Thursday, December 20, 2018

Light & time

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On the trail

Lincoln artist Kathleen Kolb takes observation to a whole new level.

Read about her in Arts + Leisure.

We got a peek at some letters that local kids wrote to Santa Claus.

Read the wish lists on Page 6B.

The defending D-II champion Tiger Nordic boys skied to a win; the girls were 5th. See Page 1B

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Alleged shooting scheme foiled Two MUMS students pulled from school; youth tipped off authorities

By JOHN FLOWERS very specific threat, another juvenile MIDDLEBURY — Two who was going to provide the guns 14-year-old Middlebury Union for him to carry it out,” Middlebury Middle School students have been Police Chief Tom Hanley told the indefinitely pulled from classes and Independent on Tuesday. “There are face juvenile court relationship issues citations after allegedly “Once we between all the people cooperating on a determined involved. We’re still plan to shoot another getting through a lot of student, and possibly this threat was that.” others, on campus on specific, included The youth who specific targets, Tuesday, Dec. 18. allegedly wanted to Middlebury police and was to be do the shooting has are still investigating executed at a been placed in the the case and are custody of the Vermont specific time withholding the names Department for of the two suspects and date, that Children & Families because they are both raised the level and is receiving mental juveniles. They are (of concern). It health counseling, also not disclosing the was more than while the juvenile who names of the alleged idle chatter from allegedly offered to target(s) in this case, supply the firearms is out nor the identity of a someone blowing of school and awaiting heroic student who off steam.” possible punishment tipped off adults about — Middlebury Police once Middlebury police Chief Tom Hanley have wrapped up their the alleged shooting plot. enquiry, which began Details of the alleged Saturday.

MUMS shooting plan might never It’s a case that for the first time come to public light. All proceedings brings an Addison County school in juvenile court are confidential. into the agonizing conversation of (See Tragedy averted, Page 15A) “You had one juvenile making a

Spirit of the season

LOCAL GIRLS SING Swedish songs during the Santa Lucia Festival at St. Stephen’s Church in Middlebury this past Thursday. Singing in the festival, staged annually by Shoreham’s Rustan Swenson, are Sophie Pope-McCright, left, Chloe Clark, Emma Pope McCright, Astrid Olsen, Anna Berg and (not shown) Chelsea Robinson.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Muzzleloader hunt puts 2018 over the top Hospice agencies are In addition, according to the Independent’s analysis of weights of bucks taken during rifle season, This year’s county total includes average buck weights this year rose a productive October and early by almost seven pounds to 147.65 November bow season (274 deer), pounds.

Last year’s average an above-average buck weight came November youth in at 140.9, less than weekend (110), a “It was typical. Normally buck November rifle count incredible. We weights according to of 571 that trails only checked in a our calculations have 2016’s record, and a lot of deer.” ranged from 144 to 146 record number of 390 for — Lincoln General pounds.

December’s combined Store owner Also, typically the muzzleloader/bow Vaneasa Stearns most populated weight season. range of bucks taken The 2017 total of 1,189 deer had broken the 2016 during rifle season is between 140 and 149 pounds. This year there record (1,064) by 125 deer.

The year 2016 had been the best were 83 bucks killed in that weight since 2010, when county weigh class, but 88 taken between 150 and 159 pounds. stations handled 1,021 deer.

County stations weigh record deer totals

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — The year 2017 saw a record of 1,189 deer weighed in Addison County for all seasons combined since 2005, when Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department officials banned shooting spikehorn bucks during November rifle season, thus knocking down the numbers taken in the most popular season.

The record didn’t last long.

Hunters smashed it this year, and did so for the third straight season.

By the time the last few animals tipped the scales at the county’s seven wildlife reporting stations this December, those stations had handled 1,345 deer, 156 more than the 2017 record.

There were also 12 bucks shot in rifle season weighing more than 200 pounds this November compared to six in 2017.

CLIMATE FACTORS Clearly, milder winters are helping more deer survive — and thrive — and thus offering more targets to hunters, said Greg Boglioli, manager of Vermont Field Sports in Middlebury. He recalled finding mountain deer yards in the early 1990s with dead animals, a far cry from what the climate offers now — three consecutive mild winters.

“It wasn’t a hard winter,” Boglioli said. “With the winters not being as rugged as they used to be, it definitely gives the deer population a chance.”

After those three mild winters (See Muzzleloader, Page 10A)

combining services

By JOHN FLOWERS mourn them.

MIDDLEBURY — Two of “We’ll have one budget, one Addison County’s most renowned office, one staff,” said Laurie providers of hospice-related Borden, who will serve as End of programs are joining forces under a Life Services program director. single banner: “End of Officials from Life Services Inc.” “We’ll have one HVS and ARCH This impending budget, one brainstormed together merger of Hospice office, one staff.” on names for their Volunteer Services joint organization.

— Laurie Borden They decided End of (HVS) and Addison Respite Care Home Life Services aptly Ltd. (ARCH) is expected to result describes their mission and client in better coordination of services to base, while giving flexibility to add area residents in the final stages of new partners in the future. their lives and their families.

“It’s not exclusive to hospice,” And officials added the Borden said. “It allows for us to take consolidation will likely spawn new on other partners if we want to in the initiatives to benefit those in hospice future. It allows us to look at what care and the loved ones who will (See Hospice, Page 13A)

Solid waste station at Routes 7/22A up in the air

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — The potential sale of a 34.91-acre parcel of town-owned Ferrisburgh land to the Addison County Solid Waste Management District, which is interested in using the parcel at the intersection of Routes 7 and 22A as a transfer station to serve northwestern Addison County, is currently in limbo.

On Dec. 4 the Ferrisburgh selectboard said no to a district offer of an undisclosed amount for the parcel, a decision made after a seven-minute closed-door session.

Selectboard Chairman Rick Ebel said the board did not choose to make a counteroffer for a parcel that is on the market for $375,000.

“They made an offer,” Ebel said.

“We reviewed it and refused it. It is back in their court.”

Waste management district Manager Teri Kuczinski said she does not know how the district board of supervisors feels about the situation. The board did not and will not meet in December, but would (See Solid waste district, Page 13A)

By the way Lincoln Town Clerk Sally Ober recently saved and rehabilitated a female pine grosbeak bird that had probably been hit by a car.

She released it in Lincoln Center a week or two ago, and it was spotted earlier this week feeding from the crabapple between the store and Weathervane senior housing. Anyone living in the Lincoln village area is asked to keep their bird feeders full. This species is social and always stays in flocks. Therefore, this little one (See By the way, Page 15A)

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Celebration Earth

KRISTI WILLIAMSON DANCES the world back to life in a Tuesday rehearsal of Theatre Group Ltd.’s annual winter solstice pageant, “Night Fires,” which will be staged at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater this Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Photo by Tayo Gabler

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

Input sought on Monkton office

Building proposal could be put to voters next November

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS “What typically happens is you MONKTON — The facts are come up with a design, develop a pretty straightforward: Neither the proposal and then try to sell that to the Monkton town office voters,” said Building nor the town’s Russell Committee member Memorial Library has “What typically Peter Straube, who a source of potable happens is you brings to his work 29 water. Both buildings come up with a years of experience are energy hogs. The design, develop a as a professor at parking situation proposal and then Champlain College’s stinks.

Stiller School of try to sell that to In theory, the Business. “This time solution to these the voters. This the approach is to problems is also pretty time the approach find out what people s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d : is to find out will support, and Build new facilities. what people will then come up with a In practice, however, support, and then design.” things get rather SURVEY OF more complicated — come up with a RESIDENTS Monkton voters have design.”

A year ago, three times defeated — Building Committee the nine-member member Peter Straube committee conducted building proposals.

That is why the a survey of the town Monkton Municipal and received 219 Building Committee is going out of responses. its way to solicit as much input as Nearly three-quarters expressed possible from town residents before support for a new building of some undertaking another design project. kind: 10 percent for new town

offices, 18 percent for town offices and a library and 44 percent for town offices, library and community meeting space.

Roughly two-thirds of respondents thought the town should sell the current town office and library buildings to reduce the town’s annual costs and help pay for construction of a new building.

A majority of those surveyed suggested the following as appropriate uses for the new building: • Community meetings and groups.

• Library and historical society programming.

• Lectures and performances.

Other popular uses supported by residents included small family or social events, fitness classes and arts and crafts studio space.

OPEN HOUSE Survey results in hand, the Building Committee hosted an open house on Dec. 8, where committee (See Monkton, Page 3A)

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MEMBERS OF THE public came to St. Stephen’s Church on the green in Middlebury on Dec. 13 to celebrate the Feast of Santa Lucia, a traditional Advent celebration with Swedish roots. Shoreham’s Rustan Swenson, left, organized the annual festival, which included George Matthew Jr. on the organ, top; Emma Pope McCright, above left, and Astrid Olsen singing; and the Nordic Harmony Singers.

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PETER STRAUBE OF the Monkton Municipal Building Committee shows town residents a set of preliminary designs for a new town hall building.

The committee, which hopes to present voters with a building proposal in the next year, hosted an open house Dec. 8 that included tours of the town offices and Russell Memorial Library.

Photo courtesy of the Monkton Municipal Building Committee

Monkton (Continued from Page 2A) members encouraged town residents to ask questions and contribute ideas.

According to a Needs Statement released by the committee in advance of the open house, “The town office building no longer provides an acceptable working environment. There is no space for conducting private business, nor is there a flexible space where groups of community members can meet.

There is barely any space left for storing town records as the vault is overflowing.”

Simply put: The town offices need more space. So, too, does Russell Memorial Library — to accommodate increased programming, a growing collection of materials and work areas for both patrons and library staff.

The open house went well, according to Building Committee member Stephen Pilcher, who also chairs the town selectboard.

“It was amazing,” he said. “We scheduled it to coincide with the recycling drop-off so it was easy for town residents to stop by on their way home from the recycling center.

Lots of great conversations, ideas and thoughts regarding the town hall and library.”

Straube estimated that 35 residents

visited the town hall on Monkton — were displayed for comparing Ridge that morning, while another and contrasting. No clear preference 50 or so visited the recycling center. for either design was expressed by Information and concept visitors, Straube said. drawings were posted STARTING FROM at both locations. The “It (the open SCRATCH proposed building site, house) was In 2006 Monkton three lots north of the amazing. We voters authorized the current town offices, purchase of five acres scheduled it to received a number of on Monkton Ridge visitors as well: the coincide with for $92,000. Over the Boy Scouts were selling the recycling next eight years three Christmas trees there. proposals for putting drop-off so it Hoping to spark was easy for a building there went conversations and get town residents down in flames: feedback, the Building • 2010 ($1.4 Committee posted a to stop by million): a two-story number of guiding on their way building housing the design principles, many home from the town offices upstairs of them developed recycling center. and a community multifrom comments it had Lots of great purpose room below. received on the survey: • 2012 ($1.5 conversations, • Minimize cost and million): moving the ideas and tax impacts. town hall to the new site • Preserve the thoughts and building additions historic character of the regarding the onto it that would village. accommodate town town hall and • Take advantage library.” offices, library and a of the views of Cedar community space.

— Stephen Pilcher Lake (also known as • 2013 ($1.05 Monkton Pond) and the million): a one-story Adirondack Mountains. building housing the town offices, • Energy-efficiency. library and a community space.

Preliminary conceptual designs In each of the last two years, — for one- and two-story buildings however, voters have approved

$40,000 contributions to the town building fund, so the Building Committee has some reason to feel optimistic. Even so, it has taken a step back to ask some basic questions.

“What do we value most?” Straube said. “How is this building going to function? How get we get the most bang for the buck? Do we want it to just be inexpensive or do we want to try to meet all of our needs?”

The committee’s next step, he said, is to put together a request for proposals (RFP) for the building project. Straube estimated that the earliest town vote on a new building plan would occur in November 2019. A long time to wait, to be sure, but the committee is hoping that taking its time and including the community at every step will ensure success.

“The goal is not just to have a nicer town office or a nicer library, but to create a multipurpose community space,” Straube said. “We don’t have a place where you can come in and say, ‘This is our town hall.’ That’s what I would like to feel.”

The Monkton Building Committee wants to hear from you: visit them online at monktonvt.com/ boards-and-committees/municipalbuilding-committee or email building@monktonvt.com.

Kelley named to Monkton selectboard

MARIKATE KELLEY

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS Corps in the West African nation MONKTON — After a brief of Sierra Leone. And she knows search, the Monkton selectboard her way around a boardroom, too, appointed longtime having served on both resident Marikate Monkton’s school Kelley to fill an open “This is a great board and the Vermont seat vacated by Rodger town and a Principals’ AssociaParker, who resigned great group of tion executive council. from the board last people, and I She also brings legal month. expertise to her new want to be of “For now I’m just service to my position. A partner in getting my feet wet,” Woodward & Kelley, Kelley said after Mon- community.” she practices law from day’s meeting. “This — Marikate Kelley her home office. is a great town and a “We’re excited great group of people, and I want about having someone with her to be of service to my community.” expertise and long-standing comTwo official meetings in, she mitment to the community,” said added with a grin, “I haven’t Monkton Selectboard Chairman changed my mind about that.”

Stephen Pilcher.

Kelley is no stranger to service.

Kelley has lived in Monkton She volunteered with the Peace since 1995. Her daughters, 13 and

15, attend Mount Abraham Union High School, and her partner, Emmy Harvey, works at the Counseling Service of Addison County.

Selectboard member Kelley has another title as well: Coach Kelley.

Next spring will be her third leading the Vergennes/Mount Abraham cooperative girls’ lacrosse program.

Kelley officially joined the board on Nov. 26. Her term, begun by Parker in 2016, expires in March, and she will have to run for election on Town Meeting Day. She plans to do so, she said.

In the meantime, she’ll have plenty of work to do as the selectboard focuses on crafting next year’s budget and reviewing a new town plan expected soon from the town planning commission.

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Plastic bag ban: a good first step

I would like to thank Carol Talmage for her excellent letter (11/29), “Plastic causes apprehension” and say that plastic causes me apprehension too. That is why I am working with a group of volunteers on a plastic bag ban advisory petition in the town of Middlebury.

The petition we are circulating advises the Select Board to write an ordinance to ban single use plastic bags at the point of purchase in Middlebury. Given the avalanche of plastic waste American consumers generate each year, targeting the type of plastic bags that are most often used once seems a good place to start.

In this effort, we will be following the precedent set by Brattleboro last year — and 87 towns in Massachusetts, as well as the entire state of California. It is a small step toward our responsibility to keep plastic out of the environment.

If you are interested in learning more or volunteering to support the ban, our email is keepmiddleburybeautiful@gmail. com.

Amy McAninch Middlebury

Society blamed for bad behavior A hopeful note

THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW of Hope, danced by Kristi Williamson, soars across the Town Hall Theater stage Tuesday during a rehearsal of the solstice pageant “Night Fires,” which will be staged at THT four times this weekend.

Photo by Tayo Gabler

Did cutting tree really benefit town?

Our silver maple tree was cut down. We didn’t want to cut it down. It wasn’t dying. The choice, however, was taken out of our hands because this particular tree was growing in that thin strip of grass between sidewalk and street. That land you have to mow but the town controls.

The silver maple was old. At least 80 years old according to the memories of my father, who remembers it being there, quite big, when he was a child. I can only tell you about its last 35 years, the time I spent with it.

I remember it as always being huge, too big to wrap my arms around. It had large patches of peeling bark covered in green lichen that we would collect to make fairy houses.

Its green leaves had silvery backs that made the leaves look shiny when they rustled in the wind. It was hard to mow around because it was up on a little hummock.

By Claire When I was a kid we would lose Corkins badminton birdies in its canopy. Our solution of course was to throw the rackets up into the branches to dislodge it. Sometimes the rackets got stuck — and more rackets were employed until the tree at last released our birdie.

Over time a few branches died. After heavy windstorms there would always be some branches littering the lawn under the tree. But every year in the spring it would be renewed, a huge green canopy.

Its roots slowly rose in the lawn, causing more stubbed bare toes in summer and making mowing more difficult.

And the sidewalk slowly rose as the roots grew under it, making either an awesome bike jump or a tripping hazard, depending on your position. It was that way for years and years. All my life.

Ways of Seeing

Then the town decided to replace the sidewalks. They did not see the uneven cement as an awesome bike jump.

They decided the tree had to go. A smooth sidewalk was more important.

I came home for lunch one day in September to see my majestic old friend lying in pieces, being cut down. The harsh sounds of a chainsaw filled the air. Men in Carhartts were chipping branches or moving logs. One man, suspended with his chainsaw by ropes, cut. I couldn’t watch.

They got rid of the branches but left the logs, stacked up in a pile by the road. Passersby commented. They wondered why — the tree had looked healthy. They commiserated.

We saved a few of the logs — a project for later. And then the rest were taken by a neighbor and the stump was ground and the tree was completely gone; just an empty space left. They put the new sidewalk in.

It has been several weeks, but I still see an empty space every time I look at where the tree used to be. It still takes me by surprise when I come around the corner or look out the window, expecting to see green leaves and instead see the neighbors’ houses.

My daughter declared this had been her favorite tree.

She made a RIP sign for it. She shed tears for it. Even the prospect of a replacement tree held no appeal.

I wonder if the loss of the tree affects me so much because I like old things. I like record players and wooden windows, I like reading real books and writing with pencil on paper. Perhaps it is just nostalgia — a link to (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Taking the plunge — on puff pastry

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They say you’re never too old to try new things. Maybe knitting a particularly complicated sweater with maddenthat’s why Australian grandmother Irene O’Shea, 102, ing short-row sleeve caps that nearly drove me to set my recently went skydiving to raise money for charity. entire yarn stash on fire.

While I’m not likely to jump out of a plane — I have to You don’t need to know what short-row sleeve caps drop to a crouch on tall escalators — O’Shea and I have are; I didn’t know until I found this pattern. And at first something in common. I know the sort of thrill she must I considered going with something easier. Instead, I achave felt falling 14,000 feet toward the earth, because this knowledged my fear and dove in anyway. year I too (figuratively at least) have stretched my wings.

I spent many nights in November with knitting in Right around the time O’Shea was signing a waiver and hand, taking notes, counting, muttering to myself and getting strapped to her tandem instructor’s chest, I was screaming, “Shut up, I’m concentrating!” whenever Mark taking a deep breath and embracing a had the temerity to interrupt me with challenge I’d contemplated for years. dumb distractions (“But the IRS is I made puff pastry from scratch. on the phone and they want to talk to What a feeling. you”).

Sure, O’Shea’s challenge carried Most of the time, he watched more risk to life and limb than mine, me from his recliner, smirking as I and I was able to do my baking withrepeatedly ripped out and reknit miles out having to be strapped to a master of yarn, cursed loud enough to make pastry chef. But the principle was the the dog hide and, at least once a night,

By Jessie Raymond same: We both pushed ourselves beflung the whole project across the yond our normal limits. That’s where room. the thrill is.

“It’s so nice that you have a relaxing Puff pastry, I had always assumed, couldn’t be made hobby,” he’d say as I growled and tried to bite my needles by amateur bakers. But I dreamed of the sense of accom- in half. plishment I’d get from producing a flaky, buttery pastry It wasn’t the easiest or most enjoyable project. But I with my own hands. Could it be done? did it. And now I have a lovely sweater with the most Um, yes. butt-kicking sleeve caps you’ll ever see.

Turns out, there’s no big secret to making puff pastry, So clearly, O’Shea and I are a lot alike. The main differother than tedium; you just roll out the dough, fold it, chill ence is that I dislike anything that puts my body in danger. it and repeat until you understand why people get their I was reminded of this on Sunday. While carrying a puff pastry from the freezer aisle. Still, I created a deli- sight-obscuring stack of Christmas presents down the cious product that looked like it had come from a high-end stairs and musing on things other than my feet, I missed bakery, and that made me proud. the bottom step. I was too busy reviewing my life as it But it’s not just puff pastry. This month I also finished (See Jessie, Page 5A)

Around the bend

The public cries out: “Why are kids killing kids today?” Well, let’s take a look at society.

Children are not disciplined and there is a difference between discipline and abuse. Children have access to cellphones and social media sites. Children have access to violent video games. Children have parents who teach them.

So society, where did you go wrong, because guns have been around for centuries. Society is what has changed and gone wrong!

Just my take.

Bonnie L. Barrows Middlebury

Accept and help all the children My heart is breaking for the child who felt so alone in our community that the only answer they could come to was violence. We need to wrap that child, and every child, in love.

People, we need to do better. As grateful as I am for the advocacy (mostly by our youth) that gave us one of the tools that prevented this tragedy from becoming deadly, I also am desperately aware of how much we need to do to ensure that our youth know that our community knows them, loves them, and cares about them.

I don’t pretend to know what to do. But here are some things I’m aspiring to do: Look every child I see in the eyes.

Give them a smile. Say hello. Ask how they are and mean it. Know that every mistake is them learning to be a person. See every error as their struggle. Correct with love.

See them. Every. Last. One. See them all. Gay kids, straight kids, pan kids, bi kids, trans kids, kids of color, white kids, preps, A/V nerds, punks, athletes, mathletes, spellers, farmers, artists, introverts, extroverts, conservatives, liberals, fundamentalists, atheists....Every kid. See them and care.

I’m starting with my own, and moving out from there. That’s what I can do right now.

I can also be there for parents.

Some of us are always on time.

Some of us are always late. Some of us pack elaborate lunches for our kids. Some of us hope they can get lunch at school. Some of us are housed. Some of us are not. Some of us are healthy. Some of us are not.

Some of our work is at home. Some of our work is out of the house.

Some of us can be home some of the time. Some of us are lucky to be home at all. Some of us have a lot of bandwidth. Some of us don’t. We are all parents. We are all struggling not to mess our kids up. We are all fortunate that they are so resilient.

None of us is better for being judged. None of us is doing it all right. This is not a competition, it’s a community. We all do better when we help each other progress.

Maybe you have kids in our schools. Maybe your kids are grown. Maybe you don’t have kids. What happens to anyone in (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, December 20, 2018 — PAGE 5A

Baby, it’s politically incorrect outside Letters to the Editor I had to laugh when I read that things again get a little creepy — the Politically Correct Police are she asks “What’s in this drink?” It’s upset about the words to “Baby It’s hard not to think of Bill Cosby’s Cold Outside.” Can’t we just have roofies when we ponder that line a little innocent holiday fun without today.

True, even some putting every malefeminist writers have female interaction defended the song given under a microscope? its period context. But its Then I took a critics object that as the closer look at the man repeatedly presses song’s lyrics. And his point and she finally decided that in this gives up and says “at case, the word cops least I’m gonna say that I do have a point. tried” to say no, the song The song never can seem, as they’ve put mentions Christmas it “a little bit rapey.” but it’s become a The young singers holiday classic.

Lydia Liza and Josiah Frank Loesser wrote Lemanski have recorded it in the 1940s. He an amusing, politically and his wife initially correct version. In their performed it as a take, the woman protests gag at Hollywood parties, and it won an by Gregory Dennis that she needs to go home and he replies, Academy Award in “Baby, I’m cool with 1950.

The lyrics to “Baby It’s Cold that.” When she says “I really can’t Outside,” of course, consist stay” he answers, “Well, you really of clever repartee between an don’t have to.”

She asks “What’s in this drink?” unmarried man and woman on a blizzardy evening when she’s and he reassures her that it’s only pomegranate LaCroix water. He visiting him at his home.

He’s trying to talk her into encourages her to call her mother staying for the evening and perhaps to say she’ll be home soon, and requests that she “please text me at the night.

She is — depending on your your earliest convenience.”

All of which got me wondering, perspective — either cleverly resisting his advances or offering, in a lighter vein, if perhaps we’ll first, objections and then tacit see other young songwriters agreement to his suggestion that reworking Christmas songs in light she should stay because otherwise, of 21st-century standards.

Take “Rudolph the Red-Nosed “you’d freeze out there, it’s up to Reindeer,” for example. Gene your knees out there.”

I’d always heard the song as its Autry never did say why Rudolph’s original performers intended it: a nose was red. What if Rudy was an lively and somewhat tongue-in- alcoholic? Wouldn’t that make it cheek depiction of what sometimes dangerous for Santa and the other occurred, in that era, between reindeer to be flying under the single men and women who were influence?

Rudolph with your nose so bright on the verge of something more I think you’d better stay home serious. He’s intent on seduction.

She’s listing the reasons (or are tonight Plenty of songs feature holiday they pro-forma excuses?) that a woman felt she couldn’t (or truly drinking. John Denver brought us “Please Daddy Don’t Get Drunk did not want to) stay.

When she prepares to go, he This Christmas,” which at least had inappropriately pressures: “How the right message. Compare that can you do this thing to me?” to Jeff Foxworthy’s “Redneck 12 he objects. Clearly he’s afraid Days of Christmas” where on the there will be a cold shower in his 12th day, his true love brought to him: immediate future.

12 pack of Bud But then she says “maybe just a 11 wrastlin’ tickets half a drink more,” that she’s under Tin a’ Copenhagen his spell even though she “ought to say no.”

9 years probation But then — and this is where 8 table dancers

Between The Lines

7 packs of Redman 6 cans of spam F-i-i-i-ve flannel shirts!

4 big mud tires 3 shotgun shells 2 huntin’ dogs and some parts to a Mustang GT. Then there’s “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” In this sad tale the poor old woman gets leveled by “hoof prints on her forehead and incriminating Claus marks on her back.”

It seems that grandma had “been drinking too much eggnog and we begged her not to go. But she forgot her medication and she staggered out the door into the snow.” The moral of the song?

“They should never give a license to a man who drives a sleigh.”

Maybe we need a new version where Santa sees that grandma’s in trouble and checks her into rehab.

