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By  JOHN  FLOWERS over  Republican  Scott  Milne  when  the  Vermont  bly  must  decide  the  contest  by  ballot  when  it  con-­ MIDDLEBURY  â€”  A  majority  of  Addison  General  Assembly  decides  the  matter  on  this  venes  Jan.  8  because  neither  Shumlin  nor  Milne  County’s  lawmakers  said  they  will  vote  in  favor  Thursday. garnered  more  than  50  percent  of  the  votes  cast  of  incumbent  Democratic  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  Per  the  state  Constitution,  the  General  Assem-­ (See  Governor,  Page  42)

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Trio  taps  senses  with  a  new  type  of  therapy By  FAITH  GONG respond  to  all  different  modalities,â€?  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Spas  are  one  Kuhl  said.  barometer  of  a  community’s  mental  Color  therapy  taps  into  the  emotion-­ and  physical  health,  and  last  winter  DO UHDFWLRQV HOLFLWHG E\ YDULRXV FRORUV the  staff  at  Waterfalls  Day  Spa,  on  the  A’chromatherapy  clients  begin  each  ORZHU OHYHO RI WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ ,QQ session  by  selecting  an  image  from  a  saw  that  their  clients  were  suffering. Âł-RXUQH\ 3DOHWWH´ VHYHQ SKRWRJUDSKV “Last  winter  was  brutal,â€?  says  Sara  of  nature  scenes,  each  featuring  a  par-­ Daly,  one  of  the  spa  ticular  shade  from  owners.  â€œIt  was  so  the  color  spectrum  icy;Íž  we  noticed  an  (red,  orange,  yel-­ increase  in  frac-­ low,  green,  blue,  tures.  People  didn’t  LQGLJR YLROHW want  to  be  in  Ver-­ 7KHVH VHYHQ FRORUV mont.â€? are  associated  with  So  Daly,  along  certain  bodily  func-­ with  Waterfalls  tions,  emotions  and  aesthetician  and  personality  types.  co-­owner  Laurie  (Red,  for  instance,  Webb,  and  mas-­ is  the  color  of  the  sage  therapist  Sarah  circulatory  system  Kuhl,  got  to  work.  DQG H[FLWHPHQW “We  said,  â€˜Let’s  Aromatherapy  do  something  dif-­ uses  inhaled  aromas  ferent,’â€?  Daly  ex-­ to  decrease  stress  plained.  Their  spa  hormones  and  stim-­ clients  wanted  an  ulate  endorphins.  escape,  â€œso  we  (YHU\ FRORU LQ WKH brought  the  journey  A  LINE  OF  lotions  and  A’chromatherapy  oils  is  part  of  the  new  spectrum  has  an  to  them.â€? Beginning  in  A’chromatherapy  technique  a c c o m p a n y i n g  March  2014,  the  developed  by  three  partners  body  lotion,  body/ from  Waterfalls  Day  Spa. three  women  began  room  mist,  and  H[SHULPHQWLQJ ZLWK YDULRXV WKHUDSHX-­ body  oil  made  from  herbal  extracts  WLF WHFKQLTXHV 7KLV 1RYHPEHU WKH\ and  natural  essences,  with  scents  like  launched  the  result:  a  brand  new  spa  ³+RQH\FRPE 7ZLJ´ *UHHQ DQG treatment  called  A’chromatherapy. Âł3HSSHU 3HRQ\´ 2UDQJH 7KH A’chromatherapy  combines  color  A’chromatherapy  products  are  96  per-­ WKHUDS\ DURPDWKHUDS\ DQG YLVXDOL]D-­ cent  natural  and  61  percent  organic,  tion  in  a  50-­minute  massage  session.  the  Waterfalls  staff  claims. 7KH RYHUDOO H[SHULHQFH HQJDJHV PXO-­ +DYLQJ FKRVHQ WKH FRORU WKHPH WKDW tiple  senses  â€”  sight,  smell  and  touch  will  guide  the  A’chromatherapy  ses-­ —  in  order  to  reduce  stress.  â€œPeople  sion,  the  client  enters  a  massage  room Â

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where  LED  lights  around  the  ceiling  are  turned  to  the  color  of  their  choice.  As  the  client  lies  on  the  massage  table,  an  A’chromatherapy  practitio-­ ner  mists  the  room  with  the  session’s  scent,  and  then  talks  the  client  through  D YLVXDOL]DWLRQ RI WKH LPDJH WKH\ VH-­ OHFWHG 'DO\ VDLG VKH UHDOL]HV WKDW WKLV JXLGHG YLVXDOL]DWLRQ PLJKW VHHP ³¾RXW WKHUH ϫ EXW DGGHG Âł9LVXDOL]DWLRQ LV D SURYHQ WHFKQLTXH WKH PRVW VXFFHVVIXO people  use  it.â€?  She  cites  the  example  RI JROIHUV ZKR YLVXDOL]H WKH WUDMHFWRU\ of  their  shot  before  taking  it.  $IWHU YLVXDOL]DWLRQ FRPHV WKH PDV-­ sage,  using  A’chromatherapy  body  lo-­ tion  and  oil.  At  the  end  of  each  session,  the  cli-­ ent  retires  to  a  â€œRelaxation  Room,â€?  to Â

ponder  a  card  of  their  image  printed  ZLWK YDULRXV LQVLJKWV EDVHG RQ WKH SULQFLSOHV RI FRORU WKHUDS\ (YHU\ FOLHQW DOVR UHFHLYHV D VWULQJ EUDFHOHW in  their  session’s  color,  and  a  small  meditation  card  of  their  image  to  take  DZD\ WKHVH VHUYH DV WRROV IRU SUDFWLF-­ LQJ YLVXDOL]DWLRQ RQ WKHLU RZQ Kuhl  says  that  clients  approach  her  on  the  street  to  show  her  that  they’re  still  wearing  their  bracelets.  â€œThey  feel  like  members  of  â€˜a  spe-­ cial,  secret  club!’â€?  she  said.  When  Waterfalls  began  offering  A’chromatherapy,  the  treatment  used  only  four  colors,  and  essential  oils  SXUFKDVHG HOVHZKHUH &OLHQWV UDYHG about  the  treatment,  and  encouraged  the  spa  owners  to  patent  it. Â

Âł7KH FRPPXQLW\ KDV JLYHQ XV UH-­ ally  good  feedback,â€?  Daly  said. The  trio  called  a  patent  attorney,  ZKR DGYLVHG WKHP WR FUHDWH DQ DFWXDO physical  product.  Webb  and  Kuhl  lo-­ FDWHG D VXSSOLHU 3UDYDGD D PDQXIDF-­ turing  company  in  Ontario,  Canada,  WKDW VSHFLDOL]HV LQ QDWXUDO ORWLRQV They  tested  samples  of  lotions  and  oils  XQWLO WKH\ ZHUH VDWLVÂżHG 0HDQZKLOH Kuhl,  whom  her  colleagues  call  â€œthe  FUHDWLYH GLUHFWRU ´ GHYHORSHG WKH ODEHO design,  written  copy,  and  a  website.  â€œWe  wanted  to  get  all  our  ducks  in  a  row,â€?  Kuhl  said. The  entire  process  took  eight  months,  during  which  the  three  wom-­ en  continued  their  full-­time  jobs  at  (See  A’chromatherapy,  Page  3)

Panton  OKs  $121K  for  new  truck  to  plow  roads By  ANDY  KIRKALDY PANTON  â€”  Twenty  Panton  resi-­ dents  at  a  22-­minute  special  meeting  Dec.  17  unanimously  backed  a  select-­ ERDUG SURSRVDO IRU D ÂżYH year  truck  loan. They  also  supported  the  board’s  pro-­ SRVDO WR XVH D EXGJHW FDUU\ RYHU IURP WKH SDVW \HDU WR PDNH WKH ÂżUVW \HDUÂśV payment  for  the  truck  of  $20,192. The  selectboard  had  called  the  PHHWLQJ WR VHHN YRWHU DSSURYDO EH-­ cause  the  fully  equipped,  Interna-­ WLRQDO 9LNLQJ WDQGHP SORZ YHKLFOH was  not  in  the  board’s  budget  for  the  FXUUHQW ÂżVFDO \HDU Board  members  said  they  decided  they  wanted  residents  to  weigh  in  on  such  a  major  purchase,  but  also  did  not  want  to  wait  until  Town  Meeting  Day  in  March  to  put  the  new  truck  on  town  roads.  Board  chairman  John  Viskup  said  the  town  expects  the  (See  Panton,  Page  2)

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A’chromatherapy  (Continued  from  Page  2) Waterfalls.  â€œWhen  you’re  passionate  about  VRPHWKLQJ \RX ÂżQG WKH WLPH ´ 'DO\ states. All  A’chromatherapy  products  are  packaged  in  Canada,  but  Daly,  Kuhl  and  Webb  are  committed  to  using  lo-­ cal  labor  whenever  possible.  New  Haven-­based  802  Print  and  Marketing  produces  their  labels  and  cards,  and  Cheryl  Burnham  of  Cacklin’  Hens  in  Middlebury  is  helping  to  design  the  string  bracelets.  The  complete  A’chromatherapy  line  of  products  is  now  trademarked,  and  began  retailing  in  mid-­November  at  Waterfalls  Day  Spa  and  www.achro-­ matherapy.com.  Now,  its  creators  are  thinking  big. One  goal  is  to  market  A’chromatherapy  to  spas  nationwide.  The  A’chromatherapy  Pro  Spa  Kit  in-­ cludes  all  21  body  products,  a  â€œJour-­ ney  Palette,â€?  seven  in-­spa  color  cards,  40  take-­away  meditation  cards  and  bracelets,  and  an  instruction  manual.  Daly,  Kuhl,  and  Webb  planned  to  promote  A’chromatherapy  at  spa  con-­ ferences  in  New  York  City  and  Las  Vegas.  They’ve  also  applied  to  be  on  the  entrepreneurial  reality  TV  show  â€œShark  Tank.â€?  Their  long-­term  vision  is  to  have  A’chromatherapy-­accredit-­ ed  spas  throughout  the  country.  But  spas  are  only  part  of  the  creators’  vision  for  their  product;Íž  they’re  particularly  excited  about Â

A’chromatherapy’s  potential  for  use  in  clinical  medical  settings.  Before  they  founded  Waterfalls  Day  Spa  eight  years  ago,  Webb  and  Daly  were  co-­workers  at  Addison  County  Home  Health  &  Hospice;Íž  Webb  was  a  speech  pathologist  and  Daly  was  a  physical  therapist.  They  recall  the  stress  of  working  in  healthcare,  and  believe  that  A’chromatherapy  offers  â€œsomething  to  escape  that  (stress.)â€?  This  past  fall  the  three  women  were  invited  to  attend  Porter  Hospital’s  ¿UVW DQQXDO Âł5DLVH <RXU 6SLULWV :HOO-­ ness  Fair,â€?  where  they  ran  a  small  case  study  of  how  A’chromatherapy  might  function  in  a  working  health  care  environment.  Porter  staff  â€”  in-­ cluding  doctors  and  nurses  in  scrubs  â€”  entered  the  A’chromatherapy  tent,  picked  an  image  from  the  â€œJourney  Palette,â€?  and  were  guided  through  a  short  visualization  and  a  brief  treat-­ ment  with  A’chromatherapy  products.  They  rated  their  stress  levels  before  and  after  treatment. Daly  said  the  results  were  impres-­ sive:  42  people  reported  a  100  percent  reduction  in  stress;Íž  the  average  person  reported  a  67  percent  stress  reduction.  Written  feedback  included:  â€œI  feel  like  you  gave  me  more  energy,â€?  and  â€œI  feel  like  I  don’t  have  a  care  in  the  world  now.â€?  â€œI  think  people  were  shocked  by  it,â€?  Daly  said.  â€œThey  didn’t  want  to  leave.â€? According  to  Laurie  Borden,  Por-­

ter  Hospital’s  administrative  assis-­ tant  for  public  relations  and  devel-­ opment/spiritual  care  services,  the  A’chromatherapy  tent  was  rated  one  of  the  fair’s  top  exhibits  by  attendees.  â€œIt  was  a  huge  success,â€?  she  af-­ ÂżUPHG FOR  HEALTH  CARE Webb  believes  that  making  A’chromatherapy  available  to  health-­ care  providers  could  decrease  work  stress,  and  increase  productivity  and  patient  care:  â€œ(A’chromatherapy)  cen-­ ters  you  so  that  you  can  do  your  job.â€?  Porter’s  Borden  agrees.  â€œWe’re  in  the  early  stages  of  planning  ahead  for  next  year  how  (Porter  Hospital)  might  be  able  to  provide  (A’chromatherapy)  for  our  staff  and  volunteers  so  that  we  can  allow  them  to  be  as  healthy  as  our  patients,â€?  she  said. The  A’chromatherapy  team  also  has  experience  as  patients:  Kuhl  has  Lyme  disease,  and  Daly  is  diabetic.  Both  women  spend  ample  time  in  waiting  rooms,  which  they  describe  as  â€œvery  anxious.â€?  They  each  began  using  as-­ pects  of  A’chromatherapy  to  manage  their  own  stress  while  awaiting  treat-­ ment.  Plans  to  study  whether  A’chromatherapy  could  reduce  stress  in  patients  are  in  the  works.  The  trio  is  scheduled  to  conduct  a  case  VWXG\ DW D ORFDO GHQWLVWÂśV RIÂżFH XVLQJ A’chromatherapy  prior  to  treatment;Íž  they’ve  also  been  approached  by  an  OB/GYN  practice. Â

Viskup  said.  â€œWe’re  just  trying  every  way  we  can  to  eliminate  surprises  in  our  budget.â€? The  surplus  from  the  current  bud-­ get  might  well  be  able  to  cover  the  new  contingency  fund,  he  said. “I  think  we  will  be  able  to  do  that,â€?  Viskup  said,  although  he  cau-­ WLRQHG WKDW WKH ÂżVFDO \HDU LV RQO\ DW its  midway  point.  As  well  as  the  overall  contingency  fund  in  the  town  budget,  the  select-­ board  also  plans  to  create  a  capital Â

fund  within  the  highway  budget  based  on  depreciation  of  all  town  equipment  with  a  value  over  $5,000,  including  a  front-­end  loader,  a  grader,  tractors,  mowers  and  trucks. The  selectboard  was  pleased  that  20  residents  showed  up  at  a  Wednes-­ day  night  meeting  held  right  before  the  holidays,  and  to  see  the  backing  for  their  proposals.  â€œI  thank  all  the  residents  that  were  there,  because  that  kind  of  support  GRHV VKRZ FRQÂżGHQFH ´ 9LVNXS VDLG

Panton  (Continued  from  Page  2) truck  to  be  delivered  this  month. Viskup  said  board  members  de-­ cided  on  a  new  truck  after  they  and  road  foreman  Rick  Cloutier  re-­ searched  when  best  to  trade  in  older  trucks,  and  learned  the  time  was  right  to  do  so  with  the  town’s  8-­year-­ old  vehicle. As  well  as  learning  that  an  8-­year  WUDGH LV D ÂżQDQFLDO VZHHW VSRW DQG EH-­ ing  concerned  about  â€œanother  year’s  depreciation,â€?  Viskup  also  said  the  truck  had  immediate  needs,  which  Cloutier  estimated  at  the  meeting  would  cost  between  $50,000  and  $60,000. 7KH ÂżQDO SULFH LQFOXGHG what  Viskup  called  a  good  discount  and  the  trade-­in  value  for  the  town’s  2006  truck. The  board  also  hopes  the  purchase  will  have  little  or  no  impact  on  the  town’s  tax  rate  not  only  for  the  com-­ ing  year,  but  also  for  the  year  to  fol-­ low  â€”  Viskup  said  Panton  is  run-­ QLQJ D VXUSOXV LQ WKH FXUUHQW ÂżVFDO \HDU WKDW WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV EHOLHYH ZLOO be  enough  to  set  aside  for  the  second  year’s  payment. The  selectboard  is  also  proposing  to  set  aside  an  amount  equal  to  7  per-­ cent  of  the  town’s  budget  â€”  $47,000  â€”  as  a  contingency  fund  to  protect  the  town  against  future  unexpected  expenses.  The  board  will  at  town  meeting  in  March  propose  that  fund,  which  Panton’s  auditors  recommend-­ ed,  in  their  budget.  â€œI  think  that’s  just  good  planning,â€? Â

Regulators  say  â€˜no’  to  Middlebury  array By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Vermont  Public  Service  Board  has  denied  a  proposal  by  Bullrock  Corp.  to  install  a  150kW  solar  array  near  The  Resi-­ dence  at  Otter  Creek  (TROC)  that  would  have  defrayed  around  25  per-­ cent  of  the  Middlebury  retirement  community’s  annual  energy  bill. Bullrock  Corp.  is  the  former  own-­ er  of  TROC,  previously  known  as  The  Lodge  at  Otter  Creek.  That  re-­ tirement  community  is  now  owned  by  LCB  Senior  Living  of  Norwood,  Mass.  The  proposed  solar  array  would  have  consisted  of  roughly  700  panels  on  a  combined  total  of  35  racks  dispersed  on  one  acre  of  land  located  at  57  Star  Point  Drive,  adjacent  to  TROC.  It  was  to  be  a  net  metering  project  that  would  have  generated  enough  electricity  to  pow-­ er  40  average-­sized  Vermont  homes,  according  to  Encore  Redevelop-­ ment,  the  company  that  was  hired  to  plan  and  install  the  project. Middle  Road  Ventures  owns  the  proposed  project  site  and  would  have  leased  it  to  Bullrock.  A  key  to  the  Public  Service  Board’s  denial  of  the  project  is  that  it  would  have  been  located  next  to  an  existing  500kW  solar  array,  owned  by  Middle  Road  Ventures.  The  Public  Service  Board  ruled  that  since  the  two  solar  proj-­ ects  would  have  shared  a  common  fuel  source  (the  sun),  common  infra-­ structure/access  road  and  were  to  be  located  only  around  100  feet  from  one  another,  they  would  have  to  be  considered  a  single  facility.  As  such,  the  combined  650  kW  of  electricity  generated  by  the  combined  project  would  exceed  the  statutory  500kW  limit  for  such  a  net  metering  pro-­ posal. (QFRUH 5HGHYHORSPHQW RIÂżFLDOV had  argued  that  the  two  solar  arrays  were  separate,  as  they  would  have  had  separate  ownership,  different Â

customers  and  separate  connections  to  the  state’s  electricity  grid.  All  of  the  electricity  created  by  the  new  solar  array  would  have  been  fun-­ neled  into  the  grid,  and  TROC,  as  the  customer,  would  have  seen  en-­ ergy  credits  on  its  electricity  bill  as  compensation. But  that  argument  was  not  enough  to  persuade  the  PSB. “The  separate  ownership  of  the  two  projects  is  a  relevant  consider-­ ation  that  weighs  in  favor  of  con-­ cluding  that  the  two  projects  are  sep-­ arate  facilities,â€?  the  board’s  ruling  reads.  â€œHowever,  the  statute  makes  clear  that  where  a  group  of  struc-­ tures  use  the  same  fuel  source,  share  common  infrastructure,  and  are  lo-­ cated  in  close  proximity,  that  group  of  structures  â€˜shall  be  considered  one  facility.’  Therefore,  in  this  case,  the  separate  ownership  of  the  proj-­ HFWV LV QRW VXIÂżFLHQW WR RYHUFRPH WKH fact  that  the  two  projects  possess  the  three  characteristics  of  â€˜one  facility,’  DV WKH WHUP LV GHÂżQHG ´ %XOOURFN &RUS RIÂżFLDOV ZLOO VSHQG more  time  reviewing  the  PSB  deci-­ sion  before  choosing  its  next  course  of  action. Charlie  Kireker  is  managing  part-­ ner  at  Middle  Road  Ventures. “The  applicant  anticipated  that  the  PSB  would  quite  possibly  deny  the  application,  because  the  access  to  the  site  proposed  made  use  of  the  same  gravel  road,  and  the  same  transformer;Íž  however,  the  applicant  and  developer  of  the  proposed  proj-­ ect  was  an  entirely  unrelated  corpo-­ ration,  and  the  net  metering  partner  was  to  be  The  Residence  at  Otter  Creek,  instead  of  Middlebury  Col-­ lege,  and  we  hoped  that  they  would  ¿QG WKHVH SULPDU\ FKDUDFWHULVWLFV RI WKH SURMHFW WR EH VXIÂżFLHQWO\ GLIIHU-­ ent  to  approve  the  proposal,â€?  Kirek-­ er  said.  â€œAt  this  time,  we  are  evaluating  the  PSB  ruling  and  considering  future  options,  but  no  decisions  or  plans  have  yet  been  formulated,â€?  he  added.

