May 15, 2014 a section

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‘Italian Girl’

New folk art

Locals collide

Mezzo Cherry Jones will sing the title role in a Rossini opera at Town Hall Theater. See Page 13A.

Aurora School wraps up a project with an exhibit at the Shelburne Museum. See Page 3A.

Host VUHS posted a surprisingly easy win over a strong Mount Abe softball team. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 68 No. 20

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

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34 Pages

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General  Assembly  for  voting  to  ramp  up  the  state’s  hourly  minimum  wage  from  $8.73  to  $10.50  over  the  next  IRXU \HDUV 6KXPOLQ KDG SURSRVHG DQ increase  to  $10.10  over  three  years,  EXW KH SURPLVHG RQ 7XHVGD\ WR VLJQ the  Legislature’s  proposal. :KLOH WKH 'HPRFUDWV RZQ D HGJH RYHU 5HSXEOLFDQV LQ WKH +RXVH (See  Session,  Page  12A)

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Ferrisburgh  school  spending  plan,  $20K  article  OK’d  in  revote By  ANDY  KIRKALDY )(55,6%85*+ ² )HUULVEXUJK UHVLGHQWV RQ 7XHVGD\ VXSSRUWHG D $3.5  million  Ferrisburgh  Central  6FKRRO EXGJHW SURSRVDO RU about  53-­47  percent,  in  the  town’s  VHFRQG YRWH RI WKH VSULQJ RQ DQ HO-­ HPHQWDU\ VFKRRO VSHQGLQJ SODQ 9RWHUV LQ SHUFHQW WXUQRXW DOVR EDFNHG D VHSDUDWH DUWLFOH WKDW ZLOO SD\ IRU D NH\OHVV HOHFWURQLF HQWU\ V\VWHP IRU )&6 OLNH WKRVH QRZ XVHG DW RWKHU OR-­ FDO VFKRROV )&6 RIÂżFLDOV VDLG WKDW system  will  improve  security  at  the  school’s  main  entrance.  )HUULVEXUJK UHVLGHQWV DW WKH VDPH

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Young  duo  launch  a  tech  startup  in  Midd. By the way Folks  in  New  Haven  who  want  to  be  added  to  the  map  for  the  townwide  lawn  and  garage  sale  weekend  must  call  453-­5978.  Then  be  ready  for  the  two-­day  blowout  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  May  24  (See  By  the  way,  Page  2A)

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PAGE  2A  â€”  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  15,  2014

Distracted  driving  said  to  be  at  epidemic  level Attorney  presents  facts  to  high  schools

Taking  a  solo MIDDLEBURY  UNION  HIGH  School  senior  Olivia  Cacciatore  sings  a  solo  in  front  of  the  school  choir  during  the  spring  concert  Tuesday  night. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Vergennes  to  have  natural  gas  by  2015 By  ANDY  KIRKALDY 9(5*(11(6 ² 9HUPRQW *DV Systems  said  barring  surprises  it  plans  to  have  natural  gas  supply  lines  running  throughout  the  city  of  9HUJHQQHV E\ ODWH DFFRUGLQJ WR company  spokesman  Steve  Wark.  9HUPRQW *DV LQWHQGV WR EHJLQ construction  in  June  of  the  pipe-­ line  extension  to  bring  gas  from  its  main  pipeline  route  through  Addison  &RXQW\ LQ 9HUJHQQHV :DUN VDLG WKDW extension  should  be  complete  by  Au-­ JXVW ZLWK ZRUN DOVR RQJRLQJ LQ 9HU-­ gennes  to  prepare  for  distributing  the  company’s  product.  It  is  part  of  the  Addison  Rutland  Natural  Gas  Project  â€”  a  41-­mile  ex-­ WHQVLRQ RI WKH 9HUPRQW *DV SLSHOLQH IURP &ROFKHVWHU WR 0LGGOHEXU\ WKDW was  given  the  OK  by  the  Public  Ser-­ vice  Board  late  last  year. &RPSDQ\ UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV PHW ZLWK the  Ferrisburgh  selectboard  last  week  to  discuss  details  of  an  easement  it  needs  from  that  town  along  the  south  side  of  Plank  Road.  That  is  the  route  a  three-­mile  natural  gas  distribution  OLQH ZLOO WDNH WR 9HUJHQQHV IURP D JDWH VWDWLRQ WKDW 9HUPRQW *DV SODQV to  build  at  the  intersection  of  Plank  and  Lime  Kiln  roads  in  New  Haven.

:DUN FRQÂżUPHG WKLV ZHHN WKDW ZLOO GULOO XQGHU WKH VWDWH KLJKZD\ DQG distribution  line  will  not  cross  pri-­ WKHQ FRQWLQXH WKH OLQH DORQJ &KXUFK YDWH SURSHUW\ EXW UXQ WR 5RXWH XV-­ 6WUHHW LQ :DOWKDP DQG 9HUJHQQHV WR ing  Plank  Road  rights  of  way  in  New  New  Haven  Road  in  the  city. +DYHQ )HUULVEXUJK DQG :KHWKHU KRPHV EXVL-­ Waltham. “Some people QHVVHV VFKRROV DQG FLW\ The  only  exception  to  may not buildings  are  hooked  up  WKDW UXOH :DUN VDLG LV LI want a tree LQ 9HUJHQQHV E\ WKH HQG RI landowners  want  to  pre-­ GHSHQGV RQ VHYHUDO serve  trees  that  are  right  removed, so IDFWRUV :DUN VDLG LQFOXG-­ along  the  road  and  would  we may have ing  weather  and  construc-­ prefer  to  negotiate  with  to deal with tion  and  permitting  vari-­ 9HUPRQW *DV WR UXQ D OLQH that. Then it ables.  around  them. %XW 9HUPRQW *DV RIÂż-­ is a case-by“Some  people  may  not  cials  are  optimistic.  case basis.â€? ZDQW D WUHH UHPRYHG VR “We’ve  always  had  that  â€” Steve Wark aspirational  goal  of  serv-­ we  may  have  to  deal  with  WKDW ´ KH VDLG Âł7KHQ LW LV D LQJ 9HUJHQQHV LQ ´ case-­by-­case  basis.â€? Wark  said.  ,Q PDQ\ FDVHV KRZHYHU FRQWUDF-­ Unlike  in  some  other  county  com-­ tors  might  be  able  to  drill  under  trees  munities  â€”  through  which  proposed  without  harming  them  or  crossing  9HUPRQW *DV SLSHOLQHV ZLOO SDVV SULYDWH SURSHUW\ :DUN VDLG ZLWKRXW VHUYLQJ KRVW WRZQV DQG UHVL-­ 5RXJKO\ IRXU GR]HQ KRPHV DUH dents  are  concerned  with  the  impact  within  100  feet  of  that  planned  dis-­ on  their  properties  â€”  the  project  is  tribution  line  and  will  be  able  to  tap  SRSXODU LQ 9HUJHQQHV RQ DQG XVH WKH SURGXFW :DUN VDLG ,Q 'HFHPEHU 9HUJHQQHV while  others  could  negotiate  with  UHVLGHQWV YRWHG WR EDFN WKH 9HUPRQW *DV WR H[WHQG D OLQH IXUWKHU city  council’s  stance  in  favor  of  the  to  their  properties. 9HUPRQW *DV SLSHOLQH H[WHQVLRQ LQWR When  the  distribution  line  reaches  $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ 9HUPRQW *DV FRXOG 5RXWH :DUN VDLG 9HUPRQW *DV VHUYH XS WR RI WKH SURSHU-­

WLHV LQ 9HUJHQQHV DFFRUGLQJ WR FLW\ RIÂżFLDOV RQFH WKH FRPSDQ\ QHJRWL-­ ates  easements  along  some  private  residential  roads. :DUN VDLG 9HUPRQW *DV ZRXOG make  it  a  priority  to  get  service  to  ELJJHU FXVWRPHUV LQ 9HUJHQQHV ÂżUVW LQFOXGLQJ 8QLWHG 7HFKQRORJLHV &RUS on  Panton  Road  and  city  schools. Âł/DUJH DQFKRUV ZH WU\ WR PDNH WKHP RXU ÂżUVW SULRULW\ ´ :DUN VDLG Addison  Northwest  Supervi-­ VRU\ 8QLRQ RIÂżFLDOV KDYH VDLG WKH\ ZRXOG OLNH WR XVH QDWXUDO JDV ZKLFK right  now  is  less  expensive  than  RWKHU KHDWLQJ DOWHUQDWLYHV LQ FLW\ schools  to  save  money  on  heating  budgets.  Wark  estimated  the  switch  WR QDWXUDO JDV FRXOG VDYH 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO DERXW a  year. Wark  did  caution  the  company  cannot  guarantee  the  city  will  be  VHUYHG E\ WKH HQG RI “One  never  knows  what  condi-­ tions  can  occur  or  what  can  delay  FRQVWUXFWLRQ ´ KH VDLG Âł,W FRXOG EH SHUPLWWLQJ LW FRXOG EH ZHDWKHU UHODW-­ HG LW FRXOG EH VXSSO\ 7KHUH FRXOG EH many  factors.â€? Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

By  the  way  -XQH &RPSDQ\ RIÂżFLDOV VDLG WKH VL[ pack  carriers  with  the  Kathleen  Kolb  RULJLQDO RQ WKHP ZKLFK FDQ EH YLHZHG RQ WKH :RRGFKXFN ZHEVLWH ZLOO EH distributed  nationwide  by  the  end  of  the  summer.  How’s  that  for  getting  your  paintings  in  front  of  a  large  audi-­ Lincoln  artist  Kathleen  Kolb  paints  ence? JRUJHRXV GHSLFWLRQV RI 9HUPRQW ULFK $ ORFDO DUWLVW ZKRVH ZRUN ZLOO EH in  color  and  evocative  of  the  Green  Mountain  State.  A  few  years  ago  an  displayed  in  a  more  traditional  set-­ RUJDQL]DWLRQ FRPPLVVLRQHG KHU WR FUH-­ ting  is  Brandon’s  Fran  Bull.  She  will  DWH SDLQWLQJV KLJKOLJKWLQJ 9HUPRQWÂśV be  among  a  trio  of  artists  featured  working  landscape.  So  it  was  no  sur-­ in  Burlington  City  Arts’  exhibition  SULVH WKDW :RRGFKXFN +DUG &LGHU Âł,PSUHVVLRQV ´ 7KH VKRZ RI FRQWHP-­ chose  Kolb  to  make  a  painting  of  its  porary  works  opens  next  Thursday,  attractive  new  cidermaking  plant  on  0D\ DW 9HUPRQW 0HWUR *DOOHU\ Exchange  Street  in  Middlebury.  The  RQ &KXUFK 6WUHHW ZLWK D UHFHSWLRQ painting  is  featured  on  the  new  pack-­ from  5:30-­7:30  p.m.  The  other  fea-­ aging  that  Woodchuck  will  roll  out  tured  artists  are  Jordan  Douglas  (Continued  from  Page  1A) and  25,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.  Maps  will  be  available  beginning  Wednesday,  0D\ DW WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH 9LOODJH Green  Market,  New  Haven  Jiffy  Mart  and  New  Haven  Mobil.

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By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â€”  â€œHow  many  of  your  friends  drive  distracted?â€?  Emily  Josel-­ son  asked  the  juniors  and  seniors  as-­ sembled  in  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  auditorium  Monday  morning. $ IHZ EUDYH KDQGV URVH DW ÂżUVW WKHQ VFRUHV PRUH XQWLO KDOI RI WKH VWXGHQWV thrust  a  hand  into  the  air. “What  are  some  examples  of  dis-­ tracted  driving?â€?  Joselson  pressed. 7KH VWXGHQWV VK\ DW ÂżUVW RIIHUHG D litany  of  answers  â€”  changing  the  ra-­ GLR HDWLQJ D EDQDQD SXWWLQJ RQ PDNH-­ XS WH[WLQJ UHDFKLQJ IRU D &' LQ WKH back  seat. It  was  all  part  of  a  program  to  en-­ KDQFH DZDUHQHVV RI GLVWUDFWHG GULYLQJ KRVWHG E\ -RVHOVRQ SHUVRQDO LQMXU\ DW-­ WRUQH\ DW /DQJURFN 6SHUU\ DQG :RRO D ODUJH ÂżUP ZLWK RIÂżFHV LQ %XUOLQJWRQ and  Middlebury. $FFRPSDQLHG E\ D VOLGHVKRZ -RVHO-­ son  presented  a  list  of  facts  about  dis-­ WUDFWHG GULYLQJ ZKLFK VKH GHÂżQHG DV any  action  that  diverts  attention  away  from  driving. Âł'LVWUDFWHG GULYLQJ KDV EHFRPH DQ HSLGHPLF LQ VRFLHW\ ´ -RVHOVRQ WROG WKH students.  â€œIt’s  become  the  norm.â€? Joselson  said  distracted  driving  cre-­ ated  something  scientists  called  â€œin-­ DWWHQWLRQ EOLQGQHVV ´ ZKHUH WKH EUDLQ does  not  notice  an  unexpected  stimu-­ lus  such  as  drifting  into  an  oncoming  lane  or  approaching  a  stop  sign. 6WXGLHV KDYH VKRZQ -RVHOVRQ VDLG that  distractions  actually  limit  a  driv-­ HUVÂś ÂżHOG RI YLVLRQ :KLOH GULYHUV PD\ only  look  away  from  the  road  for  a  few  VHFRQGV PDQ\ GR QRW UHDOL]H KRZ IDU D YHKLFOH HYHQ RQH WKDW LV DELGLQJ E\ WKH VSHHG OLPLW WUDYHOV GXULQJ WKDW WLPH A  car  traveling  at  50  miles  per  hour  is  covering  75  feet  per  second.  It  takes  an  average  person  4  seconds  to  look  at  their  phone  and  process  the  informa-­ WLRQ RQ WKH VFUHHQ PHDQLQJ WKDW WKHLU vehicle  will  travel  the  entire  length  of  D IRRWEDOO ÂżHOG ZKLOH WKH\ DUH QRW ORRN-­ ing  at  the  road. Joselson  said  that  driving  distracted  increases  the  likelihood  of  being  in-­ volved  in  an  accident  just  as  much  as  driving  with  a  0.08  blood  alcohol  con-­ WHQW 9HUPRQWÂśV OHJDO OLPLW IRU GULYLQJ Looking  at  a  text  message  increases  that  risk  by  eight  times. $V SDUW RI WKH SUHVHQWDWLRQ -RVHOVRQ played  videos  produced  by  different  state  departments  of  public  safety  that  showed  families  that  had  lost  loved  RQHV LQ GLVWUDFWHG GULYLQJ DFFLGHQWV and  guilt-­wracked  drivers  who  had  killed  others  behind  the  wheel.  â€œEach  of  these  stories  was  100  per-­ FHQW SUHYHQWDEOH ´ -RVHOVRQ VDLG Âł,WÂśV a  question  about  making  a  choice.â€? The  Mount  Abe  students  left  the  as-­ sembly  with  a  contract  to  sign  if  they  pledged  to  not  drive  distracted.  Josel-­ son  urged  the  students  to  also  talk  to  their  parents  about  the  dangers  of  mul-­ titasking  on  the  road. Joselson  said  she  gave  a  similar  pre-­ sentation  at  Middlebury  Union  High  6FKRRO KHU FKLOGUHQÂśV VFKRRO D IHZ

PRQWKV DJR DQG QH[W ZHHN ZLOO YLVLW 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO 7KH WDONV DUH VSRQVRUHG LQ SDUW E\ WKH 9HU-­ PRQW $VVRFLDWLRQ IRU -XVWLFH D JURXS of  trial  attorneys.  Joselson  said  that  private  attorneys  DOVR KDYH WHDPHG XS ZLWK &KLWWHQGHQ &RXQW\ 6WDWHÂśV $WWRUQH\ 7 - 'RQRYDQ for  similar  school  presentations  in  that  county. $IWHU 0RQGD\ÂśV SUHVHQWDWLRQ -RVHO-­ son  told  the  Independent  that  she  be-­ lieved  a  new  law  passed  late  last  week  E\ WKH 9HUPRQW /HJLVODWXUH WR EDQ hand-­held  cell  phone  use  while  driving  was  a  positive  step.  Gov.  Peter  Shum-­ lin  told  the  Independent  this  week  that  he  will  sign  the  bill  into  law. But  Joselson  says  in  addition  to  the  new  law  it  is  equally  important  to  educate  young  people  about  distracted  driving “Just  because  it’s  illegal  isn’t  HQRXJK ´ VKH VDLG Âł:H QHHG WR WHDFK young  people  that  the  brain  can’t  mul-­ titask  as  well  as  we  think  it  can.â€? 7HDFKHU 6KDURQ .ROOHU ZKR KHOSHG RUJDQL]H WKH HYHQW DJUHHG WKDW WKH QHZ ODZ LV RQO\ D ÂżUVW VWHS Âł7KH ODZ LV RQH WKLQJ EXW ZH QHHG WR FKDQJH ZKDW LV VRFLDOO\ DFFHSWDEOH ´ she  said.  â€œWe  need  to  have  that  expec-­ tation  for  one  another.â€? Koller  said  integrating  curriculum  about  drunk  and  distracted  driving  may  be  a  way  to  stress  how  dangerous  distracted  driving  is. “Tying  them  together  makes  a  lot  of  VHQVH VLQFH WKH\ DUH VLPLODU LVVXHV ´ Koller  said. Joselson  said  she  hopes  the  distract-­ ed  driving  one  day  carries  the  same  stigma  that  surrounds  drunk  driving  today. At  an  identical  presentation  at  0RXQW $EH 7XHVGD\ WKLV WLPH IRU IUHVKPHQ DQG VRSKRPRUHV -RVHOVRQ said  she  has  also  enlisted  the  help  of  $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ 6WDWHÂśV $WWRUQH\ 'D-­ vid  Fenster  for  school  presentations.  Joselson  said  she  reached  out  to  Fen-­ ster  because  he  also  sees  the  results  of  distracted  driving  in  his  work. Âł,WÂśV D FULPLQDO LVVXH DQG KH VHHV WKH FULPLQDO VLGH RI LW ´ -RVHOVRQ VDLG RI Fenster.  â€œHe  has  a  big  interest  in  pro-­ WHFWLQJ WKH SXEOLF LQ SURWHFWLQJ WKHVH kids  from  the  horrible  consequences  of  distracted  driving.â€? Joselson  said  she  has  seen  more  and  more  distracted  driving-­related  cases  FRPH DFURVV KHU GHVN D WUHQG WKDW LV disconcerting. Âł,Q SROLFH UHSRUWV WKH\ DUH PRUH RI-­ WHQ DVNLQJ IRU FDOO UHFRUGV ´ -RVHOVRQ said.  â€œIt’s  no  longer  unusual  as  prob-­ able  cause  for  negligent  driving.â€? )HQVWHU VDLG WKDW LQ KLV FDUHHU KH KDV prosecuted  many  cases  that  involved  distracted  driving. Âł(YHQ \HDUV DJR ZH KDG GLVWUDFWHG GULYLQJ ´ KH VDLG Âł7KH GLVWUDFWLRQV were  just  different.â€? Fenster  added  that  people  of  all  ages  GULYH GLVWUDFWHG QRW MXVW WHHQV DWWDFKHG to  their  beloved  cell  phones. “I  see  it  as  a  problem  affecting  ev-­ HU\RQH ´ )HQVWHU VDLG

Town  leaders  look  for  way  to  continue  Ferrisburgh  Day By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  â€”  At  the  sugges-­ tion  of  Ferrisburgh  Historical  Society  PHPEHU *DLO %ODVLXV WKH )HUULVEXUJK selectboard  on  May  6  voted  to  take  RYHU VSRQVRUVKLS DQG RUJDQL]DWLRQ RI WKH WRZQÂśV DQQXDO )HUULVEXUJK 'D\ celebration.  %ODVLXV WROG WKH ERDUG WKH GD\ modeled  after  the  town’s  former  ³*RRG 1HLJKERU 'D\V´ IURP WKH V WKURXJK V GLG QRW UHDOO\

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Bristol  board  takes  annual  roads  tour By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â€”  The  Bristol  select-­ board  took  its  annual  tour  of  the  town’s  roads  April  29,  examining  local  infrastructure  and  ordering  re-­ pairs. Over  the  course  of  three  hours  the  selectboard  examined  a  number  of  town  thoroughfares,  including  Prince  Lane,  South  Street,  Basin  Street,  Route  116,  High  Street,  Mountain  Terrace,  Mountain  Street,  Pine  Street,  North  Street,  Plank  Road,  Upper  Notch  Road  and  Pumphouse  Road. The  board  was  joined  by  outgoing  Town  Administra-­ tor  Bill  Bryant,  Road  Department  em-­ ployees  Peter  Bouvier  and  Eric  Cota,  Town  Clerk  Therese  Kirby  and  bus  driver  Lucille  Kimball. The  board  also  discussed  improv-­ ing  other  areas  of  the  town,  includ-­ ing  making  electrical  upgrades  to  the  town  green,  making  needed  repairs  WR WKH EDQGVWDQG DQG ÂżOOLQJ SRWKROHV QHDU WKH SRVW RIÂżFH The  board  approved  a  curb  cut  ap-­ plication  made  by  Skimmer  Hellier  for  57  Mountain  Terrace,  to  relocate  driveway  access. The  selectboard  also  approved  a  move  to  use  $2,000  from  the  Capital  Highway  Equipment  fund  to  repair  the  old  water  truck  body,  and  gave  Janet  Kirby  permission  to  plant  a  tree  in  front  of  her  mobile  home  on  Lau-­ ritsen  Lane,  so  long  as  it  is  outside  of  the  town  highway  right  of  way. The  following  property  transfers  in  which  money  changed  hands  were  UHFRUGHG LQ WKH %ULVWRO WRZQ RIÂżFH between  April  and  August  2013: ‡ April  30,  2013:  Erhart  and  Nan-­ cy  Demand  to  Ellen  Repstad,  a  home  on  0.52  acres  at  312  Rockydale  Road  for  $165,000. ‡ May  9,  2013:  Hannamarie  Guinn  and  Jacob  White-­Rogers  to  Wendy  McArdle,  a  home  on  0.4  acres  at  28  Pine  St.  for  $219,000. ‡ May  24,  2013:  Linda  Fiess  to  Marylou  Coleman,  a  mobile  home  at  6  Lauritsen  Lane  for  $37,500. ‡ May  29,  2013:  Laura  Burritt  to  Garret  Hewes,  a  home  on  2.1  acres  at  7824  Plank  Road  for  $179,900. ‡ June  14,  2013:  Alberta  McIntyre  to  Amanda  Belcher  Living  Trust,  a  house  on  0.12  acres  at  11  Lawrence  Lane  for  $90,000. ‡ July  2,  2013:  John  Brown  to  David  Kuntz,  a  home  on  3.5  acres  at  7651  Plank  Road  for  $243,000. ‡ July  19,  2013:  Jonathan  Corm-­ ier  to  Kerry  Myers,  a  home  on  2.02  acres  at  43  South  Mountain  Drive  for  $240,000. ‡ July  26,  2013:  Robin  Burritt  and  Susan  O’Leary  to  Alice  Hib-­ bard,  23  acres  along  Plank  Road  for  $56,000. ‡ July  26,  2013:  Robin  Burritt  and  Susan  O’Leary  to  Alice  Hibbard,  4.1  acres  along  Plank  Road  for  $66,666.67. ‡ July  26,  2013:  Justin  and  Mar-­ cie  Tierney  to  James  and  Michaela  Goodyear,  a  home  on  0.2  acres  at  22  Elm  St.  for  $183,000. ‡ July  26,  2013:  Paul  Fuller,  Trustee,  to  the  Vermont  River  Con-­ servancy,  14.7  acres  at  1525  Route  116  for  $15,479. ‡ July  26,  2013:  Robert  and  Patri-­ cia  Chamberlain  to  Ross  and  Clau-­ dette  Vaughan,  a  home  on  2.3  acres  at  26  Autumn  Lane  for  $270,000. ‡ July  31,  2013:  Shirley  and  Na-­ tasha  Perez  to  Matthew  Davis  and  Caitlin  Cusack,  13  acres  on  Lower  Notch  Road  for  $80,000. Editor’s  note:  Look  for  more  Bris-­ tol  property  transfers  next  week.

