Fall Foliage: Where to go and and what to see this fall in Addison County

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Addison County guide to the best autumn has to offer!

ALL FOLIAGE

2009

Where to go and what to see to enjoy the Addison County area

Calendar of Events Dining Guide Foliage Tours Cultural and Recreational Activities

A special publication of the Addison Independent

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Inside:

Apple picking and eating .............................. 11A Biking the back roads ...................................... 6A Bird watching .................................................. 5A Brandon attractions......................................... 8B Calendar of events ..................................... 1B-7B Camping in the fall .......................................... 4A Community suppers ......................................... 3A Cultural, historic & recreational sites .....14A-19A Dining guide begins ........................................ 9B Find an iPod ................................................... 11A Foliage tours...........................................12A-13A Getting competitive ...................................... 10A Made in Middlebury ...................................8A-9A Map of county ............................................... 22A Religious services ...................................20A-21A

About the cover:

There is plenty of color in Addison County in the fall — color in the beautiful leaves of the trees, color in our cheeks as the temperature moderates, and color in our gardens and fields as they fill with ripe fruit, such as the pumpkins on the front of this Fall Foliage Guide. Independent photographer Trent Campbell made this image of our fall bounty at a local farm stand a couple years ago.

About the issue:

Welcome to the Champlain Valley during beautiful fall foliage.

From the Green Mountains to the east and Lake Champlain on the west, the Addison County region has some of the most diverse scenery in the state and one of the longest periods of peak leaf peeping.

We capture some of the local beauty in photographs

by Trent Campbell throughout this guide.

But the region is more than just pretty mountains, picturesque farms and our beautiful “west coast.”

The towns of Addison County and Brandon are steeped in history and have plenty to see.

Middlebury is the region’s center, with Middlebury College a must-see for any tourist.

Its magnificent campus is home to art galleries, performances by big city talent and plenty of sports (for a good view of the mountain scenery, check out the football stadium).

Downtown Middlebury has its own museums (the Sheldon Museum and the Vermont Folklife Center), lots of shops and plenty of restaurants.

But be sure to venture from there. Addison sports the Chimney Point Historic Site and the Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge teeming with wild geese and fowl of great diversity. Orwell is home to one of the last undisturbed Revolutionary War sites in the country — Mount Independence. Bristol, Brandon and Vergennes offer small-town life at its best with fun things to do and all the needed amenities.

Read the stories in this guide about camping, hiking and biking in the fall and then hit the back roads and trails of our beautiful region. Want to stick to your car? See detailed maps on pages 12 and 13 for some loops to drive and soak up the scenery.

This publication is meant as a guide to some of what this area has to offer. We’re sure you will find it worth the trip.

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DINERS PASS PLATES of food and visit during the annual chicken pie supper in Weybridge. Chicken pie suppers and game dinners offer a time for good food and good fellowship in many county towns throughout the fall.

Independent photo illustration/Trent Campbell

Community Suppers: A social affair

By ANDREA SUOZZO ADDISON COUNTY — Autumn is filled with the last of the season’s produce as plants begin to prepare for colder weather. Winter squash, onions, potatoes and apples — perfect for hearty meals — all come into season.

And while the last vegetables and fruits are being harvested, community suppers and harvest festivals crop up all over Addison County, with hearty fare to celebrate the season, good food and good neighbors.

The Weybridge Congregational Church hosts a chicken pie fundraising supper each fall, complete with coleslaw, sweet breads, apple and pumpkin pies and 60 pounds each of potatoes and squash. The two seatings, which accommodate 76 people each, sell out long before the dinner each year. This year’s supper took place on Sept. 15.

According to Gale Hurd, who is organizing the supper this year, it’s been going on for “too many years to count.” She guessed that she’s been involved for around 10 years.

But the supper’s history goes back much farther, even before Agnes James became involved in planning it many years ago with her motherin-law.

“The (chicken pie) recipe was my mother-in-law’s, but she never wrote it down. She probably did it by guessing — that’s how they did it in those days,” explained James.

Now volunteers from the church community gather before each year’s supper to make 16 chicken pies and coleslaw using the recipes printed

in the church cookbook. Other volunteers use their own recipes to make additional pies and bread dishes.

“Pretty much the whole church is involved,” said Hurd.

Not everyone cooks, of course.

At each table, there is a hostess to make sure no one’s plate is empty, and there are many dishwashers and waitstaff. Although there is always a lot of work to be done, people

are always willing to come out and help.

“My favorite part is seeing what a great time everyone has when they come,” said Hurd. “It’s a real community event.”

There are community dinners all over Addison County in the fall.

They range from a meatloaf dinner at St. Mary’s Church in Brandon on Sept. 19 to the annual Bristol Historical Society dinner at the

American Legion hall in Bristol on Oct. 15.

Look for more dinners listed in the calendar in this guide and, for ones that weren’t advertised before this publication went to print, look in the twice-a-week Addison Independent.

Later this fall, on Oct. 24, the Friends of the Platt Memorial Library will host another community meal: the ninth annual Shoreham Homegrown Dinner. The meal

THE WEYBRIDGE CHICKEN pie supper is a fund-raiser for the town’s Congregational church.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

will take place at the Shoreham Congregational Church, and proceeds will go to the library’s building fund.

Ever since the advent of the dinner nine years ago, the Friends of the Library have made it a priority to source their ingredients locally.

This year they will roast a pig raised right in Shoreham as the centerpiece of the meal, and the accompanying baked beans, fall vegetables, apple crisp and other vegetarian options will have been raised in Shoreham as well.

“We like to orient it toward (local foods), show people what can be done,” said organizer Judy Stevens, who also owns Golden Russet Farm.

Although the cry for local foods is common in the area these days, it was a much less prominent issue when the dinners began.

“Ten years ago there wasn’t so much of a push for local,” said Stevens. “We were at the forefront of that.”

The organizers’ commitment to local foods has never limited the variety of the meals. In past years, offerings have included everything from pheasant pâté to venison stroganoff to tarragon pickled beets.

Now the annual dinner is a fixture in the community, and there are usually around 140 people who attend. This means a lot of cooking.

“We’re roasting a whole pig, and when we do mashed potatoes we usually use a couple bushels of potatoes,” said Stevens. “And lots of (See Suppers, Page 5A)

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Crisp fall days still great for camping Mosquito-free trips offer stunning scenery

By CHELSEY PLETTS The nights are cooler, the days are shorter and winter is just around the corner. But just because summer is on its way out doesn’t mean you have to retire your outdoor gear quite yet.

Summer is a popular time to hit the trails with friends and family for an overnight camping trip, but fall can be just as enjoyable. Crisp air, fiery foliage, less foot traffic and a dwindling mosquito population makes fall one of the best seasons to spend outdoors.

But before you roll up your sleeping bag, there are a few more steps you need to take to combat chillier nights and keep yourself safe on the trail.

In September and October, colder days plus frosty overnight lows can spell hypothermia. To avoid running the risk of becoming sick while camping in the fall, Meg Miller, an avid hiker, biker and camper, said it is important to wear layers.

“Layering is huge because if you get hot and sweaty, then you get cold when you stop moving around,” said Miller, who also has experience with outdoor gear and clothing in her work at the Alpine Shop in Middlebury.

For a base layer, Miller recommends a synthetic poly or wool. Wool, she said, regulates temperature very well.

“If you get damp, you stay warm regardless,” said Miller. “If you start with a base layer that wicks, you’re in really good shape.”

The next layer should be made of fleece or a material that will keep you warm. For insulation, Miller suggests synthetic down because if it gets wet, it doesn’t pack together — plus, she said, synthetic down is much thinner.

Finally, the last layer should be waterproof.

But the clothing doesn’t end there.

Steven Atocha, owner of Middlebury Mountaineer, said it is not only important to wear layers during the day, but it is also necessary to wear some extra clothing at night. You can add 10 to 15 degrees to your sleeping bag by wearing long underwear, socks and a wool hat, he said.

To keep you powered up for hikes in colder weather during the day, Atocha suggests packing a little more food and water than in the summertime. When the temperature drops, your body burns more calories to stay warm, so, said Atocha, if you have more food, the better off you are.

Also, Atocha recommends bringing more water on the trail because a lot of times streams that were marked in a guide book might be dry in the fall. Plus, in cooler conditions, it can be more difficult to tell that you’re dehydrated.

“In the summer you’re sweating a lot and you can tell,” said Atocha. “In the fall, you might be sweating into your clothes and you can’t tell you’re dehydrated. So you want to make sure you’re drinking enough water.”

When Atocha goes camping in the fall he likes to warm up by drinking warm fluids like soup or hot

IN ADDITION TO a warm sleeping bag and a few extra layers of clothing, experts recommend fall hikers bring extra water because they may not realize how much they are dehydrating.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

TEXAS FALLS RECREATION Area in Hancock offers wellmaintained trails and picnicking around the scenic Texas Brook gorge and falls.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

chocolate. To heat up his food, Atocha usually brings along a small camping stove, no bigger than a deck of cards.

Atocha recommends bringing a small cooking pot that can serve as a pot, skillet and cup all in one. It’s also important to bring enough fuel to keep your stove going, he said.

Now that you have your clothing and food sorted out, think about shelter. Atocha said fall camping does not call for a winter tent, which is designed to hold heavy snow loads.

Instead, a three-season tent will do the job.

And if you don’t have a tent, no problem, said Atocha. There are shelters along the Long Trail that range in size and can hold anywhere from five to 16 people. Some are three-sided lean-tos, while others are closed in with four walls.

