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ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 68 No. 11

Middlebury, Vermont â—†

Thursday, March 13, 2014 â—† 42 Pages

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Surrender  Dorothy MIDDLEBURY  UNION  HIGH  School  seniors  Seth  Wright,  left,  Jonah  Lefkoe,  Emily  Stone  and  Olivia  Cacciatore  rehearse  a  scene  from  the  school’s  production  of  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  Tuesday  afternoon.  The  senior  play  opens  Friday  night.  For  more  photos,  see  Page  2A. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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By the American Legion chief way visits county, protests cuts to military programs When  Vergennes  Police  Chief  and  noted  New  York  Yankee  fan  George  Merkel  led  Vergennes  Rotary  Club  members  on  a  tour  of  his  depart-­ ment’s  new  Main  Street  headquar-­ ters  this  past  Monday,  he  found  a  surprise:  Rotary  Club  members  Scott  Gaines  and  Michael  Donnelly  had  redecorated  the  station’s  meet-­ ing  and  training  room.  A  sign  over  (See  By  the  way,  Page  18A)

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By  JOHN  FLOWERS SRVWV DQG VWDWHKRXVHV LQ VWDWHV WR 0,''/(%85< ² 0LGGOHEXU\ JHW IHHGEDFN WR EULQJ WR &DSLWRO +LOO /HJLRQ 3RVW RQ 6DWXUGD\ UROOHG DQG 9HWHUDQV $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ +RV-­ RXW WKH SURYHUELDO UHG FDUSHW IRU D SLWDOV WKDW FDUH IRU SDVW DQG SUHVHQW special  VIP:  None  other  than  Ameri-­ VHUYLFHPHQ DQG ZRPHQ FDQ /HJLRQ 1DWLRQDO &RPPDQGHU 'HOOLQJHU ZDV LQ 9HUPRQW IRU WKUHH Dan  Dellinger,  who  was  GD\V ODVW ZHHN EHJLQ-­ LQ WRZQ DV SDUW RI D OLV-­ “The (American QLQJ 7KXUVGD\ 0DUFK WHQLQJ WRXU WR JHW LQIRU-­ Legion posts) +LV VWRSV LQFOXGHG /H-­ mation  on  how  to  better  gion  posts  in  Barre,  Wa-­ serve  the  country’s  more  in Vermont terbury,  Colchester,  Ver-­ than  21  million  military  have great JHQQHV DQG 0LGGOHEXU\ programs and as  well  as  visits  to  the  VA  veterans. 'HOOLQJHU IURP 9LHQ-­ scholarships.â€? 0HGLFDO &HQWHU LQ :KLWH na,  Va.,  began  his  one-­ — American 5LYHU -XQFWLRQ DQG WKH year  term  as  the  Legion’s  Legion National 9HUPRQW &KLOGUHQÂśV +RV-­ QDWLRQDO FRPPDQGHU RQ Commander pital  at  Fletcher  Allen  Aug.  29,  2013.  He  is  the  Dan Dellinger Health  Care. FKLHI H[HFXWLYH RI WKH +H ZDV LPSUHVVHG organization,  which  has  with  what  he  saw  while  PLOOLRQ PHPEHUV DIÂżOLDWHG ZLWK in  the  Green  Mountain  State. DURXQG SRVWV ZRUOGZLGH Âł7KH /HJLRQ SRVWV LQ 9HUPRQW 'HOOLQJHU URXWLQHO\ OREELHV IHGHUDO KDYH JUHDW SURJUDPV DQG VFKRODU-­ DQG VWDWH ODZPDNHUV WR LPSURYH VKLSV ´ KH VDLG RI WKH RXWUHDFK DQG SURJUDPPLQJ DQG VHUYLFHV IRU WKH SKLODQWKURS\ ORFDO YHWHUDQV H[KLELW QDWLRQÂśV YHWHUDQV DQG IRU WKRVH VWLOO in  their  communities. DFWLYH LQ WKH DUPHG VHUYLFHV 7R WKDW 'HOOLQJHU KDV EHFRPH TXLWH ID-­ HQG KH LV WRXULQJ VFRUHV RI /HJLRQ (See  Legion,  Page  18A)

AMERICAN  LEGION  NATIONAL  Commander  Dan  Dellinger,  center,  stands  with  State  Commander  Rick  Gray,  right,  and  Captain  Richard  Phillips  during  Dellinger’s  visit  to  Vermont  last  weekend.  Dellinger’s  visit  included  stops  at  the  Middlebury  and  Vergennes  Legion  halls. Photo  by  Tom  Scanlon

PAGE  2A  â€”  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  March  13,  2014

‘The  Wizard  of  Oz’ MIDDLEBURY  UNION  HIGH  Schools  annual  senior  musical  this  year  is  a  stage  adapta-­ WLRQ RI WKH FODVVLF ERRN DQG ¿OP ³7KH :L]DUG RI 2] ´ 7KH VKRZ RSHQV )ULGD\ QLJKW LQ WKH VFKRRO DXGLWRULXP DQG IHDWXUHV FORFNZLVH IURP WRS OHIW 5DFKHO +RZOHWW -RQDK /HINRH DQG 6HWK :ULJKW 1DWKDOLH ,QJHUVROO 2OLYLD &DFFLDWRUH DQG :ULJKW 0DWW 6FKLOGNDPS DQG =DGLH %DUQDUG 0D\HUV *DEE\ ,QJHQWKURQ 6DUD %RH .DWH 'D3ROLWR &ROH %HQQHWW DQG 6DP &KHUULHU /HINRH DQG :ULJKW DQG (PLO\ 6WRQH 7LFNHW VDOHV EHQH¿W WKH VHQLRU FODVV

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Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  March  13,  2014  â€”  PAGE  3A

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Dentist  sets  up  shop  in  Bristol By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â€”  A  new  dental  prac-­ tice  has  opened  in  the  BristolWorks  business  complex  that  aims  to  expand  dental  coverage  to  residents  of  all  ZDONV RI OLIH WKURXJKRXW WKH ÂżYH WRZQ area. The  clinic,  Red  Clover  Family  Dentistry,  opened  last  month  and  is  headed  by  Patrick  Rowe,  D.D.S. Rowe  said  the  practice  will  accept  Medicaid,  and  will  offer  a  sliding  scale  payment  system  for  patients  who  need  assistance  paying  their  bill. “It’s  not  free  care,  but  it’s  a  rec-­ ognition  that  if  you’re  low-­income  and  don’t  have  insurance,  paying  full  3$75,&. 52:( -867 RSHQHG 5HG &ORYHU )DPLO\ 'HQWLVWU\ D QRQSURÂżW GHQWDO SUDFWLFH LQ %ULVWRO price  at  the  dentist  is  probably  not  part  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell of  your  economic  reality,â€?  Rowe  said. Red  Clover  will  be  a  partner  of  the  than  90  days.  The  result  was  that  he  moved  3,000  miles  east  to  Burling-­ we  will  have  failed,â€?  Rowe  said.  â€œI  Mountain  Health  Center  in  Bristol,  spent  much  of  his  time  managing  ton,  where  he  served  the  state  from  think  that’s  one  of  the  things  that’s  which  gained  status  as  a  Federally  emergencies. 2009  to  2011. a  holdover  from  my  time  in  Santa  4XDOLÂżHG +HDOWK &HQWHU LQ WKH IDOO “The  only  people  I  was  working  Rowe’s  vision  of  Vermont  as  a  Cruz;Íž  the  thing  I  really  wanted  was  a  The  FQHC  status  makes  the  center  with  were  really  disabled  or  vets  temporary  stint  evaporated  a  year  solution  where  people  don’t  feel  like  eligible  for  grants  to  help  it  provide  with  a  lot  of  issues  they  were  deal-­ in,  when  he  met  his  wife,  Rachel,  this  was  the  place  of  last  resort.â€? access  to  primary  and  preventative  ing  with,â€?  Rowe  said.  â€œWe  didn’t  whom  he  married  last  month.  The  Rowe  said  it  is  important  to  provide  health  care  services. see  your  average  vet  who  got  out  of  couple  have  lived  in  Monkton  the  last  care  for  those  who  otherwise  might  ³:HÂśUH LQ WKH ÂżQDO VWDJHV RI JHWWLQJ the  service  healthy  and  just  needed  a  two  years.  During  that  time,  Rowe  not  be  able  to  afford  it,  because  pre-­ our  partnership  agreement,â€?  Rowe  checkup  â€”  the  cases  we  were  seeing  worked  part-­time  at  practices  in  Win-­ ventative  care  like  annual  checkups  said.  â€œWe  will  work  very  were  pretty  complex.â€? ooski  and  Morrisville,  and  did  con-­ can  help  avoid  more  serious  problems  closely  to  provide  servic-­ “I don’t After  the  residency,  sulting  work  for  the  New  York  State  down  the  road. es.â€? Rowe  did  some  work  for  Department  of  Health  and  a  dental  â€œWe’d  get  to  things  before  they  be-­ Rowe  said  he  wants  ev-­ want this private  practices  in  the  health  project  in  Washington,  D.C. came  emergencies,â€?  Rowe  said.  â€œYou  eryone  who  walks  through  to feel like San  Francisco  Bay  area  Rowe  also  joined  the  board  of  the  stop  people  from  going  to  the  ER  for  the  doors  of  Red  Clover  the dental before  moving  to  Santa  Addison  County  Dental  Center. preventative  care.  That’s  becoming  a  Dentistry  to  feel  wel-­ clinic for poor Cruz  to  join  a  Federally  â€œI’d  just  moved  to  Monkton  and  bigger  problem.â€? comed. 4XDOLÂżHG +HDOWK &HQWHU wanted  to  get  involved  in  getting  Rowe  is  the  only  dentist  at  Red  people — if Rowe  said  it  cost  â€œAt  the  time,  I  think  it  good  access  to  dental  care  in  the  re-­ Clover  dentistry,  which  is  currently  that’s the $450,000  to  open  the  non-­ was  one  of  a  kind  in  the  gion,â€?  he  said. open  just  three  days  a  week—  Mon-­ SURÂżW 5HG &ORYHU 'HQWLVW-­ way things country  to  have  an  FQHC  Rowe  said  he  did  not  initially  plan  day,  Wednesday  and  Thursday.  It  is  ry  practice.  About  $90,000  end up going, that  only  did  dentistry,â€?  to  become  the  dentist  for  the  new  accepting  new  patients.  Rowe  said  was  raised  through  pri-­ we will have Rowe  said. practice,  but  over  the  course  of  six  if  all  goes  well,  he  would  look  to  vate  donations;Íž  another  failed.â€? The  practice  had  four  months  board  President  Peg  Martin  expand  the  practice.  It  currently  has  $300,000  was  acquired  â€” Patrick Rowe, dentists  and  10  dental  changed  his  mind. three  chairs  and  employs  four  people:  through  state  grants. “She  succeeded  in  convincing  me  Rowe,  a  receptionist,  a  dental  hygien-­ D.D.S. chairs,  but  was  tasked  Rowe  is  a  native  of  Ni-­ with  serving  all  of  Santa  that  I  was  going  to  be  the  dentist,  and  ist  and  a  dental  assistant. skayuna,  N.Y.,  in  the  state’s  capital  Cruz  County,  some  262,000  residents.  that  I  didn’t  have  a  choice  about  it,â€?  â€œOnce  we  get  busy  we’ll  expand  to  region.  He  completed  his  undergradu-­ Rowe  likened  it  to  having  three  dental  Rowe  joked.  â€œI  know  they  had  four  ¿YH WR VL[ GD\V D ZHHN ´ 5RZH VDLG ate  studies  at  Colgate  University,  practices  in  the  state  of  Vermont. RU ÂżYH GHQWLVWV WKH\ÂśG ORRNHG DW EXW “I  think  that  if  the  demand  is  there,  where  he  â€œendured  the  toothpaste  â€œIt  was  a  pretty  bleak  landscape  nothing  worked  out.â€? you  can  have  two  providers  here,  two  jokes,â€?  and  attended  dentistry  school  with  six  to  eight  months  to  get  an  NOT  JUST  POOR  PEOPLE dentists  here  every  day.â€? at  SUNY  Buffalo. appointment,â€?  Rowe  said.  â€œWe  were  â€œI  want  this  to  feel  like  that  dental  After  working  all  over  the  country,  How  Rowe  made  it  to  Bristol,  just  just  churning  through  patients,  des-­ practice  you  go  to  in  Bristol,  regard-­ often  with  long  commutes,  Rowe  said  150  miles  from  his  hometown,  is  a  perately  trying  to  get  through  emer-­ less  of  whether  you’ve  got  a  million  it  is  rewarding  to  work  in  the  same  longer  story.  gencies  every  day.â€? dollars  or  make  $10,000  a  year,â€?  community  he  calls  home. Rowe  did  a  one-­year  general  prac-­ Rowe  said  this  experience  inspired  Rowe  said.  â€œNo  matter  who  you  are  â€œI  think  it’s  always  been  a  dream  tice  residency  at  the  Veterans  Affairs  him  to  go  back  to  school.  He  enrolled  I  want  you  to  feel  welcome  here,  and  of  mine  to  focus  my  whole  public  medical  center  in  San  Francisco.  He  at  the  University  of  California,  Los  we  will  do  everything  we  can  to  make  health  background  on  the  fact  that  said  this  experience  narrowed  his  fo-­ Angeles,  and  completed  a  master’s  sure  you  can  afford  care  here.â€? I’ve  got  some  creative  ways  to  help  cus  on  providing  dental  care  to  those  degree  in  public  health.  He  planned  Rowe  said  he  does  not  want  people  people  out,  in  the  area  that  I  live,â€?  who  most  needed  it. on  returning  to  the  Bay  Area,  but  was  to  view  his  practice  has  just  for  low-­ Rowe  said.  â€œIt  feels  really  good  to  be  Rowe  said  that  in  order  to  qualify  recruited  by  the  Vermont  Department  income  residents. working  in  the  same  place,  and  not  IRU GHQWDO EHQHÂżWV WKURXJK WKH 9$ of  Health  to  become  the  state  dental  â€œI  don’t  want  this  to  feel  like  the  commuting  somewhere  else,  and  just  veterans  either  had  to  be  disabled  or  director. dental  clinic  for  poor  people  â€”  if  knowing  I  can  make  a  difference  with  have  been  a  prisoner  of  war  for  more  Rowe  packed  up  his  things  and  that’s  the  way  things  end  up  going,  my  neighbors.â€?

KAMPALA,  Uganda  (AP)  â€”  Amazon.  The  Independent  in  2007  Matthew  Power,  a  Cornwall  native  published  a  story  about  how  Power  who  went  on  to  become  a  highly  re-­ played  a  pivotal  role  in  saving  112  spected  and  well-­regarded  outdoors  community  gardens  in  New  York  writer,  died  of  an  apparent  heat-­ City  from  development.  During  the  stroke  in  a  Ugandan  jungle  while  on  effort  to  save  the  gardens,  Power  assignment  for  the  magazine  Men’s  GUHVVHG OLNH D VXQĂ€RZHU DQG FOLPEHG Journal. a  tree  next  to  city  hall  to  draw  atten-­ Power,  39,  had  accompanied  Brit-­ tion  to  the  issue. ish  explorer  Levison  Wood  while  he  â€œMatt  chose  the  hard  way  when  it  tried  to  walk  the  length  of  the  Nile  was  the  right  way,  yet  somehow  nev-­ River.  Power  died  a  few  hours  after  er  failed  to  enjoy  the  journey,â€?  Men’s  collapsing  and  losing  consciousness  Journal  said  of  the  writer. on  Monday,  and  his  travel  compan-­ Power  is  the  son  of  Jane  Steele  of  ions  believe  the  cause  of  Middlebury  and  John  E.  death  was  heatstroke. Power  of  Myrtle  Beach,  â€œMatt chose Asan  Kasingye,  the  S.C.  He  also  leaves  behind  head  of  Interpol  in  the hard his  wife,  Jessica  Benko  of  Uganda,  said  his  staff  in  way when Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  and  sev-­ northern  Uganda  reported  it was the eral  siblings.  He  earned  early  Monday  that  Power  right way, a  B.A.  in  English  from  died  suddenly  after  col-­ yet somehow Middlebury  College  in  lapsing  in  Ajai  game  re-­ 1996.  See  a  full  obituary  serve  in  northern  Uganda. never failed on  Page  6A. “I  was  informed  that  he  to enjoy the As  news  spread  of  just  dropped  dead  on  his  journey.â€? Power’s  death  on  Tuesday  â€” Men’s and  Wednesday,  stories  own,â€?  Kasingye  said. Journal about  his  life  and  eulogies  The  U.S.  Embassy  in  Uganda  is  helping  to  re-­ sprung  up  around  the  In-­ patriate  Power’s  remains  to  Ugan-­ WHUQHW LQFOXGLQJ RQ +XIÂżQJWRQ 3RVW da’s  capital,  Kampala,  where  an  au-­ and  New  York  Daily  News. topsy  will  be  performed,  he  said. Outside,  another  U.S.  magazine  Men’s  Journal  said  in  a  statement  for  which  Power  wrote,  spoke  highly  that  Power  was  â€œa  true  adventurer  on  Tuesday  of  his  reporting. and  a  principled,  ethical  journalist  â€œHe  was  a  fearless  and  compas-­ who  never  failed  to  put  the  accuracy  VLRQDWH MRXUQDOLVW ZKR GLG WHUULÂżF of  the  story  and  the  fairness  in  his  work  for  Outside,  most  recently  depiction  of  a  person,  place,  or  situ-­ from  Costa  Rica,  where  he  reported  ation  above  what  worked  for  him  as  an  astounding  story  on  the  murder  of  a  writer.â€? a  sea  turtle  activist,â€?  the  magazine  He  had  been  on  assignment  in  far-­ said  in  a  statement.  â€œHe  wrote  with  Ă€XQJ RIWHQ XQSOHDVDQW SODFHV FRY-­ grace  and  humor  and  was  always  HULQJ HYHU\WKLQJ IURP UHFNOHVV ÂżUH-­ curious.  He  was  tough  but  treated  works  displays  in  Mexico  to  a  man’s  his  story  subjects  with  the  utmost  quest  to  walk  the  entire  length  of  the  respect.â€?