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AURORA  SCHOOL  STUDENTS  Camilla  VanOrder-­Gonzalez,  left,  Sabina  Ward  and  Sarah  Reiderer  pose  at  the  Shelburne  Museum  with  each  of  the  projects  they  created  for  a  unit  on  American  folk  art. Independent  photos/Evan  Johnson

Aurora school crafts folk art Early American history project on display at Shelburne Museum By  EVAN  JOHNSON of  the  Aurora  School,  said  one  of  the  SHELBURNE/MIDDLEBURY  objectives  of  the  project  was  to  learn  â€”  While  it  may  be  a  school  project,  WKH GLIIHUHQFH EHWZHHQ ÂżQH DUW DQG 12-­year-­old  Kenneth  Barkdoll  makes  folk  art. the  rules  very  clear:  â€œFolk  art  is  something  that  al-­ “It’s  a  museum  exhibit,â€?  he  said.  ways  started  with  a  function,â€?  she  â€œYou’re  not  supposed  to  touch  any-­ said.  â€œWeathervanes  were  used  to  thing.â€?  tell  which  direction  the  Barkdoll  is  one  of  the  â€œThey’ve wind  was  coming  from.  curators  of  a  new  folk  art  been looking Now  they  still  do  that  but  exhibit  at  the  Shelburne  at what folk they’re  great  to  look  at.â€? Museum  and  the  sixth-­ Besides  function  and  art is and grader  at  the  Aurora  School  aesthetic  value,  Vigne  said  in  Middlebury  is  quick  to  how the WKH SLHFHV UHĂ€HFW SHULRGV JLYH D ÂżUP DGPRQLVKPHQW different of  American  history. to  anyone  who  gets  too  kinds of “It  goes  well  beyond  close  to  his  hooked  rug,  a  pieces just  making  the  art,â€?  she  panorama  of  him  canoeing  UHĂ HFW OLIH said.  â€œThey’ve  been  look-­ with  his  father.  ing  at  what  folk  art  is  and  That  hooked  rug  is  part  in different how  the  different  kinds  of  of  a  yearlong  theme  at  the  regions of SLHFHV UHĂ€HFW OLIH LQ GLIIHU-­ Aurora  School  examining  America.â€? ent  regions  of  America.â€? early  American  history  and  â€” Susan Vigne The  students  titled  their  $PHULFDQ IRON DUW VSHFLÂż-­ resulting  exhibit,  â€œLearn-­ cally  the  hatboxes,  quilts,  weather-­ ing  Heritage  by  Hand.â€?  They  wrote  vanes,  hooked  rugs  and  wooden  de-­ descriptions  and  did  research  on  the  coys  of  the  era. pieces  before  deciding  on  a  piece  The  projects  began  in  October,  they  wanted  to  recreate  on  their  own.   when  students  visited  the  Shelburne  â€œThey  took  it  very  seriously,â€?  Vi-­ Museum  and  observed  collections  gne  said  of  the  students’  participation  of  artifacts  from  the  19th  and  20th  LQ WKH SURMHFW ,Q WKH ÂżUVW VWDJHV RI WKH centuries.  Each  student  selected  one  project,  students  spent  hours  learning  of  the  pieces  on  which  to  focus  more  about  each  item.  closely,  learning  more  about  the  form  â€œAt  that  time  they  knew  they  were  and  function  of  each  piece.  The  piec-­ going  to  be  doing  a  project  of  their  es  were  then  presented  with  their  de-­ own,â€?  she  continued.  â€œThey  were  scriptions  in  an  exhibit  that  opened  at  highly  motivated.â€? the  Shelburne  last  Thursday,  May  8. In  the  next  phase  of  their  projects,  Susan  Vigne,  director  and  principal  students  worked  with  local  artists. Â

Students  who  elected  to  hook  their  own  rugs  visited  rugmaker  Amy  Ox-­ ford’s  studio  in  Cornwall,  while  stu-­ dents  making  decoys  worked  with  Gary  Starr  at  his  workshop  in  Wey-­ bridge,  who  helped  rough-­cut  their  models  from  basswood.  Theo  Wells-­Spackman,  11,  worked  on  a  decoy  of  an  American  avocet,  a  shorebird  found  near  marshes  and  beaches  in  the  Midwest  and  on  the  3DFLÂżF FRDVW “I  looked  at  pictures  online  and  it  was  the  most  graceful  bird  I  had  ever  seen,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  just  loved  the  shape  of  the  bird.  Its  beak  was  half  the  rea-­ son  I  chose  it.â€?       Ten-­year-­old  Camilla  VanOrder-­ Gonzalez  said  she  enjoyed  making  her  hooked  rug  so  much  that  she’s  planning  on  making  more  and  maybe  trying  her  hand  at  quilting.  Sarah  Reiderer  and  Sabina  Ward,  ages  10  and  11  respectively,  worked  on  hatboxes.  For  them,  they  said  the  most  satisfying  part  was  planning  WKHLU SURMHFW DQG WKHQ KDYLQJ D ÂżQ-­ ished  product  that  they  could  use. “It  was  very  satisfying,â€?  Ward  said. Seven  rugs,  eight  quilts,  four  de-­ coys,  four  hatboxes  and  four  weath-­ ervanes  later,  students  had  an  entire  installation  that  will  be  on  display  for  the  rest  of  the  month.  In  addition  to  learning  about,  de-­ signing  and  constructing  their  own  SLHFHV ÂżIWK DQG VL[WK JUDGH VWXGHQWV also  worked  with  Karen  Petersen, Â

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In  the  past  four  years,  Ferrisburgh  Days  have  offered  several  sites,  while  the  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  and  Rokeby  museums  have  offered  free  admissions  to  town  residents,  a  fea-­ ture  that  those  in  the  room  at  the  May  6  meeting  would  like  to  see  retained. “It  needs  to  be  a  central  location  to  be  successfulâ€?  said  resident  Bob  Mc-­ Nary.  â€œFood  is  a  driver.â€? The  selectboard  heard  suggestions  on  who  should  organize  the  event,  including  town  employees,  Ferris-­ burgh’s  recreation  committee,  or  a  member  appointed  from  each  town  panel. But  rather  than  pin  down  that  re-­

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labels  and  installed  it  â€”  with  a  little  bit  of  help,  of  course.â€? Petersen  said  she  hoped  their  expe-­ rience  would  make  them  future  mu-­ seum  enthusiasts. “This  is  going  to  make  kids  look  at  museums  in  a  completely  different  way  and  see  beauty  in  everyday  ob-­ jects,â€?  she  said. Â

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Middlebury’s  moment:  Take  the  time  to  do  projects  well Good  for  Middlebury.  Residents  turned  out  in  high  numbers  for  a  revote  RQ D PXQLFLSDO ERQG WKDW FRQÂżUPHG LWV HDUOLHU GHFLVLRQ WR JR IRUZDUG ZLWK WKH SURSRVHG PLOOLRQ SURMHFW 7KDW SHRSOH WXUQHG RXW IRU a  revote  in  mid-­May,  just  119  fewer  than  the  initial  Town  Meeting  Day  vote,  is  a  credit  to  voter  participation  and  community  interest. 7KH UHVXOW LV WHOOLQJ DQG QRW WR EH XQGHUVWDWHG 7KH SURMHFW turned  out  to  be  more  controversial  than  town  leaders  initially  thought,  DQG ZKLOH WKH YRWH KDV EHHQ FRQÂżUPHG DQG DOO SDUWLHV DJUHH WR DFFHSW WKH majority  opinion,  it  is  worth  the  effort  going  forward  solicit  ideas  from  supporters  and  detractors.  That  not  only  will  create  a  better  project,  but  will  help  the  town  be  proud  of  its  effort  once  completed. This  is  not  an  appeal  to  seek  solidarity  over  past  differences;Íž  that’s  not  necessary.  It  is  OK  for  townspeople  to  duke  it  out  over  important  matters  WKDW KDYH GLYHUJHQW SRLQWV RI YLHZ 1RW HYHU\ LVVXH ZLOO ÂżQG FRPPRQ cause.  But  now  that  one  set  of  important  decisions  have  been  made,  there  LV DQRWKHU RSHQLQJ IRU DJUHHPHQW 7R PDNH WKH SURMHFW EHIRUH XV WKH EHVW possible. To  do  that,  the  building  committee  needs  enough  time  to  reach  out  to  the  community  during  the  design  process  to  get  ample  feedback  from  residents  and  design  professionals.  While  a  date  certain  has  yet  to  be  set  in  stone  as  to  when  the  ground  might  be  broken  â€”  pending  Tuesday’s  vote  and  an  assessment  of  how  much  work  must  be  done  before  such  decisions  are  made  â€”  there  are  several  arguments  that  favor  not  rushing  the  design  phase  of  the  project  and  looking  at  a  spring  groundbreaking,  rather  than  IDOO ‡ :H DOO DJUHH WKDW EHVW EXLOGLQJ SUDFWLFHV DYRLG EHLQJ SHQQ\ ZLVH DQG SRXQG IRROLVK 7KRXJKWIXO GHVLJQ LV WKH ÂżUVW VWHS LQ WKDW SURFHVV shortcomings  occur  when  the  design  phase  is  rushed  or  cut  short  in  order  to  save  a  few  dollars.  Let’s  resist  that  temptation. ‡ ,I WKH HIIRUW LV PDGH WR KHDO FRPPXQLW\ ULIWV D IHZ RSHQ PHHWLQJV WR solicit  ideas,  concerns  and  possible  solutions  would  be  well  considered.  That  will  take  a  little  time,  though  it  can  be  done  in  conjunction  with  other  progress. ‡ (IIRUWV VKRXOG DOVR EH PDGH WR PLQLPL]H WKH HFRQRPLF GLVUXSWLRQ WR downtown  businesses  caused  by  the  impending  construction.  With  the  reconstruction  of  the  railway  underpasses  on  Main  Street  and  Merchants  Row  set  to  start  this  summer,  it  would  be  the  worst  possible  timing  to  begin  construction  on  the  other  side  of  the  downtown  during  peak  foliage  DQG WKURXJK WKH KROLGD\ VHDVRQ ZKHQ SHUFHQW RI VDOHV DUH PDGH IRU many  merchants.  Delaying  the  start  until  spring  would  launch  the  project  in  a  slower  season  for  downtown  businesses  and  allow  the  rail  project  to  reach  partial  completion  to  avoid  overlapping  as  much  as  is  feasible. ‡ ,Q WKH PHDQWLPH WKH EXLOGLQJ FRPPLWWHH KDV D +HUFXOHDQ WDVN WR perform.  What’s  been  done  to  date  are  architectural  sketches,  framing  LQ VSDFHV FRQFHSWXDOO\ DQG GHVLJQLQJ WR WKH H[WHQW WKH SURMHFW UHĂ€HFWV accurate  cost  estimates.  Much  remains  to  be  done,  however,  including  architectural  blueprints,  selecting  best  materials  for  the  job  to  reach  a  QHW ]HUR HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ UDWLQJ DQG UHYLHZLQJ WKH UHTXLUHPHQWV RI DOO SURJUDPV WR HQVXUH ZKDWÂśV SODQQHG IXOÂżOOV WKH QHHG A  central  role  of  the  committee  is  to  be  an  informed  advocate  for  its  own  project  â€”  strong  enough  and  knowledgeable  enough  to  argue  for  best  building  practices  and  able  to  challenge  ideas  that  lead  to  best  outcomes.  That  is  not  a  confrontational  role,  but  a  collaborative  one.  That  said,  the  building  committee,  as  named  at  Tuesday’s  selectboard  PHHWLQJ VHH VWRU\ RQ 3DJH $ QHHGV PRUH H[SHUWLVH LQ FRQVWUXFWLRQ GHVLJQ DQG WKH UDSLGO\ HYROYLQJ ZRUOG RI HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ ,I WKH committee  seeks  an  addition  to  its  ranks,  as  discussed  at  Tuesday  night’s  PHHWLQJ WKDW LV WKH VNLOO VHW WR ÂżOO ZKDWÂśV QRW QHHGHG LV DQ DQWDJRQLVW WR question  decisions  voters  have  already  made. At  this  stage,  the  opportunity  before  town  residents  rings  rich  with  H[FLWHPHQW ZKLOH DOVR SRVLQJ WKH ZHLJKW RI UHVSRQVLELOLW\ :KDW ZH EXLOG WRGD\ WKLV \HDU DQG QH[W ZLOO EH WKH FHQWHU VWRQH RI WKH WRZQ IRU D FHQWXU\ or  more.  With  Tuesday’s  vote  behind  us,  taking  the  time  to  ensure  the  project  is  done  well  is  paramount.  Angelo  S.  Lynn

Blowing  the  whistle  without  fear With  little  fanfare,  State  Auditor  of  Accounts  Doug  Hoffer  supported  and  pushed  legislation  that  protects  the  identities  of  â€œwhistleblowers,â€?  those  people  who  report  violations  of  law,  waste,  fraud  or  abuse  of  DXWKRULW\ E\ SXEOLF RIÂżFLDOV RU HPSOR\HHV 7KDW LV SDUWLFXODUO\ LPSRUWDQW within  the  large  bureaucracy  of  state  government  and  with  government  contractors.  Without  the  law,  Hoffer  was  concerned  he  could  be  compelled  to  release  the  identities  of  whistleblowers,  if  requested,  which  could  dissuade  those  who  might  be  willing  to  point  out  such  wrongdoing.  ³7KH SRVVLELOLW\ RI SXEOLF LGHQWLÂżFDWLRQ FRXOG KDYH D FKLOOLQJ HIIHFW on  reports  of  fraud  or  misconduct,â€?  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  said  when  signing  the  bill  into  law  earlier  this  week.  â€œI  want  to  hear  about  any  problems  in  state  government,  and  this  change  ensures  that  employees  will  feel  more  comfortable  coming  forward  with  that  information.â€? It  is  a  simple  accomplishment  done  this  legislative  session  that  could  pay  big  dividends  down  the  road.  Kudos  to  Hoffer  and  the  House  Government  Operations  Committee,  which  spearheaded  the  initiative. Angelo  S.  Lynn

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Not  all  legislative  bills  made  news  We  know  about  the  $5.5  billion  state  budget,  GMO  la-­ beling  law,  minimum  wage  hike  and  the  opiate  abuse  leg-­ islation  that  the  Vermont  General  Assembly  passed  during  the  2014  session  (see  my  news  story  on  Page  1A).  Those  ZHUH VRPH RI WKH KLJK SURÂżOH DFWLRQV WKDW PDGH PDQ\ lawmakers’  â€œtop  accomplishmentsâ€?  lists. But  the  2014  Legislature  also  saw  passage  of  many  oth-­ er  bills  â€”  more  than  100  in  all  â€”  that  drew  much  less  at-­ tention  and  debate  in  the  House  and  Senate.  Some  of  them  were  rather  bland  and  perfunctory,  such  as  minor  tweaks  to  various  town  charters  (including  Panton’s)  and  changing  the  name  of  the  Vermont  Criminal  Information  Center  to  the  Vermont  Crime  Informa-­ tion  Center. The  list  of  passed  bills  â€”  some  of  them  still  awaiting  Gov.  Peter  Shum-­ By John lin’s  signature  â€”  also  include  such  Flowers OHVV EDOO\KRRHG ELOOV DV ‡ 6 7KLV ZRXOG DPRQJ RWKHU things,  eliminate  the  current  1,000-­patient  limit  for  those  who  can  obtain  medical  marijuana  through  one  of  the  state’s  licensed  dispensaries.  The  law  also  adds  post-­trau-­ matic  stress  disorder  to  the  list  of  chronic  illness  diagno-­ ses  that  patients  must  have  in  order  to  qualify  for  medical  marijuana.  So  while  the  Legislature  continues  to  clamp  down  on  opiate-­related  crime  and  abuse,  it  is  also  making  marijuana  more  accessible  for  medicinal  purposes  after  having  passed  a  decriminalization  bill  last  year. ‡ 6 3URSRVHV WR UHSODFH ZLWK ÂłUHVSHFWIXO´ ODQ-­ guage,  â€œoffensiveâ€?  language  currently  present  in  state  stat-­ utes  that  is  used  to  describe  individuals  with  disabilities.  )RU H[DPSOH SHRSOH KHUHWRIRUH GHVFULEHG LQ VRPH VWDWXWHV as  â€œinsaneâ€?  will  now  be  described  as  having  a  â€œmajor  psy-­ chiatric  disability.â€?

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Lawmakers  earn  middling  grades The  2014  session  of  the  Vermont  Legislature  ended  last  Saturday  evening.  How  should  the  session  be  judged? From  Gov.  Shumlin’s  perspective,  the  session  should  be  considered  a  success.  Unlike  in  2013.  there  were  few  disagreements  between  the  governor  and  the  Democratic  legislative  majority  on  the  budget.  The  budget  as  passed  UHĂ€HFWHG WKH JRYHUQRUÂśV SULRULWLHV VOLJKW LQFUHDVHV LQ spending  on  education,  environmental  and  human  ser-­ vices  programs,  and  more  dollars  and  more  attention  di-­ rected  toward  the  problem  of  drug  addiction  in  Vermont. On  two  important  policy  issues  â€”  minimum  wage  and  health  care  re-­ IRUP ² WKH ELOOV ÂżQDOO\ SDVVHG ZHUH much  closer  to  the  governor’s  posi-­ tion  than  to  that  of  the  House  Demo-­ cratic  majority.  The  minimum  hourly  wage  will  increase  from  the  current  $8.73  to  $10.50  over  a  four-­year  pe-­ riod,  much  as  the  governor  recom-­ By  Eric  L.  Davis mended,  rather  than  have  the  increase  IURQW ORDGHG LQ WKH ÂżUVW \HDU DV WKH House  Democrats  wanted.  7KH ÂżQDO KHDOWK FDUH ELOO GLG QRW LQFOXGH DQ\ RI WKH ÂżUP GHDGOLQHV UHJDUGLQJ ÂżQDQFLQJ DQG DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ RI a  single-­payer  system  that  House  Democrats  included  in  their  earlier  versions  of  that  bill.  The  governor  continues  WR KDYH Ă€H[LELOLW\ WR GHYHORS KHDOWK FDUH UHIRUP RQ KLV timetable,  even  though  many  single-­payer  advocates  are  increasingly  concerned  that  the  administration’s  commit-­ PHQW WR UROO RXW D XQLYHUVDO SXEOLFO\ ÂżQDQFHG KHDOWK FDUH program  in  2017  may  be  slipping. Organized  labor,  which  is  an  important  part  of  the  +RXVH 'HPRFUDWVÂś EDVH VDZ PL[HG UHVXOWV IURP WKH

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session.  Private  childcare  providers  were  given  the  right  to  organize  to  negotiate  their  state  subsidies,  but  the  min-­ imum  wage  was  not  increased  as  fast  or  as  high  as  labor  wanted.  Nor  did  the  Legislature  pass  two  other  key  union  priorities,  a  prevailing  wage  bill  for  state  contractors,  or  paid  sick  leave  of  up  to  one  week  for  all  employees. A  bill  requiring  manufacturers  of  food  products  made  ZLWK JHQHWLFDOO\ PRGLÂżHG RUJDQLVPV WR ODEHO WKHLU SURG-­ ucts  was  passed  and  signed  by  the  governor,  but  this  leg-­ islation  faces  an  almost-­certain  court  challenge  from  the  multinational  food  industry.  A  prohi-­ bition  on  using  hand-­held  electronic  devices  while  operating  a  motor  ve-­ hicle  did  pass,  even  though  the  gov-­ ernor  had  reservations  about  the  bill  and  a  small  number  of  senators  tried  to  bottle  the  legislation  up  in  com-­ mittee  at  the  end  of  the  session. The  Legislature  ended  up  doing  almost  nothing  in  response  to  the  challenges  of  funding  K-­12  educa-­ tion,  in  spite  of  a  large  number  of  school  budgets  being  defeated  on  Town  Meeting  Day.  The  House’s  plan  to  force  small  school  districts  to  con-­ solidate  was  replaced  by  the  Senate  with  incentives  for  YROXQWDU\ FRQVROLGDWLRQ EXW RQ WKH ÂżQDO GD\ RI WKH VHV-­ sion  even  this  bill  could  not  receive  the  necessary  votes  in  the  House  to  overcome  procedural  obstacles.  The  House’s  plans  to  phase  out  small  school  grants  DQG WR PRYH IURP D SURSHUW\ WD[ WR DQ LQFRPH WD[ EDVHG HGXFDWLRQ ÂżQDQFH V\VWHP ERWK UHFHLYHG OLWWOH VXSSRUW LQ the  Senate.  Senators,  who  are  elected  from  county-­wide  (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

Editor’s  note:  The  writer,  who  was  elected  in  March  to  the  board  that  oversees  the  Mary  Hogan  Elemen-­ tary  School,  is  referring  to  a  story  on  his  resignation  from  the  ID-­4  School  Board  and  comments  in  the  story  from  a  written  statement  by  board  chair  Ruth  Hardy. Regarding  your  story  in  the  May  5  edition  of  the  Addison  Independent: I  never  once  indicated  that  I  could  not  work  with  the  other  members  of  the  board  or  that  I  had  any  real  problem  with  the  either  the  principal  of  the  school  or  the  superintendent  as  indicated  by  Mrs.  Ruth  Hardy. I  met  Mrs.  Hardy  for  coffee  before  the  election.  She  wanted  to  set  the  agenda  straight,  if  in  fact  I  was  elect-­ ed.  I  accepted  the  invitation  although  all  that  I  mentioned  it  to  said  to  avoid  her.  I  wanted  to  hear  what  she  had  to  say  as  it  sounded  like  she  knew  that  she  would  be  again  elected  the  chairperson  as  her  time  as  chairman  ZRXOG HQG ZLWK WKH HOHFWLRQ 6KH ÂżUVW indicated  that  she  ran  a  quick  and  HIÂżFLHQW PHHWLQJ DQG WKDW VKH FDOOHG the  shots  by  designing  the  agenda.  Our  mission  will  be  harmonious;Íž  we  will  not  discuss  different  sides  of  an  issue.  I  indicated  that  this  would  not  work  for  me,  as  I  believe  the  board  is  the  one  to  discuss  issues  like  why  are  the  results  of  the  NECAP  in  math-­ ematics  so  bad. When  I  was  elected  I  received  a  set  of  materials  from  the  Vermont  School  Board  Association.  It  says,  DQG , TXRWH “The  Essential  Role  of  the  School  %RDUGV “The  school  board  is  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  education  on  behalf  of  the  community.  It  is  entrusted  with  assuring  that  the  young  people  of  the  community  receive  a  high  quality  HGXFDWLRQ DQG WKDW WD[SD\HUV UHFHLYH DQ H[FHOOHQW UHWXUQ RQ WKHLU LQYHVW-­ ment.â€? Under  a  section  titled  â€œMonitor  progress  toward  the  visionâ€?  it  indi-­ cates  the  followingâ€? “The  board  is  accountable  to  the  community  for  outcomes.  It  needs  to  decide  on  the  indicators  that  need  to  be  monitored  on  a  regular  basis,  including  student  outcomes.  How  will  you  measure  overall  success  in  the  achievement  of  the  vision  that  has  been  established?  How  will  you  know  the  system  is  operating  ap-­ propriately?â€? In  my  desire  to  run  I  indicated  that  I  wanted  to  see  an  improvement  in  the  mathematics  program  and  that  monies  allocated  would  be  fair  for  those  working  at  the  school,  those  at-­ tending  the  school  and  those  paying  for  the  school. Her  comments  to  me  were  as  fol-­ lows.  We  are  to  be  interested  in  those  things  outside  the  school  not  those  things  inside  the  school.  We  hire  ad-­ ministrators  to  oversee  what  goes  on  in  the  school.  We  need  to  concentrate  on  things  like  playgrounds,  pas-­ sages  to  school  either  by  bus,  car  or  walking,  which  includes  arriving  on  bikes.  I  guess  she  forgot  to  read  the  responsibilities  of  a  board  member. I  have  no  problem  whatsoever  ZLWK WKH ÂżYH RWKHU PHPEHUV RI WKH board.  I  believe  that  Dr.  Peter  Bur-­ URZV LV D UHDO ÂżQG IRU WKLV DUHD 0U Buzzell  is  the  perfect  man  for  the  job  of  principal  of  the  school.  I  wrote  an  article  for  the  Eagle  about  two  weeks  ago  and  stated  this  very  clearly. I  do,  however,  have  a  real  problem  with  Mrs.  Ruth  Hardy.  She  needs  to  be  removed  from  the  chairmanship  of  the  ID-­4  board  and  then  recalled  from  the  board  altogether. Jim  Callahan Middlebury

