July 11, 2013 a section

Mash-up

Box lax debuts

Local thespians created a new show to introduce students and skeptics to Shakespeare’s plays. See Page 2A.

Digging it The public is invited to help at an archaeologic dig in Weybridge this weekend. See Page 2A.

The Vermont Voyageurs introduced semi-pro box lacrosse to the Memorial Sports Center. See 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 67 No. 27

Middlebury, Vermont

◆

Thursday, July 11, 2013

◆

7RZQ RI¿FH SODQ JHWV UHEXNH DW ¿UVW SXEOLF KHDULQJ

By JOHN FLOWERS 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH WRZQ VKRXOG VWHS EDFN DQG FRQVLGHU ORQJ WHUP FRPPXQLW\ QHHGV ² LQ-­ FOXGLQJ WKRVH RI WKH ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ DQG GRZQWRZQ SDUNLQJ ² EHIRUH VHULRXVO\ FRQVLGHULQJ FHGLQJ SXEOLF SURSHUW\ WR 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH LQ H[-­ FKDQJH IRU PLOOLRQ WRZDUG D QHZ UHORFDWHG PXQLFLSDO EXLOGLQJ DQG D J\P 7KDW ZDV WKH PDMRULW\ RSLQLRQ H[SUHVVHG E\ PRUH WKDQ D GR]HQ SHRSOH ZKR VSRNH XS DW 7XHV-­

GD\¶V SXEOLF IRUXP RQ D SURSRVDO WKDW ZRXOG UHVXOW LQ D QHZ WR VTXDUH IRRW PXQLFLSDO EXLOGLQJ EHLQJ HUHFWHG DW WKH FXUUHQW VLWH RI 0LG-­ GOHEXU\ &ROOHJH¶V KLVWRULF 2VERUQH +RXVH DW 0DLQ 6W DQG D QHZ SXEOLF J\P EXLOW VRPHZKHUH LQ WKH UHFUHDWLRQ SDUN RII 0DU\ +RJDQ 'ULYH 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH ZRXOG FRQWULEXWH PLO-­ OLRQ WRZDUG WKH HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQ SURMHFW ZKLFK FDOOV IRU WKH WRZQ WR GHPROLVK DQG UHPRYH WKH FXUUHQW PXQLFLSDO EXLOGLQJ DQG J\P DW WKH LQ-­

WHUVHFWLRQ RI &ROOHJH DQG 6RXWK 0DLQ VWUHHWV DQG JLYH WKDW SDUFHO WR WKH FROOHJH ZKLFK ZRXOG WXUQ LW LQWR D SDUN 7KH FRPPXQLW\ ZRXOG DOVR EH UH-­ VSRQVLEOH IRU PRYLQJ WKH 2VERUQH +RXVH IURP LWV FXUUHQW ORFDWLRQ WR D WRZQ RZQHG SDUFHO DW WKH LQ-­ WHUVHFWLRQ RI &URVV DQG :DWHU VWUHHWV $ PDMRULW\ RI WKH VHOHFWERDUG LV WRXWLQJ WKH SUR-­ SRVDO DV D SRWHQWLDO ELJ ZLQ IRU ORFDO WD[SD\HUV ZKR WKH\ QRWHG ZRXOG EH RII WKH KRRN IRU DOO EXW (See Middlebury, Page 15A)

32 Pages

75¢

Fourth time is the charm IRU %UDQGRQ WRZQ EXGJHW

By LEE J. KAHRS %5$1'21 ² %UDQGRQ KDV D EXGJHW 9RWHUV ZHQW EDFN WR WKH SROOV IRU D IRXUWK WLPH RQ 7XHVGD\ DQG WKH D\HV KDG LW 7KH ODWHVW YHUVLRQ RI WKH PXQLFL-­ SDO EXGJHW DVNHG YRWHUV WR DSSURYH

D VSHQGLQJ SODQ ZLWK WR EH UDLVHG E\ SURS-­ HUW\ WD[HV 7KDW DPRXQW UHSUHVHQWV D RU SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH LQ VSHQGLQJ RYHU WKH FXUUHQW EXG-­ JHW 1RZ WKDW LW¶V DSSURYHG WKH WD[ (See Brandon, Page 12A)

&RXQW\ ZUHVWOHV with animal cruelty With more domesticated animals than humans, abuse increasingly reported

Fun on the green LAKE STREET ',9( WUXPSHWHU 0LNH 2OVRQ DQG OHDG VLQJHU 5DFKDHO 3ULFH DERYH RSHQ WKH WK DQQXDO )HVWLYDO RQ WKH *UHHQ 6XQGD\ QLJKW ZLWK WKHLU %URRNO\Q EDVHG EDQG¶V LQIHFWLRXV EOHQG RI SRS VRXO R&B and jazz, while \RXQJVWHUV OHIW UHDFW ZLWK GHOLJKW WR 6WHSKHQ *UDWWR¶V 9DULHW\ 6KRZ GXULQJ 7XHVGD\¶V %URZQ %DJ )DPLO\ 6HULHV )RU PRUH SKRWRV IURP WKH IHVWLYDO VHH 3DJH $ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWRV 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

By the way

(GLWRU¶V QRWH 7KLV LV WKH ¿UVW LQ D WKDW DIWHUQRRQ KH IRXQG WKUHH GRJV series on animal cruelty and how lo-­ KXGGOHG WRJHWKHU XQGHU WKH SRUFK RI cal government and animal welfare D GLODSLGDWHG KRXVH WU\LQJ WR ¿QG ZDUPWK IRU WKHLU VKLYHULQJ ERGLHV advocates perceive and deal with it.

7HPSHUDWXUHV KDG EHHQ GLSSLQJ EH-­

By LUKE WHELAN $'',621 &2817< ² 2Q D ORZ ]HUR WKDW ZHHN JHWWLQJ DV FROG IULJLG DIWHUQRRQ WKLV SDVW -DQXDU\ DV PLQXV $ QHLJKERU UHSRUWHG WKH RZQHUV KDG OHIW D IHZ -DFNLH 5RVH WKHQ H[HFX-­ WLYH GLUHFWRU RI WKH $G-­ “I was fearful GD\V HDUOLHU DQG QR VLJQ RI WKHP FRXOG EH IRXQG GLVRQ &RXQW\ +XPDQH of (the dogs) “The water bowl was 6RFLHW\ UHFHLYHG D FDOO IUR]HQ DQG WLSSHG RYHU It was an animal cruelty being left 'RJ IRRG DQG IHFHV ZHUH FRPSODLQW ZKLFK ZDVQ¶W overnight IUR]HQ WR WKH JURXQG HY-­ DOWRJHWKHU RXW RI WKH RU-­ again in their GLQDU\ IRU KHU $V WKH condition. The HU\ZKHUH ´ &URVE\ ZURWH KHDG RI D PHGLXP VL]HG animals were LQ WKH DI¿GDYLW 2QH RI WKH GRJV D 3R-­ KXPDQH VRFLHW\ VKH GHDOW PHUDQLDQ QDPHG %XGG\ with about 100 animal in jeopardy FRXOG EDUHO\ ZDON DQG DEXVH RU QHJOHFW FDVHV D of freezing to DQRWKHU D ER[HU QDPHG \HDU PRVW RI ZKLFK ZHUH death.”

— Leicester Tyson with a thinner coat XQVXEVWDQWLDWHG QHLJKERU animal control WKDQ WKH RWKHU WZR ZDV GLVSXWHV RU LVVXHV UHP-­ RIÀFHU 3DXO VR HPDFLDWHG WKDW LWV ULEV HGLHG ZLWK VLPSOH DQLPDO Crosby VHHPHG UHDG\ WR SRS RXW FDUH HGXFDWLRQ RI WKH VNLQ VWUHWFKHG RYHU But this particular situ-­ DWLRQ EHORQJHG WR WKH WR SHUFHQW WKHP 8QOLNH WKH RWKHU GRJV D WZLVW-­ E\ 5RVH¶V HVWLPDWLRQ RI DQLPDO HG FKDLQ WLHG KLP WR WKH SRUFK ³7KH ER[HU ZDV VKDNLQJ DQG FUXHOW\ FRPSODLQWV WKDW FRXOG OHDG WR EUHDWKLQJ ZLWK D JXUJOH +HU QRVH FULPLQDO FKDUJHV :KHQ WKH ORFDO DQLPDO FRQWURO ZDV GU\ DQG EURZQ IURP O\LQJ LQ IUR-­ RI¿FHU 3DXO &URVE\ DUULYHG DW WKH ]HQ GLUW 6KH ORRN VFDUHG ´ VDLG &URV-­ SURSHUW\ LQ TXHVWLRQ RQ 'RULH /DQH E\ IXUWKHU GRZQ LQ WKH DI¿GDYLW +H LQ /HLFHVWHU DW DURXQG S P (See Animal cruelty, Page 7A)

)DUPHUV VWUXJJOH ZLWK endless days of rain

By XIAN CHIANG-­WAREN and JOHN S. McCRIGHT $'',621 &2817< ² 7KH DO-­ PRVW GDLO\ RFFXUUHQFH RI WRUUHQWLDO GRZQSRXUV WKDW PDQ\ KDYH JURZQ DFFXVWRPHG WR RYHU WKH SDVW VHYHUDO ZHHNV KDV GRQH ZRUVH WKDQ GDPSHQ WKH VSLULWV RI WKRVH ZKR KRSHG IRU D sunny summer.

7KH UDLQ LV ZUHDNLQJ KDYRF RQ DUHD IHHG JURZHUV E\ GHOD\LQJ WKH FXWWLQJ RI WKH VHFRQG KD\ FURS SUHYHQWLQJ FRUQ SODQWLQJ DQG SUHYHQWLQJ H[LVW-­ LQJ FURSV IURP KDYLQJ SURSHU QXWUL-­ HQWV GXH WR ÀRRGLQJ DQG WKH LQDELOLW\ WR VSUHDG PDQXUH VD\V -HII &DUWHU DJURQRP\ VSHFLDOLVW DW 890 ([WHQ-­

VLRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ ³7KH ERWWRP OLQH LV WKDW WKHUH¶V D FRQFHUQ DERXW IHHGLQJ OLYHVWRFN IRU D \HDU WR FRPH ´ &DUWHU VDLG ³,I \RX KDYH WRR PDWXUH D KD\ FURS DQG D SRRU FRUQ FURS LW GRHV QRW ERGH ZHOO IRU ZLQWHU ´ &DUWHU VDLG WKH JURZLQJ VHDVRQ JRW RII WR D JRRG VWDUW WKLV VSULQJ 0RVW IDUPHUV PDGH WKH ¿UVW FXW RI KD\ DQG KDG EHJXQ SODQWLQJ FRUQ E\ PLG 0D\ 7KHQ WKH GHOXJH RI UDLQ FDPH ³,W KDV IDLUO\ VWRSSHG RSHUDWLRQV ´ VDLG &DUWHU ZKR HVWLPDWHG WKDW SHUFHQW RI WKH FRUQ FURS GLG QRW JHW (See Fields, Page 12A)

Young trio of farmers leaving ‘Footprints’ in Starksboro

By XIAN CHIANG-­WAREN WLRQDO IDUP LQ 0XLU %HDFK &DOLI 7KH IROORZLQJ STARKSBORO — Those who have unhap-­ \HDU WKH\ WRRN DQ LQWHUQVKLS DW +LGGHQ 9LOOD SLO\ ZDWFKHG WKH WUHQGV RI \RXQJ SHRSOH OHDY-­ DQ RUJDQLF QRQSUR¿W IDUP LQ WKH 6LOLFRQ 9DOOH\ LQJ WKH VWDWH DQG IDUPV FORVLQJ XS VKRS KDYH ZKHUH WKH\ PHW +DPPHU 7KH\ GHVFULEH WKRVH UHDVRQ WR FHOHEUDWH WKH ODXQFK RI )RRWSULQW &DOLIRUQLD IDUPV DV ³D :HVW &RDVW HTXLYDOHQW )DUP LQ 6WDUNVERUR WKLV \HDU WR 6KHOEXUQH )DUPV RU 6WRQH %DUQ LQ 7KUHH \RXQJ IDUPHUV ² 6W *HRUJH “There’s 1HZ <RUN ´ In an article in last Thursday’s QDWLYH -DNH 0HQGHOO DQG &DOL-­ 7KH WKUHH IULHQGV PRYHG WR 9HU-­ a huge edition on the new headquarters IRUQLD QDWLYHV 7D\ORU +XWFKLVRQ PRQW HDUO\ WKLV \HDU 0HQGHOO¶V SDU-­ for Addison County Transit DQG 1DWKDQ +DPPHU ² VWDUWHG excitement HQWV WKH FR IRXQGHUV RI WKH &RPPRQ (See By the way, Page 2A) ZRUN LQ $SULO RQ WKHLU GLYHUVL¿HG that I *URXQG &HQWHU KDG RIIHUHG WR OHDVH DFUH IDUP DW 6WDUNVERUR¶V &RPPRQ wasn’t WKHP D FKXQN RI ODQG WR VWDUW WKHLU *URXQG &HQWHU RZQ IDUP 0HQGHOO VROG +XWFKLVRQ really $QG DOUHDG\ WKH WULR VD\V WKH\ KDYH DQG +DPPHU ² QDWLYHV RI <RVHP-­ IRXQG D ZDUP ZHOFRPH IRU WKHLU PL[ prepared LWH DQG :HDWKHUVYLOOH LQ WKHLU KRPH for.”

RI YHJHWDEOHV ÀRZHUV DQG DQLPDOV VWDWH UHVSHFWLYHO\ ² RQ WKH HDVWZDUG Obituaries ................................ 6A — Taylor move. ³7KHUH¶V D KXJH H[FLWHPHQW WKDW &ODVVL¿HGV ......................... 5B-­9B Hutchison , ZDVQ¶W UHDOO\ SUHSDUHG IRU ´ VDLG +H KDG DOUHDG\ VSHQW VRPH WLPH Service Directory .............. 6B-­8B +XWFKLVRQ ³'ULYLQJ WKURXJK 9HU-­ SODQWLQJ WKDW SDUWLFXODU VHHG Entertainment ........................ 14A PRQW WKHUH DUH VR PDQ\ IDUPV $W ¿UVW \RX ³-DNH GLGQ¶W VWRS WDONLQJ DERXW KRZ JUHDW &RPPXQLW\ &DOHQGDU ...... 8A-­10A WKLQN µ2. ZH¶OO VWDUW D IDUP EXW WKDW¶V ZKDW 9HUPRQW ZDV IRU WKH ODVW WZR \HDUV ´ +XWFKLVRQ Sports ................................ 1B-­3B HYHU\ERG\ GRHV ¶ %XW HYHU\ERG\ LV VR H[FLWHG QRWHG ³6R WKH WZR RI XV GHFLGHG WR FRPH FKHFN DERXW \RXQJ IDUPHUV FRPLQJ EDFN WR 9HUPRQW LW RXW 7XUQV RXW 9HUPRQW UHDOO\ LV DZHVRPH ´ 1$7+$1 +$00(5 /()7 -DNH 0HQGHOO DQG 7D\ORU +XWFKLVRQ ZHHG D ÀRZHU EHG RQ WKHLU 7KDW IHHOV UHDOO\ JRRG WR EH SDUW RI ´ ³ :HDWKHUVYLOOH LV DERXW WKH VDPH SRSX-­ QLQH DFUH IDUP LQ 6WDUNVERUR 0RQGD\ DIWHUQRRQ )RRWSULQW )DUP JURZV ÀRZHUV DQG SUR-­ 0HQGHOO DQG +XWFKLVRQ PHW LQ ZKLOH ODWLRQ DV %ULVWRO ´ DGGHG +DPPHU ZKR KDG GXFH DQG ZLOO VRRQ DGG FKLFNHQV DQG SLJV WR WKHLU RSHUDWLRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO DSSUHQWLFHV DW 6OLGH 5DQFK D QRQSUR¿W HGXFD-­ (See Young farmers, Page 17A) Addison County

Index

PAGE  2A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Shakespeare for the uninitiated THT Education and MAW team up for an innovative new show %\ ;,$1 &+,$1* :$5(1 MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  An  original,  IDVW SDFHG LQLWLDWLYH RI WKH 7RZQ +DOO Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  educational  outreach  arm  has  combined  favorite  scenes  from  Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  most  popular  plays  into  one  performance.  Called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight-­up  Shakespeare:  The  Things  We  Do  for  Love,â&#x20AC;?  the  PLQXWH URPS WKURXJK WKH GUDPD ÂżOOHG ZRUOG RI 6KDNHVSHDUHÂśV FRP-­ HGLHV DQG WUDJHGLHV LV 7+7ÂśV DQVZHU to  increasing  requests  for  live  Shake-­ VSHDUH VKRZV Âł7HDFKHUV ZHUH VD\LQJ Âľ*HH LWÂśG EH JUHDW WR KDYH VRPHWKLQJ ZKHUH ZH FDQ VHH 6KDNHVSHDUH HYHU\ WLPH ZH teach  it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  said  director  Lindsay  Pon-­ WLXV Âł6KDNHVSHDUH LV P\ EDLOLZLFN and  background,  and  I  thought  that  ZDV VRPHWKLQJ WKH HGXFDWLRQ SUR-­ gram  could  really  provide.â&#x20AC;? ,Q FROODERUDWLRQ ZLWK WHDFKHUV IURP Middlebury  Union  High  School  and  a  company  of  six  local  actors  from  the  Middlebury  Actors  Workshop, Â

Pontius  and  MAW  director  Melissa  /RXULH KDYH FUHDWHG ZKDW WKH\ LQ-­ tend  to  be  a  funny  and  poignant  romp  through  seven  of  Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  most-­taught  plays,  including  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Othel-­ lo,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo  and  Juliet,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Midsummer  Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Dream.â&#x20AC;?

7KH SOD\ ² DQG WKH DFWRUV ² ZLOO be  on  call  for  any  local  classroom  teacher  or  education  program.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  intention  is  to  have  a  live  Shakespeare  performance  available  IRU ZKRHYHU ZDQWV WR WDNH DGYDQWDJH of  it,â&#x20AC;?  said  Pontius.

7KH VFHQHV DUH LQWHUVSHUVHG ZLWK lively,  actor-­driven  explanations  of  WKHPH DQG SORW DQG D ZRUNVKRS DI-­ ter  the  performance  inserts  audience  members  into  the  experience  by  al-­ ORZLQJ WKHP WR GLUHFW DQG UHZRUN scenes.

Pontius  said  that  the  interactive  ZRUNVKRSV DUH D SRSXODU SDUW RI WKH performance.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  bring  everybody  in,  and  I  think  the  students  have  found  that  it Â

MELISSA  LOURIE  OF  the  Middlebury  Actors  Workshop  and  Lindsay  Pontius  of  the  Town  Hall  Theater  have  created  a  Shakespeare  per-­ formance  that  combines  seven  scenes  from  six  plays  with  original  material  and  commentary.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight-­Up  Shakespeare  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  The  Things  We  Do  For  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  will  be  performed  at  the  Hannaford  Career  Center  A.R.T.  Black  Box  Theater  on  July  13  and  14.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

UHDOO\ JHWV WKHP LQYROYHG LQ ZKDW WKH ODQJXDJH LV DQG ZKDW WKH DFWRUV are  doing,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  /RXULH ZKR DOVR SHUIRUPV LQ WKH six-­person  company,  said  that  the  entire  process  has  been  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;true  col-­ laborationâ&#x20AC;?  among  teachers,  actors,  directors  and  students. Âł7KH FRPSDQ\ VWDUWHG RXW ZULW-­ LQJ LW WKHQ ZH NHSW UHYLVLQJ LW DQG editing  it,â&#x20AC;?  Lourie  recalled.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then  teachers  came  and  gave  us  feedback  and  that  actually  caused  us  to  toss  the  script  out  and  start  over.â&#x20AC;?

Then  the  actors  had  their  say.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  actors  are  really  passionate  about  Shakespeare,â&#x20AC;?  Pontius  added.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  cool,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  ev-­ erybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  different  interpretation.â&#x20AC;?

Lourie  concurred,  noting  that  the  script  is  a  living  document  that  changes  based  on  company  discus-­ sions  and  audience  feedback. Âł,WÂśV EHHQ D SURFHVV ZKHUH \RX really  have  to  put  your  ego  aside,â&#x20AC;?  she  laughed.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because  you  do  something  and  (the  company)  of-­ WHQ WHOOV \RX Âľ$UJK 7KDWÂśV WHU-­ rible.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  But  our  goal  is  really  to  have  something  that  is  entertaining  and  instructive  at  the  same  time  ...  It  keeps  changing.â&#x20AC;?

7KRXJK WKH SHUIRUPDQFH ZDV originally  created  for  students,  re-­ sponses  to  its  piloted  performances  DW 7+7 LQ $SULO ZKLFK ZHUH DW-­ tended  by  students  from  MUHS  and  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  and  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  schools)  ZHUH HQWKXVLDVWLF VR PXFK VR WKDW WKH VKRZ LV EHLQJ SUHSDUHG IRU D SXEOLF VKRZLQJ DW $ 5 7 RQ -XO\ and  14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  teachers  and  the  ushers  all  said,  do  this  for  the  public,â&#x20AC;?  Pontius  VDLG Âł6R WKDWÂśV ZKDW ZHÂśUH JRLQJ WR do.â&#x20AC;?

Pontius  and  Lourie  hope  that  the  SOD\ ZLOO DOVR DWWUDFW DGXOWV WKDW ÂżQG Shakespeare  daunting  or  inacces-­ sible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students  are  incredibly  open  to  Shakespeare  because  of  its  size,  WKH ÂżJKWLQJ DQG WKH G\LQJ DQG WKH passionate  stuff,â&#x20AC;?  Lourie  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  WKHUH DUH D ORW RI DGXOWV ZKR DUH OHVV RSHQ , DOZD\V WKLQN RI P\ EURWKHU ZKR DOZD\V FRPHV WR P\ 6KDNH-­ speare  plays  and  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  like  them,  ever.  He  never  understands  them.  +H VD\V KH MXVW GRHVQÂśW JHW LW $QG KH DFWXDOO\ VDLG Âľ, ZRXOG ZDQW WR FRPH VHH WKLV , ZDQW WR EH DEOH WR VHH ZKDWÂśV LQ LW WKDW ,ÂśYH EHHQ XQDEOH to  see.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The  play  will  be  performed  for  the  public  at  the  Hannaford  Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  A.R.T.  Black  Box  Theater  on  July  13  at  8  p.m.  and  July  14  at  2  p.m.  Tick-­ ets  are  $10  and  may  be  purchased  through  the  Town  Hall  Theater  Box  2IÂżFH E\ FDOOLQJ RU RQ-­ line  at  www.townhalltheater.org.

Sheldon  Museum  presents  walking  tours  of  Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Sheldon  Museum  presents  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  His-­ WRULF &RUH D ZDONLQJ WRXU RI 0LGGOH-­ bury  led  by  Glenn  Andres  Sunday,  -XO\ DQG DW S P 7KH FRUH RI Middlebury  Village  preserves  land-­ marks  of  state  and  national  stature.  ,W DOVR VSHDNV RI PXFK RI WKH WRZQÂśV FRORUIXO KLVWRU\ IURP WKH WK LQWR WKH WK FHQWXULHV ² ERRPV DQG EXVWV strong  personalities  and  rivalries,  am-­ bitious  patrons  and  master  builders,  HGXFDWRUV ODZ\HUV SROLWLFLDQV DQG LQ-­ dustrialists.

Concentrated  on  the  banks  of  Ot-­ ter  Creek  around  the  focal  falls  and  bridge,  Middlebury  has  remained  to  a  remarkable  degree  the  village  that  the  WK DQG WK FHQWXULHV EXLOW +RPHV RI WRZQ IDWKHUV FKXUFKHV PLOOV LQQ public  buildings,  stores  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  build-­

ings  of  the  compact  village  core  docu-­ ment  its  progression  from  frontier  community  to  manufacturing  center,  to  agricultural  center,  to  local  service  center.  Not  merely  of  local  historic  in-­ WHUHVW KRZHYHU WKHVH VWUXFWXUHV IURP Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  past  are  of  such  range  and  quality  that  they  can  be  taken  as  UHSUHVHQWDWLYH DV ZHOO RI DOPRVW HY-­ HU\ PDMRU VW\OH RI $PHULFDQ EXLOGLQJ IURP WKH FRORQLDO SHULRG RQZDUG 7KH\ present  a  precious  glimpse  of  days  QRZ JRQH VORZHU GD\V ZKHQ WKHUH ZHUH ERWK WKH LPSXOVH DQG WKH FDOO for  craftsmanship,  individuality  and  ingenuity  in  plan,  structure  and  detail.  These  buildings  merit  examination  at  D SDFH VLPLODU WR WKDW IRU ZKLFK WKH\ ZHUH LQWHQGHG ² KRUVHEDFN ZDJRQ sleigh  or  foot.

7KLV ZDON DURXQG LWV FRPSDFW GRZQ-­

WRZQ ODQGVFDSH ZLOO H[SORUH EXLOGLQJV and  styles,  but  also  the  stories  and  SHRSOH EHKLQG WKHP 7KH WRXU ZLOO begin  at  the  bandstand  on  the  Middle-­ EXU\ JUHHQ DQG ÂżQLVK DW WKH 6KHOGRQ Museum  via  the  Marble  Works  foot-­ EULGJH IRU D JRRG YLHZ RI WKH IDOOV DQG mill  ruins.  Glenn  Andres  is  professor  of  the  history  of  art  and  architecture  at  Middlebury  College,  author  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Walking  History  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Buildings  of  Vermont.â&#x20AC;?

Tickets  may  be  purchased  at  the  Sheldon  Museum  in  advance  and  on  WKH GD\ RI WKH WRXU 7KH IHH LV for  Sheldon  Museum  members.  The  Sheldon  Museum  is  open  Tuesday-­ 6DWXUGD\ D P S P DQG 6XQGD\ S P DQG LV ORFDWHG DW 3DUN 6W in  Middlebury.  For  information  call Â

'$9,' %($/( 67$)) DUFKDHRORJLVW DQG ¿HOG GLUHFWRU IRU WKH 1RUWKHDVW $UFKDHRORJ\ 5HVHDUFK &HQWHU invites  visitors  to  come  uncover  Native  American  history  this  weekend  at  a  dig  in  Weybridge.

Independent  photos/Devon  J.  Vila

Creek  bed  dig  reveals  pre-­history By  DEVON  J.  VILA WEYBRIDGE  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  In  a  place  like  Vermont,  history  is  all  around  us  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  even  hidden  in  the  ground.  Archaeol-­ ogists  are  currently  digging  into  the  pre-­Columbian  history  at  a  site  along  the  banks  of  the  Otter  Creek  behind  the  Huntington  Falls  hydroelectric  facility  in  Weybridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  Native  American  encamp-­ ment,  probably  dating  back  to  the  Middle  Woodland  period,  about  1,600  years  ago,â&#x20AC;?  explained  David  Beale,  a  staff  archaeologist  of  the  Northeast  Archaeology  Research  Center  (NEARC)  in  Farmington,  Maine.  +H ÂżJXUHG LW ZDVQÂśW D VWHDG\ VHW-­ tlement,  instead  used  as  a  transient  campground  and  resting  area. Âł,W LV D FDQRH SRUWDJH QRZ DQG LW ZDV D FDQRH SRUWDJH WKHQ ´ KH VDLG Âł:KLFK LV ZK\ \RX VHH VFDWWHUHG short-­term  occupations  across  the  sight  area.â&#x20AC;? %HDOH VDLG KLV FUHZ ZKLFK QXP-­ EHUHG DURXQG RQ :HGQHVGD\ ZDV ÂżQGLQJ VPDOO SLHFHV RI VWRQH WRROV used  by  the  Native  Americans.  He  VDLG WKDW PRVW OLNHO\ WKHUH ZHUH ÂżUH KHDUWKV IRU PDNLQJ DQG Âż[LQJ WRROV ZKLOH RQ D MRXUQH\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  a  really  inten-­ sive  occupation,â&#x20AC;?  Beale  described.  ³<RX MXVW KDYH DQ RSSRUWXQLVWLF WKLQJ ZKHUH \RXÂśUH WU\LQJ WR JHW XS ULYHU RU GRZQ ULYHU DQG QHHG WR WDNH D UHVW IRU a  little  bit.â&#x20AC;?

7KH GLJ LV QRW MXVW IRU XQFRYHULQJ history.  The  archaeologists  there  are  also  assessing  the  hydroelectric  facil-­ ity. ³:HœUH ZRUNLQJ IRU *UHHQ 0RXQ-­ WDLQ 3RZHU ´ %HDOH VDLG ³(YHU\

years  dams  have  to  be  re-­licensed  by  the  federal  government.â&#x20AC;?

One  of  the  areas  considered  in  re-­ licensing  is  the  cultural  and  natural  impact  of  the  dam.  Does  the  dam  negatively  affect  the  area  around  it? Âł,Q WKLV FDVH ZKDW LV KDSSHQLQJ LV that  the  land  is  eroding,â&#x20AC;?  Beale  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  undercutting  the  bank,  and  so  ZHÂśYH IRXQG WKLV 1DWLYH $PHULFDQ VLWH DQG LW LV VORZO\ HURGLQJ DZD\ ´ The  archaeologists  are  doing  a  phase  three  mitigation  on  the  sight,  ZKLFK PHDQV WKDW LW LV D WHPSRUDU\ VLWH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  trying  to  learn  as  much  as  ZH FDQ IURP WKH VLWH EHIRUH LW JRHV DZD\ ´ %HDOH VDLG Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  also  giving  the  public  a  FKDQFH WR OHDUQ 2Q WKH ODVW ZHHN-­

HQG LQ -XQH DURXQG SHRSOH YRO-­ unteered  their  time  and  efforts  at  the  VLWH %HDOH DQG FRPSDQ\ ZLOO KRVW D second  volunteer  session  this  Satur-­ day  and  Sunday,  July  13  and  14,  that  is  free  and  open  to  the  public.  Vol-­ XQWHHUV DUH ZHOFRPH from  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.  either  or  both  days.  Groups  of  ¿YH RU PRUH DUH DVNHG WR FDOO DKHDG DW 3HRSOH ZKR DWWHQG ZLOO EH JLYHQ a  chance  to  help  dig  up  the  site  and  learn  a  little  bit  about  the  Native  American  lifestyle  and  get  their  hands  on  some  artifacts.  The  dig  site  LV ORFDWHG LQ WKH ZRRGV MXVW EHKLQG the  Huntington  Falls  hydroelectric  IDFLOLW\ MXVW RII 0RUJDQ +RUVH )DUP Road  in  Weybridge.

AN  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  DIG  behind  the  Huntington  Falls  hydroelec-­ tric  facility  is  revealing  evidence  of  use  of  the  site  by  Native  Americans  up  to  1,600  years  ago.  Erosion  from  the  river  means  that  this  dig  site  might  soon  be  in  the  water.

By  the  way (Continued  from  Page  1A) Resources,  we  inadvertently  had  the  wrong  street  number  for  the  big  new  building.  It  is  at  297  Creek  Road  in  Middlebury.  One  other  error  was  in  the  number  of  staff  DW WKH IDFLOLW\ 7KHUH DUH RI¿FH based  staff,  17  professional  bus  GULYHUV DQG YROXQWHHU GULY HUV IRU WKH 'LDO D 5LGH SURJUDP Speaking  of  ACTR,  the  bus  com-­ SDQ\ LQ FRQMXQFWLRQ ZLWK 0DUEOH Valley  Regional  Transit  District,  this  ZHHN H[SDQGHG LWV 5XWODQG &RQQHF-­ tor  shuttle  bus  route  serving  Route  6RXWK EHWZHHQ 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG 5XWODQG $V RI 0RQGD\ WKH ZHHN-­ GD\ VHUYLFH QRZ LQFOXGHV D PLG GD\ EXV 1HZ 6DWXUGD\ VHUYLFH EHJLQV -XO\ ZLWK IRXU URXQG WULSV HDFK

Saturday.  See  the  exact  times  online  graduated  from  Champlain  Valley  DW ZZZ DFWU YW RUJ RU FDOO $&75 DW 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO LQ ² LW is  time  for  a  reunion.  The  class  of Â

Âś LV FHOHEUDWLQJ LWV WK UHXQLRQ Kristian  R.  Ashley,  who  repre RQ 6HSW DW &98 ZLWK DQ LQIRU-­ sented  Vergennes  America  Legion  mal  get-­together  on  Spirit  Day.  Want  3RVW ZDV DPRQJ WKH \RXQJ WR NQRZ PRUH" (PDLO FYXMHDQQH# men  and  women  who  graduat JPDLO FRP RU FDOO DW ed  from  the  Legionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Robert  H.  Vincelette  Law  Cadet  Program  The  American  Council  of  En on  June  28.  The  graduation  cer gineering  Companies  of  Vermont  emony  was  the  conclusion  of  the  SUHVHQWHG LWV (QJLQHHULQJ ZHHN ORQJ VHVVLRQ DW WKH 9HUPRQW Excellence  Awards  at  its  annual  Police  Academy  in  Pittsford.  The  meeting  in  Burlington  recently.  \RXQJVWHUV OHDUQHG SUREOHP VROY A  total  of  11  extraordinary  proj LQJ DQG WHDP ZRUNLQJ VNLOOV WKDW ects  received  awards   including  a  they  could  use  in  service  to  oth prestigious  ACEC  national  award  ers,  including  in  careers  in  law  en presented  to  the  Vermont  Agency  forcement. of  Transportation   for  the  Cham plain  Bridge  replacement  in  Ad $Q\ RI \RX UHDGHUV RXW WKHUH ZKR dison.

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  3A

Scammers  prey  on  older  victims New  kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  book  has  local  connections By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  endless,  unwanted  phone  calls  began  for  Betty  around  six  weeks  ago.  The  elderly  Addison  County  resident  picks  up  her  phone,  and  the  caller  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  some-­ times  with  an  Indian  accent  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  prom-­ ises  her  a  great  deal  on  emergency  response  or  computer  services,  all  the  while  trying  to  mine  her  for  personal  information. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  irritating,â&#x20AC;?  said  Betty,  an  octogenarian  and  already  a  Lifeline  customer  through  Porter  Medical  Center  who  asked  that  her  real  name  not  be  used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  I  have  done  everything  I  can  think  of  (to  make  the  calls  stop).â&#x20AC;?