Lesbian  couple  in  Addison  says  town  discriminated By  LAURA  KRANTZ VTDigger.org ADDISON  â€”  Two  women  have  ¿OHG D ODZVXLW DOOHJLQJ WKH WRZQ RI Addison  and  the  selectboard  chairman  unfairly  discriminated  against  them  because  they  are  lesbians. $WWRUQH\ 'DYLG %RQG ÂżOHG WKH VXLW on  March  5  on  behalf  of  Barbara  Su-­ peno  and  Barbara  Ernst  in  Addison  Superior  Court,  though  the  court  could  not  provide  the  documents  to  the  pub-­ lic  early  this  week  because  the  town  of  Addison  had  not  been  served  paper-­ work  on  the  suit. The  complaint  alleges  the  town  un-­ fairly  penalized  them  in  land  use  deci-­ sions  because  of  anti-­gay  bias  on  the  SDUW RI FHUWDLQ WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV It  also  details  other  instances  of  al-­ leged  intimidation  and  defamatory  statements,  including  spray  painted  JUDIÂżWL DW WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV DQG D GHIDP-­ ing  nine-­page  letter  the  two  women  believe  was  written  by  the  selectboard  chairman’s  wife. Supeno  and  Ernst  have  been  in  an  openly  gay  relationship  for  21  years  and  in  2004  purchased  property  to-­ gether  on  Lake  Champlain. Their  complaint  alleges  that  under  the  leadership  of  selectboard  Chair-­ man  Jeff  Kauffman,  the  town  issued  baseless  citations,  levied  unfair  taxes,  published  defamatory  statements  and  allowed  encroachment  by  neighbors,  among  other  unfair  actions. The  suit  also  targets  Barbara  Kauff-­ man,  the  chairman’s  wife,  and  John  and  Linda  Carrigan,  a  couple  who  own  land  adjacent  to  Ernst  and  Supeno’s  property,  according  to  the  suit. A  message  spray-­painted  in  2012  RQ WKH SDUNLQJ ORW RI WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH UHDG Âł, Ɔ )$*6 ´ DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH VXLW (UQVW VDLG WKH DQWL JD\ JUDIÂżWL ZDV removed  on  March  5,  when  the  town  was  contacted  about  the  case. In  2011  an  anonymous  nine-­page  letter,  titled  â€œAddison  Wikileaks,â€?  was  VHQW WR WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV DQG ORFDO QHZV-­ papers,  alleging  â€œdevious  and  viciousâ€?  behavior  by  Ernst  and  Supeno,  accord-­ ing  to  the  suit.  The  couple  believes  Mrs.  Kauffman  wrote  it. The  complaint  also  alleges  that  the Â

website  of  Hope  Community  Fellow-­ ship  church  in  Bridport  until  recently  linked  to  religious,  anti-­gay  websites.  Kauffman  is  a  pastor  there. Kauffman  on  Friday  did  not  return  a  call  to  VTDigger  for  comment.  After  being  told  that  Kauffman  had  not  seen  the  suit  early  this  week,  the  Addison  Independent  sent  a  request  to  Kauff-­ man  for  his  reaction  to  the  suit  once  he  had  seen  it.  The  Independent  will  publish  the  defendants’  reaction  to  the  suit  as  soon  as  possible. The  lawsuit  also  alleges  the  town  and  Kauffman  violated  a  state  statute  that  makes  it  illegal  to  discriminate  in  land  use  decisions  or  housing  on  the  basis  of  sexual  orientation. It  details  a  set  of  what  the  plaintiffs  call  discriminatory  zoning  decisions  that  have  to  do  with  neighbors,  Rod-­ ger  and  Mary  Sleeper,  who  allegedly Â

PRYHG ÂżYH KRXVH WUDLOHUV RQWR DQ DG-­ joining  lot  and  onto  Ernst  and  Supe-­ no’s  property. The  town  promised  to  take  action  against  the  Sleepers  but  instead  grant-­ ed  them  a  permit  to  allow  the  infrac-­ tion,  according  to  the  suit. The  town  also  engaged  in  several  other  discriminatory  zoning  deci-­ sions,  the  suit  alleges,  and  frequently  neglected  to  notify  the  couple  about  public  meetings  about  their  land  and  neighbors. The  suit  charges  the  Kauffmans  and  Carrigans  with  one  count  each  of  defamation,  false  light  invasion  of  pri-­ vacy  and  interference  with  prospective  business  relations. It  charges  Jeff  Kauffman  and  the  town  with  one  count  each  of  sexual  orientation  discrimination,  common  law  retaliation  and  violation  of  the Â

FRPPRQ EHQHÂżWV FODXVH The  plaintiffs  ask  the  court  for  an  XQVSHFLÂżHG DPRXQW RI PRQH\ LQ GDP-­ ages.  They  also  asked  for  an  injunc-­ tion  barring  the  town  from  engaging  in  further  discriminatory  acts. RU12?,  a  Burlington  community  center  that  advocates  for  the  rights  of  gay,  lesbian,  bisexual  and  transgender  Vermonters,  is  promoting  the  case  in  support  of  the  plaintiffs. “At  the  (RU12?)  Center,  we  devote  VLJQLÂżFDQW UHVRXUFHV WR EXLOGLQJ VDIH communities  in  Vermont,â€?  said  execu-­ tive  director  Kim  Fountain.  â€œIt  is  our  sincerest  hope  that  Ms.  Ernst  and  Ms.  6XSHQR ÂżQG WKH MXVWLFH WKH\ GHVHUYH ´

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President,  congress  should  investigate  CIA’s  actions $V D FRXQWU\ ZH FDQ RQO\ OHDUQ IURP RXU PLVWDNHV LI ZH ÂżUVW XQGHUVWDQG what  they  are.  The  lessons  to  learn  pertain,  in  part,  to  the  CIA’s  alleged  computer  KDFNLQJ RI 8 6 6HQDWH LQWHOOLJHQFH FRPPLWWHH PHPEHUV RYHUVHHLQJ WKH DJHQF\ 7KDW LV WKH UHDVRQ 3UHVLGHQW %DUDFN 2EDPD VKRXOG WXUQ RYHU DQ\ related  documents  it  is  withholding  from  the  public,  remove  the  CIA  RIÂżFLDOV LQYROYHG LQ WKH DOOHJHG ZURQJ GRLQJ LI SURYHQ JXLOW\ DQG FDOO IRU an  independent  prosecutor’s  investigation. It’s  not  quite  the  political  scandal  Republicans  have  been  hoping  for,  but  the  CIA’s  conduct  under  Obama  taints  his  presidency  and  how  he  handles  it  will  be  part  of  his  legacy  that  is  intertwined  with  the  terrorist  attacks  of  &DOLIRUQLD 6HQ 'LDQQH )HLQVWHLQ FKDLUZRPDQ RI WKH 6HQDWH LQWHOOLJHQFH FRPPLWWHH DQG D VWDXQFK 'HPRFUDWLF DOO\ RI 3UHVLGHQW 2EDPD LV WKH RQH who  blew  the  whistle  on  the  administration.  Many  fellow  Democrats  have  DSSODXGHG KHU VSHHFK HDUOLHU WKLV ZHHN 6HQ 3DWULFN /HDK\ ' 9HUPRQW called  it  one  of  the  most  important  speeches  he’s  witnessed  in  his  decades  in  WKH 6HQDWH One  irony  is  that  many  Republican  senators  and  representatives  are  reluctant  to  exploit  the  scandal  because  the  CIA’s  actions  were  done  in  an  DWWHPSW WR FRYHU XS WKH PLVGHHGV RI WKH &,$ LQ WKH DIWHUPDWK RI XQGHU 3UHVLGHQW *HRUJH : %XVK In  this  recent  instance,  however,  Feinstein  charged  the  CIA  with  searching  the  committee  members’  computers  and,  according  to  Washington  Post  columnist  Dana  Milbank,  â€œintimidating  congressional  staffers  with  bogus  legal  threats.â€?  The  charges,  said  Milbank,  may  have  violated  the  separation  of  powers  provision  of  the  constitution,  as  well  as  the  â€œspeech-­ and-­debate  clause  of  the  Fourth  Amendment,  not  to  mention  criminal  law  and  the  ban  on  domestic  spying  by  the  CIA.â€? 0RUH VSHFLÂżFDOO\ )HLQVWHLQ ZKRVH FRPPLWWHH KDV EHHQ UHYLHZLQJ WKH VS\ DJHQF\ÂśV FRQGXFW VLQFH DOOHJHV WKH &,$ KDFNHG LQWR WKH committee’s  network  in  2010  to  remove  documents  the  agency  had  already  WXUQHG RYHU LQFOXGLQJ WKH Âľ3DQHWWD 5HYLHZ Âś 7KDW UHYLHZ KDG UHSRUWHGO\ IRXQG ÂłVLJQLÂżFDQW &,$ ZURQJ GRLQJ ´ )HLQVWHLQ VDLG D SRLQW WKDW FRQWUDGLFWV the  CIA’s  own  statements  of  the  report.  7KH FRPPLWWHH KDG LQWHQGHG WR PDNH WKH ÂżQGLQJV RI WKDW UHSRUW public,  apparently  prompting  the  CIA  to  try  to  retrieve  the  report  from  the  committee  and  deny  them  that  information.  At  issue  is  the  scope  and  OHJDOLW\ RI 8 6 HDYHVGURSSLQJ XVH RI WRUWXUH GXULQJ LQWHUURJDWLRQV LQ WKH QDPH RI ÂżJKWLQJ WHUURULVP DQG WKH XVH RI ÂłEODFN VLWHV´ RYHUVHDV ZKHUH WKH CIA  rounded  up  and  interrogated  suspected  terrorists. It  all  stinks  of  an  overzealous  CIA  exceeding  legal  limits  to  prevent  Congress  and  the  American  public  from  understanding  the  extent  of  the  agency’s  mistakes  and  excesses  during  the  Bush  years  and,  potentially,  into  the  Obama  administration. “We  have  made  mistakes  â€”  more  than  a  few  â€”  and  we  have  tried  mightily  to  learn  from  them,â€?  CIA  chief  John  Brennan  said  Tuesday  at  a  Council  on  Foreign  Relations  event,  but  then  he  advocated  that  the  best  way  WR GR WKDW ZDV WR ORRN DKHDG DQG QRW GHOYH LQWR WKH VSHFLÂżFV RI WKRVH DEXVHV and  mistakes.  %XW FRPLQJ RQ WKH KHHOV RI FRQVWLWXWLRQDO DEXVHV E\ WKH 1DWLRQDO 6HFXULW\ $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ GXULQJ ZKLFK WKH GLUHFWRU RI QDWLRQDO LQWHOOLJHQFH James  Clapper  purposely  misled  Congress  during  testimony,  Congress  and  the  president  have  an  obligation  to  make  the  excesses  of  the  CIA  known  in  WKLV LQVWDQFH DQG RWKHUV DV WKH\ SHUWDLQV WR DQG LQ WKH FRQWLQXLQJ ÂłZDU on  terrorâ€?  launched  under  Bush  and  continued  under  Obama. This  isn’t  a  case  of  conducting  a  witch-­hunt  to  embarrass  either  presidents  Obama  or  Bush.  Rather  it  is  to  expose  the  mistakes  made  in  a  public  way  so  future  foreign  or  military  policy  is  not  tempted  down  a  similar  path  for  misguided  reasons.  The  public  is  the  better  judge  and  caretaker  of  that  wisdom  than  are  congressional  committees  that  hold  FRQÂżGHQWLDO UHSRUWV WKDW PD\ QHYHU VHH WKH OLJKW RI GD\ $QJHOR 6 /\QQ

Sen.  Dianne  Feinstein’s  closing  remarks: Editor’s  notH ([FHUSWV IURP 6HQ 'LDQQH )HLQVWHLQÂśV VSHHFK RQ WKH Ă€RRU of  the  Senate  on  Tuesday,  March  11,  2014: Âł0U 3UHVLGHQW OHW PH VD\ WKLV ÂŤ7KH VWDII PHPEHUV RI WKH LQWHOOLJHQFH FRPPLWWHH ÂŤ ZKR KDYH EHHQ ZRUNLQJ RQ WKLV VWXG\ DQG WKLV SDJH report  have  devoted  years  of  their  lives  to  it,  wading  through  the  horrible  details  of  a  CIA  program  that  never,  never,  never  should  have  existed. “They  have  worked  long  hours  and  produced  a  report  unprecedented  in  LWV FRPSUHKHQVLYH DWWHQWLRQ WR GHWDLO LQ WKH KLVWRU\ RI WKH 6HQDWH 7KH\ DUH QRZ EHLQJ WKUHDWHQHG ZLWK OHJDO MHRSDUG\ MXVW DV ÂżQDO UHYLVLRQV WR WKH UHSRUW DUH EHLQJ PDGH VR WKDW SDUWV RI LW FDQ EH GHFODVVLÂżHG DQG UHOHDVHG WR WKH $PHULFDQ SHRSOHÂŤ “I  also  want  to  reiterate  to  my  colleagues  my  desire  to  have  all  updates  to  the  committee  report  completed  this  month  and  approved  for  GHFODVVLÂżFDWLRQ :HÂśUH QRW JRLQJ WR VWRS , LQWHQG WR PRYH WR KDYH WKH ÂżQGLQJV FRQFOXVLRQV DQG WKH H[HFXWLYH VXPPDU\ RI WKH UHSRUW VHQW WR WKH SUHVLGHQW IRU GHFODVVLÂżFDWLRQ DV UHOHDVH WR WKH $PHULFDQ SHRSOH 7KH :KLWH +RXVH KDV LQGLFDWHG SXEOLFO\ DQG WR PH SHUVRQDOO\ WKDW LW VXSSRUWV GHFODVVLÂżFDWLRQ DQG UHOHDVH Âł,I WKH 6HQDWH FDQ GHFODVVLI\ WKLV UHSRUW ZH ZLOO EH DEOH WR HQVXUH WKDW an  un-­American,  brutal  program  of  detention  and  interrogation  will  never  DJDLQ EH FRQVLGHUHG RU SHUPLWWHG %XW 0U 3UHVLGHQW WKH UHFHQW DFWLRQV WKDW , KDYH MXVW ODLG RXW PDNH WKLV D GHÂżQLQJ PRPHQW IRU WKH RYHUVLJKW RI RXU ,QWHOOLJHQFH &RPPLWWHH +RZ &RQJUHVV DQG KRZ WKLV ZLOO EH UHVROYHG ZLOO show  whether  the  Intelligence  Committee  can  be  effective  in  monitoring  and  investigating  our  nation’s  intelligence  activities  or  whether  our  work  can  be  thwarted  by  those  we  oversee.â€?

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School  spending  must  be  curbed It  never  fails,  year  after  year  we  hear  rumblings  from  our  elected  representatives  that  lament  the  prop-­ erty  tax  burden  we  all  face  yet,  year  after  year  the  rumblings  sound  more  like  lip  service  than  genuine  active  concern  that  results  in  action. The  boards  correctly  blame  the  legislators  and  vice  versa  and  that  is  where  the  problem  lies. Leaders  at  all  levels  have  a  direct  indisputable  responsibility  to  rectify  what  has  become  an  unaffordable  education  spending  and  taxation  model. It  is  time  we  demand  action  to  repeal  acts  60  and  68  and  replace  them  with  an  act  that  will  return  spending  and  tax  decisions  to  the  local  level  while  taking  the  state  out  of  the  mix. Ivan  St.  George Vergennes

Nordic  skiing  has  been  at  its  best Many  thanks  for  Matt  Dicker-­ VRQÂśV PRVW UHFHQW FROXPQ RQ 1RUGLF skiing.  It  was  a  good  reminder,  as  the  close  of  winter  draws  into  at  least  hazy  view,  of  just  how  hard  the  crew  at  Rikert  worked  all  year. 6NLLQJ EHJDQ LQ PLG 1RYHPEHU EXW IRU PRVW RI WKH ÂżUVW KDOI RI WKH season  it  was  an  almost  impossible  job  to  keep  the  trails  covered,  with  every  small  drop  of  snow  followed  E\ D GULYLQJ UDLQVWRUP 6WLOO 0LNH +XVVH\ DQG KLV FUHZ ZRUNHG ORQJ hours  to  make  sure  there  was  al-­ ways  something  to  ski  on. And  now,  with  plenty  of  snow,  A  MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  student  faces  driving  snow  while  trudging  across  campus  Wednesday  the  new  deep  woods  trails  that  they  afternoon  during  the  big  snow  that  hit  the  county. cut  last  summer  have  really  trans-­ Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell formed  skiing  at  Bread  Loaf.  It’s  EHHQ IXQ WR VHH WKH SDUNLQJ ORW ÂżOOHG much  of  the  winter,  and  the  huge  number  of  young  people  out  skiing  and  racing,  and  especially  all  the  When  the  northern  part  of  the  country  eventually  thaws  -LP -R\FH ZKR FDOOHG EDWWHU -DVRQ 'RQDOG VDIH DW ÂżUVW families  out  discovering  the  plea-­ and  the  2014  Major  League  Baseball  season  begins  at  the  base.  Replays  showed  Donald  was  out  by  half  a  step. sures  of  the  sport.  What  a  winter. end  of  this  month,  the  game  will  look  a  little  different. While  the  blown  call  was  embarrassing,  baseball’s  Bill  McKibben After  instituting  instant  replay  in  2008  for  the  sole  pur-­ response  shows  exactly  why  instant  replay  isn’t  needed.  Ripton pose  of  reviewing  home  runs,  Major  League  Baseball  is  After  reviewing  the  tape  and  realizing  he’d  made  the  expanding  the  practice  to  include  a  slew  of  calls:  ground  wrong  call,  Joyce  â€”  who  players  had  selected  as  the  rule  doubles,  fan  interference,  boundary  calls,  force  and  OHDJXHÂśV EHVW RIÂżFLDO LQ DQ (631 SROO WKDW VDPH \HDU tag  plays,  fair/foul  balls  and  others.  Each  clubhouse  will  â€”   apologized  to  Galarraga.  The  right-­hander  took  it  in  be  equipped  with  a  video  monitor,  and  managers  will  be  VWULGH DQG IRUJDYH -R\FH 3OD\HUV DQG PDQDJHUV DURXQG I  am  a  lifelong  resident  of  the  able  to  challenge  one  call  a  game  (if  the  league  followed  suit,  praising  the  call  is  overturned,  they’re  awarded  ERWK PHQ IRU WKHLU KXPLOLW\ 7KH ÂżUVW state  of  Vermont  currently  residing  another). EDVH EDJ IURP &RPHULFD 3DUN ² WKH in  the  town  of  Middlebury.  Re-­ &DOOV DUH UHYLHZHG QRW E\ WKH RIÂż-­ site  of  the  blunder  â€”  now  resides  in  cently,  I  received  a  license  renewal  QRWLÂżFDWLRQ IURP WKH 'HSDUWPHQW FLDOV RQ WKH ÂżHOG OLNH LQ WKH 1DWLRQDO Cooperstown. Football  League,  but  by  an  umpire  in  What  could  have  been  a  black  eye  of  Motor  Vehicles  (DMV),  includ-­ 0/%ÂśV KHDGTXDUWHUV LQ 1HZ <RUN on  the  game  became  a  teaching  mo-­ ing  information  regarding  the  Real  By  Zach 7KDW XPSLUH WKHQ UHOD\V KLV ÂżQDO UXO-­ ment,  a  lesson  that  is  as  old  as  the  ID  Act.  Acting  on  the  information  Despart LQJ EDFN WR WKH FUHZ RQ WKH ÂżHOG game  itself  â€”  everyone,  no  matter  provided  and  the  need  to  renew  my  While  balls  and  strikes  and  player  how  skilled,  makes  mistakes.  Many  license,  I  went  to  the  mobile  DMV  interference  will  remain  unreviewable  â€”  for  now  â€”  the  LQ WKH SXEOLF OREELHG &RPPLVVLRQHU %XJ 6HOLJ WR RYHU-­ RIÂżFH DW WKH FRXUWKRXVH LQ 0LGGOH-­ expansion  of  instant  replay  is  a  mistake.  It  is  antithetical  turn  Joyce’s  call  and  award  Galarraga  a  perfect  game,  EXU\ RQ )HE LQ WKH DIWHUQRRQ to  the  game  and  will  diminish  the  role  umpires  have  in  it.  EXW 6HOLJ GHFOLQHG +LV PHVVDJH ZDV FOHDU :KDW KDS-­ What  ensued  is  an  example  of  how  Baseball  is  an  imperfect  game,  played  by  imperfect  SHQV RQ WKH ÂżHOG IRU EHWWHU RU IRU ZRUVH VKRXOG VWD\ RQ IDU WKLV JUHDW VWDWH DQG WKH 86$ DV D whole,  have  strayed  from  sanity. 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side,  other  than  â€œalmost  frozen.â€?  After  a  few  minutes  in  I  imagine  adds  to  the  appeal. 1RZ , DP HPSOR\HG DW D 'HSDUW-­ the  warm  air,  the  blood  returned  to  her  extremities  and  We  did  have  one  bright  but  cold  day  when  I  brought  her  comb  started  bleeding  profusely.  This  was  a  clue.  I’m  her  outside  for  a  few  minutes  for  some  fresh  air  and  sun-­ ment  of  Defense  cleared  facility,  guessing  she  had  been  feeling  sickly,  causing  her  dear  VKLQH 6HHLQJ KHU WKH RWKHU ELUGV LPPHGLDWHO\ FDPH DW have  a  secret  clearance  and  routine-­ (See  Letter,  Page  5A) (See  Raymond,  Page  5A) friends  and  coop  mates  to  react  the  way  birds  do  when Â

Battling  the  elements

Let  baseball  keep  its  imperfection

Red  tape  rules at  the  local  DMV

Clippings

Indoor  hen  gives  no  sign  of  spring

Around the bend

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  March  13,  2014  â€”  PAGE  5A

Vermont  Gas  proving  to  be  guilty  of  false  advertising

Letters to the Editor

VerMints  has  been  sued.  From  2006  to  2011,  VerMints  claimed  on  its  tins  that  the  mints  were  â€œVer-­ mont’s  All-­Natural  Mints.â€?  The  tin  currently  says,  â€œVerMints  Organic  Mints  Absolutely  First-­Rate.â€?  On  thing  to  behold. could  snuggle  up  with  a  younger,  To  help  foster  the  joy  of  reading  pre-­reader  reading  a  stack  of  beloved  the  back  of  the  tin,  it  now  says,  â€œDistributed  by  VerMints  Inc.,  in  our  children,  for  the  entire  month  storybooks.  Or  take  turns  reading  Braintree,  MA  02184.â€?  VerMints  of  March  all  students  at  Vergennes  aloud  from  a  chapter  book  with  an  Union  Elementary  School  (VUES)  older  reader.  Or  pass  down  a  favorite  DJUHHG WR SD\ D ÂżQH WR WKH will  be  participating  in  a  Read-­a-­ family  storybook.  Or  spend  time  just  state  and  make  a  $35,000  dona-­ tion  to  the  Vermont  Foodbank.  Thon,  coordinated  by  the  VUES  sitting  quietly  near  a  child  enjoying  For,  at  least,  18  months,  VerMints  Community  Group,  reading  (or  hav-­ your  own  reading  material  while  he  will  clearly  label  the  front  of  the  ing  read  to  them)  as  many  minutes  immerses  himself  in  his.  Even  sim-­ outside  of  school  as  they  can.  If  you  ply  asking  a  child  what  she  is  reading  tins  sold  in  the  Northeast  with  the  know  a  VUES  student,  please  con-­ and  encouraging  her  to  share  details  words,  â€œProduced  in  Canada.â€?  Ver-­ mont  Attorney  General  Bill  Sorrell  sider  sponsoring  his  or  her  efforts.  of  the  story  with  you  helps  her  con-­ You  may  pledge  per  minute  read  or  tinue  to  develop  her  appreciation  for  recently  said,  â€œWe  need  to  ensure  that  consumers  who  care  about  RIIHU D Ă€DW GRQDWLRQ IRU RYHUDOO HIIRUW WKH PDQ\ EHQHÂżWV RI UHDGLQJ where  their  food  comes  from,  get  The  Community  Group  will  use  the  To  learn  more  about  the  VUES  accurate  information.  â€Ś  Use  of  the  funds  raised  to  provide  a  variety  Read-­a-­Thon,  talk  to  your  favorite  term  â€˜Vermont’  has  great  economic  of  enrichment  opportunities  to  the  VUES  student  or  contact  the  VUES  value  and  many  businesses  go  VUES  student  body.   RIÂżFH DW 802-­877-­3761. But  there  are  other  ways  to  sup-­ Alexandria  McGuire to  the  expense  of  sourcing  their  port  the  Read-­a-­Thon  as  well.  You  Vergennes ingredients  and  processing  within  the  state  in  order  to  market  their  products  as  Vermont  productsâ€? Â