Early  education  proven  to  be  key I’m  writing  in  support  of  Let’s  Grow  Kids,  the  public  education  campaign  focused  on  the  importance  of  children’s  earliest  years.  Vermont  is  a  special  and  pioneering  state  that  holds  unique  opportunities  for  fami-­ lies.  Its  beauty  and  wonderful  people  OHG PH WR UDLVH P\ VL[ FKLOGUHQ DQG help  raise  a  niece  and  three  nephews  here. I  am  a  childcare  provider.  My  decades  of  child  development  LQFOXGH ZRUNLQJ RU YROXQWHHULQJ LQ public  and  private  schools  (preschool  through  high  school)  and  positions  as  a  nanny  and  governess  (beginning  at  birth)  caring  for  children,  all  ages,  with  varying  abilities  and  setbacks. Vermonters  have  always  recog-­ nized  the  importance  of  stewarding  WKH QH[W JHQHUDWLRQ +RZHYHU ZH need  to  focus  more  on  preparing  our  children  to  succeed  by  focus-­ ing  on  their  earliest  years.  Eighty  (See  Letter,  Page  5A)

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Sunshine  law  gets  a  little  cloudy For  decades  Vermont  has  been  at  respect  the  law.  Yes,  some  board  the  bottom  of  the  list  of  states  for  the  members  are  volunteers,  but  there  public’s  right  to  know  the  truth  about  is  plenty  of  professional  training  of-­ government  operations,  records  and  fered  throughout  Vermont,  and  as  the  meetings. saying  goes,  â€œignorance  of  the  law  is  Two  years  ago,  with  the  strong  no  excuse.â€?  The  Secretary  of  State,  support  of  Gov.  Peter  the  Vermont  League  of  Shumlin,  Secretary  of  Cities  and  Towns  and  State  Jim  Condos  and  the  Vermont  School  others,  the  Legislature  Boards  Association  passed  a  new  public  are  among  the  groups  records  law  that  im-­ involved  in  the  proper  proved  public  access  WUDLQLQJ RI RIÂżFLDOV WKH to  government  docu-­ public  and  the  press  on  ments.  Since  then,  the  the  open  government  state  has  seen  steady  laws.  improvements  in  its  Â‡ 7KH SURSRVHG ODZ rankings  for  open  gov-­ H[SDQGV WKH GHÂżQLWLRQ ernment. of  what  is  not  a  meet-­ The  time  has  come  to  ing.  That  hurts  both  make  similar  improve-­ open  government  and  ments  in  the  second  public  participation.  area  of  government  op-­ Under  this  bill,  the  re-­ erations  â€”  the  public’s  cords  of  board  mem-­ This  week’s  writer  right  to  know  what  lo-­ bers  setting  agendas  cal  and  state  boards  are  is  Joe  Choquette  of  by  e-­mail  are  not  con-­ doing  when  they  meet,  Barre,  a  longtime  sidered  to  be  meetings.  sometimes  improperly,  lobbyist  with  Downs  Yet,  by  agreeing  ahead  behind  closed  doors.  Rachlin  Martin  of  time  what  will  be  on  A  bill  that  has  now  PLLC,  whose  clients  the  agenda,  what  won’t  passed  the  House  and  include  the  Vermont  be  on  the  agenda,  who  Senate  tries  to  address  Press  Association,  JRHV ÂżUVW DQG ZKR JRHV open  meetings;Íž  but  it  which  represents  the  last,  members  con-­ also  contains  some  fa-­ interests  of  the  11  trol  the  substance  of  a  daily  and  more  than  WDO Ă€DZV meeting.  And  who  will  To  be  fair,  it  is  some-­ four  dozen  non-­ know  if  substantive  what  understandable  daily  newspapers  in  matters  are  discussed  that  many  in  the  Gen-­ Vermont. by  e-­mail? eral  Assembly  lean  Â‡ 7KHUH DUH VRPH-­ toward  the  government’s  viewpoint.  times  valid  reasons  for  closed-­door  Many  lawmakers  serve  or  have  meetings,  but  minutes  should  be  served  on  local  boards  and  commis-­ kept  for  everybody’s  protection.  We  sions.  Few  have  tried  to  follow  gov-­ have  seen  cases  in  several  commu-­ ernment  activity  from  the  outside.  nities,  including  South  Burlington  With  that  said,  here  are  some  of  DQG 0RQWSHOLHU ZKHUH RIÂżFLDOV KDYH the  problems  with  the  proposed  leg-­ later  admitted  that  private  meetings  islation,  H.497: should  have  been  public.  In  these  Â‡ 6WDWH DQG ORFDO ERDUGV WKDW DUH cases,  the  opportunity  to  understand  caught  violating  the  open  meeting  what  happened  is  lost.  law  will  be  given  a  chance  for  a  â€œdo  The  best  compromise  would  be  to  over.â€?  Nowhere  else  in  Vermont  law  require  minutes  to  be  taken  and  al-­ is  there  a  provision  for  a  â€œMulligan.â€?  low  any  closed-­door  minutes  to  re-­ Vermonters  caught  polluting  the  en-­ main  exempt  from  public  disclosure,  vironment,  driving  drunk,  or  embez-­ but  only  until  the  issue  is  resolved  or  zling  money  seldom  get  a  free  pass.  WKH QHHG IRU FRQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ SDVVHV Civic  leaders  should  know  and  That  is  the  law  in  Massachusetts  and Â

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some  other  states.  Â‡ 7KH SURSRVHG ODZ ZRXOG DOORZ local  and  state  boards  to  interview  candidates  for  a  public  board  in  se-­ cret.  What’s  wrong  with  doing  inter-­ views  and  the  selection  in  public? People  running  for  the  Legislature,  selectboard,  school  board  and  other  SXEOLF RIÂżFHV DUH VXEMHFW WR SXEOLF scrutiny.  They  participate  in  candi-­ date  debates,  respond  to  question-­ DQG DQVZHU SURÂżOHV LQ WKHLU ORFDO newspapers  and  attend  candidate  de-­ bates.  Why  should  somebody  seek-­ LQJ WR ÂżOO D VHDW RQ WKH VHOHFW ERDUG RU school  board  avoid  the  same  scrutiny  that  the  other  candidates  faced  when  getting  elected? ‡ 7KH SHQDOW\ IRU DQ RSHQ PHHW-­ ing  violation  needs  to  be  increased.  7KH ÂżQH IRU D YLRODWLRQ RI WKH RSHQ meeting  law  is  $500,  unchanged  since  it  was  established  in  the  1970s.  Over  the  past  40  years,  prosecutors  KDYH UDUHO\ ÂżOHG FKDUJHV HYHQ ZKHQ a  board  admits  it  has  violated  the  law.  Even  so,  the  penalty  is  only  imposed  after  a  board  stubbornly  refuses  to  admit  a  mistake  and  is  found  liable  in  court.  It  is  time  to  bring  the  penalty  into  modern  times  and  to  make  the  penalty  meaningful.  Let’s  suppose  that  a  local  board  wanted  to  conduct  its  business  in  secret  to  protect  a  member’s  in-­ terests.  Unless  an  insider  squeals  and  a  member  of  the  public  takes  action,  the  violations  can  go  on  IRU \HDUV :KHQ ÂżQDOO\ FDXJKW WKH board  can  correct  the  latest  viola-­ tion  and  get  off  scot-­free,  without  any  penalty,  except  a  pledge  not  to  do  it  again.  At  this  point  only  a  gubernato-­ rial  veto  will  prevent  this  bill  from  becoming  law.  No  matter  what  hap-­ pens,  the  Legislature  needs  to  return  to  Montpelier  ready  to  improve  this  bill  and  address  other  unsolved  problems,  including  disputes  about  board  members  exchanging  text  messages  or  email  during  meetings  to  avoid  public  disclosure.  If  not,  the  progress  made  two  years  ago  toward  getting  Vermont  out  of  last  place  for  transparency  will  be  lost. Â

Clippings  (Continued  from  Page  4A) tickets  to  keep  their  commission  for  selling  such  tickets  (involving  prizes  of  $10,000  or  more),  even  if  no  one  steps  forward  to  claim  their  prize. ‡ + 3URSRVHV WR LQFUHDVH WKH civil  penalties  for  violations  of  the  Gas  Pipeline  Safety  Program.  The  current  penalty  is  up  to  $100,000  per  violation.  The  new  bill  would  raise  it  to  up  to  $200,000  for  each  day  the  violation  exists.  We  of  course  know  there  could  be  a  lot  of  natural  gas  pipeline  infrastructure  buried  in  Ad-­ dison  County  during  the  next  few  years.

‡ + $ PHDVXUH WKDW ZRXOG amend  the  state’s  open  meeting  law  in  a  manner  that  would  allow,  among  other  things,  members  of  a  public  board  to  attend  meetings  re-­ motely  under  some  circumstances  and  clarify  when  a  board  can  go  into  executive  session.  But  Vermont  media  have  some  serious  concerns  about  other  aspects  of  the  proposed  law,  including  its  allowance  for  state  and  local  boards  to  interview  candi-­ dates  for  board  vacancies  in  private.  We  in  the  media  believe  candidates  IRU SXEOLF RIÂżFH VKRXOG IDFH SXEOLF scrutiny  with  a  transparent  applica-­

tion  process.  The  bill  also  keeps  pri-­ vate  any  discussions  board  members  might  have  about  setting  agendas  for  meetings.  We’ve  asked  Shumlin  to  veto  the  bill,  as  it  ironically,  in  some  respects,  makes  the  state’s  open  meeting  law  less  open. 7KHVH DUH MXVW D IHZ H[DPSOHV RI some  of  the  bills  that  didn’t  make  a  lot  of  headlines  this  past  session  but  were  still  part  of  sausage  making  process  we’ve  come  to  know  as  law-­ making.  And  if  that  sausage  doesn’t  meet  most  voters’  taste,  they  have  the  option  of  voting  in  some  new  cooks.

ive,  nurturing  relationships.  Good  nutrition,  proper  rest,  guidance  in  making  safe,  healthy  and  thoughtful  decisions,  teaching  values,  etc.,  are  also  important. As  a  community,  we  need  to  provide  our  children  the  opportu-­ nities  they  need  to  be  successful,  responsible,  productive,  and  happy Â

in  the  world. 3OHDVH MRLQ PH LQ WKH VXSSRUW RI Let’s  Grow  Kids  campaign  to  en-­ courage  Vermonters  to  focus  on  the  early  years  of  our  children.  Please  sign  the  pledge  at  www.letsgrowkids. org. Patti  Smith Bristol

Letter  (Continued  from  Page  4A) percent  of  a  child’s  brain  develops  LQ WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH \HDUV RI OLIH ² VHW-­ ting  a  foundation  for  all  learning  and  social-­emotional  skills.  Healthy  brain  development  depends  on  quality  early  childhood  experiences  including  an  interactive,  stimulating  learning  environment  and  support-­

Letters to the Editor Parking  on  dirt  roads  frowned  upon  by  constabulary Warning:  My  car  was  towed  while  I  was  working  on  trails  at  the  Water-­ shed  for  a  half  hour. The  lot  was  full  so  I  parked  along  the  side  of  the  wide  dirt  road. I  worked  to  try  to  drain  the  big  puddles  across  the  trail  for  hikers,  and  returned  to  my  car  in  a  little  over  a  half  hour. My  car  was  gone,  I  mean  really  gone,  I  didn’t  misplace  it.  Someone  took  it. I  called  911  to  say  my  car  was  stolen.  No,  the  police  had  it  towed. I  asked  the  police  trooper  why  it  was  towed  and  she  said  it  was  on  a  dangerous  inside  curve  and  on  a  traveled  lane. It  was  on  the  outside  of  the  curve  and  in  an  untraveled  part  of  the  very  wide  dirt  road,  not  on  the  traveled  part. It  was  highly  visible  in  both  direc-­ tions  to  all  three  cars  per  hour  that Â

Can  you  imagine  a  society  where  antibiotics  no  longer  work  as  the  TXLFN Âż[ WR D FRPPRQ LQIHFWLRQ" 2QH of  the  biggest  issues  in  the  health  care  sector  today,  besides  rising  medical  costs,  is  the  epidemic  of  antibiotic-­ resistant  infections. Antibiotic  resistance,  in  which  bacteria  develop  defenses  against  antibiotics  that  are  designed  to  kill  them,  is  rapidly  increasing.  So  much  so  that  it  is  threatening  to  put  our  society  back  to  a  place  where  people  are  dying  from  ordinary  infections.  This  is  a  huge  problem;Íž  some  people  are  even  calling  it  an  apocalypse.  The  director-­general  of  the  World  Health  Organization  has  warned  that  we  face  a  â€œpost-­antibiotic  era  â€Ś  in  effect,  an  end  to  modern  medicine  as  we  know  it  â€Ś  things  as  common  as  strep  throat  or  a  child’s  scratched  knee  could  once  again  kill.â€? We  have  come  so  far  in  medical  ad-­ vancements  and  treatments  of  infec-­ tious  diseases.  Penicillin,  discovered  in  the  1940s,  dramatically  changed  our  medicine  for  the  better.  From  WR VXEVWDQWLDO DGYDQFHV ZHUH PDGH LQ WKH ÂżHOG RI PHGLFLQH with  more  than  20  new  classes  of  antibiotics  produced.  However,  ac-­ cording  to  Sarah  Carlson’s  article  â€œAntibiotic  Armageddon:  Modern  Medicine  on  the  Edge  of  the  Abyss,â€?  medical  research  has  slowed  to  a  virtual  standstill.  In  the  past  50  years,  only  two  new  antibiotics  have  been  produced.  This  is  problematic  as  more  and  more  bacteria  become  resistant  to  our  current  antibiotics. What  has  caused  such  antibiotic  resistance?  Overtreatment  and  over  prescription.  As  new  antibiotics  were  proven  effective  in  treating  bacterial  infections  they  became  more  and  more  popular.  In  her  book  â€œOver-­ treated,â€?  Shannon  Brownlee  discusses  an  economic  principle,  unique  to  medicine,  known  as  supply-­driven  demand.  This  term  essentially  means  that  the  supply  of  medical  resources,  such  as  antibiotics,  is  determining  how  much  medical  care  patients  get,  rather  than  how  much  the  patients  actually  need.  Pharmaceutical  compa-­ nies  are  putting  pressure  on  doctors  to  SUHVFULEH WKHLU GUXJ WKURXJK ÂżQDQFLDO incentives  and  gifts. Not  only  did  antibiotics  become  popular  among  doctors,  but  it  became  a  trend  with  patients  as  well.  Today,  our  fast-­paced  society  causes  patients Â

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Davis  (Continued  from  Page  4A) constituencies,  appear  much  more  responsive  to  the  concerns  of  small-­ town  school  districts  than  do  House  members,  more  of  whom  represent  larger  towns  and  cities. Finally,  although  the  Legislature  did  pass  a  balanced  budget  for  2014-­ 15,  state  budget-­writers  will  con-­ tinue  to  face  long-­term  challenges.  )HGHUDO JUDQWV DUH SURMHFWHG WR GH-­ cline  in  the  years  ahead,  especially Â

go  by  that  area. The  tow  ticket  said  the  police  wanted  it  towed  since  it  was  â€œaban-­ doned.â€?  I  was  there  not  much  more  than  a  half  hour.  I  have  hiked  trails  for  much  longer  than  a  half  hour.  How  long  does  it  take  for  police  to  consider  a  car  to  be  abandoned? Talking  to  a  state  trooper  at  the  police  station  on  Route  7,  I  was  told  that  a  dirt  road  is  considered  one  lane  since  there  can  be  no  painted  lane  markings,  and  that  even  though  the  road  is  40  feet  wide,  there  can  be  no  parking  since  all  of  the  width  is  considered  a  â€œtraveled  lane.â€? Since  people  park  along  the  road  quite  often,  be  warned:  Your  car  PLJKW MXVW JHW WRZHG ZKHQ \RX return  from  a  hike,  leaving  you  in  the  middle  of  nowhere  and  hoping  VRPHRQH IULHQGO\ FDQ KHOS \RX ÂżQG your  car  and  go  home. After  I  got  home  with  the  aid  of Â

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to  demand  antibiotics  for  all  ailments  DV D TXLFN Âż[ +RZHYHU DQWLELRWLFV only  kill  bacterial  infections  and  not  viral.  This  is  a  problem,  because  we  are  continually  prescribing  antibiot-­ ics  as  treatment  for  viral  infections.  By  doing  this,  the  weak  bacteria  are  being  killed  off  and  the  strong  bacteria  are  resisting  the  antibiotics.  The  strong  bacteria  then  multiply  and  create  even  stronger  strains  that  are  much  worse. :H QHHG WR ÂżQG D VROXWLRQ WR WKLV SUREOHP DQG ZH QHHG WR ÂżQG RQH IDVW Dr.  Laura  Piddok,  from  the  Univer-­ sity  of  Birmingham,  estimates  that  we  only  have  10-­20  years  before  antibiotics  become  completely  inef-­ IHFWLYH 7KH ÂżUVW VWHS ZH QHHG WR WDNH is  reforming  antibiotic  prescriptions.  Doctors  need  to  stop  prescribing  unnecessary  drugs  to  patients.  If  we  only  take  antibiotics  when  needed  we  could  dramatically  slow  down  the  antimicrobial  resistance  process.  However,  less  prescription  is  not  the  whole  answer. We  need  to  develop  new  antibi-­ RWLFV WKDW HIIHFWLYHO\ ÂżJKW DQG NLOO bacteria.  This  requires  much  research  and  development.  There  is  a  lack  of  incentive  for  research  and  develop-­ ment,  because  antibiotics  have  a  low  rate  of  return  and  will  not  cover  the  high  costs  associated  with  research.  Thus,  in  order  to  incentivize  research-­ ers,  the  government  needs  to  help  ¿QDQFH GUXJ GHYHORSPHQW )HGHUDO funding,  such  as  grants  or  subsidies,  will  heighten  the  importance  of  the Â

antibiotic  resistance  and  help  encour-­ age  clinical  development  of  new  antibiotics. Other  policy  recommendations  include  a  research  and  development  tax  credit  for  new  antibiotics,  an  extension  of  the  patent  life  or  market  exclusivity  for  new  antibiotics,  or  a  transferable  patent  extension  that  grants  companies  an  extension  on  patent  time  of  another  drug  that  the  company  markets.  If  no  single  phar-­ maceutical  company  or  researcher  wants  to  develop  a  new  antibiotic,  the  government  should  create  an  institu-­ tion  dedicated  to  strictly  antimicrobial  research. The  New  York  Times  reported  that  â€œat  least  two  million  Americans  fall  ill  from  antibiotic-­resistant  bacteria  every  year  and  that  at  least  23,000  die  from  those  infections.â€?  Antibiotic  resistance  is  a  real  threat  that  our  generation  faces.  Overtreatment  and  overprescription  of  antibiotics  should  no  longer  be  the  norm.  The  govern-­ ment  needs  to  incentivize  the  urgent  discovery  of  new  antibiotics  through  federal  funding  and  subsidies.  If  we  GR QRW ÂżQG D VROXWLRQ WR WKLV PDMRU health  care  crisis,  antibiotics  will  soon  be  useless  and  we  will  be  right  back  where  we  started  a  century  ago:  dying  from  ordinary  infections. So,  next  time  you  get  sick,  resist  the  temptation  to  immediately  request  an  antibiotic  and  try  another  form  of  healing. Lexi  DeMarco Middlebury  College

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Nancy Foote, 84, Weybridge

Obituaries

WEYBRIDGE  â€”  Nancy  D.  Foote,  of  Weybridge,  Vt.,  passed  peacefully  on  May  10,  2014.  She  was  84. Nancy  was  the  daughter  of  Vinton  and  Thelma  Dickey,  of  Manchester,  N.H.  As  a  young  girl,  she  moved  to  Middlebury,  where  her  father  managed  the  Middlebury  Inn.  It  was  there  Nancy  was  home-­schooled  and  learned  piano,  often  playing  and  sing-­ ing  for  guests. Later  Nancy  attended  Wesser  College,  in  New  Hampshire,  and  ZRUNHG EULHĂ€\ DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH She  soon  met,  however,  and  married,  Ralph  Foote,  with  whom  she  raised  ¿YH DGRULQJ VRQV +HU WUXH OLIHÂśV ZRUN was  as  a  mom  and  a  homemaker,  a  calling  to  which  she  gave  every  ounce  of  her  abundant  heart.  She  later  applied  this  same  talent  to  her  role  as  grandmother  and  great-­grandmother.  She  was  the  very  soul  of  the  Foote  family,  and,  in  their  hearts,  remains  a  bright  and  enduring  light.