“If you don’t have a tent, the Green Mountain Club does a fantastic job with hut systems along the trail,” he said.

The Green Mountain Club is also responsible for maintaining the Long Trail, which Atocha said he likes to hike in the fall. He recommends taking a trip to the Skylight Pond Trail, a 2.5-mile hike between Ripton and Lincoln. You can camp at U.S. Forest Service Mount Moosalamoo Campground, and for a little side journey, The Natural Turnpike is a great walk, he added.

“You’ll see moose this time of about eight miles east of Middlebury. year,” said Atocha. “I’ve seen them The trail head is in Lincoln on Forest Road 201. Atocha recommends these wading the in a pond.”

Heading south on the Long trails if you are looking for a longer hike that can easily Trail toward the be split into two days.

Middlebury Gap, These trails provide Atocha said you a long loop, where would see a large Atocha hikes one day rock that can be a for four miles and great place to have the next day for nine a picnic or watch miles. Here you can the sun set with a see beautiful mountain spectacular view of views, and enjoy the Adirondacks. convenient shelters “And with the and an atmosphere of fall foliage, it’s secluded wilderness. absolutely stunning,” To view the most said Atocha. “But wildlife while hiking you don’t want to be in the fall, Atocha out there with kids said mid-week is the because it slopes best time to hit the away really fast.” trails before leafMt. Abraham in peepers come on the Lincoln is also a great weekends. hike. But be careful Besides layers to of the rock scramble keep you warm and near the top, said enough food and Atocha. “The top water, camping in of Mt. Abe has a the fall in not much 360-degree view — to the west you can — Steven Atocha different than in the summer, except for see the Adirondacks, one thing — fewer to the northeast, the mosquitoes. This, said White Mountains in Atocha, is his favorite thing about New Hampshire. But it gets windy.”

The Emily Proctor and Cooley Glen fall camping — not to mention the Trails in the Green Mountains lay foliage.

“In the summer you’re sweating a lot and you can tell. In the fall, you might be sweating into your clothes and you can’t tell you’re dehydrated.

So you want to make sure you’re drinking enough water.”

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Suppers …

(Continued from Page 3A) big trays of apple crisp,” she added.

The dinner brings in an average $1,200 for the library each year. And although the Friends of the Library have to put in a lot of work to pull the dinner together, Stevens enjoys being involved. Because, whether one enjoys a quiet

meal at home with family, or a big spread in a church basement with scores of friends and neighbors, the things that make it enjoyable are pretty much the same.

“It’s a social event. It’s just good to see everybody come together and enjoy good food,” Stevens said.

Weybridge Chicken Pie

(from the Weybridge Congregational Church cookbook, by Agnes James) Chicken: Put one 6-7 pound roasting chicken in a pot, cut up, covered with water, seasoned with salt, pepper, onion, etc.

Cover and cook about 1 hour. Save juice for gravy. Cut the meat off of the bone.

Make the gravy by thickening the broth and set it aside.

Biscuits: Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, 4 Tbsp shortening and 3/4 cup milk.

Put the chicken in a 9x13-inch pan and cover with hot gravy. Cook in a 450-degree oven until it bubbles in the whole pan (not just at the edges). Then put biscuits over the gravy and bake for 20 more minutes.

Judy’s Homegrown Maple-Nut Squash (a past favorite at Shoreham Homegrown Dinners) 6 cups butternut squash meat 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup cream 2/3 cup maple syrup 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly ground) 1 teaspoon salt black pepper (freshly ground) 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Cook squash in 350-dgree oven until done, drain, puree. Stir remaining ingredients into puree and reheat. Serve very hot.

GEESE MIGRATING FOR the season make an annual stopover at the Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Addison provides a perfect spot to view bird migrations ADDISON — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will hold the eighth annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison.

Whether you make it to that terrific day of fun and educational events or not, the refuge on Route 17, just 12 miles northeast of Middlebury, is a treat for bird lovers and nature enthusiasts.

More than 200 species of birds have been sighted in the wildlife management area.

Flocks of Canada and snow geese annually make their stopover here on their migration flights north and south. And a few of them stick around all year along with many other species of wild birds. Look for growing numbers of

birds from the Route 17 viewing area beginning in late September and lasting into the third and fourth weeks of October.

The Dead Creek area includes 2,800 acres of state-owned land, a large section of which is barred to hunters or birders. But the remaining 2,200 acres are open to public use for canoeing, hunting and birdwatching. Most of it is wetland.

Geese are not all you can witness at this natural area.

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Biking in Addison County will lead you to beautiful fall colors

By ANDREA SUOZZO ADDISON COUNTY — During September, when the autumn cool begins to creep around the edges of the late summer warmth, you can be sure that somewhere in the mountains the leaves have already begun to change. As the color crawls down into the valley, what better way to get out and see it than on a bike?

“It’s a relaxing, slow-paced way to enjoy the foliage,” said Caroline Jalbert, the administrative assistant and leader operations coordinator at Vermont Bike Touring, based in Bristol. “And there’s good riding for every level.”

Easy and beautiful bike routes abound in the valley — townto-town bike rides between Middlebury, Vergennes, Bristol and Brandon offer ample opportunities for lunch breaks, and side roads offer gently rolling hills and picturesque farms.

And for a challenge, just head into the mountains.

“The best routes depend on the time of fall,” said Justin Crocker, manager of the Bike Center in Middlebury.

The first trees to take on vibrant colors are high in the mountains, so if you are biking early in the season, it’s best to find a route with elevation. Even in the valley, though, any route with a view of the Green Mountains will score you plenty of foliage — Route 116 is a favorite for many for its good mountain views.

While a bike ride can be just the thing for seeing the countryside, it is important to keep in mind safety on the road.

Jalbert recommended getting off of the main thoroughfares — there is less traffic on smaller roads, which makes them both quieter and safer.

Crocker had some other road safety advice for bikers: • Ride single file unless there is a very wide shoulder • Don’t ride in the gutter — it will make you harder to see on the road. Instead, ride three feet out on the road.

• You have the same rights and responsibilities as a motor vehicles — always obey stop signs!

• If you are biking with children, make sure they know the

rules of the road.

• Beginning in mid-October, wear bright colors in order to avoid hunters.

Once you’ve gotten past the safety concerns, you’re all ready to plan your ride. A convenient planning tool is www. mapmyride.com, which allows you to plug your route into Google Maps. You’ll get elevation, street names and satellite maps of your planned route.

As for local routes, check out www.champlainbikeways. org. Their Heart of Vermont Bikeways brochure, which you can download from their Web site, offers nine Addison County bike routes, complete with maps, step-by-step directions and descriptions of the attractions along the way.

For a start, block out a nice weekend and try one of the following three routes.

MIDDLEBURY TO SNAKE MOUNTAIN Rating: Medium Total distance: 20 miles From downtown Middlebury, head west on College Street, then make a right on Weybridge Street, also known as Route 23. Continue on Route 23 and follow until the road intersects Route 17. Turn left on 17 and follow for about two miles. Take a left on Mountain Road.

After about 2.5 miles on Mountain Road you will come to a parking area on your right. The Snake Mountain trailhead will be a couple hundred feet further along the road. The trail is a nice 3.6-mile round trip hike with great views of the Adirondacks, if you’re not too tired.

To return to Middlebury, continue down south Mountain Road and make a left onto Mountain Road Extension, which will turn into Forrest Road. Turn left on Lemon Fair Road, which will run straight into Route 125 and send you right back into Middlebury.

For a slightly longer route, follow Mountain Road until it becomes East Street, then turn left when it crosses Route

125 and follow 125 into Middlebury.

VERGENNES TO MIDDLEBURY Rating: Medium Total distance: 28 miles (Adapted from Champlain Bikeways route) From Vergennes town green, turn right onto Main Street.

After 0.7 miles, turn left on Hopkins Road (which is unpaved).

In Waltham, turn left onto East Road and continue as it turns into Otter Creek Road. Turn left onto Route 17, then right onto Route 23. Follow Route 23 into Middlebury.

For the return trip, head north on Main Street through downtown. Turn left onto Seymour Street (just below Route 7) and follow it as it turns left at Greg’s Meat Market.

Cross the historic Pulp Mill Bridge and make a right onto Morgan Horse Farm Road. Continue on the road as it turns into Pearson Road (after crossing the Otter Creek on the Rattlin’ Bridge) and then Green Street, which leads back to Vergennes.

MIDDLEBURY GAP TO BRANDON GAP Rating: Difficult Total distance: 47.1 miles (Adapted from Champlain Bikeways route) Start in East Middlebury. Head east up Route 125 past Ripton and the Bread Loaf campus, to the top of Middlebury Gap (a rise from 407 feet above sea level to 2,149 feet.

Follow Route 125 down the gap until you reach Route 100 in Hancock. Turn right on 100 and continue for just over 5 miles, passing through Rochester. Make a right on Route 73 west and climb to the top of Brandon Gap — the elevation change here is from 873 feet above sea level to 2,184 feet.

After the descent, make a right on Route 53 and bike past Lake Dunmore. Make a right at Upper Plains Road, then a left at Beaver Pond Road. A right on Lower Plains Road will bring you back into East Middlebury.

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Dead Creek …

(Continued from Page 5A) By 1960, nesting had begun. Since egrets have been sighted here. Many that time, there are between 200 and species of ducks occur, both during 300 goslings hatched annually.

Since Canada geese almost always breeding season and migration.