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9W QHHGV WR Âż[ VFKRRO IXQGLQJ VWDUW E\ FKDQJLQJ JRYHUQDQFH Speaker  of  the  House  Shap  Smith  has  spent  the  past  couple  of  weeks  asking  Vermonters  for  their  ideas  on  how  the  state  can  reduce  property  taxes  and  still  maintain  a  high  quality  educational  system. He  should  be  careful  for  what  he  asks. It’s  less  an  issue  of  how  to  do  it,  than  it  is  who  will  do  it.  And  it’s  not  un-­ like  the  debate  over  the  governor’s  single  payer  health  care  proposal,  which  imploded  when  the  numbers  just  didn’t  make  it  feasible.  It’s  a  debate  about  a  state  with  a  middling  per  capita  income  spending  above  its  means.  It’s  not  an  issue  of  who  pays,  it’s  the  fact  that  the  total  bill  is  too  large,  and  that  the  spending  trajectory  is  unsustainable. ,I 0U 6PLWK LV VHULRXV DERXW EULQJLQJ ÂżQDQFLDO UHOLHI WR 9HUPRQW-­ HUV DV LW UHODWHV WR HGXFDWLRQ ÂżQDQFLQJ KH ZLOO IRFXV WKH GHEDWH RQ WKH XQDYRLGDEOH DQG WKH REYLRXV :H DUH RSHUDWLQJ ZLWK IHZHU students  that  we  had  17  years  ago  and  we  should  have  a  cost  structure  WKDW UHĂ€HFWV WKDW GHFUHDVH :H KDYH D SXSLO WHDFKHU UDWLR RI ZKHUHDV WKH DYHUDJH LQ 1HZ (QJODQG LV 1DWLRQDOO\ LW LV :H KDYH DV PDQ\ VSHFLDO HGXFDWLRQ VWXGHQWV QRZ DV ZH GLG LQ ZKHQ RXU HQ-­ UROOPHQW ZDV DW LWV SHDN :H KDYH SHUFHQW RI RXU VFKRROV ZLWK FODVV sizes  of  between  two  and  nine  students. 7KDWÂśV WKH QXW RI WKH SUREOHP As  with  the  single-­payer  issue,  dealing  with  it  in  a  meaningful  way  FRPHV ZLWK SROLWLFDO ULVN 7KH 9W 1($ ZLOO ÂżJKW DQ\ SURSRVDO WR UHGXFH the  number  of  teachers/para-­educators.  Affected  towns  will  resist  the  thought  of  having  their  schools  closed.  And  the  special  education  com-­ PXQLW\ ZLOO RSSRVH DQ\ PRYH WKDW OHVVHQV ZKDW WKH\ KDYH RU UHGHÂżQHV what  constitutes  eligibility. 2SSRQHQWV ZLOO XVH WZR NH\ DUJXPHQWV WKH ÂżUVW ZLOO EH WKH FODLP WKDW reductions  will  affect  the  quality  of  education  offered,  the  second  will  be  one  of  local  control  and  how  schools  are  at  the  center  of  a  commu-­ nity’s  existence. If  Mr.  Smith  wants  to  be  successful  in  his  effort  to  lower  costs,  then  he  must  be  able  to  counter  those  objections.  7R DFFRPSOLVK WKDW VHYHUDO WKLQJV QHHG WR KDSSHQ 7KH ÂżUVW LV DOUHDG\ LQ SODFH ZKLFK LV WKH HIIRUW E\ 5HEHFFD +ROFRPEH VHFUHWDU\ RI WKH department  of  education.  She’s  traveling  the  state  explaining  the  dif-­ ÂżFXOWLHV DQG JXLGLQJ FRPPXQLWLHV WRZDUG PRUH SURGXFWLYH GLVFXVVLRQV In  a  state  of  our  small  size,  that’s  invaluable.  Her  work  should  be  dis-­ VHPLQDWHG PRUH ZLGHO\ 7KH VHFRQG LV WR FRPPXQLFDWH PRUH RSHQO\ DQG more  convincingly.  Most  Vermonters  know  about  their  own  schools  and  nothing  beyond.  Mr.  Smith  will  then  need  to  understand  that  legislators  will  be  un-­ willing  and  unable  to  legislate  the  change  in  direction,  and  the  specif-­ ics  necessary  to  actually  affect  change.  Any  effort  to  do  so  would  only  complicate  matters. 7KDWÂśV ZK\ KH VKRXOG EHJLQ WKH VHVVLRQ ZKHUH LW OHIW RII ODVW VSULQJ ² ZLWK D UHQHZHG DWWHPSW DQG VRPH UHZULWLQJ WR FKDQJH WKH VWDWHÂśV VFKRRO governance  structure.  If  things  are  left  as  they  are,  with  essentially  every  school  having  its  own  school  board/defenders,  then  it  will  be  next  to  im-­ possible  to  change  things  and  to  change  them  in  a  way  that  will  endure. If  this  change  in  structure  were  to  occur,  then  the  Legislature  (and  the  JRYHUQRU ZRXOG EH EHWWHU SRVLWLRQHG WR OHDG ZLWK WKH QHZO\ IRUPHG regional  governing  boards  being  given  the  responsibility  to  implement.  7KH /HJLVODWXUH IRU H[DPSOH GRHVQÂśW KDYH WKH FRPSHWHQF\ WR GLUHFW how  each  school  district  should  increase  its  teacher-­pupil  ratios.  But  the  Legislature  could  set  general  standards  to,  for  example,  raise  the  teacher-­pupil  level  to  the  New  England  average,  and  then  leave  it  up  to  WKH QHZ UHJLRQDO ERDUGV WR JHW WKH MRE GRQH WKH EHVW ZD\ WKH\ VHH ÂżW It’s  through  this  sort  of  relationship  that  the  state  could  accomplish  its  two  primary  goals:  to  reduce  costs  and  to  maintain  quality. —  Emerson  Lynn/St.  Albans  Messenger

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pumpkins,  now  solar,  â€œyea.â€? Now  every  time  I  look  out  my  window  that  beautiful  meadow  is  lined  with  unsightly  rows  of  solar  panels.  Vera  states  her  neighbors  ZLOO EHQHÂżW IURP WKLV Âł5LJKW ´ 7KH power  is  going  to  Shelburne  Bay.  Is  that  a  neighbor? I  hear  her  relatives  up  north  got  a Â

discount.  Also,  â€œyea.â€?  Also  is  Sun-­ Common  telling  people  the  life  of  WKHVH VRODU ÂżHOGV LV WR \HDUV :KDW WKHQ" $ ÂżHOG RI MXQN In  ending,  if  you  live  next  to  a  3-­phase  power  line,  you  could  be  next. Randy  Jones Orwell

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Shumlin  taps  Hoffmann  for  Public  Service  Board

Solar  issues  deserve  thoughtful,  responsible  debate

MONTPELIER  â€”  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  has  appoint  Sarah  Hof-­ mann  to  serve  as  a  member  of  the  Public  Service  Board,  replacing  retiring  board  member  John  Burke. Hofmann  is  a  former  deputy  commissioner  and  public  advocate  at  the  Department  of  Public  Ser-­ vice,  and  is  currently  the  executive  director  of  the  New  England  Con-­ ference  of  Public  Utilities  Com-­ missioners.  She  will  begin  to  hear  new  matters  at  the  Public  Service  Board  starting  in  March  2015. “Sarah  brings  an  excellent  com-­ bination  of  accessibility,  warmth  and  deep  policy  expertise  to  the  board,â€?  Shumlin  said,  adding,  â€œHer  institutional  knowledge,  innate  fairness  and  good  sense  of  public  engagement  will  serve  the  board  very  well.â€?  Hofmann  previously  worked  at  the  Department  of  Public  Ser-­ vice  for  17  years  â€”  nine  years  as  special  counsel,  representing  the  department  before  the  Vermont  Public  Service  Board,  the  Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission  and  in Â

A  recent  letter  to  the  editor,  â€œOp-­ position  must  consider  the  facts,â€?  was  another  quasi  ad  hominem  attack  on  another  citizen  by  a  person  wedded  to  the  solar  industry.  It  was  a  biased  piece  by  Dylan  Zwicky,  a  FRPPXQLW\ RUJDQL]HU IURP QRQSURÂżW 93,5* ZKRVH SURÂżW PDNLQJ VSDZQ SunCommon,  is  the  scourge  of  the  solar  energy  industry  in  Vermont.  Mr.  Zwicky’s  snarky  comments  about  â€œMr.  Stoneâ€?  referring  to  Act  248  instead  of  Section  248  does  not  make  Mr.  Stone  a  fool  nor  invali-­ date  Mr.  Stone’s  concerns  any  more  than  Mr.  Zwicky’s  awareness  of  the  difference  lends  credence  to  his  argument. Mr.  Zwicky  has  his  facts  all  wrong  regarding  the  actions  of  the  PSB.  Let  KLP SURGXFH WKH ÂżOLQJV IRU WKH VRODU projects  that  were  opposed  by  towns  or  citizens  and  were  denied  CPGs  from  the  Public  Service  Board.  In  2014,  there  was  strong  opposition  to  two  projects  in  Orwell,  four  in  New Â

Haven,  and  one  each  in  Westminster,  Sudbury,  Rutland  Town,  Ferrisburgh,  and  Shelburne.  In  all  11  cases,  the  PSB  considered  all  required  criteria,  and  then  nitpicked  the  towns’  plans  and  overruled  the  objections  and  ap-­ proved  all  the  projects. No  less  of  an  authority  than  Tony  Klein,  chair  of  the  Vermont  House  Natural  Resources  &  Energy  Committee,  as  well  the  chair  of  the  Vermont  Joint  House  &  Senate  Energy  Oversight  Committee,  has  stated  that  the  people  responsible  for  reviewing  CPG  applications  for  solar  projects  at  the  PSB  need  to  be  more  sensitive  to  the  needs  and  wishes  of  local  communities.  The  actions  of  the  PSB,  which  frequently  appear  as  arbitrary  and  authoritarian,  are  retarding  the  growth  of  renewable  energy  sources  in  the  state  due  to  citizens’  growing  anger  and  dissatis-­ faction  with  the  PSB  rulings. It  has  become  tiring  to  be  lectured  and  preached  to  by  an  ideologue Â

whose  fervor  for  solar  energy  bor-­ ders  on  religious  and  is  condescend-­ ing  of  other  opinions.  Mr.  Zwicky  seems  to  see  the  issue  of  renewable  energy  rollouts  as  binary;Íž  either  one  is  for  or  against  it.  The  reality  is  that  most  folks  in  Vermont  are  for  in-­ creasing  renewable  energy  resources  and  reducing  reliance  on  fossil  fuels.  The  problem  we  are  facing  is  not  the  objective  of  increasing  renewable  energy  but  the  implementation  of  problematic  legislation. The  Addison  Independent  has  car-­ ried  a  number  of  letters  from  citizens  that  offer  intelligent  approaches  to  increasing  our  sources  of  renewable  energy.  Unfortunately,  Mr.  Zwicky  suggests  nothing  to  improve  the  situ-­ ation,  but  he’s  proud  to  be  a  citizen  of  Addison  County.  So  I  ask,  how  many  multi-­user  solar  installations  are  there  in  the  town  where  he  lives? Alex  D.  Tokewell Middlebury

Green Mountain Power now a B Corp Energy  can  change  lives  and  This  change  is  already  happening  transform  communities.  Those  in  Rutland.  We  are  working  with  guiding  beliefs  drive  Green  Moun-­ local  leaders  to  create  the  â€œenergy  tain  Power  employees  every  day,  city  of  the  future,â€?  with  a  network  DV ZH ORRN WR ÂżQG QHZ LQQRYDWLRQV of  electric  vehicle  charging  sta-­ to  help  customers  save  money  by  tions,  a  micro  grid  that  is  powered  using  more  renewable  resources  by  solar  and  battery  storage,  com-­ and  less  energy.  It  may  strike  some  munity  solar  projects,  and  complete  as  odd  that  a  utility  wants  to  help  home  energy  services  through  our  people  use  less.  At  GMP,  we  are  E-­home  program.   obsessed  with  pro-­ Our  E-­home  pro-­ viding  our  customers  gram  helps  customers  with  the  lowest-­cost,  complete  a  compre-­ cleanest  and  smartest  hensive  energy  make-­ solutions  for  energy  over  with  weather-­ use.  This  is  what  our  ization,  heat  pumps,  customers  tell  us  they  solar  arrays,  heat  want,  whether  it’s  pump  water  heaters  distributed  energy  DQG HIÂżFLHQW OLJKWLQJ resources,  commu-­ and  thermostats  that  nity  projects,  solar,  can  all  be  controlled  wind,  or  a  new  way  on  a  smartphone.  This  to  track  and  control  program  brings  ener-­ energy  use  remotely  J\ HIÂżFLHQF\ DQG VDY-­ with  mobile  technol-­ ings  within  reach  of  ogy.  GMP  wants  to  our  customers  through  accelerate  the  pace  of  This  week’s  writer  LQQRYDWLYH RQ ELOO Âż-­ FKDQJH DQG ÂżQG QHZ is  Mary  Powell,  nancing  that  allows  ZD\V WR EHQHÂżW FXV-­ president  and  CEO  customers  to  realize  tomers. of  Green  Mountain  savings  immediately.  That  passion  to  be  Since  launching  the  Power. a  force  for  positive  program  in  May,  we  change  is  why  we  are  have  completed  12  of  so  honored  and  excited  to  become  a  these  E-­homes,  with  more  on  the  PHPEHU RI % &RUS WKH ÂżUVW XWLOLW\ way,  and  each  one  is  improving  in  the  world  to  ever  get  the  distin-­ comfort,  decreasing  energy  use  and  JXLVKHG FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ %HFRPLQJ D saving  money  on  day  one. B  Corp  will  push  us  to  continue  to  Another  exciting  community  think  of  ways  to  be  better  â€”  better  transformation  in  Rutland  is  our  for  employees,  better  for  communi-­ Energy  Innovation  Center.  GMP  ties,  and  better  for  the  environment. renovated  and  moved  into  what  These  are  all  steps  that  are  mak-­ was  a  dilapidated,  long-­vacant  ing  us  Vermont’s  Energy  Company  downtown  building,  where  we  now  of  the  Future  â€”  delivering  energy-­ incubate  and  develop  cutting-­edge  HIÂżFLHQW SURGXFWV DQG VHUYLFHV WR energy  services  and  launch  pilot  help  Vermonters  save  money  and  programs  and  services. be  more  comfortable,  while  mov-­ This  has  spurred  more  economic  ing  to  cleaner  energy. activity  in  downtown  Rutland.  In Â

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the  last  three  years,  the  downtown  occupancy  rate  has  increased  from  87  percent  to  95  percent,  and  over  that  same  span,  crimes  like  burglary,  shoplifting  and  family  disturbances  have  declined.  Rutland’s  Police  Chief  James  Baker  says  GMP  is  an  incredible  partner  in  transforming  Rutland  and  creating  socio-­econom-­ ic  change  for  residents. The  Department  of  Energy  tells  us  that  our  comprehensive  ap-­ SURDFK LQ 5XWODQG LV WKH ÂżUVW RI LWV kind  in  the  nation.   GMP  will  take  this  new  model  of  complete  energy  transformation  and  bring  it  to  com-­ munities  and  residents  across  Ver-­ mont. This  is  putting  Vermont  on  the  cut-­ ting  edge  of  energy  innovation,  but  it’s  also  changing  lives  and  strength-­ ening  communities.  At  a  time  of  double-­digit  increases  in  electricity  rates  across  the  region  and  higher  costs  for  families,  GMP  lowered  rates  this  year  by  2.46  percent. Green  Mountain  Power  â€”  Ver-­ mont’s  Energy  Company  of  the  Future  â€”  is  leading  an  exciting  transformation  that  is  bundling  new  energy  products  and  services  to  change  lives  and  build  healthier  communities  by  allowing  Vermont-­ ers  to  save  money,  use  less  energy  and  move  away  from  fossil  fuels.  We  became  a  B  Corp  to  dem-­ onstrate  our  deep  commitment  to  creating  positive  change  in  the  community  and  the  environment  through  our  work  to  make  clean  energy  more  affordable  and  reliable  for  Vermonters.  We  are  so  honored  to  join  with  other  businesses  em-­ bracing  the  mission  to  â€œdo  goodâ€?  and  be  a  force  for  positive  change.  We  have  much  more  work  to  do,  but  the  energy  future  of  Vermont  is  very  bright.

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Obituaries

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William McAllister, 92, formerly of Middlebury DAYTON,  Ohio  â€”  William  Wells  McAllister,  92,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  formerly  of  Middlebury,  Vt.,  died  Dec.  21,  2014. He  was  born  Aug.  27,  1922,  in  Elm  Grove,  Ohio,  to  Lina  Grooms  and  Robert  McAllister.  He  gradu-­ ated  from  Piketon  High  School. He  worked  at  Standard  Register  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  York,  Pa.,  and  Middlebury,  Vt.,  for  33  years,  moving  to  Middlebury  in  1965.  He  later  ran  his  own  business  as  a  Realtor  in  Middlebury  for  15  years.  He  moved  back  to  Dayton  in  1995.  In  Middlebury,  he  was  a  selectman,  a  member  of  the  plan-­ ning  commission  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  the  fourth  degree. %522./<1 %$6(' $57,67 6DUDK *ULOOR UHFHQWO\ FRPSOHWHG D Âż YH SDQHO PXUDO GHSLFWLQJ WKH KLVWRU\ RI He  is  survived  by  wife  of  66  The  Diner  on  Merchants  Row  in  Middlebury.  The  mural  was  installed  across  one  wall  in  The  Diner  in  the  days  years,  Joyce,  and  three  children,  DIWHU &KULVWPDV WILLIAM  MCALLISTER Timothy,  Christine  and  Joan.  A  memorial  Mass  was  held  at  St.  Charles  Borromeo  at  11:30  a.m.  house  was  held  at  the  McAllister  on  Friday,  Jan.  2,  2015.  An  open  home  from  2  to  5  p.m.  the  whole  school  was  walking  up  and  her  husband,  Roesch,  bought  here.â€?  the  restaurant  from  previous  owner  But  the  staff  had  experienced  it  Steve  Dow,  who  had  operated  the  before  and  the  kitchen  methodi-­ restaurant  for  a  quarter  century.  cally  turned  out  plate  after  plate.  â€œThey  were  concerned  that  all  the  VERGENNES  â€”  Jeannine  in  Vergennes.  Her  father  died  in  1955  By  EVAN  JOHNSON The  waitstaff  placed  pitchers  of  people  were  going  to  be  different  â€œLucileâ€?  Bolduc,  94,  of  Vergennes  and  she  sold  the  farm  in  1957,  after  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Carl  Roesch  water  on  the  tables  and  diners  were  and  that  it  wouldn’t  have  a  feel-­ died  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  31,  2014,  which  she  became  a  nanny  for  the  and  Caetlin  Harwood  had  owned  served  with  plastic  cups  â€”  no  glass.  ing  of  community  anymore.  I  think  at  Roscoe  Care  Home  in  Bristol. Schaetz  family  at  Ecole  Champlain  the  diner  in  downtown  Middlebury  After  devouring  their  breakfasts,  they’ve  been  pleasantly  surprised.â€?  She  was  born  at  home  in  St.  for  the  next  17  years. for  just  six  weeks  last  spring  when  the  crowd  of  students  rolled  out  the  While  the  diner  doesn’t  sport  Constant,  Quebec,  Canada,  on  April  She  lived  at  the  Valley  View  they  were  introduced  to  one  of  its  door.  Two  hours  later,  many  of  the  the  classic  diner  look  of  polished  11,  1920,  the  daughter  of  Hilaire  and  Apartments  for  the  last  15  years. biggest  annual  traditions:  the  early  students’  parents  arrived,  looking  steel  and  neon  tubes,  The  Diner  â€”  Laurentia  (Boyer)  Bolduc. At  her  request  there  will  be  no  morning  breakfast  for  graduating  for  breakfast  of  their  own  before  formerly  called  Steve’s  Park  Diner  She  came  with  her  father  and  her  public  funeral  service.  Her  ashes  will  seniors  at  Middlebury  College. commencement.  â€”  has  gotten  a  makeover  with  sister  to  Vermont  in  1934  to  work  be  blessed  at  St.  Peter’s  Cemetery  at  â€œWe  kept  peeking  out  the  door  â€œThey  had  no  idea  that  their  kids  QHZO\ WLOHG Ă€ RRUV UHXSKROVWHUHG on  a  farm  in  Bridport.  In  a  few  years  the  time  of  interment  in  her  father’s  to  see  when  they  were  coming,â€?  were  in  here  earlier  and  the  condi-­ booths  and  a  new  coat  of  cream-­ they  bought  a  farm  at  Woodman  Hill  plot  in  the  spring. recalled  Harwood,  â€œand  then  â€”  tion  they  were  in,â€?  Harwood  said  colored  paint.  The  entrance  features  boom  â€”  they  came  in.  It  was  like  with  a  laugh.  a  stylish  sign  with  the  restaurant’s  The  learning  curve  for  owning  new  name. \RXU Âż UVW UHVWDXUDQW LV VWHHS DQG As  part  of  its  latest  chapter,  steeper  still,  when  your  institution  the  diner  this  past  week  unveiled  is  as  steeped  in  tradition  as  the  diner  another  update:  a  mural  covering  on  Middlebury’s  Merchants  Row.  one  wall  that  depicts  the  history  of  â€œA  lot  of  people  were  nervous,â€?  the  diner  as  well  as  its  patrons  and  said  Harwood,  recalling  when  she  (See  Diner,  next  page)

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Diner (Continued  from  previous  page) owners  for  over  50  years  that  the  diner  has  been  in  Middlebury.  â€œThere’s  going  to  be  a  lot  of  patrons’  and  previous  owners’  faces  visible  in  the  mural,â€?  Harwood  said  a  few  days  before  artist  Sarah  Grillo  installed  the  artwork.  â€œPeople  can  walk  in  and  recognize  some  of  the  people  on  the  wall,  so  it’s  keeping  them  involved  in  the  institution  in  a  different  way.â€?  Roesch  and  Harwood  had  the  idea  for  a  mural  while  looking  for  historic  photos  of  the  restau-­ rant’s  earlier  days.  Before  Steve  Dow  bought  the  restaurant  from  Corrado  Salini  in  1989,  the  diner  had  already  enjoyed  a  long  and  LOOXVWULRXV KLVWRU\ ÂżUVW DUULYLQJ LQ Middlebury  on  the  bed  of  a  train  in  the  1930s.  The  space  has  seen  a  string  of  owners  and  sported  a  string  of  names  including  the  Park  Diner,  Steve’s  Park  Diner,  Smith’s,  WKH /HPRQ )DUH DQG ÂżQDOO\ 7KH Diner.

“You want to be happy to go to work, you want your staff to be happy to go to work and you want patrons to be happy to come in. Environment is a big part of that.â€? — Caetlin Harwood Late  this  past  summer,  Harwood  reached  out  to  Grillo,  a  friend  and  freelance  artist  and  illustrator  based  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  to  create  the  mural.  The  two  hadn’t  been  in  touch  since  their  high  school  days  at  the  Gailer  School  in  Shelburne Â

but  were  able  to  reestablish  contact  through  Facebook.  Grillo  took  on  the  project. Harwood  and  Grillo  scoured  online  databases,  newspaper  and  magazine  articles,  and  black  and  white  photos  supplied  by  local  residents  for  material.  After  several  drafts  and  sketches,  which  she  sent  to  her  counter-­ parts  at  The  Diner,  Grillo  created  digital  samples,  which  acted  as  a  blueprint. “I  had  painted  them  digitally,  so  I  knew  exactly  what  I  was  going  to  do  when  it  came  time  physically  paint  them,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  couldn’t  tell  you  exactly  how  long  it  took,  but  my  goal  was  to  have  something  that  looked  great.â€? 6KH FDPH XS ZLWK ÂżYH SDQHOV that  span  20  feet.  She  painted  the  HQWLUH ZRUN RYHU ÂżYH GD\V GUDZLQJ the  images  by  hand,  scanning  them  onto  a  computer  and  then  project-­ ing  the  images  onto  panels  to  be  painted. Â

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“That  was  pretty  intense,  but  once  I  stepped  back  and  looked  at  LW LW ZDV GHÂżQLWHO\ D JRRG IHHOLQJ to  have  accomplished  it,â€?  she  said. Harwood  and  Roesch’s  original  plan  was  to  continue  operating  the  restaurant  and  gradually  implement  VRPH FKDQJHV OLNH WKH QHZ Ă€RRU paint  and  entrance,  but  the  owners  felt  the  need  to  expedite  their  plans  only  a  few  weeks  after  opening.  â€œThis  wasn’t  supposed  to  happen  for  at  least  a  year,â€?  Harwood  said.  â€œYou  want  to  be  happy  to  go  to  work,  you  want  your  staff  to  be  happy  to  go  to  work  and  you  want  patrons  to  be  happy  to  come  in.  Environment  is  a  big  part  of  that.â€?  â€œWe  felt  we  had  to  put  our  own  stamp  on  it,â€?  Roesch  said.  In  addition  to  the  mural,  they’ve  also  updated  the  menu  with  a  few  newer  items.  In  addition  to  typi-­ cal  diner-­fare  options,  they’ve Â

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communitycalendar BEGINNING SWING DANCE — Great exercise in a fun easy environment. Classes held in the Community Room at EastView on Sundays January 4 – January 25, from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Partners not necessary. $40 per person for 4 week series. Open dance after all classes from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Open to the public! Please bring clean, dry soft soled shoes (smooth leather works best). Call Jim Condon for more information at 475-2349 or email jscondon@mac.com. Town  Hall  Theater.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â€œJoe  Bolger:  Landscapes  in  Oil.â€?  On  exhibit  through  Feb.  28. “Bells  in  Wintertimeâ€?  handbell  concert  in  Vergennes.  Friday,  Jan.  9,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Catholic  Church.  A  concert  of  snowy  IXQ DQG UHĂ€ HFWLRQV E\ 1RUWKHUQ %URQ]H 6RQJV include  â€œLet  It  Snow,â€?  â€œSleigh  Ride,â€?  and  â€œLet  It  Goâ€?  from  the  popular  movie  â€œFrozen.â€?  Admission  by  donation. Â

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5

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Community  meeting  in  Bristol.  Monday,  Jan.  5,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  The  Department  of  Housing  and  Community  Development  invites  residents,  business  owners,  downtown  orga-­ nizations  and  others  to  give  feedback  on  possible  town  improvements  using  money  that  may  be  available  through  various  grant  programs.  Info:  453-­2410  or  802-­828-­3749. Brain  Injury  Support  Group  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Jan.  5,  6-­7:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  This  month’s  topic:  â€œTime  Management  Goals  for  2015.â€?  Info:  388-­2720.

