June 30, 2016 — A section

Wind down

No limits

Tiger to UVM

A New Haven vineyard hosts picnickers for local food and music every Friday. See Arts + Leisure.

A Bristol man is taking on some tough obstacle courses. Read our Health section inside A+L.

A former MUHS standout and Cornwall native is taking over a Catamount team. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 70 No. 26

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, June 30, 2016 â—† 56 Pages

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Feds deny grant for Bristol water system fix

Up  and  over THE  RED  TROUSER  Show  performs  its  acrobatic  and  comedy  act  at  Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Foodaroo  event  on  Merchants  Row  in  Middlebury.  See  more  photos  from  Foodaroo  on  Page  2A. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell

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their own kids ZLOO SUREDEO\ ZDQW WR when they get EULQJ WKHLU RZQ NLGV ZKHQ JHW ROGHU ´ VDLG %LOO older. It keeps WKH\ 6FRWW RZQHU RI 6FRWWÂśV the tradition *UHHQEXVK *DUGHQV LQ )HUULVEXUJK Âł,W NHHSV WKH going.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bill Scott WUDGLWLRQ JRLQJ ´ &RXQW\ IDUPV GUDZ YLVL-­ WRUV QRW RQO\ IURP QHDUE\ WRZQV EXW DOVR IURP DOO RYHU 9HUPRQW DQG HYHQ EH\RQG 6FRWWÂśV *UHHQEXVK *DUGHQV IRU LQVWDQFH DWWUDFWV YLVLWRUV DOO WKH ZD\ IURP 1HZ <RUN %ULVWRO UHVLGHQW 0DWW /XW] YLVLWV 1RUULV %HUU\ )DUP LQ 0RQNWRQ ZLWK KLV WZR HOHPHQWDU\ VFKRRO DJH VRQV at  least  once  a  season  to  gather  up  a  box  or  more  of  luscious  berries.  ³7KH\ MXVW VHHP WR WDVWH EHWWHU ZKHQ \RX JHW WKHP IURP WKH ÂżHOG ´ /XW] VDLG (See  Strawberries,  Page  14A)

STRAWBERRY  PICKERS  SEARCH  for  the  juiciest  berries  at  Norris  Berry  Farm  in  Monkton  last  Friday.

Independent  photo/Charmaine  Lam

PAGE  2A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  June  30,  2016

Fireworks  always  fun  for  4th  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  but  beware  Sales,  accidents  both  spike  for  holiday

Street  food  and  fun THE  SECOND  ANNUAL  Foodaroo  Festival  was  held  Sunday  afternoon  in  Middlebury  on  Merchants  Row,  on  the  town   green  and  in  and  around  the  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  event,  which  features  food  trucks  and  vendors  from  around  the  state,  as  well  as  live  enter-­ tainment,  was  organized  by  Middlebury  UndergrounD  and  THT.  Entertainment  included  the  Red  Trou-­ ser  Show,  far  left,  and  the  Addison  County  duo  The  Bengsons,  left.

Independent  photos/ Trent  Campbell

By  EVAN  JOHNSON place  them  before  use),  and  are  ex-­ ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  As  the  tremely  dangerous  for  amateurs  to  Fourth  of  July  festivities  approach,  handle.  They  require  a  license  from  local  residents  are  making  prepara-­ the  Bureau  of  Alcohol,  Tobacco  and  tions.  In  addition  to  burger  patties,  Firearms  and  can  only  be  used  by  a  cases  of  soda  and  beer,  water  bal-­ licensed  pyrotechnician.  ORRQV DQG OLJKWHU Ă&#x20AC;XLG VRPH VKRS-­ Middlebury  Police  Chief  Tom  ping  lists  include  all  the  makings  for  Hanley  urges  residents  to  get  their  the  colorful  and  loud  displays  that  applications  for  a  permit  from  their  will  light  up  backyards  and  evening  ORFDO ÂżUH FKLHI LQ DKHDG RI WLPH DQG skies.  be  considerate  of  their  neighbors.  Products  with  names  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just  because  people  like  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behemoth,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Field  KDYH D SHUPLW GRHVQÂśW of  Dreams,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loud  &  PHDQ LWÂśV RSHQ VHDVRQ ´ Legalâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goliathâ&#x20AC;?  are  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  a  noise  already  moving  off  the  ordinance  here  and  not  shelves.  HYHU\RQH OLNHV ÂżUHZRUNV Fireworks  are  an  inte-­ 7KH\ GRQÂśW OLNH EHLQJ gral  part  of  many  Fourth  up  at  10  at  night  hearing  of  July  celebrations.  For  bang,  bang,  bang.â&#x20AC;?  ¿UHZRUN UHWDLOHUV LWÂśV WKH Fireworks  ought  to  only  busiest  time  of  year.  For  be  set  off  by  what  Chief  law  enforcement,  that  Hanley  described  as  a  means  making  sure  peo-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x153;competent  adult.â&#x20AC;?  While  ple  are  using  them  safely.  kind of professionals  have  clinics  ,Q 9HUPRQW ÂżUHZRUNV neat, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re where  employees  learn  are  regulated  under  the  fun, but in procedures  for  safely  set-­ same  statutes  that  gov-­ WLQJ RII ÂżUHZRUNV +DQOH\ ern  storage  and  use  of  the wrong says  a  person  needs  to  be  gunpowder  and  other  ex-­ hands a  sober,  responsible  indi-­ SORVLYHV &RQVXPHU ÂżUH-­ Ă&#x20AC;UHZRUNV vidual  over  18  years  old. works  that  are  permitted  Hanley  also  advises  can be quite users  in  the  state  include  spar-­ to  soak  down  with  klers  less  than  14  inches  dangerous.â&#x20AC;? water  the  area  where  they  long  with  no  more  than  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police Chief SODQ WR VHW RII WKH ÂżUH-­ 20  grams  of  pyrotechnic  Tom Hanley works  and  to  keep  pets  or  mixture.  Novelty  spar-­ animals  away,  as  explo-­ kling  items  that  are  per-­ sions  can  be  alarming.  mitted  include  â&#x20AC;&#x153;snakes,â&#x20AC;?  party  pop-­ While  Vermont  regulates  which  pers,  glow  worms,  smoke  devices,  YDULHWLHV RI ÂżUHZRUNV SHRSOH DUH string  poppers,  snappers  or  drop  allowed  to  purchase,  neighbor-­ pops  with  no  more  than  0.25  grains  ing  states  like  New  York  and  New  of  explosive  mixture  and  that  are  in  Hampshire  allow  consumers  to  pur-­ compliance  with  Consumer  Product  chase  different  varieties,  some  of  Safety  Commission  regulations.

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FOXGLQJ ÂżUHFUDFNHUV VN\URFNHWV UR-­ )LUHZRUNV ² OLNH FDUV ² GRQÂśW man  candles,  torpedoes  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;daygo  go  with  alcohol  and  when  mixed  the  bombsâ&#x20AC;?  are  prohibited,  though  in  results  can  be  tragic.  Hanley  refer-­ Vermont  average  citizens  can  get  a  enced  one  case  last  year  in  Maine  permit  to  set  them  off.  when  a  22-­year-­old  celebrating  the  )LUHZRUNV DUH FODVVLÂżHG E\ WKH Fourth  of  July  was  killed  instantly  weight,  gunpowder  content,  size  and  when  authorities  said  he  placed  a  how  far  they  eject  debris.  Profes-­ ÂżUHZRUNV PRUWDU WXEH DWRS KLV KHDG VLRQDO GLVSOD\ ÂżUHZRUNV DUH ORDGHG and  set  it  off  with  explosives  inside  into  mortar  racks  and  are  often  sold  the  tube.

(See  Fireworks,  Page  12A) without  fuses  (professionals  will Â

Exchange Street looked at as tax assessment district By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Some  Middle-­ EXU\ EXVLQHVV RZQHUV DUH Ă&#x20AC;RDWLQJ WKH idea  of  creating  a  new  tax  assessment  district  that  could  generate  more  reve-­ nue  for  public  infrastructure  improve-­ ments  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  including  perhaps  water  main  upgrades  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  along  Exchange  6WUHHW DQG ZLWKLQ WKH FRPPXQLW\ÂśV LQ-­ dustrial  park.

Such  a  tax  assessment  district  ZRXOG EHFRPH 0LGGOHEXU\œV VHFRQG It  was  20  years  ago  that  property  RZQHUV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\œV FRUH YLOODJH area  successfully  petitioned  to  cre-­ ate  what  is  known  as  the  Downtown  Improvement  District,  or  DID.  The  DID  features  a  special  tax  on  non-­res-­ idential  properties  amounting  to  $100  per  $100,000  of  assessed  value.  That  annual  yield  of  around  $35,000  has,  during  the  past  two  decades,  lever-­ aged  more  than  $1.5  million  for  such  downtown  upgrades  as  landscaping,  historic  streetlights  and  signs.  A  small  portion  of  the  revenue  also  helps  fund  Better  Middlebury  Partnership  opera-­ tions.

A  DID  commission,  appointed  by  the  Middlebury  selectboard,  helps  pri-­

oritize  projects  within  the  district. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  a  great  selling  point  with  the  grant  funding  agencies,â&#x20AC;?  Middlebury  Town  Manager  Kathleen  Ramsay  said  of  the  special  tax.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  like  to  see  that  commitment  from  the  property  owners.â&#x20AC;?

Middlebury  selectboard  Chairman  Brian  Carpenter  has  been  a  fan  of  the  DID,  and  believes  its  success  could  be  UHSOLFDWHG ZLWKLQ WKH WRZQœV LQGXVWULDO park  and  environs.  Carpenter  is  also  owner/general  manager  of  Champlain  Valley  Equipment,  which  is  located  RQ ([FKDQJH 6WUHHW +H VDLG KHœV VSR-­ ken  informally  with  several  other  area  property  owners  who  are  receptive  to  a  new  tax  assessment  district.

Supporters,  according  to  Carpenter,  are  keen  on  seeing  more  investment  in  the  Middlebury  Industrial  Park,  which  has  helped  the  community  attract  and  retain  some  major  businesses  provid-­ LQJ ORFDO MREV 6RPH RI WKH SDUNœV heaviest  hitters  include  Agri-­Mark/ Cabot,  Otter  Creek  Brewing  and  Ver-­ mont  Hard  Cider  Co.  But  the  park  is  also  home  to  a  variety  of  smaller,  suc-­ cessful  concerns  like  Vermont  Coffee  (See  Exhcange  St.,  Page  12A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, June 30, 2016 — PAGE 3A

Ag secretary: New water rules are ‘necessary’ Temporary

crosswalk OK’d for ice cream shop

Regs debated at Brandon meeting

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SHREWSBURY BEEKEEPER DICK Brigham comments on the RAP rule at a public hearing at the American Legion in Brandon on June 22.

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Sanders  to  Democrats:  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  to  focus  on  fair  trade,  not  free-­trade  agreements

Charbonneau,  Sheldon  touted

By  Sen.  Bernie  Sanders Surprise,  surprise.  Workers  in  Britain,  many  of  whom  have  seen  a  decline  in  their  standard  of  living  while  the  very  rich  in  their  country  have  become  much  richer,  have  turned  their  backs  on  the  European  Union  and  a  globalized  economy  that  is  failing  them  and  their  children.

And  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  just  the  British  who  are  suffering.  That  increasingly  globalized  economy,  established  and  maintained  by  the  worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  economic  elite,  is  failing  people  everywhere.  Incredibly,  the  wealthiest  62  people  on  this  planet  own  as  much  wealth  as  the  bottom  half  of  the  worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  population  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  around  3.6  billion  people.  The  top  1  percent  now  owns  more  wealth  than  WKH ZKROH RI WKH ERWWRP SHUFHQW 7KH YHU\ YHU\ ULFK HQMR\ XQLPDJLQDEOH luxury  while  billions  of  people  endure  abject  poverty,  unemployment,  and  inadequate  health  care,  education,  housing  and  drinking  water.

Could  this  rejection  of  the  current  form  of  the  global  economy  happen  in  the  United  States?  You  bet  it  could.

During  my  campaign  for  the  Democratic  presidential  nomination,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  visited  46  states.  What  I  saw  and  heard  on  too  many  occasions  were  painful  realities  that  the  political  and  media  establishment  fail  even  to  recognize.

In  the  last  15  years,  nearly  60,000  factories  in  this  country  have  closed,  and  more  than  4.8  million  well-­paid  manufacturing  jobs  have  disappeared.  Much  of  this  is  related  to  disastrous  trade  agreements  that  encourage  corporations  to  move  to  low-­wage  countries.

Despite  major  increases  in  productivity,  the  median  male  worker  in  $PHULFD WRGD\ LV PDNLQJ GROODUV OHVV WKDQ KH GLG LQ ZKLOH WKH PHGLDQ IHPDOH ZRUNHU LV PDNLQJ OHVV WKDQ VKH GLG LQ DIWHU DGMXVWLQJ IRU LQĂ&#x20AC;DWLRQ Nearly  47  million  Americans  live  in  poverty.  An  estimated  28  million  have  no  health  insurance,  while  many  others  are  underinsured.  Millions  of  people  are  struggling  with  outrageous  levels  of  student  debt.  For  perhaps  WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ PRGHUQ KLVWRU\ RXU \RXQJHU JHQHUDWLRQ ZLOO SUREDEO\ KDYH a  lower  standard  of  living  than  their  parents.  Frighteningly,  millions  of  poorly  educated  Americans  will  have  a  shorter  life  span  than  the  previous  generation  as  they  succumb  to  despair,  drugs  and  alcohol.

Meanwhile,  in  our  country  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be clear. The top  one-­tenth  of  1  percent  now  owns  global economy is almost  as  much  wealth  as  the  bottom  SHUFHQW )LIW\ HLJKW SHUFHQW RI not working for the FANS  TAKE  THEIR  seats  below  the  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard  grapevines  last  Friday  evening  for  a  concert  all  new  income  is  going  to  the  top  1  by  the  band  Rehab  Roadhouse.  The  concert  was  part  of  the  New  Haven  vineyardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Friday  concert  series.  majority of people percent.  Wall  Street  and  billionaires,  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell WKURXJK WKHLU ÂłVXSHU 3$&V ´ DUH DEOH in our country and to  buy  elections. the world. This is On  my  campaign,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  talked  to  an economic model ZRUNHUV XQDEOH WR PDNH LW RQ RU DQ KRXU UHWLUHHV VWUXJJOLQJ WR developed by the purchase  the  medicine  they  need  on  Some  politicians  want  you  to  think  that  immigrants  RI UHIXJHHV WR Ă&#x20AC;HH *XDWHPDOD economic elite to D \HDU RI 6RFLDO 6HFXULW\ and  refugees  are  to  blame  for  Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  problems.  The  same  story  is  true  in  many  other  parts  of  the  EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W WKH HFRQRPLF young  people  unable  to  afford  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  believe  them.  The  presence  of  immigrants  and  world.  In  Central  and  South  America  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;War  on  college.  I  also  visited  the  American  refugees  are  only  symptoms  of  larger  social  ills,  not  Drugsâ&#x20AC;?  has,  contrary  to  its  nominal  aims,  created  an  elite. We need real FLWL]HQV RI 3XHUWR 5LFR ZKHUH VRPH problems  themselves. enormous  black  market  that  funds  cartels  and  drug  change.â&#x20AC;?