Shorebirds stop here during their return yearly to the place where they migration. Other birds include many were born, each year thousands arrive. species of songbirds, woodpeckers These migrating geese of the Atlantic flyway follow a natural and raptors, including instinct to migrate in ospreys, northern har- Scheduled events October, and the third riers and short-eared week in October is the owls. You may see throughout the time to see peak popua bald eagle — the day include a lations. Be sure to dress Dead Creek Wildlife bird-banding brightly in the fall as it Management Area was demonstration, is a very popular huntthe site for a few recent soap carving, a flying spot. summers of an effort to tying workshop, A total of one-andencourage bald eagles a workshop on a-half million Canada to nest in Vermont. geese follow the Upland game species turkey-hunting Atlantic flyway each are American wood- techniques, a fall. They winter pricock, ruffed grouse and presentation on marily in Maryland, wild turkey. One may bees, working dog North Carolina and possibly observe the along the rural secgrasshopper sparrow, a demonstrations, tion of the New Jersey state-threatened song- a presentation on coast. turtles, a nature bird.

Experienced birders But geese are defi- walk and more. say that the best times nitely the area’s biggest to go looking here are calling (or honking) card. Since 1950, there has been a early morning or late afternoon when Goose Management Program in effect birds are feeding.

Take binoculars, a bird book, a pen which initiated nesting sites here.

In 1956, 44 wild Canada geese, to record new species and a camera. half of them male, half female, were If you don’t take these things, you’re trapped, pinioned and released in the sure to spot at least two completely 70-acre fenced area. This section con- new species.

A viewing area can be found along tains ponds and feeding and nesting sites. The hope was that the geese Route 17 in Addison.

A good resource for finding out would establish a local breeding area.

more about local wildlife is the Otter Creek Audubon Society, which is online at http://users.gmavt.net/hkarlson/oca.

Dead Creek Wildlife Day allows people to learn more about the natural world. The day’s activities are especially for people who enjoy hunting, fishing, birdwatching, or learning about Vermont’s diverse wildlife. The location is the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ Fish & Wildlife Department Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area on Route 17, about a mile west of Route 22A in Addison.

A wide variety of activities, workshops and presentations will take place in and around the tent set up there. Scheduled events throughout the day include a bird-banding demonstration, soap carving, a fly-tying workshop, a workshop on turkeyhunting techniques, a presentation on bees, working dog demonstrations, a presentation on turtles, a nature walk and more.

There will also be special all-day activities, including face painting, bluebird-box building, no-shoot simulated target practice, snow goose viewing, hands-on decoy carving and more.

Dead Creek Wildlife Day offers events to entertain and educate the whole family, for an hour or for the entire day. Events and parking are free. For more information go to www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

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Keep your competitive juices flowing into autumn Road and trail races draw large crowds ADDISON COUNTY — The temperatures are cool and the humidity is low — autumn is a great time to get out and get some exercise. Having Individuals a race to train for and teams can often make are encour- getting in the aged to run, miles that much hike or bike easier.

A d d i s o n one or more County offers segments several opportuof the TAM nities for competitive sports and solicit for weekend warpledges for riors of just about each mile any age.

An event for completed. runners, hikers, The event and bicyclists supports will be held on the Trail Around MALT’s Middlebury mainte(TAM) on nance and Sunday, Sept. improve27, The sixth anment of the nual “TAM trail.

Team Trek,” also known as the T3, is hosted by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), a nonprofit regional land conservation organization. The T3 is a run-hike-bike-a-thon for individuals and teams. Average distance for the sections of the TAM in the T3 is about 2.5 miles.

This year the event celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 16mile Trail Around Middlebury.

Individuals and teams are encouraged to run, hike or bike one or more segments of the TAM and solicit pledges for each mile completed. The event supports MALT’s maintenance and improvement of the trail.

The TAM, which is used for hiking, biking and cross-country skiing, encircles the town of Middlebury and links several hundred acres of town land, conserved properties, schools, Middlebury College and other local landmarks. The trail journeys through wooded glades

CRISP WEATHER AND clear air give sports nuts more chances to take part in outdoor competitions before the snow flies. Here, participants skoot through the 2008 edition of the annual Ripton Ridge Run.

and open fields as it passes through four townships and crosses the Otter Creek twice by pedestrian bridges.

Trail users also enjoy breath-taking views of the Green Mountains from many vantage points along the TAM. Event information, registration materials and a TAM map are available at www.maltvt. org. For more information, contact the MALT office at 388-1007.

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Head up the mountains

on Sunday, Oct. 11, for the 22nd annual Ripton Ridge Run. Ripton will host runners and walkers for an afternoon of activities, including races, top-finisher prizes, a raffle and a delicious homemade lunch.

The event is a fund-raiser for the Ripton Elementary School and features a 10.4K run, a 5K run and a 5K Fun Walk on Ripton’s scenic country roads during peak foliage season.

Entry forms will be available online at www.riptonridgerun.org or by calling the

Ripton Elementary School at 3882208 and leaving your name and address.

Registration fees are as follows: adults $20, or $30 if postmarked after Oct. 6; children (15 and under) and seniors (65 and over) $13, or $20 if post- m a r k e d after Oct. 6. Registration fees include a homemade lunch and, for the first 175 paid entrants, a longsleeved 100-percent cotton T-shirt commemorating the race. Lunch

may be limited to the first 200 registrants.

Courses will start and finish at the Ripton Elementary School on the RiptonLincoln Road. They traverse rural roads through Ripton and the Green Mountain National Forest and include water stops. The 10.4K course will be run clockwise this year.

For more information, call the Ripton Elementary School at 3882208 during school hours or email riptonridgerun@gmail.com.

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Not just delicious, apples are a nutritious bargain

By DIANNE LAMB ADDISON COUNTY — “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” or so the adage goes. It does take more than an apple to keep us healthy, but there is truth in this statement nonetheless. An apple is delicious and can travel with you to school or to work for a quick and easy low-calorie snack.

An apple can be a natural mouth refresher. Eating your apple with the skin gives your body more fiber (soluble and insoluble), and more vitamin C (about half the apple’s vitamin C is just below the skin) than eating the apple nude, a.k.a. peeled.

In fact, there are more than 7,500 varieties of apple grown worldwide.

In the United States, about 2,500 varieties are grown. If we had access to all the varieties grown worldwide, it would take almost 21 years to sample these apples if we tried a new variety every day. It would take almost seven years to sample all the apple varieties grown just in the United States.

How many different apple varieties have you tasted? Most folks seem to eat just one variety, but apples can be sweet, tart, soft, and smooth or crisp and crunchy. Actually, there are about 100 varieties of apples that are grown commercially in the United States. How many can you boast that

you have eaten?

Let’s look a bit closer at the nutritional value of an apple. One medium apple — weighing about 5-1/2 ounces — has approximately 80 calories; no fat, cholesterol or sodium; 5 grams of fiber when you eat the peel; about 20 grams of carbohydrate; 160 milligrams (mg) of potassium; 8 mg of vitamin C; 73 International Units (IU) of vitamin A; 10 mg of calcium; 10 mg phosphorus; .25 mg iron; and 4 micrograms of folate.

Apples contain a group of phytochemicals called flavonoids, which can help reduce the risk of certain cancers and heart disease. Apples contain soluble fiber, which can help the body reduce cholesterol build-up in blood vessels and insoluble fiber, which adds bulk to the intestinal tract, preventing constipation.

McIntosh apples account for the greatest volume of apples produced in Vermont. According to figures at www.vermontapples.org, McIntosh accounts for about 65 percent of the apple production, Red Delicious 10 percent, Empire 8 percent, Cortland 7 percent, and Paula Red 4 percent.

Vermont’s fresh apple crop is valued at $10-12 million per year with about 4,000 acres in commercial production.

The U.S. Apple Association, at www.usapple.org, lists the 15 most popular apple varieties, which made up about 90 percent of the total U.S. apple production. The 15 most popular varieties are: Red Delicious, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji, McIntosh, Rome, Empire, York, Jonathan, Ida Red, Cortland, Stayman, Newtown, and Northern Spy. Up and coming “new” varieties include Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji Gala, Ginger Gold, HoneyCrisp, and Pink Lady. Some of these newer varieties have already appeared on the “most popular” list. How many of these have you sampled?

Fall is the perfect time to try the many varieties of Vermont apples.

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture lists eight commercial apple orchards in Addison County.

Each variety has its own special characteristics: appearance, color, flavor and texture. Some varieties are better to eat out of hand, some are better cooked. Look for signs at point of purchase that explain how to best use a particular variety of apple.

Editor’s note: Dianne Lamb is the University of Vermont Extension nutrition specialist.

Hidden iPods are ripe for picking in county orchards VERMONT — In the “Apples to iPods in Vermont” contest, iPods grow on trees.

Well, sort of. The event is back again this fall at orchards throughout Vermont, including several in Addison County.

This season, officials from the state Agency of Agriculture are hiding 24 specially marked wooden apples in Vermont’s pick-your-own orchards.

Anyone who finds one of these unique “iPod apples,” may keep it and call 1-800-VERMONT because they’re a winner of an Apple iPod. Participating pick-your-own orchards will have a hidden wooden apple just ripe for the picking.

As generations of visitors and Vermonters well know, apple picking is one of the most popular activities in the state during Vermont’s stunning foliage season. There is something truly special about spending an amazing fall day in the hills of Vermont surrounded by the sweet smell of fresh apples and picking them with

one’s own hands.

Adding a free iPod to the bounty only makes it that much more special.

