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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 26 No. 20

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, July 21, 2014

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By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Faced  with  a  $30,000  budget  shortfall  and  declining  membership,  Middlebury  Vet-­ HUDQV RI )RUHLJQ :DUV 9): 3RVW RIÂżFLDOV VDLG they  may  soon  have  to  sell  the  organization’s  club  head-­ quarters  and  event  hall  at  530  Exchange  St.  and  meet  elsewhere. “A  decision  has  to  be  made,â€?  Post  7823  Commander  Kenley  Hallock  said  about  the  future  of  the  VFW’s  Ex-­ change  Street  property.  â€œThere  is  not  enough  revenue.â€? Post  7823  was  chartered  in  1946,  spearheaded  by  Middlebury-­area  veterans  returning  from  World  War  II.  Veterans  of  the  Spanish-­American  War  and  Philippine  Insurrection  established  the  national  VFW  back  in  1899  DV D PHDQV RI OREE\LQJ IRU EHQHÂżWV DQG KHDOWK FDUH IRU VROGLHUV ZKR VHUYHG KRQRUDEO\ LQ RYHUVHDV FRQĂ€LFW 7KH 9): JUHZ WR PRUH WKDQ PLOOLRQ PHPEHUV DIÂżOLDWHG with  thousands  of  individual  chapters  throughout  the  (See  VFW,  Page  16)

MIDDLEBURY  VETERANS  OF  Foreign  Wars  Quar-­ termaster  Ron  Browe,  left,  and  Commander  Kenley  Hallock  stand  in  front  of  the  Post  headquarters  at  ([FKDQJH 6W 7KH 9): LV IDFLQJ VRPH WRXJK Âż-­ nancial  times  that  might  require  Post  7823  to  sell  its  headquarters. Â

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College,  Ripton  ink  PILOT  deal By  JOHN  FLOWERS RIPTON  â€”  Middlebury  Col-­ lege  has  agreed  to  a  new,  10-­ year  agreement  with  the  town  of  Ripton,  through  which  the  in-­ stitution  will  make  annual  cash  payments  to  the  community  and  deliver  free  ski  lessons  to  local  school  children  in  recognition  of  its  non-­taxable  property. “We’re  delighted  that  we’ve  completed  the  extension  of  our  (See  Agreement,  Page  29)

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Colors  of  the  falls LOCAL  ARTIST  MATTHEW  Hall  sketches  the  Middlebury  Falls  on  Thursday  afternoon.

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Changing landscape awaits VUHS leadership team By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â€”  As  Vergennes  Union  High  School  enters  a  time  of  academic  transition,  its  top  leader-­ ship  team  will  have  a  different  look  this  coming  school  year,  although  the  members  of  that  team  are  al-­

ready  well  known  at  the  school  and  to  one  another. The  VUHS  board  has  changed  co-­principal  Stephanie  Taylor’s  title  to  principal,  and  she  will  no  longer  have  primary  responsibility  for  just  the  middle  school,  but  will  now Â

oversee  grades  7  through  12. After  the  departure  late  in  the  past  school  year  of  former  co-­principal  Ed  Webbley,  the  VUHS  board  also  decided  to  hire  an  interim  assistant  principal  for  the  coming  school  year  rather  than  another  co-­principal. Â

Filling  that  interim  post  is  Jay  Stetzel,  a  Vergennes  resident  who  has  served  as  a  VUHS  middle  school  counselor  since  2004  and  earned  his  administrator’s  license  in  2010.  VUHS  board  chairman  Kurt  Hai-­ (See  VUHS  principals,  Page  7)


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