58  percent  of  the  children  live  in  I  learned  this  lesson  in  my  youth.  When  I  was  lords,  fueling  the  violence  that  ruins  communities  and  poverty  and  only  a  little  more  than  younger,  my  father,  Brad  Hartley,  worked  for  land-­ IRUFHV SHRSOH WR Ă&#x20AC;HH IRU WKHLU OLYHV 40  percent  of  the  adult  population  scaping  companies  in  Florida  and  Tennessee.  Though  We  see  this  in  the  economic  sphere  as  well.  Ac-­ has  a  job  or  is  seeking  one. these  jobs  he  grew  to  know  and  to  respect  people  who  cording  to  Laura  Carlson,  director  of  the  Americas  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  be  clear.  The  global  economy  is  not  working  for  the  majority  of  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  look  like  us  or  talk  like  us.  SURJUDP DW WKH &HQWHU IRU ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 3ROLF\ WKH people  in  our  country  and  the  world.  This  is  an  economic  model  developed  In  Tennessee  his  Mexican  co-­ North  American  Free  Trade  Agree-­ E\ WKH HFRQRPLF HOLWH WR EHQHÂżW WKH HFRQRPLF HOLWH :H QHHG UHDO FKDQJH workers  usually  spoke  Spanish,  and  ment  (NAFTA)  destroyed  the  jobs  But  we  do  not  need  change  based  on  the  demagogy,  bigotry  and  anti-­ in  Florida  he  came  into  contact  with  of  approximately  2  million  Mexi-­ immigrant  sentiment  that  punctuated  so  much  of  the  Leave  campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  *XDWHPDODQ LPPLJUDQWV ZKR VWLOO can  farmers  who  were  unable  to  rhetoric  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  is  central  to  Donald  J.  Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  message. spoke  a  regional  Mayan  language.  compete  with  the  government-­sub-­ We  need  a  president  who  will  vigorously  support  international  They  even  taught  him  to  speak  it  sidized  food  products  coming  from  By  Sam cooperation  that  brings  the  people  of  the  world  closer  together,  reduces  at  a  basic  level;Íž  I  can  still  remem-­ the  United  States.  Unsurprisingly,  Hartley hyper-­nationalism  and  decreases  the  possibility  of  war.  We  also  need  a  ber  the  notebook  he  used  to  pho-­ many  of  those  farmers  came  to  the  netically  transcribe  what  they  told  U.S.,  looking  to  replace  the  jobs  president  who  respects  the  democratic  rights  of  the  people,  and  who  will  KLP ÂżOOHG ZLWK ORQJ OLVWV RI 0D\DQ they  had  lost. ÂżJKW IRU DQ HFRQRP\ WKDW SURWHFWV WKH LQWHUHVWV RI ZRUNLQJ SHRSOH QRW MXVW ZRUGV PDWFKHG ZLWK WKHLU (QJOLVK GHÂżQLWLRQV In  the  Middle  East  and  Central  Asia,  similar  pat-­ Wall  Street,  the  drug  companies  and  other  powerful  special  interests.

All  these  people  were  hard-­working  people  who  terns  repeat  themselves.  The  Iraq  War  destabilized  the  We  need  to  fundamentally  reject  our  â&#x20AC;&#x153;free  tradeâ&#x20AC;?  policies  and  move  to  simply  wanted  to  make  a  living  for  themselves.

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We  need  to  create  tens  of  millions  of  jobs  worldwide  by  combating  Sadly,  many  of  my  fellow  Americans  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  :KHQ WKH 6RYLHW 8QLRQ ZDV ÂżJKWLQJ LWV ZDU LQ $I-­ global  climate  change  and  by  transforming  the  worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  energy  system  away  DEOH WR WHOO \RX WKH GLIIHUHQFH EHWZHHQ *XDWHPDOD DQG ghanistan,  the  U.S.  funneled  arms  and  money  through  from  fossil  fuels.

Mexico,  let  alone  understand  how  the  foreign  policy  3DNLVWDQœV LQWHOOLJHQFH VHUYLFH WR 0XMDKLGHHQ MLKDGLV We  need  international  efforts  to  cut  military  spending  around  the  globe  of  our  government  forced  thousands  upon  thousands  (See  Clippings,  Page  5A) and  address  the  causes  of  war:  poverty,  hatred,  hopelessness  and  ignorance.

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You  heard  the  news,  right?  Last  week  the  Russians  an-­ crous.  But  it  has  actually  already  happened.  Kind  of.  In  ,Q WKLV SLYRWDO PRPHQW WKH 'HPRFUDWLF 3DUW\ DQG D QHZ 'HPRFUDWLF nounced  that  they  would  like  to  get  serious  about  tele-­ 2014,  a  Dutch  group  managed  to  transfer  the  properties  SRUWDWLRQ 7KDWÂśV ULJKW 7KH\ ZDQW WR PDNH WKDW ROG VFL Âż of  one  atom  to  another,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;teleportingâ&#x20AC;?  those  properties  president  need  to  make  clear  that  we  stand  with  those  who  are  struggling  standby  a  reality  by  2025. over  a  distance  of  three  meters. and  who  have  been  left  behind.  We  must  create  national  and  global  Finally.

Big  whoop. economies  that  work  for  all,  not  just  a  handful  of  billionaires.

Initially,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  sure,  the  technology  will  be  available  If  you  wanted  to  move  something  10  feet,  why  not  just  Sen.  Sanders  is  a  Democratic  presidential  candidate  and  U.S.  Senator  from  Vermont only  to  the  military,  then  to  the  very  wealthy,  then  even-­ get  up  and  move  it?  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  teleporting  the  TV  remote  tually  to  us  common  folk.  It  will  probably  start  out  be-­ to  the  person  at  the  other  end  of  the  couch  (of  course,  ing  offered  for  businesses  rather  for  individuals,  at  least  teenagers  will  do  this  as  soon  as  the  app  comes  out).

ADDISON COUNTY until  the  cost  comes  down.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  how  it  was  with  faxes.  Also,  the  Dutch  teleported  a  single  atom  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  not  even  (Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  hope  the  data  transfer  is  better;Íž  nobody  wants  an  atom,  but  its  â&#x20AC;&#x153;properties.â&#x20AC;?  How  hard  could  that  be?  to  pay  to  teleport  and  wind  up  blurry  How  much  does  an  atom  even  weigh?  Periodicals  Postage  Paid  at  Middlebury,  Vt.  05753 and  curling  around  the  edges.)

Not  as  much  as  a  TV  remote,  I  can  tell  Postmaster, send address change to Addison Independent, Maybe  it  will  start  out  as  an  exten-­ you  that.

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Of  course,  this  raises  the  question  of  whether  tele-­ DQ DGYHUWLVHPHQW LQ ZKLFK WKH W\SRJUDSKLFDO HUURU RFFXUUHG $GYHUWLVHU ZLOO SOHDVH QRWLI\ WKH PDQDJHPHQW LPPHGLDWHO\ RI DQ\ HUURUV WKDW PD\ RFFXU 7KH $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW 8636 The  idea  of  real-­life  teleportation  may  sound  ludi-­ (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

Party  in  the  vineyard

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  buy  what  politicians  are  selling

Clippings

Teleportation?  Beam  me  up,  Scotty

INDEPENDENT

Around the bend

2Q $XJXVW , SODQ WR VXSSRUW Jill  Charbonneau  and  Amy  Shel-­ don  in  the  Democratic  primary  for  Vermont  House  in  Middlebury.  Jill  &KDUERQQHDX LV UXQQLQJ IRU KHU ÂżUVW term.  Jill,  who  has  been  enthusiasti-­ cally  endorsed  by  Senator  Bernie  Sanders,  will  be  a  strong  advocate  for  Vermont  workers,  as  well  as  for  moving  forward  on  the  goal  of  health  care  as  a  public  good  for  all  Vermonters  and  making  higher  education  more  affordable.  She  worked  as  a  letter  carrier  in  Middlebury  until  her  retirement  last  year,  and  has  held  many  leadership  positions  in  the  union  movement  RYHU WKH \HDUV LQFOXGLQJ 3UHVLGHQW of  the  Vermont  State  Labor  Coun-­ FLO $)/ &,2 DQG 3UHVLGHQW RI WKH Vermont  State  Association  of  Letter  Carriers.  As  an  advocate  on  many  public  issues  over  several  decades,  she  would  be  a  great  addition  to  our  Middlebury  team  of  representatives  and  a  devoted  public  servant.  Amy  Sheldon  has  already  been  YHU\ HIIHFWLYH LQ KHU ÂżUVW WHUP DQG should  be  re-­elected.  She  is  a  strong  proponent  for  the  environment,  and  sits  on  the  Fish,  Wildlife  and  Water  Resources  Committee.  She  was  a  moving  force  behind  H857,  a  bill  that  will  help  preserve  the  integrity  of  our  forests  and  wildlife  habitat.  She  has  also  worked  constructively  on  a  number  of  other  key  environ-­ mental  and  social  issues,  including  clean  water,  making  polluters  ac-­ countable,  support  of  paid  sick  days  DQG SURYLGLQJ SURWHFWLRQ IRU ÂżUVW time  home  buyers.  I  hope  we  can  elect  Jill  Charbon-­ neau  and  Amy  Sheldon  on  August  WK 7KH\ ZLOO FRYHU DOO WKH LPSRU-­ tant  bases  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  economic,  environ-­ mental,  health,  education  and  social  justice  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  be  a  great  team  for  Middlebury  to  send  to  Montpelier.  Ellen  Oxfeld Middlebury

Minterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  higher-­ed  plan  earns  praise As  the  chair  of  the  House  Educa-­ tion  Committee,  I  have  long  been  disturbed  that  nearly  all  Vermont-­ ers  graduate  high  school,  but  only  about  half  continue  their  education  beyond  high  school.  This  trend  spells  disaster:  By  2020,  two-­thirds  of  jobs  in  Vermont  will  require  some  post-­secondary  education.  We  are  setting  ourselves  up  for  a  situation  in  which  many  young  Vermonters  will  only  be  TXDOLÂżHG IRU ORZ ZDJH MREV Now  Sue  Minter,  a  Democratic  candidate  for  governor,  has  what  I  strongly  believe  is  the  best  plan  to  tackle  it  head-­on.  Her  proposal,  9HUPRQW 3URPLVH ZLOO SURYLGH WZR years  tuition-­free  for  high  school  graduates  to  attend  Community  College  of  Vermont  and  Vermont  Technical  College.  Her  goal  is  that  by  2025,  three-­fourths  of  Vermont-­ ers  will  be  enrolling  in  a  post-­ VHFRQGDU\ HGXFDWLRQ RU FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ program.

This  plan  is  a  winner  for  young  Vermonters  to  avoid  crippling  student  debt,  and  for  Vermont  busi-­ nesses  that  would  be  able  to  grow  ZLWK TXDOLÂżHG MRE DSSOLFDQWV Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  known  Sue  since  we  both  served  together  in  the  Legislature  DQG 9HUPRQW 3URPLVH LV W\SLFDO RI how  she  works:  She  sets  the  bar  high,  and  lays  out  a  practical  way  to  get  there.  Minter  proposes  paying  for  9HUPRQW 3URPLVH DQ HVWLPDWHG million  per  year,  through  a  bank  franchise  fee  on  the  largest  banks  and  by  expanding  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  corpo-­ rate  income  tax  on  the  big  banks  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  tax  these  banks  pay  if  they  operate  in  New  Hampshire  or  New  York,  but  they  currently  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  pay  in  Vermont.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  fair  deal  and  will  help  relieve  pressure  on  our  property  taxes.

When  Minter  announced  Vermont  3URPLVH RWKHU 'HPRFUDWLF FDQGL-­ dates  for  governor  suddenly  rolled  out  half-­baked  plans  of  their  own.  One  candidate  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  say  how  he  will  pay  for  his  college  proposal;Íž  the  other  candidate  wants  to  pay  for  it  in  a  regressive  way  by  raising  taxes  on  the  poorest  Vermonters.  Neither  one  of  them  have  the  guts  to  take  on  the  big  banks  to  fund  an  essential  social  program  like  Sue  is  doing. :LWK 9HUPRQW 3URPLVH 6XH Minter  has  offered  a  real  solution  to  a  real  problem.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  only  candidate  for  governor  in  either  party  with  a  track  record  of  tackling  tough  jobs  in  Vermont  and  making  Vermontersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  lives  better.  Rep.  Dave  Sharpe Bristol

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Advice  for  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  newlyweds There  once  was  a  time  in  life  when  Whether  a  couple  has  been  together  everyone  was  getting  married.  Then  for  six  months  or  six  years  before  they  there  were  a  few,  inevitable  divorces. marry,  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  know  one  Now  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  for  everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kids  to  another.  Or  perhaps  they  do  in  some  get  married. ways,  but  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  much  more  they  This  year  for  me  is  full  of  those  need  will  learn.  weddings  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  20-­  and  30-­some-­ It  could  be  small  stuff  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  he  sud-­ things  launching  into  full  denly  realizes  she  snores  adulthood  by  tying  the  or  she  discovers  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ad-­ knot.  Two  weddings  of  dicted  to  watching  foot-­ that  kind  this  month  alone  ball  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  but  they  will  in-­ â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  in  Mt.  Hood,  Ore.,  evitably  come  upon  new  and  the  other  last  week-­ and  challenging  things  end  in  the  Berkshires.  about  one  another.

Another  one  coming  up  The  other  factor  here  this  fall. is  that  spouses  change  One  marriage  united  a  over  time.  Often  this  couple  of  rock  climbers  means  they  develop  new  whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  scaling  the  and  welcome  habits  and  heights  together  for  six  hobbies.  But  sometimes  years.  Last  weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  it  means  they  become  union  brought  together  someone  else.  This  is  ex-­ two  people  who  met  six  pressed  in  the  universal  months  ago.  lament  of  the  soon-­to-­be-­ This  fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wedding  divorced:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  the  will  unite  an  emergency  by Gregory Dennis person  I  married!â&#x20AC;? room  nurse  in  Houston  3.  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  kids.  with  her  boyfriend  of  The  planet  is  already  way  three  years,  who  spends  most  of  his  overcrowded.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  like  Wily  Coyote  days  in  Milwaukee  as  a  management  the  cartoon  character.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  already  consultant. overshot  the  edge  of  the  population  Marriage  remains  a  diverse  and  al-­ cliff  and  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  yet  know  that  our  glob-­ ways  surprising  institution.  And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  al  population  will  likely  plunge  us  into  not  even  counting  the  welcome  arrival  disaster.  of  marriage  equality  for  gay  people.

Anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  thought  about  Now  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  reached  the  ripe  mid-­ this  issue  knows  this  in  their  heart  of  V , ÂżQG P\VHOI IXOO RI PRVWO\ XVH-­ hearts:  Adding  more  humans  to  the  less  advice  for  these  young  marrieds. planet  just  compounds  the  problem.  $V P\ TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV WR GLVSHQVH We  can  do  every  other  thing  to  heal  WKLV DGYLFH DQG FDYHDWV WR WKRVH UHDG-­ our  environment  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  but  unless  we  de-­ ing  this),  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  offer  my  experience  crease  the  population,  most  of  those  through  a  25-­year  marriage,  a  couple  efforts  will  be  in  vain.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  over-­ RI SRVW PDULWDO Ă&#x20AC;LQJV DQG D UHFHQW loaded  the  planet  with  humans  and  launch  into  bachelorhood  at  the  end  of  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  to  reduce  our  numbers.  That  D PRVWO\ WHUULÂżF ÂżYH \HDU UHODWLRQVKLS begins  with  millions  of  individual  de-­ In  other  words,  I  probably  have  no  cisions  not  to  have  children. idea  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  talking  about.  But  I  feel  4.  OK,  have  just  one  kid.  Few  the  urge  to  offer  advice  to  the  newly-­ people  will  actually  decide  to  remain  weds  anyway. child-­free.  Your  responsibility  to  the  1.  You  are  marrying  an  alien  be-­ planet  as  a  potential  parent  is  not  to  ing.  In  an  age  of  increasing  equality  fully  duplicate  yourselves  by  having  between  the  sexes,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  inclined  to  two  or  more  kids.  Americans  on  aver-­ think  that  men  and  women  are  simi-­ age  have  the  biggest  individual  impact  lar.  But  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  two  different  on  the  climate  through  overconsump-­ species.  We  forget  this  at  our  peril. tion.  The  most  important  thing  you  2.  You  think  you  know  the  per-­ can  do  to  mitigate  that  impact  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  son  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  marrying,  but  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.  help  ensure  that  your  child  grows  up Â

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on  a  livable  planet  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  is  to  add  just  one  more  American  at  most.