Theresa Bertrand, 65, Orwell ORWELL  â€”  Theresa  V.  Bertrand,  65,  died  May  11,  2014,  at  her  residence  in  Orwell  following  a  long  illness. She  was  born  on  Oct.  26,  1948,  in  Middlebury,  the  daughter  of  Louis  and  Annette  (Parent)  Gevry. She  graduated  from  the  Fair  Haven  High  School  in  1967. 6KH ZDV HPSOR\HG DW %X[WRQÂśV Store  for  several  years  and  for  26  years  by  the  Half  Way  House  Restaurant  as  a  waitress  prior  to  her  retirement  in  2008. +HU IDPLO\ VD\V VKH HQMR\HG ÂżVK-­ ing,  gardening  and  taking  care  of  her  lawn.  She  loved  animals. She  was  a  member  of  the  St.  3DXOÂśV &DWKROLF &KXUFK LQ 2UZHOO Survivors  include  her  husband,  Lynn  Bertrand  of  Orwell;Íž  her  chil-­ dren,  Tami  White  of  Poultney,  Tim  Bertrand  of  Orwell  and  Megan  Bertrand  of  Plainville,  Mass.;Íž  her Â

stepmother,  Virginia  Gevry  of  Bomoseen;͞  three  sisters,  Doris  Fillio  of  Rutland,  Jean  Krull  of  Thompson,  Iowa,  and  Connie  Stevens  of  Green  Bay,  Wis.;͞  a  brother,  Armand  Gevry  of  Fair  Haven;͞  four  grandchildren;͞  and  nieces  and  nephews. She  was  predeceased  by  her  parents. There  will  be  no  public  calling  hours. A  memorial  service  will  be  held  at  10  a.m.  on  Friday,  May  16,  2014,  DW WKH 6W 3DXOœV &DWKROLF &KXUFK LQ Orwell.  Burial  will  be  at  a  later  date  in  the  Mountain  View  Cemetery  in  Orwell. Memorial  contributions  may  be  made  to  the  Addison  County  Home  Health  &  Hospice,  P.O.  Box  754,  Middlebury,  VT  05753,  or  to  the  Orwell  First  Response,  37  Needham  Hill  Road,  Orwell,  VT  05760.

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Doris Hayden, 94, Panton PANTON  â€”  Doris  B.  Hayden  of  Panton,  94,  died  on  May  9,  2014,  of  heart  failure.  She  was  born  on  Sept.  LQ 0DQVÂżHOG 3D GDXJKWHU of  Sadie  Mabel  (Bowen)  and  Dwight  Hoard  Bailey. 6KH DWWHQGHG 0DQVÂżHOG 6WDWH College  and  Northwestern  University,  receiving  a  BA  in  occupational  therapy,  and  Penn  State  University,  receiving  an  MA  in  college  guidance.  She  worked  as  a  special  ed  teacher  and  advocate  for  children  with  special  needs. She  married  Joseph  L.  Hayden  in  June  1941  and  resided  in  Pennsylvania  until  moving  to  Panton  in  1986.  She  worked  until  about  2004  at  the  Bixby  Memorial  Library,  and  maintained  a  business  caning  chairs  and  teaching  caning  until  recently.  Her  family  and  friends  say  she  was  an  inspiration,  always  maintaining  a Â

positive  approach  to  life.  Her  gardens  were  greatly  appreciated  by  all. She  is  survived  by  four  chil-­ dren,  Joseph  (and  Ruth)  Hayden  of  Elizabethtown,  Ky.,  Cheryl  Hayden  of  Shirley,  Mass.,  Lucinda  (and  Randy)  Luckenbill  of  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  and  Anita  (Teena)  Hayden,  RI 3DQWRQ ¿YH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ four  great-­grandchildren;͞  and  one  great-­great-­grandchild. She  was  predeceased  by  her  husband,  Joseph  Hayden,  in  2000.  They  had  been  married  for  58  years. A  memorial  service  will  be  held  Friday,  June  6,  at  4  p.m.  at  the  Vergennes  Congregational  Church,  presided  over  by  Rev.  Gary  Lewis.  Interment  of  her  ashes  will  be  in  0DQV¿HOG 3D 0HPRULDO FRQWUL-­ butions  may  be  made  to  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice  or  the  Vergennes  Area  Rescue  Squad.

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Rhonda Whitehead, 64, native of Middlebury BROOKNEAL,  Va.  â€”  A  memo-­ rial  service  for  Rhonda  (Dragon)  Whitehead,  64,  of  Brookneal,  Va.,  will  be  held  at  1  p.m.  on  Saturday,  May  24,  at  the  Valley  Bible  Church  in  East  Middlebury,  Vt. She  died  Feb.  7,  2014,  at  Lynchburg  General  Hospital  after  a  brief  illness.  She  was  born  Feb.  14,  1949,  in  Middlebury,  Vt.,  to  the  late  Ralph  and  Margaret  Dragon  of  East  Middlebury. She  was  a  member  of  Falling  River  Baptist  Church  in  Brookneal,  where  she  and  her  husband  Leon  had  lived  for  over  two  years.  She  graduated Â

from  Middlebury  Union  High  School  in  1967.  She  worked  in  Middlebury  at  3DOPHUÂśV 'DLU\ %DU %HFNZLWK 0RWRUV and  Community  Light  and  Power,  where  she  met  her  husband.  They  were  married  in  1969.  The  started  their  family  in  Vermont,  then  moved  to  Schroon  Lake,  N.Y.,  LQ WKH HDUO\ Âś V 6KH ZDV DQ ( 0 7 with  the  Schroon  Lake  Rescue  Squad  and  was  employed  for  many  years  at  Hudson-­Headwaters  Health  Network. Her  family  says  she  was  an  avid  fan  of  NASCAR  and  enjoyed  traveling  around  the  local  countryside  taking  pictures Â

and  was  never  without  her  camera  at  family  functions.  They  say  she  always  had  a  smile  for  every.  Family  and  faith  were  the  center  of  her  life. In  addition  to  her  husband,  she  is  survived  by  two  daughters,  Holly  Harbour  of  Indiana  and  Sara  (Tim)  Hilton  of  Virginia;͞  a  son,  David  :KLWHKHDG RI 9LUJLQLD ¿YH JUDQG-­ children;͞  three  brothers,  Ralph  (Lynn)  Dragon,  Danny  and  Randy  (Mary),  all  of  East  Middlebury;͞  two  sisters,  Rhoda  (Barry)  Dragon  and  Tammy  (Mark)  Nadeau,  both  of  East  Middlebury;͞  and  many  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins.

While  in  her  50s,  and  after  both  her  parents  were  deceased,  Nancy  discovered  she  had  been  adopted  and  was  able  to  meet  her  birth  mother,  Stella  (Ordway)  Davis.  Through  that  reunion,  she  also  later  met  numerous  half-­siblings,  nieces  and  nephews.  Nancy  was  predeceased  by  her  husband,  Ralph,  and  by  their  third  son,  Brian  Foote,  of  Croton-­on-­ Hudson,  N.Y.  She  is  survived  by  her  sons  Tony,  Peter,  Dick  and  Cory;Íž  by  her  daughters-­in-­law  Sharon,  Holly,  Missy,  Hilary  and  Mary;Íž  by  her  grand-­ children  Katy,  Alec,  Cory,  Hayley,  Samantha  and  Brian;Íž  by  her  step-­ grandchildren  T.J.,  Chelsea,  Rob  and  Anne;Íž  by  a  foster  grandson,  Charles;Íž  and  by  the  apple  of  her  eye,  her  great-­ granddaughter,  Sophia. A  memorial  service  will  be  held  at  the  Congregational  Church  of  Middlebury  on  Thursday,  May  22,  at  1  p.m.  A  reception  will  follow  at  the  Middlebury  Inn.  Together,  Nancy Â

NANCY  FOOTE and  her  beloved  husband,  Ralph,  will  be  interred  at  Evergreen  Cemetery,  in  Cornwall,  Vt.,  in  a  private  family  ceremony.  ,Q 1DQF\œV PHPRU\ GRQDWLRQV PD\ be  made  to  Addison  County  Humane  Society  or  to  the  Dana  Farber  Cancer  5HVHDUFK )RXQGDWLRQ ¸

Hector Racine, 55, Brandon BRANDON  â€”  Hector  E.  Racine,  55,  known  as  the  â€œMarathon  Man,â€?  was  born  in  Proctor,  Vt.,  on  March  31,  1959.  He  passed  away  at  home  on  May  9,  2014,  after  a  Heroic  Battle  with  Respiratory  Illness. He  was  the  son  of  the  late  Albert  and  Lucienne  (Lajeunesse)  Racine.  He  was  one  of  10  siblings.  He  was  predeceased  by  his  eldest  brother,  John  Racine  and  his  wife  Connie  from  Alton,  N.H.;Íž  his  eldest  sister,  Irene  Racine  Monette;Íž  a  brother,  Roger  Racine;Íž  and  a  newborn  infant,  Albert  Samuel  Racine. +LV UHPDLQLQJ ÂżYH VLEOLQJV DUH a  brother,  Paul  Racine  and  his  wife  Gwen  of  Chittenden,  Vt.;Íž  a  brother,  Robert  Racine  and  his  wife  Carol  of  Forest  Dale;Íž  a  sister,  Roxanne  Racine  and  partner  Barry  Lafayette  of  Lincoln;Íž  a  sister,  Theresa  Kimball  and  her  husband  Kurt  from  Brandon;Íž  and  a  brother,  Albert  Racine  and  his  wife  Penny  of  Leicester.  He  loved  and  enjoyed  his  many  nieces,  neph-­ ews,  cousins  and  friends. In  his  early  years  he  could  be  seen  working  on  local  farms  or  mowing  lawns.  He  worked  at  Bill  Ryan  Motor  Sales.  He  attended  local  schools  and  graduated  from  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School,  class  of  1977.  Shortly  after  high  school  he  volunteered  at  Rutland  Regional  Medical  Center  as  a  message  coordinator  in  the  Maintenance  Department. He  had  been  a  quadriplegic,  living  independently  for  nearly  40  years,  in  Brandon  with  the  assistance  of  RAVNAH,  family  and  friends.  He  was  determined  to  live  his  dream  of  going  places,  doing  things  he  liked  WR GR HVSHFLDOO\ ÂżVK DQG KXQW +H PRGLÂżHG DQG DGDSWHG PDQ\ GHYLFHV to  overcome  his  disability.  He  coura-­ geously  created  a  video,  on  hunting  in  the  wild,  while  facing  the  obstacles Â

Louise Murray graveside service

of  his  disability. Hector  served  on  the  Rutland  City  Committee  for  Accessible  Improvements  when  it  originated  in  the  1980s.  He  went  on  a  mission  to  make  Rutland  County  accessible.  He  became  involved  in  his  commu-­ nity  by  making  it  accessible  for  the  disabled  by  assisting  with  the  instal-­ lation  of  the  handicap  doors  at  the  First  Brandon  National  Bank  and  many  other  public  places.  He  worked  with  engineers  to  create  curb  cuts,  making  accessibility  easier. Hector  networked,  and  became  one  of  the  founding  members  of  the  Rutland  Area  Disabled  Advocacy  Group  (RADAC).  He  advocated  for  the  basic  right  of  accessibility  to  public  places  and  for  programs  to  improve  the  lives  of  the  disabled.  He  served  RADAC  for  well  over  20  years,  and  the  last  several  years  served  as  President. The  Yearly  Statewide  Handicapped  3LFQLF ZDV RQH RI +HFWRUÂśV WULEXWHV lasting  23  years.  He  singlehandedly  did  the  fundraising,  transportation,  mailings  and  coordination  of  the  PDJQLÂżFHQW HYHQW WKDW GUHZ SHRSOH together,  from  all  over  Vermont,  with  a  magnitude  of  disabilities.  They  were  able  to  share  their  stories  and  connect  with  others  with  respect  to  WKHLU GLIÂżFXOWLHV DQG KXPDQ ULJKWV Hector  served  on  the  Board  of  Directors  at  The  Vermont  Center  for  Independent  Living  (VCIL),  in  Montpelier,  for  many  years.  Hector  went  to  college  and  then  became  a  Peer  Advocate  Counselor  for  VCIL  serving  Rutland  County  for  21  years.  He  was  a  powerful  advocate  contrib-­ uting  to  the  strength,  dignity  and  independence  of  all  persons  with  disabilities. Arrangements  are  under  the  direc-­ tion  of  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral Â

HECTOR  RACINE Home  in  Brandon.  Calling  hours  were  held  on  Sunday,  May  11,  from  2-­4  and  7-­9  p.m.  and  on  Monday,  May  12,  from  2-­4  and  7-­9  p.m. A  Mass  of  Christian  burial  was  celebrated  on  Tuesday,  May  13,  2014,  DW D P DW 6W 0DU\ÂśV &DWKROLF Church  in  Brandon.  The  graveside  committal  service  and  burial  will  WDNH SODFH LQ 6W 0DU\ÂśV &HPHWHU\ Following  the  ceremony  the  family  received  friends  at  Brandon  American  Legion  Post  55  for  a  time  of  fellowship  and  remembrance. ,Q OLHX RI Ă€RZHUV PHPR-­ rial  gifts  may  be  made,  in  his  memory  to  The  Vermont  Center  for  Independent  Living  (VCIL),  c/o  Sarah  Launderville,  Director,  11  East  State  St.,  Montpelier,  VT  05602,  or  to  Rutland  Area  Visiting  Nurse  and  Hospice,  7  Albert  Cree  Drive,  5XWODQG 97 ¸

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EAST  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Graveside  April  19,  2014,  will  be  conducted  at  Prospect  Cemetery  in  East  Middlebury,  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Graveside  died  Jan.  30,  2014,  at  Helen  Porter  will  be  conducted  at  1  p.m.  on  Friday,  services  for  Louise  L.  Murray,  who  died  11  a.m.  on  Saturday,  May  17,  2014,  at  ZLWK WKH 5HY 5REHUW %RUGHQ RIÂżFLDWLQJ services  for  Helen  M.  Krampitz,  who  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center,  May  23,  2014,  at  Middlebury  Cemetery.

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Marie Horlacher, 82, Tampa, Fla. TAMPA,  Fla.  â€”  Early  in  the  morn-­ ing  of  April  27,  Marie  Clevenger  Horlacher  passed  away  peacefully  at  Florida  Hospital,  Tampa,  after  a  heroic  month-­long  battle  against  post-­surgical  complications.  At  her  side  were  her  loving  husband  of  60  years,  David  Horlacher,  and  her  loving  children,  David  Horlacher  Jr.,  Dianne  Showers  and  Carol  Rini. Marie  was  born  on  Sept.  6,  1931,  to  Mary  C.  and  Harvey  G.  Stitzel  in  Carlisle,  Pa.  She  attended  public  school  and  Carlisle  High  School  where  she  was  lead  clarinetist  in  the  orchestra  and  marching  band.  There  she  met  David,  her  husband-­to-­be,  who  had  recently  moved  to  the  area.  They  graduated  in  the  class  of  1949.  She  later  graduated  from  Harrisburg  Commercial  College  and  became  secretary  to  the  dean  of  Dickinson  College  in  Carlisle. On  June  14,  1953,  Marie  and  David  were  married  in  Hanover,  N.H.,  upon  his  graduation  from  Dartmouth  College.  While  David  was  overseas  with  the  Marine  Corps,  0DULH FDUHG IRU KHU ÂżUVW VRQ 'DYLG Jr.,  in  Oceanside,  Calif.  Upon  his  return,  she  joined  him  at  the  Naval  Ordinance  Test  Station  in  the  Mojave  Desert.  There  Marie  gave  birth  to  her  ¿UVW GDXJKWHU 'LDQQH Marie  later  became  secretary  to  the  dean  of  the  Graduate  School  of  Education  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  Philadelphia.  During  this  period  she  gave  birth  to  her Â

second  son,  Kevin,  and  her  second  daughter,  Carol. Later,  the  family  moved  to  Lewisburg,  Pa.,  where  she  became  Consumer  Affairs  Coordinator  for  the  Northeast  Region  at  the  Pennsylvania  Department  of  Agriculture.  Marie  left  that  post  to  join  her  husband  in  Bangkok,  Thailand,  where  she  learned  much  of  their  customs  and  language.  After  returning  to  the  USA,  she  joined  the  Credit  Card  Department  of  the  Commonwealth  National  Bank  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Later  she  joined  her  husband  in  New  York  City  and  served  as  an  adminis-­ trative  assistant  to  two  large  condo  DQG FR RS PDQDJHPHQW ÂżUPV LQ Manhattan. Marie  always  felt  her  most  impor-­ tant  roles  were  those  of  wife  and  mother.  She  provided  her  family  with  a  happy  home  and  would  take  the  children  on  adventures  to  Florida,  Cape  Cod  and  cross-­country  camp-­ ing  trips  to  California,  where  her  husband  was  undergoing  Marine  training.  Throughout  her  life,  she  was  sweetheart,  lover,  constant  compan-­ ion  and  best  friend  to  David  and  with  each  passing  year,  their  love  would  grow  stronger. When  her  children  were  younger,  Marie  would  take  them  skiing  in  Vermont  and  in  1992  she  moved  there  to  be  with  her  husband  in  the  lovely  college  town  of  Middlebury.  And  she  joined  David  for  a  half-­year  stay  in  Hanoi,  Vietnam,  where  she Â

Barbara Bushey graveside service MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Graveside  died  Feb.  13,  2014,  will  be  conducted  Grandview  Cemetery  in  Charlotte,  with  services  for  Barbara  A.  Bushey,  71,  who  at  3  p.m.  on  Friday,  May  16,  2014,  at  WKH 5HY 'DYLG :RRG RIÂżFLDWLQJ

Shirley Dry, 95, Middlebury

MARIE  HORLACHER also  learned  much  of  the  customs  and  language.  During  these  years,  she  made  many  other  trips  abroad,  to  Thailand,  Austria  and  England,  but  none  were  more  important  to  her  than  her  trip  to  China  with  her  daughter,  Dianne,  to  adopt  her  eighth  grandchild. In  the  year  2000,  Marie  and  her  husband  bought  a  home  in  Schalimar  Creek,  Lakeland,  Fla.,  and  there  she  enjoyed  the  love  and  companionship  of  many  good  friends.  A  life  well-­ lived,  she  is  survived  by  her  husband,  four  children,  eight  grandchildren  DQG WZR JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ ¸

Donald Pease Jr., 79, formerly of Vergennes VERGENNES/DADE  CITY,  Fla.  â€”  Donald  L.  Pease  Jr.,  79,  formerly  of  Vergennes,  retired  to  Dade  City,  Fla.,  died  Tuesday,  May  6,  2014,  at  Bayfront  Health  in  Dade  City. He  was  born  April  12,  1935,  in  Burlington,  the  son  of  Donald  L.  Pease  Sr.  and  Iola  Boutah  Pease. His  family  says  he  enjoyed  Western  square  dancing,  bowl-­ ing,  golfing  and  RV  camping.  He  worked  for  33-­and-­a-­half  years  at  Standard  Register  in  Middebury. He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Lorraine  Pease;Íž  two  children,  Dennis  Pease  and  Mary  Greene;Íž  a  granddaughter;Íž  five  stepchil-­ dren,  Carol  McDonald,  Timothy Â

MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  memo-­ her  Ripton  home,  will  be  held  at  May  31,  at  11  a.m.  A  reception  rial  service  for  Frances  Cornwall  Mead  Chapel  on  the  Middlebury  will  follow  at  the  Swift  House  in  Hutner,  who  died  at  age  95  at  College  campus  on  Saturday,  Middlebury.

Tourangeau,  Lisa  Podgwaite,  Sheila  Tourangeau  and  Edmund  Tourangeau;Íž  four  sisters,  Melodie  Poquette,  Shirley  Aubin,  Sandy  Gabett  and  Jean  Tacy;Íž  and  several  nieces  and  nephews. He  was  predeceased  by  two  children,  Bonnie  and  Lorrie,  and  two  grandchildren,  Crystal  and  Butch. A  Mass  of  Christian  burial  will  be  celebrated  11  a.m.  on  Friday  May  16,  at  St.  Peter’s  Church  in  Vergennes.  Interment  will  be  in  Prospect  Cemetery  in  Vergennes.  Friends  may  call  at  Brown-­McClay  Funeral  Home  in  Vergennes  on  Thursday,  May  15,  from  5  to  8  p.m.

MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Shirley  Doppelt  Dry,  95,  died  peacefully  on  May  13  at  her  home  on  Murdock  Court  in  Middlebury,  where  almost  every  available  square  inch  of  wall  space  was  decorated  with  her  own  lively,  colorful  artwork  and  photo-­ graphs  of  her  beloved  family  and  friends.  Shirley  Doppelt  was  born  in  Chicago  on  Sept.  26,  1918,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Regina  and  Frank  Doppelt.  She  attended  the  University  of  Illinois,  where  she  met  her  husband,  Sidney,  and  graduated  from  Northwestern  University  in  1939.  After  her  divorce  in  1959,  Shirley  returned  to  school  and  received  a  master’s  degree  in  social  work  from  the  University  of  Chicago  in  1963.  She  practiced  social  work  in  Chicago  and  later  in  Massachusetts  and  Vermont. She  moved  to  Philadelphia  in  the  V DIWHU KHU ÂżUVW JUDQGFKLOG ZDV born  there,  and  embarked  on  a  new  career  in  the  found-­treasure  busi-­ ness,  opening  S.  Dry  Antiques  in  Center  City. A  sense  of  adventure  â€”  or,  rather,  the  sense  that  life  is  best  lived  while  adventuring  â€”  carried  Shirley  all  over  the  world,  from  Europe  in  the  1950s,  to  China  in  the  1980s,  to  Israel  as  an  English  teacher,  to Â

Lincoln  Neighborhood  Watch,  spend-­ LQJ FRXQWOHVV KRXUV GLUHFWLQJ WUDIÂżF IRU emergencies  and  events  in  the  Lincoln  community.  He  was  the  â€œguardian  angelâ€?  for  the  Lincoln  General  Store,  watching  and  waiting  each  morn-­ ing  for  it  to  open.  His  family  says  he  enjoyed  hunting  and  playing  cards  with  his  friends. He  is  survived  by  his  twin  brother,  Mark,  and  his  older  brother,  George  (Wendy),  both  of  Lincoln;Íž Â

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Helen Stearns, 83, Vergennes VERGENNES  â€”  Helen  Marie  (Downer)  Stearns,  born  Aug.  5,  1930,  died  Saturday,  May  10,  2014,  at  Vergennes  Residential  Care. Her  family  says  she  overcame  VLJQLÂżFDQW FKDOOHQJHV WKURXJK out  her  life  and  was  a  loving  and  devoted  wife  and  mother.  Her  inter-­ ests  included  being  creative  in  her  photography,  gardening,  drawing,  poetry,  kittens,  and,  especially,  extensive  reading  of  Scriptures Â

and  love  for  her  congregation  of  Jehovah’s  Witnesses  for  over  50  years.  She  was  baptized  on  Sept.  21,  1963.  Relatives  say  she  believed  in  singing  and  lots  of  laughter.  6KH LV VXUYLYHG E\ ÂżYH FKLOGUHQ Linda  Carroll  of  Myrtle  Beach,  S.C.,  David  Stearns  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Gary  Stearns  of  Vergennes,  Bonnie  Emond  of  St.  Albans  and  Julie  Prayter  of  Greenville  6 & ÂżYH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ ÂżYH

VWHS JUDQGFKLOGUHQ ÂżYH JUHDW grandchildren;Íž  and  several  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins. She  was  predeceased  by  her  husband  of  over  54  years,  Paul  W.  Stearns,  in  2005,  and  four  siblings,  Donald  Downer,  Ila,  Erwin  and  Kenneth. A  funeral  talk  was  held  at  the  Kingdom  Hall  of  Jehovah’s  Witnesses,  28  Dow  Farm  Lane,  Middlebury,  on  Monday,  May  12.

