June 16, 2016 — A section

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Arts + Leisure

Park it

Running fun

After a one-year hiatus, the music and local foods festival Pocock Rocks returns to Bristol.

Starksboro will show off its new $1.65 million town garage this weekend. See Page 10A.

Mary Hogan School held its anQXDO WUDFN DQG ÀHOG PHHW RQ -XQH 1. See Sports, Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 70 No. 24

Middlebury, Vermont

â—†

Thursday, June 16, 2016 â—† 52 Pages

High school graduations

75¢

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ALL  FOUR  LOCAL  union  high  schools  held  commencement  exercises  this  past  weekend.  Above  left,  Emma  Ober  marches  in  during  the  graduation  ceremony  at  Mount  Abraham  in  Bristol  on  Saturday  morning.  Above  right,  Otter  Valley  Principal  Jim  Avery  congratulates  2016 Carson  Leary  as  Superintendent  & ? Jeanne  Collins  looks  on  in  Brandon.  ow N ey Th Where Are Right,  Marcelo  Hanta-­Davis  rouses  his  classmates  at  the  end  of  his  valedictory  address  in  Middlebury  on  Saturday.  Below,  Morgan  Delorme  displays  his  excitement  in  Vergennes  on  Friday  as  classmates  Kareena  Vorsteveld  and  Aaron  Gaines  look  on.  For  a  story  on  MUHS  graduation,  see  Page  17A.  For  s! ate du gra r ou A salute to Mount  Abe,  see  Page  15A.  For  OV,  see  Page  14A.  For  VUHS,  see  Page  18A.  See  our  12-­page  graduation  pullout  for  more  photos,  lists  of  graduates,  plus  stories  of  past  local  grads.

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By the way Shooting  a  hole  in  one  in  golf  is  pretty  exciting.  Just  ask  Hank  Hagar  of  Charlotte,  who  made  the  shot  on  the  152-­yard  12th  hole  at  Middlebury’s  Ralph  Myhre  Golf  Course  on  Sunday.  Another  amaz-­ ing  performance  came  from  Rick  Miller,  who  got  his  ball  in  the  cup  in  only  two  shots  on  the  363-­yard,  (See  By  the  way,  Page  14A)

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