Jan

6

TUESDAY

“Sick  Around  the  Worldâ€?  docu-­ mentary  in  Bristol.  Tuesday,  Jan.  6,  6:30  p.m.,  Lawrence  Memorial  Library.  Frontline  correspondent  T.R.  Reid  exam-­ LQHV Âż UVWKDQG KRZ RWKHU DGYDQFHG FDSLWDOLVW democracies  deliver  healthcare  and  what  the  U.S.  might  learn  from  their  successes  and  failures.  Optional  discussion  follows.  Info:  453-­2366.  â€œHeart  in  the  â€™Hoodâ€?  play  reading  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Jan.  6,  7-­9  p.m.,  Carol’s  Hungry  Mind.  Mike  Sommers  reads  (and  sings)  his  brand-­new  play  in  progress,  â€œHeart  in  the  â€™Hood.â€?  This  50-­minute  play  is  part  2  of  the  popular  one-­man  show  he  performed  at  Town  Hall  Theater  last  year.

Jan

8

THURSDAY

Financial  aid  workshop  in  Brandon.  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  9  a.m.-­ 2:30  p.m.,  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School.  VSAC  offers  this  workshop  to  help  IDPLOLHV Âż OO RXW FROOHJH Âż QDQFLDO DLG IRUPV Guidance  on  the  FAFSA  and  information  on  WKH Âż QDQFLDO DLG SURFHVV DQG VFKRODUVKLSV Internet  access  available.  Space  limited.  Bring  Social  Security  number,  most  recent Â

tax  return,  W-­2  or  end-­of-­year  pay  stub.  &RQÂż GHQWLDO $SSRLQWPHQWV Adult  education  orientation  and  enroll-­ ment  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  9:30  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  Vermont  Adult  Learning,  282  Boardman  St.  Vermont  Adult  Learning  invites  adults  interested  in  completing  their  educational  goals  to  come  learn  more  about  requirements  to  earn  a  high  school  diploma,  SUHSDUH IRU FROOHJH RU JDLQ D *(' FHUWLÂż FDWH Open  to  all  adults  16  or  older.  Advance  signup  is  recommended:  388-­4392,  addisoninfo@ vtadultlearning.org  or  in  person. “How  to  Protect  Your  Intellectual  Propertyâ€?  business  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  10  a.m.-­noon,  ACEDC  Conference  Room,  Route  7  South.  Learn  about  how  to  start  a  business  or  sell  an  inno-­ vation.  Topics  covered  include  types  of  intel-­ lectual  property,  various  forms  of  IP  protec-­ tion,  patents  and  more.  Free  but  registration  requested:  addisoncountyedc.org/services/ events.  Info:  802-­388-­7953. “The  Buzz  on  Bumblebeesâ€?  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Sara  Zahendra  from  the  Vermont  Center  for  Ecostudies  explains  the  plight  of  these  important  pollinators.  Part  of  Otter  Creek  Audubon’s  2015  Cabin  Fever  Lecture  Series. Twist  O’  Wool  Spinning  Guild  potluck  and  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  6-­9  p.m.,  American  Legion.  After  a  6  p.m.  potluck  there  will  be  a  general  meeting  followed  by  the  VKDULQJ RI Âż QLVKHG SURMHFWV DQG D VSLQ RU NQLW in.  All  are  welcome.  Info:  453-­5960.

Jan

9

SATURDAY

“Ballastâ€?  on  screen  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  3  and  8  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  In  a  rural  Mississippi  town,  a  man’s  suicide  radically  transforms  three  characters’  lives  and  throws  off-­balance  what  has  long  been  a  static  arrangement  among  them.  Free.  Roast  pork  supper  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  5-­6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  United  Methodist  Church.  Roast  pork,  mashed  pota-­ WRHV VWXIÂż QJ YHJHWDEOH DSSOHVDXFH UROOV dessert  and  beverage.  Served  buffet-­style.  Adults  $9,  children  $5.  Takeout  available.  Info:  877-­3150. “Skate  with  the  Panther  Womenâ€?  event  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  5-­6  p.m.,  Kenyon  Arena.  Fans  of  all  ages  welcome.  Skating  begins  following  the  3  p.m.  game  against  Wesleyan.  Team  photos  provided  for  signing.  This  event  is  sponsored  by  Friends  of  Panther  Hockey.  Snake  Mountain  Bluegrass  in  concert  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  7-­10  p.m.,  Orwell Â

7RZQ +DOO $ Âł%OXHJUDVV IRU %RRNV´ EHQHÂż W Tickets  $10,  $8  seniors,  free  for  children  XQGHU $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂż W WKH 2UZHOO )UHH Library.  Info:  orwellfreelibrary.org  or  948-­2041. Eight  02  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  The  popular  MD]] IXVLRQ EDQG SOD\V RI PL[ RI FRQWHPSRUDU\ MD]] ZLWK D IUHVK IXVLRQ Ă€ DYRU 7LFNHWV Reservations  recommended:  247-­4295  or  info@brandon-­music.net. Dana  &  Susan  Robinson  in  concert  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  Burnham  Music  Series  continues  with  this  duo,  who  offer  a  unique  blend  of  contempo-­ rary  songwriting  and  traditional  Appalachian  music.  Admission  $8  adults,  free  for  teens  and  kids.  Refreshments  served.  Info:  388-­6863. “Crash!  Music  by  Mary  Ellen  Childsâ€?  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Jan.  10,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  percussion  ensemble  Crash  presents  the  vibrant,  witty,  energetic  music  of  Mary  Ellen  Childs,  one  of  today’s  most  exciting  and  origi-­ nal  composers.  Free. Â

Jan

11

SUNDAY

St.  Peter’s  Parish  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Jan.  11,  8-­10  a.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  host  this  breakfast  of  eggs,  omelets,  hotcakes,  French  toast,  bacon,  sausage  and  more.  Adults  $8,  seniors  $7,  kids  NLGV XQGHU IUHH IDPLOLHV RI Âż YH RU PRUH 6WDWH FKDULW\ UDIĂ€ H 'RQÂśW IRUJHW WR bring  your  returnables  to  support  the  Youth Â

FRIDAY

Music  talk  by  Mary  Ellen  Childs  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Jan.  9,  1:30-­3  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Childs,  one  of  the  most  original  composers  working  today,  presents  â€œExtreme  Composing:  The  Radical  Originality  of  Mary  Ellen  Childs.â€?  Free.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Jan.  9,  5-­7  p.m.,  Jackson  Gallery  at Â

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communitycalendar Ministry  bottle  drive.

Jan

12

MONDAY

Addison  County  Right  to  Life  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Jan.  12,  7  p.m.,  St.  Mary’s  Parish  Hall.  Light  refreshments.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  388-­2898  or  L2Paquette@aol.com.

Jan

13

TUESDAY

Blood  drive  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Jan.  13,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  American  Legion.  All  blood  types  needed,  especially  O  negative,  A  negative  and  B  negative.  Info  and  appointments:  redcross-­ blood.org  or  1-­800-­733-­2767. Dance  master  class  with  Makeda  Thomas  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Jan.  13,  11  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  For  dancers  from  off  and  on  campus.  Thomas  is  a  Caribbean  Hall  of  Fame  for  Excellence  in  Dance  inductee.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury. edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Jan

14

WEDNESDAY

Dance  Master  Class  with  Maree  ReMalia  at  Middlebury  College.  Wednesday,  Jan.  14,  11  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  For  danc-­ ers  from  off  and  on  campus.  Free.  Info:  www. middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168. Soup  supper  in  New  Haven.  Wednesday,  Jan.  14,  6  p.m.,  New  Haven  Congregational  Church.  The  Ladies  Union  hosts  this  supper  featuring  a  variety  of  soups,  crackers,  bread,  beverage  and  dessert.  Cost  $8.  Info:  453-­5059. Champlain  Valley  Farmer  Coalition  meet-­ ing  in  Vergennes.  Wednesday,  Jan.  14,  6-­8:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  American  Legion.  For  members  and  other  farmers.  Annual  member-­ ship  meeting  at  6  p.m.,  social  time  at  6:30  and  program  at  7:  Ethan  Swift  of  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Natural  Resources  talks  about  how Â

All  together  now ANDREW  MASSEY  CONDUCTS  the  Middlebury  College  Orchestra,  which  will  perform  Beethoven’s  â€œEroicaâ€?  Symphony  No.  3  in  E  Ă€ DW RQ :HGQHVGD\ -DQ DW S P LQ WKH &RQFHUW +DOO RI WKH 0DKDQH\ &HQWHU IRU WKH $UWV ,WÂśV IUHH water  quality  data  is  collected.  A  farmer  panel  will  discuss  no-­till,  cover  cropping  and  more.  Free  but  RSVP  requested:  info@champlain-­ valleyfarmercoalition.com  or  802-­388-­4969,  ext.  348.  Winter  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Wednesday,  Jan.  14,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Middlebury  College  Orchestra,  under  Andrew  Massey,  gives  its  annual  J-­term  performance,  featur-­ LQJ %HHWKRYHQÂśV 6\PSKRQ\ 1R LQ ( Ă€ DW “Eroica.â€?  Free. Â

Jan

15

THURSDAY

Dance  Master  Class  with  Kate  Speer  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Jan.  15,  11  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  For  dancers  from  off  and  on  campus.  Free.  Info:  www.

MCTV  SCHEDULE  Channels  15  &  16  MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, Jan. 6  4  a.m.  Selectboard/Public  Affairs  8  a.m.  Congregational  Church  Service  9:30  a.m.  Rep.  Betty  Nuovo  10  a.m.  Selectboard  (Dec.  16)  2:23  p.m.  Development  Review  Board  (DRB)  5:30  p.m.  Words  of  Peace  6  p.m.  Community  Bulletin  Board  6:30  p.m.  Lifelines  7  p.m.  Selectboard/Public  Affairs Wednesday, Jan. 7  4  a.m.  Public  Affairs  7  a.m.  Chronique  Francophone  7:30  a.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Service  9:30  a.m.  Eckankar D P 6HOHFWERDUG 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ  4:30  p.m.  Words  of  Peace  5  p.m.  Community  Bulletin  Board  5:30  p.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios  7  p.m.  Development  Review  Board  10:30  p.m.  Words  of  Peace Thursday, Jan. 8  4  a.m.  Public  Affairs  from  the  VMX  9  a.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Christmas  Eve  Service  10  a.m.  Selectboard S P '5% 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ  5  p.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Christmas  Eve  Service  8  p.m.  Financing  the  Working  Landscape Friday, Jan. 9  4  a.m.  Public  Affairs/Special  Programming  9  a.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios  D P 6HOHFWERDUG 3XEOLF $IIDLUV 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV  4  p.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Service   5:30  p.m.  Community  Bulletin  Board S P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ 3XEOLF $IIDLUV S P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ 3XEOLF $IIDLUV

Saturday, Jan. 10  4  a.m.  DRB D P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ  8:30  a.m.  Eckankar  9  a.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios   9:30  a.m.  Rep.  Betty  Nuovo D P 6HOHFWERDUG 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ 3XEOLF Affairs  4  p.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Service  5:30  p.m.  Community  Bulletin  Board S P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV  8  p.m.  DRB Sunday, Jan. 11 D P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 0HHWLQJ 3XEOLF $IIDLUV  8  a.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios  8:30  a.m.  Words  of  Peace   9  a.m.  Catholic  Mass   11  a.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Service  12:30  p.m.  Financing  the  Working  Landscape  4  p.m.  Congregational  Church  Service  5:30  p.m.  Memorial  Baptist  Church  Christmas  Eve  Service  6:30  p.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios  7:31  p.m.  Words  of  Peace  Monday, Jan. 12  8:10  a.m.  Yoga D P 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 3XEOLF $IIDLUV D P 6HOHFWERDUG 7RZQ 2I¿ FHV 3XEOLF $IIDLUV  4  p.m.  Congregational  Church  Service  5:30  p.m.  Las  Promesas  de  Dios   6  p.m.  Community  Bulletin  Board  6:30  p.m.  Rep.  Betty  Nuovo  7  p.m.  Public  Meetings/Public  Affairs  10  p.m.  Financing  the  Working  Landscape METV Channel 16 Tuesday, Jan. 6  5:30  a.m.  Yoga  6  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0

middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168. Addiction  documentary  screening  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  15,  7-­9:30  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society.  Turning  Point  of  Addison  County  screens  â€œThe  Anonymous  People,â€?  a  criti-­ FDOO\ DFFODLPHG Âż OP RQ DGGLFWLRQ UHFRYHU\ Refreshments  provided.  Info:  388-­4249  or  tcacvt@yahoo.com. Financial  aid  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  15,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School  Learning  Center.  VSAC  offers  WKLV ZRUNVKRS WR KHOS IDPLOLHV Âż OO RXW FROOHJH Âż QDQFLDO DLG IRUPV *XLGDQFH RQ WKH )$)6$ DQG LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ WKH Âż QDQFLDO DLG SURFHVV and  scholarships.  Internet  access  available.  Space  limited.  Bring  Social  Security  number,  most  recent  tax  return,  W-­2  or  end-­of-­year  SD\ VWXE &RQÂż GHQWLDO 5HVHUYH D VSDFH 802-­382-­1500. Addison  County  4-­H  Foundation  annual Â

meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  15,  7  S P 890 ([WHQVLRQ RI¿ FH 3RQG /DQH 2SHQ to  the  public.  Snow  date:  Thursday,  Jan.  22.

Jan

16

FRIDAY

“Faster  Better  Socialâ€?  on  stage  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Jan.  16,  8  p.m.,  Wright  Memorial  Theatre.  Mike  Daisey  is  the  writer  and  performer  of  this  monologue,  which  interrogates  the  disrupted  landscape  of  technological  change.  Tickets  $20/$15/$6.  Also  showing  Jan.  17. See  a  full  listing  of Â

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Please  see  the  MCTV  website,  www.middleburycommunitytv.org,  for  changes  in  the  schedule;͞  MCTV  events,  classes  and  news;͞  and  to  view  many  programs  online.  Submit  listings  to  the  above  address,  or  call  388-­3062.

 6:30  a.m.  Vermont  Board  of  Education  9:58  a.m.  First  Wednesday  11  a.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  Noon  Middlebury  Five-­0  12:30  p.m.  Freedom  and  Unity  Film  Planning  Workshop  1:33  p.m.  ID-­4  Board  Meeting  4:30  p.m.  Freedom  and  Unity  Film  Planning  Workshop  6  p.m.  UD-­3  Board  Meeting  9  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  9:30  p.m.  Vermont  Board  of  Education Wednesday, Jan. 7  7  a.m.  Yoga  7:18  a.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  7:30  a.m.  UD-­3/ID-­4  Board  Meetings  Noon  Middlebury  Five-­0  4  p.m.  First  Wednesday  6  p.m.  Chronique  Francophone  6:30  p.m.  Dear  Pina  8  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0 Thursday, Jan. 8  5:40  a.m.  Yoga  6  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  6:30  a.m.  Chronique  Francophone  7  a.m.  Vermont  Board  of  Education  Noon  Middlebury  Five-­0  5:30  p.m.  Freedom  and  Unity  Film  Planning  Workshop  6:30  p.m.  ID-­4/UD-­3  Board  Meetings  10:30  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  11  p.m.  Vermont  Board  of  Education Friday, Jan. 9  5:30  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  6  a.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  7:40  a.m.  Yoga   8  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  8:30  a.m.  Chronique  Francophone  9  a.m.  UD-­3/ID-­4  Board  Meetings

 2:30  p.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  4:45  p.m.  François  Clemmons  6  p.m.  Chronique  Francophone  6:30  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0 Saturday, Jan. 10  5  a.m.  Yoga  6:18  a.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  6:30  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  7  a.m.  ID-­4  Board  Meeting  10  a.m.  Chronique  Francophone  10:30  a.m.  UD-­3  Board  Meeting  Noon  First  Wednesday  2  p.m.  Local  Performance  4:30  p.m.  Freedom  and  Unity  Film  Planning  Workshop  6  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  6:30  p.m.  Local  Performance Sunday, Jan. 11  6  a.m.  Freedom  and  Unity  Film  Planning  Workshop  7  a.m.  Yoga  7:18  a.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  7:30  a.m.  Chronique  Francophone  10  a.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  Marathon  4  p.m.  First  Wednesday  6:30  p.m.  Chronique  Francophone  7  p.m.  At  the  Ilsley  9  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0 Monday, Jan. 12  6  a.m.  Yoga   Noon  Middlebury  Five-­0  12:30  p.m.  At  the  Ilsley  4:30  p.m.  Middlebury  Five-­0  5  p.m.  Chronique  Francophone  5:30  p.m.  Principals’  Challenge:  Eat  Bugs  5:42  p.m.  Environmental  Consortium  (MCEC)  6:30  p.m.  ID-­4/UD-­3  Board  Meetings

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Fusion jazz quartet will bring improv to Brandon Brandon  Music  welcomes  back  the  popular  jazz  fusion  band,  Eight  02  on  Saturday,  at  7:30  p.m.  Eight  02  describes  themselves  as  a  â€œpost-­Bop  contemporary  jazz  fu-­ sion  group  with  a  particular  knack  for  improvisational  risk-­taking.â€?  This  band  is  a  combi-­ nation  between  founding  members  of  Picture  This  and  current  members  of  the  critically  ac-­ claimed  Kilimanja-­ ro.  Their  sound  has  been  described  as  a  mix  of  contem-­ porary  jazz  with  a  decidedly  fresh  IXVLRQ Ă€DYRU :LWK DQ HPSKDVLV RQ melodic  architecture  that  is  balanced  by  raw-­spirited  improvisation,  Lou  D’Antonio  (Jazz  Spectrum  104.7,  :&16 7KH 3RLQW VD\V ÂłEH\RQG category,  beautiful;Íž  tremendously  accessible  and  exciting.â€? In  February  2014  the  band  was  in-­ YLWHG WR &DOLIRUQLD WR UHFRUG ZLWK MD]] greats  Jeff  Lorber  and  Jimmy  Haslit.  :LWKLQ WKUHH \HDUV RI IRUPLQJ (LJKW FKDUWHG 1R RQ 6PRRWKMD]] FRP 7RS $OEXP &KDUWV LQ

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with  â€œDrive.â€?  This  was  achieved  by  Eight  02’s  unique  sound,  a  blend  of  both  smooth  and  fusion  jazz. Band  members  include  guitar-­ ist  Jerome  Monachino;Íž  keyboard-­ ist,  Peter  Engisch;Íž  drummer  Luke  $GOHU DQG &KULVWR-­ pher  Peterman  on  tenor  and  soprano  saxophones  as  well  DV WKH (:, ZLQG synthesizer. Dan  Bolles,  mu-­ by  Greg  Pahl sic  critic  for  Seven  Days,  says  Eight  02  is  â€œan  immense-­ ly  talented  group  with  enough  im-­ provisational  forti-­ tude  to  justify  their  post-­Bop  leanings‌  jaw  dropping!â€? 7LFNHWV IRU WKH FRQFHUW DUH $ pre-­concert  dinner  is  available  for  an  additional  $20.  Reservations  are  re-­ quired  for  dinner  and  recommended  for  the  show.  For  reservations  or  PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ FDOO or  e-­mail  info@brandon-­music. net.  Brandon  Music  is  located  at  62  &RXQWU\ &OXE 5RDG LQ %UDQGRQ JOE  BOLGER  EXHIBIT A  new  art  exhibit,  â€œJoe  Bolger:  Landscapes  in  Oil,â€?  opens  on  Friday Â

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EIGHT  02 ZLWK D UHFHSWLRQ IURP WR S P DW the  Jackson  Gallery  in  Middlebury’s  Town  Hall  Theater. :RUNLQJ PRVWO\ ZLWK RLO LQ D UHS-­ resentational  style,  Joe  Bolger  ex-­ cels  at  capturing  light  and  color  in  his  paintings.  This  exhibition  will  feature  landscapes  representing  all  of  the  seasons  in  Vermont.  Bolger  maintains  an  intense  focus  on  color  and  changing  light  conditions  in  his  paintings,  each  of  which  seems  to  capture  a  unique  moment  in  time. )RU RYHU \HDUV %ROJHU KDV worked  as  a  high  school  art  teacher  sharing  his  knowledge,  and  inspir-­ LQJ FRXQWOHVV $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ VWX-­ dents  along  the  way.  Throughout  the  years  he  has  developed  his  own  skills  as  a  painter  and  has  been  for-­ tunate  to  study  under  various  profes-­ sional  artists. Although  Bolger  focuses  mainly Â

on  landscapes,  he  also  loves  to  paint  VSRUWV VFHQHV SRUWUDLWV DQG ÂżJXUHV He  has  always  appreciated  artists  that  paint  light,  including  many  American  artists,  the  Old  Masters  and  the  Impressionists.  Bolger’s  strengths  in  composition  and  de-­ tail  deftly  expressed  through  highly  skilled  brush  technique  and  color  choices  all  combine  to  create  an  im-­ pressive  body  of  work. The  exhibition  will  be  on  display  through  February.  The  Jackson  Gal-­ lery  is  open  Monday-­Saturday  from  QRRQ WR S P DQG GXULQJ WKHDWHU events.  For  information  call  the  Jackson  Gallery  at  382-­9222. ‘BLUEGRASS  FOR  BOOKS’ Snake  Mountain  Bluegrass  will  JLYH D EHQHÂżW FRQFHUW DW WKH 2UZHOO Town  Hall  on  Saturday  from  7-­10  p.m.  Proceeds  from  the  concert,  titled  â€œBluegrass  for  Books,â€?  will Â