And surely both feminists and men’s rights advocates can be expected to join forces against “Santa Baby.” It features a baby-voiced woman who hits up ol’ Kris Kringle for one bauble after another: first a sable, then a convertible, then the deed to a platinum mine, a duplex and checks, decorations bought at Tiffany’s and, oh yeah, a ring.

I mean, the woman is obviously a gold digger. She’s only into the guy for his money.

All kidding aside, it’s a bit of a tradition in this space to offer these wishes every year, from Old Blue Eyes’ version of a favorite Christmas song: Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days once more Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more Through the years We all will be together If the fates allow Hang a shining star Upon the highest bough And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.

Greg Dennis’s column appears here every other Thursday and is archived on his blog at www. g re g d e n n i s . w o rd p re s s . c o m .

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We, my husband John and I, emerged from a daze to realize that sound was coming, with regularity, from our car. That happened on Wednesday evening, Nov. 14, at about 6:30. It was a chilly night. We pulled over on Seymour Street, still within the village of Middlebury.

Yes, the right back tire was flat.

Guardian angels appeared. A young man was taking a stroll with a friend. They heard us coming. The young man asked us, “Would you like some help?” I answered, “We would love some help.” (I stopped changing my own tires about 40 years ago. John is 77 years old. I forget we have wrinkles and silver hair.)

Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You.” Three messages from the movie stayed with us: You never know what is going to happen next. (Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun, explains the meaning of this statement in her book, “Comfortable with Uncertainty.”) It is very important in life, to be present, observe, and respond to what is around you. Work together.

We also had extra help from the spirit world. John’s mom, Jane, would have turned 108 on Nov. 14. Hmmm ... 108 is considered a sacred number in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Also, the math teacher in me wants you to know, 108 = 11 X 22 X 33.

Patricia Heather-Lea Bristol

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On behalf of the ACSD School Board, thank you to everyone who participated in the Community Dialogue Meetings last month and submitted feedback to the Board regarding our Facilities Master Planning process. Along with community feedback, our work will be guided by the ACSD Strategic Plan and our transition to becoming an International Baccalaureate World District, so the Facilities Master Plan will ensure that investments in our buildings support student learning objectives.

During the Community Dialogue Meetings, we asked participants to consider: Given the context of our enrollment and facilities data, what specific actions do you believe should be considered as we begin the Facilities Master Plan to map the future of our district? We were so pleased to see community members engaged in thoughtful conversations during the forums, and have received many thoughts, ideas, and concerns to guide us into the next phase of the process.

We want to remind the public that the planning document for the Facilities Master Plan and information presented during the Community Dialogue Meetings are currently available on our website at acsdvt.org/ domain/897, and are also available in hard copy form at all ACSD Schools, Town Clerk Offices, and public libraries.

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Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) my childhood. Or maybe I just like trees better than cement.

Perfectly smooth, wide sidewalks are great, but what really makes a walk on a summer’s day pleasant?

Big old shade trees. They are what make old towns walkable and gives them their character. If we continue to cut down all the big old trees to the benefit of our sidewalks, we will not increase the walkability of our town.

I continue to receive condolences for the tree. Flowers, thoughts, leaf tracings. I have not received a single compliment on how nice and flat the new sidewalk is.

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Our angels’ names were Graham and Ariel. We found the jack, the doughnut spare tire, and the lug nut wrench. Graham changed our tire.

We offered to pay Graham for his work. He replied that we do live in Vermont and this is how we treat each other. He did not want money.

I asked if there was an organization that was meaningful to him, so that we could pay our gratitude forward.

Graham said, “No.” We, John and I, have decided to make a donation to the Charter House Coalition on 27 North Pleasant St. Every human being deserves the comfort of knowing where home is.

That evening John and I were on our way home from the movies.

We were so absorbed in Boots

the process, consider completing an online survey at the link provided above, or sending comments to grandchallenge@acsdvt.org. Paper copies of surveys can be mailed or delivered to the ACSD Central Office at 49 Charles Avenue in Middlebury.

The Board will continue to accept public comments until Jan. 4, 2019.

Once the comment period has closed, the Board’s Planning and Engagement Committee will review community feedback, facilities data, and other information shared during the Community Dialogue sessions to identify emerging themes and possibilities in the context of the guiding principles outlined in the master planning document.

During January and February, the Planning and Engagement Committee will prepare draft recommendations and identify additional questions for the public to consider in a second round of Community Dialogue Meetings.

We anticipate hosting these public meetings in March 2019.

We sincerely appreciate everyone’s participation in this process, and especially value the commitment this community has to ensuring that all ACSD students are provided an outstanding educational experience.

Jennifer Nuceder Chair, ACSD Planning and Engagement Committee Salisbury

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Obituaries

John Pierce, 84, North Ferrisburgh NORTH FERRISBURGH — John Coburn Pierce, 84, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at his home in North Ferrisburgh after a short illness.

He was born May 18, 1934, in Hinesburg, Vt., the son of W. Harrison Pierce and Sybil Green. He went to schools in Hinesburg and attended Vermont Technical College.

He was the state FFA Vice President in 1953 and served in the Army for two years during the Korean War. John owned and ran a dairy farm most of his working life and served his community in many ways. He was instrumental in getting the Ferrisburgh fire station built in the early 1990’s. He was town moderator for 21 years and a member of the selectboard for seven years. John was one of the original members of the town zoning board in 1967 and spent nine years as chair of the Planning Commission starting in 1970.

Fourteen years were spent as the secretary and treasurer of the North Ferrisburgh Cemetery Association and six years as co-chair of the Ferrisburgh Recreation department.

He had many pastimes including reading, history and playing cards with family and friends. Texas Hold-em was one of his favorites.

John and Irene spent many winters down south traveling with their camper. His beloved horse Nettie was with him in his early years and more recently Belle would be seen pulling the buggy while John gave neighbors, family and friends rides.

John was a big man with a bigger heart — his love for family and children was apparent by his marriage for a second time to a woman (his love of 48 years, Irene), having five children, adding to the three John already had. Irene and John then had three more together. We always joked that we were “The Brady Bunch” on steroids. John was never happier than helping and tending his family.

He was still in contact with many of his early friends and enjoyed their company. After ending dairy farming

JOHN COBURN PIERCE in 2000 he drove a dump truck for a few years and then was a school bus driver, which he really enjoyed.

John is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Irene Gebo Pidgeon and his children: Beth Pidgeon, Pamela Cousino (Guy), Susan Johnson (Chuck), Sally Boisvine, Mark Pidgeon, Jane Cyr (Patrick), Gary Pidgeon, Paul Pierce, Peter Pierce and Laura Pierce; his grandsons Aaron Myers and T. J. Cross; and sisters-in-law Ruth Pierce and Lena Burro. He was predeceased by his daughter, Anne Pidgeon, his grandson, Kyle Myers and his brothers William Pierce and Sidney Pierce.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday, Dec. 21, at the North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. with the funeral service following upstairs at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the North Ferrisburgh Cemetery. After the service there will be a reception in the fellowship hall with light snacks.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 25, N Ferrisburgh, VT 05473. To send online condolences to his family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com. ◊

William Miller, 94, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Bill was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to Ethel Bayard Miller and Charles Spurgeon Miller on March 17, 1924. A graduate of Allegheny College and a member of Phi Gamma Delta, he served as a naval officer in the Pacific in World War II. Following graduation, he did post-graduate work in Colonial and English history at the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, England. He was a member of a number of state and local historical agencies and boards.

For thirty-two years Mr. Miller served in various capacities in the Office of General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as secretary of the Presbyterian Historical Society, associate editor of the Journal of Presbyterian History, director of the Department of History and associate stated clerk of the General Assembly. From 1972-1992, he was secretary-treasurer of the American Society of Church History.

At the request of the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, he was consultant for the WCC archives in Geneva, Switzerland.

Missouri Valley College and Wilson College awarded him honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees. He was included in Who’s Who in the East and Who’s Who in Religion.

Mr. Miller was a member of the Middlebury Congregational Church.

He also previously served as an elder in the Wallingford Presbyterian Church, Wallingford, Pa., and Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Indialantic, Fla. An Eagle Scout, he was an assistant scoutmaster in Boy Scouts and was active for many years as a member of his local school board.

Survivors include a son, William Bayard Miller Jr. and his wife Gail of Middlebury, Vt.; a daughter Marjorie Miller Granat and her husband, Ken, of Tucson, Ariz.; granddaughters Erin Miller Heins (Jaime), Kirstin Miller Mazzeo (Tony), and Kelsey Vaughan; grandsons Timothy (Ritsa),

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Augusta Stearns, 81, Middlebury native MORIAH, N.Y. — Augusta “Ginger” B. Stearns, 81, died Sunday morning, Dec. 16, 2018, at Elizabethtown hospital in Elizabethtown, N.Y., in the loving arms of her grandson with her daughter and granddaughter by her side after a short illness.

She was born Aug. 12, 1937, in Middlebury, Vt., the daughter of Kenneth H. Bannister and Augusta (Palmer) Bannister.

Ginger was a graduate of Middlebury High School. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, where she was also a member of the choir. She was also an associate member of the Sister’s of Mercy in Burlington.

Ginger enjoyed baking, painting, calligraphy, arts and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter Colleen Munson of Moriah, N.Y.; by her two beloved grandchildren Rachelle Cline of Moriah, N.Y. and Roger Cline of Long Island, N.Y.; by her siblings, Carl Wixon of Roswell, N.M., Lee Haire and wife Liz of Springfield, Mass., and Mary Jensen and husband Michael of Brandon Vt., and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents and by her husbands, Roger P. Munson who died in 1964 and C. Lynn Stearns who died in 1996; by her siblings, Ken, Dick and Doug Bannister, Barbara Spears, Beverly Devino and Debbie Lowell.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury with the Rev.

Jacob (Abby) and Benjamin Miller and Matthew Vaughan; great-grandchildren Nicholas and Alexander Mazzeo, Brady and Samantha Heins, and Max and Charles Miller; and brothers, Stephen Miller of Tampa, Fla., and Edwin Miller of St. Thomas, V.I. He was predeceased by his wife Jean (Keck) Miller on Aug. 3, 2018.

A Memorial service will be held at the Middlebury Congregational Church at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, at P.O. Box 754 Middlebury, VT 05753 or to the Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19046.

The family would like to extend their thanks to the staff at The Residence at Otter Creek and Addison County Home Health and Hospice, and to Pastor Andy NagyBenson for their gracious support and care.

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

FERRISBURGH — Yvette Online condolences at Emmell Field, 96, of Ferrisburgh Sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊ died Dec. 14, 2018.

She was born Sept. 15, 1922, in Canada, the daughter of Vamore and Aurise Gevry. Her family moved to Addison when she was five years old.

She is survived by son Andre Emmell and Margaret; daughter Ann-Marie and Gerald Allard; sisters Suzanne Gamache, Joanne and John Dusten, and Cicille and Richard Young; brother Robert Gevry; step-daughter Cheryl Stevens; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husbands Donald Emmell and Warner Field; brothers Lawrence, Gerald, Lewis, Roland and Paul Gevry; Sisters Colombe, Bridget, Claire, Alice and Aline; daughters Annette and Donna; ad step-son David Field.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 5 p.m. at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church in Vergennes. A mass and interment will be held on May 11, 2019, at Prospect

AUGUSTA B. STEARNS Luke Austin as the celebrant.

Burial will be at a later date in Prospect Cemetery in East Middlebury.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church at 326 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 or to the Addison County Humane Society at 236 Boardman Street Middlebury, VT 05753.

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Four local students joined more than 1,500 undergraduate students from around the world as they begin their academic careers at Tufts University, located in Medford/ Somerville, Mass. The university’s Class of 2022 includes: Andrea Boe, Tobias Broucke and Douglas Sandler of Middlebury, and Krystian Gombosi of Ripton. In all, only 14.6 percent of a record breaking 21,501 applicants were admitted

to the university, the second-lowest acceptance rate in university history.

Quinn Berry of East Middlebury, a grade 10 student at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass., has achieved honors for the first trimester. Berry is the son of Brooke Jette and Pat Berry. Students earning honors are required to earn a grade point average of 87.

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Holiday Religious Services ADDISON COUNTY — A number of Addison County-area churches have set their schedules for special Christmas events and services.

ADDISON Addison Community Baptist Church will hold a family-friendly candlelight Christmas Eve service with a children’s story for all ages at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

BRANDON/Forest Dale St. Mary’s Church/Our Lady of Good Help will hold a Christmas Vigil Mass on Monday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m. Christmas Day Mass on Tuesday, Dec. 25, will be at 11 a.m.

St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church (Route 7, Brandon village) will hold a service on Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m., with traditional carols and candlelight.

Lifebridge Christian Church will hold its Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

Brandon Congregational Church, UCC will hold a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. Pastor Reverend William Bartholomew, M. Div., will preside. Special recognition will be given to the 200th Anniversary of “Silent Night.”

Furnace Brook Wesleyan Church will hold a Christmas service at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, at its 1895 Forest Dale Road, Brandon location.

BRISTOL The First Baptist Church of Bristol will hold its Christmas service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 10:15 a.m. A family-oriented Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service will occur at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24; included will be readings, carols, special music and the lighting of the candles.

St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church will hold Christmas Eve services on Monday, Dec. 24, at 5:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.

CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Congregational Church will hold worship services and lighting of the advent wreath on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 10 a.m. On Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, there will be a family service at 4:30 p.m. and a traditional candlelight service at 7 p.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church will hold Christmas Eve Masses on Monday, Dec. 24, in several locations: at 4 p.m. at the Old Lantern, at 7 p.m. at St. Jude in Hinesburg, and at 10 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Christmas Day Mass will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m. at St. Jude.

CORNWALL Cornwall Congregational Church will hold a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m. A special offering will be given to the Addison County Parent Child Center and to Project Independence.

EAST MIDDLEBURY The East Middlebury United Methodist Church will hold a Holiday service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 9 a.m. A Christmas Eve service will be held at 5:45 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 24, with candles, carols and scripture lessons.

FERRISBURGH The Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Candlelight service of lessons and carols on Monday, Dec. 24, at 5 p.m. All are invited to attend. No service on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church will hold

Christmas Eve services on Monday, Dec. 24: a 5 p.m. family service, short, lively, aimed at young people and those who love them, with a candle lighting; and at 7:30 p.m., a traditional Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols and candle lighting.

LEICESTER St. Agnes Church will hold a Christmas Eve Mass on Monday, Dec. 24, at 6 p.m.

LINCOLN The United Church of Lincoln will hold Christmas Eve services on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 and 11:30 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY The Middlebury United Methodist Church will hold its annual concert and carol sing on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m., to raise money for the Charter House Coalition. On Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, they will hold a candlelight service of lessons and carols at 7 p.m.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury will hold Christmas Eve Masses on Monday, Dec. 24, at 4 and 9 p.m. A Christmas Day Mass is on Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 9 a.m.

The Congregational Church of Middlebury UCC will hold Christmas Eve services on Monday, Dec. 24, at 4 and 7:30 p.m.

Grace Baptist Church on Merchant’s Row will have a Christmas Eve service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 6 p.m.

Memorial Baptist Church in Middlebury will hold a Christmas Eve candle lighting service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. A Christmas Day “come-as-you-are” family-oriented service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church will hold a Gentle Christmas service, Eucharist and lunch on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 11 a.m., for those for whom the Christmas season may be difficult. Advent IV Holy Eucharist will be held Sunday, Dec. 23, at 8 and 10 a.m.

On Monday, Dec. 24, a Christmas Eve pageant and Eucharist will be held at 4 p.m. and a Christmas Eve Eucharist at 9 p.m. The Christmas Day Eucharist service take place Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m. On Sunday, Dec. 30, there will be a celebration of Christmas in word and music at 10 a.m.

The Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society will hold two Christmas Eve services on Monday, Dec. 24, both ending with candle lighting and the singing of “Silent Night”: at 5 p.m. a Christmas Celebration for all ages, including a no-rehearsal all-ages nativity pageant, with carols and youth choir; Carol singing with CVUUS Choir at 7 p.m.; and at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Barnaby Feder will give a homily titled “Fake News Vs. Good News.”

MONKTON The Monkton Friends Church will hold a candlelight Christmas Eve service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. with traditional hymns and carols and scripture readings.

NEW HAVEN New Haven Congregational Church’s Christmas season includes a regular service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 10 a.m., the fourth Sunday of Advent Christmas Communion & Children’s Pageant. Christmas Eve Service will be on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.

PANTON Panton Community Baptist Church will have a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 24.

RIPTON Ripton Community Church will hold its annual Christmas Eve service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m., led by Bill McKibben.

Contributions to a seasonal smorgasbord are welcome.

SALISBURY The Salisbury Congregational Church will hold its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

Everyone is welcome.

SHOREHAM The Shoreham Congregational Church will celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent, Sunday, Dec. 23, at 10 a.m. There will be a traditional Christmas Eve community candlelight service with lessons carols at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

An Epiphany service with children’s pageant will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 6, at 10 a.m.

St Genevieve’s Catholic Church will hold Christmas Eve Mass on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.

STARKSBORO The Starksboro Meeting House will hold a non-denominational Christmas program of lessons and carols on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be led

by Rev. John Burbank. Everyone is welcome. Joanne Russell will provide a special holiday solo.

VERGENNES St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will hold a St. Thomas Day service, Holy Eucharist, Rite I, on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 10:30 a.m. On Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, there will be Holy Eucharist Rite II at 4 p.m., and a Christmas Day Eucharist on Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m.

St. Peter’s Church will hold a Christmas Eve Mass on Monday, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. and a Christmas Day Mass on Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 9 a.m.

The Vergennes United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. All are invited to attend. No service on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

Victory Baptist Church will be the starting point for caroling on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m.

A Christmas service will be held on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. as well as cookies and carols service at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight service is on Monday, Dec. 24, at 6:30 p.m.

The Vergennes Congregational Church will hold a Longest Night service of solace and comfort on Friday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 23, there will be a regular service at 9:30 a.m. with a Children’s Christmas pageant.

Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, will have a family candlelight service with Mel’s marionettes at 4 p.m., and at 7 p.m., a traditional candlelight service.

WEST ADDISON The West Addison United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. This service replaces the regular morning worship service that day. All are invited to attend.

No service on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

WEYBRIDGE Weybridge Congregational Church will hold its Christmas Eve carol and candlelight service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 5 p.m.

WHITING Whiting Community Church will hold services this year on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 10:30 a.m. and Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.

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EXPRESS THE SPIRIT of the season through singing at several participatory events this coming weekend. Brandon’s French conversation group welcomes everyone to come sing Christmas carols en français on Saturday, Dec. 22, 10-11 a.m., at Book & Leaf, 10 Park St. Singers are invited to the annual “Messiah” sing at the Congregational Church of Middlebury on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 2 p.m. Finally, St. Peter’s Church in Vergennes will host Christmas caroling at “Sing We Now Noel” on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Church of Middlebury, corner of Route 7 and Main St. Music scores provided. Orchestra parts available for those who play a stringed instrument, Moonlight Madness in Brandon.

Green Mountain Club hike or snowoboe, flute, bassoon or baroque trumpet. Donation Thursday, Dec. 20, 4-9 p.m., downshoe in Ripton. Saturday, Dec. 22, Spirit request at door $5-10 adult/$10-20 family. More town. A time for shopping local with sales, in Nature Trail, Goshen Rd. Easy 2-3 miles info contact Jeff Rehbach at rehbach@middlebury. discounts and specials. Stroll through downtown depending on the number of paths we choose to edu or 802-989-7355. and drive to the outskirts. Enjoy the sights and explore. Gently rolling terrain at a moderate pace.

“Sing We Now Noel” in Vergennes. Sunday, Dec. sounds and visit with friends and neighbors. It is Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. a time to catch a scrumptious bite to eat or warm or at 802-388-5407 for more information. More Join this celebration of Christmas and seasonal up with something warm to drink. And last but not carols. Dr. William Tortolano, organist and music least, it is a time to support your director will lead the singing. A free will offering is neighbors and keep it local. greatly appreciated. Song books provided.

Moonlight Madness Artist Night Fires in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 demonstrations in Brandon. p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Thursday, Dec. 20, 4-8 Pleasant St. A mystery play, a LEARN TO DANCE SWING, LATIN & BALLROOM. Friday nights; winter solstice pageant for our own p.m. Brandon Artists’ Guild.

January 4, 11, 18 & 25. 7-8pm West Coast Swing Class. 8-9pm Basic times — rife with magic, beauty, Demonstrations, gift-wrapping, book signing, warm cider, great Waltz Class. Beginning level, no experience required. Classes held humor and even tears. An intricate holiday deals and a festive holiday of music, song, dance and at the Cornwall Town Hall on Rt. 30. $50 per person for a 4 week web atmosphere. story. Pre-show singing begins 20 series of a one hour lesson each week. Registration required. Call minutes prior to the show. Tickets “West Side Story” on screen in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. $25 general admission/ $21 John 802-897-7500.ChamplainValleyDance.com 20, 6 p.m., Community Room, seniors/ $20 students available at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. townhalltheater.org and in person activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Middlebury Community Classic Film Club turns to at Town Hall Theater (box office open Mondaya great musical classic. On the 100th anniversary Free hot cocoa in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, Saturday, noon-5 p.m.).

Marquis Theater, 64 Main St. Stroll into the Marquis of the birth of its composer Leonard Bernstein, for a hot cocoa to get you through those last frantic this story raises the question of who is truly an days of holiday shopping. A Very Merry Middlebury American and how can we learn to live together. event.

It’s also a wonderful tale of love, turbulence, and Community Christmas Day dinner in tragedy. Free. Discussion to follow. Cookies, Santa Claus visits farmers’ market in Middlebury.

Middlebury. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., VFW, 530 popcorn and good coffee. See great films with The Commons, 249 Buttolph Dr., (across the Exchange St. Santa arrives at 9:30 a.m. and friends old and new. street from the Town Ice Rink). A free Christmas leaves for the North Pole at 12:30 p.m. Free coffee, dinner open to the community. Reservations appretea, and seasonal music. ciated — call Dottie Neuberger at 802-388-7613 Sing Christmas carols in French in Brandon. or Pat Chase at 802-382-9325. Rides available if Saturday, Dec. 22, 10-11 a.m., Book & Leaf, 10 Green Mountain Club hike or snowcalled in by Dec. 21. To contribute food or money Park St. Brandon’s French conversation group shoe in Weybridge. Friday, Dec. 21, call one of the above numbers. welcomes everyone who enjoys speaking French, Snake Mountain. Hike to summit from from stumbling beginners to those with native the east side. Begin at trailhead parking on fluency. Word sheets will be available for anyone Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge. Moderate wanting to participate in singing “chansons de 4.6 miles, 1087’ elevation gain. Contact leader Noel”.

American Red Cross blood donation David Andrews for meeting time at 802-388- “Elf” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday Dec. 22, in Middlebury. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 4894 or vtrevda@yahoo.com. More activities at 12:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Middlebury Regional gmcbreadloaf.org.

Marquis continues its holiday celebrations with this EMS, 55 Collins Dr. Give the gift of blood for those Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, free café screening of this 2003 film starring Will in need this holiday season.

Dec. 21, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South.

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Doors open at 11:30 a.m., meal served at noon “Home Alone 2: Lost in NY” on screen in of for apricot glazed ham, dinner roll, sweet Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, 3 p.m., Marquis potatoes, peas and cheesecake with fruit. 72 Theater, 65 Main St. Hilarity ensues with this free hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to café screening of the first “Home Alone” sequel.

Age Well senior luncheon in reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation Lumen Celebration of Fire and Light in Bristol.

Vergennes. Thursday, Dec. 27, 10 a.m., does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age Saturday, Dec. 22, 4-9 p.m., downtown. Come to Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride Bristol for the annual Lumen Celebration of Fire Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to and Light and experience lantern making at Holley 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal at noon inquire.

Hall, fire performers on the town green, a lighted includes panko pork cutlet with white sauce, Decorate a solstice lantern in Middlebury. walk down Main Street, and fire pits at Tandem and sweet potatoes, spinach, wheat bread and pear Friday, Dec. 21, 3:30-4:40 p.m., Community Vermont Tree Goods with hot drinks and tasty eats. crisp with cream. Bring your own place setting. $5 Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. All Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule. suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice materials provided.

Holiday shopper’s evening with wine tasting in required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419.

Watershed Center Winter Solstice celebraVergennes. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse tion in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 21, 4-6 p.m., The Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Find stocking stuffers, of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Come celebrate holiday candles, soap rocks, and unique gifts.

ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. the year’s longest night and the return of the Enjoy seasonal food favorites paired with selected Video story hour in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. sun to the northern sky with song, poetry, and wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine.

27, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 a little pageantry, too. This year, we’ll also honor King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Main St. Free. Eat popcorn while watching clasthe memory of our friend Jason Bacon and the Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and sic children’s books. sacred Ash tree. Readings welcome. Bring a Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins dish to share and dress warmly. Leave dogs at with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. home for this one. For details visit thewatershedKing Pede is a unique game that involves “trickcenter.org. taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades Holiday Shopper’s Evening with Wine Tasting in or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come prepared to “Ice Age” on screen in Middlebury.

Vergennes. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative use your strategic thinking.

Saturday, Dec. 29, 12:30 p.m., Marquis Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Enjoy seasonal food Night Fires in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, 3 and Theater, 65 Main St. Go back in time at favorites paired with selected wines, courtesy of 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A this free café screening of the 2002 film.