Unfortunately,  Betty  is  not  alone.  Dozens  of  Addison  County  residents  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  many  of  them  trusting  seniors  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  are  increasingly  being  called  by  ZKDW DUH EHOLHYHG WR EH ÂżFWLWLRXV RU disreputable  companies  with  call-­ ers  sometimes  trying  to  bully  people  into  receiving  personal  emergency  response  services.

Not  even  Monica  Sanchez,  Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Lifeline  program  coordinator,  has  been  immune. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  started  getting  the  calls  a  few  months  ago,â&#x20AC;?  Sanchez  said,  noting  the  irony.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  I  found  out  others  were  getting  them,  too.â&#x20AC;?

Some  of  them  have  been  robo-­ calls;Íž  others  have  featured  real  callers  delivering  a  high-­pressure  sales  pitch Â

using  the  names  of  reputable  compa-­ QLHV 2I¿FLDOV WKHRUL]H WKH RIIHQGHUV might  be  getting  names  from  voter  checklists.

Sanchez  said  the  scammers  are  giving  a  bad  name  to  the  medical  alert  industry.  She  has  heard  from  around  a  dozen  clients  whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  targeted  by  hucksters.  Fortunately,  none  (yet)  have  fallen  for  the  phony  sales  pitches,  according  to  Sanchez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be  careful,â&#x20AC;?  she  advised  prospec-­ tive  victims.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  agree  to  a  contract  and  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  give  out  any  personal  infor-­ mation.  If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  sure  (the  caller  is  legit),  hang  up  and  call  back.â&#x20AC;?

Porter  currently  coordinates  almost  500  Lifeline  subscribers  through  the  Philips  Lifeline  service.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  service  through  which  a  subscriber,  when  experiencing  a  medical  crisis,  can  push  a  button  to  summon  help.

3KLOLSV /LIHOLQH RIÂżFLDOV DUH acknowledging  the  scam  and  have  sent  out  a  warning  to  Porter  and  its  other  Lifeline  partners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  received  many  calls  from  subscribers  and  Lifeline  programs  that  a  telemarketing  center  working  RQ EHKDOI RI DQ XQLGHQWLÂżHG FRPSDQ\ has  been  making  large  volumes  of  outbound  telemarketing  calls  promot-­ ing  a  personal  emergency  response  service,â&#x20AC;?  the  warning  states.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  company  may  either  be  claiming  they  are  Lifeline,  or  are  being  mistaken  by  the  general  public  for  Lifeline.â&#x20AC;?

The  imposter  usually  claims  to  be  offering  free  monitoring  as  part  of  a  government  program.  They  reportedly  use  high-­pressure  sales  and  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mail  out  information  and  transfer  calls  once  callers  ask  ques-­ tions  about  the  service.  When  pressed  further,  they  often  hang  up  altogether.  Calls  are  being  placed  from  differ-­ ent  numbers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  many  of  these  numbers  have  complaints  launched  against  them,  according  to  Philips  RIÂżFLDOV 7KHVH QXPEHUV GR QRW SLFN up  if  called  back,  likely  due  to  the  fact  that  the  calls  are  routed  from  other  locations  to  block  their  true  origin.  Philips  is  encouraging  its  partners  to  remind  their  subscribers  to  never  give  out  private  information,  espe-­ cially  credit  card  numbers  or  bank  account  numbers,  to  persons  who  call  them.

Sanchez  said  Middlebury  police  are  aware  of  the  situation  and  have  been  speaking  with  people  who  have  received  scam  calls.  Betty  has  been  among  those  who  have  called  police,  as  well  as  her  phone  company,  FairPoint.  Still,  the  phone  calls  persist.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  received  14  thus  far;Íž  her  last  one  was  less  than  a  week  ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  given  up,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  ruefully.

Anyone  with  questions  about  Lifeline  can  call  Sanchez  at  388-­8817.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

Phoenix  Rising  staying  in  Bristol By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Phoenix  Rising,  the  yoga-­therapy  training  program  on  Mountain  Street  in  Bristol,  is  planning  to  stay  in  town  through  the  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  end  and  possibly  beyond.  The  business  had  announced  plans  last  ZLQWHU WR Ă&#x20AC;\ WKH FRRS DQG PRYH LWV location  to  Burlington.  But  after  a  series  of  hoops  and  hurdles  arose  while  planning  the  move,  co-­directors  Kate  Bentley  and  Jen  Munyer  decided  to  stay  in  Bristol  for  the  time  being  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  sound  the  least  bit  disappointed  about  it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Bristol  community  has  been  a  big  part  of  (Phoenix  Rising),â&#x20AC;?  Bentley  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an  amazing  town.â&#x20AC;?

Phoenix  Rising  specializes  in  training  practitioners  in  its  unique  style  of  yoga  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  takes  a Â

holistic  approach  to  healing  by  considering  physical,  mental  and  emotional  stresses  to  be  linked  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  in  intensive  seminars  that  sometimes  require  students  to  be  present  at  their  local  studio  for  trainings,  which  attracts  visitors  to  Bristol  from  across  the  country.  The  move  to  Burlington,  according  Bentley,  was  intended  to  give  the  organization  space  to  hold  individual  sessions  and  group  yoga  classes  at  the  same  time  as  trainings  for  future  practitioners.  The  space  on  Mountain  Street  has  only  one  room,  and  the  co-­directors  thought  that  Burlington  may  have  offered  a  bigger  market,  Bentley  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  initially  planned  to  move  to  Burlington  to  build  and  add  to  what  we  do,â&#x20AC;?  Bentley  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  current  program  is  very  focused  on  teacher  trainings.â&#x20AC;?

But  the  ample  challenges  that  VXUIDFHG ZKLOH WU\LQJ WR ÂżQG D new  space  and  move  the  program  to  Burlington  made  Bentley  and  Munyer  look  twice  at  what  they  had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  big  part  of  what  we  teach  at  Phoenix  Rising  is  not  to  have  an  agenda,  not  to  do  something  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  planned  and  one  has  to,â&#x20AC;?  Bentley  pointed  out.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  made  us  think  we  were  experiencing  that  lesson  on  a  different  levelâ&#x20AC;ŚWeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  taking  the  opportunity  to  really  listenâ&#x20AC;?

Bentley  says  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;all  options  are  on  the  tableâ&#x20AC;?  moving  forward,  including  staying  in  Bristol  permanently.  The  news  was  met  with  enthusiastic  response  from  Bristol  residents,  some  of  whom  applauded  the  program  for  bringing  customers  to  area  businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  an  amazing  thing  going  here,â&#x20AC;?  Bentley  said.

By  JOHN  FLOWERS parents,  grandmother,  three  aunts,  MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Ashley  three  uncles,  three  cousins  and  her  Charron  spent  last  summer  reading  boyfriend  and  his  two  children.  The  hundreds  of  books  by  many  authors  family  dogs  also  romp  through  the  to  children  at  the  daycare  facility  at  pages. which  she  worked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  also  many  things  to  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  now  written  a  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ¿QG DQG SRLQW WR ZKLFK P\ NLGV DW book  of  her  own. daycare)  loved,â&#x20AC;?  Charron  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  realized  what  the  kids  like  (in  She  hopes  that  visitors  to  the  a  book),  what  they  read  the  most,â&#x20AC;?  area  will  also  warm  to  the  book  as  said  Charron,  a  lifelong  Addison  a  way  of  teaching  their  kids  about  County  resident.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  decided  to  write  the  seasonal  customs  in  the  Green  one,  and  that  was  that.â&#x20AC;?

Mountain  State.

Thus  was  born  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello  Green  Mountains,  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  Soggy  Spring,â&#x20AC;?  BUSINESS  TIE-­INS WKH ÂżUVW LQVWDOOPHQW LQ ZKDW &KDUURQ Since  she  is  self-­publishing  the  and  her  illustrator,  Cotey  Gallagher  books,  Charron  has  had  to  be  extra  of  Salisbury,  are  envisioning  as  creative  to  do  it  on  a  budget.  She  is  a  four-­book  series  covering  each  having  them  printed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;on  demandâ&#x20AC;?  one  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  distinct  seasons.  as  they  are  ordered.  And  she  raised  &KDUURQ RIÂżFLDOO\ additional  money  released  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  by  offering  spon-­ Soggy  Springâ&#x20AC;?  on  All of the characters sorships  to  area  May  22  and  antic-­ featured in the book businesses  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  ipates  it  will  be  are important people in contributing  busi-­ WKH ÂżUVW RI PDQ\ Charronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Included nesses  have  their  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  books  are her parents, corporate  names  she  will  release  grandmother, three featured  and  their  during  what  she  aunts, three uncles, products  depicted  hopes  will  be  a  three cousins and her in  the  illustrations.  SUROLÂżF FDUHHU DV boyfriend and his two For  example,  a  children. The family dogs young  woman  is  an  author.

L o n g -­ t i m e  also romp through the seen  planting  seeds  Vermonters  will  pages. from  an  Agway  quickly  relate  bag;Íž  maple  syrup  to  the  spring  production  takes  themes  in  Charronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  debut  offer-­ place  in  a  Bread  Loaf  View  Farm  ing.  With  the  aid  of  Gallagherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sugarhouse;Íž  and  a  man  on  a  four-­ colorful,  fanciful  artwork,  Charron  wheeler  is  wearing  a  jacket  with  a  leads  young  readers  through  the  Cyclewise  logo. messy  travails  of  mud  season,  the  Charron,  26,  was  pleased  with  sweet  ritual  of  maple  sugaring,  the  support  from  the  businesspeo-­ the  planting  of  a  spring  garden,  ple  she  approached. and  busting  out  of  winter  hiberna-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  thought  it  was  a  great  tion  into  outdoor  activities,  such  idea,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. as  biking,  picnicking,  hiking  and  She  also  acknowledges  all  seven  four-­wheeling. business  sponsors  on  a  page  at  the  She  also  plugs  the  annual  May  end  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  Soggy  Spring.â&#x20AC;?

Green  Up  Day,  when  Vermonters  Charron  learned  that  writing  and  take  to  the  roadsides  to  clean  up  producing  the  book  was  just  the  trash  that  has  accumulated  during  beginning  of  the  effort  to  make  the  winter. a  success  out  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  Soggy  The  text  provides  a  poetic  Spring.â&#x20AC;? description  for  each  illustration: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  to  do  all  the  marketing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello,  soggy  spring  shower.  myself,â&#x20AC;?  she  noted,  a  chore  that  It  helps  to  grow  the  red  clover,  has  seen  her  conduct  a  media  blitz  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  State  Flower!â&#x20AC;? and  schedule  some  book  signings.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello,  hiking  trail,  oh  so  long.  Getting  to  the  top  is  exciting,  and  I  feel  so  strong!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello,  rototiller  that  plows  the  dirt  for  our  garden  to  grow.  We  plant  seeds,  water  them,  and  watch  them  come  up,  row  by  row!â&#x20AC;?

All  of  the  characters  featured  in  the  book  are  important  people  in  Charronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life.  Included  are  her Â

ASHLEY Â CHARRON

She  will  sign  books  this  Saturday,  July  13,  at  Scentsations  Flowers  and  Gifts  in  Bristol  from  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  and  at  the  Bixby  Library  in  Vergennes  on  Thursday,  July  25,  from  6  to  7  p.m.

In  the  meantime,  the  book  is  available  locally  at  such  places  as  the  Vermont  Book  Shop,  Scentsations  in  Bristol,  the  Henry  Sheldon  Museum  of  Vermont  History,  Flying  Pig  Books  in  Shelburne  and  Brown  Dog  Books  and  Gifts  in  Hinesburg.  It  is  also  available  on-­line  through  Amazon  and  Barnes  &  Noble,  according  to  Charron.

Charron  and  Gallagher  are  now  working  on  the  winter  book,  which  should  be  released  later  this  year.  Plans  call  for  the  summer  and  fall  books  to  be  released  next  year.  Once  those  are  done,  Charron  has  aspirations  of  tackling  a  New  England  series  of  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  books.  Again,  she  will  search  out  new  business  sponsors  to  help  under-­ write  her  writing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hope  to  make  this  my  new  career,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

ASHLEY  CHARRON  READS  from  her  new  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello  Green  Mountains,  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  Soggy  Spring,â&#x20AC;?  to  children  at  Tiny  Toes  Childcare  in  Waltham.  Listening  are,  from  left,  Abigail  Brown,  Ayla  Kittredge,  So-­ phia  Wright,  Bella  Audy,  Della  Connor  and  Izzy  Pratt.

SHORT  DISTANCE  TRIATHLONS Perfect for First-â&#x20AC;?Time Triathletes And  New  Run  Event

LOST ON CIDER MILL ROAD  in  Cornwall.  Last  seen  on  Thursday,  June  20th,  our  beloved  5  year  old  MAINE  COON  CAT,  long  blackish  brown  and  grey  hair,  answering  to  the  name  of  MORGAN. Â

7ULDWKORQ 5XQ 6HULHV %HDXWLIXO VHWWLQJ )XQ IDLU VDIH DÇşRUGDEOH

[ Branbury Classic Triathlon [

Three Sprint Triathlons

600 yd. swim, 14 mi. bike, 3.1 mi. run

.9 mi. swim, 28 mi. bike, 6.2 mi. run

He  MAY  have  been  seen  in  the  area  of  the  Lemon  Fair  bridge,  off  West  Street  in  Corn-­ wall,  possibly  heading  West  on  Route  125.  Although  he  has  probably  moved  by  now,  he  should  be  somewhere  in  Addison  County.  He  is  bound  to  seek  refuge  sooner  or  later  and  may  come  to  a  garage,  a  barn  or  a  house.

If  you  see  him,  we  would  be  so  grateful  for  you  to  call  Michele Vail at 462-­ 2926  or  the  Humane  Society  at  388-­1100.  And,  if  at  all  possible,  take  him  in.  Reward  will  be  given  to  whoever  will  help  him  come  back  to  the  only  home  he  has  ever  known.  We  miss  him  terribly.

June 30 th , July 21st, August 11th August 11th

NEW SERIES:

Vermont Sun Run 6HSWHPEHU th 5km, 10km or half marathon distance

â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the best series in the country.â&#x20AC;? -â&#x20AC;?Triathlon Magazine

www.vermontsun.com

802-â&#x20AC;?388-â&#x20AC;?6888

PAGE  4A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Letters

A DDIS ON Â Â INDE P E NDEN T

Editorials

to the Editor

Drivers  must  pay  heed  to  cyclists

Bristol:  The  community  as  CEO Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  gooG QHZV LQ %ULVWRO 3KRHQL[ 5LVLQJ WKH <RJD RUJDQL]DWLRQ WKDW uses  Bristol  as  an  annual  base  for  programs  drawing  patrons  from  around  the  nation,  has  opted  to  stay  in  Bristol  for  the  rest  of  the  year  and,  perhaps,  lon-­ ger.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  reversal  of  a  decision  declared  earlier  by  co-­owners,  who  had  planned  to  move  to  Burlington  before  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  end.  (See  story  in  this  issue.)

Is  this  big  news?  Well,  certainly  not  as  dramatic  as  IBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  recent  an-­ QRXQFHPHQW WR OD\ RII DQRWKHU RU VR HPSOR\HHV DW LWV (VVH[ -XQFWLRQ plant,  or  the  potential  200  full-­  and  part-­time  jobs  at  the  St.  Albans  Wal-­Mart  that  opens  this  fall,  but  the  group  does  bring  revenue  into  the  Bristol  com-­ munity  at  important  times  and  it  brings  a  diversity  of  visitors  to  the  town  that  has  its  own  rewards.  But  the  real  question  Bristol  residents  might  want  to  ask,  now  that  all  op-­ tions  are  on  the  table  for  its  future  location,  is  how  important  is  it  to  keep  the  group  in  town?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  question  of  economic  stability  and  potential  economic  growth.  Are  town  residents  interested  in  doing  the  things  necessary  to  attract  the  busi-­ ness  needed  to  support  a  healthy  business  community,  or  would  it  prefer  to  be  a  bedroom  community  to  Middlebury  and  Chittenden  County  and  leave  economic  development  to  others?

If  Bristol  residents  want  a  healthy  downtown,  looking  at  the  impact  of  KDYLQJ 3KRHQL[ 5LVLQJ FRPH WR WRZQ GXULQJ LWV UHJXODU LQWHUYDOV ZRXOG EH worthwhile.  The  Addison  County  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  its  Bristol  EUDQFK FRXOG OHQG LWV VXSSRUW WR DFFRPSOLVK WKH WDVN 1H[W WKH FRPPXQLW\ PLJKW HQGHDYRU WR ¿QG ZD\V WR DFFRPPRGDWH WKH GHVLUHV WKDW LQLWLDOO\ OHG WKH company  to  opt  for  a  Burlington-­site.  The  community  could  even  brainstorm  ZD\V WR RIIHU WKH JXHVWV H[SHULHQFHV WR HQMR\ WKDW ZRXOG QRW EH DYDLODEOH LQ the  Burlington-­area.

It  is,  in  short,  about  customer  service  and  putting  the  entire  community  in  the  role  of  a  business  CEO.  The  question  to  collectively  address  is:  Are  we  doing  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  needed  to  keep  what  retail  and  economic  base  we  have,  and  grow  if  we  want  to?  That  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  the  community  should  be  eager  to  VXEVLGL]H RQH RSHUDWLRQ RU DQRWKHU WKURXJK WD[ EUHDNV RU RWKHU PHFKDQLVPV but  it  does  mean  the  community  should  be  addressing  such  issues  together  and  coming  up  with  viable  solutions.  The  other  good  news  is  that  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time,  if  the  community  acts  quickly,  to  at  least  respond  with  a  pro-­active  plan  on  this  immediate  issue,  and  to  be  pro-­active  on  other  things  that  could  be  on  the  horizon.

Thank  you  to  Doug  McKain  for  his  helpful  reminders  about  bicycle  safety  (June  27).  The  one  thing  I  would  add  to  his  list  for  cyclists  is  to  be  sure  to  have  adequate  lighting  for  riding  at  dusk  or  in  other  low-­ light  conditions.

Here  are  some  reminders  for  motorists.  Please  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  attempt  to  pass  a  bicycle  in  a  situation  where  you  would  not  pass  another  car,  e.g.,  at  a  blind  spot  or  where  there  is  an  oncoming  vehicle,  unless  there  is  plenty  of  space.  If  you  do  pass,  please  give  the  cyclist  as  wide  a  berth  as  possible.  Brush-­bys  are  startling  to  the  cyclist  and  poten-­ tially  dangerous.  And  if  you  do  need  to  use  your  horn,  remember  that  just  a  gentle  tap  is  likely  to  be  enough  to  draw  the  attention  of  a  bicycle  rider.

We  need  to  encourage  as  much  bicycle  riding  as  possible,  and  that  PHDQV PDNLQJ F\FOLVWV IHHO FRQ¿-­ dent  and  safe  as  they  share  the  road  with  motorists.

Spence  Putnam Weybridge

Natural  gas  foes  often  misguided

Angelo  S.  Lynn

Less  is  probably  better Conducting  studies  on  which  to  base  a  decision  is  part-­and-­parcel  of  the  political  process,  but  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  to  say  the  requests  for  studies  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  out  of  hand.  In  the  2013  session,  Vermont  legislators  asked  for  133  studies.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  on  top  of  previous  studies,  many  of  which  are  requested  annually,  bringing  the  tally  to  326,  according  to  a  recent  report  in  VtDigger.org.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  of  paper,  but  most  importantly,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  of  time  state  bureaucrats  are  spending  researching  and  crafting  the  reports  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  time  spent  is  money  spent.  The  object,  of  course,  is  to  make  sure  all  reports  are  essential.  But  many  are  not.  Budget  and  management  director  Otto  Trautz  told  VtDigger  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;some  re-­ ports  are  critical.  Some  sit  in  the  corner.â&#x20AC;?

7KH /HJLVODWXUH GRHV KDYH D SURFHVV LQ SODFH WR ZHHG RXW VXSHUĂ&#x20AC;XRXV UHSRUWV The  House  and  Senate  Operations  committees  go  over  the  list  toward  the  end  RI HDFK VHVVLRQ DQG FXOO LW WR DQ DJUHHG XSRQ OHYHO $QG LQ D ODZ ZDV SDVVHG WKDW HVWDEOLVKHG D ÂżYH \HDU H[SLUDWLRQ GDWH RQ DOO RQ JRLQJ UHSRUWV 7KH ODZ WDNHV HIIHFW RQ -XO\ ÂżQDOO\ SXWWLQJ SUHVVXUH RQ WKH /HJLVODWXUH WR justify  continuation  of  all  reports  based  on  how  useful  they  are. %XW ZH ZRQGHU LI WKH SURFHVV FRXOGQÂśW EH HYHQ PRUH HIÂżFLHQW LI WKH /HJLVOD-­ WXUH ZHUH JLYHQ D OLPLW QRW WR H[FHHG IRU HDFK VHVVLRQ VD\ 7KDW PDNHV WKH /HJLVODWXUH UHVSRQVLEOH IRU FXUELQJ LWV RZQ H[FHVVHV DQG IRFXVLQJ RQ VWXGLHV that  pertain  to  the  most  crucial  issues  facing  the  state.

Forcing  the  Legislature  to  create  such  priorities  could  potentially  have  a  neg-­ ative  impact  if  the  consequence  prompted  legislators  to  act  without  adequate  study,  but  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  take  our  chances.  Our  bet  is  the  modus  operandi  would  force  the  Legislature  to  be  more  discerning  of  its  requests  for  studies  and  allow  com-­ mittee  chairs  to  limit  discussion  on  issues  that  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  all  that  essential  to  gov-­ HUQLQJ WKH VWDWH ,WÂśV DQRWKHU H[DPSOH LQ ZKLFK OHVV LV SUREDEO\ EHWWHU Angelo  S.  Lynn

Keep  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  realistic  in  mind The  fuel-­relateG H[SORVLRQ IURP D ZUHFNHG WUDQVSRUW WUDLQ WKDW ULSSHG DSDUW the  Quebec  town  of  Lac-­Megantic  on  Monday  is  being  used  by  some  en-­ vironmentalists  as  another  reason  to  curb  use  of  fossil  fuels.  The  train  was  carrying  tankers  of  fuel  oil  when  it  careened  off  the  tracks,  destroying  the  heart  of  the  city  and  killing  15  people  with  as  many  as  50  still  missing  as  of  Wednesday.  More  than  100,000  liters  of  fuel  has  seeped  into  a  nearby  river  and  lake.  The  obvious  logic  used  by  fossil  fuel  detractors  was  that  reducing  the  use  of  fossil  fuels  would  help  prevent  such  tragedies,  as  well  as  reduce  the  sig-­ QLÂżFDQW HIIHFWV RI FDUERQ GLR[LGH SROOXWLRQ WKDW FDXVHV FOLPDWH FKDQJH True  enough.  If  we  were  only  at  the  stage  where  renewable  fuels  were  not  needed  to  run  vehicles,  heat  homes  and  power  industry.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not.  Fossil  fu-­ HOV ZLOO QHHG WR EH WUDQVSRUWHG IRU WKH QH[W IHZ GHFDGHV DW D PLQLPXP HYHQ LI ZH GHYHORS UHQHZDEOH HQHUJ\ DW UDWHV WKDW JUHDWO\ H[FHHG FXUUHQW FDSDFLW\ Interestingly,  the  tragedy  did  not  also  buttress  the  case  for  using  natural  gas  via  the  pipeline  proposed  for  Addison  County  by  Vermont  Gas  Systems,  instead  of  continuing  to  rely  on  fuel  oil,  or  transporting  liquid  gas,  as  some  have  suggested.  According  to  Vermont  Gas  Systems,  transporting  natural  gas  via  pipeline  has  a  better  safety  record  compared  to  fuel  oil  being  transported  by  rail,  tankers  or  trucks.  7KH VWRU\ LOOXVWUDWHV KRZ WKH QHZV LV XVHG WR PDNH ZKDWHYHU SRLQW ÂżWV oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  perspective.  The  general  public  needs  to  keep  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  realistic  and  prac-­ tical  in  mind,  and  in  the  public  discourse.

Angelo  S.  Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Periodicals  Postage  Paid  at  Middlebury,  Vt.  05753

(GLWRU 3XEOLVKHU $QJHOR 6 /\QQ

%RRNNHHSHU /DXULH :HGJH &LUFXODWLRQ .HOO\ 2Âś.HHIH )URQW 2IÂżFH 9LFNL 1ROHWWH

&KULVWLQH /\QQ

$GYHUWLVLQJ 0DQDJHU &KULVWLQH /\QQ $GYHUWLVLQJ 5HSUHVHQWDWLYHV 3DP 'XQQH  Kim  Estey (OLVD )LW]JHUDOG 6DUDK )RRWH $GYHUWLVLQJ $VVW $QQD +DUULQJWRQ 3KRWRJUDSKHU 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

Jessie  Raymond

Vicki  Nolette

3URGXFWLRQ 0DQDJHU 6XH /HJJHWW *UDSKLFV 6XVDQ 0LOOHU  Brian  King

-HQQLIHU 6DERXULQ  &DOHQGDU (GLWRU 7\SHVHWWHU  Jessie  Raymond

.HOO\ 2Âś.HHIH

GUITARISTS )5$1. 9,*12/$ DQG 9LQQ\ 5DQLROR ÂżQLVK D PHGOH\ RI VRQJV GXULQJ WKH RSHQLQJ RI WKHLU VHW DW 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV )HVWLYDO RQ WKH *UHHQ 0RQGD\ QLJKW ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

7RZQ RIÂżFH SODQ WKH EHVW VROXWLRQ AT&T  has  been  running  TV  ads  for  its  cellphone  ser-­ YLFH LQ ZKLFK D JX\ VLWV GRZQ ZLWK D EXQFK RI VL[ \HDU ROG kids  and  asks  them  questions  like,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is  faster  better  than  slower?â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is  more  better  than  less?â&#x20AC;?

They  all  eventually  come  up  with  the  right  answer,  and  then  the  voice-­over  guy  comes  on  and  reads  the  tagline:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  complicated.â&#x20AC;?

These  ads  came  to  mind  when  my  colleague  John  Flow-­ ers  broke  the  news  that  town  and  Middlebury  College  of-­ ÂżFLDOV KDG UHDFKHG D WHQWDWLYH GHDO RQH WKDW FRXOG VROYH the  thorny  problem  of  how  to  renovate  or  replace  our  decrepit  old  town  hall  at  D FRVW RI FHQWV RQ RXU WD[ UDWH LQVWHDG of  7.5  cents  or  more.  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  see,  roughly  $50  a  year  of  new  WD[HV RQ P\ KRPH RU DERXW " Which  is  better  for  a  deal  that  will  pro-­

By Andy YLGH D QHZ WRZQ RI¿FH VWLOO LQ WKH KHDUW Kirkaldy of  downtown,  plus  a  gym  in  a  better  location?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  complicated.

Well,  OK,  the  deal  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  note  it  was  struck  DIWHU WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV DSSURDFKHG WKH FROOHJH QRW YLFH YHUVD ² LV D ELW FRPSOH[ The  town  gets: Â&#x2021; PLOOLRQ WRZDUG D PLOOLRQ SURMHFW WKDW LQ-­ FOXGHV ERWK D WZR VWRU\ WR VTXDUH IRRW EXLOG-­ ing,  and  a  gym  near  the  town  pool  and  Memorial  Sports  Center. Â&#x2021; 7KH VLWH QH[W WR WKH ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ IRU WKH QHZ WRZQ KDOO The  college  gets:

3DP 'XQQH

3XEOLVKHG HYHU\ 0RQGD\ 7KXUVGD\ E\ WKH $GGLVRQ 3UHVV ,QF 0HPEHU 9HUPRQW 3UHVV $VVRFLDWLRQ 1HZ (QJODQG 3UHVV $V VRFLDWLRQ 1DWLRQDO 1HZVSDSHU $VVRFLDWLRQ 68%6&5,37,21 5$7(6 9HUPRQWÂą 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 2XW RI 6WDWH Âą 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 0RQWKV 'LVFRXQWHG UDWH IRU 6HQLRU &LWL]HQV FDOO IRU GHWDLOV

7KH ,QGHSHQGHQW DVVXPHV QR ÂżQDQFLDO UHVSRQVLELOLW\ IRU W\SRJUDSKLFDO HUURUV LQ DGYHUWLVHPHQWV EXW ZLOO UHSULQW WKDW SDUW RI DQ DGYHUWLVHPHQW LQ ZKLFK WKH W\SRJUDSKLFDO HUURU RFFXUUHG $GYHUWLVHU ZLOO SOHDVH QRWLI\ WKH PDQDJHPHQW LPPHGLDWHO\ RI DQ\ HUURUV ZKLFK PD\ RFFXU 7KH $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW 8636

Â&#x2021; 7KH FXUUHQW WRZQ KDOO DQG LWV VLWH 7KH WRZQ ZLOO GH-­ PROLVK WKH IRUPHU KLJK VFKRRO ZKDW LV OHIW RI LW DIWHU D ÂżUH 60  years  ago)  and  replace  it  with  some  sort  of  park  that  ZLOO VHUYH DOVR DV D JUDQGHU PRUH GHÂżQHG HQWUDQFH WR WKH college  grounds.   Â&#x2021; 7KH WRZQ RZQHG VLWH DW WKH FRUQHU RI &URVV DQG :DWHU streets,  to  which  the  town  will  move  the  building  that  now  VLWV QH[W WR WKH ,OVOH\ In  a  related  agreement,  the  town  will  also  get  better  ac-­ cess  to  the  Marble  Works  because  the  college  will  buy  the  Lazarus  building  on  Printers  Alley,  ZKLFK ZLOO EH UHPRYHG LQ H[FKDQJH for  now  vacant  town-­owned  land  be-­ tween  the  Ilsley  and  Otter  Creek.  Get-­ ting  that  land  and  matching  it  with  abutting  college  land  will  allow  col-­ OHJH RIÂżFLDOV WR ODXQFK DQ HFRQRPLF development  project.  There  are  many  hurdles  to  clear  be-­ fore  these  plans  can  become  a  reality.  For  the  sake  of  this  discussion,  letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  say  the  deals  have  the  legs  to  do  so.   So,  should  residents  back  this  deal?

Well,  not  according  to  a  few  folks  who  have  written  to  this  paper.  Normally,  I  agree  with  many  of  their  points  of  view,  but  not  in  this  case.

A  June  17  letter  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;distressingâ&#x20AC;?  that  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;design  and  ¿QDQFLQJ VWXG\´ WKDW WKH WRZQ XQGHUWRRN WR FUHDWH D SODQ for  a  new  town  hall  â&#x20AC;&#x153;has  been  for  naughtâ&#x20AC;?  if  Middlebury  goes  for  this  deal.  (See  Clippings,  Page  5A)

State  fumbles on  housing  aid

The  Shumlin  administration  has  announced  convoluted  changes  to  be  eligible  for  state  general  assis-­ tance  for  emergency  housing.

The  new  standards  are  much  more  restrictive.  Brattleboro  service  agencies  are  reportedly  collecting  tents  and  sleeping  bags  for  families  right  now.

Shumlin  hopes  to  save  enough  state  money  to  avoid  any  efforts  to  WD[ KLV IULHQGV WKH SHUFHQW But  resulting  costs  could  become  much  higher.  How  many  new  chil-­ dren  will  end  up  in  state  custody?

There  there  is  winter  when  home-­ less  shelters  are  full.  Years  ago  homeless  men  would  steal  something  in  order  to  spend  the  winter  in  jail  for  the  roof  and  the  three  daily  meals,  popularly  known  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;three  hots  and  a  FRW ´ 6KXPOLQ PXVW DQQRXQFH H[DFWO\ how  much  to  steal  to  be  sentenced  for  the  winter  only.  Too  much  and  ber  of  the  GMCB,  as  Wallackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  successor.  Gobeille  owns  one  could  become  a  lifer.

Geoffrey  Cobden several  restaurants  in  the  Burlington  area  and  under-­ Weybridge stands  health  care  from  the  perspective  of  a  small  busi-­ nessperson  who  pays  for  health  coverage  for  employees.  However,  he  does  not  have  the  breadth  of  Wallackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  NQRZOHGJH DQG H[SHULHQFH RI WKH HQWLUH KHDOWK FDUH V\V-­ tem.

7KH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ PXVW SUHVHQW D ¿QDQFLQJ SODQ IRU Common  Core  is  a  radical  and  single-­payer  to  the  Legislature  in  early  2015,  18  months  dangerous  transformation  of  our  ed-­ from  now.  To  date,  there  has  been  no  outreach  on  the  ucation  system.  Untested,  mediocre  SUHSDUDWLRQ RI WKLV SODQ :KDW PL[ RI LQFRPH SD\UROO standards,  uniformly  implemented  DQG RWKHU WD[HV ZRXOG EH XVHG WR nationwide,  undermine  innovation  fund  single-­payer?  How  would  these  and  usurps  local  control.

WD[HV FRPSDUH ZLWK SUHPLXPV QRZ â&#x20AC;&#x153;State-­ledâ&#x20AC;?  yet  proprietary  stan-­ paid  by  businesses  and  individuals?  dards,  which  permit  only  15  percent  What  would  be  the  structure  of  de-­ change?  Common  Core  is  NOT  a  ductibles,  co-­pays  and  other  out-­of-­ grassroots  effort.  Common  Core  pocket  costs  in  a  single-­payer  sys-­ perpetuates  problems  of  No  Child  tem?