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EHQHÂżW WKH 2UZHOO )UHH /LEUDU\ Tickets  are  $10,  $8  seniors,  free  for  children  under  12.  For  more  infor-­ mation,  visit  orwellfreelibrary.org  or  call  948-­2041. BURNHAM  MUSIC  SERIES Dana  and  Susan  Robinson  will  be  performing  for  the  Burnham  Music  6HULHV DW %XUQKDP +DOO 5LYHU Road  in  Lincoln,  at  7:30  p.m.  on  Saturday.  Their  unique  blend  of  contem-­ porary  songwriting  and  traditional  Appalachian  music  bring  to  their  performances  a  deep  understanding  of  America’s  musical  heritage.  You  will  hear  two  rich,  intimate  voices,  intricate  and  powerful  guitar  and  EDQMR SOD\LQJ ZLWK D KDQGIXO RI ÂżG-­ dle  and  mandolin  thrown  in  for  good  measure. Dana  writes  songs  and  tells  sto-­ ries  about  America,  the  land  and  its  people.  The  couple  brings  to  their  performances  an  understanding  of  America’s  musical  heritage  and  con-­ YH\ LWV VLJQLÂżFDQFH WR RXU FXOWXUH The  genius  of  a  Dana  and  Susan  Robinson  performance  lies  in  their  ability  to  capture  the  imagination  of  their  audience,  evoking  a  trans-­ formative  experience  that  touches  on  the  deepest  humanity.  They  can  make  the  audience  howl  with  laugh-­ WHU RU KXVK ZLWK SRLJQDQW UHĂ€HF-­ tion  as  they  take  them  on  a  journey  across  America  and  convey  the  mys-­ tery  and  wonder  of  the  places  they  visit.  Underpinning  the  songs  is  the  undeniable  rhythm  of  their  trade-­ PDUN JXLWDU EDQMR VRXQG :KHWKHU it’s  quiet  or  driving,  there  is  a  steady  and  unrelenting  groove  to  the  music  that  supports  the  lyric  and  delivers  the  story  in  an  effortless  and  magi-­ (See  Arts  Beat,  Page  11)

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of January 5 CAPRICORN:  DECEMBER  22-­JANUARY  20  in  the  days  ahead.  It  may  just  be  a  new  romantic  rela-­ Capricorn,  your  mind  is  running  a  mile  a  minute  this  tionship  or  friendship. week,  but  do  your  best  to  maintain  your  focus.  This  VIRGO:  AUGUST  24-­SEPTEMBER  22  Virgo,  breakneck  pace  will  only  a  work  opportunity  could  last  for  a  little  while. spring  up  this  week  if  you  AQUARIUS:  JANUARY  are  willing  to  expand  your  21-­FEBRUARY  18  Jump  horizons.  It  may  be  a  bit  into  a  situation  without  re-­ outside  of  your  comfort  straint,  Aquarius.  You  may  zone,  but  you  can  handle  it. ÂżQG LWÂśV UHIUHVKLQJ WR OHW JR LIBRA:  SEPTEMBER  for  a  change  and  not  worry  23-­OCTOBER  23  Libra,  about  the  potential  out-­ you  are  in  a  relatively  op-­ comes. timistic  frame  of  mind  this  PISCES:  FEBRUARY  week  as  you  try  to  see  the  19-­MARCH  20  You  may  re-­ bright  side  of  things.  You  ceive  happy  news  relating  to  PD\ ÂżQG WKDW PDQ\ QHZ RS-­ \RXU SDUWQHUÂśV ÂżQDQFHV WKLV portunities  are  headed  your  383 }°Â› Â™ÂŚÂ&#x;Â? ‹f Ăˆ Â…ÂĄÂœÂœ¤Â?š­ª¹ week,  Pisces.  It  could  be  a  way.  388-­jjji Ăˆ  ¯¯¯f›™›£¤¥Œ Â?ÂŚÂŤf›§¼ salary  increase  or  a  good  SCORPIO:  OCTOBER  ERQXV ,WÂśV WLPH WR FHOHEUDWH 129(0%(5 'RQÂśW ARIES:  MARCH  spend  too  much  time  lost  in  $35,/ 'RQÂśW EH your  own  fantasies,  Scor-­ afraid  to  embrace  your  pio.  You  need  to  maintain  lighthearted  side  this  week,  your  focus  on  the  tasks  at  Aries.  Laughter  is  the  best  hand,  both  at  home  and  at  medicine,  and  those  around  work. Shop Local! you  will  enjoy  your  sense  of  SAGITTARIUS:  NO-­ humor. VEMBER  23-­DECEMBER  TAURUS:  APRIL  21-­ 21  Sagittarius,  resist  the  MAY  21  Taurus,  embrace  urge  to  take  yourself  too  your  desire  to  be  close  to  seriously.  Instead,  lighten  friends  this  week.  Spend  as  up  and  embrace  the  â€œclass  much  time  as  you  can  with  clownâ€?  role  for  a  little  your  friends,  especially  while.  This  departure  from  0 ) 6DW ‡ 5W 6R 0LGGOHEXU\ those  you  have  not  seen  in  the  norm  is  a  breath  of  fresh  ZZZ PLGGOHEXU\Ă€ RUDODQGJLIWV FRP awhile. air. GEMINI:  MAY  22-­JUNE  FAMOUS  BIRTHDAYS 21  A  great  week  with  regard  JANUARY  4 to  matters  of  the  heart  is  on  Michael  Stipe,  Singer  the  horizon,  Gemini.  If  you  (55) Your House After have  been  in  a  relationship  JANUARY  5 the Holidays? for  some  time,  now  is  a  Bradley  Cooper,  Actor  great  time  to  talk  about  the  (40) Countryside can help! future  of  that  relationship. JANUARY  6 CANCER:  JUNE  22-­ Rowan  Atkinson,  Actor  JULY  22  You  harbor  desire  (60) to  spend  some  time  alone  JANUARY  7 this  week,  Cancer.  You  are  Katie  Couric,  TV  Host  a  social  person,  but  even  (58) you  need  some  moments  to  JANUARY  8 retreat  into  your  own  mind  David  Bowie,  Singer  (68) for  a  while.  JANUARY  9 802-­388-­6054 ‡ FRXQWU\VLGHFDUSHWDQGSDLQW FRP LEO:  JULY  23-­AUGUST  Nina  Dobrev,  Actress  &UHHN 5G 0LGGOHEXU\ 97 ‡ 0 ) 6DW 23  You  may  be  noticing  all  (26) of  the  good  vibes  surround-­ JANUARY  10 ing  you  this  week,  Leo.  Expect  some  positive  changes  Pat  Benatar,  Singer  (62)

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Arts  Beat (Continued  from  Page  10) cal  way.  Admission  is  $8  for  adults,  teens  and  kids  free.  Refreshments  will  be  served.  Doors  open  at  7  p.m.  For  more  information,  call  388-­6863. ART  EXHIBITS  AT  COLLEGE Two  new  art  exhibits  open  on  Tuesday  at  Middlebury  College.  The  ¿UVW D )DOO 7HUP 6WXGLR $UW ([KL-­ bition,  opens  in  the  mezzanine  and  pit  space  of  the  Johnson  Memorial  Building  on  Chateau  Road  off  Col-­ lege  Street  (Route  125).  Students  will  exhibit  work  they  produced  during  the  fall  semester,  including  drawing,  photography,  painting  and  sculpture.  The  exhibit,  which  runs  through  Jan.  20,  is  free  and  the  pub-­ lic  is  welcome. The  second  exhibit,  â€œMao,  Sit-­ ting  Bull,  and  Others:  Recent  Gifts  from  the  Andy  Warhol  Foundation,â€?  opens  in  Middlebury  College  Mu-­ VHXP RI $UWÂśV 2YHUEURRN *DOOHU\ The  Andy  Warhol  Foundation  has  recently  made  a  gift  of  10  prints  to  the  museum,  thereby  more  than  dou-­ bling  its  Warhol  holdings.  Now,  in  DGGLWLRQ WR WKH DUWLVWÂśV LFRQLF LPDJHV of  Marilyn  Monroe,  Mick  Jagger  DQG &DPSEHOOÂśV 6RXS WKH PXVHXP owns  vivid  portraits  of  Chairman  Mao,  Goethe,  Sitting  Bull,  Ingrid  Bergman  and  Queen  Ntombi  of  6ZD]LODQG RQH RI :DUKROÂśV 5HLJQ-­ ing  Queens  of  the  mid-­1980s).  The  exhibit,  which  runs  through  April  19,  is  free  and  open  to  the  public. INT’L  FILM  SERIES The  exciting  2014-­2015  +LUVFKÂżHOG ,QWHUQDWLRQDO )LOP 6HULHV continues  on  Saturday  at  Middle-­ bury  College  with  the  2008  U.S.  ¿OP Âł%DOODVW ´ GLUHFWHG E\ /DQFH Hammer.

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Brandon  needs  $2.5M  for  water  system  repairs

FORMER  BRISTOL  RESIDENT  and  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  graduate  Dan  Eling  was  a  contes-­ tant  on  an  episode  of  Jeopardy!  that  aired  last  week.  Eling,  seen  here  with  host  Alex  Trebek,  performed  very  well  on  the  show  despite  coming  in  third  place.

Jeopardy! this  Olympic  sport,â€?  was  rejected  (Continued  from  Page  1) by  Trebek.  The  correct  answer  was  projects. He  said  he’s  always  had  an  interest  rhythmic  gymnastics.  At  the  end  of  the  second  round,  El-­ in  trivia.  He  was  a  member  of  Mount  Abe’s  Quiz  Bowl  team  and  compet-­ ing  had  fallen  to  third  place,  but  with  ed  in  the  televised  state  champion-­ a  respectable  $11,800.  The  Final  Jeopardy  category  was  â€œroyals,â€?  and  ship  match  his  junior  year. The  road  to  becoming  a  contestant  Eling  decided  to  wager  all  but  $2. The  clue  was  â€œHe  was  the  last  Eng-­ RQ -HRSDUG\ ZKLFK ÂżUVW DLUHG RQ lish  monarch  to  die  in  battle,â€?  and  all  NBC  in  1964,  is  an  arduous  one. First,  candidates  take  an  online  WKH FRQWHVWDQWV FRUUHFWO\ LGHQWLÂżHG quiz  with  questions  similar  to  those  Richard  III.  Despite  his  aggressive  on  the  show.  Jeopardy!  keeps  the  bet,  Eling  remained  in  third  place  with  $23,598,  just  behind  results  of  the  quiz  secret,  the  two  other  contestants. but  invites  those  who  score  â€œIt feels He  said  while  he  would  high  enough  to  in-­person  incredibly have  liked  to  win  the  game,  tryouts  around  the  coun-­ he  was  excited  to  be  on  the  try.  There,  candidates  play  frantic. At show.  Eling  said  he  was  in  mock  games  and  even  this level, surprised  by  the  breakneck  practice  the  personal  in-­ everybody pace  of  the  game.  terviews  that  host  Alex  knows “My  overall  impression  Trebek  has  with  contestants  almost is  that  it’s  fast,â€?  Eling  said.  on  the  show.  After  the  try-­ “It  feels  incredibly  frantic.  out,  candidates  wait  to  see  everything At  this  level,  everybody  if  they  are  selected  over  the  on the knows  almost  everything  board.â€? coming  year. “They  say,  â€˜We’ve  got  â€” Daniel on  the  board.â€? your  name;Íž  we’ll  call  you  Eling 7KH PRVW GLIÂżFXOW SDUW he  explained,  was  timing  if  we  need  you,’â€?  Eling  ex-­ when  to  buzz  in,  which  plained. Of  the  12,000  people  who  take  the  contestants  cannot  do  until  a  light  online  test,  3,000  are  invited  to  in-­ Ă€DVKHV RQ WKH JDPH ERDUG In  a  split  second,  contestants  have  person  tryouts  and  about  300  appear  to  read  the  question,  think  of  the  an-­ on  the  show  each  year. After  being  invited  to  the  Wash-­ swer  and  watch  for  the  light  all  at  ington,  D.C.  tryout  three  times,  El-­ the  same  time  â€”  a  challenge  Eling  LQJ JRW WKH FDOO WKLV IDOO DQG Ă€HZ RXW VDLG LV GLIÂżFXOW WR XQGHUVWDQG ZKHQ to  Los  Angeles  for  a  taping  in  mid-­ watching  the  show  on  television. 6LQFH -HRSDUG\ WDSHV ÂżYH VKRZV D November. In  his  game,  Eling  was  pitted  day,  two  days  a  week,  Eling  said  he  against  an  information  systems  ana-­ got  to  meet  a  lot  of  other  contestants  lyst  from  New  Jersey  and  a  stay-­at-­ on  the  show.  Contact  with  Trebek,  who  has  hosted  the  show  since  1984,  home  dad  from  Maryland. +H OHG DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW URXQG GXH is  limited.  Eling  said  the  best  oppor-­ in  part  to  his  correct  answer  on  the  tunity  to  chat  with  the  host  is  at  the  Daily  Double  for  the  clue  â€œIt  was  end  of  the  show,  while  the  credits  roll. Eling  said  he  hopes  Trebek  will  WKH ÂżUVW VHTXHO WR ZLQ WKH $FDGHP\ Award  for  Best  Pictureâ€?  (answer:  play  as  a  contestant  after  he  retires  as  host. The  Godfather,  Part  II). “I  would  love  to  see  him  play,  be-­ The  second  round  proved  to  be  trickier,  and  Eling  stumbled  early.  cause  he’s  got  to  be  good,â€?  he  said. Between  tapings  and  the  air  date  His  answer  of  â€œrhythm  gymnasticsâ€?  for  the  clue  â€œPack  your  ribbons  for  of  the  show,  contestants  agree  not  to Â

reveal  the  results  of  their  game.  El-­ ing  said  he  didn’t  tell  anyone  how  he  did,  not  even  his  family,  in  keeping  the  spirit  of  the  show. Back  in  Virginia,  Eling  said  his  friends  and  girlfriend  were  honored  to  be  in  the  presence  of  a  Jeopardy!  contestant.  Some  criticized  Trebek  for  not  accepting  Eling’s  answer  on  the  gymnastics  question. “Some  insisted  I  was  robbed  for  that  one,â€?  Eling  said.  â€œBut  all  in  all  they  said  they  were  impressed,  which  is  the  most  important  thing,  because  it’s  entertainment.â€?  Eling  encouraged  fans  of  Jeopar-­ G\ ZKLFK DLUV ÂżYH QLJKWV D ZHHN WR try  their  luck  in  the  show’s  contestant  quiz. “If  people  are  fans  of  the  show,  even  if  you  don’t  make  it,  you  can  have  a  lot  of  fun  taking  part  in  the  process  and  learning  about  the  wa-­ gering  strategies,â€?  he  said. Reporter  Zach  Despart  is  at  zachd@addisonindependent.com.

By  LEE  J.  KAHRS tion.  An  information  meeting  on  the  Brandon  Reporter bond  will  be  held  at  the  station  on  BRANDON  â€”  The  entity  re-­ Monday,  Jan.  5,  at  7  p.m. sponsible  for  the  best  drinking  7KH DUHDV RI VSHFLÂżF ZDWHU PDLQ water  in  Vermont  will  ask  voters  replacement  would  include  North  to  approve  a  $2.5  million  bond  in  Street  (2,400  feet),  Pearl  Street  March  to  pay  for  system-­wide  im-­ (1,200  feet),  Rossiter  Street  (990  provements.  Brandon  residents  who  feet),  Union  Street  (4,400  feet),  tap  into  the  water  system  would  be  Prospect/East  Seminary/River  responsible  for  paying  back  $1.7  Streets  (2,220  feet),  Carver  Street  million  of  the  bond. (1,620  feet),  Champlain  Street  Brandon  Fire  District  (2,340  feet),  Church  No.  1  Water  Supervisor  Street  (1,200  feet),  Ray  Counter  said  that  â€œIf we do these Corona  Street  (600  the  bond  will  be  used  one project at feet),  Furnace  Road  to  replace  17,000  feet  a time, we’re and  three  important  of  undersized,  broken  in violation transmission  valves  on  or  leaking  pipe  in  the  on some Route  73  at  High  Street  WRZQÂśV ÂżUH SURWHFWLRQ and  Wheeler  Road. already and it water  system.  There  are  Counter  empha-­ also  myriad  hydrants  would cost us sized  that  no  town  tax  that  are  old  and  no  lon-­ VLJQLĂ€FDQWO\ money  would  be  used  ger  meet  state  regula-­ more money.â€? to  pay  for  the  system  tions,  Counter  said. — Water upgrade,  that  the  cost  Some  of  the  water  Supervisor of  the  project  would  mains  and  valves  are  be  entirely  paid  for  by  Ray Counter those  who  are  served  100  years  old  and  make  it  impossible  to  shut  off  by  the  water  system.  parts  of  the  water  sys-­ Non-­users  would  not  tem  without  shutting  down  large  be  assessed  any  cost  related  to  the  sections,  including  in  the  down-­ project  either. town. +RZHYHU VLQFH WKH ÂżUH GLV-­ “If  we  do  these  one  project  at  a  trict  boundaries  include  the  entire  time,  we’re  in  violation  on  some  town,  except  for  National  Forest  already,â€?  Counter  said,  â€œand  it  lands,  all  registered  town  of  Bran-­ ZRXOG FRVW XV VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ PRUH don  voters  may  cast  ballots  on  the  money.â€? bond,  regardless  of  whether  they  In  fact,  according  to  Counter  and  are  served  by  the  district’s  water  project  engineer  Mark  Youngstrom  system. of  Otter  Creek  Engineering,  the  dis-­ Based  on  recent  water  main  bids  WULFW KDV TXDOLÂżHG IRU D DQG DQWLFLSDWHG ÂżQDQFLQJ LI DS-­ federal  grant  from  U.S.  Department  proved,  the  bond  is  expected  to  cost  of  Agriculture  Rural  Development.  each  single  family  home,  or  the  The  remaining  $1.7  million  would  equivalent,  approximately  $50  per  be  paid  for  through  the  bond,  if  ap-­ year. proved. In  February  2012,  Brandon’s  â€œHonestly,  the  reason  we  really  drinking  water  received  a  Class  II  want  to  go  forward  is  because  we  designation  from  the  state,  which  are  eligible  for  the  grant,â€?  Coun-­ honored  its  high  quality.  It  was  the  ter  said.  â€œIf  we  do  not  receive  the  ¿UVW PXQLFLSDO GULQNLQJ ZDWHU V\V-­ grant,  we  will  not  go  forward  with  tem  to  receive  such  a  designation  the  project.â€? in  Vermont.  Brandon’s  water  is  not  The  bond  vote  is  set  for  Tuesday,  FKORULQDWHG ÂżOWHUHG RU SXULÂżHG LQ Jan.  13,  at  the  Brandon  Fire  Sta-­ any  way.

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For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  the  Vermont  Gas  Systems  Addi-­ said  it  had  updated  its  accounting  methods.  The  state  COUN TY son  Rutland  Natural  Gas  Pipeline  Project  captivated  (and  some-­ ÂżQHG KH FRPSDQ\ DQG UHTXLUHG 9HUPRQW *DV Vol. 26 No. 10 times  enraged)  county  residents,  and  was  the  subject  of  more  to  provide  quarterly  budget  updates  to  the  state. Middl ebury, Icon Vermon doll t than  50  articles  in  the  Independent. A  company  spokesman  told  the  Independent  Ver-­ markic Monda y, May ing 50th 12, 2014 After  the  Public  Service  Board  in  December  2013  approved  mont  Gas  would  not  be  adjusting  its  Phase  II  cost  36 Page s 75¢ Phase  I  of  the  pipeline,  which  will  run  from  Colchester  to  Mid-­ estimate,  but  it  did  just  that  11  days  later. dlebury  and  Vergennes,  Vermont  Gas  land  agents  spent  the  year  In  August,  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  said  he  was  â€œex-­ securing  land  easements  from  Addison  County  residents. tremely  disappointedâ€?  with  the  Phase  I  cost  over-­ Phase  II,  which  would  run  from  Middlebury  under  Lake  runs  and  the  company’s  choice  to  delay  telling  Champlain  to  the  International  Paper  plant  in  Ticond-­ regulators.  He  said  the  state  would  pay  eroga,  N.Y.,  has  not  yet  been  approved  by  regula-­ for  independent  appraisers  to  assist  aCt eWlebrate dogs oofstoc k ’14 Number tors. with  easement  negotiations. Vermont  Gas,  by  its  own  admission,  made  Vermont  Gas  in  August  an-­ several  gaffes  throughout  2014,  and  twice  an-­ nounced  it  would  pay  for  in-­ Otters host as c nounced  cost  hikes  for  the  project. dependent  mediators  to  help  oach honored Trouble  began  in  February  when  Vermont  landowners  and  the  compa-­ Gas  sent  letters  to  nine  Monkton  residents  ny  come  to  terms,  and  said  Pipelin in  which  the  company  threatened  to  use  that  program  has  had  some  e  plan 1HZ < R eminent  domain  to  secure  land  if  landowners  success.  Other  landowners   gets  f DSSURY UN RIÂżFLDOV X UJH DO IRU Âľ3 rosty  r K DVH ,,Âś didn’t  come  to  terms.  Some  residents  said  they  remained  distrustful. ecepti on felt  bullied,  and  Vermont  Gas  apologized  and  The  governor  sat  down  pledged  to  â€œresetâ€?  relations  with  landowners. with  landowners  in  November  In  April,  the  company  asked  regulators  to  approve  a  to  hear  their  concerns  about  Ver-­ Brothers blen :KLWH vocal h d +RXVH armon protective  order  that  would  exempt  from  public  records  requests  mont  Gas  negotiating  tactics.  At  his  re-­ ies WDON R F OL P DWH DW IÂżFLDO WR M many  documents  related  to  the  Phase  II  project,  which  drew  quest,  Vermont  Gas  agreed  to  temporar-­ FROOHJH iddle criticism  from  open  government  advocates  and  the  Vermont  LO\ KROG RII RQ HPLQHQW GRPDLQ ÂżOLQJV gradu bury  family ation  d  f ay  dile aces  Press  Association.  In  May,  the  Public  Service  Board  approved  a  so  that  landowners  and  the  utility  could  mma watered-­down  version  of  the  order. ÂżQG VRPH FRPPRQ JURXQG In  June,  Monkton  landowners  told  state  regulators  that  nego-­ Also  in  November,  the  company  an-­ tiations  with  the  company  had  not  improved.  Later  that  month,  nounced  that  CEO  Don  Gilbert  would  retire  at  the  i t s  DIWHU VHFXULQJ ÂżQDO HQYLURQPHQWDO SHUPLWV IURP WKH $UP\ &RUSV end  of  the  year,  and  Don  Rendall  would  lead  the  company. of  Engineers,  Vermont  Gas  broke  ground  on  the  project.  But  at  In  December,  Rendall  announced  a  second  price  hike  for  Phase  approach  to  year’s  end,  the  company  still  needed  to  secure  land  rights  from  I,  this  time  to  the  tune  of  $33  million.  The  price  tag  at  the  end  that  project.  Part  of  that  re-­ 20  percent  of  landowners  along  the  41-­mile  route. of  the  year  stood  at  $154  million,  some  78  percent  higher  than  set  was  negotiation  of  a  deal  with  the  town  of  Cornwall. 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Middlebury town office’s future is settled, work begins No  issue  in  recent  Middlebury  history  proved  as  polar-­ be  built  near  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School,  but  it  soon  be-­ izing  as  the  proposal  to  demolish  the  municipal  building/ came  clear  the  ID-­4  school  board  was  not  supportive  of  the  gym  complex  at  94  Main  St.  and  replace  them  with  new  plan  as  presented  â€”  in  part  due  to  concerns  over  student  safe-­ WRZQ RIÂżFHV DW 0DLQ 6W DQG D QHZ UHFUHDWLRQ IDFLOLW\ RII ty,  vehicle  access  issues  and  pre-­existing  parking/circulation  Creek  Road. problems  on  the  Mary  Hogan  property.  So  the  selectboard  7KH FXUUHQW WRZQ RIÂżFHV DUH KRXVHG LQ WKH UHPQDQWV RI WKH shifted  focus  to  land  off  Creek  Road  (the  former  Middlebury  former  Middlebury  High  School  building  that  burned  dur-­ Legion  site  now  owned  by  the  UD-­3  school  district). ing  the  mid-­1950s.  The  structure  has  fallen  into  considerable  Scores  of  people  turned  out  at  public  hearings  to  register  disrepair,  with  antiquated  plumbing,  heating  and  electrical  support  or  opposition  to  the  plans  in  early  2014. systems.  But  selectboard  members  were  concerned  about  lo-­ In  January,  Nuovo  resigned  from  the  selectboard,  saying  cal  taxpayers’  ability  to  pay  for  replacement  or  renovations  KH KDG JURZQ ZHDU\ RI FRQĂ€LFW RI LQWHUHVW DOOHJDWLRQV ORGJHG of  the  structure  and  the  adjacent  gym  so  soon  after  having  by  some  residents  who  argued  he  should  not  vote  on  any  DJUHHG WR Ă€RDW D PLOOLRQ ERQG WR XSJUDGH WKH aspects  of  the  deal  due  to  his  relationship  with  Middle-­ FRPPXQLW\ÂśV WZR ÂżUH VWDWLRQV bury  College.  Nuovo  is  a  professor  emeritus  at  Selectmen  Dean  George  and  Victor  Nuovo  the  college,  but  noted  he  is  not  on  the  institu-­ Number approached  Middlebury  College  in  2013,  tion’s  payroll. ZKLFK DJUHHG WR DVVXPH PLOOLRQ RI Selectman  Craig  Bingham  was  particu-­ WKH HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQ FRVW RI HUHFW-­ larly  vociferous  in  his  criticism  of  the  proj-­ ing  a  new  municipal  building  and  recre-­ ect,  and  alleged  that  the  town  had  illegally  DWLRQ IDFLOLW\ &ROOHJH RIÂżFLDOV PDGH WKH VHQW RXW WR UHVLGHQWV D Ă€LHU ZLWK ÂłIDOVH´ DQG offer  on  condition  that  the  town  give  the  ³PLVOHDGLQJ´ LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW WKH SURMHFW institution  the  current  municipal  build-­ The  week  before  town  meetings,  Ad-­ ing  site  at  94  Main  St.,  which  would  be  dison  Central  Supervisory  Union  residents  cleared  and  turned  into  a  public  park.  The  YRWHG WR DOORZ WKH 8' ERDUG WR college  also  agreed  to  pay  the  costs  of  clearing  negotiate  a  lease  with  the  town  of  Middle-­ 94  Main  St.  and  for  moving  its  Osborne  House  bury  for  a  Creek  Road  parcel  that  would  host  an  IURP 0DLQ 6W WR D WRZQ RZQHG VLWH RQ &URVV 6WUHHW 11,500-­square-­foot  recreation  facility.  :KLOH VRPH WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV KDLOHG WKH GHDO DV RQH WKDW After  an  acrimonious  nine  months  of  debate,  Middlebury  ZRXOG NHHS WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV GRZQWRZQ DQG SURGXFH WZR UHVLGHQWV RQ 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ 'D\ YRWHG WR LQ IDYRU RI new  buildings  at  a  bargain  for  taxpayers,  others  assailed  the  WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH J\P SODQ 7KDW VDPH GD\ $&68 UHVLGHQWV YRW-­ proposal.  Opponents  argued  the  town  would  be  best  served  HG WR LQ IDYRU RI D ERQG WR EXLOG D ÂłWHDP renovating  or  rebuilding  at  94  Main  St.,  and  said  â€”  among  URRPV´ DGGLWLRQ RQWR WKH QHZ 0LGGOHEXU\ UHFUHDWLRQ FHQWHU RWKHU WKLQJV ² EXLOGLQJ DW 0DLQ 6W VLWH ZRXOG FUDPS WKH But  local  resident  Skip  Brush  successfully  petitioned  adjacent  Ilsley  Library  and  would  exacerbate  local  parking  to  have  the  vote  reconsidered.  Brush  had  argued  the  town  problems.  Opponents  also  said  seniors  and  children  would  VKRXOG LQVWHDG EXLOG QHZ WRZQ RIÂżFHV RII &RXUW 6WUHHW DQG have  a  tough  time  accessing  the  new  recreation  facility  off  expand  the  Memorial  Sports  Center  instead  of  building  a  Creek  Road,  and  again  voiced  questions  about  whether  there  QHZ UHFUHDWLRQ IDFLOLW\ 6WLOO UHVLGHQWV LQ 0D\ DIÂżUPHG WKHLU would  be  adequate  parking  for  major  events. VXSSRUW RI WKH RULJLQDO SURMHFW E\ DQ WR PDUJLQ Original  plans  had  called  for  the  new  recreation  center  to  Just  before  Halloween,  the  whole  thing  took  on  a  height-­