Vergennes Wine. mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own “Monty Python: in search for the Holy Grail” Solstice celebration in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. times — rife with magic, beauty, humor and even on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 29, 3 21, 7-8:30 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist tears. An intricate web of music, song, dance and p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The Marquis Church, Seminary and North Pleasant St. story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior wraps up its free holiday film screenings with Celebrate the winter solstice with seasonal to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 Monty Python’s irreverent take on the legend of music and poetry in an informal setting in the seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.

King Arthur. church fellowship hall. Open mic opportunities to org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office “The Kindergarten Teacher” and Q&A with share thoughts, read poetry or offer a song about open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.)

Maggie Gyllenhaal in Middlebury. Saturday, the holiday season or the winter solstice. Light Holiday comedy show in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. refreshments will be served. More info contact Dec. 22, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Pleasant St. MNFF presents this holiday event.

Tom Colley at 802-989-6413.

The latest edition of The Most Funniest Comedy Following the screening of her recent release, Night Fires in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 Challenge, brought to you by Regi Brittain and “The Kindergarten Teacher,” Maggie Gyllenhaal p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A Ryan Kenyon, and featuring Tina Friml. Tickets will join us for a Q&A moderated by Peter mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our $20 or free with an unwrapped toy for Toys for Sarsgaard. Tickets $15, available at Town Hall own times — rife with magic, beauty, humor Tots. Grab bag of funny gifts for lucky audience Theater Box Office in person or over the phone and even tears. An intricate web of music, song, members. at 802-382-9222, Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m. dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Annual Messiah sing in Middlebury.

Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, Countdown to Noon-Year in Sunday, Dec. 23, 2 p.m., Congregational noon-5 p.m.)

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First Day bird hike in Ferrisburgh.

Tuesday, Jan 1, 9 a.m., Button Bay State Park, 5 Button Bay. New Year’s Day birding trips are a tradition held by many in the bird watching world as they begin to fill their annual bird lists.

Join Otter Creek Audubon when they combine that tradition with the fairly new tradition of First Day Hikes held at State Parks across the country.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan 2, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. Meal served at noon of sweet-n-sour chicken, vegetable rice pilaf, garden vegetables, wheat bread and mandarin oranges.

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.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of beef stroganoff over rotini pasta, Brussels sprouts, wheat bread and seasoned apples. 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.

Middlebury Actors Workshop 2019 Season auditions in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. All types of actors are encouraged to come to a general audition for MAW, a small professional theater company in residence at Town Hall Theater, for their MainStage season and Cutting Edge play reading series. Prepare two short, contrasting monologues or do a cold reading from sides that MAW will have at the theater. To make an appointment email melissa@middleburyactors.org.

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American Red Cross Blood donation in New Haven. Friday, Jan. 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Addison County Home Health and Hospice, 254 Ethan Allen Highway, (Route 7)

FREE PIZZA ( VALUED UP TO $25 )

A GOOD NUMBER of revelers gather each year at the Watershed Center at the Waterworks property off Plank Road in Bristol on Dec. 21 to celebrate the winter solstice with a bonfire, warm drinks and music. This year’s celebration runs from 4-6 p.m.

Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Crafts, stories, face painting, photo ops and fun. Free.

Best Night in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, locations across town. Join this Community-wide celebration of the coming New Year, with three music venues, food, activities, and holiday spirit.

Michele Fay and Tim Price in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, 5-5:40 p.m., Bristol Baptist Church, Park St. Part of Bristol’s Best Night.

New Years Eve dinner dance in Middlebury.

Monday, Dec. 31 5 p.m.-midnight, VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange St. Cocktails 5-6 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. of Prime Rib from Pratt’s Store, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, tossed salad, rolls and dessert. Music by Triple B DJ. Tickets $20/person.

RSVP 802-388-9468. Advanced sales preferred.

Any remaining tickets at the door $25.

New Years Eve fireworks in Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 31, 7:30-8 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Park, Mary Hogan Dr. Bundle up for and enjoy the show.

Brought to you by the Middlebury American Legion.

Free.

New Year’s Eve with The Horse Traders in Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Ring in the New Year with The Horse Traders. Doors open at 8 p.m., the band kicks off at 9 p.m.

New Years Eve ice-skating in Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 31, 8-9:30 p.m., Memorial Sports Center, 296 Buttolph Dr. Middlebury Parks and Recreation invites you to on the skates and take some turns around the rink. Free, including skate rentals.

Bread and Bones in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, 8-8:45 p.m., Bristol Baptist Church. Park St. Part of Bristol’s Best Night celebrations.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 4, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Doors open at 11 a.m. Meal served at noon. Join us for chicken breast, southern cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, mixed beans, wheat dinner roll and blueberry pie. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required by Monday, Dec. 31. 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 802-388-2287 to inquire.

Middlebury Actors Workshop 2019 Season auditions in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 4, 6-8 p.m., Byers Studio, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. All types of actors are encouraged to come to a general audition for MAW, a small professional theater company in residence at Town Hall Theater, for their MainStage Season and Cutting Edge play reading series. Prepare two short, contrasting monologues or do a cold reading from sides that MAW will have at the theater. To make an appointment email melissa@middleburyactors.org.

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Green Mountain Club hike/snowshoe in Weybridge/Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 5, Hamilton Rd. TAM (Trail Around Middlebury) lot. After arranging a “car spot” in Middlebury, we will meet at Hamilton Rd TAM trailhead in Weybridge and hike to South Main St, Middlebury. 4.4 miles. Moderate difficulty. TAM map is available at maltvt.org. More info contact Kathy Duclos, at kduclos@gmavt.net or 802-4532149. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

Patrick Fitzsimmons in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Vermont singer/songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons is a 2011 and 2012 Solarfest national songwriting contest finalist and a three time Ploughshares national songwriting contest finalist. He’ll be performing with Becca Kodis on violin.

7:30-open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m.

L I V EM U SIC Midday concert in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

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“Sing We Now Noel” in Vergennes. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church.

Michele Fay and Tim Price in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, 5-5:40 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

Bread and Bones in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, 8-8:45 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

Patrick Fitzsimmons in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House Blues Jam in Bristol. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., Hatch 31.

LC Jazz in Vergennes. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

ONGOINGEVENTS By category: Farmers’ Markets, Sports, Clubs & Organizations, Government & Politics, Bingo, Fundraising Sales, Dance, Music, Arts & Education, Health & Parenting, Meals, Art Exhibits & Museums, Library Programs.

FARMERS’ MARKETS Brandon Farmers’ Market. Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., May 25-July 20, Estabrook Park, July 28-through Oct. 20, Crescent Park. Vegetables, flowers, plants, Vermont maple syrup, honey, baked goods, organic beef, goat cheese, hand-crafted and tie-dyed items, jewelry, paintings and more.

Middlebury Farmers’ Market. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the VFW parking lot, Exchange St. Baked goods, organic products, cheese and dairy products, crafts, cut flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, jam, jellies, preserves, maple syrup, meat and poultry products, wine, bread, plants, pickles, prepared foods, soap and body-care products, eggs, yarn, and cider.

Vergennes Farmers’ Market. Saturdays, 9 a.m.noon, beginning Nov. 18, Kennedy Brothers, 11 Main St. Up to 20 vendors, live music, free parking, rain or shine. Local food, produce, eggs, cheese, baked goods. Jewelry, crafts and gifts.

Whiting Farmers’ Market. Thursdays, 3-6 p.m., Whiting four corners. Maple syrup, honey, baked goods, eggs, pork, bacon, lamb, and many other seasonal offerings.

SPORTS Chess Club of Addison County in Middlebury.

Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Center.

Co-ed volleyball in Middlebury. Pick-up games Monday, 7-9 p.m., Middlebury Municipal Gym. Jack Brown, 388-2502; Bruce at Middlebury Recreation Department, 388-8103.

Community Rowing Club in Vergennes. Thursdays, 5:15 – 7:30 p.m. June-Aug., Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Info lcmm.org or 802-475-2022.

Family tennis court time in Middlebury. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Middlebury Indoor Tennis. Family play drop-in offers families a chance to play together.

Equipment is provided. Open to all levels of play.

Info: Erin Morrison, emorrison@acafvt.org.

Mountain Bike Group Rides. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays 5:30 p.m., departs Frog Hollow Bikes.

More info at addisoncountybikeclub.org.

“Walk and Roll to School Day” first Wednesdays more info at sites.google.com/site/middbikeped.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS ACT (Addison Central Teens) Drop-in hours during the school years: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 3-6 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 3-7 p.m. Warming Hut, 77 Mary Hogan Drive. Teen drop-in space for kids.

Hang out with friends, play pool, watch movies, and eat great food. Info: 388-3910 or addisonteens.com.

Addison County Amateur Radio Association. Sunday, 8 p.m. On the air on club repeater 147.36/147.96 MHz, 100 Hz access tone. Non-members and visitors welcome.

Addison County Emergency Planning Committee.

Last Wednesday, 5 p.m. State Police Barracks.

Public invited.

Addison County Republican Party. Third Friday, 7 p.m., Ilsley Library, Middlebury. 897-2744.

American Legion Auxiliary Post 27. Fourth Monday, 7 p.m. American Legion, Wilson Road, Middlebury.

Addison County Council Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Fourth Tuesday, noon-1:30 p.m. Addison County Courthouse in Middlebury. 388-9180.

Brandon Lions Club. First and third Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brandon Senior Citizen Center, 1591 Forest Dale Road. 247-3121.

Bristol Historical Society. Third Thursday, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St., Bristol.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers’ Club. Middlebury VFW, 530 Exchange St. Third Sunday (except Easter), noon to 5 p.m. Donation $3. Refreshments available.

Looking for fiddlers young and old. Open to public.

Info: 342-0079.

The Hub Teen Center and Skate Park. 110 Airport Drive, Bristol. School year hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Summer hours 10 a.m. ‘til dark as staff is available. thehub@ gmavt.net. Info: 453-3678 or bristolskatepark.com.

LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer).

Youth support group meets Monday nights, 4-6 p.m., Turning Point Center, Creek Road, Middlebury. Info: 388-4249.

Middlebury Garden Club. Second Tuesday. Location varies. Pat Morrow, 462-3741.

Middlebury Lions Club. First and third Monday, 5:30 p.m., Rosie’s Restaurant. Meetings held October through June.

MiddMUGG, (Middlebury MacIntosh Users Group), First Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. NEAT (Northeast Addison Television) Channel 16.

Fourth Monday, 5-7 p.m. NEAT studio in Bristol.

Bruce Duncan, bduncan@madriver.com.

Neshobe Sportsman Club. Second Monday, 6 p.m. potluck; 7 p.m. meeting. 97 Frog Hollow Road in Brandon.

Otter Creek Poets. Open poetry workshop held Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. Ilsley Library in Middlebury.

Poets of all ages are invited to share their poetry for feedback, encouragement and optional weekly assignments. Bring a poem or two to share (plus 20 copies). Led by David Weinstock. Free.

Orwell Historical Society. Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Orwell Free Library.

Samaritan’s Cupboard. Assembly of God Christian Center, 1759 Route 7, Vergennes. Third Thursday through October.

Vergennes Lions Club. First and third Wednesday, 6:45 p.m., American Legion. Club address: PO Box 94, Vergennes, VT 05491. Info: President Tim Cowan, 877-2382.

Vergennes Rotary Club. Tuesday mornings, 7:15-8:30 a.m., Champlain Valley Christian School, 2 Church St. Breakfast served at 7:15 a.m.

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The Warmth Program is in its 32nd year and is administered by CVOEO. It is intended to supplement Vermont’s Seasonal and Crisis Fuel Assistance services. Warmth funds are always paid directly to the fuel or energy vendor on behalf of Vermonters with low income.

For this emergency or crisis program applicants must be within five to seven days of running out of bulk fuel or in danger of having their utility service disconnected in order to be considered for financial assistance. CVOEO staff work with applicants to examine their monthly income and expenses, their available resources, and their capacity to make realistic repayment arrangements (for past-due metered services) or to cover part of the cost of a delivery of bulk fuel. Community Action staff also screen applicants for eligibility in other supportive programs, such as the VT State Seasonal Fuel Assistance Program, 3SquaresVT, and Weatherization services.

Warmth funds are donated. CVOEO uses 100 percent of all donations to keep people warm.

During last year’s heating season CVOEO helped 1,747 Unduplicated Households 2,486 times through $309,253 in donations.

CVOEO is in the business of helping people step back from the edge of cliffs. Community Action Offices in Middlebury, Burlington and St. Albans will help those needing fuel. Warmth donations can be sent to CVOEO, PO Box 1603, Burlington, VT 05402.

“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” — Pope Francis

(Continued from Page 1A) in turn are largely due to the large Vermont Fish & Wildlife muzzleloader total — successful Department officials this summer hunters from the Oct. 6 to Nov. 2 estimated the state’s deer population archery will be published separately at 155,000. A few years ago officials next week. routinely pegged the population at The following hunters had deer between 110,000 and 120,000. weighed at an Addison County Other factors figured into higher wildlife reporting station after a county totals this year. Two wildlife successful hunt during the Dec. 1 reporting stations in Chittenden through 9 muzzleloader and archery County’s southeast corner shut season, listed with the town of kill, down after last year. Some hunters the weight in pounds and number of who normally would have taken antler points if a buck: deer there had them weighed WEST ADDISON instead at Addison County’s GENERAL STORE northerly stations, Lincoln General Connor Pouliot, Cornwall, Store, Green Mountain Trails End 130-pound doe; Raymond in Bristol, and Rack ’N Reel in New Cousineau, Addison, 108 doe; Isaac Haven.

Preston, Ferrisburgh, “It was incredible.

126 doe; Timothy We checked in a lot Last year’s Davis, Addison, of deer,” said Lincoln average buck 65 female; Russell General Store owner weight came in Bishop, Shoreham, Vaneasa Stearns.

141 doe; Charles at 140.9, less Some believe local Bradford, Addison, hunters took advantage than typical.

138 doe; Dale Bushey, of wildlife officials Normally Addison, 50 male; selling off antlerless buck weights William Charbonneau, deer tags, which were according to Ferrisburgh, 100 doe; not all taken during our calculations Michael Quesnel, the Fish & Wildlife Bridport, 130 doe; Department’s annual have ranged and Herbert Glidden, lottery. Steve Ploof from 144 to 146 Bridport, 136 doe. of East Middlebury’s pounds.

Also, Dawson C&S Hunting Supplies McGrath, Cornwall, 59 and Boglioli both offered that male; Matthew Lawton, Salisbury, theory.

140 doe; Eric Preston, Panton, 91 “We sold more antlerless tags doe; Kevin Sullivan, Panton, 135 through the store than I can doe; Mitchell Gallison, Shoreham, remember,” Boglioli said.

106 doe; Eugene Bradford, The percentage of bucks taken Ferrisburgh, 78 doe; Ethan Gevry, statewide during archery and Addison, 113 doe; Steven Fifield, muzzleloader seasons in 2017 stood Bridport, 103 doe; Chris Bingham, at 26 percent. A quick review of Bridport, 114 doe; Richard Tracey, some of the local results this year New Haven, 100-pound-4-point show the percentage of bucks this buck; Brendin Roberts, Shoreham, year. For example, the archery/bow 102 doe; Richard Thurber, Panton, number was about 20 percent bucks 115 doe; and Giovanna Price, at Rack ’N Reel, which checked in Shoreham, 61 female. more deer than any other county LINCOLN GENERAL STORE station in 2018.

Roy Catella Jr., Warren, 130 doe; Finally, Robbie Bedell at Green Roy Catella, Waitsfield, 130 doe; Mountain Trails End and Boglioli Larry Ducharme, Huntington 169both speculate that snowstorms 5; Michael Lowell, Charlotte, 68 in late November could have pounds; Keon LeClair, Charlotte, 77 contributed to the record-high local female; Bridget Russin, Huntington, take of 314 deer during December’s 90 doe; Gary Murray, Hinesburg, muzzleloader/bow season.

110 doe; Jeff Mayo, Lincoln, 103-3; Although snow was not deep in Allen Lavallette, Huntington, 132 the valley, in the mountains snow doe; Clinton Alger, Huntington, 127 was two or three feet deep in many doe; Mark Cousino, Lincoln, 115 places, making it difficult for deer doe; Kirk Roscoe, Bristol, 128 doe; to travel and find food. They believe and Thomas Kilbourn, Ferrisburgh, deer might have headed to lower, 125 doe. more heavily hunted ground due to Also, Cody Cyr, New Haven, 106 those conditions on the ground. doe; Luke Bergeron, St. George, 105 “If it pushed deer off the mountain doe; Matthew Calcagni, Ripton, 126 down into the flats,” Boglioli said, doe; Wesley Butler, New Haven, more would be in range of hunters 113 doe; Calvin Tierney, Lincoln, who would also be reluctant to 120 doe; Craig Desautels, Lincoln, wade through the snow.

117-6; Ty Combs, Lincoln, 100 doe; The overall county weigh-station Jody Atkins, Bristol, 61 pounds; totals between 2009 and 2015 have Kurt Naser, Bristol, 103 doe; Steven ranged from a low of 671 in 2011 to Spafford, Cornwall, 92 doe; William this year’s high of 1,345.

Person, Richmond, 110 doe; and news@addisonindependent.com Due to space concerns — which Craig Desautels, Lincoln, 84 doe.

Also, Muhammed-Ghazi Smith, Middlebury, 68 pounds; Rodney Orvis, Starksboro, 133 doe; Richard Antone, Williston, 102 doe; David Degrechie, Hinesburg, 110 pounds; Brian Russin, Richmond, 50 pounds; Theodore Palmer, Huntington, 1525; Roland Haskins, Huntington, 107 doe; Bradley Palmer, Charlotte, 180-6; Nelson O’Bryan, Lincoln, 118 doe; Shawn Paya, Charlotte, 127 doe; and Gary Barclay, Lincoln, 108 doe.

Also, Chad Murray, Hinesburg, 121 doe; Greg Harriman, Huntington, 105 doe; Tyler Ducharme, Huntington, 101 doe; Sarah Lathrop, Lincoln, 107 doe; and Todd Heyman, Huntington, 90 doe.

C&S HUNTING SUPPLIES Nolan Warner, Middlebury, 69 female; Dalton Rheaume, Salisbury, 133-4 and 77 doe; Matthew McGuire, Middlebury, 78 doe; Patrick Larocque, Leicester, 130 doe; Gabriel Cameron, Salisbury, 118 doe; Greg Whitney, Cornwall, SATURDAY, DEC 22nd • 9:00am - 12:30pm 81 doe; Wyatt Cameron, Salisbury, 97 doe; Edward Malzac, Middlebury, WINTER MARKETS 116-5; Ralph Brown, Middlebury, 106 doe; George Whitcomb, New Haven, 100 doe; Michael Tatro, Every Saturday Jan - April • VFW on Exchange St Salisbury, 131 doe; and Michael www.middleburyfarmersmarket.org Forbes, Middlebury, 120 doe.

GREEN MT. TRAILS END Roger Tremblay, Hinesburg, 95-3; Daniel Cram, Middlebury, 58 female; Nicholas Ouellette, Middlebury, 130 doe; Ronald Smith, Monkton, 70 female; Tyler Cousino, Weybridge, 55 male; Stephen Martell, Bristol, 156 doe; Gabriel Meader, Starksboro, 67 male; Travis Guillemette, Monkton, 153-8; Shawn Frost, Middlebury, 61 female; Benjamin Turner, Hinesburg, 63 male; and Adam Norris, Monkton, 112 doe.

Also, Lucius Cousino, New Haven, 60 male; Kyle Cousino, New Haven, 93 buck; Devin Belisle, Starksboro, 103 doe; Joseph Sawyer, New Haven, 121 doe; Patrick Hendee, Starksboro, 156-6; Gary Briggs, New Haven, 118 doe; (See Season, Page 11A)

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Season (Continued from Page 10A) Connor Andrews, Warren, 130-3; Bruce Delorme, Starksboro, 124 doe; Thadeus Sorrell, Charlotte, 131-4; Travis Manning, New Haven, 67 female; and Leon Demers, New Haven, 127 doe.

Also, Ambrose Cousino, New Haven, 127 doe; Amber Sorrell, Charlotte, 118-6; Michael Jerome, New Haven, 112 doe; Jacob Rochon, Cornwall, 77 male; Victor Fifield, Cornwall, 144-4; Joey Mashia, Richmond, 114 doe; Colby Trudeau, New Haven, 149-4; Rachael Bedell, Bristol, 118 doe; Aaron Clark, New Haven, 80 female; Kirk Roscoe, Bristol, 102 doe; Stephen Tucker, Lincoln, 55 female; and Casey Huizenga, Monkton, 129-4.

Also, James Martell, New Haven, 106 doe; Britney Ramsey, New Haven, 72 male; Scott Heath, Starksboro, 60 male; Paul Morse, Starksboro, 145-7; Adam Thompson, Starksboro, 164-10; Kyle Bartlett, Bristol, 92 doe; Warren Chase, Monkton, 117 doe; Austin Lafayette, New Haven, 114 doe; Leon Demers, New Haven, 114 doe; Jon Jennings, New Haven, 113 doe; William Forbes, Middlebury, 87 doe; and Patrick Hendee, Lincoln, 109 doe.

Also, Bradley Zeno, Starksboro, 146-8; Kevin Haskins, Warren, 90 doe; Jody Conant, Bristol, 112 doe; Dylan Raymond, Starksboro, 104-2; Corey Shepard, Starksboro, 129 doe; Anthony Porter, Starksboro, 122 doe; Jody Bartlett, Bristol, 70 male; John Chamberlain, Lincoln, 123 doe; John Gillette, Monkton, 140 doe; Eric Jennings, Monkton 158-8; Craig Shepard, Starksboro, 126 doe; and Garrett Davis, Bristol, 101 doe.

Also, Jared Forand, Bristol, 73 female; Dylan Devoid, New Haven, 136 doe; Cory Steady, Bristol, 122 doe; Chad Phillips, Huntington, 97 doe; Rusty Conant, Richmond, 1567; Kenneth Lafountain, Monkton, 159-8; Wyatt Gracie, New Haven, 96 doe; Patrick Irish, New Haven, 114 doe; Justin Henry, Huntington, 60 female; Daniel Briggs, New Haven, 105 doe; Brian Ramsey, Lincoln, 64 female; and Bradley Zeno, Starksboro, 73 female.

Also, Paul Jerome, Monkton, 118 doe; Lucius Cousino, New Haven, 56 male; David Cavoretto, Warren, 100 doe and 88 male; Robert Lafountaine, Panton, 121 doe; Tucker Davis, Bristol, 110 doe; Ryan Whitcomb, Starksboro, 144-7; Michael Freegard, Waltham, 121 doe; Charles Rockwell, Bristol, 1295; Pernell Bedell, Starksboro, 97 doe; Lucas Sweeney, Starksboro, 111 doe; and Ethan White, Starksboro, 128-4.

Also, Jason Berry, Lincoln, 146 doe; Zachary Laurie, Bristol, 138-8; Andrew Rheaume, New Haven, 106 doe; Tyler Cousino, Weybridge, 90 doe; Matthew Bartlett, Shelburne, 110-3; Timothy Yandow, New Haven, 129 doe; Kevin Berry, New Haven, 88 doe; Eric Gracie, New Haven, 116 doe; Abraham Goyette, Bristol, 106 doe; Hailey Isham, Charlotte, 114 doe; and Richard Mason, Hinesburg, 104 doe.

Also, Colin Jennings, New Haven, 103 doe; Dustin Whitcomb, Bristol, 80 doe; Jody Conant, Hinesburg, 118 doe; Erin Dalley, Bristol, 104 doe; Gavin Conrad, Bristol, 92 doe; Donnie Mashia, Richmond, 142-6 and 140 doe; Dana Dattilio, Hinesburg, 147 doe; Lucas Sweeney, Starksboro, 87 doe; Ethan White, Starksboro, 110 doe; Matthew Norris, New Haven, 124 doe; and Jeffrey Hoag, Starksboro, 70 male.

Also, Shawn Lathrop, Starksboro,

127 doe; Andrew Bissonette, Monkton, 134 doe; Joshua Sherman, Bristol, 149 doe; Samuel Fox, Starksboro, 60 male; John Palin, Starksboro, 136-9; Louis Bennett, Hinesburg, 118 doe; Alice Johnson, Charlotte, 134 doe; Thadeus Sorrell, Charlotte, 104 doe; Kiley Sorrell, Charlotte, 123 doe; Paul Morse, Ripton, 110 doe; Brenden Hoag, Starksboro, 70 female; and Garrett Davis, Bristol, 122 doe.

Also, Anthony Rochon, Middlebury, 78 female. Carla Jimmo, Starksboro, 102 doe; Kyle Bedell, Starksboro, 58 female; David Yandow, New Haven, 121 doe; Donald Brown, Bristol, 109 doe; Kenneth Wiggin, Starksboro, 99 buck; Gary Hill, Benson, 107-4; Nathaniel Marsters, Bristol, 67 male; Owen Bromley, Starksboro, 98 doe; Daniel Boyer, Bristol, 115 doe; Matthew Myers, New Haven, 129-4; Pernell Bedell, Bristol, 100 doe; Richard Lathrop, Waltham, 125 doe; and Kevin Clark, Ripton, 126 doe.

VERMONT FIELD SPORTS Jeffrey Galipeau, Weybridge, 1607; Lawrence Kaufmann, Shoreham, 154-7; Frank Raymond, Addison, 150-8; Todd Seguin, Weybridge, 142 doe; Shawn Gero, Cornwall, 140 doe; David Doria, Cornwall, 136 doe; Matthew Cram, Leicester, 135 doe; Devin Dwire, Salisbury, 135-6; Glen Peck, Ripton, 135-7; Amanda Pennell, Salisbury, 130 doe; Shawn Gero, Whiting, 130 doe; and Gary Forbes, Middlebury, 130-4.