VUES  Read-­a-­Thon  helps  children  embrace  literacy Have  you  ever  lost  yourself  in  a  book?  Been  so  drawn  into  a  story  that  you  couldn’t  turn  the  pages  fast  enough?  Stayed  up  well  past  the  time  when  sensible  folks  click  off  their  bedside  lamps?  Have  you  ever  read  an  article  so  thoroughly  researched  that  you  had  to  concede  that  your  own  opinion  might  be  wrong?  Or  read  something  that  compelled  you  to  take  action?  Have  you  ever  started  reading  a  story  aloud  to  one  child  only  to  have  other  children  quietly  draw  near  as  if  you  were  the  Pied  Piper  himself?  No  matter  the  form,  fanciful  tales,  political  essays,  VFLHQWLÂżF DUWLFOHV O\ULFDO SRHWU\ RU passionate  editorials,  when  we  string  words  together  to  communicate  with  each  other  it  is  a  beautiful,  powerful Â

Asermily  thankful  for  voter  support  in  March  election Thank  you  to  voters  for  elect-­ ing  me  to  serve  on  the  Middlebury  selectboard.  I  seek  to  collaborate  with  and  listen  to  all  residents,  fellow  VHOHFWERDUG PHPEHUV WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV and  stakeholders  to  reach  solutions  that  work  for  the  good  of  the  town  and  its  taxpayers.  I  will  support  an  open  participatory  process  that  allows  you  to  be  informed  and  to  share  your  ideas  or  questions.  This  is  my  top  priority.  I  look  forward  to  listening  to  you  in  as  many  ways  as  possible. Clearly,  we  need  deliberative  ways  of  discussing  critical  decisions  with  voters.  Moving  forward  from  the  FORVHO\ ZDWFKHG WRZQ RIÂżFH DQG J\P proposal,  we’ve  learned  much  about  how  to  do  this  as  new  matters  come  before  us.  We  can  examine  if  we  need  to  go  beyond  traditional  select-­ board  meetings  and  even  adequately  warned  public  hearings  to  allow  for  VXIÂżFLHQW GLVFXVVLRQ ZKHQ ZH DUH faced  with  controversial  issues. We’ve  recognized  that  many  who  wish  to  or  need  to  participate  can’t  get  to  scheduled  meetings  or  don’t  want  to  speak  publicly  and  that  con-­

certed  outreach  may  be  required  to  involve  more  people.  We  know  some  ¿QG WKHLU YRLFH VSHDNLQJ RQH RQ RQH WR RI¿FLDOV LQ VPDOOHU JURXS VHWWLQJV or  by  responding  to  surveys.  Oth-­ HUV ¿QG WKHLU YRLFH WKURXJK ZULWWHQ online  modes  such  as  Middlebury  Front  Porch  Forum.  I  support  a  blend  of  communication  modes  that  in-­ volves  the  largest  possible  number  of  people.  Several  of  these  are  already  in  place  and  under  review. Please  share  your  ideas  on  how  we  can  promote  and  expand  the  channels  of  communication  in  our  town.  Our  town  manager,  Kathleen  Ramsay,  has  established  a  town  email  list  as  an  excellent  way  of  informing  us  about  upcoming  meet-­ ings,  events  and  issues  with  easy  links  to  town  websites.  Anyone  can  request  to  be  on  this  list,  not  just  Middlebury  residents  or  voters.  Those  affected  by  the  upcoming  railroad  underpass  project  at  Mer-­ FKDQWV 5RZ WKLV VXPPHU ZRXOG ¿QG this  list  helpful  for  updates  on  work  schedules.  You  can  be  added  to  this  list  by  contacting  assistant  town  manager  Chris  English  atcenglish@

townofmiddlebury.org. For  those  lacking  computer  ac-­ cess,  information  is  available  by  FDOOLQJ WKH WRZQ RI¿FHV DW or  by  visiting  Ilsley  Public  Library  where  you  can  access  information  by  watching  Middlebury  Commu-­ nity  Television  broadcasts  of  town  meetings  (available  online  at  www. middleburycommunitytv.org),  by  reading  reports  and  town  warnings  in  local  newspapers,  and  by  review-­ ing  town  meeting  documents  posted  at  www.townofmiddlebury.org. The  opportunity  to  serve  on  the  selectboard  is  a  privilege  that  I  will  honor  and  respect.  I  look  to  the  present  and  future  as  a  moment  to  improve  dialogue,  welcome  more  citizens  to  the  discussion  and  to  build  on  the  great  community  we  currently  enjoy.  I  invite  you  to  contact  me  at  388-­9478  or  lasermily@yahoo. com <RX FDQ ¿QG PH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ Bagel  most  Friday  mornings  from  7:30  to  8:30  a.m.  and  at  other  venues  I  hope  to  implement  with  others  on  looking  forward. Laura  Asermily Middlebury

ing  her  to  the  yard,  she  coughs  and  puts  a  wing  to  her  forehead. It  has  occurred  to  me  that  this  is  the  time  of  year  when  people  start  looking  to  birds  as  harbingers  of  spring.  When  you  hear  a  red-­winged  blackbird  trill  IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH IRU LQVWDQFH \RX know  the  warm  weather  can’t  be  far  behind.  So  I  guess  I’ll  know  winter  is Â

on  its  way  out  when  our  bathroom  is  once  again  devoid  of  poultry. But  if  Chicken’s  readiness  to  go  back  outside  is  any  indicator  of  spring’s  arrival,  the  long-­range  fore-­ cast  isn’t  looking  good. This  morning  I  found  her  tooth-­ brush  and  makeup  bag  in  our  medi-­ cine  cabinet. Â

Raymond (Continued  from  Page  4A) her  with  sharpened  beaks  and  brass  knuckles.  Back  to  the  bathroom  we  went. I’ve  promised  her  that  when  she  does  go  back  outside  for  good  â€”  any  day  now,  weather  permitting  â€”  I’ll  pen  her  where  the  mean  girls  can’t  get  her.  But  every  time  I  mention  return-­

Clippings (Continued  from  Page  4A) hat-­throwing  rite  of  argument.  In-­ stant  replay  and  the  new  challenge  system  threatens  this  tradition  with  extinction.  Could  you  imagine  Lou  Pinella  casually  informing  the  um-­ piring  crew  he’d  like  to  use  his  challenge  after  an  obvious  blun-­ der?  Can  you  imagine  Billy  Martin  strolling  to  home  plate  to  request  a  call  to  be  reviewed?  Bobby  Cox  probably  wouldn’t  have  been  eject-­ ed  from  an  MLB-­record  161  games  if  he’d  been  able  to  just  point  to  a  video  monitor  and  challenge  a  few  calls. I  love  baseball  as  much  as  the  next  guy,  but  the  game  surely  doesn’t  need  anything  else  that  will  slow  the  pace  of  play.  In  1940,  the  average  length  of  Major  League  games  was  just  under  two  hours.  Now,  it’s  around  2:45.  It  just  seems  plain  wrong  that  for  a  sport  that  doesn’t  even  rely  on  time  clock  to  suddenly  lean  on  an  intricate  video  system  wired  back  to  New  York. There  have  been  countless  in-­ stances  where  blown  calls  have  al-­ tered  the  course  of  games,  seasons,  or  even  World  Series  â€”  but  instant Â

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(Terri  Hallenbeck,  Burlington  Free  Press,  Jan.  14,  2014). What  privileges  does  Vermont  Gas  have? Why  is  Vermont  Gas  allowed  to  use  Vermont  in  its  company’s  name?  The  gas  comes  from  Alberta,  Canada.  Gaz  MĂŠtro  of  Montreal  owns  Northern  New  England  Energy  Corp.,  which  owns  Vermont  Gas. In  the  Seven  Days  issue  Jan.  22  to  Jan.  29,  2014,  section  C-­18,  Vermont  Gas  advertised  itself  as  â€œenvironmentally  friendlyâ€?  with  the  words,  CLEAN  ENERGY  CLEAN  AIR  under  the  V  with  the  Ă€DPH <HV , NQRZ WKDW QDWXUDO JDV burns  cleaner  than  petroleum,  fuel  oil.  I  also  know  that  this  fracked  gas  has  traveled  from  Alberta,  Canada.  There  in  Alberta,  Canada,  the  fracked  gas  industry  has  left  behind  polluted  water,  at  the  very  least.  That  polluted  water  is  NOT  clean. When  gas  leaks  at  the  well  sites, Â

in  Canada,  and  at  accidents  here  in  Vermont,  the  methane  released  does  NOT  make  our  air  clean.  The  advertisement  attempts  to  recruit  workers  with  this  statement,  â€œAt  Vermont  Gas,  we  have  a  sense  of  pride  as  Vermont’s  only  provider  of  environmentally  friendly  natural  gas.â€?  To  me,  that  statement  is  very  misleading.  Who  or  what  provides  that  natural  gas?  The  families  in  Canada  whose  water  and  land  have  become  polluted,  whose  family  members  have  become  ill,  whose  cattle  have  died,  have  a  right  to  deny  the  truth  of  the  â€œenviron-­ mentally  friendlyâ€?  adjectives.  Is  Vermont  Gas  proud  of  causing  so  much  pain  and  suffering? “Natural  gasâ€?  is  not  natural.  Fresh  air,  clean  water  and  whole-­ some  earth  are  natural. I  like  to  eat  ginger  mints  made  by  the  VerMints  company.  They  help  my  digestion. Patricia  Heather-­Lea Bristol

tertiary  level.  I  have  all  the  respect  in  the  world  for  those  who  legiti-­ mately  come  to  this  country  (often,  as  was  my  case,  after  great  expense  and  time).  What  I  have  no  respect  IRU LV WKRVH ZKR Ă€RXW WKH ODZ DQG are  rewarded  for  it.) After  retrieving  the  critical  Social  Security  card,  I  returned.  I  was  then  processed  for  my  4-­year  renewal  and  a  â€œReal  ID.â€?  Folks,  this  is  absolutely  ridiculous.  Here  I  am,  a  U.S.  citizen,  a  lifelong  Vermont  resident,  a  Vermont  driver  for  two  decades,  trying  to  teach  my  son  a  civics  lesson  and  what  happens?  I  am  insulted.  What  lesson  is  my  son  learning?  Apparently,  if  you  are  a  U.S.  citizen  you  must  meet  a  higher  standard  in  your  own  country,  while  illegal  migrants  are  given  special  treatment.  It  is  an  insult  to  have  to  jump  through  so  many  hoops,  while  others  are  given  privileges  to  which  they  have  absolutely  no  right.  If  everyone  were  treated  equally  and  forced  to  produce  the  same  doc-­ umentation  for  the  same  privilege,  then  I  would  not  complain.  How-­ ever,  what  is  happening  is  a  loop-­ hole  is  being  opened  by  the  state  of  Vermont  for  a  special  class,  illegal  migrants.  Their  mere  presence  at  the  courthouse  is  a  violation  of  the  law.  Apparently,  law  enforcement  in  this  country  and  Vermont  has  become  selective.  The  laws  of  this  country  DUH EHLQJ Ă€RXWHG IURP WKH WRS GRZQ and  no  one  cares.  Actually,  cor-­ rect  that,  some  do  care,  they  care  enough  to  create  special  privileges  and  rights  for  illegal  migrants.  We  have  reached  a  point  in  this  coun-­ try  where  common  sense  and  good  judgment  need  not  apply. And  before  anyone  goes  off  blam-­ ing  the  federal  Real  ID  Act  for  all  of  the  problems,  let  me  say  that  how  federal  mandates  are  instituted  is  the  responsibility  of  Vermont.  The  Real  ID  Act  established  a  standard  for  the Â

issuance  of  driver’s  licenses  for  use  IRU ÂłRIÂżFLDO SXUSRVHV´ ² ERDUGLQJ commercial  aircraft,  for  example.  It  did  not  mandate  the  creation  of  a  â€œNon-­Real  IDâ€?;Íž  that  was  the  choice  of  the  state  of  Vermont  when  it  decided  last  year  to  grant  driving  privileges  to  undocumented  im-­ migrants.  (Note:  Many  states  have  actually  passed  laws  preventing  the  implementation  of  the  Real  ID  Act  in  their  states.  Others  have  simply  not  complied.  Ohio,  for  instance,  stopped  work  on  its  Real  ID  after  discovering  that  over  26,500  people  could  access  its  database  of  sensi-­ tive  documents,  driver’s  license  photos,  facial  recognition  data,  biometrics,  etc.) I  am  reminded  of  a  quote  at-­ tributed  to  John  Adams:  â€œRemem-­ ber,  democracy  never  lasts  long.  It  soon  wastes,  exhausts,  and  murders  itself.  There  never  was  a  democracy  yet  that  did  not  commit  suicide.â€?  Perhaps  after  more  than  200  years,  we  are  reaching  the  tipping  point  from  sanity  to  insanity.  Perhaps  we  are  on  the  road  to  committing  suicide  as  a  nation. Leon  H.  Smith Middlebury

Letter (Continued  from  Page  4A) O\ FRPSOHWH 8 6 SHUVRQ YHULÂżFD-­ WLRQV DQG RWKHU GRFXPHQW YHULÂżFD-­ tions.  Using  a  Social  Security  card  with  zero  security  features  for  LGHQWLÂżFDWLRQ SXUSRVHV LV HVVHQWLDOO\ worthless.  A  U.S.  passport,  however,  is  about  as  rock  solid  as  you  can  get.  So,  knowing  that,  I  protested  that  it  is  an  outrage  that  one  must  produce  a  Social  Security  card  in  order  to  renew  their  driver’s  license  for  four  years,  while  licenses  (Real  or  Non-­ Real  is  irrelevant)  are  being  issued  to  undocumented  migrant  workers.  (I  prefer  the  term  â€œillegalâ€?;Íž  when  one  clearly  breaks  several  U.S.  laws  in  entering  and  unlawfully  resid-­ ing  in  the  U.S.,  you  are  illegally  here.  In  fact,  you  are  a  felon.)  I  was  promptly  barked  at  from  a  DMV  agent  from  the  back,  not  even  at  the  counter.  The  agent  said,  â€œCall  your  legislator!â€? 5LOHG XS , OHIW WKH RIÂżFH LQ RUGHU to  return  home  and  retrieve  the  critical  Social  Security  card.  (By  the  way,  wasn’t  the  Social  Security  Act  never  intended  as  a  national  ID  program?  In  fact,  prior  to  1972,  Social  Security  cards  stated  that  they  were  not  to  be  used  for  identi-­ ÂżFDWLRQ SXUSRVHV ,W ZDV RQO\ ZKHQ Congress  realized  that  the  numbers  KDG EHFRPH GH IDFWR LGHQWLÂżFDWLRQ that  they  relented.)  Thoroughly  dis-­ gusted  with  what  I  had  just  experi-­ enced,  once  outside  the  courthouse,  I  casually  asked  one  of  the  migrant  workers  I  passed  on  the  sidewalk,  â€œTienes  papeles?â€?  (For  non-­Spanish  speakers:  â€œDo  you  have  papers?â€?)  To  which  he  replied  with  a  big  grin,  â€œSi.â€?  (Yes).  I  then  responded,  â€œVer-­ dad?â€?  (“The  truth?â€?)  He  replied  with  another  big  grin,  â€œSi.â€?  (Now  before  of  any  of  you  jump  to  the  conclusion  that  I  am  anti-­migrant  or  the  dreaded  â€œRâ€?  word,  my  wife  is  a  legal  migrant  from  Singapore.  I  also  speak  Spanish  and  tutored  it  at  the Â

Real  Estate  and  You by  Ingrid Punderson  Jackson

THE  KITCHEN  BEDROOM A  miniature  kitchen,  built  into  the  master  bedroom  suite  to  provide  the  convenience  of  midnight  snacking  or  intimate  meals  in  the  privacy  of  the  bedroom  is  sometimes  called  a  breakfast,  coffee  or  morning  bar  and  its  features  can  range  from  a  simple  alcove  with  mini-­fridge  and  microwave  to  an  elaborate  room  design  with  fully  equipped  small-­scale  kitchen.  Some  even  feature  a  built-­in  wine  storage  area  or  single-­range  stovetop  Murphy  kitchen,  where  clever  cabinetry  allows  the  consumer  to  hide  the  whole  unit  away  after  use.  Bedroom  kitchens  promote  a  sense  of  luxury,  convenience  and  intimacy  and  can  be  ideal  for  families  with  small  children  or  family  members  with  differing  schedules.  In  a  home  with  ample  square  footage,  a  secondary  kitchen  can  be  located  within  the  master  suite  or  elsewhere  in  the  house  that  is  convenient  to  smaller-­scale  culinary  needs.  Price  tags  vary  according  to  location,  construction,  cabinetry  and  amenities,  making  a  kitchen  suite  upgrade  commensurate  with  the  needs  and  desires  of  the  homeowner.  From  a  midnight  snack  to  a  midnight  feeding,  this  addition  to  your  home  ensures  you  won’t  have  to  travel  far  for  a  warm  bottle,  hot  coffee,  a  cold  drink  or  to  raid  the  leftovers.  To  add  value  to  your  home  and  incorporate  a  unique  selling  point,  consider  converting  extra  space  into  a  secondary  kitchen.  Bring  convenience  and  comfort  into  any  room,  letting  guests  and  family  sleep  undisturbed  while  you  treat  yourself  to  a  midnight  meal!  Ingrid  Punderson  Jackson Real  Estate ‡ FHOO WROO IUHH www.middvermontrealestate.com

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Agnes ‘Bonnie’ Coyle, 83, formerly of Ferrisburgh FOLLANSBEE,  W.V.  â€”  Agnes  â€œBonnieâ€?  Catherine  (McElwain)  6FKORWWHU &R\OH RI )ROODQVEHH : 9 GLHG RQ 6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK DW /LIHOLQH +RVSLWDO :LQWHUVYLOOH 2KLR 6KH ZDV ERUQ RQ 0D\ LQ 3LWWVEXUJK 3D 6KH ZDV WKH wife  of  the  late  Patrick  J.  Coyle  of  )HUULVEXUJK 9W She  was  a  member  of  St.  Peter’s  &DWKROLF &KXUFK LQ 9HUJHQQHV ZKHUH VKH VHUYHG DV RUJDQLVW 6KH ZDV D SDVW president  of  Catholic  Golden  Age  and  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians.  In  her  senior  years,  after  raising  her  own  children,  she  PRYHG WR 9HUPRQW DQG PDUULHG DQ ,ULVK &DWKROLF PDQ ZLWK FKLOGUHQ of  his  own.  6KH LV VXUYLYHG E\ D VLVWHU 6LVWHU Helen  Elizabeth  McElwain  of  3HQQV\OYDQLD D EURWKHU 'U -RKQ -D\ 0F(OZDLQ RI 0LQQHVRWD IRXU FKLO-­ MATTHEW  JOHN  POWER GUHQ %HWK 0DQXHO RI :LQWHUVYLOOH Ohio,  Margaret  Garrison  of  Cadiz,  JHQHURXV FXULRXV OLIH ORYLQJ VRXOV 2KLR &DWK\ +HDYHO\Q RI &DGL] He  was  a  2010-­2011Knight-­Wallace  Ohio,  and  Eric  Schlotter  of  New  )HOORZ DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 0LFKLJDQ DQG D DOXPQXV RI 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH % $ (QJOLVK $ GHYRWHG DQG DGRUHG KXVEDQG VRQ EURWKHU DQG XQFOH 0DWW LV VXUYLYHG E\ KLV ORYLQJ ZLIH Jessica  Benko  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;Íž  his  0,''/(%85< ² -RKQ :LOOLDP PRWKHU -DQH 6WHHOH RI 0LGGOHEXU\ (ZHQ RI 0LGGOHEXU\ GLHG RI his  father,  John  E.  Power  of  Myrtle  OHXNHPLD DW )OHWFKHU $OOHQ 0HGLFDO %HDFK 6 & KLV VLVWHU -XOLH 3RZHU &HQWHU LQ %XUOLQJWRQ RQ 0DUFK 5XSSHUW RI 1RUWK $WWOHERUR 0DVV +H ZDV ERUQ RQ $SULO KHU KXVEDQG -RKQ DQG WKHLU FKLOGUHQ LQ 0RQWSHOLHU DQG JUDGXDWHG IURP Emma  and  Connor;Íž  his  sister,  Elizabeth  0RQWSHOLHU +LJK 6FKRRO LQ +H Power  Robison  of  Whittier,  Calif.,  her  DWWHQGHG &RUQHOO 8QLYHUVLW\ IURP KXVEDQG 0DUN DQG WKHLU GDXJKWHU ZKLFK KH JUDGXDWHG LQ $IWHU Leah;Íž  and  his  step-­siblings  Eric  Steele  FROOHJH KH VHUYHG WZR \HDUV LQ WKH RI $GGLVRQ 9W .HOO\ 6WHHOH 7UXHEORRG $UP\ GLVFKDUJHG DV D OLHXWHQDQW of  Wendell,  N.C.,  and  Bobbi  Steele  ,Q KH DQG 1DQF\ *DJH ZHUH %XFNOHU RI &OD\WRQ 1 & married  in  Eastchester,  N.Y. )XQHUDO DUUDQJHPHQWV DUH SHQGLQJ ¸ He  worked  for  a  short  time  at  'XQFDQ +LQHV DQG *HQHUDO )RRGV :KLWH 3ODLQV 1 < ,Q KH MRLQHG WKH 6DQ )UDQFLVFR RIÂżFH RI %RR] Allen  and  Hamilton  where  he  was  a  FRQVXOWDQW EHIRUH DFFHSWLQJ D SRVLWLRQ ZLWK ,%0 LQ LQ 1HZ <RUN &LW\ He  spent  most  of  his  32  years  with  ,%0 LQ WKHLU :RUOG 7UDGH 'LYLVLRQ WUDYHOLQJ H[WHQVLYHO\ DQG OLYLQJ ZLWK KLV IDPLO\ RYHUVHDV LQ ERWK (XURSH DQG $VLD +H DQG KLV IDPLO\ PDGH WKHLU KRPH IRU RYHU \HDUV in  Greenwich,  Conn.,  when  not  on  foreign  assignments.

