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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

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Winning  streak  â€˜Snapped’  at  the  Bristol  Outhouse  Race Creemee-­makers  de-­throne  dynasty By  MARY  LANGWORTHY BRISTOL  â€”  The  reigning  cham-­ SLRQVÂś ÂżYH \HDU ZLQQLQJ VWUHDN ZDV snapped  last  Friday  at  the  36th  annual  running  of  the  Great  Bristol  Outhouse  Race.  The  Village  Creeme  Stand  team  ZDV YLFWRULRXV EUHDNLQJ WKH 6QDSÂśV Restaurant  team’s  â€œIt’s a supremacy  in  little scary Bristol’s  unique  DQG EHORYHG ,Q-­ because dependence  Day  if they competition.  let you The  race  is  ar-­ go you’re guably  the  strang-­ gonna die, HVW DWKOHWLF HYHQW in  the  county  â€”  a  but I just really want dozen  teams  of  two  pushers  and  to win.â€? one  rider  race  dec-­ — Outhouse orated  outhouse  rider Bailey frames  on  creaky,  Sherwin rolling  casters  down  West  Street  LQ %ULVWRO $QQRXQFHU 6KDZQ 2[IRUG of  Bristol  commentated  on  Friday’s  race  from  a  podium  on  the  green. Âł7KLV JHWV PH RXW RI UXQQLQJ ´ 2[-­ ford  said  jokingly  of  his  job,  which  included  keeping  audience  members Â

MATT DICKERSON

6XPPHU ÂżVKLQJ (VFDSLQJ WKH UXW July  is  here.  It  came  rolling  in  on  a  ponderous  thunderhead,  announcing  its  presence  not  so  much  with  peals  of  lightning  (though  there  were  those)  EXW ZLWK LWV RSSUHVVLYH DLU ² OLNH WKH KHDY\ KDQG RI WKH V 6RYLHW 8QLRQ , JUHZ XS ÂżVKLQJ IRU ZDUP ZDWHU VSHFLHV SDQ ÂżVK LQ WKH SRQG EHKLQG my  house,  perch  and  crappies  in  the  quarries  of  southern  Indiana  and  lakes  of  Michigan  dur-­ ing  family  reunions  in  the  1970s,  chain  pickerel  in  the  back-­ waters  across  central  Massachusetts.  And  P\ IDYRULWH TXDUU\ ODUJHPRXWK EDVV Most  especially  largemouth  bass.  I  VSHQW WZR FRQVHFXWLYH \HDUV SXUVXLQJ RQH SDUWLFXODU ODUJHPRXWK EHIRUH , Âż-­ nally  landed  it.  And  I  landed  countless  others  along  the  way. )RU UHDVRQV WKDW PD\ EH REYLRXV July  is  the  month  when  my  attention  often  turns  away  from  trout  and  to  my  ZDUP ZDWHU ÂżVKLQJ URRWV ([FHSW LQ Vermont,  instead  of  settling  for  pick-­ erel  I  get  to  pursue  their  jacked-­up  cousins:  northern  pike.  And  instead  of  largemouth  bass,  it’s  smallmouth  â€”  which  make  up  for  their  smaller  size  ZLWK D JUHDW ÂżJKWLQJ LQVWLQFW :KHQ , PRYHG WR WKH *UHHQ 0RXQ-­ tain  state  25  years  ago  and  saw  a  state  PDS YHLQHG ZLWK PRXQWDLQ FROG ZDWHU ULYHUV VWUHDPV EURRNV DQG FUHHNV RI DOO VL]HV LW ZDV WKH WURXW ÂżVKLQJ , ZDV PRVW H[FLWHG DERXW (See  Dickerson,  Page  3B)

287+286( 5$&(56 67$5( GRZQ WKH :HVW 6WUHHW FRXUVH OLQHG ZLWK VSHFWDWRUV EHIRUH WKH ¿UVW KHDW ODVW Friday  morning.

THE  PARADEE  FAMILY  outhouse  race  team  competes  with  puller  Tucker  Paradee  and  rider  Mac  Smith.

and  racers  apprised  of  the  race  lineup  DQG UDIĂ€H WLFNHW VDOHV 7KH HYHQW HQMR\HG ZDUP DQG EUHH]\ weather  under  gray  skies,  with  hun-­ dreds  of  spectators  lining  the  streets  and  betting  on  the  winners.  Hannah Â

round,  when  the  Creeme  Stand  out-­ house,  decorated  with  red,  white  and  blue  streamers,  broke  the  tape  at  the  ¿QLVK OLQH QHDU WKH WUDI¿F OLJKW LQ IURQW of  Holley  Hall.  7KH ¿QDO URXQG ZDV SUHFHGHG E\

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Corbett  of  Massachusetts  was  among  the  crowd. Âł,ÂśYH EHHQ FRPLQJ KHUH IRU IRXU years,â€?  said  Hannah,  who  is  four  years  ROG +HU JUDQGSDUHQWV OLYH LQ /LQFROQ DQG VKH YLVLWV WKHP DQQXDOO\ ZLWK KHU

Legion  reaches  9-­4  in  Northern  Division By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MONTPELIER  â€”  The  Addison  County  American  Legion  team  re-­ mained  in  the  thick  of  the  Northern  'LYLVLRQ SOD\RII KXQW E\ VSOLWWLQJ four  recent  games.  AC  is  9-­4  in  the  OHDJXH RYHUDOO On  Tuesday,  AC  won  a  back-­and-­ forth  contest  at  Montpelier,  4-­3.  On  6XQGD\ YLVLWLQJ (VVH[ UDOOLHG SDVW AC,  3-­2.  And  on  this  past  Saturday,  AC  split  a  doubleheader  at  Burling-­ ton,  dropping  the  opener,  8-­7,  before  winning  the  nightcap,  8-­2.  $& KDG EHHQ VHW WR YLVLW 6RXWK Burlington  on  July  3,  but  bad  weath-­ er  forced  that  game  to  be  postponed  to  this  Thursday. Including  that  game,  AC  has  eight  contests  left  on  its  regular  season  schedule.  This  weekend,  the  local Â