Also, Burton Cole, Leicester, 128 doe; Matthew Sheldrick, Salisbury, 127-5; Cody Steele, Cornwall, 126 doe; Lemuel Palmer Shoreham, 125 doe; Michael Kimball, Middlebury, 125 doe; John Cyr, Bridport, 125 doe; Lee Terrier, Cornwall, 124-4; Karl Kaufmann, Addison, 123 doe; Stephen Aruzza, Middlebury, 123-4; Gabriel Mattison, Whiting, 123 doe; Ayden Trombley, Cornwall, 121-5; and Jeremy Nolette, Cornwall, 120 doe.

Also, Wendy Butler, New Haven, 120 doe; Randy Butler, New Haven, 120 doe; Robin Whitman, Ripton, 120-4; Scott Whitman, Ripton, 120 doe; Robert Cameron, Leicester, 120 doe; Ronald Devoid, Middlebury, 117 doe; Morgan Laroche, Salisbury, 116 doe; Michael Desjadon, Middlebury, 115-5; Ian Ploof, Middlebury, 115 doe; Todd Dietrich, Shoreham, 113 doe; and Taylor Patterson, Shoreham, 113 doe.

Also, Glenn Terk, Ripton, 112 doe; Peter Funk, Cornwall, 112-3; Gabriel Mattison, Whiting, 111 buck; Dennis Rheaume, Cornwall, 110 doe; Gabe Cameron, Salisbury, 110 doe; Benjamin Cram, Cornwall, 110 doe; Andrew Recupero, Weybridge, 110 doe; Robert James, Weybridge, 108 doe; Charles Sargent, Ripton, 108 doe; Jordan Poulin, Addison, 107 doe; Derek Raymond, Brandon, 107 doe; and Joseph Cyr, Weybridge, 107-4.

Also, Paul Scaramucci, Middlebury, 107-4; Fred Raymond, Addison, 107 doe; Stephen Dow, Middlebury, 106 doe; Brent Warren, Cornwall, 106 doe; Charles Sargent, Weybridge, 105 doe; Jonathan Pratt, Cornwall, 105 doe; Darcy Trudeau, Salisbury, 105 doe; Donald Pepe, Whiting, 104 doe; Andrew Recupero, Dorset, 104 doe; Leon Smith, Middlebury, 102 doe; Charles Torrey, Salisbury, 102 doe; and Wayne Rainey, Salisbury, 100 doe.

Also, Brian Blake, Salisbury, 100 doe; Tim Davis, Whiting, 96 doe; Raymond Gale, Salisbury, 94 doe; Henry Ramsey, New Haven, 90

Deer kill from year to year

The full scan for deer weighed in the county • 2018: 1,345 deer (571 rifle, 110 youth, 274 bow, 390 muzzleloader) • 2017: 1,189 deer (554 rifle, 110 youth, 161 bow, 264 muzzleloader) • 2016: 1,064 deer (573 rifle, 94 youth, 206 bow, 191 muzzleloader) • 2015: 772 deer (444 rifle, 78 youth, 206 bow, 44 muzzleloader*) • 2014: 724 deer (359 rifle, 107 youth, 152 bow, 106 muzzleloader) • 2013: 807 deer (421 rifle, 109 youth, 132 bow, 145 muzzleloader) • 2012: 875 deer (405 rifle, 124 youth, and 346 combined bow/muzzleloader) • 2011: 671 deer (329 rifle, 110 youth, 232 bow/ muzzleloader) • 2010: 1,021 deer (428 rifle, 95 youth weekend, 498 bow/ muzzleloader) • 2009: 840 deer (301 rifle, 91 youth, 448 bow/muzzleloader) * No muzzleloader doe permits were issued in 2015 after a harsher winter.

doe; David Wemette, Middlebury, 90 doe; David Kenyon, Salisbury, 89 doe; Ira Schiffer, New Haven, 87 doe; David Burnor, Fairfield, 84 doe; Jonathan Pratt, Cornwall, 76 doe; Maurice Laroche, Salisbury, 75 doe; Timothy Whitney, Salisbury, 74 male; and Barry Whitney, Salisbury, 72 female.

Also, Daniel Whitney, Cornwall, 64 female; Josh Kennett, Salisbury, 60 female; Benjamin Rule, New Haven, 56 female; Jesse Otis, Weybridge, 55 female; Christopher Huestis, Waltham, 54 female; Christopher Crane, Hubbardton, 71 female; Dean Rheaume, Middlebury, 71 female; Adam Gorton, Middlebury, 71-3; Joshua Berno, Middlebury, 67 male; Steven Rheaume, Cornwall, 65 female; Nicholas Carrara, Middlebury, 65 female; Leslie Johnson, Orwell, 65 female; and Jeffrey Delphia, Cornwall, 64 female.

RACK ’N REEL Jay Smits, Bridport, 182-8; Kevin Kayhart, Waltham, 181-10; Nathan Hansen, Leicester, 155-4; Bernard Isabelle, Rutland, 155-8; Gary Perkins, Hancock, 154-8; Nathan Lavoie, Ferrisburgh, 149-6; Kurt Degraaf, Ferrisburgh, 147 doe; Todd Badger, Monkton, 147-10; Shannon Martin, Starksboro, 145-4; Matthew Sweeney, New Haven, 143 doe; John Parker, Addison, 141-8; Timothy Flynn, Waltham, 139 doe; James Jewell, Ferrisburgh, 138 doe; Chauncy Barrows, Ferrisburgh, 138-5; Sean Kehoe, Hinesburg, 136 doe; and Craig Newton, Waltham, 135 doe.

Also, Joshua Parker, Shoreham, 132 doe; Paul Blair, Ripton, 131-6; Paul Deering, Bridport, 131 doe; Justin Borah, Ferrisburgh, 130 doe; James Giard, Shoreham, 128-4; Evan Lacaillade, Bolton, 128-4; Christopher Miller, Ferrrisburgh, 127 doe; Robert Therrien, Charlotte, 127 doe; Zachary Stearns, Ferrisburgh, 127 doe; Brandon Tierney, New haven, 127

doe; Christopher Gebo, Ferrisburgh, 126 doe; and Michael Crosby, Ferrisburgh, 125 doe.

Also, Jon Boise, Monkton, 125 doe; Bruce Cram, Ripton, 125 doe; Haylee Gillette, Monkton, 125 doe; Pierre Laroche, Salisbury, 125 doe; Patrick Needham, New Haven, 125 doe; Travis Paquette, Bristol, 125 doe; Kyle Clark, Ferrisburgh, 124 doe; Daniel Stearns, Ferrisburgh, 124 doe; Jacob Trombley, Ferrisburgh, 124 doe; Delbert James, New Haven, 122 doe; Frank Stanley, Monkton, 122 doe; and Kevin Bothwell, Shelburne, 122 doe.

Also, Darcy Spear, Lincoln, 1224; Brent Jocelyn, Bristol, 121 doe; Scott Brace, Bridport, 121 doe; Peter Cousino, Huntington, 121 doe; James Jewell, New Haven, 120 doe; Roger Cota, Monkton, 120-6; Jay Rogers, Ferrisburgh, 120 doe; Nicholas Cook, Ferrisburgh, Ferrisburgh, 119 doe; John Stokes, Starksboro, 118 doe; Bruce Perlee, New Haven, 118 doe; Brian Larock, Hinesburg, 117 doe; and Wendy Butler, New Haven, 117 doe.

Also, Brian Novak, New Haven, 117 doe; Jeff Palmer, Starksboro, 117 doe; Craig Cheever, Bristol, 116 doe; Tyler Flynn, Waltham, 116 doe; William Smits, Bridport, 116 doe; Christian Day, New Haven, 115 doe; Jacob Trombley, Ferrisburgh, 115 doe; Jason Whittemore, Waltham, 114 doe; Lyman Gaudette, Charlotte, 114 doe; Stephen Gutowski, Ferrisburgh, 113 doe; and Stephen Davis, New Haven, 113 doe.

Also, Daniel Flynn, Addison, 113 doe; Alayne Lafountain, Starksboro, 113 doe; Nicholas Janson, Shoreham, 112 doe; Jeffery Brown, Monkton, 112 doe; Davin Torrey, Ferrisburgh, 112-5; Gary English, Cornwall, 112-3; Ben Paquin, Panton, 11 doe; Tracey Pecor, Huntington, 111 doe; Patrick Coyle, Ferrisburgh, 111 doe; Matthew Funk, Cornwall, 111 doe; Eric Bingham, Middlebury, 110 doe; and Jamie Smith, Cornwall, 110 doe.

Also, Raymond Shepard, Monkton, 110-5; Jeffrey Galipeau, Weybridge, 110 doe; John Dayton, Cornwall, 110 doe; Nathan James, New Haven, 109 doe; Ashley Trudeau, Bristol, 109 male; Dustin Wright, Ferrisburgh, 107 doe; Amos Higbee, Monkton, 107 doe; Scott Curtis, Monkton, 107 doe; Jon Boise, New Haven, 105 doe; James Gill, Cornwall, 104 doe; Josh Nelson, Bristol, 104 doe; and Cobi Badger, Monkton, 104 doe.

Also, Bradley Bertrand, Waltham, 103 doe; Robert Brigan, Ferrisburgh, 103 doe; Benjamin

Adams, Cornwall, 103 doe; Lisa Cody Steele, Cornwall, 126 doe; Brace, Bridport, 102 doe; Andrew Jim Ryan, Shoreham, 85 doe; Bryan Sumner, Monkton, 102 doe; Seth Ashley-Selleck, Shoreham, 104 doe; Kittredge, Bristol, 102 doe; Adam and Mitchell Gallison, Shoreham, Tarmy, Monkton, 102 doe; Charles 174-8.

Paolantonio, Monkton, 100 doe; Also, Matt Brush, Pawlet, 114 Benjamin Smith, Ferrisburgh, 100 doe; Jeremy Quenneville, Orwell, doe; Stephen Rogers, Monkton, 100 127 doe; Robert Rogers, Orwell, doe; and Scott Brace, Hartland, 98 126-5; Wyatt Laberge, Shoreham, doe.

91 male; Kyle Trudo, Orwell, 134 Also, Ora Booska, Ripton, 97 doe; doe; Amber Young, Orwell, 112 Francis Trombley, Ferrisburgh, 94 doe; Brody Little, Orwell, 112 doe; Daniel Barrows, Ferrisburgh, doe; David Anderson, Orwell, 105 94 doe; Luc Charlebois, New doe; Robertas Nielsen, Whiting, Haven, 92 doe; Ben 70 female; Raymond Cayer, Monkton, 92 Bradish, Orwell, 123doe; Michael Dragon, “It wasn’t a 4; Josh Paige, Orwell, Salisbury, 91 doe; hard winter.

123-4; and Aaron Kody Ploof, Panton, 90 With the winters Tucker, Orwell, 115 doe; Dustin Haselton, not being as doe; Hinesburg, 89 doe; rugged as they Also, Evelyn Palmer, Lawrence Coleman, Orwell, 115 doe; Mark used to be, Ferrisburgh, 81 doe; LeBeau, Shoreham, 80 Erik Carruth, Cornwall, it definitely doe; Delbert Frazier, 80 female; Daniel gives the deer Shoreham, 115 doe; Stearns, Ferrisburgh, population a Dustin Shaw, Orwell, 80 male; and Todd chance.”

133 doe; Kyle Cram, Huestis, Ferrisburgh, — Greg Boglioli, Sudbury, 135-5; Mark 80 doe.

Whiting, manager Simonds, Also, Edward doe; Justin of Vermont 117 Kwiatkowski, Quenneville, Cornwall, Field Sports Weybridge, 76 doe; 127 doe; Michael Steven Crosby, Matot, Shoreham, 130 Ferrisburgh, 75 female; Christopher doe; Kaylin Riesterer, Shoreham, Yurco, Ferrisburgh, 75 female; 53 female; Scott Denis, Benson, 107 Edward Stanley, Weybridge, doe; Timothy Little, Orwell, 140 74 male; Langdon Smith, New doe; and Jason D’Avignon, Orwell, Haven, 72 female; Cooper Harvey, 130 doe.

Charlotte, 69 female; Mark Also, Daniel Ellis, Orwell, 100 Beauchemin, Monkton, 64 female; doe; Jesse Booska, Orwell, 129 Kevin Lambert, Ferrisburgh, 63 doe; Daniel Bedard, Cornwall, 60 female; Sam Rathbun, Charlotte, 63 female; Kyle Birchmore, Shoreham, female; Heath Jewell, Ferrisburgh, 105 doe; Pierre Laroche, Shoreham, 62 female; Shawn Lacey, New 136 doe; James Dragon, Sudbury, Haven, 62 female; and Peter Fenn, 118-6; Cassandra Fyles, Shoreham, Charlotte, 61 female.

133-5; Devin Russell, Orwell, 128 BUXTON’S STORE doe; Zachary Mason, Orwell, 105 Matthew Bourgeois, Orwell, 122 doe; Lynn Traverse, Orwell, 127 doe; William Phillips, Clarendon, doe; Dennis Patterson, Shoreham, 120 doe; Timothy Langlois, 130-3; and Jonathan Ketcham, Clarendon, 120 doe; Ron Parent, Sudbury, 170-10.

Orwell, 155-6; James Payne, Also, Timothy Little, Orwell, Bridport, 125 doe; Miranda Snyder, 118 doe; Douglas New, Leicester, Orwell, 115 doe; Clinton Snyder, 105 doe; James Booska, Orwell, Orwell, 135 doe; Jarrod Wilcox, 126 doe; Stephen Blaise, Brandon, Sudbury, 115-4; Zakk Williams, 118-4; Wyatt Forbes, Orwell, 110 Orwell, 133 doe; Seth Gebo, Orwell, doe; Christopher Davis, Shoreham, 104 doe; Dylan Lanpher, Shoreham, 112 doe; Duane Kehoe, Shoreham, 136-5; Patrick Fifield, Middlebury, 130 doe; Adam Phillips, Orwell, 126 doe; and Allen Alger, Orwell, 65 female; and Zachary Booska, 116 doe.

Benson, 112 doe.

Also, Caden Reed, Orwell, 73 Also Eric Hall, Brandon, 111 female; Steven Brileya, Shoreham, doe; Brian Kemp, Sudbury, 168-8; 144 doe; Bradley Disorda, Orwell, Jacques Litch, Orwell, 109 doe; 147 doe; William Alexander, Brett Huntley, Orwell, 138 doe; Cornwall, 100 doe; Sondra Morris Lackey, Shoreham, 130-4; Alexander, Cornwall, 128 doe; Kaleb Radford, Whiting, 62 female; Raymond Savoie, Proctor, 83 doe; and Will Madison, Shoreham, 143 John Reed, Castleton, 130 doe; doe.

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Nicholas Warren this year presented their 40th annual May their smiling face forever flare.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CINDY Jones, left, Program Director Laurie Borden and Administrative Director Shirley Ryan, along with Bereavement Care Provider Margaret Olson (not pictured), who are overseeing the new End of Life Services Inc., which combined two existing hospice agencies.

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Hospice

(Continued from Page 1A) almost certainly revisit the question at its Jan. 17 meeting.

The board has not met since that response so I don’t know what they are planning to do,” Kuczinski said. “We’ll have to see what the board wants to do come the 17th of January.”

The solid waste district has been interested in the Ferrisburgh land or another site in the area to serve the region because the future of Selectboard the Vergennes Chairman recycling center Rick Ebel is uncertain, although the city said the plans to contract Ferrisburgh with a private selectboard hauler to keep would be it open on an open to interim basis.

Fees will be considering higher under that another a r r a n g e m e n t , offer for its according to land from V e r g e n n e s the county officials, solid waste although the city and its district. surrounding towns will no longer subsidize it with their taxes.

Ebel said the Ferrisburgh selectboard would be open to considering another offer for its land from the county solid waste district.

“We’d have to see what it is,” he said. “We have land for sale.”

That land has been for sale since 2011, and three deals have fallen through when buyers have

triggered contract contingencies, most recently early this year when the owner of Peterson Quality Malts of Monkton said he could not go through with a proposed $337,500 purchase.

Ebel said there were also some signs of pushback against a transfer

station on the prominent parcel at what some consider to be Vergennes’ northern gateway. The selectboard received one email in opposition and has heard from at least a few other area residents.

“They question if it is a good location,” Ebel said.

(Continued from Page 1A) donations, grants and fundraisers — “The next year is going to be the community needs and not just including its popular annual raffle an exploratory, transitional year,” focus on one particular area of end for a dream vacation. The raffle next Borden said. “We’re going to of life services.” spring will involve a trip to Ireland, be looking at our systems, our Established 35 years ago, Hospice according to Ryan. contracts and what we can provide Volunteer Services has provided a It might take a while for the new … It feels like we have an exciting variety of supports to the dying and organization to get up to full speed, year ahead.” their families, including bereavement but there’s no lack of enthusiasm to Reporter John Flowers is at groups, public education events and make that happen. johnf@addisonindependent.com. school curriculum.

HVS coordinates nearly 200 volunteers in extended outreach programs providing patient care, caregiver respite support, grief support, as well others who provide office and fundraising services.

HVS is also responsible for the Wellspring singers (profiled several years ago by the Independent), who provide soothing and uplifting song to those who are passing away.

Established in 2004, Addison Respite Care Home is a nonprofit that has worked with Porter Medical Center in establishing, on the Porter campus, four suites/for terminally ill patients. The ARCH amenities place terminally ill patients close to the services they need and provide a home-like environment in which they may live their final days in dignity.

Representatives of both organizations recently determined that given the similarity of their missions, it would behoove them to merge. A collaboration, they reasoned, would help them achieve economies of scale and create joint fundraising efforts and training programs.

So they decided to create End of Life Services, which will formally begin business under that name in the coming month. The new organization will: P E A R L S T. the existing • Maintain partnerships, services and contracts MARKETPLACE held by HVS and ARCH. n ntow Dow GARAGE • Seek new partnerships and Transit LAKEVIEW ENTER HERE Center contracts that will support training GARAGE for those providing end-of-life ENTER HERE care, as well as assistance to people C O L L E G E S T. planning for future care needs.

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T S E G E L Services Administrative Director L CO Lakeview and College Street Garages Shirley Ryan. “What we have done C O L L E G E S T. • Two hours of FREE parking in the Market(with HVS) for the past 35 years GARAGE is set the foundation of where we place Garage City ENTER HERE hope to go. We just have to control Hall ourselves and make a concerted Park • Two hours of FREE parking daily at all on effort to do ‘step A’ before ‘step B,’ street meters with the Parkmobile App and because we want to do so much.”

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Learn about ice fishing this winter MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is holding a series of introductory seminars this winter on a variety of ice fishing techniques.

These clinics are open to people of all ages and levels of experience, including those who are completely new to fishing. Participants will learn about fishing regulations and techniques, fish identification, ice safety and more.

“Winter in Vermont can be a joyful time to be outdoors and there’s no better way to experience the outdoors than on a frozen lake catching your dinner,” said Corey Hart, who coordinates the department’s Let’s Go Fishing program.

Programs near Addison County include: • Introduction to Walleye Fishing: Saturday, Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-noon, Chittenden Reservoir, Chittenden.

Walleye are the largest member of the perch family, and are found in Vermont in Chittenden Reservoir, Lake Carmi, the Connecticut River, Island Pond, Salem Lake and Lake Champlain. Come learn how to fish for these large and exciting fish.

• Ice Fishing for Panfish: Sunday, Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Shelburne Pond, Shelburne. Panfish are the smaller fish species that fit in a pan, including pumpkinseed and bluegill sunfish, perch, rock bass and crappie.

They’re easy to catch and tasty to eat.

• Introduction to Ice Fishing: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2-5:00 p.m., Lake Bomoseen, Castleton. Come learn how to experience all that a Vermont winter has to offer by getting started at ice fishing. Learn the basics from checking the ice for safety to selecting sites and drilling holes to setting tipups and jigging.

Equipment will be provided, but

participants should dress for the weather as the programs will take place outside. All seminars are free, and participants are encouraged to bring their own snacks or meal.

Programs last 2.5 to 3 hours.

Space is limited to the first 30 signups and seminars fill up quickly, so sign up as early as possible. Registration is required for all programs and can be completed by calling 802-2652279 or letsgofishing@vermont.gov.

Directions to the meeting spot will be given upon registering.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information. Send an e-mail to: Catherine.Gjessing@Vermont.Gov or call the office staff at 802-828-1000 (voice), 1-800-253-0191 (TTY).

THE VERMONT FISH & Wildlife Department will hold a series of clinics this winter to teach people ice fishing techniques.

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The Bristol Conservation Commission is looking for two new members. Anyone who’s interested in conservation issues in the town of Bristol and who might be want to be part of the commission should come to one or more of the group’s regular meetings on the second Thursday of each month, from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, visit the town of Bristol’s website, bristolvt.org, which also has a link to the commission’s webpage that includes a variety of information about the group’s goals, and minutes from previous meetings.

Having trouble finding that special gift for someone? Here’s a potential, tasty solution with an added philanthropic payoff: Members of the Memorial Baptist Church of Middlebury have assembled their favorite recipes into a new cookbook. The book costs $15, and the proceeds go to the Haiti Feeding Program.

The church has been supporting a mission called Hope Changes Everything, and has been sending a group to Haiti since it was ravaged by an earthquake in 2010.

Parishioners are seeking funds to do a meal-packing event, hopefully in mid-January. If you would like to purchase a cookbook or even make a donation, contact Marie Townsend, c/o the Memorial Baptist Church, 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 05753. ’Twas the end of an era for the individual Addison Northeast Supervisory Union boards earlier this week. Members of most of those panels, which oversaw the schools in the 5-Town area, met for the last time on Wednesday evening to do some final housekeeping before dissolving their respective boards.

The recently created Mount Abraham Unified School District board has supplanted those individual boards that for decades represented Mount Abe Union High School and the elementary schools in Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro.

(Continued from Page 1A) school shootings, and it put into practice one of the key provisions of a much-debated gun safety law signed by Gov. Phil Scott this past spring. Middlebury police investigators successfully applied to a court official for an “extreme risk protection order” that allowed them to temporarily remove firearms from the home from which one of the youths was going to access guns to use in the planned shooting.

This is a potential tragedy fortunately averted, and a lesson for educators to invite more frank discussion from students about safety issues in and out of school.

“We really appreciate the quick and thorough work of the Middlebury Police Department in investigating this, and the board is confident in our schools’ ability to keep kids safe and make the right decisions to continue that,” said Addison Central School District Board Chairman Peter Conlon.

EVOLVING SITUATION It was on Saturday, Dec. 15, that Middlebury police received a call from a person whom Hanley described as a MUMS parent whose student at the school had expressed “concern over some conversations this student was privy to, where there was talk about using firearms to harm people in the school.”

Police, including School Resource Officer Connor Sousa, immediately launched a probe that lasted most of the weekend and spilled into Monday, during which they rounded up people — including the heroic informant — with knowledge of the case for interviews and statements.

“By early Monday, we had identified two people, one of whom had made a specific threat against a specific person in the school, with a date and time on when this was going to happen,” Hanley said.

It was at that point that school and police officials knew they weren’t dealing with someone who was just having a bad day and doing some venting.

“Once we determined this threat was specific, included specific targets, and was to be executed at a specific time and date, that raised the level (of concern),” Hanley said.

“It was more than idle chatter from someone blowing off steam.”

Police quickly got officials from the Vermont Department for Children & Families (DCF) and the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) involved in the investigation.

After confirming the whereabouts and establishing short-term plans for both young suspects, police turned their attention to securing their alleged source of guns.

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“We executed what is called an ‘extreme risk order’ (Monday) night at a relative’s house who had all these firearms,” Hanley said. “They were locked up (in the home), but one of these kids said he had access to them and could get them. So we took advantage of that extreme risk order statute that was passed. We needed to separate the person from their ability to do this.”

Hanley on Tuesday morning wasn’t sure of the exact inventory of the more than 10 confiscated weapons, but said they largely consisted of hunting rifles and handguns. He doesn’t believe any semi-automatic assault rifles or shotguns were among the bunch.

Police are still piecing together details, but this much is clear, according to Hanley: • “There may be some other charges down the road, but right now it’s the treatment issues we’re dealing with.”

• “It was between a couple of kids. It may have been some (See Violence plan, Page 16A)

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Violence plan (Continued from Page 15A) in conjunction with the school to bullying or that kind of stuff. We’re prevent what would have been a still trying to pull (the investigation) massive tragedy, had the plan — as together. There have been a lot of I understand it — gone through,” interviews and statements given.”

Perkett said. “My hat is off to • “We’ve talked to the state’s Middlebury and MUMS for working attorney and there may be some so collaboratively and so quickly to juvenile charges in the get the situation under future” control and make sure Spearheading the “Safety is our all the measures that investigation are highest priority could be taken to keep Middlebury police … We will not MUMS students safe, Officer Nick Stewart, were taken.” permit the School Resource Perkett said the Officer Connor Sousa, students who young suspects had Det. Kris Bowdish and made the threats “a date, a time and Sgt. Mike Christopher. to return to the a plan,” though he MUMS serves middle school added, “I wouldn’t students in grades 7 until the students call it a sophisticated and 8 hailing from the plan.”

ACSD-member towns are found to be But any plan to of Bridport, Cornwall, safe by someone perpetrate violence Middlebury, Ripton, with expertise has to be taken Salisbury, Shoreham in making those seriously, he stressed. and Weybridge.

“Whenever you assessments.”