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ened  air  of  reality  as  workers  lifted  the  Osborne  House  off  its  foundation  and  moved  it  across  the  Cross  Street  Bridge  to  a  new  home,  leaving  behind  an  empty  lot.  3ODQV FDOO IRU WKH FRQVWUXFWLRQ RI WKH QHZ WRZQ RI¿FH building  to  begin  on  that  lot  this  coming  spring.  Construc-­ tion  on  the  new  gym  off  Creek  Road  is  also  slated  for  spring.

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Upgrades to Mt. Abe, Bristol firehouse in spotlight This  past  year  in  Bristol  and  the  Addison  Northeast  Su-­ proposal  in  front  of  voters  sometime  this  year,  and  the  se-­ pervisory  Union,  residents  debated  two  major  projects  that  lectboard  has  formed  a  committee  to  develop  a  design  for  a  ZRXOG UHTXLUH WD[SD\HU DSSURYHG ERQGV D QHZ %ULVWRO ÂżUH-­ QHZ ÂżUHKRXVH house  and  a  renovated  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School. $QG LI D ELJ QHZ ÂżUHKRXVH ZDVQÂśW HQRXJK WKH WRZQ RI The  Bristol  Fire  Department  inched  closer  to  getting  a  %ULVWRO ZDV WROG E\ VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV WKDW LW PXVW FRPH XS ZLWK QHZ ÂżUHKRXVH WKLV \HDU D SURFHVV WKDW ÂżUHÂżJKWHUV KDYH GLV-­ DOPRVW PLOOLRQ WR FORVH LWV WRZQ GXPS cussed  for  more  than  two  decades. %XW WKH %ULVWRO ÂżUHKRXVH ZDV QRW WKH RQO\ H[SHQVLYH EXLOG-­ ,Q -XQH D ÂżUHKRXVH VLWH VHOHFWLRQ FRPPLWWHH UHFRPPHQG-­ LQJ SURMHFW ÂżYH WRZQ UHVLGHQWV GLVFXVVHG LQ ed  that  of  the  33  sites  initially  considered,  the  best  location  $FWLQJ RQ WKH ÂżQGLQJV RI D IDFLOLWLHV DGYLVRU\ FRPPLWWHH IRU D QHZ ÂżUHKRXVH ZRXOG EH RQ :HVW 6WUHHW VWUDGGOLQJ SDU-­ the  Mount  Abraham  school  board  in  September  voted  to  put  cels  owned  by  the  Bristol  Recreation  Club  and  by  Ed  D PLOOLRQ ERQG SURSRVDO WR UHQRYDWH WKH VFKRRO RQ and  Suzanne  Shepard.  The  selectboard  entered  the  Election  Day  ballot. into  negotiations  with  the  recreation  club,  but  The  ambitious  plan  would  have,  among  other  Number at  year’s  end  the  entities  had  not  reached  an  things:  moved  the  library  to  the  front  of  the  agreement.  school,  added  a  middle  school  gymnasium,  6HFXULQJ WKH ODQG LV RQO\ WKH ÂżUVW VWHS XSJUDGHG WKH ORFNHU URRPV DQG UHQRYDWHG LQ EXLOGLQJ D QHZ ÂżUHKRXVH 5HVLGHQWV the  lobby  area.  The  building,  save  for  the  will  have  to  approve  two  separate  bonds:  addition  of  a  wing  in  the  last  decade,  has  one  to  purchase  the  land  and  another  to  not  undergone  substantial  reconstruction  ¿QDQFH WKH FRQVWUXFWLRQ ,Q YRWHUV VLQFH LW ZDV FRPSOHWHG LQ WKH ODWH V by  a  wide  margin  rejected  a  plan  to  reno-­ In  public  forums,  reaction  among  commu-­ YDWH WKH H[LVWLQJ ÂżUHKRXVH RQ 1RUWK 6WUHHW nity  members  was  mixed.  Some  said  a  reno-­ $V ZRUH RQ WKH QHHG IRU D QHZ ÂżUH-­ vation  of  the  project  was  desperately  needed,  KRXVH EHFDPH PRUH GLUH )LUHÂżJKWHUV LQ 'HFHP-­ while  others  questioned  the  wisdom  of  burdening  ber  told  the  selectboard  that  the  wood  frame  of  the  taxpayers  with  larger  bills.  It  would  have  raised  taxes  on  ¿UHKRXVH RQ 1RUWK 6WUHHW LV WRR ZHDN WR VXSSRUW WKH D KRPH E\ GHSHQGLQJ RQ WKH WRZQ EHWZHHQ DQG ZHLJKW RI VW FHQWXU\ DSSDUDWXV $Q HQJLQHHULQJ ÂżUP GH-­ IRU WKH ÂżUVW \HDU RI WKH ERQG WHUPLQHG WKDW WKH VDJJLQJ VHFRQG Ă€RRU FRXOG QRW VDIHO\ 0DQ\ UHVLGHQWV ZHUH VKRFNHG E\ WKH SULFH WDJ RI WKH ERQG VXVWDLQ PRUH WKDQ D IHZ PHQ UHQGHULQJ WKH ÂżUHKRXVH which  would  have  been  by  far  the  largest  bond  ever  in  Ad-­ largely  useless. dison  County.  The  proposal  was  also  larger  than  three  plans  ,Q WKH LQWHULP WKH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW KDV VWRUHG LWV WUXFNV DW ² UDQJLQJ IURP PLOOLRQ WR PLOOLRQ ² WKDW WKH several  locations  â€”  which  Chief  Brett  LaRose  said  delays  board  had  considered  earlier. response  times. In  contrast  to  the  low  turnout  county-­wide  on  Election  7R PDNH PDWWHUV ZRUVH WKH GHSDUWPHQW WKLV IDOO GHDOW 'D\ $1H68 YRWHUV Ă€RFNHG WR WKH SROOV WR GHFODUH WKHLU RS-­ ZLWK D IDXOW\ VHSWLF V\VWHP ZKLFK ZLOO OLNHO\ QHHG WR EH SRVLWLRQ WR WKH SURMHFW ,W IDLOHG E\ D WDOO\ RI WR UHSODFHG 7KH VHOHFWERDUG DSSURYHG VRPH PLQRU Âż[HV After  the  dust  settled,  the  school  board  pledged  to  draft  a  but  also  debated  the  merits  of  installing  a  new  septic  in  a  new  proposal  to  send  to  voters  as  soon  as  possible.  A  new  building  slated  to  be  replaced,  anyway. IDFLOLWLHV FRPPLWWHH JRW WR ZRUN LQ 1RYHPEHU EXW KDV QRW 7KH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW DQG VHOHFWERDUG KRSH WR SXW D ERQG \HW ÂżQLVKHG WKH QHZ SURSRVDO

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ANwSU fiscal woes revealed; recovery begun  In  July,  new  Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  and  even  asked  the  board  to  step  down  for  its  earlier  Superintendent  JoAn  Canning  discovered  â€”  and  imme-­ failure  to  oversee  ANwSU  employees. diately  made  public  â€”  that  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Edu-­ At  that  meeting,  Glassberg  announced  that  Can-­ cation  had  sanctioned  ANwSU  by  starting  to  withhold  non  was  no  longer  an  employee,  while  also  stating,  about  $1  million  in  state  and  federal  grant  funds.  â€œWe  are  not  aware  at  this  time  of  misuse  of  funds.â€? 7KH $JHQF\ RI (GXFDWLRQ FDOOHG $1Z68ÂśV ÂżQDQFLDO 2IÂżFLDOV DOVR SOHGJHG WR FRPSOHWH WKH GHOD\HG DX-­ recordkeeping  and  accounting  â€œvery  weakâ€?  in  a  July  3  dits  within  180  days  and  to  produce  the  next  audit  in  OHWWHU DQG LQ D -XO\ UHSRUW VXPPDUL]LQJ D -XQH ÂżVFDO a  timely  manner.  PRQLWRULQJ YLVLW VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV FLWHG PDQ\ DFFRXQWLQJ In  October,  ANwSU  brought  aboard  a  new  busi-­ problems.  Canning  and  ANwSU  board  chairman  ness  manager,  Tonia  Mears,  who  had  been  Jeffery  Glassberg  said  in  July  they  had  just  serving  in  the  same  capacity  in  the  Wind-­ learned  that  the  Agency  of  Education  fund  sor  Northwest  Supervisory  Union. Number suspension  began  in  April.  Canning  said  she  was  the  right  Canning  also  announced  that  ANwSU  choice  not  only  due  to  her  back-­ business  manager  Kathy  Cannon  had  ground,  but  also  because  she  had  been  placed  on  paid  administrative  helped  that  district  in  a  similar  leave.  She  said  no  jobs  or  programs  crisis. at  the  four  ANwSU  schools  were  in  â€œTonia  was  also  in  a  school  immediate  danger,  and  that  the  state  district  what  was  challenged  by  agency  made  no  accusations  of  impro-­ some  budget  issues  several  years  priety. ago,â€?  Canning  said.  â€œShe  was  Work  began  immediately  to  clean  up  promoted  to  business  manager  and  the  mess  and  install,  in  Glassberg’s  words,  was  instrumental  in  putting  the  dis-­ “proper  policies  and  procedures  and  institu-­ trict  back  on  track.â€? tional  culture.â€?   Later  in  October,  the  two  delayed  audits  3UREOHPV WKDW WKH VWDWH LGHQWLÂżHG LQFOXGHG SRRU WUDLQ-­ were  completed,  for  the  2011-­2012  and  2012-­ ing  and  reporting  and  lack  of  basic  accounting  practices,  ¿VFDO \HDUV 2IÂżFLDOV VHW DVLGH WLPH DW DOO such  as  â€œPurchase  orders  are  not  numbered  or  controlled.â€?  RI WKH GLVWULFWÂśV ERDUG PHHWLQJV WR ÂżHOG UHVLGHQWVÂś Information  auditors  needed  was  also  chronically  late,  questions  about  the  results. and  audits  were  two  years  behind. At  year’s  end,  the  board  for  the  ANwSU  By  August,  the  Agency  of  Education  agreed  enough  VFKRRO KLW KDUGHVW E\ WKH GLVWULFWÂśV ÂżVFDO SURE-­ progress  had  been  made  to  start  restoring  funding,  and  lems,  Vergennes  Union  High  School,  was  facing  the  ANwSU  board  called  a  public  forum  late  that  month  major  cuts  as  its  members  eyed  a  second  straight  to  address  residents’  questions  and  concerns. GHÂżFLW RI RU PRUH During  the  at-­times  contentious  forum,  some  praised  7KDW VKRUWIDOO RIÂżFLDOV VDLG ZDV GXH WR VHYHU-­ WKH HIIRUWV RI $1Z68 RIÂżFLDOV WR GLJ WKH GLVWULFW RXW RI al  years  in  a  row  of  failure  to  accurately  budget  the  mess,  while  others  said  not  enough  was  being  done  for  special  education  costs. Â

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County ramps up services for opiate addicts After  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  made  opiate  addiction  the  Street  in  Brandon  and  made  two  arrests  in  the  largest  focus  of  his  State  of  the  State  address  in  January,  Ad-­ bust  in  the  town’s  recent  history.  Police  estimated  the  dison  County  and  neighboring  areas  saw  multiple  large  street  value  of  the  heroin  at  $7,600  and  the  crack  co-­ drug  busts  and  drug-­related  arrests  as  well  as  expan-­ caine  at  $1,600.  sions  in  services  to  people  seeking  recovery  or  assis-­ On  Aug.  29,  Bristol  police  arrested  four  people  and  tance.  seized  $4,000  in  cash  and  thousands  of  bags  of  heroin.  As  2014  opened,  Porter  Medical  Center  and  the  Police  said  two  dealers  from  the  New  York  City  area  Counseling  Service  of  Addison  County  were  in  discus-­ enlisted  the  help  of  a  Bristol  couple  to  sell  drugs  in  sions  to  collaborate  on  a  clinic  to  provide  Suboxone,  town.  And  in  September,  a  Connecticut  man  suspected  a  drug  designed  to  help  a  growing  number  of  Addison  of  dealing  drugs  in  Bristol  pleaded  no  contest  to  sev-­ County  addicts  break  their  dependence  on  opiates. eral  drug  charges  in  Addison  Superior  Court,  criminal  At  the  same  time,  some  authorities  said  they  were  division,  and  was  sentenced  to  18  month  to  four  years  alarmed  at  the  increasing  role  prescription  in  prison.  In  Vergennes  on  Oct.  17,  a  lengthy  drugs  are  playing  in  sex  crimes  involving  investigation  resulted  in  the  arrest  of  two  young  victims.  Vergennes  residents  and  the  seizure  of  Number In  May,  the  Turning  Point  Center  in  heroin,  marijuana,  and  materials  con-­ Middlebury  began  offering  free  Nar-­ sistent  with  narcotics  use. can  emergency  kits  to  anyone  seek-­ However,  some  drug  addicts  who  ing  the  product  to  assist  a  friend  or  were  trying  to  turn  their  lives  around  loved  one  at  risk  of  overdosing  on  came  forward  and  told  their  stories  opiates.  The  kits  feature  two  doses  publicly.  The  Independent  featured  of  Naloxone  dispensed  through  a  stories  on  Kyle  Pinkham,  a  popular  nasal  sprayer.  Naloxone  is  used  to  Otter  Valley  graduate  who  descended  treat  respiratory  depression  caused  by  into  the  hell  of  heroin  addiction  and  was  opioids,  such  as  heroin,  morphine,  oxy-­ QRZ RQ KLV ÂżIWK DWWHPSW WR NLFN WKH GUXJ codone,  methadone,  hydrocodone,  codeine,  and  Cheryl  Barrows,  who  battled  heroin  addic-­ and  other  prescription  pain  medications. tion  before  turning  to  Suboxone  to  wean  her  off  the  In  July,  Porter  and  the  Counseling  Service  ex-­ illicit  drug.  Both  stories  offered  hope.  panded  the  county’s  only  Suboxone  program  to  help  Plus,  a  coalition  called  Brandon  Cares  was  working  opiate  addicts,  a  move  that  enabled  Bristol  Internal  hard  to  address  the  local  drug  problem.  And  in  Ver-­ Medicine  to  deliver  the  much-­needed  service  to  80-­ gennes  on  Sept.  3  local  law  enforcement,  health  care  90  patients,  up  from  25.  A  total  of  four  primary  care  DQG VRFLDO VHUYLFH RIÂżFLDOV JDWKHUHG WR SODQ QHZ VWUDWH-­ physicians  based  at  Bristol  Internal  Medicine  are  JLHV RQ VWHPPLQJ WKH Ă€RZ DQG XVH RI KHURLQ DQG RWKHU now  able  to  prescribe  Suboxone,  which  is  not  be  opiates  into  Addison  County.  The  meeting  was  billed  kept  on  premises.  as  a  follow-­up  to  the  spring’s  â€œsummit  on  opiate  addic-­ Sadly,  the  year  also  saw  its  share  of  drug  arrests.  tion,â€?  called  by  Gov.  Shumlin  and  included  brainstorm-­ On  Feb.  5,  police  seized  more  than  400  bags  of  ing  on  ways  to  curb  drug  abuse  and  related  crime. heroin  and  crack  cocaine  at  a  house  on  Carver Â

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4. How many special sections do we feature throughout each year?

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5. How many different user platforms does the Addy Indy provide to help you keep up with the news anywhere you are?