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Joel Hannah, 55, Lincoln LINCOLN  â€”  Joel  David  Hannah,  55,  of  Lincoln,  Vermont,  passed  away  on  March  7,  2014,  at  his  home,  surrounded  by  his  family. Joel  was  born  in  Randolph,  Vermont,  on  April  1,  1958,  the  son  of  Stanley  and  Mary  (Bullard)  Hannah.  He  graduated  from  Randolph  Union  High  School  in  1976  and  contin-­ ued  on  to  receive  two  Associate  Degrees  of  Applied  Science  from  New  Hampshire  Vocational  Technical  College,  a  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  the  University  of  Vermont,  and  a  Master’s  of  Education  from  St.  Michael’s  College. Joel  was  married  to  Laura  (Cummings)  Hannah  on  July  30,  WKH\ ZHUH PDUULHG \HDUV Joel  worked  as  an  electrical  engineer  for  Digital  Equipment  Corporation  for  10  years,  followed  by  a  career  as  a  math  and  physics  teacher  at  Winooski  and  Mt.  Abraham  high  schools.  He  was  always  excited  about  Vermont  history,  visiting  local  historical  sites  and  reading  his  large  library  of  books  on  the  subject.  He  enjoyed  working  his  land  in  Lincoln,  raising  sheep  and  chickens,  maple  sugaring,  growing  vegetables,  and  managing  the  forest  and  trails.   -RHO LV VXUYLYHG E\ KLV ZLIH /DXUD three  children,  Jacob  Hannah  and  his  wife  Megan,  Rebecca  Hannah,  and  $GDP +DQQDK KLV PRWKHU 0DU\ -DFREV D EURWKHU -RKQ +DQQDK DQG KLV ZLIH 3DXOD D VLVWHU -XG\ %URZQ

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Elizabeth Pidgeon, 90, Leicester LEICESTER  â€”  Elizabeth  Swinington  Pidgeon,  90,  of  Leicester  died  on  March  9,  2014,  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  &  Rehabilitation  Center  in  Middlebury. She  was  born  in  Leicester  on  April  7,  1923.  She  was  the  daugh-­ ter  of  Norman  and  Eva  (Allen)  Swinington.  She  received  her  early  education  in  local  Leicester  schools  and  graduated  from  Brandon  High  School,  class  of  1941.  She  was  married  in  Brandon  on  Aug.  14,  1943,  to  George  H.  Pidgeon. In  her  earlier  years  she  worked  as  a  bookkeeper  at  Dutton  Lumber  Mill  in  Brandon.  She  later  worked  in  Resident  Records  at  the  Brandon  Training  School,  retiring  in  1983  following  more  than  17  years  of  service.  After  her  retirement,  she  ran  the  family  scrap  metal  and  auto  sales  business  in  Leicester  and  retired  from  that  in  2004.  Her  relatives  say  VKH HQMR\HG JDUGHQLQJ Ă€RZHUV DQG bird  watching.  She  was  a  NASCAR  fan  and  avid  Red  Sox  fan. Surviving  are  her  two  sons,  Allen  of  Leicester  and  Arlan  and  wife  'RQQD DOVR RI /HLFHVWHU WKUHH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ DQG PDQ\ QLHFHV nephews  and  cousins.  Also  surviving  is  her  companion,  Charlie. She  was  predeceased  by  her  KXVEDQG *HRUJH LQ VRQ 3DXO JUDQGVRQ 3DXO ,, ÂżYH VLVWHUV 0DUJDUHW &KDWÂżHOG &KDUORWWH 0DUWLQ

Lawrence LaDue, 79, Bristol BRISTOL  â€”  Lawrence  James  LaDue,  79,  of  Bristol  died  Wednesday,  March  12,  2014,  while  on  vacation,  at  Fawcett  Memorial  Hospital  in  Port  Charlotte,  Fla. Funeral  arrangements  are  pend-­ ing  at  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral  Home  in  Brandon. A  complete  obituary  will  appear  in  a  later  edition  of  the  Independent.

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ELIZABETH  PIDGEON Katherine  Delorm,  Achsah  Jones  and  0DGHOLQH %DUNHU DQG ¿YH EURWKHUV Allen,  Thomas,  Francis  and  (twins)  Richard  and  Robert  Swinington. A  private  burial  will  take  place  in  Pine  Hill  Cemetery,  at  the  conve-­ nience  of  the  family. Memorial  gifts  may  be  made  to  the  Addison  County  Humane  Society,  236  Boardman  St.,  Middlebury,  VT  05753,  or  to  a  charity  of  choice. At  her  request  there  will  be  no  funeral  service  or  calling  hours.

Mary Pierce, 84, Lincoln LINCOLN  â€”  Mary  Catherine  Pierce,  84,  died  March  2,  2014,  at  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabitation  Center  in  Middlebury.  She  was  born  in  Lincoln  on  Feb.  6,  1930,  the  daugh-­ ter  of  Clinton  and  Madge  Pierce. She  attended  the  Lincoln  one-­ room  Center  School  and  graduated  from  Bristol  High  School,  salutato-­ rian  of  the  class  of  1949.  Following  further  study  in  Burlington,  she  was  employed  at  the  First  National  Bank  of  Bristol,  continuing  to  work  there  for  37  years  until  her  retirement  from  what  had  become  the  Merchant’s  Bank. Her  friends  say  throughout  her  life  she  enjoyed  the  company  of  one,  or  occasionally  two,  cats.  She  liked  to  travel,  driving  with  family  and  friends  and  going  on  bus  tours.  As  a  member  of  the  251  Club,  she  docu-­ mented  visits  to  Vermont  towns. After  selling  her  childhood  home,  she  lived  at  a  Weathervane  United  apartment. She  was  a  member  of  the  Lincoln  United  Church,  serving  as  the  faith-­ ful  organist  for  60  years.  For  many  years,  she  served  as  treasurer  of  the  Aid-­Industria,  a  women’s  group  of  the  church. She  was  predeceased  by  her  parents  and  two  people  who  had  made  their  home  with  her  family, Â

MARY  PIERCE Lottie  Phillips  Brown  and  a  cousin,  Allen  Pierce.  She  is  survived  by  friends  and  cousins. A  memorial  service  will  be  held  at  the  Lincoln  United  Church  at  11  a.m.  on  Tuesday,  March  18.  A  burial  is  planned  for  later  in  the  spring.  Contributions  in  her  memory  may  be  made  to  the  Weathervane  United  Endowment  Fund,  c/o  Lawrence  Masterson,  Treasurer,  2500  South  Lincoln  Road,  Lincoln,  VT  05443.

Eugene Laplante, 74, formerly of Bridport BAYTOWN,  Texas  â€”  Eugene  Gerard  â€œGeneâ€?  Laplante,  74,  of  Baytown,  Texas,  formerly  of  Bridport,  Vt.,  died  on  March  9,  2014,  with  his  family  by  his  side. He  was  born  July  11,  1939,  in  Cockeysville,  Md.,  the  son  of  Dominique  Laplante  and  Thelma  Collins  Laplante.  He  was  raised  in  Bridport  after  his  family  moved  there  when  he  was  four  years  old.  He  received  schooling  in  Bridport  and  owned  a  garage  on  Route  22A  that  repaired  automobiles. He  moved  to  Baytown  in  1990.  He  received  his  Business  Real  Estate  degree  from  Lee  College  and  was  described  as  a  talented  and  well-­ loved  man.  He  was  avid  about  pursu-­ ing  his  hobbies,  which  included  trac-­ tor  pulling,  racing  cars,  traveling  and  ¿VKLQJ +H DOVR ORYHG PXVLF DQG FRXOG pick  up  any  instrument  and  master  it  almost  immediately.  He  played  music  at  local  events  with  his  family  growing  up  and  enjoyed  playing  on  a  church  praise  team  later  in  life. He  was  chosen  as  an  evaluator  for  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America  and  was  elected  to  Who’s  Who  Among  Students  in  American  Junior  Colleges.  He  served  as  the  vice  president  of  the  Webb  Historical  Society  and  was  chosen  to  serve  on  the  Lee  College  Presidential  Search  Committee. He  is  survived  by  his  wife  Gwendolyn  Bardin  Laplante  of  %D\WRZQ KLV FKLOGUHQ DQG WKHLU spouses,  Nick  and  Stephanie  Laplante  of  Mt.  Enterprise,  Jeff  A.  and  Alison  Smith  of  Sugarland,  Mark  Morris  and  Kathy  Tullos  of  Austin,  Michael Â

Wendy Eramo, 74, Granville GRANVILLE  â€”  Born  on  May  7,  1939,  in  Malden,  MA,  to  Florence  Lavinia  MacCaughey,  Wendy  Eramo  passed  away  in  her  sleep  at  her  home  in  Granville,  VT,  on  the  evening  of  March  4,  2014. She  is  survived  by  her  children,  Michael  Eramo  and  his  wife  Diane  of  Granville,  Elaine  Eramo  of  Warren,  and  Lee  Eramo  and  her  ¿DQFp 7HUU\ %URXLOODUG RI %UDQGRQ her  grandchildren  Mandy,  Matthew,  and  Mitchell  Eramo,  Wendy,  Adam,  and  Thomas  Fuller,  Harlie  Wimble,  /HVOLH (UDPR DQG .ULV :LOOLDPV great-­grandchildren  Noah,  Garrett,  Annalisa,  Jayden,  Ryan,  1LFKRODV DQG 2OLYLD VLEOLQJV Harold  MacCaughey  and  Roberta  Theriault,  and  family  friend  Patricia  Fazio.  She  is  predeceased  by  her  husband,  Edward  Eramo.  She  was  a  beloved  grandmother  and  great-­grandmother,  known  for  her  devotion  to  her  commu-­ nity  through  service  as  Granville’s  Town  Clerk  for  over  a  decade,  active  participation  in  her  local  church,  and  her  commitment  to  land  conservation.  An  avid  cook,  cross-­country  skier,  and  gardener,  it  was  seldom  that  she  could  not  be  seen  smiling,  and  was  always  sure  to  live  up  to  her  high  school  title  as  Class  Chatterbox.  She  married  Edward  G.  Eramo,  Jr.  from  the  neighboring  town  of  Stoneham,  MA,  in  1957.  They  lived  KDSSLO\ LQ :DNHÂżHOG 0$ UDLVLQJ their  three  children  for  22  years  while  renovating  the  farmhouse  on  Puddledock  Road  in  Granville,  VT,  where  they  would  move  to  live  full-­ time  in  1981.  Their  children  soon  followed  them  north,  also  settling  in  the  area.  Wendy  could  often  be  heard  saying  how  lucky  she  felt  to  be  surrounded  by  her  family  and  to  have  her  grandchildren  so  close.  She  loved  to  golf,  travel,  and  take  her  dogs  for  long  walks.  She  could  be  regularly  found  laughing,  sing-­ ing  with  her  church  choir,  and Â

WENDY  LEE  ERAMO making  pizza  on  Friday  nights,  ZKLFK ZDV DOZD\V D VXUH ÂżUH GUDZ for  her  grandchildren.  So  much  so,  that  it  was  not  uncommon  when  her  grandchildren  were  teenagers  for  them  to  refuse  to  schedule  plans  with  friends  on  a  Friday  night,  as  â€œmissing  Pizza  Night  at  Gram’sâ€?  was  too  high  a  price  to  pay  for  mere  socializing.  Wendy’s  house  was  always  open  to  family  and  friends,  whether  traveling  or  just  being  in  the  neighborhood,  for  a  meal,  for  a  day,  or  for  a  long  weekend  of  outdoor  adventure.  She  loved  clas-­ sical  music,  VPR,  hockey,  and  good  coffee.  An  open  memorial  service  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  March  15,  2014,  at  1:30  p.m.  at  the  Hancock-­ Granville  Community  Church,  located  at  1097  Route  100,  in  Hancock,  VT.  As  per  Wendy’s  wishes,  in  lieu  of  Ă€RZHUV GRQDWLRQV FDQ EH PDGH WR the  Hancock-­Granville  Community  Church,  C/O  Reverend  Wayne  Holsman,  PO  Box  45,  Hancock,  VT  05748.  There  are  no  calling  hours  but  private  online  condolences  may  EH OHIW DW ZZZ GD\IXQHUDOV FRP ¸

EUGENE  â€˜GENE’  LAPLANTE and  Teri  Pullin  of  Keller,  Pamela  and  Greg  Hinton  of  Midland,  Lowell  and  Jamie  Bell  of  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  and  &KDUOHV DQG &RW\ %HOO RI +RXVWRQ D VLVWHU 7KHOPD 'HQHWW RI %ULGSRUW 9W JUDQGFKLOGUHQ DQG PDQ\ QHSKHZV and  nieces.  He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents. A  memorial  service  will  be  held  at  the  Fellowship  at  Northside  Baptist  Church  in  Baytown  on  March  29  at  11  a.m.  with  the  Rev.  Dean  Grigsby  RIÂżFLDWLQJ Contributions  may  be  made  to  the  Landmark  Missionary  Baptist  Church  Youth  Ministries,  P.O.  Box  97,  Mt.  Enterprise,  TX  75681.