5.  Love  conquers  all.  Sometimes.  The  love  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  brought  you  together  is  powerful  rocket  fuel.  I  hope  it  fu-­ els  you  through  decades  of  a  joyfully  shared  life.  You  can  draw  upon  that  fuel  in  the  tough  times.  Be  careful  to  use  it  and  not  abuse  it.

6.  Live  on  less  than  you  earn  and  save  the  rest.  Starting  now.  Go  for  the  small  coffee  instead  of  the  double  caramel  macchiato,  and  put  the  differ-­ ence  in  your  savings  account.  Even  a  few  dollars  a  week  makes  a  huge  dif-­ ference  over  time.

7.  Learn  to  take  constructive  criti-­ cism  and  give  appreciations.  The  two  of  you  will  of  course  have  disagree-­ ments,  and  certain  parts  of  you  may  prove  to  be  deep  annoyances  to  one  another.  Hurtful  criticism  cuts  deep.  Helpful  criticism  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lovingly  given  and  taken  to  heart  can  be  a  blessing.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  best  way  to  make  the  neces-­ sary  midcourse  corrections  that  keep  a  marriage  alive  and  loving.  /HDUQ WKH WHFKQLTXH RI UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLYH OLV-­ tening.  Remember  the  words  of  Ruth  Bell  Graham:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  happy  marriage  is  the  union  of  two  good  forgivers.â&#x20AC;?   And  practice  the  art  of  saying  something  nice  to  and  about  your  partner  every  single  day.

0DUULDJH LV DOVR D ¿QDQFLDO FRQ-­ tract.  Which  you  will  learn  if,  god  for-­ bid,  you  ever  get  divorced.

9.  Enjoy  each  otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  luscious-­ ness.  They  say  youth  is  wasted  on  the  young.  The  best  evidence  for  this  is  that  while  you  will  probably  never  be  as  physically  vital  and  attractive  as  you  are  at  this  time  in  life,  most  of  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  realize  it.  Rather  than  ponder  your  spouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  physical  imperfections,  focus  on  and  enjoy  their  astounding  beauty  and  the  pleasure  it  can  bring.

10.  Believe  in  love  and  practice  it  as  fully  as  you  can.  It  can  pull  you  through  even  the  worst  of  times.  And  it  makes  the  good  times  great.

Gregory  Dennisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  column  appears  here  every  other  Thursday  and  his  archived  on  his  blog  at  www.Greg-­ Dennis.WordPress.com.  Email:  Greg  Dennis  VT@yahoo.com.  Twitter:@ greengregdennis.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dangerousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Vermont  fauna:  leeches,  ticks New  Age  Trigger  Warning:  The  fol-­ suffering  horribly  from  a  new  disease  lowing  column  contains  information  called  Lyme  disease.  I  added  both  to  that  may  be  troubling  to  people  with  my  middle-­age  catalog  of  fears. heightened  sensibilities  and  little  real  , PHW P\ ÂżUVW WLFN PDQ\ \HDUV ODWHU world  experience  or  who  suffer  from  It  had  settled  into  my  thigh.  I  felt  an  enhanced  yuck  factor  syndrome. itch,  looked  down  and  saw  some  tiny  Biologists  claim  the  only  life-­ OLWWOH OHJV Ă&#x20AC;DLOLQJ LQ WKH DLU , SOXFNHG threatening  fauna  in  Ver-­ it  out,  examined  it  and  mont  are  the  endangered  dropped  it  in  the  sink.  timber  rattlers  making  It  was  a  harmless  large  their  homes  in  Ben-­ tick.  The  next  visitor  son.  Benson  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  my  landed  in  the  middle  of  This  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ¿UVW FKRLFH ZKHQ , ZDV my  back  and  I  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  looking  for  a  home.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  writer  is  Bill  Schu-­ reach  it.  My  wife  was  a  nice  town,  but  until  I  bart,  a  Vermont  en-­ away.  That  night,  I  went  began  stacking  wood  at  trepreneur,  author  to  a  party  and  a  friend  age  24,  I  was  even  afraid  and  commentator  was  there.  I  asked  her  if  of  garter  snakes,  which  on  VPR.  He  writes  she  would  accompany  often  confuse  wood-­ about  Vermont  and  me  into  the  bathroom  piles  with  condos.  Even  WKH QDWLRQ LQ ÂżFWLRQ and  remove  my  tick.  today,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;slither  shockâ&#x20AC;?  humor  and  opinion  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  closer  friends  still  elicits  an  adrenalin  pieces. now.  Nashville  capital-­ discharge  but  no  longer  ized  on  the  tick  phenom-­ paralysis. enon  with  a  hit  single  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ticks.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  I  went  to  a  fairly  low-­rent  sum-­ wanna  check  you  for  ticksâ&#x20AC;?  is  the  new  mer  camp  for  a  week  on  Lake  Eden  singles  bar  come-­on.

DQG ZKLOH WKHUH ÂżUVW PHW OHHFKHV :H Last  week,  I  was  doing  my  annual  called  them  â&#x20AC;&#x153;bloodsuckers.â&#x20AC;?  There  cattail  harvest  in  our  pond.  I  had  never  were  so  many  that  the  camp  owner  seen  a  leech  in  there  in  the  ten  years  had  a  saltlick  on  the  swimming  dock  since  we  dug  it.  I  was  pulling  cattails  so  we  could  rub  salt  on  them,  causing  in  about  a  foot  of  murky  water  and  felt  them  to  disconnect,  pucker  up  and  fall  the  usual  polliwogs  swimming  around  back  into  the  water.  I  was  middle-­aged  inside  my  swimming  trunks.  Then  ZKHQ , ÂżUVW GRQDWHG EORRG I  began  to  feel  some  light  stings  and  There  were  no  ticks  when  I  was  wondered  if  polliwogs  had  evolved  young,  except  from  the  grandfather  LQWR FDUQLYRUHV , NHSW DW LW XQWLO , ÂżQ-­ clock  in  the  hall  that  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  keep  ished  my  harvest,  swam  around  for  a  time,  but  made  weird  mechanical  bit,  and  then  emerged  and  pulled  off  QRLVHV DQG FKLPHG DW RGG KRXUV , ÂżUVW my  trunks  to  shake  out  the  polliwogs.  I  learned  of  them  when  a  friend  told  me  gasped  when  I  saw  a  good  thirty  leech-­ a  friend  of  his  from  Long  Island  was  es  squirming  around  in  the  bottom  of Â

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the  bathing  suit,  the  losers  in  a  game  of  PXVLFDO FKDLUV XQDEOH WR ÂżQG DQ\ RSHQ thigh  space  left  to  attach  to.  I  shook  the  losers  out  on  the  grass  and  returned  the  polliwogs  to  the  pond.  I  then  removed  as  many  bloodsuckers  as  I  could  reach  and  walked  up  to  the  house,  yelling  for  my  patient  wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  help.

Standing  naked  on  the  lawn  in  a  mooning  posture  with  my  beloved  picking  slimy  hemovores  off  my  neth-­ ers,  our  cheery  UPS  driver  drove  up  and  almost  careened  off  into  the  vege-­ table  garden.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never  been  mooned  by  a  customer  before,â&#x20AC;?  he  yelled  cheerily  as  he  drove  off  after  discretely  leaving  a  package  in  the  driveway.

So  when  Vermarketers  tout  the  lack  of  dangerous  fauna  in  Vermont,  call  me.  I  grew  up  here.  Most  of  them  did  not.

P.S.  The  deer  ticks  I  remove  after  my  chainsaw  forays  into  the  woods  prefer  the  needle  tracks  left  by  the  bloodsuckers,  so  at  least  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  less  scar  tissue.

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(GLWRUÂśV QRWH 7KLV LV D ÂżUVW like  many  others  it  can  be  man-­ in  a  series  of  pieces  on  identify-­ aged  and  treated.  It  is  a  disease  of  the  brain  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  ing,  treating  and  dealing  with  opiate  addiction.  The  series  was  much  like  Type  2  diabetes  dam-­ produced  by  the  Addison  County  ages  the  pancreas  or  heart  disease  Committee  on  Opiate  Addiction,  affects  the  heart.  People  ask  me  all  the  time,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  whose  members  in-­ canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  he  just  quit  us-­ clude  the  Counsel-­ LQJ GUXJV KH LV ing  Service  of  Addi-­ losing  everything.â&#x20AC;?  son  County,  Bristol  My  answer  is:  Many  Internal  Medicine,  people  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  quit  Turning  Point  Cen-­ This  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  writer  without  support  be-­ ter,  Vermont  Blue-­ cause  the  brain  is  print  for  Health,  is  Jessi  de  Boer,  who  wrote  this  in  damaged.  Vermont  Health  De-­ When  our  brain  is  partment,  a  local  coordination  with  exposed  to  substances  acupuncturist,  and  the  Addison  County  Committee  on  or  medication  it  can  others.

Opiate  Addiction.  be  very  helpful.  If  I  Counseling  Ser-­ fall  and  break  my  an-­ vice  of  Addison  DeBoer,  a  licensed  alcohol  and  drug  kle,  pain  medication,  County  and  the  Ad-­ counselor  and  a  for  example,  can  be  a  dison  County  Com-­ licensed  clinical  great  help  to  hobble  mittee  on  Opiate  Ad-­ around,  get  to  work  diction  have  teamed  mental  health  and  get  to  school.  to  put  together  a  counselor,  is  series  of  articles  for  coordinator  of  Adult  What  happens  with  our  community.  Our  Recovery  Services  at  addiction  is  that  when  Counseling  Service  the  brain  is  given  too  hope  is  that  this  col-­ of  Addison  County. much  medication  it  umn  offers  informa-­ starts  to  change  and  tion,  support  and  hope  for  addiction  recovery,  spe-­ ÂżQG ZD\V WR DFFHSW PRUH RI WKH FLÂżFDOO\ RSLDWH DGGLFWLRQ KHURLQ substance  or  medication.  As  more  and  more  of  the  drug  is  added  the  painkillers).  Addiction  is  a  disease.  Once  brain  changes  more  and  more.  Think  about  this  as  it  relates  you  have  it  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  stuck  with  it.  It  is  persistent  and  the  symp-­ WR \RXU PRUQLQJ FRIIHH $W ÂżUVW toms  really  damage  relationships.  ounces  was  enough  to  get  to  work,  We  struggle  to  treat  this  disease.  focus  and  feel  good.  Overtime,  to  Many  people  get  better  and  then  continue  to  be  so  productive,  you  get  worse  again.  We  have  seen  might  have  found  yourself  getting  it  in  this  community:  hurting  the  12-­ounce  instead  or  hitting  up  friends,  family  and  community.  the  coffee  maker  for  another  cup  There  is  an  idea  that  this  disease  at  10  a.m.  Before  you  know  it  is  something  that  can  be  cured  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  at  the  20-­ounce  size.  This  with  will-­power  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  that  is  simply  is  called  tolerance;Íž  your  body  and  not  true.  Addiction  is  disease  and  your  brain  have  changed  to  accept Â

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more  and  more  caffeine  to  get  the  same  desired  effect.  Then  you  might  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  drinking  way  too  much  coffee,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  quit.â&#x20AC;?

What  happens  next?  Head-­ aches,  mood  swings,  stomach-­ ache,  why?  Withdrawal  has  set  in!  Your  brain  and  your  body  are  expecting  that  drug  and  when  you  do  not  supply  it  the  body  is  in  dis-­ tress.  Now  imagine  this  is  not  caf-­ feine  but  a  much  stronger  drug  or  medication  with  withdrawal  V\PSWRPV OLNH Ă&#x20AC;X DQG IRRG SRL-­ soning.  Many  of  us,  even  healthy,  happy  people,  would  do  almost  anything  to  avoid  feeling  that  sick.  People  who  have  opiate  addiction  do  experience  those  symptoms.  Opiates  are  used  for  pain  medications  such  as  oxyco-­ done,  and  Percocet,  but  heroin  too  is  an  opiate.

Some  people  became  addicted  to  a  medication  prescribed  by  a  doctor  and  did  not  ever  use  street  drugs.  The  brain  does  not  know  or  care  what  the  substance  is.  It  just  demands  more  and  more  of  it  to  feel  OK  and  avoid  those  horrible  withdrawal  symptoms.  The  dis-­ ease  takes  over.

There  is  hope  for  this  disease  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  there  is  no  cure  but  it  can  be  prevented  and  treated.  Keep  read-­ ing  this  column  in  the  weeks  to  come  to  learn  more  about  warn-­ ing  signs  of  addiction,  how  ad-­ diction  can  happen  and  how  to  protect  yourself  and  your  family  from  this  horrible  disease.  For  help  today  go  to  www.ad-­ dictionhelpvt.com.  There  is  help  right  here  in  Addison  County. Â

Raymond  (Continued  from  Page  4A) porting  would  be  safe.  My  hus-­ band,  Mark,  is  dubious.  He  said  he  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  care  to  be  a  candidate.  But  , DVVXUHG KLP WKH ÂżUVW WHOHSRUWHUV would  no  doubt  be  rats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even  worse,â&#x20AC;?  Mark  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why?â&#x20AC;?  I  asked.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are  you  worried  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  come  out  all  mangled  and  creepy  looking?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  worried  they  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  come  out  at  all.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  just Â

EH Ă&#x20AC;RDWLQJ DURXQG LQ ÂľWKH FORXG Âś No  one  will  be  able  to  retrieve  their  EDFNXS ÂżOHV EHFDXVH WKH UDWV ZLOO have  eaten  them  all.â&#x20AC;?

That  is  a  frightening  thought.

But  just  think  about  all  the  ways  teleporting  could  make  the  world  a  EHWWHU SODFH 7KH UHGXFHG URDG WUDI¿F alone  would  mean  a  dramatic  drop  in  the  use  of  fossil  fuels  and  a  possible  slowing  of  climate  change.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  great.  And  maybe  even  bet-­

ter,  teleportation  offers  the  solution  to  one  of  my  biggest  pet  peeves:  waiting  for  people  who  are  chroni-­ cally  late  because  they  fail  to  factor  in  travel  time.

Unless  the  Russians  really  get  to  work  on  teleportation  quickly,  WKRXJK , ZRQÂśW VHH WKH EHQHÂżWV LQ my  lifetime.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  shame.

Just  once  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  hear  someone  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  there  in  a  sec,â&#x20AC;?  and  mean  it.