THE STATE FRUIT Only in Vermont — where our Legislature named the apple as the state fruit and the apple pie state pie — will visitors and residents alike find such a unique harvest as “Apples to iPods.” Vermont has almost 4,000 acres of commercial apple production, and the state’s leading apple varieties are McIntosh, Cortland, Red Delicious and Empire.

“Apples to iPods” is sponsored in partnership by the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, Woodchuck Draft Cider, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and Small Dog Electronics.

Prizes include the iPod classic, iPod nano, and iPod touch. Each iPod prize is preselected for the corresponding apple. Winners must contact the Vermont Department of Tourism at 1-800-VERMONT to claim their prize.

Visit a local orchard!

BOYERS ORCHARD and CIDER MILL Douglas Orchard & Cider Mill in nearby Monkton, VT

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Apple Pies • Cider Donuts Apple Cider • Organic Vegetables More than 20 Varieties of Apples

HARVEST FEST • OCTOBER 11TH Please check our website for Concerts in the Orchard

www.champlainorchards.com • Open Daily Dawn - Dusk

Pick-Your-Own Apples Sept. 6 - Mid Oct. or enjoy ready picked apples at our Farm Stand

We’re Open until November 25!

Macs • Empires • Cortlands • Honey Crisp Red and Golden Delicious • Macouns Northern Spy • squash • corn • pumpkins cider • syrup Rt. 74, Shoreham, Vt. • 897-5043 1 mile west of the village • Open 8-5 daily

HAPPY VALLEY Orchard & Farmstand Pick-Your-Own Apples

Paula Reds • Macs • Ginger Golds Cortlands • Spies • Honey Crisp & More

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www.happyvalleyorchard.com and beautiful MUMS

217 Quarry Road, Middlebury •Open Daily 9-6 388-2411 217•Quarry Road, Middlebury www.happyvalleyorchard.com Open Daily 9-6 • 388-2411

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Discover Addison County’s Back Road Splendor

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4 Hours:

Fall Foliage Road Trips

From Middlebury, take Route 7 south to Route 125. Route 125 east through East Middlebury and Ripton, passing the Robert Frost Wayside Recreation Area, the famous Middlebury College Bread Loaf campus, crossing over the Middlebury Gap (elevation 2,149 feet). Proceed down the mountain (also known as the Robert Frost Memorial Drive), into the town of Hancock. This area was hit by hard flooding this summer so take care in case all road repairs haven’t been finished by the time you travel through.

Take Route 100 north through the town of Granville, watching on your left for the beautiful Moss Glen Falls. Continue north into Waitsfield, where you will pick up Route 17, and follow it west through the Appalachian Gap (elevation 2,365 feet), until you come to Route 7. Take Route 7 south back to Middlebury.

1 Hour: From Middlebury, travel south on Route 7. East on Route 125, passing the Waybury Inn (known as the Stratford Inn on the old “Bob Newhart Show”).

Turn left at the Ripton Country Store and follow this road north to Lincoln (partially a dirt road). Head west out of Lincoln down the mountain to Route 17. Travel Route 17 west through Bristol (where you may like to stop for lunch at a variety of dining establishments) and on to Route 7. Left on Route 7 traveling south back to Middlebury.

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© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

2 Hours: Leaving Middlebury, take Route 125 west to Chimney Point (where you may like to stop and visit the Tavern Museum or DAR’s John Strong Mansion Museum and State Park). Take Route 17 east to Addison, where you will pick up Route 22A and head north into Vergennes (the smallest city in the United States). Note: Vergennes has some of the most interesting buildings in Victorian architecture.

In Vergennes, take Monkton Road east.

Cross Route 7 and continue east to the village of Monkton Ridge. At Monkton Ridge turn right onto Bristol Monkton Road, heading south, and continue to Bristol. In Bristol take Route 17 west to Route 7 and head south on Route 7 back to Middlebury.

Day Trip:

3 Hours:

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

From Middlebury, take Route 30 south to Sudbury, where you pick up Route 73 and travel west to Larrabee’s Point on Lake Champlain. You may want to cruise the lake at Mount Independence leaving from Larrabee’s Point, which is home to the Fort Ticonderoga ferry. Continue north on Route 74 passing through historic Shoreham. Take Route 22A heading north. In Bridport take Route 125 west to Chimney Point on Lake Champlain. Follow Route 17 east. At the West Addison General Store, known locally as WAGS, bear left off Route 17 and, staying along Lake Champlain, head north on Jersey Street. Left on Basin Harbor Road and head north, passing beautiful Button Bay State Park, where one might want to stop and picnic past the Basin Harbor Resort. Backtrack on Basin Harbor Road into Vergennes where you pick up Route 22A and travel south to Addison. Take Route 17 east to Route 23 and Route 23 south back into Middlebury.

From Middlebury, take Route 7 south to Route 125, Route 125 east over the mountains to Route 100 in Hancock (again, take care in case Route 125 is not completely repaired). Take Route 100 south to Stockbridge, where you pick up Route 107 and drive east to Royalton.

In Royalton take Interstate 89 (known as one of the most beautiful interstates in the country) and head north, passing Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier. In past years, the Independent has directed travlers to get off the interstate at Middlesex (Exit 9) and take Route 100B south to the town of Waitsfield, but bridge construction on 100B this year means that you should take I-89 all the way to Waterbury (Exit 10) and follow Route 100 to Waitsfield.

In Waitsfield, pick up Route 17 and head west over the Appalachian Gap (elevation 2,365 feet) to Route 7. Follow Route 7 south back to Middlebury. © Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

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Discover Addison County’s Back Road Splendor

A Special Publication of The Addison Independent, Fall, 2009 — PAGE 13A

4 Hours:

Fall Foliage Road Trips

From Middlebury, take Route 7 south to Route 125. Route 125 east through East Middlebury and Ripton, passing the Robert Frost Wayside Recreation Area, the famous Middlebury College Bread Loaf campus, crossing over the Middlebury Gap (elevation 2,149 feet). Proceed down the mountain (also known as the Robert Frost Memorial Drive), into the town of Hancock. This area was hit by hard flooding this summer so take care in case all road repairs haven’t been finished by the time you travel through.

Take Route 100 north through the town of Granville, watching on your left for the beautiful Moss Glen Falls. Continue north into Waitsfield, where you will pick up Route 17, and follow it west through the Appalachian Gap (elevation 2,365 feet), until you come to Route 7. Take Route 7 south back to Middlebury.

1 Hour: From Middlebury, travel south on Route 7. East on Route 125, passing the Waybury Inn (known as the Stratford Inn on the old “Bob Newhart Show”).

Turn left at the Ripton Country Store and follow this road north to Lincoln (partially a dirt road). Head west out of Lincoln down the mountain to Route 17. Travel Route 17 west through Bristol (where you may like to stop for lunch at a variety of dining establishments) and on to Route 7. Left on Route 7 traveling south back to Middlebury.

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

2 Hours: Leaving Middlebury, take Route 125 west to Chimney Point (where you may like to stop and visit the Tavern Museum or DAR’s John Strong Mansion Museum and State Park). Take Route 17 east to Addison, where you will pick up Route 22A and head north into Vergennes (the smallest city in the United States). Note: Vergennes has some of the most interesting buildings in Victorian architecture.

In Vergennes, take Monkton Road east.

Cross Route 7 and continue east to the village of Monkton Ridge. At Monkton Ridge turn right onto Bristol Monkton Road, heading south, and continue to Bristol. In Bristol take Route 17 west to Route 7 and head south on Route 7 back to Middlebury.

Day Trip:

3 Hours:

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

© Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

From Middlebury, take Route 30 south to Sudbury, where you pick up Route 73 and travel west to Larrabee’s Point on Lake Champlain. You may want to cruise the lake at Mount Independence leaving from Larrabee’s Point, which is home to the Fort Ticonderoga ferry. Continue north on Route 74 passing through historic Shoreham. Take Route 22A heading north. In Bridport take Route 125 west to Chimney Point on Lake Champlain. Follow Route 17 east. At the West Addison General Store, known locally as WAGS, bear left off Route 17 and, staying along Lake Champlain, head north on Jersey Street. Left on Basin Harbor Road and head north, passing beautiful Button Bay State Park, where one might want to stop and picnic past the Basin Harbor Resort. Backtrack on Basin Harbor Road into Vergennes where you pick up Route 22A and travel south to Addison. Take Route 17 east to Route 23 and Route 23 south back into Middlebury.

From Middlebury, take Route 7 south to Route 125, Route 125 east over the mountains to Route 100 in Hancock (again, take care in case Route 125 is not completely repaired). Take Route 100 south to Stockbridge, where you pick up Route 107 and drive east to Royalton.

In Royalton take Interstate 89 (known as one of the most beautiful interstates in the country) and head north, passing Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier. In past years, the Independent has directed travlers to get off the interstate at Middlesex (Exit 9) and take Route 100B south to the town of Waitsfield, but bridge construction on 100B this year means that you should take I-89 all the way to Waterbury (Exit 10) and follow Route 100 to Waitsfield.

In Waitsfield, pick up Route 17 and head west over the Appalachian Gap (elevation 2,365 feet) to Route 7. Follow Route 7 south back to Middlebury. © Google - Map Data © 2009 Tele Atlas

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SHELBURNE FARMS

ART ON MAIN

Agriculture, art and fall foliage: It’s autumn at Shelburne Farms SHELBURNE -- Autumn is the ideal time to experience Shelburne Farms, its spectacular scenery, its historic buildings, its 1,400 acre working farm, its walking trails and its mission of environmental education to cultivate a conservation ethic.