SCHOOL put a firearm in the — Superintendent VIOLENCE PLAN hands of someone Peter Burrows Addison County who’s prepared to use Deputy State’s it, you don’t need an Attorney Chris Perkett said this was elaborate plan for tragedy to occur,” the first case involving an alleged he said. “All that has to happen is school violence plan that he had seen for someone to pull the trigger and brought forward since he joined the we can have a grieving family. And office 15 years ago. if this had gone forward, that’s what He echoed Hanley’s praise of the we would have had.” new “extreme risk protection order” Perkett praised the boy whose that allowed authorities to remove information led to an unraveling of the weapons the youth had allegedly the alleged shooting plan. planned to tap for his plan.

“I think this is one of those “This was a successful use of circumstances where we see a young the new law by Middlebury police man who was scared, but did the

right thing… As a result, lives were saved.”

SCHOOL ALERTS PARENTS Members of the MUMS community first learned of the investigation through an email they received on Monday from Addison Central School District Superintendent Peter Burrows.

“I am writing to you about a matter that may already be under discussion in the community,” reads the email, a copy of which was obtained by the Addison Independent. “We learned over the weekend that a group of middle school students had discussed and made threats of violence involving Middlebury Union Middle School.

“There is an ongoing police investigation,” Burrows adds in his letter. “We cannot identify the students because of federal privacy laws. However, I can assure you that safety is our highest priority.

We have worked collaboratively with law enforcement, and MUMS has security procedures in place to protect our students. Further, we will not permit the students who made the threats to return to the middle school until the students are found to be safe by someone with expertise in making those assessments.”

Burrows concludes his letter by emphasizing the importance of children voicing their concerns about safety on or off campus.

“We urge you to talk to your student about this,” he said.

Hanley said his department will

MIDDLEBURY POLICE CHIEF Tom Hanley and Detective Kris Bowdish on Wednesday provide the media with some additional details on an alleged shooting plot that was to have unfolded at Middlebury Union Middle School the day before. Police and school officials, with the help of a student, thwarted the plan.

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continue to work closely with ACSD schools on safety issues.

“We’re all on the same page on this,” he said.

NEXT STEPS In assessing risk in young people and trying to heal young clients who are harboring resentment and considering violence, Counseling Service of Addison County works with community partners to gather information on the history of the people involved, current situation

and concerns, according to CSAC Executive Director Robert Thorn.

“Our long standing partnerships with schools, medical community, police and DCF help to coordinate care and work together well in such situations,” he told the Independent.

Counselors meet with individual children and families and clinically assess the situation, mental status, risk factors, resiliency, history, supports, safety factors and the

like, Thorn said. And then CSAC makes a safety plan for the child and their family, as well as treatment recommendations.

“That may include intensive treatment including hospitalization, and other community agencies,” he said. “We consider the individual, the family and community in safety planning.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Middlebury police provide press with additional details on investigation

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — After two Middlebury Union Middle School students were detained on suspicion that they were planning to shoot another student, and possibly others, Middlebury police held a press conference on Wednesday morning to give more details on the case and field questions from the statewide media.

Here were the main takeaways from that conference, led by Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley and Detective Kris Bowdish, who was the lead investigator: • The alleged shooting plot didn’t

result in any interruptions to classes at MUMS this week.

“There was no reason to do that,” Hanley said. “When school opened up (on Monday) we were into the investigation and the danger was over.”

• One of the involved juveniles is from Middlebury, while the other hails from Salisbury.

• The student who allegedly offered to access the guns is not in police custody and is not in school.

Police said they don’t consider him to be a threat at this point because his access to his relative’s firearms has been cut off.

It remains unclear when and whether the two youths will return to MUMS. “They are receiving appropriate care and treatment, and we hope it carries through,” Hanley said.

• The man from whom the weapons were confiscated was cooperative, though miffed at having to surrender his firearms when he had done nothing wrong. Hanley said he understood the gun owner’s concerns, and said he’ll be able to go through the courts to secure return of his weapons at a future date.

• Having a School Resource Officer (police officer) assigned

to Middlebury schools paid big dividends in the investigation, according to Hanley. Middlebury schools have had an SRO since 2001.

“You have a police officer who’s in (the schools) every day with the students,” Hanley said. “That officer becomes much more approachable…

When you’re 14, 15, 16 or 17 years old, the last thing you want to do is go running to police about anything.

We get that. But being more of a part of the community, they see there’s someone they can trust and who will actually get things done to alleviate any concerns they have.”

• Vermont State Police offered to help Middlebury police with the case. But the Middlebury force was confident it had all the bases covered, so it handled the matter in-house.

County State’s • Addison Attorney Dennis Wygmans and Middlebury police will meet in January to further discuss the case and potential juvenile charges against the two youths.

• Police take all threats of violence seriously.

“Probably 30-40 years ago, it’s (considered) a silly prank or idle chatter,” Hanley said. “It’s not funny anymore. We take it seriously. We

will investigate and react any time we hear this.”

• Police gave kudos to the heroic student who alerted adults about the alleged plot.

“We can all say he was a pretty brave student who was able to come forward and talk to the officers,” Bowdish said.

She hopes others will emulate the student’s candor in future investigations.

“We definitely need brave, strong individuals to come forward to talk to us about what’s going on,” Bowdish said. “We can’t hear about it unless people are willing to talk to us.”

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A meditation on waiting Fishing involves patience and waiting.

Even fly fishing, which always has been an active sport for me — I can traverse a couple miles of river in a morning of fishing, and even when I’m not migrating along a riverbank I’m constantly on my feet moving my arms — still involves a fair bit of waiting. Sure, there are rare days when my arm gets sore fighting one fish after another, but most often are the days when for every minute I spend landing a fish, I spend 15 or 20 or 30 minutes waiting for one to strike. When I nymph fish, I’m drifting my fly across the bottom of the stream with as little drag as possible waiting for something to take it. Dry fly fishing often involves dropping a little mayfly imitation atop the water and letting it sit perfectly still.

Ice fishing especially — at least the type I practice — is an exercise in waiting. About an hour before dawn, I head out onto the ice and drill my five to 10 holes. Thirty minutes before dawn, when the legal fishing day begins, I rush to get all my rigs in the water: baiting each hook with a live shiner minnow, dropping them down to varying depths, placing my tip-up down in the hole I just drilled, and then setting the spring-loaded flags to alert me if a fish takes the bait. Yet after that busy flurry of activity, it’s just waiting.

Some years I don’t have to wait long. One year, I hadn’t even gotten my third tip-up baited before a fourand-a-half-pound landlocked salmon had sprung the flag on the first one.

There are years when I’ve caught my limit by mid-morning. Most years, though, my flags are out all day just to bring in two or three fish. Some years, I don’t even see a flag up until three hours after dawn. One year I didn’t catch a fish until the third day of the season.

As our climate has warmed over the past 50 years, the season for ice has noticeably shortened. On the lake in Maine where my family has spent lots of time, we wait longer (See Dickerson, Page 2B)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Maisie Newbury, right, climbs a hill at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton Saturday during the opening race of the season for the Tiger Nordic Ski teams. Newbury placed 42nd in the 10-team race; the Middlebury girls’ team was fifth.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Tiger boys’ Nordic team opens with win MUHS girls fifth in Rikert skate meet

By ANDY KIRKALDY RIPTON — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ Nordic team opened its season by taking first among nine scoring teams at a Saturday meet at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton, while the Tiger girls were fifth among 10 scoring teams.

Both races were skate style.

A dozen schools in all sent skiers to a major early-season meet hosted by the Tiger teams, which have swept the Division II titles in each of the past two winters.

The four Tigers who scored for the boys’ team each played in the top 11: Elvis McIntosh in third, Owen Palcsik and Lucas Palcsik tied for sixth, and Will Carpenter in 11th.

MUHS scored 26 points, with

Champlain Valley (55) in second, followed by BFA St. Albans (73), Mount Mansfield (78), Colchester (79), Lyndon (126), Harwood (143), Burlington (153) and Essex (162).

St. Albans’ Brook Hodgeman won the race.

Malia Hodges topped the Tiger girls by taking fourth, and Mount Abraham independent Addy Harris finished ninth. Harwood’s Ava Thurston won the girls’ race.

MMU (35) took the team gold, followed by CVU (56), Harwood (79), Colchester (84), MUHS (94), Peoples Academy (101), BFA St. Albans (135), Burlington (173), and Lyndon and Essex (tied at 196).

South Burlington competed in both (See Nordic, Page 3B)

JUNIOR OWEN PALCSIK skied to sixth place in Saturday’s race at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton, making him the second Tiger to cross the finish line.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/22 St. Albans at MUHS.................... 7 PM 12/28 Rutland at MUHS........................ 5 PM 12/29 Spaulding at MUHS.................... 5 PM Boys’ Hockey 12/22 MUHS at Burr & Burton.............. 7 PM 12/26 MUHS at CVU....................... 7:35 PM 12/28 L. Placid at MUHS (Tourn).......... 7 PM 12/28 Tourn. Consolation/Final.......... 3/7 PM Girls’ Basketball 12/20 MUHS at OV............................... 7 PM 12/21 Mt. Abe at Fair Haven................. 7 PM 12/22 Mt. Ave vs. B&B at FHU........ 3:30 PM 12/28 OV at West Rutland.................... 7 PM 12/29 MUHS at Milton....................11:30 PM 12/29 U-32 at Mt. Abe.................... 12:30 PM 12/29 VUHS at Montpelier............... 2:30 PM Boys’ Basketball 12/21 VUHS at OV............................... 7 PM 12/21 Mill River at MUHS..................... 7 PM 12/22 Fair Haven at VUHS.............. 2:30 PM 12/27 Harwood at VUHS...................... 7 PM 12/27 Mt. Abe at Randolph................... 7 PM 12/27 MUHS at Colchester................... 7 PM

(See Schedule, Page 2B)

MUHS JUNIOR GABE Cason, left, crosses the finish line Saturday morning with a Breadloaf Campus building looming in the background, and classmate Malia Hodges, right, skates past spectators at the season opening race at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton. Hodges led the MUHS girls’ team with a fourth-place finish.

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Local basketball teams pick up victories ADDISON COUNTY — Middlebury, Otter Valley and Mount Abraham all picked up victories in recent boys’ basketball action.

Vergennes was idle earlier this week, but will visit OV on Friday.

The Tigers also hosted the Otters on Tuesday;

see story on Page 1B. TIGERS On Saturday the Tigers erupted in the second half to pull away from Enosburg in a 66-45 victory. Enosburg trailed by one in the second quarter, but the Tigers scored the final six points

of the first half and then coasted after the break to make Coach John Howe a winner in his MUHS debut.

Spencer Cadoret sank five threes on the way to a 21-point night for MUHS, and Parker Be(See Boys’ basketball, Page 2B)

Mt. Abe P.E. teacher to lead Eagle football

MOUNT ABE PE teacher Jeffrey Stein, shown coaching defense at CVU, has been hired to be head coach of the Mount AbrahamVergennes cooperative football program.

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MUHS boys’ teamwork is too much for Otters

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Ball movement, rebounding and defense are tried-and-true elements of successful basketball.

And on Tuesday vs. visiting Otter Valley, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ team racked up 22 assists; outrebounded the Otters, 37-28, including 20-12 in the decisive second half; and held talented OV senior guard Dylan Mackie to nine points, the first time in three games Mackie had scored fewer than 20.

The result was a 66-59 victory that pushed the Tigers to 2-0, and at the same time was the 2-1 Otters’ first loss.

First-year Tiger Coach John Howe afterward pointed to those assists, which by his calculation led to 48 of the Tigers’ 66 points. Howe said in the Tigers’ first game, a 66-45 win at Enosburg, more than half of their points came directly from assists.

“They played beautifully,” Howe said. “They’re moving the ball quickly. They’re anticipating where their teammates are going to be. They’re understanding how to find the open spot when they need to, the things we talk about every day in practice.

I couldn’t be happier with what I’m seeing.”

OV Coach Greg Hughes was less pleased with his Otters. He accurately (See OV, MUHS hoops, Page 3B)

Sports BRIEFS

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/15 Colch/Burl vs. MUHS......................5-3 12/19 Woodstock at MUHS....................Late Boys’ Hockey 12/15 MUHS vs. Spaulding......................5-4 12/19 MUHS at Lake Placid...................Late Girls’ Basketball 12/14 Hazen vs. VUHS.........................53-45 12/15 OV vs. Proctor............................33-29 12/18 Mt. Abe vs. OV............................53-50 12/19 VUHS at Harwood........................Late Boys’ Basketball 12/14 OV vs. Proctor............................59-50 12/15 MUHS vs. Enosburg...................66-45 12/17 Mt. Abe vs. Winooski..................76-30 12/18 MUHS vs. OV.............................66-59 12/19 Mill River at Mt. Abe......................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 12/17 Midd. vs. Pitt.-Bradford...............72-53 12/18 Midd. vs. Hilbert..........................95-87 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 12/17 Midd. vs. Pitt.-Bradford............... 2 PM 12/18 Midd. vs. Hilbert.......................... 3 PM

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By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team has a new head coach, Mount Abraham Union High School physical education teacher and former Champlain Valley Union football team defensive coordinator Jeffrey Stein.

According to Mount Abe Athletic Director Devin Wendel, Stein will bring to the program “a strong defensive package and skillset.”

Wendel noted that in addition to serving as CVU’s defensive coordinator Stein was selected as the 2018 Vermont Shrine Maple

Sugar Bowl team’s linebacker coach, helping the team to hold Hampshire to fewer than 14 points and 208 yards this past summer.

Stein has also coached at several schools in North Carolina including at his alma mater, East Surry High School, where he became an allstate linebacker in 2002 and an allconference linebacker from 2000 to 2002. Stein was also a decorated linebacker at Averett University from 2003 to 2007.

“With his strong presence at Mount Abraham as a PE teacher we are excited to have him lead our (See Stein, Page 2B)

Tiger boys stem the Tide in hockey

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team on Saturday held off a late rally by visiting Spaulding to prevail, 5-4, in the opening Division I game for both teams.

Goals by Hale Hescock and Kamrin Bartlett 1:10 apart midway through the third period gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead, enough to withstand goals by the Tide’s Jesse King and Evan Parent down the stretch. Parent’s strike, with 1:11 to go, was his second of the game and he also assisted a goal. Tide goalie Grant Otis stopped 23 shots.

Joey Niemo, Ryan Nadeau and Aaron Larocque also scored for the Tigers, while Devon Kearns and Tucker Stearns each picked up two assists. Logan Pierson-Flagg and Bode Rubright added an assist apiece, and goalie Jeffrey Stearns made 23 saves.

The Tigers were set to visit Lake Placid on Wednesday night and will next host their annual holiday tournament on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 28 and 29.

Girls’ hockey falls to SeaLakers, 5-3

MIDDLEBURY — Visiting Colchester-Burlington defeated the Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team on Saturday, 5-3. The SeaLakers improved to 2-0, while the Tigers dropped to 1-1 heading into a Wednesday evening game at home vs. D-II rival Woodstock.

Madison Chagnon and Ruby Wool paced the SeaLakers with two goals apiece, and goalie Ally Peeters made seven saves.

Aleta Mathers, Izzy Pistilli and Taylor Moulton each scored for the Tigers, and Carlisle Brush picked up two assists. Goalie Lydia Deppman stopped 19 shots.

The Tigers will also host their annual holiday tournament on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 28 and 29.

CORRECTION: Our Dec. 17 article on the Vergennes Union High School boys’ basketball team’s Dec. 13 game used an incorrect first name for a Commodore junior athlete who made a critical steal at the conclusion of the third quarter. The player’s correct full name is Zeke McGee. The reporter apologizes for the error.

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

Boys’ basketball (Continued from Page 1B) atty filled up the stat sheet with 18 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals. Tyler Buxton added eight points and five boards, and Zach Dunn (seven points, four assists, four steals) and Tim Goettelmann (seven boards and four assists) rounded out a productive night for the Tiger rotation players.

Ethan Williams scored 14 points and Dylon Murphy added 10 for Enosburg.

OTTERS On Friday the 2-0 Otters pulled away from a 43-43 tie to defeat Proctor, 59-50, in the championship of Proctor’s tip-off tournament.

The 1-1 Phantoms lead at halftime, 29-17, but OV cut the lead to 40-38 entering the fourth and then took charge. OV’s Delshon Norwood drove for two and then hit two straight threes to snap the final tie and make it 46-43.

Norwood finished with 13, Dylan

Mackie scored 22, and Patrick McKheigan added 14.

Brennon Crossmon scored 21 for the 1-1 Phantoms, and Joe Valerio contributed 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Conner McKearin added nine points and Nate Greb seven.

EAGLES On Monday Mount Abe over-ran host Winooski 76-30. The Eagles already led at the half, 29-13, when they used strong defense to create turnovers and instant offense to outscore the Spartans, 31-13, in the third period.

Liam Kelliher tossed in 17 of his game-high 24 in the quarter for the Eagles, and Parker Hines (12) and Logan Rodriguez (10) also reached double figures for Mount Abe, which improved to 2-1.

The Eagles were set to host Mill River on Wednesday in a rematch of their opening-day setback, and they will next play at Randolph on Dec. 27. On Jan. 2 the Eagles will host OV.

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Eagles top OV in girls’ hoop; OV also wins ADDISON COUNTY — Host Mount Abraham defeated Otter Valley on Tuesday to highlight recent local high school girls’ basketball action. In other recent games OV defeated rival Proctor, and Vergennes dropped its opener on the road.

Middlebury was idle, but will host the Otters on Thursday.

EAGLES OVER OV The Eagles got strong team defense and 28 points from Jalen Cook in defeating visiting OV, 53-30. Mount Abe allowed just 15 points in each half. Molly Murray

added eight points for the Eagles, who improved to 1-1 heading into games this weekend’s annual Fair Haven tournament.

Livia Bernhardt led OV with six points. The 1-2 Otters have yet to score more than 33 points in a game against a tough early schedule. They will be looking to bounce back this Thursday at MUHS. OV WINS On Saturday the Otters broke into the win column by scoring the game’s final four points, all in the last minute, to knock off host Proc-

tor, 33-29.

Bernhardt was fouled after rebounding a missed OV free throw and sank two free throws to give OV the lead. Proctor had two chances to tie before Alia Edmunds clinched the win by banking home a shot — again after an offensive rebound — as time wound down.

The 1-1 Phantoms had rallied from a 29-24 deficit to tie the game on one free throw by Allie Almond (who led Proctor with nine points) two by Rachel Stuhlmueller, and a steal and layup by Maggie McKearin, who

scored seven.

Bernhardt led OV with 11 points, and Edmunds scored eight, and they teamed up to help OV dominate the boards. The Phantoms, however, forced 34 OV turnovers.

COMMODORES On Friday host Hazen (2-0) held off the Commodores, 53-45, as Alleigh Gabaree tossed in 21 points.

Kate Gosliga scored 13 to lead the Commodores as they dropped their opener. They were seeking to bounce back on Wednesday night at Harwood.

waiting. Christmas is the morning of arrival. Advent is the time of waiting for that arrival — perhaps patiently, or perhaps not so.

On the first Christmas roughly two millennia ago, the long-awaited arrival was a big deal. It was none other than the eternal God himself, the one who created the world, entering into his own creation in order to save it, taking on the form of a helpless infant baby born to a poor refugee family living in a captive nation. The time of waiting was a time of great suffering for many. And it went on for centuries from when the prophets first foretold of a coming savior to the time that — in Christian belief — the waiting ended with the arrival of a baby in a manger.

On a really cold morning, I sometimes experience a small bit of suffering when ice fishing. Some preparation I can do in my gloves, but at some point I need to take the gloves off, grab live bait out of a bucket of ice water, fumble around with cold

fingers long enough to hook it, all with an icy wind blowing across me.

The reality, though, is that I choose this little “suffering” myself. And here is the real guilty confession: on most mornings, once all my tip-ups are set, I head back into the house for a cup of hot coffee, and I sit in a warm room by a wood stove watching the tip-ups through the window and waiting for a flag to pop up.

Those waiting 2,000 years ago for the long-promised savior of the world had no choice about their suffering, and for many it was far worse than anything I’ve had to endure. I think especially of the suffering of Mary and Joseph, the chosen parents of the savior who had been driven out of their homes by an oppressive government and forced to live as a refugee family who couldn’t find a home to take them in. After living for a time in

another city in their own nation of Israel, they eventually fled all the way to Egypt to escape political persecution. I’ve never had to endure anything like that, not even on the coldest ice fishing mornings.

There is, however, one way that the Advent waiting for a special arrival is a bit like my experience fishing. Though waiting may require patience and even stillness, it is not a passive act. Rather — like many modern-day celebrations of Christmas — it is supposed to entail preparation. The Savior entered into the world to bring peace, and also justice for the oppressed, the poor, the stranger, the refugee (which may be why he chose a family living in oppression to be born into). If we want to welcome that arrival, a good place to start our preparation is by practicing the same sort of peace, hospitality and compassion.

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) each winter for the ice to form. Several years ago, we did two previously unheard-of things: we all dove into the lake on Christmas morning for a quick “swim,” and a year later we took the canoe out on (unfrozen) water on New Year’s Day. This year, however, we are getting a throwback to old days. More than a week before Christmas, the report from the lake is of six inches of hard ice. People are already skating. And this had me thinking not only of getting out on my skates when our family gets together, but of ice fishing (and definitely wanting to use a power auger rather than trying to hand drill a hole.)

It also had me thinking of Advent: in the Christian tradition, an important season that starts four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas morning. The word Advent comes to us from Latin, from a word meaning “arrival” or “coming,” but the season is not so much about arrival as it is about

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Stein said he was happy to have a chance to lead the Mount Abe-VUHS program.

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Wendel said Stein would focus on his players on and off the field.

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“Jeff is a firm believer that success is not only measured on the field but also in the classroom and within the community. He strives to create a culture where the young studentathletes that participate within his program will learn life lessons that will prepare them for success in all aspects of life,” he said.

Stein replaces Lee Hodsden, whose hard work helped lead the Eagles to the playoffs regularly in Division III, although the program found less success on the field after it was bumped up to D-II, where it is expected to remain.

Wendel praised Hodsden for working time that went above and beyond the call of duty and the “countless little things” he did.

“He put in a ton of hours and crazy amount of time and energy into the program,” Wendel said.

Wendel acknowledged the fewer wins in the past couple of years might have taken a toll, but said Hodsden mostly wanted to see more of his wife and two grown sons, both of whom played on the Eagle team in the past.

“I think he’s looking to get some time back and spend some time with his family,” he said.

Wendel praised Hodsden’s passion for the game and desire for the players to succeed in life.

“He demanded excellence both on an off the field. His time commitment and love for the kids was second to none,” he said. “We thank him hugely for his time and service to the school.”

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12/27 MUHS at S. Burlington............... 7 PM 12/27 Mill River at OV........................... 7 PM 12/29 Woods/Hart at OV................... 5/7 PM Wrestling 12/22 Dual Tourney at Mt. Abe..............9 AM 12/28&29 .........................MUHS Invitational COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 12/29 Johnson &Wales at Midd............ 1 PM 12/30 Hobart/UNE at Midd.....................TBD Women’s Hockey 1/4 Amherst at Midd.............................. 7 PM 1/5 Amherst at Midd.............................. 3 PM Women’s Basketball 12/29 Midd. at Keene........................... 2 PM 12/31 Midd. at Mt. St. Mary.................. 1 PM Men’s Basketball 12/30 Midd. at Swarthmore.................. 3 PM 1/2 SUNY Canton at Midd.................... 3 PM

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Men’s hoop earns wins on road OV, MUHS basketball Middlebury led by at least 10 the rest of the way.

Farrell added seven rebounds, four assists and three steals. Max Bosco posted 14 points off the bench, while Eric McCord contributed 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.

Middlebury earned advantages of 46-31 on the boards and 34-12 in points in the paint.

On Tuesday the Panthers rallied from down 12 points with 9:29 to go to knock off host Hilbert, 95-87.

Hilbert dropped to 4-8.

The Panthers got off to a 20-9 lead at 13:47 of the first half on a 15-6 run capped by a Leighton three. But the Hawks chipped away and took the lead at the half, 49-47, on a late Nicholas Parucki jumper.

In the second half a Parucki three and Masia Phillips jumper in a big run helped stretched the Hilbert lead

to 74-62.

The Panthers countered by outscoring Hilbert, 22-10, over the next 6:44, tying the score at 84-84 on two Farrell free throws at 3:45.

Middlebury then went on a 9-0 run over the next 2:41 to clinch the win, with two more Farrell free throws capping the surge.

Matt Folger led six Panthers in double figures with 26 points to go along with 11 rebounds, four blocked shots and four assists.

Griffin Kornaker posted 17 points and four assists, while McCord recorded 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Farrell finished with 15 points and six assists, while Hilal Dahleh and Leighton each had 10 points.

Parucki paced Hilbert with 28 points, while Phillips added 17 points and seven assists.

Nordic (Continued from Page 1B) races, but without the four skiers needed to post a team score.

The top 10 finishers and all the MUHS varsity starters’ places and times in the boys’ race were:

1. Brook Hodgeman, BFA-St.A, 13:53.

2. Jared Leonard, CVU, 14:08.

3.

Elvis McIntosh, MUHS, 14:09.

4. Charles Martell, EHS, 14:21.

5. Eli Smith, PA 14:27.

6. Owen Palcsik, MUHS, 15:00.

6. Luciah Smith-Miodownik, MMU, 15:00.

6. Lucas Palcsik, MUHS, 15:00.

9. Gage Hale, STJ, 15:01.

10.

Skyler Heininger, CVU, 15:08.

11.

Will Carpenter, MUHS, 15:12.

36. Gabe Cason, MUHS, 16:42.

44.

Fraser Milligan, MUHS, 17:19.