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DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH or  www.townhalltheater.org.  Sister-­to-­Sister  International  Cooking  Event  at  â€œCreative  Collectivityâ€?  talk  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  2-­4  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  March  p.m.,  Chellis  House,  56  Hillcrest  Road.  All  area  13,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Axinn  Center  229.  middle-­school  girls  are  invited  to  learn  how  to  make  Craig  Shepard  will  talk  about  his  experience  in  the  Japanese  sushi,  Russian  dumplings  and  Argentinian  :DQGHOZHLVHU *URXS ZLOO GLVFXVV LWV ÂżQDQFLDO DQG HPSDQDGDV )UHH 5693 WR RU VLVWHU-­ organizational  structure,  and  will  give  practical  tosister@middlebury.edu.  suggestions  on  how  artists  can  work  together  effec-­ “Holy  Motorsâ€?  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  tively  in  groups.  Saturday,  March  15,  3-­5  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  A  Conference  on  youth  unemployment  at  Middlebury  IDQWDVWLFDO ÂżOP E\ /HRV &DUD[ DERXW WKH DGYHQWXUHV College.  Thursday,  March  13,  4:30-­8  p.m.,  Robert  A.  RI HFFHQWULF DFWRU 0RQVLHXU 2VFDU ,Q )UHQFK DQG Jones  â€™59  Conference  Center.  The  Rohatyn  Center  &KLQHVH ZLWK (QJOLVK VXEWLWOHV )UHH ,QIR ZZZ for  Global  Affairs  presents  its  annual  international  middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  conference,  titled  â€œThe  Young  and  the  Jobless:  Youth  International  Women’s  Day  pre-­concert  lecture  at  Unemployment  in  Times  of  Crisis.â€?  Session  1  at  4:30  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  6:30-­8  p.m.  is  â€œDignity  and  Dollars:  The  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  Room  221.  Case  of  the  U.S.â€?  Session  2  at  6:15  Professor  Judith  Tick  of  Northeastern  University  p.m.  is  â€œUnemployment,  Violence  is  a  specialist  in  American  music,  music  history,  and  Terror.â€?  20th-­century  music  and  women’s  history.  Her  Rabies  clinic  in  Salisbury.  Thursday,  talk  precedes  the  Vermont  THE CENTRAL VERMONT STRING PROJECT – offering summer Contemporary  Music  Ensemble’s  March  13,  6:30-­7:30  p.m.,  Salisbury  WRZQ RIÂżFH )RU GRJV DQG FDWV <RX instruction in the orchestral strings; violin, viola, cello and double S P FRQFHUW )UHH ,QIR can  license  your  dog  at  this  time  as  or  bass. 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Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  15,  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Dr.  Allan  Strong  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  of  UVM  gives  an  illustrated  lecture  School.  The  MUHS  senior  class  on  the  Bobolink  Project,  which  has  put  together  a  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  on  stage  in  Middlebury. )ULGD\ presents  the  beloved  stage  musical.  Proceeds  novel  strategy  for  raising  community  funds  to  save  March  14,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW *UDGXDWLRQ 7LFNHWV DGXOWV the  rapidly  declining  bobolink  population  in  Vermont.  The  MUHS  senior  class  presents  the  beloved  stage  students  and  seniors.  Info:  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  3DUW RI WKH &DELQ )HYHU /HFWXUH 6HULHV ,QIR PXVLFDO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW *UDGXDWLRQ 16.  388-­4095.  Tickets  $12  adults/$8  students  and  seniors.  Info:  PossumHaw  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  March  Elias  String  Quartet  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  15  and  16.  15,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music,  62  Country  Club  March  13,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  A  Celtic  celebration  with  O’hAnleigh  in  Middlebury.  Road.  This  authentic  bluegrass  and  folk  quintet  from  Arts.  The  quartet  plays  Beethoven’s  Quartet  no.  4  )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P 7RZQ +DOO 7KHDWHU Burlington  offers  stellar  vocal  harmonies,  original  in  C  Major,  and  his  second  â€œRazumovskyâ€?  quartet,  THT  wears  green  for  St.  Patrick  at  this  Celtic  celebra-­ music  and  impressive  acoustic  instrumentation.  DV ZHOO DV .XUWDJÂśV 2IÂżFLXP EUHYH LQ PHPRULDP tion,  featuring  O’hAnleigh’s  Tom  Hanley  and  Cindy  Tickets  $15.  Info  and  reservations:  802-­465-­4071  or  $QGUHDH 6]HUYDQV]N\ )UHH ,QIR ZZZ PLGGOHEXU\ Hill,  with  special  guests  Doug  Riley  on  cittern  and  info@brandon-­music.net.  edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  vocals,  Margie  Beckoff  on  harp  and  Steve  Bentley  â€œHoly  Motorsâ€?  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  Verbal  Onslaught  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  on  bodhran  and  vocals.  Cash  bar  with  Guinness  Saturday,  March  15,  8-­10  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  13,  9-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Spoken-­word  open-­mike  available.  Tickets  $15,  available  at  the  THT  box  $ IDQWDVWLFDO ÂżOP E\ /HRV &DUD[ DERXW WKH DGYHQ-­ night.  Shy  and  outspoken  poets,  good  listeners,  RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ WXUHV RI HFFHQWULF DFWRU 0RQVLHXU 2VFDU ,Q )UHQFK ORXG KDQG FODSSHUV DQG ÂżQJHU VQDSSHUV ZULWHUV DQG DQG &KLQHVH ZLWK (QJOLVK VXEWLWOHV )UHH ,QIR ZZZ artists  welcome.  Info:  www.go51main.com.  middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  International  Women’s  Day  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Green  Mountain  Club  hike  in  New  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Vermont  Contemporary  Haven/Bristol.  Saturday,  March  15,  Music  Ensemble  performs  music  by  contemporary  Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol. )ULGD\ Waterworks  Property.  A  Bread  Loaf  Section  women  composers  in  observance  of  International  March  14,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Mary’s  at  outing.  Easy  3-­mile  loop.  Meet  at  Waterworks  park-­ :RPHQÂśV 'D\ )UHH ,QIR ZZZ PLGGOHEXU\ HGX DUWV Baldwin  Creek.  CVAA  sponsors  this  gour-­ ing  lot  (1300  Plank  Road,  New  Haven).  Call  leader  or  802-­443-­3168.  met  luncheon  of  mixed  green  salad,  stuffed  chicken  5XWK 3HQÂżHOG IRU WLPH DQG GLUHFWLRQV with  ham  and  cheddar,  rice,  seasonal  vegetable  RU UXWKSHQÂżHOG#JPDLO FRP and  seasonal  cheesecake  with  whipped  cream.  Conference  on  youth  unemployment  at  Middlebury  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  8:45  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  All-­you-­can-­eat  pancake  breakfast  in  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Robert  A.  Jones  â€™59  Conference  Center.  The  Addison.  Sunday,  March  16,  7-­11  a.m.,  Vermont  Health  Connect  informational  session  in  Rohatyn  Center  for  Global  Affairs  presents  its  annual  $GGLVRQ )LUH 6WDWLRQ 3ODLQ DQG EOXHEHUU\ Cornwall. )ULGD\ 0DUFK QRRQ S P &RUQZDOO international  conference,  titled  â€œThe  Young  and  the  pancakes,  sausage,  bacon,  home  fries,  coffee,  hot  Town  Hall/Library.  Navigators  from  the  Open  Door  Jobless:  Youth  Unemployment  in  Times  of  Crisis.â€?  chocolate  and  orange  juice.  Adults  $6,  kids  under  Clinic  in  Middlebury  will  be  available  to  answer  Session  6  at  8:45  a.m.  is  â€œPounding  the  Pavement:  )XQGV UDLVHG ZLOO EH XVHG WR SXUFKDVH HTXLS-­ TXHVWLRQV DERXW HOLJLELOLW\ ÂżQDQFLDO DVVLVWDQFH DQG Voices  of  Recent  Alumni.â€?  Session  7  at  11  a.m.  is  PHQW IRU WKH $GGLVRQ 9ROXQWHHU )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW enrollment  deadlines.  To  schedule  an  appointment  ³2YHUZRUNHG DQG 8QGHUSDLG ´ 6HVVLRQ LV Âł)DOVH Info:  759-­2237.  or  learn  more,  call  989-­6872.  Promises:  Is  There  a  Way  Out?â€?  Conference  on  youth  unemployment  at  Middlebury  Rabies  clinic  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  March  15,  9-­10  All-­you-­can-­eat  breakfast  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  March  16,  7:30-­10:30  a.m.,  Bristol  American  Legion.  College. )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P 5REHUW $ D P /LQFROQ WRZQ RIÂżFH Offered  by  the  Bristol  American  Legion  Ladies  Jones  â€™59  Conference  Center.  The  Rohatyn  Center  Books  for  Babies  reception  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Auxiliary.  Cost  $8  per  person.  Third  Sunday  of  the  for  Global  Affairs  presents  its  annual  international  March  15,  10:30  a.m.-­noon,  Lawrence  Memorial  month.  conference,  titled  â€œThe  Young  and  the  Jobless:  Library  Children’s  Room.  Celebrating  all  the  babies  Youth  Unemployment  in  Times  of  Crisis.â€?  Session  born  in  Bristol  during  2013.  New  picture  books  are  Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  March  QRRQ S P 'DNLQ )DUPV )UHH VDPSOHV LQFOXG-­ 3  at  12:15  p.m.  is  â€œPounding  the  Pavement:  Voices  dedicated  to  each  baby  and  become  part  of  the  ing  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  syrup  of  Recent  Alumni.â€?  Session  4  at  2:30  p.m.  is  â€œNo  library’s  collection.  Refreshments  served.  Info:  RYHU VSULQJ VQRZ RU LFH FUHDP )UHH EDOORRQV ERLOLQJ Exit?  Migration  and  Borders.â€?  Session  5  is  â€œÂĄNo  Mas!  453-­2366.  demonstrations,  and  live  music.  Continues  March  22  Strategies  and  Alternatives.â€?  Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  and  23.  â€œOn  Foot:  Brooklynâ€?  music/video  performance  at  0DUFK QRRQ S P 'DNLQ )DUPV )UHH VDPSOHV Middlebury  College. )ULGD\ 0DUFK including  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  March  16,  2-­4  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  p.m.,  Axinn  Center  229.  An  hour-­long  video  by  Beth  V\UXS RYHU VSULQJ VQRZ RU LFH FUHDP )UHH EDOORRQV The  MUHS  senior  class  presents  the  beloved  stage  2Âś%ULHQ ZKR ÂżOPHG &UDLJ 6KHSDUGÂśV PXVLF boiling  demonstrations,  and  live  music.  Continues  PXVLFDO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW *UDGXDWLRQ DQG SHUIRUPDQFH SURMHFW Âł2Q )RRW %URRNO\Q ´ March  16,  22  and  23.  Tickets  $12  adults/$8  students  and  seniors.  Info:  where  he  spent  three  months  traveling  only  on  foot.  Met  Opera  live  in  HD  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  16.  Each  week  he  composed  a  new  piece,  led  a  free  15,  1-­4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Met  Opera  walk  to  a  different  outdoor  public  space  in  Brooklyn,  presents  Massenet’s  â€œWerther,â€?  starring  tenor  Jonas  The  Watershed  Center  annual  meeting  and  presen-­ tation  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  March  16,  3-­4:15  p.m.,  and  performed  the  new  piece.  Kaufmann.  Preceded  at  12:15  p.m.  by  an  opera  Howden  Hall.  In  addition  to  a  quick  review  of  the  /HQWHQ ÂżVK IU\ LQ %ULVWRO )ULGD\ 0DUFK talk  with  Opera  Company  of  Maestro  Emmanuel  state  of  the  organization  and  its  newly  expanded  S P 6W $PEURVH &KXUFK )LIWHHQWK DQQXDO /HQWHQ Plasson  on  the  lower  level  of  the  THT.  Tickets  Waterworks  forest  preserve  in  northwest  Bristol,  the  gathering  will  feature  a  presentation  by  UVM  adjunct  professor  and  herpetologist  Jim  Andrews.  Andrews  will  talk  about  some  of  the  many  fascinating  reptiles  and  amphibians  found  on  the  property.  Ideas  for  2014  welcomed.  Light  potluck  refreshments  served.  Info:  info@thewatershedcentervt.org.  Timothy  Cummings  and  Guests  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  March  16,  4-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Taking  up  the  baton  IURP )UDQoRLV &OHPPRQV &XPPLQJV VKDUHV WUDGL-­ tional  dance  tunes  from  Ireland  and  Scotland  on  a  variety  of  pipes  and  whistles.  Guest  artists  include  3HWH 6XWKHUODQG RQ ÂżGGOH JXLWDU DQG EDQMR DQG Dominique  Dodge  on  harp  and  vocals.  Approx.  80  PLQXWHV QR LQWHUPLVVLRQ )UHH ,QIR ZZZ PLGGOH-­ bury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  â€œStarksboro’s  Own  Stone  Soupâ€? 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Books  for  Babies DRACO  LEWIS,  WITH  his  parents,  Jessica  Teets  and  Orion  Lewis,  enjoys  a  new  picture  book  at  last  year’s  Books  for  Babies  reception  at  Lawrence  Memorial  Library  in  Bristol.  The  annual  event,  at  which  a  book  is  dedicated  to  each  baby  born  in  Bristol  during  the  previous  year,  is  this  year  on  Saturday,  March  15,  from  10:30  a.m.  to  noon.

TUESDAY

Women  Business  Owners  Network  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  18,  8-­9:30  a.m.,  Rosie’s  restaurant.  This  month  Sue  Monaco  will  present  â€œCreating  Raving  )DQV ´ /HDUQ ZKDW LW WDNHV WR EXLOG D ÂżHUFHO\ OR\DO customer  base.  Cost  $8  for  members,  $10  for  guests.  RSVP  to  info@nourishyourpurpose.com.  Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  18, Â

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B r i s t o l .  T h u r s d a y,  March  20,  S P Lawrence  Memorial  Library.  Rula  Quawas  RI -RUGDQ SUHVHQWV Âł7KH Women’s  Movement  LQ -RUGDQ 3LRQHHULQJ 9RLFHV ´ $ 2QH :RUOG /LEUDU\ 3URMHFW SUHVHQWDWLRQ )UHH “Greaseâ€?  on  stage  in  Bristol.  7KXUVGD\ 0DUFK S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ High  School.  Student  produc-­ tion  of  the  popular  musical.  7LFNHWV DYDLODEOH DW 0DUWLQÂśV +DUGZDUH LQ %ULVWRO $OVR RQ 0DUFK 21  and  22. Â

Eggs-­quisite THERESA  SOMERSET  OF  Essex  Junction  comes  to  Art  on  Main  in  Bristol  on  Saturday,  March  22,  to  demonstrate  how  she  turns  simple  eggs  into  elaborate  works  of  art  us-­ ing  an  ancient  Ukrainian  wax-­resist  technique. Photo  courtesy  of  Theresa  Somerset Â

11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  CVAA  sponsors  a  luncheon  of  chicken  parmesan,  linguine  with  marinara  sauce,  green  leaf  salad,  tapioca  pudding  and  peaches  and  cream.  Suggested  dona-­ tion  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  634.  Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Community  Visit  Day  in  Vergennes.  Tuesday,  March  18,  2:15-­8:30  p.m.,  various  downtown  locations.  Residents  are  invited  to  come  talk  about  their  vision  for  Vergennes  with  state,  federal,  business  and  QRQSURÂżW OHDGHUV ,QIRUPDWLRQDO VHVVLRQV DW %L[E\ Memorial  Library  and  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Free  community  dinner  at  St.  Peter’s  church.  See  a  full  schedule  of  events  and  times  at  www.vtrural.org. Â

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Senior  luncheon  in  Bridport.  Wednesday,  March  19,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  %ULGSRUW *UDQJH &9$$ VSRQVRUV WKLV luncheon  of  roast  pork  with  apple  cider  sauce,  mashed  potatoes,  California  blend  vegetables,  dinner  roll  and  cake.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  615.  Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  March  19,  D P S P %ULVWRO $PHULFDQ /HJLRQ &9$$ invites  seniors  to  a  meal  of  roast  pork  with  apple  cider  sauce,  mashed  potatoes,  California  blend  vegetables,  dinner  roll  and  oatmeal  raisin  cookie.  6XJJHVWHG GRQDWLRQ %ULQJ \RXU RZQ SODFH setting.  Free  transportation  with  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  610.  Vegetable  gardening  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  19,  1-­3  p.m.,  Sheldon  Museum.  Master  *DUGHQHU 'DYLG &REE IURP 6WRQHERWWRP )DUP LQ Sudbury  will  give  a  talk  on  getting  your  vegetable  garden  ready  to  plant.  Topics  include  tilling,  fertiliz-­ ing  and  garden  layout.  Regular  museum  admission  applies.  Bernard  Wasserstein  lecture  at  Middlebury  College.  Wednesday,  March  19,  4:30-­5:45  p.m.,  McCardell  %LFHQWHQQLDO +DOO :DVVHUVWHLQ OHFWXUHV RQ KLV ERRN Âł7KH $PELJXLW\ RI 9LUWXH *HUWUXGH YDQ 7LMQ DQG WKH )DWH RI WKH 'XWFK -HZV ´ 7KH ERRN WDONV DERXW YDQ 7LMQÂśV HIIRUWV WR RUJDQL]H -HZLVK HPLJUDWLRQ IURP Nazi  territory  in  the  early  1940s.  Some  called  her  a  heroine;  others  denounced  her  as  a  collaborator.  Hemp  documentary  screening  and  networking  event  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  19,  S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ 5XUDO 9HUPRQW )XOO 6XQ Company  of  Middlebury,  and  Vote  Hemp  will  host  an  event  highlighting  how  changes  in  Vermont  and  federal  law  may  allow  Vermont  farmers  to  be  involved  in  the  state’s  emerging  hemp  industry.  A  VFUHHQLQJ RI Âł%ULQJLQJ ,W +RPH´ ZLOO EH IROORZHG E\ remarks  by  longtime  hemp  advocate  Netaka  White  DQG RWKHUV ,QIR RU UREE#UXUDOYHU-­ mont.org.  Middle/high  school  band  concert  in  Vergennes.  :HGQHVGD\ 0DUFK S P 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO DXGLWRULXP 98+6 SUHVHQWV DQ LQVWUX-­ mental  concert  featuring  the  middle  school  concert  EDQG WKH -D]] -DPPHUV WKH KLJK VFKRRO V\PSKRQLF EDQG DQG WKH &RPPRGRUH -D]] (QVHPEOH )UHH Blues  jam  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  19,  S P 0DLQ 'HQQLV :LOOPRWW IURP /HIW (\H -XPS ZLOO SURYLGH OHDG JXLWDU EDVV DQG GUXPV LI \RX QHHG EDFNXS RU WDNH D EUHDN DQG OHW \RX SOD\ %ULQJ \RXU LQVWUXPHQW DQG JHW UHDG\ WR MDP ,QIR ZZZ go51main.com. Â

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St.  Patrick’s  Day  meal  for  seniors  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  March  20,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall.  CVAA  invites  area  seniors  to  a  feast  of  corned  beef,  braised  cabbage,  sliced  carrots,  macaroni  DQG FKHHVH SRWDWRHV 2Âś%ULHQ GLQQHU UROOV DQG D 6W 3DWW\ÂśV 'D\ FDNH 6XJJHVWHG GRQDWLRQ )UHH transportation  by  ACTR  at  388-­1946.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  â€œBridge  Basics  2:  Competitive  Biddingâ€?  class  in  Middlebury. 7KXUVGD\ 0DUFK S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ 7KH ÂżUVW LQ D VHULHV RI IRXU LQWURGXF-­ tory  classes  and  four  practice  sessions.  Free,  but  UHJLVWUDWLRQ UHTXLUHG 5HJLVWHU DW WKH ,OVOH\ LQIRUPD-­ tion  desk.  For  information  about  reading  material,  FDOO Crock  pot  dinner  in  New  Haven.  Thursday,  March  20,  6-­8  p.m.,  New  Haven  Congregational  Church.  Hearty  casseroles,  beverage,  bread  and  dessert  for  ,QIR “GMO  OMGâ€?  screening  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  0DUFK S P 0DUTXLV 7KHDWHU %HQ -HUU\ÂśV DQG 1HZ &KDSWHU SUHVHQW WKLV ÂżOP GLUHFWHG E\ -HUHP\ 6HLIHUW DERXW KRZ *02V DIIHFW RXU children,  the  health  of  the  planet,  our  freedom  of  FKRLFH DQG ZKDWÂśV RQ RXU SODWH ,FH FUHDP VHUYHG 4 $ ZLWK WKH 9HUPRQW 5LJKW WR .QRZ &RDOLWLRQ DIWHU WKH ÂżOP $GPLVVLRQ RQ D VOLGLQJ VFDOH DW WKH door.  â€œWildlife  Habitat  in  New  Havenâ€?  lecture  in  New  Haven. 7KXUVGD\ 0DUFK S P 1HZ +DYHQ Community  Library.  Part  of  the  Armchair  Naturalist  6SHDNHU 6HULHV 3UHVHQWHG E\ -HQV +LONH D FRQVHU-­ vation  planning  biologist  for  the  Vermont  Fish  and  :LOGOLIH 'HSDUWPHQW Education  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  S P 9HUPRQW )RONOLIH &HQWHU 7DO %LUGVH\ KHDG WHDFKHU DQG FR IRXQGHU RI WKH 1RUWK %UDQFK School  in  Ripton,  will  read  from  his  forthcoming  ERRN Âł/LYLQJ 6FKRRO $ 7HDFKHUÂśV 1RWHERRN´ DQG will  talk  about  the  philosophy  that  has  shaped  his  ZRUN DV DQ HGXFDWRU )UHH ,QIR RU ZZZ vermontfolklifecenter.org.  Lecture  on  the  women’s  movement  in  Jordan  in Â

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Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  21,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  7KH *ODVV 2QLRQ +DQQDIRUG &DUHHU &HQWHU :RRG\ 'DQIRUWK DQG KLV VWXGHQWV VHUYH FXOL-­ nary  delights.  Menu  to  be  announced.  Sponsored  by  CVAA.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  0DUFK S P -DFNVRQ *DOOHU\ DW 7RZQ +DOO Theater.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â€œThe  Pane  in  (PSW\ 5RRPV ´ DQ H[KLELW RI ODUJH IRUPDW EODFN DQG ZKLWH SKRWRJUDSK\ E\ %UHWW 6LPLVRQ ,QIR www.brettsimison.com/pane,  382-­9222,  or  www. WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ MDFNVRQ JDOOHU\ Presentation  by  marathoner  John  Lent  in  Vergennes. )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P %L[E\ Memorial  Library.  Lent  gives  an  illustrated  lecture  about  his  quest  to  complete  marathons  on  seven  continents.  The  lecture  focuses  on  his  recent  trips  to  South  America  and  Antarctica  and  the  people  he  PHW LQ KLV WUDYHOV 4 $ IROORZV ,QIR “Greaseâ€?  on  stage  in  Bristol.  Friday,  March  21,  S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO Student  production  of  the  popular  musical.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW 0DUWLQÂśV +DUGZDUH LQ %ULVWRO $OVR on  March  22.  â€œThe  Summer  of  Walter  Hacksâ€?  screening  in  Monkton. )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P Monkton  Central  School.  A  screening  of  the  award-­ ZLQQLQJ 9HUPRQW ÂżOP WR EHQHÂżW 0RQNWRQ FRPPX-­ nity  events.  Suggested  donation  of  $5  at  the  door.  5HIUHVKPHQWV IRU VDOH SURYLGHG E\ *LUO 6FRXW &DGHWWH 7URRS ,QIR RU ZHJ# JPDYW QHW /HDUQ PRUH DERXW WKH ÂżOP DW ZZZ pastureproductions.com.  Deb  Brisson  and  the  Hay  Burners  CD  release  party  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  21,  8-­11  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Celebrating  the  release  of  the  JURXSÂśV ÂżUVW DOEXP RI RULJLQDO PXVLF Âł+HDUW 6KDSHG 6WRQH ´ 0XVLFDO JXHVWV LQFOXGH 7HQ 5RG 5RDG 7KH +RUVH 7UDGHUV DQG &OLQW %LHUPDQ $GPLVVLRQ Tickets  available  at  802-­388-­1436  or  www.town-­ halltheater.org. Â

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Addison  County  Riverwatch  train-­ ing  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  22,  D P $&53& RIÂżFHV 6HPLQDU\ 6W A  training  for  anyone  interested  in  helping  moni-­ tor  the  quality  of  Addison  County’s  rivers,  streams  and  creeks.  Volunteers  will  collect  water  samples  usually  one  Wednesday  morning  per  month  in  the  VSULQJ DQG VXPPHU %DJHOV IUXLW DQG FRIIHH ZLOO EH VHUYHG ,QIR RU PZLWWHQ#JPDYW QHW Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  0DUFK QRRQ S P 'DNLQ )DUPV )UHH VDPSOHV including  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  syrup  over  spring  snow  or  ice  cream.  Free  balloons,  boiling  demonstrations,  and  live  music.  Continues  March  23.  Ukrainian  egg  painting  demonstration  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  March  22,  noon-­2  p.m.,  Art  on  Main.  7KHUHVD 6RPHUVHW RI (VVH[ -XQFWLRQ GHPRQ-­ strates  her  wax-­resist  technique  to  create  elabo-­ UDWHO\ SDLQWHG HJJV )UHH DQG IDPLO\ IULHQGO\ ,QIR RU LQIR#DUWRQPDLQ QHW Maple  Magic  in  Bristol. 6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK S P GRZQWRZQ %ULVWRO $QQXDO FHOHEUDWLRQ RI DOO WKLQJV maple.  Participating  local  businesses  will  offer  free  PDSOH WUHDWV *HW D 0DSOH :DON PDS RU ORRN IRU WKH bright  green  maple  leaf  signs.  Sponsored  by  the  %ULVWRO 'RZQWRZQ &RPPXQLW\ 3DUWQHUVKLS “Greaseâ€?  on  stage  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  March  22,  S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO Student  production  of  the  popular  musical.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW 0DUWLQÂśV +DUGZDUH LQ %ULVWRO +DZDLLDQ 9DFDWLRQ 5DIĂ€H UHFHSWLRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK S P 0LGGOHEXU\ ,QQ $ +DZDLLDQ WKHPHG UHFHSWLRQ DQG UDIĂ€H GUDZLQJ IRU WKH ZLQQHU RI D ZHHN ORQJ WULS WR +DZDLL 7R EHQHÂżW hospice  services  in  Addison  County.  Reception  WLFNHWV DQG UDIĂ€H WLFNHWV DUH DYDLODEOH DW ZZZ DFKKK RUJ RU Supermarket  Bingo  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  March  S P 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ 0LGGOH 6FKRRO gymnasium.  Preview  starts  at  4  p.m.  A  fundraiser  for  Ferrisburgh  Central  School.  Winners  receive  VXSHUPDUNHW JLIW FDUGV %DVNHW UDIĂ€H LQ EHWZHHQ games.  Concessions.  Cost  is  $2  per  card  for  seven  games  of  bingo.  King  Pede  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  March  22,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Community  Center  and  Town  Hall.  Sandwich  supper  followed  by  an  evening  of  fun  and  card  games.  Come  planning  WR SOD\ .LQJ 3HGH RU EULQJ \RXU RZQ IDYRULWH FDUG game.  Requested  donation:  $2.50.  â€œGreaseâ€?  on  stage  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  March  22,  S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO Student  production  of  the  popular  musical.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW 0DUWLQÂśV +DUGZDUH LQ %ULVWRO Blackbird  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  March  S P %UDQGRQ 0XVLF %ODFNELUG presents  a  lively  mix  of  traditional  Celtic  and  Scandinavian  music,  as  well  as  original  songs,  on  Ă€XWH SHQQ\ ZKLVWOH ÂżGGOH DFFRUGLRQ JXLWDU FLWWHUQ piano  and  vocals.  Tickets  $15.  Reserve  tickets  at  RU LQIR#EUDQGRQ PXVLF QHW ,QIR RQ the  performers  at  http://blackbirdvt.com.  Chris  Smither  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  0DUFK S P 7RZQ +DOO 7KHDWHU 3DUW RI WKH $IWHU 'DUN 0XVLF 6HULHV 7LFNHWV LQ DGYDQFH DW WKH GRRU DYDLODEOH DW ZZZ DIWHU-­ darkmusicseries.com,  388-­0216  or  Main  Street  Stationery. Â