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By  ZACH  DESPART NEW  HAVEN  â€”  Drive Middlebury  along  Route  from  Vergennes  to  more  than  a  few  miles  w  7,  and  you  won’t  go  ray.  As  towns  like  New ithout  seeing  a  solar  ar-­  Haven  are  deluged  wi proposals  for  new  solar th   arrays,  citizens  and  tow RIÂżFLDOV DUH ZRQGHULQJ Âł:KDWÂśV LQ LW IRU XV"´ n  A  law  enacted  by  the  Legislature  this  past  s pring  decreased  the  amoun t  of  property  taxes  towns  can Â

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collect  from  the  owne rs  some  New  Haven  reside of  big  solar  farms,  and  soon  lose  some  of  its  m nts  fear  their  town  will  ost  valuable  assets  â€”  u blemished  views  of  the  C n-­ hamp 1HZ +DYHQ WRZQ RIÂżFLD lain  Valley.  OV DUH DOVR FRQFHUQHG that  they  have  little  say  about  where  projects  a sited,  or  how  large  they  re  are. SOLAR  TAXES Like  all  private  propert y  in  the  state,  the  land  on Â

which  solar  arrays  sit  i s  taxed  based  on  its  val by  both  municipaliti es  and  the  state  educa ue  fund.  tion  Solar  arrays  themselves  are  taxed  through  a  separate  state  statute.  For  arrays  larger  than  50  the  state  education  fund,  kilowatts  are  taxed  at  $4  per  kilowatt  hour.  Thu s,  the  2.2-­megawatt  Cro Pollination  array  off  Ro ss  ute  7  in  New  Haven,  t he  (See  Solar,  Page  17)

STUDENTS  FROM County  Fair  and  Field  MIDDLEBURY,  Vergennes  and  Moun  Days  site  in  New  Have t  Abraham n  during  the  United  W  union  high  schools  help  paint  one  of  the  horse  ay  of  Addison  County’s stalls  at   annual  Day  of  Ca ring  last  Thursday. the  Addison  Indepe ndent  photo/Trent  Cam

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By  LEE  J.  KAHRS BRANDON  â€”  Verm onters  are  often  heard  yearning  fo r  the  past,  a  simpler  time,  they  say .  Now,  in  an  effort  to  change  the  co urse  of  Bran-­ don’s  recent  budget  voting  past,  a  small  band  of  taxpaye rs  has  an  in-­ WULJXLQJ LGHD %ULQJ WKH back  to  Brandon  Town Ă€RRU YRWH  Meet Over  the  last  two  years ing. ,  the  town Â

of  Brandon  has  spent  of  dollars  and  hundr thousands  eds  holding  a  total  of  seven of  hours   re-­votes  by  Australian  ballot  in  or der  to  pass  a  municipal  budget.  Taki ng  that  as  a  sign  that  perhaps  chan ge  is  needed,  Lynn  and  John  Wilso n  and  Janet  Mondlak  successfull y  mounted  a  petition  to  revert  voting  on  the  an-­ (See  Brandon,  Page  35)

By  EVAN  JOHNSON  BRISTOL  â€”  After  25  years  of  restricted  mobility  and  pain,  47-­year-­old  James chronic  Cole  of  Bristol  stepped  â€œBubâ€?   on  a  track  ODVW PRQWK DQG UDQ IRU time  in  a  quarter  century WKH ÂżUVW perience,  he  said,  was  .  The  ex-­ unforget-­ table.  â€œImagine  wearing  glasse s  and Â

then  losing  them,â€?  Col e  said.  â€œAf-­ WHU \HDUV \RX ÂżQDOO\ JHW WKHP back  and  you  can  see  w hat  you’ve  been  missing.â€?  Cole’s  return  to  free  m was  made  possible  by  a ovement   new  type  of  brace  for  the  lower  leg.  style  of  brace,  original The  new  ly  des for  use  by  wounded  vete igned  rans,  (See  Mobility,  Page  26) has Â

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College chooses Duke dean as it next president Middlebury  College  has  been  called  â€œthe  town’s  col-­ ELOOLRQ DQG GLYHUWLQJ PRUH UHVRXUFHV WR ÂżQDQFLDO DLG lege,â€?  and  many  things  the  college  did  in  2014  did  indeed  Patton  said  she  would  also  work  to  maintain  the  strong  effect  the  town  and  surrounding  communities.  And  some  relationship  with  the  town  of  Middlebury  that  Liebowitz  of  the  things  that  happened  up  on  the  hill  were  simply  championed.  important  in  and  of  themselves.  One  of  the  town-­gown  projects  that  will  be  central  to  The  most  momentous  occurrence  this  year,  of  course,  the  Liebowitz  legacy  got  off  the  ground  in  2014  when  was  the  selection  in  November  of  Laurie  L.  Patton,  a  dean  Middlebury  voters  approved  â€”  twice  â€”  the  transfer  of  at  Duke  University,  to  succeed  current  President  Ron  Li-­ the  land  at  94  Main  St.  to  the  college  in  exchange  for  the  ebowitz  when  he  steps  down  next  summer. college  paying  off  the  majority  of  the  cost  of  a  new  town  When  she  takes  over  as  the  17th  president  of  the  RIÂżFH /DWHU LQ WKH \HDU FROOHJH RIÂżFLDOV VDLG WKH LQVWLWX-­ 215-­year-­old  college  on  July  1,  she  will  be  the  tion  would  increase  its  contribution  to  ensure  that  the  ¿UVW ZRPDQ WR KROG WKH SRVW new  building  will  be  a  net-­zero  user  of  energy  Patton,  53,  is  a  Danvers,  Mass.,  na-­ (consume  no  more  energy  than  what  it  pro-­ Number tive.  She  earned  a  bachelor’s  degree  duces). from  Harvard  University  in  1983,  a  Also  on  the  real  estate  front,  Middlebury  master’s  from  the  Chicago  Divin-­ College  acquired  the  Lazarus  building  at  20  ity  School  in  1986,  and  a  Ph.D.  in  Main  St.  and  conveyed  it  to  the  town  for  de-­ history  of  religions  from  the  Uni-­ molition  for  better  access  into  the  Marble  versity  of  Chicago  in  1991.  She  Works  Business  District.  Then  the  college  has  authored  nine  books  on  South  elected  to  donate  1.4  acres  on  Bakery  Lane  Asian  history,  culture  and  religion  WR WKH WRZQ WR XVH DV LW VHHV ÂżW IRU D SURMHFW WR and  two  volumes  of  original  poetry,  drive  economic  development  in  town. and  she  has  translated  into  English  the  Construction  workers  toiled  throughout  2014  classic  â€œBhagavad  Gitaâ€?  from  its  original  RQ D ELJ QHZ ÂżHOG KRXVH RII 6RXWK 0DLQ 6WUHHW Sanskrit.  She  has  lectured  widely  on  interfaith  7KH VTXDUH IRRW EXLOGLQJ GXH WR EH ÂżQLVKHG WKLV issues  and  on  religion  in  public  life.  Her  husband,  re-­ month,  cost  around  $50  million,  all  raised  from  alumni,  ligion  professor  Shalom  Goldman,  will  move  with  his  parents  and  other  donors. wife  to  Vermont  and  join  the  Middlebury  College  fac-­ One  construction  project  that  wrapped  up  when  workers  ulty. SXW WKH ÂżQLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ WKH FROOHJHÂśV VTXDUH At  a  press  conference  announcing  her  appointment,  foot  squash  facility  by  installing  a  green  roof,  which  fea-­ Patton  said  she  would  like  to  expand  diversity  at  the  tured  growing  plants  set  in  a  soil  medium  on  top  of  a  wa-­ FROOHJH ² LQ SDUWLFXODU GLYHUVLW\ RI ÂżQDQFLDO EDFN-­ terproof  membrane  installed  on  top  of  the  building’s  roof.  ground  â€”  as  well  and  improve  integration  of  the  And  one  can’t  forget  one  other  spectacle  that  came  many  schools  and  institutes  that  fall  under  the  Middle-­ courtesy  of  Middlebury  College  just  before  Halloween.  EXU\ &ROOHJH XPEUHOOD $ SUROLÂżF IXQGUDLVHU DW 'XNH Workers  lifted  the  Osborne  House  from  its  200-­year-­old  Patton  said  she  would  work  to  make  the  college  more  foundation  in  the  center  of  downtown  and  trucked  it  in  the  affordable  to  students  by  increasing  the  size  of  the  wee  hours  across  the  Cross  Street  bridge  to  a  new  address.  Middlebury’s  endowment,  which  in  2014  eclipsed  $1  ,W PDGH URRP IRU WKH QHZ WRZQ RIÂżFH

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Readers have their favorite web stories The  Top  10  catalogs  what  the  news  staff  of  Picking  only  10  top  stories  in  2014  proved  the  Addison  Independent  chose  as  the  most  to  be  a  challenge.  Addison  County  saw  many  important  stories  of  2014,  but  readers  have  important,  interesting,  touching  and  fun  sto-­ their  own  opinions  about  what  interested  them  ries  last  year  that  the  Independent  staff  kept  most  last  year.  To  get  one  indication  of  that,  JRLQJ DIWHU FRPSLOLQJ WKH ÂżUVW +HUH DUH look  at  the  top  10  stories  on  our  website.  Here  some  of  the  other  stories  of  2014  that  caught  are  the  headlines  for  the  most-­read  stories  of  our  eyes. 2014  on  addisonindependent.com,  with  their  Â‡ $IWHU KHDULQJ HPRWLRQDO WHVWLPRQ\ IURP page  views  according  to  Google  Analytics  several  victims,  Addison  Superior  Court  Judge  (note:  Unfortunately,  the  analysis  did  not  Robert  Mello  approved  a  plea  agreement  that  track  all  of  the  site  activity  before  July  1).  sentenced  38-­year-­old  Raymond  Ritchie  of  We’ll  post  this  list  with  links  to  the  stories  at  Addison  to  13  years  to  life  in  prison  on  each  addisonindependent.com. of  a  long  list  of  counts  stemming  from  a  1.  Local  man  gives  a  face  to  2012  and  2013  crime  spree.  He  got  heroin  addiction  in  Vermont such  a  strict  sentence  because  page  views:  11,775 he  was  a  habitual  offender,  Top on the 2.  Two  injured  in  Bristol  having  been  convicted  of  10  shooting  incident,  one  by  a  felonies  in  the  past.  Most  of  state  trooper the  charges  stemmed  from  page  views:  4,015 a  series  of  break-­ins  in  Ad-­ 3.  Vergennes  police  nab  dison  County,  many  in  his  pair  in  heroin  sting home  town  and  others  in  page  views:  3,083 neighboring  communities.  4.  Early  morning  blaze  Those  who  spoke  in  support  destroys  barn  in  New  Haven of  the  lengthy  jail  term  empha-­ page  views:  2,370 sized  the  psychological  impact  of  5.  Election  Night  2014  â€”  LIVE  the  break-­ins  in  their  communities  and  COVERAGE of  the  loss  of  many  irreplaceable  keepsakes,  page  views:  2,291 which  included  the  ashes  of  a  stillborn  baby  6.  Two  injured  in  Weybridge  crash and  a  gift  from  an  autistic  child  to  a  mother.  page  views:  2,086 ‡ 9HUPRQW +DUG &LGHU FRPSDQ\ RSHQHG 7.  Counterfeit  tickets  to  cost  Field  Days  a  beautiful  new,  100,000-­square-­foot  cidery  thousands and  bottling  facility  in  Middlebury.  The  $34  page  views:  1,997 million  facility  on  Exchange  Street  was  built  $QRWKHU WHHQ PLVVLQJ LQ ÂżYH WRZQ over  the  past  15  months  with  more  than  45  area 9HUPRQW FRPSDQLHV LQYROYHG :LWKLQ WKDW ID-­ page  views:  1,920 cility  is  a  stunning  and  expansive  tasting  room  9.  Middlebury  College  student  shines  a  EXLOW ZLWK 9HUPRQW OXPEHU LQ SRVW DQG EHDP light  on  depression style,  complete  with  a  bar  with  a  20-­tap  draft  page  views:  1,882 system  featuring  core  Woodchuck  ciders  as  10.  Four  nabbed  in  Bristol  drug  bust well  as  experimental  ciders  only  available  at  page  views:  1,596 the  cidery.  It  also  features  23  cider  tanks  that  can  ferment  up  to  24,000  gallons  of  juice  each  (See  More  top  stories,  Page  29)

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Gebo,  Hodsden  wrestle  to  titles  at  invitational By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Middlebury  ju-­ nior  Seth  Gebo  and  Vergennes  junior  Jeb  Hodsden  wrestled  their  way  to  ti-­ tles  at  this  past  Tuesday’s  42nd  annual  Hubie  Wagner  Invitational  at  Middle-­ bury  Union  High  School. *HER SLQQHG DOO ÂżYH RI KLV RSSR-­ nents  in  dominating  the  113-­pound  weight  class,  while  Hodsden  recorded  one  pin,  one  major  decision,  and  three  tough  wins  in  demanding  tactical  matches.  $OVR UHDFKLQJ D ÂżQDO ZDV 2WWHU 9DO-­ ley  sophomore  Tyson  Cram,  who  lost  D WLJKW GHFLVLRQ DQG VHWWOHG IRU second. 98+6 HGJHG 08+6 IRU WKH EHVW ORFDO WHDP ÂżQLVK VFRULQJ SRLQWV WR ÂżQLVK VL[WK DPRQJ WKH WHDPV 08+6 WRWDOHG SRLQWV WR HDUQ D VHY-­ enth-­place  tie  with  the  joint  Bellows  )DOOV +DUWIRUG VTXDG 29 VFRUHG SRLQWV DOO FRXUWHV\ RI Cram,  to  take  13th.  Mount  Abe,  led  by  MXQLRU -RVK -RKQVRQÂśV IRXUWK SODFH HI-­ IRUW DW WRRN WK ZLWK SRLQWV Shaker  High  School  in  Latham,  1 < FUXLVHG WR ÂżUVW SODFH ZLWK points  by  winning  nine  weight  classes  â€”  Gebo  was  the  only  wrestler  to  de-­ IHDW D 6KDNHU JUDSSOHU LQ D ÂżQDO (VVH[ &RKRHV 1 < 0LOO 5LYHU DQG *UDQYLOOH 1 < URXQGHG RXW WKH WRS ÂżYH COMMODORES VUHS  Coach  Nate  Kittredge  saw  DOPRVW DOO RI KLV VPDOO FRQWLQJHQW RI ZUHVWOHUV SHUIRUP ZHOO QRW MXVW +RGV-­ GHQ 5HVXOWV IRU RWKHU 9HUJHQQHV DUHD wrestlers: ‡ 6RSKRPRUH .\OH .LQJVOH\ WRRN third  at  113,  with  a  3-­2  record. ‡ -XQLRU (WKDQ 5HDUGRQ ZHQW at  132  with  three  pins  and  impressed  REVHUYHUV HYHQ ZKLOH ORVLQJ ² KH IHOO EHKLQG LQ RQH PDWFK DQG VSHQW the  entire  second  period  vs.  Josh  Pom-­ SH\ RI &RKRHV ÂżJKWLQJ RII SLQV DQG

COMMODORE  JUNIOR  JEB  Hodsden,  above,  gets  a  grip  on  his  Essex  opponent  Noah  Beckage  last  Tuesday  at  Middlebury  Union  High  School  on  his  way  to  the  152-­pound  title.  Below  right,  MUHS  junior  Kyle  Desabrais  tries  to  get  the  upper  hand  on  Otter  Valley’s  Tyson  Cram  during  their  132-­pound  match. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell

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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Abe wins twice; Tigers, Otters, Commodores all lose By  ANDY  KIRKALDY $'',621 &2817< ² 0RXQW $EUDKDP GHIHDWHG YLVLWLQJ 9HU-­ gennes  to  highlight  last  week’s  local  high  school  girls’  basketball  action.  In  other  games,  Mount  Abe  won,  ZKLOH 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG 2WWHU 9DOOH\ dropped  contests.  EAGLES  VS.  VUHS 2Q )ULGD\ KRVW 0RXQW $EH WRSSHG 98+6 DV WKH (D-­ JOHV UHDFKHG DW 7KH &RP-­ modores  dropped  to  1-­4  despite  what  Coach  Billy  Waller  called  a  FRPSHWLWLYH HIIRUW Eagle  senior  post  players  Jen  Gordon SRLQWV LQ KHU UHWXUQ

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Otters  top  struggling  Eagles,  65-­39 By  ANDY  KIRKALDY BRISTOL  â€“  Early-­season  trends  continued  when  the  Mount  Abra-­ ham  Union  High  School  boys’  basketball  team  hosted  Otter  Val-­ ley  on  Saturday. The  6-­1  Otters,  who  returned  most  of  their  key  players  from  last  winter’s  winning  team,  picked  up  their  sixth  straight  victory,  65-­39,  leaving  the  rebuilding  Eagles  still  searching  for  their  first  positive  result. OV  senior  John  Winslow  sparked  OV  with  31  points,  and  added  15  rebounds  as  the  Otters  dominated  the  boards,  57-­32,  in-­ cluding  team  rebounds.  Many  of  the  OV  rebounds  came  on  the  of-­ fensive  end,  as  the  Otters  racked  up  25  second-­chance  points. Despite  the  difference  in  the  re-­ cords,  Winslow  said  the  Otters  did  not  take  the  Eagles  lightly  enter-­ ing  Saturday’s  game.  Mount  Abe  and  OV  split  two  hard-­fought  con-­ tests  in  each  of  the  past  two  win-­ ters  in  what  has  become  a  rivalry,  and  each  time  the  Eagles  broke  into  the  win  column  at  the  Otters’  expense.  â€œThat  was  a  real  point  of  em-­ phasis,â€?  Winslow  said.  â€œThey  got  their  first  win  against  us  in  the  last  two  years,  and  we  didn’t  want  it  to  happen  again.â€? OV  coach  Greg  Hughes  would  have  liked  fewer  turnovers  (10  in  the  first  half,  unofficially),  but  said  the  Otters’  work  in  the  paint  and  on  the  boards  has  been  consis-­ tent  all  winter.  â€œIt’s  tough  (for  opponents)  when  you’re  just  rebounding  over  everybody,â€?  Hughes  said.  â€œIt’s  definitely  nice  to  see  some  strengths  inside,  and  that’s  where  we  want  to  push  it.â€? Also  cleaning  the  glass  for  OV  were  forward  Carson  Leary  (eight  rebounds),  forward  Connor  Galli-­ po  (11  points,  seven  rebounds  and  a  game-­high  four  assists),  forward  William  Ross  (six  boards)  and  guard  Kai  Norwood  (seven  points,  five  boards). Mount  Abe  Coach  Mike  Estey  said  the  Eagles  spend  extra  time  at  practice  working  on  rebounding  in  preparation  for  OV,  but  said  board  work  has  been  a  problem  and  that  especially  Winslow  and  Leary  are  difficult  to  keep  off  the  glass. “We  worked  all  week  on  boxing  out,â€?  he  said.  â€œEverybody’s  got  to  find  somebody.â€? The  Eagles  were  without  sopho-­ mores  Jack  Willis,  who  Estey  said  has  just  begun  to  contribute,  and  forward  Ryan  Thompson,  who  Es-­ tey  said  could  have  helped  in  the  paint;Íž  both  were  away  on  family  vacation. But  inexperience  for  a  team  that  features  only  two  players  who  saw  significant  minutes  was  the  larger,  as  well  as  ongoing,  issue,  Estey  said.  â€œWe’re  having  a  hard  time  with  the  speed  of  the  game,  and  we’re  having  a  hard  time  understanding  the  game,â€?  he  said.

But,  Estey  said,  the  Eagles’  atti-­ tude  and  work  ethic  should  start  to  pay  off  as  the  season  progresses. “We’re  working  extremely  hard.  They  come  in  and  work  their  tails  off  and  do  anything  we  ask,â€?  Estey  said.  â€œIt’s  just  decision-­making.â€? On  Saturday,  the  Otters  did  not  shoot  well  in  the  first  quarter,  but  it  didn’t  matter  as  they  took  a  17-­8  lead.  Thirteen  of  those  17  points  came  after  offensive  rebounds,  12  from  Winslow,  who  scored  14  overall  in  the  period. In  the  quarter,  Eagle  sophomore  guard  Coleman  Russell  scored  four  of  his  team-­high  11,  and  se-­ nior  guard  Tyler  Willey  tossed  in  a  three  to  keep  Mount  Abe  at  least  within  striking  distance. The  Eagles  then  cut  the  lead  to  six,  19-­13,  early  in  the  second  quarter,  when  Russell  hit  a  three,  and  after  another  Winslow  hoop  inside,  senior  guard  Joey  Payea  fed  senior  forward  Tyrus  Keith  on  the  break  at  5:00. But  then  the  Otters  put  the  ham-­ mer  down  with  a  14-­0  run  over  the  next  4:00  to  take  a  33-­13  lead.  Put-­ backs  by  Leary  and  Winslow  got  it  started,  despite  a  pair  of  blocked  shots  inside  by  Eagle  freshman  Jackson  Counter.  Norwood  sank  two  threes,  Winslow  converted  on  the  break  with  a  nice  feed  from  sophomore  guard  Derek  Aines,  and  Gallip  capped  the  surge  with  two  free  throws. Payea  snapped  the  run  with  two  free  throws  at  1:19  and  added  a  putback,  but  Gallipo  countered  with  a  putback  of  his  own  and  a  three-­pointer  to  make  it  38-­17  at  the  half. OV  then  opened  the  second  half  with  buckets  inside  by  Josef  Scar-­ borough  and  Winslow  and  an  Ai-­ nes  three  in  the  first  1:10,  and  at  45-­17  any  suspense  was  drained  out  of  the  gym. Payea  and  Keith  finished  with  six  points  each  for  the  Eagles,  and  Peyton  Keith  added  five.  Tyrus  Keith  and  Ty  Combs  pulled  down  the  most  boards  for  Mount  Abe,  and  Keith  also  blocked  two  shots,  one  fewer  than  Counter’s  total. Estey  said  the  Eagles,  who  host  Randolph  on  Monday,  will  keep  plugging. “We’ll  be  in  here  Monday  and  we’ll  see  if  we  can  be  competi-­ tive,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe’re  trying  to  take  one  possession  at  a  time,  a  quarter  at  a  time,  and  be  competi-­ tive.â€? Hughes  said  he  knows  that  the  Otters  have  a  tougher  schedule  ahead  than  they  have  faced  so  far,  including  games  at  Middlebury  on  Tuesday  and  home  vs.  Mill  River  on  Friday. He  said  his  main  focus  will  re-­ main  â€œimproving  each  game,â€?  but  that  he  is  confident  in  his  team’s  prospects. “This  is  a  good  group.  I  think  we  have  a  lot  of  different  weap-­ ons,â€?  Hughes  said.  â€œThere’s  defi-­ nitely  a  lot  of  promise  there.â€?

Score BOARD

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 08+6 YV 1RUWKÂżHOG  ..................4-­0 1/3  N.  Country  at  MUHS  .................. 3SG Boys’ Hockey 1RUWKHDVW &OLQWRQ YV 08+6  .....3-­2 08+6 DW /\QGRQ  ........................ 3SG Boys’ Basketball :LQRRVNL YV 0W $EH  .............83-­48 98+6 YV )DLU +DYHQ  ............55-­45 29 YV *UHHQ 0W 8QLRQ  ........68-­55 1/3  Burr  &  Burton  vs.  VUHS  ............72-­33 5XWODQG YV 08+6  .....................68-­48 29 YV 0W $EH  ..........................65-­39 Girls’ Basketball 0W $EH YV 6 %XUOLQJWRQ  .......33-­20 0W $QWKRQ\ YV 29  ...............57-­21 6 %XUOLQJWRQ YV 08+6  ..............39-­6 /HODQG *UD\ YV 29  ...............38-­26 0W $EH YV 98+6  .....................46-­30 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Basketball 0&/$ YV 0LGG  .........................48-­41 0LGG YV $QQD 0DULD  ........ 64-­59  (OT)  Men’s Basketball 0LGG YV 6DOYH 5HJLQD  .............94-­66 Women’s Hockey 0LGG YV (OPLUD  .............................2-­2 Men’s Hockey 0LGG YV 6W 0LNHÂśV  .......................2-­1 +REDUW YV 0LGG  ............................4-­1

Schedule OTTER  VALLEY  UNION  High  School  player  John  Winslow  puts  back  a  rebound  over  Mount  Abraham’s  Tyrus  Keith.  A  key  factor  in  the  Otters’  win  Saturday  was  their  dominance  on  the  boards  â€”  they  converted  of-­ fensive  rebounds  into  25  points. Photo  by  Mark  Bouvier Â

Boys’ hoop: Otters win; VUHS splits, Tigers lose ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  lo-­ cal  high  school  boys’  basketball  action  last  week,  Otter  Valley  won,  9HUJHQQHV WRRN LWV ÂżUVW ORVV EXW won  another  game,  Middlebury  dropped  a  game  to  a  top  Division  I  team,  and  Mount  Abraham  lost  on  the  road.  The  Eagles  also  hosted  the  Ot-­ ters  on  Saturday;Íž  see  story.  OTTERS On  Dec.  30,  OV  won  at  Green  Mountain  Union,  68-­55,  to  im-­ prove  to  5-­1  heading  in  to  Satur-­ day,  John  Winslow  had  20  points  and  21  rebounds  to  lead  the  Otters.  Three  of  his  teammates  reached  GRXEOH ÂżJXUHV Connor  Gallipo  (14),  Kai  Norwood  (12)  and  Col-­ lin  Eugair  (10). COMMODORES On  Saturday,  VUHS  took  a  19-­3  ¿UVW TXDUWHU OHDG EXW VXUYLYHG D Fair  Haven  rally  before  winning,  55-­45.  The  Slaters  came  to  within  37-­36  in  the  fourth  quarter  before  the  Commodores  pulled  away  down  the  stretch.  Dylan  Raymond  led  VUHS Â

with  14  points,  and  Adam  Gill  and  Liam  Hayes  added  nine  apiece.  Darren  Brown  led  the  2-­5  Slaters  with  12. On  Saturday,  visiting  Burr  &  Burton  popped  the  Commodores’  undefeated  bubble,  72-­33.  Bulldog  standout  Joey  Shehadi’s  33  points  led  the  way  as  his  team  improved  to  7-­1. Wesley  Miedema  scored  eight  to  lead  VUHS,  which  dropped  to  7-­1. TIGERS On  Saturday,  visiting  Rutland  pulled  away  in  the  late  going  for  a  68-­48  victory  over  the  Tigers.  Four  5DLGHUV UHDFKHG GRXEOH ÂżJXUHV DV Rutland  improved  to  5-­2. Cullen  Hathaway  (11)  and  Bryce  Burrell  (10)  led  the  Tiger  scorers  as  MUHS  dropped  to  3-­3. EAGLES On  Dec.  30,  host  Winooski  SODFHG ÂżYH SOD\HUV LQ GRXEOH ÂżJ-­ ures  in  an  83-­48  victory.  Ty  Combs  (14)  and  Coleman  Russell  (10)  led  the  0-­6  Eagles.  Â

