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Addison County guide to the best autumn has to offer!

ALL FOLIAGE

2011 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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About this 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 and others 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, awash in the arts and culture, and have plenty to see and do.

Check out the calendar at the beginning of the B section of this guide to get some ideas of things to do, and look for the twice-a-week editions of the Addison Independent to get the latest calendar items and news.

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

But be sure to venture from there.

Addison sports 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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 and then hit the back roads and trails of our beautiful region. Want to stick to your car? See detailed maps on pages 12A and 13A for some loops to drive and soak up the scenery.

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A fall classic: Church chicken pie supper .................................... 4A Apples are quintessential Vermont ............................................ 24A Calendar of events.................................................................. 1B-8B Check out foliage from a boat .................................................... 10A Cultural, historic & recreational sites ................................ 14A-19A Dining guide....................................................................... 10B-24B Dress up and get out for Halloween ........................................... 20A Fall open artist studios ............................................................... 20A Foliage tours....................................................................... 12A-13A Hit the Trail Around Middlebury ................................................. 8A Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rally starts in Vergennes ................................................. 9B Little City hosts Family Fall Festival........................................... 9B Made in Middlebury .......................................................... 20A-21A Map of county ............................................................................ 22A Migrating birds and wildlife ...................................................... 19A Towns observe their 250th birthdays ........................................... 3A Von Trapp to sing in Middlebury ................................................. 9B Woofstock celebrates pets ............................................................ 3A

About the cover: There is plenty of color in Addison County in the fall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; color in our gardens DQG ÂżHOGV DV WKH\ ÂżOO ZLWK ULSH IUXLW color in our cheeks as the temperature moderates, and, of course, color in the beautiful leaves on the trees, such as on the color of this Fall Foliage Guide.

Independent photographer intern Amanda Vincent made this image in Middlebury last year.

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Three towns mark 250th anniversaries

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Woofstock: Great food, music and dog demostrations MIDDLEBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Addison County Humane Society (ACHS) will be celebrating the animals with Woofstock, an Annual Walk and Festival for the Animals, on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Middlebury Recreation Park.

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For more information, visit www. addisonhumane.org or call 388-1100.

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They were led in the songwriting process

by Cornwall resident Kristin Bolton and Rodger Hamilton, whose ancestors were Cornwallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bingham family.

Organizers of the Cornwall 250 celebration are developing a slate of music, games, a chicken barbecue and much more fun, but as off press time for this guide more details were not available.

The downtown merchants in Middlebury are also planning activities to mark that townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 250th birthday, though, they too were still solidifying their plans in midSeptember.

A week of festivities will kick off on (See Celebrations, Page 6A)

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Discover Addison County’s Chicken Pie Suppers

PAT FISKE, LEFT, and Linda Burdett visit while peeling potatoes for last year’s chicken pie supper in Weybridge. The side dishes were all made in the Weybridge Congregational Church kitchen, but the main course was made by professional caterer Martha Winant, below, in her Weybridge kitchen.

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By ANDREA SUOZZO WEYBRIDGE — It’s a Vermont tradition: the annual chicken pie supper, which draws crowds to church basements, school cafeterias and community halls each fall.

In Addison County there are such suppers all through October and into November. Last year there were dinners in West Addison, Ferrisburgh, Cornwall, Bristol and Hancock.

Weybridge hosts its chicken pie supper in late September with a recipe passed down from town forebears.

These pies are of the chicken and dumpling type, and they always contain 13 biscuits atop each 9x13-inch pan of gravy-drenched chicken — one dumpling for each person at the table, plus one for the table’s server.

In past years the pies have been made by various members of the Weybridge Congregational Church, which hosts the dinner as a fund-raiser.

Last year, though, organizers asked church member and professional caterer Martha Winant to make all of the pies.

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having volunteered to make fruit pies for the dinner in the past, Winant said yes without much hesitation.

“I had the time, and cooking for a lot of people comes easy to me,” she said.

Still, it wasn’t all clear sailing for Winant, who made approximately 20 chicken pies

last year.

“It was a bit daunting to take on the task, because there are a lot of people who have their opinions about how it’s supposed to be,” she said.

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Celebrations (Continued from Page 3A) Saturday, Oct. 29, with the fourth annual Middlebury Spooktacular, a fun celebration for kids in costume to be held on the town green (see story, Page 20A). The commemoration will conclude with a historical reenactment of the signing of Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s town charter and a program of speeches on Nov. 4 at the Town Hall Theater.

Look for more details on the Cornwall and Middlebury 250th anniversary celebrations in the regular pages of the Addison Independent as the dates draw near.

ADDISONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIG PARTY Addison also will be rolling up the rugs and throwing a big party this fall. Its 250th anniversary celebration is scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16.

Saturday, Oct. 15, will see a day jam packed with activities in Addison. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Addison Central School will host a craft sale, the Boy Scouts will make presentations on WKH VRFFHU ÂżHOG D &RZ 3ORS %LQJR JDPH ZLOO EH played nearby and the historic DAR Mansion will be open to the public.

Other family activities are planned throughout the day, including a horseshoe tournament at 10 a.m., a Frisbee golf tournament at 11 a.m. and pie judging at 2 p.m.

For those with more of historical bent, the Addison Historical Society will host a presentation at old Town Hall at 10:30 a.m., there will be a 1 p.m. presentation at John Strong House, and Erwin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;? Clark will offer a historical presentation at 5 p.m.

All are invited to a community potluck dinner at 6 p.m., followed by a moonlit street dance beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The next day, Sunday, Oct. 16, the celebration FRQWLQXHV ZLWK WKH ÂżUHPDQÂśV PRQWKO\ SDQFDNH EUHDNIDVW DW WKH ÂżUHKRXVH DW D P )URP QRRQ to 5 p.m. the Lake Champlain Bridge Coalition will host a barbeque. This event will be held at Crown Point Historic Site across the lake in New York, where one can gaze back across the water and enjoy a view of Addison.