Clippings  myth  and  a  dangerous  one  at  that.  DIĂ&#x20AC;LFW RXU VRFLHW\ ZLWKRXW D VREHU (Continued  from  Page  4A) in  order  to  entangle  and  drain  the  We  will  not  come  one  inch  closer  look  at  the  role  our  own  govern-­ 6RYLHWV 7KHVH VDPH ÂżJKWHUV ZRXOG to  solving  the  deep  problems  that  ment  plays  in  creating  them. go  on  to  form  Al-­Qaeda  a  decade  later,  using  our  weapons  and  mon-­ ey  for  their  terrorist  activities.  You  will  recall  that  Al-­Qaeda  is  the  JURXS WKDW FDUULHG RXW WKH DW-­ tacks  in  New  York  City.  My  point  is  this:  Opportunistic  politicians  will  try  to  sell  you  on  the  idea  of  American  victimhood.  The  idea  that  we  are  innocent  babes  on  the  world  stage,  benevo-­ lent  in  intention  and  unappreciated  by  the  rest  of  the  world.  This  is  a Â

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Obituaries

Mary Bearor, 65, East Middlebury EAST  MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Mary  Anne  (Connors)  Bearor,  65,   resident  of  East  Middlebury,  passed  away  Sunday,  June  26,  2016,  surrounded  by  her  family,  friends,  and  the  community.

Born  in  Bennington  on  Feb.  5,  1951,  she  was  the  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Connors.  Mary  Anne  attended  local  schools  and  graduated  from  Burr  &  Burton  Seminary,  class  of  1969.  She  received  her  Associates  Degree  in  Science  for  Pre-­Business  Education  at  Champlain  College,  class  of  1971.  She  completed  her  college  education  receiving  her  Bachelor  of  Science  Degree  at  Castleton  State  College,  class  of  1973.

She  married  James  Bearor  in  East  Dorset  on  July  23,  1977.

They  moved  to  East  Middlebury  where  they  built  their  house  for  their  family  that  became  three  when  their  son,  Eric,  was  born.

She  found  her  place  in  the  commu-­ nity  working  as  a  teacher  for  30  years  at  the  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  Following  her  retire-­ ment  from  teaching  she  continued  her  work  at  the  high  school  as  the  Administrative  Assistant  to  the  *XLGDQFH RI¿ FH ZKHUH VKH ZRUNHG happily  and  proudly  until  her  passing.

She  is  predeceased  by  her  husband  of  37  years,  James.  She  is  survived  by  her  son,  Eric  Bearor,  and  his Â

MARY  ANNE  BEAROR wife  Erika  of  East  Dorset;͞  and  many  in-­laws,  cousins,  nieces,  nephews  and  friends.

A  celebration  of  Mary  Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life  will  be  held  at  the  Middlebury  Union  High  School  on  Saturday,  July  9,  from  2-­4  p.m.  Family,  friends,  and  the  community  are  welcome  to  attend.

In  honor  of  Mary  Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life,  dona-­ tions  may  be  made  to  the  Addison  Respite  Care  Home.  Donations  may  be  mailed  to  ARCH,  LTD.  P.O.  Box  0LGGOHEXU\ 97 ¸

Winston Matot, 55, native of Middlebury BURLINGTON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Winston  (Winnie)  Wade  Matot  passed  away  unexpectedly  on  June  20,  2016.  Born  in  Middlebury  on  November  19,  1960,  he  was  the  son  of  Wade  and  Elizabeth  Rawson  Matot.

Winnie  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  son,  Lee  Matot.  Winnie  is  survived  by  his  son,  Wade  Matot  and  his  girlfriend  Janelle  Wilbur  of  St.  Albans;͞  his  brother,  David  Matot  and  his  wife  Diana  of  Colchester;͞  his  sister,  Carol  Costello  and  her  husband  Andy  of  Colchester;͞  his  sister,  Connie  Hawkins  and  her  husband  Chet  of  Ferrisburgh;͞  and  his  longtime  girlfriend,  Cathy  Benway  of  Burlington.  Winnie  is  also  survived  by  many  other  relatives  and  friends.

Winnie  will  be  remembered  for  his  outgoing  personality  and  sense  of  humor.  He  loved  the  outdoors  and  HQMR\HG Âż VKLQJ DQG KXQWLQJ 7KH family  wishes  to  thank  the  University  WINSTON  W.  MATOT of  Vermont  Medical  Center  doctors,  nurses  and  staff  for  their  care  and  KHOS WKURXJK WKLV GLIÂż FXOW WLPH A  small,  private  family  memo-­ can  be  made  to  the  American  Heart  rial  service  will  be  held  at  a  later  Association,  110  Main  St.  #203,  GDWH ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV GRQDWLRQV %XUOLQJWRQ 97 ¸

William Field memorial service MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  William  A.  Field,  a  longtime  resident  of  Middlebury  who  died  peacefully  at  Helen  Porter  Nursing  Home  on  Feb.  2,  will  be  remembered  at  a  memorial  service  to  be  held  at  Gage  Cemetery  in  Ferrisburgh  on  Saturday,  July  16, Â

at  10:30  a.m.  A  post-­funeral  recep-­ tion  will  be  held  at  the  American  Legion  in  Vergennes.

All  those  who  knew  him  are  invited  to  join  family  and  friends  in  celebrat-­ ing  his  life.

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Louise Seguin-Miner, 60, formerly of Whiting COBLESKILL,  N.Y.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Louise  Jeanne  Seguin-­Miner,  60,  of  Cobleskill,  formerly  of  Whiting,  Vt.,  died  Monday  June  20.

She  was  born  July  16,  1955,  in  Proctor,  Vt. Survivors  include  her  children,  Stephanie  Utsey,  Dawn  Laprise-­ Hurlburt  of  New  Haven,  Vt.,  and  Timothy  Gillian;Íž  an  adopted  daugh-­ ter,  Ziaha  Butler;Íž  sisters  Theresa Â

Ethel Kelley, 92, Shoreham SHOREHAM  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Ethel  H.  Kelley  of  Shoreham,  formerly  of  Lima,  Ohio,  passed  into  the  arms  of  her  dear  Lord  and  Savior  on  June  21,  2016.  She  was  surrounded  by  her  two  sons,  Ross  and  Joe,  and  the  loving  staff  of  Eastview  and  Home  Health/Hospice,  both  of  Middlebury.

Ethel  was  born  in  Port  Chester,  N.Y.  on  July  21,1923,  to  Joseph  and  Erika  Haklitt,  who  predeceased  her  in  1966  and  1977  respectively.  Ethel  attended  high  school  in  Port  Chester,  N.Y.,  and  entered  Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greenwich  Hospital  Nursing  School  LQ WKHLU DIÂż OLDWH SURJUDPV RI LQIHF tious  disease  at  Columbia  and  Yale  University.  She  graduated  with  her  RN  degree  in  1944.

She  enlisted  in  the  U.S.  Army  in  April  1945,  and  served  at  Camp  Maxey,  a  German  POW  Regional  Hospital  in  Powderly,  Texas.  Ethel  then  served  at  the  General  Hospital  in  Sante  Fe,  N.M.,  as  the  charge  nurse  in  TB  and  surgical  wards  until  her  honorable  discharge  in  1947,  having  attained  the  rank  of  Second  Lieutenant.  She  married  Dr.  Clement  Earl  Kelley  of  Clayton,  Ind.,  on  December  21,  1946.  They  moved  to  Lima,  Ohio,  where  her  husband  became  Chief  Radiologist  at  Lima  Memorial  Hospital.  They  raised  two  sons,  Ross  and  Joe  Kelley.  Clem  predeceased  Ethel  in  1970.

From  1956,  Ethel  Kelley  spent  her  summers  in  Shoreham,  Vt.  She  cher-­ ished  her  time  with  her  parents,  family,  friends  and  churches.  She  loved  to  pick  raspberries  and  make  jam  for  her  special  popovers  and  biscuits.

Ethel  was  a  devout  Christian  and  a  strong  advocate  for  her  faith  and  country.  She  attended  Bluelick  Bible  Church  in  Lima,  Ohio,  and  Valley  Bible  Church  in  East  Middlebury. Â

Adams  and  Carol  Quenneville  of  Whiting,  Vt.;͞  13  grandchildren;͞  one  great-­grandson;͞  and  her  longtime  companion,  Ernest  Butler.

A  celebration  of  life  will  be  held  on  July  16,  at  11  a.m.  at  Theresa  Adamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  home,  454  Gordon  Road,  Sloansville,  NY  12160.  Memorial  contributions  may  be  sent  to  Theresa  Adams;Íž  or  to  Marathon  For  A  Better  Life,  P.O.  Box  268,  Warnerville,  NY  12187.

George Doty Sr., 69, formerly of Lincoln

ETHEL  KELLEY Her  faith  was  sound  and  her  convic-­ tions  unwavering  as  she  raised  her  boys  and  encouraged  their  walk  with  the  Lord.

Ethel  is  survived  by  Ross  and  Nancy  Kelley  of  Ticonderoga,  N.Y.,  and  Joseph  and  Deborah  Kelley  of  Shoreham.  Grandchildren  include  Lisa  Kelley,  Aaron  Kelley,  Laura  Kelley,  Johanna  Kelley,  Elizabeth  Kelley  and  great-­grandchildren  Nicholas,  Addison  and  Maille  Kelley.

Services  will  be  held  at  Valley  Bible  Church  (address  below)  in  East  Middlebury  at  11  a.m.  on  July  9,  2016.  Reception  following  with  Interment  at  Lake  View  Cemetery  in  Shoreham. ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV WKH IDPLO\ UHFRP mends  memorial  donations  to  either  AWANA  at  Valley  Bible  Church,  322  East  Main  St.,  Middlebury  VT,  05753  or  Mountainside  Christian  Academy,  165  US  Rt  9,  Schroon  /DNH 1< ¸

ANCHORAGE,  Alaska  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  George  W.  Doty  Sr.,  69,  passed  away  on  June  25,  2016,  at  Alaska  Regional  Hospital.

George  was  born  Nov.  9,  1946,  in  Middletown,  N.Y.  Anchorage  was  his  home  for  the  last  26  years.  Prior  to  moving  to  Alaska  he  spent  years  in  Spokane,  Wash.,  and  Lincoln,  Vt.  He  graduated  from  Minisink  Valley  High  in  1964  and  received  his  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree  in  Business  from  Burlington  College  in  1987.  He  was  a  U.S.  Army  Veteran  who  served  from  1964  -­1968.  After  the  service  he  was  a  denture  technician  in  Middletown,  N.Y.,  before  moving  to  Spokane,  Wash.,  where  he  was  a  U.S.  Postal  worker  from  1976  -­1982.  He  then  moved  back  east  to  Lincoln,  Vt.,  and  worked  for  the  towns  of  Lincoln  and  Charlotte,  Vt.,  in  zoning  and  planning.  He  was  an  NRA  Benefactor,  Golden  Eagle  Member,  a  strong  Second  Amendment  supporter,  NTEU  Executive  Vice  President  and  Chief  Steward.  George  was  also  an  DYLG JDUGHQHU KXQWHU Âż VKHUPDQ DQG genealogy  researcher.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Peggy  Doty;Íž  children,  Rachel  Mower,  Heather  Gerhardt,  and  George  Doty  Jr.;Íž  grandchildren,  Jacob,  Luke,  and Â

GEORGE  DOTY  SR. Audrey  Gerhardt,  Joshua  and  Noah  Mower;͞  siblings,  Irene  McNear,  Frank  Doty,  Donald  Doty,  Ellen  Rice,  Patrick  Doty  and  many  nieces  and  nephews.  Arrangements  entrusted  to  the  Cremation  Society  of  Alaska.  Words  of  comfort  can  be  shared  with  the  family  at  www.alaskacremation.

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Porter  to  upgrade  patient  monitoring  system MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Porter  Medical  Center  Auxiliary  Board  of  Directors  has  approved  a  contribu-­ tion  of  $131,000  to  Porter  Hospital  in  support  of  a  state-­of-­the-­art  patient  monitoring  system  upgrade  project.  The  total  cost  of  the  proj-­ ect  is  $350,000,  with  the  auxiliary  donation  providing  the  final  fund-­ ing  portion  of  what  Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Interim  CEO  Dr.  Fred  Kniffin  has  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;one  of  my  highest-­priority  proj-­ ects  and  a  significant  step  forward  for  our  community  hospital.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  nurses  and  clinical  team  members  provide  great  care  to  our  patients  and  are  highly  skilled  and  dedicated  to  patient  care  quality  and  safety,â&#x20AC;?  Kniffin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  role  as  leaders  of  the  organization  is  to  ensure  that  these  front-­line  care-­ givers  have  the  most  modern  and  appropriate  tools  and  technology  required  to  support  their  clinical  work  and  serve  our  patients.â&#x20AC;?

The  new  telemetry  monitoring  system  represents  a  significant  upgrade  from  the  current  system  that  is  used  to  monitor  patients  who  have  cardiac-­related  medi-­ cal  issues  on  the  Medical/Surgical  Unit.  Through  the  use  of  this  equip-­ ment,  nurses  will  have  the  ability  to  continuously  visualize  their  patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  heart  rhythm  wherever  the  nurse  or  patient  is  on  the  floor.  Additionally,  nurses  will  receive Â

DR.  FRED  KNIFFIN,  interim  CEO  of  Porter  Medical  Center,  discusses  the  need  for  a  new  patient  monitoring  system  with  PMC  Auxiliary  President  Jan  Bark.  Last  week,  the  PMC  Auxiliary  Board  of  Directors  approved  a  con-­ tribution  of  $131,000  to  Porter  Hospital  in  support  of  a  state-­of-­the-­art  patient  monitoring  system  upgrade  project.

audible  alarms  on  both  fixed  moni-­ and  to  their  personal  handheld  toring  units  at  the  nursesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  station  device  when  they  are  away  from  the  nursesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  station  if  potentially  worrisome  rhythms  occur.  Two  remote  visual  displays  will  also  be  added  to  the  Medical/Surgical  Unit  in  the  hallways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  the  same  system  used  at  the  University  of  Vermont  Medical  Center  and  truly  is  the  most  modern  system  now  available  anywhere  in  Vermont,â&#x20AC;?  said  Porter  Chief  Nursing  Officer  Karen Â

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Man  jailed  after  brandishing  knife ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  At  around  3:45  a.m.  this  past  Saturday  morning,  Vermont  State  Police  re-­ sponded  to  a  report  of   an  ongoing  ¿JKW RQ :HVW 6WUHHW LQ &RUQZDOO After  a  short  investigation  troopers  said  they  determined  that  36-­year-­ old  Rodibel  S.  Lopez  had  assaulted  a  woman.  Police  said  Lopez  had  also  brandished  a  knife  and  threatened  to  harm  a  man  on  the  scene.  Troopers  found  Lopez  on  a  near-­ by  farm,  arrested  him  and  cited  him  for  aggravated  assault  with  a  deadly  weapon  and  simple  assault.  Lopez  was  lodged  at  Chittenden  Regional  Correctional  Facility  for  lack  of  $1,500  bail.

Separately,  state  police  last  week  reported  that  on  May  24  they  were  QRWL¿HG E\ WKH 'HSDUWPHQW IRU &KLO-­ dren  and  Families  of  concerns  about  an  intimate  relationship  between  a  19-­year-­old  Whiting  woman  and  a  14-­year-­old  girl  in  another  town.

After  investigating,  police  alleged  that  Victoria  A.  Hunt  (who  police  said  prefers  to  go  by  the  name  Jaydon  M.  Hunt)  engaged  in  a  sexual  relation-­ ship  with  the  14-­year-­old  girl  over  the  last  month.  Police  found  Hunt,  cited  her  for  sexual  assault  and  lodged  her  at  the  Marble  Valley  Regional  Cor-­ rectional  Facility  on  $2,500  bail.  Hunt  pleaded  innocent  to  the  charge  when  she  was  arraigned  in  Rutland  Superior  Court,  criminal  division,  on  June  24.