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 08+6 DW 5XWODQG  ................ S P 08+6 DW (VVH[  ................... S P Boys’ Hockey 08+6 DW 0W 0DQVÂżHOG  ....... S P 6WRZH DW 08+6  ...................... S P Boys’ Basketball 5DQGROSK DW 0W $EH  ................. S P 1/6  OV  at  MUHS  ............................ S P 98+6 DW )DLU +DYHQ  ................. S P 0W $EH DW 0LOO 5LYHU  ............ S P )DLU +DYHQ DW 08+6  ................ S P 29 DW 0LOO 5LYHU  ........................ S P 98+6 DW )DLUID[  ................ S P Girls’ Basketball 0LVVLVTXRL DW 08+6  ................. S P 0LOWRQ DW 98+6  ......................... S P 0W $EH DW &ROFKHVWHU  ............... S P 5XWODQG DW 29  ........................... S P 98+6 DW &ROFKHVWHU  ................. S P 08+6 DW 0W $EH  ..................... S P )DLU +DYHQ DW 29  ..................... S P 0W $EH DW &98  ............... S P &ROFKHVWHU DW 08+6  ....... S P 98+6 DW +DUZRRG  ........... S P Wrestling 98+6 08+6 DW 0W $EH  .......... S P 1/10   ........ 08+6 DW 0W $QWKRQ\ 7RXUQH\ Indoor Track 1/9&10  ......................98+6 DW 'DUWPRXWK Gymnastics 6W -RKQVEXU\ DW 08+6  .......... S P COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Basketball 0LGG DW 3ODWWVEXUJK  ............ S P %DWHV DW 0LGG  .......................... S P 7XIWV DW 0LGG  .......................... S P Men’s Basketball 0LGG DW 3ODWWVEXUJK  ............ S P 0LGG DW %DWHV  .......................... S P 0LGG DW 7XIWV  .......................... S P Women’s Hockey :HVOH\DQ DW 0LGG  .................... S P :HVOH\DQ DW 0LGG  .................. S P Men’s Hockey 0LGG DW 7ULQLW\  ..................... S P 0LGG DW :HVOH\DQ  .................. S P Spectators  are  advised  to  consult  school  websites  for  the  latest  schedule  updates. Â

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Wrestling  (Continued  from  Page  31) returned  to  the  team  early  last  week,  however,  and  Kittredge  hopes  he  will  stay  with  the  program. “We’re  struggling,  like  a  lot  of  teams,  I  guess,  with  numbers,â€?  he  said.  â€œBut  the  kids  that  are  sticking  it  out,  they’re  in  there  every  day,  and  they’re  placing  in  the  tournaments  we’re  wrestling  in.â€? Despite  bringing  just  six  or  eight  wrestlers  to  three  tournaments  so  far,  VUHS  has  placed  well  in  each.  â€œThese  kids  are  all  working  to  be  on  the  podium  every  time  they  wrestle,  and  they’re  all  good  enough  to  do  it,â€?  Kittredge  said. TIGERS Gebo,  the  top  seed  at  113,  steam-­ UROOHG KLV ÂżYH RSSRQHQWV +H SLQQHG KLV ÂżUVW IRXU IRHV LQ WKH ÂżUVW WZR SH-­ ULRGV DQG LQ WKH ÂżQDO WRRN D OHDG vs.  second-­seeded  Robert  Weidman  of  Shaker  before  pinning  him  at  1:38  of  the  third. Gebo,  who  lost  in  the  Hubie  Wag-­ QHU WRXUQDPHQW ÂżQDOV DV D IUHVKPDQ and  sophomore,  believes  he  laid  the  groundwork  for  his  win  this  past  sum-­ mer.  â€œI  did  a  little  bit  more  offseason  this  year,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  didn’t  do  offseason  my  freshman  year  or  my  sophomore  year,  but  I  did  it  this  season,  and  that  really  paid  off.â€? Gebo  was  doubly  happy  to  win  and  JHW DSSODXVH DQG KLJK ÂżYHV IURP WHDP-­ mates  and  coaches  in  his  own  gym. “It  was  really  important  for  team  points,  to  try  to  get  up  there  in  the  rankings,â€?  Gebo  said.  â€œBut  it  was  more  important  because  it  was  my  hometown.â€? Coach  Ethan  Raymond  was  happy  to  see  Gebo’s  hard  work  pay  off.  â€œHe’s  done  a  lot  of  offseason  with  me,â€?  he  said.  â€œWrestling  is  all  about  time.  Put  it  in,  and  it’s  what  you  get  out.  And  he’s  put  a  lot  of  time  in.â€? The  season  has  been  more  of  a  mixed  bag  for  Raymond’s  squad.  He  KDG H[SHFWHG UHWXUQHUV WR ÂżOO weight  classes,  but  injuries  to  seniors  Wyatt  Laberge  and  Chris  Gobbi  and  â€œkids  deciding  not  to  wrestle  for  what-­ ever  reason,â€?  changed  the  strategy  to  developing  a  younger  group  of  wres-­

tlers,  including  eight  freshmen  who  Raymond  said  are  â€œready  to  work  hardâ€?  at  every  practice. “We’re  setting  the  stage  for  the  fu-­ ture,â€?  Raymond  said.  â€œMy  outlook  is  I  don’t  care  about  the  outcome  of  the  match.  I  just  care  about  the  effort  and  the  technique.â€? Raymond  rated  the  tournament  a  success,  with  four  other  wrestlers  HDUQLQJ WRS IRXU SRGLXP ÂżQLVKHV DQG several  others  posting  wins: ‡ )UHVKPDQ %HQ 0XUUD\ WRRN IRXUWK DW ZLWK D UHFRUG DQG two  pins. ‡ )UHVKPDQ 'XVWLQ 'DYLR ZDV WKLUG at  126  with  a  1-­2  record  and  a  pin.  Â‡ -XQLRU .\OH 'HVDEUDLV ZHQW at  132. ‡ -XQLRU -DPHV :KLWOH\ ZDV WKLUG DW 138  with  a  3-­2  record  and  two  pins. ‡ )UHVKPDQ 5REHUW 3LNH ZHQW at  145  with  a  pin. ‡ -XQLRU 1LFN %HDXFKDPS ZDV fourth  at  195  with  a  2-­3  record  and  two  pins. ‡ 6HQLRU %HQQ /XVVLHU ZDV DW 285  with  a  pin. EAGLES Mount  Abe  started  the  season  with  a  half-­dozen  wrestlers  in  its  program,  but  two  decided  to  step  away,  leaving  Coach  Pete  Lossman  with  three  var-­ VLW\ ZUHVWOHUV DQG RQ -9 JUDSSOHU All  three  on  the  varsity  level  have  had  their  moments,  but  have  not  steadily  racked  up  wins,  Lossman  said.  â€œIt’s  the  basic  things.  We’re  miss-­ ing  the  little  things  in  practice,  and  it  shows  up  on  the  mat,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe’ve  just  got  to  put  those  little  things  back  in  play  and  it  will  come  together.â€? All  three  had  some  of  those  good  moments  last  week  at  MUHS,  each  SLFNLQJ XS D SLQ -RKQVRQ ZHQW winning  once  by  forfeit  and  once  with  a  52-­second  pin. 6HQLRU -RVK 5XVVLQ DW SLFNHG XS KLV ÂżUVW ZLQ RI ZLWK D ÂżUVW SHULRG SLQ DQG MXVW D FRXSOH PLQ-­ XWHV ODWHU VRSKRPRUH '\ODQ /LWWOH DW DOVR HDUQHG D ÂżUVW SHULRG SLQ WR bring  a  smile  to  Lossman’s  face. Lossman  particularly  enjoyed  see-­ ing  the  positive  results  because  the  Eagles  are  working  hard  and  showing Â

good  attitudes. “It’s  the  closest  thing  we’ve  had  to  a  team  in  the  past  few  years.  They  really  work  well  together,â€?  he  said. OTTERS OV,  too,  is  seeing  a  numbers  prob-­ lem.  Coach  Steven  Mitchell  had  seen  DQ XSWLFN LQ KLV ÂżUVW FRXSOH VHDVRQV but  said  several  wrestlers  for  a  variety  of  different  reasons  simply  chose  not  to  return. %XW KH LV KDSS\ ZLWK WKH ÂżYH KH KDV and  the  work  of  his  assistants,  Mason,  a  former  Cornell  College  wrestler  and  assistant,  and  former  OV  standout  -HVVH %LORGHDX “The  kids  that  have  stuck  with  it  are  doing  great.  There’s  a  high  level  of  in-­ terest  there,â€?  Mitchell  said.  â€œIn  every  practice  they’re  learning.â€? Because  of  injuries,  scheduling  FRQĂ€LFWV DQG D PLQRU GLVFLSOLQH LV-­ sue,  only  Cram  came  to  MUHS  last  ZHHN +LV VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVK DW IROORZHG KLV ZLQ DW WKH 6W -RKQVEXU\ WRXUQDPHQW DQG D VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVK in  Granville.  â€œTyson  is  a  dominating  wrestler,â€?  Mitchell  said.  â€œHe  loves  it.â€? $OVR ZLWK WKH SURJUDP LV MXQLRU 1D-­ than  Doty,  a  returning  state  place-­win-­ QHU DW VRSKRPRUH *UHJ :KLWQH\ for  whom  Mitchell  has  high  hopes  at  DIWHU WZR LQMXU\ SODJXHG VHDVRQV MXQLRU -DUHG )HONO DW DQG IUHVK-­ man  Dane  Bartshe,  who  for  now  will  ZUHVWOH DW WKH -9 OHYHO DW Mitchell  is  hopeful  the  program  numbers  will  bounce  back.  With  no  one  due  to  graduate,  he  said  there  are  eight  wrestlers  doing  well  in  the  OV  PLGGOH VFKRRO SURJUDP ÂżYH RI WKHP who  are  now  8th-­graders.  â€œHopefully  they’ll  stick  with  it,â€?  he  said. PODIUMS The  winners  were: ‡ /XFDV 6DXQGHUV %) +DUW-­ ford. ‡ $QWKRQ\ 0DQGLJR 6KDNHU ‡ *HER 08+6 ‡ 0DWW 6SDGRQL 6KDNHU 6SD-­ doni  was  voted  the  meet’s  outstanding  ZUHVWOHU DIWHU GHIHDWLQJ %) +DUWIRUG VWDQGRXW $XVWLQ 9LHQV LQ WKH ÂżQDO D PDWFK WKDW KDG %HOORZV )DOOV IDQV loudly  pleading  for  stalling  penalties Â

MOUNT  ABRAHAM  UNION  High  School  senior  Josh  Russin,  above  right,  throws  Burr  and  Burton’s  Cole  O’Connor  to  the  mat  during  their  138-­pound  match  last  Tuesday  at  the  Hubie  Wagner  Invitational  in  Mid-­ dlebury.  Below  left,  Commodore  sophomore  Troy  Provencher  avoids  a  pin  at  the  hands  of  Shaker’s  Anthony  Lassone. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell

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Third  period  goals  doom  Tiger  boys’  hockey  team MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  boys’  hockey  WHDP RQ 'HF GURSSHG WKH ÂżQDOH RI LWV RZQ KROLGD\ WRXUQDPHQW WR 1RUWKHDVW &OLQWRQ &HQWUDO 1 < Second-­period  goals  by  Tyler  Crowningshield,  from  Colton  Leno,  and  0DUW\ 1LHPR KLV ÂżUVW FDUHHU JRDO IURP 1DWKDQ /DORQGH JDYH WKH 7LJHUV a  2-­1  lead. %XW 1&&6 VFRUHG WZLFH LQ WKH WKLUG SHULRG IRU WKH ZLQ GHVSLWH VDYHV from  Tiger  goalie  Sawyer  Ryan.  The  1-­3-­2  Tigers  had  been  set  to  travel  to  Lyndon  on  Saturday  night.  Details  of  that  game  or  whether  it  was  played  â€”  the  girls’  hockey  team’s  JDPH YV 1RUWK &RXQWU\ DW WKH VDPH WLPH ZDV SRVWSRQHG ² FRXOG QRW EH FRQÂżUPHG EHIRUH GHDGOLQH

Girls’ hockey: Tigers blank Northfield in tournament MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  Union  High  School  on  Dec.  GHDOW YLVLWLQJ 1RUWKÂżHOG LWV ÂżUVW ORVV RI WKH VHDVRQ 7KH 7LJHUV improved  to  5-­2,  while  the  Ma-­ UDXGHUV GURSSHG WR DV WKH 7L-­ gers  avenged  an  opening  game  loss  WR 1RUWKÂżHOG The  game  was  the  last  in  the  Ti-­ JHUVÂś KROLGD\ WRXUQDPHQW 1RUWK-­ ÂżHOG HDUQHG WKH WRXUQH\ WLWOH RYHU Burr  &  Burton  and  Spaulding. Â

(DFK WHDP ÂżQLVKHG EXW 1RUWK-­ ÂżHOG SUHYDLOHG RQ WRWDO SRLQWV LQ WKH event’s  scoring  system. MUHS  scored  three  times  in  1:16  of  the  second  period  to  break  the  game  open.  Andi  Boe  tallied  WZLFH DQG -XOLH &DURQH DQG $QJHOD Carone  added  a  goal  apiece  for  the  Tigers,  while  Rowan  Hendy  made  VDYHV 0DUDXGHU JRDOLH $QDOLVH Morvan  stopped  seven  shots. The  Tigers’  Saturday  home  game Â

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HANCOCK  â€”  The  Community  Church  of  Hancock  and  Granville  said  goodbye  to  Rev.  Wayne  Holsman  on  Dec.  28  with  a  coffee  hour  after  service  as  he  and  his  wife  Ellie  set  out  on  their  new  journey  into  retirement. Rev.  Holsman  had  come  out  of  retirement  12  years  ago  to  join  us  and  guide  us  in  our  spiritual  growth Â

through  the  years.  He  shared  with  us  his  own  personal  stories,  wisdom  and  teachings  of  Jesus  the  Christ  and  Ellie  shared  her  children’s  stories  and  guided  our  children  in  a  better  understanding  of  our  Lord  Jesus  the  Christ.  We  appreciate  all  that  they  have  done  for  us  and  wish  them  many  happy  years  in  retirement. Â

While  we  are  in  search  of  a  new  part-­time  minister,  Dudley  Leavitt  Sr.  has  graciously  volunteered  to  ¿OO LQ DV OD\ VSHDNHU IRU WKH QH[W few  services.  Fay  Leavitt  has  been  ¿OOLQJ LQ IRU RXU PXVLF GLUHFWRU IRU the  last  couple  months.  We  appreci-­ ate  the  kindness  of  Dudley  and  Fay  as  they  help  us  out  at  this  time  of  transition.

We  will  still  be  holding  service  at  9:30  a.m.  on  Sundays.  Please  feel  free  to  join  us.  There  will  be  a  fund-­ raising  meeting  after  service  this  Sunday,  Jan.  4.  Our  annual  congre-­ gational  meeting  will  be  Jan.  25,  after  service  with  a  potluck  supper. We  are  currently  seeking  a  part-­ time  minister  to  help  lead  us  in  our  spiritual  growth  as  individuals, Â

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THANK  YOU  LORD  and  St.  A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ Jude  for  prayers  answered.  M O U S  M I D D L E B U R Y  AL. MEETINGS  12  Step  Meet-­ ings;;  Noon-­1:00  PM.  AND  7:30-­8:30  PM.  Both  held  at  Public  Meetings The  Turning  Point  Center  in  The  Marbleworks,  Middle-­ ADULT  ALL-­RECOVERY  bury. Group  Meeting  for  anyone  over  18  who  is  struggling  AL-­ANON:  FOR  FAMILIES  with  addiction  disorders.  Fri-­ and  friends  affected  by  some-­ days,  3-­4  p.m.  at  the  Turning  one’s  drinking.  Members  Point  Center.  A  great  place  share  experience,  strength  to  meet  with  your  peers  and  hope  to  solve  common  who  are  in  recovery.  Bring  problems.  Newcomers  wel-­ a  friend  in  recovery.  For  come.  Confidential.  St  Ste-­ info  call  802-­388-­4249  or  phens  Church  (use  front  side  802-­683-­5569  or  visit  www. door  and  go  to  basement)  in  Middlebury,  Sunday  nights  turningpointaddisonvt.org. 7:15-­8:15  pm. AL-­ANON  (FRIENDS  OF  FAMILIES)  MEETS  on  Fri-­ A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ days  at  7:30  PM.  Located  at  MOUS  MIDDLEBURY  MEET-­ the  Turning  Point  Center  of  INGS  SATURDAY:  Discus-­ Addison  County,  228  Maple  sion  Meeting  9:00-­10:00  AM  St.  Middlebury,  VT  (In  the  at  the  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church.  Discus-­ Marble  Works  Complex). sion  Meeting  10:00-­11:00  AM.  A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ Women’s  Meeting  Noon-­1:00  MOUS  NEW  HAVEN  MEET-­ PM.  Beginners’  Meeting  INGS:  Monday,  Big  Book  6:30-­7:30  PM.  These  three  Meeting  7:30-­8:30  PM  at  the  meetings  are  held  at  The  Congregational  Church,  New  Turning  Point  Center  in  The  Haven  Village  Green. Marbleworks,  Middlebury.

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A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ MOUS  MIDDLEBURY  MEET-­ INGS  MONDAY:  As  Bill  Sees  It  Meeting  Noon-­1:00  PM.  Big  Book  Meeting  7:30-­8:30  PM.  Both  held  at  The  Turning  Point  Center  in  The  Marble-­ works,  Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ M O U S  M I D D L E B U R Y  MEETINGS  SUNDAY:  12  Step  Meeting  9:00-­10:00  AM  held  at  the  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church  on  N.  Pleasant  Street.  Discus-­ sion  Meeting  1:00-­2:00  PM  held  at  The  Turning  Point  Center  in  The  Marbleworks,  Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ MOUS  RIPTON  MEETINGS:  Monday,  As  Bill  Sees  It  Meet-­ ing  7:15-­8:15  AM.  Thursday,  Grapevine  Meeting  6:00-­7:00  PM.  Both  held  at  Ripton  Fire-­ house,  Dugway  Rd.

A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ M O U S  N O R T H  F E R -­ RISBURGH  MEETINGS:  Sunday,  Daily  Reflections  Meeting  6:00-­7:00  PM,  at  the  United  Methodist  Church,  Old  Hollow  Rd.

A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ M O U S  M I D D L E B U R Y  MEETINGS  WEDNESDAY:  Big  Book  Meeting  7:15-­8:15  AM  is  held  at  the  Middlebury  A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ United  Methodist  Church  on  MOUS  MIDDLEBURY  MEET-­ N.  Pleasant  Street.  Discus-­ INGS  FRIDAY:  Discussion  sion  Meeting  Noon-­1:00  PM.  Meeting  Noon-­1:00  PM  at  Women’s  Meeting  5:30-­6:30  The  Turning  Point  in  The  PM.  Both  held  at  The  Turning  Marbleworks,  Middlebury. Point  Center  in  the  Marble-­ A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ works,  Middlebury. MOUS  MIDDLEBURY  MEET-­ A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ INGS  THURSDAY:  Big  Book  MOUS  VERGENNES  MEET-­ Meeting  Noon-­1:00  PM  at  the  INGS:  Sunday,  12  Step  Meet-­ Turning  Point  Center  in  the  ing  7:00-­8:00  PM.  Friday,  Marbleworks,  Middlebury.  Discussion  Meeting  8:00-­9:00  Speaker  Meeting  7:30-­8:30  PM.  Both  held  at  St.  Paul’s  PM  at  St.  Stephen’s  Church,  Church,  Park  St.  Tuesday,  Main  St.(On  the  Green). Discussion  Meeting  7:00-­8:00 Â

ARE  YOU  BOTHERED  BY  someone’s  drinking?  Opening  Our  Hearts  Al-­Anon  Group  meets  each  Wednesday  at  7:30  p.m.  at  the  Turning  Point  Center  in  the  Marbleworks  in  Middlebury.  Anonymous  and  confidential,  we  share  A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ our  experience,  strength  and  MOUS  BRANDON  MEET-­ hope  to  solve  our  common  INGS:  Monday,  Discussion  problems.802-­989-­0009. Meeting  7:30-­8:30  PM.  Wednesday,  12  Step  Meeting  NA  MEETINGS  MIDDLE-­ 7:00-­8:00  PM.  Friday,  12  Step  BURY:  Mondays,  6pm,  held  Meeting  7:00-­8:00  PM.  All  at  The  Turning  Point  Center  held  at  the  St.  Thomas  Epis-­ located  in  The  Marble  Works. copal  Church,  RT  7  South. NA  MEETINGS  MIDDLE-­ A L C O H O L I C S  A N O N Y-­ BURY:  Fridays,  7:30pm,  held  MOUS  BRISTOL  MEET-­ at  the  Turning  Point  Center  INGS:  Sunday,  Discussion  located  in  the  Marble  Works. Meeting  4:00-­5:00  PM.  Wednesday,  12  Step  Meet-­ OA  (OVEREATERS  ANONY-­ ing  7:00-­8:00  PM.  Friday,  MOUS)  MEETS  on  Thurs-­ Big  Book  Meeting,  6:00-­7:00  days  at  6  PM.  Located  at  PM.  All  held  at  the  Federated  the  Turning  Point  Center  of  Addison  County,  228  Maple  Church,  Church  St. St.  Middlebury,  VT  (In  the  Marble  Works  Complex).

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LOST  DOG:  GOSHEN,  VT.  Black  Lab  8  years  old.  Missing  tags  from  collar.  Call  802-­ 247-­3617.

Services C&I  DRYWALL.  Hanging,  taping  and  skim  coat  plas-­ tering.  Also  tile.  Call  Joe  802-­234-­5545  or  Justin  802-­234-­2190. CHAIN  SAW  CHAINS  sharp-­ ened.  Call  802-­759-­2095. CONSTRUCTION:  ADDI-­ TIONS,  RENOVATIONS,  new  construction,  drywall,  carpentry,  painting,  flooring,  roofing,  pressure  washing,  driveway  sealing.  All  aspects  of  construction,  also  property  maintenance.  Steven  Fifield  DOG  TEAM  CATERING.  Seating  up  to  300,  plus  bar  available,  Middlebury  VFW.  Full  menus.  802-­388-­4831,  www.dogteamcatering.net.

GENE’S  PROPERTY  MAIN-­ TENANCE.  Property  main-­ tenance  and  repairs,  light  trucking,  small  carpentry  /  handyman  jobs.  Leicester.  Fully  insured.  Call  for  a  free  estimate  802-­349-­6579. LOGGING,  LAND  CLEAR-­ ING,  forest  management.  Highest  rate  on  all  timber.  Double  rates  on  low  grade  chip  wood.  518-­643-­9436. MISC  GRAPHICS  offers  de-­ sign  services.  Reasonable  pricing,  references.  8  years’  professional  experience.  BA  degree  in  Graphic  Design.  E-­mail  Mandy  at  miscgraph-­ icsvt@gmail.com.