Benning Wentworth, colonial governor of New Hampshire in the 1760s, sold charters to many Vermont towns in the early years of that decade to raise money. In 1761 alone, 10 Addison County towns were chartered. The town of Addison was chartered on Oct. 14, 1761; proprietors of Middlebury earned the charter to their town on Nov. 2; and the Cornwall town charter was granted on Nov. 3.

The other area towns chartered in 1761 were Panton, Shoreham, New Haven, Salisbury, Weybridge, Bridport, Leicester and Brandon.

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Hike around Middlebury & help maintain the trail MIDDLEBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) will celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the 16-mile Trail Around Middlebury, known locally at the TAM, by hosting the TAM Team Trek â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a fun race that circumnavigates the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shire town.

Walkers, runners and bicyclists will take to the TAM on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. to raise funds for trail repair and maintenance. With trails in the Green Mountain National Forest closed LQGHÂżQLWHO\ HDUOLHU WKLV month due to storm damage, the TAM is seeing increased usage and interest from both local hikers and tourists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to raise more than $10,000 towards TAM maintenance costs,â&#x20AC;? said Joni Osterhaudt, MALT stewardship and web coordinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pledges from family, friends and coworkers can be collected

to support the improvement of the TAM. Individuals or team who raise the most money will be eligible for special prizes, including t-shirts designed by Middlebury College student Colleen Carroll.â&#x20AC;?

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Marble Works. From there participants will be shuttled to the starting point, where they will complete a section of the trail about four and a half miles long. Runners have the option of completing the entire 16 miles of the trail, or part of the trail.

Cyclists can bike sections encompassing Otter Creek Gorge, Wright Park, Chipman Hill, Means Woods, Battell Woods and the Jeffrey Murdock Nature Preserve.

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Discover Addison Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waterways

A LONE BOAT makes its way across one of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lakes. Fall is a great time to hit the water and get a unique â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and often solitary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; view of the spectacularly colorful foliage.

Take leaf peeping off the beaten path; paddle a boat

By IAN TROMBULAK ADDISON COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As summer becomes a memory, the leaves enter their yearly transition from the luscious green of spring and VXPPHU WR WKH ÂżHU\ WRQHV RI DXWXPQ Vermonters who experience the changing of the seasons year in and \HDU RXW PD\ ÂżQG WKHPVHOYHV WDNLQJ for granted the unrivaled beauty of WKH *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ 6WDWH LQ WKH IDOO If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever found yourself rolling your eyes at an out-of-state vehicle pulled over to the side of the road, its passengers pointing a FDPHUD LQ DZH DW D SDWFK RI VWULNLQJ VXJDU PDSOHV WKHQ LWÂśV RIÂżFLDO ,W LV WLPH WR VKDNH RII WKH F\QLFLVP DQG UHNLQGOH \RXU ORYH DIIDLU ZLWK 9HUPRQWÂśV IDOO IROLDJH You can glimpse some truly amazing views along Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s KLJKZD\V DQG EDFN URDGV EXW these are the same snapshots and panoramas that you have been seeing IRU \HDUV 7R VSLFH WKLQJV XS GLWFK WKH FDU IRU D FDQRH D ND\DN RU DQ\ boat, and trade the bustling roadway IRU D SHDFHIXO ODNH RU ULYHU Though it might be tempting to put the watercraft away after summer gives way to fall, many experienced SDGGOHUV NQRZ WKDW WR GR VR ZRXOG be to miss out on some of the best VFHQHV RQ WKH ZDWHU DOO \HDU 3DQWRQ UHVLGHQW DQG DYLG ND\DNHU

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DITCH THE CAR for a canoe, or any type of boat, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get some truly amazing views of Vermont that you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see from the road.

you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel far to witness some of the best â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there are plenty of spots right here in Addison County ZKHUH \RX FDQ FDWFK EUHDWKWDNLQJ QHZ YLHZV WKDW ZLOO EULQJ \RX EDFN WR \RXU ÂżUVW DXWXPQ LQ 9HUPRQW BUTTON BAY 5DSKDHO VSHDNV KLJKO\ RI WKH popular Ferrisburgh destination, which is sure to see a decrease in FURZGV DV WKH NLGV JR EDFN WR VFKRRO DQG WKH ZHDWKHU JHWV D OLWWOH FRROHU %XW WKH DUHDÂśV DSSHDO LV QRW OLPLWHG to the summer months, according WR 5DSKDHO :KHQ WKH ZLQGV DUH EORZLQJ IURP WKH QRUWK %XWWRQ %D\ is well-protected and offers great YLHZV RI ERWK WKH $GLURQGDFNV WR the west and the Green Mountains to the east â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both of which display mountainside collages of red, yellow DQG RUDQJH Raphael also notes the remnant VWDQG RI RDN KLFNRU\ DQG UHG PDSOH WUHHV RQ %XWWRQ 3RLQW ZKHUH SDGGOHUV FDQ VHH WKH ÂżHU\ KXHV RI DXWXPQ XS FORVH Though the bay itself is relatively shallow, Raphael also stresses the importance of water safety, especially ZKHQ SDGGOLQJ LQ /DNH &KDPSODLQ He encourages those planning a day RI FDQRHLQJ RU ND\DNLQJ WR FKHFN WKH /DNH &KDPSODLQ ZHDWKHU UHSRUW RQ WKH 1DWLRQDO :HDWKHU 6HUYLFH ZHE(See Waterways, Page 11A)

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Waterways (Continued from Page 10A) site, as well as to be aware that water temperatures are dropping during the fall months. Every paddler, no matter how experienced, should wear a life jacket when out on the water.

DEAD CREEK You don’t have to be on Lake Champlain to get great views from the water. Raphael recommends Dead Creek, which can be accessed from Otter Creek in Ferrisburgh, and can be paddled upstream through Panton, Addison and into Bridport.

It is a place to catch great views on calmer waters. “(Dead Creek is a) wonderful but underutilized area that is almost always safe to canoe or kayak,” said Raphael. “Waves never get much over a foot. The wind would be more of an issue than the waves, but « \RX FDQ DOZD\V ¿QG VKHOWHUHG DUeas.”