SUNDAY

Âł,JXDQD &XS &KDOOHQJH´ EHQHÂżW VNL race  in  Hancock.  Sunday,  March  23,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Middlebury  College  Snow  %RZO )DPLO\ IULHQGO\ HYHQW IRU VNLHUV VQRZERDUG-­ ers  and  telemark  and  norpine  skiers.  Teams  and  LQGLYLGXDO UDFHUV FRPSHWH IRU WKH ZKLPVLFDO ,JXDQD &XS 7R EHQHÂżW 4XDUU\ +LOO 6FKRRO LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ 5HJLVWUDWLRQ RSHQV DW D P ,QIR ZZZ TXDUU\KL-­ OOVFKRRO RUJ RU Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  March  QRRQ S P 'DNLQ )DUPV )UHH VDPSOHV including  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  syrup  over  spring  snow  or  ice  cream.  Free  balloons,  boiling  demonstrations,  and  live  music. Â

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MONDAY Governor’s  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  March  24,  noon-­1:45  p.m.,  Middlebury  American  Legion. Â

TUESDAY

Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  25,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  CVAA  sponsors  a  luncheon  of  beef  stew  with  potatoes  and  carrots,  green  leaf  salad,  biscuit  and  molasses  cookie.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  634.  Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  CCV  Information  Session  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  25,  5:15-­6  p.m.,  10  Merchants  Row.  Find  out  about  Community  College  of  Vermont’s  classes  starting  in  summer  2014.  An  academic  adviser  will  go  over  the  process  of  enrolling  and  discuss  courses  DQG SURJUDPV DYDLODEOH DW &&9 ,QIR Rabies  clinic  in  Monkton. 7XHVGD\ 0DUFK S P 0RQNWRQ 9ROXQWHHU )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW &RVW %ULQJ D FRS\ RI \RXU SHWÂśV PRVW UHFHQW UDELHV FHUWLÂżFDWH StoryMatters  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  0DUFK S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ 7KH ORFDO VWRU\-­ telling  group  gathers  to  share  stories  on  the  theme  ³&OXVWHUHG 6HDVRQV 0XG 0DSOH DQG WKH )LUVW %XGV RI 6SULQJ ´ 7HOOHUV DQG OLVWHQHUV ZHOFRPH ,QIR ODU J#FRPFDVW QHW Talk  on  small-­town  civility  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  0DUFK S P 6W 6WHSKHQÂśV (SLVFRSDO &KXUFK 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH SURIHVVRU -DPHV &DOYLQ 'DYLV presents  â€œFaith  and  Friendship:  Pillars  for  Small-­ WRZQ &LYLOLW\ ´ &KLOGFDUH SURYLGHG

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“Transferring  the  Farmâ€?  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  26,  9:15  a.m.-­3:30  p.m.,  American  Legion.  The  8QLYHUVLW\ RI 9HUPRQW ([WHQVLRQ RIIHUV WKLV GD\ORQJ workshop  to  help  farm  families  make  informed  deci-­ sions  about  transferring  the  farm  operation  to  the  next  generation.  Registration  starts  on-­site  at  9  a.m.  Cost  $20  per  person,  $25  if  postmarked  after  March  ,QFOXGHV DOO PDWHULDOV UHIUHVKPHQWV DQG OXQFK 0DNH FKHFNV SD\DEOH WR 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 9HUPRQW 7UDQVIHUULQJ WKH )DUP :RUNVKRS F R (OLVD =LJODU $ 0RUULOO +DOO %XUOLQJWRQ 97 Community  Health  Talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  0DUFK S P 7KH ,QQ DW (DVW9LHZ Community  Room.  This  month’s  talk  is  â€œManaging  +LJK %ORRG 3UHVVXUH ´ ZLWK D EORRG SUHVVXUH FOLQLF 3UHVHQWHG E\ +HDWKHU &DEOH 51 %)$ 3&&1 DQG FOLQLFDO PDQDJHU RI %$<$'$ +RPH +HDOWK &DUH Kimberly  Krans  Award  reception  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  26,  5-­6:30  p.m.,  109  Catamount  3DUN RII ([FKDQJH 6W &HOHEUDWLQJ WKLV \HDUÂśV Women  Who  Change  the  World  award  winner,  Natalie  Peters  of  Middlebury  for  her  dedication  to  the  FRPPXQLW\ 5HIUHVKPHQWV SURYLGHG ,QIR Health  care  reform  lecture  in  Middlebury.  :HGQHVGD\ 0DUFK S P 0LGGOHEXU\ (06 headquarters,  Porter  Medical  Center  campus.  At  the  2014  annual  meeting  of  Porter  Medical  &HQWHU *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ &DUH ERDUG PHPEHU 'U Allan  Ramsey  will  present  â€œHealth  Care  Reform  LQ 9HUPRQW ,PSOLFDWLRQV IRU 3ULPDU\ &DUH DQG &RPPXQLW\ +RVSLWDOV ´ )UHH ,QIR

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Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  28,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Rosie’s  Restaurant.  CVAA  and  Rosie’s  partner  to  bring  area  seniors  good  company  and  amazing  food.  Chicken  and  biscuits,  coleslaw  and  brownie  parfait.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  /HQWHQ ÂżVK IU\ LQ %ULVWRO )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P St.  Ambrose  Church.  Fifteenth  annual  Lenten  all-­ \RX FDQ HDW ÂżVK IU\ 0HDO LQFOXGHV IULHG RU EDNHG haddock,  French  fries,  coleslaw,  beverage  and  dessert.  Adults  $12,  children  under  11  $5,  immediate  IDPLO\ RI ÂżYH ,QIR $OVR RQ $SULO Circus  Smirkus  student  performance  in  Ripton.  )ULGD\ 0DUFK S P 5LSWRQ (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO 5LSWRQ (OHPHQWDU\ VWXGHQWV ZLOO JLYH D performance  showing  what  they’ve  learned  after  a  weeklong  in-­school  residency  by  Circus  Smirkus,  the  award-­winning  international  youth  circus.  Free. Â

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ONGOINGEVENTS By  category:  Farmers’  Markets,  Sports,  Clubs  &  Organizations,  Government  &  Politics,  Bingo,  Fund-­Raising  Sales,  Dance,  Music,  Arts  &  Education,  Health  &  Parenting,  Meals,  Art  Exhibits  &  Museums,  Library  Programs. FARMERS’  MARKETS Middlebury  Farmers’  Market.  Winter  hours  Saturdays,  9:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School  November-­December  and  March-­April.  Local  produce,  meats,  cheese  and  eggs,  baked  goods,  jams,  prepared  foods  and  more.  EBT  and  debit  cards  welcome.  Info:  www. MiddleburyFarmersMarket.org  or  on  Facebook. Orwell  Farmers’  Market.  Fridays,  June-­October,  3-­6  p.m.,  town  green. MEALS Bristol  American  Legion  Ladies’  Auxiliary  all-­you-­can-­eat  breakfast.  Third  Sunday,  7:30-­10:30  a.m.  Cost  $8  per  person.  Bristol  senior  luncheon.  First  Thursday,  noon,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  Suggested  donation  $4.  453-­5276. Free  Community  Lunch  in  Middlebury.  Mondays  at  St.  Stephen’s  Episcopal  Church,  on  the  green.  Tuesdays-­ Thursdays  at  the  Charter  House,  27  North  Pleasant  St.  (just  north  of  the  Middlebury  Inn).  11:30  a.m.-­12:15  p.m.  Eat  in  or  take  out.  Supported  by  area  churches. Free  Community  Supper  in  Middlebury.  Fridays,  5-­6:15  p.m.  Congregational  Church  Fellowship  Hall.  Meals  provided  by  over  35  different  groups.  Info:  388-­7634  or  388-­7613. CVAA  Senior  Meals: Bridport:  Grange  Hall  Community  Room.  Noon  meal  on  Monday  and  Wednesday.  Evening  meals  on  second  and  fourth  Wednesdays  at  5  p.m.  Reservations:  Michelle  Eastman  at  1-­800-­642-­5119  x615.  Transportation  by  ACTR:  388-­1946. Bristol:  American  Legion.  Noon  meal  on  Wednesday.  Barb  Prime,  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  603.  Free  transportation:  ACTR,  388-­1946. Middlebury:  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  Noon  meal  on  7XHVGD\ DQG )ULGD\ H[FHSW IRU WKH ÂżUVW )ULGD\ ZKHQ D special  noon  meal  is  served  at  the  VFW  on  Exchange  Street.  Tracy  Corbett,  1-­800-­642-­5119  Ext.  634.  Free  trans-­ portation:  ACTR,  388-­1946. Vergennes:  Vergennes  Senior  Center.  Noon  meal  on  Tuesday  and  Thursday.  Michelle  Eastman  at  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  615.  Free  transportation:  ACTR,  388-­1946. Bristol  Libanus  Lodge,  F&AM  Breakfast.  Second  Sunday,  7:30-­10:30  a.m.  Eggs,  bacon,  sausage,  pancakes,  French  WRDVW KRPH IULHV MXLFH FRIIHH DQG WHD %XIIHW %HQHÂżWV local  charities. Middlebury  Congregational  Church  Community  Supper.  Friday,  5-­6:15  p.m.  Free.  388-­7634. Starksboro  senior  luncheon.  Fourth  Thursday,  11:30  a.m.,  January-­October,  Starksboro  First  Baptist  Church.  453-­6354  or  mtgazette@earthlink.net. Vergennes  Masonic  Lodge  Breakfast.  Last  Sunday,  7:30-­10  a.m.  Pancakes,  French  toast,  home  fries,  eggs,  bacon,  sausage  and  beverage.  All  you  can  eat.  Adults  $6;  children  %HQHÂżWV WKH ORGJHÂśV FKDULWDEOH GRQDWLRQV VFW  Fish  Fry  in  Middlebury.  Third  Friday,  4-­6  p.m.,  Men’s  Auxiliary,  VFW  Post  7823,  Exchange  Street.  $9  per  person.  3URFHHGV WR EHQHÂżW WKH SRVWÂśV FKDULWDEOH GRQDWLRQV VFW  Fish  Fry  in  Vergennes.  Second  Friday,  5-­7  p.m.,  Sons  of  the  American  Legion,  VFW  Post  14,  Armory  Lane.  $10  per  person.  Haddock,  fries,  coleslaw  and  cash  bar.

Happy  feet IN  â€œA  MARATHONER’S  Quest  for  Seven  Continents,â€?  a  presentation  at  Bixby  Memorial  Library  in  Ver-­ gennes  on  Friday,  March  21,  at  7  p.m.,  John  Lent  of  Waltham  shares  heartwarming  stories  of  intrepid  runners  he  met  while  he  was  running  marathons  in  Antarctica  and  South  America  this  winter. Â

L IBRAR YPR O G R AMS Bixby  Memorial  Library.  258  Main  St.,  Vergennes.  877-­2211.  Monday,  12:30-­8  p.m.;  Tuesday,  12:30-­5  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.;  Friday,  12:30-­5  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.  Preschool  multi-­age  story  time  Thursday,  10:30  a.m. Brandon  Free  Public  Library.  Preschool  story  hour  every  Friday  at  1  p.m.  with  Deb  Lendway.  Movies  shown  every  Friday  at  1:30  p.m.  (17  and  under  must  be  accompanied  by  a  parent  or  guardian).  247-­8230. Hancock  Free  Public  Library.  Wednesday,  1-­5  p.m.;  Thursday,  noon-­6  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Books,  videos  and  DVDs.  Other  items  available  through  interlibrary  loan. Ilsley  Public  Library.  75  Main  St.,  Middlebury,  388-­4095.  Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday,  10  a.m.-­6  p.m.;  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  10  a.m.-­8  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.  October-­April,  Sunday,  1-­4  p.m.  Early  Literacy  Story  Times,  Thursdays,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.  Itsy  Bitsy  Yoga,  Thursdays,  July  11-­Aug.  8,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  for  ages  birth  through  5  years.  Garden  Story  Times,  Tuesdays,  June  18-­Aug.  6,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.  May’s  Music  and  Movement,  Tuesdays,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  for  ages  birth  through  5  years.  Magic:  The Â

Gathering  games  for  kids  in  grades  6-­12,  third  Tuesday  of  the  month,  4-­6  p.m.  Hand  in  Hand  community  service  proj-­ HFWV IRU NLGV ÂżUVW 7KXUVGD\ RI HYHU\ PRQWK S P VolunTeens,  second  Thursday  of  every  month,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.  Young  Writers’  Club,  third  Thursday  of  every  month,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.  Mysterious  Hogwarts  Reading  Society,  last  Thursday  of  every  month,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.  Youth  Media  Lab,  Tuesdays,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.  For  a  complete  listing  of  ongoing  and  special  children’s  activities,  visit  www.ilsleypubliclibrary. org  or  call  the  Children’s  Room  at  388-­4097. Lawrence  Memorial  Library.  40  North  St.,  Bristol,  453-­2366.  Monday,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.;  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  10  a.m.-­8  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Friday,  1-­5  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Monday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  free  walk-­in  computer  help.  Children’s  autumn  story  times,  Mondays,  10:30-­11  a.m.,  Thursdays,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  with  stories,  crafts,  puppets,  songs  and  movement.  Lego  Club,  Wednesdays,  3:15-­4:15  p.m.,  for  school-­age  children.  Lincoln  Library.  222  W.  River  Rd.,  Lincoln,  453-­2665.  Monday,  2-­6  p.m.;  Wednesday,  10  a.m.-­6  p.m.  (additional  evening  hours  on  a  volunteer  basis);  Friday,  10  a.m.-­6  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.  Reading  with  Magic,  the  therapy  dog,  Mondays,  3:15-­4:15.  Chess  club,  Mondays,  4-­5  p.m.  /HJR FOXE :HGQHVGD\V S P 6WRU\ WLPH DJH ÂżYH

and  under),  Friday,  10:30  a.m.  Seniors  program,  second  Wednesday,  10  a.m.  Book  discussion  group,  second  Wednesday  at  7  p.m.  Info:  453-­3575.  New  Haven  Community  Library.  Located  in  the  new  library/ WRZQ RIÂżFHV EXLOGLQJ 7XHVGD\ D P S P :HGQHVGD\ 1-­8  p.m.  Thursday,  1-­8  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Summer  reading  program  10:30  a.m.  Tuesdays,  starting  July  12.  Information:  Deborah,  453-­4015. Orwell  Free  Library.  Tuesday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.  and  6-­8  p.m.;  Thursday,  3-­6  p.m.;  Friday,  11  a.m.-­4  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m. Platt  Memorial  Library.  Shoreham.  897-­2647.  Monday,  11  a.m.-­7  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  2  p.m.-­7  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Programs  on  website:  www.plattlib. org.  Preschool  story  time,  ages  3-­5,  two  Mondays  a  month,  10:15  a.m.  Youth  story  time,  ages  5-­12,  second  Wednesday,  2:45  p.m.  Lap-­sit  story  time,  second  Thursday,  11  a.m.  Lego  Night,  third  Thursday,  5:30-­7  p.m. Russell  Memorial  Library.  Monkton.  453-­4471.  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  3-­7  p.m.;  Friday  and  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Friday  Story  Hour,  second  and  fourth  Friday,  10-­11  a.m.  WiFi  available. Salisbury  Free  Public  Library.  458-­0747.  Tuesday-­Thursday,  2:30-­5:30  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­noon.  Children’s  Time,  Tuesday  2:30-­4  p.m.  Info:  http://salisburyfreelibrary. blogspot.com. Sarah  Partridge  Community  Library.  East  Middlebury.  388-­7588.  Ilsley  Library  cards  accepted.  Tuesday,  9  a.m.-­ noon;  Thursday,  2-­6  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­noon.  Book  sale  on  Saturdays. Starksboro  Public  Library.  2827  Route  116,  Starksboro  (in  town  KDOO 3DUNLQJ EHKLQG WRZQ RIÂżFHV 0RQGD\ a.m.-­6  p.m.;  Thursday,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.;  Saturday,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.  Story  time  (ages  3-­5)  Monday,  10:30  a.m.  453-­3732. Whiting  Free  Library.  Main  Street  opposite  the  church.  623-­7862.  Call  for  hours.  Story  time  with  Deb  Lendway,  10  a.m.  Wednesdays. FUNDRAISING  SALES Bixby  Memorial  Library  Book  Sale,  Vergennes.  Monday,  12:30-­8  p.m.;  Tuesday-­Friday,  12:30-­5  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.  Wide  variety  of  books,  many  current.  Proceeds  support  library  programs  and  materials. Brandon  Free  Public  Library  Book  Sale.  May  3-­Oct.  13,  2012.  Thursday  and  Friday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.  Sales  support  the  purchase  of  materials  for  the  circulat-­ ing  library  collections. Ilsley  Public  Library  Book  Sale.  First  Saturday,  11  a.m.-­3  p.m.  Info:  388-­4095. Ripton  United  Methodist  Church  Flea  Market/Farmers’  Market.  Saturdays,  9  a.m.-­noon  until  late  fall.  Food,  antiques,  quilts,  ERRNV DQG PRUH 9HQGRUVÂś IHHV EHQHÂżW FKXUFK UHVWRUDWLRQ Info:  388-­2640. St.  Peter’s  Closet  in  Vergennes.  Behind  St.  Peter’s.  As  of  Aug.  5,  2013:  Closed  until  further  notice. Two  Brothers  Tavern’s  Charitable  Mondays.  First  Monday.  10  percent  of  entire  day’s  proceeds  go  to  designated  charity.

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CACKLIN’  HENS  CLASSES Need  a  summer  activity?  Gather  up  your  kids  and  their  friends  and  schedule  a  time  at  Cacklin’  Hens:  A  Vermont  Yarn,  Beads  &  Gift  Emporium  at  383  Exchange  Street  in  Middlebury.  They’ll  teach  the  activity  be  it  a  wrap  bracelet,  a  memory  wire  bracelet,  knitting  or  another  activity!  It’s  like  school  in  the  summer  but  more  fun.  0RUH DQG PRUH KHDOWK RIÂżFLDOV and  teachers  are  supporting  the  learning  of  crafts  to  keep  the  brain  active.  Working  with  your  hands  and  reading  instruction  at  the  same  time  works  both  sides  of  the  brain,  not  to  mention  when  the  project  is  completed,  the  sense  of  accomplishment  one  feels.  Check  out  their  newest  beading  design  that  can  be  adapted  for  bracelets,  necklaces,  children  or  adults!  For  more  information  call  802-­388-­ 2221  or  visit  www.cacklinhens.com.

and  self-­regulation  skills  will  also  be  modeled.  Camp  Compass  is  taught  by  Stern  Center  social  coaches  who  lead  social  thinking  groups  throughout  the  year.  Visit  www.sterncenter.org  for  more  information  or  call  802-­878-­2332.