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Mexico  and  South  America,  and  even  to  West  Palm  Beach,  Fla.,  where  she  used  to  go  to  escape  Vermont  winters  until  she  gave  that  up  a  decade  ago.  (“Too  many  old  people,â€?  she  said.) 6KLUOH\ ÂżUVW PDGH D SDUW WLPH KRPH LQ 9HUPRQW LQ 6KHIÂżHOG LQ WKH early  1970s  and  had  lived  full-­time  in  Burlington  and  Middlebury  since  the  1980s.  She  cultivated  many  friend-­ ships  with  a  wide  array  of  people  and  loved  the  beauty  of  the  country. She  actively  participated  in  writ-­ ing  workshops  at  the  Ilsley  Public  Library,  Spanish  classes  during  the  summers  and  in  her  long-­standing  art  group,  where  she  favored  pastels  and  watercolors.  To  the  end,  Shirley  remained  a  formidable  Scrabble  competitor. She  especially  cherished  the  wonderful  community  on  Murdock  Court  and  often  was  the  life  of  the  block  party,  even,  in  recent  years,  while  surveying  the  party  from  a  sedentary  perch. Survivors  include  her  children,  Murray  Dry  and  his  wife  Cecelia;Íž  Paul  Dry  and  his  wife  Cecie;Íž  and  Bonnie  Dry  and  her  partner  Dennis  Patella;Íž  her  grandchildren,  Sarah  Dry  and  her  husband  Rob  Iliffe;Íž  Katie  Dry  and  her  husband  Guillermo  Bleichmar;Íž  Rachel  Dry;Íž  and  Judith  Dry;Íž  and  her  great-­grand-­ children,  Jacob  Iliffe;Íž  and  Gabriel Â

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Historical  society  meeting  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  May  15,  7-­9  p.m.,  Howden  Hall.  The  Bristol  Historical  Society  welcomes  Bruce  Acciavatti,  who  will  present  his  photographic  tour  of  barns,  carriage  houses  and  garages  of  Bristol.  Handicap-­accessible.  Refreshments  follow.  Info:  453-­3439  or  453-­2888. Â

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17,  7-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall  and  Community  Center,  Route  7.  â€œThe  Winning  of  Barbara  Worthâ€?  (1926),  with  live  musical  accompaniment  by  Jeff  Rapsis.  Part  of  the  Brandon  Town  Hall’s  summer  VLOHQW ÂżOP VHULHV )UHH EXW GRQDWLRQV WR WKH WRZQ hall  restoration  fund  appreciated.  Info:  www.bran-­ dontownhall.org.  Snake  Mountain  Bluegrass  and  the  Connor  Sisters  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  17,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  The  popular  Addison  County  bluegrass  group  is  joined  by  the  unique  blend  of  â€œsister  harmoniesâ€?  with  the  three  Connor  Sisters.  Tickets  $15,  available  at  802-­865-­4071  or  info@ brandon-­music.net. Â

Road.  A  talented  and  entertaining  group  playing  old-­timey,  ragtime,  high-­stepping  music  on  banjo,  ¿GGOH KDUPRQLFD ERG\ SHUFXVVLRQ ERQHV DQG sousaphone.  Admission  $15.  Reservations  at  453-­4613.  â€œMeet  the  Singersâ€?  opera  event  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  May  18,  5-­7  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  hosts  a  reception  with  the  cast  of  the  upcoming  production  of  Rossini’s  comedy  â€œThe  Italian  Girl  in  Algiers.â€?  Hors  d’oeuvres  and  performances  of  the  singers’  favorite  arias.  Cash  bar.  Tickets  $25,  available  at  the  THT  box  RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ RU DW the  door,  if  available. Â

Bake  and  rummage  sales  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  16,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church,  corner  of  Seminary  and  North  Pleasant  streets.  Green  Mountain  Club  hike  in  Lincoln.  Bake  sale  upstairs,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.;  rummage  sale  â€œWhat  is  there  to  do  around  here?â€?  Sunday,  May  18,  Sunset  Ledge.  A  Bread  downstairs  all  day.  Adult  and  children’s  cloth-­ Chamber  of  Commerce  training  Loaf  Section  outing.  Nice,  short,  family-­ ing,  shoes,  boots,  books,  household  goods  and  session  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  May  19,  NQLFNNQDFNV 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 8:30-­10:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Public  Library.  A  session  missions  locally  and  around  the  for  local  businesspeople,  employees  or  anyone  world.  Continues  May  17.  else  who  interacts  with  area  visitors  who  might  be  Census  recruitment  event  in  wondering  what  to  do  during  their  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  16,  10  stay.  Learn  what  there  is  to  do  in  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Adult: Weds. AM Addison  County,  from  museums  Census  Bureau  has  openings  for  Painting with Richard Weinstein,Wheel altering Workshop, to  historical  sites.  Free.  RSVP  part-­time  interviewers.  Valid  driv-­ to  sue@addisoncounty.com  or  er’s  license,  reliable  vehicle  and  May 17th Children: Weds.Wheel, May 21-June 4, Summer Art 388-­7951.  telephone  required.  Info:  new.york. Camps: It’s a Small World, Once Upon a Time, Discovering Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol.  recruit@census.gov.  Artists & their Mediums, Fairy Houses, Young Artists, Monday,  May  19,  10:45  a.m.-­12:45  Bike  to  Work  Day  celebration  p.m.,  Cubbers  Restaurant.  CVAA  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  16,  Bird Brains and Feather Heads, Art Around the World, sponsors  this  monthly  event  for  5-­5:30  p.m.,  meet  at  the  Middlebury  Crafty Creatures, Art in Nature. Drawing & Cartooning down-­home  cooking  and  friendly  Municipal  Gym,  College  Street  Workshop. Contact Barb at 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol. service.  Menu  TBA.  Suggested  side.  Join  other  cyclists  for  a  group  com, middleburystudioschool.org donation  $5.  Reservations  ride  through  downtown,  ending  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  up  at  American  Flatbread  in  the  Marble  Works.  friendly  hike  to  Sunset  Ledge,  with  great  views  Bixby  Library  Gala  in  Ferrisburgh.  Friday,  May  of  Lake  Champlain  and  the  Adirondacks.  Meet  at  16,  6-­11  p.m.,  Basin  Harbor  Club.  Annual  fund-­ trailhead  at  the  top  of  Lincoln  Gap.  Easy/moderate  raiser.  Cocktails  6  p.m.,  dinner  7  p.m.,  silent  and  Senior  luncheon,  presentation  and  2.2  miles  out  and  back;  400-­foot  elevation  gain.  live  auctions,  and  live  music  by  the  Grift.  Tickets  foot  care  clinic  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Bring  binoculars,  water  and  a  snack.  For  meeting  available  in  Vergennes  at  the  Bixby  Library  or  May  20,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Russ  Sholes  Senior  WLPH FRQWDFW 5XWK 3HQÂżHOG RU UXWKSHQ-­ Everywear,  or  online  at  www.bixbylibrary.org.  Info:  Center.  CVAA  sponsors  a  foot  care  clinic  at  10  a.m.  ¿HOG#JPDLO FRP 877-­2211.  The  Community  of  Vermont  Elders  will  put  on  an  Green  Mountain  Bicycle  Club  â€œVergennes  educational  skit  about  fraud  titled  â€œSavvy  Seniorsâ€?  at  Voyagerâ€?  ride  in  Addison  County.  Sunday,  May  11  a.m.  On  the  menu  is  cream  of  broccoli  soup,  pan-­ 18,  9:45  a.m.-­12:45  p.m.,  meet  at  Vergennes  Union  seared  chicken  tarragon,  vegetable  rice  pilaf,  green  High  School,  east  parking  lot.  Take  an  easy  26-­mile  Green  Mountain  Club  spring  work  salad  and  cheesecake  with  strawberries.  Please  UROOLQJ RU PLOH HDV\ PRGHUDWH Ă€DW WR UROOLQJ UXUDO party  in  Hancock.  Saturday,  May  17,  bring  your  own  place  setting.  Suggested  donation  ride  along  Otter  Creek  to  Middlebury  for  a  bakery  TBD.  Bread  Loaf  Section  work  party  at  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  634.  stop.  Longer  ride  rolls  out  by  Kingsland  Bay  State  Worth  Mountain.  Rain  date  May  18.  Tools  and  hard  Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  3DUN ÂżUVW 5LGHUV \RXQJHU WKDQ PXVW EH DFFRP-­ hats  provided.  For  info,  contact  Heather  Bessette  panied  by  parent.  Contact  leader  John  Bertelsen  Computer  class  in  Lincoln.  Tuesday,  May  20,  10:30-­ at  453-­2004.  11:30  a.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  Paul  Forlenza  has  volun-­ at  802-­864-­0101  or  jo.bertel@gmail.com  for  infor-­ Bike  rodeo  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  May  17,  9  teered  to  teach  a  series  of  classes  on  Microsoft  Excel.  mation  and  a  weather  check.  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Church  parking  lot.  For  Champlain  Valley  Fiddlers’  Club  gathering  in  ,Q WKLV ÂżUVW FODVV )RUOHQ]D ZLOO VXUYH\ VWXGHQWVÂś QHHGV boys  and  girls.  Registration  9  a.m.  Admission  free  and  determine  what  to  teach.  All  levels  welcome.  Call  Middlebury.  Sunday,  May  18,  12-­5:30  p.m.,  VFW.  ZLWK SDUHQWDO SHUPLVVLRQ VOLS *LIW FHUWLÂżFDWHV ZLOO 453-­2665  to  sign  up.  /RRNLQJ IRU ÂżGGOHUV \RXQJ DQG ROG 5HIUHVKPHQWV be  given  away  to  winner.  Info:  881-­8136.  available.  Meets  on  the  third  Sunday  on  the  month,  G.I.  Joe  50th  birthday  celebration  in  Orwell.  except  in  April  due  to  Easter.  Info:  342-­0079.  Saturday,  May  17,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Chicken  and  biscuit  dinner  in  New  Haven.  Sunday,  Library.  Come  see  local  collector  George  Macedo’s  May  18,  12-­2  p.m.,  New  Haven  Congregational  â€œKeys  to  Creditâ€?  class  in  Middlebury.  large  collection  of  G.I.  Joe  memorabilia.  Bring  in  Church.  Two  sittings:  noon  and  1  p.m.  $9  adults,  Wednesday,  May  21,  10  a.m.-­noon,  State  your  own  to  share.  Info:  948-­2041.  $4.50  children  age  6-­12,  under  6  free.  Walk-­ Building,  156  South  Village  Green.  Learn  Garden  club  plant  sale  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  ins  welcome  but  reservations  appreciated.  how  the  credit  system  works  and  how  to  make  it  work  May  17,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Middlebury  town  green  Reservations:  453-­2342.  Takeout  available.  better  for  you.  Register  at  802-­860-­1417,  ext.  113,  or  DFURVV IURP SRVW RIÂżFH 7KH 0LGGOHEXU\ *DUGHQ “Songs  of  Freedomâ€?  celebration  in  Ferrisburgh.  gfranks@cvoeo.org.  Club  offers  Vermont-­grown  plants,  hanging  Sunday,  May  18,  3-­5  p.m.,  Rokeby  Museum.  Noted  baskets  and  seed  starts.  Ground  covers,  herbs,  tenor  François  Clemmons  will  sing  â€œSongs  of  Caregiver  support  group  in  Lincoln.  Wednesday,  May  21,  1-­2  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  A  group  open  Ă€RZHUV DQG VKUXEV DYDLODEOH 3URFHHGV VXSSRUW Freedomâ€?  to  celebrate  the  180th  anniversary  of  the  to  all  caregivers,  even  at  a  distance.  The  group  is  the  garden  club’s  community  projects.  founding  of  the  Vermont  Anti-­Slavery  Society,  as  about  caring  for  yourself  during  this  process.  Info:  Rummage  sale  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  17,  well  as  the  2014  opening  of  the  Rokeby  Museum.  453-­2665.  9  a.m.-­noon,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church,  Info:  rokeby@comcast.net.  corner  of  Seminary  and  North  Pleasant  streets.  Sheesham  and  Lotus  and  Son  in  a  home  concert  â€œBeatrix  Potter  Revisitedâ€?  presentation  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  21,  4-­5  p.m.,  Ilsley  Bag  day:  $2.50.  Adult  and  children’s  clothing,  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  May  18,  4-­6  p.m.,  1477  Burpee  shoes,  boots,  books,  household  goods,  knick-­ NQDFNV 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW PLVVLRQV ORFDOO\ DQG around  the  world.  Woofstock  2014  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  May  17,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Basin  Harbor  Club.  Annual  festival  for  the  dogs,  with  a  3K  fun  run  and  1.7-­mile  walk  (dogs  welcome),  plus  demos,  vendors,  kids’  activi-­ WLHV VLOHQW DXFWLRQ WR EHQHÂżW +RPHZDUG %RXQG doggie  play  park,  shelter  dog  parade,  food  and  more.  Info:  388-­1100  or  www.homewardboundani-­ mals.org.  Rain  date  May  18.  3D  printing  demonstration  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  May  17,  10  a.m.-­noon,  Orwell  Free  Library.  A  live  demonstration  showing  how  the  3D  printing  process  can  make  a  three-­dimensional  solid  object  of  virtually  any  shape  from  a  digital  model.  Free.  Info:  948-­2041.  Pet  food  drive  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  May  17,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Gaines  Insurance  parking  lot,  Monkton  Road.  â€œAnimealsâ€?  is  a  school  service  SURMHFW WR EHQHÂżW +RPHZDUG %RXQG /RRNLQJ IRU donations  of  dog  and  cat  food  (wet  and  dry),  dog  and  cat  treats,  toys,  blankets  and  kitty  litter.  Stop  by  on  your  way  to  Woofstock.  Otter  Creek  Child  Center  birthday  celebration  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  17,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Otter  Creek  Child  Center,  150  Weybridge  St.  Come  celebrate  30  years  of  early  childhood  education  at  OCCC.  â€œDrumstrong  Vermontâ€?  drum-­a-­thon  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  17,  1-­5  p.m.,  Hands-­On  Music,  27  Center  St.  A  fundraiser  for  global  cancer  organiza-­ tions.  Continuous  drumming  for  four  hours.  Three  people  must  be  drumming  at  all  times.  Use  one  of  our  percussion  instruments  or  bring  your  own.  For  info  and  pledge  forms,  visit  www.HandsOnMusicVT. com  or  text  or  phone  802-­345-­1714.  â€œIs  God  Still  Working  in  Vermontâ€?  presenta-­ tion  in  Panton.  Saturday,  May  17,  1:30-­7  p.m.,  Panton  Community  Baptist  Church.  Ben  Presten,  pastor  of  a  church  in  Wilmington,  will  talk  about  the  325-­percent  growth  in  attendees  at  his  church  in  one  year.  Three  sessions  will  be  interspersed  with  snacks,  fellowship  and  music.  Southern-­style  supper  for  all.  Childcare  available.  Info  and  regis-­ tration:  475-­2656  or  ericanet@gmavt.net.  Roasted  pork  dinner  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  17,  5-­7  p.m.,  St.  Mary’s  Hall.  Two  sittings:  5  and  6  p.m.  Adults  $10,  children  under  10  $5.  Carryout  available.  Talent  show  and  silent  auction  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  May  17,  5-­7  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  The  Vergennes  Union  Elementary  School  Community  Group  hosts  this  annual  event.  K-­6  students  will  perform.  Proceeds  from  the  show  DQG DXFWLRQ EHQHÂżW WKH 98(6 DUWLVW LQ UHVLGHQFH program.  Tickets  at  the  door.  Info:  877-­6737.  King  Pede  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  May  17,  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  to  play  King  Pede  or  bring  your  own  favorite  card  game.  Requested  donation:  $2.50.  Red  Cedar  School  Rock-­and-­Roll  Ball  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  17,  7-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Red  Cedar  School  celebrates  its  25th  anniversary  with  a  ball  featuring  live  music  by  the  Grift,  plus  TENOR  FRANÇOIS  CLEMMONS,  retired  Middlebury  College  Alexander  Twilight  artist-­in-­ appetizers  and  desserts,  cash  bar,  and  a  fabulous  residence,  presents  â€œSongs  of  Freedomâ€?  at  Rokeby  Museum  in  Ferrisburgh  on  Sunday,  May  VLOHQW DXFWLRQ $GXOWV RQO\ 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW WKH 18,  at  3  p.m.  The  concert  marks  the  museum’s  2014  opening  day  and  the  180th  anniversary  school’s  scholarship  fund.  Info:  www.redcedar-­ of  the  founding  of  the  Vermont  Anti-­Slavery  Society. school.org.  Photo  by  Bob  Handelman Silent  movie  screening  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May Â

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Join  us  for  a  picnic  lunch!  OCCC  will  provide  hamburgers,  hot  dogs,  and  drinks.  If  you  are  able,  please  bring  a  side  dish  or  salad  to  share. Contact  OCCC  at  802-­388-­9688  with  any  questions

Western  epic VILMA  BANKY  AND  a  young  Gary  Cooper  star  in  â€œThe  Winning  of  Barbara  Worthâ€?  (1926),  an  epic  silent  adventure  movie  about  the  settling  RI &DOLIRUQLDÂśV ,PSHULDO 9DOOH\ 7KH ÂżOP ZKLFK DOVR VWDUV 5RQDOG &ROPDQ ZLOO EH VFUHHQHG ZLWK OLYH PXVLF E\ -HII 5DSVLV RQ 6DWXUGD\ 0D\ DW S P DW %UDQGRQ 7RZQ +DOO Public  Library.  Helene  Lang,  using  books,  props  and  bibliography,  presents  Potter’s  life,  highlighting  her  artistic  talent,  her  writing  ability  and  her  years  as  a  countrywoman  raising  Herdwick  sheep.  Info:  388-­4095.  Ride  of  Silence  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  21,  5:45-­6  p.m.,  meet  at  Triangle  Park.  A  silent  bike  ride  to  commemorate  those  hurt  or  killed  in  road  bike  accidents.  Historical  society  annual  meeting  and  potluck  in  Addison.  Wednesday,  May  21,  6-­8  p.m.,  Addison  Fire  Station.  The  Addison  Town  Historical  Society  ZLOO KDYH D SRWOXFN DQG HOHFWLRQ RI RIÂżFHUV %ULQJ D “whatchamacallitâ€?  item  to  have  people  guess  what  it  is  and  what  it  was  used  for.  Come  share  stories  RI $GGLVRQ %HYHUDJHV DYDLODEOH ,QIR RU Community  Resource  Meeting  in  Vergennes.  :HGQHVGD\ 0D\ S P %L[E\ 0HPRULDO Library.  The  third  meeting  in  the  Vergennes  Community  Visit  process  of  bringing  the  community  together  to  set  common  goals.  This  meeting  is  a  follow-­up  to  the  April  16  meeting,  where  community  members  voted  on  priorities  for  the  city.  Residents  are  invited  to  come  be  part  of  task  forces  to  create  action  steps  for  improving  Vergennes.  RSVP  optional  at  info@vtrural.org. Â

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Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  23,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Rosie’s  Restaurant.  CVAA  and  Rosie’s  partner  to  offer  a  home-­cooked  meal  of  chicken  and  vegetable  quiche,  coleslaw  and  fruit  crisp.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Table  of  Grace  free  meal  in  Vergennes.  Friday,  May  23,  5:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  Congregational  Church.  Monthly  dinner  sponsored  by  the  North  )HUULVEXUJK 8QLWHG 0HWKRGLVW 6W 3DXOÂśV (SLVFRSDO Vergennes  Congregational  and  St.  Peter’s  churches.  Free,  but  donations  accepted.  This  month’s  menu:  meatloaf,  potatoes,  gravy,  corn,  dessert.  Senior  Week  choral  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  May  23,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Middlebury  College  Choir  celebrates  its  graduates  with  a  concert  of  students’  favorite  reper-­ toire  from  the  past  four  years.  Free.  Info:  443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/arts. Â

May

24

SATURDAY

Work  day  on  the  TAM  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  24,  meeting  time  and  place  7%$ -RLQ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ $UHD /DQG 7UXVW and  help  spruce  up  a  section  of  the  Trail  Around  Middlebury,  probably  on  the  Jackson  section.  Work  on  graveling  wet  areas,  repairing  bridges  or  board-­ walks  and  clearing  the  trail.  Info:  info@maltvt.org  or  Plant,  book  and  bake  sale  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  May  24,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  Plants,  used  ERRNV DQG EDNHG JRRGV ZLOO EH VROG WR EHQHÂżW WKH library.  Info:  948-­2041.  Two-­day  town-­wide  sale  in  New  Haven.  Saturday,  May  24,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  lawns  and  garages  through-­ out  town.  Maps  available  starting  May  21  at  the  town  RIÂżFH OLEUDU\ 9LOODJH *UHHQ 0DUNHW 1HZ +DYHQ -LII\ Mart  and  New  Haven  Mobil.  To  be  added  to  the  map,  FDOO &RQWLQXHV RQ 0D\ “Transplanting  Seedlingsâ€?  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  24,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Public  Library.  Help  plant  seeds  in  the  library  garden.  Info:  388-­4095.  â€œArt  Rocksâ€?  opening  celebration  in  Brandon.  6DWXUGD\ 0D\ S P %UDQGRQ 7RZQ +DOO 7KH WRZQ KDOO ZLOO KROG WKH Âł8QYHLOLQJ RI WKH 5RFNHUV ´ the  kick-­off  of  a  town-­wide  art  project  in  which  rock-­ ers  of  all  shapes,  sizes,  styles  and  ages,  painted  E\ PHPEHUV RI WKH %UDQGRQ $UWLVWV *XLOG ZLOO EH displayed  around  town  and  then  auctioned  off  at  the Â

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May

25

SUNDAY

All-­you-­can-­eat  Masonic  breakfast  in  Bridport. 6XQGD\ 0D\ D P %ULGSRUW 0DVRQLF &RPPXQLW\ +DOO Pancakes,  French  toast,  eggs,  coffee  and  many  H[WUDV Last-­Sunday-­of-­the-­month  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  6XQGD\ 0D\ D P 'RUFKHVWHU /RGJH 6FKRRO 6WUHHW 7KH 'RUFKHVWHU /RGJH ) $0 ZLOO serve  its  regular  all-­you-­can-­eat  breakfast  with  pancakes,  French  toast,  bacon,  sausage,  home  fries,  scrambled  eggs,  juice  and  coffee.  Two-­day  town-­wide  sale  in  New  Haven.  Sunday,  May  25,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  lawns  and  garages  through-­ out  town.  Maps  available  starting  May  21  at  the  town  RIÂżFH OLEUDU\ 9LOODJH *UHHQ 0DUNHW 1HZ +DYHQ Jiffy  Mart  and  New  Haven  Mobil.  To  be  added  to  the  PDS FDOO Artists’  â€œstory  hourâ€?  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  May  25,  2-­4  p.m.,  Compass  Music  and  Arts  Center.  Meet  DUWLVWV 0DXULH +DUULQJWRQ /\Q 'X0RXOLQ DQG $QGUHD 9DUQH\ ZKRVH ZRUN LV IHDWXUHG LQ WKH FXUUHQW H[KLELW “Watercolors:  The  Artist’s  Story.â€?  The  three  will  share  their  stories,  discuss  their  work,  talk  about  their  techniques  and  maybe  reveal  a  few  secrets.  /LJKW UHIUHVKPHQWV VHUYHG ,QIR RU www.cmacvt.org. Â

May

26

MONDAY

Memorial  Day  open  house  in  Vergennes.  Monday,  May  26,  noon-­2  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Add  your  note  to  the  mural  of  thanks  for  our  veterans  and  active  soldiers.  The  mural  will  be  given  to  the  American  Legion  for  their  members  and  visitors  to  enjoy. Â