In terms of views, you can expect “extensive and unique” views of the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondacks of New York as you paddle along the creek.

You don’t have to start paddling Dead Creek at its mouth — there are numerous places to get on the water.

From north to south: at the mouth of the creek where it joins Otter

Creek, along Basin Harbor Road “the longest undeveloped section of in Ferrisburgh; right off of Panton shoreline left in the Empire State” — Road at the second bridge in Panton; he notes that Dead Creek is optimal off of Jersey Street in Addison; and for days when conditions on the lake off of Route 17, also in Addison. are “too wild, or too cold,” which is Another Addison County out- increasingly likely as the fall months doorsman, Weybridge resident John wear on.

Evancie, recommends As with Button Bay the latter launch point and Lake Champlain, “I love the fall paddlers on Dead Creek — at Route 17 — where you can experience the for paddling should bear in mind a southern-most stretch- (because) the few safety precautions. es of the Dead Creek crowds are The waters of the creek Wildlife Management are calm, but are also Area. Down there, said gone, boat hot spots for duck and Evancie, “you get the im- WUDIÀF GURSV geese hunters. Raphael pression that you’re pad- way off, the warns that hunters usudling right up to the base temperatures ally frequent the creek of Snake Mountain,” early and late in the day, which sits nearby on the are comfortand that those on the border of Addison and able … and water should be aware Weybridge. The area the skies and of their presence. also affords paddlers “a OTTER CREEK colors are wonderful combination The longest river of agricultural landscape spectacular.” in Vermont, the Otter and rock and forest,” — David Raphael Creek runs directly for those interested in a through Addison County more close-up view of and contains many areas foliage. of stunning scenery and peaceful Though Evancie also recom- paddling. mends a Lake Champlain paddle However, as Weybridge resident from Button Bay across and north to John Chamberlain points out, the Essex, N.Y. — where paddlers can majority of trees along the banks of catch an “unforgettable sunrise” and the Otter Creek are silver maples,

which do not offer the stunning color changes that are more typical of sugar maples.

But if you enjoyed the landscape views of the Green Mountains and Adirondacks up at Button Bay, consider traversing the section of the Otter Creek that travels along Route 23 in Weybridge, by the mouth of the Lemon Fair River.

Though the river generally runs north to south, this particular stretch of the Otter Creek runs east to west for several miles. When the vistas open up, they offer paddlers a view of both Mt. Abraham and Snake Mountain in full foliage glory.

Chamberlain, who has been canoeing for roughly 40 years, recommends launching at the Twin Bridges Dam. OTHER SIGHTS TO SEE Of course, there is more to see at each of these spots than foliage.

Raphael and Chamberlain both emphasize the abundant wildlife along Dead Creek and the Otter Creek.

Though Chamberlain knows of just one short stretch on the Otter Creek where the open vistas offer spectacular foliage views, he notes that the entire river is bursting with animal life that has made it a favorite river for bird watching and wild-

life watching for him and his wife, Barbara.

According to Raphael, the wildlife “seems to be more visible and present” during the fall months, making it an ideal time to get out on the water.

“On one fall day,” said Raphael, “the cacophony of geese, the cry of the osprey, and the slap of a beaver tail on the water may greet you.”

The avid outdoorsman recalls a time paddling at Kingsland Bay in Ferrisburgh when three deer swam across right in front of him, and another day on Dead Creek when he witnessed a large bobcat make its way across the water.

Ultimately, Raphael just enjoys being where the “noise is left behind and the rustling of leaves near shore, or the gentle lapping of waves on the hull can be mesmerizing.” Being on the water, he said, always offers a unique experience, whether it is on Lake Champlain or Dead Creek.

“The combination of water, sky and shore is pretty special,” said Raphael. “The shoreline environment always fascinates me — turtles on the logs, driftwood coves, solitary gravel or sand beaches rival any mountain summit or overlook.”

AVID KAYAKER DAVID RAPHAEL says the combination of water, sky and shore in the fall is “pretty special.” The autumn leaf peeper is equally rewarded whether he or she enters the water from a dock or at a rural boat launch ramp.

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Discover Addison County’s Back Road Splendor

Fall Foliage Road Trips 1 Hour: From Middlebury, travel south on Route 7. East on Route 125, passing the Waybury Inn. Turn left at the Ripton Country Store and follow this road north to Lincoln (take your time, part of this stretch is a dirt road). Head west out of Lincoln down the mountain to Route 17. Travel Route 17 west through the quaint village of 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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2 Hours: Leaving Middlebury, take Route 125 west to Chimney Point, where you may like to stop and view the new Lake Champlain Bridge under construction (take a free ferry ride to the other side of the lake to get a view of Vermont from across the waters). The new bridge is due to open sometime this fall, but not before Oct. 9.

Another stop along this route is the nearby DAR 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. If you have time, get out of your car, wander in the Bixby Memorial Library on Main Street, and gaze up at the glass ceiling in the center of the building.

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.

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, where they’re building the new bridge.

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 down past the Basin Harbor Resort. Backtrack on Basin Harbor Road toward 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.

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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.

Take Route 100 north through the town of Granville, watching on your left for the beautiful 0RVV *OHQ )DOOV &RQWLQXH QRUWK LQWR :DLWVÂżHOG ZKHUH \RX ZLOO SLFN XS 5RXWH DQG IROORZ LW west over the Appalachian Gap (elevation 2,365 feet). When you get to the bottom of the other side, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take a left and Route 17 and Route 116 will run together for several miles, including through the village of Bristol. Just past the village, Route 116 peels off south but you should say on Route 17 westbound through New Haven until you come to Route 7. Take Route 7 south back to Middlebury.

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Day Trip: From Middlebury, take Route 7 south to Route 125, Route 125 east over the mountains to Route 100 in Hancock. 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 Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital city, Montpelier. Get off the interstate at Middlesex (Exit 9) and take Route 100B VRXWK WR WKH WRZQ RI :DLWVÂżHOG ,Q :DLWVÂżHOG 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.