The  case  was  investigated  by  the  Rutland  Unit  for  Special  Investiga-­ tions,  a  multi-­disciplinary  team  that  investigates,  prosecutes  and  serves  victims  of  sex  crimes  and  child  victims  of  severe  physical  abuse  throughout  Rutland  County.  In  other  recent  activity,  troopers:  Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW S P UHFHLYHG a  report  of  a  man  riding  a  John  Deere  lawnmower  down  the  travel  portion  of  Route  116  in  Bristol.  Troopers  said  they  found  Claude  Spaulding,  67  of  Bristol  driving  on  Lower  Notch  Road Â

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and  noted  signs  of  impairment.  They  screened  Spaulding  for  driving  under  WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH DQG FLWHG KLP IRU GULY-­ LQJ XQGHU WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RI GUXJV Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW DURXQG S P responded  to  a  report  of  a  domestic  assault  at  a  Route  125  home  in  Han-­ cock.  After  investigating,  police  cited  61-­year-­old  Steve  Maxwell  of  Han-­ cock  for  aggravated  domestic  assault,  interference  with  access  to  emergency  services  and  abuse  of  a  vulnerable  adult.  Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW DSSUR[LPDWHO\ 1:04  a.m.  went  to  the  scene  of  a  one-­ car  crash  on  Route  22A  in  Benson.  Police  found  a  2014  Chevrolet  Cruz  off  the  side  of  the  northbound  lane  facing  south  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  rear  axle  broken  in  half  and  the  passenger-­side  tire  ap-­ proximately  20  feet  from  the  vehicle.  During  the  crash  the  rear  window  was  shattered  and  all  airbags  were  de-­ ployed.   %RWK WKH GULYHU LGHQWLÂżHG DV 29-­year-­old  Aili  Jones  of  Middlebury,  and  an  infant  passenger  were  evalu-­ ated  by  the  Fair  Haven  Rescue  Squad.  Neither  the  driver  nor  the  baby  ap-­ peared  to  be  injured  in  the  crash,  but  both  were  transported  to  Porter  Hos-­ pital  for  more  detailed  evaluation.

The  reason  the  vehicle  left  the  roadway  is  unknown.  Police  said  a  contributing  factor  to  the  crash  was  operator  fatigue.  The  lack  of  injuries  was  partially  attributed  to  proper  seat  belt  and  car  seat  use.

No  court  action  was  anticipated. Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW D P VWRSSHG a  vehicle  driven  on  Route  22A  in  Shoreham  by  Arlyn  Sunderland  Sr.,  42,  of  Shoreham  for  failing  to  display  a  registration  plate.  Police  cited  Sun-­ derland  for  driving  with  a  criminally  suspended  license.

Â&#x2021; $FWLQJ RQ D WLS RQ -XQH DW 1:50  p.m.  went  to  Branbury  State  Park  in  Leicester  looking  for  a  want-­ ed  person.  A  state  police  K9  team  lo-­ cated  25-­year-­old  Adam  Hornbeck  of  Brandon  in  a  crowd  of  people.  Police  took  Horneck  into  custody,  and  troop-­ ers  reported  that  he  admitted  that  he  had  cut  off  his  GPS  tracking  device  to  prevent  his  location  from  being  known.  Police  lodged  Hornbeck  at  the  Mar-­ ble  Valley  Correction  Facility  located  in  Rutland. Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW IRXU PLQXWHV SDVW midnight  stopped  a  motor  vehicle  driven  by  Norman  A.  Michaud,  58,  of  Middlebury  on  Route  116  in  Bristol  IRU D WUDIÂżF LQIUDFWLRQ $ SUHOLPLQDU\ sample  of  his  breath  showed  that  Mi-­ chaudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  blood  alcohol  content  was  0.081  percent;Íž  the  legal  limit  for  driv-­ ing  is  0.08.  Police  cited  Michaud  for  DUI. Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW S P ZHQW WR the  scene  of  a  one-­car  crash  on  West  River  Road  just  west  of  Atkins  Road  in  Lincoln.   Police  said  they  found  a  2015  Kia  driven  by  Shannon  L.  Delage,  40,  of  Lincoln  pressed  up  a  telephone  pole.  Police  took  Delage  to  the  New  Haven  state  police  barracks,  where  a  drug  recognition  expert  eval-­ uated  her.  The  troopers  cited  Delage  IRU GULYLQJ XQGHU WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RI drugs.  Delage,  who  was  wearing  a  seat  belt,  was  uninjured,  but  her  car  was  judged  to  be  a  total  loss. Â&#x2021; 2Q -XQH DW MXVW EHIRUH p.m.,  received  a  call  regarding  an  on  going  assault  at  the  Rivers  Bend  Campground  in  New  Haven.  Troop-­ ers  and  Middlebury  police  arrived  on  scene  and  spoke  with  the  victim  of  the  assault,  the  owner  of  the  camp-­ ground  and  others.  State  police  ar-­ rested  46-­year-­old  Thomas  Martin  of  Swanton,  took  him  to  the  nearby  state  police  barracks  and  cited  him  for  do-­ mestic  assault.  Martin  was  lodged  at  the  Marble  Valley  Regional  Correc-­ tional  Facility  for  lack  of  $500  bail.

Deal  will preserve Brandon  wetlands  500  acres  along  Otter  Creek  saved

By  LEE  J.  KAHRS BRANDON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  a  simple  thesis.  If  you  restore  it,  they  will  come.â&#x20AC;?

With  that  thought,  Rutland  County  Audubon  Society  Co-­President  Roy  Pilcher  summed  up  Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  preser-­ JIM  AND  LYN  De  Marais,  who  have  preserved  the  natural  habitat  of  a  vation  of  500  acres  of  wetland  at  the  DFUH ZHWODQG LQ %UDQGRQ UHFHLYH WKDQNV IURP 86'$ RIÂżFLDOV 6DOO\ former  Dean  Farm  on  Union  Street  Eugair,  right,  and  Vicky  Drew  during  a  ceremony  at  the  site  along  Otter  Creek  this  past  Friday. in  Brandon.

Brandon  Reporter  photo/Lee  J.  Kahrs Owners  Lyn  and  Jim  Des  Marais  have  sold  an  easement  of  500  acres  Pomainville  started  working  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  said  to  myself,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Give  it  up.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of  their  land  along  the  Otter  Creek  to  the  NRCS  in  2003  to  conserve  356  never  going  to  happen,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Des  Marais  the  USDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Natural  Resources  Con-­ acres  of  his  former  farm.  Now,  the  revealed. servation  Service.  It  is  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Pomainville  Wildlife  Management  But  then,  the  seller  dropped  the  largest  wetland  easement  and  pro-­ Area  is  being  hailed  as  a  success  sto-­ price,  and  the  Des  Maraises  put  in  an  tects  the  land  in  perpetuity  from  de-­ U\ DV ELUG DQG ÂżVK VSHFLHV KDYH UH-­ offer.  Unfortunately,  the  farm  sold  velopment  or  alteration  of  any  kind.  turned  to  the  area.  It  is  also  credited  to  another  buyer  â&#x20AC;Ś  but  the  sale  fell  It  was  a  perfect  June  day  for  Fri-­ ZLWK SUHYHQWLQJ WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRG FDXVHG E\ through,  and  in  2013,  Lyn  Des  Mara-­ dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ceremony  in  the  Des  Maraisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Tropical  Storm  Irene  in  2011  from  is  saw  her  dream  of  owning  the  Dean  backyard.  Roughly  being  even  worse  Farm  come  true.

40  attendees  sat  un-­ downstream  along  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  still  pinching  myself,â&#x20AC;?  der  blue  skies  in  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a day of Otter  Creek. she  said  Friday  after  the  easement  cool  breeze  overlook-­ celebration. We are The  Des  Marais  ceremony. ing  a  marsh  along  the  in one of the most easement  will  now  Sally  Eugair  said  she  had  been  try-­ Otter  Creek  teaming  beautiful places in be  added  to  the  2,148  ing  to  save  the  wetlands  on  the  farm  with  life  as  state  and  Vermont, and it is acres  already  pre-­ since  1999,  but  the  previous  land-­ IHGHUDO RIÂżFLDOV WRRN with  NRCS  owners  kept  turning  her  down. really a joy for me served  turns  thanking  the  easements  along  the  Then  last  year,  Des  Marais  heard  Des  Maraises  for  pre-­ to be here. It takes Otter  Creek  between  about  the  NRCS  easement  program  serving  such  a  large  a truly committed Rutland  and  Middle-­ through  neighbor  Allan  Leavitt  and  parcel  of  their  1,250-­ landowner to bury. local  birder  and  friend  Sue  Wetmore,  acre  property.  The  landowners  re-­ who  got  Des  Marais  in  touch  with  say they want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  day  of  conserve this land tain  ownership  but  es-­ Eugair.  celebration,â&#x20AC;?  said  sentially  give  up  all  de-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  thought,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This  makes  so  much  master  of  ceremonies  for our children velopment  rights  to  the  sense,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Des  Marais  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  Vicky  Drew,  Vermont  and grandchildren land  once  the  easement  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  you  do  it?  Jim  and  I  just  state  conservationist  and greatis  sold.  The  landowner  wanted  to  give  back.â&#x20AC;? of  the  NRCS.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  grandchildren.â&#x20AC;? retains  all  hunting  and  And  it  is  the  most  generous  of  are  in  one  of  the  most  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vicky Drew ÂżVKLQJ ULJKWV EXW QR gifts.  During  the  ceremony,  Pilcher,  beautiful  places  in  structures,  including  Wetmore  and  Audubon  Society  Co-­ Vermont,  and  it  is  re-­ hunting  blinds,  may  be  President  Marvin  Elliott  and  his  ally  a  joy  for  me  to  be  here.  It  takes  built  on  the  land.  The  NRCS  pays  100  wife,  Susan,  were  routinely  drawn  to  of  dressing,  dinner  roll  and  birthday  meal  is  $4,  and  advanced  reservations  a  truly  committed  landowner  to  say  percent  of  any  restoration  costs,  and  the  marshland  in  the  distance  and  the  cake  for  dessert. are  required.  Call  CVAA  at  1-­800-­ they  want  to  conserve  this  land  for  the  landowner  retains  title  to  the  land,  birding  activity  there.  At  one  point,  a  &HUWLÂżHG RUJDQLF UHJXODU DQG GH-­ 642-­5110,  ext.  1070,  to  reserve  a  spot. our  children  and  grandchildren  and  which  is  protected  forever  from  devel-­ huge  Great  Blue  Heron  took  off  from  caffeinated  coffee  will  be  available  Free  transportation  will  be  provid-­ great-­grandchildren.â&#x20AC;?  opment  or  sale. the  marsh  and  made  a  sweeping  turn  thanks  to  the  donation  of  Vermont  ed  by  ACTR;Íž  call  802-­388-­1946  for  The  Des  Maraises  enrolled  their  AN  EASY  DECISION over  the  yard  heading  southeast.

Coffee  Company. a  ride.  For  more  information  about  wetlands  into  the  Agricultural  Con-­ :KHQ /\Q 'HV 0DUDLV ÂżUVW ODLG In  her  remarks  to  those  gathered,  The  suggested  donation  for  the  CVAA,  go  online  to  www.cvaa.org. servation  Easement  Program  with  the  eyes  on  the  Dean  Farm  23  years  ago,  Des  Marais  got  emotional  as  she  NRCS.  The  Wetlands  Reserve  Ease-­ she  was  instantly  smitten.  The  Mas-­ thanked  her  husband.  ment  component  of  program  offers  sachusetts  native  was  dating  now-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank  you  for  making  my  dream  Have a news tip? Call the ÂżQDQFLDO DQG WHFKQLFDO DVVLVWDQFH WR husband  Jim,  who  is  from  Killington,  come  true,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  able  landowners  who  want  to  voluntarily  and  was  visiting  the  Brandon-­Lake  to  buy  it  23  years  after  I  saw  it  and  Addison Independent at 388-4944. restore  and  protect  wetlands.  'XQPRUH DUHD IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH fell  in  love  with  it.â&#x20AC;?

NEWS And  while  the  Des  Maraises  were  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  anything,â&#x20AC;?  Des  She  also  thanked  Eugair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her  passion  and  her  vision  in  pro-­ til  the  food  runs  out.  Get  your  baked  who  would  like  to  donate  to  our  heralded  throughout  the  ceremony  Marais  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  a  far  off  dream  th for  their  generosity  in  preserving  that  some  day  I  could  own  this  piece  tecting  this  land  is  unmatched,â&#x20AC;?  Des  goods  for  the  4  of  July  celebration  Christmas  Bazaar  craft  table  that  Marais  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  thrilled  we  are  the  including  cupcakes,  cookies,  dough-­ this  is  the  time  to  get  those  crafts  go-­ the  acreage,  so,  too,  was  Vermont  of  land.â&#x20AC;?

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Queenâ&#x20AC;?  for  her  efforts  to  secure  more  than  2,148  acres  of  restored  and  per-­ Have a news tip? manently  protected  wetlands  along  Call Mary Burchard at 352-4541 Otter  Creek  in  Rutland  County  in  recent  years.

NEWS More  than  250  acres  of  the  Des  Marais  wetland  will  be  restored  back  in  an  article  in  this  paper  last  week.  HDUO\ RU DEVHQWHH YRWLQJ 7KH RIÂżFH Tickets  are  $5  each  or  4  for  $20,  and  will  be  open  on  Wednesday,  July  13,  to  original  hydrologic  conditions.  will  be  available  at  all  summer  events  from  3  to  5  p.m.  for  the  last  chance  Ditches  and  berms  created  decades  or  may  be  ordered  by  mail.  Send  for  folks  to  register  to  vote  in  the  spe-­ ago  in  order  to  divert  runoff  and  farm  a  check  for  the  number  of  tickets  cial  election.  Voters  already  on  the  the  land  will  be  removed,  allowing  the  wanted  along  with  a  self-­addressed,  checklist  do  not  need  to  register.  The  ZHWODQG WR Ă&#x20AC;RRG QDWXUDOO\ DV WKH FUHHN stamped  envelope  to  Salisbury  Con-­ RIÂżFH ZLOO DOVR EH RSHQ IURP WR rises.  By  doing  so,  many  different  spe-­ gregational  Church,  P.O.  Box  61,  p.m.  on  Monday,  July  18,  for  the  last  FLHV RI ELUGV ÂżVK DQG ZLOGOLIH ZLOO XVH Salisbury,  VT  05769.  chance  to  vote  early  for  the  special  WKH HQKDQFHG KDELWDW DQG Ă&#x20AC;RXULVK The  proof  is  in  the  preservation.  Ballots  for  both  the  special  town  election  being  held  on  Tuesday,  July  election  and  the  primary  election  are  19.  The  polls  will  be  open  from  8  a.m.  Retired  dairy  farmer  and  former  Pittsford  resident  Edward  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babeâ&#x20AC;?  QRZ DYDLODEOH DW WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH IRU to  7  p.m.  on  July  19.

CVAA  to  offer  meal  for  seniors  on  July  1 MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  CVAA  will  host  its  First  Friday  Meal  at  the  Middlebury  VFW  on  July  1.  Seniors  are  asked  to  arrive  at  11  a.m.  for  a  noon  meal  featuring  stuffed  chicken,  PDVKHG FDXOLĂ&#x20AC;RZHU SHDV DQG FDUURWV mesclun  mixed  salad  with  a  choice Â

Hancock HANCOCK  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Community  Church  of  Hancock  and  Granville  will  be  holding  its  Independence  Weekend  Bake  Sale  on  July  2,  at  JDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Quickstop,  529  Vt.  Route  100  in  Hancock.  Starting  at  10  a.m.  un-­

Salisbury SALISBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Salisbury  Church  will  hold  its  42nd  Annual  Ice  Cream  Social  on  the  4th  of  July  in  the  basement  of  the  church  and  on  the  lawn.  Pies,  cakes,  cones,  sundaes,  sauces,  berries  and  other  goodies  will  be  available.  The  basement  is  handi-­ cap  accessible  from  the  side  door.