Left  Behind:  teaching-­to-­test  and  Other  issues  must  be  considered  as  stressful  high-­stakes  assessments. well.  Vermont  Health  Connect  could  It  is  not  â&#x20AC;&#x153;voluntaryâ&#x20AC;?  when  public  H[SDQG IURP FRYHULQJ VPDOO EXVL-­ schools  are  measured  on  their  nesses  to  medium-­sized  businesses;Íž  studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  performance  on  Com-­ Medicaid  recipients;Íž  and  state,  municipal  and  school  dis-­ mon  Core  assessments.  It  is  widely  trict  employees.  But  what  about  the  participants  in  Medi-­ promoted  that  a  NCLB  waiver  is  care,  and  the  employees  of  large  organizations  that  are  contingent  upon  implementing  covered  by  federally  regulated  self-­insurance  programs?  Common  Core.  If  Common  Core  How  would  these  populations,  numbering  close  to  one-­ remediation  and  teacher  evaluations  third  of  Vermonters,  be  folded  in  to  a  single-­payer  plan?  are  put  into  education  law,  how  is  it  +RZ ZRXOG WKH VLQJOH SD\HU EHQHÂżWV DQG RXW RI SRFNHW â&#x20AC;&#x153;voluntaryâ&#x20AC;?? costs  compare  with  their  current  plans?

Common  Core  impacts  private  &DQ WKH UDWH RI JURZWK RI PHGLFDO H[SHQVHV LQ 9HUPRQW schools  and  home  schools:  2014  really  be  contained?  In  spite  of  the  GMCBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  best  efforts  FROOHJH HQWUDQFH H[DPV DUH DOLJQHG (See  Letter,  Page  5A) (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

Clippings

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  to  start  talking  about  single-­payer Peter  Shumlin  began  talking  about  single-­payer  health  care  early  in  2010,  when  he  became  a  candidate  for  gov-­ ernor.  Shumlin  has  not  said  much  about  single-­payer  re-­ cently.  Some  single-­payer  advocates  wonder  whether  his  administration  is  still  committed  to  applying  for  a  federal  waiver  to  permit  Vermont  to  establish  a  single-­payer  sys-­ tem  in  2017,  the  earliest  allowable  date  under  the  federal  Affordable  Care  Act.  I  see  two  reasons  for  the  administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  relative  si-­ lence  on  single-­payer.  First,  Shumlin  and  his  colleagues  are  working  to  make  sure  that  Vermont  Health  Connect  will  have  a  successful  launch  in  2014.  Vermont  Health  Connect  is  the  health  EHQHÂżW H[FKDQJH WKURXJK ZKLFK LQGL-­ viduals,  and  employees  of  small  busi-­ nesses,  will  purchase  health  insurance  VWDUWLQJ QH[W \HDU $SSUR[LPDWHO\ percent  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  population  will  EH FRYHUHG E\ WKH H[FKDQJH ZKLFK will  open  for  business  on  Oct.  1  for  By  Eric  L.  Davis coverage  to  begin  on  Jan.  1.  Second,  the  Green  Mountain  Care  Board  (GMCB),  the  agency  with  H[WHQVLYH DXWKRULW\ RYHU WKH VWDWHÂśV KHDOWK FDUH V\VWHP will  undergo  a  change  of  leadership  later  this  year.  Anya  Rader  Wallack,  who  has  been  part  of  Shumlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  VLQFH KH WRRN RIÂżFH ZLOO VWHS GRZQ DV FKDLU RI *0&% LQ the  fall  to  rejoin  her  family  in  Rhode  Island.  Wallack  is  the  most  knowledgeable  person  in  Vermont,  and  one  of  the  most  knowledgeable  people  in  the  entire  country,  on  health  care  delivery  systems,  payment  reform  and  cost  control,  key  issues  that  must  be  faced  in  a  transition  to  single-­payer.

Shumlin  has  designated  Al  Gobeille,  a  current  mem-­

Politically

Postmaster,  send  address  change  to  Addison  Independent, 3 2 %R[ 0DSOH 6WUHHW 0LGGOHEXU\ 9HUPRQW Â&#x2021; Â&#x2021; )D[ ( 0DLO QHZV#DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP Â&#x2021; :HE 6LWH ZZZ DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP $VVLVWDQW (GLWRU -RKQ 6 0F&ULJKW 5HSRUWHUV -RKQ )ORZHUV  Andy  Kirkaldy ;LDQ &KLDQJ :DUHQ

Ending  on  a  high  note

Can  we  please  stop  pretending  that  we  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;saving  the  worldâ&#x20AC;?  by  oppos-­ ing  Vermont  Gas  Systemsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  proposed  SLSHOLQH H[WHQVLRQ LQWR $GGLVRQ County?  The  fact  is  WE  ALL  USE  LOTS  OF  FOSSIL  FUEL.  ALL  OF  US.  Generally  speaking,  the  current  alternative  to  natural  gas,  is  fuel  oil.  FUEL  OIL!  It  is  widely  accepted  that  natural  gas  is  somewhat  cleaner  and  VXEVWDQWLDOO\ OHVV H[SHQVLYH WKDQ IXHO oil.

This  â&#x20AC;&#x153;controversyâ&#x20AC;?  is  a  perfect  H[DPSOH RI KRZ D YRFDO PLQRULW\ (who  have  the  ear  of  our  single-­party  legislators)  are  setting  policy  with  no  thought  given  to  economic  reality.  The  savings  to  families  and  busi-­ nesses  in  Addison  County  are  real.

I  am  sympathetic  to  those  whose  land  lies  in  the  proposed  right  of  way  RI WKH SLSHOLQH WKHLUV LV D VSHFLÂżF concern  as  land  owners.  I  support  the  growth  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;alternative  energy,â&#x20AC;?  wind,  solar,  etc.,  assuming  the  usual  NIMBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  would  allow  it.

Who  would  have  thought  so  many  people  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;?  Addison  County  would  be  supporting  BIG  OIL? Terry  Eagan Middlebury

Thinking

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Common  Coreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  VWDQGDUGV D Ă&#x20AC;RS

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  5A

Waiting  out  the  crisis  in  Egypt Current  events  in  Egypt  represent  and  other  persons;Íž  separation  of  a  perfect  example  of  contemporary  powers:  executive,  legislative  and  Middle  East  reality.  Irrespective  of  judicial;Íž  freedom  of  speech,  opin-­ these  Egyptian  dynamics,  the  prac-­ LRQ SUHVV DQG UHOLJLRQ DQG ÂżQDOO\ tical  question  for  us  Americans  is  good  governance  (focus  on  public  whether  or  not  the  White  House  interest  and  absence  of  corruption). and  the  Congress  are  When  those  criti-­ able  to  understand  cal  preconditions  do  those  realities  and  not  exist,  there  is  no  create  viable  foreign  reason  to  expect  a  policy  for  the  region.  successful  transition  This  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  writer  to  liberal  democracy.  This  is  extremely  im-­ portant  because,  with  is  Haviland  Smith,  a  How  many  such  pre-­ both  minor  and  major  retired  CIA  station  conditions  do  you  differences,  events  in  chief  who  served  in  think  exist  in  the  Mid-­ Egypt  are  likely  to  East  and  West  Eu-­ dle  East? repeat  throughout  the  rope,  the  Middle  In  post-­Mubarak  Middle  East  in  the  East  and  as  chief  of  Egypt  there  are  only  the  Counterterror-­ post-­Arab  Spring  era. two  entities  that  have  The  root  issue  here  ism  Staff. any  experience  with  is  that  there  is  virtu-­ leadership  and  gover-­ ally  no  practical  experience  in  the  nance  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  Egyptian  military  and  Middle  East  with  the  conduct  of  the  Muslim  Brotherhood.  Neither  democracy.  Our  media  currently  of  those  organizations  represents  rant  and  rave  about  the  fact  that  anything  â&#x20AC;&#x153;democratic.â&#x20AC;?  Further,  Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  President  Morsi  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  events  indicate  that  there  ¿UVW GHPRFUDWLFDOO\ HOHFWHG SUHVL-­ are  vast  numbers  of  Egyptians  who  dent  of  Egypt,â&#x20AC;?  implying  that  that  support  neither.  They  are  the  good  designation  is  somehow  vitally  im-­ folks  on  Tahrir  Square.  The  only  portant. thing  they  support  is  the  fact  that  $QG VR KH LV WKH ÂżUVW without  the  ongoing  intervention  The  problem  for  Morsi  and  Egypt  of  the  military,  they  would  have  is  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;democratic  electionsâ&#x20AC;?  have  no  hope  of  deposing  Morsi  and  little  if  anything  to  do  with  the  the  Muslim  Brotherhood.  A  poll  ultimate  pursuit  of  democracy  in  on  July  3  indicated  that  83  percent  any  given  country.  For  democratic  of  Egyptians  approved  of  the  inter-­ elections  to  result  in  democratic  vention  of  their  military  in  the  do-­ practices,  any  given  country  has  mestic  affairs  of  their  country! to  already  have  the  critical  under-­ Despite  that,  they  know  that  pinnings  of  democracy  which  are:  they  do  not  like  governance  by  the  the  active,  unfettered  participation  Egyptian  military  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  they  tossed  of  the  people,  as  citizens  in  politi-­ them  out  when  the  military  as-­ cal  and  civic  life;Íž  national  and  re-­ sumed  power  after  the  downfall  gional  tolerance  of  pluralism;Íž  free  of  Mubarak.  And  they  are  per-­ and  fair  elections;Íž  the  general  and  haps  even  more  nervous  about  the  equal  right  to  vote  (one  person,  one  Muslim  Brotherhood  who  seem  to  vote);Íž  the  rule  of  law  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  unbiased  WKHP QRW WR KDYH VXIÂżFLHQWO\ WDNHQ courts;Íž  a  guarantee  of  basic  human  into  account  their  (democratic/ rights  to  every  individual  person  secular?)  goals  in  the  process  of  vis-­à -­vis  the  state  and  its  authori-­ governing  Egypt  for  the  past  year. ties  as  well  as  any  social  groups  The  problem  is  that  there  is  (especially  religious  institutions)  no  cohesion  within  this  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tahrirâ&#x20AC;? Â

Community

Forum

group.  What  do  they  stand  for?  Who  are  their  leaders?  Do  they  agree  on  anything?  Just  what  do  they  want  for  the  future  of  Egypt,  of  the  Middle  East  and  Islam?

And  the  fact  is  that  we  have  no  answer  to  those  questions.  If  Egypt  is  to  move  forward  toward  democ-­ UDF\ WKH\ ZLOO KDYH WR ÂżQG D ZD\ WR democratic,  secular  coalitions  that  spring  from  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tahrirâ&#x20AC;?  move-­ ment.  So  far,  there  has  been  no  in-­ dication  of  cohesion  other  than  that  they  oppose  the  only  two  groups  that  represent  the  theoretical  abil-­ ity  to  govern  that  country  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  Brotherhood  and  the  military.

And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  good  enough.  Successful  democratic  governance  cannot  successfully  rely  on  oppo-­ sition  to  familiar  former  repres-­ sive  governments.  It  has  to  have  positive  motivation  from  its  own  ideals.  Without  that,  any  so-­called  democratic  movement  is  bound  to  fail.

So,  where  does  that  leave  us?  The  fact  is  that  there  is  almost  nothing  we  can  do  to  alter  the  dy-­ namics  of  politics  in  Egypt  and  most  of  the  rest  of  the  Middle  East.  What  will  happen  there  will  hap-­ pen  there.  There  will  almost  cer-­ tainly  be  a  longish  period  of  insta-­ bility,  but  there  will  be  little  we  can  do  to  alter  that.

Given  our  precarious  economic  situation  and  our  discontent  with  our  own  foreign  military  inter-­ ventions,  it  seems  unlikely  that  we  will  successfully  change  any-­ thing.  As  we  are  now  seeing,  our  past  involvement  in  the  region  has  been  largely  resented  by  the  peo-­ ple.

Perhaps  the  best  thing  for  us  is  to  sit  back  and  see  where  the  Egyp-­ tians  decide  to  go.  Ultimately,  there  will  be  self-­determination.  It  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  pretty,  but  there  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  much  we  can  do  to  change  things.

Clippings (Continued  from  Page  4A) But  as  John  Flowers  reported,  dur-­ ing  the  research  phase,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  fundrais-­ ing  consultant  told  a  local  ad  hoc  pan-­ el  that  raising  the  $6  million  to  $10  million  for  the  project  (a  new  town  hall  without  college  help)  would  be  a  Herculean  task.â&#x20AC;?  So,  essentially,  the  study  discovered  we  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  afford  a  new  building.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  call  this  deal  listen-­ ing  to  the  result.  The  letter  also  urged  us  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;keep  FRQVLGHULQJ DOWHUQDWLYH ÂżQDQFLQJ ´ After  the  years  the  selectboard  has  spent  turning  over  every  stone,  $5.5  million  in  our  hands  is  worth  a  lot  of  DOWHUQDWLYH ÂżQDQFLQJ LQ WKH EXVK It  also  claimed  the  new  town  build-­ ing  would  have  â&#x20AC;&#x153;no  space  for  town  meeting.â&#x20AC;?  True  on  the  face  of  it,  but  the  statement  ignores  the  fact  meet-­ ings  are  now  held  in  a  gym  that  will  be  replaced  and  could  be  held  in  a  new  one  with  better  parking.  The  letter  also  claims  â&#x20AC;&#x153;our  current  facility  is  a  community  center,â&#x20AC;?  and  praises  one  earlier  plan  that  selectmen  considered  by  stating  â&#x20AC;&#x153;our  downtown  vitality  would  be  strengthened  by  all  that  was  to  be  offered  to  our  commu-­ nity  in  these  buildings,â&#x20AC;?  and  it  would  create  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;center  for  our  community  that  says  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This  is  Middlebury.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Sounds  enticing,  but  so  does  a  two-­ story  building  a  couple  hundred  yards  from  the  current  one,  with  views  of  our  lovely  new  bridge  and  park. Â

The  letter  also  states  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Past  votes  by  our  citizens  have  rejected  such  offersâ&#x20AC;?  by  the  college.  Fine,  letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  see  if  they  reject  this  one,  then.

Selectman  Craig  Bingham  also  weighed  in  with  a  June  20  letter.  He  states,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;downtown  space  is  at  a  pre-­ mium,â&#x20AC;?  and  that  it  would  be  short-­ sighted  to  lock  up  land  with  a  park.  Well,  one  reason  to  say  yes  is  the  side  deal  that  would  better  incorpo-­ rate  the  Marble  Works  into  down-­ town.  That  arrangement  would  also  allow  the  college  to  develop  the  land  it  owns  between  Main  Street  and  Ot-­ ter  Creek,  also  allowing  downtown  to  expand.  I  would  say  a  more  inclusive  view  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  downtown  an-­ swers  this  objection.  Bingham  also  fears  the  site  would  prevent  future  expansion  of  Ilsley  /LEUDU\ DQG WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH EXLOGLQJ But  according  to  U.S.  Census  data,  Middlebury  has  grown  little,  if  any,  over  the  past  two  decades.  Mean-­ while,  the  future  of  libraries  is  a  move  into  the  digital  age.  Where  would  be  WKH JUHDW QHHG WR H[SDQG WRZQ RIÂżFHV or  the  Ilsley?

Bingham  also  worries  about  park-­ ing.  But  no  gym  means  less  demand,  the  lot  behind  Mister  Upâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  is  rarely  used,  and  past  plans  for  develop-­ ment  between  Main  Street  and  Otter  Creek  include  an  underground  park-­ ing  garage.  And  yes,  parking  at  the  rec  park  is, Â

as  Bingham  writes,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;already  heav-­ ily  used,â&#x20AC;?  but  with  smart  scheduling  FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFWV ZLWK WKH ULQN FDQ EH DYRLGHG not  to  mention  courthouse  and  Mary  Hogan  School  parking  can  be  added  into  the  after-­hours  mix.  More  space  to  create  new  parking  is  probably  available  as  well.

Finally,  Bingham  also  proposes  using  two  potential  future  revenue  sources  to  help  pay  for  a  new  town  of-­ ÂżFH EXLOGLQJ RQ WKH FXUUHQW VLWH 2QH is  Phase  Two  of  the  gas  line  to  Inter-­ national  Paper,  and  the  other  is  extra  local  option  tax  revenue  dedicated  to  Cross  Street  Bridge  maintenance.  We  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  the  college  donation,  he  suggests,  because  those  sources  will  support  a  $5.8  million  bond.  But  that  funding  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  if  available  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  would  be  better  dedicated  to  other  needs,  like  taking  care  of  our  infra-­ structure,  lowering  taxes  or  making  SD\PHQWV RQ RXU PLOOLRQ ÂżUH bond.  Walking  away  from  $5.5  million  is  not  a  smart  choice  for  a  town  with  one  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  highest  tax  rates.

Finally,  some  probably  worry  that  the  college  is  driving  this  deal.  But  the  town  approached  the  college,  and  the  town  has  said  no  to  the  college  in  the  past  when  propositions  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  make  sense.   This  is  simply  a  situation  where  everybody  wins.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  complicated.

Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

TIPS FOR YOUR BABY:

Prevent baby bottle tooth decay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let your baby sleep with a bottle.

Schedule an appointment for your baby at the age of one year old for a check up.

We take great satisfaction in helping our patients maintain optimal oral health with the latest technology.

Our services include: Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>Â?Ă&#x160;VÂ?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;iĂ?>Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192; Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160; iĂ&#x20AC;iVĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192; Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;`}iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ?>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192; Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x2022;Â?Â?Ă&#x160;`iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;

Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Ă?Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;>VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192; Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;<Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;7Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;,Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;V>Â&#x2DC;>Â?Ă&#x192; Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;}Ă&#x2022;>Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;i°

Always Accepting New Patients & Emergencies

Dr. Brian Saltzman

Dr. John Viskup

t $PVSU 4USFFU .JEEMFCVSZ 75

Please visit us at saltzmandental.com.

Letters to the Editor Togetherness  at  the  dinner  table  truly  makes  the  meal What  a  great  read  in  Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  newspaper  (June  27),  a  simple  reminder  from  Abi  Sessions  about  the  importance  of  having  dinner  together.  As  a  full-­time  working  mother  of  two  very  busy  sons,  I  have  always  made  it  a  priority  to  have  dinner  together.  But  triage  is  the  perfect  descriptor  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  school,  sports,  after-­school  activi-­ ties,  doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  appointments  and  of  course,  business  trips  when  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  there.  How  to  plan  ahead  and  get Â

it  all  done?

A  dear  friend  of  mine  taught  me  that  it  was  the  being  together,  not  necessarily  serving  gourmet  food,  that  made  the  difference.  So  I  learned  to  cook,  and  they  learned  to  cook,  and  we  practiced  our  man-­ ners,  mapped  out  our  road  trips,  debated  the  merits  of  John  Stewart  or  David  Letterman,  and  quite  often,  KDG WKH VSHFLDO MR\ RI IRRG ÂżJKWV I  usually  have  a  babysitter  from  Middlebury  College  help  me  during Â

the  work  week,  and  it  has  been  so  rewarding  to  see  them  learn  to  cook,  if  I  am  running  late.  We  had  some  pretty  icky  pasta,  had  to  teach  the  vegetarian  from  birth  how  to  touch  meat,  and  everyone  learned  how  to  make  a  great  garlicky  roast  chicken.  But  most  of  all,  for  the  student  and  for  us,  it  is  the  warmth  of  the  stove  and  the  loving  conversation  that  will  always  remain  the  very  best  memory.

Krista  MC  Conley Middlebury

Families  are  relying  on  food  shelves  more  than  ever In  a  recent  fundraising  letter  sent  to  local  businesses  and  individuals,  the  director  of  Addison  Community  Action/CVOEO  (Champlain  Valley  2I¿FH RI (FRQRPLF 2SSRUWXQLW\

which  runs  a  food  shelf  on  Exchange  Street  in  Middlebury,  asked,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  did  the  emergency  food  shelf  become  an  everyday  necessity?â&#x20AC;?  She  was  pointing  out  what  all  of  us  in  the  pov-­ erty  relief  world  have  come  to  realize:  the  fact  that  a  growing  number  of  our  neighbors  do  not  have  enough  food  on  a  regular  basis.  It  used  to  be  that  people  would  use  the  food  shelf  only  when  their  cabinets  were  empty  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  hence  the  term  â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergency.â&#x20AC;?  Now,  visits  to  one  or  more  of  our  local  food  shelves  are  part  of  a  routine  strategy.  Until  a  few  years  ago,  common  food  shelf  practice  at  the  Addi-­ son  County  Food  Shelf,  located  at  HOPEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  (Helping  Overcome  Pov-­ HUW\ÂśV (IIHFWV RIÂżFHV RQ %RDUGPDQ Street,  required  that  people  who  receive  substantial  3Squares  VT  (food  stamps)  allotments  wait  until  after  the  middle  of  the  month  to  use  the  food  shelf.  This  is  because  the  3Squares Â

VT  program  typically  provides  half  of  the  food  needed  for  a  household  in  any  given  month.  In  recent  years,  as  food  shelves  have  increasingly  been  called  on  to  help  feed  hungry  families,  we  have  changed  our  policy.   In  an  effort  to  allow  our  clients  use  WKHLU 6TXDUHV 97 EHQH¿WV DQG WKHLU scarce  cash  strategically,  any  income-­ eligible  person  is  now  welcomed  into  our  food  shelf  early  in  the  month.  This  way  they  can  make  selections  from  what  is  available  here,  and  then  target  their  food  purchases,  as  well  as  selections  at  other  local  food  shelves,  in  an  effort  to  plan  meals  that  maxi-­ mize  savings  and  nutrition.   The  latest  U.S.  Census  says  that  14  percent  of  children  in  Addison  County  are  now  living  below  the  Federal  Poverty  Level  ($23,550  annually  for  a  family  of  four).  As  the  effects  of  state  budget  cuts  and  the  federal  seques-­ tration  continue  to  have  increased  impact  over  the  coming  months,  there  will  be  less  services  available  for  low-­income  people,  and  a  growing  QXPEHU ZLOO ¿QG WKHPVHOYHV XQDEOH WR SXUFKDVH VXI¿FLHQW IRRG 7KLV ZLOO

result  in  higher  demand  at  local  food  shelves.   The  Addison  County  Food  Shelf  is  supplied  by  individuals  who  donate  nonperishable  foods  via  supermarket  collection  bins  or  baskets  at  their  churches,  businesses,  schools,  faith-­ based  and  civic  organizations  that  conduct  food  drives,  and  through  bulk  purchases  made  with  donated  funds.  Thanks  to  the  generosity  of  local  farmers,  and  the  help  of  volunteers,  we  also  have  a  good  supply  of  locally  grown  fruits  and  vegetables,  which  we  make  available  to  HOPEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  clients  and  also  share  with  other  food  shelves  and  organizations  that  serve  low-­ income  people.

Please  consider  dropping  a  can  or  two  in  a  bin  at  one  of  our  local  grocery  stores.  Cash  donations,  which  we  can  use  to  purchase  food  in  bulk,  can  be  sent  to  HOPE  at  P.O.  Box  165,  Middlebury,  VT  05753.  As  always,  thanks  for  helping  us  help.   Jeanne  Montross Executive  Director HOPE Middlebury

GLVFUHGLWV TXDOL¿HG JRRG WHDFK-­ ers  based  upon  faulty,  untested  high-­stakes  assessments.  NEA  and  AFT  union  presidents  recommend  a  two-­year  moratorium  on  imple-­ mentation  of  Common  Core.

Contact  your  state  and  federal  senators  and  representatives  and  tell  them  to  stop  the  implementation  Common  Core.  Tell  the  Vermont  Board  of  Education  not  to  bypass  the  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Legislature  by  arbitrari-­

ly  implementing  Common  Core.

Please  remember,  either  Canadian  Club  (CC)  or  Common  Core  will  make  you  feel  good  temporarily  but  with  Common  Core  the  hangover  is  much,  much  more  severe.

R.E.  Merrill Bristol Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  The  writer  included  Internet  links  to  many  articles  backing  up  his  points,  but  they  were  too  numerous  to  include  here.

Letter (Continued  from  Page  4A) to  Common  Core.

Downshifting  costs  to  local  dis-­ tricts  without  legislative  approval  violates  the  Vermont  Constitution,  Part  I,  Article  9.  The  estimated  cost  of  implementation  in  Vermont  is  $24  million.

Common  Core  tracks  and  shares  private  (academic  and  non-­academ-­ ic)  student  information  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  without  parental  consent.  It  evaluates  and Â

Davis (Continued  from  Page  4A) to  restrain  hospital  budgets,  medical  costs  continue  to  grow  faster  than  in-­ Ă&#x20AC;DWLRQ LQ SDUW EHFDXVH RI LQFUHDVHG utilization  of  health  care  services,  in  part  because  there  are  so  many  ex-­ emptions  from  the  hospital  budget  caps  imposed  by  GMCB.  What  role  will  payment  reform  play  in  restraining  cost  growth?  Does  state  government  intend  to  move  from  a  fee-­for-­service  model Â

for  medical  payments  to  one  based  questions  sooner  rather  than  later. on  global  budgets  and  capitation  Eric  L.  Davis  is  professor  emeritus  (per-­person)  payments  in  an  integrat-­ of  political  science  at  Middlebury  ed  health  care  system?  Have  physi-­ College. cians,  hospitals  and  other  health  care  providers  bought  into  this  change?

If  Gov.  Shumlin  and  his  adminis-­ Real  Estate  tration  are  serious  about  implement-­ and  You ing  single-­payer  in  2017,  they  need  by  Ingrid to  begin  engaging  the  public,  the  Legislature,  the  medical  community  Punderson  Jackson and  other  stakeholders  on  all  of  these Â

TAKE  IT  OR  LEAVE  IT?   Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  just  listed  your  house  and  your  RealtorÂŽ  has  called  with  the  news  that  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  already  received  an  offerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;fantastic!  Or  is  it?   You  arrange  a  meeting  for  your  RealtorÂŽ  to  present  the  offer  and  you  wait  in  eager  anticipation.   However,  after  the  presenting  is  done,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  little  disappointed.   The  offer  is  less  than  what  you  had  hoped  for  and  there  are  contingencies  that  you  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  quite  prepared  to  deal  with.  Do  you  take  it  or  leave  it,  or  is  there  a  middle  ground?  The  best  idea  is  to  open  up  negotiations  with  a  prospective  buyer,  rather  than  turning  any  offer  down  outright.  Compare  the  offer  with  your  homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  appraisal  and  the  comparable  homes  sold  recently  in  your  area,  and  use  WKHVH ÂżJXUHV WR JXLGH \RX LQ deciding  whether  or  not  to  submit  a  counter  offer.  Keep  in  mind  that  new  listings  will  generate  a  ORW RI DFWLYLW\ EXW RIWHQ WKH ÂżUVW offer  on  your  house  will  be  from  the  most  serious  buyer.  Are  the  contingencies  within  reason,  and  if  so,  is  there  a  way  for  the  buyer  and  seller  to  divide  the  costs  equally?  Negotiating  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  that  the  seller  simply  accepts  less  than  their  asking  priceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one  way  to  negotiate  is  to  PDLQWDLQ ÂżUP RQ WKH DVNLQJ SULFH but  concede  to  the  contingencies,  or  vice  versa.  That  way,  the  buyer  feels  as  though  their  offer  is  being  reasonably  considered.  Work  with  your  RealtorÂŽ  to  see  if  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  middle  ground  that  can  be  achieved  before  you  decide  to  take  it  or  leave  it.  Ingrid  Punderson  Jackson Real  Estate Â&#x2021; FHOO WROO IUHH www.middvermontrealestate.com

PAGE  6A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

ADDISON COUNTY

Hey, real men: donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fear the yoga

Obituaries

Steven Orvis, 26, Bristol %5,672/ ² 6WHYHQ &DVH\ 2UYLV RI %ULVWRO GLHG -XO\ +H ZDV ERUQ $SULO LQ %XUOLQJWRQ WKH VRQ RI *HUDOG 2UYLV DQG &KHU\O )DLUFORWK +H DWWHQGHG /\QGRQ 6WDWH &ROOHJH DQG JUDGXDWHG LQ 'HFHPEHU ZLWK D EDFKHORUÂśV GHJUHH +H PDMRUHG LQ H[HUFLVH VFLHQFH DQG PLQRUHG LQ SK\VLFDO HGXFDWLRQ +LV IDPLO\ VD\V KH HQMR\HG VSRUWV EDVHEDOO DQG IRRWEDOO DQG ZDV DQ DYLG IDQ RI WKH %UDYHV DQG KLV IDYRU-­ LWH FROOHJH EDVNHWEDOO WHDP 'XNH +H LV VXUYLYHG E\ KLV PRWKHU &KHU\O )DLUFORWK KLV IDWKHU *HUDOG 2UYLV DQG ZLIH KLV VLVWHU .DUHQ 3UHVWRQ DQG KXVEDQG %XUWRQ KLV JUDQGSDUHQWV 5DFKDHO 1RUULV DQG 5RQDOG DQG 3DWULFLD 2UYLV DQG QXPHURXV DXQWV XQFOHV DQG FRXVLQV $ JUDYHVLGH VHUYLFH ZDV KHOG DW STEVEN  ORVIS D P RQ 7XHVGD\ -XO\ DW *UHHQZRRG &HPHWHU\ LQ %ULVWRO ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC;RZ-­ HUV FRQWULEXWLRQV PD\ EH PDGH WR WKH 9HUPRQW 3ROLFH 'LYH 7HDP 1HZ 0LGGOHEXU\ )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW :DWHU +DYHQ 97 RU WKH %ULVWRO )LUH GHSDUW-­ 5HVFXH 0LGGOHEXU\ 97 WKH PHQW %ULVWRO 97

Ruby Carlstrom, 94, Bristol %5,672/ ²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

Thomas Hier, 75, Bristol %5,672/ ² 7KRPDV 3 ³7RP´ +LHU RI %ULVWRO GLHG SHDFHIXOO\ RQ -XO\ +H ZDV WKH \RXQJ-­ HVW FKLOG RI $JQHV &RXVLQR +LHU DQG :LOOLDP 5 +LHU +H ZDV ERUQ RQ -DQ DW KRPH RQ 6FKRRO 6WUHHW LQ %ULVWRO +H OLYHG PRVW RI KLV OLIH ZLWK KLV SDUHQWV $IWHU KLV SDUHQWV ZHUH XQDEOH WR FDUH IRU KLP GXH WR DJH KH WKHQ OLYHG DW WKH PHQœV JURXS KRPH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ $V KH DJHG KH WKHQ PRYHG LQ ZLWK KLV FRXVLQ DQG FDUH-­ JLYHU 3HWHU &RXVLQR DW WKH &RXVLQR IDPLO\ KRPH +LV IDPLO\ VD\V KH ZDV ZHOO NQRZQ IRU KLV LQIHFWLRXV ODXJK JRRG VHQVH RI KXPRU DQG DUWLVWLF DELOLWLHV +H KDG QXPHURXV SDLQWLQJV GLVSOD\HG WKURXJK-­ RXW 0LGGOHEXU\ +H ORYHG WR VLQJ DQG GDQFH DQG DWWHQGHG PDQ\ VRFLDO HYHQWV LQ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ DUHD ZLWK KLV IULHQGV IURP WKH JURXS KRPH 5HODWLYHV VD\ KH ZDV D JHQWOH SHUVRQ DOZD\V KDG D VPLOH DQG KHOOR IRU HYHU\RQH DQG ZKHQ DVNHG KLV DJH DOZD\V UHSOLHG WKDW KH ZDV ³ \HDUV ROG ´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

Here  is  one  of  my  favorite  sayings  FRPSHWLWLYH DWKOHWLF LQWR WKHLU about  yoga:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not  practicing  yoga  HQGHDYRUV :KHWKHU V V DQG EHFDXVH \RXÂśUH QRW Ă&#x20AC;H[LEOH LV OLNH WKH\ SOD\HG WHDP EH\RQG , WRR QRW WDNLQJ D EDWK EHFDXVH \RXÂśUH VSRUWV LQ KLJK VFKRRO DP IUHTXHQWO\ WRR GLUW\ ´ :KHQ , PHHW VRPHRQH RU FROOHJH RU MXVW OLNH inspired  by  my  DW D SDUW\ DQG WKH\ ÂżQG RXW WKDW , WKH WKULOO RI SXVKLQJ ROGHU VWXGHQWV WHDFK \RJD D FRPPRQ UHVSRQVH WKH ERG\ KDUG WR WKH ² , ZDQW WR EH LV Âł, FRXOG QHYHU GR \RJD ² ,ÂśP QH[W OHYHO \RJD RIIHUV OLNH WKHP ZKHQ , ZD\ WRR VWLII ´ 7KDWÂśV ZKHQ , JHW WR D UDGLFDOO\ GLIIHUHQW JURZ XS SXOO RXW WKH SLWK\ OLWWOH VWDWHPHQW DSSURDFK 0LQGIXO $ Q R W K H U above.  \RJD SUDFWLFH DVNV XV WR VWXGHQW VD\V WKDW ,WÂśV IXQQ\ EXW RIWHQ WKH SHUVRQ VORZ GRZQ SD\ DWWHQ-­ MRLQLQJ D FODVV RI ZKR WKLQNV WKH\ÂśUH WRR PXVFOH-­ WLRQ WR VXEWOH PRYH-­ PRVWO\ ZRPHQ bound  to  practice  yoga  is  a  brawny  PHQWV DQG DFWLRQV ZDV D VWXPEOLQJ JX\ 7KH NLQG RI SHUVRQ ZKR ZRXOG DQG PRVW LPSRUWDQWO\ EORFN IRU KLP KDYH QR WURXEOH KHOSLQJ \RX VWDFN WR REVHUYH WKH EUHDWK He  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  \RXU ÂżUHZRRG OXJ D EXQFK RI , DVNHG VRPH RI P\ WR EH WKH RQO\ WZR E\ IRXUV XS D VWHHS VWDLUFDVH PDOH VWXGHQWV WR VKDUH JX\ LQ WKH URRP RU GLJ D UHFDOFLWUDQW VWXPS RXW RI ZKDW EURXJKW WKHP WR :KDW ÂżQDOO\ JRW

by Joanna Colwell \RXU JDUGHQ ,Q RWKHU ZRUGV D WKH \RJD URRP 2QH D KLP WR WU\ \RJD VWURQJ FRXUDJHRXV SHUVRQ %XW IRU EXUO\ IRUPHU FRQWUDF-­ ZDV D VSHFLÂżF VRPH UHDVRQ WKH LGHD RI DWWHPSWLQJ WRU VD\V KH FDPH LQ FODVV DGGUHVVLQJ downward-­facing  PHPRU\ RI KLV EDFN SDLQ 7KLV VWXGHQW VD\V WKH dog  pose  in  a  room  ZLIH DQ DUGHQW IULHQGVKLSV KH KDV PDGH WKURXJK ot RI PRVWO\ ZRPHQ SUDFWLWLRQHU ZKR \RJD KDYH EHHQ DQ XQH[SHFWHG PDNHV KLP TXLYHU EHHQ XUJLQJ EHQHÂżW practicing KDG LQ KLV 7LPEHUODQG KLP IRU \HDUV WR ,Q \RJDÂśV ELUWKSODFH ,QGLD yoga ERRWV 3HUKDSV WDNH XS \RJD 6KH WKH SUDFWLFH ZDV DOPRVW HQWLUHO\ EHFDXVH KH NQRZV because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re PXVW EH VPLO-­ SHUIRUPHG E\ PHQ XQWLO TXLWH KH ZLOO KDYH ing  down  from  UHFHQWO\ ,Q WKH V % . 6 to  remove  said  QRW Ă H[LEOH LV +HDYHQ DW WKH ,\HQJDU WKH IRXQGHU RI WKH OLQHDJH 7LPEHUODQG ERRWV OLNH QRW WDNLQJ ZD\ KHU KXVEDQG , SUDFWLFH WRRN WKH UDGLFDO VWHS RI ZKHQ KH VWHSV LQWR KDV SURJUHVVHG LQ RIIHULQJ SXEOLF FODVVHV WKDW LQFOXGHG a bath because WKH VWXGLR KLV SUDFWLFH 2Q ZRPHQ +H WUDLQHG PDQ\ WHDFKHUV :KHQ , SXW youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too dirty.