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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

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Fall Events and Exhibits A seasonal favorite at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, the annual juried photo show Lake Champlain Through the Lens opens on Sunday, September 4 where museum visitors can mingle with the photographers and judges. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show is the biggest yet, with 97 images from 35 photographers. The judges, photographers Jerry LeBlond of Rutland and Nancie Battaglia of Lake Placid, and Eric A. Bessette of Shadows and Light Design, Monkton, said that the overall high quality of the images makes their task both challenging and rewarding.

Colin Bristow of Vergennes was awarded Best in Show, Amateur division for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solitude,â&#x20AC;? a striking image of a rower at twilight, taken in Ferrisburgh. Best in Show, Professional division was awarded to Stephen Beattie of Burlington, for a striking night-time panoramic shot of the Burlington waterfront. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used a GigaPan Epic Pro to shoot 40 individual exposures which were combined to create this 202 megapixl image,â&#x20AC;? Beattie explained. The exhibition is on view through Saturday, October 15 and is included with museum admission. A complete list of award winners and participating photographers is posted at www.lcmm.org/exhibits, and museum visitors can vote for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choiceâ&#x20AC;? award, share comments with the photographers, and even order a print of their favorite image.

Family fun at the Maritime Museum just got better! In September, as we celebrate Vermont Archaeology Month, the museum offers a special family activity: a scavenger hunt for items that are â&#x20AC;&#x153;hidden in plain sightâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like so much of our history. Check in at the Conservation lab to receive a list of clues, locate the items as you explore the museum, then return to the lab to receive a sticker. The museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new School Family Pass program provides unlimited free admission to the museum for families from participating schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be your neighborhood museum,â&#x20AC;? explains Director of Education Rich Isenberg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are open seven days a week, and with the School Family Pass you can just drop in for a visit any time.â&#x20AC;?

More than 50 vintage outboard motors, donated to Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in 2010 by the late Raymond R. Unsworth, inspired the new exhibition Outboard Motors: The First Hundred Years which features antique outboard motors dating back to 1913.

The exhibit includes a workbench for outboard motor expert Rod Scott of Burlington, who teamed up with LCMMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dean Percival to prepare the vintage motors for exhibition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can get these motors into running order again,â&#x20AC;? says Scott with a grin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You wait and see!â&#x20AC;?

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is located on the shore of Lake Champlain, seven scenic miles from historic Vergennes, Vermont at 4472 Basin Harbor Road, across from the Basin Harbor Club. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 16, 2011. LCMM Members, School Family Pass members, and children 5 and under get in free.

For more information call (802) 475-2022 or visit www.lcmm.org.

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cultural.historic.sites THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART Ancient Maya Pottery Comes to the College Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya Sept. 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 11, 2011 Middlebury, VTâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A world-renowned collection of ancient Maya painted pottery, excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum nearly a century ago and UHLQWHUSUHWHG LQ OLJKW RI UHFHQW UHVHDUFK LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG SURYLGHV WKH FHQWHUSLHFH IRU 3DLQWHG Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, which runs through December 11 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Like so many pieces of the famous Chama pottery that conservators meticulously put back together at the Penn Museum, Painted Metaphors yields new clues to understanding everyday lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and changing politicsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of the ancient Maya of Guatemala 1,300 years ago.

At the center of Painted Metaphors are almost two dozen recently conserved Maya painted vessels from Chama, a Maya village in the highlands far from the more sophisticated lowland centers of Maya culture. It was here that Penn Museum archaeologist Robert Burkitt discovered this brilliantly painted pottery, unlike anything else the region had ever produced.

Why were these ceramic cylinders, painted with elaborate scenes, made in this out of the way spot?

Exhibition Curator Elin Danien, Research Associate at the Penn Museum, provides a provocative explanation: these are Painted Metaphors, or pictorial narratives, UHĂ HFWLQJ WKH VXGGHQ LQWURGXFWLRQ of people and ideas from the lowlands of the Maya world.

The exhibition, which is organized and circulated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum, includes a Polychrome Cylinder Vessel., Chama, Guatemala. Late Classic (600-800 rare focus on the ordinary Maya, C.E.) Pottery.

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Maya civilization is one of the great ancient civilizations of the world. At its height, it was a densely populated, culturally dynamic society, with cities throughout the region that is now Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Renowned for their once enigmatic written language (the most fully developed known written language of the pre-Columbian Americas), the Maya developed complex art and architecture, as well as mathematical and astronomical systems. Maya civilization began in the Preclassic period (circa 1500 BCE), reached its height during the Classic period (circa 250 to 900 CE, at the time the Chama pots were created), and continued throughout the Postclassic period, until the arrival of the Spanish in Yucatan in 1512. After the arrival of the Spanish, Maya civilization collapsed, though Maya culture continued and its traditions are practiced today by more than four million descendants in Mexico and Guatemala.

Though much has been learned in the last 100 years, much remains a mystery. The history of the ancient Maya continues to be reconstructed, piece by piece, not only by archaeoloJLVWV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG EXW DOVR E\ ODERUDWRU\ VFLHQWLVWV HSLJUDSKHUV GHFLSKHULQJ DQFLHQW LQVFULSWLRQV DQG UHVHDUFKHUV GHOYLQJ LQWR WKH 0XVHXP FROOHFWLRQV DQG DUFKLYHV 7KURXJK Ă&#x20AC;HOG notes and records, behind-the-scenes conservation video, and more, Painted Metaphors offers a window into the process of reconstruction, and discovery, of the ancient past.

7KH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO ZHEVLWH RI WKH H[KLELW LV KWWS SDLQWHGPHWDSKRUV RUJ 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 public 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 Museum is physically accessible. Parking is available in the Center for the Arts parking lot.

For further information, please call (802) 443â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5007 or TTY (802) 443â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3155, or visit the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at museum.middlebury.edu.