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EDDY  FARM  SUMMER  HORSEBACK  RIDING  CAMP  COMPASS PROGRAM  CAMP  GREYLOCK Camp  Compass,  in  its  15th  year,  At  Eddy  Farm  every  experience  Get  out  into  the  great  outdoors!  is  a  four  half-­day,  activity-­based  with  a  horse  is  a  learning  Swimming,  kayaking,  archery,  experience  to  promote  social  arts  and  crafts,  sports  and  theater-­-­  experience.   Throughout  the  week  learning.  It  brings  together  campers  learn  the  importance  we  do  it  all  at  YMCA’s  Camp  explicit  approaches  to  social  of  safety,  horsemanship,  and  Greylock.   We  even  provide  a  learning  based  on  the  Michelle  communication.   Those  skills  are  free  daily  lunch!  Camp  Greylock  Garcia  Winner  Social  ThinkingÂŽ  put  to  use  on  the  miles  of  trails,  is  a  coed  day  camp  for  kids  model.  Your  child  will  experience  6-­15  hosted  along  the  shores  ¿HOGV DQG GLUW URDGV VXUURXQGLQJ concrete,  visually-­based  strategies  of  Kingsland  Bay  State  Park  in  the  farm.   All  rides  are  lead  by  to  help  promote  social  success.  experienced  and  knowledgeable  Ferrisburgh.   Open  and  staffed  Activities  are  hands-­on,  theme-­ staff.   When  not  in  the  saddle,  from  8am-­5pm,  nine  one-­week  based,  dynamic  experiences  campers  focus  on  caring  for  sessions  are  offered  at  $200  a  designed  to  teach  how  to  initiate  tack  and  equipment,  grooming  week.   Our  goal  is  to  provide  communication,  understand  their  horses,  and  learning  how  to  a  positive,  enriching  outdoor  thoughts  and  feelings  of  others,  be  recreational  experience  taking  maintain  a  happy,  healthy  horse.   a  positive  team  player,  and  have  The  Eddy  Farm  prides  itself  on  advantage  of  Vermont’s  natural  fun  with  your  peers.  A  variety  of  surroundings.  On  rainy  days,  camp  its  experienced  and  patient  lesson  communication  repair  strategies  horses.   One  of  these  horses  could  takes  cover  in  the  main  house.   be  the  best  teacher  your  child  has  ever  had!  For  application  and  more  information  visit  www. eddyfarmschool.com  or  contact  Margaret  Bojanowski  802-­388-­  6196. Â

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WomenSafe: Peters changes the world An  evening  with  Madeleine  Kunin MIDDLEBURY  â€”  WomenSafe  has  named  Natalie  Peters  of  Middlebury  as  the  recipient  of  the  2014  Kim-­ berly  Krans  Women  Who  Change  the  World  Award.  A  public  reception  will  be  held  on  Wednesday,  March  26,  from  5-­6:30  p.m.  at  109  Catamount  Park  in  Middle-­ bury  to  honor  and  celebrate  Peters’  dedication  to  the  community.  Refreshments  will  be  provided.  WomenSafe  presents  the  award  annually  to  a  wom-­ an  in  Addison  County  or  Rochester  whose  outstanding  work  and  achievements  have  had  positive  impacts  on  and  furthered  the  safety  of  women  and/or  children  in  the  community.  The  award  ceremony  is  held  in  March  as  part  of  National  Women’s  History  Month.  Peters  was  raised  in  Onawa,  Iowa.  She  graduated  from  Carleton  College  in  1953,  took  education  classes  DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI ,RZD DQG WKHQ UHFHLYHG FHUWLÂżFD-­ tion  to  teach  art  in  secondary  school.  She  earned  her  MFA  in  architecture  from  the  University  of  Washing-­ ton  in  1996. Peters  moved  to  Middlebury  in  1966  and  has  served  on  many  local  boards  in  various  capacities  including  one  the  Addison  County  Parent/Child  Center  Board,  from  its  beginning  in  1980  to  the  present.  Peters  helped  to  establish  the  center  and  was  chair  for  nine  years.  She  currently  serves  on  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Finance  and  Buildings  Committee. She  has  also  served  on  the  boards  of  the  Mary  John-­ son  Children’s  Center,  the  Dr.  Pete  Society  and  the  Middlebury  Co-­operative  Nursery  School.  She  served Â

NATALIE   PETERS on  the  UD-­3  board  for  nine  years,  four  of  them  as  chair. She  has  served  the  town  of  Middlebury  in  various  capacities.  She  was  on  the  Planning  Commission  for  12  years,  is  the  current  chair  of  the  Development  Re-­ view  Board,  and  was  on  the  Steering  Committee  for  WKH GHYHORSPHQW RI WKH WRZQ RI¿FHV DQG UHFUHDWLRQDO facilities.  For  more  information  the  WomenSafe  reception,  contact  WomenSafe  at  388-­9180.

Five  great  movies  you  might  have  missed Are  you  facing  the  post-­Oscar  ern  terrorism  in  the  Middle  East  slump  in  movie  releases?  You’ve  and  America  without  destroying  seen  all  the  good  ones  â€“  and  they  each  other?  The  movie  is  profound  were  good,  no  question,  but  there  and  affecting. they  are,  still  in  the  theaters.  Dur-­ “The  Gatekeepersâ€?  hands  us  a  ing  the  wait  for  new  releases,  try  chilling  grasp  of  the  intensity  of  streaming  some  of  these  the  hatred  on  both  sides  to  the  comfort  of  your  of  the  Israeli/Palestin-­ couch. LDQ FRQĂ€LFW 7KH PRYLH “Museum  Hoursâ€?  fol-­ traces  the  role  of  Shin  lows  the  story  of  a  Vien-­ Bet,  the  Israeli  intelli-­ nese  museum  guard  who  gence  agency  in  charge  has  fallen  in  love  with  his  of  the  1  million  Palestin-­ museum  and  its  art.  When  ians  under  Israeli  rule  in  he  becomes  tour  guide  for  the  West  Bank.  It  draws  a  visitor  from  Montreal,  a  remarkable  portrait  of  he  gives  her  not  a  tour-­ what  happens  when  a  na-­ ist’s  look  at  Vienna,  but  an  tion  decides  that  violence  artist’s  view  of  its  details.  is  the  only  currency  that  This  movie  follows  two  By Joan Ellis works.  There  is  no  obvi-­ serious,  curious  people  ous  solution.   as  they  soak  up  a  magical  â€œLiv  and  Ingmarâ€?  blend  of  paintings  and  city. documents  the  42-­year  relationship  â€œThe  Reluctant  Fundamentalistâ€?  between  two  of  the  great  creative  invites  us  to  open  our  minds  to  new  WDOHQWV RI RXU HUD $FWXDO ÂżOP IRRW-­ understanding  of  the  Middle  East-­ age  shows  us  the  joy  and  pain  of  ern  puzzle  that  is  bedeviling  the  their  shared  lives  and  eventual  di-­ world.  Neither  left  nor  right  will  vorce.  In  an  intriguing  juxtaposi-­ ÂżQG URRP KHUH IRU SUHFRQFHLYHG WLRQ RI UHDOLW\ DQG ÂżFWLRQ 8OOPDQ perceptions.  Two  successful  men  and  Bergman  lived  what  they  were  â€”  an  American  journalist  who  has  creating  on  screen.  Ullman’s  hon-­ lived  in  Pakistan  for  years  and  a  est  narration  shows  us  the  depth  of  Pakistani  business  consultant  â€”  their  connection  both  before  and  explore  the  cultural  chaos  that  en-­ after  they  split.  gulfs  them.  Rejecting  the  question  â€œThe  Impossibleâ€?  tackles  the  job  of  who  is  right,  they  focus  on  what  of  conveying  the  terror  of  the  2004  is  right.  How  can  we  root  out  mod-­ tsunami  that  killed  a  quarter  of  a Â

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MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Edgewater  Gallery  celebrates  Women’s  History  Month  in  March  with  an  evening  of  art  and  conversation  on  Saturday,  March  29,  at  5  p.m. “An  Evening  with  Madeleine  Kunin  and  Pat  Musickâ€?  will  feature  former  Vermont  governor,  author  and  feminist  Madeleine  Kunin.  Kunin  will  give  a  OHFWXUH WLWOHG Âł7KH 8QÂżQLVKHG :RUN of  the  Women’s  Movement,â€?  and  cele-­ brate  the  unveiling  of  a  painted  portrait  by  Vermont  artist  TJ  Cunningham. Environmental  artist  Pat  Musick  will  unveil  a  new  body  of  work,  â€œThe  Instant  of  It  All,â€?  and  give  a  lecture  titled,  â€œA  Common  Language:  Bour-­ geois,  Connell,  Takaezu  and  Pat  Mu-­ sick.â€? Food  will  be  presented  by  FRESH  Food,  a  social  enterprise  of  Vermont  Works  for  Women,  whose  training  program  gives  women  the  hands-­on  experience  and  skills  to  work  in  pro-­ fessional  kitchens. Madeleine  Kunin  is  a  former  Ver-­ mont  state  legislator  (1972-­1978),  lieutenant  governor  (1978-­1982),  and  governor  of  Vermont  (1985-­1991).  She  served  as  the  U.S.  Ambassador  to  Switzerland  from  1996-­1999,  during Â

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Vergennes  (Continued  from  Page  1A) and  you  get  a  sense  of  what  you  can  ral  Development  (based  in  Mont-­ actually  do.â€? pelier,  and  VCRD  for  short)  last  The  nine  90-­minute  focus  forums  fall  chose  Vergennes  from  among  a  on  Tuesday  will  be  held  three  at  a  number  of  statewide  applicants  for  time  beginning  at  2:15,  4  and  7  p.m.,  Tuesday’s  Community  Visit  Day. with  the  free  dinner  at  St.  Peter’s  The  VCRD  will  take  and  analyze  giving  participants  a  break  between  feedback  from  residents  and  the  5:45  and  6:45  p.m. more  than  two  dozen  experts  and  At  2:15  p.m.,  sessions  at  the  Bix-­ VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV ZKR ZLOO by  will  focus  on  â€œMu-­ attend  what  VCRD  calls  QLFLSDO DQG 1RQSURÂżW “focus  forumsâ€?  on  Tues-­ “It’s like a big Resourcesâ€?  and  â€œTour-­ day,  and  then  examine  funnel. You ism,â€?  and  at  the  opera  the  city’s  pluses  and  mi-­ start off with house  â€œRecreation  &  nuses  with  that  feedback  a lot of ideas. Entertainmentâ€?  will  be  in  mind  and  make  a  se-­ discussed.  ries  of  recommendations  You get to the At  4,  the  Bixby  will  for  â€œdeveloping  concrete  bottom of that offer  â€œRole  of  Municipal  action  plansâ€?  to  improve  funnel, you Governmentâ€?  and  â€œBa-­ life  in  the  Little  City.  The  sin  &  Riverside  Devel-­ prioritize as Community  Visit  Day  opment,â€?  while  a  â€œCon-­ discussions  are  open  to  a community, necting  Youthâ€?  session  everyone  with  an  inter-­ and you get will  meet  in  the  theater. est  in  improving  life  in  a sense of After  dinner,  â€œTrans-­ 9HUJHQQHV 9&5' RIÂż-­ portation  Infrastructure  cials  said  they  hope  for  a  what you can &  Pedestrian  Safetyâ€?  diverse  selection  of  per-­ actually do.â€? and  â€œThe  Future  of  Eco-­ spectives. — Shannon nomic  Developmentâ€?  Shoreham  hosted  a  Haggett sessions  will  gather  at  VCRD  Community  Visit  the  Bixby,  while  the  in  2009  and  Bristol  did  theater  group  will  be  so  in  2004. devoted  to  â€œVergennes  Community  Vergennes  Planning  Commission  Center.â€? chairman  Shannon  Haggett  said  not  Scheduled  to  join  residents  are  a  every  idea  voiced  at  the  meetings  QXPEHU RI KLJK UDQNLQJ VWDWH RIÂż-­ would  make  it  to  the  end  of  what  cials,  including: will  be  a  three-­month  process,  but  %  Jeb  Spaulding,  Vermont  Secre-­ that  similar  VCRD  efforts  in  other  tary  of  Administration. Vermont  towns  have  been  produc-­ %  Doug  Racine,  Secretary  of  the  tive. Vermont  Agency  of  Human  Servic-­ “It’s  like  a  big  funnel.  You  start  es. off  with  a  lot  of  ideas,â€?  Haggett  said.  %  Brian  Searles,  Vermont  Trans-­ “You  get  to  the  bottom  of  that  fun-­ portation  Secretary. nel,  you  prioritize  as  a  community,  %  Lucy  Leriche,  Deputy  Secre-­

tary,  Vermont  Agency  of  Commerce. %  Megan  Smith,  Commissioner,  Vermont  Department  of  Tourism  and  Marketing. %  Lars  Hasselblad  Torres,  Cre-­ ative  Economy  Director,  Vermont  Downtown  Program. ‡ 7HG %UDG\ D IRUPHU DLGH WR 6HQ Patrick  Leahy  and  current  Vermont  Director  of  USDA  Rural  Develop-­ ment. Also  attending  will  be  representa-­ tives  â€”  in  most  cases  directors  â€”  of  the  Vermont  Arts  Council,  Pres-­ ervation  Trust  of  Vermont,  Vermont  School  Board  and  Superintendents  associations,  Vermont  League  of  Cities  and  Towns,  Vermont  Energy  Investment  Corp.,  Vermont  Com-­ munity  Foundation,  UVM  Center  for  Rural  Studies,  and  Snelling  Cen-­ ter  for  Government,  as  will  several  9&5' DQG ORFDO RIÂżFLDOV DQG RWKHU experts.  Vergennes  Mayor  Bill  Benton  will  serve  as  the  chairperson  for  the  Vergennes  Community  Visit  pro-­ cess. “It  has  been  15  years  since  the  Vergennes  Downtown  Revitaliza-­ tion  Project  created  a  new  vision  for  our  city,â€?  Benton  said.  â€œWe  are  excited  to  have  the  opportunity  to  work  with  the  Vermont  Council  on  Rural  Development  to  determine  where  we  want  to  go  as  a  com-­ munity  and  how  best  to  get  there.  They  have  such  a  remarkable  track  record  distilling  community  goals  into  achievable  projects  and  helping  bring  these  projects  to  fruition.â€? Haggett  said  the  planning  com-­ mission  is  excited  about  the  chance  to  learn  about  citizens’  concerns Â

for  its  ongoing  rewrite  of  the  city  plan,  and  about  residents’  chance  to  gather  and  have  input  on  the  city’s  future  â€”  he  expects  a  better  turnout  than  a  typical  city  plan  public  hear-­ ing.  â€œIt’s  a  better  pull  with  a  free  din-­ ner  for  everyone  and  a  variety  of  topics  and  a  lot  of  experts,â€?  Haggett  said.   Given  the  diverse  nature  and  dif-­ ferent  hours  of  the  focus  forums,  Haggett  hopes  one  or  more  will  ap-­ peal  to  many  residents.  â€œThere  are  going  to  be  sessions  that  will  touch  on  just  about  every-­ body’s  interests,â€?  he  said.  â€œIf  they  want  to  be  heard,  they  should  show  up.â€? He  expects  to  hear  different  points  of  view.   â€œThe  more  the  merrier,â€?  Haggett  said.  â€œWhile  there  may  be  a  lot  of  opposing  and  distinct  voices  in  the  process,  that’s  the  only  way  that  it  is  going  to  get  anything  accomplished,  WR KHDU HYHU\RQH DQG ÂżJXUH RXW ZKDW the  best  way  is  to  go.â€? Results  in  other  communities  that  have  undergone  the  process  have  been  positive,  he  said,  citing,  for  H[DPSOH D QXPEHU RI VSHFLÂżF UHF-­ ommendations  from  a  50-­page  re-­ SRUW RQ WKH )DLUÂżHOG DUHD WKDW 9&5' produced.  â€œBased  on  what  I’ve  seen  from  some  of  the  reports,â€?  Haggett  said,  â€œI’m  optimistic  there  are  some  good  things  that  will  come  out  of  it.â€? More  information  about  the  Com-­ munity  Visit  is  online  at  www.vtru-­ ral.org/programs/community-­visits. Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

(Continued  from  Page  1A) rates,  and  the  school  also  must  retire  DQ XQDQWLFLSDWHG EXGJHW GHÂżFLW RI half  a  million  dollars  that  the  district  said  is  due  to  special  education  costs.  Lawmakers  are  also  expected  to  in-­ crease  the  statewide  property  tax  rate  by  7  cents. MONDAY’S  DISCUSSION The  board  on  Monday  set  aside  half  an  hour  for  an  open  discus-­ sion  on  the  VUHS  budget.  A  dozen  residents  and  teachers  attended  the  meeting. Board  chair  Kurt  Haigis  said  the  board  was  open  to  any  feedback  on  the  failed  budget,  but  wanted  to  keep  options  open  for  the  new  draft. “We  don’t  want  to  march  down  a  path  we  can’t  come  back  from,â€?  Hai-­ gis  said. Chris  Sheehan,  who  teaches  social  studies  at  the  middle  school,  said  he  believed  that  voters  rejected  the  bud-­ get  not  because  they  did  not  want  to  fund  the  school,  but  because  of  the  increasing  state  education  property  tax  rate.  ³*LYH WKH JRYHUQRU D FKDQFH WR Âż[ it,  and  we’ll  keep  the  programs  that  we  have,â€?  Sheehan  said.  â€œLet’s  not  react  to  a  message  meant  for  some-­ one  else.â€? Mark  Powers,  a  teacher  in  the  high  school,  said  he  hoped  that  the  board  would  not  abandon  the  progress  it  KDG PDGH LQ LWV ÂżUVW SURSRVHG EXG-­ get. “It’s  time  for  us  to  all  sit  at  a  table  and  talk  about  our  budget,â€?  Powers  said.  â€œMontpelier  is  creating  an  is-­ sue,  but  we  have  our  own  issues,  and  we  can’t  just  scuttle  everything  we  have  and  start  over.â€?

Resident  Kathy  Kennett  cautioned  the  board  not  to  rush  its  next  budget  proposal,  and  said  cuts,  however  dif-­ ÂżFXOW QHHG WR EH PDGH “I  think  if  you  bring  a  hast-­ ily  brought  budget,  it’s  not  going  to  pass,â€?  Kennett  said.  â€œThe  newspa-­ per  said  we  have  too  many  teachers.  That  needs  to  be  put  into  the  equa-­ tion  of  the  budget.â€? Despite  the  decisive  vote  against  the  budget,  Haigis  said  in  an  inter-­ view  Wednesday  that  he  does  not  think  the  board  needs  to  present  a  slimmed-­down  version  to  voters  next  time  around. “I  don’t  think  cutting  the  budget  is  the  solution  here,â€?  he  said.  â€œIf  we  cut  the  budget  by  20  percent,  you  will  still  not  reduce  property  taxes.â€? ANwSU  business  manager  Kathy  Cannon  did  not  agree  with  Haigis. “That’s  not  true,â€?  Cannon  said.  â€œFor  every  $100,000  the  school  board  reduces  in  the  budget,  it  re-­ sults  in  a  1.8  cent  reduction  in  the  tax  rate.â€? Asked  to  clarify  his  comments,  Haigis  stressed  that  both  his  numbers  and  Cannon’s  are  estimates,  and  that  actual  tax  rates  aren’t  set  until  after  a  budget  is  passed. “I’ve  stated  in  public  before  that  we  can  reduce  the  high  school  bud-­ get  by  as  much  as  20  percent  and  it  wouldn’t  effect  an  individual’s  prop-­ erty  tax,â€?  Haigis  said.  â€œThat’s  been  proven  by  multiple  scenarios.â€?  Haigis  said  he  did  not  know  if  the  school  board  would  cut  high  school  staff  in  the  new  budget,  but  did  not  rule  out  that  possibility.  He  added  the  board  has  explored  a  plethora  of  ways  to  cut  costs. “Everything  is  in  play,â€?  Haigis  said.  â€œWhen  you  do  a  multi-­scenario  analysis,  you  try  to  set  up  a  model  with  scenarios  in  effect.â€? VUHS  Co-­principal  Ed  Webbley  told  the  Independent  last  week  that  the  school  did  not  have  enough  stu-­ dents  to  employ  all  of  its  teachers  and  suggested  staff  cuts  through  at-­ trition  as  a  possibility.  Webbley  did  not  immediately  respond  to  calls  for  comment. Haigis  said  he  believes  the  school  board  and  administration  are  on  the  same  page  when  it  comes  to  drafting  a  new  budget. “There  is  no  disconnect,â€?  Haigis  said,  adding  that  he  interfaces  on  an  almost  daily  basis  with  the  high  VFKRRO DQG GLVWULFW RIÂżFH COMMUNICATION  BREAKDOWN Haigis  said  that  a  major  reason  residents  voted  against  the  VUHS  budget  was  due  to  high  property  tax  increases.  He  said  that  because  vot-­ ers  approved  budgets  for  two  of  the  three  elementary  schools  in  the  dis-­ trict,  drafting  a  VUHS  budget  that  is  SDODWDEOH WR YRWHUV PD\ QRW EH GLIÂż-­ cult. “It’s  a  dichotomy  right  now.  Vergennes,  Addison,  Panton  and  Waltham  all  voted  for  their  elemen-­ tary  school  budgets,  but  not  for  the  high  school,â€?  Haigis  said.  â€œThe  pro-­ jections  for  their  property  taxes  are  almost  as  high  as  Ferrisburgh.â€? Ferrisburgh  voters  rejected  their  elementary  school  budget,  which  called  for  an  11  percent  spending  in-­ crease,  by  a  450-­279  vote. +DLJLV VDLG LW LV GLIÂżFXOW WR H[SODLQ to  voters  how  the  Department  of  Ed-­ ucation  sets  tax  rates. “Whenever  I  tell  people  about  how  our  budgeting  process  works,  they’re  usually  wide-­eyed  and  slack-­jawed,â€?  Haigis  said. Board  member  Neil  Kamman  on  Monday  said  one  of  the  challenges  the  body  faces  is  educating  voters  on  the  ins  and  outs  of  a  budget  proposal. Âł3DUW RI WKH GLIÂżFXOW\ LV FRPPXQL-­ FDWLQJ ÂżQDQFLDOV LQ SDUWLFXODUO\ FRP-­ plex  years,â€?  Kamman  said. Haigis  said  the  school  board  has  tried  many  ways  to  communicate  with  the  public,  including  online  blogs.  The  board  also  drafted  a  list  of  frequently  asked  questions  about  the  budget  to  help  voters  get  a  better  understanding  of  the  complex  pro-­ cess. Haigis  said  that  the  board  wants  as  much  input  from  residents  as  pos-­ sible,  and  has  had  mixed  results  to  that  end. “Some  people  participate,  while  others  don’t  participate  and  just  want  to  see  the  end  result,â€?  Haigis  said.  â€œIf  they  don’t  like  it,  they’ll  vote  against  it.â€? The  board  will  meet  again  at  6  p.m.  on  Monday,  March  24,  at  the  high  school,  and  Haigis  said  the  sole  topic  of  that  meeting  will  be  the  new  budget. Haigis  said  the  board  is  pressed  for  time  to  draft  a  new  budget  proposal. “The  concern  I  have  is  we  went  through  a  six-­month  process  before,  and  now  we  essentially  have  30  days  to  come  up  with  a  new  budget.â€? Haigis  said  the  board  is  shooting  to  present  a  new  budget  to  voters  in  April.  State  law  mandates  that  school  budget  re-­votes  be  warned  seven  days  in  advance.