Our autumn visitors enjoy staying at the Inn at Shelburne Farms, eating the best produce from the farm and other local producers for breakfast and dinner and Sunday brunch at the Inn, taking property tours four times every day and visiting the Children’s Farmyard at the historic Farm Barn. The property, and the Inn, are open through Sunday, Oct. 18. Call 802-985-8686 for information or go to our website at www.shelburnefarms.org.

Time for festivals and the art exhibition: The 31st annual Harvest Festival will take place at Shelburne Farms on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a chance to celebrate autumnal abundance with family and friends, listen to marvelous music, enjoy delicious seasonal foods, visit the animals in the Children’s Farmyard, learn about Vermont’s farm and forestry traditions and much, much more.

The Courtyard of the historic Farm Barn and the surrounding fields are filled with excitement on Festival Day. Foods of the season include Shelburne Farms grilled cheese sandwiches, burgers and salads, American Flatbreads baked in Shelburne Farms’ wood-fired oven, as well as Shelburne Orchards’ apples, cider donuts, apple pie and cider, maple cremees and home-baked goodies. There will be hayrides, education exhibits, children’s activities and demonstrations by crafts people.

The Green Mountain Power Energy Fair will be part of the Festival again this year with handson education and excitement, a chance to learn about energy efficiency, renewable energy sources.

Admission to the Harvest Festival is $8/ adults; $5/children; children under three years of age are free. The event is held rain or shine.

For information, please call 802-9858686 or visit www.shelburnefarms.org.

Shelburne Farms Art Exhibition and Sale opens Oct. 2 From traditional images to new concepts in new media, the Shelburne Farms annual Art Exhibition and Sale will showcase the works of a broad range of talented artists. This will be the 22nd year for the special event held daily from Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the historic Coach Barn on the shores of Lake Champlain.

The beautiful lakeside site provides a spectacular setting for the works of 46 artists, most of them from New England, in mediums including oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, graphite, etching, photography, wood and stone.

Running concurrently in the East Hall of the Coach Barn is a show entitled “Lofty Peaks ..

Valleys of the Soul: China Landscape Dreamstone Paintings from Dali.” These thin marble slabs reveal patterns of great natural beauty reminiscent of flowers, mountain peaks and meandering rivers.

Admission is $5; free for members of Shelburne Farms. Tickets are available at Shelburne Farms Welcome Center.

Annual Fundraisers Art on Main will be celebrating Harvest Fest on the Bristol Town Green Saturday September 26th with an offering of creative abundance at our Annual Silent Auction. This year’s auction features a great variety of certificates and products from numerous Addison County businesses. Highlights include: A Night at The Essex Resort ($269), Basin Harbor Golf for Four ($400), Phoenix Rising Yoga Training ($595), Free Teeth Cleaning at Shelburne Dental ($300), Exclusively VT Wood Products, Flynn Theatre tickets, Distinctive Paint & Interiors, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum membership, tuning from Hilbert Pianos; unique artwork for your home & body by York Hill Pottery, Great Hat! by Nancy Rood, Reed Prescott, Cal Williams Photography, Starr Decoys, Cynthia Guild Kling, Barbara Ekedahl, Robert Compton Pottery, John Geery, Bristol Woodworks, Joan MacKenzie, Vermont Honeylights. Locally grown & made foods from Last Resort Farm, Olivia’s Croutons, Norris Berry Farm, Vermont Coffee Company, Dakin Farm, #15 Schoolhouse Maple, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op and certificates to Bobcat Café, Tourterelle, Mary’s at Baldwin Creek, Waybury Inn. Certificates for framing-acupuncture-clothing-video-gifts-musicskiing-climbing-massage-wine-antiques, more!!!

Visit the Gallery anytime before September 26th to see the ever-expanding selection and begin your bidding.

This year, we are also raffling a Kayak provided

by Middlebury Mountaineer. It is a red Wilderness Systems Pamlico 100 Kayak which, with paddle and vest, retails for $560. It has broad versatility ranging from calm to unsettled water conditions, excellent stability and outstanding control and is the perfect kayak for children and smaller adults to navigate in both calm water and currents. Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $25 and are available at the Gallery and at the Art on Main Silent Auction tent during Harvest Fest. The drawing will coincide with the end of auction bidding at 3pm on the 26th.

Jess Greene Birches Our fall fundraising helps us build a cushion to keep us warm and open through the winter months and to continue offering a wide variety of community-oriented exhibits and activities during the winter and spring. This past year we offered three community exhibits: a Bristol Recreation Dept. Pottery Studio student show in February, Mt. Abraham Union High School students in March, and an all ages community artist show in April. We also hosted a series of artist demonstrations and a full evening of live music, as well as participating in the spring Bristol Art Walk. Donations received from our fall fundraisers are essential to continuing to fulfill our mission of supporting creative individuals in our communities.

About Art on Main Art on Main is a non-profit community-supported artist-cooperative gallery committed to supporting the creative endeavors of individuals in our community through the exhibition and sale of art and craft, community events and outreach, and through professional development for artists. Our 90-plus artist members, over half of whom live in Addison County, hail from all corners of Vermont and beyond and exhibit work in a great variety of media from pottery to painting, jewelry to wood, textiles to photography.

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cultural • historic Important Fifteenth-Century Italian Paintings Come to Middlebury

contemporaries, even occasional collaborators, museum visitors will enjoy the opportunity to observe at

contributed to the final surfaces of tempera paintings. Typically rendered on panels of poplar wood, tempera

“The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy” September 18–December 13, 2009 Middlebury, VT— On Sept. 18, the Middlebury College Museum of Art will open an important exhibition focused on early fifteenth-century Italian paintings and sculptures. Entitled The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy, the exhibit brings together fifteen remarkable works from ten different collections, and addresses salient themes such as artistic training and technique, patronage, function, and conservation.

Tradition and innovation have long been seen as complementary forces in the development of Italian Renaissance art. While surveys of this period tend to focus on the innovative departures of artists such as Masaccio, Ghiberti, and Brunelleschi, this exhibit focuses on their counterparts: artists valued for their knowledge of and

appreciation for tradition. They were contemporaries of the artist Cennino Cennini, who wrote Il Libro dell’Arte (The Craftsman’s Handbook) around 1390, providing for artists the closest thing to a “how-to” manual for its time.

In it, Cennini urges young artists to “…submit yourself to the direction of a master for instruction as early as you can; and do not leave the master until you have to.” By apprenticing with an established artist from the age of 12 or so, and by training his eye and hand through constant copying, the young artist learned the techniques of the day, even as he absorbed the style of his master. In this way, artists such as Ventura di Moro, Lippo d’Andrea, and Giovanni dal Ponte carried forward approaches to iconography, composition, and style established by a preceding generation. Because many of the artists represented in The Art of Devotion were close

Ventura di Moro, Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Thaddeus and Simon, Anothony Abbott and Leonard, 1430-40, tempera and gold on three panels, central panel 58 1/2 x 23 inches, side panels 36 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches each. Grassi Studio, LLC, New York

close range stylistic affinities borne of common patterns of training, as well as intentional emulation.

The materials of early Renaissance artists will be on display in the exhibit, allowing viewers a first-hand understanding of the many layers that

paintings were built up through an exacting, time-consuming method that included layers of gesso and gessosoaked linen, under-drawings either transferred from prepared cartoons or drawn freely on the panel, layers of gold leaf laid on top of a binder known

as bole, and many thin layers of tempera, a pigment that was bound with egg yolk to ensure brilliance, as well as permanence. Additional enhancements, including decorative punchwork in areas of gold leaf (such as haloes) and gilded, low-relief ornaments known as pastiglia, are evident in many of the works in the exhibit. By viewing dry pigments, gesso, gold leaf, paint brushes, and drawing materials, as well as a model for an altarpiece frame, visitors to the exhibit will come closer to understanding exactly how artists fabricated the stunning works on view.

The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Rte. 30 on the southern edge of campus, is free and open to the pubic Tues. through Fri. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat. and Sun. from noon to 5 p.m. It is closed Mondays. The Center and the Museum are physically accessible. Paarking is available in the Center for the Arts parking lot. For further information, please call (802) 443-5007 or TTY (802) 443-3155, or visit the Museum’s website at museum.middlebury.edu.

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Support your local farmer!

Get lost in their Corn Field!

6W^[YZf ;`fWdSUf VISIT A WORKING ALPACA FARM!

Moonlit Alpacas invites you to hear an alpaca hum; watch a cria pronk and feel the softness of an alpaca’s luxurious fleece.

Alpacas, native to Peru, Chile and Bolivia have a delicate appearance and gentle disposition, along with an engaging natural curiosity. They are hardy earth-friendly animals with clean habits that adapt readily to the Green Mountains of Vermont.

Alpaca fiber has long been prized by clothing manufacturers thanks to its natural properties. Alpaca wool is a silky, durable fiber comparable to cashmere. No wonder Incan Royalty reserved the use of this elite fiber for their exclusive use! The fleece comes in 22 natural shades ranging from pure white to true black.

Moonlit Alpacas is open Wednesdays through Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment.

men & women’s apparel gifts & accessories

TEDDY BEARS TEDDY from BEARS $12 $12-60 ALPACA TAPESTRY BAGS $25-60 ALPACA SHAWLS/STOLES from $89 ALPACA HATS .

ALPACA HATS/MITTENS/GLOVES MITTENS . GLOVES from $18 $18-60 ALPACA ALPACA

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Store and Farm Hours: Wed-Sun 10 am - 4 pm or by appt.