May

27

TUESDAY

Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  7XHVGD\ 0D\ D P S P Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  CVAA  spon-­ sors  a  luncheon  of  sweet  and  sour  chicken  breast,  ULFH SLODI ZLWK YHJHWDEOHV EURFFROL Ă€RUHWV ZKROH wheat  bread  and  pineapple  tidbits.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Please  bring  your  own  place  setting.  5HVHUYDWLRQV UHTXLUHG H[W Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Auditions  for  â€œTwelfth  Nightâ€?  in  Bristol.  Tuesday,  0D\ S P +ROOH\ +DOO 7KH %ULVWRO *DWHZD\ Players  will  hold  auditions  for  this  summer’s  perfor-­ mance  of  William  Shakespeare’s  comedy  â€œTwelfth  Night.â€?  Also  on  May  28  and  30.  Performances  July  DQG $XJ

May

28

WEDNESDAY

Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  May  28,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  %ULVWRO $PHULFDQ /HJLRQ &9$$ LQYLWHV seniors  to  a  meal  of  roast  turkey,  mashed  potatoes,  JUDY\ %UXVVHOV VSURXWV FUDQEHUU\ VDXFH ZKLWH bread  and  oatmeal  bars.  Suggested  donation  $4.  %ULQJ \RXU RZQ SODFH VHWWLQJ )UHH WUDQVSRUWD-­ tion  with  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Reservations  required:  H[W Special  dinner  and  a  show  for  seniors  in  Bridport.  :HGQHVGD\ 0D\ S P %ULGSRUW *UDQJH &9$$ VSRQVRUV WKLV PHDO FDWHUHG E\ 5RVLHÂśV 5HVWDXUDQW DQG WKH *UDQJH )RON GXR 1HZ 0RRQ HQWHUWDLQV WKH FURZG DW S P 'LQQHU DW p.m.  features  roast  pork  loin,  mashed  potatoes,  green  beans  and  brownies.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Middle/high  school  pops  concert  in  Vergennes.  :HGQHVGD\ 0D\ S P 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ High  School  gymnasium.  The  music  department  SUHVHQWV Âł3RSV *RHV WR WKH 0RYLHV ´ ZLWK WKH middle  school  concert  at  6  p.m.  and  the  high  school  FRQFHUW DW Auditions  for  â€œTwelfth  Nightâ€?  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  0D\ S P +ROOH\ +DOO 7KH %ULVWRO *DWHZD\ Players  will  hold  auditions  for  this  summer’s  perfor-­ mance  of  William  Shakespeare’s  comedy  â€œTwelfth  1LJKW ´ $OVR RQ 0D\ 3HUIRUPDQFHV -XO\ and  Aug.  1-­3. Â

May

29

THURSDAY Red  Cross  shelter  training  in  Starksboro.  Thursday,  May  29, Â

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FRIDAY

Senior  luncheon  in  Ferrisburgh.  Friday,  May  30,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  %DVLQ +DUERU &OXE &9$$ VSRQVRUV WKLV decadent  luncheon  of  cream  of  asparagus  soup,  VPRNHG WXUNH\ FOXE PL[HG JUHHQV DQG VSULQJ IUXLW tart.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Reservations  required:  1-­800  642-­5119.  Callbacks  for  â€œTwelfth  Nightâ€?  in  Bristol.  Friday,  0D\ S P +ROOH\ +DOO 7KH %ULVWRO *DWHZD\ Players  will  hold  auditions  for  this  summer’s  perfor-­ mance  of  William  Shakespeare’s  comedy  â€œTwelfth  1LJKW ´ 3HUIRUPDQFHV -XO\ DQG $XJ

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Join us at the AMERICAN LEGION POST #14 IN VERGENNES VT SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2014 3pm – 7pm We’ll be having a finger-food potluck and cash bar. Please don’t feel the absolute need to contribute to the potluck if you are not inclined. We’ll have plenty there to nosh and nibble. We just want you there to celebrate Dad’s life, laugh, and share memories. If you have photos, news articles, or other memorabilia to share, we’d love to have you bring it along. Maybe a story or a bad joke, a song‌ all are welcome.

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Session ing  better,  but  there  are  still  too  many  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Jewett  was  pleased  that  a  lot  of  ma-­ working  Vermonters  who  aren’t  feel-­ jor  bills  passed  with  ample  support  ing  (the  improving  conditions).  Their  from  both  parties.  For  example,  the  paychecks  aren’t  any  better  than  they  minimum  wage  bill  passed  132-­3. were.â€? “We  did  so  much  of  Shumlin  also  believes  the  work  by  consensus,â€?  families  will  be  helped  Jewett  said. by  a  series  of  education  The  Legislature  also  improvement  initiatives  passed  a  â€œtoxics  bill,â€?  passed  during  the  2013-­ S.239,  which  allows  the  14  biennium.  They  in-­ Vermont  Department  of  clude  expanded  access  Health  to  police  toxins  to  universal  pre-­kinder-­ used  in  products  sold  in  garten  education  to  all  the  state  that  are  geared  3-­  and  4-­year-­olds  â€œso  toward  children  up  to  every  child  in  Vermont  age  12. will  have  an  opportunity  â€œ(The  bill)  holds  out  to  arrive  at  kindergarten  hope  for  regulation,  ready  to  learn,â€?  Shum-­ which  could  be  label-­ lin  said  through  a  press  ing  and  to  the  extreme,  â€œ(The session) release  issued  by  his  of-­ banning  for  dangerous  really focused ÂżFH WKLV SDVW ZHHNHQG chemicals,â€?  Jewett  said.  on middle “Combined  with  a  $37  â€œIf  companies  are  using  class, working million  federal  grant  to  any  of  the  (66)  chemi-­ families by support  early  childhood  cals,  they  have  to  notify,  education  programs,  Ver-­ delivering and  there’s  a  fee.â€? monters  born  today  will  the biggest SHUMLIN  SEES  have  a  brighter  future  reforms that I PROGRESS ahead  than  at  any  time  in  Like  Shumlin,  Jewett  can remember the  history  of  our  state.â€? was  pleased  the  Leg-­ on education, And  lawmakers  also  islature  passed  several  extended  an  assist  to  old-­ jobs and initiatives  to  stimulate  er  students,  according  to  economic  development.  quality of life.â€? Shumlin. — Gov. Among  them:  Creation,  â€œThanks  to  expanded  Peter Shumlin dual  enrollment,  early  with  a  $5  million  appro-­ priation,  of  the  Vermont  college  programs  and  the  Enterprise  Incentive  Vermont  Strong  Scholars  Fund  to  act  more  quickly  (than  offer-­ Program  passed  this  session,  Ver-­ ing  tax  credits)  to  attract  and  retain  mont  students  who  go  to  college  in  jobs  and  compete  with  other  states,  Vermont  and  agree  to  work  in  the  according  to  Shumlin.  Lawmakers  state  after  they  graduate  can  now  re-­ also  boosted,  by  $500,000,  the  Ver-­ ceive  up  to  two  years  of  free  college  mont  Economic  Development  Au-­ education,â€?  he  said.  â€œAs  students  thority’s  Entrepreneurial  Lending  and  parents  nationwide  struggle  with  Program,  and  doubled  the  capacity  ever-­rising  student  loan  debt,  we  in  of  the  Small  Business  Offering  Ex-­ 9HUPRQW DUH ÂżJXULQJ RXW LQQRYDWLYH emption  to  support  small  business  ways  to  make  college  more  afford-­ investment. able  for  middle  class  families.â€? “(The  session)  really  focused  on  Vermont  also  this  year  became  the  middle  class,  working  families  by  ¿UVW VWDWH LQ WKH QDWLRQ WR SURYLGH delivering  the  biggest  reforms  that  free  lunch  for  all  low-­income  stu-­ I  can  remember  on  education,  jobs  dents,  Shumlin  noted. and  quality  of  life  â€”  the  opiate  is-­ The  governor  also  emphasized,  sues  that  we  dealt  with,â€?  Shumlin  in  his  State-­of-­the-­State  speech  this  said  during  a  phone  interview  with  year,  the  need  for  Vermont  to  more  the  Addison  Independent  on  Tues-­ forcefully  battle  opiate  addiction.  day.  â€œWe  have  the  second-­lowest  He  believes  the  Legislature  followed  unemployment  rate  in  America  right  through  with  his  request. now,  and  many  Vermonters  are  do-­ “We’re  implementing  statewide Â

evidence-­based  assessments  and  paving  of  Route  125  from  Route  22A  pre-­trial  services  to  move  addicted  to  Middlebury. Vermonters  who  have  committed  â€œThat  section  is  in  dire  need  and  has  certain  crimes  to  support  their  habits  D ORW RI WUDIÂżF FRQWDFW ´ VKH VDLG Âł%XW into  treatment,  when  appropriate,â€?  we  cannot  over-­promise  â€Ś  when  we  Shumlin  said.  â€œJudges  will  now  also  don’t  have  the  money.â€? have  the  option  of  tougher  sentenc-­ Vermont’s  backlog  of  bridges  with  ing  of  individuals  transporting  drugs  D ÂłVWUXFWXUDOO\ GHÂżFLHQW´ UDWLQJ KDV into  Vermont  and  for  those  who  use  dropped  from  more  than  400  to  un-­ dangerous  weapons  to  break  into  der  200  during  the  past  six  years,  homes  and  steal  property  to  support  according  to  Lanpher.  That’s  hap-­ a  drug  habit.â€? pened  thanks  to  an  infusion  of  federal  Northern  Addison  American  Recovery  and  County  saw  an  increase  Reinvestment  Act  grants  in  burglaries  in  2013,  and  project  streamlining  many  perpetrated  by  in-­ efforts  within  the  Ver-­ dividuals  seeking  to  sell  mont  Agency  of  Trans-­ stolen  items,  such  as  portation,  according  to  gold  jewelry  and  scrap  Lanpher. metal,  for  cash  to  sup-­ The  six-­year  incum-­ port  drug  habits.  The  bent  lawmaker  men-­ Legislature  passed  a  bill  tioned  a  few  other,  lo-­ that  would  create  a  certi-­ cal  things  she  was  able  ¿FDWLRQ SURFHVV DQG UHJ-­ to  help  bring  about  this  ulatory  framework  for  year: precious  metals  dealers,  Â‡ 6HFXUHG VWDWH IXQG-­ designed  to  short-­cir-­ “From a ing  for  a  master  plan  for  cuit  these  type  of  sales.  health care a  combined  total  of  330  Rep.  Diane  Lanpher,  D-­ point of view, acres  of  state-­owned  land  Vergennes,  was  a  major  I think things in  Ferrisburgh  and  Ver-­ sponsor  of  that  effort  in  are coming gennes.  Around  66  acres  the  House.  of  that  land  currently  is  together. ROADS  AND  home  to  the  Northlands  I’m looking BRIDGES Job  Corps.  City  Man-­ Lanpher,  a  member  of  forward to ager  Mel  Hawley  told  the  the  House  Transportation  good news Legislature  during  delib-­ Committee,  touted  the  that everything erations  on  this  bill  that  Legislature’s  record  $665  the  state  should  make  a  is coming million  commitment  to  plan  for  what  to  do  with  maintaining  and  rebuild-­ together and the  land  in  the  event  that  ing  its  roads,  bridges  meshing into Northlands  leaves  and  and  culverts  next  year.  one health the  federal  government  That  budget  will  help  care system.â€? ceases  paying  to  maintain  round  out  funding  for  the  â€” Sen. the  campus. bridges  being  replaced  Â‡ /DQGHG VWDWH ÂżQDQ-­ Claire Ayer on  Route  116  (the  â€œstop  cial  support  for  a  Lake  light  bridgeâ€?)  and  South  Champlain  Maritime  Street  in  Bristol.  Funds  will  also  be  Museum  boat  trip  to  New  York  City  directed  to  the  ongoing  replacement  to  further  commemorate  the  bicenten-­ of  the  Sand  Hill  Bridge  on  Route  125  nial  of  the  War  of  1812. in  East  Middlebury. ‡ /REELHG VXFFHVVIXOO\ IRU D SDV-­ She  noted  that  closing  Route  125  at  senger  railroad  stop  at  the  park-­and-­ the  Sand  Hill  Bridge  location  is  prov-­ ride  property  at  the  intersection  of  ing  a  short-­term  hardship  for  travel-­ Routes  7  and  22A  in  Ferrisburgh. ers,  but  it  will  result  in  an  expedited  WORK  IN  THE  SENATE project  that  should  save  taxpayers  a  Sen.  Claire  Ayer,  D-­Addison,  kept  lot  of  money. close  track  of  her  party’s  priorities  in  Lanpher  is  disappointed  the  trans-­ the  state’s  highest  chamber.  Ayer  is  portation  spending  plan  does  not  in-­ Senate  majority  whip  and  chairwom-­ clude  funds  for  the  much-­needed  re-­ an  of  the  Senate  Health  and  Welfare  Committee.  As  such,  Ayer  was  par-­ ticularly  involved  in  health  care  mat-­ ters,  including  Vermont’s  ongoing  transition  to  a  universal  access  health  care  system. Ayer’s  committee  also  worked  on Â

(and  passed)  S.287,  the  so-­called  â€œin-­ Smith  vowed  at  the  outset  of  the  voluntary  medicationâ€?  bill.  It’s  a  mea-­ session  that  he  would  view  all  bud-­ sure  that  would  make  it  more  expedi-­ JHW LWHPV WKURXJK D SULVP RI ÂżVFDO tious  for  hospitals  to  give  medications  responsibility  and  based  on  what  he  to  mental  health  patients. believed  the  average  taxpayer  could  â€œThis  was  a  time  of  strengthening  afford. the  base  in  our  health  â€œIt’s  not  sustainable,â€?  care  system,  speaking  of  he  said  of  current  state  involuntary  medication  spending.  â€œAt  some  point  and  substance  abuse,â€?  we  will  need  to  bite  the  Ayer  said. bullet  and  come  up  with  She  said  this  was  a  ses-­ a  budget  people  can  af-­ sion  in  which  lawmakers  ford.â€? continued  to  assemble  Also  frustrating  for  the  various  ingredients  Smith  was  the  fact  that  for  a  state  health  care  the  Shumlin  administra-­ system  that  will  undergo  tion  has  yet  to  disclose  considerable  transforma-­ D ÂżQDQFLQJ VWUXFWXUH IRU tion  during  the  next  three  the  single-­payer  health  years.  It’s  a  transforma-­ care  system  that  Vermont  tion  that  supporters  be-­ is  scheduled  to  adopt  in  lieve  will  make  health  â€œ(Current state 2017.  It’s  information  care  in  Vermont  more  spending) that  Smith  said  was  due  HIÂżFLHQW DFFHVVLEOH DQG is not more  than  a  year  and  a  affordable. half  ago. sustainable. “From  a  health  care  At some point “That’s  a  long  time  point  of  view,  I  think  for  Vermonters  and  the  things  are  coming  togeth-­ we will need to business  community  to  er,â€?  Ayer  said.  â€œI’m  look-­ bite the bullet be  uncertain  about  their  ing  forward  to  good  news  and come up futures,â€?  he  said. that  everything  is  coming  with a budget Smith  added  the  Leg-­ together  and  meshing  into  people can islature  failed  to  â€œbend  one  health  care  system.â€? the  curveâ€?  on  education  afford.â€? Ayer  is  disappointed  spending.  A  bill  aimed  â€” Rep. that  the  Legislature  did  at  consolidating  school  Harvey Smith not  do  anything  to  revise  districts  and  eliminating  the  Current  Use  program  administrative  overhead  to  make  it  more  sustainable.  The  Cur-­ within  the  public  school  system  failed  rent  Use  program  allows  landowners  to  make  it  to  the  Senate  in  time  for  who  practice  long-­term  forest  man-­ action.  Instead,  he  said,  residential  agement  to  have  their  enrolled  land  and  seasonal  homeowners,  as  well  as  appraised  for  property  taxes  based  on  businesses,  saw  their  education  prop-­ its  value  for  forestry,  rather  than  its  erty  taxes  rise  again. fair  market  value. Smith  did  not  share  some  of  his  CRITICS  CITE  HIGH  colleagues’  exuberance  over  the  SPENDING GMO  labeling  bill  that  is  likely  to  Not  everyone  considered  the  2014  face  a  court  challenge.  The  bill  would  session  to  have  been  a  big  success.  require  food  manufacturers  to  list  any  Veteran  Rep.  Harvey  Smith,  R-­New  GMO-­related  content  in  the  products  Haven,  was  among  many  Republican  they  sell  in  Vermont.  It’s  a  regulation  lawmakers  who  believe  the  Democrat  that  Smith  believes  is  unnecessary  majority  in  both  chambers  was  able  to  and  will  raise  food  costs  in  the  state. pass  too  many  bills  that  will  increase  On  the  positive  side,  Smith  is  taxes  and  fees  on  Vermonters  during  pleased  lawmakers  committed  more  WKH FRPLQJ ÂżVFDO \HDU resources  to  Vermont’s  roads  and  While  Smith  said  the  House  and  bridges,  and  believes  the  state  made  Senate  passed  an  â€œoverall  not  badâ€?  JRRG VWULGHV WKLV VHVVLRQ LQ ÂżJKWLQJ ÂżVFDO \HDU EXGJHW KH FRXOG QRW opiate  addiction. bring  himself  to  support  it  because  the  He  also  believes  a  collegial  atmo-­ Legislature  has  been  in  a  pattern  of  sphere  existed  in  the  Statehouse  this  passing  state  spending  plans  that  call  past  session. for  increases  of  5  percent  or  more.  â€œWe  all  worked  together  pretty  Such  5-­percent  hikes,  Smith  said,  are  well,â€?  Smith  said.  â€œWe  were  able  to  considerably  greater  than  pay  raises  ¿QG VRPH DUHDV RI DJUHHPHQW ,ÂśP QRW most  Vermonters  have  been  seeing  sure  we  can  say  the  same  thing  about  annually. what’s  coming  out  of  Washington.â€?

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MEZZO CHERRY JONES sings the title role in the Opera Com-­ pany of Middlebury’s production of Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers” (“L’italiana in Algeri”).

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Champagnes Revisited Please stop in and taste 4 of my favorite French champagnes at Sparkling, the champagne and sparkling wine bar in Middlebury!

Thursday May 15 from 4pm-­10pm Sunday May 18 from 12noon-­6pm with special “tasting” prices on both days

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

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Sun 5/18 5pm $25

AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

MEET THE SINGERS Meet the Opera Company of Middlebury’s talented cast over drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

May 30th, June 5th-7th 8pm & June 1st 2pm $55 hall/$65 balcony

THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS (L’Italiana in Algeri)

Quite possibly the funniest opera ever written. Meet the Singers Sunday, May 18, 5pm $25

Tues 6/10 7pm Free

EILEEN ROCKEFELLER Reading and discussion of Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself

May PIES OF THE MONTH

Thu 6/12 8pm $20

LED ZEPPELIN: A TRIBUTE

An All-Star Tribute to Led Zeppelin with Clint Bierman, Josh Panda and more.

5/23 – 6/29 In the Jackson Gallery:

THREE WOODBLOCK ARTISTS Jane Eddy, Barbara Ekedahl & Ray Hudson Reception Friday June 13, 5-7pm

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City  man  cited  for  drunken  driving Rhubarb Festival to be held May 31 VERGENNES  â€”  Vergennes  police  cited  a  city  man  for  drunk-­ en  driving,  third  offense;Íž  driving  with  a  criminally  suspended  li-­ cense;Íž  and  simple  assault  follow-­ ing  an  incident  at  the  City  Limits  bar  early  on  Sunday  morning.  Receiving  the  three  citations  was  Jason  Fuller,  32.  Police  said  they  responded  to  a  UHSRUW RI D ÂżJKW DW WKH EDU ZKHUH a  victim  alleged  that  Fuller  had  punched  him  in  the  stomach.  Po-­ lice  said  they  found  Fuller  at  a  rel-­ ative’s  home  in  Vergennes  and  de-­ termined  that  he  had  driven  there  and  was  over  the  legal  blood  alco-­ hol  limit  for  driving  and  had  had  his  license  criminally  suspended.  They  then  issued  the  three  cita-­ tions  for  Fuller  to  appear  in  court.  In  other  incidents  between  May  5  and  11,  Vergennes  police:  Â‡ 2Q 0D\ ZHUH WROG E\ D School  Street  resident  that  gravel  had  been  mistakenly  delivered  to  a  neighbor,  who  had  used  the  gravel.  Police  said  it  was  a  civil  issue. ‡ 2Q 0D\ WULHG WR KHOS D ZRPDQ ÂżQG D FHOO SKRQH WKDW VKH said  either  was  lost  or  stolen  while  she  was  at  or  near  Shaw’s  Super-­ market.  Â‡ 2Q 0D\ KHOSHG D 6RXWK 0D-­ ple  Street  landlord  by  standing  by  while  a  tenant  moved  out. ‡ 2Q 0D\ DFFHSWHG D VZRUG that  a  resident  found  near  Armory  Lane  during  Green  Up  Day. Â

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0,''/(%85< ² 7KH IRXUWK annual  Rhubarb  Festival  is  coming  to  the  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society  (CVUUS)  on  Duane  Court  in  Middlebury  on  Sat-­ XUGD\ 0D\ IURP D P WR p.m. Patrons  will  enjoy  a  savory  feast  of  Stonewood  turkey  cutlets  or  crispy  tofu  with  rhubarb  chutney,  rhubarb  VDODG ZLWK %OXH /HGJH )DUP JRDW cheese,  and  rhubarb-­maple  bread  pudding  with  fresh  whipped  cream,  served  by  a  trio  of  winsome  wait-­ ers.  Diners  will  have  a  choice  of  four  VHDWLQJV LQVLGH RU XQGHU D WHQW D P QRRQ S P RU S P Take-­out  meals  are  also  available.  A  OXQFK WLFNHW LV LQ DGYDQFH RU DW the  door,  and  $4  for  children. There  will  be  face  painting,  relays  and  treats  for  kids,  and  an  extrava-­ ganza  of  gently  used  books,  bling,  scarves  and  new  handmade  aprons  for  sale.  Also  for  sale  will  be  straw-­ berry-­rhubarb  and  other  kinds  of  pies,  preserves,  sweets  and  savories  and,  at  the  potting  table,  a  variety  of  homegrown  plants  including  gerani-­

YOUNG  RHUBARB  PIE  lovers  get  a  head  start  on  the  fourth  annual  Rhubarb  Festival  in  Middlebury  set  for  May  31.

ums,  herbs,  and  tomatoes. A  reading  of  rhubarb  limericks,  along  with  live  music  will  entertain  the  ear  throughout  the  day.  Proceeds  EHQH¿W +23(

Parking  is  available  behind  the  church  or  at  the  Middlebury  Union  High  School  lot.  For  more  informa-­ WLRQ FDOO RU YLVLW www. cvuus.net. Â