46. Alex Bleich, MUHS, 17:30.

The top 10 finishers and all the MUHS varsity starters’ places and times in the varsity girls’ race were: 1. Ava Thurston, HUHS, 14:23.

2. Rose Clayton, MMU, 14:57.

3. Emma Strack, CVU, 15:30.

4. Malia Hodges, MUHS, 15:45.

5.

Maggie McGee, LUHS, 16:05.

6. Hattie Barker, MMU, 16:27.

7. Sofie Carlson, PA 16:32.

8. Myla Jacobs, CHS, 16:33.

9. Addy Harris, Independent, 16:47.

10. Lily Porth, MMU, 16:48.

20. Maddy Stowe, MUHS, 18:01.

33.

Audrey Huston, MUHS, 19:11.

37. Catherine Schmitt, MUHS, 19:41.

42.

Maisie Newbury, MUHS, 20:21.

49. Mary Nagy-Benson, MUHS, TIGER SOPHOMORE FRASER Milligan battles 20:57.

Mount Mansfield’s Rennie Sartwell down the final 60. Kate Wallace, MUHS, 21:21. straightaway in Saturday’s Nordic ski race at Rikert.

62.

Ailey Bosworth, MUHS, The MUHS boys won the nine-team event.

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Eagles fare well in Granville; Mayer wins

GRANVILLE, N.Y. — The Mount Abraham Union High School wrestling team fared best among the 10 Vermont teams at Saturday’s annual Granville, N.Y., Ken Harrison Tournament, placing seventh with 82.5 points out of 16 teams.

Otter Valley (39) was ninth, and Vergennes (30) was 10th.

Eagle 126-pounder Roman Mayer won his weight class and was named the event’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Eagle Nate Lavoie also made a final, taking second at 152.

Also faring well for Mount Abe were Logan Pierro, fourth at 99; Parker Gero, fifth at 132; Gary Conant, fifth at 138; and John Bent, fourth at 145.

The Eagles on Monday also defeated Mount Mansfield, 46-30, in a home dual meet.

(Continued from Page 1B) three and a Mackie drive. But Buxton forward Pat McKeighan added six counted after the game the points the answered with two threes in the final for OV, which will host Vergennes on Tigers picked up in transition or after minute, and the Tigers led at the break, Friday. offensive rebounds, and said his team 30-29.

Hughes credited the Tigers on has to do better in those departments The teams traded punches in the Tuesday, but will be looking for better and in providing help third. MUHS took a focus and defense from the Otters on on defense — Tiger 40-34 lead on a three Friday. senior forward Parker “We’re very and a fast-break hoop “Sixty-six is unacceptable. We Beatty scored a dozen confident. We’re

by Zach Dunn, both shouldn’t allow that many points,” of his 17 points taking already looking assisted by Beatty, Hughes said. “They (MUHS) outthe ball to the hoop. forward to the next and then a Buxton hustled us, outplayed us. I think they “They must have game. We’re just drive at 3:25. But OV wanted it more than us tonight.” had 15, 20 points closed the quarter For MUHS Gabe Dunn added six going to improve off of fast breaks, with a 13-8 surge that points and four assists, and sophomore second-chance points. every game, and included two Mackie Mason Kaufmann grabbed seven We didn’t drop in to by the end of free throws, a Julian rebounds. help every time that the season our Lopez post move, Zach Dunn said the board work No. 2 (Beatty) drove,” chemistry is going three Norwood points, was pivotal down the stretch, and Hughes said. “That’s to be topnotch.” and two Rowe threes, said the Tigers, coming off a six-win all effort. I think that’s and it was 48-47, season, are increasingly believing in — Zach Dunn MUHS, entering the themselves. where our downfall was.” fourth quarter.

“We’re very confident. We’re Tiger junior guard Tyler Buxton The Tigers then took charge quickly. already looking forward to the next also had good luck attacking the bas- Buxton drove for two, Beatty scored game,” Dunn said. “We’re just going ket — and shooting jumpers. He led inside, and Cadoret hit a three at 6:45. to improve every game, and by the the Tigers with 21 points, and chipped A Rowe jumper made it 55-49, but end of the season our chemistry is in eight rebounds and three steals. Cadoret nailed another three, and after going to be topnotch.”

Beatty also provided team highs of 13 a Beatty putback pushed the lead to The Tigers will host Mill River rebounds, six assists and three blocks; 60-49 Hughes called for time at 4:57. on Friday before a tough stretch of senior swingman Spencer Cadoret At 3:20 the Otters won a wild three games against Metro teams. recorded 11 points and three assists; scramble for the ball and Mackie set But Howe is just pleased to see their and senior point guard Zach Dunn up a Rowe jumper that made it 62-55, progress, especially the teamwork and helped defend Mackie and chipped in but they couldn’t get a shot to fall over ball movement. nine points and three assists. the next two minutes, and the Tigers “That’s what a team sport is about.

Dunn said he had plenty of help hit enough free throws to nail down Everybody gets excited when we make guarding Mackie; senior Tim Goettel- the win. a great pass that leads to a basket. The mann, sophomores Gabe Dunn and Norwood finished with 14 points, bench gets up and screams and yells,” Karic Riche, and junior Jeff Lokatys Mackie scored nine, and senior Howe said. “I’m really happy.” also took turns.

“We had really good support from the bench today. We had a game plan to shut down No. 3 (Mackie), their top scorer, he’s really good,” Dunn said.

“So we were throwing bodies at him all night, and therefore their offense didn’t work as well.”

Zach Dunn set the tone early, setting up two Buxton hoops and hitting a jumper as the Tigers took a quick 9-3 lead. But OV senior Tyler Rowe scored five of his game- and career-high 25 points in the period and Mackie hit a late three to help OV emerge from the quarter with a 12-11 lead.

The Tigers started quickly in the second quarter, too, with a 9-2 run to make it 20-14. Gabe Dunn came in to score a transition hoop set up by Beatty and assist one of two Beatty buckets L to R: Bethany Farrell, Kirsten De La Cruz, Kevin Hayes, Brett Ward, Cathy Reitz, inside, and Cadoret nailed a three.

Sofia Miller, Todd Poole Then Rowe heated up with consecutive threes to tie the game. Then OV he Commodore Booster Club would like took a 29-24 lead on scoring from senior Delshon Norwood, a Jack Adams to recognize Brett Ward and the patrons

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The Panthers, ranked No. 25 in this week’s NCAA Division III poll, improved to 8-2. They are off until they play at Swarthmore on Dec. 30.

Against Pitt-Bradford the Panthers trailed at the break, 36-29, but opened the second half with a 19-0 run and held their hosts to 17 points after intermission in a 72-53 victory.

Pitt-Bradford dropped to 2-7.

Jack Farrell scored nine of his team-high 19 points in the decisive 19-point run, which concluded with a Joey Leighton transition hoop to make it 48-36 with 10:13 left.

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BURLINGTON — Mastitis is one of the costliest health issues for dairy cows, and a team of UVM researchers is working to address it by exploring the risks and benefits of common bedding strategies used by Vermont organic farmers.

According to co-Project Director Deb Neher, Ph.D., “Reducing mastitis is an opportunity for increased profitability for organic dairy farmers, healthier animals, improved animal welfare, and a better product for consumers.

But to understand and address it, we need to hear from organic dairy farmers.” The team is requesting that farmers take the very quick survey posted online at go.uvm.

farmers using tie-stall and freestall barns too.

“Our preliminary research shows that bedded pack housing systems may support conditions that promote udder health and milk quality,” Neher says. “So now we’re seeking to gather information from certified commercial organic farms and get a closer look to compare how different systems impact animal health and milk yield.”

Bedded pack winter housing systems are becoming popular to promote animal health, cow comfort, improve manure management, and meet consumer perceptions.

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Coordinator at the UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture, is among the project’s key personnel.

She says, “The team is excited that the project will provide a usable budget tool, and that this research addresses multiple important goals for dairy farmers: animal welfare, economics, and environmental concerns, by understanding more about how farmers can manage manure as a solid rather than as a liquid. This approach is interdisciplinary, applying methods and concepts from animal/dairy science, microbiology, epidemiology, and agricultural economics.”

For more information, contact Dr. John Barlow at 802-656-1395, john.barlow@uvm.edu, or visit the research project web page at tinyurl.com/vt-udder-health.

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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets would like to remind all state farm operations that the 24th annual winter manure spreading ban is underway. As required by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets’ (VAAFM) Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs), between Dec. 15 and April 1, no manure or other agricultural wastes (including: compost and spoiled feed) may be spread on agricultural fields throughout Vermont.

This annual ban is required by the RAPs, which are part of VAAFM’s overall strategy to protect water quality, the working landscape, and natural resources. The ban has been in place since 1995. A revision to the RAPs — newly effective in 2016 — continues the winter manure spreading ban while expanding the types of farm generated wastes that are prohibited from application in winter. The

RAPs also prohibit the application of manure or agricultural wastes on frozen or snow-covered fields.

VAAFM works closely with farmers across the state to ensure the RAPs are understood and complied with.

Due to this fall’s early cold and heavy snowfalls, the Agency would like to remind farmers that exemptions for winter manure spreading are available for emergency situations only. If a farmer anticipates having an issue meeting the winter manure spreading ban restrictions, they should contact VAAFM for assistance with planning winter manure management.

When field stacking manure, the RAPs require that stacking sites be located at least 200 feet from private wells and 100 feet from property boundaries. In addition, manure cannot be stacked within 200 feet of surface water, 100 feet of a ditch, on land that is subject to annual overflow from adjacent

waters, or on exposed bedrock.

Farmers must either have a storage structure that is capable of holding all manure produced between Dec. 15 and April 1, which is 106 days, or they must be able to stack all manure produced in a way that will not lead to adverse water quality impacts.

Manure spreading is a common practice in Vermont agriculture that enriches the soil for production and helps manage animal waste. For a PDF booklet explaining RAP’s and the winter manure spreading ban, visit https://tinyurl. com/manureban.

Questions about the manure spreading ban, requests for assistance in the selection of appropriate manure stacking sites or to request an emergency exemption, can be directed to Laura DiPietro, Director of Water Quality at 802-595-1990 or Ryan Patch, Deputy Director of Water Quality, at 802-272-0323.

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VERMONT PRODUCE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT Approximately $60,000 in funding provided through the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Castanea Foundation LLC will be available in the third round of the Produce Safety Improvement Grant (PSIG). Because of the federal funding source, this round will focus on safety improvements that include materials, supplies, and labor but cannot fund construction or construction supplies. Applicants must grow, harvest, pack, or hold “covered produce” as defined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) and have average annual produce sales of greater than $26,999 over the past three years.

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By MICHELLE MONROE from dairy farmers” had taken years to build, said Howrigan.

St. Albans Messenger Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has SHELDON — The annual meeting of the Vermont Dairy Producers told farmers U.S. Agriculture Alliance (VDPA), held recently at Secretary Sonny Perdue has the The Abbey in Sheldon, contained tools and money to aid dairy farmsome bright news in what has ers but it will likely take a bipartiotherwise been a bleak year for san push from Congress to g et his dairy farmers, including some attention, Howrigan reported.

“We need to pressure National steps toward supply management Milk,” said Ralph McNall, the in the Northeast.

VDPA was formed to represent former president of the St. Albans Cooperative the dairy indusCreamery, try in Montpelier, adding he was explained executive “Our marketdisappointed director and Franklin place is oversup- “National Milk County farmer can’t see the plied with milk Amanda St. Pierre. light.”

Despite the but we’re still Jack Parent, group’s focus on the St. Albans Vermont issues, the operating under Co-op’s vice national scene for the same rules. president, dairy, marred by four reported that straight years of milk We need to Dairy Farmers prices below farm- have our system of America’s ers’ cost of produc(DFA) Northeast tion, inevitably came modified so it Area Council up. represents us is discussing Asked to speak supply manageabout what was today.” happening nationally, — Bill Rowell, VDPA ment and has Harold Howrigan Jr., board chair voted “for the first time… to president of the St. establish a base Albans Cooperative Creamery, said the National Milk on its farmers.”

Establishing a base level of Producers Federation voted at its annual meeting not to pursue production for each farmer is the a supply management plan in first step toward trying to limit the Congress, and instead focus on milk supply in the Northeast. Other securing more money from the area councils that are part of DFA USDA under the tariff relief have begun managing the supply of milk produced by their members, announced earlier this year.

That relief went primarily to most notably California. Other soybean and hog farmers, with cooperatives have also started to dairy farmers expected to receive manage supply, or are considering just pennies per hundredweight of doing so.

Those steps toward supply milk production.

The dairy industry lost multiple management are what may bring key markets when the Trump about a national supply manageAdministration imposed tariffs on ment system, in the view of VDPA major U.S. trading partners includ- board chair Bill Rowell of Sheldon. ing China, Mexico and Canada As cooperatives around the counand those countries retaliated with try create a patchwork programs tariffs on agriculture. “The markets to reduce supply, Congress may that the government took away ultimately be forced to create a national program, he suggested.

One of the dangers of reducing supply unilaterally is that excess milk from other parts of the country may then come to the Northeast, noted Rowell.

The responsibility for addressing the twinned problems of milk oversupply and low milk prices ultimately lies with Congress, Rowell told the assembled farmers. After all, it was Congress that, in 1937, created the federal milk marketing system under which dairy farms sell their milk.

“We work under federal regulation,” said Rowell. As for farmers

VERMONT DAIRY PRODUCERS Alliance Executive Director Amanda St. Pierre told farmers at her organization’s recent annual meeting that lawmakers are considering how to pay for Lake Champlain cleanup, and she urged them to suggest funding mechanisms.

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who don’t want a supply management program because they believe it would interfere with a free market, Rowell said, “You identify a free market. I don’t see it.”

Under the current system, farmers rely heavily on export markets to absorb excess supply and are “headed for trouble when supply exceeds demand by 1 percent,” said Rowell.

In the Northeast, farmers dumped 170 million pounds of milk in 2017.

In the first seven months of 2018, they dumped 145 million pounds.

That dumping, noted Rowell, is a waste of farm assets.

“Our marketplace is oversupplied with milk but we’re still operating under the same rules,” said Rowell. “We need to have our system modified so it represents us today.”

VERMONT EFFORTS On the state front, VDPA has hired a lobbyist to represent them in interactions with the Legislature and state government as well as an attorney from Wisconsin with expertise in dairy regulation.

In the past, there were numerous dairy farmers in the Vermont General Assembly, but that’s no longer the case, said St. Pierre. “It’s been many years since the industry was in the statehouse,” she said.

“We continue to be a $2.2 billion industry for Vermont,” said St. Pierre. She also advocated collaborating with other industries that need farmers’ support such as banking and tourism. We need to “show how big and strong we really are,” she told farmers.

VDPA has had some success in the state Legislature already, averting a citizen right of action law by arguing there are “rules already written that protect citizens,” said St. Pierre. Working with experts from outside Vermont means “we can show how in other states this

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The final tile drainage rules were also a good compromise, one “we can live with,” said St. Pierre.

To continue to have influence in the statehouse, VDPA will need to get more members there, both farmers and others from related fields such as feed and equipment dealers, said St. Pierre.

One issue the Legislature has repeatedly kicked down the road is finding a permanent source of funding for the on the groundwork that needs to happen across Vermont to reduce runoff into Lake Champlain and other water bodies. Current discussions have focused on a per parcel fee.

St. Pierre asked farmers to think about that. “We want to hear from you if you have other suggestions,” she said.

A possible carbon tax is also on VDPA’s radar.

St. Pierre brought up the question of how to get more cold milk and whole milk in schools.

One farmer raised questions about farm-to-school efforts that have focused on produce but haven’t included milk, suggesting the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Farms and Markets could do more to promote milk in schools.

St. Pierre agreed. “We’re a viable

VDPA BOARD CHAIR Bill Rowell said the ultimate means for enforcing a national dairy supply management system may have to come from Congress.

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industry and we do a lot for this state. At least include us in your video with the vegetables,” she said.

Several suggestions were made including reaching out to teachers, the Vermont Principals’ Association and the Vermont School Boards Association, as well as the Green Mountain Dairy Promotion Board.

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DIRECTORY

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Roofing

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CLASSIFIEDS

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Services

Opportunities

ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders.

Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.org.

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.

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

STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities.

Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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.

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. 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.

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.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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

Help Wanted

Town of Charlotte

Minutes-Taker/Recording Secretary The Town of Charlotte seeks a Minutes Taker/Recording Secretary for evening meetings held by the Selectboard, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Selectboard usually meets twice per month (2nd & 4th Mondays); the Planning Commission also usually meets twice per month (1st & 3rd Thursdays); the Zoning Board meets as needed, but usually once per month (on Wednesdays).

The position is considered to be a contractor, and is not an employee of the Town. The position is paid hourly and does not include leave or health benefits.

Applications should include a description of relevant experience, a sample of minutes taken or other writing sample, and requested hourly pay-rate.

Please send inquiries and applications to dean@townofcharlotte.com The deadline for submitting an application is December 28th.

12/13, 17, 20, 27

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

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

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Services

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Either way, you are on the right track with the

Help assist with a blood drive The American Red Cross is seeking volunteers to assist with a blood drive event on Friday, January 4th from 9 – 2 in Middlebury.

Volunteers are needed for registration and full training will be provided. If you are interested in helping with the event, please contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org.

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CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

BGS Maintenance Mechanic II BGS Southwest District Maintenance BGS Maintenance Mechanic II needed to fill position with great benefits working with the State of Vermont in our Southwest District Buildings and General Services Department!

YOU must be a Highly skilled Maintenance Mechanic for installation and maintenance work within the State of Vermont.

Work is involving installation and maintenance of routine and complex maintenance work and oversight of contracted work.

In addition to maintenance responsibilities, duties will include general maintenance for other facilities as required. Work travel will be done with a state provided vehicle.

Position will be based out of Middlebury/Mahady courthouse, • Base pay is 16.66 hourly, may be hired into range.

Help Wanted

For Rent

For Rent

SPECIALIZED RESIDEN‑ TIAL Support. Join a team of support for a woman with developmental disabilities in Middlebury. In a 24/7 staffed therapeutic home environ‑ ment, the work is focused on teaching and modeling independent living skills, and choice making that leads to a healthy life physically and emotionally. Support is also needed in exploring new interests and making friends in the community.

Experience with behavioral support helpful but ample training is provided. Full‑time with comprehensive benefit package. Annual compensa‑ tion around $31K, with $300 sign‑on bonus. To apply, visit www.csac‑vt.org.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Ad‑ dison. Available storage space in my barn for sum‑ mer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

SUGARWOOD APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

NP/NS. W/D hook‑ups. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website summitpmg.com.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

For Sale DOG TEAM ORIGI‑ NAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Christmas. Call 802‑453‑4870 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Middlebury.

RARE JESSE BARNES holiday AP’s and irreplace‑ able Bob Ross 1971 Gold Pan including COA. Contact Trish at riss7234@yahoo. com.

• Hours are 6:30am to 3:00 pm with a half hour lunch.

• Work travel will be done with a state provided vehicle.

If this describes you please go to the website below

If you have questions please contact DFM Bill Eroncig at 802-324-5416 or bill.eroncig@vermont.gov

TOYOTA TUNDRA 2012 120,000 miles, double cab, 6.5 ft. bed, new tires, good condition. Asking $15k.

802‑355‑8786.

For Rent

Help Wanted

We’re thrilled you’re interested in working for the finest whiskey company in the world.

Please visit www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ work-with-us/ for a list of current openings and how to apply.

All applicants may submit a resumé with 3 professional references to jobs@whistlepigrye.com.

No phone calls please.

Business Opportunity Maples Senior Living Community is seeking an established catering company to operate rent free from its furnished commercial kitchen.

For more details contact John Hunt at 802-846-5430. ext 3110 Maples Senior Living Community 5 General Wing Road Rutland, Vermont 05701

Consider joining our fast-growing green cleaning team!

We are looking for part time cleaners in Shelburne for evenings hours starting at 6pm T, W, F. We also have job opportunities in Williston, Burlington, South Burlington, and Colchester.

Complete an application at www.janitechservices.com/employment.

Or call 02-863-5900 for more information

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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

HELP WANTED FOR a 24 year old quadriplegic in Benson VT. Part‑Time. $12‑15 and hour depending on experience. He requires day to day care and trach suctioning. Will Train. Must be dependable and show up when scheduled. Will require some transporta‑ tion, so must have a valid driver’s license and be able to pass a background check.

Contact Lia at 802‑558‑8240 for more info.

ALYSSUM, INC. Rochester VT. House Manager Posi‑ tion. Looking for an individu‑ al who: has lived experience of trauma or mental health challenges and recovery as well as experience of providing peer support. Is dynamic, responsible and self motivated. Has excel‑ lent self awareness and personal boundaries. Has excellent communication skills and has the ability to work collaboratively in a flat management program.

Has office management and computer skills. Visit us at: alyssum.org/jobs for more information about the job and our program. This salaried position is for 32 hours per week and includes benefits. Submit your cover letter (which addresses your lived experience and your reasons for applying for this job) and your resume to: Gloria@Alyssum.org.

HOPE HAS AN opening for a 15 hour a week retail associate. Applicants should have excellent customer ser‑ vice and cash register skills.

We also have an anticipated opening for a 29.5 hour a week materials handler in our warehouse. Customer service and communication skills required, mechanical ability helpful, valid drivers’ license required. Email re‑ sume and letter of interest to receptionist@hope‑vt.org or mail to 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middle‑ bury. No phone calls please.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

PART TIME REGISTER clerk needed for busy family owned convenience store.

Set schedule Sundays 5am ‑ 1pm. Prior work related experience with references preferred. Applicant should be a morning person who enjoys a fast pace work environment. Apply in per‑ son at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

SHARED LIVING PRO‑ VIDER sought for a man in his mid 30’s on the autism spectrum. This intelligent and independent man en‑ joys watching movies and playing online video games.

He is eager to participate in household chores and master independent living skills. He has his own trans‑ portation. Tax‑free annual stipend of approximately $27,000, and room & board payment of $8,600. A quiet and patient home in Bristol, Middlebury, or Vergennes would be a great match.

Please contact Tim Franklin at Community Associates, 388‑4021.

AVAILABLE JAN.,1 Middle‑ bury office space. 250 sq. ft. Single room with own bathroom on Court St./Rte. 7, ground level with ample parking and own entrance.

Use of conference room.

All utilities including internet for $400 per month. Call Kathy 352‑4302 or email cometovt@gmail.com.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, HIGHLY Visible Retail/Of‑ fice street level space on the Main Street. Approx.

1,800 SF plus basement storage. Available Feb. 1, 2019. $1,370 mo. Call Tom at Wallace Realty 453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com.

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

802‑453‑2566.

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.

For Rent

Addison County Courthouse (1)

MIDDLEBURY RTE. 7 North utility apartment with appli‑ ances. Heat and electric included. Trash removal and ample parking. No pets. $750/mo. Available now.

349‑7555.

Addison Superior Court (2) Middlebury (1)

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.

PORT HENRY HOUSE for Rent. December 30 ‑ April 30. Two bedroom, one bath. Fully furnished. $650 plus utili‑ ties. No pets. No smoking.

802‑355‑8786.

RIPTON: SHARE A home w/ professional woman. Help w/ pet care, yard work, etc. $400‑500/mo. No deposit.

863‑5625, HomeShareV‑ ermont.org for applica‑ tion. Interview, references, background check required.

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

802‑282‑9110.

Real Estate EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAI‑ SY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern expo‑ sure 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.

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

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

Mike Quinn, Middlebury.

802‑388‑7828.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available.

House calls made free of charge.

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Addison Independent

ADDISON COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Section 133(3)(a), the taxpayers of the County of Addison are hereby given notice that the annual meeting to discuss the final county budget for 2019-2020 will be held at the Judge Frank Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9:00 am. This budget is for fiscal year July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.

More information and extra copies of the budget may be obtained at the Addison County Superior Court, Frank Mahady Courthouse, Middlebury, Vermont. Tel. 802-388-1966.

Alice M. George, Assistant Judge & Irene Poole, Assistant Judge 2019-2020 Proposed

County Tax ESTIMATED 0.0041300 2019-2020 Passports Miscellaneous income Interest Earned Wills for safekeeping Rent Income – Jail Bldg.

TOTAL INCOME Anticipated Surplus

$ 183,423.00 $ 6,500.00 $ 15.00 $ 175.00 $ 7000.00 $ 22,800.00 $ 219,913.00 $ 13,119.00 $ 233,032.00

EXPENSES: Court: Court Personnel: Salaries $ Benefits $ Dues & Memberships $ Office Expenses $ Advertising-Passport/Budget $ Insurance $ Legal $ Professional Services $ Contracted Services $ VT Audit Contingency $ Subtotal $

46,940.00 4,225.00 2,500.00 4,200.00 2,500.00 2,830.00 250.00 1,400.00 3,300.00 – 300.00 68,445.00

EXPENSES

2019-2020

(continued)

Proposed

Sheriffs Department: Personnel: Salaries Benefits Office Expense Telephone Insurance/Bonds Training Valcor/Spillman Radio Audit Subtotal

$ 87,367.00 $ 20,970.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 750.00 $ – $ 130,687.00

Probate Court: Supplies/Equipment Dues Training and Education Contingency Subtotal

$ $ $ $ $

Sheriffs Building: Utilities Bldg & Grounds Insurance Inspections Custodial Capital Improvements Subtotal TOTAL EXPENSE

$ 17,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 32,600.00 $ 233,032.00

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A public hearing before the Weybridge Planning Commission will be held at the Weybridge Congregational Church, 2790 Weybridge Road, on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 7:00 PM, to pursue the following business: To hold a public hearing to review a request by Linda Johnson for a waiver to boundary adjustment regulations to accommodate an enlarged septic system for land she owns at 2309 Morgan Horse Farm Road.