On  Wednesday,  July  6,  at  7  p.m.  the  Historical  Society  will  present  a  free  program  by  Bill  Powers  in  the  Salisbury  Church.  His  illustrated  talk  will  feature  world  famous  banjoist  Fred  Bacon  and  his  Forestdale  banjo  factory.  The  church  is  handicap  ac-­ cessible  through  the  rear  door.

The  church  will  begin  its  Sum-­ mer  Series  with  a  performance  by  the  Point  Counterpoint  Faculty  En-­ semble  on  Friday,  July  9,  at  7:30  p.m.  with  works  by  Schubert,  Shostakov-­ ich  and  Beethoven.  Donations  are  al-­ ways  appreciated  to  help  defray  the  cost  of  the  series.

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Middlebury  music  heroes  Mark  Daly,  Willoughby  Morse,  Eric  B.  Maier,  Dan  Ryan  and  Jer  Coons  calling  themselves  â&#x20AC;&#x153;dance  rock  dreamersâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  neon-­pop  juggernaut.â&#x20AC;?  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festi-­ valonthegreen.org.

Camp  Point  CounterPoint  student  concert  in  Brandon.  Friday,  July  15,  7  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Students  from  the  Advanced  Chamber  Music  Program  perform.  Free-­will  donation.  Proceeds  EHQH¿ W WKH WRZQ KDOO ,QIR

L IV E M U S I C Ben  and  Anita  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  June  30,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.

Left  Eye  Jump  in  New  Haven.  Friday,  July  1,  6-­8  p.m.,  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard.

Mellow  Yellow  in  New  Haven.  Friday,  July  8,  6-­8  p.m.,  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard.

Jinxbox  and  Jaela  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Aug.  19,  7  p.m.,  Marquis  Theater.

Jinxbox  and  Jaela  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Aug.  20,  6  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.

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Marching  dog A  HUMANE  SOCIETY  dog  marches  in  the  Bristol  4th  of  July  parade  last  year.  There  are  parades  this  weekend  in  Brandon  on  July  2  at  1  p.m.  and  Bristol  on  July  4  at  10:30  a.m.  ,QGHSHQGHQW ¿ OH SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

and  has  now  toured  the  country.  Think  Simon  and  Garfunkel  and  Bon  Iver.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.

Les  Poules  à  Colin  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  July  12,  8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Folk-­traditional  songs  and  tunes  with  a  4XpEpFRLV LQĂ&#x20AC; XHQFH 3DUW RI 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV DQQXDO Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festi-­ valonthegreen.org.

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No  Strings  Marionette  Company  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  13,  noon,  Middlebury  town  green.  Enjoy  the  wonders  of  traditional  puppet  theater.  A  â&#x20AC;&#x153;brown  bag  special,â&#x20AC;?  part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalon-­ thegreen.org.

Stories  on  the  Park  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  13,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Bristol  town  green.  Lawrence  Memorial  Library  offers  weekly  stories,  songs,  time  to  play,  and  free  lunch.  Rain  location:  library  community  room.  Info:  453-­2366.

Talk  on  silhouette  art  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  13,  noon,  Sheldon  Museum.  Laura  -RKQVRQ ZLOO SUHVHQW Âł3URÂż OHV 6FLVVRUW\SHV DQG Blockheads:  The  Art  of  New  England  Silhouettes.â&#x20AC;?  Offered  in  conjunction  with  the  Sheldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exhibit  ³$GGLVRQ &RXQW\ LQ 3URÂż OH 6LOKRXHWWHV IURP WKH Sheldon  Archives.â&#x20AC;?  Info:  388-­2117.

Mural  painting  for  kids  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  13,  2-­4:30  p.m.,  Lawrence  Memorial  Library.  For  kids  7  and  older.  Sign-­up  required;͞  call  453-­2366  or  email  lmlkids009@gmail.com.

They  Might  Be  Gypsies  in  concert  in  Middlebury.

Wednesday,  July  13,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Father  and  son  Greg  and  Aidan  Ryan  perform  high-­energy  music  inspired  by  the  1930s  gypsy  jazz  of  Django  Reinhardt  and  Stephane  Grappelli  as  well  as  contemporary  gypsy  masters.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.

The  Brandon  Town  Band  in  concert  in  Brandon.

Wednesday,  July  13,  7  p.m.,  Central  Park.  (Tentative  booking.)  Classic  band  concert  music  with  light  classics,  show  tunes,  marches  and  something  for  dancing.  Bring  your  lawn  chairs,  enjoy  food  from  vendors  set  up  in  the  park.  Part  of  the  Brandon  Summer  Concert  Series.

Town  band  concert  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  July  13,  7  p.m.,  town  green.  Bring  a  lawn  chair,  blanket  or  picnic  dinner  and  enjoy  an  evening  of  small-­town  entertainment.  Historical  society  program  in  Shoreham.  Wednesday,  July  13,  7:15  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  The  Shoreham  Historical  Society  meets.  Program  details  TBA. Daby  TourĂŠ  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  July  13,  8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Singer/ songwriter  with  a  global  perspective.  His  music  is  LQĂ&#x20AC; XHQFHG E\ WKH OLQJXLVWLF LQĂ&#x20AC; HFWLRQV RI WKH VL[ languages  he  speaks.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festi-­ valonthegreen.org.

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Selling  to  the  government  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  14,  9-­11  a.m.,  Addison  County  Economic  Development  Corporation,  1590  Rt.  7  South,  Suite  8.  The  Vermont  Procurement  Technical  Assistance  Center  (VT-­PTAC)  is  sponsoring  a  FREE  two  hour  workshop  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Selling  to  the  Governmentâ&#x20AC;? Â

that  introduces  Vermont  Small  Businesses  to  Government  Contracting.  Info:  www.addisoncoun-­ tyedc.org.

Lap-­sit  story  time  in  Shoreham.  Thursday,  July  14,  11  a.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  Stories,  rhymes,  VRQJV DQG ¿ QJHUSOD\V IRU DJHV LQ D ORZ VWUHVV environment  before  the  library  opens.  Info:  www. plattlib.org  or  897-­2647.

Rik  Palieri  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  14,  noon,  Middlebury  town  green.  A  new  breed  of  folksingers  and  singer/songwriters  who  takes  the  listener  on  a  musical  jaunt  around  the  world.  A  â&#x20AC;&#x153;brown  bag  special,â&#x20AC;?  part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festi-­ valonthegreen.org.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theater  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  July  14,  3  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  Youth  playwrights  and  performers  in  Summer  Encore  Theatre  present  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Olympic  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  for  ages  6  and  older.  The  Greek  gods  descend  upon  earth  for  good  or  evil.  Audience  participation  is  invited.  The  Brett  Hughes  Band  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  14,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Singer,  songwriter,  guitar  player,  music  lover  Brett  Hughes  brings  his  band  to  the  festival  stage.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.

Movies  in  the  Park  After  Dark  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  July  14,  dusk,  town  green.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beetlejuice.â&#x20AC;?  Part  of  %ULVWRO 5HFÂśV DQQXDO RXWGRRU Âż OP VHULHV ZLWK FODV sics  shown  on  a  theater-­size  screen.  Free.  Bring  a  blanket  and  bug  spray.  Series  runs  weekly  (except  Aug.  11)  through  Aug.  18.

Dwight  &  Nicole  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  July  14,  8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Multi-­instrumentalist  and  singer/songwriter  Dwight  Ritcher  and  BMA  Female  Vocalist  of  the  Year  Nicole  Nelson  join  forces.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.

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15

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Green  Mountain  Club  hike  in  Lincoln.  Friday,  July  15,  Mt.  Abraham,  Lincoln.  This  strenuous  hike  on  the  Long  Trail  covers  5.2  miles  with  an  elevation  gain  of  approximately  2500  feet  and  leads  to  phenomenal  360-­degree  views.  Wear  appropriate  clothing,  bring  water,  food  DQG KLNLQJ SROHV LI GHVLUHG ,QIR 5XWK 3HQÂż HOG UXWKSHQÂż HOG#JPDLO FRP RU Magician  Tom  Verner  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  15,  noon,  Middlebury  town  green.  Local  magician  Tom  Verner  may  be  best  known  for  his  Magicians  Without  Borders  organizations,  which  offers  magic  shows  for  children  in  refugee  camps,  orphanages  and  hospitals  around  the  world.  A  â&#x20AC;&#x153;brown  bag  special,â&#x20AC;?  part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festivalonthegreen.org.

The  DuPont  Brothers  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  15,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Indie-­folk  duo  that  has  toured  the  country  in  the  last  couple  of  years.  Known  for  versatile  song-­ ZULWLQJ EORRG KDUPRQLHV DQG Âż QJHUVW\OH JXLWDU arrangements.  Part  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Festival  on-­the-­Green,  July  10-­16.  Info:  www.festi-­ valonthegreen.org.

Summer  Carillon  Concert  Series  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  July  15,  5  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel  and  surrounding  lawns.  The  carillon  in  the  tower  of  Mead  Chapel  will  be  played  by  Elena  Sadina,  carillonneur  for  the  Middlebury  Summer  Russian  Language  School  and  Belgian  Carillon  School.  Free.  Info:  http://go.middlebury.edu/carillon.  Madaila  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  July  15,  8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green.  Local Â

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FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  MARKETS Brandon  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Fridays,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  0D\ 2FW &HQWUDO 3DUN 9HJHWDEOHV Ă&#x20AC; RZ ers,  plants,  Vermont  maple  syrup,  honey,  baked  goods,  organic  beef,  goat  cheese,  hand-­crafted  and  tie-­dyed  items,  jewelry,  paintings  and  more.  Middlebury  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Marble  Works,  9  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.  Saturdays,  May  7-­Oct.  29;Íž  Wednesdays,  June  15-­Oct.  12.  Baked  goods,  organic  products,  cheese  and  dairy  products,  FUDIWV FXW Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV IUHVK IUXLW DQG YHJHWDEOHV honey,  jam,  jellies,  preserves,  maple  syrup,  meat  and  poultry  products,  wine,  bread,  plants,  pickles,  prepared  foods,  soap  and  body-­care  products,  eggs,  yarn,  and  cider.

Vergennes  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Thursdays,  3-­6:30  p.m.,  mid-­May  through  September,  Vergennes  City  Park.  Organic  vegetables,  berries,  breads,  desserts,  crafts  and  takeout.

SPORTS 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.

CLUBS  &  ORGANIZATIONS ACT  (Addison  Central  Teens).  Drop-­in  hours  during  the  school  years:  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  3-­6  p.m.;͞  Wednesday  and  Friday,  3-­7  p.m.  94  Main  6W 0LGGOHEXU\ 7RZQ 2I¿ FH EXLOGLQJ EHORZ UHF gym.  Teen  drop-­in  space  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  visi-­ tors  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.

Champlain  Valley  Fiddlersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Club.  Middlebury  VFW,  530  Exchange  Street.  Third  Sunday  (except  Easter),  noon  to  5  p.m.  Donation  $3.  Refreshments  DYDLODEOH /RRNLQJ IRU Âż GGOHUV \RXQJ DQG ROG 2SHQ to  public.  Info:  342-­0079.  The  Hub  Teen  Center  and  Skatepark.  110  Airport  'ULYH %ULVWRO 2SHQ PLNH QLJKW Âż UVW 7KXUVGD\ RI WKH month,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  free  for  all  ages;Íž  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.  Pat  Morrow,  802-­462-­3741.

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  7KXUVGD\ D P S P 9HUPRQW VWDWH RI¿ FH building  on  Exchange  St.  in  Middlebury,  Health  Department  conference  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.  Vergennes  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Wednesday,  6:45  p.m.,  American  Legion.  Club  address:  PO  Box  94,  Vergennes,  VT  05491.  Info:  President  Tim  Cowan,  877-­2382.

Vergennes  Rotary  Club.  Tuesday  mornings,  7:15-­8:30  a.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Christian  School,  2  Church  St.  Breakfast  served  at  7:15  a.m.

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Fireworks (Continued  from  Page  2A) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  kind  of  neat,  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  fun,  but  in  the  wrong  hands  they  can  be  quite  dangerous,â&#x20AC;?  said  Hanley.

Dangers  also  exist  for  smaller-­ JUDGH ¿UHZRUNV +DQGKHOG VSDU-­ klers,  which  are  readily  available  in  grocery  stores,  burn  at  2,000  degrees  Fahrenheit,  about  as  hot  as  a  blow-­ torch.

BIG  MONEY  IN  FIREWORKS  According  to  the  American  Py-­ rotechnics  Association,  70  to  80  SHUFHQW RI WKH ÂżUHZRUNV LQGXVWU\ÂśV revenue  is  based  around  the  Fourth  of  July.  Last  year,  industry  revenues  reached  $755  million  in  backyard  ¿UHZRUNV ZKLOH VDOHV WR SURIHVVLRQ-­ als  were  $340  million.  This  year,  DVVRFLDWLRQ VSRNHVSHUVRQ -XOLD +HFNPDQ VDLG VKH H[SHFWV FRQVXP-­ er  revenues  to  exceed  $800  million  DV PRUH VWDWHV DOORZ FRQVXPHU ÂżUH-­ works. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  a  number  of  states  that  have  been  relaxing  their  laws  RQ EDFN\DUG ÂżUHZRUNV ´ VDLG +HFN-­ PDQ D \HDU YHWHUDQ RI WKH S\UR-­ technics  industry.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  trend  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  since  2010.â&#x20AC;?

Heckman  also  said  consumers  KDYH EHHQ VHWWLQJ RII PRUH ¿UH-­ works  every  year.  In  2000  at  the  turn  of  the  millennium,  Americans  VHW RII PLOOLRQ SRXQGV RI ¿UH-­ ZRUNV ,Q WKH\ EOHZ XS PLOOLRQ SRXQGV ,Q WKH PRVW UHFHQW UHSRUW SXE-­ lished  in  June  2015  by  the  U.S.  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commis-­ VLRQ ¿UHZRUNV ZHUH LQYROYHG LQ DQ estimated  10,500  injuries  treated  LQ 8 6 KRVSLWDO HPHUJHQF\ GHSDUW-­ ments  during  calendar  year  2014.  Children  younger  than  15  account-­ HG IRU SHUFHQW RI WKH LQMXULHV DQG nearly  half  of  the  injuries  were  to  individuals  younger  than  20  years  RI DJH 6L[W\ VHYHQ SHUFHQW RI WKRVH

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Addiction  (Continued  from  Page  1A) rent  work  is  raising  awareness  of  the  problem  and  addressing  the  issue  of  stigma.  Building  awareness  of  the  drug  addiction  (especially  at  the  in-­ dividual  level)  is  an  important  step  in  tackling  the  drug  crisis,  according  to  committee  member  Moira  Cook,  who  said  addiction  is  more  wide-­ spread  than  many  people  know.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  happens  to  anybody,â&#x20AC;?  said  Cook,  who  is  the  district  director  for  the  Vermont  Department  of  Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Local  Health  Division  in  Middle-­ bury.