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cultural.historic.sites THE VERGENNES OPERA HOUSE A Green Mountain Gem

The Vergennes Opera House was built in 1897 to serve as a community center for school plays, political debates, and town meetings in addition to offering quality musical and theatrical performances. Adorned with the same beautifully painted main stage curtain you see today, its stage was graced by many famous people including U.S. President William H.Taft and Tiny Tim. Although condemned and closed in 1974 due to ill repair, the opera house was RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ UHRSHQHG LQ -XO\ RI IROORZLQJ D IRXU \HDU community-wide renovation campaign led by the Friends of the Vergennes Opera House. Since its reopening, it has once again become a prized venue in the heart of Vermont, hosting civic and educational events and showcasing year-round theatrical and musical performances for thousands of enthusiastic audience members.

In addition to our musical and theatrical events, the Opera House offers an uncommonly unique space in which to hold personal events of almost any description: Birthday Parties, Weddings, Company Events, Community FundraisHUV HWF 2XU Ă H[LEOH VHDWLQJ PDNHV LW SRVVLEOH to accommodate a wide range of functions for groups of up to 300 people. The elegant yet welcoming ambience and superb acoustics ensure an event to remember. And we offer onsite consultation, every step of the way to ensure the success of your special event or occasion.

The Friends of the Vergennes Opera House is The restored stage at the Vergennes Opera House.

D QRQ SURĂ&#x20AC;W RUJDQL]DWLRQ GHGLFDWHG WR SUHVHUYing the space as a community resource. We rely on the support of businesses and individuDOV WR NHHS WKH 2SHUD +RXVH RSHQ DQG DFWLYH -RLQ XV WRGD\ %HFRPH D 9ROXQWHHU DQG XVKHU DW RQH RI RXU JUHDW HYHQWV RU EHFRPH D 0HPEHU DQG HQMR\ JUHDW EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV VXFK DV IUHH WLFNHWV and reserved seating. Everyone is welcome at your community arts space, The Vergennes Opera House.

cultural.historic.sites The Middlebury Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market The Middlebury Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market, now in its 36th consecutive season, is an outdoor local-food emporium.

With 50 or more vendors on Saturdays and about 30 vendors on Wednesday, the MFM is renowned for its organic and conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, organic meats and eggs, and goatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk cheeses. The Middlebury market also sells SODQWV Ă RZHUV EDNHG JRRGV honey and maple products, plus wine, dairy goods, and a wide VHOHFWLRQ RI Ă&#x20AC;QH FUDIWV DQG DUWZRUN

Saturday, Sept. 17, and the Meat Tasting Event on Saturday, Oct. 8. All special events at the market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from cooking demonstrations to â&#x20AC;&#x153;tastingsâ&#x20AC;? to live music â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are always free of charge.

Location, location, location The market operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays from May through October from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Green in the historic Marble Works district of Middlebury. With its scenic location, free parking, and proximity to Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s village shops, the Marble Works is an ideal location for a New England farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market.

Entertainment On Saturday the market offers live music RQ VLWH DQG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW :HGQHVGD\V RI HDFK month features the popular Cooking with the Chef demonstrations with free samples and recipes using seasonal products from the market. The market is committed to providing a festive family atmosphere and an environment in which shoppers can really get to know the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading farmers and producers.

Fall events The annual Harvest Celebration will be on

Winter Market If you are visiting Middlebury during the cooler months, do not despair: from November through April the MFM transforms into an indoor market with about 25 vendors inside spacious American Flatbread Restaurant at Marble Works. The Winter Market plays a vital role in providing the community with dairy products, meats, cheese, baked goods, and crafts.

The Winter Market is every Saturday in November and December, and then every 2nd and 4th Saturday from January through April. The Winter Market hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Holiday Market The annual Holiday Market is your oncea-year opportunity to get Vermont-made crafts, baked goods, soaps, yarns, pottery, and more. Mark the date: Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Middlebury Municipal Gym on Route 30. (The Winter Market will join the Holiday Market at the Municipal Gym on Dec, 3 only.)

For information about the Middlebury Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market, go to middleburyfarmersmarket.com or call (802) 388-0178. The MFM is a member of the Northeast Organic Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association (NOFA) and the Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP).

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Wednesday (through Oct. 12) & Saturday (through Oct. 29)

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Vermont Folklife Center

HENRY SHELDON MUSEUM OF VT HISTORY presents

Please visit us and enjoy some of the following things going on at the Vermont Folklife Center. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visit us in person, learn more about the Vermont Folklife Center at www.vermontfolklifecenter.org.

VERMONT LANDSCAPES LOST AND FOUND

In the Vision and Voice Gallery: Through December 4, 2011 Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co. The Drag Queens of Dummerston, Vermont

Richard Brown

This exhibit grew out of a two-year project during which time photographer Evie Lovett passed many hours backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co., a gay bar on a rural strip of Route 5 in Dummerston, Vermont, just north of Brattleboro. Once a month at the Rainbow Cattle Co., Miss Kitty Rawhide, Miss Candi Schtick, Miss Sophia Penelope Precious, Miss Mercedes Roulette and Miss Mama Mayhem transformed from their everyday lives as nurse, C&S executive, Vermont Yankee manager, Target employee and became glamorous, glittering drag queens for a night of performance.

For Evie this photographic project was personally transformative: â&#x20AC;?Ultimately, I came to deeply respect these men (and one woman) for being in touch with who they are. Drag for them is a means to explore creativity and a sense of fun.

Knowing them has prompted me to ask myself: how do I let my hair down?â&#x20AC;?

Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co. has toured to Boston, New York, Phnom Penh DV SDUW RI &DPERGLD¡V Ă&#x20AC;IWK *D\ 3ULGH :HHN DQG &DSH &RG 7KLV H[KLELW RSHQV DW the Vermont Folklife Center with the exciting addition of the drag queensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voices, thoughts, opinions, and musings, in the form of audio excerpts from recent interYLHZV :H KHDU DERXW &DQGL¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW WULS WR EX\ D JRZQ DW /RUG DQG 7D\ORU RI ZKDW it was like to grow up â&#x20AC;&#x153;differentâ&#x20AC;? in a small town in Vermont, how each responds to the inevitable question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;do you want to be a woman?â&#x20AC;? (The answer, across the ERDUG QR 7KLV H[KLELWLRQ VKRZV XV WKH ZRUOG RI 9HUPRQW GUDJ TXHHQV :H VHH LW from the inside out.

And, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never too early to start thinking about the 13th Annual Gingerbread Competition!!! Entry forms are due November 23rd.

SHOP for

CRAFTS from VERMONT and around the world

Joseph Battell and his team in front of the Valette Block, ca. 1900.

Middlebury Rotary and Two Brothers Tavern, 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Photo by Milo Schaefer

This summer, the Henry Sheldon Museum is pleased to present the exhibit Vermont Landscapes Lost and Found. Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic landscape is the result of the dynamic intermingling of nature, change, chance and choice. This exhibit explores our ever-evolving landscape through a variety of visual images, contrasting historic photographs with their present-day counterparts. The natural world establishes the SDUDPHWHUV RI WKH SRVVLEOH LQ RXU HQYLURQPHQW 7KH FKDQFH RFFXUUHQFHV RI Ă&#x20AC;UH Ă RRG LQVHFW GHYDVWDWLRQ DQG RWKHU G\QDPLF IRUFHV DOWHU WKH ODQGVFDSH DJDLQVW RXU wills. The greatest force for change in the landscape is choice, as people make decisions and take actions that alter the landscape to suit their needs, desires and goals The story of Vermont landscape change will also be told through paintings, posters and postcards. In teaching visitors where the landscape comes from, it hopes to inspire them to think about what Vermonters should work to retain and how we can best accommodate the inevitability of change.

Vermont Landscapes Lost and Found has received generous sponsorship from the Orton Family Foundation and the Vermont Community Foundation.

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History

Summer  is  the  perfect  time  for  a  visit  to  the  Henry  Sheldon  Museum-­ Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  community  history  center.  Come  and  discover  daily life  in  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Browse  in  our  wonderful  Museum  Shop  or  picnic  in  the  garden designed  and  tended  by  the  Middlebury  Garden  Club.

Museum  open Summer  through  October  16: Tues  -­  Sat  10am  -­  5pm, Sun  1  -­  5pm Fall/Winter/Spring: Tues  -­  Sat  10am  -­  5pm Research  Center: Tues  -­  Fri  1  -­  5pm,

All proceeds from the sales in the shop go directly to supporting our educational programs.

Vermont Landscapes Lost and Found Exhibit through October 22, 2011

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

www.vermontfolklifecenter.org

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MIDDLEBURY CULTURE CARD at  the  Sheldon!

For  more  details,  call  the  museum.

1 Park Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-2117 www.henrysheldonmuseum.org

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UVM MORGAN HORSE FARM

The UVM (Universitas Viridis Montis) Morgan Horse Farm is situated on 215 acres in the lush, agricultural area of Addison County. Colonel Joseph Battell built WKH PDLQ EDUQ LQ WR KRXVH KLV DVVHPEO\ RI WKH HUD¡V Ă&#x20AC;QHVW 0RUJDQV 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 breedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greats. The term â&#x20AC;&#x153;Government Morganâ&#x20AC;? 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. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s herd of 50-60 horses maintains a genetic link to General Gates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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, DVD presentation and a guided tour generate tremendous breed promotion.

Come visit the UVM Morgan Horse Farm. A look at the home of UVM Morgans, the State Animal of Vermont and the First Breed of American Horse will serve to explain the motto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Custodian of the Breed.â&#x20AC;?

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The National Museum of the Morgan Horse was founded in 1988 by the American Morgan Horse Institute, a 501(c)3 charitable organization that works in support of the Morgan breed. The Museum works to educate the public about the history of the Morgan horse by collecting, preserving and exhibiting Morgan related art and historical materials.

The Morgan Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archive, housed in Special Collections of the Middlebury College Library, consists of paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures depicting the Morgan horse in all of its endeavors from the late 1700â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to the present day. Brochures, breeding pamphlets, books, club newsletters, trophies, correspondences, historic farm equipment, leather tack and civil war ephemera make up the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection.

The archive is available to serious researchers by appointment.

The Morgan Museum mainThe National Museum of the Morgan Horse is located in tains an exhibit space on Main Middlebury at 34 Main St. Street of Middlebury, where rotating exhibits on the Morgan horse are featured. Morgan horse history is closely entwined with the history of Vermont, New England and America at large. A trip to the Museum will allow visitors a glimpse into the story of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Breedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the Morgan Horse.

University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm

This 2011 colt out of UVM Freya is a classic example of the breed quality that is being preserved and perpetuated at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm. Come and visit him.

Visit  a  working  farm  breeding  Morgan  horses  since  the  1870â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guided  Tours  9-­3  daily,  May  -­  October Â&#x2021; *LIW 6KRS 5DIĂ&#x20AC;H )RDO 3URJUDP IHDWXULQJ 890 7ULQLW\ Â&#x2021; $GPLVVLRQ Â&#x2021; )RDOV Â&#x2021; 9LVLWRUV :HOFRPH Â&#x2021; 6WDOOLRQV DW 6WXG Â&#x2021; +RUVHV IRU 6DOH Â&#x2021; 1DWLRQDO +LVWRULF 6LWH Â&#x2021; 9HUPRQW 6WDWH $QLPDO Â&#x2021; $PHULFDÂśV st %UHHG RI +RUVH Â&#x2021; $SSUHQWLFH ,QWHUQVKLS 3URJUDP

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The National Museum of the Morgan Horse is currently featuring an exhibit on the Government Morgan, a family of Morgan horses originally bred for cavalry purposes by the US Government. These horses were bred at the US Government Farm in Weybridge, Vermont, beginning in 1907. The farm is now known as the UVM Morgan Horse Farm. The exhibit features photographs, prints and leather tack that tell the story of the Government Morgan from the Civil War era to today.

