products and enter a raffle to win spa services. Enjoy an affordable chair massage to relax you while you shop around town!

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TINKER AND SMITH GAMESTORE 15% off discount

for the evening, tastings and sales by Appalachian Gap Distillery and shop the “Top Ten Family Games List� from $10-$50. Also be sure to check out the Children’s Game Registry this holiday season- bring your kids to shop around, try games out from the game library and make a list for a registry. You can then purchase one of the games listed on the registry for a 10% discount between now and Christmas.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN $1 oysters and $5 glasses of

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electrics), plus enter for a great raffle prize and sample from Pop-Up Champlain Valley Apiaries.

VERMONT’S OWN Tastings and sales from Appalachian Gap

10 - 30% off every purchase between 5pm and 8pm for Midd Night Stroll!

MAIN STREET STATIONERY 10% off all art supplies

WATERFALLS DAY SPA (MIDDLEBURY INN) Escape the stress this holiday season with a no-stress holiday at Waterfalls Day Spa. Enjoy free mini-spa treatments, gift card specials, spa gifts, raffles and more! Escape. Breathe. Restore.

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MARQUIS THEATER Hot Apple Cider ($3) or add Fireball

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MENDY’S Enjoy cookies while you shop, plus buy one, get one 50%

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MIDDLEBURY MOUNTAINEER Darn Tough sock sale

buy 3, get 1 free and 15% off Patagonia clothing and accessories. Plus, enter the Blundstone Night raffle to win a free pair of Blundstone Boots ($185 value). Pop-up by Caroline’s Dream and tastings by Drop-In Brewery.

MORGAN’S TAVERN (MIDDLEBURY INN) Burgers & A Beverage (beer or soft drink) for $15 all week between 12/6 and 12/13.

Gift Certificate special: buy $100 worth of gift certificates in any denomination and receive a free $20 gift certificate. Gift certificate special lasts through Dec. 24th MR. UPS $4 drink specials NEAT REPEATS Take 20% off storewide and enjoy complementary cookies while you shop

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Hot Cocoa Hut (5-8PM) and the SD Ireland Holiday Truck from 5:30-7:30PM at Cannon Park

Holiday Pop-up Shop featuring assorted vendors, a WVTK Live Remote with a $500 Middlebury Money Drawing and $10 of free Middlebury Money to the first 100 people showing a receipt of $25 at 60 Main Street (formerly Clay’s)

Free gifts of Middlebury Money will be handed out to shoppers throughout the evening!

Escape the stress of the holiday season with a relaxed holiday experience at Waterfalls Day Spa. Enjoy free mini-spa treatments, gift card specials, spa gifts, raffles and more!

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

Thu–Sat 11/29–12/1 & 12/6–12/8 8pm; Sun 12/2 & 12/9 2pm $23/$15 (Thurs)

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY PLAYERS

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

Multiple Tony®-award winner is a hilarious pastiche of mistaken identity, schtick, non-sequitur dance numbers, and reflections on 1920s musicals by an agoraphobic theater lover in an armchair.

Tue 12/4 & Wed 12/5 Doors 6:30pm/House 7pm/Film 7:30pm $20/$17 Group of 10 WARREN MILLER’S

FACE OF WINTER

New and veteran athletes pay tribute to the man who started it all by capturing the magic of skiing in this 69th Warren Miller film.

Presented by Volkswagen.

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. All are welcome.

The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.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) 3884964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA

HOLIDAY SHOW. On view through Dec. 31, featuring original, handmade and hand printed art, fine crafts and jewelry by 25 regional artists.

Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

It ‘s a night of holiday favorites and more from Sleigh Ride to In the Mood and Moonlight Serenade rendered in the unique jazz sound that this Orchestra made famous.

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.

Mon 12/10 7pm $40

IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD

Wed 12/12 11am & 7pm $13/$8 Students

GAUGUIN: THE FULL STORY

Hailed by The New York Times as the finest artistic biography ever made, this full-length film retells the artist’s remarkable life and features a stunning collection of his masterpieces.