Cook  has  worked  with  the  com-­ mittee  since  its  inception  in  2014  and  has  seen  it  through  its  initial  stages  of  focusing  on  access  to  treatment  to  its  present  shift  toward  education  and  prevention.  The  committee  works  with  Turn-­ ing  Point  Center,  Porter  Hospital  and  Counseling  Services  of  Addison  County  to  provide  greater  access  to  treatment.  Thanks  to  the  efforts  of  the  committee,  among  other  groups,  the  treatment  capacity  in  Addison  County  has  increased  substantially  along  with  access  to  treatment  facili-­ ties  over  the  past  two  years.  In  addition  to  its  work  in  provid-­ ing  greater  access  to  treatment,  the  Addison  County  Committee  on  Opi-­ ate  Addiction  has  begun  to  shift  its  focus  toward  education,  outreach Â

and  prevention.  While  the  committee  continues  to  work  with  pharmacies  to  increase  communication  about  the  potential  addiction  of  prescription  drugs  and  promoting  safe  disposal  of  these  drugs,  it  also  tries  to  reach  out  to  members  of  the  community  who  may  not  be  directly  exposed  to  the  risk  of  addiction.  Outreach  is  an  important  start  to  addressing  the  stigma  surrounding  addiction  so  that  those  who  suffer  from  addiction  or  who  have  fam-­

ily  members  going  through  addic-­ WLRQ FDQ WDNH WKH ÂżUVW VWHSV WRZDUGV treatment  and  healing,  according  to  Cook.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Addiction  is  a  disease  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  realize  until  you  have  it,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  The  outreach  effort  launched  alongside  the  committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  website,  www.addictionhelpvt.com,  in  2015,  and  since  then,  members  of  the  com-­ mittee  have  hosted  community  talks,  visited  high  school  health  classes  and  worked  with  pharmacies  to  prevent  the  misuse  of  prescription  drugs.

Now,  the  committee  has  paired  up  with  CSAC  to  put  together  a  series  of  articles  for  publication  in  the  Ad-­ dison  Independent  to  raise  awareness  of  drug  addition.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  getting  a  good  response  on  our  website  and  a  good  response  from  the  community  partners  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  worked  with  in  educational  outreach.  With  this  series,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  looking  for  another  way  to  get  the  word  out  and  reach  even  more  people  in  the  com-­ munity,â&#x20AC;?  said  Cook.  7KH ÂżUVW RI WKH VHULHV WLWOHG â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  is  Addiction?,â&#x20AC;?  is  published  as  a  Community  Forum  on  Page  5A  of  this  edition  of  the  Independent.  Seven  more  Community  Forumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  from  the  Addison  County  Commit-­ tee  on  Opiate  Addiction  will  also  appear  in  that  space  over  the  com-­ ing  weeks.

velopment.

But  further  scrutiny  of  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  eligibility  showed  water  district  us-­ ers  could  reasonably  absorb  the  proj-­ HFW FRVWV DQG WKXV WKH 86'$ FRXOG not  offer  the  grant,  according  to  Ma-­ jor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  all  the  factors  were  taken  into  account,  the  underwriting  sup-­ SRUW WKH 86'$ FDQ RIIHU %ULVWRO LV a  loan,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Bristol  Town  Administrator  7KHUHVH .LUE\ UHFHQWO\ FDOOHG 86'$ program  administrators  to  get  clari-­ ÂżFDWLRQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  felt  the  residents  could  support  a  moderate  increase,  and  they  felt  that  Bristol  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  because  we  have  done  planning  for  the  future  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  the  subsidy,â&#x20AC;?  Kirby  said.

Board  members  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  happy  with  that  line  of  reasoning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  message  they  are  sending  is  if  you  run  a  shoddy  operation,  you  are  more  apt  to  get  money,â&#x20AC;?  said  Se-­ lectman  Peter  Coffey  said.

86'$ UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV ZLOO DWWHQG the  Bristol  selectboardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  July  11  PHHWLQJ WR SURYLGH PRUH VSHFLÂżFV according  to  Major.  And  selectboard  members  are  looking  forward  to  the  FKDQFH WR TXHVWLRQ IHGHUDO RIÂżFLDOV

The  board  will  also  reach  out  to  Ver-­ montâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Congressional  delegation  to  see  if  there  might  be  other  programs  that  could  help  Bristol  subsidize  its  water  project.

If  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  grant  on  the  horizon,  %ULVWRO RIÂżFLDOV DUH SRLVHG WR DFFHSW WKH 86'$ ORDQ DW SHUFHQW ² which  they  acknowledge  is  a  very  good  interest  rate  for  the  project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neither  construction  costs  nor  interest  rates  are  going  to  stay  this  low,â&#x20AC;?  Kirby  wrote  in  a  memo  to  the  selectboard  prior  to  Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  meet-­ LQJ Âł(QJLQHHUÂśV 1HZV 5HFRUG LV projecting  a  6.1  percent  increase  in  FRQVWUXFWLRQ FRVWV RYHU WKH QH[W ÂżYH years,  and  we  never  know  what  the  feds  are  going  to  do  with  interest  rates.â&#x20AC;?

Kirby  noted  that  the  May  10  bond  vote  question  alluded  the  possibility  of  a  grant  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;up  toâ&#x20AC;?  45  percent,  thus  conveying  to  voters  that  there  were  no  guarantees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  now  have  to  regroup,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  Selectman  Heffer-­ nan  and  reporter  John  Flowers  are  brothers-­in-­law.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

 MOIRA   COOK

Bristol  (Continued  from  Page  1A) QHZ ÂżUH VWDWLRQ 7KH FKDQJH LQ WKH SURMHFW ÂżQDQF-­ ing  package  will  have  a  relatively  modest  impact  on  Bristol  property  taxpayers.  The  owner  of  a  $200,000  home  will  pay  roughly  $16  annually  in  debt  service  during  the  30-­year  bond  issue,  as  opposed  to  the  lesser  $10.40  amount  that  would  have  been  UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWHG ZLWK D 86'$ JUDQW %XW %ULVWRO RIÂżFLDOV RQ 0RQGD\ were  candid  in  their  displeasure  with  86'$ RIÂżFLDOV ZKRP WKH\ VDLG KDG represented  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  grant  chances  as  being  a  virtual  slam-­dunk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  came  and  begged  us  to  do  this,â&#x20AC;?  Selectman  John  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peekerâ&#x20AC;?  Hef-­ IHUQDQ UHFDOOHG RI 86'$ RIÂżFLDOVÂś encouragement  for  the  town  to  apply  for  assistance. ,URQLFDOO\ %ULVWROÂśV ÂżQDQFLDO DFX-­ men  and  water  system  management  appears  to  have  hurt  its  bid  for  the  86'$ JUDQW 7KH 86'$ÂśV SUHOLPLQDU\ UHVHDUFK LQWR %ULVWROÂśV ÂżQDQFLDO VWDQGLQJ DQG other  criteria  had  indicated  the  town  could  qualify  for  a  grant  of  up  to  45  percent  of  the  water  project,  accord-­ ing  to  Pollaidh  Major,  public  affairs  VSHFLDOLVW IRU WKH 86'$ 5XUDO 'H-­

Mt.  Abe  honor  roll %5,672/ ² 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO UHFRJQL]HV WKH following  students  for  academic  achievement  during  the  second  se-­ mester  of  the  2015-­2016  academic  year.

GRADE  9 Highest  honors:  Ashley  Aldrich,  Thomas  Carr,  Jalen  Cook,  Kai  Do-­ bek,  Sawyer  Forbes,  Cora  Funke,  Chessley  Jackman,  Evan  Laurent,  William  Martin,  Jessalyn  Murray,  Molly  Murray,  Sophia  Pedriani,  Elizabeth  Siminitus  and  William  Wright.

High  honors:  Grady  Brokaw,  Oliv-­ ia  Heath,  Julia  Norris,  Dana  Norton,  5\DQ 5RXJLHU DQG (PLO\ 7DUGLH +RQRUV 5\DQ $GDPV 6DYDQQDK $OGHUPDQ :HVWRQ $OOUHG 5XE\ Ball,  Lillie  Briggs,  Sophie  Brown,  Hannah  Carpenter,  Quinn  Casillas,  Isaiah  DiNapoli,  Casondra  Dykstra,  Carlyle  Grundon,  Caleb  Hamilton,  Johnathan  Hill,  Parker  Hines,  Jacob  +RDJ &ODLUH +ROORZD\ 5D\ /D-­ WUHLOOH 3DWULFN 0DUFRWXOOLR 5RPDQ Mayer,  Cody  McGinness,  Diamond  McKinney,  Erik  McLysaght,  Mhairi  McMurray,  Takumi  Melchior,  Fran-­ cis  Nardiello  Smith,  Elizabeth  Nault,  Willem  Oxford,  Olivia  Paine,  Kevin  3HDUVDOO (PLO\ 5DWKEXQ (WKDQ Sawyer,  Jennifer  Steadman,  Ja-­ cob  Thomas,  Erika  Tracey,  Hailey  7UD\DK 5RVD 7URSS 1HR :HDYHU and  Walker  Whittemore.

GRADE  10 +LJKHVW KRQRUV 5RE\Q $UHQD Marcela  Bargas  Ochoa,  Martha  Bruhl,  Emma  Carter,  Molly  Funk,  Phoenix  King,  Isabel  Lucarelli,  Abi-­ JDLO 0DQV¿HOG $LGDQ 0D\ -HQQD McArdle,  Casey  Ober,  Abigail  Per-­ OHH /\GLD 3LWWV (PPD 5DGOHU (OL 5LFNQHU *LOOLDQQH 5RVV &DUOH\ Sherwin  and  Kaela  Thurber.

High  honors:  Emily  Aldrich,  Aine  Alexander,  Madeline  Bernoudy,  5HQHH %ROGXF 1LFNRODV &DWOLQ Vanessa  Dykstra,  Kately  Gebo,  (OL -HQVHQ 5HQDWD .KXV\DLQRYD (PPD /D5RVH &KORH /\RQV 6DP-­

uel  Paradee,  Brooke  Perlee,  William  Schoenhuber,  Cecelia  Vichi  and  Ol-­ ivia  Young.

Honors:  Sophie  Alderman,  Bailey  Allard,  Kyle  Beatty,  Oliver  Cole,  Brian  Cousineau,  Bridget  Davis,  Mackenzie  Denny,  Taylor  Duffy,  Leo  Farrell,  Isaac  Giles,  Hannah  Gratton,  Taylor  Gurney,  Allyson  Hoff,  Anna  Igler,  Adam  Kuhns,  Christian  Little,  Lucas  Livingston,  Conrad  Marsano,  Abigail  Nezin,  Kameryn  Norse,  .DWHO\QQ 2XHOOHWWH ,DQ 5H\QROGV Audrey  Shahan,  Betty  Snide,  Sebas-­ tian  Szczecinski,  Mitchell  Tierney,  Dustin  Whitcomb  and  Mason  Wood.

GRADE  11 Highest  honors:  Genysis  Ber-­ ube,  Katherine  Moody,  Satinder  3DEOD &ROHPDQ 5XVVHOO $VKOH\ Turner,  Adam  Whitcomb  and  So-­ fia  Wolak. +LJK KRQRUV 5REHUW $OGULFK $Q-­ gela  Barrows,  Kayla  Brennan,  Finn  Clements,  Courtnee  Cox,  Brandon  Hanley,  Ann  Marie  Hoag,  Siena  Hoaglund  and  Anna  Iliff.

Honors:  George  Bailey,  Xzavia  Berry,  Noah  Bessette,  Jack  Boding-­ ton,  Ethan  Brace,  Baxter  Clements,  Anthony  Clodgo,  Andrew  Cousino,  Patton  Griswold,  Celia  Heath,  Zach-­ ary  Hines,  Keeley  Kane,  Macie-­Jo  Kittredge,  Seth  Knight,  Samuel  Kuhns,  Owein  LaBarr,  Jordan  Lath-­ rop,  Delaynah  Leavitt,  Ernesta  Mc-­ Intosh,  Megan  McIntyre,  Margaret  Moody,  Tanner  Myers,  Connor  Nor-­ land,  Marah  Orvis,  Gregory  Ouel-­ OHWWH 0DYLV 5HDUGRQ -DFTXHOLQH 5HLVV %ULWWDQ\ 6KHHUDQ DQG &KULVWR-­ pher  Wood.

GRADE  12 Highest  honors:  Finnian  Brokaw,  5LOH\ )RUEHV +DQQDK )XQN ,JRU Grecmal,  Eliza  Kurth,  Jessica  McK-­ ean,  Emma  Ober,  Amy  Pitts  and  Tabitha  Vincent High  honors:  Lyn  Ackert-­Smith,  Kyle  Barrows,  Amelia  Bruhl,  An-­ drew  Cloutier,  Fiona  DeWitt,  Mahli  .QXWVRQ 5HDJDQ 0HQDUG /D\OD Paine,  Laura  Sundstrom,  Matteo Â

Susanna  and  Harmony  Taggart.

Honors:  Sydney  Alderman,  Autumn  Bill,  Eliot  Brett,  Amber  Butler,  Zoe  Cassels-­Brown,  Gen-­ evieve  Chiola,  Danielle  Forand,  Julie  Gibbs,  Anna  Hauman,  Wil-­ OLDP .QLJKW %ULDQ .XKQV 5DFKHO Mayer,  Danielle  Morse,  James  0XQJHU 5XFNHU 5RVV 1RUWRQ Tucker  Paradee,  Morgan  Pratt,  Wes-­ OH\ 5H\QROGV $QWKRQ\ 5RELGHDX 0DFH\ 5RVV .DPLOOH 6QHOO $OLFLD 6WRQH 7HRQD 7URPEO\ 5RZDQ :DU-­ ren  and  Ashley  White.

ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Ashley  Boise  of  New  Haven  has  been  named  to  the  2015-­2016  Presi-­ dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  List  at  Southern  Vermont  College  (SVC)  in  Bennington.  The  Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  List  recognizes  full-­time  students  who  have  earned  a  cumula-­ tive  minimum  grade-­point  average  of  3.8  during  both  fall  and  spring  semesters.  Boise  was  also  named  to  the  Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  List,  which  recognizes  full-­time  students  who  have  earned  a  minimum  grade-­point  average  of  3.25  during  the  spring  semester. %RLVH LV PDMRULQJ LQ 5DGLRORJLF Sciences.  While  attending  SVC,  she  has  been  a  member  of  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basketball  team.  Boise  is  a  gradu-­ DWH RI 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK School  in  Bristol  and  the  daughter  RI 5DQG\ DQG 0DULH %RLVH RI 1HZ Haven.

Amanda  Marie  Martin  of  Ad-­ dison  graduated  magna  cum  laude  IURP .XW]WRZQ 8QLYHUVLW\ ZLWK D bachelor  of  science  in  education.

Katherine  Pouliot  of  Orwell  graduated  cum  laude IURP 8QLRQ College  with  a  bachelor  of  science  degree  in  biology  and  psychology.

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Strawberries  (Continued  from  Page  1A) A  visit  to  one  of  the  berry  farms  yields  more  than  freshly  picked  strawberries.  The  Last  Resort  Farm  in  Monkton  boasts  a  farm  stand  that  sells  vegetables  and  greens,  eggs  and  homemade  jam  and  pickles.  In  addition  to  fresh  produce,  jams  and  pickles,  Norris  Berry  farm  also  sells  biscuits,  handmade  by  owner  Norma  Norris  so  customers  can  en-­ joy  an  early  summer  staple  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  straw-­ berry  shortcake.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  pretty  much  beg  me  to  make  them,â&#x20AC;?  Norris  said  with  a  laugh.