Our Museum and Gift Shop are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5. Admission is by donation.

morganmuseum@gmail.com www.morganmuseum.org

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recreation.destination Weybridge Gardens is home to Addison Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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 their 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aerial photograph.

Come out and see what these creative farmers have done with a year of record rainfall.

Open every weekend! Acres of family fun. Hay rides every weekend. See the Boy Scoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pumpkin tossing trebuchet in action. Night admission on Fridays and Saturdays. Brave the Haunted Mazes in October, if you dare! Check out their website or become a fan on Facebook for the most up-todate information.

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DECOY CARVING IS one of the many fun family activities featured at Dead Creek Wildlife Day. Photo by Lilla Lumbra

Learn about the natural world at Dead Creek Wildlife Day ADDISON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The tenth annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day will be held in Addison on Saturday, Oct. 1. It was voted one of Vermont Chamber of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top 10 Fall Eventsâ&#x20AC;? in 2010.

Activities at Dead Creek Wildlife Day are HVSHFLDOO\ IRU SHRSOH ZKR HQMR\ KXQWLQJ ÂżVKing, bird watching, or learning about Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diverse wildlife. The event will be held at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Route 17 west of Route 22A. Early risers can begin the day with bird banding demonstrations at 7 a.m. Two large tents at the Dead Creek WMA headquarters will open at 9:30 a.m. and feature wildlife-related exhibits and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; craft activities such as decoy carving, face painting and building bluebird boxes.

The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main activities run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and include nature walks, illustrated talks, live wildlife presentations, KXQWLQJ GRJ GHPRQVWUDWLRQV ÂżVKLQJ DQG hunting tips and much more. All events are free, and a free shuttle bus will provide reguODU DFFHVV WR QHDUE\ ÂżHOG HYHQWV WKURXJKRXW the day.

The festival is hosted by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Otter Creek Audubon Society, Addison County Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and Vermont Federation of Sportsmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clubs.

For more information and a schedule of events, call Vermont Fish and Wildlife at (802) 241-3700 or visit their website: www.vtfishandwildlife.com/ Dead_Creek_Wildlife_Days. cfm.

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Kids and adults to get decked out for Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4th Spooktacular MIDDLEBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Late fall has been a time for ghosts, ghouls and goblins to wander the streets of Middlebury, and this year again will see downtown crawling with costumed kids in the annual Spooktacular celebration.

But this fall, the late October week that starts the Spooktacular will be capped by a celebration of Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 250 anniversary.

It all starts on Saturday, Oct. 29, when children of all ages and from all over the county are invited to gather on the Middlebury green dressed in full Halloween regalia. Both local residents and visitors will enjoy watching hundreds of children parade down Main Street in costumes of almost unimaginable variety. Hay bales, luminaries and lit pumpkins will decorate the green, with festivities kicking off at 2 p.m. There will be carved pumpkin and costume contests, familyfun games, entertainment, the ever-popular bounce house and commemorative gifts.

The highlight each year is the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trick or treat parade during which merchants offer sweet treats to the throngs of children who tramped down Main Street. The children will lineup and leave the green at 3:30 p.m. and collect their goodies as they walk down the west side of Main Street and probably back up the east side. The Spooktacular is sponsored by the Better Middlebury Partnership and the town of Middlebury.

Organizers point out that this is an event that embodies the best of the community

Artists open their studios to the public for weekend tour

COSTUMESAT THEANNUAL Spooktacular range from goofy to ghoulish to groovy, as hundreds of kids of all ages take part in this fun event.

with individuals, groups, Middlebury College students, merchants and civic organizations coming together to produce a free event for the young and young at heart.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spooktacular will have a historic theme, because Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charger was granted 250 years ago this November.

In honor of the anniversary there will be a time capsule, a paper quilt, a scavenger hunt downtown and possibly a commemorative pendant for each child in attendance at the Spooktacular (details were still being worked out as the Fall Guide went to press).

The celebration will conclude with a historical reenactment of the signing of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charter on Nov. 4 at the Town Hall Theater.

Start planning your costume and pumpkin designs now!

THE BOUNCE HOUSE is always a big hit at the Spooktacular. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event saw witches, Native Americans, skeletons, hockey players and the odd baby dinosaur romping DURXQG WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;DWDEOH DPXVHPHQW RQ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ WRZQ JUHHQ

ADDISON COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new products. This year they have added much awaited Fall Foliage Studio Tour is D QHZ VHOHFWLRQ RI ÂżJXULQHV D OLQH RI EHOW taking place on Saturday and Sunday of buckles, and a new engravable table and Oct. 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. After 19 ornament bell. years of doing the Memorial Day Weekend Phoebe Stone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 52 N. Pleasant St., Tour, the Vermont Crafts Council is hosting Middlebury. Award-winning childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this much requested, fall foliage tour. book author and artist with a newly These artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studio tours typically draw published book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Romeo and Juliet visitors, both in and out of state, to the Codeâ&#x20AC;? opens her three-story gallery during Vermont art and craft community to marvel Fall Open Studio. at Vermontersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artistic creativity. Maps can Mike Mayone Fine Art â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8 Case St., be found at tourist centers coming into Middlebury. Visit Mike Mayoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art the state in all directions, in addition to studio in East Middlebury to discover his www.vermontcraftscouncil.com. Or just new and in-progress original Vermont wend your way through the back roads paintings, portraits, and his entire while leaf peeping, and follow the yellow assortment of beautiful prints and note â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open Studioâ&#x20AC;? signs. Visitors can learn cards. His scenes are painstakingly created much about a crafters process in wonderful detail and realism, and often see demonstrations of These artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; EXW \RX PD\ ÂżQG D IHZ VXUSULVHV work in progress. A cluster of studio tours in his offerings, as well. eight Middlebury-area art and typically draw Tom Homann Pottery crafters who are participating â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 Warner Drive, East visitors, both in and completely accessible are Middlebury. Currently Tom and out of state, continues in functional, highas follows: Timothy Fisher Gallery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to the Vermont ÂżUHG SRWWHU\ IRU GDLO\ XVH ZLWK 727 Fisher Road, Cornwall. art and craft a focus mainly on ash glazes.