2170 Route 125 Cornwall, Vermont 802.462.3510

shawls . sweaters . throws . scarves . mittens . hats . pillows . stuffed animals . yarns

www.moonlightalpacas.com 802-462-3510

Something for Everyone!

is home to Addison CountyÕs only Corn Maze, a wonderful outdoor adventure for the whole family. Owners, Audra & Kris, are sisters and third generation farmers from Weybridge. They share a love for Vermont, the community and the land. Their corn maze is a true work of art as you can see from last yearÕs aerial photograph. Come see this yearÕs landscape design.

Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday every week until Halloween.

Nighttime flashlight mazes start September 18th, Friday and Saturday

Moonlit Alpacas is home to 75 alpacas.

ALPACA

Weybridge Gardens

nights for four weeks. Haunted mazes start October 16th Friday and Saturday nights for two weeks. New this year, Dog Days October 9th to 12th, bring your dog on a leash and help raise money for the Addison County Humane Society.

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Henry Sheldon Museum of VT History

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Mapping Champlain’s New World

Vermont Folklife Center

presents

through October 23, 2009 This exhibit is an Official Quadricentennial Program.

Samuel de Champlain was not only known as the founder of New France, he was also a skilled cartographer. In recognition of the Champlain Quadricentennial, this exhibit features a stunning private collection of maps chronicling the evolution of the Lake Champlain region, Vermont and the United States from 1635 to 1911. Visitors will see how successive layers of land acquisition and use were made manifest as mapmakers depicted European conquest and settlement. Maps express the cultural, economic and political ideals of their makers and of the

audiences for which they were made. The exhibit will encourage the public to think critically about the meanings of the maps they see every day.

These beautiful maps are masterpieces of cartography and works of art. This will probably be your only chance to see this extraordinary private collection on public display.

Walking tours, lectures and special events make the Henry Sheldon Museum a wonderful destination this fall.

We’re the perfect place to bring houseguests or children on a rainy day. Come on in!

Vermont Folklife Center

Frank Patoine, Walden

Stoney Mason, Starksboro

Mali Keating, Hardwick

Daisy Turner, Grafton

Please visit us and enjoy some of the following things going on at the Vermont Folklife Center. If you can’t visit us in person, learn more about the Vermont Folklife Center at www.vermontfolklifecenter.org.

In the Vision and Voice Gallery: September 11 - December 4 After Attica: The Prison Portaits of Neil Rappaport, 1971-1974 This exhibit brings together portraits created by Neil Rappaport between 1971 and 1974 in the Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Comstock, New York, and interviews conducted by Erica Heilman over the past two years with young men in Vermont’s Return House program who are making the transition from imprisonment to everyday life.

Rappaport’s photographs and Heilman’s audio each represent a complete body of work that tells its own story. Yet these stories are parallel and when brought together there are unexpected resonances.

This exhibit opens a window into the experience of incarceration and the American penal system in order to stimulate dialogue around a social issue that—visibly or invisibly—affects and touches the lives of us all.

Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. Sunday 11am - 4pm It’s time to start thinking about the 11th Annual Gingerbread Competition!!! Entry forms are due November 25th.

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History

Fall is the perfect time for a visit to the Henry Sheldon Museum- Addison County’s community history center. Come and discover daily life in Vermont’s past by exploring the furnishings, clothing and artifacts displayed in the1829 Judd-Harris House. Investigate the history of your family, house or town in the Research Center. Our friendly staff and volunteers are always available to help you make the most of your visits.

Come browse in our new Museum Shop!

Museum hours through October 11: Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1 - 5pm Fall/Winter/Spring: Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm Research Center: Tue, Wed, Fri 1-5pm, Thur 1 - 8pm

Mapping Champlain’s New World Exhibit through October 23, 2009 1 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-2117 www.henrysheldonmuseum.org

Visit our gift shop full of traditional art from Vermont and throughout the Northeast.

And, international gifts and crafts made from recycled products from around the world.

Vermont Folklife Center 88 Main Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4964

www.vermontfolklifecenter.org

Summer Hours: Mon. - Sat. 10-5 • Sun 11-4

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cultural.historic.sites After Dark Music Series begins our 15th season, bringing some of the best nationally known Blues, Folk, Celtic, Acoustic performers in an intimate setting at the United Methodist Church and the Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, Vermont.

This season opens with the very smart and funny Christine Lavin and continues with the the rootsy, gritty songwriter Greg Brown, New Orleans-bred Americana/bluesman Chris S m i t h e r , Grammy nominated countryfolk Iris Dement, Celtic singer/ poet Connie Iris Dement performs March 5 Dover with cowboy singer/musician Skip Gorman, and concludes with Jazz/blues Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play.

Light meals and desserts are on sale before the concerts at the United Methodist Church. Please visit our website for tickets and information: www. afterdarkmusicseries.com or call 802-388-0216.

Skip Gorman performs March 20

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UVM MORGAN HORSE FARM

The UVM (University of the Green Mountains) Morgan Horse Farm is situated on 215 acres in the lush, agricultural area of Addison County. Colonel Joseph Battell built the main barn in 1878 to house his assembly of the era’s finest Morgans.

In 1906, Battell gave his farm and Morgans to the United States government.

From 1907 to 1951, the federal government bred, trained, and exhibited many of the breed’s greats. The term “Government Morgan� is in reference to the tremendous impact of Weybridge-bred horses from that period. In 1951, 25 head of Morgans and the government property were turned over to UVM. Today’s herd of 60-80 horses maintains a genetic link to General Gates – the foundation sire of Battell and the Government program.

UVM Morgans have a reputation for superior quality on a local and international basis. They are prized as foundation broodstock, and have the diversity in temperament to be show-ring champions or versatile pleasure horses.

The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm is continuing a legacy of historic commitment to the breed. The maintenance of a permanent center for breed development and promotion is vital to the future.

The farm is also a leading tourist attraction in the state, attracting 40,000 visitors per year. From May to October, 9-4 daily, a slide-tape presentation and a guided tour generate tremendous breed promotion.

Come visit the UVM Morgan Horse Farm. A look at the home of UVM Morgans and the State Animal of Vermont will serve to explain the motto: “Custodian of the Breed.�

University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm

UVM Graceful and her colt are classic examples of the breed quality that is being preserved and perpetuated at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm.

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cultural.historic.sites LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM

New Hours: Open Daily 10-5 through October 18 Annual Juried Photography Exhibit Offers Amazing Views.

Each year, LCMM celebrates the lake’s spectacular sunsets, and other captivating views of the scenery, people, boats, and wildlife, from both amateur and professional photographers. The exhibition, which features 78 images, is on view through October 18 and is included with museum admission.

“I hope that my photographs offer an opportunity for you to pause and reconnect with this incredible natural world in which we live,” comments photographer Jerome Milks of Waltham, Vermont. “Daily lives can become incredibly busy with endless responsibilities, and art sometimes offers a sense of peacefulness and balance that may be missing.

I hope my photographs also help to awaken a sense of collective responsibility for the

stewardship and protection of this delicate planet that we all refer to as home.” Milks was awarded Best in Show, Professional, for his image “Evening Light on Lake Champlain.” Best in show, Amateur Division was awarded to Anne L. Galante of Vergennes.

A complete listing of award winners and participating photographers can be found on the museum’s web site www.lcmm.org.

Archaeology Weekend, September 26-27, features presentations on Lake Champlain shipwrecks. Museum archaeologists will present recent explorations including early steamboats, gunboats, sailing vessels and canal boats. Learn what threatens the lake’s collection of shipwrecks and what you can do to help protect and preserve underwater cultural resources. Register in advance for a Shipwrecks! On-Water Tour on Saturday afternoon.

Lake Champlain Storytelling Festival, Saturday October 17. Gather on board a wooden ship, beside a crackling fire, or in the museum’s intimate theater. Special activities for children include mask-making and “Story on the Fly,” using masks and costumes to create an impromptu group story. The event will include several featured presenters.

Matthew Witten, LCMM’s Paddling Ecology Director, has crewed on sailboats in and across the Atlantic Ocean, the Hudson River, and Lake Champlain. He co-recorded and co-produced the LCMM compact disk recording, Life on Lake Champlain: Songs & Stories. Kevin Dann, who teaches history at SUNY Plattsburgh, will share little-known stories gleaned from some of the lake’s “outsider” families in “Under the Shaking Tent: Seeing the Unseen on Lake Champlain’s Shores.” Sisters Mary Jane James and Peggy (Swinton) Clark, whose grandfather operated a sail-ferry in West Bridport, have a treasure-trove of family stories. Jane Vincent plays the role of Philomene Daniels of Vergennes, the first licensed woman steamboat pilot. Poet Daniel Lusk, who teaches at University of Vermont, is inspired by natural and human history, legend and lore, shipwrecks and prehistoric relics found beneath the water. Darcy Hale discovered stories about Willsboro Bay and Quarry among old documents and photographs found in an attic.

Online Shipwreck Webcast, November 5, 2009 Log on from 10-11 a.m. and travel beneath the waves of Lake Champlain to explore the shipwrecked Sarah Ellen, a lake schooner that sank in 1860. This free program is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

LCMM’s replica 1862 schooner Lois McClure, will be visiting lake ports throughout the season, ending at the Festival of Nations at Crown Point, NY on September 18-20.