Persons wishing to be heard at this Public Meeting may do so in person or may be represented at the meeting by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent; please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464 of the Vermont statutes that participation in the Public Meeting is a prerequisite to the right to take subsequent appeal.

The full application and survey can be viewed at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.

Jeff Olson, Chair Weybridge Planning Commission 12/20

A public hearing before the Weybridge Planning Commission will be held at the Weybridge Congregational Church, 2790 Weybridge Road, on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 7:00 PM, to pursue the following business: To hold the first of two public hearings to review a subdivision request submitted by David Dolginow to subdivide land on Sheep Farm Road, as found on tax map 07, parcel 31.011, into a 3-lot major subdivision (planned unit development) as classified by the Weybridge Planning Commission.

Persons wishing to be heard at this Public Meeting may do so in person or may be represented at the meeting by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent; please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464 of the Vermont statutes that participation in the Public Meeting is a prerequisite to the right to take subsequent appeal.

The full application and survey can be viewed at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.

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Ray Papandrea, Chair Orwell Development Review Board 11/19

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 533-12-18 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY UNIT IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARK SOTIRIOU NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Mark Sotiriou of Bristol, 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.

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The Cornwall Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 7 pm, at the Cornwall Town Hall, located at 2629 Route 30 in Cornwall, Vermont.

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Purpose of the hearing: To hear a preliminary subdivision application by Beaver Brook Properties, LLC, of 1104 West Street, Cornwall, Vermont to subdivide 166 acres located at the corner of North Bingham Street and Route 74 into 14 lots. This matter was classified as a major subdivision by the Cornwall Development Review Board on June 12, 2018.

All applications are available to the public at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s office, 2629 Route 30, Cornwall, Vermont. You are free to review the file for any additional information concerning this particular matter.

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

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A public hearing before the Weybridge Planning Commission will be held at the Weybridge Congregational Church, 2790 Weybridge Road, on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 7:00 PM, to pursue the following business: To hold a public hearing to review a subdivision request submitted by Firooz Afshar to subdivide his land at 2576 Snake Mountain Road. The purpose is to create two lots.

Persons wishing to be heard at this Public Meeting may do so in person or may be represented at the meeting by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent; please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464 of the Vermont statutes that participation in the Public Meeting is a prerequisite to the right to take subsequent appeal.

The full application and survey can be viewed at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.

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AVERIL J. THIBAULT AND DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OCCUPANTS OF: 713 Quaker Street, North Ferrisburgh VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered April 25, 2018 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Averil J. Thibault to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated February 10, 2006 and recorded in Book 118 Page 134 of the land records of the Town of Ferrisburgh, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT2 dated January 21, 2008 and recorded in Book 126 Page 45 of the land records of the Town of Ferrisburgh for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 713 Quaker Street, North Ferrisburgh, Vermont on January 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Marcel C. Thibault and Averil J. Thibault by Warranty Deed of John C. Pierce and Irene P. Pierce dated August 9, 1996, of record in Volume 84 at Page 466 of the Land Records of the Town of Ferrisburgh and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 2 as shown on a survey map entitled “Plat of Survey showing a portion of lands of John C. and Irene P. Pierce”, dated June 24, 1996, by Harold N. Marsh, Registered Land Surveyor, recorded at Land Map Volume 6, Page 7 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records. Said land and premises are more particularly described therein as follows: Beginning at a rebar set in the southerly sideline of Quaker Street, so-called, said rebar also marking a point in the common boundary line of Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 2 as shown on said survey; THENCE N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 25 feet, more or less, to a point calculated to be in the centerline of the right of way of Quaker Street, so-called; THENCE S 82° 38’ 00” E a distance of 300 feet, more or less, in and along the centerline of Quaker Street, socalled, to a point, said point marking the northeast corner of the lands conveyed herein; THENCE S 06° 42’ 42” W a distance of 25 feet, more or less, to a rebar, said rebar also being located in the common boundary line of Lot No. 2 and Lot No. 3 as shown on said survey; THENCE continuing S 06°42’ 42” W a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to a point; THENCE continuing S 6° 42’ 42. W a distance of 500.35 feet, more or less, to a rebar marking the southeast corner of the lands described herein; THENCE N 80° 59’ 52” W a distance of 300.22 feet, more or less, to a rebar marking the southwest corner of the lands described herein; THENCE N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 491.78 feet, more or less, to a point; THENCE continuing N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to a rebar set in the southerly sideline of Quaker Street, so-called, said rebar also marking the point or place of beginning.

Said lands contain 5.65 acres, more or less.

Those lands located within the bounds of Quaker Street, so-called, are conveyed herein by quitclaim only.

Subject to the terms and conditions of Subdivision Permit No. EC-9-0740, dated July 9, 1996, said permit to be recorded prior hereto in the Ferrisburgh Land Records.

Subject also to the terms and conditions of Ferrisburgh Planning Commission Permit No. 96-66, dated June 19, 1996.

Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned deed and survey and deeds and records therein referenced, all in further aid of this description.

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

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

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : November 20, 2018 By: /S/Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 12/13, 20, 27

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Police look into forced entry, missing silver MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police investigated a burglary at a Halladay Road home on Dec. 15.

Police said someone forced their way into the home and stole a sterling silver tea server, two silver-plated sugar and creamer containers, and a small silver plate.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Responded to a report of three unwanted people at a Maecliff Court home on Dec. 10. Police said the people had left upon their arrival.

• Retrieved a sexual assault evidence collection kit from Porter Hospital on Dec. 10. Police provided no further details on the case.

• Responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a parent and child at a Chipman Heights

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• Received a report on Dec. 11 of camera equipment allegedly stolen from a Middlebury College dining hall on Shannon Street.

• Were informed that a local man had made some suicidal comments on Dec. 11. Police said Counseling Service of Addison County officials spoke with the man.

• Served a temporary restraining order on Dec. 12 on a man who wasn’t wanted in the North Pleasant Street area.

• Conducted a welfare check on Dec. 12 on a Twin Circles resident who hadn’t been seen by neighbors in two days. Police said the resident was OK. • Responded to a noise complaint in the Valley View neighborhood on Dec. 13.

• Cited Thibault Lannoy, 21, of Middlebury for unlawful trespass at a Main Street home on Dec. 13.

• Served a temporary restraining order on Dec. 13 on a man who wasn’t wanted in the Seymour Street Extension area.

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• On Dec. 14 assisted a person who was considering pursuing charges in an alleged sexual assault; the person claimed the incident occurred earlier this year.

• Spoke with a woman on Dec. 14 who alleged someone had stolen a diamond ring from her Court Street home sometime during the past month. The case remains under investigation.

• Received a report on Dec. 15 that some Middlebury Union Middle School students were allegedly including threats as part of their discussion in an online chat forum.

Police said they determined the threats weren’t credible, and school administrators would decide if any further action at the school level is warranted.

• Were informed on Dec. 15 of the suspected theft of a delivered package from a Cedar Court residence.

• Helped Middlebury firefighters with an oven fire at a Cross Street residence on Dec. 15.

• Assisted the fire department in attempting a brush fire in the South Main Street area on Dec. 16.

• Received a report that two laptops computers had been taken from an apartment at the Residence at Otter Creek on Dec. 16. The case remains under investigation.

• Responded to a report of a woman punching a worker at the One Dollar Market on Court Street Extension on Dec. 16. After interviewing witnesses at the scene, police took the woman to Porter Hospital for a mental health evaluation.

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criminally suspended license. Police stopped Nichols’ vehicle because they alleged she failed to yield at a stop sign, and they also cited her for that offense.

During that particular special patrol on South Maple and School streets city police also issued three tickets for speeding.

Earlier that Saturday police operated two patrols on North Main Street and ticketed eight drivers and warned four.

Earlier in the week Vergennes police operated directed patrols on West Main Street (four), North Main Street (two), Main Street proper, and Panton Road (twice) and Canal Street (once) in conjunction with West Main patrols. During those patrols police issued another 11 tickets for speeding and three to drivers for using cellphones, and they warned another eight drivers.

During the week they also ticketed three vehicles left overnight on city streets in violation of the Vergennes winter parking ban. Police on Dec. 13 also passed out flyers throughout the downtown district highlighting the area’s two-hour limit on the use of downtown parking spaces.

In other action between Dec. 10 and 16, Vergennes police: On Dec. 10: • Consulted a city bank on security measures.

• Advised a man in a pickup truck not to stop and chat with youngsters outside the Evergreen Preschool even if his intentions were, as they appeared, innocent.

• Cited three Northlands Job Corps students for disorderly conduct after a scuffle broke out among them.

On Dec. 11: • Responded to a one-car accident on Monkton Road.

• Helped to persuade a reluctant Vergennes Union Elementary School student to attend school.

On Dec. 12: • Dealt with a one-car accident at Northlands Job Corps.

• Responded along with the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad to an untimely death at a Main Street apartment.

On Dec. 13: • Responded to a minor two-car accident in a Panton Road parking lot.

• Helped campus personnel deal with an out-of-control Northlands student.

• Helped a motorist enter a locked vehicle at Shaw’s Supermarket.

• Cited a motorist for driving with a civilly suspended license on West Main Street.

On Dec. 14: • Helped a motorist enter a locked vehicle on Main Street.

• Began looking into an animal cruelty allegation.

• Took a report that someone drove away from Small City Market without paying for gasoline, but could not find the vehicle.

• Checked on a person reported to be possibly suicidal and determined he was OK. • Helped a motorist enter a locked vehicle at the Small City Market.

On Dec. 6: • Helped a motorist enter a locked vehicle on South Water Street.

• Determined a man reported to be drunk at a local restaurant was OK.

Addison Independent, Thursday, December 20, 2018 — PAGE 13B

How wild animals survive winter

By TOM ROGERS some ducks and geese may not head The calendar may say December, south until December, particularly in but with the cold winds blowing years where ponds and lakes remain and the snowdrifts piling up, it feels open late. Loons head east — not like we’re much later into winter. south — to spend the winter in the Vermonters typically take one of ocean along coastal New England. three different approaches to winter.

Other birds from up north, such as Some (usually retired) Vermonters snowy owls, redpolls, rough-legged go the ‘snowbird’ approach, spending hawks or snow buntings, migrate the winter in a warmer into Vermont.

Not southern climate. Others every member of a bird ‘hibernate,’ staking out “Bears are species will arrive at a a warm spot next to the triggered to single strategy — some woodstove with a cup enter their den individual bald eagles of cocoa, going outside when food or blue jays stay in only when absolutely Vermont for the winter necessary. But hardier becomes scarce while others head out Vermonters embrace in fall or early of town. Many of our winter, breaking out winter, usually resident bird species the skis or snowshoes, following stay close to home, dusting off the sled, and a heavy including chickadees, generally reveling in the waxwings, nuthatches, snowfall.” snow. juncos, ravens, and — Forrest woodpeckers. With more Wildlife follow Hammond elbow room at the feeder the same three basic strategies to make it or fruit tree, these yearthrough the tough winter months. round residents face less competition From birds that migrate south, to for food. bears that cozy up and snooze the One winged migrator stands winter away, to moose that stick it out out from the rest of the pack: the in the cold, wildlife approach winter monarch butterfly. Monarchs are one using familiar tactics. of only a small group of butterflies The Migrators known to engage in, as birds do, a Birds, like people, don’t employ just north-south migration, with most a single strategy to get through winter. eastern monarchs overwintering Many species migrate, but in different at a single site in the mountains of directions and at different times. The central Mexico. But on their return, warblers generally start heading south a monarch that leaves its wintering to the Gulf Coast by August, whereas grounds in Mexico will never make it

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to Vermont.

According to Mark Ferguson, zoologist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife, “Instead, several generations are born and die along the way, meaning that the grandchildren or great-grandchildren of the monarch leaving Mexico at the end of winter eventually arrives in Vermont each summer.”

The Hibernators Reptiles and amphibians simply lay low (aka, go dormant) through Vermont’s winter months. Most frogs and salamanders hibernate under rotting leaves and logs on the forest floor. Turtles while away the winter on the bottoms of ponds and rivers.

Snakes generally spend the winter in mammal burrows or rock crevices below the frost line, sometimes with multiple species of snake curled up together in the same den.

Conversely, bears don’t “hibernate” in the traditional sense. Unlike other hibernating mammals such as woodchucks or bats, bears’ body temperature and heart rate stay close to normal during the winter, which they spend in more of a deep sleep than a true state of hibernation. They do this not to avoid the snow and cold (bears have thick fur and are welladapted to cold temperatures) but to conserve energy while they wait out the winter months until food again becomes available.

“Bears are triggered to enter their den when food becomes scarce in fall or early winter, usually following a heavy snowfall,” said Forrest Hammond, Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s lead bear biologist. “In spring, the rains and warm temperatures cause bears to leave their dens in search of uncovered nuts and green shoots that start to emerge from the melting snowpack.”

Hammond says that winter rains can make bears uncomfortable and restless and may force many bears from their dens to seek drier accommodations.

“Bears sleep soundly in winters when deep snow covers the entrances to their dens but during years with little snow, bears are exposed and awaken easily.”

The survivors and thrivers Deer, moose, beavers, otters, and many other mammals are active throughout the winter. White-tailed deer are at the northern edge of their range in Vermont and winter is the limiting factor that defines how many

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Deer don’t eat much throughout the winter and deplete their fat stores as the winter months drag on. Late March through April is a critical time of year; if winter lingers too long and they don’t have opportunities to feed on emerging plants, the statewide deer herd usually declines.

Conversely, moose are well adapted to winter and — when healthy — are unfazed by the cold.

They can traverse deep snows atop their long, spindly legs. In fact, a harsh winter by human standards benefits moose, as late season snows can take a welcome toll on the moose’s main parasite, the winter tick. Moose are so well adapted to cold temperatures that they often find summer more of a challenge, developing heat stress at 57 degrees or more. When temperatures get hot, moose may stop feeding to seek out cool waters to wade in. As climate change continues to drive up summer temperatures, this heat sensitivity worries some biologists who are pessimistic about the moose’s future Vermont.

Giving wildlife a helping hand For the adventuresome and curious, winter in Vermont provides a unique window into the secret world of

otherwise invisible wild animals.

With the snow come mammal and bird tracks, nibbled buds, and other evidence of active wildlife. These signs bring the seemingly empty and still forest alive and remind us that wildlife are all around and constantly on the move.

Surviving winter can be difficult in Vermont. Wildlife need to have thick cover for shelter, an appropriate den site, open water to drink, wild food to eat, and the ability to move from place to place easily. These resources are all found in healthy and connected habitats.

To ensure wildlife thrive all year round, Vermonters can make a

difference and protect connected habitats throughout the state.

Landowners can work with a wildlife biologist or forester to improve habitat on their property to give wildlife a helping hand. Other Vermonters can help wildlife by purchasing a Vermont Habitat Stamp at vtfishandwildlife. com. The stamp costs $15 with donations going to the conservation of important fish and wildlife statewide habitat — everything from stream banks and vernal pools to denning and wintering areas for all the species in Vermont.

Tom Rogers works in information and outreach at Vermont Fish and Wildlife.

WHITE TAILED DEER are among those animals whose survival depends on the length and severity of Vermont’s winter months.

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DR. JOHN BRUMSTED, president/CEO of the UVM Health Network, responds to questions from members of the Addison County legislative delegation during the annual pre-legislative gathering at UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center in Middlebury on Dec. 11.

Man cited for aggravated stalking ADDISON COUNTY — This past Sunday morning, Dec. 16, at a few minutes after 9 a.m. troopers from the Vermont State Police’s New Haven barracks responded to Upper Plains Road in Salisbury for a reported suspicious incident.

A Salisbury man reported hearing loud banging on his door, then the sound of gunshots. He told police that he came out of the house and discovered the front, left tire on his truck was flat.

Troopers investigated and determined that Cody Greene, 25, of Bristol travelled to the residence in order to confront the man regarding a texting issue. Police said that Greene did not make contact with the man but did shoot two rounds into the tire of his truck.

Police found Greene, who

Salisbury SALISBURY — A reminder: Salisbury town office will close at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, and reopen on Thursday, Jan. 3, at 11 a.m.

If you are interested in running for any position at town meeting you should get a petition from the town office so your name can be listed on the ballot.

The Salisbury Congregational Church will hold its Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

Everyone is welcome. There will be no church service on Sunday, Dec. 30. Regular services will resume on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 10 a.m.

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cooperated with troopers, who took him to the New Haven barracks, where they cited him for unlawful mischief and aggravated stalking.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police: • On Dec. 11 at approximately 1:55 hours p.m. stopped a vehicle on Route 116 in Bristol because the trooper believed the driver’s license was under suspension.

Police cited Frederick Goodrich, 32, of Bristol for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On Dec. 14 saw a vehicle swerving in and out of its lane on

Route 7 in Waltham and stopped the vehicle. Troopers cited Sanchez Perez, 26, of Bristol for driving under the influence.

• On Dec. 14 at around 10:30 p.m. responded to a crash in Pittsfield. Troopers ended up citing Mark Hammond, 49, of Granville for driving under the influence, second offense, and for driving with a suspended license.

• On Dec. 15 at a few minutes after 3 p.m. stopped a vehicle lacking a front license plate on Route 7 near Monkton Road in Ferrisburgh. Police cited Michael Boylan, 33, of Essex Junction for driving with a criminally suspended license and they issued him a written warning for a driving without the license plate.

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Lincoln artist Kathleen Kolb works on an image for the “Shedding Light on the Working Forest” project, which was featured at the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury on in January 2016.

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Kathleen Kolb details the finer parts of art

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ometimes it’s hard to know where to start with an artist who’s been painting for more than 50 years.

Especially an artist like Kathleen Kolb, whose work is so subtly refined and elegant it feels effortless and natural. But here’s the dirty little secret… it’s not. It’s still hard work; beloved work, yes, but work nonetheless.

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So we’ll start at the very beginning — a very good place to start.

“Art has been with me since early childhood,” Kolb said in an interview last week. “I can’t remember the beginning.”

But Kolb does remember the art classes she started at age 6 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. “When I was 6 (back in the ’60s) kids just didn’t have that level of enrichment. Art class was special,” said the Ohio native. “I remember playing hide and seek among the sarcophagi with a friend… museums became a very comfortable place for me.”

Kolb never questioned if she should pursue a career in art. “It was like a forgone conclusion,” she said.

And a pretty serious one at that.

By age 11 or 12, Kolb was taking Saturday

classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She remembered in the first months of a watercolor class they were only allowed to use one color from their Prang sets. Why? Because the instructor wanted them to learn how to achieve tone. “It was all about workmanship and skills,” Kolb explained.

She and her family moved to New Jersey when her father (who had his PhD in digital systems and worked on early computers and type setting) was transferred there for a job. Kolb attended the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with her BFA in 1976.

“I focused on illustration for two main reasons,” she said. “One, the capacity for money making SEE KOLB ON PAGE 2

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| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, December 20, 2018 potential; and two, it had the least requirements so I had more options for taking electives.”

At RISD, Kolb met “a fellow” who was homesteading in the North East Kingdom in Vermont. “We wound up having children, growing food, and building a home in our community effort to make the world a better place,” said Kolb, explaining how she ended up in Vermont. When the kids were approaching high school, they decided to move to a “warmer part of the state” and settled in Cornwall.

In 1996, Kolb moved to Lincoln and turned her full attention to painting.

“I settled on really loving observation (I had always loved that since preschool),” said Kolb who paints in watercolors and oils — with very small brushes.

“I just like looking at things, coming to understand them more, finding secrets in things by close observation — it’s a practice, it’s meditative. Paying attention is hugely important in the way that I work, both to the thing I’m looking at and the thing that I’m making.”

Another aspect that defines Kolb’s realism is her discrete variations in color.

“I love mixing color,” she emphasized. “The level of detail that I tend to get into is a little nutty, that’s who I am I guess. That seems to be my nature: to look closely and revel in detail.”

While Kolb is painting in her studio above the barn of her Lincoln home, she listens to jazz, classical and folk music (without words). “Words put my brain in a different space,” she said.

Her cat stays in the house, but she carries over big quarts of tea to drink in her studio — green jasmine in the morning and herbal in the afternoon.

“I spend a significant amount of time on one piece, so a lot goes through my mind and all of that informs the painting in some way,” Kolb added. “It might be animals, plants… your mother… It’s all in there.”

“Bird Finder” by Kathleen Kolb, 2017, oil on linen 24” x 36”

described perfectionist.

Kolb’s subjects range from portraits, to neighborhoods, to logging, to icebergs in Newfoundland, to daily life in Ireland and beyond.

But she has a few basic principals that flow throughout all of her work.

“One is ‘belonging and home,’” she said. “It’s a heart connection to place that persists through all my work. The other is ‘light.’ I really love the effect of light. I think of light in two ways: first, emotionally it is very compelling; then, intellectually as our timepiece. The movement of sun marks our days and in that way light is a reflection of our mortality. Light gives us the sense that the moments of our lives are precious and fleeting, and that they have meaning. All of that is what I want the work to be about.

“Like any kind of work there’s a flow, or not,” she said. “Sometimes the work is accomplished in less time; either way, I persevere until they’re done.”

But “done” is a tough word for Kolb, a self-

“It would be nice to say it’s ‘done,’ before I put in the last couple days of work,” she half-heartedly joked. “In the end, I’m not unhappy with who I am and what I make.”

And that’s all that matters, right?

Well kind of.

Kolb is realistic about her work, too.

“What’s ‘in style’ does make a difference to your capacity to make a living,” she noted. “What comes in and out of style matters, but you can’t really direct who you are as an artist. I think I’ve always been ‘out of style.’ The art market isn’t crazy about realism, but people in general recognize and revel in it. I think realism has a lasting hold on the popular imagination.”

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“Night Intersection” by Kathleen Kolb, 2017, oil on panel 12” x 16”

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“Village Spring” by Kathleen Kolb, 2017, oil on panel 12” x 24”

Winslow Homer and lots of 20th century artists who also work from observation.

“I don’t think I’m extraordinary in any way,” Kolb deflected, acknowledging her fellow art compatriots. “It means an enormous amount to me to understand that people enjoy looking at my work. But I do need people to purchase it if I’m going to keep going.”

Galleries (1992-2009) in Stowe. She is currently represented by three galleries in Vermont: West Branch in Stowe, Furchgott Sourdiffe in Shelburne and Gallery North Star in Grafton; as well as by MA Doran Gallery in Tulsa, Okla. She has participated in roughly 40 solo shows and 80 group shows in New York and New England.

In the fall of 2015 Kolb was an invited fellow at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ain’t that the truth. in Ballycastle, Ireland. Together, with poet Verandah Porche, she created and managed Kolb makes much of her income through a collaborative touring project called commissioned work, which she says is “Shedding Light on the primarily from local people.

Working Forest.” The show Over her five decades of opened at the Brattleboro painting she has done Museum and Art Center, thousands of pieces, but and traveled to the only has a handful of prints. “THE LEVEL OF DETAIL Vermont Folklife Center in Her small watercolors start THAT I TEND TO GET Middlebury and eight other around $1,200 and go up INTO IS A LITTLE locations across six states, from there. from Maine to Ohio.

NUTTY, THAT’S WHO I You can see two of Kolb’s AM I GUESS.” Coming up, Kolb will spend paintings on display at the Shelburne Museum in the — Kathleen Kolb the month of March at the Vermont Studio Center in exhibit “New England Now,” Johnson and will be refining which will be on display her ideas for her next show through Jan. 13. in August at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

“This handpicked show features work by 13 artists,” Kolb said. “They are images of New “I feel like I’m in a place that’s fungible right England that are not about our picturesque now,” she said. “I feel very open to other scenes, but are true to New England even ideas. There’s a bunch of ideas swirling in so.” my head… like large still-lifes of pears, large portraits of individual trees on the Long Trail At the Shelburne Museum, Kolb is that intrigue me, and of course architecture exhibiting “Street Lights,” which portrays a — that has been my most popular theme.” neighborhood in Bristol at night, and “Ice,” which shows the Lincoln General Store in the We’ll have to wait and see what Kolb winter. produces next, but it’s a good bet that the work will resonate her love of light, As you might imagine, Kolb has been belonging and home. in many exhibits. Her work has been represented by David Findlay Galleries “I have an enormous affection for Vermont,” (2003-2010) and Sherry French Gallery she said. “I’ve made it the center of my work.”

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OUT OF TOWN New takes on New England at Shelburne Museum

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helburne Museum’s exhibition, “New England Now,” showcases 13 contemporary artists deeply engaged with the region’s changing landscape and its impact on shifting identities. Whether residing within or having close ties to the Northeast, these artists, individually and collectively, uniquely capture what is new in New England.

One of the artists is Lincoln’s Kathleen Kolb.

The exhibit will be on view through Jan. 13.

“New England Now” challenges the notion of the Northeast’s long-accepted stereotype as stagnant and quaint, and instead plumbs its evolving identities and complex beauty.

Building upon scholarship on the visual construction of the region, this exhibition explores the contemporary landscape, capturing the changing environment.

From disintegrating historic buildings and disappearing “virgin” land, “New England Now” reveals our evolving landscape.

Meet the Artists

LINDEN FREDERICK Frederick’s large and melancholic paintings expose varying forms of shelter and storage.

PETER FRIED Fried captures contemplative portraits of some of our culture’s most familiar places.

JACOB BOND HESSLER Hessler’s photographs of Maine’s expansive rural landscape poetically document the tension between nostalgia and progressive change.