Timothy Fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest carved community Certain shapes are altered here wood sculpture called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flat to marvel at and there, decorative techniques Catâ&#x20AC;? is also the perfect bench, change a bit here and there, but At the moment he is carving Vermontersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the most part themes remain D Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ GLQRVDXU VZLQJ ² artistic creativity. the same. big enough to accommodate Molly Hawley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1266 Route several children or two fun 125, Ripton. Molly Hawley loving adults. His amazing, unique merry- splits her time between Cape Cod and go-round is available for free rides and Ripton. Her landscapes of both places absolutely worth the trip to visit his home, UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW D SDVVLRQ IRU WKH GHSWK RI FRORU DQG studio, and gallery overlooking a private texture of each place. Come to her studio valley of ponds, pasture and orchards and luxuriate in the melancholy color of with the Adirondacks as a backdrop to this the Provincetown Moors in November, the beautiful place. frozen coves of Buzzards Bay in January or Barbara Ekedahl â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 Seymour St., Unit the lush greens of the Breadloaf Campus in 5, Middlebury. Choosing to stretch and the height of summer. play with one style of Japanese printmaking Sandra Lance Pottery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1409 Lincoln called ukiyo-e, Barbara has combined Road, Ripton. Sandra has reinvented traditional printmaking techniques with herself for this event by extending her line maps. Ukiyo-e translates literally as of colorful porcelain fruit cup mugs, hand ÂłSLFWXUHV RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;RDWLQJ ZRUOG ´ 7KH PDSV carved one-of-a-kind bowls, crystal glaze she prints upon are archival quality ink tiled mirrors, and chess sets to include reproductions on acid-free paper, selected whimsical outdoor sculptures and one from her collection of topographic and of a kind sculptural ceramic lamps. The other types of maps. The carved woodblock alchemy of pottery continues to intrigue images are hand printed with sumi ink or her and all her glazes are custom made and gouache. food safe. This includes a line of crystal Danforth Pewter Workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 52 glazes she began experimenting with last Seymour St., Middlebury. The Danforth \HDU $OO KHU ZRUNV DUH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHG E\ WKH Pewter Workshop is continuing a 37-year plants and wildlife of the Green Mountain WUDGLWLRQ RI KDQGFUDIWLQJ ÂżQH OHDG IUHH National Forests and her gardens, which pewter by constantly innovating and adding surround her home, studio and gallery.

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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.htm.  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.  16.

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

F.  Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Prayer  Rock,  Bristol.  In  1891,  Joseph  C.  Greene  paid  a  carver  to  engrave  the  Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Prayer  on  a  huge  rock  sitting  next  to  what  is  today  Route  116.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  an  unusual  roadside  attraction.

G.  Mount  Independence  State  Historic  Site,  Orwell.  A  largely  undisturbed  Revolutionary  War  site.  Visitors  center  with  extensive  exhibits  and  many  inter-­ pretive  trails.  www.historicvermont.org/mountindependence.  Open  through  mid-­Oct.  10.

H.  Snake  Mountain.  Parking  lot  on  Mountain  Road  in  Addison.  Family-­friendly  hike  WR EHDXWLIXO YLVWDV RI &KDPSODLQ 9DOOH\ DQG $GLURQGDFNV ZZZ YW¿VKDQGZLOG-­ life.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.  %HDXWLIXO JURXQGV IHDWXULQJ D OHDGLQJ EUHHGLQJ SURJUDP IRU VWDWHœV RI¿FLDO 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.

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L.  Vermont  Folklife  Center,  88  Main  St.,  Middlebury.  On  exhibit  through  Dec.  4  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Backstage  at  the  Rainbow  Cattle  Co.:  The  Drag  Queens  of  Dummerston,  Vt.â&#x20AC;?  which  features  images  by  photographer  Evie  Lovett  and  audio  from  interviews  conducted  by  Evie  and  Greg  Sharrow.  www.vermontfolklifecenter.org.

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IV IHG XV U JPĂ&#x20AC; 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.htm.  Open  through  Columbus  Day.

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P.  Falls  of  Lana,  Rattlesnake  Cliffs,  Silver  Lake  trails  access,  Salisbury-­Leicester  town  line.  www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/vermont.php.

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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  walk-­ ing  any  of  the  11  different  paths.  www.spiritinnature.com.

T.  Fort  Ticonderoga  (across  Lake  Champlain  via  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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Local Orchards

Specializing in Heirloom Apple Varieties, Ice Cider & Fresh Pressed Cider.

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Apples are an important part of Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history VERMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Apples have been an important part of Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history for more than 200 years. The red, green or yellow fruit was DQ LPSRUWDQW SDUW RI HDFK QHDUO\ VHOI VXIÂżFLHQW IDUP HVWDEOLVKHG E\ WKH ÂżUVW (XURSHDQ VHWtlers.

By the late 1900s, production of apples had shifted to relatively large commercial orchards across the state. With increasing globalization of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apple production, since the early 1990s, Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apple producers have become more focused on the importance of developing direct-to-consumer markets and production of valueadded goods.

The apple industry is an important part of Vermont agriculture, adding over $20 million annually to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. Apples are also an important part of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $1.57 billion tourism and agritourism industries.

While the McIntosh is one of the most popular varieties of apple in Vermont, this delicious and healthful fruit comes in many varieties.

All these types of apples can be found in Addison County: Paula Red, Zesta, Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pride, Pristine, Gingergold, Silken, Sansa, McIntosh, Crimson Crisp, Gala, Honeycrisp, Red Cortland/Cortland, Roxbury Russet, Crimson Topaz, Golden Supreme, Shizuka, Pound Sweet, Liberty, Macoun and Wolf River.

And also, Snowapple, Jonagold, Esopus Spitzenburg, Empire, Haralson, Novaspy, Spymac, Keepsake, Creston, Red Delicious, Fortune, Freedom, Mutsu/Crispin, Northern Spy and Golden Russet.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: This story was provided by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture.

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