QLQH LV VHW WR YLVLW )UDQNOLQ IRU D WZLQ bill  beginning  at  noon  at  BFA-­Fair-­ ID[ +LJK 6FKRRO DQG WKHQ KRVW 2(& on  Sunday  at  Middlebury  College  for  an  11  a.m.  doubleheader. 2Q QH[W 7KXUVGD\ $& KHDGV WR (VVH[ IRU RQH JDPH EHIRUH LWV VHD-­ son  is  set  to  conclude  with  another  WZLQ ELOO DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH YV Montpelier  beginning  at  11  a.m.  on  July  19.  AC,  4-­3 On  Tuesday,  Sawyer  Kamman  earned  the  complete  game  win  on  the  mound  and  scored  the  winning  UXQ LQ WKH ¿IWK LQQLQJ DV $& HGJHG Montpelier.  Kamman  surrendered  KLWV DQG WZR HDUQHG UXQV LQ VHYHQ innings,  walking  none  and  fanning  ¿YH (See  Baseball,  Page  3B)

mother  for  the  celebration.  This  year,  Hannah  said,  she  was  rooting  for  the  Creeme  Stand.  Her  mother  reported  that  Hannah  had  been  talking  about  it  for  days. +DQQDKœV ZLVK FDPH WUXH LQ WKH ¿QDO

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four  qualifying  races,  each  of  which  IHDWXUHG WKUHH WHDPV Y\LQJ IRU D SRVL-­ WLRQ LQ WKH FKDPSLRQVKLS HYHQW 7KH ¿UVW KHDW IHDWXUHG 6QDSœV Starksboro  School  House  Maple  and  (See  Race,  Page  3B)

Big fish helps Brakeley win pike rodeo By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Middlebury  resident  Megan  Brakeley  won  the  Middlebury  Mountaineer’s  month-­ long  Green  Mountain  Pike  Rodeo  by  hauling  in  the  second-­largest  Northern  pike  (38.5  inches)  of  any  of  the  20  competitors,  plus  another  ¿YH SLNH WKDW H[FHHGHG WKH HYHQWÂśV 22-­inch  minimum.  Brakeley  did  so  in  the  tourna-­ ment’s  allowable  24-­hour  span  and Â

DOO ZLWK WKH UHTXLUHG Ă€\ URG DQG UHHO DQG V\QWKHWLF Ă€LHV DFFRUGLQJ to  Middlebury  Mountaineer  man-­ ager  and  head  guide  Jesse  Haller,  the  organizer  of  the  catch-­and-­ UHOHDVH 3LNH 5RGHR 2QO\ OLYH ÂżVK scored.  Brakeley  earned  one  point  for  HDFK LQFK RI KHU ORQJHVW ÂżVK SOXV a  point  apiece  for  each  of  her  other  ¿VK DOO RI ZKLFK ZHUH EHWZHHQ and  29  inches,  Haller  said,  for  a  to-­

tal  of  43. Second  place  went  to  Ross  Crowne  of  Weybridge,  who  only  FDXJKW WZR ÂżVK LQ WKH KRXUV KH FKRVH WR FDVW Ă€LHV EXW RQH RI ZKLFK FDPH LQ DW LQFKHV JLYLQJ KLP 41  points.  Haller  said  Crowne  won  WKH DPDWHXU GLYLVLRQ LQ WKH 0RXQ-­ taineer’s  season-­opening  Otter  Creek  Classic.  Paul  Warner  of  Middlebury  took  (See  Fishing,  Page  2B)

Masterson  claims  victory  in  100-­lap  Devil’s  Bowl  feature WEST  HAVEN  â€”  Bristol  Late  0RGHO VWRFN FDU GULYHU -RVK 0DVWHU-­ son  outdueled  East  Montpelier  teen  Emily  Packard  on  July  4  in  the  Coca-­ &ROD )LUHFUDFNHU DW WKH 'HYLOÂśV %RZO 6SHHGZD\ LQ DQ H[FLWLQJ UDFH WKDW WUDFN RIÂżFLDOV VDLG EURXJKW WKH largest  grandstand  crowd  in  the  West  +DYHQ WUDFNÂśV DVSKDOW HUD WR LWV IHHW Packard,  17,  led  much  of  what  WUDFN RIÂżFLDOV GHVFULEHG DV D ZHOO GULYHQ UDFH WDNLQJ WKH OHDG IURP YHW-­ eran  Bucko  Branham  on  lap  18.  She  held  the  point  as  Masterson  made  his  ZD\ WKURXJK WUDIÂżF DQG UDQ VRPH HQ-­

tertaining  laps  with  Branham,  Jamie  Fisher,  Ferrisburgh’s  Jamie  Aube  and  Brandon  Atkins.  Masterson,  22,  was  making  big  gains  on  Packard’s  lead  when  the  FDXWLRQ Ă€DJ Ă€HZ RQ ODS VHWWLQJ XS D GXHO EHWZHHQ WKHP IRU WKH ÂżQDO 20  circuits.  Masterson  got  the  break  RQ WKH UHVWDUW DQG WRRN RYHU WKH OHDG EXW ZDV QHYHU PRUH WKDQ D FDU OHQJWK ahead.  Packard  made  two  bids  at  the  lead  RQ WKH LQVLGH ODQH LQ WKH ÂżQDO VL[ laps  as  Masterson  preferred  the  top  (See  Stock  cars,  Page  2B)

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