State  Police  cite  two  residents  for  DUI $'',621 &2817< ² 7KLV past  Saturday,  Vermont  State  Police  cited  two  Addison  County  residents  IRU GULYLQJ XQGHU WKH LQĂ€XHQFH LQ separate  incidents.  First,  state  police  stopped  Thom-­ DV 8WWHU RI %ULVWRO IRU DOOHJHGO\ VSHHGLQJ RQ 5RXWH LQ 6WDUNV-­ boro.  During  the  stop,  police  said  Utter  showed  signs  of  intoxication.  He  was  processed  for  DUI  at  the  New  Haven  state  police  barracks  and  is  due  to  answer  the  charge  in  Addison  Superior  Court,  Criminal  'LYLVLRQ RQ 0D\ That  same  day  at  approximately  4:15  p.m.,  state  police  received  a  report  of  a  vehicle  that  went  off  the  VLGH RI WKH URDG RQ 5RXWH LQ 6XG-­ bury.  Troopers  found  the  vehicle  and  LWV GULYHU LGHQWLÂżHG DV \HDU ROG -HQQLIHU %UX\QHHO RI 2UZHOO 3ROLFH VDLG WKH\ QRWLFHG WKDW %UX\QHHO ZDV intoxicated  by  her  movements  and  the  smell  of  intoxicants.  They  cited  her  for  DUI  and  she  is  scheduled  to  appear  in  Rutland  Superior  Court,  &ULPLQDO 'LYLVLRQ RQ 0D\ In  other  recent  activity,  state  po-­ lice: ‡ 7ZLFH ODVW ZHHN WRRN UHSRUWV RI break-­ins  to  vehicles  parked  at  rec-­ UHDWLRQ VSRWV )LUVW RQ 0D\ D %DU-­ ton  resident  told  police  that  her  car  was  parked  at  the  Silver  Lake  access  in  Leicester  that  day  between  3  and  S P ZKHQ VRPHRQH XVHG D URFN WR break  a  window  to  gain  access  to  the  items  inside  the  vehicle. Â

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Separately,  a  Lincoln  man  re-­ ported  vandalism  to  his  car  while  it  was  parked  at  the  Fish  and  Game  Access  on  Mountain  Road  Exten-­ VLRQ LQ $GGLVRQ RQ 0D\ EHWZHHQ DQG S P 7KH PDQ VDLG VRPHRQH smashed  out  two  windows  from  his  vehicle  and  also  broke  one  of  the  side  view  mirrors,  then  rummaged  through  the  vehicle  but  nothing  was  taken.  Vermont  State  Police  encourage  hikers  to  not  leave  valuables  in  their  vehicles  while  parked  at  remote  ac-­ cesses.  Anyone  with  information  on  either  of  these  incidents  is  asked  WR FRQWDFW VWDWH SROLFH DW ,QIRUPDWLRQ FDQ DOVR EH VXE-­ mitted  anonymously  online  at  www. vtips.info  or  by  texting  â€œCRIMESâ€?  WR .H\ZRUG 97,36 ‡ 2Q 0D\ DW S P VWRSSHG a  motor  vehicle  driven  by  Amie  L.  %DWHV RI 6W $OEDQV RQ 0DLQ 6WUHHW LQ 9HUJHQQHV IRU D WUDIÂżF LQ-­ fraction  and  ended  up  citing  her  for  driving  with  a  criminally  suspended  license.  Â‡ 2Q 0D\ DW S P VWRSSHG D FDU GULYHQ E\ .\OH 6WHYHQV RI %XUOLQJWRQ RQ 5RXWH LQ )HU-­ risburgh  for  an  expired  registration.  The  trooper  said  his  investigation Â

showed  that  Stevens  was  in  pos-­ session  of  marijuana  and  a  loaded  handgun.  Police  arrested  Stevens  for  suspicion  of  driving  under  the  LQĂ€XHQFH DQG KH ZDV VFUHHQHG IRU DUI-­drug/marijuana  by  a  drug  rec-­ ognition  expert.  The  accused  was  transported  to  the  New  Haven  state  police  barracks  for  processing.  Po-­ lice  seized  the  handgun  and  stored  it  at  the  New  Haven  barracks. ‡ 2Q 0D\ DW D P UH-­ sponded  to  a  motor  vehicle  crash  on  Route  22A  in  Panton.  The  driver,  LGHQWLÂżHG DV \HDU ROG 7RGG %HV-­ VHWWH RI 7LFRQGHURJD 1 < WROG SR-­ lice  that  the  vehicle  hydroplaned  on  the  wet  roadway,  causing  him  WR ORVH FRQWURO RI WKH 7R\RWD Scion  he  was  driving,  and  it  left  the  road  and  rolled  over.  Police  noted  that  it  had  been  raining  hard  prior  to  the  crash,  and  they  said  vehicle  equipment  may  have  contributed  to  the  crash.  No  charges  were  pending. ‡ 2Q 0D\ DW S P DW-­ WHPSWHG VWRS D FDU IRU D WUDIÂżF LQ-­ fraction  on  Panton  Road  in  Panton.  The  trooper  said  the  vehicle  contin-­ ued  traveling  at  a  high  rate  of  speed  in  an  attempt  to  elude  police,  but  it  eventually  pulled  over  and  the  GULYHU ZDV LGHQWLÂżHG DV 'DQLHO & +DZNLQV RI )HUULVEXUJK 3R-­ lice  took  Hawkins  to  the  Vergennes  Police  Department  for  processing  and  cited  him  for  speeding,  grossly  negligent  driving  and  attempting  to  HOXGH D SROLFH RIÂżFHU

Police  warn  Bristol  residents  of  break-­ins %5,672/ ² %ULVWRO SROLFH DUH asking  residents  to  be  extra  vigilant  after  receiving  a  report  of  the  theft  of  items  from  a  car. Police  said  someone  entered  an  unlocked  vehicle  parked  in  the  driveway  of  a  Church  Street  home  and  stole  cash,  fuel,  three  silver  necklaces  and  a  cell  phone.  Police  believe  the  theft  occurred  between  S P RQ 6XQGD\ 0D\ DQG a.m.  on  Monday,  May  12. 2Q 0RQGD\ DURXQG QRRQ %ULV-­ tol  police  said  they  also  recovered  stolen  items  on  Maple  Street  that  they  believe  were  taken  from  some-­

one  who  lives  on  that  street.  Later  RQ 0RQGD\ &KLHI .HYLQ *LEEV VHQW RXW D SUHVV UHOHDVH FRQÂżUPLQJ that  the  items  had  come  from  a  car  parked  in  a  Maple  Street  driveway.  He  said  the  resident  of  that  home  reported  hearing  several  (believed  to  be  three)  quick  car  door  slams  at  about  11  p.m.  on  Sunday.  She  did  not  see  the  vehicle  but  it’s  believed  it  may  have  been  near  her  house,  Gibbs  reported. Additional  reports  of  thefts  have  been  passed  on  to  Vermont  State  Police  involving  homes  on  Jay  Drive  and  Monkton  Road.

It  is  likely  that  other  thefts  will  soon  be  reported,  police  said,  and  RI¿FHUV RQ 0RQGD\ SODQQHG WR FDQ-­ vas  the  neighborhood.  Anyone  with  information  that  may  aid  police  in  locating  a  suspect  or  suspects  VKRXOG FRQWDFW %ULVWRO SROLFH DW 453-­2333  or  Vermont  State  Police  DW %ULVWRO SROLFH VDLG WKHLU FRXQWHU-­ parts  at  the  Vermont  State  Police  barracks  in  New  Haven  also  are  investigating  several  burglaries  in  Starksboro,  and  that  a  connection  between  those  thefts  and  the  ones  in  %ULVWRO KDV QRW EHHQ UXOHG RXW

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HIMALAYAN  BLUE  POPPIES,  growing  here  in  Judith’s  garden,  need  partial  shade  and  compost-­enriched  soil.

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Spring Blues are popping in the garden Blueâ€?)  which,  despite  its  a  few  plants  to  create  next  name,  grows  only  about  12  year’s  display. inches  high.  But  it  produces  For  me  the  pleasures  of  Ă€RZHUV DOO DORQJ WKH XSSHU forget-­me-­nots  were  brought  portion  of  its  many  stems,  home  many  years  ago  now,  resulting  in  a  truly  concen-­ when  visiting  a  beauti-­ trated  explosion  of  color  that  ful  garden  in  Randolph  in  looks  stunning  beside  the  late  May  that  was  home  to  mounding  pink  geranium  many  varieties  of  mature  (Geranium  sanguinium  var.  lilac  bushes,  a  legacy  of  the  Lancastriense). original  owner  and  lilac  ex-­ Grow  Large  Speedwells  pert.  And  I  still  remember  IRVEN in  well-­drained  soil  near  the  DOO WKRVH EHDXWLIXO Ă€RZHULQJ shrubs  hovering  over  sheets  of  blue  front  of  a  sunny  border  and,  once  they  DUH GRQH Ă€RZHULQJ FXW GRZQ WKH VHHG\ forget-­me-­nots!  Next  come  the  clear-­blue  bell-­ stalks  to  tidy  things  up  and  mulch  VKDSHG Ă€RZHUV RI RXU ORYHO\ QDWLYH lightly.  Finally  surround  the  blank  spot  Virginia  bluebells  (Mertensia  virgini-­ with  some  daylilies  for  summer  color. Judith  Irven  lives  with  her  husband,  ca),  which  look  lovely  behind  my  Eng-­ lish  primroses  (Primula  vulgaris).  Vir-­ Dick  Conrad,  in  Goshen,  where  to-­ ginia  bluebells  will  self-­seed  modestly,  gether  they  nurture  a  large  garden.  with  their  progeny  showing  up  several  6KH LV D 9HUPRQW &HUWLÂżHG +RUWLFXO-­ feet  away  from  the  parents.  But  you  turist  and  teaches  Sustainable  Home  QHHG WR NQRZ WKDW RQFH Ă€RZHULQJ WLPH Landscaping  for  the  Vermont  Master  is  over,  everything  completely  disap-­ Gardener  program.  You  can  subscribe  pears  below  ground.  So,  if  you  want  to  to  her  blog  about  her  Vermont  garden-­ enlarge  the  density  of  your  spread,  take  LQJ OLIH DW ZZZ QRUWKFRXQWU\UHĂ€HF-­ a  few  minutes  in  early  June  to  move  tions.com. any  strays  back  into  the  fold.  And  while  genetically  unrelated  to  their  Virginian  namesake,  English  bluebells  (Hyacinthoides  non-­scripta)  almost  match  them  in  color.  The  wild  bluebell  woods  of  England  are  the  stuff  of  legends,  with  a  sea  of  blue  seeming-­ ly  stretching  forever.  So  awhile  back  I  planted  a  dozen  bulbs  in  the  rough  grass  at  the  edge  of  our  garden.  While  they  have  yet  to  create  that  fabled  â€œsea  of  blueâ€?  they  serve  as  a  fond  reminder  of  my  English  childhood. In  2005  I  succumbed  to  the  lure  of  the  renowned  Himalayan  blue  poppy,  purchasing  two  plants  of  Meconopsis  betonicifolia  from  Cady’s  Falls  Nurs-­ ery  in  Morrisville.  These  poppies  are  famous  for  two  reasons  â€”  they  are  really  fussy  to  grow  and  they  are  an  amazing  shade  of  blue.  Carefully  following  directions,  I  sit-­ ed  my  two  plants  in  rich  soil  where  our  serviceberry  trees  would  shade  them  from  the  midday  sun.  This  location  has  proven  auspicious;Íž  every  June  I  enjoy  their  arresting  blue  color  surrounded  E\ VRPH FKHHU\ \HOORZ *OREHĂ€RZHU (Trollius  europaeus). $QG ÂżQDOO\ IRU WKH GHHSHVW EOXH of  all,  seek  out  the  Large  Speedwell  BLUE  SCILLA  ARE  completely  carefree  as  they  spread  across  a  lawn  (Veronica  austriaca  â€œCrater  Lake  in  Brandon.

By  JUDITH  IRVEN But,  for  a  really  stunning  effect,  Blue  is  the  color  of  a  crystal  clear  grow  squills  in  the  lawn  or  even  in  a  sky  at  midday.  Although  its  intensity  ¿HOG DQG OHW WKHP VSUHDG ZKHUH WKH\ ranges  from  brilliant  sapphire  opposite  will.  As  long  as  you  delay  cutting  the  the  sun,  to  the  palest  baby  blue  near  grass  until  early  June  the  plants  will  the  horizon,  it  is  true  blue.  have  enough  time  to  seed,  as  well  as  to  %OXH Ă€RZHUV DUH DOVR EHORYHG E\ store  food  in  the  bulb  for  next  year’s  gardeners,  and  yet  they  seem  really  Ă€RZHUV KDUG WR ÂżQG 7KHUH DUH SOHQW\ More  than  once  the  sight  RI Ă€RZHUV ZLWK RYHUWRQHV of  a  huge  patch  of  blue  of  red  â€”  pinkish-­blue,  in  an  in-­town  lawn  was  mauve,  purple  and  laven-­ enough  to  make  me  stop  der  â€”  mostly  blooming  the  car,  gasp  and  reach  in  summer  and  fall. for  the  camera.  And  But  the  spring  blues,  last  year,  when  driving  without  a  trace  of  pink,  out  in  Weybridge,  I  was  are  the  real  thing.  And  completely  bowled  over  they  look  especially  by  the  amazing  display  lovely  when  combined  LQ D ÂżHOG WKDW VSUHDG with  contrasting  com-­ some  50  feet  beside  the  panions,  such  as  yellow  road. daffodils  or  pink  gerani-­ F o r g e t -­ m e -­ n o t s ,  ums.  Myosotis  sylvatica,  are  On gardens and Here,  in  order  of  gardening in Vermont true  to  their  name,  re-­ blooming,  are  my  favor-­ turning  every  year  to  ite  spring  blues  and,  to  create  a  splendid  carpet  complete  the  picture,  some  contrasting  beneath  our  serviceberry  trees.  Here  plants  that  bloom  at  the  same  time.  they  make  a  sumptuous  statement  Spring  starts  out  gently,  around  mid-­ DPRQJ VRPH \HOORZ GDLV\ OLNH Ă€RZ-­ April  in  the  Champlain  Valley  and  a  bit  ers  known  as  Leopardsbane  (Doroni-­ later  in  the  mountains,  with  the  lovely  cum  orientaleas)  and  a  large  patch  of  blue  Siberian  squill  (Scilla  siberica).  pink  creeping  phlox  (Phlox  stolonifera  Squills  are  bulbs  but  they  spread  by  â€œPink  Ridgeâ€?). seed  to  gradually  form  sizable  colo-­ People  tend  to  scoff  at  forget-­me-­ nies.  Indeed  volunteers  even  pop  up  QRWV DV ZHHG\ &HUWDLQO\ DIWHU Ă€RZHU-­ among  the  stones  of  my  patio.  Plant  ing  they  quickly  become  tatty  and  mil-­ a  few  dozen  bulbs  among  some  small  GHZ\ 6R HQMR\ WKH Ă€RZHUV ZKLOH WKH\ jonquil  daffodils  and  in  a  few  years  last,  then  assertively  cull  the  plants.  you  will  be  rewarded  by  a  mantle  of  This  clears  out  the  bed  for  the  summer  blue  and  gold.  perennials,  but  always  seems  to  leave Â

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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 Â

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. CAMP  COMPASS Camp  Compass,  in  its  15th  year,  is  a  four  half-­day,  activity-­based Â

experience  to  promote  social  learning.  It  brings  together  explicit  approaches  to  social  learning  based  on  the  Michelle  Garcia  Winner  Social  ThinkingŽ  model.  Your  child  will  experience  concrete,  visually-­based  strategies  to  help  promote  social  success.  Activities  are  hands-­on,  theme-­based,  dynamic  experiences  designed  to  teach  how  to  initiate  communication,  understand  thoughts  and  feelings  of  others,  be  a  positive  team  player,  and  have  fun  with  your  peers.  A  variety  of  communication  repair  strategies  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.

advantage  of  Vermont’s  natural  surroundings.  On  rainy  days,  camp  takes  cover  in  the  main  house.   For  teens,  ask  about  our  Leaders  in  Training  Program  hosted  at  Greylock.  Contact  the  camp  director  Pronto:  802-­652-­8139.  Gbymca.org.

GREEN  MOUNTAIN  ADVENTURES Now  in  our  16th  season,  Green  Mountain  Adventures  offers  a  variety  of  outdoor  adventure  day  camps  uniquely  designed  to  safely  lead  children  and  young  adults  (age  6-­15)  into  the  vast  playground  of  rocks,  rivers,  and  mountains  surrounding  our  Central  Vermont  community.  Participants  engage  in  multi-­activity  wilderness  adventures  including  canoeing  and  ND\DNLQJ PRXQWDLQ ELNLQJ Ă€\ ÂżVKLQJ JHRFDFKLQJ ULYHU WXELQJ and  rock  climbing.  Each  of  our  camps  provide  imaginative  and  unforgettable  journeys  in  some  of  the  most  beautiful  backcountry  wilderness  areas  in  and  around  the  Green  Mountains.  We’d  love  to  have  you  join  us  this  summer!  For  CAMP  GREYLOCK all  camps,  a  $100  non-­refundable  Get  out  into  the  great  outdoors!  deposit  is  due  at  the  time  of  Swimming,  kayaking,  archery,  arts  and  crafts,  sports  and  theater-­-­  registration.  Day  camps  run  from  9  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  Pick  up/Drop  we  do  it  all  at  YMCA’s  Camp  off  at  Middlebury  Mountaineer,  Greylock.   We  even  provide  a  free  2  Park  Street  Middlebury,  VT  daily  lunch!  Camp  Greylock  is  a  coed  day  camp  for  kids  6-­15  hosted  05753.  www.mmvt.com  for  more  along  the  shores  of  Kingsland  Bay  information  or  call  Steve  at  the  Mountaineer  802-­388-­7245. State  Park  in  Ferrisburgh.   Open  and  staffed  from  8am-­5pm,  nine  LAKE  CHAMPLAIN  MARITIME  one-­week  sessions  are  offered  at  $200  a  week.   Our  goal  is  to  provide  MUSEUM Starting  on  June  22nd  ten  a  positive,  enriching  outdoor  students  from  the  Champlain  recreational  experience  taking Â

Valley  ages  13-­16  will  build  their  own  17’  sea  kayaks  and  then  embark  on  a  10-­day  voyage  of  a  lifetime.  Participants  in  the  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  Museum’s  Champlain  Discovery  program  will  paddle  from  Whitehall,  New  York  transiting  Lock  #12  on  the  Champlain  Canal  and  paddle  to  Burlington,  Vermont.  They  will  experience  sites  of  cultural  and  natural  history  as  they  challenge  themselves  in  new  and  positive  ways.  The  program  culminates  when  they  land  in  Burlington  on  the  morning  of  July  26th  and  are  welcomed  back  to  their  worlds  by  family  and  friends.  The  Maritime  Museum  is  accepting  applications  for  the  Champlain  Discovery  program.  Call  802-­475-­2022,  or  email  nickp@lcmm.org  for  information  and  an  application  or  check  out  the  web-­site  www.lcmm. org. MARY  JOHNSON  CHILDREN’S  CENTER  School  age  summer  camps  will  offer  a  wide  range  of  summer  experiences.  Relaxing  is  combined  with  many  inviting  choices  on  a  daily  basis.  The  professional  staff  facilitates  a  program  geared  to  the  needs  of  this  energized  5-­12  year-­old  age  group.  Balancing  the  kid-­friendly  individual  choices,  some  â€œtraditionsâ€?  of  Vermont  and  summer  will  be  honored:  VZLPPLQJ ÂżHOG WULSV FUDIWV VSRUWV theatre  and  camping.  Information  can  be  obtained  via  e-­mail  at  schoolage@mjccvt.org  or  by  calling  802-­388-­2853,  and  speaking  with Â

School  Age  Programs  Coordinator. OTTER  CREEK  WILDLIFE  RESCUE Hundreds  of  orphaned  and  injured  wild  birds  and  mammals  need  help  each  year.  Licensed  Wildlife  Rehabilitators  are  trained  to  aid  our  feathered  and  furred  friends,  and  properly  release  them  back  into  the  wild.  Campers  learn  what’s  involved,  focusing  on  Vermont  species,  how  we  can  help  them  thrive  in  nature,  and  meet  their  needs  when  in  trouble.  We’ll  create  nurturing  habitats  for  rehab  DQLPDOV SUHSDUH IRRG ÂżQG LGHDO release  spots  and  enjoy  summer  activities  like  swimming,  hiking,  gardening,  music,  crafts,  sports,  and  picnics.  Regulations  prevent  contact  with  wildlife  in  rehab.  We’ll  share  our  days  with  affectionate  domestic  animals,  both  babies  and  adults,  learning  to  raise  and  care  for  them.  (This  is  how  many  top  rehabbers  begin!)  Come  join  us  for  a  grand  adventure!  For  information  &  registration:  jsp@gmavt.net  or  802-­759-­3148. REALITY  BALLET  CAMP:  BALLET  DE-­MYSTIFIED Get  off  on  the  right  foot  with  a  fresh,  grass-­roots,  look  at  Ballet  for  the  budding  ballerina  as  well  as  for  those  who  might  have  once  had  a  dream  but  life  got  in  the  way.  Learn  the  truth  behind  the  shoes,  the  tutu,  the  history,  and  the  practice.  For  beginning  dancers  ages  10  through  adult.  For  more  information  and  registration  call  Patty  Smith  at  802-­623-­6629.

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VUHS 53-­43  against;Íž  Vergennes,  250-­193  (Continued  from  Page  1A) municate  effectively  with  voters,  to  for;Íž  Waltham,  58-­31  for. Voters  in  Ferrisburgh  on  Tuesday  demonstrate  why  it  was  necessary  to  pass  a  budget  that  would  neces-­ also  approved  a  $3.5  million  spend-­ ing  plan  for  Ferrisburgh  Central  sitate  higher  taxes. “We  did  all  the  things  we  could  to  School  (see  story  on  Page  1A). In  an  email  thread  that  included  get  the  message  out,â€?  board  mem-­ ber  Neil  Kamman  said  on  Wednes-­ all  district  staff,  the  VUHS  board,  day.  â€œWe  had  board  members  on  several  board  members  and  faculty  the  phone  or  on  the  street  talking  to  expressed  exhilaration  (and  relief)  that  the  budget  passed. people,  and  we  used  so-­ “The  community  has  cial  media  the  best  that  â€œWhile it may expressed  clear  support,  we  could.â€? for  which  I  am  very  ap-­ Kamman  drafted  a  be satisfying preciative,â€?  Kamman  list  of  frequently  asked  to have the wrote. questions,  along  with  vote behind Board  chair  Kurt  FKDUWV DQG ÂżJXUHV H[-­ Haigis  tempered  the  plaining  where  each  us, let’s not comments  of  support  dollar  of  the  budget  forget that by  urging  those  in  the  would  go,  and  posted  there were ANwSU  community  the  document  on  the  individuals to  remember  how  the  school’s  website.  The  cuts  will  affect  staff  at  GLVWULFW DOVR VHQW D Ă€LHU in our VUHS. to  ANwSU  residents  community “While  it  may  be  that  explained  how  this  that have lost satisfying  to  have  the  budget  draft  differed  their jobs, vote  behind  us,  let’s  from  its  original  incar-­ not  forget  that  there  nation,  and  the  teachers’  or have had association  and  PTA  or-­ their livelihood were  individuals  in  our  community  that  have  ganized  a  call  center  to  affected.â€? lost  their  jobs,  or  have  get  out  the  vote. — VUHS Board had  their  livelihood  af-­ Kamman  described  Chair Kurt Haigis fected,â€?  Haigis  wrote.  the  public  relations  ef-­ “Please  be  sensitive  to  fort  as  â€œmoderately  suc-­ their  feelings.â€? cessful.â€? Teacher  Pam  Taylor  offered  a  â€œI  think  we  were  successful  in  that  the  board  and  administration  similar  sentiment. “This  is  bittersweet,â€?  she  wrote.  addressed  what  we  could  control  in  the  budget,  and  explaining  the  fac-­ “It  is  a  great  relief  but  sad  for  my  tors  that  were  outside  of  our  con-­ colleagues  who  have  lost  their  jobs.â€? trol,â€?  Kamman  said. O’Brien  concurred  that  the  mes-­ TAX  IMPACT While  voters  approved  a  budget  saging  effort  garnered  results,  even  if  many  residents  did  vote  against  that  is  lower  than  current  spending,  residents  will  see  tax  rates  go  up.  the  budget. “There  are  always  some  people  This  is  because  of  a  projected  small-­ who  don’t  get  the  information  for  er  number  of  students  at  VUHS  and  one  reason  or  another,  sometimes  tax  rate  adjustments  made  by  the  by  choice,â€?  O’Brien  said.  â€œI  think  Legislature  this  session.  Shortly  before  adjourning  last  week,  legis-­ they  did  have  a  good  choice.â€? However  board  members  of  lators  set  the  statewide  residential  GLVWULFW RIÂżFLDOV FKDUDFWHUL]HG LW property  tax  rate  increase  at  4  cents,  the  get-­out-­the-­vote  effort  accom-­ and  the  non-­residential  rate  increase  plished  its  goal  â€”  the  budget  passed  at  7.5  cents. 'LVWULFW RIÂżFLDOV HVWLPDWHG WKH by  more  than  100  votes. This  time  around,  three  towns  school  tax  rate  increase  under  the  voted  in  favor,  while  two  rejected  new  budget  to  be  14.34  percent  over  it.  The  town-­by-­town  vote  total  is  last  year’s  budget,  down  from  an  as  follows:  Addison,  97-­83  against;Íž  18.53  percent  increase  in  the  origi-­ Ferrisburgh,  253-­210  for;Íž  Panton,  nal  proposed  budget.