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‡ 54  RSVP  volunteers  delivered  Meals  on  Wheels, ‡ 1,400  lap  robes  and  shawls,  walker  bags  and  cancer  turbans,  and  hats  and  mittens  were  distributed  to  nursing  homes,  home  health  clients,  and  school  children, ‡ 33  RSVP  members  served  as  Volunteer  Drivers  for  ACTR  and  the  Open  Door  Clinic, ‡ 806  volunteers  participated  in  our  United  Way  Days  of  Caring!  In  addition,  hundreds  of  RSVP  and  the  Volunteer  Center  members  helped  serve  delicious  food  at  community  meal  sites,  assisted  at  Red  Cross  Blood  Donation  sites,  and  spent  countless  hours  as  reading  mentors,  cookie  bakers,  garden  weeders,  board  members,  Habitat  house  builders,  data  enterers,  soccer  coaches,  mail  collators,  friendly  visitors,  grant  writers,  web  designers,  wheelchair  ramp  painters,  bus  washers,  book  shelvers...you  name  it,  you  did  it!  2Q EHKDOI RI RXU YROXQWHHUV DQG QRQ SUR¿ W SDUWQHUV ZH ZRXOG OLNH WR WKDQN WKH residents  of  Addison  County  for  taking  the  time  to  support  their  communities  through  volunteering.  With  gratitude  and  admiration,  we  wish  you  all  the  best  in  this  coming  year,  Serena  and  Lynn

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LICENSED NURSING ASSISTANTS $500 Sign-on Bonus! Helen  Porter  Healthcare  &  Rehabilitation  Center  is  now  hiring  hard-­working  and  dedicated  LNA  professionals.  If  you  want  to  provide  exceptional  care  to  our  residents  in  a  collaborative  and  supportive  environment,  please  apply.  We  have  LNA  opportunities  available  both  full-­time  and  part-­time  for  evening,  night  and  weekend  shifts. We offer competitive pay, D JHQHURXV EHQHĂ€W SDFNDJH DQG D $500 sign-on bonus. Please  email  your  resume  to DSSO\#SRUWHUPHGLFDO RUJ or  call  802-­388-­4780  for  more  information.

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COMMUNITY  SUPPORTS:  A  debonair  older  gentlemen  in  Goshen  is  looking  for  some-­ one  to  assist  him  in  accessing  his  community  on  Mondays  and  Fridays  each  week  for  approximately  five  hours  per  day.  A  comfort  level  support-­ ing  someone  with  a  nonverbal  communication  style  and  the  skills  for  managing  potential  medical  /  personal  care  issues  is  required.  Please  contact  Denise  at  802-­324-­5692.

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Why not put that experience to work as a Maplefields Assistant Manager? This is a great opportunity for the right person to be part of a winning team in the Shoreham area! Qualified Candidates should have prior retail or service experience and be ready to learn the skills to be a great leader. If you have an outgoing perosnality and are looking for a rewarding environment to work in, stop in with your resume or fill out an application: Maplefields - Shoreham Service Center Vt. Rte 22A Shoreham, VT 05770 BENEFITS FOR OUR FULL TIME TEAM MEMBERS Opportunity for Advancement L 1MBO t 1BJE )PMJEBZT 1BJE 7BDBUJPO 1FSTPOBM %BZT .FEJDBM %FOUBM 1MBO (SFBU #POVT 1PUFOUJBM EOE

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Operations Manager The Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the humane society, including adoption center initiatives and community-based animal programs related to our mission. It is a full-time, exempt position that reports to the Executive Director and includes administrative, supervisory, and personnel-related duties. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be comfortable with change and ambiguity, be able to operate calmly in emotionally charged environments, and work toward long-term goals while managing daily challenges. Preference will be given to candidates with at least 2 years experience in an animal welfare organization or equivalent experience and at least 2 years managerial experience. Computer literacy required. To apply, please send letter of interest, resume, 3 professional references, and salary requirements to: Jessica@homewardboundanimals.org, or by mail to: Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, 236 Boardman Street Middlebury,VT 05753.

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BRIDPORT  ONE  BEDROOM  apartment.  No  smoking,  no  pets  please.  Above  two  car  garage,  great  views  of  Adiron-­ For  Sale dacks,  12  miles  to  Middlebury.  Great  small  storage  area.  $700  SAWMILLS  FROM  ONLY  /  month-­snow  removal,  water,  $4,397.  Make  and  save  money  lawn  care  and  electric  included.  with  your  own  bandmill,  cut  Call  802-­989-­8556. lumber  any  dimension.  In  stock,  ready  to  ship.  Free  info  /  DVD:  BRISTOL-­3  BEDROOM,  2  www.NorwoodSawmills.com,  BATHROOM  apartment  in  a  clean,  quiet  complex.  $1,000  1-­800-­578-­1363,  ext.  300N. /  month.  Hot  water,  trash,  re-­ TINY  HOUSE  AUCTION,  Ver-­ cycling,  lawn  care  and  snow  mont  post  and  beam  sheds,  removal  included.  Tenant  pays  livestock  shelters  &  firewood  heat  and  electric.  Good  refer-­ storage.  January  22,  2015.  ences  and  deposit  required.  No  Absolutely  no  reserve.  Bid  pets.  802-­349-­5268. on-­line.  802-­297-­3760.  www. FEB.  1ST,  LAKE  DUNMORE  jamaicacottageshop.com. 2  BR  ranch  with  walk  out  base-­ TRACTOR  CHAINS;Íž  9.5x24.  ment  and  garage.  $1,250  plus  $100.  802-­759-­2200. utilities.  802-­989-­0915  rheau-­ me@sover.net. TWIN  MATTRESS,  $97.  Bob’s  Furniture  and  Bedding,  Middle-­ MIDDLBURY  OFFICE  SPACE.  bury.  802-­388-­1300. Prime  Court  Street  location.  Ground  floor.  Off  street  parking.  600-­2,000  sq.  ft.  Real-­Net  Man-­ agement,  Inc.  802-­388-­4994. For  Rent

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LEICESTER  2.1  ACRES.  State  approved  for  3  bed-­ room  conventional  system  on  Lake  Dunmore  Road.  Green  Mountain  National  Forest  FIREWOOD,  SEASONED.  across  the  road.  $42,500.  Large  cord  $350  deliv-­ 802-­247-­4547. ered.  Limited  supply.  Call  NYS  LAND  SALE  AD-­ 802-­453-­4235  for  fantastic,  IRONDACK  Timberlands  rapid  service. 80-­2000  acre  hunting  clubs. Â

Att.  Farmers SAWDUST;͞  STORED  UN-­ DER  cover.  Large  tandem  silage  truck  $627.  delivered.  Half  tandem  load  $350.  de-­ livered.  Pick  up  and  loading  also  available.  Phone  order  and  credit  cards  accepted.  802-­453-­2226.

WHITNEY’S  CUSTOM  FARM  WORK.  Pond  agi-­ Starting  at  $385  /  acre.  Fi-­ tating,  liquid  manure  haul-­ nancing  available.  Call  ing,  drag  line  aerating.  Call  1-­800-­229-­7843  or  visit  www. for  price.  462-­2755,  John  landandcamps.com. Whitney.

HARDWOOD  CHUNKS,  $150  /  CORD  or  $75  /  half  cord.  Mixed,  split  firewood  $225  /  cord.  Delivery  available.  802-­545-­2144. RIPTON  LAND.  6.56  MOUNTAIN  ROAD  FIRE-­ acres,  more  or  less.  Bill-­ WOOD.  Green  and  partially  ings  Farm  Road.  $55,000.  dry  available:  oak,  ash,  802-­388-­2640. maple,  beech.  Order  now  and  save  for  next  season.  Cut,  split  and  delivered.  Call  Animals 802-­759-­2095. 3  YEAR  OLD  LONG  T I M B E RW O L F  F I R E -­ HAIRED  CHIHUAHUA.  WOOD:  Seasoned  ready  Friendly,  house  broken  to  burn  firewood.  Cut,  split  to  papers.  Wonderful  and  delivered.  Green  wood  gift  for  Christmas.  $250.  available.  802-­388-­7300. 802-­388-­2675.

A  decade’s  work MOO  GONG  DO  student  Laura  Ferguson  stands  with  Moo  Gong  Do  Vermont’s  Middlebury   school  director  Scott  Smith,  left,  and  school  owner  Master  Seth  Allen,  who  presents  her  with  a  samurai  sword  in  honor  of  her  10  years  of  training  in  the  Korean  martial  art  of  moo  gong  GR )HUJXVRQ UHFHLYHG KHU Âż UVW degree  black  belt  in  2008  and  her  second-­degree  black  belt  in  2011,  testing  both  times  in  front  of  moo  gong  do  creator  Grand  Master  Dae  Yong  Kim.

Cars VOLVO  2005  V-­50  T5  Luxury  compact  SUV.  All  wheel  drive.  Loaded.  Very  good  condition.  86,800  miles,  $8,300  obo.  802-­349-­1240.  Middlebury.

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Governor (Continued  from  Page  1) votes  cast  back  on  Nov.  4.  Shumlin  received  89,509  tallies,  which  was  46.4  percent  of  the  total  votes  cast,  compared  to  87,075,  or  45.1  percent,  for  Milne.  Libertarian  Dan  Feliciano  garnered  4.36  per-­ cent,  with  8,428. Historically,  lawmakers  in  such  LQVWDQFHV KDYH DIÂżUPHG WKH FDQGL-­ date  who  received  the  most  tallies  in  the  General  Election.  In  other  cases  where  the  winner  failed  to  get  at  least  50  percent  of  the  vote  plus  RQH WKH VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVKHU KDV often  conceded  and  therefore  made  OHJLVODWLYH DIÂżUPDWLRQ D PRRW SRLQW ,Q VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVKHU Doug  Racine,  a  Richmond  Demo-­ crat,  conceded  to  the  top  vote-­getter  for  governor,  Middlebury  Republi-­ can  James  Douglas. But  while  Milne  did  not  request  a  recount  of  the  ballots  cast  on  Nov.  4,  he  has  not  conceded  the  race  to  Shumlin  and  has  announced  he  will  accept  the  governorship  if  lawmak-­ ers  on  Jan.  8  choose  to  disregard  the  outcome  of  the  popular  vote  and  instead  elect  him.  A  group  called  â€œVermonters  for  Honest  Govern-­ mentâ€?  has  been  airing  television Â

“I received quite a few phone calls and emails following the election on this, and every constituent has been strong in urging me to vote the way my district did.â€? — Rep. Alyson Eastman, I-Orwell ads  urging  legislators  to  pick  Milne. Milne  has  been  relishing  the  sup-­ port. “I  ran  for  governor  on  values,  be-­ lieving  and  knowing  that  we  could  do  a  better  job  than  what  I  saw  com-­ ing  out  of  Montpelier,â€?  Milne  said  during  a  Dec.  8  speech  in  Montpe-­ lier  reiterating  his  ongoing  aspira-­ tions  for  the  state’s  top  executive  RIÂżFH Âł, EHOLHYH PRVW YRWHUV DJUHH with  me.â€? That  call  will  be  up  to  the  Gener-­ al  Assembly,  however,  and  Milne’s  post-­election  bid  would  appear  to  be  Quixotic.  While  the  GOP  gained Â

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eight  seats  in  the  Vermont  House  and  two  in  the  Senate,  Democrats  still  hold  sizable  ma-­ jorities  in  both  chambers,  and  it  appears  unlikely  the  controlling  party  would  see  enough  defec-­ tions  to  topple  Shumlin  on  Jan.  8. The  last  time  the  General  As-­ sembly  circumvented  the  popular  YRWH WR LQVWDOO D VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVK-­ HU WR D PDMRU VWDWHZLGH RIÂżFH ZDV LQ 1853.  And  Milne’s  critics  have  stat-­ ed  that  he  would  be  hard-­pressed  to  WUDQVLWLRQ WR WKH RIÂżFH RU GHOLYHU D budget  proposal  in  a  timely  fashion  if  elected  on  Thursday. Still,  Shumlin’s  opponents  be-­ lieve  the  governor  is  vulnerable,  pointing  to  the  closeness  of  the  Nov.  4  popular  vote  and  the  criti-­ cism  the  governor  has  drawn  on  such  issues  as  health  care,  property  tax  reform  and  the  Addison  Rutland Â

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Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  undersigned  will  sell,  to  satisfy  lien  of  owner,  at  public  sale  by  closed  bidding  on  Sat.,  Jan.  10,  2015  at  10:00  a.m.,  at  Bristol  Stor  Mor  Storage  Facility,  located  at  508  Burpee  Road,  Bristol,  Vermont,  the  personal  goods  stored  therein  by  the  following: Name – Address Unit Number Contents Chad  Jerome  â€“  328  Rocky  Dale  Rd.,  Bristol,  VT           Shed  4C         Miscellaneous  Purchase  must  be  made  with  cash  only  and  paid  for  at  the  time  of  the  sale.  Minimum  bid  required.  All  goods  are  sold  as  is,  where  is,  and  all  items  to  be  removed  from  unit  at  time  of  purchase.  Sale  is  subject  to  adjournment.  A  $50.00  deposit  will  be  required  and  refunded  to  bidder  when  ALL  items  have  been  removed  from  the  unit  and  broom-­cleaned.  The  owners  of  the  storage  facility  reserve  the  right  to  place  a  minimum  bid  on  any  sheds  being  sold.                                                     1/5,  8                                                                                                                                                                                                   Â

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PUBLIC  HEARING  and  INFORMATION  MEETING  on  PRELIMINARY PROPOSED  TOWN  GENERAL  FUND  BUDGET  (Includes  capital  project  funds) for  FY16  (July  1,  2015  â€“  June  30,  2016) Your  comments,  suggestions  and  input  are  important  and  appreciated. Copies  of  the  proposed  budget  may  be  obtained  from  the  Town’s  website,  www. PLGGOHEXU\ JRYRIÂżFH FRP DW WKH 7RZQ 0DQDJHUÂśV RIÂżFH RU E\ FDOOLQJ ext  201. If  you  need  special  accommodations  to  attend  this  meeting,  please  contact  the  7RZQ 0DQDJHUÂśV 2IÂżFH DW H[W 202  as  early  as  possible.

TOWN OF WEYBRIDGE WARNING Public Hearings Regarding the Town of Weybridge Municipal Char-­ ter Adoption. Residents  of  the  Town  of  Weybridge  in  the  County  of  Addison  DUH KHDUE\ QRWL¿HG DQG ZDUQHG RI WKH two  public  hearings  at  the  Weybridge  Elementary  School  in  said  town  at  210  Quaker  Village  Road,  which  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  February  3,  2015  at  7:00  PM  and  Monday,  February  9,  2015  at  7:00  PM.  The  purpose  of  these  hearings  is  to  receive  and  provide  comment  on  the  draft  Municipal  Charter  language,  proposed  by  the  Selectboard,  which  will  be  up  for  discussion  on  March  2nd,  2015  and  for  voting  on  Town  Meeting  Day  on  March  3rd,  2015.  Warning  with  proposed  language  of  the  charter,  is  posted  at  the  :H\EULGJH 7RZQ 2I¿FH WKH :H\EULGJH Town  Hall  board,  Monument  Farms  Dairy  and  the  Pulp  Mill  Bridge  Road  board.  Copies  of  the  proposed  munic-­ ipal  charter  can  be  obtained  from  the  Weybridge  Town  Clerk. Alan  J.  Piper,  Chair Weybridge  Selectboard 1/1,  5,  8,  12,  15,  19,  22,  26,  29

Natural  Gas  Project  pipeline. Rutland  House  district  (Orwell,  In  Addison  County,  Shumlin  best-­ Shoreham,  Benson  and  Whiting)  ed  Milne  by  a  6,020  to  5,761  tally,  cast  ballots  for  Milne  on  Nov.  4,  by  with  Libertarian  an  overall  52  percent  to  Feliciano  gar-­ 36  percent. nering  583  tal-­ Rep.  Warren  Van  lies.  But  Milne  Wyck,  R-­Ferrisburgh,  received  the  cited  the  same  rea-­ most  votes  in  14  soning  in  his  plans  to  of  the  county’s  vote  for  Milne,  who  on  23  communities,  Nov.  4  swept  the  Ad-­ an  achievement  dison-­3  communities  that  is  prompt-­ of  Vergennes,  389  to  ing  three  of  the  351;Íž  Waltham,  99-­78;Íž  county’s  11  law-­ Ferrisburgh,  535-­412;Íž  makers  â€”  in-­ Panton,  121-­84;Íž  and  cluding  newly  Addison,  335-­166. elected  Rep.  Van  Wyck  believes  Alyson  Eastman,  Milne  could  quickly  I-­Orwell  â€”  to  pick  up  the  nuances  of  say  they  will  â€œI think to run a WKH RIÂżFH SRLQWLQJ WR support  Milne  successful business his  professional  expe-­ over  Shumlin  on  in Vermont and the rience  at  the  helm  of  Thursday. Milne  Travel. region shows that “I  received  â€œI  think  to  run  a  suc-­ quite  a  few  he knows how to cessful  business  in  Ver-­ phone  calls  and  hold an executive mont  and  the  region  emails  following  position ‌ I am shows  that  he  knows  the  election  on  FRQĂ€GHQW 0LOQH how  to  hold  an  ex-­ this,â€?  Eastman  can make executive ecutive  position,â€?  Van  said,  â€œand  ev-­ Wyck  said.  â€œI  am  con-­ decisions.â€? ery  constituent  ¿GHQW KH FDQ PDNH H[-­ has  been  strong  â€” Rep. Warren Van ecutive  decisions.â€? in  urging  me  to  Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh But  Van  Wyck’s  vote  the  way  my  seatmate,  Rep.  Diane  district  did.â€? Lanpher,  D-­Vergennes,  She  noted  a  majority  of  voters  said  she  will  vote  for  Shumlin  be-­ (See  Shumlin  or  Milne,  Page  43) in  all  four  towns  in  her  Addison-­

RR  overpass (Continued  from  Page  1) to  contribute  up  to  $500,000  for  some  public  amenities  related  to  the  project. Plans  call  for  the  two  rail  overpasses  to  be  replaced  with  a  massive  concrete  tunnel  that  will  in  turn  create  some  extra  surface  area  LQ WKH GRZQWRZQ E\ ÂżOOLQJ LQ WKH now-­vacant  space  between  Triangle  Park  and  St.  Stephen’s  church  on  the  town  green. “Early  optimism  about  the  ease  of Â

construction,  its  duration  and  impacts  on  the  community  has  been  tempered  by  more  realistic  assessments  based  on  additional  technical  information  and  the  construction  experience  and  expertise  of  the  general  manager/ general  contractor,â€?  Finger  said. The  Addison  Independent  will  provide  a  more  detailed  report  of  this  late  breaking  news  in  its  Thursday,  Jan.  8,  issue. Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

ADDISON NORTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION Board of Directors’ Meetings The  following  schedule  of  the  Board  of  School  Directors’  meetings  is  announced  for  the  month  of  January,  2015.  Monday,  January  5  6:00  PM  Vergennes Union High School Board – Special Budget Meeting  in  the  school  library  Thursday,  January  8  6:30  PM  Ferrisburgh Central School Board –      Regular  monthly  meeting  in  the  Art  Room  Monday,  January  12  6:00  PM  Vergennes Union High School Board –    Regular  monthly  meeting  in  the  school  library  Wed.,  January  14  6:30  PM  Ferrisburgh Central School Board – Special Budget Meeting  at  the  school  Thursday,  January  15  7:00  PM  Addison Central School Board –     Regular  monthly  meeting  at  the  school   Monday,  January  19  6:15  PM  Vergennes Union Elementary School Board –             Regular  monthly  meeting  in  the  school  library  Thursday,  January  22  7:00  PM  Addison Central School Board – Special Budget Meeting  at  the  school  Monday,  January  26  6:15  PM  Vergennes Union Elementary School Board – Special Budget Meeting  in  the  school  library  The  purpose  of  each  Regular  meeting  is  to  transact  regular  business,  including  a  review  of  correspondence,  reports,  approval  of  bills,  and  any  other  business  proper  to  EH EURXJKW EHIRUH VDLG PHHWLQJV XQOHVV RWKHUZLVH VSHFLÂżHG 12/22,  12/25,  1/1,  1/5

Addison  Independent,  Monday,  January  5,  2015  â€”  PAGE  43

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SECRET  BALLOT ÂżQLVKHU ZDV DI “The  race  for  In  general,  members  of  the  ¿UPHG Âł:K\ VKRXOG governor  is  a  state county’s  legislative  delegation  said  it  be  different  now?â€? wide  election;Íž  the  they  wouldn’t  mind  having  this  or  Lanpher  said  she’s  one  who  receives  their  future  votes  for  candidates  for  concerned  about  the  the  most  votes  VWDWHZLGH RIÂżFHV GRQH LQ D PRUH extent  of  political  should  win  the  public  way.  The  Vermont  Constitu lobbying  that  has  statewide  seat,â€?  WLRQ &KDSWHU $UWLFOH FDOOV been  taking  place  to  Jewett  said.  â€œIt’s  for  such  voting  by  the  General  DQRLQW WKH VHFRQG hard  to  think  about  Assembly  to  be  done  by  joint  bal SODFH ÂżQLVKHU placing  someone  in  lot,  as  opposed  to  a  roll  call  refer “I  will  be  voting  the  governor’s  seat  endum.  So  altering  the  method  of  for  Peter  Shumlin,  who  received  fewer  voting  would  require  a  Constitu the  candidate  who  votes  (than  the  win tional  amendment,  a  quite  complex,  got  the  most  votes  in  â€œThe race for ner).â€? 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Willem ing  for  Shumlin  due  ZHOO IRU \HDUV ´ KH DGGHG Âł:H “I’ve  been  giv ing  it  quite  a  bit  of  Jewett, D-Ripton to  his  overall  victory  should  be  very  careful  and  thought thought,â€?  Smith  said  over  Milne  on  Nov.  ful  before  we  made  changes.  At  the  of  the  upcoming  vote. 4.  She  noted  she  same  time,  the  Constitution  is  a  â€œI  am  (at  the  Statehouse)  to  sup voted  for  Douglas  when  the  former  living  document,  and  we  do  make  port  the  will  be  the  people,â€?  Smith  governor  did  not  garner  more  than  FKDQJHV LQ RUGHU WR UHĂ€HFW D FKDQJ added,  calling  his  impending  vote  SHUFHQW RI WKH WRWDO YRWH LQ KLV ing  world.  Has  our  tradition  of  how  for  Milne  â€œfollowing  through  on  ¿UVW ELG LQ ZH HOHFW RXU WRS RIÂż what  the  voters  wanted.â€? 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Adult Education Classes Call to Register WINTER/SPRING 2015 TODAY - 382-1012

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ADVANCED LIVESTOCK PROCESSING/SAFETY ANALYSIS –  MPFS  2264  Prerequisites:  MPFS  1123,  MPFS  1214,  MPFS  2120,  and  MPFS  2122.  Concurrent  enrollment  in  03)6 UHTXLUHG 5HTXLUHG IRU &HUWL¿ FDWH ,QGLYLGX ally  scheduled;  $500.00.

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