WKH UDUH PRUQLQJV DQG KLV \RJD ,\HQJDU <RJD KDV P\VHOI LQWR WKLV ZKHQ KH LV QRW LQ VSUHDG WKURXJKRXW WKH ZRUOG :KLOH K \ S R W K H W L F D O KLV XVXDO VSRW LQ LW LV WUXH WKDW PRVW JURXS FODVVHV SRWHQWLDO VWXGHQWÂśV ERRWV , WKLQN , WKH VWXGLR DOO WKH RWKHU VWXGHQWV WRGD\ DUH SHUFHQW IHPDOH , ORRN NQRZ KRZ KH IHHOV +H IHHOV OLNH , LPPHGLDWHO\ LQTXLUH Âł:KHUH LV IRUZDUG WR WKH WLPH ZKHQ ZH KDYH ZRXOG IHHO LI , DFFLGHQWDOO\ VLJQHG )UDQN"´ JUHDWHU JHQGHU EDODQFH EHFDXVH DOO XS IRU WKH PRVWO\ PDOH EDVNHWEDOO $QRWKHU RI P\ PDOH VWXGHQWV RI XV EHQHÂżW IURP \RJDÂśV SK\VLFDO WHDP ² RXW RI P\ OHDJXH DQG ZKR FRPHV IURP D ZHLJKWOLIWLQJ DQG VSLULWXDO JLIWV NQHH NQRFNLQJ VFDUHG %XW LI KH EDFNJURXQG WHOOV PH WKDW KH OLNHV Joanna  Colwell  is  the  director  of  PRYHV WKURXJK WKH WUHSLGDWLRQ WKDW \RJD LV D SK\VLFDO GLVFLSOLQH Otter  Creek  Yoga  in  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  DQG WULHV D IHZ FODVVHV FKDQFHV SHUIRUPHG ZLWKRXW WKH XVH RI D Marble  Works  District.  She  lives  in  DUH KHÂśOO H[SHULHQFH VRPH PXFK PLUURU :KLOH KH OLNHV WKH LGHD WKDW East  Middlebury  with  her  husband,  needed  spaciousness  in  body  and  HDFK SHUVRQ GRHV WKHLU RZQ \RJD daughter,  father-­in-­law,  and  two  mind.

DQG IRFXVHV ZLWKLQ KH FRQIHVVHV cats.  Feedback  for  this  and  other  0DQ\ JX\V PDNH WKHLU ZD\ WR DGPLULQJ WKH ROGHU VWXGHQWV LQ columns  warmly  welcomed:  WR WKH \RJD URRP DIWHU \HDUV RI FODVV ZKR DUH VWURQJ DQG OLPEHU joanna@ottercreekyoga.com.

Lucienne Borthwick memorial service

RUBY Â CARLSTROM

a

The  family  of  David  Allen,  Sr.  want  to  express  our  sincere  thanks  to  Porter  Hospital,  Helen  Porter  Nursing  Home  and  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice  for  the  Ä?Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x152;Ä&#x17E; Ĺ?Ĺ?Ç&#x20AC;Ä&#x17E;Ĺś Ć&#x161;Ĺ˝ Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ?Ĺľ Ä&#x161;ĆľĆ&#x152;Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ?Ć? ÄŽĹśÄ&#x201A;ĹŻ days.   We  feel  so  fortunate  to  live  in  a  community  that  provides  the  circle  of  support  in  an  environment  that  is  focused  on  the  dignity  and  uniqueness  of  the  individual.  The  family  and  close  friends  spent  many  loving  hours  around  his  bed  Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ?Ć? ÄŽĹśÄ&#x201A;ĹŻ Ä&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ç&#x2021;Ć?Í&#x2DC; tÄ&#x17E; Ä&#x17E;Ć?Ć&#x2030;Ä&#x17E;Ä?Ĺ?Ä&#x201A;ĹŻĹŻÇ&#x2021; want  to  thank  Tim  and  Jared,  his  caring  hospice  nurses;  Dr.  Brad  Armstrong  and  Dr.  Bob  Venman,  who  provided  friendship  and  support  to  Dave  and  Barbara;  and  Patrick,  Janet  and  Michelle,  along Â Ç Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161; Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ŜƾĆ&#x152;Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ć?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;ÄŤ Ä&#x201A;ĹśÄ&#x161; Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć? Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x161; The  Arch  at  Helen  Porter  Nursing  Home,  who  provided  loving,  watchful  care  for  Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  comfort.

=(3+<5+,//6 )OD ² /XFLHQQH 0 %RUWKZLFN RI =HSK\UKLOOV )OD HQWHUHG KHDYHQ SHDFHIXOO\ RQ 0DUFK 6XUYLYHG E\ IDPLO\ and  friends.  0HPRULDO VHUYLFH ZLOO EH KHOG D P RQ )ULGD\ -XO\ DW 6W 3HWHUœV &KXUFK LQ 9HUJHQQHV 97 ¸

Ways of Seeing

N

Got Firewood? We Do! Available for Prompt Delivery

*Dry Wood is heated in our Kilns at 200Âş until the average moisture is down to 20-25%

We  offer on-­site engraving  &  cleaning

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

Credit  Cards  Accepted

$W WKH FRUQHU RI 5WV LQ %ULVWRO Â&#x2021; 2SHQ 0 ) 6DW

Peace of mind is knowing your loved one never leaves our care.

Affordable Cremation & Burial Plans Â&#x2021; WKH RQO\ RQ VLWH FUHPDWRU\ LQ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ Â&#x2021; ORFDOO\ RZQHG DQG RSHUDWHG E\ :DOWHU 'XFKDUPH

Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home 6RXWK 0DLQ 6W 0LGGOHEXU\ 97 Â&#x2021; sandersonfuneralservice.com

LOWER NOTCH BERRY FARM Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here!

Blueberries OPENING this Friday Open for U-Pick Wed.â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sun. 9am-5pm Weather permitting

Â&#x2021;

1946 Lower Notch Road, Bristol

THE A. JOHNSON CO., LLC BRISTOL, VT 05443 802-453-4884 www.VermontLumber.com

BROWN-McCLAY FUNERAL HOMES

Bristol 453-2301

Vergennes 877-3321

www.addisonindependent.com

To Celebrate and Remember the Life of your loved one.

ZZZ OLYLQJVWRQIDUPODQGVFDSH FRP

Dried per USDA requirements for heat processing Approved Supplier - VT Fuel Assistance Program

Find us on

Memorials by

802-­453-­2226

Green or Dry (Kiln Processed)*

Funeral, Cremation & Memorial Services, Pre-Planning Services

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  7A

Animal  cruelty and  sleeping  on  manure  and  the  car-­ (Continued  from  Page  1A) knew  the  dogs:  He  had  caught  them  cass  of  a  dead  animal.  They  face  a  a  couple  of  times  after  they  had  run  SRVVLEOH IRXU ¿JXUH ¿QH DQG D VKRUW away  from  home.  But  now  he  barely  prison  term,  but  perhaps  most  harsh  was  the  public  outrage  toward  such  recognized  them.

If  an  animal  is  in  imminent  danger  egregious  neglect.  Indeed,  while  it  can  be  all  too  easy  of  death  a  humane  investigator  is  al-­ lowed  by  law  to  seize  it  without  due  to  numb  to  hearing  about  ubiquitous  drug-­related  violence  and  domestic  process.  Crosby  made  that  call.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  fearful  of  them  being  left  abuse,  harming  helpless  animals  of-­ overnight  again  in  their  condition,â&#x20AC;?  ten  seems  to  hit  a  nerve  among  many  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  animals  were  in  jeop-­ people,  especially  in  a  place  with  more  livestock  than  people  like  Ad-­ ardy  of  freezing  to  death.â&#x20AC;?

Crosby  took  pictures  of  the  site  dison  County.  Furthermore,  studies  and  of  the  dogs  for  evidence,  cut  indicate  that  those  who  abuse  or  ne-­ the  chain  the  boxer  was  tied  to,  and  glect  animals  are  frequently  violent  took  the  animals  to  the  veterinarian.  to  their  spouses  and  children  and  are  While  Buddy  and  Bam  Bam  (the  convicted  of  other  crimes,  as  well.

The  Vermont  Humane  Federation  third  dog)  seemed  to  be  doing  OK,  Tyson  looked  like  she  might  not  (VHF),  a  network  of  Vermont  animal  make  it.  The  veterinarian  reported  welfare  organizations  and  humane  societies,  started  tackling  to  Rose  at  the  Humane  animal  cruelty  and  its  Society  that  she  was  lack  of  adequate  enforce-­ weak  and  falling  over.  ment,  which  it  regarded  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dog  is  extremely  as  a  pressing  issue  in  thin,  body  condition  Vermont,  in  the  1990s.  It  1.5/5  (1  is  emaciated  worked  with  the  Humane  and  5  is  obese),  ribs  Society  of  the  United  very  prominent,  edges  States  (HSUS)  and  other  of  ears  are  crusted  and  animal  welfare  advocates  bleeding  consistent  to  pass  a  felony  animal  with  frostbite,  nose  cruelty  statute  in  Vermont  consistent  with  frost-­ IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH bite,â&#x20AC;?  said  the  veteri-­ More  recently,  in  2007,  narianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  medical  re-­ the  VHF  looked  more  port.  closely  at  the  enforce-­ According  to  Title  ment  of  that  statute.  It  13,  Chapter  8  Section  instituted  a  statewide  352,  of  Vermont  state  law,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  person  com-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often what you Cruelty  Response  System  (CRS)  that  designates  a  mits  the  crime  of  cru-­ will run into is â&#x20AC;&#x153;lead  agencyâ&#x20AC;?  in  each  elty  to  animals  if  the  that what the FRXQW\ WR ÂżHOG DOO DQL-­ person  â&#x20AC;Ś  deprives  an  law requires mal  cruelty  complaints  in  animal  which  a  person  is very much the  area  that  come  in  by  owns,  possesses  or  phone  or  online  through  acts  as  an  agent  for,  of  sub par to the  website  www.repor-­ adequate  food,  water,  many (animal) tanimalcruelty.com.  The  shelter,  rest  or  sani-­ loving peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head  of  the  lead  agency  tation,  or  necessary  views of what medical  attention.â&#x20AC;? animals should then  determines  the  next  step,  either  deeming  it  While  by  many  ani-­ have. So you unsubstantiated,  contact-­ mal  loversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  standards  ing  a  local  humane  inves-­ this  instance  of  ne-­ will get a lot of tigator  (often  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  glect  constitutes  clear  calls, and then DQLPDO FRQWURO RIÂżFHU

animal  cruelty  wor-­ the call will be thy,  even,  of  criminal  something that, to  look  into  it  further,  or  charges,  to  others,  in-­ while not great, getting  local  or  state  law  enforcement  involved  if  cluding  state  law  en-­ exceptionally  egregious.  forcement,  cases  like  is not illegal.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Cruelty  Response  these  are  not  so  black  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Humane Society director Jessica System  was  created  to  and  white.  Over  the  Danyow give  people  a  process  to  past  decade  or  so,  a  follow  when  they  saw  debate  over  how  ani-­ something  that  concerned  mal  cruelty  should  be  investigated,  who  should  enforce  them.  Prior  to  that  it  was  unclear  who  animal  cruelty  laws,  and  the  extent  to  contact,  whether  it  was  a  humane  of  animal  cruelty  in  areas  like  Ad-­ society  or  the  police,â&#x20AC;?  said  Jessica  dison  County  has  been  unfolding  in  Danyow  who  took  over  as  executive  director  of  Addison  County  Humane  Vermont.

Society  at  the  Homeward  Bound  A  HIGH-­PROFILE  CASE Animal  cruelty,  both  to  domestic  Animal  Welfare  Center  in  June.  She  pets  and  to  livestock,  does  occur  in  is  the  lead  agent  for  the  CRS  in  Ad-­ Vermont  as  it  does  in  every  state.  In  dison  County.

Animal  Tracks,  software  that  D SDUWLFXODUO\ KLJK SURÂżOH FDVH WKDW occurred  this  past  January,  former  tracks  animal  cruelty  complaints  that  WCAX  news  anchor  George  Wil-­ come  in  through  the  CRS,  has  reg-­ son,  63,  and  his  wife,  Ann  Gilbreth,  istered  more  than  2,000  complaints  64,  were  charged  with  cruelty  to  ani-­ since  it  started  collecting  data  in  2008  mals  after  several  horses  were  found  (many  complaints  that  are  made  di-­ living  in  a  barn  on  their  Shelburne  rectly  to  law  enforcement  and  not  farm  underfed,  hooves  untrimmed,  through  the  CRS  are  not  included  in Â

Animal  Cruelty  Complaints,  Number  Per  County,  2008  -­  present

County

Vermont  Humane  Federation  Animal  Tracks,  2008-­present                                                                                                         May  29,  2013 these  numbers).  About  325  of  these  complaints,  or  16  percent,  were  from  Addison  County,  the  second  most  of  any  county  in  the  state  (Chittenden  is  WKH ÂżUVW ZLWK SHUFHQW 2Q WKH RQH hand,  most  of  these  complaints  prove  unsubstantiated  and  even  fewer  see  criminal  charges  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  only  one  to  three Â

a  year  in  Addison  County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  majority  of  cases  are  people  who  just  need  a  little  help  (and  the  hu-­ mane  agent)  to  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yeah,  you  got  him  a  dog  house  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  facing  right  into  WKH ZLQG DQG ORRN DW WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRUERDUGV RI it:  They  are  rotted  out  and  there  is  ice  and  mud  seeping  out  through  there,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Â

Animal  Cruelty  Complaints,  Complaint  Nature,  2008  -­  present

Vermont  Humane  Federation  Animal  Tracks,  2008-­present

 May  29,  2013

said  Danyow.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  you  work  with  them  (and)  get  (the  dog  house)  up  off  the  ground,  turn  it  so  that  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  facing  prevailing  winds,  make  sure  there  is  insulation  into  it.â&#x20AC;?

But  one  issue  those  involved  in  hu-­ mane  work  are  quick  to  point  out  is  the  difference  between  what  the  law  constitutes  as  animal  cruelty  and  what  much  of  the  animal-­loving  public  thinks  it  is.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often  what  you  will  run  into  is  that  what  the  law  requires  is  very  much  sub  par  to  many  (animal)  loving  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  views  of  what  animals  should  have,â&#x20AC;?  said  Danyow.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  you  will  get  a  lot  of  calls,  and  then  the  call  will  be  some-­ thing  that,  while  not  great,  is  not  ille-­ gal.â&#x20AC;?  EDUCATION  NEEDED On  the  other  end  of  the  spectrum,  it  is  impossible  to  know  how  often  animal  cruelty  occurs  unreported,  especially  without  what  Jackie  Rose  would  deem  adequate  animal  welfare  education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often,  people  do  not  recognize  situations  that  are  neglectful  or  un-­ lawful,â&#x20AC;?  Rose  said,  which  means  they  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  report  it.  The  likely  high  number  of  unre-­ ported  animal  cruelty  cases  has  been  an  area  of  focus  for  the  animal  wel-­ fare  advocates  who  created  the  CRS.  They  see  a  correlation  between  the  number  of  reported  cases  and  the  quality  of  animal  cruelty  education  and  enforcement.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  (the  statistics  are)  â&#x20AC;Ś  more  D UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLRQ RI KRZ WKH FRPSODLQWV DUH handled,â&#x20AC;?  Danyow  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  a  person  lives  in  a  town  where  they  know  no  matter  who  they  call  nothing  is  going  to  be  done  they  are  not  going  to  be  very  encouraged  to  call,  nor  are  they  going  to  encourage  friends  or  neigh-­

bors  to  call.â&#x20AC;?

Rose  and  Danyow  agree  that  Ad-­ dison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  high  rate  of  animal  FUXHOW\ FRPSODLQWV UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWV KRZ UHOD-­ tively  well  the  CRS  works  here,  rath-­ er  than  the  number  of  abusive  animal  owners  in  the  area.  Back  in  Leicester,  the  dogs  freez-­ ing  outside  the  house  on  Dorie  Lane  this  past  January  have  fully  recovered  (even  Tyson,  the  thin-­coated  boxer)  and  have  found  new  homes.  That  these  dogs  did  not  die  in  the  cold  and  are  now  healthy  and  loved  is  a  testa-­ ment  to  how  the  CRS  really  can  work  to  help  animals,  especially  with  the  hard  work  of  the  lead  agent  at  the  hu-­ mane  society,  Rose,  and  the  animal  FRQWURO RIÂżFHU RQ WKH VFHQH &URVE\ But  many  areas  around  the  state  do  not  have  the  resources  and  people  to  make  the  CRS  work  yet.  Further-­ more,  while  the  animals  were  saved  in  this  situation,  no  charges  were  brought  against  the  owners  when  they  ¿QDOO\ UHWXUQHG KRPH 6KRXOG WKRVH owners  have  been  penalized  beyond  losing  their  animals?  Should  they  be  allowed  to  go  out  and  get  more  dogs,  as  they  can  now?  How  much  time  and  resources  are  worth  putting  into  a  case  like  this  in  a  county  dealing  with  violence  against  other  humans  and  drug  epidemics?

VHF  board  member  Joanna  Bou-­ beau  says  Vermont  faces  an  unusual  challenge  in  its  effort  to  protect  ani-­ mals  because  of  limited  resources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  had  to  be  a  little  more  creative  here  in  Vermont,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

In  Part  2,  the  Independent  will  look  into  the  shortcomings  and  gray  areas  of  the  current  system  for  en-­ forcing  animal  cruelty  laws.

Reporter  Luke  Whelan  is  a  sum-­ mer  intern  at  the  Independent.

Northlands  change  delayed  again Operator  to  stay  longer  at  center By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  A  series  of  de-­ layed  decisions  has  led  to  status  quo  at  Northlands  Job  Corps:  Alu-­ tiiq  LLC,  the  center  operator  that  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  (DOL),  the  national  job  training  programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  overseer,  said  would  leave  this  past  December  will  now  remain  there  un-­ til  at  least  September.  Northlands  is  also  doing  business  as  usual  even  though  the  DOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lease  for  the  MacDonough  Drive  campus  in  Vergennes,  an  agreement  that  dates  back  to  1978,  technically  ex-­ pired  on  June  1.

The  DOL  originally  announced  in  March  2012  that  it  would  end  Aluti-­ iqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  contract  to  handle  up  to  270  Job  Corps  students  at  Northlands,  effec-­ tive  Dec.  31.  '2/ RIÂżFLDOV QHYHU H[SODLQHG WKDW termination,  but  it  followed  an  as-­ sault  that  occurred  on  Northlandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  MacDonough  Drive  campus  that  hospitalized  the  victim,  an  attack  that  went  unreported  to  city  police  for  more  than  24  hours;Íž  repeated  FRPSODLQWV E\ 9HUJHQQHV RIÂżFLDOV that  center  management  was  not  co-­ operating  with  city  police;Íž  and  an  In-­ dependent  report  documenting  ongo-­ ing  beatings  in  one  of  the  Northlands  dormitories  of  which  some  center  personnel  were  aware. &LW\ RIÂżFLDOV DOVR FUHGLW 1RUWK-­ lands  students  for  community  ser-­ vice,  including,  for  example,  Green  Up  Day  participation  and  work  done  by  the  centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  well-­regarded  Urban  Forestry  program  for  local  commu-­ QLWLHV DQG QRQSURÂżW RUJDQL]DWLRQV Northlands,  which  like  the  other  roughly  120  such  centers  across  the Â

nation  provides  job  training  to  disad-­ vantaged  youths,  also  employs  up  to  120.

In  December,  DOL  spokesman  Edmund  Fitzgerald  released  a  state-­ ment  announcing  a  new  opera-­ tor  would  be  chosen  by  March.  In  March,  he  released  a  statement  that  the  contract  award  â&#x20AC;&#x153;will  be  made  by  May  31,  2013.  The  current  contract  extension  for  Alutiiq  ends  on  May  31,  2013.  Transition  of  the  new  con-­ tractor  is  expected  to  occur  June  1st  through  June  30th.â&#x20AC;?

Late  last  week,  Fitzgerald  said  the  RIÂżFLDOV UHVSRQVLEOH IRU DZDUGLQJ the  contract  had  given  him  a  new  statement  to  release:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Employment  and  Training  Administration  (ETA)  is  currently  re-­procuring  a  contract  to  operate  the  Northlands  Job  Corps  Center.  ETA  is  currently  in  the  evaluation  stage  of  the  procurement.  ETA  anticipates  that  an  award  will  be  made  by  Au-­ gust  31,  2013.  The  current  contract  extension  for  Alutiiq  ends  on  Sep-­ tember  30,  2013.  Transition  of  the  new  contractor  is  expected  to  occur  September  1st  through  September  30th.â&#x20AC;?

The  Independent  asked  Fitzgerald  for  an  explanation  of  the  repeated  de-­ lays.  No  response  from  ETA  arrived  before  the  Independentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Wednesday  deadline.

As  for  the  lease,  Fitzgerald  re-­ leased  this  statement: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  draft  lease  agreement  for  the  Northlands  Job  Corps  Center  is  cur-­ rently  being  reviewed  by  the  state  of  Vermont.  The  Labor  Department  is  also  awaiting  an  appraisal  of  the  property,  due  by  the  end  of  next  month.  Until  the  new  lease  agree-­ ment  is  signed  by  both  DOL  and  the  state,  the  previous  lease  will  be  in  ef-­ fect  on  a  month-­to-­month  basis.â&#x20AC;?

Vermont  Department  of  Build-­ ings  and  General  Services  Director  of  Property  Management  Bill  La-­ ferriere  did  not  return  calls  before  Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  deadline  seeking  com-­ ment  on  the  lease  from  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  point  of  view.  This  spring,  Laferriere  said  state  DQG '2/ RIÂżFLDOV ZHUH ÂłKDPPHU-­ ing  out  the  detailsâ&#x20AC;?  on  a  new  20-­ year  lease  for  the  roughly  60-­acre  Northlands  campus  that  was  once  the  home  to  the  Weeks  School  for  troubled  juveniles.  The  most  recent  20-­year  lease  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  replaced  an  initial  15-­year  lease  signed  in  1978  by  DOL,  state  DQG 9HUJHQQHV RIÂżFLDOV ² H[SLUHG June  30.

7KH RULJLQDO OHDVH VSHFLÂżFDOO\ called  for  Vergennes  to  be  paid  for  KRVWLQJ 1RUWKODQGV &LW\ RIÂżFLDOV maintain  the  programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  presence  FUHDWHV D EXUGHQ RQ FLW\ SROLFH ÂżUH and  public  works  services,  and  for  21  years  Vergennes  received  regu-­ lar  payments  that  peaked  at  about  $100,000.  But  in  1999,  DOL  attorneys  ruled  that  compensation  was  in  effect  il-­ legal  taxation  of  the  federal  govern-­ ment,  and  the  checks  stopped  coming.

Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Congressional  delega-­ tion  then  wrangled  a  one-­time  pay-­ ment  to  Vergennes  of  $585,000  in-­ WHQGHG WR FRYHU ÂżYH PRUH \HDUV EXW no  more  money  has  been  forthcom-­ LQJ VLQFH &LW\ RIÂżFLDOV DUH XSVHW WKDW what  they  called  a  1978  promise  has  been  broken,  and  that  they  were  not  invited  to  participate  in  the  most  re-­ cent  round  of  talks.

Laferriere  this  spring  said  the  state  has  had  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  interests  in  mind  during  negotiations,  but  declined  to  GLVFXVV VSHFLÂżFV Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

One  burned,  one  saved

A  PILE  OF  charred  timbers  and  twisted  metal  is  all  that  remains  of  an  old  tool  shop  off  Route  100  in  *UDQYLOOH WKDW ZDV FODLPHG E\ ÂżUH RQ 6XQGD\ 7KH VKHG ZDV IXOO\ LQYROYHG LQ Ă&#x20AC;DPHV ZKHQ PHPEHUV RI WKH *UDQYLOOH 9ROXQWHHU )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW DUULYHG RQ WKH VFHQH DW S P DQG WKH ÂżUHÂżJKWHUV LPPHGLDWHO\ VWDUWHG SRXULQJ ZDWHU RQ WKH EOD]H DQG RQ WKH KLVWRULF EDUQ WKDW VDW RQO\ IHHW DZD\ *UDQYLOOH )LUH &KLHI .HYLQ %DJOH\ VDLG DURXQG ÂżUHÂżJKWHUV IURP ÂżYH GHSDUWPHQWV +DQFRFN 5RFKHVWHU :DUUHQ DQG :DLWVÂżHOG LQ DGGLWLRQ WR *UDQYLOOH EDWWOHG WKH EOD]H DW WKH IDUP IRUPHUO\ RZQHG E\ KLV FRXVLQ (XJHQH %DJOH\ DQG FXUUHQWO\ UXQ E\ *RUG\ &KDUOHQH DQG &U\VWDO :DLWH +H VXUPLVHG WKH FDXVH RI WKH ÂżUH ZDV D IDXOW\ EDWWHU\ FKDUJHU KRRNHG XS WR D ODZQ PRZHU +LV WHDP ÂżQDOO\ JRW WKH ÂżUH H[WLQJXLVKHG DQG OHIW IRU KRPH DURXQG S P

Bristol  teens  booked  in  theft-­related  case BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  On  July  1  Bristol  police  took  two  13-­year-­old  boys  into  custody  during  a  pre-­arranged  sale  of  stolen  property  at  one  of  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  6FKRRO ÂżHOGV DFFRUGLQJ WR D VWDWH-­ ment  by  Chief  Kevin  Gibbs.

The  juveniles  have  been  released  and  cited  to  appear  at  the  Addison  Superior  Court  Juvenile  Division.  At  least  one  was  in  possession  of Â

stolen  property  at  the  time  that  po-­ lice  intervened  in  the  July  1  sale,  Gibbs  alleged.  The  stolen  property  was  recovered  and  positively  identi-­ ÂżHG DFFRUGLQJ WR SROLFH Police  said  that  on  June  30  they  received  information  about  the  theft  of  about  $300  in  property  from  a  village  residence.  Further  investi-­ gation  revealed  that  a  13-­year-­old  male  suspect  was  in  possession  of Â

the  property  and  a  sale  had  been  prearranged.

An  investigator  for  the  Vermont  Department  of  Liquor  Control  aided  Bristol  police  in  the  intervention  of  the  sale.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investigation  in  this  case  is  on-­ going  (and)  related  to  additional  suspects  involved  in  the  theft  and  possession  of  the  property,â&#x20AC;?  Gibbs  said  in  his  report.

PAGE  8A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Christian Science Society MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

Church Services

COMMUNITY HOUSE Â&#x2021; MAIN STREET Â&#x2021; 0IDDLEBURY

4VOEBZ 4FSWJDFT " . t 4VOEBZ 4DIPPM " .

Wednesday Services, 7:30 P.M.

All are invited

PANTHER IS MISSING!

Vacation  Bible  School at  the  Valley  Bible  Church, 322  E  Main  St.   in  East  Middlebury

Mon., July 15th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri., July 19th 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12pm Small black cat, 2 yrs old, spayed female. Adorable, affectionate, much beloved and missed by her family of 4. Black, shorthaired, with tiny white tip on her tail. Last seen at home Wed. June 6, wearing a blue collar, has a microchip ID (but has malfunctioned in past). Please call 388-3877! We miss our kitty.

FREE & OPEN

to all children grades K-9 Awesome crafts, games, snacks, music & Bible lessons.