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Legislature  agreed. (Continued  from  Page  1A) “The  only  way  we  can  reduce  education  policy,  he  said. It’s  a  plan  that  legislators  believe  the  cost  of  our  education  system  is  would  reduce  administrative  bureau-­ to  tackle  the  people  in  the  system,â€?  Ralston  said. cracy. He  noted  that  many  Vermont  â€œThis  is  a  work  in  progress,â€?  schools  continue  to  Sharpe  said  of  the  ef-­ have  low  (by  nation-­ fort,  which  is  current-­ al  standards)  student-­ ly  within  the  purview  teacher  ratios. of  the  House  Educa-­ Âł7KH UHDOO\ GLIÂż-­ tion  Committee. cult  part  is,  the  only  Sharpe  cautioned  way  we  are  going  that  merely  altering  to  change  the  cost  funding  streams  to  of  education  in  Ver-­ pay  for  public  educa-­ mont  is  to  change  the  tion  will  not  solve  the  people  in  the  system  problem. and  how  many  of  â€œIt’s  not  about  pay-­ those  people  are  in  ing  the  bill,  it’s  about  that  system,â€?  Ralston  how  big  the  bill  is,â€?  said. Sharpe  said.  â€œIt’s  Sen.  Chris  Bray,  about  the  costs  under-­ D-­New  Haven,  said  lying  how  we  educate  80  percent  to  82  per-­ our  kids.  Sure,  in  the  cent  of  each  school’s  Legislature  we  could  â€œHow much and budget  is  typically  raise  the  income  tax  how good of an associated  with  per-­ by  $100  million  and  education can we sonnel  salaries  and  reduce  property  tax-­ afford? People are EHQHÂżWV +H QRWHG es  by  10  cents.  It’s  proud of education WKDW VFKRRO VWDIÂżQJ roughly  $10  million  levels  in  Vermont  per  penny.  But  that  in Vermont, but we have  remained  es-­ just  means  we’d  be  have to look at the sentially  level  dur-­ collecting  the  same  balance between amount  of  money  out  people’s income and ing  the  past  decade,  while  student  popu-­ of  your  income  in-­ the cost of living.â€? lation  has  been  de-­ stead  of  out  of  your  â€” Rep. Paul Ralston clining  steadily. property  value.  I’m  â€œThat’s  the  rub  that  not  sure  that’s  the  di-­ rection  we  want  to  go  in.  The  amount  I  can  see,â€?  Bray  said.  â€œNo  one  wants  of  money  we  are  spending  per  pupil  to  be  laying  anyone  off,  so  it’s  very  in  this  state  is  high.  We  need  to  get  tough  for  a  local  school  board  to  talk  our  arms  around  reducing  costs  for  DERXW GHFUHDVLQJ VWDIÂżQJ OHYHOV HYHQ if  they  have  falling  student  numbers.â€? education.â€? +H SRLQWHG WR WKH ÂżQDQFLDO SD\RII Salisbury  resident  Heidi  Willis  said  her  community’s  school  board  has  that  some  supervisory  unions  are  ex-­ said  that  it  only  has  control  over  ap-­ periencing  by  regularly  meeting  with  proximately  10  percent  of  the  local  all  of  their  schools’  administrators  to  school  budget.  And  since  Salisbury’s  discuss  ways  of  sharing  and  jointly  municipal  budget  and  many  other  purchasing  resources. Bray  added  that  at  the  same  time  items  on  its  town  meeting  warning  are  decided  by  Australian  ballot,  Wil-­ school  taxes  have  been  going  up,  lis  said  she  wonders  if  residents  are  buying  power  for  many  Vermonters  losing  the  incentive  to  show  up  at  has  been  declining  â€”  when  one  fac-­ WRUV LQ LQĂ€DWLRQ their  annual  meeting. The  average  male  worker  in  the  Sen.  Claire  Ayer,  D-­Addison,  dis-­ puted  the  notion  that  school  boards  United  States  had  a  median  wage  of  don’t  have  control  over  a  majority  of  $32,844  in  1968,  according  to  Bray.  their  budgets.  She  said  school  faculty  In  2010,  the  same  worker’s  wage  was  DQG VWDII VDODULHV DQG EHQHÂżWV DUH D DGMXVWHG IRU LQĂ€DWLRQ KH majority  of  the  budget,  and  school  said. “Here  you  have  almost  40  years  boards  have  the  power  to  eliminate  going  by  and  someone  is  actually  positions. Rep.  Paul  Ralston,  D-­Middlebury,  making  less  money  than  they  did Â

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School Briefs CCV  names top  students VERMONT  â€”  The  Community  College  of  Vermont  has  recognized  the  following  area  students  for  aca-­ demic  achievement  during  the  fall  2013  semester. Named  to  the  president’s  list  were  Wilson  Korth  of  Vergennes,  Kristen  Lavigne  of  Lincoln  and  Danielle  Payton  of  Shoreham. Named  to  the  dean’s  list  were  Lindsay  Carl  of  Bridport,  Stephen  Andolfo  of  Orwell,  Joshua  Cook  of  Vergennes,  Drew  Darrow  of  Mid-­ dlebury,  Amber  Doner  of  Starks-­ boro,  William  Elwell  of  Bristol,  Dale  Eriksen  of  Vergennes,  Laura  Ferguson  of  Middlebury,  Lindsay  Goodro  of  Lincoln,  Elizabeth  Hill  of  Bristol,  Julianna  Kimball  of  Brandon,  Megan  Quesnel  of  Whit-­ ing  and  Katelynn  Viau  of  Ferris-­ burgh. Â

generations  ago,â€?  Bray  said.  â€œMean-­ school  â€Ś  and  how  concerned  they  while,  the  U.S.  economy  has  grown  are  about  losing  that  sense  of  com-­ tremendously.  So  why  aren’t  most  munity  with  this  conversation  about  lower-­  and  middle-­waged  workers  resources  and  centralizing.â€? making  more  money  along  with  the  Weybridge  resident  Spence  Put-­ growing  economy?â€? nam  said  his  town  has  been  an  ex-­ Ralston  said  Vermont’s  relatively  ample  of  a  community  that  has  held  low  unemployment  rate  is  skewed  by  the  line  on  school  budget  increases  in  the  fact  that  there  are  â€œseveral  thou-­ recent  years,  but  has  nonetheless  seen  sand  Vermontersâ€?  who  have  stopped  some  double-­digit  percentage  hikes  looking  for  jobs  out  of  discourage-­ in  its  education  property  tax  rate.  He  ment.  And  he  said  the  Vermont  De-­ pointed  to  declining  enrollment,  a  partment  of  Labor  is  projecting  that  change  in  the  assessment  system  for  a  â€œvast  numberâ€?  of  the  anticipated  Addison  Central  Supervisory  Union  job  openings  during  the  next  10  years  VSHFLDO HGXFDWLRQ DQG FHQWUDO RIÂżFH will  be  â€œlow-­wage  service  jobs,  none  expenses,  and  the  creation  of  a  new  of  which  pay  what  you  would  call  a  ACSU-­wide  school  maintenance  po-­ living  wage. sition  as  among  reasons  for  the  school  â€œSince  the  reces-­ tax  increases.  But  he  sion  (of  2007/2008),  added  that  student  Vermont  is  reset-­ numbers  are  on  the  ting  its  economy  at  rebound  at  the  Wey-­ a  lower  rate,â€?  added  bridge  school,  which  Ralston,  a   member  continues  to  receive  of  the  House  Com-­ support  in  spite  of  its  merce  and  Commu-­ ÂżQDQFLDO FKDOOHQJHV nity  Development  â€œThe  people  of  Committee.  â€œJobs  Weybridge  feel  that  are  moving,  and  the  school  is  the  heart  we  are  growing  our  of  the  community,â€?  service  economy.  Putnam  said.  â€œThe  We  are  growing  school  plays  an  im-­ the  lower  end  of  portant  role  in  attract-­ our  economic  spec-­ ing  people  to  town.â€? trum.â€? Other  discussion  at  That  said,  Ralston  Monday’s  breakfast  said  it  will  be  im-­ “It’s not about focused  on: portant  for  the  state  paying the bill, it’s ‡ 7KH $GGLVRQ 5XW-­ to  confront  the  ques-­ about how big the land  Natural  Gas  Proj-­ tion  of  â€œhow  much,  ect.  At  town  meetings  and  how  good,  of  bill is ‌ The amount last  week,  Cornwall,  an  education  can  we  of money we are Monkton  and  Shore-­ afford?  People  are  spending per pupil ham  passed  referenda  proud  of  education  in this state is high. opposing  Vermont  in  Vermont,  but  we  We need to get Gas’s  Phase  II  pipe-­ have  to  look  at  the  line,  which  would  ex-­ our arms around balance  between  tend  from  Middlebury  people’s  income  and  reducing costs for to  the  International  education.â€? the  cost  of  living.â€? Paper  Co.  mill  in  Ti-­ Not  everyone  â€” Rep. David Sharpe conderoga,  N.Y.  It  is  a  at  Monday’s  Leg-­ project  that  has  drawn  islative  Breakfast  criticism  from  some  agreed  with  the  notion  that  school  residents  along  the  proposed  pipeline  governance  consolidation  and/or  route,  who  have  expressed  safety,  en-­ smaller  teaching  staffs  are  the  answer. vironmental  and  property  rights  con-­ Along  with  hearing  complaints  cerns.  Affected  property  owners  have  about  rising  school  costs,  Rep.  Mike  XQWLO 0DUFK WR ÂżOH WKHLU WHVWLPRQ\ Fisher,  D-­Lincoln,  said  he  also  â€œheard  regarding  the  project  with  the  Ver-­ a  loud  and  clear  message  at  my  (Ad-­ mont  Public  Service  Board. dison-­4  district)  town  meetings  that  Â‡ $ SURSRVDO WR LQFUHDVH SXEOLF they  are  proud  of  their  schools  and  disclosure  requirements  for  lobbyists. how  much  they  feel  a  sense  of  com-­ Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  munity  that  centers  around  their  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Mullin  (Continued  from  Page  1A) craft  supply  store  in  Charlotte.  She  expanded  the  enterprise  to  lo-­ cations  in  downtown  Burlington  and  Ticonderoga,  N.Y.  They  also  owned  a  story  where  the  Kinney  Drugs  store  now  does  business  in  Vergennes. She  said  her  life  took  another  step  forward  17  years  ago  when  she  mar-­ ried  her  current  husband,  Rob  Mullin,  D SURIHVVLRQDO ÂżUHÂżJKWHU DQG IRUPHU National  Guard  member.  They  soon  gave  birth  to  a  son,  prompting  Valerie  Mullin  to  divest  of  her  business  inter-­ ests  in  order  to  become  a  stay-­at-­home  mom. “I  didn’t  want  the  regrets  with  this  special  gift  that  I  had  with  my  other  two  sons  that  life  was  going  by  so  fast  that  I  felt  I  was  missing  the  little  things  that  add  up  to  the  big  things  in  a  baby’s  life,â€?  Mullin  said.  While  looking  after  her  son,  who  is  now  a  freshman  at  Mount  Abraham,  Mullin  began  a  career  teaching  skin-­ care  techniques  as  a  means  of  becom-­ ing  more  socially  involved  and  adding  to  the  household  income.  She  also  mentors  around  70  women  nationally  AMERICAN  LEGION  STATE  Commander  Rick  Gray,  left,  presents  a  plaque  to  Dan  Dellinger,  the  Legion’s  on  the  subject  of  entrepreneurship  and  national  commander,  during  his  visit  to  Vermont  last  weekend. ÂżQDQFLDO LQGHSHQGHQFH Photo  by  Tom  Scanlon “(It)  gives  me  satisfaction  know-­ LQJ , FDQ DVVLVW WKHLU ÂżQDQFLDO JRDOV so  maybe  they  don’t  have  to  struggle  ¿QDQFLDOO\ OLNH , XVHG WR ´ 0XOOLQ VDLG

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Scanlon  said.  â€œHe  was  particularly  impressed  with  the  fact  that  we  own  and  operate  a  veteran’s  cemetery  (Farmingdale  Veterans’  Cemetery  on  Creek  Road).  He  was  deeply  con-­ cerned  with  the  lack  of  support  for  our  veterans  on  the  national  level,  where  he  indicated  that  â€˜partisan  politics  has  replaced  patriotism.’â€? Post  27  was  chartered  in  1919  and  PDGH LWV ÂżUVW SHUPDQHQW KRPH LQ 1954  in  a  building  off  Creek  Road.  That  building  is  to  be  demolished  later  this  year  to  make  way  for  a  new  Middlebury  recreation  center.  From  their  current  headquarters  off  Board-­ man  Street,  the  members  of  Post  27  donate  thousands  of  dollars  each  year  to  various  Middlebury-­area  causes.  The  organization  annually  gives  LQ FROOHJH VFKRODUVKLSV $3,000  to  Middlebury  Union  High  6FKRRO SURJUDPV WR VSRUWV programs  through  the  Middlebury  3DUNV 5HFUHDWLRQ 'HSDUWPHQW and  $1,500  to  the  Children’s  Miracle  Network,  to  name  a  few.  Post  27  has  also  been  a  substantial  contributor  to  major  building  projects  in  town,  in-­ cluding  $175,000  for  the  Memorial  6SRUWV &HQWHU IRU 3RUWHU +RVSLWDO DQG IRU (OGHUO\ Services  Inc. Post  27  is  also  participating  in  a  statewide  Legion  effort  to  purchase  a  Giraffe  OmniBed  for  the  Vermont  Children’s  Hospital.  The  OmniBed  provides  critical  care  for  newborns.  The  state’s  Legion  posts  have  raised  a  combined  total  of  $39,000  toward  a  $46,000  goal. Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com. Â

It  was  while  volunteering  with  for-­ mer  Lt.  Gov.  Brian  Dubie’s  gubernato-­ rial  campaign  in  2010  and  listening  to  a  variety  of  news  programs  that  Mullin  developed  an  interest  in  politics.  Mullin  decided  to  run  for  an  Addi-­ son-­4  seat  in  an  effort  to  make  a  dif-­ ference  for  her  fellow  Addison-­4  resi-­ dents,  as  well  as  to  instill  some  core  values,  such  as  public  service,  in  her  youngest  son. “I  saw  in  the  last  election  that  my  opponents  were  running  unopposed,  and  I  thought  someone  should  do  something,â€?  Mullin  said. On  the  campaign  trail,  she  is  em-­ phasizing  a  need  to  â€œbalance  the  state  budget,â€?  reform  the  state’s  property  tax  system,  and  expand  private  insur-­ ance  options  for  Vermonters  instead  of  proceeding  on  a  path  toward  a  single-­ payer  health  care  system. “We  can’t  compete  with  Montpe-­ lier’s  stroke  of  the  pen,â€?  Mullin  said,  in  describing  the  recent  trend  in  tax  increases.  She  noted  the  Shumlin  administra-­ tion  has  already  announced  a  7-­cent  increase  in  the  statewide  education  property  tax  and  that  a  single-­payer  health  care  system  will  require  other  tax  hikes,  including  potentially  on  payrolls. “I  can’t  understand  how  Vermonters  are  being  asked  to  pay  for  something Â

when  we  don’t  have  a  plan  to  pay  for  it,  or  know  how  much  it’s  going  to  cost,â€?  she  said  of  the  single-­payer  system. “We  cannot  afford  any  more  (mon-­ ey)  taken  from  us,â€?  Mullin  said.  â€œOur  state  cannot  afford  to  stay  on  this  course.â€? Mullin  is  also  concerned  about  the  numbers  of  young  Vermonters  leaving  the  Green  Mountain  State  following  graduation  to  pursue  careers  in  states  with  more  job  opportunities.  Mullin  noted  recently  announced  job  losses  at  IBM,  Vermont  Yankee  and  Plasan  Carbon  Composites.  She  said  one  of  her  older  sons  is  currently  under-­em-­ ployed,  while  another  left  the  state  to  ¿QG HPSOR\PHQW Mullin  also  pledged  to  be  an  inde-­ pendent  voice. “I  don’t  plan  on  voting  along  party  lines,â€?  she  said. Mullin  will  be  looking  to  her  fellow  Addison-­4  district  residents  to  pass  along  their  top  concerns. “I  hope  they  ask  me  a  lot  of  ques-­ tions  and  get  to  know  me,â€?  she  said.  â€œThis  campaign  is  not  about  me.  This  is  about  the  people  of  these  four  towns  in  this  state  who  are  working  hard  at  MXVW WU\LQJ WR HQMR\ OLIH DQG JHW E\ Âż-­ nancially.  I’d  like  to  think  I  offer  a  dif-­ IHUHQW SDWK RQH RI ÂżQDQFLDO UHVSRQVL-­ bility.â€?

other  Addison  County  towns  could  be  allowed  to  invest  in,  or  possibly  host,  one  of  the  solar  installations,  according  to  Gross.  A  centralized  solar  farm  through  the  cooperative  could  host  around  600  panels,  ac-­ cording  to  Gross. “We  will  have  to  form  a  task  force Â

to  dive  into  the  particulars,â€?  Gross  said.  â€œOur  aspiration  is  to  have  this  commissioned  and  operational  by  this  fall.â€? Those  seeking  additional  infor-­ mation  should  contact  Gross  at  897-­5339,  or  at  george@pinnacle-­ consulting-­llc.com.

Andres  has  just  released  a  book  with  co-­author  Curtis  Johnson  that  looks  beyond  the  stereotypes  to  explain  the  remarkable  range,  quality,  humanity  and  persistence  of  a  built  landscape  that  appeals  to  visitors  and  residents  alike.  The  book,  â€œBuildings  of  Ver-­ mont,â€?  includes  classic  examples  of  vernacular  types,  functional  struc-­ tures,  and  pattern-­book  and  mail-­order  designs  that  range  from  conservative  to  trend-­setting.  A  talk  on  this  subject  by  Andres  drew  a  capacity  crowd  last  month,  so  he’s  going  to  make  another  presentation.  This  one  will  be  at  4:30  p.m.  on  Monday  at  the  college’s  Mah-­ aney  Center  for  the  Arts.

sion  only.  The  proposed  rule  follows  recent  statutory  changes  and  seeks  to  make  posting  requirements  clear-­ er  and  more  consistent.  The  meet-­ ing  will  take  place  at  the  Pavilion  Building  on  State  Street  from  6  to  8  p.m.  and  public  comment  is  wel-­ come.  If  you  can’t  make  the  meet-­ ing  but  still  want  to  comment,  email  your  words  to  anr.fwpubliccom-­ ment@state.vt.us.

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The  Vermont  Department  of  Edu-­ cation  this  week  announced  that  Many  picture  Vermont  with  hand-­ Weybridge  Elementary  math  teacher  some  barns  overlooking  rolling  pas-­ Carol  â€œJoyâ€?  Dobson  is  among  the  101  tures,  white  country  churches  punctu-­ math  and  science  teachers  to  be  hon-­ ating  hillsides  of  blazing  maples,  and  ored  with  the  prestigious  Presidential  small  villages  clustered  around  gra-­ The  Vermont  Fish  &  Wildlife  De-­ Award  for  Excellence  in  Mathematics  cious  greens.  Yet  this  image  does  little  partment  will  hold  a  public  meeting  and  Science  Teaching.  As  previously  justice  to  the  architectural  richness  of  a  on  Wednesday,  March  19,  2014,  in  reported  in  the  Independent,  winners  state  that  was  declared  a  national  his-­ Montpelier  on  a  proposed  amended  of  this  award  receive  a  $10,000  award  toric  treasure  by  the  National  Trust  for  rule  that  provides  an  additional  op-­ from  the  National  Science  Foundation  Historic  Preservation.  Professor  of  the  tion  for  landowners  to  allow  hunt-­ and  are  invited  to  Washington,  D.C.,  History  of  Art  and  Architecture  Glenn  LQJ ÂżVKLQJ RU WUDSSLQJ E\ SHUPLV-­ for  an  awards  ceremony.

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