Sat 12/15 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

LA TRAVIATA

This richly textured new production features a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons.

Pre-performance talk by Scott Morrison in the Studio at 12:15

Fri 12/21 7:30pm; Sat 12/22 3pm & 7:30pm; Sun 12/23 3pm $25/$21 Srs/$20 Students

NIGHT FIRES

A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own itmes – rife with magic, beauty, humor and tears.

FIND OUT WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO SEE IT. LOOK HERE EVERY THURSDAY.

SMALL WORKS SHOW. On view through December, featuring paintings

by Philip Frey, Ellen Granter, Joe Bolger, Sara Katz, Sage Tucker-Ketcham, Woody Jackson, Scott Addis and Jane Davies, as well as woodblock prints by Daryl Storrs and Matt Brown. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill St., Middlebury. (802) 458-0098 for edgewatergallery.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.

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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MUSIC Va-et-vient shares traditions at Brandon Music

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ermont’s own Va-et-vient is a trio performing French, Québecois, Cajun and Créole music. Carol Reed, Suzanne Germain, and Lausanne Allen each have backgrounds rich in French cultures and language through lifelong experiences living and traveling in Frenchspeaking lands. They create beautiful harmonies, teaching and engaging audiences on both sides of the Quebec border. Take a step out of Vermont without actually leaving, and hear Vaet-vient at Brandon Music on Dec. 1.

Since 2001, the group has carved out its place in New England and in Québec, where its ties to traditional musicians provide a fountain of resources in songs, tunes and dances.

Carol Reed, voice, guitar and mandolin, learned French at age 10, attending school in Switzerland. The Middlebury College French major (’79) studied in Paris, playing guitar in the Métro, then traveled Europe performing street music. A French and Spanish teacher in Williamstown, Vt., she regularly attends Québecois traditional music festivals, singing and teaching the music and dance to all ages.

Va-et-vient will perform their French, Québecois, Cajun and Créole music in Brandon this Saturday.

her skills in communities in crisis around the world. Wherever she lands, she gathers songs and stories, and is a multilingual singer.

Lausanne Allen, voice, fiddles, flutes and mandolins, spends her life pursuing music, dance, and crafts. She has performed with many bands over the years, teaches several instruments, plays many more, and is a regular dance caller in New England. An avid traveler,

Suzanne Germaine, voice and percussion, grew up speaking French in a Québecois family in South Burlington. A Nurse Practitioner by day, she travels regularly for adventure and to lend

live music JUPITER QUARTET IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

JON GAILMOR IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11-11:45 a.m., Bixby Memorial Library MAIDEN VERMONT IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Dec. 1, 1-1:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library AMY RIGBY IN RIPTON. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House THE SOUND INVESTMENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

TWIST OF FATE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 p.m.midnight. Notte.

CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

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she is quick to trade tunes and tales with musicians she encounters.

Saturday’s concert is 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.

Hot Box Honey plays at Burnham Hall in Lincoln Hot Box Honey will perform on Saturday, Dec. 8, for the Burnham Music Series, at Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. in Lincoln. Hot Box Honey is lead by vocalist Jane Evans and guitarist Greg Evans. Their original music is layered with infectious grooves rooted in Latin, swing and soul rhythms. They have been performing around the region for the past seven years at numerous venues and festivals. Hot Box Honey presented their debut recording project “Flight of the Raven” in 2015. The eclectic mix of songs has been well received. Look for the group to release a new album in 2019, along with presenting a series of shows to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival. ​​ The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults, teens and kids are free. Refreshments will be served.

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the movie WIDOWS — RUNNING TIME: 2:09 — RATING: R It can easily be said that “Widows” is first-rate on many levels. Director Steve McQueen and actor Viola Davis create a strong core for the movie as they and their cohorts break new ground for women in many ways.