Because  of  their  household  in-­ come  level,  around  two-­thirds  of  ANwSU  homeowners  are  eligible  for  property  tax  prebates,  accord-­ ing  to  the  latest  available  Vermont  Department  of  Taxes  data,  and  will  not  feel  the  full  brunt  of  any  tax  in-­ crease. While  the  passage  of  a  budget  is  undoubtedly  a  success  for  the  school  board  and  ANwSU  administrators,  a  EOHDN ÂżVFDO IXWXUH OLHV DKHDG The  budget  passed  Tuesday  will  retire  the  debt  left  over  from  the  ¿VFDO \HDU ZKLFK WRWDOV DERXW 'LVWULFW RIÂżFLDOV DUH DQ-­ WLFLSDWLQJ DQ DGGLWLRQDO GHÂżFLW RI around  $500,000  at  the  end  of  the  FXUUHQW ÂżVFDO \HDU GXH WR PXFK higher  than  expected  special  educa-­ tion  costs. The  district  has  also  not  yet  re-­ FHLYHG D FRPSOHWHG DXGLW RI ÂżVFDO year  2012-­13  spending  at  VUHS,  ZKLFK FRXOG KLJKOLJKW IXUWKHU ÂżQDQ-­ cial  problems. Like  many  schools  in  Addison  County  and  across  the  state,  VUHS  is  grappling  with  a  declining  enroll-­ ment.  The  school  had  more  than  650  students  in  2008.  Next  year,  it  will  have  fewer  than  500  â€”  a  loss  of Â

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Middlebury  (Continued  from  Page  1A) FRPPXQLW\ DQG ZH KDYH D UHVSRQ-­ nicipal  building  projects  that  meet  VLELOLW\ WR PDNH WKHP WKH EHVW WKDW FHUWDLQ HIÂżFLHQF\ VWDQGDUGV WKH\ FDQ EH , DP ORRNLQJ IRUZDUG WR Nevertheless,  the  proposal  has  di-­ ZKHQ WKH\ EHFRPH D QDWXUDO SDUW RI YLGHG SXEOLF RSLQLRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ RXU HYHU\GD\ ODQGVFDSH PXFK OLNH PRUH WKDQ DQ\ RWKHU LVVXH LQ UHFHQW WKH &URVV 6WUHHW %ULGJH LV WRGD\ ´ PHPRU\ The  results  of  the  March  4  vote  Supporters  touted  the  VKRZHG WKDW SHUFHQW plan  for  keeping  the  town  of  the  ballots  were  in  RIÂżFHV GRZQWRZQ DQG IRU “It’s the IDYRU RI WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH producing  an  affordable  democratic SURSRVDO DQG ZHUH DOWHUQDWLYH IRU WD[SD\HUV process; we’ll RSSRVHG ,Q 7XHVGD\ÂśV who  will  be  responsible  UHVXOWV SHUFHQW for  $2  million  of  the  total  live with it.â€? — Skip Brush ZHUH LQ IDYRU DQG PLOOLRQ RXWOD\ ZHUH RSSRVHG Opponents  have  BUILDING  voiced  concerns  about  COMMITTEE WKH WRZQ JLYLQJ XS WKH 0DLQ 6W 7KH 0LGGOHEXU\ VHOHFWERDUG UH-­ site,  and  whether  the  two  new  build-­ ceived  the  vote  results  from  Town  ing  sites  will  feature  adequate  park-­ &OHUN $QQ :HEVWHU DW DURXQG S P LQJ 2SSRQHQWV KDYH DOVR UDLVHG FRQ-­ GXULQJ WKHLU UHJXODUO\ VFKHGXOHG cerns  that  the  recreation  center  plan  PHHWLQJ VHH UHODWHG VWRU\ 3DJH PLJKW VKRUWFKDQJH VHQLRUV DQG WHHQV $ 7KH ERDUG WKHQ PRYHG WR SLFN Plans  call  for  Addison  Central  Teens  PHPEHUV IRU D QHZ 7RZQ 2IÂżFHV to  be  accommodated  at  the  town’s  Recreation  Center  Building  Com-­ warming  hut  building,  while  seniors  mittee  that  will  help  take  the  project  will  share  a  multi-­purpose  room  in  WKURXJK ÂżQDO GHVLJQ DQG SHUPLWWLQJ WKH UHFUHDWLRQ FHQWHU UHYLHZ 0LGGOHEXU\ 3ODQQLQJ &RPPLV-­ The  proposed  composition  of  that  VLRQ &KDLUZRPDQ 1DQF\ 0DOFROP QHZ FRPPLWWHH LV DOUHDG\ GUDZLQJ chaired  a  steering  committee  that  VRPH ÂżUH IRU QRW LQFOXGLQJ SURMHFW KHOSHG GHYHORS WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH FULWLFV ZKR FRXOG VXJJHVW ZD\V RI UHFUHDWLRQ FHQWHU SURSRVDO 6KH ZDV making  the  plan  more  palatable  to  SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH UHVXOWV RI WKH UHYRWH GLVVHQWHUV “I  appreciate  that  change  is  hard,â€?  $V FXUUHQWO\ FRQVWLWXWHG WKH 0DOFROP VDLG Âł, DP FRQÂżGHQW WKDW building  committee  would  include  we  will  make  sure  that  these  new  Malcolm,  Selectman  Nick  Artim,  buildings  will  be  an  asset  to  this  former  Selectman  Victor  Nuovo, Â

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Smith  joins  the  Orton  Foundation MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Orton  districts  in  Essex  and  through-­ Family  Foundation  has  named  Ga-­ out  Vermont.  In  that  capacity,  she  brielle  Smith  senior  associate  for  helped  to  initiate  a  farm-­to-­school  strategic  partnerships,  Executive  Di-­ program  that  provides  fresh,  locally  rector  David  Leckey  an-­ grown  food  to  2,800  stu-­ nounced. dents  in  Essex  Junction  Smith  has  joined  Orton  and  Westford.  In  addi-­ in  this  new  position  creat-­ tion,  she  was  appointed  ed  to  maintain  and  expand  by  the  governor  to  serve  key  regional  and  national  on  the  Vermont  Tobacco  partnerships  with  pri-­ Evaluation  and  Review  YDWH QRQSURÂżW DQG SXE-­ Board  representing  the  lic  sector  organizations  K-­12  educational  com-­ as  the  foundation  brings  munity. its  Community  Heart  &  Smith  established  her  Soul  method  of  planning  coalition-­building  and  to  towns  and  small  cities  community  engagement  across  the  country. expertise  in  Wisconsin,  SMITH “As  a  founding  mem-­ where  she  worked  for  ber  of  the  Community  state  government  as  as-­ Heart  &  Soul  project  in  Essex,  Ver-­ sociate  director  of  the  Alliance  for  mont,  Gabrielle  demonstrated  her  Wisconsin  Youth.  She  coordinated  enthusiasm  for  and  belief  in  the  and  supported  more  than  100  local  Community  Heart  &  Soul  work  Or-­ member  coalitions  to  promote  posi-­ ton  does  in  small  cities  and  towns,â€?  tive  youth  development  and  prevent  Leckey  said.  â€œWe  are  delighted  that  high-­risk  behaviors. she  has  joined  the  team  as  the  foun-­ In  Vermont,  Smith  co-­founded  dation  looks  to  broaden  its  reach  Little  Free  Library  of  Essex  to  pro-­ DQG IXOÂżOO LWV PLVVLRQ WR HPSRZHU mote  literacy  and  connect  neighbors  residents  to  shape  the  future  of  their  by  building  and  installing  small  JESSICA  POMINVILLE  HAS  opened  Video  Queen,  a  video  rental  store,  on  Route  7  South  in  Middlebury.  Her  store  features  a  â€œliving  roomâ€?  where  communities.â€? libraries  in  yards  and  businesses  she  plans  to  host  family  and  teen  movie  nights. Smith  joins  the  foundation  after  throughout  Essex.  She  lives  in  Essex  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell having  served  as  a  prevention  and  Junction  with  her  husband  and  twin  wellness  consultant  to  local  school  son  and  daughter.

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By  JOHN  S.  McCRIGHT 3,600  titles.  About  1,000  of  those  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  She’s  not  quite  ¿OPV DUH RQHV VKH KDV JDWKHUHG IRU 28  years  old,  but  Jessica  Pominville  her  own  collection  over  the  past  20  has  been  working  in  the  movie  busi-­ years.  But  she  knows  that  many  vid-­ ness  for  around  a  decade  â€”  the  mov-­ eo  rental  customers  are  looking  for  ie  rental  business. new  releases,  so  she’s  got  many  of  She  managed  three  Blockbuster  those.  There  is  a  mix  of  traditional  Video  stores  in  Burlington,  a  Hol-­ DVDs,  Blu-­Ray  format  and  even  lywood  Video  store,  and  a  some  old  VHS  tapes  â€”  Movie  Gallery  outlet.  For  â€œI’ve  already  rented  six  the  past  three  years  she’s  â€œI love (VHS  tapes),â€?  Pominville  been  working  at  Video  movies, I’m said  early  this  week. King  on  Washington  Street  doing this One  unique  aspect  of  in  Middlebury. the  store  that  Pominville  because When  Video  King  owner  is  proud  of  is  the  â€œliving  Terry  Pellegrino  decided  to  this is roomâ€?  set  up  that  features  close  his  doors  earlier  this  what I a  comfy  couch  and  TV  for  year,  Pominville  saw  an  love.â€? viewing.  This  is  a  place  for  opportunity. — Jessica people  to  come  and  simply  â€œI  decided  to  crank  his  Pominville watch  movies  without  the  numbers  and  realized  there  pressure  to  buy  something.  was  still  enough  demand  out  there,â€?  â€œI’m  going  to  do  a  weekly  family  she  said.  â€œThere  are  still  customers,  day  where  I’ll  show  a  movie  and  of-­ it  was  the  rent  that  was  killing  him.  fer  free  popcorn,â€?  Pominville  said.  â€œI  â€œOnce  I  found  the  location  on  also  plan  to  do  a  monthly  teen  movie  Route  7,  I  decided  to  open  up.â€? night  â€Ś   I  know  that  there’s  not  al-­ And  thus  was  born  Video  Queen.  ways  a  lot  for  teens  to  do.â€? The  new  video  rental  store  is  located  Pominville  has  lived  in  Middle-­ at  1396  Route  7  South  in  Middle-­ bury  the  past  four  and  a  half  years,  bury,  the  former  home  of  Dr.  Don  but  her  association  with  the  area  Hunt’s  veterinary  clinic  in  the  same  goes  back  much  further.  Her  father,  strip  of  businesses  with  Distinctive  Jon  Pominville,  grew  up  here  and  Paint  and  Interiors,  Middlebury  Sew-­ left  town  to  pursue  a  career  in  the  1 9DF DQG 3DULV )DUPHUV 8QLRQ military.  Jessica  moved  around  a  lot  Pominville  currently  stocks  about  as  a  child,  and  one  of  those  places Â

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she  lived  for  a  year  was  in  Middle-­ bury,  when  she  was  13  and  14. All  of  Jessica’s  father’s  side  of  the  family  lives  in  Middlebury,  and  she  has  a  particularly  strong  respect  for  her  late  grandfather,  Richard  Pomin-­ ville. “He’s  the  reason  I’m  so  proud  of  the  name,â€?  Jessica  Pominville  said.  â€œI  considered  calling  the  store  Pom-­ inville  Video  because  of  him.â€? But  she  also  likes  the  association  of  the  name  Video  Queen  with  the  former  Video  King  store. “The  regular  customers  there  knew  me,â€?  she  said  of  her  former  place  of  employment.  â€œIt  would  be  a  great  way  to  continue  the  association Â

and  trust  we  developed.â€? Pominville  is  excited  for  word  to  get  out  and  connect  with  more  and  more  people  who  share  her  passion. “I  love  movies,  I’m  doing  this  because  this  is  what  I  love,â€?  she  said.  â€œSuccess  would  mean  that  the  community  embraced  the  store  and  shows  as  much  love  as  I  do.â€? To  rent  new  movies,  Video  Queen  charges  $5  for  Blu-­Ray  discs  and  $4  for  DVDs;Íž  for  older  titles  it  is  $4  and  $3,  respectively.  A  VHS  rental  is  $3.  Video  Queen  is  open  Monday-­ Thursday,  3:30-­7:30  p.m.;Íž  Friday,  3:30-­9:30  p.m.;Íž  Saturday,  noon-­9:30  p.m.;Íž  and  Sunday,  noon-­7:30  p.m.  The  phone  number  is  802-­989-­5564.

9LHQV KLUHG DW $IÂżOLDWHG $VVRFLDWHV MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Stefanie  Pi-­ JHRQ SUHVLGHQW RI $IÂżOLDWHG $VVRFL-­ ates,  announces  that  Rick  Viens  has  accepted  the  position  of  sales  rep-­ resentative  in  the  Middlebury  area. $V D PHPEHU RI $IÂżOLDWHG $VVRFL-­ ates,  which  specializes  in  strategic  insurance  planning  and  education,  Viens  will  be  creating  and  maintain-­ ing  a  client  base  in  the  Middlebury  and  surrounding  areas  while  coor-­ GLQDWLQJ ZLWK WKH PDLQ RIÂżFH RXW RI Essex.  Viens  graduated  from  the  Uni-­ versity  of  Vermont  with  a  B.A.  in  political  science  and  business.  He Â

has  since  gained  extensive  sales  and  customer  service  experience  through  his  career  in  the  automo-­ tive  industry.  As  an  active  20-­year  member  of  his  community  and  lo-­ cal  hockey  organization,  he  says  he  intends  to  use  the  same  approach  LQ WKH ÂżHOG RI OLIH DQG KHDOWK LQVXU-­ ance. “We  are  excited  to  welcome  Rick  Viens  to  our  team  of  insurance  pro-­ fessionals,â€?  said  Pigeon.  â€œWe  are  certain  his  experience  on  the  ice  rink  will  transition  to  the  team  ap-­ SURDFK WKDW H[LVWV DW $IÂżOLDWHG $V-­ sociates,â€?  Pigeon  said.

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a  number  of  marketing  and  manage-­ ment  positions  with  regional  carri-­ ers,  and  was  president  and  CEO  of  Champlain  Casualty  Co.

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Scranton  began  integrating  his  de-­ signs  for  use  with  the  headset.  He  SHANE  SCRANTON,  23,  is  co-­founder  of  IrisVR,  a  new  business  in  Middlebury’s  Vermont  Center  for  Emerg-­ took  a  glitchy  but  functional  version  ing  Technologies.  The  company  is  developing  virtual  reality  software  that  will  enable  architectural  clients  to  better  experience  conceptual  designs. WR IULHQGV DQG ORFDO ÂżUPV Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell “I  showed  it  to  my  architect  friends  customers  that  are  architects  and  de-­ Scranton  said. said.  â€œTaking  the  Solar  Decathlon  in  Burlington  and  in  Vermont,  and  signers,â€?  he  said.  â€œMid-­summer  to  This  year  has  been  kind  to  Scran-­ course  sent  me  into  that  world.â€? they  were  generally  like,  â€˜Yes,  this  is  Despite  its  focus  on  engineering,  early  fall,  we  will  have  a  beta  release,  great,  when  can  we  have  it?’â€?  Scran-­ ton  and  Beatty,  who  this  month  won  ton  said.  â€œThen  I  approached  some  LaunchVT,  a  business  pitch  competi-­ architecture  and  design,  Scranton  said  ZKHUH WKH ÂżUPV ZKR KDYH VLJQHG XS advisers  and  investor  types,  and  they  tion  sponsored  by  the  Lake  Champlain  WKH 6RODU 'HFDWKORQ ÂżW ULJKW LQWR 0LG-­ can  actually  test  the  software  and  give  us  feedback.â€? were  excited  about  the  project  as  Chamber  of  Commerce.  IrisVR  beat  dlebury’s  liberal  arts  offerings. With  a  total  of  six  people  â€”  the  out  seven  other  Vermont  â€œI  think  Solar  Decathlon  was  the  well.â€? startups  to  claim  $25,000  most  liberal  arts  thing  I  did,  because  two  founders,  two  full-­time  employ-­ Through  this  process  â€œIf we could in  cash  and  $45,000  in  we  combined  so  many  skill  sets  into  ees  and  two  interns  â€”  Scranton  said  Scranton  and  Beatty  re-­ in-­kind  services  from  lo-­ one  project,â€?  he  said.  â€œThat  is  very  WKH FRPSDQ\ ZLOO EH ÂżULQJ RQ DOO F\O-­ alized  that  not  only  were  access the synchronous  with  what  I’m  doing  inders  through  the  summer.  The  ulti-­ WKH\ WKH ÂżUVW WR GHYHORS FRQVXPHU Ă€UVW cal  businesses. mate  goal  is  a  commercial  launch  of  Since  they’ve  already  now.â€? this  idea,  but  that  there  and have them secured  enough  fund-­ IrisVR  is  currently  headquartered  the  completed  software  next  year. was  a  potentially  enor-­ go to architects ing  to  hire  two  full-­time  in  the  old  courthouse  at  the  top  of  ³:HÂśUH WU\LQJ WR UROO RXW WKH ÂżUVW mous  demand  for  it.  employees,  Scranton  Court  Street  in  Middlebury,  a  build-­ version  of  our  software  by  2015,â€?  he  This  January,  the  project  and request said  IrisVR  will  use  the  ing  owned  by  the  Vermont  Center  for  said.  â€œWe’re  aware  that  this  automa-­ VKLIWHG LQWR D IXOO Ă€HGJHG this, then money  to  hire  interns  Emerging  Technologies.  The  center,  tion  process  is  incredibly  complex,  company,  IrisVR. the design which  was  founded  in  2005,  helps  and  will  take  another  six  to  eight  this  summer. 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WKH ÂżHOG DQG ZH UHDOL]HG world would “They  pretty  much  incubate  start-­ on  as  many  interns  as  we  should  take  it  very  se-­ be forced to riously,â€?  Scranton  said. transition over, we  can,â€?  Scranton  said.  ups  here,â€?  Scranton  said.  â€œThey’ve  Scranton  offered  Be-­ based on client “They  allow  us  to  do  advised  us  and  helped  us  out  with  the  three-­month-­long  in-­ space.  That’s  been  huge.â€? atty,  who  he  had  met  Scranton  said  that  whether  to  keep  terviews  and  get  some  while  leading  Beatty’s  demand.â€? — IrisVR work  out  of  it  as  well.â€? the  company  in  Middlebury  as  it  college  orientation  in  co-founder The  LaunchVT  prize  grows  is  a  constant  conversation  he  2009,  a  partnership  at  the  Shane Scranton will  also  be  used  to  pay  has  with  Beatty.  Since  IrisVR  will  be  company.  Scranton  said  for  hardware  and  infra-­ primarily  producing  software,  Scran-­ they  work  well  together  because  their  skill  sets  are  so  different. structure,  which  Scranton  said  are  ex-­ ton  said  it  doesn’t  matter  where  the  work  gets  done. “He  does  the  coding  and  I  handle  pensive. “If  we  have  a  10-­person  team,  we  more  of  the  investor  relations,  the  MIDDLEBURY  ROOTS Scranton  said  Middlebury  Col-­ can  be  based  in  Antarctica,â€?  he  said.  front-­end  design  work  and  such,â€?  6FUDQWRQ VDLG Âł:HÂśUH D JRRG ÂżW EH-­ lege’s  focus  on  liberal  arts  allowed  â€œThe  biggest  challenge  is  getting  po-­ him  to  take  classes  in  a  variety  of  sub-­ tential  hires  to  move  up  to  Burling-­ cause  we  don’t  cross  at  all.â€? In  recent  months,  the  pair  has  met  MHFW DUHDV ZKLFK KHOSHG KLP ÂżJXUH ton.â€? Still,  Scranton  said  IrisVR  will  go  ZLWK ODUJH ÂżUPV LQ 1HZ <RUN %RVWRQ out  what  he  wanted  to  do  after  earning  wherever  the  realities  of  business  DQG 6DQ )UDQFLVFR ÂżQGLQJ WKHLU QLFKH his  degree. “When  I  realized  I  was  getting  into  force  it. and  laying  the  groundwork  for  their  the  3-­D  world,  it  allowed  me  to  hone  â€œAs  we  interface  with  investors,  growth  in  Vermont. “We’ve  met  with  a  lot  of  visionaries  in  on  my  skills  with  independent  study  some  want  us  to  move,  some  don’t,â€?  LQ WKH ÂżHOG WKDW ZHÂśUH H[FLWHG DERXW ´ work,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  found  a  bunch  of  6FUDQWRQ VDLG Âł:HÂśUH SUHWW\ Ă€H[LEOH at  this  point,  but  so  far  Vermont  has  Scranton  said.  â€œIt’s  sort  of  ballooned  advisers  that  really  supported  that.â€? Scranton  was  one  of  the  lead  mem-­ worked.  It  would  be  hard  to  leave.â€? out  into  something  bigger.â€? Scranton  said  IrisVR  plans  to  mar-­ bers  of  the  college’s  2011  Solar  De-­ AMBITIOUS  GOALS 1RW UHVWLQJ IRU D PRPHQW WR HQMR\ ket  the  software  to  architects,  as  well  cathlon  team.  It  was  in  doing  this  project  that  he  decided  he  wanted  to  the  $70,000  LaunchVT  prize  the  com-­ as  directly  to  consumers. “If  we  could  access  the  consumer  pursue  architectural  design  and  3-­D  pany  won  just  last  week,  Scranton  laid  out  his  goals  for  the  IrisVR  in  the  near  ¿UVW DQG KDYH WKHP JR WR DUFKLWHFWV animation. “Until  the  Solar  Decathlon,  I  was  future. and  request  this,  then  the  design  â€œFor  the  end  of  May,  our  biggest  world  would  be  forced  to  transi-­ planning  on  going  into  biology,  which  tion  over,  based  on  client  demand,â€?  clearly  wasn’t  my  calling,â€?  Scranton  goal  is  to  have  a  couple  paying  pilot Â

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