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on familiar architecture and beloved neighborhoods.

PETER J. LYONS Lyons examines the paradoxical relationship between natural space and human interventions through his paintings of urban landscapes.

JOSEPH MCNAMARA Interested in human engagement with the landscape through industry, McNamara illustrates Vermont’s long history with quarry drilling in a monumentally-scaled painting.

ELKE MORRIS

Jacquette’s aerial perspective of commercially dotted landscapes reveals the energy of cities and the growth of large-scale commerce.

Like a game of Tetris, Morris’s “Mill Towns” series captures the collision and rapid growth of heavy residential development tucked into Maine’s urban centers.

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Inspired by Vermont’s distinctive landscape, Kolb’s realist paintings shine a new light

Experiencing landscapes out of a speeding car SEE ART ON PAGE 16

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IN TOWN Star comes to Middlebury for film screening MIDDLBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL WELCOMES MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL AND “THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER”

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just wonderful! This should be quite a special evening.”

he Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is hosting a special screening of the compelling drama “The Kindergarten Teacher” on Saturday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m., as part of its MNFF 2018/19 Winter/ Spring Screening Series at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. The film’s star, Maggie Gyllenhaal, will appear at Town Hall Theater for a Q&A session following the screening. The Q&A will be moderated by Gyllenhaal’s husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard.

Directed by Sara Colangelo, “The Kindergarten Teacher” tells the powerful story of Lisa Spinelli, a dissatisfied working wife and mother on Staten Island whose frustrated artistic aspirations find an outlet of sorts in the discovery that one of her 5-year-old kindergarten students is an apparent poetry prodigy. As IndieWire’s David Ehrlich deftly notes in describing her performance as Lisa, Gyllenhaal “has been too good too often to label any one of her performances as her best, but she’s certainly never been better than she is here, filling her character with the full courage of her convictions, and finding deep reservoirs of distressed humanity in all of her contradictions.”

“I’m thrilled to be screening ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ at the MNFF Winter/Spring Screening Series,” Gyllenhaal said. “This community has been so welcoming to me and my family and it feels great to be able to share some of my most recent work.”

“We are incredibly grateful to Maggie, and to Peter, for their ongoing involvement with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival,” noted Lloyd Komesar, MNFF Producer, “Maggie’s performance in ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ is widely considered to be masterful and we are delighted that she will be at Town Hall

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Come see “The Kindergarten Teacher” at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday, evening and stay to participate in the Q&A with Maggie Gyllenhaal following the screening. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, in person or over the phone at (802) 382-9222, Monday-Saturday 12-5 p.m., or online at townhalltheater.org/calendar-and-tickets.

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CALENDAR Holiday Happenings BRISTOL WATERSHED CENTER WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION IN BRISTOL. Friday, Dec. 21, 4-6 p.m., The Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Come celebrate the year’s longest night and the return of the sun to the northern sky with song, poetry, and a little pageantry, too. This year, we’ll also honor the memory of our friend Jason Bacon and the sacred Ash tree. Readings welcome. Bring a dish to share and dress warmly. Leave dogs at home for this one. For details visit thewatershedcenter.org.

LUMEN CELEBRATION OF FIRE AND LIGHT IN BRISTOL. Saturday, Dec. 22, 4-9 p.m., downtown. Come to Bristol for the annual Lumen Celebration of Fire and Light and experience lantern making at Holley Hall, fire performers on the town green, a lighted walk down Main Street, and fire pits at Tandem and Vermont Tree Goods with hot drinks and tasty eats. Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule.

BRANDON MOONLIGHT MADNESS IN BRANDON. Thursday, Dec. 20, 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

ACTIVE

GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE OR SNOWSHOE IN WEYBRIDGE. Friday, Dec. 21, Snake Mountain.

Hike to summit from the east side. Begin at trailhead parking on Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge. Moderate 4.6 miles, 1087’ elevation gain. Contact leader David Andrews for meeting time at 802-388-4894 or vtrevda@yahoo.com.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB HIKE OR SNOWSHOE IN RIPTON. Saturday, Dec. 22, Spirit in Nature Trail, Goshen Rd. Easy 2-3 miles depending on the number of paths we choose to explore. Gently rolling terrain at a moderate pace. Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or at 802-

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.

MIDDLEBUERY SOLSTICE CELEBRATION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Dec. 21, 7-8:30 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, Seminary and North Pleasant St. Celebrate the winter solstice with seasonal music and poetry in an informal setting in the church fellowship hall. Open mic opportunities to share thoughts, read poetry or offer a song about the holiday season or the winter solstice. Light refreshments will be served. More info contact Tom Colley at 802989-6413.

FREE HOT COCOA IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 22, Marquis Theater, 64 Main St. Stroll into the Marquis for a hot cocoa to get you through those last frantic days of holiday shopping. A Very Merry Middlebury event.

SANTA CLAUS VISITS FARMERS’ MARKET IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Santa arrives at 9:30 a.m. and leaves for the North Pole at 12:30 p.m. Free coffee, tea, and seasonal music.

HOLIDAY COMEDY SHOW IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 22, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis

388-5407 for more information. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.

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DECORATE A SOLSTICE LANTERN IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Dec. 21, 3:30-4:40 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. All materials provided.

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“WEST SIDE STORY” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club turns to a great musical classic. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of its composer Leonard Bernstein, this story raises the question of who is truly an

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Theater, 65 Main St. The latest edition of The Most Funniest Comedy Challenge, brought to you by Regi Brittain and Ryan Kenyon, and featuring Tina Friml. Tickets $20 or free with an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Grab bag of funny gifts for lucky audience members.

ANNUAL MESSIAH SING IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2 p.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury, corner of Route 7 and Main St. Music scores provided. Orchestra parts available for those who play a stringed instrument, oboe, flute, bassoon or baroque trumpet. Donation request at door $5-10 adult/$10-20 family. More info contact Jeff Rehbach at rehbach@middlebury.edu or 802989-7355.

VERGENNES HOLIDAY SHOPPER’S EVENING WITH WINE TASTING IN VERGENNES. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Find stocking stuffers, holiday candles, soap rocks, and unique gifts. Enjoy seasonal food favorites paired with selected wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine.

“SING WE NOW NOEL” IN VERGENNES. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. Join this celebration of Christmas and seasonal carols. Dr. William Tortolano, organist and music director will lead the singing. A free will offering is greatly appreciated. Song books provided.

American and how can we learn to live together.

It’s also a wonderful tale of love, turbulence, and tragedy. Free. Discussion to follow. Cookies, popcorn and good coffee. See great films with friends old and new.

“ELF” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 22, 12:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The Marquis continues its holiday celebrations with this free café screening of this 2003 film starring Will Ferrell.

“HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NY” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 22, 3 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Hilarity ensues with this free café screening of the first “Home Alone” sequel.

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VIDEO STORY HOUR IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. Eat popcorn while watching classic children’s books.

Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Take a midday break and come hear Emily Sunderman, violinist; Catherine Nichols, flutist, and George Matthew, Jr. accompanist, play a free concert.

“ICE AGE” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 29, 12:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Go back in time at this free café screening of the 2002 film.

THEATER

“MONTY PYTHON: IN SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec 29, 3 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The Marquis wraps up its free holiday film screenings with Monty Python’s irreverent take on the legend of King Arthur.

MUSIC

MIDDAY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St.

NIGHT FIRES IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, 3 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own times — rife with magic, beauty, humor and even tears. An intricate web of music, song, dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.)

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New Year’s COUNTDOWN TO NOON-YEAR IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Crafts, stories, face painting, photo ops and fun. Free.

BEST NIGHT IN BRISTOL. Monday, Dec. 31, locations across town. Join this Community-wide celebration of the coming New Year, with three music venues, food, activities, and holiday spirit.

MICHELE FAY AND TIM PRICE IN BRISTOL. Monday, Dec. 31, 5-5:40 p.m., Bristol Baptist Church, Park St. Part of Bristol’s Best Night.

NEW YEARS EVE DINNER DANCE IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 31 5 p.m.-midnight, VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange St. Cocktails 5-6 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. of Prime Rib from Pratt’s Store, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, tossed salad, rolls and dessert.

Music by Triple B DJ. Tickets $20/person. RSVP 802-388-9468. Advanced sales preferred. Any remaining tickets at the door $25.

NEW YEARS EVE FIREWORKS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 31, 7:30-8 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Park, Mary Hogan Dr. Bundle up for and enjoy the show.

Brought to you by the Middlebury American Legion. Free.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH THE HORSE TRADERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Ring in the New Year with The Horse Traders. Doors open at 8 p.m., the band kicks off at 9 p.m.

NEW YEARS EVE ICE-SKATING IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Dec. 31, 8-9:30 p.m., Memorial Sports Center, 296 Buttolph Dr. Middlebury Parks and Recreation invites you to on the skates and take some turns around the rink. Free, including skate rentals.

BREAD AND BONES IN BRISTOL. Monday, Dec. 31, 8-8:45 p.m., Bristol Baptist Church. Park St. Part of Bristol’s Best Night celebrations.

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Red wigglers KEEP YOUR COMPOST GOING INSIDE THIS WINTER WITH WORMS

E

ven if you have no room for a traditional outdoor compost pile, you can convert kitchen scraps into a nutrient-rich supplement for your soil all year long.

Vermiculture, or worm composting, is simple and efficient as the worms do most of the work for you. All you need are a container, a suitable location, some bedding material and, of course, worms. Red wigglers (Eisenia fetida) are the best worms for composting.

BY DEBORAH

J. BENOIT

Select a location for your worm bin that’s out of direct sunlight. Worms like it dark. Avoid placing the bin in an unheated basement or next to a heat source. The temperature should be between 55 and 77 F. Worm bins are available online and from garden supply stores in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are multi-tiered while others sit on a tabletop, on the floor or inside a cabinet.

If you’re more of a do-it-yourself person, you can make your own using a container with a lid. Just be sure your design allows enough ventilation and drainage to let air in and prevent the bedding from becoming too wet. Lack of oxygen or soggy conditions can kill the worms. You can find directions for building a bin at go.uvm.edu/compostingworms.

did you know?

WORMS NEVER SLEEP, SO ARE PRODUCING COMPOST ALL THE TIME.

To determine your needs, weigh your kitchen scraps for a week. One pound of worms will consume about one-half pound of scraps a day.

did you know?

Feed your worms a combination of raw fruits and vegetables, coffee grounds (including the filter) and tea bags along with cereal, bread and pasta in small amounts. Be sure to add finely crushed eggshells or another source of grit for their digestion.

WORMS DO NOT HAVE LUNGS, THEY TAKE IN OXYGEN THROUGH THEIR SKIN.

Avoid meat, poultry, fish, bones, dairy, oils and fats as they may draw pests to the bin, foods with a strong odor such as onions and citrus. Never add pet waste to the bin.

For each pound of scraps per week, your bin’s bedding should have a surface area of at least one square foot. For example, if you produce one pound each day (seven pounds a week), you will need two pounds of worms, and your bin will need a surface area of at least seven square feet.

Red wigglers are sold by the pound and can be ordered online, purchased at a garden center or obtained from another worm composter. A pound will contain approximately 1,000 worms. The night crawlers in your back yard aren’t suitable for life in a composting container.

Appropriate bedding materials for your worm bin include a combination of shredded newspaper or corrugated cardboard, peat, coir (coconut fiber) or shredded dried leaves.

Do not use garden soil as bedding.

Soak the bedding material in water to moisten it thoroughly, drain or squeeze out excess water and then add the bedding to the bin. Keep

ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES TWO POUNDS OF WORMS TO EAT A POUND OF FOOD WASTE IN 24 HOURS.

conditions inside the bin moist but not wet.

Worms can drown if the bedding is too wet.

Empty the worms onto the top of the bedding. They don’t like light and will burrow down into the bedding.

To feed your worms, move aside some of the bedding to create a shallow hole. Drop food scraps in it (a half pound per pound of worms per day), then cover with about an inch of bedding material. This makes it easy for the worms to do their work and discourages fruit flies.

Soon the bedding material will be replaced by rich, dark compost. After several months, more compost than bedding will remain.

Harvest the compost by separating the worms, replacing the bedding and returning the worms to the bin.

Deborah J. Benoit is a UVM Extension Master Gardener from North Adams, Massachusetts, who is a member of the Bennington County Master Gardener A WORM chapter.

HAS FIVE HEARTS.

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Lumen lights up the streets BRISTOL HOSTS THE ANNUAL LUMEN CELEBRATION OF FIRE & LIGHT

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ead to Bristol for the third annual Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light on Saturday, Dec. 22. Experience fire performers, a lighted walk down Main Street, and fire pits at Tandem and Vermont Tree Goods.

Fire performers Cirque de Fuego will start things off on the town green at 5 p.m. Then folks will take a lighted walk down Bristol’s Main Street to the fire pits at Tandem and Vermont Tree Goods for hot drinks, tasty eats and handmade s’mores kits from lu.lu. The night will wrap up at Hatch 31 with music and late night revelry.

Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light is part of the month-long Cool Yule celebration and is sponsored by Bristol CORE and Tandem.

Chris Cleary of Cirque de Fuego breaths fire.

PHOTO / BOB LOCICERO

Cirque de Fuego will perform at Bristol’s Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light for the third year on Saturday, Dec. 22.

PHOTO / CHAWNA COTA

HAPPY HOLIdays HOLI days

Wishing you and yours a very merry holiday season full of art, love and happiness!

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T HEATER

OWN HALL

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

Fri 12/21 7:30pm; Sat 12/22 3pm & 7:30pm; Sun 12/23 3pm $25/$21 Srs/$20 Students

NIGHT FIRES

A mystery and winter solstice pageant woven together by a bear and spider who have morphed from man and woman – punctuated with music and songs from around the globe – weave a web of magic, humor and pathos.

Sat 12/29 7pm $15 MNFF SPECIAL SCREENING

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Don’t miss this special screening of the critically acclaimed and compelling drama starring Maggie Gyllenhaal who will stay after the screening for a Q&A session moderated by her husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard.

Mon 12/31 8pm Doors/8:30pm Band $15/$18 @ the Door

NEW YEAR’S EVE

with THE HORSE TRADERS

Happy New Year! Say goodbye to 2018 and join a rollicking dance party led by veteran performers with a wide and exciting repertoire from modern pop to oldies and classic rock, soul, country and more! Cash bar. Midnight champagne toast for 21 & over.

Sat 1/12 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

Soprano Anna Netrebko portrays the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and offstage passion. Set in the working replica of a Baroque theater, The Guardian praised the “elegant production, sumptuously designed.”

Pre-performance talk at 12:15 by Richard Marshak in the Studio.

Sun 1/13 2pm $13/$75 Multi-film pass MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Showcasing a beautiful and restrained performance by Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel, this true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer who turned to deceit when her books fell out of fashion, is adapted from Israel’s memoir.

Fri & Sat 1/25–26 & Mon 1/28 7:30pm; Sun 1/27 2pm $20/$15 faculty&staff/$6 Students MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE J-TERM MUSICAL

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Douglas Anderson directs a talented group of students in this fascinating study of Seurat, his invention of pointillism, and the creation of his most famous painting in Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

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EXHIBITS ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early 15-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 4435007.

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.

HO HO HISTORICAL HOLIDAYS TO YOU. On view through Jan. 12, featuring classic Christmas images, antiques postcards, seasonal cards, written holiday memories, and toys from the Sheldon’s collections.

Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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.

MORE LIGHT. On view Dec. 1-Jan. 31, featuring all new works from Anne Cady, Cameron Schmitz, Edward Holland, Pamela Smith, Rose Umerlik, and Sobelman Cortapega in a range of media, including watercolor, oil painting and collage. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

OVER-THE-TOP HOLIDAY. On view through Jan. 12, featuring a glittering holiday display created by several Sheldon trustees (led by Warren Kimble, Liz Markowski, Danielle Rougeau, and Deborah Foster) of numerous lighted trees, tinsel, silver balls, antique sleds and skates, traditional Santas, paper chains and more. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

SMALL WORKS SHOW. On view through December, featuring paintings

by Philip Frey, Ellen Granter, Joe Bolger, Sara Katz, Sage TuckerKetcham, 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.

TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS! On view through Jan. 13, featuring an annual holiday tradition of model trains, towns and more. Engineers will operate the trains Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sundays (Dec, 3, 10 and 17) 1-3 p.m. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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MUSIC Bristol Best Night rocks in the New Year with music, games and more

B

ristol Best Night is back.

This community-wide New Year’s Eve celebration kicks off on Dec. 31, at 3:30 p.m., with kids activities and continues at three locations in town with all sorts of local music until the Starline Rhythm Boys take the Holley Hall stage at 9 p.m.

Buy a button and get access to all Bristol Best Night events. Buttons are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. They can be purchased before Dec. 25 from the following local businesses: Cubbers, Kimball’s Office Supplies, Bristol Cliffs Cafe, Art on Main, Emerald Rose and Recycled Reading. You can also buy them online at bestnight.org.

Mark Lavoie will perform at Holley Hall in Bristol on Dec. 31, at 7:30 p.m.

5 p.m. Michele Fay With Tim Price 6 p.m. Last Train to Zinkov 7 p.m. Patrick Fitzsimmons 8 p.m. Bread and Bones

7:15 p.m. Holley Hall Coffee House & Open Mic 7:30 p.m. Mark Lavoie 8 p.m. Hibernators with Special Guests Caleb Elder & Danny Coane 9 p.m. Starline Rhythm Boys

HOLLEY HALL

WALKOVER GALLERY

3:30 p.m. Kids’ Activities 5 p.m. Magicians without Borders 6 p.m. Sweet Transition 6:45 p.m. Mt. Abe Musical Review

5 p.m. Rick Ceballos 6 p.m. Woodchuck’s Revenge 7 p.m. Phil Henry 8 p.m. Greg Ryan

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live music MIDDAY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. 16 at 8 p.m.

“SING WE NOW NOEL” IN VERGENNES. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church.

MICHELE FAY AND TIM PRICE IN BRISTOL. Monday, Dec. 31, 5-5:40 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

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PATRICK FITZSIMMONS IN RIPTON. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

BLUES JAM IN BRISTOL. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., Hatch 31.

LC JAZZ IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

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the movie BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY — RUNNING TIME: 2:14 — RATING: PG-13 By way of confession, a fear of “just another rock musical” kept me away from “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Wrong on all counts. Within minutes of its opening, this movie captures hearts, including mine. Terrific acting, directing, writing and design all mesh to make it original. Given some serious human problems that crop up, it never once turns melodramatic as it would in other hands.

Above all, the movie delivers the personalities and abilities of all members of the rock group Queen and lets us watch their audiences grow as they sing in London, Edinburgh and the United States. Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) is a bundle of original talent. Add to that the truth that his oddball mind keeps producing alternatives to the ways ordinary people would have led this band to their success. Recognizing that they are a gang of misfits, he adds “I’m exactly the person I was always meant to be.”

Joseph Mazzello, Rami Malek and Gwilym Lee play members of the rock band Queen in “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018).

The deep loyalty and friendship of the five carries them on their march to growing audiences while we in the audience are hoping these great friendships that are producing their success will endure. All five pour their originality, their talent and their energies into performances that swell as they sing around the world.

This is exactly where the wisdom of the writers and director win the day. Instead of lingering on the details of the messy misfortunes, they deliver them without dwelling on them. That is very rare in an industry that thrives on personal troubles. It leaves us free to absorb Malek’s extraordinary creation of Freddie Mercury.

At that high point, Freddie decides to break away in a burst of wanting new music and a new life. He leaves his friends in possession of their unique musical talents but without the crazy excess and originality he brought to the group as their leader. He realizes he is gay, a point at which we begin to appreciate the terrific performance being given by Lucy Boynton as his up-to-now girlfriend, Mary. The talent of the group is still there but Freddie’s razor-sharp originality is gone. His absence yells loudly that he was not just a superb musician but a guy with a head loaded with qualities that explode unexpectedly on his bandmates as well as on audiences.

Finally, we are right there with an audience of thousands in London’s Live Aid concert in 1985 as they roar their excitement at Queen’s performance that soars under the sudden explosion of their returned leader Freddie Mercury. Along with them, we sit in our seats enthralled by Freddie and the effect he has on the men who are playing with him. The cameras scan the thousands in the audience and we in the theater feel the thrill of it — of their music and their performance. The makers of this movie knew exactly how to convey not the lives of these men but the reality of their chaotic, musical brilliance.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book

AFFABLE ANIMAL ANECDOTES

THE OTTERS’ TALE — BY SIMON COOPER

The Travelling Cat Chronicles,

by Hiro Arikawa

(William Collins)

No grammar correction needed, the punctuation in the title is correct, as this is the tale — pun intended, I’m sure — of many otters, and in particular, one young female, Kuschta, her pups, and quite peripherally, their father, Mion. Blending natural history of otters, long found in the wilds of the British Isles with a personal history of his own, the author describes, with love and exuberance, how he came to be in the unique position of living in “an abandoned water mill that straddles a small chalkstream in southern England, called Wallop Brook.” Near the mill wheel, and within sight of the author’s desk, a vaulted tunnel became a spot where Kuschta could often be found. Rendered in quiet tones, with the natural rhythm of a calendar year, Cooper recreates the habitat of the otters in words and feelings, smells and sights with his unique perspective and insight. The reader will come away with a new vocabulary — spraints, holts, stoats, cogs, badlands, chalk downs — and a new understanding of otters and their relationship and contribution to the land they inhabit. Thankfully, even though otters were nearly eradicated, including but not limited to Henry II’s “otter control” by the appointed King’s Otterer, their continued existence is assured.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

The Last Lobster, by Christopher White The Inner Life of Animals,

by Peter Wohlleben The Honey Factory,

by Jurgen Tautz How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals,

by Sy Montgomery The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating,

by Elisabeth Tova Bailey H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald Red-Tails in Love, by Marie Winn

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HOME Keep your live tree fresh

D

o you go for the plastic tree at Christmas time?

Or does the mere thought of a fake tree make you crinkle up and turn into the Grinch? No doubt natural Christmas tree aficionados love the authenticity and piny aromas such trees provide during the holiday season.

But it can be tricky to keep a live tree from drying up before the 25th.

The following tips can help trees last until the final present is unwrapped and the last of the egg nog has been served.

Buy a freshly cut tree. Whenever possible, celebrants should cut their own trees. This ensures that the tree they bring home is fresh, increasing the chances it will remain so throughout the season. If it’s not possible to cut your own tree, the National Fire Protection Association notes that fresh trees should have green needles that do not come off when touched. Trees that appear to be dried out or those that shed needles when touched should be avoided.

Protect trees on the way home. The Tree Care Industry Association advises consumers to protect their Christmas trees as they transport them home. Wrap the tree in a plastic wrap so it makes it home damage-free. A damaged tree might not make it through the holiday season.

Cut pre-cut trees before leaving the lot. Pre-cut trees can make it through the holiday season looking their best, but buyers should request that employees cut as much as two inches off the bottom of the

tree before leaving the lot. Once trees are cut, sap begins to seal their base, making it hard for them to absorb water. By requesting that between one and two inches be removed from the bottom of the tree at the time of purchase, buyers are ensuring their trees will be able to absorb the water they’ll need to make it through the season when they get home.

Place the tree in water the moment you get home. To prevent the base of the tree from drying out, place it in water the moment you get home.

Freshly cut trees may initially need the water in their tree stands filled in the morning and then again in the evening. As the season progresses, trees likely won’t need their stands filled more than once per day.

Place the tree away from heat sources. Placing trees away from heat sources, such as radiators, fireplaces, heating vents and lights, reduces the likelihood that trees will dry out and also reduces the risk of fire.

— MetroCreative

Bristol, VT Homeowner Recommends Bristol Electronics We are so pleased with our electric solar panels that we want to tell everyone about our great experience! The wonderful team at Bristol Electronics installed the ground-mount array last fall. We had them put in our solar hot water system several years prior and had established a good working relationship with them. We already knew them to be reliable and quick to fix any problems that arose.

We enjoy the idea of being a part of protecting the environment so when it came time to deciding on what type of solar panels to install for electricity, we contacted Bristol Electronics first, while also considering other companies and products as well. There’s a big world out there with a variety of choices and it was hard to know whose product was actually best for our needs. Finally in the end, we decided on choosing Bristol Electronics because of their reliability, best price, the best installment time frame and most efficient system using micro-inverters instead of the conventional less expensive string inverters.

The team provided very professional and pleasant service all the way from the planning stages to final clean-up.

When we finally made the decision to “break ground”, they were exceptionally fast, professional and easy to work with. From start to finish, we were making electricity in about 2 weeks. Indeed, our yard looks better now than before they started! In the end, we are saving a lot of money on both our solar hot water and solar electric systems.

Thank you Bristol Electronics for your excellent service in meeting our hopes and expectations!

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| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, December 20, 2018 Incorporating bold colors and geometric forms, Solotaire’s paintings of Maine’s industrial landscapes anthropomorphize machinery and capture its agency in shaping the land around it.

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is often how many people engage with new surroundings. Inspired by this viewing experience, Morrow’s sepia-toned paintings illustrate urban roadside developments and new construction.

DON ROSS Ross’s photographs capture the complex compositions and rich textural variances hidden within overlooked crevices in Vermont’s rural industrial landscape.

WARM & BRIGHT Keeping you tosty warm and happy through the darkest days of the year.

ALTOON SULTAN Sultan’s exquisite painting captures the thoughtful juxtaposition of the bucolic, rolling, and rural farmland of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and the interposition of human presence and manufactured materials.

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JIM WESTPHALEN Westphalen’s photographs of New England’s degrading, often abandoned, rural historic buildings suggest romantic nostalgia and a great sense of loss.

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