The  strawberries  this  season  are  juicy  and  sweet  even  to  eat  on  their  own,  despite  dry  weather  that  led  to  a  slower  start  to  the  season.  Some  owners  of  strawberry  farms  in  Ad-­ dison  County  said  they  have  had  to  make  more  use  of  their  irrigation  systems  than  usual.  Larger  farms Â

like  Norris  Berry  Farm  have  made  use  of  an  extensive  drip  irrigation  system  to  produce  crops  that  have  rivaled  previous  years  in  size  and  quality.  For  some  smaller  farms,  the  dry  weather  this  year  has  meant  a  small-­ er  crop  of  strawberries.  This  year,  Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greenbush  Gardens  is  only  open  in  the  mornings  for  pick-­your-­ own  harvesting,  because  after  that  the  big,  ripe  strawberries  are  hard  to  ¿QG ,Q SUHYLRXV \HDUV WKH IDUP KDG been  open  for  pick-­your-­own  until  3  p.m.  The  dry  weather  also  draws  a  larg-­ HU Ă&#x20AC;RFN RI SHRSOH WR WKH IDUPV â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  raining,  nobody  comes,  so  this  is  better,â&#x20AC;?  said  Scott  Douglas,  co-­owner  of  Douglas  Orchards  in  Shoreham.

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with  cedar  waxwings  pecking  main-­ ly  at  the  strawberries  and  cherries.  Winged  visitors  have  already  ruined  the  cherry  crops  at  Douglas  Orchards  this  year.

Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greenbush  Gardens  puts  QHWV RYHU LWV ÂżHOGV DW WKH FORVH RI each  day  to  prevent  the  birds  from  eating  its  strawberries.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  ferocious,â&#x20AC;?  Bill  Scott  said.  Strawberries  have  a  very  brief  sea-­ son,  and  for  most  farms  in  Addison  County,  picking  will  likely  stretch  a  little  beyond  the  Fourth  of  July  weekend  before  inevitably  drawing  to  a  close.  But  until  then,  farmers  are  welcoming  visitors  of  all  ages  to  come  take  part  in  an  authentic  local  foods  experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  season  is  going  fantastic.  It  started  a  little  slow,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  picking  up  now,â&#x20AC;?  said  Norris. Â

IURP FHOO SKRQH ÂżUPV WR KDQJ (Continued  from  Page  1A) Before  Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  meeting,  the  broadcast  equipment  on  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  council  had  been  working  from  a  former  water  tower  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  dries  up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  idea,â&#x20AC;?  said  $2.3  million  draft  budget  that,  if  ad-­ opted  with  a  $60,000  carry-­over  of  Alderman  Renny  Perry.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  PRQH\ XQVSHQW WKLV SDVW ÂżVFDO \HDU thought  of  borrowing  from  our-­ assumed  an  84-­cent  municipal  rate  selves.â&#x20AC;?

The  other  major  factor  in  allowing  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  9-­cent  increase.  Also  late  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  the  council  to  set  a  lower  rate  was  Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Hawleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  announcement  that  he  had  Union  business  manager  Tonia  Mears  pegged  the  year-­end  fund  balance  at  said  she  had  been  informed  by  state  $158,000,  more  than  he  had  origi-­ RIÂżFLDOV WKDW WKH FLW\ÂśV QHZ UHVLGHQWLDO nally  estimated.  The  mild  winter  and  higher-­than-­anticipated  delinquent  school  tax  rate  would  be  $1.6021.

That  amount  represents  a  9.087-­ tax  collections  both  helped  the  bot-­ cent  hike  in  the  homestead  school  tom  line,  he  said.  Hawley  said  the  council  could  tax  rate  of  about  6.2  percent.  In  all,  therefore,  city  homeowners  safely  use  about  $100,000  of  the  balance  to  offset  the  tax  will  be  facing  a  tax  hike  rate,  $40,000  more  than  of  roughly  13.1  cents,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think one  that  will  translate  to  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great he  previously  recom-­ mended. $262  more  on  a  $200,000  idea. I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Combined  with  the  po-­ home. lice  savings  adopted  by  The  roughly  two-­thirds  thought of the  council,  the  total  bud-­ of  city  homeowners  who  borrowing get  and  spending  adjust-­ qualify  for  the  income  from ments  made  on  Tuesday  sensitivity  provisions  in  came  to  $110,000.  9HUPRQWÂśV VFKRRO ÂżQDQF-­ ourselves.â&#x20AC;?

Because  every  $22,000  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alderman ing  laws  will  receive  Renny Perry in  spending  cuts  or  addi-­ some  of  that  money  back  tional  revenue  allows  the  in  the  form  of  prebates  on  their  taxes  for  the  following  year.  council  to  shave  a  penny  off  the  city  In  2014,  for  example,  6,918  Addi-­ tax  rate,  council  members  were  able  son  County  residents  received  an  av-­ to  reduce  the  84-­cent  preliminary  erage  tax  bill  adjustment  of  $1,587,  rate  by  5  cents  to  79  cents.  BUDGET  DETAILS according  to  state  data.

Even  with  the  $70,000  cut  in  pro-­ BUDGET  ADJUSTMENTS On  Tuesday,  the  municipal  budget  posed  police  spending,  police  spend-­ the  council  adopted  had  one  major  ing  approved  on  Tuesday  rose  by  change:  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  about  $100,000  to  $866,668.  In  the  said  Vergennes  could  essentially  prior  year  police  spending  increased  borrow  money  from  itself  to  buy  two  by  about  $23,000.

Overall,  the  2016-­2017  general  new  police  cruisers,  a  move  that  he  said  would  save  $60,000  and  help  fund  budget  the  council  approved  on  drop  the  budget  from  roughly  $2.3  Tuesday  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  not  including  the  sewer  budget,  which  is  supported  by  user  million  to  $2.23  million.  Hawley  said  the  actual  cost  of  the  fees  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  rose  by  $110,000  from  the  cruisers  had  also  been  determined  current  $2.12  million.  Some  council  members  said  the  to  be  $45,000  each,  not  $50,000,  because  of  a  municipal  discount,  trend  in  police  spending,  boosted  knocking  another  $10,000  off  a  this  year  also  by  the  loss  of  $70,000  in  grant  funding  for  the  detectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  $100,000  line  item.  He  proposed  tapping  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;continua-­ position,  cannot  continue.  Alderman  tionâ&#x20AC;?  portion  of  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Water  Tow-­ Matt  Chabot  said  the  budget  should  er  Fund  for  the  remaining  $60,000,  be  level-­funded  next  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  need  some  guidance  and  ex-­ with  the  city  making  the  fund  whole  pectation  that  we  are  not  going  to  again  over  the  next  two  years.  That  portion  of  the  fund,  per  keep  jumping  $100,000,â&#x20AC;?  Chabot  city  policy,  is  not  tapped  for  said.

Mayor  Bill  Benton  said  he  had  supporting  infrastructure  projects,  but  is  to  remain  whole  to  ensure  that  been  considering  at  what  point  the  something  remains  for  the  future  if  police  department  was  big  enough  the  source  of  the  fund  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  payments  and  expensive  enough  to  meet  the Â

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Celebrations  (Continued  from  Page  1A) ÂżUHZRUNV 7KH FRQFHUW ZLOO EH KHOG in  a  lovely  outdoor  setting  on  the  ¿HOG EHKLQG WKH 0DKDQH\ &HQWHU IRU the  Arts  at  Middlebury  College.  If  it  rains,  it  will  be  held  in  Kenyon  Are-­ na.  The  grounds  open  at  5:30  p.m.  for  picnics  so  bring  chairs,  blankets  DQG Ă&#x20AC;DVKOLJKWV 7KLV LV D IXQGUDLVHU for  the  museum,  and  tickets  are  $25  for  adults,  $10  for  youth  and  free  for  children  under  12.  Buy  tickets  by  calling  388-­2117,  going  online  to  www.henrysheldonmuseum.org  or  stopping  in  to  the  Sheldon  in  down-­ town  Middlebury.  As  usual,  the  Independence  Day  events  arrive  early  in  Brandon  and  in  force.  On  Saturday,  Brandon  will  hold  a  number  of  pre-­parade  events  from  10  a.m.-­noon,  including  kara-­ oke  and  a  silent  auction.  The  big  pa-­ rade  begins  at  1  p.m.  at  the  intersec-­ tion  of  Park,  High  and  Marble  streets,  marches  through  downtown  and  ends Â

at  Brandon  Lumber.  After  the  parade,  The  Keating  Five  will  play  a  concert  in  Central  Park.  This  will  be  followed  by  a  ball  race  over  the  falls  at  Green  Park.  More  music  will  then  be  played  DW 3DUN 9LOODJH IROORZHG E\ D ¿UH-­ works  show  at  dusk.

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Vergennes  will  hold  all  of  its  events  on  July  3.  The  Vergennes  City  Band,  under  the  direction  of  Susan  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Daniel,  will  play  music  on  the  SDUDGH ÂżHOG )LUHZRUNV ZLOO EH GLV-­ played  at  approximately  9:30  p.m.  :KLOH WKH ÂżUHZRUNV ZLOO EH YLVLEOH throughout  the  city,  they  are  best  viewed  behind  the  high  school  or  at  the  elementary  school.

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D JUDQG ÂżQDOH ,QGHSHQGHQFH 'D\ activities  will  come  a  crescendo  in  Bristol  on  Monday  morning,  July  4.  Beginning  at  7:30  a.m.  there  will  be  a  5K  race  through  the  village  begin-­ ning  at  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School.  The  Great  Bristol  Outhouse  Race  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  an  event  you  will  have  to  see  to  believe  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  will  begin  at  9  a.m.  down-­ town.  The  race  will  feature  teams  with  two  sturdy  members  pulling  a  makeshift  â&#x20AC;&#x153;outhouseâ&#x20AC;?  on  wheels  with  a  third  team  member  sitting  on  the  throne.  The  course  runs  on  West  Street  from  in  front  of  St.  Ambrose  Catholic  Church  to  Holley  Hall.

This  bit  of  silly  fun  will  be  fol-­ lowed  by  the  big  annual  parade  at  10:30  a.m.  A  festival  will  start  at  noon  at  the  town  park,  featuring  mu-­ sic  by  Mango  Jam. +RSHIXOO\ \RX FDQ ¿QG WLPH WR UHVW up  after  all  these  great  local  activi-­ ties.

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Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  some  gold  you  can  count  on.  The  Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Club  in  Bristol  has  announced  that  it  will  celebrate  its  golden  anniversary  at  a  50th  Anniversary  Dinner/Dance  on  Saturday,  July  9,  at  the  Addison  County  Eagles  Club  on  New  Haven  Road  in  Vergennes.  Tickets  to  the  gala  are  $20  each.  To  get  a  ticket  contact  Sodbusters  President  Debra  Brown  at  453-­2219,  or  catch  one  of  the  members  practicing  at  the  courts  in  Bristol  near  the  American  Legion.

food  from  11:30  a.m.  to  1:30  p.m.  at  Weybridge  Elementary  School.  Past,  present  and  future  Weybridge  residents  are  asked  to  bring  a  salad  or  hot  dish  to  share.  Call  Kirsten  Hendy  at  349-­7167  or  kirstenhendy@gmail.com  for  information.  This  event  will  take  place  rain  or  shine.

With  the  Independence  Day  holiday  looming,  Vermont  State  Police  announced  that  area  law  enforcement  agencies  are  working  together  to  set  up  sobriety  checkpoints  in  Addison  County  within  the  next  two  weeks.  This  will  be  done  in  an  effort  to  monitor  WKH Ă&#x20AC;RZ RI WUDIÂżF DORQJ 9HUPRQWÂśV highways  in  the  interest  of  detecting  Another  community  get-­ and  arresting  drivers  under  the  together  scheduled  for  July  9  LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RI DOFRKRO RU DQ\ GUXJ WKDW is  the  Weybridge  Town  Picnic.  has  impaired  their  ability  to  operate  a  There  will  be  music,  games  and  motor  vehicle.

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By  the  way  (Continued  from  Page  1A) watchful  regulators  in  Montpelier  sent  out  an  alert  reminding  people  that  a  state  permit  is  required  when  prospecting  for  gold  using  a  sluice  box.  Say  what?  I  thought  all  the  gold  in  Vermont  was  in  the  honey  produced  by  our  busy  bees.  But  the  agency  reported  that  game  wardens  have  come  across  several  recreational  gold  prospectors  in  and  around  streams  in  southeastern  Vermont.  Wardens  issued  tickets  to  three  people  for  using  sluice  boxes  in  streams  without  a  permit,  which  FRXOG GUDZ D ÂżQH IRU D ÂżUVW offense.  The  cost  of  a  permit:  $25  for  Vermont  residents,  $50  for  non-­ residents.  Landowner  permission  is  also  required.  According  to  goldrushnuggets.com,  gold  can  be  found  in  streams  throughout  the  Green  Mountain  State  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Â

cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  getting  real  close  to  that,â&#x20AC;?  Benton  said.

Police  Chief  George  Merkel  and  Hawley  said  buying  two  cruisers  was  necessary,  although  after  sell-­ ing  a  2010  vehicle  they  said  was  a  lemon  the  purchase  would  bring  the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  vehicle  count  up  to  six.  They  said  two  older  vehicles  were  in  poor  condition,  while  newer  vehi-­ cles  would  lower  maintenance  costs  and  restore  the  proper  timing  to  the  Ă&#x20AC;HHWÂśV SXUFKDVLQJ VFKHGXOH EHFDXVH the  department  had  not  bought  a  new  FUXLVHU LQ ÂżYH \HDUV Hawley  added  the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV DQG VSHFLDOL]HG ZRUN GHPDQGV LW EHFDXVH IRXU RIÂżFHUV ² Merkel,  the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  detective,  the  commercial  vehicle  enforcement  H[SHUW DQG WKH FDQLQH RIÂżFHU ² DOO drive  their  own  vehicles.  But  he  said  on  Tuesday  he  wanted  the  depart-­ PHQW DW QR PRUH WKDQ ÂżYH YHKLFOHV by  the  end  of  this  year. Âł, ZDQW WR EH EDFN DW ÂżYH ZKHUH ZH belong,â&#x20AC;?  Hawley  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  just  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  us  carrying  six  cars.â&#x20AC;?

Other  departmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  spending  PDGH ÂżQDO RQ 7XHVGD\ VKRZHG VPDOO increases  except  in  the  case  of  pub-­ lic  works,  which  dropped  $6,400  to  $745,916,  largely  due  to  a  decrease  in  equipment  purchases.  The  administration  budget  in-­ creased  about  $10,500  to  $384,207,  with  small  hikes  in  insurance,  legal  and  IT  line  items.  7KH FLW\ÂśV ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW DQG UH-­ cycling  costs  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  surrounding  towns  share  those  expenses  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  rose  by  a  few  thousand  dollars.

There  was  some  debate  on  sew-­ er  fees.  Hawley  proposed  and  the  council  backed,  5-­2,  with  Chabot  and  Alderman  Jeff  Fritz  opposing,  an  increase  from  $87.50  to  $96  per  quarter,  in  the  base  rate  for  most  residential  and  commercial  uses.  That  equates  to  an  increase  of  $34  per  year.  A  corresponding  increase  in  the  few  larger  commercial  users  who  pay  by  the  gallon  will  also  be  put  in  place,  Hawley  said.

Chabot  and  Fritz  said  because  it  had  been  10  years  since  the  last  sewer  rate  increase  a  bigger  hike  ZRXOG EH MXVWLÂżHG UDWKHU WKDQ UH-­ visiting  the  issue  in  a  year  or  pos-­ sibly  two  years,  as  Hawley  said  was  likely. Â

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