For more information, call 802-377-9571 Registered Piano Technician

W ESTON  P IANO  S ERVICE Helen  Weston,  RPT Registered Piano Technician

community 11

westonforte@yahoo.com | 802.989.4112

Vergennes Lions Club

ANNUAL

THURSDAY

Jul

MONDAY

Jul

TUESDAY

Jul

WEDNESDAY

15

12

Summer Special: Mention this ad and receive a 15% discount on your next tuning through August

-XO\ D P %L[E\ 0HPRULDO /LEUDU\ Self-­published  author  Jodi  Desautels  reads  from  her  newest  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clarinda  Cloud.â&#x20AC;?  The  presenta-­ tion  will  be  followed  by  an  activity.  For  preschool  through  kindergarten  children.  Free.  No  registration  required.  Info:  877-­2211. Â

Community  picnic  in  East  Middlebury.  Sunday,  July  14,  12:30-­2:30  p.m.,  behind  the  Sarah  Partridge  Community  House,  Route  125.  Bring  a  dish  to  share.  Healthcare  screening  training  in  Hot  dogs,  hamburgers,  drinks,  dessert  and  place  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  11,  6-­8  p.m.,  settings  provided.  The  Keltons  will  be  honored.  Ilsley  Library.  A  workshop  for  healthcare  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight  Up  Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  professionals  who  would  like  to  6XQGD\ -XO\ S P $ 5 7 %ODFN %R[ 7KHDWHU volunteer  at  healthcare  screen-­ Hannaford  Center.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight  Up  Shakespeare:  ing  clinics  throughout  the  state.  The  Things  We  Do  For  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  is  a  short  original  Healthcare  professionals  will  learn  Shakespeare  show  developed  by  Town  Hall  Theater  how  to  talk  to  people  about  their  and  Middlebury  Actors  Workshop  individual  healthcare  concerns  and  MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Cartoon as  an  educational  outreach  about  the  healthcare  system.  Info:  Workshop July 13, Paint Big Camp July 15-19, Create an SURJUDP 6L[ 0$: DFWRUV SHUIRUP (802)  343-­7565.  IURP VL[ 6KDNHVSHDUH Island July 15-19, Hand Building-Tues, Weds, Thurs 3:30-4:30, VFHQHV Raz-­de-­MarĂŠe  (a  k  a  Tidal  Wave)  in  plays,  with  commentary.  An  inter-­ Wheel-Tues, Weds, Thurs 3:30-5 Adult: Drawing Sketchbook active  workshop  with  the  actors  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  11,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  town  green.  July 12, Non-toxic Oils, July 19, Pastels of the Falls, July 19, IROORZV 7LFNHWV DYDLODEOH DW Unique  traditional  music  ensemble  Drawing Perspective, July 22. Contact Barb at 247-3702, WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU on  the  Quebecois  folk  music  scene.  www.townhalltheater.org.  ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  Walking  tour  of  Middlebury.  on-­the-­Green.  Free.  Info:  www.festi-­ Sunday,  July  14,  2-­3:30  p.m.,  valonthegreen.org.  downtown,  meet  at  the  gazebo  Band  concert  in  Orwell.  Thursday,  July  11,  7:30-­8:30  Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Ron  the  Friendly  Pirate  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  on  the  town  green.  Glenn  Andres  leads  a  tour  of  p.m.,  Orwell  village  green.  Weekly  summer  July  13,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Holley  Hall.  Family  fun  0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV KLVWRULF GRZQWRZQ ODQGVFDSH H[SORU-­ concerts.  Rehearsal  in  the  Orwell  Village  School  and  songs.  Free.  Sponsored  by  local  libraries  ing  not  only  the  styles  of  the  buildings  but  also  the  band  room  preceding  each  concert  at  6:30  p.m.  and  the  Vermont  Department  of  Libraries.  Info:  stories  and  people  behind  them.  Tickets  available  Info:  www.facebook.com/OrwellTownBand.  453-­2366.  at  the  Sheldon  Museum,  1  Park  St.  Info:  388-­2117.  Johannes  Wallmann  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Weybridge  Town  Picnic.  Saturday,  July  13,  11:30  Repeats  on  July  21.  Thursday,  July  11,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music,  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Weybridge  Elementary  School.  Bach  concert  in  Rochester.  Sunday,  July  14,  4-­6  62  Country  Club  Road.  Jazz  pianist  Johannes  Annual  event  open  to  all  Weybridge  residents,  past  p.m.,  Rochester  Federated  Church.  The  Rochester  Wallmann  performs  with  Russ  Johnson  on  trum-­ and  present.  Bring  a  hot  dish  or  salad  to  share.  Info:  Chamber  Music  Society  welcomes  Jessica  Lee  on  pet,  Gilad  Hekselman  on  guitar,  Sean  Conly  on  545-­2000.  violin,  playing  an  all-­Bach  program.  Free,  but  dona-­ EDVV DQG -HII +LUVKÂżHOG RQ GUXPV $GPLVVLRQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;How  to  Self-­Publish  Your  Bookâ&#x20AC;?  presentation  in  tions  welcome.  Info:  767-­9234  or  rcmsvt.org.  Reservations  encouraged.  Call  (802)  465-­4071.  Vergennes.  Saturday,  July  13,  12:30-­2:30  p.m.,  Kobo  Town  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  %L[E\ 0HPRULDO /LEUDU\ -RGL 'HVDXWHOV DXWKRU RI July  11,  8:30-­10  p.m.,  town  green.  Calypso,  roots  two  self-­published  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  books,  talks  about  how  reggae  and  acoustic  instrumentation  meet  innova-­ to  get  your  book  published  and  on  the  shelf.  Free.  Band  concert  in  Vergennes.  Monday,  tive  production  techniques.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  No  registration  required.  Info:  877-­2211.  July  15,  7-­9  p.m.,  Vergennes  City  Park.  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green.  Free.  Info:  www.festi-­ Grange  remembers  Isabel  Munnett.  Saturday,  July  The  Vergennes  City  Band  plays  in  the  park  valonthegreen.org.  13,  2-­4  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Grange.  The  Ferrisburgh  every  Monday  night  through  Aug.  19.  Grange  remembers  Isabel  Munnett  and  her  family  for  their  many  years  of  service  to  the  Grange  and  the  community.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  Hands  on  Deckâ&#x20AC;?  fundraiser  in  Ferrisburgh.  Basin  Bluegrass  Festival  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  July  13,  4:30-­7  p.m.,  Basin  Harbor  Resort.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weed  and  feedâ&#x20AC;?  gardening  Friday,  July  12,  10  a.m.-­11  p.m.,  at  the  Annual  summer  fundraiser  for  the  Lake  Champlain  get-­together  in  Monkton.  Tuesday,  July  end  of  Basin  Road  off  McConnell  Road  Maritime  Museum.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theme:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beach  Ball.â&#x20AC;?  16,  9:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Willowell  Foundation  (look  for  signs  in  Brandon).  Stage  performances  +RUV GÂśRHXYUHV 6KHOEXUQH 9LQH\DUGV ZLQH UDIĂ&#x20AC;H (Stoney  Meadow  Lane  and  Bristol  Road).  Weekly  all  day.  See  www.basinbluegrassfestival.com  for  SUL]HV LQFOXGLQJ D JUDQG SUL]H 7LFNHWV VXPPHU JDWKHULQJ IRU DOO DJHV DQG OHYHOV RI H[SHUL-­ details.  per  couple.  Info:  www.lcmm.org.  ence  to  lend  a  hand  at  the  Willowell  Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Magician  Tom  Verner  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Church  supper  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  July  13,  teaching  garden  and  farm,  followed  by  a  lunch  of  Friday,  July  12,  noon-­1  p.m.,  town  green.  A  5-­6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  United  Methodist  Church.  brick-­oven  pizza.  Produce  harvested  goes  to  local  â&#x20AC;&#x153;brown-­bag  specialâ&#x20AC;?  lunchtime  show  for  kids,  part  Cold  roast  turkey,  potato  salad,  broccoli  salad,  schools  and  food  shelves.  Check  for  weather-­based  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green.  Free.  rolls,  desert  and  beverage,  served  buffet-­style.  decisions:  www.willowell.org  or  info@willowell.org.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.  &RVW DGXOWV FKLOGUHQ 7DNHRXW DYDLODEOH ,QIR Youth  media  lab  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  July  16,  Art  showing  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  877-­3150.  3-­4:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Kids  entering  grades  4  Battell  Building  #204,  10  Merchants  Row.  Sarah  King  Pede  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  July  13,  and  up  are  invited  to  join  library  and  MCTV  staff  Wesson  will  show  her  oil  and  watercolor  paintings  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Community  Center  and  to  make  movies  and  learn  about  technology  using  at  her  studio  during  the  Arts  Walk.  Town  Hall.  Sandwich  supper  followed  by  an  evening  MCTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  state-­of-­the-­art  media  stations.  Tuesdays  Artist  demonstration  and  exhibit  in  Middlebury.  of  fun  and  card  games.  Come  planning  to  play  through  Aug.  6.  Drop-­in.  Info:  388-­4097.  Friday,  July  12,  5-­8  p.m.,  Deborah  Sharpe-­Lunstead  King  Pede  or  bring  your  own  favorite  card  game.  Across  the  Pond  in  concert  in  Castleton.  Tuesday,  Papermaking  Studio,  37  Washington  St.,  5HTXHVWHG GRQDWLRQ July  16,  7-­10  p.m.,  Castleton  Pavilion.  Part  of  the  VHFRQG Ă&#x20AC;RRU 9LVLW D ZRUNLQJ DUWLVW VWXGLR &RPH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Habemus  Papamâ&#x20AC;?  screening  at  Middlebury  2013  Castleton  Summer  Concert  Series.  Free.  Rain  make  a  sheet  of  paper  and  see  how  Deborah  College.  Saturday,  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Dana  or  shine.  Free.  Info:  www.castleton.edu/concerts.  Sharpe-­Lunstead  turns  pigmented  paper  pulp  into  $XGLWRULXP ,Q WKH ,WDOLDQ ÂżOP Âł+DEHPXV a  landscape  painting.  Papamâ&#x20AC;?  (â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  Have  a  Popeâ&#x20AC;?),  the  newly  elected  Arts  Walk  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  Pope  declines  the  role.  Free.  Part  of  the  Middlebury  downtown  Middlebury  and  the  Marble  Works.  College  Language  Schools  International  Film  Monthly  outdoor  stroll  through  town  featuring  art,  Festival.  English  subtitles.  The  Deedle  Deedle  Dees  concert  for  PXVLF IRRG DQG IXQ 6HH PRQWKO\ Ă&#x20AC;LHU DW ZZZ Fifteenth  annual  Bach  Bash  in  Granville.  Saturday,  kids  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  middleburyartswalk.com.  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Granville  Town  Hall.  Professional  17,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Kids  will  Carillon  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  and  amateur  musicians  celebrate  the  music  of  Bach  get  dancing  with  music  inspired  by  the  silly  side  of  July  12,  5-­6  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel  and  surround-­ and  others.  A  production  of  the  Rochester  Chamber  history.  Free  tickets  available  at  the  library  for  two  ing  grounds.  Elena  Sadina  of  the  Royal  Carillon  Music  Society.  Free  but  donations  accepted.  Info:  weeks  before  each  performance.  Info:  388-­4097.  School  of  Mechelen,  Belgium,  performs.  Free.  Info:  767-­9234  or  www.rcmsvt.org.  443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/arts.  Musical  entertainment  and  ice  cream  in  Sudbury.  Gallery  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  17,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Henry  Sheldon  Museum.  Bill  Brooks,  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Saturday,  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Sudbury  Meeting  H[HFXWLYH GLUHFWRU RI WKH 6KHOGRQ ZLOO OHDG D JDOOHU\ July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  Zone  Three  Gallery,  152  Maple  House.  The  Sudbury  Community  Club  invites  all  to  talk  in  conjunction  with  the  museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  current  St.,  Third  Floor,  Marble  Works.  Celebrating  the  enjoy  ice  cream  and  live  music  with  Bill  Wright,  Jim  H[KLELW Âł)URP 'DLU\ WR 'RRUVWHS 0LON 'HOLYHU\ LQ JDOOHU\ÂśV ÂżUVW DQQLYHUVDU\ ZLWK Âł/HYLWDWLRQ ´ DQ H[KLELW Germond  and  friends.  RI QHZ PL[HG PHGLD RQ YLQWDJH DGV E\ *UD]LHOOD Sarah  Blacker  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Weber-­Grassi.  A  retro-­surrealistic  look  at  furniture  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Blacker,  a  singer/ WKDW KDV D OLIH RI LWV RZQ ([KLELW UXQV WKURXJK -XO\ songwriter  of  a  unique  blend  of  acoustic  rock,  folk  31.  Info:  249-­3561.  and  jazz,  stops  at  Brandon  Music  on  her  Northeast  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  tour  kicking  off  her  new  album,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Precious  Little  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  Edgewater  Gallery.  Celebrating  7KLQJV ´ *HQHUDO DGPLVVLRQ ,QIR DQG UHVHUYD-­ the  opening  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fourth  Dimensional  Chainsaw  tions  at  (802)  465-­4071  or  www.brandon-­music.net.  6FXOSWXUH ´ ZRUNV E\ &ODUN 'HUEHV 2Q H[KLELW More  on  Blacker  at  www.sarahblacker.com.  through  July  31.  Info:  458-­0098  or  www.edgewater-­ Silent  movie  screening  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  gallery-­vt.com.  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall  and  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Community  Center,  Route  7.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orphans  of  the  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  Jackson  Gallery,  Town  Hall  Stormâ&#x20AC;?  (1921),  starring  Lillian  and  Dorothy  Gish,  Theater.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Champlain  set  during  the  French  Revolution.  Accompanied  by  Valley  Scenes  and  Places,â&#x20AC;?  artwork  by  Jennifer  live  music  by  Jeff  Rapsis.  Free,  but  donations  to  the  6WHHOH &ROH ([KLELW UXQV WKURXJK $XJ town  hall  restoration  fund  appreciated.  Info:  www.

Poetry  reading  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  12,  5-­7  brandontownhall.org.  p.m.,  SunCommon,  20  Main  St.  350VT  sponsors  The  Vermont  Jazz  Ensemble  street  dance  in  this  reading  by  Greg  Delanty  and  Friends.  Part  of  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Main  the  Middlebury  Arts  Walk.  Info:  www.suncommon.

6WUHHW $QQXDO ÂżQDOH WR WKH )HVWLYDO RQ WKH *UHHQ com/events.  Come  early  to  learn  some  dance  steps.  Free.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.  Bob  Amos  &  Catamount  Crossing  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  12,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  town  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight  Up  Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  13,  8-­10  p.m.,  A.R.T.  green.  Bluegrass.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  %ODFN %R[ 7KHDWHU +DQQDIRUG &HQWHU Âł6WUDLJKW Festival  on-­the-­Green.  Free.  Info:  www.festivalon-­ Up  Shakespeare:  The  Things  We  Do  For  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  thegreen.org.  is  a  short  original  Shakespeare  show  developed  Zephyr  vocal  ensemble  in  Salisbury.  Friday,  July  by  Town  Hall  Theater  and  Middlebury  Actors  12,  7:30-­9  p.m.,  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.  :RUNVKRS DV DQ HGXFDWLRQDO RXWUHDFK SURJUDP 6L[ Zephyr,  the  quartet  of  Matt  Dickerson,  Susan  Nop  0$: DFWRUV SHUIRUP VFHQHV IURP VL[ 6KDNHVSHDUH and  Kathleen  and  Dutton  Smith,  sings  Americana,  plays,  with  commentary.  An  interactive  workshop  bluegrass,  blues  and  gospel.  Part  of  the  Salisbury  ZLWK WKH DFWRUV IROORZV 7LFNHWV DYDLODEOH DW WKH Summer  Performance  Series.  7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU The  Clayfoot  Strutters  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  org.  Also  on  July  14.  Friday,  July  12,  8:30-­10  p.m.,  town  green.  New  England-­based  contradance  jam  band.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green.  Free.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org. Â

Jul

Jul

Â&#x152;Â?Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020; Ă&#x2C6; Â&#x160;}Â&#x2C6;y Â&#x160; Â&#x2020; Ă&#x2C6; Â&#x160;}zÂ? Â&#x201E;| Â&#x2020;

calendar

FRIDAY

16

17

July 24th at 6pm Vergennes Union High School We are seeking quality used donations for the auction. Lions are also visiting area businesses for donations.

If you would like to donate, please contact Lion Barry Aldinger at 802-877-3725 or auction@vergenneslions.com or Lion Debbie Brace at 802-475-2434

presents:

2013 Garden Game Is Your Garden Growing?

CATEGORIES Â&#x2021; %HHWV (circumference) Â&#x2021; %URFFROL (diameter) Â&#x2021; &DEEDJH (circumference) Â&#x2021; &DQWDORXSH (circumference) Â&#x2021; &DUURW (length x circumference) Â&#x2021; &DXOLĂ RZHU (diameter) Â&#x2021; &XFXPEHU (length x circumference) Â&#x2021; (JJSODQW (circumference x circumference) Â&#x2021; *UHHQ %HDQ (length) Â&#x2021; %HOO 3HSSHU (circumference x circumference)

Â&#x2021; 2QLRQ (circumference) Â&#x2021; 3RWDWR (length x circumference) Â&#x2021; 3XPSNLQ (circumference x circumference) Â&#x2021; 5XWDEDJD (circumference) Â&#x2021; 6XPPHU 6TXDVK (length x circumference) Â&#x2021; 6XQĂ RZHU (diameter) Â&#x2021; 7RPDWR (circumference) NEW Â&#x2021; 7XUQLS (circumference) CATEGORY Â&#x2021; =XFFKLQL (length x circumference)

RULES OF THE GARDEN GAME Â&#x2021; (QWULHV PXVW EH KRPH JURZQ LQ WKH JUHDWHU $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ DUHD Â&#x2021; 2QO\ SURGXFH EURXJKW WR WKH $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW RIĂ&#x20AC;FH EHWZHHQ DP SP 0RQ )UL ZLOO EH HOLJLEOH Â&#x2021; 7KH JDUGHQHU RU D IULHQG RU IDPLO\ PHPEHU VKRXOG EULQJ LQ WKH HQWU\ Â&#x2021; :HHNO\ IURQW UXQQHUV ZLOO EH OLVWHG LQ WKH ´*DUGHQ *DPHÂľ FROXPQ XQWLO VRPHRQH HOVH EXPSV WKHP RII ZLWK D ODUJHU H[DPSOH RI WKDW SDUWLFXODU IUXLW RU YHJHWDEOH 7KH ODUJHVW HQWULHV DV RI 7KXUVGD\ QRRQ GHDGOLQH ZLOO EH WKH IURQW UXQQHUV OLVWHG LQ WKDW 0RQGD\¡V HGLWLRQ Â&#x2021; 7KHUH ZLOO EH RQH ZLQQHU SHU FDWHJRU\ Â&#x2021; :KDW WKH -XGJHV VD\ JRHV Â&#x2021; $W WKH VLJQ RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW IURVW Ă&#x20AC;QDO Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH ZLQQHUV ZLOO EH DQQRXQFHG

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TWICE-­WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 0LGGOHEXU\ 97 Â&#x2021; Â&#x2021; ZZZ $GGLVRQ,QGHSHQGHQW FRP

Jul

Jul

13

SATURDAY

Monthly  wildlife  walk  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  13,  7-­9  a.m.,  Otter  View  Park  and  Hurd  Grassland.  A  monthly  OCAS-­MALT  event,  inviting  community  members  to  help  survey  birds  and  other  wildlife.  Meet  at  Otter  View  Park  parking  area,  corner  of  Weybridge  Street  and  Pulp  Mill  Bridge  Road.  Shorter  and  longer  routes  possible.  Come  for  all  or  part  of  the  walk.  Beginning  birders  welcome.  Info:  388-­1007  or  388-­6829.  Archaeology  site  visit  in  Weybridge.  Saturday,  July  13,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Huntington  Falls,  just  off  Morgan  Horse  Farm  Road.  The  public  is  invited  to  observe  DQG WDNH SDUW LQ DQ DFWLYH H[FDYDWLRQ RI DQ HDUO\ Native  American  campsite  dating  back  500  to  1,600  years  ago.  Info:  (207)  860-­4032.  Also  on  July  14.  Basin  Bluegrass  Festival  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  July  13,  10  a.m.-­11  p.m.,  at  the  end  of  Basin  Road  off  McConnell  Road  (look  for  signs  in  Brandon).  Stage  performances  all  day.  See  www.basinblue-­ grassfestival.com  for  details.  French  Heritage  Day  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  July  13,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Vergennes  City  Park.  This  free  event  includes  all  kinds  of  Franco-­American  music,  food,  history,  tours,  old-­time  demonstrations  and  activities.  French  Canadian  Genealogical  Society  will  help  visitors  trace  their  roots.  French  Canadian  ¿GGOLQJ :DLWHUVÂś 5DFH ,QIR H[W RU www.frenchheritageday.com.  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  book  author  in  Vergennes.  Saturday, Â

14

SUNDAY

Archaeology  site  visit  in  Weybridge.  Sunday,  July  14,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Huntington  Falls,  just  off  Morgan  Horse  Farm  Road.  The  public  is  invited  to  observe  and  WDNH SDUW LQ DQ DFWLYH H[FDYDWLRQ RI DQ HDUO\ 1DWLYH American  campsite  dating  back  500  to  1,600  years  ago.  Info:  (207)  860-­4032.  Boat  race  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  July  14,  9:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  Museum.  The  third  annual  Lake  Champlain  Challenge  Race,  for  all  boaters  and  ages.  Bring  your  own  human-­powered  boat  and  row  or  paddle  a  3-­mile  race  across  the  lake,  or  come  to  watch.  Registration  DW D P UDFH VWDUWV DW 5DFH IHH LQFOXGHV PXVHXP DGPLVVLRQ PHPEHUV ,QIR or  www.lcmm.org.  Basin  Bluegrass  Festival  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  July  14,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  at  the  end  of  Basin  Road  off  McConnell  Road  (look  for  signs  in  Brandon).  Stage  performances  most  of  the  day.  See  www.basinblue-­ grassfestival.com  for  details.  Bocce  tournament  in  Monkton.  Sunday,  July  14,  noon-­5  p.m.,  Willowell  Foundation  (Stoney  Meadow  Lane  and  Bristol  Road).  Willowell  holds  its  second  annual  International  Bocce  Ball  Tournament,  with  international  guests  from  Volunteers  for  Peace,  who  are  at  Willowell  to  work  on  trail  improvements  for  two  weeks.  Anyone  can  play.  Two-­person  team  fee  LQFOXGHV XQOLPLWHG EULFN RYHQ SL]]D 7R EHQHÂżW Willowellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  outdoor  educational  programs.  Single  SOD\HUV FDQ FKRRVH D SDUWQHU WKHUH 5693 Hannah@willowell.org. Â

The  playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  thing KAREN  LEFKOE  OF  Middlebury  Actors  Workshop  introduces  a  scene  with  Willy  McKay  as  Romeo  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straight  Up  Shake-­ speare,â&#x20AC;?  an  educational  collaboration  be-­ tween  MAW  and  Town  Hall  Theater  being  offered  to  the  public  on  July  13  and  14.

community

calendar

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  9A

in  Cape  Breton,  Nova  Scotia.  ³0RQVLHXU /D]KDU´ VFUHHQLQJ DW 0LGGOHEXU\ College.  Saturday,  July  20,  7-­9  p.m.,  Dana  $XGLWRULXP %DFKLU /D]KDU DQ $OJHULDQ LPPLJUDQW LV hired  to  replace  an  elementary  school  teacher  who  died  tragically.  He  must  transcend  his  own  secret  loss  to  help  them  through  theirs.  Part  of  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  International  Film  Festival.  Free.  Info:  www.middle-­ bury.edu/arts  and  443-­3168.  ³'LUW\ %ORQGH´ RQ VWDJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  July  20,  8-­10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Pendragon  Theatre  Company  presents  the  hit  Broadway  play  in  which  two  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shared  obsession  with  Mae  West  brings  them  together.  Tickets  $20,  available  at  WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKH-­ ater.org. Â

Jul

21

Playing  along JEFF  RAPSIS  PROVIDES  live  music  to  accompany  screenings  of  classic  silent  movies  at  WKH %UDQGRQ 7RZQ +DOO 1H[W XS LQ WKLV VXPPHUÂśV VLOHQW ÂżOP VHULHV LV Âł2USKDQV RI WKH 6WRUP´ (1921),  starring  Lillian  and  Dorothy  Gish,  on  Saturday,  July  13,  at  7  p.m.  New  England.â&#x20AC;?  Museum  admission  for  nonmem-­ bers,  free  to  members.  Info:  388-­2117  or  www. henrysheldonmuseum.org.  ³'LJ ,QWR WKH 3DVW ,´ DUFKDHRORJ\ ZRUNVKRS LQ Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  17,  2-­4:30  p.m.,  Lawrence  Memorial  Library.  Andrew  Knight,  community  expert  on  dinosaurs  and  other  paleo-­creatures,  leads  a  hands-­on  workshop  for  kids.  Ages  7  and  up.  Sign-­up  recommended:  lmlkids009@gmail.com  or  453-­2366.  Lions  Club  auction  and  BBQ  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  17,  4-­8  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  The  60th  annual  auction  and  BBQ.  Half  chicken,  potato  salad,  beans,  rolls  and  butter,  ice  cream,  milk,  iced  tea  and  lemonade,  $11.  Burgers,  hot  dogs,  soda  and  popcorn  available  throughout  the  evening.  Auction  starts  at  6  p.m.  Donations  accepted  now;  no  appliances  or  garage  sale  left-­ overs.  Donation  pickups:  388-­3816  or  758-­2813.  Rain  location:  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Band  concert  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  17,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Bristol  town  green.  Free  weekly  band  concert,  weather  permitting,  through  the  end  of  August.  Star  Light,  Star  Bright  Star  Night  in  Hubbardton.  Wednesday,  July  17,  8-­10  p.m.,  Hubbardton  %DWWOHÂżHOG 6WDWH +LVWRULF 6LWH ([SHULHQFHG VWDUJD]-­ ers  share  their  telescopes  and  knowledge.  Bring  EODQNHWV Ă&#x20AC;DVKOLJKWV DQG \RXU RZQ ELQRFXODUV RU telescopes.  Marshmallows  on  us.  In  case  of  rain,  there  will  be  an  inside  illustrated  program.  Call  to  FRQÂżUP ,QIR

Jul

18

THURSDAY

+HDGVWRQH PDUNLQJ FHUHPRQ\ LQ Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  18,  4:30-­5:30  p.m.,  Old  Town  Cemetery,  Washington  Street  Extension.  The  Sons  of  the  American  5HYROXWLRQ ZLOO SODFH D Ă&#x20AC;DJ DQG SODTXH DW WKH JUDYH-­ stone  of  Revolutionary  War  soldier  Capt.  Jonathan  Nichols.  Info:  tmabee@aol.com.  '- 'L]]OH PL[LQJ ZRUNVKRS IRU WHHQV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  7KXUVGD\ -XO\ S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ '- 'L]]OH demos  his  mixing  moves  and  shows  teens  how  to  create  their  own  tracks.  For  teens  in  grades  7-­12.  Hosted  by  Ilsleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  VolunTeens.  Info:  388-­4097.  Lego  Night  in  Shoreham.  Thursday,  July  18,  5:30-­7  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  See  what  you  can  PDNH ZLWK WKH OLEUDU\ÂśV DPD]LQJ /HJR FROOHFWLRQ DQG enjoy  a  little  friendly  competition  in  the  process.  For  anyone  5  or  older.  Info:  897-­2647.  *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ &OXE FDQRH ND\DN SDGGOH LQ Goshen.  Thursday,  July  18,  6-­8  p.m.,  Sugar  Hill  Reservoir.  Meet  at  the  boat  launch  with  your  canoe  or  kayak  and  PDF.  Leader:  Beth  Eliason,  989-­3909.  Historical  society  meeting  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  July  18,  6-­8  p.m.,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  Potluck  supper  at  6  p.m.  followed  by  a  performance  by  Old  Bones.  Info:  453-­3439  or  453-­2888.  ³9HUPRQW $JULFXOWXUH 7RGD\´ WDON LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  July  18,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Sheldon  Museum.  Chuck  Ross,  secretary  of  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Agriculture,  Food  and  Markets,  will  discuss  the  current  status  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dairy  indus-­ try.  Talk  in  conjunction  with  the  Sheldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  current  exhibit,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  Dairy  to  Doorstep.â&#x20AC;?  Info:  388-­2117.  Ferrisburgh  documentary  screening  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  July  18,  7-­8  p.m.,  Bixby  Memorial  Library.  The  Ferrisburgh  Historical  Society  and  Mad  River  Media  have  completed  a  one-­hour  documentary  about  the  history  of  Ferrisburgh.  Info:  877-­2211.  +LVWRULFDO VRFLHW\ WDON LQ 6DOLVEXU\  Thursday,  July  18,  7-­9  p.m.,  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.  Jean  Edgerton  will  speak  on  the  history  of  Waterhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Marina  and  Boat  Rental.  Band  concert  in  Orwell.  Thursday,  July  18,  7:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Orwell  village  green.  Weekly  summer  concerts.  Rehearsal  in  the  Orwell  Village  School  band  room  preceding  each  concert  at  6:30  p.m.  Info:  www.facebook.com/OrwellTownBand.  ³'LUW\ %ORQGH´ RQ VWDJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  July  18,  8-­10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Pendragon  Theatre  Company  presents  the  hit  Broadway  play  in  which  two  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shared  obsession  with  Mae  West  brings  them  together.  Tickets  $20,  available  at  WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKH-­ ater.org.  Also  on  July  19  and  20. Â

Champs  Challenge  for  Cystic  )LEURVLV ELNH HYHQW LQ )HUULVEXUJK  Sunday,  July  21,  8  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Basin  Harbor  Club.  Fundraiser  for  the  Cystic  Fibrosis  Lifestyle  Foundation.  Options:  40-­mile  route  registration  at  8  a.m.,  ride  starts  at  9;  8-­mile  route  registration  at  10  a.m.,  ride  starts  at  11;  5K  run/walk  registration  at  9  a.m.,  run/walk  starts  at  10.  BBQ  lunch  reception  at  noon  at  Basin  Harbor.  Go  to  www.champschal-­ lenge.org  for  info  and  registration.  %DWWOH¿HOG 7KLUG 6XQGD\ LQ +XEEDUGWRQ  Sunday,  -XO\ S P +XEEDUGWRQ %DWWOH¿HOG 6WDWH Historic  Site.  Site  interpreter  Carl  Fuller  portrays  a  Hubbardton  resident  from  1777,  telling  of  the  expe-­ riences  of  the  Samuel  Churchill  family,  including  grandson  Amos.  Site  administrator  Elsa  Gilbertson  shares  the  story  of  the  1859  Hubbardton  Battle  0RQXPHQW DQG $PRVœ UROH LQ WKDW HIIRUW ,QIR

273-­2282.  Civil  War  historian  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  July  21,  S P 5RNHE\ 0XVHXP +RZDUG &RIÂżQ VKDUHV stories  from  his  new  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something  Abides:  Discovering  the  Civil  War  in  Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Vermont.â&#x20AC;?  Info:  877-­3406.  :DONLQJ WRXU RI 0LGGOHEXU\  Sunday,  July  21,  2-­3:30  S P GRZQWRZQ PHHW DW WKH JD]HER RQ WKH WRZQ green.  Glenn  Andres  leads  a  tour  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  historic  downtown  landscape,  exploring  not  only  the  styles  of  the  buildings  but  also  the  stories  and  people  behind  them.  Tickets  available  at  the  Sheldon  Museum,  1  Park  St.  Info:  388-­2117.  Organ  recital  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  July  21,  4-­5  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  This  special  organ  recital  by  Tatiana  Lukyanova,  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carillon  Series  Extra,â&#x20AC;?  is  sponsored  by  the  Middlebury  College  Summer  Russian  School.  Free.  Info:  go.middlebury. edu/arts. Â

Jul

22

Jul

19

FRIDAY

Carillon  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  July  19,  5-­6  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel  and  surrounding  grounds.  Tatiana  Lukyanova  of  the  Royal  Carillon  School  of  Mechelen,  Belgium,  and  the  St.  Petersburg  Conservatory  performs.  Free.  Info:  443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/arts.  The  Keating  Five  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Friday,  July  19,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Central  Park.  The  Keating  5  play  rock,  reggae,  blues,  ska  and  funk.  Info:  247-­6401  or  www.brandon.org.  Part  of  Brandonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  free  summer  concert  series.  ³6LPSO\ 6RQGKHLP´ FRQFHUW LQ 6DOLVEXU\  Friday,  July  19,  7:30-­9  p.m.,  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.  Vocal  music  of  Stephen  Sondheim,  sung  by  Cathy  Walsh,  Stephen  Rainville  and  Joyce  Flanagan.  Free  will  donation.  Part  of  the  Salisbury  Summer  Performance  Series.  ³'LUW\ %ORQGH´ RQ VWDJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Friday,  July  19,  8-­10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Pendragon  Theatre  Company  presents  the  hit  Broadway  play  in  which  two  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shared  obsession  with  Mae  West  brings  them  together.  Tickets  $20,  available  at  WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKH-­ ater.org.  Also  on  July  20. Â

Jul

20

SATURDAY

%DNH VDOH LQ 6DOLVEXU\  Saturday,  July  20,  8  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Kampersville  Store,  Route  53.  The  Salisbury  Congregational  Church  will  be  selling  home-­baked  pies,  breads,  rolls,  donuts  and  cookies.  Craft  fair  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  20,  9  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Town  green.  A  Middlebury  Studio  School  fund-­ UDLVHU IHDWXULQJ ZRUNV E\ VRPH RI 9HUPRQWÂśV ÂżQHVW craftspeople,  plus  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  activities,  face  painting,  pie  sale,  a  chance  to  try  the  pottery  wheel  and  a  chance  to  win  a  free  pottery  class.  Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hungry  Mind  will  have  a  student  show  at  the  same  time.  Info:  www.middleburystudioschool.org.  Myers  Middlebury  Mini  Muster  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  20,  10  a.m.-­noon,  Middlebury  Rec  Park.  Part  of  a  weekend  long  memorial  fundraiser  IRU 0LGGOHEXU\ ÂżUHÂżJKWHU $GDP 0\HUV ZKR GLHG July  20,  2011.  Children  of  all  ages  are  invited  to  the  rec  park  for  fun  games,  refreshments  and  a  tour  of  ¿UH HQJLQHV +LVWRULFDO FUDIWV DQG VNLOOV GHPRQVWUDWLRQV LQ Addison.  Saturday,  July  20,  1:30-­3:30  p.m.,  Chimney  Point  State  Historic  Site.  Site  interpreter  Karl  Crannell  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blast  From  the  Past:  How  They  Made  It  in  New  France,â&#x20AC;?  a  hands-­on  demon-­ stration  of  the  crafts  and  skills  practiced  by  those  living  her  on  the  frontier  of  New  France.  Wood  crafts,  tailoring  and  more.  Call  for  details:  759-­2412.  ³'LUW\ %ORQGH´ RQ VWDJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  July  20,  2-­4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Pendragon  Theatre  Company  presents  the  hit  Broadway  play  in  which  two  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shared  obsession  with  Mae  West  brings  them  together.  Tickets  $20,  available  DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOO-­ theater.org.  Goshen  Gallop  10K  in  Goshen.  Saturday,  July  20,  4-­8  p.m.,  start  at  Blueberry  Hill  Inn.  Rugged  10K  course  on  gravel  roads  and  onto  the  trails  of  the  Moosalamoo  National  Recreation  Area,  following  the  Nordic  cross-­country  trails  between  1,800  and  2,100  feet  above  sea  level.  Info  and  registration  at  www.blueberryhillinn.com/goshengallop.  Salad  supper  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  July  20,  5:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Center  Community  United  Methodist  Church,  Route  7.  Potato  and  pasta  salads,  coleslaw,  tossed  salad,  hot  dogs  and  more,  plus  dessert,  coffee,  tea  and  milk.  Cost  $8  per  person,  children  younger  than  12  $4.  Free  parking.  Handicap  accessible.  Info:  877-­2810.  %HQHÂżW GLQQHU DQG OLYH DXFWLRQ LQ %UDQGRQ  Saturday,  July  20,  6-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eat  Like  the  Locals,â&#x20AC;?  a  fundraiser  for  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Brandon,  featuring  gourmet,  locally  grown  foods  and  beverages.  Auction  items  include  local  art,  bed-­and-­breakfast  stays  and  a  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  stay Â

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Band  concert  in  Vergennes.  Monday,  July  22,  7-­9  p.m.,  Vergennes  City  Park.  The  Vergennes  City  Band  plays  in  the  park  every  Monday  night  through  Aug.  19. Â

Jul

23

TUESDAY

Stop-­motion  animation  class  for  NLGV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Tuesday,  July  23,  9  a.m.-­noon,  Ilsley  Library.  Four-­day  class,  July  23-­26,  for  kids  in  grades  4  and  up  who  have  attended  a  Lights,  Camera,  Action!  camp  or  at  least  ¿YH VHVVLRQV RI WKH <RXWK 0HGLD /DE /HDUQ KRZ WR transform  a  series  of  still  images  into  an  animated  ¿OP $GYDQFH UHJLVWUDWLRQ UHTXLUHG VSDFH LV OLPLWHG Register  online  starting  June  1  at  www.ilsleypubli-­ clibrary.org.  ³:HHG DQG IHHG´ JDUGHQLQJ JHW WRJHWKHU LQ 0RQNWRQ  Tuesday,  July  23,  9:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  :LOORZHOO )RXQGDWLRQ 6WRQH\ 0HDGRZ /DQH DQG %ULVWRO 5RDG :HHNO\ VXPPHU JDWKHULQJ IRU DOO ages  and  levels  of  experience  to  lend  a  hand  at  the  Willowell  Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  teaching  garden  and  farm,  IROORZHG E\ D OXQFK RI EULFN RYHQ SL]]D 3URGXFH harvested  goes  to  local  schools  and  food  shelves.  Check  for  weather-­based  decisions:  www.willowell. org  or  info@willowell.org.  Summer  reading  celebration  for  preschoolers  in  East  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  July  23,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Sarah  Partridge  Library,  431  East  Main  St.  Preschoolers  are  invited  to  celebrate  a  successful  VXPPHU RI UHDGLQJ ZLWK JDPHV FUDIWV DQG SUL]HV Info:  388-­7588.  Great  Brandon  Auction.  Tuesday,  July  23,  2-­8  S P &HQWUDO 3DUN %HQHÂżW DXFWLRQ RIIHULQJ TXDOLW\ goods  and  services,  attic  treasures,  new  art,  gift  FHUWLÂżFDWHV DQWLTXHV IXUQLWXUH DQG ORWV RI VXUSULVHV Preview  2  p.m.,  auction  4  p.m.  Rain  or  shine  under  the  tent.  Info:  247-­6401  or  www.brandon.org.  Youth  media  lab  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  July  23,  3-­4:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Kids  entering  grades  4  and  up  are  invited  to  join  library  and  MCTV  staff  to  make  movies  and  learn  about  technology  using  MCTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  state-­of-­the-­art  media  stations.  Tuesdays  through  Aug.  6.  Drop-­in.  Info:  388-­4097.  7ZLOLJKW KLVWRU\ FUXLVH RQ /DNH &KDPSODLQ  Tuesday,  July  23,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  leaving  from  Larrabeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Point  in  Shoreham.  Jim  Bullard,  22-­year-­owner  of  the  Fort  Ti  ferry,  will  give  a  maritime  history  talk  focusing  on  the  southern  end  of  the  lake.  Shoreham  town  historian  Susan  MacIntire  will  add  historical  information  about  this  part  of  the  lake.  Sponsored  by  the  Sheldon  Museum.  Tickets  $35,  $30  for  museum  PHPEHUV 5HVHUYDWLRQV UHTXLUHG RU www.HenrySheldonMuseum.org.  Repeats  July  25.  1HZ <RUN 3OD\HUV LQ FRQFHUW LQ &DVWOHWRQ  Tuesday,  July  23,  7-­10  p.m.,  Castleton  Pavilion.  Part  of  the  2013  Castleton  Summer  Concert  Series.  Free.  Rain  or  shine.  Free.  Info:  www.castleton.edu/concerts. Â