The movie has become a hot topic in long, favorable press articles that credit it with exploding the usual Hollywood guidelines regarding race, gender, sex and murder. All true with one major reservation: is this an acceptable moment to have women celebrate their new freedom with guns and killing?

The movie opens with a prolonged love scene between Harry (Liam Neeson) and Veronica (Viola Davis) that establishes their passion. Shortly after that, Harry is killed during one of his criminal projects leaving his wife Veronica vulnerable to other crooks owed money by her newly dead husband. When she learns that Harry had hidden $5,000,000 in a now unknown place, she assembles several needy widows of fellow criminals to help find that bundle for splitting among themselves. All this will unfold in Chicago, the big city with its own deeply dark side. And so we have men, women, and a backdrop all involved in theft and killing.

Add to that one more first: the unpleasant fact that the moviemakers decided that in addition to breaking new ground for women they would show all crimes and murders in prolonged and full view of the carnage as it unfolds. We are exposed to lingering shots of faces and bodies carved up and awash in blood.

The genuine misfire here is the choice of proving the equality of women to men in the one grim way that has usually been the prerogative of men — violence. Women have chosen alternative paths in the past and those ways are now gaining public acceptance. Let’s hope writers will begin to focus on some of the extraordinary ways they are now making themselves felt by solving problems in ways other than traditional male violence.

Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo in “Widows” (2018).

All that aside, performances by Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo are fine and those by Davis and Neeson are so strong that they literally become the impact of the movie. I am not asking for old-fashioned feel good movies, but let’s hope someone will film the amazing breakout stories of the past couple of years — the #MeToo movement and the rise of teenagers fighting violence in response to school shootings.

The glorification of violence as women’s path to equal strength with men is unpleasant and childish. Now that they are no longer housebound as they have been for centuries, let’s write and film stories that celebrate their new freedom to explore their skills. The relationship between Davis and Neeson is a good start in destroying old rules, but imagine the great story that could have followed if each of the featured women had bold ideas in their heads instead of guns in their hands.

the book

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

MORE MERRY MYSTERIES

KINGDOM OF THE BLIND — BY LOUISE PENNY

The Feral Detective,

by Jonathan Lethem The Quiet Side of Passion,

by Alexander McCall Smith

(Minotaur Books)

The new Louise Penny mystery — what better way to enjoy your holiday leisure time? In this 14th Chief Inspector Gamache novel, set amidst a magical Canadian winter storm, Penny intricately weds together two stories, constructed of secrets not told and enemies close at hand. Stemming from incidents that occurred the previous summer, chief of the Sûreté du Québec, Armand Gamache has been suspended and his son-in-law, Jean-Guy Beauvoir is acting chief. Beauvoir is facing pressure to save himself thus paving the way for all blame to fall squarely on Gamanche for the load of a most fatal type of opioids gone missing in that previous case. Gamanche is desperate to stop those drugs from hitting the streets of Montreal, and the lengths he will go to and the sacrifices he will demand from his people are taking a huge toll on him. In this harsh climate, Armand receives notice that he, as well as two other seemingly unrelated persons, are named as liquidators in an elderly woman’s will. A subsequent disaster leads the team to serious financial wrongdoing and a possible motive for murder. Faithful Louise Penny’s readers will appreciate the presence of the colorful Three Pines regulars, as they gather at the bistro for coq au vin and salted caramel and fig ice cream, while another intriguing mystery plays out.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

The Vanishing Box, by Elly Griffiths An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good,

by Helene Tursten Island of the Mad, by Laurie R. King Bury the Lead, by Archer Mayor Stay Hidden, by Paul Doiron The Shadows We Hide,

by Allen Eskens A Borrowing of Bones,

by Paula Munier

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LISTENING R E F L E C T I O N S O N H E A LT H & L I F E S T Y L E

EVALUATE YOUR VALUES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

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hanksgiving has passed and the drugstore aisles and radio stations have now fully committed to the impending Christmas season.