View her itinerary and Ship’s Log at www.lcmm.org. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, seven scenic miles west of Vergennes, VT, is open daily from 10-5 through October 18, 2009. The museum store features maritime gifts, books and apparel. Bring a picnic or dine at the Red Mill Restaurant. For more information, www.lcmm.org or call (802) 475-2022.

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Sept. 6. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., starting Sept. 13. 425-3625.

FERRISBURGH CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. George Klohck, pastor. Sunday worship and Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. 758-2062.

NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 277 Old Hollow Rd. The Rev. Kim Hornung-Marcy and the Rev. Barbara Lemmel. Sunday worship, 10 a.m., Sunday School, 10 a.m.

Nursery available. Call for information on youth group and adult education.

425-2770.

Addison ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Addison four corners, routes 22A and 17. The Rev. Stephen Payne, pastor. Sunday school and prayer meeting, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday evening Bible study, 7 p.m.; Thursday choir rehearsal, 7 p.m.; church calendar at http://acbc.famundo.com/ public/calendars.

WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Jon Bly, pastor.

Sunday worship, 9 a.m. Information: 877-3376.

Brandon/Forest Dale BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH. Routes 7 and 73 West, Brandon. Sunday services: 10 a.m. — adult Bible study; Sunday school for ages five and up; nursery for ages four and under. 11 a.m. — worship service with nursery provided. Wednesday services: 6:30 p.m. — adult prayer and bible study; youth groups for ages five and up. Handicap accessible. 2476770 or www.brandonbaptistchurch.org.

BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, U.C.C. A “God Is Still Speaking” church. Route 7, P.O. Box 97, Brandon. The Rev. Richard A. White, pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. year round; Sunday school, 10 a.m. (October through May); choir Wednesday, 7 p.m.

(September through June). 247-6058 or brancong@sover.net.

BRANDON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Franklin Street. Kathleen A. Bevan, pastor. Regular worship, 10 a.m., Sunday school every Sunday, 10 a.m.

Fellowship hour, 11 a.m. Child care. Holy Communion, first Sunday. 247-6524.

GRACE CHURCH. Route 73, Forest Dale — part of St. Thomas and Grace Episcopal Church. 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language); 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. Sunday morning program for children preschool and older (during school year). 2476759. The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, priest-in-partnership.

LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 141 Mulcahy Drive, Brandon. Sunday worship, 9 a.m. LifeGroups meet weekly, call for schedule. 247-LIFE. LIVING WATER ASSEMBLY OF GOD. 76 North St., Forestdale. Lewis Butterfield, pastor. Sunday service and children’s church at 10 a.m. 247-4542.

ST. MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 38 Carver St. Father Albert “Skip” Baltz, pastor. Mass schedule at St. Mary’s, Saturday, 4 p.m. and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. (10 a.m., starting Sept. 6); Mass at St. Agnes’ in Leicester, Sunday, 8 a.m. 247-6351.

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. On the green in Middlebury.

ST. THOMAS & GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Route 7, Brandon. August through October services will be held at Grace Church, Route 73, Forest Dale. 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language); 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. Sunday morning program for children preschool and older (during school year). 247-6759. The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, priest-inpartnership.

Bridport BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. (Conservative Congregational Church Conference). The Rev. Tim Franklin, pastor. Sunday services at 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. Nursery care available for birth to age three at 8:30 a.m., and birth to age two at 10:15 a.m. Children’s ministries at 10:15 a.m. — Sprouts, age three-K; WOW grades 1-6. 758-2227 or www.bridportchurch.com.

HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Bridport Community Hall, 52 Middle Road. Pastor Jeff Kauffman. Age graded Bible classes, 9 a.m. Second service, 10:30 a.m. Bible studies on Sunday nights. 759-2922 or hopecommunityfellowship.org.

ST. BERNADETTE’S / ST. GENEVIEVE’S PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, offers Mass Saturday, 7:30 p.m., November through April only. St. Genevieve’s in Shoreham has Mass from May through October at 7:30 p.m.

Bristol BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Meet at the River, 400 Rocky Dale Road.

Sunday, 9 a.m. 453-2660, 453-4573 or 453-2614. www.bristolcf.org.

FEDERATED CHURCH OF BRISTOL. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship and K-12 Sunday school, 10:15 a.m., September through June; 9:30 a.m. Child care provided. Coffee hour follows service. 453-2321, rescueme97@yahoo.com or www.bristolfederatedchurch.org.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. The Rev. Michael Kroll, pastor.

Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 11:30 a.m.

ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Rev. Pierre Lavallee, pastor. Saturday, 5:15 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. Benjamin Sosa, pastor. Sabbath school, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; worship, Saturday, 11 a.m. 453-4712 or 545-2006.

Charlotte CHARLOTTE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Church Hill Road. The Rev. Will Burhans, pastor. 10 a.m.: Worship service and Sunday school. 425-3176.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Saturday 4:30 p.m. at St. Jude, Hinesburg.

Sunday and 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and 9:30 a.m. at St. Jude, Hinesburg.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP. Charlotte Children’s Center, Ferry Road. Child care available. Pat Neal, 425-3136; Diane Butler, 425-2373.

Cornwall FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL. Route 30. The Rev. Dale Hindmarsh, pastor. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m., with nursery care and Christian education provided. 462-3111 or cccucc@shoreham.net.

East Middlebury EAST MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Routes 125 and 116.

The Rev. Jill Colley Robinson, pastor.

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.

Sunday worship at 9 a.m. Sunday school at 9 a.m. Communion first Sunday of the month. Fellowship hour third Sunday of the month. 388-2510.

VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Routes 7 and 125. Rev. Ed Wheeler. Services on Sundays: Sunday school for all ages, 9:30 a.m. Worship services 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery provided) and 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesdays; Youth Group and AWANA meet on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. 3887137 or valleybiblechurch.us.

Ferrisburgh CROSSROADS CHAPEL. Route 7.

Pastor Charles Paolantonio. Non-denominational Bible-believing fellowship.

10 a.m. worship service. Nursery begins

Hancock and Granville COMMUNITY CHURCH OF HANCOCK AND GRANVILLE. Above the Town Hall, Route 100, Hancock. The Rev. Wayne Holsman, pastor. Meets at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday. Sunday school at 10 a.m. 767-3797.

Leicester COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:45 a.m.; Wacky Wednesday: Soup and sandwich supper, 5:30 p.m.; Devotions, 6:30 p.m.

Activities, 7 p.m.

ST. AGNES’ MISSION. Leicester Whiting Road. Father Albert “Skip” Baltz, pastor. Mass on Sunday, 8 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s in Brandon, Saturday, 4 p.m. and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ß Lincoln SUNRAY MEDITATION SOCIETY AND SUNRAY PEACE VILLAGE. 2202 Downingsville Rd. Home of the Green Mountain Ani Yunwiwa and Vajra Dakini Nunnery. Cherokee Ceremonial Cycle on new moons; Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist teachings offered. Come join us to renew the Sacred Hoop in these times. 453-4610 or www.sunray.org.

UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN. The Rev. David Wood, pastor. Sunday worship, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11:15 a.m. Sunday youth, 6:30 p.m. 453-4280, ucol@gmavt.net, unitedchurchoflincoln. org.

Middlebury CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. Corner of Duane Court and Charles Avenue. The Rev. Johanna Nichols, minister. Sunday service 10 a.m. Religious education and nursery care provided. 388-8080. www. cvuus.org.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MIDDLEBURY. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour streets, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Sunday school 10 a.m., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UCC). 2 Main St. The Rev. Jonathon New, interim pastor.

Sunday worship and church school at 10 a.m. Nursery care provided. 388-7634.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 133 Valley View Drive, Buttolph Acres. 388-3102. Branch President, Quinn Mecham. Sunday: Sacrament meeting 10 a.m.; Sunday

school 11:15 a.m.

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. Information on service in the Middlebury area: 453-5334.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Merchants Row. Pastor Robert Henley. Sunday worship service at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday night Bible study and prayer meeting at 7 p.m.

HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY. Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. A connection to Judaism and Jewish life.

Independent and unaffiliated. High Holy Day services are held jointly with Middlebury College Hillel. Weekly Hebrew school from September to May. 3888946 or www.addisoncountyhavurah.org.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH (AMERICAN BAPTIST). South Pleasant Street. The Rev. Dr. Steven P. Jewett, pastor; the Rev. Gerald M. Rowe, pastor emeritus. Adult and teen classes on Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday morning worship and church school (nursery provided) 10 a.m.; Wednesday evening service and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. 3887472.

MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: QUAKERS).

Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. (Route 7). Sunday, 10 a.m., First Day School (September through June), childcare provided.

MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Jill Colley Robinson, pastor. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. Sunday service, 10:45 a.m., with nursery care. Christian education for all ages at 10 a.m. Fellowship after service.

Communion first Sunday of the month.

388-2510 or www.middleburyumc.org.

SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION). Father William Beaudin, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 5:15 p.m., Sunday 8, 10 a.m.

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. On the green in Middlebury.

The Rev. Terence P. Gleeson, rector.

Through Sept. 6: Sunday service 9 a.m.

Starting Sept. 13: Sunday mornings 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I and 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II. Child care is available at the 10:30 a.m. service.

Wednesday afternoon Holy Eucharist is at 12:05 p.m. 388-7200 or www.ststephensmidd.org.

Monkton MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship, 8:45 a.m. 4532321 or rescueme97@yahoo.com.

New Haven ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST. 145 Campground Road. Dale Pennock, preacher. Worship assemblies, Sunday, 9 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Bible study classes for adults and children, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Call for free Bible study course or in-home Bible study. Watch Bible Forum (Continued on Page 21A)

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Rochester ST. ELIZABETH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sunday, 9 a.m.

NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. Marjorie MacNeill, interim pastor. Church services and Sunday school at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

453-3777.

Salisbury SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). The Rev. John Grivetti, pastor.

Sunday worship service, 10 a.m., church school 10 a.m.

NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH. 1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7). The Rev. Jeremy Veldman.

Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Sunday school 11:30 a.m. 349-7175.

Orwell FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Sunday worship service, 10:45 a.m.; Children’s Church, 10:45 a.m. Bible study Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church, 9482900; Parsonage, 948-2207.

SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Rev. Charles Danielson.

Mass Sunday, 11 a.m. 468-5706.

Ripton GREEN MOUNTAIN SANGHA. Buddhist and non-denominational meditation. Practice, instruction, stress management, all levels welcome. Thursdays 5-7 p.m. Rides available. Teacher Ann S. Barker. gms@skymeadow.net or 3887329 or 462-3181.

RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Music service, Sunday, July 26, 7 p.m.

a.m. 453-4927.

Shoreham ST. BERNADETTE’S / ST. GENEVIEVE’S PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, offers Mass Saturday, 7:30 p.m., November through April only. St. Genevieve’s in Shoreham has Mass from May through October at 7:30 p.m.

SHOREHAM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-UCC. Intersection of Main and School streets. Sunday service, 10 a.m., with child care available. Handicap accessible. 897-2687.

Starksboro/South Starksboro EPISCOPAL GATHERING AT THE JERUSALEM SCHOOLHOUSE. Behind Jerusalem Country Store, Route 17, S. Starksboro. The Rev. Molly Bidwell. First and third Sunday of each month, 9:30 a.m. 453-5537.

SOUTH STARKSBORO FRIENDS MEETING (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: QUAKERS). Dan Sargent Road (call).

Sunday worship and First Day school, 9:30 a.m., preceded by singing at 9

STARKSBORO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. The Rev. Larry Detweiler, pastor. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Monday evening study group, 7 p.m.; call for topics. During the winter months, meetings take place in the large room on the ground floor. 453-5577.

Sudbury SUDBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Route 30, on the green.

Sunday worship and Sunday school (for children K-7), 10:30 a.m., July 5 through Aug. 23. 623-7295.

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER ASSEMBLY. Marc D. Carpenter, presiding. Sunday worship 10 a.m.; fellowship lunch 11:30 a.m.; Bible study 1 p.m. 273-2761 or romans9@shoreham.net.

Vergennes/Panton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER. 1759 Route 7, Vergennes.

The Rev. Arthur Adams, senior pastor; the Rev. Chad King, youth pastor; the Rev. Christel King, children’s pastor. Sunday, traditional early morning worship service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; contemporary worship service and children’s church, 10:45 a.m. Evening service (something for every age group), 6 p.m.

Spanish language services: prayer, Tuesday, 1 p.m.; Bible study, Friday, 1 p.m.; and worship service, Sunday, 11 a.m. Phone, 877-3903; fax, 877-3924;

e-mail, agcc@comcast.net; Web page, www.agccvt.org.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. 73 Church St., Vergennes. The Rev. Tom Albaugh, pastor. Sunday worship services: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday school and Bible study for all ages. 877-2500.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). Water Street. The Rev. Gary F. Lewis, pastor; John Sanborn, associate pastor. Sunday, 9:30 a.m., nursery, church school ages 3-8th grade. Info: www.vergennescongregationalchurch. org, 877-2435 or vucc@vergennesucc. org.

PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Nathan Dick, Pastor. Sunday school for ages 3 to adult, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday morning worship service, 10:30 a.m. Nursery and junior church (ages 2.5-K) provided. Youth group, Saturday nights, 6:30 p.m. (call for details).

Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. 4752627.

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Corner of Main and Park streets, Vergennes. The Rev. Alan Kittelson, Rector.

Holy Eucharist on Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m., with child care during the 10 a.m. service. 877-3322 or www.saintpaulsvergennes.org. Sunday, March 15, Instructed Eucharist at 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Rev. Yvon Royer, pastor.

Masses: Saturday, 5 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 4-4:45 p.m.; Sunday, 7:45-8:15 a.m.

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Jon Bly, pastor.

Sunday worship and Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Nursery and childcare offered. 877-3376.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. 862 Route 7. Tim Taylor, pastor. Sunday: Bible hour classes (for all ages), 9:45 a.m.; worship for adults and junior church for kids age 3 through fourth grade, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.

Wednesday: Adult prayer and Bible study, AWANA Clubs (for boys and girls 3 years to 6th grade), JaM Junior High Group, Youth Group (high school), 6:30 p.m. Nursery (birth to 3 years) provided for all services. Deaf interpretation available. 877-3393.

Weybridge WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. Daniel S. Wright, pastor. Sunday worship and Sunday school at 10 a.m. 545-2579.

Whiting WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH. The Rev. William Jones, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m., prayer meeting.

623-8171.

These are some of the UCC Churches in your community. For more information about the United Church of Christ, call any of the local churches listed below or log on to

Middlebury Congregational Church 2 Main St., Middlebury • Sunday Worship 10am

Church School (Pre-K– Grade 12) Child Care Provided

388-7634

Johnathan New, Interim Pastor midducc@myfairpoint.net www.midducc.org

Shoreham Congregational Church

Route 74 on the Town Green • Sunday Worship 10am Please call for more information

897-2687

Rev. Debbie Ingram, Worship Minister

www.ucc.org

The First Congregational Church of Cornwall

Vergennes Congregational Church

2598 Route 30, Cornwall • Sunday Worship 9:30am

Child Care Provided

Rev. Dale Hindmarsh, Pastor cccucc@shoreham.net

30 Water Street, Vergennes • Sunday Worship 9:30am

877-2435

Rev. Gary F. Lewis John Sanborn, Associate Pastor • vucc@vergennesucc.org www.vergennescongregationalchurch.org

Child Care Provided

462-3111

Weybridge Congregational Church

2790 Weybridge Road, Weybridge • Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10am

545-2579

Rev. Daniel S. Wright

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A. Rokeby Museum, Route 7, Ferrisburgh. Underground Railroad site and prominent Quaker family farm. www.rokeby.org. Open through Oct. 11.

B. Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh. Day use, nature path. www. vtstateparks.com/htm/kingsland.cfm. Open through Columbus Day. C. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Ferrisburgh. Traces the history of Lake Champlain, extensive indoor and outdoor exhibits. www.lcmm.org.

Open through Oct. 18.

D. Button Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh. Overnight camping, nature trails. www. vtstateparks.com/htm/buttonbay.cfm. Open through Columbus Day. E. Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Route 17, Addison. Home to migrating waterfowl, walking paths, and boat launches. vt.audubon.org/ IBADeadCreek.html.

F. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Routes 17 & 125, Addison. Site of Native American, early French, and Revolutionary War-era settlement. Historic tavern was important meeting place. Ongoing exhibits and tours. www. historicvermont.org/chimneypoint. Open through Oct. 12.

G. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell. A largely undisturbed Revolutionary War site. Visitors center with extensive exhibits and many interpretive trails. www.historicvermont.org/mountindependence. Open through mid-October.

H. Snake Mountain. Parking lot on Mountain Road in Addison. Familyfriendly hike to beautiful vistas of Champlain Valley and Adirondacks. www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

I. Bixby Library, 258 Main St., Vergennes. Stained glass ceiling illuminates historic library and extensive collection of early arrowheads and other artifacts. www.bixbylibrary.org.

J. University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm, Morgan Horse Farm Road, Weybridge. Beautiful grounds featuring a leading breeding program for state’s official animal. Tours daily. www.uvm.edu/morgan. Open through Oct. 31.

K. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, 1 Park St., downtown Middlebury. Tours daily of the Judd Harris House, ongoing exhibits and events. www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

L. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. Exhibit brings together portraits created by Neil Rappaport at a maximum security prison in the 1970s and interviews conducted by Erica Heilman over the past two years with young men in Vermont who are making the transition from imprisonment to everyday life. www.vermontfolklifecenter.org.

M. Middlebury College. Campus tours available at admissions office. Event listings available at ticket office. www.middlebury.edu.

N. Green Mountain National Forest Ranger Station, Route 7 South, Middlebury.

Extensive material available about hiking and camping in the GMNF. www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl.

O. Branbury State Park, Salisbury. Day use and overnight camping, kid-friendly sandy beach and extensive grass lawn, boat rentals. www.vtstateparks. com/htm/branbury.cfm. Open through Columbus Day. P. Falls of Lana, Rattlesnake Cliffs, Silver Lake trails access, SalisburyLeicester town line. www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/vermont.php.

Q. Mount Abraham trail access, Long Trail, Lincoln. Summit includes 360-degree panorama. www.greenmountainclub.org.

R. Spirit in Nature Path, Goshen Road, Ripton. Immerse yourself in nature by walking any of the 10 different paths. www.spiritinnature.com.

S. Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, Route 125, Ripton. Easy to follow footpaths include poetry by the former Ripton resident and Middlebury College professor. www.gardens.com/go/view/3524/.

T. Fort Ticonderoga (across ferry in New York). Preserved Revolutionary War fort with extensive interpretation, guides, re-enactors, gift shop and many events. www.fort-ticonderoga.org. Open through Oct. 20.

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Leather Collection

by Flexsteel®

Route 7 So. Middlebury

388-6297

Celebrate the beauty of Vermont...

in your home!

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