Jul

24

WEDNESDAY

GED  testing  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  24,  8:45  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Vermont  Adult  Learning,  282  Boardman  St.  3UH UHJLVWUDWLRQ UHTXLUHG &DOO IRU LQIR DQG to  register.  Magician  Tom  Joyce  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  24,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Free  tickets  available  at  the  library  for  two  weeks  before  each  performance.  Info:  388-­4097.  *DOOHU\ WDON LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Wednesday,  July  24,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Henry  Sheldon  Museum.  Bill  Brooks,  executive  director  of  the  Sheldon,  will  lead  a  gallery  talk  in  conjunction  with  the  museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  current  exhibit,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  Dairy  to  Doorstep:  Milk  Delivery  in  New  England.â&#x20AC;?  Museum  admission  for  nonmem-­ bers,  free  to  members.  Info:  388-­2117  or  www. henrysheldonmuseum.org.  ³'LJ ,QWR WKH 3DVW ,,´ DUFKDHRORJ\ ZRUNVKRS in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  24,  2-­4:30  p.m.,  Howden  Hall.  Gerald  Heffernan  of  the  Bristol  Historical  Society  teaches  kids  to  become  history  sleuths.  Ages  8  and  up.  Sign-­up  recommended:  lmlkids009@gmail.com  or  453-­2366.  Classic  Movie  Night  in  Shoreham.  Wednesday, Â

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Â ON Â THE Â WEB Â THIS Â WEEK? www.addisonindependent.com

&KHFN RXW RXU QHZ IHDWXUHV and  additional  content

PAGE  10A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

community

calendar

shares  photos  from  his  recent  trip  to  Poland,  a  trip  he  took  on  the  occasion  of  the  translation  into  Polish  of  his  book  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life  in  a  Jar:  The  Irena  Sendler  Project.â&#x20AC;?  Sendler  rescued  2,500  Jewish  children  from  the  Warsaw  ghetto  during  World  War  II.  Info:  388-­4095.  %DQG FRQFHUW LQ 2UZHOO  Thursday,  July  25,  7:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Orwell  village  green.  Weekly  summer  concerts.  Rehearsal  in  the  Orwell  Village  School  band  room  preced-­ ing  each  concert  at  6:30  p.m.  Info:  www.facebook.com/ OrwellTownBand.  ³7KH )DQWDVWLFNV´ RQ VWDJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  July  25,  8-­10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  In  a  clever  reversal  of  the  Romeo  and  Juliet  story,  two  fathers  indulge  in  a  well-­meaning  attempt  to  spark  a  romance  between  their  children.  Presented  by  The  Skinner  Barn.  Tickets  $20,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQ-­ halltheater.org.  Running  through  July  28. Â

L I V EM US I C

Here  today &+$/. ,//8675$725 $1'< 7R\ RI 6WDUNVERUR ZLOO FUHDWH HSKHPHUDO DUW LQ IURQW RI 0DLQ 6W GXULQJ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ $UWV :DON WKLV )ULGD\ HYHQLQJ -XO\ July  24,  6-­8  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  Enjoy  a  clas-­ sic  movie,  popcorn  and  the  cool  air  conditioning  of  the  library.  Info:  897-­2647.  Lions  Club  live  charity  auction  in  Vergennes.  Wednesday,  July  24,  6-­9  p.m.,  Vergennes  Union  High  School  gymnasium.  Annual  auction  to  raise  money  for  the  clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  many  projects  in  the  Vergennes-­Bristol  area.  Saleable  items  can  be  dropped  off  at  VUHS  on  Tuesday,  July  23,  from  5:30-­9  p.m.  Pickup  can  be  arranged  with  any  Vergennes  Lion.  Info  or  pickup:  877-­3725  or  475-­2434.  &DQRH UDIĂ&#x20AC;H GUDZLQJ DQG EURZQLH VXQGDHV LQ %ULVWRO  Wednesday,  July  24,  6:30-­7:30  p.m.,  Bristol  bandstand.  Come  to  the  Bristol  Band  concert  for  brownie  sundaes  and  the  drawing  for  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  UDIĂ&#x20AC;H $ KDQGFUDIWHG FDQRH ZLOO EH UDIĂ&#x20AC;HG RII WR VXSSRUW work  on  the  church  building.  Only  300  tickets  will  be  sold.  Tickets  available  at  Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hardware  in  Middlebury  or  %ULVWRO DQG .LPEDOO 2IÂżFH 6XSSOLHV LQ %ULVWRO Âł7KHUH %H 7UHDVXUH %XULHG +HUH´ RQ VWDJH LQ %UDQGRQ  Wednesday,  July  24,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Rutlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Encore  Theater  presents  this  student  produc-­ tion  of  pirates  and  buried  treasure.  Tickets  $3,  available  at  Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Florist  and  Gifts  or  at  the  door.  %DQG FRQFHUW LQ %ULVWRO  Wednesday,  July  24,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Bristol  town  green.  Free  weekly  band  concert,  weather  permitting,  through  the  end  of  August. Â

Jul

25

THURSDAY

Supervised  Visitation  Program  room  open  house  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  25,  2-­4  p.m.,  Frank  Mahady  Courthouse.  WomenSafe  invites  the  public  to  see  the  new  supervised  visitation  room  at  the  courthouse.  It  provides  a  safe,  neutral  place  for  parents  to  visit  with  their  children.  Informational  table,  orange  ribbons,  refreshments,  recognitions  and  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  activities.  Info:  388-­6783.  About  supervise  visitation:  www. svnetwork.net.  Summer  reading  celebration  in  East  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  25,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.,  Sarah  Partridge  Library,  431  East  Main  St.  Kids  in  grades  K-­8  are  invited  to  celebrate  a  successful  summer  of  reading  with  games,  crafts  and  prizes.  Info:  388-­7588.  7ZLOLJKW KLVWRU\ FUXLVH RQ /DNH &KDPSODLQ  Thursday,  July  25,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  leaving  from  Larrabeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Point  in  Shoreham.  Jim  Bullard,  22-­year-­owner  of  the  Fort  Ti  ferry,  will  give  a  maritime  history  talk  focusing  on  the  southern  end  of  the  lake.  Shoreham  town  historian  Susan  MacIntire  will  add  historical  information  about  this  part  of  the  lake.  Sponsored  by  the  Sheldon  Museum.  Tickets  $35,  $30  for  museum  members.  Reservations  required:  388-­2117  or  www.HenrySheldonMuseum.org.  $XWKRU -DFN 0D\HU LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  July  25,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Middlebury  pediatrician  Jack  Mayer Â

Dale  Cavanaugh  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  'D\YH +XFNHWW LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Friday,  July  12,  5-­7  p.m.,  51  Main.  7KH +RXVH 5RFNHUV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Friday,  July  12,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  K-­5  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  13,  6-­9  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Greenbush  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  July  13,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.  Toast  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  19,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern. Â

ONGOINGEVENTS By  category:  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Markets,  Sports,  Clubs  &  Organizations,  Government  &  Politics,  Bingo,  Fund-­Raising  Sales,  Dance,  Music,  Arts  &  Education,  Health  &  Parenting,  Meals,  Art  Exhibits  &  Museums,  Library  Programs. )$50(56Âś 0$5.(76 Brandon  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Fridays,  through  mid-­October,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Central  Park.  Homegrown  fresh  vegetables,  home-­baked  goods,  pure  Vermont  maple  syrup,  honey  and  handcrafted  items.

Bristol  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Wednesdays,  June  5-­Sept.  4,  and  Saturdays,  June  1-­Oct.  5,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.  on  the  village  green.

Middlebury  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Saturdays,  9  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  on  the  green  at  the  Marble  Works,  starting  May  4,  as  well  as  on  Wednesdays  starting  June  12.  Local  produce,  meats,  cheese  and  eggs,  baked  goods,  jams,  prepared  foods  and  more.  EBT  and  debit  cards  welcome.  Info:  www.MiddleburyFarmersMarket.org  or  on  Facebook.

Orwell  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Fridays,  June-­October,  3-­6  p.m.,  town  green.

Vergennes  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Thursdays,  June  13-­Sept.  26,  3-­6:30  p.m.,  city  green.  Local  produce,  baked  goodies,  KDQGPDGH FUDIWV IDUP IUHVK HJJV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV DQG PRUH 632576 Box  lacrosse  in  Middlebury.  Pick-­up  games  Thursday,  June  13-­July  18  (except  July  4).  Age  groups:  adult,  college,  high  school.  Cost  $10  per  night.  Info:  Dan  McIntosh,  388-­3444  or  dan@forthngoal.com.

Co-­ed  volleyball  in  Middlebury.  Pick-­up  games  Monday,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Municipal  Gym.  Jack  Brown,  388-­2502;  Bruce  at  Middlebury  Recreation  Department,  388-­8103. &/8%6 25*$1,=$7,216 ACT  (Addison  Central  Teens).  Drop-­in  hours  during  the Â

school  years:  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  3-­6  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Friday,  3-­7  p.m.  94  Main  St.  (Middlebury  7RZQ 2I¿FH EXLOGLQJ EHORZ UHF J\P 7HHQ GURS LQ VSDFH for  kids.  Hang  out  with  friends,  play  pool,  watch  movies,  and  eat  great  food.  Baking:  every  Thursday  from  3:30-­5  p.m.  Info:  388-­3910  or  www.addisonteens.com.

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

Addison  County  Emergency  Planning  Committee.  Last  Wednesday,  5  p.m.  State  Police  Barracks.  Public  invited.

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

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

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

Brandon  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Tuesday,  7  p.m.,  Brandon  Senior  Center.

Brandon  Senior  Citizen  Center.  1591  Forest  Dale  Road.  247-­3121.

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

The  Hub  Teen  Center  and  Skatepark.  110  Airport  Drive,  %ULVWRO 2SHQ PLNH QLJKW ¿UVW 7KXUVGD\ RI WKH PRQWK 5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  free  for  all  ages;  reserve  a  spot  at  thehub@ gmavt.net.  Info:  453-­3678  or  www.bristolskatepark.com.

LGBTQ  (Lesbian,  Gay,  Bisexual,  Transgender,  Queer).  Youth  support  group  meets  Monday  nights,  4-­6  p.m.,  Turningpoint  Center,  Marble  Works,  Middlebury.  Info:  388-­4249.

Middlebury  Garden  Club.  Second  Tuesday.  Location  varies.  Barbara:  388-­8268.

NEAT  (Northeast  Addison  Television)  Channel  16.  Fourth  Monday,  5-­7  p.m.  NEAT  studio  in  Bristol.  Bruce  Duncan,  bduncan@madriver.com.

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

Otter  Creek  Poets.  Open  poetry  workshop  held  Thursdays,  1-­3  p.m.  Ilsley  Library  in  Middlebury.  Poets  of  all  ages  are  invited  to  share  their  poetry  for  feedback,  encouragement  and  optional  weekly  assignments.  Bring  a  poem  or  two  to  share  (plus  20  copies).  Led  by  David  Weinstock.  Free.

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

PACT  (People  of  Addison  County  Together).  Third  Thursday,  D P S P 9HUPRQW VWDWH RI¿FH EXLOGLQJ RQ Exchange  St.  in  Middlebury,  Health  Department  confer-­ ence  room.  989-­8141.

Salisbury  Historical  Society.  First  Saturday,  9:30-­10:45  a.m.  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.

Samaritanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cupboard.  Assembly  of  God  Christian  Center,  1759  Route  7,  Vergennes.  Third  Thursday  through  October.  Come  share  ideas  and  craft  simple  items  for  Operation  Christmas  Child  shoeboxes.  Vergennes  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Wednesday,  6  p.m.,  Vergennes  American  Legion.  Social  hour  at  6,  dinner  at  6:45  with  meeting  following.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  (802)  870-­7070  or  membership@vergenneslions.com.

See  a  full  listing  of Â

ON G OI N G E V E NTS

on  the  Web  at

ZZZ DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  11A

ND

AROU

Goings on

TOWN

Something special going on in your send it in! life? Send it in at:

Does your group or organization have something happening thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sAddison appropriateIndependent for the calendar? We want P.O. Box 31 please, send to hear about it! If you have a picture, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 that too. Pictures and text may be emailed to: or email it to: news@addisonindependent.com news@addisonindependent.com

LARRABEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  POINT  IN  Shoreham  is  featured  in  this  late  19th-­century  postcard  from  the  collection  of  the  Shoreham  Historical  Society.  The  Henry  Sheldon  Museum  will  offer  Twilight  History  Cruises  around  southern  Lake  Champlain  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  leaving  from  Larrabeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Point  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;on  the  evenings  of  July  23  and  25. Â

Sheldon  Museum  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Twilight  History  Cruisesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  on  Champlain 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH +HQU\ 6KHOGRQ 0XVHXP SUHVHQWV WZR /DNH &KDPSODLQ 7ZLOLJKW +LVWRU\ &UXLVHV DERDUG WKH &DULOORQ RQ 7XHVGD\ -XO\ DQG 7KXUVGD\ -XO\ RQ WKH KLVWRULF ZDWHUV RI /DNH &KDPSODLQ 7KH JXHVW VSHDNHU ZLOO EH -LP %XOODUG RZQHU RI WKH )RUW 7LFRQGHURJD )HUU\ IRU \HDUV DQG WKH QLQWK SHUVRQ WR

RZQ DQG RSHUDWH LW VLQFH %XOODUG ZLOO EH MRLQHG E\ 6XVDQ 0DF,QWLUH 6KRUHKDP WRZQ KLVWRULDQ ZKR ZLOO DGG KLVWRULFDO SHUVSHFWLYH RQ WKH DUHD 7RJHWKHU WKH\ ZLOO SUHVHQW D IDVFLQDW-­ LQJ WDON WLWOHG ³%XV\ 7LPHV LQ WKH 6RXWK /DNH ´ 7KH VSHDNHUV ZLOO SRLQW RXW WKH ODQG IHDWXUHV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK 7LFRQGHURJD

DQG 0W ,QGHSHQGHQFH UHJDUGLQJ WKH %XUJR\QH &DPSDLJQ 7KH SRVVL-­ ELOLW\ WKDW 6DPXHO GH &KDPSODLQœV 7KXQGHU 0HDGRZ PD\ EH ORFDWHG RQ )RUW 7LFRQGHURJD SURSHUW\ ZLOO EH GLVFXVVHG DQG DV WKH ERDW SURFHHGV WRZDUG &URZQ 3RLQW (WKDQ $OOHQœV +DQGœV &RYH WKH +HVVLDQ /DQGLQJ VLWH DW )LYH 0LOH 3RLQW DQG RWKHU

LQWHUHVWLQJ FRPPHUFLDO VLWHV VXFK DV :DWFK 3RLQW ZLOO EH KLJKOLJKWHG $OVR QRWHG ZLOO EH WKH YDULRXV IHUU\ ODQG-­ LQJV DQG WKHLU FRPPHUFLDO WLHV ZLWK 0LGGOHEXU\ YLD WKH 0DUNHW 5RDG 7KH KLVWRU\ RI WKH VXPPHU UHVRUWV ORFDWHG LQ WKLV SDUW RI WKH ODNH DQG WKH EODFN PDUEOH TXDUU\ ZKHUH WKH VL[ ¿UHSODFH PDQWHOV DW WKH 6KHOGRQ 0XVHXP FDPH

IURP ZLOO DOVR EH WROG 7KH WZR KRXU FUXLVH LV FRPIRUWDEOH DQG LQIRUPDO ZLWK SDVVHQJHUV HQMR\-­ LQJ KRUV GœRHXYUHV DQG EHYHUDJHV *XHVWV DUH ZHOFRPH WR EULQJ FDPHUDV DQG ELQRFXODUV DERDUG ² HDJOH VLJKW-­ LQJV DUH SRVVLEOH 7KH &DULOORQ GHSDUWV SURPSWO\ DW S P IURP /DUUDEHHœV 3RLQW LQ 6KRUHKDP DGMDFHQW WR WKH

)RUW 7LFRQGHURJD IHUU\ DW WKH HQG RI 5RXWH LQ 6KRUHKDP 7KH FRVW RI WKH FUXLVH LV SHU SHUVRQ IRU PXVHXP PHPEHUV $GYDQFH UHVHUYD-­ WLRQV DUH UHTXLUHG DQG PD\ EH PDGH E\ FRQWDFWLQJ WKH +HQU\ 6KHOGRQ 0XVHXP LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ DW RU RQOLQH DW ZZZ KHQU\VKHOGRQ-­ PXVHXP RUJ

CICADA INVASION (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 1996) Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken over the countryside like ballpark fans broadcasting a win after seventeen years of rout. Everywhere they shout: that high persistent note: in trees, shrubs, iris, even my hair where they dive from husk-heavy boughs. They sweep the yard on wickery wings; ogle their mates on my damp hung sheets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a last rite of the dead, an orgy of coloraturas; a grappling of wings, bellies, limbs, a spew of eggs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mass grave â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no one to close those ruby eyes. Oh but the nymphs will hatch, they will burrow back into the earth, they will suck on the honeyed roots.

They will wait. They will wait.

What is it like to live underground, invisible to the world? Is it a long nap, like a bat in its winter cave? A girl in a burqa kept from school and mute as a frozen bulb? Or a foetus, snug in the womb, waiting for the waters to break â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like my Zen daughter who sang to the crowning head of her newborn: Welcome back, child!

Splish  splash TALIN  NELSON,  3,  of  Bristol  makes  some  waves  while  riding  his  bike  through  a  big  puddle  across  from  the  Bristol  town  green  last  Thursday  afternoon.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

I, too, would cry out at that Ă&#x2026;Z[\ WVZ][P WN TQOP\ 1 _W]TL [\ZQX to the skin, I would dance till I dropped.

I would lay my future in eggs.

Nancy Means Wright Middlebury Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  The  author  was  teaching  at  a  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  college  17  years  ago  when  the  cicadas  last  invaded  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  overwhelmed  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  as  they  are  doing  in  that  area  today.

NORRIS BERRY FARM Pick Your Own Raspberries & Black Currants!

Blueberries  start  July  16th

Fresh Veggies & Herbs ^ĹśÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x2030; WÄ&#x17E;Ä&#x201A;Ć?Í&#x2022; >Ä&#x17E;ĆŠĆľÄ?Ä&#x17E;Í&#x2022; <Ä&#x201A;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Í&#x2022; ƾŏÄ&#x17E;Ć?Í&#x2022; ^Ć&#x2039;ĆľÄ&#x201A;Ć?Ĺ&#x161;Í&#x2022; dŽžÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ĺ˝Ä&#x17E;Ć?

Greenhouse Open WĹŻÄ&#x17E;ĹśĆ&#x161;Ç&#x2021; ŽĨ WĹŻÄ&#x201A;ĹśĆ&#x161;Ć?Í&#x2022; &ĹŻĹ˝Ç Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ć? Î&#x2DC; ,Ä&#x201A;ĹśĹ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä&#x201A;Ć?ĹŹÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x161;Ć?

Open 8-5 Every Day

Look like rain? Call for conditions. $AVIS 2OAD s -ONKTON 64 s 453-3793 09/ HOURS s WWW NORRISBERRYFARM COM

milestones

births

Â&#x2021; &XUWLV &DVWOH 7RQ\D )OHPLQJ 0LGGOHEXU\ -XQH D VRQ .D\GHQ *DU\ &DVWOH Â&#x2021; 0DU\ %ROWRQ -DFRE 2UYLV /LQFROQ -XQH D GDXJKWHU 0DULJROG 5RVH 2UYLV Â&#x2021; /LOD )XOOHU 0DUFXV 2UWXQR -HULFKR -XQH D GDXJKWHU /LOOLDQD 'D\ 2UWXQR Â&#x2021; + .HQW :ULJKW 9 -HVVLFD 5REDLU %ULVWRO -XQH D GDXJKWHU 6DUDK -HDQ :ULJKW

Â&#x2021; (ULFD $XGHW 3LHUUH 0DJQLHU %ULGSRUW -XQH D VRQ /XGRYLF 3LHUUH 0DJQLHU Â&#x2021; $P\ &RQZD\ &KULVWRSKHU +DWFKHU 6U 0LQHYLOOH 1 < -XQH D VRQ (WKDQ 5\DQ +DWFKHU Â&#x2021; =DFKDU\ 3DUNV 6DUDK %ULJJV %ULVWRO -XQH D VRQ :\DWW 0DWWKHZ 3DUNV Â&#x2021; *UHJRU\ 6DQGV $PDQGD 6KHSSDUG %ULGSRUW -XQH D VRQ *DEULHO (GZDUG 6DQGV

PAGE  12A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Fields Â

Brandon (Continued  from  Page  1A) rate  will  increase  to  71.27  cents  per  $100  of  property  value,  an  increase  of  2.49  cents  over  the  current  rate  of  68.78  cents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  day,â&#x20AC;?  Brandon  se-­ lectboard  Chair  Devon  Fuller  said  on  Wednesday.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  very  glad  and  relieved.  On  the  one  hand,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  a  huge  victory  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  such  a  tight  budget,  but  at  least  we  have  a  bud-­ get.â&#x20AC;? %HFDXVH WKH ÂżVFDO \HDU HQGHG RQ June  30,  the  board  Monday  night  ap-­ proved  the  use  of  a  $540,000  line  of  credit  to  pay  the  bills.

Voter  turnout  was  up  over  the  last  vote  just  three  weeks  ago,  when  the  budget  failed  on  June  18  by  a  tally  of  371-­326.  Before  that,  on  April  3,  a  re-­vote  had  been  petitioned  and  the  bud-­ get  that  originally  passed  on  Town  Meeting  Day  in  March  by  a  vote  of  428-­420  was  handily  rejected  by  a  vote  of  672-­390.

The  voter  turnout  totals  were  as  follows: Â&#x2021; 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ Â&#x2021; $SULO UH YRWH Â&#x2021; -XQH YRWH Â&#x2021; -XO\ YRWH Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  vote  drew  32  percent  of  Brandonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  roughly  2,800  registered  voters.  Unlike  the  previous  information  meeting  before  the  April  30  vote,  which  was  dismally  attended  by  37  people,  over  60  people  showed  up  for  the  information  meeting  this  past  Monday  night.  Fuller  made  a  Power-­ Point  presentation  of  the  latest  bud-­ get  proposal,  saying  he  believed  the  board  has  cut  as  much  as  it  can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  able  to  pull  a  little  more  out  of  the  budget,  but  I  believe  this  is Â

as  far  as  we  can  go,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Fuller  said  the  board  has  remained  committed  to  building  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tax  base,  creating  a  full-­time  recreation  or  activities  director,  expanding  the  Public  Works  Department  to  four  full-­time  employees  from  the  current  three,  and  improving  overall  commu-­ nication  about  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  budget  and  ¿QDQFLDO GHDOLQJV ZLWK WKH SXEOLF â&#x20AC;&#x153;Times  have  changed,  and  we  feel  we  need  to  change  with  them,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  will  take  a  concerted  effort  to  increase  and  maintain  properties  and  businesses.  A  strong  infrastruc-­ ture,  amenities  and  activity  programs  will  help  bring  more  people  to  town.â&#x20AC;?

Since  the  Town  Meeting  Day  bud-­ get,  the  selectboard  has  cut  $150,000  from  the  budget.

A  silver  lining  of  the  entire  bud-­ get  experience  in  Brandon  over  the  last  four  months  has  been  an  en-­ gaged  selectboard  that  some  say  is  much  more  in  touch  not  only  with  the  opinions  of  the  voters,  but  with  the  budget  itself.  Since  the  resigna-­ tion  of  former  Town  Manager  Keith  Arlund  in  March,  the  board  has  had  D FUDVK FRXUVH LQ PXQLFLSDO ÂżQDQFH The  board  members  have  spent  hours  going  line  by  line,  trying  to  untangle  a  convoluted  thread  of  vari-­ ous  accounts  and  funds,  tightening,  simplifying  and  streamlining  the  budget  while  educating  themselves  on  where  taxpayer  money  goes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  kind  of  in  a  rebuilding  phase,â&#x20AC;?  Fuller  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  go-­ ing  to  take  what  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  learned  about  how  to  build  a  better  budget  and  by  the  time  we  get  a  new  town  manager  in  August,  I  think  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  all  be  work-­ ing  better  together.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nice  to  have  this  behind  us  and  be  able  to  move  forward.â&#x20AC;?

ACTR  expandd  service  to  Rutland RUTLAND/MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Rutland  Connector  shuttle  bus  route  serving  Route  7  South  between  Middlebury  and  Rutland  has  ex-­ panded  to  include  Monday-­Friday  midday  buses.  The  expansion,  a  joint  operation  between  Addison  County  Transit  Resources  and  Marble  Val-­ ley  Regional  Transit  District,  began  Monday,  July  8.  New  Saturday  ser-­

vice  begins  July  13  with  four  round  trips  each  Saturday. There  are  no  route  changes;͞  all  new  service  will  use  the  same  bus  stops.

New  Rutland  Connector  Sched-­ ules  are  available  at  bus  stops,  on  buses  and  online:  www.actr-­vt.org  or  www.thebus.com.  For  schedule  information  call  ACTR  at  388-­2287  or  MVRTD  at  773-­3244.

(Continued  from  Page  1A) planted  this  year,  and  that  the  corn  cropâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  overall  loss  could  be  25  to  50  percent  by  the  end  of  the  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  that  happens,  it  has  an  impact  for  the  whole  next  year,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

If  feed  crops  are  not  grown  locally,  they  must  be  purchased  from  growers  in  the  Midwest.  Though  the  price  of  grain  looks  like  it  is  going  down  in  the  next  several  months,  according  to  Carter,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;that  could  change  with  one  big  storm.â&#x20AC;?

But  the  cropsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  fate  is  not  yet  set  in  stone.  Carter  believes  that  even  a  few  days  of  good  weather  would  have  a  marked  improvement  in  plant  growth,  and  enable  farmers  to  spread  WKH ÂżHOGV DQG FXW WKH KD\ FURS 7KHUH are  also  emergency  crops  that  farmers  could  consider  planting,  like  millet  or  sudex,  he  said.

Carter  said  that  most  are  in  an  un-­ derstandably  foul  mood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  talking  to  farmers  every  day,  and  they  are  anxious  and  con-­ cerned,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Peter  James  of  Monument  Farms  in  Weybridge  characterized  the  situation  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty  bleak.â&#x20AC;?

Monument  Farms  had  its  corn  planted  in  a  very  timely  manner  this  year,  James  said,  and  their  hay  crop  was  also  looking  good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  once  the  rain  came  it  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  quit,â&#x20AC;?  James  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  nutrients  we  put  on  have  pretty  much  leached  out  of  the  soil.â&#x20AC;?

Though  he  said  it  was  hard  to  esti-­ mate  the  damages,  he  ball-­parked  the  loss  of  corn  at  30  to  40  percent  and  said  that  the  hay  crop  was  now  far  too  tall  to  be  cut.

James  added  that  it  was  getting  to  the  point  where  it  was  too  late  to  put  nitrogen  or  other  nutrients  into  the  soil  and  have  them  properly  absorbed  by  the  plants  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  it  would  take  three  or  four  days  of  good  weather  MXVW WR EH DEOH WR JHW LQ WKH ÂżHOGV ZLWK heavy  machinery.

CORN  IS  STRUGGLING Ted  Foster  at  the  Foster  Brothers  Farm  in  Middlebury  said  the  corn  is  struggling  and  hay  is  sitting  in  the  ¿HOGV ORQJHU EHFDXVH RI WKH UDLQ\ weather.  7KH ZHW ÂżHOGV PHDQ WKDW WKHUH LV too  much  water  in  the  soil,  which  then  becomes  packed  down  so  no  oxygen  can  get  through  to  the  corn  plantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  roots.  The  ground  is  too  wet  for  farm-­ ers  to  take  a  tractor  through  and  turn  up  the  soil,  which  would  loosen  it  up  and  allow  the  roots  to  breathe  better.

Foster  said  his  corn  is  uneven. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  lot  of  it  should  be  taller  than  it  is,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Although  the  rain  has  leached  the  nutrients  out  of  the  soil,  Foster  said  the  ground  is  too  wet  for  farmers  to  JHW LQWR WKHLU ÂżHOGV WR DSSO\ IHUWLOL]HU â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  need  sunshine  and  a  breeze,â&#x20AC;?  Foster  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;for  at  least  a  week.â&#x20AC;?

The  hay  crop  has  also  suffered.  Foster  said  that  normally  he  cuts  KD\ LQ D ÂżHOG DERXW HYHU\ ÂżYH ZHHNV â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  every  four  weeks  in  a  good  year Â

ROWS  OF  CORN  stand  submerged  in  high  water  on  a  Middlebury  farm  Wednesday  morning.  Local  feed  crops  are  suffering  from  the  heavy  rains  this  spring  and  summer  and  farmers  fear  they  could  have  trouble  feeding  livestock  in  the  coming  year.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  but  this  year  he  started  uid  nutrients  will  leak  out  cutting  hay  on  May  20  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need of  the  stored  hay),â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  now,  seven  weeks  later,  he  sunshine â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  better  to  put  it  up  wet  KDVQÂśW HYHQ ÂżQLVKHG KLV VHF-­ and a than  not  at  all  â&#x20AC;Ś  If  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  ond  cut.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  problem  breeze, for get  it  (cut)  we  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feed  the  because  after  a  certain  point  cows.â&#x20AC;? the  protein  level  in  the  hay  at least a The  cows  are  being  fed  GHFUHDVHV DQG WKH ÂżEHU FRQ-­ week.â&#x20AC;? now  on  hay  and  grain  stored  tent  increases,  which  means  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ted Foster from  last  year.  But  the  hay  less  milk. and  corn  crop  will  affect  the  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  just  the  fact  that  the  plants  price  of  keeping  cows  in  the  coming  are  wet  that  is  slowing  down  haying,  months.  With  expected  yields  down,  it  is  also  that  the  soggy  ground  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Foster  predicts  that  the  price  of  corn  allow  them  to  bring  the  big  trucks  into  and  hay  will  rise.  The  wet  weather  in  WKH ÂżHOGV WR SLFN XS KD\ RQFH LW LV FXW much  of  the  Midwest  will  only  make  Nevertheless,  Foster  said  they  are  cut-­ supplies  of  hay  and  grain  even  tighter,  ting  some  of  it  wet  and  putting  it  up  he  said. that  way  anyway.

Over  in  Shoreham,  Judy  Stevens  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wetter  it  can  run  more  (liq-­ Golden  Russet  Farm  said  that  for  veg-­

etable  growers  like  herself,  the  season  has  been  more  of  a  mixed  bag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mostly  throwing  things  off  for  seeding  and  rotation,â&#x20AC;?  Stevens  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  hard  to  get  out  there  to  do  tractor  work  and  get  things  seeded.â&#x20AC;?

Luckily,  the  rains  came  late  this  year  after  most  early  transplants  were  already  in  the  ground,  though  direct  seeding  has  certainly  been  affected.

But  there  is  always  a  silver  lining. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  frustrating  as  it  is,  we  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  lost  any  crops  from  washouts  as  in  the  previous  two  years,â&#x20AC;?  Stevens  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  had  to  irrigate.  And  the  plants  are  growing  fairly  well  be-­ tween  the  heat  and  the  moisture  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  including  the  weeds!â&#x20AC;?

Salisbury NEWS

DFSFF#VRYHU QHW Â&#x2021; DGGLVRQFRXQW\SFF RUJ

REACH THE COUNTY, PLACE YOUR AD HERE. CALL 388-4944

SALISBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  second  per-­ formance  of  the  Salisbury  Congre-­ gational  Church  will  be  held  Friday,  July  12,  at  7:30  p.m.  in  the  church.  The  Zephyr  Vocal  Ensemble  will  sing  bluegrass,  gospel  and  blues  mu-­ sic.  Members  of  the  ensemble  are  Matthew  Dickerson,  Susan  Nop,  and  Kathleen  and  Dutton  Smith.

The  following  Friday,  July  19,  the  music  of  Stephen  Sondheim  will  be  performed  by  vocalists  Cathy  Walsh  and  Stephen  Rainville  with  Joyce  Flanagan  on  piano.  The  programs Â

Have a news tip?

Call Mary Burchard at 352-4541

are  free  although  a  donation  is  al-­ ways  appreciated,  and  the  church  is  handicap  accessible.