Pumpkin lattes have been replaced by peppermint hot chocolate and the post office lines have tripled in length.

Soon enough, neighborhood homeowners will be giving Clark Griswold a run for his money with lights and action.

BY LAURA WILKINSON

I started humming holiday tunes shortly after the first snowfall, much to the dismay of my daughter and partner. They let me get away with it only if I change the lyrics into comical tales about themselves and our dog. Luckily, I was blessed with an ample amount of rhyme and silliness, so I am able to oblige them and enjoy some early spirit myself.

I am not particularly sentimental or religious, so I am honestly always perplexed by my festive inclination. I find myself lingering in front of storefront windows as I admire the wreaths and garlands and pulling out my mother and grandmother’s Italian cookie recipes.

In reflection, it is likely a mix of nostalgia, magic and hope that rouse such emotions and behaviors. For just this month of the year, we allow ourselves permission to experience life as we did as younger people, putting aside the adult responsibilities of work and politics.

For many, this month of abandon elicits feelings of both excitement and dread. It is a time ripe with anticipation, excess and expectation.

We all want to remain steadfast to our exercise and nutritional goals, yet find ourselves sleep deprived — from staying up too late writing cards, wrapping presents, baking cookies or watching Hallmark movies and drinking eggnog. Too tired to honor our selfcare commitments, we feel guilt and disappointment. So how do we create space for both indulgence and self-care and trust ourselves to manage the balance?

I believe the key strategy in approaching this balance is to step fully into our lives and take ownership for our choices. Instead of using an avoidance mindset, in which life just seemed to happen to us, we can step up and acknowledge our intentions and choices. When we do

“IT IS ESSENTIAL TO REMEMBER THAT THE BALANCE YOU CHOOSE TODAY IS NOT STATIC. EACH DAY YOU GET TO WAKE UP AND ENGAGE IN THE FLUIDITY OF FREE WILL AND CHOICE.”

this we create an opportunity to pause and see more than an either/or pathway. We put ourselves in the driver’s seat and are able to envision the various routes available to us.

One way to set yourself up for success is to sit down and write a list or letter declaring what is important to you about the holiday season and why.

For example, finding time to play and sing holiday songs with my neighbors is important to me. The reason is because it brings me joy to create music with others and it reminds me of my grandfather. He always made the holidays special by playing the organ while we all sang.

When we identify our “what” and “why” at the beginning, we have the ability to plan and organize the time in our busy lives in a way that provides space for the extra activity, and doesn’t supersede something else that is important, like a full night’s sleep or a healthy dinner.

I invite you to try this as another strategy: declare your choices verbally or internally before you engage in a particular behavior. Start your sentence with, “I choose____, because ____ is important to me,” and then be curious about how it truly reflects your values. I choose to write cards to my faraway friends because maintaining our friendship is important to me. This is an accurate reflection of my values. I choose to get up at 5 a.m. and exercise because being strong and able-bodied is important to me. This statement is also an accurate reflection of my values. I choose to eat 10 cookies because the taste of delicious food is important to me. Hmm, well that doesn’t actually line up as well with my values. However, possibly eating one or two cookies does. This activity can be playful and possibly give you some insight into yourself and what really matters to you.

Lastly, it is essential to remember that the balance you choose today is not static. Each day you get to wake up and engage in the fluidity of free will and choice. Our self-trust is strengthened the more we fully inhabit who we are and challenge ourselves to live true to our values.

Have a lovely December and if you see me and a gaggle of kids playing holiday tunes on a corner in town, stop and say hello.

Laura Wilkinson is a Nurse Practitioner and Integrative Health Coach at Middlebury College. Learn more about her and her coaching at middlebury.edu/middleburyintegratedhealthcoach.

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Funny musical brightens Middlebury stage “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” OPENS AT TOWN HALL THEATER ON NOV. 29 WITH LOCAL CAST AND CREW

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he Middlebury Community Players’ production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” will open Nov. 29 and close Dec. 9 at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. It’s a terrible title for a wonderful show.

be in the 1928 opening night audience. When he puts the needle on the record, the stage fills with the cast and chorus of the opening number and soon we’re in the middle of a gut-busting parody of a 1920s musical — one constantly interrupted by the Man in Chair who fills us in about the stars, their secrets, their feuds and their fates. Completed by a tuneful and catchy score, “The Drowsy Chaperone” is a sure-fire evening of laughs and music.

In fact, the script sat on the producer’s desk for months because he couldn’t believe a musical with a title like “The Drowsy Chaperone” could be any good. Luckily, he finally read it because the musical went on to win five Tony awards in 2006, including Best Book and Best Score, and has convulsed audiences across the country ever since.

Erica Furgiuele and David Tennal star in “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a Middlebury Community Players production opening on Nov. 29 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

The show begins when the Man in Chair — a cranky, neurotic recluse who escapes from the stress of modern life by listening to Broadway cast albums — invites us to listen to his favorite

show with him. Although he’s never seen “The Drowsy Chaperone,” he knows it by heart and recreates for us what it must have been like to

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2 Main St. All are welcome to gather on the front steps in cozy attire to celebrate the season with festive songs.

ORWELL ST. PAUL’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.2 p.m., Orwell Town Hall, 436 Main St. Handmade gifts, crafts, decorations, ornaments, wreaths, raffle, basket raffle, flea market, bake sale, lunch and refreshments. All proceeds benefit St. Paul’s Church.

More info contact Kathy Buxton at 802-948-2049.

SALISBURY HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION. Saturday, Dec. 1, 5 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park (across from Maple Meadow Farm).

Festivities include lighting of the town Holiday Tree, a giant bonfire, hayrides, a visit from Santa, sing-along, hot cocoa and more. A Holiday Party — with food and refreshments, stories, and a chance to spend more time with Santa — will follow at the Salisbury Town Library. All are welcome.

More info call 802-352-4836.

VERGENNES HOLIDAY STROLL. Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Locations downtown.

Celebrate the holidays in Vergennes with breakfast with Santa, Craft Fair at VUHS, Bixby Library activities, Pictures with Santa, storytelling and crafts at the Opera House, Caroling on Main Street, other activities and Lighting of the Park. For a full schedule of events visit VergennesDowntown.org

or follow on social media @ VergennesPartnership.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. Saturday, Dec. 1, 8-10:30 a.m., Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Breakfast, an elf band and chorus, crafts for the kids, and of course a visit with Santa. Tickets $5 for kids/$7 for adults. All proceeds benefit the VUHS music program.

HOLIDAY BASKETS SILENT AUCTION. Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Part of the little city’s Holiday Stroll. Bidding on items closes at 1:45 p.m. and bids can be taken home or picked up later.

SANTA READS “THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.” Saturday, Dec. 1, 10:30 -11 a.m. Bixby Memorial Library 258 Main St. Join Santa as he reads Clement Moore’s classic Christmas tale. Part of the little city’s Holiday Stroll.

The show runs Thursday through Sunday on two consecutive weekends. Show times are 8 p.m. for the Thursday to Saturday shows, and 2 p.m. for Sunday matinees. Tickets are $15 for the Thursday shows, $23 ($18 for students with ID) for all other performances, and can be purchased at the THT box office, 802-3829222, or online at townhalltheater.org. ASL interpretation will be available at the Dec. 2 show.

JON GAILMOR. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11-11:45 a.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Jon Gailmor plays holiday favorites as part of the Vergennes Holiday Stroll.

MAIDEN VERMONT. Saturday, Dec. 1, 1-1:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. Enjoy a capella holiday serenade as part of Vergennes’ Holiday Stroll.