The  Salisbury  Congrational  Church  will  hold  a  bake  sale  at  Kam-­ persville  on  Saturday,  July  20,  from  8  a.m.  to  1  p.m.  (or  until  the  goodies  are  gone).  Donations  are  welcome;͞  call  Nancy  at  352-­4375  for  more  in-­ formation.

The  Salisbury  Historical  Society  is  presenting  a  program  on  Thursday,  July  18,  at  7  p.m.  at  the  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.  Jean  Edger-­ ton  will  speak  on  the  history  of  Wa-­ terhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Marina  and  Boat  Rental.

*UHHQKRXVH &OHDUDQFH

?

Who else

wants to

save money on their electric bill

Energy  prices  are  continuing  to  soar!  Join  our  solar  photovoltaic  customers  who  now  save  an  average  of  $900  per  year  on  their  electricity  bill  and  our  solar  thermal  customers  who  are  saving  an  average  of  85%  of  their  hot  water  costs.

6$/(

&ORVLQJ IRU WKH 6HDVRQ 6RRQ Continue  paying  the  electric  company  for  your  electricity  or  do  something  different.

Solar  is  more  affordable  than  ever!

$OO Âľ +DQJLQJ %DVNHWV ..........$4.99

With Bristol Electronics You Get:

)ODW RI Âľ 3HUHQQLDOV ............... $13

Â&#x2021; 7RS 4XDOLW\ $PHULFDQ PDGH VRODU SURGXFWV Â&#x2021; 6DYLQJV RQ \RXU FXUUHQW HOHFWULFLW\ ELOO Âą OHDYLQJ \RX ZLWK D ]HUR EDODQFH Â&#x2021; 6DYLQJV RQ \RXU KRW ZDWHU SURGXFWLRQ \RXU VSDFH KHDWLQJ DQG \RXU SRRO KHDWLQJ Â&#x2021; :DUUDQWLHV XS WR \HDUV GHSHQGLQJ RQ WKH VRODU SURGXFW

Â&#x2021; $Q H PDLO HDFK PRQWK UHSRUWLQJ \RXU VRODU SKRWRYROWDLF SURGXFWLRQ GHWDLOV ZLWK LQWHUQHW DYDLODELOLW\ RQ VLWH

Â&#x2021; 6SHDN WR D OLYH FDULQJ SHUVRQ LQ %ULVWRO 9HUPRQW ZKHQ \RX FDOO 2QH WKDW KDV EHHQ KHUH IRU \HDUV KDV WKH WUDLQLQJ QHHGHG DQG LV LQYHVWHG SHUVRQDOO\ LQ WDNLQJ FDUH RI \RXU QHHGV

Bristol Electronics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Personal Service from a locally owned & operated family business. )URP \RXU Ă&#x20AC;UVW FDOO WKURXJK \RXU LQVWDOODWLRQ DQG WKURXJKRXW WKH \HDU ZDUUDQWLHV FRXQW RQ %ULVWRO Electronics. We will be here for you. Bristol Electronics KDV EHHQ LQ EXVLQHVV VLQFH -XQH ZRUNLQJ RQ roofs from day one.

RII Âľ 3HUHQQLDOV ..... $ $

¾ 3DN $QQXDOV .......................99¢ )ORZHULQJ 6KUXEV EON SRW ..... $ $OO )ORZHU )UXLW 7UHHV ¡ ¡ . $16.99 4ù¾ =RQDO *HUDQLXPV .............. $1.99 *UDSHV JDOORQ ...................... $

BUY DIRECT FROM THE GROWER First Season Greenhouses 2153 Button Bay Road, Near Vergennes 2SHQ Â&#x2021; 'D\V 1R FUHGLW FDUGV Â&#x2021; 6XSHUYLVHG &KLOGUHQ 2QO\

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  13A

FRENCH HERITAGE DAY 2013 Celebrate our past in the Little City

SEE  LOCAL  ARTISANS  demon-­ strate  traditional  household  crafts,  like  Grace  Foshay  spinning  wool.

Sponsors make it all happen )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ LV KHOG ZLWK WKH VXSSRUW RI PDQ\ VSRQVRUV LQFOXG-­ LQJ WKH $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ &KDPEHU RI &RPPHUFH $OOLDQFH )UDQFDLVH &LW\ RI 9HUJHQQHV (YHU\:HDU IRU (Y-­ HU\ERG\ %RXWLTXH *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ 6KRH $SSDUHO /LQGDœV $SSDUHO 1DWKDQLHO *URXS ,QF 3RPHUOHDX 5HDO (VWDWH DQG WKH 9HUPRQW &RP-­ PXQLW\ )RXQGDWLRQ

9(5*(11(6 ² 7KH FLW\ RI 9HU-­ JHQQHV RQ 6DWXUGD\ -XO\ ZLOO RQFH DJDLQ FHOHEUDWH LWV )UHQFK DQG )UHQFK &DQDGLDQ KLVWRU\ ZLWK )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ &LW\ 3DUN DQG WKH VXU-­ URXQGLQJ GRZQWRZQ ZLOO KROG D YDUL-­ HW\ RI IUHH HGXFDWLRQDO DQG HQWHUWDLQ-­ LQJ HYHQWV DQG DFWLYLWLHV 2UJDQL]HUV VDLG LW ZLOO EH DQ HYHQW WKDW FDQ EH HQMR\HG E\ DOO UHJDUGOHVV RI IDPLO\ GHVFHQW 7KH IXQ ÂżOOHG IDPLO\ GD\ RIIHUV )UDQFR $PHULFDQ PXVLF )UHQFK &DQDGLDQ ÂżGGOLQJ D FKDQFH WR OHDUQ )UHQFK UHVSRQVH VRQJV VWHS GDQFLQJ UH HQDFWRUV )UHQFK IRRG DQWLTXH YH-­ KLFOHV DQG HQJLQHV WUDGLWLRQDO FUDIW GHPRQVWUDWLRQV DQG PRUH 7KHUH ZLOO EH IHQFLQJ GHPRQVWUDWLRQV H[KLELWV KDQGV RQ IXQ VXFK DV FKXUQLQJ LFH FUHDP DQG SXPSLQJ ZDWHU DQG ROG time  games. $FWLYLWLHV UXQ IURP D P WR S P DW WKH 9HUJHQQHV &LW\ 3DUN RQ 0DLQ 6WUHHW $W D D P RSHQLQJ FHUHPRQ\ DW WKH FLW\ EDQGVWDQG ZLWK D Ă&#x20AC;DJ UDLGLQJ DQG PXVLF SURYLGHG E\ the  Champlain  Brass  Quintet.

3DW 3DOPHU RI 7KRUQDSSOH )DUP ZLOO RIIHU IUHH KRUVH DQG FDUULDJH ULGHV IURP D P WR S P 0HHW DW WKH FRUQHU RI 0DLQ DQG *UHHQ 6WUHHWV 7UDFH \RXU URRWV ZLWK WKH 9HUPRQW )UHQFK &DQDGLDQ *HQHDORJLFDO 6R-­ FLHW\ RU SUDFWLFH \RXU )UHQFK ZLWK DQ\ QXPEHU RI SHRSOH LQFOXGLQJ OR-­ FDO )UHQFK FRQYHUVDWLRQDO JURXSV

DON  THOMPSON,  DRESSED  as  explorer  Samuel  de  Champlain  at  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  French  Heritage  Day,  will  provide  historical  interpreta-­ tions  in  character.

9LVLW ZLWK 6DPXHO GH &KDPSODLQ UH HQDFWHG E\ 'RQ 7KRPSVRQ ZKR ZLOO SURYLGH D ¿UVW SHUVRQ KLVWRULFDO LQWHU-­ pretation  using  maps,  trade  goods  and  QDYLJDWLRQDO HTXLSPHQW :DWFK IHQFLQJ GHPRQVWUDWLRQV OLV-­ WHQ WR D 1DWLYH $PHULFDQ VWRU\WHOOHU VSLQ VRPH \DUQV :DQW WR OHDUQ DERXW WUDGLWLRQDO KRXVHKROG FUDIWV" 7KHUH ZLOO EH GHP-­ RQVWUDWLRQV VXFK DV VSLQQLQJ ZHDY-­ LQJ UXJ KRRNLQJ FURFKHWLQJ NQLWWLQJ FKDLU FDQLQJ DQG UXVK ZHDYLQJ DQG EDVNHW PDNLQJ ,QWHUDFWLYH H[KLELWV ZLOO UDQJH IURP )UHQFK DUWLVWU\ WR KLVWRULFDO LQIRUPDWLRQ DQG WRROV WR DQ-­ WLTXH YHKLFOHV DQG HQJLQHV

3HUIRUPDQFHV DW WKH 9HUJHQQHV EDQGVWDQG LQFOXGH WKH )LGGOHKHDGV \RXQJ ¿GGOH VWXGHQWV 5D] GH 0DUpH WUDGLWLRQDO 4XHEHoRLV PX-­ VLF HQVHPEOH 9D HW 9LHQW )UHQFK 4XHEHoRLV DQG &DMXQ PXVLF *LWDQH J\SV\ DQG (ULN DQG (ULFD $QGUXV ¿GGOH DQG DFFRUGLRQ

$W S P WKHUH ZLOO EH WKH )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ :DLWHUœV 5DFHV IRU SUR-­ IHVVLRQDOV DQG DPDWHXU DGXOW DQG FKLO-­ GUHQ ZDLWHUV 7KH ³ZDLWHUV´ ZLOO UXQ ZLWK WUD\V DQG ERWWOHV LQ IUDQFRSKRQH WUDGLWLRQ 6LJQ XS RQ 1RUWK *UHHQ 6WUHHW DW WKH LQIRUPDWLRQ ERRWK )DLUJRHUV DUH LQYLWHG WR SXUFKDVH D VRXYHQLU IHVWLYDO EXWWRQ IRU DW WKH LQIRUPDWLRQ WHQW LQ WKH SDUN DQG UHFHLYH GLVFRXQWV DW VHYHUDO DUHD EXVL-­ QHVVHV RQ 6DWXUGD\ 3URFHHGV VXSSRUW )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ 7KH GLVFRXQWV LQFOXGH VHOHFWHG LWHPV DQG VHUYLFHV DW &ODVVLF 6WLWFKLQJ &ORFN 6KRS 'DLO\ &KRFRODWH (YHU\:HDU )RU (YHU\-­ ERG\ %RXWLTXH 6TXDUHV &DIp DQG /LQGDœV $SSDUHO 9LVLWRUV WR WKH /LWWOH &LW\ FDQ DOVR WDNH D QDUUDWHG KLVWRULFDO ZDONLQJ WRXU ZLWK ³OH &RPWH GH 9HUJHQQHV ´ YLVLW 6W 3HWHUœV &DWKROLF &KXUFK EXLOW E\ WKH )UHQFK DQG WUDFH WKHLU URRWV ZLWK KHOS IURP WKH )UHQFK &DQDGLDQ *HQH-­ DORJLFDO 6RFLHW\ 7KH GD\ FRQFOXGHV ZLWK WKH OLJKWLQJ RI WKH 9HUJHQQHV )DOOV EHWZHHQ DQG S P )RU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ FDOO H[W

RE-­ENACTORS,  LIKE  these  por-­ traying  the  Comte  de  Vergennes  and  friends,  can  be  seen  on  the  City  Green.

VERGENNES

Recipes a la français

REDEMPTION CENTER

6KDUH \RXU IDYRULWH )UHQFK UHFLSHV DQG VWRULHV VR WKH $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ &KDPEHU RI &RPPHUFH FDQ PDNH D FRRNERRN WR VHOO DV D IXQGUDLVHU WR HQVXUH WKH FRQWLQXDWLRQ RI )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ NHHSLQJ RXU )UHQFK FXOWXUH DOLYH 0DLO RU H PDLO \RXU W\SHG UHFLSH DQG LWV RULJLQ RU PHDQ-­ LQJ WR \RX WR PDUJXHULWH#DGGLVRQFRXQW\ FRP LOCAL  MUSICIANS  LAUSANNE  Labombarde  and  Rick  Ceballos  will  perform  traditional  French  and  Quebe-­ RU Â&#x2021; $&&2& &RXUW 6W cois  tunes,  as  they  did  here  at  a  previous  French  Heritage  Day. 0LGGOHEXU\ 97

JACKMAN FUELS, INC. Serving Vergennes Since 1945 Â&#x2021; )8(/ 2,/ Â&#x2021; /3 *$6 Â&#x2021; . .(526(1(

While in Vergennes, we invite you to take a stroll down Main Street and visit the shops and fine restaurants in our historic downtown.

The Little City is a treasure; a downtown to share.

Daisyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dog Days of Summer Tips

Call for your summer tune-up!

t 5BLF NF GPS B XBML FBSMZ JO UIF EBZ

t *G BQQSPQSJBUF HJWF NF B TIBWF

t $IFDL NF GPS UJDLT o B MPU

t ,FFQ NF IZESBUFE BOE Ä&#x2DC;FB GSFF

.BJO 4USFFU r 0DLQ 6WUHHW 9HUJHQQHV

Basin  Harbor  welcomes  you!  Y OUR  S UMMER  R ESORT  FOR  G OLF  AND  D INING

VergennesAnimalHospital.com

Summer Clearance!

Begins July 13th

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apparel ...

AT LINDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

+ROHV RI *UHDW *ROI Â&#x2021; 3UDFWLFH )DFLOLWLHV /R\DOW\ 3URJUDP Â&#x2021; )DLUZD\ &DIp 5HVWDXUDQWV Â&#x2021; 3ULPH 5LE /REVWHU 1LJKWV 2XWGRRU 'LQLQJ 6SHFLDO (YHQWV

& more

175 Main Street, Vergennes

Reservations: 802.475.2311 Tee times: 802.475.2309 basinharbor.com

Schedule of Events

Â&#x2021;  10:00-­11:00  Opening  Ceremonies  (Bandstand):  Flag-­raising,  Champlain  Brass  Quintet. Â&#x2021; ,QWHUDFWLYH ([KLELWV DQG 9HQGRUV LQ 9HUJHQQHV &LW\ 3DUN Â&#x2021; +RUVH &DUULDJH 5LGHV FRUQHU 0DLQ *UHHQ 6W )UHH Â&#x2021; %L[E\ /LEUDU\ GLVSOD\ Â&#x2021; 6DPXHO GH &KDPSODLQ :KLWH 7HQW RQ 3DUN 6W 'RQ 7KRPSVRQÂśV KLVWRULFDO VW SHUVRQ LQWHUSUHWDWLRQ XVLQJ WK FHQWXU\ PDSV WUDGH JRRGV QDYLJDWLRQDO HTXLSPHQW LQWHUDFWV Z DOO DJHV Â&#x2021; ,FH FUHDP FKXUQLQJ Âą LI \RX KHOS WR FUDQN \RX JHW WR HDW LW Â&#x2021; &UHDWLYH 6SDFH *DOOHU\ Âł6PDOO LV %HDXWLIXO´ ² VWRS E\ JDOOHU\ DW 0DLQ DQG ÂżQG RXW KRZ WR SDUWLFLSDWH LQ XSFRPLQJ H[KLELW RI ÂłVPDOO DUWZRUN LQVSLUHG E\ WKH 6PDOO &LW\ ´ 3LFN XS WKH &DOO IRU (QWULHV DQG SUHYLHZ VDPSOH DUWZRUN ² WKLV VSHFLDO H[KLELW ZLOO EH IHDWXUHG DW &UHDWLYH 6SDFH *DOOHU\ RQ 9HUJHQQHV 'D\ Â&#x2021; )UHQFK &DQDGLDQ 0XVLFLDQV %DQGVWDQG

)HQFLQJ GHPRQVWUDWLRQ E\ 9HUPRQW )HQFLQJ $OOLDQFH EDFN RI SDUN ZHDWKHU permitting). Â&#x2021; +LVWRU\ RI )UHQFK EXLOW )RUW 6W )UpGpULF RQ /DNH &KDPSODLQ :KLWH WHQW RQ 3DUN 6W E\ 7RP +XJKHV Â&#x2021; )UHQFK FDOO DQG UHVSRQVH VRQJV %DQGVWDQG 6LPRQ %DUHQEDXP les  Boulangers  and  the  Alliance  Française.  Venez  chanter  avec  nous $OO VRQJV ZLOO EH WDXJKW Â&#x2021; )LGGOHKHDGV %DQGVWDQG )HVWLYDO IDYRULWHV 0DUN 6XVWLFÂśV \RXQJ ÂżGGOH VWXGHQWV Â&#x2021; 7DON RQ )UHQFK 6HWWOHPHQW E\ /DXVDQQH /D%RPEDUGH $OOHQ ² :KLWH WHQW RQ 3DUN 6W

Â&#x2021; Raz-­de-­MarĂŠe DND 7LGDO :DYH ² %DQGVWDQG XQLTXH WUDGLWLRQDO Quebeçois PXVLF HQVHPEOH Â&#x2021; 6W 3HWHUÂśV &DWKROLF &KXUFK FRUQHU RI 0DSOH .LQJ 6WUHHWV

RSHQ IRU YLVLWDWLRQ SULRU WR WKH S P PDVV SUHVHQWHG LQ (QJOLVK 7KH FKXUFK ZDV EXLOW E\ )UHQFK &DQDGLDQV ZLWK GRRUV DQG PLOOZRUN IURP -RVHSK )DODUGRÂśV PLOO E\ 2WWHU &UHHN )DOOV Â&#x2021; 3XSSHW 7KHDWUH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mon  Chatâ&#x20AC;? 0\ &DW ² &KLOGUHQÂśV $UHD E\ /LQGD +DPSWRQ 6PLWK Â&#x2021; :DONLQJ 7RXU QDUUDWHG ZLWK WKH &RPWH GH 9HUJHQQHV PHHW DW WKH :KLWH WHQW RQ 3DUN 6W

Â&#x2021; )UHQFK +HULWDJH 'D\ :DLWHUÂśV 5DFHV SURIHVVLRQDO DPDWHXU DGXOW FKLOGUHQ UXQ DV ZDLWHUV ZLWK WUD\V DQG ERWWOHV LQ IUDQFRSKRQH WUDGLWLRQ 6LJQ XS RQ 1RUWK *UHHQ 6WUHHW # ,QIR %RRWK Â&#x2021; Va-­et-­Vient  LQ FRQFHUW %DQGVWDQG )UHQFK QuĂŠbeçois,  and  Cajun  PXVLF IURP $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ )DYRULWHV &DURO 5HHG DQG *HRUJH 'XQQH Â&#x2021; *LWDQH *\SV\ ² %DQGVWDQG PXVLFDO GXR /DXVDQQH /DERPEDUGH 5LFN &HEDOORV Â&#x2021; 'UHDPLQJ RI 9LVLWLQJ 4XHEHF RU )UDQFH" :KLWH WHQW RQ 3DUN 6W

6XJJHVWLRQV YLVXDOV IURP SUHYLRXV WUDYHOHUV +LOGJXQG 6FKDHIHU DQG 6LPRQ %DUHQEDXP Â&#x2021; Venez  choisir  un  souvenir  du  festival  FKRRVH D IUHH IHVWLYDO VRXYHQLU IURP 6LPRQ %DUHQEDXPÂśV EDVNHW ZKLFK ZLOO EH URYLQJ DURXQG WKH SDUN Â&#x2021; (ULN DQG (ULFD $QGUXV ² )LGGOH DQG DFFRUGLRQ %DQGVWDQG

877-­2320 23(1 0²6DW Â&#x2021; 6XQ ²

www.lindasapparel.com

6¢ Tuesdays!

Get 6¢ back on all redeemable bottles.

Our  Deli  is  currently  closed  but  will  be  REOPENING  on  JULY  22nd  under  the  new  management  of  Nickie  Rivers  from  Addison,  VT  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Specializing  in  Homemade  Cooking!

HUGE  SELECTION  OF  BEER,  WINE  &  MORE! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! 8AM-­8PM

15 Â MAIN Â STREET 9(5*(11(6 Â&#x2021;

PAGE  14A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Joan Curtis paintings to be showcased in Brandon BRANDON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  This  summer,  Brandon  Music  showcases  paintings  by  local  artist  Joan  Curtis  in  an  exhibit  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  One  with  Nature:  New  and  Revisited.â&#x20AC;?  In  describing  the  show  the  artist  speaks  of  wanting  to  extend  an  earlier  theme:  imagining  (on  a  vision-­

Â

ary  level)  that  human  beings  could  learn  to  co-­exist  with  earthly  climate  changes  and  increasingly  dramatic  weather  events.

In  a  new  series  of  paintings,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peaceable  Kingdom,â&#x20AC;?  Curtis  depicts  us  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  again  in  a  fantasy  vision  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  liv-­

T HEATER

Merchants Row Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222

OWN HALL

Â

www.townhalltheater.org

The Jackson Gallery July 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 11 Champlain Valley Scenes and Places JENNIFER STEELE COLE The Charlotte artist creates paintings and drawings that vividly capture the agrarian landscape of Vermont.

Opening Reception, Fri., July 12 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7pm

ing  at  peace  with  the  animal  world  and  with  wild  creatures  in  danger  of  losing  traditional  habitats.  Histori-­ cally  the  Peaceable  Kingdom  theme  (for  example,  Edward  Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  famous  paintings  of  the  19th  century)  depicts  lions  resting  with  lambs  and  the  like.  In  this  contemporary  work,  the  paint-­ ings  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peaceable  Kingdomâ&#x20AC;?  symbolize  how  humans  could  learn  to  ¿QG VSDFH IRU RXU ZLOG QHLJKERUV DQG perhaps  delay  the  sadness  of  extinc-­ tion.

Curtisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  imagery  evolves  from  sketches  in  journals.  Her  overall  themes  are  not  pre-­planned  but  are  instead  arrived  at  after  a  handful  of  new  paintings  are  completed.  In  ad-­ dition  to  acrylic  paintings  such  as  these,  the  artist  is  known  for  color-­

ful  mixed-­media  sculpture  utilizing  papier-­mâchÊ  on  solid  supports  and  for  her  colored-­pencil  drawings.

Since  1986,  Curtis  has  been  active  in  the  Rutland  County  art  community  ¿UVW &KDIIHH *DOOHU\ DQG WKHQ WKH %UDQGRQ $UWLVWV *XLOG 6LQFH she  has  exhibited  throughout  New  England  and  in  invitationals  else-­ where.  Her  work  is  in  the  collections  of  Middlebury  College  Museum  of  Art,  the  Robert  Hull  Fleming  Muse-­ um  (Burlington),  the  Fuller  Museum  of  Art  (Brockton,  Mass.),  SUNY  Ad-­ irondack  (Queensbury,  N.Y.),  and  in  many  private  collections.  Currently  her  work  can  be  seen  by  appointment  at  her  Brandon  studio  or  during  Open  Studio  weekends  in  the  spring  and  fall.

SUMMER HARVEST

Our Garlic Oil Base topped with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Fresh Spinach, Caramelized Onions & Tomatoes.

Garlic Oil Base topped with Baked Beans, our Famous BBQ Pulled Pork, Pickled Onions & Red Cabbage.

DELICIOUS VALUE!

2 SPECIALTY SLICES & BEVERAGE

$

7.00 TOTAL TAX INCLUDED

ALL DAY. EVERY DAY.

Feeding A Group?

SAVE SOME DOUGH! Introducing, NINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Thuâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri 7/25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26 8pm, Sat 7/27 2pm & 8pm, Sun July 28 7pm $20 The Skinner Barn Theater THE FANTASTICKS The longest-running musical in theater history. Starring soap opera star Peter Boynton, artistic director of the Skinner Barn.

TEAM PIZZA

Stop By & Sign Up & SAVE!

0,''/(%85< 5$08172¡6 The Slice Guy

388-­7755  Â&#x2021; 'HOLYHU\ GDLO\ IURP SP www.ramuntospizzamiddlebury.com

0$&,17<5( /$1( Â&#x2021; 0,''/(%85<

+DSS\ +RXU 6SHFLDOV Â&#x2021; 1LJKWO\ 'ULQN 6SHFLDOV 6SHFLDOL]LQJ LQ +DQG &XW 6WHDNV )UHVK 6HDIRRG Â&#x2021; %LJJHVW )UHVKHVW 6DODG %DU LQ WKH 6WDWH *HW KHUH E\ HQMR\ D SUL[ Âż[H GLQQHU IRU RQO\

o!

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s g

nc Op e n d l u h e s F r i da k ed since 1974 e n en 7 e w y w o / s S aturd ly nights plu ay/Sunday... Local

Fo llow me to 26 SE Y M

O U R ST

& Ice e r i F Restaurant and Pub...

EBURY Â&#x2021; 388 IDDL -71 M , 66 Â&#x2021; R E ET

Air Conditioning

WW

W .F I R E A N DI C E R E S

T.COM RAN U TA

Ample Parking

See our full menu online

like  both,  so  consider  carefully  The  Heat;Íž  Running  time:  before  deciding  which  would  1:57;Íž  Rating:  R give  you  a  nice  summer  eve-­ 8QÂżQLVKHG 6RQJ 5XQQLQJ ning. time:  1:33;Íž  Rating:  PG-­13 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Heatâ&#x20AC;?:  Female  cop   In  the  now-­familiar  sum-­ By Joan Ellis buddies  take  on  a  drug  lord  mer  movie  desert,  here  are  WZR WKDW Ă&#x20AC;\ XQGHU WKH VWXGLR K\SH in  a  series  of  ludicrous  maneuvers  in  They  are  so  wildly  different,  one  from  a  plotless  movie  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  slash  and  burn  the  other,  that  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unlikely  anyone  will  ¿HOG GD\ IRU DQ\ FULWLF ,I , WKHQ UHSRUW that  it  is  a  good-­natured  movie  and  that  audiences  are  laughing  at  visual  and  verbal  invective,  insult,  and  foul  lan-­ Main Street Â&#x2021; Middlebury guage,  you  are  right  to  think  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  crazy.  388-4841 But  what  can  I  say?  I  had  a  very  good  MOVIES FRI. 7/12 through THURS. 7/18 time.  The  whole  movie  is  a  landscape  for  THE HEAT Sandra  Bullock  and  Melissa  McCar-­ Fri-Wed 1:00, 6:00, 9:00 KRXUV Â&#x2021; 5DWHG 5 WK\ DV WKH\ ÂżJKW WKHLU ZD\ WR IULHQG-­ 8:30PM showin ship.  Buttoned  up  FBI  agent  Ashburn  DESPICABLE ME 2 in 3D! g (Bullock)  and  motor-­mouth  Boston  Daily 1:30, 6:00, 8:30-3D Fri-Sun 3:30 KRXU PLQXWHV Â&#x2021; 5DWHG 3* cop  Mullins  (McCarthy)  become  re-­ luctant  partners.  Trading  insults  and  LONE RANGER Daily 1:00, 6:30, 9:00 jokes  that  Hollywood  has  been  too  KRXUV PLQXWHV Â&#x2021; 5DWHG 3* timid  to  touch,  the  two  cops  argue  G their  way  from  a  lousy  beginning  to  a  OPENIN 7/19 RED happy  ending.  Scriptwriter  Katie  Dip-­ pold  has  written  a  script  that  is  a  wacky  8:30PM showin TURBO g in exaggeration  of  the  unacceptable,  and  3D Wed 7.17.13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1:00, 6:00, 8:30-3D !

OPENING 7.17.13 it  triggers  bursts  of  laughter.  Men  are  incidental  here.  The  movie  belongs  to  Thurs., 7/11: The Heat 6:00, 9:00; Despicable Me 2 6:00, 8:30 two  foul-­mouthed,  funny  female  cops.  Lone Ranger 6:30, 9:00 You  may  enjoy  a  black  velvet  picture  of  a  sneakered  Jesus  hitting  a  home  run  ALL SCREENS HAVE DIGITAL in  Fenway  Park.

PROJECTION AND DOLBY 5/1 ³8Q¿QLVKHG 6RQJ´ 7KLV LV DQ XQ-­ SURROUND SOUND apologetic  dive  into  sentimentality  www.marquisvt.com 6HH 5HYLHZ 3DJH 15A) C PUBLIYS A W AL OME! WELC

Dining t e n E r

Hey Vermont!

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your friends from Westportâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come on over!

&

nm tai e

China EXPERIENCE

don-­music.net  for  more  information.  %UDQGRQ 0XVLF LV ORFDWHG DW &RXQ-­ try  Club  Road  in  Brandon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  One  with  Natureâ&#x20AC;?  is  on  exhibit  WKURXJK 6HSW

Movie Review

THE MOOSE TOOTH SPECIAL:

Thuâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat 7/18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20 8pm, Sat 7/20 2pm $20 Pendragon Theatre DIRTY BLONDE â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.â&#x20AC;?

Dirty Blonde explores the phenomenon of Mae West, featuring her brash humor and songs from her films.

%UDQGRQ 0XVLF LV RSHQ D P p.m.  daily  (except  Tuesdays),  with  their  CafÊ  serving  lunch  and  after-­ QRRQ WHD IURP QRRQ WR S P &DOO  or  visit  www.bran-­

Âľ7KH +HDWÂś DQG Âľ8QÂżQLVKHG Songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  are  wildly  different

JULY PIES OF THE MONTH

Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;PEACEABLE  KINGDOM  3,â&#x20AC;?  by  Joan  Curtis,  is  part  of  a  series  in  an  exhibit  of  her  work,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  One  with  Nature:  New  and  Revisited,â&#x20AC;?  at  Brandon  Music  this  summer.

Docks are in! Come by boat or car... just come!

Lakeside Dining at the Coco Cafe

nt

October 19th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 27th, 2013

Your Summer Home on the Lake Westport, NY â&#x20AC;˘ 518-962-4750 ww.normandiebeachresort.com

SHAKESPEARE

IN THE BARN AT MARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S presents

The Trip Includes: All for just

$2,300 per person

(space is limited)

t 3PVOE USJQ JOUFSOBUJPOBM BJSGBSF t 5SBOTQPSUBUJPO UP GSPN +', t TUBS TUBS IPUFM TUBZT t "JSQPSU UBYFT UISPVHIPVU UIF USJQ t GVMM NFBMT QFS EBZ t &OHMJTI TQFBLJOH UPVS HVJEFT t *OUSBDJUZ USBOTQPSUBUJPO t "ENJTTJPO UP BMM UPVST BOE BUUSBDUJPOT

Memorable sites & unforgettable cultural experiences!

3FTFSWBUJPOT BSF PO B ĂśSTU DPNF ĂśSTU TFSWF CBTJT " EFQPTJU PG QFS QFSTPO JT SFRVJSFE OPO SFGVOEBCMF UP IPME SFTFSWBUJPOT #BMBODF JT EVF JO GVMM CZ "VHVTU "EEJTPO $PVOUZ $IBNCFS PG $PNNFSDF JT KPJOJOH XJUI $JUTMJOD *OUFSOBUJPOBM UP QSPWJEF UIJT PQQPSUVOJUZ UP BMM DPNNVOJUZ NFNCFST :PV EP OPU OFFE UP CF B NFNCFS UP USBWFM 5PUBM QSJDF QFS QFSTPO 5IFSF JT BO BEEJUJPOBM DIBSHF QFS QFSTPO XJUI DSFEJU DBSE QBZNFOUT

Need more information?

7JTJU PVS XFCTJUF XXX BEEJTPODPVOUZ DPN DIJOB Or call/email: Andy Mayer: andy@addisoncounty.com 802-388-7951 x3

MOBY DICK (not, of course, by William Shakespeare)

CZ )FSNBO .FMWJMMF r %JSFDUFE CZ %FC (XJOO

Our 17th Season July 19-21 & July 25-28 $VSUBJO Q N "ENJTTJPO $ 3FTFSWBUJPOT

'PS %JOOFS BU .BSZ T Supported by: ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TWICE-­WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 0LGGOHEXU\ 97 Â&#x2021; Â&#x2021; ZZZ $GGLVRQ,QGHSHQGHQW FRP

453-2432 Rte 116, Bristol, VT

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  15A

Middlebury (Continued  from  Page  1A) QRW H[SUHVVHG LQWHUHVW LQ ÂżQDQFLDOO\ port  enough  parking  for  a  municipal  PLOOLRQ IRU QHZ PXQLFLSDO RIÂżFHV assisting  in  a  plan  to  rebuild  the  town  building.  Spaces  are  already  at  a  pre-­ that  would  remain  in  the  downtown,  RIÂżFHV DQG J\P DW WKHLU SUHVHQW ORFD-­ mium  during  the  daytime  on  Main  as  well  as  a  new  gym  that  would  be  tion  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  position  reiterated  by  David  Street  and  in  the  lot  behind  the  Ilsley  sited  near  the  Memorial  Sports  Cen-­ Donahue,  special  assistant  to  college  Library,  they  noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  extremely  important  to  me,â&#x20AC;?  ter  and  the  swimming  pool.  Plans  President  Ron  Liebowitz,  at  an  ear-­ call  for  the  new  facilities  to  continue  lier  steering  committee  meeting  on  resident  Barbara  Shapiro  said  of  parking,  which  she  said  is  in  ad-­ WR DFFRPPRGDWH FXUUHQW QRQSURÂżW Tuesday.

Clearing  the  municipal  building  equate  supply  at  the  current  mu-­ tenants,  including  the  teen  center  and  would  provide  a  clear  vista  of  the  nicipal  building  site.  She  added  she  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center. believes  the  new  Cross  Street  Bridge  Selectman  Victor  Nuovo,  chair-­ campus  at  the  eastern  end  of  town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  we  began  this  roundabout  has  made  man  of  the  Town  Center  Steering  it  more  dangerous  Committee  that  convened  Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  processâ&#x20AC;Ś  we  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not for  pedestrians  to  get  hearing,  one  of  several  designed  to  start  with  a  price  tag,  around  the  downtown. solicit  public  feedback  on  the  pro-­ saying  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How  much  can  giving it away.

Weybridge  resi-­ posal,  said  the  selectboard  had  spent  you  (the  college)  af-­ We are getting dent  and  former  Or-­ the  past  several  years  considering  ford  to  put  into  this?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  something very, ton  Family  Foun-­ renovation  and  replacement  options  Nuovo  said.  The  two  very valuable in dation  Executive  for  the  municipal  building  and  gym  sides  agreed  to  a  con-­ return. We are Director  Bill  Roper  at  their  current  location.  The  two  tribution  number  after  getting another said  it  might  be  wise  buildings  are  deteriorating  and  are  negotiations  and  after  for  the  town  to  revisit  energy  hogs.  The  most  recent  es-­ the  town  had  made  a  lot and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re timate  for  replacing  the  municipal  rough  estimate  on  what  getting a bunch of the  notion  of  a  parking  building  and  renovating  the  gym  on  it  might  cost  for  a  new  money to support garage  within  the  con-­ text  of  its  municipal  site  was  $10  million,  a  price  tag  the  municipal  building  and  a very important building  discussions.  selectboard  believes  would  not  earn  gym. town need.

Tomb  added  the  Os-­ 7RZQ RIÂżFLDOV D IHZ taxpayer  support.  years  ago  discussed  Nuovo  noted  the  committee  looked  borne  House  site,  if  Our municipal the  concept  of  a  multi-­ at  trying  to  raise  the  money  private-­ vacated,  might  be  bet-­ RIĂ&#x20AC;FHV KDYH level  parking  garage  ly  and/or  through  state  and  federal  ter  suited  to  hosting  a  quite frankly on  the  municipal  lot  grants.  It  became  clear  neither  option  commercial  venture  in  been a public behind  Samaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  CafĂŠ  was  realistic,  according  to  Nuovo.  the  context  of  an  oft-­ disgrace since I off  College  Street.

So  Nuovo,  a  professor  emeritus  of  discussed  economic  was a planning Nuovo  believes  philosophy  at  the  college,  and  select-­ development  project  on  there  will  be  decent  board  Chairman  Dean  George  ap-­ land  behind  the  Ilsley  RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU KHUH LQ 1975â&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long parking  opportunities  proached  the  college  early  this  year  Library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  guess  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  overdue.â&#x20AC;? at  the  Osborne  site,  with  an  aid  request.

The  selectboard  announced  the  see  us  think  bigger,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Illick which  he  said  will  af-­ Tomb  said. ford  a  total  of  13,000  framework  of  a  deal  last  month.

2WKHUV IHDUHG EXLOGLQJ WRZQ RIÂżF-­ square  feet.  A  new,  two-­story  mu-­ While  initial  reaction  through-­ out  the  community  has  largely  been  es  at  the  Osborne  House  site  would  nicipal  building  is  likely  to  have  a  positive,  including  widespread  sup-­ cramp  the  adjacent  Ilsley  Library  footprint  of  4,000  square  feet,  he  port  among  the  business  commu-­ and  hamper  any  of  its  future  expan-­ said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do  we  have  a  parking  problem?  nity,  it  became  clear  on  Tuesday  sion  options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  wonderful  public  library  is  Absolutely,â&#x20AC;?  Nuovo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does  it  that  some  citizens  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  sold  on  the  proposal.  Many  of  the  approximately  bursting  at  the  seams,â&#x20AC;?  said  resident  need  to  be  addressed?  Absolutely.  25  people  who  attended  the  meet-­ Cynthia  Waters.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  not  really  Have  we  come  up  with  the  details  ing  expressed  trepidations  about  the  a  big  piece  of  space.  If  a  municipal  of  how  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  be  addressed?  building  is  built  there,  Not  yet.  We  are  just  at  the  beginning  town  permanently  los-­ it  will  crowd  (the  li-­ of  this  process.â&#x20AC;? ing  what  they  said  is  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This parcel â&#x20AC;Ś brary)  in  and  there  is  Some  residents  resurrected  some  VLJQLÂżFDQW GRZQWRZQ is part of our location. town, and we are hardly  anywhere  to  ex-­ past  ideas  that  they  believed  de-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  parcel  here  is  giving away part pand  it  to.  I  had  always  served  a  second  look.  Among  them:  hoped  that  the  Osborne  Negotiating  a  deal  with  the  college  part  of  our  town,  and  building  would  go  to  a  WR PRYH WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV LQWR 7ZL-­ we  are  giving  away  of our town that library  addition,  so  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  light  Hall,  or  erecting  a  new  mu-­ part  of  our  town  that  can serve us in can  serve  us  in  so  so many ways in appalled  at  taking  that  nicipal  building  in  the  Middlebury  space  out  of  play  for  South  Village  (MSV)  development  many  ways  in  the  near  the near future future  and  in  the  dis-­ and in the distant the  library.  The  library  off  Court  Street. needs  it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  area  has  quite  changed  from  tant  future,â&#x20AC;?  said  resi-­ future.â&#x20AC;?

Resident  Mimi  Har-­ the  Maple  Manor  (Motel)  days,â&#x20AC;?  dent  Victoria  DeWind.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Victoria DeWind dy  agreed. resident  Alpine  Bingham  said  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes,  the  money  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  library  is  one  MSV,  which  currently  has  a  mix  very  alluring  when  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  promised  to  you,  but  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  of  the  jewels  of  downtown,â&#x20AC;?  Hardy  RI EDQNV RIÂżFHV DQG UHVLGHQFHV LQ to  think  of  what  our  needs  are  going  said,  noting  the  facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  expanding  a  part  of  town  where  he  said  a  lot  to  be,  and  they  belong  here.  This  is  youth  programs.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  feel  the  library  of  people  already  conduct  much  of  such  an  opportunity  for  the  town;Íž  needs  every  space  of  that  parking  lot  their  business.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  believe  the  town  why  do  we  give  it  away  for  a  park?  right  now.  (The  library)  needs  space  RIÂżFHV ZRXOG EH VXLWHG RYHU WKHUH ´ Resident  Roger  Desautels  argued  We  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  another  park  to  meet  to  develop  and  grow.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  really  very  PXFK DJDLQVW SXWWLQJ WKH WRZQ RIÂżF-­ that  giving  up  the  current  municipal  our  different  needs.â&#x20AC;?

Resident  and  local  businesswom-­ es  right  there.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  too  small  a  space  building  parcel  would  represent  an-­ an  Barbara  Tomb  said  she  hoped  the  for  a  building  that  is  used  quite  a  bit,  other  example  of  the  town  giving  up  an  asset  while  increasing  Middle-­ college  would  instead  simply  invest  and  needs  parking.â&#x20AC;?

Several  people  at  Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  meet-­ bury  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  footprint  in  the  vil-­ in  a  new  municipal  building  at  its  current  location  for  the  greater  good  ing  raised  concerns  about  whether  lage. the  Osborne  House  site  could  sup-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  like  this  plan,â&#x20AC;?  Desau-­ of  the  community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  the  college  is  part  of  the  com-­ munity,  I  guess  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  kind  of  like  to  see  them  step  up  and  go  ahead  and  con-­ tribute  (to  an  on-­site  project)  without  needing  to  get  something  necessar-­ ily  in  return  for  it,  other  than  appre-­ ciation  and  being  a  good  neighbor,â&#x20AC;?  Tomb  said.

7RZQ RIÂżFLDOV VDLG WKH FROOHJH KDV

Review (Continued  from  Page  14A) with  one  redeeming  feature.  The  vul-­ nerable  buttons  of  death,  cancer  and  old  age  are  pushed  repeatedly  and  without  mercy.  The  redemption  is  de-­ livered  by  Vanessa  Redgrave,  Terence  Stamp  and  Gemma  Arterton.  As  the  choir  director,  Arterton  gives  a  lovely,  performance  that  is  laced  with  under-­ statement  and  perception.

Marion  (Redgrave)  is  dying  of  cancer  and  will  sing  with  her  choral  group  until  her  last  breath,  in  spite  of  her  gloomy,  negative  husband  Arthur  (Stamp).  What  triggers  tears  here  is  not  the  obvious,  but  the  subtleties  that  Redgrave  and  Stamp  use  to  create  the  depth  of  a  lifelong  marriage.  Marion  has  had  such  faith  in  life,  Arthur  none  at  all.  Opposites  since  the  day  they  PHW WKH\ KDYH PDGH LW WR WKH ÂżQLVK OLQH with  love.  Redgrave  and  Stamp,  with  skill  and  complexity,  make  us  under-­ stand  why.  You  will  undoubtedly  cringe  in  em-­ barrassment  at  writer/director  Paul  Andrew  Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  overcooked  ma-­ nipulation  of  the  audience,  but  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  there  real  pleasure  in  watching  two  acting  greats  overwhelm  maudlin  material  with  subtlety?  If  you  shed  a  tear,  it  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  because  the  movie  is  a  good  one;Íž  the  director  saw  to  that.  It  will  be  because  the  sight  of  these  two  actors  still  capturing  our  emotions  in  their  old  age  is  moving  in  itself.  If  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  reach  you,  you  may  have  a  heart  of  stone.

And  so  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  you  will  laugh  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  +HDW´ DQG FU\ LQ Âł8QÂżQLVKHG 6RQJ ´ Knowing  which  you  want  to  do  on  a  hot  summer  night  will  tell  you  which  movie  to  see. Â

tels  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  in  Middlebury  all  my  life  and  I  keep  seeing  the  town  sell  off  pieces  of  itself  to  raise  money,â&#x20AC;?  he  said,  noting  the  sale  two  de-­ cades  ago  of  a  600-­acre  municipal  forest  property  in  Bristol  and  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;College  Street  Graded  Schoolâ&#x20AC;?  acquired,  renovated  and  renamed  Twilight  Hall  by  the  college  in  1984. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  creating  a  situation  where  the  (St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s)  Catholic  Church  is  becoming  a  footnote  on  the  Middlebury  College  campus,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where  do  we  stop  selling  the  town  of  Middlebury?  Why  not  go  all  the  way,  sell  the  entire  town  to  the  college  and  they  can  admin-­ ister  it  as  one  of  their  programs,  and  all  of  these  discussions  can  be  over  with,â&#x20AC;?  he  quipped.

Middlebury  College  is  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  largest  employer  and  property  own-­ er.  It  is  exempt  from  paying  taxes  on  property  that  plays  a  direct  role  in  its  educational  mission,  but  pays  property  taxes  on  its  holdings  that  GR QRW ÂżW WKDW GHÂżQLWLRQ 7KH FRO-­ lege  also  has  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;fair-­shareâ&#x20AC;?  agree-­ ment  with  the  town  through  which  it  contributes  money  to  help  stabi-­ lize  the  local  tax  rate  in  recognition  of  the  impact  it  has  on  municipal  services.  The  college  also  recently  agreed  to  contribute  $9  million  to-­ ward  the  $16  million  Cross  Street  Bridge  project.

Not  everyone  who  spoke  up  on  Tuesday  was  opposed  to  the  pro-­ posed  deal.

Resident  John  Illick  is  a  local  developer  who  acknowledged  in-­ terest  in  competing  for  the  contract  to  build  the  project  if  it  advances.  He  said  the  selectboard  was  wise  in  using  the  current  municipal  build-­ ing  site  as  a  bargaining  chip,  in  part  because  the  property  is  currently  restricted  to  educational  use. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever  we  are  getting  for  the  property  is  wonderful,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  giving  it  away.  We  are  getting  something  very,  very  valu-­ able  in  return.  We  are  getting  an-­ other  lot  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  getting  a  bunch  of  money  to  support  a  very  impor-­ tant  town  need.  Our  municipal  of-­ ÂżFHV KDYH TXLWH IUDQNO\ EHHQ D SXE-­ lic  disgrace  since  I  was  a  planning  RIÂżFHU KHUH LQ ,WÂśV D SXEOLF disgrace.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  long  overdue.â&#x20AC;?

Resident  Pat  Chase  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  excited  about  the  possibilitiesâ&#x20AC;Ś  I  have  always  been  in  favor  of  NHHSLQJ WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV KHUH EXW I  think  your  plan  is  wonderful.  I  think  it  solves  some  issues.â&#x20AC;?

7RZQ RIÂżFLDOV SURPLVHG UHVL-­ dents  would  be  solicited  for  more  LQSXW DV WKH QHZ RIÂżFH J\P SODQV take  shape  during  the  coming  weeks.  The  selectboard  wants  to  have  a  bond  vote  on  a  project  this  fall.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  not  trying  to  be  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;closed-­

doorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  about  this  and  we  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  rushing  this,â&#x20AC;?  George  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  KDYH WKH ÂżQDQFLDO SLHFH SRWHQWLDOO\ in  place;Íž  we  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  started  looked  at  how  we  are  going  to  de-­ sign  this  and  what  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  look  like.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  we  present  this  for  a  vote Â

before  the  town,  hopefully  it  will  be  a  project  that  everyone  under-­ stands  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  whether  you  agree  with  it  or  not  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  then  we  will  have  a  vote  and  determine  whether  we  go  forward,â&#x20AC;?  he  added.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Boarding & Daycare We keep your pet smiling! :]JJMZ .TWWZQVO Â&#x152; 6W +WVKZM\M ;]XMZ^Q[ML 8TIa\QUM Â&#x152; +TQUI\M +WV\ZWTTML =VTQUQ\ML 1VLWWZ 7]\LWWZ )KKM[[ 0RXQWDLQ 5RDG Â&#x2021; $GGLVRQ 5W Â&#x2021; )HUULVEXUJK

802-­349-­3370

4VOEBZ +VMZ TU t ".

Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row Middlebur y, Vermont 802-453-3003 Presentation at 10am, July 21st.

PAGE  16A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to be a family-­owned Dairy Business for over 80 years! rm ir y Fa Da 4th Generation

0RQXPHQW )DUPV 'DLU\ Â&#x2021; -DPHV 5G Â&#x2021; :H\EULGJH 97 Â&#x2021;

Middlebury  Arts  Walk  continues  Friday  at  5 MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  2013  Middlebury  Arts  Walk  season  contin-­ ues  with  the  seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  third  event  taking  place  on  Friday,  July  12,  from  5  to  7  p.m.  Festival  on-­the-­Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ¿UVW SHUIRUPDQFH WKDW HYHQLQJ LPPH-­ diately  follows  the  conclusion  of  the  Arts  Walk  and  participants  are  encour-­ aged  to  stay  downtown  for  the  entire  night  to  enjoy  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cultural  wealth.

Middlebury  Arts  Walk  is  a  free  event.

(some  exists  for  as  long  as  a  couple  of  weeks,  and  some  for  less  than  24  hours).  His  work  ranges  in  style  from  cartoons  to  landscapes,  and  he  often  invites  his  audience  to  add  to  (or  take  away  from)  his  illustrations  once  he  has  photo-­documented  his  labors.  Toy  works  at  Danforth  Pewter  in  Middlebury. Â&#x2021; 2XWVLGH .XERWD %XLOGLQJ Marble  Works:  Christine  Meola,  an  artist/performer  from  the  Rutland  area,  who  has  practiced  the  art  of  ¿UH SRL ÂżUH VSLQQLQJ IRU DOPRVW FEATURED  EXHIBITS a  decade  and  performed  at  venues  In  addition  to  30  regularly  partici-­ throughout  the  United  States. pating  venues,  there  are  two  pop-­up  galleries  this  monthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  hosted  ABOUT  MIDDLEBURY  ARTS  by  SunCommon  at  20  Main  St.  WALK (Lazarus  Building)  and  the  other  by  1RZ LQ LWV ÂżIWK VHDVRQ 0LGGOHEXU\ the  Marble  Works  Partnership  at  63  Arts  Walk  takes  place  on  the  second  Maple  St.,  Kubota  Building,  in  the  Friday  of  the  month,  May  through  Marble  Works.  The  SunCommon  2FWREHU IURP WR S P ,Q PDQ\ pop-­up  gallery  will  feature  more  than  cases  the  art  is  on  display  all  month  a  dozen  artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  work  featuring  sun  long,  not  just  on  the  second  Friday.  and  nature  themes.  At  Marble  Works  All  exhibits  are  free  and  Arts  Walk  is  Partnership  Nancy  Scarcello,  an  artist,  a  family-­friendly  event.  Middlebury  writer,  photographer,  picture  framer  Arts  Walk  occupies  approximately  and  drum  maker,  will  have  a  variety  locations  each  month  including  of  art  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  nature  photography,  post-­ artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  galleries,  stores,  professional  ers  created  either  in  traditional  media  RIÂżFHV DQG PXVHXPV ,Q DGGLWLRQ of  pen  and  ink  or  acrylic,  as  well  as  musicians  perform  in  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  handmade  and  hand-­painted  drums. outdoor  parks  whenever  possible  Weather  permitting,  outside  of  each  and  weather  permitting.  The  range  pop-­up  gallery  will  be  performing  of  work  on  view  includes  paintings,  artists,  both  of  whom  are  new  present-­ photography,  performances  and  ers  at  the  Middlebury  Arts  Walk: crafts. Â&#x2021; 2XWVLGH /D]DUXV %XLOGLQJ Visit  the  website  to  download  Main  St.:  Andy  Toy,  an  amateur  chalk  a  copy  of  the  current  monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  illustrator  from  Starksboro.  The  vast  Ă&#x20AC;\HU DQG ZDONLQJ PDS www. â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROSES  ON  YOUR  Birthdayâ&#x20AC;?  by  painter  Sarah  Wesson  will  be  on  dis-­ majority  of  his  work  is  temporary  MiddleburyArtsWalk.com. play  in  Wessonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  studio  in  the  Battell  Building  during  this  Friday  eve-­

A Center for Independent Health Care Practitioners â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wellness is more than the absence of illness.â&#x20AC;? &RXUW 6W Â&#x2021; 0LGGOHEXU\ 9W Robert Rex (Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x201D;) Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2DC;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x2019; CertiĂ&#x17E; ed RolferÂŞĆ&#x201A; Movement Educator Gail Rex (Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x201D;) Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x203A; Licensed AcupuncturistĆ&#x201A; Herbal Medicine

d i r e c t o r y wellness â&#x20AC;&#x153;See all things with the eyes of compassionâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Lotus Sutra

Meditation

Jim Condon Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2019; or Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x203A; SomaWork

For stress and in Theravadan Buddhist tradition

Caryn Etherington Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201D; extĆ Ĺ&#x2022; Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

Teachings free $5 toward rental of room unless hardship.

All levels welcome.

Nancy Tellier Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2DC;Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2014; or Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201D; extĆ Ĺ&#x201C; Therapeutic MassageĆ&#x201A; CranioSacral TherapyĆ&#x201A; OrthoĹ&#x2018;BionomyÂŽĆ&#x201A; Soul Lightning Acupressure Donna BelcherĆ&#x201A; MĆ AĆ Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2DC;Ĺ&#x201D; or Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x2122; Licensed Psychologist Ĺ&#x2018; Master Charlotte Bishop Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201D; extĆ Ĺ&#x2013; Therapeutic Soft & Deep Tissue or Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2122;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x2DC; Neuro Muscular Reprogramming

Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Teacher, Ann S. Barker gms@skymeadow.net 388-7329

Karen MillerĹ&#x2018;LaneĆ&#x201A; NĆ DĆ Ć&#x201A; LĆ AcĆ Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2DC;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2019; Naturopathic PhysicanĆ&#x201A; Licensed AcupuncturistĆ&#x201A; CranioSacral TherapyĆ WUDXPD Â&#x2021; DQ[LHW\ Â&#x2021; GHSUHVVLRQ license reinstatement for DUI

$ 0DLQ 6WUHHW Â&#x2021; %ULVWRO 97 Â&#x2021; WHUUL#YWVN\GLYLQJ FRP

ORGANIC HAIR SALON

YOU

Vermont Holistic Health

I specialize in helping you VWD\ PRWLYDWHG DQG Ă&#x20AC; QG your healthy body weight.

Schedule a Free Consultation galipeau@gmavt.net or 545-2680

7 >[Wbj^_[h 7bj[hdWj_l[ 8[Wkj_\kb H[ikbji

E¢[h_d] Ykji" ijob[i" f[hci" Yebehi" a[hWj_d iceej^_d]" iYWbf WdZ YedZ_j_ed_d] jh[Wjc[dji" \WY_Wb mWn_d] WdZ ceh[ž

J_WcW 9eddeh" emd[h%ijob_ij b_Y[di[Z Yeic[jebe]_ij \eh el[h (& o[Whi$

802.989.2548

C[dj_ed j^_i WZ h[Y[_l[ 30% OFF oekh Ă&#x201C;hij i[hl_Y[$

)' 9ekhj Ijh[[j Â&#x161; C_ZZb[Xkho P[de >eki[

LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST

802.385.1900

Roger A. Marum, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Marble Works 152 Maple St. Middlebury, VT 05753 425-4206 Hours by Appointment

Supporting a Healthier You

;ITTa ;Q[M

5I[[IOM <PMZIXQ[\

Â&#x152; BMZW *ITIVKQVO Â&#x152; +ZIVQW[IKZIT <PMZIXa >MZOMVVM[ >\ Â&#x152; ___ bMZWJITIVKQVO KWU

16 802-989-5563

#&5) 1&3&3" $FSUJÄ&#x2022;FE '00% '03 -*'& $PPLJOH *OTUSVDUPS -FWFM %JBCFUFT &EVDBUPS $FSUJÄ&#x2022;FE JO 1MBOU #BTFE /VUSJUJPO

middleburyspa.com

2VJDL t )FBMUIZ t 4JNQMF

388-0311

XXX GBDFCPPL DPN 'PPE'PS-JGF$PPLJOH$MBTTFT

t CFUI QFSFSB!HNBJM DPN

Katherine Windham Certified Reflexologist

Foot Reflexology stimulates healing in all parts of the body.

Ă&#x203A;I]^d]pgd gl

qĂ&#x203A;

Uniquely

Leslie Galipeau

Are you having a hard time losing weight?

ACUPUNCTURE HERBOLOGY M A S S A G E

! +MV\MZ ;\ *ZIVLWV >< !

3V\FKRWKHUDS\ Â&#x2021; $GGLFWLRQ &RXQVHOLQJ

gg lĂ&#x203A;DYkkY

Ă&#x203A;Ă&#x203A;=

Kerry Sansone Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2014; TherapeuticĆ&#x201A; Deep TissueĆ&#x201A; & Swedish MassageĆ AccupressureĆ Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x2014; yrsĆ experience

;XI \ZMI\UMV\[ ITTW_ aW] \W \ISM I JZMIS NZWU \PM W]\[QLM _WZTL <PMa WNNMZ PMIT\P JMVMĂ&#x2026; \[ WN ZML]KQVO [\ZM[[ TW_MZQVO JTWWL XZM[[]ZM XZW^QLQVO XIQV ZMTQMN IVL QVKZMI[QVO XMIKM WN UQVL .WZ [WUM \PMa IZM \PW]OP\ \W JM I T]`]Za IVL NWZ W\PMZ[ I VMKM[[Q\a <ZMI\UMV\[ KIV JM UIVQK]ZM[ XMLQK]ZM[ NIKQIT[ WZ UI[[IOM[ ;XI \ZMI\UMV\ IZM I OZMI\ _Ia \W XZW^QLM ZMTI`I\QWV NWZ UQVL IVL JWLa

g_

Irene PaquinĆ&#x201A; LMT (ME) Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201D; extĆ Ĺ&#x201C; Kripalu Bodywork & MassageĆ&#x201A; Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2013; Reiki MasterĆ&#x201A; IET Master

6I\QWVITTa +MZ\QĂ&#x2026; ML 5I[[IOM <PMZIXQ[\ 4QKMV[ML -[\PM\QKQIV, )5<) 5MUJMZ +MZ\QĂ&#x2026; ML 1VNIV\ 5I[[IOM 1V[\Z]K\WZ

(non-denominational as taught worldwide in hospitals)

JoAnne KenyonĆ&#x201A; NCTMBĆ&#x201A; LMT (NM) Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2019;Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2013; EnergyWork: Brennan Healing ScienceÂŽĆ&#x201A; Quantum TouchÂŽĆ&#x201A; Matrix EnergeticsÂŽ VISA/MC wwwĆ joanneĆ abmpĆ com

Ron SlabaughĆ&#x201A; PhDĆ&#x201A; MSSWĆ&#x201A; CBP Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x203A;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2122; The BodyTalkÂŞ System Victoria HovdeĆ&#x201A; RNĆ&#x201A; LĆ AcĆ Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ć Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2DC; Licensed AcupuncturistĆ&#x201A; Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ&#x201D; extĆ Ĺ&#x201D; CranioSacral Therapy & Classes

HEATHER NORTON

GREEN MOUNTAIN SANGHA

Including, but not limited to, treatment for Plantar Fasciitis, Sciatic Pain & OVERALL HEALTH

388-­0934

for information or appointment.

Over  18  years  experience

If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  be  listed   in  this   wellness  directory,  call  Pam  at  388-­4944

WELLNESS CENTER

_]

AWOR

Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x203A;Ă&#x203A; = g

OM

K

S

ningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Middlebury  Arts  Walk.

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  July  11,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  17A

JAKE  MENDELL,  LEFT,  Taylor  Hutchison  and  Nathan  Hammer  sit  in  a  mobile  chicken  coop  on  their  diversi-­ ¿HG IDUPLQJ RSHUDWLRQ LQ 6WDUNVERUR 0RQGD\ DIWHUQRRQ 7KH WULR VWDUWHG )RRWSULQW )DUP WKLV VSULQJ DIWHU PHHW-­ LQJ DQG ZRUNLQJ WRJHWKHU DW D VPDOO HGXFDWLRQDO IDUP LQ QRUWKHUQ &DOLIRUQLD ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWRV 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

Young  farmers PRUH FKLFNHQV KDYH WKH UXQ RI D ÂżYH acre  pasture.  They  are  already  talk-­ ing  about  adding  sheep  or  goats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  worked  out  well  that  our  back-­ grounds  are  really  different,â&#x20AC;?  Hutchi-­ son  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jake  did  mostly  animals,  Nathan  did  a  lot  of  CSA  management  (vegetables  and  perennials),  and  I  ZRUNHG D ORW ZLWK Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV DQG ZHG-­ dings.  It  works  out  great  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  very  good  with  numbers  and  mea-­ suring  things  for  a  chicken  coop,  but  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  awesome  at  it.  Our  division  of  labor  really  naturally  unfolded.â&#x20AC;?

As  the  group  works  to  get  the  farm  DQ RUJDQLF FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ ² D WHGLRXV RUGHDO IRU D ÂżUVW \HDU IDUP ZLWKRXW empirical  data  on  their  growing  op-­ HUDWLRQV ² HYHQ WKH EXVLQHVV VLGH RI farm  labor  was  allocated  naturally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taylor  recently  had  a  minor  knee  surgery,  which  has  been  a  blessing  in  disguise  for  me  and  Nathan,â&#x20AC;?  said  Mendell  with  a  laugh.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  sat  down  and  did  all  the  paperwork.â&#x20AC;?

Footprint  Farm  has  opened  booths  at  the  Hinesburg  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market  on  Thursday  and  the  Bristol  Farm-­ ersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market  on  Saturday  mornings.  It  also  offers  two  types  of  Community  Supported  Agriculture  (CSA)  market  VKDUHV DV ZHOO DV VHDVRQDO Ă&#x20AC;RZHU arrangement  services  for  weddings,  DQG KDV LWV ÂżUVW UHVWDXUDQW DFFRXQW selling  basil  and  oregano  to  Folinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Pizza  in  Charlotte.  It  will  soon  offer  pasture-­raised  eggs  from  the  chick-­ ens,  and  the  farmers  hope  to  expand  to  a  full-­diet  CSA  and  pick  up  more  restaurant  accounts.

In  the  meantime,  the  three  farmers  DUH ÂżQGLQJ WKHLU SODFH LQ WKH ORFDO DJ community.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  a  lot  of  support  from  people  locally,  and  also  some  of  the  farmers,  who  have  come  up  and  SORZHG RXU ÂżHOGV ZKHQ ZH GLGQÂśW have  a  tractor,  in  exchange  for  us  do-­ ing  some  work  for  them.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  re-­ ally  helpful,â&#x20AC;?  Hammer  said.

And  the  excitement  over  a  suc-­ FHVVIXO ÂżUVW \HDU LV VWLOO JRLQJ VWURQJ 7$</25 +87&+,621 /()7 1DWKDQ +DPPHU -DNH 0HQGHOO DQG WKHLU â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last  week  I  said  to  someone,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I  GRJ 6SXG KDQJ RXW DW WKH HGJH RI WKHLU QLQH DFUH IDUP LQ 6WDUNVERUR 7KH \RXQJ IDUPHUV DUH LQ WKH PLGGOH RI WKHLU ÂżUVW JURZLQJ VHDVRQ LQ own  a  farm,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Hutchison  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then  I  thought,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whoa!  What?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

9HUPRQW

(Continued  from  Page  1A) never  been  to  Vermont  before  mov-­ ing  just  three  months  ago.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming  right  from  the  Silicon  Valley,  which  is  a  really  populated  area,  to  a  small  town  in  a  more  rural  area  feels  in  some  ways  like  coming  home.â&#x20AC;?

The  three  are  already  putting  their  combined  farming  experience  to  good  use.  On  a  recent  tour  of  the  farm,  they  showed  off  rows  of  well  WHQGHG Ă&#x20AC;RXULVKLQJ SODQWV DQG WKHLU recently  constructed  mobile  chicken  coop.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  year  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  really  trying  to Â

H[SHULPHQW WR ÂżQG RXW ZKDW ZRUNV for  the  land  here  and  for  us,â&#x20AC;?  Ham-­ mer  explained.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  doing  differ-­ ent  things  even  for  the  same  crop  to  see  how  each  thing  grows,  trying  to  learn  the  soil  and  the  climate.â&#x20AC;?

About  three-­fourths  of  an  acre  of  Footprint  Farms  will  be  in  produc-­ tion  by  the  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  end,  Hammer  es-­ timated.  The  area  that  is  currently  planted  is  already  blooming  with  salad  greens,  tomatoes,  cucumbers,  radishes,  beets,  eggplant,  squash  and  many  other  vegetables  as  well  DV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV 7KUHH SLJOHWV DQG PDQ\

Lincoln

Have a news tip?

Call Harriet Brown at 453-3166 1(:6

/,1&2/1 ² 7KH EHQHÂżW FRQWUD dance  held  Friday  evening,  July  5,  at  Burnham  Hall  was  very  well  at-­ tended  and  the  Lincoln  Historical  Society  appreciated  it.  Take  time  to  visit  the  museum  this  summer  to  view  the  display  celebrating  the  Lincoln  Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  150th  anniversary  and  check  out  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  happening  in  the  barn  and  see  the  Parker  cupola  housing  the  Baptist  church  bell.  The  museum  is  open  on  the  second  and  fourth  Sundays  each  month  from  noon  to  4  p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dig  Into  Readingâ&#x20AC;?  library  camp  is  July  22-­25  from  9:30-­11:30  a.m.  at Â

the  library.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  free.  Come  learn  and  read  about  dinosaurs  and  gnomes,  build  fairy  houses  and  do  other  ac-­ tivities.  The  camp  is  for  children  4-­8  years  old.  Sign-­up  is  required.

The  library  will  show  kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  mov-­ ies  on  Wednesdays,  July  17  and  24,  from  2-­3:30  p.m.

The  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  free  Journaling  for  Self-­Discovery  group  meets  on  the  third  Thursday  of  every  month.

Coming  in  July  in  the  memoirs  collection  the  library  will  have  a  dis-­ play  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good  Books  You  Might  Have  Missed.â&#x20AC;?

On  Sunday,  July  14,  the  United Â

Church  of  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  morning  wor-­ ship  service  will  include  a  Commu-­ nion  service.

Look  ahead,  Kidshow  will  take  place  July  31-­Aug.  2  from  8:30  a.m.  to  3:30  p.m.  For  more  information  FRQWDFW WKH FKXUFK RIÂżFH DW Hill  Country  Holiday  is  Aug.  2-­4.  The  parade  is  Saturday,  Aug.  3,  at  11:30  a.m.  and  the  Be  Bop  Car  Hop  is  at  5  p.m.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  to  get  ready.

The  United  Church  of  Lincoln  will  be  celebrating  150  years  of  witness  to  Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  love.  Sunday  worship  on  July  4  was  an  Old  Home  Day  service  to  conclude  the  celebration.

Bourdeau Motors

2004 Hyundai Santa Fe Very clean, Gold/Brown, 4WD, V-6, auto with leather seats.

94,000 miles. $7,995

2004 Subaru Legacy Outback

AWD, 4 Cyl., auto, PWR windows & door locks, cruise, tilt steering, CD, leather interior, heated power seat.

Clean inside & out and Clean car fax!

120,000 miles. $7,995

NEW! 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!

NEW! 2005 Jeep Liberty LTD Select Trac 4WD, auto, A/C, PWR windows, moonroof & door locks, cruise, tilt steering, CD, leather heated power seat.

One owner. 133,000 miles. $8,295

4 Cyl., AWD, auto, A/C, cruise and tilt, PWR windows & door locks, good car fax. 129,000 miles. $5,995

2003 Subaru Forester XS AWD, 4 Cyl., auto, 6 disc cd player, alloy wheels, fog lights, luggage rack, two-tone paint.

120,000 miles. $5,995

2002 Honda CR-V EX 4 Cyl., 4WD, very clean inside and out, excellent body, A/C, PWR windows, door locks & mirrors, cruise & tilt, rear wiper, alloy wheels, roof rack. Good Car Fax! 164,000 miles.

$6,495

25 Schoolhouse Hill Road East Middlebury, Vermont (802) 382-8838 www.bourdeaumotors.com

REACH THE COUNTY, PLACE YOUR AD HERE. CALL 388-4944

PAGE 18A — Addison Independent, Thursday, July 11, 2013

35 years of music and fun

ALL THE RAIN that has been hitting the county may have turned Middlebury’s town green into more of a town brown, but that hasn’t dampened the spirits of those attending or performing at the 35th annual Festival on-­the-­Green. The week-­ long music festival kicked off Sunday night with a performance by Lake Street Dive and continues through Saturday night with the annual street dance. Pictured are, clockwise from above, Rik Palieri at Monday’s Brown Bag Family Series;; Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive;; Tuesday’s Brown Bag entertainer Stephen Gratto with vol-­ unteer Caroline Kimball;; Brooks Williams solo-­ ing Monday night;; Lake Street Dive lead singer Rachael Price with Kearney;; and singer/songwriter Ellis on Tuesday.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell